This time of year is oftentimes one of suffering for many people. This fact is even more of a shame for the “fitness” crowd that looks to the Spring as the time to shake off the inactivity of the winter...
Clearly, the most forward looking medical research is now showing that there are two key underpinnings to the development of chronic disease as we age – how the body handles sugar and chronic inflammation. If you can make your body...
In our western society we are taught that bacteria are bad. We have hand soap that is antibacterial. We have laundry detergent that kills every likely microbe. We take antibiotics at the very first sign of a cough or sniffle....
In the past I’ve written about the importance of recognizing stress as a major causative or contributing factor to every one of our health challenges. Scientific exploration has born out my contention that every single chronic disease that we can...
When I was in pharmacy school I was taught about a concept called “Poly-Pharmacy”. It was loosely described as the situation where a person is taking multiple prescription and/or over-the-counter medicines. We were not taught to look at this as a...
Sleep should be thought of as an important “nutrient” for your health… one that is just as important as any vitamin, mineral or food component that you could think of. “But wait a minute,” you might say, “Sleep is really...
The concept of Hormone Replacement Therapy or HRT (formerly known as Estrogen Replacement Therapy or ERT) was flawed from the outset. It was never able to deliver on the promise of protecting women from the ravages of aging, such as...
It seems to me that today’s medical science has a learning deficiency. I guess that there are a couple of ways to look at current developments in the whole cholesterol theory of heart disease arena. By now you probably realize...
Years ago I shared specific information about Vitamin D on my radio show, in articles and in talks that I do for the public. I was basically trying to dispel the myth that it was dangerous to supplement with Vitamin...
