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Stevia – "We Told You So!"
Written by Wellness Club on February 10, 2009 – 7:50 pm -Deborah from Oklahoma wrote recently to ask: Do you have a take on this Truvia sweetener? Well, as a matter of fact we do have a take on it! I wrote about the future of stevia a little while ago in Another Chance For Stevia – where I predicted that this natural sweetener was getting […]
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We Got ‘Spanked’ Over Salba?
Written by Wellness Club on February 9, 2009 – 7:46 pm -Some time ago I wrote an article about the latest “Miracle Food” being proclaimed and promoted variously as “nature’s most perfect food” and “the food of the gods”… It was a good article, well-researched, and our readers enjoyed it. Well, most of them did… For a few others, it seems that I touched a raw […]
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What’s Old Is New Again – Can You Say "Chia Pet?"
Written by Wellness Club on February 9, 2009 – 3:54 pm -What’s Old Is New Again – Can You Say "Chia Pet?" By Nurse Mark There’s a New Kid On The Fiber Block… and his name is Salba. Like you, our email has been bombarded with ads and claims and articles and come-on’s for what is being touted as being a miracle food. Well, I […]
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Doctors vs. Gun Owners – The Statistics of Death
Written by Wellness Club on January 28, 2009 – 6:37 pm -Doctors vs. Gun Owners Commentary by Nurse Mark This set of statistics has been circulating around the internet for a while – you have probably seen it. While it is certainly not politically correct (in light of our new Presidential Administration’s overall attitudes towards guns and gun owners) it does make one chuckle. It also […]
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Antibiotics For Everything! A pill For Every Ill!
Written by Wellness Club on January 26, 2009 – 10:18 pm -How "Drug Resistant" Superbugs Are Born… Commentary by Nurse Mark Here is an interesting series of correspondence, and one that shows just how well the drug companies have conditioned us to believe that the only answer for any malady is a prescription drug, and just how casual conventional medicine practitioners have become about prescribing powerful […]
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