Adequate vitamin D levels are best achieved by supplements because of the side-effects of UV exposure, says the results of a new computer simulation model from the US.

It appears that the radio and TV ads for Boniva and Fosamax may have to add a new WARNING: Tell your doctor if your femur snaps in half while you’re just standing in the kitchen doing nothing.

This of course would have to be added to the already worrisome list of side-effects that are recited so fast that you can’t really comprehend them anyway. There are so many side-effects that it takes a fast talking lady speaking twice the normal rate, one-third of the advertisement time to recite them. Continue reading

“Osteoporosis Drugs, Like Fosamax May Increase Risk of Broken Bones in Some Women” and “Long-term Use of Popular Class of Osteoporosis Drugs May Have Opposite Effect for Some Women.”

Fosamax and Boniva are the two most popular drugs in this class of drugs called bisphosphonates. They are supposed to make bones stronger, but now there’s mounting evidence that, for some women, taking these medications may cause bone fractures, musculoskeletal pain, jaw bone necrosis and esophageal cancer. Don’t do the drugs! There is a natural alternative. Continue reading

Why has the FDA moved so slowly on this issue. Bisphosphonates as a class of drugs should be taken off of the market immediately. Patients are starting to speak out, but it may take years for the causal link between bisphosphonate drugs like Fosamax and Boniva to be clear enough and to be associated strongly enough with enough deaths for the FDA to take action. Continue reading

At the present time, the FDA does not allow the seller of a food or supplement to say that the product will help prevent or treat disease. It is not a coincidence that certain vested interests, supported by groups like CSPI and the FDA, want to shut down any free flow of information about natural approaches to health.

Special interests would like to take away your supplements to make us more like Europe. Under emerging European rules, even a doctor will not be allowed to talk to a patient in private about food or supplements that have not been approved by it’s FDA equivalent health authority.

It is time to call a halt to this madness before European rules are adopted in the US. … Continue reading

Waxman’s Anti-Supplement FTC Language Kept Out of The Senate Finance Reform Bill! With your support we successfully headed this off by making the provision too “controversial”, as Senator Dodd reportedly said. Still, the fight isn’t over. We must continue on the lookout for attempts by politicians in the pockets of “big pharma” to regulate vitamins out of the market… Continue reading

Optimal levels of hormones provide a veritable fountain of youth. Nature designed hormones to work synergisticly to keep your body strong, active and beautiful. Balancing your hormones can slow the aging process or even turn back the hands of time. You can test your hormones and do something about them if they are low. To learn more about the safe and effective natural hormones that you can take to restore your healthy 30-35 year old levels Continue reading

Try this delicious summer-time salsa recipe. Its fresh and its fantastic and only takes 5 minutes to make in your Vita-Mix blender, plus it’s packed with lycopenes from the tomatoes that fight cancer. Check out the benefits…

Tomatoes linked to reduced risk of cancer and lower LDL Cholesterol levels Continue reading

“Of all the sneaky tactics practiced in Washington D.C., this recent action by Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) is one of the most insidious: While no one was looking, he injected amendment language into the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 (H.R. 4173) that would expand the powers of the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) to terrorize nutritional supplement companies by greatly expanding the power of the FTC to make its own laws that target dietary supplement companies.” Your help is urgently needed to halt this power grab.

Berries rich in polyphenols decrease the after meal sugar response to a high carb or sugary meal in healthy people, according to a new study in the British Journal of Nutrition.

Sucrose (regular “table sugar”) increases after meal blood sugar concentrations, and diets with a high glycemic response may be associated with increased risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes and Cardiovascular disease (CVD). Continue reading

The development of a child’s brain in early pregnancy may be impaired by low levels of the B-Vitamin folic acid, or folate, in the mother, which can lead to behavioral problems such as hyperactivity and inattention, according to a new study. Continue reading

Unlike the drugs that only block histamine but never cure the problem, nature makes some amazing nutrients that actually stop the symptoms by correcting the cause of the allergic hypersensitivity.

If you want to stop Seasonal Allergy symptoms fast without drugs you can take the natural formula that I prescribe to my patients. Continue reading

This smoothie is as good as it looks and as delicious as it is healthy. You have to try it! This is one of a thousand reasons why you need to get a Vita-Mix. I like mine so much I recently bought the newest 5200 model just to keep up-to-date. The Vita-Mix 5200 has an attachment to grind fresh wheat so that I can make whole wheat pancakes and whole wheat bread, which will save about $4.00 a loaf. You can look for those recipes soon. Continue reading