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Have you seen this new free drug-nutrient checker from Pure Encaps, launched this week? Looks very useful. It's a good idea to have a page on your website or somewhere you can direct people to check their med-med, med-supplement, even med-food combinations as people are on more and more medicinal cocktails nowadays, I find. I …
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About flipping time people started looking into the fillers that we find in many meds - and even some supplements, I'd say! It is the bane of many of our lives. Researchers in the US have recently published their warnings about the potential of these fillers for causing reactions in those sensitive to them. “Inactive” …
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If you're on statins, heart meds, acid blockers, diabetes drugs, antibiotics or the pill (that'll be a lot of people then!), listen up. Here's a good reminder for you today of which meds can cause significant nutrient deficiencies. I've written about most of them on this blog, but this article contains a useful reminder list. …
If you are anything like me, you start to dread the Summer months from about April. Despite the lovely sunshine, it brings with it the nasty P stuff: pollen! I thought I was getting away with it this year - my hayfever usually starts mid-May and I got my first symptoms 2 days ago. Milder …
I have had five conversations about this single subject in the last couple of days; people are feeling symptoms despite their strict adherence to the trulyglutenfree or Barrier diet, why? Once I've established nothing hidden is going in via the diet (usually going out, soup stock, cross-contamination), my next question is what about other …
Major high blood pressure drug causes ‘celiac’ stomach problems One of the world’s most widely used drugs for high blood pressure causes serious stomach problems that mimic celiac disease. Olmesartan – marketed as Olmetec in the UK and Benicar in the US – can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weight loss and electrolyte abnormalities. A …
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