Healthy by Nature radio show this week: By popular demand, Cass Ingram, MD will be on live to answer your calls. Just to kick things off I’ll ask him about the relationship of allergies to fungus. Dr. Ingram is the author of The Cure is in the Cupboard, The Cure is in the Forest and Supermarket Remedies. Call the live show with questions at 1-800-281-8255. Click here to find podcasts, show archives and how to listen nationwide.

Drugs anyone? Or is it now almost everyone?
Author and popular TV host Doug Kaufmann called my attention to a Mayo Clinic report that contained these sobering statistics:

•Seventy percent (7 out of 10) Americans take at least one prescription drug.
•More than half take 2 drugs.
•20% take five or more.
•The most commonly used class is antibiotics
•Anti-depressants follow closely (Doug Kaufmann is also the reason for this video about fungus as one cause of depression and how at least one person got off of anti-depressants by solving the real problem.)
•Opioid pain killers are number three.
•11% of Americans take cholesterol-lowering drugs.

Surely it was not the original plan that we would all need drugs to survive. As we will discuss on upcoming shows, this is a scary situation not only because of the side effects of pharmaceuticals and the fact that multiple drugs are not tested together, but also because they typically only calm the symptom or test result rather than actually cure the underlying problem.

EYE Witness news, literally
Investigative journalist George Knapp at KLAS-TV, a CBS affiliate in Las Vegas, has just won his 20th Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. George reported on an astonishing story about a dietary supplement, Longevinex, that rescued otherwise helpless individuals from the threat of permanent vision loss due to macular degeneration. Learn more. We discussed this supplement on our show April 20th when I interviewed Veterans Administration doctor, Stuart Richer. Longevinex is an almost unbelievably powerful ally in the battle against many of the indignities of aging such as loss of sight and even sexual dysfunction. It would be wonderful if there were a realistic mechanism to get government funding for (or even government approval of) research into this natural approach that would save millions from suffering and billions of dollars.

Exciting Japanese Natural Cancer Treatment
If you know anyone with cancer you should do them a favor and send them this article: LINK. It is wonderful news about how Japanese doctors treated 345 patients in the last 2 years, and experienced long lasting success with some advanced metastatic cancers of the liver, thymus and prostate. The treatment is a combination of vitamins and other substances that boost immune function so that the body is better able to eliminate the cancer cells the way nature usually does when properly supported. Read more about how to implement a similar treatment in the US.

What’s up?
A federal bill has been introduced that could limit access to personalized medication from compounding pharmacists. Click here to learn what you can do.

Otherwise it is kind of quiet. I’m hibernating a bit to work on my next book…hope to finish the writing in July and publish in the fall. Eeek! Having said that out loud, now  guess I’m committed.
 

Last Week
LINK to Archive. My guest was Dr. Ross Pelton a PhD pharmacist and Certified Clinical Nutritionist. We talked about his new book, The Pill Problem, good intestinal bugs, harmful yeast infections and good bugs. After the show Dr. Pelton mentioned that Oral Contraceptives also have a tendency to create sexual side effects and reduce the ability to maintain muscle mass. If you take birth control pills, please read his book. My other guest, The Dirt Doctor, Howard Garrett talked about safe mosquito control. Details on this page of his website.

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My first book : Natural Alternatives to Nexium, Maalox, Tagamet, Prilosec & Other Acid Blockers. Subtitle: What to Use to Relieve Acid Reflux, Heartburn, and Gastric Ailments.

My latest book: Aloe Vera-Modern Science Sheds Light on an Ancient Herbal Remedy

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