Category Archives: Medication
STOP Taking Antacids for Heartburn & Reflux
Medical doctors and TV commercials may have you believing otherwise, but the underlying problem with heartburn or reflux is too little acid, not too much. As the chart below illustrates, if excessive stomach acid was the problem, we’d see a lot more school children popping Rolaids instead of middle-aged men: By taking an antacid to…
What is Family History?
When it comes to heart disease, we’ve been told that we’re at an increased risk if our mother or father (or both) has or had a heart problem. A valid consideration…I guess. But what caused the mother or fathers heart problem in the first place? If they smoked and you don’t smoke, or if they…
Ignore Your Cholesterol Number
In 1856, a German scientist named Rudolf Virchow, theorized that blood cholesterol levels are associated with the development of heart disease. He proposed that When blood cholesterol levels are high, cholesterol molecules lodge themselves in arterial walls. Causing inflammation as white blood cells rush to the area to fix the problem. Leading to arterial damage,…
