Author: Erin Elizabeth

In my beloved state, toxic algae blooms have caused my least favorite Gov. Rick Scott to declare a state of emergency in two counties. While Scott has blamed the feds for letting a dam on Lake Okeechobee deteriorate many environmentalists are blaming Big Sugar; they believe the problem is due to their giant pollution runoff into Lake O. There have been plenty of news reports and pictures published this week from around the state, showing a thick, sludgy green algae in waterways. There have even been some Manatees trapped in the bloom. Enough is enough. And I’m not alone. Brent...

Alzheimer’s disease, named for Dr. Alois Alzheimer who discovered it in 1906, is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out simple tasks. For most people with Alzheimer’s, symptoms first appeared in their mid-60s. It is the most common cause of dementia among older adults and it is on the rise. So recently, when scientists from the Salk Institute found preliminary evidence suggesting that tetraydrocannabinol (THC) and other cannabinoids found in marijuana showed signs of promoting the removal of amyloid beta—the toxic protein also known as the “plaque” associated with Alzheimer’s disease- there...

Researchers at the University of Adelaide recently discovered an active anti-cancer component in coconut oil that constitutes 50 percent of its makeup. Called lauric acid, the component completely exterminated more than 90 percent of colon cancer cells after just two days of treatment in a colon cancer cell line (CRC) in vitro (researchers used a rat small intestinal cell line as a model of normal intestinal epithelial cells). The study was published in the journal Cancer Research.  One of the most common cancers to strike both men and women is colon cancer. And while there are a number of natural remedies...