The Health Plus Letter
September 5, 2006, Vol. 4, No. 18
By Larry Trivieri, Jr. – founder & publisher,
http://www.1healthyworld.com
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Table Of Contents
New This Issue
Quote of the Day
Fast Fact
More On the FDA’s Approval of Viruses As Food Additives
Self Care Tips for Dealing with Sciatica
Natural Longevity Breakthroughs – An Important eBook Offer
Recommendations
Medical F/r/e/edom
New This Issue
Welcome to another issue of The Health Plus Letter. Last issue, I reported on the recent approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the introduction of live viruses into our food supply. In this issue, I am excerpting a more in-depth report on this subject by health freedom advocate Byron J. Richards, CNN, author of the book Fight For Your Health: Exposing the FDA’s Betrayal of America. The link to the full article follows the excerpt. I’m also sharing health care tips for dealing with sciatica, and introducing a special offer for Natural Longevity Breakthroughs, a full-length eBook that comes with over $300 in f/r/e/e bonus ebooks and reports, as well as a teleseminar by my on the links between thoughts, emotions, and a long and healthy life.
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
“We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are.”
-- Anais Nin
Fast Fact
Since the year 2000, more than 65,000 product liability lawsuits have been filed against the pharmaceutical industry, more than any other industry.
(Source: USA Today, Aug. 23, 2006.)
FDA APPROVES VIRAL ADULTERATION OF OUR FOOD SUPPLY by Byron J. Richards, CCN
On Friday, August 18, 2006, the FDA approved a viral cocktail to be sprayed on foods we eat. This is the first time viruses have been approved for use as food additives. The FDA wants you to believe it will be safe to consume these viruses every day for the rest of your life with no adverse health effects. Not surprisingly, the FDA doesn’t want you to know which foods are adulterated in this manner, for fear you may not buy them; thus, no labeling will be required. This is a monumental announcement by the FDA, indicating they are throwing all caution to the wind regarding the safety of our food supply.
Are you willing to stand in line for a virus-laden sandwich? How do you like the idea of buying virus-infested food for your family? The first virally contaminated foods entering our food supply with the blessings of the FDA will be luncheon meat and poultry. Live viruses will be sprayed on foods such as cold cuts, sausages, hot dogs, sliced turkey, and chicken.
At issue is the very real problem of a poor quality FDA-approved food supply that is already full of diseased and sickly animals, many of them imported from other countries. The use of antibiotics during growth and radiation during food processing is required by the fast-food animal farms owned by multi-national companies to cover up the horrendous health of the animals they wish to feed to Americans. Animals in poor health are a friendly place for bacteria to grow and prosper, especially after such meat goes to market. Rather than address the source of the problem, the FDA wants to add another adulteration into our food supply.
The stated goal of the new FDA-approved viruses is to kill a rare bacterium known as Listeria monocytogenes. This bacterium is killed by cooking; however, it poses a problem in meats that are cooked during processing and not cooked again prior to consumption, so it can readily infect foods such as deli meats. Yes, the FDA plans to use one infectious organism to fight another. The carnage of battle will end up in your digestive tract along with the victorious live viruses, which the FDA assures us will not attack human cells. However, they cannot possibly be certain the viruses will not attack the friendly bacteria that make up the lining of your digestive tract. And they want you to believe this is completely safe while refusing to require the additive viruses to be listed on the food label so that you would have a choice.
Turning Loose the Bacteria-Killing Viruses
The company that produces these biotech viruses is Baltimore-based Intralytix, Inc. The viruses are known as bacteriophages, viruses that kill bacteria, or phages for short. Phages have been around a long time, living as parasites inside many bacteria. Intralytix uses biotechnology to grow viral phages in a culture with Listeria, in theory teaching the viruses to recognize the bacteria. The FDA-approved cocktail contains six different viruses intended to attack one strain of bacteria. This concoction is then sprayed on food. If Listeria is present in the food, the bacteria will ingest the viruses. This results in massive viral replication inside the bacteria, until such point as the bacteria simply bursts. This battle results in significant production of bacterial poisons called “endotoxins”, as the bacteria tries to defend itself. When the bacteria burst, these endotoxins are released. These, along with the victorious live viruses, will n.o.w be on the food that will be eaten.
The FDA and Intralytix would like us to believe that these viruses will only attack the specified bacteria they are intended to kill and will be harmless to humans. I’m sorry to burst their bubble, but they can’t possibly guar.antee such safety. It is true that the viruses, at least at this time, cannot recognize human cells. However, the virus can potentially recognize normal bacterial cells in the human digestive tract and may be able to adapt to infect one or more of these friendly bacteria.
Copyright © 2006 by Byron J. Richards, CNN. All rights reserved.
(To read the rest of this article, please visit http://www.truthinwellness.com/articles/viral_food.htm)
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Self-Care Tips for Dealing with Sciatica
Sciatica is characterized by pain that runs along the path of the sciatic nerve, usually traveling from the lower back and buttocks and the back, outer side of the leg, sometimes as far as the foot. Symptoms of sciatica include pain, burning, tingling, stabbing, and aching anywhere along the path of the sciatic nerve. In severe cases, the pain may be associated with weakness. Typically, sciatic symptoms are recurring unless the cause is found and treated.
What To Consider
Distinguishing between sciatic neuralgia and sciatic neuritis is essential for proper treatment. In cases of sciatic neuritis, the pain is due to inflammation of the nerve pathway, whereas in sciatic neuralgia the pain is usually caused by an irritation of the nerve due to disk, bone, and/or muscle dysfunction.
Sometimes chronic musculoskeletal pain may be due to low thyroid conditions, nutrient deficiencies, old injuries in associated joints that ne/ver healed completely or correctly, referred pain from problems in internal organs, and/or emotional stress.
Proper treatment of sciatic requires removing the cause of pressure on the sciatic nerve itself, along with abnormal stresses on the foot, knee, hip, and/or back that alter the walking gait and place additional strain on the corresponding muscles.
Note: Insufficient exercise and weak and/or tense, cramped muscles can create the imbalances that ultimately result in sciatica.
Self-Care
Diet: Eat organic foods rich in thiamine (vitamin B1) and magnesium, since both nutrients act as natural muscle relaxants. Such foods include dark leafy green vegetables, yellow vegetables, whole grains, and raw seeds and nuts. Eliminate coffee and other caffeinated beverages, chocolate, and all sugars, and drink plenty of pure, filtered water.
Nutritional Supplementation: The following nutrients can help to ease sciatic pain: vitamin B complex, vitamin B1 (thiamine) vitamin B12, vitamin E. calcium, magnesium, and manganese sulfate.
Aromatherapy: Apply a cold press and/or lightly massage the sciatic region with the essential oils of chamomile, lavender, or birch.
Herbs: Mix equal parts of willow bark and St. John’s wort tincture and take half a teaspoonful three times a day. You can also massage the affected areas with warm St. John’s wort oil to help alleviate pain. Other useful herbs that can be taken as teas or tinctures to tone the sciatic nerve are black cohosh, chamomile, fenugreek, juniper berries, mugwort, parsley, rosemary, and skullcap.
Homeopathy: Useful homeopathic remedies include Colocynth, Viscum album, Lachesis, Rhus tox., Aconite, Arsen alb., Lycopodium, Mag phos., Ruta grav., and Atropa Belladonna (6X potency) for neuralgia.
Hydrotherapy: Soak in with water at body temperature to which one cup of Epsom salt has been added.
Topical Treatment: Apply moist or dry heat to the affected area for one hour, four times a day.
Professional Care
If your symptoms persist despite the above measures, seek the help of a qualified health professional. The following professional care therapies have all been shown to be useful for treating sciatica: Acupressure, Acupuncture, Applied Kinesiology, Ayurveda, Bodywork, Chiropractic, Craniosacral Therapy, Detoxification Therapy (for sciatic neuritis), Energy Medicine, Environmental Medicine, Enzyme Therapy, Magnetic Field Therapy, Massage Therapy, Naturopathic Medicine, Neural Therapy, Osteopathy, Qigong, Physical Therapy, Prolotherapy, Reflexology, Rolfing, and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
(The above information is adapted from Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide, edited and co-written by Larry Trivieri, Jr.)
Natural Longevity Breakthroughs – An Important eBook Offer
As a reader of The Health Plus Letter, you are the first to learn of a special offer I’ve created that can empower you to achieve greater health and live long and happily while minimizing the health risks associated with growing older. The offer I am referring to is called Natural Longevity Breakthroughs, an updated version of the eBook Definitive Guide to Longevity. Even if you already have the latter version, I encourage you to look at this offer, for by acting n.o.w, not only will you receive the Natural Longevity Breakthroughs eBook, you will also immediately gain access to 12 other eBooks and reports on the subject of health and personal transformation absolutely f/r/e/e. In addition, you will also be able to attend a f/r/e/e hour-long teleseminar that I will be presenting soon on the research I’ve been doing related to how our thoughts, emotions, and beliefs directly determine our health and longevity, and what you can do to create a mental and emotional blueprint to dramatically improve your well-being, as well as any and all other areas of your life. (The date for the teleseminar will be announced via email to everyone who orders Natural Longevity Breakthroughs. Don’t worry if you cannot be available for the actual call, because my talk will be recorded and made available to you as a f/r/e/e downloadable audio file that you can listen to at your convenience.)
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Recommendations
Books
The Tao of Detox by Daniel Reid. Daniel Reid is a well-known expert in the practice of Taoist healing exercises, which he has been studying for more than 30 years. In The Tao of Detox, Reid shares a wealth of mostly self-care information that anyone can immediately put to use to counteract the constant assault of toxins that all of us face each and every day. Combining traditional Taoist detoxification methods with the latest recommendations of Western scientists and detox specialists, Reid shows us how we can effectively alleviate years of long-term exposure to toxins and repair the damage they can cause to our bodies in as little as seven to ten days. I have read many books of the subject of detoxification, and have written about it in various of my books, so I am well aware of what the experts in this field have to say about it. So I was delighted to find that Reid’s easy-to-understand guide added much to my knowledge of this subject. More importantly, by applying some of the methods he writes about, I can attest that they really work. Given how toxic our environment is, this book is essential reading for everyone concerned about their health, and I highly recommend it.
Insomnia by Stephen King. King is a writer I studiously avoided reading for many years, only to discover how talented he is a few years ago. While Insomnia is not the best of the novels I’ve read by him, it is still a wonderful adventure, full of King’s characteristic flair for the creepy and horrific, yet also, in parts, very inspiring. And in Ralph Roberts, King has created one of the most compelling everyman heroes I’ve ever come across, as well as writing one of the most moving endings I’ve ever read.
Websites
http://www.truthinwellness.com - the website of Byron J. Richards, CNN, whose article appears above. This is an important site for anyone interested in the various threats to our health posed by our government and the pharmaceutical industry. I recommend that you sign up to receive Byron’s online newsletter. I hope to be able to review his book in a future issue of The Health Plus Letter.
http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com - I recently discovered this site, which contains numerous video interviews with a variety of people, including various health experts (among them my friend Burton Goldberg). You’ll need multimedia software on your computer to watch the interviews, as well as high-speed Internet access.
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0828-24.htm - Lest anyone mistake my ongoing criticisms of the Bush administration for support of the Democrats, let me make it clear that I hold both parties in low regard. Certainly there are decent elected officials among both Democrats and Republicans, but they are too few. In the link above, you will find detailed evidence of why Hillary Clinton is another politician I deeply mistrust (as I do her husband), including her refusal to investigate the deaths of two U.S. servicemen who died as a result of illegal drug experimentations they were subjected to at Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albany, New York (Clinton is a NY State senator, and I am a NYS resident). When you read this article, you may be shocked by her refusal to look into this well-documented matter. Unless you realize that she is the number one recipient of campaign donations by Big Pharma (and number two in terms of overall Big Corp donations).
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Medical F/r/e/edom
Please contact and support the following organizations dedicated to protecting our health freedoms.
Citizens for Health - http://www.citizens.org
Alliance for Natural Health – http://www.alliance-natural-health.org (The leading organization fighting to preserve health f/r/e/edom 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
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.
That’s all for this week.
Health and Blessings!
Larry Trivieri, Jr. (larry@1healthyworld.com)
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