General Health Studies & Scientific Reviews

The Placebo Effect In Our Every Day Life Experience.
The Placebo Effect In Our Every Day Life Experience. During a true medical study, or any scientific study, really, participants are separated into two groups: The control group. And the uncontrolled (or the experimental) group.  This is the basic scientific process we all learned about, and hopefully participated in ourselves, in our years of education growing up.  In the medical world, the best version of this necessary 'scientific method' (as it is officially called) is known as a 'double-blind' experiment. This means that individuals in both the control group, and... Read more...
Daily Tongue Scrape - In Your Routine?
Daily Tongue Scrape - In Your Routine? Bad Breath.  Poor immune system.  Allergies.  Slow digestive fire.  Lingering infections. Weak oral health.  Bacterial imbalance. Can daily tongue scraping help with these? It is said that as we sleep at night our bodies are working hard at cleaning up from the daily grind. Or the weekly grind. For most of us these days, the monthly, yearly grind.  We have a lot of grinding these days. And grime, too.  It is said that our body sweeps up the bad stuff and moves it... Read more...
Standardized Safety Studies Regarding The Use Of All Medicine Used On Children - A Little Perspective
Standardized Safety Studies Regarding All Medicine Used On Children - A Little Perspective There seemingly zero clinical trials studying the use of single herbs and children. That's right.  There are none, really. They supposedly exist, somewhere, though I have yet to find them. It's simply not an easy find.  Because generally, it's just not studied in the same way as pharmaceuticals. Even for adults. As far as I know for myself... There are no controlled studies on children, and herbs.  Are they safe?  Are they not?  Where are we supposed to go with this?  Herbs... Read more...
The Great Salt Debate - Can We Get All The Sodium We Need From The Food We Eat, Without Eating Salt?
The Great Salt Debate - Can We Get All The Sodium We Need From The Food We Eat, Without Adding Salt? Lately, a theme in my recent studies have lead me to the topic of salt. Is it necessary for humans to consume? Or is it not? Is it dangerous? Or simply a non-issue? Most of use salt on a daily basis. When you eat, you also salt.  End of story. But... Some experts in the past and present swear against it.  Some swear that if you give it up... Read more...
Virus Particles Have Never Been Found Or Seen - True?
Virus Particles Have Never Been Found Or Seen - True? It takes a certain type of person to even get past the title of this blog post.  If you're reading this now, congratulations. You're curiosity peaks above the masses. Or outside the masses. Or is greater than the masses. You get what I'm saying...you're an 'above-average-curious' type of person.  Most people who read this title might automatically label this post 'conspiracy' or 'crazy'....because of course we've seen virus particles, right? There's no way the larger scientific community or doctors could ever be in business if they've... Read more...
MSM, Should You Try It?
MSM, Should You Try It? MSM, short for methylsulfonylmethane, is a critical element of nature your body needs to maintain optimal health. And not getting its bare minimum required for the body can even be fatal.  What is it, exactly?  It's not a medicine. It's not a drug. It's also not an herb. It is a member of the sulfur family. And it's found in nature. In the ocean, in the rain, in the soil, in animals, and even in you. Sulfur is also considered a mineral.  An essential mineral.  MSM is mostly found in healthy... Read more...
The Sun And You....Requires A Better Relationship?
The Sun And You....Requires A Better Relationship? *Virtually every tissue in the body is thought to be regulated by vitamin D.  The only 'natural' way we can receive vitamin D is through ---- exposing our bodies to the sun.  Bare skin. Hat free head.  Yet the norm today seems to be: applying sunscreen to your face, body, and that of your children's bodies...before even stepping outside for the day.  Some tout vitamin D supplement as a replacement.  They say the sun is simply too dangerous, and humans have created a better... Read more...
Vitamin C. Confusing Not So Confusing.
Vitamin C. Confusing Not So Confusing. When I was growing up in the 80's it seemed that vitamin C as an aid during illness was a no brainer. You got sick, you took your vitamin C. Or at least you bulked up on more vitamin C containing foods.  Today, it seems that vitamin C has become controversial.  During the lockdowns of 2020 I posted a paper on Facebook containing some case studies. These case studies were shared to explain that ill patients in Chinese hospitals 'with COVID-19' were given high doses of vitamin C upon... Read more...
Fever Camp. Philosophy VS. Science.
Fever Camp: Philosophy VS. Science. The Almighty Fever I'm going to keep it extra simple today because I really want to emphasize the importance of reading the academic and scientific literature on this one.  Fever. Most parents I meet treat their children with a fever reducing drug as soon as a fever appears.  When the fever comes back, they rush the child off to the urgent care center, or doctor.  The doctor often recommends more OTC fever reducing drugs.  However, it seems that the vast majority of scientific literature doesn't actually back... Read more...