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Hyperparathyroidism – The Unsuspected Illness
If you have a high calcium level in the blood, a high bone breakdown urine test (NTX), bone density in the Osteopenic or Osteoporotic range, or have had kidney stones, it is important to find and treat the cause underlying all these conditions because all of these can...Read More
Why is Gluten in a Probiotic?
In February, 2015 the New York Attorney General’s office came out with the statement that <span “font-family:helvetica;=”” mso-bidi-font-family:”times=”” roman”;mso-fareast-language:en-us”=””>four out...Read More
Toxic Substances in Skin Care Products
The shelves in department stores and pharmacies are full of skin care products that smell nice are packaged in pleasing ways, but are we really using our best judgment when we buy them and start smearing them all over ourselves or shampooing our hair with them? After...Read More
How To Pick Out A Quality Multivitamin
We recently heard that the attorney general just did an investigation on several well-known retailers of vitamins and accused them of “mislabeling, contamination and false advertising”. The investigation was set off by an article in the NY Times which referred to...Read More
MORE ABOUT VITAMIN D
For years Vitamin D was a neglected vitamin (actually Vitamin D is a hormone). The Functional Medical community began testing and treating vitamin D deficiency about 10 years ago, myself included, and medical establishment doctors followed suit for about the last 5...Read More
Here’s A Good Use For Cola Drinks – Pesticide!
Here’s something that has given me cause for optimism about the environment. Evidently cola drinks, no matter the brand, can be used instead of toxic pesticides, and are much cheaper. What a great use for these drinks! Indian farmers use Coca-Cola to protect...Read More
How Toxic is Your Newspaper?
I’ve prided myself in creating a toxin free home. I use citrus peel and vinegar to wash vegetables and clean surfaces in my home, tea tree oil in water as a spray for plant bugs, and enzyme detergents for the wash, but I’ll admit I caught myself spreading toxic fumes...Read More
Is Breakfast Important?
An article in the Times Magazine this past weekend implied that eating breakfast was optional and carried no health benefits in several recent studies in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, August 2014 issue. It stated that there was little evidence that eating...Read More
Sweat And Look Younger!
We all know that exercise benefits us in many ways. It keeps us thin and strong, improves body composition, balance, and state of mind, but did you know exercise can rejuvenate your skin, if you do enough to work up a sweat, that is. Our skin changes as we age,...Read More
