Last year I went to Palm Springs and the annual TED conference for the medical community. TEDMED is a global community dedicated to unlocking imagination in service of health and medicine. It is an annual two and a half day gathering, TEDMED brings together inspiring speakers, influential Delegates and innovative start-ups.
Read MoreHere is the issue with Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is a chemical carpet-bombing used in conventional medicine that poisons the entire body. The theory is that because the tumor shrinks during chemo, the survival rate should increase. Statistics is not clear: there is no scientific data to support using chemo for all cancer types, on the contrary. Much of chemotherapy today is done at experiential level, meaning it is not evidence-based yet. Unless the tumor stem cells are removed or destroyed, the tumor often grows back.
Read MoreShould you take zinc and magnesium together?
When you take supplements you need them to also be actually ABSORBED to benefit from them. Unfortunately, it is not as simple as buying a mineral tablet, as many companies have not bothered looking into the bioavailability, nor how minerals compete for absorption. Minerals that compete for absorption should quite obviously NOT be taken at the same time, because you will not absorb them fully then. So what about zinc and magnesium - two crucial minerals for brain, muscle, hormone and male sexual health - should you take them together or apart to benefit from them?
Read MoreThe No. 1 Superfood To Detox
Most detoxification herbs, including milk thistle, work by detoxing the liver and then dumping it into the bloodstream where it, unfortunately, often is reabsorbed again. Enter this secret superberry used in ancient China.
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