Occupy Health

Toxins are a major contributor to inflammation, oxidative stress and disease. Fluoride and mercury are biohazards and toxins that create serious health problems. Fluoride may help a tooth when fluoride comes uno contact with the tooth, but fluoride leads into contact with a tooth, but does harm to the body and has been blamed for lowering IQs by five or six points. Fluoride has been found in our f...

There are many toxins in our environment each of which act synergistically to compromise health. These toxins include glyphosate, GMOs, fluoride, EMF, and aspartane. The US Government not regulate these or protect the public, but supported putting these into the environment. For example, in 1996, Congress passed a law stating that cell tower placement could not be altered for health reasons. Cell...

What's Making Our Children Sick? is a radical rethinking of the relationships between our children's food, medicine, and health in the twenty-first century. Michelle Perro, MD, a veteran pediatrician with over 35 years experience successfully treating children, and Vincanne Adams, PhD, from the University of California, provide a clinical and scientifically sound explanation of the pediatric healt...

Why does the US spend so much more on health care than any other country, with so little to show for it? While agrobusiness denies that GMO or glyphosate have any adverse effects, research shows otherwise. . Research shows that both GMO and glyphosate have adverse health effects. Dr Seneff posits that the US population is being chronically poisoned by a toxic chemical, glyphosate, that is pervasiv...

People are living longer lives than in the past. With the aging of the baby boomers, the percentage of people older than sixty- five will comprise more than 22 % of the population by 2030. Unfortunately, age-associated chronic diseases and conditions are increasing just as fast. It is not likely that there will be a single scientific breakthrough that will extend our life expectancies. Rather Dr....

Anti-aging science is big business, with billions of dollars being poured into pharmaceutical and technological approaches. However, there are natural and nutritional means protect health, increase longevity, slow aging processes and even reverse the damage. Spices are real superstars on this stage. From helping prevent plaque in your arteries, cooling chronic inflammation, supporting digestion, e...

Call in your health questions to Raymond Francis Raymond Francis has been cited as "one of the few scientists who has achieved a breakthrough understanding of health and disease." A graduate of MIT, he is the author of five cutting-edge books on health, including the international bestseller Never Be Sick Again and The Great American Health Hoax, Never Fear Cancer Again, Never Feel Old Again, and...

Palmer and Miguel are two extraordinary individuals who cured their own MS (Multiple Sclerosis) after all the neurologists told them that their condition was incurable. Miguel was confined to a wheel chair, and Palmer appeared to be headed toward a similar place. Though well proven scientific proven approaches including meditation and self examination, they both proved all the neurologists wrong a...

The vital force (called Chi by the Chinese, Ki y the Japanese, Prana by the Hindus and the breath of God by Hebrews and Christians) is vital energy which starts at conception. This life force can be seen as general vitality or simply vibration. Vital force, mitochondrial energy, and vibrations are all connected. A person's vital force or vibration increases or decreases based on mental, physical,...

The words, body language and intention of communication can affect healing and our relationships. Communication imparts information that affects the listener's mood and can impact the nervous systems of both the speaker and the listener for better or worst. This interconnection has been neurolinguistic. Utilizing neuroscience and the Mind-Body Connection, verbal and non-verbal influences on commun...

Glutathione is the mother of all antioxidants. Every plant and animal uses glutathione which is crucial in antioxidant defenses, detoxification and the optimal functioning of the immune system. Glutathione also is essential I'm making vitamin B 12. Low glutathione can worsen heart disease, multiple chemical sensitivity, asthma and neurodegenerative diseases Dr. Guilford discusses the importance of...

Health maintenance requires more than exercise and a healthy diet. Stress reduction, mindfulness and humor are important additions for optimal health. Norman Cousins cured his debilitating autoimmune diseases with the help of laughter. Laughter increases endorphins, oxytocin and can burn calories to assist in weight reduction. Laughter can reduce anxiety, depression, stress, as well as reducing bl...

In 2006, her youngest child was diagnosed with autism. Through her research, Katherine determined that certain foods common in the Western diet were associated with her daughter's autistic behaviors. Seeing the profound effect of diet on the brain with many of her clients, she has become a provocateur questioning medical approaches and food manufacturing practices relating to health. Katherine wil...

Hypnosis creates a state of aroused attentive concentration with a relative constriction of peripheral awareness. With controlled thinking suspended, hypnosis is to consciousness as what looking though a telephoto lens is to a camera. It is an effective method for managing pain, and treating anxiety and stress-related disorders. Past studies have shown that people hypnotized before operative care...

Toxins are a major contributor to most chronic diseases. In history, there is the example of Mad Hatters Disease caused by mercury, and the fall of the Roman Empire has been attributed to lead poisoning. In 2010 there were 80,000 chemicals on the market. Very few of these were tested for safety. The exposure to toxins starts at an early age. Babies have been found with up to 200 chemicals in them...

Dr. Raji discusses the leading edge of quantitative neuroimaging volumetrics - the measurement of brain volumes from magnetic resonance images. Volume is a vital sign for the brain. When volumes are normal, this correlates to normal neuronal function. Reduction of brain volumes is seen with various neuropsychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, depression, and traumatic brain injury. What...

Dr. Lustig, a pioneer in studying the adverse health effects of sugar and high fructose corn syrup, describes how Big Business uses the science of addiction to keep us hooked to unhealthy foods. The result is that our health suffers. He discusses how marketing and the media subvert brain physiology to their advantage to veer us from the pursuit of happiness to the pursuit of pleasure (which means...

Chronic pain affects over 100 million US adults and 20 percent of children worldwide. Each year, Americans spend billions of dollar on medications, surgery and therapies in a quest to find relief - often leading to more suffering and hopelessness. Chronic pain is complex. It changes brain chemistry and can cause a loss of grey matter. Women and men process pain in different parts of the brain and...

Chris' new book, Unconventional Medicine. The world is facing the greatest healthcare crisis it has ever seen. Chronic disease is shortening our lifespan, destroying our quality of life, bankrupting governments, and threatening the health of future generations. Sadly, conventional medicine, with its focus on managing symptoms, has failed to address this challenge. The result is burned-out physicia...

Based on the mounting evidence supporting the benefits of ketogenic diet therapies, Dr. Kalamian gives information and guidance on how the ketogenic diet fits into the new paradigm of metabolic therapies for cancer. She is driven by her passion from her own positive experience in using the ketogenic diet for her young son (who had cancer), Beyond starving cancer cells, she describes the impact tha...

Diabetes is a world wide epidemic affecting an estimated 422 million people. In the United States, one in three Americans is either diabetic or prediabetic costing an annual $242 billion in medical treatments. Dr. Morstein describes how people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, can gain and maintain excellent control of blood sugar levels while living full, active, enjoyable lives. Her goal is...

Fibromyalgia affects many people and is often confused with other medical conditions. As it is often misdiagnosed, it often does not get appropriate treatment leading to the frustration of fibromyalgia patients. Dr. Brady discusses his multi-prong approach to finding the underlying causes and comorbid conditions. He addresses toxins and detoxification: the role of gut health, mitochondrial dysfunc...

Dr. Smith will discuss allergies and the many contributing factors. She will discuss the contributing factors and underlying triggers. The role of diet, the microbiome, theenvironment and toxins will be addressed. Also covered will be food intolerances, allergic sinusitis, asthma, skin conditions, and steps we can take to reduce the adverse effects of these conditions.

The phytobiome, the environment including soil organisms and its link to plants, is a new area of research. The phytobiome has indirect and direct connections to gut health, a healthy microbiome, and over all health. Soil organisms have an impact on human gut microbes which are essential for human health. With current farming practices, the soil nutrients have been depleted leading to less nutriti...

With today's era of rampant food allergies, gluten free popularity and the rise of paleo eating, putting together a meal that will satisfy eveyone is easier said than done. Dianna describes how to do this to please everyone at the table. Lean how to turn some of our greatest comfort foods into healthy, paleo delicious treats.