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I don’t want to skirt the issue, so I’m going to get straight to some exciting news:

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By Jessica Sanders

Much of the whole world thinks Prince Harry is on a strict asparagus diet to fix a balding problem that many assume he inherited from his father. And, those linking Harry’s eating habits to hair growth are onto something—kind of.

Asparagus has a variety of health benefits, one of which is its high alkaline levels. While we know that high alkaline foods help your body maintain a balanced pH, its part in stimulating hair growth …

We live in a toxic world filled with hormone-altering chemicals. How do they adversely affect health? Let us count the ways. They increase or decrease the production of certain hormones as well as imitate or transform others. In addition, they make cells die prematurely and compete with essential nutrients. Exposure to these chemicals leads to cancer and brain damage along with high blood pressure, infertility and many other maladies.

The Environmental Working Group recently released its dirty dozen …

By Dr. Scott Saunders, M.D.

Heather was only in her fifties, but had already had several broken bones.  These came from relatively minor incidents, such as a trip and fall while hiking.  Her bone scan revealed low calcium in her bones, making them weak and easily broken.

In the past, poor bone mineralization was known as “Rickets” and the cure was discovered a hundred years ago – Vitamin D.  Now, we call the same problem “osteoporosis” and nobody thinks of …

by Jessica Sanders Alkaline Foods: The Good, The Iffy and the Great

You may remember from high school chemistry that acids have a low pH number and an alkaline value is a high pH, while a neutral pH is 7.0. Have you given any thought to the value of potential hydrogen (pH) since then? Probably not!  But n terms of your everyday health, pH is very important.  The pH balance of our bodily fluids is considered a measurement of …