Are you heading back to a chlorinated swimming pool for your workouts? Do you like to sit in a hot Jacuzzi? Do you and your children love going to the water parks? My husband, Bill, and I enjoy the swimming pool for a work out. Swimming is great exercise but we have concerns about the lingering smell and toxic affects of chlorine. If you are a swimmer, you know what we mean. So, two years ago I developed an easy protocol to detoxify chlorine from the body. Just a few steps right after our post swim shower at the gym have made a huge difference for us. If chlorine has you itching for a solution, follow the procedure below and let me know what you think.

Chlorine Detoxifying Protocol for Swimmers and Jacuzzi Users

1. Take 1 capsule of a good quality taurine (we use Thorne or Metagenics) the morning of the day you plan to be in the pool or Jacuzzi. Taurine is an amino acid. We usually recommend taking amino acids away from food for best effectiveness but its fine to take it with some food if you find it to be hard on your stomach. Taurine helps to chelate (bind) and detoxify chlorine so it is a great first step. The taurine will remain in your system for 48 hours unless it is used by the body to detoxify other toxins. Taurine is also a helpful amino acid for the heart and other muscles since it tends to relax them. So, enjoy the double benefit!
2. Drink 1 to 2 drops of Lugol’s Iodine in water the day of your swim.
3. Always shower full body and hair before entering the pool.
4. Always wet your hair first in the shower before getting in the pool and always wear a swim cap when in the pool. This is especially important for people with longer hair.
5. After having been in the pool or Jacuzzi always shower before leaving the gym, then follow the next items on the protocol. Detoxifying the chlorine sooner rather than attempting to do so later will greatly improve your success.
6. Once in the shower I recommend using a good quality shampoo, one which has as few chemicals as possible. I currently use Young Living’s Copaiba Vanilla Shampoo and Conditioner or Lavender Mint Shampoo and Conditioner.  I also like to use the YL Lavender Foaming Hand Soapfor my body soap in the shower after the swim. The lavender will help to start detoxifying the chlorine as well. If you are shaving your legs do so now. Rinse and towel dry.
7. Using a pure body lotion such as Alba’s original formula or one of the Young Living lotions, such as Lavender, place a nickel sized portion of the lotion in the palm of your hand. Then drop one to two drops of Purification Blend Young Living Essential Oil into the lotion and then apply the lotion with oil drops onto your legs, torso, arms and neck adding more lotion and oil as needed. If you miss an area do not worry, the oil/lotion you have already applied will absorb into your system within 20 minutes and disperse through the blood stream. It will then begin to detoxify the chlorine, first in your blood and then throughout the cells of your body.
8. You are now ready to dress and head home.

Enjoy getting into bed with no chlorine affects lingering on your body inside or out.

Products required for the protocol:

• Taurine – Holly House carries taurine from Nutrition Dynamics and Thorne. You need 500mg on the day of your swim.

• Purification Essential Oil Blend from Young Living Essential Oils.

• Lugol’s Iodine is available through our clinic.

Products recommended but not required for the protocol:

• Good quality shampoo and conditioner -  I recommend Copaiba Vanilla Shampoo and Conditioner or Lavender Mint Shampoo and Conditioner from Young Living.
• Good quality body wash – Lavender Foaming Hand Soap from Young Living is inexpensive and works well.

Obtaining Products:

Young Living Products: Purchase Young Living product through the member who introduced you to the company or shared this post with you. If you have not been previously introduced to Young Living by a member you can purchase products through Dr. Pat’s on line Young Living store. If you are already a member, you know what to do.

Nutrition Dynamics and Thorne Products: You may purchase these products from our on line stores once having created an account. On line registration information is available in the sidebar on the upper right side of this page

Alternatively, feel free to contact our clinic for assistance.

I hope this helps. Please share it with your pool mates.  Once you’ve had a chance to try it, let others know how well it works by leaving your feedback in the comments section below.

One of my patients, a 12 year old female is  a wonderful, active, young person. She came in yesterday with her Mom and Sister. We have been treating her for scoliosis Since December of 2012.

A Diagnosis is Made

This young person was originally diagnosed with scoliosis by the Twin Cities Spine Center. Her x ray on November 30th,  2012, indicated a 22 degree scoliosis of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae.

Patient is Evaluated

Shortly after this diagnosis the Mom decided to bring her daughter into our clinic. She was evaluated on December 7th, 2012. Due to positive findings in her evaluation, I determined that it was most likely possible to significantly reduce the degree of scoliosis. 

 Treatment Begins

We began treatment with Sacro Occipital Technique and Koren Specific Technique, both chiropractic techniques. Following these therapies I utilized the essential oil blend from Young Living, called Valor on the patient’s spine. Additionally, I performed Neuro Modulation Technique, a bio energetic technique for other, non-related issues of health.

For spinal correction I also recommended Young Living Essential Oil Raindrop Sessions weekly, and the use of Valor on the daughter’s spine and Vita Flex points for the spine on the feet.

From 22 Degrees to 14 Degrees in Four Months

Since beginning care at the clinic she has received FOUR chiropractic treatments not including yesterday’s treatment. The family has had time for only FOUR Raindrop sessions over the four months of time, however; but the Mom did use Valor and other oils on her daughter’s spine and Vita Flex points for the spine almost daily.

Recently on April 12, 2013, the patient was re-evaluated by the Twin Cities Spine Center. An x ray was taken. Her physician at the center was shocked that her scoliosis had decreased by 36%!  According to the Spine Center physician, he rarely sees improvement at all in a growing child.

The Effectiveness of Chiropractic and Young Living Essential Oils

We were so pleased when the Mom shared this news with us yesterday, bringing in the before and after images. There was an incredible improvement. To see it on the film is quite a powerful experience.

It demonstrates the effectiveness of Chiropractic (when the hip line is properly leveled), and Young Living essential oils and Raindrop for scoliosis.

Our Plan 

We will continue to do our best to completely resolve the curvature of the spine in this wonderful young person. She also has bilateral pronation of her ankles, influencing bunion development, so we are working with reduction of the challenges in her feet and toes.

Additional Information

Note on the x ray illustration: The x ray I have used to demonstrate scoliosis visually in this post is NOT the x ray of this child. The child’s x ray degree of scoliosis started out slightly less than the curvature in this illustration x ray.

 I need to take issue, however, with his apparent stand in this article of turning a blind eye to possible GMO foods, additives and toxins in some of the foods he is recommending.

GMO – Is it Suddenly Safe Now?

It was just a few weeks ago that Dr. Oz featured the film producer, Jeffrey Smith, and his revealing documentary on GMO foods, Genetic Roulette, on his television program. Dr. Oz’s wife, Lisa, actually narrated that film for Smith. Since Lisa likely endorsed Smith’s position on GMO foods, (that they are dangerous to our health) I find it highly unlikely that Lisa Oz or Dr. Oz would be purchasing commercial corn tacos ( in the chicken tacos sample meal on page 44) that are not labeled as to whether they are GMO or not GMO and feeding them to their children.  Approximately 60% of all U.S. acreage grown in corn is now GMO. If corn is not organically labeled, odds are you are more likely to be purchasing GMO corn than not. Is it helpful to recommend families purchase potentially GMO corn tacos if the concern over GMO foods is a valid one?

Is Canned Tuna a Safe Recommendation for Your Family?

I am also concerned about his recommendation of canned tuna. I, like many alternative health clinicians, recommend that my patients avoid canned tuna. It is true that it is an excellent source of protein and fatty acids, but it may well contain unhealthy amounts of mercury. This toxic heavy metal is damaging to the central nervous and, in my opinion, and the government’s, ingesting this canned food on a regular basis is not recommended.

Is Bisphenol A (BPA) Lurking in the Lining of Your Canned Foods?

The lining of some canned foods has  been linked to excessive exposure to Bisphenol A, a xenoestrogen toxin. Xenoestrogens are chemical compounds which can mimic estrogens in our bodies and cause inappropriate female sexual development in both young girls and boys.

Does Dr. Oz Really Believe that Unhealthy Saturated Fats in Big Brand Commercial Peanut Butters do Not Pose a problem to Our Health?

Also of concern is his recommendation of well-known big brand commercial peanut butters. If you have read the labels on these commercial brands, and even ignore the addition of sugar, you will still see the ingredient of hydrogenated vegetable oils. These are synthesized saturated fats that are not good for our health. Unlike the saturated fat in coconut oil this saturated fat contributes to increased health problems. How can Dr. Oz recommend such an unhealthy product?  There is a big difference between these products and the organic peanuts and peanut oil only brands.

What Has Happened to the Truth and Dr. Oz?

Nutrition and cost are important matters to families, but what is true one week is certainly true the following week in regard to nutrition. Potential toxins cannot be lethal one week and totally safe the next. In this age, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nutrients are not the only story.  Dr. Oz and the television network that carries his program may be feeling pressure from corporations or corporate farmers who feel they should have their fair say in the market place. But one cannot have truth stand alongside such obvious toxic omissions. 

Making Changes

I hope the little girl and her sweet potatoes and the many other people interviewed in these films have convinced you that, if your goal is to have a healthy body and mind, you can no longer ignore these issues. For the sake of your future, I encourage you to do your best to make organic non GMO foods your way of life.

Vote in our GMO polls:

Researchers handling Genetically Modified Corn¹

I just watched an eye-opening interview recently conducted by Dr. Oz with film maker Jeffrey Smith and Dr. Robin Burnhoft on the potential dangers of genetically modified foods (GMO). In the interest of fairness, Dr. Oz also gave equal time to Martina Newell-McGloughlin, a prominent authority who is pro GMO.

According to Smith and Burnhoft, GMO foods are now being linked to a host of serious chronic diseases such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome and autoimmune disease. They cited disturbing studies in which the feeding of GMO corn to rats led to truly frightening results. These included the development of grotesque protruding reproductive tumors and you can see them in the photos presented. The men were concerned that the effects of these foods on human beings have not been adequately evaluated.

Newell-McGloughlin’s main position was to point out that people have been eating genetically modified foods for hundreds of years with no apparent ill affects.

In my opinion, Newell-McGloughlin failed to present a convincing argument of GMO safety. She equated the hybridization of plants to genetic modification. The weakness of her position, is that, in the past, horticulturalists used related plants to create stronger varieties, not by modifying their genes with those of other species. Genetic modification between completely diverse species, as it is being performed today,  only started in the 1990′s.

Require Government Labeling

GMO foods violate my core principles on what we should be eating and I have counseled against them since their inception. I am now very thankful to Dr. Oz for taking this discussion to a much larger audience. I believe that diets comprised of genetically modified foods may be the greatest threat to our health yet. Dr. Oz presented information that supports the position that our government should require labeling of GMO foods until we are certain that they are safe and I most emphatically agree with this position.  If you want to get or stay healthy, you must be empowered with the information you need to make conscious purchasing decisions. Without long term proof of safety and with so much at stake, you have a right to choose whether to purchase genetically modified food or to choose to avoid it.

If You Choose to Avoid GMO Food

Dr. Oz recommends that, if you want to avoid GMO foods, you purchase or grow your own organic foods whenever possible. I wholeheartedly agree with him. If it is not possible for you to purchase organic food, you  may still want to avoid products or foods which are typically genetically modified. Such foods are often those that contain canola oil, corn, papaya, soy and sugar beets. I would add tomatoes to that group. To reduce exposure to these foods you will also want to avoid fast foods because they typically contain some of these items. To find a more comprehensive list of GMO foods currently being grown and developed in the United States: Click Here.

Take a stand!

Admittedly, the matter of GMO foods is controversial and, depending upon your perspective, complex but it is too important to your health and that of those whose diets you influence to ignore. Whether you know it or not, you are being affected. I encourage you to become familiar with the issue and to take a stand,  at least with your own food choices if not by speaking out. To improve your motivation with some dramatic new insight, check out Dr. Oz’s GMO Videos:

1. Genetically Modified Foods: Are They Safe? Pt 1
2. Genetically Modified Foods: Are They Safe? Pt 2
3. How to Avoid Genetically Modified Foods

To get a picture of what is happening with the adoption of GMO crops in the United States and other countries around the world, you may also find the following of interest:

• A map showing hectares planted with GMO crops and annual growth in 2004 in countries around the world: Click Here

Share your thoughts!

I’d love to know what you think about this important issue of GMO foods. Please take a moment to share your opinion.

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I wanted to express my warm thanks and gratitude for helping me out with the leg muscle infection issue.  I would say I am 98% recovered, as far as symptoms go anyways.  I can now challenge the leg by squatting in the garden and not have problems…no issues sleeping, sitting, driving…it has totally turned around.  I am now biking as a way to exercise the hip/thigh.

It is a blessing to have you there for me…even though “there” is 2,000 miles away!

Thanks again for all your help.

 Al

I was shocked when I heard that the FDA has not allowed reprinting of the Essential Oil Desk Reference, (EODR), 5th Edition, since May of this year. Apparently, the agency is demanding editing changes before it will allow further publication. Anticipating the outcome, I can easily imagine how it might dilute and dis-empower the contents of this important text. Will there be anything of value left once they have put it through the proverbial FDA ringer and they are through “protecting” us?

The Book

This extraordinary book is central to the back bone of information resources used by those of us working with therapeutic grade essential oils and the particular blends created by Young Living. The text guides users to empower themselves and to learn to take better care of their health. From lifestyle management, to extensive documentation of essential oil research, to extraordinary detail on essential oil use and precautions, the EODR is the “bible” of therapeutic grade essential oil information.

Sick People in a Disease-Based Health Care System

If the FDA is truly concerned about our health, it might better spend its time by paying closer attention to the over use of pharmaceutical drugs and the dramatic increase of chronic disease in the United States. I offer some well known but disappointing statistics:

• Though americans spend more on a per capita basis than any other country in the world, the World Health Report finds that the United States Health Care system ranks 37th in efficacy compared to 191 other countries¹.
• The United States’ health care system by itself uses 33% of the drugs sold throughout the entire world. In 1997 alone, it spent $105.9 trillion dollars. Since that time, these numbers have been increasing ².
• A study printed in JAMA states that adverse drug reactions are a significant problem in the U.S.. The fourth (some sources quote sixth) leading cause of death in this country is attributed to pharmaceutical drugs and interactions of these drugs with other drugs. It conservatively estimates that in the United States over 2,216,000 serious adverse reactions to drugs occur in a given year resulting in 106,000 deaths not including statistics for those who never were admitted to a hospital³.

My own clinical experience involves the examination of new clients who come to me seeking help for serious chronic health conditions. Most have become sicker and sicker from poor lifestyle management and from having been prescribed multiple types of pharmaceutical medications that have increased their risk of adverse drug reactions, eventual medical emergencies, and even death. These individuals have been suffering from a disease-based system which, at current expense levels, though lucrative for the pharmaceutical companies, will break the bank as baby boomers become the largest aging population ever to place increasing needs on an already stressed health care system.

The FDA has not adequately reviewed the dangers of many pharmaceutical drugs or the increased risk of reactions caused by mixing multiple drugs or the association of drug usage with the development of chronic disease. Perhaps, given the challenge demonstrated by the statistics above, the FDA’s time and resources could be better spent.

Appropriate Lifestyle Management and Empowered Self Care Improve Health Outcomes

Clients come to our clinic looking for another answer. This answer is a path that gradually and safely leads them away from the need of most if not all of the drugs which have made them less well. There are so many wonderful stories of individuals who have completely recovered and become drug free through supportive therapies, proper lifestyle management, and empowering self-care.

One of the ways that I help clients heal is to instruct them in the use of therapeutic grade essential oils. In my opinion, studying the Essential Oil Desk Reference is one of the best ways that they can learn to take care of themselves and return to a better state of health.

Just as our clients are doing, I know you too strive to better understand the relationship between lifestyle management and good health. You may also be learning to appreciate the well-being that the use of essential oils can bring to you and your family. If I’m right, you likely understand the unique importance of the information found in the Essential Oil Desk Reference.

Relative Dangers

The FDA claims to want to get rid of dangerous information in the EODR allegedly because it fears that it may lead people astray or do them harm. But when was the last time you heard of someone dying from a therapeutic grade essential oil or improved lifestyle management? Probably never! More likely, I bet, you have heard of someone who has suffered a serious drug reaction. Understanding what brings better health is not a danger to our society but a much needed tonic for a sick, stressed health care system.

Why is it acceptable to allow over prescription of pharmaceutical drugs, that increases the rate of morbidity and death and increases the cost of health care? Why does the FDA, which was established to protect our health, block publishing of a natural essential oils and products text that empowers people to get well and may eventually cut the cost for expensive disease care?

Do you agree that the FDA’s position toward the necessity of revising this text seems unwarranted given the serious challenges we are facing in public health in the United States? Is it not a poor use of government resources dedicated to achieve a result that will only prove undesirable for the average citizen? Are the FDA’s actions actually motivated by a true concern over the effects that the EODR will have on the health of our population? Do you think this is truly the FDA’s top priority?

Would a New Party in the White House Improve the FDA’s Attitude?

Actually, I don’t believe that the FDA’s attitude toward the EODR is politically influenced. I don’t think its either a Democratic or Republican issue. I believe it is an economic, special interest issue. Historically, concerns associated with natural, self-empowered health care have often come up against the harsh scrutiny of the FDA. Why? I believe, as many do, that it is because of the powerful pharmaceutical lobby in this country. It appears to have the FDA in its pocket regardless of the political party currently in control.

So What Can We Do?

I can think of two possible avenues of recourse:

1. Become as healthy as you can by continuing to educate yourself in lifestyle management, nutrition, and essential oil products. If you are already ill, do your best to overcome that illness, even if someone has told you it is not possible. Be one of those people who never become an unhealthy statistic.
2. Contact your U.S. Senators and Representative to let them know how you feel. If you agree that your tax money is being poorly spent by the FDA when tampering with the EODR, let them know.

In this country you and your family have the right to obtain and eat healthy foods, live healthy lifestyles, and get the information you need to stay drug free to the best of your abilities but this right can be lost if you do not share your concerns with your elected representatives.

Contact them now!

I know I felt upset when I heard the news about the EODR. It’s easy to imagine sending out an irate email to my elected officials but I know when I contact my representative and senators that I need to be respectful and clear when expressing my concerns. Please do the same when you communicate with yours. Our opinions will be taken more seriously and we are more likely to make a positive impression. Focus on letting them know how the EODR has helped you and your family find better health.

Find Your U.S. Senators and Representative

Click here: Find your Senators
Click here: Find your Representative

Minnesota Senators’ email links (click their name to send them an email):

Amy Klobuchar
Al Franken

As always, please leave us your insights, advice, and reactions in the comments section below. If you have a model letter that you think might be helpful for others to copy you can leave it there as well.

• I have seen too many of my female patients resolve chronic conditions, most commonly painful fibrocystic breasts, when eliminating coffee from their diets. Recently, after one of my patients stopped drinking it, her chronic painful vulvitis (inflammation of the vulva) largely disappeared.

 

• A good night’s sleep is a blessing that unfortunately eludes many a coffee drinker. Perimenopausal and menopausal women seem especially susceptible. This may be related to a tendency toward heart arrhythmia or palpitations which occur in some individuals when they consume caffeine.

 

• I have also found that most of my patients who suffer from migraines do better without coffee.

 

One might wonder why these people reacted so negatively to their coffee. Was their brew somehow tainted by commercial agricultural or processing practices? Well, one would conclude otherwise since many had conscientiously chosen to focus their consumption on higher quality organic brands. Alternatively, one might ask whether each set of symptoms had been an allergic reaction mainly unique only to that individual unfortunate enough to have experienced them? Once again, many of these patients had been tested with Muscle Response Testing and other clinical and laboratory assessments to determine sensitivity and none were found to suffer from allergies to coffee. Finally, it would appear that their symptoms simply resulted from a direct inflammatory response produced in their tissues by the common every-day act of merely drinking a good cup of coffee.

“One Person’s Cure is Another Person’s Poison”

As one of my mentors has stated, “One person’s cure is another person’s poison.” So pay attention. If you decide to give coffee a try, take note of any changes in your health. If you start to feel worse after three weeks, realize that you are not one of those people who should be drinking coffee. If you already are a coffee lover and suffer health challenges, take a break from the brew for three weeks and see how you feel. Know that, if you add cream or milk, non dairy creamers, and or sugar or certain other sweeteners to your coffee, these ingredients could also cause health challenges, so test your coffee without them. Always remember that you and your physiology are unique! You need to listen to your body. It will tell you what to do.

While enjoying the fragrance of therapeutic grade essential oils, have you ever suddenly become aware of one of them calling out to you in such a fashion that you simply could not get enough of that particular oil? I bet this very moment you are shaking your head, “Yes!” So many of us have had this wonderful experience. From Frankincense to Helichrysum,  to Roman Chamomile to Copaiba, I have often experienced a “need” for a specific oil. Three weeks ago Nutmeg seemed to call out to me. As with the other oils I felt a delicious  attraction to the scent of the oil and began to carry it in my bag for use several times throughout the day.

Innate Wisdom – Human or Plant?

I have pondered this phenomena quite often as of late. Is it the wisdom of the oil calling out to us? Or, is it our own Innate Intelligence, God Within if you will, gently (well, most of the time) encouraging us to take advantage of something which is dearly needed in our cells for repair and rejuvenation? I believe both are occurring in a loving sacred dance between plant and human biochemistry. I believe every living thing is here on this planet to be in service to the Divine. The fragrance of the most active components of the plant wafts through the air to a very appreciative human nostril with its connection to a spectacular olfactory bulb. “Can I be helpful to you today?” the plant seems to ask. But our response is not just an experience of “smelling” and enjoyment of the odor of a group of compounds emitting from the essential oil of the plant. Like you, I have experienced, after intensely utilizing a specific oil for a period of time, that my Innate Intelligence senses when I am “replete.” Or, that I no longer need the higher levels of specific compounds in the chosen oil. Then, I will no longer experience the delicious attraction of the oil which I had previously felt, and it is returned for the time being to its special place on the shelf and no longer travels with me daily. The Innate Intelligence Within seems to know exactly when we have had enough and are ready to move on! It is pretty miraculous!

Mysterious Magical Compounds Greet the Human Nose

So with Nutmeg my Innate Intelligence Within had identified a need for a number of compounds called monoterpenes. Six of the seven main active compounds in nutmeg are monoterpenes. Monoterpenes are found in most oils and they play very important roles. It is interesting that monoterpenes generally do not majorly contribute to the scent of the oil. So in non therapeutic grade oils and perfumes monoterpenes may be removed. Yet they play very important roles therapeutically by helping to establish correct DNA expression and support the therapeutic talents of other components. These compounds also help to reduce any potential toxic effects of other stronger compounds in the oil. So my Innate is happy to have them there!

But my olfactory bulb was looking for a special phenol in Nutmeg, called Myristicine, to elicit that delicious intoxicating response.  Phenols are important compounds which, along with another type of compound called Sesquiterpenes, carry the scent or odor of the plant. But phenols also fight infections and cleanse receptor sites in our body’s physiology. Far from being just a pretty scent these compounds are performing very important actions for us all!

Special Support for Stressed Adrenal Glands

Many of us are currently being attracted to Nutmeg because of its adrenal cortex-like activity which helps us support our adrenal glands for additional energy, much needed during these special times. Nutmeg may help us avoid adrenal fatigue when the going gets a bit challenging. Whether its the monoterpenes or the phenols in Nutmeg the beautiful fragrance of Nutmeg elicited a powerful response from my brain drawing me to the oil for more intensive use. My adrenal glands are very thankful for the dance between my Innate Intelligence and the incredible Innate Wisdom of the healing oils of the nutmeg tree! You may  want to consider the warm and gently spicy, energizing nutmeg oil to support your health as we head into the autumn season.

I recently viewed Dr. Oz on his television program promoting 7-Keto DHEA as an abdominal weight loss supplement. I was very concerned that he was recommending this to several women on his program who were suffering from general and abdominal weight gain. They were obviously concerned about their conditions and were relying on him for safe, effective advice. I feel Dr. Oz was letting them down. He also was letting down the many individuals in the audience who suffered from the same condition.

7-Keto DHEA is a precursor hormone substance which can indeed increase body metabolism. Research on men is quite positive but research with women is not conclusive. There may be an androgenic (masculizing) effect on a woman when estrogen and/or progesterone levels are low in the body. It may help the woman put on muscle, but it may also cause secondary hair growth, acne, PCOS, excessive libido, increase Fibromyalgia symptoms in some, and cause irritable mood. This is particularly an issue if the woman has had a complete or even a partial hysterectomy or is in menopause. In other words it is a serious supplement which is utilized only after proper laboratory assessment and evaluation of current health status have been done. I did not hear Dr. Oz address the necessity of a proper laboratory assessment before going on such a powerful supplement. My concern is that women will rush to purchase these supplements without adequate knowledge of potential negative side effects that could have a powerful impact on their long term health.

Perhaps Dr. Oz was planning on having someone perform a complete examination with a proper blood work up prior to actually starting these women on the supplements recommended. But the program did not emphasize this. I have been a fan of Dr. Oz since he has brought a healthier approach to lifestyle to the mainstream public. In this case I have to give him a thumbs down! I am concerned that he has not done his homework on this issue! Research that is good for men is not necessarily good for women.