Entries from March 2010
Video of the Week - Your Energy Blueprint
March 17th, 2010 · 2:11 PM
Chronic Sinusitis
March 15th, 2010 · 6:52 AM
My 2 cents: I am hoping to see less of a reliance on medications when it comes to illnesses like sinusitis. Now I am not saying that medication and surgery does not have its use; just that I think people need to make sure they are exploring all their options first.
Even in [...]
Tags: allergies, chronic sinusitis, NAET, sinus surgery, sinusitis
Video of the Week - Urinary Tract Infection
March 10th, 2010 · 11:13 PM
Supplements, Gestational Diabetes, and Pregnancy
March 10th, 2010 · 2:59 PM
I had gestational diabetes during my last pregnancy and have occasionally had a slightly elevated fasting blood sugar since then. Which of your supplements would you recommend? Are your supplements safe to take during pregnancy.? Thanks!
Reduction of carbohydrates is the most important treatment of diabetes, whether during pregnancy or not. The amount of insulin resistance [...]
Tags: diabetes, gestational diabetes, pregnancy, supplements
Causes and Cures for Cataracts
March 10th, 2010 · 6:36 AM
I had cataract surgery several years ago and now I am getting thickening of the posterior capsule after cataract surgery. Somehow I think that if my eyes have learned how to make cataracts, and then have learned how to make thickening of the posterior capsule, surely they should be able to learn how to unmake [...]
Tags: cataracts
Stents, Plavix, and Blood Thinners: Healthy Alternatives
March 8th, 2010 · 12:14 PM
Is Plavix required to prevent the body from rejecting the two stints (each side) placed in the patient’schest?
Plavix interferes with the aggregation of platelets, which is one of the pathways to initiate clotting inside the body and blood stream. It is used after stent placement to decrease the likelihood of clotting near the [...]
Tags: blood, clotting, inflammation, stents
Video of the week - Herpes Simplex Canker Sores
March 4th, 2010 · 9:59 PM
True Evaluations and Treatments of High Blood Pressure
March 1st, 2010 · 11:00 AM
Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
U.S. Neglects High Blood Pressure
The Institute of Medicine said that nearly one in three adults have hypertension recently, and feels that doctors are not treating it aggressively. “If you live long enough, you’re almost guaranteed to get hypertension,” said Dr. Corinne Husten of Partnership for Prevention, a [...]
My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing: