Ketogenic diets, raspberry ketones, and all things fat-burning are all the rage. What is the truth about your metabolism and ketones? When I was in Naturopathic Medical School, the Atkins diet was making a come-back. Originally developed in the 1960's by the...
Every cell in your body contains antioxidants for the purpose of preventing or delaying cell damage. As cells create energy and fulfill their specific functions, they generate molecules which oxidize other necessary molecules. Antioxidants neutralize those molecules...
Movement is fundamental to our bodies. The body is designed to move smoothly, freely and with fluidity. In addition, we are entitled to move without pain. If we have been in pain, we may have gotten sedentary. However, there are plenty of us not in pain who do...
Why is my diet and exercise program not working? When we see the stunning results from the before-and-after pictures, we want that for ourselves. We want the dramatic shrinking in girth from the new diet. We want the toned arms and rippled abs from the exercise...
Do you casually pop a pill when you have a pain or headache? Do you know what that pill can do besides relieve your pain? Whether you got your non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug for pain relief over-the-counter or if it was a prescription, the same dangers apply....
Your kidneys will not tell you when they are ailing, most often, until it is too late. A colleague tells of a patient that came in with back pain that hurt all the time; it was not better or worse with movement. In addition, his face was puffy which showed that...
“A new school of practitioner has arisen,” says Dr. Osler, “which cared nothing for homeopathy and less for so-called allopathy. It seeks to study, rationally and scientifically, the action of drugs, old and new.” The Journal of the American Medical Association, Aug...
I use homeopathy every day in my practice and see results that amaze me. Repeatedly, so-called medical authorities have proclaimed that there is no evidence that homeopathy works, and cite studies which show it doesn't work. I wrote about this earlier this year...
Are your knees: stiff when you get up, and the stiffness eases up as you move around a while, then your knees get painful with more movement or exercise, If so, you may have osteoarthritis of the knee. You may hear or feel creaking, crunching, or grinding sensations...
What would you count as the most powerful way to avoid creating physical stress in your body? Thinking happy thoughts? Hmm . . . It may not be what you think. Do you believe there is any problem with these? skipping a meal losing some sleep sitting all day at work...
