DHEA: beyond stress

Our Adrenal Glands seem to be churning overtime due to many stressors in our lives. Bad food, economic uncertainties, toxic relationships and chemicals in the environment accumulate as we fail to correct or ameliorate these issues. Soon, our Adrenal glands, the glands that handle and/
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Health Politics

The well publicized controversy over extending Medicaid in my home state of Utah has diverted the public’s attention from another health care issue being discussed by the legislature: free health care for the homeless, no doubt a worthy cause. Both issues have an unfortunate common de
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Volume 17 • Number 3 • March 2016

  If you are not eating your veggies and fruits perhaps this will induce you to do so: they help with erectile dysfunction![1] Sources of circulation-promoting micronutrients are anthocyanins, flavones and flavanones; they are found in veggies, strawberries, blueberries, blackber
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SWEET TAXES

I used to serve on a State committee to curve Obesity in children. I quit about 10 years ago when I developed stress-induced chest pain. The stress of seeing other doctors ignore the evidence I presented was too much. They could not accept that refined sugar is addictive, that we need
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DRUG UNDERSCORES NUTRITION’S ROLE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE

Here we go again: acid blockers like the purple pill are now associated with Dementia Association of Proton Pump Inhibitors With Risk of Dementia A Pharmacoepidemiological Claims Data Analysis JAMA Neurol. Published online February 15, 2016. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.4791 They have
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Toxic Economics of Health Care System

By now everyone knows it is all about profits, not patients’ health. Sure, they talk pretty, but, we all know the truth. The factors behind this sick system of care cannot be understood without addressing the basic issues perverting the institutions set up by our society to help peopl
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Volume 17 • Number 2 • February 2016

  Doctor Nestle wrote the book FOOD POLITICS[1] a while back. She recently published an article that, sadly, but, understandably got very little exposure. Its contents are much better than any editorial I could write. It strikes at the root of the health care issues bedeviling ou
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Healthy aging: The ultimate preventative medicine

                      The January newsletter and blog 1 were dedicated to healthy aging. This blog is a follow up to highlight two top flight journals dedicating their covers to aging. Pull up a chair and enjoy direct quotes from
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