As fears about the COVID-19 virus continue to increase, there are more discussions about how the human immune system functions and whether natural strategies, such as vitamin C, vitamin D and colloidal silver are actually effective. The following explanation of science between these natural prevention and treatment approaches may help to clarify this discussion.

A. Generally Speaking
Our immune system has evolved over millions of years to successfully defend...

The Baldrige Award is all about "performance excellence". Recently I had a conversation with the head of a medical center, who's hospital had won the Baldrige Award a few years ago. He mentioned that he categorized their program as being a holistic effort, so I asked him what he meant by this. It turns out that he meant there was involvement from a wide spectrum of the hospitals employees. In my world, holistic is defined as including all of the natural evidence-based prevention and...

As we age our brain begins to shrink and lose its ability to make the neurotransmitters necessary for optimal mental function. The symptoms of this gradual decline vary from one person to another, but can include any of the following:

• Difficulty sleeping
• Difficulty staying focused
• Forgetting where things are
• Unexplained changes in mood
• Reduced ability to multi task
• Difficulty remembering recent events or...

Most of the diagnostic tools related to Alzheimer’s are intended to identify those people who are already showing some signs of memory loss. These conventional tests are intended to determine if the individual being diagnosed is on a recognized path towards this illness, so that it can be properly diagnosed. There is now ample proof that our brain cells are changing, over many years, as they move in this direction. In fact, there are several tests and evaluation tools that can identify the...

Electromagnetic radiation is everywhere. We can't hear it, feel it or smell it, but it's there and has the potential to cause many serious illnesses. It emanates from our cell phones, our microwave ovens and many of our electric devices. It has been with us from the beginning of time because our sun generates radiation. These waves give our planet life but also can cause serious damage. The same is true with manmade radiation which provides many benefits while also endangering us. Here is...

Every person has multiple viruses in their body, and everyone has experienced a viral infection at some point in their life. In spite of this, the vast majority of people know very little about viruses and how they can protect themselves from the pain and suffering viruses cause.

For over 40 years the conventional medical establishment has been telling us that high cholesterol levels are the main cause of heart disease. However, many scientific studies have shown that this is not the case.

• A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study examined the scientific literature on cholesterol and could not find one study with a clear cause and effect relationship between cholesterol and heart disease. Many similar studies have now confirmed this...

The obvious answer to this question is yes; it probably could be killing you. It primarily depends on what you are eating. If you are eating according to the Mediterranean Diet your food is actually helping you to live a longer and a healthier life. However, if you are eating almost any other diet you could be at risk if you have not done your homework about the various diets that are being featured in articles, books and on the Internet. Here is a brief explanation about how these diets...

Some foods and drinks have been causing confusion lately about how healthy they are, and one of them is coffee. Here are some thinks people are reading or hearing about coffee.

Various studies have touted coffee as being beneficial against Type 2 diabetes, liver disease, cancer, heart disease, and Parkinson’s disease. These are usually scientific studies known as retrospective studies because they examine the health of people who have consumed varying amounts of coffee and then...

According to scientists at the University of Minnesota the percentage of the population that smokes has not changed for more than a decade. Dr. Harry Lando expressed real concern about this fact recently when he said, "I have become discouraged that we can't improve our success rates beyond a certain point. It's critical to look for alternatives for people who are simply not quitting."

Dr. Lando is definitely right, not enough people are quitting smoking, but...

Your grandmother is 95, but your mother just passed away at 65. What happened to the old adage, “but I have good genes?” Medical scientists say that genes account for about 20 percent of aging and much of the rest is determined by what we do to stay healthy and live longer.

1. Telomeres—These are little caps at the end of our chromosomes that help to keep our DNA contained when cells...

If you ask people what illness they fear most in old age, a surprisingly large number will say just one word, Alzheimer’s. And yet, if you ask them what they are doing to avoid this dreaded illness a vast majority will give another one-word answer, nothing. I recently asked this question about the possibility of preventing and reversing Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease at a workshop and nearly everyone in the room indicated that they did not think that Alzheimer’s could be prevented or...

Introduction: Our cells develop disease and premature aging due to every day assaults on our cellular health, such as:

• Poor nutrition
• High toxin levels
• Poor sleep
• High stress levels
• Genetic predispositions
• Under or over exercising

Conventional medicine typically uses drugs and surgery to address these health challenges, however, these are usually not...

There is a false, and misleading perception, that genes play a significant role in our overall health. The CDC states that genetics account for only 10 percent of disease, with 90 percent depending on environmental factors. Other studies have indicated that as much as 16.4 percent of chronic diseases are caused by genetics and 83.6 percent by environmental factors. Regardless of the precise percentage, it is relatively small and it is not fixed.

Genes represent a genetic...

Breast cancer is the second most deadly cancer for women after lung cancer, but now there is scientifically proven ways to both prevent and reverse this terrible disease.

• Eat a vegetarian diet filled with greens such as kale, broccoli, spinach and Brussels sprouts.
• Keep your hormones balanced with plant-based hormone replacement therapy.
• Use foods, supplements and sunshine to keep your vitamin D3...

Science has confirmed, beyond any doubt, that nutrition is the number one way to prevent or reverse any chronic illness. There are other factors, such as genetics, toxins, exercise, sleep, and stress, but nutrition is more important than all of these other factors combined. And, it is well established that the Mediterranean Diet is the best diet for most people, based on a thirty-year study known as the Framingham Heart...

Drug-resistant germs have become a very serious threat to our health in the past few years due primarily to the overuse of antibiotics and the ability of some germs to develop a resistance to these drugs. For people infected by these germs there is a 50% mortality rate, and as more germs become resistant this problem could become much worse. Pharmaceutical companies are working night and day to develop new drugs that can work against these germs and so far, these efforts have failed. It is...

Enzymes are crucial to thousands of biochemical processes in our bodies and our brains. And, because enzymes are primarily found in raw fruits and vegetables, most people are not getting enough of them. Below is a list of some of the key biochemical processes where enzymes are needed:

• Energy production
• Oxygen absorption
• Fighting infection
• Healing wounds
• Dissolving blood clots
• Hormone...

Probably 99 percent of doctors do not know that the medications they are prescribing are not only causing dangerous immediate side effects; they are also usually causing the depletion of nutrients necessary for your health. Here are some of the nutrients depleted by prescription medication:

1. Statin drugs—Depletes Beta Carotene, vitamin E and Co-enzyme Q10, which can cause heart failure with long-term use.
2. Anti-acids (aluminum)—Depletes...