10 Vitamins & Nutrients You Can Take Too Much Of.

An estimated 150 million Americans take dietary supplements on a daily basis in an effort to add nutrition to their diets.

However, be wary of the mindset that if a little is good, more is even better. While it's nearly impossible to overdose on vitamins from eating whole foods, it is possible to get excessive, potentially harmful amounts of nutrients when taking them in supplement form.

Find out which ten vitamins and other nutrients can be dangerous when taken in excess by reading the rest of the article from SixWise.com.

"Cancer Update" is Urban Legend

From Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center:

"An email falsely attributed to Johns Hopkins describing properties of cancer cells and suggesting prevention strategies has begun circulating the Internet. Johns Hopkins did not publish the email, entitled "Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins," nor do we endorse its contents."

You can read the email hoax at Snopes.com.

New 2-Ounce Packets Available

We are now packaging essiac in 2-ounce polybags, each of which brews about a half-gallon of tea. (This is in addition to the one-ounce, four-ounce, pound, and bulk packaging we already carried.)
You can purchase these packets individually or in multiples of four, ten, twenty, twenty-six (the six-month supply) or fifty-two (one packet each week for a year). As always, the more you buy at once, the lower the price per pound and the more you save on shipping.

Also please note we are still running our Free Shipping On Orders $50 and Over (continental US only).

9 Unusual Green Things You Can Eat!

If your diet is lacking in healthy greens, or if you're looking to experiment with a tasty and healthy side dish tonight, the following greens deserve a spot on your table. They're incredibly good for you, low in calories, easy to prepare and, best of all, they're delicious!

From SixWise.com, a list of nine uncommon leafy green vegetables you should try, along with their nutrients and health benefits.

Negative Advertising by Other Companies

Recently it's come to our attention that a website has been created by a Canadian re-seller of essiac, who tries to portray our eight-herb essiac as "counterfeit" and "cheap."

This is a site that has the nerve to charge $34 for a tiny box of essiac powder, or $38 for a small bottle of pre-made tea. They don't even tell you how much of the product you are getting when you order.

This site is upset that we have exposed the fact that they are massively overcharging for their product, and therefore their sales are way down, understandably. They even claim to have not made a profit in the past eight years, which is laughable. So they have chosen to attack our site, and other sites selling eight-herb essiac.

I'm really sad that a retailer would resort to spending money on negative advertising like this, when they should just be charging a lot less for their product.

Please, if you see websites like this, take their rants with a grain of salt. Our essiac is not "cheap," nor is it "counterfeit." We do not buy their "rejected," leftover herbs. Ours are premium herbs purchased in large amounts from a well-respected organic herb grower in California.

Furthermore, we are not "far too busy" to talk to our customers, as the president of this Canadian company apparently is, according to their site.

We're proud of our product, and we stand behind it 100%. We are the real thing. Give us a try, or call us right now for a free sample. (US only, please.)

Open Letter to Elizabeth Edwards

"The Leaf Lady" wrote an interesting letter to the Edwards family, which you can read in its entirety here.

4 Natural Foods For Diabetics

From Health Digest Daily:

1. Banaba leaf
2. Garlic
3. Fenugreek
4. Essiac

Read the whole article, with more details on these foods, here.

9 Surprising Diabetes Risks

Find out if your lifestyle habits are risk factors for developing diabetes, and what to do about it, thanks to Fitness Magazine.