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Eat more veggies and live longer. Now a new study demonstrates this fact. The Archives of Internal Medicine reported "that people with high blood levels of the antioxidant alpha-carotene — found in a variety of vegetables — were less likely to die during a 14-year longitudinal study, compared with people with low levels of the carotenoid." Keep Reading →

Down to Earth had a booth at the World Peace Festival, which took place last Saturday, October 2nd, on Moku Ola on the Big Island. Moku Ola, which means “Island of Life,” is better known as Coconut Island. However, Desiree Cruz, cousin of presenter Ernie Cruz Sr. and the MC of the event, noted that people were making an effort to refer to it by it’s traditional name, which keeps alive the knowledge that the island is a place of refuge and of healing. Keep Reading →

Wanna lose weight? Stop eating carbs, eat meat instead! So say many followers of a diet fad popular over the last thirty years. But why does low-carb mean high meat? What about plant foods?

Recent Harvard research has shown that high meat consumption leads to reduced longevity and higher cancer rates. Keep Reading →

I don't own a microwave and I never will. After I tried to bake a cake in one during my childhood and out came a one-piece rubbery flattened square, I became suspicious of these modern wonders.

While most people don't try to bake in a microwave, I know a lot pop popcorn for the convenience. Is this safe? Terri Hall-Jackson, a writer on Care2, tells us it's not. Now this seems obvious to me, but for those who want the facts, read on. Writes Terri, Keep Reading →