by Dr. Neravetla | Mar 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
In a recent Pharmacy Times article, Charles H. Brown, professor emeritus of clinical pharmacy at Purdue University, makes a compelling argument against the value of vitamins and supplements. Antioxidant pills, often sold in combination with vitamins, are among the...
by Dr. Neravetla | Mar 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
It is all over the news. A blockbuster report published in the February 11, 2013 issue of the medical journal Hypertension is widely quoted as saying that a 40 percent reduction in salt consumption from current levels could save up to 500,000 lives in America. This...
by Dr. Neravetla | Feb 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
A press release issued by the Association for Psychological Science on April 21, 2011 with the above title is very much in line with my own observations about the unhealthy dietary habits of people who take vitamin pills. I have often caught my friends and...
by Dr. Neravetla | Feb 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
In the January 9th online version of Open Biology, a journal of Great Britain's Royal Society, geneticist and Nobel Prize winner Dr. James Watson is quoted as warning that antioxidants may cause and promote cancer growth rather than curing it. The problem seems to...
by Dr. Neravetla | Feb 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
“I have tried everything to quit smoking” cries Jennifer (not her real name) from a wheelchair after complaining of severe pain in the left foot. “I have tried pills, patches, acupuncture and hypnotherapy, you name it. I have tried them all; many...
by Dr. Neravetla | Jan 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
There is really no short cut to eating a balanced diet. You cannot get the all the necessary nutrients any other way. Unfortunately, too many people don’t seem to make the effort. Instead they resort to vitamins and supplements expecting these pills to fill the...
