Type 2 diabetes is a difficult metabolic problem. It is a national embarrassment that so many of our young people are becoming type 2 diabetic. It is a national disgrace that millions of type 2 diabetic patients are being injured with commonly used diabetic medications that are known to make their metabolic situation worse.

Last decade coral calcium rode the wave of infomercial hype and then crashed under the weight of unsubstantiated claims. Naysayers promoted the idea that coral calcium (which is calcium carbonate) was no different than other forms of calcium carbonate supplementation, except it was more expensive. I have used coral calcium long before the infomercial era...

Many proponents of the acid-alkaline theory of health believe that animal protein is acid forming because if you bake it in an oven acid ash is what is left. Such people then go on to claim that since animal protein is acid forming it leeches calcium out of bones and causes bone loss, even though not a single study has ever demonstrated this happening....

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis or autoimmune destruction of the thyroid gland is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in iodine-sufficient areas of the world. The autoimmune attack on the thyroid gland causes the thyroid to eventually fail as aging occurs. Knowing what is attacking your thyroid gland is vital to preventing ongoing tissue destruction and...

Researchers at the University of California found that individuals who consume 17 or more different dietary supplements per day were found to be far more healthy than those who take no supplements.

A few companies and some alternative health "professionals" have whipped up pointless concern over the inert flowing agent used in dietary supplements known as magnesium stearate. In each case the motivation appears to be one of promoting their own products -- typically products lacking in actual quality of ingredients for the price being charged. As a...

Milk basic protein increases bone mineral density and improves bone metabolism in healthy young women.