Planet Thrive

Recent Articles

• Mercury in fish

  Dear Dr. Rea, For those with MCS, which fish is okay to eat that doesn't contain much mercury? Are cod, haddock and tinned tuna okay to eat? Thanks....

• Bene’s Battle Is Not Yet Over

  Bene Barrymore, a senior who should be enjoying a comfortable retirement, is instead appealing to her community to help her repair her car so she can seek safe shelter before pe...

• Loss of taste under the 3 main protocol herbs

  Dear Stephen, One month after starting the herbs I lost all taste over a period of three days, however I have been feeling so much better after taking the herbs even for this sh...

• All Natural Foods

  Factory food manufacturers have figured out that slapping an "all natural" claim onto their processed, chemically-altered food products results in increased sales. Consumers, it...

• Full Signal

  A new hour-long documentary explores the emerging global effects of cellular technology and the link between finance and health....

• Interview with Laurie Tümer, MCS Landlord

  The owner of Eco-Casitas for Traveling Canaries in Espanola, New Mexico shares tips for running your own MCS guest house....

• Chemically Sensitive Artist Reveals Pesticide Trail

  An interview with fine art photographer Laurie Tümer about her illuminating body of work....

• Oregon grape root

  Dear Stephen, I have read that Oregon Grape Root is not to be taken long term. Some say no longer than a few weeks. Am I to be concerned with long term use?...

• Embracing a Terminal Illness

  Fred Lanphear shares how his recent diagnosis of Lou Gehrig’s Disease brought a beautiful opportunity of growth to the Songaia Cohousing Community, which he cofounded....

• When Doctors Have Nightmares

  Ever wonder what doctors have nightmares about? Perhaps it's about giant bottles of vitamins stealing their patients! Vitamins, you see, help keep people healthy and prevent dis...

• Sleeping on Wool Felts

  Eliana Jantz, bed designer and founder of Shepherd's Dream, is now forming a felting collective in Montague, California to focus on wool felts as the perfect sleep system....

• Hand tremors

  Dear Stephen, Are there any additional herbs, tinctures, or treatments that can stop hand tremors from Lyme? Anxiety makes them worse, but the tremors are always present except ...

• Temple Grandin: Innovator, Activist, Autistic

  On Feb 6th HBO will air an original film starring Claire Danes based on the true story of Temple Grandin, a highly successful doctor of animal sciences and an internationally re...

• Seeking Participants for MCS Work Study

  MCS researcher Pamela Reed Gibson, PhD and her team at James Madison University are seeking participants for a new study of persons with chemical sensitivities in the workplace....