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6 THE HUMAN SUPER-ORGANISM
An Affair Between Our Genes and Microbes
16 HEALTHY SWEETENERS (Part II)
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30 ASK THE DOCTOR
The Benefits of Cholesterol; Hazards of Statins
36 FEEDING THE MIND AND BODY
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44 NEWS BRIEFS: The Latest Health Research
58 HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR
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OPINION
Woodford
Files
Gung Hay Fat Choi! Happy lunar new year.
The Chinese astrologers say that this new
Year of the Rooster brings awakening as it
crows each day at the break of dawn. So
this year I will ask myself – what new
insights are awakening in me? What shifts
in perspective are opening up new possibilities
for a healthier and happier life?
This month we bring you a new issue
packed with health news and perspectives
that may spark some awakenings of your
own. First up is Helke Ferrie, who takes us
on a magical tour inside our guts in part
three of her series on the microbiome. The
result of three years of research, this article
examines epigenetics – the study of how
life affects genes. Here we learn of the marvellous
communications taking place
between our genes and our gut microbes, a
sort of wild romance that turns genes on
and off in response to messages from the
microbes. Upon closer scrutiny, we find
that these intelligent beings in our bellies
are very sensitive to what we take in
through air, food, and water. When the molecules
we absorb are full of life force, our
microbiome is nourished into strength and
resilience. At its best, our microbiome is
capable of defending against myriad threats
from the outside. But when the microbiome
has been weakened by stress, vaccines,
electromagnetic fields, processed food, and
pollution, then our capacity to resist illness
is greatly diminished, making us vulnerable
to whatever viruses, bacteria, and pollutants
are floating by. The good news is that the
microbiome is a dynamic organism which
responds well to nourishment with friendly
bacteria (probiotics), living enzyme-rich
foods, digestive enzymes, stress-reducing
strategies (ie. massage, yoga, walking), and
other healthy interventions.
Further on this subject, we bring you an
article by Julie Daniluk, R.H.N. author of
the new Hot Detox book. In it she explains
the view, shared by Chinese Medicine and
Ayurveda, that the digestibility of food can
be enhanced through light cooking and the
addition of spicy herbs. This perspective
disputes the idea that raw food is always
ideal for human digestion. To further complicate
matters, each food has a different
thermal effect (cooling, neutral, or heating),
and people have different constitutions (hot,
medium, or cold). So trouble can start when
you have a person with a cold constitution,
eating a cold food, in a cold season. In this
scenario, the person’s digestion might be
weak, the digestive fire is low, and the normally
healthy salad they ate for lunch turns
into an indigested mass in the stomach. So
Julie’s guidance on effective ways to stoke
our digestive fires is welcome, especially
for winter when heat is needed internally to
balance the external coldness. After I read
her article I started adding a bit of freshly
grated ginger to my tea every day, and
already my digestion is improving as the
beings in my belly get warmed up.
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OPINION
The Human Super-Organism
Born of a Love Affair Between
Our Genes and Our Microbes
BY HELKE FERRIE
Often we are indeed victims, not
of ancient ironclad DNA messages
but of toxic circumstances created
by others for profit – and that
includes many medical practices
which use drugs that are toxic to
our intestinal microbes and handed
out carelessly by microbiomeignorant
doctors. However, we are
free to take charge by learning to
work with our bodies, question
our doctors, and clean up our
environments
“Humans without microbes are sick. Microbes without
humans have no home.”
(Rodney Dietert, PhD, The Human Super-Organism, 2016)
For the past century, scientists have assured us that they
knew what made us tick – the genetic code of course!
Experts agreed that instructions conserved over millions of
years were stored in the DNA which controlled our birth,
growth, and death; these instructions were inherited and
transmitted through the generations. This theory served as
an elegant scientific replacement for the ‘Creator God’
theory of previous millennia. Yet neither theory could be
demonstrated – both relied on faith – and now there’s new
information that renders both theories obsolete.
It is true that one can see the double helix of our genetic
code with sophisticated instruments. DNA can reliably
establish paternity, even prove guilt or innocence of a
crime, and help figure out evolutionary relationships over
great expanses of time. But nobody ever saw what was
“inside” the DNA. Then along came the Human Genome
Project which spent $3 billion in search of the secrets of
the genetic code. When the project was completed in 2003,
U.S. President Clinton said: “Today we are learning the
language in which God created life.”
Actually though, our genome has turned out to be more
like a musical theme from which a master jazz player can
produce a variety of interpretations. The jazz player is the
exterior environment. The musical performance does not
arise from an internal preset score. In fact,
as Rodney Dietert, Cornell University’s
professor of immunotoxicology and author
of The Human Super-Organism puts it, the
“control of gene use is epigenetics.”
When big projects fail, they do so spectacularly
and in ways that can lead to new
insights. The Human Genome Project
failed because it asked the wrong question,
equivalent to “Tell me your program.” The
answer was: “Sorry, all programs currently
are, and always were, and always will be
under construction.” No one-to-one relationships
were discovered between genes
and intelligence, sexual orientation, criminality,
diseases (disappointing for Big
Pharma), or anything else.
Epigenetics Studies
Life’s Impact On Genes
What was ultimately revealed to
researchers was the fact that all gene
expression is dependent to varying
degrees on the body’s microbiome. So the
mere 25,000 human genes alone could not
even begin to explain our complexity, seeing that the
banana has the same number of genes as we do.
The Greek word “epi” means “above” (ie. in addition to).
In 2001, the journal Science devoted an entire issue to the
introduction of the new science of epigenetics and defined
it as “the study of heritable changes in gene function that
occur without a change in the DNA sequence.” In other
words, the DNA is silent unless spoken to.
We now know that close to “99% of the genetic information
within the space we call ‘you’ is not from your
genome” (or your DNA, your mammalian genes) explains
Dietert. In fact, almost 99% of your genetic information is
accrued from your life experience, including influences
ranging from environmental poisons to foods, and even
emotional states and attitudes to such a degree that genetic
activity can be activated by your memories, feelings, and
thoughts in under two seconds. (Rossi, 2002)
This dialogue between the world and our genome is
made possible by the microbiome resident within us which
consists of trillions of bacteria, fungi, and earth’s most
ancient creatures, the archaea. We, unlike the banana,
acquired this vast internal population over millions of
years. And it is because of this immense super-organism
we embody that it doesn’t matter that we only have as
many genes as the banana. Had the banana in its evolution
acquired this empire of regulatory support, bananas today
would be very interesting indeed!
Dietert says “the microbiome is your body’s ultimate
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of microbes), we are healthy. But if it is decimated by poisons
and starved due to poor nutrition, then we become
sick and die.
Damaged Microbiome
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The diseases now known to be caused and/or mediated by
a compromised microbiome are the so-called Non-
Communicable Diseases (NCD) such as Alzheimer’s, asthma,
certain types of autism, all autoimmune diseases, all
cancers, all gastro-intestinal diseases, hypertension, many
lung diseases, food allergies, Lupus, various liver diseases,
obesity, osteoporosis, periodontal disease, psoriasis,
rheumatoid arthritis, certain schizophrenias, sudden infant
death syndrome, both types of diabetes, and some mental
health problems. This list is not controversial – it is known
by science. The age of ‘idiopathic’ (unknown cause) disease
is over. The causes of this relatively recent epidemic
of NCDs (less than a century) are now known to include:
– Antibiotic overuse (especially in food-producing animals
to prevent disease, as well as its unnecessary uses in
medicine);
– The processed food revolution and diets deficient in
fermented and raw foods;
– Heavy spraying of genetically modified crops with
toxic pesticides (the prime example of an extremely harmful
pesticide, Roundup, suppresses the liver’s detox system
called cytochrome P450 and kills the microbiome-created
enzymes that keep our guts healthy and orchestrate amino
acid biosynthesis);
– Urbanization, and wrong-headed safety measures such
as flame retardants, pesticides;
– A great many drugs, food additives and especially
emulsifiers (polysorbate 80 and carboxymethylcellulose)
also used in medicine, toxic metals;
– Caesarean birthing (which bypasses the normal channels
for infusing bacteria into the baby) and lack of breastfeeding
(which supplies the infant with crucial bacteria).
Noncommunicable diseases are preventable and often
reversible, but that would require a new way of practising
medicine, Dietert explains – and he is about as conventional
a scientist as one can get. Doctors would, for example,
be found guilty of malpractice if their antibiotic treatments
(when absolutely necessary) are not accompanied
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members often defy standard biological doctrine by transferring,
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and without bothering to reproduce first – that’s called horizontal
transfer. It is rather like a human transferring or
swapping genes with an ape just by touch. The primary job
of all these billions of bacteria, viruses, and archaea is to
switch genes on or off at the right time and for the necessary
purposes. Genes don’t follow predetermined,
immutable, ancient programs as the Human Genome
Project had hoped to find. And no, one size never fits all:
each of us has a different microbiome due to differing
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Researchers in Germany’s Max Planck Institute describe
the action of the microbiome on your genes as “writing
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Microbes protect and promote our lives: they make
many vitamins and their metabolites make serotonin,
dopamine, GABA, acetylcholine, norepinephrine and
more. Not surprisingly, disrupting microbiome bacteria
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fatty acid propionic acid, baby mice behaved like
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in your gut of the bacteria called Akkermansia causes
a form of obesity-promoting inflammation. Even “your
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by altering the epigenetic expressions of genes in the
brain.” So writes Dan Hurley in Discover Magazine, May,
2015, describing the work of McGill University’s neurobiologist
Michael Meany and geneticist Moshe Szyf.
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n In 2002, which seems now a very long time ago, a
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identical twins from 1886 to 1995 to ascertain if cancer
might be an inescapable fate built into our DNA, the
researchers stated: “We conclude that the overwhelming
contributor to the causation of cancer in the populations of
twins that we studied was the environment.” In the early
1990s, nothing much was known about the microbiome.
Now we know that it was toxic environmental exposures
that compromised the microbiome of the twin that developed
cancer.
n Amazingly, experiences can be transferred via socalled
epigenetic tags from fathers to their children.
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Sweden resulted in the kids of fathers who had survived
the starvation period then producing children with maximal
resilience. The offspring lived on average 32 years
longer than those without starved fathers, into three generations
each.
n Rats who had been exposed simultaneously to electric
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n Transgenerational epigenetics
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Nazis starved the population of the Netherlands, and
between 1958 and 1961 Mao starved some three million
Chinese through his Great Leap Forward policies. The
babies whose mothers were starved during pregnancy in
the Netherlands were more prone to develop Type 2 diabetes
and dyslexia, and the children of those Chinese who
had survived the great famine were overwhelmingly more
likely to have metabolic syndrome, schizophrenia, and
anemia. This, too, was multigenerational.
n Last year, researchers at Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine found that a deficient epigenome can
turn on you and initiate the metastasizing cascade of pancreatic
cancer.
n Women exposed to DDT transferred via their ova the
propensity to develop asthma and obesity to their children
into the third generation, even when the children and
grandchildren themselves were not exposed to DDT.
n Most disturbing is the finding that abused children
have the same epigenetic tags as the cherry blossom and
shock-exposed rats mentioned above, resulting in mood
disorders, increased anxiety, specific immune deficits, and
more. Fortunately, therapeutic methods have been developed
to help them. It seems logical to feed their microbiomes
as well.
Cultivating a Healthy Microbiome
Dietert provocatively asks in his book on the human superorganism:
“Will you do no harm?” We need to become
“microbiome whisperers” and listen to what these new discoveries
can teach us. Health should no longer be viewed
as a DNA-mediated fate but rather as a microbiome-mediated
choice. Often we are indeed victims, not of ancient
cast-iron DNA messages but of toxic circumstances created
by others for profit – and that includes many medical
practices which use microbiome-toxic drugs handed out
carelessly by microbiome-ignorant doctors. However, we
are free to take charge by learning to work with our bodies,
question our doctors, and clean up our environments.
The scientifically studied solutions include meditation,
nutrition, breastfeeding, loving interaction, detox protocols,
strategic supplementation, and more, which can activate
our genes and move them towards healing.
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Sweet Solutions
BY PAT CROCKER
Healthy Alternative Sweets for
Low Glycemic Dining (Part Two)
(Editor’s note: In Part One of this
article, published in the Dec. /
Jan. issue of Vitality, Pat Crocker
reviewed a list of healthy choices
that can add a touch of sweetness
to any dish without the usual
refined sugar. The recommendations
in Part One included carob
powder, coconut sugar, unpasteurized
honey, and date sugar.)
This month we continue
with a review of healthy
sweeteners by adding maple
syrup, molasses, and stevia to
the mix. They are rich in naturally
occurring sugars plus
vitamins and minerals as well
as fibre and trace elements
which play an important role
in the metabolism of nutrients. The fact that their intrinsic
sugars are bound up in complex carbohydrates makes them
able to deliver a slow, steady stream of food fuel (glucose)
for energy that the body can easily balance with insulin.
Stevia – The leaves of Stevia rebaudiana, a plant native
to Central and South America, are about 40 times sweeter
than sugar without adding carbohydrates or calories.
According to a report by Mike Adams posted on naturalnews.com,
a big benefit of stevia is that it does not feed
candida or cause any of the other problems related to sugar
consumption, because its glycemic index is very low, at less
than 1. This makes it ideal for diabetics, those with gastrointestinal
problems, and anyone interested in reducing
their caloric intake. It goes well in tea, smoothies, and tart
juices like lemon, lime and cranberry. (1) While stevia is
great when added to hot or cold drinks, it cannot be substituted
for sugar in baked goods.
Maple Syrup – Made from the sap of sugar maple trees,
maple syrup contains numerous anti-cancer, antibacterial,
and anti-diabetic antioxidants along with high levels of zinc
and manganese. In 2011, a University of Rhode Island
researcher discovered 34 new beneficial compounds in pure
Maple syrup contains numerous anti-cancer,
antibacterial, and anti-diabetic antioxidants
along with high levels of zinc and manganese
maple syrup and confirmed
that 20 compounds discovered
in 2010 in preliminary
research play a key role in
human health, including two
enzymes important to diabetes
management. (2) Grade
B is darker and more nutrient-dense
than Grade A. For
baking, the Pure Canada
Maple website recommends
substituting 2/3 cup of pure
maple syrup for every cup of
granulated sugar, which
requires reducing the quantity
of liquid in the recipe by
about ¼ cup and lowering the
baking temperature by 25° F.
Molasses (light, blackstrap, sulfured, or black treacle) –
This is a dense, dark brown, sweet syrup that is a byproduct
of the sugar refining process. Molasses contains calcium,
magnesium, manganese, potassium, vitamins, and trace
minerals and has a long list of health benefits. This tar-like
substance has a distinctly acrid taste that may prevent its
widespread popularity, but is traditionally used in gingerbread
and often added to fruitcakes, baked beans, and other
dishes that mask the flavour.
Sorghum Syrup (sorghum molasses) – Sorghum is a
sweet grass grown in the southwest U.S. that produces a
clear, dark, mild-tasting syrup when the juice from the
crushed stalks is evaporated. Sorghum is a good source of
iron, calcium, and potassium.
New research suggests that calories from refined, added
sugars are more detrimental to our health (contributing to
obesity and heart disease) than calories from other sources
such as fat and protein. This means it is essential that we
eliminate or cut back any kind of refined sugar that is added
to foods and beverages. It means not only avoiding hot and
cold sugary beverages such as commercial juice and
smoothies, sweetened coffee and tea drinks, yogurt drinks
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and pop, but also detecting
added sugar in the ingredient
lists of your groceries.
Here are some of the terms
that manufacturers use for
sugar – and if any one or
more appear at the top or if a
few are scattered throughout
the list of ingredients, you
might want to find an
unsweetened alternative.
AGAVE NECTAR OR
SYRUP – Like cane sugar,
the agave plant is cut and
pressed and the high-sugar
fluid is boiled into syrup.
The refining process breaks
down the natural sugars into
fructose and destroys all of
the health-promoting properties
of the agave plant, making
it an unhealthy sweetener
that is actually higher in
calories (20 calories per teaspoon)
than sucrose, which
has 15 calories.
ALLULOSE – is a sugar
(carbohydrate) that has the
texture, taste, and performance
of sugar but it is not
metabolized and does not
add to the caloric value of a
food. Because the liver cannot
metabolize it, allulose
can cause digestive problems
when it passes into the large
intestine because it feeds
bacteria that can cause pain,
gas, and bloating.
BROWN (or Golden or
Yellow) Sugar – are all interpreted
by the body as refined
sugar with varying traces of
molasses that tint them.
CARAMEL – When sugar
crystals are heated with
cream and butter, they melt
and form caramel, a refined,
sugary, fat-laden additive.
CAROB SYRUP – When
carob pods are coarsely
ground and boiled in water, a
thick, sweet, molasses-like
syrup is the result and this is
treated as a sugar, especially
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Canadians consume an estimated 26 tablespoons of sugar per
day. This is TWICE the upper limit recommended by the Canadian
Diabetes Association (CDA). Approximately 33% of children and
60% of adults in Canada are overweight or obese. The CDA states
that reducing sugar intake can help reduce these numbers, and
improve overall health.
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CORN SYRUP (or highfructose
corn syrup or glucose-fructose)
– Corn syrup
is made from corn starch and
1 cup contains over 250
grams of sugar. High fructose
corn syrup is commonly
used in processed foods
because it inexpensively
sweetens, softens, adds volume,
and improves the taste.
High fructose corn syrup
The leaves of the Stevia
rebaudiana plant are
about 40 times sweeter
than sugar
(HFCS) is made by chemically changing glucose from corn
into fructose, which is sweeter. HFCS is added to soft
drinks, sweetened fruit drinks and other fruit products,
canned fruits, boxed desserts, flavoured yogurts, baked
goods, breakfast cereals and condiments such as ketchup,
jams and jellies.
DEMERARA – Although it is slightly less refined than
white sugar, demerara sugar contains the same number of
grams of sugar and the same calories.
DEXTROSE – This is a simple form of sugar made from
starch, usually corn. Its sweetening power is 74%.
EVAPORATED CANE JUICE (crystals) – Don’t be
fooled. It’s sugar just before the centrifuge spins out traces
of molasses left after the cane liquid is evaporated.
FRUCTOSE – This is a sugar found in fruit that, when
added to foods in high amounts and concentrations, contributes
to obesity, diabetes, and other diseases. While glucose
can be metabolized by every cell in the body, fructose
can only be metabolized in significant amounts by the liver,
which means it gets stored as fat or it raises blood triglycerides.
Soft drinks, dessert wines, and sweetened juices all
contain high levels of added fructose.
GLUCOSE – This is a simple sugar that provides the body
with its primary source of energy. Carbohydrates from
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verted into glucose by the
body. Foods are rated according
to their glycemic index,
which indicates the amount
of glucose they provide.
(Glucose has a glycemic
value of 100.)
JAGGERY – This is sugar
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from date, cane juice, or
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granules is that white granules
are separated from the
remaining molasses by centrifuge
and then ground
from coarse to powder.
RICE SYRUP (brown rice
syrup, rice malt syrup) –
While brown rice is more
nutritious than white, when
a rice syrup is formed by
adding enzymes to cooked
white or brown rice, the
starches break down into
maltotriose, maltose, and
glucose. Its only benefit is
that rice syrup has no fructose,
so it shouldn’t have the
same negative effects on
liver function as sugar.
SORBITOL – This is a
sugar-free, sweet chemical
made from fruit that is
added to chewing gum,
toothpaste, candy, and other
‘sugar-free’ foods. It may
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loss, if over-consumed.
SUCANAT – made from
dehydrated sugar cane juice,
it contains more molasses
(and iron, calcium, vitamin
B6 and potassium) than
brown sugar, so it adds an
intense, almost burnt taste
to gingerbread and fruit or
spice cakes.
SUCROSE – is table sugar
made from sugar cane or
sugar beets. It contains
equal ratios of fructose to
glucose and one teaspoon
has 15 calories.
TURBINADO (syrup or
sugar) – is made from the
first pressing of sugar cane;
it has a light caramel flavour
but is stripped of molasses,
vitamins, minerals and other
trace elements.
RECIPE
Homemade Ketchup
Because we use them often
and usually without thought
as to the sugar they contain,
condiments, sauces, and
dips contribute significantly
to our daily-added sugar
consumption. Making your
own means that you can
eliminate the refined sugars
as well as the chemical
preservatives and nitrates in
commercial products.
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sweet potato, onion, and the
whole head of garlic are
caramelized to give a sweet
flavour. The resulting condiment
is orange and I call it
ketchup, but I use it whenever
mayonnaise or ketchup
is called for. If you want a
thicker, more spreadable
condiment, use only ½ can
of warm water in step 5. For
extra flavour, add 1 jalapeño
pepper and roast with the
sweet potato in step 4, or try
adding these sweet spices: 1
teaspoon cinnamon, ½ teaspoon
cardamom, and ½
teaspoon cumin in step 6.
(Makes a generous 2 cups.)
1 head garlic
1 medium sweet potato
1 onion, quartered
¼ cup plus 2 Tbsp avocado
or olive oil
1 can (5.5 oz) tomato paste
3 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 Tbsp tamari or soy sauce
1) Preheat oven to 350° F
and line a rimmed baking
pan with parchment paper.
2) Cut ¼-inch from the
top (opposite the root end)
of the garlic head and rub
away the loose, papery skin.
Place the garlic bulb, cut
side up on the prepared baking
pan.
3) Add sweet potato and
onion quarters to the pan.
Drizzle onion and garlic
with about two tablespoons
oil. Roast in preheated oven
for 40 minutes.
4) Using tongs, remove
onion and garlic head to a
plate and set aside to cool.
Cut sweet potato in half and
coat cut ends with oil
remaining in the pan. Place
cut ends down and return to
oven. Roast for 20 minutes
or until sweet potato is soft.
5) In the bowl of a highperformance
blender or
food processor, combine ¼
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cup oil, tomato paste, vinegar, and tamari. Fill the empty
tomato paste can with warm water and add to the bowl.
6) Squeeze soft garlic cloves into the bowl and add the
onion quarters. Cut the sweet potatoes into cubes and add
them to the bowl. Cover and process on low, increasing the
speed to high for 60 seconds, or until ketchup is smoothly
puréed. Scrape into a one litre (four cup) jar, cap and label.
Store in the refrigerator for up to three weeks.
Resources
(1) Natural news “Practical Guide to Sugar and Sweeteners”:
http://tinyurl.com/gwsvg3p
(2) University of Rhode Island research on maple syrup:
http://tinyurl.com/zlm3s3o
Abbott, Elizabeth. Sugar: A Bittersweet History. Toronto: Penguin
Canada, 2008.
Health Benefits of Maple Syrup: Why you should replace processed
sugar with maple syrup: http://tinyurl.com/j3gz9ou
Pure Canada Maple website gives information on the benefits of
pure maple syrup as well as recipes: http://tinyurl.com/jcgchte
Relationship of Sugar to Population-Level Diabetes Prevalence – as
reported in the journal Plos One, 2016. http://tinyurl.com/ogs8tzr
Rohé, Fred. The Complete Book of Natural Foods. Bolder, CO:
Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1983.
What you need to know about high fructose corn syrup – an article
posted on the website, EatRightOntario: http://tinyurl.com/gujfmh4
Pat Crocker feeds her sweet tooth with snacks and desserts containing
intrinsic sugar. Photographer, lecturer and author of several
award-winning books, look for her latest books: Coconut 24/7 and
Flex Appeal, the second flexitarian cookbook co-authored with Nettie
Cronish. Her other books are available online and at bookstores:
Preserving, Everyday Flexitarian, The Yogurt Bible, The Vegan Cook’s
Bible, The Vegetarian Cook’s Bible, The Healing Herbs Cookbook,
The Juicing Bible and The Smoothies Bible. www.patcrocker.com
RECIPE FROM THE VITALITY ARCHIVES
Maple Nut Squash (by Pat Young)
Use hubbard or butternut squash in this recipe, along with
a 13-by-9 inch (3 litre) baking pan, lightly oiled.
(Makes 4 servings.)
4 cups cooked squash cubes (drained if canned, thawed if
frozen)
1 cup fresh, frozen, or canned peach slices
1/2 cup applesauce
3 Tbsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
Freshly ground sea salt and pepper
2 Tbsp coconut butter or olive oil
1/2 cup chopped, toasted pecans or walnuts
1) Preheat oven to 350°F (180° C)
2) In prepared baking pan, combine squash, peaches,
applesauce, maple syrup, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Grind
some salt and pepper over top. Cut butter into small pieces
and spread over top, or drizzle olive oil over. Cover with a
lid and heat in preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes. Garnish
with toasted pecans, and serve.
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BY JULIE DANILUK, R.H.N.
As the raw food movement
gains enthusiasts worldwide,
you will often hear them say
that raw food is best for
health because it is highest in
nutrients. Technically, this is
correct because raw food is
higher in enzymes and vitamins
than processed food.
But for those with digestive
problems, the nutrients in raw
food can be hard to absorb
and metabolize, so these
folks may find that lightly
cooking their food can make
it more digestible.
The dietary philosophies
of both Traditional Chinese
and Ayurvedic Medicine
regard food as more than
calories and nutrients. In
The digestive fire –
called agni in Ayurveda –
represents the power of
our digestive organs to
process and absorb
what we eat while
burning off metabolic
waste products
fact, the thermal nature of the food is just as important as the
type of food eaten, impacting the body’s balance and ability
to digest and absorb. In these ancient traditions, foods are
categorized according to their thermal properties (hot, cold,
neutral), and flavour (sweet, spicy, pungent, sour, salty). An
efficient digestive system is able to handle the breakdown of
all types of food, whether cold or hot. But for those with
digestive weakness (or low digestive fire) this may not be
the case.
Practitioners of Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda also
believe that the body is affected by weather. So foods with
warmer thermal properties are thought to be more balancing
to the body in cold winter months. (In fact it is believed that
the body can be harmed by eating too much cold, raw food
in winter, especially if the person has a ‘cold’ constitution.)
Tending the Digestive Fire
To ensure healthy and optimal digestion, we must support
our digestive ‘fire’. This fire (called agni in Ayurveda) represents
the power of our digestive organs to process and
absorb what we eat while burning off waste products. If we
have a strong digestive fire, we are able to easily digest food
and absorb its nutrients. If we have a weak digestive fire, our
body won’t digest food well, leaving undigested particles
behind that create inflammation in the body.
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How Does Cold Food
Dampen the Fire?
Eating cold (raw) foods is
best avoided by those with
weak digestion because the
digestive tract is made of
smooth muscles, and these
muscles like warmth. Just
think of a time during winter
when you were outside freezing.
Remember how your
muscles tightened up, and
your body started shivering?
Well, the same can happen to
your gastrointestinal tract
with the consumption of
excessive amounts of cold
food; it can cause muscle
spasms leading to abdominal
pain, cramps, and more.
In addition, the temperature
of your food can affect the
speed at which action potentials
(needed for peristaltic
movements in the GI tract)
are fired. A cold meal reduces
this frequency, thus reducing
peristaltic waves.
Can Cooking Help?
Light cooking methods such
as steaming and stir-frying
can make some foods easier
to digest. Warming and cooking
our food can weaken its
molecular structure, making
it easier to chew. Heat helps
to degrade the parts of plants
and meat that are resistant to
our salivary enzymes.
Cooking can function as a
means to predigest our food,
improving the nutritional
availability. For instance,
cooking proteins denatures
them, allowing them to adopt
a different structure that
makes them more susceptible
to digestive enzymes, and
thus more digestible.
Cooked and warm food is
also more energetically beneficial
in the winter. That is
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Preparing this recipe is a wonderful way to take care of
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Nutritionist Julie Daniluk, R.H.N., is a graduate of the Canadian
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References:
• Carmody R., Wrangham R. “Cooking and the human commitment to a
high-quality diet”. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. (2009); 74: 427-434.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pubmed/19843593
• Huma N., Anjum F., Sehar S., Khan M., Hussain S. “Effect of soaking and
cooking on nutritional quality and safety of legumes”. Nutrition & Food
Science. (2008); 38:570-577. http://tinyurl.com/hbrkx93
• Koebnick C., Strassner C.,
Hoffmann I., Leitzmann C.
“Consequences of a long-term raw
food diet on body weight and menstruation:
results of a questionnaire survey”.
Ann Nutr Metab. (1999); 43: 69-70.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
pubmed/10436305
• Verhagen M., Luijk H., Samsom M.,
Smout A. “Effect of meal temperature
on the frequency of gastric myoelectrical
activity” Neurogastroenterol Mot.
(1998); 10: 175-181. http:// tinyurl.
com/ h7wv7px
• Daniluk, Julie, “Culinary Spices That
Heal”: http://vitalitymagazine.com/
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early 20’s. Recently, he ordered
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neck and legs to find out if
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blood flow. The results show
mild plaque deposits in the
arteries. Now both my cardiologist
and my GP are pressing
me to start taking statins for the
rest of my life. (I am a healthy
63-year-old male).
What would you recommend
as a viable alternative to taking
statins? I have read so much literature
for and against statins,
and I have also read literature
about cholesterol being either
the greatest enemy or a good
The basic cause of your
health condition is
chronic inflammation,
not high cholesterol
levels. Despite these
proven facts, the vast
majority of people
continue to fear
cholesterol as some
sort of evil harbinger
of death
friend! It is hard to sort it all out. Certainly fear and misinformation
are big factors in deciding to go the statin route.
The results of my last blood test are as follows:
Cholesterol: 8.06; Triglycerides: 1.90; HDL: 1.21; LDL:
5.99; Non-HDL Cholesterol: 6.85; Ratio of HDL to Total:
6.7. Thank you for any insights you can give.
Daniel Pikelin, Toronto, Ontario
Hello Daniel:
You were not born with a statin deficiency that could
only be corrected by a prescription from the local drug
store. Furthermore, lowering cholesterol to unnaturally low
levels would have zero effect on eliminating calcium
plaque from your arteries. The basic cause of your health
condition is chronic inflammation and not high cholesterol
levels. Despite these proven facts, the vast majority of the
general public continues to fear cholesterol as some sort of
evil harbinger of death.
You may be interested to know that 40 years ago your lab
results would have been considered to be within the acceptable
or normal ranges, and no doctor would have prescribed
any medications to you based on those test results. But over
the last three decades, the “normal” ranges for cholesterol
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have dropped to ever lower levels, implying that just about
every adult over age 50 who visits a doctor is now in need
of cholesterol-lowering medication.
I am not a believer in conspiracy theories but some drug
company whistle-blowers have blatantly stated that the lowering
of the “normal” reference range for cholesterol was
done simply to sell more statin drugs. This is because these
increasingly lower “normal” cholesterol ranges were set by
“experts” directly connected to the drug industry.(1)
A few years ago I published an article in Vitality magazine
about challenging the statin dogma.(2) To date, I have
not received a single letter from any of the usually negative
medical authorities arguing any of my facts. This is because
the ‘sound’ evidence for the use of statins is actually quite
flawed.
Flawed Research
I see on the internet that I am not alone in my opinion about
statins. For example, Dr. David Brownstein makes similar
arguments for avoiding statins in one of his own Vitality
magazine articles. (3) He makes the point that the use of
statin drugs as either a prevention or treatment of atherosclerosis
is not evidence-based. I completely agree. A class
of drugs that has only a 1% success rate in preventing heart
attacks is hardly evidence-based. Given the fact that placebo
(sugar pills) work up to 72% of the time in achieving a
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therapeutic goal, a success rate of 1% is a sad joke. So, in
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create what critics of vitamin supplementation often call
“expensive urine”.
All the so-called evidence promoting statin drug use
comes from clearly conflict of interest studies and drug
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entitled:“Statins: Flawed Studies, False Advertising, Lack
of Transparency”; Science in Society.(4)
A very comprehensive article also outlining the importance
of avoiding statin drug prescriptions, entitled
“Cholesterol Myths You Need to Stop Believing,” can be
found on Dr. Joseph Mercola’s website.(5)
Yet another well researched paper by Dr. Donald Miller
exposes the fallacies about statin drugs (see:
http://www.jpands.org/vol20no2/miller.pdf). You may want
to share some or all of these papers with your family doctor
and cardiologist.
Since cholesterol is needed by the human body to make
its own hormones like testosterone and vitamin D, why suppress
its existence in the body with a drug that can actually
cause heart disease, diabetes, dementia and vitamin D deficiency?
Low testosterone levels, by the way, are associated
with a greater risk of heart disease. An underactive thyroid,
another risk for heart disease, can also cause your cholesterol
levels to rise, so using a statin drug in such a situation
can only lead to more health problems. Furthermore, cholesterol
has never been proven to cause heart disease.
Cholesterol is an antioxidant and high levels are there to
protect you from toxins, low hormone levels, and inflammation.
An elevated level of cholesterol is a warning sign
of something else going on in the body that needs your
attention. What you should be focusing on is a low
glycemic, anti-inflammatory diet, more aerobic exercise,
and some basic antioxidant nutritional supplements. As the
level of inflammation is reduced in your body, cholesterol
levels will naturally fall. It is a well established fact, for
example, that regular exercise will reduce inflammation
and hence lower cholesterol levels.
By the way, a high triglyceride level is a sure giveaway
that either your alcohol intake or carbohydrate intake is too
high. Change your diet. Change your lifestyle. And don’t
enrich the coffers of the drug cartel. If you need help with
a sound health program, see a naturopath or a medical doctor
that has lost his prescription pad in favour of a more
holistic approach.
Dr. Zoltan P. Rona practices Complementary Medicine in
Toronto and is the medical editor of “The Encyclopedia of Natural
Healing.” He has also published several Canadian best-selling
books, including “Vitamin D, The Sunshine Vitamin.” For more of
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See list of References on next page
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References for “Ask the Doctor” (cont.d from previous page)
(1) On artificially lowering “normal” cholesterol levels, see:
http://tinyurl.com/6rxkur
(2) “Challenging the Statin Drug Dogma”, archived on Vitality’s
website: http://tinyurl.com/z4g3chh
(3) “Statin Drugs: One of the Greatest Failures of Modern
Medicine”, archived on Vitality’s website:
http://tinyurl.com/hym6xqd
(4) “Statins: Flawed Studies, False Advertising, Lack of
Transparency”, Science in Society: http://tinyurl.com/jv4jzn5
(5) Dr. Mercola web article: http://tinyurl.com/h86hq8h
Other References:
• “Total Cholesterol Lies: What You Are Not Being Told”:
http://tinyurl.com/j9top49
• “Why Low Cholesterol is Not Good For You”, by Dr. Joseph
Mercola: http://tinyurl.com/5lxou2
• “Exposing the Cholesterol Myth”: http://tinyurl.com/gua6t7l
• Low Cholesterol Levels are Worse Than High?
http://tinyurl.com/jy268zy
• “It’s Not Dementia. It’s Your Heart Medication”; Scientific
American: http://tinyurl.com/zjh2gsj
• Cardiovascular Benefits of Testosterone; Veterans Affairs
Research: http://tinyurl.com/jxeutj8
• “How Statins Degenerate Your Brain Health”, by Dr. Joseph
Mercola: http://tinyurl.com/h6kbz29
• Exercise Lowers Cholesterol Levels; Everyday Health:
http://tinyurl.com/zn5s274
• “Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs May Be Linked to Diabetes”;
Consumer Reports: http://tinyurl.com/jsfbmae
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Resources:
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• Kim D'Eon, CSNN graduate, kim@kimdeon.com
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The Human Super-Organism
~ Continued from page 14 ~
Researchers with the National Institutes of Health have in
2015 and 2016 published the results of their work showing
that the microbiome cannot effectively function in directing
our genes unless the required substrate is present
inside and outside every one of our cells. That microbiome-regulating
substrate is vitamin C! I hear Linus Pauling
cheering from the Great Beyond: “I told you so!”
This research from the Gaofeng Wang group shows, for
example, that while it was known that the microbiome
takes charge of the immature B-cells as they emerge from
the bone marrow, and educates them into T-cells for our
immune system, nobody knew until recently that the very
birth of the B-cells depends on the presence of vitamin C
in the latticework of the bone marrow. As T-cells measurably
diminish, specific cancers develop.
The researchers also point out that drugs are developed
by using rats as test subjects at the start, but they are animals
that make their own vitamin C, unlike humans. Those
drugs are then put into people who cannot synthesize their
own vitamin C and are already deficient in it, as evidenced
by their illness. The toxicity of the drugs further reduces
vitamin C inside and around the person’s cells and also
kills off much of their microbiome whose work of transforming
B-cells into useful
cancer-fighting T-cells
becomes a losing battle.
Environmental medicine
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not only for treating cancer,
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have to become. Diagnostic
disease labels will give way to
checking out a person’s microbiome
status first and foremost,
and doing what can be
done to correct it – and it can
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Sources and Resources
l International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics
(ISAPP) www.isapp.net
l On YouTube, see: What is Epignetics? With Nessa Carey of the
Royal Society, April 8, 2015
l R. Dietert, The Human Super-Organism, Dutton 2016. Part Three:
Caring for Yourself is made of 5 chapters devoted to practical application
of microbiome knowledge to affect positive epigenetic results.
l D. Church, The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the
New Biology of Intention, EP 2009. www.EpigeneticMedicine.org
l V. Camarena & G. Wang. Epigenetic role of vitamin C in health and
disease, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, vol. 73:1645-1658, 2016.
Definitions of epigenetics:
l Wikipedia’s current entry (January 10, 2017) is excellent
l R. Dietert & J. Dietert, The Completed Self: An Immunological
View of the Human-Microbiome Superorganism and Risk of Chronic
Disease, Entropy, vol. 14, 2012. The absolute interdependence of all
immunological function with the microbiome is elucidated in detail.
Most of Dieter’s research is available for free on www.rrdietert.com
l C. Deans & K. A. Maggert, What do you mean “Epigenetic”?,
Genetics, April 15, 2015 provides an excellent history of the concept
and what it has evolved into today
l B. Weinhold, Epigenetics: The Science of Change, Environmental
Health Perspectives, March 2006, explains the mechanisms of epigewww.vitalitymagazine.com
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netics and the links to disease via environmental toxins.
l S. Mukherjee, Same but Different: How epigentics can blur the
line between nature and nurture, The New Yorker, May 2, 2016. The
article discusses how epigenetics is based on unique personal experience
and mental states even in identical twins.
Harmful epigenetic effects and their transgenerational effects:
l M.K. Skinner et al. Ancestral dichlorodiphentyltrochloroethana
(DDT) exposure promotes epigenetic transgenerational inheritance in
obesity. BMC Medicine Vol. 11 (1) 2013. The authors show that epigenetic
harm caused by DDT is heritable and continues its harm
across generations specifically with regard to obesity.
l A. Samsel & S. Seneff, Glyphosate’s suppression of Cytochrome
P450 enzymes and amino acid biosynthesis by the gut microbiome:
pathways to modern disease, Entropy vol. 15, 2013. The effect of the
herbicide Roundup on the detoxification pathways of the body are
detrimental epigenetic changes discussed here in detail.
l M. Pandika, Air pollution causes epigenetic changes that may trigger
asthma, Discover Magazine July 23, 2015
l N. Ma et al. Fetal and neonatal exposure to nicotine leads to augmented
hepatic and circulating triglycerides in adult male offspring
due to increased expression of fatty acid synthase. Toxicology and
Applied Pharmacology January 2013
l S. Guerra et al. Maternal Pregnancy Obesity is an independent risk
factor for frequent wheezing in infants by age 14 months. Pediatric
and Perinatal Epidemiology, Vol. 27 (1), 2013
l D. Simmons, Epigenetic Influences on Disease, Scitable Nature
Education, Vol. 1 (1), 2008
l V. Hughes, Epigenetics: The sins of the father – The roots of inheritance
extend beyond the genome, Nature March 5, 2014
l Mercola.com April 11, 2012, explains epigenetics in the context of
cancer: http://tinyurl.com/7vcayr2
Harmful epigenetic effects due to emotional stresses:
l D. Hurley, grandma’s experiences leave a mark on your genes,
Discover Magazine, June 25, 2015
l Summary of presentations made at the annual meeting of the
Society for Neuroscience in 2013 in ScienceDaily, Nov. 11, 2013. The
presentations included the discovery of new genetic mechanisms
underlying long-term memory and how epigenetic changes can block
its formation.
l N.D. Powell et al. Social stress up-regulates inflammatory gene
expression in the leukocyte transcriptome via adrenergic induction of
myelopoiesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol.
110 (41), 2013
l S.E. Romens et al. Association between early life stress and gene
methylation in Children, Child Development, July 2014
l K. Gapp et al. Implication of sperm RNAs in transgenerational
inheritance of the effects of early trauma in mice. Nature
Neuroscience, vol. 17 (5) May 2014
Helpful to epigenetic activity ensuring health:
l E. L. Rossi, The Psychobiology of Gene Expression, Norton, 2002
l E. Yong, Breastfeeding the microbiome, The New Yorker July, 2016
l I. C. G. Weaver et al. Reversal of maternal programming of stress
responses in adult offspring through methyl supplementation: altering
epigenetic marking later in life. The Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 25
(47), Nov. 23, 2005
l P. Kaliman et al. Rapid changes in histone deacatylases and
inflammatory gene expression in expert meditators.
Psychoneuroendocriology, vol. 40, 2013
l J. I. Young et al. Regulation of the Epigenome by Vitamin C. Annual
Review of Nutrition, July 17, 2015
E. Ho & F. Domann eds. Nutrition and Epigenetics, CRS Press 2014.
A scholarly series of research articles by many authors expert in all
aspects of nutrition in health and disease as mediated by the
epigenome.
Dr. Urusa Ansari • Dr. Bernie Gryfe • Dr. Leyla Emami
Dr. Allen Apetkar • Dr. Nazanin Abbasi
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OMEGA-3s LOWER
BLOOD PRESSURE IN
YOUNG ADULTS
A study has found that
healthy young people may
be able to help prevent the
onset of high blood pressure
by eating diets rich in
omega-3 fatty acids.
(Omega-3s are essential fats,
mostly found in fish and
some types of plant oils.)
Researchers studied 2,036
young, healthy adults by
measuring the amount of
omega-3 fatty acids in their
blood and recording their
blood pressure measurements.
They divided the participants
into four groups,
from the quarter with the
highest amount of omega-3
fatty acids in their blood to
the quarter with the lowest.
They found that adults in the
highest quarter had about 4
mm Hg lower systolic
(upper number) and 2 mm
Hg lower diastolic (lower
number) blood pressure
compared to those with the
least omega-3 fatty acids in
their blood. In general, the
higher the omega-3 fatty
acids in the blood, the lower
both systolic and diastolic
blood pressure. This suggests
that promoting diets
rich in omega-3 foods could
become a strategy to prevent
high blood pressure.
This study was presented
in New Orleans at the
American Heart Association
Scientific Sessions 2016. It
should be viewed as preliminary
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Test results revealed that,
in general, the higher the
levels of omega-3 fatty
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lower the systolic and
diastolic blood pressure
HIGH-DOSE VITAMIN D
REDUCES RESPIRATORY
INFECTIONS IN ELDERLY
Researchers have found that
high doses of vitamin D
reduce the incidence of
acute respiratory illness
(ARI) in older, long-term
care residents. The findings
of this clinical trial could
help reduce a leading cause
of serious illness, debilitation,
and death among
patients in nursing homes.
After studying 107 patients
with an average age of 84 for
one year, scientists found a
40% reduction in acute respiratory
illness among those
who took higher doses of
vitamin D, which appears to
have improved the capacity
of the immune system to
fight infections by bolstering
its first line of defense.
This in turn can prevent illnesses
such as pneumonia,
BY MICHAEL DOWNEY
influenza and bronchitis, as
well as exacerbations of
chronic obstructive pulmonary
diseases (COPD)
such as emphysema.
The high-dose volunteers
took 100,000 IU (international
units) of vitamin D
once a month (equivalent to
an average daily intake of
3,300-4,300 IU), and the
low-dose group took the
more common dose of 400-
1,000 IU each day.
Antibiotics do not work on
viral respiratory infections.
The study is not definitive
proof that vitamin D can
prevent ARIs, but if validated
in further studies, vitamin
D could cut these
potentially deadly infections
almost in half for this vulnerable
group. However,
high-dose vitamin D might
be better provided in equal
daily doses, because the
team found that oncemonthly
doses slightly
increased the risk of falls.
This study was posted
November 16, 2016 on the
site of the Journal of the
American Geriatrics Society.
It can be accessed at
http://tinyurl.com/zcty6af for
a fee.
SHOCK FINDING:
RUNNING REDUCES
KNEE INFLAMMATION,
OSTEOARTHRITIS
New research has found
that, contrary to normal
assumption, running or jog-
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ging does not increase inflammation in the
knees and in fact, decreases inflammation,
which appears to forestall osteoarthritis of
the knee. Pro-inflammatory molecules
actually go down in the knee joint after running,
reducing joint inflammation, which
flies in the face of intuition, commented the
study author. (Osteoarthritis, commonly
affecting the knees, affects about 27 million
people in the U.S.)
The researchers measured inflammation markers in the
knee-joint fluid of several healthy men and women, aged
18 – 35, both before and after running. They found that the
specific two inflammation markers they were looking for in
the extracted (synovial) fluid, which are called GM-CSF and
IL-15, decreased in concentration in the subjects after 30
minutes of running.
This suggests that running creates an anti-inflammatory
environment that may be chondroprotective, meaning that it
may help delay the onset of joint degenerative diseases such
as osteoarthritis. Instead of causing inflammation and triggering
or aggravating knee osteoarthritis, the study author
suggested that running appears to act as a type of antiinflammatory
medicine.
This study was published in the December 2016 issue of
the European Journal of Applied Physiology. The full report
can be accessed at http://tinyurl.com/glkkt7m for a fee.
Researchers found that people
in the highest category of
magnesium consumption had
a 10% lower risk of coronary
heart disease, 12% lower risk
of stroke, and a 26% lower
risk of Type 2 diabetes,
compared to those with
the lowest dietary intake
DIETARY MAGNESIUM LOWERS RISK
OF STROKE, CHD, AND DIABETES
Scientists report that a diet rich in magnesium
may reduce the risk of disease,
including coronary heart disease, stroke,
and Type 2 diabetes. The new meta-analysis
of 40 published studies is the largest to
date and included data on over one million
individuals across nine countries, collected
over 17 years. (Magnesium is vital for biological
functions, including glucose metabolism, protein
production, and synthesis of nucleic acids such as DNA.
Diet is the main source of magnesium, including spices,
nuts, beans, cocoa, whole grains, and green leafy vegetables.
Guidelines recommend 300 mg daily for men and 270 mg
for women, but between 2.5 and 15% of the general population
are deficient.)
People in the highest category of dietary magnesium consumption
had a 10% lower risk of coronary heart disease,
12% lower risk of stroke, and a 26% lower risk of Type 2
diabetes, compared to those with the lowest dietary intake.
An extra 100 mg of dietary magnesium daily was linked to
a 7% reduction in stroke risk and a 19% reduction in Type 2
diabetes risk.
This study was published in the December 8, 2016 issue
of the journal BMC Medicine. The full-text version can be
accessed now at http://tinyurl.com/hbldmf4 free of charge.
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CONTROLLING AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS
Scientists have found that defects in certain immune cells
alter the type of bacteria living in the gut, which in turn
appear to trigger some autoimmune disorders. These
immune cells are known as regulatory T cells, or T reg cells.
Replacing the missing bacteria may constitute a treatment
for autoimmune disorders, the study suggests. (Normally, T
reg cells suppress the immune system and prevent it from
mistakenly attacking the healthy tissues of the body.
Defects in these regulatory cells can thus lead to various
types of autoimmune disease.)
Mice carrying a mutant version of a particular gene (the
Foxp3 gene) were shown to exhibit changes in their gut bacteria
microbiome around the same time that they developed
symptoms of an inflammatory autoimmune disorder (IPEX
syndrome) that results in eczema, Type I diabetes, and early
death. These mice had lower levels of bacteria from the
genus Lactobacillus. By feeding the mice the bacterial
strain Lactobacillus reuteri, the team found that they could
reset the gut bacterial community and reduce the levels of
inflammation. This significantly extended the life span of
the mice. The study author suggested that Lactobacillus
reuteri supplements can be used therapeutically to control
autoimmunity that is triggered by defective T cells.
This study was posted December 19, 2016, ahead of publication
in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. The report is
available at http://tinyurl.com/h6y5l6f with access fee.
HIGH-DOSE VITAMIN D IMPROVES
SYMPTOMS OF AUTISM
Scientists have reported that high-dose vitamin D supplementation
has improved the symptoms of children with
autism spectrum disorder (ASD), without negative effects.
(Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is a neurodevelopmental
disorder that impairs the ability to communicate and
interact with others and includes restricted repetitive behaviours,
interests, and activities. Earlier studies found that
there is vitamin D deficiency in autistic children.) In this
double-blinded, clinical trial, the study team enlisted 109
children, aged three to ten, with ASD and randomized them
into two groups. One group received a placebo and the other
group received 300 IU (International Units) of vitamin D3
per kilogram of body weight per day to a maximum total of
5,000 IU per day per person.
To assess vitamin D status, the serum levels of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol
(25 (OH)D), an indicator of vitamin D in
the body, were measured at the beginning and again, after
four months. In the treatment group, autism symptoms,
such as hyperactivity, social withdrawal, and others,
improved very significantly, but not in the placebo group.
Dosages this high were tolerated in the trial for four months,
but may or may not involve longer-term risks. Many additional
studies of larger groups are needed to validate the
efficacy and safety of vitamin D in ASD.
This study was first released online November 21, 2016 by
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The report can be accessed at
http://tinyurl.com/h3dx5je
SLEEP DEPRIVATION
DAMAGES HEART
FUNCTION
Scientists have concluded
that short-term sleep deprivation
can lead to significant
heart function damage,
including cardiac contractility,
blood pressure, and heart
rate. (People who work in
emergency medical services,
medical residencies, and
other high-stress jobs are
often called upon to work
24-hour shifts with little
opportunity for sleep. It is
known that extreme fatigue
can affect many physical,
cognitive and emotional
processes, but this is the first
study to examine how working
a 24-hour shift affects
cardiac function.)
For the study, the team
recruited 19 men and one
woman, with a mean age of
31.6 years. Each participant
underwent cardiovascular
magnetic resonance (CMR)
imaging before and after a
24-hour shift with an average
of three hours of sleep.
Blood and urine samples
were collected and blood
pressure and heart rate were
measured.
Following short-term sleep
deprivation, the participants
showed significant increases
in mean systolic blood pressure
(from 112.8 to 118.5),
in diastolic blood pressure
(from 62.9 to 69.2), and
heart rate (from 63.0 to
68.9). They had significant
increases in levels of thyroid
stimulating hormone (TSH)
and cortisol, a hormone
released by the body in
response to stress. Longterm
effects were not studied.
Participants were not
permitted to consume caffeine
or food and beverages
containing theobromine, a
stimulant.
This study was presented
in Chicago on December 2,
2016 at the annual meeting
of the Radiological Society
of North America (RSNA).
It has not yet been journalpublished.
PRACTISING YOGA
REDUCES BLOOD
PRESSURE
Research has found that
blood pressure is lowered in
people with pre-hypertension
if they practice hatha
yoga. (Pre-hypertension and
high blood pressure increase
the risk of heart attack,
stroke, and heart failure.)
Sixty people in their 50s
who had pre-hypertension
but were otherwise healthy
were randomly assigned to
either practice hatha yoga
while also making conventional
lifestyle changes, or to
make lifestyle changes
alone. These changes included
moderate aerobic exercise,
eating a healthier diet,
and quitting smoking.
The yoga group received
hatha yoga instruction for a
month and then practised it
at home. This included
stretching, breathing exercises,
and meditation for one
hour daily. The average age
of the control group participants
was 52. After three
months, the yoga group
showed an average 24-hour
decrease in systolic blood
pressure of 4.9 mm Hg and a
decrease in diastolic of 4.5
mm Hg, while there was no
significant change in the
control group. (These numbers
seem modest, but even
a 2 mm Hg decrease in diastolic
blood pressure can
reduce risk of stroke 15%.)
The report recommended
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practice hatha yoga
for one hour daily.
These findings were presented
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preliminary until
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BREXIT AND CETA
ters, but Magnette (being a lawyer) pointed
out that such promises have no legal teeth.
On Belgian TV, Magnette made it crystal
The Real Story Behind The Drama – clear: Wallonia’s refusal to agree to CETA
And How It Affects Your Access to NHPs was important to democracy for all of
Europe. Magnette observed: “We all want
globalization, but we need to ask first what
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kind of globalization we want.”
Also, not generally known in Canada is
Natural medicines work well and
the fact that the UK voted to leave the EU
for all the same reasons that appalled
have good science behind them. As
Magnette about CETA. To understand all
such, botanicals are desirable for
this we need to go step by step.
patent exploitation by Big Pharma.
It has now become clear that our
Health Canada’s Blatant Bias
regulatory authorities are in synch Against Natural Health Products
with Big Pharma’s agenda because In summer 2016, Health Canada launched a
CETA openly supports it. However, proposal called Consulting Canadians on
because Wallonia forced CETA to the Regulation of Self-Care Products in
be open to public debate in all EU Canada which proposed changes that could
parliaments, certain toxic provisions significantly alter the way natural health
regarding foods, drugs, NHPs and care products are regulated. Health
secret tribunals may no longer slip Canada’s clumsy public relations exercise
in as originally intended
(6-week consultation period), worded in the
vaguest possible manner, left consumers in
the dark about details. Now it turns out that
“The times they are a-changin’…”
the final draft of the new regulations exists already but has
(Nobel laureate Bob Dylan’s 1964 song)
not been provided (www.healthycanadians.gc.ca). As
lawyer Shawn Buckley of the Natural Health Products
mong the core issues within the current drama around Protection Association (NHPPA) points out: “Real consultation
would include providing the actual [proposed]
Athe Canada-EU trade deal (CETA), and the UK’s vote
to leave the European Union (BREXIT), are food integrity, changes and then asking for comments.”[1]
toxic drugs, natural health products, and the environment. Currently, as the Canadian Health Food Association
On October 14, the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic (www.chfa.ca) points out, “Canada is a global leader in the
and Trade Agreement (CETA) began to unravel because regulation of natural health products [NHPs] because of its
something happened that nobody expected: Paul Magnette, ‘pre-approval’ system, which means that all NHPs must be
premier of the Wallonia region of Belgium and a licensed by Health Canada before they are allowed to be
Cambridge-educated law professor, gagged at CETA’s provision
for a secret arbitration court without appeal provi-
claims from labels and, instead, use a disclaimer: ‘Health
sold.” Now Health Canada proposes to remove all product
sions, serving solely multinational corporate interests capable
of overruling past and future local laws. Wallonia has cy’. Not only would this be untrue because the supporting
Canada has not reviewed this product for safety and effica-
veto power for all of Belgium, and Magnette exercised it, scientific evidence was consulted by Health Canada, it also
supported by Wallonia’s parliament. As a result, our prime hardly serves to inform Canadians correctly. Even worse,
minister had to postpone his CETA-signing trip until all of not only does Health Canada want to abandon its responsibility
regarding NHPs, it also wants to sneak them into
Wallonia’s demands were met on October 28.
Magnette was unexpectedly supported by the German being regulated like chemical drugs which require toxicity
Supreme Court which ruled in September that, while tests. If this feels like a recurring nightmare, you are right!
Germany has the power to agree to international trade NHPs are not toxic and they cannot be subjected to toxicity
tests as required for synthetic drugs.
deals, it must also ensure such treaties are in line with
Germany’s constitution. Strangely, the Canadian press Simultaneously, the U.S. FDA tried to rush through a
reported this court decision as being the green light for public commenting exercise on what kind of “guidance”
CETA’s approval; it is not.
Americans should have on nutritional supplements
In March, Canada promised that EU governments would (www.anh-usa.org). The actual issue in the U.S. is how new
maintain the right to regulate food and environmental mat- nutritional products should be allowed onto the market. On
Fan Letter to Helke
Ferrie for BREXIT Story
[Re: BREXIT and CETA: The Real
Story Behind the Drama – And
How it Affects Your Access to
Natural Health Products:
http://tinyurl.com/zgclwe6]
Praises be to Helke Ferrie
for her cogent and revealing
article about CETA (in the
November’16 issue). It
seems shocking that we have
to turn to Vitality to get the
true details about international
trade deal negotiations.
But on second thought,
this is one of the few publications
where all the relevant
facts can be told without fear
of losing advertising dollars
from Big Pharma. Even
CBC Radio, with no advertising
at all, is still obsequious
to the medical mafia.
So it strikes me that
Vitality, an oasis of common
sense in the desert of the
sycophantic media, would be
the logical place to start a
public forum on ways to
improve our Medicare system.
Readers of this magazine
are certainly aware of
the current systemic shortcomings,
including the failure
to adequately address
preventive measures, and
the devotion to profitable
medical / pharmaceutical
companies, even as the latter
bankrupt Medicare.
Perhaps a page could be
devoted each month as a
platform to present workable
ideas to transform our
disease reactive system into
a true health care system
that is financially sustainable,
one that makes health
profitable – not disease.
Vitality readers and advertisers
would have lots of
concrete suggestions which
should be shared and shaped
into realistic proposals that
can be brought to politicians,
who seem to be
devoid of progressive ideas.
Bill MacKay, Toronto, Ont.
Letters
to Editor
Hello Bill,
While it is certainly true
that corruption and exploitation
of the insufficiently
informed public is happening,
it is also true that we
now live in an age where the
facts appear in mainstream
media at an ever increasing
rate, but unevenly. You will
have noticed that my
sources regarding medicine
as well as politics are all
mainstream. Now my chief
problem is to restrain
myself and figure out with
each article just how much I
can get into 2,500 words.
For that reason, my
research sources are now
published in the extended
web version of my Vitality
articles. These sources, are
often more than 1,000
words. If you go on Vitality’s
website and put my name in
the search engine, you will
find the sources in the articles
available there.
At least now the determined
person can find out
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that we do have a choice and
need not be the victims of
the ‘Great BS Machine’!
Cheers, Helke Ferrie
Look First at Alternative
Methods of Treatment
[Re: Shingles: How I Recovered
From this Painful Condition:
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Presumably, Elizabeth
Fanjoy is a regular reader of
Vitality, yet according to her
article “Shingles,” she first
chose to rely on mainstream
medicine to deal with her
outbreak, starting with reading
the Mayo Clinic website.
Of course, the Mayo Clinic
states that “there’s no cure
for shingles, but prompt
treatment with prescription
antiviral drugs can speed
healing and reduce your risk
of complications.”
Further, her ER doctor had
to consult her smart phone
(!) to confirm diagnosis, and
then prescribed ineffective
and dangerous drugs. Only
after the drugs started to
adversely affect her health
did Fanjoy begin “looking at
alternative methods of treatment.”
Therapy by a naturopath
and acupuncturist,
plus numerous supplements,
provided much improvement.
This should indicate
that the message is “start
with alternatives!” Still, she
subsequently obliterates that
lesson by wishing she had
taken a shingles vaccine!
The November issue of
Vitality shows Dr. Zoltan
Rona’s mention of microparticle
colloidal silver as
one of many immune boosters
and infection fighters (in
his article on “Natural
Protection from Common
Viral and Bacterial
Infections,” in which he also
warns against the dangers of
all vaccines!). A half-page
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ad for a colloidal silver
product is printed on the
same page (Ed: The ad is for
SGA Colloidal Silver:
www.sgacolloidal.com),
and it lists shingles as the
first condition the product
treats!
Colloidal silver is known
to eradicate 650 or more
pathogens of all kinds and
has been shown to be effective
against HIV, Zika,
Ebola, SARS, Herpes I & II,
Smallpox, Hepatitis B, all
flu viruses, viral and bacterial
pneumonia, plus E. coli
bacteria, C. difficile bacteria
(often caused by long
term antibiotic use!), and a
plethora of antibiotic resistant
bacteria. Colloidal silver
sprays are now used to
kill staph infection on hospital
counters and tools, so
it is effective topically as
well, and can soothe itchy
skin, as can topical coconut
oil. (Editor’s note: For more
info on SGA silver, call:
(416) 702-9557).
For pain and inflammation,
one of my favourite
remedies is Serrapeptase,
which Dr. Rona advocates
in his other columns (his
signature TriStar Naturals
brand is effective).
Because of colloidal silver,
I rarely have a cold for
longer than four hours.
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HYPNOTHERAPY
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Serrapeptase has cured my
sinusitis and keeps my arthritis
at bay, and speeds healing
of any physical injury.
Coconut oil is not only brain
food, but acts well as a sunscreen
and healing agent.
These are my go-to remedies
for numerous conditions.
They are effective for my dog
as well. I recommended them
to a friend who had shingles
recently, and they worked
very quickly!
There continues to be massive
propaganda that supports
mainstream doctors and other
‘disease maintenance’ professionals
(including their suppliers,
Big Pharma). The true
“health care” professionals
ARE the “alternative” practitioners.
But beware! – If it
works, it’s on the hit list of
Health Canada (read Shawn
Buckley’s feature on Natural
Remedies Under Threat” in
the Dec‘16/Jan‘17 issue).
Likewise, agencies in the U.S.
are battling for power and
control over health. It seems
a coalition of groups funded
by drug companies have
declared that nano-particle
silver is a “threat to the environment,”
ostensibly because
it potentially can kill microorganisms
they claim might be
“ecologically important.”
They have petitioned the EPA
to ban the sale of nano-silver
and regulate it as a “pesticide,”
thus requiring stringent
safety testing and costly environmental
impact studies.
Meanwhile, where are the
safety checks on Monsanto’s
Roundup? Medical terrorism
for the sake of profits and
power, worldwide, is bent on
annihilating any remaining
vestiges of health freedom!
Henry Meredith
London, Ontario
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Happy Chinese New Year
Feng Shui Tips for Good Luck
in the Year of the Rooster
BY MALCA NARROL, B. ARCH
- Traditional Chinese
Mediicine Practitioner
- Over 30 yrs Clinical
Experience;
- President of Toronto
Institute of Chinese
Medicine &
Acupuncture;
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of World Federation
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Every year on the first day of
Spring in the Asian calendar,
the invisible energies around us
change. Chinese Astrologers and
Traditional Feng Shui masters
long ago decoded energy patterns
in nature that allow us to predict
and prepare for these energy influences
in the year ahead. In 2017,
the year of the Fire Rooster, the
new energies come in on February
3rd, although you may have begun
feeling them earlier.
Feng Shui is the study of how
environments affect people,
companies and communities.
Time tested evidence shows how
shapes of land and buildings,
placement of various building
functions, and timing factors
have profound influence on
human beings.
Four stalks of
water bamboo placed
in the Southeast area
of home or office can
enhance the beneficial
energies coming in
during 2017
One part of this knowledge focuses on how the energies
in the centre and 8 directions of our home and work spaces
shift every year, increasing probabilities of various opportunities
and challenges. By knowing what to expect, and
providing guidance and remedies to balance these energies,
Feng Shui experts help people minimize their challenges
and maximize their chances of success every year.
To increase your opportunities and soften challenges,
here are some of the predictions and remedies for this year:
u East and Southeast: The most positive energies for
abundance and opportunity in 2017 are coming from the
East and Southeast directions. To enhance the benefits of
these energies, place three decorative red items inside the
East sector of your building, as well as four stalks of water
bamboo in the Southeast sector. This can be done on any or
every floor. Open windows in these areas to bring these
energies in, and make a point of spending time in these
areas to absorb these beneficial energies.
In most years it would be excellent for your main
entrance to receive these energies, however this year special
care must be taken with entrances in some degrees of East,
Southeast, or Northeast. A Feng Shui expert can calculate
the precise placement of your door with a compass and
floor plan to determine whether it will bring luck or may set
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off a negative chain of events. There is a remedy if your
front door is in a difficult location, however it is not easy to
use in cold climates. The simplest advice for the purposes of
this article is to avoid digging, hammering, and drilling outside
and inside in the East, Southeast, and Northeast sectors
of your property for the duration of this year.
u South: An energy influence from this direction
increases the chance of all kinds of challenges including
financial and health issues, so it is a priority to address.
Health issues will most likely relate to heart, eyes, mental/emotional,
and cognitive functions. The usual remedy
is a glass vase of salt water (50/50 salt to water) with six
coins of any kind placed inside the vase. (Cover the vase
with plastic wrap to protect furnishings, and make many
holes in the top so the saltwater can evaporate into the air.
Change the water every 2 - 8 weeks, more is better.) That
being said, there are different remedies for this area,
depending on the particular property and person involved,
so a consultation is recommended.
u Southwest: In this sector you can place a small bowl
of plain water to protect security of home and business.
u Northwest: Energy from this direction can bring
health issues, especially with one’s head and/or thinking,
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and can especially impact family and business
leaders. To minimize this energy, place metal
objects in the Northwest area of your home and
workplace. For example use a white or metalcoloured
bowl filled with coins, or use a traditional
Chinese remedy – a brass calabash called a
hulu. Remove any obvious red, pink, or purple
items from this area. Fireplaces and stoves in this
sector can cause additional issues.
u West: This influence brings the probability
of arguments, legal issues, or accidents.
Reduce the chances of these by adding a red
item in the West sector of your home and
workplace, and avoid stirring up this part of
your property. (For certain birth years, a different
remedy would be used.)
u Northeast: This sector is important to address for families
with children, and for businesses with employees, as
the Northeast energy can cause problems for them. Couples
may also face challenges, whereas single people looking for
relationship will have more opportunities. This energy can
also bring health challenges related to intestines, back,
hand, feet and/or nose. How to remedy this area will depend
on the goals of each individual.
To minimize potentially
harmful energy from
the Northwest, use
a white or metalcoloured
bowl filled
with coins, or use a
traditional Chinese
remedy – a brass
calabash called a hulu
General Guidelines
To benefit from these recommendations, clean
and freshen your space first, to make room for
the new energy. Then place your feng shui remedies
in your home and office, making sure that
they are lovely to look at.
For best results, it is important to determine
where the eight directions are located in your
home and office, where various energies are
coming in, and which energies will be activated
both outside and inside. Feng shui consultants
consider these factors, and then tailor
their guidelines to your unique situation,
depending on the architectural features and
landscape in each sector of your home and
business. In addition, certain probabilities are
more likely for those in certain family and
company positions, and every building and
person and their goals and aspirations are unique.
Malca Narrol, B. Arch, is a Feng Shui consultant, instructor, and speaker
with over 25 years of experience. She and her team provide Feng
Shui assessments and recommendations for homes, businesses,
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acids and toxins released by the 7 x 7
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safe removal, it is important to take huge
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like a gout attack.
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For thousands of years,
human beings lived as
hunter-gatherers; a few
hours of work each day
devoted to gathering
and preparing food, and
the rest spent socializing
with their family.
As a result, they got
plenty of fresh air,
exercise, and a real
sense of community.
In contrast, our
acidic North American
lifestyle prevents the
possibility of enjoying the benefits of an
alkaline body. Too much acid-generating
food and drink, too much stress, and not
enough fresh air and exercise – these factors
create an acidic versus an alkaline
body, and are the main factors which throw
off our natural balance.
On a physical level, we are just like the
animals. But do animals in their natural
environment eat junk food, drive cars, and
get really stressed out at day jobs? No way!
They are out in the fresh air running and
jumping, eating fresh food, and relaxing.
Everything they do contributes to an alkaline
body and vibrant health.
Three Step Program to
Alkalize the Body
By making a commitment to change, we
can make different choices that will bring
balance to our lives; it is not that hard once
you’re ready. Changing your diet to consist
of 80% alkalizing foods and beverages can
make a huge difference to your health.
Dr. Jentschura, MSc, from Germany has
developed a very powerful and easy 3-step
program to purify and alkalize the body: 1)
Cleansing; 2) Neutralization and regeneration;
3) Elimination.
Dr. Jentschura, MSc, from
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program to purify and
alkalize the body
STEP 1: Break-up of deposited impurities
with AlkaHerb Tea – The three-step
program begins with using AlkaHerb 7×7
blood cleansing tea. It
helps dissolve the toxic
material stored in tissues.
Dr. Jentschura
based his recipe on the
lifelong research of a
family of naturopathic
doctors in Germany
over a hundred years
ago. Made from 49
organic and wildcrafted
herbs, the AlkaHerb tea
is effective in breaking
down toxins and acids
stored in tissues. As the
accumulated impurities
are dissolved, they can be metabolized and
flushed out. As these stored toxins and
acids are released, so is the water and fat
which was bound by these acids. Weight
loss is a positive side effect of the Triple
Jump to Purification. Simply drink two
cups of AlkaHerb daily, and for each cup
consumed, be sure to drink a glass of water.
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bioavailable form that makes for quick assimilation of vital
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STEP 3: Expel Toxins and Acids with AlkaBath – The
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Simply add 3 tablespoons of AlkaBath to the full bath
(use a smaller amount for foot baths), and soak as long as
you can. The results of this powerful detox include better
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FINDING THE BLUE SKY: A
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HERE AND NOW
by Joseph Emet
Penguin Random House;
2016
In this book, Joseph Emet
explores the intersection
between Positive Psychology
– the study of what
makes people happy – and
the ancient wisdom of
Buddhism. Positive Psychology
– with its focus not on
mental “disease” but rather
on what actually makes people
happy – has revolutionized
the way that we look at
mental health. What many
people don’t realize, however,
is that Positive Psychology
is not as young a field
of inquiry as we think. In
fact, according to Emet, the
original positive thinker was
the Buddha himself.
In this wise and inspiring
book, Emet traces the fascinating
intersection between
the age-old wisdom of
Buddhism and the latest scientific
research into what
makes people happy. In this
book readers will discover:
– How to replace negative
thinking with positive thinking;
– How to move oneself
from frenzied thinking to
quiet contemplation;
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– The duty we have to others
to live a happy life.
As Joseph explains in this
work, the blue sky of happiness
is found just beyond the
grey clouds of sadness,
everyday concerns, stress, or
anxiety. Readers will find
that the advice in this book
can act as the gentle wind
that clears those clouds
away.
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HEALTH, BOUNDLESS
ENERGY, AND A BETTER
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by Micaela Cook Karlsen
Amacom, New York; 2016
For those wanting to lose
weight while enjoying
healthy and delicious meals,
this book is for you. It shows
readers how to go about
making dietary changes
without provoking self
denials or cravings, and
gives a framework which
combines plenty of motivation
for adopting plantbased
eating with a practical
plan.
What attracted me to
Karlsen’s book was the foreword
by Dr. T. Colin
Campbell, co-author of The
China Study, a book which I
had read twice because I
couldn’t believe what I was
reading the first time
around. That book describes
how Dr. Campbell’s team
studied the nutritional needs
of humans over a 50 year
period, and found that vegetarians
live the longest and
healthiest lives. Karlsen’s
book shows people how to
navigate the transition from
a meat-based to plant-based
diet while resisting the powerful
forces of institutions
which advocate unhealthy
eating.
Part One of Karlsen’s
book contains recommended
steps for attaining radiant
health. Part Two shows readers
how to keep up the
momentum to achieve ongoing
success. Included are
suggestions for daily meals
along with snacks, appetizers,
sauces, soups, salads,
dressings, and more.
My overall view is that
many American doctors
have read The China Study
and are passing along its
findings to patients.
However, Canadian doctors
are largely ignoring it, so
their patients are being given
the same old poor dietary
advice. Thus, it’s up to each
of us as individuals to take
responsibility for our own
health, and this book teaches
us how this can be done. Just
keep in mind that humans
evolved from primates, and
primates are herbivores.
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STARBURSTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, STARBURSTS OF LIFE
by Anica Miter
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According to the author of Starbursts of Consciousness,
“This book is dedicated to the sincere, passionate and desperate
seekers of truth about existence. It is a little book
about big things, leading us to a point of recognizing our
true identity and our ever-changing place in the everexpanding
universe. It looks at the diversity of life, its interconnectedness
and its oneness.”
“One can be free only when one knows the truth about
whole existence – the truth about oneself. When you come
to a realization that you are the whole, constantly changing
universe and that whole universe is you, the enlighten consciousness
will be your new, glorious life path. You will love
others as you love yourself. If you are a sincere, passionate,
and desperate seeker of truth about existence, you will find
that this book opens up a unique, original perspective,
unlike anything so far. This book provides answers to those
mind-boggling, unanswered questions which have hovered
over humanity for millennia: what is life and its meaning,
who am I, where did I come from and where am I going, and
much, much more. Our all-inclusive, one reality has been
and still is clouded by our ancestral, stiff ignorance, which
is, so obviously, dictating our divisive norms. We owe it to
ourselves/our universe to break through it.”
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Happy new year! As we
move into the newness
of 2017, let’s remember that
we don’t need to repeat or
echo the old energies of last
year. Numerologically,
2017 represents a “one”
year which characterizes
‘new beginnings’. On
January 8, the intense
Mercury Retrograde ended,
signifying January 9 as an
opportunity to move into a
new world for those who
have the intention and consciousness
to do so.
Last year, 2016 was a
“nine” year which exemplifies
the completion of a
cycle. As last year was so
tumultuous, some say it was
our real ‘2012’ – the Mayan
concept of ending an old
world and eventually transitioning
to a new one.
Our Role
As ‘Lightworkers or Agents
of Transformation’, we
need to unite more than
ever and re-commit to our
purpose for being in the
world at this point in time,
so that love and light prevail,
which they always and
eventually do. We have
shown up during this epic
time in history so that we
can be the ‘way showers’ of
navigating through these
Navigating through the Energies of 2017
Polarization
There is so much polarization
on the planet now with
a swing to the extreme right,
more patriarchal energy,
nationalization and antiglobalization
due to fear,
greed, refugees, xenophobia
and wanting to go backchallenging
times and holding
a higher energy than the
palpable fear that is in the
collective unconscious or
planetary thought form. We
also need to see through the
deception, illusion, and distortion
that is so evident on
the planet – whether it be
through certain political
processes, social media, the
news cycle, or ‘fake news’
so that we are not manipulated
by it.
Darkness is Exposed
The darkness on the planet
is exposed now and right on
the surface, which means it
is up for healing (we cannot
transform anything that is
hidden, buried, or unconscious).
All the ‘isms’, such
BY KATHY RYNDAK
We all have a unique role to play
in this transformational process
of the planet ... It is important
for us to stay at our posts and
hold love and light rather than
being swayed by the acting out
of certain sectors
as racism, sexism, religious
discrimination, misogyny,
and xenophobia are no
longer concealed in the
world’s underbelly but alive
and well, glaring at us in the
face. We need to act further
on improving civil rights,
since they did not reach the
necessary threshold for sustainable
change as established
in the 60’s (although
it was a great start).
Since the darkness is so
obvious, contrasted by the
light, here lies an opportunity
for healing, the hidden
gift and silver lining from
recent world events and the
messaging from various
mouthpieces that dominate.
The mouthpieces, by the
way, only reflect the con-
sciousness of the masses
and have been able to adeptly
tap into it. If it was not
there, they could not get
away with their appalling
rhetoric.
Love and Light
Above Fear
We can assume that there
will be more chaos, craziness,
and antics in the world
this year, and our role is to
remain centered and calm in
the midst of it. We were all
blindsided by various world
situations which caught us
offguard late last year. But
that need not be the case
any longer. It is important
for us to stay at our posts
and hold love and light
rather than being swayed by
the acting out of certain sectors.
More positively, let us
assume that humanity will
continue to progress and
evolve as it did last year
(although we might not
have felt it) in terms of better
global health, less violence,
more species
removed from the ‘endangered’
list, and more conservation
and political
progress in certain parts of
the world (all according to
“Future Crunch” – a reliable
source on good world
news). This is what we want
to identify with and foster,
along with holding light and
love and rising above fear.
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wards to better times
instead of moving forward.
However, in times of
transformation we often
take a few steps backwards
in order to move forward.
We all have a unique role to
play in this transformational
process of the planet and we
do not have to lose our
grounding due to the polarization.
You may be challenged
by it and find it necessary
to move through it
and rise above it. We really
have no other choice or fear
will consume us.
How to Navigate
1) Continue to do what
you have always done on
your spiritual journey and
remember the positive
power we hold as a unified
group.
2) Pray and meditate.
These practices have been
scientifically proven to help
transform the planet, particularly
in areas of unrest.
3) Dedicate yourself to
your spiritual practice.
4) Be patient. I have been
in this field for 30 years and
am still eager to see more
progress.
5) Get involved in civil
rights, marches, and peaceful
demonstrations if you
resonate with this. For
example, hundreds and
thousands of women
marched in Washington on
January 21 to promote
female rights and equality.
Even many Canadian
women made the trip down
to participate.
6) The opening of your
heart is essential to this
process.
7) Keep aligning body,
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mind and spirit.
8) Be authentic, real, and aware of what is running
through your consciousness.
9) Integrate your inner female and male for balance. Let
them work in unity and synergy instead of conflicting with
one another.
10) Become aware of when you slip into fear, don’t stuff
it but move through it and realign.
11) Do not tolerate any form of prejudice and discrimination.
Research has proven, however, that we all have
some of this, albeit mostly unconscious. Become aware of
any inner subtleties.
12) Monitor your new consumption and be discerning.
13) Cultivate cooperation instead of competition.
14) Seek to come from love, compassion, empathy,
respect, harmony, and non-judgment.
15) Self-care and caring – nurture yourself and others.
Conclusion
As Canadians, we can feel very empowered that ours is a
nation of inclusivity that embraces diversity… willing to be
compassionate and open our arms to those less fortunate in
the world. And this year, our country celebrates its 150th
anniversary which I am so excited about! I know that this
will buoy us through turbulent waters experienced in other
parts of the world. In this celebration, we can create a
potent energy that will ripple outwards and create a template
of a higher way of being for nations. Be very thankful
that you are Canadian!
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Sun Sign Predictions
★★★ By Julie Simmons ★★★
AQUARIUS: January 20 – February 17
To know the world as illusion is not the same as
turning your back on its joys and sorrows. Fire
does burn and there really is nothing as cozy as
a good book on a dreary mid-winter day. The illusion is
thinking that it’s permanent. Your big trick is to see impermanence
without disconnecting, which is exactly what you
want to do from February 1st – 7th. You exude an easy awe
about life from the 8th – 17th, a willingness to share your
wisdoms with any and all. This is a time of vigorous
expression as well as learning, good for hanging out in the
local café. Something out of your control challenges your
assumptions on the 21st – 27th. Don’t freeze because you
don’t know. Better to learn something new that could
change everything and have great value once you ‘get it’.
PISCES: February 18 – March 19
We think we know the difference between a
blessing and a curse but it’s not always obvious.
The blessing is life. The curse is not realizing
that life itself is the blessing. Of all the signs, Pisces is closest
to this factor of grace. A trusted friend says something
harsh on February 1st. It vanishes like smoke in a breeze
after the 7th. Let it. Do what you love – be it cleaning,
organizing, or creating from the 9th – 12th. Real fun is not
manic. The opportunity to make money or increase value is
strong on the 16th but think ahead. What’s on offer is good
but 22nd – 27th radical shift is in the air. In these unpredictable
times, s/he who actualizes the moment benefits
most. Living as if you’re blessed makes it so much easier.
ARIES: March 20 – April 19
It may take the whole month but you are bound
for breakthrough. There could be shards of emotional
glass on the ground before you do. You
have to break some eggs to make an omelet. Someone has
a whole lot of agenda in store for you from February 1st –
8th but you are hard to direct. Your joy in self expression is
strong between the 9th – 17th and your best people support
that quality. The possibility of reaching goals is exciting
and compelling from February 19th – 24th, but there is
huge effort that must be committed to as well. A Pandora’s
Box opens after the 26th. Don’t go it alone. Someone could
be your partner if you’re willing to treat them as an equal.
When Pandora opened her box of ills for humankind she
also released the factor of hope. Try cooperation, not competition.
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TAURUS: April 20 – May 20
The world is made of stuff and space. Don’t be
deluded into thinking it’s only stuff. You can polish
and shine stuff until you wear yourself out but
it’s space that lasts. Eccentric as it sounds, knowledge of
this kind helps you achieve goals this month, particularly
from February 9th – 11th. Our awareness of emptiness
opens us to revelation and sudden understanding. We are
then more receptive to unexpected situations. Openness fosters
resilience which is useful in these unstable times.
Anything can and does happen between the 13th – 21st.
You’re ready for it, but from February 22nd it makes no
sense. It doesn’t seem right or possible. Now is not the time
to question or theorize. Now is time to embrace what feels
like chaos, knowing it for what it really is: Change that is
taking you to ... you-know-not-where.
GEMINI: May 21 – June 20
Overwhelming as it seems, on February 1st there
is beauty in the too-muchness of the world if you
step back from appearances and consider the consciousness
that dances through reality. Hang out with those
who are more into energy than matter, who value beauty
and creative process over product, and all will be well.
Meditators and artists are your friends. The conversation is
excellent between the 9th and 21st if you’re in this groove.
Either anger (a reasonable reaction to bad behaviour), or
rage (more closely related to fear-based anxiety) rises up
between the 22nd – 28th. Wild as it seems, you choose how
to react. Let mindfulness and kindness for yourself as well
as others be your modus operandi and see what happens.
CANCER: June 21 – July 21
Cheer up. Winter’s half over and the obnoxious
miscommunications on February 2nd can teach
you a lot from the 9th – 21st if you let them.
What do you need to learn about trust and sharing? Should
you be more or less a person who trusts first and only doesn’t
after it’s too late? I vote for you learning to trust yourself
despite what your head tells you. You’re a water sign
and it’s all about what you feel. The rock meets the hard
place on the 22nd. No need for despair. Let go of people
and their bad behaviours and focus on the tasks at hand.
Everything changes and there’s no telling how, after the
26th. That’s the time for action, ambition, and breaking free.
LEO: July 22 – August 22
It’s easy to misconstrue communications on
February 1st and 2nd. Be reasonable, keep
breathing, and you’ll find a kind of brilliant clarity
between the 9th and 16th. For inspiration, look up at the
sky on a cold, crisp night. A powerful meeting with a wise
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person at this time could also help you. Open your heart to
someone who needs help on the 22nd, just for the good of
it. Winter may be half over but it can feel bleak. Even if the
world is rife with aggression and mad despair in places, the
glittering diamonds above remind us that there is always
light shining in the darkest night. For thousands of years
our ancestors used those stars to navigate their inner and
outer courses through life. A cry for help from an unexpected
quarter after February 26th challenges you to give
more than you think you can. See it as a chance to practice
compassion for yourself as well as others.
VIRGO: August 23 – September 21
Sometimes life seems like it’s all work; nothing
more than tasks to be accomplished but no time
to appreciate the accomplishment, especially in
the dead of winter. The secret is loving the doing and
believing in the need for it as you are accomplishing those
tasks. It’s not because they are fun or take you somewhere
but because the work is good and it makes the world a better
place. Irrational people could make you laugh if you let
them between the 7th – 13th. They say it’s the best medicine.
Despite the demands of people and circumstance,
good-natured acceptance of life maintains until the 21st
when love feels more like manipulation and you cannot put
your trust in it. So don’t. Pay attention to what your hackles
are telling you. The true motives of another will come
to light after February 26th. Action may be swift and direct.
So be it. You will know what to do.
LIBRA: September 22 – October 22
You never really can be sure what someone will
do next. What’s most important is your reaction.
Don’t rush to judgment between February 1st –
3rd. You’ll only change your tune from the 9th – 16th when
you realize how little you really know of the other guy’s
motives. People often do the wrong thing for the right reason.
Everything seems possible from February 19th – 21st.
There is a parallel reality. Ancient and powerful patterns
that are hard to resist and foolish to deny are also in play.
The bigger a tree, the wider and more entrenched are its
roots. So it is with you and all your relations. Engage with
the challenges and confrontations even as you acknowledge
the power that compels you and others from the past.
SCORPIO: October 23 – November 21
It’s unnerving to someone with the strong gut
instincts of Scorpio when people make judgments
based on flimsy versions of truth. You are
easily distressed by gossip from February 1st – 6th. You get
to the bottom of it after the 7th by keeping focused on what
matters most and not over-reacting. Enjoy the time from
the 9th – 21st when you reap rewards for your capabilities
and efforts on many fronts. Exciting and outrageously
demanding events occur between the 22nd – 28th. You are
ready for them because your desire to live in a world of
actual truth is more important than the image of such
things. Have no patience for false news, personal or political.
Your efforts make quite a difference at this time.
SAGITTARIUS: November 22 – December 20
Inflated people who think way too much of
themselves are demanding too much from you
between February 1st and 3rd. You don’t have to
give them what they want. Wait it out. Things start to pick
up on the 9th as intractable situations become less rigid. In
fact, it’s time to party and your friends agree from the 11th
– 21st. Lovers or children can be angry between the 22nd
and 27th. It’s your job to hold steady and to care about
them until they sort things out. If they treat you in mean,
nasty ways however, feel free to back off. You could think
of it as irresponsible to let yourself be hurt. You, too are a
treasure in this world and you came here as a Sagittarius to
have adventures.
CAPRICORN: December 21 – January 19
If only expectations weren’t so high from
February 1st – 3rd you’d think you could manage
your circumstances better. It’s totally possible
that the expectations are yours alone, which makes
them ambitions. Knowing this makes things easier. As
things begin to get easier after the 8th, you might consider
what you really want, not just what you think you should
want. Clarity emerges between February 11th and 21st as
you understand how doing what gives you a sense of pleasure
or fulfillment also serves your ambitions. Family
upsets, past or present, activate your insecurities and fears
on the 22nd. There isn’t much to be done except to stay
calm and honest about what you feel. Shift happens
between the 26th and 28th when radical change comes
knocking on your door. What will you do?
Julie Simmons is a practising astrologer in Toronto. She would like
you to understand that Sun Sign astrology has its strengths and its
weaknesses. Take it lightly; use it as you will. For consultations call
(416) 424-3079. Visit www.juliesimmons.ca
FEBRUARY Horoscope Predictions by Robin Armstrong
LEOs – will be able to strut their stuff this month. Your movements
will be noticed and appreciated. You will easily be able
to get what you want, as long as you don’t ask, or talk about
it. If you try to explain you will spoil your chances. So, smile
and dance, but don’t talk!
AQUARIUS: February will be a month when you are capable
of smooth moves! Your sex appeal and charisma will win you
support. Communication will also be highlighted and your
words will gain respect.
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is the beginning of a nine
year cycle of new growth. I
would add that – energetically
– all those endeavours that
hold more light (serving the
highest good) will be supported,
swiftly, as we move
forward.
Politically, it feels as if we
are preparing for a decade of
consciously co-creating a
society that serves both the
common good and the planet
that makes it all possible. In
our favour, it will not be as
difficult to bring deep social
change as it has been since
the 1960s, because so many
more of us are awake now.
But we do need to make our
voices heard, both politically
and personally.
When Rosa Parks placed
herself outside of the section
of the bus designated for
‘coloured’ people, her single
light was met with an ocean
of resistance made of dense
limiting social beliefs. Now
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I would like to plant
and nurture seeds of
pragmatic social change,
where the highest good
for all beings is
recognized and
supported energetically
by the collective
our present democracy. Her
light made a difference in
the dark. It was witnessed
and it changed people.
The challenge ahead is to
face off against the money
lenders and their corporations
who replaced our centuries-old
feudal system,
and who have been controlling
our society and our
freedom to choose the common
good over corporate
interests. Based on conversations
I’ve had with people
over the holidays, I know
that some are despondent
about what is happening
politically south of the border.
And specifically, closer
to home, the potential move
is toward a trans-pacific
partnership (TPP) in which
corporations can sue countries
if they pass laws that
hurt their profits.
Some political analysts
describe our democracy
now as a ‘corporatocracy’,
and more recently suggest
using ‘kleptocracy’ as it better
describes how elite corporations
basically steal
everything they want.
The good news is –
whereas in the 1960s these
views would be labeled subversive
– now we are so
much more aware of the
agenda of corporate interests,
and how our governments
are corrupted by
those corporate interests,
that the validity of resisting
is widely accepted.
Certainly watching Trump
pick his corporate team of
climate change deniers has
been spellbinding. The
industrial elite are clearly
pushing at the door at every
opportunity.
But an emerging and
informed ‘democratic’ resistance
is also on the rise.
Now it is mid-winter, and
traditionally this is a time of
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deciding what seeds we
wish to plant in the coming
year, or decade, and which
seeds we no longer wish to
nurture. I would like to plant
and nurture seeds of pragmatic
social change, where
the highest good for all
beings is recognized and
supported energetically by
the collective. Rather than
fix a broken system, let us
forge a new path that supports
the highest common
good for all.
How Can We Be the
Change that We Want to
See in the World?
So how can we be the
change that we seek in the
world? One way is to find
the time each day to sit in
the silence that is our divine
presence, however that
expresses for you. Let go of
how you think things should
be, as your ideas in part are
informed by what is familiar
to you. Deep change may
express in unexpected ways,
so better not to limit what
we are capable of as a collective.
Rather than visualize the
change, imagine how it
FEELS to be in a world
where all beings are respected,
and nurtured. Sit inside
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that feeling and invite love
to flow inside all that has
form within you and all that
is space, then flow with that
love out into the earth, into
the grass and water, into
refugee camps, wherever
you are drawn, and then out
into the centre of this universe,
and back. Doing this
daily will build your energy.
The greater your energy, the
greater your connection and
impact within the social collective.
Your life will flow,
because you are connecting
into a higher and vast consciousness,
which for those
of us here and now, I’d liken
to our collective social
imagination.
Another simple way to be
the change, and shift our
future, is deciding not to live
in fear of anything, be it
snakes, system collapse,
Monsanto, your neighbour,
melting ice, or extinction.
Fear is duality thinking, and
the revolution comes when
we shift out of the known
into a new reality altogether.
Happy seeding.
“Out beyond ideas of
wrongdoing and righting
there is a field. I will meet
you there.” (Rumi)
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released her official list of
what everyone is guaranteed
to be raving about in
the new year. These include:
The many health benefits of
mushrooms and fungi (think
reishi, shiitake, chaga, and
more) will be in the spotlight
this year, according to CHFA’s
Top Five Health Trends report
1) Sprouting: Canadians
are increasingly interested
in three key things: local
food, healthy food, and DIY
food. Sprouting ticks all of
these boxes. By allowing
the seed to sprout, nutrients
naturally present in the seed
are liberated making it easier
for our bodies to access
and absorb important nutrients.
Sprouting is simple
and can be demonstrated in
three easy steps.
2) Plant-based dairy
alternatives: From nut beverages
to coconut yogurt to
dairy-free cheese, plantbased
alternatives are
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taste and nutrition. Many of
these substitutions provide
added nutrient content
including antioxidants, vitamins,
minerals and fibre,
while staying low in calories
and saturated fats.
3) Digestive enzymes:
With the rise of probiotics,
all eyes are on the next big
thing in digestive health.
Digestive enzymes can
improve gut health by giving
the body a digestive
boost and unlocking nutritional
potential in the diet.
4) Mushrooms: For a
food that grows in the shadows,
mushrooms are about
to enjoy some well-deserved
time in the spotlight.
Mushroom extracts pack
health benefits related to
improving mental and nerve
cell health. Research also
suggests that medicinal
mushrooms offer benefits
such as improved memory
and learning, and a decrease
in anxiety and depressive
symptoms.
5) Smart carbs: In 2017,
keep an eye out for smart
carb options that promote
more balanced energy levels,
digestion, and brain
function. Options include
pasta made from lentils and
legumes, and low-fat bean
chips and pea snacks.
The Canadian Health
Food Association is a voice
of the natural health industry
and an authoritative
source for what is trending
in the industry. CHFA is
Canada’s largest trade association
dedicated to natural
health and organic products;
members include manufacturers,
wholesalers,
retailers, distributors, and
importers. www.chfa.ca
ENERGY MEDICINE FOR
ANIMALS COMES TO
LONDON, ONT.
Local BodyTalk practitioner,
Carol Earle, C.B.P., is
now offering energy medicine
sessions for animals by
distance across Ontario, or
personal home visits in
London, Ontario. As a
BodyTalk / Animal Talk
Practitioner, Carol can help
uncover the root cause of
physical, mental, or emotional
imbalances, help
release trauma and tension
or residue from past emotional
trauma, or address an
unusual behaviour.
Each session is relaxing
for the pet, informative for
the pet owner, and effective
for even the most seemingly
impossible physical and/or
behavioural issues. This
system benefits both
humans and pets!
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PLANETARY ASSN
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REQUESTS PUBLIC
SUPPORT
P.A.C.E. is involved in a
number of initiatives internationally
that are for the
improvement of planetary
affairs on a number of
fronts, which do require
support other than just volunteerism
and willpower.
New developments include:
1) Ongoing negotiations
in several nations for the
clean-up of nuclear wastes,
contaminated zones involving
several techniques, as
well as advanced logistics /
assessment modalities.
These negotiations are very
demanding on limited
resources in preparing
responses.
2) Documentation preparations
including on-site
evidence-gathering for a
class action suit concerning
existing and emerging electromagnetic
field emissions
when they are injurious to
society and to at least 30%
of population in developed
Joyce Burkholder has just
announced the schedule for
her 2017 Painting Workshops
areas. This case could have
worldwide repercussions.
3) They have also been
involved, for more than a
year, in advanced stage prototyping
of stand-alone
electrical energy supply for
sustainable communities.
Therefore, they are hereby
requesting your financial
support for such initiatives,
which can be made through
Paypal using VISA /
MasterCard. For more information
call (888) 639-7730
(toll-free). Or send cheque /
money order to: PACE, Inc.,
100 Bronson Avenue, Suite
1001, Ottawa K1R 6G8
YOGA FOR HOPE
FUNDRAISER FOR
ORPHANS
On Saturday, March 11,
2017, from 10 am to 3:30
pm, join Bracelet of Hope
for the 2nd Annual Yoga for
Hope – a 5-class ‘yogathon’
and lunch! All funds raised
go towards supporting
orphans affected by HIV /
AIDS in Lesotho, Africa.
Registration is $30 at
www.braceletofhope.ca
Location: Event hosted at
Bishop Macdonell High
School in Guelph, Ont.
Support mind, body and
soul at Yoga for Hope.
ONE WOMAN’S
PERSONAL JOURNEY
On April 28th, come and hear
Sarada Chiruvolu talk about
her personal journey of
attaining enlightenment
through many years of deep
meditation. Sarada will share
her personal experience of
seeking higher states of consciousness
and achieving
self-realization, as described
in her book, Home at Last
(White Cloud Press, 2015).
Free event. Institute of
Traditional Medicine, 553
Queen St. W., 2nd floor,
Toronto. 7 - 9 pm. Visit:
homeatlastbysarada.com
PAINTING WORKSHOPS
IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Local artist Joyce
Burkholder has just
announced her Painting
Workshop schedule for
spring and summer 2017.
Some highlights include:
• Watercolour for Beginners
– Saturday, May 13;
• Watercolour for Intermed.
/ Advanced – Sunday, May
14 (Cost: $100/day $190/2
days; Deep River Library)
• Oils/Acrylics – Sunday,
July 16 ($125; beautiful
waterfront cottage on private
lake near Wilno)
• Watercolour – Sunday,
Aug 13 (Cost: $125; private
waterfront cottage in huge
pines near Wilno)
• Intermediate/Advanced
Oils/Acrylics – Sun., Aug 20
(Cost: $125; some experience
required; log cottage on
a beautiful lake near Wilno,
Ontario)
For more information call
(613) 756-9283; email:
joyce@joyceburkholder.com
http://joyceburkholder.com
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WORKSHOPS n CLASSES n SEMINARS
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Classes and
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WORKSHOPS • LECTURES • SEMINARS • COURSES • RETREATS • PROGRAMS
FEB 1 SECRETS, LIES AND ANGER
ISSUES: Talk, $10, 6 to 7 pm.
Transense, 344 Bloor St. West, Suite
610. Register: ann_schnurr@yahoo.ca
FEB 1, 8, 15, 22 LAUGHTER YOGA
CLASSES: from 6:30 to 7:30 pm, 662
Pape Ave., Toronto. A fun way to
release stress and experience joy. Join
us! For info or to register, please visit
www.laughyourselfhappy.com or call
(416) 469-2033.
FEB 1 - 25 THE SOUND OF HEART
AND SOUL HEALING EVENTS.
Wednesdays, 7 to 9 pm; Saturdays, 10
am to 12 pm. Love offering. You have
the power to restore your health,
relieve chronic pain, balance emotions,
transform relationships and
more! Master Sha Tao Healing Centre
Toronto. For more details, please call
(416) 609-2777 or email SoulHealing
CentreToronto@DrSha.com
FEB 1 - 28 NONPAREIL NATURAL
HEALTH: ORGANIC JUICE FASTING,
Weight Loss, Yoga and Detox – 3, 5, 7,
and 10-day programs (including
March, April, May and June). This is
The Fountain of Youth for improved
health and vitality. For more info,
please email nonpareil@sympatico.ca,
call (613) 395-6332, Mano, or visit
www.nonpareilholistic.com. See ad on
page 39.
FEB 1 - 28 SACRED HEALING
ROOM. By appointment. $50 for 30
minutes, group rates available. This
special room carries the highest healing
frequency for the body, mind,
heart and soul. Visit to receive a complimentary
10-minute “taste.” Master
Sha Tao Healing Centre Toronto. For
more information, please call (416)
609-2777 or email SoulHealingCentre
Toronto@DrSha.com
Wishing you health and prosperity in the new Year of the Rooster
FEB 4 NUMEROLOGY: For details,
please visit www.judyonorato.com or
call (647) 222-2889.
FEB 6, 7, 8, 9
HEALING TRANSFORMATION CLIN-
IC: 7 to 9 pm. Hands-on bioenergy
healing that gives remarkable results
to a wide variety of conditions.
Change everything in just four days a
month. For more info, please contact
Ellen Lewinberg: (416) 203-2744,
ellen@healingtransformation.ca,
www.healingtransformation.ca. See
ad on page 69.
FEB 7, 14, 21 & 28 SOUL OVER
MATTER BASICS. Tuesdays, 7 to 9
pm. $15 per class; $40 for 4 sessions.
What is the soul? What can it do to
support and heal our physical life?
What is the soul’s purpose? Join us for
these informative and empowering
teachings and practices. Master Sha
Tao Healing Centre Toronto. Please
call (416) 609-2777 or email Soul
HealingCentreToronto@DrSha.com
FEB 8 MONEY SPEAKS, But What Is
It Saying To You? Talk, $10, 6 to 7 pm.
Transense, 344 Bloor St. West, Suite
610. Register: ann_schnurr@yahoo.ca
FEB 8 SINGLE NATURE LOVERS
WANTED! (Feb. 8 to Feb. 14, 2018).
Get 6 Free walks, Free Gift Certificates
and Free $50 massage Gift with
Membership! 99% singles, couples,
groups, clubs, tourists welcome.
Justice for Victims Walk – May 18,
2017. Just show up! Please visit
www.astrollinthepark.com or see our
ad on page 54. Call Christa at (416)
484-9255 for meeting details. A Stroll
in The Park©.
FEB 9, 23 FREE LIGHT THERAPY
PRESENTATIONS. Also on Mar. 2, 23;
Apr. 20, 27. For more info, please contact
North American Light and Colour
Therapy Associates: (416) 256-7981,
frequencymatters@gmail.com
FEB 10 THE JOY OF CHANTING:
6:30 to 8 pm. Learn age-old spiritual
mantras to smooth your life-path. For
more info, call (416) 469-2033 or visit
www.ShakuntalaSings.com
FEB 14 RESOLVE DIFFICULT RELA-
TIONSHIPS and Enjoy Your Best New
Year - Introductory Workshop: 6:30 to
9:30 pm. To register or for details, visit
www.NewDecisionTherapy.info or call
(416) 469-2033.
FEB 15 RELAXATION AND VISUAL-
IZATION, $10, from 6 to 7 pm.
Transense, 344 Bloor St. West, Suite
610. Register: ann_schnurr@yahoo.ca
FEB 17 & 24 TEN QUALITIES OF A
SOULFUL LIFE. Fridays, Part 1 and 2,
$15 per class, 6:30 to 9:30 pm. Learn
the 10 Da (greatest) qualities to nourish
your soul with Source love and
light. Connect more deeply to your
true life purpose and calling with
sacred teachings and mantras. Bring
greater love, light and joy to your relationships,
balance your health, flourish
and grow your soul journey. Experience
the power of the 10 qualities
and Tao Source Light Calligraphy!
Xiaolan’s Health Centre, 88 Prince
Arthur Ave., Toronto. For more details,
call (416) 609-2777 or email Soul
HealingCentreToronto@DrSha.com
FEB 18 REIKI I CERTIFICATION.
Learn to treat yourself and others.
Includes Principles of Healing, centering,
chakras, endocrine glands and
more. Illustrated Workbook. Virginia
Hart Nelson, 23 years’ experience. For
info, please call (416) 960-1690,
email virginia@theinnereye.ca or visit
www.theinnereye.ca
FEB 18 & 19
LAUGHTER YOGA CERTIFICATION.
Eliminate stress - Spread joy - Change
lives… with laughing! For more information
or to register, please visit
www.LaughterTraining.ca or call (416)
469-2033.
FEB 19 TCM PUBLIC WORKSHOP:
Intro to Herbs, from 3 to 5 pm, $15.
www.cgicm.ca, (416) 644-1937.
FEB 21 ABCs OF PSYCHIC DEVEL-
OPMENT: Tuesdays, 6:30 to 9 pm, sixweek
beginner workshop, downtown
Toronto. Open and develop your psychic
skills. Get intuitive guidance for
yourself and others. Prerequisite
course for Intermediate Psychic and
Mediumship classes. Registration is
required. For more details, please visit
www.TorontoPsychicServices.com or
call (905) 849-4649.
FEB 22 HEALING CIRCLE MEETUP,
From 7:30 to 9 pm. Visit www.marlene
george.com or call (905) 796-0101.
FEB 25 REIKI I MEETUP, From 9 am
to 4 pm, vwww.marlenegeorge.com,
(905) 796-0101.
FEB 25 REIKI II CERTIFICATION.
Learn more potent healing applications,
including Symbols, long-distance
healing. Illustrated Workbook.
Virginia Hart Nelson, 23 years’ experience.
(416) 960-1690, virginia@the
innereye.ca, www.theinnereye.ca
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FEB 25 DOWSING AND ENERGY-
TESTING WORKSHOP: If you dowse
and energy-test or have ever wanted
to learn, join us for a day of exploration.
Campbellford, Ont., 10 am to
5:30 pm, organic lunch, $65. Fee
reductions available for workshop
assisting. For details: (416) 789-2911,
essentialoilsandormus@gmail.com
FEB 26 SUNDAY MORNING YOGA
Retreat. All welcome. Deepen your
practice or start one. Bain Co-op, from
9:45 am to 12:45 pm. For details,
please visit www.yogainriverdale.com
or call (416) 462-0673.
FEB 28 NUMEROLOGY: For details,
please visit www.judyonorato.com or
call (647) 222-2889.
MAR 1 THE EMOTIONAL FREEDOM
TECHNIQUE, $10, from 6 to 7 pm.
Transense, 344 Bloor St. West, Suite
610. Register: ann_schnurr@yahoo.ca
MAR 1, 8, 22, 29 INTUITION
TRAINING: Four-week introductory
course begins Mar. 1. Strengthen your
inner guidance, learn to distinguish
real intuition from wishful thinking
and imagination. Wednesdays, 7:45 to
9:30 pm. Cost: $180 + HST or $150
with registration by Feb. 15. Visit
www.louisegabrielle.com/intuitiontraining-course,
call (416) 659-6606.
MAR 2 REIKI EXCHANGE MEETUP,
7 to 9 pm, www.marlenegeorge.com,
(905) 796-0101.
MAR 3 - 5
NEW DECISION THERAPY PRACTI-
TIONER TRAINING. Learn a breakthrough
technique for helping others
quickly resolve deeply ingrained
anger, guilt and regret. Body wisdom
leads the way. Rooted in a specialized
system of forgiving. Positively influences
physical and emotional health,
self-worth and all relationships. For
more information, please visit
www.NewDecisionTherapyTraining.
com or call (416) 469-2033.
MAR 5 - 6 SHAMANISM WORK-
SHOP IN OTTAWA (Almonte) offered
by The Foundation for Shamanic
Studies. Join Glenn Campbell for a
Basic Workshop in Core Shamanism.
For more information or registration,
please call (905) 655-6756, email
glenn@shamanspiritpath.com, visit
www.shamanspiritpath.com or see ad
on page 79.
MAR 6 ENERGY EXCHANGE MEET-
UP, held from 7 to 9 pm. Please visit
www.marlenegeorge.com or call
(905) 796-0101.
MAR 6 NETWORK FOR SUCCESS
meetup, from 9:30 to 11 am. Please
visit www.marlenegeorge.com or call
(905) 796-0101.
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MAR 6, 7, 8, 9
HEALING TRANSFORMATION CLIN-
IC: 7 to 9 pm. Hands-on bioenergy
healing that gives remarkable results
to a wide variety of conditions.
Change everything in just four days a
month. For more info, please contact
Ellen Lewinberg: (416) 203-2744,
ellen@healingtransformation.ca,
www.healingtransformation.ca. See
ad on page 69.
MAR 12 HEALING THROUGH
BREATHING meetup, 10 am to 1 pm,
visit www.marlenegeorge.com, call
(905) 796-0101.
MAR 12 & 19
FENG SHUI ESSENTIALS: Two-day
course with Malca Narrol. Learn timetested
techniques from an expert.
Improve quality of life, health, relationships,
and abundance. For more
information or to register, please visit
www.malcanarrol.com or call (416)
899-7814.
MAR 15 HEALING CIRCLE MEETUP,
from 7:30 to 9 pm. For details, please
visit www.marlenegeorge.com or call
(905) 796-0101.
MAR 18 REIKI I CERTIFICATION. For
details, see Feb. 18 listing. For more
info, please contact Virginia Hart
Nelson, call (416) 960-1690 or send
email to virginia@theinnereye.ca
MAR 21 TAKING CARE OF SELF
While Taking Care Of Others meetup,
from 7:30 to 9 pm. For more info,
please visit www.marlenegeorge.com
or call (905) 796-0101.
MAR 25 REIKI II CERTIFICATION.
For more details, see Feb. 25 listing.
Please contact Virginia Hart Nelson:
call (416) 960-1690 or send email to
virginia@theinnereye.ca
MAR 25 NUMEROLOGY: For more
information or to book, please visit
www.judyonorato.com or call (647)
222-2889.
MAR 26 TCM PUBLIC WORKSHOP:
Introduction to Yin and Yang theory,
from 3 to 5 pm, $15. For details or to
register, please visit www.cgicm.ca or
call (416) 644-1937.
MAR 29 HEALING CIRCLE MEETUP,
from 7:30 to 9 pm. For more info,
please visit www.marlenegeorge.com
or call (905) 796-0101.
MAR 31 - APR 2 NEW WARRIOR
TRAINING ADVENTURE: Coming to
Ontario. Whether you identify as Gay,
Bi, Trans, Questioning, Queer, or
Curious, the GBTQ Gateway provides a
path to discover and integrate your
authentic masculine power. Contact
Richard Stewart at (226) 378-7177 or
http://mankindpride.mkpusa.org/
APR 7, 8, 9 & 10
MEDICAL INTUITION WORKSHOP:
Tina Zion returns to Toronto for her
successful workshop - Seeing with an
X-Ray Eye. (Apr. 10th is an optional,
advanced day.) Tina, a fourth-generation
psychic medium, teaches internationally,
and is the author of Become a
Medical Intuitive: The Complete
Developmental Course. For info, contact
Ellen Lewinberg, (416) 203-2744,
email ellen@healingtransformation.ca
APR 8 - 9
SHAMANISM WORKSHOP IN
WINDSOR offered by The Foundation
for Shamanic Studies. Join Glenn
Campbell for a Basic Workshop in
Core Shamanism. For more info or
registration, call (905) 655-6756,
email glenn@shamanspiritpath.com,
visit www.shamanspiritpath.com or
see ad on page 79.
MAY 27 & 28
HEALING TRANSFORMATION
WORKSHOP: Ellen Lewinberg’s popular
two-day, Toronto workshop. Learn
how to use the surrounding energy to
facilitate changes in people’s bioelectrical
energy systems, so they may
begin the process of healing on psychological,
physical and spiritual levels.
For more information, contact
Ellen Lewinberg: (416) 203-2744,
ellen@healingtransformation.ca,
www.healingtransformation.ca
MEDITATION CLASSES and Heal Your
Life workshops every Tuesday in
Mississauga. Please call Halina (647)
808-1109, www.livingwithawe.com
VAGINAL STEAMING, womb blessings
and womb healings for fibroids,
womb health and fertility. For info,
visit www.thewombdetox.com or call
(647) 477-9349.
MOVEMENT OF SPIRITUAL INNER
AWARENESS seminars every last
Saturday of the month at 2 pm. Please
call (416) 767-1958 or email toronto
westlight@gmail.com for details.
EMOTIONAL OVEREATERS GROUPS:
Woodbridge and Newmarket locations.
For more information, please
visit www.tracyaustin.ca or call (647)
241-5003.
YOGA IN RIVERDALE with Marguerite
Arbour. Experienced teacher. Bain Coop,
Monday evening and Wednesday
morning. www.yogainriverdale.com,
(416) 462-0673.
YOGA PRANAYAM CENTRE. Beginner
and intermediate Kripalu yoga. 348
Danforth Ave, the Carrot Common,
Chester subway. yogapranayamcentre
@gmail.com, (416) 691-7337.
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MAR 18 REIKI II MEETUP, 9 am to
4 pm. For more details, please visit
www.marlenegeorge.com or call
(905) 796-0101.
MAR 18 - 19 SHAMANISM WORK-
SHOP IN PETERBOROUGH offered
by The Foundation for Shamanic
Studies. Join Glenn Campbell for a
Basic Workshop in Core Shamanism.
For more info or registration: (905)
655-6756, glenn@shamanspiritpath
.com, www.shamanspiritpath.com or
see ad on page 79.
APR 3 TCM PUBLIC WORKSHOP:
Nutrition and Medicated Diet, from 12
to 2 pm, $15. For more information or
to register, visit www.cgicm.ca or call
(416) 644-1937.
APR 7 - 9 PSYCHIC FAIR AND
EXPO: First Star’s Fourth Annual Toronto
Spring Fair at Exhibition Place.
Canada’s biggest psychic event is awesome.
Don’t miss it! Digital program
guide, exhibitor info, and discount
coupon at www.FSpsychicfairs.com
NOV 3 - 5 WHOLE LIFE EXPO: Plan
to attend Canada’s largest showcase
of natural health and green living! This
year we celebrate our 31st annual
event at Metro Toronto Convention
Centre with 150+ exhibits and more
than 80 lectures over three days –
Weekend Lecture Pass $15! Don’t miss
this event. Visit www.wholelifeexpo.ca
for new developments. For Exhibitor
inquiries, please leave a message on
the Expo hotline at (416) 515-1330 or
email info@wholelifeexpo.ca
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AYURVEDIC MEDICINE
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BOUTIQUE offers courses in Indian
Head Massage, Ayurveda Spa Specialist
programs, services, Ayurveda Facial,
Ayurveda Botanical Skincare and
Vedic Inspired Perfumes. Located at
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please call (416) 504-6049 or visit
www.ayurvedaritualsspa.com
BODY / MIND THERAPY
COMBINED PHYSICAL, MENTAL,
EMOTIONAL HEALING using regression
and individualized vibrational
remedies. 20 years’ intuitive experience.
For more info, please contact
Kathy Walker: (416) 285-8759 or visit
www.askkathywalker.com
REIKI WITH SHAMANIC HEALING:
$80. For more details or to book a session,
please call (416) 707-4896 or
visit www.wellnesstogo.ca
CAROL EARLE, CBP, IN LONDON:
Certified BodyTalk Practitioner-Life
Coach. Healthcare for physical and
emotional health. (519) 709-5688,
bodytalkawareness@gmail.com,
www.bodytalkinnerawareness.com
BODYWORK
THE MITZVAH TECHNIQUE: Since
1987. Postural Realignment and Reeducation
of Movement. Call (416)
785-8417, email mitzvahtec@live.com
DETOXING AND WEIGHT MANAGE-
MENT: For more info or to book,
please call (416) 707-4896 or visit
www.wellnesstogo.ca
BOWEN THERAPY
BOWEN THERAPY IN BRAMPTON:
Chronic Pain, Frozen Shoulder, Sciatic
Pain. For more information or to
schedule an appointment, please call
or text Silvia Delalande at either (416)
402-6480 or sinode7@yahoo.com
BREATH WORK
MARLENE GEORGE. Healing Through
Breathing workshops and private sessions.
Visit www.marlenegeorge.com,
call (905) 796-0101.
BREATHWORK AND REBIRTHING.
Professional Master Rebirther, since
1981. Deep, internal healing. Please
visit www.tamarapenn.com, call (416)
544-9244, breathe@tamarapenn.com
COUNSELLING / COACHING
PROFESSIONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
COUNSELLING: For stress, mental
health, relationships, parenting, substance
use and trauma recovery. Therapeutic
yoga and relaxation. For info,
please contact Miranda Borisenko,
RSW, New Pathways Toronto: email
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COLON HYDROTHERAPY COURSE:
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LEARN TO MAKE YOUR OWN healthy,
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Aromatherapy Certification. Apprenticeships.
Private and Group Workshops.
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visit www.AnarresHealth.ca
BECOME A CERTIFIED LIGHT THERA-
PIST. For Certificate Course dates, registration
forms and prices, contact
North American Light and Colour
Therapy Associates: (416) 256-7981,
email frequencymatters@gmail.com
NOW AVAILABLE IN TORONTO.
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lymph drainage, enhance metabolic
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oxygen flow. Learn to release harmful
facial holding patterns and create a
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or to register, please contact:
sandra@thehealingroomtoronto.com,
or call (416) 924-6579.
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY
CRANIOSACRAL AND REGISTERED
NUTRITIONIST, Massage, Aromatherapy,
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MARLENE GEORGE. Craniosacral
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visit www.marlenegeorge.com or call
(905) 796-0101.
DANCE & MOVEMENT THERAPY
ELDOA CLASSES AT THE LIFE LOFT.
Make your back better! Osteopathicinspired
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nerves. On-going classes: Thursdays,
5:30 to 6:30 pm. Email Christine@the
lifeloft.ca or call (416) 799-8808.
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SERVICE DIRECTORY
DANCE & MOVEMENT THERAPY
ECLECTIC STRETCH: Balance your
mind and body with a mashup of
remedial exercise, pilates, Feldenkrais,
yoga, band and ball work. Suited to
beginners, middle-aged, injured,
round of body and the reluctant. Held
Wednesdays, 5:45 to 7 pm; Fridays, 10
to 11:30 am. To register, please contact:
Christine@thelifeloft.ca or (416)
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EAR CANDLING
EAR CANDLING with sinus drainage:
$45. For more information or to book,
please call (416) 707-4896 or visit
www.wellnesstogo.ca
ENERGY THERAPY
HANDS OF LIGHT HEALING:
Graduate of the Barbara Brennan
School of Healing, practising 20+
years. For more details, contact
Deborah: email d.mccrea@rogers.com
FELDENKRAIS
FELDENKRAIS METHOD© ATM Classes
with Marion Harris. To register or
for more info, call (416) 970-7572 or
visit www.FeldenkraisCentre.com
HEAD INJURIES
IMPROVE BRAIN FUNCTION and
spinal nerve function (speech, vision,
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of movement, and
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Contact Dr. Monika Faulhaber, DC,
DO(Mp), DNM, OSJ: (905) 712-8118
or visit www.thehealingcentre.ca
HEALTH SERVICES
INSOMNIA TREATMENT: For more
information, visit www.sleepagain.ca,
(416) 560-6910.
4-WEEK AB TRAINING PROGRAMS.
Certified Personal Trainer and Wellness
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call (647) 571-5275.
HOLISTIC PRACTITIONER: offers sessions,
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classes, private tutoring, coaching.
For more information, please email
johnnauss123@yahoo.ca or call (416)
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HEADACHE AND TENSION THERAPY:
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HERBALISTS
MONIKA GHENT, Registered Herbalist:
Western Traditional Herbalism;
Plant Spirit Medicine; Inner-knowing
Counselling. For more information,
please visit www.dreamingwillow.ca;
call (416) 537-8842.
THE ONTARIO HERBALISTS ASSOCI-
ATION (OHA) provides self-regulated
certification for herbalists in Ontario.
An OHA Registered Herbalist will provide
you with the highest quality of
care for any acute or chronic health
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current good health and well-being.
Want to study herbal medicine?
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HYPNOTHERAPY
VIRGINIA HART NELSON. Turn your
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change. Call (416) 960-1690, visit
www.theinnereye.ca, see ad pg. 57.
MASSAGE THERAPY
MASSAGE THERAPY. Student clinic in
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(416) 695-4600, visit www.instituteof
alternativetherapies.ca
LOMI LOMI: Ancient Hawaiian Bodywork
by Yvonne Booth, 2½ hours, in
the Aloha spirit. Call (416) 406-5087
or email ybooth@gmail.com. Visit
www.alohalomi.com – view two
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NATURAL HAIR / SKIN CARE
DREAMING WILLOW NATURAL
THERAPIES, Monika Ghent: Organic
herbal facials; acupressure facial toning;
back treatments; aromatherapy
massage; organic skincare products;
herbalism. www.dreamingwillow.ca;
(416) 537-8842.
ROOM 100 SKINCARE LAB: Organic
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removal. 25% off first treatment. To
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PAST LIFE THERAPY
EXPERIENCE THE SHIFT WITHIN
THROUGH PAST LIFE REGRESSION.
Helen Zador, Transpersonal Hypnotherapist
specializing in women’s
issues. To schedule a session or for
more info, please call (416) 691-4307,
visit www.bluestarhealingarts.com or
see ad on page 56.
REMEMBER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
from other lifetimes, transform old
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For more details, please contact
Virginia Hart Nelson: (416) 960-1690,
www.theinnereye.ca. See ad page 57.
PSYCHICS & CLAIRVOYANTS
MARGOT PSYCHIC SERVICES. Professional,
accurate, insightful readings by
a psychic medium. For more details or
to book, please call (416) 921-061 or
visit www.margotpsychicservices.com
PSYCHIC EXPO. Psychic readers, crystals,
jewellery, and related books are
featured at 10 Psychic Expos across
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demonstrations included with admission.
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SHEILA WATSON. Psychic and
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trained. Please call (905) 380-2083,
email sheilajwatson@gmail.com or
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BETTY JANE: Third-generation seer,
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psychic with well-known personalities
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whom you immediately feel a connection.
One reading, and you’ll be
calling back for future appointments.
Readings are for adults only. (416)
894-2602, www.bettyjaneware.com
PSYCHOTHERAPY
HOLISTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY. The
most powerful work. Integrating
Psychotherapy with body-centred
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Canadian Certified Counsellor
with Master’s Degree and Board Certified
Polarity Practitioner. Over 20
years’ experience. See ad page 56.
Visit www.visualizationworks.com or
call Victoria (416) 916-6066.
REBIRTHING
REBIRTHING AND BREATHWORK.
Professional Master Rebirther. Deep,
internal healing. Visit www.tamara
penn.com, call (416) 544-9244 or
email breathe@tamarapenn.com
REFLEXOLOGY
PAM RUSSELL. Pain and stress relief
from head to toe. Dupont and
Spadina. House calls. Feet, hands and
ears. Plus Thai foot reflexology, (416)
856-6589, pjrussell@sympatico.ca
NE MISSISSAUGA-BASED REFLEXOL-
OGY: For hands, feet, ears. Stress and
pain relief naturally, and increased circulation.
Elizabeth: (905) 286-1442,
visit www.elizabethbanfalvi.com or
email elizabethkb2001@yahoo.com
MISSISSAUGA AND STREETSVILLE:
Registered Reflexologist and Reiki
Master with nine years’ experience.
On-site or in clinic: www.Footopia.ca,
(416) 587-9252.
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REFLEXOLOGY
FOOTSTEPS REFLEXOLOGY SCHOOL.
Ongoing certification courses in Foot
and Hand Reflexology. British-trained
instructor, small classes. To register,
please call (416) 788-5970, or visit
www.footstepsreflexologyschool.com
REIKI
FREE REIKI CLASS: For more info,
plese visit www.thehealingteam.org
or email thehealingteam@gmail.com
VIRGINIA HART NELSON. Private
treatments, and Certification all
Levels. 23 years’ experience. Call
(416) 960-1690, www.theinnereye.ca,
email: virginia@theinnereye.ca. See
ad on page 57.
MARLENE GEORGE. Reiki. Certificate
attunement manual. All levels.
Practice group and treatments. Please
visit www.marlenegeorge.com or call
(905) 796-0101.
REIKI, RECONNECTIVE HEALING,
Certified Reflexology and Psychotherapy:
Effie Hadzis, B.A., B.Ed., Registered
Psychotherapist. For more info,
please call (416) 751-9619 or visit
www.aocliving.ca
RETREATS & VACATIONS
WALK AND WINE - through Europe!
Explore amazing walking trails and
fine wines. For more details, please
call Nancy at (416) 953-9423 or visit
www.visiontravel.ca/nancyferragine
ANNUAL FALL RETREAT. For more
info, visit www.marlenegeorge.com or
call (905) 796-0101.
YOGA, NATURE AND YOU – in
Ecuador! Luxury Wellness Retreat. For
more information or to book, please
call Nancy at (416) 953-9423 or visit
www.visiontravel.ca/nancyferragine.
Yoga Instructors: Let’s plan your next
International Group Retreat together.
MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS
REDUCTION (MBSR) Week Retreat,
Feb. 26 to Mar. 3. Learn to respond,
not react, to life stress through a week
of mindfulness. www.sugarridge.ca
BOOT CAMP FITNESS Week, Apr. 23
to 28. For more details, please visit
www.sugarridge.ca
YOGA AND MEDITATION RETREAT,
May 19 to 22. For more details, visit
www.sugarridge.ca
SPIRITUAL HEALING
CLARITYRADIO.COM. Bridging the
gap between science and spirituality.
TAROT & CARD READINGS
MYWICCAN.COM: For Ritual Magick
and The Tarot. In Person, On Phone
and Private Live Stream. Please call
(647) 571-5275.
THERAPEUTIC TOUCH
THERAPEUTIC TOUCH is an energy
healing method. It can help relieve
stress, anxiety and symptoms associated
with asthma, MS, Alzheimer’s,
cancer treatments, pre/post operations
and in palliative care. Develop
your inherent healing abilities! Experience
Therapeutic Touch. Please contact
Lynda Hill: (905) 681-2575, visit
www.therapeutictouchontario.com
THERAPEUTIC TOUCH PRACTITION-
ER. To book, contact Marlene George,
visit www.marlenegeorge.com or call
(905) 796-0101.
YOGA
SUNLILYOGA – A Kripalu Yoga Programme
taught in Richmond Hill and
Thornhill locations. Yoga classes, Yoga
Therapy, Retreats and 200- and 500-
hour Yoga Teacher Training: Visit
www.sunlilyoga.ca, (905) 770-9210.
YOGA PRANAYAM CENTRE. Beginner
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Ave., the Carrot Common, Chester
subway station. For more info, email
yogapranayamcentre@gmail.com. Call
(416) 691-7337. See ad on page 79.
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MINDFUL EATING: YOGA AND MED-
ITATION Retreat, Mar. 31 to Apr. 2.
Shift your relationship with eating
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JUICE AND SOUP DETOX Week, Mar.
26 to 31. For more details, visit
www.sugarridge.ca
JUICE AND SOUP DETOX Week, Apr. 2
to 7. For more details, please visit
www.sugarridge.ca
SILENT MEDITATION RETREAT, from
Apr. 13 to 20. For more details, please
visit www.sugarridge.ca
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