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NEWSLETTER VOLUME III - ISSUE 4
How Diet Cured My Son
by Rosalind Ryan
 Tom, age 5 on his first day of school. |
On long car journeys with young children - full of endless questions, chatter and games of I Spy - leave many parents with a headache. But until recently mum Helen Bennett positively longed for her little boy to behave just like that. Instead
Tom, five, would spend all his car journeys - and most of his days -
in total silence...... |
DID YOU KNOW?
Everyone who has bought Vitamin C supplements probably has heard of Acerola as a source for this vitamin. This fruit resembles a cherry and grows on a thick bush (often used as a hedge in tropical countries..common in the Caribbean and now Florida). It is popular for Vitamin C supplements as its the richest fruit source. Although approximately 4,000 mg. of Vitamin C can be found in 3 1/2 ounces of the fruit, it is too sour to be eaten raw.
Have you noticed that shellfish taste sweet? Good reason for that. Shellfish contain a high amount of glycogen..a "storage" form of sugar which easily converts to glucose. Lobster is the highest with the crab second. BUT if you store them longer than 2 days..the sweetness disappears!
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Excerpt from article in Rolling Stone - April 20, 2003
Lisa Marie Presley
by Chris Heath
 In
the period following her split from Jackson, her health collapsed: "My
body started to deteriorate. I started to have panic attacks. I went
through two years of baffling every doctor from East to West Coast.
One week it was asthma . . . hypoglycemia . . . candida . . . reflux
. . . I had everything. My gall bladder just ……. stopped
working, and I had to get it taken out. This was when the tabloids said
I tried to kill myself or something like that. We settled out of court.
But anyway, I wound up in the hospital. I had everything happening;
my body completely fell apart. And nobody knew what the hell was wrong
with me." She was allergic to everything. "I had to eat chicken
and broccoli for a year," she remembers. "I was absolutely
falling apart, physically and emotionally, for a two-year period."
At times she thought of death. "It was the constant physical breakdowns
that were going on that I didn't understand." You really thought you might not make it? "I really thought it. It was just non-stop. "Then she went to a homeopathic doctor, told him all her symptoms, and he asked her to open her mouth. He told her to get her fillings removed. "But once I started to get it out, it all stopped." (She now thinks her problems were caused by a mixture of mercury fillings and extreme stress.) "Mercury can make you go...crazy. That term 'mad as a hatter' comes from mercury: people working in felt factories and going crazy. They try to say mercury is safe, but it's the second-deadliest poison known to man, underneath plutonium, and it's in people's...teeth." Link to more of the article Click Here |
DID YOU KNOW?
Hate skinning chicken? If you slightly freeze it first...the skin comes very easily!
Your freezer
helps in many ways...try this. The life of pantyhose will be extended
if you put them in the freezer over night..for the first night only.
BUT!..make sure you
thaw them out before wearing...unless you need help waking up!!
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How To Get A Great Workout At Home
By Lynn Bode of WorkoutsForYou.com.
For an effective home gym, all that is required is a little bit of planning. Don't fall into the trap of purchasing random fitness equipment because of fancy advertising for the latest infomercial fad or the great "sale" at your local fitness store. That type of purchasing leads to a house littered with equipment that's only use is as a clothes hanger or dust collector. This often happens because the equipment is either useless, poorly constructed or quickly loses its value because it doesn't progress with your fitness level...To learn how... |
Many
people think that creating a home workout gym is either too intimidating
or too costly. So, often they invest their money in a health club membership
not realizing that for the same amount of money (or even less) they
can create a very effective gym right in their own home.
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ANTI-AGING SPECIALS!
Biochemically, we can now look at aging and understand exactly what changes at the cellular level as we get older. Free radical formation, oxidation and advanced glycation endproducts are some of the main chemistries involved. These end up in damage to our DNA, proteins, mitochondria (energy producers), lipid membranes, neurotransmitters, etc.
Two products in our on line store are particularly geared to reducing this type of cellular damage:
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Benfotiamin is a specific very absorbable form of Vitamin B1 and has been shown in studies to reduce the damage from advanced glycation endproducts (AGE). This is particularly important to diabetics or anyone with glucose metabolism problems in preventing or drastically slowing the nerve damage they often experience in their hands, feet and retina. Very recent studies have suggested that vitamin B1 had increased the effectiveness of chelators such as DMSA to reduce liver and kidney lead and other heavy metal loads. In particular the most effective form was benfotiamin.
Dentally, thiamin has been shown to help health conditions such as Bell's Palsy, Tic Douloureux, decreases dental caries, fractures (that would include any of the body), herpes simplex and herpes zoster (shingles), hypersensitive teeth, postoperative pain, dry socket, TMJ pain, etc. Ongoing research is looking at its role in Alzheimer's Disease, autism, neurtransmitter balancing, brain disorders, multiple sclerosis
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NETWORK SYNERGY:
After quenching
a free radical, an antioxidant molecule doesn’t just disappear. Instead,
used-up antioxidants are themselves transformed into mild free radicals. But
because the “radicalized” antioxidant is less immediately toxic
to the body than the free radicals they neutralize, the overall effect of
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But “radicalized” antioxidants can do long-term harm if they aren’t properly dealt with. The potential for slow-acting pathology from “radicalized” antioxidants can be prevented through taking advantage of the unique synergistic interactions of an elite antioxidant strike force: the Networking Antioxidants
The “bird’s eye view” of the antioxidant network recycling process looks like this. First, the original free radical attacker is neutralized by a networking antioxidant. Unfortunately, the result is that the networking antioxidant is degraded into its free radical form. To save the body from disaster, the networking antioxidant is rejuvenated by a coantioxidant from the antioxidant network team. A game of electron-donating “hot potato” ensues, which ultimately results in rejuvenation by DHLA of the networking antioxidant free radical. And at this point, the “hot potato” game is halted when DHLA is restored through R(+)-lipoic acid’s cycling through the mitochondrial energy-production process.
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DID YOU KNOW??
Those expensive
teeth whiteners are all the rage...beat the cost by brushing your teeth with
mashed fresh
strawberries...will remove yellow AND taste a lot better!
Speaking of teeth...many manufacturers are adding baking soda to their pastes. You can simply brush with a touch of baking soda..cleans your teeth well and at a fraction of the price!
CHAIRMAN
DAN BURTON WRITES TO PRESIDENT
BUSH RE: AUTISM
May 15, 2003
The Honorable George W. Bush
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
Mr. President, you have made the statement many times that we should leave no child behind. Unfortunately, there are a growing number of our children who are in serious danger of being left behind because of the devastating scourge of autism. Thus, I am writing you today to urge you once again to convene a White House Conference to confront the National problem of autism. Autism is a devastating disease that has already reached epidemic proportions in this country, and the problem continues to grow. A White House Conference on autism could galvanize a National effort to find the underlying cause or causes of autism, and ultimately lead towards a cure for this terrible disease, as well as efforts to develop new services to help parents of autistic children meet the many challenges they face on a day-to-day basis.
Autism was once considered a rare disease affecting just 1 in 10,000 children. In April 2000, when the Government Reform Committee held its first hearing on the dramatic rise in autism, Federal agencies were estimating that autism affected 1 in 500 children in the United States. A study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that ratio may actually be as high as one in every 150 children, and the problem continues to grow.
According to a newly released report by the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS), California's autism population has nearly doubled in just the last four years, from 10,360 cases on December 31, 1998, to 20,377 cases as of December 31, 2002. These figures indicate a 97 percent increase in autism cases, and nearly a 100 percent increase in the state's autism caseload since 1999. Since December 1988, California has seen a staggering 634 percent increase in
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autism cases, jumping from 2,778 cases in December 1987 to 20,377 cases in December 2002.
Autism is now the number
one disability for children entering California's Developmental Services System,
even more prevalent than childhood cancer, diabetes and Down's syndrome. Children
with autism represent almost 13 percent
of the total population served by California's Department of Developmental
Services. It is important to note that the figures I cited for California
do not include persons with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), PDD-Not
Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), Asperger's Syndrome, or any of the other milder
autism spectrum disorders. The California data reflects only those children
who have received a professional diagnosis of level one (DSM IV), autism -
the most severe form of autism. If we factor in the other milder autism spectrum
disorders, the problem becomes even more alarming.
Tragically, California's situation is not unique. The rate of growth of persons with autism in California is commensurate with reported increases in other states. Since 1988 for example, Florida has reported a 571 percent increase in autism. Maryland has reported a 513 percent increase just between 1993 and 1998, and in my home state of Indiana, 2,462 children ages 3 to 21 were diagnosed with autism in 1999 alone. That represents one-fourth of 1 percent of all school-age children in Indiana, or 1 out of every 400. The exponential growth in autism cases Nation-wide shows no signs of diminishing. The Autism Society of America estimates that the number of autistic children in the United States is growing by 10 to 17 percent each year. If these trends continue, it is conceivable that the number of autistic children in America could reach 4 million in the next decade.
Mr. President, as a Nation we are facing a crisis regarding the dramatic rise in autism rates and the resulting emotional and financial strain placed on families, our educational system -- as they attempt to educate these children who have very special needs - and our state Medicaid and disability programs. We face an even greater crisis in the next two decades as the need for adult services and long-term housing for today's autistic children simply explodes.
We must develop solutions to help families and communities cope with this crisis, and we must also do all we can to determine what is causing this epidemic and learn how to stop it. A White House Conference could bring together the best scientific minds to chart a comprehensive research agenda to uncover the underlying causes of this epidemic, including the exploration of the biologically plausible theory of mercury poisoning though childhood immunizations and dental amalgams. In addition, a White House Conference on autism could bring together parents of
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autistic children and
leaders in the fields of education and social services to begin a National
dialogue about addressing the life-long challenges faced by these children
and their families.
The problem of autism is simply not going to go away. We cannot afford to
leave these children behind by doing nothing. We must mobilize a National
effort to eradicate this terrible disease; and your leadership, Mr. President,
is critical if any such effort is to succeed. Once again, I ask you to convene
a White House Conference on autism without delay.
Mr. President, thank you for your leadership, and for your personal consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
Dan Burton
Chairman
Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness
CC: The Honorable Laura Bush
First Lady of the United States
The Honorable J. Dennis
Hastert
Speaker of the House
The Honorable Bill Frist,
M.D.
Majority Leader
United States Senate
Warmly,
Dr. Deb
Feel free to write with questions anytime