Published April 8, 2009

Are commercial moisturizers poisoning you?

If you use skin moisturizers, you might be poisoning yourself. According to a new study, these popular products promote skin tumors. But you can have soft, moist skin without the poison.

Researchers in this study rubbed four different moisturizers into the skin of mice for five days a week for 17 weeks. After applying the moisturizers, the researchers exposed the mice to UV radiation. The products were:

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Published April 3, 2009

Are these pain pills causing heart disease too?

If you suffer from chronic pain and take NSAIDs for relief, it’s time to find better alternatives. I’ve warned you for years about NSAID drugs. These are the powerful chemicals made by Big Pharma to cover up your pain. But they do a lot more than just stop pain — and most of these actions can cause serious damage to your body.

For instance, I was the first to warn you against them regarding your circulation. I’ve also warned how they can reduce your pain today and destroy your cartilage for tomorrow.

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Published April 2, 2009

Spend lots of time outside? You still need to take vitamin D

Back in December, I said you needed to take plenty of vitamin D for the next four months. Well, it’s been four months. So should you stop taking vitamin D? New researchers says no — even if you spend a lot of time outdoors.

If you spend lots of time outdoors, your body can produce up to 10,000 units of vitamin D from the sun. But this new study shows that most of us are so deficient in vitamin D, the sun simply can’t provide enough.

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