Your Poop is Now a Drug!

Your Poop is Now a Drug!

A few years ago, we asked if fecal microbiota transplants (FMT)—that is, human poop—would become a drug. The FDA just gave us the answer: yes! The FDA recently approved the first FMT drug last week for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in patients who have already completed a course of antibiotic treatment. Only by […]

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FDA Attacks Heart Health Modality

FDA Attacks Heart Health Modality

The FDA appears to be moving against compounded EDTA, a crucial medicine used to remove heavy metals from the body. Action Alert! Earlier this month, the FDA announced that edetate disodium (EDTA) made at compounding pharmacies poses “significant safety risks.”  This kind of move is a prelude to a full ban on individualized EDTA medicines, […]

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Now Serving: Colorectal Cancer

Now Serving: Colorectal Cancer

A new study links ultra-processed food with increased colorectal cancer in men. If you needed any more reason to avoid ultra-processed foods, here’s some “food” for thought: a new study has found that consumption of these junk foods increases men’s risk for colorectal cancer by almost a third. Other studies have linked these foods to […]

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Are Organic Hair Dyes Safer?

Are Organic Hair Dyes Safer?

There are a variety of products claiming to be “cleaner” than conventional hair dyes, but are they actually safer? Somewhere between 66-74 percent of women use hair-coloring products. Many companies began offering “organic” products as concerns about the toxicity of some of the chemicals used in permanent or semi-permanent hair dyes rose… This gives consumers […]

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Removing Toxins—Health from the Ground Up #3

Removing Toxins—Health from the Ground Up #3

Strategies for protecting yourself from the thousands of harmful chemicals that inundate the modern world. A recent study concluded that “Widespread exposure to toxic environmental chemicals threatens healthy human reproduction.” We reported last year on research showing that exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals has caused sperm counts to drop almost 60 percent since 1973; these […]

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