It’s hard to believe now, but at one time experts believed that raising children in a bilingual home would stunt their intellectual growth. We now understand that precisely the opposite is true! Learning another language is one of the most effective and practical ways to increase intelligence, keep your mind sharp, and buffer your brain against aging. Here are the ways that speaking or learning a second language can benefit your brain, no matter your age. 

By Contributing Writer Deane Alban

Children these days have many technological distractions that keep them busy and less connected with the environment. Many parents seem to be forgetting the importance of teaching children about their intrinsic connection to the earth and their role in protecting the planet for future generations. There are ways to help children cultivate an earth-conscious way of living. 

By Guest Writer Alexandra Du Toit

The common idea that DNA determines so much of who we are — not only our eye or hair color, for example, but also our addictions, disorders, or susceptibility to cancer — is a misconception. This concept “says you are less powerful than your genes.” A person’s perception, not genetic programming, is what spurs all action in the body. It is actually our beliefs that select our genes, that select our behavior. 

A series of videos have recently been released through alternative media, of 8 and 9 year old Hampstead siblings' testimony of abuse at the hands of their father and his satanic cult. After a Police medical examination revealed evidence of abuse, the children's mother and legal counsel became frustrated by the refusal of the UK legal establishment to begin formal investigations and, as a final straw, decided to post video of the children's testimonies in the public arena. The alleged abuses involve a network of pedophiles and Satanists in positions of public trust, including school teachers, priests, social workers, health care workers, child protection agencies and police officers. While officials seem determined to sweep these startling allegations under the rug, and have even issued warrants for the arrest of the mother and her legal counsel, unrelenting anti-abuse campaigners have swung into action. 

By Guest Writer Sonya van Gelder

Our identity is made up by the collection of masks that we show to the outside world, some we are not even aware of. The online world even further increases the number of our masks, introducing a new identity - the online personality. The online masks used in cyberspace play an increasingly important role for the new generation of "digital natives". Our real identity is, however, hidden deeply under these masks. 

By Guest Writer Frank M. Wanderer Ph.D

One of the most effective and powerful methods of achieving liberation from hedonistic tendencies is a technique known as negative visualization. Many visualization techniques revolve around the idea of bringing to one's mental attention that which one most desires. In polar contrast, negative visualization earns its potency by taking into consideration that with which one is gifted and then imagining one’s life without it, making one aware of its value. 

Folate, or vitamin B9, is one of many essential vitamins. You may also be familiar with folic acid, a synthetic form of folate used for food fortification and supplements. Folate is important because it plays a role in DNA synthesis and repair, and encourages cell and tissue growth. But these benefits barely scratch the surface... That bring us to nine incredible health benefits of folate. 

By Guest Writer Dr. Edward Group

In my quest for the truth since my father's diagnosis of cancer, many facts have found their way into my vicinity. This is information that every single one of us needs to know about the role of the conventional medical establishment in the current cancer pandemic. Let us arm ourselves with knowledge so that we can no longer be misled. Let us be the generation who breaks free and reclaims our health from the control and greed of others. 

Meditation is as natural to human beings as walking upright. We are consciousness vehicles, biologically designed to walk and to meditate equally. While one is a physical practice and the other is metaphysical, both take dedicated practice to become second nature. We must be as infants learning to walk, as part of a process in our development. So, how would you properly explain the metaphysical practice of meditation to an "infant practitioner"? Using the number 108. 

When we examine why we so often live by suppressing our truth ("biting our tongues") we come to see that our reasons for doing so are not quite as selfless or admirable as we may presume them to be. By trying to protect the other, we are often simply trying to protect some aspect of our illusory self. In this article, we will examine the consequences of not living our truth — how it impacts us as well as those around us. I will also share with you 5 tips for authentic self-expression. 

By Guest Writer Evita Ochel

Here are a few of the experts who will speak at The Diabetes World Summit:

Richard Bernstein, MD, world-famous diabetologist and author
David Perlmutter, MD; author of Grain Brain
Joel Fuhrman, MD, author of The End of Diabetes
Mark Sisson, author of The Primal Blueprint
Sara Gottfried, MD, author of The Hormone Cure
Franziska Sprizler, RD, CDE, The Low Carb Dietitian
Craig Ballantyne, creator of Turbulence Training for Fat Loss
Michael Murray, ND, author of How to Prevent and Treat Diabetes with Natural Medicine

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Earlier this century, a small Canadian community's success with curing cancer naturally was crushed, forcing its provider into exile in Europe. Rick Simpson had discovered a cure for himself and then had shared it at no cost with others in the small town of Maccan, Nova Scotia. 

By Guest Writer Paul Fassa.

Research has uncovered that shorter lengths of biological structures called telomeres are linked to mortality as well as many age-related diseases. The good news is that certain nutritional and lifestyle factors are associated with longer telomeres. 

By Guest Writer Mary West

Apple Cider Vinegar can help reverse many serious diseases that many would immediately turn to pharmaceutical medications to solve. It can kill head lice, ease digestion, treat acne, reduce inflammation, kill fungus, regulate pH balance, and helps relieve allergies, migraines, asthma and nausea. Here are 7 more reasons apple cider vinegar is one of the most powerful health tonic in your kitchen. 

Have you noticed anything new lately that you didn’t notice before? Everywhere I look, people are reporting similar sensations of an energetic “shift”. Improved intuition, positivity and manifestation, to name a few, are all coming more naturally.. and our consciousness is expanding accordingly. Here are 5 signs that things are changing. Do they sound familiar? 

By Guest Writer Trev McDonald