| 08/29/2003 - Natural Alternatives to Antibiotics |
| Two different topics on the HSI Forum this week complement each other nicely, although you'd never know it just by glancing at their titles. One is called "Natural Alternatives to Antibiotics," and the other is "Gum Disease." |
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| 08/28/2003 - The Benefits of Vitamin C |
| As regular e-Alert readers are well aware, our in-house "nutrition physician," HSI Panelist Allan Spreen, M.D., has frequently written about the benefits of vitamin C, with an emphasis on taking doses much higher than the recommended daily allowance. |
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| 08/28/2003 - Sources of Calcium |
| So if you're concerned about healthy bones, here are three tasty and nutritious ways to help boost your calcium intake. |
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| 08/27/2003 - Examining the Food Pyramid |
| The pyramid I'm talking about, of course, is the USDA Food Guide Pyramid, which illustrates federal dietary guidelines. Every five years the guidelines are reevaluated and updated… |
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| 08/27/2003 - Zero Calorie Slurpee |
| Don't blame 7-Eleven stores for the rising tide of American obesity. |
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| 08/26/2003 - Peanut Oil For Arthritis |
| A quick check of the Internet shows that Marijo's topical peanut oil rub to relieve arthritis pain is apparently a well-known therapy. |
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| 08/26/2003 - Improving Immune System Function, After Surgery |
| Imagine how stressful surgery is on the body. First there's the obvious emotional and physical stress, compounded by the stress caused by the actual disease or trauma. Inevitably, pain killers, drugs, and sleep deprivation all add to the stress load. |
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| 08/25/2003 - Consumer Reports offers Shaky Information about Meal Replacement Drinks |
| I don't know about you, but I find the term "meal-replacement drink" to be a little suspicious. It's like saying, "Your regularly scheduled meal couldn't make it. But here's something that sort of passes for a meal." |
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| 08/25/2003 - Honey and Infants |
| Both raw and processed honey contains spores of botulinum bacteria that can develop into botulism in the digestive tracts of newborns because probiotic organisms are not completely developed during the first year of life. |
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| 08/22/2003 - Natural Supplements Help to Relieve Hot Flashes |
| This question is posted on the HSI Forum in a tread titled "Hot Flashes." A member named Mary is clearly on the right track, trying to find a natural and safe way to cope with hot flashes. Fortunately, she still has several options available. |
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| 08/21/2003 - Do Ginkgo Supplements Help Memory Loss? |
| I immediately thought of Helen last year when I saw a headline that read: "Forget it! Ginkgo supplements don't help memory." I remember thinking that if she saw it she probably responded with something along the lines of, "Hogwash!" |
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| 08/21/2003 - Do Ginkgo Supplements Help Memory Loss? |
| I immediately thought of Helen last year when I saw a headline that read: "Forget it! Ginkgo supplements don't help memory." I remember thinking that if she saw it she probably responded with something along the lines of, "Hogwash!" |
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| 08/20/2003 - Vitamin Gumballs |
| Vitaballs may skimp on vitamins, but as candy they qualify with no problem. Each gumball delivers 4 full grams of carbohydrates, all as sugar. And of course, Vitaballs also contain food coloring, which has been shown to be a possible trigger for ADHD. |
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| 08/20/2003 - Mammography Debate |
| Three recent e-Alerts about mammography prompted a batch of member comments that could be called a "heated debate" - some arguing that mammograms are necessary, while others offered experiences that would make anyone think twice |
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| 08/19/2003 - Growth Hormones for Young Men |
| If you think that growth hormones for a young man of normal height sounds crazy, I agree. But at what age and what height would it not sound crazy? |
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| 08/19/2003 - Heart Health and Supplements |
| "So, there's lots that can be done, and a shotgun approach of nutrients (not drugs, which the body does not know how to metabolize properly) is the way to go about it." |
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| 08/18/2003 - Salt and Potassium |
| Traditional medicine tells us that patients with hypertension should avoid salt in their diets. More recently this idea has been questioned, and often dismissed by many doctors. |
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| 08/18/2003 - NAC Fight Eye Battles |
| Her eye is doing much better now, but her vision problem might not have occurred at all if she had known about a 2002 study that showed how (NAC) may be effective in relieving blepharitis symptoms, and possibly even preventing the condition. |
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| 08/15/2003 - Preserve the Health of Your Computer |
| My regular work schedule was disrupted this week by a virus. A computer virus, that is. And although I wasn't sick in bed, at one point I felt a little sick when my computer started malfunctioning, not allowing me access critical files. |
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| 08/14/2003 - Nasaleze |
| At that time, Nasaleze had plenty of enthusiastic users (including HSI Members), who had found great relief from both hay fever and eczema. But Nasaleze had not yet undergone any clinical trials. |
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| 08/14/2003 - Drug Advertising in Children's Books |
| A long-running series of children's books from the UK called "Mr. Men" has run afoul of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. |
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| 08/13/2003 - Sharing E-Alerts |
| This came up during a casual conversation at a party, so I didn't want to put on my HSI Director hat (well, tiara, actually) and tell him why he would be better off choosing another more reliable multi-vitamin brand. And this sort of thing happens a lot. |
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| 08/13/2003 - The Controversial Realities of Mammography |
| It's no surprise that members would have strong responses to the controversial realities of mammography - realities that fly in the face of the widely accepted "safety" and "necessity" of mammograms. |
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| 08/12/2003 - The Importance of the Human Growth Hormone Company |
| If you're, say, a few years on either side of 50 years old, then your pituitary gland is doing a far less efficient job of releasing somatotropin (or human growth hormone - hGH) into the bloodstream than it did when you were 20. |
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| 08/12/2003 - Combined HRT and Cancer |
| HRT has taken hit after hit in the year since the Women's Health Initiative shut down a multi-year HRT study last summer when researchers feared that continuing it would place subjects at risk of ovarian cancer and coronary heart disease. |
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| 08/11/2003 - Heat and the Atkins Diet |
| Dr. Schenker seems to be unaware that the Atkins diet is not simply one plate of T-bones and pork chops after another. In fact, many fruits and vegetables are low in carbohydrates and can be eaten while following the Atkins plan. |
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| 08/11/2003 - Unethical Sales Practices of a Large Drug Company |
| In "what may be one of the biggest medical deceptions in history," NBC Dateline recently examined the story of a doctor who blew the whistle on the sales practices of a large drug company. |
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| 08/08/2003 - The Health Benfits of Unhomogenized Honey |
| If you've never tried raw honey, you might not even recognize it as honey at first. And it's delicious. But could unhomogenized honey pose a health problem? |
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| 08/06/2003 - Do Mammograms Save Lives? |
| Myth 4: Mammography provides the most dependable method of breast cancer screening. Fact: There are several methods of breast cancer screening that are as dependable or more dependable than mammography. |
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| 08/06/2003 - Restaurants Carrying Irradiated Meat |
| So far, there appear to be only two chains that have signed on for irradiation: more than 100 Dairy Queens in Minnesota and South Dakota, and a family-owned chain called Embers America, with 65 restaurants in four Midwestern states. |
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| 08/05/2003 - Testing Supplement Tablets |
| We have some hard pills around the office. Maybe we'll give them the Spreen water test to see how they do. |
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| 08/05/2003 - Happy People and Colds |
| Get happy!
That's the implied advice from a Carnegie Mellon study concluding that happy people are three times less likely to come down with a cold. |
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