Archive for December 10th, 2007

Vitamin D and Fibromyalgia- Is there a connection?

Posted on December 10, 2007. Filed under: Diet and Nutrition, Diseases, medicine, vitamins | Tags: cancer, fibromyalgia, supplements, vitamin d |

I have been checking Vitamin D Levels on select patients for about 1 year now. I was surprised to find that more than 75% of those that I checked were moderately to severely deficient in Vitamin D, and this is in Southern California where we have sunshine 340 days a year.
I noticed that my patients [...]

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Is Aspartame (Nutrasweet) Killing you? Is Stevia the answer?

Posted on December 10, 2007. Filed under: Alternative, Diet and Nutrition, Health Products, Herbal Medicine, health | Tags: , aspartame, nutrasweet, stevia, sugar |

Stevia is an herbal supplement that can be used in place of other sweetners. It competes with Splenda, NutraSweet and Sweet N Low. I personally have used this sweetner and find it a great alternative. I am in the process of trying to break my aspartame addiction and have significantly decreased my intake. However, its prevalence in [...]

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