If you have recently been to a U.S. theme park, it is startling to most to notice the waistlines of American families. Mom and Dad are overweight and more often than not, every child is overweight, too. Many experts were quick to comment that obesity must be related to genetic susceptibility. Really, what about mother… Continue reading The New American Family—mother and dad are overweight and the children are overweight, too: Obesity can now be inherited
Tag: Natural Health Tips
When It Comes to Natural Health for Children, We’re Living in a Police State
Increasingly, state governments are determining what treatments a child can and cannot have—regardless of parents’ wishes. Three shocking stories prove the point.
Diet Sodas: Fewer Calories, But More Strokes
Last month we reported on the dangers of many artificial sweeteners. Now a report links diet sodas to a 61% increase in strokes and heart attacks.
Readers’ Corner
Our recent articles on sweeteners and Lyme disease evoked a great deal of discussion. Here are two especially informative comments.
Lyme Disease: Misdiagnosed, Underreported—and Epidemic
This is yet another example of the US medical-industrial complex run amok. Lyme is one of the most serious epidemics of our time. Yet the opinions of 2% of the medical community are dominating the beliefs and practices of the mass majority of practicing Lyme physicians!
How Sweet It Isn’t! Cutting Through the Hype and Deception
“Corn sugar”? It’s high-fructose corn syrup by any other name, and it’s dangerous. What sweeteners are safe? What’s not? You may be surprised at the latest research.
Survey Results: Supplements, Diet, and Exercise Top the List of “Alternative” Therapies!
Our readers’ Top Ten integrative therapies list shows that we’re not as “alternative” as the mainstream would portray us.
Live Long Live Well
A recent analysis of causes of death and longevity in the U.S. by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was eye-opening. For those born in the U.S. in 2007, their expected age span was 77.9 years. The most recent analysis revealed an unexpected decline; those born in 2008 could expect to live 77.8 years.… Continue reading Live Long Live Well
Reminder—Tell Us Your Top Ten Integrative Medicine Therapies
We’re still compiling the list of our readers’ favorites. If you haven’t already sent us your Top Ten, there’s still time to do so!
An Epidemic of Type II Diabetes
Seven to eight years ago a NIH-grant request from Washington U. to study Ginseng and type II diabetes treatment noted that by the end of the decade up to 10% of the U.S. would be type II diabetic and as many as 40% of Americans pre-diabetic. As 2010, the end of the decade, draws to… Continue reading An Epidemic of Type II Diabetes