The common belief is that, if your appendix becomes inflamed and infected, it needs to come out now. As in like “emergency surgery” now. It’s one of those situations where you would never think about doing a randomized study on it because it would be withholding life-saving medical treatment from those in the placebo […]
A large chunk of the probiotic-popping population uses them only after a course of antibiotics, but would you be better off taking probiotics on a regular basis? The human species’ exposure to bacteria over the course of history was largely due to fermented or buried foods. To preserve different foods, our ancestors buried these foods […]
Regular readers of this blog will know that I consider the gut bacteria as one of the most important factors to do with health. Probiotics showed up in the medical literature some 107 years ago (1908 to be exact). To date, few physicians have any idea just how important the relationship is with the bacteria […]
Iron plays a tricky role in your health. On the deficiency side, anemia creates all sorts of problems. But the other end has a dark side as well. Iron’s principle role in the body is to form the anchor to which oxygen binds in the hemoglobin molecule inside of your red blood cells. It also […]
While the incidence of childhood obesity seems to have leveled off, it remains one of the biggest concerns for the future health of our population. Every pediatric journal I read continues to highlight the concern and the aspects that are contributing to the increasing waistlines of our children. Almost immediately the need to have […]
