Archive for the 'Nutrition and Health' Category

Do You Really Take All That Stuff ???

We often have people ask "Do you really take all that stuff you recommend?" and "Can’t you just get adequate nutrition from a good diet?" Both are good questions, and here are the responses we give and the reasoning behind them:
Yes, I really take a lot of my own Wellness Club "stuff" (more in a [...]

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 [...]

"Shorts" from This Month’s Conventional Medicine News

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 [...]

Vitamin D Deficiency Can Be Deadly

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: [...]

Boost Your Metabolism With Coconut Oil

Here’s an easy way to boost your metabolism without exercise or stimulants. It’s as simple as adding a delicious food to your diet.
Certain foods increase metabolism. The most potent of these is protein, which boosts metabolic rate in a process known as the Thermogenic Effect of Food (TEF). Eating more protein and less carbs gives [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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: [...]