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We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being wrong.. As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries,today is my day to right the wrong with medical and scientific fact. I trained for many years with other prominent physicians labelled “opinion makers.”  Bombarded with scientific literature, continually attending education seminars, we opinion makers insisted heart disease resulted from the simple fact of elevated blood cholesterol. The only accepted therapy was prescribing medications to lower cholesterol and a diet that severely restricted fat intake. The latter of course we insisted would lower cholesterol and heart disease. Deviations from these recommendations were considered heresy and could quite possibly result in malpractice. It Is Not Working! These recommendations are no lon...

Hristo Mermerski is a well known Russian Scientist who came to limelight for his groundbreaking homemade cure for cancer. There are thousands of people who support his claim for curing cancer with this simple remedy. Dr. Mermerski explains that his cancer-treating recipe is a food that treats our entire body. It is because of this overall healing effect that cancer also gets cured. It is almost like a magical homemade remedy that offers many other health benefits including the following: It cleanses our blood vessels It strengthens our immune system It heals our heart. It also protects against heart attack. It cleanses our kidneys and liver It improves our memory It is the best natural cure for all types of cancers How to Prepare Mermerski’s Recipe You will need the following ingredients to prepare Mermerski’s recipe: Lemon – 15 Garlic – 12 Honey (natural) – 35 oz. Walnuts – 14 oz. Sprouted grains – 14 oz. How to Prepare Sprouted Grains Add green wheat ...

Most people look forward to the golden years, but after age 75 many medical issues arise that can compromise quality of life. Philip E. Kolski, LCSW, program manager of Outpatient Services at Mills-Peninsula’s   Behavioral Health Services Center Opens new window   sees many seniors struggling to manage chronic pain that keeps them from living the life they want. “Joint and back pain is especially prevalent among seniors,” he says.   According to the National Institutes of Health, about half of older Americans living on their own have chronic pain. Typically, to manage this pain, doctors prescribe opioid pain medications. “When these medications are taken over time, people can develop a tolerance for the medication,” Kolski says. “When that happens, either their dosage has to increase, they have to find an alternate way of coping with the pain such as acupuncture, or they have to stop taking the medication, go through withdrawal and start a new opiate.” While de...

Intentionally skipping or delaying meals, known as fasting, is an unusual practice for many people, but it’s gaining popularity as a way to prevent disease and maintain a healthy body weight. Proponents of intermittent fasting believe it’s better for your health to constrain your eating to just a portion of the day, allowing your body to go stretches of 12 hours or more without food. Intermittent fasting is not a diet, but a method of scheduling your meals to optimize how your body uses nutrients. This pattern of eating doesn’t change the total number of calories you consume each day, but alters the frequency with which you eat these calories.   Maxine Barish-Wreden, M.D. opens new window , a complementary and integrative medicine physician with the   Sutter Medical Foundation Opens new window , says doctors and researchers are realizing that our current eating patterns are contributing to the health epidemics of obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes. She says intermitte...

Posted on 11/19/2015  by  Healthy Living Blog  Just days before Halloween, foodies got bad news that was neither a trick nor a treat. The World Health Organization’s cancer agency, the   International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) , classified eating red meat – beef, veal, pork, lamb – as “probably carcinogenic to humans.” This new classification puts steak and pork chops in Group 2A, the   same group   as inorganic lead compounds and malaria. But, it gets worse. IARC’s   press release   also says processed meat is carcinogenic to humans (Group 1) and that one portion a day (one hot dog, or two slices of bacon) was linked to increased rates of colorectal cancer, as well as prostate and pancreatic cancer. “It’s pretty bad when a food lands in the same category as asbestos and tobacco in terms of its carcinogenic potential,” says   Kay Judge, M.D. opens new window , medical director for   Sutter Weight Management I...

Today, many people spend hours each day sitting in front of a computer screen. Once you get in the flow, you may not take a break for several hours. When you finally do turn away, your eyes may feel tired and perhaps your vision is a bit blurry. “Digital eye strain is increasingly common,” says   Marianne Ghatta, O.D.,   an optometrist with the   Palo Alto Medical Foundation.   “Many of my patients come in with eye strain and blurred vision, simply from staring at the computer for too long, too often.” Digital eye strain, sometimes called computer vision syndrome, can occur when you sit closely in front of a screen for two hours or more without taking a break. Symptoms can include eye strain or tiredness, blurred vision, headache, and neck or shoulder pain. Dry eyes cause most of the symptoms. Typically, we blink about 18 times a minute when we’re going about our day. Each blink releases a bit of moisture over our eyes. Our blink rate decreases when we’re s...

Believe it or not nature has supplied us with some very powerful tools for boosting our body's immune system.  One of the best ways to harness the healing potential of food is to grow it yourself, in your own garden. But, before you get discouraged, you do not need a green thumb to turn these six seeds into robust herbs and vegetables.  Important tip: To make the most out of their healing abilities, eat your produce whole, fresh, ripe and raw. 1. Garlic Packed with goodness:   This potent herb is anti-bacterial, antimicrobial and antifungal, and has been found to reduce inflammation too. Studies have also shown that garlic can reduce the risk of lung cancer, prostate cancer and osteoarthritis. According to preliminary findings, garlic may also lower cholesterol and blood pressure in people who suffer from hypertension. Use it to avoid the common cold . If you feel like you are getting sick, mince fresh garlic and let it sit for 15 minutes, then sw...