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Silver – The Antibiotic Of Our Ancestors
Written by Wellness Club on March 4, 2013 – 12:36 pm -By Nurse Mark Silver has been used as an antimicrobial throughout history. Ancient Phoenicians kept water and other liquids in silver coated bottles to discourage contamination by microbes. Many readers may remember the days of fresh milk in “real” glass bottles – and that granny would place a silver coin in the bottle to […]
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Fake Eggs And Other Food Fads
Written by Wellness Club on February 20, 2013 – 2:34 pm -By Nurse Mark Fads have been with us forever – it’s just human nature to want to “jump on the bandwagon” when something new and catchy comes along. Dancing the Charleston. Zoot Suits. Troll dolls and Beanie Babies. UFOs. Rubik’s Cube. Hula Hoops. Poodle Skirts. The Macarena and Disco dancing. All these and more […]
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Once-Ignored Vitamin Now Gets Respect
Written by Wellness Club on December 10, 2012 – 12:18 pm -Vitamin D – An Old Friend Finding New Respect By Nurse Mark Vitamin D, once dismissed as little more than “the sunshine vitamin” important only for healthy bone development in children, is suddenly finding new respect – even within the conventional medical world, which is normally quick to pooh-pooh anything natural or vitamin-related as […]
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Microwave Ovens: Are They Really Safe?
Written by Wellness Club on November 27, 2012 – 1:33 pm -Cooking in The Microwave Oven: Is It Really Safe? By Dr. Myatt with Nurse Mark I was amused (but not surprised) at the number of emails I received after describing my awesome high fiber, high Omega-3 English muffin recipe in a recent HealthBeat Newsletter. “I’m shocked,” one reader wrote, “that with all the […]
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How To Stay Healthy For The Holidays
Written by Wellness Club on November 23, 2012 – 3:24 pm -How To Stay Healthy For The Holidays By Nurse Mark We get questions like this every year around the holidays – most folks intuitively know that they are increased risk for catching “cooties” over the holiday season – with all the crowds, traveling and stress. Here is the question: Q: Is there anything […]
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