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  Hello Everyone in Natural Health Nation-                 I t wasn’t a bad weekend for January. I’m hoping the next couple days melts the rest of the snow and ice that we have before we get any more. A lot of the patients I’m talking to at the office are saying that they are ready for spring and I think everyone pretty much agrees with that. At least January is about over and we can hope February goes quickly too. We’re finding many people are having a hard time shaking whatever viruses we have this week. It may be interesting to know that usually the immune system overcomes a virus in a week to 10 days but it can take many weeks to clean up all the debris from the fight, the reason sinus issues hang around. We have many good products here at the office to help that and to help with the cleanup from fighting these infections, as well as special nutritional supplements to prevent them getting a foothold in the first place.   ...

  STORY AT-A-GLANCE Data show COVID-19 deaths have been wildly exaggerated by counting people who died from other conditions but had a positive COVID test within 28 days of their death U.K. data released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request show that the number of deaths between January 2020 and the end of September 2021 in England and Wales, where COVID-19 was the sole cause of death, was just 17,371 — not 137,133 as reported Of the 17,371 people who had COVID-19 as the sole cause of death, 13,597 were 65 or older. The average age of death in the U.K. from COVID in 2021 was 82.5 years Compare that to the projected life expectancy in the U.K., which is 79 for men and 82.9 for women. This hardly constitutes an emergency, least of all for healthy school- and working-age individuals Estimates suggest there’s been an extra 50,000 cancer deaths over the past 18 months — deaths that normally would not have occurred. Delayed diagnosis and inability to receive proper treatme...

  Happy day Natural Health Family. I imagine everyone is doing well. With all that is happening in the world it can get confusing on what to know and what to do. Many times we lose confidence and trust when there is so much misinformation out there. So what can we do so that we can gain information that is helpful so that we can make clear decisions? Perhaps the question is what can we let go? Let’s talk about criticism and how that can influence our lives.  Can you think back to a time when you were younger that instead of labeling things and appearances as good or bad you asked the question, why? When we are at a younger stage of life we don’t have all the information to make snap judgements. This allows us to see things as they are rather than based on our own understanding. This is one reason why kids absorb information like sponges. This is great to gain new knowledge to help us throughout life but it can also be detrimental if that data is not positive or helpful and we ...

  Hello Everyone in Natural Health Nation-                 All in all, it was a fairly nice weekend for January. Yes, it’s cold but it could be worse and we didn’t get any more snow or ice, so that was good. I’m hoping that what we have melts this week before we get any more, but we’ve got to get through February before we can think about spring actually being here. A really important thing to do is make sure that you have your humidifier going in the home and especially the bedroom to keep the sinus passages moist. We’re getting a lot of complaints about sinus conditions and much of that can come from the sinuses being irritated overnight from the dry air and then over moistening in the morning causing drippy nose. It can also lead to sinus infections if bad enough but we don’t want to get that far.                 This month wer...

Analysis by  Dr. Joseph Mercola After old age, obesity appears to be the most prominent risk factor for being hospitalized with COVID-19, doubling the risk of hospitalization in patients under the age of 60 Most COVID-19 patients have more than one underlying health issue. A study looking at 5,700 New York City patients found 88% had more than one comorbidity. Only 6.3% had just one underlying health condition and 6.1% had none Obesity also makes you more vulnerable to infectious diseases by lowering your immune function Elevated blood glucose levels appear to play a significant role in viral replication and the development of cytokine storms. The real pandemic here appears to be dysregulated glucose metabolism; in other words, insulin resistance Amassing data suggest that even when in close, crowded quarters, the infection rate is rather low, and fit, healthy individuals are more likely to be asymptomatic than not when testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection This article was pre...