Health

“Drinking ayahuasca provides a profound challenge to the dominant Western rational paradigm” – Jeremy Narby Ayahuasca is an entheogenic brew that stems from the Amazon, the exact dates/place of origin are unknown, and can only be theorized. One certainty about the history of ayahuasca, is that by the mid-nineteeth century …

The Australian parliament passed new national laws today paving the way for the use of medicinal cannabis by people with painful and chronic illness. Amendments to the Narcotic Drugs Act permit both legally-grown cannabis for the manufacture of medicinal cannabis products in Australia. The changes, proposed earlier this month by the …

In the modern, busy, world, none of us has time to be ill because we’re all working hard, raising families, or studying, perhaps an online MHA degree. Unfortunately, germs and diseases don’t care that you’re busy. If anything, being tired and stressed out makes you more likely to become ill. …

Scientific research claiming that diet drinks could be better than water at helping people lose weight was funded by an industry body which includes Coca-Cola and PepsiCo among its members, it emerged yesterday. The study highlighting the benefits of diet drinks, led by Peter Rogers, professor of biological psychology at …

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes the pharmaceutical industry and big food corporations are threatening the lives of Russia’s citizens. Vladimir Putin stated in a report prepared by the Security Council that Russians should be protected from GMO foods and pharmaceutical companies “at all costs.” The Russian leader judged that human …

The power of a simple smile is often overlooked by many, with everyone wrapped up in their own lives or are perhaps too self-conscious of their own oral health to show off their winning smile. However, a healthy smile has the potential to benefit every aspect of your life to …

The scientific evidence for cannabis being a medicinal plant is now overwhelming, the data shows that…cannabis cures cancer. With medical marijuana now becoming legal in many places, thousands of people are being treated and cured from their ailments through the use of cannabis. One of these being the ability for cannabis to treat …

Russia could become the world’s largest supplier of ecologically clean and high-quality organic food, said President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. He also called on the country to become completely self-sufficient in food production by 2020. “We are not only able to feed ourselves taking into account our lands, water resources …

Gary, a London-based ayahuasca user, believes that ayahuasca can alleviate depression. Before he started taking the South American plant-based brew, he suffered from intense bouts of anxiety and panic attacks. “[Ayahuasca] is a very potent tool that shakes your psyche up and puts it back together again […] The first …

How can we possibly be so miserably unhappy? For a nation that supposedly “has it all”, we sure are depressed. In America today, suicide rates are soaring, antidepressant use is skyrocketing and virtually every new survey that comes out shows that we are deeply dissatisfied about something. But we live …