Archive for the 'Childrens Health' Category

Flu Vaccinations: A Shot in The Dark?

Flu Vaccinations: A Shot in The Dark?
When I was 8, one of my friend’s dad died suddenly, at the ripe old age of 35, of the flu. Not cancer, not a heart attack, not a car wreck — the flu.
One day he was sick in bed with fever, chills, and headache. The next day he [...]

CT Scans And Radiation Risks In Children - Is It Really Worth It?

Opinion By Nurse Mark
We have become very quick to request CT scans for just about every complaint these days - for ourselves, and especially for our children.
And who can blame a worried parent: little Suzy has a tummyache, or little Johnny fell and thumped his head, or there is that nagging cough that hasn’t gone [...]

Gardasil, Mandatory Vaccinations, And Health Freedom - What Can History Teach Us?

Do we learn nothing from history?
Be it the "Swine Flu" vaccine in the 1970’s that caused more deaths than the swine flu did, or the polio vaccine in 1955 that cause more disease than it prevented (known as "The Cutter Incident"), it looks like we need to be reminded over and over again that when [...]

Similase and Similase Jr: - What’s The Difference?

We get a lot of product questions - and digestion and digestive enzymes make up a large part of those questions. There is no doubt that this important physical function is poorly understood - even by most doctors. No wonder so many lay-people are confused! Here is an example of a recent question, [...]

The Most Dangerous Food

This just in today from Medscape.
Do you know what the most dangerous food — an entire category — is considered to be, based on the number of people affected?
Meat you say? After all, E.coli has killed more than a few people over the years, especially in cheap hamburger from sleazy fast-food joints.
But alas, [...]

Reader Questions Soy Benefits: “One Man’s Meat is Another Man’s Poison”

Michael writes to comment:
All of my other “Natural Health” information areas (including the book , “The Whole Soy Story”) are stressing the detriments of soy, so I am surprised to see such a positive review (of course, with some caveats). This statement from “The Dangers of Soy” actually contradicts what you have stated: [...]

What About Soy Milk For Babies?

It is great to know that people are reading our posts, and we get some�interesting questions and comments as a result.
Gary commented on our soy article to ask: “What about soy milk for babys” ?
�To which we respond:
Yikes! Soy milk for babies? I don’t think so!
Neither Dr. Myatt nor I would advocate feeding soy [...]

Bisphenol A Back In The News - More Big Industry / FDA Hall Of Shame!

We’ve answered questions about the safety of plastics and in particular about Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical compound found in may forms of plastics. Our answer has always been, don’t use plastics to contain food or drink any more than is absolutely necessary, and most especially, NEVER heat food or drink in plastics - the [...]

10 Dangers of Carbohydrates

The US Food Pyramid advises us to eat 5-10 servings per day of carbohydrates, but high carbohydrate diets are the primary causes of our current overweight/obesity epidemic. 66% of adult Americans are overweight and 33% of these are obese. Diets high in carbohydrates (grains, beans, sugary fruits— anything that quickly turns into sugar in the [...]

Fungus, Yeasts and Molds: Hidden Cause of Many “Unexplained” Diseases

Every day, thousands of microscopic, decay-eating organisms find their way into our bodies in the food we eat and the air we breathe. These organisms are part of� The Fungi Kingdom and include yeasts, molds, mildew, mushrooms, fungi and others. Although most fungi feed on dead and decaying organisms, a number of them also feed [...]