dr. zoltan rona
Insomnia Cures: Natural Remedies to Help You Fall Asleep Faster
(Originally published in 2020; Updated in March 2025) When I entered medical practice in 1978, there was no such thing as a Sleep Disorder Clinic....
Top 12 Beauty Nutrients for Skin Repair and Anti-Aging
There are many definitions of beauty, but what this article will deal with is the beauty that comes from the optimum health of one’s skin....
Aspirin – The Controversy and 10 Best Natural Alternatives
I was recently surprised to read an article by Dr. Joseph Mercola who was singing the praises of acetylsalicylic acid, also known as aspirin. It...
How to Survive Western Medicine: 20 Supplements That Repair Damage Caused by Medications
Before you read the rest of this article, know that the use of prescribed drugs can be life-saving or highly beneficial on a short-term basis....
Best Natural Treatments for Heartburn, GERD, and Indigestion
By now, most of you are aware of the horrors of the drug epidemic that is causing thousands to die each year as a direct...
Natural Alternatives to Cortisone and Prednisone: Drug-free Strategies to Clear Inflammation
The massive heart attack which took the life of former finance minister, Jim Flaherty, on April 10, 2014 brought renewed public attention to the potential...
Ask the Doctor – Arthritis, ADHD, and Truvada
Should Arthritis Sufferers Avoid Gluten and Citrus? (Re: September 2016 article Arthritis, Osteo versus Rheumatoid – and the Best Natural Treatments for Both) Dear Dr. Rona:...
Top 10 Nutrients For The Holiday Season
Every year around the holidays, your social calendar fills up and you’re tempted to eat and drink indiscriminately away from home. Office parties and family...
Ask the Doctor – On Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Dry Eye
Dear Doctor Rona: About 8 months ago, my aunt developed symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis with swelling and stiffness in her hands, knees, and feet. Over...
Ask The Doctor: Elderly Woman Can’t Sleep
Dear Doctor Rona, Let me start by saying that your articles are my favourite thing in Vitality magazine. It is valuable and rare to have...
MY TOP 10 IMMUNE BOOSTING SUPPLEMENTS
In January of 2013, Dr. Oz of TV fame (not to be confused with the Wizard of Oz) gave Piers Morgan of CNN a ‘flu...
The Amazing Benefits of N-A-C (N-Acetyl-Cysteine)
One of the most underestimated and under-utilized natural food supplements I have recommended to my patients over the past 35 years is an amino acid...
Vitamin Controversy
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE RESEARCH AND PROPAGANDA Attacks on the natural health care industry are accelerating. In fact, these attacks by government and Big...
In Praise of Probiotics – Good Bacteria are Your Belly’s Best Friends
Updated November 1st, 2021 Over 400 species of bacteria weighing almost 4 pounds (1.5 kilos) inhabit the digestive tracts of healthy humans. Live bacteria (a.k.a....
Ask the Doctor – Irregular Periods
Hello, Doctor! I have a 12-year-old daughter who got her first menstrual period two months ago. She is very irregular and her period stops for...
Ask the Doctor – Vitamin D and MS
Dear Dr. Rona: “Oh God, no” was the response when a young friend of mine told a doctor at Toronto St. Michael’s Hospital MS clinic...
