Muammar Gaddafi demands £4.1billion a year from EU to stop illegal immigration

Macer Hall | Gaddafi provoked outrage last night by demanding £4.1billion a year from the EU to stop illegal immigration “turning Europe black”.

Another Oil Rig Explodes in the Gulf of Mexico

Washington Post | An offshore oil rig exploded Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, injuring at least one worker, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Russian police raid opposition magazine

Reuters | Russian police, some armed and masked, raided a prominent opposition magazine on Thursday as part of an unspecified investigation, the deputy editor of the magazine told Reuters.

Kucinich criticizes ‘privatization of war’ after Obama’s speech

Raw Story | A leading congressional opponent of the Iraq war welcomed the formal end of US combat operations on Tuesday but warned of the increased reliance on private mercenaries.

“Brave New World” Psychiatry Pushing Nerve Drugs

Activist Post | After shrinks have labeled someone as high anxiety, troubled, manic, depressed, bipolar, etc., they have the cure ready to adjust the behavior to their liking.

Feds Convict Texan for Selling a Gun to Illegal Alien With Texas Driver’s License

Peacable Texans for Firearms Rights | In Federal District Court on July 20, 2010, the ATF won a conviction from an Austin jury that defies logic and reason.

Organic produce superior to conventional on every level, study finds

(NaturalNews) Mainstream nutritionists often claim that conventional produce is no different than organic produce. But a new study recently published in the online, peer-reviewed journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) One proves otherwise, revealing that organic fruits and vegetables pack a greater nutritional punch and produce better, healthier soil than their conventional counterparts. John Reganold, professor of soil science at Washington State University Regents and author of the new study, and his colleagues conducted the most comprehensive analysis of its kind on commercial produce soil and the strawberries that grow in it. (Conventional strawberries, as many now know, are one of the most pesticide-laden fruits available for sale.) Reganold and his team analyzed 31 different chemical and biological soil properties–including soil DNA–and performed tests on the quality, nutritional value and taste of 26 different strawberries from both conventional and organic fields. And what they found is truly astounding. Organic strawberries contain far more antioxidants, vitamin C and beneficial polyphenolic compounds than conventional strawberries, and they have a longer shelf life. Organic strawberries also…

‘Grade A’ on eggs doesn’t mean what you think it means

(NaturalNews) The “Grade A” seal on supermarket egg cartons means that the eggs inside are safe and of the highest quality, right? According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shield of approval is actually little more than a marketing ploy with no guarantee of safety. Contrary to popular belief, the USDA does not even regulate the safety of eggs. USDA “graders” merely observe eggs at egg packing plants to make sure they are of the proper size and color, and ensure that their shells are intact. That is it. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tasked with ensuring the quality and safety of eggs, but based on recent inspections prompted by the massive egg recall, the agency has clearly failed to do its job in this area. The USDA, on the other hand, merely helps market the idea that American food is safe, both here and abroad. According…

Mothers who fail to breastfeed double their risk of type 2 diabetes

(NaturalNews) Choosing not to breastfeed your babies can have significant health consequences. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have discovered that mothers who do not breastfeed are twice as likely as mothers who do to get type 2 diabetes. Published in the American Journal of Medicine , the study of over 2,200 women found that more than a quarter of women who do not breastfeed end up developing type 2 diabetes. On the contrary, women who do breastfeed are no more likely to develop the disease than women who have never had children. The connection between type 2 diabetes and not breastfeeding seems to lie in the belly. Women who breastfeed naturally decrease their maternal belly fat through feeding their children, but women who do not breastfeed tend to keep more of this fat around their midsections. “Our study provides another good reason to encourage women to breastfeed their infants, at least for the infant’s first month of life,” explained Dr. Eleanor Schwarz, assistant professor of medicine, epidemiology, and obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences …

Heirloom cacao is ancient treasure of chocolate from the Ecuadorian rainforest

(NaturalNews) Most people have never eaten real chocolate. Sure, we’ve all wolfed down plenty of “chocolate” candies, bars and cakes. But as you’ll see here, very little of that is actually made from real chocolate. Virtually all the chocolate used in modern foods is derived from a hybridized cacao plant that lacks the phytochemical potency that gives real chocolate its many beneficial properties. So even though almost everyone has tasted chocolate, very few people have actually experienced true heirloom cacao from the original, phytonutrient-rich plants. Cacao originated in a region now spanning the border of Ecuador and Colombia. Its plants were discovered thousands of years ago, and the cacao fruit and seeds have been used throughout South American culture for as long as human history can remember. Heirloom cacao is called Arriba Nacional or just “Arriba” for short. That’s the real cacao from Ecuador, harvested from heirloom plants growing just the way they grew thousands of years ago. In comparison, virtually all …

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