Category: Lifestyle
42 Flowers You Can Eat
The culinary use of flowers dates back thousands of years to the Chinese, Greek and Romans. Many cultures use flowers in their traditional cooking — think of squash blossoms in Italian food and rose petals in Indian food. Adding flowers to your food can be a nice way to add color, flavor and a little whimsy. Some are spicy, and some herbacious, while others are floral and fragrant. The range is surprising.
GlaxoSmithKline to pay $3billion fine after pleading guilty to healthcare fraud – the biggest in U.S. history
A UK drugs firm has been hit with a $3billion penalty after admitting to the ‘biggest healthcare fraud in history’.
MMR causes autism, proven in Italian court case
Now in an Italian court, there has been a landmark ruling for a child whose parents claim that his autism was triggered by MMR.
Woman Sues City of Tulsa For Cutting Down Her Edible Garden
A Tulsa woman is suing the city’s code enforcement officers after she said they cut down her garden with no cause.
Vaccinated children have up to 500% more disease than unvaccinated children
Suspicions have been confirmed for those wary of vaccinating their children. A recent large study corroborates other independent study surveys comparing unvaccinated children to vaccinated children.
Argyll and Bute Council seek to silence 9 year old blogger
In a remarkable act of censorship, Argyll and Bute Council has sought to ban all photography in a school canteen, after one nine year old’s blog featuring pictures of school meals began to attract unwanted attention.
Christian GP ‘told patient to put faith in Jesus or suffer eternally’
A Christian GP told a vulnerable patient he would ”eternally suffer” if he did not put his faith in Jesus, medical watchdogs heard yesterday.
Not a Fairytale: America’s First Public Food Forest
Seattle’s vision of an urban food oasis is going forward. A seven-acre plot of land in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood will be planted with hundreds of different kinds of edibles: walnut and chestnut trees; blueberry and raspberry bushes; fruit trees, including apples and pears; exotics like pineapple, yuzu citrus, guava, persimmons, honeyberries, and lingonberries; herbs; and more. All will be available for public plucking to anyone who wanders into the city’s first food forest.
Parents Protest Against Vaccinations by Placing Tiny White Coffins Outside Ministry of Health
Parents whose children had been injured following vaccinations, placed a row of tiny white coffins outside the Ministry of Health and demonstrated their anger by attaching two vaccine syringes in the sign of a crucifix onto each coffin, symbolizing the death of a child snatched cruelly by vaccinations.
Flame retardants found in common grocery store foods
Pressure on chemical companies from legislators is mounting on the issue of toxic chemicals in hundreds of consumer products. Senator Frank Lautenberg has introduced the Safer Chemicals Act, a bill that would require chemical makers to prove their substances are safe before they are approved for use. Although one might expect this requirement to be the current standard, this is not the case.
The Chinese Secret to Long Life
With all the stories from China about dangerous toys, environmental abuses, crowded and dirty cities and widespread poverty, it’s hard to imagine how the Chinese can live to a ripe old age.
But they do, with spectacular success, boasting of a life expectancy surprisingly close to that in the United States. China manages this feat while paying a fraction of the healthcare cost per capita spent in the United States, too.
How do they do it? Perhaps by stretching, twisting, dancing or otherwise exercising their way to good health en masse.
4 Running Styles to Try
If you suffer from injury or have reached a plateau in your training, it might be time to try a new running technique.
Killing ourselves softly: Studies support food depression
Science is finally starting to catch up with what many health-conscious people have long suspected: the strong link between the foods we eat and the likelihood of developing depression.
Rapist praised by judge for converting to Islam
