by Alexa Erickson, Collective Evolution

By Christina Lavers
Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

Is Urban Living Making Us Sick? 

The last century, especially the last several decades, has seen a steep rise in levels of allergies, asthma and auto-immune disorders. What is interesting is that statistical analysis shows that typically these conditions are more prevalent in developed nations than in developing countries, and when families migrate from a developing country with a low incidence rate to a developed one with a high incidence rate, it only takes one generation for the conditions to present.

A recent study from the University of Eastern Finland suggests that exposure to farm animals in early childhood may play an important role in the development of a healthy immune system, specifically in regards to the role of dendritic cells and cytokine production. Dendritic cells are messengers that present antigens to other cells to elicit an immunological response. Via this mechanism they regulate cytokine (messenger protein) production, adaptive immune system response, and are essential for the establishment of immunological memory.

Anna Hunt, Staff Writer
Waking Times

When you finally realize that mainstream food companies are basically selling us food full of chemicals and devout of nutrients, you may, like many others, start to become a little fanatic about reading ingredients lists, seeking out GMO-free products, supplementing with superfoods, and actually paying attention to what goes into your body.

Well, guess what? Now, you suddenly may have a mental disorder, at least according to scientists at the University of Northern Colorado who conducted a case study about the obsession of eating healthy. This new eating disorder is called orthorexia nervosa (ON) and is said to be driven by a fear of being unhealthy and disgust for low-quality food.

“Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is a term introduced to describe a condition characterized by a pathologic obsession for bio-logically pure and healthy nutrition.” ~Ryan M. Moroze, MD. et al [1]

by Alexa Erickson, Collective Evolution

Visualize a box filled with puzzle pieces, on the cover of the box is a beautiful scenic view of people going about their day in a quaint hillside town. Open the box and spread the pieces on a table. See yourself as being one piece of the puzzle, unique from the rest in color and design. As the pieces begin to fall into place, the scenic view begins to emerge.

Once the pieces are all in place, take time to enjoy the image. Then see the lines separating the puzzle pieces melding into one another. Notice how the picture is much more attractive when there are no lines of demarcation. Now see the picture come alive, with you being one of the people in the photograph.

This is how we see your plane of existence. The box is the Earth that has specific rules or parameters. In the box are myriads of people and opportunities. Each is unique, yet one part of the whole. When the individual pieces begin to unite, the full picture begins to emerge. Once united, a new life begins, beautiful, complete and whole.