Health Action Magazine - Food/Nutrition
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"Bad" cholesterol: the unknown heart healerIf you think that "bad" or "high" cholesterol contributes to heart disease, you have been deceived by those marketing a mythical disease.
The so called "bad" or LDL...
HANS e-News - February 1, 2012 - 5K
Coconut Water: Healthy or Hyped?...
Health Action, Fall 2011 - 12K
GM Foods Turn Sci Fi into Reality...
Health Action, Fall 2011 - 7K
Correcting Digestive Problems...
Health Action, Summer 2011 - 2K
The Importance of Food Allergy Testing Food allergies are estimated to have increased by up to 500 percent since the 1990s based on hospital visits. However, determining if this is due to increased vigilance of...
Health Action, Spring 2011 - 3K
The Spring WithinWhen nature starts turning green, we naturally want to renew ourselves. We become more lively and energetic because energy is ascending, active and about new beginnings. The...
Health Action, Spring 2011 - 2K
Got Mercury?Mercury is a well-known neurotoxin that has been linked to multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Lou Gehrig's disease and mood disorders.
The major sources of mercury...
Health Action, Spring 2011 - 1K
Food and the Road Less TravelledWhy did the rooster cross the road? Because he was determined to sample delicious edibles at this year's Feast of Fields event.
The annual September festival is not only a...
Health Action Magazine Fall 2008 - 2K
Organic Summer Experience It started quite innocently. I read an article about organic living. Fortunately, it was interesting enough to read right to the end. Otherwise I would have missed one of...
Health Action, Summer 2009 - 8K
The Chilly Season Is Upon UsFeeling a little chilly these days? The wisdom of Chinese medicine provides us with insight on how to stay warm from the inside out. In Chinese medicine, patients...
Health Action, Winter 2010 - 2K
Pack In the Plant ProteinSince the early 1900s, meat eating has been equated with masculinity and power. At that time, if you were civilized, rich, strong and a "real man," you ate plenty of protein...
Health Action, Winter 2010 - 5K
The importance of saltLately, we have been reading a lot about how bad salt is for us, and people are thinking that they have to avoid it to be healthy. HANS member Matthias Muschol disagrees,...
HANS e-News - March 15, 2011 - 4K
Foods to Nourish Yourself through WinterWinter is a time when yin dominates yang; a time of stillness, darkness and conservation. It is a time to go inward and refine the spiritual essence. Winter is...
HANS e-News - January 15, 2011 - 8K
Global bee emergency - Sign the petition!Silently, billions of bees are dying off and our entire food chain is in danger. Bees don't just make honey, they are a giant, humble workforce, pollinating 90% of the plants...
HANS e-News - January 15, 2011 - 4K
Not Canning This Fall - Don't Blame BotulismAre you one of the many people that are both impressed and intimidated by those who line their shelves with home-canned jams, preserves, vegetables and pickles each fall?...
Health Action, Fall 2010 - 4K
Your Winter Vegetable Garden Starts in SummerImagine sweeping aside a bit of snow to discover crisp carrots waiting in the ground below. A chilly trip out to the garden most winter months can be rewarded with fresh...
Health Action, Summer 2010 - 3K
Aspartame Advice to Chew OnIt is an unusual person who doesn't appreciate fresh-smelling breath. Hence, the popularity of chewing gum at supermarket checkout tills. But every time you pop a piece...
Health Action, Summer 2010 - 4K
SOS: Save Our SeedsIn days gone by, the seeds that grow our food were in the hands of farmers and public-sector plant breeders. Today, however, an increasing amount of seeds-the first link in...
Health Action, Winter 2009/2010 - 1K
Avoid Diabetes ComplicationsType 2 diabetes affects close to 135 million people worldwide. The main contributing factor in most is excessive carbohydrate consumption.
Eating excess carbohydrates on a...
Health Action, Winter 2009/2010 - 4K
Top Tips for Better Digestion & Elimination1. Drink water one hour before a meal or one hour after, but never during meals.
2. Avoid desserts after protein-rich meals.
3. Combine foods wisely: avoid mixing...
HANS Web Exclusive Fall 2009 - 1K
GE Failure to Yield"After years of promotions and promises from the biotechnology industry that its genetically engineered crops will produce higher yields the promise has proven to be empty,"...
Health Action, Fall 2009 - 1K
How to Tell GM Foods by LabelsAn orange is an orange is an orange, right? Not necessarily, according to grocery store PLU (price lookup) codes. These four or five digit numbers, which are assigned to...
Health Action, Fall 2009 - 1K
GM Candyland: Modified sugar beets in CanadaAfter genetically modified (GM) sugar beets are first harvested this fall in Alberta, Rogers Sugar/ Lantic will be selling Canadians GM sugar. Lantic Inc. is the only company...
Health Action, Fall 2009 - 4K
Flavour Your Fall with Healing HerbsOne of the reasons I enjoy autumn is because of the warming foods we tend to eat. I decided to make Chicken Marbella for friends coming over for dinner on Sunday and was...
Health Action, Fall 2009 - 3K
To Eat Less, Love What You Eat"We overeat not because we enjoy food too much; it is because we don't enjoy it enough."
Does the above quote, from Charles Eisenstein's book The Yoga of Eating...
Health Action, Fall 2009 - 3K