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 Do You Know
How Your Thoughts
Afect Your Health?
This is where the
unpredictable may
happen—where terminal,
fatal diseases vanish and
where “spontaneous
remissions” occur.
—Larry Dossey, MD, in Thoughts,
Attitudes & Your Health

Those who take this

new road ind a new life,
exceed expectations and
sometimes are cured of
incurable illness.
—Bernie Siegel, MD, in Thoughts,
Attitudes & Your Health

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Features
Calcium & Whole-Body Health……8
Amy myers, mD, provides a substantive look at why you may not be getting enough calcium, or, in fact, using the
wrong kind of supplement. Learn here about the important cofactors that help make calcium absorbable.

Sleep & Melatonin, the Dreaming Neurotransmitter……14

Joe DispenzA, DC, author of Becoming Supernatural, describes the natural processes of sleep and melatonin
production, in-depth, and in an easy to understand overview; if you are not getting enough sleep, feel lack of
mental clarity, or anxiety, Dr. Joe’s natural prescription is for you!

Metabolism & Minimizing Toxins……18

Anne Louise GittLemAn, PhD, author of Radical Metabolism, outlines the many probable toxins that have been
introduced into the environment for the past hundred years that most people are affected by, and then offers
natural solutions to help the body detoxify.

Mangosteen: Cancer Reversing Fruit……20

AL seArs, mD, reviews salient facts about the unusual fruit, mangosteen, which contains high levels of
antioxidants called xanthones—in fact, over forty of them. The fruit has been shown in cancer studies to control
inlammation, cell growth, and metastasis; it also is involved in programmed cell death.

Patient-Focused Medicine……28
DiCkson thom, DDs, nD, et AL, discuss bio-regulatory medicine, an evidence-based, drugless, holistic model of
delivering health care in a safe, highly effective, natural manner. It is grounded in repairing and restoring the
body’s natural biological processes. Practitioners focus on examining the interconnections between the body’s
natural processes in order to determine causes of illness and ways to safely restore health.

Coconut Oil: Poison or Healthy Food?……34

BruCe FiFe, nD, author of numerous books about coconut, brilliantly refutes a recent unsubstantiated assertion
by a statistician that coconut oil is unhealthy to consume. Indeed, he cites many studies, including a recent
Cambridge finding that confirms many others showing coconut oil does not lead to heart disease, and in fact
raises healthy, protective HDL cholesterol.

Energy Medicine for Anxiety and Depression……40

shAnnon mCrAe, phD, using a case example, addresses symptoms and causes of anxiety and depression as well
as the unique healing effects of energy medicine combined with medical intuition.

In Brief & Health Notes

4 Things That Make You Go Hmmm... 29 Being Human

5 On Walking 32 Health Notes: Beneits in Berries

7 On Simplicity 32 Health Notes: Lipedema

22 Thyme 33 Health Notes: Forest Bathing

24 Curried Bean & Brussels Sprout Stew 43 Love, Meditation & Healing

26 Resolving Muscle-Strength Imbalance & Back Pain 44 The Multiple Health Beneits of Zinc

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Up Front
An Underlying Union

S
ometimes when you want to help another by shor- of union. To have a department of health is a conundrum, for
ing up their weakness with your strength, you help the true meaning of health is wholeness. How can you have
them not. Yet, it’s easy to say that we all need to under- health by feeling other than part of one healthy whole?
stand others’ frustrations, fears, and diiculties, hoping this Each current situation you are in is an opportunity to
will bring more peace. Who, you reason, can feel fully fed unlearn beliefs that limit you from the clarity of living in
if one other is hungry, and who can feel truly wealthy if one a felt sense of union. Every time there is rancor, an unkind
other lives in poverty? And, isn’t there a ine line between word, or unrest in the community there is also power in the
helping and hindering? You wouldn’t want to feather anoth- peace available right there to respond with insight in ways
er’s nest, only to ind that, like the butterly whose wings that create expansion in understanding rather than perpetu-
were compromised because someone helped it emerge from ate the illusion of separation. he challenges or frustration of
its cocoon, you had interfered with another’s ability to ly on desires to achieve a more perfect life in union can be seen as
their own. You have to be aware that you might take incen- opportunities for learning and expansion.
tive away from another by giving too much. Joe Dispenza, DC, or “Dr. Joe” as he is known to thou-
E Pluribus Unum, sands of people who
©istock.com/ Ryan Tang
or Out of Many, One, have studied with him,
the motto adopted for points out, in his arti-
the country by the cle about melatonin in
US Congress in 1782, this Journal, that the
points to an underly- “sleep” hormone is se-
ing union. When you creted when you man-
feel you live in union, age stress. Meditation
as in a state or as an in- is one of the best ways
dividual person, with to do so. When pres-
many others who are ent, melatonin is trans-
as unique as you, you muted by the pineal
wonder: “How can gland to benzodiaze-
you have the wisdom pine, which counteracts
to produce and share chemicals in the brain
what each needs to that “cause you to feel
lourish? And, how do fear, anger, agitation,
you do so in complete health? You aren’t at your best when aggression, sadness, or pain.” hen, Dr Joe states, “your body
are ill, and can’t truly love another if you have no love for self. feels calm, but your mind is awakened.”
Also, compartmentalization may lead to feelings of sep- We hope this and the balance of content in this Journal
aration rather than union. Health, or wholeness, includes leads you, as it has us, to a newer understanding of whole-
relationships, collective polity, global economy, personal and ness—and inspiration to live it! ∆
group thoughts, emotions, and, as always, the unseen energy —Scott Miners, editor

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Things That Make
You Go Hmmm...
Trees &
Interconnectivity
HeartMath Institute (HMI) scien-
tists are examining the ways in which
all living things, such as people and
trees, are interconnected. They are ac-
complishing this by researching biof-
ield interactions and the exchange of
information between personal and
global magnetic field environments.
New research is suggesting that
Earth’s magnetic ields carry biolog-
ically relevant information that con-
nects all living systems and helps to
synchronize, energize, and support the
interconnection of all these systems. In
the past couple of years, HMI scien-
tists have become especially interested
in the role trees play in this discovery.
Most people, in the presence of
trees, experience pleasant, relaxed,
comfortable feelings. Many child-
Photos this page by Craig Miners
4 Vol 28, No. 1
hood memories include backyard or
neighborhood trees. he value of a
special tree is simply  immeasurable.
Science is only scratching the sur-
face of the many beneits to come from
the conscious awareness of intercon-
nectivity with people, nature, animals,
and trees. hus, HeartMath initiated
the Interconnectivity Tree Research
Project. Phase  1 is complete, Phase  2
tinue to explore connections, they are
is progressing, and Phase  3 is ready
developing a citizen scientist global tree
to begin. he third  phase of research
monitoring system, called the Global
will help HMI scientists continue to
Tree Monitoring Network. The next
explore how people and trees are ener-
step in the process is to establish a glob-
getically connected.
al network of 50  alpha-test, tree-mon-
itoring sites around the world. More
Project Overview
information is available at www.heart-
Phase  1: As part of interconnectivity
math.org.
tree research, project HMI scientists
monitored a half-dozen redwood trees *Sensors are attached by tree-safe methods.
in a grove. To do this, they created and
tested a new tree-monitoring device
and software for simultaneously mea-
Silence &
suring multiple trees while sending the Noise Pollution
data to a lab.* This completed Phase 1.
Phase  2: Researchers increased the The word NOISE comes from a Latin
number of types and varieties of trees root meaning queasiness, hurt, and
being monitored. Among these were pain—and all are fitting characteriza-
weeping willows, Douglas fir, yuc- tions for a phenomenon that research
ca, madrone, and fruit trees including now shows may have pronounced
apple, orange, pear, and persimmon. effects on health. “In the mid-20th
They perfected the tree-monitoring century, epidemiologists discovered
device  and data-gathering continued. correlations between high blood pres-
Phase  3: For HMI scientists to con- sure and chronic noise sources such
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as highways and airports. Noise was
linked to sleep loss, heart disease, and
tinnitus,” reports journalist Daniel A.
Gross: “Neurophysiological research
suggests that noises first activate the
amygdalae, clusters of neurons located
in the temporal lobes of the brain, as-
sociated with memory formation and
emotion. This prompts a release of
stress hormones such as cortisol. Peo-
ple who live in consistently loud envi-
ronments often experience chronically
elevated levels of stress hormones.
In 2011, the World Health Orga-
nization (WHO) quantiied the health
toll of noise pollution in Western Eu-
rope, concluding that the region’s 340
million adults (approximate popula-
tion of the US) annually lost a million
years of healthy life due to chronic
noise exposure. Just as noise afronts
the physical senses and spikes blood
pressure, silence on the other hand
regenerates exhausted brains. Duke
University regenerative biologist, Imke
Kirste, observed that two hours of si-
lence per day promoted neurogenesis
in the hippocampus—the brain region
responsible for learning, memory, and
emotional responses. Additionally,
lower sensory input improves cognitive
function, enriches creativity, and fos-
ters self-relection.
Adapted from “Science Says Silence is Vital
for Our Brains” by Azriel ReShel. Originally
published at https://upliftconnect.com/
It’s Getting
Better All the Time
It’s relatively easy to think that these
are the worst of times, but new research
indicates that the best is getting better.
For example, Dylan Matthews, a jour-
nalist with Vox, ofers 23 charts and
maps showing progress. Here are a few
cases in point:
1. Extreme poverty has fallen. he eco-
nomic growth in India, China, and
other developing countries has led to
less than 11 percent of world popula-
tion living on less than $1.90/day. (It
was 35 percent in 1987.)
2. Hunger has decreased by up to 50
percent in many countries.
3. Child labor is on the decline by 40
percent since 2000.
4. Life expectancy has risen by six years
for males and females since 1990.
5. Peace. Homicide rates have fallen
dramatically to about 1.4 per 100,000
from a history of 32 per 100,000 in
Europe, and, in the US, violent crime
has reduced since 1990. Also, more
people, almost 50 percent, now live
in democracies; access to the internet
is increasing; literacy is up; more peo-
ple are in schools; and solar energy is
cheaper than ever. here are reasons to
focus upon the positive. To see the full
report, access vox.com and view “23
charts and maps that show the world is
getting much, much better,” by Dylan
Matthews.
Genetic
Indeterminism
RECENTLY, RESULTS of the Human Genome
Project have shattered one of science’s
core beliefs, the concept of genetic de-
terminism. We have been led to believe
that our genes determine the character
of our lives, yet new research surprising-
ly reveals that it is the character of our
lives that controls our genes. Rather than
being victims of our heredity, we are ac-
tually masters of our genome.
—Biologist Bruce Lipton, PhD, author of
Biology of Belief, from www.brucelipton.
com.

On Walking & Getting the Best

here is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A ine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo.   
—Paul Scott Mowrer in he House of Europe

he civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. 
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance,” 1841

I only went out for a walk and inally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
—John Muir, 1913, in L. M. Wolfe, ed., John of the Mountains: he Unpublished Journals of John Muir, 1938

I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.
—Emma, in Jane Austen’s Emma

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked
myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.... If one just keeps walking, every-
thing will be all right.
—Søren Kierkegaard, in Chi Walking, by Danny Dreyer

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Early Exercise
Decreases Type
2 Diabetes &
Heart Disease
Physical exercise can reduce the risk
factors of type 2 diabetes and cardio-
vascular disease even in children. In a
two-year follow-up study of primary
school children, sedentary behavior
increased the accumulation of risk fac-
tors, whereas increasing the amount of
vigorous exercise reduced it. he re-
sults are based on follow-up data from
the Physical Activity and Nutrition in
Children (PANIC) Study, ongoing at
the University of Eastern Finland.*
he two-year follow-up study
analyzed the amounts of vigorous,
moderate and light exercise, as well
as sedentary behavior, using the Acti-
*The Physical Activity and Nutrition in Chil-
dren (PANIC) Study is an on-going lifestyle
intervention study. The study extensively ana-
lyzes the lifestyles and well-being of children.
It provides information on children’s physical
activity, sedentary behavior, nutrition, phys-
ical fitness, body composition, metabolism,
cardiovascular system function, brain func-
tion, oral health, life quality, effects of exercise
and nutrition, and on the effects of these fac-
tors on health care costs. More at: “Increasing
vigorous exercise decreases the risk of type 2
diabetes and cardiovascular disease already in
childhood”; Juuso Väistö, University of East-
ern Finland, School of Medicine, Institute
of Biomedicine, tel.  +358403552384;  juuso.
vaisto@uef.fi and/or Timo A. Lakka, Profes-
sor of Medical Physiology, Internal Medicine
Specialist, University of Eastern Finland,
School of Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine,
tel. +358 40 770 7329; timo.lakka@uef.fi
Link to original article:
h t t p s : //o n l i n e l i b r a r y.w i l e y. c o m /d o i /
epdf/10.1111/sms.13315
The PANIC Study:
http://www.panicstudy.fi/en/etusivu
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heart® device, which records heart rate vigorous exercise. In practice, vigorous
and body movement. Children wore exercise refers to exercise or games that
the Actiheart® device continuously cause shortness of breath and perspira-
for a minimum of four days, and tion.”
the measurement period included
weekdays and days of the weekend. Sleep &
During the two-year follow-up,
the overall risk and individual risk fac- Consciousness
tors of type 2 diabetes and cardiovas-
cular disease reduced in children who “Research finds you can remain
increased their amount of vigorous consciously aware even while your
exercise. he study is one of the irst brain and body are sleeping…. Inter-
follow-up studies in the world to reli- estingly, insomniacs will often insist
they’ve not slept a wink all night, even
though they’ve actually been sleep-
ing. Researchers have now discovered
there’s a reason for this discrepancy in
experience, and it has to do with con-
sciousness. In a nutshell, even though
the brain is sleeping, insomniacs re-
main consciously aware, and therefore
believe they’ve not slept at all.”
—From “Many Insomniacs Remain Con-
scious During Sleep, Which Makes Them
©istock.com/ Orla
Think They’ve Not Slept a Wink,” April 19,
ably show that increasing the amount 2018, at www.mercola.com.
of vigorous exercise is independently
associated with a reduced risk of type 2
diabetes and cardiovascular disease in
Supermarket Pays
ordinary primary school children.   Organic Farmers
Researcher  Juuso Väistö, the irst
author of the article, said that chil- “Booming demand for organic food
dren and young people should engage has prompted one of Australia’s biggest
in more physical exercise than what it supermarkets to offer $30 million in
takes to go about their daily activities.  incentives to fruit and vegetable farm-
“Our indings show that increasing the ers to either convert to the pesticide
amount of vigorous exercise and reduc- and herbicide-free method of produc-
ing sedentary behavior are equally im- tion, or scale-up their current organic
portant in preventing type 2 diabetes businesses,” according to The Weekly
and cardiovascular disease. According Times reporter Alexandra Laskie. The
to latest recommendations, children managing director of Woolworths said
need diverse physical activity every the supermarket “has witnessed huge
day, and at least 60 minutes should be growth in the organic produce sec-
We chronically underestimate the wisdom that resides in children. hey ask profound ques-
tions, fundamental moral and spiritual questions. 
—Child psychiatrist Robert Coles, MD, in Shambala Sun, January 2006
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tor” over the past five years and that
more Australian customers are seek-
ing fruits and vegetables that are the
best of what Australia’s farmers can
produce. To meet this demand, Wool-
worths launched a $30 million Organ-
ic Growth Fund in partnership with
Heritage Bank. Through it both con-
ventional and organic fruit and vege-
table farmers can receive grants and in-
terest-free loans over five years to either
begin organic farming or expand their
existing organic production.
David Tatman, an organic vegeta-
ble farmer, currently sells at 14 farmers’
markets and states, “It’s climbing every
year. More and more people won’t go
near conventional fruit and vegetables
anymore, I’m assuming for health rea-
sons and an efort to be more environ-
mentally aware.”
—Full story: “Demand for organic food
prompts Woolworths to launch $30 million
fund,” 10-16-18, https://www.weeklytimes-
now.com.au/
Manage Stress by
Looking Around
our current space can have a calming
efect for us as well. he action is called
‘orienting to the environment,’ and it’s
a way for our nervous systems to easi-
ly and naturally settle into a feeling of
safety and relaxation.
“In our hectic world, that’s a valu-
able tool! Here’s how you can easily use
it: Let your eyes wander where they
want to go. Allow your head to move
naturally, side-to-side as you notice the
space around you. Take a little time
to notice details—shapes, colors, or
whatever your eyes tend to be drawn
to. hen, check in with how you feel.
You may notice the breath naturally
deepen, or a feeling of softening and
relaxation happening in your body.
“he best thing about ‘orienting’
is that you can do it anytime, any-
where—standing in line at the bank,
sitting at your desk or while you’re
walking your dogs. It’s an easy way to
just be here, now. Most importantly,
it helps your body move from ‘ight
or light’ (our usual modern-day stress
state) to ‘rest and digest.’
“his ‘rest and digest’ mode comes
from the parasympathetic nervous
neck, as well as the external focus of
your eyes, stimulates transmitters to
send messages to the brain. hese mes-
sages communicate that, just as with
the deer in the ield—all is well—and
you and your nervous system, can re-
lax. he practice is especially therapeu-
tic for those of us who spend a lot of
time in thought, or staring at a screen.
“Give your mind a break today and
help your parasympathetic nervous
system do its job by looking up, gazing
around, and adding some movement
back into your head and neck. Better
yet, if you can remember to do this
every hour or so, your body and stress
levels will thank you immensely!”
—From “Mindfulness for Mammals: The
Easy Way to Be Here Now,” by Sarah Cotten,
at www.gutinstinct.clinic
©istock.com/ Brianna Scott

system—the natural part of you that

“How can you tap into your biology
to find more ease and relaxation in your
life?” asks Integrative Health specialist
Sarah Cotten. One answer, she writes,
lies in the fact that we are mammals,
and our ancestors were both predator
and prey. “From this understanding,”
she notes, “comes a ridiculously easy,
yet powerful stress-reduction practice:
Prey animals typically scan their envi-
ronment, looking for a threat. hink of
a deer, stopping to look up and around
when munching on grass.
“When the deer sees there is no
threat, she thinks, ‘Okay, all is well,’
and she feels safe to go back to enjoying
her meal. We are wired like that deer,
and the act of simply looking around
knows how to repair cells, detoxify,
and relax into wellbeing. Interesting-
ly, when you orient and look around,
the actual movement of your head and
On Simplicity
“Millions stare at the same phenomenon, and one genius inally grasps the concept.”
—Edward von Hartmann in Hock’s Reason and Genius
What great empire the mind has over the body, and how often illnesses proceed from it. My
custom is to race to heal the minds before I start on the bodies. 
—Clitandre, Act III, scene 6, Moliére, L’Amour médecin (Love is the Best Doctor)
he basic truth of creation is freedom; no one is paddling your canoe except you! 
—David Hawkins, MD, CD of 1-11-05, www.beyondtheordinary.net
Out beyond ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing, there is a ield. I’ll meet you there.
—Jelaluddin Rumi in he Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, tr.

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Calcium &
Whole-Body Health
By Amy Myers, MD
A
question I get asked all
the time by my patients is,
“Should I be supplementing
with calcium?” Let me tell you, the
answer is almost always a resounding
“yes.” Calcium is one of the most com-
mon nutritional deiciencies around
the world today. In fact, many people
who aren’t already taking a high-quali-
ty calcium supplement are highly likely
to be low in this critical mineral.
In America, calcium insuiciency
is rampant, with large portions of the
population not consuming enough.
Government data from 2003-2006
tells us that almost every single female
in the country over 4 years of age is
not consuming enough, and boys aged
9-18, as well as men over 51 are all gen-
erally consuming suboptimal amounts.
hese stats even take into account na-
tionwide calcium supplement use!
While calcium’s most famous role
in the body is helping to build strong
bones, it’s actually crucial for many
diferent areas of health you may not
be aware of. Optimal calcium levels are
important for normal blood pressure,
strong teeth, an even heart rate, the
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ability of your muscles to properly con-
tract (including your heart!), nervous
system health, cellular immunity, and
even pancreatic health and blood sugar
balance.
Why Is Calcium
Insuiciency So Common?
People all around the world are getting
less and less dietary calcium every year.
We have a plethora of environmental
practices to point the finger at for this,
as well as a host of dietary and lifestyle
decisions that negatively affect our cal-
cium intake. Aging and many health
conditions can have a deleterious effect
on our calcium absorption too, includ-
ing Celiac disease, low stomach acid,
Vitamin D and K2 deficiency, and
more. Let’s look at some of the most
impactful causes of dietary calcium de-
ficiency, along with a few factors that
impact absorption and utilization.
Industrial Farming Practices
Our current chemical intensive farm-
ing practices vary wildly from the
way we grew our produce throughout
history and even just 100 years ago
before the Green Revolution. Massive
amounts of nitrogen-based fertilizers,
glyphosate- (RoundUp®)-dependent
genetically modified crops and liberal
application of pesticides, herbicides,
and fungicides, have all done their
share in depleting our soil of its pre-
cious and health promoting minerals.
Conventional farming’s failure to
properly rotate crops and replenish soil
with natural fertilizers, such as manure
or the compost from last year’s harvest,
means that food crops today are much
lower in calcium than they were when
your grandparents ate them.
Diets Lacking In Calcium
The typical western diet is sorely lack-
ing in nutrient-dense foods such as
whole sardines, long-simmered bone
broths, leafy greens, and other calci-
um-rich foods, because, let’s face it…
most of us could stand to eat a lot
healthier. To compound this issue, our
modern western diet is filled with foods
such as gluten, soy, yeast, and conven-
tional dairy that irritate and inflame
the digestive tract. Inflammation in
the digestive tract results in reduced
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calcium absorption from the foods we
do eat and, arguably, a greater need for
calcium due to the increased levels of
inflammation those foods can cause.
Dairy foods have long been
thought of as the most abundant
source of dietary calcium in the stan-
dard western diet. Recently however,
many people with health challenges
who are gravitating toward a more pa-
leolithic style diet, people with sensi-
tivities or allergies to dairy, and vegans
and vegetarians who may not consume
dairy products for other reasons, often
ind that the largest source of dietary
calcium in the western diet is efective-
ly of the menu.
Low Stomach Acid
Here’s a shocking fact: Most mid-
dle-aged and older adults absorb only
15 percent or less of the calcium they
consume. Calcium absorption is high-
est when we are young. This is when
the demand for this mineral is at its
pinnacle in order to help us reach peak
bone growth at around age 30. After
30, calcium absorption rapidly de-
clines. While many factors other than
aging can negatively influence calci-
um absorption–such as not adequately
chewing your food, eating while stand-
ing up, eating too fast, and consuming
too much fluid with meals–low stom-
ach acid, also known as hydrochloric
acid or HCL is most often times the
culprit. This condition is referred to
as hypochloridia. Calcium in the food
you eat is always bound to another
molecule, and in order to actually be
absorbed and utilized by your body, it
must first be ionized by stomach acid.
The issue here lies with the fact that
many of us actually have low, or even
no stomach acid. When stomach acid
is low due to stress, H. Pylori or other
bacterial infections, antacid use, in-
flammation of the stomach lining due
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to food intolerances or certain medi-
cations, or a number of other reasons,
dietary calcium simply cannot be ion-
ized and absorbed, and passes through
your body wasted and unutilized. If
you have low stomach acid or poor di-
gestion, consider a high-quality HCL
supplement to support a normal stom-
ach PH and healthy digestion.
Vitamin D3 Insuiciency
While low stomach acid is often to
blame, the next largest barrier to ab-
sorbing and utilizing the calcium you
consume is having adequate Vitamin
D3 levels. This is especially impactful
as so many people worldwide are de-
ficient in Vitamin D. Over a billion
people around the globe are clinically
deficient, with billions more having
suboptimal levels. Millions of Amer-
ican adults and children are counted
among these numbers.
he Endocrine Society has higher
standards than the United States Gov-
ernment’s Food and Drug Adminis-
tration (FDA), and the World Health
Organization (WHO) with regard to
what constitutes suicient Vitamin D
levels in a healthy person. he FDA and
WHO classify deiciency as anything
below 20ng/ml. he Endocrine Society
has set the bar higher by setting their
standard for deiciency as being below
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30ng/ml. According to that standard,
55 percent of the US population was
deicient between 1988 and 1994, and
77 percent were deicient for the peri-
od between 2001 and 2004! I consider
even 30 ng/ml to be too low, and prefer
to see my patients with levels above 60
ng/dl. According to my standard, the
Functional Medicine standard, more
than 90 percent of the US population
likely has suboptimal levels of Vitamin
D3.
Proper levels of Vitamin D3 are
essential for intestinal calcium absorp-
tion, as vitamin D, activated by your
parathyroid hormone, can increase cal-
cium absorption in the intestinal tract
by up to four times the normal rate
when your body needs it the most.
Calcium’s Important
Role in Your Health
Calcium Supports
Bone and Dental Health
Your bones and teeth are most likely the
first thing you think of when they think
about calcium, and that would stand to
reason! Calcium is the most abundant
mineral in your body. In fact, your
bones and teeth are quite literally made
of calcium and a collagen protein and
mineral matrix called hydroxyapatite.
When we do not consume enough di-
etary calcium, or we are not absorbing
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the calcium we do consume, our bod-
ies are forced to leach calcium from our
bones and teeth to keep calcium levels
in the blood stable. This is because cal-
cium levels in the blood are essential to
keep your heart beating properly, and
are therefore tightly regulated by your
brain. This leaching of calcium from
your bones can lead to shrinking and
more disease prone teeth, thinning
and weakening bones, higher rates of
fractures and even osteopenia and os-
teoporosis. We’ll talk more about why
keeping blood calcium levels stable
is so important in the next section.
In my clinic, I often recommend my
patients take 1100 mg of Calcium as
calcium microcrystalinehydroxyapa-
tate (MCHC) per day in order to sup-
port and maintain bone health and
growth, as well as support and main-
tain dental health. This is especially
important for women who are ap-
proaching menopause as women over
51 are the highest at risk population in
the world for calcium deficiency.
Calcium Supports Cardiovascular
Health & Normal Blood Pressure
Optimal calcium levels are crucial if
you’re looking to improve the picture
of your cardiovascular health. While
you probably most often think of den-
tal and bone health when you hear the
word “calcium,” this amazing mineral
also helps regulate blood pressure and
supports an even heart rate. This is
because calcium is essential in helping
your heart muscle properly contract
to pump your blood through your
vascular system. Calcium’s impact in
modulating blood pressure is also re-
lated to its role in helping your blood
vessels dilate to allow blood to flow
freely and unimpeded by constriction.
Acting kindly is one way to be an authentic healer without ever conducting formal healing.
—Warren Grossman, PhD, in Be Healed By the Earth
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I encourage my patients to use a
bio-available form of calcium that has
been clinically shown to be absorbable
in order to support heart health. This
is crucial as lower quality calcium sup-
plements are often not well absorbed.
These forms often simply pass through
the digestive tract, unutilized, and
leave your body through your bowels.
Calcium Cofactors:
Vitamin D3 & Vitamin K2
I always have my patients take a high
quality Vitamin D3 and Vitamin K2
supplement with their calcium. As we
discussed above, D3 is critical to ensur-
ing that your intestines can effectively
absorb the dietary calcium you con-
sume. However, once it is absorbed,
Vitamin K2 helps it actually find its
way into your bones. I can’t stress how
important this is as calcium that is
absorbed yet not properly utilized, or
that cannot find its way “home,” may
be deposited into soft tissue, causing
cysts. Excess calcium in the blood-
stream can also be deposited in your
kidneys, where it may cause kidney
stone formation. Finally, improperly
utilized calcium in your arteries may
even bind to waxy and oxidized LDL
cholesterol, creating plaques that have
a detrimental effect on cardiovascular
health.
In short, always be sure you’re get-
ting an adequate amount of Vitamin
D3 & K2 from the sun, your diet,
your multivitamin, and if needed, a
high-quality Vitamin D3 /Vitamin K2
supplement combination.
Calcium Supports
Whole-Body Health
Optimal calcium levels go a very long
way when it comes to whole body
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health. It’s not just your bones, teeth,
and cardiovascular system that reap
the benefits. Calcium is directly in-
volved in supporting a host of other
areas of health such as:
• Nerve and muscle function
• Cellular immunity
• Fat loss and weight goals
• Blood sugar balance/pancreatic
health
• Healthy digestion
• And much more!
To Optimize Calcium Levels
As you can see, optimal calcium levels
benefit far more than you might have
imagined. In fact, calcium has a posi-
tive impact on many more conditions
that we simply don’t have time to cover
here. From mood and neural impulses,
to DNA synthesis and resilient adre-
nal glands, to healthy hair, skin, and
fingernails, sufficient calcium intake
benefits your body entire body, head
to toe.
Recommended Daily Intake
Calcium is an interesting mineral in
that the government’s RDI is the same
for every single person over the age of
four-years old. The recommended dai-
ly intake (RDI) of calcium for children
over four and adults is 1000mg of el-
emental calcium per day. For various
reasons, many of us only absorb 15-
20 percent (or less!) of the calcium we
consume, so your optimal daily intake
may be even higher than the RDI.
Many doctors recommend up to
2000mg per day based on age, weight,
and digestive status. Certain disease
states, pregnancy and breastfeeding,
and prescription medications may also
increase your daily need. Achieving the
optimal daily intake of calcium every
day can be a challenge, and that is why
I recommend choosing foods that are
good sources of this healthful mineral,
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as well as selective supplementation to
ensure that you are always consuming
an adequate amount on a daily basis.
Best Calcium-Rich Foods
My favorite calcium-rich foods include:
• Whole sardines (look for wild
caught sardines in olive oil or spring
water in BPA-free tins);
• Fresh and dried organic igs;
Bone-in canned salmon (again, look
for wild caught salmon in BPA-free
cans);
• High quality bone broth;
• Okra;
• Leafy greens (collard greens and
mustard greens are my favorite!)
You should aim for organic variet-
ies of the fruits and vegetables as con-
ventional farming methods often leave
the soil depleted of such minerals as
calcium.
If you do not have any food sensi-
tivities, or you have completed one of
the Myers Way® programs in the past
and have successfully reintroduced
nuts, seeds, and legumes, there are a
few other foods you may enjoy that
will help you reach your optimal daily
intake. You may include the following
to the list of foods high in calcium:
• White beans
• Kidney beans
• Unhulled sesame seeds
• Almonds
Legumes should be soaked over-
night in pure iltered water, and then
thoroughly rinsed before cooking.
well suited to you. For this, I prefer
a special form of calcium called mi-
crocrystalinehydroxyapatate calcium
(MCHC).
Most calcium supplements on the
market come from limestone deposits!
You read that correctly. Most calcium
supplements on the market today are
literally inorganic calcium chloride,
calcium oxide, and calcium carbonate
from limestone deposits. These forms
of calcium are famously difficult for
your body to absorb and utilize, and
may even be dangerous to your health.
Forget about calcium from lime-
stone. One of the best forms of calci-
um is derived from whole bone extract
from healthy cows that graze on pris-
tine grasslands in New Zealand.
MCHC may be the most
bioavailable calcium in the world.
Clinically shown to be more absorbable
than calcium gluconate supplements,
microcrystalline hydroxyapatite com-
plex sourced from bovine bones may
be the most bioavailable calcium avail-
able. It is backed by decades of positive
research into its safety, effectiveness,
and tolerability.
Conclusion
Even equipped with a list of healthy,
calcium-rich foods, and making it a
point to include a few of them every
day, it’s still terribly easy to fall short
of your optimal daily intake. If you’ve
made it this far, then you likely under-
stand that calcium is just too crucial for
you to omit getting the recommended
amount. I hope this article has taught
you the importance of optimal daily
calcium intake, and has helped you de-
cide which form of supplemental calci-
um may be the right choice for you. ∆
(This article is reprinted by permission from
https://www.amymyersmd.com/2018/07/cal-
cium-deficient-key-mineral/ accessed on 21
September 2018.)
Amy Myers, MD, author of The Autoimmune
Solution, (HarperOne), is a leader in func-
tional medicine. She received her doctorate in
medicine from LSU Health Sciences Center,
in New Orleans, and spent five years working
in emergency medicine before training with
the Institute of Functional Medicine. She has
helped thousands around the world recover
from chronic illness through her diet-based
program, The Myers Way, and she has creat-
ed multiple interactive eBooks and eCourses
to guide readers through her revolutionary
approach to health. Her blog and newsletter,
which comes with a free eBook of gluten-free
and dairy-free recipes, serve as beacons of
hope to the many sufferers of chronic disease
and autoimmune conditions. See http://amy-
myersmd.com.
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Which Form Of Calcium
Supplement Is the Right One For You?
A high quality form of supplemental
calcium helps support the entire body
and all of its systems and processes.
If you’re looking to supplement with
calcium, the supplement you choose
should be of the highest quality, and
in a form that is highly absorbable and
More and more cardiologists are recognizing the relationship between an elevated C-reactive
protein (a measure of inlammation) and heart disease. While some cardiologists recommend
statin drugs to lower the C-reactive protein, a safer approach, and one that addresses the root
cause of inlammation, is to deal with hyperinsulinemia, or elevated insulin levels in the
blood. Hyperinsulinemia, or metabolic syndrome, occurs when there is a chronic imbalance
between the amount of carbohydrates a person consumes and the amount of carbohydrates a
person needs. Too many carbohydrates force the body into producing more insulin to lower the
blood sugar from diabetic levels.
—homas Cowan, MD, in Human Heart, Cosmic Heart, Chelsea Green Publishing,
2016, page 61.

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Sleep & Melatonin
The Dreaming
Neurotransmitter
By Joe Dispenza, DC

W
hen you wake up in the
morning and return to
the world of the senses,
the moment your eye perceives light
through your iris, receptors in the op-
tic nerve send a signal to a part of your
brain called the suprachiasmatic nucle-
us. It then sends a signal to the pineal
gland, which responds by making se-
rotonin, the daytime neurotransmitter.
As you will recall, neurotrans-
mitters are chemical messengers that
transmit and communicate informa-
tion between nerve cells. he neu-
rotransmitter serotonin tells your body
it’s time to wake up and start your
day. As you integrate information be-
tween all your senses in order to create
meaning between your inner and outer
world, serotonin stimulates your brain
waves from delta to theta to alpha to
beta, causing you to once again real-
ize you’re in a physical body in space
and time. hus, when your brain is
As night falls and it gets dark, a
similar but inverse process occurs.
he inhibition of light sends a signal
along the same route back to the pineal
gland, but now the pineal gland trans-
mutes serotonin into melatonin, the
nighttime neurotransmitter. his pro-
duction and release of melatonin slows
down your brain waves from beta to al-
pha, making you sleepy, tired, and less
likely to want to think or analyze. As
your brain waves slow down to alpha,
you become more interested in return-
ing your attention to your inner world
rather than your outer world. Eventu-
ally, as your body falls asleep and goes
into a catatonic state, your brain waves
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move from alpha to theta to delta, thus
inducing periods of dreaming as well
as deep, restorative sleep.
By living within the rhythm of our
external environment, within this di-
urnal pattern of wakefulness and sleep
(based on where we live in the world),
our brain becomes automatically en-
trained to the daily production of
these chemicals at very speciic times
in the morning and evening. his is
called the circadian rhythm. Most of
us know that when we move out of this
natural rhythm we become out of sorts,
such as when we travel to another part
of the world where the sun rises and
sets several hours ahead of our normal

iring in beta brain waves, you put

much of your attention on your out-
er environment, your body, and time.
hat’s normal.

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time zone. his is jet lag, and we need
some time to recalibrate. When the
body gets out of its natural circadian
rhythm, it will usually take a few days
to readjust to the new environment’s
rhythm of sunrise and sunset. his is
all chemistry produced from our inter-
action with our external three-dimen-
sional world—from our eyes’ reaction
to the sun and the frequency of visible
light.
Melatonin induces rapid eye
movement (REM) sleep, a phase of the
circadian rhythm that causes dream-
ing. As the thoughts and chatter in our
head diminish, giving way to sleep and
eventually the dreaming state, the brain
begins to internally see and perceive in
images, pictures, and symbols. But be-
fore we get into why melatonin is so
important, let’s take a closer look at the
molecular structure of this dreaming
neurotransmitter. he process of cre-
ating melatonin starts with the essen-
tial amino acid L-tryptophan, the raw
material responsible for making sero-
tonin and melatonin. To be converted
into melatonin, it must pass through
a series of chemical changes known as
methylation. Methylation is the pro-
cess of taking a single carbon and three
hydrogens (known as a methyl group)
and applying it to countless critical
functions throughout our body such
as thinking, repairing DNA, turning
genes on and of, ighting infections,
and so on. In this case, it’s part of the
production of melatonin.
Psychologist Richard Davidson used MRIs to track the brain activity of a…monk…. In ear-
lier work Davidson showed that neural activity in the prefrontal cortex was greater on the left
side in association with feelings of well-being, while negative feelings like depression correlated
with activity on the right. he…monk’s neural responses while practicing…compassion medi-
tations were of the chart on the left.
—Charles Fisher, PhD, in Dismantling Discontent, page 376, Elite Books, Santa Rosa,
California, 2007
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Because this methyl group is made
up of very stable chemicals, the basic
structure of the ive- and six- sided
rings stay the same during this series of
chemical reactions. However, as difer-
ent groups of molecules attach to those
rings, they change the properties and
characteristics of the molecule.
Beginning with L-tryptophan,
the pineal gland transmutes it into
5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), which
then becomes serotonin. Serotonin is
a more stable molecule than 5-HTP,
can sustain itself in the brain, and has
a more useful function, as we’ll soon
see. hrough another chemical reac-
tion, the pineal gland converts sero-
tonin into N-acetylserotonin and then
an additional reaction turns it into
melatonin. And all of this happens in
the pineal gland. In a 24-hour cycle,
the production of melatonin is highest
between the hours of 1 am and 4 am.
his is important to remember.
Over-Stimulated
Adrenals & Melatonin
We now know there’s an inverse re-
lationship between our adrenal hor-
mones and melatonin. As adrenal cor-
tisol levels go up, melatonin levels go
down. This is the reason why we can’t
sleep when we’re under stress. In antiq-
uity, this served as a biological safety
mechanism. For instance, if you were
chased by a predator a few times on
the way to the watering hole, and then
you spotted more large beasts in your
territory, your body, in its innate in-
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Facts About
Melatonin
• stops the exCess secretion of cortisol in
response to stress
• Improves carbohydrate metabolism
• Lowers triglyceride levels
• Inhibits atherosclerosis (hardening of
the arteries)
• Heightens the immune response (cel-
lular and metabolic)
• Decreases the devolpment of certain
tumors
• Increases life span in laboratory rats
by 25 percent
• Activates a neuroprotective role in the
brain
• Increases REM sleep (dream sleep)
• Stimulates free-radical scavenging
(anti-aging, antioxidant)
• Promotes DNA repair and replication
—Joseph Dispenza, DC, in Becoming
Supernatural.
Let it Go
The very best approach to medicine is:
“Well, I see your physical body is sick,
what’s been bothering you? What are
you worried about? What are you angry
about? What are you frustrated about?”
Ask these questions because those
emotions are at the root of all disease.
And then say, “Let it go, let it go, let it
go.” That’s the message, and if your pa-
tients could hear you and do that, then
they would all be well right away.
—Excerpt from a discussion address-
ing a question from a physician about
health and healing during a day-long
workshop with Esther and Jerry Hicks
conducted in Ashland, Oregon on 5-16-
2000; for more information or to access
the full CD: www.abraham-hicks.com
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telligence, would want to prevent you
from becoming prey yourself. In such
cases, sleep and restoration become less
important than surviving. More aptly
put—staying alive by remaining awake
through the night is more valuable
than sleeping and risking death.
When the body is trying to rest
“hese frequencies transmute
melatonin into chemicals called
Melatonin has many other inter-
esting applications. For example, it’s
been proven to improve carbohydrate
metabolism. his is important because
when certain people respond to stress,
the body takes carbohydrates and
stores them as fat—and fat is nothing
more than stored energy. his is a result
mysteries about the human body and
mind.
As higher frequencies and higher
states of consciousness [experienced in
meditation practices] interact with the
pineal gland, one of the irst things to
happen is that these frequencies trans-
mute melatonin into chemicals called
benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines are
a class of drugs, from which Valium is
created, that anesthetize the analytical
mind, so, all of a sudden, the think-
ing brain relaxes and stops analyzing.
According to functional brain scans,

benzodiazepines.... his limits benzodiazepines suppress neural ac-

chemicals that cause you to feel
fear, anger, agitation, agression,
sadness, or pain.”
in this vigilant state, it never gets the
restorative sleep it needs because the
survival chemicals, like cortisol, have
switched on the survival genes. If the
perceived stressor is not a saber-toothed
tiger, but instead your strained rela-
tionship with your ex-spouse, whom
you must interact with daily, that
chronic stress keeps the survival system
activated. Now this safety valve is no
longer adaptive but maladaptive. his
type of chronic stress alters typical lev-
els of melatonin (and even serotonin),
knocking the body out of homeostasis.
But if you lower the levels of cor-
tisol, melatonin levels will increase. In
other words, when you break the stress
response by overcoming the emotion-
al addiction to those chemicals, your
body can go back to long-term build-
ing projects instead of constantly deal-
ing with the perceived emergency.
tivity in the amygdala, the brain’s sur-
vival center. his limits chemicals that
cause you to feel fear, anger, agitation,
aggression, sadness, or pain. Now your
body feels calm and relaxed, but your
mind is awakened. ∆
This excerpt has been reprinted with permis-
sion from Becoming Supernatural: How Com-
mon People Are Doing the Uncommon, by Joe
Dispenza, DC. The new book can be found
of primitive genes signaling the body online at hayhouse.com or amazon.com.
to store energy in case there’s a fam-
Joe Dispenza, DC, is an international lec-
ine. Melatonin has also been known
turer, researcher, corporate consultant, and
to help with depression. It’s even been educator who has personally taught many
proven to increase levels of DHEA, the three-day progressive workshops and five-day
anti-aging hormone. (See “Facts” in advanced workshops in the US and abroad. He
sidebar, preceding page.) is a New York Times best-selling author of sev-
eral books, including You are the Placebo. He
Activating the Pineal Gland also wrote Evolve Your Brain, and Breaking the
Habit of Being Yourself, both of which detail
For years, I spent enormous amounts
the neuroscience of change and epigenetics.
of time studying the pineal gland and
His postgraduate training covered neurology,
seeking researchers who did extensive neuroscience, brain function and chemistry,
measurements of its metabolites and cellular biology, memory formation, and ag-
tissue. My interest was in tying to- ing and longevity. For more information, see
gether my findings with some ancient www.drjoedispenza.com.
Emotions and thoughts initiate a series of cascading chemical and cellular events—includ-
ing the formation of new neurons—that are the basis of other emotions and thoughts. Some
studies suggest, in fact, that meditation may cause neurological shifts that are as potent as our
most efective medications for alleviating anxiety and depression.
—Candace Pert, PhD, while a research professor, Georgetown University School of Med-
icine, in he Promise of Energy Psychology, by David Feinstein, Donna Eden and Gary
Craig, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2005

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How Your Thoughts
Afect Your Health?
This is where the
unpredictable may
happen—where terminal,
fatal diseases vanish and
where “spontaneous
remissions” occur.
—Larry Dossey, MD, in Thoughts,
Attitudes & Your Health

Those who take this

new road ind a new life,
exceed expectations and
sometimes are cured of
incurable illness.
—Bernie Siegel, MD, in Thoughts,
Attitudes & Your Health

Thoughts, Attitudes & Your

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Metabolism &
Minimizing Toxins
By Anne Louise Gittleman, PhD

A
re you over forty and experi-
encing a metabolic slowdown,
making those extra pounds
hard to shed? Or are you younger—in
your twenties or thirties—but hav-
ing issues such as a sluggish thyroid
or Hashimoto’s that bring your me-
tabolism to a screeching halt? If your
answer is yes, then it could be time to
look at your toxic exposure.
Toxins, not just calories, could be
dialing down your metabolism. No
matter how clean a life you lead, it is
impossible to avoid all the poisons in
today’s ubiquitously polluted world.
Incredibly, we have thirty to ifty
thousand more chemicals in our body
than our grandparents had. We can
minimize our exposure, but we can’t
completely eliminate it. Only by giv-
ing our body additional support will it
have the means to purge more of these
toxic agents.
Environmental Toxins
What kinds of toxins are at play?
by blocking iodine receptors in your
thyroid gland, which shuts down your
body’s thyroid hormone production.
Your thyroid gland uses luoride to
make an “imposter hormone” that
triggers weight gain, fatigue, depres-
sion, and hair loss. his hormonal
charlatan poses as thyroid hormone in
blood tests, which makes deiciencies
almost impossible to detect. Sneaky
sources of luoride include luoridated
water, dental products, processed food
and beverages, pharmaceuticals, Tef-
lon pans, and pesticides.
Another metal that can mess with
your thyroid, should you have too
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much of it, is copper. Copper is nec-
essary for good health, but only in the
proper amount. Our body can accu-
mulate excess copper if we consume
too many copper-rich foods such as
nuts, seeds, avocados, grains, shellish,
tea, and several others.
And then there’s glyphosate. Gly-
phosate is the primary chemical in the
notorious weed killer Roundup and is
extremely damaging to the body by
several diferent mechanisms. It’s an
endocrine disruptor and major metal
chelator—meaning, it binds tightly to
metals such as mercury and aluminum
and carries them directly into your

Things like heavy metals, manmade

chemicals, and electro-pollution all
contribute to the body’s toxic burden.
Take luoride, for example. Flu-
oride intake can pack on the pounds

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brain. Endocrine disruptors shut down
your thyroid and trick your body into
storing excess fat. hey are so good at
this that they’ve earned the nickname
“obesogens.”
Glyphosate also makes other
chemicals more toxic by blocking
certain enzyme pathways in your liv-
er that detoxify all sorts of chemicals.
hese blocked pathways prevent your
“Besides being the antidote to
production of the hormones cortisol
and adrenaline. Elevated cortisol leads
to elevated blood sugar and insulin,
mood instability, cravings, loss of mus-
cle mass, and increased abdominal fat.
Foods & Practices
that Mitigate Toxins
While it is not possible to eliminate all
EMF exposures, we can reduce them.
A few simple, yet impactful sugges-
sidered “bitters” including asparagus,
arugula, artichokes, cucumbers, grape-
fruit, basil and thyme—even cofee!
Not only will the right cofee boost
your detoxiication eforts, but studies
show it can improve your insulin sensi-
tivity, metabolic rate and lipid proile,
and even reduce inlammation levels.
Dandelion root is another fabulous
bitter that can boost your body’s de-
toxiication processes. Roasted dandy
tea gets your digestive juices lowing
to stimulate good bile low, which is
necessary for carrying toxins out of

“sweet addiction,” bitters help
detox your GI tract and clean
out your liver…”
liver from converting vitamin D into
its active form, thereby contributing
to vitamin D deiciency. he best way
to reduce your glyphosate exposure is
to buy organic, non-GMO food prod-
ucts. To eliminate glyphosate from
your body, get plenty of sunlight and
eat sulfur-rich foods like garlic, onions,
leeks, cruciferous vegetables (caulilow-
er, broccoli, kale, etc.), pasture-raised
meat and eggs.
You might not consider your cell
phone or computer to be a risk factor
for weight gain, but they are! Weight
gain, as well as many modern-day dis-
eases, has been scientiically linked to
physiological disruptions from man-
made electromagnetic ields (EMFs).
We are surrounded by microwaves
from our cell phones, portable phones,
smart meters, computers and oth-
er technology. here is a very narrow
range of EMFs to which our brain
cells respond, resulting in increased
the body. Working bitters into your
diet several times a day is a top Radical
Metabolism tip.
Because toxicity is such a factor in
weight gain and weight loss resistance
today, it is crucial to mitigate any met-
abolic damage by reducing your expo-
sure to toxins as much as possible and
taking the right measures to support
tions are to keep your cell phone at a
distance, not on your body; talk on your body’s ability to cleanse itself.
“speaker phone”; turn Wi-Fi equip- When the body can detoxify properly,
ment off at night and keep all electron- all your glands function better—in-
ic devices out of your bedroom. cluding your thyroid! ∆
Bitter foods are a key, little-known New York Times bestselling author, diet, and
toxin cleanser. Besides being the anti- nutrition trendsetter Ann Louise Gittleman,
PhD, is the author of Radical Metabolism. For
dote to “sweet addiction,” bitters help
more information or to contact the author,
detox your GI tract and clean out your
visit https://RadicalMetabolism.com.
liver. Dozens of familiar foods are con-
I used to test for soy allergies all the time, but now that soy is genetically engineered, it is so
dangerous that I tell people never to eat it—unless it says organic.”
—John H. Boyles, MD, ear, nose, and throat and allergy specialist reviewing Genetic
Roulette at www.responsibletechnoligies.org
Scientiic medicine has taken credit it does not deserve for some advances in health. Most peo-
ple believe that victory over the infectious diseases of the last century came with the invention
of immunizations. In fact, [they] were in decline before vaccines for them became available—
the result of better methods of sanitation, sewage disposal, and distribution of food and water.  
—Andrew Weil, MD, in Health and Healing
When talking about the future, expect only the best—that great possibilities are coming. In so
doing, you create hope and stimulate ambition.… Positive and reasonable expectations serve
to provide guidance, create faith, establish hope, and promote self-conidence.
—Michael G. Rayel, MD, in “Announcing Expectations,” www.americanchronicle.com/
articles/14011

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Mangosteen
Cancer Reversing Fruit
By Al Sears, MD
I
f you’re a woman with a family
history of breast cancer, your doc-
tor may recommend you start tak-
ing a toxic chemotherapy drug such as
tamoxifen to lower your risk of devel-
oping the disease. Even if you have no
signs or symptoms of cancer.
Tamoxifen is what’s known as
a chemopreventive agent. hat’s a fancy
phrase that means it’s something that
prevents cancer from forming. But
its track record isn’t all that impres-
sive. Trials found that for every 1,000
women who take the drugs, only 21 to
35 cases of cancer would be prevent-
ed. And the side effects are downright
terrifying: Bone pain, blood clots, in-
creased risk of stroke. Tamoxifen could
even cause you to get endometrial can-
cer.
Isn’t that ironic? hey’d give a
healthy person something that’s been
shown to cause cancer in order to pre-
vent cancer. No thanks!
Fortunately, nature has been giv-
ing us safe chemopreventive agents
long before we came up with that
phrase. I’ve written about so many
over the years. But perhaps you’ve nev-
er heard of the one I’m going to tell you
about now…
It’s a rare fruit that’s almost impos-
sible to ind in the US. In fact, before
20
2007 it was even  illegal  to bring this
fruit into the US. It’s called a mango-
steen, or the “Queen of Fruits.”
Mangosteens are about the size
of a ist with a deep purple, leathery
skin. Inside are six to eight white, juicy
wedges. he segments are sweet and
tangy. hey taste a little like a mixture
of lychee fruit, pineapple, peach, and
strawberry.
Health Benefits of Mangosteen
This fruit is treasured for its luscious
flavor. But it is also a super-fruit when
it comes to health benefits. For centu-
ries, the skin of mangosteen was used
by traditional healers in Asia to treat a
variety of conditions. Modern research
is just catching up with mangosteen’s
healing potential.
Mangosteen contains powerful an-
tioxidants called  xanthones. here are
about 200 of these compounds in na-
ture. hey exist in only trace amounts
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in most plants. But mangosteen con-
tains 40 of these powerful phytonutri-
ents. hey’re in the skin, lesh, and leaf
of the fruit.
In numerous cancer studies, man-
gosteen has been shown to control in-
lammation, cell division and growth,
programmed cell death and metastasis.
Mangosteen xanthones are proven to:
Significantly slow the growth of can-
cerous colorectal tumors1; successfully
slow prostate cancer2; inhibit growth of
skin cancer cells3; and inhibit growth
and spread of human leukemia cells.4
In 2008, researchers at the Univer-
sity of Illinois found that 4 of the 12
xanthones they screened were formida-
ble  aromatase-inhibitors—compounds
that lower estrogen levels. hat means
they can successfully treat estrogen-de-
pendent tumors such as breast cancer.
hat’s exactly the same way
tamoxifen works to ight breast cancer
tumors. Which would  you  rather put
into your body?
Where to Find Mangosteen
Although growers have tried to raise
mangosteens in Puerto Rico, Florida
and California, they haven’t had much
luck. And the fruit is difficult to im-
port because it’s so perishable.
Mangosteens have to ripen fully
on the tree. And shipping ripe fruit
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across the globe before it spoils is very
tricky and costly. hat’s why you’ll
likely never see a mangosteen in your
local market.
But you  can  ind mangosteen
juice. And that can be even better than
eating the fruit. hat’s because most of
the xanthones are found in the bitter
purple rind of the mangosteen. Most
people won’t eat that. But when the
whole fruit is juiced you get the beneit
of the xanthones. ∆
This article is reprinted by permission from
“Mangosteen: The Cancer-Fighting Super-
fruit,” at https://alsearsmd.com/2017/03/
mangosteen-the-cancer-fighting-superfruit/
Al Sears, MD, has published 35 books and re-
ports on health and wellness, and has millions
of loyal readers spread over 163 countries. He
currently publishes two monthly e-Newslet-
ters, Confidential Cures and Anti-Aging Con-
fidential for Women, and a daily email broad-
cast, “Doctor’s House Call,” with more than
500,000 subscribers. He was the first medical
doctor to introduce the Nobel prize-winning,
anti-aging breakthrough, telomere DNA
therapy, to the general public. He is currently
working with leading scientists in the field of
telomere biology to further define how this
technology will shape the future of anti-aging
medicine. For more: https://alsearsmd.com.
References
1. Aisha AFA, Abu-Salah KM, Ismail Z, Ma-
jid AMSA. “In vitro and in vivo anti-colon
cancer effects of Garcinia mangostana xan-
thones extract.” BMC Complementary and Al-
ternative Medicine. 2012;12:104.
2. Johnson JJ, Petiwala SM, Syed DN, et
al. “a-Mangostin, a xanthone from mango-
steen fruit, promotes cell cycle arrest in pros-
tate cancer and decreases xenograft tumor
growth.” Carcinogenesis. 2012;33(2):413-419.
3. Wang JJ, Shi QH, Zhang W, Sanderson
BJ. “Anti-skin cancer properties of pheno-
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gosteen (Garcinia mangostana Linn.).”
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4.  Matsumoto K, Akao Y, Kobayashi E,
Ohguchi K, Ito T, Tanaka T, Iinuma M,
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Mangosteen Vinaigrette Recipe

• 1/3 cup organic extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon mangosteen juice
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest

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• 1/2 teaspoon raw honey
• Salt and pepper to taste

Combine all ingredients in a glass jar and shake well to combine.

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That’s it! You can also find freeze-dried or powdered mangosteen. Add them or the juice to smoothies to get the
benefits of xanthones. Avoid canned mangosteen. The heat from the canning degrades the healthy compounds.

On Medicine
One of the irst duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.
—Sir William Osler, MD (1848-1919), Aphorisms from His Bedside Teachings
Doctors want to be close to their patients, and are angry about the walls that have come up between their patients and them…. One of the
ways that we can come closer to our patients is to treat them as individuals and to talk about ourselves as individuals…. If I can relate to a
patient in an artistic way, a way that takes into account what they’re about, I’m pretty sure I’ll be a better doctor to them. hat mixture of
technical expertise and the art of medicine is what gives me the best chance of helping a patient deal with an illness and be healed. 
—homas Delbanco, MD, in Healing and the Mind by Bill Moyers, p. 23
he double-blind study has caused a revolution even in conventional medicine. Many old beliefs have been tossed out when double-blind stud-
ies were inally done. It’s been discovered, for example, that … over-the-counter cough syrups don’t work, that immediate antibiotic treatment
for ear infections is probably not necessary or even helpful in most cases, and that cartilage scraping for knee arthritis is no better than placebo.
—Steven Bratman, MD, in “Double-Blind Studies:
A Major Scientiic Advance of the 20th Century”; full article at www.mendosa.com/bratman

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Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
By Stephanie Tourles
P
leasingly aromatic thyme was
frequently used in medicine, cos-
metics, food, perfume, incense,
and embalming rituals by the ancient
Greeks, Egyptians, and Romans, and it
has a long history of use as a medicinal
plant in the Western herbal apothecary.
Whether utilized as a tea, tincture, syr-
up, or essential oil, thyme’s main arenas
of remediation have been and still are
digestive complaints, respiratory prob-
lems, circulatory disorders, muscle and
joint discomforts, and the prevention
and treatment of infection.
I primarily use thyme essential
oil in blends intended to fend of and/
or combat cold and lu symptoms. I
also use it in air puriication spritzers,
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topically, and in inhalation sticks.
hyme is mighty medicine against
infectious nasties!
Psychological Beneits: Thyme es-
sential oil can be both stimulating
and relaxing to the mind, so it tends
to regulate the psyche as needed. The
uplifting, clarifying, refreshing scent
instills courage, fortifies the spirit, and
strengthens the will, while dispelling
fear, mental instability, melancholy,
nightmares, and nervous exhaustion.
Safety Data: T. vulgaris and T.  vul-
garis ct. thymol are dermal and mu-
cous membrane irritants and should
be used in moderation and highly
diluted. Avoid if you are pregnant or
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breastfeeding. Topical application
(and ingestion) is best avoided if you
are using anticoagulants, following
major surgery, or if you suffer from
peptic ulcer, hemophilia, or another
bleeding disorder.
T. vulgaris ct. linalool is generally
nonirritating and nontoxic; it is gentler
on the skin and safe to use during
pregnancy/lactation and with children,
the elderly, and those with a weakened
constitution.
From Herb to Oil
Common garden thyme is the culti-
vated form of wild thyme (T. serpyl-
lum), which derives its name from its
serpent-like growth. Native to Spain
and the Mediterranean region, it has
spread throughout the world, but
the main oil-producing countries are
France, Hungary, Morocco, Turkey,
and Spain. Steam distillation of the
fresh or partially dried leaves and flow-
ering tops produces several types of es-
sential oil.
T. vulgaris, often referred to as
common thyme or red thyme, has a
scent that can be described as medic-
inal, warm-herbaceous, somewhat
spicy, and slightly sweet. With high
levels of the constituent thymol it —
especially the variety T. vulgaris ct.
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thymol—demands respect, as it can be • 5 drops clove water and ¼ cup of unflavored vodka.
quite irritating if not heavily diluted. • ¼-ounce dark glass bottle with a Screw the top on the bottle and shake
hymol relieves lung congestion and screw cap or oriice reducer cap vigorously to blend. Label the bottle
is efective against gingivitis and bad and allow the spray to synergize for 1
breath. To make the blend: Combine the
thyme, rosemary, eucalyptus, tea tree, hour. Store at room temperature, away
lemon, and clove essential oils in the from heat and light; use within 1 year.
T. vulgaris ct. linalool, commonly
bottle. Screw the top on the bottle Shake well before using. Spray several
known as sweet thyme or mild thyme,
and shake vigorously for 2 minutes to times per day during cold and flu sea-
yields a clear, pale yellow essential oil
that has a sweeter, softer antiseptic aro- blend. Label the bottle and set it in a son. You can also spray the blend on
ma. It is considerably milder than the cool, dark location for 24 hours so that your hands after washing as an added
other thyme varieties. When you need the oils can synergize. layer of wellness protection; I suggest
thyme’s remedial power yet desire a Store at room temperature, away placing a bottle by the kitchen sink and
gentler, cooler, less irritating efect, this from heat and light; use within 2 years. in each bathroom.
is the one to choose. Do not store the bottle with a drop-
per top, as the strong vapors will de- Caution: Do not use in close prox-
Essential Properties grade the rubber tip. Store only with a imity to children 10 years of age or
screw cap. younger, as it can be too stimulating
It is one of the most anti-infectious
of all oils and an ideal choice to use to the respiratory tract.
To difuse the essential oils: Shake
against respiratory, mouth, and skin
well before using. Follow the manu-
infections; a powerful immune stim- Makes ¼ ounce (7.5 ml)
facturer’s directions for your brand of
ulant; antifungal; analgesic; warm-
diffuser or nebulizer.
ing; deodorant; energizing; circulatory Excepted from Stephanie Tourles’s Essential
stimulant; physically and mentally for- To make a spray: Add 30 drops of Oils: A Beginner’s Guide by (c) Stephanie L.
tifying; valuable insect repellent. the blend to a 4-ounce plastic or dark Tourles. Photograph below by Mars Vilaubi.
glass spray bottle. Then add ¼  cup of Used with permission of Storey Publishing.
“Winter hyme” Healthy
Home Blend
During cold and flu season, I dif-
fuse this formula—chock-full of an-
tibacterial and antiviral properties
—throughout my house, as regularly
inhaling it fortifies resistance and gen-
eral immunity and keeps microbes at
bay. The fragrance is fresh, stimulat-
ing, and herbaceous, and definitely not
medicinal.
Essential oils
• 40 drops thyme (ct. linalool or
nonchemotype speciic)
• 35 drops rosemary (ct. verbenon;
ct. cineole; or nonchemotype spe-
ciic)
• 30 drops eucalyptus (species glob-
ulus, radiata, or smithii)
• 25 drops tea tree
• 15 drops lemon

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 Curried Bean & Brussels
Sprout Stew
with Kabocha Squash
By Anya Kassoff
T
his loaded, hearty stew fea-
tures all of the most nutri-
tious produce the season has
to ofer, spiced with a curry blend and
thickened with rich, creamy coconut
milk. Although it does require some
initial efort, this one-pot stew is a
complete meal that will easily feed you
for a week.
All the spices called for in this rec-
ipe make up the mixture we know as
curry powder. Ever since I made my
own homemade curry powder for the
irst time, I haven’t been able to go
back to buying it at the store—the la-
vor far exceeds any pre-made curry I’ve
ever tried. However, feel free to use a
store-bought curry to save some time.
Since all curries vary greatly in spice
and lavor, the exact amount depends
on which pre-made blend you buy;
start by adding 1 tablespoon and taste
as you go.
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Serves 6 to 8 | Fall / Winter
• 1 cup dried adzuki, kidney, or can-
nellini beans, soaked in purified water
overnight
• 3 to 4 bay leaves
• 2 to 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 to 3 fresh thyme sprigs, leaves sep-
arated, stalks reserved for cooking the
beans (optional)
• Fresh cilantro leaves, for serving
(stems reserved for cooking the beans)
• Sea salt
• 1 medium kabocha, kuri, or butter-
nut squash, seeded, cut into bite-size
pieces (skin removed only if using but-
ternut)
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 3 tablespoons melted neutral coconut
oil, divided
• 2 teaspoons cumin seeds, freshly
ground
• Seeds from 5 to 7 cardamom pods,
freshly ground
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• 1 tablespoon ground turmeric
• Pinch of red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh
ginger
• 1 large yellow onion, chopped
• 3/4 cup Bhutanese or ruby red rice,
rinsed
• Handful of kaffir lime leaves (option-
al)
• 1 pound (454 g) halved Brussels
sprouts, damaged outer leaves re-
moved, hard ends cut away
• 1 (13.5-ounce / 398-ml) can un-
sweetened Thai coconut milk
• Zest and juice of 2 limes
• 4 cups baby spinach or 2 cups
chopped kale leaves
Directions
1. Drain and rinse the beans, then
place them in a large, heavy-bottomed
pot and cover them with at least 14
cups of water. Add the bay leaves, gar-
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lic, thyme stalks, and cilantro stems,
and bring the liquid to a boil over me-
dium-high heat. Skim off any foam
with a slotted spoon and reduce the
heat to a strong simmer. Cook for 20
minutes, add a pinch or two of salt,
then cook for another 10 minutes or
until the beans are tender and buttery
inside. Check periodically to make
sure that the water is simmering. If
the beans are not fully cooked after 30
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minutes, continue cooking them until
they reach the right consistency—it
can take up to an hour or even longer
for some beans. Drain the beans, re-
serving the cooking liquid in a large
heatproof bowl for the base of the stew.
Discard the bay leaves and all of the
stems. Set the beans aside, and do not
wash the pot.
2. While the beans are cooking, pre-
heat the oven to 425°F (220°C). Line a
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rimmed baking sheet with parchment
paper.
3. Place the squash on the prepared
baking sheet, add the thyme leaves, salt
and pepper to taste, and 1 tablespoon
of the coconut oil. Mix to coat using
your hands. Spread out the squash in
a single layer, transfer it to the oven,
and roast for 20 to 30 minutes, stirring
at halftime, until the squash is tender
when pricked with a knife.
4. In the same pot used for cooking the
beans, warm remaining 2 tablespoons
of coconut oil over medium heat. Add
the spices and ginger and stir every-
thing around for 2 minutes, until fra-
grant. Add the onion and sauté for 7
minutes, until it is soft and translucent.
5. Add rice, a large pinch of salt, and
the kaffir lime leaves, if using, and stir
to coat. Add 7 cups of the reserved
bean cooking liquid and bring the liq-
uid to a boil. Reduce the heat to a slow
simmer, cover pot, and cook for 20
minutes or until rice is almost cooked.
6. Increase heat to medium and add
the Brussels sprouts, cooked beans, and
a large pinch of salt. Bring broth back
to a boil, then lower heat and simmer,
covered, for another 10 minutes until
Brussels sprouts and rice are tender.
7. Add the coconut milk, roasted
squash, lime zest and juice, and more
salt to taste. If using kale, add it at this
time as well. Bring the broth back to a
gentle boil, lower the heat to a simmer,
and cook for 2 minutes.
8. Remove the pot from the heat, taste
the broth, and add more salt if need-
ed. Stir in the spinach, if using. Serve
hot with fresh cilantro leaves and more
freshly squeezed lime juice if desired. ∆
From Simply Vibrant by Anya Kassoff ©
2018 by Anya Kassoff. Photographs ©
2018 by Masha Davydova. Reprinted in
arrangement with Roost Books, an im-
print of Shambhala Publications, Inc.
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Resolving Muscle-Strength
Imbalance and Back Pain
By Melissa Milne, LMT
C
hronic back pain has be-
come a major issue across the
globe. According to the Amer-
ican Chiropractic Association, back
pain is the leading cause of disability
worldwide, and most causes of back
pain have nothing to do with disease
or acute injury. However, if injury or
disease is not the cause of most chronic
back pain, then what is the cause and
how can we solve the issue?
Postural-Muscle-Strength
Imbalance
One of the least talked about, but most
important causes of chronic back pain
is postural-muscle-strength imbalance.
Here’s why. There are two types of
muscle fibers in the skeletal muscle sys-
tem: Type 1 or slow-twitch-fibers, and
Type 2 or fast-twitch fibers.
Type 1: Slow-Twitch Fibers
Type 1 muscle fibers are built to stay
in contraction for long periods of time,
for postural support and stabilization
during functional movement. Our
Type 1 fibers are strengthened through
our daily habits, which means that
we are not consciously strengthening
our postural muscles, rather, we are
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allowing them to be strengthened by
the subconscious habits of our bod-
ies. (Type 2 muscle fibers are built for
explosive or heavy movement. We use
them to lift heavy things, jump, run,
and swim.)
When we sit at a computer, or in
a car, or on the couch looking at our
cell phones for hours every week, we
are unknowingly training our Type 1
Slow-Twitch-Fiber postural muscles to
hold us in that position, rather than
training them to keep us erect and bal-
anced. We end up with our shoulders
stuck in an anteriorly-rotated position,
our upper back in an exaggerated ky-
photic (causing hunching of the back)
curve, our lumbar spine in an unnat-
urally truncated lordotic (bent back-
ward) curve, our glute (hip) muscles
chronically over-stretched, and our
quads chronically iring.
Because our Type-1 postural mus-
cles have been trained to stay in sub-
optimal lengths, the nerves innervat-
ing our muscles are either chronically
lengthened or shortened within the
muscles tissue, because the nerves and
veins adjust their length in order to it
with the length of the muscle. What
this means also is that our joints no
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longer stay in their optimal positions.
When there is constant pressure in the
joint, on the nerves in the joint, and
in the surrounding tissue, over time,
there is muscle or joint inlammation,
atrophy, decay, and damage to muscle
and nerve tissue.
here are three main ingredients
that will help to remedy this situation:
1). Massage, stretching, and foam roll-
ing of the chronically-shortened mus-
cles in order to get them back to their
optimal length. 2). High repetition/
low weight (or resistance) strength-
ening of speciic Type 1-iber muscle
tissue in muscles such as the infraspi-
natous, serratus anterior, rhomboids,
mid- and lower trapezius, abdominal
obliques, erector spinae, as well as the
hamstrings and gluteus muscles. And
then the hardest part of all, 3). Becom-
ing aware of our daily postural habits
and correcting them. ∆
Melissa Milne, LMT has been working with
people on their health journeys as a massage
therapist and personal trainer for over 16
years. She believes many health issues can
be healed by increasing self-awareness, and
making choices in alignment with our goals.
She provides long-distance support over
the phone and Zoom at 520-237-3424; also
melissamilne1012@gmail.com.
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Patient-Focused Bio-
Regulatory Medicine
By Dickson Thom, DDS, ND; James Paul Mafitt Odell, OMD, ND, L.Ac.; Jeoffrey
Drobot, NMD; Frank Pleus, MD, DDS, OMFS; and Jess Higgins Kelley, MNT
T
oday, over half of the
world’s population is alicted
with some form of chronic or
degenerative illness—heart disease,
diabetes, dementia—the list is long.
Arthritis is now the most common
cause of disability, and one in four
people struggle with normal activities
because of joint pain. Half of all peo-
ple will be diagnosed with cancer in
their lifetime. One in ive people are
diagnosed as having an autoimmune
disease. And these are just a few of the
diagnosable diseases. Currently, an es-
timated one in ten people have a rare,
undiagnosable, or medically indein-
able condition. Passed like a hot potato
from specialist to specialist, these tired,
frustrated, and debilitated patients of-
ten spend years—not to mention sig-
niicant inancial resources—seeking
answers, relief, and eventual cure. And
the Western, conventional, allopathic,
suppress-the-symptoms-with-pharma-
ceutical-drugs model is rapidly falling
out of favor as more patients desire a
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nontoxic, noninvasive prevention and gentle, highly efective, drugless, and
healing medical model that identiies side-efect-free medical model de-
and addresses the root cause of illness signed to naturally support the body to
and elicits true healing. regulate, adapt, regenerate, and self-he-
Bioregulatory medicine, or BioMed, al. Repairing and restoring your body’s
is otherwise known throughout the systematic natural biological processes
world as European Biological Medi- is the only way to prevent, reverse, and
cine, bioregulatory systems medicine, correct the deepest roots of chronic and
Swiss biological medicine, or biologi- degenerative disease. And this resto-
cal regulatory medicine. It is a compre- ration is achieved by placing the focus
hensive, evidence-based, and holistic on the interconnections among all the
medical model that has been used and regulating systems of the body, while
reined for over ive thousand years by
some of the brightest minds in medi-
cine, science, and philosophy. A total
body (and mind) approach to health
and healing, the scope of BioMed ex-
tends into disease prevention, opti-
mizing performance, and chronic and
degenerative illness treatment. Using
a sophisticated synthesis of a wide
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range of natural and technologically
advanced diagnostic and treatment
equipment, BioMed aims to help fa-
cilitate and restore natural human bi-
ological processes. It is a proven, safe,
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simultaneously facilitating detoxiica-
tion, deep nutrition, oral health, and
nervous system calibration.
What exactly is bioregulation? For
starters, the human body is comprised
of approximately one-hundred thou-
sand billion cells that carry out over
one-hundred thousand biochemical
reactions per second. Humans have
dozens of bioregulating systems, in-
cluding the nervous, endocrine, neu-
rological, cardiovascular, digestive,
and many more. Every bio-regulating
system is intimately related on both
an electrical basis and a biochemical
basis to another. When communica-
tion either within or between these
systems fails, dysregulation and symp-
toms will follow. he human body is
a wondrously designed, self-regulating
system that sustains all life processes,
such as heart rate, blood sugar levels,
hormone production, respiratory rate,
detoxiication, immune function, and
blood pressure. Processes most of us ar-
en’t even aware are happening. Each of
these systems seeks a state of balance,
called homeostasis. One example of a
system balancing itself is thermoreg-
ulation, where if we get too hot, we
perspire. Another example is a feed-
back system called blood sugar regu-
lation, where if our blood glucose gets
too high, insulin is released to lower it.
And if a toxin enters your system, your
immune system reacts to disarm it.
Breathing is regulated, blood pressure
is regulated, digestion is regulated, cir-
culation is regulated, and on and on.
Consider of all the things your body
is doing without you even thinking
about it!
“Dis-ease” happens when one or
more of these systems is pushed out of
balance. hat said, there is rarely ever a
single cause of disease. Modern chronic
and degenerative illnesses usually have
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at least ive regulatory systems that are tems’ ability to regenerate, repair, and
out of balance. his complexity is why self-heal through the use of natural
there are no—and can be no—“spe- and energetic therapies. And it’s even
cialists” in bioregulatory medicine, more than that. BioMed is a multifac-
the body is interconnected. As soon as eted, multidisciplinary medical model
systems are viewed in isolation, we lose that is patient-, health-, performance-,
the whole. ecology-, biology-, spiritually, physiol-
Each bioregulatory system has an ogy-, and curatively centered. Bioreg-
innate ability to self-repair or self-he- ulatory medicine focuses on individu-
al if injured. hink about it: A cast ality, taking into account each person’s
doesn’t heal a broken arm; the biolog- unique biochemical, historical, en-
ical process of bone formation called ergetic, structural, sociological, and
ossiication does. A cast only creates one psycho-emotional patterns. here’s
single preferred precondition—static only one you, so there can be only
immobilization—for a broken arm to one tailored medical approach that
heal. We’ve known about this self-heal- will best meet your needs. In this way,
ing ability for a long time. Hippocrates bioregulatory medicine ofers entirely
stated during the ifth century BC, the customized protocols that combine an-
body has the inherent ability—the vi- cient health care wisdom with modern
tality—not only to heal itself and re- scientiic technological advancements.
store itself to health, but also to ward Since there is no health care manual
of disease. But it does this only on the speciic to you, there is no one case
condition that it’s given the right tools study that will be unique to your pro-
to do so. In bioregulatory medicine, cess. Everyone is individual. So, while
disease is not seen as the enemy with allopathic medicine has strived to be-
which one needs to ight, but is seen come an exact science, working from
as a manifestation of the breakdown of the platform of “hard data,” just the
mechanisms that maintain control and facts, irrefutable formulas, or proven
homeostasis. Symptoms are simply the double-blind studies, bioregulatory
body’s way of expressing dysregulation, medicine simply, artfully, and skillful-
and the goal is to identify and remove ly centers on the patient.
these obstacles to cure. he diagnostics used in BioMed
BioMed is about supporting and search beyond the conventional patho-
restoring the body’s bioregulating sys- physiological disorders of structure
Being Human
I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.
—Emma, in Jane Austen’s Emma
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us “Universe,” a part limited in time and
space. He/she experiences self, his/her thoughts and feelings as something separated from the
rest—a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. his delusion is a kind of prison for us,
restricting us to our personal desires and to afection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task
must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace
all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this
completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a
foundation for inner security.
—Albert Einstein in a letter of 1950, as quoted in he New York Times (29 March
1972) and he New York Post (28 November 1972).
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and function and into the arena of
system regulation, as well as bioener-
getic and psycho-emotional imbalanc-
es. Allopathic reliance on basic yearly
blood panels and blood pressure test-
ing doesn’t provide the type of compre-
hensive preventive screening required
to properly assess complex chronic and
degenerative illness.
he diagnostics of bio-regulatory
medicine are unsurpassed, using in-
novations from heart rate variability
“hus, one of the primary
premises of bioregulatory
medicine is the doctrine of...the
healing power of nature”
testing, comprehensive hormone and
digestion function testing, contact
regulation thermography (CRT), dig-
ital pulsewave analysis (DPA), elec-
trodermal testing, food allergy and
sensitivity testing, and beyond. In one
visit with a BioMed doctor, a patient
might get a centuries-old diagnostic
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approach, such as Chinese medicine
tongue analysis, and also the modern
German technological innovations
found in bioresonance testing. Both
are highly efective, noninvasive, and
nontoxic methods of detecting early
signs of degenerative disease within
an organ, systemic inlammation, or
various infections. hese, and all oth-
er diagnostic tools used in BioMed
(alongside standard blood chemistry
testing), can detect early signs of dis-
ease. One highly attractive element of
the bioregulatory medical model is its
noninvasive prevention capabilities:
Testing is fast, painless, and nontoxic.
Testing detects disease patterns before
they start and catches them before they
progress. Beyond being the premiere
prevention-focused medical model for
adults, bioregulatory medical testing
is also the go-to for pediatric patients
who generally aren’t too keen about
getting poked and prodded, but are
sadly becoming more and more alict-
ed by an epidemic of chronic disease.
Once patients are tested and if
disease or dysregulation patterns are
present, the paradigm of bioregulato-
ry medicine treatment is centered on
changing the patient’s bioregulato-
ry terrain, also known as the internal
milieu. he state of our bioindividual
internal and external ecosystems spells
the diference between health and dis-
ease. BioMed treatments aim to opti-
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mize the state of the patient’s terrain,
facilitating healing as safely and efec-
tively as possible in order to restore ho-
meostasis in all the body’s bioregulato-
ry systems. When the terrain is healthy,
it becomes an inhospitable place for
dysregulation and disease to take hold.
his positions terrain-focused bioreg-
ulatory medicine as the most elite,
comprehensive medical model when it
comes to prevention, optimal perfor-
mance, personalized medicine, and the
treatment of chronic and degenerative
illness. As Samuel Hahnemann, MD,
the father of homeopathic medicine,
said: “he highest ideal of cure is rap-
id, gentle, and permanent restoration
of health, and removal or annihilation
of the disease in its whole extent in
the shortest, most reliable, and most
harmless way, on easily comprehensi-
ble principles.”
BioMed is about support and
stimulation—working with biology
through biological means. hus, one
of the primary premises of bioreg-
ulatory medicine is the doctrine of
vis medicatrix naturae, or “the healing
power of nature,” which refers to the
inherent self-organizing and self-heal-
ing processes of all living organisms.
With BioMed, the more nontoxic the
treatments to help accomplish the
healing and cure, the better. (Inter-
estingly, the term physician has Latin
roots and means “things relating to
nature.” How far away that deinition
feels when speaking to a synthetic
pharmaceutical–prescribing allopath-
ic physician!) Bioregulatory medicine
is about treating living humans with
biological, synergetic, symbiotic, and
organic medicines that our bodies and
genetics have evolved with for hun-
dreds of thousands of years.
Bioregulatory medicine’s intro-
duction to the United States is well
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timed, as we are currently seeing a
clear division in naturopathic practice
in the United States. It might surprise
readers to know that today many na-
turopathic schools are phasing out ed-
ucation in holistic treatments in order
to teach allopathic pharmacology and
pathology. he result is this: Even nat-
ural doctors are being educated to view
health and disease through allopathic
lenses. It is important to know that the
term allopathy means “the treatment
of disease by remedies that produce
efects opposite to the symptoms.” Al-
lopathic treatments are intended to re-
place, remove, destroy, block, suppress,
or inhibit biological function, not to
support the body’s natural healing pro-
cess. Allopathic medicine is not natu-
ral medicine.
Sadly, many people have been
ingrained, bought, and taught by the
pharmaceutical, chemical, and allo-
pathic marketing models that drugs,
radiation, and surgery are the only val-
id medical treatments. Anything else
is labeled unorthodox or dangerous,
has no validity, or is “unconventional.”
his mindset is gravely incorrect and
is propelled by the fear-based model
of conventional allopathy—fear of un-
vaccination, fear of our genes, fear of
germs, fear of disease, fear of the lu.
his mindset is a cover-up: A 2018
Johns Hopkins study concluded that
medical errors are the third-leading
cause of death after heart disease and
cancer. What sounds scarier to you? A
natural, nontoxic medicine used suc-
cessfully for thousands of years or a
synthetic poison used for thirty years
that hasn’t been properly tested? Are
you ready for a whole new view and
approach to health and healing? ∆
Well Being Journal adapted this article from
Bioregulatory Medicine: An Innovative Ho-
listic Approach to Self-Healing copyright
2018 by Dickson Thom, James Paul Maf-
fitt Odell, Jeoffrey Drobot, Frank Pleus,
and Jess Higgins Kelley; used with permis-
sion from Chelsea Green Publishing, White
River Junction, Vermont, 802-295-6300;
www.chelseagreen.com.
Bioregulatory Medicine introduces a model
that has been alive and well in Europe for de-
cades. In countries such as Switzerland, Ger-
many, India, China, Canada, and France—
all ranking far higher in health care than the
United States—bioregulatory medicine is a
household term.
The Bioregulatory Medicine Institute is a
non-profit program of the Marion Institute
founded to promote the science and art of
biological regulatory medicine, and to in-
crease public knowledge and integration of
bioregulatory medicine as a wholistic and evi-
dence-based medical system.

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Health Notes
changes contribute to the development
Fortuitous of various diseases. Sirtuin 6, or SIRT6 Lipedema
Benefits Found for short, is a less well-known enzyme Remedies
that is also linked to glucose metabo-
Freely in Berries lism. Lipedema is a chronic vascular dis-
Berries get their red, blue, or ease characterized by disproportion-
Naturally occurring pigments in
purple color from natural pigments, ate depositions of fatty tissue in the
berries, also known as anthocyanins,
anthocyanins. “he most interesting lower extremities, primarily affecting
increase the function of the sirtuin 6
results of our study relate to cyanidin, women. Clinical signs and symptoms
enzyme in cancer cells, a new study
which is an anthocyanin found abun- of lipedema include capillary fragility,
from the University of Eastern Finland
dantly in wild bilberry, blackcurrant, frequent and spontaneous bruising, as
shows. The regulation of this enzyme
and lingonberry,” said Minna Rahnas- well as significant tenderness to palpa-
could open up new avenues for cancer
to-Rilla, Doctor of Pharmacy, who is tion, and nodular fatty deposits that
treatment.
the lead author of an article describing are generally resistant to diet and ex-
Sirtuins are enzymes regulating
the research. ercise. The hallmark clinical manifes-
the expression of genes that control
he indings of the study indicate tation—body shape asymmetry—is
the function of cells through key cel-
that anthocyanins increase the activa- marked by greater subcutaneous adi-
lular signaling pathways. Aging causes
tion of SIRT6, which may play a role pose tissue volume in the hips and legs,
changes in sirtuin function, and these
in cancer pathogenesis.
compared to the upper body.
he Finnish-American study in-
he etiology and pathogenesis of
TM cluded researchers from the University
Ojibwa Tea of Life of Eastern Finland and the Nation-
lipedema remain poorly understood,
and the condition tends to be misdi-
Traditional Rene Caisse essiac formula al Institute on Aging in the US. he
agnosed with lifestyle-induced obesity,
Native American medicine study was funded by the Academy of
and/or lymphedema—a chronic and
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speciically blended fresh for progressive accumulation of lymph lu-
tion, and the US National Institute of
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growers. For further information contact: Min-
tinct from obesity and lymphedema, it
na Rahnasto-Rilla, Doctor of Pharmacy,
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A Bohr V, Ferrucci L, Lahtela-Kakkonen
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lipedema fat. herapeutic success has likewise been reported
with alternative treatment protocols, such as manual lymph
drainage, acupuncture, regenerative cell therapy, and supple-
mentation with medicinal herbs, essential trace minerals, and
lavonoids.
A retrospective case study examining the efectiveness of
Butcher’s broom plant extract in conjunction with selenium
found marked improvement in swelling and pain associated
with lipedema, as well as reduction in limb volume. Study au-
thors concluded, “In summary, the ability of Butcher’s broom
to improve lymphatic low and selenium’s anti-inlammatory
properties may be useful in the treatment of lipedema and li-
po-lymphedema …” ∆
Adapted from an article published in Alternative and Integrative
Medicine, by S. Nourollahi, T.E. Mondry, and K.L. Herbst, “Bu-
cher’s Broom and Selenium Improve Lipedema: A Retrospective
Case Study,” Alternative & Integrative Medicine 02, no. 04 (2013)

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Hannah Fries writes in her new book (title above), “Just
reading a description of being in the forest might make you
pause, take a deep breath, feel the soft edge of peace that comes
from spending time outdoors.” She then moves on to tell you that
it’s really good for you to “bathe” in nature, and particularly in the
woods. Forest bathing is the practice of spending time in the woods
to soak up its health benefits.
Part poetic, prose, inspirational quotes, and scientiic ob-
servations, Fries’s wonderful small book irst encourages you
to chill: “Before you enter the woods, before you take another
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“Work your way up your body, letting your attention rest
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Coconut Oil:
Poison or Healthy
Food?
By Bruce Fife, ND
F
irst, there has never been a
study published that has shown
that saturated fats or coconut oil
cause heart disease. Yet, Karin Michels
claims “Coconut oil is pure poison.”
Karin Michels, PhD, is a part-time
professor at Harvard TH Chan School
of Public Health. Her comments,
given in a talk at the University of
Freiburg, Germany, sparked a media
frenzy with headlines such as, “Coco-
nut Oil is Pure Poison Harvard Profes-
sor Claims” appearing in newspapers
and on the internet.
What makes Michels an authority
on coconut oil? She is not a physician,
nutritionist, or even a biologist. Her
PhD is in biostatistics. Her specialty is
manipulating numbers—not the study
of diet or fats and oils. From her pro-
ile on the Harvard website, it appears
she has never published any studies
on saturated fat, let alone on coconut
oil. Her comments were not based on
any of her own published research, but
were simply her opinion based on old,
outdated theories about saturated fats.
34
Michels calls coconut oil “pure
poison,” saying it is “one of the worst
foods you can eat” because it is full of
saturated fat, and “saturated fatty ac-
ids can clog your arteries.” She even
mistakenly adds that “there is no study
that proves signiicant health beneits
of coconut oil.”
To summarize, Michels makes
three general unsubstantiated claims:
1) saturated fats cause heart disease, 2)
coconut oil is a poison, and 3) there are
no studies that show any health bene-
its to coconut oil. Let’s look at what
the science actually says about each of
these statements.
Spurious Claim that Saturated Fats
Cause Heart Disease
Again, there has never been a study
published that has shown that satu-
rated fats or coconut oil cause heart
disease. he diet-heart disease hypothesis
that has been popular for the past
6 decades states that heart disease is
caused by high cholesterol. Many
studies have shown that some satu-
rated fats can raise blood cholesterol,
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and therefore it has been assumed
that eating too much saturated fat can
promote or even cause heart disease.
Researchers have been trying to
prove this hypothesis for over a half a
century without success. In fact, many
studies have seriously challenged this
hypothesis and responsible researchers
have now moved on to studying new,
more likely, causes for heart disease.
Cholesterol is no longer con-
sidered the evil villain as it was once
portrayed. here are many types of
cholesterol, some good and some po-
tentially harmful. Saturated fats, and
in particular coconut oil, have been
shown to raise HDL, the good choles-
terol, that has been shown to protect
against heart disease. he ratio of total
cholesterol to HDL cholesterol is con-
sidered one of the most accurate and
reliable indicators of heart disease risk.
Coconut oil raises HDL, which lowers
the cholesterol ratio, thus lowering the
risk of heart disease. 1
It is apparent that Michels has not
kept up with the current science on
coconut oil or fats and oils in gener-
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al. Earlier this year researchers at the
University of Cambridge School of
Clinical Medicine published a study
on the relationship between coconut
oil and heart disease risk. he research-
ers compared the efects of coconut oil
with butter and olive oil. Butter was
chosen to represent a commonly used
highly saturated animal fat and ex-
“Saturated fats, and in
particular coconut oil, have
been shown to raise HDL,
the good cholesterol, that
has been shown to protect
against heart disease.”
tra virgin olive oil was chosen as it is
generally regarded as one of, if not the
healthiest of fats. he study involved
96 participants who were assigned to
consume 50 mg (about 3 tablespoons)
of one of each of the three oils daily for
4 weeks as a part of their ordinary diet.
he researchers found that coconut oil
dramatically raises the protective HDL
cholesterol without afecting the LDL
or so-called bad cholesterol. Coconut
oil lowered the cholesterol ratio, and
the risk of heart disease, more than ei-
ther of the other two fats, indicating
that it is even more heart-friendly than
extra virgin olive oil. 2
In recent years numerous studies
have exonerated saturated fat as a cause
of heart disease and put to rest the out-
dated diet-heart disease hypothesis.
Last year the Lancet, one of the most
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prestigious medical journals in the
world, published a study involving a
team of 37 researchers from 18 coun-
tries. hey gathered data on 135,000
subjects to evaluate heart disease risk
in relation to fat intake. hey discov-
ered that fat consumption protected
against heart disease and increased
lifespan. hose people who cut back
on fats, including saturated fat, had far
shorter lives than those who ate coco-
nut oil, butter, cheese, and meats. Con-
suming high levels of all fats, cut early
death rates by up to 23 percent. he
researchers stated that they found no
correlation between saturated fat con-
sumption and cardiovascular disease
and that current dietary restrictions on
saturated fat should be revised. 3
his isn’t the only study in recent
years that has called for a revision on
the recommendation to restrict sat-
urated fats. A study published in the
American Journal of Clinical Nutri-
tion a year earlier investigated wheth-
er dietary saturated fat was associated
with ischemic heart disease. he study
involved 35,597 participants. he re-
searchers also concluded that high
saturated fat intake was not associated
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with increased risk of ischemic heart
disease. 4
In 2010 a groundbreaking study
was published clearly showing that sat-
urated fats do not cause heart disease.
he study published in the American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition analyzed
all the previous studies with data for
dietary saturated fat intakes and the
risk of cardiovascular disease. his me-
ta-analysis combined the data from 21
previously published studies, involv-
ing over 347,000 subjects. he study
showed that there was no connection
between saturated fat consumption
and heart disease. hose people who
ate the greatest amount of saturated
fat were no more likely to sufer a heart
attack or stroke than those who ate the
least. No matter how much saturat-
ed fat one ate, the incidence of heart
disease was not afected. his was the
most complete review of the medical
research on saturated fat ever done up
to this time. 5
Four years later, a diferent group
of researchers from the University of
Cambridge published another me-
ta-analysis. his time the researchers
combined the data from 72 previously
published studies involving more than
600,000 participants from 18 coun-
tries. he researchers basically com-
bined all the highest quality studies
on fats and diet that had been done for
the past several decades and analyzed
them together. he results conirmed
the previous meta-analysis—there is
no connection between saturated fat
intake and heart disease. 6
he studies are clear, neither satu-
rated fat nor coconut oil cause or even
promote heart disease. Because they
raise good HDL cholesterol and lower
the cholesterol ratio, if anything, they
help to protect against it.
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 he Spurious Claim that
Coconut Oil is a Poison
Michels calls coconut oil “pure poi-
son.” She claims it is not just a poison,
but a “pure” poison; the connotation is
that it is extremely dangerous at even
the smallest dosage. What is a poison?
According to the English Oxford Living
Dictionary, poison is deined as, “A
substance that is capable of causing
the illness or death of a living organ-
ism when introduced or absorbed.”
Does coconut oil it this deinition?
Not hardly.
Coconut oil has been a major
part of the diet of millions of people
for thousands of years. In all that time
it has never been known to cause any
illness or kill anyone. On the con-
trary, there are many plants that are
poisonous such as hemlock, bella-
donna (deadly nightshade), and death
cap mushrooms. Consuming any of
them, even in small amounts, will
bring about sudden illness and quick
death. Coconut oil, on the other hand,
can be consumed daily in relatively
large quantities without any ill efect.
I know some people who consume as
much as 12 tablespoons (180 ml) a day
and are in excellent health.
According the US Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) coconut
oil is perfectly harmless. It is includ-
ed among the FDA’s exclusive GRAS
(Generally Regarded as Safe) list of
food substances. To be included on
this list requires rigorous testing to
conirm that the item is safe. Coconut
oil is given a GRAS classiication of
“1,” which is the highest or safest cate-
gory within the GRAS list. According
to the FDA this means that all avail-
able studies and historical data have
shown that there is “no evidence” that
shows or even “suggests” that coconut
oil is harmful in any way. 7
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Coconut Oil as Antidote to Poison
It is ironic that Michels calls coconut
oil a poison, because it has proven
to be not only harmless, but highly
efective in saving the lives of people
who have ingested actual poisons. he
medical literature has described nu-
merous instances in which coconut oil
has been used in hospital settings as an
antidote to otherwise fatal poisonings.
For instance, the use of coconut oil
has become a routine practice in some
hospitals in the treatment of alumi-
num phosphide poisoning. 8 Alumi-
num phosphide is a common poison
used for rodent control. here is no
other known antidote and poisonings
are almost always fatal unless treated
with coconut oil.
Using coconut oil to nullify the
efects of poisons is not that unusu-
“Coconut oil has an important
medical role to play in nutrition,
metabolism, and health care. In-
deed, properly formulated and
utilized, coconut oil may be the
preferred vegetable oil in our diet
and the special hospital foods
used promoting patient recovery.”
al. Researchers have known for many
years about the detoxifying properties
of coconut oil. Numerous animal stud-
ies have shown that coconut oil blocks
the deleterious efects of a number of
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diferent chemical toxins. Coconut oil
has been shown to alleviate the efects
of at least 36 known toxins ranging
from industrial solvents to alatoxin. 9
Calling coconut oil a pure poison
only illustrates Dr. Michels’ lack of
knowledge about coconut oil, which
makes anything she says about it total-
ly unreliable.
he Spurious Claim here Are No
Studies Showing Health
Beneits of Coconut Oil
One of the most common arguments
given in an attempt to discredit
coconut oil is to claim that there is
no evidence proving coconut oil has
any health beneits. When a doctor or
professor makes this statement, he or
she is inferring that there are no stud-
ies to support the use of coconut oil
as a healthy fat. hey are counting on
the listener to take their word on this
simply because they are considered an
expert. In reality, what they are doing
is exposing their own ignorance and
lack of knowledge on the subject.
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 When someone makes this type
of statement it means they have not
bothered to make even the slightest ef-
fort to ind the facts. If they had, they
would have found an abundance of
information and research on coconut
oil describing its many health beneits.
Currently, there are over 10,000 stud-
ies on coconut oil listed in the medical
literature. Most of these studies can be
easily accessed on the internet.
At www.coconutresearchcenter.
org under the heading “Medical Re-
search,” you will ind a listing of hun-
dreds of published studies showing the
therapeutic or beneicial efects of co-
conut oil on cardiovascular health, im-
mune function, cancer, diabetes, liver
and kidney health, digestive function,
weight management, and much more.
To say that there is no evidence for the
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health beneits of coconut oil is totally
wrong and indicates that the speaker is
either woefully ignorant, too lazy to do
research, or lying.
Conclusion
If you want to know the truth about
saturated fats and coconut oil you
should not listen to professors who
have no idea what they are talking
about; instead listen to researchers
who have actually researched the top-
ic. One of the reasons why Michels’
comments received such notoriety is
because of her association with Har-
vard. Being a Harvard professor gives a
person some air of authority. However,
there are other Harvard professors who
are far more qualiied than Michels
on this subject, and have studied and
published works on the health efects
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of coconut oil. One group of Harvard
researchers that includes George L.
Blackburn, MD, PhD, Edward Masc-
ioli, MD, and Vigan K. Babyan, PhD
states, “Coconut oil has an important
medical role to play in nutrition,
metabolism, and health care. Indeed,
properly formulated and utilized,
coconut oil may be the preferred veg-
etable oil in our diet and the special
hospital foods used promoting patient
recovery.” hese researchers made this
statement after having spent years
studying the health efects of coconut
oil and other fats. heir comments
hold far more authority than a biostat-
istician who apparently has never even
bothered to do even an internet search
on the subject. ∆
This article, originally titled “Is Coconut Oil a
Pure Poison,” is reprinted by permission from
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https://coconutresearchcenter.org/hwnl_15-
4.htm, accessed 21 September 2018.
Bruce Fife, CN, ND is a certiied nutri-
tionist and naturopathic physician. He is
the author of over 20 books including he
Coconut Oil Miracle and Ketone herapy.
He serves as the director of the Coconut
Research Center, www. coconutresearch-
center.org, and is the editor and publisher
of the Healthy Ways Newsletter.
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Energy Medicine for
Anxiety & Depression
By Shannon McRae, PhD
R ecently, I had reason to
research, once again, the power
of forgiveness, energy medicine, and
the healing efects of body, mind,
and spirit when used in conjunction
with intuitive perception and energy
healing abilities. I was called upon to
work with a woman who had been
diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer,
which had metastasized to her lungs.
his woman’s husband placed the call
to me out of desperation, asking if
there was anything I could do to help
his wife get well. He wanted to know
if I could help reverse the ravages of
the cancer.
I explained my process in working
with a new client. here are questions
about when and how a person was di-
agnosed, if there have been medical
procedures, medications prescribed,
diet, beliefs, and family history. hen
there is of course scanning the person’s
energy ield to see what I can see as the
cause of diiculties. his is followed by
a deep energy healing.
My client’s husband said he want-
ed me to have an initial session with
her, if she agreed, and do an intuitive
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scan, which I do long distance as it’s
almost easier if I don’t have the person
right in front of me. He asked that if I
thought I could help his wife, to please
take her as a client with ongoing ses-
sions. I agreed, as did his wife, and we
set up the irst meeting.
I write about this case as it out-
lines what I do when working with
those who seek my help. Gathering
information about a person, both
through medical intuition and in dia-
logue in the irst and following sessions
is crucial because if you are going to
help someone you have to know where
they are in life’s process. Some clients
are dealing with old family issues car-
ried for many years, and after seeing
counselors, other therapists, psycholo-
gists, and psychiatrists, they ind that
something unseen is taking place, and
search for a perceptive, or intuitive
helper, as well as for energy healing.
Many people who need help have
already moved out of damaging rela-
tionships, have been terminated from
employment and wondered why, some
have lost a spouse or other loved one
to death and are in a grieving process,
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and some have just been given a termi-
nal diagnosis. All have questions about
why they are ill, whether emotionally,
physically, or in feeling mentally un-
clear.
his wife and mother I described
above its the description of so many
who call me. She sufered from anxi-
ety, stress, and depression; so many
diferent reasons have created physical
ills in people’s bodies, and, as we have
learned from science, physical illness
begins in the thoughts and emotions,
and if not handled there, then the
physical body begins to exhibit the be-
ginning of illness.
Even the worst cases of depression
or anxiety are responsive to treatment.
Energy medicine and talk therapy can
be the most powerful aids, but cer-
tainly nutritional changes can help as
well. Everyone needs encouragement, a
hug, positive input, a nice pat on the
back or even a big smile, any of which
can change another’s outlook on life.
here is evidence that newborn babies,
especially premature babies in neona-
tal units, need to be held or they can
develop a condition called “failure to
thrive.” his is also true of adults of all
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ages, especially those in skilled nurs-
ing facilities and hospitals. here is no
place with more depressed people than
a facility where there are no visitors or
others to communicate some form of
positive feedback each day.
Lack of nurturing touch can be a
central cause of anxiety and depres-
sion. Many people may not even
recognize that they are anxious or de-
pressed, and often blame their symp-
toms or feelings on something entirely
diferent.
Interestingly, I see anxiety and de-
pression in many of my clients before
they have identiied it themselves.
hey may call me for another reason,
but during our appointment, I intui-
tively sense many things in their lives.
I use the phrase “energy medicine” to
encompass my work not only using
medical intuition but also in directing
healing energies, something which we
can all do by focusing our will with
good intent upon another.
he efectiveness of energy medicine
is based on the fact that we are all
energetically connected in a quantum
energy ield. his is why I and others
can assist with healing at a distance. I
do ninety percent of my work by tele-
phone, and thousands of my clients
have had healings. Here is a statement
from one of my clients attesting to this
power of connection that transcends
what is seen.
“I noticed an unusual mole appear
on my arm. It grew very rapidly. It got
to the size of a quarter inch in diame-
ter. I called Shannon McRae for an ap-
pointment because I had heard of her
healing work. When we met by phone,
I told her about the mole. She said,
‘Okay, will you put your inger on the
spot?’ I did. hen she said, ‘Now I’m
going to put my inger energetically
over yours. Can you feel that?’ I felt a
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subtle sort of tingling, and I said, ‘Yes,
I feel it.’ hen she said, ‘Okay, now
the energy that created the growth is
gone. Can you feel that?’
“I felt a tingling sensation and a
release of a very subtle energy, and of
course I wanted it to be gone too, so
I’m sure I played a role. I was think-
ing that ‘wherever two or more are
gathered in spirit’ for a purpose that
our Inner Self would assist, and I
truly believed it, so I said, ‘Yes, I do.’
Within days I noticed the mole begin
to decrease in size, and within a little
“Many people don’t realize that
thoughts … cause immediate
emotional reactions..”
more than a month it was completely
gone! It has now been over ive years
and there is no sign of anything but
smooth skin.”
his case demonstrates an outcome
that I have seen time and again for
over forty years. Energy medicine
works. Much scientiic research vali-
dates the efectiveness of healing ener-
gy. Recently, for example, researchers
at the Rhine Research Center (www.
rhine.org) found that healers who
focus or channel energy show evidence
of producing energy at a far higher
rate than normal. Using a multiphasic
ultra-violet light detector designed to
measure individual photons produced
per half second, the researchers mea-
sured dramatic increases in the num-
ber of photons in a room when healers
performed healing sessions. Another
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study showed that people demonstrat-
ed a greater decrease in anxiety than
those who had no contact.1
Physical illness and repetitive
negative thinking may be the most
common causes of depression and
the most important to irst examine.
Many people don’t realize that the
thoughts they are thinking cause them
to have immediate emotional reac-
tions. A simple habit of thought, such
as reliving an uncomfortable memory,
anticipating negative outcomes or ob-
sessing about a relationship challenge,
can cause depression if the habitual
thought goes on for years. Gloomy
emotions can begin to take over. his
is when many start to become increas-
ingly unhappy, forlorn, or sad and
then, with time or repeated negative
thinking, they become mildly, moder-
ately, or severely depressed.
Another cause of depression can
be from thoughts of concern about a
physical illness. Often a person may
even just have a nebulous feeling
about something unbalanced that they
can’t quite deine. It’s far better to talk
to your body and tell it how you want
it to feel than it is to focus on how you
don’t want it to feel based on current
ills. I perceive varying degrees of de-
pression in almost everyone who calls.
I nevertheless begin each session by
remaining open with clients, meaning
I do not judge or criticize anyone, but
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rather want to know how I can help.
Signs of Depression
Signs of unhappiness or depression
can include constant despondency
or sadness; being tired all the time;
insomnia; inability to get to sleep
easily; sleeping too much; weight gain;
overeating or poor appetite; diicult
or uninspiring relationships; a feel-
ing that life is not worthwhile or too
much of a struggle; feelings of hope-
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lessness, unworthiness or an inability
to move forward; agitation or a sense
everything is falling apart; not know-
ing what to do or where to go.
Circumstances such as the loss of
pet or friend or relative or job, ill
health, recent diagnosis of an illness,
chronic pain or other challenges can
also be causes of depression. Always
the attitude a person has about every-
thing plays a key role. While thought
is the most important element to
monitor, it’s also important to know
that depression can also be caused by
poor nutrition.
Remedies
he irst suggestion I usually make to
someone in an unhappy or depressed
state is to focus upon getting up
earlier each morning, and then to do a
breathing-focused meditation, walk, or
do some form of exercise for a min-
imum of 25 minutes to increase the
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breath. he “runner’s high” happens
after 25 minutes of fast walking or jog-
ging, when feel good hormones called
endorphins are released in the body
after a sustained increase in physical
activity. Because endorphins create a
sense of well being they can help alter
feelings of negativity and depression; it
then is easier for someone to produce
more positive thoughts and have more
clarity, which in turn lead to feelings
of more happiness.
I cannot diagnose or prescribe, but
I often counsel my depressed clients
to consider taking a supplement of
some kind that can both help to lift
them out of misery and also change
the chemistry in the body. here is
research showing that St John’s Wort
can work as efectively as drugs, and
people feel better partly because sero-
tonin levels rise; this also takes place
with GABA and 5-HTP supplements.
Serotonin is mostly made in the gut,
but is utilized by the brain to give a
sense of well being. hese supplements
can also help ease what is known as
“brain fog,” or the inability to think
clearly, which is one of the signs of
depression.
A Success Case
Sally’s case illustrates depressive
challenges as well as treatment inter-
ventions. I started working with her
over a year ago when she had just
been diagnosed with recurring cancer.
She had previously endured surgery,
chemotherapy and radiation, and was
at her wit’s end. I’ve learned through
the years, both from depression I had
when younger as well as my intuitive
skills, to discern depressive signs such
as the fear and desperation and trem-
ors I perceived intuitively in Sally’s
voice. When she disclosed she had
insomnia, worry, felt unable to move
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forward, and did not know where or
how to proceed, it conirmed that she
was moderately to severely depressed.
She was gasping for air as she talked;
her words were tumbling over them-
selves. As she disclosed more of her
inancial situation and other issues
that would play some role in illness
this conirmed to me that she sufered
from depression. Anxiety ran rampant
through her voice and energy ield.
I knew it was important for her to
calm herself so I suggested that she
think of something that made her feel
peaceful and imagine herself being in
the peaceful situation. I also suggested
she breathe slowly and deeply. It took
several minutes for her to become
calm enough so that we could chart
a plan for recovery. I saw that it was
possible for her to reverse the cancer,
and asked her if she could follow some
positive-thought advice and visual-
izations. She acknowledged that she
would “try anything.”
We met by phone weekly, and I used
energy healing on the trouble spots in
her body. I see the healing taking place
so the desired outcome, health, is en-
ergized. At my suggestion she had also
begun recording her positive thoughts
in a journal and doing self-forgiveness
work, which is essential, as forgiveness
of self and then others opens up block-
ages for energies to low more easily.
I also encouraged her to begin to
eat a healthier diet. She started eating
fresh vegetables and fruits on a daily
basis, and supplemented with nu-
trients suggested by her naturopath.
hen, out of the blue her supervisor
said she would lose her job and health
insurance in two months, as the com-
pany was downsizing.
Two weeks later I knew Sally was
in serious trouble, not only with her
return to ill health, but in a deeper
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depression than I had noticed in our
irst few appointments. She lost her
will to be healthier, she couldn’t sleep,
she didn’t want to eat, and was so
weak that she said she just wanted “to
get it over with,” which meant letting
the cancer win.
I did my very best to turn her
around, to give her positive sugges-
tions, to ask her to call in family to
help with inances and loving support,
and prepare for her own personal
downsizing. I encouraged Sally to
ind a support group, to ind a posi-
tive-thought community church, and
to ind literature that would give her
the information I thought she needed
to turn the depression around. Her
naturopathic physician cooperated by
prescribing St John’s Wort, GABA,
and 5-HTP to increase serotonin, and
she gave her some excellent vitamins.
She also recommended IV injections
of Vitamin C.
We worked through all of the issues
that surfaced with Sally’s cancer and
deep depression, and little by little I
saw the shift begin to take place as she
followed my suggestions and began to
make changes happen in her life. She
found a support group, and became
creative in preparing healthy foods. I
knew we were on the verge of success
when she excitedly left me a voicemail
saying her latest tests had shown that
the cancer was shrinking.
I intuitively knew that Sally would
return to full recovery if she stayed on
track with more positive thinking and
the other changes outlined above. Last
week I received a note from her. It had
been a few months now since she felt
she would be ine on her own with no
further need of my intuitive or healing
abilities. Her letter told me that her
last scans showed that she was cancer
free, and she had returned to a happy,
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healthy life. She ended by saying how Reference: “Therapeutic touch as energy ex-
happy she is now. change: Testing the theory.” Quinn, Janet
F. Advances in Nursing Science, Vol 6(2), Jan
Sally’s case shows that anyone can 1984, 42-49.
heal from not only depressed feelings
Shannon McRae, PhD, is a psychologist and
but also serious physical conditions re- medical intuitive, as well as a nutritionist, who
lated to them. Anxiety and depression practices via telephone with clients worldwide.
can be remedied. Sometimes it just Her book, The Healing Effects of Energy Medi-
takes some words of encouragement, cine: Memoirs of a Medical Intuitive (US: Quest
Books, 2015; Germany: Aquamarin Verlag,
positive thinking, and, as in this case,
2016; and India: New Age Press, 2017; Span-
someone like me to use healing ener- ish, 2019), is available in print or digital from
gies to help someone overcome what amazon.com and other booksellers. She may be
may seem to be huge obstacles. ∆ contacted at 775-315-7232.
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Be in love with life and you will never be sad.
—Sai Maa in Petals of Grace: Essential Teachings for Self-Mastery, www.sai-maa.com
People want to feel good…, and the way to get there is through the emotions. hey’re the link
that connects body to soul, and as such, are the key to transforming anything, everything. 
—Candace Pert, PhD, in Everything You Need to Know to Feel Go(o)d
A study of 2,000 people using meditation showed that they were treated for heart disease 87
percent less often than a control group of more than 600,000 people of all ages and economic
backgrounds.… Anti-cholesterol drugs, which are rife with unpleasant side efects, reduce heart
disease by 30 percent at best, and to be successful with them requires extreme dedication to a
low-fat diet and a proper lifestyle…. No changes of lifestyle or diet were required [for the medi-
tators]… he practice of meditation made the … emotional heart free of distorted patterns of
thought and feeling; inally the physical heart derived the ultimate beneit. 
—Deepak Chopra, MD, in houghts, Attitudes & Your Health, 2nd and revised ed.,
2018, e-book, published by Well Being Journal, Inc., at www.wellbeingjournal.com
he role of a healer is just to be an instrument, and by their compassion and by their focusing
to allow this healing force to low through them to the patient. he healer is not necessary if
the person has the strength to open self up to the healing power, and is willing, at the same
time, to become aware of their emotional and thought patterns that help to keep them in the
state of illness, and to change them.
—Dora van Gelder Kunz in interview with Renée Weber, Spiritual Aspects of Healing
Arts; Wheaton, IL, heosophical Publishing House, 1985, pg. 294
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The Multiple Health Beneits of Zinc
The trace mineral zinc and its
health benefits are best not underes-
timated. Anthony William, Medical
Medium, notes that the world’s soils
have generally been depleted of zinc,
a mineral that has long been a part of
human health, and thus foods no lon-
ger contain the levels optimum for the
body. He asserts that most people are
deficient in many trace minerals, and
that our recent ancesters were also due
to stress, environmental toxins—espe-
cially the zinc depleting DDT—food
choices and other factors. As with zinc,
a blood test may show adequate levels
in the blood, but miss that fact that
zinc is missing in the lymph system.
William ofers a few examples of
the beneits of zinc, especially in the
ionic sulfate liquid form, in his 2015
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book Medical Medium: Zinc fortiies
the endocrine system, including the
adrenal glands, thyroid, and thalamus,
which in turn support neurotransmit-
ters; strengthens the immune system
and protects the thyroid from Ep-
stein-Barr Virus inlammation; sup-
ports the pancreas and helps stabilize
glucose levels in the blood; lowers in-
lammatory reactions to the neurotox-
ins produced by the shingles virus; kills
viruses, bacteria, and other microbes
on contact; and lowers inlammatory
reactions to a neurotoxin produced by
viruses in the herpes family.
Signs of zinc deiciencies appear
on nails and include white spots as well
as grooves or dents, and the absence of
the half moon white shape at the base
of nails.
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he author asserts also that zinc
ights mold and any pathogens associ-
ated with molds. In his newly released
book, Liver Rescue (Hay House, 2018),
he states that zinc is responsible for
over 2000 chemical functions of the
liver, and that the “onslaught of vi-
ruses, bacteria, and other pathogens
in particular drains our zinc reserves.
One speciic purpose of zinc reserves
is to eliminate toxic forms of copper
that are always high inside the liver
and that can cause the organ harm. If
someone is so zinc-deicient that even
the liver’s zinc reserves have dropped
to a dangerous level, that person can
develop a host of viral-related autoim-
mune diseases….” Some foods that are
higher in zinc include alfalfa sprouts,
igs, asparagus, and Brazil nuts. ∆
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Power of Nutrient-Dense Foods • Garlic and Its Beneits • Energy Medicine and
Digestive Health • Heal Your Gut, Heal Yourself • Prepare for the Weather
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q V. 24, #3 • Adrenaline Dominance • Dietary Cholesterol Not a Danger • Sugar
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• Vaccine Alternatives • Alcohol & Acetaminophen • Gum Disease & the Sun • A
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q V. 24, #5 • What Really Causes Alzheimer’s • Savor Life • Nutrient-Dense
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Caulilower Recipe with Garlic, Nori & Sesame Seeds • Nightshades & Arthritis •
Oil Pulling
qV. 24, #6 • Born to Be Healthy • Immune Boosting Tips and Tricks • Slow
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