Published April 29, 2011

Does this beverage protect your heart better than wine?

There’s been a lot of press lately about wine’s ability to protect your heart. I agree that wine has some heart-protective qualities. But you have to drink so much wine over many years to see the protection. I’m always looking for better ways to protect your heart. Resveratrol and Alginol are definitely good alternatives. But now a new study says a different beverage may challenge wine as the best heart-protecting drink.

As I’ve shown you in the past, study after study demonstrate that drinking green tea has awesome health benefits. Now a Chinese study says it can protect your heart.

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Published April 28, 2011

Is your chronic disease just a side effect?

Back in 2000, the American Medical Association told us that more than 100,000 people die every year from the proper use of medications. Keep in mind, this number does not take into account the deaths from improper use. But it also ignores a much farther-reaching problem. It doesn’t consider the incredible number of side effects from drugs in all those people who don’t die. In fact, as you’ll see with my patient Pat, doctors often diagnose those side effects as a disease.

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Published April 27, 2011

Cure an infected tick bite overnight

When Stacy (not her real name) first came to see us in January, her shoulder was a mess. On Sunday, January 15, a tick bit her shoulder. She removed the tick, but the bite immediately blossomed into a major problem. The site became ulcerated. An ugly, painful, purple rash extended from the bite down to her elbow. She was unable to raise her arm to comb her hair.

Terri and I heard of the problem the next day and encouraged her to see us that day. As a close personal friend, we were even willing to treat her at home. We told her she’d see results that she could never believe possible. “You’ll call them miraculous at first, but they’re not miracles, just getting the body to heal.” But she had worked as a medical assistant in conventional doctors’ offices, so she was more comfortable waiting until Tuesday when the office was open.

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