Dr. Mark and Dr. Chip's Healthy Blogs

  Hello Everyone and natural health Nation -      If you like hot weather, you must have liked the weekend. I was amazed at the difference in the wind direction when coming from the south, it was very humid but as the wind changed to the north, the humidity went down and it sure was a nice day yesterday. We need a little rain but I guess in God's good time we'll get some. I hope that you were able to get outside in the fresh air and soak up some sun. Sunshine activates vitamin D and helps your body to clean itself out and get rid of the byproducts of winter. I keep reminding people that  sea salt or mineral salt is a very important item now, especially because of the humidity and the fact that we are sweating more than we think. I always get push back though because most people are so brainwashed into the theory that salt causes blood pressure problems so you can't have any salt. That may be true for processed white junk salt but not for good qual...

  STORY AT-A-GLANCE The long-censored lab-leak hypothesis, which suggests that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, accidently leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, is now going mainstream as rapidly accumulating evidence makes it impossible to ignore It’s known with great certainty that researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology had access to and were doing gain-of-function research on coronaviruses in collaboration with U.S. scientists, and received funding from the National Institutes of Health for such research If it turns out that SARS-CoV-2 did come from a lab, it’s the type of thing “that could obliterate the faith of millions” To go from actively censoring and ridiculing those who urged officials to investigate the lab-leak theory further to suggesting they may have been right all along, is to call into question every other detail we’ve been told to believe about the COVID-19 narrative The COVID-19 science cult — made “out of science, expertise, the universit...

  Hello Everyone in Natural Health Nation -      What a great weekend! The weather was awesome and there was enough wind to fly kites - ha. I hope that all you Mushroom Hunters out there got your fill. It sure is nice not having to wear winter coats but it's also nice that we're having a Spring this year and not running right into hot summer weather. As the weather heats up, don't forget about hydrating yourself and using sea salt and mineral salt to help with hydration. We always recommend that folks use fresh squeezed lemon juice in their water to help with electrolytes. But don’t drop the lemon slice in the water unless it’s organic - the peel may have chemicals on it. It even makes the water taste better and hydration is so important. Almost as important as food.      Speaking of food, the article that I'm sending along today looks at the importance of eating good food as your medicine and that medicine, i e drugs, are not food ...

  STORY AT-A-GLANCE While modern medicine successfully treats acute problems, it has nothing to offer for chronic conditions, as the solution for chronic health problems requires real food Real food is medicine. Processed food is poison, and there's no medicine that can undo the damage of processed food Two bulwarks against truth about health are the medical establishment, which doesn’t want to admit drugs cannot treat foundational causes of disease, and the food industry, which doesn't want you to know that processed foods are inherently unhealthy To improve public health, we need education about the core problem — the overabundance of processed food in our diet — plus implementation of healthier eating, both on a personal level and a societal level, which will require societal intervention in the form of legislation or litigation Food companies can make money selling real food. The primary hindrance is the subsidizing of junk food ingredients (sugar, corn, wheat and soy) Dr. ...

  Analysis by  Dr. Joseph Mercola STORY AT-A-GLANCE Red and near-infrared light are a subset of natural sunlight, which actually acts and has value as a nutrient Red light and near-infrared light therapies are ways to get some of the benefits of natural sunlight. These therapies may be particularly beneficial for people who aren’t getting enough natural sunlight exposure Cytochrome c oxidase, photo receptors on your mitochondria, capture photons of red and near-infrared light. The most effective wavelengths that activate this system are in the 600 to 700 nanometer and the 800 to 1,000 nanometer ranges. In response to light photons, your mitochondria will produce energy more efficiently Another mechanism of action is related to the benefits of hormesis and the transient spike in reactive oxygen species. That burst of reactive oxygen species creates a cascade of signaling effects that stimulate the NRF2 pathway and heat shock proteins A third mechanism of action involves retrogr...