Please let Dr. Gardner know that I had been very happy with the vitamins.  Today; however, during my research, I came across some information on magnesium stearate. As I read about it and its potential damage to the digestive system, I was feeling grateful that I was taking high quality vitamins. However, after I [...]

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I started my vitamin program Sunday, but my problem with swallowing large pills has made it impossible to continue, unless it is possible to crush the pills and add to either applesauce or juice.  Can you advise me on this.  Thank you.
A few people have trouble swallowing large tablets, but [...]

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What is the difference between sugar and raw honey? And is there a difference between raw honey and processed honey?
Raw honey contains a combination of sugars, including fructose and glucose, and smaller amounts of sucrose and maltose. It also contains

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I have a 7-year-old son with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD). I am concerned about the swine flu, as he usually gets seasonal flu with pain, fever and sore throat. Should he get the swine flu vaccine?
G6PD is the most common enzyme deficiency in the world. As you know, when he is exposed to certain drugs [...]

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A Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency may be the cause of the serious vascular side-effects found in diabetics. Concentrations of this vitamin were 75% lower in the group with diabetes compared to placebo. Thiamine works by helping to protect cells against the effect of high glucose levels, which may be why it is used up [...]

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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 [...]

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