Few people are aware that we have in the body many examples of rhythmic changes referred to as cycles. Even fewer are aware that there is a relationship between breathing through the nose and brain activity, referred to as the nasal cycle. The cycle was discovered by Richard Kayser in 1895. He noted that there […]
I recently received notification concerning a “review” posted on HerbCustomer, a commercial website that has been active since February 26, 2010. This so-called “review” was posted on January 16, 2018 by iHerbCustomer entitled “Dangerous allithiamine derivative with no thiamine activity”. The email was posted as well. This person made a potentially libelous statement by referring […]
Why a sermon? The title was suggested from a breakfast discussion that I had with a resident in the retirement home in which I live, a retired minister of the United Christian Church. In the nearly 5 years that I have been living here, I have repeatedly sat and listened to my friends talking about […]
Hope Spells Help Our People Exist Fact One: Aluminum is present in U.S. childhood vaccines that prevent hepatitis A, hepatitis B, diphtheria-tetanuspertussis (DTaP, Tdap), Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), human papillomavirus (HPV) and pneumococcus infectionFor someone always skeptical of big money-big business tied to anything in the realm of medicine or science in general, I […]
At least once a week, I have a conversation involving all the reasons why someone cannot/does not/will not consider changes to their diet a necessary step to health. Sometimes the conversation is more about the difficulties of overcoming lifelong bad habits. For those folks, change is difficult but not impossible. Sometimes the conversation involves appreciating that diet […]
There is nothing more heart wrenching than a suffering child, except perhaps the look of despair in his mother’s eyes. We want to stop the suffering of our children. We want the magic pill or substance that can, if not reverse, at least reduce, even if only for a little while, the severity of their […]
Some years ago I was invited to speak at the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia. This is a wonderful institution that takes children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a residential program and provides them with a complex physical training program. Many doctors have given their time as consultants and one […]
One of the more common questions regarding vitamin D supplementation is whether or not to supplement with vitamin K also. In this post, I will address those questions as well as look into the roles of these vitamins in mitochondrial function.If you recall your high school chemistry, mitochondria are the powerhouses of our cells. Their […]