Most of us are aware that the collective health of the U.S. population is in a downward tailspin. The rate of chronic diseases (and the suffering that goes with them) has skyrocketed in the last 50-70 years. In today's episode, I explore where we are now and how we got here regarding our health. I also provide practical tips for how you can improve your personal health as well as create healing ripples through your community. This is a look at some complex and interwoven issues from a bird's eye view in hopes of raising awareness that inspires you to take action,  improving your personal health and even the health of our planet.

Here's a laundry list of references for you!

My info of course . . .
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Generally awesome health resources everyone should know about:
www.nutritionfacts.org
www.therealtruthabouthealth.com
www.pcrm.org - The Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine
www.ewg.org - The Environmental Working Group
www.nongmoproject.org
www.richroll.com/podcast/zach-bush-353

Environment:
www.earthday.org
www.unep.org - UN's Environmental Programme
www.fao.org - UN's Food & Agriculture Organization
www.eatforum.org - The EAT Lancet Commission 

Food & Farming:
www.localharvest.org/csa
www.farmersfootprint.us
www.transfarmationproject.org
www.fao.org/3/a0701e/a0701e.pdf - Livestock's Long Shadow

Toxins & Chemicals:
www.foodingredientfacts.org
www.fda.gov/food/food-ingredients-packaging/generally-recognized-safe-gras
https://thenaturalfarmer.org/article/a-short-history-of-glyphosate
Aly Cohen: www.thesmarthuman.com &  https://thesmarthuman.com/podcast
Lara Adler: www.laraadler.com

6th Mass Extinction:
www.worldwildlife.org/stories/what-is-the-sixth-mass-extinction-and-what-can-we-do-about-it
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/brv.12816
https://www.science.org/content/article/are-we-middle-sixth-mass-extinction

More Community Resources:
www.nontoxicneighborhoods.org
www.rootsandshoots.org
UF's Starting a Community Garden - https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/EP124

Movies:
What The Health - www.whatthehealthfilm.com
Eating Our Way to Extinction - www.eating2extinction.com/#
Genetic Roulette - https://youtu.be/FnhB99I86G8
GMOs Revealed - www.gmosrevealed.com/trailer
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet (On Netflix)
Earthlings - https://youtu.be/8gqwpfEcBjI (age restricted)
Dominion - https://youtu.be/LQRAfJyEsko (age restricted)

Books:
Non-Toxic: Guide to living healthy in a chemical world (by Aly Cohen, MD & Frederick Vom Saal, PhD)
Toxic Legacy (by Stephanie Seneff)
Salt, Sugar, Fat (by Michael Moss)
Animal, Vegetable, Junk (by Mark Bit

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