The Wall Street Journal reported on November 14, 2008, that a recent National Institute of Health (INH) report reports that one in two physicians prescribe placebos to their patients. The article is about the ethical dilemma associated with giving placebos for medical conditions. It talks about
Pills or Placebos? Does it Make Any Difference?
November 21st, 2008 · 8:10 AM
Tags: alternatives, faith, health, pills, placebos
Common Sense, Genes, and the “Wellderly”
October 15th, 2008 · 4:07 PM
In this recent Wall Street Journal article entitled Secrets of the ‘Wellderly’, sixteen of the nineteen paragraphs talk about longevity in terms of genes, and finding the DNA keys that could be modified to help us live longer. To quote Nir Barzilae, head of the Longevity Genes Project at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in [...]
Tags: age, aging, elderly, genes, health, lifestyle, longevity, quality of life, smoking, vegetarianism, wellderly
Watch for Wednesday’s Awesome New Series
October 4th, 2008 · 5:44 PM
Hi Everybody! Here’s an update: we are in the middle of moving (surrounded by hundreds–yes hundreds!–of boxes) and our internet is not up yet. In the meantime I have been working on something that I think is going to be profoundly helpful for you in the arena of healthy options for your overall [...]
The Best Investment Opportunity Ever!
September 30th, 2008 · 4:11 PM
The news is saturated with it. The conversations, even among strangers, deal with it. It’s all around us, even though most of us (and perhaps all of us) don’t really know what it is or how it came about. But the bottom line is, the economy is approaching a “bottom line.” So with this as [...]
Tags: fear, health, investments, life, money, stress, Wall Street
Stuff—the Things We Hang Onto (Musings of Dr. Gardner)
September 24th, 2008 · 8:28 PM
When our youngest son left home two years ago to go to college, we put our 5-bedroom 4-bathroom home on the market for sale (not a good time for the housing market). Two weeks ago a small family expressed interest in the home, and they will be renting for the time being. In the process [...]
Tags: diet, health, obesity weight, stress, stuff
The Supplemental Facts About Nutrition
July 14th, 2008 · 9:02 AM
Update (July 15, 2008, 7:24pm): I have negotiated with a supplement company to provide some basic supplements that I recommend in this article. You can access it via my supplements page.
I have been going through your emails and comments and thoroughly enjoying your thoughts, questions and recipes. Please forgive me if it takes a while [...]
Tags: diet, fish oils, flaxseed oil, food, health, magnesium, nutrition, omega oils, recipes, supplements, vitamin C
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: