Vitamin D has gotten a lot of press the past several years. The more we know what helps or hinder our body’s natural production of vitamin D, the better. Below are some fascinating facts about this vitamin’s relation to the sun: -Sunscreen with SPF 8, decreased vitamin D synthesis by 97.5%. -Above latitudes of …
Two new studies published this year have shown that vitamin D is beneficial in preventing two diseases commonly seen in the elderly. One study, which was published by P. Knekt in the Archives of Neurology, followed 3,173 Finlandians for 29 years. The results showed that high vitamin D levels do provide protection against Parkinson’s. The …
Over the years I have had literally hundreds of patients suffering from hay fever receive significant benefit from either large dose of vitamin C given intravenously or what is known as Myers Cocktail. The vitamin C is well known for its antihistamine activity and when 50,000mg is given intravenously the results are often amazing. In …
Recently, I was at an acupuncture conference and one of the topics of discussion over lunch was the “epidemic” of vitamin D deficiency. One doctor said he knew a physician in Phoenix who tested all his patient’s vitamin D levels and half of them showed up being deficient. I expressed my opinion that vitamin D …
A compound that naturally occurs in grapefruit and certain other citrus fruits may be helpful in fighting chronic hepatitis C infection by blocking an important pathway in the virus’ life cycle. New studies show that the common flavonoid naringenin inhibits the secretion of hepatitis C virus from infected cells, a process required to maintain chronic …
We all know from our school years that vitamin C prevents scurvy but probably the most important effect of chronic deficiency of vitamin C is heart disease of cardiovascular disease. As first proposed by the Canadian medical doctor and researcher G.C. Willis in the 1950s, and later verified by Linus Pauling and Matthias Rath in 1989 …
The human species has a genetic defect which prevent our bodies from producing vitamin C like most other species. Studies have been done on animal species that can make their own vitamin C. What they found was with stress the production of vitamin C quadrupled. When the animal was exposed to a carcinogenic agent vitamin …
It seems that every time we turn around, a new study appears telling us how dangerous nutritional supplements are. The latest was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, that found that taking antioxidant supplements does not prolong life. On the contrary, the use of some antioxidants ( beta-carotene, vitamin A and Vitamin …
Anyone that has had a gout attack know just how exquisitely painful it can be. Often times just having the sheets of the bed touching the inflamed joint is intolerable. Of course drinking 32 ounces or more of cherry juice at the firstr sign of a gout attack usually eliminates pain. However, there are some …
Concerned patients commonly ask me what I think about the Avian Flu. During the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, which killed up to 50 million people worldwide, homeopathic physicians in the U.S. reported very low mortality rates amonth their patients, while flu patients treated by conventional physician faced mortality rates of around 30 percent. W.A. …