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Dr. Rowen is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of California at San Francisco. He has been board certified and recertified by the American Boards of Family Practice and Emergency Medicine. He is currently certified by the American Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology. He also served on the Alaska State Medical Board. Dr. Rowen is known as "The Father of Medical Freedom" for pioneering the nation's first statutory protection for alternative medicine in 1990.

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How to use salt to lower your blood pressure

You’ve probably heard that a diet high in salt can raise your blood pressure. But what if you could use salt to actually lower your blood pressure? It’s possible! At least that’s what a new study out of China says.

Researchers conducted a rather good study (randomized and controlled) on 600 patients at high vascular risk. The average age of the participants was 58.4 years. They randomly assigned the participants to eat regular salt (199% sodium chloride) in their diet or a “salt substitute.” The salt substitute contained 25% potassium chloride, 10% magnesium sulfate and 65% sodium chloride. In other words, it had a more balanced mineral content.

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Protect Your Brain With a Simple Four-Nutrient Cocktail

You probably already know that mercury is a major health hazard. Mercury can be a primary cause of most any known symptom or complaint. There are two primary sources of mercury — the environment (air, water, and fish) and amalgam dental fillings. Amalgam fillings have poisoned millions of Americans. But all of us are exposed to mercury in the air from coal-fired plants, industrial waste, water contamination, and more.

Fortunately, there’s a fairly simple way to treat mercury poisoning. I’ve used it for years. In fact, in Alaska I treated at least 2,000 patients who had mercury overload.

How did I treat them?

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