If you spend more than 15 minutes of driving each day and are middle-age or older, you need to read this. Exposure to traffic exhaust—especially diesel fumes—has been known for decades to cause…
THOMAS HEALTH BLOG Posts
Macular degeneration is now the #1 cause of blindness the United States. In fact, one in ten people over the age of 60 is affected and the incidence is growing. The…
When eating an orange, most people discard the best part: The peel. There are some compelling reasons to save the peel. For instance, did you know that most of the…
“Superfood” has been a popular buzzword the last several years. And every year, there’s a new “superfood” that supposedly cures every disease known to mankind. Obviously, most are built on marketing hype and…
Experts have been warning for quite some time about the dangers of glyphosate—the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup. Glyphosate has been linked to cancer, birth defects, autism, and ADHD. We…
Addiction is America’s most-neglected disease. According to a study conducted at Columbia University, “40 million Americans age 12 and over meet the clinical criteria for addiction involving nicotine, alcohol, or…
Gluten-free diets have become very popular over the past several years. But there may be an unintended consequence of such a diet. New research has found high levels of two cancer-causing metals in…
In a blood pressure reading, the top number refers to the amount of pressure in your arteries during contraction of your heart. This is called systolic pressure. The bottom number…
Most people do not drink enough water. At the same time, most people drink too much diuretic (dehydrating) soda, coffee, tea, and alcohol. All of this represents a major stress…
Researchers from the University of Colorado found that prescription opioid painkillers can actually worsen chronic pain. They also found that these drugs may prolong the very pain they are supposed…