A new form of supplemental magnesium derived from buckwheat and Swiss chard provides the benefits of this key mineral at lower doses than typical magnesium salt supplements, minimizing the gastrointestinal side effects that deter many people from taking magnesium.
When Dr. Terry Wahls first began speaking about how she had reversed her own case of multiple sclerosis using nutritional and lifestyle interventions, she was quite literally banned by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. “They told me I was creating false hope,” she says. Fortunately, things have changed. Over the last decade, Wahls has helped hundreds of MS patients slow the disease progression and in some cases reverse it completely. And the MS Society now funds her research.
Artificial sweeteners can help patients reduce sugar consumption — but new evidence of harm to the microbiome suggests sugar substitutes cause alarming health problems of their own. A Spoonful of Toxins In September, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore published a study in the journal Molecules […]
According to Dr. Steven Gundry, author of The Plant Paradox, there are seven broad categories of toxins that are widely prevalent in modern life. Avoiding them is an important step in restoring or preserving good health.
fruits, vegetables, and other health foods we’ve long been taught are good for us are actually quietly making us sick, warns cardiologist Steven Gundry, MD, author of “The Plant Paradox.”
It is important for anyone interested in detoxification to understand a bit about the body’s various detoxification pathways, and the ways in which specific herbs and nutrients can support these processes.
The use of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) to quell inflammation and autoimmunity brings more risk than benefit. Dr. Russell Jaffe, developer of The Alkaline Way lifestyle program, says it is actually a harmful choice that one should avoid.
The “Estrobolome” –representing the aggregate of enteric bacterial genes whose products are capable of metabolizing estrogens—is a major influence on a woman’s lifetime exposure to circulating estrogens, and therefore of her risk of developing estrogen-driven cancers.
Call it what you will, tissue cultured meat is closer to market than it has ever been, and may very well find its way to the nation’s dinner plates by year-end. A look at the pros and cons of this fascinating–and freaky–new method of food production.
The rising use of dietary supplements and botanical medicines in clinics throughout the nation begs some important questions: How do medical practitioners define quality? HPC Caught up with three leading functional medicine practitioners to find out.
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