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 Okinawa Program
A view of THE OKINAWA PROGRAM, by Bradley J. Willcox, D. Craig Willcox and Makoto Suzuki, Three Rivers Press, New York, 2001. Okinawa, a group of small islands south of Japan, has more centenarians and overall greater longevity than any other country. Actually, their average longevity is only 4.4 years longer than that of Americans […]
The Health And Wellness Movement
To some extent, the roots of the Health and Wellness Movement go back at least to the days of the Ancient Greeks and the Olympic games themselves. In that time the ultimate in development was physical prowess in the various games. At the same time, an age-old conflict, which has persisted to the 21st century, […]
To Eat or Not To Eat
There is no greater controversy than that over nutrition. Some claim that virtually every food is harmful and a remarkable variety of fad diets exist, from all raw to vegan. Interestingly vegans eat yeast, a member of the animal kingdom; and most wear leather shoes and belts. So much for their purity. Meanwhile, all of […]
Medical and Counseling Intuition
In 1972 I met Henry Rucker, one of the most charismatic and effective counselors I have ever known. Henry, without any training, was also 70% accurate in making a medical diagnosis without seeing the patient. He became a Pastoral Counselor at the Pain Rehabilitation Clinic, which I had established at St. Francis Hospital in LaCrosse, […]
YOUTHFUL AGING: SECRET OF THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
One of Sigmund Freud’s most accurate and startling discoveries about the human psyche was the pervasiveness of the ”death wish.” Eric Berne took this idea further with his concept that we set the age and cause of death at an early age. For over 10 years before his death, he told colleagues that his life […]
Minimizing Free Radicals: The Destructive Chemicals?
Oxidative stresses, or free radicals, appear to be the major contributors to virtually every known illness, as well as aging itself. Although this fact is well known, and antioxidants are widely used in attempts to prevent free radical damage, the evidence for antioxidant supplementation is not conclusive. There is fairly good evidence that a diet […]