We often think about spring showers and summer thunderstorms. But rain is also important in the fall. It helps prepare the ground for seasonal freezing. And it helps prepare the plants and trees [...]
Month: September 2015
Some like it hot…and healthy
Forget chia seeds in your yogurt. Try something hot, spicy…and healthy. It may just help extend your life. In fact, in a new study published in the prestigious British Medical Journal, [...]
Modern medicine ignores the many health benefits of motherhood
At the risk of sounding politically incorrect, there is nothing better a woman can do to lower her risk of breast cancer, and other reproductive cancers, than to have more children. As I often [...]
Statins double breast cancer in women
New research shows women who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs for 10 years or more have a much higher breast cancer risk than those who never take the blockbuster drugs. This finding [...]
Reduce Type II diabetes risk–and its complications–with this wonder nutrient
A reader recently accused me of “pushing” vitamin D. Now–if someone accused me of pushing one of big pharma’s dangerous drugs, like some other doctors, it would be a problem. But in my [...]
Antidepressants cause 15 times more suicides than FDA reports
Denmark-based researcher Dr. Peter C. Gotzsche recently made waves with a hard-hitting editorial published in the prestigious British Medical Journal. In the essay, Dr. Gotzsche criticized [...]
Nutrients help you cope with stress
In 2010, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand. Through the rubble, observers noticed the survivors who used micronutrient supplements reduced and prevented the mental [...]