Sugar Spikes

  Sugar is not the enemy – however, sugar spikes are. Whole foods contain sugar but also fiber that slows down the release of sugar into the blood and does not tend to spike blood sugar. The worst offenders are soft drinks and fruit juice and any food high in sugar. Food labels list sugar [...]

The Safest Deodorant is Free and in Your Kitchen

Save your breasts and use this homemade chemical-free deodorant! As yet another friend of mine suffers from the ravages of breast cancer, I am on a mission to get people to stop using store-bought deodorants. Take a look at the ingredients in even the safest options sold in health food stores. Tea tree oil and [...]

Flu Shot or Not?

Many of my readers have asked me to weigh in on the H1N1 vaccination controversy. There are two extreme points of view when it comes to vaccinating for the H1N1/swine flu. The CDC recommends that everyone get the vaccine starting with those most at risk. The other extreme are people who do not believe in [...]

Risk Factors for Vitamin D Deficiency

I’ve listed some of the specific risk factors for vitamin D below. Which ones apply to you and your family members? Not enough exposure to sunshine when vitamin D producing UV-B rays are abundant. Dark pigmented skin without enough sun exposure. Daily use of sunscreens or sunblock – (SPF 15 blocks 95% of UV-B rays) [...]

Vitamin D Deficiency and Cancer

Dr. Lani Simpson, D.C. Excerpted from her forthcoming book,The Sun Companion As we are nearing winter months, I am concerned that many of my readers are vitamin D deficient and unaware of it. In this newsletter we will focus on vitamin D deficiency and cancer, risk factors for vitamin D deficiency, vitamin D testing, and [...]

Quest Acknowledges Errors in Vitamin D Tests

As I mentioned in my December newsletter on vitamin D, the testing procedure that Quest lab uses for vitamin D (25 hydroxyvitamin D), will give a false reading – 30% higher than the actual vitamin D level. On January 9, 2009, the New York Times reported yet another problem with the testing of vitamin D [...]

Okinawans Teach the World a Lesson on Longevity

There is a saying that Okinawans utter before eating: “Hara Hachi Bu”, or “Eat until 80% full”. Okinawans are the oldest living society on the planet and many are centurions. What is the key for their longevity and excellent health quality? Many reasons are attributed for their long, prosperous lives. Following are some of their [...]

HPV Vaccine Yes or No?

By now most of us have seen the television commercials with girls of every race playing together, smiling and chanting, “I’m not going to be the one. I’m not going to be the one.” This is the commercial that Merck pharmaceuticals used to launch Gardasil, the new Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine. The ad implies [...]

Vitamin D testing at Home

Why test Vitamin D? Vitamin D deficiency is very common, particularly in northern climates with little sunshine. Vitamin D has been found to be important in protecting the body from a wide range of diseases, including cardiovascular disease, stroke, osteoporosis, osteomalacia, cancer, autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes (types 1 and 2), [...]

Sunscreen Increases the Risk of Skin Cancer?

Studies have shown that those who use sunscreen products regularly have an increase risk of developing skin cancer. Following are some of the most likely causes for this increase: Sunscreens allow for a false sense of security, so users stay out in the sun longer and more often, increasing their risk of sunburn and lifetime [...]

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