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Image | Robb Wolf: Wired To Eat
Robb Wolf: Wired To Eat
by Chris Martenson

As human animals, our genetic programming pushes us to optimize caloric intake with the minimal amount of effort expended. The food industry knows this, and has for decades been developing "foods" scientifically engineered to appeal to that evolutionary drive. That result? An explosion in obesity, chronic health conditions like diabetes, and a society shamed by itself.

Robb Wolf's guidance revolves around working with, not against, our primal wiring. Eating more, but of the fuel our body truly needs, is much better than merely eating less of the processed gunk sold to us in most aisles of the grocery store.
Robb Wolf: Wired To Eat
 by Chris Martenson

As human animals, our genetic programming pushes us to optimize caloric intake with the minimal amount of effort expended. The food industry knows this, and has for decades been developing "foods" scientifically engineered to appeal to that evolutionary drive. That result? An explosion in obesity, chronic health conditions like diabetes, and a society shamed by itself.

Robb Wolf's guidance revolves around working with, not against, our primal wiring. Eating more, but of the fuel our body truly needs, is much better than merely eating less of the processed gunk sold to us in most aisles of the grocery store.
Image | The Mother Of All Financial Bubbles
The Mother Of All Financial Bubbles
by Chris Martenson

The main lesson from Oroville — or Fukushima, or Katrina —  is that governments do a poor job of relating accurate information to their citizens when big threats are involved. Part of that is likely due to a desire to avoid stoking fear. Part probably due to politics and bureaucracy. And part probably due to plain old incompetence.

Regardless of the cause, it means that the public — even the vigilant ones — suffer information deficits when it matters most. Simply put, the authorities do not share all the facts necessary for making informed decisions.

Which brings us to one of the truly great risks we’re facing today. One with much more destructive potential than a single failed dam but, like Oroville, one the authorities are desperate to keep us in the dark about.
The Mother Of All Financial Bubbles
 by Chris Martenson

The main lesson from Oroville — or Fukushima, or Katrina —  is that governments do a poor job of relating accurate information to their citizens when big threats are involved. Part of that is likely due to a desire to avoid stoking fear. Part probably due to politics and bureaucracy. And part probably due to plain old incompetence.

Regardless of the cause, it means that the public — even the vigilant ones — suffer information deficits when it matters most. Simply put, the authorities do not share all the facts necessary for making informed decisions.

Which brings us to one of the truly great risks we’re facing today. One with much more destructive potential than a single failed dam but, like Oroville, one the authorities are desperate to keep us in the dark about.
Image | Off The Cuff: Meeting The Enemy
Off The Cuff: Meeting The Enemy
 PREVIEW
by Chris Martenson

In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Charles Hugh Smith discuss:

  • The Intelligence Wars
    • When everyone is pointing fingers, whom are we to believe?
  • The Need For Humility
    • Our current hubris is destroying the systems we depend on
  • The Enemy
    • Is our our "neo'" agenda, whichever side of the aisle it's on
  • Fixing Our Broken Healthcare System
    • Reform needs to start with our own behavior

"We have met the enemy and he is us"

~ Pogo (Walt Kelly)

This week Chris and Charles hold up a harsh mirror to American society. So many of the long-term predicaments we face are issues of our own making, pursuits that benefit an elite few at the expense of the rest of us. The good news here is that we still have time to dramatically improve our odds of a better future by choosing to make different decisions going forward. The all-important question is: But will we?

Click to listen to a sample of this Off the Cuff Podcast or Enroll today to access the full audio and other premium content today.

Off The Cuff: Meeting The Enemy
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Charles Hugh Smith discuss:

  • The Intelligence Wars
    • When everyone is pointing fingers, whom are we to believe?
  • The Need For Humility
    • Our current hubris is destroying the systems we depend on
  • The Enemy
    • Is our our "neo'" agenda, whichever side of the aisle it's on
  • Fixing Our Broken Healthcare System
    • Reform needs to start with our own behavior

"We have met the enemy and he is us"

~ Pogo (Walt Kelly)

This week Chris and Charles hold up a harsh mirror to American society. So many of the long-term predicaments we face are issues of our own making, pursuits that benefit an elite few at the expense of the rest of us. The good news here is that we still have time to dramatically improve our odds of a better future by choosing to make different decisions going forward. The all-important question is: But will we?

Click to listen to a sample of this Off the Cuff Podcast or Enroll today to access the full audio and other premium content today.

Image | Too Much Complexity Is Killing Us
Too Much Complexity Is Killing Us
 PREVIEW
by Chris Martenson

There’s a line of thinking — one that we ascribe to here at PeakProsperity.com — that says today’s problems are far more complex and numerous than those we've dealt with in the past. In fact, some of them are actually predicaments — meaning they have no solutions, only outcomes that we'll need to manage.  Moribund economic growth is only as high as it is due to massive debt binging. Ecological and energy issues are accelerating, and will for sure rear their heads at inopportune times not of our choosing.

Said another way: Eventually we're going to have to pay the bill.
Too Much Complexity Is Killing Us
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

There’s a line of thinking — one that we ascribe to here at PeakProsperity.com — that says today’s problems are far more complex and numerous than those we've dealt with in the past. In fact, some of them are actually predicaments — meaning they have no solutions, only outcomes that we'll need to manage.  Moribund economic growth is only as high as it is due to massive debt binging. Ecological and energy issues are accelerating, and will for sure rear their heads at inopportune times not of our choosing.

Said another way: Eventually we're going to have to pay the bill.
Image | Mad As Hell
Mad As Hell
by Chris Martenson

A critical movement is arising at this time in history.

Each of us can assume a role to play in its formation and development, and therefore its eventual success or failure. It's my personal belief that we are past the time where we can avoid major disruption, so each of us must be personally prepared as best we can for upheaval, while also working towards building a new and better narrative to live by.

Do you have the courage to participate?
Mad As Hell
 by Chris Martenson

A critical movement is arising at this time in history.

Each of us can assume a role to play in its formation and development, and therefore its eventual success or failure. It's my personal belief that we are past the time where we can avoid major disruption, so each of us must be personally prepared as best we can for upheaval, while also working towards building a new and better narrative to live by.

Do you have the courage to participate?
Image | Off The Cuff: Our Out-Of-Control Cost Of Living
Off The Cuff: Our Out-Of-Control Cost Of Living
 PREVIEW
by Chris Martenson

In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish Shedlock discuss:

  • The Runaway Cost Of Health Care
    • The premium for Chris' family went up 61%(!) this year
  • A Failure Of Intelligence
    • The lack of substance underlying the latest smear campaign
  • Fake News
    • When everyone is covered in mud, whom can you trust?
  • What To Expect As The Presidential Torch Gets Passed
    • How Trump's strategy is likely to depart from Obama's

Well, there's a lot of red meat tossed around in this latest podcast. There's something in it for nearly everyone to find righteous outrage with.

It begins with Chris railing about the year-over-year 61% increase just slapped onto his family's basic insurance plan. The ACA has quickly turned into a racketeering operation in many states like Massachusetts, where Chris lives. Mish joins in on the harsh criticism of the current system:

For some instances of some people, forty percent of their income going to health insurance.

And then look at the millennials. I mean, they've just decided to opt out. And who can blame them? They're not making enough money, but they just decided well, I’d rather keep it all. And they’ve decided that they will just rather pay the penalty if they get caught. But if they get sick, then they’ll join on the spot and get coverage. That’s the game everyone's being forced to play.

And nowhere along the line, as we’ve discussed many times, is there any impetus to control costs. And not only are there not any controls, there was nothing written into the legislation. And meanwhile, they call it the "Affordable" Care Act. As with any act of government, it has the exact opposite effect of its title. 

From there, Chris and Mish tackle the recent intelligence debacle where our government and media are trumpeting "findings" that are backed by zero evidence and unverifiable innuendo. When all sides look incompetent, where do you turn for trustworthy information?

Click to listen to a sample of this Off the Cuff Podcast or Enroll today to access the full audio and other premium content today.

Off The Cuff: Our Out-Of-Control Cost Of Living
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish Shedlock discuss:

  • The Runaway Cost Of Health Care
    • The premium for Chris' family went up 61%(!) this year
  • A Failure Of Intelligence
    • The lack of substance underlying the latest smear campaign
  • Fake News
    • When everyone is covered in mud, whom can you trust?
  • What To Expect As The Presidential Torch Gets Passed
    • How Trump's strategy is likely to depart from Obama's

Well, there's a lot of red meat tossed around in this latest podcast. There's something in it for nearly everyone to find righteous outrage with.

It begins with Chris railing about the year-over-year 61% increase just slapped onto his family's basic insurance plan. The ACA has quickly turned into a racketeering operation in many states like Massachusetts, where Chris lives. Mish joins in on the harsh criticism of the current system:

For some instances of some people, forty percent of their income going to health insurance.

And then look at the millennials. I mean, they've just decided to opt out. And who can blame them? They're not making enough money, but they just decided well, I’d rather keep it all. And they’ve decided that they will just rather pay the penalty if they get caught. But if they get sick, then they’ll join on the spot and get coverage. That’s the game everyone's being forced to play.

And nowhere along the line, as we’ve discussed many times, is there any impetus to control costs. And not only are there not any controls, there was nothing written into the legislation. And meanwhile, they call it the "Affordable" Care Act. As with any act of government, it has the exact opposite effect of its title. 

From there, Chris and Mish tackle the recent intelligence debacle where our government and media are trumpeting "findings" that are backed by zero evidence and unverifiable innuendo. When all sides look incompetent, where do you turn for trustworthy information?

Click to listen to a sample of this Off the Cuff Podcast or Enroll today to access the full audio and other premium content today.

Image | Help With Your New Year’s Resolutions
Help With Your New Year’s Resolutions
by Adam Taggart

If you’re one of the millions of folks here in the initial days of 2017 making resolutions for the new year, we’d like to lend support.

In the years since we started this site, we’ve created a lot of programming and services that are targeted at the most popular goals people make resolutions for. These solutions have helped a large number of folks make real, constructive and positive change in their lives. Maybe they will for you, too.
Help With Your New Year’s Resolutions
 by Adam Taggart

If you’re one of the millions of folks here in the initial days of 2017 making resolutions for the new year, we’d like to lend support.

In the years since we started this site, we’ve created a lot of programming and services that are targeted at the most popular goals people make resolutions for. These solutions have helped a large number of folks make real, constructive and positive change in their lives. Maybe they will for you, too.
Image | Dave Murphy – Glyphosate: Unsafe On Any Plate
Dave Murphy – Glyphosate: Unsafe On Any Plate
by Chris Martenson

In November, a very concerning report — Glyphosate: Unsafe On Any Plate — was released by The Detox Project and Food Democracy Now!, raising the alarm of the high levels of glyphosate in the US food supply and the (deliberate?) low levels of awareness of its associated health risks.

Dave Murphy, executive director of Food Democracy Now!, joins us this week to explain the finding of this new report on the world's most-used herbicide (more commonly known by its retail brand: Roundup). As happened in past decades with the alcohol and tobacco industries, there's compelling evidence that profits have taken a priority over consumer safety — and as public health concerns are being raised, Big Ag is circling its wagons and attacking the questioners rather than embracing open scrutiny.

Are we being poisoned in the pursuit of profit?

Dave Murphy – Glyphosate: Unsafe On Any Plate
 by Chris Martenson

In November, a very concerning report — Glyphosate: Unsafe On Any Plate — was released by The Detox Project and Food Democracy Now!, raising the alarm of the high levels of glyphosate in the US food supply and the (deliberate?) low levels of awareness of its associated health risks.

Dave Murphy, executive director of Food Democracy Now!, joins us this week to explain the finding of this new report on the world's most-used herbicide (more commonly known by its retail brand: Roundup). As happened in past decades with the alcohol and tobacco industries, there's compelling evidence that profits have taken a priority over consumer safety — and as public health concerns are being raised, Big Ag is circling its wagons and attacking the questioners rather than embracing open scrutiny.

Are we being poisoned in the pursuit of profit?

Image | Farmland LP: Investing In Sustainable Farmland (2016 Update)
Farmland LP: Investing In Sustainable Farmland (2016 Update)
by Adam Taggart

Over the past few years, we've tracked the success of Farmland LP, a family of funds created to increase the economic yield of farmland through sustainable farming practices.

Chris recently mentioned our renewed commitment here on the site to focus more on highlighting examples of better models for the future. So in that spirit, in this week's podcast, I check in with the founders of Farmland LP for an update on how the team has progressed on its mission in 2016. For the first time, we have Craig Wichner ("the numbers guy") joined by Jason Bradford ("the farming guy"), who provides much more detail than we've had in the past into the sustainable land-management practices Farmland LP employs to put the land to its best use.
Farmland LP: Investing In Sustainable Farmland (2016 Update)
 by Adam Taggart

Over the past few years, we've tracked the success of Farmland LP, a family of funds created to increase the economic yield of farmland through sustainable farming practices.

Chris recently mentioned our renewed commitment here on the site to focus more on highlighting examples of better models for the future. So in that spirit, in this week's podcast, I check in with the founders of Farmland LP for an update on how the team has progressed on its mission in 2016. For the first time, we have Craig Wichner ("the numbers guy") joined by Jason Bradford ("the farming guy"), who provides much more detail than we've had in the past into the sustainable land-management practices Farmland LP employs to put the land to its best use.
Image | 20 Antibacterial and Antiviral Herbs
20 Antibacterial and Antiviral Herbs
by JW

A wonderful look at the various herbs and plants that have antibacterial and antiviral properties.  Possible plants for you to consider growing in your garden.

http://www.sustainablebabysteps.com/antiviral-herbs.html

20 Antibacterial and Antiviral Herbs
 by JW

A wonderful look at the various herbs and plants that have antibacterial and antiviral properties.  Possible plants for you to consider growing in your garden.

http://www.sustainablebabysteps.com/antiviral-herbs.html

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