Innholdsfortegnelse for June - July 2020 i What Doctors Don't Tell You Australia/NZ

We literally cannot breathe. The latest figures, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), show that 1 in 13 of all Americans have asthma, adding up to more than 25 million, or about 8 percent of all adults and children. Figures for asthma in the UK are proportionately just as bad, with 5.4 million British people—or 1 in 11 children and 1 in every 12 adults—currently receiving treatment. And though the number of cases isn’t increasing in the UK, it’s not going down, either. Currently, Great Britain has some of the highest rates of asthma in Europe—so bad, in fact, that every single day about three people can be expected to die from it. Pollution, from car and exhaust fumes, is said to account for about…

Heartburn drug Zantac linked to stomach cancers The heartburn drug Zantac may have been taken off the shelves late last year, but the repercussions go on. More than a dozen lawsuits have been filed that claim the drug causes cancer, especially of the digestive tract. One complainant, Californian Ronald Johnson, has been taking 150 mg of the drug regularly since 2004. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2018. He joins more than 12 other complainants to file damages against the drug manufacturers Boehringer Ingelheim, Sanofi, Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, who have all made versions of Zantac (ranitidine), including over-the-counter remedies. The complaints relate to a range of digestive cancers, including colon, rectal, esophageal, stomach, bladder and liver cancers. The drug contains the cancer-causing chemical NDMA (N-nitrosodimethylamine), but the public was not…

Uncertainty is a strange thing. Take the latest coronavirus disease, COVID-19. We can’t be sure what’s going to happen next. Yes, transmission continued at an ever-increasing rate around the world. But was its virulence increasing or subsiding? Are the new mutations going to wipe us out, or will they be smoke without a fire? Despite all this uncertainty, the way the media reports on COVID-19 is very consistent—certain, even. The mainstream media maintains its view that the virus represents a very real threat we must take very seriously. Our immune systems are ill-adapted to such threats, we must rely on our trusted medics to save our lives, and we need a vaccine. Whether the worst is over or yet to come, we must be united in our stand against this…

1. Don’t eat too much of anything Eating less at each meal, restricting the hours when you do eat, or even fasting a few days a week—when your intake is just 700 calories—could all help you live longer. In fact, calorie restriction is one of the best ways to slow all the usual biological markers of aging, say researchers at Bari University in Italy.6 2. But when you do, make sure it’s antioxidants There are plenty of healthy foods to eat, but the antioxidants are some of the most important. Antioxidant-rich foods include dark chocolate, berries (strawberry, blackberries, raspberries, goji), artichoke, kale and spinach. 3. Be kind to your gut There’s something different about centenarians, aside from their great age. They seem to have better genes, and distinct environmental and…

In the UK, Professor Michael Barnes says the only way you can tell if an over-the-counter CBD product has been made to a high standard is if it meets good manufacturing practice (GMP) guidelines. He recommends calling or writing to a manufacturer and asking for a certificate of analysis, which will list the contents of the product. “Otherwise, find a product that says clearly on the label how many milligrams of CBD it contains per drop or per milligram, per spray or whatever unit of dosing they’re using, as well as a listing of whatever else is in it.” In the US, Dr Michael Lewis advises researching the industry leaders. “Choose companies that have had a product line for more than 20 minutes,” he says, “companies you can you reach…

Eat whole, organic foods. This will limit the amount of food additives and toxins you ingest from processed foods, making it easier for your liver to do its job. Drink water, at least 64 ounces (1.9 liters) of spring or filtered water each day, to help flush out toxins. This also helps your body absorb nutrients. Include herbal teas in addition to water. Good choices include decaffeinated green tea, dandelion, hibiscus, chamomile (best in the evening because this herb promotes restful sleep), mint and dandelion. Drink a cup of warm lemon water with cayenne pepper as soon as you get up in the morning. Squeeze one-half of the lemon into a cup of warm water, and sprinkle with cayenne pepper (for extra detoxifying and metabolism boosting). If you don’t like…

1 National Cancer Institute, “Cruciferous Vegetables and Cancer Prevention.” www.cancer.gov 2 J Nutr, 2005; 135: 2972S–7S 3 Environ Int, 2012; 50: 7–14 4 New Scientist, “Calorie restriction diet extends life of monkeys by years.” January 2017. www.newscientist.com; Los Angeles Times, “Longer fasts might help with weight loss but Americans eat all day long.” September 24, 2015. www.latimes.com 5 Altern Ther Health Med, 2000; 6: 70–6 6 Phytomedicine, 2002; 9: 687–93 7 Br J Nutr, 2013; 110: 2138–49 8 Free Radic Biol Med, 2003; 34: 1200–11 9 PeerJ, 2016; 4: e1879 10 J Med Food, 2014; 17: 6–20 11 BMC Complement Altern Med, 2010; 10: 51 12 Healthline, “Top 11 Science-Based Health Benefits of Pumpkin Seeds.” www.healthline.com…

The EAR is the daily Estimated Average Requirement for individuals. It was formerly known as the minimum daily requirement, but considering emerging research, some are using it as a guideline for optimal nutrition. The EAR is 0.5–0.6 grams (0.01 oz) of protein per 1 kg (2.2 lb) of body weight per day, considerably less than the bodybuilding figure I used to go by! A woman who weighs 60 kg (132 lb) needs only 30–45 grams (1–1.5 oz) of protein per day, for instance. And if she was to eat the following meals and snacks (approximate protein levels shown), she’d be getting more than she needs, and plenty to support an intensive training regime: Breakfast (10.5 g protein): Porridge made with soy milk (9 g protein) 50 g stewed dried apricots…

As the shock of the current health crisis begins to subside, we must all consider how to move forward with our training programs without going to our regular studios, fitness groups and gyms. Living in Australia, we are generally spoiled for choice for amazing places to workout in the great outdoors. With social distancing in mind, all you need is a pair of running shoes, a stopwatch and these exercises for a great workout with no equipment in your local area. Here are five of my favourite outdoor sets, scientifically designed to get your blood pumping and improve your mood and well-being, all while absorbing your important daily dose of Vitamin D. 1 Hill Warrior Jog to a hill in your local area that is 100m plus in length Run…

Vitamin B3 is not entirely risk-free. One 2017 case study describes a 22-year-old athlete who took 20 grams of niacin in one dose—high by even Kaufman and Hoffer’s enthusiastic standards—and developed acute liver toxicity requiring an emergency liver transplant.1 A 1992 review of the literature on liver toxicity from niacin reported adverse reactions in six patients resulting from the exclusive use of high-dose unmodified niacin (also called nicotinic acid, the “flushing” version of vitamin B3 known for causing recipients’ skin to become warm and red), and in two patients from the exclusive use of time-release preparations. Another 10 patients developed adverse liver reactions after abruptly changing from flushing to time-release preparations. Signs of liver toxicity developed in less than seven days in four of these patients. All of these cases…

Cancer survivors take three main categories of supplements to aid their recovery 1. Digestive supplements To help digest your food, including digestive enzymes and prebiotics/probiotics to assist the good bacteria in your gut. 2. Detoxification supplements To help eliminate from your body anything that is slowing down healing, such as parasites, bacteria, viruses, fungi and heavy metals. 3. Immune boosters To help bring vitamins and hormone levels within a normal range. These include supplements such as cannabis, mistletoe, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin D, fish oil, melatonin, mushrooms and trace minerals. Remember to always consult a health professional before embarking on a supplement regimen to ensure you maximize your healing and avoid any negative interactions with your current medications or other supplements.…

In addition to taking detoxifying supplements from a qualified health professional, here are some other ways you can help detoxify your body while at home: • Exercise until you build up a good sweat to flush out impurities. • Take a hot bath, either with Epsom salt or baking soda for extra detoxification. • Drink a lot of water, ideally half your body weight in ounces (e.g., a 150-pound person should try to drink at least 75 ounces of water per day). • Do an at-home enema, either with filtered water or organic coffee made with filtered water. • Spend 20 minutes per day in a one-person, at-home infrared sauna, which generally costs less than $200 (about £150).…

Dr. Jean Monro, medical director of the Breakspear Hospital, is an internationally recognized specialist in environmental medicine, including such conditions as chronic fatigue syndrome, Lyme disease and multiple chemical sensitivity. She is Fellow of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine and a Board Certified US examiner. Dr. Damien Downing, whose practice specializes in allergy, environment and nutrition, is current president of the British Society for Ecological Medicine and on the editorial board of Orthomolecular Medicine News Service. Chief Medical Advisor of cancer charity Yes to Life (www.yestolife.org.uk), he is also the author of numerous books, including The Vitamin Cure for Allergies. Dr. Harald Gaier, arguably the UK’s most knowledgeable practitioner of the major alternative medical disciplines, is registered in the UK as an osteopath, homeopath, acupuncturist, naturopath and medical herbalist.…

What’s going on in the body when we have cancer? The standard definition is that healthy cells mutate and grow rapidly. As the abnormal cells cluster, they form a tumor, which can spread to other parts of the body—and this gets treated with chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery. It’s a description that leaves a lot unanswered. Why, for instance, do cells mutate in the first place? And how can cancer cells grow far more quickly than healthy cells? The questions aren’t trivial; if we could answer them, we would know how to prevent cancer and treat it without destroying the immune system in the process. Several new theories have emerged that could answer these questions—and both see sugar as playing a key role in the cause and development of cancer. They…

Have you noticed the overweight person in the gym who sweats it out three or four days a week on the treadmill, but never seems to get any thinner? The evidence of our own eyes goes against everything we’re told. The weight-loss dictum is that the more active we are, the more calories we burn, and if our calorie intake falls below our calorie expenditure, we will shed the pounds. In fact, a lack of exercise has far more to do with obesity than the food we’re eating, a review by Stanford University School of Medicine has claimed. A national health survey that tracked Americans from 1988 to 2010 found a huge increase in rates of obesity and inactivity, but not in the number of calories being consumed.1 But if…

In the early 1970s, Keith McCormick was winning Junior National Championships in the pentathlon, an athletic competition made up of five events: pistol shooting, fencing, horse jumping, swimming and cross-country running. The ancient Olympic pentathlon—running, jumping, spear-throwing, discus and wrestling—was considered the most difficult event of all, with the winner crowned Victor Ludorum, “the winner of the games,”and its modern equivalent is no less grueling. Keith was a powerful athlete who trained anywhere from 12 to 15 hours a day for years. In 1976, he was an alternate member of the US Summer Olympic pentathlon team in Montreal, Canada. He also competed and placed second and fourth with several World Championship teams. His passion for fitness extended to his career, and in 1982 Keith graduated from the National College of…

Calcium has many functions in the body, including bone development and maintenance, regulating blood pressure, and blood clotting and wound healing. However, despite the continuing insistence by the milk industry that calcium from dairy products builds strong bones, calcium deficiency is no longer considered to be the culprit at work behind osteoporosis. Studies now show that dietary calcium intake is not associated with fracture risk. And there is no clinical evidence to show that increasing calcium from food sources prevents fractures.1 In fact, studies show that women who drink large amounts of milk have a higher incidence of bone fractures than those who don’t.2 And hip fractures are more common in people who consume more dairy products and take in high levels of calcium.3 REFERENCES 1 BMJ, 2015; 351: h4580…

Dr Michael D. Lewis, an expert on CBD and brain health, says topical application of CBD creams, oils and ointments can be great for localized pain such as tennis elbow and joint pain. “It’s also excellent for skin issues like eczema and psoriasis and things like that because they’re inflammatory diseases.” Although some people are concerned about using CBD topically, thinking it will affect them systemically, Lewis says that’s not really a concern. But topical application has the great advantage of being extremely quick to have an effect. Many people experience relief from pain in a matter of seconds. Whether it’s capsules or softgels, sprays, drops or tinctures, ingestible CBD has a much slower onset because you have to digest it. For quickest delivery, he recommends putting drops on your…

For back pain or pain in general, Professor Michael Barnes, MD, founder and president of the World Federation of Neurological Rehabilitation, recommends taking between 60 and 100 mg CBD daily by mouth, split into two doses. (It’s easiest to use an eyedropper or a 1-milligram syringe to measure the dose.) The best rule of thumb, however, is to “Start low and go slow,” he says. “About 10 percent of the population are quite sensitive, and they metabolize CBD quite slowly,” he says. “So start with say 10 mg a day for four or five days or a week—whatever is easiest to keep track of—and then move it up to 20 and then 30 and 40 milligrams until you get to what is for you the most efficacious dose.” (It varies…

1 Lie down comfortably with your legs bent, feet about hip-width apart and head supported so the chin tucks lightly into the throat. If you’re tight in the lower back, place the feet wider, turn in the toes and drop the knees in toward each other. Find the foot placement where you don’t need any effort to rest there. Place one hand on your belly, the other on your diaphragm at the lower ribs—where your shoulders and wrists can be fully comfortable. Tune into the movement of your breath at your belly; the rise on the inhale, fall on the exhale and any changes in breath that this awareness creates. Release your lower jaw to allow any tension in the jaw and neck to soften, and relax your upper body…

In many ways, the food plan was similar to the 48-Hour ToxinTakedown. Afterthe seven-day experimental period ended, all laboratory measures showed improved detoxification capacity, and the participants reported that they felt better.5 For two days, you will reward your body with wholesome foods and rid your system of waste and toxins. The Takedown focuses on some key detoxification foods: Artichokes. Few detoxifying diets would be complete without artichokes, which taste delicious on salads. Artichoke leaves have properties that stimulate the production of bile, which helps shuttle toxins out of the liver and, ultimately, out of the body.6 Artichokes are also packed with antioxidants including silymarin (known to protect the liver from toxins). Beans. Youcan substitute ¾ cup of black beans for animal protein on the Takedown, as well as put…

Serves 4 This curry is packed with antioxidants and antibacterial properties. Curries with the right ingredients are super good for you and also have medicinal properties. 12 oz (1 cup/350 g) red lentils, rinsed and cooked to packet instructions 12 oz (1 cup/350 g) wild rice, rinsed and cooked to packet instructions 1½ pints (3 cups/600 mL) water or vegetable broth 2 Tbsp coconut oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 onions, diced ½ in (1.5 cm) fresh ginger, chopped 1 red pepper, diced ½ tsp turmeric ½ tsp cumin 2 Tbsp Thai red curry paste 1 Tbsp tomato puree 14 fl oz (1¾ cups/400 mL) vegetable broth 2 handfuls fresh spinach 14 oz (400 g) can coconut milk 2 Tbsp vegan coconut yogurt 2 Tbsp fresh coriander (cilantro), chopped 1…

The patient, who we’ll call Alice, was a 78-year-old woman who had enjoyed excellent health until six months earlier when her younger sister had a stroke. Rather than see her sister cared for by strangers in a hospital, she had decided to nurse her at home, which meant many trips up and down the stairs to her sister’s bedroom on the second floor. Being so busy, she found herself eating a lot of easy-to-prepare carbohydrate foods rather than her usual high-protein diet. About a month into this routine, Alice first noticed pain and swelling in her joints and began taking 8–10 aspirin tablets a day, which only took the edge off her discomfort. She had always been able to go up and down stairs without difficulty, but now she climbed…

The main difference between chemotherapy and vitamin or herbal supplements is that most chemotherapy is designed to kill cancer cells directly, while most supplements are designed to strengthen the immune system so that it can remove cancer cells on its own, as it was designed to do. In general, radical remission survivors take supplements for one of three reasons. First, they may want to boost their immune system and overall health (i.e., add something to the body that it is lacking, such as vitamin D or melatonin). Second, they may wish to detoxify their body of something that should not be there, such as parasites, heavy metals, harmful bacteria or toxins. Finally, they may take supplements to help them digest their food better, such as prebiotics, probiotics or digestive enzymes…

Your primary doctor will be able to test your basic vitamin and mineral levels with a simple blood test, but to determine your full supplement needs, you will need to see a practitioner who specializes in looking at your body holistically, conducts thorough testing and has extensive training in the use of supplements. Here is a partial list of various specialists who have such training, along with their professional organizations, so that you can find a practitioner to work with locally (or remotely via video conferencing): Functional medicine doctors: Institute of Functional Medicine (www.ifm.org) Naturopaths: American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (naturopathic.org) Nutritionists: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (www.eatright.org) Homeopaths: Society of Homeopaths (homeopathy-soh.org) Traditional Chinese herbalists: National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (www.nccaom.org) Cannabis dispensaries: Marijuana Doctors (www.marijuanadoctors.com)…

Ruth suffered from seasonal asthma that would start in winter and continue until late spring. “It had a significant impact on my life,” says Ruth. “I couldn’t exercise outdoors in cold air. In fact, every time I experienced a change in air temperature—for example, when I went outside to put the trash out—I would start coughing and couldn’t stop.” Ruth was prescribed a steroid inhaler, but hated using it as she would get the fungal infection thrush at the back of her throat. Ruth came across Buteyko breathing through her yoga classes, and went to see Alison Waring at her practice in York to learn the technique. “Alison had lots of practical suggestions about how to incorporate Buteyko into everyday life. “I commute by bike, so Alison suggested I build…

Q Our dog, Enzo, has been vomiting on and off for months. Is this something we need to investigate? He seems to be fine between these episodes. We don’t want to be negligent but at the same time don’t want to spend a lot of money if there is nothing wrong. We would like to explore holistic options first. L.C., via email A Vomiting, which can be acute (less than a day’s duration) or chronic (intermittent vomiting on and off, or persistent vomiting for weeks or months), can be a symptom of many conditions in dogs and cats (see box, page 51). Vomiting can actually be useful to your pet as it’s an efficient way to remove irritants or toxic substances from the stomach. But when it keeps happening, it’s…

Just a card I am a subscriber to your brilliant magazine and, from my own personal experience, can help Val Kearney, who wrote in your Apr/ May 2020 letters page about her difficulties with electrosensitivity.  Twenty years ago, while using a work computer, I suddenly felt as if my fingers were plugged into an electricity socket. I was, internally, constantly shaking and could not stop. It got worse on my commute to work when the bus went under power lines. I then experienced the same thing at home and could not function or sleep, though I continued my day job throughout.   Shortly after this started, I went to a local osteopath about a bad neck and mentioned these symptoms to him. He immediately knew what it was. He said that…

Mutated, cancerous cells feed off glucose, or blood sugar, and then produce lactate, which helps them grow and communicate. One way to stop the Warburg effect, as it’s called, is to eliminate sugar from your diet. Another way is to take curcumin, a compound found in turmeric, which is a spice commonly used in Asian cooking. Researchers have tested it on lines of lung, breast, cervical, prostate and kidney cancer cells, and noted it blocked the cells’ glucose uptake and lactate release. REFERENCES 1 Sci Rep, 2018; 8: 8323…

It’s not just about losing weight and keeping it off. You can still be slim, but as Dr Malhotra put it (see main article), you can’t outrun a bad diet. Dave McGillivray, an organizer of the Boston Marathon who runs the course every year even as a 65-year-old, was diagnosed with severe coronary artery disease six years ago. McGillivray was shocked. “I’ve been running all my life. I’ve done eight Ironman Triathlons and 140 marathons. I’ve run across the United States. How can I have blocked arteries?” he asked. The reason was simple. He was eating a fast-food diet and believed that running gave him a free pass to eat what he liked. “As a runner, I just felt that if the furnace was hot enough, it would burn whatever…

How long can we expect to live? New research is suggesting humans could live for up to 500 years—just as long as we can get two cellular pathways, IIS (insulin signaling) and TOR (nutrient sensing), working together (see News, page 8). Until we get back to these Biblical lifespans, the current aim is to be a “super-duper centenarian,” that is, someone who lives for more than 120 years. Not many have achieved that; the oldest person whose birth date has been verified was French woman, Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122. The biggest clusters of centenarians are found in Japan, and while the numbers may be inflated for benefit fraud, the real figures are still high, with around 42 out of every 100,000 Japanese living…

In our reductionist culture, we tend to look for the “magic bullet.” We single out one compound or molecule from plants such as cannabis, and think, “That’s it!” This has very much been the case with CBD. Cannabis and hemp are known to contain 113 cannabinoids. So far, medical science has only investigated a handful, including CBD, THC and, to a lesser degree, CBG (cannabigerol) and CBN (cannabinol). In addition, cannabis and hemp contain over 200 terpenes (aromatic oils) and many different flavonoids (plant pigments). “All the current cutting-edge research suggests that it’s the synergy of all these things that’s important,” says Constance Finley, founder of Constance Therapeutics in San Francisco. “Until we know which of the over 500 compounds are the most important, why would we try to be…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Epidiolex, a treatment for a rare form of pediatric epilepsy that contains CBD, and it is available nationwide. While individual states still have differing laws about medical marijuana and marijuana-derived CBD, hemp-derived CBD is legal on a federal level. On December 20, 2018, the 2018 Farm Bill was signed into law, allowing broad hemp cultivation and the transfer of hemp-derived products across state lines for commercial and other purposes. It puts no restrictions on the sale, transport or possession of hemp-derived products as long as those items are produced in a manner consistent with the law, which states that hemp cannot contain more than 0.3 percent THC. Any cannabis plant that contains more than 0.3 percent THC would be considered non-hemp cannabis.…

Day 1: First thing in the morning: warm lemon juice Breakfast: one to two pieces of organic fruit and 2 Tbsp of ground flaxseed mixed with pasture-raised dairy yogurt or steel cut oats Midmorning: Takedown Juice (see page 57 for recipes) Lunch: large salad of raw greens (baby spinach, baby kale, arugula) topped with other veggies such as artichokes, broccoli florets, shredded carrots, red onion, sliced hardboiled egg (optional) and raw pumpkin seeds. Drizzle with Coconut Oil Dressing (page 57) Midafternoon: Takedown Juice Dinner: Quinoa Stir-fry (page 57). Option to add lentils, black beans, chicken or fish. Day 2: First thing in the morning: warm lemon juice. Breakfast: one to two pieces of organic fruit and 2 Tbsp of ground flaxseed mixed with pastured-raised dairy yogurt or steel cut oats…

Serves 2 Whether sweet or savory, quinoa tastes great, and it’s super-nutritious. It’s low on the glycemic index (GI) scale, meaning it digests slowly, so it won’t cause a rapid spike in your blood sugar levels followed by an inevitable crash. It’s also a great source of protein. I often have this recipe without the agave syrup as I find the fruit makes it sweet enough. You may want to try with and without. 1 oz (½ cup/90 g) quinoa, cooked to packet instructions 1½ pints (3 cups/880 mL) coconut milk ½ tsp cinnamon 1 Tbsp agave/maple syrup 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 Tbsp chopped kiwi 2 Tbsp chopped mango 2 Tbsp chopped pineapple 1 Tbsp chia seeds 1 Tbsp flax seeds 1 Tbsp sunflower seeds 1 Combine the quinoa,…

Makes 15 This is a tasty and healthy snack you can make in advance and freeze. I make a big batch every month to keep me energized—they keep really well and have become my lifesaver. I keep them on hand for a quick pre-workout bite. They taste so good; even my daughter is obsessed. You can freeze them for up to one month and keep them in the fridge for up to a week. 7 oz (2 cups/200 g) ground almonds 14 oz (1 cup/400 g) Medjool dates, destoned and chopped 4 Tbsp raw cacao powder 1 Tbsp chia seeds 2½ Tbsp almond butter 2 heaped Tbsp coconut oil 4 oz (1 cup/100 g) desiccated coconut 1 Put the dates into a medium bowl and soak in water for 1…

Arthritis patients are still treated with medicines that are known to have limited control of symptoms and to carry a host of serious and even deadly dangers. Doctors’ most frequent response to arthritis, prescribed to half of all elderly patients with osteoarthritis, is NSAIDs like Aleve, Motrin and Advil. In 2015 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) upgraded its warnings on these drugs, which have been known to elevate the risk of heart attack and stroke, and said that the risk is present after just two weeks of first use of the drugs even in patients with no history of cardiovascular disease. The higher the dose and the longer the use of NSAIDs, the greater the risk.1 NSAIDs are also linked to gastrointestinal ulcers, which claim 7,000 to 10,000…

• Patients with multiple myeloma who were undergoing chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation were able to significantly strengthen their immune systems by taking the mushroom supplement AndoSan.1 • Prostate cancer patients who had high prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels (indicative of a prostate cancer recurrence) found that white button mushroom powder lowered PSA levels and increased other blood markers related to strengthening the immune system.2 • A probiotic kefir product was found to induce the death (apoptosis) of cancer cells.3 • Vitamin D supplementation has been shown to inhibit the growth of estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer.4 • Ginseng has been shown to significantly boost immune function in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.5 • Lycopene (found in tomatoes) helped to lower PSA in prostate cancer patients in just three weeks.6 REFERENCES 1…

Mistletoe helped Bob Granata, a no-nonsense Midwesterner, heal from cancer of the appendix. After surgery, several rounds of chemo, and working with naturopathic doctors to make changes to his diet, begin taking supplements and taking steps to reduce his stress levels, Bob traveled to Kliniken Essen-Mitte, a health clinic in Germany, 15 months after his initial diagnosis. There, he started taking subcutaneous shots of mistletoe into his abdomen. Mistletoe injections have been shown to“wake up” a patient’s immune response. Bob continued taking mistletoe injections every other day for nearly two years, from April 2014 until March 2016. Mistletoe is not yet FDAapproved, so it cannot currently be prescribed by US medical doctors, but it can be prescribed by naturopathic doctors, since it is considered a supplement. Bob was able to…

In 2008, Ivelisse was a happy wife and mother of four with a deep faith when she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. She was 37 at the time, the exact same age her father had been when he was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer. Because Ivelisse was deeply affected by her father’s two-year decline and ultimate death from the cancer when she was only 13, she and her sisters had vowed to be hypervigilant about preventing it. For years, Ivelisse had received routine colonoscopies, eaten organically and exercised regularly. So she was understandably shocked when she was diagnosed with a rare, asymptomatic, yet highly aggressive form of metastatic colon cancer, despite doing everything she could to prevent it. She agreed to have immediate surgery to remove 15 inches…

Alison uses a variety of breathing exercises to help clients with asthma and other conditions, and everyone can benefit from improving their breathing, Alison says. Here are two techniques you can try for yourself. Nip and nod This is used to help clear the nose to encourage nose breathing. 1 Close each nostril in turn and blow out gently to see if one or both are blocked. 2 If there is a blockage, take a breath in and out through the nose as best you can and, at the end of the outbreath, pinch your nose and nod four times (“nip and nod”). 3 Take a couple of recovery breaths through the nose and repeat the nip and nod four times. 4 Repeat this four times or until your nose…