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A "Short" Solution to Shedding the Pounds

20 Mar 2017

I had friends in University that wrestled. And I never really got it.  The jousting, the hold-‘em-down-till-they’re-finished-mentality. And the outfits. I won’t even get started on that one. But...

Radithor

20 Mar 2017

It seems hard to believe now, but in the 1930s a “miracle cure” which actually contained radioactive radium was widely promoted in North America by William J.A. Bailey, an ex auto-swindler....

Put a Sock in it, Dr. Oz.

20 Mar 2017

Dr. Oz is being sued. Not for dispensing silly advice about "natural" weight loss supplements. Not for shamelessly promoting "Dr.Oz's homeopathic kit." Not for having nutcase Joe Mercola on his...

Many scientists smell a rat in French GMO rat study

20 Mar 2017

A recent French study that purports to show a link between the consumption of genetically modified corn and a variety of ailments, including cancer, was just the tasty morsel that critics of...

Should we root for astragalus root?

20 Mar 2017

Dr. Oz likes the herb astragalus. He says that it "actually slows down the aging process right where it happens, inside of our cells, where the blueprint of our cells resides." This is based on...

Dr. Oz and the Fast Metabolism Diet

20 Mar 2017

So.. Dr. Oz is at it again. This time he was fawning over Haylie Pomroy's "Fast Metabolism Diet." Haylie's qualifications are not clear but she is described as a "lifestyle counsellor." Hmmm....

Supplements to Increase Glutathione in the Body?

20 Mar 2017

There is no question that glutathione is a very important biochemical that plays a role in reducing oxidative stress. In other words, it is an antioxidant produced in the body to counter the...

Alkaline Food Bunk

20 Mar 2017

There is lots of bluster on the Internet about "acidic" and "alkaline" foods usually based on some story that cancer cells can only survive in an acid environment and it is therefore advisable to...

Konjac and Weight Loss

20 Mar 2017

It is unbelievable what people will believe. Especially when it comes to weight loss. No matter how many “magic” pills have come and gone, hope reigns eternal that the next one that comes around...

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