"Comparison of Alternative Medicine and Conventional Medicine" and daily health secrets.
Stan M. Gardner, MD, was trained in traditional Western medicine. He received a Bachelor of Science in Biology at Utah State University, attended medical school in the Philippines (where he learned firsthand about alternative methods of healing), did a residency in Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and practiced conventional medicine for 15 years. He has practiced alternative and energy medicine for over 10 years.
I love your articles. I only wish that physicians like you were the norm rather than the exception.
— Todd
and should we get ‘flu shots?
I am not in favor of the flu vaccine or flu shots. Our best protection from the flu is to have a strong immune system, which comes from
eating the right (real) foods,
not eating the processed foods,
taking potent supplements, and
getting rid of the toxins that interfere with the immunes system.
Vitamin D [...]
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The Wall Street Journal reports, regarding influenza: Tamiflu is an anti-viral drug that can shorten the duration of ‘flu’ symptoms. However, the most common subtype of the flu that penetrated the U.S. has mutated in some unknown way that has made it
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December 20, 2008
Drug May Not Fight Some Flu (so says the Washington Post).
The most prevalent virus this year is not covered in the flu vaccine, Tamiflu, by Roche Holding (the widely administered flu vaccine).
My comments-You can add this to your list of reasons NOT to get the flu vaccine each year–The folks that come up [...]
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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: