Poisonous Holiday Plants
So you know how I love to use plants as ‘medicine’ and frequently recommend herbs to you? Well, there are certain plants that are dangerous, especially at this time of the year. Not all plants
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So you know how I love to use plants as ‘medicine’ and frequently recommend herbs to you? Well, there are certain plants that are dangerous, especially at this time of the year. Not all plants
Medications come from many sources including plants. When plants are used to make a drug, the end product drug (not the plant) goes through phases of testing until it gets FDA approved. For example, the
There’s a famous quote by Hippocrates that underpins today’s article. “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” One food, in particular, is gaining interest lately for its potential use in an unusual
Fatigue is a challenging issue for people, and it’s hard to test for a root cause beyond standard adrenal and thyroid function tests. Sometimes a third etiology is considered and that would be B-vitamin status.
As Halloween approaches this year, a lot of parents plan special outings and trick-or-treating events for the kids. I used to do that too, even decorating the house a little bit with cobwebs, but it
Many people have lost their joy in eating and that’s because they have Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS. I question that diagnosis because often times it is curable with a change in your diet or
I recently wrote about some impressive tests that you can self-order, thus taking the headache out of getting lab tests that you want. If you’re interested in that information, CLICK HERE to read, You Can
This is pretty scary because as parents we want to do everything we can for our children. But let me ask you this, would you be assertive enough to ask, and perhaps even brash enough
When you think of B complex, you probably think of it as one B vitamin, but “B Complex” refers to a group of B vitamins consisting of B1, B2, B3, B6 and others. The B
Berberine is extracted from various different trees including a shrub from the “berberis” family. You may have heard of goji berries those come from the Japanese Barberry tree. Berberine is different, it comes from different
The news broke on September 13, 2019 with a statement from the Dr. Janet Woodcock, the Director at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. This is a day that will go down in history,
Depression is just a word to those until they experience it. Then it’s hell. First let me say I am not a fan of medicating normal, regular sadness that we encounter in our life, such
Let’s talk about Bubonic Plague from a medical standpoint, not political. I’m not going to entertain any of that because for me, it’s just a disease, not a political talking point. Here’s a VIDEO Morning
Pumpkins can be white, yellow or green. They’re not all orange! Did you know Antartica is the only country that can’t grow a pumpkin? In Colorado where I live, there’s a huge pumpkin patch 2
Many people take “biologic” drugs that have anti-inflammatory actions on the body and reduce the symptoms of chronic inflammatory conditions that are auto-immune in nature. I’m thinking of ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn’s disease, psoriasis,
I’ve always been a proponent for generic medications because they are more affordable and supposedly contain the same biologically active ingredient. For years, I’ve highly recommended them to people who couldn’t afford the name brand,
Vicodin and Lortab are two brand names of one of the most popular drugs in the entire world! Generically, it is called “hydrocodone with apap” where the “apap” is an abbreviation for acetaminophen (aka Tylenol®).
It’s very convenient now to order your own blood test or urinalysis, or other lab test. I asked 6 people today, and no one knew this, but it’s huge and can speed up your healing
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