Interesting article on Orthomolecular Medicine
See here for an excellent article on the practice of orthomolecular medicine, which involves the use of nutrition to treat many diseases and maladies.
Read MoreAllergies
Trees budding. Grass greening. Flowers blooming. Birds singing. Nature reborn. Hope renewed. Once again. One more year. Spring. Noses running. Eyes watering. Throats itching. Lungs coughing. Sinuses aching. Allergies reborn. Misery renewed. Once again. One more year. Spring. Allergies and asthma. Very big problems for a whole lot of people. How big a problem? Annually, $7.9 billion treating allergies alone. Asthma? $18 billion. The average cost per asthma sufferer? $4,900 each year. How...
Read MoreFibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia. Is it real? What is it? What causes it? What can I do if I have it? Lots of questions. With “fibro,” the questions are easy. It’s the answers that are tough. First, is it real? That one’s easy: Absolutely it’s real! To the 5 million fibro sufferers in America, it’s an insulting question. End of discussion. But what is it, precisely? And what causes it? Okay, that’s more difficult. While we can describe it, and while the diagnostic criteria are clearly defined, there’s no...
Read MoreToxins & Detox
Some say it started in a letter Olga Huckins penned to an old friend in early 1958. On the receiving end? A lady named Rachel Carson. The issue: the alarming number of birds Olga found dead around her home. As if fallen from the sky. The then-suspected cause: pesticides. Intended to kill insects, but now killing birds. Working their way up the food chain. How far up? Scary question, then and now. Others say it all started much earlier, and innocently, even patriotically enough, during World War II. In...
Read MoreStress, part 4
To improve your body’s ability to handle stress, it’s important to know what dietary pitfalls to avoid and which foods to emphasize and eat regularly. Five things to avoid or limit: All processed foods. Simple sugars, including starches (breads, pastas, chips, crackers, cereals, pastries, candy) Trans fats, hydrogenated and partly hydrogenated oils. Excess caffeine and alcohol. Food additives, preservatives, and artificial sweeteners. Five things to eat daily: Whole, fresh foods. Try them raw. Brightly...
Read MoreStress, part 3
So, the acute stress response is crucial to keeping us alive and safe in the moment of danger. Long-term, though, the chronic stress response only leads to chronic disease and debility. So what are our options? What can we do? Actually, lots. Most importantly and fundamentally, we need to take steps to lower our exposure to stress in the first place. In today’s hectic, demanding culture, that’s very difficult. We have constant demands upon our time. Cell phones allow the world 24/7 access...
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