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Depression and Kratom

Depression and Kratom

Depression is one of the most common modern ailments, affecting about 6.7% of the U.S. population each year. Women are 70% more likely than men to experience depression. Depression is a growing problem worldwide, although it is more common in… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Electropollution, Environment, Farming, Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Fluoride, Food, Food, GMOs, Health, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Lifestyle, Medicine, Mental Health, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines, Weight Loss
Pain Patients Love Kratom

Pain Patients Love Kratom

Pain comes in many flavors. There is fibromyalgia pain, rheumatoid arthritis pain, chronic back pain, Degenerative Disk Disease, and the pain and fatigue of Lyme Disease. Frequent companions of pain are depression and anxiety, perhaps brought on by how helpless… 0 Shares | | Posted in Business, Constitution, Free Speech, Health, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Liberty, Liberty, Medicine, Mental Health, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Politics & Government
Kratom: Herbal Friend or Foe?

Kratom: Herbal Friend or Foe?

Ever since the Prohibition Era, the U.S government has been quick in outlawing specific compounds that may have actual medical uses. In-depth objective studies are rarely implemented for anything controversial. One of the first of pain relief chemicals to fall… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
Why the FDA Is Suppressing Kratom

Why the FDA Is Suppressing Kratom

Kratom received a hard slap on the hand recently to remind us all that those who sell kratom must play by the FDA’s confusing rules. A very careful reading of the press release announcing the raid, which took  what the… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
Kratom and Diabetes

Kratom and Diabetes

Kratom and diabetes have a long association in Southeast Asia. Kratom, the leaf of a tree that is indigenous to Thailand, has been traditionally used to treat diabetes there since before recorded history. Type-2 diabetes — the most common form… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
Fibromyalgia and Kratom

Fibromyalgia and Kratom

Fibromyalgia and kratom —  that herb Southeast Asian laborers have been using for centuries to ease muscle aches and pains, give them energy and brighten their mood —  might well have been made for each other. But then, anywhere there… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
An Appeal to Agencies Considering Banning Kratom

An Appeal to Agencies Considering Banning Kratom

Banning the herb kratom is a bad idea and will fail to achieve the desired objectives, just as banning alcohol or marijuana were costly failures. Ladies and gentlemen, I appeal to your instinct of political self-preservation. I am referring to… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Liberty, Liberty, Medicine, Mental Health, Pharmaceuticals, Politics & Government
The Kratom Revolution Won’t Be Televised

The Kratom Revolution Won’t Be Televised

The herb Kratom is precipitating a revolution in mainstream medicine. Battle lines are being drawn and allies called upon by the pharmaceutical industry to join the fight to preserve the status quo. We certainly are living in “interesting times”. We… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Free Speech, Health, Health, Herbal Medicine, Liberty, Lifestyle, Medicine, Mental Health, News, Nutrition, Personal Care, Pharmaceuticals, Televison
Kratom’s Legal Future

Kratom’s Legal Future

Will kratom remain legal in the U.S.?  Here are some speculative thoughts on the subject of kratom legality. Times have changed since the obvious failure of the marijuana prohibition. There are some new economic calculations that have come into play,… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Herbal Medicine, Liberty, Politics & Government
Will Kratom Ride the Wave of Change in Medicine?

Will Kratom Ride the Wave of Change in Medicine?

Will kratom benefit from the swirling tide of lawsuits that are building now against FDA-approved blockbuster pharmaceutical products? In view of Statin and Painkiller Lawsuits — Is the FDA Deciding to Change Sides? Maybe Nature Isn’t the Enemy Anymore… And… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health