For a long time, I have been an advocate for reducing our reliance on antibiotics unless someone really, really needs it. Our immune response is capable of defending ourselves most of the time with rest. Our reliance on antibiotics acts like a crutch to our immune system. This crutch allows bacteria to multiply and create a resistance to antibiotics. Our health system would collapse if we were not able to treat simple … [Read more...]
Is Chemotherapy Worth It?
Cancer by far is our worst enemy. Forget about guns because you can heal quickly from a gun wound. Cancer is one of those diseases that kills you from the inside. It lurks within your body undetected until one day you go to the doctor for a check-up and something came back abnormal. Once the prognosis is there, the next dreaded word is chemotherapy (#chemo). The word is out on chemo and how devastating it actually is. It … [Read more...]
Antibiotics in our Food Supply
The holidays are upon us and the feasts begin along with the splurging of delicious food. But did you know that your food might be giving you extra weight? Well, here is an interesting fact: low doses of antibiotics have been used to promote weight gain in food animals since the 1950s. For many years scientific studies have illustrated the connection between weight gain and antibiotics, due to their bacteria-killing … [Read more...]
Levofloxacin Side Effects
I was going through some industry articles and came upon one from the Star Ledger about an investment firm challenging Johnson and Johnson (J&J) about their antibiotic drug Levaquin (Levofloxacin). I was intrigued by the article since the investment firm wanted J&J and its management team to be held responsible for the side effects from this antibiotic. After looking into it, I saw that Levaquin carries a black … [Read more...]