Recently, Dr. Mercola posted an article on the link between sugar and mood disorders. In the past few months, I presented a series to practicioners on the connection of mood disorders to a variety of systemic imbalances. The topics included...
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Milk Thistle Decreases Liver Damage in Chemotherapy, The Danger of GM Foods, and Plastics De-masculinize Boys
Milk Thistle Found to Decrease Liver Inflammation in One StudyA recent study examined the effect of taking milk thistle with chemotherapy agents on 50 children diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). The results indicated that those who took milk thistle...
Baking Soda Miracle Cures & Hypertension (Plus More on H1N1)
Baking Soda For the Flu? Due to our fast paced society, many people suffer from occasional indigestion. An old wives tale of 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in cool water has been used as remedy for this. It's so common, that most have...
Vegetables as Anti-inflammatories?, CoQ10, & Soft Drinks Increase Risk for Diabetes in Pregnancy
Thiocynate found in vegetables could be helpful for inflammatory disordersNew research has demonstrated a biochemical link of a component found in vegetables, thiocynate, to levels of inflammatory markers in certain disease processes. According to the researchers, thiocynate may be helpful with Cystic Fibrosis (CF)....
Decrease your Risk for Kidney Stones & The Power of Chlorophyll
Kidney Stones & the DietA recent article published by Orthomolecular Medicine News Service provided a link on kidney stones and recommendations for decreasing the risk of them forming.There are five types of kidney stones: 1. Calcium phosphate stones 2. Calcium oxalate stones (these...
Vitamin C’s Healthy Actions & Whey Cool!
The Antiviral Effects of Vitamin CThe December newsletter from orthomolecular medicine commented on the mechanisms behind using Vitamin C in large doses to produce an antiviral action.According to the article, ascorbate acts as an antioxidant to relieve inflammation, inactivates the...
Resveratrol for Breast Cancer & Flax Seed Oil For Bones
Resveratrol for Breast CancerA new study reported the effect of phytoestrogens on cell growth, cell cell cycle and cell death in estrogen positive breast cancer cells. Not only did resveratrol reduce specific oncogene growth factors and cause cell death (Bcl2/Bax...
Depression and Osteoporosis Link? & Another Study to Support Dark Chocolate (Bonus link on Aspirin)
Depression & OsteporosisMedical News Today released an article linking depression and osteoporosis. Although no mechanisms were suggested, it was noted that the link was stronger in women and for those women at the end of their menses.Excerpt: The results, say the...
Chronic Pain and Prescription Drug Overdose & Green Tea for a Hangover?
According to an article in USA Today, Prescription Drug overdoses are now a leading cause of fatal overdoses, surpassing cocaine, heroin, and illegal drugs."Addiction to prescription painkillers -- which kill thousands of Americans a year -- has become a largely...
More on the Healing Power of Bees, The Importance of Omega 3s, & Bonus link on Mammograms
More Information on PropolisRecently, Medical news today posted an article on the antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of bee propolis. The authors reported on a study demonstrating that propolis showed inhibition of various fungi, bacteria, yeasts, and free radicals (the measurement of...