Hello there,
I have been very strapped for time these days, and unable to do a post lately. However, I have been posting quick bits of info almost everyday on my Twitter account. Because not everyone who reads this blog has chosen to follow my Twitter account, I thought I'd post some of the more interesting links I have made lately.
Be on the lookout for a more lengthy article soon!!
Carotenoids from food and anemia in children
CoQ10 and Migraines in children
How to Simplify Your Life for Less Stress
Coffee Consumption May Reduce Alzheimer's Risk
If you want to learn more about how to optimize your health, be sure to check out my healthstore at the top of the page, for some of my favorite resources on how to do just that!
Friday, May 7, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
New Study on Homeopathy May Quiet Critics Once and For All
I just finished reading about one of the most amazing studies I've ever heard of on homeopathy. If this one doesn't stop the chatter about homeopathy being fake or only working via a placebo effect, I don't know what will!
In the study, performed by Moshe Frenkel, MD at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and published in the prestigious International Journal of Oncology, breast cancer cell cultures were treated with four homeopathic preparations:
Well, the study results certainly didn't disappoint. All four remedies (diluted well beyond the point where one would expect a bio-chemical effect) showed PRONOUNCED CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS. In other words, they stopped cancer cell growth, altered gene expression that regulated the cell cycles, and induced apoptosis (cancer cell DEATH!). Carcinosin and phytolacca had the strongest cytotoxic effects of all.
Of course (no surprise to anyone familiar with homeopathy) the remedies were also shown to have zero negative effects on non-cancerous breast cells.
So, does this mean that anyone out there with breast cancer should madly rush to their local health food store and pick up a bottle each of these remedies? I'd say at the very least it couldn't hurt, but researchers do caution (and I concur) that this was NOT a cancer treatment trial- ie a study done on people with cancer. Therefore, we should at most (right now) be cautiously optimistic.
It's also important to note that if homeopathic remedies may be effective in treating cancer, why wouldn't they be helpful in the treatment of ANY acutely or chronically diseased body tissue?
In my opinion, interested patients should not just run out to the store and start buying remedies, but instead should enlist the help of a practitioner trained in homeopathy, especially the use of isode remedies (like carcinosin). One of the key, most important facets of homeopathy is that, for it to work, it needs to be the right remedy. If it's not, it won't really do anything. Figuring out what remedy that is isn't always easy.
There are, or course, a number of ways to try and do this, the most commonly employed method being using your doctor's brain, or the combination of their brain and a homeopathy computer program. Fully admitting my bias, I feel kinesiological testing is as good as it gets. (See my website for more info on this), but I think any well trained homeopath has a good chance. That being said, I do still feel it's important to note that (again in my opinion and the opinion of some other docs out there) homeopathy is not as easy to practice today as it used to be. The sole reason for this is that the amount of toxins we are bombarded with on a daily basis in this modern age far exceeds anything the average person was exposed to back in the time that homeopathy first came about. These toxins sometimes can have the effect of "clouding the picture", making it difficult to see the right remedy, and/or rendering the remedies less effective or more likely to cause a negative reaction when the energetic wave they set off gets blocked on its way out of the body.
The system I employ helps me search for the affected tissues/organs, but also helps me identify these toxic "blocks" and (also using homeopathy and sometimes herbs) remove them first. Again, if you'd like to learn more about these techniques you can see my website, or contact me directly.
Lastly, I think it's also important to point out the fact that, not only does this study show promise for the effectiveness of homeopathic remedies, it also provides some pretty clear, undeniable proof as to the presence of something BELOW or BEYOND the level of biochemistry (ie blood and guts) at work here. In other words, it provides yet another piece of evidence that many types of healing, especially profound healing, happen on a deeper level. Based on some of the evidence I've been recently learning more about, I would go even further and just say that LIFE happens, begins and/or is influenced on a level deeper than we are consciously aware of.
This is another entire topic I hope to blog about and possibly lecture about in the near future. For now, if you are interested, click on the link to my store above and go to the "Additional Learning Tools" page on the right. Once there, check out the selection of videos I have listed that go into this topic in depth.
The future of medicine is definitely NOT going to come in the form of more drugs and more surgery, or at least the future of HEALING won't.
Aloha......
In the study, performed by Moshe Frenkel, MD at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and published in the prestigious International Journal of Oncology, breast cancer cell cultures were treated with four homeopathic preparations:
- Carcinosin (also known as an "isode" being actually made from cancerous tissue)
- Conium
- Thuja
- Phytolacca
Well, the study results certainly didn't disappoint. All four remedies (diluted well beyond the point where one would expect a bio-chemical effect) showed PRONOUNCED CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS. In other words, they stopped cancer cell growth, altered gene expression that regulated the cell cycles, and induced apoptosis (cancer cell DEATH!). Carcinosin and phytolacca had the strongest cytotoxic effects of all.
Of course (no surprise to anyone familiar with homeopathy) the remedies were also shown to have zero negative effects on non-cancerous breast cells.
So, does this mean that anyone out there with breast cancer should madly rush to their local health food store and pick up a bottle each of these remedies? I'd say at the very least it couldn't hurt, but researchers do caution (and I concur) that this was NOT a cancer treatment trial- ie a study done on people with cancer. Therefore, we should at most (right now) be cautiously optimistic.
It's also important to note that if homeopathic remedies may be effective in treating cancer, why wouldn't they be helpful in the treatment of ANY acutely or chronically diseased body tissue?
In my opinion, interested patients should not just run out to the store and start buying remedies, but instead should enlist the help of a practitioner trained in homeopathy, especially the use of isode remedies (like carcinosin). One of the key, most important facets of homeopathy is that, for it to work, it needs to be the right remedy. If it's not, it won't really do anything. Figuring out what remedy that is isn't always easy.
There are, or course, a number of ways to try and do this, the most commonly employed method being using your doctor's brain, or the combination of their brain and a homeopathy computer program. Fully admitting my bias, I feel kinesiological testing is as good as it gets. (See my website for more info on this), but I think any well trained homeopath has a good chance. That being said, I do still feel it's important to note that (again in my opinion and the opinion of some other docs out there) homeopathy is not as easy to practice today as it used to be. The sole reason for this is that the amount of toxins we are bombarded with on a daily basis in this modern age far exceeds anything the average person was exposed to back in the time that homeopathy first came about. These toxins sometimes can have the effect of "clouding the picture", making it difficult to see the right remedy, and/or rendering the remedies less effective or more likely to cause a negative reaction when the energetic wave they set off gets blocked on its way out of the body.
The system I employ helps me search for the affected tissues/organs, but also helps me identify these toxic "blocks" and (also using homeopathy and sometimes herbs) remove them first. Again, if you'd like to learn more about these techniques you can see my website, or contact me directly.
Lastly, I think it's also important to point out the fact that, not only does this study show promise for the effectiveness of homeopathic remedies, it also provides some pretty clear, undeniable proof as to the presence of something BELOW or BEYOND the level of biochemistry (ie blood and guts) at work here. In other words, it provides yet another piece of evidence that many types of healing, especially profound healing, happen on a deeper level. Based on some of the evidence I've been recently learning more about, I would go even further and just say that LIFE happens, begins and/or is influenced on a level deeper than we are consciously aware of.
This is another entire topic I hope to blog about and possibly lecture about in the near future. For now, if you are interested, click on the link to my store above and go to the "Additional Learning Tools" page on the right. Once there, check out the selection of videos I have listed that go into this topic in depth.
The future of medicine is definitely NOT going to come in the form of more drugs and more surgery, or at least the future of HEALING won't.
Aloha......
Monday, February 1, 2010
Cholesterol and Your Brain
Quick Post, Quick Question:
How can the FDA approve of and allow the drug industry to heavily promote the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs like Lipitor, when they have also recently approved (no kidding) a cholesterol SUPPLEMENT to improve the retardation, hyperactivity, irritability, poor attention span, and tendency toward aggressive and self-injuring behavior seen in children with Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome, a genetic disorder that prevents the body from being able to fully manufacture cholesterol itself????
If you get:
Answer- There is no accepted cutoff point!!!
I recently saw a patient of a heavy dose of a statin drug, with a TOTAL cholesterol of 90! That is scary. The above list doesn't even go into the additional uses of cholesterol in the body's immune system and other systems.
We need to wake up and smell the egg yolks people. Cholesterol is NOT the problem. Want to learn more? Take your pick from below or (better yet) read them both and more:
Statins, Statins and More Statins
Cholesterol and Health
How can the FDA approve of and allow the drug industry to heavily promote the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs like Lipitor, when they have also recently approved (no kidding) a cholesterol SUPPLEMENT to improve the retardation, hyperactivity, irritability, poor attention span, and tendency toward aggressive and self-injuring behavior seen in children with Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome, a genetic disorder that prevents the body from being able to fully manufacture cholesterol itself????
If you get:
- retardation
- hyperactivity
- irritability
- poor attention span
- tendency toward aggressive and self-injuring behavior
Answer- There is no accepted cutoff point!!!
I recently saw a patient of a heavy dose of a statin drug, with a TOTAL cholesterol of 90! That is scary. The above list doesn't even go into the additional uses of cholesterol in the body's immune system and other systems.
We need to wake up and smell the egg yolks people. Cholesterol is NOT the problem. Want to learn more? Take your pick from below or (better yet) read them both and more:
Statins, Statins and More Statins
Cholesterol and Health
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The Fattiest Treat You'll Ever Meet
If you subscribe to the to idea that a low carb/high fat primal diet is beneficial and are working on incorporating these ideas into your life, you will love this recipe. It's from page 324 of
Primal Body-Primal Mind: Empower Your Total Health The Way Evolution Intended (...And Didn't)
**Keep in mind, eating a diet high in animal fats is beneficial IF you are eating low carb (less than 75-100grams a day total). For more info on the benefits of such a diet, be sure to check out Nora Gedgaudas' book: Primal Body-Primal Mind: Empower Your Total Health The Way Evolution Intended (...And Didn't)
Primal Body-Primal Mind: Empower Your Total Health The Way Evolution Intended (...And Didn't)
- 1 jar almond butter
- 1 full brick of KerryGold butter (available @ Trader Joe's) at room temp (can use ghee or coconut oil)
- 10 oz or so of nuts, preferably soaked and dried, chopped or 1 full package of Raw Organic Hemp Seeds
- 1-2 tsp cinnamon (my addition)
- Alcohol-free vanilla
- First mix together the nut butter and butter (a fork works well for this)
- Then add other ingredients.
**Keep in mind, eating a diet high in animal fats is beneficial IF you are eating low carb (less than 75-100grams a day total). For more info on the benefits of such a diet, be sure to check out Nora Gedgaudas' book: Primal Body-Primal Mind: Empower Your Total Health The Way Evolution Intended (...And Didn't)
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Heart Healthy Cooking. Are you KIDDING ME??
In yet another example of the backwards approach to health and nutrition the U.S. continues to follow, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) recently released a list of atherosclerosis- promoting recipes listed under the paradoxical title "Stay Young at Heart: Cooking the Heart-Healthy Way". Please look it over and take note of the tremendous lack of nutrient density, the emphasis on simple carbohydrates, the frequent use of baking with vegetable oil and/or margarine, the lack of raw foods, and the scarcity of phyto-nutrients. All of these things have been proven beyond doubt by high level research to contribute to heart disease:
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"Sunshine (white) rice" cooked with vegetable oil, orange juice, and lemon juice
"Homestyle biscuits" made from white flour, salt, and sugar
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"Banana-nut bread" made from mashed ripe bananas, low-fat buttermilk, packed brown sugar, margarine, all-purpose white flour, egg and salt.
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"Apricot-orange bread" made from dried apricots, margarine, white sugar, egg, white flour, dry milk powder, salt and orange juice
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"Apple coffee cake" made with peeled apples (please note that >90% of the antioxidants contained in apples are in the peel-thus when the peel is removed, virtually all that remains is antioxidant-poor carbohydrate), one cup of sugar, one cup of dark raisins, one-quarter cup vegetable oil, 1 egg, and two-and-a-half cups of sifted all-purpose white flour
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"Frosted cake" with 2 1/4 cups cake flour, 4 tablespoons margarine, 1 1/4 cups sugar, 4 eggs, low fat cream cheese, and 2 cups sifted confectioners sugar!!
- The Real Causes of Heart Disease
- Saturated Fat is Good For You
- Does High Cholesterol Really Cause Heart Disease?
If you don't care about all that and just want to follow some dietary recommendations to truly prevent heart disease, diabetes and a bunch of other chronic diseases, make sure you read:
Keep fighting the good fight!!
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Give the Gift of Health This Year!
OK, so I realize this is a bit "Last Minute" but I figured, better late than never!
Below you will find a random list of my favorite "Healthy Gift Ideas". This list is not presented in order of my preference, for I feel that certain items are good for some people, while other ones are better for other people. I encourage you all to check out the items that sound interesting and match them appropriately. Not only will they all help improve the health of the person you give them to, they will also help the wonderful, hard-working person behind the gift as well!
Books on Health Eating:
Great Cookbooks that Follow Similar Principles:
Other Great Food Related Services:
Places to Learn the Right Way to Move (hint- buy someone a gift certificate!):
Ways to Make Your Body Feel Good:
Go forth and help make your friends and family healthier this year!
Below you will find a random list of my favorite "Healthy Gift Ideas". This list is not presented in order of my preference, for I feel that certain items are good for some people, while other ones are better for other people. I encourage you all to check out the items that sound interesting and match them appropriately. Not only will they all help improve the health of the person you give them to, they will also help the wonderful, hard-working person behind the gift as well!
Books on Health Eating:
- Primal Body, Primal Mind, by Nora Gedgaudas
- The Primal Blueprint, by Mark Sisson
Great Cookbooks that Follow Similar Principles:
- Cuisine for Whole Health, by Pauli Halstead
- Cooking for Health and Performance- Volumes 1 & 2, by Scott Hagnas
- The Garden of Eating, by Rachel Albert-Matesz
- Paleocookbooks, by Nikki Young(e-books)
Other Great Food Related Services:
Places to Learn the Right Way to Move (hint- buy someone a gift certificate!):
- Academy of Kung Fu- Eastside and Westside
- Ripcity Fitness
- Crossfit Portland
- The Yoga Shala
- Sellwood Yoga
- Renewal-Infused Pilates
- The Bhakti Shop
Ways to Make Your Body Feel Good:
Go forth and help make your friends and family healthier this year!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Surviving the Holidays
Well, they are definitely upon us everyone!
While I don't have any "last minute shopping tips", or "how to survive Christmas with the in-laws" tips, I did find a great little list of well thought out tips on how to stay as healthy as you can be during this holiday season.
These tips come courtesy of Nikki Young, author of two great little e-cookbooks on Primal Eating. Please support her wonderful efforts with these books and check out the site I've linked to above.
Anyway, on with the tips!
The Holiday Survival Checklist
• Never show up to a party on an empty stomach
• Drink plenty of Water all day/during a party
• Keep portions small, use a small plate & make several trips
• Eat Protein and Vegetable based dishes first
• Watch Sugary drinks as they do count
• Socialize, Talk, Dance, Have fun!
• Help offset a High Calorie day with Lower Calorie Days
• Be Active every day, make it a Lifestyle choice
• Use your Muscles to keep your Fat Burning factories
• Slow down and Enjoy the Holiday season
While I don't have any "last minute shopping tips", or "how to survive Christmas with the in-laws" tips, I did find a great little list of well thought out tips on how to stay as healthy as you can be during this holiday season.
These tips come courtesy of Nikki Young, author of two great little e-cookbooks on Primal Eating. Please support her wonderful efforts with these books and check out the site I've linked to above.
Anyway, on with the tips!
The Holiday Survival Checklist
• Never show up to a party on an empty stomach
• Drink plenty of Water all day/during a party
• Keep portions small, use a small plate & make several trips
• Eat Protein and Vegetable based dishes first
• Watch Sugary drinks as they do count
• Socialize, Talk, Dance, Have fun!
• Help offset a High Calorie day with Lower Calorie Days
• Be Active every day, make it a Lifestyle choice
• Use your Muscles to keep your Fat Burning factories
• Slow down and Enjoy the Holiday season
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