100-Mile Diet

In the North American industrial food system, the average distance from food source to plate is 1,500 miles. The 100 Mile Diet refers to the purchasing, consumption, or production of food all within a 100-mile radius from an individual’s residence. The phrase was coined in 2005 by James MacKinnon and Alisa Smith, two Canadians who prescribed a one-year experiment of only eating food produced no further than 100 miles from their home. This included all…

"Claims that the Naked Juice Company is falsely advertising its products as ‘all natural’ despite a number of synthetic ingredients, has landed the Monrovia, CA-based company with several class action federal lawsuits.

The first federal lawsuit was filed in September by a Texas resident who claims the products she purchased were falsely and deceptively marketed, including “Blue Machine” and “Green Monster.” Three more copycat lawsuits have also been filed in federal court making…

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Type 2 diabetes has become an increasing problem in modern America. Because it is chiefly linked to obesity, as more people become overweight and as the age of gaining weight reaches down into childhood, a largely preventable disease turns into an epidemic. The litany about such lifestyle disorders is…

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Carnosine is a potent antioxidant nutrient that is highly concentrated in your brain, heart, and muscles.  Numerous studies over the years have demonstrated a high level of protection to your brain, including reduction in the formation of damage that leads to…

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Want a real solution to skyrocketing health care costs? Forget about all the so-called "cost saving" schemes dreamed up by politicians, drug companies and HMOs. All they do is create new levels of bureaucracy that don't address the real problems of why health care costs are so high in the first place. In this article, we'll look at…

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"Today in the United States, by the simple act of feeding ourselves, we unwittingly participate in the largest experiment ever conducted on human beings. Massive agro-chemical companies like Monsanto (Agent Orange) and Dow (Napalm) are feeding us genetically-modified food, GMO’s, that have never been fully…

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Medical Freedom Alert



Our health freedom remains under siege. Please support the following organizations, which are at the forefront of…

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"(NaturalNews) After years of sweeping the issue under the rug and hoping no one would notice, the FDA has now finally admitted thatchicken meat sold in the USA contains arsenic, a cancer-causing toxic chemical that's fatal in high doses. But the real story is where this arsenic comes from:It's added to the chicken feed on…

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