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08/16/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Eating fried food just twice per week increases your chance of early death

Fried foods are full of acrylamide, a known carcinogen. According to research, consuming things like French fries at least twice a week can significantly increase the risk of premature death. For the study, which was conducted by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers monitored 4,400 men and women for eight years. The participants were aged 45 to 79 […]

02/07/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Why cosmetics ingredients matter: Skin is your largest organ; what you put on it gets absorbed into your bloodstream

Do you know what your makeup is made of? At least “60 [percent] of the products we use on our skin are absorbed and deposited into the circulatory system.” Lori Stryker, from OrganicMakeup.ca, explains that our skin “wraps and protects our bodies.” Part of the integumentary system, skin is comprised of a “living, dynamic tissue system.” […]

11/02/2017 / By S.D. Wells

Which gives you cancer sooner: Cigarettes or deli meats? New research reveals they’re both Class 1-A carcinogens

Could eating processed foods, such as breakfast and deli meats, be detrimental to your health? Well, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the answer is yes. Research has shown that eating lunch meat, bacon, or sausage on a daily basis equates to smoking a pack of cigarettes each day and has a similar effect on […]

10/26/2017 / By Kristine Payne

Yummy for your tummy? Know what’s really in your favorite gummy bear

Gummy bears have been a beloved candy shop staple for decades, and our love for them shows no signs of waning. There’s just something to be said about these brightly-colored, sweet-tasting treats shaped like bears that make them so irresistible. Enterprising manufacturers know this, and that’s why there are well over a dozen gummy bear brands out […]

09/16/2017 / By S.D. Wells

7 Reasons nearly everyone has gluten “intolerance” to some degree

If you were to flush a handful of paper towels down your toilet every day for a couple of weeks, you can imagine the immense clogging that would occur eventually, and you would probably need to call in a plumber, after you experience a back up of the toxic toilet water in the pipes and […]

08/13/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Most cancer is caused by processed food and toxic ingredients, new study confirms

A recently published study out of Canada showed that the total amount of cancer rates that can be linked to lifestyle and environmental factors is substantial, at almost 41 percent. According to the researchers, “We estimated summary population attributable risk estimates for 24 risk factors (smoking [both passive and active], overweight and obesity, inadequate physical […]

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