Calcium Supplements Increase Heart Attack Risk by 86 Percent
New research published in the journal Heart has confirmed the findings of two controversial studies on calcium supplementation and heart attack risk published in the British Medical Journal last year, and which found a 24-27% increased risk of heart attack for those who took 500 m...
The present-day definitions of osteopenia and osteoporosis were arbitrarily conceived by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the early '90s and then projected upon millions of women's bodies seemingly in order to convince them they had a drug-treatable, though symptomless, disease
Osteopenia (1992)[i] and osteoporosis (1994)[ii] wer...
Vitamin D is an essential vitamin that boosts the immune system and plays vital roles in human metabolism. Did you know that tasty mushrooms are one source for vitamin D, and that you can naturally multiply their levels by exposing them to sunlight?
We evolved living in more sunlight than today. We make our own vitamin D when sunlight hits our s...
The last two decades have witnessed a huge increase in depression diagnoses. At present, one in ten Americans takes antidepressant medication and many of these individuals are taking multiple pills to treat more than one psychiatric illness. Few people will even raise an eyebrow anymore upon hearing about a friend or family member being diagnosed...
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This article focuses on internal exposure to ionizing radiation, its detrimental effects on health, and what nutrition-related steps you can take to reduce exposure and absorption in the body.
We are all exposed to radiation in some form and very likely on a daily basis. However what this daily dose of radiation means to you depends on what type...
Vitamin D Controversy: Article and Video from ICHNFM.org on Vimeo.
Originally published in International Journal of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine
The Position Against This Potentially Harmful Practice and Open Invitation for Its Proponents to Articulate Substantiation
Introduction
Vitamin D3&nbs...
Originally published on Jeffrey Dach MD
Aged garlic shows promising effects on reducing elevated coronary calcium scores while also acting as a gut-friendly antimicrobial
How to Reduce Calcium Scores
Jim has an elevated coronary calcium score in the 95% percentile indicating high risk for future heart attack. He is being treated ...
This article is copyrighted by Jeffrey Dach MD, 2016
Republished with permission from JeffreyDachMD.com
Coronary Calcium Score Benefits of Aged Garlic
Already a culinary favorite, new research indicates that garlic is beginning to look like an excellent alternative to statin drugs.
Jim has an elevated coronary calcium score in the 95% per...
Originally published on JeffreyDachMD.com. Republished with permission.
The AHA (American Heart Association) has denied for years that Coronary Calcium Scoring is a valid marker for heart disease risk. Well guess what? They have recanted, and finally admitted the coronary calcium score reliably predi...
Preventing Cancer at the Molecular Level
A Presentation by Charles Bens, PhD.
The 9th Annual Evidence-based Complementary And Alternative Cancer Therapies Conference
February 25-27, 2016 West Palm Beach, Florida
Charles Bens, PhD explores causes, risks, and prevention of cancer in this presentation from the Co...