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- A Useful Book I Hope You Never Need
- Acetaminophen (Tylenol) and Your Liver
- Acidophilus
- Acne
- Acne and Diet
- Activated Charcoal
- Acupressure
- Acupuncture
- Adenosine Monophosphate (AMP)
- Adrenal Complex
- Aging
- Agrimony
- Alcoholism
- Alexander Technique
- Allergies
- Allium Compounds
- Aloe Vera
- Alpha-Linolenic Acid
- Alpha-Lipoic Acid
- Alternative Approach...
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Amino Acids
- Anemia
- Anger
- Anger, Part 2
- Angina
- Anthocyanins
- Anti-Aging Industry
- Anti-Aging Medicine
- Anti-Aging Supplements
- Antibiotics: Maximiz...
- Antioxidants
- Antioxidants and Exercise
- Anxiety and Panic
- Apitherapy
- Applied Kinesiology
- Arginine
- Arnica
- Aromatherapy
- Aromatherapy and Menstrual Cramps
- Arrhythmias
- Arrogant Doctors
- Art Therapy
- Arthritis in Your Knees
- Artichoke Leaf
- Ashwagandha
- Asparagus Root
- Aston Patterning
- Astragalus
- Athlete’s Foot
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain
- Ayurveda
- Bromelain and Arthritis
- Can We Slow Down Aging?
- Can You Get Fried By An Airport Scanner?
- Do I Really Need My Antidepressants?
- Fibromyalgia and Acupuncture
- Healing Affirmations
- Hot Flashes and Acupuncture
- Integrative Fixes for Allergy Miseries
- It’s Allergy Season…
- It’s Official: Aspirin Prevents Cancer
- Less Stress: Aromatherapy
- Low Dosage Aspirin: ...
- Muscle Aches and Pains
- Q&A: Alcohol and Breast Cancer
- Q&A: Bromelain ...
- Q&A: Citicholine and the Aging Brain
- Q&A: How do Con...
- Q&A: Supplement...
- SAMe for Depression and Arthritis
- Sneezy, Dopey, Sleepy, Grumpy (Doc)
- Solving Adrenal Imbalance
- Stress Less: Acupuncture
- Supplements I Take: Acetyl-L-Carnitine
- Testing Your Adrenal Glands
- The Anxiety in Your Gut
- The Key to Anti-Aging?
- Vitamin A
- Will Alzheimer’s Skyrocket?
- Women and ADD: Part 1
- Women and ADD: Part 2
- Women in the Asylum
- Women, ADD, and the Drugs That Help
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- A Bubble About To Burst
- A Natural Bladder Product
- Bach Flower Therapy
- Bad Breath: Eight Ways to Sweeten
- Bake Sale for Health Care
- Baking Soda
- Basic Foods for Cupb...
- Bedbugs! (and a PS on Ticks)
- Bee Products
- Behavior Modificatio...
- Belly Fat! New Research Reveals…
- Beta-Carotene
- Beta-Sitosterol
- Bifidobacteria
- Big Pharma, Bad Medicine
- Bilberry
- Biofeedback
- Biography as Biology
- Bioidentical Hormones
- Biotin
- Black Cohosh
- Blackberry
- Bone-Building Formula
- Borage Oil
- Boron
- Boswellia
- Brain-Boosting Suppl...
- Breaking the Fast with Breakfast
- Breast Thermogram
- Breathing Out Stress
- Bromelain
- Bromelain and Arthritis
- Bromelain/Quercetin
- Bronchitis
- Buckthorn Bark
- Burns
- Butcher’s Broom
- Butterbur
- Europe Bamboozled By Big Pharma
- Europe Bamboozled by Big Pharma, Part 2
- Fibrocystic Breast Changes
- Flower Essence Thera...
- For Better Brain + Memory, Remember This
- High Blood Pressure
- High Blood Pressure
- Hopping for Strong Bones
- Hormones and Breast Cancer
- Hypnotized by Big Pharma
- Keeping Your Smarts as You Age
- Keeping Your Smarts, Part 2
- Less Stress: Flower Essence Therapy
- Let the Sun Shine: P...
- Low Thyroid and Taki...
- Menopause and Bioidentical Hormones
- More Sleaze from Big Pharma
- Pantothenic Acid (B5)
- Q&A: Alcohol and Breast Cancer
- Q&A: Brain-Healthy Diet
- Q&A: Bromelain ...
- Q&A: Chiropractor for Son’s Back Pain
- Q&A: Exercise and a Healthy Brain
- Q&A: Low Blood Sugar
- Q&A: Supplements for Better Breathing
- Saccharomyces boulardii
- Something New About Birth Control Pills
- Soy Foods and Breast Cancer
- Stress and Brain Fog...
- Stress Less: Flower ...
- The Night Shift and Breast Cancer
- Thiamin (B1)
- Three Foods for Easy Breathing
- Two Important Studie...
- Using Soy to Prevent Breast Cancer
- Vitamin B Complex
- Vitamin B12
- Vitamin B6
- What’s Happening to My Brain
- You! Off Your Duff and On Your Bike!
- Your Bones Need More Than Calcium
- Your Brain: Could It...
- Your Brain: Could Pr...
- Your Brain: Is Low Thyroid a Factor?
- Your Brain: It Could Be Low Serotonin
- Your Brain: Maybe It...
- Your Brain: Maybe Your Depressed
- Your Brain: Yes, It ...
- Your Sex Drive, the FDA, and Big Pharma
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- “You Are Corn”
- Activated Charcoal
- Calcium
- Calcium/Magnesium
- Calendula
- Can I Be Tested for ...
- Can You Lower Choles...
- Canada’s Medicine Explained
- Cancer
- Cancer and Vitamin D
- Cancer Prevention
- Cancer Prevention Clip ‘n Save
- Candida Overgrowth Syndrome
- Canker Sores
- Caprylic Acid
- Carnitine
- Carotenoids
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cascara Sagrada
- CASE STUDY: C’est Moi
- Cat’s Claw
- Cataracts
- Catechins
- Cayenne
- Celery Extract
- Chamomile
- Charcoal Grilling an...
- Chasteberry
- Chelation Therapy
- Cherry Fruit Extract
- Chinese Medicine Tac...
- Chiropractic
- Chitosan
- Chondroitin
- Chromium
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chronic Pain
- Circles of Light
- Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)
- Cold Sores
- Colds
- Colloidal Oatmeal
- Colon Therapy
- Color Therapy
- Coltsfoot
- Complex Carbohydrates
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Conjugated Linoleic Acid
- Constipation
- Copper
- Coriander Seed
- Cough
- Cranberry
- Cranial Electrostimulation
- Craniosacral Therapy
- Creatine
- Creativity and Health
- Crestor: To Take or Not To Take
- Crohn’s Disease
- Crystal and Gem Therapy
- Cuts and Scrapes
- Fast Food Favorites: Chickpeas
- High Cholesterol
- Is Vitamin C Worthwhile?
- Lecithin and Choline
- Liquid C
- Melatonin for Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Nutritional Counseli...
- Preventing Cancer with One Good Choice
- Pumpkin (cucurbita) Seed
- Q&A: Alcohol and Breast Cancer
- Q&A: Chiropractor for Son’s Back Pain
- Q&A: Citicholine and the Aging Brain
- Q&A: Complex Carbohydrates
- Red Grapefruit and Cholesterol
- Reducing Your Risk of Ovarian Cancer
- Soy Foods and Breast Cancer
- Supplements I Take: Acetyl-L-Carnitine
- The Carrot and Your Longevity
- The Case of the Mysterious Rash
- The Chemistry of Stress
- The Night Shift and Breast Cancer
- Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin C and Flavinoids
- Welcome Casey Kelley, MD
- WholeHealth Chicago and Kids?
- Why I Dislike Drug Companies
- Your Bones Need More Than Calcium
- Your Colonoscopy
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- 48,328 Diet Books
- A Disgusting Taste in Her Mouth
- Acne and Diet
- Cancer and Vitamin D
- D-ribose: New Supplement of Note
- Dance Therapy
- Dandelion
- De-Cluttering Your Life
- Death By Cupcake
- Death By Medicine
- Dentist Anxieties? Fear of Flying?
- Depression
- Detoxification Therapy
- Devil’s Claw
- DHEA
- Diabetes
- Diarrhea
- Diet Drugs
- Diets
- Digestive Enzymes
- Digestive Enzymes
- Diindolylmethance (DIM)
- DLPA (D, L Phenylalanine)
- DMAE (Dimethylaminoethanol)
- Doctors and Lab Tests
- Don’t Shoot the Messenger
- Dong Quai (angelica)
- Drug-Free Hormone Balancing
- Eight Ways to Eat the Triple Whammy Way
- Herbal Decongestant
- Herbal Digestive Formula
- I Went to the Doctor...
- Important Depression Update
- Let the Sun Shine: P...
- On Their Knees: Doct...
- Our Deaf Ears
- Pre-diabetes Prescription Drugs
- Q&A: Brain-Healthy Diet
- Q&A: Tanning Be...
- Q&A: Vitamin D
- SAMe for Depression and Arthritis
- St. John’s Wor...
- The Dragon’s Way
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin D – Again
- Vitamin D and Fibromyalgia
- Vitamin D and Pain Control
- Vitamin D and Your Heart
- Vitamin D, Part 2
- Why Doctors Avoid Prescription Drugs
- Why I Dislike Drug Companies
- You! Off Your Duff and On Your Bike!
- Your Brain: Maybe Your Depressed
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- An Easier Way to Ove...
- Antioxidants and Exercise
- Astonishingly Unhealthful Eating
- Digestive Enzymes
- Earache
- Eat Food as Nouns, Not Adjectives
- Echinacea
- Echinacea: My Doubts...
- Eczema
- Elderberry and Elderflower
- Empty Nose Syndrome
- Endometriosis
- Energy Psychology
- Ephedra (Ma huang)
- Epilepsy
- Escaping Routine
- Eucalyptus
- Europe Bamboozled By Big Pharma
- Europe Bamboozled by Big Pharma, Part 2
- Europe’s Healthcare System
- Evening Primrose Oil
- Exercise and Weight Loss
- Fatigue
- Food Sensitivity Elimination Diet
- How Much Exercise?
- Natural Healing from Trauma
- Nutritional Health for Your Eyes
- Q&A: Exercise and a Healthy Brain
- Q&A: Increasing Your Energy
- Q&A: Vitamin E and Heart Attacks
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- Farmers Markets: The Way to Eat
- 14 Food Changes to Consider
- A Must Read for Those with Fibromyalgia
- Add Some Fat to Your Veggies
- Advances in Fibromyalgia
- Advances in Fibromyalgia: Part 2
- Advances in Fibromyalgia: Part 3
- Bach Flower Therapy
- Basic Foods for Cupb...
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Dentist Anxieties? Fear of Flying?
- False Unicorn Root
- Fast Food Favorites: Chickpeas
- Fast Food Favorites: Salmon in a Pouch
- Fast Food Favorites: Spinach
- Fasting
- Fatigue
- Fear Factor
- Feldenkrais Method
- Fennel
- Fertility: Six Natur...
- Feverfew
- Fiber, insoluble
- Fiber, soluble
- Fibrocystic Breast Changes
- Fibromyalgia
- Fibromyalgia and Acupuncture
- Fibromyalgia Explained: Part 1
- Fibromyalgia Explained: Why the Pain?
- Fibromyalgia is Real
- Fibromyalgia Quiz
- Fibromyalgia: An Almost Natural Approach
- Fibromyalgia: Conventional Treatment
- Fibromyalgia: Gender...
- Fibromyalgia: The Fatigue Part
- First Line Therapy
- Fish Oil and Your Child’s Brain
- Fish Oil Now by Prescription
- Fish Oils
- Five Steps to Exiting the Rut
- Flatulence
- Flavinoids
- Flaxseed Oil
- Flower Essence Thera...
- Flu
- Flu Shot: Do I Need One?
- Flu Shots, Mercury, ...
- Folic Acid
- Food Sensitivity Elimination Diet
- Forskolin
- FOS (Fructo-oligosaccharides)
- Franz Kafka’s The ...
- Functional Medicine
- Help! I’m Getting the Flu
- Less Stress: Flower Essence Therapy
- Medical Sexism and Fibromyalgia
- More on Lyrica, the Fibromyalgia Drug
- Name-That-Food Quiz
- Nicole’s Story and...
- Preventing and Treating the Flu
- Preventing Flu
- Q&A: Can Food Help Mood?
- Q&A: Flu Shot
- Q&A: Tamiflu
- Should I Get the Flu Shot?
- Should I get the Swine Flu Vaccine?
- Still More Benefits of Fish Oil
- Still More on the Flu
- Stress Less: Flower ...
- Swine Flu
- The Fox Guarding the Hen House
- The Frayed Doctor-Patient Relationship
- Toxic Food Syndrome
- Toxic Food Syndrome, Part 2
- Trimming the Tummy Fat
- Two New Drugs for Fi...
- Vitamin C and Flavinoids
- Vitamin D and Fibromyalgia
- Where Did This Tummy Fat Come From?
- Yet Another Reason to Enjoy Fruit
- Your Brain: Could It...
- Your Sex Drive, the FDA, and Big Pharma
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- Are You Reluctant to Get Well?
- Crystal and Gem Therapy
- GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid)
- Gallstones
- Gamma-Oryzanol
- Garcinia Cambogia
- Garlic
- Gelatin
- Ginger
- Ginkgo Biloba
- Ginkgo Biloba
- Ginkgo Biloba
- Ginseng (Panax)
- Glandular Therapies
- Glucosamine
- Glutamine
- Glutathione
- Gluten Sensitivity
- Goldenseal
- Good News…And The Bad
- Gota Kola
- Gout
- Grape Seed Extract
- Grapefruit Seed Extract
- Gratitude
- Gratitude
- Green Tea
- Green Tea and Ovarian Cancer
- Gugulipid
- Gum Disease
- H
- “My hormones are out of whack!”
- A Natural Heartburn Treatment
- Bioidentical Hormones
- Can I Quit My Heartburn Drug?
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Creativity and Health
- Drug-Free Hormone Balancing
- Evil Health Insurance Tactics
- Franz Kafka and Health Insurance
- Hair Loss
- Hair Problems
- Hawthorn
- Healing Touch: A Bal...
- Health Care Reform and You (and Me)
- Health Care Reform: ...
- Health Consequences of Harassment
- Health Insurance: Food for Thought
- Healthcare PTSD
- Healthy Living is the Best Revenge
- Heart Disease Prevention
- Heartburn
- Hellerwork
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis
- Herbal Decongestant
- Herbal Digestive Formula
- Hey Doc, When Are Yo...
- High Blood Pressure
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Holiday Cheer
- Holiday Food…and More Food
- Holiday Stress Rx: Part 2
- Holiday Stress Rx: Part 3
- Holiday Stress Rx: Ten Tips
- Homeopathy
- Homeopathy and Kids
- Homocysteine and Your Health
- Hopping for Strong Bones
- Horehound
- Hormones and Breast Cancer
- Horse Chestnut
- Hospitals, Health Sp...
- Hot Flashes and Acupuncture
- How Would You Rate Your Handshake?
- Huperzine A
- Hydrotherapy
- Hypnotherapy
- I’m Losing My Hair!
- Important News About Hormone Therapy
- Money and Happiness
- My One Hundred Million Dollar Pen
- Prescribing Happiness
- Q&A: Brain-Healthy Diet
- Q&A: Vitamin E and Heart Attacks
- RESPeRATE for High Blood Pressure
- Return of the Hundred Million Dollar Pen
- Saving a Bundle on Healthcare, Part 2
- Saving A Bundle on Your Health Care
- Saving A Bundle on Y...
- I
- Another Idea Sixpack
- Franz Kafka and Health Insurance
- Idea Sixpack
- Important News About Hormone Therapy
- Impotence
- Infertility, Female
- Infertility, Male
- Insomnia
- Insurance Insurance
- Iodine
- Iodine and You
- Ipriflavone
- Iridology
- Iron
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Ivy Leaf
- More on Infertility
- Q&A: Interactio...
- Q&A: Muscle Str...
- Q&A: Sleep and Your Immune System
- Soy Isoflavones
- Thoughts on Infertility, Part 1
- Worst-Fear Insurance
- J
- K
- L
- Acetaminophen (Tylenol) and Your Liver
- Bedbugs! (and a PS on Ticks)
- Conjugated Linoleic Acid
- La Vie Francaise
- Lady Gaga, Madonna, Andy Warhol, and Me
- Laugh Your Troubles Away
- Lavender
- Leaky Gut: Diagnosis and Repair
- Lecithin and Choline
- Less Stress: Flower Essence Therapy
- Less Stress: Guided Imagery
- Licorice
- Light Therapy
- Lipotrophic Combination
- Living Longer, Living Healthier
- Lupus
- Lycopene
- Lyme Disease Attacks Local Physician (!)
- Lysine
- More on Lyrica, the Fibromyalgia Drug
- Q&A: Low Blood Sugar
- Understanding Leaky Gut Syndrome
- Why You Don’t Need Lipitor
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- A Modest Medical Proposal
- Another Mystery Rash
- Aromatherapy and Menstrual Cramps
- Better Memory Tricks, Part 1
- Calcium/Magnesium
- Death By Medicine
- Does Meditation Work?
- Easing Cramps
- For Better Brain + Memory, Remember This
- I Think My Mind Is Going
- Importance of Magnesium
- Longer Life for the Man in Your Life
- Maca
- Macrobiotics
- Macular Degeneration
- Magnesium
- Magnet Therapy
- Male Menopause–Is It Real?
- Mammogram Controversy
- Marshmellow
- Massage Therapy
- Mayo Clinic Sells Its Soul
- Measuring Hormone Levels
- Medical Sexism and Fibromyalgia
- Medicine’s Latest Step Backwards
- Meditation
- Meet Elaine
- Melatonin
- Melatonin and Perimenopause
- Melatonin for Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Melissa
- Memory Loss/Impairment
- Menopause
- Menopause and Bioidentical Hormones
- Menopause Herbal Combination
- Menopause Transition Rx
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Methionine
- Migraine
- Milk Thistle
- Mistletoe
- Modify Risk Factors
- More Better Memory Tricks
- MSM
- Muira Puama
- Mullein
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Aches and Pains
- Mushrooms
- Music Therapy
- My One Hundred Million Dollar Pen
- Myers’ Cocktail
- Myotherapy
- Myrtle
- Organic Milk
- Pre-Menopause Anxiety
- Q&A: Can Food Help Mood?
- Q&A: Men and the Triple Whammy
- Q&A: Muscle Str...
- Q&A: Red Meat
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- A Newly Discovered C...
- A Solid Thumbs-Up on...
- Can I Be Tested for ...
- Can You Trust the NYT?
- Learning to Say No
- NAC (N-acetylcysteine)
- NADH (Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide)
- Naringin
- Native American Medicine
- Natural Progesterone Cream
- Naturopathy
- Nettle
- Niacin
- Nicole’s Story and...
- Nutritional Bad News
- Nutritional Counseli...
- Nutritional Medicine News
- Nutritional Research: Busy Month
- Our Missing Nutrients
- Q&A: New Year’s Resolution
- Q&A: Nutritional Medicine
- R&R for 2008
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- Colloidal Oatmeal
- Green Tea and Ovarian Cancer
- Health Risks of the Oil Gusher
- Oak Bark
- Oat Straw
- Obesity by Infection
- Obsessing Over Regrets
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids
- Omega-6 Fatty Acids
- Oprah: Poster Child ...
- Oregano
- Organic Milk
- Organics
- Osteopathy
- Osteoporosis
- Overweight? Blame Your Car
- Reducing Your Risk of Ovarian Cancer
- Second Opinions
- Thinking Out of the Box
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- Case Study: Melanie’s PMS Hell
- A Paradigm Shift
- An Easier Way to Ove...
- Anxiety and Panic
- Before Filling Your ...
- Chronic Pain
- Cure PMS The Natural...
- Energy Psychology
- Four Easy Steps to S...
- Melatonin and Perimenopause
- Muscle Aches and Pains
- Natural Healing from Trauma
- Natural Progesterone Cream
- On Their Knees: Doct...
- PABA (para-aminobenzoic acid)
- Pantothenic Acid (B5)
- Parsley
- Pau d’arco
- Pelargonium sidoides (African geranium)
- Peppermint
- Perimenopause
- Phosphatidylserine (PS)
- Phyllanthus/Ayurvedi...
- Physicians as Morons
- Physician’s Guide to Fibromyalgia
- Picking At a Scab
- PMS
- PMS Rx
- Poisoned by an Antibiotic
- Polarity Therapy
- Policosanol
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
- Potassium
- Prayer
- Pre-diabetes Prescription Drugs
- Pre-Menopause Anxiety
- Preventing Flu
- Preventive Tests You Need
- Prickly Pear
- Prostate Cancer Scre...
- Prostate Problems
- Psoriasis
- Psyllium
- Pumpkin (cucurbita) Seed
- Push Up, Trim Down
- Pycnogenol: Are You a Frequent Flyer?
- Pygeum Africanum
- Pyruvate
- Q&A: Herbs Control PMS Palpitations
- The Dark Side of Prescription Drugs
- Treating Polycystic ...
- Vitamin D and Pain Control
- Why Doctors Avoid Prescription Drugs
- Your Brain: Could Pr...
- Q
- Bromelain/Quercetin
- Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)
- Fibromyalgia Quiz
- Name-That-Food Quiz
- Q&A: A Question About SICKO
- Q&A: Can Food Help Mood?
- Q&A: Citicholine and the Aging Brain
- Q&A: Complex Carbohydrates
- Q&A: Exercise and a Healthy Brain
- Q&A: Flu Shot
- Q&A: How Much Water?
- Q&A: Increasing Your Energy
- Q&A: Interactio...
- Q&A: Men and the Triple Whammy
- Q&A: SAMe or St. John’s Wort?
- Q&A: Tamiflu
- Q&A: Tanning Be...
- Qigong
- Quercetin
- Take the Triple Whammy Quiz
- R
- 2008: Time for Mini-Resolutions
- 2012: Time for Mini-Resolutions
- A Quick and Easy Ref...
- All Your Vegetables Soup
- Another Mystery Rash
- Are You Reluctant to Get Well?
- D-ribose: New Supplement of Note
- Modifying Risk Factors
- Q&A: New Year’s Resolution
- Q&A: Red Meat
- R&R for 2008
- Raspberry Leaf (rubus idaeus)
- Raynaud’s Disease
- Recipes: Asparagus G...
- Recipes: Heather’s Hot and Hearty Chili
- Recipes: Josephina&#...
- Recipes: Lemony Lent...
- Recipes: Spicy Cabbage Soup
- Red Rice Yeast
- Reflexology
- Reiki
- Resistance, Sigmund ...
- RESPeRATE for High Blood Pressure
- Resveratrol
- Rhodiola rosea
- Riboflavin (vitamin B2)
- Rolfing® Structural Integration
- Rosacea
- Rosemary
- Stress Less: Reflexology
- S
- How Stress Shortens ...
- Walking Away From Ch...
- A SAD (Seasonal Affe...
- Better Sleep
- Brain-Boosting Suppl...
- Breathe Out Stress
- Breathing Out Stress
- Cuts and Scrapes
- December Stress
- Don’t Forget Your Selenium
- Fast Food Favorites: Salmon in a Pouch
- Fast Food Favorites: Spinach
- Flu Shot: Do I Need One?
- Food Sensitivity Elimination Diet
- Getting Off the Seas...
- Help for Your Fading Sex Drive
- Holiday Stress Rx: Part 2
- Holiday Stress Rx: Part 3
- Holiday Stress Rx: Ten Tips
- Idea Sixpack
- Keeping Your Smarts as You Age
- Keeping Your Smarts, Part 2
- Kidney Stones
- Learning to Say No
- Medical Sexism and Fibromyalgia
- More Travel Snacks
- My Annual Smoking Rant
- Nature’s Apoth...
- Our Governor the Sociopath
- Q&A: A Question About SICKO
- Q&A: SAMe or St. John’s Wort?
- Q&A: Sleep and Your Immune System
- Q&A: Stiff Neck
- Q&A: Supplements and the Triple Whammy
- Q&A: Tanning Be...
- Saccharomyces boulardii
- SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine)
- SAMe for Depression and Arthritis
- Saw Palmetto
- Sea Salt Nonsense
- Second Opinion
- Second Opinions
- Selenium
- Sex! Wine! Italians!
- Shark Liver Oil
- Shiatsu
- Shingles
- Should I get the Swine Flu Vaccine?
- Siberian Ginseng
- SICKO Part Five: Fixing the System
- SICKO Part Four
- SICKO Part One
- SiCKO Part Three: Mo...
- SICKO Part Two
- Sinus Infections
- Sinusitis
- Six Commonly Missed ...
- Six Commonly Missed ...
- Slippery Elm
- Sneezy, Dopey, Sleepy, Grumpy (Doc)
- Sore Throat
- Soy Foods and Breast Cancer
- Soy Isoflavones
- Spirulina and Kelp
- Sprains and Strains
- St. John’s Wort
- St. John’s Wor...
- Stay Skeptical
- Staying Smart
- Still Smoke?
- Stress
- Stress and Brain Fog...
- Stress Less: Acupuncture
- Stress Less: Meditation
- Stress Less: Meditation
- Stress Less: T’ai Chi
- Stroke
- Sugar
- Summertime’s Natural Serotonin Boosters
- Sunburn
- Swine Flu
- Symptoms: Disease or Functional?
- The Most Important Supplement
- The Sadness of Happy Meals
- The Upside of Low Serotonin
- Tips for Better Sleep
- Travel Snacks
- Using Soy to Prevent Breast Cancer
- Wintertime Blues: 10...
- Women, Baseball Bats, Men, and Serotonin
- T
- Acetaminophen (Tylenol) and Your Liver
- Eight Ways to Eat the Triple Whammy Way
- If You Take Thyroid Hormones
- Low Thyroid and Taki...
- Milk Thistle
- More Travel Snacks
- Natural Healing from Trauma
- Oprah: Poster Child ...
- Q&A: Men and the Triple Whammy
- Q&A: Supplements and the Triple Whammy
- Sore Throat
- Stop the Thyroid Madness
- Stress Less: T’ai Chi
- Surprises for Me on TV
- T’ai Chi: Getting Started
- Tai Chi
- Take the Triple Whammy Quiz
- Taurine
- Tea Tree Oil
- Temperature Test for Hypothyroidism
- The Upside of Low Serotonin
- Therapeutic Touch
- Thiamin (B1)
- Thinking Out of the Box
- Thyroid Disease
- Townsend Letter
- Toxic Food Syndrome
- Toxic Food Syndrome, Part 2
- Toxic Metals and Disease
- Trace Minerals
- U
- V
- All Your Vegetables Soup
- Another Reason You Need Vitamins
- Cancer and Vitamin D
- Flu Shot: Do I Need One?
- Is Vitamin C Worthwhile?
- Let the Sun Shine: P...
- Liquid C
- Nature’s Apoth...
- Pantothenic Acid (B5)
- Q&A: Tanning Be...
- Q&A: Vitamin D
- Q&A: Vitamin E and Heart Attacks
- Should I get the Swine Flu Vaccine?
- Valerian
- Varicose Veins
- Vinpocetine
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin B Complex
- Vitamin B12
- Vitamin B6
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin C and Flavinoids
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin D – Again
- Vitamin D and Fibromyalgia
- Vitamin D and Pain Control
- Vitamin D and Your Heart
- Vitamin D, Part 2
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin Graveyard
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- Sturm and Drang at Whole Foods
- A Newly Discovered C...
- Are You Drinking Enough Water?
- Benefits of a Whole Food Diet
- Case History Part 2:...
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Naringin
What Is It?
A flavonoid compound found in grapefruit, naringin gives grapefruit its characteristic bitter flavor. Grapefruit processors attempt to select fruits with a low naringin content, and often blend juices obtained from different grapefruit varieties to obtain the desired degree of bitterness. Naringin is believed to enhance our perception of taste by stimulating the taste buds (some people consume a small amount of grapefruit juice before a meal for this reason).
Health Benefits
Naringin may be instrumental in inhibiting cancer-causing compounds and thus may have potential chemotherapeutic value.
Studies have also shown that naringin interferes with enzymatic activity in the intestines and, thus, with the breakdown of certain drugs, resulting in higher blood levels of the drug. A number of drugs that are known to be affected by the naringin in grapefruit include calcium channel blockers, estrogen, sedatives, medications for high blood pressure, allergies, AIDS, and cholesterol-lowering drugs. Caffeine levels and effects of caffeine may also be extended by consuming grapefruit or grapefruit juice.
While the effect of naringin on the metabolism of a drug can increase the drug’s effectiveness, it can also result in dosages that are inadvertently too high. Therefore, it’s best not to take any drugs with grapefruit juice unless the interaction with the drug is known. In addition, the effects of drinking grapefruit juice is cumulative, which means that if you drank a glass of grapefruit juice daily with your medication for a week, the drug interaction would be stronger at the end of the week than at the beginning.
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