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Contents:

“Natural” Winter Skin Care? No Thanks! by Michelle Hancock ..................................................... pg. 2

Freedom From Chronic Pain Part 2: The Power Of Metaphor by Annabel Fisher EFT-Adv ........................................... pg 5

Tooth Truth by Jini Patel Thompson & Hal Huggins D.D.S. ............... pg 7

Boswellia & Berberine Fight Intestinal Inflammation by Jennifer Mann M.A................................................... pg 8

Take Charge by Tom Robinson M.A. ................................................. pg 11

The Right Sized Minerals by Carolyn Dean M.D., N.D. ........................................ pg 13

What If You Can’t Listen To Your Gut? by Jini Patel Thompson ................................................ pg 15

Good Digestion Starts In The Kitchen by Lisa Marie Battacharya RHN ................................. pg 16

When Supplements Don’t Work by Nicole Paull ........................................................... pg 19

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How “natural” are the contents of your makeup case? Recent tests suggest that…

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I have learned that if I ask the right questions, the client gives the answers they need to…

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Ayurvedic medicine has known about boswellia for a long time, known as salai guggal…

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Winter Skincare by Michelle Hancock

Chronic Pain by Annabel Fisher

Boswellia and Berberine by Jennifer Mann

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Here are two more reasons to have your mercury amalgan fill-ings removed…

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Tooth Truth by Jini Patel Thompson

January/February 2008

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zophenones. “Chemicals could theoretically affect a wide variety of hormones and systems, but the predominant trend appears to be towards feminization: mak-ing boys less male and increasing a woman’s estrogen dose to the point where it becomes a risk to breast cancer,” he says.

Lucky for us, Skin Deep: Cos-metic Safety Database, an online guide, helps separate the good, the bad, and the ugly. This tool for choosing cosmetics and per-sonal care items by the Environ-mental Working Group (EWG, www.ewg.org) analyzes ingredi-ents in almost 25,000 products against 50 toxicology and regula-tory databases.

By Michelle Hancock

How “natural” are the contents of your makeup case? Recent tests suggest that, advertising often to the contrary, cosmetics are hold-outs in the trend towards truly organic and toxin-free products.

Over half of the lipsticks tested in an October 2007 study were found to contain lead. In one-third of the 33 lipstick samples, the quantity of lead was more than 0.1 parts per million, which is the legally allowable “safe” lim-it in candy by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).1

In this case, it’s not the acute toxicity that alarms toxicologists most; it’s the possible effects on a developing fetus in pregnant lipstick users, as well as the cu-mulative effect of long-term lead absorption.

Spokespeople from L’Oreal and Cover Girl stated that they are in compliance with FDA regula-tions. But that isn’t enough for the Campaign for Safe Cosmet-ics (www.safecosmetics.com), the coalition of groups that commis-sioned the tests and who say that the results reflect integrity prob-

lems in the cosmetics and the per-sonal care product industries.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmet-ics works to improve cosmetic in-gredient safety and accountability because with today’s bombard-ment of chic marketing words like “natural” “healthy” “green” “cruelty-free” and “antioxidant-enriched,” it’s only the savviest of shoppers who can get below the hype.

Whatever we put on our skin, in-cluding our lips, is absorbed or ingested, much like whatever is in the food we eat. When it comes to food, consumers have caught on to the organic trend and seem to know to look for a “certified organic” seal, which is a guaran-tee of quality. But cosmetics and personal care products remain in a gray area hyped by big adver-tising budgets and our favorite superstars.

“In any given product, 90 per-cent or more of the ingredients are non-toxic,” says Dr. Gary Ginsberg, toxicologist with the Connecticut Department of Public Health and co-author of What’s Toxic, What’s Not (Berk-ley/Penguin, 2006).

“The typical surfactants, emul-sifiers, oils and fragrances are generally safe. However, as with many things, the devil is in the details and it’s small percentage items, some of which don’t need labeling, which are most worri-some.”

Ginsberg points in particular to the endocrine-disrupting effect of the common beauty ingredients phthalates, parabens and ben-

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A typical makeup case would probably contain at least a mas-cara, a foundation and a lipstick. And to give you some examples, here’s what Skin Deep has to say about these typical, randomly chosen products:

Maybelline Great lash Mascara in Very Black.

On a hazard scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the more toxic, this basic beauty staple rates a 5/10, containing ingredients linked to cancer, developmental/repro-ductive toxicity, allergies, immu-no-toxicity and a variety of other concerns. Fifty percent of rated mascaras have lower concerns. Safer options are Jane Iredale Purebrow Fix & Mascara (1/10) and Miessence Organic Mascara in Pure Black (2/10).

Cover Girl Clean or avon Personal Match Matte liquid.

Both of these foundations have a “Not Recommended” high haz-ard rating of 7/10. You might want to switch to formulations from Larenim, Valana Minerals or Lueur Jeune (all 1/10).

MaC Cream, Frost, Glaze, Matte, Satin lipsticks.

Nice to see these offerings from a department store regular have a moderate hazard rating of 3/10, although MAC Amplified Cream Lipstick is 4/10. Or, try the After-glow Cosmetics brand, whose lip-sticks rate 1/10 and whose maker has signed the “Compact for Safe Cosmetics”.

The Compact for Safe Cosmetics, signed by over 500 companies, is a pledge to formulate safer prod-ucts; a full list of signatories is at http://www.safecosmetics.org/companies/signers.cfm.

So far, OPI, Avon, Estee Lauder, L’Oreal, Revlon, Proctor & Gam-ble and Unilever--all major cos-metic and personal care product manufacturers--have refused to sign.

The Environmental Working Group points out that the FDA doesn’t require companies to test their own products for safety. EWG also says that legal loop-holes allow manufacturers to put almost any ingredient into their products.

As a result, they are petitioning Congress to strengthen industry regulations. To sign the online petition, go to www.cosmeticda-tabase.com.

The Skin Deep database is very useful for switching to safer prod-ucts. So is looking for seals of or-ganic certification rather than the rather meaningless word, “natural.”

With temperatures dropping, it’s a typical time to invest in new skin creams or winter colors. Do a little research first and make your purchase less toxic, truly.

Michelle Hancock is a part-time staff writer with Health Action Network Society (HANS) – a na-tional, non-profit, membership-based charity headquartered in British Columbia, Canada. HANS monitors and reports on important health and envi-ronmental issues both national and global. Annual membership offers numerous benefits and starts at $35. Visit www.hans.org or call 604-435-0512.

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Ingredients to avoid always:

2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,2-diol Allergen that forms cancer-causing chemicals

BHA Causes skin depigmentation

DMDM hydantoin Allergen that forms cancer-causing chemicals

Oxygenzone Allergen; forms free radicals to damage skin

Triclosan May disrupt growth hormones from the thyroid

Boric acid & sodium borate Unsafe for infants according to industry experts

Dibutyl phthalate & toluene Found in nail polish/play makeup; hormone disruption, cancer concerns

Ingredients to avoid when possible:

Fragrance Allergen; neurotoxic, hormone disruption concerns

Dyes Some cause cancer and are banned outside the U.S.

Fluoride Teeth stains; neurotoxic when swallowed

Ceteareth & PEG compounds Can contain cancer-causing impurities

Parabens Hormone disruption, cancer concerns

Triethanolamine (TEA) Allergen that forms cancer-causing chemicals

Benzyl & isopropyl alcohol Skin irritation and neurotoxicity concerns

Methylchloroisothiazolinone & methylisothiazolinone Allergens with neurotoxicity concerns

Iodopropynyl butylcarbamate Chemically similar to neurotoxic pesticides

GiVe Your oVerNiGht BaG a MakeoVerUse these tips to reduce chemical exposure, by the EWG (www.ewg.org).


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By Annabel Fisher

When I was first introduced to EFT at the beginning of 2004, I was desperate to alleviate the in-tense and chronic pain I was ex-periencing as a result of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). In par-ticular, pain in my knee joints, thighs and neck, as well as the evening headaches which verged on migraines. One of the many symptoms of the illness is acute muscular pain and there were days when the pain was immea-surable.

As I gained confidence in apply-ing EFT on myself, I realized that simply stating I had “pain in my knees”, for example, as I tapped on the meridian points, was not sufficient to achieve long lasting relief. The pains would return after the initial relief, in a few hours, or a day.

As I became more confident in using EFT, I started describing the pain in detail: how the pain looked in my mind’s eye, the size and texture of it, the colour, how it felt and most importantly, how it made me feel. Then I used these answers when I applied EFT and found the results were

permanent: the pain either re-duced drastically or disappeared completely.

When I work with a client strug-gling with physical chronic pain, I use this same protocol. Aside from it building rapport with the client, I have learned that if I ask the right questions, the cli-ent gives the answers they need to heal the pain. Therefore, after asking the client to tune into the physical pain, I ask the following type of questions:

“What is the shape of this pain?” This results in answers such as, “it’s sharp and jagged”, “long and oval” or “a round ball with thin strings attached to it”.

“What colour is the pain?” If the client cannot see a colour, then I’ll ask them to imagine what the colour might be. Usually, the an-swers are very rich, dark colours such as crimson, purple or navy blue.

“What is the size of the pain?” I ask if it is smaller or larger than my fist, which guides the client to answering “the size of a tennis ball” or “ the width of my body”, for example.

“What does this pain feel like?” I encourage the client to de-scribe the quality of the pain in real detail and answers might be “grinding”, “pounding”, “puls-ing”, “like a knife digging in”, “a solid ball” or “as though it wants to escape”.

Once I have noted down their answers, we apply EFT, verbally stating the specifics of the pain in as much detail as possible.

When the client returns her

awareness to the pain, and we go through the questions again, the pain has usually become smaller, lighter in colour and the quality has changed.

This is indicative that the disrup-tion in the body’s energy system is straightening out, the pain is clearing, and we can apply more rounds of EFT until the pain is reduced or eliminated.In Part 1 of this chronic pain series, I dis-cussed how if we cannot express feelings easily, they are swallowed and pushed deep down inside of us.

They later manifest in the body as pain and illness, yet the negative emotions remain unresolved. Af-ter the client has described their pain in detail, I usually ask:

“Could there be an emotional reason for this pain?”

When working with a client suf-fering diabetic neuropathy pain in the sides of his hands and soles of his feet, I asked him this ques-tion. Without a second thought, he answered he was raging with anger towards various members of the medical profession.

He felt ignored and could no lon-ger trust them. The emotional intensity was very high and after I had asked further questions, we were able to address the emotion, the symptoms and the belief by using the following set-up phrase as we tapped:

“Even though I’m holding all this anger in my sides of my hands and the soles of my feet because the doctors won’t listen to me, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

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After the intensity level of the anger had reduced considerably, we tapped specifically on the pain itself, then the various emotions, and then the specific reason for the emotions.

After only one 90-minute session, my client reported that apart from feeling calmer and more centred, the pain had reduced noticeably.

In a follow up telephone con-versation three days later, he informed me that those specific chronic pains had disappeared. It was the first time he had ex-perienced relief in his hands and feet since becoming ill.

It can be difficult for some people to accept that emotional issues can contribute to physical pain and illnesses. Some of my clients are unable to access their emo-tions or express how they feel. In this case, I ask them to imagine. For example,

“If there was an emotional rea-son for this pain, could you guess what it might be?”

In answering this, the client may not feel so pressurised to access how she is feeling and can usu-ally come up with a very accurate answer. Simply asking when she was first aware of the pain is also a great way of obtaining insight-ful clues to the root cause of the pain.

It has been my experience that most illnesses and physical pains are triggered by some traumat-ic event, such as the death of a loved one, divorce, redundancy (getting fired), or moving house.

Once I have established the emo-tions and belief systems which are attached to the memory, we

can apply EFT and start to neu-tralize those unhelpful, negative feelings.

Another effective way of identify-ing the emotional driver behind the pain is to ask the client,

“If this pain had a voice what would it be saying to me now?”

Answers, such as “I am so lonely”, “I can’t forgive him” or “I need to be heard” are given and can be used in the next set-up state-ments and tapped on. If a client starts to cry as she describes her emotional or physical pain, I love to use the following metaphor,

“If these tears could talk, what would they be saying to me?”

Only recently, a client was tell-ing me how she had coped as she watched her mother dying of a terminal disease. She started to cry and after an appropriate time, I asked her this question. She said the tears would say how sad they were for her father be-cause he had struggled with how to show his emotions throughout her mother’s illness. Using this information, we applied EFT and quickly my client was able to feel calm and reassured. Her sadness

was completely eliminated.

Using metaphor when working on chronic physical pain is not only a more creative way of ap-plying EFT, but injects a level of gentleness into the process, en-abling long lasting, effective pain relief.

Annabel Fisher, is an Advanced EFT Practitioner and Licensed NLP Practitioner. She specialis-es in: coping with serious illness and chronic pain; overcom-ing stress and overwhelm; in-creasing self worth, confidence and the motivation to recover; and once healthy, helping you reach your fullest potential. She sees clients in her private prac-tice and works over the phone – approximately 50% of her clients are phone clients. Visit www.EFTHealingCentre.com or phone 604.514.5053 for a free 20 minute consultation.

What is EFT?

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) was developed by engineer Gary Craig and is often termed “psychological acupuncture without the needles”. Rather than using needles to stimulate the end points of meridian channels throughout the body, we gently tap with our fingertips on a specific series of points while we tune our mind into, and verbally state, the problem. This common sense approach draws its power from (1) time-honored Eastern discoveries that have been around for over 5,000 years and (2) Albert Einstein, who told us back in the 1920’s that everything (including our bodies) is composed of energy. These ideas have been largely ignored by Western Healing Practices and that is why EFT often works where nothing else will. For lots more info on EFT visit Gary Craig’s website: www.emofree.com



By Jini Patel Thompson and Hal Huggins DDS

Here are two more excellent rea-sons to have your mercury amal-gam fillings properly removed and replaced with bio-compatible ones. Remember, do NOT go to just a ‘regular’ dentist for mercu-ry amalgam filling removal – they are not trained in proper proce-dure and you will likely become ill from the removal process.

A trained specialist uses a rubber dam (to prevent drainage into the throat), a large vacuum placed on your chest to suck away mercury vapors, an oxygen tube into your nose, and the dentist will wear a gas mask during the procedure.

If you think these measures are excessive, then watch this video at: http: / /www.drhuggins.com/smokingtooth.php

Is ‘Candida’ related to my amal-gams (silver fillings)?

Strangely enough, Candida is there to save your life. It changes methyl mercury to a less toxic (but still toxic) form. Bacteria change it back to methyl mercu-ry, and the system goes back and forth. If Candida were eliminated

tooth truthwhile you have amalgam in your mouth, your health will not be as good as if it were there protect-ing you. Complex, but yes, there is a relationship.

Why is vitamin B-12 as a supple-ment or additive dangerous?

Many Universities have pub-lished articles on the ability of Vitamin B-12 to convert mer-cury vapor into the much more deadly “Methyl mercury”.

Methyl mercury knows no barri-ers, and creates far more havoc than other mercury chemicals, because of its ability to travel any-where in the body without inhi-bitions. Sometimes the effects of high doses of Vitamin B-12 (over 50 micrograms) take months to correct. These common ques-tions and answers were supplied

by Dr. Hal Huggins, DDS. Visit his site for lots more fantastic in-formation on dental health and procedures: http://www.drhug-gins.com

Dr. Huggins recently spoke at an event in my city and he told numerous stories of how patients with mercury amalgam fillings in their mouth received B12 in-jections, and the resulting flood of methyl mercury in their bod-ies triggered Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

So if you’re scheduled to receive a B12 shot, make sure you have any mercury amalgam fillings properly removed first. Again, see Dr. Huggins’ website for more details on proper mercury filling removal and mercury de-toxification.



By Jennifer Mann M.A.

While browsing in a bookstore recently, I came across the Collins Alternative Health Guide by Steven Bratman, M.D., and began flip-ping through it idly.

My husband has Crohn’s disease, so I’m often drawn to the natu-ral healing section of a bookstore and always flip first to the C’s just to see if there’s any suggestion

I haven’t come across before. Since reading Listen to Your Gut by Jini Patel Thompson and ex-periencing the epiphany that my husband’s doctors weren’t offer-ing us every option, I so ardent-ly mine natural health guides for advice that I rarely find any natural supplement or remedy recommended for Crohn’s that I haven’t already seen; this time I was surprised.

Dr. Bratman did not offer many of the usual suspects, and instead referenced a recent Western-style placebo-controlled, randomized study demonstrating the remark-able success of a supplement I had heard nothing about previ-ously: boswellia serrata extract. I was so excited to find something

BoSWellia & BerBeriNe FiGht iNteStiNal iNFlaMMatioNsalazine, a commonly prescribed drug for inducing remission of the flare-ups associated with in-flammatory bowel disease (also known as mesalamine and by its brand names: Canasa, Rowasa, Pentasa, Asacol and Lialda).

This study reports the finding that boswellia works at least as well as mesalazine for inducing remission and, given the risks and side-effects associated with this drug, outperforms mesalazine (see citation 1.2 below). I also discovered other recent studies of boswellia’s effectiveness for Crohn’s and colitis, which I foot-note below for those interested in a little light reading.1

Ayurvedic medicine has known about boswellia for a long time (known as salai guggal in Ay-

new that I couldn’t wait to get home and do some internet re-search.

I found some interesting in-formation, including a website with another suggestion I hadn’t heard about, berberine alkaloids, also backed up by recent medical studies examining how and why these alkaloids have anti-inflam-matory effects.

Boswellia

Boswellia, known more common-ly as frankincense, has tradition-ally been used with great success to treat the inflammation associ-ated with rheumatoid arthritis. I discovered online the reference that Dr. Bratman gave for a study that compares patients using boswellia with those taking me-


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ties is attributed to plants contain-ing these alkaloids: they function as excellent anti-microbial and anti-fungal agents. Bitters are beneficial to those with Crohn’s, colitis, or IBS for their ability to stimulate bile production and generally to improve digestive function.

Furthermore, they invigorate the immune system and, as such, are a valuable supplement for any kind of health condition.

Specifically, in the case of any of the diseases involving intestinal inflammation, broadly known as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), there is an increase in a protein that helps to regulate the immune system, called IL-8, or interleukin-8, which, being se-creted by the immune cells, has a function in escalating inflamma-tion. In one animal study that I found, the administration of oral berberine alkaloid to subjects with induced intestinal inflam-mation inhibited the function of IL-8 and thus decreased the tis-sue damage to the intestinal wall that results from inflammation (I

urvedic texts), describing the powerful anti-inflammatory properties of guggals, or the gum resins of trees.

It is prepared by collecting the aromatic oleoresins that exude from cuts made in the bark of the boswellia tree, which dry into a gum, and are then standardized to contain 65%-70% boswellic ac-ids, the agent in the resin respon-sible for its healing properties.

After writing to Jini Patel Thomp-son about this exciting find, she found two manufacturers of bo-swellia for me: Source Naturals, which contains a higher percent-age of boswellic acids per tablet (70%) and provides a higher dos-age (375 mg); and Nature’s Way, with a boswellic acid concentra-tion of 65% and a dosage of 307 mg per tablet.

I have found conflicting infor-mation about whether it should be taken with food or between meals. My husband has been tak-ing two tablets a day with meals for about one month, but it is still too soon to report definitively on

any results, as he usually only has a flare-up about 3 times a year – though it may have helped to shorten his last flare, which was waning as he began taking the supplement.

Boswellia’s activity is supposed to be enhanced by taking it together with fish oil or flax seed oil; eve-ning primrose oil; vitamins B6, C and E; Manganese, Selenium and Zinc; and turmeric.

Berberine alkaloids

I found less detailed information about studies involving berber-ine alkaloids to treat Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis specifically; but what I did find sounds promising and worth trying out.

One common, and commonly known, source of these alkaloids is goldenseal, though Oregon grape root, coptis and barberry also contain berberine alkaloids. Berberine alkaloids are a class of bitter compounds that includes berberine, berberastine, hydras-tine, canalidine and canadine.

A wide range of healing proper-



report this finding in spite of my objection to animal studies of this kind).2

Put simply, taking oral berber-ine alkaloids has a strong likeli-hood of decreasing intestinal in-flammation and the damage that comes along with it.

Goldenseal is an obvious choice for a supplement that includes berberine alkaloids because it’s so easy to find in most health food stores and even many gro-cery stores.

One caveat, however: you should not take anything containing berberine alkaloids continuously, as it inhibits the absorption of B vitamins; rather opt for a sched-

references

For those interested in looking at the studies: 1. Effects of Boswellia serrata in mouse models of chemically induced colitis. Kiela PR, Midura AJ, Kuscuoglu N, Jolad SD, Solyom AM, Besselsen DG, Timmermann BN, Ghishan FK. Dept. of Pediatrics, Children’s Research Center, Univ. of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ 85724, USA. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2005 Apr; 288(4): G798-808. Epub 2004 Nov 11. Abstract: The goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of boswellia extracts in controlled settings of dextran sulfate- or trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid-induced colitis in mice. 2. [Therapy of active Crohn disease with Boswellia serrata extract H 15] [Article in German] Gerhardt H, Seifert F, Buvari P, Vogelsang H, Repges R. Colitis-Crohn-Ambulanz, I. Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Mannheim der Universitat Heidelberg. Z Gastroenterol. 2001 Jan;39(1):11-7. Abstract: The purpose of this clinical trial was to compare efficacy and safety of the Boswellia serrata extract H15 with mesalazine for the treatment of active Crohn’s disease. CONCLUSIONS: The study confirms that therapy with H15 is not inferior to mesalazine, which can be interpreted as evidence for the efficacy of H15 according to the state of art in the treatment of active Crohn’s disease with Boswellia serrata extract, since the efficacy of mesalazine for this indication has been approved by the health authorities. Considering both safety and efficacy of Boswellia serrata extract H15 it appears to be superior over mesalazine in terms of a benefit-risk-evaluation. 3. Effects of gum resin of Boswellia serrata in patients with chronic colitis. Gupta I, Parihar A, Malhotra P, Gupta S, Ludtke R, Safayhi H, Ammon HP. Department of Medicine, Medical College Jammu, J&K, India. Planta Med. 2001 Jul;67(5):391-5. Abstract: Patients studied here suffered from chronic colitis characterized by vague lower abdominal pain, bleeding per rectum with diarrhoea and palpable tender descending and sigmoid colon. This study shows that a gum resin preparation from Boswellia serrata could be effective in the treatment of chronic colitis with minimal side effects. 4. Effects of Boswellia serrata gum resin in patients with ulcerative colitis. Gupta I, Parihar A, Malhotra P, Singh GB, Ludtke R, Safayhi H, Ammon HP. Department of Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Jammu, J&K, India. Eur J Med Res. 1997 Jan;2(1):37-43. Abstract: In patients suffering from ulcerative colitis grade II and III the effect of Boswellia serrata gum resin preparation (350 mg thrice daily for 6 weeks) on stool properties, histolopathology and scan microscopy of rectal biopsies, blood parameters including Hb, serum iron, calcium, phosphorus, proteins, total leukocytes and eosinophils was studied. All parameters tested improved after treatment with Boswellia serrata gum resin, the results being similar compared to controls: 82% out of treated patients went into remission; in case of sulfasalazine remission rate was 75%.

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Jennifer Mann, is a graduate stu-dent in Classics (studying ancient Greek); but, when she married a man who was shortly thereafter diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, she became a tireless research-er in another subject: healing Crohn’s disease naturally. She has marveled at how effective a natural approach has been in coping with a disease that our culture tells us can only be han-dled with drugs, doctors and in-vasive procedures.

ule of 1-2 weeks on, followed by 3 weeks off. Besides, it’s always best to vary and stagger your supple-ments so the body doesn’t be-come so accustomed to them that they lose their oomph.

Further, my own “gut” feeling, if you will, is that this is not some-thing to take during acute in-flammation of the intestine, but rather as a maintenance supple-ment, since berberine alkaloids are such powerful substances and, with acute inflammation, one wants to tread gently.

With these findings, I’m pleased to have two more tools in the ar-senal for fighting my husband’s Crohn’s disease.



By Tom Robinson M.A.

This month I was going to tell you how to get excellent medical care.

But something happened that made me decide to postpone writing about that topic until the next issue.

What happened was that my car tires were slashed on two sepa-rate occasions. And I will tell you why relatively minor acts of van-dalism caused me to decide to change my topic, but first I need to give you some more informa-tion about those two incidents.

About three weeks ago, I was about to get in my car when I noticed that two of my tires were flat. Closer examination showed that they had been slashed.

Even though my car was the only one in my neighborhood with slashed tires, I decided that I was probably the victim of a random act of vandalism.

However, when all four tires (the two new replacements plus the two remaining older tires) were slashed earlier this week – even though my car was parked on a

take CharGedifferent street – I knew there was nothing random about the attack.

After the second slashing, I felt very depressed and hopeless. The cost for new tires was going to be about the same as the de-ductible on my policy ($500), so insurance was not going to pay for them. That amount of money, on top of the $250 I had already paid to replace the first two tires, was going to be very hard on my budget.

I didn’t have a clue who did it or why, so I had the ongoing worry of wondering if he would slash my tires again after I replaced them. That worry, the big expense of replacing the tires, and my loss of the ability to easily go places had me feeling angry, hopeless, and very depressed.

After being in that state for sev-eral hours, two thoughts came to me simultaneously, and they are what caused me to change my topic for this month’s article.

The first thought was that the feelings I was having were the same ones those of us with chron-ic illnesses (like IBD and IBS) have when our illness flares un-predictably from time to time.

The fact that the feelings (in the two different situations) are the same is not surprising, because in several respects the situations are similar to each other. For one thing, my ability to go places and do things was severely restricted.

Another similarity is the fact that the assistance available to help me deal with the situation was to-tally inadequate.

The police told me there was nothing they could do to pre-vent my tires from being slashed again. Finally, the situations are similar in that both illness flares and future slashings of my tires are unpredictable, but are likely to happen again.

The second thought that came to me while I was feeling depressed and hopeless about my tires be-ing slashed, and the likelihood that it would happen again was this:

The way for me to get beyond these feelings is to use the same strategy I’ve found to be effective for helping people with chronic illnesses get through, and past, their feelings of depression and helplessness.

What I needed to do in my situ-ation was take charge of my life. Rather than bemoaning the fact that the police weren’t going to help or protect me, I needed to be proactive and figure out for myself how to minimize the



chance that my tires would be slashed again.

Once I saw that I needed to take charge of the situation by doing everything I could to prevent my tires from being slashed again, and commit to doing so, the de-pression and hopelessness lifted.

I bet that if you’re in a flare – or the next time you get in one – the same will be true for you: Once you take charge of your situa-tion, you will immediately feel a lot better.

You may be thinking that I’m wrong, that because having my tires slashed and my fear that it will happen again (and again and again after that) are so completely different from having a Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, or IBS flare that the decision that got me out of my depression can’t possibly get you out of yours.

Or you may be thinking that your flares are unpredictable, so there’s no way to take charge of

the situation.

Based on my five years of ex-perience coaching people with chronic illness, I disagree. Just like I can’t be certain that in spite of all the steps I’m going to take, my tires won’t be slashed again, you may not be able to prevent having another flare.

But by taking charge, you can lessen the likelihood that you’ll have one, lessen how often they occur, lessen their duration, and lessen the negative impact they have on your life if they do oc-cur.

Taking charge of your illness and flares is not something that’s all or nothing. Because you are reading this Infoletter, I know you have started down the path of taking charge.

What I would like you to consid-er is that whenever you feel de-pressed and helpless while hav-ing a flare, or if you are currently in a flare, there are things you

can do to take charge more than you already are.

In my experience, one of the best ways to take charge in a flare is to be as good to yourself as you can. Give yourself whatever extra rest you need, and don’t be critical about getting your usual chores and tasks done.

When you’re not currently in a flare, one of the best things you can do to take charge is to pre-pare for the next one. Make sure you have easy-to-prepare, com-fort foods on hand. Get some books you’ll really enjoy reading and some movies you’ll really en-joy watching.

I also recommend writing a lov-ing, compassionate letter, to be opened the next time you have a flare, reminding yourself that you’ve made it through flares before and reassuring yourself that you will make it through this one.

I’m sure that once you get in the mindset of taking charge of your illness and flares, you will think of many other things you can do.

I’m equally sure that doing them will dramatically reduce any de-pression or sense of helplessness you may be feeling.

Tom Robinson, M.A., Life Coach, gives people with chronic illness-es real hope that they can have the better lives they long for, then he helps them make that hope a reality. Tel: 805.965.8412 Get your free report, Yes, You Real-ly Can Have a Life Even Though You Have a Chronic Illness at: http://www.chronicillnesscoach.com/coachtom


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By Carolyn Dean M.D., N.D.

My topic this month is why size matters in electrolyte and fluid replacement for peo-ple with chronic diarrhea. Physicists tell us that the chan-nels that allow minerals to enter our cells are 4-5 angstroms in diameter (between a nanometer and a picometer-very tiny), yet most oral mineral supplements are thousands of times larger. Obviously, this hampers absorp-tion and utilization of the min-eral. If you experience diarrhea, you can experience severe fluid loss and need proper electrolyte and fluid replacement.

To explain what can happen when you use the wrong kind of replacement I have permission from my veterinarian friend, Dr. Terry Wood, to reprint an article he wrote this topic. His piece fo-cus on athletes, not animals, and not specifically on people with IBS. But, what he says is just as relevant for people with IBD.

Electrolyte Replenishment and Hydration by Terry “R” Wood, DVM

Athletes are greatly concerned

the riGht Sized MiNeralSabout hydration and many are also aware of the need for proper electrolyte replacement. Infor-mation about hydration and elec-trolytes mostly comes in the form of advertising for sports drinks. However, a common ingredi-ent in sports drinks and energy drinks is caffeine— often in very large amounts. It is well known that high amounts of caffeine can greatly increase heart rate and blood pressure, which can be very dangerous for an athlete who is already putting strain on his/her cardiovascular system.

Most sports and energy drinks are also very high in sugar. The “sugar rush” that they give may make you feel that the drink is working, but it is inevitably fol-lowed by a crash. It’s a common observation that 15 to 20 minutes after consuming a sports drink with caffeine and sugar, there is a sharp drop in energy and stam-ina. See if this is happening with your own performance.

The third major ingredient in sports drink is salt, in the form of sodium chloride. Some drinks will also have a small amount of Potas-sium chloride. We’ve all heard of taking salt tablets when we sweat and are in danger of heat stroke. Unfortunately, taking salt to the exclusion of other minerals can just add to your problems. Tak-ing salt instead of a balance of minerals can cause an increase in blood pressure, because the salt attracts water to equalize the os-motic pressure created by the salt load. Increased water in a “closed container” (our blood stream, and our cells) leads to a pressure increase. That is why people and

pets with high blood pressure are urged to lower their salt intake. In addition, high sodium levels in the kidney cause potassium and magnesium to be eliminated in the urine. But these two min-erals are necessary to pull water into the cell, and when present, they have the effect of lowering blood pressure and properly hy-drating individual cells – helping to restore proper chemical and electrical gradients within the in-dividual cells. Sodium, however, stays mainly outside our cells and when elevated can actually pull water out of the cells!

A company called Complete H20 Minerals (in West Columbia, SC) manufactures an electrolyte re-placement formula called Sports Blend. It is composed of 11 ang-strom-size minerals in a water base. It contains all the minerals your cells are craving - calcium, magnesium, potassium, MSM (sulfur), molybdenum, zinc, man-ganese, chromium, selenium, chlorides and boron.

Here are some examples that I have personally witnessed, result-ing from the use of angstrom-size minerals in Sports Blend:

My older son has played football for the past six years, since the sixth grade. Two games a day can be a real challenge to electrolyte and fluid balance in the Okla-homa heat. A game didn’t go by without players severely cramping up and dropping out of play. When a player cramped – usually thigh or calf muscles – he had to be helped off the field, and was unable to play the rest of the

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game. Water and high-sugar, high-salt, sport drinks were being used for hydration and electrolyte replacement. But my son took an ampoule of Sports Blend before every quarter and generally played every play of every game, and he never cramped. I also observed that team mates who were given an ampoule of Sports Blend in water af-ter they cramped were able to run back onto the field af-ter three minutes, and play at full speed for the rest of the game.An avid cyclist friend com-peted in the annual Hotter ‘N Hell 100 in Wichita Falls, Texas on Saturday, August 26, 2006. The temperature was extreme. The tempera-ture probe on his bicycle reg-istered 120 degrees Fº. As you may expect, many riders were overcome by the heat and had to be revived with IV’s in the medical tents. Un-fortunately two competitors suffered strokes. However, my friend, and two of his companions were prepared. They drank one ampoule of Sports Blend in water every hour. They completed the grueling ride in 6.5 hours, suffering no cramping, no heat stroke, and no ill effects other than a natural tired-ness from their efforts. I also take advantage of the principles of intracellular electrolyte replacement when rehydrating sick pets. Over-hydration with water alone is a real problem that can lead to pulmonary edema and death. By utilizing the Sports Blend, I am able to deliver

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minerals intracellularly, and thus properly hydrate indi-vidual cells, without endan-gering the pet with too much water.

How can such amazing results be achieved? The answer lies in the ability to deliver electrolytes/min-erals directly into the cells. Our individual cells have ion channels that travel across cell membranes. These channels transport specif-ic minerals from a water soluble membrane layer outside the cell, through a fat soluble layer, and into the water soluble interior of the cell. These channels are nec-essary, because as we learned in sixth grade science, water and oil don’t mix.

It may help to think of each of the body’s cells as a miniature battery. In order for them to “work”, our cells must have the necessary minerals on the inside; the minerals charge the battery and allow it to pass on that charge as energy. For those of you that would like more detail, I refer you to the eloquent research of Dr. Rod-erick MacKinnon of Rockefeller University. MacKinnon and his team have discovered the exact structure of the various ‘trans-membrane’ ion channels. Their research shows that the only way minerals/electrolytes are able to gain access to the interior of the cell is through these channels.

These channels are “gated” by size and electrical charge. Most ion channels are 4-5 angstroms in diameter, which means that minerals have to be no more than 4 angstroms in size and have the proper electrical charge to gain access. An angstrom is one ten billionth of a meter. It may help

to think of these gates as the entrance to a freeway that only lets certain size vehicles, hav-ing the correct electrical charge/transponder through the gate. Through a unique process, the company, Complete H20 Miner-als is able to break individual min-erals down to 1 to 2 angstroms in size and render them negatively charged – as is the chloride ion.

This process enables the min-erals to utilize the chloride ion transport channel to reach the interior of the cell. They travel this channel as easily as the high occupancy vehicle lane on a busy freeway. Thus, they can freely enter the cell.

Unfortunately, most mineral/electrolyte supplements utilize minerals that are thousands of times too large and the wrong electrical charge. This hinders their ability to enter the cell and if they do force their way in, they are not able to exit the cell, which produces its own set of problems. I have been a practicing veteri-narian for twenty-six years, the last five of which I have had the pleasure of using angstrom-size minerals.

If you have any questions, you can contact www.completeh2ominer-als.com or you can contact me at [email protected]

Carolyn Dean M.D., N.D. is the author of twelve health books, which create a unique bridge between allopathic and natu-ral medicine. Dr. Dean offers short-term Wellness Consul-tations by Phone to help you formulate a nutritional plan for your health. Her website is www.carolyndean.com



By Jini Patel Thompson

Some people are able to tap into their body wisdom and follow their gut, listen to the ‘still, small voice’ or ‘feel’ what they should do. And some people cannot.

If you have tuned out your body for a long time and just lived in your head, or, if you are discon-nected from your body as a result of trauma or abuse, it can very difficult to “listen to your gut”.

Intuition is like a muscle, the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets. In my book, Listen To Your Gut, I give a step-by-step tech-nique for connecting with your body wisdom and developing your intuition called “Dialoguing With Your Body”.

But this technique can take a while to develop. And like build-ing a muscle, you have to gradu-ally increase your skill and flu-ency over time.

So what do you do if you have a big, important decision to make right now – before your ‘intu-ition muscle’ is developed? Well, here are some of my quick n’ easy guidance techniques.You can also use these techniques in

What iF You CaN’t liSteN to Your Gut?combination with accessing your own body wisdom, or intuition.

Cards

Tarot cards are too complicated for the lay person to use and re-quire a lot of skill to be able to interpret them correctly.

However, any metaphysical bookstore will carry a selection of simpler cards that come with an ‘explanation’ book, so you can look up the meaning of the cards you draw.

Have a look at the different card subjects and choose the one that appeals to you. My personal fa-vorite is Medicine Cards: The Dis-covery of Power Through the Ways of Animals by Jamie Sams and Da-vid Carson (Bear & Co.) which features different animals and the native Indian interpretation of the ‘medicine’ and message of each animal.

I also have a set of Mayan cards and Tao Te Ching cards. Each set of cards comes with instructions for doing card spreads, but I of-ten just shuffle the cards whilst breathing deeply and thinking of one, specific question.

Then I draw one card from the deck, look up the meaning and apply it to my question.

Spiritual Books

Depending upon your religion, you just choose whichever book of scripture appeals to you – the Bible, Koran, Bhagavad Gita, etc. Then you hold the book in your hand, do deep breathing for sev-eral minutes, then ask your ques-tion. Either open the book, or let

it fall open and then start read-ing whichever passage your eye goes to.

Spiritual Guidance

Another easy technique is to spend several minutes doing deep breathing. Then ask whichever spiritual guide you wish (God, Jesus, angels, spirit guides, etc.) to give you guidance regarding your question today, or in your dreams that night, and show you the path you should take.

Then stay really alert for any nudges, coincidences, topics or comments from strangers, tv shows, books etc. that come up in the course of the day. When you go to bed, put a pad of paper and pen next to your bed – if you wake up from a dream, no matter how small or weird it seems, write it down. Then look at it again in the morning, or later in the day, with fresh eyes, in the context of your question.

If you practice a variety of these techniques, or just pick a favorite and stick with it, you’ll become increasingly fluent as time goes by. And the great thing is that life, and your Healing Journey, will become more multi-dimen-sional and interesting!

Jini Patel Thompson is a natural health writer and consumer ad-vocate. She has had numerous books published on natural heal-ing for digestive diseases. Her articles on natural health topics have appeared in publications in the U.S., Australia and U.K.

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by Lisa Marie Battacharya

Before they even get to our mouths, many of our foods need some form of pre-digestive prep-aration in order for us to receive adequate nourishment from them. This also ensures that they properly break down (digest), without irritating our digestive tracts and putting stress on our organs of detoxification (liver and kidneys).

Foods that need preparation be-fore consumption include prac-tically all grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, with the odd excep-tion. This is traditional wisdom, known to our ancestors, that has been forgotten or ignored in modern times.

Probably one out of every ten of my clients is aware that beans, for example, require a lengthy soak-ing before cooking. They usually remember an older matriarch doing so and have simply contin-ued the tradition.

However, even amongst these folks, many don’t really know why they are doing it. So, fol-lowing are the reasons, as well the many benefits to your health,

that you will receive from imple-menting some simple holistic food preparations.

Grains, legumes nuts and seeds all contain what are known as ‘anti-nutrients’ such as enzyme inhibitors, which interfere with our digestive function and phytic acid (or phytates) that combines with iron, calcium, magnesium, copper and zinc in the intestinal tract, thus blocking their absorp-tion.

In other words, Mother Nature has provided these foods with protective elements to keep them in the food chain – a simple sur-vival mechanism.

Nothing short of brilliant, our ancestors figured this out and devised some tricks to get around these potential roadblocks to receiving optimal nourishment from these foods.

Consider corn or maize for in-stance. Mexicans have had this staple in their diet for numerous generations.

They learned that it was largely indigestible unless soaked in lime water for several hours, in order to neutralize the enzyme inhibi-tors and phytic acid content, as well as to release vitamin B3, before making their traditional tortillas from corn cobs. Conse-quently,

Mexicans have rarely suffered from Pellagra, a vitamin B3 defi-ciency disease, which Europeans and Southern American’s suf-fered terribly from when eating corn as a new staple in the early 1900’s.

This is only one example of many

Good diGeStioN StartS iN the kitCheNfood preparations, throughout many cultures, that ought to be retained.

In a time where gastro-intestinal illness is at an all-time high, we need to take note. A few steps be-fore consuming many of your sta-ple foods could really make your tummy a whole lot happier.

This can be a difficult principle to apply if you don’t prepare your own food, because when eating primarily restaurant or store-bought foods, this is much harder to control.

Commercial food preparers would also, undoubtedly, argue that it isn’t feasible to take the extra time to pre-prepare these foods…another good reason to eat at home more!

So here are some healthy items along with guidelines for choos-ing the healthiest, most nutrient-available versions of them:

Grain/Breads

Look for sprouted grain va-rieties or whole grain sour-dough breads – their dough has been fermented prior to baking, which is another way to neutralize enzyme in-hibitors and phytates and in-crease nutrient intake.

If baking at home, fer-ment your dough over-night by adding water to the flour and leaving it at room temperature for 12-24 hours then proceeding with the rest of the recipe. Even better make a sour-dough starter culture or



‘mother’ that you will feed and take from to make your bread. You can find some easy recipes/tips at: http://www.angelfire.com/ab/bethsbread/sdRyeFlourStart-er.html

Avoid breakfast ‘cereals’ in general as they are not pre-prepared and on top of that they are processed us-ing an extrusion method that leaves phytic acid intact but destroys phytase, an en-zyme that actually breaks down some of the phytic acid in the digestive tract. Even the so-called healthy, organic, whole grain cereals can have an effect worse than their refined counterparts. It’s best to eat a variety of pre-soaked whole grain por-ridges (see last issue’s column for my mixed grain porridge recipe).

Beans/legumes

When ordering or buying bean products; ask if they have been pre-soaked (most have not, but ask anyway) or, like breads, look for sprouted varieties of soybeans like tem-peh (sprouted soybeans) or fermented ones (like miso).

If choosing to eat legumes out, have lentils as opposed to beans, as they are more easily digestible.

Avoid canned beans as they typically are not pre-soaked and are also high-heat and pressure processed – there-fore difficult to digest, often causing unwelcome flatu-lence.

Nuts and seeds

Buy raw and be sure they’re fresh (smell for rancidity). If you can, prepare them at home: soak them overnight and then dehydrate or low-roast at 150 degrees in your oven until dry throughout. You will find they are more flavourful with a nicer tex-ture. These traits indicate the increase of nutrient con-tent and digestibility.

Cashews, pine nuts and mac-adamia nuts have very low levels of phytic acid so they can be eaten raw without tax-ing your system.

When eating at home, which is obviously the best option; make sure you soak grains in fresh wa-ter for a minimum of eight hours (maximum of 24 hours). If you’re soaking whole grains or legumes, then discard the soaking water, and use fresh water for cooking them.

But, when soaking cut or flaked grains, keep the soaking water and use it to cook the grains in as well – there are too many nu-

Lisa Marie Bhattacharya R.H.N. is a Holistic Nutritionist who is passionate about whole, natural foods; as nature intended. She is constantly being reminded of the power within properly pre-pared, life-giving whole foods (she has healed herself from se-vere health issues with holistic nutrition principles), which are integral in her unique approach of supporting her clients as a ‘whole person’ – body, mind and spirit. She has a keen interest in food security and is always look-ing forward to her next delicious meal consisting of local, sustain-ably-grown foods and hopes to inspire you to do the same.

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trients that leach into the soaking water with cut/flaked grains to throw it away.

resources: NOURISHING TRADITIONS: The Cookbook that Challenges Politi-cally Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon with Mary Enig Ph.D.



Lisa Marie’s ENERGY Balls

Ingredients:

1 cup raw organic sunflower seeds1 cup raw organic pumpkin seeds1/2 cup raw organic cashews/almonds1/2 cup raw organic pecans1.5 cups organic nut butter1.5 cups pure maple or brown rice syrup/agave nectar/raw honey2 tbsp organic Blackstrap molasses (optional)2 tbsp pure cocoa or carob powder (optional) or 1/2 cup grain sweetened chocolate chips (to roll into middle of balls)1/4 cup whole hemp and/or flax seedsApproximately 1/3 cup shredded unsweetened coconut/almonds/whole hemp seeds (for coating)

*All the seeds and nuts above should be pre-soaked for at least 8 hours, for proper digestion and absorption of nutrients. Then, if desired, low-temperature roast them (approx. 150C) for optimal flavour and storage.

Process:

Blend all dry ingredients in a blender or food processor, except flax/hemp seeds (keep whole) and any other ingredients you choose for coating the balls. Remove blended ingredients, put into large bowl, add whole flax and/or hemp and add ‘wet’ ingredi-ents. Adjust to desired moistness by adding additional maple syrup or honey or blended nuts/seeds. Roll into balls. Grind a small handful of almonds or shredded coconut or use whole hemp seeds to coat balls.Refrigerate or freeze in a well sealed, preferably opaque, container. Chew well and enjoy.

*Yields approx. 20-24 balls. You can double this recipe if desired as well as play around with a variety of nuts/seeds.

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By Nicole Paull

When I sat down to plan this article, I was originally going to write about a new supplement I started taking, but… it morphed into something else. Let me give you some background, to explain what happened.

I’ve been prone to eczema for about eleven years - since shortly after my oldest son was born. For a long time, it wasn’t particularly troublesome. But then came the fourteen-month period when I had my second son, bought a house, and took a full-time job so my husband could start a new business.

If my family hadn’t been depend-ing on me entirely for income, I doubt I would have stayed in that job even three months - because I felt like I’d jumped in at the deep end.

I went from a five minute com-mute to a one-hour commute - on a good day. The new job had a lot more responsibility involved - I had to take a job like that to make the money we needed - and it was in a field I only had a sketchy background in, so I had

WheN SuPPleMeNtS doN’t Workto learn a great deal of new infor-mation in a very short time to be able to perform.

Finally, I went from a cozy job sitting in a back office with one main responsibility, to a posi-tion that put me much more in the public eye, including, eek!, traveling into the big city to visit clients.

In a different job market than prevailed at the time, I don’t sup-pose I would have even landed that job in the first place.

In the end, I got quite good at it and I think they were sorry to see me go (I worked there for five years). But to say that I felt overwhelmed and miserable for most of my first year there is to put it mildly.

And my hands showed it. My fin-gers became a torturously itchy, red, weeping mess - they looked like raw meat at their worst. To be honest, they were really em-barrassing.

Eventually, I figured out a pro-

gram that worked for me. I made all my own body care products and household cleansers and I started taking an herbal liver-support compound. For quite a long time, I only had rare break-outs and they were mild and quickly healed.

This summer, the eczema came back. Not severely - on two fin-gers of my right hand and a little bit on my left arm - but it just didn’t want to budge. None of the strategies I’d used in the past were successful in treating it.

Over the spring, I’d become very interested in the work of Weston A. Price and for awhile, cooked almost exclusively with the Nour-ishing Traditions cookbook. And I felt absolutely wonderful! One of the supplements I read about there was high-vitamin butter oil and I decided that in September, when I started taking cod liver oil again, I’d also start taking but-ter oil.

I duly ordered some, started taking it and lo and behold, my



Nicole Paull is Jini Patel Thompson’s assistant and mod-erates both Jini’s forums (at www.JiniPatelThompson.com and www.jptwellnesscircle.com). She runs her own virtual assis-tant company called Mainspring Enterprises. Nicole lives in Mas-sachusetts with her husband and two sons, and can be reached at: [email protected]

eczema disappeared. As in gone - completely clear skin - within three days. And that’s what this article was going to be about: high-vitamin butter oil.

But something happened. My skin stayed clear for about two weeks and then the eczema came back, stubborn as ever.

Hmmm, I thought. But the truth is, I didn’t think for very long. I didn’t have time to. This summer, I returned to school, I started working a new job and I still had a family to care for and a household to run.

The pressure was mounting. I stopped doing EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) on a daily basis, I hardly ever got out for a walk and my eating habits, which had been excellent, suffered.

I actually decided to follow Jini Patel Thompson’s IBD Remission Diet for two weeks. I wasn’t hav-ing any intestinal symptoms, but figured it would be a good way to clear my system of any allergens or toxins. Besides, it was a way of eating on the run and as far as I was concerned, quick was good! The eczema improved but didn’t go away.

The tide turned one morning when I woke up and realized that I absolutely, positively did not want that day to start. I was feel-ing like a gerbil on one of those little wheels - running really hard but not really getting anywhere - and I didn’t want to jump back on.

So I didn’t get up for awhile. I lay there in the quiet of the morning and I tapped (did EFT) on every single thing that I felt stressed about. I felt like a different per-

son by the end and I decided to make the commitment - a sort of gift to myself - to start every day that way.

There are a few things that I got out of all this. First, to quote something I love from Jini Patel Thompson in Listen to Your Gut, “Your body is always advocating on your behalf.” I may not have enjoyed receiving the message, but it was one that I needed to hear: Don’t sacrifice your long-term wellbeing to the needs of the moment.

Second, always, always look inside yourself first. No supplement will yield its maximum benefits if you don’t provide an environment that complements its action.

Is that the supplement’s fault? Does that mean that it’s the envi-ronment and not the supplement that produces the result? Person-ally, I think that they work syner-gistically - each one complements the other so that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

But I think the foundation to progress in health lies in the in-ner environment. Is the organ-ism chronically stressed? Even the best of supplements can only do so much to mitigate the effects of chronic stress.

Third, what did I really change? In my case, I didn’t change any of the external stimuli. I’m still go-ing to school, I’m still working, I still have a family to care for and a house to run. And I don’t want to give up any of those things. (If I’d been really sick, I would have had to make more external changes.)

But I did reconnect with a habit that helps me to neutralize the

effects of daily stress - the EFT acupressure tapping technique.

And, oh yeah: My eczema’s gone - hopefully for good this time!



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