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Just One Thing! Health Habits for the Overwhelmed

This month we take a look at Splenda & creative uses for frozen spinach. Suffering from wellness information overload? Each month we briefly cover one topic that will enhance your health and one topic that can threaten your health. Consider this your Cliff Notes of wellness habits. Just One Thing - Not to Do Splenda (Sucralose) The manufacturer of Splenda likes to report that the sweetener... [Read more]

Prescription Drugs: 4th Leading Cause of Death

If there's one thing the Heath Ledger tragedy proved, it that prescription drugs can be as dangerous as street drugs. The pharmaceutical industry markets, sells and profits greatly from prescription drugs that, at best, mainly work in 30% to 50% of people and, at worst, actually contribute to hospitalization, permanent disability, disease, illness and death. Prescription drugs have killed more Americans... [Read more]

Dark Chocolate Can’t Stack Up to Raw!

 Turns out those Oompa-Loompas knew what they were doing. In chapter 16 of Roald Dahl's classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory we learn that the leader of the Oompa-Loompa tribe moved all his people from Loompaland so they could live, feast, and even receive their wages in the precious cacao bean while working in Mr. Wonka's factory. While they seemed a little creepy to me, it's well known that... [Read more]