The Alternative Daily

Americans are now eating five times as much food dye as we did in 1955. That statistic isn't as surprising when you consider that...

You may think of tryptophan as the chemical that makes you sleepy after a big turkey dinner on Thanksgiving. However, researchers now know that...

Summer is a great time to stock up on healthy fruits and shift your eating from highly processed sweets to natural fructose goodness. Many...

The blackberry's sweet-tart flavor can be as addicting as its smartphone namesake. Native to Asia, Europe, and North and South America, it has been...

Pharmaceutical companies seem to have a pill to take for almost any health problem. However, many people are finding that these “quick” cures are...

In a recent cancer study, researchers have discovered why some forms of chemotherapy actually seem to promote cancerous tumor growth, despite treatment. With this...

Seeds to plant vegetables don't magically pop out of vegetable plants. While in the old days farmers saved seeds from vegetables to plant next...

Researchers are beginning to refer to Alzheimer’s disease as another form of diabetes – type 3 diabetes, because of an emerging understanding of how...

For a child born with birth defects, the challenges can be huge. In the case of Patrick Divricean an intestinal defect resulted in some...

Have you had a bit too much sun for your own good? Decades of boating, fishing, hiking, golfing, and just plain drowsing on the...