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Discover the amazing health benefits of the fruit from the Amazon's "tree of life"

July 1, 2003 Nature’s perfect food Discover the amazing health benefits of the fruit from the Amazon’s “tree of life” If you get your health guidance from the mainstream media, you’d think the healthiest way to live is to guzzle red wine and drown everything in olive oil. That’s basically what they’ve told... Read More >

Categories: açaí anthocyanins essential fatty acids fight infection nl-2003-07 olive oil plant sterols red wine
Newsletter Issue: July 2003

Jumpin’ pax flash

June 9, 2003 A new study concludes that the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor called paroxetine (better known as Paxil) can reduce the frequency and severity of hot flashes... Read More >

Categories: hot flash reduction hot flash relief natural hot flash relief Paxil and hot flashes Paxil and menopause Paxil habit forming

Too many vitamins may be harmful

May 23, 2003 I recently sent you an e-Alert warning that many vitamins shouldn't be taken in prolonged high dosage, while exclaiming that some vitamins may cause "irreversible harmful effects... Read More >

Categories: supplements in high doses vitamin usuage vitamins and irreversible harmful effects vitamins in high dosages

Dealing with high pulse pressure

May 22, 2003 What you're talking about is called 'pulse pressure', or the differential between the high reading and the low one. Nothing guarantees that you'll have (or not have) a heart attack. Many heart attacks occur with low serum levels of cholesterol, for example, so don't head into ulcer state yet... Read More >

Categories: chelation heart attack high blood pressure homocysteine pulse pressure risk factors

Lowering the high bar

May 19, 2003 May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month, but it seems that the people who need the education most are the ones who are doing the "educating... Read More >

Categories: blood pressure blood pressure guidelines monitoring blood pressure

A la carte

May 14, 2003 One out of every four people who take prescription drugs experience adverse side effects... Read More >

Categories: drug side effects prescribed drugs and side effects side effects of prescribed medicine

Yeast infections

May 2, 2003 A concerned mother and HSI member named Roz wants to know two things: 1) if it's possible that her daughter may have picked up a yeast infection by eating yogurt, and 2) if anyone has an alternative remedy for yeast infection... Read More >

Categories: causes of yeast infections remedies for yeast infections treatments for yeast infections yeast infections

More problems with Prozac

March 17, 2003 Information on how Prozac interferes with the body's natural processes as well as the effects of natural supplements... Read More >

Categories: drug intereactions natural supplements Prozac side effects

Does your heart good

March 11, 2003 This week calcium is on the agenda again with a new study that has important information about a vitamin that can help regulate calcium levels in heart muscle cells. It's a win/win situation: good for weight-loss, and good for the heart... Read More >

Categories: calcium calcium and weight loss calcium intake and weight loss weight loss with calcium

Choose your poison

March 6, 2003 The current debate over the safety of ephedra is no longer a debate - it's turned into the sort of emotional, high-pitched squabbling that makes you want to blast a whistle and ask everyone to calm down... Read More >

Categories: ephedra ephedra court cases safety of ephedra

This week in the HSI forum

February 21, 2003 Much has been made about the fact that Bechler was using Xenadrine RFA-1, a weight-loss supplement containing ephedrine - a component of the herb ephedra. So once again we're hearing loud cries for the FDA to ban ephedra... Read More >

Categories: ephedra herb ephedrine FDA and Ephedra misuse of ephedra regulation of ephedra Xenadrine RFA-1
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