Yesterday’s conversation about toxic sunscreen got me thinking about just how easily a few chemicals can turn something good into something bad. In fact, these days, we can’t even trust kale to [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
WARNING: Your sunscreen could be toxic
As you know, I’m a fierce advocate for healthy home and personal care products. And the good news here is that there are new and improved versions of previously toxic products coming to market [...]
And the latest toxic cancer culprit is…
Just when everyone thought they could bury their heads in the sand and go back to ignoring the dangers of one of the most lethal toxins on the planet, another jaw-dropping report emerges to snap [...]
Even scientists can’t be trusted with the truth
It’s fascinating to me how many factors now point towards the downfall of a once-powerful empire. It seems like every week we’re learning more about just how crooked scientific research really [...]
Making time for nature might save your life, too
This time of year, you really don’t need a good reason to get outside. The mornings are early, the days are long, and nature is buzzing. Still, nobody knows better than I do how easy it is to get [...]
Coca-Cola controls their own research—and buries any unfavorable finding
You’re going to love this little exposé as much as I did when I first read it… Five different health research funding contracts, which Coca-Cola issued to four different universities, would have [...]
“Whole person” medicine is the key to disease prevention
Medicine has changed quite significantly since I first started out as a resident. In some ways, for the better… but mostly (and sadly), for the worse. That said, the one thing that has improved [...]
Long-term antibiotic use is detrimental to your heart
Last week I told you about the role that gut bacteria plays in heart disease prevention. So you might also recall that mainstream medicine is, in turn, making a shocking turnaround on antibiotic [...]
Is your bedroom making you fat?
Is your room too bright at bedtime? Maybe you fall asleep watching TV—or keep a light on for late night trips to the bathroom. Maybe you just live in a city, where the streetlights and neon signs [...]
The microbiome is going mainstream—and it’s about time
When I wrote my book Boost Your Health with Bacteria over a decade ago, I had no idea that we would be entering a whole new era of trying to solve some of the world’s biggest health problems by [...]