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  Analysis by  Dr. Joseph Mercola STORY AT-A-GLANCE Endocrine-disrupting chemicals have “hijacked” human hormones, causing problems with reproduction and declining sperm counts The book “Count Down,” written by Shanna Swan, a reproductive epidemiologist, is based on her 2017 study, which found sperm counts dropped by 59.3% from 1973 to 2011 Human beings already meet three of the five criteria for what makes a species endangered, according to Swan, and endocrine-disrupting “everywhere chemicals” are a key culprit Men today have about half the number of sperm compared to their grandfathers, and a significant part of the global population may not be able to reproduce without technological assistance come 2050 EDCs interfere with endogenous hormones, and it’s been found that some effects of exposure persist in future generations, even among males that weren’t directly exposed Plastic is such a ubiquitous part of modern life that it’s hard to imagine a world without it. But in the ...

  Hey. Times traveling pretty fast, huh? Almost done with another month. So how would you be able to get the most out of your food? As you may know, I focus on emotional health. Some of you might think, “How does emotions have anything to do with food?” Well actually more than you THINK. We live in quite an up beat society and many of us barely have time to actually enjoy our food. For many of us, once we have a time to sit down and relax, our minds are going every other way. We try to distract the mind by looking at our phone or watching a movie, but I recommend trying another way to maximize your absorption. The mind has emotions like fear or worry conditioned within and will make you think about what is going to happen tomorrow when you are trying to enjoy your meal in the Now. It may even give you guilt about something you did today that wasn’t “perfect”. Or bring up something from the past that makes you angry. The reason why I bring these up is because all of these emotions c...