Health & Nutrition

Cannabis shown to be more effective than hydroxychloroquine

Photo from piqsels.com, via Creative Commons (CC0) Article by Rick Bakas, Flowsent In the race to find a cure for COVID-19, a team of Canadian scientists have found at least thirteen strains of cannabis shown to be effective against the coronavirus. The President of the United States of...

Mark Wahlberg Explains Why He’s Going All-In on a Plant-Based Diet

Image by Eva Rinaldi from Flickr Article by Adrianna Freedman, Men's Health Mark Wahlberg is no stranger to going to extremes when it comes to his workout and diet. In a new installment of Vs. the Internet, the actor sat down with Men’s Health, where he revealed some...

Functional Fungus

Image by Pverdonk from Flickr Article by Casey Bonagura, Whole Foods magazine Mushrooms are having a moment: These gems from nature are gaining popularity thanks to consumers’ growing awareness about the health benefits they offer, according to a report by Fortune Business Insights (1). And the experts are...

How ultra-processed food took over your shopping basket

Image by Ulrich Dregler from Pixabay Article by Bee Wilson, The Guardian Nearly three decades ago, when I was an overweight teenager, I sometimes ate six pieces of sliced white toast in a row, each one slathered in butter or jam. I remember the spongy texture of the...

Eating chili peppers may prevent fatal heart attacks and stroke

Image courtesy of PXFuel (Creative Commons, CC0) Article by Elise Solé, Yahoo Lifestyle Chili peppers aren’t for the faint of heart, but maybe they should be. Scientists in Italy say the spice slashes the mortality rate from heart attack and cerebrovascular disease (which restricts blood flow to the...

Surprise rescue of Jamaica coral reefs shows nature can heal

p>Photo by David Goldman (AP PHOTO) Article by CHRISTINA LARSON, via TIME TEverton Simpson squints at the Caribbean from his motorboat, scanning the dazzling bands of color for hints of what lies beneath. Emerald green indicates sandy bottoms. Sapphire blue lies above seagrass meadows. And...

More people use marijuana to treat illness than to get high, study says

Photo by THOM CARROLL( PHILLY VOICE) Article by Adam Hermann, via PHILLY VOICE Nearly twice as many people in the United States use marijuana to treat illnesses as those who use marijuana to get high, according to a new study. Roughly 46% of regular marijuana users...

Cannabis for lung cancer: does it help?

Image courtesy of Green Flower Article by Anna Wilcox, via Green Flower “Cannabis is an extremely valuable tool in your toolbox when you’re faced with a cancer diagnosis,” begins Mara Gordon in a Green Flower segment on using cannabis for lung cancer. If anyone knows anything about cannabis and...