This blog provides information and resources for healthier living, wellness and a number of health topics including specific medical conditions. It is also a resource for conditions commonly considered to be environmental illnesses including CFS, FM, PTSD, obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance, MCS, heart disease, and a number of other conditions that are potentiated by contaminants in the air, soil and water including autism, sick building syndrome and sickness behavior just to name a few. This blog will try to focus on less scientific and more real-world news and application.



Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Polluted air increases obesity risk in young animals

"Exposure to polluted air early in life led to an accumulation of abdominal fat and insulin resistance in mice even if they ate a normal diet, according to new research."

Read more on relationship between pollution and obesity: Polluted air increases obesity risk in young animals:


Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Audio Review: Studying Autism and Mercury, with Irva Hertz-Picciotto

An estimated 1-1.5 million Americans live with autism, a neural disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication. Some research suggests environmental factors play a role in autism, while other findings point to a genetic basis.

A link to a review of a study of autism, vaccines and diet.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -Don't wait for a cure to appear

So, maybe we're not all slackers. Maybe it's not all in our heads, as many employers, psychiatrists, friends and even family members have implied or thought to themselves over the years. Maybe the debilitating set of symptoms known as chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome is a legitimate illness, like pneumonia or tuberculosis. And maybe, according to a study published recently in the prestigious journal Science, it's actually caused by a virus. Link