What I have a problem with is articles like the one I recently came across in The Washington Post that give people a skewed perception of what that really means.

Q: Have you ever seen a patient experience a complete remission from a long-term bout of depression, anxiety or serious mental condition by using “alternative” therapies?

Last week, CBS Evening News ran a two-part series regarding supplements. To say the report was biased and hopelessly uninformed would be a kind assessment.

Q: A friend of mine lent me a book that touted something called pregnenolone as the answer to aging and all the problems that come along with it. What exactly is pregnenolone?

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, there’s some new information about the benefits of chocolate.

I know exercise and diet have a lot to do with control but I’m looking for other natural cures to help.

Q: Have you ever seen a patient experience a complete remission from a long-term bout of depression, anxiety or serious mental condition by using “alternative” therapies?

You know our national obsession with productivity — getting more done in less time — has gone too far when even unborn babies are arriving early and in multiples.

You should be able to find gymnema at your local health food store, and keep in mind that it works best when taken about 10 to 15 minutes before meals.

And last, but certainly not least on my list of objections is that there was no mention whatsoever of the nutritional differences between most red meat you find in the grocery store and free-range organic beef

My only concern is that I sometimes suffer from motion sickness when I’m in a car for long periods of time.

It’s beyond me why anyone would subject themselves to surgery — and the subsequent hospital stay and months of recovery

Q: I think I might be allergic — or at least sensitive — to gluten. I tried eliminating foods containing wheat and flour from my diet on my own for a while, and my symptoms did get a bit better.

The constant barrage of unhealthy food choices that defines the Western diet certainly isn’t helping matters.

Q: I read your advice for dealing with calcium oxalate kidney stones, but I actually suffer from uric acid kidney stones.

According to a study done at the Harvard School of Public Health, eating fish can cut the risk of colorectal cancer nearly in half.

Magnesium helps the body dissolve calcium so if you’re deficient in this mineral it can cause calcium to accumulate into deposits, which increases your risk of forming kidney stones.

Mainstream medicine has been scratching its head over this chronic degenerative disease for decades.

If it turns out you do have a deficiency, you might want to try a concentrated preparation of the essential amino acids

In this study, researchers looks at vitamin K’s role in boosting bone mass and preventing osteoporosis.

Q: Several years ago, I remember reading an article in your newsletter by Kerry Bone that mentioned that astralagus root may be used to correct organ prolapse. Does that include the uterus?

In my house we call it “Holiday Letdown”: That overall “blah” feeling that happens after the last Christmas ornament is put away.

Q: My husband has been taking saw palmetto for at least 15 years or so due to the usual problems related to enlargement of the prostate.

A seminar book containing over 4,000 citations (most with abstracts) from medical journals will be provided, along with a second book containing suggested nutritional-supplemental protocols for nearly all common (and some uncommon) health problems.

I recently came across research on an extraterrestrial molecule (a.k.a. patent medication) that’s supposed to improve a mans ability to urinate. The researchers reported that the molecule isosorbide dinatrate works by improving the production of nitric oxide, a substance that relaxes vascular and other smooth muscles.1 In the men they studied, they found that urine flow improved while resistance to that flow decreased.