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Welcome to Dr. Paula Pilcher, ND, who does wonderful massages and backs them up with a wealth of clinical massages. She also has the best laugh, as I’m sure you’ll agree!
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I am pleased to inaugurate video interviews about nutrition on my blog. Look forward to lots more vlog entries here as I speak with a variety of knowledgeable health care professionals about whole food nutrition.
Here, Dr. Gard, my excellent chiropractor/reflexologist in Beaverton, Oregon, discusses the pitfalls of eating grains, especially refined grains.

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I love it when I’m right!
There’s a serious problem, internationally, with bees — it’s called “colony collapse disorder,” where whole colonies of bees just die off. Since bees are the principal pollinators of a tremendous variety of important human foods, we would all be up the creek without a paddle if bees [...]

Here’s your word of the day: sarcopenia. It means, your muscles fading away as you age. It used to be thought to be an inevitable consequence of getting older.
Now we know it is simple to prevent!
Exercise. Every day.
Eat lots of fruits and veggies. Every day.
Here’s the latest in a very long [...]

Some new information on folate has put a potential fly in the proverbial ointment.
The research on prevention of some severe birth defects, through the simple, inexpensive addition of folate (aka folic acid) to the diet, was compelling. So compelling that, since 1998, the US has mandated that all baked goods be enriched with folate. [...]

On Medscape, a recent featured article reviewed a study of the effectiveness of some commonly recommended vaccines. The subjects of the study were children with frequent earaches and runny noses. The study looked at whether those kids were protected after they were vaccinated — 4 times! — for H. flu B (HiB) and pneumococcus. [...]

Dr. David Phillips, MD, Physician/Triathlete
Discusses
The Journey to a Healthy Existence
Dr. Phillips graduated from Harvard University where he earned academic honors and was an All-American swimmer. In 1989, Dr. Phillips received his Medical Degree at Wright State University School of Medicine where he was elected to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. [...]