Sloppy Poos

Smelly farts and sloppy poos? Discomfort 5-30 minutes after eating sweeties? Cut out wheat, fructose, lactose and still having problems? Could be anaerobic bacteria living in the upper part of the small intestine. These organisms live on sugar, not oxygen. Any time you eat something other than an animal product, a fat, oil or butter, meaning that you would be eating carbohydrates that all break down into sugar, these organisms love you and repay you for your kindness feeding them with discomfort, burping, pain, gas and bloating. Could be time for some Chinese Medicine.

Man grows pea sprout in his lung

A man from Cape Cod US, feared the worst recently when there was a shadow on an x-ray of his lung. Turns out he had inhaled a pea, which sprouted and grew inside his lung...hmm. Link MedIndia

Fructose and liver disease

Diets high in fructose and trans fatty acids lead to obesity and liver damage.

Science Daily

Milk for Health?

Beleive it or not, some great reading here regarding milk and the 'other side of the story'...

The Milk Letter

Not Milk.Com

TCM slows kidney failure with Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan

A recent article from research in Japan showed that 'Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan' fed to rats with early stage of progressive renal failure, halted monitored progression of renal damage.
TCM News

Ginko for Alzheimer's & Dementia ... No Effect

The longest and largest study to date of treating alzheimer's and dementia with ginko biloba for the university of Viginia, has shown no efficacy in the prevention or treatment of these diseases.

The federally funded study included 3,000 people over 75 checked at 6month intervals over 6 years. Half the population had 120 mg of ginko twice a day and the other half had placebo.

Read more at: CMN

Magnolia Bark (Hou Po) Used to combat hospital "superbug"

Magnolia bark or 'Hou Po' has been shown in research as a very effective treatment against microbacteria. One form of bacteria 'micobacterium smegmatis' (the one that causes leprosy and a form of tuberculosis), was treated with a boiled preparation of hou po and an ethanol extraction. The boiled preparation showed a result similar to streptomysin and the ethanol extraction out performed streptomycin by 20%.

Read more at : Chinese Medicine News