Dec 20, 2015 | Health
The drug companies want you to think of aspirin as a magic bullet for your heart. Oh, it’s a bullet all right — and it’s definitely aimed at your ticker. One of the most irritatingly persistent myths in modern medicine is the downright insane notion... read moreDec 16, 2015 | Detoxification
It`s OK, go ahead and laugh, both laughing and enemas are good for your health. Laughing has probably been around longer, but we know that Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine prescribed enemas some 2,600 years ago, as did Patanjali, the first written author on... read moreDec 9, 2015 | Vitamin D
Kidney transplantation is now a common procedure. End-stage renal disease is the reason for kidney transplantation. Causes of end-stage renal disease include untreated hypertension, infections, diabetes mellitus, and other rarer conditions. Diabetes accounts for one... read moreDec 6, 2015 | Self-Improvement
Passing The Buck (Shifting the Burden of Responsibility) PREAMBLE A daydream of mine, destined to be unfulfilled, is to know how my grandfathers saw life – in a sense, what their philosophy for everyday living was. What follows, like the grab-bag of personal... read moreDec 2, 2015 | Magnesium
It’s estimated that more than 90% of adults are deficient in magnesium — at risk of sudden death from a heart attack and of developing diabetes. Hundreds of biochemical functions that drive energy metabolism and DNA repair are fuelled by magnesium. We... read moreNov 29, 2015 | Health
In addition to being incompetent, it looks like the bureaucratic brains in charge of the US Food and Drug Administration are illiterate to boot. Studies have found that women who take bisphosphonate meds – drugs that are supposed to fight off osteoporosis – may... read moreNov 25, 2015 | Digestion
Gluten is the common protein found in wheat, barley, oats, spelt, and rye. Gluten is a sticky, storage protein that when combined with water becomes `gluey.` In the digestive tract this reaction can lead to gluten binding to the small intestinal wall, where it can... read moreNov 18, 2015 | Coconut Oil
If you’re not mad for coconut oil, you should be. It’s taken a while, but mainstream research is finally starting to catch on to the health benefits of coconut oil – even if they still can’t quite put two and two together, as usual. But... read moreNov 8, 2015 | Magnesium
It’s not only adults who suffer from magnesium-deficient diets. Our children are also susceptible when their favorite foods are magnesium-deficient fast foods. Kids feel stressed from peer pressure, academic and athletic performance pressures, worries about body... read moreNov 4, 2015 | Health
For years I’ve told you that the link between smoking and cancer has been exaggerated, and I’m not surprised to see that there’s another danger factor here that’s got nothing to do with lighting up. Researchers at the University of Montreal... read more