No other vitamin has sparked so furious a fight in a medical community as Vitamin D. The debate concerning whether or not it prevents cancer is ongoing. Naturally, the stakes in this fight are extremely high because cancer is the second highest cause of death in this country after cardiovascular disease. Continue reading “The Intriguing Vitamin D” »
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The Intriguing Vitamin D
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011How to protect your bones from fractures.
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
We are no longer that surprised to learn that FDA-approved drugs may have lethal side effects and are being withdrawn from the market. But, are you surprised to find out that FDA-approved drugs with yearly sales of about $4.2 billion are causing the problem that they are supposed to protect us from are still on the market?
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Do not buy your groceries or supplements until you read this!
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Even though government experts consider some low-level radiation exposure like x-rays, cat scans, mammograms, etc, as safe, new data suggests that it may not be true (1). This is especially important now, when we are all exposed to low dose radiation from Japan’s nuclear power plant disaster. But why is low-dose radiation is considered dangerous in the first place?
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Mummies Don’t Get Cancer
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
If you knew that cancer has been around since the beginning of time, doesn’t the thought of a cure seem impossible? But what if you were told that cancer is actually not only on the rise, but didn’t exist in ancient history. That knowledge can lead to amazing breakthroughs in science, as well as hope for all of us that a change in our lifestyle may be a way to prevent the disease.
We see articles about it all the time. This medication now found to cause cancer, this activity now thought to lower the risk of cancer, this food linked to cancer or cancer prevention. It’s impossible to keep up. Even as a doctor, you’re recommendations to patients would constantly be changing, based on this study or that. Continue reading “Mummies Don’t Get Cancer” »
Sun Exposure Is Not Our Killer
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Over the course of the last few decades the sun has basically become our enemy. It is the cause of skin cancer, wrinkles, problem after problem after problem. But is the sun really to blame for any of this. The sun’s always been there, but it’s really only caused a problem in the last few years. Why is it that it is so dangerous?
Truthfully, the sun is crucial to our survival. We need it to help our foods to grow, to give us light and to make us feel alive. The effects of vitamin D, produced in our body with sunlight help, are never disputed and the amount of vitamin D we can get naturally is always better than taking it in supplement form. But, as we humans always do, we take a good thing and take it too far. Continue reading “Sun Exposure Is Not Our Killer” »
Safe Out in the Sun
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
The debate about our exposure to sunlight and what it does in terms on skin cancer has gone back and forth. Recently, a Boston professor of dermatology has been asked to resign because he advocates moderate exposure to sunlight.
Don’t Give Up Your Vitamin D
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Have you ever used sunscreen? Probably yes, because it is good for skin cancer prevention as well as for skin texture. And that’s very true. But it is also true that too much sunscreen can reduce the synthesis of vitamin D by 90 — 95 percent. This is not good at all. Continue reading “Don’t Give Up Your Vitamin D” »
A New Way To Lessen The Risk of Breast Cancer
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Do you know which vitamin to use to lessen the risk of breast cancer? Colon cancer? Prostate cancer? Vitamin D. And there is new data from Heidelberg, Germany to support this concept. Continue reading “A New Way To Lessen The Risk of Breast Cancer” »