Archive for the 'Health Questions' Category

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, [...]

Chemicals That Give Life and Chemicals That Kill

The human organism is a wild and wonderful place - we are a veritable chemical soup of minerals, acids, electrolytes, proteins, and fats. (well, proteins and fats are acids…) This does lead to a whole lot of confusion though, and sometimes outright deception by those who would have us believe that such-and-such spooky-sounding chemical must [...]

Is Nutrasweet (Aspartame) Safe?

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 [...]

Help! I Don’t Want To Get Old!

I’m Getting a little older, I’m under lots of stress and work long hours, I’m packing on a little weight, and I want to get back to being lean and healthy. How can do it?
Wow! If I had a nickel for every time we have heard some variation of this question… Here is a note [...]

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: [...]

A Reader Disagrees With Our Green Tea Article!

We get many responses to our HealthBeats - some, as we have seen, are angry or even irrational. Others are much more pleasant and even professional in their notes to us - detailing why they disagree with our articles.
We are always happy to debate the scientific basis for our writings - for not only do [...]

Teflon - Is It Safe?

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 [...]

Sometimes We Get Angry Letters…

By Nurse Mark
Plenty of folks write us about our newsletters and our website articles. Most folks appreciate the information that we provide, but some people disagree with things we have to say. Generally those who disagree do so politely, doing their best to persuade us to their point of view. Others are not so nice [...]

Allergic To “Acid Blockers”? What To Do - Try Yet Another Drug?

Digestive health and drug questions are two ever-popular topics in letters to Dr. Myatt and nurse Mark. Here is an example of both questions in one letter:
“K” writes to ask:
Have you ever heard of this? When I take Prevacid, Nexium, Zantac, I beging to burn in the vaginal area within an hour, also ears burn [...]

How Much Flax Seed for Good Health?

Many folks liked the article comparing flaxseed to the “hot” new/old fiber supplement salba that we published last December - you can read that article here.
We’ve had a few questions - like the following from Mary Beth:
I found your website in a search for information salba vs flaxseed�. Your info is great� however, could you [...]