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'Dirty dozen' produce carries more pesticide residue, group says

Toxic fruit and veggies?

Is enough being done to protect us from chemicals that could harm us? Watch "Toxic America," a special two-night investigative report with Sanjay Gupta, M.D., June 2 and 3 at 8 p.m. ET on CNN.
(CNN) -- If you're eating non-organic celery today, you may be ingesting 67 pesticides with it, according to a new report from the Environmental Working Group.

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Aspartame And MSG Have Caused An Epidemic Of Obesity

By Dr. Sandra Cabot
Mission Possible Australia

I have been a medical doctor for over 25 years and have clinical and research interests in the liver and metabolism. I have authored several best selling health books including the "Liver Cleansing Diet", "The Body Shaping Diet", "Don't Let Your Hormones Ruin Your Life", "Women's Health", "Menopause and Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy" and I lecture internationally on these subjects. I have… Continue

New superbugs spreading from South Asia: study

PARIS – Plastic surgery patients have carried a new class of superbugs resistant to almost all antibiotics from South Asia to Britain and they could spread worldwide, researchers reported Wednesday.

Many hospital infections that were already difficult to treat have become even more impervious to drugs thanks to a recently discovered gene that can jump across different species of bacteria.
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Some Canadians prefer Big Macs to sex: survey

Most of us rely on fast food to sub for a healthy meal at some point — but wolfing down a two-patty, triple-bun burger on a regular basis spells trouble, if the Academy Award-nominated documentary, Super Size Me, got its facts right. Big Macs, for example, run more than 500 calories and contain plenty of sodium and fat.

Some Canadians, however, prefer noshing on the iconic MacDonald’s big burger to sex, a survey has found. That’s right, sex. We’ve… Continue

Car fuel 'could be made from thin air'

Car fuel could be created from thin air using an enzyme from a common soil bacterium, say scientists.

Cars could one day create their own fuel out of thin air, according to scientists. Photo: BLOOMBERG
It is hoped that this will lead to a cheap way of making environmentally friendly, carbon-neutral 'green' fuel that can be used without major redesigns of car engines.

Azotobacter vinelandii, a microbe found around the roots of various food plants, creates… Continue

Teen Depression Linked to Internet Overuse

Teenagers who have an unhealthy dependence on the Internet are almost twice as likely to become depressed as other teens, giving parents yet another good reason to limit kids' screen time. That's the news from a study in Pediatrics, which tracked the Internet use of teenagers in China, where "Internet addiction" is considered a serious and growing problem.

The researchers tracked 1,041 teenagers, finding out how much they used the Internet and whether… Continue

Calcium supplements boost myocardial infarction risk

Myocardial infarction or heart attack was more commonly found in patients with osteoporosis who used calcium supplements, a meta-analysis of 16 studies reported in the British Medical Journal or BMJ revealed.

Doctors whose training on nutrition received from medical school is generally limited if any may advise their patients with bone disease to take calcium supplements with or without supplementation of vitamin D.

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A truly toxic issue - Modern life is saturated with carcinogenic chemicals. But without regulation, just how are we supposed to avoid them?

I used to be under the impression that you had a reasonable chance of avoiding debilitating and potentially fatal diseases like cancer if you just took a few simple precautions: ate plenty of fruit and vegetables, gave up smoking, drank in moderation and did a bit of exercise. It's since become apparent that the world we live in is so overrun with environme… Continue

Do artificial sweeteners bring on early birth? How fizzy drinks can harm an unborn child

Mothers-to-be who down cans of fizzy drink containing artificial sweeteners could be at greater risk of having a premature baby.

Research funded by the EU found a correlation between the amount of diet drink consumed and an early birth among the 60,000 women studied.

Many had switched from sugary drinks to those with artificial sweeteners believing they were a healthier option.

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Rawesome Food Club Raided by Local, Federal and Canadian Agents

NOTE: This information was copied directly from an email sent to LNH by those involved. Please take the time to read this eye-opening account of the Venice incident. Similar incidents have occurred in food coops around the country for quite some time now.
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Hi, healthy-food lovers and supporters,

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Classical music moves the heart in vegetative patients

Classical music pulls at the heartstrings of people in a vegetative state as well as those of healthy listeners. If you play music to vegetative patients, their heart rate changes in the same way as that of healthy controls, suggesting that music can affect the neural systems of emotion even when conscious thought is impossible.

Francesco Riganello at the Santa Anna Institute in Crotone, Italy, and colleagues played four pieces of classica… Continue

Scientists discover what makes us live longer

New test unlocks secrets of life expectancy by predicting which of us will reach 100

A genetic test has been developed that can predict whether someone is likely to live an extremely long life, but scientists have warned that society is still not ready for such predictions.

The test is based on a scan of a person's entire genome; so far it can predict whether someone is likely to live to 100 with an accuracy of 77 per cent. However, refinements to… Continue

TOXICANT-INDUCED LOSS OF TOLERANCE --- TILT: The illness afflicting workers exposed to BP's oil disaster?

Workers cleaning up the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico have reported suffering from flu-like symptoms that may be the consequence of exposure to chemicals in the oil as well as the petroleum-derived solvent being used to disperse the spill.

The illness -- marked by headaches, fatigue, upset stomach, and problems with memory and concentration -- has been dubbed toxicant-induced loss… Continue

Campbell Soup recalls 15M pounds of SpaghettiOs

WASHINGTON – Campbell Soup Co. is recalling 15 million pounds of SpaghettiOs with meatballs after a cooker malfunctioned at one of the company's plants in Texas and left the meat undercooked.

The Agriculture Department announced the recall late Thursday. Campbell spokesman Anthony Sanzio said the company is recalling certain lots of the product manufactured since December 2008 "out of an abundance of caution" because officials don't know exactly… Continue