Archive for the ‘Health and Wellness’ Category
ADHD risk may be tied to pesticide exposure before birth
Children whose mothers were exposed to widely-used pesticides such as malathion during pregnancy may be at increased risk of developing an attention disorder by age 5, a new study shows.
13 Tips to Avoid Exposure to Toxins in Common Foods
Various shelves throughout every aisle of your grocery store are stocked with wolves in sheep’s clothing. Colorful packaging, appetizing pictures and nutrition claims hide the truth: unhealthy chemicals are lurking in many these seemingly harmless foods. Here are some tips to help you steer clear of hidden toxins that masquerade as safe products.
An Untapped Source of Healing Cancer — Our Own Bodies
The complexity of cancer certainly makes understanding the disease almost impossible. Nearly all cancers are caused by abnormalities in the genetic material of the transformed cells.[1] These abnormalities may be due to the effects of carcinogens, such as tobacco smoke, radiation, chemicals, or infectious agents.
WARNING! Do Not Read This If You Have Ever Eaten A Fast Food Burger
Window cleaning chemical injected into fast food hamburger meat. If you’re in the beef business, what do you do with all the extra cow parts and trimmings that have traditionally been sold off for use in pet food? You scrape them together into a pink mass, inject them with a chemical to kill the e.coli, and sell them to fast food restaurants to make into hamburgers.
Signals from nervous system influence immune system, study shows
In a discovery that demonstrates a clear link between the mind and body at a molecular level, scientists have shown that a chemical signal which normally allows nerve cells to communicate with each other -to alter sleep cycles, for example—can also re-direct actions of the immune system.
High Fructose Corn Syrup Causes More Weight Gain Than Sugar
A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.
Researchers Turn Mosquitoes Into Flying Vaccinators
Scientists have dreamed up various ways to tinker with insects’ DNA to fight disease. One option is to create strains of mosquitoes that are resistant to infections with parasites or viruses, or that are unable to pass the pathogens on to humans.
