Category: Health Tips

Research has shown that exposing sliced white button mushrooms to direct sunlight before cooking dramatically increases their vitamin D2 content because UV-B light converts ergosterol in mushrooms into vitamin D2. Slicing the mushrooms first increases the exposed surface area, making the process more effective.

One well-known study found that just 15 minutes of midday sun significantly increased vitamin D2 to levels comparable to fatty fish (about 704 IU per 100 g of fresh mushrooms&). Other studies have reported even larger increases depending on sunlight intensity and exposure conditions.

Dr. Derrick Lonsdale is a name most patients have never heard, but his decades of work on thiamine deficiency changed how I evaluate a specific cluster of symptoms.

Thiamine, vitamin B1, is a cofactor for enzymes central to how your cells produce ATP through the citric acid cycle. Classic thiamine deficiency is beriberi, which most doctors were trained to picture as a historical disease. Lonsdale’s clinical work documented a subtler pattern: fatigue, gut motility problems, dizziness on standing, and autonomic symptoms that don’t fit neatly into a beriberi diagnosis but respond to thiamine repletion.

This overlaps heavily with what gets labeled dysautonomia or POTS in younger patients. Racing heart on standing. Gut that slows to a crawl. Brain fog that’s hard to describe.
High-carbohydrate, low-thiamine diets, chronic alcohol use, and gut absorption issues can all deplete thiamine status, and standard bloodwork rarely catches it because serum thiamine isn’t a reliable marker of tissue-level deficiency.

I want to be direct about where the evidence stands. This is not as extensively validated in large human trials. It’s clinical pattern recognition built over decades, and I treat it that way, not as settled science.

But when a patient has cycled through cardiology, GI, and neurology with no answers, thiamine status is one of the places I look next.

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Research: Lonsdale D. “Thiamine and magnesium deficiencies: keys to disease.” Med Hypotheses. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Lonsdale+thiamine+deficiency+dysautonomia

A new peer reviewed paper is drawing attention in the world of cancer research by exploring whether existing, low-cost drugs could have roles in future cancer therapies. It comes from one of the world’s highly credentialed and accomplished critical care physicians, Dr. Paul Marik.

Published in the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, the paper titled ‘Targeting the Mitochondrial-Stem Cell Connection in Cancer Treatment: A Hybrid Orthomolecular Protocol’ was authored by researchers including Ilyes Baghli, Pierrick Martinez, and Dr. Paul Marik, along with other collaborators.

The paper examines a combination approach involving repurposed medications such as ivermectin, mebendazole, and fenbendazole, alongside nutritional and metabolic strategies. The authors explore the idea that targeting cancer metabolism, mitochondrial function, inflammation, and cancer stem cell pathways may offer new avenues for treatment.

Instead of developing entirely new medicines from scratch, researchers are investigating whether existing medications, already known in other medical contexts, may have overlooked anti-cancer properties.

The next important step would be rigorous human studies to determine whether these approaches actually improve outcomes for patients.

The future of cancer care will depend not only on discovering new treatments, but also on having the curiosity and scientific rigor to explore unconventional possibilities while following the evidence. Sadly, the pharmaceutical industry may frown upon such methods as they are cheap and highly accessible.

I am guessing that of the people who actually read my posts there are probably a fair percentage of people who think I have been banging on about the ongoing harms to 40 different systems of the human body from the spike protein that the Covid jab gets the body to create but I assure you, that comes from much more medically credentialed persons than myself. I am merely the messenger.

What’s more I have collected a large number of those published articles and put them on this page: https://www.healthelicious.com.au/NutriBlast-Anti-Spike.html I strongly urge you to inform yourself on the subject. Hopefully that will inspire you to take action as Mick did. His story hit my email inbox on the 10th July 2026. I share it with you as received:

Hi Tom,

I’ve been on the Anti-spike blend since May 30th and finished my second tub yesterday July 8. I’ve been taking it along with the Heart and mitochondria blend and many things turned on and turned off, including: blurred vision and a slight headache, flushes, sneezing and runny nose and eyes watering.

One day while out walking I felt like I had lead boots on

At various periods I had more energy and vitality.

I had red flushes on elbows and knees and phenomena with my ears popping, which abated and noise also turned off.

I had loose stools, lots of liquid.

I found I could handle wind better (gas) and am no longer troubled by it.

There were times when I had bags of energy.

Before I started the regimen I found myself puffing and panting walking up a hill.

Last night I went for a walk and on the way back I walked up a steep flight of steps followed by a steep bank and when I got back home I realised there had been no puffing and panting, which there had been previously.

A neighbour remarked the other day how fit I was. He had seen me out walking.

Sometimes I’d encounter a slight dizziness if I exerted myself too much. This is no longer the case.

I now have much more energy and feel like I am rejuvenated.

Before I started I weighed 61K and ended on 60.2K.

I never had any co*id shots but see how you can be affected by it anyway.

I would recommend these products to anyone.

Best,

Mick.

1. Apple cider vinegar in water before meals flattens the spike by 30%
2. Walk 10 minutes after eating – beats every glucose supplement
3. Berberine from goldenseal or barberry – dubbed “nature’s Ozempic”
4. Cinnamon on everything – drops fasting glucose measurably
5. Eat protein and fat before carbs – changes the whole meal’s response
6. Fenugreek seeds soaked overnight – used traditionally, now studied
7. Green banana flour in smoothies – resistant starch flattens glucose
8. Magnesium before bed – fasting blood sugar drops by morning
9. Chromium from broccoli – helps insulin work better
10. Cut seed oils – insulin resistance drops in 30 days
11. Stop fruit juice, eat the fruit – completely different metabolic effect.

Simon Mills, one of the world’s leading experts on herbal and natural medicine, reveals the five natural remedies that modern medicine has overlooked. In this conversation, he explains how simple herbs and spices like ginger, cinnamon, garlic, and peppermint can strengthen your immune system, reduce inflammation, and help your body heal naturally.

He also discusses the truth about antibiotics, the rise of antibiotic resistance, and why we need to rediscover the natural medicines that have worked for thousands of years.

A thumb sized piece of grated fresh ginger with cinnamon verum for colds.

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• Taking magnesium 30 to 60 minutes before bed strengthens your body’s natural sleep signal and helps you fall asleep faster
• Magnesium supports calming brain chemicals and melatonin, which helps quiet a “busy mind” and stabilize your sleep cycle
• Low magnesium levels are common and leave your nervous system stuck in an overstimulated state that disrupts deep sleep
• Using magnesium at the same time each night trains your brain to expect sleep, making your bedtime routine more effective
• Pairing proper magnesium timing with consistent daily habits like morning light exposure and a regular bedtime improves how well you sleep and how rested you feel

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2026/06/20/best-time-to-take-magnesium.aspx