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America is overweight. Millions of Americans are fighting the battle of the bulge. The economic cost of obesity related illness was estimated at more than $39 billion back in 1986. Adding insult to injury, a study in the Journal of…read more
Categories:Obesity
Is the increase in cases of ADD, ADHD, asthma and teenage depression related to the increase in the consumption of MSG? George Schwartz, M.D., believes that this is the case and offers a very convincing argument in the new revised…read more
Categories:Obesity
The road to successful, healthy weight loss is not an easy one. There are many challenges and choices that await the individual who wishes to embark on such a journey. From a holistic prospective, there is a sensible plan to…read more
Categories:Obesity
A Taxpayer’s Guide on IRS Policy to Deduct Weight Control Treatment.The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has changed its policy regarding how taxpayers may deduct the costs of weight loss/ weight control programs. The following are interpretations of the American Obesity…read more
Categories:Obesity
Aside from when I was studying the periodic table of elements, my knowledge of strontium occurred while reading Dr. Wright’s Guide to Healing With Nutrition, a wonderful book written in 1971 as a treatise for medical students that ended up being…read more
Sunday, March 22 As you might imagine, I’m constantly on the lookout for new ways to prevent and treat osteoporosis. Frequently on “Health Talk” and in this blog (Serious Concerns Over Osteoporosis Drugs, Jan. 9, 2009), I’ve aired my reservations…read more
Categories:Aging Muscle and Bone Health Osteoporosis Women’s Health
Osteoporosis, one of the most common conditions associated with aging, is characterized by excessive loss of calcified matrix and collagenous fibers of bone. Holes or pores are formed as bone tissue is lost, increasing the risk of fracture. Osteoporosis may…read more
Categories:Aging Muscle and Bone Health Osteoporosis Supplements
First Lady Michelle Obama has rolled out a new campaign to make Americans drink more water. “Water is the first and best energy drink,” she told a crowd at a high school at the aptly named Watertown, Wisconsin. It’s all…read more
Categories:Optimization
In the early 1800s, faced with automation and industrialization in the English textile industry, a group of traditional weavers and lacemakers banded together to protest. They were called “Luddites.” The Luddites demonstrated at new mass-production factories, and even sometimes rampaged,…read more
Categories:Optimization
My colleague was a lot like me, only seemingly better. A young holistic physician with a thriving practice, active in the politics of alternative medicine, ambitious, energetic in his 40s, owner of a health food store and host of his…read more
Categories:Optimization
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…
Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
The recent attempt on candidate Trump’s life merely highlights a long-standing problem: America is in…
Q: Is drinking liquids with meals bad for digestion? I routinely have a pint of…
“Dr. Hoffman, do you still eat peanuts?” That was a listener question recently on my…
Intelligent Medicine Radio for April 6, Part 2: Magnesium Deficiency
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