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Issue 7: November 2012 – February 2013 Treating Menstrual Problems with Homeopathy Can Vitamin C Prevent Osteoporosis ? A Real Cancer Breakthrough – Re-discovered The 5 Most Repeated Health Myths That Medical Doctors Have No Intention of Abandoning Treating Diabetes with a LOW CARB Diet P L<U S < • Health Freedom News • New Zealand Native Medicinal Plants • The Cancer Pages • GMO Updates Much • Vaccine Truth More Price: $NZ 9.90 $A 8.95 £4.99 €6 Case Studies in Pain Relief and Healing with SCENAR Technology Is Ginger Better Than Multi-Billion Dollar Acid Blockers? 5 Foods NOT to Eat While Sick or Battling a Cold Top 10 Natural Remedies for Common Childhood Illnesses Treating Cancer with Urea and Creatine Cayenne – The Miracle Healer The Elimination Diet – Benefits and Risks Introduction Below is the graph, derived from the NZ Ministry of Health statistics, that admits that the medical system itself is the second (or third) leading cause of death in New Zealand. Same holds true for Australia and the US and UK. Even the Journal of the American Medical Association admitted it. (There are some who would argue that the medical system is our first leading cause of death, if you count many cancer deaths as being attributable to the medical system – such as inappropriate chemotherapy or even cancer-causing vaccines.) From this fact alone we should learn that it’s not just the incompetence of individual doctors, nurses and technicians – although that occurs all too frequently. It is because the foundational paradigm of the system is faulty. nurses and technicians are working so hard – is faulty. It’s the mindset that is based on false assumptions, from top to bottom, and it is therefore not surprising that it would eventually become the engine on a huge killing machine that is now working overtime to find ways to suppress not only “the competition” (natural medicine practitioners and supplement companies) – but even information itself. In Australia, to take but one example, the TGA has been running rampant for years, enforcing the agendas of Big Pharma by shutting down successful supplement companies, or threatening practitioners who are actually curing cancer with Black Salve or other nutritional and/or herbal products. The name of the game is this: if you don’t have something that works, but the other guy does, try to buy him out, steal his patent or get the TGA or the FDA to shut him down. Or all three. allow the most toxic drugs to come to market, regularly defend the use of toxic vaccines and water “additives” like fluoride, but vigorously stamp out life-saving supplements. These days people are awakening to the fact that the system is not there for them. Perhaps this is why there’s such a big push to make vaccines compulsory, or why some children with cancer are being removed from their parents care and forced to have chemotherapy. (Good word, “chemotherapy”. It kind of makes you think that it will work.) The fact is that our health has always been a matter of personal responsibility, while the system has sought to foster disease and dependency on the people. The challenge, then, is to educate ourselves as to how to regain this responsibility by using the least harmful ways of doing it, working with rather than against Nature which has provided us not only with the means to do it, but with Perfection itself. These “regulatory agencies” routinely – Jonathan Eisen, Publisher The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 www.naturalmedicine.net.nz 3 The system in which these doctors, Naturopaths! In 2007 the South Pacific Association of Natural Therapists and the Association of Natural Therapists amalgamated to form Naturopaths of New Zealand. This was to create a stronger association to promote natural medicine. One united voice, one that – as a member – you can add to. 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The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 www.naturalmedicine.net.nz 5 6 The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 www.naturalmedicine.net.nz Language of Health The BodyTalk System is an internationally recognised healing therapy. It is gentle, safe and highly effective. BodyTalk facilitates return of your body’s systems into balance. Once the body (and mind) are in balance, natural and lasting healing takes place. BodyTalk regularly helps with: Neck and back pain, phobias, allergies, depression, disgestive disorders, stress, chronic viruses and infections, stress, arthritis, dyslexia, injuries, menstrual irregularities, and much more. To find a BodyTalk practitioner in New Zealand, please visit: www.nzbodytalk.org.nz In this issue: 18 Health Freedom Report 22 Better Health on a Shoestring: A Skin Cancer Treatment in Your Back Garden 23 Health News Alerts 34 Microwave Shock: Why Not To USe A Microwave Oven 37 Electricity’s Dirty Little Secret 40 GMO Updates 46 Reader’s Story: Help Intravenous Vitamin C Helped to Resolve a Mystery Pneumonia 50 Stomach Acid Suppressing Drugs and Reflux 52 Oxygen Therapies: Interview with Ed McCabe 57 Fluoride Toxicity: Protect Yourself With Selenium 58 Treating Antibiotic Resistant Infections Naturally 63 The Cancer Pages: 63 Ionised Water: A Complementary Treatment for Cancer 65 Cannabis plant extract – ‘could stop aggressive cancers from spreading’ 66 Treating Malignancies with Urea and Creatine 70 Evidence-Based Home Remedies: 70 Cayenne the Miracle Healer and more... 74 Top Ten Remedies For Childhood Illnesses 77 New Zealand Native Medicinal Plants: Kowhai 79 The Elimination Diet – Benefits and Risks 81 Ancient Herbs For An Ancient Affliction: Artemisia annua joins the Anti-arthritics 83 Some Intriguing Case Studies In Pain Relief and Health Recovery With SCENAR Technology – Part 2 85 Homoeopathy for Menstrual Problems 86 Reviews Artemisia annua 8 The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 ISSN 2324-1551 (Print) ISSN 2324-156X (Online) Publisher: The Full Court Press, Ltd. PO Box 44-128, Pt Chevalier, Auckland 1246 New Zealand Editors: Katherine Smith, Jonathan Eisen Telephone:+ 64 9 521 1904 Email: [email protected] Web: www.naturalmedicine.net.nz Contributing Editors: Lady Carla Davis, Allison Roe, Julie Smith, Wilfried Wank Advertising and Marketing: Pip Oxlade Tel: (07) 829 3001 [email protected] Subscriptions and Special Sales: Jenny Hammond PO Box 838 Whangaparaoa 0943 New Zealand Tel 09 478 5838 [email protected] Distributors: NZ: Gordon and Gotch Ltd., Private Bag 106 603 Auckland Tel +64 9 979 3000 AUSTRALIA: Gordon and Gotch Pty Ltd., 37-49 Browns Rd, CLAYTON VIC 3168 Tel +61 2 9972 8800 UK and Europe: Ian R Crane Tel. +44 207 558 8869 http://www.nznaturalmed.co.uk/ Unsolicited manuscripts are welcome, but only in electronic format. Please query us first. Disclaimer The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine is published for educational purposes only. We do not endorse any modalities of treatment for any illness, disability or disease, and encourage our readers to seek out a competent health professional for any treatment required. We take no responsibility for the use to which information contained in any of the articles published herein is put by the reader, and caution the reader that self-medicating may have unintended consequences and that the advice of a competent health professional is always advisable. www.naturalmedicine.net.nz Tel. (07) 866 4462 Email: [email protected] The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 www.naturalmedicine.net.nz 9 Letters Bras and Breast Cancer To the Editors: Your article “Bras and the Breast Cancer Cover-up” written by Sydney Ross Singer, was one of the most hysterical, clap-trap pieces of hypothesis I have ever read! No wonder he has found so little ‘support’ for it! Perhaps Sydney’s motive is so he can enjoy seeing all women go braless. Personally I could not think of anything more uncomfortable than running, dancing, exercising or even just walking without wearing a bra! Has he not noticed that women in primitive tribes who never wear a bra have breasts which hang down to their bellies? Breast cancer has increased only during the last century, but corsets have been in use for hundreds of years before the modern bra, and they were even more restrictive – did corsets cause breast cancer? There is far more evidence that underarm deodorants are the main culprit for causing breast cancer, and I would encourage all women to ensure they are using a safe, 100% natural deodorant, as our skin absorbs everything we put on it. Sure, bra choice is also important for health and safety issues – choosing natural fibres, and wearing properly fitted, comfortable bras, but I certainly am not throwing mine away due to one man’s scaremongering cancer theory. Wendy Editor’s response: My husband and I met Sydney and his wife Soma Grismaijer (who was also his partner in his research) when they visited NZ many years ago. They are serious researchers and certainly not advocating bralessness for any sort of lewd reasons. In their book Dressed to Kill Soma recounts how a lump in one of her breasts resolved after she stopped wearing a bra; it was this discovery that provided the initial impetus for their research. The book also discusses some of the negative health consequences of other clothing fashions such as corsets and high heels. Your point about corsets being constrictive is a good one. However, according to one young woman I know who wears Victorian style corsets from time to time, these are less constrictive of the breasts than are a push-up bra. It is true that ingredients from deodorants may be found in breast tumours and that it is prudent to avoid those that contain parabens that are thought to be oestrogen mimics. It is also possible that there is a synergy between wearing a bra (especially a tight one for more than 12 hours each day) thereby constricting the lymphatics and trapping toxins absorbed into the body through the skin after deodorant is applied, and this may be contributing to increased breast cancer incidence – in addition to other modern practices such as prolonged use of hormonal contraceptives. Borax Hi Katherine, I read the article “The Borax Conspiracy” in issue 6 with great interest. Late last year I had several serious falls. Two were caused by tripping over low wires on farmland, and one when attempting to drench a reluctant donkey. These resulted in my injuring and tearing tendons in both shoulders, requiring a lot of physio, and visits for scans and to a surgeon. ACC refused to pay for surgical repairs, and I was told by the surgeon that arthritis would be the ultimate result (I am now a very active 70). 10 The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 www.naturalmedicine.net.nz Yes, my shoulders got gradually more and more sore, until I was reluctant to attempt many of the more physical jobs around my lifestyle block, or even in my very elderly house. After reading the article I went on a hunt for borax, but could find none in the shops that I tried. Then I walked into a health food shop and asked if they ever sold boron. Yes, in capsule form (3mg) and made in Auckland. Within a week my pain was far less, and after a month I am having no problems with it. My son came up from Wellington last week, and we spent three very physical and exhausting days splitting, carting and stacking firewood, installing ceiling insulation, and sorting out a number of other problems with leaking guttering and the chimney flue. After a four and a half hour session of loading, carting and stacking firewood I fully expected to be in agony the next day. But not a tweak! So I just wanted to say thank you for sending me the magazine, and to report that at least one reader has found it useful! I shall definitely continue to take boron capsules and enjoy life again. Cheers, S. E. Ibogaine Dear Jonathan and Katherine, I am writing to you with an idea for an article you might be interested in including in your awesome magazine. I have a deep concern about the increasing use of strong opiates to treat long-term pain, and also addiction treatment with methadone. I can relate here my own experience. Seventeen years ago, after a motorcycle injury I was started on opiates of one form or another for chronic pain. These progressed from short acting weaker forms to long acting stronger ones. After a spell in Burwood spinal unit and the pain clinic I was started on methadone for pain approximately 8 years ago. My daily dose was much less than that given to treat opiate addiction (approximately 1/3rd). At first it did give me a better quality of life, but this was quickly replaced with many unpleasant side effects. To cut a long story short, it was killing me and I knew if I didn’t stop I would just fade away or end up with a life threatening illness. I had a recent assessment by the pain clinic doctors, during which I tried my hardest to express these concerns. Their reaction was: “We are so pleased with your progress, we suggest you stay on this for the rest of your life, in fact we would like to increase the dose and add in a number of other meds to help with the side effects”. At this point I felt defeated, but determined to find a way off. Looking into traditional detox, I found that it is a process that works despite of, not because of, with months and months of rehabilitation and treatment which many never complete. The basic failure is that the body’s opiate receptors are always open and raw and most people, even if they can stay off, really struggle with constant cravings, because of the empty receptor sites. It takes years for the body to right this situation (if ever). Also, for someone such as myself, you also have the original pain issue to deal with as well. I just happened to be watching TV and they mentioned a possible cure called “Ibogaine treatment”. You basically take it once and it resets your receptors and neuro-transmitters to the way they were before you ever took anything. It cuts out 95% of withdrawals. It works best for heroin addiction and any other short acting opiates, and is a slower recovery process for methadone dependence because methadone saturates your body, but nonetheless it works. It has even been used successfully for all sorts of addictions including alcohol and cannabis and is classed as an “addiction interrupter”. It also has positive potential for many mood imbalances and some mental conditions. Ibogaine is an alkaloid derived from the bark of an African shrub, called Tabernanthe iboga and is traditionally used by the Bwiti tribe of Gabon. The American FDA The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 won’t approve it because basically it has too many modes of action (they only like substances with one direct therapeutic mode of action) including many spiritual aspects (as anyone who has been through it will testify.) It is classed as a strong hallucinogen. There are only two places in NZ offering treatment at present which I will detail at the end of this email. To be treated you go through an assessment, to be successful you need to be determined and ready to stop. You have an ECG, full blood counts and a liver function test. Then at the treatment center they give you a test dose of 200mg to make sure you are not allergic, then an hour later a flood dose based on body weight, mine was 1800mg. You are then placed in a darkened room, and what proceeds is a very visual and full on hallucinogenic experience. It is definitely not a drug anyone would abuse as it has some strange and somewhat unpleasant effects including a complete purging (vomiting). It has been completely successful for me, and 30 days later I am drug free. (I wouldn’t say it has been a fun month, but this is because it was methadone.) I know of a good number of others who it has been successful for here in NZ. I understand that it isn’t available in most Western countries, but it is in Canada, Thailand, Mexico and now NZ. It isn’t entirely without risk, hence the detailed assessment and medical tests prior, and there are reported cases of death associated with it, which traditional medicine is quick to point out. It should be noted though that most of these have been from people who have taken what they consider their normal dose of drug of choice after treatment, not realising that because they have been re-set they don’t have a tolerance anymore, and then subsequently overdose. It also should also be noted that if you take the number of deaths worldwide from heroin, morphine, methadone and all other opiate based drugs, these are staggering and all pales by comparison (and that’s without the misery caused.) My concern is that in NZ alone, prescriptions for www.naturalmedicine.net.nz 11 opiates (especially methadone) are increasing, year on year, without properly informing people such as myself what you are letting yourself in for long-term. (If I had known I would have run a mile.) At present ibogaine is also an expensive treatment (approximately $5,000, depending on individual needs). It is not funded, but compared with traditional drug detox, much cheaper and very quick. If you do a Google search you will find information on it. The two places offering treatment in NZ are: 1. The Aotearoa Ibogaine Charitable Trust in Dunedin.( A.IC.T ) http:// www.ibogaine.org.nz 2. A medical doctor who imports this drug into NZ. He treats people out of a clinic called the “Herb Shack” in Kaitaia, Northland, and his name is Dr Cornelius Van Dorp. His website is: www.ibogaclinic.com Also http://www.maps.org/research/ibogaine/ as a source of info I supply all of this info to you in the hope it may help others and that you find it interesting and in line with the alternative treatment methods mentioned in your magazine. Cheers! Name and address withheld Herbal Treatment for Cancer To the Editors, I had a carcinoma on my leg above the ankle and it was slowly increasing in size. When it was the size of my thumbnail I put some blood root (cinquefoil) [Sanguinaria candensis] paste on it and after a week weeks the centre came out but left a raised edge around it which started to grow again. My doctor had said it would need to be cut out. Bloodroot paste on the skin is painful and its use can make it hard to sleep at night so I thought that I would try something different. My grand daughter told me she knew of case where Celandine she knew of cases where Celandine leaf and stem juice was very effective in destroying growths on the skin and gave me three plants from her gar- den. [Ed note: There are two plants with the common name Celandine; the plant used was Greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus)]. I applied the juice to the lump on my leg in May and could feel no pain or stinging at all. I put the juice on each morning in a thin cover leaving it there all day and night. Dead cells came away every few days in the bath with a light rub. The lump began to slowly shrink and five weeks later it was completely gone and healed over. The skin was a little thicker where the growth had been, which can happen with healing, so I put aloe vera gel on it for a week and then couldn’t tell where the growth had been. A P Finlay, New Zealand Editor’s note: Since receiving this letter I have spoken to two other people who have used the fresh juice from Chelidonium majus as a topical treatment. One woman has used it successfully to treat solar (or actinic) keratoses on her face. She applied the fresh juice on the lesions every three days or so until they were healed. The juice stains the skin brown for about a week after the final application. She found it a painless treatment. or four weeks the tumour (which resembled a rubbery ball) fell out leaving a cavity which is healing over with applications of aloe vera and has almost reached skin level. If any other readers have experience in using Chelidonium majus to treat skin cancers or other tumours, I would be interested to learn of the results. Lemons and Cancer Hello Katherine, I passed some information about lemon juice and cancer on to a friend who had bladder cancer. He was told it was inoperable in April of this year. He was unable to eat and could only tolerate lemon juice in water. In June he was under hospice care but still living at his home. We were told he had 2-3 weeks max before he would die. In late June he surprised his wife – asking her to get meat, bacon and oysters. He began to eat and started walking again. He is gaining weight and blood tests are rising. Over the last two weeks he has been taking himself down to the river whitebaiting ! The other person with whom I spoke applied the fresh juice twice daily to her intact skin over the site Sincerely, of a small tumour (about the size (Name and address supplied) of a modern NZ 50 cent piece) that was palpable beneath the skin. She repeated the applications every four days or so. The skin where Dear Editor, she applied the juice became I have a 12 year old son who has type one diabetes inflamed and requiring insulin four times daily. A few months ago I slightly paintried giving him gymneema and have been amazed ful and a crater to find his insulin requirements fell by about a third began to form within 24 hours and have continued at the lower around the levels. He is 47 kgs in weight and yet is only needtumour. Every ing about 30 units of insulin in total each day, much third day she aplower than doctors expect. plied 35% food grade hydrogen I wondered if other type 1 diabetics had similar expeperoxide to the riences or if there is any research that supports what affected area we have found. which reacted by “fizzing” on the Yours faithfully, inflamed area. J. Wilson After about three Gymnema 12 The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 www.naturalmedicine.net.nz Featured Letter Diabetic transforms his health with a low-carb diet – so his doctor urges him to eat more carbs ?!?!?! To the Editor: I got an interesting email over the weekend from a 56-year-old type 2 diabetic. He was diagnosed at age 42. He initially managed this as he was advised: with a high carbohydrate, low fat diet. He moved to ‘healthy’ grains that were ‘less refined’ and ate sourdough bread. In his own words: “And despite all of this, I saw no improvement, in fact I gained weight to around 90 kg before changing my diet at the start of the year.” The man in question ended up reading the book Primal Body, Primal Mind by Nora T Gedaudas after hearing her featured on a podcast. After reading Nora’s book, he followed most of her advice and then slowly extricated himself from the wheat and grain-dominated foods that he “was supposed to eat to obtain energy and remain healthy.” He started eating animal fats for the first time in years and gave up alcohol. Here’s his email to me: “I had my 6 monthly diabetes checkup last Wednesday. The diabetes consultant was really happy with all of my figures on cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, weight (I’ve lost another 4 kg since February without really trying), kidney and liver function are excellent – in fact he was really impressed and asked me what I was doing to get these improvements. “Simple, I said, I’ve stopped eating wheat in all its forms and grains in general, I avoid rice and all potato products. I eat animal fat and the only oil that I use is extra virgin olive oil. Breakfast is typically a one-egg omelette and with a small amount of bacon, smoked salmon or Parma ham. I have spinach or other leafy greens and tomatoes. Lunch is often not taken as I do not feel hungry until 6.00 pm when I have my evening meal. Another small portion of meat and plenty of veggies. The only fruit that I have are a few blueberries, wild strawberries (when they are available) and raspberries – and I mean a few. “I sleep better than ever, don’t feel tired and have lost weight. I really ought to exercise though, that is the only flaw in my regime. “‘No, you MUST eat some carbohydrates” he said. “‘I do, I told you, I eat plenty of vegetables.” I said. “‘No, no, starchy carbohydrates, you NEED them’ ““Why do I NEED them?? “‘For energy, your body needs carbohydrates for energy’ came his concerned reply. “‘How do you think that I’ve managed to survive since you last saw me then? And, you told me how pleased you were with all of my readings – doesn’t that suggest that I’m doing fine without refined, starchy carbohydrates?’ “He had no reply other than to repeat to me that I MUST eat carbohydrates for energy. “I urged him to read Primal Body, Primal Mind by Nora T Gedgaudas and made him write it down. I could see that he wasn’t convinced. So, I told him that the bullshit that he’d been taught by the food industry-research funded nonsense that the Government taught him is causing all of the major health problems that he has to deal with every day. “I also said that I throw a fat-fuelled log onto the fire in the morning rather than the carbohydrate kindling throughout the day to keep me provided with energy and avoid the feeling of hunger. Again, nothing seemed to penetrate that simple head of his; it was full of the guff that he’d been taught not to question.” This represents to me many facets of a growing theme in the interactions patients have with their health and healthcare professionals. This is the sort of scenario I’m talking about (I’m using diabetes as an example, but the themes can apply to lots of conditions): • Someone gets diagnosed with diabetes and takes conventional advice to The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 eat a high-carbohydrate, low fat diet which the diabetic finds it difficult to control blood sugar levels effectively, even with sometimes multiple medications. • The diabetic starts reading information on the internet and in books which explains why a high-carbohydrate diet is (generally) a disaster for diabetics and what works better (a diet richer in fat and adequate protein). • The diabetic decides to take matters into their own hands, changes their diet, and their blood sugar control and general health improve through the roof. • When their doctor finds out that their patient is eating a ‘fad’, ‘low-carb’ or ‘Atkins’ diet, they either elect not to engage with this, or positively dissuade the diabetic from taking this approach. In this particular case, the doctor shows a mind-numbing ignorance about basic physiology (assuming he’s been quoted correctly): No-one needs to eat starchy carbohydrate (or any carbohydrate) for energy. For a start, fat is a suitable fuel for the body. Plus, sugar can be made from other dietary elements (e.g. protein) in the liver. I fear that we doctors are going to have to ‘get with the programme’ by ensuring we are better educated about the impact of nutrition on health. And another thing we could do better, I think, is not to dismiss our patients who have been motivated enough to educate and help themselves, and in so doing have experienced significant improvements in their health and wellbeing. Isn’t it by listening to patients that we doctors get to know what works and what doesn’t? And won’t this information and experience be invaluable to us when we come to advise other patients? The age of the internet means patients can quite easily know much more about their health and health management than their doctors. Rather than dismiss what they have discovered, I suggest we doctors embrace these experiences and learn from them. That is, of course, if we care about our patients getting the best advice and support possible. – Dr. Briffa www.naturalmedicine.net.nz 13 The 5 Most Repeated Health Myths That Medical Doctors Have No Intention of Abandoning By Marco Torres There are more health myths propagated by the media and conventional medicine today than there ever have been throughout history. In large part, this is due to a lack of public education and a broadening of the corporate powers who promote myths to achieve very specific and malicious goals all in the name of profit. Myth #1 Conventional medicine and the healthcare system helps sick people. Perhaps the biggest health myth today is the public's misconception that mainstream medicine and the healthcare system helps sick people. Nothing could be further from the truth. The freedom of people to choose natural healing, alternative medicine and methods of disease prevention could soon be threatened by corporate lobbyists who will do anything to protect their wealth at the expense of your health. Promoters of conventional medicine claim that all the drug studies, approvals, surgical procedures, all other treatments are based on scientific evidence. But is it really science? What passes for "science" today is a collection of health myths, half-truths, intellectual dishonesty and fraudulent reporting to help serve higher interests. Science is not really science anymore. 90 percent of all diseases (cancer, diabetes, depression, heart disease, etc.) are easily preventable through diet, nutrition, sunlight and exercise. None of these solutions are ever promoted by conventional medicine because they make no money. No pharmaceuticals actually cure or resolve the underlying causes of disease. Even "successful" drugs only manage symptoms, usually at the cost of interfering with other physiological functions that will cause side effects down the road. There is no such thing as a drug without a side effect. There is no financial incentive for anyone in today's system of medicine (drug companies, hospitals, doctors, etc.) to actually make patients well. Profits are found in continued sickness, not wellness or prevention. Almost all the "prevention" programs you see today (such as free mammograms or other screening programs) are nothing more than patient recruitment schemes designed to increase revenue and sickness. They use free screenings to scare people into agreeing to unnecessary treatments that only lead to further disease. Mammography is a very good example. Chemotherapy is another. Nobody has any interest in your health except you. No corporation, no doctor, and no government has any desire to actually make you well. This has served the short-term financial interests of higher powers in the west very well. The only healthy, aware, critically thinking individuals are all 100% free of pharmaceuticals and processed foods. Myth #2 Vaccines prevent diseases and increase immunity. The term "immunization", often substituted for vaccination, is false and should be legally challenged. Medical research has well established that the direct injection of foreign proteins and other toxic material (particularly known immune-sensitising poisons such as mercury) makes the recipient more, not less, easily affected by what he/she encounters in the future. This means they do the opposite of immunize, commonly even preventing immunity from developing after natural exposure. The actual frequency of health problems has been estimated by authorities to be possibly up to 100 times, or more, greater than that reported by government agencies. That difference is due to the lack of enforcement or incentive for doctors to report adverse effects. With the anti-vaccination movements now exposing the truth on the internet, the medical community is now on high alert, defending their claims and being told by vaccine manufacturers that they must never let their patients (or parents) think that the risks could outweigh the benefits. The benefit risk ratio is an important decision in anyone deciding whether to vaccinate or not. Contrary to popular belief and marketing, childhood diseases in a developed country are not as dangerous as we are led to believe. Catching a particular disease does not mean you will die from it. Vaccines were actually introduced at a time when diseases had already declined to a low risk level. This fact is proven, scientifically. The main advances in combating disease over the last 200 years have been better food and clean drinking water...not vaccines. Improved sanitation, less overcrowded and better living conditions also contribute. This is also borne out in published peer reviewed research which prove that vaccines did not save us. Many vaccines contain neurotoxins, immunotoxins, and carcinogenic compounds. Some examples include formaldehyde, a carcinogen found in almost every vaccine, neurotoxins such as monosodium 14 The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 www.naturalmedicine.net.nz glutamate, aluminium hydroxide (proven to cause brain damage in animal studies) and the mercury based preservative thimerosal. It is no coincidence that the more educated you are, the less chance you will vaccinate which contradicts the misconceptions of many health professionals who profess that parents don't vaccinate because they are under-educated, poor or misinformed. Those who become fully informed of the dangers of vaccines never see them in the same light. Myth #3 We must all focus on lowering bad cholesterol. Perhaps one of the biggest health myths propagated in western culture and certainly in the United States, is the misuse of an invented term "bad cholesterol" by the media and medical community. Moreover, a scientifically-naive public has been conned into a fraudulent correlation between elevated cholesterol and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Cholesterol has not been shown to actually cause CVD. To the contrary, cholesterol is vital to our survival, and trying to artificially lower it can have detrimental effects, particularly as we age. We have become a culture so obsessed with eating foods low in cholesterol and fat that many health experts are now questioning the consequences. Could we really maintain a dietary lifestyle that was so foreign to many of our ancestral populations without any ill effects on our health? Many researchers are now concluding that the answer to that question is "NO." Current data is now suggesting that lower cholesterol levels predate the development of cancer. The 'noddy-science' offered by marketing men to a generally scientifically-naive public has led many people to believe that we should replace certain food choices with specially developed products that can help 'reduce cholesterol'. Naturally this comes at a price and requires those who can afford it to pay maybe four or five times what a 'typical ordinary' product might cost. But is this apparent 'blanket need' to strive towards lowering our cholesterol justified? And, indeed, is it healthy? The cholesterol itself, whether being transported by LDL or HDL, is exactly the same. Cholesterol is simply a necessary ingredient that is required to be regularly delivered around the body for the efficient healthy development, maintenance and functioning of our cells. The difference is in the 'transporters' (the lipoproteins HDL and LDL) and both types are essential for the human body's delivery logistics to work effectively. Problems can occur, however, when the LDL particles are both small and their carrying capacity outweighs the transportation potential of available HDL. This can lead to more cholesterol being 'delivered' around the body with lower resources for returning excess capacity to the liver. Myth #4 Medical screening and treatments prevent death. Even though the medical community advocates for regular screenings for those with illnesses, they may bring little benefit and may actually pose harm to your health. This applies to almost every type of medical screening for cancer and several other diseases. Medical screening carries an immense risk in itself, not only due to the damage inflicted by screening techniques on the human body, but by the very nature of medical follow-up protocols. These protocols usually encourage patients to enter deeper into more invasive techniques, which further cripple health and lead to a very high percentage of fatalities. In a Swedish study of 60,000 women, 70 percent of the mammographically detected tumors weren't tumors at all. These "false positives" aren't just financial and emotional strains, they may also lead to many unnecessary and invasive biopsies. In fact, 70 to 80 percent of all positive mammograms do not, upon biopsy, show any presence of cancer. A prostate (PSA) blood test looks for prostate-specific antigen, a protein produced by the prostate The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 gland. High levels are supposedly associated with prostate cancer. The problem is that the association isn't always correct, and when it is, the prostate cancer isn't necessarily deadly. Only about 3 percent of all men die from prostate cancer. The PSA test usually leads to overdiagnosis – biopsies and treatments for which the side effects are potentially impotence and incontinence. Repeated biopsies may spread cancer cells into the track formed by the needle, or by spilling cancerous cells directly into the bloodstream or lympathic system. News coverage of many diseases focus too much on treatments and not enough on prevention, a trend that could prove risky in the long run for most people who don't understand how to take care of their health. The biggest single type of story we usually hear about on the news involves treatment, and narratives lend themselves much better to that kind of story. Stories about prevention, about people exercising and eating right, just don't make great copy. If our current treatment approach to health continues, hundreds of years from now, mankind may look back at today's "modern medicine" and think: "How could they have been so primitive in ideology and so wrong? What lack of humanitarianism in government allowed the medical industries to kill people with economically driven false beliefs and ideas? Why didn't government stop them? Who were the people in charge of protecting those citizens? Preventive education demands increased funding for research into new dietary, physical activity, behavioural, socioeconomic, environmental and medical approaches for the prevention of chronic disease. Children who grow into teenagers and then adults require more accountability for their own wellbeing through health conscious decisions which are motivated by proper practical and theoretical applications. They need to know that treatment modalities and pharmaceutical applications may not save their health in the future. Substantial political and financial contributions are also imperative to invest www.naturalmedicine.net.nz 15 in prevention more effectively to regulate revisions and mandate policies which affect the governing bodies of health and education. Any procrastination or failure to resolve these matters in the next decade will only lead to the further deterioration of human health and healthcare systems. Proper leadership and effective communication regarding these preventive measures may still reverse screening/ treatment trends and consequently reverse this thinking to ultimately promote a healthier aging population. Myth #5 Fluoride prevents tooth decay. Water fluoridation is a hoax. Drinking any amount of fluoride is dangerous to your health and has NEVER been proven to prevent tooth decay. It's actually the biggest scientific fraud ever to be promoted by national and international Governments. Fluoride has been linked to osteoporosis, cancer, auto-immune diseases, and even very small concentrations can disrupt DNA repair enzymes by 50%. The fluoride added to our water is a waste product of aluminum and phosphate fertilizer processing. And it's not even calcium fluoride that appears naturally in water, but sodium fluoride, or hydrofluorosilicacid. In fact, sodium fluoride has no good news. Except for a few suspect reports by the people selling the stuff, study after research study proves that sodium fluoride does not protect our teeth, and it does a number on our bones. And on other body parts, too, including our thyroid gland. • Fluoride was found to be an equivocal carcinogen by the National Cancer Institute Toxicological Program. • Drinking fluoridated water will double the number of hip fractures for both older men and women. • Infertility in women was found to increase with water fluoridation. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientists reported a close correlation between decreasing total fertility rates in women between ages of 10 and 49, and increasing fluoride levels. • Fluoride has never been found to effectively reducing tooth decay by any notable margin. No causation or even correlation was found between the level of fluoride in water and dental caries in any study. • Fluoride also attacks the pineal gland. The pineal controls our inner clock, provides good sleep, works with our adrenal glands to handle stress, keeps the thymus gland fed and cared for, and communicates 24/7 with the rest of the endocrine system about how things are going. Fluoride calcifies our pineal gland and inhibits its function. • The government classifies sodium fluoride as environmentally hazardous waste. Anybody handling it must wear HazMat protective gear. Dumping it into rivers is a crime. Much of the original proof that fluoride is safe for humans in low doses was generated by A-bomb program scientists, who had been secretly ordered to provide "evidence useful in litigation" against defense contractors for fluoride injury to citizens. The first lawsuits against the U.S. A-bomb program were not over radiation, but over fluoride damage, the documents show. It seems that the healthiest people on the planet right now are those that have deviated from the norms of conventional medical quackery, and have migrated towards natural health. The proof is in the pudding. Find the healthiest five people you know and you'll find they typically don't subscribe to the health myths promoted by mainstream medicine. Your longevity and aging gracefully depends on it. About the Author: Marco Torres is a research specialist, writer and consumer advocate for healthy lifestyles. He holds degrees in Public Health and Environmental Science and is a professional speaker on topics such as disease prevention, environmental toxins and health policy. SOURCE: http://www.sott. net/articles/ show/250690-The-5Most-Repeated-HealthMyths-That-MedicalDoctors-Have-No-Intention-of-Abandoning 16 The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 www.naturalmedicine.net.nz Drug Company Chief’s Confession: “Our Drugs Do Not Work on Most Patients” by Steve Connor A senior executive with Britain's biggest drug company has admitted that most prescription medicines do not work on most people who take them. Allen Roses, worldwide vice-president of genetics at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), said fewer than half of the patients prescribed some of the most expensive drugs actually derived any benefit from them. It is an open secret within the drug industry that most of its products are ineffective in most patients but this is the first time that such a senior drug boss has gone public. His comments come days after it emerged that the NHS drugs bill has soared by nearly 50 per cent in three years, rising by £2.3bn a year to an annual cost to the taxpayer of £7.2bn. GSK announced last week that it had 20 or more new drugs under development that could each earn the company up to $1bn (£600m) a year. Dr Roses, an academic geneticist from Duke University in North Carolina, spoke at a recent scientific meeting in London where he cited figures on how well different classes of drugs work in real patients. Drugs for Alzheimer's disease work in fewer than one in three patients, whereas those for cancer are only effective in a quarter of patients. Drugs for migraines, for osteoporosis, and arthritis work in about half the patients, Dr Roses said. Most drugs work in fewer than one in two patients mainly because the recipients carry genes that interfere in some way with the medicine, he said. "The vast majority of drugs – more than 90 per cent – only work in 30 or 50 per cent of the people," Dr Roses said. "I wouldn't say that most drugs don't work. I would say that most drugs work in 30 to 50 per cent of people. Drugs out there on the market work, but they don't work in everybody." Some industry analysts said Dr Roses's comments were reminiscent of the 1991 gaffe by Gerald Ratner, the jewelry boss, who famously said that his high street shops are successful because they sold "total crap". But others believe Dr Roses deserves credit for being hon- est about a little-publicized fact known to the drug industry for many years. "Roses is a smart guy and what he is saying will surprise the public but not his colleagues," said one industry scientist. "He is a pioneer of a new culture within the drugs business based on using genes to test for who can benefit from a particular drug." Dr Roses has a formidable reputation in the field of "pharmacogenomics" – the application of human genetics to drug development – and his comments can be seen as an attempt to make the industry realize that its future rests on being able to target drugs to a smaller number of patients with specific genes. The idea is to identify "responders" people who benefit from the drug – with a simple and cheap genetic test that can be used to eliminate those nonresponders who might benefit from another drug. This goes against a marketing culture within the industry that has relied on selling as many drugs as possible to the widest number of patients - a culture that has made GSK one of the most profitable pharmaceuticals companies, but which has also meant that most of its drugs are at best useless, and even possibly dangerous, for many patients. Dr Roses said doctors treating patients routinely applied the trial-and-error approach which says that if one drug does not work there is always another one. "I think everybody has it in their experience that multiple drugs have been used for their headache or multiple drugs have been used for their backache or whatever. "It's in their experience, but they don't quite understand why. The reason why is because they have different susceptibilities to the effect of that drug and that's genetic," he said. "Neither those who pay for medical care nor patients want drugs to be prescribed that do not benefit the recipient. Pharmacogenetics has the promise of removing much of the uncertainty." The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 Response rates Therapeutic area: drug efficacy rate in per cent • Alzheimer's: 30 • Analgesics (Cox-2): 80 • Asthma: 60 • Cardiac Arrhythmias: 60 • Depression (SSRI): 62 • Diabetes: 57 • Hepatitis C (HCV): 47 • Incontinence: 40 • Migraine (acute): 52 • Migraine (prophylaxis): 50 • Oncology: 25 • Rheumatoid arthritis: 50 • Schizophrenia: 60 Originally published on December 8, 2003 by the lndependent/UK Commentary "Response rate", is an often misused term. It has nothing to do with actual cure rate, and it does not necessarily indicate any significant improvement or symptom alleviation. It only means that some kind of positive response was observed, however small it may have been. When it comes to cancer, the term "response rate" is often abused to sell patients on expensive chemotherapy drugs or other mainstream treatments which often have extremely poor success rates. The GSK vice-president blamed the drugs failure on genetics. Yes, there must be something about natural human genetics which does not respond well to unnatural chemical compounds which attempt to force the body to function abnormally to repress symptoms of illness and in the process create more medical conditions and the need for more and more drugs. As opposed to natural herbs, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients which help the body function normally and help prevent and actually cure illness by addressing the root causes instead of just symptoms. SOURCE: http://www.tbyil.com/drug_failure. htm www.naturalmedicine.net.nz 17 Health Freedom News By Katherine Smith, Editor Health Freedom Updates: • The NZ Natural Health Products Bill The Health Select Committee has again changed the date on which it is going to report back on the Natural Health Products Bill. The new date is October 30, 2012. I will update the Health Freedom section of our website when I have any news about this bill. • Australian TGA Attacks Black Salve The traditional treatment for skin (and other) cancers known as “black salve” is now unavailable in Australia; unless people make the remedy themselves. In March 2012, the Australian TGA (the regulator of pharmaceutical drugs and natural health products in Australia) put out a warning against the use of black salve and stated that it was not on the Register of Therapeutic Goods. Its site now warns that “Penalties of up to $5.5m apply to the illegal importation or supply of therapeutic goods”. http://www.tga.gov. au/safety/alerts-medicine-blacksalve-120203.htm The TGA has also demanded that a journalist respond to a complaint made against him and a guest – simply because his guest stated how she had treated a cancer successfully with this product. According to a media release on the Fair Dinkum Radio website, the complaint alleges radio host Leon Pittard and his guest Meryl Dorey, president of the Australian Vaccination Network (AVN), “advertised” and “promoted” black salve and that Leon Pittard has further promoted and advertised black salve by publishing the interview. “The agency has given him two weeks to respond to allegations of advertising, even though he has no advertisers and features no advertisements on his radio, but merely discusses issues related to health, politics and freedom of speech.” http://fairdinkumradio. com/?q=thought%20police The AVN had previously been ordered by the TGA to stop selling the DVD One Answer to Cancer. According to the AVN: “On May 15th, the AVN agreed to remove the following item [the DVD One Answer to Cancer] from our web store….“The TGA has ordered us to stop selling this DVD because, according to their code, providing information about products is exactly the same as selling the product that is discussed on this DVD - Black Salve. Even if we were to give the DVD away, they would consider that promoting the use of Black Salve.” The AVN warns the public: “The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is a government body that is meant to license all therapeutic products (drugs, vaccines, etc) and ensure that they are safe and effective. Since 1998, the TGA has been operating under what is called 'cost recovery'. This means that they receive NO funding from the government whatsoever. All their operating expenses are covered by licensing fees. In other words, they are totally beholden to those they are meant to regulate. Instead of protecting the public, they seem to be more likely to protect the drug companies and medical community.” http://shop.avn.org.au/products/One-Answer-to-Cancer.html The DVD is still available from www. oneanswertocancermovie.com/ or the NZ distributor www.bodytech. net.nz. (Issue 1 of The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine also includes an article about black salve. International Health Freedom News Threat to home gardening and local food production in North America A disturbing trend in North America is the criminalisation of normal activities, such as growing fresh vegetables in your own garden. The Huffington Post reported how a Quebec couple was ordered to dig up most of their vegetable garden because it takes up more of their section than the city plan allows for; or face $100s in fines each day. Community pressure forced the city authorities to back down; however the anti-vegetable faction in the council still plans to outlaw any new vegetable gardens in front yards. http://www.huffingtonpost. com/2012/07/20/illegal-kitchengarden_n_1687558.html In the USA, local authorities have taken even more drastic action against citizens who have the temerity to want to improve their health or simply stay well by growing fresh vegetables and herbs – or even beautiful flowers – in their own gardens. Natural News has reported how a woman in Tulsa, Oklahoma had her well-tended garden destroyed by city officials. "Not only are the plants my livelihood, they're my food and I was unemployed at the time and had no food left, no medicine left, and I didn't have [medical] insurance," Denise Morrison reportedly said about about her garden. "They basically took away my life and my livelihood." She is filing a lawsuit against the city. http://www.naturalnews. com/036234_edible_landscaping_ medicinal_plants_Tulsa.html 18 The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 www.naturalmedicine.net.nz FDA Looking to Ban B6 Supplements, Give Boost to Big Pharma By Elizabeth Renter NaturalSociety September 22, 2012 Vitamin B6, naturally present in a variety of foods, is necessary for proper nerve function, protein synthesis, regulating blood sugar, and producing antibodies and haemoglobin. In other words, it’s pretty important stuff. But, while many people get their B6 through supplements, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking to make things a lot more difficult – by slowly taking all forms of B6 supplements off the market so Big Pharma can make millions off of prescriptions instead. According to the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH), the FDA has already begun their crusade. They removed Pyridoxamine (a natural form of B6) supplements from the market at the request of BioStratum, a pharmaceutical company. Why? Because BioStratum thinks it might be nice to use Pyridoxamine in a prescription drug. They haven’t developed the drug, we don’t know what it is, and who knows when it will come to fruition, but the FDA honored a request from the big corporation to protect the company’s interest. Now, the FDA is poised to pull another B6 product: Pyrodoxal-5-Phosphate or P5P. to undermine the incentive for the development of new drugs because many people may choose to purchase the supplements rather than the drugs.” So, that basically sums it up. In order to protect the money-grabbing interests of this company, at whatever risk to the health of the general public, the federal government should step in and take the supplements out. I suppose that line of thought makes sense if you are a top official with Medicure Pharma. But, the FDA has not yet honored the ANH’s petition yet concerning the B6 supplements. And while the FDA doesn’t always care what is in the best interest of the people, we hope that by joining the ANH, we can make our voices heard. You can help. Contact the FDA and Congress today and let them know that not all consumers are interested in drugs over supplements. You can find a petition here on the Alliance for Natural Health’s website. Two other equally upsetting cases come to mind. Through examining and following the FDA’s decisions, anyone can see that the organization continuously pushes pharmaceutical drugs while censoring health food and supplements and their ability to heal. Such is the case with a company known as Fleminger, Inc. and their green tea product, where the FDA threatened to seize Fleminger Inc.’s products, in addition to making them completely change their claim statement. The company claimed green tea reduces the risk of breast and prostate cancer, so the FDA insisted they use the claim: “Green tea may reduce the risk of breast or prostate cancer. FDA does not agree that green tea may reduce the risk because there is very little scientific evidence for the claim.” In another situation, claims made by Diamond Foods that omega-3s found in walnuts produce health benefits make their walnuts “drugs”. As far as the FDA is concerned, these “drugs” can not be legally marketed in the United States without an approved new drug application. Read more: http://naturalsociety. com/fda-ban-b6-supplements-boostbig-pharma/#ixzz27QMVLwn8 You see, the human body must convert B6 to P5P to make it usable within the body. Fortunately, some supplement companies have created P5P and it is currently available as a natural supplement. But, another pharmaceutical giant has petitioned the FDA to “protect its interests”. Medicure Pharma would like all P5P removed from the supplement market so they can begin to work on a drug containing the crucial form of B6. In their petition, they state: “Pharmaceutical companies developing new drugs must be protected from companies that may seek to market the ingredients in those drugs as dietary supplements. The marketing of such products has the potential The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 www.naturalmedicine.net.nz 19 Good News for Children – Vaccination Opt-Outs on the Rise By Dr. Mark Allan Sircus, Ac., OMD, DMP Vaccines continue to be touted as “the safest of medicines,” but the reality of the real harm that vaccines cause continues to accumulate in the government’s Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) database. Nobody denies in public that vaccines do not kill children – because they do. The government records every death that is reported but medical officials routinely admit that only 10% of vaccine adverse reactions are actually ever reported. Doctors and hospitals hate more than anything to admit that it was the vaccine(s) that caused a child to drop dead hours after being administered multiple shots. Dr. Saad Omer, assistant professor of global health, epidemiology and pediatrics at Emory University in Atlanta said, “Rates of exemption are substantially higher today than several years ago… they are even rising in states that make it more difficult.” Parents were 2.5 times more likely to opt out in states that permit philosophical reasons compared with states that require religious objections. They were also more than twice as likely to opt out in states with easy exemption processes. The side effects that doctors long have known about, such as fevercaused seizures and brain inflammations, are risks parents take every time they take their kids in for shots. The Institute of Medicine found convincing evidence of 14 side effects: • Fever-triggered seizures, which seldom cause long-term consequences, from the measles-mumpsrubella, or MMR, vaccine. MMR also can cause a rare form of brain inflammation in some people with immune problems. children with vaccines that contain toxic ingredients while ignoring the outrageous rise of childhood diseases and autism that are being caused by them. • The varicella vaccine against chickenpox sometimes triggers that viral infection, resulting in widespread chickenpox or a painful relative called shingles. It can also occasionally lead to pneumonia, hepatitis or meningitis. At an Institute of Medicine meeting, Dr. Jay Lieberman (Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of California, Irvine) suggested that the mercury-based preservative thimerosal can actually be beneficial. Obviously there are madmen afoot who believe potent neurological poisons are nothing to worry about. To them neurological poisons are not poisons but medicines. [Editor’s note: Most of the vaccines on the market for children in NZ no longer contain added thimerosal; however many contain aluminium salts, such as aluminium hydroxide which has been proven to cause brain damage in laboratory animals.] There are many reasons I would not be comfortable sitting at a table with a pediatrician. I would feel the same with any serial murderer or rapist and even if saying and thinking that is over the top, I still would not like to sit with them as I do not enjoy ignorant/arrogant professionals. • Six vaccines – MMR and the chickenpox, hepatitis B, meningococcal and tetanus-containing vaccines – can cause severe allergic reactions known as anaphylaxis. • Vaccines in general sometimes trigger fainting or a type of shoulder inflammation. Today, the pharmaceutical, academic, and healthcare oligarchies and various agencies of the federal government are engaged in an intensive propaganda campaign and war against any kind of sanity in medicine. Concealing the linkages between vaccination programs and the acute harm and chronic disease that vaccines cause is just the tip of the iceberg. Today there is a war against all kinds of alternative treatments and the practitioners that administer them. showing the true intentions of these oligarchies and all who follow them. It is power, money and greed that drives the heart of modern allopathic corporate medicine and this darkness of mind and purpose virtually controls key aspects of the governmental apparatus, the mainstream media and, increasingly, even the courts. All of these people and agencies are promoting the idea that it is necessary to inject Poison in Vaccines Pediatricians are the last people we should trust with our children. They play on parents’ fears and on parental caring and love while they deliberately inject their young patients with known neurological poisons. Even though the 2004 Institute of Medicine report accepted that thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative in vaccines, can injure the nervous system, doctors continue to inject mercury into their young patients. In drinking water, mercury cannot exceed 2 parts per billion. A liquid with more than 200 parts per billion of mercury is considered hazard- 20 The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine: November 2012 – February 2013 www.naturalmedicine.net.nz