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(Natural News) Vitamin D is one of the most extensively studied nutrients. Contrary to popular belief, vitamin D is not, well, a vitamin. The body can produce its own vitamin D, so it is technically a hormone. The primary source of vitamin D is sunlight. When skin cells are exposed to sunlight, a molecule in […]

(Natural News) Every time you purchase mass-produced processed “food” from the likes of Kraft, PepsiCo, or Nestle, you’re choosing, whether you realize it or not, to feed your family not only genetically engineered poisons and chemical additives, but also various flavoring agents manufactured using the tissue of aborted human babies. And you thought just your […]

(Natural News) A group of public interest organizations has recently released its second annual  report – a report that exposes many fast food industry giants for the frauds that they are. Joined by their environmental, consumer and health concerns, the groups banded together to grade the 25 largest fast food and restaurant chains in the United States. […]

(Natural News) Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating illness that affects over 5 million Americans alone. It is also the sixth leading cause of death in America. The Alzheimer’s Association estimates that roughly 1-in-3 senior citizens will die with Alzheimer’s disease, or another form of dementia. It kills more people than breast and prostate cancer combined. […]

(Natural News) Due to mounting pressure from informed and (understandably) outraged consumers, retail giant Costco decided to phase out selling chickens that have been treated with shared-use antibiotics. This move comes on the heels of a similar announcement from McDonald’s, which resolved to stop purchasing chickens raised with shared-use antibiotics within two years. Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs […]

(Natural News) In 2013, the Center for Environmental Health revealed test results that indicated PepsiCo had been hiding something about their eponymous beverage. The popular soft drink was found to contain alarming amounts of  4-Methylimidazole, or 4-MeI for short. 4-MeI is a carcinogenic compound that is formed during the process of making caramel coloring – […]

(Natural News) Nearly 1.7 million “new cancer cases” will be diagnosed this year in America, according to estimates from the American Cancer Society.  If that isn’t unsettling enough, the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts cancer rates will skyrocket over the next 20 years. The organization has hypothesized that global cancer incidence will rise by about 70 […]

(Natural News) Many people believe that vision loss is an inevitable corollary of age. Consequently, they resort to contact lenses, glasses or worse — surgery. In actuality, many eye problems can be treated from the inside out. Like our other organs, eyes obtain nutrients from the food we eat. What we put into our body […]

(Natural News) In case you’ve never heard of it, carrageenan is a food-processing additive that is exclusively used for binding, emulsifying, and creating texture, especially when used as a fat substitute. It is initially extracted from red seaweed as something without any nutritional or taste value. Degraded carrageenan, when it is processed with acid solutions, […]

(Natural News) You’ve walked by huge piles of organic lemons many times, and, occasionally, put a slice in your drinking water. But after reading about the tremendous benefits of this Vitamin C-rich, alkalizing citrus, you’ll be adding a half a lemon in warm water each morning upon arising. Natural News reports, ” . . . First thing […]