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Niacin: More Effective and Safer than Statins?

The Sherpa — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:23:51 +0000

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Niacin: More Effective and Safer than Statins? is a post from: NaturalHealthSherpa.com For most of us cholesterol is a bad word. Everyone from doctors and scientists to regulatory agencies and drug companies (and especially the media) blames cholesterol for everything bad that happens to us health-wise. Even the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has spent many millions of dollars to keep Americans informed about the “dangers” of cholesterol, especially when it comes to heart disease.1 Normally this wouldn’t be an issue. After all, they are looking out for your health, right? Not necessarily. The real truth is that [...] Related posts:

Are You Fishing for the Right Omega-3 Supplement?

The Sherpa — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:03:04 +0000

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Are You Fishing for the Right Omega-3 Supplement? is a post from: NaturalHealthSherpa.com You’ve been told to take it for everything from heart and brain health to supple skin and eye disorders. Heck, you even take it to ease sore joints and ease both depression and anxiety. You hear terms like ALA, EPA, and DHA, as well as three versus six versus nine. And, if you are really in tune, you may even read about mercury toxicity, proper ratios, and environmental sustainability. In fact, you take this must-have supplement daily, maybe even several times a day. But, what exactly are [...] Related posts:

Nitric Oxide: Do You Have Enough of this Gas for Optimal Performance?

The Sherpa — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:33:15 +0000

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Nitric Oxide: Do You Have Enough of this Gas for Optimal Performance? is a post from: NaturalHealthSherpa.com When taking a long car trip, it’s common sense to fill up your gas tank. After all, if you don’t have enough gas in the tank, you won’t get very far. Of course, if you have a leak in the tank and don’t know it, you’ll have to stop more frequently to refill, wasting both time and money. On the other side, overfilling a full tank won’t do you any good either. You won’t get there faster or be able to drive longer. [...] Related posts:

Boswellia Serrata: Is this Nature’s Most Powerful Painkiller?

The Sherpa — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:14:17 +0000

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Boswellia Serrata: Is this Nature’s Most Powerful Painkiller? is a post from: NaturalHealthSherpa.com As the story goes, three wise men brought gifts from their homeland to present to a newborn child that was to be king (I am talking about Jesus here folks). The gifts were gold, frankincense, and myrrh. The gold makes sense. It would have been highly revered (heck, it still is!) and seen as an enormous gift fit for a king. Similarly, at that time, myrrh was a rare, highly prized perfume and incense that was thought to be equal in value to gold. But the last [...] Related posts:

Are Sugar Alcohols Like Xylitol Safe Artificial Sweeteners?

The Sherpa — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:11:31 +0000

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Are Sugar Alcohols Like Xylitol Safe Artificial Sweeteners? is a post from: NaturalHealthSherpa.com When you talk about addictions, many people think about drugs. Makes sense, right? Or maybe even alcohol. And, if they are really enlightened and understand nutrition, they know to add sugar into the mix of addictive substances. So why do so many people believe that the combination of two known addictive substances like sugar and alcohol is somehow a safe, natural, and effective alternative to table sugar and dangerous sugar replacements like aspartame, saccharin, and Splenda? Why do many nutrition and health advocates go so far as [...] Related posts:

Splenda and Sucralose: The Truth About this Artificial Sweetener

The Sherpa — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:48:51 +0000

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Splenda and Sucralose: The Truth About this Artificial Sweetener is a post from: NaturalHealthSherpa.com Would you intentionally eat a substance that when exposed to your eyes, essentially burns them and turns them blazing red? Or how about a substance that has been used as a chemical warfare agent as far back as World War I and as recently as the Iraq war? Well, each and every day many of you reading this do this very thing – only you have absolutely NO idea you are consuming this toxic substance. And in fact, this very same substance has been touted as [...] Related posts:

Fulvic Acid: Is Eating Dirt Actually Good For You?

The Sherpa — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:20:32 +0000

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Fulvic Acid: Is Eating Dirt Actually Good For You? is a post from: NaturalHealthSherpa.com There was a time when telling someone to “eat dirt” was an insult. But what if eating dirt was actually a suggestion for better health? A tip for improved digestion, reduced risk of cancer, or slowing memory loss. Would you do it? If eating dirt could smooth wrinkles, promote heart health, or even protect you against the next outbreak of swine flu, would you take a great big bite of mud pie? What if it was proven that actually eating dirt could boost your health and [...] Related posts:

Aspartame: 100 Times Sweeter Than Sugar, But is it Safe?

The Sherpa — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:24:18 +0000

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Aspartame: 100 Times Sweeter Than Sugar, But is it Safe? is a post from: NaturalHealthSherpa.com We Americans…we are always looking for the shortcut, the inside track, the one pill solution to every problem. We want world peace resolved in a 30-minute sitcom and expect complicated medical problems to be solved with a clever review of an MRI. Equally unrealistic is our expectation that there exists some Promised Land of guilt-free, sugar-free candies and desserts that allow us to keep eating anything we want. In fact, we want this fantasy so badly that we are willing to overlook little things like [...] Related posts:

Resveratrol: Is Wine Really Good for Your Heart and Health?

The Sherpa — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:22:45 +0000

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Resveratrol: Is Wine Really Good for Your Heart and Health? is a post from: NaturalHealthSherpa.com “Step right up ladies and gentlemen and try the world’s most amazing elixir. It gives you energy, melts wrinkles away, and even makes your children do their homework!” Sounds like the barking pitch of yesterday’s medicine man, doesn’t it? Or does it? Today, these sideshow vendors have moved their elixir wagons to the Internet, selling promises of better vision, better hearts, better sex, heck, a better life. Some of the pitches are obvious fabrications (“Lose 20 pounds in 20 minutes!”) while others make you stop [...] Related posts:

Why Listening To Your Body May NOT Be Such a Good Idea…

Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:23:39 +0000

Why Listening To Your Body May NOT Be Such a Good Idea… is a post from: NaturalHealthSherpa.com

Why Listening To Your Body May NOT Be Such a Good Idea… is a post from: NaturalHealthSherpa.com How many times in your life have you heard a health professional solemnly say to you, “Just listen to your body?” According to the conventional wisdom, your body knows best and will always inform you as to what it needs. When it needs water, you feel thirsty. When it needs energy, you feel hungry. When you feel an unexplainable desire for a steak, it’s probably because your body needs protein or some component of protein like zinc or iron. Makes sense, right? Except [...] Related posts: