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CNM were covered in a Daily Mail article in February 2009. This article can be read here: health-10th-feb

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The Principal of CNM, Mr. Hermann Keppler was on the radio last week. He was interviewed by Hannah Murray for Radio Europe Mediterraneo.

The interview is available for you to listen to here: Hermann Keppler on REM fm

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CNM have been covered in a Daily Express article in February 2009. The article can be read here: CNM Daily Express article February 2009

College of Naturopathic Medicine Research Director Gosia Desmond reveals the secrets of the anti-ageing lifestyle

In our youth-oriented culture, senility, disability, grief and despair follow old age as inescapably as death and taxes.
Press, TV, celebrities promote new anti-ageing quick-fixes on a daily basis and we spend millions on youth-promoting cosmetics or treatments, believing the miracles (which never happen).
The great news is that according to the latest advances in medical science, we do not need to spend a fortune to get the best anti-ageing treatment available. Rather, scientists are now advocating that we can significantly slow down the metabolic ageing process and live up to a decade longer in good health simply by adopting a healthier lifestyle - eating the right diet, exercising regularly and effectively managing stress in our lives.
In a society obsessed with appearances, ageing is often associated with wrinkles and grey hair. In actuality, the ageing process is much more complex and affects all of our internal organs, our immune system, our nervous system, and our mental processes.
We know now, that the choices we make during our lives will have a profound effect on how young we are both on the outside and on the inside.

Lessons in Longevity

There are some populations around the world where people consistently embody health, well-being and vitality until the very end. Residents of Okinawa, the Hunza Valley, and Seventh-day Adventists from Loma Linda in California, live longer and healthier lives than just about anyone else on Earth.
The three leading killers in the West: coronary artery disease, stroke, and cancer-occur in the elderly Okinawans with the lowest frequency of any population of elders thoroughly studied by modern science!
They are 85% less likely to die from breast cancer, 88% less likely to die from prostate cancer; 70% less likely to die from ovarian and colon cancer.
Seventh-Day Adventists mens’ mortality from coronary heart disease and cancer of all sites is 70% and 50% lower in comparison to their Non-Adventist US counterparts respectively.
These groups produce a high rate of centenarians that enjoy full health late into their lives.

The Secrets of Healthy Centenarians

The Seventh-day Adventists and Okinawans that have given researchers the best opportunity to answer fundamental questions about human health and longevity, as other residents of California or Japan with the same ethnic background live shorter and ‘sicker’ lives when compared with their Adventist or Okinawan neighbours.

Two major research programmes conducted over the last 40 years by the Californian Loma Linda University on 24,000 and 34,000 Californian Seventh-day Adventists (funded by the US National Institute of Health) along with the 34-year-old Okinawa Centenarian Study conducted by the Japan Ministry
of Health and Welfare have given us detailed insight into the secrets of long and healthy life.

Apart from their extraordinary low incidence of heart disease and cancer, the studies show that Seventh-day Adventists and Okinawans live 5-10 years longer than average and have a much lower rate of diabetes, arthritis, hypertension, osteoporosis and dementia.

Moreover, it is no accident -most of those spectacular health results are not down to their good genes! Experts say that only 30% of the actual ageing process is down to inherited good genes; the rest is good habits!

What do they know that the rest of us do not?

It turns out, that there are 3 crucial elements to anti-ageing lifestyle: healthy diet, regular physical activity and stress reduction.

This is no news to anybody; however what might be surprising, is the extent to which these 3 rules are applied by the healthy centenarians.

Essentially, for nearly 140 years, Seventh-day Adventists have been encouraged to follow an unrefined, plant-based diet, avoid meat and consume 5-9 servings of fruits, vegetables along with nuts in their diets on a daily basis. The Adventists men report 50% more ‘sweaty exercise’ sessions per week than their non-Adventists US neighbours.

Apart from being physically active all day long, the elderly Okinawan centenarians consume two-to-three times as much fruits and vegetables than us, and up 10 times less meat and dairy products. None of them consumes any refined foods like biscuits, cakes, etc.

In addition, both Okinawans and the Adventists have larger network of social support by being more involved in an organization with a significant social function and share tremendous respect for the elderly.

The Science Behind a Plant-Based Diet

As the studies of the Seventh-day Adventists show, through a combination of healthy diet, regular exercise and positive mental attitude, we can actually slow the metabolic ageing process. Looking at diet alone, how does an unrefined, plant-based diet work at increasing longevity?

1. High Nutrient Density
Fruit and vegetables contain not just vitamins and minerals but also phytochemicals (e.g. carotenoids and flavonoids). Through their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, they may provide the necessary protection to prevent a number of ageing parameters. The antioxidants neutralise free radicals, which are highly reactive substances that damage cells, contribute to ageing and encourage many serious diseases, such as heart disease, dementia and cancer. Moreover, plant phytochemicals can boost our internal detoxification system and plant phytonutrients can have direct effects on neuronal communication, boosting our mental power.

2. Low Caloric Density
Excess calories produce numerous metabolic disturbances within the body that can contribute to degenerative diseases such as diabetes and cancer. Additionally, excessive caloric intake is thought to be one of the most important factors in the ageing process. In unrefined form, we can eat as much fruit and vegetables as we like without consuming excess calories, and at the same time providing our bodies with all the valuable nutrients and antioxidants that slow down the ageing process. Fruit and vegetables are the most important food components in a healthy weight loss.

3. Low in Saturated Fat
Excess saturated fat ages our arteries and our immune system. It can lead to increased insulin levels in the body and can also increase our levels of AGEs (Advanced Glycation End-products), which are powerful promoters of ageing, especially skin ageing. Lastly, high fat diets can age our brain, contributing to cognitive decline.

4. High in Fibre
Fibre helps to minimise the process of AGE (Advanced Glycation End-products) formation, decreases the levels of insulin, keeps our cholesterol down and helps to reduce inflammation! It is a truly powerful anti-ageing diet component.

Following an unrefined, plant-based diet, taking regular physical exercise and encouraging a positive mental attitude can work miracles. This lifestyle does not only work for Seventh-day Adventists – rather, it has been proven in numerous scientific experiments to reverse advanced coronary artery disease, to control/reverse diabetes (type 2) and most recently at Harvard University to reverse the growth of prostate cancer by altering the genes responsible for tumour growth.
In a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, it was even shown to reverse the age of the heart by 15 years!

The evidence for the efficacy of a plant-based diet is increasing all the time. In fact, the American Institute for Cancer Research have launched a campaign to challenge the current food pyramid and to convince Americans to adopt a more plant-based diet. Its anti-ageing properties are well-known to celebrities like Demi Moore, Tiger Woods, Brad Pitt and Clint Eastwood, all of whom follow this diet and lifestyle.

Five Top Tips for Implementing the Anti-Ageing Way of Eating

1. Increase your fruit and vegetable intake – remember 9 is the new 5!
2. Minimise intake of red meat and meats in general, explore pulses as your source of protein
3. Avoid all processed meats
4. Be careful with oils – even plant oils should only be taken in moderation
5. Replace refined grains in your diet with whole grains
6. Consume processed foods on very special occasions only

Gosia Desmond (BSc Nutritional Med, M.BS.,MA,) is head of nutrition research at the College of Naturopathic Medicine. She will be hosting a seminar on the role of nutrition and lifestyle in the prevention of cancer on the 27th March. More details at www.naturopathy-uk.com.

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Greeba Skinner - CNM Graduate

A group of CNM’s herbal medicine students (2004-2006) plus a student from the ACNM in Australia visited Kerala for 3 weeks. We studied the fundamental principles of Ayurveda endorsed by the Sanjeevani Ayurveda Foundation.

As a group we wished to extend the basic knowledge of Ayurvedic medicine and lifestyle that had been imparted to us at the CNM. We were truly not disappointed with the level of knowledge and hospitality that the Nair family of Nemom in Triuvananthapuram shared. We all returned to the UK enriched and inspired by the practical, verbal and non-verbal teachings experienced.

The course was 108 hours in length with approximately half of the time being theory and the other half practical. We were taught mainly by Dr Vinod Nair and his close friend and colleague Dr Krishna Kumar who both studied Ayurveda under the ancient Gurukala system of 1 to 1 education whereby you live and learn with a Master. Their degrees were obtained from the largest and oldest Ayruveda college and hospital (1889) in the world in Triuvanathapuram which took approximately 7-8 years of study.

Obviously you can not learn Ayurveda in the 3 weeks we had, however, the fundamental principles that were shared with us were invaluable and when truly grasped revealed golden nuggets of wisdom. The course imparted an ancient scientific template which can be applied to all aspects of life demonstrating that Ayurveda is a universal principle and language.

The five primordial principles – the Panchaboothas – were discussed: Ether; Air; Fire; Water and Earth and the Tridosha theory was also discussed. We were very much encouraged to apply these principles in exploring our own traditional usage of herbs and foods.

The practice of Panchakarma (Ayurvedic cleansing programme) was discussed and also observed on many occasions. The treatments initially involve an application of oil to the whole body with massage and/or if necessary sweating therapy i.e. stream or sauna baths to excite and release toxins (ama) in to the circulation of the body. Then the suitable eliminatory treatment according to the individual case i.e. enema to reduce pitta is carried out to balance the dosha and to remove any ama.

This ancient formula of cleansing is a firm guide for treatment protocols and gave the group plenty of food for thought for our future practices as Naturopaths and Herbalists.

Practically we studied and practiced deep tissue massage and pulse taking most days.

A day was spent learning how to prepare and make medicated pastes, powders and oils by hand. We ground all of the herbs in a large pestle and mortar and prepared the oil on an open fire learning the 3 stages of preparation. This open fire method is one which we all observed in the Ayurvedic college and hospital where there were at least 9 large vats of medicinal oil being processed. As genuine students of natural medicine Dr Nair fortunately managed to organise this visit as ‘tourists’ are not allowed which also meant that we could not take any pictures.

The college is adjoined to the hospital and all herbal preparations and food are made on site for the patients. There is a very busy dispensary within the grounds with the hospital supplying an impressive government dispensary and others throughout the city.

Ayurveda has many branches of medicine which are all catered for at this hospital’s various departments such as: General Surgery; ENT & Ophthalmology; Obstetrics and others. We even visited their separate Toxicology Unit which treated snake bites according to the snake’s dosha! We also visited the separate Women’s and Gynaecological Unit where we observed case taking and Panchakarma treatments such as douching and leaching.

Yes this public hospital is a little unkempt in comparison to the privately run clinics, however, MRSA was not an issue; the patients ate freshly prepared food, and even those in poverty received much needed treatment. In the west we undoubtedly pay a lot of money for complementary medicine and in many respects we felt behind the times that day and all shared the desire for such a government run hospitals in Britain.

We also visited the breathtaking Tropical and Botanic Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI) where conservation and sustainable utilisation of the plant biodiversity of India, particularly of Kerala is the focus.

The Ethnopharmacological investigations conducted at this institute initiated by the traditional plant knowledge of the tribes’ people has lead to saleable medicines with 50% of the profit being given back to their communities. This benefit sharing model was truly inspiring and a strong contrast to native relations in other countries where traditional healing knowledge has been exploited and valuable medicinal plants being destroyed.

So all in all a wonderful journey where we made sincere friends and great contacts for life. We were made to feel most welcome and the Nair family looked after us as they would their own family.

Throughout the year there are occasions when groups of students or interested parties can go and study when there are no patients staying for treatments at their home in Nemom. Browse the Kerala International website as set out below and contact Mala Nair on 0044 116 2622195 to check available dates. This invaluable learning experience may contribute towards 10% of your required clinical hours subject to agreement with the CNM.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

With thanks to – Hermann Keppler Principal of CNM, Dr. V. Gopakumar Nair, Dr. V. Nair, Dr T.S. Krishnakumar, Mala Nair, Dr M.R.V. Namboothiri MD (Ayurveda) Principal of Triuvananthapuram’s College of Ayurveda, Prof.(Dr.) P. Pushpangadan UN Equator Initiative Laureate Former Director, MBRI, Lucknow Director General and Dr Abzena.

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Kerala International – www.keralainternational.co.uk

Tropical and Botanic Garden and Research Institute – www.tbgri.in

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Debbie Cotton Ad.Dip.Nat - CNM Lecturer

What is a vegetarian / vegan?

The term vegetarian is most commonly used to mean someone who does not eat animal flesh – beef, lamb, pork, chicken and fish. Vegetarians usually eat dairy produce and eggs. Sometimes they may eat fish, although strictly speaking this would be termed pescatarian. Generally vegans do not eat animal flesh, neither do they eat eggs or dairy. They may also avoid honey and gelatine, and may even choose to opt for a completely vegan lifestyle, avoiding leather/wool products and any items containing animal ingredients, including some alcohols and many cosmetics and household goods.

Why?

People choose to become vegetarian for various reasons; the poor treatment of animals, the environmental impact of meat and dairy farming, the global socioeconomic implications of high meat consumption, and some for religious reasons. Some may choose a vegetarian diet because they believe it is more healthy, which it can be, when properly planned.

Nutrition

The most important thing to remember is that junk food is still junk food, even if it is vegetarian! If you have a busy life and tend to eat on the run most of the time, the chances are that you are not getting proper nutrition regardless of whether you are a carnivore or vegetarian. However, living on fast food as a vegetarian may leave you more vulnerable to health issues like anaemia. Here is some basic information on nutrition to bear in mind when planning your diet:

Protein - If you’re already vegetarian, you’re probably used to people asking where you get your protein from! It’s not as difficult as carnivores imagine, but you do need to put some thought into it. Almost all foods contain protein, but some more than others. The following are vegetarian sources of protein; nuts and seeds, pulses (beans and lentils), whole grains, soya products, eggs and dairy products.

It is also important to know about the quality of the protein. Proteins are made up of amino acids, and some sources suggest that you need these amino acids in equal amounts. Egg yolks contain equal amounts of the essential amino acids and are therefore high quality. Dairy, quinoa and soya products are also fairly high quality. You can improve the quality of protein sources by mixing them, for example pulses and whole grains together provide good quality protein.

There’s no need to feel daunted by this information, if you follow these simple guidelines, you will be eating plenty of good quality protein:

• Eat as wide variety of foods as you can, including several protein sources from the following list everyday; nuts and seeds, pulses, whole grains, soya products, eggs and dairy products.
• Eat some protein with every meal.
• If you are vegan, you will need to pay more attention to combining your protein sources and be sure to eat pulses and grains everyday, along with some nuts and seeds and possibly soya.

Whole grains - Refined grains (white bread, white rice, white flour) have lost most of their nutrients in the refining process. Whole grains, however, are a good source of B vitamins and minerals. The following are whole grains; wholemeal, spelt, rye and sprouted wheat bread, wholewheat pasta, brown rice, oats, quinoa, buckwheat, millet.

Iron – Iron can be lacking in a poorly planned vegetarian diet. Dairy is not a good source of iron. Ensure to eat plenty of the following sources of iron; whole grains, pulses, leafy green vegetables. You can also include smaller amounts of seaweeds, dried fruit and black molasses.

Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) - EFAs are fats that we have to eat in our diet because our bodies cannot make them. Currently we know that there are two main types of EFA – omega 3 and omega 6. If you eat plenty of fresh uncooked nuts and seeds, you will get enough omega 6. The best source of omega 3 is fish, so unless you’re eating fish about 3 times a week, you need to include more omega 3 oils everyday from the following sources; ground linseed or linseed oil (Biona is a tasty brand), Udo’s Choice Oil, pumpkin seeds and pumpkin seed butter, hemp oil. Store these products in the fridge and don’t cook them or you will damage the EFAs.

Vitamin B12 – This vitamin is found in meat, eggs and dairy, and there is no other reliable food source. Research suggests that we cannot manufacture this vitamin in our body and deficiency symptoms are serious (irreversible nerve damage). So if you’re vegan, you need to take a supplement. We need around 2.5mcg daily, although there is no evidence to prove that much greater intakes cause any damage.

Vitamin D – This vitamin is found in meat, eggs and dairy products, but can also be synthesised in the skin in sunlight. For vegans who live in cloudy northern climates it may be wise to supplement this vitamin in the winter. The Recommended Nutrient Intake is 10mcg.

Vitamin E – You do not need to worry about this vitamin if you are eating plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables and fresh nuts and seeds.

Iodine – This mineral is mainly found in meat, dairy, fish and seaweed. If you are vegan you need to include some seaweed in your diet, either small amounts added to food or take a supplement each day. The RNI is 150mcg, and it is important not to go over 600mcg daily.

Calcium – You do not need to worry about calcium if you are eating plenty of green leafy vegetables, nuts and seeds, and smaller amounts of seaweed, dried fruit and black molasses.

Soya products – Much of the soya currently produced is GM, so check the packaging well. Soya products are quite convenient and with such a good range of products it is easy to eat too many, which may increase your changes of creating a food intolerance, so don’t eat too many. Bear in mind also that many soya products are highly processed.

Peanuts – These are a high source of protein, but contain toxins and moulds that many people react to badly. Don’t eat too many.

Dairy - Milk is essentially food for baby mammals, which may explain why there is such a high rate of dairy intolerance in adults. Dairy has been linked to certain types of cancer and modern dairy products are concentrated sources of hormones and pesticides. These act as toxins and disrupt the body’s own hormone balance and immune system function. Over-consumption may therefore lead to degenerative disease, so the best advice is to use organic produce in limited amounts.

For further information check out www.vegsoc.org and www.vegansociety.com.

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CONSUMERS STEP UP CAMPAIGN IN EUROPE
PHASE 2 ACTIVITY SPREADS ACROSS EU FIGHTING TO SAVE OUR SUPPLEMENTS

The ‘Save-Our-Supplements’ campaign gathered pace across the EU as representatives from twelve Member States stepped up the pressure to keep specialist vitamin & mineral supplements available. Led by the lobby group Consumers for Health Choice (CHC), pressure is set to increase on the Commission as work continues to set maximum dose levels for dietary supplements across Europe.

Of primary importance is the new On-Line PETITION addressed to the President of the Commission and the Heads of Government of the 27 Member States. Collecting substantial numbers of signatures will be used a means to put pressure on the EU Commission and awaken Member States governments to the importance of maximum permitted levels and consumer choice.

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CNM Student Claire Lewis Creates Her Own Web Business

In April 2005, CNM student Claire Lewis launched her web site - www.lovelula.com - selling only pure and natural beauty products, free of harmful chemical additives. The idea came some years earlier during a CNM Naturopathy lecture on detoxification.

“In class, the effects of chemicals used in shampoos and tooth pastes and other very harmful chemicals that have been found in breast tumours were discussed. I then began to realise how little information there was for consumers about the health impacts of cosmetic products. Another factor was how hard it was to source health supporting products once you were informed!”

“My journey to Naturopathy began in 2000 when my mother was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Although my mother was given surgery, it was natural methods of healing that nurtured her back to wellness following her operation. As I read more and more about the different healing modalities available, I came across the CNM and enrolled in 2001. With the methods taught in class I learned to cure my own IBS and chronic fatigue.”

“There has been no looking back. Prior to studying at the CNM and launching LoveLula, I worked as an accountant in the City.”

“My studies have opened the door to a career I wake up to with enthusiasm each day. I love that I am using what the CNM has taught me about natural health to help other people through my business.”

“Real health and vitality are the greatest gifts in life, and being able to support people in achieving that, by helping them make informed choices about their toiletries, is incredibly rewarding.”

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Anti Candida Diet Advice

If your findings show that you have an intestinal Candida overgrowth that needs treatment, an effective remedy will be prescribed to you, which you have to take according to the instructions. However, experience has shown that medication for intestinal fungi without a special diet is not sufficient. The dietary advice given below is based on the scientific research of the German Professor Dr. Hans Rieth, MD, and has become the gold standard.

Yeastlike fungi need to have a source of organic carbohydrates to live on. Their easiest supply is organic carbohydrate in the form of short chain sugars, like our household sugars or fruit sugar. The more sugars they have available the better they thrive. For this reason you have to avoid short chain carbohydrates like glucose, fructose, household sugars, malt sugar, all kinds of sweets, chocolate, sweet juices and other sweet drinks, white flour products and jams in your daily nutrition during the anti-Candida treatment. Of course you have to avoid foods, which you are intolerant to as well.
However, be warned of extreme diets, which reduce not only the short chain but also the complex carbohydrates and fruit for weeks or even months. Here not only the fungus but also the patient will be harmed.

You might be very concerned before starting the diet that you will find it extremely hard to avoid sugars, but you have to consider that your need for sugars will go down rapidly once the Candida is eliminated.

It is very important to sweep out the accumulated yeast cells with fibre. A rich supply of fibre mechanically eliminates the accumulated yeast cells from the intestines. This is especially efficient when you eat fibre several times a day, also for example in form of a supplement. Fibre also encourages a faster digestion, which is important to get the Candida out of your intestines and has the additional advantage of making you feel full. This makes the diet easier.

Rich on fibre are:

All kinds of vegetables, especially raw
Breads - Wholemeal rye breads, wholemeal breads, bran breads
Cereal products - seed sprouts, wholemeal, wholemeal flakes, grains, whole grain pasta, brown rice

Are you allowed to eat yeast during your Candida diet?
In principle you can eat baking yeast, beer yeast and other food yeasts as they don’t colonise your gut like Candida albicans and its relatives. However, if you have an allergy or sensitivity to Candida you might experience a cross reaction against the related food yeast. In these cases you have to avoid any yeast-containing foods. Watch out for yeast also in stock cubes, Marmite or other sandwich spreads. If you are not sure if you are allergic to yeast, please leave out yeast as a precaution.

If you have tested sensitive for certain foods, you should only reintroduce them after the candida treatment.

Please do not drink great quantities of milk during the diet as this has shown to make the candida more persistent. The same applies to great quantities of calcium supplements (if you take much more than the recommended intake). Candia cannot digest lactose, however.

However, make sure you drink enough liquid as clean, still water, thinly brewed herbal or fruit teas etc.

Supply of nutrients
Always make sure that your intake of vitamins, minerals and trace elements is sufficient, as Candida sufferers are often deficient in them.

You are allowed to eat
- potatoes, brown rice and brown pasta, buckwheat
full grain bread, crisp bread, also sugar free wholemeal
baking products (those baked with yeast only if you are
not allergic to yeast)
- fruits which are not so sweet, fruit low on carbohydrates like strawberries
or raspberries etc. (= low GI and GL)
- meat and fish in all variations except in batter or a breadcrumb coat
- egg dishes with milk or milk products,
oven baked egg dishes
- milk and milk products without sugar, natural yoghurt
- all kinds of vegetables and salads
- mushrooms !!
- milk sugar (lactose)
- wholemeal bakery, nuts in moderation, muesli without sugar
- sugarfree chocolate, for example with Maltitol
- artificial sweeteners like aspartame, xylit, saccharin
- sugarfee drinks like mineral water, coffee,
teas, moderately dry wines and dry champagne

You should avoid
- white rice, white pasta
- yeast and all foods with yeast if you are allergic to yeast
- any kind of white bread or white flour products
- sweet fruits (like grapes, bananas, dates etc. with a high GI/GL)
- dried fruit
- egg dishes with white flour
- yoghurts or similar with sugar and/or sugared fruits
- glucose, household sugars, malt sugar,honey, fructose (!)
- any kinds of sweets, cakes, biscuits, custard
- sugar substitutes like sorbit or mannit
- sweet drinks like lemonades, coke, fruit juices,
sweet wines, beer, sweet liquors

Is a diet alone enough to kill Candida?
The special diet is vital to diminish the number of fungi but you will need the medication in addition as nobody can starve Candida to death. In emergency candida can switch to a protein metabolism and when seriously starved they start penetrating the intestinal lining to get sugars from the blood. This provokes the danger of a systemic fungal infection, which can cause even worse problems.

How should you eat after the diet phase?
After approx. 8 weeks of this diet you should not go back to a nutrition rich on sugar and sweets.
Instead you should try to eat healthy whole foods as long as possible, at least for 4 - 6 months. Whilst eating whole foods you should avoid all refined sugars, but you are encouraged to eat all kinds of fruit, including the sweet ones. White flour is not advisable anyway, as it is low on nutrients and fibre.

Whole foods contain a high percentage of vegetables, fruits and salads. They should be prepared very gently (not overcooked) and should supply you with moderate quantities of milk, milk products, eggs, fish and meats. Your diet should be versatile but not too rich.

Speak to your nutritionist or naturopath about a healthy diet.

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Ute Allison ND, MSc Biol., BSc Sp. Sc., BNA, MRN, VDH | http://www.candidatest.co.uk

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Susan Clark gives advice about a career in naturopathy, raising defences against flu, boosting platelet count.

An excellent training course is available in your home town. It is run by the UK-based College of Naturopathic and Complementary Medicine (CNM), which has courses in London, Brighton, Birmingham, Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Dublin, Limerick, Cork and Galway. Established by qualified naturopaths, CNM has been running for ten years; each year, about 300 graduates emerge from the various courses to practise as naturopaths, homeopaths, herbalists or acupuncturists.

Every CNM student enrols on the basic medicine and naturopathy course, then chooses a specialist option, in homeopathy, herbal medicine, acupuncture or nutrition. If you plan to study part time, it can take as little as three years to qualify with a diploma that is recognised by the ANP (Association of Naturopathic Practitioners) and the BCMA (British Complementary Medicine Association). During this time, you will spend more than 200 hours in clinical practice, working with qualified practitioners, and have the opportunity to travel to hospitals in India, China or Sri Lanka. Read more >>

We are today enjoying longer lifespans, but when we take a closer look, we can see that during this time our health is generally worse. Often our illnesses remain once they begin and are managed rather than completely cured, e.g. joint pains, asthma, heart disease, digestive complaints such as IBS, acidity and hiatus hernia, infertility, eczema and allergies to name a few.

The field of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is there ideally to address the problems that occur in the body, so that major diseases are ‘nipped in the bud’.

One important branch of CAM is detoxification. Detox has recently become more important as we are exposed to vast amounts of toxins in our modern world that were either unheard of 50 years ago or exposure to them was minimal, e.g. radiation, non-stick coatings, residues in drinking water. (1)

Every thing ingested, inhaled or applied has to be dealt with and safely eliminated by our bodies, so you can imagine the stress our elimination systems are constantly under and the overtime that the detox organs need to put in to eliminate these toxic substances. To help our bodies deal with this excess burden and to keep them functioning optimally cleansing has become a vital part of health programmes that are given to patients. Detoxification is a delicate process which needs close guidance by a qualified practitioner in order to give the best benefit.

I often give the example in talks, that done incorrectly detoxification is like sweeping the garage floor without opening its door, you can end up with toxins being dusted all around the body.With the right guidance detox can produce an invigorating cleansing of the entire system and an improvement in our body’s absorption of nutrients.

Sarah Rahman has managed Detox retreats with UK’s leading nutritionists Amanda Hamilton and Midi Fairgrieve, in Spain, Turkey and the UK and features in the Spa of Embarrassing Illnesses series being screened on UKTV Style Jan 08

Contact Sarah

www.thebodywhispers.co.uk
07957 631 466

(1) for a comprehensive list of toxins visit the detoxification page http://thebodywhispers.co.uk/detoxification.htm

CNM Grad Sarah Rahman on UKTV Style’s Spa of Embarrassing Illnesses

Sarah Rahman is a Naturopath and Medical Herbalist who works with the UKTV Style “Spa of Embarrassing Illnesses” detox team managing spa retreats in the UK, Turkey and Spain. She appears on the show practising cupping, a therapy called Baunscheidt, and dispensing advice on the use of medicinal herbs.

Having always been interested in natural medicine, she grew increasingly dissatisfied with the established response to general health issues. Sarah’s quest for knowledge and her own instinct lead her to the field of natural health. She gained professional qualifications in the field of Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine at The College of Naturopathic Medicine.

Sarah runs her own practice in South Manchester, dispensing her own herbal formulas for patients with a wide range of illnesses from asthma to infertility, providing in-home services to patients in Manchester and London, and managing detox weeks as part of the Life Detox team (The Spa of Embarrassing Illnesses - UKTV Style), both in the UK and abroad.

Sarah lectures, and writes articles for newspapers and magazines. Her professional and personal experiences have established her at the forefront of her field in Natural medicine.

Contact Sarah

07957 631 466
www.thebodywhispers.co.uk

02/01/2008

Dear Members,

An interesting turn of events we thought you might be interested in before the story disappears altogether. Remember all the noise from that short lived “furore” a while back over kick backs and corruption charges concerning the UN’s “Oil for Food” program? Well, long story short, LOTS of bribe money going into certain pockets and lots of Saddam Hussein’s oil going to certain countries, but not a lot of food arriving on the tables of the citizenry in Iraq.

As background; the UN’s Oil for Food relief effort, whose aim was to lessen civilian suffering under sanctions imposed after Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, was transformed into one of the biggest corporate corruption scandals in history.
Well, over the last few days, Agence France Presss, the London Daily Telegraph and the UK Guardian are all reporting that pharmaceutical giant’s, GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C., AstraZeneca P.L.C. and Eli Lilly and Co. are being investigated over “bribes allegedly paid to Saddam Hussein’s deposed Iraqi regime.”

Of note, the United States news reports (Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News) only cite GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca. They actually fail to mention that Eli Lilly’s conduct is also under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.

The more complete UK reports say that each of the companies have confirmed that they have been asked to hand over documents by Britain’s Serious Fraud Office, which AFP says is investigating “possible breaches of the United Nations’ oil-for-food sanctions program.”

AFP quotes a GlaxoSmithKline spokesman in London: “GSK does not believe that its employees or its agents in Iraq knowingly engaged in wrongdoing regarding the oil-for-food programme. … In fact GSK went to considerable lengths to co-operate with UK government authorities responsible for the UK administration of the programme and to impose anti-corruption measures when dealing with intermediaries in Iraq at a time when the environment was extremely volatile and difficult.”

It quotes an AstraZeneca spokeswoman in London: “AstraZeneca has received a request from the SFO for documents as part of its review of the oil-for-food programme in Iraq. The company will be providing the documentation.”

Note that the 2005 report http://www.iic-offp.org/story27oct05.htm detailing problems in the U.N. oil-for-food program concluded the Iraqi regime had demanded kickbacks from many foreign companies, and that bribes actually were paid in connection with “humanitarian” contracts for 2,253 companies, although only a few companies were named in the public report. Neither GSK nor AstraZeneca was among them. Yesterday, the SFO ordered GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly to hand over documents.

We’ll monitor this one for you!

All the best,

Rudi

Rudi C. Loehwing
Managing Director
World Institute of Natural Health Sciences - www.winhs.org

If your children or a relative are ever prescribed “mental health” drugs, you have good reason to be worried. Please circulate this.

To get an idea how toxic these drugs are the “Side Effects Made Simple” series from The Institute for Nearly Genuine Research is worth a visit, (apart from having a funny side, amidst the doom). And “toxic” means “poisonous”. A “toxic” drug is a poison.

In the “Science Made Simple Series” take notice of how often the drug company information is vague about:

• the so-called mental health disorders (which US psychiatrists vote annually on adding to their diagnostic manuals - a science free zone - no scientific proof the conditions exist needed)
• the causes of so-called mental health disorders
• how their drugs work - claiming for some things like how they work “theoreticallly” because there is no proof for these “theories”

The Institute for Nearly Genuine Research appears to be dedicated to providing information regarding psychiatry, which of course continues to be the least successful branch of medicine in history. On The Institute for Nearly Genuine Research’s website you can get some appreciation for why.

You will have to make your own mind up about the accuracy of the claims. I cannot vouch for the website but I have checked some of the information published. It should be verifiable by information published on the web from “official” sources. For example, from the Bristol Myers drug company website. Compare the information on aripiprazole - their version of this drug is “Abilify” (emphasis added):

“The symptoms of bipolar disorder are thought to be caused by an imbalance of key chemicals in the brain” - ABILIFY® (aripiprazole) Demonstrated Efficacy as Long-Term Maintenance Therapy from Bristol Myers drug company website

with

“The symptoms of bipolar disorder are thought to be caused by an imbalance of key chemicals in the brain” Bipolar Made Simple from The Institute for Nearly Genuine Research.

Note the words “thought to be caused by” - as if they cannot make up their minds - which of course is not so important if you are in the meantime making lots of money - you don’t really have to do you.

In the UK aripiprazole has been linked to 22 deaths over 445 reports of suspected adverse reactions in a total of 1054 adverse reactions - source UK’s Medicines Healthcare Regulatory Agency: www.mhra.gov.uk/home/groups/public/ documents/sentineldocuments/dap_1152181398407.pdf

In the USA in two years Abilify has been linked to 3,979 reports of suspected adverse drug reactions http://www.psychdrugdangers.com/?drugtable=aripiprazole. These include 98 completed suicides, 103 deaths not by suicide, 31 unsuccessful suicides, 4 murders and making 11 people seriously contemplate murder and 40 people seriously contemplate suicide.

Adverse drug reaction reporting is estimated to be between 90 to 99 percent under reported so these reports of suspected adverse reactions are the tip of the iceberg.

Odd that GlaxoSmithKline-connected Dr Ben Goldacre of The Guardian’s Badscience column does not tell us all the time about these psychiatric quack claims the way he is constantly attacking herbalists, nutritionists, homeopaths and the like. This of course can have nothing whatsoever to do with them being a threat to drug company profits. Nor can it have anything to do with Ben working at the Maudsley Hospital, England, home of the UK’s Institute of Psychiatry. And it can of course have nothing whatsoever to do with GlaxoSmithKline making around 5 billion pounds sterling a year in psychiatric drug sales. They do give a lot of money to researchers in psychiatry but that can surely have nothing to do with this either.

And do not be deceived by drugs only meant to be used on adults (presumably on the basis that if adults get poisoned they are old enough to know better). Some psychistrists have no problem prescribing them for kids too.

- Clifford G. Miller

Free e-book launched exploring anti-nutritional lobby groups

Have you ever wondered why there is so much opposition to nutritional approaches for today’s major health issues? Is it really because the science is weak, or is it more to do with politics and money?

I was fascinated to read the free e-book, published this month on the internet, by Martin Walker entitled Cultural Dwarfs and Junk Journalism - Ben Goldacre, Quackbusting and Corporate Science. It explores the associations Guardian columnist Ben Goldacre, and other ‘quackbusters’ have with an organised anti-nutritional medicine agenda and organisations funded by the pharmaceutical industry. Those familiar with Ben Goldacre’s inability to expose the ‘bad science’ of drugs and antipathy towards nutritional medicine will not be surprised.

Martin Walker, author of Dirty Medicine and Brave New World of Zero Risk, looks at the quackbusting work of Ben Goldacre and others, placing them in the context of the global lobby groups that support the chemical, pharmaceutical, medical and processed food industries. It’s an intriguing read. For the first time Walker’s work focuses on this lobby’s attacks on independent nutritionists, including myself, and traces the history of quackbuster campaigns against vitamin and food supplements.

Walker is giving away this publication as an e-book, in the hope that it will help people organise in defence of nutritional medicine.

Like all of Walker’s work it is an erudite and detailed read that will certainly enlighten you to the darker side of those organising against non-pharmaceutically based medicine in general, and nutritional medicine in particular. The e-book can be downloaded for free from www.slingshotpublications.com and Walker hopes that many will place it on their web sites to be accessed and downloaded.

I hope you do take the time to read this and let others know about it because literally tens of thousands of people die every year from prescription drugs when better alternatives already exist and millions more suffer unnecessarily and die prematurely from ignorance, some scared off from trying effective, safe, nutritional approaches by individuals like Ben Goldacre and his fellow quackbusters. If this makes you angry do something about it - let others know about this book and, if you’re concerned with the Guardian’s one-sided view on medicine why not write to the editor of the Guardian at home@guardian.co.uk. Here’s my letter - http://www.patrickholford.com/content.asp?id_Content=2183.

You can also see excerpts of the book at www.holfordmyths.com, our new site for countering false allegations.

Martin J. Walker, Cultural Dwarfs and Junk Journalism: Ben Goldacre, quackbusting and corporate science. Slingshot Publications. January 2008. Available free from www.slingshotpublications.com.

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H:MC21 was set up in September 2007 to inform the public about homeopathy and its relation to orthodox medicine. It will do this through research, publication and campaigning.

Campaign

Our first project is to counter the wave of negative publicity by collecting signatures to the following declaration:

Homeopathy worked for me

If you would like to sign this declaration now, please visit http://www.hmc21.org. You can also go to our Campaign page to find out more.

Everyone who has benefited from homeopathy can sign this declaration.

It not only gives a voice to those people whose experience is denied by the recent attacks, it will also, for the first time, begin to establish the extent to which homeopathy has helped the general public in the UK, whether through prescription or self-medication.

March

We plan to organise a march on the 22 June 2008 to coincide with the end of Homeopathy Awareness Week. Organisers will take the complete list of names to No.10 Downing Street with the demand that the NHS honours the commitment to homeopathy enshrined in its charter, and that positive steps be taken to enable everyone who needs homeopathy to obtain it through the NHS.

With your help, it is possible for us to collect at least 250,000 signatures by next June!

The College of Naturopathic Medicine is pleased to offer the following short courses in body therapies and nutrition, now available at our London college only. Please use the pictures and links below to browse the individual course details, or download the course brochure. Contact us for more information and reserve your place today !