How much vitamin D is too much?

Last week, I introduced you to Millie. Millie is a thin woman who is at high risk for osteoporosis. Because of her high risk, I wanted to make sure her vitamin D, calcium, and parathyroid hormone levels were all in the optimal ranges. When I found that her parathyroid hormone was too high, I recommended she take 10,000 IU of vitamin D to lower them. Here’s what happened...

After two months, I measured Millie’s calcium, vitamin D, and parathyroid hormone levels again. 

Inexpensive therapy improves 71% of herniated discs

A friend of mine recently hurt his back. When he went to a chiropractor, the diagnosis was a herniated disk. The chiropractor wanted to put him on a machine that stretches out the back and relieves the herniated disk and the pain. The cost of his spinal decompression was going to run $200 per treatment. And it would take 20-25 treatments.

Fortunately, there’s a treatment that works even better for herniated disks. It works much faster and it costs a fraction of the $4,000-$5,000 this chiropractor hoped to make off his patients.

Simple mineral stops dementia and other brain challenges

Do you or a loved one suffer from dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, or any other cognitive challenge? If so, you might be able to slow or stop the decline with a simple mineral.

 A National Institutes of Health study followed 1,024 participants 65 and older. The researchers looked at the relationship between selenium levels in the blood and cognitive testing. They discovered that if you have higher selenium in your blood, you’ll have lower risk for cognitive decline.