As time goes by, the images of Fukushima gradually fade. Yet the potential effects of this nuclear disaster increase each passing year as exposure to radioactive elements like Cesium and Strontium linger in the body, damaging DNA for decades. As people search for answers, could zeolite be the solution to low-level radiation exposure?

Global health networks are buzzing with a term used to describe a rising chronic condition that has become more prevalent throughout the developed world. This condition is being recognised as the precursor to many of the health concerns that afflict the wealthiest of nations, and it is being recognised as a contributing cause of diabetes, obesity, inflammatory illness, and even cancers.

The vast majority of multivitamin and nutritional supplements are filled with synthetic or isolated fragments of vitamins, and this is certainly true for beta carotene, the precursor for vitamin A. What most people don’t know are the dangers that come with ingesting synthetic beta carotene.

They don’t come from exotic lands, remote mountaintops or lush rainforests. Yet these small, delicious berries are packed with a special type of antioxidants that make blueberries a super fruit. The title of “super fruit” is reserved for those fruits with exceptional nutritional benefits, such as those rich in a variety of essential vitamins and minerals, or a fruit that serves as an abundant source of an otherwise hard-to-find nutrient.

Many people don’t investigate what’s really in the products they swallow. When something is sold as an herb, vitamin, superfood or supplement, they think it’s automatically safe. And while the natural products industry has a truly remarkable safety record, especially in contrast to the massive number of deaths caused by pharmaceuticals, it still suffers from a lot of hidden toxins that are routinely used throughout the industry.

A remarkable human clinical study published in the journal Diabetes Care, the journal of the American Diabetes Association, revealed that turmeric extract was 100% successful at preventing prediabetic patients from becoming diabetic over the course of a 9-month intervention.[1]

These days, most people get too much of the wrong kind of fats in their diet, and need more of the right kind. The fats that are good for you are called essential fatty acids (EFAs), so called because your body can’t make them on its own, and must get them from food.

In episode #11 (season 2) of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, a woman poisons her husband with the chemical sodium selenite. Strange as it may sound, this exotic murder weapon, and its close cousin, sodium selenate, are listed as “nutrients” on the labels of most mass-marketed vitamins.

With over 80,000 chemicals found in the air, food, water and personal care products we use every day, there’s no doubt we are living in a toxic world. It’s a topic renowned blogger Anna Rodgers knows only too well. Her new book, “Toxic World, Toxic People—The Essential Guide to Health, Happiness, Parenting and Conscious Living” is receiving international acclaim for its spotlight on toxins and what’s essential for healthy living.