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You may read our selection of articles written by TrueNorth Health staff below.
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No Body Needs Milk
Thanks to countless millions of dollars in advertising, almost everybody thinks they need milk.
Over the past several decades, cow’s milk and its byproducts have come to be seen as an essential part of the diet of most Americans. Milk and milk products such as cheese, yogurt, ice cream, whey, kefir and butter have been effectively promoted… read more
FASTING: BACK TO THE FUTURE
Although the notion of electing to go without food for prolonged periods of time to improve one's health has not been something commonly considered in recent times, fasting has a long and important history. In fact, fasting played a vitally large part in early human survival. Fortunately, this ancient knowledge is making a dramatic comeback and is… read more
Essential Facts about Fats
Separating fact from fantasy about this important subject!
Excess consumption of fat is one of the major causes of disease and premature death in modern societies. It is intimately associated with the current epidemic levels of cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer of the breast, colon, and prostate. Though over-consumption of fats… read more
Where Do You Get Your Protein?
The role and need for protein is a much misunderstood topic in our society. In this article you will learn how to better understand the role of protein in your diet.
First, let me provide you with a rather technical definition of a protein. A protein is any one of a group of complex organic, nitrogenous compounds, which form the principal… read more
The Benefits of Fasting
IN THIS ARTICLE YOU WILL learn about some of the tremendous benefits that can be derived from a properly conducted fast. When properly utilized, fasting is a safe and effective means of maximizing the body's self-healing capacities. The results can be truly amazing. Before going on to describe some of the many advantages of fasting,… read more
Do You Need to Fast?
Throughout history, people have noticed that when they become acutely ill, they lose their appetites. The early Hygienic physicians reasoned that there must be some physiological reason for this loss of appetite. Through observation and experimentation, they discovered that fasting - the complete abstinence from all substances except… read more
Therapeutic Fasting
An Introduction to the Benefits of a Professionally Supervised Fast
When the body is provided with the requirements of health, including appropriate diet, environment, activity and psychology, optimum health can be maintained. If these requirements are not adequately provided, health will be compromised.
Often, the best means of facilitating… read more
Physiological Adaptations of Fasting
Human beings, and other living things, often have been characterized as living "machines." In fact, the concept of human beings as being sophisticated machines dates back as far as the mid-eighteenth century, to the French physician-philosopher Julien La Mettrie.
Early physician-scholars such as La Mettrie could not help but be impressed by the… read more
Arthritis and Joint Pain
Learn how to live without this debilitating disease! People in non-western cultures who eat diets low in animal fat and protein have much lower incidences of all types of arthritis!
While most arthritis sufferers are being told that they will need to "learn to live with it," Drs. Goldhamer and Marano of the TrueNorth Health Center in Penngrove,… read more