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NEWSLETTER
May 2008
Mothers' Day 11th - Memorial Day 26th
All mothers are working mothers.  
Author Unknown

Women's Liberation is just a lot of
foolishness. It's the men who are
discriminated against.They can't bear
children. And no one's likely to do anything
about that.  Golda Meir

Where have all the soldiers gone?
... long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
... long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone?
... gone to graveyards every one
Oh when will they ever learn?
Oh when will they ever learn?
    Peter, Paul & Mary

What's New

  • Q & A - Remember to check out my few-months-old Q&A section ... new
    material is posted weekly so do check back!

  • Raw Olympics - (from Kieba) GUESS WHAT! The FIRST RAW Olympics
    will be held here on the Big Island next December!Events so far are
    swimming, strength, coconut tree climbing (!) and a raw international
    beauty pageant. All participants have to be on a 100% raw (either
    vegan or primal) diet for at least 3 months prior to the contest. There
    will also be music, booths, raw foods, consciousness-raising and more. I
    was called and asked to participate so I will compete and speak and
    perhaps judge. I'm also checking with Carol Alt, the famous raw model
    and author, to see if she will join us on the judging and/or speaking
    section. Learn more at www.rawolympics.org.  

  • The Vortex Network -  A new talk/call-in radio station! "Like minds
    coming together to generate a global network of empowerment and well-being."  
    www.blogtalkradio.com/thevortexnetwork. Kieba's new show entitled
    Life's Calling, will be starting late April or early May, so keep an eye out
    for it!

  • Ultimate Diet for Dogs - Dynamite has come out with the Ultimate dog
    food! Initial feeding trials of this meat-based (no grain!) meal suggest
    better performance on this diet when fed with additional fiber. Try
    adding carrots, green beans and a little parsley, either steamed or
    pureed in blender. Because it's so concentrated, a little goes a long way
    making it super for camping and hiking, too. If you use the Dynamite
    original horse pellets, try adding a few of those when fresh veggies
    aren't available (our dogs LOVE them!). Click here for a pdf flyer.

  • HorseSense - I'm happy to report that the fourth printing of
    HorseSense, this one revised a bit to reflect new products, is now
    available for purchase: each/$25 ship included; 5/$100 ship included;
    10+/$15@ plus media ship ... and remember that you can mix & match
    with Living Energetically to take advantage of bulk orders!

  • Animal B.E.S.T. (Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique) - In May,
    hundreds of doctors and B.E.S.T. Practitioners gathered in Arkansas and
    were introduced to both DYNAMITE and ANIMAL B.E.S.T. by Ted and
    Julie Montgomery, N.D., Dr. M.T. Morter, Jr., Dr Ted Morter and Dr Tom
    Morter. The entire group is VERY excited about the whole thing, and we
    invite all Dynamite Reps with an interest on doing this very important
    work on animals to contact us at holistichorse@Juno.com, call Holistic
    Therapy Services at 931-425-6833 or check out www.Dragonflyfarms.com
    for upcoming certification classes for which you will receive a $100
    discount! All animal B.E.S.T. practitioners are listed on the Morter
    Website, www.morter.com, where you can learn more about B.E.S.T.
    itself.

  • Sport Horse Therapeutic Equine Massage - If you want the best ever
    training in hands-on equine massage and more, check out their next
    clinic here. To find out more about what SportHorse is all about, check
    out their brand-new (coming momentarily) website at www.sporthorse.
    com.

  • ProMeris Flea & Tick Repellent - All standard chemical repellents can
    be quite dangerous for both your pets and your family. Read what one
    family went through with new ProMeris made by Fort Dodge which
    makes the equine West Nile Virus vaccine among many others. Luckily,
    Dynamite is again marketing their DynaShield Coat Conditioner which
    has the wonderful side-effect that pests don't like it!

  • Miracle Noodles - Love noodles but NOT the carbs or gluten? Try these
    shiratake instant noodles consisting of totally soluble fiber (which most
    of us need anyway) plus calcium and iron but with no calories or carbs
    and requiring only rinsing to use! Absolutely perfect for anyone with
    Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, IBS, on weight loss programs,
    etc. but who still want pasta! See more at: www.miraclenoodle.com.

  • Bruce Laird Clinics (just added!) - Colt Starting and Horsemanship
    Classes flyer.


Testimonial - Our Anatolian Shepherds and our goats all thrive
with their respective Dynamite programs!
The guy my hubby got the Anatolians and
goats from didn't recognize them when he
came out to bring a buck to put on the does.
He scratched his head and said "are those
the pups you got from me?"  He and his wife
both said that they looked excellent and
none of their Anatolians had such shiny
bright colorful coats and also, theirs were a
different color, a dull rust...whereas (ahem) ours are beautiful fawn, white
and biscuit colored.

Also, he said he didn't remember the does looking that good either and it
was even winter and they were all haired up...   (my hubby, tongue in
cheek, whispered to me that the goats didn't look this good when he got
them!) I was in California at a TTEAM workshop so I wasn't here to pick
them out.

. . . Read the whole story here

Marlene Lynch, Dynamite Director & Dog Trainer
Training & TTouch Workshops available at www.positivelycanine.com


Did You Know?...   (from various sources)


  • Sun & Vit D - Recent studies have proven that getting out in the sun
    without slathering yourself with sunblock, actually is healthful. This is
    nature's way of making Vit D which actually protects the entire body,
    including the skin, from cancer. However, the sun's rays simply aren't as
    strong in places that are farther from the equator, like Britain and
    Scandinavia. The results of this study reaffirmed this when it found that
    Australians produced 3.4 times more vitamin D than people living in
    Britain, and 4.8 times more than people who live in Scandinavia—even
    when they had the same amount of sun exposure. All the more reason
    to have your blood level of vitamin D tested. An optimal level is 45 to
    50 ng/ml. If you need to supplement with vitamin D, be sure to use the
    D3 form, and not the D2 form. And wherever you are, try to get a
    healthy dose of sun as often as you can. Or take some cod liver oil!

  • FatTraps - We fear our water for drug contamination. We fear our air
    for air pollution. But what about drugs added to our food?! I call them
    Grocery Store Fat Traps. And you can avoid them by understanding what
    they are! I've made it easier than EVER to do so. Simply use The
    People's Chemist Grocery Store Fat Traps Guide...It's so vital for health
    that I've included a link below for you to download and print. Print it out
    and keep it in your wallet. It could single handedly cure obesity...http:
    //www.thepeopleschemist.com/img/fattraps.pdf

  • Better off red - If you listen to the medical mainstream, you might get
    the idea that you should drive down your cholesterol as low as it will
    go. Which is a really bad plan. Studies have shown that when
    cholesterol drops TOO low, stroke risk actually increases and immune
    function may be compromised. On the other hand, out of control high
    cholesterol (especially a high ratio between HDL and LDL) is not a good
    situation either. But before you let your doctor talk you into taking a
    cholesterol-lowering statin drug, you might try filling up your grocery
    bag with red grapefruit. An international team of researchers from
    Israel, Singapore and Poland concluded a rigorous study, noting that
    "fresh red grapefruit contains higher quantities of bioactive compounds
    and has significantly higher antioxidant potential than blond grapefruit."
    Other studies have shown eating 1/2 grapefruit prior to each meal helps
    to control insulin spikes thus aiding weight loss.

  • Side effect: stunted growth - In a recently published study, a team of
    American scientists discovered that while Ritalin and similar prescription
    drugs like Adderall and Dexedrine might help some kids in the short
    term, over a three-year period they had no beneficial effect on their
    overall behavior . . . and that they can stunt children’s growth. Other
    studies have shown they can also do long-term damage to young
    peoples’ developing brains. One study on animals suggested that over
    the long term Ritalin can cause your child irreversible problems with
    stress, learning, memory, and appetite.

  • Caffeine blues - According to Stephen Chernisek, author of Caffeine  
    Blues, caffeine in the human body... 1. Raises blood sugar levels and
    disrupts sugar-regulating effect of insulin. 2. Raises fatty acid levels in
    the blood. 3. Raises homocysteine levels, which greatly increases the
    diabetic's risk for cardiovascular disease. 4. Causes vascular resistance
    (circulation is reduced). 5. And caffeine raises stress hormone levels       
    which is a primary risk factor for diabetes

  • Turn on your "smart gene" - It’s called homologene 7245. There is a
    substance in the brain called “brain-derived neurotrophic factor” (BDNF).
    It acts like growth hormone for brain cells – and its effects on brain
    function are profoundly beneficial to learning, memory, and protection
    from injury. BDNF enhances the growth and health of nearly every kind
    of brain cell, including: synapses (the connections between nerve cells),
    synaptic transmission (how neurons talk to each other), the formation of
    the “glial” cells that support brain tissue, the development of dendrites
    (your brain cells’ “antennae,” these cells receive signals from other parts
    of the brain and communicate them to the cell body), and brain cell
    formation and protection. But here’s why it’s important to know; a
    nutrient you can take kicks the gene responsible for BDNF production
    into high gear. You may recognize it as one of the two main
    components of animal-derived omega-3 –“docosahexaenoic acid,” or
    DHA which is found in abundance in cod liver oil. So if your mom fed you
    a spoonful of cod liver every day, go thank her! If you’re pregnant, try to
    get about 400 mg of DHA into your diet every day. In the first year of
    life, continue breast-feeding and getting your DHA. Children also benefit
    from 100 mg of DHA from six months to about 2 years old. From years 2-
    5, ramp it up to 200 mg per day.

  • The new E. coli 0157:H7 - The acidic stomachs of grain-fed cattle, by
    far the most prevalent, breed this virulent E. coli strain. Their manure  
    contaminates surrounding waters. E. coli O157:H7 releases a powerful
    toxin, called a Shiga toxin. A virus that carries the gene to produce
    Shiga toxins is now infecting previously harmless strains of E. coli.
    About 60 to 100 other mutant E. coli organisms now produce Shiga
    toxins. The Shiga toxins attack our intestinal lining and if they enter the
    bloodstream, can lead to failure of kidneys and other vital organs, even
    a horrible death where areas of affected brains are liquefied.

  • Is being fat always bad? - Not according to recent studies. In 2005, a
    CDC study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association
    stated that overweight people typically live longer than so-called
    "normal weight" people. (A conclusion which, by the way, was reached
    by more than a dozen other studies.) And, it's a known fact that,
    statistically, fat people have better odds of surviving heart attacks.
    Morbid obesity is something else entirely, but fat, especially if someone
    is eating well and exercising at least nominally, is not necessarily as
    bad as the press and most doctors would have it.  

  • Drugs: NOT Made in America! - 1) 80% of all drugs used in the U.S.
    are manufactured in other countries; 2) There are more than 560
    Chinese facilities that produce drugs sent to the U.S.; 3) The FDA
    inspected less than 3% of those facilities last year. The Times notes
    that the very few spot inspections of foreign facilities that do occur are
    done with advance notice. FDA officials claim advance notice must be
    given because of logistics.

  • Botox on the brain - A new study, published in the April 2 issue of the
    Journal of Neuroscience, raises the concern that the popular anti-wrinkle
    treatment Botox may travel from its injection site into the brain. In
    animal studies, researchers discovered that within three days of the
    injection into whisker muscles, they found remnants of a protein broken
    down by the toxin in an area of the brainstem.The toxin also moved
    from one hippocampus, which controls long-term memory and spatial
    navigation, to the hippocampus on the opposite side of the brain
    (effects still present 6 months later), and from the superior colliculus,
    the part of the brain associated with eye-head coordination, back to the
    eye. The nonprofit organization Public Citizen petitioned the FDA to
    strengthen warnings to users of Botox and competitor Myobloc, citing
    180 reports of U.S. patients suffering fluid in the lungs, difficulty
    swallowing or pneumonia, which resulted in 16 deaths. The FDA is
    probing reports of illnesses in people of all ages who used the drugs for
    a variety of conditions, including at least one hospitalization of a
    woman given Botox for forehead wrinkles.

  • Get your Mom off osteoporosis drugs! - Researchers report that long-
    term use of its Fosamax osteoporosis drug is associated with unusual
    fractures of the thigh bone, HealthDay writes. The fractures were low-
    energy fractures, meaning that they all occurred from a fall from
    standing height or less, and the bone cracks were in an unusual
    horizontal pattern. About one-third of women with these types of
    fractures were on long-term therapy to prevent osteoporosis, and of
    these women, two-thirds were taking Fosamax for an average of more
    than seven years. In addition, the whole class of bisphosphonates
    including Actonel, Fosamax, and Boniva, can cause excruciating bone
    pain. The pain has been described as ranging from severe to
    "sometimes incapacitating," attacking bones, joints and even muscles.
    This is in addition to the previously known osteonecrosis, or bone
    destruction and death specifically occurring in the jaw.  

  • High Blood Pressure: Are drugs or nature best? - Beta blockers, the
    most common treatment for hypertension and chest pain, come with a
    host of serious side effects, including: Fatigue, Lowered Sex Drive,
    Dizziness, Depression, Nausea, & Impotence. In addition, over time,
    they raise your triglyceride levels – the “bad fats” that clog your arteries
    – and lower your HDL levels – the “good” cholesterol your body needs
    for optimal health. Calcium channel blockers, including Procardia XL,
    Dilacor, and Tiazac, have similar side effects. And, like beta blockers, a
    number of studies have found that people on them ran as much as a
    60% higher risk of heart attack. Nitrate drugs, including Nitroglycerin,
    Isoptin, and Dilatrate, are good at opening up your blood vessels for
    better flow, but over time, they destroy the sensitive lining of your
    blood vessels, called the endothelium which results in more severe
    heart attacks. On the other hand, some natural substances can radically
    influence HBP for the better without the dangerous side effects of
    drugs. Studies are showing that a natural substance called quercetin, at
    300-750 mgs daily, lowers blood pressure. Quercetin belongs to a class
    of potent antioxidants called “bioflavonoids” found in apples, onions,
    garlic, tea, red grapes, berries, broccoli, and leafy greens. CoQ10 at 100
    mgs daily is also helpful in keeping a healthy cardiovascular system,
    while 500 mgs daily of the amino acid L-arginine  relaxes blood vessels.
    Both of these are found in pastured-only red meats, especially organs.

  • Resveratrol, diabetes & more - High levels of glucose cause cellular
    damage to the blood vessels of type 2 diabetics. Specifically, the
    powerhouses of the cells – the mitochondria – become weakened,
    setting off a reaction that produces free radical activity. Studies show
    that regular exercise is the ideal way to stimulate and repair
    mitochondria while avoiding sugar decreases damage in the first place.
    In addition, resveratrol, found in red grape skins and red berries, has
    been found to produce enzymes that protected and restored glucose-
    damaged bovine aortic endothelial cells by preventing a "leakage" of
    electrons from the mitochondria. That electron leakage is what sets off
    the damaging free radicals. Other studies have shown that resveratrol:
    inhibits blood clotting and helps prevent LDL cholesterol from depositing
    arterial plaque; is a phytoestrogen that promotes the benefits of
    estrogen (such as prevention of breast cancer, osteoporosis, and
    prostate cancer) without the harmful effects; is an anti-inflammatory
    and appears to be a safe COX-2 inhibitor; stimulates survival genes
    that increase production of an enzyme that prolongs the time a living
    cell has to repair DNA genetic material.  [Besides red grapes, resveratrol
    is also found in Dynamite's Hiscorbadyne capsules.]


Point to Ponder #1 - Cinnamon & Honey for Health
from an e-mail from Lois - Thank You!
Facts on honey and cinnamon:  
  • It is found that a mixture of honey and cinnamon cures most
    diseases.
  • Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world.  
  • Scientists of today also accept honey as a "Ram Ban" (very effective)
    medicine for all kinds of diseases.  
  • Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of disease.
Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the
right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients. Weekly
World News, a magazine in Canada , in its issue dated 17 January, 1995
has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and
cinnamon as researched by western scientists:

HEART DISEASES: Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on
bread, instead of jelly and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast.
It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from
heart attack. Also those who have already had an attack, if they do
this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack.
Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and
strengthens the heart beat.  In America and Canada, various nursing
homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as  you
age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged;
honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins.

ARTHRITIS: Arthritis patients may take daily, morning, and night,
one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon
of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be
cured.  In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University,
it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a
mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder
before breakfast, they found that within a week, out of the 200
people so treated, practically 73 patients were totally relieved of
pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk
or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

BLADDER INFECTIONS: Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and
one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it.  It
destroys the germs in the bladder.

TOOTHACHE: Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five
teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth. This may be
applied three times a day until the tooth stops aching.

CHOLESTEROL: Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of
Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol
patient, was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by
10 percent within two hours.  As mentioned for arthritic patients, if
taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured.  According
to information received in the said journal, pure honey taken with
food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.

COLDS: Those suffering from common or severe colds should take
one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily
for three days. This process will cure mos t chronic cough, cold, and
clear the sinuses.

UPSET STOMACH: Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache
and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.

GAS: According to the studies done in India and Japan , it is
revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is
relieved of gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM: Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens
the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks.
Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in
large amounts.  Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood
corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION: Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey
taken before food relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA: A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a
natural ingredient which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient
from flu.

LONGEVITY: Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken
regularly, arrests the ravages of old age. Take four spoons of
honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder and three cups of water and boil
to make like tea.  Drink 1/4 cup, three to four times a day. It keeps the
skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increases and
even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.

PIMPLES: Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon
powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and
wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks,
it removes pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTIONS: Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on
the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

WEIGHT LOSS: Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an
empty stomach and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon
powder boiled in one cup of water. If taken regularly, it reduces the
weight of even the most obese person. Also, drinking this mixture
regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the
person may eat a high calorie diet.

CANCER: Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that
advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured
successfully.  Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should
daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon
powder for one month three times a day.

FATIGUE: Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey
is more helpful rather than being  detrimental to the strength of the body.
Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are
more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a
half tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with
cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at
about 3:00 P.M. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease,
increases the vitality of the body within a week.

BAD BREATH: People of South America, first thing in the morning,
gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot
water, so their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

HEARING LOSS: Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder,
taken in equal parts restore hearing.


Point to Ponder #2 - How to Get Prescription Drugs
Out of Your Tap Water by Shane Ellison    http://www.
thepeopleschemist.com/blog/

One of the consequences of being “one nation under drugs” is being
exposed to toxic, prescription drug metabolites via your tap water!  
Fortunately, with the right water filter, you can avoid it.

Drug giant Merck recently warned that “There’s no doubt about it,
pharmaceuticals are being detected in the environment and there is
genuine concern that these compounds, in the small concentrations that
they’re at, could be causing impacts to human health and aquatic
organisms.” To wit, officials in Philadelphia identified 56 pharmaceuticals
or by-products in tap water.  Such medications included pain meds,
cholesterol lowering drugs, birth control pills, antidepressants and blood
pressure meds! None of which belong in little Johnny’s “sippy cup.”

Don’t expect your city to be any different. The federal government doesn’t
require any testing or safety limits for drugs in tap water. Protect yourself
with the right water filter!

The market is flooded with various types of water filters – microfiltration,
ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, electrodialysis reversal,
membrane bioreactors, and combinations of membranes in series.  At the
conference on Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse for Sustainability it
was shown that reverse osmosis filters were the most effective at
removing all pollutants, including pharmaceuticals. Looking for the most
user friendly and economic filter, I found the RioFlow Complete 5-Stage
Reverse Osmosis System, http://h2odistributors.com/usro5-100-qc-38.
asp. For about $180, you can rest assured that your water is free and
clear of “other people’s drugs.”

... you might also want to check out www.waterwise-distillers.com for
other, more portable, options


Point to Ponder #3 - MEDICAL RENAISSANCE-THE
SECRET CODE by C Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. from his
weekly e-letter

The most important Holistic Event in 30 years!
The DVD is finished! www.medicalrenaissance.net

In 1975 I came to the conclusion that the future of HEALTH in the United
States is in the hands of the public.  We cannot depend upon
government, the media or the medical system, as they have virtually no
interest in health and, indeed, are controlled by the PharmacoMafia. This
was the reason I helped found the American Holistic Medical Association
in May, 1978.  Now, just two months before that 30th anniversary, the
benefits of Holistic approaches can be seen by everyone!

When I saw What the Bleep Do We Know?, I was impressed that the
quantum concepts of consciousness were at last being shown, but I
thought it was unfortunate that nothing practical was demonstrated.  
I began thinking of a film to demonstrate the phenomenal success of
holistic approaches to illness. In my own clinic, The Shealy Wellness
Center, we treated over 30,000 individuals who had totally failed
conventional medicine. Our success rate of 85% has been unequaled at
any other treatment facility.  

Last July, I was fortunate to team up with Paul Katona, a technical film
professor at Missouri State University, and his company Terrace
Productions. The journey towards MEDICAL RENAISSANCE:THE SECRET
CODE had begun. We filmed our comprehensive, holistic treatment of
three new to us patients, all of whom had failed conventional medicine.  
We also brought in former patients successfully treated for depression,
excess weight, migraine, adult ADHD, and insomnia.  Equally importantly,
we were able to have join us some of the outstanding leaders of the
holistic health movement: Caroline Myss, Ph.D., Belleruth Naprasek, Ph.
D., Gladys McGarey, M.D., Carl Hammerschlag, M.D., Roger Cady, M.D.,
Thornton Streeter, D.Sc., John Sewell, D.D., Lucia Thornton, R.N., Ms.N.,
Claude Swanson, Ph.D., and Mark Galloway.

The result is MEDICAL RENAISSANCE-THE SECRET CODE. I have seen the
movie several times in its editing phase. Each time I experience awe,
tears of joy and empathy and a sense that we have indeed created a
wonderful demonstration of the practical expression of consciousness and
of healing. The three new patients, Judy, Kevin and Rae, have inspired all
of us with their heroic journeys.

Read the rest at www.selfhealthsystems.com/archiveletter.php?
id=212


Point to Ponder #4 - Stop the Assault With Gender-
Bending Chemicals by Dr. Al Sears, M.D. from his Dr.'s
House Call

I’d bet you know a couple who’s had trouble getting pregnant but most
don’t know this: It’s usually the man with the trouble. More and more
couples who’ve come to my Wellness Center over the past ten years have
complained of this problem. Often the man’s sperm count is low. They don’
t know why it’s happening, or what to do about it. Their doctors say there’
s not much they can do. Meanwhile, the men feel embarrassed, helpless,
depressed, and “unmanly.” Their wives are at a loss, too. It’s
heartbreaking.

Having a child is one of the most miraculous and joyful events in anyone’s
life . . . and more and more it’s being taken away, mysteriously. In fact,
more than 15 percent of couples in the US are unable to have a child. This
is a big issue because there’s more than just male fertility at stake.
Today I’ll explain what’s going on and what you can do to beat it.

First, you should know that it’s not just American men suffering from
infertility. This is happening across the Western world. A review of data
from 61 studies published in BioEssays found that the dramatic decline of
average sperm density in the United States and Western Europe might be
even greater than we thought. Since then, things have only gotten worse.

The biggest culprit behind these devastating events is a class of
chemicals known as “estrogen mimics” or “xeno-estrogens.” I’ve written
about these before. They’re everywhere – in pesticides, clothing, plastics,
cosmetics, detergents, hair sprays, even our food and water supplies.
They bind to your body’s estrogen receptors and stimulate hormonal
responses that are feminizing for men, and dangerous for women, who
put on weight and become more susceptible to certain kinds of cancer...

These chemicals can also affect the unborn, distorting the fragile
development of their reproductive systems.

Here’s action you can take right away.

First, have your estrogen levels checked. For most men, the optimum
levels are four parts testosterone to one part estrogen. Optimally, your
total estrogen level should also be below 100. For women, consult with
your gynecologist, as estrogen levels change over your lifetime.

Here are some things you can do to limit your exposure to these harmful
chemicals and reclaim the things that make you a man – or a woman.

  • Eliminate pesticides from your water: I recommend drinking only
    purified water.   
  • Wash your vegetables and fruits before you eat them.
  • Cut off any visible fat from meat before cooking, since chemicals and
    hormones from the feed collect in the fat.
  • Avoid processed meats, because they have fat ground in.
  • Avoid processed carbohydrates like bread, cereals, and pasta. They
    make your body release excess insulin, which builds fat and
    stimulates feminizing estrogen.
  • Eat vegetables high in fiber to keep yourself regular. When stool
    remains in your bowel for a longer time, more estrogen is absorbed.
  • Eat more cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels’s
    sprouts, and cabbage. They help you excrete excess estrogen.
  • Eat hormone-free food and free range animals whenever possible.
  • Incorporate more estrogen-inhibiting foods into your diet. Some of
    the best and tastiest sources are squash, onions, green beans,
    cabbage, berries, citrus, pineapples, pears, grapes, figs, melons,
    sesame seeds, and pumpkin seeds.
  • To help clear your body of xeno-estrogens and support healthy
    hormone function and balance, consume plenty of cruciferous
    vegetables, especially broccoli sprouts, which contains the
    compounds  diindolylmethane (lowers estrogen levels) and indole-3-
    carbinol which both protects cells from cancer and mutations and
    “tones down” estrogen receptors.


Point to Ponder #5 - Lighten Up by Dr. William
Campbell Douglass II, M.D.  http://www.douglassreport.com

Something new has come to light in the area of lighting. And it’s put me
in a pretty dark mood.

By now you’ve probably heard the news that Congress, in its infinite
wisdom (try not to snicker) has mandated a ban on the sale of good old
incandescent light bulbs by the year 2012 in favor of the new, energy-
saving compact fluorescent bulbs. You’ve no doubt seen these squiggly-
looking new bulbs in stores, and probably been stunned at their
staggering per-bulb cost compared to cheap and effective standard bulbs.

Now I’m not about to shift gears on you and suddenly become an
advocate for incandescent bulbs. I’ve warned you in the past about the
potential dangers of these seemingly harmless everyday household items.
Most of us get excessive exposure to the heavy infrared light that’s
generated by incandescent light bulbs, which is actually quite toxic. I
believe the infrared light from these bulbs is a main cause of cataracts
and can seriously weaken the immune system.

However, even as I acknowledge the dangers of incandescent bulbs, I’m
not sure that I’m ready to surrender personal freedoms to keep them out
of America’s lamp sockets. I’ve warned you about when the government
starts chipping away at your freedoms in the name of the public good. So
while I think you should avoid incandescent bulbs if at all possible (try
full-spectrum light bulbs), I’m always opposed to the idea of a
government ban.

What’s more, I’m not sure that these new bulbs are any better from a
health perspective than incandescent bulbs. In fact, I’m here to tell you
that I’m against these things, too. Now I’m sure you’re thinking, “come
on, doc – you can’t come out against a light bulb that lasts longer and
saves energy to boot?” And that would be true, I suppose if it weren’t for
the fact that these new miracle bulbs are poisonous.

Yes, it’s true. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that when
these compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) break (as light bulbs are wont to
do every now and then), they spread mercury everywhere, which is
extremely hazardous to the health of children and pregnant women. In
fact, these things are SO hazardous that the EPA says that if these bulbs
happen to break on your carpet, the safest way to clean it up may require
cutting out pieces of the contaminated carpet to avoid exposure to toxins.

Just a quick reminder on the dangers of mercury: while it’s a metal that
occurs naturally, once it gets into your system it accumulates and does
irreparable damage to your nervous system. This makes mercury
especially dangerous to young children and fetuses whose central nervous
system is still developing.

No problem, right? Children and moms are rarely around when things like
light bulbs get shattered.

Well, it’s not just the mercury that’s left on the ground. According to
some studies, a great deal of mercury is vaporized when the CFLs shatter
– so much that sometimes even long after the bulb has been cleaned
from the floor, the level of mercury vapor in the air exceeded the federal
exposure guidelines by 100 times! In fact, it’s so dangerous that not only
must children, pets, and pregnant women be kept away from the place
where these CFLs break – they need to be evacuated from the room while
the room is properly ventilated.

Do bringing any of these extreme dangers into your home seem worth
saving a few extra kilowatt hours every year? I certainly don’t think so.
Unfortunately, the U.S. Congress does.

That’s why they’ve banned the sale of incandescent bulbs everywhere in
the U.S. beginning in 2012. Just imagine how many countless millions of
light bulbs there are in the U.S. Imagine what percentage of these
millions shatter in the home and the workplace every year. Now imagine
that it’s 2012, and every one of those shattering bulbs is a CFL, with all
of its dangerous mercury. You’re going to need patrols of men in Hazmat
suits to keep up with all the mercury clean-ups. And don’t forget that you’
ll no longer be able to just toss dead bulbs into the trash – these CFLs
are mercury time bombs that must be disposed of as hazardous material.

Is this CFL thing starting to sound like a bad idea yet?

It should come as no surprise that the government hasn’t thought this
thing through all the way. The looming ban on incandescent bulbs is not a
rational act, but a political one, driven by the legions of dolts who’ve
bought into the lie of global warming and the need to “save the planet.”
As though a few million less kilowatt hours per year are suddenly going to
mystically re-create the Garden of Eden here on earth. It’s nonsense of
the highest order – or lowest, depending on where you stand.

So, following the law of unintended consequences, as the
environmentalist loonies usually do, nasty planet-killing, energy-sucking
incandescent light bulbs will be banished in order to put potentially
deadly mercury bombs in every home in America. But hey, chill out dude –
we’ll be saving energy and mercury’s like, natural man.

Ugh. Leave it to Congress to swallow a line of bull hockey hook, line, and
sinker if they think it’ll get them one more vote or some more campaign
donations.

But there are more problems with CFLs than their mercury content.
Because they’re fluorescent, they take time to warm up. Unlike
incandescent bulbs that just pop on at full wattage when you flip the light
switch, CFLs start off with a dim initial light that only reaches full
wattage after a couple of minutes. To say that it’s frustrating is an
understatement.

Like I mentioned earlier, your best bet is to go with full-spectrum lights
(assuming the government lets you have them). Personally, I think the
more people wise up to the dangers and inefficiencies of these CFLs, the
more likely that this pending ban on incandescent bulbs will fall by the
wayside. There’s plenty of time between now and January 1, 2012 for the
light to go on for consumers that these CFLs are not the answer.

To find out how to make your own stand against CFLs, go to my website,
www.DouglassReport.com.


Point to Ponder #6 - Sickness Control 101: Fluoride-
The Lunatic Drug   (Thank you Kathy!)
"Earth is an insane asylum, to which the other planets deport their
lunatics." --Voltaire (Memnon the Philosopher).

Controversial fluoride is one of the basic ingredients in both PROZAC
(FLUoxetene Hydrochloride) and Sarin nerve gas (Isopropyl-Methyl-
Phosphoryl FLUoride).

Sodium fluoride, a hazardous-waste by-product from the manufacture of
aluminum, is a common ingredient in rat and cockroach poisons,
anesthetics, hypnotics, psychiatric drugs, and military nerve gas.  It's
historically been quite expensive to properly dispose of, until some
aluminum industries with an overabundance of the stuff sold the public on
the terrifically insane, but highly profitable, idea of buying it at a
20,000% markup, injecting it into our water supplies, and then DRINKING
it.

To read the rest of this extensive and insighteful article, please go to:
www.toolsforhealing.com/CD/Articles/F/Floride-theLunaticDrug.html


Point to Ponder #7 - Does Resveratrol Enhance the
Effects of Radiation Therapy? A Moss Report by Ralph
W. Moss, PhD http://www.cancerdecisions.com/033008.html

Cancer patients are frequently told by their oncologists not to take
antioxidants while undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
Supposedly, antioxidants counteract the beneficial free radicals that are
generated by conventional treatment, thereby interfering with its
effectiveness. A small number of scientists have argued the opposite,
suggesting that antioxidants do not generally interfere with cancer
treatment but, rather, enhance its effectiveness while sparing normal
cells from damage. It is one of the great dividing lines between
conventional and CAM-oriented practitioners.

Recent research from the University of Rochester has contradicted the
idea that antioxidants interfere and has added credibility to the idea that
they enhance treatment effectiveness. It thus adds to a growing body of
data, both experimental and clinical, that antioxidants should be used by
cancer patients.

The Rochester research team was headed by Paul Okunieff, MD. He is
chief of Radiation Oncology at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the
University of Rochester Medical Center. A graduate of Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and Harvard University Medical School, he
currently supervises high dose brachytherapy, 3D treatment planning, and
stereotactic radiosurgery at the University of Rochester. Dr. Okunieff has
won many awards, including the Davey Memorial Award for Outstanding
Contributions to Cancer Research, and is the Radiation Therapy
Committee Chair of the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG). He is the
author of over 150 PubMed listed articles, the latest of which was
published in the March edition of the journal, Advances in Experimental
Medicine and Biology (Sun 2008).

Prof. Okunieff and his colleagues studied the effect of resveratrol, a
natural antioxidant that is found in grape skins, grape juice and red wine.
He found that resveratrol can help destroy pancreatic cancer cells by
entering the mitochondria, which are the cell's energy powerhouses, and
crippling their function. Resveratrol combined with radiation caused
programmed cell death, or apoptosis.

Where's the Interference?

According to a release from the University of Rochester: "[S]ome
physicians are concerned antioxidants might end up protecting tumors.
Okunieff's study showed there is little evidence to support that fear. In
fact, the research suggests resveratrol not only reaches its intended
target, injuring the nexus of malignant cells, but at the same time
protects normal tissue from the harmful effects of radiation." According to
Prof. Okunieff, "Resveratrol seems to have a therapeutic gain by making
tumor cells more sensitive to radiation and making normal tissue less
sensitive."

In this experiment, researchers treated all the pancreatic cancer cells with
radiation, but some of the cells also were give a relatively high dose of 50
mg/ml of resveratrol. The researchers then evaluated the mitochondrial
function of the cells. Although resveratrol is commonly classified as an
antioxidant, this compound actually triggered the production of reactive
oxygen species (ROS) in cancer cells. These free radicals probably then
caused programmed cell death seen in the affected cells. Resveratrol
actually had a more destructive effect on the mitochondrial membranes
than radiation alone.

"While additional studies are needed," said Prof. Okuneiff, "this research
indicates that resveratrol has a promising future as part of the treatment
for cancer." According to Prof. Okunieff, although red wine consumption
during chemotherapy or radiation treatment has not been well studied, it
is not strictly contraindicated. That is to say, if a patient already drinks
red wine moderately, most physicians would not tell that patient to give
it up during treatment. Perhaps a better choice, said Okunieff, would be
to drink as much red or purple grape juice as desired.

It is unclear whether it is a good idea for cancer patients who are
undergoing treatment to take alcoholic beverages. Alcohol itself promotes
the growth of certain forms of cancer. But while non-alcoholic grape juice
does indeed contain some resveratrol, is there enough to generate a
therapeutic effect? No one seems to know, beyond saying that one would
have to take a lot of grape juice every day to have any effect at all.

That leaves the option of resveratrol supplements. Even one vehemently
anti-alternative medicine Web site, quackwatch.org, concedes that taking
resveratrol supplements is "certainly safer than heavy consumption of red
wine." Perhaps a good choice would be to take capsules containing
resveratrol. Consumerlab.com has rated the purity and potency of 14 such
products. While two of them failed to come up to their stated amounts,
most did. Consumerlab.com also ranked the products based on the price
paid and amount of resveratrol found (or correctly claimed) in each
product. Some of these capsules provided as little as 2.2 mg of
resveratrol, which is almost certainly too little to make a difference.
Others provided 250 mg, which is probably too much. The most
dependable and economical sources were Resveratrol 100 from Jarrow,
which cost 20¢ per 100 mg capsule, and Country Life Resveratrol Plus
Antioxidants, which came to a similar 21¢ per 100 mg capsule. Anything
in the 20¢ to 25¢ range per 100 mg capsule seems like a good deal.

Skeptics will of course say that Prof. Okunieff's paper was merely a
laboratory potency study, not a clinical trial, and therefore doesn't prove
that any particular dose of resveratrol is effective. That is true, but then
almost all the data that claims to show that antioxidants are to be
shunned during chemo- and radiation therapy is also derived from
laboratory data. As my recent Cancer Decisions® report on this topic
made clear, almost all the human clinical data that exists shows a
positive interaction of radiation and/or chemotherapy and antioxidants.
Prof. Okunieff's latest study adds to that impression of benefit, not harm.

... Dynamite's Hiscorbadyne is a superior source for Resveratrol with all
the attendant nutrients to make it even more effective.


Point to Ponder #8 - Are Microwaves Killing The  
Insects, Frogs, and Birds? And Are We Next? by Paul
Raymond Doyon, Rense.com   (Thanks, Cathy!)

I live in Kunming City, Yunnan Province, The People's Republic of China.
Yunnan Province is one of the cleanest and most pristine areas of China ­
and Kunming City is also called the City of Eternal Spring since the
weather here is quite pleasant throughout the year. However, it might as
well be called "The City of The Silent Spring."

It is eerily odd but this city is strangely devoid of bugs ­ I see virtually no
insects in this city ­ except for the occasional mosquito or the occasional
cockroach. No ants, no spiders, no butterflies, no bees, no flies, no
caterpillars, and so on down the line. I also see virtually no birds ­ I look
up in the sky and there are no birds traversing it. When I go to bed at
night I do not hear the sounds of crickets; and when I wake up in the
morning I do not hear the chirping sound of birds.

And from what I can tell by reading media reports on the Internet, this
phenomena of the sudden disappearance of life forms (insects,
amphibians, fish, bats, birds, etc.) is happening all over the world. Just
last year, the fact that there is (and has been) a worldwide die-off of
bees was finally taken up by the media. The frogs have been dying for
years ­ (although originally they were "mysteriously" showing up with
deformities.) Now, just at the beginning of January 2008 a Swedish
journalist sent me a report by the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC)
about the disappearance of tens of millions of birds across North America
­ HYPERLINK "http://rawstory.com/rawreplay/?p=372"

What the heck is going on? And when are we going to do something
about this? This is pretty serious stuff. If all the insects, amphibians, and
birds are disappearing, how much longer will it be until we mammals start
disappearing? (After all, many of us are already getting sick. There are
about 80 immune system disorders we didn't have 20 years ago.) Albert
Einstein made some kind of prediction that once the bees are gone,
mankind would only have four or so more years left.

While the CBC report mentioned things like pesticides, urban sprawl,
factory farming, deforestation, and so on, as possible causes, they
conveniently failed to mention one other highly likely reason ­ Microwave
Radiation from Cell Phone Antennas (which the CBC also conveniently
installs on its own towers ­ a visible sign of CBC's cushy relationship with
the cell phone industry and perhaps the reason they failed to mention the
latter possible ­ if not probable ­ reason for the Avian Decline).

While the media is failing to direct our attention at the possible real
cause of this extremely ominous situation ­ possibly because of its
lucrative and cushy relationships with the mobile phone industry ­ one
agency of the United States government is taking a more sober interest
into this grave p