You may enjoy carving a scary face into your jack-o-lantern pumpkin, but there’s nothing scary about the health and nutritional benefits of this seasonal favorite. Of course, pumpkins belong to [...]
Category: Daily Dispatch
An Alzheimer’s disease cure hiding in plain sight
Mainstream medicine seems to have given up on finding a safe and effective drug to control Alzheimer’s disease (AD). But more and more research is coming out all the time providing evidence that [...]
Is the world running out of our favorite treat?
I don’t want to scare you (11 days early). But the world may be running out of the cacao bean used to make chocolate. Between changes in the climate and increasingly difficult growing conditions, [...]
How organic farming can save the planet — and your health
In 1820, Thomas Malthus predicted the world population would eventually outgrow its ability to grow enough food to feed itself. The big agro-giant Monsanto, which makes Roundup, uses this dire [...]
Real facts about breast cancer spoil the feel-good pink party
If you hadn’t noticed, we are in the middle of another ridiculous “pink-tober” celebration in what is otherwise a glorious month. So I figured it was the right time to revisit the mainstream [...]
The life-extending benefits of keeping your friends close and your family closer
There’s an old saying that comes from the Bible, “you are the company you keep.” Your parents probably used the saying as a warning in your teenage years. Indeed, the right (or wrong) kind of [...]
The hidden hazard in that piping-hot cup of tea
For decades, the international medical community pointed to coffee as a major cause of cancer. But our research in Linxian, China three decades ago pointed in a completely different direction At [...]
How “personal space” may help shape modern medical science
I’m sure you’ve heard the term “personal space.” This concept refers to the area directly surrounding your body, which provides a comfort zone for conducting our everyday activities and [...]
How big sugar got such a sweet deal for so long
Today is Columbus Day. This holiday is best known for its ties to Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. But it also commemorates the “Columbian Exchange,” or the exchange of foods and other [...]
Doctors prescribe fresh fruit and vegetables, instead of drugs
I find it interesting how different cities in the U.S. have different attitudes about natural medicine. For example, in Boston and D.C., the academic intelligentsia and government minions make [...]