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Need To Detox Your Body? Reach For The Hemp!

Becca Wolford, Contributing Writer Waking Times  This is a toxic world that we are living in today. It seems like everything we eat, breathe, or touch has the capacity to add toxins to our bodies. There are toxins in our foods and water (pesticides, herbicides, chemicals in processed foods), toxins in the air (pollution and

New Years Resolutions: Tuning Up Your Brain

Natasha Thomas, MT-BC, Guest Writer Waking Times It’s hard to believe another year is almost over, taking with it my holiday break. I woke up late this morning and spent the day baking, cleaning, and doing other laid-back, but necessary chores to keep myself from becoming too adjusted to all the free time off of

Is Juicing Cannabis Better For Health Than Smoking It?

Alyx S. Kerr, Prevent Disease Waking Times Cannabinoids can prevent cancer, reduce heart attacks by 66% and insulin dependent diabetes by 58%. Cannabis clinician Dr. William Courtney recommends drinking 4 – 8 ounces of raw flower and leaf juice from any Hemp plant, 5 mg of Cannabidiol (CBD) per kg of body weight, a salad

Is Your Headache Caused by Electro-Smog?

Anne Gordon, RN, Green Med Info Waking Times Most of us are too busy to notice. We have texting to do, and constant important information to exchange. But something invisible could be harming us. More people are experiencing headaches, tinnitus, brain fog, ear pressures, sleep disorders, neurological symptoms, cardiac, and cancer risks, plus more. There

Understanding Qigong and Tai Chi

Konstantin Eriksen, Guest Writer Waking Times  Tai chi qigong, and, in fact, all forms of chi kung (chi kung and qigong are the same thing), have deep roots in ancient Chinese philosophy. Their principles can be hard to understand for a lot of Westerners. In this article I’m going to give you a basic overview of

Orgone Energy

Dave R. Gahan, Guest Writer Waking Times This term orgonite derives from “orgone”, the term provided by Wilhelm Reich for essential energy discovered everywhere throughout nature. Also known as “Chi”, “Prana”, “Ether”, “Élan Vital”, or “fifth element”, this vital energy exists in an organic way within a variety of types. It may be neutral (OR),

Codex Nutrition Comittee Chooses Malnutrition

Scott Tips, JD, Green Med Info Waking Times In a stunning display of nutritional ignorance, three women ram through a Codex standard that leaves many with sub-optimal nutrition The Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) just finished meeting all last week (December 3-7) in Bad Soden, a small German city

Thirteen Ways To Prevent Cancer

Dr. Ben Kim, Guest Writer Waking Times The purpose of this article is to outline 13 ways that you can decrease your risk of developing any type of cancer. The following 13 ways to prevent cancer are presented in no particular order: 1. If you are going to be sexually active, be in a mutually

Modern Science Confirms Yoga’s Many Health Benefits

Sayer Ji, Green Med Info Waking Times  Modern science now confirms why humans have been practicing yoga since the beginning of recorded history: it is good both for the body and mind. There is evidence in the archeological record that yoga has been practiced by humans for at least 5,000 years. Whereas this would constitute

The Science Behind Good Vibes: How Mindfulness Actually Works

Editor, Prevent Disease Waking Times  Achieving mindfulness through meditation has helped people maintain a healthy mind by quelling negative emotions and thoughts, such as desire, anger and anxiety, and encouraging more positive dispositions such as compassion, empathy and forgiveness. Those who have reaped the benefits of mindfulness know that it works. But how exactly does it work?

Reishi: The Brilliant Mushroom

Pamela Duff, Green Med Info Waking Times  These varnished-looking mushrooms are gorgeous when fresh since the caps are liver-red to a reddish brown and distinctively glossy. Ganoderma is from the Latin gan, meaning “shiny”, derma meaning “skin”, and lucideum meaning “brilliant”. The surface is arranged in lumpy zones with colour progressing to white or yellow along the edge. Lucideum grows on hardwoods

8 Ways Microbes Can Save Us From Ourselves

Sayer Ji, Green Med Info Waking Times Could bacteria and related microbes, widely believed to be a primary cause of disease, explain how we are capable of surviving through the self-created chemical nightmare of industrialized society? Environmental chemical exposures number in the tens of thousands among industrialized populations.  Our water, air, food, and now bodies,

We Want To Live In A World That Is…

Marco Torres & Michael Forrester, Prevent Disease Waking Times Free from the limitations that currently exist on Earth. A world of endless possibilities filled with nations of cooperative families and communities who have one goal–to function as a unit. One that can only survive through the purest, positive intent to benefit humanity. This is our

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Research Finds Aloe Vera May Prevent and Treat Skin Cancer

Case Adams, Green Med Info Waking Times Research from the University of Belgrade School of Medicine has confirmed what other recent studies have been finding – that Aloe vera and its constituents inhibit the process of skin cell proliferation that accompanies skin cancer. The researchers tested Aloe-emodin, a constituent of Aloe, with human skin cells – keratinocytes

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Nightshades… Can Produce Your Worst Health Nightmares!

The Health Coach, Contributing Writer Waking Times  Some of your favorite foods may be ruining your life. To eat or not to eat, that is the question which has become critical to ask for so many of us. Especially where it concerns diet –> the “ONE SIZE FITS ALL” approach does not work. Period. Please understand

Going to Hope in a Handbasket

Laura Grace Weldon, Guest Writer Waking Times “Not only is another world possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”  -Arundhati Roy Fear sells. Blood and guts sell even better. What really grabs our attention? Out and out panic. That largely explains today’s so-called news channels, talk radio,

25 Studies Prove Fluoride Reduces Your IQ

Dr. Mercola Waking Times Dr. Paul Connett is recognized worldwide as a leader in the movement to eliminate fluoride from the municipal water supplies, and I’m pleased to be working with him to achieve this goal. Earlier this year, he used frequent flyer miles to visit New Zealand and in a month-long tour gave presentations

Is Your Diet Making You Moody?

Margie King, Green Med Info Waking Times How many people do you know who are on a low-fat, high carbohydrate diet? How many people do you know who are on antidepressants? Is there a link? Julia Ross, a clinical psychologist and author of The Mood Cure, sees a connection between the skyrocketing rates of depression and


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