My husband’s ankles, feet and lower legs swell often. He has been tested for gout and was negative. Is there any supplement, herbs, etc. that could aide in reducing or eliminating swelling? Any specific exercises? Thank you.
Swelling in the lower extremities is common and is often due to a number of causes.  Those causes [...]

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fructose malabsorption Would acupuncture be helpful with this problem? What treatment or doctor would you recommend? My daughter is very ill & depressed as she has been struggling with this for several years.
Fructose intolerance means the inability of your daughters’ intestinal tract to absorb 25 grams of the fructose sugar per day, and often considerably [...]

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I suffer from inflammation all over my body. I have inflammation problem in my sinuses, intestines, bladder and muscles. I have seen several specialists and all I hear is “inflammation”. I’m sent away with another pill. I don’t want to take pills, I want to find out what is causing this inflammation and try to [...]

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What’s another thing wrong with soda pop?
Soda pop either has sugar, or a “diet” sweetener, both of which cause you to gain weight. Additionally, both sugar and aspartame (or NutraSweet) cause inflammation in the body. 
Aspartame is actually wood alcohol with an aspartate and phenylalanine group (amino acid) hooked onto it.  The wood alcohol is [...]

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Hi. I am a 20-year-old college student with annoying acne issues. I have tried every single big-named acne products out there (Proactiv, Neutrogena, Murad, and quite a few others) and nothing seems to work at all. I suspect I have polycystic ovaries and that they are causing the acne, but I don’t know what [...]

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Just a quick Thank You! I’ve been using Excedrin for pain relief since a 2004 auto accident (see my username?!) as well as loving Diet Colas - any flavor, any brand. I’ve also had migraine headaches for years. Imitrex has worked well for me. However, lateley the headaches have been more frequent and mean, and [...]

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I would like to know more about sweeteners, yeast, dairy products and why they would be something that should be taken away.
Yeast–Candida and other yeast organisms are natural inhabitants of the intestinal and vaginal tracts. The several pounds of healthy bacteria that we have in the gut keep the yeast under control.  When we take [...]

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Meniere’s disease, do you have any suggestions?  I read that it may be caused by inflammation, is this true?
Vertigo, tinnitus (ringing of the ears), dizziness and possible deafness may be symptomatic of  Meniere’s disease. Some Meniere’s must be caused by inflammation, because aggressively treating it as if it were an inflammatory reaction helps some people.
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I have just been treated with Amoxicillin, Flagy, and Prilosec for gastritis.  At the same time I took (as directed) 2 iron pills a day.  After suffering for 3 months I realized that the iron pills were continuing the gastritis and not allowing it to heal.  I quit the iron [...]

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Is there a link between high CRP levels (23) and high SED and headaches?  I have had headaches since I was 18 and I am 46 now.  I also got ulcers at 18.  The ulcers have been better but the headaches I can not get rid of.  I take corgard and prozac [...]

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