To earn the “certified organic” label, a product cannot contain any GM ingredients, so buying organic foods is the easiest way to ensure your food is GMO-free. This applies even to products labeled “made with organic ingredients,” which must be 100% GMO-free, even if not all their ingredients meet other organic standards. In many groceries, [...]

YES, you’re eating them. NO, they may not be safe. Our food supply is getting  full of genetically modified foods (GMO) foods that are sprayed with pesticides and more. Are they conventional or organic? Did you know… since 1996 we have been eating genetically modified (GM) ingredients in most processed foods. Did you know… GM [...]

Throughout history silver has been used  to fight infections. Colloidal silver is a suspension of the element silver in a solution, usually water.  Silver was used as a medicine starting in the late 1800s. Its primary application was as a topical antiseptic. We use Nature’s Sunshine Silver Shield… We know that silver is nature’s antibiotic, [...]

From the Desk of Dr. Sawyer… Here are Significant Details You Should Know About Soy Products: Fermented soy products are good for you. Examples are Tempeh, Soy Sauce, Nato. FYI: Hexane (a neurotoxin), is a processing agent for many unfermented soy products. Unfermented soy contains isoflavones that are clearly associated with reduced thyroid function. All [...]

The truth – it is difficult to asses a product on an ORAC value.  Some notes from a class I was in. The ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) unit, ORAC value, or “ORAC score” is a method of measuring the antioxidant capacity of different foods and supplements. It was developed by scientists at the NIH. [...]

Did you know that feeding your body what it needs doesn’t cure anything. So, how do you explain diseases that have obviously improved when people rave about the latest nutritional supplement, health drink, or vitamin that they have taken? The fundamental truth is: health is normal. If you’re not healthy, something is interfering with this [...]

Having low levels of vitamin D may put you at greater risk for peripheral arterial disease, a common condition that reduces blood flow to the legs and can cause cramping and pain, as well as more serious complications. In a medical study published online in April, researchers looked at data from nearly 4,900 adults aged [...]

The New Heart Miracle Even if you eat well and get plenty of exercise, your arteries can inevitably get hard, stiff and full of gunk during your lifetime. it is a natural part of aging. They now say as early as 10 years old, you may start to accumulate fat in your  arteries and by [...]

It’s virtually impossible to provide a complete list of genetically modified food (GM food) in the United States because there aren’t any laws for genetically modified crops! Some estimates say as many as 30,000 different products on grocery store shelves are “modified.” That’s largely because many processed foods contain soy. Half of North America’s soy [...]

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