The holidays are upon us and many of us are already worrying about the effects of stress from last minute shopping and family gatherings as well as the weight gain from too many parties and heavy traditional holiday meals. However, there is a way to...
Iron is unique among essential minerals, because there is no mechanism for its excretion once absorbed into the body. Whatever iron is absorbed must either be used or stored and excessive storage of iron in the body promotes the generation of free...
Although the body readily makes most of the fat that it needs from dietary starch or sugar, humans lack the ability to make essential fatty acids (EFAs) and must get them in food. EFAs are found in all foods but are most abundant in certain oils...
Asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic otitis media and sinusitis are increasing at frightening rates among children in the United States. There are several measures that parents can take to effectively reverse this trend, according to Leo Galland, M.D...
In this column Dr. Galland discusses detoxifying foods which protect against the effects of environmental pollution, free-radical induced cell damage and cancer through dietary anti-oxidants. Foods that are richest in these anti-oxidants are red...
Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in your body, a necessary co-factor for hundreds of enzymes, and the most critical mineral of all for coping with stress. Stress-related diseases which run rampant through modern society, like heart...
A large body of research over the past ninety years has demonstrated the preventive value of eating foods fermented with Lactobacilli or their cousins, Bifidobacteria. In "Using Friendly Flora" Leo Galland, M.D. explains how eating these friendly...
DHEA, which stands for dehydroepiandrosterone, is an amazing natural hormone produced by the adrenal glands with numerous potential benefits. Although this hormone is the most abundant hormone produced by the adrenals, conventional medicine has paid...
Schizophrenia - Before and After Treatment. ...she complained that she was experiencing visual and auditory hallucinations, the voices coming from outside of her head.
Synthetic cold remedies from the druggest shelf don't look quite as good as they did a few years ago. The warning labels barely fit into the space available on the product box and it is well-known to medical researchers that some ingredients in...
Leo Galland MD FACN
Michael Schachter MD FACAM
Christopher Hobbs LAc AHG