kbarnes 
A morning smoothie is a great way to start the day or to pick up flagging energy in mid-afternoon. I’m an afternoon smoothie person, since I’ve discovered that anything sweet in the morning, even if it’s just healthy fruit, tends to increase my appetite throughout the day. But that little bit of sweetness as a … Read more
This is an excerpt from my book, Our Toxic World: A Survivor’s Guide Do you take your shoes off at the door? It’s not an Eastern or hippie-dippy thing to do. It makes good, common sense. Just think about where your feet are during the day: You’ve walked on city sidewalks that have been salted … Read more
My husband is working with a new chiropractor, Dr. Marie Andersson in Hendersonville, NC. I am vastly impressed with her knowledge that goes far beyond the stack ‘em and crack ‘em school of chiropractic. Among her admonitions: Lose the white trash! That means we should eat nothing made with white flour, rice or potatoes. Her … Read more
Our mothers and grandmothers whispered the words, “The Change.” We could hear the capital letters. We could hear the dread in their voices. If we watched carefully, we could see the older women exchange knowing nods of sympathy and then quickly change the subject. “The Change” was a deep dark mystery to these women, largely … Read more
I know, I just wrote about some of the health benefits of drinking coffee a few months back, but there is new research that is just too exciting to miss. Long life: Coffee increases lifespan. I think it is fair and reasonable to make this unequivocal statement based on a recently released National Cancer Institute … Read more
by Dr. Robert Thompson and Kathleen Barnes Do older men who take testosterone therapy risk having a heart attack, stroke or to die in the next couple of years? That’s the conclusion of a widely publicized =– and exceptionally flawed — study from the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System in Denver. This one study, … Read more
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association say many, many more of us need these worthless and perhaps dangerous drugs. The nation’s “top” cardiologists and most respected heart association want to dramatically expand the diagnostic criteria that “warrant” the use of statin drugs so that instead of a measly 36 million Americans … Read more
If you’re a woman of a certain age, like I am, you probably have experienced laughing so hard the tears run down your leg. Or sneezing. Or coughing. Or jogging. Or dancing. Or just about any normal everyday activity. There may also be times when you walk in the door and barely make it to … Read more
When your child has a cold or the flu, you may be tempted take her to the doctor and get a prescription for antibiotics. Heck, we frequently do the same for ourselves. It’s a choice that science now shows us can have far-reaching and dire consequences. When penicillin was discovered in 1928 and sulfa drugs … Read more
Over the holidays, I caught a commercial for Crest Sugar Shield, toothpaste. Really? Does this mean my grandkids and I can chow down on truffles, chocolate bars, cakes and pies and never suffer any negative results? Not exactly, but that’s exactly what Crest wants us to believe. There are two big problems here. I’m guessing … Read more