Health Sciences Institute

Dear Reader, How did Harvard get it so wrong? Harvard Medical School recently attempted to explain it all for us in a book titled Healthy Eating: A Guide to the New Nutrition. Their basic idea is sound. The authors state that ...

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Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  April 28, 2003  ********************* Dear Member,  This just in: frozen vegetables are better for you than fresh vegetables. That's right - don't waste your money or risk your health on ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-04-30 12:43 - 0 comments

The Health Sciences Institute e-Alert April 23, 2003 ******************* Dear Member, "Sure is sad that the drug companies have such a hold on the world that nobody knows about the anti-viral/bacterial vitamin C work of Klenner, ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-04-25 02:25 - 0 comments

Roger Morton’s submission to the GM Science Review in response to the first submission from ISIS, "ISIS’ response to ACRE’s response to Chardon LL" contains some misrepresentations that I should like to put right. On horizontal gene ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-04-25 02:06 - 0 comments

The Health Sciences Institute e-Alert April 24, 2003 ********************** Dear Member, Around lunchtime on Thursday last week I was saddened to see the breaking news in my e-mail inbox: Dr. Robert C. Atkins had died that morning at ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-04-25 01:47 - 0 comments

The Health Sciences Institute e-Alert April 21, 2003 ************************** Dear Member, Last week I heard a report on NPR about pending anti-spam legislation. This is sort of a hot button with me because, as I'm ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-04-23 11:58 - 0 comments

The Health Sciences Institute e-Alert April 10, 2003 ********************** Dear Member, The study of Parkinson's disease may have just taken an important leap forward with a new study that reveals a clue as to exactly who may be ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-04-15 12:17 - 0 comments

The Health Sciences Institute e-Alert March 9, 2003 *********************** Dear Member, What do cabbage, rat poison, and yogurt have in common? Believe it or not, they're all things we eat. (Don't be alarmed about the rat ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-04-11 20:05 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  February 5, 2003  **************************************************************  Dear Reader,  Dental hygiene is its own reward, of course, but did you know that the health of your gums may have a ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-04-05 10:56 - 0 comments

QUITE CONTRARY  Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  March 27, 2003  ************************ Dear Member,  You CAN fool Mother Nature, but there's a price to pay if you do.  The basic argument for eating organic is ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-04-05 10:31 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  March 19, 2003  ************************* Dear Reader,  When you talk about calcium - it never fails - someone is going to ask about milk.  In a recent e-Alert ("Skinny Dipping" ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-04-05 10:19 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  March 31, 2003  ******************* Dear Reader,  I've just finished reading a remarkable book that should be read by anyone who will ever be diagnosed with cancer.  I know - that ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-03-31 22:51 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  January 22, 2003  Dear Reader,  The e-Alert is not a comedy club and I'm definitely not a stand-up comedian, but you're going to think I'm joking when you hear the latest howlers about the ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-03-21 02:30 - 0 comments

March 18, 2003  Dear Reader,  A friend of mine named Patricia recently left her office at the end of a busy workday, but suddenly came to a complete halt when she realized she had no idea where she'd parked her car. After a few moments ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-03-20 00:33 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  March 12, 2003  ********************** Dear Reader,  Last week the FDA made what appeared to be one of its boldest efforts to place tighter regulations on the herbal and dietary supplement industry.  ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-03-13 23:28 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  March 11, 2003  ************************* Dear Reader,  Last week I told you about the difficulty your body has in absorbing calcium ("Skinny Dipping" 3/4/03) - an important factor when ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-03-12 22:08 - 0 comments

The Health Sciences Institute e-Alert February 19, 2003 ****************** Dear Reader, In the wake of the massive snowstorm that swung through the eastern U.S. this past weekend, there is no question that hospitals from Ohio to Maine ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-02-21 22:14 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  February 10, 2003  ********************* Dear Reader,  After sending you the e-Alert last week about irradiated beef  ("Don't Beam Me Up" 2/4/03), I came across a news item ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-02-13 19:15 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  January 27, 2003  ********************** Dear Reader,  They're convenient, they're fast, but are microwave ovens really safe?  This is a frequent question we get on the HSI Forum and ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-01-29 12:51 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  January 13, 2003  ****************** Dear Reader,  Imagine a Snake Oil salesman rolls into town and gives a pitch that claims his product will rejuvenate the weary with no side effects. But the local ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-01-14 13:28 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  January 8, 2003  Dear Reader,  Well, it came. Right there, amid the holiday bills and what seemed like hundreds of catalogs announcing after-Christmas sales, was my latest issue of Consumer Reports.  ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-01-09 23:11 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  January 7, 2003  Dear Reader,  Over the holidays, an old friend and former colleague sent me a news clipping with a report on the results of a major new study. And on the face of it this looks like good ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-01-09 22:33 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  January 6, 2003  Dear Reader,  Prozac for kids.  It sounds absurd, almost like a joke - like Viagra for kids, or HRT for kids. But I wasn't laughing last Friday when I turned on the evening news ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-01-09 22:13 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  December 23, 2002  Dear Reader,  I have great news for anyone who suffers from heartburn or acid reflux.  HSI Panelist Allan Spreen, M.D., recently sent me an eye- opening article from the Boston ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-01-03 13:01 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  November 26, 2002  Dear Reader,  More than 100 years ago it was the first medication to be mass-marketed in tablet form. Today, more than 80 million tablets are taken by Americans every day, and worldwide ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2002-11-29 11:52 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  November 13, 2002  Dear Reader,  I recently saw the movie "The Perfect Storm" for the first time. In the scene where George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg are hauling enormous swordfish onto their ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2002-11-15 10:59 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  November 14, 2002  Dear Reader,  Would you be surprised to learn that our bodies are made up of more bacterial cells than human cells? I certainly was. But don't let this factoid scare you - ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2002-11-15 00:47 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  November 7, 2002  Dear Reader,  As the old Frank Sinatra song goes...  Here is the best part You'll have a head start If you are a mouse and very young at heart  Okay - it doesn't go ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2002-11-12 22:06 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  November 4, 2002  Dear Reader,  Imagine trying to change the course of an ocean liner, without a compass, in the midst of a raging storm.  In the four months since the Women's Health Initiative ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2002-11-12 21:40 - 0 comments

Health Sciences Institute e-Alert  October 24, 2002  Dear Reader,  Last July I told you about my cousin Emily who is coping with menopause, and in particular with hot flashes which she sometimes jokes about. And while she's able to ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2002-10-25 00:56 - 0 comments