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AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P1 High blood pressure: when drugs do more harm than good By Robyn Chuter, Naturopath and Counsellor

Having high blood pressure is a big to suffer the specified side effect. For My parents were never told that their deal. According to the massive, long- example, an NNH of 100 means that for Western-style diet, high in animal flesh running and ongoing Global Burden every 100 people taking the drug, one and dairy products, was impairing their of Disease study, – the will experience the adverse reaction. endothelial function and hence raising medical term for elevated blood pressure their blood pressure and cardiovascular NNHs at 10 years for antihypertensive – is the leading risk factor contributing risk [endothelium is the lining of an ]. drugs in this low-risk group of mild hyper- to the burden of disease in the world, tensives were: Although my mother was counselled across both developed and developing • – 41 to lower her salt intake, she wasn’t told countries. • Syncope – 35 that 80% of the sodium consumed by High blood pressure also kills: it’s • Electrolyte abnormalities – 111 Australians is contained in processed the leading cause of death in the world. • Acute kidney injury – 91. foods, rather than being added during cooking or at the dinner table. So she That’s a lot of people suffering dizziness, The definition of ‘high blood pressure’ might wrongly believed that throwing away fainting, messed-up blood chemistry and surprise you: your risk of cardiovascular the salt shaker would protect her from kidney damage, for no good reason. disease starts rising once your systolic excess sodium. pressure gets above 115 mm Hg [mercury], The study describes just one type of harm Neither of my parents was told about or your diastolic above 75 mm Hg. – an increased risk of adverse reaction. the benefits of exercise or mindfulness/ Borrowing from Catholic theology, I call So it’s no surprise that blood pres- meditation practices for lowering blood this a ‘sin of commission’ – an action sure-lowering medications, or anti- pressure. hypertensives, are one of the most taken by a medical profession that causes commonly-prescribed drugs in Australia, harm to the patient. My mother, a chronic insomniac, was never told just how badly sleep and indeed in most Westernised However, there is a second type of harm deprivation impacts on blood pressure, countries, and that doctors are quick to which results from prescribing drugs nor was she given effective advice on prescribe them when they identify high for a condition that is mostly caused by improving her sleep quality. blood pressure. lifestyle factors – a ‘sin of omission’ in But a study published in JAMA which the professional fails to disclose Instead of accurate and empowering Internal Medicine, October 2018, vital information to the patient. information about their condition and the daily lifestyle choices they could have confirms previous research that A bit of background. I come from a family made to ameliorate it, they were given informs clinical practice guidelines of hypertensives. Both my late father and the usual explanations for their condition, in the UK: people with mild hyper- my mother (now 86) were on blood pres- which in my opinion are simply excuses: tension (untreated blood pressure sure-lowering medications from quite of 140/90 – 159/99 mm Hg) who early ages; my mother in her late 30s and High blood pressure is genetic (but twin don’t have other risk factors for car- my father in his 40s. studies show that only 30 – 50% of the diovascular disease, do not benefit variance in blood pressure readings is Over the years, I watched both my by taking blood pressure-lowering related to our genetic inheritance, with parents’ various and sundry doctors medication, and are at risk of being environmental factors – chiefly lifestyle fiddle with their medications – adding harmed by it. [JAMA is Journal of the choices – accounting for the remainder); American Medical Association.] additional drugs, increasing dosages, swapping one drug for another – without It’s normal for blood pressure to go up The study followed over 19,000 people ever bringing the blood pressure of either with age (It’s not – in cultures in which with mild hypertension (Stage 1) and no one into a normal, healthy range. salt intake is low, such as Papuan history of (CVD) highlanders and Yanomamo Indians, What was the outcome of this intensive or CVD risk factors for an average of 5.8 hypertension is non-existent and the drugging? My father developed type years. The researchers did not find any blood pressure of elders is the same as 2 diabetes – a condition which two of evidence that blood pressure-lowering in the young). medications reduced the risk of developing the blood pressure drugs that he took, cardiovascular disease or of dying. thiazide diuretics and beta blockers, are And, of course, my parents were told suspected to raise its risk – and died of a that they would have to take their blood On the other hand, the drugs resulted in a heart attack. My mother’s blood pressure pressure drugs for the rest of their lives. range of adverse reactions (‘side effects’) averages an eye-popping 180/100, This kind of prescribing amounts to including excessively low blood pressure despite her religiously taking three anti- writing a permission slip – a free pass (hypotension), syncope (fainting, hypertensive medications daily. which can lead to head injury and bone for sick people to continue the diet and fractures), electrolyte abnormalities and But in the nearly five decades since my lifestyle habits that made them sick acute kidney injury. mother was first prescribed blood pres- in the first place. At the same time, it sure-lowering medications, and in the perpetuates the myth that artificially The researchers calculated the risk of three decades that my father lived after lowering blood pressure, using drugs suffering these side effects through his first antihypertensive prescription, not that interfere with various regulatory an extremely useful measure called a single doctor ever sat either of them mechanisms in the body, provides the ‘number needed to harm’, or NNH. NNH down and explained the real causes of same protection against cardiovascular essentially describes how many people high blood pressure and what they could disease that people with naturally low have to take the drug for one person do about them. blood pressure enjoy.

P2 | True Natural Health AUTUMN 2019 The study in JAMA Internal Medicine clearly demonstrates that people with Home Remedies That May Help blood pressure up to 160/100, but without other cardiovascular risk factors, do not benefit from being on blood Treat High Blood Pressure pressure medication. While those with By Dr Joseph Mercola severe hypertension (160/100 or above) do experience some reduction in cardio- and overall mortality risk, Lifestyle changes and anti-hyperten- Cardamom – A 2009 study published they would obviously benefit even more sive drugs are not our only means of in the Indian Journal of Biochemis- from a comprehensive Lifestyle Medicine normalising high blood pressure. A try and Biophysics, found that three approach incorporating diet, exercise, variety of natural remedies can help grams of cardamom powder given sleep and mindfulness practices. manage hypertension safely. for 12 weeks significantly decreased systolic and diastolic pressures, Robyn Chuter BHSc(Hons), ND, without any side effects. GDCouns is an ASLM-certified ALL-NATURAL HOME Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner, REMEDIES Celery seed – is also used in traditional Chinese medicine for naturopath, nutritionist, counsellor ome of the most common natural S hypertension. It may help reduce both and EFT therapist practising on remedies that may be useful for systolic and diastolic blood pressure. the Gold Coast in Queensland. managing high blood pressure include: She offers in-person, online and Cat’s Claw – also long been used in Basil – contains the chemical telephone consultations. For more traditional Chinese medicine to help , which may prevent certain information, visit Robyn’s website: eugenol lower blood pressure by blocking substances from tightening the blood www.empowertotalhealth.com.au, calcium channels. call Robyn on 02 8521 7374 or email vessels. However, its anti-hyperten- sive effect is only brief. French lavender – The extract may [email protected]. help lower blood pressure by blocking Garlic – has long been used for calcium channels. If you have high blood pressure or cardiovascular conditions. A are worried that you might be 2008 study published in the Other natural remedies that may taking drugs that incur more Annals of Pharmacotherapy help control hypertension include risks than benefits, you can shows that garlic may help radish, sesame, pomegranate, kudzu, apply to Robyn for a ‘Roadmap reduce systolic and diastolic tomato, black plum and Camellia to Optimal Health’ consultation, blood pressure by up to 16.3 mm Hg sinensis tea. and have her guidance to take and 9.3 mm Hg, respectively. the pressure down. CONSULT A Ginger – Research shows that the PRACTITIONER crude extract of ginger may help lower blood pressures by blocking certain Before using these natural remedies, calcium channels. be sure to consult a practitioner. It’s possible for some of them to interfere Flax seeds – Research suggests with medications you may be taking, that consuming 30 to 50 grams of or they might cause undesirable side whole flax seeds every day for more effects if consumed in large amounts. Two types blood than 12 weeks may help reduce blood pressure levels, especially diastolic pressure drugs blood pressure. REFERENCES increase diabetes Flax seeds also help reduce the risk for Detailed references are given by Dr by increasing glucose Mercola. They are available from the Two groups of drugs designed to lower tolerance and acting as an antioxidant. Natural Health Society on request. blood pressure have been found to increase the risk of diabetes. They are Hawthorn – Has a long history as ACKNOWLEDGEMENT beta blockers and diuretics. a remedy for high blood pressure in traditional Chinese medicine. Its Abridged from an enewsletter by It’s been suspected for nearly 50 years beneficial effects are said to be due Dr Mercola, 16th December 2018, that antihypertensives lower a person’s to its oligomeric proanthocyanidins, entitled, ‘High Blood Pressure glucose tolerance levels, and this was which provide potent antioxidant Remedies’, articles.mercola.com/ confirmed in 2007 by researchers at effects. high-blood-pressure/remedies.aspx Rush Medical College in Chicago. On the other hand, two other types of blood pressure drugs – ACE inhibitors and angiotensin-receptor blockers – are known to reduce the risk. (Source: The Lancet, 2007; 369: 201-7).

AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P3 Nine suggestions for reducing stress in our lives

By Ellaine Castillo Ensure adequate sleep. To feel more yourself and focus on the present moment relaxed, people need to have seven to so that you don’t become overwhelmed of Natural News nine hours of sleep a night. Reduce the with whatever worries you may have. If If you’ve been getting sick for no apparent time you waste trying to get to sleep by you don’t have much time to spare for a reason, you may be suffering from chronic following a bedtime routine, lowering the full-blown meditation session, you could stress. temperature of the bedroom or your body, go for just five minutes of the ‘4-7-8’ Most people are so used to being stressed blocking out light and/or drinking a cup of breathing practice, in which you inhale for that they don’t think about doing anything chamomile tea in the evening. four counts, hold for seven and exhale for to address it. Failing to achieve low stress Relax and recharge. If work or school eight. levels can interfere with the different has been too stressful, try to get away for Read books. Instead of checking social functions of the body and increase a break before the stress begins to affect media or playing smart phone games, the risk of problems such as insomnia, your health. It doesn’t need to be a long which can only stress you further, read a depression, eating disorders, colds and and expensive vacation – just put some good book. This can help you relax and heart conditions. distance between you and your sources of keep your mind off other things. Here are some ideas for reducing the stress. As the saying goes, ‘out of sight Acquire a pet. Pets are great companions. stress in your life. and out of mind’. By just petting or walking a pet or two, you Share your feelings. Instead of keeping Exercise. Physical activity triggers the reduce your stress levels. If you don’t want your feelings bottled up, share them with at release of feel-good hormones including to commit to a pet, you can volunteer at a least one person whom you trust, whether endorphins that can do wonders to local animal welfare organisation or go to it be a friend, family member or therapist. alleviate the stress you’re feeling. Take parks where you may be able to play with They might be able to come up with a walk past nice scenery so that you other people’s pets. solutions to your problems so that you feel can think about something else or do Sources include: challenging workouts so that your mind less stressed. Even if they don’t, simply Arthritis-Health.com will be fully occupied with the effort. having someone listen to your worries can PsychologyToday.com Take up a hobby. Gardening, playing lift a huge burden off your chest [this is EatingWell.com what counsellors do]. musical instruments, making a scrapbook Keep eating healthily. Many people and painting are great for keeping your Abridged and edited from a Natural th tend to eat their way through stress, and mind off things. Hobbies also give you News enewsletter, 18 December often opt for processed foods that are a sense of accomplishment that can 2018. Published under Mike Adams rich in sugar, calories and other unhealthy motivate you to face your challenges. generous policy for not-for-profit ingredients, and, worse, deep-fried. Foods Meditate. With everything going on organisations. like fruit, vegetables and nuts can help around you, it might be a bit difficult to be ease stress levels. relaxed. Meditating will help you ground

140 mm Hg, the marker for the start of pressure, and the evidence was especially Exercise as good as hypertension. “compelling” for exercise that combined endurance – such as walking, jogging drugs for lowering Exercise targets systolic pressure (the or cycling – with dynamic resistance first number) which records the highest blood pressure training, which includes strength training pressure in the . with dumb-bells or kettle bells. It’s an important discovery because anti- The researchers warn against abandoning By Bryan Hubbard, WDDTY journalist hypertensive prescriptions have increased anti-hypertensives for exercise just yet, by 50 percent in the past decade, and Regular exercise can be as effective especially because people are notoriously this is likely to escalate further since the as medications for lowering high blood bad at adhering to exercise programs or threshold for hypertension has recently pressure. going to the gym. been lowered to 130 mm Hg systolic. Researchers found that different types (Source: British Journal of Sports Researchers at the London School of of structured exercise – ranging from Medicine, 2018; doi: 10.1136/bjsports- Economics and Political Science looked endurance to resistance activities – were 2018-099921) at structured exercise and its impact on as powerful as drugs for lowering blood high blood pressure. Abridged from an item written pressure, and they became even more by Bryan Hubbard and published in effective for people who had the highest All the structured exercise plans were as an enewsletter from What Doctors levels, which was anything above systolic effective as drugs for lowering high blood Don’t Tell You, 8th January 2019

P4 | True Natural Health AUTUMN 2019 THE ‘POWER OF EIGHT’ Intention Masterclass 2019 By Lynne McTaggart of WDDTY, 8th December 2018

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entire year under my ongoing supervision. Enewsletter: inquiries As you know, Bryan and I are hard-nosed [email protected] journalists, who take nothing at face value. You meet with your ‘intention family’ In WDDTY, before writing about any regularly via Skype or Zoom and watch alternative or conventional treatment, we the miracles unfold. [Lynne’s Masterclasses want to see the proof. commenced in February 2019, When we’ve monitored Masterclass so by the time this magazine is That’s why I set up the ‘Intention members who attend these sessions released, it will be too late to join Experiment’ in 2007 – to test the power of religiously, close to 100 per cent get a 2019 class. However, readers thoughts, with a group of scientists from positive results: physical healings, dream could inquire about later courses – prestigious universities like Princeton and jobs, financial windfalls, healed lives. Editor] Penn State and thousands of readers I’ve amassed solid evidence of the power around the globe as the intenders. you hold inside you to heal and be healed. In the 33 experiments I’ve run, 29 have Now all you need to do is to learn how to shown positive, mostly significant results unleash it for yourself! – for everything from making seeds grow faster, to lowering violence in a war-torn area to healing someone of PTSD. But the biggest surprise was to come in 2008, when I started creating Power of Eight groups in my workshops. I was shocked when people with long- standing conditions reported instant, near-miraculous healings. I’ve recorded hundreds, if not thousands, of these instantaneous ‘miracles’. Partici- pants have healed long-standing serious health conditions. They’ve mended estranged relationships. They’ve cast off workaday jobs in favour of careers that were more adventurous or fulfilling. There are major brain changes during group intention And now, there’s a scientific reason why. Neuroscientists at Life University in Atlanta, USA, the world’s largest and most prestigious chiropractic university, who are carrying out ongoing studies of the groups, concluded: Power of Eight techniques in a group create major brain changes in partici- pants – a sense of oneness, bliss and contentment – leading the way for a profound life-long transformation. So now’s your chance to experience these life-long transformations for yourself. Just once a year, I offer intensive teaching on the keys to successful intention and the Power of Eight during a single, year-long Power of Eight Masterclass.

AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P5 One in four Australians are lonely – which affects their physical and mental health

By Michelle H. Lim, Clinical Psychologist

One in four Australians are lonely, our new on particular mental health and wellbeing We know that predictors of loneliness can report has found, and it’s not just a problem indicators. include genetics, brain functioning, mental among older Australians – it affects both (Though it’s unclear whether this is the health, physical health, community, work genders and almost all age groups. case for adults over 75, as few participants and social factors. And we know predictors can differ between groups – for example, The ‘Australian Loneliness Report’, released in our study were aged in the late 70s and young versus old. today by my colleagues and I at the Australian over). Psychological Society and Swinburne Younger adults, on the other hand, reported University, found that one in two (50.5%) significantly more social anxiety than older THERE ARE SOME Australians feel lonely for at least one day in Australians. THINGS WE CAN DO IN a week, while more than one in four (27.6%) The evidence outlining the negative feel lonely for three or more days. effects of loneliness on physical health THE MEANTIME. Our results come from a survey of 1,678 is also growing. Past research has found We need a campaign to end loneliness Australians across the nation. We used a loneliness increases the likelihood of an for all Australians. Campaigns can raise comprehensive measure of loneliness to earlier death by 26% and has negative awareness, reduce stigma and empower assess how it relates to mental health and consequences on the health of your heart, not just the lonely person but also those physical health outcomes. your sleep and levels of . around them. Our study adds to this body of research, Loneliness campaigns have been success- We found that nearly 55% of the finding people with higher rates of loneliness fully piloted in the UK and Denmark. These population feel they lack companionship are more likely to have more headaches, campaigns don’t just raise awareness of at least sometimes. Perhaps unsurpris- stomach problems and physical pain. This loneliness; they also empower lonely and ingly, Australians who are married or in a is not surprising as loneliness is associated un-lonely people to change their social de-facto relationship are the least lonely. with increased inflammatory responses. behaviours. While Australians in general are reasonably A great example of action arising from connected to their friends and families, they increased awareness comes from the don’t have the same relationships with their WHAT CAN WE DO Royal College of General Practitioners, neighbours. Almost half Australians (47%) ABOUT IT? which developed action plans to assist reported not having neighbours to call on Researchers are just beginning to lonely patients presenting in primary care. for help, which suggests many of us feel understand the detrimental effects of The College encouraged GPs to tackle disengaged in our neighbourhoods. loneliness on our health, social lives and loneliness with more than just medicine; communities, but many people – including it prompted them to ask ‘What matters to service providers – remain unaware. There the lonely person?’ rather than ‘What is the IMPACT ON MENTAL AND are no guidelines or training for service matter with the lonely person?’. PHYSICAL HEALTH providers. Australia lags behind other countries, Lonely Australians, when compared with So, even caring and highly trained staff but loneliness is on the agenda. Multiple their less lonely counterparts, reported at emergency departments may trivialise Australian organisations have come higher social anxiety and depression, the needs of lonely people who present together after identifying a need to generate poorer psychological health and quality of repeatedly and direct them to resources Australian-specific data and increase life, and fewer meaningful relationships and that aren’t right for them. advocacy and to develop an awareness campaign. But only significant, sustained social interactions. Increasing awareness, formalised training government investment and bipartisan Loneliness increases a person’s likelihood and policies are all steps in the right support will ensure this promising work of experiencing depression by 15% and direction to reduce this poor care. the likelihood of social anxiety by 13%. results in better outcomes for lonely For some people, simple solutions such Australians. People who are lonelier also report being as joining shared interest groups (such as more socially anxious during social interac- book clubs) or shared experienced groups Michelle H Lim is Senior Lecturer tions. (such as bereavement or carers groups) and Clinical Psychologist, Swinburne This fits with previous research, including may help alleviate their loneliness. University of Technology, which is a member of The Conversation AU. a study of more than 1,000 Americans But for others, there are more barriers to which found that lonelier people reported Reproduced from THE CONVERSA- overcome, such as stigma, discrimination th more severe social anxiety, depression and poverty. TION, 9 November 2018 and paranoia when followed up after three The Conversation is an antidote months. Many community programs and social services focus on improving wellbeing and to alternative facts, bringing you Interestingly, Australians over 65 were quality of life for lonely people. By tackling analysis and research from real less lonely, less socially anxious and less loneliness, they may also improve the experts. We are a not-for-profit depressed than younger Australians. health of Australians. But without rigorous charity that relies on the support of This is consistent with previous studies evaluation of these health outcomes, it’s our readers. that show that older people fare better difficult to determine their impact.

P6 | True Natural Health AUTUMN 2019 How dogs understand our communication

By Dr Karen Shaw Becker

SUMMARY DOGS’ BRAINS APPEAR infant, but only if we convey the intention of communication, which suggests A new study of how dogs interpret human TO HAVE A REPRE- they’re quite tuned in to our communica- words suggests they’re able to make SENTATION FOR THE tive signals.5 connections between objects and the WORDS THEY HAVE How dogs have developed such strong words we call them. BEEN TAUGHT responsiveness to human gestures could Past studies show dogs listen not only to be simply that they spend a lot of time “Dogs may have varying capacity and around humans, or that they have quickly what we say, but how we say it – our tone motivation for learning and understand- of voice. learned that paying close attention might ing human words,” Berns says, “but they get them rewards (like food). While words are the preferred form of appear to have a [brain cell] representa- communication for humans, our dogs tion for the meaning of words they have may pay more attention to our posture, been taught, beyond just a low-level HOW DOES YOUR DOG gestures and eye contact – perhaps Pavlovian response.” COMMUNICATE WITH because they often use body language to Roughly translated, this means: This study communicate with us. shows that dogs do indeed seem able to YOU? form mental pictures that correspond to While we humans use speech as a primary form of communicating, your dog The never-ending quest to learn what words they’ve been taught. So the dog in my earlier example, when asked about her may ‘talk’ to you using different forms of makes canine companions tick has communication, including tail movements. produced a new study of dogs’ under- bunny, actually sees her toy in her head when she hears the word “bunny”. Dogs display submission by tucking in standing of human words, or, more their tails and lying on their backs. They specifically, the connections they make display dominance by staring, raising their between objects and the words we assign DOGS LISTEN NOT ONLY fur and baring their teeth. to them.1 Let’s say your dog’s favourite toy is a small stuffed bunny. Whenever you TO WHAT WE SAY, BUT Further, dogs tend to wag their tails ask, “Where’s bunny?” your dog cocks HOW WE SAY IT to the right side when they encounter her head and moves in the direction of her something pleasant (like their owners). A 2016 study concluded that our When they see something threatening, for toy basket. four-legged friends are listening not only 3 example a strange dog exhibiting dominant What, exactly, is he/she responding to? Is to what we say, but also how we say it. behaviours, they wag more to the left side.6 your tone of voice telling her something When you praise your dog, her brain’s good might be about to happen? Or reward centre perks up if your words Certain species of canines also use their does she actually form a mental image of match your tone of voice. These findings eyes to communicate, and the fact that her fuzzy pink bunny? This is the kind of suggest the ability to process words your dog will make direct eye contact may evolved much earlier than was originally be one important feature that distinguishes question researchers at Emory University 7 set out to answer. thought. him/her from wild dogs or wolves. According to Phys.org: Despite the fervent belief of many dog SOURCES AND parents that their pet knows the meaning “It shows that if an environment is rich in of certain words, there’s no real science speech, as is the case of family dogs, word REFERENCES to confirm it. According to Dr Gregory meaning representations can arise in the 1 Frontiers in Neuroscience, October 15, Berns, senior author of the study and a brain, even in a non-primate mammal that 2018 dog lover: is not able to speak.”4 2 Emory University, eScience Commons, “We know that dogs have the capacity October 15, 2018 to process at least some aspects of 3 Science. 2016 Sep 2;353(6303):1030- human language, since they can learn DOGS ALSO TUNE IN 1032 to follow verbal commands. Previous TO OUR POSTURE, 4, Phys.org, August 30, 2016 research, however, suggests dogs may GESTURES AND EYE 5 Curr Biol. 2012 Feb 7;22(3):209-12. rely on many other cues to follow a verbal 6 Curr Biol, Volume 23, Issue 22, command, such as gaze, gestures and CONTACT Despite your dog’s ability to understand 2279-2282, 31 October 2013 even emotional expressions from their 7 Curr Biol. 2003 Apr 29;13(9):763-6. owners.”2 some of the words you say, there may be more effective ways to communicate with him/her, such as visually. Your posture, Abridged and edited from an enews item, gestures and eye contact can speak dated 16th January 2019, by Dr Karen volumes, and your dog may pay attention Shaw Becker, integrative wellness vet- to these cues closely. In fact, dogs can erinarian of Chicago USA. Email drkaren- follow our gaze much like a 6-month-old [email protected]

AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P7 Why I don’t donate to WHY THERE’S cancer charities NO SUCH THING

A blog by Lynne McTaggart of WDDTY AS A SAFE DRUG

I won’t be participating in a Moonwalk for States they’ve been put in jail or forced to breast cancer. Across the world people practise overseas. By Bryan Hubbard, journalist rd are lining up to do the Walk the Walk Here’s what I propose as an alternative to with WDDTY, 23 August 2018 Moonwalk – in May in the UK and in a Moonwalk: November in New York. The adverts have A midnight boycott march against been making the battle cry, firing up the There’s no such thing as a pink army troops: “For together, we will prescribed female hormones of every safe drug as researchers have beat breast cancer.” variety. One major reason that breast cancer is so common is The Pill and HRT. discovered after uncovering During these events, hundreds of Just say no to them until the government ‘hundreds’ of unexpected side thousands of women will be showing up finally tells the whole truth about these effects to most pharmaceutical in parks across America and Britain on a drugs: besides giving you cancer, they drugs on the market today. Saturday at midnight in their pink bras, and make many women and depressed. marching, arms linked, in the moonlight in For example, the anti-epilepsy drug, There are plenty of safer alternatives to carbamazepine (Tegretol), almost the great conviction that they are doing birth control or hormone regulation. something meaningful and important in the doubles the risk for coronary artery fight against this great woman killer. A boycott on breast implants. They’re disease, something that wasn’t known still lying about the dangers of silicone, We too would very much like to support until researchers from the Brigham which has finally been shown to migrate and Women’s Hospital in Boston, the sisterhood and beat breast cancer. throughout the body. One in eight women gets breast cancer, USA, used computer modelling to which translates into nearly a quarter of Donate your charity money to discover side effects to 900 drugs a million cases this year in the US alone. alternative cancer organisations like passed as safe and effective by the One in six women who has breast cancer People Against Cancer (peopleagainst- US drug regulator, the Food and Drug dies from it. cancer.com) or Cancer Active (www.can- Administration (FDA). ceractive.com). Both provide exhaustive The thing is, I won’t be out there in my information about alternatives with solid The modelling exposed the flaw in the pink bra for one simple reason: the main evidence that they work. ‘one-disease, one-target approach’ to ‘charities’ that benefit from the Moonwalk drug development and use. funds are part of the reason we’re not Boycott processed foods, including beating breast cancer. ‘free-from’ foods and so-called ‘natural’ Most drugs bind to a diseased flavours. Most of these foods are high in protein target, but they can also The American Cancer Society and Cancer chemicals and omega-6 fatty acids, which interfere with unintended targets Research UK receive a good deal of their can cause inflammation and eventually and biological processes. “The great funds from the pharmaceutical industry – cancer. majority of drugs are not unique to and the pharmaceutical industry is mainly Eat organic. In terms of cancer the single target for which they’ve interested, not in vanquishing cancer, but been developed. They may have many in selling ever more expensive types of treatments, many simple plant foods off-target effects – some potentially chemotherapy. They, the Food and Drug leave chemotherapy and other ‘heroic’ beneficial and some adverse,” said Administration (populated with ex-Big drug-based treatments in the dust. lead researcher, Joseph Loscalzo. Pharma employees) and the government Talk up alternative medicine as a together form an effective blockade against campaign issue. Exhort governments To discover the drugs’ side effects, any promising new cancer treatments. to stop demonising homeopathy and other the researchers built a ‘human protein Ask Frank Wiewal about moonwalks. alternative treatments as ‘unscientific.’ map’ based on data from 220 million Frank started People Against Cancer to Even the National Cancer Institute labelled patients and the impact they had help people find promising alternative a study of homeopathic treatments for specifically on coronary artery treatments after his father-in-law died from cancer used in India as “promising”. disease. cancer – not because he wasn’t success- Demand that the good ol’ boys These unexpected side effects can fully beating his disease, but because the from Big Pharma and Big Food that explain why new drugs that show US government outlawed the promising populate the FDA and the Centers for treatment that was working for him. As a promise in animal studies fail when Disease Control be fired and replaced tested on people, the researchers say. result, the father-in-law died. by truly independent bodies which will Or ask my husband, Bryan Hubbard. An watch the public’s back when it comes to (Source: Nature Communications, alternative cancer specialist in the UK suc- drugs. Those two agencies probably kill 2018; 9: 2691; doi: 10.1038/ cessfully reversed his mother’s end-stage more people than ISIS ever will. s41467-018-05116-5) breast cancer, and she lived on for many It’s time to realise that despite all the more years. The doctor had successfully good intentions and rationales and prettily treated thousands of others, and offered to turned phrases, the current blasting- show the medical authorities his treatment burning paradigm for treating cancer just protocols. The response was not just doesn’t work. And once we all admit that, silence – but threats to shut him down. we can all start walking forward. Most alternative cancer specialists have Abridged from a blog by the natural been harassed by the UK General Medical health-oriented Lyn McTaggart of Council or forcibly retired. In the United WDDTY, posted 19th January 2019

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As the temperature begins to drop, so routine accordingly. Embrace the fresh can our motivation to keep active. It’s air and work outside whenever you important to keep momentum going can – but accept the fact that some during the cooler months or it will workouts may need to be indoors or be harder to get back on track come perhaps it’s time to join a new gym! spring! Follow these three simple Early bird gets the worm – autumn tricks from Hopewood lifestyle Ingredients to stay motivated and achieve your Incorporating an exercise routine is goals! key when transitioning from warmer 500 gm Asian noodles (vermicelli) to colder months. As the days get 2 cups broccoli florets Mindfulness – A change of season shorter, and it becomes darker in is a good time to regroup, refocus the early evening, don’t leave your 2 cups carrots, sliced into matchsticks and set some new goals. Recognise, exercise until later in the day and risk 1 cup zucchini, sliced into 1 cm pieces reflect and appreciate what you have feeling demotivated. Get up early and 2 cups mushrooms, sliced achieved (or perhaps didn’t quite get workout. 2 cups cabbage, coarsely chopped around to achieving during the summer 3 garlic cloves, crushed months) and aim to kick new goals this A healthy diet is also essential to autumn. good digestion and keeping fit, and 4 – 5 shallots, cut into diagonals maintaining energy levels is just 1 tbsp miso paste Accept and adapt – The harsh reality as important when the weather is is that after autumn, comes winter. It’s becoming cooler. Here’s a vibrant, 1 – 2 cups vegetable paste important to accept the colder months quick and easy recipe to get you 4 tbsp tamari and shorter days and adapt your started! Method • Boil plenty of water for the noodles. • Stir-fry broccoli, carrots and zucchini in small amount of stock or water Hopewood’s industry-leading – until tender, but still crisp. You can purchase the book directly natural health wisdom and • Remove from pan. fabulous vegetarian cuisine at www.hopewoodlifestyle.com.au • Repeat process with mushrooms and is available in lifestyle – cabbage. Hopewood’s recipe for wellbeing. This beautiful ‘coffee • Add to broccoli, carrots and zucchini – keep warm. table’ styled 270+ page book will help kick-start your health journey • Stir-fry garlic and shallots in the this year and keep you on track. remaining water. • Mix together miso paste, stock and Lifestyle includes over 100 tamari. mouth-wateringly delicious, • Put noodles in boiling water to cook incredibly healthy and easy- (only for a couple of minutes). to-prepare vegetarian recipes accompanied with wonderful • Add garlic and shallots to the mix and heat until boiling. photography, inspirational ideas and lifestyle wisdom. Topics • Stir all vegetables through and re-heat. include eating for preventive • Strain noodles and combine all health, stress and weight ingredients. management, nurturing your body • Serve immediately. and connecting with nature.

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CHEWING OF FOOD: is that our intestines are relatively long in worse, some entering the bloodstream if relation to body size. A carnivore has a there is ‘leaky gut’. This can be a major How important is chewing relatively short intestine so that when the problem and can lead to bothersome Qin the process of digestion and in animal protein is digested, the residue is illnesses. expelled before it has time to putrefy. In our getting full nutrition from our Chewing benefits weight loss. The longer our long intestine, the digested animal food? – R. B., Warrimoo NSW we chew, the longer it will take us to finish protein has a long way to travel before it a meal, and, as research shows, the less There is an adage: ‘Grandma is expelled from the rectum, which allows we will eat. said that we need to chew every time for putrefaction to occur. Unless A mouthful 26 times’. Obviously the flesh food is balanced by a large lot So grandma was right – we need to chew not literal advice, but it is expressing a of vegetables, the result may eventually our food thoroughly, especially our plant concept – a concept that is right on. be the all too common colitis, ulcerative foods. Further, we do far better if we stick colitis and/or bowel cancer. Animal foods and plant foods have to the plant-based foods for which our bodies are designed, rather than trying to different chewing requirements. Have you Putrefaction can lead in the short term emulate carnivorous animals. ever noticed how a dog can gulp down to gas, bloating, diarrhoea, constipa- large chunks of meat without chewing – tion, abdominal pain, cramping and other whereas, a cow chews and chews and digestive problems. ARSENIC IN RICE: chews and then follows with regurgitating I have discovered that there and even more chewing. Saliva contains the digestive enzyme for starch, ptyalin, so the longer you chew, Q is arsenic in rice. I feel Both of these are doing as nature the more time these enzymes have to start alarmed and hope that you can intended. breaking down the starch in grains, beans discover the facts. – J. McK., email and nuts. Meat, cheese and eggs don’t contain indi- Studies have found significant gestible cell walls (fibre), so the digestive Lubricated with saliva, small bits of levels of arsenic in rice, whether juices are able to ‘attack’ large chunks of food move easily down the throat and A white, brown, wild or organic. these foods relatively easily. digestive tract. The smaller the bits, the Some types of rice have more arsenic more effectively our enzymes can digest than others and there are steps we can But plant foods contain indigestible cell them and the more nutrients our small take to protect ourselves and our families walls (we have no digestive enzymes for intestine can absorb from them. If there is from harm. A key recommendation is to fibre), so this creates a completely different any doubt about adequate enzymes, it is have a wide variety of foods, including a chewing requirement. We humans, being worth trying taking an enzyme supplement wide variety of grains, not just rice. designed as plant eaters, need to break (this does wonders for me). up large chunks of plant foods almost to a Helpful information is available from puree so that the friendly gut bacteria can If we don’t chew our food thoroughly, the Food Revolution Network (https:// get at them. These bacteria – Lactoba- some may remain undigested, possibly foodrevolution.org/blog/arsenic-in-rice/) cillus, Bifidobacterium and many others leading to gas and bloating or, much – digest the cell walls in order to release the nutrients contained within them. Very thorough chewing will even break open numerous cells. Either way, we gain the nutrition which, without adequate chewing, would remain locked up inside the plant cells – and end up in the toilet. The two chews and a swallow habit doesn’t work. Back to animal foods, which are mostly protein and fat. The acid needed for the digestion of protein is about 10 times weaker in we humans than in dogs and other carnivores, which means that, while they can digest large chunks, we can’t. If we do eat meat, cheese or eggs, we still need to chew sufficiently enough to break the food into small pieces. One of the qualities of being a plant eater,

P10 | True Natural Health AUTUMN 2019 What is arsenic? In the US, arsenic-based pesticides were above the level for inorganic arsenic set heavily used for decades, before being by the European Union for infants and Arsenic is naturally present in the Earth’s banned. Because inorganic arsenic can children. crust and is found in soil, water, plants persist in the soil indefinitely, American- In the US just one serving of rice cereal and animals. In countries like America, grown rice may be higher in arsenic. humans have added more arsenic to the or rice pasta could put kids over the soil via pesticides and fertilisers. maximum amount of rice recommended Does Australian rice for a week. Other rice products, including Arsenic exists in two forms: organic and contain much arsenic? rice milk, will also contain significant inorganic. Arsenic which is or was part of Compared to rice worldwide, arsenic is arsenic. living tissue, and is therefore combined minimal in much of the Aussie crop. An with carbon, is organic, while all other agronomist with the advisory body, Rice forms, with no carbon, are inorganic. Gluten-free can create an Extension, explains that most rice is now arsenic problem Inorganic arsenic is generally more toxic planted in dry soil and irrigated like other Many food items marketed as ‘gluten-free’ than organic arsenic. crops. Flooding is used only for the later contain rice, so people on gluten-free 70 days of growing until two to three Arsenic is found in a variety of foods, but diets may have higher arsenic exposure. weeks before harvesting. one of the most common food sources of According to the journal, Epidemiology inorganic arsenic is rice. Herbicide is applied only at sowing, and in 2017, people on gluten-free diets had, for rice grown in southern Australia – 99.9 on average, almost twice the amount of How harmful is arsenic? percent of the Aussie crop – most brands, arsenic in their bodies as other people. Arsenic compounds have no smell or including Sunrice, use no fungicide at all. taste, and most of what we ingest will be Fungicide is used only in tropical north Do other grains contain eliminated in a few days, except that some Queensland. arsenic? of the inorganic arsenic can remain in the body for months or longer – according to Basmati rice is not grown in Australia. The Consumer Reports also investigated the US Centers for Disease Control. best countries for low arsenic, according other grains and found that amaranth, to Consumer Reports, are California, buckwheat, millet and polenta have Frequent exposure to inorganic arsenic, India or Pakistan. negligible levels of inorganic arsenic. even in low doses, can cause stomach- Bulgur, barley and farro had very little aches, headaches, drowsiness, abdominal How to reduce arsenic in arsenic. And quinoa had much lower pain, diarrhoea and confusion. Long-term levels than any of the rice they tested. exposure has been linked to skin pigmen- rice tation, dementia, type 2 diabetes, high To some extent, arsenic can be washed blood pressure, heart disease, neurologi- off because it is water soluble. cal problems and other ailments. Studies have found that cooking rice in There is a particular concern for pregnant excess water (from six to 10 parts water women and children. If pregnant women to one part rice) and draining off the are exposed to arsenic, their unborn babies excess water can reduce 40 – 60% of the may be at risk of having compromised inorganic arsenic content, depending on immune systems in early life. If exposed to the type of rice. high levels of inorganic arsenic, the child’s development can be impaired. To reduce the arsenic content: 1. Choose organic basmati rice; Is the arsenic in rice a 2. Rinse rice thoroughly or, even better, concern? soak it for 48 hours before cooking; In the US, Consumer Reports tested every 8 to 12 hours pour off the water 223 samples of rice products and found and rinse it (like soaking beans); significant levels of arsenic in almost all of 3. Cook rice in six to 10 parts water to them, including white, brown, parboiled, one part rice; jasmine, basmati and other types. Arsenic 4. When the rice is cooked, drain off the was found in rice whether it was organic extra water. or conventional – and from all regions of the world. Above all, remember that ‘variety is the spice of good nutrition’ so vary your grain Brown rice is generally healthier than intake widely. white rice, but Consumer Reports found 80% more arsenic in brown rice than in Further, consuming a high proportion white – due to the fact that arsenic tends of vegetables and fruits in your diet to collect in the rice bran. will provide abundant antioxidants and other nutrients, which will give the body Organically-farmed rice may contain an increased capacity to detoxify and fewer pesticides, but all rice soaks up eliminate toxic substances. arsenic from the soil, so organic rice will be likely to have similar levels. Rice recommendations for How Does Arsenic Get Into parents Rice? The US Food and Drug Administration recommends that parents do not feed Because rice is grown in flooded bays, it their infants rice and rice cereals as tends to absorb more arsenic than other primary foods due to the arsenic. food crops. This is because in anaerobic conditions arsenic becomes more soluble. In 2016, the FDA showed that half the infant rice cereals on the US market were

AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P11 The bottom line and safer to consume. For an oil to be is probably the safest and best for health labeled ‘canola’ it must contain less than reasons.” Eating healthy foods can help protect 2% erucic acid. us from the arsenic in rice. Specifically, After all, olive oil has been used in various the cruciferous veggies, which include The newly developed plant was renamed cultures for thousands of years – it’s tried broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale ‘canola’ – a combination of ‘Canadian’ and true. and rocket, can help a lot. They contain and ‘oil’ (or ola, meaning oil). sulphoraphane, which can assist with Canola plants belong to the Brassica – SHORT-CHAIN protection from and the elimination of cabbage or mustard – family. The flowers FATTY ACIDS – AND arsenic. are characteristically bright yellow. QLONG-CHAIN: It is best to rotate rice with other grains, According to So Natural Foods, canola oil What is meant by short-chain fatty and aim for a healthy, balanced diet to in Australia is not of Canadian origin and acids, and what are their functions in help the body defend itself against any was bred in the 1970s without genetic our bodies? – D. F., Goulburn NSW build-up of toxic substances. modification – GM hadn’t been invented Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), then. Nevertheless, trials of GM canola also referred to as volatile fatty CANOLA OIL – in Tasmania have led to the GM crops acids, are fatty acids with one GOOD, BAD OR contaminating neighbouring crops, so Ato five carbon atoms. Note that carbon the potential for the GM plants to spread INDIFFERENT?: atoms form the backbone of most organic Q far and wide into non-GM crops is now a compounds, including all fatty acids. The I know a therapist who dismisses problem. canola oil as being too close to correct name for a fat is a triglyceride, an industrial lubricant that insects Canola oil contains on average 62% which is composed of three fatty acids. monounsaturated fatty acids, mainly oleic won’t touch, and which was never The names of the SCFAs are: meant for human consumption. Yet, acid, 30% polyunsaturated fatty acids of which 10% is the omega-3 alpha-lino- • Formic acid or formate (the acid because it’s cheap, it’s in so many produced by ants) foods including soya milks, soft lenic acid, and around 6% saturated fatty spreads and so on. Might it damage acids. These figures are comparable with • Acetic acid or acetate (in vinegar and my health in some way in the long olive oil: 77% monounsaturated; 10% soured wine) term? – J. B., Woronora NSW. omega-3 and 13% saturated fatty acids. • Propionic acid or propionate Canola oil is condemned by a number of • Butyric acid or butyrate (small amount A good question! The nutritional in butter) merits of canola oil are indeed professional groups including the Rocky controversial. Mountain Herbal Institute, as expressed • Isobutyric acid or isobutyrate A in their website www.rmhiherbal.org. The • Pentanoic acid or pentanoate The attractiveness of canola oil is that it Institute says that linking canola oil to the • Methylbutanoic acid or methylbu- is high in beneficial monounsaturated fatty benefits of the olive oil in Mediterranean tanoate acids – for which olive oil is highly valued diets is not valid because canola oil has About 95% of the short-chain fatty acids – and it is much cheaper than olive oil and never been part of the Mediterranean diet. most other oils. in our bodies are acetic acid, propionic Concerns about canola arise from: acid and butyric acid. Canola oil was developed in Canada • The presence of erucic acid; after the second world war from the Production • The high temperature needed to refine rape plant. The oil of rape seed, used Short-chain fatty acids are produced as an industrial lubricant, is unsuitable canola oil, which can generate harmful trans fatty acids. by the friendly bacteria in our colon by for human consumption because of a fermenting dietary fibre. high 5% content of toxic erucic acid, a The Institute says that erucic acid is Many factors affect the amount of SCFAs 22-carbon monounsaturated fatty acid, as especially irritating to mucous membranes in our colon, including the species and well as compounds called glucosinolates. and that canola oil has been associated amounts of microflora present. Through traditional plant breeding, the with lesions in the heart, nerve degen- erucic acid content has been reduced to eration, lung cancer and other problems. less than 2% of the oil, making it edible Such problems could arise from rancidity Functions caused by the high temperature used in SCFAs have diverse roles in bodily refining. functions. Although the plant has been bred to They are the main source of nutrition reduce the erucic acid content, there is for the cells in the colon, and play an still a significant amount present, says the important role in health and disease. They Institute. are believed to reduce the risk of inflam- matory diseases, type 2 diabetes, obesity, In opposition to the above, the Canola heart disease and other conditions. Council of Canada says that canola oil is safe for animals and humans: “Before Butyric acid is the major energy source being approved for food use, canola oil for colon cells. Propionic acid is largely was required to go through stringent taken up by the liver for the production of animal feeding trials to ensure that it is a glucose. Acetic acid enters the peripheral safe edible oil.” (www.canola-council.org/ circulation to be used by peripheral thetruth.htm) tissues. Excess short-chain fatty acids are used In view of this confusing controversy, I would give the last word to the Rocky for other functions, including providing Mountain Herbal Institute – “Avoid canola roughly 10% of our daily calorie needs. oil; there is too much doubt about its safety ... of all the vegetable oils, olive oil

P12 | True Natural Health AUTUMN 2019 Food Sources of SCFAs Arabinoxylan: in cereal grains; in wheat What about long-chain fatty bran it is about 70% of the total fibre. acids? Eating a lot of fibre-rich foods, particularly fruits, vegetables and legumes, is linked Guar gum: in guar beans, which are Long-chain fatty acids contain long to an increase in short-chain fatty acids. legumes. ‘skeletons’ of 20 or more carbon atoms. Long-chain omega-3s are the well-known The amount and type of fibre we eat The bottom line is that high-fibre foods, EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA affects the composition of bacteria in particularly fruits, veggies, legumes and (docosahexaenoic acid), containing the gut, which affects which SCFAs are whole grains, encourage the production 20 and 22 carbon atoms respectively. produced. of short-chain fatty acids. The main food source of these acids is Higher levels of SCFAs have been found Another benefit of vegetarian seafood, including salmon, mackerel, in people on vegan and vegetarian diets and vegan diets sardines, crustaceans, molluscs and and those following Mediterranean diets, squid. However, humans can make them which are characterised by high intakes A compound that has been linked to car- from the alpha-linolenic acid in plant of fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts and diovascular disease has been found to foods – as we do in vegetarian and vegan cereals. be at lower levels (that is, less harmful diets. levels) in people on vegetarian and vegan The following types of fibre are best for diets than in omnivores. The compound, Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids the production of short-chain fatty acids trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) is linked to include the omega-6 arachidonic acid. in the colon: the prevalence of microbes associated Most adults and children get them primarily from seafood and eggs. Inulin: abundant in artichokes, garlic, with the intake of animal proteins and fat. leeks, onions, wheat, rye and asparagus. Eggs, beef, pork and fish are the primary Long-chain saturated fatty acids, which are solid at room temperature, are found in various sources of carnitine and choline, which Fructo-oligo-saccharides: mostly in animal – beef, pork, lamb, fruits and vegetables, including bananas, are converted by gut microbes into tri- cheese and dairy products – and in the onions, garlic and asparagus. methylamine, which is then processed by the liver and released into the circulation plant oils palm oil and coconut oil. Resistant starch: in grains including as harmful TMAO. barley and rice, beans, and in legumes and potatoes. Pectin: in apples, apricots, carrots, oranges and other fruits and vegetables.

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MEMBERS Wellness at Wallacia Macarthur area SUPPORTING THE evenings NSW NHS A whole-foods, plant- Vegetarian group meets monthly, based meal followed usually Sunday lunchtime, at each Thoughtful donations from members are by an informal talk and other’s homes in the Campbelltown making a big difference to the Society’s discussion on a relevant district. Each brings a plate and own funds. For recent donations, we say a topic of Natural Health. crockery. Organiser, Glenys Hierzer, says, big ‘thank you’ to: John Andrew, Peter Questions and answers “We would love to meet new people Kell, Olga Zlatar, Melva Fleming, Cynthia with friendly and knowl- whether you follow vegetarian or just enjoy Handley & Barry Hastie, Barbara edgeable people. the food.” Phone Glenys on 4625 8480. Holmes, John Smith, Betty Winnel, Vera McLean, Valerie Luscombe, Stuart & Dates: Last Saturday each month at Heather Carter, Joseph Monage, Bob 6.30pm – but no gathering 30th March Osteopath, Doug Swainson, Robina Drysdale, May Port, as Autumn Seminar is next day Evans, practising James & Elizabeth Lanham, Jonathon VENUE: Wallacia Progress Hall, Wansbrough, Shirley West, Carl Cooper, Greendale Rd, Wallacia, cnr Roma Ave in Penrith and Dzintars Dinga, COST: $25 Bundeena If others care to add their support – great BOOKING: Essential. Phone office on Osteopathy can help lack or small – we would be very grateful. 4721 5068 Simply call our office on 02 4721 5068 of vitality, headaches, hip or send cheque to Natural Health Society, Next gathering Saturday 27th April and back pain, joint pains 28/541 High Street, Penrith NSW 2750, and postural and mobility or go to our website www.health.org.au problems. and click on the ‘Donate’ link. [Regrettably, Vegan food tours With Ling Halbert, Penrith. Dr Doug donations not tax deductible.] Evans, DO, formerly Founder of Health senior practitioner at the

Planning for the and Happy Heart now-closed Hopewood Health and happy Health Retreat has commenced Future of the Society heart vegan food practising Saturdays in the office of the tours: Natural Health Society, upstairs, Skipton’s The Society’s Committee is inviting Arcade, 541 High St, Penrith. members to join with it in considering the Zen Oasis at Berrima future direction of the Society and finding ($108), Cabramatta ($88), Nan Tien For bookings, phone Doug on 0416 254 ways to fortify it for well into the future. Temple ($108). 409 or 9544 3328 (h). The contributions of ideas from many Buy 1 tour, and bring a friend free. Bundeena. Doug is currently building interested people, who feel passionately Ling’s Health and Happy Heart tours accommodation at his home to enable one about the organisation, can open up new are a journey of vegan food, rich cultural or two people to carry out fasting under and worthwhile possibilities for planning experience and laughter. Doug’s supervision. When the accommo- for the future. dation is completed, we will announce it in As Cherie said of her tour experience, this magazine. DATE: Saturday 13th April “Wow, Ling, what an amazing experience today was for me. It taught me to step out VENUE: Yet to be decided, but of my comfort zone, and I’m glad I did. I most likely a hall in Sydney City enjoyed every part of the day, most of all FINAL DETAILS: Will be emailed the lunch and the beautiful temple and your beautiful smiling face and happy energy” out during late March . Information and bookings with Or contact the Society to inquire Ling: 0410 688 499; – 02 4721 5068 or email admin@ [email protected]; health.org.au healthandhappyheart.com.

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AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P15 HEAVY SCREEN TIME CHANGES NEW ZEALAND SETTING A GREAT EXAMPLE CHILDREN’S BRAINS By Dr Joseph Mercola, 27th December 2018 Children aged 9 to 10 who use electronic devices for seven hours or more per day JUNK FOODS TO exhibit premature thinning of the brain cortex, the outer brain layer that processes information from the five physical senses. BE EXCLUDED AT As little as two hours of screen time per day may impact cognition, resulting in CHRISTCHURCH lower scores on thinking and language tests. Infants under the age of two do not effectively learn language from videos; they COUNCIL EVENTS need live interaction. By Tina Law, 13th December 2018 Babies do not transfer what they learn from the iPad to the real world. For example, the ability to play with virtual Legos does not transfer into the skill of manipulating Fatty foods and sugary drinks are soon real Lego blocks. to be phased out from Christchurch City Council-run events and facilities. Apps and social media are designed to be addictive, and young children are far more susceptible to addiction than adults. Hot chips, battered hot dogs and sugar-laden drinks will soon be [It is up to us adults to protect infants and children from themselves. – Editor] ‘outlawed’ in areas under the control of Christchurch City Council. The Council in December decided ARE SMARTPHONES to phase out fatty foods and sugary drinks from being sold at its events and DESTROYING A GENERATION? through its cafes at recreation facilities By Dr Joseph Mercola, 20th November 2018 and libraries. Kids spend an inordinate amount of time on their smartphones, communicating with The Council’s new healthy food and friends (and possibly strangers) via text, Twitter and Facebook, and they work to drinks policy stops short of banning keep up their Snapstreaks on Snapchat. foods high in saturated fat, added sugar, salt and energy, and instead aims to Abrupt changes in teen behaviour and psychological health emerged around 2012. phase them out and make healthy food Post-millennials spend more time alone, engaged in online socialisation rather than options more readily available. face-to-face contacts. They drive less, date less, have less sex and have poorer social and work skills than previous generations. The policy encourages vendors and lessees to sell more vegetables, fruits Rates of teen depression and suicide have dramatically risen since 2011, and data and foods that are high in fibre, minerals suggest spending three hours or more each day on electronic devices raises a and vitamins and low in saturated fats. teen’s suicide risk by 35 percent. The aim is to work toward eliminating Between 2007 and 2015, the suicide rate for 12- to 14-year-old girls rose threefold; foods of poor nutritional value. the suicide rate among boys doubled in the same time. [Well done, Christchurch City Council! Data reveal that the more time teens spend online, the unhappier they are. Those We commend your responsible initiative who spend more time than average on activities that do not involve their smartphone – Editor] are far more likely to report being “happy”. Reproduced, with editing, from a newsletter of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine, dated 19th Acknowledgement December 2018 The above two items, which are summaries of articles, are published under Dr Mercola’s generous not-for-profit policy. Dr Mercola issues regular free enewsletters. His website is www.Mercola.com.

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AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P17 A REGULAR COLUMN

Nine Factors for Radical Cancer Remission

By Dr Greg Fitzgerald (allied health), Osteopath, Chiropractor and Naturopath

Modern medicine’s overall score card in tional treatment, but had decided to stop, supplements varied widely. Most of them its fight against cancer is a capital ‘F’ for either because they were told nothing did not take nutritional advice from their fail! When the United States’ President more could be done, or they became oncologists or regular doctors. Nixon declared ‘war on cancer’ in 1971, he disillusioned with certain aspects of it, All gave attention to releasing suppressed promised to find the cure within 10 years, especially side effects. emotions. They adopted the attitude, providing researchers almost unlimited During her research, she identified 76 ‘It’s free to be me’, and worked at not money to develop better radiation, different healing factors that patients suppressing any emotions. Again, the surgery and chemotherapy. The ‘war’ was used to help themselves heal. These were methods used varied widely. Between declared, and is ongoing, with American outside conventional cancer treatments. them, they resorted to any of hypnother- Vice-President Jo Biden’s Moonshot Of these, nine stood out as common apy, counselling, psychotherapy, group Project commencing in 2015. Tragically, denominators among all survivors. Dr meetings, workshops, courses and, of more blanks than bullets have been fired! Turner states: “Many of these patients had course, reading relevant books. Fast-track 48 years from 1971 to 2019, healed without Western medical treatment Without exception they all made a and despite limited success in less or, following its failure, they used other conscious effort to increase positive common cancers like lymphoma and some therapies to extend their survival”. emotions. This does not say these people childhood cancers like leukaemia, cancer had no negative emotions, on the contrary. still cuts a swathe through the population, The Nine Factors However, they were all mindful that their and now ranks ahead of heart disease as The patients all adopted radical dietary responses to certain events or situations the number one killer in many countries. changes. Many adopted vegan or were their choice, and they consciously While research has been focussed on vegetarian diets. All increased plant-based sought to increase positive emotions like stronger and more targeted treatments, foods, most eschewed alcohol and all love, laughter, warmth, forgiveness, joy, little medical research has ever been ceased smoking. Almost all made the appreciation, gratitude and compassion. conducted on those who do survive and decision to omit meat, wheat, sweets and Every ‘radical remission’ was achieved in thrive against terminal cancer, despite a dairy. They all dramatically increased their the context of much social support. Social ‘terminal’ prognosis. intake of fresh vegetables and fruit. support was stated to play a leading role In Australia, two of the most well-known This is in stark contrast to the orthodox in their recoveries, being provided by survivors of terminal cancer are Dr Ian dietary recommendations given to cancer loved ones who included immediate and Gawler and Petrea King. As with other patients, who are encouraged to eat high extended family, friends and colleagues, ‘radical remissions’, the medical fraternity calorie foods, including rich desserts and support groups and professionals, This has not been particularly interested in ice cream, milk shakes, cream, chocolate was one of the most heavily emphasised the modus operandi of their recoveries. and biscuits in order to gain weight. points made by all interviewees. Their personal lifestyles and behaviours The patients took more control of their Without fail, the survivors were all have been of little interest to the medical health than ever before, and became engaged in deepening their spiritual community. strong activists in their choices of food, connections. How they did it also varied This prompted Dr Kelly Turner, a graduate treatments and behaviours. widely. Commonly it involved meditation of Harvard University, Boston, to write: and prayer. Often it involved a deeper All followed their intuition more closely “I was surprised how little research was connection to nature, and a greater and than ever. Intuition is the ‘tuition within’ being done by the medical community on deeper appreciation of the natural world. and is not encouraged medically, as it long-term cancer survivors”. Whether the person followed a conven- is deemed ‘not science-based’. All the tional religion, or simply felt a resurgent Dr Turner spent a year travelling through people studied said they had re-learned connection to nature, it did not matter. 10 countries interviewing many wholistic to trust themselves, and then take respon- All felt a connection to something more therapists and studying over 1,000 sibility for the consequences of that trust powerful than themselves. This connection cancer survivors who defied the odds and intuition. and survived a terminal prognosis. She was viewed to be just as important as any Almost all took some form of nutritional uses the term ‘radical remissions’, not other key factor they engaged in. supplementation. This ranged from pro- ‘spontaneous remissions’, to describe Everyone had a strong reason to live – a and pre-biotics, vitamins, minerals, herbs such exceptional patients. This culminated purpose. This transcended a mere personal and food extracts to various food concen- in her book: Radical Remission: Surviving desire to keep going. Again, reasons and trates like fresh raw juices and greens. Cancer Against All Odds. purpose were uniquely individual. This Each person had a unique approach, backed up Dr Viktor Frankl in his iconic Her study involved people with cancer which was most often guided by a book, Man’s Search for Meaning, in which who either had shunned conventional health-care practitioner conversant with he stated that, as a captive during WW2, treatment altogether (chemo, radiation nutrition. There was no one thing that was he noticed that prisoners in Auschwitz and surgery) or who had tried conven- taken by all patients in the group. Their concentration camp died quickly if they

P18 | True Natural Health AUTUMN 2019 STATE OF THE CLIMATE 2018: SHOWS CONTINUED WARMING OF CLIMATE AND OCEANS

More frequent extreme heat events and “The main contributor to this observed marine heatwaves, an increase in extreme growth in atmospheric carbon dioxide is fire weather, and declining rainfall in the continued increase in emissions from the south-east and south-west of the burning fossil fuels.” continent are some of the key obser- The Bureau of Meteorology’s Manager vations showing Australia’s changing of Climate Monitoring, Dr Karl Braganza, climate. The changes were detailed in the said the warming trend in Australia was latest State of the Climate report, released th contributing to increases in extreme fire 20 December 2018, by the CSIRO and weather and the length of the fire season. the Bureau of Meteorology. “There has been an increase in the Since 1910, Australia’s climate has frequency and severity of fire weather in warmed by just over 1°C, and sea surface recent decades. temperatures surrounding Australia have also increased by around 1°C. “This trend in fire weather is particularly noticeable through southern and eastern ”In line with global trends, our data show parts of Australia.” • Further increases in sea and air that Australia’s climate is continuing to temperatures, with more hot days and warm, with eight of the 10 warmest years Dr Braganza said declining rainfall in marine heatwaves, and fewer cool on record occurring since 2005,” said the south-west and south-east of the extremes. Dr Helen Cleugh, Director of CSIRO’s continent was another key change in Australia’s climate over recent decades. • Further sea level rise and ocean acidi- Climate Science Centre. fication. “This warming is caused by increased “While Australia’s rainfall is highly variable and influenced by major climate drivers, • Decreases in rainfall across southern greenhouse gases, including carbon Australia, with more time in drought, dioxide, in the atmosphere. such as El Niño and La Niña, there has but an increase in intense heavy rainfall been a noticeable regular decline in rainfall throughout Australia. “Measurements taken over the past 40 between April and October through years at Tasmania’s Cape Grim Baseline Air southern parts of the country,” he said. Pollution Station show that carbon dioxide “In 17 of the past 20 years, April to State of the Climate 2018 is the fifth levels in the atmosphere have been steadily report in a series published biennially by increasing since 2016, with levels now con- October rainfall in southern Australia has been below average.” CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology, sistently above 400 parts per million. which together play an integral role in “Globally, carbon dioxide levels have The report also provides projections monitoring, measuring and reporting on increased 46 percent since pre-industrial for Australia’s future climate. weather and climate. times (around 1750), and are likely to be These include: the highest they’ve been in at least the past two million years.

lost their meaning for life. It did not matter were over 100 unpublished cases, which approach to manifesting radical remission. what that meaning was, but the survivors, no-one ever gets to hear about. There are indeed no guarantees, like him, all had strong reasons to wake something all the survivors appreciated. up each day. He often quoted Friedrich Conventional Nietzsche: “He who has a why to live can Disinterest A Wider Relevance: bear almost any how”. The original study was confined to Dr Turner heard repeatedly from the recovery from terminal cancer, but over The Term Itself people interviewed that this was the first time it became obvious to Dr Turner that Dr Turner used the term, ‘radical time any medical person had shown the the nine factors could be extrapolated to remission’ instead of the medically-used slightest interest in what they had done include recovery from any disease, and, term ‘spontaneous remission’, because personally to defy the odds and survive in fact, benefit otherwise healthy people the latter term implies the healing was ‘terminal’ cancer. No doctors, oncologists with no diagnosed disease. instant, like a miracle that just happened or dietitians inquired about what they The nine factors are indeed relevant to without reason. It implies luck or chance, had done that could have led to such all people, because they provide the whereas radical remission was not instant, remarkable remissions. conditions for health. Individually and col- but a process involving conscious change This did not surprise her, as it was the main lectively, the nine factors improve general over time. It involved a central focus to reason that she commenced studying this health, and therefore improve the chances live differently from previously – for the issue in the first place – wouldn’t everyone of improvement or recovery in all illnesses. survivors to actively engage in their own be better off if clues could be picked up as healing – physically, emotionally, spiritually to why such people recovered, in order to And wonderfully, there are no adverse and mentally. The radical remission was inform other patients in future? effects. preceded by radical change! Having said that, Dr Turner emphasises References After personally interviewing over 200 that her study does not mean that these Dr Kelly Turner, Radical Remission: Surviving radical remission cases and studying over nine factors will cure cancer or that people Cancer Against All Odds 2014; 1,000, Dr Turner stated that for every should reject conventional treatment. She Paul Kraus Editor, Surviving Cancer: Inspiring one published radical remission case makes the point strongly that each case is Stories of Hope and Healing from the Gawler (published in medical journals), there unique and that there is no “cookie-cut” Foundation 2008

AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P19 Nitric oxide Optimise production to increase energy and reduce blood pressure Lightly edited and condensed from an article by Dr Mercola in Mercola.com, 14/01/2019

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Beneficial nitric oxide OR carcinogenic nitric oxide infuses into areas that are in N-nitroso compounds particularly nitrosa- need of oxygen, and both our heart and In the modern diet, nitrates can be found mines. brain14,15 are heavy oxygen users. both in nitrate-rich plant foods and in processed meats. However, while Several factors can influence this Nitric oxide also: nitrates from plant foods promote nitric conversion: 1. Boosts immune function.16 oxide production, processed meats • Whether or not the nitrites are found in trigger conversion of nitrates into cancer- combination with protein and heme (an 2. Has powerful antibacterial potential.17 causing N-nitroso compounds. iron-containing compound that makes Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Salmonella up part of haemoglobin in blood). This and Shigella are particularly susceptible Nitrites from plants turn into beneficial is what makes processed meats so to nitric oxide. nitric oxide due to the presence of detrimental to our health.7 antioxidants including vitamin C and 3. Helps maintain physiological polyphenols. • Processed meat is actually classified homeostasis. For example, in our gut, NO as a Group 1 carcinogen.8,9 According regulates mucosal blood flow,18 intestinal Nitric oxide is a soluble gas, and to a review of more than 7,000 clinical motility and the thickness of mucus. while it’s a free radical, it’s also an studies, the World Cancer Research important biological signalling molecule Fund concluded there’s no safe lower 4. Plays an important role in the that supports normal function of the limit for processed meats10 and that homeostasis of free radicals, which can endothelium [lining of blood vessels], they should be avoided altogether to have a significant impact on metabolic lowers blood pressure, protects your minimise your cancer risk. pathways.19 mitochondria and more. • Dietary nitrates are also more prone to 5. Helps suppress inflammation.20 Plant foods high in nitrates include converting into carcinogenic nitrosa- 6. Promotes angiogenesis, which is the arugula [rocket], rhubarb, coriander, mines when heated, which is what formation of healthy new blood vessels.21 butter leaf lettuce, spring greens, basil, happens during the cooking and processing of meat. Most plant foods 7. Helps improve our physical fitness. beetroot greens, oak leaf lettuce, Swiss For example, raw beets have been chard and red beetroot, especially are typically not cooked or fried at high temperatures, which minimises the shown to boost stamina during exercise fermented beetroot. chances that harmful substances will by as much as 16 percent22 due to the To further augment nitric oxide be produced. increase in nitric oxide production. production, combine nitrate-rich plant • Plants contain antioxidants (including 8. Improves brain neuroplasticity by food with probiotics. vitamin C and polyphenols) that impede improving oxygenation of an area of the the formation of harmful nitrosamines.11 brain that is often affected in the early The presence of these compounds stages of dementia.23,24 If you struggle with high blood pressure helps to ensure that the nitrites are and/or less than ideal heart health, you’d 9. Helps reverse metabolic syndrome25 converted into beneficial nitric oxide 26,27 be wise to tweak your diet to include once they reach the stomach rather and has anti-diabetic effects. more nitrate-rich foods. The devil’s in than harmful N-nitroso compounds.12 the details, though; it’s important to • The composition of our gut bacteria Nitrate-Rich Foods Help remember that not all dietary nitrates may also play a role. Research with Blood Pressure & have the same beneficial influence. In suggests that beneficial bacteria help fact, nitrates from the wrong source will break down nitrosamines, while bad Preventing Heart Attacks do far more harm than good. gut bacteria increase nitrosamine Research28 confirms that we can boost 13 Dietary nitrates are found both in plant production. our body’s nitric oxide production by foods, such as beets and rocket, and in eating nitrate-rich plant foods, thereby processed meats. But while plant-based Why Boosting Nitric lowering blood pressure and safeguard- nitrates confer a number of health Oxide Is Important ing against heart attacks. As noted by benefits, meat-based nitrates are known cardiologist, Dr Stephen Sinatra:29 to be carcinogenic.1,2,3,4,5 Nitric oxide (NO) is a soluble gas continually produced from the amino “Adequate nitric oxide production is The reason for this differentiation has to acid, L-arginine, inside our cells. Although the first step in a chain reaction that do with how nitrates are processed in nitric oxide is a free radical, it’s also an promotes healthy cardiovascular function your body, based on cofactors found in important biological signalling molecule – while insufficient nitric oxide triggers 6 their source. that supports normal endothelial function a cascade of destruction that eventually and protects our mitochondria – the results in heart disease … Plus, NO Plant-Based And Animal- little ‘power stations’ inside our cells that prevents red blood cells from sticking produce the majority of our energy. together to create dangerous clots and Based Nitrates Affect Our blockages.” Health In Different Ways NO potently dilates blood vessels, so helping to relax and widen the diameters Nitrates are actually used in conventional Dietary nitrates are converted into nitrites of blood vessels. Healthy blood flow medicine to treat angina and congestive by oral bacteria during chewing. Once allows for efficient oxygenation of tissues heart failure. However, you don’t the nitrites are swallowed and come into and organs, and aids in the removal of necessarily need a nitrate drug to get contact with stomach acid, they can be waste and carbon dioxide. Importantly, the job done. Research shows a glass of converted into one of two things: beetroot juice can lower blood pressure

P20 | True Natural Health AUTUMN 2019 as well as or better than prescription particularly in the liver.38 sensible sun exposure on large portions 30,31,32,33 medication. Raw beets have been Other nitrate-rich plant foods you may of your body. Nitric oxide is released into shown to lower blood pressure by an want to consider growing and eating the bloodstream when UVA from sunlight 41,42 average of four to five points within a few include:39 touches the skin. hours.34 Rhubarb, 281 mg Together, these lifestyle strategies can In one study,35 drinking 220 ml of go a long way toward protecting our Coriander (cilantro), 247 mg beetroot juice per day lowered blood cardiovascular health as we age, and pressure by an average of nearly eight Butter leaf lettuce, 200 mg supporting overall good health. They are points after the first week, which is more Spring greens like mescalin mix, 188 mg especially important if you struggle with than is achieved by most blood pressure Basil, 183 mg high blood pressure. medications. As noted in a systematic review assessing the value of nitrate salts Oak leaf lettuce, 155 mg Sources and References and beetroot supplementation for high Swiss chard, 151 mg 1 World Cancer Research Fund: Food Nutrition, blood pressure (hypertension):36 Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Probiotics Augment Global Perspective November 2007 (PDF) “Diets including food products rich in 2 American Institute for Cancer Research, inorganic nitrate are associated with Conversion of Nitrates Processed Meat Brochure (PDF) lower blood pressure … Inorganic to Nitric Oxide 3, 8 Scientific American October 26, 2015 nitrate and beetroot juice consumption 4, 9 The Atlantic October 26, 2015 While eating nitrate-rich plant foods were associated with greater changes 5 January 3, 2018 is a simple way to boost your nitric NHS Choices in systolic BP [– 4.4 mm Hg …] than 6, oxide production, you can augment Nutrition Action March 5, 2018 diastolic BP [– 1.1 mm Hg …] … 7 this beneficial effect even further by Wired October 27, 2015 10 The daily amount of nitrate in the combining these foods with probiotics,40 World Cancer Research Fund, Limit Red Meat beetroot juice consumed varied between and Avoid Processed Meat the beneficial bacteria found in tradi- 11 5.1 and 45 mmol/dose (321 to 2,790 Carcinogenesis 1989 Feb;10(2):397-9 tionally fermented foods and probiotic 12 mg). The volume of the beetroot juice Essentialstuff.org April 28, 2014 supplements. 13 drinks ranged from 140 to 500 mL/d and Applied Microbiology 1975 Jan;29(1):7-12 14 the beetroot juice was given as a con- The reason for this is that there is an New York Daily News April 20, 2017 centrated solution in two studies …” intimate relationship between dietary 15 Express.co.uk April 20, 2017 nitrates and various gut bacteria. The 16, 20 International Immunopharmacology, August conversion of nitrate to nitric oxide 2001 Beetroot and rocket, commences with probiotic bacteria, 17 American Society for Microbiology, February Two Nitric Oxide- such as Lactobacillus, reducing nitrate to 28, 2002 nitrite, followed by a variety of processes 18 Digestion, 1997, Vol 58 Boosting Powerhouses 19 which convert this to nitric oxide. Cell Metabolism 2018 Jul 3;28(1):9-22 While raw beetroot and beetroot 21 American Journal of Cell Physiology 2017 Mar greens do an excellent job of raising On the other hand, during fermenta- 1; 312(3): C254–C262 nitric oxide production, they do contain tion outside the body, the probiotics 22 J Appl Physiol (1985). 2009 Oct;107(4):1144- significant natural sugars, which is why first reduce nitrate to nitrite, and then 55 I recommend them in fermented form. generate nitric oxide through the lactic 23 Journals of Gerontology November 9, 2016, During fermentation, the beneficial acid produced by the fermentation glw219 bacteria consume most of the naturally process. 24 Neuroscience News April 19, 2017 occurring sugars. 25 PNAS October 12, 2010. 107 (41) The take-home message in all of this 17716-17720 Raw beetroot is actually not the most is: If you want to support your nitric 26 Free Radical Biology and Medicine September nitrate-rich of plant foods. Topping the oxide pathway and boost nitric oxide 2006; 41(5): 691-701 list is rocket, which typically averages production, combining probiotics with 27, 28 Hypertension 2008 Mar;51(3):784-90 480 mg of nitrates per 100 gm. nitrate-rich plant food is likely the best 29 DrSinatra.com February 20, 2015 Compare that to raw red beets, which way to do it, while supplements that 30, 36 The Journal of Nutrition, April 17, 2013 average only 110 mg of nitrates per 100 combine both are likely to be more 31 Nutrition Journal June 29, 2012 gm, and beet greens, averaging about effective. 32 The Journal of Nutrition, May 2016 177 mg per 100 gm. On the other hand, 33 American Journal of Physiology, January 15, fermented beetroot contains 2,000 to Nourish and Protect 2013 3,000 mg per 100 gm, making it an ideal Your Health With 34 Nutrition Journal December 11, 2012; 11:106 source. 35 Hypertension 65: 320, 2015. As for rocket, it also contains potassium, Nitrate-Rich Foods 37 USDA Nutrient Database April 2018 38 calcium and magnesium,37 all of which Your body loses about 10 percent of its Oregon State University Linus Pauling Institute, 2004-2019 are important for healthy blood pressure. ability to produce nitric oxide for every 39 NutritionFacts.org (Video), February 22, 2012 These nutrients also help decrease decade of life, which is why it’s important 40 PLOS One 2015; 10(3): e0119712 our risk of stroke and heart attack, to take steps to increase your nitric oxide 41 2014 Jul;134(7):1839-1846 while folate assists in optimal amino production, especially as you age. J Invest Dermatol. acid metabolism. Insufficient folate can 42 Circ Res. 2009 Nov 6;105(10):1031-40 promote unwanted homocysteine levels One way to do this is by eating nitrate- in our blood, which elevates the risk of rich plant foods such as arugula and Acknowledgement heart disease. fermented beets, as the plant-based nitrates are converted into nitric oxide in Dr Mercola issues regular free enews- As a cruciferous vegetable, rocket also your body. Adding probiotics into the letters. His website is www.Mercola. helps protect against cancer, courtesy mix may optimize the effect even further. com. The above is published under his of its sulphur-containing glucosinolate generous not-for-profit policy. compounds. Some small studies have Beyond diet, two other strategies that shown that its abundant chlorophyll may will increase nitric oxide production are help detoxify heavy metals in the body, high-intensity exercises and getting

AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P21 Recipes Featuring prunes

Bircher Muesli with Zucchini and Prune Fritters with Seeds, Nuts and Quinoa Salad Prunes Ingredients Ingredients 500 gm zucchini, grated ½ cup (100 gm) Australian 2 cups rolled oats prunes, pitted 1 cup apple juice 1 cup green peas 1 medium sized green apple, 1 small bunch parsley, finely grated chopped 1 cup regular-fat natural yoghurt 1 small bunch dill, finely chopped 1 tsp cinnamon 1 onion, minced 1 tsp apple cider vinegar 2 garlic cloves, minced 70 gm Australian prunes (approx. 3 eggs 10 prunes), pitted and chopped ½ cup plain flour To serve 3 tbsp grated parmesan 1 tbsp honey 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp chopped mixed nuts Salt and pepper to taste 1 tbsp mixed seeds

Method Method Put all ingredients into a bowl Process in a blender or food (oats, juice, apple, yoghurt, Place grated zucchini in a bowl processer until smooth. Mix all cinnamon, apple cider vinegar, with a good pinch of Himalayan ingredients together. rock salt and leave to drain for 10 prunes), stir well to combine, Heat a tbsp of olive oil in a frying mins. Then squeeze out as much cover and refrigerate overnight. pan and place ½-cup size portions liquid as you can. In the morning, stir through a in the pan. Cook one side then little non-dairy milk to soften the Cover prunes in hot water and gently turn and cook the other muesli and top with honey or let soak for 5 mins, then drain. side. agave nectar, nuts and seeds to serve. To make this recipe dairy-free, you can use coconut yoghurt Prune, Buckwheat and Quinoa Lunchbox Bar and coconut or almond milk to serve. Ingredients 1 cup (200 gm) Australian prunes, pitted 1 cup hot water 150 gm unsalted butter or coconut oil ⅓ cup golden syrup [or agave nectar] 1 cup (approx. 180 gm) cooked buckwheat or buckinis 1 cup quinoa flakes ½ cup desiccated coconut 1 cup rolled oats

Method In a small saucepan heat butter and Preheat oven to 170ºC and grease golden syrup over a medium heat and line a 20 cm square slice tin until the butter is melted, and the with baking paper. mixture just reaches boiling. Soak prunes in the hot water for Add the hot butter mix and the 5 mins, then blitz together (prunes prune puree to the dry ingredients and soaking water) in a blender and mix together well. Press into or food processer. Set aside. prepared pan and bake for 20 In a bowl, mix dry ingredients – mins. Cool in the pan. Turn out and buckwheat, quinoa, coconut and cut into slices or squares. oats.

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Ingredients Method 1 cup quinoa To make the quinoa salad, cook 1 cup of washed 1½ cups water quinoa in 1½ cups of water. Cook for approx. 2 shallots, chopped 15 mins or until all the liquid is absorbed. To the 1 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped cooked quinoa add lemon zest and shallots, fresh 1 tbsp fresh basil, chopped herbs, salt and pepper Zest 1 lemon Salt & pepper to taste

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AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P23 ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND GEOPATHIC STRESS An interview with Patrick van der Burght of Geovital

Conducted by Roger French, Editor, True Natural Health

Roger: Patrick, I know you have had a Patrick: The radiation types that we are but if something was installed incorrectly lot of experience with electromagnetic interested in are magnetic fields which or if the neutral wire that returns the radiation and other forms of radiation are caused by the flow of electricity electricity back to the power pole is through GEOVITAL INTERNATIONAL for (the current) and electric fields which weaker or severed, the house will still which you are the head of training outside are caused by the voltage. If nothing is work, but you will be inundated with Europe. We regard you and your organi- turned on in the house, there is no current magnetic fields because of the current sation as undoubtedly the leaders in this so no magnetic fields, but there will be going different ways. field in Australia. electric fields everywhere because there Roger: Is this when the positive and is voltage everywhere. So where does the problem of radiation neutral are not balancing each other? start? It is a serious problem in Australia These are the main two problems with Patrick: That’s right yes. and the Western world. power supply. If the current is lost in one house, it still Patrick: When we mention the word Roger: What are the other forms of needs to make its way home to the power ‘radiation’, people often think of ionising radiation stress in the environment. poles. It can use connections from other radiation as in X-ray or nuclear power Patrick: The other big one – and homes, such as the earth stake or the water plant, but there is also non-ionising one that we have less control over – is pipe which grounds your system. This radiation that has worked its way into our radio-frequency radiation, produced by means that a house which is functioning life quietly and everywhere. anything that communicates wirelessly. the way it was designed is now gaining We have electricity in our houses, we It is associated with your mobile phone, unbalanced current from somewhere else have power lines running along the street, with your cordless phone, with the Wi-Fi and picking up its magnetic fields. the power comes to our house and there in the house, the Wi-Fi coming from your Roger: So with the street wiring does it is wiring running through the house, all neighbours and your laptop. make any difference if the wiring is buried producing magnetic fields and electric On your computer see how many available underground as distinct from running fields. The electric fields extend about networks you have; rarely just your own. along poles overhead; is the EMR just the two metres from the wires, and at 50 hertz If you live in an apartment building there same? (cycles a second), the field is created could be, say, 40 of them, some with and reversed 50 times a second – this is Patrick: The powerlines underground stronger signals than your own router. ‘alternating’ current. But the body doesn’t are better because powerlines produce When we think about a baby monitor, it is operate with an alternating current, so electric fields and electric fields want to terrible to place one so close to our infant. something completely foreign to the body go to ground; if they are underground they is surrounding it. There are all these sources of non-ionis- are already there. ing radiation that the body is constantly Roger: So in our bodies we only have In the case of the wires above ground, we exposed to, with a lot of risk to health. direct current, which operates our nerves. have electric fields and magnetic fields Roger: We are aware of the dangerous falling off like a big waterfall. If the cables Patrick: The day basically has two parts radiation from a damaged nuclear power are underground, you don’t have electric – the time when you are asleep and the station like Fukushima in Japan, which fields, but there is still the potential for time you are awake. would be ionising radiation, but now we magnetic fields. The good thing about During daytime we wear out tissues, are talking about non-ionising radiation underground power is that the active and and when we are asleep repair occurs. which is a completely separate issue. neutral cables are close together. So during the night we particularly need Patrick: One source of non-ionising Roger: So are they are neutralising each a good environment in order to function radiation is the big transmission lines. other to a fair degree? well. But if we have wiring in the walls – Many people are aware that we should not with electric fields coming out two metres Patrick: When the active and neutral are live near them, and that fear is absolutely – and we have parked our bed against close together, the magnetic fields cancel justified as those transmission lines have the wall, we will be bathed in this radiation each other out. But if for some reason a lot of voltage and carry a lot of current all night. Worst still, we usually have an the currents in the two are not equal, the most of the time. innerspring mattress underneath us, cancelling out affect is compromised and and the metal of the springs makes the Roger: 330,000 volts is a lot of volts. we get the magnetic fields. problem worse. Patrick: Yes, it is, and the field is to some Roger: You have explained over the years Our bodies contain cells that have extent predictable. But nobody thinks through this magazine that in our houses electrical receptors, and the radiation about the local distribution lines running if an electrician places the active and exposure interferes with these receptors. up and down the street, because they look neutral wires separately, this can result in We cannot expect the body to carry out much smaller, and nobody thinks about big problems, but if they are put together its repair optimally under those circum- the lines running underground because this prevents a lot of radiation trouble. you can’t even see them. stances. Patrick: If everything is wired according Roger: That makes a lot of sense. All the houses in the street have electrical to code, everything works well. Electric systems which should run as designed, fields to some extent are unavoidable

P24 | True Natural Health AUTUMN 2019 unless wiring is shielded instead of normal which are at 45 degrees to the Hartmann which only looked at thermal properties. electrical cable, which is something that lines, so there are two sets of grid lines. Roger: Out-of-date research? we do with new houses There will be a number of these lines in Patrick: Yes. Thermal effects mean There should be no magnetic fields in the every room, including your bedroom. It is that if our tissues start to heat up, it is house if it is wired correctly. Sometimes actually very difficult to put a double bed probably not a good idea, so let’s set the handyman Uncle Bob has done a bit of anywhere without at least clipping one of exposure levels a bit lower than that. This rewiring to avoid the cost of an electrician, these lines. is ludicrous because a lot more biological but if the repairs are not according to the Roger: We found it quite an intricate changes can happen before that point. code, things can go wrong. challenge to avoid these lines in our At 4 milligauss, there is risk of leukaemia; Roger: Now what about geopathic bedroom. If the bed is directly over grid at 2 milligauss melatonin is blocked stress? When our house was assessed lines, can they have serious effects on and its anti-cancer action lost; at 1.6 by your consultant, Allen Cheney, that your health? milligauss the chance of sperm abnor- came up. Can you fill us in on geopathic Patrick: The effects are mostly to do malities doubles and between 1 and 2 stress, please Patrick? with cancers. How this works is that milligauss children that had leukaemia had Patrick: Geopathic stress is excesses because cancer cells need seven times 260% higher mortality rate than children of natural radiation. In many cultures more energy than normal cells, if you are exposed to less than 1 milligauss. people know it is not good to sleep over sleeping over one of these areas that have Roger: What about childhood leukaemia underground water due to a dynamic in a little bit more energy from the grid line – in relation to transmission lines? nature that produces areas of increased be it a water or a fault line – the extra natural radiation or energy. energy is like food for cancer cells. Patrick: I recall a study which found that at distance of zero to 600 metres the Water that has seeped down from rain We are in bed for eight hours out of 24, and number of cases of leukaemia increased travels underground; it might be one cm our bodies make about 10,000 mutated 110 to 120%; at 600 to 1200 metres the thick or two cm at most, but this water cells every day. These are potential cancer increase was still about 75%. drags trace elements with it. So a little cells, and we have a killer T-cells of our bit of zinc, a little bit of iron or something immune systems designed to destroy Roger: It’s alarming that you could be else bump into each other and create them. During the next night’s eight hours a kilometre away, and the lines could electrolysis. Ions rise up from that area in bed, this process will be repeated. But be almost out of sight, yet there is an providing a small increase in energy at the in our modern environments, our immune increase in the risk of poor little kids surface. If you sleep right on top of that, it systems can be compromised and there is getting leukaemia. influences your sleep and you don’t rest a chance that some of these mutated cells Patrick: I think it is a combined effect and regenerate properly. Underground are not promptly destroyed. of the local distribution lines in the street water is a well-known phenomenon, Roger: And if the antioxidants are not and perhaps the transmission lines. providing a geopathic stress. adequate? It is something that people should be Roger: What other locations are there for measuring before buying any property. Patrick: The workload for the immune geopathic stress besides over water? system increases, more cancer cells slip Roger: So in summarising the effects Patrick: Another example is a fault line, through the cracks, and this is when of the EMR, cancer is always on the top which would mean a shift in the surface cancer can take hold. of the list. Can you list the intermediate rocks and soil. With mismatching layers, problems? Roger: Returning to electro-magnetic one layer could have, say, predominantly radiation, what are the more common Patrick: There is damage to finer tissues, copper and the other layer predomi- consequences of high exposure? like brain and eyes, and behavioural nantly zinc, and you get the same kind of changes as well. We see this in children, Patrick: There is a lot of research finding electricity effect as if you put a piece of and, for example, a lot of people think that adverse health effects at levels far under aluminium on your amalgam filling. electronic pollution may have a hand in the exposure limits set by government. Roger: That is an interesting explanation. autism. Regarding magnetic fields, the government When our house was assessed, we were says that 1,000 milligauss of exposure is Roger: Do you think ADHD would come looking at lines in the bedroom that might acceptable, yet multiple studies, including up as well? have been three metres apart and were on Australian studies, find that levels above a grid. What are those lines? Patrick: Yes, problems are extremely four milligauss are linked to increased wide ranging, but mostly they are systemic. Patrick: Grid lines, named after Dr likelihood of childhood leukaemia. Hartmann, are lines that have to do with Roger: What about diabetes? Roger: Isn’t it extraordinary what a the magnetic field of the planet, which dangerous situation the authorities have Patrick: A study compared school is due to its iron core. The lines are two- let us get into! children who had a certain amount of and-a-half to four metres apart, with one radiation from a phone tower with children set running north-south and the other Patrick: Yes, their standard is based on at another school who had less radiation east-west. There are also curry grid lines research that was done many years ago, exposure. The markers for diabetes had

AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P25 all gone up in the kids with the higher Roger: Can Geovital shield a home which is good. exposure compared to the kids exposed against high-tension transmission lines? Roger: At our seminar I tried your Geovital to something like half the amount. So Can you shield against other EMR in the mattress, which is, of course, metal free. EMR is being linked to diabetes as well. house? What is the story with shielding? I saw that it has channels that go right Roger: The next thing to know is what Patrick: Magnetic fields go through through it from side to side, at an angle, so can be done to prevent the problem and everything, so if the field from a big trans- when you lie on them they squash enough protect us if there is a problem? mission line reaches your house, there is to take the shape of your body. nothing that can be done about it. Patrick: There are lots of things people Patrick: Yes, we call that the stretch can do themselves, and there are The same applies to the local distribu- affect. Your body weight collapses inevitably things that you will need to have tion lines, solar panels, converters, etc. All these panels in opposite directions and assistance with. For example, you can these things produce magnetic fields, and this creates a gentle traction and takes distance yourself from your mobile phone there is nothing you can do about them pressure off the spine. by using the speaker function. – especially with solar you have to be If people are after a new mattress, it would careful getting the right systems. Roger: Mobiles are a big one. be lovely if they would consider ours. We Electric fields are different. They can be have been making mattresses for 25 years Patrick: Wi-Fi is linked to triggering the led away by grounded material. and they are unique compared to what sympathetic nervous system, which raises you see in bedding stores. your blood pressure, and to digestion. It An interesting concept is that plants are is a standard recommendation from us grounded and have a water content, so if Roger: Regarding the assessment of to move away from wireless technology a house is close to local distribution lines our house by Allen Cheney, he was very altogether. in the street, you can plant ivy on that side thorough, and it took a few hours. of the house and let it grow up the side of In homes with Wi-Fi at least turn it off at Patrick: It typically takes 2½ to 3 hours. the house, and the ivy would lead away bedtime. the electric fields. Roger: Allen found a high level of EMR Roger: What about prevention? from the stove, which an electrician has Roger: That’s extraordinary, you would fixed. We were also able to move our Patrick: If the house meter box is on never expect that. Is ivy the only kind of bed a little to fit between the Hartmann a bedroom wall, you don’t want to be plant to do this? lines, and we also now leave the bedlamp sleeping on the other side of the wall Patrick: Any creeping plant that covers unplugged at the wall. Our bedroom is behind the box. that side of the house with greenery now really clean re EMR. Roger: I know that a brick wall is as would lead the electric fields away. But Patrick: Where there is high EMR in the transparent to EMR as glass is to light. don’t put the ivy in a pot, because it won’t house, we have circuit cut-off switches be grounded. Patrick: Be aware of the devices in your which cut the power to a circuit when no house that produce Wi-Fi signals. Many If your house has a metal roof and it is power is being used and automatically TVs are Wi-Fi enabled, and if you don’t grounded, it will lead electric fields away. turn it on again when a switch is turned turn it off, it will be transmitting signals on. Roger: Grounded simply means a wire trying to find a host. And computers have from the roof down to a steel stake in the Roger: That sounds like an ingenious a terrible habit of seeming to be off, but ground doesn’t it? device. are downloading from your router. Patrick: Yes. All this tells me, Patrick, how thoroughly Dimmers can be tricky because they can you have covered the subject of EMR and produce a lot of electronic pollution if you Back to phone tower radiation. A RF radiation. It justifies your reputation have the wrong type. shielding paint is available that bounces with us that you would be the leading firm the radiation away. The trick is to turn the Roger: Regardless of how dim it is? in the field of electromagnetic and other entire house or at least the bedrooms into kinds of radiation in Australia and the Patrick: In the middle is often the worst. a box protected by this paint. You need Western World generally. Bright or very dim is not so bad, but in protection from all sides and this creates the middle it seems to produce a lot of a nice environment inside. The bedrooms Through your services, it is possible radiation. are very important but if you do the whole to assess if there are problems, which Re energy-saving light bulbs, the house, it has a calming effect on the entire is extremely important because EMR fluorescent type produces magnetic fields household. is invisible and you can be in a really dangerous situation and have no idea and dirty electricity; the non-dimmable Roger: With geopathic stress and the there is a problem until it is too late. LEDs are the best light bulbs, because Hartmann lines, what is your advice here? the dimmable ones have other electronics. A healthy lifestyle is greatly compromised Patrick: We have mats that go under if we have this invisible ‘poison’ permeating People need help with, for example, the the bed and reflect the radiation away. our body and mind whenever we are at radiation from an outside source like a However, if there is metal directly above home. phone tower. This is our expertise – we these mats, it can interfere with the can come into a house, measure the function, so if you are buying a new exposure on the body, and if those levels mattress, look for one with no metal in it. are too high, we would recommend Also with the bed frame, you want to avoid shielding. metal and predominantly have timber,

P26 | True Natural Health AUTUMN 2019 Physicist warns: Newly approved 5G tech could “irradiate everyone”

By Tracey Watson, 14th December 2018

Isn’t it amazing to think that just 30 years spectrum – the band of spectrum Try to get neighbours to buy in: Visit ago we all got along just fine without between 30 GHz and 300 GHz that 5G your neighbours for a friendly chat about the Internet or smart phones? Granted, relies on to generate high speeds – can the effects of WiFi radiation and try to get advances in technology have provided only travel over short distances and is them to take the steps outlined above to some amazing benefits, including the subject to interference from weather and lower neighbourhood radiation levels. widespread availability of knowledge. physical obstacles, like buildings.” However, it is important to recognise that Switch off ALL devices at night: these advances have come at a price. And It is this necessity for many, many small At night when the family is sleeping and the speed at which technology changes cell stations located all over the place the body is attempting to repair its DNA, and ‘improves’ means that the price it that makes 5G so dangerous. It means it becomes especially important to switch demands is getting higher all the time. that far higher levels of radiation will be off all the WiFi devices in the home. everywhere. Scientists around the world Multiple studies have already linked are alarmed by what all this radiation will Of course, taking these steps can only mobile phone radiation from second mean for human beings. Physicist, Ronald provide minimal reduction in radiation and third generation (2G and 3G) M. Powell, PhD, has warned that it will exposure. Ultimately, if nothing is done, wireless technology to cancer and many “irradiate everyone,” and geneticist, Dr. we will be immersed in a sea of radiation other health problems. But the radiation Mae-Wan Ho, says that the presence of from which there is no escape. emitted by these devices is almost so much radiation can be likened to being Sources include: nothing compared to what we will all have immersed in “a sea of microwaves.” to deal with when fifth generation (5G) NaturalHealth365.com technology is rolled out countrywide. FCC.gov How to protect yourself SearchNetworking.TechTarget.com The US Federal Communications against the effects of 5G ElectricSense.com Commission (FCC) has approved a NaturalNews.com national 5G wireless technology system Unfortunately, no matter how many which it calls its “Facilitate America’s scientists or activists try to raise the alarm, Superiority in 5G Technology” (FAST) nothing is likely to prevent the national Abridged and edited from a Natural plan. The FCC promises that FAST will rollout of 5G, which has already made its News enewsletter, 14th December lead to “innovations not yet imagined.” debut in Sacramento, California. 2018. Published under Mike Adams generous policy for not-for-profit This begs the question: With all that What they don’t mention, of course, is that organisations. radiation in the environment, how can we it will likely also lead to “health disasters Website www.naturalnews.com not yet imagined.” minimise its effects on our own health and that of our loved ones? What is 5G? Electric Sense makes some practical It can be pretty difficult to keep up with all suggestions, including: the changes in technology, nevertheless, Disable the wireless function on it is important to stay abreast of these ALL devices: The wireless function changes as they can have direct effects on every single computer, tablet, smart on our health and wellbeing. phone, printer or other wireless device in Tech Target explains 5G: the house should be disabled whenever it is not in use. “Fifth-generation wireless, or 5G, is the latest iteration of cellular technology, Switch from wireless to a cable: engineered to greatly increase the speed Wireless devices like your mouse, and responsiveness of wireless networks. scanner and printer should be replaced with USB wired versions to prevent the “Wireless networks are composed of cell wireless radiation being emitted in the sites divided into sectors that send data environment. through radio waves. … Unlike 4G, which requires large, high-powered cell towers Change to a JRS Eco-WiFi router: to radiate signals over longer distances, This router was developed by an engineer 5G wireless signals will be transmitted who was concerned about the amount via large numbers of small cell stations of radiation children are exposed to in located in places like light poles or schools. It emits 90 percent less WiFi building roofs. radiation when on standby, while offering the same level of functionality as ‘normal’ “The use of multiple small cells is routers. necessary because the millimetre wave

AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P27 Heart Attack Cholesterol – fact, myth or both? By Roger French, Health Director

In stark contrast to the standard dogma The liver can make all the cholesterol the IS THERE A about the dangers of high cholesterol, body needs, and if some is consumed in older people with high cholesterol are food (it occurs only in animal products), CONNECTION BETWEEN likely to live longer than older people with the liver compensates by eventually CHOLESTEROL AND low cholesterol. This was the finding of a making less. But if large amounts of study published in the prestigious British cholesterol, refined sugar or saturated fat HEART ATTACK? (1) Medical Journal Open in 2016. They are eaten, the balance can be upset. Numerous recent discoveries have discovered that 80 percent of the par- tended to shatter the cholesterol theory. ticipants who lived the longest had the The transport of cholesterol in the highest levels of the so-called ‘bad’ LDL bloodstream is in two forms: Lowering cholesterol levels through cholesterol. Conversely, those with the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and dietary intervention does not reduce lowest levels were far more likely to die high-density lipoprotein (HDL). the risk of death from coronary heart prematurely. disease. This was the finding of the LDL cholesterol travels to the tissues Minnesota Coronary Experiment which This puzzle of cholesterol in relation to where cholesterol is needed, but may was published in the British Medical heart attack is one of the great health be deposited in the walls of arteries Journal in 2016. The researchers found paradoxes of modern times. and to form plaque, hence that for every 0.8-point drop (Australian its reputation as ‘bad’ cholesterol. The units) in total cholesterol, there was a 22 so-called ‘good’ HDL cholesterol travels percent increase in the risk of death from JUST WHAT IS to the liver for breakdown into bile salts cardiac disease.(2) and elimination via the bowel, carried by CHOLESTEROL AND dietary fibre. A classic example is quoted by Beverly WHAT DOES IT DO? Teter, lipid biochemist at the University Probably of greater significance than of Maryland. Her mother had very high Is cholesterol a bad substance? No, it is cholesterol is the blood level of triglyc- cholesterol – between 10 and 10.8 – absolutely essential, and in its pure form erides, ‘triglyceride’ being simply the and lived to age 97.(2) is a solid, white, waxy lipid. Cholesterol is technical name for fat. These are carried produced by the liver which typically man- in the bloodstream in very-low-density Instead of being the cause of athero- ufactures approximately three grams daily. lipoprotein (VLDL). High triglyceride levels sclerosis, cholesterol is now being seen are potentially dangerous because the fat as a response mechanism activated by Cholesterol has many functions. Being the our body when a blood vessel is injured foundation for all our compounds, thickens the blood, it may be deposited in plaque, and saturated fat stimulates the through an inflammatory process. Once it is required for the production of sex the lesion occurs, the body sends choles- liver to make excessive cholesterol. hormones, stress hormones (insulin, terol-based plaque to cover the area and adrenalin, cortisol, etc.), the structure prevent further damage, much like a scab and repair of cell walls, the manufacture after a cut on our skin. It is inflammation of vitamin D and the proper functioning of that first triggers injury to our arterial walls. nerve tissue, including the brain. In fact, No matter how low cholesterol levels go, the brain is approximately 7% cholesterol the body will still use its cholesterol to (on a dry weight basis). Unless it is repair the arterial wall.(2) unnaturally high due to wrong diet, forcing the body’s cholesterol level below its This view was reinforced in 2009 by natural level could be an unwise thing to Dwight Lundell, MD, former chief heart do. surgeon at Banner Heart Hospital, Mesa,

P28 | True Natural Health AUTUMN 2019 Arizona, who had performed over 5,000 • Two-thirds of those with severe athero- of reaching 50 years of age. Being open-heart surgeries during his 25 years sclerosis had none of the major risk a thorough investigator, this former of experience.(3) factors; company CEO, Frank Cooper, made a detailed study of cholesterol and heart Dr Lundell says that mainstream medicine • Of those with moderate to severe atherosclerosis, an extraordinary disease which resulted in his writing made a terrible mistake when it advised 72% had cholesterol below the USA a book entitled, Cholesterol and the people to favour foods high in extracted recommended 5.2 mmol/l; French Paradox.(5) Frank, who is now omega-6 fats, including polyunsaturated over 60, consulted doctors and medical margarine. We now have an epidemic • In those who died of severe ath- erosclerosis, 27% had cholesterol researchers to ensure that the contents of arterial inflammation leading to heart between 5.2 and 6.5, and only 7% of the book are accurate. disease and other silent killers. were greater than 6.5 mmol/l. In other words, only one third were above 5.2, The remainder of this section is abridged The discovery that inflammation in the from Cholesterol and the French Paradox artery wall is the real cause of heart and only one in 14 were at a so-called ‘high-risk’ level above 6.5. with the generous permission of the disease is slowly leading to a paradigm author and the publisher. shift in how heart disease and other In short, the large majority of the people chronic ailments need to be treated. with atherosclerosis did not have high To his surprise, Frank found that many cholesterol. medical scientists who had done Without inflammation, there is no way that research on cholesterol and were cholesterol-rich plaque would accumulate It is clear that cholesterol and fat independent of drug companies were of in the walls of blood vessels and cause are related to artery disease, but the the view that cholesterol does not cause heart disease and strokes. Without inflam- connection is inconsistent. Something is heart disease. mation, cholesterol would move freely missing in the cholesterol theory. throughout the body as nature intended. It is inflammation that causes cholesterol to What is missing is consideration of the HOW DID THE become trapped. condition of the cholesterol and fat. CHOLESTEROL MYTH The biggest culprits causing chronic COME ABOUT? inflammation, concludes Dr Lundell, are OXIDISED FAT AND an overload of highly processed car- CHOLESTEROL In 1953 when the heart disease epidemic bohydrates (white sugar, white flour in the Western world was approaching The view is consolidating that, as far and products made from them) and its peak, an American researcher, Ancel as lipids are concerned, oxidised fats the excessive consumption of refined Keys, PhD, was convinced that a high (rancid fats) and oxidised cholesterol omega-6 extracted vegetable oils, consumption of fat and cholesterol (oxycholesterol) are the real culprits in including soya bean, corn, sunflower and resulted in heart disease. He used six atherosclerosis, not fresh fats and fresh safflower oils, that are in many processed leading countries to produce a graph cholesterol. However, excess fresh lipids foods. These cause repeated injury to showing that the higher the levels of fat can cause major problems in other ways, blood vessels, creating chronic inflam- and cholesterol, the higher the rate of so they are still potentially harmful food mation leading to obesity, diabetes, heart heart disease. These findings were widely constituents that need to be kept to safe disease and stroke. accepted, right up to the US Congress. levels. Early studies were first reviewed in The However, it went unnoticed that Keys’ Atherosclerosis can be caused by charts had ignored 20 other countries Cholesterol Myth written by the Sydney oxidised fat, oxidised cholesterol and free nutritional biochemist, Dr Robert Buist.(4) that he had assessed because they radicals. Free radicals are very destructive didn’t provide the clear result he wanted. A 1989 French study of elderly women molecules generated by cigarette If he had included the other 20 countries, found that a woman with a cholesterol smoke, air pollutants, chlorine, benzene including France, Italy, Spain, Sweden level of 4 mmol/l had three times greater (especially in petrol), pesticides, other and Holland, his graph would have been risk of heart disease compared to a toxic chemicals, radiation, excessive iron all over the place and any link between woman with a level of 8 mmol/l – the exact and some other factors. high-fat/high-cholesterol diets and opposite of what would be expected. The oxidation of fat and cholesterol occurs heart disease would have been much when unsaturated fat and cholesterol are less compelling. It took 25 years before The European Working Party On High anyone discovered the missing data, Blood Pressure In the Elderly reported exposed to heat, air, light, free radical attack or certain other factors. but by then the major food conglomer- that in elderly people with high blood ates and pharmaceutical companies pressure and moderately high cholesterol In addition, the unsaturated fats and were making vast profits selling low-fat/ levels, ranging from 6.07 to 6.46 mmol/l, cholesterol inside our bodies can be low-cholesterol foods and cholesterol the higher the cholesterol level, the lower oxidised if there are large numbers of free lowering drugs. the death rate. Again, the opposite of radicals combined with deficiency of the what would be expected. antioxidant nutrients – mainly vitamins One of the most significant recent contri- A, C and E, the carotenoids and the butions has come from Dr Uffe Ravnskov, A 1991 Finnish study of business a Swedish medical doctor and researcher, executives that had spanned 15 years minerals zinc and selenium. If these are plentiful, the lipids should be protected. who is an expert on cholesterol [and who found that those on diets carefully addressed a seminar in Sydney, New controlled to lower cholesterol and tri- It appears that cholesterol is not so bad South Wales, in August 2006]. glycerides were more than twice as likely for artery walls unless it is oxidised, and to die of heart disease as those who then it can be very bad. After reviewing a vast number of continued on their normal diets. cholesterol studies and trials, Dr Ravnskov This is why cholesterol is an issue of found flaws and inconsistencies that few Perhaps the most revealing of all such both myth and fact. medical researchers had ever bothered studies reported by Dr Buist was of to look for. He discovered that people A Sydney businessman, and now 194 autopsies where the health data with elevated cholesterol were only winemaker, at the age of 25 had a high were known before death. Conducted at slightly more at risk of developing heart level of cholesterol of 13 mmol/L. A Providence Medical Center in the USA, it disease, and the difference was so slight cardiologist gave him a 50/50 chance found that: that it wasn’t worth worrying about.

AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P29 Dr Ravnskov re-calculated the data from average level for males in the 46 to 64 cholesterol levels as in the US, but much the trials and concluded that: age group is 6.1 mmol/L. The range less heart disease. • Elevated cholesterol does not result in would be typically between 5.1 and 7.1, Also, there was no reference to the heart disease; so that anyone within that range could be 10-year Nurses Study which demon- • Lowering your cholesterol will not considered normal. strated a huge 40% drop in heart disease lengthen your life; These levels are about the same for by consuming 450 grams of raw nuts per • Older women with high cholesterol males in the UK. In both countries people week. live longer than older women with low consume similar amounts of saturated The latest thinking is that cholesterol cholesterol; fats, yet a male in the UK is three times still does have a role in artery disease. • The prudent diet, low in saturated fat more likely to have a heart attack. This If damage to the artery wall has already and cholesterol, will not lower your ‘French Paradox’ is a good example of occurred, the body repairs it with a cholesterol. the evidence that cholesterol and heart special filler called plaque, which is a fatty disease are not significantly linked. And what about the so-called ‘bad’ LDL material composed of fat, cholesterol, and ‘good’ HDL forms of cholesterol? Dr It needs to be known that cholesterol tests protein, lecithin, other compounds and Ravnskov found no association between are highly inaccurate. When two British later on calcium. either LDL or HDL cholesterol and heart reporters went for cholesterol checks “The conclusion from all this,” states disease. For 99.5% of the population, at different clinics over two consecutive Frank Cooper, “is that cholesterol is a cholesterol levels, including LDL and days, they were presented with some very important substance for your mind HDL levels, are simply not indicators for staggering results. The first reporter and body. If you are eating a healthy diet heart disease, he concluded. had four tests, the readings being 4.77, and your natural cholesterol level is, say, Dr Ravnskov published his findings in a 5.42, 5.01 and 6.44 mmol/L. The second 5 or 7 – or 10 like mine – then accept book entitled, The Cholesterol Myths. His reporter had three tests, 3.8, 4.1 and 6.1. that as your normal level.” [Note that website is www.ravnskov.nu/myth1.htm. So if only one test had been conducted, many cardiologists would be shocked as is usual, and the figure was 3.8, the at this advice. Clearly there is a need to Unfortunately, few family doctors or car- doctor would have been happy. But if keep an open mind on this issue.] diologists get to read about this kind of the 6.1 figure had been on the pathology research because it is simply impossible report, cholesterol-lowering drugs would for a busy doctor to keep up with the normally have been prescribed. mountain of medical research published CAN HIGH every day. It also needs to be known that the United CHOLESTEROL BE States ‘magic’ safe upper limit of 5.1 Many other medical researchers have mmol/L was set by the Expert Panel INHERITED? come to similar conclusions, and some for High Blood Cholesterol within the Yes, high cholesterol can be inherited, have banded together to form The US Department of Health and Human but this occurs only in a very small International Network of Cholesterol Services. However, most of the doctors percentage of the population. In familial Sceptics, which in 2018 had 109 on the Panel had links to US pharma- hypercholesterolaemia, cholesterol levels members, including nine heart specialists. ceutical companies. As was stated in are consistently in the range of between Their website, www.thincs.org, lists the magazine, USA Today, 16 October 9 and 20 mmol/L. This condition affects their names and is a virtual treasure 2004 issue, “When these famous less than one person in every 200 of the chest of clinical studies, medical papers doctors advised the government on new population or possibly one in every 500. and books on cholesterol, all written by cholesterol guidelines for the public, doctors. something they had in common wasn’t People with inherited high cholesterol revealed. Eight of the nine were making should consume minimal or no cholesterol money from the very companies whose in their diets, because they are unable to WHAT LEVEL OF cholesterol-lowering drugs they were absorb cholesterol into bodily cells as CHOLESTEROL IS urging upon millions more Americans.” readily as the average person. NORMAL? Their report made little mention of the Since French people have low levels side effects of cholesterol-lowering WOMEN AND of heart disease, it makes sense to use drugs. And it failed to mention that in their cholesterol levels as a guide. The France the people have the same average CHOLESTEROL Dr Uffe Ravnskov was unable to find any notable association between cholesterol and heart disease in women, and was surprised to discover that older women with elevated cholesterol live longer. In fact, research is now showing that cholesterol is of benefit to women, and that women with very low cholesterol may be worse off. But this has not been highlighted by the pharmaceutical companies in the product information given to doctors or to the public. No study has ever demonstrated that statin drugs extend life for women, says Dr Beatrice Golomb, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of California, who has researched cholesterol and statins.

P30 | True Natural Health AUTUMN 2019 For pregnant women there is a special following effects: impairment of thinking Prevention of heart attack requires risk in taking statins. Researchers at the ability and cognitive memory; bouts attending to all the factors involved. Then US National Institute of Health found of memory loss; personality changes; cholesterol, unless exceptionally high, that statin use during the first trimester depression. need not be dangerous. of pregnancy is associated with severe central nervous system defects and limb Anyone who does take statin drugs needs deformities in the foetus. Their findings, to be aware that statins also reduce the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT production of Coenzyme-Q10, which published in the New England Journal We acknowledge the kind permission of the of Medicine, 8 April 2004, were that 20 has the role of protecting the energy- producing units in bodily cells. Because author, Frank Cooper, and the publisher to out of 52 babies exposed to statins in the allow us to abridge and reproduce various womb were born with malformations. Co-Q10 levels will drop, it is important to consider taking a daily supplement. extracts from Frank’s book, Cholesterol and the French Paradox. The publisher is Zeus Publications, PO Box 2554, Burleigh CHOLESTEROL- A NEED FOR MDC, Qld 4220, website http://www. LOWERING DRUGS – PERSPECTIVE zeus-publications.com. ARE THEY SAFE? One of the important outcomes of this Cholesterol-lowering drugs – a class new knowledge is that it has helped REFERENCES called statins – all work by blocking us to ease worrying about cholesterol, 1. BMJ Open, 2016; 6: e010401 the body’s production of an enzyme and concentrate on eating generous 2. 16; 353:i1246. (HMG-CoA) that is a key in the quantities of fresh vegetables and fruits BMJ, 20 manufacture of cholesterol. – and, if we wish, a little red wine! 3. 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Big Pharma’s vested Statin drugs have side effects which may interests in selling their drugs has been appear almost immediately or months or written about by many doctors Statin use to lower years later. The manufacturers describe ‘mild’ side effects as being fatigue, The classic example is a book written cholesterol linked nausea, diarrhoea, heartburn, indigestion, by Marcia Angell, MD, a former Editor- headaches, trouble sleeping, constipa- in-Chief of the highly-respected New to dementia tion and muscle aching. England Journal of Medicine and a th member of the Harvard Medical School’s By Dr Joseph Mercola, 20 The more severe side effects are: Department of Social Medicine. The title November 2018 Muscle damage in the form of inflam- of this prominent doctor’s book says it Having lower levels of low-density mation is a common problem for statin all: The Truth About the Drug Companies lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is linked to users, and a particular problem for – how they deceive us and what to do a higher risk of dementia, according to older people because it prevents them about it. a study of nearly 4,000 people aged 50 from exercising to keep fit. In the severe Dr Angell explains how drug manufac- and over. form, there is disintegration of skeletal turers lobby the US Congress, univer- muscles, a condition known as rhabdo- A high level of LDL cholesterol was sities, the American Heart Association myolysis. Because the heart is a big found to be associated with lower risk and so on with huge financial grants group of muscles, there have been many of dementia, even after allowing for and donations to influence outcomes. Dr cases of older patients developing weak other factors that might increase risk, Angell highlights how the average person hearts from statin use, in some cases including demographic characteristics, in the street is the victim. leading – ironically – to heart failure. health behaviour, mood assessment and medical history. Kidney damage can be the result of “Once upon a time,” wrote Dr Angell, disintegrated muscle tissue clogging “drug companies promoted drugs to treat The association was so strong that of the kidneys and even causing kidney disease. Now it is often the opposite. researchers concluded that a high level failure. It is characterised by abnormally They promote disease to fit their drugs.” of LDL cholesterol may be considered dark urine. The bottom line regarding cholesterol as a “potential protective factor against Nerve damage involves slow, and heart disease is that the issue is both cognition decline”. progressive inflammation of nerves. In fable and fact. Normally cholesterol at Our brain contains cholesterol, which is some cases symptoms do not improve typical levels in the Australian population an essential component of nerves and after stopping the drugs. Symptoms may is not dangerous, so putting the primary necessary to develop and maintain nerve be: pain; a burning sensation; tingling or focus on cholesterol is fable. But if the cell plasticity and function. numbness in arms, hands, legs or feet; cholesterol is oxidised, it becomes the facial weakness; difficulty in swallowing; opposite – very dangerous – and this is This research suggests that the fervour speech impairment; changes in voice. fact. to lower cholesterol levels with statin drugs might be increasing the risk of Loss of memory and thinking ability. Over-riding these situations is the fact dementia. The brain needs a lot of cholesterol to that if the body has high levels of those function properly (about 7% of its dry factors which oxidise cholesterol, then REFERENCE the more cholesterol, whether fresh or weight) and if cholesterol levels are Frontiers in Neurology, 12/11/2018 forced down artificially, it can have the not, the more dangerous.

AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P31 THE GLADIATOR DIET: How Vegetarian Athletes Stack Up

Based on a video by Dr Michael Greger, MD

Recently, the remains of dozens of barley gives you strength and stamina? strength, the vegetarians beat their Roman gladiators were discovered in a Or was it just because it was the basic omnivore counterparts for ‘cardio-res- mass grave. The clue to their identities food of those times, not necessarily for piratory fitness’, but their strength didn’t were the rather distinct types of mortal performance, but because it was cheap? differ. The comparison suggests, in the injuries found by archaeologists, such as very least, that vegetarian diets do not being speared in the head with a trident. Look at ‘the modern Spartans’, the compromise athletic performance. Tarahumara Indians – they run races in Using just their skeletons, they were able which they kick a ball for 75 miles [120 The above item is based on a video to reconstruct the death blows, show km] just for the fun of it, running all day, by Dr Michael Greger, MD, 4th just how buff they really were, and even all night and all the next day. And what December 2018, Volume 45. Website try to reconstruct their ‘diet of barley does the winner get? A special popularity https://nutritionfacts.org and beans’. Carbon isotopes can show with the ladies (although how much of a what kinds of plants they ate; nitrogen reward that would actually prove to be isotopes reflect any intake of animal for a man who had been running for two protein. Further clues from the amount days straight is questionable). of sulphur and strontium in their bones have led scientists to submit that the Probably not since the days of the ancient best athletes in ancient Rome ate largely Spartans has a people achieved such a plant-based diets. high state of extreme physical condition- ing. And what did they eat? The same Then there were the Legionnaires, the kind of 75 to 80 percent starch diet, Roman army troopers, famed for their based on beans, corn and squash. abilities. They also ate a similar kind of diet, suggesting that the best fighters Modern day Olympian runners eat the in the ancient world ate essentially same kinds of foods. In Kenya they are vegetarian. So, if the great sports heroes eating a 99 percent vegetarian diet of the day were eating mostly grains and centred mostly around various starches. beans, should that tell us something But as in all these cases, is their about sports nutrition and the preferred remarkable physical prowess because diets for elite athletes? of their diets, or in spite of their diets, or having nothing to do with their diets? You Since most Greeks and Romans were don’t know until you put it to the test. basically vegetarian, centring their diets around grains, fruit, vegetables In spite of well-documented health and beans, maybe the gladiators’ diets benefits of plant-based diets, less is weren’t that remarkable. Plato, for known regarding the effects of these diets example, pushed plant foods, preferring on athletic performance. So researchers them for their health and efficiency. compared elite vegetarian and omnivore endurance athletes for aerobic fitness So yes, the Roman gladiators were known and strength. In comparing oxygen as the ‘barley men’. But was that because utilisation on the treadmill and quadriceps

P32 | True Natural Health AUTUMN 2019 BIO NEEDS AVOIDING HEALTH Part 10 HAZARDS

By Jim Lanham, long-time Natural Health Society member

“By reducing calorie intake, particu- air pollution. In the world’s largest cities, larly reducing calories from proteins and this is possibly correct. THE AGE OF POLLUTION sugars, you can decrease the .... genes Studies on longevity, however, consist- Almost all foods contain small amounts of known to accelerate ageing.” Valter ently report that the major single health toxins of one kind or another. The body Longo, PhD hazard – for long life – is obesity. My most is, however, well organised to excrete We live in interesting times, perhaps recent reminder of this was the above these, as long as the total toxic burden the best of times. But we have, to some quote by Dr Valter Longo, from his book, is kept reasonably low. Of great concern, extent, turned our backs on Nature. We The Longevity Diet. these days, is the processing of food and have embraced a range of technologies, the addition of ‘culinary’ chemicals (food and many of our modern developments additives). The best analysis of junk food and habits are hurting us in subtle ways. YOUR WORST HEALTH that I have seen is Dr Joel Fuhrman’s latest Some are major health hazards and some HAZARD? book, Fast Food Genocide. As we would are killing us softly. expect of Dr Fuhrman and his co-author, I believe that the most significant single Robert Phillips, this book is extensively It might be chlorine in our water supply. It health hazard for modern man or woman researched. I purchased my copy from might be fine particles in the air. It might is over-nourishment. If you consistently Book Depository online – be contaminants in our food; or it might eat too many calories, you will incline to www.bookdepository.com. be the drugs people are taking. It could obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer We live in the age of pollution, so to speak. be electro-magnetic radiation or it could and an early death. be constant noise or artificial light. Become as informed as you can on ways I have known several women who lived to minimise your exposure. A very good well beyond 100 and one man aged 95 overview of pollution of all kinds is a book, PATHWAYS TO HEALTH and still going. All of them ate, or eats, published in 1991, but still speaking some junk food, but all ate, or eats, their to us today – Hidden Hazards by Dr This magazine and other sources (often total food consistently in moderation. Ronald Laura and John Ashton. It covers quoted in this magazine) are priceless How much we eat is possibly even almost any health hazard you can think guides for natural living. Google is also more important than what we eat (within of, except some of the modern electro- a great pool of information if you can reason). magnetic pollutants like smart meters and sort the wheat from the chaff. Enjoy the Wi-Fi, which weren’t around in the 70s. challenges of the 21st century, without The largest single threat to our health is Your local library could probably get in being weighed down by them. 100% within our control. Eat high quality Hidden Hazards for you. Remember that food, in moderate amounts, and we If we ignore accidental injury and the Google is an ‘up to the minute’ source of have eliminated one of the worst health variations of heredity, then the lifestyle information and opinion. hazards. A recent Lancet study tells us factors that incline to old age, must surely that obesity has long overtaken starvation This article has been brief and without be the same as the lifestyle factors that as the world’s overwhelming nutritional detail. To thrive in the future, you will need incline to health. What is longevity, if not problem. to become your own expert. You may proof of sustained functional ability? also benefit by consulting some of our While every factor of lifestyle is important, Natural Health professionals. Do enjoy it is interesting to wonder if there are a the process! few factors which are more fundamental Your journey towards a long and healthy than the others. The World Health Organ- life will be, perhaps, your greatest and isation recently declared that the worst most rewarding adventure. single health hazard, on a global basis, is

AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P33 Resolving Adrenal Fatigue

BY LYN CRAVEN, NATUROPATH & BOWEN THERAPIST

If you’ve ever lacked motivation and had the modern world is not drawn upon as Drained by long working low energy and no drive to get up and go, frequently with our more sedate lifestyle there is a good chance that your adrenal and inactivity. hours energy could be low. Often this can impact The pressures of modern life and the on your sleep patterns, moods and blood Excess adrenaline demands some people experience in the sugar level, contributing to weight gain, workforce with long hours are taking a and can also manifest as chronic fatigue. balanced by exercise huge toll on the physical body, draining Daily exercise is very important, since it of energy. In some corporate organisa- What are the adrenals? adrenaline is being released each day, tions, staff work long 12 – 14 hour days and not being used as it once was. Your adrenal glands are located adjacent and many have depleted adrenal stores. Vigorous exercise draws on the stores of Weight gain and depression are common to the kidneys and are responsible adrenaline, which can assist in releasing for synthesis and secretion of various issues that I have seen. The result can be stress. If excess adrenaline builds up in insomnia, feeling tired upon waking after important hormones, including several the body you become irritable, anxious, involved in the body’s reactions to stress. restless sleep, blood sugar disorders, impatient and perspire more and can be high/low blood pressure and generally The outer portion of the adrenal gland, quick to anger due to not releasing the feeling unwell and jaded. the adrenal cortex, secretes steroid hormone through physical activity. hormones including cortisol, a hormone When your adrenals are balanced, you Many younger people and business that mediates various stress reactions. The reap the benefits of abundant energy, executives push themselves constantly, inner portion of the adrenal gland, known drive and motivation. You also fight off stimulating high activity of the adrenals as the medulla, secretes epinephrine and or recover from any illness much more to the point of exhaustion and complete norepinephrine, the hormones important quickly than if your adrenals are depleted. burnout. These high-achievers will certainly pay the price of adrenal overload. in the ‘fight or flight’ reaction to a threat or Nutritional supplementation and homeo- sudden stress. Increased mental activity can deplete your pathic and herbal remedies are valuable adrenal reserves far more than physical in restoring normal cortisol levels and work over the same length of time. When they become balanced adrenal function. These remedies are available through profes- If you find yourself tossing and turning exhausted sional naturopaths and homeopaths, all night due to being hyped up and When your adrenal glands become since self-prescribing could create more overactive, you will eventually just flop into exhausted, you could experience weight problems than it solves. non-activity, with no stamina and barely gain, fatigue and low moods. The stressed wanting to move. You may experience out adrenals will pass their ‘workload’ on Maintaining healthy nervous disorders, shaking, headaches to the thyroid gland, and then you often and constipation, since you are more likely experience imbalance of the thyroid adrenal function to be uptight and tense from the constant overdriven state. Taking remedies to help gland where it may become over/under Some simple things you can commence calm the nerves or to induce sleep is only active. Weight can increase further or you doing to maintain healthy adrenal function a Band-Aid, since these are symptoms may lose weight, you could experience are: headaches and constipation, dry skin, not the cause. thinning hair and/or fluid retention, etc. It • Understand your limits – your stress threshold – and stay within these limits; A common trend, particularly with younger depends how the thyroid is affected. do not over compete!; people, is to consume caffeine drinks, Ideally, you don’t want to push too hard • Obtain 7 – 8 hours’ sleep each night; enabling them to party for longer hours and reach this stage of adrenal exhaustion, – often into the next day and evening • Drink 1.5 – 2 litres of spring/filtered so if you feel that you are experiencing water daily; without any sleep, sometimes even this, I suggest that you seek professional for two days or more. If this becomes naturopathic help to resolve as soon as • Increase all foods containing vitamin habitual, the adrenals and nervous system possible. C, including parsley, leafy vegetables, will be totally depleted and the conse- salads and all fresh fruits; quences are not what you would want to Low cortisol levels are often the • Meditate daily; consequence of adrenal exhaustion or the experience. Chronic fatigue can result, exhaustion phase of the stress response. • Practise yoga or tai chi; with lowered immunity and less resilience High cortisol levels are a response • Avoid refined sugar; to viruses and bacteria. to chronic stress and represent the • Avoid all caffeine containing beverages Energy will take a considerable length of adaptation phase of the stress response. – or limit to one cup tea/coffee a day; time to improve and fatigue is a constant Blood tests can ascertain how adrenal • Avoid any recreational substances; companion. You are far better to take a function is working and the levels of • Avoid cigarettes; B-complex, eat fresh healthy food and cortisol. • Avoid alcohol – except the occasional ensure your iron levels are balanced. If The adrenals pump out adrenaline, the red wine; you wish to consume alcohol, then a glass of red wine with dinner is best. hormone that drives the fear, fight and • Aim to resolve any external stress flight mechanism. In the distant past, this factors – whether financial, relation- Medical practitioners do not seem to was needed by humans for survival, but in ships or work related, etc. discuss adrenal fatigue with their patients,

P34 | True Natural Health AUTUMN 2019 so it often goes untreated especially Despite research indicating that ovaries to the adrenals and possible the thyroid. chronic fatigue. The latter can also follow cease producing hormones in later years If the thyroid is greatly affected, this may Epstein Bar Virus (EBV) and glandular (there is conflict between some US require medical medications for life. fever, which are more common in professors on this topic), I would have If you continually push past your limit and younger people. Total bed rest is needed, to dispute this view when it comes to leave it too long, you are likely to encounter otherwise long-term fatigue may occur. stamina. I believe the ovaries still produce many other endocrine problems. hormones even if at a lower level. All the natural remedies I prescribe are Chronic fatigue the result The liver requires support and this is also easy to take, and, depending on chronicity, overlooked by medical practitioners who for a young girl the duration could be 4 – 6 months, then appear more focused on prescribing HRT. I once met a young girl, aged 16, who support ongoing, depending on each had not fully recovered from EBV but was One of the liver’s many jobs is to conjugate individual case. hormones. Any sluggishness of the liver told she could resume school. When she Bowen therapy to rebalance the body and may hinder the body’s ability to maintain received a Gardasil vaccine, it pretty much working with the correct remedies enables balanced hormones. Women can support knocked the stuffing out of her, resulting me to work on the kidneys. Kidney energy their body after hysterectomies with in CFS and muscular pain. Such cases can become depleted or imbalanced, natural remedies, both orally and topically. require long-term natural remedies to help more commonly in women, so herbal them recover. But no promises here! I had no symptoms at all while doing this medicine is helpful for restoring balance. some years ago prior to and after surgery. Because the adrenals are located on top In later years Formulas differ with each person for good of each kidney, both glands influence results and may be changed over time. each other. Post-menopause and andropause are essential times to commence supporting Lyn Craven is a practitioner of the adrenals if you have not done so Supplementation has a Naturopathy, Bowen Therapy and previously. In later years this will help role Reiki energy, and is a meditation avoid the extra weight around the girth teacher and corporate health and maintain more zest and vibrancy. As Each gland in the body requires different consultant. She is also a health we age (past 50), we may not be able to nutrition, and I am a firm believer that we researcher and writer and has perform the same activities/duration as need supplementation to help maintain produced a meditation CD for we did in our 30’s and 40’s. Each person good energy, vigour and youthfulness. stress, anxiety and insomnia. will be different. Rest times are important This is especially if any malabsorption She runs a private practice in – have one day of stimulating exercise issues are present. A vitamin-B complex Sydney and can be contacted and the next day relax and so on. alone is not enough; I find homeopathic remedies are essential here. on 0403 231 804 or by email Women who have had radical hysterecto- [email protected]. Website mies (even in the post-menopause stage) Anyone diagnosed with chronic fatigue www.lyncravencorporatehealth- may need constant support here. certainly needs long-term supplementa- naturopath.com. Skype and phone tion to restore more balanced function consultations available.

AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P35 News from What Doctors Don’t Tell You

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The following items are Diabetes controlled by Researchers from Milan University have discovered that eating gluten releases abridged from articles written plant-based diet by Brian Hubbard. these proteins and molecules. th 4 November 2018 (Source: Food Research International, Diabetics could control their condition 2015; 72: 208) Aspirin kills 20,000 just by eating a plant-based diet, which Prostate cancer: hormone Americans every year has been found to reduce many of the biological markers for type 2 diabetes, therapy makes it life- 11th December 2018 without the need for drugs, a major review has concluded. threatening Common over-the-counter painkillers, th such as aspirin, kill around 20,000 The diet also improves depression and 8 December 2018 Americans every year, and another diabetics lose weight on the diet. A standard hormone treatment for 100,000 end up in hospital as a result of prostate cancer can sometimes cause the taking the drug, new research reveals. A vegan diet “significantly” reduces the symptoms of type 2 diabetes to the extent cancer to spread or recur, researchers Painkillers known as NSAIDs (non-steroi- that drugs can be stopped, or dosages have found. dal, anti-inflammatory drugs) are far more lowered, the researchers discovered after Androgen-targeted therapy (ATT) is dangerous than people have been told, they took another look at 11 previously- routinely used in the early stages of the and can cause life-threatening gastroin- published studies that involved 433 most common type of prostate cancer, testinal bleeding, stomach perforations diabetics with an average age of 55. adenocarcinoma. It targets androgens, and ulcers. In fact, the diet was more successful the male sex hormones that can stimulate Most takers of a NSAID will probably than most of the official guidelines tumour growth – but sometimes the never blame the drug, researchers from recommended by diabetes help groups hormones become resistant to ATT and the Eastern Virginia Medical School around the world, they say. transforms into a more dangerous type of estimate. cancer, neuroendocrine cancer cells. (Source: BMJ Open Diabetes Research (Source: Proceedings of the Annual & Care, 2018; 6: e000534) Neuroendocrine is a more aggressive Scientific Meeting of the American form of prostate cancer, spreads easily College of Gastroenterology, October Gluten sensitivity isn’t a fad and is resistant even to chemother- 15, 2007). apy, say researchers from Cedars-Sinai – it’s a real problem Hospital in Los Angeles. Curcumin eyedrops reverse 25th December 2018 Prostate cancer patients being treated glaucoma Avoiding wheat products is all the with ATT should have regular blood tests to monitor whether their cancer is 3rd August 2018 rage, and some sceptics regard it as a fashionable fad. Some doctors and changing to the neuroendocrine type. Curcumin – the wonder ingredient in scientists just haven’t believed that gluten (Source: Journal of Clinical Investiga- turmeric that has anti-cancer and anti- sensitivity exists – but scientists have tion, 2018; 128: 4472-84) inflammatory properties – could reverse discovered that is a very real problem. glaucoma, a new study has discovered. Eating wheat products, such as bread or Curcumin eyedrops can stabilise the pasta, releases molecules that can pass problem and even reverse it in its early through the gut lining. The molecules stages, say researchers from Imperial include exorphins, College London. which have been found in the spinal Glaucoma is an eye problem that destroys fluid of people retinal cells and can result in blindness. with schizophrenia 10 percent of sufferers will eventually lose and autism. These their sight. molecules could But using curcumin eyedrops twice a have an opioid-drug day stopped the loss of retinal cells, and effect, which this was within three weeks of starting would explain the treatment, the researchers found. light-headedness that seems to affect (Source: Scientific Reports, 2018; 8: some sufferers. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29393-8)

P36 | True Natural Health AUTUMN 2019 Organophosphates cause with a local church or community group. Scientists seek funding to learning problems (Source: American Journal of Epidemiol- research health effects of ogy, 2018; doi: 10.1093/aje/kwy231) 27th November 2018 aluminium in vaccines Health experts are calling for the MMR vaccine not safe 7th August 2018 immediate ban of organophosphate for some children, UK A group of scientists is looking to raise insecticides, because they are causing Euro550,000 through crowd-funding to learning and attention problems in government concedes nd investigate the potential side effects of children. 2 November 2018 aluminium salts in vaccines such as DTP They say there is now ‘sufficient evidence’ After years of reassuring parents about (diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis) and HPV. that children exposed to the insecticides the safety of the MMR (measles, mumps, The scientists say they want to come while in the womb can have lower IQs rubella) vaccine, the UK government has up with the definitive answer about and experience learning difficulties when finally had to concede that it can have aluminium’s safety, as many parents they reach school-age. serious side effects in some children. suspect it is causing serious harm, Organophosphates were developed as A UK court has ruled that the vaccine while drug companies are not properly nerve gases for military use, but are now caused severe brain damage in a boy, now responding to their fears and carrying out used to control insects on farms, golf aged 18, and has ordered the government thorough research. courses, open spaces and parks and to pay compensation. The ruling brings to The money will fund five research projects schools. an end a lengthy campaign by the boy’s that will be carried out by the Cochrane These chemicals can be especially mother, Jackie Fletcher. Reviews team in Copenhagen. Lead dangerous for pregnant women Jackie’s son, Robert, was just 13 months researcher Christiaan Gluud said: “It’s because they impact on the neurolog- old when he had the MMR vaccination. well known that there is no valid analysis of ical development of their unborn child, From being a healthy baby who was the aluminium adjuvants used in vaccines, say researchers from the University of developing normally, he started to suffer including the HPV”. California’s Davis Environmental Health epileptic fits and became unresponsive. The leader of Fastcare, the group Sciences Centre. He is now severely disabled. Jackie and launching the crowd-funding project, is The researchers say that a complete ban her family have been awarded £91,000 in Mette Kenfelt, whose daughter almost died is the only safe response. compensation. soon after being given the HPV vaccine. The judgement also sends out hope to “No scientific research has been done to (Source: PLOS Medicine, 2018; 15: evaluate the clinical trials of vaccines with e1002671) the thousands of parents in the UK who are also fighting for compensation after the newer aluminium salts. This is incom- vaccine harm. prehensible when we have spent years More lethal than cancer & being told that vaccines only contain heart disease combined [In Natural Health, we regard brain approved and safe elements,” she said. damage as most likely caused by an th 30 November 2018 aluminium additive. – Editor] To support the funding, go to: patientdan- mark.dk/private-forces-to-raise-funds- There’s something more lethal even than (Source: Sunday Times, August 29, research-into-aluminium-in-vaccines. cancer or heart disease – it’s social 2010). And to read more about Fastcare, go to: isolation. Living a lonely life doubles http://www.fastcare.dk the chances of a premature death, researchers estimate. It seems to be an unrecognised cause of heart disease, and could also be a trigger for cancer, say researchers from the American Cancer Society. It can also cause high blood pressure and inflammation, and people who live alone tend to adopt poor lifestyle habits, such as smoking and physical inactivity. Social isolation is defined as little or no contact with close friends or family, and having little or no social activity, such as

AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P37 News from DR MERCOLA

Dr Joseph Mercola is a licensed Our body’s hormones and cell-signalling UK guidelines recommend osteopathic physician in Illinois systems also operate at this super small USA. He believes that most orthodox nanodose level. honey for coughs, not medications provide only temporary antibiotics relief at best, and he seeks to treat Professor Vladimir Voeikov asserted that the whole person, not just the Russian scientists had known for decades 10th September 2018 symptoms. that tiny doses of medicines have dramatic With the goal of reducing inappropriate effects on biological systems. antibiotic use by half by 2021, the UK Dr Mercola issues regular free enews- Department of Health has proposed new letters. His website is Mercola.com. Professor Jerry Pollack of the University of Washington, a leading expert on water, guidelines recommending the use of honey The following are summaries or reported that his research confirms as a first line of treatment for coughs. abridged versions of some recent that water has the capacity to store Antibiotics do little to improve colds and items, published under his generous huge amounts of medicinal information, flu or symptoms like coughs and sore not-for-profit policy. enabling homeopathic nanodoses to fully throat, because they are not designed to impact a person’s physiology. treat viral infections, which typically run their course within a week or two. The above is based on a presenta- Are you surrounded and tion by Cambridge Professor Emeritus The antibacterial, anti-inflammatory stressed by clutter? Brian Josephson at the conference and antioxidant properties of honey ‘New Horizons in Water Science – are well-known, making honey a great 17th January 2019 the Evidence for Homeopathy’ (14 alternative to prescription drugs when treating coughs. Researchers questioned three groups July 2018), with introduction by Lord of adults in different stages of their lives Kenneth Ward-Atherton. Manuka honey, which has a long history of to find out the effects of clutter across use as a treatment for bacterial infections generations. Can you decrease jet lag and wounds, is a most beneficial natural health remedy. A strong association was found between with exposure to light? procrastination and clutter problems, and 20th September 2018 Weightlifting an hour a clutter problems also led to a significant decrease in satisfaction with life in general Exposure to light leads to advances or week reduces risk of stroke among older adults. delays in your circadian rhythm, known and heart attack as phase shifts, which can cause the Women living in cluttered homes had symptoms of jet lag to disappear. 30th November 2018 increased depressed mood over the Generally, when traveling east, exposure Strength training is foundational for course of the day, while the opposite held optimal health, especially as we get true for women with uncluttered homes. to bright light in the morning and the avoidance of bright light at night, should older. It’s not just about strong muscles; When you’re in an organised, uncluttered help to minimise jet lag, while the opposite resistance training also benefits our heart, space, your brain has an easier time holds true when traveling west. metabolism, cognition and mental health. processing everything that’s there, which Recent research shows less than an hour frees up mind space to focus on other You can achieve bright light exposure by of strength training per week can reduce things. going outdoors into the sunlight or by our risk for heart attack and stroke by using a light box or a device that offers anywhere from 40 to 70 percent. Homeopathy: latest transcranial bright light (TBL) via your ear canals. These cardiovascular benefits were discoveries at science’s independent of aerobic exercises such When researchers administered TBL in as walking and running. Strength training cutting edge the seven days following an eastward alone can lower our risk of heart attack 31st October 2018 trans-Atlantic flight, it led to a significant and stroke. reduction in jet lag symptoms, including Less than one hour of resistance training A major research conference at London’s sleepiness, fatigue and forgetfulness. Royal Society of Medicine confirmed the per week also lowers our risk of metabolic therapeutic effects of extremely small If you need to avoid light exposure in the syndrome by 29 percent, and benefits our doses (nanodoses) of homeopathic morning, consider wearing a pair of blue brain. medicines. light-blocking glasses with amber lenses, which will help to prevent your melatonin Two Nobel Prize-winning scientists and levels from plummeting other esteemed researchers from around the world presented compelling evidence that medicinal agents not only persist in water, but they retain therapeutic effects in these nanodoses.

P38 | True Natural Health AUTUMN 2019 Melanoma is a disease of The health risks of avoid the pain of wiping with toilet paper, which can aggravate many bowel-related office workers excessive earwax problems. 12th December 2018 12th September 2018 [Many Natural Health Society members Melanoma, the most aggressive form of Earwax, also known as cerumen, is have purchased an ‘In-Lieu’ from the skin cancer, is more frequently found in produced inside the ear canal to protect Society to enable the squatting position – office workers who may burn more easily your ear and hearing; however, a buildup, see inside back cover – Editor] during outdoor activities on the weekend especially in the elderly, may trigger and are exposed to damaging UVA rays serious health conditions, especially Rocket helps prevent fatty through office windows. hearing loss. liver disease It’s becoming clear that regular exposure to full-spectrum light is necessary, and Associated with hearing loss is 14th January 2019 accelerated cognitive decline, which that public health would be best served by Green leafy vegetables have been helping people to understand the optimal is particularly burdensome for elderly people. Earwax build-up may also trigger identified as a viable ‘new treatment’ for ‘dose’ needed, rather than telling them to fatty liver disease, due to the inorganic shun all sun exposure. earaches, foul odour, ringing in the ears and discharge from the ear canal. nitrate they contain. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a risk of developing a number of health Some people experience increased Unhealthy eating habits, obesity and other conditions. Blood serum levels of 60 ng/ earwax production triggered by omega-3 hallmarks of metabolic syndrome are ml to 80 ng/ml appear optimal for disease fatty acid deficiency. Insufficient levels are frequently responsible. prevention, and are best achieved through also associated with an increase in car- Arugula (‘rocket’) contains cleansing sensible, safe sun exposure. diovascular disease and increased risk of properties that may counteract toxic If you don’t have access to full sun through death from all causes heavy metals, pesticides and herbicides in the winter months, oral supplementation Cleaning with cotton swabs or other our body, particularly in the liver, and help may help you achieve an ideal vitamin D small objects may result in damage to the prevent liver disease. level. Also ensure that you optimise your eardrum. The simplest and safest method Naturally present in high amounts in intakes of vitamin K2 and magnesium to is to soften the earwax with coconut or avoid negative effects. rocket, choline is an essential nutrient olive oil and then add hydrogen peroxide that’s especially important during foetal to lift the wax. But be sure to see a doctor A vitamin D test more development, as well as for metabolism for stubborn problems function, DNA synthesis and cleansing important than a the liver. mammogram Top 6 tips to prevent constipation 15th October 2018 Vitamin D optimisation could potentially 23rd January 2019 eliminate a vast number of breast cancers, Estimates suggest up to 20 percent of yet this key information is completely the general population experience chronic ignored by conventional breast cancer constipation, characterised by hard, dry awareness campaigns and difficult to pass stools, and/or having Most cancers occur in people with a less than three bowel movements per vitamin D blood level between 10 and week. 40 ng/mL, whereas the optimal level for To prevent constipation, make sure cancer protection has been identified as you’re drinking enough water each day, being between 60 and 80 ng/Ml and increase your fibre intake to 25 to Research shows that having a level above 50 grams per 1,000 calories consumed 60 ng/mL lowers a woman’s risk of breast [which is a lot]. cancer by more than 80 percent, compared to having a level below 20 ng/mL Four foods shown to have a beneficial impact on chronic constipation are So get your vitamin D checked by a doctor. fermented vegetables, artichoke, kiwi fruit and kefir Certain supplements can also help improve your regularity, including magnesium, organic psyllium husk, enzymes and probiotics. In your bathroom, consider using a foot stool to enhance elimination, and installing a bidet to optimize your hygiene and

AUTUMN 2019 True Natural Health | P39 Wi-Fi increases our risk of Microwaving food is very Traditional Chinese brain cancer – science is damaging to nutrition medicine has extraordinary clear By Edsel Cook, 12th December anti-cancer activity By Isabelle Z, 7th February 2019 2018 By Zoey Sky, 21st January 2019 Wi-Fi might be a relatively new invention, A Green Med Info article has warned Researchers are continually looking for but it has become something that most that there is no faster way to destroy the natural alternatives to pharmaceutical people can’t imagine living without. It’s nutrients in your food than to pop it into a drugs, which are often linked to negative time to take a look at what all this con- microwave oven. side effects. According to a study, dry resin nectedness could be doing to your health. The days of cooking fresh, whole foods from the gamboge (Garcinia hanburyi) tree can potentially be used to develop a Studies have shown Wi-Fi increases on the stove or in the oven seem to be safe and natural remedy for cancer. your risk of brain cancer and a host of long past. other serious illnesses. The International People are told that microwave heating The study, which was published in Agency for Research on Cancer has does not damage the nutrients in food. the Chinese Journal of Natural classified radiofrequency electromagnetic However, new research shows that Medicines, was conducted by scientists fields (RF/EMF) as possibly carcinogenic. microwave energy damages the important from Zhongda Hospital at the School of Medicine of Southeast University in China. All this exposure to mobile phones, smart nutrients in food, making the meals much meters, smart devices and other Wi-Fi less nourishing than believed. Garcinia resin is often used in traditional technologies is even worse for children, A University of Texas review in 2008 Chinese medicine due to its many according to a study published in the showed that the minerals found in fresh biological functions, including anthelmin- Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastruc- produce could be depleted by as much tic, anti-inflammatory and detoxification ture. Children have smaller bodies than as 40 percent and proteins were affected activities. adults and their skulls thinner. Not sur- in much the same way. Using information from the preliminary prisingly, unborn children are the most studies, the researchers were able to vulnerable. In 2001 researchers from Pennsylva- nia State University demonstrated that validate the fact that neogambogic acid Studies have shown a link between EMF exposing garlic to just one minute of can selectively inhibit the growth of and brain cancer as well as cancer of microwave energy disabled almost all various cancer cells. the salivary glands. Girls who keep their of the allinase inside it. Without this The researchers are hopeful that phones in their bras have a higher risk powerful bioactive compound, this neogambogic acid can one day be used of breast cancer, and exposure has also superfood would be unable to restrain to formulate safe and effective cures for been linked to problems like miscarriages, the spread of cancer. cancer and inflammation. low sperm count, anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, migraines and ADHD. And in 2003, Spanish researchers found Gamboge is cultivated in Asia for its a that microwaved broccoli lost almost gum resin. Another problem is that Wi-Fi continues to all its antioxidants and a lot of its glu- get faster, and this tends to make the RF/ cosinolates, which are anti-cancer. In Sources include: Science.news; Sci- EMF exposure rates even higher. With 5G comparison, steamed broccoli retained enceDirect.com; Tropical.TheFerns.info poised to take over, we could be facing a up to 89 percent of its antioxidants. whole new slew of health problems. Antidepressants a threat If you put fatty foods into a plastic It is possible to limit exposure. For container and heat them inside a to the environment example, you can disable your wireless microwave, they will release various By Lance D Johnson, 3rd December connections when you’re not using your toxins that can contaminate food. 2018 devices, and keep mobile phone use to a minimum. If your children are phoning, Instead of consuming microwaved One of the greatest threats to the have them use a corded land line. dinners, you would be much better off environment and wildlife is the accumula- cooking food the old-fashioned way. tion of pharmaceutical drugs in water and When you must use your mobile phone, And eat plant products that are fresh, soil. Improperly discarded pharmaceuti- at least use speaker mode and hold the uncooked or only slightly heated. cals enter the sewage system and pollute phone as far away from you as you realisti- the water. Hormone replacement drugs cally can. Use wired connections wherever Sources include: GreenMedInfo.com; and contraceptives, even at trace levels, possible, including for keyboards, mice NCBI.NLM.NIH.gov are now feminising fish. and printers. Turn off your router at night. Some of the most stable, pervasive and Keep microwave use to a minimum, refuse dangerous drugs in the environment are smart meters or get a shield, and don’t antidepressants, which interfere with the use smart appliances. biological functions of marine life. Sources for this article include: Nat- uralHealth365.com; NaturalNews.com

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Professor Alex Ford of Portsmouth’s • Using out-of-date eye makeup. 300 billion pieces of Institute of Marine Biology says that anti- Using old products is not worth the depressants and anti-anxiety drugs are money you’ll save, because of the plastic pollute Arctic found everywhere, “in sewage, surface potential damage they can cause. Ocean water, ground water, drinking water and Generally, liquid liners and mascara should only be used for three months. By Rhonda Johansson, 3rd soil and accumulating in wildlife tissues”. December 2018 Their laboratory studies show that these You should also sharpen your eye chemicals change the way animals pencils regularly to prevent bacterial Around 300 billion pieces of plastic reproduce, grow and mature. transfer. (around 150 million tons) pollute the • Not getting your eyes checked. Arctic Ocean, concludes an international Sources include: Phys.org; Phys.org; If you don’t get your eyes checked team of researchers after assessing the NaturalNews.com; Biosludged.com regularly, then you might not know if levels of plastic waste found east of there’s a problem until it’s too late. Eye Greenland and in the Barents Sea off Everyday habits that may doctors recommend a comprehensive Norway and Russia. Their report, which be damaging our eyes eye test every two years, except that for appears in Science Advances, labels people over 70 it should be every year. By Ellaine Castillo, 16th December these zones as “polar graveyards”. In 2018 • Staring at screens. Mobile devices, particular, the toxins in plastic can leak computer screens and TV screens are into the water, altering life forms. The eyes are not just the windows to our slowly damaging our eyes due to the soul, they are also our windows to the blue light they emit. Blue-light filtering The team suggests that it is likely outside world. Without these organs, glassed can be purchased. the waste was swept north by ocean currents; the Arctic becoming the “dead we wouldn’t be able to perceive visual • Smoking. Smokers have a higher risk cues such as colour, shape and size, end” for waste dumped in the Atlantic of developing cataracts and macular Ocean off Europe and the United States. which could greatly affect the quality of degeneration. our life. Unfortunately, lots of people don’t • Not wearing sunglasses. Sunglasses An article in One Green Planet says that give their eyes the same amount of care as offer protection against harmful around 100 million marine mammals are they do other parts of the body. This could ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. killed each year from plastic pollution. increase the risk of different eye conditions 80 percent of UV rays can penetrate Animals mistake the debris for food, their like blurred vision, cataracts or blindness. through clouds. digestive systems become blocked and the animals die very slow and painful There are many habits that can cause • Leaving a fan on as you sleep. A eye problems and some people might not fan can blow dust or pollen towards deaths. even know that these actions are harmful. your eyes, which can increase the risk Sperm whales, in particular, are To increase your awareness of how to of irritation and dry eyes. Either turn the especially vulnerable as plastic debris take proper care of your eyes, here are fan off or wear a sleep mask. bears a strong resemblance to their main some examples of habits that can damage • Overusing eye drops.Instead of prey, squid. your visual organs: relieving the redness of your eyes, applying too much eye drops will even Sources include: DailyMail.co.uk; • Swimming without goggles. Mirror.co.uk; EllenMacArthurFounda- Goggles are a necessity whenever we worsen the condition. This is especially true for eye drops that contain preserv- tion.org; OceanCrusaders.com; One- go swimming to protect the eyes from GreenPlanet.org; ConserveTurtles.org; microorganisms such as acantham- atives. TechTimes.com oeba that can infect our eyes. People Sources include: Healthista.com; who wear contact lenses are even more TheEyeDocs.com vulnerable to these organisms since they can get trapped under the lens. If the pool is chlorinated, this chemical strips away the film that protects the eyes, leaving them exposed to dirt and microorganisms.

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AUSTRALIAN VEGETARIAN VEGETARIAN/VEGAN SOCIETY VEGETARIAN AND VEGAN SOCIETY (NSW) Inc. OF QLD Inc. SOCIETY (VEGSA) Inc. PO Box 146, Rochedale Qld 4123 (formerly Vegetarian Society of South PO Box 56, Surry Hills NSW 2010 Australia) Email [email protected] Phone 02 9698 4339 PO Box 311, Kent Town, SA, 5071 Email [email protected] Web www.vegsoc.org.au Web www.veg-soc.org.au Ph 08 8260 2778. vegsa.org.au Veg SA News VEGAN NUTRITION There is plenty of evidence that the number of people turning to a plant-based diet is rising substantially, at least in countries like USA, UK, Australia and in Europe. In the UK, for example, it has been predicted that around 12 million people, that is, 22% of the population, will be following a meat-free diet by the end of 2019 and that 2.9 million of these will be vegan. (1) The reason for this change is not quite clear, but it is likely that social media has made it easier for people to gain information, share

ideas and feel encouraged. The health benefits supplements. Low levels of B12 can cause to use as treats or quick meals. However, of plant-based eating have been widely extensive problems including, in extreme some could have questionable food value recognised, and no doubt an awareness cases, pernicious anaemia. and need to be used in conjunction with a of the role that animal husbandry plays in 2. Omega-3 fatty acids are needed to whole-food diet. environmental degradation – occupying balance omega-6 fatty acids. The latter can In addition to a greater range of products 83% of farmland while yielding only 18% of be too high if the diet depends too much Adelaide also has a growing number of calories(2) – is having some impact. Add to on grains and packaged foods. Flaxseed vegetarian/vegan eateries, so as with our this the concern that many people feel for the and flaxseed oil, rich in omega-3, can help other capitals cities, Adelaide is a good suffering of the animals, not only in factory in this respect. place to be for the aspiring vegan. farms, but also in the enormous ‘wastage’ of male calves and chicks. 3. Calories need to be sufficient for the Contrary to what the above might suggest, individual’s activity levels. Some people veganism is not a chore, it’s an adventure. The proliferation of vegan products is new to a vegan diet mention feeling a lack For an up-to-date list of vegetarian and making it easier to respond to these of energy. concerns, although which is the cart and vegan eateries in SA see VegSA Inc, www. which is the horse is not quite clear. 4. Calcium. The myth of milk being vegsa.org.au, or phone 0466 972 112 for important for calcium in the diet has long information or a chat. Also look at www. While a plant-based diet, or more spec- been disproved. Sufficient calcium can be happycow.com ifically, a whole-food plant-based diet, obtained from plant-based sources. Note For lunch or dinner, Adelaide Vegans has been demonstrated to be optimum that plant-based milks are not all created meets every Friday or Saturday. See www. in maintaining health and even reversing equal – some are higher in protein, some (3) adelaidevegans.org/events or phone Ken some chronic conditions, there are some in calories and they have differing mineral on 0415 382 121 issues that people eating vegan would do and vitamin contents. Choose one to suit well to be aware of: your needs. For general information, see www.vegan- 1. Vitamin B . It seems that every credible society.com 12 5. Protein likewise can be adequately authority says that vegans need to be aware obtained from plant sources. An excess of For specialised vegan supplies, visit: of the need for B . Created by bacteria, 12 protein makes the system acidic, which is The Simple Market, 44 Henley Beach Road, the usual source is animal products. harmful to health. If feeling low on protein, (All non-animal sources are suspect B Mile End 5031, phone (08)7080 1047 and 12 explore a range of nut, bean and lentil dishes. analogues, which we humans can’t use.) Everything Vegan, 172 Goodwood Road, While the body stores B for around two 6. While checking on specific needs Goodwood 5034, phone 8373 4679. 12 (especially points 1. and 2. above), it is to three years, it is as well to have a blood References test for B , as well as a test for homocyst- still important to adhere to good natural 12 health principles. For information on basic (1) www.finder.com eine, which if elevated can be an indication (2) The Economist, quoted by Katie Johnson on of low B . The amount of B required is dietary needs, see ‘Natural Health Dietary 12 12 19.1.19 in Money Weekend’s article, ‘Why a extremely low – 2 to 4 micrograms per day. Guidelines in Brief, pages 18 – 21 in this magazine, Summer 2016/17 issue. Burger Won the ‘Best Tech of 2019’ Award’. This can be obtained by injections from a (3) Physicians Committee for Responsible GP, from additives in food (not so common Certainly, it is great to have a wide range of Medicine, www.pcrm.org/clinical-research in Australia) or from very affordable vegan products, including meat analogues,

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