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
I hope you read my recent blog on preventing Alzheimer’s disease. If you have not been trying to prevent this vexing problem now would be a good time. Like any organ, the brain depends on good circulation to get the nutrients it needs to function and renew itself.[1] Pharmaceuticals d
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
I have not made much noise about our toxic environment since I retired as Chairman of the Utah Medical Association’s Environmental Committee in 2015. But, visiting with a couple of patients singularly burdened by the soup of chemicals we are all exposed to, I thought this issue needs
“The doctor of the future will be oneself.” Albert Schweitzer. My job is to help you become your own doctor, outside of serious trauma, or some unexpected health crisis. It’s really easy, once you catch on. To do this you must abandon the complexity (an illusion) of the “Trees of Heal
