Monthly Archives: July 2018

What You Don’t Know About Sugar Can Kill You

NAFLD often has no symptoms, but it can cause fatigue, jaundice, swelling in the legs and abdomen, mental confusion, and more. If left untreated, it can cause your liver to swell, which is called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). It can also contribute to cirrhosis, liver failure, and liver cancer.

By | 2018-07-25T05:10:59-04:00 July 26th, 2018|Diet, Food, Natural Health, No SF, Resyndicated|Comments Off on What You Don’t Know About Sugar Can Kill You

Farmed Salmon Contaminated With Toxic Flame Retardants

A salmon farm can hold upward of 2 million salmon in a relatively small amount of space. As with land-based factory farms where animals are kept in crowded conditions, fish farms are plagued with diseases that spread rapidly among the stressed fish

By | 2018-07-25T05:03:32-04:00 July 25th, 2018|Agriculture, Diet, Environment, Food, Natural Health, News, No SF, Resyndicated|Comments Off on Farmed Salmon Contaminated With Toxic Flame Retardants

Study Shows School Gardens Help To Prevent Nutritional Deficiencies In Children

Although the exact reason that school gardens have this effect is unclear, previous studies have shown that the availability of vegetables at home does have an effect on vegetable consumption among school-age children.

By | 2018-07-20T06:09:54-04:00 July 21st, 2018|Gardening, Kids, Natural Health, No SF, Resyndicated|Comments Off on Study Shows School Gardens Help To Prevent Nutritional Deficiencies In Children

Trump Takes ‘Wrecking Ball’ to Endangered Species Act, Opens Door for Corporate Attack on Wildlife

Under the newly proposed guidelines, the Interior Department would direct the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to take economic impacts into consideration when deciding whether to protect species—potentially allowing corporations to move ahead with projects that would otherwise be prohibited.

By | 2018-07-20T06:00:12-04:00 July 20th, 2018|Animal Rights, Environment, No SF, Resyndicated|Comments Off on Trump Takes ‘Wrecking Ball’ to Endangered Species Act, Opens Door for Corporate Attack on Wildlife

Ireland Will Be The First Country to Fully Divest From Fossil Fuels

The fossil fuel divestment movement has picked up steam and is growing at a reassuring pace. The Guardian reports that trillions of dollars of investment funds have been divested, including large pension funds and insurers, cities such as New York, churches, and universities. While there is evidence that divestment can have unintended consequences, with the multitude of institutions divesting, as Sami Grover at Treehugger puts it, "I feel like we are close to reaching a critical mass where divestment is just seen as sound, fiscal management."

By | 2018-07-13T09:54:36-04:00 July 14th, 2018|Environment, News, No SF, Politics|Comments Off on Ireland Will Be The First Country to Fully Divest From Fossil Fuels