By Sarah A LoBisco, ND It comes down to human nature. It’s not good, it’s not bad. It just is. It’s a search to find the means to do whatever one wishes, regardless of the consequences. In medicine, I’m speaking of the never-ending, well-known, far and wide quest to discover “THE” cure, “THE” diet, “THE” [...]
What's The Real Question We Should be Asking About Statins? Shocking Osteoporosis Statistics! (Better Bones) We at the Center for Better Bones have come to challenge this distinction between what scientists call “primary” and “secondary” osteoporosis. Our work leads us to suggest that all osteoporosis is indeed caused by something, and in this sense, all osteoporosis is [...]
Food as Medicine (Dr. D'Adamo) A secretor is a person who secretes the blood type antigens into body fluids, like the saliva in your mouth or the mucous in your digestive tract (80% of population). A non-secretor, is a person who puts little or none of their blood type antigen into these same fluids. Non-secretors [...]
Top 10 Medical Events of the Decade (Dr. Dean Ornish, MD) Synthetic Genome Assembly in 2008 from Mycoplasma genitlium Epigenetics provides clues on how environment effects genetic expression Integrative Medicine Becomes Mainstream (Summit of Integrative Medicine & Health of the Public in Washington, DC) COURAGE trial concludes that angioplasty and stents don't fair any better [...]
BPA: Why it's a Good Thing to Avoid (Dr. Mercola) Recently, Gaiam's "safe" water bottle was found to leech BPA. BPA is a hormone-mimicking chemical found in plastic bottles that has been linked to a variety of health issues. Plastics with no. 1, 2, 4, & 5 are said to not contain BPA. Still, plastic bottles [...]
Summary B12 is an essential vitamin found in organ meats, seafood, and diary products. This vitamin is also synthesized by bacteria (including those in your gut), fungi, and algae. Therefore, one vegetarian option is Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a form of nutritional yeast. The caution with this option is that the dosage needed for adequate B12 absorption [...]
After reading the link provided, can you understand why Dr. Thompson’s asserts that that too much calcium can actually hurt your body in a few ways? If your body can’t assimilate this excess calcium, it will precipitate out into the blood and clog the arteries and tissues with either calcium stones (kidney stones or gallbladder [...]
