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HEALING
OUR WORLD
TRUTH
It’s never
too late to
get it back.
Truth: Reclaimed
ALSO:
POP Campaign Update, Genetically Modified Foods,
Raising Children’s Consciousness, Cancerous Protein Powder,
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HIPPOCRATES HEALTH INSTITUTE
VOLUME 30 »« ISSUE 2
The Most
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Hippocrates Health Institute West
Introduces the California Programs
announcing the launch of the 2010 programs
in Regeneration Medicine for Optimal Longevity
Drs. Clements’ Hippocrates Life Change program
Pioneering program teaching a living foods lifestyle.
Teaches people how to take control
of their personal well-being, allow
the body to maximize its natural
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to detoxify and recharge physically,
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Highlights of the program include:
• Living food in its purest form — fresh,
organic, and enzyme rich
• Life-giving juice from fresh organic
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• Private consultations with
Health Professionals
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• Kitchen techniques and instruction in
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• Massage and other healing therapies
• Deep infrared sauna
• Educational classes explaining in detail
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• Exercise classes, yoga and meditation
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At a Glance [contents]
Featu res
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TRUTH: What is the Formula?
Dr. Brian Clement shares his insight into how people can
put aside half-truths and distortion and cultivate real Truth
in their lives.
TRUTH, Compassion and Healing
Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet, shares his
perspective on Truth regarding compassionate eating.
On a Path to the TRUTH
New to HHI, Hanni Brzobohaty shares her story of
reclaiming her independence through finding Truth.
This issue
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Heal i ng Ou r Wo r l d »« T r u t h
Life Lessons from a Loving Gramma
HHI’s own Reenie Brewer recounts the tragic story of
violence that befell her grandson, Michael. She shares
an important message of hope everyone can learn from.
Hippocrates Villas Decor
Designed by Renowned Decorator
Doctors and Animals Alike Tell Us:
Avoid Genetically Modified Food
Jeffrey Smith, best-selling author of Seeds of Deception,
presents the facts on genetically modified foods.
TRUTH is an Affirmation about Ourselves
Antony Chatham explains how we can discover truth by
discovering ourselves and puts forth a simple strategy for
peaceful resolution when people’s truths differ.
The POP Campaign is on the march! Leonardi and Holzer
bring us updates on their effort to preserve organic
standards and keep our food and supplements natural.
Decorator Bobbie Josephson looks back on her career as she
relates her latest project at HHI. Scott Josephson interviews.
The TRUTH About Self-acceptance
Andy Bernay-Roman examines the crucial role admitting—
and accepting—our flaws plays in Truth, happiness and
well being.
The POP Campaign: Huge Victories
R e g u l a rs
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The COURAG E to Look Beyond
Linda Morin tells her inspirational story of self-acceptance
after a double mastectomy. Babs Keller interviews.
Health City, LifeMax® & Hippocrates unite to
bring health and wealth to the nations.
Is Your Favorite Protein Powder
Causing Cancer—or Preventing it?
There may be danger lurking in your powdered protein.
Dr. Vaughn Tyson outlines the role protein can play in cancer.
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Food REV-olution at Alternative High School
Move over, junk food—here come sunflower sprouts.
Tammy Cusick brings Raw Food to the Palm Academy, an
alternative high school in San Diego. Rita Robinson reports.
John Eagle Freedom
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Letter from the Directors
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Letter from the Publisher
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In the Community
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What’s the News?
The First Lady of the Guitar
Liona Boyd, an acclaimed classical guitarist, shares her
story of triumph over a unique neurological disease.
Alissa Helene interviews.
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Rawducation: Health Educators in the News
Linda Frees interviews Health Educator Raoul Valle,
who owns The Green Wave Café in Plantation, Florida.
Raising Children’s Consciousness
Professor Johanna Sophia explains the Waldorf education
philosophy and how beneficial it can be to children.
LifeMax MILA, The Miracle Seed
Jim and Sherri Wear founded Lifemax, a company devoted
to changing people’s lives for the better through optimum
health and a dynamic business opportunity.
Obama Health Care Bill Summary
Wigmore Hall Open for Healing
Dr. Brian Clement’s Lecture Schedule
Where Are They Now?
Love Springs Eternal over Wheatgrass
Greg Badal and Kathy Gray share the story of
how they fell in love at Hippocrates Health Institute
Reviews
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Sun in Bloom
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4th Generation Organic Market
Darlene and Bill Bento review one of NYC’s finest
raw restaurants located in Brooklyn.
Southeast Florida’s premiere organic market
has something for everyone, including a
100% organic juice bar. Alissa Helene reviews.
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Truth, being a precious commodity, seems harder than ever to find. This is
why it became the focus for this issue. After counseling tens of thousands
of people, it is clear to us there is ever-increasing confusion in the world
today. This is the case with practically every subject you address with the
majority of individuals. It is no wonder why this has occurred, since most of
the people who purport to have answers do not possess even basic values.
Not too long ago, our forbearers (over ninety percent) were organic farmers. Family
and community was the entire sphere of their world. Trust, friendship, love and progress were inherent to the character of their culture. As the industrial revolution geared
up and their leaders required a large and growing work force, they had to seduce the
youth from the fields into the factories with higher wage. This mounting surplus of
products needed purchasers, and so began the vicious cycle of consumption. When
the United States joined the Second World War, our young men were off fighting.
Burgeoning industries required employees, and with most of our work force overseas,
women were brought into the manufacturing workplace for the first time in history,
incidentally advancing cultural norms. Weren’t the moguls surprised to witness a rise
in productivity even with the lack of man muscle? The U.S. economy grew expeditiously during our conflict abroad. The newly emerging Wall Street and Banking Money
Industries required educated employees, so they created the GI Bill, which offered
higher education to many of those returning from the war. Our exploding economy
gave those at the top a taste of the high life and, boy, did they want more. They got
creative in the ‘60s, shrewdly propelling the women’s equality movement by convincing women that in order to be equal to men, they had to join the full time work force.
Within a couple of decades, this shift not only dramatically increased productivity, but
also more than doubled the economy.
Now back to the loss of values. When we all seemingly place money and material
things above love, family, and community, truth becomes harder to recognize. Most
“truth” is trumped up in boardrooms and political corridors, then supplied to media
outlets to disseminate to the masses. Before we know it, the watered down, distorted
version of “truth” doled out by the architects of modern culture is accepted as gospel.
A prime example of this tactic is how the captains of industry rouse the masses by
having them worry about things other than the real issues. They have honed this
practice to such an art, their Madison Avenue cohorts have distilled some provocative
thoughts into one-word statements. This incitement sparks a chain reaction, most
often inducing the emotionally charged populous to waste their time and energy, not
to mention their hard earned dollars.
Truth is that which comes from the heart and has no limits. It is the sun rising every
day, the joy of birth and the buds of spring. Most of us are long overdue to reassess our
purest feelings and ask the powerful question, “What is really true for me”? Beyond
this first challenge, the second and most important question is, “Am I ready and willing
to live truth in an uncompromising and honest way?” We invite you to explore this
vital issue with us in the hope that you will once again gain the sincere levity which
this central and sacred theme affords.
Blessings,
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Drs. Anna Maria and Brian Clement
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THIS TIME
,
LET US SE
RVE YOU.
From the Publisher
Hello, Readers. I’m Will Burson. I just moved from Texas to South Florida to join the team here at Hippocrates
Health Institute and this is my first issue at the helm of Healing Our World. When I applied for my position here,
I was asked to submit a writing sample. The topic my then potential employer chose was that of my transition to
a high raw, vegan diet. In this edition’s spirit of Truth, I’ll share with you what I wrote that day. I hope you enjoy it.
The Healing Ladder
by Will Burson
I like to think of my transition to living foods as climbing a ladder. With each ascent to a new rung, the din of the naysayers
grows quieter. The endless landscape of billboards aiming to sell
me fast food and alcohol begins to disappear under cloud cover.
The clamor of advertisements pushing the latest pharmaceuticals is more hushed.
Fortunately, I’m blessed with a sound foundation for my
ladder. This bedrock is the wisdom and habits my mother passed
along to me. She is from Fayetteville, Arkansas, where her father,
Dr. George V. Harris, was an osteopath. He was known around
town as “The Blind Doctor” and practiced only manipulation,
due to his blindness. He was an avid follower of the work of
Dr. D.C. Jarvis, best known for his book Folk Medicine. Dr. Jarvis advocated an alkaline diet, so the Harris kitchen was always filled
with organic vegetables—which they often traded with local
farmers for my grandfather’s medical services—and the sprouts
my grandmother grew. They ate very little meat and never ate
at restaurants. My mother brought many of these habits to our
dinner table when I was growing up. These habits, enforced at
an early age, gave me the substructure I needed
to build a wondrous healing ladder.
Even with my strong foundation, it would be a while before
I began constructing my ladder. I went through the same trials
most young people do: peer pressure, the desire to try new things
like alcohol when I got to art school, the temptation to grab that
99¢ fast food sandwich after work once I’d entered the career
world. My constitution cracked a bit under these pressures and
I picked up some bad habits. It seemed the busier I got at work,
the worse my diet became and the more lethargy set in. I had
also developed a nasty cigarette and beer habit. My weight was
up to 225 pounds—way too heavy for my 5’10” frame—and my
size 38 pants were getting tight. The road I was heading down
became very clear. It was an expressway to deteriorated health
and an early grave. I realized I needed to exit while I still could.
I searched the internet for information and was bombarded
with advertisements. I saw tablets purporting they would shed
over 30 pounds of fat from my body in a mere month and gadgets that promised to make me lose weight as I watched television. I knew better, though. This is where my solid foundation
came in handy. I knew anything worthwhile only came from hard
work and I generally distrusted medicine that came in pill form,
particularly diet pills. I found an e-book by a personal trainer
who sounded like a straight shooter. His book taught me how to
recondition my mindset to become more positive and let go of
the negative self image I’d cultivated. He also touted whole foods.
Those lessons were invaluable. I had yet to learn the negative
aspects of his third lesson—the animal proteins he prescribed.
Armed with newfound enthusiasm, I was ready to start building my healing ladder. I constructed one side member of my ladder with aerobic exercise and the opposite one with resistance
training. These side members would be reinforced with practices
I’d learn about much later, such as yoga and meditation. Giving
up the alcohol and cigarettes was a no-brainer and I built the
lowest rungs of my ladder predominantly with things I’d learned
from the e-book. I stopped consuming red meat, soda and refined carbohydrates. These were undoubtedly good lessons, but I
would soon discover The China Study by Dr. T. Colin Campbell and
realize that stopping at the elimination of red meat fell quite
short of optimum heath.
As I continued to ascend and ate more and more whole foods,
I felt a clarity I never had before. This clarity—and the desire for
more of it—is what kept me climbing. I felt like I was already
getting pretty high on my ladder, but I could still hear the people
below talking to me about moderation. “An occasional beer
wouldn’t harm you,” some said. “A cheeseburger once in a while
is okay,” another said. Ironically, moderation for these folks was
drinking four beers after work instead of six—or opting for the
third-pound cheeseburger instead of the half-pound. The air was
getting sweeter at the higher elevation and I decided it was time
to heed Dr. Campbell’s warnings and give up animal products
altogether.
After giving up all meat, dairy, eggs, and fish, as well as the
majority of the cooked foods I’d been eating (thanks to Ann
Wigmore’s The Hippocrates Diet and Health Program), I was
reaching an emotional and spiritual level on my healing ladder I’d
never thought possible. I had climbed to the point where I could
no longer hear those negative voices below me. Instead I heard a
new set of voices above me—voices of more experienced members of the living food movement. These positive voices pulled
me upward instead of trying to drag me down. They taught me
new things and made each successive rung easier to grasp.
One of the most exciting aspects of this upward journey is
that it never ends. There’s always room to climb another rung
and reach a greater level of health, a higher level of consciousness. The ascension isn’t only about food or exercise—it radiates
in every aspect of life.
I am now at a point where I want to use my talents and skill sets
to help people start building their own healing ladders. I know
that with the right foundation of knowledge, individuals can erect
their ladders anywhere in the world. I feel strongly that joining the
team at Hippocrates Health Institute is the perfect place for me to
do just that. I know I’ll be an asset to the institute and the ripe soil
of South Florida would be a great place to plant my healing ladder.
In fact, I’ve already got it strapped to the top of my pickup truck. Heal i ng Ou r Worl d »« Truth
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In the Community
A Philosophy We
Can All Live With
Darbster Restaurant
by Will Burson
I recently sat down with Alan Gould, who,
along with his wife, Ellen Quinlan, owns
Darbster, my favorite vegan restaurant in
West Palm Beach. Their cheerful staff, led by
Alan’s right-hand-woman Amanda, serves up
a well-rounded menu, featuring plenty of raw
options as well as vegan comfort food for our
omnivorous friends who wouldn’t be caught
dead eating a salad—or for plant-based eaters who just feel like a burger (Alan’s vegan
sliders are a house favorite). When you visit
Darbster, don’t forget your furry friends.
Dogs are always welcome at this al fresco
establishment. I asked Alan about the work
Darbster does with animal rights and this is
what he had to say…
Darbster’s mission “100% of the profits,
every time you is to better the comdine at Darbster, munity by promoting
go directly to the health for humans
aid of animals.”
and compassion for
animals. Our goal is to
show people they can have a great restaurant
experience without ingesting any animals
or animal by-products. As people enjoy more
frequent plant-based meals, they will begin to
see the health benefits of an animal-free diet.
This will lead to a broader understanding of
the harm animal products do to the environment and of the evils behind factory farming.
Darbster offers a friendly neighborhood place
where vegans and non-vegans alike can
experience vegan cuisine and discover that
we vegans can be normal, mainstream folks.
We also allow groups whose interests are
aligned with ours to host events at Darbster.
When we formed Darbster Food, LLC (the
operating company for the restaurant) we also
formed Darbster Foundation, Corp. to promote
animal care and animal rights issues in the
local community. Any profits from Darbster
Food will go 100% to Darbster Foundation.
Darbster Foundation will have no administrative expenses; 100% of funds donated will go
to direct support of animal causes.
www.Darbster.com • See our ad on p. 49
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What’s the News?
Health Care Bill Summary
by Cicely Burns
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Health Care Bill into law,
representing the most sweeping social legislation to become law in decades.
Some of the more immediate changes that will be taking affect:
»» Insurance companies may no longer deny coverage to children. After 2014, there
will be a ban on discriminating against adults as well as youths. A high-risk
insurance pool will be set up to cover high-risk adults in the interim. Once healthcare exchanges are established, high-risk insurance pools will be eliminated.
»» Young adults will be eligible to stay on their parents’ insurance plans until the
age of 26. Lifetime caps on insurance will be banned, while annual caps will
be banned by 2014. Insurers can no longer discontinue coverage due to illness.
New plans must provide for check-ups and preventative medicine, which will
no longer require a co-pay. All plans must include this by 2018.
»» Seniors will be receive rebates of $250 to fill the “donut-hole” in Medicare prescription coverage. Prior, the prescription has been limited to $2700. Next year,
50% of that gap will be filled with the rebate. Health facilities that have smaller
numbers of Medicare patients will receive Medicare payment protections.
»» Insurance exchanges will be set up so small businesses and individuals can
shop for insurance. These websites will be maintained by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services. The plans
offered in these exchanges will be
required to meet minimum standards.
»» Closer monitoring of insurance companies includes an appeals process for
coverage determinations and claims.
Insurers must reveal overhead costs,
and screening processes will assist in
lowering fraud and waste.
»» Businesses with fewer than 50 employees will receive tax credits for 50%
of employee premiums. A temporary
program will be provided for companies that supply early retiree health
benefits for workers aged 55–64 years.
This is intended to help reduce the
cost of that coverage.
»» Effective July 1, 2010 all tanning services
will be taxed 10%. Additionally, chain
restaurants must provide a “nutrient
content disclosure statement” on their
menu items. Soon, calories must be
listed both in the store and at the drive
through windows. Cicely Burns is a web designer living in South Florida.
An avid runner and long-time vegetarian, she is running in the New York marathon this fall.
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A view of the Wigmore hall and the new villas from across Wigmore Lake.
Inset, Wigmore Hall’s entrance awaits the next group of guests.
Goodbye, Hacienda. Hello, Wigmore Hall!
by Linda Frees
April 8th, 2010. I am overcome with a mix of nostalgia and
excitement. Today is an historic day. We have officially moved
our activities, kitchen and dining room into our vast and
beautiful Wigmore Hall, which has been in the planning and
building stages for years. It is a stunning, massive, timberframed hall, fit to receive the ever-growing group of healthseekers that we welcome weekly. It is an incredibly proud
moment for us here at Hippocrates Health Institute (HHI),
and a huge milestone and accomplishment for Drs. Brian
and Anna Maria Clement! Bravo!
Over the past two decades, the Hacienda housed every
activity and class that took place at Hippocrates, as well
as the HHI kitchen and our legendary buffets where guests
piled their plates high with loving meals from our kitchen
staff. Wigmore Hall, a versatile and well appointed multiuse building, will now be the site for all these events—
and many more.
Wigmore Hall stands completed, ready to accept people
of every age, from every walk of life and every corner of the
globe. It is here they will congregate to share their stories
of hope, fear and troubled health—and where they will
gather to rejoice and share their victories. Wigmore Hall is
also where our guests will dance happily to the Wheatgrass
Band on Tuesdays, letting their bodies twirl, their joy bubble
up and their smiles shine.
Standing in the expansive space of Wigmore Hall, I had the
image of Ellis Island, where my own ancestors arrived from
Denmark and Scotland more than a century ago. I liken this
hall, named after Hippocrates founder Ann Wigmore (herself
an immigrant from Lithuania), to that place on Ellis Island
where waves of people came because their old life had to end
in order for them to survive. They were tired and full of fear
and confusion, coming to this strange new land with a new
culture, a new language, and a new chance at life itself.
Hippocrates is a land of hope, potential and possibility to
those who walk through our doors and make a commitment
to a better existence. They leave their old life behind, along
with the baggage that hindered them, and begin anew,
where they hope to not only survive, but to thrive, and to
live their lives fully—with integrity, renewed health and
abundant happiness.
Every Sunday of every week, a new group of guests arrive
tired and lost, and every Friday a group graduates from HHI,
sharing their stories of transformation over their three-week
stay. They tell us how their lives have changed, and how their
new-found knowledge will affect their families, probably for
generations to come. We hear these stories, and our hearts
are nourished. We proudly applaud them, and we have confirmation once again that we are on the right path together,
learning from each other and doing amazing things. Heal i ng Ou r Worl d »« Truth
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Contributors
Greg Badal & Kathy Gray met at HHI in
Will Burson is Art Director of Hippocrates
Change program and are long time alumni
advertising business, the casual HHI
2006. They are both graduates of the Life
of HHI. They founded Harvest Time Sprouts
in 2009 to support others in their quest
for better health through obtaining and
growing living foods. They reside in
Virginia and Michigan.
Darlene Bento is assistant to Bonnie
Andy Bernay-Roman is a Florida Licensed
Mental Health Counselor providing
the leading spokesperson on the health
Alissa enjoys getting to know each and
he can usually be found rushing around
the campus on his bicycle, green drink or
gourmet salad in hand. A recent transplant
from Texas, Will lives near the beach with
his two dogs, enjoying the Florida sun.
Hippocrates guests since 1996. He draws
loves animals and nature.
Gainesville. With a background in teaching,
lifestyle is a welcome change for Will, where
from Connecticut eight years ago along
dogs. A vegan raw foodist, Darlene
Jeffrey M. Smith, an International bestsell-
Education from the University of Florida,
Antony Chatham, a Florida Licensed
with her husband, six cats and two
Alissa Helene has a Masters Degree in
Health Institute. After 15 years in the
Wishney in Brian Clement’s office at
Hippocrates. She moved to South Florida
Psychotherapist, has worked with
his inspiration from Eastern and Western
traditions of holistic healing and integrates
knowledge and experience from psychology,
philosophy and theology, in which he holds
Masters degrees and doctoral course work.
every Hippocrates guest and helping
them succeed on their journey to health.
As a lifelong learner, her passion for
education suits her role at HHI perfectly.
Mikaële Holzer, a Hippocrates Health
Educator, facilitates detox cleanses and is
ing author and independent filmmaker, is
dangers of Genetically Modified Organisms
(GMOs). His meticulously researched books
and films document how the world’s most
powerful Ag biotech companies bluff and
mislead safety officials and critics to put
the health of society at risk. Learn more at
www.SeedsOfDeception.com.
a life transformation coach. Rudi Leonardi
Prof. Johanna Sophia is an award winning
advocate. He works to create a lasting
and Columbia universities, among others,
is a business consultant, mediator and
impact on businesses, communities, and
society through collaborative approaches
and healthy sustainable values. The POP
Campaign invites you to participate and
engage your power. Read the full article on
filmmaker and educator, has taught at Yale
and has promoted Waldorf education
worldwide. Her company, Sophia’s Center,
focuses on solar energy sales, raw food,
composting, homemade cleaners, and
new forms of education. Learn more at
emotional and psychological support
Dr. Brian Clement is the director of the
To find out more about his body-centered,
(HHI), the world’s foremost complementary
Scott Josephson, M.S., R.D. is the Director of
Steven J. Tremble, of Health City, has a B.S.
at HHI have developed a state of the art
and a national level conference speaker
and a Liberal Arts degree in Theology from
services for Hippocrates guests since 1990.
deep feeling style of therapy, read his book,
Deep Feeling, Deep Healing: The Heart, Mind,
and Soul of Getting Well, available from the
Hippocrates store, or visit his website
www.DeepFeeling.com and blog at
www.blog.DeepFeeling.com.
Reenie Brewer is Director of Guest Services
renowned Hippocrates Health Institute
residential health center. He and his team
program for health maintenance and
recovery. His Florida institute has pioneered
a program and established training in active
aging and disease prevention that will raise
your level of health and happiness.
page 14 or visit www.POPcampaign.org.
Operations at Hippocrates Health Institute
throughout the United States and Canada
who is frequently covered in the media on
a wide range of topics. Scott has a Masters
Degree from the University of Miami and
is on the international advisory boards of
Can Fit Pro and the American Fitness
www.sophiascenter.com.
Degree from Southern Nazarene University
Ambassador College. He uses his love for
scripture to validate a natural lifestyle as
the way of life all mankind should live.
Steven loves music, fine arts and photography. His life long pursuit of health and
education has led him to working with
at Hippocrates, where she spends her time
John Eagle Freedom is a Hippocrates
also an Awareness Advocate against teen
neurial accomplishments and his passion
Babs E. Keller was a 100-Ton Licensed
Health City as the vehicle to be a worldwide
Islands, until signing up with the Federal
Dr. Will Tuttle, a former Zen monk and
affected by tragic events (including 9/11).
Conscience Award, the co-founder of Circle
wholesalers at Hippocrates Health Institute.
pianist and composer. Read more at
“Helping People Help Themselves.” She is
violence. Reenie is organizing a website
where people can learn more about teen
violence abatement. Updates will be available
in future issues of Healing Our World.
Hanni Brzobohaty works in the IT office
at Hippocrates Health Institute (HHI). She
designs the HHI e-newsletter and works
on websites. Look out for the redesigned
convert. Drawing from his many entreprefor the living food lifestyle, John created
crusader for natural healing truths. He hosts
teachings and quantum physics.
at: [email protected].
Babs is now a mail-order specialist assisting
[email protected].
www.BlogTalkRadio.com/HealthCityUSA
has worked as a Program Consultant, and
well as learning about ancient spiritual
a better way of life. Steven can be reached
health topics. John can be reached at:
authors books on a wide range of natural
designing something on her computer,
photography and wakeboarding, as
Sea-Captain living in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin
Health City, where he helps those who want
a radio show, does public speaking and
Linda Frees received her Health Educator
Hanni enjoys creating art, painting,
Professionals and Associates.
Government Disaster Program in 1995 and
author of The World Peace Diet, is a
Changing the Health & Wealth of the World traveling world-wide assisting those
recipient of the Peace Abbey’s Courage of
HHI website, HippocratesInst.org, which
should launch soon! When she’s not busy
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Email Will Burson with the subject line, “HOW Contribution” at [email protected]
Certification at Hippocrates in 2006. Linda
is currently Director of Education at HHI.
She was the recipient of the Derrick Brockie
Memorial Scholarship, which helped launch
her DVD series called One Easy Thing. Contact
Linda at [email protected].
Rod Rotondi is owner of the Los Angeles-
World Vision—Heartbeat of the Company of Compassion ministry, and an acclaimed
www.WorldPeaceDiet.org.
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line. He also holds retreats, teaches classes
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feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime." The union of these messages guides us toward our world vision. Lifemax is fully committed to providing the knowledge, the equipment, and the resources to the poorest of the poor so that they can feed themselves and especially, their children. In doing so, an economic infrastructure will be created which will "Change a company devoted to changing people’s
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with their son, Logan. Learn more at
www.Lifemax.net.
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Truth
What is the Formula?
by Dr. Brian Clement
Clarifying the word truth is very difficult in this day and age. We often wish
there was a magical formula to make this elusive element surface. While there
is certainly a strategy to help us obtain this lofty goal, it always requires
patience, hard work and dedication. This is true of any goal worth achieving.
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he meaning of truth is determined by a wide range
of factors. Foremost is the level of the individual’s
conscious awareness. Limited perception equals
limited truth. This being true, as we allow truth to permeate our consciousness our perception will broaden, bringing greater truth to the surface. So, is truth a process or a
destination? Maybe it is both.
There are certain facets to the concept of truth all people
would agree upon. For example: seasons change; we are
born and we die, at least in the physical sense; the sun
warms the earth; love is the most desired aspiration; and,
yes, truth is golden. Beyond a handful of definable truths,
the rest are personal and most often tailored to our
own perceptions. As the monastic priests, monks and
nuns tell us, they work tirelessly toward total awareness.
In other words, they are striving to find the ultimate truth.
Discovering our own truth sets us free.
The work I have immersed myself in from a young age
has afforded me the opportunity to lend guidance to people at pivotal crossroads, as they strive to achieve whole
and fulfilling lives. Sadly, this ambition is often triggered
by the fear of death via disease. On a brighter note, I have
recently witnessed a growing human awareness. People
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are choosing to aspire to truth when faced with a spiritual
crossroads in their lives. This occurs as an individual
realizes their life lacks passion and fulfillment. This void
could potentially lead to death as well, by way of spiritual
emptiness. Suffice it to say, regardless of the motivating
factor in our lives, the path that leads us to truth will
ultimately lead to greater fulfillment .
There is an inherent lack of self-trust today, which makes
attaining truth an ongoing struggle. Our society and
institutions encourage us to take shortcuts, settle for
half-truths and often manipulate the truth. Looking back,
it is difficult to remember moments of purity, when we
expressed ourselves fully and completely. This occurred far
more often when we were young children. As we grew,
and were influenced by dysfunctional families, friends,
education, and misguided spirituality, we began to conform
to the philosophy of the half-hearted life. This mode of
survival sells us short. Although these distorted convictions
bury the real truth, it is still there, waiting to be unearthed.
Truth is a necessary ingredient in creating a concrete
persona. Therefore, we must take small yet effective steps
in regaining trust in ourselves. Each and every time we
completely commit ourselves to honesty and act in a
commensurate way, we must acknowledge this choice so
that self-trust replaces self-doubt. This is the first step in
living truthfully. Once you believe in yourself at a significant level, you will begin to seek truth and live passionately.
It is only with this fuel for fulfillment that you will take the
needed steps toward a virtuous life. After passion fills cup
after cup, we can whole-heartedly express ourselves truthfully in all aspects of life.
At this juncture on our path, it feels as if we are
escaping the confines of a stuffy oxygen deprived room,
walking onto a breezy beach. Our lungs will be able to
inhale so deeply that upon exhalation, we will enjoy a sigh
of relief. Our persona is now one of truth. We represent
the genuine status of what humanity means at its best.
Our ego tends to disappear, giving way to grace in any
environment or situation.
As we gain the physiological, psychological and spiritual gifts that living a life of integrity brings, we will now
attract the ultimate reward—happiness. It is by living a
happy life that we express ourselves with the most energy,
kindness, compassion and love possible. Seldom do we find
people who have had the courage to live at this pinnacle
knowing they are equal, not superior. They do not judge
since it does not afford happiness, and most importantly
they have trained their minds through the rise of selfrespect to see all people and all life as an opportunity to
share more love.
There are no exceptional people. There are just people
living their truth, and then the rest of us. Our sole purpose
on earth is to fill our honest heart and not fall prey to
the egocentric idea that we can truly influence others.
We must realize that we, as all others, are solo acts—like
the many grains of sand on the beach residing on the
same shores of the same planet. Although we can only
change ourselves, focusing on our own reality and improving it day by day, we can become examples for others
to model. Let us never attempt to coerce or insist that others follow in our same path, but securely know that truth
will open their eyes, allowing them to fulfill their own
destiny. In a world of convoluted co-dependency with the
gigantic reign of institutional manipulation, it is difficult
to achieve enough independence and inner strength to be
a strong force for honesty.
Historically, we have seen example after example of
what happens when someone single-handedly sheds light
on truth. Their illuminations often reveal things people
don’t want to look at, and these pioneers are initially attacked rather than supported. Rest assured, these brave,
aware and capable people are living in a place of truth,
following their own paths to ultimate fulfillment.
This is not a fairy tale story, but a formula for an honest and happy life. There is no one who cannot achieve
this solid goal if they are willing to take the formulated
steps required: first, we must regain trust in ourselves;
second, we must find and live passion; third, we accept
honor and increase the fulfillment that the first two
steps offer; fourth, we search out, create, speak and live
truthfully at all times. These steps lead to the happiness
which is the true purpose for life itself. T+P+F=TRUTH and
TRUTH=HAPPINESS. Congratulations for wanting to come
back home and be authentic. Heal i ng Ou r Worl d »« Truth
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The POP Campaign
Huge Victories
by Rudi Leonardi and Mikaële Holzer
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The POP Campaign is a recently launched, grassroots effort
to provide a powerful leadership presence on the national and
global stages regarding organic food and supplements. The
objective of this effort is to keep our voices and choices alive,
our standards pure, and everyone informed on related issues
and effective action. Learn more today at popcampaign.org.
t is our strong belief that the right focus, prudent alliances, participation of motivated citizens and a collaborative
effort can advance our health freedom forward through the maze of regulations, guidelines and laws surrounding food
safety, organic standards and dietary supplements. By “organically” adapting responses to legislative agendas, political
changes, counter proposals, and special interests with remarkable speed and depth, along with leveraging our collective
passion and influence, we can realize victories and preserve gains already made for health freedom and choices.
Recent Victories
On a shoestring budget, we hired lobbyists Beth Clay and
Clinton Miller to personally contact members of Congress
so they might witness our passionate commitment to
healthy eating and to viable “common-sense” positions.
What seemed impossible has resulted in significant successes—we influenced wording in the Senate Chairman’s
Mark on Food Safety S. 510; helped frame and participated in
the rigorous dialogue pertaining to Senator McCain’s Dietary
Supplements bill so that he understood its ramifications and
withdrew his own sponsorship (huge victory); addressed
Codex influence on domestic crops and supported FDA accountability reporting measures; presented the “POP” and
“Codex” amendments; and contributed to push-back efforts,
information sharing, and personal stories to leverage our
influence on policy.
Action Plan
Moving forward, we find ourselves making difficult
conversations more simple, complex issues more clear
and shaping more meaningful thinking on key issues.
We will continue to monitor the bills and actions mentioned
above. We will be taking a deeper look at an acceptable
definition of “organic” and the concept of “science-based”
standards. We do not agree with “one-size-fits-all” rules and
the manipulation of the term “science-based” to strengthen
self-serving objectives. Closely monitoring some of the
upcoming sunsets on banned substances in organic farming
is also a key objective—stay tuned.
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“Green your spirit, America!
We are getting healthier. The times, they are a changin’.” —Mikaële Holzer
Major activities will include:
»» Collective Impact:
Leverage our numbers, resources and experts
»» “Science based” and “organic” debates:
Steer the dialogue correctly and fairly
»» Codex Harmonization:
Influence its global impact through education;
stop any national bleed-through; take positions
at FDA and Congressional hearings
»» Continued Monitoring:
HR 458, HR 185 and sunsets on farming additives
“Victory lies in leveraging who we
are as a health-conscious Community. Strengthening our voices and
focusing our passions, finances and
expertise at all levels is the greatest
power block in the history of this
country. We are our greatest assets.”
—Rudi Leonardi
“We can be effective as long as we are not lullabied into a dream state that everything is fine –
it’s not. We need your support and your voice more than ever before!” —Dr. Brian Clement
Collective Impact
There are many indicators Americans are becoming more
focused on their health:
»» Celebrities flock to the Hippocrates Health Institute,
boosting their health, beauty and longevity.
»» Guests on the Oprah Show passionately share healthy
eating tips and discuss America’s obesity epidemic.
»» Food Inc. received an Academy Award nomination!
Catherine Austin Fitz, national financial advisor, says
that ten years ago she could not have imagined
speaking on national radio about personal gardening
and organic food or even broaching the conversation
that “food is medicine.”
»» Jamie Oliver invades the most “unhealthy U.S. city”
in his reality show to change eating habits in a
Midwestern town.
»» Daily, from New Jersey to Kansas City to Boise to Bakersfield, eco-moms buy one or two new GMO-free items for
their children.
»» Farmland Inc. reports that the return on investment
for farms that convert to organic is minimally 8% above
traditional crops.
»» Organic food and beverages in the United States have
grown into big business with sales from $1,000,000,000
in 1990 to an estimated $22,900,000,000 in 2008.
»» Mainstream’s passion for organics is skyrocketing. This is
our biggest asset that can be leveraged…you are developing quality standards daily, one food choice at a time.
To the choir: You are the path-makers. Obviously, we have a
strong, unique connection to our organic food—a degree of
intimacy that leads us to grand rhapsody and poetry. We can
still experience child-like wonder over luscious natural tastes
and smile ourselves into bliss. Our organic food crowns us
a champion with each delicious bite. We have researched,
documented, fine-tuned and learned how to grow food
sustainably, efficiently, and cost effectively. We cultivate
an intimacy with the earth and its harvests that is just
nitty-gritty delicious and healthy. We are alive and vibrant!
We must leverage our passion in a huge way to do what is
necessary to take our leadership to the next level—showing
up “BIG” to correctly address major issues.
“In all my years in Washington, I have
learned that you, the people, can
influence the laws when you are
willing to speak out with clarity.” —Beth Clay
“Science-based” Standards and the “Organic”
Definition Debates
The use of the term “science-based” minimum standards
is dangerous and one of the most tricky quagmires to
maneuver. This is a term Congress increasingly uses when
instructing the FDA or Administration. “It has no clear
definition in statute and is used to exclude traditional
use theories and practices, minority opinions and other
information not in line with the status quo objectives,”
states Beth Clay. It also sets the stage to undermine
decades of progress on organic standards that, up to
this point, have prevented the intrusion of pesticides
and chemicals.
Section 419 of S. 510 requires the Secretary to propose
and enact regulations to establish “science-based minimum
standards for the safe production and harvesting of those
types of fruits and vegetables that are raw agricultural
commodities for which the Secretary has determined that
such standards minimize the risk of serious adverse health
consequences…”
Applying “science based” is an immediate red flag. Once
the door is open, it can be a Pandora’s box. Institutional
and corporate agendas have no tolerance for anything not
aligned with their own objectives. Scientific arguments can
be a “tit-for-tat” chess game where each fact is countered by
another, until a stale mate is reached. Although results may
be clearly scientific, built upon years of case studies, and
very pervasive, the valuable information is simply ignored
and gives way to an economic-political over-ride. Those
“in charge” reassert their claims to academic territory,
are stubbornly unwilling to relinquish positions, demand
enormous volumes of evidence, and build cases addressing
symptoms rather than the source of problems—wanting
nothing that upsets the apple cart.
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“I am concerned that the good intentions of the Senate will be used to undermine future access to true organic foods…. (with) the use of the term ‘science-based’ in setting a minimum
standard…” —Clinton Miller
The POP Campaign, along with the best health experts in the
world, is challenging many basic assumptions and demanding to be included at every stage of policy development—on
every committee, at every hearing, and on every working
group across the country. We are pitting traditional uses and
practices against special interests. There will be victories, but
we will be rigorously challenged.
A Smorgasbord of Organic Definitions
We can’t just walk into a grocery store anymore and simply
buy food—we find ourselves being forced to legislate our
basic rights all the way down the aisle as we choose what
to put into our mouths. There is no shortage of the garden
variety of disagreements, misunderstandings, self-interest,
anxieties, confusion, complexity and deep seeded opinions.
When asked, “what is organic?”, we quickly think simple,
pure, healthful, whole, and close to nature food—grown
with no synthetic fertilizers, drugs, hormones, additives,
radiation or pasteurization. This makes sense—a standard
supported by our experiences and our dream of what
we want for our children. Even Thomas Jefferson stated,
“the laws and institutions must go hand in hand with
the progress of our minds.” Why can’t modern laws
and institutions represent our trend toward a more
sustainable existence?
What is the Organic Chess Board?
A complex of U.S. laws and policy—Organic food laws are
defined under Title 21 of the United States Code (USC). Federal
agencies develop standard operating procedures (SOPs)
regarding the implementation and management of laws,
detailed in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The Organic
Foods Production Act (OFPA), enacted under Title 21 of the
1990 Farm Bill, establishes uniform national standards for
the production and handling of foods labeled as “organic.”
It authorized a new USDA National Organic Program (NOP) to
set national standards for the production, handling, and processing of organically grown agricultural products, including
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overseeing the mandatory certification of organic production.
The Act established the National Organic Standards Board
(NOSB), which advises the Secretary of Agriculture in setting
the standards upon which the NOP is based. Producers who
meet standards set by the NOP may label their products as
“USDA Certified Organic.” Are you dizzy yet?
“Organic” as a qualifier, must specify: ecological production; biodiversity enhancement, biological cycles and soil
activity; responsible labeling; materials used; and the
balance of natural systems. It addresses: the absence of
residues and pesticides; minimal pollution from water,
food handlers, and processors; and how to grow organic
agriculture to optimize health. Produce can be called
organic and still contain 10% other ingredients. The
definition needs refinement and must have sticking
power at all levels—in spite of the ambition for big bucks
via Big Farm Industry.
The “Better Living through Chemistry” post-war, old school
attitude still drives these definitions and a “one size fits all”
approach to “science-based” food standards. As in any chess
game, the first opening move is calculated to gain a maximum advantage; we plan to take these opening moves and
realize significant victories:
»» A Call to Action: This is such a Paul Revere statement
but it is appropriate—“The inevitable is coming!
The inevitable is coming!” There are many sub-policy
discussions, FDA hearings, and sunset clauses in the
Organic Food Act; we need to prepare well.
»» Take Charge of our own Standards: A National
People’s / Experts Health Summit is in order where
information would be consolidated and distilled into
reports for presentations.
»» A Healthy Tax: Consider a healthy tax on all food, especially vegetables, fruits, herbs, nuts and seeds that are not
100% organic, the proceeds of which will go to community school lunches and healthy local educational funds.
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Life Lessons
from a Loving
Gramma
by Reenie Brewer
My grandson, Michael Brewer, had an
unspeakable crime committed against him.
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his crime was carried out by five individuals. One boy
planned this heinous crime. Another child poured
the paint remover on Michael’s back. One lit the fluid.
Two boys stood idly by and watched this atrocious act. After
being set on fire, my 15-year-old grandson frantically climbed
a nearby fence and dove into the pool on the other side. He
quickly emerged, screaming for help. Fortunately help arrived
in time to save young Michael. A Trauma Hawk helicopter took
him to Broward General Hospital, where he was put on life
support. He was later taken to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson
Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, where he lay in a coma for
several weeks. Michael suffered burns on over 75% of his body,
but he is now recovering with lots of love and support.
The egregious act that was committed against my grandson on October 12, 2009—the day after his 15th birthday—
has taught me a tremendous life lesson. I have realized
that as a mother of four, a grandmother of ten and a great
grandmother of four, I need to accept some responsibility for
what is happening in the lives of families.
A lack of compassion and empathy have unfortunately
spread to our children. Phrases such as “mind your own
business,” and “don’t get involved” have become our way
of surviving in the disturbed world we call home. People
are conditioned to look the other way. Most folks are scared
to help even when they see someone who needs a hand.
Because of a few “bad apples,” people are hesitant to help a
fellow human stranded on the highway with a broken down
vehicle. If an old lady falls down on a busy sidewalk, someone may be afraid to help for fear of a lawsuit. This neglect
does not stop with strangers. It is also found in homes and
classrooms. Parents and teachers alike must become keen
observers. We must take responsibility for children who
show difficulty with interaction, sharing and making friends.
These are all signs of behavioral problems—and they can’t
be seen if you’re looking the other way.
“Lead by example” is an adage often preached but seldom
practiced. Who do we respect: our President, our parents,
our bosses? How do you explain to your children it is okay
to defame all those figureheads, then expect them to foster
respect for the average adult, much less their young peers?
When we get back to honoring each other, we will teach our
children virtues such as “respect” and “kindness.” That is how
we can truly lead by example!
I am not interested in punishing those misguided boys
that maimed my grandson. Instead, I want to teach people
to make the right choices:
»» Set a good example
»» Respect your family and friends
»» Do not be judgmental
»» Accept our differences without prejudice
»» Have open discussions with your children about their
world, not yours
»» Talk to your children without distractions—
no television, cell phones, music, etc.
»» Most importantly, listen…it really is an art
Lastly, do not discuss adult matters with young children.
If children were ready for grown-up issues they’d have been
born adults. That is what they need us for—to be their filters.
Limiting children’s exposure to adult issues will ease their
transition to adulthood. Youth must stop taking life and
inflicting pain. We are their first teachers and should be their
first friends. Today must mark our new beginning, before one
more child is harmed by their peer or sibling. Heal i ng Ou r Worl d »« Truth
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Keeping the villa project in line with Hippocrates’ earth-friendly mission, we used green and eco-friendly materials wherever possible.
How did you get started as an
interior designer?
I created an indelible imprint on a financial entrepreneur,
who gave me a golden opportunity to implement my knowledge in a high-end setting. He asked me to implement my
knowledge in the interior design of his home. This beautiful
residence was a 5,000 square foot, two story brick colonial
residence, featuring six bedrooms, six bathrooms, three
playrooms, a serene pool, a poolside guest house, a majestic
courtyard and resplendent gardens.
The style of most of the rooms was traditional, classical
and contemporary. My ideas of décor started with a dynamic
vision. My aspiration was to create a charming presence and
a welcoming atmosphere. Many months later, at a charitable
event in this home, I received countless compliments and
accolades for my work.
Hippocrates Villas Decor
Designed by Renowned Decorator
by Scott Josephson
I grew up in a fairly small town with lots of friends. As in most communities, it was commonplace for
the neighborhood children to play at each other’s homes. One of my most vivid childhood memories is
just how different our house was from those of my friends. Why did our house have black slate floors,
embroidered wall paper, stained wood beams, vaulted ceilings, countless color schemes, a sunken
floor in the family room and many furnishings I was afraid to touch? While my friends’ houses had
the daily newspaper on the kitchen table, our house had design books and magazines on tables and
nightstands in every room. These publications featured photography and design schemes so lavish
they’d make anyone’s eyes open wide. At the time, I didn’t fully understand the concept, the decor or
the beauty in this place I called home, but as I got older it all started to make sense. Much more sense!
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universities, schools and local churches.
y mother, Bobbie Josephson,
is an interior designer with over
God works in mysterious ways, and 40
40 years experience in both
years later my mother still possesses the
residential and commercial projects. She
same passion and attention to detail
studied at New York University and the
in her work. How many sons have the
New York School of Interior Design. She has
privilege to sit down with their mom
received many industry awards and has
to discuss her latest design project?
One
of
the
new
HHI
villas.
been published several times on numerous
Since Bobbie is implementing her
topics. In addition to her business travels
design strategy on the eight new villas in the United States, Puerto Rico, Aruba, St. Thomas and St.
at Hippocrates Health Institute, I got such an opportunity.
Croix, she managed to find time to teach design courses in
Here’s how it unfolded…
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You’re decorating the villas in four
distinct motifs. Can you tell us what
inspired this array of styles?
After meeting with the directors of Hippocrates Health Institute, we agreed that the different motifs were an ideal direction for the decoration of the villas. The assorted styles were
inspired by various continental charms, and the periods we
drew from are reminiscent of special places around the world.
The design of the villas’ interiors is a confluence of unique
collections, with an engaging mix of accessories and a stunning variety of treasures. The view of Wigmore Lake from the
villas really brings my inspiration to life.
To mirror different lifestyles in the decor, the directors
chose to mix a fashion of Modern, Traditional, Classic and
Scandinavian:
»» Modern—Overall simplicity complements a clean, sleek
environment with unique decorative surprises, dazzling
colors and a blend of sophistication and casual comfort.
»» Traditional—Old world, rich, heavily embellished woods
accented with exotic details, such as velvets, silks and
embroidery.
»» Classic—Lush upholstery gives a nod to classic design
with a great mix of ancient Greek or Roman taste.
»» Scandinavian—The refined elegance and casual aged
appearance seems to have universal appeal. The style is
lustrous, cheerful, calm and delicate. Birch, white pine
and beech woods are often bleached or painted. Stencils
are added for color. Patterns used in Swedish design are
usually on a white background with stripes, checks or
floral decoration. Antique Biedermeier furniture and
their palettes are soft and lovely.
A view of the villas from HHI’s east entrance.
Throughout the villas, and all their various motifs, there is a
combination of different textures and colors on the fabrics
for a variety of interesting experiences, and I wanted to
frame a panoramic view of the water. I accented this backdrop with exquisitely detailed and adorned furnishings.
You have a formidable background
and experience. What kinds of other
projects have you worked on?
I’ve designed and furnished all sorts of businesses —
everything from restaurants and jewelry stores to beauty
parlors and dental offices. I’ve decorated showrooms for
such well-known clients as Cadillac, many private residences,
and the lobby of New York’s legendary Decoration and
Design Building. I’ve also designed countless custom
wallpapers and fabrics and all types of furniture.
What designers of the past have most
inspired you?
There are many individuals I draw inspiration from, but the
three that come to mind now are interior decorator and
designer David Nightingale Hicks and fashion designers
Coco Chanel and Diane Von-Furstenberg. The work of these
visionary artists speaks for itself.
What do you like most about
your work?
I have the opportunity to work with people of all ages
from all corners of the globe. When I’ve met their interior
and exterior design needs I get my real reward — seeing
them smile!
What is your proudest career
achievement? The one where you
feel you’ve really left your mark?
The single most treasured moment in my career was
seeing my work in the windows of the Decoration and
Design Building 40 years ago. My approach to design is one
I enjoy remembering. My own interpretation and creative
elements are truly timeless, as shown decades ago in that
Manhattan lobby. Heal i ng Ou r Worl d »« Truth
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The farmer grinned as he told the visitor,
“Watch this!” He called his pigs, which ran
frantically towards him to be fed. But when
he scooped out corn and threw it on the
ground, the pigs sniffed it and then looked up
at the farmer with confused expectation. The
farmer then scooped corn from another bin
and flung it near the pigs, which ran over and
quickly devoured it.
T
he farmer said, “The first corn is genetically
engineered. They won’t touch it.”
It’s not just pigs that swear off genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In South Africa, Strilli Oppenheimer’s
chickens won’t eat genetically modified (GM) corn. Most
buffalo in Haryana, India, refuse cottonseed cakes if made
from GM cotton plants. Geese migrating through Illinois only
munched sections of the soybean field that was non-GMO.
When given a choice, elk, deer, raccoons, and rats all avoided
GMOs. And even during the coldest days of Iowa winter,
squirrels, which regularly devour natural corn, refused to
touch the GM variety.
One skeptical farmer who read about the squirrels wanted
to see for himself if it was true. He bought a bag full of
GM corn ears, and another of non-GM, and left them in his
garage till winter. But by the time he fetched the bags, mice
had done the experiment for him. They broke into the natural corn bag and finished it; the GM cobs were untouched.
Doctors prescribe no GMOs
No one knows why the animals refuse GMOs, but according
to a 2009 statement by the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM), when lab animals do eat GM feed,
it’s not pretty. “Several animal studies indicate serious health
risks associated with GM food,” says the AAEM policy paper,
which specifically cited infertility, immune problems, accelerated aging, insulin regulation, and changes in major organs
and the gastrointestinal system, among the impacts of eating GMOs. “There is more than a casual association between
GM foods and adverse health effects,” they wrote. “There is
causation…”
Doctors and Animals Alike Tell Us:
Avoid Genetically Modified Food
by Jeffrey M. Smith
Although we humans don’t have a natural sense to stay
away from GM foods, AAEM’s position indicates that we
should take a lesson from the animals. This renowned medical organization, which first recognized such dangers as food
allergies, chemical sensitivity, and Gulf War Syndrome, called
on all physicians to prescribe non-GMO diets to all patients.1
They also called for a moratorium on GMOs, long-term independent studies, and labeling.
Former AAEM President Dr. Jennifer Armstrong says,
“Physicians are probably seeing the effects in their patients,
but need to know how to ask the right questions.” Renowned
biologist Dr. Pushpa M. Bhargava and many others believe
that GMOs may be a major contributor to the deteriorating
health in America since GM foods were introduced in 1996.
GMOs on your plate
There are eight GM food crops: soy, corn, cotton, canola,
sugar beets, Hawaiian papaya, and a little bit of zucchini
and yellow squash. The two primary reasons why plants
are engineered are to allow them to either drink poison,
or produce poison.
Poison drinkers are called herbicide tolerant. Their DNA
is outfitted with bacterial genes that allow them to survive
otherwise deadly doses of toxic herbicide. The first five crops
on the list above have herbicide tolerant varieties. The poison
producers are called Bt crops. Inserted genes from the soil
bacterium Bacillus Thuringiensis produce an insect-killing
pesticide called Bt-toxin in every cell of the plant. That is
found in corn and cotton. The papaya and squashes have
virus genes inserted, to fight off a plant virus. All GM crops
are linked to dangerous side effects.
Eating poison in every bite
When insects take a bite out of the corn and cotton plants
engineered to produce Bt-toxin, their stomach splits open
and they die. Because that same toxin is used in its natural
bacterial state as a spray by farmers for insect control,
biotech companies claim that it has a history of safe use
and can be incorporated directly into every plant cell.
The Bt-toxin produced in GM plants, however, is thousands of times more concentrated than natural Bt spray, is
designed to be more toxic,9 has properties of an allergen,
and cannot be washed off the plant.
Moreover, studies confirm that even the less toxic natural
spray can be harmful. When dispersed by plane to kill gypsy
moths in Washington and Vancouver, about 500 people
reported allergy or flu-like symptoms.10, 11 The same symptoms are now reported by thousands of farm workers from
handling Bt cotton throughout India.12
Pregnant women and babies at great risk
GM foods are particularly dangerous for pregnant women
and children. After GM soy was fed to female rats, most
of their babies died—compared to a 10% deaths among
controls fed natural soy.2 GM-fed babies were smaller, and
possibly infertile.3
Testicles of rats fed GM soy changed from the normal pink
to dark blue. 4 Mice fed GM soy had altered young sperm.5
Embryos of GM soy-fed parent mice had changed DNA.6
And mice fed GM corn had fewer, and smaller, babies.7
In Haryana, India, most of those buffalo that did consume
GM cottonseed ended up with reproductive complications
such as premature deliveries, abortions, and infertility; many
calves died. About two dozen US farmers said thousands of
pigs became sterile from certain GM corn varieties. Some
had false pregnancies; others gave birth to bags of water.
Cows and bulls also became infertile.8
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GMOs provoke immune reactions
GMO safety expert Dr. Arpad Pusztai says changes in immune status are “a consistent feature of all the [animal]
studies.”13 From Monsanto’s own research to government
funded trials, rodents fed Bt corn had significant immune
reactions.14, 15
Soon after GM soy was introduced to the UK, soy allergies
skyrocketed by 50%. Ohio allergist Dr. John Boyles says
“I used to test for soy allergies all the time, but now that
soy is genetically engineered, it is so dangerous that I tell
people never to eat it.”
GM soy, corn, and papaya contain new proteins with allergenic properties.16 In addition, GM soy has up to seven times
more of a known soy allergen.17 Perhaps the US epidemic of
food allergies and asthma is a casualty of genetic manipulation. cont’d on p. 51
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Truth,
Compassion,
and Healing
by Dr. Will Tuttle
Can you remember times in your life when you’ve been blessed by someone’s compassion? I remember times when I’ve been under the weather or
stressed out and received the compassion of a loving touch. I’ve also been on
stage in front of a large crowd and received the compassion of an encouraging, smiling face. I think we all know we would never survive our early months
and years without the loving compassion of our mothers.
W
hat is compassion? Compassion is an inherent
potential within us all. It is not simply a sense
of caring and kindness toward the being before us. It isn’t merely a warm-hearted feeling of empathy
for the suffering of others. It is also the determined and
practical resolve to do whatever is possible to relieve their
suffering, the sustained urge to reduce and eliminate the
suffering they are experiencing.
For this reason, compassion is often referred to as the
highest form of love, and flows out of the truth of our felt
interconnectedness with others. Not confined merely to
the realm of feeling, compassion rouses us to action, in
much the same way we are instinctively roused to action
to defend our own lives, well-being, and interests. What
a blessed miracle compassion is, and though it’s virtually
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unexplainable by our culture’s materialistic orientation, it
is a vital and unrecognized key to social harmony, to spiritual growth, to fulfilling relationships, to living a meaningful life, and to healing of all kinds.
As newborn infants, we are deeply identified with our
mothers. As we develop, we gradually become aware of
ourselves as separate from our mothers and go through a
stage of being quite self-absorbed. Eventually, we develop
the ability to relate to others as independent beings. It is
in our early years we develop the foundation for compassion through the models we see around us, and learn to
imagine and understand the perspective of others. This is
basic moral development.
This natural development of compassion is unfortunately short-circuited by forcing young children to participate
I don’t remember my parents telling me that I could freely
in meat-based meals. What we don’t realize as a culture is
choose whether to eat the first little blobs of meat they
that we desensitize children—and all of us—through our
presented to me. I certainly don’t recall them explaining
daily meals. The subtext of these meals is one of systemthese blobs were the flesh of pigs and turkeys who had
atically excluding certain animals from the sphere of our
been confined their entire lives only to be killed in terror
compassion and moral concern. In our daily food rituals,
and pain. Nor do I remember my school teachers helping
beings are systematically reduced to things, and these
me to understand that fish are highly intelligent, social
rituals instill in all of us the mentality of exclusion and recreatures with the same pain receptors as humans. My
ductionism that is the antithesis of compassion. This is the
minister never pontificated about the suffering of dairy
hidden root of disease, the underlying disaster that churns
cows, whose babies are serially stolen from them so we
at the core of our culture, causing so much of the physical,
can steal their milk. Television never informed my young
social, psychological, and environmental illness proliferatmind of the nightmarish conditions endured by chickens
ing around us.
on egg-production facilities. Never given a choice,
Compassion brings healing. Once we awaken from
I was forced into complicity, completely oblivious to
the collective trance that sees beings merely as things to
the repercussions of my actions. Without knowing the
be used, we become more alive, more aware, and more
truth, how could I have practiced compassion? I had
filled with what the ancients called Sophia: the wisdom
been indoctrinated into the
of intuiting the interconnectedness
aforementioned societal trance.
underlying the apparent outward
The exquisite beauty
The exquisite beauty and potenseparateness. This primeval wisdom
and potential of our brief
tial of our brief adventure on this
is actually lived, not merely intellecEarth is that we can grow, evolve,
tualized. There is a pithy and illumiadventure on this Earth
and awaken to greater capacities of
nating proverb: “To know, and not to
is that we can grow,
love and wisdom. We can become a
do, is not to know.”
evolve, and awaken to
force for spreading freedom, peace,
As Sophia enlightens us, bringing
greater capacities of
and healing. With any inner healing,
wisdom, compassion and healing,
love
and
wisdom.
We
there will be outer healing, and
we recognize our acculturated food
with any healing, there will be
habits. This awakening breaks the
can become a force
change. With any meaningful
cruel indoctrination, promoting living,
for spreading freedom,
change, there will be risk. We may
plant-based foods and discouraging
peace,
and
healing.
find ourselves alone, having lost
inherently violent, animal-based
cherished relationships because
foods. It is then that we experience
we no longer eat the same way, and no longer respond
true healing, both physically and on the deeper causal levels
of our being. Our bodies function better and begin to cleanse unquestioningly to the pervasive social conditioning.
and purify, our mind is clearer, our emotions are more posiHowever, we find we are connected to a deeper source of
tive, our relationships are more harmonious and our buying
joy and inner peace. As we bring our lives into alignment
patterns are more ecologically constructive. We also begin to
with the truth we will discover, we will find even more truth
care more deeply about the Earth, others, and ourselves, and
in the compassion that has grown in our heart, and we will
we evolve spiritually to discover that there is much more to
realize that the rewards are worth infinitely more than artilife than our cultural programming has revealed. In short,
ficial camaraderie. At a deep level, our self-esteem returns,
we become a threat to the established order!
and we realize how participating in the violence pervading
our culture’s meals had reduced our awareness and sense of
We might find people saying to us, “Hey, you can eat
self-worth. Newfound joyfulness blossoms in our heart and
how you like, but don’t tell me what to eat!” In truth, the
we intuit it all directly: truth, compassion, healing—these
only reason anyone in our culture eats animal-based foods
three are inseparable sisters. Cultivating one cultivates the
is because they’ve been told to do so since birth by every
others. We are all connected, and the more deeply we heal
institution in our culture: family, media, religion,
ourselves, the more we bless others. Cultivating compassion
government, education and business. It is never a
is an essential and often unrecognized key to authentic healfreely-arrived-at choice. We have all been, and continue
ing. It’s never too late to begin practicing it! The more we
to be, inundated with messages that eating animalderived foods is a natural, normal, and essential
bless others, the more we are blessed. characteristic of human behavior.
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Food REV-olution at Alternative High School
San Diego School Offers Class in High-Energy Fare
by Rita Robinson
Before Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution for America hit the flat screen, Tammy Cusick was
starting a food REV-olution of her own, teaching 20 alternative high school students how
to change their lives by revving up the quality of what they put in their stomachs.
T
ammy is a science and culinary arts teacher at Palm
Academy, an alternative high school in San Diego.
When she visited her mother last summer in Laguna
Beach, California, little did she know she was about to join
one of the newest prime-time grassroots movements—
changing the way our children eat from junk food that
comes out of boxes, bags and cans to real food that comes
out of the ground.
Tammy started teaching culinary arts last fall to 16- to
18-year-olds at Palm Academy, which is located on the neat,
well-heeled and mostly conservative Coronado Island, also a
Navy base just off the coast in southern San Diego. Before her
trip to Laguna, she told Palm’s principal, Kevin Nicolls, that she
was interested in adding raw foods to her culinary curriculum.
Kevin, a highly approachable administrator with shoulderlength locks who surfs and snowboards, is a five-year raw
foodie and a 29-year “herbivore” (he doesn’t call himself a
vegan or a vegetarian, he says, because “the v-words scare
people”). He told Tammy, regarded as a pretty hip teacher
herself, to run with it.
In Laguna, Tammy happened upon an article in the local
newspaper about a series of raw food classes in town. She
considered it auspicious, and signed up.
The first class she took was on raw appetizers, the second
on green smoothies. Tammy brought her newfound knowledge, surprisingly happy taste buds and a couple of recipe
books back to Palm Academy. She designed the raw foods
course, including an energy survey as well as hands-on food
prep and, of course, eating—the key to getting her teenage
students’ attention.
“The beauty of food with kids is that they love to eat,”
Tammy said. “We get them when they’re hungry, right before
noon, and send them off with at least one good meal in their
stomachs for the rest of the day.”
Palm Academy is an alternative high school for 20 select
students with special circumstances ranging from familial
abuse, emotional problems and drug use to day jobs, pregnancy and accelerated graduation. It’s funded by a California
Department of Education pupil retention block grant and has,
so far, escaped statewide educational program budget cuts.
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One of the first field trips for the raw foods class was to a
co-op in Ocean Beach. “Some of these kids have never seen
an onion outside of a Funyun before,” Tammy commented.
“We bought beautiful organic vegetables and fruits and
made an organic pressed spinach salad with fennel, tomatoes, orange bell pepper, avocado, sunflower sprouts, raw
pine nuts, lemon and olive oil. There wasn’t a bite left.”
One student who had never heard of the raw food diet
before proclaimed, “There’s more vegetables in this salad
than I’ve eaten in my life.” Which said more than a mouthful for some of the other students, too. “None of them turn
their noses up anymore,” said Tammy, known in Coronado’s
culinary circles for her award-winning raw salsa.
Gerardo, 16, a Palm student, has a family history of obesity
and diabetes. “I come from a Mexican culture so there’s a
lot of fried foods and not a lot of healthy stuff,” he said. “But
learning from the class and talking to my parents about it, I
see a little change in what we eat, more vegetables and more
foods that aren’t fried.”
Personally, Gerardo has seen a difference two weeks into
the class. “I feel better than if I eat something that makes me
tired,” he said after eating a jalapeno-spiced curly kale salad
and date-nut torte. “After you eat something like pizza, you
feel sleepy. A lot of people at school are talking about being
vegetarian because they don’t want to eat meat anymore.”
Double-double grease bombs, ketchup sandwiches and
monster-energy drinks are “foods” these kids are familiar
with. Food coma is what they say they get after ingesting
them. “After you eat something like the kale salad,” Gerardo
continued, “you just don’t feel like you need to go to sleep.
You have more energy, and you start thinking that you ate
something healthy that’s not going to make you get fat or
that’s not bad for your body.”
Feeling better is the only answer Tammy wants her
students to get. But there is a bigger message under Palm’s
compassionate teaching methods: They are providing beneficial and life-giving skills to teenagers ready to make the
break from family ties and, sometimes, from generations of
life-depleting habits and behavior.
Scientists from Oxford University in England are conducting
a three-year study in prisons and have found that increased
consumption of “junk” food over the past 50 years has contributed to a rise in violence.
“Our initial findings indicated that improving what people
eat could lead them to behave more sociably as well as
improving their health,” said John Stein, professor of physiology at Oxford in an article in the London-based Independent
newspaper. “This is not an area currently considered in standards of dietary adequacy. We are not saying nutrition is the
only influence on behaviour, but we seem to have seriously
underestimated its importance.”
Kevin was also a teacher and then principal at the two
juvenile halls in San Diego County. A gregarious lead-byexample health advocate, he is knowledgeable in his own
right about the affects of healthy eating on children’s behavior. Kevin has known John Robbins, author of Diet for A New
America, since the early 90s and co-chaired the San Diego
chapter of Earth Save, an environmental campaign Robbins
founded that also helped improve school lunches.
His favorite reaction from the raw foods class at Palm was
when a young man noticed that he and the other students
were better behaved and more focused after making and
drinking a fruit smoothie. “He asked for more,” related Kevin,
“by saying, ‘Can we have some more of that natural Ritalin?’”
The culinary arts class at Palm became so popular last fall
that students at Coronado High School, the island’s traditional
high school with 1,100 students located almost kitty-corner
to Palm, wanted a piece of the program for themselves.
A survey asking them about taking a food class got 200
responses. The number was narrowed down to seniors
only. Eighty applied, about 55 more than the renovated
one-room Palm Academy, originally built as a schoolhouse for kindergarteners, could hold; 25 were accepted.
After three weeks of learning about the bodybenefiting bonuses of eating uncooked and, hence,
enzyme- and energy-rich fruits and vegetables, Dennis,
16, one of the students from the traditional high school,
found the food “unorthodox,” in a good way.
“I actually prefer fixing raw foods,” he said. “It’s more engaging. And I definitely think it gives you way more energy.
I could immediately see the difference. I had a salad last
Friday and went on a trip to the mountains and felt amazing
the whole day, all the way up to the night, and it was just a
salad. It was very unorthodox. I like it.” Rita Robinson is a writer and editor living in Laguna Beach, California, who fell in love
with raw foods six years ago and has never looked back. She lost 20 pounds in two weeks,
“every little naggy health problem went away” and, she added, she got her bikini-body back. To find
out more about her upcoming Ritzy and Raw, Livin’ Is Easy blog, email her at [email protected].
“Some of these kids have never seen an onion other than a Funyun.”
—Tammy Cusick,
culinary arts
teacher
Brian, a student
at Palm Academy, goes
for seconds on a spicy kale salad, with
culinary arts teacher Tammy Cusick standing by.
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An avid runner and kick boxer, Linda was a
single mom of two young boys and going
through a divorce when she was diagnosed
with breast cancer at the young age of 45.
Her doctors were recommending different options. One
suggested removing the lumps. Another suggested that she
remove one breast, and yet another recommended that she
should have both breasts removed possibly followed by six
months of chemotherapy! Linda ended up having a double
mastectomy. Her doctor informed her that the surgery was
fter complaining of bloating, fatigue, sore breasts
and pains from the stomach down her back and leg. a success. They got all of the cancer, there was no cancer in
When she first went to see her gynecologist, he told her lymph nodes, and she did not have to go through chemotherapy. Linda felt so relieved and knew in her heart that
her that she had cysts on her ovaries; she was in menopause
and hormones were the reason why her breasts were so sore. she had made the right decision. If she had the one breast
removed, she felt sure that she would have had to go
He suggested she have a mammogram just to be sure.
through the chemotherapy treatment and she would have
Well, Linda had been having mammograms since she was
to live the next few years wondering if she was going to
30 because of the history of breast cancer in her family.
get cancer in her next breast.
Her grandmother died of breast cancer at the age of 62
“It was amazing,” Linda said that within
and her aunt at the age of 38. The mammogram showed
five
days after she got home from the
cysts in both breasts but the doctor told
hospital, she felt so good. She started
her that he wasn’t particularly worjuicing and was soon exercising
ried about this. He did recommend
again. Linda learned about lymthat she have the cysts
phatic massage and exercise and
on her ovary removed and
began doing it every day, knowing
thankfully, it was benign.
that if she didn’t, she could get
“One day as I was lying
lymph edema. She felt that she
on my back, I discovered a
was on the road to recovery!
lump in my breast and imAbout a year later,
mediately called my doctor. He
Linda
started having
said it was probably the cyst and
stomach
pains again –
that it had gotten a little larger
more
cysts
on her ovaries
because of the recent surgery. Not
and they were bursting.
to worry. But the lump got bigger
by Babs E. Keller
She
couldn’t
walk. She couldn’t
over the next few weeks so my docbreathe.
She
had
too many white
tor scheduled me for a lumpectomy.
blood
cells,
blood
in
her urine and kept
I was in the office having the stitches
having irregular pap tests. Her doctor advised
removed two weeks later when the results
her
to
get
a
full
abdominal hysterectomy, and surgery was
unexpectedly came in. I was more than
booked
for
December
15th. Then someone told her about the
nervous. Many things were running through my
healing
benefits
of
wheatgrass
and Linda started doing 6
mind. My heart dropped when the doctor came in and said,
ounces a day (2 ounces 3 times a day) for a full 3 weeks. Four
“I am so sorry.” I thought I would die right there. Here I was
days before the surgery they tested her again, and her white
all by myself…all I could do was think about my boys…. What
blood cell count was normal, no more blood in the urine and
would they do? Who will raise them? Then I thought of my
her pap test was also normal. Her surgeon was amazed and
mother….she didn’t have a clue. I hadn’t told anyone before
asked her what she had been doing. When Linda told her
this about the lump. They would all be devastated.”
that she had been drinking wheatgrass, her doctor told her
Linda then started researching breast cancer on the
to keep it up….but still recommended she have the surgery,
Internet and that scared her even more. Her family was
which she did.
very supportive and tried to help her investigate her
Now it is a year later again…and Linda recently spent three
options. Finally, a friend told her that he knew someone
weeks
at Hippocrates absorbing an immense amount of
who had breast cancer that had spread to her bones. She
information
from their three week Life Change Program.
went to some ‘Alternative Health’ institute in Florida and
Her
most
liberating
experience at Hippocrates was when she
he suggested that she speak with her. She did…and it turned
was in a group of 75 people during a lecture, and there was a
out to be Hippocrates Health Institute. This gave Linda some
doctor speaking about lymphatic massage. Linda shyly raised
comfort but she was still leaning towards having surgery.
A
The
COURAGE
to Look
Beyond
The Linda Morin
Interview
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“Ladies! Listen!
You don’t need a breast to be a woman. Women
are ashamed and think
that without breasts, they are less than a
woman! This couldn’t be further from the truth.”
—Linda Morin
It is very clear to Linda now. She was meant to have this exher hand to ask a question… “My chest is swollen and my
perience. She is meant to help other women going through
arm is sore…what can I do for this?” Linda felt such shame
the same experience realize there is no need for shame…
and embarrassment about having had the mascectomy that
they will not be loved any less because they do not have
she didn’t want to look at herself. The doctor asked her if
breasts. It is okay…. “We don’t need to have reconstructive
she would mind taking off her shirt in front of everyone.
surgery. We can and must accept that we made this choice.
She will always remember that incredible moment. She did
We must be strong.
not think she had the courWe must have courage.
age, but suddenly she asked
everyone if they were ready.
We don’t have to put
A hush fell over the room.
ourselves through any more
She could hear her own
pain. In society, women are
heart pounding.
loved for their breasts—the
“I took my top off…in
bigger the better and if they
front of everyone…when
aren’t large enough, they
I had thought that it was
have implants put in! This
the most disgusting thing
makes it especially hard for
that anybody could ever
those women who had no
see because that is what I
choice but to go through
saw in my eyes…that I was
such radical surgery.”
disgusting.” But Linda was
Linda knows now that
stunned to see the faces of
she must teach women
those watching…stunned
how to love themselves
to see their reaction. The
for who they are. She now
whole room was silent, but
looks at her cancer as a
the looks on their faces
gift! She beat cancer….it did
were not that of disgust.
not beat her. She has more
They appeared supportive
energy ever and feels half
and honored. Afterwards
her age, biking and rollereveryone approached her
blading sometimes three to
with loving support and
four hours a day. She is sure
told her how beautiful she
to do her chest exercises
was. Linda felt beautiful
every day and wants to
again! And as the doctor
help educate other women
massaged her stomach, liver and
about lymph edema and how
her chest and everyone watched
very important these lymphatic
as they saw him moving her lymph
massages are.
nodes. The swelling went away and
“I know now that when people
so did the pain.
look at me, they look at me because
She says this whole experience
of me…and not my breasts.” She
“We don’t need to have reconstructive
completely changed her life forever.
no longer feels embarrassed about
surgery. We can and must accept that losing her breasts and wants womShe needed this to happen. How
we made this choice. We must be strong. en to know that there is no need to
long had she felt unhappy and
angry? She was mad at the world.
feel ashamed. It is okay! She knows
We must have courage.
She had even questioned why she
she is a beautiful woman. “Having
was going to Hippocrates Health
cancer has taught me so much.
Institute…what was the point? She
It has made me appreciate life and
was breastless and nothing would
want to help other people. It has
change that!
made me a better person.” I would like to thank my dear friend L.K. Lourie, M.D. for her love and support.
Linda invites you to call her at (613) 850-4006 or email to [email protected] anytime.
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On a path
to the
truth…
by Hanni Brzobohaty
Truth is often described as something
in accord with a particular reality, or
being in accord with the body of fidelity
to an original or to a standard. But when
people’s standards differ, what is really
the truth?
This question has puzzled me since
I learned to think. I remember, when
I was a little girl, everything was about
exploring the truth of life.
F
rom the very start, we are taught by parents, teachers, elders and priests to always speak the truth.
I quickly learned that even though they said truth is
a good thing, there was hardly anyone who really followed
this rule. When people did follow it, they were often faced
with unexpected and unpleasant results.
Like me, I’m sure you can remember telling someone
the truth about something, thinking your input would
be appreciated, but instead they became upset with you.
Like most people in today’s world, I have learned to hide
or distort the truth or to simply keep it to myself.
My life became filled with suffering, pain and depression. I felt angry inside and, hoping to escape from it all,
I often engaged in self-destructive behavior, which led to
only deeper negative patterns.
Often feeling weak and hopeless, I realized that I needed
to change my lifestyle in order to become fully happy,
healthy and independent. I decided to start with bringing
more truth into my life again. But this time I was determined to discover the “real” truth, and make a lifelong
habit of sharing it with others.
Ask and you shall receive…
I began to realize that thoughts really do create our reality, an idea expressed by the Universal Law of Attraction.
Suddenly I experienced signs, proving this law to be very
real. The more I focused on truth, love and light, the more
I started to attract it into my life—like a magnet.
One day I found myself at a spiritual development
center. I’d visited with hopes of finding truth. I picked up
a magazine there called Healing our World. I was intrigued
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and all signs of my depression began to melt away.
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one, and all is love. Namaste
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Real People
The Rod Rotondi Story
Raw food’s allure of healthy food and enzymatic bliss has many converts.
However, many who wish to transition to this healing diet find it a bit daunting.
The demands of fresh, organic produce and the ability to prepare this food in an
interesting, and affordable way deters many people who would like to experience this nutrient dense way of life.
Rod Rotondi, raw food chef, restaurateur, author, DVD and TV personality and
health proponent has made it his personal mission to “Make it easy for people to
eat healthy food.” “Easy translates to delicious, convenient, and affordable,” says
Rod. “People are ready to make the move, but in the real world that’s not always
so easy. My goal is to make “Raw Food for Real People.” “So I do that by creating
restaurants, packaged foods people can buy at their local natural foods retailer,
a book and DVD “Raw Food for Real People” which teaches people how to make
food at home and am working on some TV opportunities to get the word out.”
One of Rod’s greatest passions is teaching raw foods preparation and the
raw foods lifestyle. With 15 years under his belt, Rod is one of the most experienced raw food chefs and teachers in the field. He travels and teaches around
the world. Rod’s book and DVDs, “Raw Food for Real People” are the culmination
of his artistry and years of experience. They both offer everything you need to
master raw food preparation and lifestyle. The book is published by New World
Library whose authors include such luminaries as Eckart Tolle, Deepak Chopra
and Joseph Campbell. The DVD package includes 3 DVDs and an amazing 3-day
voyage to a raw food lifestyle at a desert retreat with 15 real people and totally
professional production. Both the book and the DVD include contributions from
Dr. Brian Clement, Director of the Hippocrates Health Institute, as well as several
other leaders in the field.
Rotondi is more than just a raw food enthusiast; he is a former Program
Manager for the United Nations Development Program. He spent about 15 years
in the third world helping to support private sector development. Returning
from his world travels and with his Masters from the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy and UN experience, Rod created Leaf Organics (formerly Leaf Cuisine)
in Los Angeles, which eventually had three restaurants and a packaged foods
company distributing throughout all of California including virtually all the
Whole Foods stores. In fact, it’s very likely that no one has fed as many people
raw foods as Rod Rotondi. While he has recently restructured due to the recession, Rod has several new ventures in the offing including more restaurants,
packaged foods, books and DVDs.
Rod uses the oldest and healthiest food preparation techniques known to
man. He doesn’t heat any food above 110 F. “It’s nature stripped of artifice and
pared down to the naked genius humans were meant to enjoy”, Rotondi says of
this healthy cuisine. “Its just unadulterated food from nature- fresh, organic and
delicious. But first, it’s delicious.”
Rod is available for teaching, business consulting and product and recipe
development. To learn more about Rod, go to his website at www.rodrotondi.com.
Protein is something everyone likes to talk about. Plantbased eaters, especially those who consume high raw and
vegan diets, often find themselves on the defensive end
of these conversations. This is unfortunate, but the
tables are slowly turning. It is now common knowledge
that cholesterol, found in all animal products, greatly
increases the risk of heart disease, often leading to a
heart attack or stroke. Eggs and red meat are notorious
for being high in cholesterol, so some avoid beef and eggs
and look to chicken or fish as protein sources. While lower in cholesterol than fatty cuts of red meat or egg yolks,
poultry and seafood still contain substantial amounts
of cholesterol. People are best served to avoid cholesterol
altogether by eating a plant-based diet.
Is Your Favorite Protein
Powder Causing Cancer—
or Preventing it?
by Dr. Vaughn Tyson
M
ost everyone is familiar with Dr. T. Colin
Campbell’s landmark work, detailed in his book,
The China Study. Campbell’s research dealt with
casein, which is the primary protein component in cow’s
milk and cheese. In his study, rats were fed casein above their
protein needs, which caused tumors in the rats. The protein
needs of a rat are similar to those of a human, per capita.1
In Campbell’s experiment, the rats were fed up to 20% of
their diet as protein. According to the National Health and
Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003–2004, protein intake
for Americans ranged from 13.4% of total calories in children
aged 4–8 years to 16% of total calories in men aged 51–70
years.2 Additionally, the National Strength and Conditioning
Association (NSCA) recommends consumption of 0.4–0.8
grams of protein per pound of body weight for exercise
levels ranging from sporadically active to very active.3
Basing caloric needs on the Mayo Clinic’s online calculator,
the high end of this protein range is about 18% of total
calories. Moderate exercisers need only about 11% protein.
Considering these numbers, it’s easy to see the relevance
of Campbell’s work regarding protein consumption.
Traditional bodybuilding and sports diets, especially those
targeting muscle growth, typically far exceed the NSCA’s
protein recommendation, often doubling it. One can simply
search the internet for “macronutrient ratios” and they’ll
find that countless people are eating 30% or more of their
calories as protein. Whey protein is a popular product to
supplement the diets of those aiming to reach this protein
surplus. Whey is the byproduct of the manufacture of cheese
or casein. All animal-based proteins, including powders made
from milk or egg whites, should be avoided because of the
disease-causing elements they contain.
The trend in sales of protein products indicates people
are learning the truth about animal proteins. According to
2008 research from Global Industry Analysts, annual sales
of protein ingredients are expected to top $18 billion by the
end of 2010. While animal protein ingredients account for
69% of the market, the plant protein ingredients market
was the faster growing segment, with a projected growth
rate of about 8% through 2013. 4 There are several plantbased protein powders on the market—rice, hemp and
soy are all popular options. None of these protein sources
have cholesterol or casein, but there’s something very
special about a particular variety of rice protein. Sun Warrior
sprouted whole grain brown rice protein has cancer-fighting
properties without the hormone activity of soy. Sun Warrior’s
unique bio-fermentation / sprouting process offers the
first complete hypoallergenic protein to hit the market.
This raw, vegan protein offers a complete amino acid profile.
cont’d on p. 47
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Where Are They Now?
The First Lady
of the Guitar
The Liona Boyd Interview
by Alissa Helene
Love Springs Eternal over Wheatgrass
by Greg Badal and Kathy Gray
THEN…
NOW…
There must be something in the water—or maybe the
wheatgrass juice. We first met in 2006 while attending the
three week Life Change Program at Hippocrates Health Institute (HHI). We both got a bit more of a “Life Change” than
we’d bargained for. Who would have thought that a chance
meeting in South Florida would have led to us falling in love
and deciding to spend the rest of our lives together?
At the end of our stay at HHI, we did what is common
practice for many of the graduates—we exchanged email
addresses. We both went home to our separate lives in different parts of the country. We kept in touch over the coming
months, and many emails gave way to many phone calls as
feelings began to develop. These conversations were our only
contact until the following year, when we agreed to meet
at HHI again. It was during this visit we had our first date.
That was February 14, 2007, and we have since returned to
Hippocrates each year to celebrate our anniversary date, but
now we return as a couple. Who would have thought that
wheatgrass juice could be such a wonderful aphrodisiac?
The old adage “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure” rings very true. We believe it is through a living foods
diet, regular exercise, and plenty of fresh air and pure water
we can prevent many of the illnesses that have become
commonplace—and sadly accepted as “the norm” in modern
society. It is our desire to see others adopt a healthy lifestyle,
built on a diet of raw, living foods. Therefore, we started
Harvest Time Sprouts, Inc. Through our company, we support
others in their desire to grow their own living foods at home.
Not only do we provide the raw materials needed, such as
organic nuts and seeds, we draw on our years of living foods
experience to give practical advice. This helps people update
their kitchens for their healthy new lifestyles. A visit to our
website www.harvesttimesprouts.com will provide kitchen
tips, recipes and very appealing prices for organic nuts and
seeds, as well as kitchen equipment.
TOMORROW…
We plan to continue our annual treks to HHI every February 14. If you happen to be there during that week, we look
forward to meeting you and sharing sprouting stories over a
cup of green juice or wheatgrass. Until then, you can contact
us through email at [email protected] or visit
our website www.harvesttimesprouts.com.
Happy juicing and warm regards,
Greg and Kathy
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Liona Boyd, “The First Lady of the Guitar,” gave her first “concert” at age eight in a talent
competition. At age thirteen she asked her parents for a guitar as a Christmas present.
After hearing a concert by the great English guitarist, Julian Bream, Liona was determined
to master the instrument. She has since introduced millions of people around the world to
classical guitar, releasing twenty recordings, many of which have gone gold and platinum.
Recently, Liona graduated from the Life Change Program at Hippocrates Health Institute.
Tell us about your stay here at
Hippocrates Health Institute (HHI).
Ever since subscribing to “Healing Our World” magazine I’ve
wanted to find two or three weeks in my busy schedule to
treat myself to a stay at HHI. When I saw an opening this
past February, I jumped at the opportunity. It was truly a life
changing experience—and one that enabled me to finally let
go of my sugar and caffeine dependencies.
Staying at HHI felt akin to being back in university, always
so many fascinating lectures and workshops to attend,
and with like minded people. Drs. Brian and Anna Maria
Clement’s talks were particularly enlightening and
I treasure meeting them and their smiling children. I was
one of the fortunate guests who had come seeking to
prevent rather than to heal disease, and when I heard
other visitors recounting their struggles, it made me more
grateful than ever for the good health I’ve always enjoyed.
The staff were incredibly kind, and the living food banquets
were scrumptious. Eating sprouted food so full of life and
nutrition made me wonder why humans feel the need to
eat and abuse living creatures—and slowly destroy our once
beautiful planet in the process.
The Hippocrates Life Change Program involves examination of blood samples through a high-powered microscope.
The magnified image is displayed in real time on a large
video screen. When I arrived, my blood cells were clumped
together from too much sugar. After just two weeks at
HHI, the cells were floating freely. What more graphic
evidence could there be that my health was improving?
As a lifelong vegetarian, I had always believed my diet was
healthy. It has certainly been better than most, but harsh
Connecticut winters had me accustomed to my “comfort
drink” of hot chocolate, not to mention my three or four
daily cups of British tea with almond milk and honey. After
my stay at Hippocrates Health Institute, I’m thrilled to have
kicked my sugar and caffeine habit and I shall now be keeping warm with herbal teas, and enjoying the best drink of
all…water!
Where do you draw inspiration for writing romantic
music, outside the realm of personal relationships?
I find inspiration in many places; something that deeply
touches my heart, an ephemeral vision, a memory of a
beautiful place I’ve visited, a haunting rhythm or melody
that suddenly comes to me when I least expect it. Most of
my music over the years has been purely instrumental and
I’ve composed in many styles: Classical; Baroque; Spanish;
Orchestral; Latin; film scores and most recently, Seven Journeys,
Music for the Soul and the Imagination, which was a mystical
and “guided” project from start to finish. I’ve worked with
many sound studios in many countries, but this time the
producer and orchestrator, Peter Bond, made my guitar sound
as close to heavenly as a guitar ever will.
Universal Music described it as “Vangelis meets Enya
meets Morricone.” I know this particular music has a spiritual
dimension, unlike anything I’ve ever done before, and I’m
delighted that HHI will be carrying it in their store and using
it for their healing therapies. cont’d on p. 37
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The Sun Comes Out in Brooklyn
Sun In Bloom Restaurant Review
Darlene and Bill Bento
W
hen growing up, we were always told to avoid
Brooklyn since there were a lot of tough people
there. Weren’t we surprised to drive over the
bridge from Manhattan onto Bergen Avenue and take a slight
right where we found pure food in a sweet and bright environment? As we got out of the car, we noticed lots of smiling faces
and families. We wondered where all the rough guys were.
Walking into Sun in Bloom was a bit like flying above
the clouds in a plane and reaching the sunshine. The cozy
environment was filled with the chatter of happy patrons
enjoying tasty living cuisine. What a surprise it was to find
the menu offered so many familiar choices. We started our
meal with a shot of wheatgrass accompanied by a large
fresh green drink. This shot in the arm propelled us into a
state of nourished calm. We then began snacking on Kale
Chips which was reminiscent of a tastier version of the
unmentionable fare of the past. When our salads arrived, we
were stunned at their generous portions, and when tasting
its crisp, fresh flavor, our digestive fluids began to flourish.
SIB’s rockin’ veggie gave us something to nibble on until my
western raw burrito and Bills Living Bloom Burger arrived.
These delights were so pleasing and fulfilling that Bill and
I remarked that we may not have room for one of the glorious desserts offered on their eatable offerings. We sat and
chatted for a moment with some of the fellow guests so
that our little bellies could make room for the remarkable
raw almond cream pie that tasted like my mother’s recipe.
The happy servers and Amy Follette, the proprietor, made
us realize that part of what we had experienced in the food
was the joy that they rendered in their preparation and
presentation. Now when I talk about Brooklyn, I will tell
people to go to the happy Borough that harbors one of
the finest raw vegan restaurants on the
planet. Be sure that if you are one of the
lucky ones living in the central northeast
to make this a constant waterhole! For
the rest of us who on occasion visit New
York, this is a stop waiting to happen.
Read more about Sun in Bloom on their
website, www.SunInBloom.com.
The First Lady of the Guitar, cont’d from p. 35
Only your recent music has featured your voice.
Would you like to talk about that?
About ten years ago I noticed that when I played guitar,
the fingers on my right hand were not as agile as they used
to be. Naturally, I practiced more and more to remedy the
problem. In hindsight, this was the worst thing I could
have done. After a few years of consulting every imaginable
doctor, therapist and quack, the National Institutes of Health
in Washington, DC, diagnosed me as having the “incurable
neurological disease” of Task Specific Focal Dystonia, and
tried unsuccessfully to treat me with Botox injections. I was
absolutely devastated. There was nothing wrong with my
fingers, but through over-practice, the neuro-receptors in
my brain that handled guitar-specific movements had been
overtaxed and the brain maps had become “smudged.” This
happens to many concert performers on every instrument.
It’s a tragic irony that doing the thing you most love can lead
to this condition. Knowing I still had so much music to share
with the world, I decided it was time for a fresh start. I left
Los Angeles, divorced my husband who could not understand
my artistic obsession, and set off on a journey to find a way
to keep the guitar in my life.
In a moment of epiphany, I decided to simplify my technique and to write songs with lyrics. I realized I needed to
sing to make my music flow again, so I began writing and
recording songs. While I could still play certain classical guitar techniques perfectly, my fingers no longer flew around
the strings on auto-pilot. Focal Dystonia forced me to put
my career on hold for several years, and now I’m trying to
rebuild the success I once had (I’d sold millions of CDs in my
“virtuoso” days) and I’m excited to be performing again.
Was there a hesitation early in your career to sing?
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Yes. It actually goes back to my childhood. I was thrown out
of my English school choir in London when I was seven and
told I couldn’t sing. I was so insecure about my voice, I used
to lip synch “Happy Birthday”! I wrote many songs thinking
I’d never sing them and used to be envious of singers, believing singing just wasn’t in my cards in this lifetime. Those
judgmental words from my teacher and from others made
me unable to even attempt singing. Even my own family
seemed to confirm that opinion. It was very difficult to let
go of this false belief and I tried everything from Hypnosis
to Emotional Freedom Technique. Now that I’ve worked
through those insecurities, I find I love singing and I’ll be performing on stage in two months time. I’m very excited—
a bit apprehensive, of course, but I’m glad I improved my diet
in time to get into fighting form!
How has this newfound love for singing shaped your
life beyond the recording studio?
Reinventing myself as a singer at this stage in my life took
an enormous amount of effort and strength and blind faith.
I had to overcome not just external negative forces, but my
own insecurities about whether I could really make it happen as I was plagued by doubt. Now that I’ve been able to
conquer this and last year recorded “Liona Boyd Sings Songs
of Love”, a collection of seventeen beautiful love songs (distributed by Universal Music), I have learned to truly appreciate my own voice and I’ve discovered my own singing style.
I’ve written poetry since I was five years old, so writing the
lyrics came naturally and was a real joy.
As I relaunch my career as a singer/songwriter/guitarist,
I am realizing how Focal Dystonia, which I had thought of
as a curse, is turning out to be the biggest blessing in my life
and an exciting new challenge. This ostensible setback has
presented me with possibilities I had never dreamed of.
My goal is to prove, by example, to other middle aged
women and men that if you are truly determined enough
you can make a seemingly impossible dream come true,
whatever your biological age.
Performing at my Hippocrates graduation ceremony was
a real pleasure. It was also the very first time I’d sung alone
before a live audience. I chose a song I’d written about the
struggles of a lonely little seabird bravely fighting storms,
cold winds and other forces before finding the warm land
and the welcome of other flocks. The challenges my seabird
faced parallel those many of the guests at the institute
have had to deal with. I’m sure we all feel like the “warm
winds” have eventually blown us to a safe haven when we
arrive at HHI!
You’re also a painter and a poet. Can you tell us more
about these creative outlets?
I’ve always been a very creative person. My parents encouraged individuality in all their children. I suppose I inherited
their artistic talents as I love to dance and paint, although
music has always been my biggest passion. Of all the arts, I
believe music touches our souls at the most profound level. It
can be stimulating, annoying, joyful, painful, nostalgic, exuberant or haunting. The right music can inspire, soothe, relax
and heal us—even under the insane conditions of modern life.
I’ve always enjoyed writing and I love coming up with
words, music and rhymes that magically fit together.
In order to give my fans a glimpse behind the scenes in
a concert artist’s life, I wrote an autobiography in 1998,
In My Own Key, my Life in Love and Music. I also write poetry
and there are a few samples along with some paintings
posted on www.LionaBoyd.com. cont’d on p. 48
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Rawducation!
Health Educators in the News
By Linda Frees
The
Truth About
Self-acceptance
by Andy Bernay-Roman
In 1969, pop psychiatrist, Thomas A. Harris, MD, wrote a self-help manual
called, I’m OK, You’re OK, which became a runaway bestseller, and its title became a catch phrase in the ‘70s. What a nice attitude. It says “I accept myself
as OK, and I accept you as OK.” Sounds great, but what if I don’t feel OK about
myself? Am I then stuck with, “I’m not OK, but you are”? Does that mean everyone else is somehow more real and entitled than I am? If I’m that “not-OK,”
I’m lucky to get scraps. I’ll end up settling for the short end of the stick in every
arena of my life. Happiness is for others, not me. Woe is me, poor, poor pitiful
not-OK me. What a demeaning way to live in the world!
“OK
-ness” is a subjective assessment of the self
based on ideas and feelings, mostly from
the past. If I had a family who praised,
appreciated, adored, and guided me, I’d probably end up
feeling OK about myself, in spite of any external forces. It
wouldn’t matter what I looked like or what my flaws were.
However, if I had parents who ignored, demeaned, shamed,
or belittled me, I’d probably end up feeling bad and not-OK
about myself, even if there were positive external forces.
I’ve seen supermodels doubt their good looks, and met
wealthy people who feel financially insecure. OK-ness or
self-esteem is like the rudder of a sailboat: when it’s deep
the vessel can endure huge waves; when it’s shallow or
missing, the boat can capsize in puddle-deep water.
The good news is that whatever has been done can be
undone, and whatever hasn’t been done yet, can still be
done. I love that about human freedom. I love that as a
therapist. When I witness someone with an arid past and
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bad sense of self recover or discover a fundamental sense
of OKness, it makes my work worthwhile. The hard-earned
sense of OK-ness claimed through working a 12-step
program, or therapy, or just plain life-lessons, is sweet.
Elizabeth Kuebler-Ross was a psychiatrist famous for
identifying the five stages of the death and dying process.
She took Dr. Harris’ statement, “I’m OK, You’re OK” a step
further by saying, “I’m not OK, and you’re not OK. But
that’s OK.” Now there’s a humanism I can live with! In her
model, I don’t even have to be OK to experience OK-ness!
It’s like a free ticket to the circus! Come on in! Admit one!
Everyone welcome!
Self-acceptance means one can admit to being flawed,
laugh at one’s own quirks, screw up without declaring
oneself a screw-up. Self-acceptance means recognizing
it’s not a sin — or stupid — to not know the answer. Selfacceptance says maybe I’m not right about something, but
I’m right with my core. cont’d on p. 56
Are you interested in finding and following
your passion? Raoul Valle followed his passion. Utilizing the education and life-changing
experience he received here at Hippocrates,
he is now inspiring hundreds of people to
gain better health and lead vibrant lives.
I met Raoul when we both took the Health Educator course
in 2006. We were class buddies, and we had many great
times together while we studied, shared and dreamed of
all the great things we would do as Health Educators once
we were set free! He went forth to further his knowledge,
and he has fully embodied his title of Certified Hippocrates
Health Educator.
I caught up with Raoul at The Green Wave Café, the raw
food restaurant and learning center he and his wife, Lisa,
opened in Plantation, Florida. He was receiving the early
morning delivery of beautiful organic vegetables that are
sold each Monday morning in his organic market.
Before we get started with questions about your awesome café, let‘s talk about your experience as a Health
Educator student. Why did you take the course?
I took the 3 week Life Change Program in July of 2006 and
when I left I had a million questions! So I decided to take the
Health Educator course in October. I took the course because
I wanted more answers.
Were your questions answered?
Many of them were! The rest came with time. I’m still
continuing my “education” by talking to people and going
to seminars. It’s an ongoing, lifelong journey. The Health
Educator course is not an end-all, it’s just a great beginning.
As Dr. Brian Clement teaches us, “Follow your passion and
read, read, read!” That’s just what I did—I followed my
passion.
What was your passion after finishing your course?
It was the raw foods, particularly their healing effects.
It’s amazing how profoundly your health can respond to
something so simple. People think they need a doctor or a
prescription or a plant from the Himalayas to cure them, but
their own bodies can often heal themselves. It’s not rocket
science. Give your body the right fuel and it will improve.
I remember when we finished the course you were
really excited about enzymes.
Absolutely! After five days with Viktoras Kulvinskas (the
father of living foods) it would be hard not to be fascinated
by enzymes. Before I met Viktoras, I had read Dr. Edward
Howell’s book, Enzyme Nutrition, and according to Howell, by
the age of 50, enzyme production is down to 30% and by age
70 its only 15%. That’s a huge factor in determining whether
we will age well—or not so well.
You began selling the HHI-zymes (Hippocrates enzyme
supplement) to your friends and family, correct?
Yes, I took advantage of the wholesale opportunity we
Health Educators have to sell the Hippocrates line of supplements. I sold them primarily to my family and friends.
Did you see changes in their health?
My mom always used to have trouble digesting her food.
She said it would just sit in her stomach. Viktoras taught us
that as people age, one of the first enzymes that is depleted
is amylase (the enzyme that digests starches). Just after
she began taking the enzymes, she called and said she had
started digesting her food again! Not only are you enhancing
digestion by taking enzymes, you are also absorbing more of
the nutrients in your food.
I understand your own health was improved by this
program and lifestyle.
Oh my God, yes! It was like night and day. People are always
amazed when they see my picture from 10 years ago. I look like
an old man! My cholesterol dropped from 240 to 150 within a
few weeks (without medication), I lost 60 pounds (I’m back to
my weight from high school), and my blood pressure went from
high back to normal. My PSA count went from 12 down to 2, and
I’d bet it’s even lower now. Everything functions normally now,
even my intestines. My energy level is higher and I sleep better.
And you have a beautiful raw food restaurant that’s
really thriving.
Yes. It began when my wife, Lisa, and I wanted to teach raw
food cuisine and preparation. Lisa got her Raw Chef Certification and we decided to open up a school. Once we got all the
permits from the county, we realized our school could double as
a restaurant. cont’d on p. 56
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We live in exciting times. Like never before, we
realize that we can indeed individually change
our life, our philosophy, and our consciousness.
We are less confined by conventions than ever
before. We can recreate the world around us
and render it more peaceful and sustainable.
We can alter our patterns of behavior and
get closer to our true inner being. When we
actively participate in positive change, we
derive a new sense of purpose not only for
ourselves but also for our children. And when
we change our own paradigm from one
of defensive reaction to one of co-creating
the world, we enable our children to live
empowered, truthful, and more conscious lives.
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wo days ago, I sat in my friend Claudia’s kitchen. I had
come to see her new baby girl. Adoring the infant,
I almost forgot about her two year-old son, Zinou.
He was busy constructing a castle on the living room floor
when I spotted him. “Would you like to come and eat with
us?” I asked, and his answer was a smiling “YES.” Within
seconds he was among us at the table, on the chair and,
oops, on top of the table among the food. “Hey,” his mother
called wanting to stop him—but instead, she stopped herself, and smiled at him, “Show your baby sister,” she continued in a different tone, “that the table is for eating, and the
chair is for sitting. Thank you so much!” Zinou looked at his
two month-old sister, waved to her, sat down in the chair
and poked a piece of raw cake onto his fork. “Table for eating.
Chair for sitting, Yes?” he looked at his sister and then at
me for support. “WOW! you know how to teach your sister?”
I asked him, and he answered with a serious face of almost
grave importance, “Yes!” Then his attention turned to a bird
outside the window “Bird is eating, too, Yes?” he announced,
poking his fork at the window. “Yes, it looks like the bird is
hungry, too.” I confirmed and we both nodded.
Suddenly I realized the complete absence of the word “No”
in this little interaction between all of us. My own epiphany
made me laugh and I shared it with Claudia. It became clear
that, while our ‘gut’ reaction may still be the defensive, negative one, we can transform it, as did Claudia, in the moment,
into a co-creating one. “Zinou’s favorite word is ‘yeees’—he
sings it like a tune,” she laughed. That’s because he is not
patterned by defensive behavior from the start, I thought.
When we become aware that the defensive paradigm
is a learned cultural one and not a natural, in-born ‘fight
or flight’ reaction, we swing the doors wide-open to a new,
joy-centered sense of existence.
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Our old Western culture requires us to grow up in fear.
From the moment of birth, and preceding that moment,
we are absorbing our mother’s fears and are literally taught
to expect adversity of nature, evil intent of fellow humans,
pain and loss of health and wealth and fear of everything
imaginable. As soon as we can move about as toddlers, we
are taught all the things we are not allowed to do. When we
enter formal education, the fear of grades and test scores is
added. We hear threats of terrible consequences to our actions long before we hear praise and encouragement. We are
raised internalizing the words no and don’t much more than
yes and do. Consequently, our brains become physically patterned by negative definitions of ourselves and of the world.
Our initiative and self-confidence are crippled.
Our new, global culture, however, the culture in which we
begin to take responsibility for our life and for the planet as
a whole, allows us to change this fear-driven approach to a
trust-based approach. Just as we can choose to take responsibility for pollution and global warming, or for our body and
its healing, we can choose to let our children grow up with
confidence of their ultimate importance. When teachers or
parents bring the notion of trust and co-responsibility into
the classroom or home, children do not need to be ‘taught’
responsibility; they will absorb the notion; they will participate in, and lead the exploration of the subject to be learned.
In my book titled Freedom-Fun-Genius, I call this shift of
paradigm “Turning Learning into Adventure” (SILC Books,
2010). In the book’s conclusion, I suggest, “go ahead, overestimate your child’s ability and literally run with it. Your child
will most likely live up to your overestimation.” When we
trust (not coerce), we can see amazing results.
Leaving out no and replacing it with yes, leaving out fear
and replacing it with trust may well be the most important
steps toward an education in consciousness. Being without
fear changes our energy field, changes our body chemistry—
including the scent that animals can smell—and elevates
our understanding of everything around us. Living without
fear also means we no longer are afraid of the truth. We can
overcome culturally imposed inhibitions and shame and
speak about everything with our children; be it death, sex,
the Twin Towers, or the War on Drugs. We no longer need to
hide in conventions or be oppressed by them. We no longer
need to be ashamed of our bodies or of our past actions.
Instead of regret and depression, we can employ self-reflection and learning. This does not mean that we condemn all
conventions and traditions. We can consciously adapt to
and enjoy them wherever we choose to do so—such as in
Tree Photo Left to right: Takura Sophia, Soraya Sophia, David Muschert
Couch Photo Clockwise from left to right: Franziska Gavrilov; Soraya Sophia; Takura Sophia; Paul Puetz
participating, for example, in a relative’s traditional Muslim
or Catholic wedding or a Native American powwow. Here,
we teach our children to respect and enjoy people’s rituals
and fashions even while we would not condone some of the
individual behaviors displayed in them.
The concept of a creative, positive environment leading
toward higher consciousness is not entirely new in education. In the year 1919, Dr. Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher
and educator, founded the first Waldorf School on then
radically ‘positive’ principles: “Receive the child in reverence,
Educate the child in love, Let the child go forth in freedom”
(Dr. R. Steiner). These revolutionary principles for child rearing
have resurfaced in many forms throughout the twentieth
century and have spread around the world. Not only do we
now find over 2,000 Waldorf preschools, schools, colleges,
and teacher training institutions in over 50 countries, we
also find many other institutions and homeschool settings
embracing the concepts of a loving, positive, consciousnessraising education.
Over the first decade of this century, we have discovered the Law of Attraction, The Secret, and many paths to
personal success through a shift in consciousness. We now
have the tools to overcome dependency on ‘the authorities.’
Consequently, we now also have the ability to devise entirely
new forms of education. We no longer need the ‘enslavement’ of children in centralized school systems that remind
us of large plantations in which all slaves have to do the
same repetitious labor by filling in blanks on forms devised
by the ‘masters.’ Today, we can overcome the military structures in which our little soldier students sit in straight rows
and respond to the call of duty without thought or choice
(and no, I don’t mean multiple choice). Today we can create
dynamic and circular structures in which children co-create
their environment.
In a new effort to enable such co-creation by students and
teachers, many European Waldorf schools have implemented
the ‘moving classroom’ concept. Throughout the early
grades, the children not only bring things from nature into
the classroom, they also rearrange the physical space of their
classroom many times a day for different activities. They may
be sitting on cushions in a circular arrangement, stacking
up their benches to form a half-circle auditorium, creating a
landscape for a dramatic scene with colorful cloth, or forming small group tables at which to share a meal. Not only are
these settings esthetically pleasing, the children have been
physically active in the co-creation and rearranging of the
world around them. They have built beautiful environments
in which ever-changing new creativity can grow. In non-military, inclusive (rather than hierarchical) structures, children
will learn to co-create dynamic environments in which reverence for our endless individual differences is the basis for collaboration (rather than segregation). These environments are
free of competitive test scores and filled with student inventions and explorations; environments in which sharing, not
greed, will lead to a sense of wealth; environments in which
violent rebellion becomes unnecessary because pondering
new paradigms to co-create the world is possible.
Today, we can appreciate the fact that Albert Einstein was
a daydreamer, slow learner, considered “retarded,” and told by
his teachers that he would never amount to anything much.
Today, we comprehend that he was just avoiding the negative
influences of the ‘authorities’ around him and retreating into
an inner space to develop his imagination. And that is exactly
what an education toward consciousness requires: imagination, co-creation, freedom and fun. When we import these
principles and practices into our homes and into our schools,
we inevitably raise our children’s awareness. And before we
know it, we have raised happy, conscious, little geniuses! Heal i ng Ou r Worl d »« Truth
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“I say it, as it is. And some people don’t like it.,” said someone who was
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truthful. Sometimes truth hurts, so they get angry and they try to hurt me
back, you know,” she added. “Yes, I agree,” I replied, “but does truth always
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hat is truth? Does it need to hurt people and
make them angry? Certainly not. It is not truth,
but a negative interpretation of truth which
causes harm. A glass could be half full or half empty. One
who observes it as half full will swear, “It is half full,” but
another person who observes the glass as half empty will
contend, “It is half empty.” If I tell someone for whom the
glass is half empty, “You are wrong because I know the glass
is half full,” I could potentially hurt that person — and be
hurt by that person. When observations differ, it is useless to
argue about who is correct. Each person will maintain their
opposing stance, and opposition, verbal or otherwise, will
only make them dig their heels in deeper. There will be no
resolution because what we call truth is not absolute. Truth
is a point of view.
Buddha’s teachings about truth tell us that in a controversy, the instant we feel anger we have already ceased
striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
What causes anger and hurt is not the truth, but ourselves.
Once we learn to identify our role in what we call “truth” we
can avoid hurting other people. If I enjoy thinking of a glass
as half full, I can share that truth with another even if they
believe that same glass is half empty. I can achieve this by
explaining that happiness is often associated with a feeling
of satisfaction (fullness) rather than a feeling of deprivation
(emptiness). Avoiding the judgment of another person
is the key to avoiding anger, hurt and eventually stress.
Albert Einstein humorously conveyed this notion when
he said, “Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge
of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter
of the gods.”
“I am going to explode if I cannot express the truth,”
I heard someone yell once. Obviously, the person was angry
and believed that he had the right to express the truth
because it was cathartic. Freud used the word “catharsis” to
mean “purification,” describing the emptying of emotional
reservoirs by crying, laughing, yelling and even by exercise.
Much research, like that of Carol Tarvis, concluded that
random releasing of ventilated frustrations and feelings of
anger does not produce healthy catharsis. Contrarily, these
outbursts validate feelings of aggression, reinforcing anger
and causing even greater emotional arousal and stress.
Galileo once said, “All truths are easy to understand once
they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” How do
you discover truth? By discovering oneself. At Hippocrates
Health Institute, I have had the pleasure of watching many
guests discover themselves. They discover truths about their
illness, their wellness, their health, their food, their medicines, their water, their air, their pain, their body, their mind
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Changing the Health & Wealth of the World
Jim & Sherri Wear, Lifemax® Founders
Ancient Aztec Seed
In the fall of 2008, Jim and Sherri Wear launched
Lifemax, a company devoted toward changing people's
lives for the better through optimum health and a dynamic
business opportunity. The Wears have been together
since 1993 and, over the years, have created and
launched a multitude of businesses. Their success in
real estate led to an early retirement in 2006.
A chance meeting in November 2007 led them to what
they now call their destiny — Lifemax. The Vision of
Lifemax is to change the health and the wealth of the
world one person and one bag of Mila at a time. Jim and
Sherri live in Orlando, FL with their son, Logan.
Dr. Bob Arnot Joins Lifemax as Chief
Wellness Educator
Dr. Bob Arnot is a TV Emmy award winning medical
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Africa; AIDS in Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Malawi; and
cholera in Bangladesh, Somalia
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top-watched channels, offering breakthrough scientific
insight into disease prevention, health awareness, and
nutrition education.
Lifemax Foundation/World Vision — Heartbeat of the Company
Salvia hispanica L., more commonly
known as “chia”, was virtually lost for
500 years. This once prominent Aztec
agricultural crop and dietary mainstay
was pushed into obscurity when Spaniards conquered the ancient Aztec civilization. If not for a few Aztecs, who fled
into the hills and cultivated the seed for
their personal use, chia would have been
lost forever. Years of research had been
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planting and harvesting, farming in different climates, and harvesting techniques.
At each stage the seed was improved
until we achieved what we have today.
Chia’s resurgence into the modern 21st
century marketplace could potentially
alleviate the health concerns of millions.
The Lifemax Foundation will aid and support the World Vision to the greatest extent. The
Wears and Lifemax have been quite busy since launching the Lifemax Foundation in 2009.
Lifemax, Inc. and the Lifemax Foundation teamed up with Dr. Mark Chironna Ministries to
send a 40,000-lb container with corn, beans, rice, and medical supplies to Haiti in February
2010. Together, the contributions from these organizations represented 200,000 meals.
With additional funds leftover from this campaign, LifeMax sent another container of medical supplies that included heart medicine, antibiotics, gauze, and bandages to accompany
the Haiti-bound shipment.
Protein Protein is found throughout the body in
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Antioxidants & Phytonutrients These two
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phytonutrients may act as antioxidants, but not
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in foods can be divided into two main groups or
categories, with each having similar, as well as
different, benefits in terms of human health.
The two groups are Vitamins and Minerals and
Phenolic Compounds.
In addition to the Haiti relief, Lifemax has also shipped 500 pairs of children’s underwear to
an orphanage in Uganda and has announced the completion of a boys’ dormitory in
Mozambique which will provide shelter and warmth for the children who, for the past two
years, had nothing more than tents in which to sleep.
“We are just getting started, and the overall goal of our Foundation is to touch the four
corners of the earth,” commented Lifemax Founder, Sherri Wear, “and though the needs of
the world are seemingly endless, Jim and I will continue to support one effort after another
through the Lifemax Foundation.”
Omega-3 Fatty Acids Mila may contain the
highest amount of omega 3s in the plant world.
In the 1970s and 80s, the “fat-free” diet craze
took all fats out of our diet, including the good
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The Lifemax Foundation recently kicked off its premier campaign to aid the victims of the
devastating Port-au-Prince earthquake and provide support to other third-world countries.
The campaign ran over a 15-day period in late January and contributed one dollar for every
16-ounce bag of Mila purchased.
Lifemax has also fed hundreds of children in countries such as Zimbabwe and Mozambique, Africa. The joy that we feel knowing that not only are we helping to get children
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Your Favorite Protein Powder, cont’d from p. 33
While casein can encourage the growth of cancer, certain
components in rice protein can help prevent cancer. Sadly,
these beneficial elements in rice are greatly reduced, or
removed altogether, by the time it gets to the plate. Rice
bran is the brown coating between the rice kernel and its
protective hull. Brown rice maintains a thin layer of rice bran
around the seed, but in the case of white rice, this nutrient
dense layer is polished off. This is why white rice is a nutritionally dead, high sugar food.
Inositol hexaphosphate acid (IP-6) is a potent antioxidant
found in rice bran. In addition to its cancer-fighting properties, many experts also believe IP-6 can prevent and treat
heart disease, kidney stones and liver disease. The process
isn’t fully understood, but IP-6 suppresses the production and
activity of cancer-causing free radicals. It also reduces the
abnormal rate of cell division that defines cancer and tumor
growth, allowing cells to normalize and return to regular, controlled growth. Additionally, IP-6 enhances the body’s potential to kill existing tumor cells by stimulating the activity of
the immune system’s natural killer cells, called lymphocytes.5
Arabinoxylan compound is produced by altering the outer
shell of rice bran using enzymes from Hyphomycetes mycelia
mushroom extract. This compound is a major component
in a popular alternative cancer treatment called MGN-3
(known as BioBran® in Japan). More clinical trials are needed,
but arabinoxylan has shown promise in improving immune
reactions in cancer and diabetes patients. Also, pre-clinical
experiments suggest that MGN-3 may also be of potential
value in treating AIDS patients.6
Rice bran looks to have a very promising future not only as
an alternative cancer treatment, but as a treatment for a host
of other diseases and conditions. Whole grain brown rice also
makes a fantastic protein supplement. There is a great protein
product on the market today called Sun Warrior. Naturally rich
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more about their line of products. Sun Warrior
is available in the Hippocrates store. 1T. Colin Campbell, PhD (2008) Healthy Diet and Lifestyle/Casein Consumption. Retrieved April 3,
2010 from http://www.tcolincampbell.org/courses-resources/article/casein-consumption/
2Victor L. Fulgoni, III (2007) Current protein intake in America: analysis of the National Health
and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003–2004. Retrieved April 3, 2010 from
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/87/5/1554S
3Debra Wein, MS, RD, LDN (2008) Protein Proportioned Properly…Finally!. Retrieved April 3, 2010
from http://www.nsca-lift.org/Perform/article.asp?ArticleID=104
4Chris Jones (2008) Health drives increased protein sales, report. Retrieved April 3, 2010 from
http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Consumer-Trends/Health-drives-increased-protein-sales-report
5Angela Pirisi (1999) IP-6: this potent antioxidant can help your body fend off cancer and
heart disease. Retrieved April 3, 2010 from
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NAH/is_2_29/ai_53929992/
6No author cited (2010) Reference/Herb/Arabinoxylan. Retrieved April 3, 2010
from http://www.wellness.com/reference/herb/arabinoxylan/
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The First Lady of the Guitar, cont’d from p. 37
What was the most rewarding moment in your
musical career?
Ah, there have been so many! Once a man’s dying wish was
to hear me play Malagueña and his children in Quebec managed to track me down. They had a camera by his hospital
bed and filmed his reaction as I spoke to him and played the
song over the telephone. He died soon after and his children
later sent me the video. My phone call and song had put a
big smile on his face. What a great gift he gave me.
I’ve performed for native children in remote outposts in
Northern Canada, for the people in mother Teresa’s hospice
in Calcutta and for many charities in various countries. Giving private recitals for the Queen and my friend Prince Philip,
and being a house guest at their Windsor castle home…well
that was a thrill!
When people are given talents, I now realize more than
ever how important it is to live with tremendous humility
and appreciation, and to not take any of it for granted. I’m so
privileged that for the last 30 years my music has touched
people all over the world.
All the places you’ve lived, most recently Miami and
Connecticut, have been near water. What role does that
sacred element play in your music—and in your life?
I’m a water sign, specifically a “moonchild” (Cancer), born in
July, and have always found solace and inspiration in both
the moon and closeness to water. I take any opportunity
to be near water—whether it’s a lake, a river, an ocean, or
bathing in a lovely warm mineral pool like I found at HHI!
My producer and I used real water effects to enhance the
music on Seven Journeys as it’s very peace-inducing. You can
hear waves, rain and lapping lake sounds that were recorded
live. My houses in Miami and Toronto were both right on the
water. I installed a waterfall in my LA home and lived one
glorious year in a Malibu beach house.
Whenever I eventually find my soul mate, I’d love for us to
have a home that looks out to water. I also rhapsodize over
great sunrises and sunsets over the water, as Mother Nature
is the very best artist of all! Our bodies are mostly composed
of water, and I try to drink it throughout the day.
Can you tell us what it’s like as a woman in a maledominated profession?
It has not always been easy to be a woman in the guitar
world. I’m a sensitive romantic dreamer, and I have often
wished I didn’t have to deal so much with the business side
of things. In my autobiography I recount many situations
where I was not taken as seriously as my male counterparts,
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even though I could often play circles around them. In the
1980s, while renegotiating a deal with a prominent record
label, their lawyer asked me why “a woman like me” would
need royalties. He said, “You have a rich boyfriend. So why do
you even care about your royalty rate?” The big labels were
notorious for neglecting to pay classical artists their due
royalties. Other managers and agents in LA employed the
old “casting couch system” which cost me—and surely many
other women of integrity—untold career opportunities.
In spite of these chauvinistic industry politics, I managed
to appear three times on The Tonight Show with Johnny
Carson. In all fairness, I probably had more opportunities
for magazine covers and TV specials precisely because of
being a woman. Being an independent woman with my own
label, I was in some ways a pioneer. Women composers and
performers can bring sensitivities and energies to music that
men just can’t offer. We are the healers, after all, and have a
very special role to play.
Would you like to share some insights into your
creative process?
When I compose a classical piece or a song, my best work
materializes when I’m expressing a true feeling. When I don’t
feel that natural, God-given inspiration flowing and it starts
to feel like work instead of fun, I’ve learned to hang it up,
because I know it won’t be my best work. So there’s a degree
of honestly there—honesty with myself.
As a composer, I’m aware that I tap into some other dimension in the process. In some of my best concert performances I’ve had what felt like an “out of body” experience—
as though the music was effortlessly flowing through me.
And now it’s interesting that many of my best lyrics were
written while flying on planes. Maybe being freed from the
earth’s gravity lets go of something deeper inside us. Perhaps
escaping the distractions of modern life triggers a creative
release—while high above the clouds!
Miraculously, Jarre came back with that incredible theme.
One of my best melodies ever, “Lullaby For My Love,” was
inspired by falling in love. When you write something
holding love in your heart, it seems to flow effortlessly,
as though one has tapped into a divine well of creativity.
Ironically, when suffering heartbreak and anguish some of
the most profound music also comes forth. Great examples
of this are Beethoven’s great symphonies and Rodrigo’s
Aranjuez Concierto, the slow movement of which was
written after the death of his infant son. Experiencing
either end of the emotional spectrum seems to draw the
best music out composers.
So much of today’s pop music has a plastic, disposable
sameness. Much of it is not healing to our souls and indeed
has quite the opposite effect. Although I’m obviously prejudiced, I sometimes think there’s nothing more evocative than
a simple voice and an acoustic guitar!
At HHI, music plays a subtle role in healing. The wind
chimes, drum circles and ambient massage music are
all highly therapeutic. The peaceful surroundings at
the institute also lets one hear the voices of nature: the
splashing water in the Oasis therapy center’s fountain;
the early morning birdsongs; the evening crickets. It’s a
lovely tapestry of sounds indeed. As you can see I’m already
missing Hippocrates! Your music is very emotive. Can you talk about how
human emotion effects great music—and the effect
music can have on the human condition?
Art, and particularly classical music, always finds a way to
enrich our days and refine our emotions. One cannot write
phony music or it simply will not ring true in people’s hearts.
A great melody is not something a computer can spit out—
it needs a human emotion to create it. Maurice Jarre told
me how he came up with “Lara’s Theme” after many failed
attempts. The director, David Lean, desperate for the love
theme of his epic film, Dr. Zhivago, finally asked Jarre to take
his new girlfriend up into the mountains for the weekend
and not even think about music.
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all sheep fed Bt cotton plants died; those fed natural
plants remained healthy.
In an Andhra Pradesh village, buffalo grazed on cotton
plants for eight years without incident. On January 3rd,
2008, 13 buffalo grazed on Bt cotton plants for the first time.
All died within three days.19 Bt corn is also implicated in the
deaths of cows in Germany, and horses, water buffaloes, and
chickens in The Philippines.20
In lab studies, twice the number of chickens fed Liberty
Link corn died; 7 of 40 rats fed a GM tomato died within two
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Warnings by government scientists ignored and denied
According to documents released from a lawsuit, in 1991–92
scientists at the FDA repeatedly warned that GM foods
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policy—still in effect today—declares that no safety studies
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Opting out as guinea pigs
Biologist Dr. David Schubert of the Salk Institute says, “If
there are problems [with GMOs], we will probably never
know because the cause will not be traceable and many
diseases take a very long time to develop.” In the 9 years
after GM crops were introduced in 1996, Americans with
three or more chronic diseases jumped from 7% to 13%.24
Allergies doubled in less time. And the incidence of low
birth weight babies, infertility, and infant mortality are
all escalating. But without any human clinical trials or
post marketing surveillance, we may never know if these
or other disorders like autism, obesity, and diabetes, are
triggered or made worse by GMOs.
We don’t need to wait for more research to learn our
lesson from the animals and the doctors. Consult the
Non-GMO Shopping Guide (www.NonGMOShoppingGuide.
com) to learn how to avoid GMOs. Even a small percentage
of people choosing non-GMO brands could force the food
industry to remove all GM ingredients. By doing so, you
are not only being careful about your own health, you are
being compassionate to the environment and future
generations—since GMOs wreak long-term havoc in our
ecosystem as well. 1 http://www.aaemonline.org/gmopost.html
2Irina Ermakova, “Genetically modified soy leads to the decrease of weight and
high mortality of rat pups of the first generation. Preliminary studies,”
Ecosinform 1 (2006): 4–9.
3Irina Ermakova, “Experimental Evidence of GMO Hazards,” Presentation at Scientists
for a GM Free Europe, EU Parliament, Brussels, June 12, 2007
4Irina Ermakova, “Experimental Evidence of GMO Hazards,” Presentation at Scientists
for a GM Free Europe, EU Parliament, Brussels, June 12, 2007
5L. Vecchio et al, “Ultrastructural Analysis of Testes from Mice Fed on Genetically Modified
Soybean,” European Journal of Histochemistry 48, no. 4 (Oct–Dec 2004):449–454.
6Oliveri et al., “Temporary Depression of Transcription in Mouse Pre-implantion Embryos
from Mice Fed on Genetically Modified Soybean,” 48th Symposium of the Society for
Histochemistry, Lake Maggiore (Italy), September 7–10, 2006.
7Alberta Velimirov and Claudia Binter, “Biological effects of transgenic maize NK603xMON810 fed in long term reproduction studies in mice,” Forschungsberichte der Sektion
IV, Band 3/2008
8 Jerry Rosman, personal communication, 2006
9See for example, A. Dutton, H. Klein, J. Romeis, and F. Bigler, “Uptake of Bt-toxin by
herbivores feeding on transgenic maize and consequences for the predator Chrysoperia
carnea,” Ecological Entomology 27 (2002): 441–7; and J. Romeis, A. Dutton, and F. Bigler,
“Bacillus thuringiensis toxin (Cry1Ab) has no direct effect on larvae of the green
lacewing Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae),” Journal of Insect
Physiology 50, no. 2–3 (2004): 175–183.
10Washington State Department of Health, “Report of health surveillance activities: Asian
gypsy moth control program,” (Olympia, WA: Washington State Dept. of Health, 1993).
11M. Green, et al., “Public health implications of the microbial pesticide Bacillus thuringiensis: An epidemiological study, Oregon, 1985–86,” Amer. J. Public Health 80, no. 7(1990):
848–852.
12Ashish Gupta et. al., “Impact of Bt Cotton on Farmers’ Health (in Barwani and Dhar
District of Madhya Pradesh),” Investigation Report, Oct–Dec 2005.
13October 24, 2005 correspondence between Arpad Pusztai and Brian John
14John M. Burns, “13-Week Dietary Subchronic Comparison Study with MON 863 Corn in
Rats Preceded by a 1-Week Baseline Food Consumption Determination with PMI Certified Rodent Diet #5002,” December 17, 2002 http://www.
monsanto.com/monsanto/content/sci_tech/prod_safety/fullratstudy.pdf
15Alberto Finamore, et al, “Intestinal and Peripheral Immune Response to MON810 Maize
Ingestion in Weaning and Old Mice,” J. Agric. Food Chem., 2008, 56 (23), pp 11533–11539,
November 14, 2008
16See L Zolla, et al, “Proteomics as a complementary tool for identifying unintended
side effects occurring in transgenic maize seeds as a result of genetic modifications,”
J Proteome Res. 2008 May;7(5):1850–61; Hye-Yung Yum, Soo-Young Lee, Kyung-Eun
Lee, Myung-Hyun Sohn, Kyu-Earn Kim, “Genetically Modified and Wild Soybeans: An
immunologic comparison,” Allergy and Asthma Proceedings 26, no. 3 (May–June 2005):
210-216(7); and Gendel, “The use of amino acid sequence alignments to assess potential
allergenicity of proteins used in genetically modified foods,” Advances in Food and
Nutrition Research 42 (1998), 45–62.
17A. Pusztai and S. Bardocz, “GMO in animal nutrition: potential benefits and risks,”
Chapter 17, Biology of Nutrition in Growing Animals, R. Mosenthin, J. Zentek and
T. Zebrowska (Eds.) Elsevier, October 2005
18“Mortality in Sheep Flocks after Grazing on Bt Cotton Fields—Warangal District,
Andhra Pradesh” Report of the Preliminary Assessment, April 2006,
http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp
19Personal communication and visit, January 2009.
20Jeffrey M. Smith, Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically
Engineered Foods, Yes! Books, Fairfield, IA USA 2007
21Arpad Pusztai, “Can Science Give Us the Tools for Recognizing Possible Health Risks for
GM Food?” Nutrition and Health 16 (2002): 73–84.
22Netherwood et al, “Assessing the survival of transgenic plant DNA in the human
gastrointestinal tract,” Nature Biotechnology 22 (2004): 2.
23See memos at www.biointegrity.org
24Kathryn Anne Paez, et al, “Rising Out-Of-Pocket Spending For Chronic Conditions:
A Ten-Year Trend,” Health Affairs, 28, no. 1 (2009): 15-25to be force fed.
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The Truth About Self-acceptance, cont’d from p. 38
Let’s go a little deeper. I say in order for there to be true,
lasting self-acceptance, there must be knowledge of the
core self. If I base my self-acceptance on momentary success, fame, ideas, feelings, or even the acceptance of others,
it’s subject to change, and then I’m subject to suffering.
I must know the self that abides amidst the changes, but
doesn’t change. And, frankly, that self is so lovely, deep,
and peaceful, that self-acceptance hangs like heavy fruit
on its branches, waiting to be picked. No need to chant, “I
love myself, I love myself” in this scenario. Just reach for
the fruit, pluck, and enjoy! Those of you who aren’t currently eating fruit, please pardon the metaphor.
How to come by this core self, you ask? It is found in
quietude, when the mind finally settles down. It is in
those little moments when stillness breaks through the
commotion, when each breath signals “I am alive.” That is
when you will find your core self and feel its full measure!
Even though self-acceptance is like the natural sweetness
of a natural fruit off a natural tree, and even though it’s
my own tree on my own property it still takes effort to be
with it. I still have to reach for it.
The quest for self-acceptance is a noble search for peace,
truth and enlightenment. It’s the element we seek out in
everything we pursue: vitality, fun, joy, depth, love, rest. If
only we could have that feeling without being anchored
to our forms! Then we’d be in heaven! Having that experience, and knowing the self as part of that joy, containing
that love, and being contained by that exuberance—then
we’re right there plucking the fruit off that tree and enjoying the sweetness of the moment.
Sometimes the love and acceptance of others is a good
place to start. We see that in the Healing Circle at Hippocrates week after week — people sharing and accepting
supposedly “unacceptable” things about each other. That
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years of isolation, negativity and self-condemnation. That
kind of support heals hearts and lives. When others reach
out to us with unconditional acceptance, it helps us reach
in and find it within ourselves.
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How do I know that? He wrote it in his autobiography,
fully confessing that he not only contained the seeds of
violence within himself, but had acted on them in his life.
I honor the man who admits his dark side, then through
sheer determination, transforms it into humility. I accept
Ghandi as my hero, not because he was so perfect, but
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Rawducation, cont’d from p. 39
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