The Health Plus Letter
June 23, 2005, Vol. 3, No. 6
By Larry Trivieri, Jr. – founder & publisher,
http://www.1healthyworld.com
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Table Of Contents
What’s New
Quote of the Day
Fast Fact
Medical F/r/e/edom Alert
CODEX Update
How the Media Protects Big Pharma
Water: A Powerful Medicine
Self-Care for Gall Stones and Other Gallbladder Problems
Recommendations
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What’s New
I’m back to what will hopefully be a once again regular newsletter. I thank all of my readers for your ongoing support, especially all of you who emailed me to express your appreciation for The Health Plus Letter. Such support is the incentive that keeps me going.
This issue included an update about CODEX and the threat it still poses to you health freedom of choice, a look at how blatantly Big Media protects Big Pharma, and a discussion of water and how you can use it to improve and maintain your health.
You’ll also find self-care tips for preventing and reversing gallstones and other gallbladder problems, a very common occurrence and more serious than most people realize.
As always, please continue to send me your comments and suggestions. And please spread the word about The Health Plus Letter by passing it along to your friends and inviting them to subscribe.
Quote Of The Day
“If man made it, don’t eat it.”
-- Jack LaLanne
Fast Fact
80 percent of all Americans are suffering from some type of nutritional deficiency, usually without knowing it.
Source: The American Holistic Medical Association Guide to Holistic Health by Larry Trivieri, Jr.
Medical F/r/e/edom Alert
Our health f/r/e/edom remains under siege. Please support the following organizations, which are at the forefront of those working to protect our rights:
Citizens for Health - http://www.citizens.org (Sign their online petition to safeguard health supplements.)
Alliance for Natural Health – http://www.alliance-natural-health.org (The leading organization fighting to perverse health freedom in England and the EU.)
Institute for Health F/r/e/edom – http://www.ForHealthF/r/e/edom.org
International Advocates for Health F/r/e/edom (IAHF) – http://www.iahf.com
Health Lobby (Monica Miller) – http://www.healthlobby.com
To stay info/rmed of other developments related to medical f/r/e/edom, please visit http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org the website of Dr. Mattias Rath, a leading crusader for medical f/r/e/edom.
To see to what depraved lengths people will go to persecute practitioners of alternative medicine in the U.S., please read the following report by noted medical f/r/e/edom advocate Tim Bolen at http://www.quackpotwatch.org/opinionpieces/Suster2.htm
And to learn how corrupt and extensive Big Pharma’s monopoly is, visit http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/online/research/index.html the website for the Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research. In particular, read their in-depth report The Pharmaceutical Drug Racket that you will find th/e/re.
CODEX Update
CODEX, the Big Pharma-funded attempt to create a uniform standard dosage range for nutritional supplements far below current levels commonly recommended by nutritional health experts, and which would also see the elimination of literally hundreds of nutritional supplements from the marketplace, continues to loom large as a threat to our health fre/e/dom. The following article prepared by the Institute for Health Freedom (see Medical Fr/e/edom Alert above) succinctly outlines how CODEX, if enacted as it is currently proposed, would impact us:
According to numerous organizations and national policymakers, Americans‚ freedom to buy dietary supplements could soon be threatened by international regulators. In a paper titled "Summer of '05: Critical Time for Dietary Supplements," Suzan Walter, president of the American Holistic Health Association, explains that the future of dietary supplements may be determined this summer by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Codex was created in 1963 by the United Nations‚ Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization to set international standards for food quality and safety, and international food trade.
U.S. Reps. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) and Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) voiced serious concerns about Codex in a joint statement to Congress in 2001. They stressed that Codex guidelines for international regul.ations could "force the United States to adopt the same strict regul.ations of dietary supplements common in European countries such as Germany, where consumers cannot even examine a bottle of dietary supplements without a pharmacist's permission."
Paul and DeFazio continued, "While Codex has no direct authority to force Americans to adopt stringent regul.ations of dietary supplements, we are concerned that the United States may be forced to adopt Codex standards as a result of the United States‚ status as a member of the WTO [World Trade Organization]. According to an August 1999 report of the Congressional Research Service, 'As a member of the WTO, the United States does commit to act in accord/ance with the rules of the multilateral body. It [the United States] is legally obligated to ensure national laws do not conflict with WTO rules.' Thus, Congress may have a le.gal obli/gation to again change American laws and regul.ations to conform with WTO rules!"
They further explain, "If Congress were to refuse to 'harmonize‚ US laws according to strict Codex/WTO guidelines, a WTO 'dispute resolution panel‚ could find that the United States is engaging in unfair trade....In any such trade dispute, the scales are tipped in favor of countries using the Codex standards because of WTO rules presuming that a nation who has adopted Codex has not erected an unfair trade barrier. Therefore, in a dispute with a country that has adopted the Codex standards it is highly probable that America would lo.se and be subject to heavy sanctions unless Congress harmonized our laws with the other WTO countries. Harmonization may be beneficial for the large corporations and international bureaucrats that control the WTO but it would be a disaster for American consumers of dietary supplements!"
The Liberty Committee notes that the WTO has ruled against the United States 80 percent of the time. The Committee points out that if the WTO forces America to adopt the Codex regul.ations of foods and dietary supplements, the supplements you n/o/w take will be available by prescription only and at a much higher cost. The Liberty Committee is urging members of Congress to withdraw the United States from the WTO.
It is important for you to voice your opinion about these matters. He/re are links to background information and research resources:
American Holistic Health Association (AHHA): http://www.ahha.org
AHHA's Codex Information: http://www.codexinfo.org
Official website of the Codex Alimentarius Commission: http://www.codexalimentarius.net
The Liberty Committee: http://www.thelibertycommittee.org/
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How the Media Protects Big Pharma
Recently, Robert Kennedy Jr. wrote an in-depth article co-published by the news and opinion website Salon.com and Rolling Stone magazine, that documents how the government conspired with Big Pharma to hide the fact that thimerosal, a mercury derivative found in many childhood vaccines, was contributing to the stark rise in autism. Soon thereafter, ABC News agreed to broadcast a special report on RFK Jr’s findings, only to initially cancel the report and run a truncated, edited version that was a puff piece supporting Big Pharma and denying a thimerosal/autism link. He/re’s what The Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com) says about ABC’s behavior:
“ABC News Vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr – June 23, 2005
Last week ABC canceled a story about a dangerous chemical in child inoculations. Last night, the network broadcast a recut version of its original story that had been edited into a piece of industry propaganda.
ABC’s original program showed how the vaccine industry, working with public health officials from the CDC and the federal government’s Institute of Medicine (IOM), may have poisoned a generation of American children with the mercury-laced vaccine preservative thimerosal. ABC had made an exclusive agreement to air the story after reading early drafts of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s article on the thimerosal scandal which appeared simultaneously in Salon.com and Rolling Stone last Wednesday. ABC was to air pre-taped stories on Kennedy’s piece on ABC Nightly News and Good Morning America. The shows were reportedly “in the can,” having been thoroughly edited by “several layers” of ABC staff. The night before the scheduled airing, the shows were cancelled by high-level ABC officials. After a news item on the incident ran, ABC received hundreds of angry emails from the parents of autistic children demanding the show be aired. The network re-edited the show into an "industry" piece, trotting out a parade of scientists from IOM and CDC to denounce Kennedy and defend thimerosal. The most vocal of these, Steve Goodman, participated in the controversial IOM panel that exonerated thimerosal. ABC failed to identify his bias in the piece. ABC produced its in-house doctor, Tim Johnson, who used entire phrases pulled directly from an IOM press release. He ended by pronouncing IOM “impeccable.” ABC bracketed the Kennedy story with two advertisements from pharmaceutical industry sponsors.”
As someone who has observed Big Media’s kid-glove coverage and support of Big Pharma for decades, the above story is hardly a surprise. Such things routinely occur in the mainstream media these days, and you can be sure that the main reason it does so is because of the revenues television and cable networks, as well as magazines, newspapers, and medical journals, receive from Big Pharma. The amount is staggering.
RFK Jr is to be commended for his research and dedication to telling the truth about this matter. To read his actual report, go to: http://snipurl.com/fskp
As for ABC, to express your dissatisfaction with their willingness to kiss up to Big Pharma, you can consider boycotting them, along with Disney, their parent owner. However, don’t expect to find better news coverage by the other networks. I’ve said for years that anyone who depends on the US mainstream media for news is getting a very distorted picture of the truth, and in many cases, outright lies.
Water: A Powerful Medicine
One of the easiest and most powerful things you can do for your health is to be sure and drink adequate amounts of water each and every day. Water’s numerous health benefits have been established beyond a doubt by the late Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, whom I had the honor of meeting and communicating with in the last years of his life. For those of you who don’t know how Dr. Batman (as he liked to refer to himself ) discovered how powerful a healing force water is, he/re is a brief recounting of his story.
Dr. Batman was a member of a prominent family in Iran, where he worked as a physician after receiving his medical training at London University’s St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School. In 1979, he was thrown into jail soon after the attack of the US Embassy. One night, prison guards brought another prisoner to his cell who was suffering from a severe peptic ulcer. With nothing but water at his disposal, Dr. Batman had the man drink two glasses of water. In less than ten minutes, the man’s pain disappeared. Dr. Batman then instructed him to drink two glasses of water every three hours, which he did, remaining pain-fr/ee for the remaining four months that he was imprisoned.
Surprised by this success, Dr. Batman went on to treat over 3,000 other cases of peptic ulcer during the nearly three years that he was imprisoned, conducting extensive research as he did so. So intrigued was he by his findings that he actually chose to continue his research in prison for an additional four months after he was scheduled to be released. When he finally left prison, his research had already been written about by the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology and the NY Times Science section.
Dr. Batman spent the rest of his life exclusively studying and documenting how powerful water can be as a healing tool. He maintained that the primary cause of many illness was chronic dehydration, and his findings are reported in his book Your Body’s Many Cries for Water, which I highly recommend.
What follows are just some of the many reasons why adequate water intake is so important to your health:
Water is essential for healthy brain function and conduction of nerve impulses, proper metabolism and digestion, delivery of oxygen via the bloodstream, proper kidney and urinary function, proper regulation of body temperature via perspiration, proper joint lubrication and muscle function, healthy respiratory function, and proper function of the lymphatic system and the elimination of waste products via urine.
Chronic dehydration, a condition that Dr. Batman said affects the majority of Americans, causes: reduced brain size, impaired neuromuscular coordination, crhonci fatigue, impaired mental function, constipation and diarrhea, diminished oxygen supply at the cell.ular level, diminished nutrient delivery via the bloodstream, excess body fat, kidney stones, urinary tract infections, reduced muscle size and poor muscle tone, diminished immune function and increased susceptibility to infection, sinus congestion, back and other fo/rms of musculoskeletal pain, edema, asthma, lupus, arthritis, high blood pressure (Dr. Batman considered dehydration to be the main cause of high blood pressure and documented how rehydrating the body was usually enough to normalize blood pressure levels over time), impaired metabolic function, increased risk of heart attacks, and the buildup of toxins in the cells, tissues, and organs.
Based on his findings, Dr. Batman counseled that all of us should drink at least one-half ounce of water for every pound of our body we.ight (for example, a 120 lb. woman needs to drink at least 60 ounces of water per day, while a 200 lb. man needs to drink a minimum of 100 ounces per day). In addition, once per day he also suggested that people consume a quarter teaspoon of salt per every 32 ounces of water drink per day, to keep the body in an adequate state of mineralization. As a general rule of thumb, he recommended staring each day with two glasses of water and to drink water before eating food, although water with meals is permissible whenever one feels thirsty.
I know for a fact that many people with chronic health conditions became completely fr/ee of their symptoms once they adopted Dr. Batman’s safe, simple, yet highly powerful recommendations. For more about his work, please visit http://www.watercure.com.
Unabashed Plug
Sharry Edwards, a leading pioneer in the use of sound for healing, is making available her computerized vocal profiling technology for f/r/e/e for 30 days. The technology is available via downloadable programs that you will find at Sharry’s website – http://www.vocalprofiling.com. Once there, cli/ck on the link in the upper left of the homepage, entitled Nutritional Consultant Fr/e/e Trial Software Flyer. From there you will be guided through the registration and download process. By installing the Nutrition Consultant software onto your computer you will be able to accurately assess your health and learn which specific nutrients you require for that day. (You will need to purchase a computer microphone if your computer doesn’t already have one. Sharry recommends an inexpensive model from Radio Shack; the information about it can be found one her website.) For more information, contact Sound Health at 740-698-9119 or visit the websites www.vocalprofiling.com and www.sharryedwards.com.
(Note: I receive no remuneration, financial or otherwise, from Sharry or Sound Health. I’m simply bringing this to your attention because I know it works.)
Self-Care Tips for Gall Stones and Other Gallbladder Problems
Gall stones and other gallbadder disorders affect the gallbladder, a small sac-like organ located beneath the liver that stores bile made in the liver. The liver sends the bile to the gallbladder through a small tube called the cystic duct. During digestion, the gallbladder contracts and delivers bile to the intestines to help break down fats contained in the food. The most common problem associated with the gallbladder is gallstones, round-shaped stones composed of cholesterol, bile, pigments, and lecithin.
Problems associated with gallstones include acute cholecystitis, an irritation and infection in the gallbladder that is caused by a gallstone becoming trapped. Symptoms of acute cholecystitis are the abdomen becoming extremely painful, even to the touch, and fever. Recurrent attacks of this are called chronic cholecystitis, which manifests the same symptoms.
The gallbladder rarely gets inflamed without the presence of stones. Gallbladder cancer is another possible disorder, but it is extremely rare, occurring in only three cases per 100,000 people each year. Gallbladder cancer usually causes jaundice (yellowing of skin) and pain in the upper-right abdominal area, but it too is sometimes present with no symptoms at all.
What To Consider
Only about 20 percent of people who have gallstones experience symptoms; the rest are unaware that they have any problem. A common symptom of gallstones is pain in the right side of the abdomen and/or pain in or near the right shoulder or shoulder blade. Pain may also occur in the center of the upper abdomen, over the breastbone. In all cases, pain, wherever it manifests, is usually constant and progresses slowly. It rises to a plateau and then gradually decreases, usually within several hours after a meal and especially after meals containing large amounts of fat. Other symptoms can include nausea, a sense of fullness, belching, heartburn, flatulence, and vomiting.
Women get gallstones four times as frequently as men, especially women over 40 years old who are fair-skinned, and over/weight. Twenty percent of adults over 65 years of age get gallstones that create problems and pain. Over half a million surgeries are performed each year to remove gallbladders due to gallbladder disorders, the most common being gallstones.
Constipation, food allergies (especially to milk products and eggs), digestive disorders (especially caused by a deficiency of hydrochloric acid), intestinal diseases, an excessively low-fiber diet, dental disturbances, parasites, rapid wei.ght loss, and stress can all cause or contribute to gall stones and other gallbladder disorders. For lasting relief of symptoms, all of these factors must be addressed if they are present.
In order to make an accurate diagnosis of gallbladder disorders, ultrasound may be required. If surgery is required, typically laser surgery is used, which does not need to cut into the abdomen, and allows healing to occur much more quickly. However, most gallbladder surgeries can be easily avoided through nutritional and natural intervention, with emphasis on identification, avoidance, and treatment of food allergies.
Self-Care
Diet: Identify and avoid all foods to which you are allergic or sensitive, especially eggs, milk, and dairy products. Also reduce your overall fat intake, keeping it below 20 percent of the total foods you eat, and eliminate all processed and hydrogenated fats. But do not cut eliminate fat completely, as this can actually increase your chances of developing gallstones. Monounsaturated fats are the best fats to include in your diet.
Be sure to eat less, as well, since overeating places stress on the gallbladder. At the same time, don’t skip meals, and especially make sure to eat breakfast. Also increase your intake of dietary fiber to improve bowel movements, and avoid refined carbohydrates, which can cause gallstone formation. Overall, eat less animal foods and move toward a vegetarian-oriented diet. In addition, if you are over/weight, lo.se the wei/ght, but slowly and sensibly.
Good foods to include in your diet are black cherries, pears, beets (raw and cooked), fresh beet tops steamed with spinach leaves, kale, and plain organic yogurt, as well as more raw foods in general.
Gallbladder Flush: Flushing the gallbladder of stones is a common practice of holistic physicians and is quite easy to do. For your first gallbladder flush, continue to eat a whole foods diet with almost no animal products and no processed foods. Drink plenty of raw, fresh apple juice or eat organic apples as much as possible, between meals, for six days. On the afternoon of the seventh day, have 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil mixed with 1/3 cup of fresh lemon juice. Drink all at once and skip your evening meal. Go to bed early (no later than 10 pm), and sleep with your right knee tucked up to your side. In the morning, you should eliminate the gallstones, which will appear greenish yellow.
Six months to a year after your first gallbladder flush, you can repeat the process.
Nutritional Supplementation: The following supplements can help relieve gallbladder symptoms: digestive enzymes with each meal, vitamin B complex, vitamin C, choline, inositol, lipotrophic factors, alfalfa tablets, acidophilus, lecithin, and the amino acid, L-taurine. Peppermint oil sipped in water throughout the meal can also be helpful.
He/rbs: Combine the tinctures of wild yam, fringetree bark, milk thistle, and balmony in equal parts and take one teaspoon of this mixture three times a day. An infusion of chamomile or lemon balm can also be taken regularly throughout the day.
Hydrotherapy: Apply a hot pack to your abdomen and low back for 10-15 minutes several times daily, followed by a short period of cold application.
Juice Therapy: The following juice combinations can help improve gallbladder health: carrot, beet, cucumber, radish, and fresh dandelion roots, with a clove of garlic, or grape, pear, grapefruit, and lemon.
Topical Treatment: Castor oil packs placed over the gallbladder can speed relief of symptoms.
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Recommendations
Books
Natural Cures “They” Don’t Want You To Know About by Kevin Trudeau. You may have seen this book advertised on infomercials. I received a review copy of it a week ago and, despite my busy schedule, I literally could not stop myself from reading it through once I opened it. Quite simply, it is a “must read” book that I highly recommend to all of my readers for the brilliant job Trudeau does of exposing just how vast and interlocking is the collusion between the government, Big Pharma, the media, and most major medical and disease associations when it comes to keeping us in the dark about much more effective, safer “natural cures.” I’ve been investigating this arena for nearly two decades and I still learned more from this book than any other single source out there. Read it and follow Trudeau’s suggestions. You’ll be all the better for it.
Forever by Peter Hamill. During the 11 years that I lived in Manhattan, Hamill was one of my favorite news columnists. Little did I realize that he is also a very gifted novelist. This book, about an Irish lad who travels to New York prior to the American Revolution seeking to avenge his parents’ deaths, only to be gifted with immortality so long as he ne/ver steps foot outside Manhattan, is a wonderful tale that is filled with historical asides about one of the world’s great, great cities. Highly recommended to anyone who shares my love of a good yarn and/or New York City!
That’s all for this week. More again soon.
Health and Blessings!
Larry Trivieri, Jr. (larry@1healthyworld.com)
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