Over time, regulations and guidelines change, ongoing research produces new results, and manufactures and retailers implement new practices. Unlike many publications, A Voice for Choice Advocacy is committed to keeping our articles up-to-date, so even if an article was written months or years ago, it includes the most current information available.
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Your body has a way of signaling its needs—hunger, pain, fatigue. Every organ, pathway, and function may serve a purpose beyond what’s immediately understood. When inflammation flares, pain and dysfunction can demand attention, sometimes requiring...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Americans are grappling with widespread chronic diseases, so much so that even young people may hesitate at the thought of living to a “ripe old age.” While hunter-gatherers like the Hadza tribe in Tanzania face high infant and maternal mortality due...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Grasping the true significance of MMR vaccination goes beyond the familiar pro-vax vs. anti-vax debate. As today’s health landscape differs vastly from the pre-vaccine era, it’s crucial to explore the nuances of vaccine-induced versus natural...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Sunlight fuels life on Earth, delivering infrared light—long revered for its health benefits across cultures. While technology often sparks both innovation and skepticism, research leaves no doubt: absorbing infrared light can improve circulation,...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Chances are if you step into an Airbnb rental, a hotel that is kitchen-equipped, a friend’s house, or perhaps your own home, you’ll find pots and pans with black interior coatings; sometimes scratches in the material are visible. Research shows it’s...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Alongside food, water, household products, and cosmetics, the fabrics that touch your skin play a crucial role in your health. Yet, this is another area where Big Chem has left its mark—one that shouldn't be overlooked. Research reveals clear links...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Thinking about exercising—the energy you need to muster up, the fitness clothing you need to wear (or so you think), and the time it takes to get it done—can lead to overthinking, overwhelm, and all kinds of mixed anticipation. It’s actually easier...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Acupuncture, used worldwide, is an effective medicinal therapy for a variety of physical and mental health conditions. In the United States alone, the number of adults receiving this ancient treatment has doubled over the last twenty years....
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: All sentient beings, animals included, deserve to eat what is best for their immune systems, digestion, and quality of life and longevity. Many pet foods on the market are filled with additives and processed grains, and laden with pesticides. Same...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Change can be hard, especially when it comes to giving up foods you love, or rely on for satiety. And while moderation works in some cases, you will have to parse out the details to make your most informed decisions. Navigating a diet is tricky when...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Once you’ve been through the chaos and uncertainty of a festering, unrelenting wildfire in your neighborhood or nearby area, you’re likely to gain a heightened sense of what’s meaningful to you. It’ll make you think of survival in a way you may never...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Aches ‘n pains from inflammation, headaches, upper respiratory discomfort, and melancholy. These are merely a handful of markers that may represent MCAS running rampant through your system. The tricky thing is that these symptoms, along with others,...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Targeted eye movements, put into practice within the context of a guided ART facilitator, carry the ability to help you shift your emotional state. In this particular landscape, the experience of past trauma may be altered, producing a positive,...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: It can be said that the human body does not know how to process artificial alternatives to real food in a meaningful way. In other words … they create havoc inside your body. And while it can be argued that table sugar isn’t beneficial to your...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: As a home remedy for skin growths and constipation, castor oil has been used for a very long time. It may not be the tastiest thing to touch your tongue (if taken internally), but its powerful ability to penetrate and break up lumps and cysts, and...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Sewer sludge has negative impacts on not only the environment, but human health as well. The reason shouldn’t surprise you, as it’s likely slapped you in the face before—man-made chemicals. Not easy to escape, right? The accumulation of biosolids,...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Sweet and delicious, light, dark, thin and liquidy, or thick with crystals. Research shows that honey is a power food, abundant with nutrients, fostering medicinal properties. Raw varieties (unfiltered, unprocessed), harvested locally in your...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Lifestyle practices carry significant importance in influencing your day to day health. What you eat, and how you move your body and manage stress are key, and perhaps at the top of the list is the quality of sleep you get. Undisturbed, deep slumber...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: When it comes to healing your body, a solid dose of intuition can be quite effective. After all, does anyone really know what’s going on inside you better than you? While there’s a tendency to want to dampen pain, understandably, and drive to the...
There's a very fundamental basic value system that I think America was built upon, and that's mutual respect, honor, integrity and concern for our environment and the right to clean water. And we have moved away from it.” ~ Erin Brockovich, American paralegal,...