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Alternative Approaches to stubborn health problems  
Cancer   
Cosmetics  
Digestive Issues  
Divisive Issues of Our Age  
Excessive Influence of Commercial interests
    Drugs  
    Food - Grocery Store Blues   
Fiber  
Health Freedom Issues  
    Why is this such an issue?   
    Avian Flu & other scare tactics  
    CODEX  
Heart Disease 
     The Heart Disease/Scurvy Connection  
Light, full spectrum   
Microwaving  
Obesity - the Health Issue of our Age
     Low Carbohydrate Diets
     Public Policy & Obesity  
Prevention  
Stories of Return to Health  
Strengthening the Immune System
Supporting a Healthy Gut  
   The FailSafe Diet
Teflon Troubles  
Thyroid
Vegetarianism  
     Mediterranean Diet  
     Raw Food diets  
     Sprouting  
Water 

Trust Us, We're Experts!   How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future

8 Medical Lies and Why I Abandoned Medicine, by Shane Ellison, M.Sc.
http://www.anhcampaign.org/node/216
"As a scientist, I witnessed first-hand the priorities of international pharmaceutical companies (Big Pharma), which ranked wealth first and health a distant second."
http://thepeopleschemist.com/ 

Ex-Pharma Sales Reps Speaks Out - Pharma Not in Business of Health, Healing, Cures, Wellness  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AazObF_pHSU&feature=email

The Suddenly Sick series at The Seattle Times
The hidden big business behind your doctor's diagnosis.
 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/health/suddenlysick/ 

Homeopathy - scoffed at by conventional practitioners, but with considerable research behind it.  X

Enzymes

Mineral Balancing   

High dose Vitamin C

Immune System strengthening

Oxygen Therapies

Oxygenation - "Flood  Your Body with Oxygen" by Ed McCabe http://www.oxygenhealth.com/  

   Healing Naturally by Bee - 
See "Increase Oxygen"  http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/heal13.php#a67 - on using food  grade hydrogen peroxide to energize & heal: "Taking vitamin C is is much better than taking H202 internally, because it makes the body produce its own H202. Vitamin C can be taken in high doses if needed, starting with small amounts and gradually increasing them in order to avoid reaching bowel tolerance"

See also "Baths Help the Body Detoxify"   http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/detox.php#s7

   Use of Hydrogen Peroxide  
   http://www.landrights.com/Hydrogen_Peroxide.htm  

   Ozone Therapy http://www.oxygenhealingtherapies.com   More   

Grounding   x   
    Earthing - the most important health discovery ever?    

Essential Oils - Young Living - recommended by one of our farm club members
     Energy medicine and essential oils  by Jerry Tennant, MD (a little technical, but fascinating) 

Bioresonance
http://www.regumed.com/com.html 
The case studies are revealing http://www.regumed.com/pages_eng/therapeut/it_fallbeispiele_fs.html 

Sound Therapy - explaining the  ancient Soffegio frequencies and their relationship to holistic reintegration of the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of the individual. 

How to Protect Yourself Against Cancer With Food - 
      Follow these Guidelines

Strengthening your immune system - essential for supporting other cancer therapies

Alternatives to chemotherapy - Dr. Mercola & Dr. Ralph Moss

Maximize Your Cancer Therapy with Nutrition & Herbs - Click on 'Lectures & Events' for links to some good info.

Integrative Medicine for the Treatment of Cancer - Rodrigo Rodriguez, MD

Dr-Gonzalez.com - individualized nutrition protocols 
    Dr. Gonzalez interview by Dr. Mercola - long, but well worth listening to (or read the transcript).

If You Have Cancer, by David Getoff, ND
http://www.naturopath4you.com/IfYouHaveCancer.htm 

Beating Cancer with Nutrition  by Patrick Quillan 

Cancer is Curable Now  - DVD by Sabrina & Marcus Freudenmann
        Review by Price Pottenger Nutrition Foundation 

Natural Strategies for Cancer Patients, by Russell L. Blaylock, MD

Counter Prospectives on Health - Protocols of Dr. Wm Kelley

Winning The War on Cancer - includes a good list of what to do to prevent cancer

Dr. Sherri Tenpenny and the Role of Iodine in Breast Health
http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/acsprin20byl.html (about halfway down the page)

Burzynski Clinic http://www.burzynskiclinic.com/ 
http://www.burzynskipatientgroup.org/  
Antineoplastons are the body's innate defense system against cancer; they normalize gene expression and prevent unruly cell division.

EFAs, Oxygenation & Cancer Prevention by Brian Peskin - search for the title
See also http://www.brianpeskin.com/ 

http://breastcancercured.com or
http://northcarolinainstituteoftechnology.com 

Cancer Control Society http://cancercontrolsociety.com/ 

Cancer Stories:

* There is a startling story related by Maynard Murray, the doctor who discovered that sea water (or dried sea solids) in the correct amount was an excellent source of minerals to use as fertilizer. (Sea Energy Agriculture, by M Murray, Acres U.S.A.) He noted that sea animals and ocean fish rarely develop cancer, whereas land animals and river fish do. He surmised that since all the earth's minerals ultimately end up in the oceans, and since sea water is very similar in composition to blood serum, sea water provided all the minerals the sea animals needed for healthy growth, and should provide all the minerals that plants need for healthy growth. His many experiments proved that this is indeed true, as he produced very healthy, pest-free crops using sea solids for fertilizer and very healthy animals raised on these crops. 

In one experiment he took some rats that had been bred to develop fatal breast cancer and fed half of them standard rat chow and half were fed super nutritious food that had been grown on soil fertilized with sea solids. The chow-fed rats all developed cancer as expected and died within eight months. The rats fed the super food were sacrificed at 16 months and none had cancer. Excellent nutrition made that much difference! The lesson I take from this is that nutrition can have a powerful influence on the course of cancer. The three stories below relate how three individuals did what the doctors say is impossible - they enabled their bodies to heal themselves by the use of super nutrition with real foods. May they be an inspiration to you as you struggle to free yourself from addiction to the modern American diet.

The Specific Carbohydrate Diet  
       Dr. Campbell-McBride and The Specific Carbohydrate Diet  
      More on the Specific Carb Diet in relation to gluten intolerance.    

Another very helpful book, recommended by another WAPF chapter leader/health professional, but cautious of his recommendations on soybeans and avoiding saturated fat. Be sure you also read Gut & Psychology  Syndrome, above, for a more complete picture of the gut issues involved:
Healing the New Childhood Epidemics - Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies, The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders, by Kenneth Bock, M.D.  

Healing Naturally by Bee  www.healingnaturallybybee.com  - a low carb approach to healing

See also Carbohydrate Restriction

A local Toledo resource http://www.carlazeiteraba.com/home.html 

In a day when fiber is the standard remedy for gut problems, here is a credible voice of caution - a real revelation to me as a dietitian who wrote her master's thesis on fiber. Basically he says that healthy gut microflora and plenty of good fats are needed for good gut health, fiber just adds complications. It has worked for me to cut out supplemental fiber.

Fiber Menace: Thou Shalt Not Eat Any Abominable Thing
by Konstantin Monastyrsky

Pine Nut Oil - gastrointestinal healer, especially stomach

The Vegetarian Myth - food, justice, and sustainability by Lierre Keith

"Everyone who eats should read this book. Everyone who eats vegetarian should memorize it. -  This is the single most important book I've ever read on diet, agriculture, and ecology. And as a farmer and ex-vegan, that's saying a lot."

-Aric McBay, author of What We Leave Behind and Peak Oil Survival

The Myths & Truths about Vegetarianism by Stephen Byrnes, PhD, RNCP

Excellent, long article about the problems with vegetarianism:

Vegetarianism - Inside-Out by Paul Chek (http://www.ppssuccess.com/)
  http://www.naturopath4you.com/PDFs/Vegetarianism_pt1.pdf
and
Does Meat-Eating Impede Spiritual Development?
http://www.naturopath4you.com/PDFs/Vegetarianism_pt2.pdf

• Never take more than we need;

• Give thanks for what we have or what we receive;

• Use all of what we have;

• Give away what we do not need.
                       Cherokee Wisdom

The Naive Vegetarian by Barry Groves

The claim is made the folks in the Mediterranean area (Italy, Greece) eat a low fat diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables and olive oil. But that is a misrepresentation of these folks typically eat. Those who come from that part of the world say that is not true, as they eat plenty of fat - butter, lard - and meat. But they eat less processed food, which is the probable reason for their better health. More on the Mediterranean Diet

Remarkable new insights into the role of water in our bodies!

http://www.watercure.com/  and www.watercure2.org 

Water chlorination

Problems with drinking distilled water http://www.mercola.com/article/water/distilled_water.htm

Water Structure  an unfamiliar concept worth knowing about

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Energy Medicine:

The Energy Medicine Institute www.energymed.org 
The body's energies are the key to health, vitality, and well-being. Energy medicine is the art and science of working with and teaching people to work with these energies to empower them to live happier, healthier lives.

Energy Medicine, By Donna Eden with David Feinstein
     "the oldest, safest, most organic, most accessible,
     and most affordable medicine there is"

Virtual Medicine by  Keith Scott-Mumby, MD, PhD  www.alternative-doctor.com 
These new concepts of life and energy bring back a medicine of humility before the miracle we call life. The art of medicine becomes a practice composed of the life energies of the physician, the patient and the Earth     X

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) www.thetappingsolution.com 
At a seminary class reunion some years ago, a psychologist classmate of my husband's explained to us how he used this technique to cure post traumatic stress syndrome in war victims, with amazing and quick results!

Heart Disease is one of the most perplexing problems of our age. It has been blamed on our high fat diets, but the etiology is far more complex. For an excellent review of the issues involved with heart disease check out "What Causes Heart Disease?" by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig or "The Truth About Saturated Fat", by the same authors. 

Here is a summary quoted from page two of the second article:

"The Cause And Treatment Of Heart Disease

"The cause of heart disease is not animal fats and cholesterol but rather a number of factors inherent in modern diets, including excess consumption of vegetables oils and hydrogenated fats; excess consumption of refined carbohydrates in the form of sugar and white flour; mineral deficiencies, particularly low levels of protective magnesium and iodine; deficiencies of vitamins, particularly of vitamin C, needed for the integrity of the blood vessel walls, and of antioxidants like selenium and vitamin E, which protect us from free radicals; and, finally, the disappearance of antimicrobial fats from the food supply, namely, animal fats and tropical oils.

"These once protected us against the kinds of viruses and bacteria that have been associated with the onset of pathogenic plaque leading to heart disease.

"While serum cholesterol levels provide an inaccurate indication of future heart disease, a high level of a substance called homocysteine in the blood has been positively correlated with pathological buildup of plaque in the arteries and the tendency to form clots-a deadly combination. Folic acid, vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and choline are nutrients that lower serum homocysteine levels. These nutrients are found mostly in animal foods.

"The best way to treat heart disease, then, is not to focus on lowering cholesterol-either by drugs or diet-but to consume a diet that provides animal foods rich in vitamins B6 and B12; to bolster thyroid function by daily use of natural sea salt, a good source of usable iodine; to avoid vitamin and mineral deficiencies that make the artery walls more prone to ruptures and the buildup of plaque; to include the antimicrobial fats in the diet; and to eliminate processed foods containing refined carbohydrates, oxidized cholesterol and free-radical-containing vegetable oils that cause the body to need constant repair."

The verdict - if your diet is deficient in almost anything, it probably affects your heart adversely! The first article is a long article! If you are in a hurry, do a page search on 'Solutions' (second occurrence) for a summary of what to do to protect yourself against heart disease.

Other sources of good information:

Enjoy Eating Saturated Fats: They're Good for You. 
Donald W. Miller, Jr., M.D. - a good summary on video

The Doctor's Heart Cure - a good "how to" book addressing heart disease - the many nutritional factors involved.

The Great Cholesterol Con by Anthony Colpo
A thorough evaluation of the cholesterol controversy, and better ways to deal with heart health issues.

Fat and Cholesterol Are Good For You by Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD, the doctor who first exposed the cholesterol myth.

Other books on the fat issue

More on Cholesterol  and why you need Healthy Fats

The Heart Disease - Scurvy Connection

Dr. Matthias Rath, working with Dr. Linus Pauling, established the connection of heart disease and humans' inability to synthesize vitamin C. These sites speak for themselves:

The Stanford Speech:
Eradicating Heart Disease
by Matthias Rath, M.D. (with links to the rest of his Website)

Dr. Rath Research Institute   

Website of Burton Linne - CureHeartDisease.us - who cured himself of advanced heart disease using a simple homemade formula. 

PaulingTherapy.com
http://www.paulingtherapy.com/ - lots of info here.

There is evidence that natural sources of vitamin C complex (including bioflavanoids) are more effective than ascorbic acid, the typical vitamin C supplement. Natural Sources of vitamin C

More on Vitamin C  

Chlorination linked to Heart Disease

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Thyroid & Adrenal Issues 

Mary Shomon  
 http://www.thyroid-info.com/ 
 http://thyroid.about.com/  

Wilson's Temperature Syndrome
http://www.wilsonssyndrome.com/

Dr. Rind - http://www.drrind.com/default.asp

See also Iodine  

Dr. James Wilson's www.AdrenalFatigue.org, the 21st Century Stress Syndrome

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Microwaving - 
The same violent friction and athermic deformations that can occur in our
bodies when we are subjected to radar or microwaves, happens to the molecules in the food cooked in a microwave oven. In fact, when anyone microwaves food, the oven exerts a power input of about 1,000 watts or more. This radiation results in destruction and deformation of molecules of food, and in the formation of new compounds (called radiolytic compounds) unknown to man and nature. 
Originally printed from the April 1994 edition of Acres, USA.

"A study done in Europe showed that micro waving changes the molecular structure of foods, making them depressive to the immune system, therefore I highly advise against the consumption of foods cooked defrosted or re-heated in a microwave if you are trying to improve your health and immune system."  
From http://www.naturopath4you.com/IfYouHaveCancer.htm

Example:
"Whatever form of gelatin is used, it should never be cooked or reheated in the microwave. According to a letter published in The Lancet, the common practice of microwaving converts l-proline to d-proline. They write, “The conversion of trans to cis forms could be hazardous because when cis-amino acids are incorporated into peptides and proteins instead of their trans isomers, this can lead to structural, functional and immunological changes.” They further note that “d-proline is neurotoxic and we have reported nephrotoxic and heptatotoxic effects of this compound.”⁵⁵ In other words, the gelatin in homemade broth confers wondrous benefits, but if you heat it in the microwave, it becomes toxic to the liver, kidneys and nervous system."
From "Why Broth is Beautiful.." at http://www.westonaprice.org/food-features/515-broth-is-beautiful.html

ElectromagneticHealth.org  
   “Sensitivity to electromagnetic radiation is the emerging health problem of the 21st century." William Rea, MD

Teflon Troubles - see http://www.ewg.org/ - Teflon

Cosmetics   http://www.ewg.org/issues/cosmetics/index.php

Health Freedom Issues

Raw milk, supplements, holistic health providers, nutrition advice - government authorities persist in telling citizens that they don't know enough to make wise decisions, so the authorities intervene to try to prevent citizens from making their own wise choices. Misinformation about the issues and acrimony abound. I have spoken out about these issues. Thanks to the Internet there is a growing chorus of voices speaking out for Health Freedom. I hope you will join the choir!

* Kris's Testimony before the Commerce Committee of the Ohio House of Representatives on HB 117, The Ohio Consumer Health Freedom Act

*  The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund - www.FarmtoConsumer.org 

* Citizens for Health www.citizens.org 
We believe that citizen-consumer access to natural health choices — choices other than therapeutic drugs, surgery and radiation — offer significant opportunities to maintain sound health. Both distinct from and integrated into current practices, natural health therapies can reduce costs and virtually eliminate dangerous, expensive side effects. In short, natural health choices support healthy citizens and a healthy economy. As Winston Churchill famously said, “Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have”.

* Natural Solutions Foundation  
The Mission of the Foundation is to discover, document, develop, demonstrate and disseminate natural solutions to the problems facing us and threatening our health, food and freedom. Since its founding just a few short years ago, in 2004, the Natural Solutions Foundation has pursued a vigorous program on many fronts, including natural solutions to significant social problems involving health and wellness, food and freedom. We consider health and food freedoms to be part of those solutions.

* Alliance for Natural Health  
The Alliance for Natural Health USA (ANH-USA)*, is part of an international organization dedicated to promoting sustainable health and freedom of choice in healthcare through good science and good law.

* Health Keepers Alliance - www.healthkeepers.net 
The Alliance was established to provide educational and legislative information on alternative and natural health issues. Our goal is to educate, encourage, inspire and protect the rights of those individuals who choose to pursue healthy lifestyles through informed choices.

* Citizens' Council on Health Care - www.cchconline.org  
CCHC advocates for patient and physician freedom, medical innovation, and the right of citizens to a confidential patient-doctor relationship.

* Why is Health Freedom such an issue?
There are powerful commercial interests that benefit mightily from our present medical system, broken as it is - on its way to bankrupting our nation and crippling the health of people worldwide - commercial agriculture, the food industry, the medical profession, the drug industry, supported far too much by our government and our educational institutions. In the nutrition textbooks that I have collected over the years there is so often a whole chapter on how to recognize food fallacies, food "faddists" and "quacks". What is behind this persistent effort to put fear of fallacies (food or otherwise) in the mind of professionals? I think we can get a clue from the story behind Quackwatch.com, which is recommended in the textbooks as a reliable source of information about "fallacies".  But, in fact, Quackwatch.com itself is the fraud, as can be seen by this ruling of a judge in Pennsylvania against Quackwatch Founder Stephen Barrett:

 "Barrett is a shill for the medical and pharmaceutical cartels and his bully tactics and unjustified discrediting of leading innovators, scientists and health practitioners should not be tolerated.”

For an example of outspoken critics of the system see The Avian Flu Fright is Politically Timed - A Public Health Warning and Political Essay by Dr. Leonard Horowitz

"Conflicts short of war, like the "War on AIDS," "War on Drugs," "War on Terrorism," "War on Cancer," and now "War on the Avian Flu" require sophisticated propaganda programs employing fear campaigns for social acceptance and popular support of legislated policies" (emphasis mine).

More at www.HealthTruthRevealed.com  and Dr. Len Horowitz's Website

Use your own judgement, but beware of the hype!

CODEX

* International Advocates for Health Freedom
Networking consumers world wide - focus on Codex 
Somewhat inflammatory, but that may be appropriate considering what is going on.
 http://www.iahf.com/ 

* Health Freedom Foundation on CODEX

The Divisive Issues of Our Age
There are so many divisive issues in our age - vegetarianism, homosexuality, global free trade, farm prices, chemical agriculture. I am assembling some Wisdom Passages which can guide our thoughts on these issues.

"I will send disaster upon the leaders of my people--the shepherds of my sheep--for they have destroyed and scattered the very ones they were expected to care for," says the LORD.
This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to these shepherds: "Instead of leading my flock to safety, you have deserted them and driven them to destruction. Now I will pour out judgment on you for the evil you have done to them. 

Jeremiah 23: 1-2 (NLT)

The Dividing Wall of Hostility

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations.

Ephesians 2:13, 14 (NIV)

The Power of God's Love

And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Now glory be to God! By his mighty power at work within us, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope.

Ephesians 3:18-20

The Web of Life - Wisdom quoted on Dr. Bronner's Soap wrappers - www.drbronner.com:

"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect."   Chief Seattle

"We live here as in an egg - either we evolve or we decay."   Confucius

On Technology

"I don't know what weapons will be used in World War III, but I do know World War IV wil1 be fought with spears and clubs!"   Einstein

"Our technology has outstripped our humanity!"  Einstein

On Government

"Government, like fire, is our most useful servant, if fully controlled by us, its citizens! And government, exactly like fire, becomes our most destructive master, if not fully controlled by the open majority of its constructive, working citizens!"   George Washington.

On the power of commitment

"Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world.  Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."      Margaret Mead

More  Wisdom Passages

"No therapy or drug known to modern medical science can rebuild tissue that has been damaged by disease or trauma. Food alone can accomplish this feat. It is for this reason that nutrition is an indispensable weapon against disease" 
      Dr. Bernard Jensen (1908-2001)