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, [...]

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It seems that every day brings yet another drug warning - and you can be sure that the FDA doesn’t issue these warnings lightly, since they affect the profit picture of the drug companies and thus the budget of the FDA (who relies upon "fees" from the drug companies for it’s income…).
Today’s little tidbit [...]

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I get a summary of major world medical "breakthroughs" and reports of medical study findings on a daily basis. Here are recent "findings" from conventional medical journals that may be of interest or humor to you.
Aren’t you glad I read all of these medical reports so you don’t have to?!
1.) "Keeping Active, Not Smoking Can [...]

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Of note in this morning’s new headlines was this from Associated Press: Lack of sunshine vitamin may cloud survival odds which leads off by saying "New research linking low vitamin D levels with deaths from heart disease and other causes bolsters mounting evidence about the "sunshine" vitamin’s role in good health." and continues to say: [...]

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One of our readers wrote the following to General Mills:
"I was enjoying your Fiber One until I read the ingredients. Why do you put Aspartame in the cereal? The FDA may say it’s safe, but check the studies that have been done and how this is harmful to the body. People being diagnosed with MS [...]

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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, [...]

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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: [...]

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Mercury amalgams are increasingly in the news, and people are becoming better educated about the insidious dangers posed by this toxic kind of dentistry. Here at the Wellness Club we are receiving on an almost daily basis questions from readers who want to have mercury-containing amalgams removed from their mouths, but who want to do [...]

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From The Frying Pan Into the Fire
The controversy about “is Teflon safe?” blazes on, with people asking me if they should ditch their Teflon cookware and purchase a set of something else. (One well-known holistic doctor — who happens to be selling ceramic-lined cast iron cookware — is particularly vocal about the grave dangers of [...]

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A nice cup of Oriental Green Tea can be a delicious, relaxing, soothing break in your day. But more than that, recent research is pointing out other benefits as well.
A recent article in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that enriched green tea extract may be effective in reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Subjects in [...]

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