Dental X-Rays. How Often is Safe (and What to Always Request When You Get Them!)
The dangers of frequent dental x-rays, how often is safe to get them done, and how to best protect yourself and your children with one simple request …
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Why Can’t All Schools Do This?
Hands down, my favorite thing about my children’s school besides a quality learning environment is their organic horticulture class. Not only do …
The Rise (and Fall) of Pasteurized Milk
When most people think about the rise of pasteurized milk in America, they tend to think of people getting sick and dying from raw milk in such …
Warning: Organic Baby Formula Contains High Levels of Arsenic
A reader emailed me a few days ago asking which formula is closest to breast milk since she was going back to work and would no longer breastfeed. My …
Homemade Vanilla Pudding (Recipe + Video How-to)
Ah, homemade vanilla pudding ….  truly, one of the ultimate comfort foods especially when the weather turns cool. Kids especially love pudding …
Big Brother Is Checking Your Child’s Lunchbox
This just in from the Food Police Chronicles …. A state employee required a preschooler at West Hoke Elementary in Raeford, North Carolina on …
Half of Doctors Routinely Prescribe Drugs They Know Won’t Work
Not sure if this will surprise you or not. I was actually rather taken aback. Almost HALF of Americans are on some sort of prescription drug. Right …
Soda Pushed in Hospital Recovery Room
My friend Paula’s husband had surgery recently and guess what he was given by the nurses in the recovery room? Shasta soda! Above is a picture …
Traditional Foods of the Seminole Tribe of Florida
The Native American tribe known as the Seminoles of Florida consumed a varied and interesting traditional diet with soaked corn gruel and wild animal …
Bahaman Style Conch Chowder Recipe
As a fitness professional, I have found homemade bone broth to be a great source of protein elements not found in the typical consumption of primarily …
Home Birth Skyrockets as Women Shun Medicalized Labor and Delivery
The hospital is no place for a low risk woman to give birth. It seems that an increasing number of women are figuring this out and spreading the word …
Natto Fried Rice: Nutrient Dense Meal on the Cheap
It’s very exciting to see the growing interest of people from all walks of life in traditional foods like natto. Even a family on food stamps …