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No, Homeopathic Remedies are NOT Illegal!

February 20, 2018 By Will Falconer, DVM 17 Comments

The Hype, the Confusion, and the Reality

This came in from my recent survey while finalizing my upcoming Rabies Course:

Recently I read that the US FDA has declared homeopathic remedies “illegal.” Are rabies remedies (lyssin) and nosodes out of the question now?

You may have been reading some scary verbiage about homeopathy lately. One irresponsibly splashed headline, unabashedly looking for clicks (and subsequent subscribers and supplement sales, wink, wink) read:

FDA Declares Homeopathic Drugs Illegal¹

Shame on you, Dr. Mercola. Nothing of the sort happened. [Read more…] about No, Homeopathic Remedies are NOT Illegal!

Local Food, Seasons, and Innate Intelligence

December 20, 2017 By Will Falconer, DVM 2 Comments

Seasons Affect Appetites, Local Food & Choices

Maybe you’ve experienced this: Winter’s coming, and salads and cold foods like ice cream or cucumbers have really lost their appeal. And the local food available at the farmer’s market shifts.

As the days get shorter and cooler, I start craving more dense foods, like almond butter, fresh roasted peanuts, and melted cheese.

It sure seems there’s an innate intelligence at work in seasonal cravings and aversions. And what grows near you might just be the smartest food to choose for you and your pets, season by season. [Read more…] about Local Food, Seasons, and Innate Intelligence

Beware the N Word

October 8, 2017 By Will Falconer, DVM 11 Comments

Your Goal: Vital Animals!

You’ve got animals. You want them to be vital animals. So that they enjoy a long, healthy life with you, free of the burdens of disease, but so much more than that. You want them to be full of balanced energy, bright eyed, responsive, and have the remarkable “glow” that really healthy, vital animals have.

Those are the animals that smell fresh all the time (without bathing) and are a pleasure to pet and even massage, they feel so good to your touch. There’s a special vibrancy and attractiveness in a vital animal. Everyone wants to stop and say hi and pet these guys.

Your vital animals respond appropriately to things like wounds: they just heal up, without you having to do much to help. [Read more…] about Beware the N Word

Fast Diarrhea Relief!! Metronidazole: Seeing Past the Research

September 17, 2017 By Will Falconer, DVM 18 Comments

Damn the Casualties, We Want a Fast Fix!

There’s a new treatment to beware of. It typifies that short-sightedness of conventional medicine that brings a flame thrower to a bothersome mosquito problem.

Just as antibiotics are the most mis-prescribed and over-prescribed class of drugs in people and pets…

At least 30 percent of antibiotics prescribed in the United States are unnecessary, according to new data published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)1

… so, too, is Flagyl, aka metronidazole.

I frequently hear its use from many clients and from many who read and comment on this blog.

Flagyl’s claim to fame is “fixing” diarrhea.

And it does, sort of.

But like with all antibiotics, at a cost to your animal that you’ll want to be aware of. [Read more…] about Fast Diarrhea Relief!! Metronidazole: Seeing Past the Research