Most people are aware that having an unhealthy, highly processed diet is not the best idea if you want a life free of disease. But what if I told you that even a HEALTHY diet could possibly make you seriously ill? What?! That is, if you eat a lot of foods that are high in lectins. Here’s the skinny on lectins—what they really are, the health problems they can cause, and how you can...

  It has been said that there are two certainties in life—death and taxes. I’ll add one more onto that—the fact that advertising works.  Very well. One motivator in particular that has been shown to work like a charm in the media is FEAR! There’s nothing quite like scaring the beejuzus out of someone, then selling a product as the magic answer to protect them from the dreaded outcome. And when it comes to sunscreens,...

  June is National Migraine and Headache awareness month, and I suspect that anyone that has ever suffered from a migraine is quite “aware” of them, as they’re hard to ignore. About 39 million people in the US, and over a billion people worldwide suffer from migraines, making them one of the most common disorders in the world.  Ninety-one percent of migraine sufferers can't work or function normally during an attack, and as many as...

  Modern medicine rarely, if ever, looks at the underlying causes of chronic disease.  Instead medications are prescribed that cover up the symptoms but don’t really cure anything. Nowhere is this truer than with DEPRESSION! Shockingly, the theory behind depression that continues to be parroted by many mainstream medical professionals and the pharmaceutical industry is that depression is the result of some kind of chemical imbalance in the brain that can be magically abated with...

  Modern medicine has traditionally focused on family history (i.e.: someone’s genes) as a strong predictor of whether or not a person will develop a certain disease. Think about any time you’ve ever gone to a doctor and had to fill out paperwork—they always ask if your grandparents, parents or siblings have had cancer, heart disease, diabetes, etc. Well, now evidence is emerging that family history is not the be all and end all of...

  Today is National Women’s Check-up Day. Taking measures to make sure you don’t have any unknown health issues brewing, or to ensure that your health hasn’t worsened, is certainly a good idea. However, don’t make the mistake of thinking you’re free and clear just because your pap smear and mammogram are negative, or your blood work fell within the magic numbers and your doc gave you a thumbs up. Because even though you might...