We have an epidemic of mental illness in America. Robert Whitaker, author of Anatomy of an Epidemic, calls widespread mental illness a modern-day plague. According to Whitaker, the number of Americans who are on disability because of mental illness has tripled in the past two decades.

What’s going on here? Millions of Americans are on mood-altering drugs like Prozac and Ritalin — so why is the rate of mental illness skyrocketing?

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If you’re like me, you were disgusted by those high-fructose corn syrup commercials that came out a few months ago. I found some funny spoof ads on YouTube and thought you’d love a good laugh on a Friday afternoon. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did…

Another video from the Weston A. Price Foundation Wise Traditions 2008 conference in San Francisco. This is the second of three parts of Sally Fallon’s fascinating lecture, “Nourishing Traditional Diets” In this excerpt, Sally talks about why it’s important to soak grains, seeds and nuts and why this was done all over the world in [...]

Another video from the Weston A. Price Foundation Wise Traditions 2008 conference in San Francisco. This is the first of three parts of Sally Fallon’s fascinating lecture, “Nourishing Traditional Diets”: You can buy the videos, CDs or mp3 recordings from the Weston A. Price Foundation website. The complete conference on mp3 is only $169 (that’s [...]

This video about raw milk comes to us from Australia. Joanne Hay runs the fantastic Nourished Magazine, which is packed with information about good food, health and nutrition. I especially love the Ask Sally Fallon column, which is updated the first of every month.

Here’s a video excerpt from Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride’s lecture about GAPS, the Gut and Psychology Syndrome at the WAPF Wise Traditions 2008 conference in San Francisco. Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride successfully treated her own son, who was diagnosed autistic, which prompted an intensive study into causes and treatments of autism. It was during this time that [...]

Here’s a video excerpt of Dr. Janet Lang’s fascinating lecture about iodine and thyroid health at the WAPF Wise Traditions 2008 conference in San Francisco. I’ll be sharing more videos from the conference every day this week. You can buy the videos, CDs or mp3 recordings from the Weston A. Price Foundation website. The complete [...]