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Allergic to Everything, Part Two

There is a food trap that some people fall in to where the number of foods that they feel that they can eat slowly dwindles down to almost nothing. I’m going to suggest to you that this problem doesn’t make you crazy, but it is largely your brain’s fault (or maybe it is better described...

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Calcium Myths

There are many reasons why you might want to consider removing milk and milk products from your diet. Studies are starting to show just what kind of negative impact our love affair with the cow has on our health and even on our bones. When I suggest to people that they stop milk, I...

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The Alzheimer’s and Sugar Connection

There are plenty of good reasons why you want to kick sugar out of your life, but keeping your brain intact is the latest and maybe the most important.

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Diabetes Numbers Increase

Startling new statistics on diabetes released by the National Institutes of health this week show that the rates of diabetes and impaired blood sugar in American are increasing at alarming levels.

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Guest Post: Sugar and Depression

Sugar And Depression? Is There A Link? Guest Post: Merri Ellen Giesbrecht of www.cure-your-depression.com There is a controversy over sugar and depression. Numerous people seem to report a drastic change in their mood after eating foods high in sugar. As a result, sugar has a reputation as an evil food that causes diabetes, obesity,...

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I’m Allergic to Everything!

Allergic to everything is no fun and there is a not-so-easy way out of this mess and it comes in the form of a diet called an allergy elimination diet.

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Health News Digest 12/17/2008

Today marks the beginning of a new feature here at OlsonND.com, the weekly Health News Digest. I will compile and review the latest research on a variety of health news items. Health News: HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT): HRT and the risks of breast cancer were reviewed in a recent symposium. It appears that even...

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Can Cancer Disappear?

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow A new study out today brings to question the thought that some cancers may go away on their own without any treatment. The findings are remarkable because in this study, the took a look at one of the more common cancers: breast cancer. Here is what happened: The study, in...

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Diabetes Doubles Down on Nation

Diabetes Doubles According to recent research, the number of people with diabetes has doubled in the last 10 years.1 The report, by the Centers for Disease Control or CDC, shows that the nation (and really the whole developed world) is becoming heavier and heavier (see YouTube video) and with that excess weight comes an...

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Cold and Flu Season Doesn’t Mean You have to be Sick

There are two ways to look at cold and flu season. The first is to think that there are bugs out there and if you are too close to someone who has those bugs, you are going to get sick. The second is to realize that there are bugs out there, but there are...

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