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My doctor no longer practices medicine, so I had to find another.
Like most long-time thyroid patients, I’ve been through the proverbial mill. I knew for sure I didn’t want to be bullied into taking Synthroid, which most doctors prefer–even though it doesn’t work.
I found a listing for ... Views: 1685
50% of the U.S. population has thyroid problems, most of which go undiagnosed. I don’t have worldwide statistics, but I can’t imagine they differ by much, if at all.
And the numbers keep heading up! Yikes!
And the thyroid never suffers alone. When one endocrine gland, such as the thyroid, ... Views: 1676
I’m talking killers, and I’m talking about you.
You have natural killers in you.
And these natural killers are a good thing. A very good thing.
Which is why I’m going to talk about how to keep your natural killers in top shape, ready for action.
First, let’s talk about the company ... Views: 1672
Humans are pretty inventive. Our creativity has changed our quality of life infinitesimally over the centuries.
But nature still outdoes us in many areas. We have yet to best the sophistication, flexibility, and precise responsiveness of our immune system when it comes to warding off illness ... Views: 1663
When I say “autoimmune support” obviously I am not supporting the illness, but am focused on supporting the rebalance and healing of the immune system.
Often the way that traditional medical physicians treat an autoimmune condition is to suppress the over-active and damaging immune system ... Views: 1662
Balance on all levels especially health does not need to be so difficult. But unfortunately due to the fast lane society we involve ourselves in it's not easy. We find ourselves depleted and as always searching for the right tools and ingredients to help re-gain our body balance.
With a good ... Views: 1658
The pancreas is below our stomach, front and center, near the bottom of the rib cage. It may be the busiest twelve inches going.
First off, just to make things more complicated (and who in the world thought that was necessary?), the pancreas is both an exocrine and an endocrine organ. The ... Views: 1654
1.Ozonetherapy is also known by other names such as Major Autohemotherapy (MAH),
2.Extracorporeal Blood Ozonation.
3.Gathering a sample of blood (100~150 ml) from either arm in an Ozone resistant bottle.
4.Then passing right amount of ozone gas directly into the blood.
5.When the human ... Views: 1647
Milk and cookies make a great snack, right? Well, maybe not so much.
Besides the fact the cookies almost certainly have high fructose corn syrup in them, everyday milk is a killer. Literally.
I mean, you don’t keel over right away, but take it from me, you’re asking for trouble.
Here’s ... Views: 1639
I ran into an acquaintance at a conference the other day. We got to talking about vitamins. (Somehow I always end up talking about vitamins; I could bore a stone.)
Doctors recently installed her second pacemaker. She said her ejection fraction–the force with which her heart pumps blood–was ... Views: 1635
Problems of the endocrine system are everywhere, often unacknowledged and untreated by most doctors. People talk freely about the thyroid, and they should; it’s estimated 40% of us have thyroid problems. Adrenal fatigue is in style–and uglier than massive shoulder pads ever were–so we’re ... Views: 1624
Jane asks: "Will you please write about neuropathic pain and ways to alleviate it?"
Neuropathic pain, a form of neuropathy, comes from nerve damage that causes pain, tingling, and burning–alternately or all at the same time. Some liken it to electrical shocks.
It's estimated that more than ... Views: 1619
Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS is a condition that affects the digestive system causing a myriad of symptoms including diarrhea, constipation, bloating, gas, cramping, pain and mucus in the stool. Along with digestive symptoms, individuals can also experience fatigue and psychological issues ... Views: 1616
Flu seasons around the corner . . . and even worse epidemics seem to be poised to spread through the country.
Is our medical system prepared for these threats? We worry and question our doctors anxiously, hoping for some answers.
But while conventional medical interventions can make a ... Views: 1612
We have two adrenal glands, each perched atop a kidney. With your spine dividing your back in two, you can locate a kidney in the middle of each half, with the bottom of the kidney right around the bottom of your rib cage. A few inches above that sits an adrenal gland, topping the kidney like a ... Views: 1610
A Quick Preamble:
Your immune system is truly fascinating in its’ complexity…it’s certainly one of the most complicated and hardest working systems of the amazing biological machine that we know as the human body – your body – but it can be quite delicate and is often easily stressed and even ... Views: 1609
Studies are revealing more and more interesting facts about cortisol – “Death Hormone”. In a separate article, we briefly cited various studies that link the death hormone to aging, immune deficiencies, telomere shortening, stress, and a number of debilitating chronic ... Views: 1600
Ever feel sore, swollen lumps the sides of your neck at the beginning of a cold? Those are lymph nodes. Because we tend to ignore it when we're not ill, many of us don't really know what the lymph system does--or why it is so crucial to human functioning and even survival.
Imagine an ... Views: 1600
Drainage of your Lymph nodes is vital for protection against disease and edema - swelling of your joints, ankles and extremities
#Lymph nodes accumulate all the toxic substances that are taken into our body. They do not drain on their own they need help from us. .Lymph nodes are not ... Views: 1597
People eat and do things they know aren’t good for their bodies. Unfortunately we don’t know how unhealthy habits can affect our body on the inside. Unhealthy eating, smoking, and drinking habits all weaken the immune system, our body’s defenses against pollutants, pathogens and toxins. A ... Views: 1589
People in the health biz throw around the lingo as if everybody has a clue. Well, some do, but some don’t. And even those that do may recognize the word without understanding its meaning.
So, lets talk some terminology.
Especially about things that drag us down–including body parts that ... Views: 1580
So, there you are, dragging your patooty through one grey day after another, wondering where your brain went, why your body aches and if you’ll ever feel good again.
Even if your doctor checked for thyroid problems, and the flaky blood tests actually found the problem, you probably ended up ... Views: 1579
The latest thing in medicine is the ‘fact’ that all medicine is based on solid, scientific evidence.
Excuse me? At least 70% of all medical practice has no scientific basis, relying instead on tradition, rumor and best guess. Meanwhile, doctors, according to the latest statistics available, ... Views: 1578
What is a Cold/Flu?
Colds and flu are distinct and separate upper respiratory infections, triggered by different viruses. (Outdoor environment - drafts, wetness, temperature changes, etc. do not cause either of these illnesses.) The flu is more serious, because it can spread to the lungs, and ... Views: 1578
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Back in the olden days–say 1960–doctors diagnosed thyroid problems by asking about symptoms, then working to alleviate them. Simple system, that. And it worked for the 20% of the population with flaky thyroid glands.
Ah, but then blood tests, purportedly able to diagnose thyroid ... Views: 1568
Have you been reading about phthalate? (Phthal as in thal, rhymes with Hal.) Yikes! Talk about your basic poison! This stuff is murder!
Phthalate is a “softener” added to plastics, cosmetics and everything else they can lay their hands on.
It goes without saying that it knocks the ... Views: 1566
We moved a lot, so I went to ten schools in twelve years. I was always the new kid.
Take it from me, most teachers are a whole lot less than delighted when the new kid turns out to be a loud, energetic tomboy who doesn’t pay attention, but still scores the highest test grades.
As if that ... Views: 1564
You've heard about many of your body's systems--immune, nervous, digestive, excretory, skeletal, circulatory--before. But I wonder whether you're aware that there are other powerful systems working to keep you in healthy function every day. At least two hardworking vital systems, lymph and ... Views: 1560
We are constantly bombarded with information about vitamins, supplements and complementary health ideas. Whether we act upon that information or not is a matter of individual choice. Some people are more health conscious than others. We have our own individual attitudes on the subject and ... Views: 1559
The government’s food pyramid and leading poobahs recommend that we eat very little protein, which is a no-science, no-facts recipe for disaster. In fact, most politically-correct thinking about health leads to poor health, even disease and death.
How much protein you need is a case in ... Views: 1558
Doesn’t just about everybody like chicken? And doesn’t it bring up memories of the family around the table, enjoying a wholesome meal and good family time? Chicken’s the inexpensive choice, with thousands upon thousands of recipes singing its praises.
Well, those were the good old days. I ... Views: 1557
Most of us know that our bodies create insulin to handle the sugary treats we eat. And most of us know we get diabetes if our insulin can’t get the job done.
What few of us know is what happens when insulin does its job too well. It’s hypoglycemia, low blood sugar, and it’s the pits. I’ve ... Views: 1553
Bette Dowdell
Medicine is a mess. Doctors don’t even try to heal chronic illnesses, content to treat symptoms instead. Probably because that’s all they learned in medical school. But it means their patients--that's us--drag through life, out of gas, running on fumes.
Even worse, while some ... Views: 1545
Did you know that some animals produce their own Vitamin C? They never get heart disease. No atherosclerosis. No heart attacks. Just singing a song all the day long.
Sad to report, humans aren’t part of that happy group. Heart disease runs rampant amongst humans. Hark, Sherlock, might that ... Views: 1533
Fibers are among of the main classes of macronutrients that our body needs in order to stay healthy. They are a key nutrient that helps us maintain a good activity of our intestinal tract, lower the blood sugar levels, and even lose the extra pounds we have. They promote a good internal activity ... Views: 1531
Perhaps you’re familiar with setting modern indoor speed records to get to the bathroom. And maybe you know about foods racing through your system, stopping only long enough to liquify before demanding “Out! Out!”
I could go on, but if you spend time thinking about your digestive activities, ... Views: 1526
Young people rarely become afflicted with some of the serious life-threatening diseases like Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease. Why? Because their immune systems are operating at peak efficiency, activating and deactivating precisely when needed to eradicate whatever threat ... Views: 1524
In the past times, it was suggested that garlic could cure everything from a simple cold to the deadly plague. Down the centuries, this simple but super food has been used in Phytotherapy (herbal medicine). Modern science, however discarded some of its acclaimed healing properties, but a ... Views: 1523
As we are more than likely aware, there are no known cures as such for colds and flu: however there are some steps that we can put into place to help prevent them or at least have them less debilitating should we get one. By including these tips you will not only help prevent colds and flu but ... Views: 1522
Some years back, about thirty or so, the medicos labeled the sun an enemy agent. We all needed to slather on sun screen all day, every day, or risk dying of melanoma in slightly more than a trice.
If, like me, you’ve lost a loved one to melanoma, you reacted quickly and positively, making sun ... Views: 1520
Overview
Immunotherapy is a treatment used fight cancer, similar to chemotherapy and radiation therapy, and a part of mainstream cancer treatment. Immunotherapy uses a person’s own immune system to fight cancer by:
Stimulating the immune system to work harder and smarter to attack cancer ... Views: 1502
Pesticides are designed to kill. Whether it's nerve gas–like neurological disruption, the unbalancing of key hormones, or the stunting of a plant's ability to absorb life-sustaining trace minerals from the soil, none of the chemical interventions seems all that appetizing, especially considering ... Views: 1500
A dismayed grandmother said her precious grandson was diagnosed and treated as autistic–when, in fact, he has lyme disease. She reports that a recent study said 90% of California kids diagnosed with autism actually had lyme.
Then she asked the jackpot question: How come doctors don’t know ... Views: 1500
I’m one of five siblings, and we’ve all had heart surgery. Like most people with heart problems, none of us ever had any of the so-called risk factors. No high cholesterol. No high triglycerides. No high blood pressure. Nothing.
My ‘turn’ arrived on Christmas Eve, 2005. Of course, nobody ... Views: 1499
Cancer is devastating. It’s a terrible disease that ends the lives of millions and ruins the lives of our families and friends.
My family have been affected and it’s made me think about lots of things I would maybe not of had to think about. In a strange way, via a mixture of fear and anger ... Views: 1496
Metal allergy or nickel allergy is a type of allergy that causes skin rash or dermatitis by touching some metallic substances, particularly nickel, among predisposed individuals. The condition worsens especially if the person is frequently exposed to various metallic materials like jewelries, ... Views: 1489
Senator Patrick Lehman and Representative Henry Waxman rush about, day after day, year after year, to do Big Pharma’s bidding.
Let’s talk about where this takes us.
Big Pharma, the major pharmaceutical companies, is about money. They advertise their wares as wonders created especially to ... Views: 1487
Mold is my enemy, and it’s everywhere! In fact, it lives in all the soil, in all the world.
Well, you ask, if mold lives in the dirt, how can it jump up and attack? Ah, my little chickadee, it has no need to do anything. The gentlest breeze wafts mold spores into the air where they weasel ... Views: 1483
I read that the Massachusetts Senate passed a bill mandating vaccinations of all sorts. And if the good citizens of Massachusetts decline the honor, they get smacked with a $1000 a day fine.
Now, Massachusetts proudly passed socialized medicine statutes a few years back, so the Senators ... Views: 1483