April 2010

Throw away your multivitamins and antioxidants!

By on April 30, 2010 in Food & Nutrition, Medical Industrial Complex | 51 comments

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you'll know I'm not a big fan of supplements. I've always believed that it's preferable to get the nutrients we need from whole foods, as they're found in nature, rather than from isolated, synthetic sources (i.e. supplements). Unfortunately, modern medicine is obsessed with isolated, synthetic nutrients and has convinced itself that they have the same beneficial properties as nutrients found in whole foods. A gigantic dietary ...
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The saturated fat myth debunked in two minutes and thirty five seconds

By on April 30, 2010 in Heart Disease, Myths & Truths | 68 comments

From the documentary Fat Head http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8WA5wcaHp4&feature=player_embedded&fmt=22  
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What’s new at the Healthy Skeptic?

By on April 28, 2010 in Uncategorized | 17 comments

I thought I'd take a minute to share some news about my life as it relates to the blog. First, I graduated from Chinese medicine school a couple weeks ago. Hooray! While this certainly marks the completion of one chapter in my life, it also signals the beginning of a new one. I'll be taking the California acupuncture licensing exam in August. It's a big, fat, crazy test that I'll have ...
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Warning: drinking bottled water could make you fat!

By on April 19, 2010 in Fertility, Pregnancy & Childbirth, Toxins | 21 comments

I came across some interesting research the other day concerning the potential role of Bisphenol-A (BPA) in regulating weight. BPA is a chemical that is found in several plastics and plastic additives. It's in the water bottles folks carry to gyms and in the baby bottles moms use to feed their infants. And it's in almost all of our bodies. A CDC study in 2007 found that 92% of 2,500 subjects ...
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Get rid of heartburn and GERD forever in three simple steps

By on April 16, 2010 in GERD, Myths & Truths | 442 comments

Note: this is the sixth and final article in a series about heartburn and GERD. If you haven’t done so already, you’ll want to read Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IVa, and Part IVb before reading this article. In this final article of the series, we're going to discuss three steps to treating heartburn and GERD without drugs. These same three steps will also prevent these conditions from developing in the first place, and ...
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How your antacid drug is making you sick (Part B)

By on April 12, 2010 in GERD, Myths & Truths | 49 comments

Note: this is the fifth article in a series about heartburn and GERD. If you haven’t done so already, you’ll want to read Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IVa before reading this article. In the last article, we discussed the first two of four primary consequences of taking acid stopping drugs: Bacterial overgrowth Impaired nutrient absorption In this article we'll cover the remaining two consequences: Decreased resistance to infection Increased risk of cancer and other diseases Our first line of ...
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