A: The only way you will know whether your nutritional needs are being met by diet alone would be to have comprehensive testing. Doctors are not always aware of the contributors to potential deficiencies. For example, people taking medications like lisinopril for high blood pressure can be low in zinc. […]
Q: A few months ago, you published an inquiry by someone who used milk of magnesia to help with body odor. For the past year or so, I have been plagued by an obnoxious odor coming from one (only one!) armpit. The smell resembled the spice cumin. I tried many […]
Q: I’ve had Type 1 diabetes for 36 years, and for the past five years, I have cut back on carbs and processed foods. I had struggled for years trying to keep my blood sugar from going to extremes despite being on an insulin pump or multiple daily injections. When […]
Q: Ibuprofen is the pain reliever that always worked best for me. However, out of nowhere I began having episodes of atrial fibrillation. I underwent an ablation and was on the heart-rhythm-regulating medications flecainide and metoprolol. Nothing seemed to help until one day I read about research in Europe to […]