DEAR DR. GOTT: I feel sorry for you. Doesn't your wife (if you even have one) make homemade banana bread? The ingredients include flour, and it is delicious. Does your wife know how to bake? I bet you won't print this letter.
I think doctors make too much of everything. My advice to you is to go out and have fun.
DEAR READER: Because I don't have to diet, I'll continue to have fun and eat banana bread.
DEAR DR. GOTT: After reading your article about soap for leg cramps, I tried it, and it works wonderfully. It also helps my other aches and pains. I wear knee-length stockings and put a piece of soap in each stocking sometimes for 24 hours a day.
After walking with a cane for over two years, I tried the 8-ounce cup of purple grape juice with 1 tablespoon liquid Certo. In two weeks, my balance improved, my walk steadied, and I haven't needed my cane for over a year. I can get out more, and, at 75 years old, I need all the help I can get.
DEAR READER: Your complimentary letter is similar to the hundreds I have received that confirm the effectiveness of Certo/grape juice in treating arthritis pain and the success of soap therapy for nocturnal leg cramps.
Thus far, I have had little success in determining how these therapies work, but no matter. They are safe, cheap and effective.
To give you related information, I am sending you a copy of my Health Report "Understanding Osteoarthritis." Other readers who would like a copy should send a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope and $2 to Newsletter, PO Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092. Be sure to mention the title.
DEAR DR. GOTT: I am a 78-year-old diabetic. I have been using Vick VapoRub on my toenails with great success for fungus. I also read where cinnamon is good to use for high blood pressure and to lower cholesterol. I have been using cinnamon with some success. Also, I have read that a mix of 2/3 cup grape juice, 1/3 cup apple juice and 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar was good for acid reflux. I had complicated gallbladder surgery last year, which has left me with many digestive problems. Is there truth in these remedies, and are they all safe to use?
DEAR READER: These alternative therapies are safe and cheap. Vicks is especially useful, as you have discovered yourself. My experience with cinnamon's effectiveness is mixed. Some readers have touted its ability to lower blood sugar, as well, but again, results vary dramatically. The word on the grape juice/apple juice/apple-cider vinegar combo is not yet in. If you choose to use it, please report back to me so I can pass your experience on to other readers.
To give you related information, I am sending you a copy of my newly updated Health Report "Hiatal Hernia, Indigestion and Acid Reflux." Other readers who would like a copy should send a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope $2 to Newsletter, PO Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092. Be sure to mention the title.
I think doctors make too much of everything. My advice to you is to go out and have fun.
DEAR READER: Because I don't have to diet, I'll continue to have fun and eat banana bread.
DEAR DR. GOTT: After reading your article about soap for leg cramps, I tried it, and it works wonderfully. It also helps my other aches and pains. I wear knee-length stockings and put a piece of soap in each stocking sometimes for 24 hours a day.
After walking with a cane for over two years, I tried the 8-ounce cup of purple grape juice with 1 tablespoon liquid Certo. In two weeks, my balance improved, my walk steadied, and I haven't needed my cane for over a year. I can get out more, and, at 75 years old, I need all the help I can get.
DEAR READER: Your complimentary letter is similar to the hundreds I have received that confirm the effectiveness of Certo/grape juice in treating arthritis pain and the success of soap therapy for nocturnal leg cramps.
Thus far, I have had little success in determining how these therapies work, but no matter. They are safe, cheap and effective.
To give you related information, I am sending you a copy of my Health Report "Understanding Osteoarthritis." Other readers who would like a copy should send a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope and $2 to Newsletter, PO Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092. Be sure to mention the title.
DEAR DR. GOTT: I am a 78-year-old diabetic. I have been using Vick VapoRub on my toenails with great success for fungus. I also read where cinnamon is good to use for high blood pressure and to lower cholesterol. I have been using cinnamon with some success. Also, I have read that a mix of 2/3 cup grape juice, 1/3 cup apple juice and 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar was good for acid reflux. I had complicated gallbladder surgery last year, which has left me with many digestive problems. Is there truth in these remedies, and are they all safe to use?
DEAR READER: These alternative therapies are safe and cheap. Vicks is especially useful, as you have discovered yourself. My experience with cinnamon's effectiveness is mixed. Some readers have touted its ability to lower blood sugar, as well, but again, results vary dramatically. The word on the grape juice/apple juice/apple-cider vinegar combo is not yet in. If you choose to use it, please report back to me so I can pass your experience on to other readers.
To give you related information, I am sending you a copy of my newly updated Health Report "Hiatal Hernia, Indigestion and Acid Reflux." Other readers who would like a copy should send a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope $2 to Newsletter, PO Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092. Be sure to mention the title.