Continuous media hype from self-proclaimed “health experts" and diet gurus decrees the necessity for drinking a minimum of eight 8-ounce glasses of water daily. There are other people, many of whom are bona fide experts, waging the argument that you can drink too much water, even to the consequence of death. The ever-present water bottle clutched in the hands of celebrities whose photos look out at...
Access to germ-free and unpolluted water has always been important. Most people know that. People know, for example, that contagious, microorganism-induced diseases were often the main cause of death before the 1900s. They also probably know that water (as in the case of cholera, malaria, Schistosomiasis, Shigellosis, etc.) was often the medium that these microorganisms needed or used to spread themselves...
It's clear that many people have either forgotten or never learned how important the oceans are to human survival. Maybe these people think of the oceans as simply a means by which to get to other continents, wonderful places to fish or take a cruise on, or just giant marine-life aquariums too big to possibly be significantly damaged by human beings. Yes, the oceans are big - in fact, they comprise...
By Dr. Mercola - The US government has finally admitted they've overdosed Americans on fluoride and, for first time since 1962, are lowering its recommended level of -fluoride in drinking water. 1-, - 2-, - 3 - About 40 percent of American teens have dental fluorosis, - 4 - a condition referring to changes in the appearance of tooth enamel—from chalky-looking lines and splotches to dark staining and...
In spite of the fact that we collectively know more about health issues than at any other time in history, it can also be said that most people today are more confused about what constitutes definitive/conclusive health knowledge than at other times in history. To put it more bluntly, the huge number of discoveries, epiphanies and accomplishments of modern times, far from necessarily making people...