Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
-Abraham Lincoln
Nov 302011
Publications
Publications
Oct 282011
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself – Chinese Proverb
Oct 152011
Bruce Robinson, MD, is a retired surgeon and former President of Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-Berkeley (AIMC). He is also the author of BioMedicine: A Textbook for Practitioners of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and Director of NBIMA (National Board of Internal Medicine for Acupuncturists).
Oct 142011
Rebecca Katz is the author of the cookbook The Cancer Fighting Kitchen and is a senior chef of Commonweal Cancer Help Program in Marin County, California. The Commonweal Program is the epitome of teaching people to use Integrative Medicine to treat cancer. This cookbook is full of good, healthy, fun and EASY recipes and useful for anybody who KNOWS they should eat healthy but aren’t sure where to start!
Oct 142011
From Harper’s Index, October 2011:
‘Number of states in which less than 20 percent of adults are obese: 0’
Reference: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta)
Oct 072011
Oct 062011
Wheat Belly by William Davis, MD, was published in 2011. This book tells more of the story as to why wheat is a grain that should be consumed rarely, if at all. This book especially shows how wheat consumption leads to a a ‘wheat belly’ – visceral fat accumulation – and hence to the rise in diabetes since it affects our blood sugar levels almost as bad as plain table sugar (this includes ‘whole grain’ bread)!
Life Extension Foundation magazine article: Wheat – the Unhealthy Whole Grain
If you have arthritis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or simply want to lose weight: READ THIS BOOK so you understand why the inflammatory cascade that wheat causes has helped lead us to an epidemic level of obesity, many inflammatory conditions and even auto-immune disease!
Sep 212011
“Health and healing is a constant day-by-day event. We never get there. Curing is actually a by-product of healing, not the goal.”- Don Campbell, author of Music and Miracles (from a calendar called ‘Wise Words’ on Sept 20). Indeed, wise words!
Sep 142011
A research journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Alternative Therapies of Health and Medicine. This journal covers a very diverse and wide array of topics in this field: from specific herbal medicinals to homeopathy to nutrition to meditation to Chinese Medicine to reflexology to biofeedback to nutraceuticals to… the list goes on and on!!!
Sep 142011
This professional, naturopathic journal has columns by scholars in the fields of Chinese Medicine (Bob Flaws, L.Ac.), integrative Women’s Health (Tori Hudson, M.D.), nutrition research (Alan Gaby, M.D.), et al and has yearly issues covering such topics as Integrative Oncology (Cancer), Lyme’s Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Chelation and Detoxification, Chronic Fatigue, etc.
Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients
Aug 312011
This is a great information resource about Prostate Cancer. It is generally about educating patients about standard allopathic treatments and recent research, but with a balanced approach to help patients make informed decisions and also noting research in the complementary/alternative realm (such as suggesting Omega 3’s and fish oil for Prostate Cancer). They also have a ‘Decision Aide’ to help patients communicate with their doctors about treatment options. They publish a free journal, available by mail or email.
Prostate Cancer Research Institute
Aug 242011
Wish I had written this book – it is all that I hope to educate patient about living a long, healthy life!!
Everyone should read this book, whether one has already had cancer, been recently diagnosed or would like to prevent cancer: Anti-cancer, by David Servan-Schreiber. Originally published in the US in 2009, a new revision is available as of January 2011. Here is an interview of the author in Lotus Guide, published Spring 2011:
Lotus Guide interview of Dr. David Servan-Schreiber
Summary of this book (in Lotus Guide article, but not online):
1. Eating less sugar, which feeds cancer growth and inflammation. Refined sugar is abundant in desserts, soft drinks (one can of Coke contains 12 coffee-size packs of sugar…), sauces (ketchup, ready-made salad dressing, etc.). Eating less white flour which is equivalent to sugar as far as the body is concerned (white bread, bagels, muffins, etc.), and reducing pro-inflammatory omega-6 fatty acids (red meats, dairy, corn, sunflower, soybean and safflower oils, and transfats).
2. Adding anticancer foods: including in our diet every day, three times a day, foods that help fight cancer, such as anticancer herbs and spices (green tea, thyme, rosemary, mint, basil, sage, turmeric, ginger), omega-3-rich foods (salmon, sardines, mackerel, walnuts, green vegetables), cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage), garlic, onions and leeks, red berries for dessert, dark chocolate (more than 70% cacao), and even a little bit of red wine.
3. Engaging in physical activity: it doesn’t have to be marathon training, not even jogging. Just rapid walking 30 minutes six times a week already dramatically reduces the chances of a relapse after breast cancer treatment. And physical activity has been found to help survival with many different types of cancer.
4. Managing our response to stress: we can’t avoid stress in our life, but we can learn to respond differently than with clenched teeth, stone-hard back muscles, and pressure in our chest. Basic breathing techniques that have been around as part of oriental mental and physical hygiene techniques for thousands of years (yoga, Chi Gong, mindfulness meditation) can transform our response to stress and strengthen our resistance to disease.
5. Cleaning up our immediate environment: indoor pollutants, scratched Teflon pans, perchololrethylene of dry-cleaning, PVCs and bisphenol A from liquids in contact with hard plastics, radiomagnetic fields of prolonged cell phone exposures are the leading and most easily controlled causes.
Posted this on 8/29/11 and just learned today that Dr. Servan-Schreiber passed away on 7/24/11. May he RIP and may the knowledge he shared in his books help many, many people!