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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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June 27, 2006
Last fall, Wal-Mart committed to phasing out PVC packaging, sending shockwaves throughout the chemical industry. Help leverage this victory and send a message to Wal-Mart asking them to declare independence from PVC, the poison plastic.
Take Action Today at
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/CHEJ/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=4297
From vinyl shower curtains to children's toys, PVC (polyvinyl chloride) plastic products pervade our homes and lives Read more
Take Action Today at
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/CHEJ/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=4297
From vinyl shower curtains to children's toys, PVC (polyvinyl chloride) plastic products pervade our homes and lives Read more
News
June 22, 2006
Let's get to the raw truth about the pharmaceutical industry. Drug companies want to turn every normal human experience into a diagnosable disease that's treatable with their high-priced, patent-protected, brand-name drugs. It used to be that drugs were intended just to treat bonafide diseases -- things like malaria or infections -- but now the drug companies have realized that it's a much more profitable venture to invent diseases, and then sell drugs to treat them.
So today, we have drugs to help you do everything a normal, healthy human being can manage on their own in the first Read more
So today, we have drugs to help you do everything a normal, healthy human being can manage on their own in the first Read more
News
June 21, 2006
Dear Organic Consumer,
Ever wonder which foods, herbs or nutrients would be most helpful for your particular health challenges? Now you can find the answers, instantly!
Over the last several months, we've been quietly working on a "secret" project to build the internet's most useful database of healing foods, herbs and nutrients. This project is now open to the public, and you can start using it right now at:
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And the nutrients at: http://www. Read more
Ever wonder which foods, herbs or nutrients would be most helpful for your particular health challenges? Now you can find the answers, instantly!
Over the last several months, we've been quietly working on a "secret" project to build the internet's most useful database of healing foods, herbs and nutrients. This project is now open to the public, and you can start using it right now at:
http://www.HealingFoodReference.com
You'll find the herbs at: http://www.HerbReference.com
And the nutrients at: http://www. Read more
News
June 21, 2006
The World Health Organization has concluded that human-to-human transmission likely occurred among seven relatives who developed bird flu in Indonesia.
In a report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, WHO experts said the cluster's index case was probably infected by sick birds and spread the disease to six family members. One of those cases, a boy, then likely infected his father, it said.
The U.N. agency stressed the virus has not mutated and that no cases were detected beyond the family.
Seven of the eight relatives died last month, but one was Read more
In a report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, WHO experts said the cluster's index case was probably infected by sick birds and spread the disease to six family members. One of those cases, a boy, then likely infected his father, it said.
The U.N. agency stressed the virus has not mutated and that no cases were detected beyond the family.
Seven of the eight relatives died last month, but one was Read more
News
June 21, 2006
Mike: I am joined today by author Randall Fitzgerald, the author of "The Hundred-Year Lie: How Food and Medicine are Destroying Your Health," a groundbreaking new book that you would do well to pick up and read. Thanks for joining me today, Randall.
Randall Fitzgerald: Well thank you Mike. It is a real pleasure and honor to be with you.
Mike: Likewise. Your book was sent to me recently. I began reading it and was absolutely amazed at how well you explain the threats -- to our health, our way of life and even our future -- that are posed by the use of synthetic chemicals Read more
Randall Fitzgerald: Well thank you Mike. It is a real pleasure and honor to be with you.
Mike: Likewise. Your book was sent to me recently. I began reading it and was absolutely amazed at how well you explain the threats -- to our health, our way of life and even our future -- that are posed by the use of synthetic chemicals Read more
News
June 20, 2006
We all want a "quick fix" for disorders like high cholesterol, it seems. We want to be able to eat all the pizza and cheeseburgers we want and then take a magic pill so all the LDL cholesterol running through our bloodstream just disappears. No matter what the statin drug commercials tell you, there is no "magic pill" solution for high cholesterol. Despite the mainstream media's portrayal of statin drugs like Lescol (fluvastatin) as near-miraculous, cholesterol-lowering medications like Lescol and other statins are nevertheless drugs with side effects. Don't be fooled by the hype -- you don't Read more
News
June 19, 2006
Web Note: Millions Chinese people and tens of thousands of North Americans and Europeans practice the ancient art of Qigong. This meditative exercise teaches students to control their reactions to stress, which lowers their risk of high blood pressure, frustration and anxiety. Read today's NewsTarget feature to learn four simple Qigong exercises and discover how Qigong can enhance your life energy.
We all live in a field of energy. Scientists, as well as spiritualists, know this, yet most of us don't realize it in our day-to-day lives. "Like a fish in water or a bird in Read more
We all live in a field of energy. Scientists, as well as spiritualists, know this, yet most of us don't realize it in our day-to-day lives. "Like a fish in water or a bird in Read more
News
June 15, 2006
Do you want to know what happens when a government that cares nothing about the people gets put in charge of administering a drug benefit program? You get an unmitigated disaster, and that's what we're seeing today with the Medicare prescription drug benefit program. This program, which is just legalized theft from one group of American taxpayers to another group of American consumers (mostly the elderly), originally promised to give people discounts on prescription drugs.
The program was supposed to cost "only" a couple hundred billion dollars. It turns out that, as usual, the Read more
The program was supposed to cost "only" a couple hundred billion dollars. It turns out that, as usual, the Read more
News
June 14, 2006
Headaches, bloating, irritability, depression and fatigue are just a few of the unpleasant symptoms of premenstrual syndrome, which affects millions of women every month. But fortunately, PMS -- though widely believed to be a result of changes in hormone levels during a woman's menstrual cycle -- is not entirely beyond a woman's control. Research shows that diet and nutrition play a significant role in the severity of PMS symptoms, and many women could ease their monthly bouts with discomfort simply by changing their diets or taking nutritional supplements.
Western society has Read more
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Scientific Study
Drinking coffee seems to protect alcohol drinkers from liver disease, a new study suggests. (Read the full study here)
Every daily cup of coffee reduced the incidence of cirrhosis, a condition that destroys liver tissue, by 22 percent, according to researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, in Oakland, Calif.
However, Dr. Arthur L. Klatsky, the leader of the study and an associate in Kaiser Permanente's research division, said the results "should not be interpreted Read more
Every daily cup of coffee reduced the incidence of cirrhosis, a condition that destroys liver tissue, by 22 percent, according to researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, in Oakland, Calif.
However, Dr. Arthur L. Klatsky, the leader of the study and an associate in Kaiser Permanente's research division, said the results "should not be interpreted Read more
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