2008

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Alzheimer's Prevention

Alzheimer’s, one of the most feared age related diseases of our time, has the attention of scientist who are intensively researching every aspect of the age-related dementia.  Once Alzheimer’s takes hold, there is no known cure. There are new drugs available that seem to provide some preventive measures and several theories as to what causes [...]

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Neurotoxicity Explained

Everybody knows that you need good elimination habits to function optimally but few have only a basic understanding of what that means.  In a society that is becoming more focused on health and nutrition, a closer look at a group of toxins, called neurotoxins, is needed. While elimination routes include kidney, gastrointestinal, skin and exhaled [...]

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Heavy Metal Burden-Cadmium, Lead, Mercury Plus More

In the toxic environment we live it, it is hard to imagine one being able to escape the potential dangers that threaten us in our air, water and food.  Some believe, as I do, that the health of this nation, evidenced by the escalation of heart disease and chronic acquired diseases, is in direct relationship [...]

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Termite Extermination-Informed Consent

Pesticides kill insects and pests but can also have a devastating effect on the human species.  When a panic-stricken friend called to say she had a termite infestation and the exterminator wanted to pour 350 pounds of pesticide in and around her home, I realized most people do not know how to get enough information [...]

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Food Allergy – Fixed and Aquired Part 1

Food allergy is believed to be the single most contributory factor of chronic disease and therefore warrants consideration when evaluating the patient.  Immune reactions to ingestants are much more complex than inhalants which tend to be a fixed allergy.  To the physician who understands the basic history and complex symptomology of food hypersensitivity, evaluation has [...]

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EDTA In The News

For years, EDTA held a clean record regarding safety but in the past few years, there have been rumors concerning the safety of EDTA. Unfortunately these rumors are true.   Due to some poorly trained doctors, hospitals and pharmacies, the wrong medication was incorrectly administered to patients and they were injured or died.  EDTA has two [...]

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Parkinson's Disease Part 1

About two years ago, a new patient arrived at the office for an appointment.  She had just been released from the hospital where she had a psychiatric workup for extreme anxiety and depression.  Ten days later she emerged with the diagnosis of bipolar disorder and was on at least ten medications.  Her personality seemed flat which [...]

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DMPS Detoxification for Heavy Metal Burden

The major focus of detoxification for most people involves the liver and digestive system but astute patients look further to what is known as metabolic detoxification and chelation to reduce toxins in the organs, soft tissue, nerve and muscle tissue.  One such chelator is DMPS.  What is DMPS?  It is a chelator named Dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid [...]

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Antioxidants – The Powerful Trio – Fighting Diabetes ALC

Acetyl-l-Carnatine                               Part 3                      This product is derived from lysine and methionine and is synthesized in the liver and kidneys.  It is found in highest concentrations in tissues that use fatty acids such as skeletal and cardiac muscle as it helps fatty acid oxidation-the process of transport across the mitochondra membrane to allow for oxidation of [...]

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Antioxidants – The Powerful Trio – Fighting Diabetes – L-Carnosine

  L- CARNOSINE            Part 2 Part 1              Alpha Lipoic Acid        Part 3              Acetyl-l-Carnatine n 1900 in Moscow, Gulevitsch and Amiradgibi isolated a new compound.  In 1994 Professor Steven Charles Gallant attention was drawn to an experiment and found that when l-carnosine was added to old human cells in a culture, it was able to rejuvenate the [...]

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