The Health Plus Letter
September 21, 2006, Vol. 4, No. 19
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
Cancer and Emotions
Self Care Tips for Dealing with High Blood Pressure
Recommendations
Medical F/r/e/edom
New This Issue
Welcome to another issue of The Health Plus Letter. This week, I’m sharing information about the link between cancer and emotions, which also has relevance to most other types of illness. You’ll also find self-care tips for dealing with high blood pressure, plus links to a variety of interesting health-related articles.
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
“Life is what we make it. Always has been, always will be.”
-- Grandma Moses
Fast Fact
The nail salon (manicure/pedicure) industry uses 10,000 chemicals in its products, 89 percent of which have not been safety tested by any independent agency.
(Source: The National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum.)
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Cancer and Emotions
Research in the field of mind/body medicine conducted by scientists such as Dr. Hans Eysenck shows that approximately 99 percent of the people who die of cancer (as well as heart disease) suffer from chronic, serious depression, anger or a combination of both emotions. According to famed holistic physician Dr. C. Norman Shealy, the most prevalent ongoing emotion leading up to cancer is depression, while chronic anger is the most likely emotion to cause heart disease and high blood pressure. These findings parallel those of Stanford Univ.ersity scientists Dr. Bruce Lipton, whose research shows that chronic stress is a primary cause of more than 95 percent of all types of disease conditions. The bottom line of all this research is that effectively preventing and recovering from cancer requires healing long-standing unresolved emotional issues.
Emotional Characteristics Common to Cancer Patients
In addition to depression and chronic stress, the most common emotional characteristics of cancer patients are anxiety, fear, grief, hopelessness, indecisiveness, loneliness, and low self-esteem and lack of self-worth. Many cancer patients also live isolated lives and lack meaningful personal relationships. Other emotional issues that can act as co-factors in the cancer process bigotry, hostility, resentment, and selfishness. Limited and erroneous beliefs can also play a significant role in how patients respond to their cancer treatments. For example, many people, upon being diagnosed with cancer, automatically assume the worst, even when there is no reason to do so. As a result, they can unconsciously sabotage their ability to recover even when they receive the most appropriate and effective types of cancer treatment.
Chronic, unresolved emotions have also been shown to significantly affect the immune system by lowering the immune response. This is of utmost importance when it comes to preventing and treating cancer since a healthy immune system is essential in both cases. Therefore, it is vitally important that all of us, whether or not we have cancer, take care to properly manage and express our emotions and to do all that is necessary to heal and recover from any unexpected shocks or traumas we may have sustained.
Are Your Emotions Making You Sick?
The following checklist of que/stions can help you to determine if you at risk for developing cancer, as well as various other illnesses, due to unresolved and improperly expressed emotions. Answer each question truthfully. The more Yes answers you give, the more likely it is that you need to start addressing your emotions and beliefs in order to stop them from compromising your health.
Have you endured an unexpected shock or trauma within the last 3 years (examples: death of a loved one, divorce, break up of a relationship, loss of your job, etc)?
Do you regularly experience bouts of sadness or grief?
Do you regularly experience bouts of anxiety or depression?
Are you experiencing lingering feelings of anger or resentment towards anyone or anything?
Do you suffer from low self-esteem?
Do you lack meaningful relationships in your life?
Do you spend much of your personal time by yourself?
Do you feel lonely?
Are you pessimistic by nature?
Do you harbor lingering regrets over experiences from your past?
Do you feel as if you are cut off from support from others and have to do everything on your own?
Are you prone to compromise so as not to hurt others’ feelings even when doing so means giving up on your own desires and dreams?
Do you believe that life is a struggle filled with hardships that only a few, lucky or privileged people ever escape?
Are you pessimistic about the future and the way things are going in the world?
Are you an “all work and no play” type of person?
Healing your mind and emotions requires a committed effort on your part, and may also require, at least initially, working with a trained counselor or health care practitioner trained in the field of mind/body medicine. If you feel that you require such assistance based on your responses to the above question, don’t wait to seek it out.
Professional Care
The following alternative professional care therapies are highly effective treatments for mental and emotional conditions: Bach flower remedies, biofeedback and neurofeedback therapy, breathwork, energy psychology, guided imagery and visualization, hypnotherapy, journaling, meditation, mind/body meditation, and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP).
Professional counseling can also be helpful, as can certain other types of “talk therapy,” such as cognitive therapy. However, avoid counselors and psychiatrists who focus on treating emotional issues with drugs—not only does this approach fail to address the deeper underlying issues that are causing your emotional problems, it is also highly toxic and can cause a host of serious side effects, including liver and kidney damage, impaired brain functioning, and even violent acts, including suicide.
Note: In many cases of mental and emotional difficulty, physical factors such as food allergies, poor diet, and nutritional deficiencies can also play a significant role. These and other physical factors should always be screened for whenever emotional or mental difficulties become chronic, as well as for all cases of cancer.
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Self-Care Tips for Dealing with High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is one of the most common health conditions in the United States, affecting approximately 25 percent of all adults, two-thirds of whom are younger than 65. The term high blood pressure simply means that people affected by this condition have higher than normal blood pressure levels as their hearts pump blood throughout all the body’s arteries. This greater than normal force can damage the walls of the arteries, which in turn can result in dangerous deposits of harmful (LDL) cholesterol and various toxic substances sticking to them. If this process is left unchecked, the end result can be heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular conditions.
Although high blood pressure is often mistakenly assumed to be a natural consequence of the aging process, the fact that so many Americans in their 20s, 30s, and 40s suffer from high blood pressure clearly indicates that this is not the case. Rather, high blood pressure is the result of poor overall health and lifestyle choices. Conventional medicine, however, focuses mostly on treating the symptoms of high blood pressure rather than addressing its underlying causes. It does this primarily through the use of blood pressure medications, all of which can cause dangerous side effects.
Types of High Blood Pressure
There are two types of high blood pressure, essential high blood pressure and secondary high blood pressure. Essential blood pressure is high blood pressure that occurs without an obvious cause in the body, while secondary high blood pressure is caused by kidney damage or failure and/or imbalances in the endocrine system. The vast majority of high blood pressure cases—over 90 percent—are essential high blood pressure.
Note: If you suffer from secondary high blood pressure, seek immediate medical attention.
Symptoms of High Blood Pressure
The most commons symptoms of high blood pressure are breathing difficulties, dizziness, fatigue, gastrointestinal problems, headaches, insomnia, and irritability. Left unchecked, however, high blood pressure can lead to serious heart conditions, including stroke, as well as damage to the brain and kidneys.
Causes of High Blood Pressure
Like many other chronic health conditions, high blood pressure is primarily due to our unhealthy modern lifestyle and diet. In indigenous cultures around the world, where a healthy, natural diet is the norm, and Western lifestyle factors do not exists, high blood pressure is virtually nonexistent. Therefore, in order to effectively prevent and reverse high blood pressure, knowing what causes it is an essential first step. The primary causes of high blood pressure are atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), poor diet, environmental toxins, chronic stress, unresolved emotions, and lifestyle factors, such as excessive consumption of alcohol and caffeine, smo/king (including regular exposure to secondhand smoke), and a sedentary lifestyle. Various pharmaceutical drugs can also cause or worsen high blood pressure. High blood pressure can also be caused by diabetes, high cholesterol, and obesity.
Self-Care
Aromatherapy: The essential oils lavender, marjoram, and ylang ylang, applied topically can help soothe away stress related to high blood pressure.
Ayurvedic Medicine: Ayurvedic physicians devise treatment plans for high blood pressure based on their patients’ metabolic type or dosha. There are three primary doshas: vatta, pitta, and kapha, with pitta and kapha body types being most prone to high blood pressure due to their genetic traits and lifestyle. Ayurvedic treatment generally involves dietary changes, along with various Ayurvedic herbs and yoga breathing exercises.
Typically, the diet prescribed by Ayurvedic physicians emphasizes lots of fresh vegetables, whole grains, and small amounts of fish and/or poultry, with patients advised to minimize their intake of salt and to avoid fatty foods, milk and dairy products, and all commercial food products.
Among the most commonly prescribed Ayurvedic herbs are ashwagandha, which promotes calm and relieves stress; coral added to rose water, which acts as a heart tonic and is a good source of the minerals calcium and magnesium, both of which are usually deficient in people with high blood pressure; rauwolfia and its extract, reserpine, which help to directly regulate blood pressure levels; and sankhapuspi, which helps to relieve emotions such as anger and anxiety and reduces bad (LDL) cholesterol while increasing good (HDL) cholesterol, thus enhancing circulation. (Note: Rauwolfia and reserpine, should only be used under the supervision of a trained Ayurvedic physician or herbalist because, if used indiscriminately, they can cause biochemical and neurological imbalances, as well as depression. In additions, patients suffering from these conditions should not use these herbs.)
Yogic breathing exercises are also advised because of their ability to both improve overall cardiovascular health and to promote relaxation. A simple yogic breathing exercise that you can use for this purpose is alternate nostril breathing. To perform this exercise, close your right nostril with your thumb or finger while you inhale and exhale through your left nostril. As you complete your exhalation, close your left nostril and repeat the process through your right nostril. Continue breathing through alternating nostrils for 10 to 15 minutes and repeat the exercise two or three times a day. In many cases, blood pressure levels can drop significantly after only ten minutes of performing this exercise, and continue to drop until they become stabilized at healthier levels so long as the exercise continues to be performed on a daily basis.
Detoxification Therapy: Detoxifying your body periodically is an excellent way to keep your blood pressure levels in balance. During the process of detoxification, your body becomes better able to eliminate stored toxins, including heavy metals, from your cells, tissues, and organs, helping to reduce high blood pressure.
Eating a light diet of fresh organic foods, drinking lots of pure filtered water and organic, fresh-squeezed juice throughout the day, is an easy way to help your body detoxify. For added benefit, add fresh squeezed lemon juice and a dash of cayenne pepper to the water you drink, and take hot baths or saunas each day. (Note: If your condition is serious, do not attempt saunas without medical supervision.)
Among the many benefits of such a detoxification regimen are the improvements that occur in the liver function and the lymphatic system, both of which can make a significant positive difference in blood pressure levels. To further cleanse your lymphatic system, spend ten minutes each day scrubbing your body with a dry brush and jump on a rebounder (mini-trampoline) for five to ten minutes twice a day.
Other detoxification methods that can help improve high blood pressure include colonics, enemas, juice fasts, and dry, far-infrared saunas.
Diet: Adopting a healthy diet is perhaps the most important step you can take to prevent and reverse high blood pressure. Ideally, your diet should consist of 20-25 percent protein, 30 percent healthy fats, and 45 to 50 percent carbohydrates. Fish such as blue fish, cod, Greenland halibut, mackerel, and wild caught salmon are excellent sources of both protein and healthy fats. Avoid farm-raised salmon, because of the antibiotics and food dyes they contain; tuna, which is high in mercury; and shellfish, which contain a high degree of contaminants. Your intake of red meat should also be minimized. Instead, choose free-range, organic poultry.
Also include lots of organic, fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as non-wheat complex carbohydrates, and drink plenty of pure, filtered water throughout the day. For additional benefit, also include garlic and onions and use olive oil for all of your cooking needs. For salads, olive and flaxseed oils are recommended. An excellent breakfast choice is organic oatmeal, which has been shown to reduce blood cholesterol and blood pressure levels and to reduce the overall risk of heart disease.
Excellent choices for fruits and vegetables are organic (ideally) avocados, bananas, cantaloupe, honeydew melons, grapefruit, nectarines, oranges, asparagus, broccoli, brown rice, cabbage, cauliflower, green peas, kidney and lima beans, leafy green vegetables, nuts (almonds, cashews, pecans), potatoes, squash, and yams. Wheat germ and oat bran should also be used to ensure adequate levels of fiber in your diet.
In addition, avoid all sugars and simple, refined carbohydrates, as well as alcohol and coffee and other caffeine products, and minimize your salt intake, using sea salt instead of commercial table salt for seasoning.
Her/bal Medicine: The following herbs can all help prevent and reverse high blood pressure and its associated symptoms: garlic, hawthorn berry, olive leaf extract, and the medicinal mushrooms maitake and reishi.
Hydrotherapy: Contrast hot and cold water baths or showers two to five times a week can help relieve symptoms of high blood pressure.
Juice Therapy: The following juice combinations can help prevent and reverse high blood pressure because of the vitamins and minerals they contain: beet, carrot, and celery; and carrot or cucumber, spinach, and parsley. To enhance results, also add one clove of juiced garlic.
Lifestyle Changes: The primary lifestyle change required by many people with high blood pressure is to shift from a sedentary lifestyle to one that is more active and that provides regular exercise at least three times a week. Two excellent exercise choices that are safe and enjoyable are brisk walking and swimming. Other options include hiking, bicycling, jogging, or exercising on a rebounder (mini-trampoline). Research has shown that all such activities can lower blood pressure because of the aerobic (oxygenating) benefits they provide. (Note: If you are not use to exercising, do not begin an exercise program without first consulting with your physician.)
Other lifestyle changes that can benefit your overall health and reduce high blood pressure include avoiding or minimizing alcohol intake and, if necessary, quitting smo/king and losing excess wei.ght.
Nutritional Supplements: The following nutritional supplements can all help to prevent and reverse high blood pressure: vitamin A, beta carotene, vitamin B3 (niacin), vitamin B6, vitamin C, bioflavonoids (especially rutin), vitamin E, coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), evening primrose oil, fish oil, calcium, magnesium, potassium, selenium, and zinc. The amino acids cysteine, taurine, and tryptophan can also be helpful. (Note: Dosages of vitamin E above 400 IU/day are not recommended for people who suffer from high blood pressure, rheumatic heart disease, or ischemic heart disease. For best results, start with a low dose (100 IU) and gradually increase to 400 IU while having your condition monitored by a physician.)
Stress Management: Learning how to reduce and properly manage stress is essential for anyone who is suffering from high blood pressure. Holistic health practitioners help their patients accomplish this through the use of various mind/body medicine techniques, such as biofeedback, hypnotherapy, and relaxation exercises.
Meditation is another type of stress management that can be highly effective in reducing high blood pressure levels. So much so, in fact, that since 1984 it has been recommended by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over conventional blood pressure medications for cases of mild high blood pressure. There are many ways to meditate. One of the easiest is simply to sit comfortably in a chair with your eyes closed as you focus on your breathing. Do this for five to ten minutes twice a day and gradually extend each session to 20 to 30 minutes. To enhance your efforts, concentrate on mentally repeating a peaceful phrase each time that you inhale and exhale, allowing all other thoughts to arise and pass without becoming involved in them. At first, this may seem difficult, but with committed practice you will eventually find yourself able to do so while experiencing greater degrees of calm and peace.
Professional Care
The following therapies can also help to prevent and reverse high blood pressure: Acupuncture, Bodywork (acupressure, Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais Method, massage therapy, reflexology, Rolfing, shiatsu, Therapeutic Touch), Chelation Therapy, Detoxification Therapy, Energy Medicine, Environmental Medicine, Hypnotherapy, Magnet Therapy, Orthomolecular Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and Yoga.
(The above information is adapted from Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide, edited and co-written by Larry Trivieri, Jr.)
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Recommendations
Books
Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA’s Betrayal of American by Byron J. Richards, CNN. I referred to thus book last issue when I ran Byron’s article about the FDA’s approval of viruses in our food supply. Having had a chance to read it, I can’t recommend it highly enough. I consider myself well-informed when it comes to the machinations of the FDA, Big Pharma, and other special interests with regard to our health and medical freedoms. Even so, Fight for Your Health is an eye-opener. No one who reads this important work will ever again doubt that our nation’s health and our ability to choose the health methods of our choice are under attack by Big Pharma, the FDA, and our world’s ruling elite. Byron writes with a passion and clarity that is supported by the extensive documentation he provides for all of the subjects he covers. I urge all of my readers to get this book and read it from cover to cover. Your health and well-being could very well depend on it. To order it, visit http://www.truthinwellness.com.
Websites
http://blog.healthliesexposed.com/?postid=28- Want to know the extent Big Pharma goes to in order to push its drugs? This interview with a former Big Pharma sa.les rep is a good place to get started.
http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/THE_FOUNDATION/microsoft.htm- I've long suspected that Bill Gates' so-called philanthropic push for drug-based health initiatives through his foundation was tied to his investments in Big Pharma. Turns out my suspicions were correct, as can be surmised by this analysis by Dr. Matthias Rath, a tireless health freedom crusader dedicated to exposing Big Pharma's 100-year history of profitable genocide (I don't use these words lightly).
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0920-05.htm - Here you can read about the various toxic substances used in the nail salon industry that I referred to in Fast Fact above.
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http://www.1healthyworld.com/ebooks/Mind-Mastery-Book-Info.cfm.
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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