I have been on Cymbalta for some time and my weight has skyrocketed. My primary care physician has counseled me to get off of the drug. I cold-turkeyed the drug three weeks ago. Since then every nerve in my body has gone crazy - the pain from what we think is a [...]
Skyrocketing Weight and Fibromyalgia
July 12th, 2010 · 7:22 AM
Tags: Cymbalta, dopamine, fibromyalgia, pain, serotonin, weight
Our Intestinal Bacteria and Weight Gain
May 26th, 2009 · 7:08 AM
Our Germs, Ourselves
Forbes reports that our bodies have 100 trillion bacteria in the intestinal tract. Recent studies imply that the type of bacteria in the gut may decide whether food is burned as energy or stored as fat. Obese people had a different
Tags: antibiotics, bacteria, germs, metabolic disorders, probiotics, weight, weight loss



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: