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Archive for June, 2009

For immune health’s sake, beware of blanket advice.

How many times am I and others hearing the advice:  “Eliminate gluten from your diet.”  Or: “Get rid of all dairy

Don’t ever make me give this up.

products. You can get your protein and calcium from other foods.”  Many “eliminators” claim that any given person’s health will improve.  I can see where some might be swayed [...]

Can we learn from Michael Jackson?

OK, the King of Pop, may he rest in peace, had some big problems in his life. ABC News, medical talking heads on the TV and others are all talking about factors that may have led to his untimely death. And medical examiner results won’t be available for a while. Did he do drugs, prescription [...]

Trib columnist tackles probiotics, including immune health.

“The ‘truth’ about probiotic claims” is the title of a piece written this week by Chicago Tribune health writer Julie
Deardorf. She points out some good tips and cautions that people should be aware of when scouting and purchasing a probiotic food or supplement.
This blog has published several posts on probiotics (and prebiotics), so rather than [...]

A thought about homeopathic health

Dr. Ed Wallace, who contributes to this blog from time to time, has written in the past about the basics of homeopathy. In a nutshell, it’s an approach to treatment of health conditions which relies upon introducing a minute amount of a pathogen or foreign substance into the body to “train” the immune system to [...]

Wisdom, inflammation and immune health

My twin daughters both got their wisdom teeth extracted last week. It was chipmunk city around our house for a few days.  However both, have come through fine. Inflammation has subsided and hopefully no problems will emerge. The post-surgery aftercare instructions sent home with us from the oral surgeon discuss all of the things my daughters [...]

The secret life of plants (and their immune systems)

In the human health field, scientifically-controlled research is always in demand. That research can take many forms. The common forms are epidemiological studies (analyzing statistics of large populations); animal models (research involving rats, mice or other species that might approximate the human variables applicable to a certain study); and human trials, which we all know [...]

I knew there was a reason I like Vail

And it’s not because I’m a jetsetter with a Learjet 85, a starlet 4th trophy wife and a condo next to Tom Cruise.  (I’m not. I have a 2003 Saab, not a plane but the car that GM is unloading, and I do have a trophy wife, but she’s my first and only and is [...]

The Battle of the Sexes continues: Do women’s immune systems beat the men’s?

Earlier this year I posted some observations from Dr. Ed Wallace on differences in the types of stress-related conditions he sees among his patients, specifically differences between males and females. “…I find that women are most likely to experience headaches, irritable bowel, fatigue, anxiety/depression, lack of sex drive and insomnia, while it is more common [...]

Little Italy helps make my immune health belissimo! Or maybe it’s forte.

My wife and I were down at the metro area farmer’s market this past weekend. Beautiful weather, big crowds and food galore, of course. Bought some tomatoes. On the drive back to the suburbs, we stopped off in the Little Italy section of Des Moines. Yes, Des Moines does have an Italian area of town, [...]

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