Modern medicine is just beginning to acknowledge the fact that 80% of the immune system is localized in the digestive tract. Ayurveda has recognized that for thousands of years. Ayurveda, the “Science of Life”, describes the immune system as the...
Richard Passwater, Ph.D. interviews Dr. Adrianne Bendich about vitamin safety, immune function and nutrition beyond deficiency diseases, including related research and specifics on correct usage of a number of vitamins.
During a prior chat with Dr. Luc Montagnier, I mentioned the research of Dr. Ronald Watson that indicates that at least some antioxidant nutrients improve important components of the immune system. This was of particular interest to Dr. Montagnier...
Echinacea spp. Compositeae Names: Purple Coneflower Habitat: Throughout North American prairies, plains, and open woodlands. Part Used: The root. Constituents: Echinacoside, in E. angustifolia but not E. purpurea.Research suggests that the...
Do you live inside the rhythm or does the rhythm live inside of you? For thousands of years rhythm has been the great identifier of cultures and connections. But is there more to rhythm than meets the skin? What’s inside the skin and how deep does...
One of the areas where we can shift our tastes slightly and make a significant impact on our health is by steering away from the traditional ground crops providing us with corn, soy, safflower and vegetable oils. Coconut oil research has now cracked...
Probiotics, which contain millions of the 'good-guy' bacteria, have largely been billed merely as a way to keep the gut healthy. But the latest evidence suggests that the bacteria populating our intestines not only 'kickstart' the immune system, but...
ANYONE LISTENING?: When it comes to vaccines, apparently not
This woman’s friend is incapacitated with Behcet’s, a condition in which the body’s immune system attacks and harms its own tissues (in this case, the veins become inflamed). This autoimmune disease is characterised by redness, heat, swelling and...
I have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...