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Things You Should Know About Probiotics

March 17, 2017 on digestion, Digestive System, eating healthy, food choices, friendly bacteria, Health, natural health, Probiotics by paleomessenger

According to the World Health Organization, probiotics are live micro-organisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host (you). Continue reading…

Is There Truth Behind the 5 Second Rule?

September 20, 2016 on Health, natural health by paleomessenger

Let’s face it: we’ve all dropped a piece of food on the floor and uttered the ’5-second rule’ expression. But considering that 1 in 6 people suffer from a foodborne illness every year is it really okay to do so? Can harmful microbes really leap off the floor onto the food in only a matter…

Nourishing Foods For A Healthy Heart

September 20, 2016 on Health, natural health by paleomessenger

Nutrition is one of the key, if not most important, areas to address in order to successfully manage high blood pressure, cholesterol and to maintain overall heart health. Here are some of the best whole foods that can improve these health metrics through a nourishing lifestyle. Blood Pressure It used to be thought that lowering…

GMO: Demon Weeds

July 1, 2015 on Health by paleomessenger

We need to demand labeling of all GMO … it’s our right to know!

Study: Roundup herbicide damages sperm

June 29, 2015 on Health by paleomessenger

Those who want to conceive a child should take special measures to minimise their exposure, including eating organic food and lobbying for a ban on Roundup spraying in their neighbourhoods.

Gluten-free diet helps clear ‘brain fog’ in people with celiac disease

June 29, 2015 on Health by paleomessenger

The findings of the current study indicate that ridding the diet of gluten not only help heal the gut, it may also help address these problems that are so common to celiac disease patients.

Benefits of Paleo Diet After Surgery

June 22, 2015 on Health by paleomessenger

It has been astoundingly clear that the patients who follow the Paleo Diet suggestions, do better after surgery then the conventional eating patients whose diets are filled with sugar, salt, and highly processed, refined foods that do not have substantial nutritional value and minimal EPA and DHA.

How the Sugar Industry Sugar-Coats Science, UCS Reports

May 22, 2015 on Health by paleomessenger

Food companies have spent billions of dollars to cover up the link between sugar consumption and health problems. That’s the conclusion of a new report from the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).

Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy Linked To Autism, Study Shows

May 22, 2015 on Health by paleomessenger

In a new study from California, children with an autism spectrum disorder were more likely to have mothers who lived close to fields treated with certain pesticides during pregnancy.

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