With the world on pace to have more than half its population overweight or obese by 2035, it’s time to look beyond the traditional causes – overeating and under exercising – to understand why. Action Alert! Poor diet and a lack of activity are important factors in causing us to gain weight, as are our genetics, but scientists are also learning that chemicals we encounter every day change how our bodies process food. Certain endocrine-disrupting chemicals can promote fat cell growth, slow metabolism, and make it easier to put lost weight back on. Read more.
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International Declaration Against Legalisation of Human Genetic Modification
The undersigned organisations and individuals support the existing strong international consensus against genetic modification of human beings (HGM*). We wish to express our great concern about and opposition to those scientific academies and others presently seeking to legalise HGM. HGM is medically unnecessary. Read more.
One Simple, Natural Step To Take For Longer Life
No expensive medicines or gizmos are needed to prolong your life, naturally. Action Alert! We reported recently on the benefits of intermittent fasting for reducing inflammation, promoting heart and brain health, and much more. Now, researchers have found that caloric restriction may slow the process of aging in humans. It is a powerful testament to the notion that food is medicine, suggesting that the amount we eat is just as important as what kind of foods we choose. Read more.
New Study Reveals Just How Badly Vaccine Mandates Failed
New data on natural immunity and the safety of COVID vaccines cast doubt on the wisdom of mass vaccination campaigns. Action Alert! The public health response to the COVID pandemic, particularly at the outset, boiled down to: stay at home, wash your hands, and wait for the vaccines. Once the vaccines were sped through emergency approval, vaccine passports and mandates soon followed suit. If you didn’t get the vaccine, you were being selfish—so went the conventional wisdom. Read more.
Natural Solutions for Headaches and Migraines
Harness the power of natural medicines to blast away headaches. Action Alert! Millions of people suffer from headaches and migraines; they are one of the top 10 disabling medical conditions. People with migraines experience more pain and restrictions in their daily activities than people diagnosed with osteoarthritis, diabetes, and depression. Read more.
Amazon Bans Aging Anti-Supplement
The internet retailer has removed supplements containing NMN, a promising longevity nutrient, from its store. Will other stores follow suit? Action Alert! Earlier this month, Amazon, the world’s largest retailer, decided it would no longer sell supplements containing nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN). Read more.
One Third of These Drugs Might Not Work
A government report shows how dozens of drugs that received a special “accelerated” approval have no proof of actual clinical benefit to patients. Action Alert! Taxpayers are spending billions on drugs that have little or no data to support their efficacy. This is the bombshell finding of a report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) on the failings of the FDA’s accelerated drug approval program. Read more.
EPA is Allowing Poisonous Seeds to Devastate Communities
Years after an environmental catastrophe linked to seeds coated in dangerous pesticides, a local community continues to pay the price. Action Alert! Last year, we reported on an environmental catastrophe linked to the use of pesticide-coated seeds, which were utilized to produce ethanol at a plant in Mead, Nebraska. The toxic byproduct of this process was stored in “lagoons” that polluted the air, soil, and water in and around Mead. Read more.
FDA Standing in the Way of Longer Life
Once again, the feds are about to hand a ground-breaking, life-extending supplement to Big Pharma so it can be turned into an expensive monopoly drug. Action Alert! For a few months now, we’ve been telling you about the threat to nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) supplements, which are on the cutting edge of lifespan research. NMN supplements are on the verge of an FDA ban after a drug company, MetroBiotech, claimed it studied NMN as a drug before it was sold as a supplement. Read more.
FDA is Failing Women
Women coping with menopause have been ignored by mainstream medicine for years, and now the FDA is making it worse by threatening to ban estriol and other medicines that can support women’s health. Action Alert! Read more.