This is according to the most recent data. But the FDA’s tightening of supplement regulations is for our safety, right? Action Alert! Every year, the American Association of Poison Control Center’s National Poison Data System (NPDS) releases an annual report that tracks deaths and serious adverse events as a result of poisoning from a wide […]
What you don’t know about this class of drugs can ruin your health. It can even kill you. We’ve written before about the dangers of acid blockers and how, in many cases, they are likely exacerbating stomach pain while causing serious disease. New research gives us even more reason to stay away from these dangerous […]
It isn’t just people who are affected by the Standard American Diet (SAD). It’s plants as well. And when we eat these non-nutritious plants—or the animals that are fed on them—it is our health that suffers. Just as the Standard American Diet helps destroy the beneficial bacteria and fungi on which our bodies depend for […]
The long-awaited revision of FDA guidance rules for new supplements is finally here. It is very bad news. Highest-level Action Alert! We normally publish our newsletter on Tuesday, but are sending out this issue today because of its urgency. What we are dealing with here is whether the supplement industry is allowed to innovate and […]
The world is focused on glyphosate, but another commonly used farm herbicide could be just as poisonous. Action Alert! The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to review pesticides and herbicides approved for use in the US every fifteen years. The agency just completed its updated environmental impact assessment of atrazine, the second most widely […]
This particular crony alliance isn’t even secretive about it. Action Alert! We think of Monsanto and other companies as developers and promoters of GMOs. But thanks to passage of the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986, as well as President Reagan’s Executive Order #12591—“Facilitating Access to Science and Technology”—the USDA is also directly in the […]
They are typically safer than other imaging technology, but there are dangers you need to know about. Action Alert! We’ve previously written about the massive amount of radiation that patients are exposed to in CAT and PET scans, which make MRIs (magnetic resonance imaging) a generally safer diagnostic imaging procedure. MRIs produce a strong magnetic […]
If you would like to download and print a pdf version of Green Medicine, you can do so here. Now you can take Green Medicine wherever you go. If you do not have Adobe Reader, please download here. In this issue: You Can Prevent and Cure Gestational Diabetes, and Lower Your Child’s Risk of Autism! The Almost […]
Xanthurenic acid (XA)—a tryptophan metabolite—is high in serum in gestational diabetes Xanthurenic acid binds insulin, impeding it’s action Vitamin B6 lowers xanthurenic acid levels to normal In two 1970s research studies, 86% and 100% of women with gestational diabetes normalized their blood sugar in two weeks by taking vitamin B6 Gestational diabetes increases autism risk […]