A patient of mine pointed me to a show on KTCS that was on Alzheimer’s disease. While I could not watch the whole show, a very interesting segment involved little mice swimming in a big tub of cloudy water. The tub had aplatform hidden below the surface where the mice could swim to and then [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Another reason for keeping a tab on stress and having fun…
Posted in Anti-aging, Nutrients, tagged alzheimer's, memory, naturopathic medicine, ozone on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Phytochemical Sunday… quercetin and exercise
Posted in Uncategorized on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I came across an interesting article that looked at incidence of upper respiratory tract infection (ie. the common cold) in athletes who did 3 hours of intensive exercise for 3 days in a row. The study looked at known immune system parameters that are affected negatively by intensive exercise. These included secretory IgA (an immune [...]
Vitamin C – the simple but versatile nutrient
Posted in Immune system, Nutrients, infections, tagged intravenous vitamin c, naturopathic medicine, Stress, vitamin C on June 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Vitamin C is a very versatile nutrient used both in prevention and treatment of disease. Its use in the body goes far, far beyond the simple prevention of the severe deficiency state scurvy. There was heavy public interest in vitamin C when two-time Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling publicy promoted vitamin C in the treatment [...]
A thank you regarding bill C-51
Posted in Uncategorized on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After sending out a regular email to patients regarding bill C-51 and its possible repercussions on natural health products, I received many replies of concern stating that they would email and write our government. The concern was that natural health products, including simple nutrients such as vitamin C, and simple herbal medicines such as St [...]
Pesticide rich foods…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Environmental Medicine, naturopathic medicine, organic, pesticides on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Environmental Working Group is a great resource for toxicity and environmental medicine related information. Their website is at www.ewg.org. Recently an environmental physician from England emailed Dr Ward a recent posting at that site that detailed which foods had the highest amounts of pesticides.
Eating organic is always the least toxic option, and also the [...]
Mosquito season, west nile infection, and updates
Posted in Nutrients, infections, tagged fatty liver disease, mosquito repellant, naturopathic medicine, west nile virus on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With mosquitoes becoming an ever-more-present fixture with late summer evenings, it is worth considering safer alternatives to conventional repellants.
In 2002, the New England Journal of Medicine reported in a study that showed Repel Lemon Eucalyptus to have good protection for a duration of 2 hours. This natural product beat out low concentration DEET formulations. This [...]
Niacin, growth hormone?
Posted in Anti-aging, Cardiovascular, Nutrients, tagged growth hormone, naturopathic medicine, niacin on June 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Niacin, or vitamin B3, is a very potent vitamin that I use frequently in my practice. It is not a panacea or cure-all, but it is extremely useful as an adjunct in many conditions.
There are 3 main forms of vitamin B3 on the market. Niacin is the most basic form, and it causes a somewhat [...]
