The Health Plus Letter
March 27, 2007, Vol. 5, No. 6
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
New Yorker’s Access to Supplements Under Attack
The St. Thomas Smoothie by Dr. Steven Bailey
Self-Care Tips for Preventing and Relieving Psoriasis
BioCircuits: A Healing Tool for Relieving Stress and Enhancing Relaxation
Recommendations
Reader Feedback
Medical Freedom
New This Issue
Welcome to another issue of The Health Plus Letter. This week, I’m alerting you to measures pending in New York State that, if passed into law, could severely restrict health freedom in that state and become a precedent for doing so across the nation. I urge all my readers who live or work in NY to take action by visiting the website I’ve linked to at the end of the news alert below.
Also in this issue, you’ll find an article I wrote years ago on BioCircuits, one of the most effective and easy-to-use “energy medicine” tools for relieving stress and enhancing relaxation. Since I’ve recently started using BioCircuits again, with great results, I’d like you to know about them. I’m also continuing to excerpt from my latest book, Juice Alive: The Ultimate Guide to Juicing Remedies, sharing with you another delicious and extremely healthy smoothie developed by my friend and co-author, Dr. Steven Bailey. You’ll also find self-care tips for dealing with psoriasis.
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
“Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Fast Fact
According to the National Academy of Sciences, 95 percent of the ingredients used to create fragrances are derived from known toxins, such as aldehydes, benzene, and petroleum.
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New Yorker’s Access to Supplements Under Attack
From Citizens for Health: March 15, 2007
In the March issue of Nutrition Industry Executive magazine (www.niemagazine.com), James Gormley reports that there are four new bills in New York State that have been introduced by NY State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz (D-51st District) - six if you count two companion bills in the NY Senate. These bills take aim at consumers by targeting all supplement companies that sell into New York, which is virtually every manufacturer that exists.
The following is a list of the bills and what they entail:
Bill A3944 would require "that anyone selling dietary supplements that make health or appearance claims possess competent and scientific evidence substantiating those claims"; it would also require a warning statement on the product label or "handout" if the product claim is not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Bill A4014 would prevent school employees, especially coaches, from recommending dietary supplements to students and would require schools to warn students of the risks of supplements.
Bill A3357 would establish a dietary supplements safety committee that would, apparently, create "adequate standards and enforcement for manufacturing, safety and effectiveness" of dietary supplements.
Bill A2068 would require labeling to indicate which products have been tested by the FDA for "purity."
If enacted, these bills would:
- Create a completely unnecessary layer of bureaucracy at the state level (attempting to usurp Federal powers)
- Limit consumers' access, and interfere with their right, to important information about supplements
- Place an unnecessary economic burden on the nutritional and dietary supplement industry and its customers without providing any additional value to consumers.
These bills are not just bad for consumers of natural products---they are bad for the state of New York. For example, A3944 would promote a different, unwarranted, and unnecessary double standard for dietary supplement makers who sell products in New York. The costs of compliance would drive up the costs of products for the millions of consumers statewide who depend upon inherently safe supplements for health and well-being. It would also force many manufacturers to relocate to other states, while those who remain would pass their greater costs on down to consumers, forcing those same consumers to, in turn, look to other states for the supplements upon which they depend.
We at Citizens for Health join with the National Nutritional Foods Association-East in strongly opposing these bills, and urge you to do the same. At best, they are unnecessary because sufficient regulations, enforcement and oversight already exist at the Federal level, like the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA).
At worst and realistically, the bills are burdensome and have the potential to create a confusing and unfairly hostile environment for supplements in New York State that would be used as a precedent for the establishment of similar regulations across the country.
To make your voice heard and to stop these bills, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/yrqqrp
The St. Thomas Smoothie by Dr. Steven Bailey
Within the written Gospel of Thomas, part of the Nag Hammadi Library, are found the following words attributed to Jesus: “For there are five trees for you in Paradise which remain undisturbed summer and winter and whose leaves do not fall. Whoever becomes acquainted with them will not experience death.” There are many interpretations of this passage, starting with the surface meaning, or the discussion of the five trees and their fruits.
Many years ago, I was discussing the “Gospel of Thomas” with my cousin, Dr. Pat Hart. On mentioning this passage to him, he shared that he had spent hours researching the trees that were growing in the Middle East at the time of Saint Thomas. He found only five that satisfy the conditions of this passage. They are the papaya, banana, coconut, lemon and Acerola cherry. All five of these trees bear fruit year round and do not lose their leaves. We then discussed what we knew of their nutritional properties, finding a remarkable completeness in terms of how consuming all five fruits satisfied our basic human dietary needs. What follows is an overview of each fruit and the nutrients each provides:
The Five Fruits
Banana: A rich source of potassium, fiber, and high quality glucose (a natural sugar and the primary energy source for both the body and the brain).
Coconut: A rich source of calcium, magnesium and natural vitamin D, coconut also provides a naturally occurring water or milk that is also highly nutritious.
Papaya: Rich in proteolytic enzymes, and therefore rich in proteins, papaya is also a rich source of beta-carotene.
Lemon: Because of its highly alkalizing (anti-acidic) properties, lemon is revered for its ability to move mucus out of the body. It is high in vitamin C, and even richer in bio-flavinoids and OPC’s (oligomeric proanthocyanidins) both of which act as potent antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents in the body.
Acerola cherry: The highest edible source of Vitamin C.
A few months after learning about these five fruits from my cousin Pat, I decided to do a fast consisting only of smoothies made from these fruits. To my pleasant surprise I felt wonderful, satisfied, and very similar to how I feel when undergoing a vegetable juice or water fast. I experienced no hunger, enjoyed this combination for weeks of fasting, during which time I drank as much of the smoothies as I desired and maintained normal if not improved digestive and eliminatory function. Breaking the fast and returning to a normal diet was even easier than what I normally experience from other types of liquid fasts. I have since repeated this fast with identical results.
To prepare the Saint Thomas Smoothie:
Blend:
2 bananas
1 papaya
½-1 cup coconut with ½ of the milk of a whole coconut
Juice:
4 lemons
1-cup Acerola cherries (if you have trouble finding Acerola cherries for purchase, substitute two tablespoons of organic Acerola powder, and then add enough water to make a juice consistency)
Add this juice to the blended mixture above, re-blend and enjoy.
[Excerpted from Juice Alive: The Ultimate Guide to Juicing Remedies by Steven Bailey, ND and Larry Trivieri, Jr, available at your local bookstore and online at www.amazon.com, and www.bn.com (Barnes & Noble).]
Self-Care Tips for Preventing and Relieving Psoriasis
Psoriasis is a fairly common, chronic skin condition in which patches of skin become thickened and reddened and covered with silvery scales. It usually does not itch, but does cause discomfort and cosmetic embarrassment. The areas of the body most commonly affected by psoriasis are the arms, elbows, behind the ears, scalp, back, legs, and knees.
What To Consider
Psoriasis is metabolic in nature and can be triggered by environmental or stressful conditions, poor diet, flu-like conditions, the administration of penicillin, and nutritional deficiencies. Patients with psoriasis are also a higher risk of rheumatoid diseases.
Psoriasis can also be caused by food allergies, essential fatty acid deficiencies, low digestive enzyme and hydrochloric acid levels, vitamin B-complex deficiencies, emotional stress, illness, drugs (such as beta-blockers, lithium, and chloroquine), poison ivy or oak, skin damage, and bacterial or viral infections.
Self-Care
Lifestyle: Mild cases of psoriasis may be helped by daily exposure to sunlight. Frequent exercise is also recommended.
Diet: Screen for and eliminate all foods to which you are allergic or sensitive. Eat a varied diet of organic, whole foods, rotating foods as much as possible. Also eliminate wheat and wheat products for 1-3 months. Also consume seafood high in omega-3 fatty acids, such as wild salmon, sardines, mackerel, herring, and each day, on a rotating basis, take one tablespoon of olive or flaxseed oil, and be sure to drink plenty of pure, filtered water. Organic beef, venison, poultry, garlic, onions, parsley, organic plain yogurt, and sauerkraut are also recommended.
Nutritional Supplementation: The following nutrients can be helpful: evening primrose oil, omega-3 essential fatty acids, vitamin A, vitamin B Complex, vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, vitamin C with bioflavonoids, folic acid, lecithin, zinc, and a multimineral supplement. Taking hydrochloric acid (HCl) with each meal can also be of use.
In Europe fumaric acid treatment in the form of fumaric acid tablets, ointment, lotion, and scalp lotions is widely used to reverse symptoms of psoriasis.
Aromatherapy: The following essential oils are recommended: bergamot (to help heal skin plaques), lavender (to reduce excessive itching), melissa (for irritated skin), jasmine (for dry sensitive skin), geranium (for dry irritating skin), and sandalwood mysore (for dehydrated, inflamed, and sensitive skin).
Flower Essences: Rescue Remedy Cream® applied topically can soothe symptoms.
Herbs: Combine equal parts of burdock, sarsaparilla, and cleavers tinctures and take one teaspoon three times a day. Silymarin (milk thistle) is also helpful for psoriasis due to its positive effects on liver function.
Homeopathy: Useful homeopathic remedies include Psorinum, Sulfur, Graphites, Cuprum met., and Arsen alb.
Hydrotherapy: Apply a hot compress affected area each day. Taking a bath heated to body temperature to which sea salt has been dissolved can also help speed healing.
Juice Therapy: The following juice combinations can be helpful: apple and carrot; beet, cucumber, and grape; and beet, carrot, burdock, yellowdock and garlic.
Topical Treatment: Apply seawater to the affected skin several times daily. Linseed or avocado oil, aloe vera gel, and/or capsaicin cream applied topically can reduce the scaling, thickness, redness, and itching.
(The above information is adapted from Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide, co-written and edited by Larry Trivieri, Jr.)
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BioCircuits: A Healing Tool for Relieving Stress and Enhancing Relaxation
The concept of "vital energy" has been a tenet of holistic medicine since the origins of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and India's Ayurvedic system of healing some three to five thousand years ago. In TCM and Ayurveda, this energy is known as Qi (pronounced "chee") or prana, respectively. Other terms used to describe it include life force, subtle energy, elan vital, electromagnetic energy,and innate intelligence. Without the flow of vital energy throughout the body, proponents claim, physical life would not be possible, and when the energy becomes blocked or imbalanced, health becomes compromised, eventually resulting in disease. Due to increased recognition of this theory, coupled with scientific experiments in recent decades attesting to its validity, a number of leading health care experts are predicting that Energy Medicine (health care approaches that reverse such blockages and imbalances or prevent them from occurring) will become the primary form of medicine in the 21st century. In the meantime, many Americans are becoming more aware of this flow of vital energy through such therapies as acupuncture, homeopathy, flower essences, T'ai chi, qigong, meditation, biofeedback, and yoga.
Useful tools that can be added to that list are BioCircuits, which growing numbers of health conscious individuals, lay and professional alike, are employing to enhance relaxation, reduce stress, and boost energy levels. Among those who tout the positive psychophysiological effects produced by BioCircuits are bodywork pioneer Joseph Heller; biofeedback expert, George Fritz; author and brain machine expert, Michael Hutchison; Richard Gerber, M.D., author of Vibrational Medicine, and Julian Isaacs, Ph.D, of John F. Kennedy Univiersity, whose double- blind study confirmed the devices' ability to promote relaxation.
According to Terry Patten, who is one of the leading experts on BioCircuits and how they work, the benefits produced by them are due the body's own energy field as the BioCircuits interact with it. (In fact, the Patten coined the phrase "BioCircuit," precisely for that reason, to distinguish it from other devices that use external sources of energy to produce healing.) "Most relaxation tools and techniques work by way of the mind relaxing the body via conscious or subconscious self-regulation," Patten explains. "With BioCircuits, it works the other way around. By bridging imbalances in the body's energy system, BioCircuits release the body's energy flow in a way that makes it more available for well-being. This enhances the natural healing process." What makes BioCircuits so appealing is the fact that this effect can be achieved simply by laying on them for 15 to 30 minutes. Doing so automatically creates a natural circuit that links the body's primary energy centers to both balance and enhance energy flow. This results in the release of tension in the muscles and the spine, improved energy levels, a lessening of fatigue, and a greater resistance to disease conditions such as colds and flu.
Some people also report enhanced mental functioning as a result of using BioCircuits, including heightened states of awareness, resolution of emotional issues, and trance states of consciousness. Other reported benefits include deep relaxation, improved sleep, fuller and deeper respiration, lowered pulse rate, and a pleaurable warmth throughout the body, even among people with poor circulation. Patten point out, however, that BioCiruits are not medical devices and aren't intended to be used as a substitute for proper medical care.
How BioCircuits Work
Originally referred to as "relaxation circuits" by their developer, Leon Ernest Eeman, BioCircuits are composed of either copper, silk, or silver, all of which act as conductive mediums that interact with the body's own energy field. Eeman's original version was fashioned out of copper screens connected by copper wires to copper handles. By laying atop screens positioned under the neck and the base of the spine, the user holds the handles and either brings his or her heels together, or, more commonly, crosses legs at the ankles. The left hand holds the handle of the screen beneath the spine, while the right hand holds the handle of the screen below the neck. This position, known as "the Eeman General Relaxation Circuit," is all that is necessary to create a natural circuit that immediately begins to balance and realign the body's flow of energy. There are other variations of "laying in circuit," as well, according to Patten, and the overall experience and benefits can vary, depending on whether the BioCircuits are copper, silk, or silver.
For most first time users, Patten recommends the copper units, especially for people who are unfamiliar with the flow of vital energy in their bodies. "Copper BioCircuits are very useful for when you're feeling stressed out or need to boost your energy levels," he says. "Usually, they offer a more distinct and powerful experience. They're also effective for promoting restful sleep, and for helping people to become more aware of the flow of their own life-energy." By contrast, Patten recommends silk BioCircuits for people who are already sensitive to the flow of vital energy, and as tools to enhance meditation and personal growth. "The effect of silk tends to be gentler, subtler, smoother, and higher, if you will, than the copper BioCircuit," he explains. "We've also found that people can use them for lengthier sessions, and that the effects tend to last longer than those produced by the copper units. The silver units combine the qualities of both copper and silk, and the effect is also more powerful. The flow of energy is constant, unlike that of both copper and silk, in which the experience tends to build up and release as waves of energy."
Patten's observations were echoed by Jack Schwarz, N.D., a recognized authority on human energy systems whose ability to voluntarily control normally involuntary biological functions has been documented by studies conducted by the Menninger Foundation, Stanford Research Institute, and other research facilities. Schwarz stated that the effects of copper BioCircuits are easier to notice because they conduct energy at a "more readily visible, coarser level than silk." Because the effect of silk is subtler, however, its benefits "can ultimately be greater than that of copper." (Source: BioCircuits, P. 61)
The Origin Of BioCircuits
Like many other innovative contributors to the field of healing, L. E. Eeman's development of BioCircuits resulted from his need to regenerate his own health. Pronounced "100 percent disabled" after the plane he was flying during World War I crashed into an air force barracks, he vowed to find a way to recover, even though, in his own words, "I was in such pain and felt so ill that I couldn't live much longer." Suffering from acute pains in his head and spine, as well as complete exhaustion and "unbearable insomnia," Eeman nonetheless recognized that his recovery would be entirely up to himself due to "the failure of allopathic medicine." To that end, while still hospitalized, he devoted himself to considering his condition and recalled the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament to heal the sick by the laying on of hands. Pondering why the emphasis had been on the hands, Eeman began to speculate. Because the instruction referred to "hands," and not "hand," he decided that the human body was a "bipolar organism." He also considered the fact that, in general, children tend to heal faster than adults do, something he attributed to their more abundant life energy. Noting, as well, that much of the healing process occurs during sleep, Eeman concluded that healing energy "was not gross muscular energy, but the energy of the life force itself." This led him to believe that healers possessed greater reserves of this healing energy, and that they could transfer it to others. In that process, Eeman deduced that the contact between the healer and the patient completed "a circuit in which an exchange of healing energy occurs."
Based on these conclusions, and his observation that when people are ill they tend to cross their hands and feet and not separate them until they are feeling more energy, Eeman eventually came to believe that human beings not only radiate energy, but that this energy accumulates at specific areas of the body, which can be linked together to create a circuit that helps the energy flow more readily to enhance health. He set to work creating the first copper "relaxation circuit" and discovered that it resulted in the same effects "as those that occur when the hands and feet are instinctively linked -- warmth, relaxation, and increased energy." Eeman began to spend long periods using the relaxation circuit, and within two years of doing so he had not only healed himself, but felt healthier than at any other point in his life. Moreover, he found that laying in circuit provided him with a heightened sensitivity to the life force in general.
Following his recovery, Eeman started sharing his discovery with others. By 1922, he had his own suite of consultation and treatment rooms in London, where he continued treating patients and furthering his experiments until shortly before his death in 1958. Despite having written a number of works on the subject, Eeman's findings were not developed further until 1976, when researcher Peter Lindemann began treating himself for herpes simplex "with intense symptoms" by regularly using Eeman's screens. Lindemman found that, although the screens did indeed help his condition, they did not fully resolve it. This led him to experiment further with the screens in order to maximize the benefits he was experiencing. After a lengthy process, he devised other methods of laying in circuit, eventually to the point of healing himself. Since then, along with Patten, he has been a principle figure involved in carrying on Eeman's work and is responsible for developing the first high-quality silk BioCircuits. (Ibid: Pp 24-27, 46-49)
How To Use BioCircuits
According to the Patten, BioCircuits are ideal tools that can be used on a regular basis to promote overall wellness, either alone or in conjunction with other healthful activities such as yoga, meditation, bodywork, and guided imagery. Suggested occasions for use include after work to relieve stress; prior to bed, to promote sleep; after lengthy car trips or airplane flights, to banish travel fatigue; during times of illness, to strengthen the body's bioenergy; or as a catnap enhancer, to extend productivity during the day. Users of copper BioCircuits will usually notice that after 30 minutes of laying in circuit, the experience tends to run its course, whereas silk sessions can last much longer, and are typically more conducive to what Patten describes as "intelligent trance," a state of heightened creativity and integration of one's mental, emotional, and physical states.
As mentioned, all that is necessary to begin experiencing the benefits of BioCircuits is to lay in circuit, allowing the units to begin balancing the body's energy flow. For most people, this can be experienced as a rebalancing occurring from left-to-right and top- to-bottom, as the body's energy centers begin to realign. Initially, this realignment is felt as a release of muscular tension that is usually followed by a relaxing of the breath, and sometimes a flow of warmth along the spine and down the arms and legs. Many first time users may also find themselves drifting off to sleep, particularly if they have a greater than normal need to balance their energies. Some people may fall asleep for up to two or three months of use before they start to notice other effects from laying in circuit. This is nothing to be alarmed about, according to Patten, and actually a quite normal response for many people.
"Many users also report that their sense of imbalance is intensified after they first lie down on a BioCircuit," Patten points out. "When this happens, the experience may seem to get worse, before it gets better. But after the imbalances intensify, they then ease up, and the body's energy becomes more harmonized, creating more balance and feelings of pleasure." In addition, usually the energy flow is experienced as cycles of intensity that build up and then ebb, until the experience runs its course. Becoming sensitive to this flow of energy may require a number of sessions, as well. "Whatever your level of sensitivity, your experience will probably be subtle, especially at first," Patten says, noting that over time people begin to "notice more and more."
Patten also points out that a small number of people experience a condition he calls "reversed polarity," when they lie in circuit. "Instead of a relaxation circuit forming, a tension circuit occurs," he says. Such an occurrence tends to exaggerate jitteriness and prevent relaxation, and the extremities, instead of becoming warmer, often turn colder."Such people should simply switch handles from one hand to the other, connecting the right hand to the head and the left hand to the base of the spine," Patten instructs.
Since BioCircuits, over time, become imprinted with, and attuned to, the energy of their users, Patten recommends not sharing the silk units with others and suggests clearing copper units with running water before letting others use them. He also recommends ending each session by taking a series of deep breaths, splashing one's face with cold water, stretching, or brief exercise, in order to feel more alert and energized.
A Double-Blind Study
Researcher Julian Isaacs, Ph.D., of John F. Kennedy University, investigated the purported relaxation effects of BioCircuits by conducting a double- blind study in which neither the test subjects nor the experimenter were aware of the type of BioCircuit being used. In actuality, although all of the units used in the study looked identical, only one was a true BioCircuit. The others were an improperly wired unit and a placebo, or "dummy," unit. The purpose of the study, according to Isaacs, was not to an attempt "to detect bio-energy directly, but to detect the physiological manifestations of relaxation." Informal comments and observations on the part of the participants regarding each of the three versions of BioCircuits were also noted.
Twelve subjects took part in the study, each of whom claimed to be sensitive to subtle energy prior to the study's onset. All of them underwent four separate trials to determine their degree of relaxation. This was measured by the use of brain wave EEG, muscle tension EMG, finger temperature, and skin electrical resistance EDG, combined with subjective responses of the participants in the form of a questionnaire in which they compared their experiences with each of the three BioCircuits. During each trial, each subject was tested for 30 minutes "while relaxing in a reclining chair and listening to quiet music through headphones." They were first presented with a standard BioCircuit to become familiar with "the session protocol," then told that the three devices they were subsequently tested on were "new biocircuits which were being compared blind to assess their relative effectiveness." In other words, none of the subjects knew beforehand that any of the devices were not real.
The results of the study were significant. Muscle relaxation in all of the subjects was "significantly" deeper when using the real BioCircuit. In addition, the real BioCircuit produced substantially more sleep, trance, and "deep hypnagogic brain states." Moreover, without knowing which unit was real, all12 subjects consistently identified the real BioCircuit as being more relaxing than the placebo version. According to Isaacs, the likelihood of achieving these results simply by chance is less than 1 in 5,000. Summing up the results of the study, Isaacs writes, "The results obtained were surprisingly strong and consistent, despite the author's initial scepticism regarding biocircuits. The fundamental conclusion which is strongly indicated by the overall results of this study is that relaxation biocircuits do relax their users significantly more than could be achieved by unassisted relaxation, all other factors being held constant." (Source: Isaacs, Julian D., Ph.D. A Double-Blind Study of the "Biocircuit", A Putative Subtle-Energy Relaxation Device)
My Own Experience
Prior to writing this article I experimented with both the copper and silk versions of BioCircuits for a period of two months, beginning with the copper units. Being somewhat aware of the flow of energy in my body, it was easy for me to determine the effects of the copper units from my very first session. Within minutes of laying in circuit, I became aware of the following physiological responses: Even though I began the session thinking I was already in a relaxed state, I quickly became aware of how my various muscles, particularly in the shoulders, were still holding tension. Then I began to experience that tension releasing. As it did so, I noticed that my breathing was automatically relaxing, as well. Eventually, I settled into a smooth respiration that ran the length of my spine and recognized that I was moving into a deep alpha brain wave state. This was followed by a noticeable warmth that began in my palms and soon spread throughout my body. It was a very pleasurable sensation. After a few minutes, I could feel pulsations of energy, again, particularly in my palms. These intensified, until I felt warm energy running up and down my body's meridian system. The experience was akin to a good acupuncture treatment. But before I realized it, I had fallen asleep. When I awoke, about 20 minutes later, I felt groggy at first, but also deeply rested.
I made a point to lay in circuit at least once each day of the next few weeks. For the most part, my experiences during that time were similar to my initial session, usually culminating with me falling asleep. Over time, however, I eventually found myself staying alert throughout the session, and started to recognize when the flow of energy had run its course (usually within 30 minutes). Finally, I started to experiment with the silk BioCircuits. The experience was definitely of a subtler nature. When I lay in circuit, I still feel the warm flow of energy, but with the silk units I also feel it very strongly along the length of my spine. In addition, instead of becoming drowsy at some point, I find myself entering into a very definite hypnagogic state, which I recognize from my past training as a hypnotherapist. While my body settles into a deep state of relaxation, mentally and emotionally I find myself more alert, more aware of myself as a "being of energy," and better able to achieve insights and solutions to my daily concerns. In that respect, using the silk unit is very similar to my experiences with meditation.
The Future Of BioCcircuits
Despite over 70 years of research, BioCircuits for the most part remain unknown to the vast majority of health care professionals and lay individuals. In addition, the full potential of BioCircuits as healing devices still remains to be explored. For instance, both Eeman and Lindemann found that the life force of individual users could be enhanced by linking them together in what Eeman described as "cooperative healing circuits" (with each individual using his or her own unit while holding the handles of the other user's unit). Much of Eeman's later research was devoted to the beneficial effects of cooperative healing circuits and the implications of his findings still remain to be fully explored. The same holds true with "Substance BioCircuitry," a method that allows an individual to lie in circuit while the BioCircuits are attached to a specimen bottle containing a liquid solution of specific nutrients, herbs, or homeopathic remedies. "The guiding principle of this method relates to vibrational medicine," according to Patten. "Your own life-energy current flows into and through the chosen substance, and then back into your energy field, without contamination by external electrical or magnetic signals." Whether the efficacy of this method actually has any superiority to more traditional ingestion of such substances remains open to question. Nonetheless, given the preponderance of stress in today's fast-paced world, I suspect that, at the very least, BioCircuits will become more widely recognized as simple and effective self-care tools for promoting greater levels of relaxation and balanced energy flow.
To learn more about BioCircuits, BioCircuits by Terry Patten or visit http://www.Tools4Explore.com.
Recommendations
Books
The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History by Joseph M. Marshall III and Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas by Mari Sandoz. These two biographies paint a vivid portrait of Crazy Horse perhaps the most revered figure among the Lakota Oglala native Americans (known to most Americans inaccurately as the Sioux). Best known to history as the warrior who defeated Custer, Crazy Horse was far more than that to his people. In the pages of these books, he comes alive as a noble and courageous protector of his people. Though inexorably trapped by the westward migration of white Americans, he refused to be defeated, becoming one of the most heroic and tragic figures in the so-called Indian wars. Marshall is himself a Lakota, and his book is the first to present the story of Crazy Horse based on the oral traditions of his people. He tells his story in straightforward unembellished prose that is all the more powerful for its simplicity. Sandoz, by contrast, writes with a novelist’s flair and with a true empathy for her subject. First published more than 50 years ago, her book, which is based on her many years of research, including interviews with He Dog, one of Crazy Horse’s best friends, is easily the best account of Crazy Horse written by a non-Lakota. I highly recommend both books.
Websites
http://www.oasisofhope.com - The website of Oasis of Health Hospital in Tijuana, Mexico. Overseen by Dr. Francisco Contreras, who is carrying on the work of his father, Ernesto, a true pioneering alternative cancer expert, Oasis of Hope is one of the most reputable and effective alternative cancer treatment centers in the world. Oasis also offers a number of other health and wellness programs. While at the website, be sure to request a free copy of Franciso’s most recent book, Dismantling Cancer, which explains the full range of nontoxic protocols used at the hospital.
http://www.holisticu.org - The website of the Aletheia Psycho-Physical Foundation, founded by the late Jack Schwarz, a pioneer in the fields of mind/body and energy medicine.
http://www.energybreath.com - A useful website for anyone interested in learning how to harness the power of the breath to improve health and more.
http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20070214.htm- An excellent summary of the rush to make Gardasil a mandatory vaccine for all young women in the US.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/us/21drug.html - A NY Times article on the link between doctors and Big Pharma.
Global Warming links
http://democrats.science.house.gov/Media/File/Commdocs/hearings/200 - This link will open a PDF file of the transcript of economist and statistician Bjorn Lomborg, who testified with Al Gore to Congressional committees last week. Like Gore, he believes that global warming is primarily due to manmade carbon dioxide production (CO2). (I disagree.) Yet Lomborg strongly disagrees with the need to implement what Gore and others want all nations to do about it. Because it’s too costly and, more importantly, because it will hardly make any difference. Here is just one of the points he made: “[F]ollowing Gore’s logic, with its good will and fine intentions, will actually end up costing millions of lives.” (emphasis added). Read his full testimony to see the statistics that back this up.
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37035 - Learn how the rush to combat global warming is leading to the destruction of the world’s forests.
http://twm.co.nz/Beard_wmod.htm - A number of people posit that the current unstable weather patterns our planet is experiencing is due, at least in part, to weather manipulation using scalar technology (first discovered by Nikola Tesla). I happen to think they may be right. This link goes to a discussion by Tom Beardon, a leading expert on Tesla and scalar technologies, who discusses exactly how weather engineering is being accomplished. It’s a bit technical, yet I highly recommend it.
http://snipurl.com/z3sk - This open letter by 60 “accredited experts in climate and related scientific disciplines” challenges the assumptions of the global warming alarmists, making it clear, among other things, that there is no unanimous consensus on the subject. Well worth reading.
http://tinyurl.com/ypq592 - An interesting article explaining why so much uncertainty about global warming exists, written by Roy W. Spencer, principal research scientist at the Global Hydrology and Climate Center of the National Space Science and Technology Center in Huntsville, Ala.
Reader Feedback
Peter G writes:
<<I think you are just plain wrong on Gardasil. I am an avid follower of integrative medicine, and have no connection with Merck or Gardasil - other than [that] a fellow Australian (Dr Sinclair) developed the vaccine.
It is becoming increasingly evident that HPV is associated with a lot of cancers - not just cervical cancer. These include head and throat cancer, bladder cancer (which I have), and the most recent discovery is the presence of HPV in breast cancer. It appears to gain access via the nipple during bathing.
The vaccine protects against the most significant forms of HPV.
For the first time, we have a vaccine that actually works 100% against these cancers. That should be cause for celebration.
Since Nixon declared war on cancer, it has been one disappointment after another. Here for the first time we have something that actually works, and all we get is misplaced criticism. Why? Because it is marketed by a bunch of crooks at Merck? Sorry, that’s not sufficient grounds for me to agree with your views on this issue. To my way of thinking those views are just as narrow as the medical establishment we are all (including me) so fond of criticizing.>>
To which I replied:
Thanks for your thoughtful comments and criticisms, Peter. I appreciate you taking the time to write me.
If you can show me proof that Gardasil does indeed protect against HPV 100% of the time, and that doing so, in turn, does protect against cervical and/or other cancers 100% as well, I'll be happy to let my readers know about this. I have yet to see anything that convinces me that Gardasil does either. (In fact, I know of no therapy, allopathic or alternative that is 100% effective for anything.) Additionally, I am very disturbed by the potential side effects Gardasil can cause, as well as how the studies that were used to gain its approval were, to my mind, flawed. I say flawed for the simple reason that the control group received aluminum adjuvant, which likely increased the incidence and severity of the control group's side effects, allowing Merck to claim that, comparatively, the side effects caused by Gardasil were within a close enough range of the control group's, thus making Gardasil suitable for approval. Don't forget, this is Merck we are talking about. The same company that knew Vioxx increased the risk of heart attack and stroke years before the FDA approved it, and which knowingly kept that data from the FDA.
Moreover, if Gardasil is as effective as you believe, please tell me why Merck is so vigorously lobbying to have states in the US make it mandatory, etc? Were the vaccine's effectiveness as proven as you claim, I doubt there would be a need to take this aggressive marketing stance (you should see the commercials they are already running here). The science itself would be enough to secure the marketing.
Finally, I am always leery of the use of any type of drug for which there are no long-term studies, since that makes it impossible to know of potential risks that may occur down the road.
None of which is to say you are wrong and I am right. However, my initial article on Gardasil was distributed to a discussion group of leading integrative physicians across the world. It's a large membership and one that is very vocal in their views. Thus far, not one of them has disagreed with me on this. Yet I'll be the first to admit, as Einstein said, consensus does not make for good science.
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Medical Freedom
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.)
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International Advocates for Health Freedom (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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