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Scientists Find New Way to Lose Weight

For a number of years, scientists have been studying “brown fat”. Brown fat is a heat-generating fat that burns energy instead of storing it. Human newborns have a supply of brown fat to keep warm, but by adulthood they lose most of their stores of it...

Filed under: Weight Management

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UK Steps Up Campaign for Widespread Vitamin D Supplementation

The UK government has asked a group of experts to review current official dietary advice regarding vitamin D supplementation. The government also intends to write to all GPs to remind them that they should be advising all people in at-risk groups to take...

Filed under: Supplements, Vitamin D

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Whooping Cough Cases Plummet in CA Despite Massive DPT Vaccine Opt Outs

2011 was the first year in more than two decades during which there were no deaths from whooping cough. In 2010, 10 infants died from the disease. The number of people who became infected also dropped from 9,000 in 2010 to just 3,000 in 2011. The state...

Filed under: Children's Health, Vaccines

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AMA Site Now Suggests 'Forcing' Your Child Into Vaccine Experimentation

A paper published by the American Medical Association’s Virtual Mentor is concerned that current enrollment in vaccine trials is extremely low. The proposed solution? Creating a federal law that would force each individual to make a “mandated choice”...

Filed under: Vaccines

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FDA Warned on Dangers of Salt Restriction

The Weston A. Price Foundation has warned the U.S. FDA that plans for salt restriction pose a health threat to all Americans. Neither history nor scientific evidence supports the notion that salt consumption should be reduced. Research has shown that...

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USDA New Rules for School Meals Major Step Backwards

Under new standard issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, school meals will have to offer fruits and vegetables to students every day. Meal programs will also have to reduce sodium, saturated fat and trans fats, offer more whole grains...

Filed under: Children's Health, Food

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Non-Stick Pans Found to Reduce Vaccine Effectiveness

The more children are exposed to perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), the less likely they are to have a good immune response to vaccinations, according to new research. The finding suggests that the chemicals can affect children’s immune system enough to...

Filed under: Children's Health, Vaccines

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New Study Shows Memory and Alzheimer's Impacted by EMF

A new study has demonstrated that the brains of animals exhibit important protein changes following whole body exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields. These fields are similar to the kind of microwave radiation emitted from cell phones, portable...

Filed under: Alzheimers, Cancer, EMF, Brain Health

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This Marine Algae Found to Protect Against Drug Induced Liver Damage

Spirulina is a microalgae that exhibits potent dietary antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic properties. A new study investigated whether it could provide protection against liver damage induced by the drug cisplatin. The study examined...

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Why is One of the Most Dangerous Herbicides Ever Invented Now Being Found in People's Urine?

A recent study has found significant concentrations of the herbicide glyphosate in the urine samples of city dwellers. Everyone examined had concentrations of glyphosate at 5 to 20 times the limit for drinking water. Glyphosate-based weedkillers are often...

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