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01/05/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Prescription drugs CAUSING disease? Study reveals how standard drug treatment for preventing bone fractures in people with osteoporosis actually INCREASES risk of fracture, prolongs recovery

Sometimes the cure is worse than the ailment, and a new study shows that could well be the case when it comes to medication that claims to prevent osteoporotic fractures. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden used a novel approach to studying the bone biopsies taken from eight patients who had been taking bisphosphonates, […]

01/02/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Calcium imbalance in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s

According to research published early in 2017, calcium in the mitochondria (the powerhouse of the cell), could be “one of the keys to understanding and treating Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.” A group of scientists at the Center for Translational Medicine at Temple University has revealed that they determined how “an imbalance of calcium ions in the mitochondria […]

12/14/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Where do your supplements come from? The source of your supplement determines if it is beneficial or dangerous

When it comes to vitamins and other nutrients, the source can make all the difference. This appears to be the case with calcium supplements, as researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have discovered in a recent study. The researchers analyzed a decade of medical tests that were part of a federally funded study on heart disease. […]

05/18/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

Vegan diets can kill your children, claims Big Food propaganda campaign

The dairy industry does everything in its power to convince the public that our nutritional needs aren’t met unless we consume our daily share of milk products. The only opposition standing in the way of the dairy industry is the vegan’s way of life, which avoids all mucus-forming dairy and meat. As veganism gains popularity, Big Food propaganda campaigns will inevitable fight back, only to […]

04/03/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Quack science study gives subjects tiny doses of vitamin D, then proclaims “Vitamin D doesn’t prevent cancer”

A recent study by JAMA claims that vitamin D3 and calcium supplementation do not significantly lower the risk of cancer after extended use. But read the fine print carefully! The study floods you with a lot of numbers and technical mumbo-jumbo that’s little more than fake science, hoping you gloss over the parts you don’t […]

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