Shh! Quiet please! The mainstream has a "groundbreaking" announcement to make. According to researchers, we're not getting enough vitamin D to effectively fight diseases like cancer. Oh really? You don't say! And tell me mainstream did you manage to come up with that one all on your ... Read More ›
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UPDATED:April 25, 2017
UPDATED:April 20, 2018
Genetic Link between Vitamin D and Disease Prevention
The evidence continues to pour in about the importance of Vitamin D in preventing and healing disease. Now, a new genome study from Oxford University has linked vitamin D deficiency to a wide range of diseases and has shown the extent to which vitamin D interacts with our DNA. In the study just ... Read More ›
UPDATED:February 9, 2016
Breastfeeding Reduces Diabetes Risk
Worried that your infant isn't getting enough products high in sugar, artificial flavoring and colors? Then Mead Johnson (part of Nestle, the multi-million-dollar-Swiss conglomerate) has got just the product for you. Chocolate-flavored formula. Don't worry, if your little one isn't hooked on ... Read More ›
March 24, 2016
3 steps to safely lower blood sugar without dangerous drugs
How much does a heart attack cost? Five hundred thousand dollars? A million dollars? Two million? Truth is, it doesn't really matter. GlaxoSmithKline will pay it. And they'll pay it willingly a thousand times over just to keep you taking their diabetes drug Avandia. That's because even after ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
Statin side effects worse than thought
Remember how "well-tolerated" those cholesterol drugs were supposed to be? Turns out, not so much. A new study in the British Medical Journal links statins to an alarming number of life-wrecking side effects, confirming the evidence that's been mounting for years: These meds will ... Read More ›
UPDATED:February 9, 2016
Dairy: 6 Reasons You Should Avoid It at all Costs
Got milk? These days, it seems like almost everybody does.Celebrities, athletes, and even former president Clinton's head of Health and Human Services, Donna Shalala, are all proud to wear the white "milk mustache." After all, everyone knows that you need milk to be healthy ... Dairy is ... Read More ›
UPDATED:February 9, 2016
Infants Need More Vitamin D
Why anyone listens to doctors when it comes to anything related to diet and environment is beyond me. They're always getting it wrong. They were wrong on fiber and diverticular disease for decades. They were wrong on the impact of pesticides and xenoestrogens released into the environment for ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
“Miracle” Supplement Combats Cancer?
I don't push or promote a lot of dietary supplements. I'm certainly not against supplements. But in my mind, supplements should be exactly what the name suggests: they are to supplement something, not replace it. The "something" is a healthy, varied, plant-based diet. Without the baseline of ... Read More ›
UPDATED:July 27, 2017
Q&A: Sources of potassium that don’t cause blood sugar spikes?
Q: Dear Healthier Talk, I have Type 1 diabetes and have to watch my blood sugar very carefully. I want to get more potassium in my diet, but the only good sources I know are bananas, raisins, prunes and potatoes. Can you tell me some low glycemic sources of potassium that I might add to my ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
This ONE Action Keeps Brain Function at its Peak…
This latest study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease confirms previous studies on vegetable intake and dementia. Here, healthy subjects between the ages of 45 and 102 underwent cognitive testing while their blood was checked for antioxidant micronutrients and biomarkers of oxidative stress. Their ... Read More ›
