Natasha Longo, Prevent Disease
Waking Times

It’s a topic of furious debate and discussion, not only among consumers, but also public health specialists, nutritionists and industry experts, many who stand strong by their opinion that genetically modified organisms (GMO) foods should be labeled. Here’s why labeling GMO foods is an exercise in futility and why there’s only one way to ensure the public is informed about what’s in their food.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration currently requires labeling of GMO foods if the food has a significantly different nutritional property; if a new food includes an allergen that consumers would not expect to be present (e.g., a peanut protein in a soybean product); or if a food contains a toxicant beyond acceptable limits.

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By Wes Annac, The Culture of Awareness

Here in the United States, medical marijuana quickly went from something that was ridiculed to something that was accepted as having a potential basis in reality, and now, we have doctor after doctor coming out in favor of its widespread medical uses.

One of them is Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who you might’ve seen on CNN a few times and who recently started to endorse medical marijuana.

Dr. Gupta explained the journey to understand the plant’s medicinal properties in a 2014 article on CNN.com.

“This scientific journey is about a growing number of patients who want the cannabis plant as a genuine medicine, not to get high.

“It is about emerging science that not only shows and proves what marijuana can do for the body but provides better insights into the mechanisms of marijuana in the brain, helping us better understand a plant whose benefits have been documented for thousands of years.

By Phillip J. Watt

Guest Writer for Wake Up World

Spirituality is a very personal affair regardless of the various pathways or disciplines that one may follow. Yet even though there is an abundance of avenues for spiritual endeavor, there is generally a universal agreement on the principle of unity.

“If reality is unified, then we must also accept that everything is essentially equal.”

There are many ways that one may be introduced to this philosophy. We may have been brought up around it via our family. We might have had a profound revelation in a one-off experience. Some are initiated through ongoing paranormal activity. Others just intuitively feel it. Altered mind states could have been the catalyst. A gradual or instant revolution could have occurred in our mind where synchronicity deposed coincidence. There could have also been an influence by assorted texts and teachings which infer this similar conclusion. For most of us, uncovering the wisdom of unity most likely occurred via a combination of channels.

When it feels as if the world is crashing down around you, stop, take a moment and be in the moment you are in right now.  Close your eyes and feel the breath as it moves in and out of your body.  Even though things may not be going exactly to your plan, things are going exactly to plan.  Think about it.
The Universe has always been and will always be there with an escape hatch, a different door, another way of looking at a challenging issue.  Give yourself time to see it. ~ Creator

By Sherrie Dillard

Your body is an intuitive goldmine and knows what it needs to physically, mentally and emotionally heal and thrive. It wants to be heard and is always speaking to you. Nature has equipped us with the ability to tune into this wisdom through our natural intuition.

Your intuition is always sending you health messages, some are more obvious than others. For instance, you may experience an insightful intuitive knowing that certain foods are at the root of your digestive problems or a persistent intuitive feeling of unease may motivate you to seek out medical advice. Some of the messages you receive may not necessarily seem to be related to your health. For instance, you may suddenly feel the need to free yourself from a limiting relationship, speak your truth, heal emotional wounds, or practice forgiveness and compassion. Although not all of the intuitive messages that you receive may seem to be directly related to your health, the health and wellness of the physical body is dependent on many factors including your body’s genetic strengths and weaknesses, environmental influences, our unhealed past, our emotions and thoughts and our beliefs and spirituality.

Heather Callaghan, Contributor
Waking Times

Nanotechnology – that is, metal oxide particles* such as titanium dioxide – are increasingly used in the commercial food supply, consumer goods, body care and in water treatment.

The gut microbiome is today’s most appealing topic of science because it was previously unacknowledged by the medical community just how important gut health is to the human brain, hormones, immunity, mental health and more. Maintaining a healthy gut has everything to do with optimum well being.

Unfortunately, so many substances are ushered into the food supply without testing, inspection, regulation or even the courtesy of a clear label. Consumers have no idea of what they are assimilating or how it will affect their health in the long term.