Nov 14, 2012 | Medications/Vitamins |
In the late 1950’s a sedative drug used to treat morning sickness in pregnancy called thalidomide caused a horrific drug disaster whose emblematic images of limbless and handicapped babies born to distraught mothers linger to this day. The United States Congress swung...
Oct 10, 2012 | Chemicals In Food, Food Labelling, Medications/Vitamins, The Nutrition Academy |
As you know I am not a fan of breakfast cereals. They are the most profitable food on the supermarket shelf, they have false health claims that would curl your toes and their marketing and advertising is full of extravagant claims. The food is barely a food, it...
Sep 19, 2012 | Medications/Vitamins |
Cardiff University psychiatrist Dr. David Healy says evidence-based medicine and industry-controlled drug trials are leading to an over reliance and unnecessary treatment by prescription. As part of TVO’s Mental Health Matters coverage, he joins Steve Paikin from The...
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Sep 13, 2012 | Healthy Eating, Medications/Vitamins, The Nutrition Academy |
As a young nutrition student I was taught that even though the vitamin or mineral is made in a laboratory, there is no difference between the vitamins and minerals found in food and the synthetic version made in a chemical laboratory. This statement never ever sat...
Aug 8, 2012 | Medications/Vitamins, The Nutrition Academy |
Supplement sales in Australia are a multi-million dollar industry, growing at a fast rate. And that’s a good thing – right? Well let’s really look into this and see if it is good for the health of the nation. 95% of the supplements on the shelves are...
