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Michael Edwards is the founder, owner, editor-in-chief, and janitor for Organic Lifestyle Magazine. At age 17, Michael weighed more than 360 pounds. He suffered from allergies, frequent bouts of illness, and chronic, debilitating insomnia. Conventional medicine wasn’t working. While he restored his health through alternative medicine he studied natural health and became immersed in it.

Chemical Dumbing Down Of Society

July 1, 2012 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: March 31, 2016

Whether you ascribe to conspiracy theories or plain cause and effect, there is no doubt the chemical cocktail we breathe, ingest, and absorb each day is dumbing down America. CNN reports Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey, told a hearing of… [read]

Is Caffeine Making You Fat?

July 1, 2012 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

An Excerpt from the book The Decaf Diet, Is Caffeine Making You Fat? by Eugene Wells As Americans, we are on the verge of a national health crisis. Not only are we fatter than ever before, but we are getting… [read]

Ingredients to Avoid

July 1, 2012 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

How to Read and Understand Food Labels My roommate, who makes a concerted effort to eat well, brought home a pecan pie the other day. I looked at the label and wondered why in the world she bought it. The… [read]

School Lunches

July 1, 2012 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

For years our school systems have been feeding our children from boxes and cans. Prepackaged, processed foods and fried foods are the standard. Meals made from scratch with fresh whole fruits and vegetables are too expensive for the most of… [read]

Cold Sores vs. Canker Sores

July 1, 2012 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

These pesky blisters are painful, ugly, and slow to heal. What we call cold sores or fever blisters are caused by the herpes simplex virus. Herpes infections are reoccurring, plaguing us in times of high stress or other illness such… [read]

Dental Fluorodosis

July 1, 2012 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

For fifty years, fluoride has been added to municipal water across America. We’ve been told it makes our teeth stronger and prevents decay. In recent years we have learned that fluoride is actually industrial waste, that tests were never done… [read]

Uses for Baking Soda

July 1, 2012 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

Baking soda is a natural, inexpensive odor eliminator and cleanser with many personal and household uses. Most of us know to place an open box or dish of baking soda in the fridge and freezer. But as an odor eliminator,… [read]