"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.
Being a college student with his wife out of town, I was rummaging through my kitchen during lunch time and the only thing I found that appeared edible was a package of chocolate pudding. I got excited and made the pudding because, like most people, sweets above most things look especially delicious when you’re hungry. Once the pudding was prepared, I sat down and started eating it while reading this blog… ironic, eh? It was then that I realized why I didn’t feel right.
Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2008
Bisphenol-A (BPA), found in plastic food and drink containers, has been found in higher concentrations in people with cardiovascular disease and diabetes. These higher levels are associated with elevation of liver enzymes (increased death of liver cells because of increased liver stress). The director of FDA’s Office of Food Additive [...]
Tags: baby bottles, bisphenol-A, food safety, plastic, toxins
I’m reprinting the following letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal with permission of the author, Joe Mendelson, Legal Director of The Center for Food Safety, Washington.
The Journal supposes that any interest group opposed to food irradiation “presumably thinks you can hire enough inspectors to look at every tomato.” This is not [...]
Tags: cattle, E. coli, farms, FDS, food safety, irradiated foods, tomatoes, vitamins
The recent New York Times article in the July 25, 2008 issue talks about Europe and their lack of endorsement of cloned animals and their milk for human consumption. They maintain that there is inadequate studies, too many questions unanswered, and will not permit their import into Europe yet:
The European Food Safety Authority pulled back [...]
Tags: cloned animals, Europe food safety commission, food safety
I need to get off of caffeine. I became addicted to it after suffering headaches and taking excedrin. Now I have rebound headaches and even diet coke fills in when I need an extra boost. I have tried weening myself off and never made it. Is that the only way off?
There are only 2 ways to stop the addiction to caffeine--cold turkey and have a miserable 3-7 days or slowly, which just prolongs the misery, and may not work. My wife's mother described herself as a 'coffee-a-holic', drinking up to 13 cups per day. She stopped cold turkey, had a miserable few days, and has never touched it since. Sometimes energy work like acupuncture or Jin Shin Jyutsu or cranial-sacral may take away some of the side effects. Be sure you are on a good multiple vitamin, as this may also help with your strength and your resolve.