Bisphenol A (BPA)»
PCOS:: Lara Briden, ND. (0)
by Lara Briden ND The latest expert panel on Polycystic Ovarian Sydnrome said recently that “PCOS is a major public health issue for women”. The panel went on to explain that PCOS is not one condition 1. It consists of different types or phenotypes, which is why it is so confusing to treat. For some [...]
Contemplative Psychology»
Conscious computing: how to take control of your life online | Technology | The Guardian (0)
What if there were a way to use the internet – and all our web-connected phones and tablets and laptops and games consoles – to foster rather than erode our attention spans, and to replace that sense of edgy distractedness with calm? This is the question motivating the embryonic movement known variously as “calming technology”, [...]
Dharma»
Occupy Buddhism | Tricycle (0)
Great article in Tricycle about His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Marxism. I don’t know why I’m surprised but I am. Not that his personal politics are this way (so similar to mine) but that he is willing to describe it as Marxism. When I was a kid (literally, when I was 11) I was [...]
Environment»
FRESH – World’s Wildest Supermarket Permaculture Research Institute (0)
— Kenneth Gronbjerg November 17, 2011 A holistic and most outrageous concept being turned into reality in Denmark. From: Sepp Holzer’s Permakultur, Leopold Stocker Verlag, 2008 Fresh is the concept for an organic, living supermarket in cities and villages, where instead of taking the items off the shelf, the customer harvests the [...]
Food»
Gentle Carbs for GABA and Cortisol and how that fits into the bigger picture of self-nourishment (0)
Here is an interesting article by Lara Briden, ND, about gentle carbs, particularly in regards to women under 35 who may have “adrenal fatigue” or HPA axis dysfunction (think “stressed out”) Many people have insulin resistance, weight gain and other connected symptoms. Lara says she wrote this article “in response to some young, thin, nervous [...]
Health»
No Benefit Seen in Sharp Limits on Salt in Diet – NYTimes.com (0)
In a report that undercuts years of public health warnings, a prestigious group convened by the government says there is no good reason based on health outcomes for many Americans to drive their sodium consumption down to the very low levels recommended in national dietary guidelines. Those levels, 1,500 milligrams of sodium a day, or [...]
Health/Toxics»
Household antimicrobials raise allergy risks | Contemporary Pediatrics (0)
Publish date: JUN 28, 2012 Print By: Contemporary Pediatrics Staff Exposure to antimicrobial agents commonly used in personal-care products may increase children’s risk of food and environmental allergies, a study of a large, nationally representative sample suggests. The endocrine system regulates hormone production in the body from conception through old age, and science suggests that [...]
Homeopathy»
The Strange Case of Homeopathy | Psychology Today (2)
This was published in Psychology Today in 2004. Its a good brief overview of why so many people continue to seek homeopathic treatment despite the ongoing opposition to it by medical professionals, skeptics and opinionated onlookers. Just this month the Swiss Government published its extensive review of homeopathic medicine to decide whether to continue funding [...]
kid's health»
Research: Childhood obesity is a product of environment – Salon.com (0)
“We are raising our children in a world that is vastly different than it was 40 or 50 years ago,” says Yoni Freedhoff, an obesity doctor and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Ottawa. “Childhood obesity is a disease of the environment. It’s a natural consequence of normal kids with normal genes being [...]
meditation»
Meditation Misconceptions on Vimeo (0)
I am currently involved in a conversation about meditation or “mindfulness” and all the myriad of interpretations and meanings of these terms that have become so common in popular culture and the media these days. Not a day goes by, it seems where someone is talking about mindfulness and how it will make you healthy [...]
Pesticides & Organics»
Robyn O’Brien at TED Austin:: watch this video!! (2)
“Robyn’s analysis is a startling revelation of the corruption of our food supply and our failure to protect two of our country’s most valuable assets, our children and our environment. Her message of courage, tenacity and hope is a beacon of light in our toxic world.” —Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. click this link and scroll [...]
psychology»
Shutting out a world of digital distraction – Telegraph (0)
“Tucked away in the acknowledgements at the back of her new novel NW, along with the names of friends, family, editors and publishers who have helped her, Zadie Smith thanks freedom and self-control “for creating the time”. Every writer needs the freedom to be creative and the self-control to stick with a project until completion, [...]
Toxics»
How Chemicals Change Us – NYTimes.com (0)
From Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times. He also wrote this on his facebook page: There’s a class of chemicals that is linked to everything from cancer to shrinkiing penises. Big Chem is blocking regulation of these chemicals, such as BPA, which are even in food packaging. Please help spread the word! When I [...]
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