Recently the Wall Street Journal published a story that was a thinly veiled promotional piece for GMO technology. Here is our response: Regarding your August 22 article, “Meet Mr. Frankenfoods:” This piece—little more than a GMO promotion; let’s be generous and call it an “advertorial”—starts with erroneous definitions and ends with woefully inaccurate information. For […]
The media is at it again — reporting deceptive propaganda by the medical establishment as if it were scientific fact. Just imagine the epidemic of osteoporosis that will occur if women stop taking their calcium supplements. That will happen if the public relies on mainstream news reporters to make their health decisions. In a biased and horrifically flawed analysis, a group […]
The media won’t stop posting attention-grabbing headlines that contradict the actual findings of positive scientific studies. On November 4, 2010, a news source stated:1 “BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF TESTOSTERONE FOR FRAILTY IN OLDER MEN ARE SHORT-LIVED” From this headline you might infer that there was an initial benefit to testosterone replacement therapy that was not sustained. […]
VITAMIN D TOXICITY Scientific ignorance of past findings often has dire consequences for the present. In 1934, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study on vitamin D overdose.24 The authors reported on 300 patients given high doses of vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) for asthma and hay fever. The authors reported that each unit dose of […]
First we asked our trusted natural health doctors and integrative physicians about supplement brands they recommend. We then added to the list based on our staff and board experience. Please note that our list is not exhaustive; there are many excellent companies who pay a great deal of attention to quality and efficacy, and not […]
How could we have left out naturopathic physicians, readers wondered? We wonder ourselves. Here’s an update. In August we brought you a list of leading integrative physicians who have excellent, easily digestible newsletters, blogs, or websites on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) available to patients and the general public. In this update, we add NDs […]
Scientists are no longer even sure how antibiotics work. We have the latest research. Action Alert! According to Dr. David Williams, antibiotics may prevent the body from excreting mercury, which is found in fish and in many vaccines. This was documented in a study by Boyd Haley, PhD, from the University of Connecticut Medical Center. […]
How could we have left out naturopathic physicians, readers wondered? We wonder ourselves. Here’s an update.
The New York Times published an opinion piece by Dr. Paul Offit on June 8th, 2013 titled Don’t Take Your Vitamins.1 The article calls into question the benefit of vitamin supplementation. The opinion posits that most people get the nutrition they need from food and should not take supplemental antioxidant vitamins. Dr. Offit also suggests that vitamins could be […]
By William Faloon, Luke Huber, ND, MBA, Kira Schmid, ND, Blake Gossard, Scott Fogle, ND Several scientific studies have found a reduction in prostate cancer associated with increased omega-3 intake.1-11 A recent report purportedly showed the opposite.12 This report was based on a single blood test of plasma fatty acids in a group of 834 men who were followed up to six years to assess prostate […]