Innholdsfortegnelse for April/May 2023 i What Doctors Don't Tell You Australia/NZ

That food can cure illness isn't exctly a new idea. More than 2,000years ago, the Greek physician Hippocrates, whom we now consider the Father of Medicine, famously wrote, “Let food bethymedicine.” While an increasing number of doctors acknowledge that a good diet can help to prevent disease, virtually no one odrer dran those trained in integrative or ecological medicine would dare to say that food can be used as medicine—to cure tire major illnesses of our modern times. We now understand that inflammation drives most degenerative disease: cancer, heart disease, autoimmune disease, Alzheimer’s and more. And as Celeste McGovern reports (page 24), Dr Isaac Eliaz, an integrative specialist in Santa Rosa, California, has discovered drat a simple supplement he developed from citrus peel—die outer stuff drat we usually throw away—has…

Chocolate and red wine are good−in moderation Eating chocolate and drinking red wine may be good for us—but you can have too much of a good thing. Having a little of what we fancy is better for us than having more. Any benefits from consuming food and drink that are rich in procyanidins, a class of polyphenols, are reversed when we have too much. Researchers at the Shibaura Institute of Technology in Japan have demonstrated that the benefits are more like an upside-down U-shaped curve than a continuing upward line in rats. This likely means that all the benefits are in the first glass of wine and are countered by the time we're drinking the third. Front Nutr, 2022; doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.969823 Three ways to wake up fresh and alert Want…

Fergus was 9 years old when his parents brought him to see me many years ago. He was charming and bright, but wildly hyperactive, and had a diagnosis of ADHD and a possible diagnosis of autism. He knocked a few things off my desk in the consulting room, swung my stethoscope round his head, and generally ran around looking for something to do; bright kids with ADHD cannot tolerate boredom for a second. I tried to interact with him as much as with his parents so he could feel involved and not left out. But the conversation just wasn’t exciting enough for him. Fergus told me that he liked sports at school and had lots of friends, but he just hated sitting all day in the classroom. He was constantly…

Psychological stress has long been linked to cancer. More than 2,000 years ago, Galen, a Greek physician, noted that depressed people were more prone to developing the disease. In 1759, an English surgeon wrote that cancer went along with “disasters in life, as occasion much trouble or grief.” A German physician named Dr Ryke Geerd Hamer further proved the mind-body cancer connection. Shortly after his son Dirk’s sudden and untimely death, Dr Hamer was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Since his son was in good health in general and had never been seriously ill, Dr Hamer began to wonder if the shocking loss ofhis son was somehow related to the development ofhis own cancer. This hypothesis was just the start of a fascinating scientific journey. As Dr Hamer, then a head…

This makes a speedy, slightly spicy lunch or supper dish, Mexican in origin and simply delicious. I tend to use half a chili, or a little chopped chili from a jar, as I prefer my food not too spicy, but do use the whole chili if you prefer your food more fiery. INGREDIENTS 2 Tbsp (30 mL) olive or rapeseed oil 1 small red onion, chopped 1 red pepper, finely sliced 1/2 to 1 red chili, deseeded and sliced 1 medium-sized zucchini, topped, tailed and sliced, or 1 small eggplant, diced 115-oz (400-g) can chopped tomatoes 1 Tbsp (1.5 g) freshly chopped parsley or 1/2 tsp (0.25 g) dried 1 tsp (5 mL) clear honey 1 Tbsp (15 mL) tomato purée Salt 4 medium eggs EQUIPMENT You will need a chopping board and knife, large frying pan with a lid,…

Hippocrates, widely regarded as the Father of Medicine, famously said, “Let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food.” He was spot on. What we eat and drink could very well be the primary indicator of whether a person develops cancer, overcomes it or avoids it entirely. And eating the right types of food if you do find yourself battling cancer or another chronic disease is vital. Think of the body as a machine that needs quality energy sources to run smoothly The proper types of satiating protein, low-glycemic carbohydrates and healthful fats are the fuels that “machine” needs to function optimally “Dead foods” like processed cookies, crackers, and macaroni and cheese are full of empty calories, the wrong type of carbohydrates, and a laundry list of hard-to-read…

Here's what a typical day looked like for me while I was healing cancer, and even now. One of my intentions was to live as closely to nature as possible, sleep in total darkness, and let the sun wake me up naturally instead of being jarred awake by an alarm. Once I'm up, the first thing I do every morning is hydrate. I drink 20 ounces of purified water and/or tea cold-steeped overnight and take supplements that should be taken first thing in the morning. An additional benefit of drinking several cups of water first thing in the morning is that it gets your bowels moving. Next is 10 to 20 minutes of aerobic exercise such as jogging, cycling or rebounding (jumping on a mini-trampoline) to wake me up, get…

Here are some of the known benefits and ways that foods and nutrients affect different stages of cancer. Note these foods come in a variety of colors, sometimes called the "rainbow diet," and they all act at different stages of the cancer pathway. What strikes me about this research is the wide range of actions plant compounds take against cancer. Cause cancer-cell death (apoptosis) Vitamin D, dandelion root extract, fucoidan from brown seaweed, bee propolis, phytoalexins from many plants, anthocyanins in purple plants such as beetroot, piceatannol (breakdown product of resveratrol), most spices, cruciferous vegetables, garlic, onions, berries, grapes, citrus fruit Protect DNA Resveratrol (in red wine and grape juice and many other plant sources), oleocanthal from olive oil, L-cysteine (in garlic, kelp and eggs), bee propolis, polyphenols Inhibit cancer-cell…

Michelle arrived at my clinic with terrible symptoms. She had been bedridden intermittently for several months and could not walk. She had debilitating pain in the joints of her arms and legs, and because of this, she could not sleep at night. She also had constant chronic fatigue from her illness, as well as brain fog and headaches, so she could not think clearly. I doubted very much that such a thin girl from America would be able to go through such a hard, dry fast, but fortunately, I was wrong. She had great motivation and a great desire to recover. Why did dry fasting help Michelle and the many other Lyme patients I have since treated? Inflammation cannot exist without water. Any inflamed area of the body swells with…

The main difference between facial acupuncture and microneedling is that facial acupuncture is highly specific, treating individual wrinkles and lines. Microneedling generally accesses the whole face without localized attention. "Microneedling is more for patients who want skin re-texturing," says acupuncturist Dr Claudia Sandoval, owner of The Point Acupuncture & Herbal Clinic in New Braunfels, Texas. "It's a little more invasive in the sense that the needles go more deeply into the skin and we do have to numb your face. Microneedling can penetrate to depths of 1.5 mm or more (deeperthan individual facial acupuncture needles usually go) and is effective for helping reduce acne and chickenpox scars." Sandoval recommends microneedling for people aged 30 to 55. "Once you get into your 60s, I tend to push people more toward facial…

Geetanjali moved to London from India. She had severe acne issues because her skin is very oily, which didn't suit the climate in the UK at all. She had some acne scarring and growing concerns about pigmentation problems around the sides of her mouth and on her chin. "My color had become very dark around my chin area and around my mouth," she says. "I'm already dusky, but these areas were getting really dark. I was really concerned it would never go away." In addition, some sensitive areas around her mouth hurt a lot. She went to see facial acupuncturist Shreya Kane, first talking for about an hour and responding to Kane's background questions about her family, health history, diet and stress levels. Next came the initial treatment, which was…

You will notice most doses of supplements prescribed by your integrative physician exceed the woefully low recommended daily allowance (RDA) of specific vitamins and nutrients. This is because the RDA amount is the minimum to prevent disease. Take vitamin C, for example. The RDA is 60 mg with an upper limit of 2,000. That mere 60 mg is the amount you need to consume daily to prevent scurvy—not what the body needs for peak functioning. Keep this in mind when you see suggested therapeutic doses.…

Q Qur two-year-old boxer, Tyson, is hyperactive even though he is no longer a puppy. He will not settle and cannot be trained. We think he has severe ADHD and would really like some help calming him down without the Prozac our vet wants to give him as we now have ababy in the house. A Hyperactivity is an extremely high level of activity that does not seem to be controlled by correction, restraint or any form of redirection. True hyperactivity, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has notbeen well documented in dogs. However, there are published case studies of dogs that have excess motor activity and an altered ability to learn new tasks and that owners often describe as untrainable. Signs & diagnosis True hyperactivity disorders (imbalance in brain…

What Doctors Don't Tell You is supported by some of the world's leading pioneers in nutritional, environmental and alternative medicine. Each is an authority in his or herfield; many have broken new ground and inspired new practices in medicine. Dr Damien Downing, a specialist in allergy, environment and nutrition, is current president of the British Society for Ecological Medicine, on the editorial board of Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Chief Medical Advisor of cancer charity Yes to Life (www.yestolife.org.uk), and author of numerous books including The Vitamin Cure for Allergies. Dr Michel Odent, a French-trained surgeon and obstetrician, is a pioneer of the natural birth movement, emphasizing home and water birth. Founder of the Primal Health Research Centre in the UK, he has written some 50 scientific papers and 11 books.…

Cancer cells are different. Instead of feeding on oxygen, as healthy cells do, they thrive on glucose—the sugars in the blood that come from carbohydrates—and this also produces lactate, an acid that allows the cancer to spread. It’s not news. The process was first observed by German physicist Otto Warburg in 1924 and was then almost completely ignored by the cancer industry, other than by a few maverick outliers who advocated a zero-carb keto diet as part of cancer therapy With the discovery of the DNA structure in 1953, cancer theory took a different route and focused on genetic mutations. It was a false trail, and today researchers acknowledge that energy metabolism is the key to understanding cancer’s genesis and spread. It’s estimated that 80 percent of cancers are the…

Rajiv was 42 and in shock. He had just been told by his local hospital that he had developed type 2 diabetes. It had not come completely out of the blue; his blood sugars had been in the “prediabetic” warning range for a couple of years. Now the hospital had offered him the drug metformin to lower his blood sugar levels. He had tried the drug, and it had lowered his blood sugar, but he didn’t feel good on it. He became nauseated and had gut ache and a strange taste in his mouth. Rajiv was keen to try a more natural approach, but his lifestyle was anything but natural. He worked internationally as a management consultant, so he was constantly traveling, staying in hotels, and eating meals prepared by…

WDDTY FAMILY HEALTH The giant cancerfighting salad Leafy greens (e.g. kale, spinach, Swiss chard, watercress, arugula) Broccoli or broccoli sprouts Cauliflower Purple cabbage Slice of red, yellow or green onion Leeks Red, yellow or green peppers Half or whole avocado Sunflower seeds Almonds or walnuts (unsalted, raw or roasted) Sprouted garbanzo beans Sprouted black lentils Sprouted mung beans Note: Feel free to add any other vegetables you like. Soaking and sprouting unlock enzymes and nutrition in nuts and seeds, and may make them easier to digest, but they are not mandatory. Unsprouted nuts and seeds are wonderful healthy foods as well. Legumes should be soaked and sprouted if consumed raw. Otherwise, cook them. At the age of 26, Chris Wark's future looked bleak. He'd just undergone surgery to remove a golf ball-sized cancerous tumor from his large intestine, but as his doctors discovered,…

I ’d like to tell you about a place called 1 Bed Avenue. It’s where I used to live—sometimes for months at a time. Diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2012, I received outstanding care from the specialists I saw. All the same, I didn’t get better. I lived in Connecticut just miles from the town of Lyme, where the disease was first diagnosed in 1977. Ticks are now ubiquitous in Connecticut and Massachusetts, my stomping grounds for long walks in the woods. Over the years, Lyme had sucked the marrow out of me and spat me out like an enervated double of my old self. I could no longer endure the Sisyphean battle of waking up feeling depleted, hardly able to struggle through the most basic tasks, only to have…

GET IN TOUCH: Share your views on What Doctors Don't Tell You AU/NZ via email or Facebook. Address: What Dodors Don't Tell You, PO Box 230, Double Bay NSW 1360 Australia Email: info@wddty.com.au Facebook: www.facebook.com/wddtyaunz Craving comfort or energy? Your Feb/Mar 2023 “Every Picture” column touted a report from the Health and Food Supplements Information Service (HFSIS) saying that most British people are malnourished. The rep ort blames this on a few things, mainly a lack of knowledge or drive to eat better and a habit of eating for comfort rather than nutrition. It also says our portion control needs a lot of work. Both the report and your column promote supplements to help solve the problem. I take supplements myself and wont suggest it’s abad idea, but I’d be chuffed…

People can sue the Covid vaccine manufacturers Worrying news for the manufacturers of the Covid-19 vaccines—they're not indemnified against individual claims from people whose health has been damaged by the shot. Even then, the government will still ultimately pay the claimant, at least in the UK. The UK government clarified its legal position regarding drug company indemnity after a petition called for it to be removed. But the right of an individual to sue a drug company has always been there; the indemnity is between the government and the drug company, with the taxpayer picking up the tab for any payout. Even with the standard indemnities in place, people are still protected under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 and can sue the manufacturer "if the safety of the product is…

In type 2 diabetes, which Rajiv had, many years of excess sugar consumption cause the body's cells to become "resistant" to insulin. The pancreas is still making insulin, the hormone whose job it is to send sugar out of the bloodstream and into the cells for use in energy production, but the cells are not "listening" to the insulin anymore; instead, they have gone "numb" from experiencing such high insulin levels for so many years (in direct response to excess sugar consumption). As a consequence, they stop reacting as they should and don't take sugar in from the bloodstream. The level of sugar in the blood becomes too high, leading eventually to the type of progressive damage noted above, and even to an early death. As the disease progresses, the…

This curry takes about the same time to cook as wild rice, so cook them side by side on the stove for a complete main course. INGREDIENTS 1 Tbsp (15 mL) olive or rapeseed oil 1 large red onion, chopped 1 2-in. (5-cm) piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated 1 clove of garlic, chopped 1 Tbsp (8.25 g) garam masala 1 tsp (2.75 g) turmeric 1 tsp (2.75 g) sweet paprika 1 tsp (2.75 g) ground cumin 1 medium-sized sweet potato, washed and cubed 1 red pepper, deseeded and chopped 1/2 butternut squash, peeled and cubed 1 cup (200 g) canned chopped tomatoes 1 cup (200 g) canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed 10 oz (300 mL) vegetable stock 1/3 cup (50 g) dates or dried apricots, chopped EQUIPMENT You will need a chopping board and knife, tablespoon, teaspoon, liquid measuring cup, 2 large saucepans with…

This is a rich, full-flavored chocolate mousse made from just eggs, dark chocolate and a little Cointreau or orange juice. A little of this delicious dessert goes a long way, so serve in small dishes. Small, china coffee cups also work well. The mousse can be made ahead and held in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. NUTRITIONAL NOTE: As the dessert contains raw eggs, it is not suitable for pregnant women or very young children. Serves 4-5 INGREDIENTS 31/2 oz (100 g) dark chocolate, 70% cocoa solids 5 Tbsp (75 mL) cold water 2 large eggs, separated 2 Tbsp (30 mL) Cointreau or mango juice EQUIPMENT You will need 2 large mixing bowls, one of which must be heat proof, plus a knife, wooden spoon, handheld electric mixer, tablespoon, spatula, and…

One of the easiest ways to incorporate these healthful foods into your diet is by juicing. In many cultures, juicing is recognized as a powerful detoxification tool, helping to eliminate metabolic waste and environmental toxins from the body. More and more people are joining the juice revolution to fight cancer or maintain good health in general. I strongly recommend adding juicing to any health and wellness regimen. It provides several benefits: • Increased energy • Improved mood and sense of wellbeing • Reduced brain fog • Restored digestion • Boosted immune system Juicing also gives your body a break from digesting and metabolizing solid food. Better still, juicing whole fruits and vegetables retains 95 percent of their nutrients. Before you juice your fruits and vegetables, rinse them with grapeseed extract…

(ONE SERVING) 5 small carrots 1 to 2 celery stalks ½ A beetroot (and a few beet greens) 1 knuckle of ginger root My advanced juice formula (TWO SERVINGS) 5 small carrots 1 to 2 celery stalks ½ beetroot (and a few beet greens) 1 knuckle-sized piece of ginger root (or as much as you can stand) 1 to 2 knuckles turmeric root (or as much as you can stand) ¼ to ½ lemon or lime, unpeeled 1 whole green apple, unpeeled 1 clove garlic (or as much as you can stand) Juice all the ingredients together and determine how many ounces of juice your juicer yields. Then multiply the ingredients to get the desired amount of juice you want to make each day.…

Was Hippocrates correct? Can we cure diseases simply by eating the right foods? More importantly, can we reverse some of the most serious diseases of our time by changing our diet? To many doctors, this idea seems preposterous. But the answer is unequivocal: it can be done and it has been done, time and time again. In fact, this is the most common strategy used by survivors. Food really can act like a medicine, and sometimes it can even make the difference between life and death. The best place to start looking for answers is with cancer, for this is where most research has been done. Doctors using food as medicine Perhaps the best known of doctors to discover that serious diseases could be cured by nothing more than a…

Dr Romy Simone says that along with treatments, a large part of what she does is talk to women about what aging and beauty really mean to them and abouttheirfears related to aging and becoming marginalized. "I tryto help empower women as to what beauty means," she says. "I don't tell them I'm going to make them look 10 years younger. I tell them I'm going to make them look like their best selves. That's all." Here is a list of possible benefits that she lists on her website (romysimone.com): • Reduced frown lines between the eyebrows • Reduced smile lines between the nose and mouth • Reduced horizontal lines across the forehead • Reduced "crow's feet" wrinkles around outer corners of the eyes • Lessened dark circles and puffiness…

Both facial acupuncture and laser treatments use controlled skin damage as the way to stimulate the body's natural production of new collagen and elastin. However, the "damage" done by facial acupuncture is much less because the technigue is much more refined and pinpoints troubled areas. Using hair-thin needles, usually around 0.12 mm in diameter and 3-6 mm long, facial acupuncture creates local inflammation in the skin, reeducating the skin to create more collagen and elastin and bring more oxygen to the surface—basically doing the things your skin would've done back in your 20s or 30s. Laser treatments—fractional C02 laser and C02 laser light—or intense pulsed light (IPL) treatment use focused light to generate heat, and the damage it causes shrinks existing collagen, which tightens the skin and stimulates more collagen…

Any integrative practitioner knows that nutritional supplements are worth their weight in gold. And harnessing the healing potential of these vitamins, minerals, herbs and nutrients is taking powerful medicine. When it comes to cancer—or most any health concern—there is no such thing as a magic pill or a single supplement that can eliminate the disease completely. But there are several cancer-fighting powerhouses worth mentioning. Before you start any new regimen, I suggest you work with an integrative physician to ensure you get the precise supplements you need to fight your health battle. We welcome patients from all over the world at my clinic in Irvine, California. Visit cancercenterforhealing.com to learn more. An excellent resource for finding a practitioner near you is acam.org. Look for the supplements in this article at…

Essential fatty acids, particularly omega-3s, are an important part of any anticancer regimen. When cell membranes are healthy and strong, your cells are better able to absorb nutrients and expel waste. Omega-3s from food sources play an essential role in the state of these membranes, helping to oxygenate them and increase their stability. Cells in this healthful state are more open to receiving more oxygen, which helps keep normal cells healthy and aids in getting rid of damaged or cancerous ones. Conversely, low omega-3 levels can lead to low amounts of oxygen in the cells and increase cancer risk. Rather than supplementing, though, the goal is to get your essential fatty acids from food sources. Focus on eating more beans, olive oil, avocado, sardines, mackerel, salmon, herring, oysters, anchovies, caviar…

You’re given a prescription for a drug. The illegible handwriting of the doctor tells you to take one pill 43 times a day with mules. You correctly interpret the instructions to mean that you take it three times a day when you eat—but doyou? None of us is great at following prescription guidelines; in fact, just 54.4 percent of us take a pharmaceutical as instructed. But there’s a class of citizens that is even more rebellious. The skeptic, perhaps? Oryour typical WDDTY subscriber? Nope, it’s the doctor (and their family). Doctors are the least likely to follow their own guidelines and take a drug as the manufacturer recommends. Just 50.6 percent do so, which came as abit of a surprise to a group of economists from the Massachusetts Institute of…