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WINTER 2019 True Natural Health The Magazine of the Natural Health Society of Australia Facebook: Natural Health Society of Australia. Website: health.org.au Plant-based eating for vibrant health Brussels halts 5G rollout Rheumatoid arthritis – is reversible Electric cars emit EMR Happy people – their top traits Big Pharma ‘bought’ Congress Fluoridation – fluorosis increasing Herbs for stress and sleep Recipes – Autumn Seminar lunch Relax and detox in tranquil surroundings Reconnect with nature Enjoy delicious vegetarian food Experience renewed vitality and weight loss On offer are 8-day and 15-day programs which include a two-day juice fast, massages, facials and expert naturopathic consultations. Co-owner, Barbara O’Neill, is a qualified naturo- path and nutritionist. Interesting, life changing talks can make your stay the start of a healthier, happier, and longer life. You will emerge from this haven of peace feeling refreshed and renewed. 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And This was red rag to this bull and triggered a to be happy, we can read and put into Another happening that will make many solid rebuttal by me, presenting irrefutable practice Dr Mercola’s ‘Traits that happy of us angry is the rolling out of 5G evidence that plant-based eating is superb people have in common’ (page 16). transmitters around the world to make for our bodies. See the leading article electronic communications even faster. And for a laugh, we throw in some dry with back-up from Dr Michael Greger and After identifying adverse health effects, – literally dry – humour from the Aussie Robyn Chuter. Brussels in Belgium has banned the drought-struck bush (page 27). roll-out in that city. The heads of this For readers who are lucky enough to May you enjoy the information and super-profitable industry have admitted frequent the centre and inner suburbs entertainment in this issue. of Sydney, totally plant-based take-away to the US Senate that they haven’t meals are available from Iku Wholefoods, done any safety studies, and they a chain of nine eateries. We have sampled don’t plan to. Such dangerous vested Roger French, their meals, found them wonderful, and interest warrants an angry response are very happy to promote Iku on page 5. (see page 18). Health Director and Editor At the extreme other end of ethics, a major Still on electromagnetic radiation, it world bank has declared to investors that turns out that, unfortunately, electric finding a cure for cancer and other nasty cars can have substantial EMR illnesses won’t yield the greatest return to problems for their occupants. We can’t investors, so don’t invest in efforts to find win! 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By Roger French, Health Director An article published in The NZ Journal of as a protein source in a balanced diet, it is and what’s more, the fat in most of them Natural Medicine, February-May 2019, a starchy carbohydrate. is unsaturated, which when consumed in has set the cat among the pigeons with the whole food – rather than extracted and Let’s look at the official figures from the us in the Natural Health Society. Commonwealth government’s publication, prone to rancidity – is good nutrition. For example, research has found that when nuts The title presents a challenge – ‘A com- ‘Australia New Zealand Food Authority’. are eaten for protein regularly, they signifi- prehensive list of reasons why vegan and Protein contents are as follows: cantly reduce the risk of heart disease. vegetarian diets can easily ruin your body’. Animal foods: Red meat 20 – 23%; fish It is written by health and body-building (salmon) 22%; chicken 21%; whole egg Alex Fergus’s claims of harm from lower coach, Alex Fergus. I see the article as an 13%; unprocessed cheddar cheese 25%. protein quality, lack of amino acids and example of how it is possible to present insufficient fats are disproved by the large a host of detail and come to certain Plant foods: Legumes: Soya beans number of populations and individuals conclusions – but conclusions that don’t 31% (dry weight; the richest of all foods who have thrived on vegetarian or vegan necessarily match results that we see in in protein); peanuts 25%; lentils 24%; diets – which I come to shortly. the real world. lima beans 21%; kidney beans 22%; chickpeas 16%; mung beans 24%. But, yes, a plant-based diet can ruin your health if you replace meat with white flour, Alex Fergus’s Eight Nuts: almonds 20%; cashews 17%; white sugar products and other junk foods. Brazil nuts 14%; Hazelnuts 15%; walnuts Some younger people do this when the 14%; pecans 10%; Macadamias 8%; reasons why vegan and only basis for their way of eating is animal Pistachios 20%; pine nuts 13%. vegetarian diets may welfare. It is a self-destructive way to eat. Seeds: sunflower seeds 23%; sesame end in disaster seeds 22%; pepitas 27%; flax seeds Minerals, vitamins and Alex Fergus lists eight reasons for 18%. minor nutrients problems with vegan and/or vegetarian As we can see, there is plenty of protein diets: in plant foods, provided we eat the right Coming to Alex’s reasons 5, 6 and 7, his foods. What’s more, we don’t want to eat statement that vegan and vegetarian diets Reason 1: It’s hard to get enough protein.