Your Health Detective

Eleven Dangerous Chemicals in Your Home, Office and Vehicle

Household consumer products injure 33.1 million people in the United States every year. These incidents cost $800 billion in related expenses from death, injury or property damages. And many scientists are starting to believe that, in particular, the chemicals found in a wide variety of the goods you use every day may be more toxic than previously thought.

This brain scan shows a healthy brain to the left and one exposed to chemicals on the right...talk about losing one's marbles! Need more proof? I don't. Click to continue reading...

The Methuselah Enzyme – Science Uncovers Secret Why Women Outlive Men!

 

     This newly rediscovered longevity enzyme actually begins while you’re still in the womb. Studies show that when bodies of genetically-engineered mice couldn’t manufacture their own enzymes they died.

       From the first moment you add this enzyme antioxidant, you increase your life span – increasing length of time you live while still feeling healthy and happy from powering up your immune system and zapping free radicals that are the culprits in acceleration of aging...click to continue reading...

Baby-Boomers Re-invent Grand-parenting

The youngest older generation ever...

 

When people hear I’m a grandparent of four they comment “you can’t possibly be” – but a proud grandparent I am. Likewise, are the over 75 million baby-boomers who are entering this amazingly rewarding right of passage and redefining their image about how a grandparent looks, acts, and thinks.

Every eight seconds another baby boomer turns 50

  

It’s an exciting time when 50 has become “the new 30” and traditional ideals of what it is to be middle-aged are now out the window – this 40-to-60 something crowd is holding on to their youth, albeit kicking and screaming, as their emphasis turns to maintaining youthfulness along with a determination to lead a full, vital, rich life...click to continue reading...

A Doctor’s Recent Experience with Ocular Migraines (Eye Migraines)

As par for the course my life takes, I’ve often had to be the recipient of a symptom or condition to truly understand its causes, effects and solutions – providing me with a deeper understanding of what my patient’s experience. Unfortunately, this investigative report came about because I recently experienced a very troubling visual disturbance and dull headache over one eye and immediately panicked thinking it was a detached retina again – one of the most debilitating conditions I’ve been through!

I was consulting with a patient when suddenly I began to see light flashes as if looking through shattered glass. I had a dull headache over my right eye that morning but discounted it as having been on the computer too many hours the day before. As the symptoms worsened, I called my eye doctor and rushed to her office, fearing the worse. Upon examination, she assured me I had all the symptoms of an ocular migraine; to which I responded, “What in the heck is that?” That said, most any other diagnosis was welcome other than the dreaded detached retina with its harrowing recovery...click to continue reading...

Identifying Bad Blood - A Test That Could Save Your Life

 

 

 

 

 

This Week’s Focus on Health

• Learn why Homocysteine Markers are a better indicator of heart attack, strokes, cognitive disorders (Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, neurological birth defects, mental decline)...click to continue reading...

Cognitive & Eye Disorders on the Rise – Could Chemical Cuisine be the Cause?

 

“If you can’t pronounce it, don’t buy it – it’s probably NOT food, it’s Chemical Cuisine.” – Gloria Gilbère, author of 11 books including, Chemical Cuisine, Pain / Inflammaton Matters and I was Poisoned by my body

The Eyes Have It 

    According to global reports, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) blindness and visual impairment project, age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is the primary cause of visual impairment in industrialized countries, accounting for 19% to 30% of the total cases of low vision in developed regions. Projected data estimates a 50% increase of ARMD prevalence between 2000 and 2020.  Evidence now shows there is a definite connection related to chemical components of our foods, lifestyle and eye disorders...click to continue reading...

Hurray! Another Healthy Reason to Consume Dark Chocolate

Dear readers, please don’t use this investigative report to include dark chocolate as a daily staple...everything in moderation. Do, however, understand that more and more research is emerging regarding the health benefits of good, organic, dark chocolate...however, have not found health benefits of it for bathing, at least not yet!

We all know our body requires ample amounts of iron to be healthy, right?..click to continue reading...

Headaches: First-hand Clues to Second-hand Reactions

Headache Facts:

–     Headaches are so common Americans dish out more than $1.5 billion annually to get relief – especially from migraines.

–     More than 30.5 million Americans suffer from migraines –women being affected three times more than men.

–     Conventional medicine focuses on symptom-care, not causes.

–    Most migraines seem to have a food-based reaction relating to wheat, dairy, sugar, artificial preservatives or chemicals.

Headaches signal the body something is wrong!...click to continue reading...

Dirty Little Secrets of the Food Industry

Those of you that follow my investigative reports and my work know that I scream from roof-tops about understanding the hidden sources of chemicals you consume – not to mention the health-destroying disorders they induce.

Recently, a great deal of attention was given in the media about the recall of many food items containing Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP) contaminated with Salmonella – including foods found in such stores as Trader Joe’s, Safeway, McCormick and many other food products.

What you may not know is that HVP is the most common soy-based food “filler” used to produce thousands of processed food products. It’s found in such foods as the following, but definitely not limited to; veggie burgers, gravy mixes, soups, salad dressings, chips, dips, processed meats, flavoured snacks, and virtually every popular brand of beef jerky, etc. Since other chemicals are often “hidden” within the ingredient list of HVP, most consumers are NOT aware what they are actually consuming. So, by now you’re asking, what in the heck is HVP and why must it be avoided? Click to continue reading...

Anti-aging is NOT Anti-death: Understanding Aging Processes

Why we age

There is much confusion regarding anti-aging and anti-death - anti-death is actually extending life but not necessarily the quality of it. Aging is the processes by which an individual gradually weakens and loses functions.

Anti-aging seeks to understand the processes and use natural methods to intervene so that youthful characteristics are preserved. Exciting new discoveries are being made daily for controlling genetic agings and I will continue to report to you as information is available. Click to continue reading...