Top 10 inexpensive food items that can PREVENT nearly every disease and disorder known to mankind

Top 10 inexpensive food items that can 

PREVENT nearly every disease and 

disorder known to mankind

Thursday, July 21, 2016 by: S. D. Wells
Tags: natural medicine, prevention, chronic disease

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(NaturalNews) Nothing's more true than the old adage, "An ounce of prevention is better than a 

pound of cure." Not only does that ounce of prevention save you the nightmare of being sick,
probably missing work and most likely accumulating medical bills, but that same "ounce" of
prevention may only literally weigh an ounce and cost less than 15 bucks.

In America, people have been brainwashed by the medical industrial complex into believing that
 food can't prevent or cure anything, but just the opposite is true. In fact, there's a natural cure 
for every health ill under the sun, and the secret "recipe" involves taking a couple of 5 dollar bills
 out of your purse or wallet, buying the item, opening the package and putting the remedy in
your mouth. It's a super simple process that seems too easy, and that's exactly why so many
people fail to have the faith required to actually walk the walk, so they won't have to spend
 hundreds or even thousands of dollars at doctor's offices and hospitals – those dreadful places
where health problems often get much, much worse.

The best advice in the world is free, so get ready to get smart and stay healthy. Here are the top
10 most inexpensive food (and supplement) items that can prevent and usually heal nearly every
 disease and disorder known to mankind:

#1. Oil of oregano (most popular in capsules or tincture form): Nature's most reliable antibiotic
(also anti-fungal and antibacterial) kills pollen allergies fast, helps with sinus problems and
respiratory infections, and can defend against those "throwing up" viruses kids bring home from
school. How? One of the active agents in oregano, rosmarinic acid, is a powerful antioxidant that
 supports immune power. One supplement helping of oil of oregano gives you the antioxidant
punch of eating 42 apples! Oregano oil also has anti-inflammatory properties, because it
contains beta-caryophyllin (E-BCP), which can be beneficial for people suffering from
osteoporosis, arteriosclerosis and metabolic syndrome. So much for those expensive
prescriptions! Ask your Naturopath.

#2. Licorice root (often sold in supplement capsule form): This natural remedy has a wonderful
list of benefits, and may be the most often overlooked of all natural remedies. Got asthma,
canker sores, coughs, or emphysema? Check out licorice root. Got heartburn, fungal infections
or liver troubles? What about a sore throat, arthritis, or yeast infections? The glycyrrhizic acid in
licorice root even helps with nervousness, anxiety and depression, by encouraging proper
functioning of the adrenal glands.

#3. Hemp seeds and hemp seed oil: The oil from these seeds is amazing at promoting heart
health and preventing heart disease and strokes, thanks to its three-to-one ratio of omega 3 and
omega 6 fatty acids. It also nourishes hair, skin and nails. It can be used topically or mixed in
your smoothies. It's got a nutty flavor that's rich in DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), which is amazing
 for cognitive function and eye health. Talk about Alzheimer's prevention! Plus, hemp seed oil is
mercury free, unlike many fish oils.

#4. Coconut oil: Ever heard of oil pulling? Dentists won't mention it, unless they're holistic,
because you won't be suffering any more cavities. Just swish a tablespoon of coconut oil around
in your mouth for 10 minutes after brushing and flossing, and wave bye-bye to those cavities.
Amazing for brain health and skin health, and even great for cooking, coconut oil is another
great
 source of omega 3s and a defender against Alzheimer's and cancer. Trader Joe's brand tastes
amazing and is quite inexpensive.

#5. Aloe: Looking to fix constipation, heartburn or stomach aches? Want to regulate blood sugar,
detoxify the colon, lose weight, burn more calories, improve circulation, strengthen immunity,
regulate blood pressure and reduce inflammation, all in one fell swoop? Get out a couple of 5
dollar bills and hit the health food store, or just buy an aloe plant and keep it growing while you
use the juice!

#6. Lemon juice: Want a daily superfood tonic that contains cancer-fighting compounds and is
super cheap? Combine lemon juice and baking soda with filtered water. Raise that body pH with
a natural remedy that outperforms chemo drugs!

#7. Kombucha: Oh yes! "The immortal health elixir" of the ancient Chinese has been a health
anecdote for more than two millennia. Made from a fermented sweet tea, this fizzy symbiotic
colony of good bacteria will forever replace that soda!

#8. Ginger: Ginger root's benefits are too long to list; you could write an encyclopedia. Start off
by fighting cancer, helping with IBS, protecting against Alzheimer's and reducing fat accumulation
.

#9. Turmeric: The "Queen of Spices" has properties that are antiviral, antibacterial, anti-fungal,
anti-carcinogenic, anti-mutagenic and anti-inflammatory. If every oncologist in America would
simply prescribe turmeric instead of chemo drugs, we would see a massive decline in cancer
deaths.

#10. Chia seeds: Two tablespoons a day gives you 7 grams of fiber, 4 grams of protein, 205 mg
of calcium and 5 grams of omega 3s. Wow!

Organic is key because it does NOT contain pesticides or toxic herbicides!

Remember to always first look for organic versions of these food items to be sure that they don't contain
pesticides. Also, you can rely on the Health Ranger to inspect foods, superfoods and supplements for heavy metal toxins that even the "organic" label doesn't verify. Check out Mike Adams' new book available for pre-sale now, Food Forensics, that examines multiple genres of nature's best remedies, and shows you exactly how to distinguish the cleanest supplements and foods on earth.

Sources for this article include:

FoodForensics.com

HealthImpactNews.com

NaturalAlternativeRemedy.com

LeafScience.com

Blogs.NaturalNews.com

AuthorityNutrition.com

TheSleuthJournal.com

NaturalNews.com

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FoodRenegade.com

NaturalAlternativeRemedy.com

Top10HomeRemedies.com

MindBodyyGreen.com

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By WakingTimes July 20, 20162 CommentsRead More →

Will Popular Marijuana Strains Become Like Fine Wines?

Steven Maxwell, Contributor
Waking Times

I’m a recreational cannabis refugee. I moved to the Pacific Northwest to avoid the potential of being thrown in a cage for smoking a flower that makes my life better.

I’m old enough to remember when good marijuana was rare and called “kine buds.” Kine comes from Hawaiian pigeon speak for “the good kind.” Since Hawaii has had a long love affair with potent pakalolo(crazy smoke), with strains like Maui Waui becoming world famous, kine became universal slang for “the good weed” even for a teenager like me in the 1990s in Connecticut.

Brick weed of unknown origin was much more common in those days. As the legalization of cannabis expands, so does the knowledge of the best strains and their effects. Today brick weed is all but extinct in the United States while genetic strains of cannabis are becoming very sophisticated.

Crowd sourcing experiences may prove more accurate than clinical studies could ever be. Sites like Leafly and others have curated thousands of experiences about how different strains and doses of cannabis affect people. Although marijuana effects seem to be unique for each individual, much like various alcohol drinks are, some common traits are identifiable.

In a previous article, I described the general differences between sativa and indica strains. Sativa has a more energetic, heady and creative effect, while indica is more pain-relieving and sleep-inducing.

But like fine wines, there are subtleties to consider.

Some strains are bred to maximize output of flowers with compounds like tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the primary mind-altering ingredient in cannabis. While other strains are bred to limit the THC and emphasize other beneficial compounds to help children cope with debilitating illnesses.Charlotte’s Web is a notable low-THC strain produced to reduce seizures in kids without getting them high.

Watch this brief clip of CNN’s special Weed about the people behind Charlotte’s web:

There are 5 major cannabinoids THC, CBD, CBN, CBC and CBG. Each strain of marijuana has a different composition of these cannabinoids in order to achieve different effects. Clever botanists then deliberately breed strains to optimize certain traits and features.

Original genetic strains of cannabis are called Landraces. They are the Holy Grail for strain hunters and breeders who will go to great lengths to acquire them. The short film below follows cannabis breeding legend, Arjan Roskam, and his crew of strain hunters in Colombia to look for three of the country’s rarest types of weed, strains that have remained genetically pure for decades.

Landraces have been bred together to create some world-renowned strains like White Widow which is 60% South Indian indica and 40% Brazilian sativa and boasts 20-22% THC. The name White Widow refers to how the strain’s huge colas become snow covered with white crystal trichomes towards the end of their flowering period. White Widow has since spawned many other popular strains like White Russian, White Rhino, and Blue Widow.

Highly tailored cannabis strains are beginning to resemble fine wine whereby the richness is found in the varying scents, flavors, sensations, origin stories and growing method. Even name brands are beginning to take shape with celebrity brands leading the charge.

Music legend and longtime defender of marijuana, Willie Nelson, has launched a premium quality brand called Willie’s Reserve which sells multiple strains in elegant packaging. Will Willie’s Reserve White Widow become comparable to Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon?

Blunt-smoking Snoop Dogg has gotten into the action with his brand Leafs By Snoop. Singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge launched a cannabis-infused wine tincture “Private Reserve.”

What’s more, the day job of the current Libertarian presidential candidate, Gary Johnson, who’s polling in double-digits against Clinton and Trump, is the president and CEO of Cannabis Sativa Inc. The publicly traded company focuses on high-quality cannabis products and public policy.

With corporate green fever heating up, some people are worried that agriculture giants like Monsanto will bully their way into the market and create a mutant GMO weed to compete with organic and heirloom strains.

Ultimately, the competition in a legal recreational market will likely bring a rush of new kine buds. Move over wine snobs, make room for the cannabis connoisseurs.

About the Author

Steven Maxwell writes for Activist Post. The article is open source and can be reproduced in full with attribution.

By Waking Times July 21, 20160 CommentsRead More →

3 Common Scams the Food Industry Uses to Hide Counterfeit Foods

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Anna Hunt, Staff Writer
Waking Times

The food industry scams its customers on a daily basis. The quicker you realize this, the faster you’ll start to learn just which foods to look out for and how you can improve your diet.

Author of the book Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating and What You Can Do About It, Larry Olmsted, is a food journalist that explains how you are being fooled every day by the food industry. Olmsted has researched the approach that the food industry takes to food labeling and marketing. He is of the opinion that people are being fooled more often than they realize:

“Some of the adulteration — when they cut olive oil with other oils or substances, they cut honey with corn syrup — that is a violation of the law. But a lot of it is labeling issues that are unregulated. Like ‘natural’ would be the perfect example. You could slap ‘natural’ on pretty much any food product. It’s meaningless.”

Let’s take a look at three common misconceptions used by the food industry to scam customers.

1. Seafood Is Healthy

Most people think that seafood is healthy. Yet, questionable food quality and fraud is common in this food segment. The first thought that comes to mind when it comes to seafood contamination is mercury, but the problem is much more far-reaching.

“Ninety-one percent of the seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported and current FDA law mandates that just two percent of that be inspected every year.” (source)

This leaves a lot of room for fakery.

In his book, Olmsted discusses a 2012 study of New York City seafood done by scientists at Oceana, a nonprofit advocacy group, which tested seafood authenticity using DNA. They discovered fakes at 58% of 81 stores sampled and at all of the 16 sushi restaurants studied. Many sushi varieties you think you are eating are substituted with easier to obtain fish. For example, the Oceana study found that only about 6% of red snapper sold was real red snapper, while the remaining 94% were other types of fish such as tilefish or tilapia.

Speaking of tilapia, it is one of the most common farm-raised fish purchased in the U.S., often imported from China, which is the world’s largest producer. These farms suffer from water pollution and often overuse chemicals and antibiotics. These details are never revealed on seafood packaging. In natural ponds used to raise tilapia, shrimp and other fish, also a big food segment in China, industry secrets include contamination by sewage, industrial waste and agricultural runoff.

Unless you are buying seafood that has been certified for its authenticity, as for example with the logo “Alaska Seafood: Wild, Natural, Sustainable,” you may be getting less than you bargained for. Everyone has been so focused on questionable practices in cattle factory farming, but just as many chemicals and antibiotics can be present in seafood.

2. Gourmet or ‘Natural’ Foods Assure Quality

The gourmet food sector, encompassing foods such as specialty meats, cheeses, oils, etc., brings in about $1 billion in revenues in the U.S. alone. Are the foods in this sector really worth the higher prices? Do they offer a higher quality and more complex taste?

The gourmet label is one best tricks of food marketers. Just as with the word ‘natural’ so often used on food packaging, putting ‘gourmet’ on food labels, or adding some type of ‘quality seal’, plays on the buyer’s subconscious mind. It indicates that the product has met some form of certification criteria. These tricks are used on labels to justify higher prices, but usually there is no certification or higher quality.

Many labeling tricks are used by food producers to justify premium prices. Colors are used to influence perceptions, i.e. the color green is associated with healthy. Claims about reduced unhealthy ingredients such as sodium, fat, or sugar are used to make foods appear better. Misleading brand names, such as “Healthy Choice” or “Go Natural,” are used to appeal to health-conscious people. All these foods, regardless of what’s on the label, are typically still filled with chemical additives just like any mainstream alternative.

Misleading labels are one of the biggest food industry scams ever. You have to read the ingredients to establish which brands can be trusted.

3. The Basics Are Difficult to Ruin

Basic staple foods cannot possibly be fake. Or can they? Olive oil, honey, maple syrup, rice, coffee, etc. Most of us don’t think twice before buying these foods because, really, how is it possible to ruin the basics? Come to find out, many basic foods imported in bulk, or mass-produced, could be considered counterfeit foods.

Olive oil is a good example. Mass imports often contain additives such as soybean and peanut oils. In 1981, there was even a big controversy about Spanish olive oil being mixed with aniline, a chemical used in making plastic. The problem is that these additives are never listed. Anyone can label their product as ‘pure,’ and no one is checking for fraud. Don’t take olive oil for granted. Look for certifications such as “COOC Certified Extra Virgin” or the international EVA and UNAPROL labels.

Maple syrup and honey are another great example. Most grocery store shelves have more fake honey and fake maple syrup, mixed with or made up entirely of sugar or high-fructose corn syrup, than the real stuff. Always read the labels and, if available, buy the organic versions of these products.

Another example, sadly, is coffee. Unscrupulous producers may dump fillers such as corn, soybeans, barley, triticale, wheat, rye, brown sugar, rice or even twigs into ground coffee. If you want to be sure that you are drinking the real deal, buy whole beans rather than ground coffee.

How to Overcome Food Industry Scams

Do not be discouraged. Real food is readily available if you are willing to look outside of the mainstream food environment. You need to explore your local farmer’s markets and find trustworthy certification programs. To find out how to identify real food, check out the sources below, as well as Larry Olmsted’s Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating and What You Can Do About It.

Read more articles from Anna Hunt.

YOU ARE WHAT YOU READ

YOU ARE WHAT YOU READ: RESEARCH REVEALS THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT YOU’RE READING

ALEXA ERICKSONJULY 18, 2016

Are you a tabloid loving, pop culture obsessed, meme and GIF intrigued person? Do you like sensational novels to pass the time?

According to a new study published in the International Journal of Business Administration in May 2016, your love for “light reading,” and web-based aggregators like Reddit, Tumblr and BuzzFeed may not be doing you any good.

The researchers concluded that what students read in college directly affects the level of writing they achieve. In fact, students who pick up academic journals, literary fiction, or general nonfiction wrote with greater syntactic sophistication than those who preferred the former options. Furthermore, the highest scores came from those who resorted to academic journals, and the lowest to solely web-based content.

But then again, “good writing” is often subjective. What we’re really talking about here is whether our overall ability to convey what we want to say comes across well to the masses.

Why You Need To Start “Deep Reading”

As opposed to light reading, which involves little more than comprehending and decoding words, deep reading involves reading that is slow, immersive, emotional, and morally complex. When you are deep reading, you are absorbing language rich in detail, allusion, and metaphor. This style of reading works to engage the part of the brain regions that allow the reader to feel as though they are experiencing the event.

It’s thought of as an exercise that promotes brain health — boosting your levels of empathy because you practice reflection, analysis, and personal subtext. Light reading lacks these meaningful attributes. Online blogs, for instance, are said to lack a genuine voice, viewpoint, and analysis that provokes deeper thoughts. Essentially, you’ll likely forget what you read in mere minutes.

Likewise, Stanford University researchers concluded the benefits of deep reading as opposed to light reading. They found that close literary reading gives your brain a workout in multiple complex cognitive functions. And while simple pleasure reading increases blood flow to different areas of the brain, deep reading proves more of an effective brain exercise.

Why You Should Read Poems

An article published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies reported that more emotionally charged writing works to arouse several regions in the brain that respond to music. When comparing reading poetry and prose, researchers found that poetry activates the posterior cingulate cortex and medial temporal lobes — both of which are linked to self-analysis.

For the study, volunteers also read their favorite poems, which stimulated parts of the brain associated with memory. These areas of the brain, predominantly located on the right side, had already been shown to provoke “shivers down the spine” as a result of an emotional reaction to music.

Why You Should Read Literary Fiction

Recent experiments have revealed that reading literary fiction makes way for better performance on tests of affective theory of mind, or understanding others’ thinking and wellbeing.

The study published in the International Journal of Business Administration found that this type of reading enhances theory of mind, which may be influenced by a higher amount of engagement with real works of art as opposed to reading magazine articles, interviews, and online nonfiction reporting.

Pick Deep Reading Over Watching Television

When you turn on the TV, you’re signaling your brain power to shut down. Likewise, reading lightweight material for entertainment simply doesn’t fire up your writing brain to help you become a better writer. So, rather than turning on the tube or scrolling through articles on Facebook, spend more time deep-reading literary fiction and poetry.