Perspectives About the Health & Wellness Industry
Articles written by Matt Warnock, Founder and Head Honcho of Ridgecrest Herbals.
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Declare your health independence: the Health Freedom Amendment
Why Health Freedom Matters to You You could live in a world where: Health Freedom is widely valued and protected Health options are cheaper, better, more widely available, and innovation happens f...
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Health Freedom: Safe, Affordable, or Effective
Pre-market authorization (PMA) allows only drugs that are FDA approved. PMA sounds like a good idea, but really it’s misguided and harmful. It favors powerful drugs and drug companies, and keeps t...
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Wikipedia needs our help! Wikipedia is a great source of information on a wide variety of topics. RidgeCrest Herbals has supported Wikipedia financially (in our small way) for years, because we f...
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Some people are looking for a pill that will solve all of their health problems—I’m not talking to them. Real people know that real health requires real change. You can’t keep doing unhealthy thin...
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I recently read Shawn Achor’s The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and in Life. Achor has taught at Harvard, spoken all over the world, and given a TED talk with over...
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The FTC Warns of Unsubstantiated Claims
On April 13, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent a notice to 670 food and supplement companies that may (or may not) be making unsubstantiated claims. RidgeCrest Herbals was one of these ...
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Health Freedom is your fundamental human right of self-determination and self-protection. What is the Health Freedom Amendment? Simply put, it assures your right to decide for yourself how to treat and protect your own health.
Health autonomy is a fundamental human right. The right of the people to give, receive, refuse, or share health care, treatments, and information, freely or for consideration, for themselves, their families, or consenting others, by such means as they may choose, shall not be infringed.
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