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Originally published on The Conscious Consumers Network: ( 06/22/05 )

It seems aneurysms, (defined as an abnormal ballooning of a portion of an artery, related to weakness in the artery wall) have been a recurring news item lately as they have afflicted celebrities: (actor John Ritter [thoracic aortic aneurysm], singer Laura Branigan[brain aneurysm], & most recently legendary rocker Neil Young [brain aneurysm]). Thusly, it may seem this often debilitating & deadly condition is on the rise. Aneurysms are definitely on the rise with yours truly, as I survived a burst brain aneurysm just over a year ago, even after my emergency doctors called me for dead. (CLICK HERE to read that story).

Neil Young’s aneurysm may be found to be particularly ironic, as my researchreveals that aneurysm spikes may stem from roots in the American farmlands that Neil Young has fought hard to defend.. (i.e. Farm-AID & in his music.. see my Neil Young ‘musical editorial’). My struggle to recover from the brink of death via my burst aneurysm is one thing, but when something like this happens to Neil Young, I get mad & I demand answers! Read the rest of this entry →

By E. Originally published on The Conscious Consumers’ Network on 07/19/04

In our mass-media influenced society, where we are bombarded by images of physically fit, beautiful people, there is an enormous interest in what the proper diet is so that we may claim that hyper real body for our own. Diet books were 9% of all book sales in 2003. The health spa and gym industries also take in millions annually. However, even with all this interest over what should be put into our bodies, the American population suffers from specific diet related diseases at a disproportionate rate in comparison to most other populations.

What can account for such a negative statistic in the so called “most advanced nation on the planet”? Could it be those ultra processed, preservative riddled, artificially flavored & colored “dead” foods we eat from boxes and cans? Or could it be the meat-centric, saturated fat laden fast food we catch on our 30-minute, eat-it-as-fast-as-you-can and get-back-to-work lunch breaks? It couldn’t be. Thoey’re FDA a& USDA pproved so they must be O.K., right? ‘Its’ the same food those people with the beautiful bodies oin the TV commercials are eating .and they wouldn’t lie, would they? Well, they are lying. It is processed dead foods and the meatcentric diet which is giving us and the planet a host of diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, deforestation, soil erosion, certain cancers and many others.

What diet fad do you follow? Which book by which health guru or pseudo doctor is right? Let’s scrap all that and get down to the basics. Read the rest of this entry →