Is Ginseng Nature's Natural Viagra?

Ginseng has been used in Chinese medicine for years, but medical researchers have recently confirmed that it can combat erectile dysfunction in men.

Ginseng could be nature's natural cure for male impotence according to medical researchers.

It has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years, but its effectiveness has only recently been confirmed.

According to research from South Korea, the natural aphrodisiac combats erectile dysfunction in just eight weeks. Read more

13 Reasons to Start Bodyweight Training Today

Getting fit doesn't have to mean going to the gym. Dave Smith gives thirteen reasons to do bodyweight exercises instead.

Getting fit doesn't have to be rocket-science, and simple bodyweight exercises can be a great choice for achieving gains in strength, building muscle, boosting cardiovascular fitness, and burning fat. Not convinced? We've got 13 great reasons why bodyweight exercises should be a key component of everyone's workout regime (along with tips for boosting your own routine today!). Read more

How to Trash the Toxins in Your Pantry

Daisy Luther lists seven steps you can take to clean your kitchen and trash the toxins in your pantry.

My kitchen is about 95% clean. No, I’m not talking about the standards of hygiene or the crud that tries to take up residence in the grout – I’m talking about the contents of my pantry and refrigerator.

I’ve worked hard to banish GMOs, pesticides and chemical additives from the premises. With the proliferation of “dirty” food-like substances that fill the grocery stores, it’s been a challenge to build a clean long-term food supply, especially on a tight budget.

Let’s talk about clean food. This is the food that we are naturally intended to eat, food that our bodies can process and turn into energy and muscle – nutrients we can use to provide us with glowing health – fuel that doesn’t make us fat. Read more

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Devastatubg Effect of Swine Flu Shot

Remember this the next time you're badgered about getting a flu shot.

Emelie is plagued by hallucinations and nightmares. When she wakes up, she's often paralyzed, unable to breathe properly or call for help. During the day she can barely stay awake, and often misses school or having fun with friends. She is only 14, but at times she has wondered if her life is worth living.

Emelie is one of around 800 children in Sweden and elsewhere in Europe who developed narcolepsy, an incurable sleep disorder, after being immunized with the Pandemrix H1N1 swine flu vaccine made by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline in 2009.

Finland, Norway, Ireland and France have seen spikes in narcolepsy cases, too, and people familiar with the results of a soon-to-be-published study in Britain have told Reuters it will show a similar pattern in children there. Read more

5 Reasons Not to Get a Flu Shot

With all the media and government pressure to get flu shots, it's worthwhile to look at the reasons not to get them.

If you’re looking for a deeply scientific treatise on the flu shot, this isn’t it.

I’m not a chemist, a physician or someone with an advanced degree in biology. I’m just a mom with an internet connection. I’m a person who has researched and compiled an assortment of worrisome facts that point in one direction: the flu shot is NOT beneficial. Read more

Cut Out the Wheat and Lose Weight

Your daily bread could be making you fat.

New year, new you and a new round of that eternal struggle – lose weight. It’s often the resolution that tops everyone’s lists but weight loss eludes many of us, the perpetual pushing of that boulder up the mountain.

For decades we’d been told that carbohydrates are the enemy but now a new school of thought within nutrition is gaining ground, stating that we need carbohydrates as much as we need vegetables, but there is one culprit among them that may be doing some real damage: wheat. Read more

Hardest Workout Ever FTW!

Get ready to be brutalized by this twelve-exercise workout from Zuzana.