“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” – so said Hippocrates (Father of Western Medicine). Perhaps if we took the food advice of Hippocrates, 40,393 people who died from drugs in 2010 would still be alive. Actually the JAMA reported over 105,000 deaths to adverse reactions to prescription drugs in 2012. The…
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Industry friend Sen. Tom Harkins retires
Sen. Harkin has been one of the two principal advocates of the U.S. health food industry along with Sen. Orin Hatch of Utah. It is with mixed feelings that we have learned about the retirement of Senator Harkins (D-IL), after serving 30 years as Senator and before that 10 years in the House of Representatives….