The prevailing belief that eliminating 3,500 calories from your diet will yield a body weight reduction of 1 lb. is not accurate. The reason is that when individuals lose weight, the body compensates to prevent further weight loss and even promote regain. The 3.500 calorie rule would predict that an individual who consumes 100 fewer …
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Broccoli is one of the most effective cancer-preventing vegetables there is, both because of its levels of Indole 3 carbinol and sulforaphane. Several studies have been performed to determine what is the best way to eat this amazing vegetable without destroying these nutrients yet making them available for our bodies to digest. What scientists have …
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Today we are seeing a resurgence of interest in low-carbohydrate diets. It was at the end of the 20th century that Robert C Atkins promoted the first low-carb revolution. Not only is this type of diet beneficial for weight loss but also shows promise for cancer. Eight mice studies have shown that low-carb diets, ones …
Breast-feeding babies changes their lives for the better. Bernardo Horta published an unusual study in Lancet Global Health. Unusual in that he looks at adults rather than children and teenagers. He found those who had been breast-fed for more than a year compared to those breast fed for less than a month had a 3.76 …
Over 90% of American homes have microwave ovens used for meal preparation. Because microwave ovens are so convenient and energy efficient compared to conventional oven, very few homes or restaurants are without them. In general, people believe that whatever a microwave oven does to foods cooked in it doesn’t have any negative effects on the food. …
Are we as healthy as we were 100 years ago? How about 50 years ago? Even 15 years ago? Currently the USA ranks 50th for life expectancy compared to other countries, and the projected lifespan of the next generation of Americans will be shorter than their parents. Why do the citizens of the 6th wealthiest …
Six months ago an elderly woman with cancer was brought to our clinic by her concerned daughter. She wanted to know what if anything I could offer. We talked about diet, nutritional supplements, detoxing protocols and high dose IV vitamin C among other therapies. After listening carefully she felt comfortable about the program but first …
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Dr. J Compton Burnett was trained as a MD in Vienna Austria in 1865. On hearing remarkable claims of cures made by homeopaths he set out to disprove them. In the late 1800’s when children came down with a fever they were admitted to a ward for observation. Once they developed localized inflammations, catarrhs, measles, …
Our intestinal tract is the largest organ of our body and, according to some, is the most important. This digestive organ or ‘lawn’ contains roughly 10,000 square feet of surface area similar to a football field in size. Seventy percent of our immune system emanates from the bowel and Peyer’s patches. These are lymphoid bodies …
Danish farmer Ib Borup Pedersen and his family have been raising pigs since 1959. It was only after he switch his feed to Monsanto’s GMO feed – which had been grown with glyphosate – that he became alarmed at the growing incidence of malformation among his newborn piglets. Deformities include gaps in piglets’ skulls, deformed …