Innholdsfortegnelse for December/January 2024 i What Doctors Don't Tell You Australia/NZ

In 1948, just three years after the end of the Second World War, an earlier pandemic than Covid gripped America. Tens of thousands of people were struck down by the polio virus, and with no cure in sight and a vaccine still to be developed, thousands died. Those who survived were often left crippled—just as America’s then president Franklin D. Roosevelt had been Seven years earlier, a young doctor named Frederick Klenner, a general practitioner in Reidsville, North Carolina, had begun experimenting with a cure for polio. Inspired by the work of American bacteriologist Claus Jungeblut, Klenner began experimenting with giving patients heroic doses of intravenous vitamin C. On June 10, 1949, a year after the polio epidemic was at its height, Klenner presented a summary of his work to…

The best type of intermittent fasting Intermittent fasting comes in several shapes and sizes—but the most effective could be the time-restricted approach. It means eating your last meal early enough to allow for up to 14 hours without eating before having breakfast. It’s the diet that is most likely to reduce your chances of developing type 2 diabetes and improve your overall health, say researchers from the University of Georgia. “What we’ve been taught for many decades is that we should eat three meals a day plus snacking in between,” said researcher Krzysztof Czaja. But the ideal is a window of 12 to 14 hours—which includes the hours we sleep—without any food, including snacks. Setting this limit means we are eating around 550 fewer calories per day. After reviewing the…

When phospholipids (composed mainly of fatty acids) are placed in an aqueous solution under special conditions, their unique molecular structure forces them to form microscopic bubbles. These tiny spheres, called liposomes, have doublelayered membranes almost identical to the bilayer membranes that surround most cells in the body. As liposomes are formed, they capture and enclose whatever was dissolved in the starting solution. Because of their fatty acid composition, they are not soluble in water and do not break down in the stomach. Because of this composition—along with their infinitesimal size—liposomes can facilitate absorption of a large percentage of their encapsulated payloads before enzymes break down the lipids in the intestine. As soon as they enter the small intestine, they slip through the intestinal wall without using the receptor sites. Liposomes…

LOS ANGELES, CA “When I was about six or seven, I had really bad seizures, usually at night, ” says Timothy. “The first time one hit, the ambulance came and took me to the hospital. When I got there, the doctors didn’t know what it was. No one could figure it out.” In addition to the seizures, he had an inexplicable lump in his neck that refused to go away. He was also unable to run in any sort of coordinated way. His mother was into alternative therapies, and a friend referred her to Ed Wagner. For about a year, his mom drove him to Wagner’s practice several times a month. “I don’t remember any of the exact treatment details, ” Timothy says. “I know he used a combination of…

Infusions are strong medicinal brews that call for using more plant material and a longer steeping time than for beverage teas. I usually prepare infusions in a pint or quart-size glass jar; the dose is commonly 2-4 cups a day. Some herbs produce an infusion that is too bitter or sour for drinking if steeped longer than an hour. Chamomile and sage are more palatable with shorter brew times (15-20 minutes). Here are some general guidelines: • Always cover a steeping infusion so the volatile oils are not lost when hot water is added to the plant material. • When working with fresh plant material, chop well and let it sit longer than dried since the cell walls are still intact and the medicine is not as easily accessible. •…

This is an adaptation of herbalist Rosemary Gladstar’s widely shared recipe. Feel free to adapt it as you wish with ingredients like black pepper, turmeric, pomegranates and elderberries. Brimming with antimicrobial herbs, this is the perfect remedy for preventing and treating colds and other infections. Ingredients ½ cup grated horseradish root  ½ cup or more chopped onions  ½ cup chopped thyme leaves  ¼ cup or more chopped garlic  ¼ cup or more grated ginger  ¼ cup chopped rosemary leaves  Cayenne pepper, fresh or dried, to taste 4-6 cups apple cider vinegar (preferably raw and organic)  Honey, to taste Method 1 Place herbs in a ½-gallon (2-L) mason jar and cover by 3-4 inches with vinegar. 2 Seal the jar and place parchment paper against metal rim lid to prevent rusting. 3…

Symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which include bloating, abdominal pain or discomfort, flatulence, diarrhea and/or constipation, are similar to those experienced by people with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or SIBO. What is SIBO? SIBO is diagnosed when there are excessive numbers of bacteria in the small intestine. In a healthy digestive system, the number of gut bacteria in the small intestine is quite low, so when the number is excessive, it is often the result of an anatomical abnormality or digestive illness. The most common conventional causes are related to motility disorders (i.e., conditions that slow movement of food through the small intestine); structural problems present along the small intestine, such as adhesions; or medical conditions that can impact the motility of food in the small intestine, such as…

The RESET model at the core of my work with trauma has taken many forms over the past two decades. It was shaped by the enormous laboratory of learnings that dozens of practitioners have gained while working with thousands of patients at the Optimum Health Clinic. Each step in the RESET sequence is important, and skipping steps often slows down rather than speeds up the healing journey. Here’s an overview of the five steps: 1 Recognize Which state is your nervous system in? To reset your nervous system, we must first make you aware of the state it’s in right now, both recognizing dysregulation and becoming aware of what’s happening with it day-to-day and moment-to-moment. 2 Examine How is this state being created? Once you’ve recognized which state your nervous…

Conventional medicine has a Band-Aid answer for depression: the antidepressant drug class selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). These drugs, which include fluoxetine (Prozac), citalopram (Celexa), sertraline (Zoloft), paroxetine (Seroxat), and escitalopram (Cipralex), have seen a major uptick since their introduction in the 1980s. These prescription medications are riddled with severe, even deadly, side effects. Their laundry list of potential problems includes the following: • Agitation and anxiousness • Gastrointestinal issues (constipation, diarrhea, indigestion, nausea • Weight loss or weight gain • Dizziness • Blurred vision • Insomnia • Drowsiness or extreme fatigue • Headaches • Dry mouth • Excessive sweating • Loss of libido • Erectile dysfunction • Bruising easily • Movement issues (shaking or stiffness) • Hallucinations • Psychosis • Suicidal thoughts and tendencies These drugs’ potentially deadly side…

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. Dr Sarah Myhill has worked in the UK National Health Service and in private practice since 1981. Honorary Secretary of the British Society for Ecological Medicine for 17 years, she is a frequent lecturer and author of Sustainable Medicine…

One in 100 older adults suffers a serious reaction after a Covid jab Around 1 percent of older people suffered a serious, life-threatening reaction within a month of having an mRNA Covid-19 jab, a major review has discovered. Reactions included a major heart attack, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), encephalitis, stroke or pulmonary embolism, a study involving more than 6 million people found. DVT and pulmonary embolism were the most common reactions. In all, 63,880 people suffered a life-threatening reaction within 28 days of vaccination, a figure excluding reactions that happened after the study ended. Researchers from Brown University School of Public Health tracked reactions in 6.38 million people, with an average age of 76, after they had been given either the Pfizer or the Moderna mRNA vaccine. More of the…

Weston Price, the famous dentist and integrative practitioner, found it nearly impossible to sterilize extracted root canal– treated teeth— even outside the body, using measures too extreme for a tooth in the mouth! Dr Price extracted a root canal– treated tooth from a patient with a severe central nervous system disease. This tooth was consecutively placed under the skins of 31 rabbits. All the rabbits rapidly developed a similar disease and died.1 Over 5,000 extracted root canals were tested for potent toxins, and all had them. These toxins, and the infections that produce them, make root canals the body’s greatest vitamin C depleters. Several years ago, a close friend of mine had a Y stent installed in his seriously occluded coronary arteries. Because he had continuing heart issues and the…

HANCOCK PARK, CA In her twenties, Cathy was a commercial model. Life was rosy until she ended up getting a blood disease called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, aka immune thrombocytopenia or ITP. A disorder of the spleen characterized by an abnormal decrease in platelets—cells in the blood that stop bleeding—it caused Cathy to become a “bleeder. ” “I had red dots of blood coming through my skin, ” she says. “ And yet all the medical doctors were saying, ‘There’s nothing wrong with you. It must all be in your head. ’ They kept sending me to different places. Finally, I hemorrhaged and lost nine pints of blood, and they put me in the hospital. ” Between transfusions, the doctors gave her massive amounts of prednisone to try to heal her…

This is an excellent food/medicine for sore, inflamed throats and irritating coughs. Fresh plant aromatics are beautifully released into the honey. Some great choices for flavoring honey are ginger, rosemary, sage, holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum), bee balm (Monarda spp.), mints and garlic. Have fun experimenting! Honey is antimicrobial, but if you use fresh plant material, that will introduce water and possibly a range of microbes into the honey. In my experience, this has not negatively impacted the honey or made it turn bad, but if you are concerned about spoilage, simply store the herbal honey in the refrigerator. Method 1 Fill a dry glass jar with coarsely chopped fresh herbs of your choice. 2 Cover herbs with honey. 3 Stir with chopstick to be sure all plant material is coated…

ALTERNATIVES Diarrhea has no consideration of place and time. I had one of the worst poop experiences of my life on a moving train in Egypt on the way to see the pyramids, after eating a cheese sandwich from the coffee cart. Tire toilet was a hole in the floor, and I had the man I was dating manning the door and asking whether I needed support to “balance” myself. The type of diarrhea I experienced is known as acute, usually defined as drree or more loose or watery stools per day, lasting less than four weeks. This tends to be the most common form and is mainly infectious in nature, meaning you’ve possibly contracted a bacterial, viral or parasitic infection. We’ve all heard of tire “stomach fluf also known…

I sat there in my 200-hour yoga training unable to keep quiet as the instructor told the group how one of the benefits of yoga was improved bone density. “Wait just a minute,” I piped up and proceeded to describe why this was wrong. I’d been lecturing on osteoporosis as a medical exercise specialist for more than a decade. At this point, there wasn’t much conclusive evidence of the positive effects of yoga on bone density. But it turns out my yoga instructor was right, or she was predicting a study that would be published years later. A 10-year study of the effects of practicing 12 yoga poses for 30 seconds each found that daily yoga reverses bone loss in the femur (thigh) and spine.1 About these results, lead researcher…

Aadya, in her early 30s, suffered from intense migraines that were so debilitating, she had to lie in a darkened room for three or four days until they passed. According to her doctors, they had no known cause. When Aadya approached me, her migraines were being triggered almost weekly, and she was also starting to feel increasingly hopeless and depressed that things would never change. I knew from Aadya’s intake questionnaire that she’d experienced sustained physical abuse as a child, and it seemed plausible that there was a link between this and her migraines. It was also obvious to me that Aadya lived in a state of high stress and anxiety. She often felt highly anxious about small things, and after a shock, it took her much longer than it…

We live in troubling times, and people around the world are shaken up. In the past few years, we have experienced a global pandemic, the unfolding and continuation of the Russo-Ukrainian war, and countless natural disasters and accidents that have claimed the lives of tens of thousands of individuals. We are bombarded 24/7 with news reports of dismal, scary and uncertain events, and stress is at an all-time high. In our own homes, we often face a barrage of anxietyinducing events, from marriage problems and financial woes to job losses and diagnoses of serious illnesses. It’s a lot to digest, and it’s affecting us mentally. In 2019, the World Health Organization reported that, globally, one in every eight people was living with a mental disorder. That’s more than 970 million…

You may have seen the recent Oscar-nominated movie All Quiet on the Western Front, but did you know the director left out the main point of the book? Erich Remarque’ s classic novel highlights the way society urged Germany’ s youth to go to the front—to do their patriotic duty, bring glory to the fatherland, join the pantheon of heroes, etc., etc.—and then ignored them when they returned crippled and broken. Otto Dix’ s seminal paintings, one depicting a dog peeing on a war veteran without legs, make the point. It may be a bit of a stretch, but we’re seeing parallels to the way our society asked the young to help combat the Covid-19 virus—from taking an experimental mRNA vaccine to wrecking their education and mental well-being through enforced…

If you have limited mobility, there are still plenty of ways to engage in physical activity. You can use your own body weight for resistance or add small hand weights—even water bottles can work—if you’re up for a little extra intensity. Try these five exercises from your chair or wheelchair and practice them daily for best results. Arm raises With or without hand weights, slowly raise your arm straight up, above your head, until it’s fully extended. Bring the arm slowly down to your side or lap and repeat with the other arm. Aim to complete 15 reps on each arm for a total of 30 arm raises. Arm circles With or without light hand weights, extend your arms straight out to the sides, parallel to the floor. Start making…

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The vitamin C starting point for healthy adults is approximately 6,000 mg per day and grows in proportion to our level of toxic exposure and the intensity of challenges to the immune system. Meeting this need solely through food is not possible. Studies also show that as dose size increases, the percentage of vitamin C that gets into the blood dramatically decreases. One study found that only around 19 mg of a 20 mg dose of water-soluble C made it into the bloodstream. As the dose sizes increased, however, that amount dropped precipitously. 1 Projections from the study’s findings suggest that only 2,000 mg of a 12,000 mg dose will enter the bloodstream,2 and delivering 3,000 mg of C into the bloodstream from a single ingested dose would be theoretically…

One of the best-kept secrets is that most kitchens already have the makings of a fine home apothecary. Ordinary cooking spices such as salt, pepper, cinnamon, ginger, thyme and garlic are the foundations of an herbal medicine cabinet. When anxious parents call me in the middle of the night to ask what to do for a child suffering from pink eye, I start by asking whether they have rosemary in their spice rack. If they say yes, I tell them to rub some of the leaves between their fingers. As long as they can smell the classic rosemary scent, the essential oils are still present, even if the herb is several years old. These volatile oils have the power to clear heat (pink = heat) and infection. I then tell…

Onion syrup is excellent taken by the teaspoon to soothe respiratory infections and ease congestion. It also makes a great addition to salad dressings and winter dishes. Method 1 Place 1 cup roughly chopped fresh onion in a pint jar with a small handful of fresh or dried sage, rosemary or thyme. If desired, you can also add the juice of half a lemon or 1 teaspoon freshly grated gingerroot. 2 Add enough honey to cover the onion and herbs. 3 Cap tightly and label. 4 Let sit overnight. The honey will very effectively absorb all the juice from the onion. The syrup will be ready for use in the morning. Some people like to eat the onion bits with the honey, while others prefer to strain out the solids.…

There are many causes and risk factors for bone loss, including certain medications, alcohol consumption and genetics, but lifestyle factors play the biggest role. The earlier bone loss prevention begins, the better. Optimal bone health requires a comprehensive plan of exercise, diet and lifestyle choices that affect gut and overall health. The evidence is clear that even after menopause, women can still reverse bone loss and increase bone density with the proper interventions. One key factor to consider is the absorption of nutrients from the diet. A diet rich in calcium and vitamin D is considered a healthy diet for bone, but you may not be benefiting from it. It’s not just what you’re consuming, it’s what you’re absorbing. Taking care of the gut microbiome has been shown to improve…

To help lay the foundations for resetting your nervous system, spend a little time exploring its current state: •Do you often feel “wired” and as if you can’t relax? •Do you have difficulty sleeping? •When you do manage to relax, do you often feel exhausted? •Does your mind race? •Do you find yourself constantly replaying conversations in your mind? •Do you spend a lot of time thinking about possible future scenarios? •Do you feel drained while you’re around other people? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then there’s a good chance your nervous system needs some help to calm and reset. You may also notice it’s more agitated at some points in the day than at others, and that you’re much more easily triggered around particular people…

Q Our boisterous 2-year-old male Labrador Goofy has really dry, cracked pads. He licks them incessantly at nighttime, too, removing any lotions and creams we apply. Please suggest holistic options to heal them as he now seems to limp on them on and off. A Pads play a very important role in the well-being of dogs and cats. They provide cushioning, absorb shock, relieve pressure, and are usually quite hardy and weather-resistant, being designed for a reasonable amount of wear and tear. However, some dogs tend to overwork them and end up with painful, cracked pads, just as humans can develop cracked heels and calluses. Causes: Dogs that go on long hikes with their owners up and down tough terrain and dogs that navigate extreme weather, such as running on…

Occasional bouts of sadness or loneliness or feeling down in the dumps now and then is entirely normal. But if any of the following symptoms persist for more than two weeks, please consider seeking help: • Difficulty concentrating • Feelings of excessive low self-worth or guilt • Hopelessness about the future • Suicidal thoughts • Thoughts about dying • Interrupted sleep • Drastic changes in appetite or weight • Fatigue and chronic low energy If you or someone you know is in crisis, please reach out for help. In Australia: Call Lifeline on 131114. Provides all Australians experiencing emotional distress with access to 24/7 confidential crisis support and suicide prevention services. Trained volunteers are ready to listen, provide support and referrals.…

It should come as no surprise that regular physical activity is a crucial part of any health and wellness regimen. Studies upon studies confirm that exercise provides a wide range of benefits, from maintaining optimal weight to building muscle to boosting cardiovascular function and the immune system’s defense. When you have cancer—or any other chronic, long-term illness—the last thing you may be in the mood for is exercise. Whether you are tired, busy or just not feeling well, the motivation to get moving may be lacking. But I’m here to share how physical activity is an integral part of your recovery, as much as any treatment, nutrient or detoxification program. Exercise for cancer prevention and treatment It’ s shocking to me that conventional oncologists don ’t typically encourage their patients…