The Constant Ethical Turmoil of Shopping
A decision as simple as buying fruit has become an exhausting moral dilemma. Was the fruit ethically sourced? Were pesticides used? Who grew the fruit
A decision as simple as buying fruit has become an exhausting moral dilemma. Was the fruit ethically sourced? Were pesticides used? Who grew the fruit
We hear it all the time – America runs on free market capitalism.
But what does that mean? Is it the same as garden variety capitalism? While
What do a teenage girl with IBS and a world-renowned animal welfare expert have in common?
Apparently, beef-sticks.
You see, when Autumn and Chas Smith got married
Here’s a truth harsher than the chemicals in your skin care products: Nothing should go on your skin that can’t also go in your mouth.
A decision as simple as buying fruit has become an exhausting moral dilemma. Was the fruit ethically sourced? Were pesticides used? Who grew the fruit
We hear it all the time – America runs on free market capitalism.
But what does that mean? Is it the same as garden variety capitalism? While
What do a teenage girl with IBS and a world-renowned animal welfare expert have in common?
Apparently, beef-sticks.
You see, when Autumn and Chas Smith got married
Here’s a truth harsher than the chemicals in your skin care products: Nothing should go on your skin that can’t also go in your mouth.
We as a society are hunting witches – not the kind that cast spells, of course, but the kind that cause digestive distress. From dairy to
The battle has long raged between larks and night owls — who is healthier, wealthier, and wiser? Who has more fun? Who gets more done?
Despite myriad studies and tons of scientific insights, the answer seems clear: merits are spread and divided across the two and only personal preference makes one better than the other.
Some studies show night owls outperforming morning larks in intelligence tests.
Others seem to confirm that night owls are more susceptible to developing rotten habits, like smoking and drinking.
When Hippocrates famously said, “All disease begins in the gut,” he likely had no idea how right he was.
For example, could he have known that the gut contains 10 times more bacteria responsible for regulating your health than the rest of the body?
Or that the bacterial transfer that occurs at birth affects the diversity of your microbiome (collection of gastro-intestinal bacteria in the digestive tract) for life?
Is it possible that he knew the root cause of bacteria destruction in the gut flora also weakens the gut barrier and leads to leaky gut, diverticulitis, and other disorders?
Maybe not. But he was on the right track.
2,000 year-old trees in one of America’s most storied parks have been fighting for their lives since the California wildfires started raging in the last
Introduction The human body contains trillions of microorganisms collectively known as the microbiome, which plays a vital role in maintaining our overall health and well-being.