Why Aren’t Americans Doing Anything About George W. Bush’s Crimes?

This is a call to action: read this book.
Famed Charles Manson prosecutor and three time #1 New York Times bestselling author Vincent Bugliosi has written the most powerful, explosive, and thought-provoking book of his storied career.
In The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Bugliosi presents a tight, meticulously researched legal case that puts George [...]

What Do Prescription Drugs REALLY Do to You?

Did you know that many of the drugs you’re prescribed, can actually HARM you? It is so shocking that these things are supposed to be helping us but in most cases, they don’t. They simply feed the greedy pockets of big pharmaceutical companies. How do we know which drugs do damage?
The 24-Hour Pharmacist- is the [...]

New Book: The Empowered Patient

The Empowered Patient - is a new must-read book from author, Julia Hallisy. She has written something so fundamentally necessary that everyone will benefit from reading it. Some background: Her daughter, Kate, had been diagnosed with a fast-spreading cancer of the eye when she was just five months old. She’d underwent chemotherapy, radiation, reconstructive [...]

Book: Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated into What America Eats

Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated into What America Eats - Like most Americans, Steve Ettlinger eats processed foods. And, like most consumers, he didn’t have a clue as to what most of the ingredients on the labels mean. So when [...]

Is eating Genetically Modified Foods Safe?

I personally would like to stay away from engineered foods but it’s so hard to do that if you live in the U.S. Many people don’t believe it does any harm but I do. Why take the chance on your health and the health of your own kids? Find out what scientists have discovered about [...]

Sugary drinks (with corn syrup) have been blamed for a surge in cases of the painful joint disease gout

From BBC Health:

“Men who consume two or more sugary soft drinks a day have an 85% higher risk of gout compared with those who drink less than one a month, a study suggests.
Cases in the US have doubled in recent decades and it seems fructose, a type of sugar, may be to blame, the British [...]

Posted on February 3, 2008 | No Comments | Filed under : articles, books, dangerous / warnings, diet, general, health, news, parenting

Book: Mind Training, The Great Collection

People seeking to improve themselves tend to be voracious book readers so from time to time, I will have some relevant book recommendations. I hope you will be happy to include it in your library. Here’s today’s:
Mind Training, The Great Collection (Library of Tibetan Classics) is an English adaptation of the first anthology of techniques [...]

Personal Transformation and Suffering Go Hand-in-Hand

The inimitable and wonderful Joseph Campbell once said that personal transformation only comes as a result of suffering or revelation. If we are lucky, we get that “ah ha!” moment by revelation. Unfortunately, for most humans, we are transformed by a serious illness, the death of a loved one or a divorce, among other traumatic [...]

New Book: In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto

Make sure to order your copy of the new book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan. There’s a special pre-order deal going on right now so you might want to order and get a discount before the price goes back up.
About In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto [...]

100 Healthful Recipes

The title is fairly self-explanatory but if you must have a description. Here’s one: Eating For Life 100 Healthful Recipes should be your go-to cookbook for easy, nutritious and delicious meals and fact-based nutrition information.
So whether you want to lose weight, improve energy, or just eat more nutritiously, Eating For Life can help you [...]

Posted on December 14, 2007 | No Comments | Filed under : body, books, diet, fitness, general, healing, health, real food, recommendations and favorites

Ignorance is…

NOT bliss. Remember that.
Sure, watching the news can be extraordinarily upsetting and you might’ve been a million times better had you not seen it, in general, it’s a good thing to know what’s going on in the world, the environment and your health. More specifically, you have to know that it is, in fact, essential [...]

Eat, Pray, Love

I’ve been hearing so many great things about the new book, Eat, Pray, Love and thought it would be a good opportunity to share it with you. It could make a nice gift for someone close to you or a gift for yourself! Yes, you deserve a gift, too, you know.
About Eat, Pray, Love:
At the [...]

Gift Ideas: Books about Food

What we eat is vitally important and directly related to how we feel. If we eat junk, we feel crappy. If we eat corn syrup, we gain weight quickly and we endanger the health of our hearts. This holiday season, get yourself or get your loved ones something essential: information about food. I’m sure it [...]

Posted on November 19, 2007 | No Comments | Filed under : body, books, diet, health, organic, personal development, personal growth