Archive for April, 2007


The Organic Food Debate

Of course, as with every health alternative, or at least what is perceived generally by the public to be a healthier alternative, there are going to be naysayers and people who bring up good points about the questionable benefits.  Organic foods like veggies, fruits and other organically produced pastries, breads, rices, pastas etc., are probably [...]

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Mycobacterium Vaccae May Boost Mood

In an interesting study, and God knows how they even correlated the two, a harmless bacteria that is commonly found in soil may boost mood and defeat depression naturally, almost as well as prescription antidepressants, a study is saying.  The harmless bacteria is called Mycobacterium vaccae, and it is found in dirt basically.  Does this [...]

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Splenda Not Really “From Sugar”?

One of Splenda’s biggest artificial sweetener rivals, Equal, is telling all about what they feel are deceptive marketing practices the largest selling artificial sweetener is selling their product by.  Splenda does lead shoppers and the health conscious to believe that it is made with real sugar, or some derivative of real sugar when in fact [...]

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New Herbal Treatment for Bladder Infections?

There may be a new herbal treatment that’s actually not “new” in discovery, but new in the fact that it has been discovered to have therapeutic benefits for the treatment of something that it was never traditionally used to treat, bladder infections.  It’s called forskolin, which is sold as an herbal extract by many herbalists [...]

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Yoga – For Your Dog!

Pets take a lot of stress out of our lives. Especially dogs. Dogs truly are man’s best friend. Well, I personally also like cats, and feel the same way about them, but let’s focus on dogs, since that’s what this piece is about. They are there for us when we’re down, they’re always happy to [...]

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