No. However, the press does like to sensationalize issues whenever possible, and a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has many thinking antioxidants cause harm.
The type of study is called a meta-analysis, where the authors look at and select previously done human trials that have been completed and are relevant [...]
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Consistently, the page on weight loss in a shot here gets the most hits every day, so there must be interest in the use of B12, MIC (inositol, methionine, and choline), and AMP (myoden) as a trigger for weight loss.
I have used AMP many times in patients with chronic viral infections (including shingles, where the [...]
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Posted in Anti-aging, Energy, Environmental Medicine, Immune system, infections, tagged autism, chronic fatigue syndrome, Environmental Medicine, fibromyalgia, mercury, naturopathic medicine on March 14, 2008 | No Comments »
The post on PCB’s in fish has lead me to quickly write a post on some of the effects of mercury, and why it is such an important factor in many chronic diseases. I have posted on mercury and metal detoxification in the past, but on this blog largely it has been in relation to [...]
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Ozone therapy, a basic stimulation therapy for energy metabolism and immune system modulating therapy, and chelation therapy, a basic detoxification therapy for removing metals and improving circulation, are two of the most versatile techniques I use in practice.
I learned advanced oxidative theories with Robert Rowen, MD, as part of the International Oxidative Medicine Association training [...]
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There has been recent excitement amongst the compounding pharmacists who have been promoting various combinations of B vitamins (particularly B12 and B6) for use in weight loss. I first found out about this type of treatment about 5 years ago in Toronto, where one set up of clinics was using a combination of a very [...]
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Posted in Energy, tagged hydration, Stress, water on December 2, 2007 | No Comments »
A Stanford radiologist recently published an interesting article in the journal Medical Hypotheses. The title sums up the basic premise:
Clinical benefits of hydration and volume expansion in a wide range of illnesses may be attributable to reduction of sympatho-vagal ratio
One of the most common things patients tell me on their own is that they do not [...]
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Resveratrol is a relatively well-known plant chemical found in the skin of grapes, and in wine. There is plenty of research that in less complex life-forms than humans, such as our friend the mouse, resveratrol lengthens life span, decreases diabetes, and keeps the friendly mouse nice and slim.
Resveratrol has been widely used in the naturopathic [...]
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