
My Mother’s words are proving more true the older I get, “An hour of sleep before midnight is worth two hours after it.”

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My Mother’s words are proving more true the older I get, “An hour of sleep before midnight is worth two hours after it.”

A bill to legalize recreational marijauna in Illinois needs only the signature of Gov. J.B. Pritzker to become law. Colorado has had legal recreational marijuana since 2014. The Colorado Division of Criminal Justice last year came out with an analysis of the effects of the state’s legalization of retail sales of marijuana since it went into effect in 2014. It found teen use had not increased, but hospital visits and fatal accidents associated with marijuana use increased. The authors cautioned that many factors can influence the statistics in the report, including people’s willingness to admit marijuana use now that it’s legalized in the state. Here is a rundown of some of the major findings.

Exposure to potentially toxic substances that are part of modern life only adds to the many anxieties of parenting. Here’s what action you can take
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/25/toxic-chemicals-risks-infants-what-to-know


If you do not think protecting yourself against EMF radiation is important, read this article.

FDA approved artificial sweeteners and some sports supplements were found to be toxic to digestive gut bacteria in new studies. Their consumption can adversely affect gut microbial activity, causing a wide range of health issues from cancers, weight gain, metabolic disorders, type-2 diabetes and alteration of gut microbiota activity. The research was published in Molecules by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.


Milk from cows has been touted as making our bones stronger, and preventing conditions like osteoporosis. It turns out that it’s the complete opposite, that milk causes bone degeneration by leeching calcium from the bone.
From a large Swedish study: “High milk intake was associated with higher mortality in one cohort of women and in another cohort of men, and with higher fracture incidence in women.”

This is true. The more you communicate with something the better your reality of it and affinity for it.

Of course the “please don’t bother me with facts, my mind is made up” crowd will ignore this. I hope you don’t.