You’re in the dentist chair to get your teeth cleaned and sooner or later your hygienist or dentist is likely to say, “It’s time for your annual X-rays.”
Here’s why you should just say “no.”
For years, dentists and the American Dental Association (ADA) have told us that we need yearly “bitewing” X-rays. They are required to find cavities that a visual exam might have overlooked, we are told.… Read More
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration quietly released a statement to blood donation sites in South Florida. In it, they warned the establishments to stop collecting blood immediately.
Why? Because the state was investigating an undisclosed number of Zika virus cases in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.
According to the agency, these cases are not travel related. In other words, they could be the first incidences of the Zika virus spread by mosquitoes in the continental U.S.… Read More
The FDA publishes something called the Defect Levels Handbook. It sets allowable limits for “natural or unavoidable defects in foods that present no health hazards for humans.”
You might be surprised what is allowed in food. The FDA lists 179 “defects” allowed in over 100 types of foods we eat. Many of them are stomach-turning.
The most common defect, with 71 mentions, is insects.… Read More
A new study reveals which canned foods are highest in the harmful chemical Bisphenol A. It’s commonly known as BPA.
BPA is a hormone disrupter. It binds to hormones, reprogramming the cells they target. This leads to an array of health problems.1
BPA is linked to:
It’s no secret our nation is in the midst of a prescription drug addiction epidemic. Since 1999, fatal painkiller overdoses have quadrupled. So have sales of these dangerous medications.1
The latest numbers show that 165,000 Americans have died in the epidemic.
This is more Americans than were killed in World War I, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Iraq War, and the Afghanistan War… combined.… Read More
A massive review of over 1,000 studies brings both good news and bad news for coffee drinkers.
We’ll give you the bad news first…
There’s one thing you should never do with your coffee. Don’t drink it piping hot. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that drinking very hot beverages likely causes throat cancer.1
The WHO warned that hot drinks can cause chronic irritation of esophagus tissue.… Read More