Patients eating meals at the Whitaker Wellness Institute frequently leave the table and wander over to the buffet where we keep a large bowl of flaxseed and a coffee grinder. A couple of tablespoons into the grinder, a quick push, and the fluffy, powdery ground seeds are ready to be…
If I was limited to only one mineral supplement, I would definitely choose magnesium. This impoverished second cousin to calcium is far more powerful, important, and with more therapeutic benefits than calcium—or almost any other mineral. I do not understand—with all the published data showing the benefits of using…
A University of Toronto study recently found that people need significantly more vitamin D than has been commonly accepted. The study involved 796 women between the ages of 18 and 35, and showed that the generally recommended amounts of vitamin D for women are too low to offer any…
