2008 was a great year for Optimal Health. Here’s the annual recap and most memorable posts of the year:

• I started the year off with a cracked tooth, infection, and subsequent root canal. I called it an instantaneous perspective creator. No way anything could get worse than that–no writers’ strike, no election results, no recession, nothing.

• Montel Williams plugged chiropractic. So did MMA champ, Jake Shields. And Dancing with the Stars Champ, Emit Smith. As did the prez, Barack Obama.

• We were all saddened by Heath Ledger’s death.

• The flu vaccine was exposed as the farce I’ve always known it to be. More here pertaining to the elderly. And here pertaining to kids.

• Antidepressants were exposed, too. Risky, very risky.

• Vaccinations became mandatory in many places–New Jersey, France, and Belgium to name a few.

• Vitamin D was found to have many benefits and supplementation touted.

• Water drinkers were called suckers!

• More on the Cannabis wars. Surprising since weed has been dubbed “benign” by science. Nevertheless, moral majorists warned of increased potency.

• Lots of info on statins–the “best-selling drugs of all time.” More, please.

• We did, however, discuss natural ways to increase “good” cholesterol.

• We also discussed “burnt tongue syndrome.” Might be tied to vitamin B deficiency.

• Dede, the Tree Man. Nuff said.

• My daughter, Violet, was born.

• Elections in November: Barack Obama and Prop 8.

My favorite health story: Guerrilla Gardening

The story that pissed me off the most: American Academy of Pediatrics recommending statins for children. Idiots.

Most hysterical: Pregnant Man!

Least hysterical: Mandated flu vaccines in New Jersey.

Thank you for tuning in to Optimal Health in 2008. I suspect 2009 will bring lots of more interesting news and information in the world of health, so keep coming back to your premier source of health news and information…with a twist! Happy New Year.