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I first heard of chelation therapy 20 years ago while practicing in a rural area of southwest Virginia. Several of my patients had gone to a place called the Mount Rogers Clinic to receive EDTA chelation for heart conditions and circulatory problems. I was aware that EDTA was used to treat lead poisoning, but was a bit skeptical about using it to treat heart disease.  However, the patients receiving chelation did seem to be getting better. (more…)

“More than 40 autoimmune conditions have been identified, including such common conditions as type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and celiac disease. Together they constitute the third leading cause of sickness and death after heart disease and cancer.” – Scientific American—March 2007

Your immune system is fascinatingly complex, and normally works extremely well to ward off disease, but sometimes it becomes part of the problem. With autoimmune disorders the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues—and the results can be devastating. (more…)

A lot of us don’t like to exercise. In fact, many of the people I see at the gym look like they’d rather be anywhere else, but I maintain that exercise can be fun. You may be skeptical, but if you think back to your childhood you can probably come up with at least a few physical activities that you enjoyed. It might have been jumping rope, playing ball or just running around in the woods. So if you could have fun then, why not now?

I encourage you to find exercise that you find pleasurable—for the simple reason that you’ll be more likely to do it regularly. (more…)

In my previous article, I made the case for using both diet and exercise for losing weight. I even implied that this could be fun! I admit it might be a bit of stretch to claim that dieting is fun, but I have some ideas that should make it less painful.

For starters, it helps to know where you’re at.  (more…)

If you hurt all over, experience chronic fatigue, and feel so stiff you’re afraid to move, you may have fibromyalgia, also referred to as fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Fibromyalgia is one of the most common pain syndromes and a frequent cause of back and neck pain. Exactly how many people are affected by this condition is difficult to determine because it often goes undiagnosed. (more…)