Tag: Health

  • Can a Plant-Based Diet Improve Erectile Dysfunction?

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    The new issue of vengconomist dives into the recent research carried out by Dr. Stacy Loeb, a urologist at New York University in the Manhattan Veteran Affairs and board-certified in lifestyle medicine. Dr. Loeb’s research has shown that “men who consume more plant-based and less animal-based foods have better scores for erectile function, even patients with prostate…

  • Growing Food Out of Thin Air

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    While we quibble about climate change here in the United States, the green economy continues to grow and innovate. I came across an article today in the vegconomist, about Solar Foods, a company that produces protein out of thin air. Solar Foods claims their flagship product Solein® “is the purest and most sustainable protein in…

  • Live Streamed Lecture by Vandana Shiva

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    Posted in Arts & Culture, Culture, Events by Anastasia Chipelski on March 24, 2014 Internationally renowned eco-feminist, philosopher, and activist Vandana Shiva will be paying a visit to Winnipeg this weekend, and while her ticketed event is now sold out, local organizers have arranged an alternate, free live-streamed teach-in. Shiva will be speaking to a group of paying attendees on the evening…

  • Sacred Economics

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    A reader recommended I look into the book Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein.  I checked out his website and was completely blown away by this short film. The book is also available on-line.  You can find it here.

  • Healing Historical Trauma Through Traditional Culture

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    Dina Gilio-Whitaker ‘s review of Leslie Korn’s new book Rhythms of Recovery: Trauma, Nature, and the Body brings up an issue often ignored by health professionals – the role historical and cultural trauma can have on the emotional and physical well being of the individual. Medicine, like politics, is often a matter of perspective; for many cultures illness…

  • Research Shows Organic Milk Healthier

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    In thespec.com Sandi Doughton posts information on the first large-scale study to compare milk from organic and conventional dairies across the United States …the researchers found significantly higher levels of heart-healthy fatty acids in organic milk. The reason is that organically raised cows eat more grass and less corn and other grain-based feed than their conventional…

  • Becoming Minimalist

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    Joshua Becker’s story begins on a fine spring day: Our story begins on a beautiful three-day weekend at our home in suburban Vermont. The sun was shining, the flowers were blooming, the grass was beginning to green, and the trees were budding. I was cleaning my garage, my wife was cleaning the bathrooms, and my…

  • Spirituality Enhances Health

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    In a study, posted on the Elevated Existence blog, research shows spirituality enhances a person’s health – particularly their mental health: “In many ways, the results of our study support the idea that spirituality functions as a personality trait,” said Dan Cohen, assistant teaching professor of religious studies at MU and one of the co-authors…

  • Peoples’ Top Regrets

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    This article by Sina Avari reminds us of what is important in life: For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. When questioned about any regrets they had or…

  • Folklore Uses of Local Plants Effective in Treatment of Diabetes

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    The Guardian News reports that recent studies  are “validating the folklore uses of local plants and spices such as bitter leaf, scent leaf and Gongronema latifolium (Utazi in Ibo) among others in the management of diabetes.” A STUDY published in April 2013 edition of Journal of natural pharmaceuticals found that treatment of alloxan diabetic rats…