Back to the Basics! The key is eating "fresh foods". A lifestyle of natural foods, nothing processed no preservatives, and no refined sugars, flour or processed oils. It’s the latest craze but unlike pop diets of the past, Beyond Health is smiling. This is no different than what Raymond Francis has been saying for years. It’s healthy eating. It’s starting with fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, seafood, and whole grains. They are all allowed if they are natural, organic, and not processed. This type of eating makes our body work the way it’s supposed to work. Shopping on the perimeter of the grocery store is the best way to avoid processed foods. When in doubt, read the nutritional labels to make sure your food is chemical free. Think of label reading as a curiosity to empower you with more information. When you look at a label, you are seeing that food. You are seeing beans, peanut butter. You are seeing dry, roasted peanuts or roasted peanuts. So, remember, anyt…

Study after study are revealing the almost magical qualities of vitamin D. Now a new study has found that vitamin D is critical to memory in older people. Seniors showing signs of poor memory and decline in learning and thinking abilities can be helped with vitamin D supplementation. Reporting in the Archives of Internal Medicine, Researchers have found those with severe Vitamin D deficiency were 60 percent more likely to experience substantial cognitive decline when compared to people with normal vitamin D levels in the blood. Interestingly, studies in the past have alsosuggested positive improvement in the attention span of elderly individuals whowere given vitamin D supplementation. More and more studies are showing that vitamin D not only protects against cancer, bone loss and infection, but is essential to good health in general. BHN recommends that everyone get healthy levels of sun exposure as often aspossible and to have their serum vitamin D levels measured at least every two…

The body performs different functions at different times of the day. Many people suggest adding food supplements at varied times of the day to accommodate for the digestion and assimilation of these nutrients. Calcium. (Beyond Health – Bone Mineral Formula) Calcium is utilized at night, and also because calcium can help you get to sleep when taken at bed time. Magnesium is needed to work hand-in-hand with calcium. Our formula has both the calcium and magnesium. Many vitamins are best ingested with food. Fat-soluble vitamins need fat in order to be absorbed, so they should always be taken with meals that contain fat. Fat-soluble vitamins include vitamins A, vitamin D, vitamin E and vitamin K. Take our multi-vitamin with food. Vitamin C lasts only a few hours in the bloodstream. It should be repeated every three hours for best results, or the entire dose should be divided up to take a third with each meal. Do not take at bedtime as it will keep most awake. Our Dietary Fiber Formul…

A new study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation found that Vitamin D may be able to prevent and even treat allergies to common molds. Mold allergies are a nuisance to people who have them, but they can be dangerous for those with asthma or cystic fibrosis. The study discovered that people who developed these allergies had lower levels of vitamin compared to healthy people. Vitamin D not only helped lower the levels of allergy-driving proteins, but it also boosted the production of proteins that increased the body’s resistance to this type of allergy. This means that maintaining adequate vitamin D levels can not only help to prevent but also help those who already have such allergies.…

Question:  My doctor have been measuring my PSA levels at my regular checkups to test for prostate cancer. I read recently the PSA test is not accurate. Very confusing. Can you shed light on this? Answer:  What you read is correct. The PSA test is not an accurate diagnostic tool for prostate cancer. That being said, the PSA test is still commonly used as a screening tool for detecting prostate cancer. Relying on the PSA to diagnose prostate cancer has led to unnecessary treatment and suffering. If your PSA is elevated, ask a lot of questions before agreeing to any kind of treatment. The American Cancer Society says, "There can be different reasons for an elevated PSA level, including prostate cancer, benign prostate enlargement, inflammation, infection, age, and race." As you can see, there are many factors that can make PSA test results confusing and lead to potentially unnecessary prostate-cancer treatments. Scientists at Stanford university studied prostate tissues collect…

The amount of vitamin C you should take is the amount your body needs to stay healthy. This is determined by three factors: your genetic makeup, your environment and your current state of health. There is no clinical way to measure what this number is. It is something you have to determine on your own. The average adult would be well advised to take 8 to 10 grams of vitamin C per day. I personally take 16 grams. People with infections or chronic disease problems may need 40, 50 or even as much as 100 grams per day. Here is how to determine what your body needs: Gradually increase your vitamin C intake by one or two grams per day until you develop loose stools. Once this happens, back off to where this doesn’t happen. The rule of thumb is about 80 percent of where you were when the loose stools occurred. This amount is called "bowel tolerance. It is the amount your body needs, and what you should be taking.…

To prevent the flu, the one thing you don’t want to do is get a flu shot. There is no scientific proof that flu shots prevent the flu. In fact, they are known to cause the flu; we know they are dangerous, so why get them? Remember that people who get a flu shot five years in a row increase their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by 1000 percent. Sweden’s Medical Products Agency has opened an inquiry into the problem of swine flu vaccinations causing narcolepsy, a chronic sleeping disorder. This action was provoked by reports concerning children aged between 12-16 years who developed symptoms compatible with narcolepsy that occurred one to two months after swine flu vaccinations. Finland is also looking into the possible link between narcolepsy and the swine flu vaccination. Instead of dangerous vaccinations, there are a number of things you can do to prevent yourself from getting the flu. Vitamin D supplementation is a far better, safer and more effective option…

Healthy Menopause Tonic helps to relieve symptoms of menopause, such as hot flashes and night sweats. Ingredients includes black cohosh, chaste tree berry, motherwort, licorice root, and pulsatilla flowering herb. *Contains grain alcohol – Call Beyond Health if you need further information or visit: www.herb-pharm.com Grain alcohol is the best food-grade solvent for extracting and preserving many of the naturally occurring herb constituents that are poorly soluble in water. What is the purpose of alcohol in liquid herbal extracts? The food-grade grain alcohol used to prepare liquid extracts serves three specific functions. First, alcohol is the only edible solvent that will extract and preserve many of the naturally occurring herb constituents that are poorly soluble in water, such as essential oils, resins, balsams and many alkaloids. Second, alcohol is an excellent natural preservative, which maximizes the shelf life of the extracts. Third, alcohol is a great carrying agent, wh…

First of all, antibiotics are extremely dangerous drugs and they are doing you harm. It would do you no harm and lots of good to get off of them immediately. You are obviously eating a bad diet. Acne is the result of eating a high-glycemic diet with too much sugar and other high-glycemic foods such as bread, pasta, rice, and potatoes. Eating such foods increases blood insulin which increases IGF-1 (Insulin-like growth factor 1). IGF-1 then causes overproduction of skin cells, which can obstruct pores. In addition, IGF-1 and insulin also increase testosterone production, which causes skin to produce more oil. These acting together cause acne. Get these inappropriate foods out of your life, get on Beyond Health’s Ultimate Wellness Kit, and your acne should go away. However, since you have been taking antibiotics, you have created a host of new health problems, far more serious than acne, that you now have to deal with. I suggest you get on both pro- and pre-biotics to help rebalanc…

Beyond Health's Green Tea Numerous studies continue to demonstrate the health-enhancing qualities of tea, particularly green and white tea. Unfortunately, tea has a downside. The tea plant accumulates more fluoride, from pollution of soil and air, than any other edible plant, and fluoride is a dangerous toxin. This is why choosing which brand of tea you drink is very important. Because tea accumulates fluoride, the fluoride in tea can be much higher than the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) set for fluoride in drinking water, which is 4 mg per day. The fluoride content in tea has risen dramatically over the last 20 years, along with tea consumption, and is now off the charts in many cases. A Canadian study found an average of 7.8 milligrams of fluoride in one cup of black tea! British and African studies from the 1990’s showed a daily fluoride intake of between 5.8 mgs and 9 mgs a day from tea alone. This is truly excessive and will damage health. Making matters worse, fluorides…

It’s a new year! Whatever your age or health status, here’s to making 2019 healthier than 2018! We know it’s possible to keep getting healthier each year because we’ve been privileged to work with thousands of people who’ve recovered from serious health concerns and continue to get healthier and healthier as they learn more and integrate more healthy practices into their lives. And others who started out in reasonably good health, who keep reaching higher and higher levels of wellness.  A common factor in these success stories is the right supplement program.  While good diet, exercise, stress release, healthy relationships, detoxification, and avoiding toxins are all necessary for optimal health, if your body doesn’t have all the raw materials it needs for building healthy new cells, you simply cannot prevent or reverse disease.  In fact, if you’re chronically deficient in even one vitamin or mineral, you will get sick; that&…

We’ve been writing recently about the importance of a particular family of fatty acids called the omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3s are found in flaxseeds and flax oil, green leafy vegetables, and non-farmed fatty fish, like salmon, anchovies, herring and sardines. Thousands of studies have shown that having high levels of omega-3s in your blood helps to prevent and reverse all kinds of chronic disease, including heart disease, cognitive decline and dementia, diabetes, cancer, depression and anxiety, eye problems like macular degeneration, arthritis, autoimmune disease, neurological disease and more.  Wouldn’t it be nice to know exactly how much omega-3s you had in your tissues?  Well, now you can! Dr. William Harris is a research professor at the Sanford School of Medicine in South Dakota.  He has been studying fish oil and omega-3 fatty acids since the 1970s. With fifty years of research under his belt and over 80 published papers, he is an expert in th…

Recent research out of the Mayo Clinic has found that rheumatoid arthritis is on the increase among Caucasian women and that vitamin D deficiency is a factor. While there are many factors that influence arthritis, the researchers concluded that the most likely cause of the increase we are seeing is vitamin D deficiency, which has been rising, especially among women. Smoking is also commonly associatedwith causing rheumatoid arthritis. Another factor may be that the composition of female oral contraceptives has changed over the years. Oral contraceptives used to have more estrogen in them than they do today, which provides a protective benefit against rheumatoid arthritis. With less estrogen, there is less protective benefit. The best way to get vitamin D is through regular exposure to sunlight. Vitamin D3 supplements such as Beyond Health’s Vitamin D3 Formula are also a good option.…

According to the American Lung Association , cigarettes kill almost half a million Americans every year, making it the leading cause of preventable deaths in the US. Cigarettes contain over 7,000 chemicals, many of them harmful, and are a significant health hazard not only to those who smoke but for anyone forced to breathe second-hand smoke. So when vaping was introduced a little over a decade ago, promising to provide equal satisfaction at a considerably reduced health risk, it sparked considerable interest. Vaping employs a battery-powered electronic cigarette or e-cigarette.  Some look like traditional cigarettes, while other popular devices look like pens, phones, USB sticks, and even tubes of lipstick. They have a cartridge, or “pod,” filled with liquid, typically containing nicotine, flavors and other chemicals. When you activate a heating element that turns this liquid into an inhalable vapor, you can puff on the e-cigarette. Inhaling this vapor (vaping) is…

Osteoporosis [is the price we pay for] chronic metabolic acidosis, which robs us of our mineral reserves and impairs efforts to rebuild the bone matrix. – Susan E. Brown, PhD, CCN, and Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD, CNN Both men and women are concerned about their bones.  Unfortunately, this well-founded concern (more than half the US population over fifty is affected by osteoporosis and low bone density) has led too many people to focus solely on loading up on calcium with or without vitamin D. We’ve written before about the need for a full “team” of nutrients to build bone. Our Bone Mineral Formula contains such a team—19 different nutrients interacting synergistically. But diet plays an even more central role in preventing osteoporosis, specifically when it comes to acid-alkaline balance. Bones aren’t just scaffolding; they’re also storage depots for minerals. Our survival depends on maintaining a certain range of pH (a measure of acid-a…

A few years back, Spanish researchers followed more than 12,000 European university graduates and their diets for 6-1/2 years.  The researchers found that diets rich in trans fats increased the risk of depression by 50%. On the other hand, those whose diets were high in fish oil had a low risk of depression. Fish oil is a rich source of fatty acids called Omega-3s, specifically EPA and DHA (eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid). Omega-3 deficiency has been linked with a diminished ability to cope with stress and with increases in anxiety, depression, hostility and aggression. In a study on medical students, EPA/DHA lowered anxiety 20%.  In the US, we consume much more trans fat than Europeans do, and it’s been estimated that up to 90% of us are deficient in Omega-3s.  Could that explain why so many Americans are in a bad mood? A recent paper by eminent nutrition researcher Bruce Ames, PhD , Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Molecular Biol…

Do you have any of these health issues?  Allergies or Asthma Autoimmune Illness Heart Disease Irregular or rapid heartbeat  High blood pressure  Blood clots Congestive heart failure Chronic excessive muscle tension  Muscle spasms, tics, cramps or tremors (especially in hands, legs, feet or face) Clumsiness, lack of coordination  ADD/ADHD Alzheimer’s disease Autism Parkinson’s disease  Irritability, nervousness, anxiety, easily upset  Extreme sensitivity to noise and/or pain  Candida yeast infection Gut Disorders, including peptic ulcer, Crohn’s disease, and colitis Chronic constipation  Eating disorder; cravings for sugar and/or chocolate Poor appetite  Depression, apathy  Confusion, difficulty concentrating, memory problems  No energy, weakness, exhaustion Chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia  Insomnia/restless sleep Insulin resistance/diabetes/hypoglycemia/metabolic syndrome Tension and/or m…

You can significantly reduce your risk of getting many of the chronic diseases that plague our times by including more dietary fiber in your diet. These diseases include coronary heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, colorectal cancer, and breast cancer.  An enormous new study in the prestigious medical journal, Lancet, showed a 15-30 percent reduction in cardiovascular-disease and all-cause mortality in people who got the most fiber versus those who got the least.  Those study participants who ate the most fiber, versus those that ate the least, reduced their risk of stroke by 22 percent, their risk of type 2 diabetes or colorectal cancer by 16 percent, and their risk of death from coronary heart disease by 30 percent Interestingly, fiber was also found to be a better way to control spikes in blood sugar after eating than eating a low-glycemic diet.  And although a low-glycemic diet also reduced the risk of getting type…