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Are you wondering how to avoid digestive upset while traveling?  Bali Belly, Delhi Belly, the Turkey Trots, the Cairo Curse, the Bangkok Bloat, the Dakar Dash, Montezuma’s Revenge, or the Hong Kong Crud do not have to accompany you on your exploration of a developing nation. 

Once over age 30, most adults lose more bone than they create. A man who is 50 or older is more likely to break a bone due to osteoporosis than he is to get prostate cancer. A woman can lose up to 20% of her total bone mass in the 3 – 6 years after menopause. In later...

Often what is mistakenly interpreted as too much stomach acid is actually a lack of it. Hydrochloric acid tends to decrease with age. On average, a 40 year old will have 15% less HCL than they had at age 25, and by 65 they have 85% less. Hydrochloric acid can be...

Did you know that the word “wealth” comes from the Old English words “weal” (well-being) and “th” (condition) which taken together means “the condition of well-being”? Many of us associate good health (mental, emotional, and physical) with the term “well being” and...

“Frankenstein food”, as G.M.F.’s are sometimes referred to, are foods made with genetically modified organisms. They are most commonly soy, corn, cottonseed, and canola, although other agricultural foods, ranging from alfalfa to zucchini, now also contain a...

Coffee has more caffeine than tea and true teas have more tannins than coffee. Aside from water, tea is the world’s most popular beverage (green being the most common). Drinking tea or coffee with your meals can limit how much iron (needed for red blood cells) and...

We all know we should “drink plenty of water” but how much is enough and why? What happens if we don’t drink enough water? The ingestion of water nourishes our cells. Without an ample ongoing intake of water our cells become dehydrated, malfunction, and eventually die...

It’s interesting to me that Americans take more calcium supplements than any other country yet the U.S.A. has the highest incidence of osteoporosis. According to the U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, 10 million Americans have been diagnosed with osteoporosis and...

I have been fascinated with the connection between mind and body for most of my life. Below are quotes by leading medical authorities in the U.S.A. The brain and body communicate using a flood of chemical messengers that hook up to receptors on the surface membranes...

Minerals are co-enzymes which help vitamins and other nutrients to function, and are responsible for most actions within and around our cells. There are 90+ known minerals (thus far) for human health. The minerals you ingest affect your pH and your pH affects your...