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Diabetes, diet and herbs
Mainstream medicine is making serious blunders in its approach to diabetes, and conventional physicians and dieticians can’t get straight the proper diet to treat diabetes. They adhere slavishly to the diabetic “exchange diet” developed decades ago, which emphasizes…read more
Categories:Diabetes
Common cold buster: Simple three-step plan that works
Several different viruses, the most common of which belong to the category rhinovirus, cause the common cold. Herbal, pharmaceutical and homeopathic remedies have consistently failed to treat symptoms or to significantly shorten their duration. In fact, certain studies…read more
Categories:Colds and Respiratory Infections Immunity Supplements
Vitamin C / Atherosclerosis scare
Early in March, devotees of nutritional medicine were stunned by wide circulation in the media of a press release suggesting that modest supplementary doses of vitamin C were implicated in rapid acceleration of atherosclerosis based on a study…read more
Categories:Atherosclerosis General Nutrition Heart Health Supplements
Gallbladder disease
Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The sole function of the gallbladder is to store bile, which is produced in the liver and aids in the digestion of fats in…read more
Categories:Aging Gall bladder disease Nutrition and Weight Surgery
Iron: Deficiency and toxicity
Iron – roles in the body: Iron is an essential nutrient that is vital to the processes by which cells generate energy. Iron also can be damaging when it accumulates in the body. In fact, iron is…read more
Categories:Chronic Fatigue Syndrome General Nutrition
Frequently asked questions about fatigue
Q. What kinds of undiagnosed illnesses can be present with a primary symptom of fatigue? Would other symptoms likely be present, too? How can the fatigue be alleviated with proper treatment of the illness? A. There are innumerable…read more
Categories:Allergy Cancer Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Depression/Anxiety Diabetes Fibromyalgia Heart Disease Hepatitis Hyperthyroidism Multiple Sclerosis Sleep
Update on cancer
Recent articles have hailed progress on the war on cancer. Experts point to statistics they say reflect rising survival rates and falling death rates from “preventable” cancers, such as breast and colon. Nevertheless, cancer remains a big killer,…read more
Categories:Cancer Diabetes Exercise General Nutrition Supplements
Glucose tolerance test (GTT): Why do I need a GTT?
We approach all nutritional counseling at the Hoffman Center from the vantage point of blood sugar stabilization and optimized glucose tolerance. First let’s review the basic mechanism by which the body uses glucose and insulin. When you eat,…read more
Categories:Arthritis Asthma Cancer Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Depression/Anxiety Diabetes Headache/Migraine Heart Disease Heart Health Hypoglycemia
D-Mannose: An aid in ameliorating urinary tract infections
Literally millions of women and girls (and a few boys and men) have at least one episode of acute bladder infection (“cystitis”) each year. Routine treatment of bladder and kidney infections involves antibiotics and antimicrobials. D-Mannose helps to…read more
Categories:Urinary Health
The origin of “panic”
Few individuals know the origin of the word “panic.” Its roots lie in Greek mythology, namely the legend of the Greek demigod Pan. Pan was a mischievous forest sprite, inhabiting the lonely stretches of wilderness that separated the…read more
Categories:Mental and Emotional Health
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Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
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Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
One of the most exciting recent discoveries in physiology is about the role nitric oxide…
This month, tired of the lingering gloomy weather in New York which makes bike riding…
Q: I used to eat myself into a sugar coma most days of the week,…
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