(Health Secrets Newsletter) A number of recent studies about red meat consumption have led to widely publicized advice that eating red meat is unhealthy. However, such studies have often made flawed generalizations. As a result, many people have likely been mislead into believing that red meat is bad in and of itself and may be…
(Health Secrets Newsletter) Over the past few decades the US has become the poster child for obesity, thanks in part to declining physical activity but largely due to changes in the foods we eat (as well as the foods we don’t eat) as part of the standard American diet and lifestyle. It’s time to change this…
(Health Secrets Newsletter) One of the biggest health myths is the idea that a person can get all the nutrition s/he needs by simply eating a balanced diet. The truth is that it is next to impossible to get even the minimal RDA amounts of the limited number of vitamins and minerals on the RDA…
Thanks to the mass fluoridation of our municipal water supplies and the inclusion of man-made fluoride in toothpastes and other dental and consumer products, most of us regularly consume dangerous amounts of the most dangerous form of fluoride. Instead of promoting dental health, as has been the justification for including man-made fluoride in our water and other…
(Health Secrets Newsletter) Commercial toothpastes contain one or both of these problematic ingredients: fluoride and glycerin. Fluoride is a mining by-product and one of the biggest scams perpetrated on an unwitting public. Instead of being beneficial, fluoride actually damages teeth. Glycerin coats tooth enamel and prevents natural re-mineralization of teeth. The way to avoid these…
(Health Secrets Newsletter) Many people believe that the worst things about gum disease are bad breath and the possibility of losing their teeth. However gum disease can result in far worse problems. For example, people with gum disease are three times more likely to have heart problems and twice as likely to have a…
(Health Secrets Newsletter) Practically everyone knows that calcium is vital for healthy bones. What many people are unaware of is that calcium alone is not nearly enough to insure that bones remain healthy. There are in fact a number of other vital minerals and nutrients that are essential for maintaining healthy bones, preventing bone loss…
(Health Secrets Newsletter) Most of us who drink alcoholic beverages on occasion have over-indulged and most often paid for our excesses by being cursed with a nasty hangover. It might be argued that the bleary-eyed, queasy, head-aching morning after is a just reward for not exercising better judgment and restraint. However, even though we know…
(Health Secrets Newsletter) Practitioners who have been telling irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients that it’s all in their mind will have to rethink that approach. Researchers at Munich’s Technische University have located the cause of IBS and it is in the gut, not the mind. Specifically, it is the result of tiny inflammations in the mucosa…
(Health Secrets Newsletter) Researchers in Britain have linked drugs commonly prescribed to senior citizens to increased incidence of death and mental decline. The researchers’ findings, which were published recently in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, suggest that side-effects from the drugs negatively impact the the brain, increasing the risk of decline and death. The new study examined 13,000…