Drugs You May Want to Quit Taking

Here is a list of drugs doctors have been advised to withdraw patients from, if possible. Consult with him or her about that before stopping them on your own. The problem of polypharmacy (more than five drugs for one patient) needs to be addressed aggressively, especially in the elder
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Scary Health Statistics: Treat the Patient, Not the Paper

I couldn’t say it better than the mother shown in the PBS video below http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/daughter-escaped-scary-health-statistic-heres-learned/ Treating the whole patient not just the lab values, https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/15e47d536681a665
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The Future of Food

Your children’s future will likely be defined by the articles you will find in this issue. You can read it at your local library. The main three points therein are: The problem of addiction: while the NG does not come out and say processed foods are addicting—particularly refined suga
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Galled by Excessive Surgery

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
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It’s Not the Bug, It’s the Terrain

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
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If you must take a drug let it be Metformin

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
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Don’t tell me lies sweet little lies-bitter truth about artificial sweeteners

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
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Tour de France Blues

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
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