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September 25, 2017 - Issue 4057


Folate May Mitigate Pesticide-Related Autism

Folate May Mitigate Pesticide-Related Autism

September 25, 2017

Thanks to this widespread chemical, there's high odds you're deficient. But the good news is you can boost your levels by including an ample supply of these 4 vegetables in your diet and ensuring the supplements you do take for it contain this.

Up to 40 Percent Decrease of Nutrients in Our Food

chemical fertilizers

September 25, 2017

Decades ago, when farmers were compelled to begin using 'modern' techniques like synthetic fertilizers for bigger yields, they couldn't have known the crop of problems they were buying into. Even the UN is calling the results a threat to human health, but microbes introduced to depleted soil can restore vital nutrients.

Photopharmacology: Using Light for Health (Just Don’t Call Them Tanning Beds)

sunlight

September 25, 2017

New research asserts that certain LED lights are better at producing vitamin D in your skin than the sun, but vitamin D production is only one reason why your body needs sunlight. Can exposure to a man-made LED light really be 'more efficient' than natural exposure to the full spectrum of light from the sun?