WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE

WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE? C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. ? As I have emphasized before, we can live without fat or carbohydrate but protein is essential. We can make carbohydrate and some fats out of the digestion of protein. In addition there are some amino acids which are essential for health. Lack of any one of…

Nudge

NUDGE & LIBERTARIAN PATERNALISM ? C. Norman Shealy, M.D.. Ph.D. NUDGE-Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness, Richard H. Thaler & Cass R. Sunstein, Yale University Press, 2008 Thaler and Sunsteinoffer suggestions that encourage individual responsibility by altering behavior “in a predictable way without forbidding any options or significantly changing their economic incentives.”? The authors…

ADD, ADHD & OTHER FAIRY TALES PART 2

ADD, ADHD, & OTHER FAIRY TALES, Part II ? C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. There is no questioning my mind that the approach outlined in Pat I works for the vast majority of ADD and ADHD people. If that fails then read: HEALING ADD-The Breakthrough Program that Allows You to See and Heal the 6…

Our Mental Ill Health Epidemic: The Drugs Might Be the Problem

Our Mental Ill Health Epidemic: The Drugs Might Be The Problem Gary G. Kohls, MD Over the past several decades, especially since the onset of the mass? marketing of psychotropic drugs, millions of unsuspecting, trusting ?patients have actually been made crazy -?and drug-dependent – by chronically?ingesting the brain-altering, brain-disabling, synthetic psychotropic drugs that have been…

STATIN COMPLICATIONS

STATIN COMPLICATIONS C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. Below is a list of possible complications. For many of these I think it is an oxymoron to call them “side effects”. Please note that MANY of these are quite serious and often are ignored when the patient complains of them. Several can lead to death! And many…

MEDICAL TYRANNY

MEDICAL TYRANNY ? ? C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. ? In the last 100 years there have been several significant non-scientific, non-humanitarian, ultimately evil attempts by certain egocentric groups to control life and death according to the beliefs of these groups, often supported by the government! ? EUGENICS ? “Eugenics was practiced around the world…

RESVERATROL, WINE & RED WINE EXTRACT

RESVERATROL, WINE & RED WINE EXTRACT ? C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. For the past decade there has been increasing evidence that Resveratrol is one of the best health enhancers. Initially, it was thought to be a substance only in red wine, but then we learned that it is just as common in grapes. On…

ESSENTIAL FIRST AID KIT

ESSENTIAL FIRST AID KIT ? C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. One of our subscribers asked me what I keep in my first aid cabinet. I have long been a bit of a pack rat. I am sure I died of starvation in a previous life, so for the past 40 years we have kept food…

Pharmaco Dysfunction

Thanks to Dr. Gary Kohls for permission to reproduce this! Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter # 118 SSRI-Induced Sexual Dysfunction: It May Be Permanent May 4, 2004 By Anahad O’Conner http://www.nytimes.com For most people taking antidepressants, the risk of a diminished sex drive may seem like a worthwhile sacrifice for the benefits from the drugs. Up to…

Nutrition for Healthy Weight

NUTRITION FOR HEALTHY WEIGHT C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. Nothing is more important than optimal nutrition for health and optimal weight. Of course attitude and exercise are equally important but not one of these is ultimately better than the other two! TOTAL AVOIDS Pop of all kinds Fast food of all kinds Packaged foods with…