Updated October 20, 2017 Note from Kathleen: Our little North Carolina mountain town of Brevard, (population 7,822) had the wisdom and foresight to remove fluoride from the municipal water more than 10 years ago. A few years ago, uninformed dentists attempted to have fluoride reinserted into the water supply based on no scientific evidence, but … Read more
Note from Kathleen: This is an excerpt from my latest book, Our Toxic World: A Survivor’s Guide . An important puzzle piece links GMOs (genetically modified organisms) found in a vast array of food products and gluten sensitivity. If you’ve dismissed friends who engage in the current “fad” of gluten intolerance, you may change your … Read more
Free Chapter From My New Book: Our Toxic World: A Survivor’s Guide CHAPTER 1 We live in a toxic world. There is no way around it. The air we breathe is polluted. Outdoor air is polluted by industrial waste, dirty power plants, cars and trucks, industrial fumes and automotive exhausts. Automotive fumes and industrial waste … Read more
Our drinking water is full of scary stuff, not the least of which is prescription drugs that make their way from human bodies though the sewage system, filtration and arrive back in our taps more or less intact. Yuck, you say? Yes, yuck. You see, we’re a nation of prescription drug junkies. It (almost) goes … Read more
Organic food is good for you and good for the planet. Most of my readers would agree on that point. In the U.S., organic foods are subject to federal regulations that govern how the foods can be grown, raised and processed. Definition of organic foods In general, organic foods and livestock must be grown without … Read more
I get this question all the time: Isn’t soy a health food? The answer, in a nutshell is: No! Unfermented soy is about as far from a health food as you can get. I’ll get into fermented soy products in a moment. Soy dangers Over the years, solid research has linked soy to: breast cancer … Read more