February 14, 2011

Phillip Day’s Australian Tour 2011

Phillip Day of Credence Publications is kicking off his Australian speaking tour in Brisbane on 21st February 2011. The Victory Tour covers a range of subjects related to health and avoiding and overcoming disease. This information is not publicised by the mainstream health industry and is sometimes shocking but always interesting.

As Phillip says “The official view is that medicine does not know what causes disease, which is complete nonsense. The answers to mankind’s biggest scourges lie in diet and lifestyle changes which, unfortunately, our drug-obsessed medical orthodoxy is unwilling to countenance.”

The Victory Tour, an examination of what causes disease, covers the simple measures each of us can take to avoid getting sick, and what to do if we fall ill.

For more information watch the video below or visit www.credence.org.

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September 15, 2010

Review of Changing Habits, Changing Lives by Cyndi O’Meara

Changing Habits, Changing LivesOk so you are thinking about changing your eating habits but you just don’t know where to start, or where to find the right information. Well, look no further because I have the best book for you.

I came across the book Changing Habits, Changing Lives over a year ago and it is fantastic, but first I want to tell you a bit about the author. Cyndi O’Meara is not your typical nutritionist: she disagrees with low-fat and low-calorie diets, believes chocolate can be good for you, and thinks cheating and eating yummy food are important parts of a well-balanced diet!

I thought ‘this is the book for me’ and it has been life changing for me and my family. The book teaches you about healthy lifestyle and dietary choices and the changes that have happened in the last thirty years to the ingredients of what we eat.

This book is about changing your habits one step at a time and keeping those good habits for life. If you change your diet you can gain health, energy and vitality, if you lose weight, then that’s an added bonus on top of being healthy.

What I love about the book is that it contains simple easy steps. You work your way through each chapter (habit) and then move onto the next habit. There are action steps at the end of each chapter which help you stay on track.

Some of the content covered in the book includes: breakfast (with some great breakfast recipes), the importance of water and quality versus quantity. There is also a meal planner in the back.

To buy your own copy visit Cyndi O’Meara’s website.

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November 16, 2009

Heart Surgeon Admits Huge Mistake!

By Dwight Lundell, MD.
We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong.  So, here it is I freely admit to being wrong.  As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries, today is my day to right the wrong with medical and scientific fact.

I trained for many years with other prominent physicians labeled “opinion makers.” Bombarded with scientific literature, continually attending education seminars, we opinion makers insisted heart disease resulted from the simple fact of elevated blood cholesterol.

The only accepted therapy was prescribing medications to lower cholesterol and a diet that severely restricted fat intake. The latter of course we insisted would lower cholesterol and heart disease.  Deviations from these recommendations were considered heresy and could quite possibly result in malpractice.

It Is Not Working!

These recommendations are no longer scientifically or morally defensible.  The discovery a few years ago that inflammation in the artery wall is the real cause of heart disease is slowly leading to a paradigm shift in how heart disease and other chronic ailments will be treated.

The long-established dietary recommendations have created epidemics of obesity and diabetes, the consequences of which dwarf any historical plague in terms of mortality, human suffering and dire economic consequences.

Despite the fact that 25% of the population takes expensive statin medications and despite the fact we have reduced the fat content of our diets, more Americans will die this year of heart disease than ever before.

Statistics from the American Heart Association show that 75 million Americans currently suffer from heart disease, 20 million have diabetes and 57 million have pre-diabetes. These disorders are affecting younger and younger people in greater numbers every year.

Simply stated, without inflammation being present in the body, there is no way that cholesterol would accumulate in the wall of the blood vessel and cause heart disease and strokes.  Without inflammation, cholesterol would move freely throughout the body as nature intended.  It is inflammation that causes cholesterol to become trapped.

Inflammation is not complicated — it is quite simply your body’s natural defense to a foreign invader such as a bacteria, toxin or virus.  The cycle of inflammation is perfect in how it protects your body from these bacterial and viral invaders.

However, if we chronically expose the body to injury by toxins or foods the human body was never designed to process, a condition occurs called chronic inflammation. Chronic inflammation is just as harmful as acute inflammation is beneficial.

What thoughtful person would willfully expose himself repeatedly to foods or other substances that are known to cause injury to the body?  Well, smokers perhaps, but at least they made that choice willfully.

The rest of us have simply followed the recommended mainstream diet that is low in fat and high in polyunsaturated fats and carbohydrates, not knowing we were causing repeated injury to our blood vessels.  This repeated injury creates chronic inflammation leading to heart disease, stroke, diabetes and obesity.

Let me repeat that. The injury and inflammation in our blood vessels is caused by the low fat diet that has been recommended for years by mainstream medicine.

What are the biggest culprits of chronic inflammation? Quite simply, they are the overload of simple, highly processed carbohydrates (sugar, flour and all the products made from them) and the excess consumption of omega-6 vegetable oils like soybean, corn and sunflower that are found in many processed foods.

In Part 2 of this two-part article, I’ll discuss which foods cause inflammation, how those foods trigger the inflammatory process, and the foods to eat that will cure inflammation.

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October 25, 2009

Water or Cola?

Someone sent me this comparison and while I’m not sure of the source of the information I am sure that water is the best thing you can drink to improve your overall well-being.

WATER

#1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
(Likely applies to half the world population)

#2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger.

#3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism as 3%.

#4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.

#5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

#6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

#7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term Memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on

The computer screen or on a ! Printed page.

#8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of Colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%., and one is 50% less likely to develop Bladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of water you should drink every day?

Cola

#1. In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Cola in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.

#2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Cola and it will be gone in two days.

#3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Cola into the Toilet bowl and let the ‘real thing’ sit for one hour,then flush clean. The citric acid in Cola removes stains from vitreous China .

#4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of aluminum foil dipped in Cola.

#5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.

#6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth soaked in Cola To the rusted bolt for several minutes.

#7… To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Cola Into the load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run
through a regular cycle. The Cola will help loosen Grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

#1. The active ingredient in Cola is phosphoric acid. It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric
Acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis.

#2. To carry Cola syrup! (the concentrate) the commercial trucks must use hazardous material place
cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.

#3. The distributors of Cola have been using it to clean engines of the trucks for about 20 years!

Now the question is, would you like a glass of water?

Or Cola?

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August 8, 2009

Don’t rush for the swine flu vaccine.

The Times of India reports “a group of homeopathy doctors are drafting a proposal to the government to offer their services to help in dealing with swine flu cases”. The article quotes a Delhi-based homeopath, Mukesh Batra, who cites the instance of the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 in which more than 50 million people were killed worldwide. He says the mortality rate of people given allopathic treatment was 28.2 percent, while those given homeopathic treatment was 1.05 percent at that time.

Read the full article at the Times of India website, we’d like to hear if you have used homeopathic treatment as an alternative to vaccination.

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August 7, 2009

The truth about swine flu.

I’ve been hearing a lot about swine flu recently, and unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve been hearing a lot too.

But is swine flu as great a threat as the media would have you believe? Or is this another scare story that will lead nowhere?

So far in Australia, we have had 16 reported swine flu ‘related’ deaths. I can’t remember when swine flu first hit the news over here, but I would guess that is about one death per week. I’m sorry for the families who have lost loved ones, but according to the World Health Organisation an average 10,000 people worldwide die every week from the existing strains of influenza.

I think the media has built this up to something more than it is.

Are they doing this to sell vaccination for their advertisers, the big drug companies? Is it simple fearmongering to keep the masses in check? Or is it just laziness, because they can’t be bothered to do some research on the real dangers.

What do you think? I would love to hear your comments, click on the link below to have your say.

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June 1, 2009

Change Your Thinking: Change Your Life

Public Information Seminar – Friday evening 12 June

Are you keen to radically improve the quality of life for you and your family?

Are you ready to take action and unlock your potential for a more vibrant, healthier lifestyle?

In a world full of conflict and turmoil, your first logical step is to get the right information.

All the clear, unvarnished truth you need to get started will be yours for the taking at Change Your Thinking: Change Your Life. This Organic Information fest is a very special public event that will be held on the Friday evening preceding the ONEgroup Conference.

Listen to the three compelling expert speakers we call ‘The Organic Triumvirate’, and we guarantee your life will change. You’ll go away with a new mindset and new resolve to achieve the body, health and longevity you desire. And what’s more, you’ll have a clear idea of how to go about it with small, easy steps!

So, who are these three expert speakers who can help change your life for the better in a matter of a few short hours?

The Women’s WarriorDr Karen Coates

Firstly, we have The Women’s Warrior: the fabulously forthright GP, women’s health specialist, author & renowned expert in nutritional & environmental medicine. Dr Karen Coates. Karen will have your mind humming as she weighs up traditional vs. natural medicine in the fight against heart disease, cancer, diabetes, autoimmune deficiency and depression.

The Deity of DietCyndi-O'Meara

Second speaker, the superbly qualified and definitely unconventional, ‘no-bull’ nutritionist B.Sc. Mother of three and Sunshine Coast Business Woman of the Year 2003, Cyndi O’Meara is the Deity of Diet. Cyndi will take you behind-the-news for a revealing expose on how contemporary technology has altered what we eat. She’ll show how returning to natural, plant-based foods will boost your health and wellbeing. Habit-by-habit she’ll blast away the damaging myths and justifications and give you the keys to a new and abundant future that unbelievably also includes guilt-free chocolate!

The Green GoddessNarelle Chenery

Then for a fabulous finale, The Green Goddess, Narelle Chenery – originator of Australia’s first certified organic skincare and beauty products and founding director of ONEgroup and miessence® – will attack ‘the dirty washing’ of the world’s chemically toxic makeup and skincare industry.

With a fascinating wealth of knowledge at her fingertips, Narelle will show you how to spot ‘green washing’ and know the difference between, ‘green’ ‘organic’ and ‘certified organic products’. You’ll get simple tips on how to become an ingredient detective to avoid toxins. And you’ll be able to share the latest research (it’s devastating) and get great ‘insider information’ on the miessence® range.

Change Your Thinking: Change Your Life is for you – and your customers. It’s an evening packed with information everyone needs to know. It’s open to the public. And there’s no doubt that every person who attends will go home with a new mindset and thinking organic.

Book your spot

Tickets are only $10 and include organic catering. To book your spot contact Organic Intelligence or call Sue on +61 404 769 762.

When and Where?

Date:                Friday 12 June 2009

Time:                6.30pm – 9.00pm

Venue:             Gold Coast International Hotel, Surfers Paradise

Includes:           Organic catering included

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May 4, 2009

How Much is too Much? The Cumulative Effects of Common Additives

My husband admits he is addicted to caffeine and can’t function until he has had his first cup of coffee in the morning.

After a couple of hits he is fired up and ready to face the day, but, if he overdoes it and has another cup (or two) mid morning, he gets jittery, can’t concentrate and tends to bounce from one project to the next without making any progress.

Caffeine is a recognised stimulant with well-known effects on the central nervous system, but what of the many other substances we consume on a daily basis?  What effects are they having on us?

One hotly debated topic nowadays is the number of additives in food and the adverse effects they have on our health. Food additives are not new; salt, vinegar and alcohol have been used for centuries.

However, with the growing popularity of processed foods over the past 30 years, the number and concentration of additives in food has grown markedly and with this growth more and more of us are suffering from food intolerances.

Calcium Propionate – Preservative 282

The next time you’re at the supermarket read the ingredients of a popular bakery item, such as bread or crumpets, and you will most likely find preservative 282 on the list.

Calcium propionate, along with the other propionates numbered 280 – 283, is described as a preservative but is more accurately called a mould inhibitor.

This substance, which occurs naturally in some dairy products, is widely used in Australia, the USA and the UK but is rarely used in Europe or New Zealand. It’s primary use is in bread and is commonly referred to as the ‘bread preservative’.

What are the effects of eating too much calcium propionate?

Calcium propionate, though harmless in small doses, has been shown to have a cumulative effect. A 2002 study carried out in Darwin and published in the Journal of Paediatric Child Health found “irritability, restlessness, inattention and sleep
disturbance in some children may be caused by a preservative in healthy foods consumed daily”.

To add to the cumulative effects, calcium propionate is now being added to other foods such as dried fruit, dairy products and fruit juice.

So, a seemingly healthy diet can lead to a concentration of this harmful substance.

What can you do to avoid calcium propionate?

The introduction of a mould inhibitor to our breads was aimed at reducing production time and costs, rather than increasing the quality of the finished product.

Most traditional bakers, who wash equipment and utensils with vinegar and allow bread to cool completely before being put in a plastic bag, will not need to add a mould inhibitor to their products.

So, if you want to reduce the amount of propionates in your system, the easiest way to do this is to find a local baker who doesn’t use preservatives and keep your bread in the freezer or read the ingredients list of your baked and dairy products and avoid any with 282 added.

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