Dr. Gardner,
I have irritable bowel syndrome and a constant problem with constipation. The things I do to try to solve the constipation problem seem to make the irritable bowel syndrome act up more, and the things I do to keep the irritable bowel syndrome under control seem to make the constipation problem worse. Could you [...]
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
September 17th, 2010 · 8:20 AM
Tags: allergies, antibiotics, constipation, IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, malnutrition, probiotics, vitamin C
Carbohydrates: Heroes or Villains?
June 21st, 2008 · 6:52 PM
“Let your food be your medicine and let your medicine be your food.” Hippocrates
Did your grandmother teach you, as mine did, that you are what you eat? We used to chuckle about her obsession with whole wheat, and felt she was going overboard when she counseled us to avoid sugar. Grandma lived to [...]
Tags: aspartame, carbohydrates, constipation, hemorrhoids, insulin, insulin resistance, joint pain, kidney stones, saccharine, sucralose, sugar
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: