Naturality
Wellness News
November 2006
From the desk of Simon King
Staying Healthy
Mrs JT popped back for a checkup this week. I first saw her a
year ago when she was 82 years old. She knew she was deteriorating
fast as she now found it a struggle to walk the short distance to
town. Naturally, everyone assumed she was just getting
old.
Fortunately, function has nothing to do with age, shape,
sex or religion and her examination soon revealed that she was as
weak as a kitten and her muscles just weren't working properly. It
didn't take long to track down her strength-zapper, the culprit was
the glue she used to hold her dentures in place.
One year
earlier she had changed to a new glue. What she didn't know was that
her new glue contained propylene glycol (used in antifreeze and brake
fluid) which she was now sucking on twelve hours a day.
I
found her some less harmful glues and straightened out a few more
faults and now she sprints into town. Actually she said "You
know, every day I wake up and feel better and better." That's
enough to make any chiropractor proud.
Now she is 83 years
young and really going strong. She pops in for a checkup every 3
months to let me check whether anything else is holding her back from
being as well as she ought to be.
New Wellness Programme
Deciding to have regular checkups is the best health insurance
you can have. Although I often talk about coming up with a permanent
solution to a problem, staying well needs occasional checkups. Just
like your car needs maintenance, so does your body, in fact your body
is probably more important than your car. Whereas you can replace a
defective part in your car, you only get one shot at your body
(unless you really want replacement hip joints - which are definitely
not original equipment).
Naturality has decided to introduce a
plan to make it easier for you to look after yourself once you're
well. If you commit to having checkups regularly, we will give you a
discount on your visits and give you free visits if something
unexpected happens and you need a bit of reassurance or extra
treatment.
A brochure is available with full costings and
details. Just click here.
Clinic News
Nordic
Walking
Pilates and Nordic Walking instructor Jackie
Gilbert has been putting Simon through his paces.
Originating from
summer training for cross-country skiers, Nordic Walking works your
upper and lower body at the same time, strengthening your back, legs
and arms, and reducing neck and shoulder tension - all this while
improving the health of your heart and lungs. And you can gain all
these health
benefits,
and more, while Nordic Walking with your friends; exercise intensity
is determined by upper body effort so people of differing fitness
levels can walk and talk together, while working to their own level
with Nordic Walking.
If you would like to know more about
Nordic walking, you can visit the Nordic Walking website at
www.nordicwalking.co.uk or call Naturality on 01442 800400.
Nadine Follett Feng Shui Workshop
Feng Shui Weekend
Workshop with Nadine Follett at The Naturality Wellness Centre, 42
Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted. HP4 2AA. Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th
November. Two days £85. Single Day £45. 10am - 4pm.
Nadine Follett has worked extensively in the holistic field, stately
homes, health resorts as well as big charities. Her Spiritual
teacher is a Tibetan Lama and Feng Shui Master. For further
information ring Nadine on 01442 234849. Booking forms available from
the Front desk at Naturality Wellness Centre. Limited places,
£5 deposit required to secure place. Bring own lunch and
cushion. THE UNIVERSE WILL SUPPORT YOU IF YOU HAVE THE KEY!
Reflexology current offers:
Wendy Smith is currently offering 6
treatments for the price of 5, and an introductory offer of £5.00
off your first treatment.
Gift vouchers are now available for
Christmas presents!
Miessence Facial
Jacqueline Jackson has introduced a completely natural and
organic facial, using only Miessence products. If you fancy a natural
treat that will clean, nourish and feed your skin, ring Jacqui and
book for a totally organic experience.
Jane
enjoying her Miessence facial with Jacqui
By now
you know we stock Miessence products because they are the only ones
we can find with absolutely no synthetic chemicals. Every ingredient
can be traced back to the organic farm on which it was grown, and the
company is audited regularly to make sure that remains the case. This
is why they have international organic certification, a standard
higher than that required by the soil association in the UK.
By
a stroke of sheer luck, one of the founders of the Miessence range,
ALF ORPEN will be in Bourne End speaking at the Watermill Hotel, THIS
SATURDAY 11th November FROM 10.30AM TO 12.30AM. Some of the topics
that will be covered include: How synthetic chemicals are as
insidious as nuclear fallout, how they contribute to the cause of
obesity and Bio-magnification, what is it?
Tickets are free
but you must email or call the clinic by Friday if you would like to
attend since spaces are limited.
Training sessions:
How to clean your home without chemicals - Call Lesley Eastoe on
07779509091 and learn how you you can save money and save the
environment by staying out of the supermarket chemical isle.
Back in Twenty
Cristina has just launched her new workplace massage business.
The twenty minute chair massage will keep employees happy, refreshed
and motivated, without them having to leave the office. If you would
like any more information, please call Cristina on 0845 8620123 or go
to www.backintwenty.co.uk
Homeopathy
Dr Contractor writes:
"Homeopathy helps health and
rejuvenation by giving remedies that support the patient's own
healing mechanism. The homeopath uses minute amount of natural
substances to help patients regain their energy, vitality and health.
He considers each individual to be a unique person, having his/her
own psychic and physical symptoms as well as his/her hereditary
predispositions. It is therefore possible that the same problem or
condition could have many different remedies, because each remedy is
specific to the person, not the problem."
If you want to know exactly what to
take for your condition, make an appointment to see Conty and see how
much better you can feel. Tel 01442 800400
Testimonials
"I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis three and a half
years ago after the birth of my child. My consultant prescribed a
course of anti-inflammatory and steroid based tablets. Even the
addition of steroid enemas had little effect. I also tried natural
remedies that I had read about and eliminated certain foods from my
diet. All to no avail.
I was at rock bottom when a friend
recommended Naturality in June this year. On Simon's advice I went
onto a wheat-free diet and had three amalgam fillings removed.
My
initial skepticism evaporated when the effects of these changes
began. Increased energy levels coupled with a reduction in bloating
was a welcome relief from what I believed had become my body's normal
state. And as for being able to pass normal stools... only a UC
sufferer can tell you of the sheer joy I now feel that the bleeding
has stopped and I am off all my medication."
Karen,
Watford.
And one for Sean Heneghan - Acupuncturist.
"I would like to say how wonderfully helpful it has been for
me to be treated by Sean Heneghan. I had never tried acupuncture
before, though I was curious about it. After being bereaved,
suffering sleep problems (sleep walking and talking, grinding my
teeth), general anxiety and a feeling of being completely 'out of
balance' I emailed Sean to see if he thought acupuncture might help
me. After the first session, I felt almost immediately better and
have had the best period of undisturbed sleep for months. I am
continuing with the treatment and would encourage anyone with similar
problems to try it. Sean is very caring and he takes time to explain
the principles and reasoning behind the discipline. I am very
impressed - and have recommended a work colleague and my partner to
see him already."
Julie Morrison
Health News from What Doctors Don't Tell
You (www.wddty.co.uk)
FLU JAB
SEASON: They don't work, of course, researchers discover
The over 65s
among us will soon be exhorted to visit their local doctor for their
seasonal flu jab. And if they're as well read as our readers,
they'll have ringing in their ears the World Health Organization
(WHO) proclamation that flu vaccinations "reduce the risk of
serious complications or of death by 70 to 85 per cent" in the
elderly.
This very
impressive statistic has doubtlessly informed public health strategy
in the care of the elderly since it was highlighted by WHO in 2002.
The claim is
based on one, dubious, study - and it turns out to be not true.
In fact, the flu vaccine is ineffective, as a review of all of the
studies has discovered.
In one major
study, 95 per cent of elderly people who were vaccinated developed
pneumonia that year, and nearly one per cent died from the
infection. In a study of healthcare workers, another target
group for annual vaccination, 39 per cent died from pneumonia,
despite having the flu jab.
The vaccination's
poor protection extends to younger people in the community. In
a study of adults below the age of 65, 67 per cent of those
vaccinated still had influenza later in the season, and a similar
total was registered in a group of children aged above six years.
So why do our
health services spend millions in advertising and administering a
vaccination that doesn't work? Nobody is sure, but we guess
everyone stopped reading once they had seen the WHO statement.
(Source: British
Medical Journal, 2006; 333: 912-5).
MMR:
Expect pressure to mount as measles cases rise
If you're a
mother of a baby or toddler, expect serious pressure from your local
doctor for your child to have the measles vaccination. The word
has gone out that there has been "a steep rise" in the
cases of measles in the UK this year, which means that it is falling
behind the World Health Organization target of elimination of the
disease by 2010.
The alarm bells
have been sounded because 449 cases have been reported in the year to
last May, compared with 77 in the previous year.
The blame is laid
squarely at the door of Dr Andrew Wakefield, whose study that
suggested a possible link between the vaccine and autism scared off
many thousands of parents.
Sadly, says the
British Medical Journal, the medical establishment can't even hang
out Wakefield's body as a warning to others who may dare suggest
something's not safe in medicine.
The General
Medical Council's misconduct charge against him is doomed. The
first charge, that he conducted flawed research, would bring down the
whole medical house. As the BMJ itself admits, most medical
studies are flawed anyway. And if, despite that, the GMC still
finds him guilty, the anti-vaccine groups will make him a martyr.
In fact, the
anti-vaccine groups have won the propaganda war. The UK's
health authorities were slow to appreciate the level of concern among
parents, and were even slower to mount a credible defence.
Are we heading
for compulsory vaccination anytime soon in the UK? If they can
take away our civil liberties without so much as a murmur, you
betcha.
(Source:
British Medical Journal, 2006; 333: Editorial and 890-5).
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That's it for November.
Thanks for reading down this
far.
Simon King and the team at the Naturality Wellness
Centre
Essential Steps to Lasting Health
Tel 01442 800400 www.naturality.org.uk
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