Vitamins: great for your body, bad for your water supply. While a well-balanced diet should provide the body with the nutrients it needs, it’s also no secret why we take multivitamins. For vegetarians, they can give you the vital B12 your body craves; for those with an iron deficiency, they can help you regulate your anemia. However, it’s also a well-known fact that whatever the body doesn’t end up using, it releases through urine. Read more.
Archives for April 2022
Salt: Is it Good or Bad?
Conventional wisdom on salt is that most Americans need to reduce their salt intake; this is the view put forth by the federal government’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans as well as others. The truth is more complicated, particularly with the most up-to-date science. We will untangle some of these threads below, but the main takeaway is one that is common throughout integrative medicine: the healthy way to incorporate salt into your diet is dependent on your own individual biology and needs—there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. Read more.
The Real Reason FDA Attacked Nasal Sprays
As is too often the case with this agency, you need only follow the money. Action Alert! Last year, we reported on the FDA attacking companies marketing nasal spray products proven to help with COVID as part of the federal government’s wider campaign to censor and block natural therapies for the virus, since they aren’t FDA-approved drugs. Now, we have a more specific indication of why: there is ongoing research on a nasal spray containing a novel compound to fight COVID; another anti-COVID nasal spray is coming to market in Europe. We believe the FDA is once again acting to protect drug industry interests by blocking competition from natural products, no matter how much harm is caused. Read more.
The Corporate Push for Synthetic Foods: False solutions that endanger our health and damage the planet
Fully artificial food is an increasingly popular trend focused on developing a new line of synthetically produced, ultra-processed food products by using recent advances in synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology. These new products seek to imitate and replace animal products, food additives, and expensive, rare, or socially conflictive ingredients (such as palm oil). Read more.
You Cannot Boost Your Way Through COVID
That the mRNA-based COVID shot is not a real vaccine is evidenced by the sheer number of “boosters” required to keep COVID-19 at bay. When the injections were released at the beginning of 2021, the promises flowed. Read more.
Health Statistics and Study Design for the Rest of Us
Given the flood of health information in the news, the increase in the number of health and medical journals, and journal publications, blogs, social media posts, websites, and opinions of family and friends, this brief overview is an attempt to help the reader evaluate headlines and discoveries related to human health. Reading newsfeeds today, one can feel surrounded by data in an information desert. Read more.
A 7-foot-tall robot at Dallas Love Field is watching for unmasked travelers and curbside loiterers
Yes, those 7-foot-tall machines at Dallas Love Field are watching you. They want to make sure you’re wearing a mask if you’re boarding a flight or not parking too long at the curb if you’re picking up a returning traveler. Read more.
5 Proven Ways to Boost Testosterone Naturally
Today, an increasing number of aging men are opting for testosterone replacement therapy, some with dramatic results. But this approach, while often positive in the short term, can have some serious drawbacks in the long term, especially if the underlying and modifiable factors causing the deficiency are not addressed at their root. Read more.
How Big Food is Scamming Consumers into Accepting Fake Food
A plate of fortified Golden Rice as the first course, a second course of Impossible Burger and a side dish of synthetic mozzarella with vegetables grown from genetically modified seeds. Of course, selling such a menu doesn’t really seem easy. Read more.
In California, an Army of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Awaits Release. Will it Backfire?
Soon, millions of these engineered mosquitoes could be set loose in California in an experiment recently approved by the federal government. Read more.