Sunlight exposure on the skin is the most important source of vitamin D.  The sun’s ultraviolet rays trigger vitamin D synthesis in the skin. Vitamin D aids in the absorption of calcium from the food we eat, and in the...

1.  As soon as you start having symptoms of catching something, drop a few drops of 3% hydrogen peroxide into each ear canal, allowing the bubbling to subside (usually 5 – 10 minutes) in one ear and letting it drain...

That depends on what kind of salt we’re talking about. Almost all traditional cultures use salt.  Cultures living far from the sea would burn sodium-rich marsh grasses and add the ash to their food.  Salt is needed for: 1) the...

Based on The Pulse Test: Easy Allergy Detection by Arthur Coca, MD For best results, do the liver and gall bladder flush the night before the start of food re-introduction. Test only 1 type of food each day. Which means: ...

What might migraines, anxiety, depression, backache, stomach or abdominal pain, food cravings and chronic fatigue have in common?  All of these symptoms may be at least in part allergic reactions – often to commonly eaten foods. Infants and children more...

Since I first started practicing in 1980, I’ve often had patients with allergies and sinus congestion from supermarket milk and cheese, switch to raw milk products from local cows or goats.  With this one change, the chronic allergies, sinus and...

Enzymes are the “spark plugs” of life.  Enzymes initiate every biochemical reaction in the body.  The enzymes that are naturally abundant in raw, uncooked food cause that food to be digested when we eat it. Cooking, or any processing of...

Excerpt from Erika Schwartz, MD, The 30 Day Natural Hormone Plan “I made a short list of foods with serious potential to throw off your hormone balance and make you feel really crummy. . . . when you start feeling...

Intentional fasting has been practiced in practically all cultures, with accounts of Christ, Buddha, Moses, Mohammed, and countless others undergoing long water fasts for spiritual as well as physical benefit.  Hippocrates (the father of Western medicine), Socrates and Plato advocated...

Static magnetic fields are used in the alternative health field for healing many conditions.  However, healing with magnets can be tricky.  Magnets used on the body for therapy can help for awhile, then – depending on the strength of the...

Reams of material has been published on the values of castor oil packs for an amazing variety of afflictions, including: uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, headaches, liver disorders, gallbladder inflammation or stones, night-time urinary frequency, inflamed joints, constipation and other intestinal...

Is there any food you just can’t seem to get enough of? If you know it’s in the house, you keep getting pulled back into the kitchen for a little bit more – until you’ve polished it off. And even...

When new patients bring in the supplements they are taking, I look them over and test them for the patient using clinical kinesiology. I recommend discontinuing the supplements that weaken them. Sometimes that is the only thing we do until...

I take new patients completely off of all products with white flour, puffed grains or refined sugars – including corn syrup and fructose, and off all artificial sweeteners — including Splenda. I then check for any reactions to various unrefined...

Naturopathic doctors receive undergraduate training in standard premedical courses, followed by four years at a naturopathic medical school.  The academic training in medical sciences of naturopathic and conventional physicians is similar.  Both study modern physical, clinical and laboratory diagnosis.  Naturopathic...