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- ***Bette’s Excellent Adventure - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2014 from Bette DowdellMold 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: 1199 - ***The Unknown Glands of the Immune System - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2014 from Bette DowdellOur thymus gland, leader of the immune system’s world, starts out strong, but as the years go by, sayeth the poobahs, it becomes a shadow of its former self, ending as just a few, lonely fat cells with no power, no glory. And that’s when cancer and other bad guys take us down. This is just ...
Views: 1144 - ***We Are Seriously Doomed - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2014 from Bette DowdellA while back, Dr. Steve Nissen, president of the American College of Cardiology, along with ten other prominent physicians, offered an outstanding proposal that would immeasurably improve medical care in this country. And what is this great idea? Take control of medicine back from Big Pharma, ...
Views: 1021 - Health Benefits of Aloe Vera - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2014 from Paul JuellWhat is Aloe Vera? Aloe vera is a succulent plant native to East and South Africa, India, Southeast Asia, as well as other tropical and sub-tropical areas such as Latin America and the Caribbean. While there are more than 200 varieties, the one most often used medicinally is the variety aloe ...
Views: 1510(1 vote) - ***The Wonder of Parsley - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2014 from Bette DowdellParsley is the Rodney Dangerfield of herbs; it gets no respect. Probably not even from Rodney Dangerfield. We’re talking NO respect. Once upon a time, most restaurants used parsley as a perky, colorful accompaniment on your plate, whatever you ordered. Most eaters ignored it, though, pretty ...
Views: 1137 - ***Facing Down Ebola - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2014 from Bette DowdellI tell you true, this Ebola thing is a mess, and the reactions to it are not promising. Medicine has nothing to offer, so they’re in a panic. Which means the media is beating a very loud drum about death and mayhem marching in shortly. Meanwhile, the President has sent soldiers, trained ...
Views: 1105 - 13 Important point about Ozonetherapy - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2014 from ivan martinez1.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: 1365(1 vote) - ***The Misery of Nerve Pain - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2014 from Bette DowdellJane 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: 1320 - ***Thyroid, Metabolism and All That Jazz - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2014 from Bette DowdellThyroid, Metabolism and All That Jazz Kelly asks, “How can my husband jumpstart his metabolism to lose weight? His TSH is ‘in normal limits’ at 1.1 and his Free T3 is low at 2.3, but his doctor won’t treat him since his TSH is normal.” Well, Kelly, before I launch, let me explain your ...
Views: 1024 - ***Three More Health-Improving Tips - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2014 from Bette Dowdell1. Today’s first tip is you should breathe. Well, that sounds pretty obvious, but there’s breathing and then there’s breathing. Most people, especially those in less than tip-top health, take shallow breaths. And that’s part of why they’re dragging their ...
Views: 1019 - ***Three Easy-Peasey Health Tips - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2014 from Bette DowdellYou deserve a break today, so let’s talk about some things you can do for your health that don’t require heavy lifting, grunting, panting or any other sort of exhaustion. Some people like extreme exercise, but most don’t. Either way, healthy living shouldn’t feel like punishment. And here are ...
Views: 995 - ***The Power of Garlic - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2014 from Bette DowdellWell, now, you probably think I’m talking about the odor, but no. Powerful as it is, the smell of garlic can’t hold a candle to all the wonders this homely herb can do. And garlic’s no newcomer on the block. Back in 3748 B.C., Egyptian slaves went on strike when they didn’t get their ration ...
Views: 985 - Ebola: Quarantine, Vitamin C, Fasting, Fever Treatment Better Than Colloidal Silver, says Physican - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2014 from Richard RuhlingSummary: Bad idea to bring Ebola to America when it was confined to Africa and could be treated better there. Ebola is a virus disease and the body’s own immunity can be helped by Vitamin C, fasting, simple diet, fever treatments. Colloidal silver may not help viruses, but may prevent secondary ...
Views: 1588 - ***A Close Look at a Multi - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2014 from Bette DowdellA doc from Harvard Medical School published some findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association a while back. The two top-notch names like Harvard and AMA aside, you’ll want to know a few things before you start believing all the article said. This study says multivitamins ...
Views: 941 - Histamine and Allergies - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2017 from Li ZhengHistamine can dilate blood vessels to bring more blood flow and white blood cells to local areas, which causes rashes, redness, heat, and pain. This process can help the body clear up damaged tissues or can lead to chronic inflammation or allergies if too much histamine is released for too long. ...
Views: 1223 - Is Your Liver Talking to You? - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2014 from Bette DowdellLiver disease is on the warpath–from sea to shining sea and around the world. If you have endocrine problems, the liver tsunami probably hit you. Perhaps your endo problems whacked the liver. Or maybe vice versa. It’s kind of like a tag team of misery. And since liver problems put a world ...
Views: 1048 - Effects of Vitamins on the Immune System - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2014 from Donna Carter-CupidWhen the immune system functions well, a person experiences good health. The immune system is akin to the engine in a motor vehicle. It must be well maintained and provided with the proper fuel for the body to function in tip-top condition. It is instrumental in warding off and fighting disease. ...
Views: 1462 - ***INNOCENT-LOOKING ENEMIES - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2014 from Bette DowdellWe’re surrounded by health enemies, and that’s a fact. Trouble is, they seem like such a part of everyday life, we don’t realize they might not be friends. One enemy was born in 1974, fluorescent lights. First, it was long tubes; now it’s curly-cue bulbs. Trouble, I ...
Views: 982(1 vote) - ***Have You Poked Your Lymph System Today? - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2014 from Bette DowdellI tell you true, our bodies are a wonder. Leading the parade of wonder is our endocrine system, a model of intricate cooperation. Part of the endocrine system, the immune system, is a complex mystery all on its own. And a part of the immune system, the lymphatic system, raises ...
Views: 893(1 vote) - ***THIS SOUNDS WEIRD, BUT . . . - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2014 from Bette DowdellThe immune system is kind of a mystery. We don’t hear much about where any of our immune system parts are, what they do, how they do whatever it is they do, etc. Well, maybe you’ve heard of lymph glands. Perhaps a huge lump showed up on the side of your neck–which, you decide, ...
Views: 1194 - ***The Blank Slate of Seeing What Isn’t There - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2014 from Bette DowdellIn my articles, The Blank Slate Myth and The Dietitian’s Blank Slate, I wrote about the blind spot of seeing only what you want to see so you can do what you want to do. Today, let’s talk about the blank slate of doctors. With so many examples and so little time, where do I ...
Views: 902 - ***The Dietitians’ Blank Slate - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2014 from Bette DowdellIn The Blank Slate Myth, I talked about parents who see newborn babies as blank slates, an invitation to push, pull and otherwise shape their kids to fit their parental fancies. Well, good luck with that. And parents aren’t the only blank-slate believers. Hoo boy! Medicine comes ...
Views: 962(1 vote) - ***The Blank Slate Myth - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2014 from Bette DowdellHave you ever met people committed to the idea that babies arrive as blank slates. Beyond body parts, a lot of noise at one end and foul deeds at the other, babies, they believe, have nothing. No personality. No talents. No will. No inbred likes or dislikes. Just pure nothingness, a blank ...
Views: 1148(1 vote) - ***Enemies Are Everywhere! - by Submitted on May 23, 2014 from Bette DowdellHave 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 toxic “softener” added to plastics, cosmetics and everything else they can lay their hands on. For starters, it throws the endocrine ...
Views: 1067(2 votes) - ***A Glimmer of Marginally Good News - by Submitted on May 09, 2014 from Bette DowdellOn May 1, 2013, neuroscientists announced, in the journal Nature, that the hypothalamus is important. Well, yeah! That baby is part of the brain and controls both the nervous system and the endocrine system, which, in turn, control everything that happens in our bodies. I think we can all ...
Views: 968(1 vote) - 2 Surprising Ways People Are Overcoming Autoimmunity Disorders - by Submitted on May 07, 2014 from Michael RosenbaumDo you think parasites and bacteria are bad for you? Well, you may be surprised. Because after years of doing everything we can to get rid of these “bugs”, medical researchers are now doing a major reversal. As scientists are learning, there’s a complex ecosystem of non-human life forms ...
Views: 1162 - ***Saturated Fat: Friend or Foe? - by Submitted on May 02, 2014 from Bette DowdellAccording to just about everything to you read or hear, saturated fat is bad, bad, bad. Dietitians say so. Doctors, too. Magazines follow along. Televisions shows such as “The Biggest Loser” agree. It’s kind of like some sort of mantra that gets repeated endlessly. One teensy little ...
Views: 951(2 votes) - ***Autoimmune Support – Natural Approaches - by Submitted on May 02, 2014 from Anne Merkel, Ph.D. NDWhen 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: 1323 - ***A Closer Look at Protein - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2014 from Bette DowdellAll proteins are not created equal. For instance, animal protein provides more health benefits than plant protein. To make the imbalance larger, a lot of plant protein comes from soy. Besides not having the oomph of animal protein, soy is really hard on the body. It beats up your thyroid, ...
Views: 1010(1 vote) - ***Body Connections - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2014 from Bette DowdellQuite a few of you responded to the 2014 “What Should Bette Write About” Contest saying you wanted me to continue to write about how the endocrine system works. Well, murder mysteries never go out of style, and neither do the mysteries of the endocrine system. According to studies, 50% of ...
Views: 996 - ***Your Thyroid on Drugs - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Bette DowdellPrescription drugs are dangerous, a leading cause of death year in and year out. Some drugs slay you in one fell swoop, but most just nibble your health away. To give you examples, I went to a health site that lists drug side effects. Since I write about the endocrine system, I looked at ...
Views: 974(1 vote) - ***Coconut Oil - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2014 from Bette DowdellWhat with all the publicity it’s getting lately, it probably won’t come as news to you that coconut oil’s pretty astonishing stuff. A medium-chain saturated fat, wondrous coconut oil blesses the socks off your body. First, since our endocrine system makes its hormones from saturated fat, ...
Views: 1244(1 vote) - ***Death by Caffeine? - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2014 from Bette DowdellPerhaps you read about the death of John Jackson, of West Midands, England. The 40-year-old Mr. Jackson, unable to work because of advanced liver cirrhosis, the result of years of heavy drinking, is said to have died from eating mints. How could mints, specifically Hero Instant Energy ...
Views: 1196 - ***Symptoms vs. Causes - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2014 from Bette DowdellMedicos diagnose and treat symptoms. All day, every day, only symptoms matter. The cause of the symptoms gets scant, if any, attention. But putting Band-Aids on symptoms–which I call the patch, patch, patch approach–doesn’t work. For instance, diabetes shows up when the body can’t handle ...
Views: 944(1 vote) - ***Medicine’s View of the Immune System - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2014 from Bette DowdellOur thymus gland, located behind our breast bone, leads the immune system into battle against evildoers intending to snatch our health away. So we know where it is and what it does. And that about sums it up for most of us. It seems like we should know more about such a big-time player, but ...
Views: 869 - ***Your Connected Body - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2014 from Bette DowdellWhen it comes to our bodies, everything affects everything because everything’s connected. And our endocrine system sits smack dab in the middle of all this connecting that’s going on. Here’s a quick look at the parts of the endocrine system and what they do (24/7, I might ...
Views: 1022 - ***You Mean Cholesterol’s Not A Problem? - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2014 from Bette DowdellThe crusade against cholesterol seems to be losing steam, so the poobahs are working on the real cause of heart problems. WooHoo! You shouldn’t hold your breath, howsomever. First off, cholesterol drugs bring in really, really big bucks, and that won’t stop until patients start ...
Views: 918(2 votes) - ***Where Medicine Goes Astray - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2014 from Bette DowdellMedicine sees our various body parts as separate and entire unto themselves. Each speciality treats a specific body part–with almost no reference to anything else. There’s no point in asking, say, a heart doctor about your digestion. Heart doctors don’t do digestion. And while nobody can ...
Views: 876(1 vote) - ***Thyroid, Cholesterol and Statins - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2014 from Bette DowdellHalf of us have thyroid problems–most without realizing it. And thyroid problems can cause high cholesterol levels. Few doctors know this however. Besides, it’s easy to prescribe a statin drug, but harder than blue blazes to figure out thyroid problems. So guess what you’re getting, ...
Views: 2239(1 vote) - ***Unmentioned Ingredients - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2014 from Bette DowdellIn 2009, Ronald Ball bought a can of Mountain Dew from the vending machine at work. One swig, and Good Old Ron was throwing up all over the place, sicker than the proverbial dog. Upon breaking the can open and pouring out its contents for a look-see, what to his wondering eyes did appear but ...
Views: 1001(3 votes) - ***And Yet Another Health Enemy - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2014 from Bette DowdellIt interferes with thyroid function. It gets estrogen and testosterone out of whack. It puts a hurt on your immune system by messing with your thymus gland. It increases your chances of becoming resistant to antibiotics. It sets your kids up for asthma and infections. And it’s ...
Views: 1018(1 vote) - ***Introducing Your Immune System - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2014 from Bette DowdellAs your body’s official Defense Department, the immune system protects against all enemies. Toxins in the air. Viruses and bacteria that get into the body. Everything. And immune system headquarters is smack-dab in the middle of the most interactive, butt-into-everybody-else’s-business system ...
Views: 938 - The Hidden Cause of Nickel Metal Allergy Revealed - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2013 from Junji TakanoMetal 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: 1178(1 vote) - ***Increasing Telomere Length - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2013 from Steven PetrosinoIncreasing Telomere Length Boaz Nyona Matende B.S and Steven Petrosino Ph.D A telomere is described as a region of repetitive nucleotide sequences that is found at both ends of a chromatid (Rufer, Dragowska, Thornbury, Roosneck, & Lansdorp, 1998) . Nucleotides are organic molecules such as ...
Views: 1706 - ***Cortisol –Death Hormone - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2013 from Steven PetrosinoHydrocortisone, otherwise referred to as cortisol, is known to play vital functions in the body’s response to threats. The glucocorticoid is primarily released to counter stress, and achieves that through a number of responses – increases blood sugar, represses the immune system, ...
Views: 1683(1 vote) - ***Death Hormone and Cancer - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2013 from Steven PetrosinoStudies 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: 1288 - Magnetic Fields and Cancer Treatment - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2018 from Dr. William PawlukI have never been a proponent of saying that PEMFs alone should be used to treat cancer. The most humbling thing I can say about the treatment of cancer is that there are no perfect solutions. I would also say there is no such thing as a cure. No such thing as a cure Cancer is a chronic ...
Views: 10898(1 vote) - ***Adverse Metabolic Effects of Cortisol - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2013 from Steven PetrosinoCortisol is a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands in response to stress. Among its main actions in the body are the increase in gluconeogenesis (formation of glucose from non-carbohydrate compounds), the suppression of the immune response, intervention in the metabolism of macronutrients, ...
Views: 1736 - ***Cortisol, Telomere Length, and Stress - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2013 from Steven PetrosinoIn the 1920s, American physiologist Walter Cannon was the first to describe the “fight or flight” response wherein stress hormones prepare our bodies for battle, or give sufficient energy and speed for us to flee from danger (Cannon 1915). Hans Selye (1907-1982), however, ...
Views: 1793 - ***Bioctive whey protein and its role in enhancing glutathione levels - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2013 from Steven PetrosinoBio-active whey protein refers to a mixture of globular proteins that are recovered from whey, the liquid by product obtained during cheese production (Smilkov, et al., 2013) . The protein composition in cow milk is 80% casein protein and 20% whey protein. Whey protein makes up 10% of ...
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