The Most Important Key to Prevent Aging, Disease, and Death “Your life depends on glutathione. Without it, your cells would disintegrate from unrestrained oxidation, your body would have little resistance to bacteria, viruses and cancer, and your liver would shrivel up from the eventual accumulation of toxins.”  (from Glutathione: Essential Health Aid – Antioxidant. Immune […]

How to Get Off the Slippery Slope to Type II Diabetes Approximately 75 million people in North America suffer from Metabolic Syndrome (aka Syndrome X or insulin resistance syndrome), defined by the Mayo Clinic as “a cluster of conditions – increased blood pressure, a high blood sugar level, excess body fat around the waist and […]

Natural Prevention and Treatment of Influenza, Enterovirus, Ebola, and more Viral infections like the H1N1 ‘flu, bird ‘flu, West Nile virus, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), Ebola, Entero-virus D68, and many others are increasingly in the news these days. These reports are starting to terrify people who, because of media fear-mongering, then desperately resort to […]

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 shot right on air. A few days later, Piers developed a cough and hoarseness that could only be attributed to the shot he had recently received. Imagine that, getting 'flu […]

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 derivative known as N-A-C (N-Acetyl-Cysteine). Why underestimated? Well, even naturopaths seldom recommend it and most people who take natural supplements have never even heard of it. Yet, in some cases, […]

A LOOK AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S BIAS AGAINST NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS “Hello Mr. Flaherty: In Canada, Natural Health Products (NHP’s) are regulated as drugs (not food) and fall within your definition of drugs that are needed to deal with illness, disease or disability. Further, NHP’s are often prescribed by MD’s (i.e. iron NHP’s are widely […]

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 Pharma are expected to increase in the years to come, mostly as a result of growing public interest in alternatives to harmful chemicals and prescription drugs. Some of these are […]

(Updated January 15, 2023) So you think Tylenol is safe. Most of us have always assumed that Tylenol (acetaminophen) is the safest painkiller on the market.  After all, it is the number one drug used in the world. While it is usually effective for mild to moderate pain, its safety is somewhat of a myth. […]

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. the intestinal flora) make up 30% of the fecal mass. Some of these thousands of billions of bacteria are hostile and can cause disease, while many are friendly and have […]

Hello Dr. Rona, My doctor has just informed me that my white blood cell count has gradually dropped from a value of 4 to a value of 2.7 over the past 3 years. I’ve had chronic fatigue syndrome during the '90s, 3 minor strokes, and a heart attack in 2002, with heavy menstrual bleeding resulting […]

Editor’s Note: In the March 2010 issue of Vitality, we published part one of Dr. Rona’s series on Thyroid Health, which focused on causes and natural treatments for hypothyroidism. You can find part one posted on our website at https://vitalitymagazine.com/mar10_pg32feat Part II of this two-part series deals with thyroid imbalance rather than underactivity. Although less […]

Part One: The Underactive Thyroid The thyroid is a butterfly shaped gland situated in the neck and wrapped around the windpipe just below the Adam’s apple. It controls metabolism and virtually every aspect of health including weight, mood, energy and circulation. Damage to the thyroid can lead to underactivity (hypothyroidism), overactivity (hyperthyroidism), thyroid inflammation (thyroiditis) […]

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 a week and then comes back in two weeks or less. She just went through her menstrual last week and once again she got it. I read this is caused […]

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 that she was taking 14,000 iu of vitamin D a day. "There is no long-term evidence that it does not cause harm to the immune system…we don't know what blood […]

Dear Dr. Rona, I a frequent reader of Vitality Magazine and I always look forward to your column. I have some questions about Natural Human Growth Hormones. What are they and how safe are they? I'm 47 and have just started feeling the onset of menopause. Is this something that could help me? I'm only […]

Dear Dr Rona, Is there a naturopathic treatment for chlamydia pneumoniae?  I have been using Dr. Sherry Rogers' protocol in the Cholesterol Hoax, which involves azithromycin for a five day period, twice a month for a six month period. It does not seem to be working for me, so I was wondering if you could […]