The Human Body Instruction Manual

We depend on our cars which are expensive to replace. Therefore, we usually drive in the right gear, change the oil, use the correct fuel, rotate the tires, etc. We know what to do for the car because we have an instruction manual for it. The closest thing we have to The Human Body Instruction […]

ADD, Autism and Dyslexia

If you know a child or an adult with any of these issues, please check out our new Library page of information and resources.

FDA threat to homeopathy

Well, I missed my chance to send a good April Fools’ Day email yesterday. I could have satirically announced that the American Medical Association and our government finally realized that non-toxic non-invasive natural remedies like nutritional therapies and homeopathy are much better first steps in healing most complaints (especially chronic conditions) than drugs and surgery. […]

I love my Fitbit and my standing desk!

The studies just keep rolling in to make it clear that too much sitting is a giant risk factor for diseases of all kinds…in fact virtually everything that worries us. I list a lot of benefits of movement in this article: 16 Reasons to Exercise + Tips. (I just added links to studies on Alzheimer’s […]

Wrong tests for supplements, silly health food

I just returned from the biggest trade show in the natural products industry. (It is so big that I’m not sure that one end of the exhibit hall is in the same zip code as the other end.) Due to appointments with current and prospective radio show sponsors, I didn’t see all the booths in […]

Three “new” ideas about peanut allergy

Nuts in the news…peanuts that is (and never mind that they are technically beans). Planter’s Mr. Peanut logo looks very sophisticated and reminds us that peanuts contain nutrients that appear protective against heart trouble and other diseases. The PB and J sandwich which is decidedly not so high-brow, has long been a lunch box staple. […]

Health news notes

We can only be aware of the health news to which we are exposed. My mission is to help fill in at least a few of the gaps by casting a broad net (newspapers, database updates, radio shows, magazines, trusted websites) to find useful science-based facts that might be otherwise overlooked. Although there are tens […]

Toenail fungus sham and disease-creep

How do you make a bunch of money magically appear? I find it impossible, but it seems to be pretty easy if you are a pharmaceutical company. Here are just a few examples of how they do it: Make a really expensive drug to treat a relatively minor problem. The average doctor is unaware of […]

Heart health – 10 interesting snippets

Happy Valentine’s Day and American Heart Month. There is a month or at least a day honoring virtually every part of the body and every health condition (May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, etc.)…you’d think we’d be healthier by now!  The red symbols of heart health month are second in […]

Vaccines revisited. More to the measles story.

First let me make it clear what I am NOT saying. I’m NOT telling people to refuse vaccines for themselves or their children. I can sympathize with the goals of each side of the debate. I am NOT going to talk about the question of vaccines and the claimed link to autism. However, I just […]

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