So now the medical profession want to put everyone over the age of 55 on statins and blood pressure drugs, whether they need them or not and without examining them for any problems. Supposedly it will cut costs! My question is: Are the side effects associated with statins worth the risk? Just in my practice … Read more
A new study reveals that consistent exercise is linked to a lower risk of dying from colon cancer. It is a US study from the Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis and is one of the first to show that exercise can make colon cancer less deadly. The researchers followed … Read more
Here is an excerpt from Dr Jonathan Wright’s ‘Nutrition and Healing’ newsletter. ‘At the end of last year, the US Preventative Services Task Force called for women to hold off on mammograms until the age of 50, and then only to get them once a year after that. Here at ‘Nutrition & Healing’, we thought … Read more
According to Jenny Thompson from HIS research there is, surprisingly, a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that is showing vitamin B6 as a cancer-fighting vitamin! The JAMA study is a review and meta-analysis of 13 studies. Nine examined B6 intake, and four examined blood levels of PLP, the active … Read more
Have you often wondered why you feel better in the summer when the sun is out? Well the simple answer is Vitamin D. Virtually every organ system in your body is dependent on sunshine for optimal performance because it triggers Vitamin D production in your cells. Vitamin D is an ‘essential’ vitamin which means that … Read more
Some thoughts from Jon Herring, Edotorial director of Total Health Breakthroughs. There appears to be a huge mystery around cancer and the medical world would make us believe that it is an elusive genetic puzzle that can only be solved in a laboratory. Or it is a chemical dysfunction that can only be treated with … Read more
Processed food….. a cause of cancer Processed foods are part of our life these days, but how good are they for us? They are certainly more convenient and faster, and what we do know is that obesity and processed foods play a key role in cancer. Why? New studies published over the last 2 years … Read more
Melanie Segala, managing editor of Total Health Breakthroughs, has written: Vitamin Takers Live Longer. ‘Scientists have now proved what those of us into “alternative” medicine have known for years — taking multivitamins will help you live longer. And according to their research, it may be up to 5% longer than people that don’t take them.1 … Read more
According to Dr Al Sears MD in America, many of us are deficient in iodine, and it is so important for many processes of the body. Mainstream medicine regularly ignores iodine. You’ll probably only hear about it if you have thyroid problems. But iodine is an essential mineral. It’s responsible for the production of every … Read more
Today we are told that there is a record high of people in England who have developed the worst type of skin cancer. More than 10,000 people a year, an increase of 600 people from the last year, and the cause is due to ‘binge’ sunbathing. Some sun is essential for us to get our … Read more