SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health The Magazine of the Natural Health Society of Australia

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The body-builder, Ben Saravia, featured In line with the current interest, Other conditions covered are men’s on the front cover of this issue, overcame world-wide, in reducing plastic prostate cancer by Jo Thompson (page high blood pressure by adopting a pollution, a really good summary of how 33) and women’s menorrhagia by Lyn plant-based diet. He presented his highly to recycle, re-use and avoid plastic has Craven (page 34). entertaining story at the Society’s Spring been written by the highly-esteemed Dr We hope you enjoy all this entertaining 2018 Seminar in September, and this Joseph Mercola. We are very pleased and/or valuable information. story is published on page 2 in this issue. to present it on page 6.

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condensed versions of the presenta- the health benefits that having a pet tions of three of the five speakers at the can bring us. On page 16, the good Roger French, Seminar – Ben’s story, Greg Fitzgerald’s American wholistic vet, Dr Becker, Health Director ‘Your Health is an Orchestra – Are you outlines just how effective and wide- and Editor playing all the instruments?’ and ‘Fantastic reaching these benefits can be. Health Made Simple’ by Barbara O’Neill, owner of Misty Mountain Health Retreat The ‘disease’ topic covered in this issue (see promotion inside front cover). is heart disease. We have not offered a comprehensive account of preventing The lunch served at the Seminar was and reversing this number one killer for a hit and many of those who attended many years, so it is long overdue. Written requested the recipes. Thanks to the by myself, it is on pages 28 to 31. good graces of chef, Taryn McWilliam, we are pleased to present all the recipes in the centrefold (pages 22 and 23).

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SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P1 You’re So Vein

By Ben Saravia, plant-based body-builder and coach who overcame Ben Saravia gave an high blood pressure impressive presentation at the Natural Health Society’s Spring 2018 Seminar on 23rd September. Here he repeats his story.

Over the last few years, I’ve been thinking – it was the ‘good life’. Eventually, after a 3. Consume predominantly protein – a lot about what it means to be truly few years of this, I started to tire of it and and some carbs. ‘healthy’ – does it mean looking good? moved to the countryside where I settled Feeling good? Being happy? Running a in with some friends. 4. The more protein you eat, the faster marathon? and bigger your muscles will grow. Shocked at how skinny I was, my friends 5. Milk is good. See how fast a calf Here’s my story. decided to take me to the gym. grows? Drink milk, but make sure it’s Fourteen years ago, I went to university Sure enough, as part of my pre-activity skimmed. in Wales, where I studied for a degree in screening process, the personal trainer 6. Cardio is forbidden unless you are biotechnology. I was 20 years old, and took my blood pressure. “Hey,” she said, running to catch a. train. After all, look all new students were required to have a “Do you know that you have elevated at marathon runners. You do not want to health check-up. blood pressure?” But I was just there look like that. because I was tired of looking so skeletal, So, my new friends and I trotted off to the so was not concerned about inner-health 7. The only good sources of protein are GP, and everything was fine, except that or blood pressure. chicken, red meat, eggs and fish. it turned out that I had mildly high blood pressure. Furthermore, the trainer told me that it 8. Fat is bad. wasn’t anything to worry about – “After “Not to worry,” I was told, but the GP did 9. There is no fat in chicken, eggs or all,” she said, “You are not overweight ask if there was anything that might have tuna. – and you are young, so I can’t see any been concerning me. I confessed that I reason why this would be.” had been a little nervous – only because my friends who had gone in before me So, what did I do at this point? Nothing! So, on this went for a few years – in fact said that they had been subjected to almost ten. I had been living in Australia a testicular examination, which I later I may well have had coffee that morning – since 2009. and the point was that I didn’t really care. I realised was – please excuse the pun – a In the meantime, my father had a stroke. load of bollocks. was there to lift weights so I wouldn’t look skinny anymore. He is from Argentina – not exactly the “That was probably it”, the GP said. We birthplace of the vegan movement! laughed and forgot about it. After all, I was Furthermore, my father had been a pro- young and skinny, so I really didn’t have Now for the fessional polo player, and had been active all his life. much to worry about. body-building Despite drinking too much, I also played a Then only two years ago, I went to see my And boy! did we get on with it! I threw mum and stepfather, George, in Spain. I lot of sports – squash, rowing, running – myself into the body-building world. and had the occasional cigarette. later said to my mum, “My stepfather looks Of course, having recently completed like he’s about to have a heart attack.” Two Years passed, and somehow I survived a biotechnology degree, I read peer- weeks later, he had a heart attack. university and moved to London to seek reviewed literature and the latest papers my fortune. Sure enough, I landed myself on nutrients, muscle gain and overall After that serious health-scare, which a highly-paid corporate job. This was health to give myself the best chance? Of included surgery and a couple of stents, pre-GFC (Global Financial Crisis) where course I didn’t! we visited George in the ICU, where the cardiac surgeon’s advice was: “He salary was not in any way related to one’s I relied on an ancient discipline of ‘bro- skill or usefulness. needs to rest, and, oh, eat more fruit and science’, the basic tenets of which are: vegetables and less meat.” The economy was booming, parties at 1. The bigger the person, the more his A few weeks later, I returned to Australia work were frequent, we attended big opinion matters! conferences with extensive catering, and (where heart disease is the leading cause had working lunches (aka working drinks) 2. Eat 6 – 26 meals per day. of death) and I embarked on a clean eating spree – didn’t I? Of course not! I

P2 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19 carried on doing what I had always done. been shown, time and time again, to a vasodilator effect, so with long-term Eat, lift weights, and repeat. reduce arterial plaque build-up. For consumption, it is associated with lower example, soya milk contains these, and blood pressure. Herbal teas, including Some weeks later, I was teaching newly so the simple act of replacing your dairy rose hip and teas with a high hibiscus qualified personal trainers how to use a milk with soy milk means that in one glass content, work to reduce blood pressure blood-pressure monitor. We tested each you’re both removing hormones and all immediately by causing vasodilation. I other for practice, and eventually they tested sorts of other nasties that contribute to combined green tea and hibiscus-rich me. I scored159/90. Not good at all! arterial plaque, and are replacing them tea bags in the same drink for a double We tested again, and again. Naturally, the with something that actively combats this. whammy. Teas are also anti-inflammatory, question followed: “If you’re so fit, how thereby reducing build-up as mentioned Phytosterols, antioxidants, flavonoids come you have high blood pressure?” earlier. and plant-based enzymes all increase This was the final straw. It was time to and restore plasticity and flexibility to our I began eating more turmeric, an ancient act. I began to test my blood pressure cardiovascular network – in its entirety. ingredient which is all the rage now. In regularly, only to find the same results This network of veins, arteries and certain parts of India, the astoundingly low repeating. So I paid a visit to my GP, who capillaries, if stretched out, would go to incidence of dementia in older peoples confirmed that it was indeed still high. He over 160,000 kilometres! compared to us in the Western World sent away blood samples and the results is attributed partly to regular turmeric Back to the motoring analogy. By eating showed that HDL was low, LDL (the ‘bad’ consumption. A component of turmeric, more whole plant foods, we are actively kind) was high, and the ratio was bad. In curcumin, has been shown to improve clearing debris off the road ahead. With short, high cholesterol and high blood vascular endothelial function in healthy the road clear, your highway of blood pressure. middle-aged and older adults. It does this flows more freely. By not consuming by increasing nitric oxide bioavailability animal products, we are not dumping any The advice? Cut down on eggs, eat more and reducing oxidative stress. fish, and don’t worry – “It’s probably just debris on this hypothetical highway. ‘white-coat’ stress”, the GP said. Exercise. All exercise will reduce blood Do you know that the National Health pressure in the long term. However, for Service in the UK recommends consuming But I knew the truth, given that I was a me the easiest was walking every day for fresh beetroot juice to combat high blood personal trainer and was having more than at least 30 minutes. If you can walk, then pressure, finding that a daily glass can an average amount of exercise. Indeed, I you should walk. was preparing to compete in The Austral- be just as effective as some anti-blood asian Natural Body Building South Coast -pressure medications? Championships. I was eating lean meats Celery and beetroot increase your nitrate and vegetables, so something had to levels, and along with leafy greens, cause give. I felt as though I was like a sports car The final result your arteries and veins to dilate, reducing with a rusty engine. High blood pressure the pressure. These vegetables contain So what was the end result? means your heart is having to work harder plant sterols, which help to dissolve to push blood around your body. Fifteen years after my first high blood fat and arterial plaque, creating more pressure reading, I now have a low resting space, and they also reduce inflamma- I knew that it was not due to white coat heart rate, low blood pressure and very tion. Blood vessels that are inflamed are stress – and that no amount of cod liver low cholesterol. oil was going to help me. It was time to do constricted, and are more ’sticky’, which what I had long known was ethically the allows cholesterol to more easily bind to And how did the only vegan competing right thing to do anyway. the vessel wall. in the South Coast Championships go? Well, I won! So, at the beginning of this year – 2018 So what’s the take-away message here? – I began to follow a 100% plant-based Drinking a glass of beetroot juice a day diet. I even told my doctor, who immediatly would immediately lead to reduced blood became so concerned at this dietary pressure. Ben Saravia is the X-rated vegan change that he invited me to have regular with serious muscle and is a gold- Now, consider adopting some simple, blood tests for my B levels, so I wouldn’t medalist fitness model. He is also an 12 proven, non-pharmaceutical additions. perish from the much-feared Sudden unlikely vegan. Vegan Death Syndrome. Walking reduces blood pressure, For enquiries or more information, improves heart function and lowers stress Further to this, I finally decided to pro- visit: www.thexratedvegan.com hormones. actively research how to combat high blood pressure. Beans, beans are good for the heart … is absolutely true. Beans and other foods rich in potassium, such as bananas, lower What can we do blood pressure by balancing out the negative effects of salt. The kidneys help to change our vein to regulate blood pressure by controlling health and blood the amount of fluid stored in your body. The more fluid, the higher your blood pressure? pressure. We all know we need to eat fruits and Drink tea – without milk! The different vegetables – right? But I believe it’s not properties of different teas are extensive. just this, it’s also the absence of saturated For example, green tea contains caffeine fats, particularly animal fats, which help to and could therefore cause a short-term lower your blood pressure for good. increase in blood pressure by increasing Plant phytonutrients and sterols have heart rate. However, its flavonoids have

SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P3 Why modern medicine is a major threat to public health By Dr Aseem Malhotra

Most patients will derive no health ageing population is. A Lancet analysis A report commissioned by think-tank, improvement from medication. We revealed that if rising life expectancy The King’s Fund, in 2012 recommended should tackle the root causes of means years in good health, then health putting patient preferences at the heart of disease instead. expenditure is expected to increase by decision making in medicine, suggesting only 0.7% of GDP by 2060. it would not just be a victory for ethics and When former airline pilot Tony Royle came policy, but for finance, too, as the data to see me last year to seek reassurance The greatest stress on the National Health shows that patients who are given all the that it was OK to participate in an Ironman Service (NHS) comes from managing information choose fewer treatments. But event, having stopped all his medications almost entirely preventable chronic more than saving money, it will be about 18 months after suffering a heart attack, I conditions, including heart disease, high redistributing resources within the system was initially a little alarmed. blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. Type to where they are needed most – in acute 2 diabetes alone (demonstrated to be But after talking to him, I realised he had and social care. reversible in up to 60% of patients) takes made an informed decision to stop the up approximately 10% of the NHS budget. This solution to the NHS financial crisis medication after suffering side effects, A disturbing report from the British Heart and giving patients the very best chance and instead had opted for a diet and Foundation suggests that heart attacks of improving their health will require a lifestyle approach to manage his heart and strokes are set to “surge” in England national public health campaign to reduce disease. over the next 20 years as the prevalence the amount of medications the population His case is a great example of of diabetes continues to increase [similarly takes, improving lifestyle and adhering to the true principles of evidence-based how evidence-based medicine should be in Australia – Editor]. practised. This is the integration of clinical medicine that make shared decision Yet rather than address the root cause expertise, the best available evidence making the priority in clinical practice. of these conditions through lifestyle and – most importantly – taking patients’ changes, we prioritise drugs that give Back to Tony. A few weeks ago, four years preferences and values into considera- – at best – only a marginal chance of after his heart attack and two years after tion. long-term benefit for individuals, most of coming off all medications and dramatically But our healthcare system has failed whom will derive no health improvement. changing his diet, Tony completed his first to keep to this gold standard of clinical Ironman at the age of 58, revealing that The reality is that lifestyle changes not practice for the most important goal of it’s never too late to overcome illness and only reduce the risk of future disease, their improving patients’ health. improve fitness. But the most important positive effects on quality of life happen message remains clear: you can’t drug within days to weeks. However, those The consequences have been devastating. people into being healthier. Modern medicine, through over prescrip- patients unlucky enough to suffer side tion, represents a major threat to public effects from prescribed medicines may Dr Aseem Malhotra is an NHS health. Peter Gøtzsche, co–founder of find their quality of life will deteriorate in consultant cardiologist and visiting the reputed Cochrane Collaboration, order to enjoy small longer-term benefits professor of evidence-based medicine, estimates that prescribed medication is from the medication. at the Bahiana School of Medicine and the third most common cause of death Public Health, Brazil Of course, patients may need to use both, globally after heart disease and cancer. but what’s important is that information This article was first published in In the UK, the use of prescription drugs is presented in a transparent way to The Guardian and reproduced by encourage shared decision making. The the Australian Society of Lifestyle is at an all-time high, with almost half of adults on at least one drug and a quarter Academy of Medical Royal Colleges’ Medicine in their newsletter of 1st on at least three – an increase of 47% in Choosing Wisely campaign encourages October 2018. the past decade. It’s instructive to note patients to ask their doctor whether We commend The Guardian for that life expectancy in the UK has stalled they really need a medication, test or supplying valuable information with since 2010, the slowdown being one of procedure. remarkable insight. the most significant in the world’s leading Prof. Luis Correia, director of the Centre of economies. Evidence Based Medicine in Brazil, says Contrary to popular belief, the cost of an that if a clinical decision is not in keeping ageing population in itself is not a threat with the patient’s individual preferences to the welfare system – but an unhealthy and values, “it will not work”.

P4 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19

AA PlasticPlastic FutureFuture –– Recycle,Recycle, ReuseReuse andand AvoidAvoid By Dr Joseph Mercola

The plastic we have seen piling up on In 2008, researchers from the University “Based on consumer guidelines, our results the shores of Bali and in the Philippines is of New South Wales in Sydney showed indicate the average person ingests over disturbing. All that plastic comes from around that tiny plastic particles don’t simply pass 5,800 particles of synthetic debris from the globe, in the form of plastic bags, bottles, through sea creatures unnoticed. They found these three sources annually, with the largest utensils, straws, microfibres and more, which that ingested microplastics first accumulate contribution coming from tap water (88 make up both large debris and an estimated in the gut, but within three days travel to the percent),” according to researchers in PLOS 13 15 trillion tons of tiny microplastic particles circulatory system where they remain for One. floating in the ocean.1 more than 48 days.5 We’ve seen the tragic photos of sea turtles Microplastics moving throughout the Plastic Attacks Take Off and other marine life entwined in plastic bloodstream and organs cause physical bags or six-pack rings, but some of the most damage like inflammation, and may also leach Even though most plastic water bottles pernicious plastics may be those that aren’t poisonous chemicals, including both those and soft drink bottles are made from highly so readily visible or can’t even be seen with added to the plastic and those picked up recyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the naked eye. from the surrounding water. most such bottles end up littering oceans and landfills. Ranging in size from 5 millimetres to Microbeads, for instance, once widely used microscopic lengths, microplastics are being in personal care products, may concentrate However, a growing ‘plastic attack’ movement ingested by fish, plankton and other marine toxins at levels 100,000 to one million times is taking off in the USA, UK, Australia, Hong life, as well as the creatures on land that higher than the levels found in seawater.6 Kong, South Korea and Canada. consume them (including humans). “Overall, these results indicate that plankton While plastic manufacturers tout the merits of recovery from chronic exposure to microplas- plastics in helping food to stay fresh longer, Ingested Microplastics tics may take several generations, and that travel longer distances and avoid contami- the continuous exposure over generations nation, those involved in the plastic attacks May Damage Organs, may cause population extinction,” the movement say people should buy local, Leach Poisonous researchers explained.8 purchase sensible amounts of food that don’t go to waste and use reusable containers Chemicals in home fridges to avoid disposable Microplastics May Be plastics.19 It’s estimated that close to 300 million tons of plastic are produced every year, more than Collecting in Food & Many grocery stores, however, have half of which are for single-use products. Drinking Water collection bins for plastic bags to be Those discarded plastic bottles, bags, straws recycled. But better is to use reusable bags and ditch the plastic ones entirely. and other plastic waste end up largely in our One set of researchers are looking into oceans, to the tune of more than 8 million how polyester microfibres may be affecting 2 9 tons a year. Carried along with the ocean’s microorganisms in the soil. They found 3 currents, ‘plastic smog’ now covers about that microplastics do lead to changes in 40 percent of the world’s ocean surfaces.4 the soil, including altering the bulk density, water-holding capacity and microbial activity.

P6 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19 Inspiring achievements that prove the 'Impossible is Possible' By Clare Mann, Vegan Psychologist Common Items That Can’t Be Recycled Mental Wellness Retreat In addition to plastic grocery bags, the following items also typically cannot be recycled: Anything smaller than a Post-it Note, as it’s too small to be sorted properly, including plastic bottle caps. Be sure to empty all liquid first, or the bottle will be discarded; • Bubble-padded envelopes; • Baby nappies; • Paper cups with shiny coatings, such as coffee cups; Successfully changing lives • Foil potato chip bags; since 1990 • Foil lids from yogurt containers (however, foil food trays and Get to the core and deal with blockages. PTSD, anxiety, pie tins may be accepted as long as you remove as much food depression and all other conditions that interfere with as possible); one’s peace, balance and happiness are addressed at • Soft plastic that does not hold a shape; Living Valley. You will be set free to focus on the things • Wax paper and wax paper liners (such as those in pizza boxes); that really matter in your life. Under the direction of • Electronic gadgets; Clinical Psychologist, Ric Collen, and a team of experienced naturopathic doctors, multi-skilled therapists • Paper food bowls with plastic lining and food scientists, you will start to see life in a whole • Greasy pizza boxes (if you rip off the unsoiled cardboard lid, new light! that can be recycled). Change Your Life “The Mental Wellness Program is a complete experience What we Can Do to Cut Down on where you finally connect your mental wellness with your Plastic Waste physical wellness. This program allows you to care for all areas of your whole self and make huge leaps in a short Use reusable shopping bags for groceries; time. Living Valley is a team of over 50 passionate staff Bring your own mug for coffee, and bring drinking water from who live their working day with genuine care, grace and home in a glass water bottle instead of buying bottled water; compassion.” Melody Robinson Take your own leftovers container (‘doggy bag’) to restaurants; “Ric has been amazing. He helped me gain skills so my Request no plastic wrap on your newspaper and dry cleaning; life can move forward. He helped me with difficult thoughts and emotions whilst being very professional, Store foods in glass containers or earthenware jars rather than approachable and honest. A great support which will be plastic containers; with me and my family for the rest of my life. The team Avoid disposable utensils and straws and buy foods in bulk when at Living Valley have been incredible.” Alex Massouras you can; “I gained a new perspective on the issues that I face. Opt for non-disposable razors, washable feminine hygiene I’ve been to many psychologists and through a number products, cloth nappies, handkerchiefs and infant toys made of of programs. Both Ric & Toby’s approach to mental and wood rather than plastic; physical health have been fresh and inspiring. No punches Avoid processed foods (which are stored in plastic bags with pulled and honesty that is backed with science and chemicals). Buy fresh produce instead. compassion. I felt comfortable and developed a good synergy very quickly, helping me to target issues and move forward.” Jimmy Harmsworth Dr Joseph Mercola is an osteopathic physician in Illinois USA. The above article is abridged from “Educated for the first time about “Why” and “How” my his enewsletter, dated 18th September 2018, and mental health condition occurred and what to do next. published under his generous not-for-profit policy. I have seen in excess of 20 doctors and psychologists. Website www.Mercola.com At Living Valley, for once I felt safe, supported and cared for. I also had a truly beautiful experience through the Mental Wellness Essential Oils Workshop. I have never Sources and References been so re-energized and will be forever grateful for your 1. Scientific American September 4, 2018 passion and your prayers.” Amy Moss 2. Plastic Oceans, The Facts 4. The Center for Biological Diversity, Plastics Pollution 5. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42, 13, 5026-5031 7, 14 or 21 day Mental Wellness Retreats 6. Microbeads - New York Attorney General - New York State 8. Science of the Total Environment August 1, 2018 LIVING VALLEY HEALTH RETREAT 9. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2018, 52 (17), pp 9656–9665 Noosa Hinterland, Qld. 13. PLOS One April 11, 2018 19. CNN August 2, 2018 https://lvs.com.au/packages/mental-health-program 1 800 644 733

SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P7 Ham, bacon & pork – pigs suffer horribly in factory farms By S. D. Wells, 25th September 2018

There are several reasons why people eating vegetarian and vegan every year. The US Centers for Disease Control estimates that don’t eat slaughtered animals. One of these for many of them is three million people get sick and 1,000 die from CAFO meat the fact that animals have parents, eyes, feelings, emotions and, and poultry-related infections every year. yes, intelligence. In fact, pigs are smarter than your pet dog or cat, Animals that are trapped in crammed-up quarters, caked with and outperform them on cognitive ability tests, coming close to their own faeces, and suffering from digestive disorders and the intelligence of dolphins and chimpanzees. parasitic infections never heal. Animal waste is the main source of Pigs not only have long-term memories and are quite clever, but the spreading of Salmonella and E. coli bacteria. In addition, most they feel empathy and react to sadness, just like ‘man’s best CAFO animals (and their babies and chicken eggs) are exposed friend’ – the domesticated dog. to pesticides regularly, adding to the contamination of the meat. Some Americans [and Australians] don’t consider it a meal if Pigs live social lives and experience there’s no meat on their plate. So, if your friends or relatives have ‘just gotta have that meat’, suggest that they stay with grass-fed emotions beef or lamb or wild-caught fish, but, please, don’t support the Just because pigs wallow around in mud, doesn’t mean they’re CAFO cruelty, because that’s just flirting with disaster, while dumb or ‘dirty’ animals. They do that to stay cool because they saying yes to animal abuse. don’t have sweat glands. In contrast to popular belief, pigs may just be the cleanest of all domestic animals alive. Sources for this article include: As far as being intelligent, research back in the 1990s studied WideOpenPets.com, OrganicConsumers.org, CafoTheBook.org pigs trained to use their snouts to manipulate a cursor on a video NBCnews.com, WideOpenPets.com, NaturalNews.com Health.news screen to distinguish between known scribbles and new ones. Abridged from Natural News, 26th September 2018, and They performed this task just as fast as chimpanzees. Further, published under Mike Adams’ generous not-for-profit pigs have been known to outperform three-year-old children on cognition tests and are also more trainable than dogs. policy. Website: www.NaturalNews.com When pigs are loaded up with artificial hormones and unnatural animal feed, their bodies and minds are harmed, weakened and their meat is toxic. The chemicals rush through their blood and into their tissues when they see and hear their fellow beings being tortured and slaughtered around them. 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BLOATING IN THE commencing eating. Expel each breath Digestive enzymes purchased from STOMACH: all the way out and feel the energy going health shops can be taken with meals. down to the stomach. (These include the Lifestyle Enzymes Q which we promote in this magazine, see Eating late in the evening when digestion I eat a lot of bread and some other grain adjacent page) To optimise digestion is starting to close down can result in foods because I like them and bread is a and absorption of nutrients, it is poor digestion and bloating. Eating after convenient food. Recently I increased my suggested, in the case of the Lifestyle 8.00 pm, especially as late as 10.00 pm, bread consumption and now bloating is Enzymes, to take 1 – 2 capsules at the could be too late. Ideally aim to finish a problem. What causes bloating? – H. start of each meal. Research shows that the evening meal by two to three hours F., Taree NSW the pancreas adjusts constantly, and before retiring to bed, the aim being to in general the body will adapt within This accumulation of gas in the go to sleep on an empty stomach – and 3 – 7 days after introducing enzymes. intestines has numerous possible sleep will be better. Taking enzymes regularly takes the causes. A Yeast infection in the form of Candida stress off the pancreas, which can be If carbohydrates, including bread, albicans is a well-known major cause very beneficial if the pancreas happens breakfast cereal or pasta, are fermenting, of bloating. Other forms of yeast or to be tired, overworked or stressed. In or if proteins are putrefying, this will mould can also cause it. In the case of any case, supplementing enzymes can produce gas. Fermentation or putrefac- Candida especially, the fungus feeds on increase our enzyme potential, which is tion can result from consuming too much sugar and the body has usually become a significant factor in longevity. of a particular food or not chewing food very sensitive to yeast. The commonly Also, it is possible to stimulate our properly or poor combinations of foods prescribed answer – easier said than in the one meal, such as large amounts digestion with foods or herbs, including done, of course – is to avoid all sugary chilli, garlic, ginger or bitter green of carbohydrates and proteins together foods (including dried fruit) and avoid – for example, bread or bun with cheese vegetables like rocket or endive. Of all foods containing yeast or moulds, course, for the pancreas to be capable of or meat or legumes (as in a hamburger or including cheese, beer, wine, leavened veggie burger). Reducing food quantities being stimulated, it must be functioning bread, sprouts, peanuts, vinegar and the well and not fatigued. and practising proper food combining three fruits that often contain mould – may solve the problem. (Food combining melons, grapes and oranges. If bloating doesn’t respond to simple is explained in the Autumn 2013 issue remedies, such as eating less of the of TNH and How a Man Lived in Three Soya milk or other soya products offending food/s, eating more slowly or Centuries, page 104) sometimes cause bloating because their chewing more thoroughly, the full-on enzyme inhibitors inhibit our digestive Rushing meals, so common in our approach is to adhere closely to Natural enzymes. All seeds contain enzyme Health Dietary Guidelines and apply rat-race society, can lead to indigestion inhibitors, with soya beans being at and bloating. A really effective way of food combining, which is built into these the top of the list and peanuts a close guidelines anyway. Perhaps try digestive relaxing before meals – especially for second. Cooking destroys most of the busy people – is to take two or three enzyme supplements as well. enzyme inhibitors, but some may remain slow, deep breaths immediately before and cause problems in sensitive people. In the Guidelines, protein foods and carbohydrate foods are eaten at separate Eating a lot of fibre (or meals and kept to modest quantities that roughage) is good for are adequate but not excessive, namely us, but if not properly around 100 to 150 grams of protein-rich chewed or too much foods daily and approximately 120 grams is eaten (as in a lot of of starchy foods daily – the equivalent grain-based foods) it of about three to four slices of bread may ferment and cause in total. bloating. The guidelines are presented in the A traditional remedy Summer 2016/17 issue of TNH and in for bloating that often the Society’s book, How a Man Lived in works promptly is to Three Centuries, Chapter 7. take charcoal tablets, charcoal having an enormous capacity to absorb gasses. This is, of course, treating the symptom, not the cause.

P10 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19 TAKING FLUIDS If a person is determined to drink with Thin soup is in the same category as WITH MEALS: meals, taking an enzyme supplement drinks and is best consumed an hour with the meal might ‘soften the blow’. before the main course. This may or may Q not be practical, but it is something to This is the first time I have heard the So that the fluid will have left the stomach aim for if you have a choice. advice that you best “avoid taking fluids well before the meal commences, the with meals unless very thirsty”, which I suggestion is to take drinks at least an I have often wondered – and there is no read in an earlier issue of your magazine. hour before meals or as an absolute hard evidence for this – whether drinking It went on to say, “Consume liquids at minimum half an hour. After the meal, with meals might contribute in more than least half an hour before meals or more avoid drinking until digestion is largely one way to a ‘beer gut’. Although drinking than two hours after meals.” A lot of complete, which means two to three a lot of alcohol obviously provides the people do drink at meal times. Could you hours afterwards. large number of calories that could convert to the fat in a beer gut, the explain the reasons behind this advice? Soup is a special case. Very thick soup – M. H., Adelaide SA impaired digestion caused by the fluid is more like solid food and can be might exacerbate the process. There are at least two reasons consumed with a meal. why it is better to avoid drinking Afluids with meals. Firstly, fluids taken with meals dilute the digestive juices, changing their acidity and concentration from what the stomach requires, thereby preventing digestion from proceeding normally. Secondly, it is believed that the stomach is able to pass the fluid on to the duodenum so that it can continue digesting the solid food. However, the digestive enzymes are carried away with the fluid, so the stomach has to secrete another batch of enzymes, which is squandering our enzyme supply. If drinks are taken routinely with meals year in, year out, this can take quite a toll on our enzyme potential.

SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P11 CAN’T SLEEP ON HOT PH OF SALIVA AND The pH scale. This is the standard SUMMER NIGHTS: URINE: measure of the acid-alkali level of a fluid. On the scale, pure acid is pH = 0, neutral Q Q is pH = 7.0 and pure alkali is pH = 14.0. Even when I am very tired, I find it difficult On the pH scale of the EASYpH Test Kits to get to sleep on hot nights. Is there a that you sell, where should the saliva and Note that each whole digit is 10 times particular reason for this and a remedy? urine values be on the pH scale ideally, stronger than the preceding one – or 10 – A.N., Warren, NSW. and when is the best time to do the tests? times weaker. Please explain the difference between Yes, there is a simple explanation, For example, pH 5 is ten times stronger the results for saliva and urine. – A. T., acid than pH 6. Another example: the according to the Centre for Waterloo NSW Respiratory Failure and Sleep acidity of the human stomach after a pro- A In Natural Health nutrition, we tein-rich meal could be as strong as pH Disorders run by Sydney University and the RPA Hospital. stress that the foundation is to 2.0, which is not strong enough to digest maintain a balance in our daily bones. But a carnivorous animal can get On a hot summer night, sleep requires A meals between alkali-forming foods and down to pH around 1.0 which is 10 times the brain to cool down, however slightly. acid-forming foods. stronger and acidic enough to digest So we won’t get to sleep unless there The alkali-forming foods, broadly animal bones. We humans are clearly is some degree of cooling. If the night designed to be plant-based eaters. is very hot and the bedroom is also hot, speaking, are all the fresh vegetables and the body is unable to cool down and the fresh, ripe fruits, while the acid-forming [For technically-minded readers, ‘pH’ brain is too hot to sleep. foods are almost all the rest. stands for ‘potential of Hydrogen’ in a If the bodily fluids are in an acidic state substance, hydrogen being the acidic To drop off, we must cool off. The fall in – which is almost universal in Australia – component of a chemical.] temperature that is necessary to bring this sets the stage for diseases, ranging To reduce the acidity of a body which on sleep may be only half a degree or from infectious to degenerative. If the is too acidic, it is necessary to ‘flood’ the less. One of the standard treatments for body is in an extremely acidic state, this body with alkaline minerals. This is done by insomnia is a bath, but not a mildly warm opens up a virtual Pandora’s Box of ‘detoxing’, which is explained in How a Man hot bath. The mildly warm bath cools the possible illnesses. Lived in Three Centuries, Chapter 15. core body temperature, which cools the brain slightly and enables sleep. The only way – other than via expensive An effective way to top-up with alkaline laboratory tests – for the lay person to minerals is by consuming the tried- When older people are having difficulty gain an idea of their body’s acid-alkali and-true carrot and chlorophyll juice, sleeping on hot nights, it may be because condition is by testing the saliva and consisting of about one-third glass of they are less able to reduce their core urine. The pH Test Kits make this low cost carrot and beetroot juices and two-thirds body heat, due to the fact that reduced and dead easy. glass the juices of any or all of spinach, circulation slows the rate at which heat Saliva essentially indicates the acidity silverbeet, celery, cabbage, cucumber is carried to the skin for cooling. Younger and small portions of parsley and people’s bodies are able to adjust their of the tissue fluids, and urine indicates essentially kidney function. dandelion and perhaps comfrey. As part internal temperature relatively easily, at of a normal daily diet, carrot-and-chloro- least when the air temperature of the Fairly consistent guidance for ideal pH phyll juice is an excellent accompaniment. bedroom is in the range of 18 to 30 levels is given in the booklet included degrees. with the EASYpH Test Kit as well as a well-known book, The pH MIRACLE by Dr Robert O. Young. The following is a combination of their key recommenda- tions. (Note that pH 7.0 is neutral) FEELING GENEROUS Saliva. We should aim for a reading RE YOUR WILL? in the range of pH 7.0 to 7.5 or ideally Many subscribers and others who between 7.2 and 7.4. If it is much below have gained benefit from the Natural 7.0, your body is in an acidic state. Health Society may wish to support Because the Australian culture of eating our work further. is significantly acid-forming, most people One way of doing this is by a would test between 5.5 and 6.5, which is bequest through your will to the quite acidic. Society. Should you consider Urine. The ideal is considered to be doing this, the following wording between pH 6.7 and 7.0 according to for your will may be helpful: one source, and between pH 6.8 and 7.2 according to another. Either way, the urine “I bequeath to The Natural Health would be close to neutral. If the urine pH is Society of Australia (NSW) Inc. below 6.7, your body is deficient in alkaline ABN 91 080 087 725 the sum of minerals and in an acidic state – acidosis. $______(or part or all of residue Most people are in the range of 4.5 to 6.0 of Estate) free of all duties to as the body attempts to eliminate via the be applied for the purposes of urine as much acidic waste as it is can. the Society (or as directed by Urine acid-alkali levels vary during the the donor) and the receipt of the day. First thing in the morning, before Secretary of the Society shall be consuming any food or drink or even sufficient discharge for the same.” brushing teeth, the level should be between 6.8 and 7.2. If it is slightly acidic, It may be wise to consult a this is because the body is eliminating solicitor to ensure that the acid residues from the day before. bequest is valid.

P12 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19 HEMP SIDE EFFECTS A firm named Superfoodly has a staff Anticoagulant drugs and WARNING: member who has experienced mild hemp allergy for as long as he can remember. A bleeding Q specific area in his throat would become Hemp seed or oil can inhibit platelets With regard to your article on hemp itchy and also trigger symptoms of asthma, and may pose a risk of bleeding. If there seed in the Spring 2018 issue of TNH, which he suffered anyway. (https://www. are blood clotting deficiencies, don’t use page 10, I find it very disturbing that, superfoodly.com/hemp-seed-allergy) hemp oil. after contacting several sources, no one is acknowledging that hemp seed can An allergy manifests itself differently in People who are on anticoagulant drugs cause severe allergic reactions in some different people. Symptoms may be one need to be especially cautious regarding people as it did with me. The inside of or more of the following: the risk of bleeding. my mouth (cheeks and tongue) swelled • asthma terrifyingly. • allergic rhinitis – nasal congestion, Medication interactions runny nose, sneezing Will you look into this and help to Hemp seeds are not known to interact encourage suppliers to label packaging • eye irritation – itchiness, swelling, with any common medications, other than honestly. – H. T., email puffiness anticoagulant drugs. • conjunctivitis – pink eye, bloodshot After considerable investiga- eyes Unsuitable for pregnant tion, I find that hemp seeds can • hives – skin rash, pale red bumps or Acause side effects, including plaques women allergic reactions to their protein content. • anaphylaxis – a severe, life-threaten- Reactions generally occur only in Consuming hemp seed oil during ing allergic reaction sensitive people and/or when the seeds pregnancy can have adverse effects. A are consumed in very large quantities. How common is allergy to hemp? Not woman who is pregnant or breast-feed- Helen, you appear to be one of the few common currently, but considering the ing should avoid hemp oil. unlucky ones. increasing use of both marijuana and hemp, it may in the not-too-distant future Feeling high! Hemp seeds are produced by the hemp become a major food cause of allergy. plant, Cannabis sativa L. Although hemp In rare cases, extra-sensitive individuals belongs to the same family as marijuana, may experience the feeling of being high the two plants are quite different. Most Sensitive reaction to – euphoria or hallucinations – while using notably, the level of the psychoactive hemp oil hemp products, which contain very small THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) in traces of THC. Although hemp seeds are hemp seed is less than 1% – close to Hemp seeds are rather high in fat/oil, devoid of THC, they could have come in zero – whereas in marijuana it is approxi- one tablespoon containing three to four contact with THC-covered plants and mately 20%. grams, mainly omega-3 and omega-6 fatty picked up a residue. This effect is quite acids (PUFA). Allergy to the extracted oil rare and does not last long. People with certain medical conditions is unlikely because oil is not allergenic. and those taking specific prescription Beware! Although highly unlikely, it is medications need to be aware of the risk Sensitive people or people eating too possible to show a positive drug test of side effects, and the possible need to much oil may experience digestive after consuming large amounts of shelled avoid hemp. problems, mild diarrhoea and painful seeds. cramping when beginning to consume the shelled seeds. In this case, start with Never heat hemp oil Allergy to hemp seed small amounts and slowly work up to no Hemp seed is rich in protein. Allergy more than two tablespoons in a day, and Since PUFAs can quickly turn rancid and culprits can be amino acids from the not every day. develop toxic free radicals, they are best protein, particularly arginine, valine and kept cold – or at least below 50ºC – and glutamic acid. Excessively large amounts of PUFA used promptly. If to be eaten with cooked can lead to heart conditions, bacterial foods, add the hemp seeds after cooking. Some consumers experience a dry infections and other complications. It mouth due to lack of saliva, also known is advised to avoid hemp oil if suffering In the case of high heating, peroxides are as hyposalivation or cotton mouth; it is stomach and bowel disorders. Excessive mildly explosive and can catch fire. a known side effect of cannabis. Cotton amounts can also increase the risk of mouth may be alleviated by a large glass prostate cancer. A man with a risk of So do the benefits outweigh of water. In extreme cases dry mouth can prostate cancer should avoid hemp oil. cause coughing and internal bleeding in the side effects? Other possible adverse effects of large the windpipe, and, again, drinking more According to the firm, Healthy Hemp water may help. doses of hemp oil include an increase in the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, a Oil (https://healthyhempoil.com), the Large intakes of hemp seeds can also rapid drop in blood pressure and light- abundance of well-documented benefits cause obscured vision, headaches, headedness and interference with any of hemp seeds outshine the few possible sweating, nausea, tachycardia and hepatic drugs being taken – important to side effects. possibly dizziness and fainting. In the discuss with a doctor. case of a very large overdose, a person struggles to speak and has impaired Large doses of hemp oil can make some coordination. people very drowsy. The above side effects are likely to occur only with extremely high doses or in extremely sensitive people – which applies to most foods anyway. If hemp seed and oil are to be used thera- peutically, it would be wise to test for allergy.

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SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P15 By Dr Karen Shaw Becker, Integrative Wellness Veterinarian of Chicago, USA

10 Life Lessons a Pet Can Adopting a pet may help Provide for your child with depression Kids and pets just seem to go together, don’t they? Dogs People with depression may benefit from adopting a pet, even in and cats offer children companionship, affection and uncon- cases of treatment-resistant depression where prior treatments ditional love. They are also great teaching tools. In fact, your have failed. Treatment-resistant depression, as its name implies, is child can learn much from caring for a pet, including the depression that hasn’t responded to two or more prior treatments, following 10 valuable life lessons. including medications or psychological interventions like cognitive behavioural therapy. 1. Responsibility. Caring for a pet requires daily feeding, exercise and playtime, as well as grooming and potty walks. Often, when medication fails patients begin looking for alternative Older children learn what it means to care for another living approaches to get better, and animal therapy has previously been creature, while younger children can help with feeding and shown to be beneficial for people facing various mental conditions. playtime. Researchers from Portugal set out to determine whether adopting a pet could make a difference and were met with some exciting results. 2. Trust. It’s easy to confide in a pet who offers unconditional support in return. Pets make wonderful trusted companions for children and can be a first step in helping your child build Pets Relieves Depressive Symptoms trust in other relationships too. The study involved 80 patients with treatment-resistant major 3. Compassion. Caring for a pet requires compassion, depressive disorder. Researchers suggested they adopt a pet, understanding and empathy. Kids learn to be kind and to take and 33 of them did (18 adopted one dog, seven adopted two (1) care of others’ basic needs. dogs and seven adopted one cat). All the patients continued to take medication and their symptoms of depression were 4. Bereavement. When a beloved pet dies, your child will measured and compared with those of a non-pet control group. inevitably feel the pain of the loss, but he/she will also learn how to cope with sadness and grief. Those who adopted pets made major strides in their mental health, showing significant improvements in depressive symptoms 5. Respect. Caring for a pet teaches kids respect for others. compared to the beginning of the study and compared to the For example, they learn the proper way to approach, touch non-pet group.(2) and hold their pet and tend to his needs, and not to disturb him when he’s eating or sleeping. In fact, symptoms began to lessen within one month and became significantly less after two months. The benefit of pet adoption is 6. Self-Esteem. Pets show unconditional love, which can so strong that one-third of the new pet owners no longer met the be a great boost to a child’s self-esteem. So, too, can the criteria for depression by the end of the study. satisfaction that comes from having responsibility and a furry friend who relies on you. On the other hand, among the non-pet group, none of the patients responded 7. Loyalty. A pet’s loyalty toward her human is unmatched. In or experienced disease remission. turn, children learn the importance of showing loyalty to their “Therefore, pets can be used as an devoted animal companion. effective adjuvant to pharmacotherapy,” 8. Physical activity. Children with dogs learn how much fun the researchers concluded.(3) physical activity can be while they play tug-of-war, fetch or go for walks with their pet. Children with dogs spend more time Pets Provide Significant being physically active than children without dogs. Benefits for Mental 9. Patience. Bonding with a new pet often takes time. Your child will learn patience while the pet becomes comfortable Health Conditions with the child and being in a new home. Pets were able to provide their owners with a consistent source of 10. Social skills. Dogs make wonderful ice-breakers for calming and companionship. The owners felt their pets intuitively both kids and adults. Taking your dog for walks as a family understood when support was needed and could “act accordingly, can improve your child’s social skills as he/she interacts with providing a depth of connection that was considered particularly others. Pets may also help children with autism develop social useful in time of crisis.” skills such as sharing. They were useful, too, in providing a distraction from symptoms, as owners had to keep to their pet’s routine, and helped owners develop a positive identity and sense of self, not only because their pets accepted them without judgment, but also because they took pride in caring for their pets. In choosing a pet, the bond between the owner and the pet is more important than the kind of animal. While benefits are most often attributed to owning a dog, mental health benefits can be felt from owning pets of a variety of species, ranging from fish and hamsters to cats, horses and even llamas.

Sources and References 1. Psychology Today August 8, 2018 2, 3. J Psychiatr Res. 2018 Sep;104:108-113.

P16 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19 Synthetic vitamins can damage children's hormones & development

By Jessica Dolores, Natural News, 20th September 2018

Dosing children with synthetic vitamins for newborn children, as early in life may be doing them more harm exposing them to synthetic than good, according to a study published fat-soluble vitamins can in the journal Physiology International. The lead to lifelong complica- study, conducted in Hungary, revealed tions, marked by altered that exposure to synthetic lipid-soluble sexuality, changes in brain exposure to sunlight. When enough is vitamins could adversely affect multiple function and development, impaired produced, manufacture ceases. organ systems later in life. immunity and impaired bone development, with a higher risk of fractures. • Vitamin E, which protects fats and Lipid-soluble vitamins – or fat-soluble cholesterol from oxidation, is found in vitamins – include vitamins A, D, E and Hormonal damage is not limited to one unrefined oils, avocados, nuts, peanuts, K. Other vitamins are soluble in water, lifetime: The consequences of one-time millet and brown rice. including vitamin C and the B-vitamins. exposure to fat-soluble vitamins are • Vitamin K, which helps in blood Water-soluble vitamins are not stored passed on from one generation to the clotting, is found in leafy greens and in the body, but fat-soluble vitamins are, next. However, the effect varies with the wholegrain cereals. which can lead to the danger of a toxic different vitamins. build-up. Sources include: Science.news; Foods provide natural sources of vitamins. Akademiai.com; Highlands.edu; All vitamins help the body, provided they Here are some common sources of the Extension.ColoState.edu; NetDoctor. are taken in appropriate amounts. The fat-soluble ones: co.UK danger lies when people consume massive • Vitamin A is found in eggs and dairy, amounts of fat-soluble vitamins, which can while the carotenoids from which our Abridged and modified from Natural be toxic and result in health problems. They bodies make vitamin A, occur in orange, News, 21st September 2018, and may also interfere with vitamin absorption, yellow and green fruits and vegetables. published under Mike Adams’ leading to nutrient deficiency. generous not-for-profit policy. • Vitamin D, the ‘sunshine vitamin’ Website: www.NaturalNews.com Synthetic vitamins are especially risky is manufactured in the skin during

SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P17 Skincare Part 4 – Plant oils: ancient, unique and huge variety By Anne McBride of WomanOil8 Australia, the creator of the Gorgeous Woman Skin Care range of products

Hundreds of different plant oils have been Carrot Seed Oil Patchouli Oil used for thousands of years on every corner of the planet for skincare and envi- Carrot Seed Oil is derived by steam The name, Patchouli, is derived from the ronmental skin protection. Each country distillation of the wild carrot plant and Tamil words for ‘green leaf’, as the beautiful and regional area produces their own produces a rich orange coloured oil, fragrant plant produces lush green unique oils which all have differing omega which has a fresh carroty fragrance. foliage. It has been used throughout Asia fatty acids, vitamins and antioxidants. The oil is diluted into a carrier oil and over centuries and has many purposes in skincare and health care. In Australia we are very blessed to have has fabulous anti-ageing properties, a huge variety of high quality oils ranging due to the rich antioxidants, carotol and It contains anti-inflammatory and febrifuge carotenoids, which protect against free properties which soothe and calm red, from carrier, essential, CO2 extraction, organic, cold-pressed and extra-virgin. radical damage. irritated, angry skin. This essential oil can This revitalising oil has become highly be added to body oils and lotions, and is Sweet Orange prized in skincare. It diminishes fine used in anti-ageing skincare as it reduces lines and wrinkles and helps to regulate fine lines and wrinkles and encourages Essential Oil cell regeneration. production of sebum and balance skin. The humble orange in Australia produces This oil has a strong base-note perfume the delightful Sweet Orange Essential Hemp Seed Oil that blends particularly well with many Oil from Navel oranges. It takes approxi- other essential oils. However, on its own mately 500 kg of fruit to produce 1 kg of Australia produces beautiful organic, it can be rather overpowering for many essential oil from the peel. Sweet Orange extra-virgin Hemp Seed Oil that is people. Patchouli Oil is an essential oil Essential oil is often incorporated into said to be ‘the perfect balanced seed that actually improves with time as it ages. face cleansers, as it is known for reducing oil’. It contains all the 21 known amino redness, oily skin and acne and balances acids and offers the perfect 3:1 ratio of skin. It is also a very popular ingredient in omega-6 (linoleic) to omega-3 (alpha- body oils as it can improve muscle tone linolenic) essential fatty acids, which is and the appearance of healthy skin, as well the optimum requirement for a healthy as promoting a feeling of joy in your mood. skin. Hemp Seed Oil is cold-pressed from hemp seed. It is dark to clear, and Australian Jojoba light green due to the large amounts of chlorophyll in the hemp plant. The plants Carrier Oil used for the extractions are spe- Australian Jojoba Carrier Oil is actually a cifically cultivated to have near liquid ester wax with powerful hydrating zero amounts of the psychoactive properties and is high in vitamins E and C. THC, associated with Cannabis. It is very similar in composition to sebum, the skin’s natural oil and is easily absorbed Hemp oil plumps and rejuvenates by the skin. It can help to reduce fine lines tired, dry skin, provides deep and wrinkles and regenerate skin cells. hydration and acts as a long- Due to its anti-bacterial properties, it is lasting moisturiser. This is the ideally suited for acne and oily skin types perfect moisturiser for oily skin, and will balance and protect all skin types. as it doesn’t clog pores and will balance the skin. Macadamia Oil Argan Oil Macadamia nuts are indigenous to Australia along the east coast of the Great Argan Oil is extracted from the Dividing Range. However, it was in the kernels of the unique Argan tree, rich volcanic soils of Hawaii where the first found only in Morocco. Highly commercial plantations were established prized within the skincare and from North Queensland seedlings. cosmetic industry, it is a light, fast- absorbing, nourishing oil packed Cold-press extraction is used to produce full of vitamins A and E and the thick, golden oil, high in palmitoleic sterolins which promote healthy and monounsaturated fatty acids. cell metabolism. Containing Providing deep hydration and moisturising 80% fatty acids, it is extremely properties, the oil is excellent for mature, anti-ageing and prevents free- dry skin. The soothing, anti-inflammatory radical damage. It’s also extremely and healing properties benefit scar tissue popular in hair oils as it smooths and sunburn and leave skin smooth, and revitalises all types of hair. supple and rejuvenated.

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Florence Nightingale called them the Vitamin D deficiency can also increase There is nothing wrong with sugarcane; it ‘Laws of Nursing’. Dr Jackson of New York, your risk. is the extracted pure sucrose which is the who owned and ran a health retreat in the problem. For 300 years, children suffered and died late 1800’s, called them the ‘Laws of Life’. from rickets, a bone disease which was The brain suffers as it can only hold Let us take a closer look at these eight finally, in 1920, acknowledged to be a a two-minute supply of glucose, and laws, the basic formulae for health and vitamin D deficiency. the highs and lows that are the body’s healing. response in trying to adjust to this fuel Vitamin D is developed under the skin disrupter have a disastrous effect on brain when the ultraviolet rays from the sun hit function. PURE AIR the skin to form it. Vitamin D is essential in Oxygen is the most vital element the assimilation and utilisation of calcium The pancreas is the other organ that 1needed for life. Cancer cannot live in in the body. suffers as it constantly attempts to maintain a steady fuel supply to the cells, the presence of oxygen. The energy The sun’s rays go through the eyes into despite the drastic highs and lows that cycles in our cells can give us 18 times neurochemical pathways that stimulate refined sugar causes. more energy when they have the required different parts of the brain. These parts oxygen. include the pituitary gland to help regulate Caffeine The leaves of trees purify the air and give hormones and the pineal gland to help you sleep better at night and boost your mood. Loved by so many, yet causing a multitude us this valuable element. Country air is of problems. The Italians have mastered higher in oxygen than city air. Car exhaust, The amount of sun needed depends on the art of making coffee in such a way factory emissions, cigarette smoke and the colour of your skin and the time of as to bring the caffeine content to a thousands of people packed into a small year. Dark-skinned people need far more bare minimum – which also removes the space all contribute to the air in towns exposure than do light-skinned people. bitterness. Unfortunately Italian coffee is a being considerably lower in oxygen. rare find in Australia today. To ensure that we have access to this TEMPERANCE Not only does caffeine cause a rise in most valuable commodity, it is important to The dictionary definition for blood pressure, but it also has a disastrous carefully analyse the air we are breathing 3temperance is not taking anything effect on the neurotransmitters in the at home, at work and anywhere else where harmful into the body and taking in brain, resulting in chemical imbalance. we spend a lot of our time. moderation the good things. In his book, Caffeine Blues, the author We spend a third of our life in bed, so All beneficial things should be done compares having a cup of coffee to that is a good place to begin the inves- in moderation – you can even overdo meeting a tiger on the path! Crisis! The tigation. Assess the pillows, bedding and nourishing, organic food! resulting brain spark and energy boost is mattress and the availability of fresh air used as an excuse by many people as to while sleeping. Sugar why they need it. But eventually caffeine Whereas, there are some substances takes its toll and is contributing to several SUNSHINE that should not enter the body if you are forms of mental illness. The sun is not the enemy in the sky, looking for optimum performance. Alcohol 2but the doctor in the sky, and you can Refined sugar is toxic to the body, being over-visit your doctor! Six to seven No safe dose of this stuff. Well purely acid-forming. Dr John Yudkin, in his sunburns in your life can double the risk documented is the fact that it can kill acclaimed book, Pure, White and Deadly, of skin cancer. brain cells – those invaluable little grey declares it should be banned it is so toxic!

P20 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19 cells that we depend on for clarity of The rebounder is another easy way to mind and effective decision making. achieve this. Tobacco REST The pictures on the cigarette packet tell it all. The 4,000 chemicals in cigarette 5Our daily performance of mental, smoke make it not only the number one emotional, spiritual and physical activities is largely dependant on cause of lung cancer, but also contribut- ing to damage in the endothelial cells that our nightly sleep. line our arteries. Light and dark signals are sent through of pure water must be replaced, the Heart disease is the number one killer in the eyes along the optic nerve to the suprachiasmatic nucleus (our body other half litre can be supplied by fruits, the developed countries today, and even vegetables and herb teas. orthodox medicine acknowledges that clock), which communicates with the cigarette smoking is a major contributing pineal gland causing the hormone, The body can better utilise the water if it factor. melatonin, to be released while we sleep. is taken in little by little over the day. Chemicals This explains why sunshine during the day A crystal – just one – of Celtic salt, with and sleeping in the dark are so important. its 82 minerals, can be placed on the Environmental chemicals are among Between the hours of 9pm and 2am, (or tongue before every glass of water. This the most common poisons that we are 10pm and 3am daylight-saving time), will ensure that the water is taken inside exposed to today. They are in our food, the releases of the rest and rejuvenation the cells. toothpaste, shampoos, cleaning products, hormones are the most intense. laundry detergents, etc., in fact they are everywhere. We best become knowledge- Two things can totally shut down these TRUST IN able on the ingredients in these articles hormones and prevent sleep. Worry and DIVINE POWER and take steps to reduce our exposure. getting annoyed is one and the other is the blue light from screens when viewed 8This law covers the spiritual, Electromagnetic Fields (in during the above hours. emotional and mental aspects of excess) To maintain optimum health, and to heal, health and sickness. We are in a technological age. We love it, we need to be sleeping in those hours “A merry heart does good like a medicine, it is so handy, but we need to be mindful and more. but a broken spirit dries up the bones” – of the dangers and limit our exposure to Proverbs 17:22. We need to laugh more, EMFs. PROPER DIET it will help much in the trials and tribula- tions we daily face. Many people use their iPhone for their So many theories abound as to the alarm; just ensure that it is at least 60 6 “In everything give thanks, for this is the correct diet. History shows that a centimetres (two feet) away from you diet high in plant foods contains all will of Christ Jesus concerning you” – 1 during your sleep. This will reduce your the nutrients necessary for the body to Thessalonians 5:18. This is also called exposure by two thirds. perform all its functions. ‘the attitude of gratitude’. Being thankful for everything that happens to us changes The worst place to put your laptop is on Science confirms this. The three essential our mindset and frees up the positive your lap. Protect your reproductive organs food groups are protein, fats and fibre. emotions, while shutting out the negative by putting it on the desk or the arm of your and damaging emotions. chair. The fibre-containing foods are plant foods, excellent sources being vegetables A last word Ladies, keep your phone out of your bra and fruits. and jeans pockets. Guys, keep it out of Enjoy implementing these simple, yet your trouser pockets. 50% of the membrane around every powerful, eight foundational pillars to cell is protein. The cleanest burning fuel experience the optimal health that we regarding protein is plant protein. This can all have the opportunity to enjoy. EXERCISE includes legumes, nuts, seeds and whole The body was designed to be in grains. Life should be great! 4daily activity, and in that activity is The author’s retreat, Misty its preserving power. Exercise is the The other 50% of the cell membrane is Mountain Health Retreat, is located single most powerful way to oxygenate the fat. The best fats are those found in nuts inland from Kempsey on the NSW body. Strength comes by exercise, there is and seeds. The two oils extracted from Mid-North Coast. We are pleased to no other way. It is a matter of finding out the flesh of plants are coconut and olive. include a promotion inside the front what works for you. These oils have been used for centuries. cover of this magazine. High Intensity Interval Training has been Vegetables and fruits contain the plant shown to be the most effective exercise chemicals, vitamins and minerals that are for increasing muscle strength and vital for life. endurance. As the name implies, it is repeated intervals of high intensity and USE OF WATER recovery – 30 seconds high intensity with 90 seconds recovery, with a cycle of six Water, and water alone, can cleanse Natural Health Society members 7every tissue in the body. Disease being the ideal. thrives in a body with filthy corners If your subscription is due, The high intensity segment is anything that in it. Just as our outside body needs a remember to renew. Look at your increases the heart rate and respiration. daily wash to cleanse us from the waste address sheet or contact the Most of the research has been done on that is thrown off via our skin, so the Society. inside of our body needs a cleanse. the exercise bike, which is helpful if there Phone 02 4721 5068, is a balance problem or the knees and Two-and-a-half litres, on average, is lost email [email protected] ankles aren’t working well. from our body over 24 hours. Two litres

SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P21 Recipes from Spring 2018 Seminar Lunch

Waldorf Potato and cauliflower curry Salad Ingredients Ingredients ½ head cauliflower 3 large potatoes (could replace 1 baby cos lettuce, chopped with sweet potatoes) 1 cup sliced apple 1 can coconut cream ½ cup sliced celery ½ cup red grapes Curry paste 1 long red chilli ½ cup walnuts 2 cloves garlic ½ cup raisins 1 tsp grated ginger 1 tsp palm sugar Dressing 1 tsp curry powder 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 tsp lemongrass 1 Tbsp lemon juice ½ an onion, chopped small 1 tsp honey Method Cut cauliflower into small bite-size pieces. 1 cup almond milk Cook cauliflower in a hot oven on high, just Fry all ingredients in a pan for to get some nice char. Cut potatoes same Blend all together and slowly add about 15 minutes on a medium size as cauliflower and boil till just soft Add olive oil till thick enough to coat heat. Add coconut cream and let both to curry sauce and cook for another it simmer 10 minutes. Serve with fresh greens or rice.

Raw Vegetable Salad

No need for a recipe; just put together all your favourite raw salad vegetables. Dressing 2 limes (juice and zest) 1 tsp honey 1 small chilli (seeds removed) 1 Tbsp vinegar 1 Tbsp palm sugar 1 tsp grated ginger 1 tsp crushed garlic Olive oil to taste Blend all ingredients to make dressing I served a Thai-style dressing, but you can use any dressing you prefer.

Roast Brussel sprouts and tofu

This is an easy recipe to make Method Ingredients In oven on high, roast Brussel sprouts with oil, salt and pepper 1 kg Brussel sprouts to get a little char on them. Cut 500 gm firm tofu tofu into small cubes, about the Balsamic reduction same size as the Brussel sprouts. Pan-fry the tofu for a nice brown Olive oil outside. Place all on a plate with Sea salt and pepper to taste some fresh raw baby spinach and drizzle over balsamic reduction.

P22 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19 Recipes Designed and prepared Mixed bean salad by Taryn McWillian

Ingredients Dressing 2 cans mixed beans (or beans you 1 Tbsp lemon juice prefer) ½ tsp whole-grain mustard ½ cup chopped shallots 1 tsp of honey 1 cup diced tomato Blend in a blender and add olive oil till 3 cups raw baby spinach thick enough to coat. Sea salt and black pepper (to taste)

Asian Noodle Salad

Ingredients Dressing 1 packet rice noodles 1 tsp sesame oil 1cup shredded cabbage 1 garlic clove, crushed ½ cup grated carrot 2 Tbsp hoisin sauce ½ cup sliced red capsicum 2 Tbsp tamari ½ cup sliced shallots 1 tsp Chinese cooking wine Black sesame seeds

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SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P23 Have a Festive Healthy Summer with Hopewood lifestyle

The festive season often challenges to forego celebratory drinks! Here’s a list our health goals and habits. Christmas of our favourite non-alcoholic beverages parties, too much rich food, too many late which are perfect for your summer parties nights and very hot weather can make it and family gatherings. difficult to focus on our wellbeing during the summer holidays. Not only is this Pink Lemonade the time many of us are likely to get off track with healthy eating and exercise, This is very refreshing and works it’s also when there’s an increased risk of just as well with flat or bubbly water. becoming unwell. Freeze some raspberries, sliced strawberries and chopped mint. To stay healthy during the festive summer Once frozen, place in a jug and add holiday season, follow these tips! the juice from a freshly squeezed lemon or lime. Fill the jug with water Stay hydrated or soda water and serve. Staying hydrated with plenty of water will strengthen your immune system, -=- increase your energy levels and help you Cranberry, Cinnamon feel satisfied. Starting and ending your day with a big glass of water is a great and Ginger Juice tip. Carry a drink bottle with you wherever Juices are a fantastic alternative to you go and try to fill it up at least twice. alcohol. If you’re looking for a festive You’ll be helping the environment as well as your body. flavour, a Cranberry, Cinnamon and Ginger Juice will go down a Eat the right food treat! You can either simmer the ingredients in a saucepan and chill You can reduce the impact of hot weather before serving or, if you’re in a hurry, Enjoy your mocktails! on your body by eating cooling foods. simply combine the ingredients in a Watermelon, cucumber, celery, mint and juicer with some soda water and ice. green leafy vegetables (served raw or only slightly cooked) are highly recommended. -=- They will also help to keep your body Did you enjoy this article? Then you hydrated. Pink Pomegranate and will love Hopewood’s book lifestyle – Grapefruit ‘Margarita’ Hopewood’s recipe for wellbeing. This Balance exercise with rest limited-edition coffee-table-styled book Take one cup of freshly squeezed features abundant natural health wisdom, Many of us pack our summer holidays grapefruit juice and half a cup of ice over 100 mouth-wateringly delicious with multiple activities – family and blend together until smooth. vegetarian recipes and gorgeous celebrations, travel, beach days, surfing, Add half a cup of fresh pomegranate boating, swimming, tennis, camping, photography. Its 270+ pages are seeds and stir vigorously designed to inspire readers to eat, move, bushwalking, and so much more. We’re before serving. probably getting more exercise than heal and nurture their bodies naturally. normal which is wonderful – but it can -=- also be exhausting. To stay healthy this summer – it’s just as important to have regular relaxation and quality sleep. The summer holidays are the Make this the healthiest perfect time to try some yoga or mediation summer yet with this classes and have a massage. You should special book offer – also aim for at least eight hours sleep LIMITED TIME ONLY every day. Now is the perfect time Avoid alcohol to feel great by adopting and maintaining a healthy The festive summer season can be lifestyle. This stunning book a difficult time to say ‘no’ to alcohol, is packed with delicious especially when family and friends recipes and tips to help you urge you to accept their offers of fancy achieve optimum health cocktails. However, just because you want this summer! to stay healthy does not mean you need

P24 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19 Pregnancy – eating for 2 … or 200 trillion?

By Robyn Chuter

Our diets and medication usage profoundly humans too. So bacteria may travel to humans. Female macaques who were fed affect the composition and diversity of the placenta under their own system, or a high-fat diet (36% fat from animal fat, the teeming microbial communities that be intentionally delivered there by the fish oil and corn oil) for at least three years inhabit our gastrointestinal tract, which in mother’s immune system. before becoming pregnant developed turn profoundly affects our physical and The placental microbiome changes dramatic shifts in their gut microbiome, psychological health. throughout the stages of pregnancy. It which were ‘inherited’ by their offspring. Even when the baby macaques were But if you’re a woman who is pregnant, or becomes less diverse but more unique to planning to become a mother, you need to each individual, suggesting that a pregnant switched to a low-fat diet after weaning, be aware that the diet you eat before and woman’s diet, lifestyle and other environ- the maternal high-fat-diet-induced during conception also has a profound and mental factors may shape the bacterial dysbiosis was not fully corrected. long-lasting impact on the gut microbiome ecosystem within her placenta – with Animals which were fed the low-fat diet of your baby. profound implications for her developing (13% fat from soy bean oil, but the same In particular, women who eat a high-fat foetus. number of calories as the high-fat diet) all tended to remain lean, whereas roughly diet before and during pregnancy may For example, there are significant differ- be causing alterations in their developing ences in the placental microbiome of two thirds of the macaques fed the high-fat babies’ microbiome that predispose their women who develop gestational diabetes diet became obese and insulin resistant, infants to diabetes and obesity, regardless mellitus (GDM). GDM is a type of diabetes and the remaining one third stayed lean of whether they themselves become resulting from severe insulin resistance that and insulin sensitive. overweight on this diet. begins during pregnancy and resolves as However, all macaques fed a high-fat Until relatively recently, it was believed soon as the woman gives birth, but leaves diet showed similar changes in their gut that babies were born sterile – in other both her and her baby at increased risk of microbiome, regardless of whether they words, that their first contact with bacteria developing type 2 diabetes later in life. were obese or lean, and all high-fat- was at birth. However, research in the Another example is that women who fed macaque mothers ‘passed on’ their last few years has established that the gain excess weight during pregnancy – dysbiotic gut microbiome to their infants. placenta has its own microbiome (the regardless of whether they begin or end In summary, it’s the mother’s diet that placenta develops in a woman’s uterus their pregnancy obese – have been found shapes her offspring’s gut microbiota and during pregnancy, and ‘houses’ the baby to have an altered placental microbiome, stacks the odds in favour of the offspring throughout pregnancy). which correlates with an increased risk of remaining lean or becoming obese, rather Researchers believe that the placental premature birth. than whether the mother herself is lean or microbiome ‘seeds’ the developing foetus How might weight gain affect the placental obese. Again, this implies that the use of with its first microbes, preparing it for the microbiome? Whereas oral and gut a high-fat ketogenic diet to achieve weight more intensive colonisation that occurs microbes primarily use carbohydrates and loss before or during pregnancy – even if during birth and breastfeeding. amino acids as their fuel source, placental successful – will increase the baby’s risk of becoming obese. Although the placental microbiome is bacteria specialise in using fats. What does all this mean for human unique, it bears the greatest resemblance An increased efficiency at extracting to the mother’s oral microbiome – the energy from fat and delivering it to the mothers, or intending mothers? If you colonies of bacteria that inhabit the mouth foetus is highly adaptive for pregnant want to doom your child to a lifetime of and throat. It has somewhat less in common women faced with food shortage. Unfortu- metabolic dysfunction and obesity, eat a with the mother’s gut microbiome, and is nately, in the modern environment, dietary high-fat diet before and during pregnancy. very distinct from her vaginal microbiome. fat is all too easy to obtain. If, on the other hand, you would like to How do bacteria from the woman’s mouth The gut microbiota of mice fed a high-fat gift your child with a health-promoting and gut set up shop in the placenta? diet before and during pregnancy became gut microbiome that will make weight Oral bacteria can enter the bloodstream, significantly more efficient at harvesting management easy, and protect him or especially if the gums are inflamed (as energy from food, which bodes ill for both her from metabolic syndrome and type 2 is common during pregnancy due to the mother and baby mice. diabetes, choose a diet rich in unrefined hormonal and vascular changes), and carbohydrates and relatively low in fat – These changes are all the more concerning that is, a whole-food, plant-based diet. travel to the placenta to colonise it. The in view of the fact that the calorie intakes gut membrane is also ‘leakier’ during of mice fed high-fat and low-fat diets were pregnancy, allowing migration of bacteria roughly the same, and the high-fat fed If you would like help to plan a from the gut into the bloodstream. mice were not statistically heavier than the preconception and pregnancy diet In addition, specialised white blood cells low-fat fed mice – a take-home point for that is not only good for you, but known as mononuclear cells have been women tempted to use a ketogenic diet sets your baby up for good health, found to transport gut bacteria to the to lose weight prior to becoming pregnant. contact Robyn Chuter at mother’s mesenteric lymph nodes and Similarly worrying outcomes were [email protected] breasts in late pregnancy and during observed in macaques, primates whose to make an appointment. lactation in mice, and almost certainly in normal gut microbiota is similar to that of

SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P25 A REGULAR COLUMN

Your health is an orchestra – Are you playing all the instruments?

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

Food confusion is widespread: Paleo, we also miss supplying our bodies and Rampant Reductionism Atkins, Keto, South Beach, North Beach, minds with one of the principal conditions Modern medicine and dietetics are both Scarsdale, CSIRO Total Wellbeing, of health. Vegan, Vegetarian, Whole-Foods-Plant- based on reductionism. This is where we Get active outdoors in nature as often as Based, Fruitarian, Breatharian, Gluten- look for answers to our health problems possible. Walking is the best foundational Free, Glutton-Free, eat six times a day, in a simple one-cause, one-effect model. activity. This one activity also enables you no, eat three, grains are evil, sugar is the to breathe fresher air and procure some If only it was that simple. devil incarnate, raw food diet … you name vitamin D from sunlight. Aim for at least it, have we got someone waiting to sign Both health and disease are multi-fac- 5 – 6 sessions a week for between 30 you up! torial processes. In other words, many and 60 minutes. Other activities will factors, not just one (reductionism) go I have found the recommendations of complement the walking, so all parts of into producing conditions of health and the Natural Hygiene movement the most the body are benefited by both aerobic disease. A baby grows in-utero when it effective eating pattern to build health and anaerobic exercise. is provided with all the conditions of life, and avoid disease: eat predominantly Keep in mind that regular activity does not which are the same conditions of health whole foods, plant-based. As author of - – air, water, food, sleep, rest, activity and In Defence of Food, Michael Pollan says, just benefit the cardio and musculo-skel etal systems, but has been found to also sunlight (for vitamin D). All conditions are “Eat food! Not too much! Mostly plants!”. needed, not just one or a few. increase the diversity of gut bacteria (the This means procuring the vast proportion microbiome) and promote brain health, As adults, we need to provide ourselves of your diet from raw and cooked giving more reasons to move! with all these conditions, which I liken to vegetables, fruits, raw nuts and seeds, The key to exercise is NOT exercising the four sections of an orchestra. Great legumes and whole grains. Very small, to GET energy, but exercising when music and excellent health both need all infrequent additions of animal-based you HAVE energy. sections working well. foods if desired have not been proven to cause health problems, although please Great Health and Music don’t take this to be a recommendation. Brass Section = Sleep and This nutritional program discourages Rest are Not Reductionistic alcohol and caffeine (that’s right, green Rest and sleep are the two most neglected Health is built, never bought, although the tea with its caffeine is not a healthy areas of health, and their deficiency is the pharmaceutical companies would have beverage) as they are health thieves. silent cause of incalculable suffering. you believe otherwise. Too often I see excellent diets (and health) Most people today are rest-deficient, and Health is life expressing itself in favourable ruined by alcohol and coffee/tea habits. many are also sleep-deprived. These are social drugs and best avoided. conditions! Without adequate sleep and rest, our Disease is life expressing itself in unfa- The Keys to Nutrition nervous systems are never able to fully vourable conditions! This is not only knowing WHAT to eat, but restore their functional vigour. We run WHEN to eat. ourselves down, and then soldier-on, It is up to us to supply all the conditions despite feeling tired or low in energy. We of health to the best of our abilities our As Hans Selye stated, “For the full become enervated, which means lowered entire lives. enjoyment of food, the best cook is nerve force. Enervation leads to toxaemia, hunger!” which then manifests as disease. Orchestras, and Your More details on the art and science of Another common mistake chronically tired excellent nutrition will be covered in a people make is to commence exercising, Health, Have Four future article mistakenly believing that this is needed to get them ‘fitter’. This causes many health Sections Percussion Section = problems, because you can’t spend what you haven’t got! This just increases our String Section = Nutrition Physical Activity enervation until a health crisis hits and By nutrition, I do not just mean food. It Without the percussion section, the forces us to rest and slow down. includes everything that is eaten and orchestra misses beat, rhythm and drunk. momentum. Without appropriate activity

P26 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19 Blue light from digital devices can harm our eyes Edited from an item by Vicki Batts, of Natural News, 18th October 2018

New research has highlighted yet another pitfall of screen technology: it’s slowly making us blind. A study just published in Scientific Reports has found that constant exposure to blue light from our beloved mobile phones and other devices with screens leads to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), one of the leading causes of blindness in older people. Woodwind Section = Attitude Researchers at the University of Toledo have Our attitudes are critically important to our health: discovered how blue light wreaks havoc on eye health. Lead study author, Dr Ajith Karunarathne, “Two men looked out from the bars, assistant professor in the UT Department of One saw the mud, the other the stars”. Chemistry and Biochemistry, explained that the The wind section underpins the entire orchestra, just as our attitude cornea and lens of the eye are not able to block or underpins our entire health, indeed our entire lives. reflect blue light. Blue light is emitted from the sun and also from Attitude determines altitude. Just as we need to evaluate our physical laptops, mobile phones, tablets and other devices health, so we need to evaluate our mental and attitudinal health. This is with screens. But with our ever-increasing screen called ‘A check-up from the neck up!’. time, it comes as no surprise that blue light is slowly Don’t let stinkin’ thinkin’ adversely affect your life. When negative but surely affecting people’s vision. Macular degen- thoughts enter (and everyone has them), recognise them, challenge eration is on the rise, and blue light could be playing them and evict them, just as you would a bad tenant who does not pay a major role in this. the rent. When they enter, don’t entertain them! Macular degeneration is caused by the death of It is a known fact that your psychology can affect your biology! photoreceptor cells in the eye. Dr Karunarathne and his team found that “blue light exposure causes retinal to trigger reactions that generate poisonous chemical molecules in photoreceptor cells.” Retinal The Great Conductor! is a molecule which photoreceptors need to sense The conductor brings the orchestra together to produce beautiful music. light and send signals to the brain. Who conducts our lives? Our BRAIN! “You need a continuous supply of retinal molecules. Photoreceptors are useless without retinal, which Our brains allow us to conduct our lives as we see fit. is produced in the eye,” Dr Karunarathne says. This ability to think and reason is what has enabled mankind to build The researchers explain that when blue light and bridges, cars and planes, invent useful things from the wheel to reading retinal meet, a toxic reaction occurs. If blue light is glasses, discover distant stars, and to be compassionate to all sentient shon on retinal, the retinal kills photoreceptor cells. beings. Photoreceptor cells do not regenerate – when they’re dead, they’re dead for good. That same ability enables us to construct the greatest masterpiece – a happy and healthy life. The great conductor allows us to march to the But there is hope – vitamin E can help protect the beat of our own drum, if we so choose, and not to the common drum. eyes against the harmful effects of blue light. As Goethe stated, “If we feel we cannot create anything, then we should The scientists discovered that alpha-tocopherol, a start creating ourselves!” This is the most important creation we can form of vitamin E, is a natural antioxidant which make. prevents photoreceptor cells from dying, even when they’re exposed to blue light. The American As the year winds down and a new year is about to begin, determine that Optometric Association confirms that multiple you will play all the sections of your health orchestra as appropriately for studies have shown vitamin E can help prevent your unique needs as possible, to create the best YOU possible. macular degeneration – and even cataract formation. See the stars, not the mud! The study showed that a 400 IU/day supplement of By playing all the instruments in your orchestra, both health and vitamin E, taken with beta-carotene, vitamin C and happiness are assured. zinc, slows the progression of AMD by about 25 percent in individuals at high risk for the condition. Sources for this article include ScienceDaily.com; Healthline.com Greg Fitzgerald’s Health for Life Clinic & Seminars: Abridged and modified from Natural News, [email protected] th www.healthforlife.com.au 20 October 2018, and published under 0424 246 847; 02 9540 1962 Mike Adams’ generous not-for-profit policy. Website: www.NaturalNews.com Clinic: 24a Alkaringa Road, Gymea Bay

SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P27 Heart Attack – Solving this modern tragedy

IN stark contrast to the standard dogma, are emerging. The Classic Risk Factors older people with high cholesterol are There are now four predominant concepts likely to live longer than older people The medical establishment has pinned as to the causes of cardiovascular disease: with low cholesterol. This was the finding down a number of factors as being of scientists who conducted a study 1. The classic risk factors which are the associated with heart disease but not published in the prestigious British standard medical view. necessarily fitting the description of (1) Medical Journal Open in 2016. They 2. The oxidised fat and cholesterol theory. ‘causes’. They are labelled ‘risk factors’, discovered that 80 percent of the par- 3. The homocysteine factor, which tends the following being a classic set of eight: ticipants who lived the longest had the to be ignored by the medical establish- • High cholesterol; highest levels of the so-called ‘bad’ LDL ment. • High triglycerides (blood fats); cholesterol. Conversely, those with the 4. Inflammation of artery walls – the state- • High blood pressure (if related to ath- lowest levels were far more likely to die of-the-art explanation put forward by erosclerosis, it is the result rather than prematurely. independent medical scientists. the cause, but it can put great strain on The heart puzzle runs much deeper. It the heart); is one of the great health paradoxes of Atherosclerosis in Brief • Tobacco smoking; modern times that half of all people with Atherosclerosis, or swelling and hardening • Overweight; coronary heart disease don’t have any of of the arteries, involves plaque developing • Lack of exercise; the major risk factors for heart disease, within the artery wall so that the wall swells • Diabetes; including high cholesterol. In fact, the and reduces the space inside the artery in known risk factors may explain as little as • Family history of atherosclerosis. (2) which blood can flow. Plaque consists of (4) one-quarter of such cases. cholesterol, fat, protein, dead cells and scar The National Heart Foundation advises A similar puzzle is the ‘French paradox’. tissue, and eventually calcium deposition that, generally speaking, the lower the level Although French people indulge in a diet causing hardening. of cholesterol the better. The desirable level high in saturated fat and cholesterol, they is less than 5.5 mmol/l (milli-mole per litre) The plaque may eventually block the artery if there are no other risk factors present; have a low incidence of heart deaths completely, producing ischaemic heart (2) 5.5–6.4 is classified as increased risk; 6.5 compared to other Western nations. disease, in which the tissues supplied by or more is classified as high risk. The cholesterol myth or non-myth is a major that artery are starved of oxygen. Heart subject and will be covered in detail in the muscles are supplied with blood by the The National Disease Prevention Alliance, Autumn 2019 issue of TNH. This current coronary artery, and if a branch of this an alliance of four leading health charities, article focusses on the lifestyle causes and artery is closing up, it first registers as including the National Heart Foundation, prevention of heart attacks. angina pain. When the closure is enough presents ‘Guidelines for the Management to cause the muscles downstream to die, of Absolute Cardiovascular Disease Risk’.(5) At the beginning of this century, heart this is a heart attack. attacks were extremely rare. But in 2015 The Guidelines give the following targets in Australia, cardiovascular diseases – A blood clot (thrombosis) forming at the for the primary prevention of CVD: coronary heart attack, heart failure and plaque can be the result of many factors, • Total cholesterol less than 4 mmol/L (3) including roughening of the artery wall – stroke – accounted for 29% of all deaths, • LDL cholesterol less than 2 mmol/L much more than in France or Japan. which should be Teflon-smooth – or the surface at the plaque rupturing. The clot • LDL cholesterol plus VLDL cholesterol These statistics would not be so tragic if may contribute to the blockage or become less than 2.5 we had achieved such longevity that our dislodged and block arteries or capillaries • HDL cholesterol greater than 1 mmol/L hearts and brains were simply ‘conking out’ elsewhere (embolism). • Triglycerides less than 2 mmol/L with age. But unfortunately artery diseases are killing people at younger and younger When the same process occurs in the Recent research indicates that lipid levels ages, some even in their 30s. brain, the result is a stroke. Embolism is a alone don’t give the full picture – that common cause of strokes. the condition of the lipids is a critical What is causing all this suffering and the factor (lipids are fat and cholesterol). This accompanying devastation to family and Let us now look at the four concepts of the raises the issue of oxidation of fat and friends? In spite of 40 years of high-pow- causes of atherosclerosis. cholesterol. ered medical research, artery disease is continuing to occur. Fortunately, answers

P28 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19 The Oxidised Fat and • Packaged biscuits, cakes and pastries zinc, a supplement may be a good idea. (fat has been mixed with flour and sugar, The closest to natural is chelated zinc Cholesterol Theory baked and stored); (‘chelated’ means attached to protein). • Blue-vein cheese and vintage cheese; Investigators found many years ago Selenium: Brazil nuts are the richest that oxidised cholesterol will harden the • Peanut butter in jars containing added natural source. Like zinc, selenium is low arteries of rabbits in 45 days, but fresh salt and sugar which disguise any rancid in our soils, so a supplement (chelated) cholesterol will not. Similarly, rancid oil taste; might be a good idea. (that is, oxidised oil) has been found to • Shelled nuts that have yellowed, rapidly cause injury to blood vessels, especially walnuts, pecans, Anthocyanins and proanthocya- (6) whereas fresh oil has no such effect. macadamias, Brazil nuts and pine nuts nidins, extremely powerful antioxidants which are all very high in oil; which colour fruits and vegetables dark It is now known that atherosclerosis is red, purple and blue – blueberries (the initiated by damage to the artery wall, • Confectionery containing nuts or seeds; richest), other berries, dark grapes, and that this damage can be caused by • Wholemeal flour after long storage cherries, red apples, plums, eggplant oxidised fat, oxidised cholesterol and free (however, there is very little fat in flour); (richest of the veggies), purple cabbage, radicals. Free radicals are very destructive • Cured meats after long storage – ham, beetroot, purple carrots. molecules created by pollutants including bacon, corned beef, frankfurter sausages, cigarette smoke, air pollutants, chlorine, salami, smoked fish and so on; Red wine contains these antioxidants due benzene, pesticides, other toxic chemicals • Foods containing egg powder or to the fact that the red/black skins are used and radiation. Free radicals can also be full-cream powdered milk after long in its fermentation. Red wine also contains generated by excessive iron – yes, too storage; resveratrol, another powerful antioxidant. much iron. • Butter, especially unsalted, after long (This does not mean that red wine is good The oxidation of fat and cholesterol occurs storage or if allowed to warm up during for us; it means that it’s alcohol has some when unsaturated fat and cholesterol are transport; mitigating factors). exposed to heat, air, light or free radical • Oil after long storage in clear glass or attack. plastic bottles, typically sitting on shop Rounding off on oxidation shelves. It appears that LDL cholesterol is not so It now becomes clear that atherosclero- bad for artery walls unless it is oxidised, Never reuse oil for frying and never reheat sis depends on a combination of factors and then it can be very bad. fried foods. Buy oil in small, coloured bottles and that cholesterol level alone is an or cans that will be used quickly, minimising inadequate indicator. Freshness of lipids In addition to the oxidised lipids that we shelf time. Keep the lids on and store in the and antioxidant status are major factors. may consume, the unsaturated fat and fridge if possible. cholesterol inside our bodies can be This is not to say that very high cholesterol oxidised if there are lots of free radicals To guard against fat and cholesterol can safely be ignored; that could be combined with deficiency of the antioxidant oxidising inside the body, we need to risky. But, as Dr Robert Buist says in The nutrients – mainly vitamins A, C and E, the ensure abundant antioxidant protection. Cholesterol Myth,(4) “The average person carotenoids, anthocyanins and the minerals This is done by eating the right foods and, with a moderately high cholesterol level, zinc and selenium. If these are plentiful, if desired, topping up some nutrients with say 5.5 – 6.5, which seems to resist all the lipids should be protected. The body’s supplements (of natural extraction). attempts at being lowered, should consider defences can actually destroy free radicals Vitamin C is found in fresh vegetables and improving antioxidant status rather than the and repair their damage if antioxidants are fruits. Because modern farming methods more drastic drug interventions.” abundant. tend to reduce levels of vitamins and minerals in foods, there is a good case for The view is consolidating that, as far as The Homocysteine Factor routinely taking a supplement of vitamin C. lipids are concerned, oxidised fats (rancid An elevated level of homocysteine in the fats) and oxidised cholesterol (oxycholes- Carotenoids, which give orange, yellow blood is a strong risk factor for atheroscle- terol) are the real culprits in atheroscle- or red colours to vegetables and fruits. rosis in the heart, brain and limbs. It is also rosis, not fresh fats and fresh cholesterol. A wide variety of vegetables and fruits a strong risk factor for blood clots that can However, excess fresh lipids can cause should provide most or all of the 600-odd travel and become stuck in arteries and major problems in other ways, so they are carotenoids. veins (thrombo-embolism).(7) still potentially harmful food constituents Vitamin A is made in our bodies from Homocysteine is simply an amino acid (a that need to be kept to safe levels. carotenoids, mainly beta-carotene. In food, building block of protein) that is manufac- vitamin A occurs only in animal products How, then, can we avoid consuming rancid tured in the body from the essential amino and colours them yellowish, as in meat fat, fat and oxidised cholesterol? acid, methionine. butter and cream. Firstly by employing our noses and taste Studies put the increased risk of heart buds. Rancid fat has a distinctly unpleasant Vitamin E is found wherever there is unsaturated fat in foods. Even so-called disease and stroke at two to three times smell and flavour, ranging from subtle to greater with high homocysteine levels. quite revolting. ‘saturated’ fats contain some unsaturated fatty acids. The more unsaturated the fat, This is as great as the risk associated with Secondly, by paying attention to how food the more vitamin E, the richest source smoking. has been prepared and stored. The worst being wheat-germ oil. Fresh nuts, seeds, High homocysteine is also an important risk process of all is where food is cooked legumes and whole grains, are good for deep-vein thrombosis. soaked in fat, heated to high temperatures sources of vitamin E. As with vitamin and exposed to air – deep-frying. C, a routine supplement is probably a Levels of blood homocysteine of 14–30 micromole/litre are considered to be high Here are some examples of foods where good idea, especially if it’s in the form enough to significantly increase the risk of we need to watch particularly for rancidity of wheat-germ oil capsules. Vitamin E (they are not necessarily rancid, but prone occurs in eight forms – four tocopherols heart attack and stroke. to it): and four tocotrienols. High homocysteine depresses cardiac • Deep-fried foods, especially if the oil is Zinc is found in nuts, seeds, legumes, copper levels, the copper tending to protect at a high temperature, such as 180°C, wholemeal flour and animal products. the heart from oxidative damage. This and is used over and over again; Because Australian soils are low in increases the risk of arteriosclerosis.(8)

SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P29 The primary causes of excessive homo- Fresh vegetables and fruits are good The theory is that if the causes persist for cysteine levels are threefold: sources of highest-quality folate – as well many years and the inflammation is severe • A greater amount of methionine in the as supplying vitamin C, carotenoids and and prolonged, then plaque may form to diet; many other valuable nutrients and phyto- protect the damaged area. In other words, • Impaired enzyme function as a result of chemicals (plant chemicals). it is not the case that plaque attacks the arteries, but rather that the body lays it genetic mutation; However, for the body to be able to use down to facilitate healing of long-term • Deficiency of three B-vitamins – B , B folate, it must be changed (by methylation) 6 9 damage. (folate) and B12. These vitamins enable to methylfolate. This conversion requires the body to break down homocysteine. the action of a gene called the MTHFR Folate is the most important in this gene (MTHFR = methylene-tetra-hydro- The state-of-the-art tests regard. folate-reductase). Unfortunately, nearly for heart risk and their Younger women have a distinct advantage half the population have a mutation of this with homocysteine. Premenopausal gene, making them susceptible to health implications women have a unique efficiency in handling conditions associated with lack of methyl- The new knowledge of artery disease methionine, thereby avoiding elevated folate, including the consequences of high means that we can put less emphasis (9) homocysteine levels. homocysteine. These people can still do on cholesterol levels and focus on other well provided they adopt a particularly indicators. A 1998 study found that bread and healthy lifestyle – or take methylfolate vegetables brought homocysteine down, (12) There are six tests that are prominent (10) supplements. while fat and coffee put it up. indicators – lipoprotein(a), homocyst- While emphasising that there is no eine, C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, blood How to Avoid Excessive Methionine substitute for whole foods as the source pressure and resting heart rate. These have High levels of methionine – hard cheese, of nutrients, researchers have recently been known about for a long time, but it is cottage cheese, seeds (sunflower, pumpkin, suggested that supplementation with only recently that their significance in heart sesame), fish (eg, salmon, snapper, shark), B-vitamins, particularly folate, is an efficient, disease and stroke has been realised. safe and inexpensive means of reducing salami, beef, whole egg, chicken. (7) elevated homocysteine levels. Tests for each of the four compounds can Medium levels – nuts (almonds, cashews, be conducted by a pathology laboratory. COFFEE AND SMOKING hazelnuts) (Brazil nuts are high and are an LIPOPROTEIN(A) exception), legumes (soya beans, peanuts, The Hordaland Homocysteine Study of Lima beans), cooked cereal grains, cows’ 16,000 healthy men and women, that was There is a strong association between high milk both whole and low-fat. commenced in Norway in 1993, found that levels of lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) and increased risk people who smoked cigarettes and also for coronary heart disease, other artery disease Low levels – vegetables and fresh fruit. consumed a lot of coffee had particularly (15) (13) and ischaemic stroke. Lp(a) is composed (Source: Nutrition Almanac, Third Edition high levels of homocysteine. of LDL cholesterol and a very detrimental (14) 1990), Tea had the opposite effect to coffee. compound called apolipoprotein(a). It can be seen that a diet based on animal As its consumption rose, homocysteine Lp(a) can be oxidised and cause damage protein foods will supply much more levels eased. Although tea contains some to arteries. It also appears to facilitate the methionine than a diet based on the plant caffeine, it also contains folate, which oxidation of LDL cholesterol. protein foods – legumes, nuts and seeds. apparently predominates. Lp(a) is one of the stickiest particles in the Although Brazil nuts and the seeds are blood, and promotes the formation of blood high in methionine, if the diet is vegetarian Inflammation of arteries clots (thrombosis), which can travel in the or close to it, the overall methionine intake bloodstream and lodge elsewhere in the is likely to be adequate without being – the state-of-the-art body (embolism). excessive. Further, a high consumption of theory fruit and vegetables will balance methio- The causes of high levels of Lp(a) include nine-rich foods. On the other hand, The critical question is – what causes the trans fatty acids found in hydrogen- methionine intake shouldn’t be too low, as plaque to build-up in artery walls in the first ated vegetable oils as well as the proteins it is an essential amino acid with important place? Many cardiologists now accept that consumed in large amounts of soya functions. the cause is inflammation of the walls. The products(16) and also insufficient exercise. major causes are believed to be: The Protective B-Vitamins • Oxidised LDL cholesterol penetrating The acceptable level is less than 10 mg/ dL.(17) The well-known Dr Mercola reports The conversion of homocysteine back to the artery wall; that levels of 11 to 24 mg/dL are borderline methionine (or cysteine) requires folate • Elevated homocysteine levels; high and levels above 25 mg/dL are very high. (especially), vitamin B12 and vitamin B6. If • Free radicals irritating artery walls these are deficient, homocysteine levels in chronically; Lowering elevated Lp(a) levels may not the blood can be expected to rise. • Deficiencies of antioxidants, including be easy, but some natural therapists have had success with supplements of minerals, A 1997 study looked at blood levels of vitamin C and others; vitamins and antioxidants, overcoming folate in lacto-ovo-vegetarians, semi-veg- • Harmful chemicals like nicotine; (11) insulin resistance and undergoing detoxi- etarians and omnivores. Deficiency of • Allergies; fication. folate was found in only 1% of the lacto- • Viruses and other micro-organisms; ovo-vegetarians, 4% of semi-vegetarians Specific foods that may help lower and 23% of the meat-consumers. Note that • Wear and tear due to blood flow Lp(a) levels are coconut oil, walnuts and (unlikely in healthy people). the synthetic form of folate is folic acid. flaxseeds. Alcohol consumption needs to In the typical Western diet there are be low. Specific nutrients are: N-acetyl- Clearly, a plant-based diet (or close to it) numerous triggers that may inflame arteries. cysteine, lysine, omega-3 fatty acids, produces less homocysteine and more of If a number of these are acting concurrently, carnitine, co-enzyme Q10, the nicotinic the B-vitamins that break it down. Note that the inflammation can be severe. A common acid form of vitamin B , vitamin E and B occurs only in animal products, so a 3 12 trigger is elevated homocysteine levels. vitamin C.(17) Taking high levels of these supplement may be necessary. requires professional supervision.

P30 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19 One study found a large 24% reduction in centrations also make the blood thicker or with protein obtained from moderate Lp(a) levels with a diet high in vegetables, more ‘sticky’, restricting blood flow through quantities of legumes, nuts and seeds. If (18) fruits and nuts. the finer capillaries. desired, eggs could be included at low levels for their vitamin B content. Dairy HOMOCYSTEINE Like CRP, fibrinogen is produced in the 12 products are kept to very small amounts or liver. Consequently, reducing levels is Homocysteine provides no benefit to avoided altogether. somewhat similar to reducing CRP levels. health, and levels should be as low as Vitamin A and the carotenoids have been Alcohol needs to be minimised and coffee possible. If there is no sign of cardiovas- found to be particularly helpful. kept to a low intake. Smoking is particu- cular disease, levels need to be below 9. If larly to be avoided. there is evidence of artery disease, or there While aspirin is well known for thinning the are major risk factors, aim for less than 7.(19) blood, the more natural inhibitors of clotting The bottom line is that heart disease is are ginkgo biloba, garlic, vitamin E and a lifestyle disease, and because lifestyle Homocysteine levels can be lowered, the green tea. can be changed, heart attacks are largely key steps being to reduce the sources of preventable. methionine in the diet and to increase the BLOOD PRESSURE level of the relevant B-vitamins as explained Even after an attack has occurred, it is Elevated blood pressure (hypertension) above under ‘The Homocysteine Factor’. possible to prevent future attacks. 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(18) ‘Effect of diet high in vegetables, fruit, nuts production of CRP include the omega-3 The safest way to avoid heart disease – as far on serum lipids’, Metabolism 1997 May; 46: fatty acids, DHA and EPA, vitamin A, DHEA as nutrition is concerned – is to ensure that: 530-7 (a hormone), vitamin K and nettle-leaf (19) Strand, Ray, What Your Doctor Doesn’t extract. • The way of eating is plant-based; Know About Nutritional Medicine May be Kill- • Dietary fat is low-ish, unsaturated and ing You 2002, Pub Thomas Nelson FIBRINOGEN includes omega-3; This is a protein dissolved in the blood, • Dietary fat and dietary cholesterol (if which, in case of injury, converts to any) are fresh; insoluble fibrin which forms a scab to stop • Antioxidant intake is high; bleeding. But if fibrinogen is at abnormally • There are adequate B-vitamins to high levels in the blood, clotting can occur reduce homocysteine to safe levels. too easily, leading to increased risk of thrombosis and embolism and possibly These requirements prescribe an heart attack or stroke. High fibrinogen con- abundance of fresh vegetables and fruits, SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P31 BIO NEEDS Part 9

By Jim Lanham, long-time Natural Health Society member

BIOLOGICALLY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT

“Take me home, country roads, to a place have not been exploited to the same degree and minimal housing. It’s almost only in where I belong” – John Denver as most private land. Large-scale cropping the tropics that you can grow plants which such as cotton, grains, sugarcane or any will fruit 365 days of the year (bananas, All other animals know their place in other monoculture may be hazardous, par- papaws, coconuts, etc.). Foods like Nature, but we have tended to alienate ticularly aerial spraying which can drift up melons, cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet ourselves from Nature. If you are living to six kilometres or more. Some kinds of corn and leaf crops can be grown almost close to a large population centre, or in mining and industries can pollute nearby all year. The durian and the breadfruit are some other way your environment is not environs. High-voltage transmission lines strictly tropical. ideal, then you may need to make time for and TV, radio or phone towers might be visiting the natural world. The restorative worth avoiding. effects of the natural world will extend to Soils and slopes your physical health, and also perhaps to Here are a few other things you might wish I think almost any soil can be fine for your mental wellbeing. to consider. gardening and, if needs be, improved. I In general terms, our health is a reflection of prefer a slightly sandy soil as it drains well. our environment – especially if we include Rainfall Land that is fairly level or slightly sloping our close, personal environment and our is so much easier to use. Steep sites may For many years, I thought that high rainfall require retaining walls or suffer erosion. daily habits. Some undesirable aspects was best. We lived in a high rainfall area for of the global environment may touch us 40 years and I’ve now changed my mind. all. However there is so much that can be Firstly, the mosquitoes were bad. Then Neighbours done at the local level that we are, in very there are the sodden lawns and gardens for Firstly, if they are using chemicals, that might practical terms, still mostly responsible for months at a time and also the wear and tear concern you. Many people use Round-Up our own wellbeing. Health is the art of the on softened roads. I now like a somewhat along boundary fences and other products achievable! drier climate (say around a metre of rain on their property. Try to meet the neighbours a year). Much better to live in, even if you before you buy, or commence by renting. have to water the garden more often. Some degree of like-mindedness with IS IT TIME FOR neighbours can be helpful. CHANGE? Prevailing wind My thinking becomes more radical as I get If you know the direction of the prevailing Pollution and health older. Do I need a kitchen or a house or wind, you can consider windbreaks at your hazards town water or electricity? I don’t – and new location. Because wind speeds are I’m looking to relocate to a much simpler often highest over oceans, a little bit inland This will be the subject of Bio Needs Part lifestyle in the near future. Some readers can help reduce winds, as long as you 10. As with chemical toxicology, all types may have already done this. are not too elevated (where wind speeds of pollution are hazardous. Distance from increase). If you have a garden, wind can source is important, as is time spent at a The only solution for planet Earth may be to significant distance. For example, driving drastically reduce our so-called ‘standard be very destructive and is an important consideration. past a TV tower is probably insignificant, of living’ and thereby, our consumption but living under it might be very significant. of the dwindling resources. Worldwide I like a low ridge or small hill as a homesite, If pollution is in the air, then prevailing population control is also now urgent. but surrounded by higher hills or winds are relevant. If you are thinking of relocating, I thought I established forests of a higher altitude. An could share a few thoughts. We are naturally existing all-round windbreak is so much attracted to places that are beautiful and better than trying to plant one. HOMING IN rich in plant and animal life. However, our Just as no person is perfect, so no location cities have often tended to occupy the best Temperature is likely to be perfect. As with a lot of environments. Therefore, one might need Some people like a cool climate and some things in life, it’s partly what you make of it to consider slightly less favoured areas, to a warm one. Think about frost if you want and how you overcome the shortcomings. get away from the undesirable aspects of to grow frost-sensitive plants. A northerly At the same time, it pays to shop around ‘civilisation’. or NE slope will be good for many types of beforehand and do a bit of research. gardening and should drain away the cool “I went to the woods because I wished to PROS AND CONS morning air. Luckily, there are food plants live deliberately, to front only the essential to suit almost any climate. Proximity to oceans, large rivers or lakes, facts of life, and see if I could not learn state forests, national parks or even To my way of thinking, the tropics offer what it had to teach, and not, when I private grazing land tends to enhance an some advantages for self-sufficiency. came to die, discover that I had not lived.“ environment, simply because these areas More bare feet, less clothes, less food ------H. D. Thoreau

P32 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19 Natural Health Management of Prostate Cancer

By Jo Thompson, RN, BN, Health Practitioner

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer, prostate cancer, urinary calculi Staging of PSA levels cancer affecting men. One in six men (stones) and urinary tract infection. will be diagnosed in their lifetime. This If the PSA level is high, a biopsy is article will look at diseases affecting the What is prostate cancer? performed. Most men who have a normal prostate: benign prostatic hyperplasia CaP is when a tumour forms in the prostate and slightly raised PSA level do (BPH) and prostate cancer (CaP). peripheral zone of the prostate gland. not have cancer found at the biopsy. As men age, oestrogen increases, which A raised PSA level in the blood simply What and where is the activates androgen receptors and is means that there is something happening prostate? thought to impact on the development to the prostate; it is not a test specifi- of tumours. CaP often grows very slowly cally for cancer. The only way to test for It is a small important gland in the male and may not cause any symptoms or cancer is by a biopsy reproductive system, its main role being to even become life threatening. Again, make fluid that protects and feeds sperm. inflammation underpins the development “Men with a PSA level less than 10 ng/ The gland makes about one-third of the of this disease. ml have a 70 – 80% chance of having fluid that is released at orgasm. organ-confined disease [that is, cancer is The prostate is about the size of a walnut in Risk factors include: confined to the prostate]. This compares to young men, but becomes larger with age. It • Family history of CaP or breast cancer 50% for those with PSA levels 10 – 50 ng/ sits underneath the bladder, and surrounds • Older age ml and only 25% with higher PSA levels. the top part of the urethra. Urine passes • A diet high in animal fat “Pre-treatment PSA level: men with through the urethra on its way from the • Caucasian men are more likely to get CaP lower PSA concentrations tend to be bladder to the penis. Hence the symptoms cancer-free five years after treatment of difficulty urinating, frequency of urinating • Visceral fat excessive (fat around the compared to those with higher PSA levels. and inability to empty the bladder effectively abdomen) are signs of an enlarged prostate. “PSA levels go up with age, therefor a Signs and symptoms higher PSA level on a younger man is How does the prostate change with age? Most urinary issues are connected with worrisome.” At puberty, testosterone levels in boys start BPH, but a differential diagnosis does (Partin, et al. J Urol, 1993:110-114). to increase and the prostate increases in size need to be made, so as to rule out by about eight times. It continues to double prostatitis, urinary tract infection and BPH. in size between the ages of around 21and Conventional treatment 50, and almost doubles again between 50 • Asymptomatic • Watch and wait; monitor PSA levels and 80. The reasons for the growth are not • Nocturia • Radical prostatectomy (removal of the fully understood. • Difficulty starting urination prostate) • Painful or burning urination • Radiation therapy What is Benign Prostatic • Difficulty having an erection • Cryosurgery/cyber-knife Hyperplasia (BPH)? • Painful ejaculation • Hormonal therapy (for rising PSA levels In contrast to prostate cancer, BPH occurs • Blood in urine or sperm and advanced CaP) in the transitional zone of the gland, and is • Frequent pain in hips, lower back or • Chemotherapy the most common prostate disease. BPH upper thighs is not usually life threatening but symptoms Natural Management of can effect a man’s quality of life. Diagnosis CaP Generally it occurs in men over the age of • Digital rectal examination to assess Prostate cancer is an inflammatory 50 and only 10% present with symptoms. prostate size condition. Strategies to reduce your risk or Inflammatory cytokines underpin BPH. • Urinalysis (testing the urine to rule out lower PSA are as follows: Their origin may be related to: infection) • Obesity • BHP symptom score Continued page 35 • Infections • PSA (prostate specific antigen blood test) • Prolonged stress • Biopsy • Oxidants Symptoms of BPH • Increased frequency of urinating • Nocturia (increased urinating at night) • Urgency to urinate • Incontinence • Slow urinary stream • Split stream dribbling These symptoms need to be investigated to rule out urethral stricture, bladder

SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P33 Menorrhagia – causes and natural therapies

BY LYN CRAVEN, NATUROPATH & BOWEN THERAPIST

The term ‘menorrhagia’ refers to menstrual Heavy bleeding can also be a sign of heavy bleeding that goes on for longer than iron deficiency, so diet needs to be Medical the normal five to seven days. Approximately assessed and appropriate changes made Treatments: 40 ml of menstrual fluid is passed during the or supplements given. Serum iron levels average period with the bleeding stopping should be tested to ascertain if there Treatment for menorrhagia depends on when the lining of the uterus (endometrium) is any deficiency in iron stores. Some the cause and can include: is shed. Bleeding is often referred to as people may have hereditary problem with • Medication – such as prostaglandin excessive and heavy when more than 80 ml absorbing iron from food or supplements. inhibitors, hormone therapy or is lost, including any spotting at other times antibiotics. IUD’s (intra-uterine devices) have been in the menstrual cycle. • Dilatation and curettage (D&C) known to contribute to heavy bleeding, – the cervix is dilated and the Menorrhagia is more common in women along with ectopic pregnancy in which the endometrium gently scraped away. over 40 who are on the verge of peri-meno- fertilised egg lodges in the fallopian tube pause or menopause, although it can still instead of on the uterine lining. • Change of contraception – IUD or affect younger women. hormones may need to be investigated. Some hormonal contraceptive pills and • Surgery – to remove tumours, polyps HRT have been known to instigate heavy or fibroids, or to treat ectopic Why does it occur? bleeding. If this occurs, you really should pregnancy. consult with your prescribing doctor. Heavy bleeding is one of the signs that • Treatment of underlying disorder – menopause is approaching, and the hypothyroidism or bleeding disorder. woman’s cycles can lengthen or shorten in Other causes • Hysterectomy – the removal of the duration. Sometimes mid-cycle bleeding entire uterus is a drastic last resort, Other possible causes are: hypothyroid- will occur. and usually not considered as for ism; polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), menorrhagia unless serious disease, Heavy bleeding can also be an indication Stein-Leventhal syndrome, ovarian tumour, such as cancer, is also present. of other illness being present, such as obesity, coagulation disorders (thrombo- endometriosis, uterine cancer or cancer cytopenia, platelet disorders, von Wille- of the cervix. Polyps or fibroids can also brand’s disease), leukaemia, ingestion Natural Therapy be instrumental in causing heavy bleeding, of aspirin or anticoagulants, renal failure/ depending on the location and size of dialysis. Treatments the fibroids. Some small fibroids cause Natural therapists would always take into In the majority of cases, the cause no problems, but others may cause pain consideration the functioning of the thyroid of menorrhagia is unknown. Recent due to growing in size, and can block and liver, which are a part of the endocrine research indicates that a particular the fallopian tubes and interfere with system and have a direct influence on the chemical substance inside the uterus the function of other organs such as the menstrual cycle. contributes to the process of menstrua- bowel. tion. Endothelin is a substance that helps • Ascertain the cause of the heavy Stress can contribute to heavy bleeding to stop the bleeding, but women with bleeding – obtain blood tests and by disrupting the endocrine system. Once menorrhagia have very little endothelin. if necessary functional lab results. the pituitary gland is over-stimulated Suggestions from this research are that Treat with herbs and/or homeopathic due to excessive stress, an imbalance excessive bleeding could be curbed with remedies and/or supplements. of hormones results leading to changes medications that act on endothelin levels. • Acupuncture can help in conjunction to menstrual cycles and functions of the However, any synthetic hormones you with any remedies a naturopath endocrine system. take may result in side effects. prescribes for balancing chi energy via meridian pathways, using tiny needles

P34 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19 in the application. Trillium pendulum, Cyclamen and 3 weeks things settled down. others. However, it is important that • Bowen Therapy can establish a She continued with this regime for a while, you don’t self-prescribe; in any case, balanced flow of chi energy and blood experienced no more heavy cycles and many of these remedies would not be to the uterine area, also alleviating any had normal cessation of all cycles when obtainable in health stores. cramps/pain that could be present menopause came about. I worked on and releasing stress. Bowen works • I recommend anyone experiencing heavy kidney energy and supported her entire along meridian pathways with gentle bleeding has an ultra-sound and endocrine system with homoeopathy, movements that send neurological a full blood count to ascertain any herbal medicine and some vital nutrients messages to the brain. deficiencies. Also have a full hormonal that had anti-inflammatory activity. • Meditation to combat stress along reading, including thyroid, then decide Treating the body in the right way and with encouraging 7 – 8 hours of if you wish to see a medical doctor or a supporting the normal rhythm during unbroken sleep at night. If there is qualified naturopath or acupuncturist. hormonal changes will allow the body insomnia, then this is treated with the Leaving this disorder for too long to rebalance naturally, without chemical necessary remedies. Lifestyle factors without treatment, perhaps out of fear of substances which often create side contributing to stress need to be what might be wrong, may result in other effects. addressed. health issues manifesting, including extreme fatigue and anemia. Hyster- • Sources of vitamin A are important, ectomy is not always necessary if you since research indicates that deficiency begin treatment in the very early stages. Lyn Craven is a practitioner of of vitamin A is present in heavy naturopathy and Bowen therapy bleeders. Over the years I have met women of and is an Energy/Reiki therapist, • Diet must be addressed. Wholesome varying ages who have suffered heavy meditation teacher and corporate healthy diet plays an integral role in bleeding. health presenter with many years’ your overall health and in maintaining a In one case the lady had commenced experience. She helps people to healthy, balanced hormonal cycle. This bleeding heavily as she reached peri-meno- manage stress and resolve repetitive means good quality proteins, unrefined pause (preparing for menopause, where injuries, back pain, achieving greater complex carbohydrates including cycles may become erratic) and was balance, more energy and healthier whole grains, plenty of dark green leafy recommended to have a radical hysterec- lives. Lyn is a health researcher/ vegetables and fresh fruits. tomy. Her ovaries were healthy, she had no writer for health magazines and has • Some herbal remedies that could fibroids and the uterine scan looked normal. produced a meditation CD assisting assist are Shepherds Purse, Vitex However, for many years she had taken people to manage stress. Agnus Castus, Greater Periwinkle, ‘The Pill’, and upon ceasing it in later years, She runs a private practice in Sydney. Cranesbill, Helonias, Beth Root, she found her cycles were very heavy. For an appointment contact Lyn on Hydrastis and Blue Cohosh. I made no promises, but treated her with 0403 231 804 or lyncraven@bigpond. • Homeopathic remedies that could Bowen therapy (a particular sequence for com. Website www.lyncravencorpo- be used to assist heavy bleeding pelvic/gynecological issues), along with ratehealth-naturopath.com include: Sepia, Caulophyllum, Secale some energy and acupressure work, and cor, Sabina, Melifolium, Hamamelis, gave her herbal remedies. Within just 2 –

Natural Health Management of who ate the most vegetables had a 49% turmeric, ginger, holy basil, green tea extract Prostate Cancer continued from P33 lower risk of stage III or IV prostate cancer. (drinking 3 – 4 cups of organic green tea Broccoli and cauliflower appeared to have lowers your risk), barberry, oregano. Reduce inflammation! the greatest impact. Men who ate broccoli For men with an elevated PSA level or who • Maintaining a healthy weight is essential more than once a week had a 45% lower are post-prostate-cancer treatment, I have – BMI within normal range (20 – 25 risk of advanced prostate cancer than put together a Prostate Cancer Protocol, • Man boobs are a huge risk factor those who ate it once a month. Eating which you can request by email for a free • Avoid sugary drinks. cauliflower this often cut the risk by 52%. copy. (Vastag, B. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 2007; 99 Prostate cancer is a slow growing cancer • Eat more than 5 serves of non-starchy (18): 1364-5) vegetables daily (startchy vegetables are and if caught early has a nearly 100% pumpkin, potato, sweet potato, corn Eating vegetables and lowering animal recovery rate. Living a lifestyle based and peas.) protein, especially red meat and dairy, is on Natural Health Society principles • Limit sodium to less than 2.4 gm per day essential. Lifestyle factors are the key to and implementing the strategies above remaining cancer free and living a full and is your best protection against prostate • Limit alcohol to less than 2 drinks daily healthy life. cancer. Monitor your body and investige • Exercise more than 60 minutes The following herbs are anti-inflamma- any changes early. moderate or 30 minutes vigorous daily tory and work well on keeping PSA levels • Sleep more than 7 hours daily within normal limits and decreasing inflam- Jo Thompson manages a thriving • Avoid red meat mation in the body. I mix this up as a herbal clinic on the NSW Central Coast. blend, but you could add the fresh herbs • Have a plant-based, whole-food diet You can contact her on 02 4384 into your dishes. If you would like the herb 1501. Email at jojothompson@ Research found that men who ate more blend dispensed, please contact me and I bigpond.com. than a serving of vegetables a week had will post it to you. A 100 ml bottle is $40 Website www.bn2health.com.au. half the risk of developing advanced stage plus postage and handling. cancer compared with their peers who ate Or find us on Facebook Bn2 Health these vegetables only once a month. Men I use the following herbs plus two extra and Instagram bn2_health which are practitioner only: Rosemary,

SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P35 News from What Doctors Don’t Tell You

What Doctors Don’t Tell You is a monthly magazine and an enewsletter which publishes the latest healthcare news and information on complementary therapies. Its philosophy is very similar to that of the Natural Health Society. Principals are best-selling author, Lynne McTaggart, and her husband, former Financial Times journalist, Bryan Hubbard. Website: www.wddty.com. Subscriptions are available. Enewsletter inquiries [email protected]

The following items are abridged The vagus nerve, which runs from the medicine, or certain forms of surgery like from articles written by brain stem, through the neck and thorax joint replacement, modern medicine doesn’t Brian Hubbard except for a blog and ends in the abdomen, lowers heart offer much in the way of miracle cures. by Lyn McTaggart. rate and controls food digestion. And it’s When it comes to most chronic degenera- involved in the three biological processes tive illnesses plaguing society today, stories the researchers say are linked to cancer: of complete healing with conventional oxidative stress or free radical activity, treatments are especially thin on the ground. inflammation and stress. ‘Bad’ LDL cholesterol With so few true cures, doctors have protects against cancer (Sources: Journal of Oncology, 2018; article ID learned to view virtually all major degen- 1236787; doi.org/10.1155/2018/1236787; erative diseases as developing in a simple 6th September 2018 drdavidhamilton.com/davids-blog) linear progression – from bad to worse. LDL cholesterol – the so-called ‘bad’ Arthritis, multiple sclerosis, autoimmune variety – protects us against cancer. Antibiotics raise risk of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, People with naturally low levels are more heart disease and cancer Alzeimer’s, other forms of dementia, likely to develop the disease over their cancer, etc., will leave you ever more lifetime, new research has suggested. 4th October 2018 debilitated and may even kill you in the end. The discovery, from Tufts Medical Although antibiotics can be life-saving, If you’re lucky, the best that most medicine Center in the US, adds to the growing they also raise the risk for a range of other can do is to stave off the inevitable. list of health benefits of LDL (low- serious chronic conditions, including As a consequence, medicine as it is density lipoprotein) cholesterol, which heart disease and some cancers, new practiced today is essentially an exercise orthodox medicine believes blocks research has found. in dodging bullets. arteries and causes heart disease. This is because antibiotics destroy the If a patient’s disease violates that It’s already known that it protects the ‘good’ bacteria in the gut that protect progression and he or she actually brain as we age, and that low levels can against infections and inflammation – and undergoes a cure, the situation is charac- escalate problems including dementia inflammation is the key to many chronic terised as a ‘spontaneous remission,’ as and memory loss. diseases, ranging from arthritis to heart though at any point, without warning, the The Tufts researchers compared 201 problems and cancer. disease can mysteriously reappear. cancer patients against 402 healthy Although medicine accepts that over-use Since 1989, in our publication, What people; none of the participants was of antibiotics leads to resistance and Doctors Don’t Tell You, we’ve reported taking a cholesterol-lowering statin. Over ‘super bugs’, it can also be the gateway on thousands of such anomalies. We’ve nearly 19 years, the cancer patients con- drug to most of our chronic diseases. encountered case after case of people sistently had lower LDL levels than the Researchers at Case Western Reserve who have defied every medical prediction healthy group. After taking into account University in Cleveland, USA, analysed and overcome the odds. other possible factors, the researchers the effect that antibiotics have on our concluded that LDL cholesterol was the As we wrote about them, we discovered oral bacteria, and discovered the drugs that these patients had several important one thing that seemed to influence the stripped out the ones that fight inflamma- development of cancer. characteristics in common: a refusal to tion and fungal infection such as Candida. accept a prognosis of ‘You’ll have to learn (Source: American College of Antibiotics should be restricted only to to live with it,’ coupled with a gritty deter- Cardiology 61st annual scientific life-or-death emergency infections; the mination to get well. session, March 25, 2012) body’s own natural defence mechanisms When their ordinary doctors could not Acts of compassion help can deal with the rest. offer them a cure, they began educating (Source: Frontiers in Microbiol- themselves about the potential causes cancer patients live longer ogy, 2018; 9: doi: 10.3389/ of their illnesses and any alternative 4th September 2018 fmicb.2018.01995) treatments with evidence of success. In every single instance, the patient Cancer patients live longer, or even When you say ‘no’ to your reverse the condition, if their vagus understood that to get well, they needed nerve is stimulated, which can be done doctor’s gloomy prognosis to take their lives into their own hands. through meditation, yoga, exercise and Lynne McTaggart Blog, 31st There was David Passmore, who beat compassion and gratitude, a new study August 2018 stage 4 lymphoma with a combination of has concluded. supplements and positive thinking, and If you’re the victim of a near-fatal car Survival times are four times greater in Ivan Misner, who disparaged alternative crash, Western medicine, with its array of cancer as ‘woo-woo’ until he found he had people with high vagus activity, and the high-tech gadgetry, is without parallel in cancer’s progress is slowed, especially in prostate cancer and turned to alternatives its ability to put you back together again. to avoid debilitating surgery or radiation. the later stages of the disease. But for anything other than emergency

P36 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19 Professor Luc Montagnier

Elderly with low blood One in three taking drugs structures. These molecules can in turn emit waves. He has discovered that the pressure still taking that cause depression and waves remain in the water, even after it has medication risk suicide been diluted many times. th Montagnier’s statement couldn’t happen at th 18 June 2018 6 July 2018 a worse time for doctors. A week previously, Most of the older people taking antihyper- One in three prescription drugs that people the UK’s British Medical Association – tensive drugs for lowering blood pressure take every day can cause depression the trade union of doctors – passed a have hypotension (low blood pressure) and increase the risk of suicide – and resolution to stop homeopathy being made that is dangerously low – which could yet nobody seems to be aware of the available on the National Health Service. It explain the high rate of falls and dizzy dangers, a new study has found. also wants all homeopathic remedies to be spells suffered by elderly people. Researchers at the University of Illinois placed in a special area marked ‘Placebos’ More than 65 percent of patients with found that more than 200 of the most in health shops and pharmacies. hypotension – defined as systolic blood commonly prescribed drugs, ranging from heart medications to painkillers and (Sources: Sunday Times, July 4, 2010; pressure of 100 mm mercury or less – are British Medical Association). still taking antihypertensive medication, indigestion pills, are linked to depression researchers from the University of Kent and suicidal thoughts as side effects. Antioxidant reverses ageing Even over-the-counter (OTC) medications have discovered. in our blood vessels by 20 Doctors are prescribing the drugs, and that don’t need a prescription, such as then not monitoring blood pressure levels. common painkillers or indigestion aids, years can increase the risk of suicide and th The team analysed the health of 11,167 depression, the researchers warn. 19 October 2018 hospital patients, of whom 1,900 had low Few of the drugs that can cause depression A nutritional supplement can reverse the blood pressure. 1,246 (65 percent) of effects of ageing in our blood vessels and these were still taking an antihypertensive. and suicide list the possible side effects, and so neither the prescribing doctor nor make them up to 20 years ‘younger’, all within (Source: Age and Ageing, 2016; doi: the patient is aware of the increased risk. six weeks, a major new study has discovered. 10.1093/ageing/afw120) (Source: J. Amer. Med. Assoc., 2018; It reduces arterial stiffness by around 42 319: 2289) percent, a dramatic improvement that Fasting can reverse type 2 lowers the risk of heart disease by around diabetes Nobel scientist discovers 13 percent, say researchers from the University of Colorado, Boulder USA. 22nd October 2018 scientific basis of The antioxidant, MitoQ, targets the mito- Type 2 diabetes can be reversed with homeopathy chondria, the ‘powerhouses’ of our cells, a healthy diet – and also by intermittent 16th October 2018 and changes the lining of blood vessels fasting, researchers have discovered. (endothelium) to improve their ability to Fasting for 24 hours intermittently – Just after doctors have described dilate, which increases blood flow. either every other day or for three days homeopathy as ‘nonsense on stilts’, a Nobel prize-winning scientist has made a discovery Within just six weeks, the improvements straight – can reverse the condition and were so great that the blood vessels were eliminate the need for drug treatment. about the nature of water that suggests the therapy does have a scientific basis performing as though they were 15 to 20 University of Toronto researchers found years ‘younger’, say the researchers, who that diabetics who had been taking Professor Luc Montagnier, the French tested the supplement on 20 healthy men insulin and medication for high blood virologist who won the Nobel prize for and women aged between 60 and 79. pressure and cholesterol levels were discovering a link between HIV and AIDS, has shocked fellow Nobel prize-winners by “This study breathes new life into the theory drug-free after 10 months of intermittent – previously discredited – that supplement- fasting. telling them that water has a memory that continues even after many dilutions. ing the diet with antioxidants can improve The patients weren’t going entirely health,” said one of the researchers. This idea is one of the foundations of without food. During the 24-hour ‘fast’, MitoQ has been adapted from the naturally- they could drink low-calorie beverages homeopathy, which maintains that the potency of a substance is increased with occurring antioxidant, Coenzyme Q10, to such as tea or coffee, water or broth, and target the mitochondria in cells. were allowed one low-calorie meal in the its dilution. evening. Montagnier has discovered that solutions (Source: Hypertension, 2018; HYPERTEN- SIONAHA.117.10787) (Source: BMJ Case Reports, 2018; bcr- containing the DNA of viruses and bacteria 2017-221854) “could emit low frequency radio waves”. These waves influence molecules around them, and turn them into organised

SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P37 News from DR MERCOLA

Dr Joseph Mercola is a licensed the same degrees of arterial sclerosis as soothe muscle soreness include bananas, osteopathic physician in Illinois those with high levels. cacao, eggs, spinach, sweet potatoes USA. He believes that most orthodox and watermelon, as well as spices like The same study found that benefits medications provide only temporary cinnamon, ginger and turmeric. relief at best, and he seeks to treat claimed by statin supporters are the whole person, not just the ineffective and unsafe, as statements Two substances you should avoid symptoms. are invalid, compromised by misleading combining with exercise are alcohol and statistics and excluding information from sugar, both of which cause inflammation. Dr Mercola issues regular free enews- unsuccessful trials. letters. His website is Mercola.com. Heart disease is driven by a chronic Does exercise lower blood The following are summaries or inflammatory response in our body, which pressure? abridged versions of some recent we may stave off through adequate intake 2nd November 2018 items, published under his generous of magnesium, reducing insulin secretion, not-for-profit policy. balancing our omega-3 and omega-6 High-intensity exercises help to normalise fatty acid ratios and keeping iron levels blood pressure by triggering the production within safe limits. of nitric oxide in our body. Early dinner aids weight Who says coconut oil is In Australia, according to the National loss, lowers cancer risk Heart Foundation, one person in three pure poison? has high blood pressure (hypertension), 3rd September 2018 meaning that systolic and/or diastolic 10th September 2018 Eating dinner early, or skipping it altogether, blood pressure are equal to or greater and fasting until the next morning, combats A German lecture in which Harvard than 140 mm and/or 90 mm mercury (Hg) weight gain by reducing hunger, increasing professor, Karen Michels, proclaims coconut respectively or are taking medication for fat burning and improving metabolic oil is “pure poison” has been picked up by hypertension. Of these, four million adults flexibility to burn both fat and carbs. many English-speaking media outlets. had uncontrolled or unmanaged high blood pressure (not taking medication). People who eat dinner at least two Michels is a proponent of the American hours before bedtime have a 20 percent Heart Association’s (AHA) advisory against Inactivity and blood pressure are closely reduction in cancer risk for breast and saturated fats, particularly coconut oil. related. Inactive individuals have a 30 prostate cancers combined. For these She also has professional ties to Harvard to 50 percent greater risk for high blood illnesses separately, they have a 26 percent professor Frank Sacks, who was the lead pressure than their active counterparts. and 16 percent respectively lower risk of author of the AHA’s 2017 advisory on The key to reducing blood pressure is to prostate and breast cancers, compared to saturated fats. do aerobic activity that raises our heart those who eat dinner closer to bedtime. The AHA’s Presidential Advisory against rate, making the heart beat faster and ‘Morning people’ who have a natural affinity saturated fats specifically identifies coconut increasing blood flow. Strength training is for getting up early in the morning are at oil as a harmful fat, even though coconut oil also effective. particularly high risk for cancer when eating was not included in any of the studies AHA Research suggests that improving dinner too close to bedtime, compared to used to support its claims. handgrip strength may be the most ‘night owls’. Coconut oil supports thyroid function, effective of all, even more effective than Avoiding eating at least two or three hours normalises insulin and leptin sensitivity, conventional endurance and strength- before bedtime will help you optimise boosts metabolism and provides excellent, training programs. your mitochondrial function, which is key readily available fuel for our body in lieu of for optimal health and chronic disease carbohydrates. prevention. 12 Foods to avoid sore Cholesterol does not muscles cause heart disease 21st September 2018 10th October 2018 Delayed-onset muscle soreness is a Cholesterol, long vilified as the cause condition you may face when taking up of cardiovascular disease, is a vital a new type or intensity of exercise. It is component to nearly every cell in the body a bodily response that can be addressed for the construction of cell membranes, through diet. regulation of cell signalling and neurologi- The best recovery foods to eat after an cal health. intense workout are raw, organic whole A recent review of three large industry- foods containing healthy amounts of funded studies found it was impossible for carbs and protein. cholesterol to be the main cause of heart Some of the specific foods shown to disease, as people with low levels have

P38 | True Natural Health SUMMER 2018/19 Artificial sweeteners are Fennel seeds are a potent A hug a day keeps the toxic to gut bacteria booster of nitric oxide doctor away 16th October 2018 24th September 2018 25th October 2018 Research published in the journal Molecules Nitric oxide is vital to our health because A hug can improve our mood by increasing shows that all artificial sweeteners currently it is produced by nearly every type of cell positive feelings and decreasing negative approved and deemed safe by the US in our body and is necessary for healthy ones. Food and Drug Administration cause DNA blood vessels. The body’s production of Relationship conflict is associated with damage to gut bacteria and interfere with nitric oxide is increased by fennel seeds an increase in negative feelings, while the their normal and healthy activity. Nitric oxide is a vasodilator, which means opposite is true for hugs. Saccharin caused the greatest damage, it causes our blood vessels to dilate, On days when study participants were causing toxicity to cells and mutations. promoting blood flow and lowering blood in conflict, but also received a hug, they Other recent research shows that pressure. It also tends to thin the blood reported more positive feelings than on artificial sweeteners damage vascular and decreases viscosity, which reduces days when they did not get a hug – and the the risk of a life-threatening blood clot. function and cause cellular changes that positive effect continued on to the next day. may be important during the onset and Besides acting as a useful post-meal mouth Hugs convey care and empathy, acting as progression of diabetes and obesity. freshener, fennel seeds have the highly an effective buffer against stressors. significant roles of scavenging free radicals The artificial sweeteners included in this and preventing oxidative DNA damage, Sit less now or risk not study included: which helps protect against degenera- • Aspartame, brand names NutraSweet, tive illnesses including Alzheimer’s and walking later Spoonful, Canderel, Equal, NatraTaste Parkinson’s diseases. Blue 5th October 2018 Fennel seeds are a convenient, cheap • Sucralose, brand names Splenda, Prolonged sitting promotes multiple health and portable source of nitrates for almost conditions, including heart disease, type 2 Zerocal, Sukrana, SucraPlus, Candys, anyone, including athletes. Cukren and Nevella diabetes, osteoarthritis, lower-back pain If you happen to be sensitive to members and certain cancers. • Saccharin, brand names Sweet ‘N of the carrot family, you should avoid fennel Low, Sweet Twin, Sugar Twin, Necta Recent research demonstrates that Sweet seeds. For a number of reasons, fennel watching television for extended periods is not recommended for children under • Neotame, brand name Newtame may increase your risk for reduced mobility age 18. as you age. • Advantame (no brand names) To counter the effects of sitting, consider • Acesulfame potassium-k, brand Garlic is a great blood the following: names Sunnette, Sweet One, ACE, thinner ACE K, Sweet ‘N Safe Set up an alarm on your computer to 15th October 2018 remind you to get up every 15 minutes; Factory-farmed chicken, Studies indicate that people who eat as Investigate using a standing desk at work; farmed salmon & food- little as a quarter-teaspoon of garlic powder Stand while talking on the phone or eating; borne disease per day appear to have less stiffness of the Walk after lunch; develop a walking group aortic artery, which is good for avoiding at work to provide motivation; cardiovascular problems, including stroke. 30th September 2018 Use a fitness tracker to count your steps The two most harmful foods served in most One expert notes that the blood thinning each day and seek to achieve 10,000 steps; restaurants are factory-farmed chicken, activity of garlic – and onions to a lesser Watch TV on a Swiss ball and bounce which is responsible for a majority of degree – goes by the wayside when it’s while watching; food-borne illnesses, and farmed salmon, cooked, but there are ways to change that which almost rates as a toxic food. outcome. Work with an accountability partner with whom you can share your challenges and Three decades ago, many towns would Raw garlic appears to be around 13 times successes. have local fish markets that sold a wide more potent as a blood thinner than cooked variety of locally caught fish. Most fish garlic or raw onions. Crushing garlic and markets have now been replaced by chain waiting 10 minutes before cooking it stores that use computerised systems activates the enzyme that releases the to maintain a consistent supply, and this blood thinning compounds. industrialisation has expanded aquaculture. High concentrations of sulphur and allicin While most aquafarms are located in compounds also impart benefits related to open water, land-based operations are heart health, as well as opposing harmful becoming more common, especially with bacteria, inflammation, intestinal infections, the introduction of genetically-engineered yeast infections and diseases associated salmon, which are not allowed to be raised with cancer-causing compounds. in open water due to their environmental impact should they escape.

SUMMER 2018/19 True Natural Health | P39 All health problems and found that those who took ginger breast cancer cell growth by more than genetic according to US reported fewer symptoms of seasickness. 80 percent. Muscle soreness. Ginger has the ability Sources: NaturalHealth365.com; Natu- doctors – a big lie to soothe muscle soreness resulting ralPedia.com By S.D. Wells, 5th September 2018 from unaccustomed activity or eccentric Only in America could every disease exercise. This is attributed to ginger’s High-dose vitamin C and disorder be diagnosed by orthodox ability to prevent inflammation, as well as aggressively kills medical doctors as genetic, meaning its analgesic properties. inherited from your parents’ and grand- Heart disease. Ginger helps address cancer cells parents’ genes. many of the factors contributing to the By Isabelle Z , 8th October 2018 risk of heart disease. It has potent lip- Nearly all the most common chronic Orthodox medicine claims that there is no illnesses, including cancer, diabetes, id-lowering abilities and can lower blood pressure. science to back the claim that high doses heart disease, high blood pressure, of vitamin C can kill cancer. However, strokes, arthritis, osteoporosis, Obesity. Ginger increases the feeling of new research shows that high doses can Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s barely fullness after a meal, discouraging further indeed fight cancer, underscoring the existed just one century ago. So how did food intake. findings of countless previous studies. human genes change so quickly in just a Cancer. Tests have found that ginger few generations? They didn’t. extract can inhibit the growth and prolif- Detractors have conveniently ignored It’s all a hoax started by the American eration of pancreatic cancer tumours and the fact that many studies simply weren’t Medical Association in order to con also cause the death of cancer cells. The testing large enough doses. Americans into believing that the answer compound, gingerol, can help kill breast University of Iowa research confirms that to their health problems couldn’t possibly cancer cells. large doses of vitamin C do kill cancer be fixed by changing what they eat, drink Dog diseases. A study found that the cells selectively, without damaging or put on their skin. Rather, the hoax intravenous administration of ginger normal cells. They can kill as much as 50 continues, all of their health ills are now can be an effective treatment against percent of human lymphoma cells. permanently embedded in their DNA, and heartworm in dogs. all that can be done is to use chemical It is difficult to achieve the necessary high pharmaceuticals and invasive surgeries to Sources: GreenMedInfo.com; Medical- blood concentration by taking vitamin C remove malfunctioning, non-vital organs. NewsToday.com; CDN.GreenMedInfo. orally. However, a new form of vitamin C com; NCBI.NLM.NIH.gov – Liposomal vitamin C – taken orally can If you believe every disease is genetic, create levels in the blood that are 100 you’ll never change what you eat. Pomegranate extracts to 500 times greater than those normally [Over 40 years ago, medical ecologists fights cancer at EVERY achieved by oral ingestion. Liposomal concluded that virtually all the health vitamin C is encapsulated in lecithin, problems in modern Australia are turn which shields it from digestive enzymes ‘diseased of civilisation’, which means By Isabelle Z, 29th September 2018 that would normally break it down. diseased of lifestyle. There are now A blockage against its use is that che- hundreds of thousands of studies Pomegranate, with its deep red-purple motherapy has been so profitable for the confirming that these medical scientists shade, is one of the healthiest fruits of pharmaceutical industry, that it would got it right. It’s our lifestyle, not our all, and it’s been getting a lot of attention be difficult to match that profit from genes. – Editor] lately for its ability to fight cancer. something as unpatentable as vitamin C. Sources: TruthWiki.org; NaturalNews. Pomegranate extract protects against com; NaturalPedia.com; FDA.news; the DNA mutations that lead to cancer. Sources: NaturalHealth365.com; EveryDayHealth.com It releases a protective enzyme, known NaturalNews.com as paraoxonase-1, that blocks inflam- The science behind the mation and oxidative stress that can later High magnesium reduces healing effects of ginger contribute to DNA mutations. high blood pressure & Even if a DNA mutation occurs, heart disease By R. J. Johnson, 8th Sept 2018 pomegranate causes mutated cells to By Tracey Watson, 25th October 2018 Ginger is one of those plants widely die, and stops the growth of the blood known to have health benefits, but vessels that nourish tumours. When Unfortunately, the combination of our somehow not recognised by conven- malignant masses develop, the extract modern diet and minerally-depleted tional medicine because living things can stop them from metastasising to tap water have left the vast majority of cannot be patented. It has been used by other parts of the body. us severely depleted of this important different cultures for centuries, both as a mineral. As we age, levels of magnesium Studies have shown that the extract spice and herbal remedy. decrease even further, leaving us can reduce the number of lung cancer vulnerable to diseases which include Nausea is helped by ginger. A trial tumours by up to two thirds, slow the stroke and heart disease. compared the effects of ginger with that growth of prostate tumours, and inhibit of a placebo on seasick naval cadets,

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The World Health Organization estimates ‘Smart’ meters wildly Of the remaining four meter types, two that at least 60 percent of people are were accurate and only two billed less deficient in magnesium. inaccurate: can be than the actual electricity consumed. 581% higher A 2015 Korean study, published in Why the difference? The researchers the journal, Nutrition, Metabolism By Tracey Watson, 19th October 2018 discovered that there is a design flaw and Cardiovascular Diseases, found in some meters. Unfortunately, all these a direct link between low serum ‘Smart’ meters are actually a really dumb idea, not to mention dangerous. types of meters are certified and meet magnesium and cardiovascular legal requirements, which means you disease. People with lower levels of The electromagnetic fields (EMFs) have to know exactly what you’re getting magnesium were more than twice emitted by these devices have been if you do decide to ignore the health risks as likely to have coronary arterial linked to a variety of health problems, and install a smart meter in your home. calcification. They also had a 50 including headaches, fatigue, digestive percent greater risk of atrial fibrillation, issues and sleeping problems. There is Sources: NaturalHealth365.com; which can lead to a stroke. Further, also evidence that EMFs cause more IEEEExplore.IEEE.org low magnesium increases the risk of serious conditions like autoimmune pancreatic cancer by 76 percent. disorders and certain types of cancer. The good news is that upping the body’s And, as if that wasn’t enough reason to magnesium levels can result in dramatic refuse to have one, research has found health improvements, particularly in relation that they aren’t even accurate, and may to the risk of heart disease and stroke. be ripping you off financially. Classifieds In addition to supplementing with A study published in the journal, HOLISTIC EYE CARE, (chelated) magnesium, we can increase IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Concord magnesium-rich foods, including Magazine, found that some smart meters Eye exercises, nutrition, stress manage- almonds, cashews, oatmeal, kidney give readings much higher than they ment, computer users, eye diseases, beans, peanuts, pumpkin, avocados, should. Five of the nine meters studied preventive eye care, kids’ vision. raisins, whole-grain breads, dark leafy gave readings much higher than the Call Jenny Livanos, Optometrist, greens and bananas. actual power consumed – 582 percent on (02) 8765 9600 or Sources: NaturalHealth365.com; higher, 475 percent, 566 percent, 569 [email protected]. NCBI.NLM.NIH.gov; Heart.org[PDF]; percent and 581 percent higher. NaturalNews.com; Livestrong.com; EverydayHealth.com

Alcohol-free days in the week could help drinkers live longer By Bryan Hubbard, journalist for What Doctors Don’t Tell You of the UK

Having three or four drink-free days a than 340,000 people aged between 18 This article abstracted from What week could help you live longer. Drinking and 85. Doctors Don’t Tell You, enewsletter, 12th October 2018 every day, even if it’s just one glass of Overall, people who drink a little every day wine, raises the risk of premature death raise their risk of premature death by 20 by 20 percent, and that starts to get per cent compared to others who drink significant when you’re in your 70s. [EDITOR’S NOTE: Many Natural Health less frequently, which is no big deal when people would scoff at the notion that any Having a glass or two of wine three days a you’re in your 20s, but it starts to become amount of alcohol can be good for us. week helps protect against cardiovascu- significant by the time you reach your 70s, Although the liver does have mechanisms lar disease, but these benefits are undone the researchers say. for detoxifying very small amounts of if you drink every day, say researchers. Drinking every day raises the risk of cancer, alcohol (by the enzyme alcohol dehy- A recent study that grabbed the headlines although the risk is still there even if a drogenase), the fact is that our livers are concluded that any alcohol is bad for person abstains on some days in the week. already burdened with toxic man-made chemicals and food waste products. It you, but that included people who are (Source: Alcoholism: Clinical & Experi- heavy drinkers. So researchers from could therefore be concluded that, in mental Research, 2018; doi: 10.1111/ spite of the latest research, the best Washington University took a closer look acer.13886) at light drinkers – people drinking one or amount of alcohol for body and mind in two drinks a day – which included more the long-long term is probably none.]

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World Vegan Day falls on 1st November who preferred.) It was noticeable that the early days of our organisation when each year, and in Adelaide the Vegan younger adults often opted to receive there was only one vegetarian café (run Festival was held on the last weekend email information, while older people took by the Seventh Day Adventists) in all of in October at Tarndanyangga (Victoria more handouts, many of which related to Adelaide. Square, Adelaide). health topics. So it seems that veganism and notions of Over the years this event has grown from While animal rights and environmental plant-based eating really are taking hold a one-day event in a suburban primary issues were focussed on by a number in South Australia. school to a two-day event in the centre of of other groups, it seemed that few, the City. Year by year it has progressed, if any, were emphasising the health but generally the formula remains the aspects of vegan diets. Nevertheless, same: speakers, food and other stalls, the talk by Dr Heleen Roex, spelling out activities especially for children and the scientific evidence for the health cooking demonstrations. Although benefits of plant-based eating, was very central to the main theme is our concern well attended. This aspect was also for all animals, the emphasis currently emphasised in some of the cooking dem- has shifted more to care and concern for onstrators. the environment and the toll that animal husbandry is having on the planet. VegSA sees one of its roles as helping to spread information on vegetarian In many ways this is an excellent site. and vegan diets, along with knowledge Besides being central, there is a large of resources. One of our most popular grassed area surrounded by terraces handouts is Vegetarian and Vegan Eating with power points for the food stalls Places in South Australia. This, even with – and plenty of shade provided, as the a very small font, scarcely fits onto two Adelaide sun can be pretty fierce. sides of an A4 sheet. Compare this with The Vegan Festival attracts people of all ages and backgrounds and has a sizeable area and activities for children, including the very attractive water fountain (see photo). Of the 77 stalls, about half were serving food (many were from regular vegetarian and vegan establishments). Other stalls were run by animal rescue groups, five or six from South Australia and others, like Free the Bears, working nationally or internationally. There were stalls offering merchandise, including cosmetics, promotional stationery and recycled products like Waswaste, as well as two political parties (Greens and Animal Justice Party). VegSA again shared a stall with Animal Liberation SA. While Animal Liberation was selling merchandise like T-shirts with promotional slogans, we mainly handed out literature, including our new economic vegan recipes leaflet. (We also had articles we can email to those

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