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Heart Disease and Cholesterol – Statins or Lifestyle?

By Dean Smith, DC, PhD|2015-12-28T13:45:21-05:00December 28th, 2015|Categories: Nutrition|Tags: cholesterol, food, heart disease, lifestyle, mediterranean diet, statins|Comments Off

Heart disease is an extremely complex problem and the hope that it can be prevented or eliminated by simply reducing cholesterol appears unfounded. After twenty years we should accept the inconsistencies of the cholesterol hypothesis and refocus our efforts on the proven benefits of a healthy lifestyle incorporating a Mediterranean diet to prevent coronary heart disease. [...]

Berberine – good for what ails you

By Dean Smith, DC, PhD|2015-11-26T18:51:43-05:00November 26th, 2015|Categories: Nutrition|Tags: Alzheimers Disease, anti-inflammatory, berberine, brain, cancer, cholesterol, diabetes, metabolic, Parkinson's Disease|Comments Off on Berberine – good for what ails you

Ever heard of berberine? Berberine is a classical natural medicine. It has a wide range of effects, being effective against gastroenteritis, abdominal pain and diarrhea, and having antimicrobial, antidiabetic and antiinflammatory properties. Sound too good to be true? It has also been shown to have great therapeutic potential against neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease as [...]