I try to keep my blogs at around 300 words because people say they can read that amount easily on their PDA’s. There’s lots I can say about arthritis and I’ll try to cover as much as possible. a) Diet: For me, everything begins with diet. What you put in your mouth or don’t put in your mouth has a dramatic effect on your health. First try eliminating foods that may be inflaming your joints. Start with number one and work your way down the list over the next few weeks to see what diet helps. 1. Avoid artificial sweeteners. 2. Eliminate the most allergenic foods such as sugar, wheat, dairy, and …
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On July 12, 2010, I had a great interview on Death by Modern Medicine and The Magnesium Miracle with Deb Bailey that you can listen to at Power Women Magazine. There were a lot of case histories and personal health stories discussed during the hour. After discussing magnesium deficiency as it relates to gall stones, heel spurs and kidney stones, Deb told me about her son. At age 16 he suffered kidney stones to the point of requiring kidney surgery! She asked if I thought that indicated a magnesium deficiency. The hair on the back of my neck stood up…and I told her, absolutely. Most kidney stones have calcium as the base. They often form because there isn’t enough magnesium to keep calcium in solution. Calcium and magnesium go hand-in-hand. Without enough magnesium, calcium deposits in …
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I find it disturbing when people complain to me that even at the tender age of 40 they can barely walk when they get out of bed in the morning because of pain and stiffness in their feet and legs. There are several things at play here and you’ll have to decide which is uppermost in your world. First there’s the issue of diet and lifestyle. Many years ago in New York I’d wake up with stiff fingers that were slightly swollen. It took me a while to realize my fingers felt that way after I ate sushi. I didn’t eat raw sushi but I did liberally dip my California rolls in sodium-laced soy sauce. Begin by keeping a diary. Keep track of your food, activities and “toxic exposures” to identify what …
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At the farmer’s market last week one of my favorite farmers who grows watercress, bananas and avocados asked me a medical question. She wondered if I knew anything about a drug her dentist gave her called Perio Med®. I hadn’t heard of it but she said it’s an oral treatment to strengthen her teeth. I had just finished my Caring for Your Teeth and Gums Module for Future Health Now! so I knew she was taking …
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Just when you thought there were no more Superheros. When business, government, sports and entertainment have all let you down – along comes LXD, The Legend of Extraordinary Dancers. I used to be a dancer and I love to dance more than I love to watch dance. But LXD changed all that for me. If you want to get your adrenalin going just by watching dance, look no further. If you want to meet a generation of young people who …
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People often tell me about the pressure they feel from doctors to take statin drug medication for their cholesterol. The minute their blood test is above 220, their doctors scare them into taking drugs saying they can get a heart attack if they don’t. Then every chest pain or feeling of tiredness sends them into a panic. There is so much wrong with this black-and-white approach to cholesterol, that it’s hard to know where to being. So I’ll give you some facts in point form. 1. In 1913 a Russian study found that rabbits fed cholesterol developed yellow plaque in their arteries. However, the cholesterol they were fed was rancid and …
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People always want to know what supplements I recommend for various conditions. Because our health care is entrenched in the allopathic model, most people think that a disease or a disease symptom can be treated with a drug or a vitamin. But that’s far from the truth. In over thirty years of practicing natural medicine I’ve learned that health is about taking responsibility for your lifestyle and employing commonsense health strategies on a daily basis. You can’t undo a lifetime of dietary abuse overnight with drugs or …
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Allopathic medicine is most useful for emergency procedures, surgery and diagnosis. I’d like to give you some tips and strategies for dealing with the side effects of diagnostic medical testing. Let’s talk about cystoscopy and catherization. Cystoscopy A cystoscope is a medical instrument used to examine the lining of the bladder and urethra. The examination is generally done using a topical anesthetic to numb the lining of the …
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I know this title might make you think that I’ll offer you a list of supplements to take with you to the hospital. Maybe I’ll do that in a future blog. But today I want to give you a tip from a friend on the best way to survive your hospital stay. What he did was keep a journal. That’s right. Turn your stay into a novel with the characters being everyone who walks into your room. Whenever someone comes into your room, be it the janitor, doctor, candy striper, nurse, TV repairman or the food service person, introduce yourself and ask for …
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My desire to share information with you about a safe weight loss program was spurred by a recent article on Medscape.com called The Evolution of Obesity Therapies: New Applications for Existing Drugs. It seems that there have been so many long-term complications with obesity surgery (where the stomach is mostly removed) that the pendulum is swinging back to drugs and combinations of drugs. Rather than go down the road of Fen-Phen again, with heart failure and death as a complication, let me introduce you to my associate in Hallmark-Dean Labs, Danna Hallmark ND. Danna has developed a new weight loss program. Actually, there is …
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