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Big Ag and Big Pharma are interested in profit, not public health, and their lobbyists fight to protect their corporate interests, not consumer interests. OCA advocates for a sustainable, integrative healthcare system with an emphasis on prevention, nutrition, wellness promotion, and freedom of choice in healthcare for everyone.
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August 28, 2006
Dear readers,
I've found two incredible deals on health food items at Amazon.com's new gourmet grocery section, and I want to pass these along to you. We don't make anything off these links, but they could save you a bundle.
You'll find steep discounts on raw agave nectar (a natural sweetener with a very low glycemic index) and new Raw Revolution food bars (wholesome ingredients, no junk, raw + organic).
Find the details at: http://www.newstarget.com/020174.html
UPDATE ON WHO-DEE-AH
We've also posted a new update on the infamous appetite Read more
I've found two incredible deals on health food items at Amazon.com's new gourmet grocery section, and I want to pass these along to you. We don't make anything off these links, but they could save you a bundle.
You'll find steep discounts on raw agave nectar (a natural sweetener with a very low glycemic index) and new Raw Revolution food bars (wholesome ingredients, no junk, raw + organic).
Find the details at: http://www.newstarget.com/020174.html
UPDATE ON WHO-DEE-AH
We've also posted a new update on the infamous appetite Read more
News
August 24, 2006
Dear readers,
Today, author and clinical nutritionist Byron Richards brings you an eye-opening look at key officials at the FDA and the new "plan" they have for all Americans. It's no coincidence that this plan practically calls for virtually every American to be diagnosed with some new, fictitious disease that demands a lifetime of high-profit prescription drugs.
Don't miss this one:
FDA poised to change the health & wellbeing of all Americans
http://www.newstarget.com/020118.html
In Read more
Today, author and clinical nutritionist Byron Richards brings you an eye-opening look at key officials at the FDA and the new "plan" they have for all Americans. It's no coincidence that this plan practically calls for virtually every American to be diagnosed with some new, fictitious disease that demands a lifetime of high-profit prescription drugs.
Don't miss this one:
FDA poised to change the health & wellbeing of all Americans
http://www.newstarget.com/020118.html
In Read more
News
August 24, 2006
The Next Statin Scam: Preventing Strokes - Even if statin
drugs prevent strokes from recurring, you'll still die earlier from other
causes.
I Personally Helped Formulate This One: a Convenient Brand New Energy Bar that Read more
I Personally Helped Formulate This One: a Convenient Brand New Energy Bar that Read more
News
August 22, 2006
Dear Readers,
Today we have an interview with Dr. Dennis Goodman about how to naturally lower LDL cholesterol while raising HDL cholesterol. Dr. Goodman is also representing a product he helped develop with Enzymatic Therapy (so there is a product plug in the interview).
This interview reveals Dr. Goodman's fascinating transition from conventional medical training to openly promoting botanicals and other natural solutions for cardiovascular health.
Check it out at:
http://www.newstarget.com/020056.html Read more
Today we have an interview with Dr. Dennis Goodman about how to naturally lower LDL cholesterol while raising HDL cholesterol. Dr. Goodman is also representing a product he helped develop with Enzymatic Therapy (so there is a product plug in the interview).
This interview reveals Dr. Goodman's fascinating transition from conventional medical training to openly promoting botanicals and other natural solutions for cardiovascular health.
Check it out at:
http://www.newstarget.com/020056.html Read more
News
August 23, 2006
ARCATA -- Jennifer Harris didn't know a new bill allowing farmers to
grow industrial hemp was on the table, but when told it passed the
State Assembly on Monday and only needed the governor's signature to
become legal, she was pleasantly surprised.
Harris owns HempSown and makes clothing from hemp fabric she imports
from China.
"The importing is expensive," Harris said.
She said it may take a while for California manufacturers to reach
the quality Chinese manufacturers have, but since she just learned
her importing prices Read more
News
August 17, 2006
Boots made out of recycled medical gloves and pop cans, sandals that can be thrown in the compost at the end of their life, and T-shirts woven out of materials associated with the kitchen are the latest additions to shopping in Smithers.
Fibre Nation Organics opened its doors on Main Street almost two months ago and owner Nicola Papps said the interest in the hemp, organic cotton, bamboo and soy fabrics has been positive.
“I was quite surprised. I thought there might have
Read more News
August 22, 2006
(08-22) 04:00 PDT Sacramento -- California lawmakers narrowly passed
a bill Monday that would allow California's farmers to tap into the
$270 million hemp industry by providing the raw materials used to
create hemp products.
The bill, AB1147, is a bipartisan effort by Assemblyman Mark Leno,
D-San Francisco, and Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine (Orange
County), that would allow California's farmers to produce hemp oil,
seed and fiber -- the raw materials that are used in hemp products.
Industrial hemp, marijuana's nonhallucinogenic Read more
News
August 21, 2006
PRESS RELEASE
AUGUST 21, 2006
1:01 PM
CONTACT: Service Employees International Union
Alyssa Barnum, 202-730-7358
barnumb@seiu.org
A Pre-Census Report: Putting the Crisis in Perspective
Voters to Mobilize Tomorrow in a National Day of Action to Call on Congress for Real Solutions on Health Care Now
WASHINGTON - August 21 - When the U.S. Census delivers its annual consolidated report on income, poverty and health care coverage next Tuesday, August 29, it will reveal the number of Americans who lacked health insurance last year, likely Read more
AUGUST 21, 2006
1:01 PM
CONTACT: Service Employees International Union
Alyssa Barnum, 202-730-7358
barnumb@seiu.org
A Pre-Census Report: Putting the Crisis in Perspective
Voters to Mobilize Tomorrow in a National Day of Action to Call on Congress for Real Solutions on Health Care Now
WASHINGTON - August 21 - When the U.S. Census delivers its annual consolidated report on income, poverty and health care coverage next Tuesday, August 29, it will reveal the number of Americans who lacked health insurance last year, likely Read more
News
August 21, 2006
Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu killed a 35-year-old woman in Indonesia, raising the number of cases worldwide this year to 95, the same number reported in the whole of 2005, as health authorities study whether the virus is spreading between humans.
Tests on the woman were positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, I Nyoman Kandun, a director general at the Ministry of Health, said late yesterday. Indonesia, with the most H5N1 deaths, confirmed two other cases from the village where the woman lived. No signs of human-to-human transmission have been found, health officials Read more
Tests on the woman were positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, I Nyoman Kandun, a director general at the Ministry of Health, said late yesterday. Indonesia, with the most H5N1 deaths, confirmed two other cases from the village where the woman lived. No signs of human-to-human transmission have been found, health officials Read more
News
August 21, 2006
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POINT REYES STATION, CALIF. -- It is an old saying in the advertising trade that you sell the problem, not the solution. That helps explain why the media today are awash with images of disease. Erectile dysfunction, depression, stress, attention deficit disorder, on and on - you can't escape them and the sense of looming peril that they conjure up.
Politicians sell terror and fear; pharmaceutical companies sell disease. Every state and stage of existence has become a pathology in need of pharmaceutical "intervention," and life itself is a petri dish of Read more
POINT REYES STATION, CALIF. -- It is an old saying in the advertising trade that you sell the problem, not the solution. That helps explain why the media today are awash with images of disease. Erectile dysfunction, depression, stress, attention deficit disorder, on and on - you can't escape them and the sense of looming peril that they conjure up.
Politicians sell terror and fear; pharmaceutical companies sell disease. Every state and stage of existence has become a pathology in need of pharmaceutical "intervention," and life itself is a petri dish of Read more
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