Nutritional Therapies

Two Cancer Combaters with Surprising Power Health Alert #215 ‘You’ve got cancer.’ Those are three words you never want to hear. But you don’t have to leave it up to fate. You have some say in remaining cancer-free. Your Health Alerts recently introduced you to four nutrients with the power

Lessons From My Nutrition Class Health Alert #158 I teach nutrition class at a university. All the approved textbooks promote the USDA Food Pyramid. The Food Pyramid is a recipe for weight gain. It encourages 6 to 11 servings of grain-based carbs daily. Unless you are exercising 4 hours a

Vitamin A Is Not Enough Health Alert #117 You have heard Vitamin A is good for your eyes. You should not however rely on Vitamin A supplementation. It will not protect your eyes from the leading cause of blindness in the US. Focusing on a single nutrient like Vitamin A

What Dr. Atkins Had Right (And Wrong) Health Alert #85 Can you lose weight on a diet of bacon, cheesecake and butter? You can. Paradoxically, some people lose weight dramatically on an Atkins-like high-fat diet. But, there are two very important points to know before you try it for yourself.