With cold, flu, and pneumonia season in full swing, it’s especially important to protect yourself — and your lungs — as much as you can.

Q: I’ve come down with my fourth cold sore since November. I’ve heard applying zinc to it will get rid of it. Help.

And then there’s the other drawback that always crops up when you talk about organic food: price.

Although I have not found it effective in raising serum cholesterol to the normal range in every patient who tries it, in my experience, manganese is at least partially effective in more than 50 percent of cases.

One thing to keep in mind, though, is that walnuts work best against saturated fat when you eat them raw, right out of the shell.

Q: I’m a new subscriber to Nutrition & Healing and see that many of your recommended protocols start with being tested for allergies. But I’m deathly afraid of needles. Is there any other way to test for allergies?

Basically, this discovery is a grocery shopper’s dream-come-true, saving our time, money, and health.

Q: I have read on the Internet that tea has a lot of fluoride in it these days. Is this true and if so, is there a near fluoride-free source?

Natural medicine is all about choice. And when someone or something comes along and threatens that choice, even the most mild-mannered natural-medicine proponent gets mad.

These are very safe vitamins, so take the higher quantities if you’re past 65 and/or if you know you have digestive/absorptive difficulties