What the Bleep is Health?
WHAT THE BLEEP IS HEALTH? In December, 2005, the American Institute for Cancer Research released the results of a study which emphasized that ONLY 3% OF AMERICANS have the top 4 essential habits for optimal health! ESSENTIAL HABITS No smoking 76% Healthy Body Mass Index of 18.5-25 40% Eating 5 or more servings of fruits […]
HOLISM
The word holistic, to my knowledge, was first used by Jan Smuts in his book, HOLISM AND EVOLUTION, originally published in 1926. Jan Smuts was a General and later Prime Minister of South Africa. His book laid the foundation for the concept of Holistic Medicine. He states that the word comes from the Greek word […]
Losing Weight and Cholesterol with the Broda Barnes Diet
Broda Barnes, M.D. published his classic book, HYPOTHYROIDISM: THE UNSUSPECTED ILLNESS in 1976, (Harper and Row). He felt that 40% of Americans suffered from hypothyroidism, as demonstrated by low body temperature. He emphasized the remarkable array of illnesses that were inadequately treated because of the failure of physicians to diagnose concurrent hypothyroidism: fatigue, migraine and […]
Inflammation and High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (HS-CRP)
In the past few years, HS-CRP has emerged as the single most sensitive indicator of the risk for atherosclerosis, acute coronary artery disease, hypertension and even atrial fibrillation. And HS-CRP is consistently more indicative of the risk of atherosclerosis than total or LDL cholesterol. Of course this broad indicator of inflammation is not restricted to […]
Avoiding the Plague and Other Infectious Threats
Every year we have another alarm about the next epidemic – Bird flu, rabies, polio, smallpox, West Nile/California, etc encephalitis, the annual flu, meningitis, etc, etc. WHAT TO DO? There is a limit to precautions and worry. The simplest and safest way to keep healthy is to have a happy, positive attitude. Laugh a lot. […]
Libido and Sexuality
Libido — the vital impulse or energy motivating human behavior. The sexual urge or lust. Wilhelm Reich, the second most important psychiatrist in history, (Carl Jung is undoubtedly the greatest; guess number three!) emphasized the critical nature of orgasm in health. He believed it was an essential balancer of life energy. Freud (my concept of […]
PREVENTIVE HEALTH?
Preventive health is an oxymoron if I ever heard one!! Occasionally a ‘scientific’ article actually uses that ridiculous term. We should not be seeking to prevent health but rather to prevent disease or prevent the need for medicine-thus preventive medicine should be a goal. There is little evidence that most routine testing is of value […]
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, SLS, is a caustic surfactant and widely used detergent, that appears in everything from oven-cleaners and carpet glue to the vast majority of toothpastes, shaving creams, shampoos, soaps, and even many DRUGS, WHERE IT IS — USED TO ”CLEAN” GELATIN CAPSULES. It is disguised under dozens of aliases, such as sodium dodecyl […]
The BASICS of BIOGENICS – Healthy Lifestyle Habits
In 1977, I created the concept of Biogenics, the ”genesis of life,” with my first major book, 9O DAYS TO SELF-HEALTH. Initially, this included a major ”software” program for biofeedback and cassette tapes of a number of the mental exercises from the book. Over the ensuing decades, our research has expanded so that I can […]
Health in the United States – Getting Worse!
Thirty years ago both Califano, Secretary of HEW (now known as US Department of Health and Human Services), and Knowles, President of Rockefeller Foundation, reported that 85% of illnesses are the result of an unhealthy lifestyle and thus are preventable. During this subsequent three-decade period, the Holistic Health and Medicine movement has evolved into Complementary […]