Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer Waking Times Earlier this week we reported a victory for anti-GMO activists when it was announced that Poland banned GM crops under new legislation. “The North-Eastern European country, Poland, has become the latest EU nation to ban the production of genetically modified (GM) crops, although, the European Food Safety Authority has approved GM …
Ken Butigan, Waging Nonviolence Contributor Waking Times On Monday President Obama nominated his counterterrorism chief, John O. Brennan, to head the Central Intelligence Agency. Though some civil liberties groups and other critics have raised questions about Brennan’s involvement in the CIA’s practice of torture during the Bush administration, relatively less has been said about his …
Liberty Crier Waking Times 10) MARIJUANA USE HAS NO EFFECT ON MORTALITY: A massive study of California HMO members funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found marijuana use caused no significant increase in mortality. Tobacco use was associated with increased risk of death. Sidney, S et al. Marijuana Use and Mortality. American Journal …
Sayer Ji, Green Med Info Waking Times Sugar and artificial sweeteners are so accessible, affordable and socially sanctioned, that few consider their habitual consumption to be a problem on the scale of say, addiction to cocaine. But if recent research is correct their addictive potential could be even worse. Almost 40 years ago, William Duffy …
Belsebuub, Guest Writer Waking Times You should be active in your spiritual life. You’re never going to discover why you exist, and what the purpose of your life is, if you don’t do something about it. Do you want to live your life superficially, or do you want to have a genuinely spiritual life? Reading, …
Linda George, Contributing Writer Waking Times I don’t know about you, but it feels to me as if January is slipping away, already way too fast. Days of delicious, lazy summer relaxation (here in the Southern hemisphere) feel so good, and are doubly precious – given the speed with which they are passing. Half way …
Aaron Jackson, Guest Writer Waking Times The concepts of consumerism and careerism are predominant in first world countries, and are increasing in countries with less “advanced” economies too, but why? The definition of careerism or a careerist is “the characteristics associated with one who advances his career even at the expense of his pride and dignity.” Simply looking …
Marco Torres, Prevent Disease Waking Times Scientists and engineers appear to be playing a very dangerous game when it comes to scanning technology. How many more radiation emitting devices can people take? A University of Missouri engineering team has invented a compact source of X-rays and other forms of radiation. The radiation source, which is …
Christina Sarich, Contributing Writer Waking Times Almost all of the world’s problems, let alone our personal snickers and complaints, can be boiled down to a difference in either a material or cosmic perspective of the world. Many of us do-do-do instead of be-be-be because we have been conditioned to accept the world on nihilistic, materialistic …
Soren Dreier, SorenDreier.com Waking Times I would like to go a little upstream on the subject of ESP – psychic powers or extra sensory perception by stating: It is not “extra”, it’s our basic ability. We come with it and have the potential to use it. Or not. So it’s basic: “BSP” –Basic Sensory Perception. …
Emmanuel J. Karavousanos, Guest Writer Waking Times The mystic gains knowledge, intuitive knowledge of consciousness through that flash of insight known as, the mystical experience. If the mystic had not gained this realization, he would not have gained that spiritual gift. Let us consider an explanation for this greatest of all enigmas. It was historian James Harvey …
Paul Levy, Awaken In The Now Waking Times The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting of innocent, beautiful children and their heroic adult protectors has touched something really deep within the sacred heart of humanity; it feels as if a tipping point has been reached. I live in Portland, Oregon, where days before the Newtown massacre …
Natasha Longo, Prevent Disease Waking Times The future of wheat is certain, and it’s toxic. There are as many health risks associated with the consumption of wheat as there are nutritional benefits claimed by the wheat industry. Why is there such a strong emphasis on the development of wheat products all over the world when …
Dr. Shawn Tassone, Guest Writer Waking Times A recent study of over 1,000 family practitioners stated that close to 70% of primary care providers would be either retiring or leaving medical care within the next 5 years. While this is disturbing, what I found more disturbing is the responses to this story on Google. Most, …
Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer Waking Times The North-Eastern European country, Poland, has become the latest EU nation to ban the production of genetically modified (GM) crops, although, the European Food Safety Authority has approved GM crops as being safe for cultivation. Poland’s Ministry of Agriculture has opted to take advantage of a special ‘safeguard clause’ …
Sayer Ji, Green Med Info Waking Times This commonly overlooked superfood protects the body from nuclear fallout, kills a wide range of cancers, and keeps the arteries unclogged — to name but a few, experimentally confirmed ways in which the apple awakens your inner physician. “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This age old …
April McCarthy, Prevent Disease Waking Times Our society has officially produced a generation of parents which retard the growth of children in more ways than one. A child’s healthy brain and emotional development are being hindered by social practices and cultural beliefs of modern life, according to an interdisciplinary body of research presented recently at …
Chris Renzo, Contributing Writer Waking Times Given the current state of the world it is clear we face a spiritual problem of epic proportion. If we are going to heal the ills of the world and create equality between peoples we must start to observe our belief structures and question whether or not they are …
Sayer Ji, Green Med Info Waking Times New research confirms some of the basic tenets of the Wheat Belly, a book by Dr. William Davis, which argues that wheat avoidance results in healthy weight loss. Published in Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry this month, and titled “Gluten-free diet reduces adiposity, inflammation and insulin resistance associated with the induction of …
Rhett Butler, Mongabay Waking Times The extraction of oil is responsible for the deforestation, degradation, and environmental devastation of lands across the globe. The oil extraction process results in the release of toxic drilling by-products into local rivers, while broken pipelines and leakage result in persistent oil spillage. In addition, the construction of roads for …
