| 12/28/2006 - Keeping your glass half full |
| With cold, flu, and pneumonia season in full swing, it's especially important to protect yourself -- and your lungs -- as much as you can. And one surprising way to do that is to take it easy on the champagne this New Years Eve (and after). |
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| 12/28/2006 - Sore loser |
| Q: I've come down with my fourth cold sore since November. I've heard applying zinc to it will get rid of it. Help. |
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| 12/27/2006 - Demand and supply |
| Business is booming in the organic food world. According to a report published in October, the organic food market went from a value of $1.5 billion in 2001 to $3.6 billion in 2006. |
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| 12/27/2006 - Goldilocks and your cholesterol: Getting it "just right" |
| Q: A few years ago, my doctor diagnosed me with high cholesterol. I chose not to go the statin drug route and have been working on lowering my levels with diet and exercise... What do I do now? |
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| 12/25/2006 - Credit check |
| Olive oil gets all the credit. But new research shows that walnuts may actually beat it when it comes to protecting your heart. |
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| 12/25/2006 - Weighing in on your allergies |
| Q: I'm a new subscriber to Nutrition & Healing and see that many of your recommended protocols start with being tested for allergies. But I'm deathly afraid of needles. Is there any other way to test for allergies? |
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| 12/21/2006 - High-tech hits home |
| The words bioavailable and bioaccessible get thrown around a lot in medicine. They sound complex (which is probably why the "experts" like to use them so often), but all it really means is how much of something your body can benefit from. |
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| 12/21/2006 - Should you bag your teatime? |
| Q: I have read on the Internet that tea has a lot of fluoride in it these days. Is this true and if so, is there a near fluoride-free source? |
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| 12/20/2006 - Choose or lose |
| Natural medicine is all about choice. And when someone or something comes along and threatens that choice, even the most mild-mannered natural-medicine proponent gets mad. But we're a smart bunch. We don't just get mad -- we get together and fight back. |
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| 12/20/2006 - Improving your odds |
| Q: I have a lot of relatives who have died of various forms of cancer. What can I do to keep from getting it myself? |
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| 12/18/2006 - Burning the waffles |
| There's not much I find more maddening than when research proves what Dr. Wright and his natural medicine colleagues have been saying for years and the so-called "experts" STILL continue to waffle about the results. |
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| 12/18/2006 - When too little is too much |
| Q: I would like more information on Barrett's esophagus. What causes it? And can it be reversed? |
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| 12/14/2006 - Pull the trigger |
| We get a lot of letters and e-mails from parents and grandparents asking if there are any alternatives to the Ritalin or Adderall the pediatrician has prescribed their child... |
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| 12/14/2006 - When to skip the steak |
| Several years ago, researchers in Brazil examined a group of 31 Parkinson's patients and found that every single one had a riboflavin deficiency -- even though their dietary sources (like liver, almonds, and spinach) were adequate. |
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| 12/13/2006 - A winning combination? |
| A few days ago, I told you about the "new" research going on with broccoli (12/11/06 eTip, Subject line: "Catch of the day"). But broccoli isn't the only Brassica vegetable in the news lately. |
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| 12/13/2006 - Putting shingles pain in the past |
| Q: My wife has been suffering mercilessly as a results of shingles outbreak on her head, right ear and surrounding area, continuing down under her chin... |
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| 12/11/2006 - Catch of the Day |
| I like to let you know when the government throws us natural medicine believers a bone -- it happens so rarely, after all. But $1.3 million is a pretty big bone. |
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| 12/11/2006 - Keeping an eye on the prize |
| Q: I am currently reading Dr.Wright's report The Doctor' Secrets to Living Younger Year after Year. I'd like to know about the protocol offered at the Tahoma Clinic to treat macular degeneration. |
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| 12/07/2006 - Ingredient irony |
| If you're on board with keeping sucralose out of your system, one thing you need to be aware of is that the boycott doesn't end when you bypass those little yellow packets at the coffee bar. |
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| 12/06/2006 - Sickly Sweet |
| The dangers of aspartame are pretty well known. And in this month's issue of Nutrition & Healing, Dr. Wright will be going into even more depth about them. |
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| 12/06/2006 - Making a molehill out of a mountain |
| Q: I've suffered from constipation most of my adult life. I eat plenty of fiber and drink lots of water, so my doctor has just told me not to worry about it. Should I still be concerned, or am I making a big deal over nothing? |
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| 12/04/2006 - Hatching a Cure |
| In last Wednesday's e-tip ("Fighting in your sleep"), I told you that the sleep hormone, melatonin, can actually slow the growth of breast cancer by as much as 70 percent. |
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| 12/04/2006 - Listen to your earwax |
| Q: My doctor told me I have excessive earwax buildup. My ears do get clogged up occasionally, but I never really thought of it as a big problem. After all, too much earwax isn't a disease, right? |
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