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By Jacob Teitelbaum, MD

Postpartum Depression—Treat and Prevent with Fish Oil

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Postpartum depression usually occurs because your body gave up the oils in your brain (which come from fish oil)so the baby could make its brain. That was nicely self sacrificing of you, but you need to eat more fish so your brain will recover-and it will with eating enough fish or fish oil.

Eliminate Depression—Naturally!

Happy girlDepression is becoming increasingly common, but often goes away with natural therapies. Although how we feel has a lot to do with psychological issues, it can also be dramatically affected by our biochemistry. Although doing one's "psycho-spiritual" work is important in treating any illness, you will be amazed at how much better you can feel when you optimize your biochemistry—naturally! This article will teach you how.

Migraines: Easy to Prevent—NATURALLY

migraine headacheMigraine headaches can be very severe and often leave people crippled for days. They may afflict as many as 28 million Americans. Over 85% can be prevented naturally! 

Cats Better Than Cholesterol Meds in Preventing Heart Disease!

cat and doctorThe study, which looked at 4,435 Americans aged 30 to 75, showed that those who did not have a cat had a 40% higher risk of having a heart attack and a 30% greater risk of dying from other heart diseases than those who have or have had a cat. For those without a previous history of heart attacks, taking statin medications (e.g. Mevacor, etc) results in less than 2% decrease in heart attack deaths.

Natural Help for Heart Disease

heartAlthough the prevalence of congestive heart failure is skyrocketing, medical treatments are only modestly effective. The good news is that natural therapies can safely and dramatically improve heart muscle efficiency and function. Because of this, these treatments can also help those with angina, abnormal heart rhythms, and heart valve problems. One gentleman was too sick to even be on the heart transplant list. After these treatments, he is happily out riding his motorcycle-too healthy to need a heart transplant! Here is a simple four step recipe that can give you your life and function back.

Is Stress Exhausting Your Adrenal System?

stressedDo you have times where it's like a light switch goes off, and your friends know that they have three minutes to feed you or you will kill them? Do you crave sugar? These are symptoms suggesting that your body's Adrenal Gland stress handling system is getting exhausted. Here's how you can support your adrenal "stress handler," so that you can feel better. 

The 6 Week Arthritis Cure

knee x-rayDon't want to be one of the over 16,500 Americans who unnecessarily die yearly from arthritis medications? Although these medications can sometimes be helpful, natural remedies have been shown to be more effective - and very safe. Here's a 6 week proven program to help you get relief - naturally!

Is Obesity Contagious?

is obesity contagious?Research has found that when human stem cells - which can turn into any type of cell - were exposed to a common virus they turned into fat cells. They didn't just change, they also stored fat. Earlier research showed another common virus causes cells to store more fat.

Can’t Lose Weight? It's Probably Your Metabolism!

weight lossSome of you are finding that despite proper eating and exercise you simply cannot lose the extra weight. There are a number of metabolic processes contributing to this and when you treat them the weight will often begin to disappear!

Osteoporosis—Natural Help for Strong Bones

bonesDid you know that strontium, a safe and cheap nutritional supplement, is almost 70% more effective than prescription Osteoporosis medications?

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