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[Editor's Note: A great deal of information has been put together on this page. The above topic sections and the two accompanying charts were excerpted by the editor, Chris Pringer, from "The Science of Healthful Living," a handout assembled By Dr. Joel Robbins, DC, for a class he taught. The Resources at end are current (Spring 2002), added by the editor. Also, one of the main reasons I put this page here has to do with "Cleansing Reactions" (the first addendum below).
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...Innate intelligence, or "mother nature" as some call it, directs the growth and development of that first cell of life into a perfect human being, and it does this every time without any outside help from man. In fact is only when man attempts to aid or tamper with innate intelligence's wonderful work, that imperfect human beings develop. Once each new human is brought into this world, leaving mother's womb, the innate intelligence does not leave that new body, nor does its talk change. That talk is to bring the body to full development and keep it healthy an alive. Innate intelligence strives to keep the body alive regardless of the cost. The 'cost' is often misinterpreted as some outside agent or enemy attempting to destroy our health an life, when in fact the 'cost' is the innate intelligence's effort to keep us alive, coping with the wrong we have done to our bodies. That cost we conveniently call: "disease." * Vis Medicatrix Naturae = the healing power of nature; the natural curative power inherent in the organism.
WHY DO WE EAT FOOD?
WHAT IS REAL FOOD?
WHAT IS JUNK FOOD ? Anything short of the above qualifications;
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A LACK OF VITAMINS, MINERALS, WATER, ETC.?
* Organs and Glands -- resulting in decreased efficiency of these glands and organs (eg: Hypoglycemia) with eventual general body inefficiency such as tiredness and sluggishness.
The Textbook of Medical Physiology by Arthur C. Guyton, M.D., probably the most recognized authority on human physiology, states: "... the regulation of hydrogen ion concentration (pH or acid /alkaline balance) is one of the most important aspects of homeostasis." pH = measure of how acid or alkaline a substance is, on a scale of 1 (most acid) to 14 (most alkaline) All chemical processes have an ideal pH at which they are most efficient. For example the body functions best with an internal chemistry being slightly alkaline (pH of 7.0 to 8.0). The pH of the blood is even more specific: Since the body has no ability to manufacture alkaline, nature provided a way for the alkaline to be replenished to the body, thus allowing the body to maintain a constant, healthy and normal acid/alkaline balance. this is by means of food -- nature's food. All foods are either acid or alkaline. This is determined by what remains after the food is digested. If the body can completely break down and metabolize the food, it is termed an alkaline ash food. If the body cannot completely break down and utilize the food, it is termed an acid ash food. Because the body functions in an alkaline chemistry, the majority of the food intake must be of an alkaline ash nature to maintain homeostasis, health and life. [Considerations for Moderation: Raw fruits and vegetables are most alkaline. Cooking foods makes them more acid, less so if cooked at low temperature, still less if lightly stir-fried, steamed, and so on. Laughing, smiling, meditation, prayer, yoga, massage, and other stress-reducing activity makes blood more alkaline. In this way cells can eliminate (acid) wastes better and be more efficient in general, and that is the basis for the need for pH balance. Other activity that may improve digestion: Projecting the energy/attitude of loving-appreciation towards whatever you eat -- perhaps including acknowledgment of the natural resources that produced the food. -cp]
DISEASE is a lack of health. Any state of the body (other than health) in which not every cell is functioning 100% of its designed duty and/or not every cell is in communication with every other cell of the body. In the former, the cell cannot function properly due to either a damaged and/or toxic state. In the latter, the cell may be functioning properly, but due to its lack of communication with the rest of the body, it is functioning out of time or sequence with the whole. A SYMPTOM is the effort of the body to undo or overcome any damage which has been done to the body. Any condition of the body which is less than normal, healthy or perfect is the body's attempt at undoing or coping with something detrimental that has been, or is being done to the body. WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF DISEASE ? Whether due to ignorance or laziness, exposing the body to STRESS will produce a diseased state of the body. Stress is the only means of tearing down health resulting in disease -- paying the price for violating the laws of nature (our wrong doings). We do not 'catch' a disease or illness, we earn it. We have 'to work for' disease (and we must work for health). Disease is nothing more than the body responding to the wrong we have done to it. It is the body's attempt at keeping us alive in response to the wrongs we have inflicted on our bodies.
I. PHYSICAL STRESS
II. EMOTIONAL / MENTAL STRESS
III. CHEMICAL STRESS
* Stress is the only thing that robs the body of energy and nutrition. These are all the body has with which to produce and maintain health. * * * The body, via innate intelligence, always attempts to maintain a constant internal chemistry (physiology), thus maintaining life. This balanced state of chemistry is termed: Homeostasis. * If we violate a law of nature, thus exposing the body to stress, we have created a CAUSE -- we have tipped the scales of physiology and homeostasis out of balance. * The scales of nature always balance, and we must pay a price for this balancing to take place. This balancing of the scales to maintain homeostasis and life is the EFFECT -- or disease. * * * The cost of balancing the scales of homeostasis will always produce symptoms -- a disease or illness. * If the CAUSE (violation of nature's laws--stress) is removed, health will return. * If the CAUSE is not removed, disease results. This is the cost the body must pay to maintain homeostasis. (The disease then is the body's way of coping with the stress we have put on our bodies.) * If the scales cannot be balanced, death results. HEALTH: God given right.
* Man is the sickest being on earth.... no other creature has so violated the laws of nature. * WE CAN NOT VIOLATE THE LAWS OF NATURE WITHOUT PAYING THE PRICE. * Knowing the cause of lack of health--disease, it should readily be seen that only a removal of the cause will bring about health and healing. * * * DISEASE IS THE BODY'S ATTEMPT TO RESTORE HEALTH & MAINTAIN LIFE.
* Our~first line of defense, "taste appeal", was designed to keep toxic, harmful foods out of our bodies. * As this is over-ridden, and toxic foods are eaten, the liver must neutralize the acid toxins absorbed into the body.
* Once neutralized, the poisons can be eliminated from the body. (If the toxins were not neutralized before they were eliminated via the kidneys and bowel, they would, due to their acid nature, destroy the kidneys and bowel). * If the alkaline/neutralizing minerals are not replenished to the liver (by eating a predominately alkaline ash diet), the liver reaches a point of depletion where it can no longer afford the alkaline to neutralize acids. * Until this point is reached, the body will have no symptoms of any disease or illness whatsoever, because the liver is able to keep all poisons out of the body * Once the liver can no longer neutralize toxins, they pass into the blood stream. * The cells of the body exchange their alkaline for acid toxins thus the blood stream remains at a pH of 7.4. * The cells of the body as a result, gradually begin dropping in pH, becoming more and more acid and toxic. * The cells now will attempt to eliminate the toxins which they have stored in and around themselves as these hamper the proper functioning of the cells.
CHART 1: "Cells & Health vrs. Toxicity" ![]() * Toxicity, or a toxic state, is an accumulation of toxins, poisons, mucus and pus in an area or areas of the body that were not designed to store or retain toxins: A localized area of constipation. * Since The liver at this point, is unable to take care of this eliminative process as it was designed to do, the body must utilize a "vicarious avenue of elimination." In other words, an avenue which was not intended to eliminate toxins from the body, but one which out of necessity, can be utilized to eliminate the acids that would otherwise pollute the blood stream resulting in death. * This vicarious elimination is carried out by the skin. * There are three layers of skin comprising the body. Different symptoms, illnesses or diseases which result are determined by which layer or layers of skin are utilized for the vicarious elimination, as follows: 1. OUTER LAYER (hide -- outer skin) * boils * eczema
2. INNER SKIN (mucus membrane)
* cold * sinusitis
3. MIDDLE SKIN (serous membrane or lining membrane) * arthritis * meningitis
* The layer of skin or avenue of vicarious elimination utilized by the body is dependent on several factors:
2) THE TYPE OF POISON
3) GENETIC WEAKNESSES
Generally, when the body is still young and full of vitality, it will vicariously eliminate toxins in an acute manner such as colds, flus, acute febrile diseases ("normal" childhood diseases). This is because these eliminative processes require tremendous amounts of energy on the body's part to carry them.
As the body grows older and its vitality decreases, (due to continued wrong eating and living habits, the body must utilize less "energetic" means of vicariously eliminating toxins... [See Chart 2 in next section below, "Mechanisms Of Vicarious Eliminative Processes"]
[Chapter text follows chart's explanatatory text]
I. ACUTE ILLNESS - House Cleaning
Characteristics:
___ Example: Common cold II. SUB-ACUTE ILLNESS - House Cleaning plus Infection
Characteristics:
___ Examples: sinus infection, bronchial infection, infection of the throat, pneumonia, stomach virus, intestinal flu, infectious hepatitis, meningitis, venereal diseases, fungus, bladder and kidney infections, etc.
Characteristics: * with or without pain * with or without fluid
___ Examples: ulcers, allergies, hay fever, asthma, skin problems, female disorders, hypoglycemia IV. DEGENERATIVE DISEASES Characteristics: * storage of toxins characteristics
___ Examples: arteriosclerosis, congestive heart failure, heart attack, cancer, arthritis, gout, pleurisy, megacolon, diabetes, diverticulitis, colitis, hypertension, nephritis, prostititis, senility
THE P0TTINGER EXPERIMENT In the 1940's, a dentist by the name of Francis M. Pottinger, made an experiment using 900 cats to determine what happens to the body when denatured, incomplete or processed foods are consumed. The cats were divided into groups. Each group was fed the same minimal basic diet. However the predominant part of the cat's diets were specific foods, which were different for each group of cats. The cats were observed over a four generation period. The results were as follows:
STATISTICS on DISEASES: * 25% of young adults in America are sterile
(Statistics compiled from the U.S. Public Health Service. 1978)
When the body begins true healing, it does so in cycles. Without an~understanding of these cycles, the healing process can be most disheartening and discouraging at times. To understand the healing cycles, we must know that the body will do little healing until it has adequate energy, vitality and stamina. Remember that when a body is diseased, its vitality is lowered--less energy available for healing. Once the body has gained enough energy to afford both healing and carrying on regular daily living activities, then healing can take place. TWO PHASES OF THE HEALING CYCLE 1. Resting Phase 2. Healing Phase HOW LONG DO THESE HEALING PHASES LAST? -True healing runs on cycles of 3 or 7 days, or a combination thereof.
IS THERE ANY HARM IN "HELPING" THESE HEALING PHASES ALONG? Through inhibition or stimulation (eg.: medication, herbs, megadose vitamins, etc.) one can affect the healing phase, and thus produce "symptomatic relief." While this is tempting to do, it only interferes with the true healing process by either stopping it or prolonging it, and thus suppress the elimination of toxins which caused the diseased state in the first place.
Just as the body does not get toxic and diseased overnight, it also cannot 'clean house' and rebuild itself overnight. A person may spend years tearing their body down and filling it with toxins, so an immediate healing is impossible. It is doubtful if anyone can become totally healthy within one year no matter how dedicated one is to healthful living and eating. Those using a 'transition diet' approach are looking at several years until health returns, providing their 'transition diet' is continually upgraded. However, many improvements in the body's health take place along the way to give encouragement to continue pursuing a health-producing lifestyle. [Related Link near top of page. -cp] * HOW QUICKLY ONE ADOPTS HEALTHFUL LIVING HABITS
* HOW QUICKLY ONE DOES. AWAY WITH WRONG LIVING HABITS
* THE OVERALL LEVEL OF VITALITY OF THE BEING
* THE AMOUNT OF "WANT TO" ONE POSSESSES
* DEGREE OF FREEDOM FROM PENT-UP EMOTIONAL STRESS AND ENERGIES * LACK OF ONGOING EMOTIONAL/MENTAL ANXIETY * AMOUNT OF WORRY AND ANXIETY OVER THE HEALING PROCESS
* SPIRITUAL ALIGNMENT * ATTEMPTS TO "HELP OUT" NATURE WITH THE HEALING PROCESS
* It's a long hard road to health. Is it worth the struggle and sacrifice? Only we can make that decision for ourselves. * Many will say, "Well I've got to go some way, I might as well go happy and enjoying myself--eating and living like I want to." * By the same token, let us ask ourselves if we want to spent the last years of our lives as an invalid, in a wheelchair crippled by arthritis, enduring the agonizing pain of a growing cancer, torturing our loved ones with a bad case of senility, burdening others due to our helpless physical condition, shut' off from those we love by being placed in a nursing home, or having a sharp mind with a broken down useless body? * We have to go through every day anyway, we might as well be doing things right as reaping the healthful benefits as to doing things wrong and reaping the diseased consequences. * Rest assured that it is never to late to begin a healing way of life. In fact, ten years from now, providing healthful living habits are incorporated, you will be 'younger' and healthier than you are now, even though ten years older. * Also, keep in mind that while right now you can only see much self sacrifice and lack of enjoyment of life when considering a healthful living lifestyle, you do not have to jump in with both feet all at once If you choose, you may slowly change your way of living to that which is health producing. As the body begins detoxifying and healing, it will become easier and more enjoyable to follow life giving health practices. * Of course you can make the transition to healthful living habits immediate, experience tremendous unpleasant healing crises, but arrive at true and total health much quicker. The choice is yours. * Wouldn't it be wonderful never to grow tired, only drowsy when bedtime arrives, never have an ache or pain, rarely have emotional and mental dilemmas overcome you, have endless energy and a clear sharp mind and memory, and probably experience this level of health until very shortly before, if not until the day you die. * If all of that is still not enough to motivate you to follow healthful living, just think of the money you will save, both in doctor and food bills. "If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd taken better care of myself." THE MORE DETOXIFIED A PERSON IS, THE EASIER IT IS FOR HIM TO
It is rarely socially acceptable to do what is right. DO IT, NOT BECAUSE IT'S EASY (AND IT'S NOT),
* CONSERVE ENERGY
A. ELIMINATE STRESSFUL LIVING HABITS -stop asking, "What can I take to get well?" and start asking, "What have I been doing wrong that made me sick?" and then stop doing it. B. SUBSTITUTE NON STRESSFUL LIVING HABITS -create an environment for the body which is conducive to healing and health C. OBEY THE LAWS OF NATURE -realize that we alone are responsible for our own health (the law of 'Cause and Effect')
D. SEEK KNOWLEDGE -relating to healthful living (truth)
E. GAIN SELF-DISCIPLINE -introduce healthful living habits making them a way of life, not just a temporary measure to get out of pain
F. AVOID THOSE THINGS THAT MAN HAS HAD MUCH TO DO WITH -the more man has had to do with a substance, food or phenomenon, the less value it has, and the more harmful it becomes to the body and being (and the more man can charge for it). Nature is smarter than we CAN think. * QUALITIES NUTRITIOUS FOOD MUST EXHIBIT A. Rawness -- living qualities
* RELATIVE SWEETNESS OF A FOOD: -This is the ultimate test of a food's quality. -If growing conditions of the food are good, the glucose content will be high, and the food will taste sweet. -The higher the glucose content of a food, the higher will be its overall food value. -A food will not and cannot form a high glucose content without a proportionately high level of the other food constituents. -If growing conditions are poor, the resultant food will be of poor nutritional value, the glucose level, as well as the level of the other constituents, will be low and the food will not taste sweet. -If the nutritional value of the food has been decreased or destroyed via chemical fertilizers, pesticide sprays, chemical ripening agents, storage, injected dyes, etc., the glucose content will proportionately be destroyed and the food will not taste sweet. -If the nutritional value of the food has been decreased or destroyed via processing and/or preparation of the food (cooking, freezing, fermenting, spicing, etc.) the glucose content will proportionately be destroyed and the food will lose its sweet taste. -Note: While a green bean will never be as sweet tasting as an orange, relative to green beans there will be sweet tasting green beans and green beans that are not so sweet. Thus the term 'relative sweetness' * BUY AND EAT FOODS THAT ARE AS CLOSE TO THE WAY NATURE PREPARED THEM AS POSSIBLE. * THE MORE MAN DOES TO A FOOD (PROCESSING AND PREPARATION), THE LESS
* THE LESS TASTE APPEAL A FOOD HAS (NOT NATURALLY SWEET), THE LESS
* BUY FOODS THAT YOU HAVE NOT SEEN ADVERTISED ON TV. -(such as apples, carrots, green peppers, etc.) -the further a food is removed from its natural state (through processing) the more the body must be convinced that it is edible, therefore advertising is a necessity to sell these processed 'foods'. * ORGANICALLY GROWN FOODS ARE THE BEST. -Not always possible to find or guarantee. -If these are not available, buy and eat what is available, such as commercial grocery store produce. While this is not the ideal source, and certainly is inferior to organically grown foods, it may be our only source of whole, complete living foods. -Sweetness must become a consideration in selecting grocery store (and organic) produce. -If it is not sweet, do not eat it -- it has no food value should chemical fertilizers and pesticides be absorbed into the food, most of these are trapped by the individual cell wails making up the food. -These cell walls are composed of cellulose which we do not digest. -Thus the cellulose cell walls with the trapped chemicals pass on through the body. -Should the chemicals penetrate inside the individual cells of the food (the digestible portion) they will destroy the nutritional value of the food. -Thus it will not have a sweet taste and should not be eaten. THE FOODS THAT PEOPLE NEED THE MOST ARE THE FOODS
In the 1800's the Germans began developing drugs and manufacturing them on a large scale. The pharmaceutical companies of Germany formed a cartel. In the late 1800's the German cartel moved to America and formed a pharmaceutical cartel here. (Was later backed by Rockefeller and Standard Oil Co.) PROBLEM: The medical schools of that time did not teach the students to use the drugs, only natural remedies, thus the doctors did not prescribe the pharmaceutical companies' drugs, which was bad business for the cartel. SOLUTION: Formation of the Council of Medical Education (1910) by the AMA. Now schools that wanted to be accredited, receive funds from the government, and not be forced to close, would have to comply with the Council's recommendations which were:
PROBLEM: How could the pharmaceutical cartel guarantee the doctors would use the 'orthodox' or approved (money making) modes of treatment? SOLUTION: Formation of the Professional Standard Review Organization (1972) by the AMA. This committee has the right to go into any medical doctor's office and pull his license if he is not following AMA protocol. PROBLEM: How could the pharmaceutical cartel keep the public opinion on their side, and against the natural healing arts? SOLUTION:
PROBLEM: How could the pharmaceutical cartel insure that the general public could afford the expensive AMA / pharmaceutical cartel approved drugs and treatment procedures? SOLUTION: 1) Convince health insurance companies that the medical community's treatment methods are the best, and that natural healing methods are not good. Therefore, insurance coverage is only good for medical treatment and drugs. 2) Set up government health insurance that only pays for orthodox medical treatment.
END OF EXCERPTS FROM "The Science of Healthful Living" Some Political Health Related Links
(Updated Spring 2002)
* "The Transition Diet" (at this site) - Steps & principles telling how to transition -gradually & successfully- to a diet that promotes & sustains optimal health for body, mind, AND the planet, even from the standard American diet. Incorporate this approach as slowly or as quickly as you can maintain. (If done too fast, you may find it too uncomfortable, then bounce back to the old ways, so would just be a waste of time). Includes a Food-Combining Chart for optimal digestion and assimilation of nutrients, as well as for proper elimination. Other sections included: "Transition Diet," "Rebuilding Diet," "Three Day Apple Fast And Seven Day Cleanse," "About Cleansing Reactions," and "Efficient Body-Sizing Strategies (for Weight Management)." * Sequential Healing Health Services (SHHS) What Is Sequential Healing Health Services (Shhs)? SHHS is a group dedicated to teaching a healing model that can be used to bring about restoration of function to vital systems. This teaching is done through the distribution of educational material. These teachings may be used to instruct individuals in how to increase their level of overall health and wellness. Currently SHHS makes educational material available on the World Wide Web at www.sequentialhealing.com. * HeartMath Institute: We have a tremendous body of research here at the Institute on the heart and its influence. The fact that electrical energy produced by the heart is 60 times stronger than that of the brain is not our research; that is known by anybody involved in the biophysics field. What we've been able to show is that yes, that's true, and that frequency is being received by every single cell in the body. And the frequency content of the heart's electrical energy emission changes relative to our perceptions, how we're taking in what we're taking in. So certain heart-based types of qualities like care, appreciation or love that have often just been associated metaphorically with the heart really do produce dramatic changes in the electrical energy output of the heart when people are perceiving/receiving from a place of care or appreciation. And in turn, our research shows that when that electrical energy changes, it goes to what's called 'coherent frequency patterns'. We're able to correlate that to changes in the immune system and changes in hormonal balance. And we also see changes in perception and intelligence. There's a lot more to what the heart is doing than people realize. It's not just a blood pump. * Whole Health MD .Com: Great all-round medical resource site, including general and specific information on prescription medicines as well as natural approaches ( vitamins, herbs, alternative approaches, etc). Their page for "Helpful Supplements for Back Pain" is at http://www.wholehealthmd.com/news/viewarticle/0,1513,7,00.html * "Catalog for Healthy Eating" For Bulk foods of the purest quality, like good-tasting (!) varieties of TVP (soy-based) and Seitan (concentrated protein from grains), dairy substitutes, healthy sweeteners, granolas. Also Organic baking supplies, cookbooks, and other goodies, including environment cleaning products. These are also folks one likes giving money too -- feeding people who work for a living. They have both 800# and website: 1-800-695-2241, www.healthy-eating.com * Alternative Healing of Rhode Island - Much valuable information for the novice and many great links. * Dr. Christiane Northrup MD, ObGyn -- My best friend calls this "a fantastic Site for Women's Health Information" * Visit Integrative Medical Arts Group/IBIS: * "Body-Mind Nutrition" - considerations in relating a transition in diet & nutrition to personal and spiritual growth, and the benefits of such transition * Body-Mind Integrative Awareness Home Page - for the site where this page is. Essays & Poetry on Mind-Body-Spirit Integration, Psycho-Spiritual Self-Healing - including "Body-Parenting" the emotional body with the mystical insights of the Inner Children; practical Preventative Maintenance Methods for various levels (Mind, Emotion, Body, grounding Spirit into ALL of that); Beliefs, Motivatation, Consciousness (including understanding Pain (?) Body Memory & Body-Mind Related a) the releasing of patterns of holding and movement that have been held in the musculature and other connective tissues in the body, and b) the re-interconnecting of inner resources on the physical, emotional, and mental levels of being, "Though biofeedback was first developed by psychologists, its primary uses have been for illnesses below the neck. Standard biofeedback teaches you first to become conscious of normally unconscious functions such as pulse, digestion and body temperature, then teaches you to control them in response to sounds or other cues from monitoring devices. These techniques have allowed patients to lower their blood pressure, banish their headaches and control their incontinence without using drugs."
Related: "Fascia-based Memory Storage System Theory" - the original theory page with more background research references and bibliography.
More Naturopathic Health Links
* Prescription for Nutritional Healing: A comprehensive and Up-to-Date Self-Help Guide, by James F. Balch, M.D. and Phyllis A. Balch, C.N.C. A Practical A-Z reference to drug-free remedies using vitamins, minerals, herbs & food supplements. * The HeartMath Solution: Discover how you can immediately lower stress hormones, raise anti-aging DHEA hormone levels, improve your heart rate for maximum longevity, maintain emotional clarity in the midst of chaos, achieve peak mental and intuitive performance. Written by Doc Childre and Howard Martin with Donna Beech at The Institute of HeartMath, it gets rave reviews by such as Deepak Chopra, MD, Gary Zukav, and Bruce Wilson, MD (former director, University of Pittsburgh Heart Institute). Practical applications derived from the newest research in bio-feedback and psycho-neuro-immunology. More at the weblink description below. * "M.D.'s Wellness Journal": Abundant Nutritional Information from Dr. Julian Whitaker M.D., via 1-800-211-7657: -- you can ask for the free mailout introductory promotion/news, which gives an incredible amount of useful information for the nutritionally uninformed. Or just go for a "Health & Healing" Newsletter subscription ($40/yr) with all the free reports (which reports cover what most folks are complaining about anyway).
Nutritional Analysis - Pro's, Con's, & More * Trace Elements .Com seems to have a fairly extensive list of summary notes on research, chronologically listed in it's newsletters, particularly the January - December 2006 issue. Important updates include such as "Hair Tissue Levels of Heavy Metals and Calcium Pump Activity" in the 2008 issue. * Attacking and Defending Hair Mineral Analysis, Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, June, 2001 by E. Blaurock-Busch: * Hair Mineral Analysis, by Lawrence Wilson, MD, August 1999 * Vitamin test Profiles, Why test? 7 reasons for having a vitamin test done * The Eidon Mineral Balancing Program For Optimal Health (at Eidon .Com) Hair Mineral Analysis: "...A small amount of hair taken easily from the scalp is scientifically analyzed using an ICP Mass Spectrometer. The mineral content of the hair will give an overview of the mineral levels in the body’s tissues and the changes that occur over time. ...Unlike hair, blood mineral levels stay relatively the same even when the tissue mineral levels are changing. Since hair is a living, metabolically active tissue, an accurate hair mineral analysis performed by a reliable laboratory therefore will provide a timeline of metabolic activity unavailable on a blood test. ...Special points of interest: 1) Mineral levels in the hair correspond well to the levels of those minerals in the body. 2) Minerals are essential for the normal healthy functioning of all living cells. 3) Environmental factors contribute to mineral imbalances because of toxic mineral exposure. 4) Improper dietary habits can also lead to mineral imbalances. 5) 22 mineral levels are tested in each hair sample: Nutrient Minerals: Calcium, Iron, Molybdenum, Selenium, Chromium, Lithium, Nickel, Sodium, Cobalt, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Vanadium, Copper, Manganese, Potassium, Zinc, and Germanium. 6) Toxic Minerals: Aluminum, Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury." * Articles on research, clinical trials, analysis, reviews and empirical studies (at Eidon .Com) * Silica Research : Articles on research, clinical trials, analysis, reviews and empirical studies (at Eidon .Com), incl. "Hair, Skin and Nails," "Wound Healing," "Osteoporosis and Bone Health," "Silica's protective role in Aluminum toxicity and Alzheimer's disease," and "Atherosclerosis (Coronary Artery Disease - a stage of arteriosclerosis)"
(I really love how some flyers include virtual summaries of many topics taught. And there are keywords for web searching - cp) "Herbs, Hormones, and the Mind"
Topics noted in flyer (8/98): -- Depression & St. John's wort: history of this herb and its original uses; effect upon depressive disorders; quality control, dosage, and emerging side-effects; comparison with other antidepressants. [don't understand why 5-HTP not mentioned in this flyer]
"Alternative Medicine" Dr. Laura Pawlak (Ph.D, RD) and Dr. Martina Cartwright (Ph.D, RD) A one-day class, titled give the class 2-3 times per year through INR (Institute for Natural Resources) at PO Box 4218, Berkeley, CA. 94704-0218, 510-450-1650. This focuses on a broad range of topics, resources for same, going very little into specifics. Topics noted in flyer (8/98):
Also from INR is the seminar, "Chocolate, Addictions, Mood, & Appetite" by Nikita B Katz, M.D., Ph.D or Dr. Anthony Ocana, M.Sc., R.D., M.D., C.C.F.P. I plan to put the summary of that class in this section in the future.
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