Many people ask how I came up with my “handle” The Doctor of the Future”. I owe it all to my friend, Dr. Stephen Sinatra, a cardiologist, certified nutrition specialist, certified bioenergetic psychotherapist and anti-aging specialist. When Dr. Sinatra first met me he immediately called me the doctor of the future because he was very impressed that I had both an MD and an ND degree. I was very impressed with his credentials as well! Dr. Sinatra greatly respects Naturopathic Medicine. His son Drew is a Naturopath and they have great discussions about the importance of natural approaches to …
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Here’s an interesting story from a lady farmer about her first experience with magnesium. “We had just started farming when I found a cow down and looking dead. The vet said “Just watch and you will see something weird.” He proceeded to give the cow a shot of magnesium. She literally jumped off the needle and took off. We call this ‘grass tetany’ and it happens in the spring when the grass first comes up. That grass seems to have less magnesium. I immediately thought this could probably happen to people and I had the doctor test me for magnesium and it was low!!!” I wrote about grass tetany in The Magnesium Miracle. Here’s an …
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On Wednesday June 16, 2010 I wrote a blog called “Why Kill Your Stomach Acid.” And I promised to explain more about heartburn and GERD and got lots of encouragement from people to do that. One reader told me her story. “I took Tagamet, then Prilosec, then Prevacid over a period of 25 years. Finally an acupuncturist helped me stop the drugs during an anxious six months, since my whole system had been geared by then to the drugs. He explained that I had still had reflux and had developed irregular, straining bowel movements because …
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On Wednesday, May 26, 2010, I wrote a blog called “Save Our Salt.” In that post I mentioned Smart Salt, a salt substitute that I wrote about in The Magnesium Miracle. I then received a flurry of emails that alerted me that the Smart Salt formula had been changed. On further investigation, I found that the original formula exists in a product called FortiSalt. One teaspoon of ordinary salt contains 2400 mg of sodium. The recommended daily intake for sodium is 2400 mg per day. So it makes abundant sense to …
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A doctor who reads my blog commented that: “It is curious that calcium is widely promoted by doctors, and potassium to a lesser extent, but magnesium very little. That doesn’t seem explainable by commercial concerns.” I disagree. I do think there are commercial reasons why magnesium is not more widely recognized and recommended. It’s not patented, it’s cheap and it works to help people with a wide range of health problems, which means they might not have to rely on drugs. Here are excerpts from The Magnesium Miracle showing that magnesium does help protect the heart from arrhythmias but drug companies don’t want you to …
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A friend wrote the other day saying that she was having great trouble coping with the way her daughter and son-in-law were treating their children. I couldn’t just toss out the phrases: “It’s not your job.”, which it isn’t; “Relax and Allow.”, which she couldn’t; or “You can’t create in another person’s reality.”, which you can’t. Instead, I sent her the Ho’oponopono prayer. Simply stated it is: I love you It’s the ancient Hawaiian prayer to …
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When I went to medical school there was a different attitude toward drugs than there is today. We were taught to give drugs only when necessary and only as long as necessary. In the past few years, drugs for long term use and even for preventive use have become the norm. And the consequences of chronic drug usage are being documented in more and more studies. The latest study I read is about proton pump inhibitors. We’re talking about Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid used to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), stomach and small intestine ulcers, and inflammation of the esophagus. They are the drugs that kill your stomach acid and now it looks like they also kill your …
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What single nutrient can ease heart problems in the elderly and banish PMS and painful periods at the same time? Yup, good old magnesium. Here’s a great story from a reader who says: Since the age of 13 I have suffered with extremely painful periods. The week before I would have terrible mood swings, which included a very short temper, tearfulness, very low moods and the day before my period I would suffer with extreme diarrhea and severe pain that would leave me in bed with a hot water bottle for two days. “My doctor put me on the contraceptive pill at 15 which helped immensely but had serious implications for …
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This is my second magnesium blog this week but I just couldn’t help myself. The arrhythmia post, Real Rhythm and Blues Without The Magnesium on Friday May 28, 2010 prompted a number of email responses. One doctor wanted to make sure that my open-mindedness didn’t mean that my brains were falling out. He was reassured and wanted to share his magnesium story. He said: “You must have a million magnesium stories by now, but I cannot miss responding to your report about the meeting on Arrhythmia Disorders. I am an 82 year old retired M.D. (psychiatry). Several years ago I had a …
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On Friday April 30, 2010, I wrote a blog about applying clay poultices on a possible MRSA infection. I mentioned that I use ¼ cup of clay blended in 32 ounces of water and pour it into all my baths. I also said the clay takes chlorine out of bath water. How do I know? Remember I’m not just a comedy writer livening up your day. I’m a scientist! I have chlorine-testing drops. Yes, if you have a pool or a fish tank, you probably have some too! At any rate the scientist in me wanted to see if clay could detox the chlorine in my water. So I did the before-and-after test and was delighted to see that …
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