Mar 18, 2016 | Articles, Uncategorized
What exactly is sugar? Sugar can be defined as anything with calories that makes food sweeter. Sweeteners are a broader category, which includes both sugars and non-caloric, or artificial, sweeteners. Why is sugar harmful? It used to be believed that sugar was...
Mar 16, 2016 | Articles, Uncategorized
In another article we discussed why there is so much nutrition confusion, why different books and nutritionists give recommendations that are not only different from but sometimes the opposite of others. One of the reasons is that they too often attempt to come up...
Mar 3, 2016 | Articles, Uncategorized
Nutrition advice is full of contradictions: Studies have shown that eggs, especially yolks, are high in cholesterol and thus undesirable, but they are now back in favor, having ironically been found to help cholesterol levels. Margarine, once considered to be...
Feb 2, 2016 | Articles, Uncategorized
Most patients at CAM start out their health journey by doing a detox diet, also known as The Cleanse. But what is this diet about, and what’s the reasoning behind what is included or prohibited? What is the CAM detox diet? This program focuses on eliminating those...
Jan 21, 2016 | Articles, Uncategorized
What personal care products can cause problems? Colognes and personal care products are in such common use and contain so many toxic chemicals that they deserve a discussion of their own. Personal care products include: Cologne, perfumes, cosmetics, acne medications,...
Jan 19, 2016 | Articles, Uncategorized
Bruce Jancin / Women’s Health January 2015 SAN ANTONIO – Electroacupuncture proved significantly more effective than gabapentin for treatment of hot flashes in breast cancer survivors in a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Acupuncture was far better...
