Naturality
Wellness Centre
June
2006 Newsletter
OPEN DAY
SUCCESS
Our Open Day on June 3rd was a great success.
Staff and patients alike enjoyed the get-together and fascinating
talks for the day. Thanks to everyone who pitched in and made it
work.
Jane
one her way to give out balloons. She was last seen somewhere over
Ashridge!
NEW
Psychosynthesis - A One-day
Workshop
Saturday June 24th 2006 from 10am - 4pm
for more
details click here
Health
News from Around The World
The results of
aspartame studies tend to depend on who paid for them. In an analysis
of 166 articles published in medical journals from 1980 to 1985, Dr.
Ralph G. Walton, a professor of psychiatry at Northeastern Ohio
Universities College of Medicine found that all 74 studies that were
financed by the industry attested to sweetener's safety.
Of the 92 independently funded articles, 84
identified adverse health effects. "Whenever you have studies
that were not funded by the industry, some sort of problem is
identified," said Dr. Walton, adding that he has not looked at
studies performed since 1985. "It's far too much for it to be a
coincidence."Dr. Walton, who, like some other psychiatrists, has
studied aspartame from a neurological perspective, said he had also
seen problems from the sweetener firsthand. At Safe Harbor Behavioral
Health, a mental health facility in Erie, Pa., where he is clinical
director, Dr. Walton said he had observed that for many people with
mood disorders, such as depression or bipolar disorder, aspartame
exacerbates the condition. "For people with panic disorders, for
instance, we've seen that when we eliminate aspartame, it's much
easier to control their illness," he said. "The number of
panic attacks goes down."
Studies Funded by Drug
Companies Favour Drugs 80 Percent of the Time
Studies published in psychiatric journals are increasingly funded
by drug companies, and the results of these studies often favor
drugs. In 1992, only 25 percent of published studies were funded by
drug companies, however, in 2002 this amount had risen to 57 percent.
Researchers from the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City
examined four journals: American Journal of Psychiatry, Archives of
General Psychiatry, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and Journal of
Clinical Psychopharmacology. They found drugs were favored in
roughly:
The researchers pointed out that, since increasing numbers of
studies are funded by drug companies, journals may be reluctant to
publish studies with negative or inconclusive findings.
Further, while a database was set up by the pharmaceutical
industry in October 2004 to report study results, both negative and
positive, posting negative study results is completely voluntary.
USA
Today May 24, 2006
Sunblock Causes Cancer!
Dr. Gordon
Ainsleigh in California believes that the use of sunscreens causes
more cancer deaths than it prevents. He estimates that the 17%
increase in breast cancer observed between 1991 and 1992 may be the
result of the pervasive use of sunscreens over the past decade.
Recent studies have also shown a higher rate of melanoma among men
who regularly use sunscreens and a higher rate of basal cell
carcinoma among women using sunscreens.
Dr. Ainsleigh
estimates that 30,000 cancer deaths in the United States alone could
be prevented each year if people would adopt a regimen of regular,
moderate sun exposure.
Most chemical
sunscreens contain from 2 to 5% of benzophenone or its derivatives
(oxybenzone, benzophenone-3) as their active ingredient. Benzophenone
is one of the most powerful free radical generators known to man. It
is used in industrial processes to initiate chemical reactions and
promote cross-linking(15). Benzophenone is activated by ultraviolet
light. The absorbed energy breaks benzophenone's double bond to
produce two free radical sites. The free radicals desperately look
for a hydrogen atom to make them "feel whole again". They
may find this hydrogen atom among the other ingredients of the
sunscreen, but it is conceivable that they could also find it on the
surface of the skin and thereby initiate a chain reaction which could
ultimately lead to melanoma and other skin cancers. Researchers at
the Harvard Medical School have recently discovered that psoralen,
another ultraviolet light-activated free radical generator, is an
extremely efficient carcinogen. They found that the rate of squamous
cell carcinoma among patients with psoriasis, who had been repeatedly
treated with UVA light after a topical application of psoralen, was
83 times higher than among the general population.
Read the
original article and references here.
Note
from Dr King
Many people now have a pathological
aversion to sunlight. As a result they suffer from a lack of Vitamin
D and consequently weak bones and arthritis. Vitamin D is also
protective against cancer.
Skin cancer rates have been
soaring in recent decades as the use of sunscreens increased. This
may not be coincidence. It is possible that the increased use of
sunscreens was the causative factor in the rise of skin cancer,
especially in countries like Britain where the rate of sun exposure
has remained fairly constant.
Please don't get burned, but
enjoy the sunshine. Expose your skin sensibly and cover up when it
gets too hot.
Patient
of the Month - Patricia Clayton
Congratulations
to Patricia Clayton for being our star patient of the month. For 12
months Patricia knew that life was catching up with her but she
didn't know what to do about it. She had severe back pain and daily
headaches. Her knees would suddenly just go from underneath her. She
had neck pains and knotted feelings in the base of her shoulders and
head. She was tired all the time, had bad concentration, aching
bones, night sweats, hot flushes and weight gain. She "just felt
old." The final straw was being told by her GP she needed to go
on thyroxin, which she had done but she still felt no
better.
Patricia was an ideal patient because she was
determined to get well and she followed her treatment plan to the
letter. Eight treatments over 2 months has totally transformed her
health and her life. If you ask her how she is now, she tells you she
feels energetic, has no cravings for sugar or bread, is less bloated,
more energetic, more optimistic, feels in control and good because
she knows what to do about her health. She lost 1 stone without
dieting and has had not one headache since starting treatment -
whereas she was having constant headaches every day.
Note
from Dr King
It's easy to feel as well as Patricia, all
you have to do is do what she did. She arrived for each appointment
with a real desire to find out what she could do to make herself
stronger. Once her weakness was identified she did whatever treatment
was necessary to eliminate that weakness, then she came back and
asked "what's next." The exact treatment she had is
irrelevant - well it's relevant to her but if you tried to follow it,
you wouldn't get the same results. We are all unique and we all have
certain needs that can best be identified with proprioceptive
testing. There just isn't one diet or one treatment that suits
everyone or benefits everyone. There is no substitute for accurate
testing and proven diagnosis.
Patricia's recovery has been
greatly assisted by the wonderful massage of Cristina Bustamante and
the personal training of Tonya Williams at Innergym.
76 Ways Sugar Can Ruin Your
Health
I have to hold my hand
up and admit that I've never been fully able to overcome my fondness
of sweet foods. I manage my sweet tooth pretty well now by making
sure I eat enough protein and natural fat, especially at breakfast
because I know that if I do get hungry, I tend to grab whatever will
pull up my blood sugar fastest. That may change now with this scary
rundown on all the reasons sugar can ruin your health. Check out the
full article here
but here are just 20 ways sugar can ruin your health.
Sugar can suppress your immune system and impair your
defenses against infectious disease.1,2
Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in your body: causes
chromium and copper deficiencies and interferes with absorption of
calcium and magnesium. 3,4,5,6
Sugar can cause can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline,
hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in
children.7,8
Sugar can produce a significant rise in total cholesterol,
triglycerides and bad cholesterol and a decrease in good
cholesterol.9,10,11,12
Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function.13
Sugar feeds cancer cells and has been connected with the
development of cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostate, rectum,
pancreas, biliary tract, lung, gallbladder and
stomach.14,15,16,17,18,19,20
Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose and can cause
reactive hypoglycemia.21,22
Sugar can weaken eyesight.23
Sugar can cause many problems with the gastrointestinal tract
including: an acidic digestive tract, indigestion, malabsorption in
patients with functional bowel disease, increased risk of Crohn's
disease, and ulcerative colitis.24,25,26,27,28
Sugar can cause premature aging.29
Sugar can lead to alcoholism.30
Sugar can cause your saliva to become acidic, tooth decay,
and periodontal disease.31,32,33
Sugar contributes to obesity.34
Sugar can cause autoimmune diseases such as: arthritis,
asthma, multiple sclerosis.35,36,37
Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida
Albicans (yeast infections)38
Sugar can cause gallstones.39
Sugar can cause appendicitis.40
Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.41
Sugar can cause varicose veins.42
Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.44
References available.
If you have too much sugar, consider
increasing your intake of Chromium and antioxidants
Phytox
PHYTOX
is a phyto-antioxidant nutrient in a vegetable capsule,
There
has been much recent research around the role in health of
phyto-nutrients such as the flavonoids, carotenoids and isoflavones.
All have been shown to play a very strong role in supporting the
defences of the body and to work in synergy with the other recognised
antioxidant vitamins and minerals. Antioxidants are an important
ingredient in the fight against inflammation and free radicals. We
all need good quantities of antioxidants but we need thes most if we
suffer from, or have a family history of hayfever, asthma, arthritis,
degenerative diseases, smoking or cancer.
Cytogold
is our Rolls-Royce Multivitamin and mineral supplement but at £20
for 4 months supply it costs just £5 per month or about 12 p
per day. It contains plenty of chromium to fight those sugar cravings
as well as generous quantities or just about every other vitamin and
mineral you could need. Uniquely, it is a FOOD STATE supplement which
means that all of the active ingredients have been fed to a yeast and
are therefore in plant form - just as they would be in nature. For
this reason, doses are much lower than in other supplements so there
is no danger of overdose, but what is in there gets absorbed easily
(but only if you need that nutrient).
Don't waste your money with
supermarket brands, get the quality you can trust from Naturality.
Spotted
on the Internet: A Bit of Fluff to Make You Smile
Dear
Lord,
Help me to relax about insignificant details, beginning
tomorrow at 7:41:23 a.m.
Help
me to consider people's feelings, even if most of them are
hypersensitive.
Help me to take responsibility for the
consequences of my actions, even though they're usually not my fault.
Help me to not try to run everything - but, if you need any
help, please feel free to ask me.
Help me to be more laid
back, and help me to do it exactly right.
Help me to take
things more seriously, especially laughter, parties, and dancing.
Give me patience, and I mean right now!
Help me not
be a perfectionist. (Did I spell that correctly?)
Help me to
finish everything I sta
Help me to keep my mind on one thing
... oh, look, a bird ... at a time.
Help me to do only what I
can, and trust you for the rest. And would you mind putting that in
writing?
Keep me open to others' ideas, misguided though they
may be.
Help me follow established procedures. Hey, wait ...
this is wrong ...
Help me slow down andnotrushthroughwhatido.
Thank you, Lord.
Amen
That's it for now. I'm off for a spot of sunbathing.
Yours in health
Simon King
Chiropractor and
Consultant
Kinesiologist.
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