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
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
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
Mainstream medicine is entering the fray on GMO labeling, on the side of those of us who think we ought to have a right to know what is in our food. In an article published a couple of weeks ago in the usually stodgy New England Journal of Medicine, doctors from Harvard, Mt. Sinai Medical … Read more
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
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
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
As I sit with a dear friend who is in her last days, perhaps her last hours, with colon cancer, so many thoughts run through my head. “What did I do wrong?” she asked me when the outcome became apparent. “You did nothing wrong,” I replied. “You lived, you loved and you gave yourself to … Read more
No doubt you’ve heard by now that green tea is packed with health benefits. I’m here today to tell you the whys and the hows: Boosts metabolism: Green tea is our best source of metabolism-boosting EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) and the mild stimulant effects of its low levels of caffeine (24-40 mg per cup compared to … Read more
Note: I wrote this article for Natural Awakenings magazine a few months back. It seems very appropriate in view of the deaths that many have so painfully suffered in recent months. Grief can come suddenly as the result of an unexpected death, the loss of a job or a serious illness. Or grief can be … Read more