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Modern Diseases

Good nutrition is our best defense against chronic disease—and also our best treatment! See below for holistic treatments to modern ailments. Also visit Ask the Doctor for articles by Tom Cowan, MD on many conditions.

Cancer

Sunlight and Melanoma
How to Protect Yourself Against Cancer With Food
A Holistic Approach to Cancer
Cancer to the Rescue?

Cardiovascular Disease

Dr. Ornish and the Lifestyle Heart Trial
What Causes Heart Disease?
Magnet Therapy for Stroke Victims
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Blood Pressure Drugs…and How to Avoid Them
The Emperor's New Clothes: Aggressive New Guidelines for "Prehypertension"
Dangers of Statin Drugs: What You Haven’t Been Told About Popular Cholesterol-Lowering Medicines
The Benefits of High Cholesterol
What Causes Heart Attacks?
CoEnzyme Q10 for Healthy Hearts
Myths & Truths About Cholesterol
Beyond Cholesterol
What Causes Heart Attacks: Part Two

Diabetes

Interview With Daphne Olivier
Understanding and Managing Type 2 Diabetes
Treating Diabetes: Practical Advice for Combatting a Modern Epidemic
The Ideal Blood Sugar

Digestive Disorders

A GAPS Case Study
Conserving the Digestive Fire
How To Restore Digestive Health
The Long Hollow Tube: A Primer on the Digestive System
Against the Grain
Going with the Grain
Acid Reflux: A Red Flag
Getting at the Gut

Liver Disease

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Liver Detoxification: Starve or Nourish?

Metabolic Disorders

Copper-Zinc Imbalance: Unrecognized Consequence of Plant-Based Diets and a Contributor to Chronic Fatigue
Best Kept Secret
Low Metabolic Energy Therapies
The Great Iodine Debate
Type 3 Diabetes: Metabolic Causes of Alzheimer's Disease

Miscellaneous

Understanding the Concussion Epidemic: The Importance of Nourishing the Brain
Reviving Health through Gentle Detoxification
Skin Deep
Staying on Top of Oxidative Stress
Solving the Puzzle of Fibromyalgia
Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS)
Anthrax
Diet and Recovery from Chronic Disease

Osteoporosis

Dem Bones: Do High Protein Diets Cause Bone Loss?

Weight Loss

MSG: Three Little Letters that Spell Big Fat Trouble
Thoughts on Weight Loss
Couch Potatoes and Marathon Runners
Diet Sodas and Weight Gain
The Obesity Epidemic: Should We Believe What We Read and Hear?
Soybesity: Soy and Weight Gain
Soybesity: Soy for the Weight Loss Market
Why We Crave

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