Alternative Health looks at alternative ways of treating illness apart from the medical system.
High Cholesterol Levels Not a Health Risk: May Increase Life Span
by Dr John Briffa,
The Cholesterol truth
Excerpts:
A couple of weeks ago my blog post featured some research which found no association between total cholesterol levels and heart disease in a huge sample of individuals living in England. Moreover, this research found that higher levels of cholesterol were associated with a reduced risk of death due […]
How American Conventional Nutritionists or Dieticians are Regularly Manipulated by the Food Industry
by Dr. Mercola
The American Dietetic Association’s (ADA) annual conference is often called “the world’s largest meeting of food and nutrition experts.” According to the ADA, the conference brings together “more than 10,000 registered dietitians, nutrition science researchers, policy makers, health-care providers and industry leaders to address key issues affecting […]
Ginger Slashed Prostate Cancer Growth in Mice by 56%
By Dr. Mercola
Ginger has a long history of medicinal use, primarily for soothing nausea and easing stomach upset and dizziness. But it’s also a natural immune system booster with anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties, courtesy of several bioactive phenolics, including:
Gingerols
Paradols
Shogaols
Gingerones
Zingerones
Phenolic antioxidants, which are plant metabolites found throughout the plant kingdom, have been found to […]
Obama Sends Feds to Shut Down Medical Marijuana Industry in California
Health Impact News
The Obama administration made it clear this week that they are intent on shutting down the legalized medical marijuana industry in California. First, the IRS ruled that Harborside Health Center in Oakland owed $2.5 million in back taxes from 2007 and 2008. This is $2 million more they paid in taxes during those years, […]
Chicago’s “Wellness” Program Forced on City Employees – Big Pharma Benefits
Alliance for Natural Health
If employed by Chicago, you’ll take whatever “preventive” medicine the city demands—or pay far more in insurance premiums!
Under Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan, unveiled last week, city employees must enroll in a conventional medicine–structured “wellness program” to manage chronic health problems such as obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure. […]
New Ron Paul Bill Would Restore Freedom of Speech in Regards to Healthy Food and Supplements
by Alliance for Natural Health
It’s the latest in a series of the candidate’s bills supporting health freedom and our access to natural health remedies. A new Action Alert!
The Testimonial Free Speech Act, HR 2908, is a brief bill that would allow the dissemination of testimonials “containing a consumer’s actual perception of the […]
RED ALERT: FDA Set to Ban Your Supplements
By Dr. Mercola
The FDA has issued a proposed mandate that represents the greatest threat to dietary supplements since 1994. Back in the early 1990s, consumers were so alarmed by FDA bullying that they staged a massive revolt. The result was that Congress passed a […]
Many Health-Care Workers Have Turned to Alternative Medicine
By Alan Mozes
HealthDay Reporter
Three out of every four U.S. health-care workers use some form of complementary or alternative medicine or practice to help stay healthy, a new report shows.
What’s more, doctors, nurses and their assistants, health technicians, and healthcare administrators were actually morelikely than the general public to use any number of wide-ranging alternative medicine […]
How the FDA covered up the Mercury Dental Amalgam Issue
by Dr. Mercola
With Consumers for Dental Choice
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), once the world’s “gold standard” for food, drug, and device regulation, has evolved from industry regulator to industry captive.
Political scientists are not surprised. The evolution from tough regulator to passive regulator to industry captive is a pattern in Washington. Unless an agency […]
Mercury Poisoning from Dental Amalgam Fillings
Important! The producers of this powerful film are allowing a full and FREE preview through September 10th in celebration of Mercury Awareness Week (September 4 – 10)! Please tell everyone you know to watch this film in its entirety through September 10th, 2011. You can support the Consumers for Dental Choice by visiting ToxicTeeth.org!
By […]
September 8 Call-In to Oppose FDA Take-over of Supplements
Alliance for Natural Health
We need to convince Congress to review the FDA’s absurd claims and stand against the draft NDI (supplement) guidance. Please join us in this nationwide campaign!
Last week we announced a Call-In Lobbying Day for Thursday, September 8. We’re asking each of you—members, grassroots activists, readers, and […]
Ron Paul on Defending Health Freedom
by Dr. Mercola
In the recent Iowa Straw Poll Michelle Bachman came in first. That fact was reported by most of the national media. However, in an incredible display of conformity bias, virtually all of the major media blacked out the fact that Rep. Ron Paul came in a virtual tie with […]
ANH-USA Files Emord-Drafted Analysis with FDA that Reveals Cockeyed Assumptions Behind Proposed New Supplement Guidance
by Alliance for Natural Health
The FDA says all new supplements since 1994 must be approved, but this will result in only 55 new applications. Huh? Experts predict as many as 125,000, and sale of these supplements will be illegal while the FDA decides what to do with them all.
If you’re […]
FDA Propaganda Attempts to Destroy the Dietary Supplement Industry
By Byron J. Richards, CCN
NewsWithViews.com
It is not surprising that FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg would use blatant and deceptive propaganda to attack […]
Happiness: 69 Year-Old Women Has Not Used Money In 15 Years
by PreventDisease.com
Heidemarie Schwermer, a 69-year-old woman from Germany, gave up using money 15 years ago and says she’s been much happier ever since.
Heidemarie’s incredible story began 22 years ago, when she, a middle-aged secondary school teacher emerging from a difficult marriage, took her two children and moved to the city of Dortmund, in Germany’s […]
FDA Commissioner pushing to eliminate conflict of interest laws, allow paid drug company reps to fill advisory positions
by: Ethan A. Huff
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) At a time when drug industry corruption is reaching a pinnacle of public exposure, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is actually proposing eliminating one of the few pseudo-effective measures in place that restricts the agency from becoming a full-blown Big Pharma “rubber stamp” […]
Are Synthetic Thyroid Drugs, Like Synthroid, Actually Making Your Condition Worse?
by Dr. Mercola
The thyroid drug Synthroid (levothyroxine sodium), as the name implies, is anything but natural. It is not bio-equivalent to the natural hormone thyroxine, but is instead a synthetic, hormone-like substance with very different properties.
In conventional medical treatment for hypothyroidism, once blood variables fall into a range deemed […]
The Simple Cancer Cure That Has Been Known for Quite a While Now
What if a cure for cancer has been right here all along? What if the very agency charged with protecting your health is the one keeping you from that cure? Ten years ago a former New York State assemblyman, Daniel Haley, wrote a scathing exposé on how the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) systematically shuts the door on effective and non-toxic products, many for cancer.
Latest Research Debunks The Saturated Fat Diet Myths
by Dr. John Briffa
The Cholesterol Truth
Excerpts:
I regularly lecture in front of groups, and I’m usually emphasising the value of good nutrition and what this actually means. I believe in eating a natural, unprocessed diet comprised mainly of foods that have been in the human diet the longest including meat (yes, even red meat), fish, […]
Study: Soy no good for menopausal hot flashes, bone loss
By Ryan Jaslow
CBS News
Should menopausal women cross soy milk and tofu off their next grocery list?
Many menopausal women turn to soy to stave off nasty effects, like decreased bone density and hot flashes, because estrogen therapy is associated with risks for breast cancer and heart attack. But now researchers are calling […]