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***How Much Protein Do You Need?

The government’s food pyramid and leading poobahs recommend that we eat very little protein, which is a no-science, no-facts recipe for disaster. In fact, most politically-correct thinking about health leads to poor health, even disease and death. How much protein you need is a case in point. Without protein, your body’s in a world of hurt. Your brain doesn’t work. Your endocrine system doesn’t work. Your digestion doesn’t work. In short, you feel really crummy.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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Meeting Your Protein Needs

Good health requires protein. It’s protein that repairs the cells in our body, builds and maintains our muscles and bones, gives us energy and rides herd over a lot of what goes on inside us. And it’s protein that keeps our endocrine system chugging along. Diets with inadequate protein lead down a dreary path to incapacity.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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Enzymes Mean Health

Disease rates are rocketing to the moon, with no slowdown in sight, because we don’t know how our bodies work. Most of what we’ve been taught is wrong, and doctors, cornered by insurance companies into ten-minute office visits, simply don’t have time to offer instruction. When it comes to keeping our bodies in working order, we’re pretty much on our own. So let’s talk about one of the basics: Enzymes. Simply speaking, enzymes are proteins that spur chemical reactions to completion.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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***Hypoglycemia: First The Truck Hits You, Then You Pass Out

Most of us know that our bodies create insulin to handle the sugary treats we eat. And most of us know we get diabetes if our insulin can’t get the job done. What few of us know is what happens when insulin does its job too well. It’s hypoglycemia, low blood sugar, and it’s the pits. I’ve been there and done that, and there’s nothing I can say to recommend it.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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***Enemies Are Everywhere!

Have you been reading about phthalate? (Phthal as in thal, rhymes with Hal.) Yikes! Talk about your basic poison! This stuff is murder! Phthalate is a toxic “softener” added to plastics, cosmetics and everything else they can lay their hands on. For starters, it throws the endocrine system–thyroid, adrenals, immune system, etc.–into a total tizzy because it pours bogus estrogen into our bodies. Besides whacking the endo system, bogus estrogen causes inflammation, a major cause of dread diseases. And as with so many things, kids get hit the worse.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

Holy Basil: The Rest of the Story

Holey Moley, Chester, be careful out there! As you know, stress is the big kahuna of problems nowadays. And maybe stress-R-you. But just because somebody says something’s good for stress doesn’t mean you should take it. You need to know the rest of the story. An example: Holy Basil, a herb ballyhooed as a stress reliever. Well, maybe yes, maybe no. Let’s talk about this.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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***The Blank Slate Myth

Have you ever met people committed to the idea that babies arrive as blank slates. Beyond body parts, a lot of noise at one end and foul deeds at the other, babies, they believe, have nothing. No personality. No talents. No will. No inbred likes or dislikes. Just pure nothingness, a blank slate. Babies, all babies they believe, can be whatever you want them to be. You simply take the blank slate and fill it in as you choose.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

Poison Soy

I study health issues for many hours a day. While I focus on endocrine health (thyroid, etc.), I have to cover the health waterfront because the body insists on living as an integrated whole. A balanced, integrated whole. If one part of the body suffers, they all suffer as the body balances things out. Likewise, if you offer enough support to one part of the body, say the thyroid, and it starts to move toward health, you can count on the body to average it down so it balances. And if you mix it up with something that drags the body down? Yup. Everything else heads south, too.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

***6 Reasons to Love Saturated Fat

We’ve probably all heard about Omega 3 and Omega 6 fats. And a lot of what we’ve heard is wrong. Not just a little bit wrong, but standing-on-its head wrong. Let’s check this out. With some exceptions, Omega 6 fats come from plants and Omega 3 fats come from animals. Omega 6, the unsaturated and polyunsaturated fats so praised in popular magazines, cause a lot of disease. They come roaring into our bodies, creating inflammation as they go. Inflamed arteries. Inflamed organs. Most dread diseases start with inflammation.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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***Introducing Your Immune System

As your body’s official Defense Department, the immune system protects against all enemies. Toxins in the air. Viruses and bacteria that get into the body. Everything. And immune system headquarters is smack-dab in the middle of the most interactive, butt-into-everybody-else’s-business system known to man, the endocrine system. Neither, I might add, is a system in the sense of being separate from other systems. In our bodies, everything affects everything else, and we have systems within systems within other systems, all acting and interacting at the same time.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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Is It Leptin That Won't Let You Lose Weight?

The old curse says “May you live in interesting times.” Well, ‘interesting’ is one way to describe the times we live in. ‘Mind boggling’ might be another. In either case, I think my head’s going to explode. Let’s talk about the new ugly of body fat. Researchers discovered leptin in 1994, and it turned medicine upside down. The research flying out of labs around the world makes Vesuvius look like a piker. The National Institutes of Health alone has produced more than a million reports. My Google alert for leptin brings pages of news every day.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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***The Wonder of Parsley

Parsley is the Rodney Dangerfield of herbs; it gets no respect. Probably not even from Rodney Dangerfield. We’re talking NO respect. Once upon a time, most restaurants used parsley as a perky, colorful accompaniment on your plate, whatever you ordered. Most eaters ignored it, though, pretty much ending the parsley era. We need to reconsider our attitude here. Parsley is a nutritional powerhouse. And, better yet, a little dab’ll do ya. In fact, it would be hard to munch through a dollar’s worth in a week.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

Everyday Life With Hypothyroidism

So, there you are, dragging your patooty through one grey day after another, wondering where your brain went, why your body aches and if you’ll ever feel good again. Even doctors who test for thyroid problems typically prescribe the ineffective medicine Synthroid or its generic equivalent. It helps almost nobody. On the other hand, it can cause allergic reactions, making patients feel even worse. Doctors, state medical boards and, notoriously, the FDA need to work this out by letting the sunlight of truth into their considerations. I recommend, however, that you don’t hold your breath.r

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

Get Off That Treadmill!

If you belong to the longer-is-better treadmill school of thought, you might want to reconsider. And if long distance running takes your time, you really need to think it through. Especially if you buy into the idea of high carb fueling. High carb fueling burns the fire hotter, that’s for sure. It also leaves behind more ashes, aka free radicals, as it whips your endocrine system along. As popular as it is, high carb fueling lacks a scientific basis. Fans, yes. Science, no. But I digress. I’m here to discuss endlessly flogging your body along.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

How To Save A Tea Party

My three-year-old niece Rachel came to live with us the on the same day we moved from New York to our new home in Connecticut. Nobody really planned it that way; it just happened. Ten-year-old Chrissie already had the willys about the move, and eight-year-old Charles didn’t lag far behind in the negative vibe department. Adding a three-year-old to the household took them to the heights of misgiving.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

Parkinson's Disease Ain't For Sissies

My mom lived with Parkinson’s Disease the last seventeen ears of her life, Let me tell you for sure and for certain that Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is more like scaling Everest than walking in the park. It’s uphill all the way, with no certainty about the about the twists and turns you’ll ...My mom lived with Parkinson’s Disease the last seventeen ears of her life, Let me tell you for sure and for certain that Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is more like scaling Everest than walking in the park.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

Thyroid or Adrenal?

So, there you are, dragging your patooty and wondering what in the world happened to you. A friend suggests that you probably have thyroid problems. Another friend jumps in to say, no, you probably have adrenal problems. So you poke around the internet, getting nowhere. When they talk about the adrenal glands, they seem to repeat everything they say about the thyroid. And vice versa. Truth to tell, the symptoms do overlap, sort of like a plate of spaghetti. They’re all over the place, and it’s hard to tell one from another.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

What's the Truth About Cholesterol?

Now that you’ve all been taught that saturated fat is bad because it raises your cholesterol level and gives you heart attacks, give me a few moments to unlea you. Cholesterol is your friend. Your brain, being mostly cholesterol, doesn’t do much of a job when it runs short of the good stuff. Plus, your endocrine system needs ample cholesterol to work. Every endocrine gland–thyroid, adrenals, the works–creates hormones to keep your body keeping on. And they make those hormones from cholesterol.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

***Symptoms vs. Causes

Medicos diagnose and treat symptoms. All day, every day, only symptoms matter. The cause of the symptoms gets scant, if any, attention. But putting Band-Aids on symptoms–which I call the patch, patch, patch approach–doesn’t work. For instance, diabetes shows up when the body can’t handle the sugar that comes its way. Doctors prescribe drugs–with mind-boggling side effects it must be said–to lower blood sugar levels. They do nothing to address what causes the problem. So diabetics drag along year after year, always headed downhill, with one problem after another.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

***The Misery of Nerve Pain

Jane asks: "Will you please write about neuropathic pain and ways to alleviate it?" Neuropathic pain, a form of neuropathy, comes from nerve damage that causes pain, tingling, and burning–alternately or all at the same time. Some liken it to electrical shocks. It's estimated that more than twenty million Americans suffer from neuropathy. That's a whole bunch of pain! Treatment varies by the cause, so doing some detective work on your own improves the outcome. Maybe even determines whether the damage is permanent or temporary. Causes of neuropathy

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

***Three Easy-Peasey Health Tips

You deserve a break today, so let’s talk about some things you can do for your health that don’t require heavy lifting, grunting, panting or any other sort of exhaustion. Some people like extreme exercise, but most don’t. Either way, healthy living shouldn’t feel like punishment. And here are some tips to help. 1. Mom probably hit the “stand up straight” button upon frequent occasion during your youth, and she was right! Well, who knew posture had anything to do with health? Perhaps even Mom didn’t know that part of it.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

Salting Your Way to Energy

So, let’s talk about salt. Poor salt! It pours out its very life to benefit mankind and gets only disdain in return. Well, maybe that’s a little over the top, but salt doesn’t deserve the bad rap it gets. It’s not manna from heaven, but it’s good stuff. Essential to life stuff. Here’s something ...So, let’s talk about salt. Poor salt! It pours out its very life to benefit mankind and gets only disdain in return. Well, maybe that’s a little over the top, but salt doesn’t deserve the bad rap it gets. It’s not manna from heaven, but it’s good stuff. Essential to life stuff.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

***The Reach-Out-And-Touch-Everything Immune System

Did you ever wonder how your body protects itself from disease? More important, did you ever wonder how you could help get the job done? Well, you probably know that your immune system leads the battle against diseases. And you may even know this defense system is the most complicated system in your body. For one thing, the immune system is but one part of the ultra-confusing endocrine system. Half the world has a wonky endocrine system, and most aren’t getting much help from medicine.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

“Expert” Claims Cure For Thyroid Disease!

So there I was, standing in line at Walmart, waiting to pay for my hair spray. As I checked out the scenery, such as it was, a Woman’s World magazine leapt to my attention. Oh, it wasn’t the cover picture of Oprah. I mean, the magazine rack looked like an Oprah retrospective, or family album or some such. No, it was the headline: “Doctor-recommended home THYROID CURE! Weight gain, fatigue, poor concentration? SOLVED!” Thyroid cure? Solved? And my 30+ years of research hadn’t come across even a hint of a cure?

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

How Big Pharma Controls Medicine

The large pharmaceutical companies–Big Pharma–control medicine in the U.S. And they stand between us and good medical care. Let’s be blunt about it. Big Pharma is all about money. First, last and always, it’s about the money. They dress it up with talk about the frontiers of science, conquering disease, improving life, etc., but it’s not about any of these things. It’s about money. Pharmaceutical companies rake in big, big bucks. And they lavish it around to buy the assurance that a large stream of big bucks will continue to flow through the pipeline.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

The Toxin in Your Pantry

Gather round and hear the story of how we’re losing a war to an enemy most people don’t know about. The whole thing started in the 1930s when chemical poobahs decided to create a synthetic form of estrogen and make boodles of money with it. And so it was that they created Bisphenol A (BPA). But shortly thereafter the wheels fell off their plan. Turned out their toxic creation did a number on women, even bumping some of them off. Not to worry! Quickly leaping to Plan B, they started spreading the toxin far and wide. And so began the war–and we’re losing.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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In Praise of Cholesterol

Can we all get over our fixation on cholesterol? I mean, now that it’s clear that cholesterol isn’t what’s causing heart disease? But, but, but, if cholesterol is building up in my arteries, doesn’t that mean cholesterol’s the problem? Actually, no. Your cholesterol is simply trying to patch ...Can we all get over our fixation on cholesterol? I mean, now that it’s clear that cholesterol isn’t what’s causing heart disease? But, but, but, if cholesterol is building up in my arteries, doesn’t that mean cholesterol’s the problem?

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

Death by Doctor

I ran into an acquaintance at a conference the other day. We got to talking about vitamins. (Somehow I always end up talking about vitamins; I could bore a stone.) Doctors recently installed her second pacemaker. She said her ejection fraction–the force with which her heart pumps blood–was ten. Normal is fifty and north; zero is dead. Lunch came with the conference, and she wondered if she dared eat anything since the doctor told her to avoid salt.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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By Bette DowdellRecently published1 topic

The Perfection Myth

You're not perfect. I'm not perfect. Nobody's perfect. Give it up. Nobody likes their nose. Or their knees, for that matter. Everybody finds annoying lumps, bumps and wrinkles, typically invisible to others, in various and sundry locations on their body. And if you have kids, ideas of ...You're not perfect. I'm not perfect. Nobody's perfect. Give it up. Nobody likes their nose. Or their knees, for that matter. Everybody finds annoying lumps, bumps and wrinkles, typically invisible to others, in various and sundry locations on their body.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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***The Potency of Parsley

Parsley is the Rodney Dangerfield of herbs; it gets no respect. Probably not even from Rodney Dangerfield. We’re talking NO respect. Once upon a time, most restaurants used parsley as a perky, colorful accompaniment on your plate, whatever you ordered. Most eaters ignored it, though, pretty much ending the parsley era. We need to reconsider our attitude here. Parsley is a nutritional powerhouse. And, better yet, a little dab’ll do ya. In fact, it would be hard to munch through a dollar’s worth in a week. So let’s talk about parsley. The Practicality of Parsleyr

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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***Your Thyroid on Drugs

Prescription drugs are dangerous, a leading cause of death year in and year out. Some drugs slay you in one fell swoop, but most just nibble your health away. To give you examples, I went to a health site that lists drug side effects. Since I write about the endocrine system, I looked at http://ehealthme.com/symptom/thyroid+disorder for information about prescription meds that stomp on the thyroid.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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Do-It-Yourself Brain Damage

Every day of every year, people across the fruited plain engage in do-it-yourself brain damage. Sadly, they have no idea. How can this be? I’m glad you asked. First, some background: Along the bottom of the brain is a small, sort of pancake-shaped thingy called the hypothalamus. And although ...Every day of every year, people across the fruited plain engage in do-it-yourself brain damage. Sadly, they have no idea. How can this be? I’m glad you asked.

Primary topic: Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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The Sorry Truth About Soy

There’s a huge soy bandwagon roaring down the tracks. It’s everywhere; 60% of prepared foods contain soy. Even some vitamins, too. Can we talk about this? Of course it’s everywhere; it’s the cheapest and easiest crop to grow. Farmers make some money. Food manufacturers ...There’s a huge soy bandwagon roaring down the tracks. It’s everywhere; 60% of prepared foods contain soy. Even some vitamins, too. Can we talk about this?

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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One-Diagnosis-Fits-All Medicine

Here’s the scene: You go to the doctor dragging your patooty behind you. Your body got fat, but your hair got thin. Overwhelmed by a whole new definition of tired, you find yourself doing beached whale impressions while life goes to pot. Well, who could cope anyway? For all you know, your brain ...Here’s the scene: You go to the doctor dragging your patooty behind you.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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Is Your Hand Lotion Doing You In?

The incidence of thyroid disease doubled in the last thirty-or-so years. Auto-immune diseases, which relate to the endocrine system, are skyrocketing. So, too, are diseases of the brain, such as autism, Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer Disease. A significant part of the problem is the dangers ...The incidence of thyroid disease doubled in the last thirty-or-so years. Auto-immune diseases, which relate to the endocrine system, are skyrocketing. So, too, are diseases of the brain, such as autism, Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer Disease.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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The TSH Gotcha

We have before us multiple scenarios, all of which start and end in the same place. (This is going to be a tad long, so grab a cup of coffee to see you through to the end.) The adventure starts when you drag into the doctor’s office complaining about weight gain, extreme fatigue, thinning ...We have before us multiple scenarios, all of which start and end in the same place. (This is going to be a tad long, so grab a cup of coffee to see you through to the end.)

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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Phthalate: The Hidden Poison

Have you been reading about phthalate? (Phthal as in thal, rhymes with Hal.) Yikes! Talk about your basic poison! This stuff is murder! Phthalate is a “softener” added to plastics, cosmetics and everything else they can lay their hands on. It goes without saying that it knocks the endocrine ...Have you been reading about phthalate? (Phthal as in thal, rhymes with Hal.) Yikes! Talk about your basic poison! This stuff is murder! Phthalate is a “softener” added to plastics, cosmetics and everything else they can lay their hands on.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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Job's Comforters

So there you are in the middle of one of life’s train-wrecks–dazed, wounded, wondering what shoe–or bomb–will drop next, and up walks Job’s comforter. You may remember Job from the Bible. A rich, powerful man, a great father and good in every way was Job ...So there you are in the middle of one of life’s train-wrecks–dazed, wounded, wondering what shoe–or bomb–will drop next, and up walks Job’s comforter.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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How To Make It Through Life's Train Wrecks

Somehow, despite all our hopes, dreams and efforts, life became a train-wreck. We may or may not have had an inkling of the impending doom. Perhaps we were in denial or maybe completely unaware of what was swirling around just out of sight. We may have seen it coming but didn’t realize its ...Somehow, despite all our hopes, dreams and efforts, life became a train-wreck. We may or may not have had an inkling of the impending doom. Perhaps we were in denial or maybe completely unaware of what was swirling around just out of sight.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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Ice Your Muscle Pain Away

Muscle problems tend to accompany endocrine issues, especially adrenal glands that can’t or won’t keep up. Of course, they also tend to accompany life as a jock or a do-it-yourselfer. But with endocrine people, muscles act up without a cause. As the song says, that’s life. Our muscles get inflamed and “knotted up,” worse on some days than others.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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***A Close Look at a Multi

A doc from Harvard Medical School published some findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association a while back. The two top-notch names like Harvard and AMA aside, you’ll want to know a few things before you start believing all the article said. This study says multivitamins don’t help men prevent heart diseases. Meanwhile, other studies jump up and down, saying “Oh, yes, they do!” I probably don’t need to tell you that both can’t be right. So, let’s have a look-see.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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***A Glimmer of Marginally Good News

On May 1, 2013, neuroscientists announced, in the journal Nature, that the hypothalamus is important. Well, yeah! That baby is part of the brain and controls both the nervous system and the endocrine system, which, in turn, control everything that happens in our bodies. I think we can all agree that controlling the universe is important. However, the nervous system and endocrine system didn't really get a mention in the article. The study concluded the hypothalamus alone controlled aging.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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***Saturated Fat: Friend or Foe?

According to just about everything to you read or hear, saturated fat is bad, bad, bad. Dietitians say so. Doctors, too. Magazines follow along. Televisions shows such as “The Biggest Loser” agree. It’s kind of like some sort of mantra that gets repeated endlessly. One teensy little problem: Your body doesn’t agree. No way. No how. Not one little bit. Without saturated fat, your brain doesn’t work. And your endocrine glands have no raw material to make their hormones. Plus, you’re hungry all the time.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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***You Mean Cholesterol’s Not A Problem?

The crusade against cholesterol seems to be losing steam, so the poobahs are working on the real cause of heart problems. WooHoo! You shouldn’t hold your breath, howsomever. First off, cholesterol drugs bring in really, really big bucks, and that won’t stop until patients start refusing statin drugs. Which won’t be any time soon because patients have been scared silly. Second, the search for a big-money drug to replace statins isn’t going well.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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***Thyroid, Cholesterol and Statins

Half of us have thyroid problems–most without realizing it. And thyroid problems can cause high cholesterol levels. Few doctors know this however. Besides, it’s easy to prescribe a statin drug, but harder than blue blazes to figure out thyroid problems. So guess what you’re getting, Bunky! Well, now there’s an oops. Not treating thyroid problems causes big problems. Low thyroid levels–even a little bit low–when left untreated or undertreated double your risk of heart disease–along with a couple hundred other never-wished-for diseases.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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How Good Timing Affects Your Health

Figuring out what we need to do for good health can get pretty complicated, but here are a few, easy-to-implement tips that pay big dividends for not so much effort. • If you’re still trying to lose the Freshman Fifteen after all these years, you’re more likely to get the job done if you start the day with a high-fat breakfast. Scramble eggs in plenty of butter, for instance. Maybe add a small steak. Top it off with a few cups of coffee, and you’re good to go. The fat tells your body all’s well with the world, and it doesn’t have to hoard fat ‘just in case.’ Well, who knew?

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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Six Ways to Get Your Energy Back

So, there you are, dragging your patooty through one grey day after another, wondering where your brain went, why your body aches and if you’ll ever feel good again. Even if your doctor checked for thyroid problems, and the flaky blood tests actually found the problem, you probably ended up on the ineffective medicine Synthroid or its generic equivalent. It helps almost nobody. But you don’t have to be hypothyroid to lack energy and joy. Perhaps your thyroid’s in a world of hurt because of what you’ve been doing to it, but it’ll work if you let it.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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How to Stay Healthy Every Day

Perhaps you noticed that I didn’t joined “The sky is falling!” crowd worried about fallout from Japan’s triple disasters. You know, like the warnings to start gobbling down potassium iodide by the handful. Well, actually, while iodide’s great stuff, potassium iodide is a kinda cheap form of it, and getting too much can backfire on your thyroid–among other body parts. Cheap never pays off. And taking action only after disaster strikes, while better than nothing I guess, doesn’t really get the job done. Nutritional supplements don’t play a very good game of catch-up.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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A Happy Health Food

I’m not much on the idea of eating bugs and twigs. And a lot of so-called healthy diets sound pretty twiggy to me. Seems like efforts to make the right health moves should lead to a reward, as in delicious. So today I’m writing about butter. Not just any butter, but KerryGold Irish Butter. It makes my taste buds happy! Better yet, it does great things for my health, too! I know, I know, we’re told saturated fats are evil. Truth is, our bodies need for us to eat saturated fats. Big time. But not your everyday, I-got-it-at-the-grocery-store saturated fat.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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What Causes Digestive Dismay?

Perhaps you’re familiar with setting modern indoor speed records to get to the bathroom. And maybe you know about foods racing through your system, stopping only long enough to liquify before demanding “Out! Out!” I could go on, but if you spend time thinking about your digestive activities, you don’t need details. Since the digestive and endocrine systems are closely related–they’re even talking about declaring the digestive system to be part of the endocrine system–digestion is a huge problem.

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Immune System and Immunity Enhancement

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