Drugs: Osteoporosis can be a doctor-induced disease. Several drugs are now known to be implicated in osteoporosis: Corticosteroids are famous for this (cortisone, predisone and all related steroids), thyroid hormone supplements such as thyroxine, isoniazid for tuberculosis, antibiotics especially tetracycline and its derivatives, tranquilizers and psychotropic drugs such as anti-depressants. This list will most likely …
Whether you are performing in a sports competition, on the road in a car, at your desk at work or at home with your family, what you consume makes a difference. Food and drink will either help your performance or hinder it. HYPOGLYCEMIA SIGNS & SYMPTOMS: Symptoms associated with hypoglycemia include, fatigue, foggy thinking, shakiness, …
To live in this day and time of nutrition is crazy making! What ever happened to the days of simplicity? You ate what you grew or raised, exchanged some food with neighbors, cooked it at home, and that was about it. Of course you also dealt with times of famine that most of us have …
As a doctor and nutritionist, I am always striving to find ways to increase the nutritional density of our foods. Because we are so reliant on commercially produced foods, and the industrialization of our food supply, we are suffering from maladies that never existed even a hundred years ago. Our foods are nutritionally depleted. Our …
My first Thanksgiving as a 19 year old newlywed, was a disaster. Not understanding about plumbing, I peeled 10# of potatoes into the sink and then attempted to grind it down the garbage disposal. Well, I’m sure you’re all snickering at my naivety, but as you guessed, it got stopped up. Nothing I did would …
Recent hurricanes and their resultant floods as well as fires, and the smoke from them, are cause for alarm or concern. Despite our technological advances, we cannot always control natural disasters, but much of it we can predict. When we look at disasters in our bodies, we call it disease. The warning signs of disease …
In Part I we discussed that stomach acids are not the enemy and how necessary they are for a variety of reasons. In Part II we will discuss how to alleviate heartburn, GERD and other digestive challenges naturally, without drugs. The sayings “Good health begins in the gut” and “You’ll never get someone well until …
Bone density (or the lack thereof) has become a topic of increasing concern. Statistically, over the age of 50, one in two women and one in eight men in the United States will experience a fracture due to osteoporosis. That’s staggering! Even more surprising is that it is no longer limited to the elderly. Loss …
Make No Bones About It: Osteoporosis is a Growing Problem! Read More »
We all know there is a right way and a wrong way to do everything in life. But what is one person’s right way and another’s can be so totally different that it seems there really is no right way. This is no truer than when it comes to weight loss and maintaining a proper …
Most people who set out to lose weight, approach it as a one-time, heavy hit endeavor. Do this diet or that one with gusto, then go back to life as normal, or a modified “livable” diet for a while afterwards. But what would happen if we approached it like we did a new business, or …
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