“I’m so tired,” Janna complained while we sat on her front porch, reveling in a balmy evening and sipping a glass of iced herbal tea. I looked over at Janna and noticed her dry, brittle hair and skin to match. I remembered her complaints of joint pain. Her symptoms could have been a sign or … Read more
Do men experience The Change as they age, like women do? If so, is there a natural way of dealing with it? Male menopause, if you want to call it that somewhat imprecisely, is a medically defined condition in which men’s hormone production slows and becomes imbalanced as they age, much like women experience with … Read more
by Robert Thompson, M.D. and Kathleen Barnes Authors of The Calcium Lie 2: What Your Doctor Still Doesn’t Know Do you regularly take Vitamin C? Just for starters, please take a look at the label on your bottle. I’m willing to bet it says you are getting Vitamin C as ascorbic acid. Am I right? If … Read more
If you’ve followed my posts, you’ll know that I think we grossly overconsume calcium at the risk of our health and I am a huge proponent of increased intake of vitamin D or almost everyone. Now I’m adding a new element to the mix: Vitamin K.
In a word, vitamin D3 is the one you want. Vitamin D2 is basically a waste of your time and money. Here’s what we know: Vitamin D is not actually a vitamin. It’s a fat-soluble hormone. Vitamin D has a multitude of effects in the human body, including absorbing calcium from the gut and the … Read more
In the midst of the coronovirus pandemic, many of us are figuratively living in caves right now. Maybe you’re binge watching TV, daytime sleeping, or reading cheap trashy novels, (my fave). Maybe you’re even a little depressed and anxious. Most likely you haven’t been spending much time outside. In health terms, this duplicates the winter … Read more
How can I tell if a multi-vitamin is a good one or not? I hear this question often and I wish I could give you a simple answer. This is going to require some digging on your part and will depend on many factors, not the least of which are your age and gender. 1. … Read more
There was a time when iodine was considered a “cure all,” but we’ve forgotten all about it and as a result, rates of cancer are skyrocketing, obesity is epidemic and our energy levels have plunged. Before the widespread use of synthetic drugs, iodine was recommended for everything from healing wounds and disease, destroying bacteria and … Read more
This article originally appeared on this website in November of 2014. Chalk up another of the impressive benefits of vitamin D: It can prevent Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases. Several new studies confirm that people with the lowest vitamin D levels are at dramatically increased risk of dementia. (Alzheimer’s is the most common form of … Read more
This Post has been updated for 2017! Excerpt from Dr. Robert Thompson, The Calcium Lie II: What Your Doctor Still Doesn’t Know (Take Charge Books, 2013) <– Add this to your library by clicking the cover image. Visit the website to learn more: http://www.calciumlie.com From Kathleen 2017: When Dr. Thompson and I wrote the second … Read more