Relax your way to better health

Relaxing this time of year? Really? Yes. Let me tell you about an effective shortcut to relaxation and better sleep that also offers a myriad of impressive health benefits. Read on to learn how the far infrared sauna can help with premature aging, pain, fatigue, and complaints in a range from Asthma and Fibromyalgia to […]

Patient Bill of Rights

When you or a loved one is in a clinical facility or hospital, you hope for the best experience and outcome. During the current HBN interviews about discouraging problems with hospitals’ treatment of covid patients, the Patient Bill of Rights was mentioned. I thought it might be helpful to provide that here. The first twelve […]

Be a FLU FIGHTER

  Learn to Fly. Oops, that is the name of a Foo Fighters rock song. I guess the soundalike blog title caused me a shortcircuit for a minute. I meant to say “learn to fight flu”—as in influenza. When Ray Solano wason the show this week, we covered some ideas for building immune function and […]

Covid-19 vaccines & boosters—Get a shot or not?

[click graphic to view cartoon source] On second thought, the title might be a bit misleading because, as you will see, there is not a lot of “pro” here. (Oh well…we get plenty of promo from the White House and the mainstream media (of course, as it turns out a lot of it was not […]

A different kind of GREEN DEAL

Today I’m not talking about the intensely-hyped green plan to convert (rather abruptly) from fossil fuels to electric everything (airplanes?). Is it really feasible to support that with by sustainable sources of electricity? Another time I might discuss my doubts that the short-range side effects and long-term viability have been fully studied and weighed. Right […]

How to Identify a Quack

We expect ducks to say “quack”. However, the one pictured above says “Aflac!” on TV because he works for that insurance company. As for the symbol he (based on his husky voice originally performed by comedian Gilbert Gottfried, I assume it is a “he”) is carrying, I added that. If it doesn’t look right for […]

Is vitamin D good for pretty much everything?

Nature’s Original Health Plan (which here I’ll call “OHP”) is very effective. We can forget that our bodies work pretty much the same way they did 10’s of thousands of years ago, but the way that we manage them is markedly different. For example, read my article on the differences in the ancient food supply […]

This is just bananas!

When we hear that we should eat more vegetables and fruits, we may think of kale and the old “apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Those are great, but as it turns out, bananas aren’t so bad either. Some folk history fretted that they are fattening and/or cause constipation. Harvard’s review of the science […]

“Fat head” may not be an insult

Whether or not that term is in an insult depends on who says it and the context. Maybe when it is hurled at a person viewed as arrogant (e.g. a person who thinks they better censor the news you see because they are smarter than you are) like the one above, maybe it is meant […]

Skip breakfast, eat it, or enjoy a chocolate bar?

My Mom was right about most things. But, she always quoted that adage “Breakfast like a king; lunch like a prince; dinner like a pauper” and I do wonder about that. Surely IHOP and Denny’s are fans of that concept, but research is casting some surprising doubt about breakfast…at least for adults. Skipping breakfast. I […]

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