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Antibiotics in Fast Foods – What’s inside that burger?
When you read words like “the dangers of fast foods” you probably think about trans-fats, calories and high sugar and salt content. While those are all very real health issues (many of which we have covered before) there is one health issue that sneaks in with your big name burger that you might not have […]
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Are You Breathing The Right Way?
You probably move through your life breathing on auto-pilot, which is understandable, because you can’t constantly be occupying your mind with monitoring how you are breathing. And yet, unlike your heart beat or your hair growing, breathing is a bodily function which you can control. If you have ever held your breath, sighed or taken […]
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Is Your Starbucks Coffee Healthy?
Why do we drink Starbucks Coffee? For most modern people our high-paced lifestyles means that we are constantly under strain and on the run. To help us cope with the seemingly never-ending pressure, most of us fall to coffeeto keep going. But because we are in such a rush, we don’t take the time to […]
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Is Your Perfume Toxic?
If you have ever been stuck in a car or a tight space with someone who’s wearing an overpowering perfume or cologne, you will probably understand what is meant by the term “second-hand fragrance pollution”. What you may find surprising is that you are not wrong to be upset by the overpowering smell, nor should […]
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12 Charts that Show What’s Wrong with your Diet (and why)
If you look back a generation, you’ll see how much diets have changed. Most food that was served when the current thirty something’s were children, was home cooked and locally grown. Today we eat from restaurants far more frequently. At home we prepare many pre-packaged or ready meals to save us time and effort. When we do cook ourselves, the ingredients we use are often loaded with flavorings, sugar and chemicals.