For 5,000 years, many cultures and herbalists around the world have been using aloe vera as a primary medicinal plant. King Solomon used it as his favorite laxative. Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine 2,400 years ago, used at least 14 different medicine formulas containing aloe. Alexander the Great conquered an island in order to…

What are the types of sinus infections? There are several causes for sinus infections. It could be viral, bacterial, fungal or the most prevalent one, mixed. If it becomes a chronic infection most probably it is mixed.  A study conducted at the Mayo Clinic and published in 1999 found that 96% of chronic sinusitis patients…

Sinus infection causes are a simple chain of events that lead to an over production of bacteria in the nasal passages. The nasal passages can become constricted and swollen due to colds or even allergies. When a person has a cold, the post nasal drip causes the nasal passages to become inflamed and mucus is…

Early biologists categorized all of life as either plant or animal. Then they discovered fungi, which sometimes look like tiny mushrooms under a microscope. Fungi neither move for their food, like animals, nor do they gather energy from the sun, like plants. Fungi generate an amazing array of enzymes to dissolve dead or dying plant…

Humans have survived over 2 million years in a sea of infections because of our active immune system.  The immune system consists of roughly 20 trillion cells that roam the body looking for villains.  Recognize “self” from “non-self”.  70% of the immune system surrounds the gut, hence gut health is crucial for immune health.  This…

The definition of a pandemic is “disease prevalent over a country or the world”.  Pan American Airline flew around the world until their collapse in 1991.  We were told that millions would die in America alone from Covid unless something drastic was done.  As of this writing, there have been 9.1 million cases and 472,000…

Humans have survived over 2 million years in a sea of infections because of our active immune system.  The immune system consists of roughly 20 trillion cells that roam the body looking for villains.  Recognize “self” from “non-self”.  70% of the immune system surrounds the gut, hence gut health is crucial for immune health.  This…

For people who have been troubled with post nasal drip and sinus problems for years, there are other techniques that can accelerate the recovery process from chronic sinusitis. Eat Less Sugar Yeast feeds on sugar. The sugar in our diet feeds yeast in the gut, which generates acetaldehyde and other toxic by-products of yeast metabolism.…