By Mark Hyman, MD The singular focus on treating cholesterol as a means to prevent heart attacks is leading to the deaths of millions of people because the real underlying cause of the majority of heart disease is not being diagnosed or treated by most physicians. For example, I recently saw a patient named Jim who … Read More
How Inflammation Damages Your Heart
Inflammation is an important defense mechanism by which our body responds to infection or injury. However, serious problems arise when the inflammatory response gets out of control. Uncontrolled inflammation directly contributes to diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, and sepsis … Read More
How I Get My Winter Vitamin D
By Al Sears, MD We all know sunshine is the cure if you don't get enough vitamin D in your diet, right? Well, not so fast ... sunshine isn't always enough. The problem is that even when it's sunny you might not get enough vitamin D. In a study from the city of Calgary — one of the sunniest places in Canada — almost … Read More
EPA Approves Cancer-Crops
By Jesse Cannone, CPT, CPRS, MFT The great bastion of (ahem) public health and safety known as the United States Environmental Protection Agency, continues to push forward the highly carcinogenic neurotoxin methyl iodide as an approved fumigant for... produce. Yes, you read right. Carcinogenic. Neurotoxin. On your food. … Read More
How Eating at Home Can Save Your Life
By Mark Hyman, MD The slow insidious displacement of home cooked and communally shared family meals by the industrial food system has fattened our nation and weakened our family ties. In 1900, 2 percent of meals were eaten outside the home. In 2010, 50 percent were eaten away from home and one in five breakfasts is fr … Read More
3 Ways to Supercharge Your Supplements
If you have any interest in your health at all, you're likely among the majority of adults who purchased supplements in one form or another over the past year. Now let me ask you a question. Did you notice a difference when you took them? If not, then you're probably not getting the biggest bang for your buck either... a … Read More
Frequency Specific Microcurrent
By Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC My patient, I’ll call him Jim, worked as a security driver for an armored car company and loved his job. Jim was only 47 and really didn’t want to undergo the three level low back disc replacement and spinal fusion surgery scheduled in four weeks. But he had tried everything from physical therapy … Read More
Epsom Salt: Your Home Health Spa in a Box!
Dig into your bathroom closet or look under your kitchen sink and chances are you'll find one of nature's great health rejuvenators nicely boxed up and ready to use. And if you don't, you can pick up a box for a couple dollars at virtually any pharmacy. I like to think of Epsom salt, which is the common name for magne … Read More
Healing Herbs: Brazilian Mint
If you're interested in natural remedies to get rid of pain, Brazilian mint tea will be a pleasant discovery. This ancient herbal mint tea from Brazil really is as effective at delivering pain relief as some modern pharmaceuticals according to a group of researchers at Newcastle University. Brews from the plant, … Read More
My Top 10 Easy Stress Busters
If stress were non-existent in our lives, we would all be living pain-free. We'd also go about our days in a much more joyful and playful manner, not to mention we'd also be happier, healthier, and simply enjoy life better. Chronic and severe stress can damage your body and mind, blocking the fluid communication to and f … Read More