Colette Barry, Contributing Writer Waking Times Did you know studies suggest that a lack of sleep puts you at an increased risk of suffering from Obesity and Type-2 diabetes? Feeling alarmed at the mention of these two depressing illnesses? The more sleepless nights you spent tossing in bed the easier it becomes for the ageing …
Lisa Garber Waking Times It’s a wonder people spend billions of dollars on woefully ineffective and even harmful pharmaceuticals when our own spice racks contain so much natural healing power. And now, many recent studies back the millennia-old claims that spices have powerful healing properties. Here are 5 organic spices possessing amazing healing properties to …
Prevent Disease Most of us experience a constant bombardment of low-level toxins. Germs and other toxic substances are all around us — in air, food and water, on plants and pets, and even on the surfaces of our homes and in our own bodies. The internet is overflowing with information on toxins and countless programs …
Sayer Ji Waking Times Could the active ingredient in marijuana, responsible for its characteristic “high,” help turn the tide against the accelerating Alzheimer’s epidemic? A remarkable study published in the journal Molecular Pharmacology in 2006, found that this long vilified plant contains a compound with not one, but two therapeutic properties ideal for addressing both …
Elizabeth Renter Waking Times NASA knows a thing or two about keeping air clean, sending astronauts into space with a limited amont of breathable air for months on end. Afterall, they can’t simply open a window when things get stuffy in space. What NASA researchers have learned about air quality in the home concerning air-cleaning …
Sayer Ji Waking Times A new study on aspartame has the potential to reignite the decades-old controversy behind this artificial sweetener’s safety, or lack thereof. As far back as 1996, folks were writing about the potential link between aspartame and increasing brain tumor rates.[i] Indeed, its intrinsic neurotoxicity and carcinogenicity has been confirmed in the …
Lisa Garber Waking Times Researchers examined over two dozen studies and determined that acupuncture effectively diminished chronic pain – news the pharmaceutical industry does not want to hear. The studies involved nearly 18,000 patients with back, neck, and shoulder pain, osteoarthritis, or chronic headaches, and showed that acupuncture for pain could be a simple solution. …
GMWatch Waking Times Genetically modified (GM) foods are often promoted as a way to feed the world. But this is little short of a confidence trick. Far from needing more GM foods, there are urgent reasons why we need to ban them altogether. 1. GM foods won’t solve the food crisis A 2008 World Bank …
Chris Bourne, Openhand Contributor Waking Times When we peel back the veils of what’s going on in the world, it’s going to impact us emotively in many ways. On this, the anniversary of 911, we can clearly see the metaphor: the old fear based reality is coming apart at the seams, a progressive internal implosion. …
Colette Barry, Contributing Writer Waking Times “The blind cannot see and the deaf cannot hear. Does this mean that what they cannot see or hear does not exist” – Yogarahasya No one could have described the incomprehensible sensation of tranquility and harmony rooting from yoga, better than the wise words of Yogarahasya. While many of …
Lisa Garber Waking Times Prevention is key with natural health solutions, although we firmly believe that anyone can beat cancer with nutrition. It is said that at least half of all cancer cases can be prevented through lifestyle changes such as diet, which also just so happens to be one of the best methods in …
Tania Melkonian Waking Times I take my responsibility as a writer very seriously. If I deign to give advice, I do so with caution and qualification. As may be obvious, one person’s tip is another’s tribulation. If I give my opinion, it will be clearly interwoven with personal stories, humor (one strives) and self-reflexive bias. …
Lisa Garber Waking Times Pesticides don’t just damage and kill weeds and unwanted bugs; they can harm pets and people, children in particular—a small wonder, given they were created by the poison gas industry from WWI. Despite being changed for use on insects rather than people, household insecticides and pesticides in food can cause a slew …
Christina Sarich, Contributing Writer Waking Times From ancient Vedic times in India, to the sanctuaries of Greece, including the Temple of Delphi, to the terraced Mayan hills in Central and South America, and spirit journeys of American Indians, to the DMT and mushroom induced trances of the aboriginal Australians, to the opium dens of China, …
Colette Barry Waking Times “Love yourself—accept yourself—forgive yourself—and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.” ~Leo F. Buscaglia When was the last time you stood in front of the mirror sharing feelings of contentment? Ever wondered why in this fast-paced life we often …
Prevent Disease Waking Times Some of the best healing remedies to overcome inflammation also taste fabulous which can’t really be stated about prescription medications. Moreover, foods won’t cause the nasty side effects common to most pain medications. Here are ten amazing foods that fight inflammation and pain. 1. Blueberries: Blueberries are excellent anti-inflammatory foods. They increase the …
Elizabeth Renter Waking Times There are things that you can do to instantly to reduce your risks of illness and disease, and reach optimal health status. These things usually involve a total-body, whole health approach and can be referred to as “lifestyle changes.” They often require a shift in thinking as well as a shift …
Becca Wolford, Contributing Writer Waking Times Did you know that DNA can be damaged…and repaired? DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the hereditary material found in humans, animals, and organisms. DNA is in every cell in our bodies. Each cell’s nucleus has DNA, which is rolled into structures that are our chromosomes (23 pairs). “Most genes contain …
Paul Fassa Waking Times There have been reports from long term statistical surveys (epidemiological) confirming suspicions that those who are vaccinated often don’t do as well with long term health as those who are vaccination free. Vaccine dangers are real, but those in power don’t want you to know about them. Many of us know …
Mike Barrett Waking Times Disease rates are skyrocketing, particularly chronic illnesses like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. With an estimated half of all US adults to face diabetes by 2020, it would seem that there is little hope for slowing down the rampant onslaught of lifestyle-connected conditions. It may be that our continued distancing from nature is …
