I think just about everybody who cares about real health these days gets it that most non-sugar sweeteners are bad for you. We know that Aspartame™, NutraSweet™ and the rest of those artificial sweeteners destroy health. Most of them lead to horrible diseases, including various cancers, brain tumors and more. And yet we are so [...]
A number of years ago I published an article about reducing heart disease risk. It outlined a very simple step that anyone could take to drastically cut the risk of the most common forms of heart disease. The article approached the risk reduction by dealing with a common cause of heart disease. When the article was published, [...]
Most of us who are paying attention to our health these days end up taking a number of supplements at least once every day. I don’t know about you, but I have always disliked trying to swallow all those capsules and tablets. I hated the way my throat will felt – lightly sand-papered. I hated [...]
I hate to be the bearer of bad news. However, I feel compelled to re-post this article. My hope is that if enough informed and concerned citizens keep hammering on this issue, eventually there will be a groundswell of outrage, which will fuel the political will to fix this travesty. Please become informed and join the [...]
We all want to enjoy the best health that we can for as long as possible. But what does that really mean? There are people who spend just about every waking moment working on their health. Yoga masters come to mind. They are truly amazing examples of vibrant health. Many of them live to be [...]
A few months ago I was standing in front of the mirror, brushing my teeth when I noticed that my hair was about 40% gray. I’d been sneaking up on 60 so I was not surprised at the gray in my hair. The gray did not bother me as I have never paid much attention to [...]
Lately I’ve been hearing from people who have runny noses, stuffed noses and sinuses or other common symptoms of allergies and colds. Obviously, they would like relief from the symptoms but don’t want the side-effects that almost all anti-histamines and other pharmaceutical cold products cause. They all seem to have them, whether over-the-counter or prescription. [...]
On November 1st of 2009 I posted a blog entry about the importance of vitamin D for a properly functioning immune system, as well as for a number of other crucial body functions. Since that blog post there have been a number of articles, research papers and the like about vitamin D and just how crucial it [...]
An Idea Whose Time Has Come! This will take less than thirty seconds to read. If you agree, please pass it on. For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that [...]
The rascals in Washington, DC that are supposedly there to represent us and look out for us are at it again! Failed Presidential candidate, Senator John McCain is doing his best to ram legislation through the U.S. Senate, which will place draconian restrictions on our freedom to buy vitamins and supplements and to exercise similar [...]
You might want to take a minute to say goodbye to your personal liberties. They’re flying right out the window — and, as usual, it’s all in the name of “protecting the public.” You knew this was coming…After the failed terror attempt on Christmas day, the federal Transportation Security Agency (TSA) has decided to step [...]
We’ve all heard the exhortation, “Order in the court!”, hollered by various justices. I guess they have to do that to keep chaos at bay. But I think it is time for a much more important phrase to be heard in loud ringing tones in the courts: “Honesty in the Court!” The recent Supreme Court [...]
For at least the last several decades it has been no great secret that limiting sugar intake is one of the most important things we can do to achieve and maintain good health. Yet, despite this common knowledge, the U.S. is in the midst of an epidemic of obesity. We are seeing unprecedented levels of adult onset diabetes, as well [...]
It is rare that I post an article from another source here on this site. Mostly I don’t find too many that I agree with sufficiently to post them in their entirety. This is an exception. I found the following article from Dr. Joseph Mercola, M.D. to be excellent. I agree with nearly everything in it. [...]
From time-to-time we all experience pain for one reason or another. So there are a number of methods that have arisen for dealing with pain. In the U.S. the most commonly used methods are based on over-the-counter “pain medications”. These include medications we are all too familiar with, such as Tylenol, Advil, etc. Almost all [...]
Time for a laugh break! Here ya go: (Might need to turn up the sound a bit.) To your health! Jeff Bell Have a safe and wonderful New Years celebration!
Every once in awhile I do something really bad for my health. In this most recent case I simply pushed myself too hard and too far. I was so excited about some of the amazing health research I was coming across, and some of the terrific advances in holistic and natural health, that I worked [...]
Lately I have found myself involved in frequent discussions about our health care system and what Congress and Obama are or are not doing about it. Not surprisingly, I have found that even among my very liberal friends, there is a lot of mistrust surrounding possible “single payer” otherwise known as “universal coverage” solutions. I [...]
From years and years of experience I can say that muscle-testing can be very accurate, and can be a way to access amazingly precise information. It can also provide extremely misleading results. First, for those who may not be familiar with the technique, just what is muscle-testing? Muscle-testing, which is a technique used in the [...]
If you injure your lower back and/or experience an acute lower back pain episode, what you do in the first few days is often critical to making a full recovery. Further, your initial response can make a huge difference in determining how long your recovery might take. If you know what to do, and just [...]
For a number of years most parts of Europe have enjoyed a very accurate, safe and non-invasive cancer test. No x-rays, no expensive scans and nothing more unpleasant or dangerous than a blood test. It is known as an AMAS test, or “Anti-Malignin AntibodySerum” test. Over the past few years this test has gained increasing [...]
I just learned of a new project that gives us all an opportunity to significantly improve our immune systems, and at the same time participate in valuable research about Vitamin D and its relationship to the immune system. The timing is perfect. I am just about to release a new article on how to protect [...]
This will be one of my shorter posts. But don’t let the short length fool you. It may well be one of my most important posts, ever. If it whets your appetite you may want to read the more detailed article that’s linked to it. The gist of the message is simply this. In most [...]
Yes, I believe we can. (There is a tie to health and you’ll see it soon.) Those of you who know me and have been following me for a while know that in addition to my passionate pursuit of uncommon and highly valuable health knowledge, I have long been a dedicated student of matters financial. [...]
Those of you who read my “Kissing Warts Goodbye” blog post of 08/14/2009 know that I got rid of a wart that had grown under a fingernail and that had been with me for about 45 years. I used MMS to get rid of this wart. I had previously tried a number of “remedies” and [...]
While the mostly dysfunctional folks in Wahsington, DC are busy re-arranging the deck chairs on our Titanic – their so-called “debate” on Health Care Reform – we do not need to stand helplessly by, doing nothing. We could allow what is going on to make us feel discouraged and disempowered. But that would not be healthy [...]
Recently I was working with a client I have been helping through some difficult health challenges. Let’s call him Tom. He is past middle age, has had his share of health problems over the years, and has also done significant self-growth work over the years. In our session, Tom shared that he was feeling kind [...]
OK, so it isn’t really a car. Recently, I was going over the finances and noticed that we had been spending a lot of money on maintaining my car. I have an older 240 Volvo station wagon, with about 150,000 miles on it. It is in good condition. I take good care of it, [...]
What? Do I mean to tell you that I don’t recommend exercise for most people? Yes, that’s exactly what I mean. Think about it – what comes to mind when you say the word exercise? Do words like, work, sweat, pain, drudgery, boredom, effort, and so on come up for you? Unless you’re an accomplished athlete [...]
Darn near! As I have written in previous posts, when I initially heard the claims about what MMS could do, and some of the wide menu of health concerns it could improve, I was very skeptical. In fact, a few years back, I heard about MMS and put it on my “too good to be [...]
OK, I didn’t really kiss the wart. But it is gone. Let me back up for a minute here. When I was 13 years old I badly injured the tip of a finger on my left hand. My fingernail turned a few ugly colors and eventually fell off. When it grew back, it had this ugly, [...]
Yes, I believe there is. At www.myhealthoptimizer.com we eat our own cooking. Let me share my story with you. It is how I found a way to resolve my own severe lower back pain and sciatica many years ago. The solution I found is one I have not seen described elsewhere. However, it has worked [...]
Obviously the big health insurance companies! And they’re spending enormous sums of our money to convince all of us that a Single-Payer system would be terrible for us. That’s right! They take a healthy chunk of the money we pay them for our health care and use it to prevent us from getting a better [...]
Yes, there are a few simple principles you can employ to improve the results you get with the goals that you set. Surprisingly, some of these do not seem to be common knowledge. Once you know them they are really simple and easy to use. But don’t let that fool you – just ’cause they are [...]
We all know the old adage that anything that seems too good to be true almost always is. And most of the time that turns out to be the case. However, I am delighted to report that so far, MMS seems to be an exception to that rule. I have only been using it for [...]
There sure is a lot of buzz on the Internet about MMS these days. Everywhere I turn, it seems someone is promoting it as the way to deal with this illness or that. So, is it safe? Is it effective? Is it an appropriate treatment for the very wide variety of health conditions and challenges [...]
People are often appalled that I do not support the American Cancer Society, or any number of other non-profit organizations that are centered around “cancer research and prevention”. They say, “What is wrong with you? I thought you were concerned about health and wanted to do all that you could to promote good health. So how come you don’t support these organizations?”
It’s true that I am dedicated to promoting optimal health, and it’s also true that I do not support most of these organizations. That may seem like a contradiction, but I don’t think it is. Here’s why:
We all “know” that making alcohol for fuel from corn is a terrible idea, right? It costs too much, it takes too much energy, blah, blah, blah. I think you’d be hard pressed to find very many people in the environmental movement these days who would dispute that. But what if it’s not true?
How my job almost killed me and then my wife and cat saved me.
I’m honestly not sure why I decided to post this. But here goes… We live with two cats, Mickie and Darci. Mickie, is a rather smallish “smoke” colored kitty. He is generally super affectionate and in many ways behaves like a loving puppy. But he can be a bit hyper and he spooks fairly easily. [...]
We all know that stress can damage our health. But there is more to know about the relationship between stress and health. The latest and best research confirms that it is particularly stress that is either unrelieved for long periods of time, or that we feel powerless to respond to that does the real damage. Look [...]