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Antibiotics are without a doubt one of the most beneficial inventions humankind has ever come up with. Yes, probably more significant than smartphones, which may be hard for teenagers to believe.Sadly, antibiotics are about to become widely ineffective. Research indicates we may soon reach an era known as the “end of antibiotics”.The Council on Foreign Relations, a non-profit think tank recently wrote about this apocalyptic scenario. It’s sobering to see what would happen if antibiotics stopped working.  “Antibiotics are facing an existential crisis less than a century since their introduction. The bacteria-fighting drugs are becoming less effective as a result of their overuse in both humans and animals. At the same time, R&D on new antibiotics has slowed to a crawl, putting the world at risk...

There’s an old adage I know you’ve repeated before. If you’re sick with a cold you’re supposed to “starve the cold,” and if you’re sick with a fever you’re supposed to “feed a fever.” This adage has some truth to it, but it’s probably not what you think. If you ever find yourself with any kind of ailment, fever, cold, flu, etc, I think it’s important you know what studies show about eating versus fasting and how they can affect your health. Studies Show Fasting Helps You Get Better Faster But You Should Fast When You’d Least Expect If you get sick chances are one of the first things that’s going to happen to you is your normally consistent appetite will...

I have a “gut” feeling that you’re not going to like what you hear today. However, I think it’s important you learn about this problem so you can fix it. This is a problem that isn’t yet recognized by the mainstream medical community, so you might not get the help you need there, which is why I’ll tell you about it today. True, I didn’t learn about it in medical school, even though over 2,000 years ago the man called the father of medicine recognized the problem. (No, not me… I can’t time travel but if I could, he’s one guy I’d love to meet).  Let’s check out some of these symptoms and see if any of them sound familiar: ...