Since we do not see it we often tend to forget the extent to which Xenobiotics are present in our environment. The following facts are sobering and make one wonder how much xenobiotics contribute to our ill-health: – 77,000 chemicals are being manufactured in North America – 3000 are added directly to our food supply …
The stimulant known as Ritalin has pluses and minuses in preschoolers receiving the drug for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to the first large, long-term study of the drug’s effect in such youngsters. In many cases, low doses of the medication did quell ADHD symptoms in 3-to-5-year-olds. However, preschoolers more often developed stimulant-related side effects, …
The history of nutrition science dates back 1000’s of years. Wherever there was a an advanced society the physicians practiced nutrition. Hippocrates famously said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” The early practitioners of Egyptian, Ayuredic, and Chinese medicines clearly used food to promote health and treat disease. The 5,0000-year-old use …
This entry applies to men only so if you are a woman you might want to skip to the next day’s entry. In the previous day’s entry, I talked about the benefits that men derive from intercourse. So the big question on most men’s mind is how can I get enough sex to be healthy. …
Because of my holistic practice I tend to attract patients that have healthy life style. However, from time to time I will get a patient that comes in for help who is oblivious to what a healthy life style is. Last week I had just such a patient come in. Jack who was in his …
So often patients complaining of TMJ do not associate it to stress going on in their life. Sometimes it will be caused by a pure structural imbalance either with the cranial bones or cervical bones. But I have found stress to be the biggest initiating factor. The life events that seem to affect it the …
Leave it to the biggest name brand in the world to cash in on the multi-billion dollar weight loss business. Yes Coca-Cola will be launching a new green tea soft drink called Enviga. They claim it helps burn calories about 20-30 calories per 12-ounce can. This new tea/soft drink comes with a powerful punch. It …
Nearly half a million cases of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder among U.S. children are related to exposures to lead or their mothers’ smoking while pregnant. A recent study suggested that these two environmental hazards might account for more than a quarter of drug-treated ADHD cases. The study found that children whose mothers smoked before giving birth-but …
When you browse through the health section at the bookstore you encounter a large number of books pertaining to what is a proper diet. These can include books promoting high-protein diets, diets based on blood type, vegetarian diets, and candida diets to name a few. Samuel Hahnemann, MD, the founder of homeopathy, felt that diet …
There is a new book out called Mindless Eating, in which the author by way of experimentation demonstrated that so much of our eating is dependent on our visual perception and not on how full we are. Today I was talking to a moderately over weight man in his late 20’s about proper eating habits. …