7 Tips for a Healthy Vacation

7 Tips for a Healthy Vacation Loretta Lanphier, NP, CN,CH, HHP Summer is here and many folks are preparing for their annual family summer vacation. Whether it’s a trip to the mountains or the beach, a trek across the country to visit family, or a relaxing week at the lake, there is much to be […]

Senators were taken completely off guard by the public outrage and comments over the passing of bill S.1082 with language that will possibly be used to seriously harass dietary supplements by allowing the FDA to apply drug-related risk analysis to the safety of food and food ingredients (and thus dietary supplements).

The FDA has stepped-up its attack on dietary supplements in America. On May 14, 2007 the Supreme Court sided with the FDA by deciding not to hear the case of Nutraceutical v FDA, letting stand a federal appeals court ruling that permits the FDA to use drug-related risk/benefit analysis to determine if a nutrient is safe. Byron Richards gives us the truth in what is really happening to our health freedom.

Soy milk is not a complete nutritional food for babies and should not be given as a substitute for formula or breast milk.

Since the approval of the vaccine Gardasil, for use in girls as young as 9, in June, 2006, there have been 1261 adverse events reported.

Drug company kickbacks to doctors who prescribe epoetins such as Aranesp, Procrit and Epogen total hundreds of millions of dollars per year and are considered an important source of income for oncologists.

Only about 25% of the population meets the Recommended Dietary Allowance of magnesium. Magnesium is a cofactor in over 300 enzymatic reactions in humans. It is required for sodium, potassium, and calcium homeostasis, as well as for the formation, transfer, storage, and utilization of ATP (the energy currency in our body) at the cellular level. You cannot live without magnesium. The lower the cellular level of magnesium, the quicker disease states develop and the quicker aging progresses.

Most of us first heard about hexavalent chromium, or chromium 6, from the movie Erin Brockovich, which was based on the true story of a lawsuit over chromium-contaminated groundwater in the town of Hinkley, California.

The tremendous jump in childhood food allergies in the US is often in the news and media but most reports fail to consider a link to a recent radical change in the diet of Americans. Scientists known for a long time that GM crops could possibly cause allergies. Currently there is no testing to prove ahead of time that a GM crop is safe. Unlabeled genetically modified (GM) foods carry a a high possibility of triggering life-threatening allergic reactions, and evidence collected over the past ten years now suggests that they are contributing to higher allergy rates.

The multiple health benefits of flaxseed oil are extremely important when dealing with whole body health along with the prevention and treatment of degenerative disease. Researchers are now suggesting that flaxseed has beneficial effects in the prevention of cancer, coronary heart diseases (CHD) and sudden death from heart arrhythmias.