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Bisphenol A and Sexual Dysfunction

20 Mar 2017

One thing is for sure. Headline writers last week must have been thrilled by the study that linked exposure to bisphenol A with sexual dysfunction in Chinese men. 鈥淪tudy a real downer.鈥 鈥淗ard...

Naturopathic Medicine as Your Primary Form of Healthcare? I Don鈥檛 Think So鈥

20 Mar 2017

Do you think that naturopathic medicine should be replaced as our primary form of health care? No? Neither does Dr. Joe Schwarcz, a well-recognized professor and author at 91黑料网.聽...

What is Colon Cleansing?

20 Mar 2017

John Wayne did not die with forty pounds of fecal matter impacted in his colon. Where does such a preposterous notion come from? Generally one of two sources. The nonsense stems either from people...

Chemistry lesson for The Food Babe鈥 and everyone else #21: There is no such thing as "chemical free!"

17 Mar 2017

If you buy a chemical-free product, you鈥檙e not getting a good deal. You鈥檙e buying nothing. A vacuum. What鈥檚 a vacuum? A space empty of all matter. And what is matter? Anything that has mass and...

Chemistry lesson for The Food Babe鈥 and everyone else #20: Organic Farming

17 Mar 2017

Organic farmers are allowed to use a number of pesticides as long as they come from a natural source. Pyrethrum, an extract of chrysanthemum flowers, has long been used to control insects. The...

Chemistry lesson for The Food Babe鈥 and everyone else #19: Alkaline Diets Do Not Cure Disease

17 Mar 2017

The best treatment for people prone to swallowing woo is a dose of chemistry. And one of the wooiest ideas out there is the one about alkaline diets curing disease. Gives me a headache. So let鈥檚...

What are ear candles?

21 Feb 2017

Ear candles are regularly promoted by alternative health suppliers and have been getting quite the hype from the media even though there is no evidence to suggest they have any real benefit. The...

Why are homeopathic teething 鈥渞emedies鈥 having adverse reactions in infants?

20 Feb 2017

The bizarre tenet of homeopathy is that a substance that causes symptoms in a health person can relieve those symptoms in a sick person as long as it is diluted to an extent that contains almost...

Chemistry lesson for The Food Babe鈥 and everyone else #17: The Carnation Tragedy of the '30s

17 Feb 2017

Back in the 1930s a flower merchant with a greenhouse full of carnations got worried when the weather forecast called for extremely cold temperatures. So he placed a kerosene burner in the...

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