Pomegranate Cure for Prostate Cancer? Not Exactly
Pomegranate juice certainly has some health benefits, but according to the Federal Trade Commission, it does not “prevent or treat heart disease, prostate cancer, and erectile dysfunction.” This is why the FTC has asked the makers of POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice to tone down its advertising claims. Pomegranate juice is a food, not a [...]
7 Virtues of True Green Cleaning Products
Recently, TerraChoice, a leading North American environmental marketing company, released a study, which found that more than 95 percent of consumer products claiming to be green are committing at least one of the “sins” of green washing. This means that many companies are misleading consumers about the environmental practices they use and the environmental benefits [...]
Lose Weight Eating Twinkies and Chips?
A professor of human nutrition tried a controversial new method of losing weight — the junk food diet — and actually lost 27 pounds. Mark Haub, who teaches at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., told FoxNews.com he has lost the weight during a 2-month period where he consumed approximately 1,800 calories a day, through [...]
Preventing Colds & Flu
It’s that time of year again That’s right…the cold and flu season is upon us. As the weather gets colder, we spend more time indoors where the viruses we want to avoid can thrive and be easily spread. You may have already noticed the barrage of advertisements marketing the countless over-the-counter drugs and annual influenza [...]
Whooping Cough: Silly Name, Deadly Disease
The name may sound funny, but whooping cough can be a very deadly disease. We are currently facing a serious whooping cough outbreak — especially in the California area — where we are seeing unprecedented amounts of people getting sick and many of them are even dying. Whooping cough, also called pertussis, is a highly [...]
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