Category Archives: General Health

How You Lose When Good Food Meets Bad Science

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

October 24, 2012

  • The organic controversy that isn’t
  • The danger of simplifying the answers to complicated questions
  • Red flags down all over organic fields

If you’ve been looking for an excuse to stop paying more for organic food, Stanford University just handed it to you on a silver platter. Continue reading →

The Safety Controversy Brewing In Your Kitchen Cabinets

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

September 24, 2012

  • Confusing FDA double speak on the safety of BPA
  • Is it worth the wait to figure out the risk?
  • How to protect yourself against BPA’s, just in case

You may have heard that the FDA recently flip-flopped on a decision regarding a chemical called Bisphenol A, popularly known as BPA. And I wish I could tell you the issue is all cleared up now, and what it means to your health. Continue reading →

Why You Don’t Need to Cook to Eat Healthy

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

August 29, 2012

  • The best cooking is no cooking at all
  • A few raw food surprises
  • The next best cooking methods

You may have heard of the latest diet craze – raw food. Which is pretty much what it sounds like – eating foods in their raw, uncooked form. The theory is that cooking depletes food of nutrients, and raw food is healthier, easier to digest, and better for you. Some raw foodists go so far as to claim it is how we are “supposed” to consume food. Continue reading →

Don’t Eat Your Way Into the Poor House

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

August 15, 2012

  • The cost-effective way to go organic
  • This year’s Dirty Dozen and Clean 15
  • Wash your food like you mean it

While I regularly advise readers to “go organic,” I do realize that it can be hard on the wallet. Unfortunately, the worst agricultural practices are also the most heavily subsidized by federal government. Continue reading →

Guilt By Association: The Most Useful Herb You Can’t Grow In The U.S

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

August 03, 2012

  • You might as well outlaw your poppyseed bagel
  • The high-protein, easy-to-digest dairy alternative
  • The secret medical use of this misunderstood herb

Hemp products are popping up everywhere. In natural foods aisles in the supermarket, specialty product websites online, and in chic clothing stores. How is it that you can make clothing, paper, rope – and food – from this plant? And more confusing, why can we import it into the U.S., but not grow it? Continue reading →

Still The Sweetest Secret Around

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

August 01, 2012

  • An FDA witch hunt that still haunts us
  • Even your teeth will thank you
  • What makes stevia the best sweetener alternative

Before 2008, the FDA was on one of its crazier missions. It raided a small tea warehouse in Marin County, California the way the DEA might raid a drug house in Miami. The crime?

They used stevia to sweeten one of their tea blends. Continue reading →

Sugar By Any Other Name Is Just As Sweet… And Even More Confusing

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

July 27, 2012

  • Decoding the alphabet soup of sugars
  • The distinction between natural and artificial…and all the ground in between
  • What I recommend instead when you need some sweet

When the FDA ruled that “high fructose corn syrup” could not be re-named “corn sugar,” health advocates breathed a rare sigh of relief. And indeed, as I shared in a previous issue to you, it is good news. Continue reading →

When Eating Your Veggies Backfires On Your Thyroid

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

July 23, 2012

Thyroid Series #3:

  • Iodine-eating foods and what to do about them
  • The 3-step approach to eating for a healthy thyroid
  • Yet another reason to manage your stress, as if you needed one

While the thyroid may be complicated, supporting it and keeping it healthy and normal is actually quite simple. But it requires a little bit of nutritional knowledge that is, unfortunately, not very commonly known. Continue reading →

Hypochondriac or Hypothyroid?

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

July 18, 2012

Thyroid Series #2:

  • Clarifying the confusing world of thyroid testing
  • How to assess your stress factor
  • What to do to strengthen your thyroid glands naturally

By the time a patient with thyroid problems makes their way to my office, they are often at their wits end. As I mentioned in the first issue of this 3-part series, the early symptoms of an ailing thyroid are vague, and could lead a doctor down a lot of different roads. Continue reading →

Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Your “Minor” Health Complaints

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

July 16, 2012

Thyroid Series #1:

  • Why you might be feeling sick and tired all the time
  • How we are still living in the Dust Bowl
  • When it’s time to go to the doctor

It’s one thing to make an appointment to see the doctor when you have a concrete, specific set of symptoms. Or to head to the ER if you’re bleeding or have a broken bone. Continue reading →