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Part III: Antioxidant vitamins

Calories are energy. 

There are various forms of energy that can be used by the body; the three major ones are sugar, fat, and protein.  These all must be converted in the cell into another form, mostly ATP (adenosine tri-phosphate) in order to provide energy for the cell to function. 

Other conversions happen, including sugar into other carbohydrates or fat, and fat into sugar. 

Every time an energy conversion happens some oxygen free-radicals are produced.  These …

Yesterday, Dr. Saunders shared about “too much of a good thing”

Today we bring you:

Part II: Inhibition of Mineral Absorption

Sometimes supplements interact with each other in various ways.  We take large amounts of one supplement which inhibits other nutrients in the body. 

Selenium showed great promise for preventing cancer in several studies so the “Nutritional Prevention of Cancer” trial was begun to see if it could prevent malignant melanoma.  It didn’t seem to work for melanoma, but it …

Dr. Saunders recently wrote a long article about everything you always wanted to know about vitamins and supplements (but we’re afraid to ask).

Today we’re posting Part I: Too much of a good thing…

Hilda is in her eighties and very active with no medical problems.  She came to see me with a two-page list of vitamins and supplements that she was taking.  It turns out she gets a magazine that’s really a catalog with advertising for a supplement company …

A reader asked this question:

Q: I am 59 yrs. old and would like to  get rid of the stiffness in my body.  I am active and go to a fitness place  and workout twice a week. I eat and drink  good stuff.

Answer:
This is an excellent question.  It’s a very common problem which can have multiple causes so the treatment changes with each individual. Stiffness is caused by neurological disorders, a lack of available energy in the muscles, …

I recently asked Dr. Saunders this:

QUESTION:

“Could you give me an idea of how someone currently taking prescribed medication can slowly get off drugs using our natural remedies?
 
My mom, for example, is taking HBP meds and is afraid of just quitting them cold turkey… how can someone like her slowly reduce them, and finally be off them for good?
 
Same would go for people on Nexium for reflux, depression drugs, etc.

ANSWER BY DR. SAUNDERS:

Some …