Dr John's Health File: February 2013

Sunday 24 February 2013

avoid no fat dairy and calcium supplements

An interesting article in Healing Cancer Naturally discusses the bio-availability of calcium and other minerals, and makes an interesting point about calcium and no fat dairy:

"Calcium: won't absorb as a calcium supplement. That's because it needs both fat and fat-soluble vitamins to become bioavailable. So "no-fat" dairy, e.g., is the second surest way to clog one's kidneys with insoluble calcium, "second" only to taking a supplement with a glass of water, that is... None of the calcium ingested in this manner will make it to the bones, or anywhere else it's needed. But a cup of cottage cheese from whole (no fat removed!) and otherwise unmolested milk will deliver the kind of "live," so to speak, calcium that will do its job. It's "live" because fat and fat-soluble vitamins (and who knows what else!) in a substance where all of them occur together in proportions and amounts that are specific, as part of "natural solvents" that are specific -- all of these factors "enliven" this otherwise "severely wounded" (for purposes of bioavailability) calcium, and it gets a chance to become part of the live human body upon ingestion, rather than clog some organ or other with its dead weight".

from Elena Berezetsky, a technical/science writer

Sunday 17 February 2013

coccydenia and chiropractic

Coccydenia is pain in the tailbone or coccyx usually caused by falling or sitting heavily on it, and also occasionally by childbirth.
Coccydenia can be very painful - a real pain in the arse! and has been known to drive people to suicide.

(Coccydynia is also known as coccygodynia, coccygeal pain,
coccyx pain, or coccalgia)

Here is a list of doctors in the UK who can treat this condition:
http://www.coccyx.org/treatmen/docsuk.htm
here is a Video of Dr Tedd Koren talking about the KST chiropractic approach to this condition;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciZnN1dCVcw

Saturday 16 February 2013

chiropractic and autism

Just seeing Quentin Wilson, motoring journalist (formally on Top Gear), being interviewed on the BBC breakfast programme reminded me of his support for chiropractic a few years ago. It helped his autistic son.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/alternativemedicine/3318749/He-was-lucky-to-be-walking.html

Friday 15 February 2013

The benefits of distilled water for prostate problems

Enlarged prostate is a common condition affecting mainly middle aged and elderly men. The prostate enlarges and causes difficulty with urination. Many men go for surgery for this condition but according to Lawrence Wilson MD , many men regret this decision due to incontinence and other problems. A safer alternative is to repair the prostate gland and detoxify the body naturally. In many cases this will cause the swelling to subside.
Dr Wilson recommends drinking distilled water to detoxify the body and the prostate specifically:
"Distilled water helps detoxify the body of metal and chemicals". He recommends avoiding tap water with chlorine and flouride which have a poisonous affect on the body.
Wouldn't it be better to use mineral water?
Actually no, by drinking mineral water we get dead inorganic minerals, which only clog our systems.
According to independent researcher Andrew Webber:
“You only want organic minerals which come from live food. The inorganic calcium in spring water will get stuck in between your bones and give you arthritis, whereas the organic calcium in a live orange will REPAIR a spot in your bones. A human is ONLY made of, and can ONLY use organic minerals. There is zero position and/or zero use for inorganic minerals in humans.” – Andrew Norton Webber wwwaquariusthewaterbearer.com -(Amazing information on distilled water and liquids.. why pure is the only way to go - he recommends drinking one litre of distilled water per day to detox)

mineral water versus distilled water

Is spring water good for you (mineral water)? This is the view of Andrew Norton Webber - researcher at www.aquariusthewaterbearer.com :

"Then there was the question of minerals. Don’t we get minerals from spring water? Actually no, we get dead inorganic minerals, which only clog our systems. So again, we are putting minerals in our body, however, that is not actually better for our body or our brain. “You only want organic minerals which come from live food. The inorganic calcium in spring water will get stuck in between your bones and give you arthritis, whereas the organic calcium in a live orange will REPAIR a spot in your bones. A human is ONLY made of, and can ONLY use organic minerals. There is zero position and/or zero use for inorganic minerals in humans.” – Andrew Norton Webber

Thursday 14 February 2013

horse meat scandal

avoid horse meat - go vegetarian!
"Vegetarians are one-third less likely to be hospitalized or die from heart disease than meat and fish eaters, according to a new U.K. study..." (Genevra Pittman, Reuters)

Sunday 3 February 2013

lower heart disease in vegetarians

"Vegetarians are one-third less likely to be hospitalized or die from heart disease than meat and fish eaters, according to a new U.K. study..." (Genevra Pittman, Reuters)

"After taking into account participants’ ages, exercise habits and other health measures, the research team found vegetarians were 32% less likely to develop heart disease than carnivores. When weight was factored into the equation, the effect dropped slightly to 28%. The lower heart risk was likely due to lower cholesterol and blood pressure among vegetarians in the study, the researchers reported this week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition."
http://articlesofhealth.blogspot.com/2013/02/university-of-oxford-validates-dr.html

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