News & Articles By Russel Davis
04/21/2017 / By Russel Davis
10 High-yield vegetables you should be growing this year
According to experts, combining the principles of biointensive gardening and square-foot gardening may help gardeners achieve good harvest despite the limited garden space. An article in TheBalance.com has listed 10 high-yield crops to grow this year to maximize the limited space. 10 high-yield vegetables you can grow in small spaces Leaf lettuce – Leaf lettuce varieties such as oak […]
04/13/2017 / By Russel Davis
Who needs meds? Simple potassium may lower blood pressure more safely than prescription drugs
Eating foods high in potassium — such as fruits, vegetables, grains and roots — may help lower blood pressure levels, a recent analysis revealed. According to the review, higher dietary potassium intake was associated with significant reductions in blood pressure regardless of sodium intake. Data also show that high potassium consumption curbs blood pressure by […]
04/11/2017 / By Russel Davis
Breakthrough allows scientists to track toxic chemicals from fast food wrappers as they contaminate the body
A team of researchers have created a new method in monitoring traces of perfluorinated compounds (PFAS), chemicals commonly used in fast-food wrappers, in the body. This comes just a month after a recent study showed that such chemicals were found in more than one third of food packaging tested. Health experts at the University of […]
04/11/2017 / By Russel Davis
Science journal calls for immediate safety review of glyphosate weed killer, warns it may be causing widespread public health hazards
A team of researchers has called for immediate review of standards in using glyphosate weed killer. According to their piece published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, current standards in glyphosate use may be causing widespread public health hazards as the potent weed killer, manufactured by Monsanto and sold under the brand name […]
03/31/2017 / By Russel Davis
How to grow pesticide-free organic celery
Not many people know that today’s commercially produced celery is laden with chemicals, with some samples carrying residues of more than 60 pesticides. This is worrisome, considering that data from the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center showed that U.S. consumers had a mean annual consumption of six pounds of fresh celery per person in 2012 alone. […]
03/27/2017 / By Russel Davis
Fast food diets causing majority of stroke and diabetes deaths across U.S.
Health care specialists have been advising the general public to cut back on fast food consumption for years, and for good reason. Recent data showed that poor dietary habits accounted for nearly half of all cardiometabolic deaths in the U.S. Researchers at the Tufts University in Massachusetts found that there were more than 702,000 cardiometabolic deaths […]
03/25/2017 / By Russel Davis
These raised bed gardening tricks beat traditional gardening every time
Raised bed gardening has been in practice among agriculture enthusiasts for years. Simply put, raised bed gardening is a method that makes use of elevated garden beds to cultivate a variety of crops. Modern raised bed gardens use frames of wood, concrete blocks or timber, and are relatively easy to construct. Gardeners have touted the many […]
03/23/2017 / By Russel Davis
WARNING: Sugar destroys your body’s ability to absorb these 5 essential nutrients
The sugar industry in the U.S. thrives at a whopping $100 billion in annual revenue. That is because Americans consume an average of 150 lbs of sugar  per year. Most people are aware of the adverse effects of excessive sugar consumption such as obesity, diabetes, and cancer. However, what is known as well-known is that high sugar intake […]
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