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Health Plus Letter Vol. 1, No. 1

The Health Plus Letter
July, 8, 2003, Vol. 1, No.1
A free weekly eZine from http://www.1healthyworld.com.


TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Welcome
Quote of the Day
Health News and Commentary
Holistic Treatment of Candidiasis (Yeast Infection) by Dr. Robert Ivker (Part 1)
The Human Energy Field – An Interview with Dr. Valerie Hunt (Part 1)
Recipe of the Week
Be Part of 1HealthyWorld’s R&D Team
Recommendations of the Week

WELCOME FROM LARRY TRIVIERI, JR (Publisher of www.1healthyworld.com)

Well, here it is-the inaugural issue of The Health Plus Letter. I hope you find the wait was worth it. If you do, please spread the word by forwarding this to everyone you know who is also interested in holistic and alternative approaches to health and well-being. And please send me your feedback. After all, The Health Plus Letter is meant to serve and empower you, so let me know how you think I’m doing. And definitely feel free to send me your suggestions (email larry@1healthyworld.com). Your input is valuable to me and I promise I’ll heed it closely.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"A little knowledge that ACTS is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.”
- Kahlil Gibran

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HEALTH NEWS AND COMMENTARY

U.S. Health Consumers Have Only A 50% Chance of Receiving Appropriate Health Care
Last week the New England Journal of Medicine published a landmark study that found that our nation’s health care system provides “appropriate health care only about half the time,” and that its inherent deficiencies “pose serious threats to the health of the American public." The authors of the study claim it is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind, involving over 7,500 adults across in 12 major metropolitan areas across the country, and assessing both preventive and therapeutic care for 30 common health conditions “based on the evaluation of 439 indicators of quality gleaned from established national guidelines and medical literature.”

To read more about this study, see:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2003-06-25-medical-quality_x.htm

[COMMENT: Damning as this study is, I can’t say I’m surprised by it. Add to it the fact that medical drugs properly prescribed by physicians kill an minimum of 100,000 Americans and severely injure another 2-3 million each year (and those figures are based only on reported cases, which the FDA estimates may be under-reported by a factor of 10-100, meaning for every report made, another 10 to 100 go unreported), and the conclusion is inescapable that our modern day medical system is itself increasingly become a serious health hazard. The best course of action for all of us, I believe, is to do all that we can to learn how to create and then maintain optimal health so that we can avoid the system altogether. Helping you to do so is the primary reason I founded 1HealthyWorld.]

Vitamins E and C Used Together Can Help Maintain Cognitive Function in Older Woman
Vitamins E and C, when taken together as daily supplements, has been shown to significantly decrease the risk of cognitive problems, including Alzheimer’s disease, according to a recently published study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study, involving approximately 15,000 women ages 70-79, found that women who took both vitamins regularly for a period of ten years or more, “had significantly better cognitive performance” than women who had never taken the supplements.” Interestingly, the benefits accrued only when both vitamins were used; women who took only vitamin E showed only minimally superior cognitive ability compared to women who did not supplement, while no cognitive benefit was found among women who supplemented only with vitamin C. In addition, the greatest benefits were found among women who had the lowest dietary intake of vitamin E.

To read the original abstract, see: http://snurl.com/1qat.

[COMMENT: This study is but one of literally thousands of other studies which clearly show the benefits of nutritional supplements, an important fact to remember these days, given the concerted agenda now in place to discredit nutritional supplementation. Obviously such supplementation is not intended to take the place of proper diet (along with an overall healthy lifestyle), but given the increasingly proliferation of environmental toxins, as well as the lower nutritional value of commercially raised foods (due to, among other factors, corporate farming methods that diminish the soil’s mineral content), stress, etc., a proper nutritional supplement program tailored to your individual needs can make a dramatic difference in your health and energy.

One of the interesting things about this particular study is that it illustrates the synergistic way that nutrients interact with each other. Although vitamin C in and of itself provides a wide range of other health benefits, when taken alone it did not improve the cognitive abilities of the women in the study, while vitamin E taken alone only provided minimal benefit in this regard. This is but one example of how nutrients taken together can be far more effective than when taken singly.]

HOLISTIC TREATMENT FOR CANDIDIASIS (SYSTEMIC YEAST INFECTION)
By Robert Ivker, D.O.


[Rob Ivker is a good friend of mine, who to me exemplifies what it means to practice holistic medicine. What follows is part one of an article illustrating his successful approach for reversing candidias. This week, Rob examines the condition’s most common causes.

To learn more about Rob, visit http://www.1healthyworld.com/advisoryBoard/RobertIvker.cfm.]

Candidiasis, also known as candida, affects millions of Americans, many of whom unknowingly suffer from this condition of yeast overgrowth. Along with food allergy, with which it is often interrelated, candidiasis is one of the most commonly overlooked or misdiagnosed chronic disease conditions in America, and is responsible for a host of symptoms, including gastrointestinal disorders, chronic fatigue, depression, allergies, and low immune function. It is precisely because of this wide range of symptoms that candidiasis so often goes undetected.

In many respects, candidiasis is a disease that began in the last century, since many of its causes are directly due to modern day factors such as antibiotics, birth control pills, environmental pollutants, and today's typical devitalized American diet. Normally, Candida albicans, the yeast that is most responsible for causing candidiasis, is a naturally-occurring yeast that inhabits the human gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts, the mouth, and the vagina. So far, research has determined that the yeast's only function is to help the body absorb B vitamins. In healthy individuals, candida is kept in balance by the essential bacteria that also inhabit the gastrointestinal and genital tract, especially the lactobacillus and bifidus. Sometimes referred to as acidophilus bacteria, these friendly strains of bacteria help manufacture enzymes and vitamins, lower cholesterol levels, and fight undesirable bacteria, targeting candida as their food. So long as adequate amounts of these healthy bacteria are present in the intestines a homeostatic relationship is maintained, and candida poses no problem. Unfortunately, this balance is delicate and can be easily disrupted.

Causes And Risk Factors

The most frequent cause of candidiasis is recurrent or extended use of antibiotics, which kill not only the harmful bacteria implicated in the condition for which the antibiotic is prescribed, but also the good bacteria needed to keep candida in check. Broad-spectrum antibiotics are particularly suspect, because the broader their scope, the greater the likelihood that they will kill the body's reserves of lactobacilli and bifidus. Vaginal yeast infections, a form of candidiasis, often occurs soon after women use antibiotics, for example. Additionally, as a specialist in the treatment of sinusitis, I've observed that the majority of my patients who have taken three of more courses of antibiotics (10 to 14 days per course) within a six month period, tend to also suffer from some degree of candidiasis. Since most antibiotics are administered orally, the friendly bacteria in the intestines are particularly susceptible to these medications. Antibiotics are also commonly found in commercially grown meats and poultry, making these foods potential sources for yeast overgrowth.

Hormones, especially progesterone, and birth control pills can also cause or contribute to candidiasis, explaining why the condition is more prevalent in women than in men. (Incidence of candidiasis is also less common among children and women who have entered menopause.) Progesterone, which is contained in most birth control pills, is also produced at high levels by the body prior to menstruation, and has been shown to stimulate candida growth, and cause severe symptoms of PMS when excess candida is present in the body. Pregnancy also increases the likelihood of canididiasis among women, since progesterone levels remain at continuously high levels during this time. Cortisone medications, such as prednisone and prednisolone, which suppress immune function, can also stimulate yeast overgrowth, as can chemotherapy and radiation treatments among cancer patients. Other forms of medication that have been linked to candidiasis include aspirin; nonsteroidal antiinflammatories (NSAIDs) such as Feldene, Motrin, Advil and Nuprin; and ulcer medications such as Tagamet and Zantac. Aspirin and NSAIDs can cause ulcerations or inflammation in the lining of the gut, thus allowing candida to gain a stronger and deeper foothold. Ulcer medications reduce acidity and increase pH levels in the stomach, creating an ideal environment for yeast to proliferate.

Environmental toxins and chemicals, including pesticides, herbicides, solvents, paints, formaldehyde, petrochemicals, and heavy metals also weaken the immune system, thereby increasing the likelihood of candidiasis. These environmental and chemical agents are particularly prevalent in urban areas. Poor diet is usually a major contributor to candida, especially one that is high in sugar. Other risk factors for candidiasis include alcohol, food and environmental allergies, chronic viral infection, parasites (especially giardia and amoeba), stress, physical and emotional trauma, adrenal dysfunction, hypothyroidism, and deficiencies in hydrochloric acid, pancreatic enzymes, and bile. Once the scale has been tipped and yeast overgrowth begins, it quickly becomes exacerbated so long as sugar continues to be part of the diet. Candida thrive on sugar, which also weakens the immune system, diminishing the ability of white blood cells to attack and destroy unwanted organisms.

Like other chronic disease conditions, candidiasis usually occurs as a result of a number of factors being present at the same time. Among my patients, the primary causes are recurrent use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, a poor diet that is high in sugar content, and significant emotional stress.

[Next week Rob discusses the symptoms of candidiasis.]

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THE HUMAN ENERGY FIELD – AN INTERVIEW WITH VALERIE HUNT, Ph.D.

[Dr. Valerie Hunt is one of the most brilliant healers and researchers I have ever met. 87 years young, Valerie if professor emeritus at UCLA, where she was the first scientist to satisfactorily prove the existence of the human energy field, more commonly referred to as the “human aura.” Since that time, Valerie has remained in the forefront in the field of energy medicine, and today her ongoing research is making clear how and why understanding of the human energy field is of paramount importance not only to optimal health, but to spiritual awareness and the very essence of our Being.

What follows is part one of an interview I conducted with Valerie that is featured in my next book, Health on the Edge: Visionary Views of Healing in the New Millennium, which will be published by Tarcher/Putnam later this year. To learn more about Valerie, visit http://www.1healthyworld.com/advisoryBoard/ValerieHunt.cfm.]

Q: Your research shows that disturbances in the body's bioelectromagnetic field, rather than biochemical imbalances, are the primary cause of disease and malfunction. That being the case, how did biochemistry come to be the underlying basis for the diagnosis and treatment methods of orthodox or conventional medicine?

A: We got into this state back in the 18th century, when medicine started to become more serious about finding scientific evidence to support medical theory and practice. At that time, the field of chemistry was the most scientifically advanced, well before the study of electromagnetism occurred. The researchers of that era began to investigate biochemical changes, and when they did their experiments, they could see biochemical differences. That's where it started. In addition, there was already a body of established scientific evidence regarding the mechanics of alignment and things of this nature in the scientific literature, dating much earlier than the 18th century. Having these two basic references and scientific information to go on, they grabbed it, and that was the basis of the biochemical paradigm.

It wasn't until the discovery of the atom early in the 19th century, that we started really understanding electromagnetism, but by this time the biochemical paradigm was already locked in. The first research into electromagnetism was also concerned only with material substance; it had to do with atoms and the physical things of the earth. The study of bioelectromagnetism, the subtle, invisible energy fields which enfold and animate physical matter, is much more recent than that, such as the work done by Nikola Tesla in the 1950's.

So this is a brief history of why energy field medicine, alternative medicine, or whatever you wish to call it, has been late in coming. The chemistry is there and we need to be concerned about it, but it is not our primary concern and it certainly is not the cause of illness. It's a downstream cause. Even the biochemists say that all chemical reactions have to have a catalyst in order to occur. You can't just put two substances together, you have to have a catalyst, and the catalyst is electromagnetic energy. When the pattern of the electromagnetism is disturbed in the body, you will get disease and malfunction. And this electromagnetic pattern can be disturbed in a number of ways: genetically, due to the nature of the tissue, although I don't think that's a major factor; experientially, due to lifestyle patterns; or emotionally, which I think is the primary factor. What happens is there is a disturbance that occurs in the electromagnetism of the tissue, which will eventually alter the chemistry. And actually this goes clear to the DNA. I predict we will learn before long that the DNA is reprogrammed by the emotional organization of the energy field. I am not saying this simply. I have had experiences here.

Q: What you are saying, then, is that the primary cause of all disease occurs first and foremost in the field. Correct?

A: Absolutely. Many people are coming to that conclusion theoretically. I'm coming to it through my research.

Q: Conversely, then, for healing to truly occur, it has to occur in the field, as well.

A: All healing that takes place in alternative medicine is electromagnetic. Whether it's the laying on of hands, Tai Chi, meditation -- everything that takes place, Even the thought process, or the person's intent or spiritual state, changes the electromagnetic field and changes it almost instantaneously. Now if it stays changed and improved, the body heals itself, and the chemistry reorganizes. This biochemical reorganization is the effect that medicine is working upon. Medicine has never, ever cured anything. The body cures itself. Sometimes, in emergency situations, we need the offset of biochemistry, but not as a cure of disease. It never has cured disease, and it never will cure disease. Only if the field changes will there be a true cure.

For example, I can measure the energy field of a person who has had cancer but that cancer, according to chemistry, is in remission. I can tell you if the person still has a cancerous field, and until that cancerous field goes, I don't care if there is remission or not, biochemically, as long as the field does not change, it's going to recur.

And the reason they have cancer is because the field is a very high, very weak field. They're sweet, dear, lovable people. That's their emotional orientation. They aren't aggressive, and they don't have lower frequencies which have to do with tissue vitality. Without the tissue vitality, the cell becomes cancerous. But the difficulty is that some of these people would almost rather die than to give in to the very intense, angry, and hostile emotions which they have.

Q: Would you say that those emotions are basically suppressed?

A: Yes, they are suppressed as their consciousness soars, staying in what they perceive to be the more positive emotions. I have measured the fields of people with cancer many, many times, and it's always the same pattern. I've never, ever seen a cancer person whose field had the full spectrum of electromagnetic energy, from its lowest to its highest. Never, ever.

Q: Are you saying that cancer is a passive/aggressive disease in the sense of the person s emotional make-up?

A: I wouldn't say passive/aggressive. I would say it's passive, not aggressive.

Q: How did your research shift into this area of the field?

A: My academic background is as a neurophysiologist, and I was also a registered physical therapist. I was working in electromyography and electrocardiography, and I was interested in the patterns of electromyographic energy in the body that were related to emotions. Eventually, I established a pattern of emotions connected with neurological energy. In the process, I was the first researcher to have a telemetry, electromyography instrument. This was when the first astronauts went into space. They had to have monitors of their basic health -- the heart rate, the blood pressure, and the galvanic skin response -- sent from space. They did this using telemetry, which is a radio frequency instrument system. It would send a signal on an FM frequency down to the earth, where NASA would record the FM frequencies and know what was happening to the astronauts.

When I heard about this, I got in touch with NASA and the young scientist who had first made that telemetry instrumentation, and I had him build for me the first telemetry electromyography instrument. This meant I could test a person using an FM frequency, a radio frequency, process the data through my instrumentation and record it. And when I did this I found the electromagnetic energy field.

This was in early 60's, and I thought, "Oh my God, what have I got here?" So I brought in researchers from the university's chemistry, physics, and engineering departments. I said, "What have I got, an artifact?" And they kept saying I didn't, that my equipment was working fine. They tested everything, and finally I realized I was dealing with a new kind of energy in the body.

Now, forty years ago, I didn't know much about meditating, or Far Eastern literature, or mystical ideas. I just knew I was onto something. So I brought in Rosalyn Bruyere, a very top aura reader, and had her read the energy radiating from the body at the same time I recorded energy from surface electrodes. I also brought in healers and people with polio, or who were paralyzed. I just ran the gamut, because at first I didn't know what I was doing. But pretty soon I seemed to know exactly what I was doing. I was measuring an energy field that was in the form of light that radiated from the human body. It could be seen by aura readers and could be altered and changed by psychic healers, by hands-on healers, by all kinds of energy techniques. And it was extremely dynamic. It changed, and would frequently go back to where it was. Eventually, I found that I could measure the resting energy signature of a person. With some people I could get the signature in about fifteen minutes, which meant that, no matter what I did with them, they always had this dominant signature. But for others, it would take five or more recordings until I could find their signature - they were so dynamic and so changeable. This, of course, was good. Such people are not stuck with just one way to play the game. They can play it in all kinds of ways. Under new situations, emotional or physical, they can adjust the electromagnetic field so that they can cope, they can handle, and they can desirably work in the electromagnetic milieu of the world.

Q: In other words, their adaptive skills are optimal.

A: That's right. They are absolutely optimal, in all areas. I call these kinds of fields ideal. Now, what is an ideal field? Health first and foremost is health of the electromagnetic field. You're not going to have health if you don't have health in the electromagnetic field because this is the source. Biochemistry never gives you source. It is legion that some people who go to their doctor find that everything, biochemically, checks out fine. Then they may walk out of the office and die of a heart attack because their fields are not dynamic, and optimally adaptive. The models that we have which say healthy heart rates, blood pressure rates, etc., should conform to a certain standard measurement are stupid. A healthy blood pressure is one that can shoot to the top, and drop to the bottom, and stay somewhere in the middle. It is more often that the people who can't do that are the ones that die suddenly, not necessarily the ones who have what they call high blood pressure.

[My interview with Valerie continues next week.]

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RECIPE OF THE WEEK

Poached Salmon in Creamy Asparagus Sauce

Ingredients:

1 lb salmon steak (two steaks)

3/4 cup sliced purple onion, sliced 1/4-inch thick

1 cup vegetable bouillon stock

2 tbsp chopped parsley

1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

1/2 tsp sea salt

1-3" fresh stem of thyme

1 cup chopped asparagus

In a 9” x 12” Pyrex baking dish place onion rings on the bottom of dish. Season fish with salt and pepper and place each steak on the bed of onions. Add the stem of thyme, parsley and vegetable bouillon; sprinkle the asparagus on top of the vegetables and fish steaks. Cover the baking dish and poach in a preheated 375º F oven for 20 minutes. Reserve the steamed asparagus for the creamy asparagus sauce.

Creamy Asparagus Sauce:

1 cup chopped and steamed asparagus

3/4 cup creamy soy milk

3/4 cup fish and vegetable bouillon stock

2 tbsp mirin (unsweetened rice syrup)

1 tbsp white miso and 3 tbsp water

2 tbsp vegetable oil

2 tbsp oat or barley flour

1 tbsp shallot minced

1/4 tsp celery seeds

1/4 tsp white pepper

1/2 tsp sea salt

In a large saucepan, add the oil and flour with stirring over medium heat for two minutes. Next, add creamy soy milk and fish stock; simmer for eight minutes with stirring. Season sauce with shallot, celery seeds, white pepper and salt. Cook for additional five minutes. Remove sauce from heat and stir in mirin and miso paste. Put the chopped asparagus and the creamy sauce into a food processor; puree until smooth. Serve the sauce warm with poached salmon.

This recipe comes from the eBook Burton Goldberg's Definitive Guide to Arthritis, available at http://www.1healthyworld.com/ebooks

If you’re interested in other healthy and delicious recipes, you’ll find a new one posted daily at http://1healthyworld.com/recipes/

BE PART OF 1HEALTHYWORLD’S RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT TEAM

In order to make 1HealthyWorld and this eZine all that you want it to be in terms of meeting your health needs and interests, I need your help. Over the next week or so, please let me know your honest opinion about 1healthyworld.com, both your likes and dislikes. I’m interested in learning everything that you want to share about the our website, including its look, content, products and service offerings (and their prices). There is much more that I intend to add to the site, but are you satisfied with the quality of what is already available? What other types of content, products and services would you also like to see us make available to you? What are you most interested in within the holistic and alternative health care field? And what about this eZine – do you like its present format? Are there other things you’d like to see included here?

Please email me (larry@1healthyworld.com) and let me know what you think. I promise that I will read all of your responses. And those of you who provide me with the most useful feedback will be eligible to become part of the official 1HealthyWorld research and development team, meaning you will have the opportunity to preview and critique new products and features before they are made available to the public. I will personally invite those of you who provide me with the most helpful suggestions, and everyone I select will receive free copies of three eBooks of your choice from 1HealthyWorld’s Library of Health (http://www.1healthyworld.com/eBooks/).

Thank you in advance to everyone who chooses to participate.

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WEEK

In this section I’ll be sharing my recommendations about other websites I consider worthwhile, as well as some of the books I’ve been reading. This week’s choices:

Websites:

www.beliefnet.com - This excellent site provides believers and agnostics alike a wonderful cyber-community in which to explore and discuss a wide range of topics and issues related to religion and spirituality.

www.bolenreport.com - Helmed by Tim Bolen, a lawyer and leading health freedom advocate, this site provides daily updates on the latest news regarding a wide range of health issues, including medical freedom. I highly recommend it, given the continued, serious attempts on the part of the special interests that want to severely restrict our freedom to choose the type of health care we prefer, as well as the access we have to natural supplements and alternative treatment methods.

www.nomorefakenews.com - Written entirely by investigative journalist Jon Rappoport, who provides an analysis of what the special interests are doing to further their agenda of wider prescription drug use and restricted access to other forms of health care that you won’t find anywhere else. In addition, Jon also provides insights into other issues, informed by his worldview that our planet is controlled behind the scenes by at least eight interlinked cartels. Conspiracy theory? Decide for yourself. Just bring an open mind. (NOTE: I am not in any way against conventional medical procedures or the proper and judicious use of medical drugs. I am totally opposed, however, to all attempts by special interests in collusion with governmental agencies to in any way restrict our unencumbered right to freely choose the type of health care we desire. Unfortunately, that is exactly what is occurring now, both in the U.S. and abroad, and is a topic I will be covering in future issues of this eZine and, eventually, within a medical freedom section on www.1healthyworld.com.)

www.mercola.com - Overseen by Dr. Joseph Mercola, D.O., this site is well-deserving of its reputation as the number 1 online health resource.

www.iatp.org - This is an excellent online resource made available by The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Use it to locate a comprehensive directory of grocery retailers, restaurants, and local meat producers in your local area and across in the country do not use, sell, or raise meat that's been treated with antibiotics. (See "IATP's Guide for Meat Raised Without Antibiotics.")

Books:

The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe by Lynn McTaggart. I can’t say it any better than Arthur C. Clarke did: “This is an important book and should be widely read…It stretches the imagination, making a good case that we are on the verge of another revolution in our understanding of the universe-perhaps even greater than the one heralded by the Atomic Age.”

Ultimate Journey by Robert Monroe. This is the last book written by Robert Monroe, founder of The Monroe Institute and Hem-Sync technology. I discovered it in a used book bin in Santa Monica during a recent trip and I devoured it as soon as I got home and started reading it. Highly recommended for anyone who wants a glimpse into the Greater Reality that exists beyond this consensus dream we currently share.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling/Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer. I’m a big fan of the Harry Potter books, and this 5th and longest (870 pages) release in the series definitely hooked me in, albeit with the first criticisms (minor) I’ve had about Harry’s ongoing adventure. But, while Harry certainly wins the popularity contest hands down, there is still a lot to be said about the world’s most brilliant master criminal, Artemis Fowl, and his sidekick and bodyguard, Butler, the world’s most dangerous man. Especially since Artemis has achieved his considerable exploits while barely a teenager (he’s 13 in this latest caper). The Eternity Code is the 3rd book in the series and just as enjoyable as the other two.

And that’s all for this week. See you next Tuesday.

Health and Blessings!

Larry Trivieri, Jr (larry@1healthyworld.com)

DISCLAIMER: The Health Plus Letter is a free weekly eZine published by Larry Trivieri, Jr. and Library of Health, LLC (dba www.1healthyworld.com). It is made available for information purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for medical care. If you are experiencing a health problem, seek prompt medical care.

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