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Introduction:
Recently, I learned first hand what can happen when a dental abscess is not dealt with promptly – it can easily affect the heart; in my case it did.
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promoted to parents in Perth (through Influenza vaccine the media) in a five year trial funded by Psychiatry: the pharmaceutical companies. This The hidden enemy Hi All, Many of you will be aware that WA trial started in 2008. I presented Saba Button, the young girl from Perth, my research on the children's influenza who became mentally and physically vaccine at the National Health Promo- FYI: disabled after an influenza vaccine in tion Association Conference in Perth in 2010 will receive a multimillion dollar May 2009 under the title: “Childhood https://www.youtube.com/ compensation payment for this tragic Influenza Immunisation: How is this pro- watch?v=YmvuYTH5nU0#t=74 event. This verdict was announced on gram promoted and evaluated?” Here is Friday (June 6, 2014) after the parents the link to the information I presented at https://www.youtube.com/ took legal action against CSL for the this conference to health professionals: watch?v=vxdxZkzQDgQ harm caused to their daughter. In turn http://www.vaccinationdecisions.net/ CSL counter-sued the WA government. resources/Ethical%20Issues%20of%20 https://www.youtube.com/ These details can be found here: http:// Childhood%20Influenza%20Immunisa- watch?v=II96QkZaz1E www.news.com.au/national/western- tion%20Final%20100423.pdf australia/parents-of-saba-button-who- https://www.youtube.com/ was-victim-of-flu-vaccine-debacle- Here is another link to my article that watch?v=TC34j2hTnvA receive-payout-from-wa-government/ describes the serious adverse reac- story-fnii5thn-1226945651845 tions that occurred to this vaccine in https://www.youtube.com/ 2010 and the inadequate adverse event watch?v=EVYCddabpOw In Australia parents have been told that reporting system that Professor Bryant mercury was removed from childhood Stokes described in his independent re- https://www.youtube.com/ vaccines by 2004 but there are still port carried out in 2010 http://vactruth. watch?v=UDlH9sV0lHU some vaccines with mercury in them. com/2010/11/22/how-government-and- In particular, some brands of influenza pharmaceutical-companies-gamble- DSM vaccines that are administered from with-your-childs-life/ a multidose vial. Each dose from a 10 https://www.youtube.com/ dose vial contains 24.5 micrograms of Australians need to be aware that unlike watch?v=Nh6-79wc2Ac mercury. Mercury has been in vaccines the US we do not have a Vaccine Injury in a compound called thiomersal [AKA Compensation Scheme funded by the thimerosal - Ed] (49% mercury) and government to address the damage ADHD in 2013 it was still listed in the infant many individuals experience from vac- https://www.youtube.com/ hepatitis B vaccine (given at birth) and cines. Vaccination should not be tied watch?v=lglFWb93NCs the influenza vaccines Fluad and Fluarix to financial incentives, childcare places (Australian Immunisation Handook (9th and employment if governments de- https://www.youtube.com/ ed) 2013). scribe vaccines as “unavoidably unsafe” watch?v=26e5PqrCePk for many individuals with a genetic pre- CSL's Fluvax “swine” flu vaccine was disposition to disease. Governments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA_ thiomersal-free but it did contain beta- have not provided quantitiative evidence MwaRLzm8 propiolactone and antibiotics – neo- of the harm that vaccines cause in mycin and polymyxin B and detergent the population yet they are continually FREUDIAN PSYCHOANALYSIS (sodium taurodeoxycholate) and egg adding new vaccines to the childhood protein. Individuals with a family history schedule for diseases that are not a risk REVERSED THIS PATTERN TO SELF of allergies have a higher risk of react- to the majority of children. ing to chemicals in vaccines. This is a Kind regards, SOCRATIC EXAMINATION known contraindication for vaccines. Judy Wilyman MSc (Population Health) In addition, the new six-in-one shot PhD Candidate – Infanrix-hexa vaccine – was found Beginning the humane treat- www.vaccinationdecisions.net to contain 10 ppb of mercury (Austin ment of the mentally ill et al 2010, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health). Whilst this may Mothers healing http://psychology.about.com/od/ be considered a low dose by some it is vaccine-related autism historyofpsychology/a/psychodynamic. a fact that a safe level of mercury in hu- htm mans has never been established – this Two of the most censored news would be “unethical” to test. It also does stories by the mainstream news I was trained in psychoanalysis to re- not consider the increased toxicity that media: verse this trend and was based on total is known to occur when many chemicals 1. That contaminated vaccines seriously privacy and confidentiality of Dr/Patient are added together. Yet the combined injure thousands of children every year relationship. It was drug free and there schedule of childhood vaccines given to were really no drugs at that time in the infants before one year of age has never 2. That some families are fighting back industry. been tested in controlled clinical trials against the willful ignorance of the against unvaccinated children – with a “medical community”, fighting back – Arden Gifford, MD true inert (non-active) placebo. and healing their children.
Video: http://www.brasschecktv.com/ In 2010 I wrote several articles about page/26785.html children's influenza vaccine that was - Brasscheck TV
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I do fear though the future with so much pressure to vaccinate. I saw someone Editor’s note: If you read the manual “Available evidence suggests that post on Facebook recently that we for an iPhone4 it reads: “When carry- fluoride has a potential to cause major should all vaccinate our children for the ing iPhone, keep it 1.5 cm (5/8 inch) or adverse human health problems, while greater good! I don’t understand people more away from your body to ensure having only a modest dental caries who think that my unvaccinated child is [radiofrequency radiation] exposure prevention effect. As part of efforts to somehow going to infect theirs! I laugh levels remain at or below the maximum reduce hazardous fluoride ingestion, the really because if their child is vaccinated levels.” See: http://manuals.info.apple. practice of artificial water fluoridation then what is the problem? 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My Dad’s story: Devastating effects of Burzynski http://www.unitedpatientsgroup.com/ psychiatric drugs blog/?p=3156&preview=true Jon, Editors: I am in agreement with the Dad’s update: article “Neuroleptics and Tardive Dyski- I want you to know that I appreciate your http://www.unitedpatientsgroup.com/ neisa” by Philip Hickey, Ph.D, published support of Burzynski. I had the opportu- blog/2014/03/20/dads-update-stan- in Issue 13. nity to briefly meet with Stan B. and his rutner-a-cancer-survivor/ staff at the clinic when my former wife, I have previously written of my experi- Alice, was struggling with late stage IV ence at Carrington Psychiatric Hospital in NSCLC that had metastacized to the MMS being banned & the late 70s – early 80s. As a psychiatric brain. They were all exceedingly warm nurse I had to know a great deal about and helpful people and I absolutely removed from many psychotropic drugs, especially their "side have to say that of all the places that we markets! effects" and toxic effects. The "side ef- visited during her battle with cancer that fects" of these drugs are horrendous! I this was the most real and helpful. Sirs: still see them manifest in people I see on the street, who clearly suffering from the Alice had been declared terminal at the The FDA has started to take notice of effects of these terrible toxic chemicals. end of February 2006 and was given an MMS and the various claims being made The brain changes are mostly irrevers- expectancy of two weeks before she about the product. Currently the FDA has ible. Foremost among these is "tardive would go into a coma and was urged to not approved the use of MMS to treat or dyskinesia" (TD), an often irreversible, go through radiation to provide an ad- cure any disease or illness. The informa- disfiguring disorder of the central nerv- ditional two to four weeks. She refused tion on this site is not to be considered ous system resulting in a variety of in- and through natural and alternative medical advice. We do not ship or voluntary movements, particularly of the therapies, she started improving. Three produce MMS, any links provided on this tongue, lips, and jaw muscle movements. months later, the doctors at the local site are to manufacturers of MMS. Please Others include Parkinson-like, impaired hospital were shocked and amazed keep this in mind when reading any post motor coordination; sedation; extreme to see her walking down the hospital on this site. restlessness ("akathesia"); Dystonia – a hallway to have a checkup. Their jaws neurological movement disorder, in almost literally hit the floor. We knew it only would be a matter of which sustained muscle contractions time. It seems that both Canadian and cause twisting and repetitive movements Her oncologist changed her pain medica- Australian governments are forbidding or abnormal postures. tion to one that she was allergic to, and the sale of MMS to their countries. The shortly after, she went into organ failure United States could be the next to ban I have nursed people in the past (at Car- and a few days later passed away in our MMS. If you read any of our articles on rington) whose social lives were ruined bed beside me. how much money the drug companies by the effects of these chemicals, such stand to lose on anything that might treat that, e.g., the wife of an executive who This is one reason why I am so adamant or cure a disease they cannot patent had to host social events as part of his in pursuing natural and alternatives as then you will see why this is happening. job, was unable to participate as partner the real answer. The scary thing is Canada initiated the of her husband in that important aspect ban over one complaint and many sug- of their lives. She was a very intelligent Blessings, David Etheridge gest that the complaint originated from a woman who had been reduced (by her pharmaceutical company! Many suspect GP's irresponsible prescribing) to such the US to be next in line to restrict or ban a level, that she was unable to even par- Lung cancer cured by the sale of MMS (Miracle Mineral Solu- ticipate effectively in group therapy. tion). Therefore it comes as no surprise cannabis oil that we have the most expensive health Correct nutrition is the answer to many Hello, care system in the entire world and we so-called psychiatric disorders. I en- are ranked below Cuba in our health care quired about this treatment approach My name is Corinne and my husband system. Many expect our Government to when I first began working at Carringon. I and I are the owners of United Patients follow suit as the new Codex law against was told by doctors that it had been tried Group. This company was built due to selling nutritional supplements will soon and didn't work. Of course, they lied to my father’s fight with stage four lung be implemented. I would highly suggest me! They knew nothing about e.g., the cancer and a brain tumor. He was given grabbing a few bottles just in case the work of Abram Hoffer, who was writing two weeks to live but has gone into US caves in to the pharmaceutical indus- relevantly from the early 1960s, or Alex- complete remission due to cannabis oil. try and the FDA bans the sales of MMS ander Schauss. In turn we built this website as a WebMD, here in the US. – Anon of sorts, for mainstream families and their loved ones who need one last chance. Isabel Hutchinson SOURCE(S): We are completely medical and have NO • http://www.oceanslab.com/categories/ Ed note: In his landmark book Brain Al- affiliation with recreational. Please read MMS/ lergies, the late American psychiatrist Dr. our story below. We hope that somehow • mmsfacts.com William Philopott, who abandoned toxic we can serve each other. • http://healthfreedoms.org/2014/04/29/ psychiatry to practise nutritional and mms-being-banned-being-removed- Kind regards, environmental medicine, stated that he from-many-markets/#sthash.4LIKQUHC. had used mineral supplements to suc- Corinne Malanca dpuf cessfully treat tardive dyskinesia in some • NEW ZEALAND DISTRIBUTOR: (‘The cases. For an article on using nutritional About us: only Jim Humble approved NZ distribu- medicine to treat “mental health” prob- http://www.unitedpatientsgroup.com/ tor’) www.miraclemineral.co.nz lems, please see issue 9 of this Journal. about
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Drug cartels are amateurs: Here’s the real thing
By Jon Rappoport tions for each man, woman, and child. (By contrast, The Wall St. Journal reports 3,094 deaths from heroin overdose in Mexican cartels? Colombian cartels? That's about one new prescription every 2010.) Afghan poppy lords? Middlemen? Street month for every American. dealers? Are you kidding? They're small Starfield gives us a conservative sketch fry. Check out the pros. The Medical News Today article conclud- of the Trojan Horse that has been placed ed, "...the industry should be heartened in the center of the industrialized world. Medical News Today, June 22, 2013, by the growth of the number of prescrip- "Most Americans on Prescriptions." tions and spending." Yes, I'm sure the The destruction of societies by medical "7 out of every 10 Americans are on drug industry was popping champagne drugs goes far beyond what some people prescription drugs, and more than half of corks. call "over-prescribing." This isn't just a the country are on at least two, according tilt in the wrong direction. It isn't simply to an analysis conducted by Mayo Clinic We're talking about prescriptions here. errors of judgment compounded by the and Olmsted Medical Center research- We're not talking about the number of number of doctors dispensing medicines. ers." pills Americans took. We're also not counting over-the-counter drugs. Those are all polite terms suggesting That's 210 million men, women, and the situation can be corrected through a children – hooked. Something the Sinaloa Pharmacopoeia, a 2011 exhibition at the show of good will and better judgment. Cartel can only dream of. British Museum, estimated that "the aver- That will never happen. age number of pills a person takes in his Most commonly ingested medical drugs? or her own lifetime in the UK is 14,000." Countries of the world are literally being In order: antibiotics, antidepressants, That's as a result of prescriptions. Includ- assaulted by pharmaceutical companies and opioids. Those last two indicate ing over-the-counter drugs, the 14,000 and their foot-soldier doctors. It's chemi- Americans are trying to change their state number would swell to 40,000 pills taken cal warfare. of mind and kill pain via the Man in the in a lifetime. White Coat; the street dealer is way, way To even begin to see light at the end of behind. What are the effects of all these drugs? the tunnel, hundreds of millions of people must add themselves to the rolls of those Here's an interesting quote from the We are looking at a supreme Trojan Horse who already are pursuing better health Medical News piece: "...nearly one quar- that is rotting out America and other through natural means. ter of women between 50 and 64 take industrialized countries from the inside. antidepressants..." Wars, no wars, economic deprivation, Not even the worst dictators and mass economic prosperity; the drugs continue murderers in history dreamed of a day The street drug cartels, of course, are to do their work, debilitating and ruining when the citizenry would line up and working at a disadvantage. The White and terminating lives. demand to ingest more and more life- Coat dealers are backed up by govern- destroying chemicals. ment, insurance companies, medical Many sources can be cited to confirm boards, medical journals, Wall Street, this assessment. banks, pharmaceutical companies, About the author media, medical schools, hospitals, and On January 8th, 2001, the LA Times big foundations. That's the competition. published an article by Linda Marsa: Jon Rappoport is the author of three What are the street drug cartels going "When Good Drugs Do Harm." Marsa explosive collections, THE MATRIX to do? Put out a hit on all these people? quoted researcher Dr. David Bates, who REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, Hell, I'm sure some of the Mexican and indicated that, in the US, there are 36 mil- and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon Colombian drug chiefs have their own lion serious adverse reactions to medical was a candidate for a US Congressional doctors and are taking Zoloft and Paxil drugs per year. seat in the 29th District of California. themselves. He maintains a consulting practice for On July 26, 2000, the Journal of the private clients, the purpose of which is Previously, in another piece, Medical American Medical Association published the expansion of personal creative power. News Today reported that, in 2011, there the most stunning mainstream estimate Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has was a modest uptick in the number of of medical-drug damage in history: "Is worked as an investigative reporter for 30 prescriptions written in the US. US health really the best in the world?" years, writing articles on politics, medi- The author was Dr. Barbara Starfield, a cine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA The increase brought the total to: 4.02 respected public-health researcher at the Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other billion. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures Yes, in 2011, doctors wrote 4.02 billion Starfield concluded that medical drugs and seminars on global politics, health, prescriptions for drugs in America. were killing Americans at the rate of logic, and creative power to audiences 106,000 per year. That's over a million around the world. You can sign up for his That's an average of roughly 13 prescrip- deaths per decade. free emails at NoMoreFakeNews.com.
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Visits to www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz When “smart meter” promoters realise that which can give the mistaken impression have increased, with the most popular their customers won’t buy the “it’s com- that the meters’ emissions are very low, pages of the website being “How to avoid pulsory” lie, they change tactics and move and therefore very safe. “Smart meter” getting a smart meter” and “How to get rid to try to “spin” away people’s legitimate proponents (perhaps it would not be inap- of a smart meter.” concerns about the health issues with propriate to call them “pushers”) typically “smart meters”. omit to mention that NS: 2772.1:1999 Given that it can be difficult to get a “smart is designed to protect against thermal meter” removed once it has been installed The RFR produced by “smart meters” has injury and shocks only, not other poten- – even if it is causing illness – preventing been classified as a “possible carcinogen” tial adverse effects such as DNA damage the installation of “smart meters” should (type 2B) by the International Agency for or cancer – which of course means that be a high priority for people who value Research on Cancer but you will rarely see “smart meters” that comply with NS: their health. Unfortunately, the radi- this fact acknowledged by an electricity 2772.1:1999 cannot be assumed to be ofrequency radiation (RFR) produced by company. Typically, companies promoting safe. “smart meters” can provoke very unpleas- “smart meters” make statements designed ant symptoms in some people, including to convince people that the amount of RFR If that weren’t enough, company staff headaches, sleeping difficulties, burning produced by “smart meters” is trivial and involved in selling “smart meters” to the pains and palpitations. It appears that not worth worrying about. public often try to reassure people who RFR from “smart meters” may trigger the don’t want to be irradiated with a class 2B development of electrosensitivity in some For example, in response to questions possible carcinogen that “smart meters” people, resulting in ongoing symptoms about emissions from the Landis+Gyr produce RFR for only 45 seconds per day. from other sources of RFR (such as cell “smart meters” that they have begun What they don’t say is that manufacturers’ phones, wi-fi, cell phone towers etc.) even to install in the Nelson-Tasman region, documents and in-use testing shows that after a “smart meter” has been removed. Network Tasman Ltd employee Andrew a single “smart meter” may produce thou- (See: www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest- Stanton stated that the RFR produced was sands of pulses of RFR every 24 hours. news/survey-of-people-adversely-affect- “very, very low”. However a document on (Please see this link for a fuller discussion ed-by-smart-meters/.) Network Tasman Ltd’s website stated that of this issue: http://www.stopsmartmeters. someone one foot away from the meter org.nz/latest-news/report-on-health-and- In New Zealand, electricity retailers and would be exposed to 88,000 microwatts safety-aspects-of-electricity-smart-meters- lines companies involved in “smart meter” per square metre (µW/m2). This is 8,800 debunked/.) roll outs have been using a variety of times higher than the limit suggested by techniques to “manufacture consent” for the scientists who created the website If you are concerned about the “smart me- “smart meter” installations. Some compa- www.bioinitiative.org – hardly a trivial ter” situation, please visit www.stopsmart- nies are using the term “advanced meter” amount of RFR. (If you take the limits for meters.org.nz, www.stopsmartmeters. instead of “smart meter” because “smart RFR recommended by the Building Biology com.au, www.stopsmartmeters.org.uk or meters” are getting a bad reputation Institute as your benchmark the exposure www.stopsmartmeters.org for information around the world due to people sharing is even more significant, as the Building about the situation in your country. If you their experiences of the bad effects that Biology Institute considers any exposure have not already seen the award-winning these devices have had on their health over 1000 µW/m2 to be of “extreme con- “smart meter” documentary Take Back through a variety of websites. cern”.) Your Power, please consider buying a DVD or streaming this from www.takebac- In New Zealand, another common ploy Another ploy commonly used by people kyourpower.net and invite your family and appears to be for electricity company staff promoting “smart meters” is to express the friends to watch it with you. Take Back to tell customers that “smart meters” are amount of RFR produced by a “smart me- Your Power is a fantastic tool for educat- a government requirement, when there is ter” as a percentage of the national stand- ing people about the “smart meter” issue in fact, no law or regulation in this country ard NS: 2772.1:1999. “Smart meters” and covers health, privacy and other facets that states that anyone has to accept a generally produce only a small percentage of this technology which is being stealthily “smart meter”. of the allowable RFR under this standard, imposed on the population.
low that if it was doubled it would still not box on your bedroom wall, you should have SHIELDING A SMART be a problem… then it could be allowable the EMF levels measured. to shield a single wall. However, if a mobile A final thought: Experiencing symptoms METER By Patrick van der Burght phone company or neighbour were to install within 1-2 months of a “smart meter” instal-
equipment that increases the HF radiation on lation, often indicates that you have been “Smart meters” are quite often on bedroom your side of the shielded wall in the future, burdened by a lot more things before the walls which can result in prolonged exposure the situation may become much worse with- “smart meter” was installed. Your total expo- to high frequency radiation from the “smart out you realising. sure, wiring and bedroom should be investi- meter”, if the “smart meter” or its transmis- gated by someone who has had appropriate sion modem cannot be removed. Shielding The safest approach is to create a bedroom training, equipment that measures the body paint, shielding fabric, shielding mesh and that is a radiation-free haven. Shielding the and practical experience in facilitating health metallic foils are available that aim to cre- walls and ceiling (and floor if you are not on recovery. If you haven’t noticed symptoms ate a reflective surface that deflects high ground level) with shielding paint is a good yet… this doesn’t mean you are not affected. frequency (HF) radiation. Some products do option. This will reduce levels from HF sourc- Your defences may, for the moment, still be a good job. es, even when they get stronger in the future. coping with it.
Good quality shielding paint can improve a However, if you shield just one wall, you bedroom, but it is rarely all that is required to Patrick van der Burght is are effectively also creating a mirror for all About the author: create a safe bedroom. Shielding paint does the Director of Geovital Academy for Radia- the sources of HF radiation on your side of not provide protection from low frequency tion Protection Australia and NZ. For more the wall which can double your exposure to electromagnetic fields. If you have a meter information, please see: geovital.com.au them! If the level of HF radiation is sufficiently
10 The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine // AUGUST - NOVEMBER 2014 // www.naturalmedicine.net.nz Fluoride Toxicity No Longer a ‘Conspiracy Theory’
By Andy Dilks, fluoridation. It changes everything.” pared fluoride to lead, arsenic, methyl June 16, 2014 mercury and other chemical toxins, More recently a Harvard study funded and reclassified it as a developmental It’s often amazing how many people still by the National Institutes of Health neurotoxin. Adding to the above list of view the dangers posed to health from confirmed that fluoride lowers the IQ detrimental effects of fluoride, the report fluoride in the water supply as noth- of children. The adverse effects of high explained how neurotoxins can cause ing more than a “conspiracy theory” concentrations of fluoride in the water widespread brain disorders such as – dismissed as a notion unsupported by supply were summarized by in the report autism, attention deficit hyperactivity any solid evidence. They demand “peer from Environmental Health Perspectives: disorder, learning disabilities, and other reviewed” studies before even contem- cognitive impairments. plating the veracity of any claim of fluo- “We performed a systematic review and ride dangers. Anything else, they say, is meta-analysis of published studies on It may currently appear like only a unsupported “pseudoscience”. It prob- increased fluoride exposure in drinking “fringe” section of the populous is ably doesn’t help matters that Wikipedia water and neuro-developmental delays. against fluoride (and clearly the lack of – that hugely flawed yet oft cited source We specifically targeted studies carried mainstream media coverage has a great of information on the internet which out in rural China that have not been deal to do with this misconception), but so many tend to appeal to – peddles widely disseminated, thus complement- a sizable scientific community exists misinformation which clearly creates a ing the studies that have been included fighting to have it removed. An increas- misconception as to the adverse effects. in previous reviews and risk assess- ingly informed number of communities Its page discussing fluoride toxicity is ment reports. Findings from our meta- are also fighting to have it removed revealing, stating that “the only gener- analyses of 27 studies published over completely from their drinking water. ally accepted adverse effect of fluoride 22 years suggest an inverse association Perhaps, with the release of the Lancet at levels used for water fluoridation is between high fluoride exposure and chil- report, the “conspiracy theory” response dental fluorosis, which can alter the ap- dren’s intelligence. The results suggest to those pointing out the dangers of pearance of children’s teeth during tooth that fluoride may be a developmental water fluoridation can finally be dropped development; this is mostly mild and neuro-toxicant that affects brain devel- and a concerted movement to end the usually only an aesthetic concern.” opment at exposures much below those poisoning of our water supplies will take that can cause toxicity in adults.” root and flourish. With a sizable number of people satis- fied with this unfounded reassurance, Given the wealth of other studies which About the Author little further research is conducted, have drawn similar conclusions, it’s per- reflecting the lazy manner in which some haps remarkable that this hasn’t been Andrew Dilks writes on culture and people are willing to take things at face fully accepted in the scientific com- politics at orwellwasright.co.uk. He is the value, regardless of the high stakes. munity and, by extension, the general author of Goliath and Flow. His newest After all, if they were to take the issue population at large. Additional studies book Prehistoric Highs: Mind-Altering seriously enough to thoroughly check have found other negative effects of Plants and the Birth of Civilization will be the evidence for themselves they would flouride on the human brain including: available in 2014. find themselves dragged kicking and screaming from their comfort zones, • Reduction in nicotinic ace- forced to question the veracity of widely tylcholine receptors held “truths” built on lies and decep- • Damage to your hip- tions. pocampus • Formation of beta-am- Of course, mainstream studies outlining yloid plaques (the classic the deleterious effects of fluoride are brain abnormality in Alzhei- commonplace – in 2006 the National mer’s disease) Research Council released a 500 page • Reduction in lipid content review, which took 12 scientists over • Damage to purkinje cells three years to produce and described • Exacerbation of lesions in great detail why EPA’s purportedly induced by iodine defi- “safe” drinking water standard (4 ppm) ciency needed to be reduced in order to protect • Impaired antioxidant human health. The report documents defense systems myriad potential hazards from fluoride • Increased uptake of exposure, including damage to the aluminum bones, brain, and various glands of the • Accumulation of fluoride endocrine system. According to Dr. in your pineal gland Bob Carton, a former risk-assessment scientist at EPA, this report “should be In March 2014, the journal the center piece of every discussion on Lancet Neurology com-
The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine / AUGUST - NOVEMBER 2014 // www.naturalmedicine.net.nz 11 Better Health on a Shoestring
By Angela Frieswyk, BSc (Human Nutrition), Dipl Herb Med, MNZAMH
honey will extract liquid from the onion Dandelion - Liver & Digestive Tonic Home-made Herbal and garlic, along with its medicinal quali- ties. Once it has become quite liquid, Botanical name: Taraxacum officinale Remedies strain into a sterile jar and label. Both the root and the leaves of dandelion For many years Deborah Jeyes and I Dosage: Adult: 1 dessert spoon every are used in herbal medicine to improve have worked as medical herbalists in a hour for up to six doses, then 1 dessert- digestive secretions, liver function and traditional herbal dispensary and clinic spoon up to 6 times daily as needed. support kidney health but it is the root that shares its premises with a large that is considered most beneficial for the health shop and conventional pharmacy. Children: 4 –12 years, 1–1.5 teaspoons; 1 liver. This has given us valuable knowledge – 4 years, 1 teaspoon. Dosage frequency about a myriad of commercial health same as for adults. Dandelion roots are best harvested in products, while also allowing us to use autumn from plants at least two years our traditional skills to compound our Caution: Garlic is contraindicated for old if possible (they really are a pleasure own creams, ointments and medicinal people who are taking the anti-coagu- when allowed to grow this big ... and brews from almost raw starting ingre- lant medication Warfarin. This remedy do give them a healthy patch of soil.) dients. There is, however, nothing that is not recommended for diabetics. There are several other weeds that are quite replaces the satisfaction of grow- often confused with dandelion so it is ing healthy medicinal plants (includ- Calendula – Nature’s Healer very important to check the following ing “weeds”) and preparing remedies identification features: Each flower stem from scratch. Not only does this add an Botanical name: Calendula officinalis is hollow, hairless, does not branch and energetic healing quality of using fresh there is only one flower-head per stem. plant material, it is also an affordable and Calendula is a topical anti-microbial and This is followed by a spherical seed head sustainable way to treat many minor ail- also promotes that was traditionally called a “dandelion ments at home. skin healing. A clock”. Leaves are smooth and mostly water-based infu- hairless, though some have a few short Sage to Sooth Sore Throats sion can be used hairs on the midrib. The leaf stem is hol- to help clear acne low. The leaves grow in a rosette form. Botanical name: Salvia officinalis or S. (use a cotton A milky sap appears when the leaf or officinalis purpurea pad to wipe over flower stem is broken. If you don’t have the face), clean it already, just collect some seeds from a When it comes to a sore throat your minor wounds dandelion clock, lay them on the ground herbal fix needs to be quick and easy to (add St John’s where you want them to grow, and they make. Sage is ideal for this. Wort flowers if will. you wish to make Simply infuse 4-5 fresh sage leaves in a a HyperCal- like Dandelion Root Tincture cup of boiling water, leave for 10 minutes. solution) or can Add a squeeze of lemon and a teaspoon be effective when used at the first sign of A tincture is a of manuka honey if desired. Gargle and fungal conditions (eg add to a sitz bath medicinal prepa- sip frequently at the earliest sign of at the first signs of thrush). It can also be ration made by infection, up to three cups a day. This a taken internally or even just add the fresh macerating herbs very soothing and antiseptic brew that is flower petals to salads for a betacarotene in alcohol, the also good for gum problems. Avoid dur- boost. alcohol being a ing pregnancy and breastfeeding. Sage medium which ef- should also be avoided by people who To make a medicinal strength calendula fectively extracts have epilepsy. flower infusion: First check that you have many medicinal the correct calendula flower species Ca( - properties from Onion & Garlic Cough Syrup lendula officinalis) and not an ornamental plants. Commercially-made tinctures are marigold. Harvest flowers when just fully manufactured very precisely and often This is another simple recipe that helps opened. To dry; spread out in a single concentrate the medicine using percola- ease coughs and mucus congestion. layer on cane trays in a warm, shady tion methods. Home-made tinctures are place with good air circulation. To make a little more “grassroots” but have their Coarsely chop one onion and two cloves a dried flower infusion: cover 10-30gm own added value from using fresh plant of garlic, then place in glass jar. 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You are insane if you are drinking Bio- have been linked to over 40 diseases in in some way owns our government. Just tech's GMO-infused Kool-Aid. Here's the peer-reviewed biomedical literature look at who they have placed in positions why: – should be considered at least as an of power if you need proof. egregious offence. Let's put aside the debate about antigen- This post is really not meant to speak to ic proteins introduced by transgenes in Please read “Extreme Toxicity of the choir. We have a million unique visi- GMO crops. Transgenes are genes from Roundup Destroys GM/Non-GM 'Sub- tors a month, most of whom are already species that are not naturally present in stantial Equivalence' Argument”, if you aware of what's going on, and who want fooder crops or food crops, e.g. spider think these statements are hyperbolic or to change the trajectory in a way that genes, bacterial genes, viral genes, etc. intended to promulgate fear-mongering. does not lead to the collapse of the bio- These transgenes are capable of produc- Take away the voluminous industry-fund- sphere, and our support system with it. ing proteins in the plants that have never ed “research” they paid for to market This post is meant to call out those who, been in the human diet over the course their product and cover up its harms, and quite frankly, are whoring themselves to of human evolution, stretching back through publication bias pushed into the the biotech and chemicals industries. thousands, even millions of years. GM popular consciousness as “evidence” for Those who write articles and blogs who proponents and regulators claim pseudo- why you should intentionally eat chemi- claim that those of us who do not wish to scientifically that these novel new GM cals, and you are left with a truly dismal see our children die young of idiopathic foods are “substantially equivalent” to picture of what is really going on. diseases, leukemia, or suffer through conventional ones, despite a lack of hu- accelerated neurodegeneration (think man clinical toxicology studies to prove Roundup is now found in our air, our wa- autism spectrum disorders) – related it; or, they claim that these proteins are ter, our food, and our rain, making avoid- to incessant chemical exposures, are inconsequential and do not represent a ance nearly impossible. It is destroying “anti-science”, “fear mongers”, “irra- threat to human health, or the health of the soil, including the still mostly unex- tional parents”. They have blood on their the biosphere as a whole because they plored biodiversity of the soil organisms hands. Despite our firm convictions, the say so – a plea to their own self-appoint- found there, including strains of major evidence itself proves this. ed, baseless authority. food importance. It is found in breast milk, it is destroying the coral reefs, it ex- Yes, you are insane if you eat GMOs, or This debate about whether or not GMO hibits carcinogenic, endocrine-disruptive support the agenda. “Ban Roundup and foods contain problematic proteins is properties in the parts-per-trillion range. GMOs” is the mantra I would love to see meant to confuse and distract from And still, our government – specifi- repeated, incessantly, into the future. the real issue that if you eat corn, soy, cally the EPA – thinks you can live with Until it's done. Then, perhaps, when the cottonseed or canola containing GMO them, increasing the “acceptable level precautionary principle is implemented, products – and everyone does since of harm” because it is bioaccumulating we can begin to cultivate sanity again nothing is truthfully labelled – you are everywhere, and they don't know what and reverse the process that is killing our ingesting glyphosate (aka Roundup) resi- to do. Monsanto, of course, directs and planet. dues. How can I say that? Because these ungodly organisms have been designed to survive the equivalent of a chemical apocalypse. GM monoculturing using glyphosate-resistant plants requires the widespread application of a systemic life-killing concoction of chemicals to the land – literally carpet bombed like Agent Orange herbicide in Vietnam – that kills every plant but the one designed to somehow resist dying after being sprayed. The result? Massive chemical injury and contamination of the plants intended to be your food.
I will say it again, you are insane if you believe that ingesting Roundup- contaminated food is safe, especially if you let your children consume it. In a world where Department of Children and Families can threaten to take your children away if you don't pump up to 80 vaccines into them as children, know- ingly letting your child eat food poisoned with glyphosate formulations, which
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The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine / AUGUST - NOVEMBER 2014 // www.naturalmedicine.net.nz 17 ALLISON ROE: THINKING HEALTHY
Essential Health & Fitness Advice for Women Over 50
My longstanding interest in healthy tentially carcinogenic radiation – and agents are mutually compatible.) lifestyles and raising funds for health may therefore increase the risk of a initiatives has meant I’ve been active woman developing breast cancer in Alcohol reform is also highly topical in understanding why a perpetually an attempt to diagnose breast cancer and one of the most common life- growing number of women are being early. style risk factors is alcohol consump- diagnosed with breast cancer, de- tion. Many women use alcohol on a spite decades of promotion around At its core, breast mammography is regular basis, and while alcohol is a “awareness” and “early detection”. a rather passive approach to health socially acceptable drug that many It seems to me as though the “pre- and wellness given that it aims to find to be enjoyable, its consumption vention” piece has been missing in detect cancer, rather than prevent begins to increase breast cancer risk action. it. For this reason, I have personally at quite low levels. A healthy liver is chosen a combination of breast ther- vital to our hormonal balance and Breast health is back in the headlines mography and ultrasound to monitor alcohol is taxing on the liver. Most thanks to new studies which have my own breast health. women are aware that alcohol is questioned whether routine mam- fattening, so reducing alcohol con- mography deserves credit for the Over and above an annual check sumption, if this is at a level where reduction in breast cancer mortality up, my commitment to breast health cancer risk begins to increase, can – or whether improved treatment is prevention is based on a healthy help with weight control. responsible. lifestyle. I’ve always thought that the mammo- Of course, alcohol is often used as a Another “Maintaining a normal body weight graphic way to self-medicate for stress, and study has screening if this is the case and drinking has ques- can also help reduce your risk of catch-cry reached a level where there is any tioned breast cancer whereas obesity can of “early degree of dependence, professional whether detec- help is suggested to gradually reduce mammo- substantially increase your risk.” tion is our alcohol consumption. (A sudden de- graphic best pre- cision to quit could result in serious screening of women over the age of vention” made little sense and now withdrawal effects.) 75 is worthwhile. (See http://www. the evidence suggests that is the ucsf.edu/news/2014/03/112976/ case. Breast cancer is not a disease For me, personally, exercise is my experts-question-routine-mammo- that is completely random. Lifestyle preferred method of stress-release. grams-elderly.) This is something of choices can make a huge difference Exercise is beneficial at any age, but a moot point in NZ as in NZ, women to breast cancer risk. I believe there is never a more impor- over the age of 69 years are not tant time to get fit or stay fit than at screened. However, for younger It seems that the influence of envi- fifty plus. (If you have not exercised women, questions have been asked ronmental toxins on breast health, for a long time a check-up with your about whether screening mammog- like pesticides and food additives has doctor before you start an exercise raphy may do more harm than good. yet to be taken seriously and I won- programme is a good precaution.) In many cases due to suspicious der how many women think about mammograms women may undergo the safety of dyeing their hair? Some If you reach the age of 50 reasonably stressful procedures such as biop- hair dyes contain carcinogens as- fit, you should be well set up for the sies only to be given the all-clear, sociated with increased risk of breast next few decades of your life. Con- and many women may be treated and some other cancers. If you want tinuing exercise will help you main- aggressively for early stage cancers to colour grey hair, pure henna based tain (or even increase) your muscle that may never become life-threat- hair dyes are safer. (Indigo can be mass and strength and help you feel ening. (See http://www.nejm.org/doi/ added to henna to produce a black good at a healthy body weight. full/10.1056/NEJMoa1206809.) colour.) If you want to go blonde, If you are unfit at 50 then the upside The mammography debate is an hydrogen peroxide is low risk, too. might be that at least you haven’t interesting one from a public policy (Do get advice from someone knowl- worn out too many body parts from perspective given that mammograms edgeable if you want to change your being over-zealous. Many people expose healthy breast tissue to po- hair colour, as not all hair colouring in their latter years who start exer-
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Bad gums are a New routine heart Drugs in ‘Echo’ heart major cause of heart test doubles chances test: life-threatening? disease, researchers of surgery December 1,1994 prove November 24, 2011 Echocardiography a diagnostic test on May 23, 2014 the heart using soundwaves is more A new routine diagnostic test for coronary dangerous than had been thought, and artery disease – which most doctors will Add bad teeth and gums to the list of could lead to life-threatening complica- be using in the next five years – doubles causes of heart disease. The bacteria tions. your chances of surgery, which may be from gum disease can cause inflamma- unnecessary and even fatal. tion in the heart and aorta, the largest The first major study into the procedure artery in the body, which triggers choles- discovered that it can be life threaten- The CT angiogram is fast replacing the terol levels to rise. ing in one in 210 cases which required standard stress test in doctors’ surgeries, special treatment or a stay in hospital. In and uses intravenous dye and CT scan- Researchers from the University of addition, there were two cases of heart ning technology to provide an “inside Florida claim to be among the first to attack after the procedure had been view” of the coronary arteries. The stress establish that gum disease is a cause of completed. test uses a gym bike or running machine, heart disease. An association between followed by a simple check of the heart’s the two has been recognised for years, Five other cases also reported hallucina- functioning. but nobody was sure if poor gums were tions for several hours. merely an indicator of deeper problems But the new procedure is doubling the in the heart and arteries. These disturbing findings were based on rate of invasive cardiac procedures, 2,949 procedures carried out in 24 labo- including surgery, researchers from Stan- But studying reactions in laboratory ratories in Italy, by far the largest study ford University School of Medicine have mice, the researchers found that oral into the safety of the test. discovered. Lead researcher Mark Hlatky bacteria released into the bloodstream wonders just how many of these invasive caused inflammation in the arteries and The new study, monitored by Dr. Eugenio procedures are necessary. “If you pull a heart, which in turn triggered the release Picano et al from the Institute of Clini- 75-year-old off the street and give him of cholesterol as a repair agent, and this cal Physiology in Pisa, concluded that this test, it’s unlikely the coronary arteries caused atherosclerosis, or hardening of the test had “more frequent, serious and will be completely normal,” he said. the arteries. unforeseeable side effects” than earlier studies had indicated. And he doubts whether the patient is They hope that heart associations will helped by having a procedure such as acknowledge the importance of gum The procedure involves the use of two coronary revascularization. Worse, early disease as another major factor in caus- drugs dobutamine and atropine and had signs suggest that it could be fatal after ing heart disease. (Source: Proceedings been gaining acceptance for its safety six months. (Source: Journal of the from the annual meeting of the American and accuracy (Source: The Lancet, 29 American Medical Association, 2011; , 19 May 2014) October 1994). Society for Microbiology 306: 2128-36).
disease – and heart disease is strong, say researchers from Check your mouth to discover your the University of Uppsala in Sweden, who analysed the overall chances of heart disease health and lifestyle of 15,000 heart patients. Of these, 16 per cent had no teeth, and 41 per cent had fewer April 16, 2014 than 15 teeth remaining. Around 26 per cent said their gums always bled when they brushed their teeth. What are your chances of developing heart disease? Just look in your mouth to find out. People with bad teeth or The jury’s out, however, over whether bad teeth are a marker bleeding gums are far more likely to suffer from cardiovascu- for poor health generally or are a cause of heart disease. lar disease – and dental problems may not just be a warning sign, they could even be the cause. (Source: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 2014; doi: 10.1177/2047487314530660) The link between bad teeth and gums – known as periodontal
22 The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine // AUGUST - NOVEMBER 2014 // www.naturalmedicine.net.nz Diet Drinks...Heart in the Women's Health Initiative Observa- evated incidence of leukemia, non-Hodg- tional Study. All of the volunteers com- kins lymphoma, and other blood cancers Disease And More pleted surveys about their dietary habits among those who regularly drank diet so- that included beverage preferences with das. It may affect mental health as well, Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum a specific focus on consumption of diet as a 2013 study at the National Institutes May 22, 2014 drinks over the course of the previous of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, showed three months. an association between the intake of diet Recent studies have shown that aspar- drinks and a greater likelihood of a clini- tame causes heart attacks and strokes. Almost nine years after the start of the cal diagnosis of depression. Plus, diet so- In Aspartame Disease: An Ignored research, the scientists followed up on das don't appear to be a very useful way Epidemic by H. J. Roberts, M.D. www. how the participants were faring in their to help control weight since a 2008 study sunsentpress.com Dr. Roberts explains cardiovascular health. Of the women who at Purdue University in West Lafayette, that aspartame causes an irregular heart reported drinking two or more diet bever- Indiana discovered that the consumption rhythm, interacts with all cardiac medica- ages on a daily basis, 8.5 percent had of artificial sweeteners can actually make tion, damages the cardiac conduction developed heart disease. In comparison, you fatter. system and causes sudden death. This 6.8 percent of the women who reported has been known for years. drinking less than five diet beverages On the bright side, at least soda con- a week had heart disease, along with sumption seems to be on the wane these So many end up with myocardial in- 7.2 percent of the women who reported days. According to news from Beverage farctions, then by-pass surgery, just drinking no diet beverages or only having Digest, an industry information service, as President Clinton did and my own them once or twice a month. That might Americans drank 51 gallons of soda on brother, a green beret. Even though I told not seem like a tremendous difference, average in 1998, whereas the current my brother this would happen he said he but when looked at another way it shows number is down to 44 gallons. While was too addicted to get off. He was suf- that those who consume two or more diet that's still quite a bit of soda, it is 20 per- fering from an irregular heart rhythm and drinks every day have a 30 percent higher cent less, which is definitely a trend in the drinking Diet Coke. Then he had a heart risk of having a heart attack or similar right direction. And when the statistics attack and then by-pass surgery. We cardiovascular issue. And strikingly, those are broken down further, it seems that finally got him off but the damage was women are also 50 percent more likely to artificially-sweetened sodas are dropping done and eventually he was air-lifted to die than are their counterparts who infre- in popularity even more notably than their the VA Hospital for a pacemaker. Read quently or never choose diet drinks. sugary cousins. In 2013, overall soda on. (See more info on www.mpwhi.com.) sales dropped by approximately three The study was not designed to prove that percent, and sales of diet sodas fell by Lots of women looking to cut back on diet sodas cause these negative health six percent. sugar and extra calories drink diet soda effects, but it does establish an associa- several times a day. It contains absolutely tion. However, there remains the possibil- There's no clear answer why soda is los- no calories, so many people feel they can ity that it is not the artificially sweetened ing some popularity. Maybe people are consume as much as they want without drinks themselves that are raising cardio- starting to pay a little more attention to risk of weight gain. However, diet drinks vascular risks for the women, but other soda's potential health effects, or at the have increasingly been linked with a vari- bad lifestyle choices they make. Perhaps very least don't want to keep it in their ety of problems, including new research they are trying to save the calories in their homes for regular consumption. But it that shows that women who frequently beverages because of unhealthy junk is positive news, whatever the reason. indulge in diet beverages may face an food they are eating or the fact that they When you want a calorie-free drink, water increased risk of heart disease – and forgo exercise. How many people do we is always a better choice than diet drinks. potentially death. know who order the jumbo double burger with a side of biggie fries, but then order So, how many calories are really in the The study, which took place at the Uni- the large diet soda to have with it – as if drinks you consume? Click here for more versity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in that made everything alright? information: http://jonbarron.org/article/ Iowa City, found that those women who liquid-calories-make-you-fat#.U35qWh- consume diet sodas daily have a sub- At any rate, even if the diet drinks them- w3Udo stantially greater likelihood of experienc- selves don't promote heart disease, they ing a cardiovascular event and are also have been linked to other ill effects in nu- Betty Martini more likely to die from the occurrence. merous studies. A 2012 study at Harvard [email protected] The subjects were 59,614 middle-aged School of Public Health and Brigham and American women who were participating Women's Hospital in Boston found an el-
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This may save your life So after a night on the town and the occasional treat of eat- ing a high (bad) fat meal, functional medicine practitioners recommend you take the above nutrients to "decrease" this By Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. cardiovascular risk. [On a low, fixed income it's very difficult/ unaffordable to take all those nutrients. I settle for the excellent People who have heart attacks usually ate a meal cooked in mineral, MAGNESIUM; but don't waste your money on Mag- vegetable and hydrogenated oils. nesium OXIDE which predominates in many expensive bottles of Mg in the chemist/health food shop. Only 4% Magnesium The sad news of the passing of Soprano star, James Gandolfini, OXIDE is assimilated in your body – the rest is excreted in your (better known as Tony Soprano) presents a case of sudden faeces. – Ed.] death from heart failure.
: http://www.sott.net/article/279846-Sudden-heart- The news reported that the 51 year old James Gandolfini had SOURCE attack-This-may-save-your-life eaten back-to-back orders of fried prawns accompanied with mayonnaise chili sauce during a 7pm meal, just hours before he suffered a fatal heart attack. References
Was there a connection to his last meal and his sudden death? Haft JI, et al, Role of blood platelets in coronary artery disease, Am J Cardiol, 43:1197-1206, 1979 I believe there was. Oliver MS, et al., Relation between serum free fatty acids and For decades scientists have known that a single high-fat meal arrhythmias and death after acute myocardial infarction, Lancet causes short-term enhancement of platelet activity. In other 1:710, 1968 words the high fat meal makes the blood eager to clot. Plotnick GD, et al, Effect of anti-oxidant vitamins on the Now for functional medicine practitioners, we understand that transient impairment of epithelium-dependent brachial artery we are NOT talking about good fats like coconut oil, avocados, vasoactiity following a single high-fat meal, J Am Med Assoc nuts, etc. 278; 20:1682-86, 1997
What may in fact be a lethal combination for high risk cardio- Suzuki YT, et al., Effects of l-carnitine on ventricular arrhythmias vascular individuals include fried foods, high consumption of in dogs with acute myocardial ischemia and the supplement of denatured polyunsaturated foods (corn, cottonseed, safflower excess free fatty acids, Japan Circul J, 45:552-9, 1981 oils) and all hydrogenated oils and transfats. Wallen JW, et al, Pre-ischemic administration of ribose to delay Since most of us are not perfect and we like to indulge periodi- the onset of irreversible ischemic injury and improve function: cally, functional medicine doctors recommend the following studies in normal and hypertrophied hearts, Canad J Physiol nutrients that can inhibit or turn off this postprandial platelet Pharmacol, 81:40-47, 2003 hyperactivity. They include: vitamin E (mixed tocopherol-tocot- rienol combination), arginine, magnesium, taurine and acetyl Wolf A, et al, Dietary L-arginine supplementation normalizes L-carnitine . platelet aggregation in hypercholesterolemic humans, J Am Coll Cardiol 29:479-85, 1997
terminally ill, a study has found. They say ment for our patients when we wouldn't Most doctors who were they would opt for a “do not resuscitate” choose it for ourselves? The reasons likely terminally ill would AVOID approach should they find themselves on are multifaceted and complex.” the receiving end of medical treatment. aggressive treatments such As a geriatrics doctor she understands the as chemotherapy – despite Yet they tend to pursue aggressive, life- difference between the type of care doctors prolonging treatment for patients facing want for themselves at the end of life and recommending it to their the same prognosis, Stanford University what they actually do for their patients. patients School of Medicine found. She argued it was not down to doctors try- 88% of doctors would choose “do not re- However, studies found many patients ing to make more money or because they suscitate” orders for themselves. However, would prefer to die at home without life- are intentionally insensitive to their patients' most pursue aggressive, life-prolonging prolonging interventions but are often desires. treatments for patients. This could be be- ignored. cause the medical system rewards doctors At the core of the problem, she believes, for taking action. The researchers say there The study, published in the journal PLOS is a medical system that rewards doctors is a “tipping point” where the high-intensity ONE, found 88.3 per cent of doctors would for taking action, not for talking with their treatment becomes more of a burden than choose “do not resuscitate” orders for patients. the disease itself. themselves and argued the reason behind this disparity and how patients are treated Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ By Emma Innes needed to be better understood. health/article-2643751/Most-doctors- May 30, 2014 terminally-ill-AVOID-aggressive-treatments- Clinical associate professor of medicine Dr. chemotherapy-despite-recommending- Most doctors would turn down the op- VJ Periyakoil said: “Why do we physicians patients.html#ixzz33L12wLW2 tion of aggressive treatment if they were choose to pursue such aggressive treat-
24 The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine // AUGUST - NOVEMBER 2014 // www.naturalmedicine.net.nz This 122 Year Old story. having seen him laugh; not even once. Woman Has A The oldest documented person who Personal stories are all well and good ever lived was a French woman named but what does the research say about Secret to Longevity Jeanne Calment who made it to 122 thought and the major causes of death years, 164 days on this earth. – heart disease and cancer? The studies By Dr. Bruce King on thought and cardiac disease are so What was her secret? According to well known there is really no point in The primary determinant of health for French researcher Jean-Marie Robine, covering it, but what about cancer? the average person is thought. Not “She never did anything special to stay genetics, not exercise or nutrition, but in good health.” According to the Journal of Psychoso- matic Research, “Extreme suppression of Jeanne Calment anger was the most commonly identi- smoked ciga- fied characteristic of 160 breast cancer rettes (started at patients.” (2) age 21), drank port wine and In other research: “Extremely low anger ate a couple scores have been noted in numerous of pounds of studies of patients with cancer. Such low chocolate sweets scores suggest suppression, repression, a week until she or restraint of anger. There is evidence was 119 years to show that suppressed anger can be a old. precursor to the development of cancer, and also a factor in its progression after She credited diagnosis.” (3) her longevity to laughing a lot In my opinion, the most interesting thing and not getting in this article is that a woman who lived stressed out. 122 years smoked cigarettes for 100 She is quoted years without any ill effect. Why didn’t as saying “If you smoking lead her to an early grave? I can’t do anything would say, “Because thought is more about it, don’t important than lifestyle.” worry about the mind. This has been shown over it.”(1) It probably didn’t hurt that her life and over again by the scientific fields of Notes: circumstances – born into wealth and psychoneuroimmunology, psychoneuro- 1) Retrieved April 28, 2014, from http://anson. married wealth – enabled a life of ease cardiology, psychoneuroendocrinology, ucdavis.edu/~wang/calment.html and comfort; in other words, no mental not to mention cancer research and all stress. 2) Journal of Psychosomatic Research the various psychosomatic disorders that Volume 19, Issue 2, April 1975, Pages have been studied. Let’s contrast this with someone I knew 147–153 personally that lived a very healthful life- If you doubt that thought affects health 3) Cancer Nurs. 2000 Oct;23(5):344-9. style, ate right, exercised and could be then I will be happy to have a truckload described as being disgustingly healthy. of research evidence dumped at your SOURCE: http://www.collective-evolu- He dropped dead of a heart attack at doorstep (at your expense) that you can tion.com/2014/05/02/this-122-year-old- age 61. Funny enough, this didn’t sur- take the next few years perusing. On woman-has-the-most-important-secret- prise me because I knew this person had second thought, why don’t I just relate a to-a-life-of-longevity/ a type “A” personality. I also recall never
and on the skin. In women, they coat the disease. In short, your microbiome keeps Why antibiotics are vagina. The microbes that constitute your you healthy. And parts of it are disap- microbiome are generally acquired early pearing. (snip) making us all ill in life; surprisingly, by the age of three, the populations within resemble those of Scientist Martin Blaser argues adults. Together, they play a critical role “From seeing the changes induced by in your immunity and ability to combat these exposures to antibiotics, we have that we are suffering from realised that early life is a key win- a new wave of “modern dow of vulnerability. Young chil- plagues” such as obesity “We have found this in mice and we have dren have critical periods for their and asthma because we found that human children (in England, growth, and our experiments are have destroyed the participants in the Avon longitudinal study of showing that the loss of friendly gut bacteria at this early stage of naturally-occurring parents and children) who received antibiot- development is driving obesity. bacteria in our bodies ics in the first six months of life were more likely to be fat at the age of seven years SOURCE: http://www.theguard- Each of us hosts a similarly ian.com/society/2014/jun/01/why- diverse ecology of microbes that, than children who didn’t receive antibiotics antibiotics-making-us-ill-bacteria- over eons, co-evolved with our martin-blaser species. They thrive in the mouth, during that same period, when we took into gut, nasal passages, ear canal account other important factors.”
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