Sodium is an essential nutrient required by the body for maintaining levels of fluids and for providing channels for nerve signaling. Some sodium is needed in your body to regulate fluids and blood pressure, and to keep muscles and nerves running smoothly.Without appropriate amounts of sodium, your body may have a difficult time cooling down … Continue reading Gerson Therapy & Sodium Bicarbonate
Scientists look at anacardic acid as a potential treatment for pancreatic cancer
The fruit and seeds of the cashew tree are known to provide many beneficial nutrients and products. Kentucky-based researchers have recently found another positive property, this time related to cancer. They reported that anacardic acid from cashew nuts could help mitigate the growth and spread of pancreatic cancer. A highly aggressive form of the disease, pancreatic cancer … Continue reading Scientists look at anacardic acid as a potential treatment for pancreatic cancer
Antibiotics Cause Health Problems and Candida Overgrowth
Over half a million kids in the U.S. each year have side effects or bad reactions from common prescription drugs, and five percent of them are hospitalized. Children under five are the most affected and the drugs causing the problems run the gamut, but antibiotics have been found to cause the most problems. Immediate problems … Continue reading Antibiotics Cause Health Problems and Candida Overgrowth
Iodine May Be the Critical Mineral for Weight Loss, Energy and Beauty
Iodine may just be the most overlooked mineral, yet its importance to overall health and well being cannot be overstated. Iodine is critical for the formation of thyroid hormone in the thyroid gland. People who have difficulty losing weight even though they eat small portions of health promoting foods may be short on iodine. Iodine … Continue reading Iodine May Be the Critical Mineral for Weight Loss, Energy and Beauty
5 Keys to Eating for Better Brain Health
Although many people may see the value in the grain- and gluten-free diet proposed by Grain Brain, getting them to take the final step, to actually make a nutritional change in their life, can often prove difficult. That’s understandable, because the first few days and weeks of making any lifestyle change are challenging. In this case, … Continue reading 5 Keys to Eating for Better Brain Health
New to a Low-Carb Keto Diet? Avoid These Common Mistakes
The ketogenic diet is one of the most talked about and debated diet trends today. You’ve probably heard celebrities, athletes, and neighbours raving about the benefits of this dietary approach. Interestingly, the science backs up its rapid growth in popularity, as a ketogenic diet has been shown to have numerous health benefits for its adherents. The diet … Continue reading New to a Low-Carb Keto Diet? Avoid These Common Mistakes
Healing Ourselves with Oxygen
Oxygen therapy is as wonderful as it is because more oxygen translates into more cellular energy, more healing energy and more energy to help us feel relaxed and perform better in life. Importantly enough when ample oxygen rushes into oxygen deficient cells oxygen is no longer the limiting reagent for detoxification of cellular poisons that … Continue reading Healing Ourselves with Oxygen
Iodine, Metabolism and Oxygen
Though doctors and people do not normally associate iodine with oxygen, we have to see that iodine-carrying thyroid hormones are essential for oxygen-based metabolism. First increases of iodine and thyroid hormones increase red blood cell mass and increase the oxygen disassociation from hemoglobin.[1] Thyroid hormones have a significant influence on erythropoiesis, which is the process … Continue reading Iodine, Metabolism and Oxygen
Read this before going on a ketosis diet: Understand how it works and the potential dangers if you do it wrong
Ketogenic diets, or low-carbohydrate diets, are all the rage right now. There are many things to consider before deciding to embark on a journey to ketosis, or “keto,” as many people call it. Experts say that one major factor that impedes weight loss for adults is not the fact that they are eating too many carbs, but … Continue reading Read this before going on a ketosis diet: Understand how it works and the potential dangers if you do it wrong
What is the link between dopamine and mental health?
Many people experience days when it’s harder than usual to get up in the morning. However, for some this occurs on a daily basis. This can be attributed to reduced dopamine levels in the body, which can progress into mental health problems when left untreated. Dopamine is the neurotransmitter responsible for providing the feeling of motivation towards … Continue reading What is the link between dopamine and mental health?
Dr. Eddy Bettermann MD 