Healthy by Nature radio show this week

John Young, MD will answer your calls. I’ll probably get the ball rolling by asking him to weigh in on recent listener questions about overactive thyroid (and underactive) and sciatica. Maybe I’ll throw in a question about the flu. But, after that, it is up to you. What do you want to know? Dr. Young is the author of the book, Beyond Treatment about building health from the cellular level up. He will be giving a lecture January 24th in Plano, TX. (Last week’s guest Dr. Smith and I will also be presenting.)

Fluoride controversy

 Our website page on Toxins is now up. Yay! (Each of these is a labor of love.) It has some information and links regarding mercury, pesticides, BPA, smoking, water, radiation and fluoride–the one I must discuss today.

Back in May I objected to a Dallas Morning News columnist labeling citizens as “cranks” because they expressed their concerns to the city council over fluoride being added to public drinking water. Today another columnist in the same paper called a hero and friend of mine a “clod” for daring to speak out about the issue. Howard Garrett, the Dirt Doctor, is all about saving us from a toxic planet. (It was an opinion piece, but still, I really don’t like the idea of my newspaper calling intelligent well-intentioned citizens ugly names just because they disagree with them.)

To read the rest of the blog post about the dangers of fluoride (especially to the thyroid gland) and the lack of evidence that putting it our water helps prevent tooth decay, click here.

 EVENTS

Check out the events pages on our website. One is for National Events and the other for Events in Texas. See what is coming up! 

January 24th Dr. John Young, Dr. Kyl Smith and Martie will be giving talks in the Dallas area.Click here to learn more.

Last Week Follow-up

LISTEN to that show in the archives. We talked with a young researcher, Kenah Smith. She had surprising answers to the question I’ve always had about which sweeteners feed a yeast overgrowth. Dr. Kyl Smith offered additional ways to reduce a yeast problem. Dr. Smith is also a brain expert and so we talked about his wonderful book, Brighter Mind. Who doesn’t want to improve their concentration, mental energy, memory and mental performance? We touched on which foods, exercises and supplements help the most. We also talked about MemoryWorks and the business opportunity from Xenesta.