Vitamin D is a miracle nutrient. I can say that without any hesitation. A century ago, I might have been accused of peddling snake oil when we say that keeping your vitamin D levels optimal can: Prevent at least 16 kinds of cancer Protect your brain from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia Protect your … Read more
Are you getting enough of the sunshine vitamin? It may not surprise you to learn that most of us are not. In fact, prominent vitamin D researchers like Michael Holick, M.D., Ph.D. of Boston University, estimates that 95% of us are deficient in the winter. The number doesn’t change substantially in summer, when we’re out … Read more
Off and on, I’ve been exploring the fact that most of us need more vitamin D, especially at this time of year when our ability to get it from sunlight is limited by cold weather. There are tons of reasons to keep your vitamin D at optimal levels, and now several new scientific studies confirm … Read more
Are you feeling a bit down in the dumps? Got the winter blues? It’s not surprising at this time of the year, especially if you live just about anywhere that has winter. Here’s a simple explanation why this is happening: Your vitamin D levels have been depleted. Just think about it: When did you stop … Read more
If you wake up in the morning complaining that you are as tired as when you went to sleep or you’ve gained weight and find it impossible to lose, no matter what you do or your hair is falling out or you’re feeling depressed, you just might be suffering from low thyroid function. Fatigue, weight … Read more
Brand new gee-whiz research published in the prestigious British Medical Journal has blown the minds of conventional medical practitioners. Here’s the buzz: Calcium supplements don’t strengthen bones. End of story. Interesting. Dr. Robert Thompson and I wrote about this in The Calcium Lie, first published in 2008 and updated in 2013. It’s not a secret. … Read more
My regular readers know that I have particular concerns about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia since they run in my family. All of us are concerned about retaining memory and cognitive function as we age and most of us know that dementia is not a normal part of the aging process. Here are some excellent natural … Read more
Most of us have probably taken melatonin to help us sleep after a stressful day or to get sleep patterns back in sync after an international flight. Now new research shows that melatonin has other important benefits outside of its ability to regulate sleep rhythms. In fact without the brain’s ability to manufacture the hormone … Read more
Imagine a substance so powerful that it swiftly moves through your body, soothing inflammation, repairing cell damage and pumping up your immune system, maybe even reversing the hands of time. Let me introduce you to alpha lipoic acid (ALA), which researchers at the University of California-Berkeley have discovered its antioxidant power is 400 times greater … Read more
By Dr. Robert Thompson From What Doctors Fail to Tell Your About Iodine and Your Thyroid Now is a great time to take a deeper look at the dangerous dance of halogens in our bodies. Iodine is a halogen, like the other chemical elements, bromine, fluorine and chlorine and their derivatives bromide, fluoride and chloride. … Read more