(Natural News) It’s quite simple: About 87 percent of all flowering plants are pollinated by animals, and this includes 70 percent of the planet’s most produced food crops. Bees alone are responsible for pollinating one in every three bites of food we eat. Without pollinators like bees, birds and bats, we would be faced with […]

(Natural News) Everyone knows spinach is good for you – or is it? According to the most recent tests conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), about three-fourths of all non-organically grown spinach is contaminated with traces of toxic chemicals, one of which is banned in Europe. The USDA analyzed 642 samples of conventionally grown […]

(Natural News) Repeated mild food poisoning or small bacterial infections that are overlooked and are easily cleared by the body without treatment can accumulate and result to chronic inflammation and potentially life-threatening colitis, according to a long-term study. A group of scientists conducted the study for eight years to determine the origin of chronic inflammatory […]

(Natural News) Data from A*STAR research has revealed that mothers who consume a lot of sugary foods during pregnancy could be putting their children at higher risk of becoming overweight. However, this is only the case if the mothers are not already obese. Yung Seng Lee, the principal investigator from the A*STAR Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences […]

(Natural News) The days when crop diseases left other kinds of plants alone are over now, stated an article in British Ecological Society. A virus that originally ravaged imported wheat has now started infecting switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) and other non-crop species native to the U.S. The burden on farmers and researchers has redoubled: Not only do […]

(Natural News) What kind of food never spoils? You get one guess. That’s right – the kind you should never eat. So then why do you think most health food stores use canola oil mixed into nearly every packaged and jarred food on their shelves? The honest answer is they’re trying to make more money. […]

(Natural News) Severely obese individuals have more hunger hormones for two years after dramatic weight loss, a study published in the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism discovered. The study was carried out by a team of researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology who looked at the impact, both short- and long-term, […]

(Natural News) A Pakistani study evaluated chicken eggs for residual signs of pesticides used in other parts of the farm. It reported coming across significant levels of the toxic chemicals in the eggs, more than enough to pose serious health risks for humans who consumed the contaminated products. Punjab University supported the study. Its findings were […]

(Natural News) Imagine this: You’ve just finished watching a sad movie. You’re bawling your eyes out. Then, you reach over to the ice cream on the table and sit on the couch to make you feel better. That’s one of the many things people do after watching a tearjerker. However, researchers at Cornell University and […]

(Natural News) There is little doubt regarding the negative effects of sugar on human health, but the increasing incidence of diabetes worldwide proves that just repeating the facts is not enough to prevent people from indulging in sweets. Therefore, scientists are considering if it would be more effective to use graphic labels to remind people […]