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The Case for Avoiding Plant Foods — Reckless or Beneficial?
Dr. Mercola Interviews the Experts This article is part of a weekly series in which Dr. Mercola interviews various experts on a variety of health issues. To see more expert interviews, click here. Dr. Paul Saladino trained at the University of Arizona with a focus on integrative medicine. He completed his residency in psychiatry at the University of Washington in 2019, and is a certified functional medicine practitioner through the Institute for Functional Medicine. In this interview, Saladino discusses the surprising benefits of the...
read moreHow to Avoid Common Toxins in Cosmetic Products
Millions of people do their best to eat healthy foods and exercise regularly but forget to give their oral health the same attention in their daily health regimens. It’s important to remember that without effectively addressing your dental health, it’s difficult to achieve high-level physical health. Even more concerning are the millions of people who eat a healthy diet and avoid dangerous pharmaceutical drugs, but still expose themselves to harmful chemicals in their everyday personal care products. For example, parabens and...
read moreBenefits of Wearing Masks for Protection From Infection
In the featured video data scientist Jeremy Howard explains why wearing masks could be a key strategy to reduce the spread of novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), stop lockdowns, get the economy back on track and restore society back to normalcy. Howard, founder of fast.ai, a research institute dedicated to make Deep Learning more accessible spent eight years in management consulting at McKinsey & Company before that. In the Czech Republic, wearing masks in public has been required for the whole country since March 18, 2020. Yet, in the...
read moreMelatonin for Sepsis
While melatonin works as a natural sleep regulator, it affects health in many other important ways as well.1 For example, melatonin: Is a potent antioxidant2 Plays an important role in cancer prevention3 Is important for brain, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal health4 Boosts immune function in a variety of ways May improve the treatment of certain bacterial diseases, including tuberculosis5 Helps quell inflammation May prevent or improve autoimmune diseases, including Type 1 diabetes6 Is an important energy hormone7 — If your sleep...
read moreScents Trigger Strong Feelings From Memories
The scent of fresh-cut grass, your mom’s chicken soup or burning leaves may instantly transport you to a distant memory, one you can suddenly recall with razor-sharp clarity. So-called odor-evoked memories often come along with powerful emotions and are known to activate the “neurolobiological substrates of emotional processing,” according to neuroscientist Rachel S. Herz, an adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University.1 Research published in Learning and Memory2 added to this, suggesting...
read moreNew App Requires Reporting of People Sneezing or Coughing
The new Google app “Corona Waze” asks users to “tag” individuals who sneeze, cough, are sweating or have a runny nose. You can also tag people who do not use soap or wash their hands for at least 20 seconds, or for other social distancing violations. People can also be tagged for not wearing gloves or masks, or hoarding toilet paper and cleaning supplies.Facial recognition systems deployed through nationwide security cameras will be used to identify offenders who are not carrying cell phones while Google’s Fitbit...
read morePandemics That Changed History
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been ruled a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).1 “Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly,” said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom, in his opening remarks at a media briefing about coronavirus. “It is a word that, if misused, can cause unreasonable fear,” he said. Though a pandemic sparked by a coronavirus has never been seen before, he added, the world has also “never before seen a pandemic that can be controlled,” implying that this may be possible...
read moreWhy You Don’t Want to Take Aspirin or Motrin for COVID-19
If you’ve been following the news about the novel coronavirus COVID-19 (sometimes also referred to as SARS-CoV-2, due to its similarities to SARS), you’ve probably seen articles offering conflicting information about the use of ibuprofen.1 Some say taking ibuprofen may aggravate COVID-19 infection while others say there’s no such risk. For example, March 18, 2020, CNN reported2 the health minister of France, Oliver Veran, is warning against using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen to treat fever and...
read moreEMFs Linked to Risk of Miscarriage and Male Infertility
Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are some of the most harmful and underappreciated threats to your health these days. Chronic exposure has been linked to a number of serious consequences, including a heightened risk for heart problems such as arrhythmias, neurological problems such as depression, autism and Alzheimer’s, and reproductive problems such as infertility, especially in men. Recent research1 also reveals prenatal exposure to power-frequency fields can nearly triple a pregnant woman’s risk of miscarriage. Dr. De-Kun Li,2 a...
read moreAntimalarial Medications: A COVID-19 Treatment Option?
The outbreak of the most recent iteration of coronavirus — COVID-19 — has experts scrambling to find effective methods of delivering supportive care and minimizing the effect of the illness. As Dr. Roger Seheult, co-founder of MedCram.com, explains in this short video, several factors have been responsible for the rapid spread. One of the drugs currently under investigation is chloroquine, a treatment commonly used to keep malaria in check. Chloroquine is a synthetic derivative of quinine, which was once the only treatment for...
read moreWeekly Health Quiz: Coronavirus, Disinfectants and Google
1 Which of the following is currently the most effective way to protect yourself against coronavirus and prevent its spread? Frequently washing your hands for at least 20 seconds using soap and water Frequently washing your hands during influenza season and other pandemic outbreaks is a crucial safety measure. Soap very effectively destroys most viruses, including COVID-19. Soap dissolves the fatty membrane that holds the virus together. As the virus falls apart, it is rendered harmless and can easily be washed off under running water. Learn...
read moreResveratrol Protects Against Vascular Dementia and More
Until a few years ago, research had pointed to resveratrol’s neuroprotective effects against Alzheimer’s, but not against other types of dementia. However, a Chinese study with rats in 2013 found that resveratrol may also lower the risk for vascular dementia.1 Other studies since then not only support this research,2 but show that resveratrol also activates autophagy and inhibits neuronal apoptosis, and works to improve cognitive function.3 Even more promising, a human study just published in March 20204 showed that “regular...
read moreNutrition and Natural Strategies Offer Hope Against COVID-19
In this interview, repeat guest Dr. Andrew Saul, editor-in-chief of the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, reviews what we currently know about vitamin C (ascorbic acid) for the prevention and treatment of novel coronavirus COVID-19. As noted by Saul, much of the information about vitamin C for the coronavirus is currently coming out of China. Meanwhile, in the U.S., a lot of nutritional advice is being censored and tagged as “fake news.” Mortality Rate Is Likely Vastly Overestimated At the time of this interview, March 17,...
read moreSimply Playing Ping Pong May Cut Symptoms of Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is predicted to affect 930,000 people by the end of 2020 and 1.2 million by 2030.1 The disease triggers tremors, slowing movements, balance problems and rigidity. There is no known cause or cure and the first line of treatment usually involves drugs that don’t slow the associated neurodegeneration.2 About 60,000 are diagnosed in the U.S. each year and to date there are more than 10 million with the disease worldwide.3 The Parkinson’s Foundation Prevalence Project...
read moreHarvard Professor Exposes Google and Facebook
“In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.” ~ Czesław Miłosz1 In recent years, a number of brave individuals have alerted us to the fact that we’re all being monitored and manipulated by big data gatherers such as Google and Facebook, and shed light on the depth and breadth of this ongoing surveillance. Among them is social psychologist and Harvard professor Shoshana Zuboff. Her book, “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,” is one of...
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