Higher Perspective

You know what sucks about getting a cold? Getting a cold. Hah! Bad attempt at humor. The great thing about cold and flu season is that you don’t have to get sick. Eating good foods, staying active, and washing your hands routinely can help make sure you don’t get sick. This juice is perfect for you if you have a cold OR if you’re planning not to get one. Let’s get into it.

You will need:

• 2 medium pears
• 2 medium apples
• 3 medium carrots
• 3 large stalks of celery
• 2 peeled lemons
• 1″ piece of tumeric root
• 1″ piece of ginger root...

Election day 2014 is only 18 days away as of today. I am a staunch advocate of voting. I don’t believe that abstaining from the democratic process is a proactive protest of any kind. Not voting is a sign of subservience to our corporate overlords in my mind, but that’s not the point I want to be making here. My big question is: how vulnerable are our elections to hacking?

In 2007, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner had the same question, so she commissioned Project Everest, which was a thorough review of the security of electronic voting technology used in the state that elected her. What she found was fairly disturbing...

Indigestion is a pretty broad label. Basically, it’s any feeling of discomfort after eating. Sometimes it’s heartburn, other times it can be stomach ache. It really sucks to get indigestion.

But there are a lot of natural, Ayurvedic medications that have been used by the Hindu people for thousands of years. These five methods are time-tested ways to help get rid of that nasty indigestion.

First, mix fennel, thyme, coriander, cumin seeds, and black pepper into your food. This will help your body digest food and reduce the chance of having indigestion.

Squeezing lemon juice onto your food, or adding a bit of ginger can also reduce gastrointestinal distress and relieve gassiness. You can also add lemon juice to a glass of water to drink with your meal...

It looks like medicinal marijuana isn’t such a new idea after all?

In 1903, the remains of a 25 year old woman were found by Natalia Polosmak, a Russian scientist. This mummy became known as the Ukok Princess. With modern technology, we have been able to learn much more about her life. An MRI has revealed to us that the young woman suffered breast cancer and a bone marrow infection at her time of death. The scientists also believe that she used marijuana to treat the pain.

From Raw Story...

Earlier today, I remarked to a friend of mine that if it’s something you make, you can probably make it out of hemp. I wasn’t thinking airplanes, but as it turns out, Ontario-based company Hempearth has signed a contract with Velocity Inc., a Florida-based plane manufacturer to build the world’s first airplane made of hemp.

Holy awesome!

Derek Kesek, owner of Hempearth, says the plane will be constructed from at least 75% hemp, which includes the wings, seats, pillows, and outer shell. The plane will be the color of natural hemp fiber too, and will in all likeliness run on hemp biofuel...

Fungi have a lot of different uses for humanity. They can clean up the soil and oceans, act as building materials, and you can even be buried in a suit of fungi to break down your body after you die. Creepy!

This mushroom, the “big wood conk” is the world’s longest living mushroom and has been used by native people to address a variety of ailments, like coughing, asthma, arthritis, bleeding and some infections. The Greeks believed that it could treat Tuberculosis and serve as an elixir for a long life.

According to the Cornell University mycology blog:

The key pharmaceutically-active compound found in Fomitopsis officinalis is Agaricin (or agaric acid), a white, water-soluble powder that can be administered both orally and topically. Agaricin is an anhidrotic, anti-inflammatory, and parasympatholytic agent, and is now produced synthetically by many pharmaceutical companies.

Interestingly, the medicinal properties of Fomitopsis officinalis are believed to have been discovered independently by the i...