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Happy World Bee Day!

ByPiAdmin

Happy World Bee Day! A Buzzworthy Call for Sustainability Today, May 20th, marks World Bee Day, a crucial reminder of the tiny powerhouses that underpin much of our planet’s biodiversity and food security: bees and other pollinators. These industrious insects are absolutely critical, responsible for pollinating roughly one-third of the world’s food crops and the vast majority of flowering plants. Without them, our plates would look starkly different, lacking many of the fruits, vegetables, nuts,…

That soda will kill ya!

BySustainMe

Sodas will kill you, it seems. Sugar, hfcs, or artificial sweerners, all will shorten your life.! This massive study in Europe followed almost a half million people for an average of 16 years, analyzing death rates. Drinking two or more sodas was correlated to many types of fatal illnesses. Other studies have shown links to cancers and other ails. Doctors recommend water instead. Meanwhile, drinking a glass of beer or wine increases your life and…

Processed Foods will Kill ya

BySustainMe

There’s a great study out related to letting people eat processed foods, as much as they want, verses giving people healthy food… as much as they want. Personally, I wonder if the salt alone is not part of the problem. Those people who eat processed foods for the required 15 days, eat more and gained more weight. This seemed like an exceptionally well designed study. One group did the 15 days healthy first, then junk-y…

Okay. Coconut oil really is good for you, no BS

BySustainMe

I was surprised to see what seemed like a reputable source questioning the good health values of coconut oil. See our blog post here. But I like this discussion much better by Dr Hyman. He discusses how coconut oil always has been good for you. The “battle against cholesterol” is generally a bogus war being won by billions of dollars in Staten drug pharma. Hyman discusses island countries that have no cancer and no heart…

Bees in Peril. Costco Connection – July 2017

BySustainMe

The Costco Connection – July 2017 – Page 34-35: Bees in Peril: Working together to find a solution What to do when the canary (bees) stops singing (buzzing)? This is a great (short) overview of where we stand on bee front, written by Stephanie Ponder. (You gotta wonder if that’s a pseudonym!:0) This should worry people everywhere for soooo many reasons. The economic impact of a massive, or total loss of bees, is obvious. But bees…

Coconut oil isn’t healthy. It’s never been healthy.

BySustainMe

Coconut oil isn’t healthy. It’s never been healthy.: by Ashley May. *** See our update pertaining to this article. It seems like Ms May, may have overstated her case against the coconut. See the update here… okay-coconut-oil-really-is-good-for-you. *** Like many such as the poor egg with its off-the-charts level of cholesterol, several foods have gotten a bad rap. Coconut oil got a bad rap, then got a good rap, and now it’s bad again. *** I’m…