Magnesium is an essential nutrient with hundreds of known functions in the body. From maintaining and improving energy levels to building bone density, to treating migraines-there are numerous health benefits to supplementing with this nutrient. However, there is a hidden health hazard that most people don’t know about.

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Macular degeneration is not an incurable disease, no matter what you hear from most doctors or read in mainstream media. I have been treating patients with this condition since 1985, and have found a way to preserve and restore vision in 70 percent of the cases.

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Conjugated linoleic acid, or “CLA,” a member of the omega-6 fatty-acid family, was discovered in the 1930s, but it wasn’t until the mid-1980s that it was identified as the anticarcinogenic factor found in fried ground beef. Since then, hundreds of research papers have been published on the substance-the overwhelming number concerning research and experiments done on animals. Although animal-research findings don’t always translate to humans, a recent summary states that “the implications for human health are readily apparent and far-reaching.”1

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It’s November 2000, an election year. I hope you’ve voted, or plan to. Do you know I’m a candidate for Congress? No kidding-United States Representative, 9th District, in the state of Washington.

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In June, Congresswoman Helen Chenoweth-Hage introduced the “Consumer Freedom Protection Act” (H.R. 4604), which, if passed, would place into law the appeals court decision “Pearson v. Shalala,” which denied the FDA power to suppress health claims. So far, however, the FDA has refused to obey the court decision and continues its 60-year practice of actively suppressing free, truthful, research-based claims concerning vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other unpatentable natural supplements. This bill is vital to our interests.   Read On

Within the last few years, it has been reported that regular application of a 10 percent vitamin C topical solution (rubbed in, not swallowed) can reverse fine skin wrinkles. Recently, another group has reported that a 10 percent vitamin C solution can “turn back the hands of time” for skin damaged by sunlight.

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St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) is now one of the best-studied herbs from a scientific perspective. If you search on the Medline data base, which is hosted by the National Library of Congress, you’ll find that there have been more than 200 scientific articles published on this plant in the past three years.

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At the Tahoma Clinic, he was known as the “Gray Man.” He got the nickname after our staff agreed it had never seen anyone with his skin tones. His visible skin was devoid of any pink tones, had scarcely any brown, and instead was a peculiar whitish-gray. I’ve not seen anyone like him before or since.

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I apologize if this title seems a bit pushy, but I just came across a troubling statistic: According to a recent Gallup poll, only one in seven women of childbearing age know that a folic-acid supplement must be taken to prevent NTDs (neural tube defects). Even authorities (in this case, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) admit that the average diet contains less than the “recommended amount.” And only one in 10 women of childbearing age knows that folic acid must be taken up to and during the first month of pregnancy to be effective.  Read On

I married a beautiful Filipino lady mutually met via internet. On my third of four trips to the Philippines, my wife was just recovering from an eye infection, which I caught before my three-week visitor’s visa expired. My eyes constantly watered, and small pits were being “eaten” in them, making seeing and life miserable.

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IN THIS ISSUE: Vaccines: Insufficient testing and forced immunization may be harming our children; Government involvement has nixed the good old days of health care…and the good old doctors!; Help for eye infections and allergies: Vitamin A and C eye drops; You have the power to produce positive change: Speak out for doctors and your own health-care freedom; Getting it through our heads… so our babies’ are intact!  Read On

William Faloon is a co-founder of the Life Extension Foundation and a leader in the fight for freedom of choice in all aspects of health care. Nutrition & Healing is pleased to join him in urging our readers to defeat yet another of the ever-recurring attempts by FDA to restrict our personal health-care freedom.

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Have you ever seen a bottle of vitamin K supplements in your natural-food store, pharmacy, or grocery store? Even though vitamin K is essential to life and quite safe in its natural forms, supplements of it are very hard to find. That’s probably because the vast majority of us have only a vague idea about what the vitamin can do-so there’s very little demand.

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IN THIS ISSUE: Vitamin K: What’s it good for?; FDA seeks to destroy alternative-health Web sites; For Men: More testosterone, less estrogen with passionflower supplementation; Don’t forget the licorice!; Protection against the damaging effects of anti-inflammatory drugs; Tyranny, USA  Read On

Chances are you or a loved one has high blood pressure. One in five people in the United States do, which means that 50 million people are faced with the possibility of a lifetime of drugs and their side effects. But high blood pressure (hypertension) can be beaten. Even if drugs can’t be avoided entirely, by taking the right natural measures we can use substantially less.

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IN THIS ISSUE: Lower your blood pressure-naturally; Don’t forget the licorice!; Testosterone and estrogen may help prevent Alzheimer’s disease; Women who eat right live longer; ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND VIOLENCE, AGAIN  Read On

Don’t Drink Your Milk! is a well-titled book by Frank Oski, M.D., former director of the department of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and physician-in-chief of the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Dr. Oski wrote about digestive disturbances, cow’s-milk allergy (the No.1 food allergy), eczema, nasal congestion, recurrent bronchitis, nephrosis (kidney failure), and recurrent “strep throat” linked to cow’s-milk consumption. Other researchers have linked cow’s-milk consumption to the development of juvenile diabetes, cataracts, atherosclerosis, and ovarian cancer.

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It’s hard to find effective medications for those who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Most drugs currently being used to treat Alzheimer’s are aimed at slowing progression. There is no cure. The effectiveness of the currently “approved” drugs is even questionable. In fact, patients or their families may not even notice the results these drugs have, and they can cause negative side effects. Any alternatives? There are some herbal remedies that may slow this disease and that have fewer side effects; but their efficacy is also questionable.  Read On

In a presentation termed “a breakthrough” and “stunning” by some of the 250 physician-attendees, Maria Bell, M.D., described the reversal and apparent cure of a significant proportion of the most common type of cervical cancer with a natural substance found in Brassica vegetables: cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and bok choy. Dr. Bell, a women’s cancer specialist at the Sioux Valley Hospital and University of South Dakota Medical Center, made her presentation to the semiannual meeting of the American College for Advancement in Medicine in Dallas on Friday May 5. This was previously presented to the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists at a meeting in San Francisco in 1999. (The work by Dr. Bell and associates will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Gynecologic Oncology.)

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IN THIS ISSUE: Preventing and curing cancer of the cervix; Alzheimer’s disease: a common and fatal dementia; If you value your prostate, don’t drink cow’s milk; Are ear infections genetic?  Read On

Q: I read something recently saying that diluted DMSO (Di-methylsulfoxide), possibly with a nutrient added, can eliminate cataracts. Do you have any information or guidance on this?
–S.S., Oceano, California

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At the American Heart Association’s annual convention, Dr. James Dwyer and colleagues reported their finding of an “accelerated thickening of arterial walls” in individuals who took 500 milligrams of vitamin C or more daily. Of course, there followed a storm of media publicity. Natural-medicine clinics, including ours, were contacted by dozens of worried clients.

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Natural medicine has “arrived,” hasn’t it? Advertisements for vitamins and herbs are routinely heard on television and radio and seen in our newspapers. TV doctors who criticized vitamins just a few years ago are now promoting their own vitamin lines. The term “integrated medicine,” descriptive of the blended use of drugs, surgery, and natural medicine, has become common. Perhaps most importantly, university research teams nationwide have begun to “discover” and “prove” one or another aspect of the dietary, vitamin, or herbal approach to health care.

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IN THIS ISSUE:Natural medicine’s next frontiers; Alzheimer’s disease: a common and fatal dementia; Calcium EAP and multiple sclerosis; Could vitamin C supplements be damaging your arteries?  Read On