According to a University of Arizona professor, the average office toilet seat has 400 times fewer bacteria than the average office workspace. Additionally, the office desks of women have three to four times the amount of bacteria compared with the desks of their male coworkers. Although the workspaces of women routinely looked cleaner than the …
A study published in a Scandinavian medical journal found that about ¼ of people suffering from chronic constipation, which did not respond to added fiber in their diet, did respond to a food elimination diet. Wheat, cow’s milk, and egg were the most common food allergens followed by tomato, beef, soy, cocoa, oranges, fish legumes, …
In some ways the practice of alternative medicine is trail and error. As an example there are 100’s of nutraceutical companies that are continually making claims that their product is better than the other company or that they have a new and better product. As there are very few impartial studies that are done on …
There are three reasons why we need to supplement our magnesium intake. First,magnesium is low in foods because of the refining process to the tune of 80%. Another factor is the way our soil is conditioned. It is not supplemented with magnesium and other minerals so our produce is depleted in magnesium. A third reason …
Cardiac disease is the leading cause of death in the US. Even though the medical profession has made some advances in the treatment of this disease using medication little is being done to address the cause – poor diet. Some recent studies have shown that coronary heart disease (CHD) risk decreases by 4% for each …
There is no secret that obesity in children is a national epidemic. There are several things parents can do to help their child. First get rid of all liquid sugar. Kids rarely drink water and instead consume considerable amounts of Coke, Gatorade, and Kool-Aid. Coke has 150 calories per can. Liquid sugar typically accounts for …
Over half a century ago a well-known researcher Hans Selye conducted an experiment to test the benefits of exercise in relationship to stress. In his experiment, he had 10 untrained rats, and 10 rats that were trained to use the treadmill. Both groups of rats were stressed by exposing them to light, noise, and shocks …
During WWII the US government wanted to find out what was the best way to treat their servicemen that were prisoners of war who experienced starvation. To accomplish this they recruited conscientious objectors and underfed them until they lost 20% of their weight. They then re-fed these men until they regained their original weight. What …
The American Heart Association has changed their recommendations on the use of antibiotics prior to dental and medical procedures. Patients with mitral valve prolapse or regurgitation or rheumatic heart disease no longer need antibiotics prior to dental procedures. New research has found that endocarditis is more likely to occur from bacteremia due to routine activities …
Weston Price, DDS, who wrote Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, was a dentist who took tours in the 20’s and 30’s to primitive areas. What he found was on every continent where the native people were still following the native diet they were free of diseases of civilization. The diseases that did no exist were diabetes, …