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As
some of you might have noticed, we’ve been closed since
June. Our computers went down nearly losing everything.
As a retired IT professional, I cannot tell you how
important it is to keep your data backed up.
Having said this, we first lost our backup drive, and
two days later, we lost the main drive. It’s taken this
long to recover most of our data. I now have a triple
backup system in place, and have purchased another
computer (a network of three) with which I will do my
photography and videography. I swore I would not go into
debt to keep this here project alive, but, again, I
broke my promise.
Additionally, since I volunteered for Simply the Best to
do their accounting and email on this system, they too
were down, but we handled it the best we could manually
and only made a kazillion errors.
On
the plus side, with the new computer setup, I can now
photograph weddings, special events, and high school
portraits. All the proceeds will go to the International
Wellness Directory and keep this little hobby up and
running.
When
the new system is installed, I’ll be posting some of my
latest photography on the web, so keep your eyes pealed
to David’s
PhotoArt.
I’ve also been doing some more experimental photography
using only a flashlight as my light source. Because of
the crash, and catching up on my work, I’ve not yet even
had a chance to put them on my computer, but after the
holidays, I will, and I’ll post them.e
holidays, I will, and I’ll post them.
And
if anyone out there wants to buy me a gift for
Christmas, check out the flashlight below:
In
our last newsletter, I offered to send any interested
readers a pound of my own personal stash of Diamond V
XPC (I used it on my chicks this past summer, and I did
not lose one to disease) for a donation of $15.00. We
got three takers, and that was acceptable.
However, Dr David Williams, who writes the newsletter
Alternatives, published a little piece about
EpiCor and how he decided to buy the 90 pound bag of
Diamond V XPC. He suggested to his readers to locate the
product online, and suddenly I was inundated with
hundreds of orders.
I am
not equipped to pack up that much of anything, my supply
ran out, my suppliers could no longer furnish it, and I
finally found one supplier over two hours away that
carried it.
So
if you, like Dr David Williams’ readers wish to try it
(I’ve filled capsules with it; you can find a little kit
for doing this), then you’ll have to go here:
Diamond V
XPC. You will notice that I’ve had to raise the
price of the donation. However, those using it are
reporting that so far, they’ve not caught any dreaded
winter bugs.
And
the next thing we can all do is get our troops home as
quickly as possible. Write, call, visit your reps in
Washington. We need them here at
home. Now.
One
last thing: the reason I do this web site, the books,
and the directories (yes, I’m so far behind I don’t know
where to start).
I wanted you to know that your
web site helped to save my dad's life. : )
With info I got there, info I got
from my docs and info I've read in books my dad's
prostate cancer is undetectable. His type of cancer
rated an 8 on the Gleason scale and his PSA levels got
up to a 45. When it got that high he went ahead and had
localized radiation which brought his PSA down to 11. He
finally agreed to do the things I was suggesting to him
and now his PSA is down to a .06 and at his physical
exam yesterday the doc said he couldn't even feel the
prostate anymore.
He eats a cup of raspberries
every day. I got him to shift his diet to a more
alkaline one. He takes green magma every day, beta
glucans 1/3,1/6, zinc, saw palmetto, selenium
etc.,etc.etc. He's 88 and counting!
Just thought I'd say thanks.
This
is what keeps me going.
In
future issues, we’ll be reviewing lots of books, CDs,
you name it. We’re really behind, but we’ll catch up
soon.
Oh,
and if you want to make a donation to our cause this
Holiday Season, please do. The software we use to create
our directories and find alternative physicians,
naturopaths, etcetera for our readers jumped from
$200.00 per year to $1,000.00 per year.
I
awoke one night with this terrible burning pain in my
chest. I felt like I was having a heart attack. But
could it be heartburn? I’ve never had debilitating
heartburn.
The
next night, I awoke to the same thing. I thought my
chest was going to explode. Only one thing to do: call
the VA and set an appointment.
When I arrived at the VA, my doctor called me right in.
I told her the problem, and she typed at her computer,
told me to go directly to the lab for blood tests and
then next door to get an EKG.
A
lot of people complain about socialized medicine. Most
of them are the ones making lots of money in our money
based system of medicine. They say that there are long
waits, the service is poor, etc. etc.
Within ten minutes I was back in my doctor’s office
where she told me: It’s heartburn.
Apparently, if you you’ve had a heart event, they will
find specific enzymes in your blood stream.
So,
it was quickly ruled out. In ten minutes, with no waits.
At the lab I was taken straightaway, and ditto at the
EKG lab.
The
VA system is an example of how well socialized medicine
can work. Yes, there are exceptions (e.g., Walter Reed)
but they’ve been caused by budget cuts (during a time of
war when vets are returning in droves).
My
doctor wanted me to get an esophagogastroscopy. She
explained that the procedure lasted less than five
minutes; that they would insert a tube with a camera
attached to take pictures.
I’ve always had a fear of suffocation since I was a kid.
I told her this and she responded: "They give you this
new drug, Versed. Once they give it to you, no matter
what they do, it won’t affect you, and afterwards you’ll
forget everything."
“Oh,” I said, “like high school.”
I
remember the doc inserting the IV, and I felt a cool
liquid entering my vein. I asked if they’d just given me
the anesthesia, and he replied, “It’s not
really an
anesthesia.”
“Oh,” I said, “then you’re not an anesthesiologist.”
He
said, “No,” and began to tell me all about the drug, but
that’s as much as I remember. Now I can’t wait for my
next Colonoscopy.
It
turns out that there was nothing wrong with my stomach,
I did not have a hiatal hernia, but they did find
Candida on my esophagus.
My
doctor sent me Tagamet® and an anti-fungal medicine, but
I decided to use a less harsh therapy. I like the fact
that my body digests food. I don’t need an acid blocker.
And the anti-fungal meds had side effects I wasn’t
interested in exploring.
I
began a daily routine of 10 drops of
Magnascent (it’s antifungal) in the morning, upping
it from the usual 3 drops per day. Then I followed that
by a squeeze of Grapefruit Seed Extract in the back of
my throat. It’s horrid. Getting it down is difficult,
but in the back of your throat, you can swallow and
quickly wash it down. I also added
iFlora 4
Women (was called iFlora Candida) to my regimine.
Symptoms vanished within three days, but I continued the
protocol till my bottle of Grapefruit Seed Extract was
finished.
From the orders received, we’ve received some great
letters telling us how well this stuff works. And so the
manufacturer, because he loves our website and thinks we
must have some good readers has told us to make this
offer to our readers.
You
can order now, and pay ONLY after you’re convinced it’s
worked for you. This means that we will send you what
you need to treat every drain in your home, and after 30
days have passed (it takes about 30 days to see the
results).
I’ve
been a fan of Dr Sears’ a long time. I’ve read some of
his work in one of the horde of newsletters that trample
down my mailbox (both physical and electronic). One day
his people came to me asking if we would review one of
his books.
It’s
called the Pace® Program.
I
began reading it, and the more and more I read, the more
it seemed if I’d already written this. You see, the
first chapters tore into aerobic exercise, revealing the
myths so many still kneel to. It was so close to our
findings, that we asked him if we could publish his
first two chapters in our next edition of Bypassing
Bypass. In exchange, we would link to his site so you
could get the rest of the story.
I’ll
give you a hint.
You
work out hard, then soft, then hard, then soft, then…
At
this pace, you’ll teach your body to burn more fat while
resting. Oh, I should tell you that there are side effects:
your heart becomes stronger, and your lung capacity
grows.
Yes,
it does all those things that we’ve been told aerobic
exercise does. Only, research shows, it (aerobic
exercise) does not.
You
see, our bodies haven’t evolved much since we were
hunter gatherers. The life of a hunter/gatherer was
spent walking long distances, sometimes carrying great
loads, interspersed with running at breakneck speeds
either trying to capture something to eat, or trying to
escape something that wanted to eat him. We were born to
be hunter/gatherers.
Whether you jog, run, walk, swim, jump rope, or ride a
bike, you can do the Pace® Program.
I
chose the bike.
At
this same time, I discovered Dr Hyman (he’s yet to
contact us). His book Ultrametabolism caught my eye. I
read it and liked it. Eating to boost our metabolism.
What a concept. Some reviews say that his theories go
beyond the research, but he’s done his homework. Nothing
he claims has been disproven in any study. Far from it.
Studies back him up.
One
thing that keeps Americans fat is that we skip
breakfast, and then snack at night. That is the first
thing you’ll learn to reverse when you pick up this
book.
The
PACE® Program and Ultrametabolismare my
gift to you to start you new year. The PACE® Program can
be yours in less than ten minutes. You just click and
download. Untrametabolism will take a few days
to arrive. You can also order a hard copy of the PACE®
Program.
Magnascent Goes to
Africa
Why not get it to your home
too?
We received a letter from a person with contacts in
Africa
who wanted to make nascent iodine for the population
there suffering from malaria. It seems that all those
making Edgar Cayce’s iodine recipes refused to give away
their secrets.
I immediately contacted John Brookshire and got both parties together.
John not only gave them the instructions, he created a video showing them
the entire process.
John is an angel. I hope you will all support his work, because, suddenly
the FDA has defined iodine as a controlled substance,
and John spent some $2,000.00 to get a license to make
his nascent Iodine.
Additionally, I discovered an error in our reports on Iodine that I will
try to clear up here, and later, I’ll repair the
articles.
What is sold as Atomidine today is not nascent iodine.
From 1926 to 1935, it was nascent iodine. However, today, there are forms
out there made with iodine trichloride, which is simply
a dangerous form.
Edgar Cayce gave two readings on how to make Atomidine. He gave both to
Sunker Bisey who decided, because of cost, to make the
second form (from reading 358-2, rather than the first
form (from reading 358-1) since the cost of this first
process was prohibitive. This all occurred during the
Great Depression, and the first recipe, which sold for a
dollar a bottle, was preferred by the manufacturers over
something no one could afford.
The difference between the two iodines is that the weaker method charged
the molecules putting them into an energetic state,
while the stronger method, true nascent iodine, broke
the bonds holding the molecules together. The mild form
is often referred to as Atomidine or Detoxified Iodine.
The stronger form is true nascent iodine, or called, by
John Brookshire, Magnascent.
The results from Magnascent are astounding. It is just a darn good
product.
Here is a testimonial we received from one of the people who used his
iodine:
My
name is Terri B. and I was diagnosed with Small Cell
Cancer in June 2002. The tumor was wrapped around my
coronary artery. The Dr’s told me I would live a year,
maybe less, because the small cell cancer would keep
coming back. Sure enough, within a year I started
jumbling my words and losing my balance. The MRI found a
tumor the size of a lemon inside my brain. It was around
this time that I bumped into John Brookshire again. He
suggested I try [Magnascent] to help with the numerous
side effect from chemotherapy and radiation. I was very
impressed.
I
would put 3-5 drops of [Magnascent] in a glass of water
in the morning and at night, and I could tell a big
difference in my energy level within a week. I was able
to get up more and even wanted to get out of the house
to go somewhere besides to the Dr or for tests. I also
read a great book on the effects of not enough iodine in
our bodies, and was shown how much this wonderful potion
was helping women with Breast Cancer.
Here it is 2007 and I haven’t had any symptoms for over
two years. I still use the [Magnascent] daily and I
thank John for helping me get stronger
We’ve not yet put Iodine in our list of Alternative Cancer Therapies, but
when I get the time, I will.
We will also review a book by Dr Brownstein on iodine in the near future,
but in the meanwhile, you can order it yourself. Dr Guy
Abraham has been testing iodine on breast cancer and
prostate cancer, and he and Dr Brownstein are thoroughly
convinced that when the body gets enough iodine, these
cancers simply start to melt away.
Additionally, a lack of iodine (suffered by upwards of 85% of our
population) affects our intelligence. In an article from
the New York Times,
December 16, 2006, entitled In Raising the World’s
I.Q., the Secret’s in the Salt, experts suggest raising
the quantity of iodine in our salt (to levels first
proposed by a Dr Marlin – as we reported in an earlier
article on iodine) would increase our intelligence.
“For 5
cents per person per year, you can make the whole
population smarter than before,” said Dr. Gerald N.
Burrow, a former dean of
Yale’s medical school and vice chairman of the
iodine council.
A reader sent us an interesting take on this:
I
thought this was really interesting, though it doesn't
mention iodine specifically. Since we know that mothers
who don't get enough iodine tend to have dumber kids, it
is interesting that mothers who eat a lot of fish tend
to have smarter kids (even if the fish have mercury).
This fits in interestingly with the "mermaid" hypothesis
. . . . People living by the shore usually eat a fair
bit of seaweed, which chelates mercury [bonds with
mercury so it can pass], so even if the fish did have
extra mercury, it might not be an issue. But the fetus
would get all that nice iodine and omega-3 fatty acids
to create a nice big brain.
The
Thyroid Foundation of Canada published a paper on
Iodine Deficiency Disorders in which they claim that
“iodine deficiency currently represents a significant
public health problem for 1575 million people (almost
30% of the world's population) in 110 countries. 655
million are affected by goitre, 20 million are believed
to be significantly mentally handicapped as a result of
iodine deficiency which is therefore the most prevalent
preventable cause of impaired intellectual development
in the world today.”
They
go onto say:
Severe
iodine deficiency may manifest itself by Cretinism i.e.
children born with severe hypothyroidism. Neonates and
young infants constitute the target population for the
effects of iodine deficiency because, from a public
health viewpoint, the most important complications of
iodine deficiency are irreversible brain damage and
mental retardation which result from iodine deficiency
and thyroid failure during fetal and early postnatal
life.
Other
naturally occurring goitrogens can aggravate or simulate
iodine deficiency, and these include such foods as
cassava, maize, bamboo shoots, sweet potatoes, lima
beans, and the Brassica group of vegetables. Iodine
deficiency and/or these goitrogens interfere with the
production of thyroid hormone, thus causing an increase
in TSH, an increased size of the thyroid gland (goitre),
and hypothyroidism.
The
consequences of iodine deficiency even in developed
areas such as Europe is enormous. For example the cost of the diagnosis
and treatment of goitre due to iodine deficiency in Germany in 1986 was estimated at 700
million dollars, yet prevention by iodized salt would
cost only 2-8 cents per person per year.
Elevated thyroid uptake due to iodine deficiency
aggravates the risk of thyroid irradiation and
development of thyroid cancer in the case of a nuclear
accident. Even in Europe,
clinically euthyroid school children born and living in
an iodine deficient environment exhibit subtle or even
overt neuropsychointellectual deficits as compared to
controls living in the same ethnic, demographic,
nutritional and socio-economic system, except that they
are not exposed to iodine deficiency.
Iodine is an essential nutrient. Period. The simple fact
that our government demands that our salt be iodized in
a dosage that simply keeps us from developing goiters,
while still keeping us iodine deficient means that each
of us must get enough in our diet on our own.
John
is working with a physician in
Africa testing his iodine. Here is a letter
he received from the good doctor:
I’m
sorry for taking so long to reply on your e-mails.I took leave for a month and went to Mozambique to have a good rest.
I do
not mind if you use my name in the newspaper.I am still experimenting with the Iodine with
lots of good results although you do not get the same
results with all the medicines with everyone.Overall it seems to work very well for Ostio-arthritis,
Rumatoit-arthritis and even Gout.I also use it for Septicemia and I find it very
effective to put the undiluted drops on warts.It also worked very well on kidney failure.Yesterday I gave it to someone with full blown
HIV on anti-retroviral treatment that failed, so I am
waiting to see the response.It is important that you mention that this study
is in (it’s) experimental phase and the results were
found with only a few patients.It will take a few years and lots of patients to
really come to a conclusion.So far I had no side-effects or allergic response
but, I am very positive that you can treat many
illnesses with great success with this very inexpensive
medicine.
I will
keep you updated on my results all the time.Unfortunately most of my patients are (rural)
black, so when they get cured, they do not come back to
inform me about it.They have no contact numbers, which means I can’t
get into any contact with them to find out.I do believe that God had not brought this
medicine to me all the way from
Zambia
for nothing, so I expect that in this year, great things
are going to happen.I hope to generate some income with the Iodine,
that I can go back to Zambia, to help our friend with all
his good work.
We
also got a letter from a woman with breast cancer who is
under the care of Dr Guy Abraham. She writes: “It’s
saving my life!”
Here
is another letter:
Just
good health info to pass on. 3 months ago my
doctor tried to prescribe thyroid medicine to me.
I convinced him to let me try liquid iodine in my water
morning and night before committing to the pills.
I just got my results in today and good news. My
thyroid went back up to normal.......no thyroid
prescriptions.
Word to the wise: We do not have enough iodine in
our diets.
What
can you do? Help yourself and your family by supporting
John’s work.
Medical Intervention─A
Leading Cause of Death Filed under the heading Duh!
Posted on:
WACCOBB.NET
Not long ago I read a report that
made the astonishing claim that the leading cause of
death in the US is the American medical system.
Medicare's recent announcement that it will no longer
reimburse hospitals for the cost of treating certain
"serious preventable events," such as an object left in
a patient's body after an operation or giving a patient
the wrong kind of blood, and particular infections
amounts to a frightening acknowledgement of how bad
things have gotten in mainstream health care.
Authors of the report on causes of
death, published in Life Extension magazine,
attributed nearly 800,000 deaths each year to medical
interventions, in contrast to approximately 650,000
deaths from heart disease and 550,000 from cancer. The
methodology they used to calculate that number didn't
stand up to our analysis, so I don't think the numbers
are quite so high. However, it did get my attention
since the figures came from credible sources including
peer-reviewed medical journals, citing for instance,
106,000 deaths annually from adverse drug reactions,
98,000 from medical errors and 88,000 from infections.
This compares with 160,000 deaths from lung cancer
anticipated for 2007, for instance. Death can't be held
off forever, of course -- but preventable deaths from
hospital-acquired infections, especially if due to poor
hygiene such as those transmitted by not washing hands,
are particularly egregious.
For greater insight into the risks we
face, I spoke with David J. Sherer, MD, a
board-certified anesthesiologist in Falls Church,
Virginia, and the coauthor of
Dr. David Sherer's Hospital Survival Guide: 100+
Ways to Make Your Hospital Stay Safe and Comfortable
(Claren). He said that although this report is
controversial and somewhat alarmist, it has elements of
truth. Numbers can always be crunched and interpreted in
different ways, but the indisputable point here is that
medical errors and complications or adverse effects from
medical interventions have reached a crisis point in
this country -- one that needs to be addressed. That's
beginning to happen.
Dr. Sherer and I discussed what's
behind this alarming trend and how we can protect
ourselves.
BEHIND THE RISE IN MEDICAL-RELATED
DEATHS
First of all, the problem is not that
medical practitioners have suddenly and inexplicably
become sloppy and careless. That's far too simplistic an
explanation. Instead, Dr. Sherer chalks up the alarming
statistics to a number of different factors:
The American public is getting
older and sicker. Growing numbers of graying baby
boomers are developing the diseases of aging --
heart disease, diabetes, orthopedic problems, etc.
In the meantime, in people of all ages, ballooning
rates of obesity contribute to these same health
challenges. More sick people mean more medical
interventions... and in hard numbers, that adds up
to more mistakes or complications.
In a kind of medical "perfect storm," just as
more Americans are developing serious health
problems, we're struggling with a shortage of
medical support personnel including nurses,
which decreases the attention paid to patient
needs and details of treatment. Also, managed
care has meant doctors have less time to devote
to patients during office visits and, as a
result, are less likely to know the particulars
of their history. Dr. Sherer warns that this
sets up a system ripe for errors.
Americans today take more medications than
anyone else in the world -- and drug companies
are working hard to get us to take even more.
Spending on direct-to-consumer drug advertising
has increased over 300% in nearly a decade, to
$4.2 billion in 2005 from $1.1 billion in 1997.
With that much money aimed at advertising drugs
not just to save lives, but to enhance mood or
correct erectile dysfunction or alleviate
restless legs syndrome, Dr. Sherer points out
that drugs are often being taken by people who
don't need them. More drugs mean more drug
reactions and interactions to juggle than ever
before... again, many more opportunities for
errors.
We're paying closer attention to
medical errors and preventable complications and --
paradoxically, the harder we look for them, the more
we find. This makes the numbers look terrible in the
short run, but in the long run this increased
vigilance and accountability should result in
improved care.
HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF
Forewarned is forearmed: There are
many proactive steps you can take to shield yourself and
your loved ones from this epidemic of deaths related to
medical interventions. At the doctor's office or in the
hospital, Dr. Sherer recommends...
Bring an up-to-date list of all
medications you take. Make sure that
you list not only prescription drugs, but also
over-the-counter medications, herbal remedies,
vitamins and other dietary supplements. These
can all react with one another. Also list the
condition for which you take each drug.
Include correct name, spelling, usage
and dosage. Dr. Sherer cautions that
many drugs -- for example, Xanax (for anxiety)
and Zantac (to treat ulcers) -- sound similar. A
comprehensive and accurate list that includes
the condition for which a drug or supplement has
been prescribed will help ward off confusion and
errors. This is especially important when
dealing with health-care professionals who don't
speak English as their first language.
Tell practitioners about any drug
allergies or sensitivities and all pre-existing
conditions. For example, perhaps you
are allergic to penicillin. While this
information should appear on your chart, don't
take for granted that it does. Reminding
health-care providers of your medical history,
including drug allergies, is a simple and
effective way to avoid potentially
life-threatening medical errors.
Do your homework. If you are
scheduled to take a new drug or undergo a test
or procedure, first research it at reliable
government, hospital or university-based Web
sites such as
www.medlineplus.gov or
www.mayoclinic.com or
www.jhu.edu (Johns Hopkins). Peer-reviewed
journals such as the Journal of the American
Medical Association (jama.ama-assn.org)
and the New England Journal of Medicine
(content.nejm.org)
can also be excellent sources of information. An
objective non-biased drug assessment database is
available through both print and on-line
subscription (www.factsandcomparisons.com/)
-- ask your health-care provider and/or
pharmacist whether they use it.
Speak up. Ask your doctor the
right questions. Why do I need this
drug/test/procedure? What are the risks versus
benefits? Is this the best drug/test/procedure
for my condition? What about side effects? In
the case of tests, are the results typically
straightforward or subject to interpretation?
How often is this test/procedure performed at
your facility? How often does the surgeon or
other medical practitioner perform it? In both
cases, the more often, the better. Will there be
pain or discomfort? If your physician can't or
won't take the time to answer your questions,
it's time to get a new physician.
Designate a friend or family member to
be your advocate. When you're ill, it's
all too easy to become nervous and forget the
questions you want to ask, or fail to recall
your physician's advice. It's not only
comforting to have a trusted advocate by your
side at such moments, it also contributes to a
better understanding of the situation on your
part, and more accountability on the part of
your caregivers. If you're in the hospital, try
to have someone with you or visiting frequently
so that they can get help/nurse's attention if
need be.
Take personal
responsibility. In the long run, you remain
in charge of your own health. Responsibility
includes not just your interactions with medical
practitioners, but also making lifestyle changes
that reduce your risk of illness.
No doubt we will continue to hear
more about this vitally important health topic -- and
I'll continue to cover it in upcoming issues of
Daily Health News. Given that hospitals will now
have to absorb the costs of their mistakes due to
Medicare's refusal to provide coverage for "serious
preventable events," with a stipulation that prevents
billing patients for them, too, it's clear that they
will focus intently on reducing these events, which can
only be good news. And meanwhile, Medicare's new
hospital inpatient provisions will result not only in an
estimated savings for the government of more than $20
million annually -- but, we can only hope, the saving of
many lives as well.
Landmark Study Reveals New and Innovative
Concepts in Psychological Cancer Treatment Official Press Release
Author Rob van
Overbruggen PhD shares his expertise and utilizes the
power of the human mind to influence the cancer process
in Healing Psyche
ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands - In Healing Psyche: Patterns
and Structure of Complementary Psychological Cancer
Treatment (CPCT), author Rob van Overbruggen describes
the evolution of his ground-breaking concepts in
psychological cancer treatment, how they differ from the
more traditional psychological modalities, and how they
have been carefully developed into a complete and
complementary approach to treating cancer by tapping
into the powers of the human mind.
During the research process, Van Overbruggen discovered
overlapping patterns from different psychological
approaches to cancer therapy. In his book, he
identifies those psychological patterns that influence
the cancer process and how those patterns can be changed
to aid the healing process. Supported by many
references to scientific literature, Healing Psyche is
an analysis of the influence of mindset, behavior,
emotions, and coping styles on cancer.
Based on his meticulous research, Van Overbruggen makes
scientifically based suggestions for creating effective
programs for somatic healing and offers tips for further
research into the healing potential of the mind. The
book will be of great help and interest to a wide range
of health practitioners and therapists who work with
patients diagnosed with cancer. Patients themselves will
also benefit from the new hope that these alternative
healing approaches provide. Part therapeutic guidebook
and part research dissertation, Healing Psyche will
serve as a valuable addition and support to integrative
medicine.
"This is a groundbreaking research paper that reads more
like a page-turning novel. Full of absorbing case
studies, Van Overbruggen presents some of the most
provocative and mind-bending cancer research around."
- Ellen Tanner Marsh, New York Times best-selling author
For more information or to request a free review copy,
members of the press can contact the author at his site
'healingpsyche'. Healing Psyche: Patterns and Structure
of Complementary Psychological Cancer Treatment (CPCT)
is available for sale online at
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retail channels worldwide.
About the Author:
Rob van Overbruggen holds a doctorate in clinical
hypnotherapy, and is an internationally licensed
hypnotherapist, neuro linguistic programmer, and time
line therapy trainer. He is the founder and director of
Mexion, a company specializing in therapy and training.
From the Author:
After decades
of research and billion dollars spent biomedical science
has not yet discovered the cause for breast cancer.
Every 13 minutes someone dies of breast cancer. Even if
biomedical methods and technologies have enormously
improved, health care costs have risen at a very high
rate synchronistically.
Many organisations work together to beat this disease,
however the Heal Breast Cancer Foundation is the only
independent organisation that truly works on a holistic
approach. Their independent research projects will shift
the mainstream focus away from a biomedical, symptomatic
therapy model towards a biopsychosocial prevention
model.
That is why I support them and want to donate ALL my
profits to them. All (!!!) revenue of the sales of my
book (sold on December 12 2007) "Healing Psyche" will be
donated to their campaign and research. If my book ends
up in the top 5 of
amazon.com then I will make an
additional donation of $500 to support their cause.
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Switch on Your
Anti-Aging Genes From Dr Alan
Sears' Health Confidential
New research has uncovered a gene that
can increase lifespan dramatically, as much as 100
percent in one study.1 All living things carry it –
including humans. Even more exciting is the discovery
that natural substances found in certain foods have the
power to activate this gene.
We first discovered evidence of this
“longevity gene” about twenty years ago. If you starve
mice, giving them a nutritionally balanced diet with
very few calories, their lifespan increases
dramatically. Later studies revealed that this strange
effect wasn’t limited to mice: calorie-restricted diets
produced similar results in many life forms, from single
celled organisms to plantVery recently, we found the
explanation for this mysterious phenomenon. They
isolated a family of genes called sirtuins (“silent
information regulator proteins”). Sirtuins kick in under
conditions of severe stress, bringing about a miraculous
transformation.
They transmit signals to every cell in
your body that literally cancel out the effects of
aging. The processes that lead to cell death slow to a
crawl, buying your body more time. o a
crawl, buying your body more time.
The discovery of sirtuins pointed to
another amazing fact. Most folks think of genetics as
written in stone. You have the genes you inherited, and
that’s it. What sirtuins show is that certain genes can
be awakened and called upon to change your body in the
course of a single lifetime.
You’re probably saying to yourself,
“Do I have to starve myself to live longer?” Good point.
The problem of how to “wake up” sleeping sirtuin genes
had scientists stumped for years. They had to find some
other way to flip the “off switch” on aging.
That’s where foods come in. Turns out
some contain a natural compound that unleashes the
anti-aging power of sirtuins as effectively as calorie
restriction. It’s called resveratrol.
Nature’s Solution
Resveratrol’s
higher in plums, grapes, blueberries and cranberries.
Other plants also make smaller amounts. Its power to
enhance and prolong your life goes beyond anti-aging.
Years of research have shown that resveratrol boosts
heart health, combats cancer, ramps up energy levels,
limits the inflammation that causes arthritis, and
benefits a number of major organs, including the heart,
liver, and pancreas. It also has the remarkable capacity
to halt cell “malfunctions” that can be lethal, like
tumor generation.
As if that weren’t enough, resveratrol
also acts as a potent antioxidant, binding with “free
radicals,” the molecules that cause cell damage and lead
to death over time.
The list of resveratrol’s many health
benefits is long indeed. Let’s start with the heart.
Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too
Back in the 80’s, researchers stumbled
on a mystery they called “the French Paradox.”
Conventional wisdom had long held that if you eat a lot
of saturated fats, your arteries would clog up, putting
you on the fast track to a major heart attack.
But when they compared the average
diets among people in different countries, their theory
went out the window. The French were eating all the fat
they wanted – cheese, cream, meat, buttery pastries,
cakes, and desserts, even foods made out of pure fat
like pâté – and yet they had much lower rates of heart
disease than Americans, who ate just as much fat.
In other words, the French were having
their cake and eating it, too. Why?
Further analysis offered a clue: the
French love wine as much as they love fatty foods.
Something in wine, they realized, was highly beneficial.
So they performed more testing in the lab and uncovered
the one of the main causes: the grapes used to make wine
were rich in resveratrol.
It turns out that different wines have
different levels of resveratrol. Wines made from
Muscadine grapes have the highest levels.
Beverage
Total resveratrol (mg/L)
Total resveratrol in a 5 oz glass (mg)
Muscadine Wines
14.1 - 40
2.12 - 6
Red
Wines (Global)
1.98 –
7.13
0.30 –
1.07
Red Wines (Spanish)
1.92 – 12.59
0.29 – 1.89
Red
grape juice (Spanish)
1.14 –
8.69
0.17 –
1.30
Rose Wines (Spanish)
0.43 – 3.52
0.06 – 0.53
Pinot
Noir
0.40 –
2.0
0.06 –
0.30
White Wines (Spanish)
0.05 – 1.80
0.01 – 0.27
Meet One of
Your Heart’s Best Friends
I’ve been studying ways to boost heart
health for thirty years, and I’ve never come across
anything more powerful than resveratrol.
There are actually two kinds of
resveratrol, “cis-“ and “trans-resveratrol.” It’s the
second kind appears to be the most beneficial.
One way it protects your heart is by
preventing blood clots, a major cause of heart attack,
particularly in older folks. In one study, researchers
gave healthy male subjects a blood-clotting factor along
with high doses of trans-resveratrol. They found that
trans-resveratrol prevented their blood platelets from
sticking together.3 Not only does this help your heart –
it also prevents strokes, another effect of clotting.
Another way it powers your heart
involves miraculous capability called “angio-genesis,” a
fancy term for blood vessel growth. Trans-resveratrol
acts a bit like bypass surgery by creating new blood
vessels to deliver more oxygen to your heart when it’s
not getting enough.
Finally trans-resveratrol drives down
levels of bad fats called triglycerides. These are the
fatty acids that clog your arteries. Scientists have
been able to lower triglyceride levels as much as 15
percent in pre-menopausal women using concentrated grape
powder.4 It’s this particular property that helped to
explain the “French Paradox.” The French were eating
fat, but it wasn’t clogging their arteries as fast as in
Americans.
A “His-and-Hers” Cancer Fighter and
Natural Sun Block
Resveratrol is a major weapon in the
battle against cancer – in both men and women.
Someday, doctors may turn to
resveratrol instead of drugs or surgery as a first-line
defense and treatment for prostate cancer. In mice, it’s
been shown to reduce prostate cancer risk as much as 87
percent. And in those who’d already developed prostate
cancer, resveratrol slowed tumor growth up to 49
percent.5
For women, resveratrol may prove just
as powerful in the fight against breast cancer. Another
study on mice found that it slowed tumor growth and
killed off cancer cells and the blood vessels they need
to grow.6
This is truly amazing, if you think
about it. Resveratrol acts just like chemotherapy in
mice, but naturally and without any of the horrific side
effects of chemo. And while it stimulates blood vessel
growth to benefit the heart, it kills the blood vessels
that feed tumors. When it comes to preventing cancer and
heart disease, it’s you’re guardian angel.