Always interesting to watch as EXPERTS get together to question whether water prevents dehydration. The EU has banned the log held claim that water can prevent dehydration. Read more here...

What can be weirder than genetically engineered salmon? A long-awaited environmental impact evaluation of the introduction of genetically-modified salmon is now in the hands of the Obama White House, the website TalkingPointsMemo confirmed on Thursday, and according to their...

Here's a copy of the school lunch schedule from Old Shasta Elementary in about 1975. Not bad really. Just plain ol' food. Not much fake stuff. No weird drinks that add 600 empty calories....

This doctor practices in Texas and is a popular cancer treatment choice. click here to watch...

Check this out. http://d.yimg.com/nl/australia/site/player.swf?vid=24472661&repeat=0&browseCarouselUI=hide%22%3E Worth it to cut and paste. Trudi...

I'd prefer the beverages to be yummy iced herb tea, filtered water, the occasional mineral water and water with lemon sweetened with the herb stevia. Then just stop there unless it's Christmas....

For about $40.00 at Amazon.com you can buy a Brix meter and measure the minerals in your fruits and vegetables. Here's a demo...

Here he gives us a little inside info on the bailout, our liberty and his health regime....

Positively Healthy By Trudi Pratt Can you believe that 700 people showed up in Chico last week to hear a farmer from Virginia speak? How'd that happen? Joel Salatin got international recognition for his appearance in the hit documentary "Food,...

Depressing Nutrition Lesson: Everything on this plate except the turkey and the one green bean will digest as sugar--that's the breakdown product of cake, chocolate milk, the bun, potatoes and corn. Wish it weren't so. The body slowly wears...

I'm constantly surprised by the amount of jealousy and hate that BIG AGRICULTURE has for the little guy in America. I repeatedly get e-mails that sound like this. Got this one today. Hi Dr. Trudi, Morningland Dairy, a small dairy...

If there are so many preservatives in your food that it looks the same years later, I think we've got a problem. Click here...

Candace Watson reminded me of this popular song/poem last night while driving to Mt. Shasta for dinner. Sure was a big part of my childhood. We had a framed print of it in our family home....

I figure that if five people have sent me this video--you should definitely get to watch it!...

"Oral bisphosphonate osteoporosis drugs, which include such Actonel, Boniva, and Fosamax, could be associated with an approximately twofold increased risk of esophageal cancer. A new study showed that long-term users of the drugs had nearly double the risk for...

For the last 30 years our food manufacturers put cheap corn in most of our food. The beef, chicken or pork you ate tonight probably was raised on corn. Why? It makes the animal fat faster. It can reach...

With puberty starting earlier and earlier--we have to look at the hormones allowed in conventional food production. When will we have had enough? The current hormones in food are: The US FDA currently allows six different kinds of steroid hormones...

When I was a kid, I'd look forward to the annual Old Shasta Art Fair so I could have a falafel--a Middle Eastern pita bread sandwich made of chickpeas, cucumber dressing and some tomatoes and sliced cucumbers. How can you...

From Dan Martin Just seems so counter intuitive to be transporting something as vulnerable as eggs from Iowa to California via refrigerated trucks in the summer heat. Possibly a chronic refrigeration or handling issue. CA is the nations 5th largest...

You might need a loan to try to eat your fruits and vegetables. Here's the article...

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NATURAL BORN PEST KILLERS Home Remedies for Pest Control By Eric Vinje, Planet Natural Not everybody likes cucumbers. You may be interested to learn that ants hate cucumbers, especially cucumber peels. You'll especially appreciate that fact if you want...

Seems to me these horses could be rounded-up to be selectively castrated to control the herd instead of transporting them to holding pens where they live out their lives. But maybe I'm missing something? Despite protests, feds to round up...

Trudi, I just had to show these off. Biggest, best looking broccoli I've ever grown. Closer to the camera are cauliflower and green beans. Beyond lie yellow squash and zucchini. To the right will be bell peppers (when they finally...

"The greatest discovery of any generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering the attitudes of their minds." Dr. Albert Schweitzer, 1952 Nobel Peace Prize. In Allan Luck's book, "The Healing Power of Doing Good," he points...

Members and Friends of Slow Food Shasta Cascade Official Yearly Meeting POT LUCK Sunday June 20 Come at 4:00ish - We'll eat at 6:00ish Join us for some relaxing fun in the sun in a beautiful oasis. and some...

Not that Medicare paid chiropractors very well to start with, but our seniors are under the impression that they have a certain amount of coverage when entering a chiropractic office. Well, they will now have 20-percent less than before. Many...

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Tina Marlin of Redding pours a mean cup of organic coffee for $1.35. Every Wednesday that same cup is 75 cents. Bring your cup from home and you pay 75 cents any day of the week....

From a newsletter of a colleague By Lani Simpson, DC All Supplements Are Not Created Equal: Weighing in on Pesticides in Fish Oil April 13, 2010 Recently, an article showed up in the news regarding omega-3 fish oil supplements and...

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Stopping Smoking Adds Years to Your Life. So, What Happens When You Quit Smoking? Information about health benefits of quitting from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: --Within 20 minutes after you smoke that last cigarette, your body begins...

At a diabetes forum today I snapped pictures of the buffet table. I just couldn't help but take pictures of foods that trash your blood sugar and create diabetes being fed to diabetics. What would I have fed them? Chicken...

Lifehack.org often has some great ideas. Here are 42 I found interesting. Consider one or two. 42 Practical Ways To Improve Yourself Are you someone who likes to grow? Do you constantly seek to improve yourself and become better? If...

This is a slight change from the Historical Society Cookbook recipe. 1 small onion-chopped 1 red pepper chopped 3 Tablespoons olive oil 1 pound grass-fed ground beef 1 cup catsup sweetened with Sucanat 1 Tablespoon red wine vinegar 1 Tablespoon...

From the current Atlantic Monthly--thought it was interesting. The Great Grocery Smackdown Will Walmart, not Whole Foods, save the small farm and make America healthy? By Corby Kummer BUY MY FOOD at Walmart? No thanks. Until recently, I had been...

I know, my chances of being executed are rather remote---but if I had to choose my execution meal it would include the following items. I'd definitely choose food from my childhood like a chocolate malt--the kind from Candlestick Park and...

If you were sad to see Greengo's and Avocodo's close--you've got another chance to support a place to get fresh and healthy food. Grilla Bites opened in downtown last week at 1427 Market Street on the Market Street Promenade. I...

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Boy am I having a variety of computer problems. If it's not one thing... So I'm sending this fragile device off to Apple for about a 3 week stay. In the meantime, instead of trying to borrow computers to blog--I'm...

Certified Colon Therapists Dollie Popoff and Kriss Mann will explain colon therapy, the types of conditions it may help and how to have healthy digestion. Al and Mary Occasion of Churn Creek Meadows Organic Farm will talk about their organic...

Tests on more than 300 samples of canned tuna from the top three brands in the United States revealed that more than half contained mercury levels above what's considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency. Researchers from the University of...

Ah! The new food pyramid--recommends 6 to 11 servings of bread, cereal, rice, oatmeal and pasta per day. First problem? You'll probably be fat. Second problem? You'll probably be diabetic. Who came up with this insane form of nutritional advice?...

When we have sugar cravings it's usually any combination of these five deficiencies. The first is that you may need more protein. Add more grass-fed meat, pastured chicken, pastured eggs, raw cheese, beans, nuts, cottage cheese or fish. After a...

My guests are Doug Bennett from Shasta-Cascade Food Farm Coalition and Gail Feenstra, PhD, from U.C. Davis. They'll discuss the movie Food, Inc., and present solutions to this overwhelming nutritional and economic challenge. Tune in at 10:00 a.m. at 1460...

I was talking to a home health nurse yesterday who cares for our advanced diabetic community. "These cases of diabetes, Trudi, you've seen nothing like it. These are people so addicted to sugar that they'd rather have their leg...

Why is Nicorette gum so dang expensive? Who can afford to stop smoking? It's over fifty- bucks for 100 pieces of nicotine gum. According to my interview of smokers--if you're a pack a day smoker you need so much of...

Even low-level exposure to BPA can be hazardous to your health -- the evidence has been accumulating for more than 10 years. There are more than 100 independent studies linking the chemical to serious health problems in humans, including: Prostate...

This from the John Wooden camp. Hi Trudi: Coach Wooden appreciates your email and sends greetings. He is recuperating from a recent hospital stay and is feeling better each day. He hopes you will understand because of his current health...

This from the John Wooden camp. Hi Trudi: Coach Wooden appreciates your email and sends greetings. He is recuperating from a recent hospital stay and is feeling better each day. He hopes you will understand because of his current health...