3 Proven Ways Smartphones and Screen Time are Harming Children’s Health
For years, the cell phone industry has fought litigation and has tried to prevent warning labels from being added to their products, and in a 2017 landmark case in an Italian court, a judge even ruled that excessive cell phone use can in fact result in brain cancer. While it may take a number of […]
Kids Meditate Instead of Taking ADHD Medications, See Amazing Results
Firmly embedded into our culture now, pharmaceutical companies create so-called cures and treatments for every human condition, and modern psychiatry has become an institution that works to create lifelong dependencies on medications to help people adapt to the stress of modern life and to conform to the rigid corporate/consumer culture that has come to be […]
Iceland’s Approach to Teen Substance Abuse is Something America Needs Now
As the U.S. largely ignores an epidemic opioid crisis fueled by the pharmaceutical industry and a rush of available heroin resulting from the war on drugs, Iceland is receiving international acclaim for its approaches in helping to keep teens off drugs. Primarily addressing the issue of underage drinking and binge-drinking, a need for a new plan […]
Dietary Changes Now Proven to Effectively Treat Major Depression
More than 15 million Americans suffer from serious depression, and it is estimated that globally some 350 million people are struggling with the challenging mental disorder. While the causes of depression are varied and largely unidentifiable, since the 1950’s the pharmaceutical industry has been developing a broad range of antidepressants, and it now estimated that 8-10% of the […]
More Doctors and Scientists Now Agree: Depression is a Physical Illness
For those looking for a way out of depression, recent research offers a totally different approach than is what is being offered by most doctors and psychiatrists. It centers around the findings in a host of new research which suggests that many cases of depression may be physical in nature, rather than rooted in a […]
Young People Explain the Side-Effects and Consequences of Taking ADHD Meds
America is being flooded with prescription pharmaceuticals, and in many cases, as we continue to learn, their stated benefits end up being overshadowed by costly side-effects and even lasting damage. The medical and pharmaceutical industries profit immensely, often knowingly causing harm, yet sadly, this is often considered an acceptable cost of doing business. One of […]
Latest Research Explains Why a Low-Fat Diet Can Actually Kill You
One of the great myths of the American diet has just been shattered. It’s one that prompted an explosion in the market for processed foods which substituted chemical concoctions for natural fats in processed foods. And now, finally, the fat-free craze can be safely put to rest. A study of 135,000 adults, conducted by Lancet, […]
The Only Way to Ensure That You’re Drinking Clean, Chemical-Free Water
People believe that the FDA and the food companies will ensure that we have healthy and nutritious foods. They also put their trust in government officials and municipalities to provide clean water. As a result, it has become perfectly acceptable to drink water contaminated with chemicals. Equally, people eat mainstream foods filled with chemical additives, further increasing […]
Tobacco is Legal, but Cannabis Actually Kills and Prevents Lung Cancer
Cannabis kills cancer. However, decades of negative propaganda against this plant medicine still influences the way many people look at it, and it’s often compared to tobacco when considering its effect on human health. There is no doubt tobacco causes lung cancer, as well as many other chronic and deadly illness, yet it is still available everywhere […]