Gall Bladder issues concern all of us, even if you are the paragon of health. Given what is going on in our health care system you would do well to prevent problems that often lead to unnecessary surgery. While it is true that taken it out is the right thing to do in some cases, this

Pasteur, famous for fighting bacteria with vaccines, came to realize that the real problem with infections is the person’s immune system. True, some bacteria are more virulent than others, but even then, those with a healthy immune system do better when infected. This is a key point w

It comes from an herb, the French Lilly, or Galega officinalis. But, being that it has been synthesized it may still cause kidney, liver, and intestinal problems. It helps with acne, pre-diabetes, cancer, aging, circulatory problems, Alzheimer’s disease, etc. Why so many salutary effe

For decades, I have argued with doctors and dieticians about the toxicity of artificial sweeteners. Most of them take the word of industry-sponsored researchers instead of digging for the truth themselves. The bitter truth is that, being pesticide derivatives for the most part, artifi

I am sad every year when the three-week Tour ends. But, this blog is not about that; it’s about how many of the riders usually get more colds, and intestinal problems the last week of the most grueling sports event on Earth. Why, and what does that have to do with you? Whenever my pat

I have been railing against acid blocking drugs for decades because they interfere with proper digestion of foods. When the ones that do it 100% (PPIs) came out in the 80’s I was in Medical School. We were happy with H2 blockers (Zantac, Tagamet, Pepcid) that block acid only partially

An article in the Scientist on June 29th 2017 showed that the pesticides neonicotinoids are killing our bees. This is hardly news; we have known about this for years. I tried to bring this to the attention of the Utah Medical Association but I was told there was no way doctors would g

Do you worry about forgetting things? Do you wonder if you are getting “All-Timer’s?” Of course you do; we all do after a certain age. Hopefully you have run across the studies that show it can be prevented. That is the only rational approach to AD because the expensive drugs pushed b