Five lies personal growth gurus love to tell

Personal growth gurus tell some impressive lies in order to sell their products. That’s right. Lies. These convenient little falsehoods are effective motivators because they play on primal human needs and emotions. Shouldn’t people who promote personal growth for a living…

Guayaki, Wedderspoon and Body Ami now available through Green PolkaDot Box

Green PolkaDot Box, afast-growingonline buyer’s club of organic, non-GMO and naturalgroceries and other products, has added three new natural brands to its product line: Body AmiApple cider vinegar is well-known to deliver a broad spectrum of health benefits, promoting…

Bed, Bath & Beyond pulls radioactive tissue holders off shelves

The Bed, Bath & Beyond company has announced that it is pulling all Dual Ridge Metal Boutique tissue holders, model number DR9M, from its website, and from the 200 stores across the US and Canada that have been selling the product since July, after the products were…

Solutions for toxic indoor air pollution

Did you know the indoor air you breathe could be slowly killing you? There are literally thousands of chemicals, pesticides and heavy metals that pollute the products you use – everyday! Fortunately, there are many (natural) solutions to improve your health. The NaturalNews…

Is the fabric of industrialized society starting to unravel? Highly complex civilizations are more vulnerable to collapse

This is one of the most important trends you’ll see in 2012 and beyond: Global supply lines are breaking down. The just-in-time system of deliveries on tap is deteriorating. Have you noticed how often the products or parts you need are backordered or delayed? That’s…

Halloween face paint found to contain high levels of toxic heavy metals

(NaturalNews) Ghouls and goblins may be spooky, but what should really give you the creeps this Halloween is the decorative makeup you might be putting on your face. New evidence from the nonprofit Ecology Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan shows many novelty face paints used for Halloween are tainted with toxic heavy metals like cadmium and lead. Your Halloween Costume May be Hazardous to Your Health Researchers at the Ecology Center tested 31 types of novelty makeup you can find on the shelves of big name outlets and party stores all over the country. Every single product contained traces of some kind of metal, but that is just the beginning. More than half of the products contained cadmium, a toxic heavy metal linked to cancer, birth defects and brain damage. Other toxic metals like mercury and lead were also detected. Even more disturbing is the popularity of these products with children. Kids dressing up as comical clowns and blood-sucking vampires routinely have their faces painted to match, but dress-up can turn ugly if toxic metals are involved. Children are especially at risk because their growing bodies and developing brains are more vulnerable to toxins like heavy metals. The health campaign director of the Ecology Center says parents should err on the side of caution until we know more about what levels of these metals are safe or unsafe for our children. Representatives of some of the manufacturers insist their products have been tested to ensure legal levels of heavy metals, but health advocates say legal levels for topical products may be far too high. Not enough testing has been done to determine how much of these products are absorbed through the skin. Our skin is highly permeable, and putting these toxic metals on our skin may be no more safe than putting them straight into our mouths. This Halloween the wise choice would be to avoid commercial makeup by either making your own at home or simply going without. When it comes to your health and that of your children, it’s better to be safe than sorry. Sources for this article include: http://yourlife.usatoday.com/parenting-family/story/2011-10-26/Environmental-group-warns-Halloween-makeup-may-be-hazardous/50928854/1 http://www.annarbor.com/news/halloween-face-paint-tainted-with-heavy-metals/ http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/Some-Halloween-makeup-linked-to-illness

What’s really in the food? The A to Z of the food industry’s most evil ingredients

(NaturalNews) Ever wonder what’s really in the food sold at grocery stores around the world? People keep asking me, “What ingredients should I avoid?” So I put together a short list that covers all the most toxic and disease-promoting ingredients in the food supply. These are the substances causing cancer, diabetes, heart disease and leading to tens of billions of dollars in unnecessary health care costs across America (and around the world). If you want to stay healthy and out of the hospital, read ingredients labels and make sure you avoid all these ingredients: Acrylamides – Toxic, cancer-causing chemicals formed in foods when carbohydrates are exposed to high heat (baking, frying, grilling). They’re present in everything from bread crusts to snack chips, and because they aren’t intentional ingredients, acrylamides do NOT have to be listed on labels. Aspartame – Chemical sweetener that causes neurological disorders, seizures, blurred vision and migraine headaches. (http://www.naturalnews.com/030918_aspartame_GM_bacteria.html) Autolyzed Proteins – Highly processed form of protein containing free glutamate and used to mimic the taste-enhancer chemical MSG. BPA (Bisphenol-A) – A hormone mimicking chemical found in nearly all food packaging plastics. Active in just parts per billion , BPA promotes cancer, infertility and hormone disorders. It also “feminizes” males, promoting male breast growth and hormone disruption (http://www.naturalnews.com/032860_BPA_feminization.html). Casein – Milk proteins. Hilariously, this is widely used in “soy cheese” products that claim to be alternatives to cow’s milk. Nearly all of them are made with cow’s milk proteins. Corn Syrup – Just another name for High Fructose Corn Syrup (see below). Frequently used in infant formula products (http://www.naturalnews.com/029863_Similac_infant_formula.html). Food Colors – FD&C Red #40, for example, is linked to behavioral disorders in children. Nearly all artificial food colors are derived from petroleum , and many are contaminated with aluminum . Genetically Modified Ingredients – Not currently listed on the label because the GMO industry (Monsanto and DuPont) absolutely does not want people to know which foods contain GMOs. Nearly all conventionally grown corn, soy and cotton are GMOs. They’re linked to severe infertility problems and may even cause the bacteria in your body to produce and release a pesticide in your own gut. If you’re not eating organic corn, you’re definitely eating GMO corn. (http://www.naturalnews.com/026426_GMO_food_GMOs.html) Learn more at www.ResponsibleTechnology.org or watch my GMO music video (hilarious) at www.NaturalNews.com/NoGMO High Fructose Corn Syrup – A highly processed liquid sugar extracted with the chemical solvent glutaraldehyde and frequently contaminated with mercury (http://www.naturalnews.com/032948_high_fructose_corn_syrup_glutaraldehyde.html). It’s also linked to diabetes, obesity and mood disorders. Used in thousands of grocery items, including things you wouldn’t suspect like pizza sauce and salad dressings. Homogenized Milk – The fats in the milk are artificially modified to change them into smaller molecules that stay in suspension in the milk liquid (so the milk fat doesn’t separate) (http://www.naturalnews.com/022967_milk_pasteurization_dairy.html). While it makes milk look better on the shelf, it’s also blamed for promoting heart disease and may contribute to milk allergies. Raw milk is healthier, which is why the government had outlawed it (http://www.naturalnews.com/029322_raw_milk_Amish.html). Hydrochloride – When you see anything hydrochloride, such as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride or Thiamin Hydrochloride, those are chemical forms of B vitamins that companies add to their products to be able to claim higher RDA values of vitamins. But these are synthetic, chemical forms of vitamins, not real vitamins from foods or plants. Nutritionally, they are near-useless and may actually be bad for you. Also watch out for niacinamide and cyanocobalamin (synthetic vitamin B-12). (http://www.naturalnews.com/032766_cyanocobalamin_vitamin_B-12.html) Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein – A highly processed form of (usually) soy protein that’s processed to bring out the free glutamate (MSG). Use as a taste enhancer. Partially Hydrogenated Oils – Oils that are modified using a chemical catalyst to make them stable at room temperature. This creates trans fatty acids and greatly increases the risk of blocked arteries (http://www.naturalnews.com/027445_fat_fats_trans.html). It also promotes what I call “sludge blood,” which is thick, viscous blood that’s hard to pump. This is usually diagnosed by doctors as “high blood pressure” and (stupidly) treated with blood-thinning medications that are technically the same chemicals as rat poison (warfarin) (http://www.naturalnews.com/023149_drug_drugs_pharmas.html). Phosphoric Acid – The acid used in sodas to dissolve the carbon dioxide and add to the overall fizzy-ness of the soda. Phosphoric acid will eat steel nails. It’s also used by stone masons to etch rocks. The military uses it to clean the rust off battleships. In absolutely destroys tooth enamel (http://www.naturalnews.com/021774.html). Search Google Images for “Mountain Dew Mouth” to see photos of teeth rotted out by phosphoric acid: http://www.google.com/search?q=mountain+dew+mouth&hl=en&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ Propylene Glycol – A liquid used in the automotive industry to winterize RVs. It’s also used to make the fake blueberries you see in blueberry muffins, bagels and breads. (Combined with artificial colors and corn syrup.) See shocking “Fake Blueberries” video at: http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=7EC06D27B1A945BE85E7DA8483025962 Sodium (Salt) – The processed white salt lacking in trace minerals. In the holistic nutrition industry, we call it “death salt” because it promotes disease and death. Real salt, on the other hand, such as “dirty” sea salt or pink Himalayan salt, is loaded with the trace minerals that prevent disease, such as selenium (cancer), chromium (diabetes) and zinc (infectious disease). Much like with bread and sugar, white salt is terrible for your health. And don’t be fooled by claims of “sea salt” in grocery stores. All salt came from the sea if you go far back enough in geologic time, so they can slap the “sea salt” claim on ANY salt! Sodium Nitrite – A cancer-causing red coloring chemical added to bacon, hot dogs, sausage, beef jerky, ham, lunch meats, pepperoni and nearly all processed meats. Strongly linked to brain tumors, pancreatic cancers and colon cancers (http://www.naturalnews.com/007024.html). The USDA once tried to ban it from the food supply but was out-maneuvered by the meat industry, which now dominates USDA regulations. Sodium nitrite is a complete poison used to make meats look fresh. Countless children die of cancer each year from sodium nitrite-induced cancers. Soy Protein – The No. 1 protein source used in “protein bars,” including many bars widely consumed by bodybuilders. Soy protein is the “junk protein” of the food industry. It’s made from genetically modified soybeans (often grown in China) and then subjected to hexane , a chemical solvent (http://www.naturalnews.com/026303_soy_protein_hexane.html) that can literally explode. Sucralose – An artificial chemical sweetener sold as Splenda . The sucralose molecule contains a chlorine atom (http://www.naturalnews.com/027491_aspartame_sweeteners_health.html). Researchers have repeatedly found that artificial sweeteners make people fat by actually promoting weight gain (http://www.naturalnews.com/024543_health_Splenda_weight.html). Sugar – The bleached, nutritionally-deficient byproduct of cane processing. During sugar cane processing, nearly all the minerals and vitamins end up in the blackstrap molasses that’s usually fed to farm animals. (Blackstrap molasses is actually the “good” part of sugar cane juice.) Molasses is often fed to farm animals because every rancher knows that farm animals need good nutrition to stay alive. Amazingly, conventional doctors don’t yet realize this about humans, and they continue to claim that eating sugar is perfectly fine for you. Sugar promotes diabetes, obesity, mood disorders and nutritional deficiencies. Textured Vegetable Protein – Usually made of soy protein which is extracted from genetically modified soybeans and then processed using hexane , an explosive chemical solvent (see Soy Protein, above). Widely used in vegetarian foods such as “veggie burgers” (most of which also contain MSG or Yeast Extract, by the way). Yeast Extract – Hidden form of MSG that contains free glutamate and is used in many “natural” food products to claim “No MSG!” Yeast extract contains up to 14% free glutamate. You’ll find it in thousands of grocery store products, from soups to snack chips. I even once spotted it used on fresh meat! Food label tricks Here’s a trick food companies frequently used to pack more sugar into their products without making sugar look like the first ingredient: Ingredient labels, you see, must list the most prominent ingredients first, and some consumers might freak out of they saw a box of cereal that said, “Sugar, whole grain wheat, corn” and so on. Instead, the company uses 3 or 4 different forms of sugar to distribute them farther down the label, like this: “Whole grain wheat, sugar, corn syrup, corn syrup solids…” This way, the first ingredients looks like “whole grain wheat” when, in reality, the cereal might be over fifty percent sugars! How to buy honest food • Shop are your local farmer’s market, food co-op or CSA. • In the USA, look for the USDA Organic label on foods. This is a legitimate claim to being certified organic. It’s one of the few programs run by the USDA that actually has integrity. • Read the ingredients labels! If you see names of chemicals you can’t pronounce, don’t buy it. • Buy more unprocessed food ingredients and make your own meals rather than buying ready-to-eat, processed foods, which are almost universally formulated with disease-promoting ingredients. • GROW some of your own food! The best food you can ever eat is food from your own garden. How to learn more about what’s really in your food Read NaturalNews. I’m the editor of NaturalNews, and I cured my own borderline diabetes, high cholesterol and near-obesity using nothing but healing foods. The more you read NaturalNews, the more you’ll learn about what to avoid in your foods and what to BUY that’s loaded with nutrition! We cover natural cures , superfoods nutrition, juicing, raw foods, nutritional supplements, healing herbs and much more. You can subscribe to our free email newsletter using the form below. We teach you what the mainstream food industry doesn’t want you to know (and what the mainstream media won’t dare report). If you want to learn the truth about food, read NaturalNews. Lots more to come… Some of my favorite nutrient-rich superfoods include… (No, these are not sponsored links. Just stuff I personally enjoy and purchase on a regular basis to blend into superfood smoothies!) • Boku Superfood (www.BokuSuperfood.com) • LivingFuel (www.LivingFuel.com) • Enerfood (www.EnerHealthBotanicals.com) • Pure Synergy (www.TheSynergyCompany.com) • Healthforce Nutritionals (www.HealthForce.com) • X-Balance (www.SGNNutrition.com)

Healthy Fit Studio Online Classes and Products

Healthy Fit Studio Online Classes and Products 21st Century Yoga/Pilates Online Fitness Classes. Healthy Fit Studio is the home of the Barry Method, which is a powerful unique concept that is growing rapidly both as a rehabilitation and fitness program. Healthy Fit Studio Online Classes and Products

Group sues cosmetic companies for falsely labeling products organic

(NaturalNews) Kiss My Face, Hain-Celestial, and 24 other consumer and cosmetic product companies are the subject of a new lawsuit filed by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), a California-based group that works to protect the public from toxic chemicals, and promote products and practices that improve public health and the environment. The companies are all accused of improperly labeling various products as “organic” that do not contain at least 70 percent organic ingredients, as is required by California law. The California Organic Products Act of 2003 requires that any product labeled “organic” contain at least 70 percent organic ingredients. But Michael Green, Executive Director of CEH, says that after purchasing a variety of products made by the companies in question, his group determined that many of them were in clear violation of the law. “For years, organic advocates have called on personal care companies to fix their improper ‘organic’ labels, but our recent purchasing shows the industry is still rife with unsubstantiated organic claims,” said Green. “We want to encourage companies to use organic ingredients, and insure that consumers can trust organic labels to be meaningful and consistent.” Currently, there are no federal laws or established standards governing how organic personal care and cosmetic products are to be labeled. So many manufacturers blatantly market and sell products as “organic” that are loaded with petrochemicals and other harmful toxins. This is why the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) initiated a boycott of several brands that it dubbed “organic cheaters” back in 2009 (http://www.naturalnews.com/027440_organic_consumers_products.html). Of the 26 products CEH obtained, many of them not only contained less than 70 percent organic ingredients, but some actually contained harmful chemicals like cancer-causing BHA and cocamide DEA, asthma-inducing triethanolamine, and hormone-disrupting parabens. And in a few cases, products labeled “organic” did not even contain a single organic ingredient. To see a full list of the products CEH says are mislabeled, visit: http://www.ceh.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=529 Sources for this story include: http://www.ceh.org/making-news/press-releases/29-eliminating-toxics/528-lawsuit-launched-to-end-mislabeling-of-organic-personal-care-products-

AlwaysEco launches full line of natural pest control products; affiliate opportunity available

(NaturalNews) A new natural pest control product line is launching this month, and you might wish to part of it: AlwaysEco was founded by two pest control pioneers who got fed up with the toxicity of chemical pest control products and the lack of action by the EPA to protect consumers. So they created their own company and, for the last several years, they’ve been in the field treating homes and converting people over from toxic chemicals to natural pest control products that are safe to use around pets and children. In that time, they’ve probably helped thousands of people reduce their exposure to toxic chemicals that cause cancer, Alzheimer’s, dementia, and neuromuscular disorders — all while helping them eliminate ants, fleas, bed bugs, roaches, scorpions, ticks and other pests that try to invade our living spaces. This company speaks out aggressively against toxic chemicals and the dangers of the chemical product industry. I was so impressed with the message and philosophy of this company that I’ve decided to offer AlwaysEco extended coverage here on NaturalNews. In the months ahead, we’ll be writing about natural and safe pest control products versus toxic chemical products; I’ll be interviewing AlwaysEco co-founder Dr. Mitchell (the “Pesticide Sheriff”); and we will be reviewing and publicizing their entire product line of home treatment pest control products, all of which have full disclosure of all their ingredients and are so incredibly safe that you can actually EAT their products! Seriously. I have Dr. Mitchell on video actually spraying his own mouth and swallowing a fairly large dose of the very same product he then turns around and sprays on scorpions and wasps, killing them within seconds. That’s how safe this product is! While we don’t recommend you actually swallow it yourself, Dr. Mitchell told me it really cleared his sinuses! (Watch for that video soon here on NaturalNews…) Opportunity to save 10% or EARN 10% But here’s the good part of all this: I know the economy is in the dumps and jobs are harder to find. Income sources seem increasingly scarce, but here’s one that might be of interest you: Before we really go big with the news about AlwaysEco, you can become an affiliate of AlwaysEco and earn 10% from the promotion of their products on your own website, email newsletter or blog. Sign up as an affiliate by clicking here. The best part, of course, is that as an AlwaysEco affiliate, you have full permission to use our articles and product reviews about AlwaysEco on your own website or email newsletter. You can quite literally just copy and paste our articles onto your own website, then replace our links with YOUR links (using your affiliate code), and you will then earn 10% of all the sales from your website. In fact, we encourage you to do this! It’s a really simple affiliate arrangement that I know a lot of people will want to take advantage of. Sign up using the link above. These products are used by the Health Ranger Obviously, I wouldn’t be supporting this company if I wasn’t really impressed with the formulations of their products. I’m actually a customer of AlwaysEco, and I use their products myself, in my own home and office. I even used them on my dog Roxy, which you’ll see in an upcoming video that we already filmed. The truth is, these are perhaps the safest and yet most potent natural pest control products on the market today . I’ve used these products to eliminate scorpions and even take down fire ant mounds! This stuff works! It’s effective and totally safe at the same time. It even smells great. If you’re wondering what’s in this AlwaysEco product line, check out the details at: http://www.AlwaysEco.com/products There, you’ll see some of the products they put together especially for NaturalNews readers. They offer everything from affordable small pet products to full-blown “knock down” products for professionals. And remember, you can earn 10% on the sales of these AlwaysEco products by becoming an affiliate today. Click here to sign up as an affiliate and get started. Keep in mind this company is just getting launched in the online world right now, so they haven’t yet developed a long list of affiliate banners or anything like that. You may have to use text links for a while, until they get more graphics done. But I’m confident AlwaysEco will be a huge success story as they grow to become one of the best-recognized natural pest control brand names in North America, and I know many NaturalNews readers will benefit from that name recognition by becoming affiliates. So watch for more coverage of AlwaysEco here on NaturalNews throughout 2011. You’ll see videos, articles and product reviews appear on a regular basis. Feel free to use them in your own affiliate promotions of AlwaysEco products. Or if you just want to become a customer and use AlwaysEco products like I do, take advantage of the NaturalNews specials available at http://www.AlwaysEco.com/products Independent reviews By the way, in case you were wondering, no, I do not have any ownership interest whatsoever in AlwaysEco. Nor does anyone at NaturalNews. This is just a really cool company run by a couple of super cool people who are driven by a mission to get the toxic chemicals out of peoples’ homes. These folks deserve all the positive publicity they have coming, and I’m happy to bring you this breaking news here on NaturalNews.com. You won’t find these products in retail stores nor advertised anywhere on the net, but you will find honest, independent coverage of their breakthrough pest control product line right here. So watch for more coverage of AlwaysEco here on NaturalNews, and in the mean time sign up as an affiliate if you want to earn 10%. (Or even if you just want to save 10% on your own bulk purchases!) There is HUGE business to be done across the country with these products which are perfect for: • Schools • Nursing homes • Organic farms and ranches • Homes • Offices • Dog kennels and veterinarians • Even daycare centers! The truth is, the AlwaysEco product line delivers a whole line of solutions that can be used almost anywhere. They’re safe around pets, ranch animals, children, adults and senior citizens. They’re environmentally friendly as well, so you’re not flushing toxic chemicals down the drain or into the watershed. Watch for more coverage of AlwaysEco here on NaturalNews.

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