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Fitness Tips – Stop Treading Water

Easy Fitness Tips Keeping up with the do’s and dont’s of the fitness world is kind of like treading water; eventually you tire and slowly seep back into your own abyss of insecurity.  The propaganda of...

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Is Planned Parenthood the new “Final Solution”?

When I woke up this morning, I did the same thing I do every morning. I made myself a few cups of coffee, ate some yogurt, then I checked my Facebook (don’t judge me). I scrolled through more of the...

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Today’s Body Snatching

Even as sentient, logical, analytical beings, humans are often guided by instinct and intuition, a core set of behaviors we have learned to trust and rely on- for good reason. Our evolutionary past has...

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Dangers of Fluoride in Tap Water – It’s Poison!

Dangers of Fluoride? It’s Poison! Ever wonder how much Fluoride is in Tap Water? How about the Effect of Fluoride? The U.S. government’s policy of mass fluoridation was based on the science of the...

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Scary But True: Sleepwalking Homicides

Imagine the following scenario: You just came home from a long day at work, had dinner with your family, then snuggled up to your spouse and went to sleep. You had a strange dream – in fact, the dream...

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Most Common Cancer: Lung Cancer. Are you at risk?

Lung Cancer found to be by far the most common cancer. If you have never smoked you may still be at risk. Approximately one out of every six deaths in the U.S. is related to lung cancer.[1] It is the...

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Benefits of Meditation

Revealing the Benefits of Meditation. When most people think meditation they think of a small, bald man sitting cross-legged levitating in the botanical gardens. Or they think of the tofu-eating hippie...

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Why are Americans Depressed: Diagnosing What Ails the American Spirit

Why are Americans depressed? Very depressed. A linguistic study published in the scientific and medical research journal PLoS ONE last year states that on the whole, English is an optimistic language....

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Superfund Sites: The Hazardous Waste Next Door

A Superfund site, according to the EPA, is “an uncontrolled or abandoned place where hazardous waste is located, possibly affecting local ecosystems or people.” There have been “tens of thousands” of...

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Postpartum Depression-How Common Is It

Postpartum Depression, or PPD, is defined as depression suffered by a mother following childbirth. PPD may present itself as the “Baby Blues” at first. Baby Blues are strong emotions and mood swings...

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Cancer Funding: The Right to Live

The “Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000” gave states the option to provide full Medicaid coverage to women who are diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer, and as of 2004,...

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Monsanto – Time for regulation of Monsanto GMO crops and chemicals

What if someone told you that the food you were eating was covered in a substance that kills human cells, even if the chemical has been diluted below levels used in farming? This test even included...

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Chantix and Other Prescription Drugs

Chantix and Other Prescription Drugs Can Harm Your HealthThe post Chantix and Other Prescription Drugs appeared first on The Allegiant.

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Shocking Facts About Food Labels

Number of Calories Listed on Nutritional Facts Might be Wrong? Are we being fed misinformation about the amount of calories in our food? I was speaking with my friend about changing my eating habits...

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Over 26,000 Americans Died in 2010 from a Lack of Health Insurance

Should a Lack of Health Insurance Excuse 26,000 Deaths of Americans Who Need Care? “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with...

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Antibacterial Soaps May Actually Be Harmful

Could Antibacterial Soaps Potentially Harm Us? The Flu season is rapidly approaching which means people are taking certain precautions to ensure that they say healthy. One thing that we might not...

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Lead Found in Over 400 Lipsticks

There’s Probably Lead in Your Lipstick According to FDA Testing Lead has been deemed to be a toxic element which has been phased out of many products due to the adverse health effects resulting from...

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The 7 Rules to Being Friends with Benefits

There you are. It’s Saturday morning, one eyelid is crusted shut, the other is getting burned by the sun, you’re not wearing underwear and you’re in a bed that isn’t your own. You know this bed, you’ve...

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The doctor shortage in North America – just how bad is it?

If you have ever been in an emergency department with a non-life threatening condition, or have ever been on a waitlist for routine surgery, you are likely acutely aware of the fact that there is a...

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Liposuction Grows in Popularity as Techniques Improve

Many people in the society are struggling and doing all their best to stay skinny. One of the ways of achieving this has been through liposuction procedure. There has been a lot of coverage on this...

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