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This Key Vitamin Reduces Serious Pesticide Damage During Pregnancy

DDT, the pesticide once used in WWII was banned in the US in 1972, but it remains in the soil for decades. The good news is that a simple vitamin can reduce its negative effects.
DDT was considered a ‘miracle’ when it was first created.  It was the first important synthetic pesticide from chlorinated hydrocarbon (organochlorine) discovered by a Swiss chemist named Paul Muller in 1939.

Video: Inmates at Correctional Facility Grow 5 Tons of Food for Less Fortunate

Show me you have a seed there and I’m prepared to expect wonders — Henry David Thoreau.
Here’s a new twist on food sustainability. Inmates at Maryland’s Eastern Correctional Institution have grown 5 tons of fresh produce for the less fortunate on a small garden plot, turning rock-hard soil into food for others.
The program is similar to others taking root around the country. Inmates not only help to reduce costs for prison food, but often grow more than they can consume, and donate it to local food pantries.

Are You Going to the Bathroom the ‘Wrong Way?’

While this subject matter may not be the most pleasant to read or hear about, for some the return to good health greatly depends on it. Truthfully, our digestion and the way in which we go to the bathroom can have a great impact on one’s health. Keep reading to learn how.
Simply put, human anatomy is designed so that proper elimination is best performed while squatting. There are certain things that occur physiologically by squatting which do not happen when one sits idly on the toilet seat. Herein lies the key to correctly eliminating each and every day.

5 Enlightening Reasons to Embrace the Power of Meditation

There are a million and one things that can get in the way of a daily meditation, but like the old Zen saying states, “you should sit in meditation every day for twenty minutes, unless you’re too busy. Then you should sit for an hour.”
When you read these 5 excuse-busting motivations, you’ll want to find at least twenty minutes a day to clear your mind and take some cleansing breaths. Meditation is that good for you.