World Water Relief... One of the basic necessities of humans is water. Without food, a person can survive up to two months but without water, it will only be a matter of days before they succumb. Unfortunately, in cases of disasters, clean water is the hardest commodity to obtain as clean waters tend to be the first ones to take the hardest blow when disasters strike. Clean drinking water is most sought-after with or without natural disasters...

MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) – The most common poi... The first thing most of us think of when we hear MSG is Chinese food. Monosodium Glutamate is a quite commonly used flavor enhancer and it is an additive in many different foods, including many condiments, snack foods, canned foods and processed meats.  According to the FDA, MSG is “generally recognized as safe.”  These food labels may not indicate that they contain MSG; they might contain the words “hydrolyzed...

Eco Friendly Farming Greenhouses... Wouldn’t it be wonderful if man found a way to make a certain piece of land produce more fruit with almost the same farming method?  Not only would this help a lot of people but it would also save other resources needed to farm. Green house farming has become necessary because of the shortage of land in some areas.  In greenhouses, farmers can grow vegetables, fruits and some crops all year round.  A company in Canada...

The Macrobiotic Diet... The macrobiotic diet has been around for a long time now as it was popular back then during Hippocrates time. By the way, Hippocrates is the father of Western medicine. Macrobiotic diet was also popular during pre-historic times in China and Japan. Macrobiotic diet is included in the Traditional Chinese Medicine methods. TCM is a group of traditional medical practices developed in China a long time ago and is still recognized...

Weed lawn pesticides causing Hermaphrodite Frog ab... The alarming number or hermaphrodite frogs found in states like Connecticut and California has scientists searching for an explanation.  Frogs which lived in suburban areas were also found to become more susceptible to reproductive abnormalities than those that live in rural areas. Scientists at UC Berkley have discovered a link between sex changed frogs and the herbicide Atrazine.  Atrazine is one of the most commonly...

Healthy Diet is Effective, not Nutritional Supplem... As the awareness of the importance of vitamins and minerals is on a rise, some scientific evidence denies the efficacy assigned to nutritional supplements, particularly vitamin pills in maintaining optimum health. In a few recent studies, taking healthy food has been proved to promise good health while vitamin and mineral pills fail to emulate the dietary role in maintaining health. Vitamin and mineral supplements have...

Equestrian Winter Care... Cold weather is generally harder on people and animals as the vital body heat is at the risk of loss and the general health condition is under stress. Things are tougher for horses whose hair coats are important for natural warming of their bodies but a number of health conditions relating skin also find a place in the equine population. Let us go through the following brief guide to good equine health in winter. In general,...

Guano – the Natural Remedy for Infertile Deficie... Birds are generally thought of as creatures of air with little to do on land except picking food and dropping excreta. But eco-conscious communities are now turning to the excrement of these airy creatures as the most valuable organic fertilizer, known as Guano in common terms. While a number of different bird excreta are now considered as guano, that of bats, seals, and seabirds particularly define the classic organic...

What foods should we eat organic?... Organic food is meat, vegetables, fruit and other fare that have been grown in a way that does not use pesticide, chemicals and other agricultural methods that are not natural.  In other words, these foodstuffs have been grown the traditional way like composting instead of chemical fertilizers, crop rotation and other eco friendly practices. Lots of people still get sick even though they exercise, drink lots of water,...

Tofu: Nutrition and Health Concerns... Known to the human species as a vegetarian food, as early as 200 years BC, tofu is a highly popular food staple in Asia. Today, it is also cherished by a large number of Americans and can be found commonly in grocery stores throughout the country. Tofu, also called soybean curd or bean curd, is prepared by coagulating soymilk using coagulating agents like magnesium chloride, calcium sulfate, or dilute acids. The resulting...