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How Much Do You Think About What Influences Your Diet?
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
How do you decide what to eat? Think about what influences your decision. Nutrition, taste, health, cultural preferences and taboos, regional specialties, availability, personal preference, dietary restrictions... advertising? All of these can play a part, but for now, let’s focus...
The Health Benefits of Nattokinase
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Nattokinase is a powerful proteolytic, or protein-digesting enzyme, and is most well known for its benefits to cardiovascular health. Traditionally, nattokinase was extracted from natto, a fermented soybean dish from Japanese cuisine and culture. The organism that produces nattokinase is...
7 Tips for Creating a Healthy and Positive Work Environment
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
For most people, work occupies a substantial part of their life. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ American Time Use Survey, people spend nearly nine hours on work-related activities during their day.[1] Other studies, such as a 2014 survey...
3 Health Benefits of Distilled Water
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Distilled water is water that’s been purified of contaminants through distillation. The process is relatively simple; water is brought to a boil and converted to steam. The steam flows through cooling tubes and condenses back into pure water. This is...
Why Can't the EPA and the WHO Agree on Glyphosate?
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supposed to review each registered pesticide every 15 years.[1] Under this standard, a toxic herbicide called glyphosate was scheduled to be reviewed in 2015. As of May 2016, this review has still...
How We Got from GMO Labeling to GMO Propaganda
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
This past March, the Senate rejected a GMO-friendly bill that would’ve made clear GMO labeling optional for food producers and manufacturers. The bill, S. 2609, would’ve made GMO labeling a voluntary practice and prevented individual states from enacting their own...
How the Body Uses Oxygen
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Oxygen is a colorless, odorless gas that is essential for life.[1] Life as we know it literally could not exist without oxygen. Billions of years ago there was very little oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere. Complex animal life did not, and...
What Is Ruthenium and Why Is it Important to You?
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Ruthenium is a hard, metallic, chemical element that is commonly found as a rare earth metal. Ruthenium’s atomic number is 44 and its atomic weight is 101.07. It is greyish-white in color and a member of the platinum family.[1] At...
Enjoy These 10 Detox Water Recipes All Year Long!
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Detox water has become a wildly popular diet craze. Many hail it as a miracle diet and think it can support weight loss. Could this be a revolutionary new way to drop pounds and trim the physique, or is it...
What Is Silica and How Can it Support Your Health?
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Role of Silica Benefits Dangers Supplementation Silica, also known as silicon dioxide or SiO2, is a colorless, white, chemical compound. Silica is made of the most common elements on earth, silicon (Si) and oxygen (O2). It’s also the most abundant...
Health Benefits of Vitamin C and Best Natural Sources
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Vitamin C is an antioxidant present in many fruits and vegetables.[1] Also known as L-ascorbic acid, vitamin C has a wide variety of uses in the body. It supports normal growth and development and helps the body repair damaged tissue.[2,...
What Is Colloidal Iodine?
By Dr. Edward Group, DC |
Colloidal is a unique and special formulation of iodine. Created in the 1920s, colloidal iodine offers a more bioavailable form of iodine than typical compounds of sodium iodide or potassium iodide. If you're interested in the history of it, the...
