The Miracle of Vitamin D

Dr. Anu Prabhala and his colleagues reported on the treatment of five patients confined to wheelchairs with severe weakness and fatigue. Blood tests revealed that all suffered from severe vitamin D deficiency. The patients received 50,000 IU vitamin D per week and all became mobile within six weeks.

There are inconsistencies in various statements about vitamin A, vitamin D and cod liver oil. These issues revolve around questions of dosage and safety.

Important facts, questions, and answers for the vitamin D enthusiasts.

Everyone tends to be chronically dehydrated at times. The body wants and craves clean, pure water. Soft drinks have replaced water in the Standard American Diet. Do we really want this in our body?

Yeast infections seem to be every where these days. They are seen by themselves, usually after antibiotic use, and they are had accompanying other long term diseases such as Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue. Some believe the yeast infections are the cause of Fibromyalgia and CFS, while other see them as only taking advantage of a weakened immune system to proliferate and spread in the intestines and through the body.

Until recently most medical theory was based on the assumption that the 20% of our body that is solid tissue is what determined our health, since that is where most outward signs of disease and illness are found. It was thought that the 80% of our body that is liquid merely supported the structure of bone and organ tissue. We now know the opposite to be true, the fluids that flow through our body are what create our level of well being. The human body is a water machine, designed to run primarily on water and minerals.

Tetanus as a clinical entity is linked to a bacteria, Clostridium tetani. Obviously, the germ is not as malicious as one may think because it lives as a harmless commensal in the animal and human intestinal tract (1). It is not the very presence of the bacteria which causes the trouble, but the toxins that are produced by the bacteria under anaerobic conditions, that is, where the bacteria operates in an environment free of oxygen. These toxins can be spread through the blood vessels and finally affect the nervous system causing tetanic muscle contraction and pain. The condition is extremely painful and potentially lethal.

This article contains new information about Hormone Replacement Therapy. The hormone estrogen is no longer thought to be that which needs to be replenished as a result of menopause. Progesterone is now believed to be the problem, but physicians are still pressured by pharmaceutical companies to prescribe estrogen to women going through menopause.

This article contains facts about natural progesterone, including the many benefits and advantages of this particular Hormone Replacement Therapy.

Natural HRT has become necessary for both men and women. This article discusses various factors which lead people to seek natural HRT, and some benefits of such treatment.