Fats; Friend or Foe
By: Clifford M. Sonnie, M.D.
Two physicians who did not know each other, both came up with a radical idea. While trying to treat their patients for two completely different problems both discovered that an all meat diet was the answer. What? An all meat diet? You mean eating fats? Unfortunately back in those days...
These Are a Few of My Favorite Herbs…
By: Clifford M. Sonnie M.D.
I know you have all enjoyed reading over the many articles about my opinion of pills. I don’t like them. But many times, they are a necessary evil. I much prefer whole foods, vitamins and minerals, and herbal products instead of traditional synthetic products. I also prefer a well-balanced...
FIGHT STRESS: BREATHE AND WALK
By: Clifford Sonnie, M.D., M.P.H.
Stress is probably the number one reason for any aliment in the human condition. It is how we handle stress that will ultimately determine how healthy we remain or become. In my clinic, I try to detoxify the body and replenish it with the needed supplements, hopefully replacing those...
HEART DISEASE AND CALCIUM! FRIEND OR FOE?
By Clifford M. Sonnie, M.D.
Nothing in this world is caused by one thing and one thing only. Anything from A to Z and beyond has more than one reason for happening. Likewise, in medicine and heart disease there...
HEAVY METALS. NOT JUST LOUD MUSIC
BY: Clifford Sonnie, M.D.
Toxic metals are toxic minerals. They are also called heavy metals. We are concerned with them because they can wriggle their way into our bodies and take the place of good minerals. How...
Maybe Winnie the Pooh Was on to Something?
By: Clifford M. Sonnie, M.D., M.P.H.
Without question, two of my favorite food toppings are honey and cinnamon. When I die, just smother me in that and throw me in the ground, because I will be a happy camper. I first remember my grandmother making all kinds of concoctions with honey and cinnamon. In fact, my brother...
“I’M TIRED. IT MUST BE MY THYROID! I CAN’T LOSE WEIGHT. IT MUST BE MY THYROID!”
By: Clifford Sonnie, M.D., M.P.H.
I hear this time and again in my clinic so I thought I’d write a bit about the thyroid. It is an endocrine organ (it makes hormones) in your neck. It has two lobes located on each side of the lower part of the neck and a piece of tissue connecting the two together. It collects iodine...
THE IRREPLACEABLE LIVER
By: Clifford M. Sonnie, M.D., M.P.H.
Ask anyone who has been to my clinic and they will tell you that I consider the GI tract and the Liver as the two most important organs in your body. If they don’t work, nothing works. Everyone at one time or another will be asked to do a liver cleanse. Now there are a bunch of them...
IBS Made Easy
By: Clifford M. Sonnie, M.D.
Today I’d like to talk about irritable bowel syndrome. I can’t tell you how many people have come into the office labeled with this condition. It is a very common condition in the United States. Statistics show 1 out of every 10 Americans has symptoms of IBS. In fact, it is the second...
IT DOESN’T LOOK SWOLLEN
By: CLIFFORD SONNIE, M.D., M.P.H.
I subscribe to a lot of medical journals. I was catching up on my reading this past weekend and something struck me. In almost every article some practitioner is touting that such and such herb or vitamin or whatever helped a certain condition. Well what hit me is that when you read the...
