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Omega-3 Index More Predictive Than Cholesterol Levels

Posted by on Feb 24, 2020 in Dr. Mercola | Comments Off on Omega-3 Index More Predictive Than Cholesterol Levels

The ketogenic diet is beneficial for many people as it helps with weight control and management and offers protection against a number of health ailments. Approached incorrectly, however, it can actually be harmful. In this short video Dr. Eric Berg warns, “The last thing you want to do is get the benefits of the ketogenic diet but then have deficiencies of omega-3 fatty acids.” If you’re following a standard ketogenic nutrition plan I recommend you focus on eating healthy fats and 1 gram of protein for every kilogram of...

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Vitamin C Works for Sepsis. Will It Work for Coronavirus?

Posted by on Feb 24, 2020 in Dr. Mercola | Comments Off on Vitamin C Works for Sepsis. Will It Work for Coronavirus?

According to the most comprehensive global analysis1,2,3 done to date, sepsis is responsible for 1 in 5 deaths worldwide each year, killing 11 million out of 56 million people in 2017 alone. The researchers call the finding “alarming,” as their updated figures are double that of previous estimates. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition triggered by a systemic infection that causes your body to overreact and launch an excessive and highly damaging immune response. Unless promptly diagnosed and treated, it can rapidly progress to...

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A Legend in Metabolic Health Shares How to Stay Healthy

Posted by on Feb 23, 2020 in Dr. Mercola | Comments Off on A Legend in Metabolic Health Shares How to Stay Healthy

February 2, 2020, Richard L. Veech, M.D., Ph.D., passed away. He was 84. According to reports, he “died quietly in his sleep.”1 Veech has earned a place in medical history as a leader and pioneer of the ketogenic diet, having spent more than 50 years studying human metabolism as a biochemist. I deeply regret not having interviewed him as he was a giant in the field. I was intimated by his pedigree and vast knowledge of not only molecular biology but the thermodynamics associated with biologic reactions. However, I think we would...

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What You Need to Know About the Carnivore Diet

Posted by on Feb 23, 2020 in Dr. Mercola | Comments Off on What You Need to Know About the Carnivore Diet

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 carnivore diet, which is the topic of his new book, “The Carnivore Code,” which is currently available for preorder. I view him as one of the leading experts on the health benefits of an...

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Was Your Mom Right? Did You Make Her Hair Turn Gray?

Posted by on Feb 22, 2020 in Dr. Mercola | Comments Off on Was Your Mom Right? Did You Make Her Hair Turn Gray?

For many years gray hair was a symbol of knowledge and wisdom. For the most part, it was men who were considered wise. On the other hand, women with gray hair were often seen as “old” no matter their age. But, in the past decade there has been a growing trend to live with your natural color.1 For some, gray hairs begin appearing when they’re 12 and others find they pop up only as retirement approaches. The process is influenced by genetics, nutrition, illness and stress.2 After nutritional supplementation, most treatments...

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Your EMF Questions Answered, Part 2

Posted by on Feb 22, 2020 in Dr. Mercola | Comments Off on Your EMF Questions Answered, Part 2

In this video, which is Part 2 of a two-part series, Brian Hoyer and I answer your questions about electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation. Brian is a leading EMF expert1 and a primary consultant for my new book, “EMF*D,” which is being released today. In the video, Brian shares his personal journey and training, which includes nutritional therapy and continued education at the Klinghardt Academy.2 As a nutritional therapist, Brian would see patients that just didn’t seem to fully recuperate. Once he began implementing EMF...

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Is There Anything You Can Do to Prevent Deaths on the Road?

Posted by on Feb 21, 2020 in Dr. Mercola | Comments Off on Is There Anything You Can Do to Prevent Deaths on the Road?

We may mistakenly believe that the chances of dying are greater in the air than on the road because the severity of aviation accidents can be devastating. Compare that to automotive accidents where the probability of dying in a given automotive accident is about one half of 1 percent. Here’s the rub, unfortunately: nearly 18,000 automotive accidents occur every day in the US, on average. This frequency multiplied by the low severity still amounted to nearly 37,000 automotive fatalities in 2018. To put this difference into perspective,...

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California Considers Declaring Common Painkiller Carcinogenic

Posted by on Feb 21, 2020 in Dr. Mercola | Comments Off on California Considers Declaring Common Painkiller Carcinogenic

Millions of people take acetaminophen, commonly known as the brand name drug Tylenol, frequently. People use acetaminophen for treating everything from fevers and muscle aches to headaches, hangovers and other pain. Because acetaminophen is available over the counter and is an ingredient found in many other preparations such as those for cold and flu, few people think twice about taking it. They should. Acetaminophen is the top cause of acute liver failure in the U.S.1 and overdoses are a leading cause of emergency department visits and...

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The Many Benefits of Meditation

Posted by on Feb 20, 2020 in Dr. Mercola | Comments Off on The Many Benefits of Meditation

There is growing evidence to show that meditation can make you healthier and happier. For example, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is sometimes used to treat depression, and brain imaging technology suggests meditation actually changes your brain in a number of beneficial ways. MRI scans have shown that long-term meditation can alter the structure of your cerebral cortex, the outer layer of your brain. Additionally, brain regions associated with attention and sensory processing have been shown to be thicker in those who meditate....

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How Aluminum Damages Your Brain

Posted by on Feb 19, 2020 in Dr. Mercola | Comments Off on How Aluminum Damages Your Brain

For years, I’ve warned that aluminum is a serious neurotoxic hazard involved in rising rates of autism and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). I’ve also warned that vaccines are a significant source of such exposure, and may be one of the worst, since by injecting it, the aluminum bypasses your body’s natural filtering and detoxification systems. My comments above were one of the reasons the self-appointed global arbiter of fake news, NewsGuard, refused to give us “green” status as a site that follows “basic...

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New Season of Dicamba Drift Set to Damage Crops

Posted by on Feb 19, 2020 in Dr. Mercola | Comments Off on New Season of Dicamba Drift Set to Damage Crops

Monsanto, DuPont and BASF sell an herbicide responsible for damage to millions of acres across the U.S. As described in this short video, the damage is substantial and many insurance companies are balking at paying compensation for farmers’ losses. There are 221 different pesticides found in your produce, according to a report1 generated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The report released in September 2018 was based on data gathered in 2017. Samples were taken from five states across America and only 37.5% of the vegetables...

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Hazards in Your Cellphone

Posted by on Feb 18, 2020 in Dr. Mercola | Comments Off on Hazards in Your Cellphone

In 2017, Wendy Mesley with Canada’s CBC News conducted an investigation into a little-known fact about cellphones. Inside the manual is a warning, one that could drastically change the use of cellphones as you know it — if only it were taken seriously. In short, the warning states to keep the phone a certain distance away from your body — usually 5 to 15 millimeters (mm), or two-tenths to six-tenths of an inch — to limit exposure to radiofrequency (RF) exposure to under the federal safety limit. In the video Mesley...

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Super Bowl Control: You’re Not Paranoid. They’re Watching

Posted by on Feb 18, 2020 in Dr. Mercola | Comments Off on Super Bowl Control: You’re Not Paranoid. They’re Watching

Google is undoubtedly one of the largest, most powerful businesses in the world. The company achieved this by focusing on more than one market — such as search and advertising — to make their product appear indispensable. In 2017 the company1 garnered 90% of the search market based on the user data they control. Years of planning, researching and data mining went into the development of this company, now worth three-quarters of a trillion dollars, according to CBS News. Nothing was by accident. The search engine was originally...

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Hidden Emails Reveal Pesticide Conspiracy

Posted by on Feb 18, 2020 in Dr. Mercola | Comments Off on Hidden Emails Reveal Pesticide Conspiracy

As explained by the Alliance of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science Societies, “neonicotinoids are the most widely used insecticides in the world.”1 If you were to visit a conventional farm, you’d likely see evidence of their use in the form of brightly colored red corn seeds and blue soybean seeds, which are color-coded to denote treatment with neonicotinoids. The majority of such seeds come pretreated with the chemicals to ward off insect pests, but in so doing they’re harming pollinators like bees at alarming...

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Iodine Is a Strong Weapon Against Viral Infections

Posted by on Feb 17, 2020 in Dr. Mercola | Comments Off on Iodine Is a Strong Weapon Against Viral Infections

Iodine is a key component to health; since your body can’t produce it, you must get it from your diet. Deficiency affects your thyroid gland. Your thyroid hormones support proper bone and brain development in utero and during infancy. This means that getting enough iodine is critically important for babies as well as women who are pregnant or nursing. If you have a severe iodine deficiency, your thyroid gland may become enlarged; this is a condition you may have heard about, called a goiter. There are two molecules that sound similar...

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