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Dangers of Long-Term Supplement Use
May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
There's been a media flurry lately about two new studies revealing dangers associated with long-term use of food supplements. As reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine, The Iowa Women's Health Study found that older women (age 62 plus), who had routinely taken a variety of vitamin/mineral supplements over 20 years or more, had an…Dangers of Long-Term Supplement Use
Read more...Chemicals in Your Popcorn? By Nicholas Kristof
May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
What do a pizza box, a polar bear and you have in common? All carry a kind of industrial toxicant called poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFASs, that do two things: They make life convenient, and they also appear to increase the risk of cancer. The scientists I interviewed say that they try to avoid…Chemicals in Your Popcorn? By Nicholas Kristof
Read more...Are Microwaves Compromising Our Health? By Kashish Gupta
May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
The commercial microwave oven was developed from radar technology after World War II. First marketed as the "Radarange" in 1947, it was too large and expensive for general home use, but when the countertop model was introduced in 1967, microwaving caught on fast. In 1970, 40,000 units were sold in the U.S., growing to one…Are Microwaves Compromising Our Health? By Kashish Gupta
Read more...Acid/Alkaline Balance By Ruth Sackman
May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
One of the major nutritional goals is proper acid/alkaline balance. It is important that the diet be slightly more alkaline-forming than acid. This is the environment which is most conducive to health and the body's natural repair process. We are talking about the acid or alkaline ash that remains in the body after metabolism, not…Acid/Alkaline Balance By Ruth Sackman
Read more...A Daily Dose of Fermented Foods
May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
Fermented foods are an important part of a healthy balanced diet because they are extremely rich in enzymes, predigested protein, and lactobacillus bacteria. In a healthy person, enzymes are manufactured by the body. It is thought that aging occurs because the body loses the ability to synthesize new enzymes, often setting the stage for disease.…A Daily Dose of Fermented Foods
Read more...Yoga For Your Face?
May 7, 2020 - Category: Adjunctive Therapies
A group of dermatologists at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago were highly skeptical of the proliferation of websites touting facial exercises to reverse the visual effects of aging. Presented by men and woman with no medical credentials, these programs were touting "nonsurgical face-lifts" with only anecdotal evidence of any beneficial effects. The…Yoga For Your Face?
Read more...Whole Body Hyperthermia: Fever Therapy vs. Cancer By Ruth Sackman
May 7, 2020 - Category: Adjunctive Therapies
The following article by Ruth Sackman, co-founder and past president of FACT, was written over 15 years ago. Unfortunately, not much has changed since then. Are you under the impression that Americans have the most advanced medical care delivery that is available? If you think that, you are mistaken. I would like you to become…Whole Body Hyperthermia: Fever Therapy vs. Cancer By Ruth Sackman
Read more...The Ginger Footbath By Tessa Therkleson, Ph.D., RN
May 7, 2020 - Category: Adjunctive Therapies
The internal and external use of ginger has been an ancient remedy in India and China for thousands of years, but it's only in the last 30 years that it's use has been studied in the West, primarily as a result of positive experiences in European anthroposophical hospitals. Ginger has a warming, relaxing effect, enlivening…The Ginger Footbath By Tessa Therkleson, Ph.D., RN
Read more...Satisfy Your Soles By Holly Reich
May 7, 2020 - Category: Adjunctive Therapies
Feet take abuse every day. Pounded on hot side walks, cramped into shoes, they never stop working. One of the ways to get your feet rejuvenated is through reflexology, a science that came out of Egypt and has been more recently used as an adjunct to modern medicine. There are 7,200 nerve endings in the…Satisfy Your Soles By Holly Reich
Read more...It’s the Pot that Counts! By Environmental Working Group
May 7, 2020 - Category: Adjunctive Therapies
Doctors at the Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine were perplexed when cancer patients with similar conditions and symptoms responded differently to treatment by the same medicinal herbs, says the Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Vol. 9, No. 2 ) They investigated and found that the problem lay in the type of pot used for…It’s the Pot that Counts! By Environmental Working Group
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