Spinach Isn’t Just For Popeye By Sandy Powers How smart is Popeye? Smarter than you think. Popeye attributes his amazing strength to eating spinach but he is also protecting himself against osteoporosis, heart disease, colon cance...

Where Has All The Honey Gone? by Sandy Powers Louise Rossberg had nearly a thousand beehives in 2006. Today, she has 200. In February 2005, John Miller lost almost half of his 13,000 hives, which translated into the loss of 300 mi...

Are Meat and Milk From Cloned Animals Really Safe To Eat? By Sandy Powers The cloning process for cattle is almost identical to human embryo cloning techniques. The process, known as somatic cell nuclear transfer,...

The Cumulative Effect on Our Children Hormones are injected into cattle and sheep to promote weight gains in the animals. The faster weight gains reduce the waiting time for the animals’ slaughter, speeding the meat to the dinner table. Dairy cow...

The Fractured Egg by Sandy Powers “The perfect food,” my Mother would say as she scrambled our eggs for breakfast. “All the elements for life,” she continued as she dished out the servings. Then she would finish with, “Eat your eggs; the...

America’s Life Expectancy Lags Behind Other Countries In international rankings, the life expectancy of Americans has been slipping. People in 41 countries are living longer than Americans. Where do these people live? In Europe, Australia, New Zeal...

Every human being is the author of his own health, An old Buddhist saying It began in August 2005, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. The tumor was located toward the back of the breast close to the chest wa...

Dietary Supplements Can Cause Liver Damage By Sandy Powers Dietary supplements such as vitamins, minerals, and herbal products can cause liver damage. I learned this the hard way. When I was...

DID YOU GROW THAT? By Sandy Powers You want to eat healthy so you’re thinking about organic food, but the family budget is straining at the cost. What do you do? You grow your own. Growing some of your own organic vegetables is not as...

I was a busy young mother with small children in Seattle during the 1970’s when I began to experience stress and sleepless nights. “You have to relax,” my doctor advised. I didn’t need him to tell me to relax, I thought. If I knew how to relax,...

Every day our bodies are attacked by toxins, viruses, bacteria, and carcinogens that weaken our immune system and make us more vulnerable to disease. To top it all off, this year’s flu vaccine is not protecting us against the new strain of flu virus. ...

(First in a series of articles about “The Dirty Dozen”, a reference to the twelve most contaminated foods by the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit organization comprised of scientists and engineers.) According to researchers at Iowa State U...

In July 2005, I had my yearly wellness check-up with my gynecologist. “Breast exam fine,” he said. “If your Pap test is normal, I’ll send a card. Otherwise, I’ll call. And here’s your order for a mammogram.” A scene repeated throughout ...

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that daily vitamin supplements taken by millions of people could be increasing their risk of death. The researchers concluded that beta carotene, Vitamin A, and Vitamin E incre...

The Environmental Health Perspectives just released the results on children’s exposure to pesticides in conventionally grown produce and juices. School children in Seattle, Washington had their urine tested on a regular basis. Children who ate convent...