Are You Filtering Your Water Properly?

If you drink unfiltered or poorly filtered rainwater or ground water, there’s a high chance you are swallowing harmful bacterial species such as Klebsiella spp; Parasites like Blastocystis hominis, Cysts from Parasites, Viruses and other pathogens that damage your long-term health as well as toxic heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, cadmium and other toxic […]

DO YOU HAVE FOOD INTOLERANCES?

Do you suffer from fatigue, flatulence, headaches, bloating, excess burping, indigestion, joint pain, sinus congestion, skin rashes, stiffness, constipation or diarrhoea, or are you finding it hard to lose those excess kilos? If you said “Yes” to one or more of these, you may have a food intolerance. WHAT IS A FOOD INTOLERANCE? Food intolerance […]

NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS MAY PREVENT DISEASE

EATING A BALANCED DIET WILL NOT PREVENT NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES AND DISEASE – NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS PRESCRIBED SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR BIOLOGICALLY UNIQUE BODY PROBABLY WILL The Forces Against Health inAustralia Nutritional medicine could save hundreds of millions of lives, but vested interests actively pursue the opposite. Commentary by Ian Brighthope, M.D.                                                        Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, June 25, […]

EATING BERRIES LINKED TO LOWER PARKINSON’S RISK IN MEN

Eating a bowel of berries every week can reduce the chances of developing Parkinson’s by a quarter, researchers have claimed. Men who regularly consume foods rich in naturally occurring flavonoids, such as berries, apples, certain vegetables, tea and red wine, may significantly reduce their risk for developing Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to a large-scale study […]

LARGE AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS HOMEOPATHY

HOMEOPATHY HAS PLENTY OF EVIDENCE Whenever I hear a doctor, vet or anyone else say that Homeopathy doesn’t work and it’s only a Placebo, I am surprised by this due to the significant and successful clinical results achieved with homeopathic remedies in the treatment of disease. Although herbal medicines, nutrient therapies and a healthy diet can […]

What Evidence Exists That ‘Mainstream’ Medical Treatments Are Safe or Effective?

There has been much discussion, commentary and debate over a recent newspaper article urging universities to shut down natural medicine courses. ATMS Board Member David Stelfox shares his response: Dwyer’s approach has always been to present the illusion that all Complementary and Alternative medical approaches are without research-based evidence while all conventional medical treatments are […]

Energy Drinks Can Cause Serious Health Problems and Even Death

Rise in caffeine toxicity blamed on energy drinks   According to Emma Sorensen (Medical Observer, 16.1.12):  “AUSTRALIAN researchers are again calling for better labelling of caffeinated energy drinks after a study showed an alarming rise in cases of caffeine toxicity, which presents a risk of serious cardiac or neurological complications, and was responsible for one […]

ARE ‘BIO-IDENTICAL’ HORMONES SAFE AND ARE THEY NATURAL?

Standard, synthetic hormone replacement therapy (HRT) made worldwide headlines when a study released in 2002 found it increased the risk of breast cancer, heart attacks, and strokes. Indeed, the study had to be stopped prematurely due to the dangers that HRT posed to women. Therefore, vast numbers of women that were using synthetic HRT’s such […]

FAT DADS MEAN FAT KIDS: STUDY

    Young children with fat dads are more likely to become obese as they grow up, scientists have found.   The following is an extract of an article published in the Sydney Morning Herald (14.11.11):   Previous studies have indicated children are at risk of obesity if both parents are overweight or obese. However […]

Sugar-Sweetened Drinks May Pose Heart Risks to Women, Study Suggests

  According to Denise Mann – Health Day reporter from the Health Day News (13.11.11):   “Drinking two or more sugar-sweetened beverages a day may boost a woman’s risk for developing heart disease and diabetes — even if this habit isn’t causing her to pack on extra pounds, a new study says. Sugary sodas and other […]

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