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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
Something fishy this way comes . . .
Yet another viral news story has recently spooked many of my listeners and patients. This time it’s about an alleged association between fish oil and prostate cancer. It spread like wildfire this week after being headlined on the…read more
Categories:Cancer
Multivitamins vindicated: They DO Reduce Cancer!
Doesn’t it seem to you–when it comes to the mainstream media lately–to paraphrase the inimitable Rodney Dangerfield: Vitamins and supplements “just don’t get no respect”? All that changed this month when America’s leading medical journal, Journal of the…read more
Categories:Cancer
Intravenous vitamin C for cancer
For more than 20 years, the Hoffman Center has been using high-dose vitamin C drips in its cancer support protocols. The initial impetus was from Linus Pauling who, together with Ewan Cameron, pioneered the use of high-dose C…read more
Categories:Cancer
Cancer update 2007
AHCC—or Active Hexose Correlated Compound—is used extensively in hospitals throughout Japan for support of patients with immune disorders. Published research has shown that in most patients it can be effective in stimulating and enhancing the natural defense mechanisms…read more
Categories:Cancer
Panic attacks and anxiety
Marjorie, 42, suddenly felt “spacey,” with tingling in her fingers, a crushing chest pain and a sense of imminent death. She cried out to her husband, “Will, I can’t breathe — I’m dying.” Seeing that in fact…read more
EGCG: Potent extract of green tea
Archeological evidence suggests that tea leaves steeped in boiling water were consumed as many as 5,000 years ago. Botanical evidence indicates that India and China were among the first countries to cultivate tea. Although the English are known…read more
Categories:Atherosclerosis Cancer Crohn's Disease Diabetes IBD Liver disease Skin and Hair Ulcerative Colitis
World Trade Center protocol
A five-pronged intervention strategy is envisioned for patients being followed for WTC cough: 1) Administration of a specific antioxidant/multivitamin/mineral formula to consist of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) 500 mg twice daily Vitamin C (Ester C) 500 mg twice daily Vitamin…read more
Categories:Asthma COPD World Trade Center Protocol
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Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
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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…
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It seems not a week goes by that we’re not regaled with news of a…
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Last week, I discussed possible reasons for low ferritin levels. As with most blood tests,…
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I just returned from a dive trip to Turks and Caicos and wanted to share…
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