18 Feb 2021 Dear Colleagues and Friends, As the winter storms and virus restrictions continue throughout Canada and the USA, “moving on” seems to be the new motto. There are many changes in all aspects of our lives and practices, and the restrictions appear to grow ever tighter and more controlling. For now the biggest news is the “vaccines” that will “end the pandemic and protect us all”. And, as before in either politics or pandemic, we see that any voice or organization who disagrees – or, for goodness [...]
Viruses – Masters of Camouflage Natural Healing Strategies for Prevention For Readers in a Hurry The extract of Cistus x incanus L. Pandalis makes it impossible for viruses to force an entry into host cells and to multiply. This reduces the virus load and gives the adaptive immune system the time to learn a specific immune answer for the remaining pathogens. Also attention is paid to a sufficient supply of vitamins and minerals, especially zinc. A basic condition of all life is the constant exchange [...]
COVID-19 [Novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV] As of today 17 February 2020, the number of recorded cases of this virus has exceeded 71,000 and the number of deaths beyond 1,700 (a little over 2%). As so many resources are publishing their immediate understanding of the outbreak and the media is in a frenzy of fear mongering, I figured I might as well get my two-bits worth into the midst of the chaos. The images of care- and lab-workers walking around in “space suits” and maintenance workers spraying [...]
No word in the English language elicits as much fear as CANCER. If our parents had cancer, then the traditional thinking is that it is genetic, and we are thus susceptible. Yet my parents smoked cigarettes, ate red meat daily, and did not exercise. If we have a pain in the body that does not go away in a few days, we worry about cancer. If it takes longer than usual to get over a cold or flu, we worry about cancer. There is a [...]
We age because of a decline in the hormonal production by the endocrine glands in the body. In medical school, doctors are taught that hormone imbalances and declines in hormone production occur as an inevitable consequence of aging. This isn’t so. Our hormones don’t decline because we age. Rather, we age because our hormones decline. Understanding this difference is very important. The key endocrine glands in the body are the hypothalamus, pineal, pituitary, thyroid, thymus, pancreas, ovaries, testes, and adrenals. All of these glands release hormones into your body’s [...]