hypothyroid

Are You Hypothyroid?

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

calcium supplments

More Reasons Not to Take Calcium Supplements

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

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Curcumin rebuilds four key body tissues

Curcumin can quite literally help you re-build failing body tissues and help you re-build your life. Creaky joints? Failing memory? Too high blood sugar? Fatty liver? Curcumin can help. I read with fascination a recent article on tissue regeneration on one of my favorite website GreenMedInfo.com. The article cites research that confirms that at least … Read more

Pharmaceutical Company Greed

When I sat down to write my Tuesday blog entry today, I had every intention of writing about something else, but when I saw the article about the teensy pharmaceutical company that bought the patent on a unique drug and overnight hiked the price more than 5,000% from $13.50 per pill to $750, I couldn’t … Read more

fast food in hospitals

Fast food in hospitals

About 20 years ago, I was in an Atlanta hospital for knee surgery. As I was lolling the bed, fairly buzzed with pain meds, my husband arrived for a visit carrying a McDonald’s bag. “Where did you get that?” I asked. “In the lobby.” “What??!!??” I asked, mercilessly jerked out of my reverie. Right. A … Read more

iodine and your thyroid

Book Excerpt: When Things Go Wrong

from What Doctors Fail to Tell You About Iodine and Your Thyroid By Robert Thompson, M.D. Americans are experiencing a dramatic drop in iodine levels and a corresponding deterioration in our collective health. Between the early 1970s and the early 1990s, we experienced an average drop in iodine levels of 50%. In just 20 years! … Read more

yoga for life

Yoga for Life and Living

I’ve practiced yoga for nearly 45 years and taught it off and on for 40. I know, I’ve dated myself again, but it’s just a way of letting you know I am no spring chicken, but most of the time, I feel like one, thanks to yoga. I started yoga when I was in college … Read more