Want to Live Longer? You Have to Look Further

Living longer is a goal for almost everyone. The headlines are full of healthful information about how to extend you life expectancy, the problem is that you have to look further down the road.

What About Stevia?

You have probably heard that Stevia has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and were wondering if it was safe.

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.

Complete Guide to Artificial Sweeteners

The health problems associated with saccharine, aspartame, sucralose and other artificial sweeteners are numerous and you should avoid them whenever possible.

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.

Healthy News Digest 1/28/2009

Health News: ADHD DRUGS AND HALLUCINATIONS: A new study released by the journal Pediatrics showed that children who are taking drugs such as Ritalin, Concerta and others may experience hallucinations. The side effects of these drugs included hallucinations of worms or snakes crawling on the children and also included other side effects such as psychosis and mania. Dr. Scott’s Comments: The rate of these side-effects were fairly low (around 2 percent), but represent yet another serious complication of these medications. Why we turn to drug therapy to help these children is beyond my understanding, when diet and nutritional therapy...

When it Comes to Weight Loss, Forget Calories

Calories are an outdated way of thinking about food and weight loss and you have to learn to look at food in different ways.

The Problems that Come with a Long Life

I'm sorry to say this to you if you don't know it, but medicine is never going to find a cure for cancer, or multiple sclerosis, or diabetes, or heart disease or hundred of other slow-developing diseases.