Published June 18, 2010

Unlike pain drugs, this spice can relieve pain
and restore your liver

On Wednesday, I showed you a popular prescription pain killer kills more than pain. It can destroy your liver and kill you too. But you don’t have to suffer through Big Pharma’s so-called medicine. You can relieve your pain and even restore your liver with the same herb.

If you have inflammatory liver disease, your best friend might be the colorful curry pigment curcumin. I’ve written lots about it. It’s a near miracle anti-inflammatory. So it’s great for pain. But it’s also great for liver inflammation, which can lead to cirrhosis, scarring, blockage, and even cancer. Some of the worst effects of liver inflammation are primary sclerosing cholangitis and primary biliary cirrhosis. These can lead to terrible blockages and scarring.

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Published June 17, 2010

Is there any truth to the “Acid-Ash” diets?

You may have heard that as people grow older, and especially when they become sick, their bodies become progressively more acidic. You may have even heard about some new diets on the market called “Acid-Ash” diets. Should you be on one of these diets?

Early in my alternative medical career, someone told me it’s the foods we eat that cause this acid accumulation. They said certain foods, known as acid foods, leave an acidic residual when your body metabolizes them. Other foods leave an alkaline (opposite of acid) residual. Therefore, the reason that people become acidic is because they eat too many acid foods and not enough alkaline foods. But is there any truth to this theory?

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Published June 16, 2010

Big Pharma finds another legal way to kill you

You probably already know that acetaminophen, aka Tylenol, causes liver damage. Sometimes that damage is severe. Because this has been all over the news, some people think they can use other Big Pharma drugs instead. And many of them are dying for it.

That’s right! Another Big Pharma drug is killing people (or causing liver failure) – and the news won’t cover it. Diclofenac is a common prescription NSAID drug. And the damage can come very quickly. In fact, some cases of liver toxicity occur in the first month of treatment. But they can occur at any time.

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