Why you don't need to take copper when you’re taking supplemental zinc

Rules get broken in medicine all the time. Here's a timed-honored nutritional rule that looks like it needs to be reexamined.

It has to do with zinc. Ever since I first learned about giving zinc supplements to patients, they warned me to make sure and give it with copper. Why? Because zinc and copper compete for some very important antioxidant enzyme systems. If you give too much zinc without giving copper, it will result in an imbalance of these enzymes causing excessive free radical damage.

Is this killer flu headed to the U.S.?

If you've been reading news reports of disease outbreaks overseas, you may have read about an emerging killer virus. The corona virus is closely related to the SARS virus, which killed hundreds in China several years ago. Currently, there have been many cases in Saudi Arabia, with cases in other Middle East countries and even into Europe.

Do Seventh-day Adventists have the secret to cancer prevention?

Cancer is one of the biggest health fears for most people. I know I don't want it! Today's medicine waits for you to get it. Then it quickly hustles you into toxic treatment when your mind is in a state of shock. And your health and wallet are often all the poorer for it. My good friend Frank Shallenberger, MD says that the best treatment for a disease is not to get it. That's an understatement.