Are You Going To Be A Statistic?

I have a patient whose medical doctor put her on blood pressure medication, even though her blood pressure is not too high and when she eats right, it's in the normal range. Her medication makes her blood pressure slightly low and it makes her dizzy. She's been in and out of ER several times a week over the last couple weeks. They've done lots of tests, but have not found anything wrong. And her doctor refuses to take her off the blood pressure meds.

I'm not an M.D. so I can't tell her what to do when it comes to prescription drugs. But I can help her with nutrition - diet, supplements and detoxing - to bring her body chemistry back to normal. In fact she has told me numerous times that when she does the detox I prescribe for her and when she eats properly, she feels really good and her blood pressure and blood sugar are normal without her prescription drugs.

So, what's the problem here?

She, like millions or Americans, is tied into what her insurance will pay for. And they pay for medical care and prescription drugs, not nutritional counseling and supplements.

I feel helpless to help her because the choice is hers as to whether she chooses conventional medical care or alternative health care. It's not in my license to tell her to stop the drugs because they're going to kill her. We've talked about it and I've informed her of her choices, but ultimately it's up to her.

Prescription drugs properly prescribed and taken kill over 100,000 every year. That's a really poor track record and nobody is doing anything about it. In fact, you don't even hear about it ... unless you search for the information. And that's the way the drug companies want it!

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Are you going to be a statistic? I hope not.

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Kids on Electronic Overload

It's so common to see kids with ipods plugged in their ears and fingers glued to their cell phones texting. I resisted until I finally lost the battle. My 15 year old daughter earned the money to buy her own ipod at the end of last year - she's had mp3s for several years prior - and she finally convinced me to allow her to get a cell phone (which she pays for) for texting only, within the last couple months.

What happened to kids playing outside in the fresh air and sunshine, getting exercise and soaking up the vitamin D?

As a health care professional and a parent, I've always been concerned about the health effects of all these electronic gadgets on kids - TV, game boys, computers, mp3s, ipods, cell phones!

Well, I got a first hand experience of seeing what electronic overload is doing to my daughter, which is resulting in limiting her time on these devices.

It used to be that whenever I bought any food I didn't want her getting into, I would find places to hide it in the refrigerator, freezer, pantry, or where ever I thought she wouldn't find it, depending on how badly I wanted to keep her away from it until I was ready to prepare and serve it. There was no hiding place good enough to keep it from her. She found everything.

However, lately there have been foods in the refrigerator or pantry that I bought for her and she never ate because she didn't know they were there. The straw that broke the camel's back, though, was one day this week, I asked her why she didn't have eggs for breakfast. She said we didn't have any. They were right on the shelf where I always keep them!

The nervous system can only take in a certain amount of information at a time. When more information is being directed at us than we can take in, some of it gets filtered out. With all this electronic noise being bombarded at my daughter's nervous system she was not even able to do simple tasks like find food in the refrigerator. Her grades were also down a little on her last progress report, and she got a bad grade on her last geometry test. So now I have my ammunition to limit her use of these devices.

Now, my daughter is not the exception. And I see other kids who are even more tied into electronics than she is.

My concern is that we have a generation of kids, and even adults who have caught the electronic bug, that will be suffering adverse health effects of electronic addiction. We don't even know what all the adverse effects may be. Just like genetically engineered food that has invaded our grocery stores, or the nano particles that have invaded most of the goods on the market today, we are experimenting with things where we don't know all the possible outcomes, some of which could be deadly!

A question I read just the other day seems appropriate here: Will we be the first generation to outlive our kids? A scary thought to say the least.

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Is Your Body Toxic?

In our society today, every single person alive has toxins stored in their body tissues. Numerous studies have shown that even those who are very health conscious have these toxic substances lurking in their bodies.

How is this possible?

We live in a toxic world. Our bodies accumulate these toxins, which are stored in our body fat, from

* the food we eat
* the body care, skin care and cosmetic products we use
* household products we use for cleaning and yard care
* pollution in the air we breathe
* out gassing of chemicals from our home, car, office etc.

If we allow these toxic chemicals to remain in our bodies, our health will suffer. The effects of these poisons residing in our systems can be anything from allergies and skin rashes to serious diseases.

If your level of health and wellness is anything less than vibrant aliveness and optimal energy, you're probably providing a home to these toxins inside your body.

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Unprecedented Dangers Faced by Biotech Workers

Genetically engineered food is not only unsafe for consumers, but workers in the biotech industry as well. It appears that industry profit takes precedence over workers health and safety, and there is nothing that can legally be done to protect the worker.

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Influenza vaccine sends children into convulsions

More and more vaccines are being pushed on the American public every year. Although the medical profession denies it, there are adverse reactions associated with the excess amount of vaccines pushed on our children and adults as well when it comes to the seasonal flu, in its various varieties.

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Eating healthy food will help improve your health and immunity to the flu and other infections. Find out how you can help yourself to a healthier body and a stronger immune system through healthy eating.

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