Innholdsfortegnelse for February/March 2024 i What Doctors Don't Tell You Australia/NZ

Conventional psychiatry isn’t working. That’s the conclusion of no less an eminent figure than Dr Anne Harrington in her book Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness (W. W. Norton, 2019). Summarizing Harrington’s book, psychiatristDaniel Morehead recounted her view that “psychiatry as a medical discipline is a failure. Even worse, psychiatry constitutes a series of failures over its two-century history. The 19th-century asylums movement failed. Kraepelin’s descriptive psychiatry failed at the turn of the century. The pluralistic psychiatry of Adolf Meyer failed, leading an ‘anything goes’ mentality up to and including lobotomies. The Freudian revolution ended in a ‘slowtrain wreck,’ leaving psychiatry in embarrassing disrepute. And last of all, psychiatry’s so-called biological revolution fizzled out in failure, as drug companies abandoned a profession ‘in crisis.’” Writing…

Monika Pearson, who runs the Essential Oil Adviser (essentialoiladviser.org), offers this turmeric essential oil recipe. Ingredients 4 drops turmeric essential oil 15 drops peppermint oil 15 drops lavender oil 2 tsp ground cayenne pepper ½ cup coconut oil ¼ cup grated beeswax Method 1 Put beeswax and coconut oil into a glass jar. Place the jar inside a pot and fill the pot with 2 inches of water. 2 Heat the pot over medium-low heat to melt the wax and coconut oil. Stir the ingredients thoroughly. 3 Remove from heat, stir in the cayenne and allow the mixture to cool. 4 Add essential oils. Pour the mixture into a storage container and let it set. CAUTION: People on blood-thinning medication, such as warfarin and aspirin, and those with gallbladder issues…

Wound healing Noni leaf ethanol extract (NLEE) assists wound healing by helping the wound contract. It aids the growth of new tissue; increases the production of hydroxyproline, an amino acid that boosts collagen production; and supports cell and tissue structures.1 Noni also supports platelet-derived growth factor receptors (PDGF receptors) that expedite wound healing.2 Infection Studies show that noni leaves contain six phenolic compounds, products of metabolism that play specific roles in the body, such as stimulating enzyme activity and providing energy, cell signaling, and structural and inhibitory effects. These compounds exert powerful antimicrobial activity against a wide variety of pathogens, many of which are multi-drug and antibiotic resistant.3 Burns Noni’s anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects stimulate the rapid healing of burns by doing the following: • reducing the production of myeloperoxidase…

On March 3,2021, at 12:20 p.m., I was given one dose of AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine. I didn’t even feel the needle go in. Nine hours later, I started shaking. Full body shakes. And I was freezing cold. My teeth were chattering loudly. I had never experienced anything like this before. I got into bed fully clothed and put the electric blanket on high. By 2:00 a.m., I was still shaking, and my cognitive functions were no longer working properly My boyfriend called an ambulance, and the paramedics ascertained that my vitals were at dangerous levels, so they took me to the hospital, stabilizing me on the way. I had numerous scans and blood tests, none of which gave any clues as to what was happening to me. I was discharged…

Kimchi fried rice Kimchi tastes particularly fantastic with fried rice—just make sure you add it right at the end of cooking for a sweet and sour, spicy seasoning to the dish. Serves 2 Ingredients 150 g (5½ oz) wild rice 1 Tbsp sesame oil 6 radishes, finely sliced 1 pak choi (bok choy), sliced 4 Tbsp Fiery Kimchi (see page 47) 2 Tbsp toasted seeds (pumpkin and sunflower seeds fried with 1 tsp tamari sauce until lightly toasted) 1 Tbsp finely chopped coriander 1 lime, quartered Method 1 Cook the rice according to the packet instructions, then drain. 2 Heat the sesame oil in a wokover high heat. Add the cooked rice, radishes and pak choi and toss for 2-3 minutes. 3 Add the kimchi. Stir-fry for 1-2 minutes to…

At 49 years old, Cathy was at the height of her menopause symptoms. Night sweats, anxiety, memory loss, hair loss, chronic fatigue, rising cholesterol levels and unexplained weight gain became her new normal. As a high-achieving athlete, she was used to exercising her way out of any symptom. But for the first time in her life, exercise was not the cure. When I first started working with Cathy, she was a six-meals-per-day, carb-loading kind of gal. Many of the tools I recommended seemed counterintuitive to what she had been taught about health her whole life. But her old tricks didn’t work. I started by moving Cathy’s breakfast back an hour. She quickly got the hang of it, and within weeks, she intermittently fasted every day. With this first step alone,…

Computers are increasingly being used to test the safety of drugs. In the US, software has been developed to predict whether new drugs will cause liver injury and to understand the mechanisms that contribute to drug-induced liver injury, or DILI. The aim is to prevent human ADRs, decrease the demand for animal tests, reduce costs and speed up drug development. The software, known as DILIsym®, predicted that the migraine drugs telcagepant and MK3207 would be toxic to the human liver, a prediction that led to their development being terminated even though animal studies had failed to raise any significant safety concerns. Had only animal studies been used, telcagepant and MK3207 may have gone on to harm human patients. Additionally, DILIsym® predicted that a related drug, ubrogepant, would be relatively safe…

The recommended dose for a child is 4-6 drops from the prepared formula bottle four times daily. First dose: on waking Second dose: toward noon Third dose: in the afternoon Fourth dose: before bed It’s also possible to take the formula whenever required, such as in stressful situations, before exams or after trauma: Add 4-6 drops of the prepared formula to a glass of water and give it to the child to drink four times a day or as required. Add 4-6 drops to the child’s bathwater. Rub up to 6 drops into the child’s skin.…

Human beings are covered in fungus. Yes, it sounds a bit gross, but our bodies are brimming with all sorts of fungi, ranging from the beneficial microorganisms that help balance our skin biome to the harmful types that can lead to infections and systemic disease. These microscopic organisms can travel not only on our bodies but in the air, on clothing, in soil, and in food and water. In fact, research reveals that our skin’s surface harbors several different kinds of fungi. You’d think our hands would be the obvious “home” for multiple fungus types since—as tactile beings—we are always touching things. However, while they’re loaded with bacteria, the hands actually have relatively low fungi levels. The feet are another story. As many fungal conditions occur on the body in…

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 Sodety for Ecological Medicine for 17 years, she is a frequent lecturer and author of Sustainable Medicine…

US blocks Wuhan funding US President Joe Biden has ordered a 10-year ban on funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which is suspected of being the source of the Covid-19 virus. The institute has failed to provide documents that demonstrate acceptable safety and security measures—and it is suspected that lax security allowed the manipulated virus to leak from the lab. The Biden administration started a review of the facility last year and concluded it did not comply with federal regulations for safety levels. The US National Institutes of Health stopped funding research at Wuhan in 2020, shortly after the pandemic started. Harriet Alexander, “Biden Stops Funding for China’s Wuhan Lab at Center of Covid Leak Investigation,” July 19, 2023, dailymail.co.uk Three-quarters of deaths after a Covid shot were caused…

SPECIAL REPORT To say that most of mainstream medicine is skeptical about aromatherapy—the use of essential oils distilled from plants around the globe to prevent or treat disease— would bean understatement. Most doctors would prescribe antidepressants or anti-anxiety drugs without a thought of suggesting you try inhaling citrus or lavender oil for your depression and anxiety, just as most would recommend ibuprofen or other pharmaceutical painkillers without a thought of peppermint oil for your headache. The idea of using essential oils to treat major depression or anxiety or to ameliorate neurological conditions as serious as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases just wouldn’t pass their sniff test. Essential oils, according to modern medicine, are sweet-smelling placebos at best and dangerous snake oil at worst, peddled to the desperately ill by quacks or…

A few essential oils will cause burning or pigmentation changes when applied to skin and exposed to sun or to ultraviolet rays from tanning beds. “Reactions can range from a mild color change through to deep weeping burns,” warns the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (naha.org). The organization advises staying out of the sunshine and sunbeds for at least 24 hours after a treatment with the photosensitizing essential oils below. Photosensitizers Non-phototoxic citrus oils REFERENCES 1 National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy, “Safety Information,” 2023, naha.org…

Since the plant’s initial explosion of popularity in the 1980s, noni products have settled down into several major categories. Its juices are best known and used, and its powder is often used in drinks and smoothies. There are noni fruit soft chews, fruit leathers, supplements and pain-relief lotions as well as a wide variety of noni skin repair creams. Considering the diverse locations where noni is commercially grown and the many variations in commercial processing methods, noni products contain vastly different phytochemical and nutritional compositions. Carefully study the labels and look for organic products raised in the plant’s indigenous climates (tropical regions and lava fields). Also look for products that contain high concentrations of organic noni extracts and few or no additives. Dosage: 30-750 mL/day or 500mg extract Contraindications: No…

Here are what I consider the game-changers in my recovery. Along with holistic therapies like acupuncture, reiki and kinesiology, and a healing diet, these are key parts of my personal protocol. 1 Therapeutic phlebotomy. Also known as bloodletting, this involves removing blood from the body to treat a medical problem. After discovering I felt better after having several blood tests, I hired a private phlebotomist to remove a pint of my blood every few months and was amazed at the effect it had. It was like having my pipes cleaned out, and suddenly everything started working again as it should. After a while I switched to traditional Chinese bloodletting, which involves “stabbing” a specific point on the back of one or both legs or piercing points on the shoulder blades,…

This pungent, spicy ferment is one of my favorite things to eat in the entire world. It’s great in a grilled cheese sandwich, with rice (see page 46), or served in a big bowl of chicken noodle soup. Makes a 1-L or 1¾-pint jar Ingredients 2 heads Chinese (Napa) cabbage, shredded 2 carrots, peeled and grated 4 spring onions, finely sliced 4 garlic cloves, crushed 1 Tbsp peeled and finely grated gingerroot 1 tsp dried chili flakes 3 percent weight fine sea salt flakes Method 1 Make the kimchi at least a week in advance. Mix all the prepped vegetables, garlic and spices together in a bowl and weigh, then calculate 3 percent salt from this total weight (divide the total weight by 100, then multiply by 3 to get…

ALTERNATIVES The ketogenic diet has seen a tremendous increase in popularity in recentyears, but it’s also received some bad reviews, especially for women. This is largely because many women haven’t been taught how to cycle their lowcarbohydrate diets with their hormones. I believe the ketogenic diet can be a gamechanger for women—especially menopausal women with symptoms like weight gain, low energy and erratic moods. However, it needs to be done differently Here’s how to get the amazing benefits of going keto while boosting your gut microbiome and balancing your hormones. Step 1: Count carbs, not calories So many women are starving themselves by eating only chemical-laden, low-fat foods and trying to burn off those foods with long hours at the gym. Not only is this approach to weight loss hard…

I first encountered Dr Bach’s Flower Remedies over 30 years ago and discovered the remarkable power of these natural remedies to soothe and to support physical and mental recovery—for both humans and animals. They can be used as treatments in themselves or to supplement other healing methods. I’ve now treated thousands of people with Bach Flower Remedies, specializing in the treatment of children of all ages. Infants, children and adolescents tend to respond quickly to these remedies, which can be especially effective for problems such as fear and anxiety, fatigue, attentiondeficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and social difficulties stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. Bach Flower Remedies are sold all over the world and can be used simply and quickly. Here are some of my top remedies for common problems in children.…

Cancer rates in people under the age of 50 are skyrocketing. Since the 1990s, a ground-breaking study reports, diagnoses of several cancer types, including breast, liver, colorectal, esophageal, bile duct, thyroid, bone marrow, pancreatic and neck, have been on the rise in younger people around the world.1 Several factors, such as diet, lifestyle, obesity and the microbiome—all of which have shifted drastically over the last few decades—could be to blame, say the researchers. Let’s take a closer look at some of these potential causes and what we can do about them. PROBLEM: OBESITY AND THE WESTERN DIET Worldwide, obesity rates have nearly tripled since 1975,particularly in developed countries. Per the World Health Organization, as of 2016 (the most recent statistics available), 1.9 billion adults were overweight with a body mass…

To determine whether Candida may be affecting you, answer yes or no to the following guestions. 1. Do you experience any of these symptoms regularly: headaches, bloating, fatigue, depression, impotence, loss of libido, memory problems, brain fogginess, or unexplained muscle aches? 2. Do you crave sweets, alcoholic beverages, or foods made with white flour? 3. Have you had repeated vaginal infections? 4. Do you experience any of these health difficulties regularly: mood swings, inappropriate drowsiness, dry mouth, bad breath, post-nasal drip or nasal congestion, heartburn, skin rashes, or urinary urgency or freguency? 5. Have you had repeated fungal infections such as jock itch, ringworm, or athlete’s foot? 6. Have you ever taken hormonal birth control pills? If you answered yes to two or more of these questions, you may be…

There’s an old Irish joke that we’re sure you know (but that won’t stop us from repeating it). A city gent asks an Irish yokel, “How do I get to Donegal, my good man?” To which the yokel responds, “Well, if I were you, I wouldn’t start from here.” The trouble is that we do have to start from somewhere, even though the yokel has a point—and his whimsical observation takes on the air of supreme rationality when it comes to medicine, because we can’t even be sure where “here” is. Take, as an example, the discovery earlier this year of a membrane in the brain that keeps out toxic fluids. The SLYM (subarachnoid lymphatic-like membrane) is part of the brains waste disposal system that encases thebrain and keeps newly…

Nature, interrupted My mother died in May2021. She was 100 years old. In her youth, her food would have been organic, local, seasonal, fresh and home-cooked. She was allowed to catch childhood diseases without any fear attached and was nursed by her mother using traditional remedies for any illnesses (such as onion poultices on her back for pneumonia). She was 92 the first time she was ever in the hospital and was still going to keep-fit classes at 98, spending only the last two years of her life in a home. She died a few weeks after being given the only vaccine she ever had in her life—the Covid vaccine. Reflecting on her life, I am left wondering if there have ever been any studies done on the pattern of…

Peter Hitchens, a renowned British author, broadcaster and Daily Mail columnist, recently wrote an article questioning the existence of a disorder that has been increasing at a curious rate in adults—ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). This drew my attention following a recent personal experience of querying the diagnosis of a family member. In June 2022, my young cousin was found dead in his flat in South Wales with his throat cut, one week before his 30th birthday. Tom was an only child—a tall, handsome, gentle soul adored by an army of friends and family. He was an avid festivalgoer with music in his blood and adventure in his soul, but for over 10 years he had sadly allowed recreational drugs to take over his psyche. He wasn’t an addict; he…

Sabrina Zielinski, also known as Mama Z, and her husband Eric Zielinski offer a wealth of information on essential oils research and use on their website Natural Living Family (naturallivingfamily.com), including books, programs and free essential oil recipes like this one to banish dark moods. Ingredients 1 drop lemon essential oil 1 drop bergamot oil 1 drop ylang ylang oil 1 drop frankincense oil 1 drop lemon balm (Melissa) oil 1 drop lavender oil 10 mL carrier oil of your choice, such as jojoba, olive, coconut, argan or almond oil 10-mL amber glass roll-on bottle Method 1 Add one drop of each essential oil for mood balance to the bottle. 2 Add your favorite carrier oil to fill the bottle. 3 Mix the essential oils and carrier oil in the bottle…

FAMILY HEALTH During a massage session 10 years ago, the therapist working on me casually asked, “Do you knowyou have a big growth on your back?” Not having eyes in the back of my head or the ability to explore my upper mid-back, I said, “No. What does it look like?” She prodded a spot close to my spine. “Well, it moves around. I think it’s just a fatty lipoma.” “What’s that?” I asked suspiciously. “It’s a benign tumor made of fat tissue. I wouldn’t worry about it if I were you.” I didn’t. But over the course of the next decade, all it did was grow. And every doctor I went to for a checkup reassured me of its nature. Then, a couple of months ago, it started to…

Mark Simmons, 66, first heard about noni from a surfer gal on Maui who used Bonnie Blackmore’s CocoNoni balm to heal a bad reef cut on her foot. He met Bonnie and asked if the balm might help with a mole-like growth on his cheek that just kept getting bigger. “She told me to put it on the mole twice a day, and within a month, it was gone,” he says. “It just fell off and has not come back since.” After that, Mark used the noni oil to heal a long surgical wound on his shin. “I had 33 stitches in my shin and a wound that looked like a centipede was walking up my leg,” he says. “I used the oil on the stitches, and in two weeks…

Several food programs are repeatedly mentioned online in association with vaccine recovery. One that has particularly helped me is an anticoagulation/endothelial repair diet. What the diet does This is not a known regime as such but a plan to help deal with two conditions: 1. “Sticky” blood (which has an increased tendency to clot), possibly including microclotting 2. Blood vessel dysfunction, which can be caused by damage to the lining of the vessels or a tendency of the vessels to narrow (also called microvascular disease) The diet incorporates food that keeps the blood thin and flowing smoothly and also promotes cellular repair of the blood vessels. It requires careful monitoring if you are on any blood-thinning medication. Why it might be relevant to the vaccine-injured Some of us struggle with…

The gourmet salt market prefers flat-platelet flake salt or hollow pyramid-shaped crystal structures over cuboid sodium chloride crystals such as table salt. The look and feel of these gourmet salts has more appeal among chefs and foodies for finishing, but flakes and hollow crystals also have a big functional advantage for cooking. These lighter forms of crystal structure have a much larger surface area and lower structural density, so they dissolve rapidly in contact with water or on your tongue. Quick dissolution provides waves of flavor across your taste buds to instantly convey taste while the food is in your mouth. The other advantage is that, in sea salt production, this expansive inverted pyramid structure can also act as a platform for other minerals that are still in solution to…

I recommend a “ketobiotic diet” for menopausal women, a keto diet that includes plenty of plant foods to fuel your microbiome. Very strict keto diets (20g carbs or less per day) don’t allow for enough foods to feed your microbiome, which is crucial for balancing your hormones. There are three categories of food that your good microbes like to eat: polyphenol, probiotic and prebiotic. Polyphenol and prebiotic foods help you grow the good bacteria you already have, while probiotic-rich foods add good bacteria to your gut. You need a balance of the three categories daily. My favourite polyphenol foods My favourite prebiotic foods My favourite probiotic-rich foods…

Bach Flower Remedies are available at health food stores, pharmacies and online as complete kits, which contain all 38 remedies plus Rescue Remedy, or individually. You can also buy 30 mL Bach Flower Remedies mixing bottles or simply use a 30,50 or 100 mL glass bottle of your choice. Use mineral water as the base for your Bach Flower formulas. Various studies have shown the wonderful energetic properties of water,1 and mineral water is the cleanest and best energetic base you can use. If you can’t get mineral water, use filtered water. Method of preparation 1 Fill your glass bottle with mineral water up to the shoulder of the bottle. Use the same number of drops of each Bach Flower Remedy (4-6) no matter the size of the bottle. 2…

One effective way to remove potentially harmful pollutants from the body, including plastics chemicals, pesticides and heavy metals, is by regularly undergoing infrared sauna therapy. The skin is the body’s largest organ, and “sweating it out” is an excellent detoxification tool. Infrared sauna therapy also increases circulation, oxygenates tissues and enhances nutrient delivery to the cells. Plus it’s an effective stress reliever. I have used infrared sauna almost daily for several years and suggest most people do the same. Just make sure to consult with your doctor before undergoing any new therapies to ensure there are no contraindications.…

You can avoid or mitigate any nail issues, including ingrown toenails and fungus, by practicing proper foot hygiene. Use the following steps to keep your feet and toes in the pink. 1 Wear comfortable-fitting shoes made with natural materials. Adequate ventilation is essential; sandals or shoes with air vents on the sides are ideal. Also be sure to avoid wearing tight-fitting shoes. 2 If you wear socks, stick with natural materials as well. Materials such as 100 percent cotton, wool and silk help absorb moisture and ensure proper ventilation. If socks get wet, remove them immediately and then thoroughly dry your feet before putting on a fresh pair. (It’s best not to wear socks at all whenever possible.) 3 Wear shower shoes, sandals or swimming booties in areas where fungi…