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Chances are if you have high blood pressure, your doctor will write you a prescription for it. This is true for most of the doctor’s offices in my area, and around the U.S.

But not at my office.

Are you struggling to drop those extra stubborn pounds so you can happily wear that new bathing suit, but you don’t want to compromise your health with risky weight-loss medications?

So you've listened to mainstream and now you don't even know what the sun looks like anymore.

I swear, sometimes I just have to wonder if Big Pharma is trying to kill us. I know it might sound a bit paranoid, but let’s just take osteoporosis drugs for example.

Last week I answered a question for a person who kept going to the doctor and being told that nothing was wrong with her. She did some reading and learned that her symptoms were tied to a fungus and started to self-treat. This is part 2 in the series I promised you regarding her story of Candida albicans. My first article is here and you can do a saliva test at home to see if you have Candida. Up to 85 percent of people do. There are also stool tests available from Genova and Metametrix Labs.

There has been recent research exposing the harm of sugar and high-fructose corn syrup in our daily diets. Recently, I wrote about the dangers of too much sugar and how it contributes to metabolic syndrome. It appears now that not all sugar is created equal, and in fact, fructose is much more harmful than previously thought.

Q: It’s such a hot summer and I’m sweating all the time, but I don’t feel thirsty. Do I have to force myself to drink eight glasses of water a day?

“I’ve got the attention span of a gnat these days. I just can’t seem to focus anymore. What can I do?” writes HealthierTalk.com reader Liz.

Liz, I have the same problem! And I have good news…for both of us.

Joints are natural shock absorbers for the body and are cushioned by cartilage and supported by muscles, tendons and ligaments. In addition to osteoarthritis, the wear and tear of daily activity as well as injury, aging, obesity and repetitive motion places stress on joints and cause them to wear down. Often this results in joint pain. When joint pain occurs, nature offers several remedies, which can relieve and even eliminate such pain.