Globe of Herbs | Modern natural magazine

Posted by mr.Herb on Jun 7, 2011

Organic farmers expand lawsuit against Monsanto

An ambitious lawsuit against the agricultural firm Monsanto got a little bigger this week, and a lawyer for the plaintiffs hopes that this is only the beginning. The case was initially filed in March by the Public Patent Foundation (PubPat), a non-profit legal services organization based at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York, on behalf of 60 organic farmers and associated organizations. The...

Posted by mr.Herb on Jun 6, 2011

Food with a high fat quality are essential for a healthy diet

The following information gives us a clear description of the differences between healthy and non healthy fats in our diets. Coconut oil is an excellent example of a quality and healthy fat that should be considered for our diets. Fat is generally a highly valued element of the diet to provide energy, palatability to dry foods or to serve as a cooking medium. However, some foods rich in fat have a...

Posted by mr.Herb on Jun 6, 2011

Probiotics in gastrointestinal pathology

Probiotics are of great value to our overall health as outlined in the following study. There are a variety of conditions in which the use of pro-biotics has proven effective:diarrhoea with its various causes, inflammatory bowel diseases, irritable bowel disease, colon cancer chemoprevention and hepato-portal encefalopathy. The pro-biotics have shown to be a promising therapeutical alternative for the...