Stir-fries For The Health Conscious
If you are on a diet or trying to keep your cholesterol low and are looking for a healthy recipe for dinner that is full of flavour, filling (and not a salad), why not try a stir fry using a recipe from Schwartz Cooking Club?
Many people who are not great fans of vegetables worry about not getting their five a day but a stir fry is a great way of getting plenty of veg, all cunningly disguised in a tasty sauce! It is also a great dish for sneaking vegetables into children’s diet, so is a winner for all the family.
Vegetables are fat free and low calorie and if you also use chicken, another low fat food, you can afford to serve the dish on a small portion of rice or noodles. Of course if you want to feel really virtuous you can skip the carbs altogether and, as vegetables are so efficient at filling you up, you won’t feel hungry.
The secret to a good stir fry lies in the preparation. Make sure all your ingredients are chopped up before you start. Separate your ingredients according to cooking time i.e. things that take longer to cook need to go into the wok first. When cooking your stir fry you need to use an oil with a high smoking point such as corn oil rather than olive oil.
You can use all sorts of ingredients for your marinade but a few favourites include stock (chicken or vegetable), soy sauce, garlic, chilli sauce, hoi sin sauce, cornflour, brown sugar, rice wine or dry sherry. As anyone who has tried the Schwartz Cooking Club will know, the holy trinity of Chinese cooking is garlic, chillies and spring onions, so make sure you add them to your stir fry to give a true Chinese flavour. A stir fry is a great way of using up whatever vegetables you have, so don’t be afraid of experimenting.
The health benefits of the Greek diet
Anyone who has ever tried to lose weight will know how difficult it can be to sample cuisines from around the world while staying conscious of those pesky calories and saturated fat levels. All of a sudden, Indian food is a no-go, while your weekly Chinese takeaway becomes a distant dream along with your favourite cheeky pizza delivery on a Saturday night.
However, one cuisine that even the most health-conscious individual can indulge in, at least to some extent, is Greek cuisine. In fact, as with healthy vegetarian recipes , not only can closely following Greek recipes at least a few times per week allow you to shed a few pounds, but it can also radically improve the health of your heart.
The people of Crete have long been known the world over for their healthy hearts and long lives and a major factor in this is the Greek diet. Olive oil is used in the majority of Greek dishes and, when used in moderation, the healthy fats contained in this sort of oil can help to reduce the risk of heart disease. The fact that olive oil tastes great, even if you simply use it as a dip for some fresh ciabatta, is an added bonus!
Greeks also tend to eat a lot of beans and lentils. When combined with fresh vegetables and aromatic herbs and spices, these dishes can make a filling meal alongside freshly grilled meat. There’s no reason not to eat meat if you’re following a diet, but make sure you grill it, rather than fry it, and try marinating your choice of meat rather than pouring over a sauce.
Grilled fish, often served alongside fire roasted baby new potatoes in Greece, also makes for a tasty, healthy meal that is suitable for all the family. It doesn’t matter which type of fish you opt for; just make sure it’s fresh.
Follow these simple Greek-influenced guidelines, and you’ll soon notice the benefits not only for your waistline, but your heart health too.
Olive oil
What are the health benefits of using of olive oil? There is a long list of reasons to use it – it can lower blood sugar levels, keep tissues fluid, it helps to keep heart health and reduce cancer risks.
Thanks to its composition, the olive-oil is very resistant to heat. So, it can reach 210oC without being decomposed, unlike other vegetable oils or butters that cannot stand high temperatures. Knowing the frying temperature to be 180oC, we gather from the table below showing decomposition temperatures for different fatty stuffs, that olive-oil is preferable in frying.
The olive-oil gives us just as many calories as all vegetable oils give, but not more than that, as is perhaps an wrong view. Thus, 1 gram of olive-oil gives 9 calories, even wholesome ones.
The olive-oil contains substantial amounts of vitamin E which protects fatty acids from oxidation. It is essential to all ages, especially to pregnant women and those in the nursing period.
Provided the olive-oil is stored cool, in opaque containers that do not let light in, does not get rancid, contrary to other vegetable oils, but only after a very, very long time.
The Western diet typically consists of high levels of saturated fat from animal products and has been associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer. Whilst olive oil, the predominant fat in the Mediterranean diet, has been associated with many health benefits its role in bladder cancer aetiology is still unknown. Therefore, we investigated the effect of intake of animal products, olive oil and other major dietary fats on bladder cancer risk.
Methods: Dietary data were collected from 200 cases and 386 controls participating in a Belgian case-control study on bladder cancer. Adjustment was made for age, sex, smoking characteristics, occupational exposures and calorie intake.
Results: There was a statistically significant inverse association between olive oil intake and bladder cancer consistent with a linear dose-response relationship: middle versus the lowest tertile (OR: 0.62; 95% CI: 0.39-0.99) and the highest versus the lowest tertile (OR: 0.47; 95% CI: 0.28-0.78; p-trend=0.002). We also observed borderline statistically significant increased odds of bladder cancer for the highest versus the lowest intake of cheese (OR: 1.53; 95% CI: 0.95-2.46; p-trend=0.08).
Conclusion: We observed evidence for a protective effect by olive oil and a possible increased risk of bladder cancer associated with a high intake of cheese. Our results require further investigation and confirmation by other studies.
Brinkman MT, Buntinx F, Kellen E, Van Dongen MC, Dagnelie PC, Muls E, Zeegers MP. Consumption of animal products, olive oil and dietary fat and results from the Belgian case-control study on bladder cancer risk. Eur J Cancer. 2010 Oct 12.
Alternative eyes care
Alternative eyes care therapies are a group of diverse medical treatments and natural products that have not usually been part of the curriculum of traditional medical schools. Now, I dont say about any treatment options for glaucoma, macular degeneration, cataracts or others ones but just about care eyes, to improve vision and eye health then to keep it well as long as possible using alternative ways.
As you know it’s very important – what do we eat. So, there is food, contained vitamins you need to get on a daily basis.
1.There are vitamins for the eyes:
Vitamin C found in fruits and vegetables such as; oranges, strawberries, rosehip, broccoli. Appears to reduce pressure in Glaucoma, slows deterioration in macular degeneration and reduces the risk of cataracts. Antioxidant.
Vitamin A found in carrots, sweet potatoes, and liver. Deficiency is tied to blindness, and corneal ulcers. Use may reduce risk of cataracts, and night blindness. Antioxidant. Reported to improve night vision
Vitamin E found in many nuts such as; almonds and hazelnuts. Antioxidants play a role in the reduction of risk for macular degeneration and cataracts.
2. Minerals and supplements have also a great impact on eye health. For instance minerals help not only the body metabolize vitamins but to balance nutrition and hormones. Some crucial minerals for eye health are zinc and selenium. The importance of such crucial supplements as Lutein, Bioflavonoids can scarcely be exaggerated.
3. Eye gymnastics. Yes, as physical exercise is vital for your better physical and mental health so Eye gymnastic is perfect way to improve your eyes health. You can easily find online numbers of look at the eye gymnastics guide that will help you to pick up the right one, the most suited for your eyes condidtion.
Medicinal Herbs
Our planet with its endless depths is a perfect source to keep health good and live long life. The ancient science knowledge of the world around them, of the mysteries of water, land, air and plants had been started by our forefathers, for whom knowledge of useful properties of the planet were not only useful and good, but the only way to survive.
Today, traditional and alternative medicine go through life hand in hand. Now non-traditional therapies and traditional medicine are complementary and very often high specialist recommend complex methods of medical treatment. Just look at medicine’s shop windows, you can see the wide range of herbs and fees herbal and conventional chemical-based medicines together. In addition, in the increasingly popular drugs include components of plant origin. And it is not only the victory of traditional medicine! When the forces of science combined with the forces of nature, it helps to give a fitting rebuff to the forces of disease, we all are to gain the victory.
Aconite has anodyne, diuretic and diaphoretic properties. Its tincture and liniment are used in general purposes. Its preparations are used for outward application to the skin in neuralgia, lumbago and rheumatism. It is extremely poisonous.
Africa pepper has antiseptic, antibacterial and carminative properties. It has beneficial antioxidant and cardiovascular effects and it benefits gastrointestinal functions. It is used in bursitis, diabetic neuropathy, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and in a number of other diseases.
Aghada has diuretic, expectorant and purgative properties. The juice of its leaves is used in fever, cough, diarrhoea, dysentery, dropsy and other diseases. Decoction prepared using the herb is used in stomach ache and bowel complaints, piles, boils, skin eruptions etc.
Agrimony is believed to cure jaundice and other liver complaints. Agrimony is also considered as a very useful agent in skin eruptions and diseases of the blood, pimples, blotches, etc. The herb is effective to cure scrofulous sores when a strong decoction of its root and leaves, mixed with honey or sugar is taken two or three times a day continuously for several months.
Akarakara root is used to relieve toothache. Its gargle is used in partial paralysis of tongue and lips. It is used to cure chronic catarrh of the head and nostrils.
Akebia is used as an antibiotic, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, diuretic and galactagogue substance. Its stem, when taken internally, cures bacterial and fungal infections and treats urinary tract infections. It induces menstruation and lactation too. Its root is used as an antipyretic.
Alder Buckthorn is a slender shrub and grows up to a height of 25 feet. The plant bears branches which are green in earlier stages of its life but turns to brownish-gray as they grow. Its oval shaped leaves are olive-green in colour and are alternately arranged. Its fruit is a three-seeded berry. Alder Buckthorn is used as a tonic, laxative and cathartic. Its bark is used to cure chronic constipation.
Alfalfa has been used traditionally for treating infections resulting from surgical incisions, bedsores and inner ear problems. Early Americans used alfalfa to treat arthritis, boils, cancer, scurvy, and urinary and bowel problems.
Amalaki is used as an aperient, carminative, diuretic, laxative, astringent and refrigerant substance. It is used to cure anaemia, diabetes, jaundice, haemorrhage disorders, asthma, bronchitis and insomnia. It is a rich source of vitamin C.
The seeds and leaves of Amaranth are used as an astringent substance. It is used to cure diarrhoea, bloody stools and excessive menstruation. It is used to treat acne, eczema and psoriasis.
American Cranesbill is a hairy plant that can reach a height up to 2 feet. Its leaves are 3 to 6 inches in width and are palmately divided into three or five divisions. The plant bears rose-purple, pale or violet-purple flower that appears in April to June and are 1 to 1 1/2 inches wide. Its fruit capsule consists of five cells each containing one seed. American Cranesbill has astringent, anti–haemorrhagicm and anti-inflammatory properties. It is used in diarrhoea, dysentery and hemorrhoids. The herb is used to treat menorrhagia and metrorrhagia.
American Ginseng is a perennial herb with a fleshy tuber-like root and grows to a height of 8-24 inches. The plant bears three compound leaves, each composed of five toothed leaflets. Its flowers are greenish white in colour and appear in June-July. The fruits are in the form bright red berries that appear in late summer. American Ginseng has anti-fatigue and energy giving properties. The plant is used as a demulcent, panacea and stimulant. It increases resistance of the body to infections and improves energy metabolism.
American Poplar is a deciduous tree with a pale yellowish bark that grows to a height up to 100 feet. Its leaves are nearly round, 3-7 cm long, 4-8 cm in diameter and possess small rounded teeth. Its flowers are 4-6 cm long and are born before the leaves. The fruits are in the form of capsules, each containing about ten seeds. American Poplar is used as an astringent, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory substance. It is effective in intermittent fevers, chronic diarrhoea, rheumatoid arthritis and in urinary affections.
Amlika is a creeping herb that grows up to 50 cm in length. Its leaves are present in the form of leaflets which are 3 in numbers with 5 cm long petioles. Flowers are yellow in colour and possess a length of nearly 1 cm. Its fruits are 1 to 1.8 cm long possessing numerous black seeds. Amlika is used as an antipyretic, blood refrigerant and tranquilizer. It is used to treat cold-fever, enteritis-diarrhoea, infection of the urinary tract and neurasthenia. Its fresh sap is used as external wash.
Terminalia arjuna is a deciduous tree found throughout India growing to a height of 60-90 feet. The thick, white-to-pinkish-gray bark has been used in India’s native Ayurvedic medicine? The bark is used in certain herbal combinations as a powerful, soothing tonic for the heart. It is good for both the physical heart as a muscle, as well as for the emotions associated with the heart. Arjuna is used for loneliness, sadness and frustration. It strengthens the emotions to decrease excessive response to stress and trauma. It helps strengthen the body’s natural rejuvenative processes, hastening the replacement of dead or weak cells with fresh, vital ones. In proper combinations, Arjuna helps stabilize an erratic heartbeat.
The leaves form a flat rosette Arnica, from the center of which rises a flower stalk, 1 to 2 feet high, bearing orange-yellow flowers. The rhizome is dark brown, cylindrical, usually curved, and bears brittle wiry rootlets on the under surface. A tincture made from the plant material can be used in the treatment of heart failure and coronary artery disease. It can be used as a mouthwash and gargle when fighting inflammation of the mucus membranes. It helps to prevent bruising and swelling after traumatic skin injuries and prevents the blood platelets from gathering to the site of injury.
Man is ill because he is never still
There are many people who know a little about alternative (complementary) medicine but have a lot of very strong opinions about. In aspect of Western culture alternative medicine is any healing practice though it were naturopathy, chiropractic, herbalism, traditional Chinese medicine, Unani, Ayurveda, meditation, yoga, biofeedback, hypnosis, homeopathy, acupuncture, diet-based therapies, or any other simular kind of practices and techniques. Very often an alternative medical practice has become widely adopted by conventional practitioners as a mainstream medicine and is no longer “alternative” with its high safety and effectiveness. The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
Some of general quotes:
“Most over-the-counter and almost all prescribed drug treatments merely mask symptoms or control health problems or in some way alter the way organs or systems such as the circulatory system work. Drugs almost never deal with the reasons why these problems exist, while they frequently create new health problems as side effects of their activities.”
-John R. Lee, M.D.
“Even if conventional medicine tells you that your condition is incurable or that your only option is to live a life dependent on drugs with troublesome side effects, there is hope for improviing or reversing your condition.”
-Leon Chaitow, N.D., D.O.
“The treatments themselves do not ‘cure’ the condition, they simply restore the body’s self-healing ability.”
-Leon Chaitow, N.D., D.O.
“The highest ideal of cure is the speedy, gentle, and enduring restoration of health by the most trustworthy and least harmful way.”
-Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1844), Founder of Homeopathy
“Man is ill because he is never still.”
-Paracelsus
“I believe that you can, by taking some simple and inexpensive measures, extend your life and your years of well-being. My most important recommendation is that you take vitamins every day in optimun amounts, to supplement the vitamins you receive in your food.”
-Linus Pauling, Ph.D., Two-time Nobel Prize Laureate
“A man may esteem himself happy when that which is his food is also his medicine.”
-Henry David Thoreau
“Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.”
-Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.)
“When health is absent Wisdom cannot reveal itself, Art cannot become manifest, Strength cannot be exerted, Wealth is useless and Reason is powerless.”
-Herophilies, 300 B.C.
“Health is the proper relationship between microcosm, which is man, and the macrocosm, which is the universe. Disease is a disruption of this relationship.”
-Dr. Yeshe Donden, physician to the Dalai Lama
“The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease.”
-Voltaire
“The greatest discovery of any generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering the attitudes of their minds.”
-Albert Schweitzer
“The next major advance in the health of the American people will be determined by what the individual is willing to do for himself.”
-John Knowles, Former President of the Rockefeller Foundation
“No Illness which can be treated by the diet should be treated by any other means.”
-Moses Maimonides (1135-1204)
“The art of healing comes from nature and not from the physician. Therefore, the physician must start from nature with an open mind.”
-Paracelsus
“A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.”
-Hippocrates
“Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind. Water, air and cleanliness are the chief articles in my pharmacopeia.”
-Napoleon Bonaparte
“Oh, the powers of nature! She knows what we need, and the doctors know nothing.”
-Benvenuto Cellini
“The competent physician, before he attempts to give medicine to te patient, makeshimself acquainted not only with the disease, but also with the habits and constitution of the sick man.”
-Cicero
“Don’t ask the doctor, ask the patient.”
-Yiddish proverb
“He’s the best physician who know the worthlessness of most medicines.” -Benjamin Franklin “Only freedom from prejudice and tireless zeal avail for the most holy of the endeavours of mankind, the practice of the true art of healing.”
-Samuel Hahnemann, Founder of Homeopathy (1755-1843)
Acupuncture:
“For some types of pain and nausea, acupuncture may help.”
- Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D.
“I think that if we had more acupuncture and less AZT [an AIDS medication], we would see a qualitative improvement in these patients’ health.”
-William Michael Cargile, B.S., D.C., F.I.A.C.A.
“Even in acute abdominal problems, acupuncture can be used before surgery to arrest the condition before it progresses further.”
-Maoshing Ni, D.O.M., Ph.D., L.Ac., Vice-President of Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Santa Monica, California
“There is evidence that acupuncture influences the production of and distribution of a great many neurotransmitters and neuromodulators, and that this in turn alters the perception of pain.”
-David Eisenberg, M.D., Clinical Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School
“Acupuncture also claims good success rates with cigarette addiction, where a newly discovered acupoint called Tien Mi is used in conjunction with other traditional acupoints particularly those located on the ear.”
-Maoshing Ni, D.O.M., Ph.D., L.Ac., Vice-President of Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Santa Monica, California
“Every drug of choice has a receptor site mechanism that is very specific. What we do is meet the needs of that receptor site by supplying and directing the endorphins or enkaphilins through acupuncture.”
-Sir Jay Holder, M.D., D.C., Ph.D., Director of the Holder Research Institute in Miami, Florida ”
Acupuncture is equivalent to he effect of tranquilizers in cases of depresion, worry, insomnia, and nervous disorders, and its action is swift and lasting.”
-Professor Pierre Huard of the Medical Faculty of Paris France and Dr. Ming Wong of the Medical Faculty of Rennes
“Not only is acupuncture effective as a primary modality, it also can play a vital role as an adjunctive therapy due to how effective the meridian system is as a means of proper diagnosis.”
-William Michael Cargile, B.S., D.C., F.I.A.C.A., Chairman of Research for the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
“Because the meridians influence every cell in the body and pass through every organ and organ system, acupuncture provides health practitioners with an accurate and noninvasive means of determining health deficiences, as well as a method of reestablishing balance.
-William Michael Cargile, B.S., D.C., F.I.A.C.A., Chairman of Research for the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
“In short, it [acupuncture] provides maximum benefits without the dangerous side effects associated with many of the approaches of conventional medicine.”
-William Michael Cargile, B.S., D.C., F.I.A.C.A., Chairman of Research for the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
“While acupuncture represents a legacy of concepts that predate Western civilization, as a contemporary health care system it also represents a synthesis of continuously evolving scientific and technological develpments which provides us with new tools to meet current clinical challenges.”
-Dennis Tucker, Ph.D., L.Ac., of Nevada City, California
“The future of acupuncture will to some degree depend upon our ability to reconcile the old and new within a new science of energy medicine. This can only be accomplished if we honor both our traditional roots and the challenge of building on the foundation provided by scientific research.”
-Dennis Tucker, Ph.D., L.Ac., of Nevada City, California
Applied Kinesiology:
Because of the close clinical relationship between specific muscle dysfunction and related organ or gland dysfunction, applied kinesiology can be used to identify and treat a wide variety of health problems.
-Robert Blaich, D.C., Los Angeles
Muscle testing is often the key to balancing mechanically opposed muscles, since a muscle spasm usually exists secondary to and opposite a weak muscle.
-Robert Blaich,D.C., Los Angeles
“Get people better and they will send more new patients to you than you can treat.”
-George Goodheart Jr., D.C.
Aromatherapy:
“In actuality, the oils exert much of their therapeutic effect through their pharmacological properties and their small molecular size, making them one of the few therapeutic agents to easily penetrate the bodily tissues.”
-Dr. (rer. nat.) Kurt Schnaubelt, Director of the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy
“The chemical makeup of essential oils gives them a host of desirable pharmacological properties ranging from antibacterial, antiviral, and antispasmodic, to uses as diuretics (promoting production and excretion of urine), vasodilators (widening blood vessels), and vasoconstrictors (narrowing blood vessels). Essential oils act on the adrenals, ovaries, and the thyroid and can energize or pacify, detoxify, and facilitate the digestive process.”
-Dr. (rer. nat.) Kurt Schnaubelt, Director of the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy
“Because the oils work in a different way from antibiotics, they do not have the usual side effects, and they tend to stimulate the immune system instead of depressing it.”
-Robert Tisserand, of London, England
“Oils of cinnamon and eucalyptus are as powerful against some microorganisms as conventional antibiotics, and are especially effective against flus. Sandalwood oil from Mysore, India, is not only a classic perfume oil but is also a traditional remedy for sore throats and laryngitis. Lavender oil, so often used in toilet waters and scented sachets, has a dramatic healing action on burns.”
-Robert Tisserand, of London, England
“Whenever the specific pain indicating the recurrence of the lesions occurs, oils are applied before the outbreak of the lesion and more often than not the outbreak is prevented. After repeating this procedure three to four times, herpes simplex typically stops recurring.”
-Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt, Director of the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy
“Another effective use of essential oils is the topical treatment fo shingles, a painful skin virus…drastic improvements and complete remission occur within seven days.”
-Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt, Director of the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy
“Because of their very strong local anti-inflammatory action, these oils [clove, cinnamon, and thyme] often reduce arthritis symptoms within moments of application.”
-Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt, Director of the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy
“Essential oils should be called ‘essential oils’. If names are used that sound evasive, such as ‘pure botanical perfume’ or ‘pure fragrance essence’, that is an indication that the supplier is aware that the oils are not true essential oils.”
-Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt, Director of the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy
“Pure essential oils are expensive. Often one thousand pounds of plant are needed to produce one pound of essence…if every oil in a line carries the same price tag, this is a sure sign of large-scale homogenization and adulteration for the production of sheer fragrance oils as opposed to essential oils…the prices of essential oils can differ.”
-Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt, Director of the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy
“While aromatherapy is practiced by medical doctors in France, this has not been the case in England and the United States.”
-Robert Tisserand, of London, England
“With the increasing demand for holistic health care and the ‘green revolution’, the demand for aromatherapy will increase, and hopefully we will reach the point where medical doctors incorporate it into their repertoire. It will become routine for doctors to send culture samples to the pharmacist for testing, and identify the relevant aromatherapy for the patient. The stress-relieving properties associated with aromatherapy make it an indispensable part of health care.”
-Robert Tisserand, of London, England
“For many common infectious diseases aromatherapy offers more effective and more wholesome solutions than conventional medicine.”
-Dr. (rer. nat.) Kurt Schnaubelt, Director of the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy
“If aromatherapy was allowed to compete only on its merit it would be a great competitor for a variety of aspects of conventional medicine. Much of the future of aromatherapy will be determined through political processes.”
-Dr. (rer. nat.) Kurt Schnaubelt, Director of the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy
“The powers in the medical ‘market’ will try to keep aromatherapy out because it threatens profits to the conventional medical establishment. However, the demand of the consumer for more and better access to alternative methods will continue to offset such vested interests and should do much to make aromatherapy more popular as a healing modality.”
-Dr. (rer. nat.) Kurt Schnaubelt, Director of the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy
Ayurvedic Medicine:
“The basic theme of the kapha metabolic type is relaxed.”
-Deepak Chopra, M.D.
“Disease is the result of a disruption of the spontaneous flow of nature’s intelligence within our physiology. When we violate nature’s law and cannot adequately rid ourselves of the results of this disruption, then we have disease.”
-Virender Sodhi, M.D. (Ayurveda), N.D., Director of the American School of Ayurvedic Sciences in Bellevue, Washington
“Considerable modern research has proven the efficacy of Ayurvedic herbal preparations, and research has now moved to elucidating their mechanisms and sites of action.”
-Virender Sodhi, M.D. (Ayurveda), N.D., Director of the American School of Ayurvedic Sciences in Bellevue, Washington
“According to Ayurvedic principles, by understanding oneself, by identifying one’s own constitution, and by recognizing sources of doshic aggravation, one can not only follow the proper guidelines to cleanse, purify, and prevent disease, but also uplift oneself into a realm of awareness previously unknown.”
-Vasant Lad, M.A.Sc., Ayurvedic physician and Director of the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Satvajaya can decondition the mind so we can see things fresh, like with the eyes of a child. Satvajaya techniques rid us of negative emotions, thought patterns, and prejudices that may weigh us down like undigested food.”
-David Frawley, O.M.D., Director of the American Institute of Vedic Studies in Santa Fe, New Mexico
“The first question an Ayurvedic physician asks is not ‘What disease does my patient have?’ but ‘Who is my patient?’ By ‘who,’ the physician does not mean your name, but how you are constituted.”
-Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Biofeedback:
“Eventually, patients should be able to use their biofeedback experience to lower their own heart rate or blood pressure, or to alleviate physical complaints. It’s a form of self-medication.”
-Dr. David Spiegel, Stanford University Medical Center
“In fact, with practice, biofeedback skills continue to improve. It is like taking tennis lessons. If you stop taking the lessons but continue playing, your game will improve. With biofeedback, it works the same way. The more you practice, the better you get.”
-Patricia Norris, Ph.D., Clinical Director of the Biofeedback and Psychphysiology Clinic at the Center for Applied Psychophysiology at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
“The most exciting innovation in biofeedback would be to provide people with moment-to-moment feedback of changes in the levels of chemicals within the bloodstream.”
-Melvyn Werbach, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA School of Medicine and Director of the Biofeedback Medical Clinic in Tarzana, California
“The self-regulation skills acquired through biofeedback training are retained by the individual even after the feedback device is dispensed with.”
-Patricia Norris, Ph.D.
Chiropratic:
“The nervous system holds the key to the body’s incredible potential to heal itself.”
-Sir Jay Holder, M.D., D.C., Ph.D., of Miami, Florida
“The spine as a whole operates as a functional unit. Each vertabra can affect its neighbor and one portion of the spine may affect or damage other areas of the body.”
-Don Davis, D.C., of Hayward, California
“Chiropractic embraces the science of life, the knowledge of how organisms act in health and disease, and also the art of adjusting the neuroskeleton.”
-Daniel David Palmer, founder of modern chiropractic
“When someone takes a fall and ends up with a misalignment of the lower spine, typically he or she will just ignore it after a few days, when the pain has gone away. Then the person finds out years later that the hip has been deteriorating more rapidly than it should have been.”
-Robert Blaich, D.C., of Los Angeles
“People can see the premature wear and tear on their car’s tires that occurs if the wheels are misaligned, yet the same holds true for the human body if the spine is misaligned.”
-Robert Blaich, D.C., of Los Angeles
“It is essential for a person to have the spine aligned on a regular basis, just as the person would go to a dentist to have his or her teeth cleaned to prevent disease. This keeps the spine from subluxation and is the best preventative measure the person can take against disease.”
-Sir Jay Holder, M.D., D.C., Ph.D., of Miami, Florida
“If a woman is pregnant her needs are increased, because the nervous system of a woman directs the creation of the fetus and the embryo to begin with. When a woman receives adjustments during her pregnancy, there is also better delivery, less back pain, healthier children, and less chance of a miscarriage”
-Sir Jay Holder, M.D., D.C., Ph.D., of Miami, Floida
“By keeping the body as subluxaton-free as possible through chiropractic adjustments and living a sensible, wellness-oriented lifestyle, we can significantly enhance the body’s natural restorative powers.”
-Terry A. Rondberg, D.C., President of the World Chiropractic Alliance
“It’s very exciting. One day, hopefully, you’ll have sixty-five thousand chiropractors trained to deal with the problem of addiction. This is a major chance for chiropractic to step foward and play a leading role in meeting one of the most serious problems facing our country.”
-Sir Jay Holder, M.D., D.C., Ph.D., of Miami, Florida
“By removing subluxations that interfere with the normal functioning of the nervous system, a person in a drug treatment center is more likely to complete his or her term of stay because the person now can meet the needs of all the other modalities that are offered as treatment. We have less people with drug detox or withdrawal symptoms. Their physical complaints are almost eliminated and they can now concentrate on dealing with their addiction.”
-Sir Jay Holder, M.D., D.C., Ph.D., of Miami, Florida
“Chiropractic patients were three times more satisfied with their care than patients of family practice physicians.”
-Western Journal of Medicine, 1989
“Patient Evaluations of Low-Back Pain Care.” “Chiropractors are now accepted as a legitimate healing profession by the public and by an increasing number of physicians.”
-The Manga Report, 1993
“Chiropractic is a growing component of the health care sector, and it is widely used by the population.”
-The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, and Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, January, 1992
“Mandated Health Insurance Coverage for Chiropractic Treatment: An Economic Assessment, with Implications for the Commonwealth of Virginia.” “…for the management of low-back pain, chiropractic care is the most effective treatment, and it should be fully integrated into the government’s health care system.”
-The Manga Report, 1993
“Chiropractic treatment was more effective than hospital outpatient management, mainly for patients with chronic or severe back pain.” -British Medical Journal, 1990. British Medical Research Council Study. “…spinal manipulation applied by chiropractors is shown to be more effective than alternative treatments for low-back pain.”
-The Manga Report, 1993
“…injured workers…diagnosed with low-back pain returned to work much sooner when treated by chiropractors than by physicians.”
-The Manga Report, 1993
“Two and three years after patients with back pain were treatd by chiropractors, they experienced far less pain than those who werer treated by medical doctors.”
-British Medical Journal, 1990
“Low Back Pain of Mechanical Origin: Randomized Comparison of Chiropractic and Hospital Outpatient Treatment.” “…one of the unexpected findings…looks as though the treatment that the chiropractors give does something that results in a very long-term benefit.”
-T.W. Meade, M.D., CBC Radio
“M.D.s now categorize chiropractic manipulation with the highest rating: Generally accepted, well-established and widely used.”
-Spine, 1991. North American Spine Society
“A majority of family physicians (in Washington) admitted having encouraged patients to see a chiropractor, and two-thirds indicated a desire to learn more about what chiropractors do.”
-The Journal of Family Practice, 1992
“Family Physicians and Chiropractors: What’s Best for the Patient?” “Our trial showed that chiropractic is a very effective treatment, more effective than conventional hospital outpatient treatment for low-back pain…particularly in patients…who have severe problems.”
-T.W. Meade, M.D.
“Manipulative medicine is no longer a taboo topic.”
-Norton Hadler, M.D., professor of rheumatology, University of North Carolina Medical School at Chapel Hill, Time Magazine, 1991.
“Ten years ago if you practiced manipulation…you couldn’t get published and were never invited to meetings. Now I can’t keep up with the invitations.”
-Neurologist Scott Haldeman, M.D., D.C., New York Times, 1991.
Craniosacral Therapy:
“For instance, he [Fulford] regularly cured young children of recurring ear infections by simply, in his words, ‘freeing up their breathing and getting their tailbone [sacrum] unstuck’ so that it could get back into normal respiratory [craniosacral rhythm] motion. When this motion is restricted, fluid backs up in the ear, providing a perfect breeding ground for bacteria.”
-Andrew Weil, M.D., writes about Bob Fulford, a retired osteopthic physician and instructor of craniosacral therapy
“When there is synchronous movement in the craniosacral system, the physiology of the central nervous system functions more efficiently and the nerve tissue is, in general, healthier.”
-Robert Norret, D.C.
“The practical and theoretical significance of Dr. Upledger’s therapeutic techniques, by the turn of the century, will be implemented in most hospitals and medical schools.”
-Elmer Green, Ph.D., referring to Dr. John Upledger’s research in developing CranioSacral Therapy
“We found significant restriction of the area inside the cranium where the olfactory nerves pass through, and within about five minutes, he had improved dramatically.”
-Robert Norett, D.C., Director of the Stillpoint Health Center in Venice, California, citing the case of an owner of a French restaurant who slipped and hit his head against a stove
Enzyme Therapy:
“Enzymes are substances that make life possible.”
-Edward Howell,M.D.
“Enzyme therapy needs to be combined with good eating habits.”
-Howard F. Loomis,Jr.,D.C.
“Fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds can provide plentiful plant enzymes.”
-Howard F. Loomis,Jr.,D.C.
“People think that if they simply take vitamins and minerals they will be healthy, but every vitamin and mineral requires an enzyme. You can eat pounds and pounds of vitamins and minerals, but if you don’t have the proper enzymes, they don’t work.”
-Dr. Lita Lee, Ph.D.
“All preventive therapies will include treatment of enzyme deficiencies and all food supplements will address our need for enzymes.”
-Dr. Lita Lee, Ph.D.
“We are not aware of enzyme deficiencies because they take so long to manifest. When there are signs, the body is already in a state of exhaustion.”
-Dr. Lita Lee, Ph.D.
“The primary cause of our disease is in us, always in us.”
-Antoine Beachamp,1883.
“Unfortunately, in America and other Westernized countries, most people do not eat whole foods and those who do have trouble digesting them because most foods are eaten cooked and have zero enzymes. Thus, the need for whole foods and enzyme nutrition is widespread.”
-Dr. Lita Lee, Ph.D.
Gemstone/Chakra/Crystal Therapy:
“He builded better than he knew;— The conscious stone to beauty grew.”
-Emerson, The Problem
“A camel’s head, or two goats among mortals, if on an onyx, has the power to convoke, assemble and constrain demons: if anyone wears it he will see terrible visions in sleep.”
-Ragiel, Book of Wings
“The gods propitious hearken to his prayers, who’ever the polished glass-green Jasper wears: His parched glebe they’ll satiate with rain, And send for showers to soak the thirsty plain.”
-author of Lithica
Herbal Medicine:
“The revival interest in herbal medicine is a worldwide phenomenon.”
-Mark Blumenthal, Executive Director of the American Botanical Council
“The scope of herbal medicine ranges from mild-acting plant medicines such as chamomile and peppermint, to very potent ones such as foxglove (from which the drug digitalis is derived). In between these two poles lies a wide spectrum of plant medicine with significant medical applications. One need only go to the United States Pharacopoeia to see the central role that plant medicine has played in American medicine.”
-Donald Brown, N.D., of Bastyr College, in Seattle, Washington
“This illustrates the need for modern medicine and science to turn its attention to the plant world once again to find new medicine that might cure cancer, AIDS, diabetes, and many other diseases and conditions.”
-Norman R. Farnsworth, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Illinois at Chicago
“What commercial drug dealer is going to want to prove that saw palmetto is better than his multimillion dollar drug, when you and I can go to Florida and harvest our own saw palmetto?”
-James Duke, Ph.D., a scientist and USDA specialist in the area of herbal medicine
“With the growing recognition of the value of herbs, it is surely time to examine the professional therapeutic use of these herbs. There are profound changes happening in the American culture and herbal medicine, ‘green medicine,’ is playing an ever-increasing role in people’s experience of this transformation.”
-David Hoffman, past President of the American Herbalist Guild
Homeopathy:
“The long-term benefit of homeopathy to the patient is that it not only alleviates the presenting symptoms but it reestablishes internal order at the deepest levels and thereby provides a lasting cure.”
-George Vithoulkas, Director, Athenian School of Homeopathic Medicine
“The highest ideal of cure is the speedy, gentle, and enduring restoration of health by the most trustworthy and least harmful way.”
-Samuel Hahnemann, founder of Homeopathy
“Homeopathy has been of tremendous value in reversing diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, bronchial asthma, epilepsy, skin eruptions, allergic conditions, mental or emotional disorders, especially if applied at the onset of the disease.”
-George Vithoulkas, Director, Athenian School of Homeopathic Medicine
“The quick use of remedies, such as Aconite, Bryonia, and/or Belladonna, have been a great help in alleviating the acute symptoms of colds.”
-Robert D. Milne, M.D., of Las Vegas, Nevada
Iridology:
“Disease preys on a weak and malnourished mind.”
-Bernard Jensen, D.C., Ph.D.
“Nutrition is the only remedy that can bring full recovery and can be used with any treatment. Remember, food is our best medicine!”
-Bernard Jensen, D.C., Ph.D.
“I believe there is more to be revealed in the iris than man will ever know.”
-Bernard Jensen, D.C., Ph.D.
“Iridology has been something of an orphan. No healing art in particular has seen fit to adopt it, to be identified with it. It is a fact of life that most new concepts are at first rebuffed. I have found iridology to be a most useful tool. Married to nutrition, it has been indispensable in practice. As with nutrition and all things ahead of their time, I believe, iridology’s day in the sun is in the process of arriving.”
-Dr. Donald V. Bodeen, chiropractor and doctor or iridology
“All cure starts from within out, from the head down, and in the reverse order as the symptoms appeared.”
-Hering’s Law of Cure
Magnetic Field Therapy:
Scientifically designed, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies, however, have not been done to substantiate claims of there being different effects between positive and negative magnetic poles.
-John Zimmerman,Ph.D., president of Bio-Electro-Magnetics Institute
Magnetic field therapy is a method that penetrates the whole human body and can treat every organ without chemical side effects.
-Wolfgang Ludwig,Sc.D.,Ph.D.,Director of the Institute for Biophysics in Horn, Germany
Symptoms of cardiac atherosclerosis and brain atherosclerosis have been observed to disappear after six to eight weeks of nightly exposure to a negative static magnetic field.
-William H. Philpott, M.D.
A negative magnetic field can function like an antibiotic in helping to destroy bacterial, fungal, and viral infections by promoting oxygenation and lowering the body’s acidity.
-William H. Philpott, M.D.
Massage Therapy:
The physician must be experienced in many things, but most assuredly in rubbing.
-Hippocrates, The “Father of Modern Medicine”
For rubbing can bind a joint that is too loose, and loosen a joint that is too rigid.
-Hippocrates, The “Father of Modern Medicine”
The object of massage is to disperse the effete matters found in the muscles and not expelled by exercise.
-Avicenna, Arab philosopher and physician wrote this in his Canon
Mind/Body Medicine:
“Since the philosopher Descartes separated a transcendent and nonmaterial mind from the material and mechanical operations of the body, science has been concerned with ever more accurately resolving the body into its component parts.”
-Dr. James S. Gordon,M.D., Director of the Center for Mind/Body Studies
“it’s literally as if bits of brain are rooted thrughout our bodies.”
-Dr. Candace Pert,Ph.D., National Institute of Mental health
“A cheerful heart is good mdicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.”
-Proverbs
“Neuropeptides and receptors ae bochemica correlates of emotions.”
-Dr. Candace Pert, Ph.D., Georgetown University
“Conditioning is a powerful bridge between min and body.”
-Joan Borysenko,Ph.D.
“Viruses use the same receptors (as a neuropeptide) to enter into a cell, and depending on how much of the natural peptde for that receptor is around, the virus wil have an easier or harder time getting into the cell.”
-Dr. Candace Pert,Ph.D., Georgetown University
Meditation Therapy:
“Meditation helps to keep us from identifying with the ‘movies of the mind.”
-Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
“The more complicated the world gets and the more intrusive it becomes on our personal psychological space and privacy, the more important it will be to practice non-doing.”
-Dr. Kabat-Zinn
Music Therapy:
“Simply put, music can heal people.”
-Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev)
“I regard music therapy as a tool of great power in many neurological diseases-Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s-because of its unique capacity to organize or reorganize cerebral function when it has been damaged.”
-Oliver Sacks, M.D.
“(Music therapy) can make the difference between withdrawal and awareness, between isolation and interaction, between chronic pain and comfort-between demoralization and dignity.”
-Barbara Crowe, past president of the National Association for Music Therapy
“Music therapy has been an invaluable tool with many of our rehabilitation patients. There is no question that the relationship of music and medicine will blossom because of the advent of previously unavailable techniques that can now show the effects of music.”
-Mathew Lee, Acting Director, Rusk Institute, New York
“Almost all children respond to music. Music is an open-sesame, and if you can use it carefully and appropriately, you can reach into that child’s potential for development.”
-Dr. Clive Robbins, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Clinic
“Music therapy is much more complicated than playing records in nursing homes. Therapists are trained in psychology, group interaction, and the special needs of the elderly.”
-Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev)
“(Rhythm) is there in the cycles of the seasons, in the migrations of the birds and animals, in the fruiting and withering of plants, and in the birth, maturation and death of ourselves.”
[hart told a senate panel studying music therapy] -Mickey Hart, Grateful Dead
Naturopathic Medicine:
“To the uninformed, naturopathic medicine, as well as the entire concept of natural medicine, appears to be a fad that will soon pass away. To the informed, however, it is quite clear that naturopathic medicine is at the forefront of the future.”
-Michael Murray, N.D.
“This illustrates the paradigm shift that is occurring in medicine. What was once scoffed at is now becoming generally accepted as an effective alternative. In fact, in most instances the naturopathic alternative offers significant benefit over standard medical practices. Undoubtedly in the future many of the concepts, philosophies, and practices of naturopathy will be vindicated. Certainly the future looks bright for naturopathic medicine.”
-Michael Murray, N.D.
“During the last ten or twenty years there has been a literal explosion of information in the scientific literature supporting the use of natural medicine.”
-Michael Murray, N.D.
Orthomolecular Medicine:
“Our physical bodies are made up of water, fat, protein, carbohydrates, and similar substances. Therefore, it’s logical to expect that if something is wrong with our bodies, proper manipulation of the elements of which they are made will be a major factor in reestablishing health.”
-Jonathan Wright, M.D., Kent, Washington
“It takes approximately forty years for innovative thought to be incorporated into mainstream thought. I expect and hope that orthomolecular medicine, within the next five to ten years, will cease to be a specialty in medicine and that all physicians will be using nurition as an essential tool in treating disease.”
-Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D
“We need a paradigm shift, and I think it’s beginning to occur. Nutrition needs to be looked at, not as a means of preventing specific deficiency diseases, but as a means of contributing to the overall health of the person and his or her resistance to chronic diseases.”
-Richard P. Huemer, M.D., Vancouver, Washington
“We need to start looking for the optimum levels of nutrients necessary for optimum health instead of the minimum amount needed to prevent diseases. This is going to produce a big upsurge in human health in the next twenty years.”
-Richard P. Huemer, M.D., Vancouver, Washington
There are many people who know a little about alternative (complementary) medicine but have a lot of very strong opinions about. My opinion is the doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease. In aspect of Western culture alternative medicine is any healing practice though it were naturopathy, chiropractic, herbalism, traditional Chinese medicine, Unani, Ayurveda, meditation, yoga, biofeedback, hypnosis, homeopathy, acupuncture, diet-based therapies, or any other simular kind of practices and techniques. Very often an alternative medical practice has become widely adopted by conventional practitioners as a mainstream medicine and is no longer “alternative” with its high safety and effectiveness.
Therapeutic Touch:
“Therapeutic touch is a contemporary interpretation of several ancient healing practices in which the practitioners consciously direct or sensitively modulate human energies.”
-Dolores Krieger, Ph.D., R.N., Professor Emeritus at New York University
“The medicine of the future will be energy medicine, and chemical medicine will be a subset of medicine as a whole. Probably 80 percent of medicine will be energy medicine, and 20 percent chemical medicine.”
-Robert Jacobs, N.M.D., D.Hom. (Med), of London, England
“The problem here is a very practical one. Research costs money, and the skilled practitioners of these methods are busy working as doctors, not as researchers to a high enough level of competency in these methods for the research to be effective. Yet if some enterprising body were to give sympathetic and careful attention to our claims, then I feel we would discover that we have an undreamed of tool available to us which I’m sure can be further extended and refined.”
-Anthony Scott-Morley, D.Sc., Ph.D., M.D. (alt. med), of Dorset, England
Yoga:
“The Trust has already carried out successfully trials on the benefits of yoga for maturity-onset diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. And it is currently embarking on a long-term study into the effects of yoga on aging.”
-Richard Munro, Ph.D., of Cambridge, England
“Yoga cannot cure every condition, but it can substantially help most of them.”
-Richard Munro, Ph.D., of Cambridge, England
“The safest and most reliable way to use Hatha yoga therapeutically is to follow a balanced program of postures that will have an overall normalizing and health inducing effect.”
-Rudolph Ballentine, M.D.
Tea Medicine
Do you love to drink a tea? Hope, you do. But dont you know that drinking one or another sort of tea you use Herbal medicine, also called botanical medicine or phytomedicine, refers to the use of a plant’s seeds, berries, roots, leaves, bark, or flowers for medicinal purposes. Long practiced outside of conventional medicine, herbalism is becoming more mainstream as improvements in analysis and quality control along with advances in clinical research show their value in the treatment and prevention of differebt disease.