If you’re a woman, especially over age 40, and you’ve been to a doctor anytime in the recent past, you’ve undoubtedly been urged to increase your calcium (with supplements and/or dairy products) for bone health and osteoporosis prevention. Now of course, there’s nothing wrong with recommending calcium! Your bones do need it, after all. But what IS wrong is the fact that many women are led to believe that calcium is ALL that matters...

  October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and everywhere you go, you see pink ribbons symbolizing monies donated for breast cancer research. Let’s look at this “research,” shall we? BILLIONS of research dollars have been raised over the last several decades to “find the cure,” yet cancer is still our number 2 killer. So, what have all these billions of dollars bought us? Lots of pretty pink ribbons? And the maddening thing here is...

  Here’s an eye-opening statistic--currently, nearly eight out of 10 Americans are overweight or obese. And those numbers are not going down. Of course, the begging question here is: What in the world is going on? Why is it our “new normal” to be overweight? Well, there are a lot of factors behind the scenes, including processed/fast foods, lack of exercise, exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, chronic stress and the resulting elevated cortisol levels, and our...

  Although it is relatively common as men age, one subject that continues to be a bit taboo among most men is prostate problems. But not talking about the problems won’t make them go away and only increases a man’s risk of serious disease or even death. Here’s a sobering statistic: According to the National Cancer Institute, prostate cancer is the #1 most common cancer in males living in the US, with about 300,000 cases...

    If you went to the doctor and reported having insomnia, chances are good you’d walk out with a prescription for sleeping pills. Or if you mentioned feeling depressed, you may get an antidepressant. If you complained about indigestion, acid reducers may be in your future. But there is a common underlying cause for all of these health issues (and many more) that NONE of the prescription drugs in the world can touch—and in...