Laugh Not, Lest Ye Laugh Alone: a Whole Foods: America’s Temple of Pseudoscience This article, written by Michael Schulson is a sarcastic and dismissive discussion on the presence of homeopathy and natural medicine products at Whole Foods. The...
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The Metabolic Makeover: It’s All About Energy (Paperback) by Stephen Cherniske,Dr. Natalie Kather M.D. Among modern nutritional thinkers, Stephen Cherniske is one of the most balanced and level-headed yet insightful. He is also a...
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Two helpful Concepts from Yoga Philosophy There are two sanskrit terms that I think are very valuable in that they connect with principles that are relevant to every aspect of our life, including how we make our health choices. Dharma Most people...
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Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead Tonight we watched this film on Netflix. It can also be seen free at the website fatsickandnearlydead.com It spirals up to a point and then unexpectedly takes a mortal leap into the truly moving and inspirational. The...
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The Two Traditions of Medicine When we think of health, it is might be worthwhile to point out that historically there are essentially two dominant conceptions of the body. While they are not mutually exclusive, in some respects complementing...
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Help for Psoriasis Psoriasis is one of the most intractable conditions to treat for both conventional and alternative medicine. However, recent research indicates that Pycnogenol® a standardized extract from French maritime pine tree bark...
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Skeptical of the Skeptics: Unreason in the name of Reason Sometime ago I happened to hear vocal health skeptic Timothy Caulfield spreading his disdain for natural medicine on a Canadian broadcast morning show. He had authored an essay...
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The Benefits of Meditation What does meditation have to do with naturopathic medicine? If we understand health as a state of the person as a whole, it is easy to appreciate how meditation is a perfect complement to a holistic view of wellness...
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Gluten Free or Fact Free? Wheat and grains generally the focus of a great deal of controversy in recent years. Publications like Wheat Belly and Grain Brain have created the impression that the ingestion of grains, particularly wheat, is the...
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The Quality of Natural Products In the U.S., reports emerge periodically indicating that herbal products are not to be trusted. When products have been tested from American chain drug stores, such as CVS, they are sometimes found to contain far...
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Taking a Sledgehammer to Heartburn You may be surprised to learn that medicine is subject to trends, one could even call them fads. For example, I’ve been astonished at the dramatic increase of patients that are taking proton pump inhibitors, a...
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