Stress, The Final Frontier
Captain’s log, Stardate 2257…the emergence of a Klingon vessel forced us to engage warp–drive before our coordinates had been set, and we were sucked into a black hole. When the Enterprise came to rest, Spock announced that we appeared to be in orbit over the Earth in the year 2018. We beamed down. Spock was fascinated with the human’s behavior. “They seem to be acting like those Earth creatures you call ants,” he observed, “but unlike the ants they do not seem to be behaving
Bone health isn't really all about calcium
I see many women whose doctors have prescribed huge amounts of calcium, often as much as 1500 mg a day. This is ridiculous. At least I think it’s ridiculous, and I think that it is potentially dangerous long-‐term. This advice is often accompanied by a suggestion to take massive amounts of vitamin D, sometimes up to 10,000 iu a day or much more. This is also ridiculous. So now I have to explain myself, because I am implying that the current medical wisdom is……ridiculous. Fir
The Rise and Fall of Hormone Replacement Therapy
The story of hormone replacement therapy begins in 1938 with the discovery of diethylstilbestrol (DES). This ‘synthetic estrogen’ was later used to prevent miscarriages, but by 1960 DES was found to cause sex organ abnormalities and increased cancer risk in children born to mothers taking it. Eleven years later, in 1971, DES was finally removed from the market. During those years, Robert Wilson’s book, Feminine Forever, (1966) diverted attention away from the DES disasters an
Plastics, Chemicals & Your Health
Many plastics and industrial chemicals are capable of interfering with the proper functioning of estrogen, androgen and thyroid hormones in humans and animals. These substances are called endocrine disruptors. ————————————————————————————— There are over 100 chemicals linked to the disturbing medical condition known as endocrine/hormone disruption. Scientists are reporting that chemicals and other compounds we are exposed to on a daily basis can mimic, block or otherwise inte