The incidence of celiac disease has increased from 1 in 500 fifty years ago to 1 in 133 today. This is certainly not a change ...
Did your great, great Uncle Wilbur die of "apoplexy?" That is what we call a stroke today. Diseases of the past were the same ...
Health care costs and insurance costs are on the rise. What can you do to control and limit the affects on you and your family...
In a few short days, California will be voting on Proposition 37, which requires retail food items made with, or containing, ge...
My new program, Personal Ownership With Envisioned Results (POWER), focuses the individual on accepting personal responsibility...
Redox signaling molecules are the greatest breakthrough in health care that I have seen....
“Selling You” on Cellular Health - (Nothing Could Sound More Boring, Yet Nothing Is More Important!)...
How can you develop the sometimes hidden athlete within and why does it matter?...
No matter what some doctors may tell you, fibromyalgia isn't "all in your head." Read all about this increasingly common autoi...
This doctor suggests that cancer treatments that are effective are trashed and called quackery in the United States....
In this time of financial uncertainty and turmoil, will it not serve us well to focus on ways to become and stay healthy?...
What if you experimented with a product, found it could not harm anyone, and it produced breathtakingly incredible results in p...
Many patients suffer needlessly because they have refused to make simple changes in their diets....
Recently a number of protests were held across the United States, demanding that genetically modified foods be identified as su...
My patient was in agony, several times a day, with acrid bitter fumes rising in her esophagus. ...
For those who have faithfully and diligently made the effort to get their weight under control, with no positive response, HCG ...
It’s time to truly make some significant changes....
Learning how to recognize stress and de-stress our lives will benefit us healthwise and ensure a much more pleasant, relaxed Ch...
An LDS doctor who specializes in nutrition, tells why he believes soy is problematic....
If you want proof that fast food isn't good for you, check out a fast food burger that was purchased in 1996....
Our standard American diet has created a nation of sick, pained and fat people. There’s a better way. ...
Statins or no statins? Dr. Gardner gives an opinion that may be different than what you’ve heard....
When Meridian writer Kathy Kidd tried a month-long experiment in healthy eating, she found some drawbacks. Dr. Gardner tells h...
How come other people seem to cut out a little bit and drop pounds easily, while you struggle, strain, workout, starve yourself...
A lady came to my office a few weeks ago, frustrated because she had been working out at least an hour a day with a trainer, ea...
Why are we fat? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see where the dots connect....
The excess weight you wrestle with is a burden that extends far beyond physical discomfort. It is an indicator of other burden...
In this series of articles about obesity, Dr. Gardner explains how obesity happens; why losing weight is seemingly easy for som...
I am concerned that it has become too easy to discard past wisdom in favor of the latest pharmaceutical patent-even when that d...
Fat recommendations changed some forty years ago with no scientific background, creating an experiment on the American public w...
Dr. Gardner cites studies to explain his concern about taking blood pressure medications....
Are supplements really necessary or are can you get everything you need from the food you eat?...
To assume that if we get sick, there will be a drug or a surgery to "fix" us, may be lulling ourselves into a false sense of se...
Dr. Gardner writes, "I am adamantly opposed to the swine flu vaccine, and am convinced that getting a vaccination against swine...
There are evil and conspiring intentions afoot: regarding our food supply, the air, land, and water that surround us - and the ...
Here are 10 simple, no-cost prescriptions you can apply immediately....
Eating refined sugar negatively impacts our bodies in more ways than we know....
Recent articles on Meridian about the dangers of sugar struck a nerve. Sugar pervades our lives, infiltrates our food supply, ...
The field of women's health is filled with mixed messages and confusion, but in this case what you don't know can hurt you....
Appeasing your sweet tooth with a sugar substitute may cause weight gain....
Readers have written, pleading for help with their sugar addictions....
We eat it every day. Even when we try to avoid it, it sneaks into our food without our knowledge. How is sugar undermining ou...
Here's a heads up on what causes devastating headaches and what to do about them....
There is compelling evidence to suggest that some standard approaches of Western medicine may be hazardous to our health....
Patients who are fearful, anxious, worried about life, in pain, are not breathing correctly, and their breathing problems contr...
It's time not only to "talk the talk", but to "walk the walk," because highly healthy humans move....
Healthy people think healthy. They act healthy. They do healthy things. They understand and apply the power of their thoughts. ...
In today's environment, nutritional supplements are more important than ever. Here is a list of supplements you should conside...
There are reasons behind why people get sick and why they get well. Healthy people share certain things in common - things tha...
The same abnormal immune response that creates allergies may also cause autoimmune disease, recurrent infections, or cancer. Ev...
Because our mind is so powerful, we can bring about much of what we would like to see happen in our lives. Our attitude has a ...
Cells, and the objects of which the cells are comprised, while seemingly impermeable, are capable of storing memory. What doe...
All healing takes place at the energy level. Energy is all around us, and it works for us (or against us) even if we don't noti...
What is energy? Where does it come from? How does it diminish or grow? Are there ways to increase our energy? And as we get old...
If you have ever wanted to know the difference between traditional medicine and alternative medical practices, here is a handy ...
Here is a prescription that won't cost you a cent, but that will improve your day and could even save your life....
Are we eating, or are we gorging ourselves? Here are ways to make sure our bodies get what they need, rather than too much of a...
It took us more than a month to purchase our first beautiful, red tomato from the store, and upon tasting it, we almost spit it...
There is no doubt that we live in a world full of toxic substances. It is my observation that these substances are having a pro...
Author Karol Truman shares a thought-provoking idea that those who have dowager's humps have "carried the weight of the world o...
The diagnosis of diabetes does not magically happen overnight. It is a process that the body goes through as it compensates for...
Current medical thinking is that if cholesterol levels fall, then those with the lower levels should live the longest. So why d...
Everyone is familiar with pain, but how do you stop it?...
Statins decrease heart disease, but NOT because they reduce cholesterol levels. In fact, there is very little relationship betw...
I do not believe it is possible to "run and not be weary" if we are unable to run in the first place. It is not possible to "wa...
Although the implications of poor sleep are not well studied and understood, there are a few clear relationships between lack o...
Should you get into taking mineral supplements for your health? Dr. Gardner gives you a rundown on the different minerals and w...
Carbs and diets, theories and counter-theories-what's a person to do about healthy eating--especially in light of the Word of W...
Dr. Gardner writes, "Twenty-five years ago I set up practice and told my patients what I had been taught in medical school-that...
In our quest to learn how to become healthier, there will be many different perspectives on health and its elements. Let the Sp...
It seems like we are told these days that almost every food is bad for us. What is left for us to eat?...
Dr. Gardner responds to various and sundry questions about health products and a healthy you....
We heard for years that water is the best fluid to drink for health, but why?...
Stan gets personal and answers some of your specific questions about healthy living....
Now that Dr. Gardner has tackled carbs, he's moved on to fats. Not to worry, fat it turns out, is essential to good health....
It is my observation that at least 80% of the health problems in America are related to diet. I will even go so far as to say t...
An apple a day just doesn't seem to cut it anymore for maintaining one's health. Dr. Gardner lays out a model for health and ex...
Medical school for me was an adventure of discovery. I learned a great deal in a relatively short period of time. My perspect...
If we are to be a healthy people, we must focus on and fill our lives with what the Lord has prescribed (or "ordained for the c...
