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. . . DIET HAS THE POWER TO CREATE OR CURE DIABETES . . . Take a look at the trailer for the new DVD Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days, http://www.foodmatters.tv/_webapp/simply %20raw. This film follows 6 people with diabetes who reverse the disease without pharmaceuticals by following a raw, vegan, organic diet and avoiding the processed foods that make up so much of the U.S. diet.

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Symptoms are often the body’s attempt to correct dysfunction or fight disease. Fever, for example, is part of the body’s defense against infection. Instead of suppressing symptoms, natural medicine—including naturopathy and homeopathy—helps the body heal itself. Take a look at homeopath Dana Ullman’s blog at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-ullma n/the-wisdom-of-symptoms-re_b_299070.htm l.
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The challenge to physicians, healers, and patients is to determine when to help aid the inner wisdom of the body and when to intervene to make certain that the body does not harm itself.

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A low-meat, very low sugar diet along with vitamins and minerals prolonged life, reduced pain, and strengthened the bodies of people with advanced cancers, according to a clinical test conducted by Abram Hoffer, MD. High doses of vitamin C actually kill cancer cells. Read Reagan Houston’s article, “Vitamins vs. Che...motherapy and Radiation for Cancer Therapy” in the August/September 2009 issue. See the table of contents: http://www.townsendletter.com/AugSept200 9/AugSept2009.htmlRead More
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. . . SAUNA, ANYONE?. . . More than 500 rescue workers at the World Trade Center have benefited from sauna therapy. Sweating helped their bodies remove toxic chemicals acquired during their rescue work. To read a case study, go to http://www.townsendletter.com/Dec2006/ch emexp31206.htm.
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WE REALLY ARE BEINGS OF LIGHT . . . Physicist Fritz-Albert Popp, PhD discovered that every cell emits biophotons (coherent, polarized, ‘squeezed’ light). Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt says that these light emissions regulate all metabolic enzymes in cells. For more, read Dr. Klinghardt’s article “A Sensible Approach to ...Eliminating Neurotoxins” in Townsend Letter, October 2009. http://www.townsendletter.com/Oct2009/Oc t2009.htmlRead More
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NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY affects genetic expression for the individual and the next two generations of offspring. Processed food—even gluten-free, organic products—does not provide the nourishment of whole, nutrient-dense, living food, Dr. Jeff Wulfman said at the Lyme-Induced Autism Foundation Conference. For more, ...see Mary Budinger’s article in Townsend Letter, October 2009. http://www.townsendletter.com/Oct2009/Oc t2009.htmlRead More
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Slowing the breath “can radically alter one’s medical history,” says Majid Ali, MD. His article in Townsend Letter (October 2009) explains the Autonomic Breathing Test and the benefits of a simple technique called “Feather Breathing.” Imagine a thin feather almost touching the nostrils and breath out slowly and gen...tly so as not to move the feather. It helps with chronic stress-induced disorders. http://www.townsendletter.com/Oct2009/Oc t2009.htmlRead More
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The internal peace we cultivate with meditation affects our communities. Martin Zucker says, “…during the war in Lebanon, large assemblies of meditators caused battle field casualties to drop dramatically.” In 1993, hundreds of people using Transcendental Meditation in Washington D.C. reduced violent crime. Read his editorial at http://www.townsendletter.com/Oct_2002/z uckereditorial1002.htm
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Over 100 years ago, William B. Coley, MD, discovered that a potent bacterial infection stimulates the immune system to fight cancer. Coley’s toxins were used in the U.S. until the early 1960s, when FDA banned them. Some countries still use them. Wayne Martin’s article is at http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/coleys_ toxin2.html. A Ralph Moss report is for sale at http://www.cancerdecisions.com.
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UK based website of researcher and author, Barry Groves, offering online nutritional information, who also exposes dietary and medical misinformation and fraud.

Townsend Letter Over 100 years ago, William B. Coley, MD, discovered that a potent bacterial infection stimulates the immune system to fight cancer. Coley’s toxins were used in the U.S. until the early 1960s, when FDA banned them. Some countries still use them. Check back later for interesting links. . .

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. . . HEARTBURN . . . is the body’s defense against overeating and eating incompatible foods. TV commercials have taught us to take a pill to stop the pain; but stopping the pills, especially proton pump inhibitors, can bring on withdrawal and rebound effects in the form of acidy feelings. Ingrid Kohlstadt, MD, writes ...about heartburn and IBS in her October column in Townsend Letter.http://www.townsendletter.com/Oct2009/Oc t2009.htmlRead More
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"TUMMY TROUBLES?" . . Irritable bowel syndrome can result from low thyroid levels; food additives; food reactions; spinal nerve irritation (See your osteopath or chiropractor.); and too little 5-HTP, magnesium, or vitamins B6 and C. For more, see Ingrid Kohlstadt’s column in October’s Townsend Letter. http://www.townsendletter.com/Oct2009/Oc t2009.html
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People with “sensitive” personality traits are more likely to have allergies, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, depression, migraine, chemical sensitivity, and environmental sensitivity, according to Michael Jawer, author of The Spiritual Anatomy of Emotion. See Elaine Zablocki’s column ‘Pathways to Healing” in October’s Townsend Letter. http://www.townsendletter.com/Oct2009/Oc t2009.html
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- - - AGAVE NECTAR? - - - Agave nectar, sold as a diabetic-friendly, 100% natural sweetener, is actually a chemically-refined hydrolyzed high-fructose “health food fraud,” says Rami Nagel. See his article at http://www.townsendletter.com/May2009/ag ave0509.html.
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. . . OXYGEN and HEALTH . . . Majid Ali, MD says that the life-giving and life-taking roles of oxygen in the body’s ecosystem lie at the heart of health and illness. Read Katherine Duff’s review of his text The Principles and Practices of Integrative Medicine, Volume 3: Dysoxygenesis and Oxystatic Therapies. http://www.townsendletter.com/June2009/b c_principles0609.htm
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