A rare painful cancer that can develop in individuals with long term asbestos exposure is called malignant mesothelioma. Its name originates from where the cancer develops - in the linings of the body’s organs known as the mesothelium. The most common form of the disease occurs in the lung and is known as pleural mesothelioma. Read the rest of this entry »

We put a tremendous amount of trust in certain brands of foods.   Advertising sells.  Most of us believe that the OJ we drink in the morning is giving us a good start to our day packed with Vitamin C.   A few years ago a study from the American Dietetic Association showed that packaged OJ contains very little vitamin C after about 7 days. Recently a new book was published called Squeezed: What You Don’t Know About Orange Juice by Alissa Hamilton. Read the rest of this entry »

Jefferey Smith the author of Seeds of Deception and Genetic Roullette recently published an article below about a recent conference of the Amercian Academy of Environmental Medicine.
The article below can be found here. Read the rest of this entry »

When people want to reduce their fracture risk the first thing most people think about is calcium.  However there is much more to reducing fractures than just taking calcium. There is plenty of research to show benefits to vitamin D, strontium, boron, silicon, magnesium and other trace minerals for increasing bone density and reducing fracture risk.    In addition, one vitamin that you do not hear too much about in the mainstream media for fracture reduction is Vitamin K. Read the rest of this entry »

An important movie is coming out this summer. Along the theme of Michael Pollan’s books, The Omnivore’s Dilemma and The Botany of Desire this movie looks at what really happens to most conventionally packaged and grown food in this country.

Watch the trailer here:

In Health
George Mandler

There have been several studies that show eating the right foods early in life can have a protective effect later in life.   For example it has been shown that in utero ingesting nutrients that are cancer protective can prevent cancer later in life. When our cell differentiation is at its fastest rate seems to be a time that DNA imprints are formed.   So when we are infants and during the teen years are the fastest rates of cell differentiation. These are the most important times to be eating foods that are wholesome and do not contain large amounts of free radicals such as what is found in vegetable oils. Read the rest of this entry »

I’d say that all women that come into our office are aware that it is important to supplement with folic acid before they get pregnant and during pregnancy.  Another research study was just released showing benefits of folic acid in relation to growth in-utero.    However because of the negative research studies about supplementing with folic acid (the synthetic form found in 95% of nutritional supplements) I highly recommend using a supplement with the natural form which is folate. Read the rest of this entry »

Good Morning America ran a story this morning about pediatric acupuncture. They visited my friend Sue Harris’ acupuncture center in Stoughton and with Fae Kontje-Gibbs the attending acupuncturist who also shares an office with me in Cambridge.   Click here for the video.

A couple of new studies were just releases showing that fresh is better.   Green tea - even though still stored in the wrapping and in a package - loses its potency of antioxidant catechins after just 6 months at room temperature!    Another study looked at Extra Virgin Olive Oil and found that even though the olive oil was in a closed container that after several months the antioxidants phytochemical potency was reduced dramatically.

What does this tell us?    That buying all the olive oil when it is on sale may not be the healthiest way to go.  Also check dates on bottles and tea boxes.  Purchase the most recent dates you see on the shelf. Read the rest of this entry »

Vitamin D was named the “Vitamin of the year” a couple of years ago by the nutrition journals.  There are new articles coming out every month about the impact this vitamin/hormone and its amazing amount of physiological functions.  There have been several studies that show Vitamin D’s role in modulating the immune system  including this one just published last week.  What this study tells us is that if you often gets upper respiratory infections then you may have low vitamin D levels.   So do ask your PCP to order you a Vitamin D panel.  Read the rest of this entry »