Thursday, September 27, 2007

Ten golden rules of health and healing

I was first presented these ten golden rules by Jack Ritcheson, N.D. back in the early 1990s. They ring true, now more than ever.

Ten Golden Rules of Health and Healing

1. Stop putting poisons into your body.

2. Support your body's healing efforts. It takes 5-7 times more nutrition to rebuild and repair than it does to maintain.

3. Be patient and persistent. Nothing heals in the human body in less than three months — then add one month for every year the condition has existed.

4. Have moderation in all things.

5. Make peace with Nature.

6. Live closer to God.

7. Accept responsibility for yourself and your health.

8. Make as much of your diet as possible be raw whole foods.

9. Exercise regularly for the rest of your life.

10. Practice and learn to understand completely Hering's Law of Cure. Hering states, “All cure starts from the inside out, from the head down, and in the reverse order of symptoms as they have been suppressed.”

Image: Constantine Hering, M.D. (1800-1880)


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Congressional bill would ban DHEA

From the Natural Products Association (formerly the NNFA):

In 2004, Congress passed and the President signed into law the Anabolic Steroid Control Act, which provided for the listing of steroid hormone precursors such as androstenedione ("andro") under the Controlled Substances Act. This statute now prohibits the marketing of these substances as dietary supplements by regulating them as Schedule III controlled substances. However, the Anabolic Steroid Control Act contained a provision that exempted the dietary ingredient dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), a prohormone with little or no potential for abuse as a performance-enhancing ingredient, but with demonstrated value in supporting normal hormone levels during aging.

DHEA offers many benefits and is most frequently used by elderly consumers and others with deficient hormone levels. It has been on the market as a dietary supplement for the last 20 years and currently has sales of about $50 million, almost entirely for uses related to aging. DHEA is not like illegal anabolic steroids such as testosterone or precursors such as androstenedione, which have been the targeted for federal and state restrictions over the last two years. Unlike these other substances, DHEA cannot be used by younger, healthy adults to build muscle mass or enhance performance, nor is there evidence that DHEA would produce the negative effects commonly associated with steroid abuse.

Acting on false information and understandably concerned about the public outrage over the abuse of steroids, Senators Charles Grassley (Iowa), John McCain (Arizona), and Richard Durbin (Illinois) have introduced S. 762, which would nullify the DHEA exemption contained in the Anabolic Steroid Control Act and effectively place DHEA on the Schedule III controlled substances list.

Action Requested: Oppose S. 762, which would unnecessarily prevent seniors from purchasing a safe, effective dietary supplement.

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Omega-3 fish oils slow Alzheimer's disease, studies show

Omega-3 fatty acids may slow cognitive decline in some patients with very mild Alzheimer's disease, recent studies reported in the October 2006 issue of Archives of Neurology indicate. Supplements showed no effect in more advanced cases.

Alzheimer's disease is a severely debilitating condition that affects thinking, learning and memory, beginning with declines in episodic memory (including memory about events in one's own life). Drugs that are used to treat symptoms do not affect the underlying cause and progression of the disease. Several studies have shown that eating fish, which is high in omega-3 fatty acids, may protect against Alzheimer's disease, leading researchers to question whether supplements could have similar effects.

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