Tag: Ocean Robbins
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Why The Law Forbids The Medicinal Use of Natural Substances
By Sayer Ji • Originally posted on Greenmedinfo.com According to the FDA’s legal definition, a drug is anything that “diagnoses, cures, mitigates, treats, or prevents a disease.” The problem with this definition is that there are numerous substances, as readily available and benign as found on our spice racks, which have been proven by countless millennia…
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26 Probiotic Benefits for Children
By Pat Robinson • Originally Posted on Greenmed.info There is evidence to suggest probiotics are safe and effective in treating persistent diarrhea in children. Saccharomyces boulardii has therapeutic properties in the treatment of acute diarrhea in children. Lactic acid bacteria as probiotics reduce the risk for infantile eczema. Probiotic and prebiotic supplementation improves the symptoms…
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John Oliver: How Big Pharma Makes Doctors Into Drug Pushers [Video]
In this hilarious and chillingly honest video, John Oliver reveals the stunning truth about how doctors are bribed to push drugs. It turns out that nine out of the top ten drug makers spend more money on marketing than they do on research. And most of that money is spent not on marketing to consumers,…
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Monsanto’s Roundup. Enough to Make You Sick.
By Alexis Baden-Mayer • Originally posted on Organic Consumers Association Monsanto invented the herbicide glyphosate and brought it to market under the trade name Roundup in 1974, after DDT was banned. But it wasn’t until the late 1990s that the use of Roundup surged, thanks to Monsanto’s ingenious marketing strategy. The strategy? Genetically engineer seeds to grow…
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The 12 most pesticide-contaminated foods (Infographic)
Pesticides have been linked to cancer, developmental disabilities, endocrine disruption, and many other serious problems. This infographic from Juicing with G gives critical information about which are the most, and the least, pesticide contaminated fruits and vegetables. This chart does not address GMOs. So sweet corn shows up as being less contaminated with pesticides, mainly because…
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Organic Nearly as Productive as Industrial Farming, New Study Says
By Doug Gurian-Sherman on December 10, 2014 Originally published on Civil Eats Industrial agriculture has huge, unsustainable impacts on our environment. And while organic and other ecologically based farming systems (agroecology) have huge benefits, some have suggested that it will never produce enough food. Production is only one of the challenges for food security. But, according…
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Four Ways the US Government Just Derailed Climate Progress
By Andrew Kimbrell • Founder and Director, Center for Food Safety | Photo from chesapeakeclimate In order to avert another government shutdown, President Obama will sign a 1,600 page, 16 pound, $1.1 trillion spending bill–oddly called “the cromnibus.” While it may sound like a robot from the latest Transformers saga, it’s actually a term referring to the continuing…
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Is There Child Slavery in Your Chocolate?
By John Robbins We live in cynical times. We are no longer surprised when we find that a major company, like Monsanto or Walmart, has done something horrible, and then made things worse by hiding the consequences of its actions from the public. But even in a day of widespread and flagrant abuse of power, there…
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Chocolate’s Startling Health Benefits
By John Robbins The food police may find this hard to take, but chocolate has gotten a bad rap. People say it causes acne, that you should eat carob instead, that it’s junk food. But these accusations are not only undeserved and inaccurate, they falsely incriminate a delicious food that turns out to have profoundly…
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U.S. Agencies Consider a Diet for a Healthy Planet
By Kari Hamerschlag • Originally posted on Friends Of the Earth’s Politico Pro For the first time, U.S. agencies consider a diet for a healthy planet If the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Committee has its way, America’s dinner plates are about to include a healthy portion of much needed environmental awareness. For the first time, the U.S. Department…
