Anatomy of a Big Mac

A brief analysis of some of the additives McDonald’s puts in every Big Mac.

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More resources on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in Pennsylvania and across the nation

A list of resources for more information about hydraulic fracturing (aka “fracking”).

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Justification for the use of all natural cleaning products

A new study of Massachusetts women suggests a link between the use of household cleaning products and breast cancer, based on a survey of over 1,500 women.

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Finally the possibility of an honest look at today’s food on TV?

Food journalist Stett Holbrook and two documentary filmmakers, Todd Dayton and Greg Roden are working together to create a new television show called Food Forward, a show that focuses on sustainable, natural, healthy foods.

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Health Basics products are now available in Europe!

Health Basics products are now available in Europe and can be ordered exclusively through ALYX-Biologicals.

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Do you know what your children are eating?

McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets contain a chemical cocktail of tertiary butylhydroquinone (tBHQ), sodium phosphates, dimethylpolysiloxane, sodium acid pyrophosphate, hydrogenated soybean oil and more.

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Federal and state government agencies are growing ever more aggressive in their attempts to block your rights to choose the food you eat

Ajonus Vonderplanitz, nutritionist, and founder of the non-profit group, “Right to Choose Healthy Food,” has created an innovative new method to supply his members with raw milk and other healthful foods while avoiding the bullying of the FDA and various state agencies attempting to shut down raw milk dairy farms.

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2 shocking videos on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”)

2 shocking videos on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”).

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28 cattle quarantined in Pennsylvania due to fracking contamination

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture recently announced its first livestock quarantine
related to pollution from hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”), a method of natural gas drilling.

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Burping: what does it mean?

Burping is, probably, most commonly air. If someone eats or drinks quickly, talks a lot when eating, has weak muscular control of the throat and poor swallowing ability – excessive air is likely to be taken in and an air bubble forms that someone may intentionally or unintentionally burp up. Sometimes, the air just dissolves and passes down. However, if burping or belching is excessive and/or new (especially in an adult), it can be the result of the body having difficulty digesting the food. Again, in an adult, it frequently is a sign that the body might need more HCl (hydrochloric acid, produced in the stomach and necessary for protein digestion).

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