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Quik Takes Vitamin D: Vitamin D continues to demonstrate its talents. New studies indicate prevention of autoimmune disease, sleep disorder, and cancers. It has a very wide safety margin and is cost effective. In combination with supplemental calcium, it has been shown to prevent breast, colon, and prostate cancers.
Serious Drug Reaction: Since 1998 when the FDA first began to collect drug reaction data, there has been a three-fold increase in injury and death associated with pharmaceuticals (over 100,000 last year). The rule of thumb is 3 prescriptive drugs = 80% chance of unpredictable drug interaction. Please snap on your “question authority” badge and ask before you ingest any new drug. Plastics and Your Health: There is mounting evidence implicating plastics as bad actors. Ageing polycarbonate (your favorite Nalgene water bottle) leeches bisphenol A, an endocrine disruptor and estrogen mimic. Please read numbers inside the triangle on the bottom of plastic containers. Numbers 1,2 4, and 5 are least harmful. All the rest – 3, 6, and 7 have negative bio-effects. Never put plastic food wrap on containers or food to be micro-waved. Glass is best. Cholesterol: The controversy continues about lipids as the primary culprit in blood vessel damage (atherosclerosis or atheriosclerotic vascular disease). The overuse of statin drugs (over 150 million scripts per year!) has unmasked their risks and costs. Good HDL continues to be the best predictor of cardiovascular health.
Bones: Use Fosamax only as a last resort. Fosamax improves bone density without clear improvement in bone quality. There are rare reports of bone gangrene.
Light and Cancer: The cornerstone of the WOCA approach is diet and good sleep. A new piece of elegantly designed research clearly documents what has long been suspected. Cancer cells thrive when there is no (sleep generated) melatonin.
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