Tim Russert was a loved and respected media person that probably everyone had heard of. Sensitive subject I’m touching on here today, but even in tragedy, we might be able to learn something from Tim Russert’s death. So, I pose the question of whether or not we might have been able to have seen his untimely death coming?

Read more about what warning signs you might have been able to figure out by simply looking at Tim Russert………

Reasearchers have reviewed 18 studies involving 57,000 people and found that higher blood levels of Vitamin D in subjects that took Vitamin D supplements resulted in longer life and decreases in cancer and heart disease. More great news for the sunshine vitamin. Funny though, they still can’t wrap their little brains around the idea that nutrients from food and from supplements can positively effect health outcomes.

Read more about the leap of faith researchers and traditional doctors can’t seem to make….

So now your choice when you go to your doctor’s office for help is between an ineffective medication deigned to only suppress your symptoms…or death! Last Monday, the medical journal, Archives of Internal Medicine reported after reviewing reports from pharmaceutical companies, health pofessionals and the public that adverse drug reactions and deaths had tripled from 1998 to 2005. Talk about taking your life into your own hands when you go to the doctor!

Read about the drugs that are…surprisingly…at the top of the list. One is certainly in your house!

NewsFlash!! Study finds calcium from food better for you than calcium from supplements. Huh? Wouldn’t any reasonable person figure that vitamins and minerals are better if consumed through your diet and not from supplements? What possesed someone to even study this subject? Doesn’t it just make sense?

Read more about this amazingly wasteful study and the role calcium supplements do play in your health…..

I am a proponent of the soybean in our diet and as part of a balanced supplement program. The chemistry contained within it…polyunsaturated soybean oil, the protein content and the miraculous isoflavones…can be more than helpful for human health. I fell into an email debate with Sally Fallon, the president of the Weston Price Foundation, the nation’s largest anti-soy organization. They are funded by individual dairy farmers in part and by other corporations that have a vested interest in decreasing the popularity of the soybean.

Read these emails and about the misleading position this organization takes on this subject and my response…

There was an amazing report in the Journal of the American Medical Association that made the news last week. Interviews of surgeons reported that diabetes improved in 88% of  patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery and almost disappeared in 77%.  The next sentence in the article is the most amazing: “Doctors don’t know yet why the weight loss surgery cures diabetes.”  After I stopped laughing…

Read what these well educated doctors can’t seem to figure out on their own…

There’s irony in the massive media campaign for the cholesterol lowering drug Lipitor that stars Dr. Robert Jarvik, inventor of the artificial heart. He proudly states he takes Lipitor, a cholesterol lowering drug. Could he someday be a candidate for his own invention? Has he not seen the studies that prove Lipitor contributes to heart failure? Geez! Where did this guy get his nutritional training?

Read about how Lipitor contributes to heart failure and also cancer…

The new over-the-counter weight loss pill called Alli is pronounced “Al eye”…but it is not your ally! Formerly marketed as a prescription drug called Xenical (aka Orlistat), this is one of the most dangerous over-the-counter medications available! How does diarrhea, gas, leakages, oily discharge and colon cancer sound to you?

Read more about how Alli works and why you should stay away from it…

Reductions in the risk of cancer because of Vitamin D supplementation has been all over the news the last couple of weeks. This is just another study to add to many others that have confirmed to holistic physicians the benefits of this special vitamin in preventing colon, prostate and breast cancers (others also) as well as autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s Disease, all forms of colitis and insulin dependent diabetes mellitus….and not to mention, prevention of osteoporosis.  If you’re not taking Vitamin D…you should be.

Read more about Vitamin D, why it’s so darn important and what form to take…

A recent review of 8 major studies from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand has shown folic acid supplementaion reduces the risk of stroke by 18-25%. Did you know there are different types of folic acid? Did you know some of the breads and other grains are already fortified with folic acid…but is it the most effective form?

Read about this study and learn which form of folic acid is most effective…