Eat All the (Dark)Chocolate You Want

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

 Chocolate is one of those foods that few people would do without.  In America, we rank about 20^th in the world in pounds eaten per year, at about 9 lbs. per person, per year.  The Swiss rank number one in the world and eat about 20 lbs. per year.  I’m pretty sure I fit in with the Swiss more than most Americans. Chocolate is just a good part of a healthy diet if you choose your chocolate correctly.   

Obviously, most candy is nothing but sugar and generally not what we look to eat regularly or in any serious amounts. Sugar in general is just not healthy and most candy is just that, not healthy.

Why so Many Meds?

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Medication use as we age will likely increase to some degree. The older we get, the more things that can go wrong with our bodies. The problem is that it is getting out of control compared to years ago.

The New York Times reports that the average person in their mid to late 60’s today is taking 15 prescription medications per year! That doesn’t even count the over-the-counter medications many are adding.

In 2016, 75% of people over the age of 50 were taking at least one prescription regularly. Today more than 80% are taking two, and 50% are taking 4 or more regularly.

From 1988 to 2010, adults over 65 doubled the prescriptions they took regularly from two to four. The proportion taking 5 or more tripled in the same time frame. Yet the health of seniors overall is declining

Pandemic Fear Mongering

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The fear in this “pandemic” is like nothing I’ve ever seen. The breadth and depth of the strategies used to stoke these fears is insane. Emergency use orders, mask mandates, stay at home orders, arresting pastors for holding church services are all part of the mass propaganda narrative. All of this over a disease with a survival rate over 99%.

“It bears repeating that a review of literature by respected Stanford University professor of medicine and epidemiology, John Ioannidis, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO), found the infection fatality rate for Covid-19 as of September 2020, was 0.23%!”, Says Dr. Mercola. In people younger than 70 years it was much lower. This rate is determined by dividing total deaths by total cases.

Sleep: Do You Get Enough?

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When is the last time you got a full eight hours of sleep? Have you been conditioned to think getting a full night’s sleep is not that necessary? When I asked one patient about his sleep habits he said, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead!” Prophetically, a lack of sleep will get you there more quickly.

It is estimated that 40% of Americans do not get proper sleep time. Many get less than five hours per night. Even the CDC has stated that a lack of sleep is a public health epidemic. Improper sleep habits are linked to a wide variety of health problems. Tired drivers are as dangerous as drunk drivers. By lacking sleep, you are risking far more than accidents, you are affecting your entire health picture.

Colloidal Silver: A Natural Infection Fighter

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For thousands of years health care practitioners and health minded people have been using the health benefits of silver to treat a myriad of human ailments. The ancient Phoenicians understood that keeping water, wine and vinegar in silver lined vessels maintained the freshness of each. Silver is a germicide and a disinfectant. It is a natural antibiotic, anti-viral and anti-fungal agent. The only problem is that our wonderful government agency, the FDA, does not agree. They decided in 1999 that all colloidal silver products sold over the counter are unsafe and mislabeled. They state they are unaware of any evidence to support its use for any serious disease. [www.FDA.gov/ohrms/dockets/98f/081799a.txt]

NEW!! COVID survival rates soar

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I’ve gone an entire month without writing on this plague we are living, but that ends this week. This is not going to be a long article, and that is on purpose. I want you to ruminate on a few simple numbers.

The vaccination push is getting totally heavy handed. Your right to choose your own medical treatment is being squashed. Vaccine passports to do virtually anything are coming. All of this is based on what data? Absolutely none that shows its necessity!

Posture Pointers - part 2

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In the last article we looked at what issues negatively affect general posture, from heredity to cell phone use, and how to improve general posture in a daily routine.

In this, the second part of the series, we are going to investigate good sitting posture and effective standing posture.

Sitting posture is very important for the spinal discs. Your body literally starts to shut down specific parts of the brain related to muscle tone, cognitive awareness and breathing, the longer you stay sitting in one position. This process starts at about 15-30 minutes of sitting.  Sitting also puts 13 times more compressive force on the low back discs than any other position.

Look at your own posture when sitting at a computer for a length of time. We start out upright and alert, but before an hour has passed, we are slouching and distracted, right?