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LYME DISEASE: Infection Spreads as Feds Fail to Protect Health of Canadians 

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MAY 2017 

6 LYME DISEASE UPDATE 

As Infection Spreads, The Feds Backpedal 

16 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF VINEGAR 

History, Folklore, Medicinal Uses 

26 MARVELLOUS MAGNESIUM 

Mineral Helps Calm Hyperactivity and ADHD 

30 DECK GARDENING 

Bringing the Garden Onto the Deck Can Be Fun 

32 MORE NUTRITION MYTHS 

On Calcium, Sugar, and Antioxidants for Cancer 

44 NEWS BRIEFS: Probiotics Curb Spring Allergies; 

Exercise Helps Cancer Fatigue Better Than Drugs; 

Antidepressant Drugs Linked to Hip Fracture Risk 

52 HEALTHY PETS 

Homeopathic Remedies for Stressed Pets; BPA Risks 

58 CHINESE MEDICINE 

Acupuncture and Cupping to Ease Emotional Pain 

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54 Letters to Editor: Q&A on CT Scans, Chelation, 

Colonoscopies; Is Organic Farming Being Suppressed? 

66 The Healing Power of Reiki by Laurie Fekecs 

70 Astrology Predictions by Julie Simmons 

74 Sacred Journeys by Kim Elkington 

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OPINION 

Lyme Disease Update 

As Infection Spreads Across the Country, 

Health Authorities Fail to Protect the Public 

BY HELKE FERRIE 

MP Elizabeth May’s Bill C-442, the 

Federal Framework on Lyme Disease 

Act, legally requires internationally 

recognized diagnostic tests and 

treatment protocols, the development 

of proper medical surveillance 

to track Lyme Disease incidence and 

costs, and education and awareness 

to make Canadian doctors more 

Lyme-literate. Yet the federal Public 

Health Agency’s newly minted 

“Draft Framework” on Lyme, is in 

direct contravention of Bill C-442. 

“A Lyme diagnosis is a clinical diagnosis when you make 

it, and then it becomes a political statement. It is the 300- 

pound gorilla in the waiting room.” – Bob Giguere, of the 

U.S.-based IGeneX laboratories, at the Lyme Out Loud 

Kids Canada conference, April 21, 2017 

The recently released government document entitled 

“Lyme Disease in Canada – A Draft Federal 

Framework,” is an insult to all of us Canadians who’ve paid 

for it with our tax dollars. 

Crafted by the Public Health Agency of Canada, the document, 

released in February 2017, proposes a framework 

for the diagnosis and treatment of Canadians infected by 

Lyme Disease (LD). In order to create a framework that 

draws from the best available scientific research, the Public 

Health Agency had hosted a public conference on Lyme 

Disease from May 15 to 17, 2016. Problem is, the insights 

that were gained from global experts who lectured at the 

conference did not find their way into the draft federal 

framework released in February. In fact, the proposed 

“Draft Framework” is so peculiar and out of touch with the 

facts that one can only conclude that the Public Health 

Agency had already drafted the document before the conference 

even took place. 

More specifically, the framework contains two total 

affronts to those in the LD community: 

1It claims that Canada follows the guidelines of the 

IDSA (Infectious Disease Society of America) – however, 

the IDSA is currently still developing their recommendations, 

as all medical guidelines must now meet the 

standards of the World Health 

Organization (WHO) and Institute of 

Medicine (IOM). The IDSA’s previous 

guidelines led to a 2006 antitrust investigation 

by the Connecticut Attorney General 

because they were written to benefit the 

insurance industry and did not reflect current 

science or patient needs. The authors 

of these ‘guidelines’ themselves were 

shown to be owners of vaccine patents (no 

human vaccines exist to date), receiving 

million-dollar consultation fees from 

insurance companies in return for recommendations 

that would make LD difficult 

or impossible to be covered. Some of these 

authors have even been sued by Lyme 

patients for neglect and injury. The patents 

and payments are listed in the April 2001 

report put out by Lyme Disease 

Association, Inc., which spans no less than 

42 pages. (For a full legal analysis of the 

conflicts of interest in the IDSA’s nowdefunct 

guidelines, read J. Ferguson’s brilliant 

Cure Unwanted?) 

By contrast, the International Lyme and Associated 

Diseases Society (ILADS) has comprehensive diagnostic 

and treatment guidelines in place, and their latest version 

already meets the standard established by the WHO and 

IOM. They are, in fact, the only guidelines available today. 

Nonetheless, neither the Health Canada nor Public Health 

website even mentions ILADS, but both assert they follow 

the IDSA guidelines. 

2 

The 

proposed Public Health framework for Lyme 

Disease concludes by stating that the issue will be 

revisited in five years. Thus, the roughly 35,000 Canadians 

who are newly infected every year, as estimated by the U.S. 

Centers for Disease Control, are left with nowhere to turn. 

Lyme is an infection that can become chronic (as more than 

700 peer-reviewed mainstream publications agree) and is 

known to lead to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, inflammatory 

bowel disease, some forms of schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, 

and ALS – all of which are very expensive to treat 

with the outdated protocols used by Canada’s Medicare system. 

Yet in some cases, these conditions have been shown 

to be curable by antibiotic treatments as per the protocols of 

ILADS for treating Lyme Disease. For ILADS, all of these 

conditions are expected to be part of a differential diagnosis 

– that is, physicians must first rule out Lyme infection 

before proceeding with any other treatment. 

Canada’s Public Health Agency allowed for less than a 

month of public comment about their document, yet more 

than 9,000 furiously protesting Lyme patients wrote within 

the first couple of days of the framework’s publication, and 

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almost 40,000 signed a petition to the federal health minister, 

Jane Philpott, demanding that the framework be 

scrapped. Protest marches in Ottawa and other cities are 

now being planned (see organizations cited in the 

Resources below to participate). In the House of 

Commons, the NDP demanded the document’s removal. 

The Public Health Agency appears to have anticipated 

this backlash and took defensive action by publishing an 

article in PLOS One, one of the few remaining respected 

medical journals. Claiming to compare the “accuracy of 

diagnostic tests of Lyme Disease in humans,” and describing 

the paper as a “systematic review and meta-analysis of 

North American research,” study authors L.A. Waddell et 

al., employees of the Public Health Agency, submitted the 

article to PLOS in August 2016. They were thus able to 

claim that their framework for handling the Lyme problem 

was supported by a rigorous comparative study of the best 

available science. 

Lyme Patient Support Group 

Disputes Validity of Government Report 

CanLyme, Canada’s national Lyme patient support group, 

published an analysis of this study on January 30, 2017, by 

Sin Hang Lee of the Milford Diagnostics Laboratory, 

developer of an accurate DNA-based test for Lyme. In it, 

Lee showed how – by cherry-picking certain tests, excluding 

others, and ignoring the connections between early LD 

symptoms and illnesses like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s – 

the aforementioned comparisons become meaningless. 

The Public Health authors also assert that the diagnostic 

“gold standard” is the isolation of the disease-causing 

pathogen in a blood sample. Not so, as Lee informs us: 

“The gold standard in molecular identification of bacteria 

is bacterial DNA genome sequencing.” Lee compares the 

process to a Xerox copier generating a large number of 

copies of a questionable paragraph with only a few words 

available at the beginning and end. DNA sequencing is 

designed to actually decipher the order (sequence) of the 

alphabets (nucleotide bases) of the paragraph in question. 

“Waddell et al. avoided mentioning DNA sequencingbased-assays 

for Lyme disease to justify their own onesided 

endorsement of serological tests,” said Lee. Well, of 

course! Health Canada’s website strongly discourages PCR 

testing without offering a single reference. If the tests Lee 

refers to were available in Canada, we would actually be 

getting somewhere! 

The Waddell et al. authors state that PCR tests, as 

described by Lee, are commercially available “but have not 

been licensed for use by a governing body.” In fact, “laboratories 

performing PCR tests are licensed by the State 

Department of Public Health.” Interested Vitality readers 

can see the entire analysis of this document, as posted on 

CanLyme’s website. As Lee concludes, “The first step to 

the Lyme disease solution is to cut out the tribalism among 

the scientists whose careers were built on Lyme disease 


esearch.” Lee is too polite to add that some of those scientists’ 

careers were provided with financial incentives, and 

reversals would result in a loss of reputation and money. 

One thing is certain: the Public Health Agency’s ‘study’ 

constitutes a gargantuan betrayal of public trust. How this 

carefully orchestrated nonsense made it past PLOS’ editors 

remains a mystery. 

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Experts from Around the World 

Turning away from the February 2017 document released 

by Public Health that presented a woefully inadequate 

“framework” for treating Lyme Disease, and towards the 

excellent May 2016 conference which preceded the document, 

we are left to wonder how such a remarkable event 

gave rise to such an inadequate government report. 

Hosted by the Public Health Agency of Canada, on 

behalf of the Minister of Health, the “Conference to 

Develop a Federal Framework on Lyme Disease” brought 

together numerous speakers including world-renowned 

Lyme experts Brian Fallon of Columbia University and 

Elizabeth Maloney of the American College of Physicians 

and Surgeons. These two had actually contributed to the 

2010 book I edited and co-wrote, Ending Denial, which 

was one of the information sources that prompted MP 

Elizabeth May to introduce her federal Bill on Lyme. MP 

May’s Bill C-442 legally requires internationally recognized 

diagnostic tests and treatment protocols, the development 

of proper medical surveillance to track Lyme 

Disease incidence and costs, and education and awareness 

to make Canadian doctors Lyme-literate. As May stated at 

the 2016 conference: “We must put an end to the status 

quo, in which sick Canadians are forced to go to the U.S. 

for treatment at their own expense, losing homes, savings, 

and pensions.” 

Everyone ought to read the conference summary, which 

is available online. Among other things, the report correctly 

states that: 

– “Canada’s medical system has failed Lyme disease 

patients” and currently available tests are inadequate; 

– Canada requires testing for co-infections and multiple 

strains of Lyme bacteria (more than 300 variants); 

– the incidence of LD is underreported (even though 

reporting has been legally mandatory since 2009). 

– spouses and other family members of every suspected 

Lyme patient must be tested properly, because LD can be 

“transmissible sexually, via saliva and breast milk, blood, 

and organ donation.” (Note: all Western countries except 

Canada require blood donors to answer a rigorous questionnaire 

to exclude the possibility of active or past LD.) 

On a positive note, a significant portion of the conference 

summary is devoted to envisioning a successful 

approach to LD in Canada. This includes the need to consult 

veterinarians, who are already effectively treating animals 

for Lyme. 


One measure of success was identified as the renewal of 

“trust in the medical system.” And my jaw dropped when I 

read that “coroners should be required to submit tissue 

samples [from] … patients who died of Parkinson’s or 

Alzheimer’s,” recognizing that Lyme can cause these diseases, 

too. The Public Health Agency appears to have 

reached that stage of research knowledge. 

Dr. Gregory Taylor, chief officer of Public Health, 

observed in his concluding remarks last May: “If we are not 

helping individual Canadians, we are not making a difference 

in their lives, then we are not doing our job.” 

Where Do Lyme Disease Sufferers 

Go From Here? 

So, now what? If you have suffered from Lyme Disease, 

like I and several members of my family have, you are 

fully justified in feeling frustrated by the federal Public 

Health Agency’s current back-peddling. However, now 

that Public Health has had that conference and the truth 

about one of the world’s most exponentially increasing 

infectious diseases has been acknowledged and published, 

the information can’t be denied. For the first time in this 

four-decade long disaster story, just about all of the once 

“controversial” information has been acknowledged as 

fact, and facts have an uncanny way of not disappearing 

once they are let out. 

Another important fact is that Canadians can currently 

only be healed from LD by going elsewhere: to the U.S., to 

Europe, or even to India – and, of course, they must pay for 

it themselves. Meanwhile, we must continue to fight here 

against the aforementioned irresponsible “authorities” and 

stop them from subverting the public interest. 

Sources 

n Lyme Conference Summary Report (May 2016, link provided) 

and Draft Federal Framework, February 2017: 

http://tinyurl.com/lymeconferencesummary 

n Ferrie, H., ed. Ending Denial: The Lyme Disease Epidemic: A 

Canadian Public Health Disaster: A Call for Action from Patients, 

Doctors, Researchers, and Politicians. Kos Publishing, 2010. 

n Dennis, L. Lyme Madness: Rescuing my Son Down the Rabbit 

Hole of Chronic Lyme Disease. Soulwork Publishing, 2016. This is 

an excellent resource for Canadians navigating the Lyme jungle. 

n Horowitz, R., MD. How Can I get Better? An Action Plan for 

Treating Resistant Lyme and Chronic Disease. St. Martin’s Griffin, 

2017. Highly recommended! 

n Ferguson, J. “Cure Unwanted? Exploring the Chronic Lyme 

Disease Controversy and Why Conflicts of Interest in Practice 

Guidelines May Be Guiding Us Down the Wrong Path.” American 

Journal of Law and Medicine 2012, 38(1): 191 ff. 

n Waddell, L.A., et al. The Accuracy of Diagnostic Tests for Lyme 

Disease in Humans, A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 

North American Research. PLOS ONE 2016, 11(12): e0168613. 

n Sin Hang Lee’s rebuttal to Waddell et al.’s PLOS article: 

CanLyme, January 30, 2017: http://tinyurl.com/lzf9rqb 

Resources 

• Finding a Lyme-literate doctor in the U.S. who will treat 

Canadian patients: www.lymediseaseassociation.org 

• Lyme Out Loud Kids Canada: www.lymeoutloudkids.org 


• Lyme Ontario: www.lymeontario.com 

• Lyme Disease in Canada: www.lymedisasebook.com 

• CanLyme: www.canlyme.com 

• Dr. Petra Hopf-Seidel, a Lyme Disease expert, offers a 50-page 

diagnostic and treatment primer (C$10): www.dr-hopf-seidel.de 

These labs in Germany and U.S. accept Canadian blood samples: 

• Milford Molecular Diagnostics, 2044 Bridgeport Ave., Milford, 

CT 06460, www.dnalymetest.com 

• IGeneX, 795 San Antonio Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303, phone 1- 

800-832-3200/1-650-424-1191, www.igenex.com 

• ARMIN Labs, Zirbelstr. 58, 86154 Augsburg, Germany, phone 

0049-821-780-93150, www.arminlabs.com 

For more information, contact helkeferrie@gmail.com 

Additional Resource: 

Editor’s note: Here’s one interesting alternative approach that 

has come up on our radar: 

“Dancing with Lyme: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme 

Disease with Herbs”: This workshop was conducted in Perth, 

Ontario, back in March 2017, by Steven Martyn, M.A., co-founder 

of The Sacred Gardener. At the workshop, Steven shared his story 

and insights of how he has healed himself and others from chronic 

lyme disease with herbs, and provided effective approaches to 

prevent lyme infection, recognize and treat early symptoms, as 

well as conduct treatment for chronic Lyme. There is another workshop 

planned on this topic in coming months. For more information, 

or to make inquiries, visit: www.thesacredgardener.ca, write: 

The Sacred Gardener, 486 Trail Blazers Road, Golden Lake, 

Ontario, Canada K0J 1X0, or call (613) 625-1106 

Nutrients for Improving Cognitive 

Function in Lyme Disease 

by Connie Strasheim 

When I first became ill with Lyme disease 

in 2004, I could barely read 

books, never mind write them as I do 

now. I left a fiction novel unfinished 

because I could no longer string two 

sentences together. And that was only 

the start of the cognitive problems that 

I would battle with Lyme disease. 

I used to walk around in a daze, unaware of time and how 

long it would take me to do things. I would routinely lose 

my car in parking lots, and occasionally have to call a friend 

or family member to pick me up – from malls, movie theatres, 

and other places with large lots. I would “space out” 

for hours as I tried to recall the next thing on my to-do list. 

I got into two car accidents within a year of becoming sick, 

because I couldn’t process what was happening on the road 

fast enough. I even once stood in an aisle of a retail store 

for three hours as I went back-and-forth trying to decide 

which coat to buy. I routinely made poor decisions, forgot 

the names of even my closest friends, and couldn’t carry on 

a prolonged conversation, never mind remember one. I 


cringed whenever others launched into detailed stories, and 

my brain shut down in any situation that required abstract 

reasoning. 

My experience isn’t unusual. Many, if not most, people 

with chronic Lyme disease battle cognitive dysfunction that 

creates debilitating symptoms, such as difficulties with 

focus, concentration, word finding, decision-making, reasoning 

and analysis, as well as short-term memory loss. 

The dysfunction occurs for many reasons, such as the 

presence of Lyme neurotoxins in the brain, which cause 

inflammation; the destruction of neurons and dysfunctional 

firing between the neurons, damage to brain and other 

nervous system tissue, hormone and neurotransmitter dysfunction, 

reduced blood flow and oxygen to the brain, nutritional 

deficiencies, food allergies, blood-sugar imbalances 

and more. Most of these problems are caused either directly 

or indirectly by Lyme disease-related infections such as 

Borrelia, Babesia and Bartonella, as well as by some of the 

common Lyme disease co-conditions such as mould and 

yeast infections, and heavy metal toxicity. 

The good news is, there are ways to mitigate symptoms 

of cognitive dysfunction, which I share here. 

The obvious first step is to remove the infections and toxins 

from the body, but this can take many months or years, 

and in the meantime, people with Lyme disease need to be 

able to function. When I discovered that I could no longer 

write without great difficulty, I began to research nutrients 

that would restore my cognitive abilities, because, as a 

writer, I couldn’t afford for my brain to not work. It took me 

years to find real solutions, but as I healed, I slowly began 

to recover many of the functions that I had lost, including 

my ability to read and write. 

Today, 12 years after I first became ill, I still suffer from 

short-term memory loss and struggle at times to focus, 

organize and concentrate, but my symptoms have greatly 

improved. I can read and write at least twice as fast as I did 

a decade ago, and have since written and published eleven 

medical and/or health-related books. I get things done a lot 

more efficiently and effectively and no longer wander 

around in a fog most of the time. I don’t have to labour to 

stay engaged in conversations, and I get lost less frequently 

whenever I drive or park my car. 

(Editor’s note: The above is an excerpt of a longer article 

that we didn’t have space to publish here. To read the entire 

article, complete with a list of nutrients and references, 

visit: www.vitalitymagazine.com) 

Author bio: Connie Strasheim is a medical researcher and writer, 

and author or co-author of eleven wellness books, including New 

Paradigms in Lyme Disease Treatment: 10 Top Doctors Reveal 

Healing Strategies that Work (October 2016); 

www.NewLymeTreatments.com, and Beyond a Glass of Milk and a 

Hot Bath: Advanced Sleep Solutions for People with Chronic 

Insomnia (March 2017). In addition, she is an editor for the 

Alternative Cancer Research Institute and ProHealth’s Lyme disease 

research and patient advocacy site (ProHealth.com). 

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Call me a sourpuss, if you will, but 

I love vinegar and can’t imagine a 

day going by without calling upon 

one type or another for cooking, curing, 

or cleaning purposes. 

Vinegar gets its name from the 

Latin vinum acetum, or “wine turned 

sour”, and is one of the oldest condiments 

in the world. It is believed to 

have been discovered by accident – 

wine was exposed to air and voila, 

“sour wine”. Too tart to drink, too 

precious to throw away, creative 

experimentation proved that soured 

wine has fascinating properties – one 

of them being the ‘power to pickle’! 

Ancient Egyptians and Chinese 

reputedly used vinegar thousands of 

years before Christ, and its use is 

mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments. Traces of 

vinegar were discovered in an Egyptian vessel dating back 

10,000 years. Babylonians used it for cleaning and preserving 

food, and Roman legionnaires drank vinegar before battle 

– believing it gave them strength and courage. After the 

fighting was over, vinegar was applied as a disinfectant to 

cleanse wounds inflicted by swords. 

Apple Cider Vinegar 

During my childhood, when the need arose for healing tonics 

and homegrown remedies, my grandmother taught me to 

reach for a jug of pure apple cider vinegar. If you don’t 

make your own apple cider vinegar, it’s easy to find at your 

local health food store – the kind 

made from local, fermented, organically 

grown apples is best. 

Cider vinegar is described in 

Grandma’s old doctoring journals as 

being a useful tonic for many ails 

including cold, ‘flu, sore throat, and 

stuffy head. It is also good for flushing 

impurities from the kidneys, 

bladder, and liver. 

Studies have indicated that apple 

cider vinegar helps relieve arthritic 

pain when taken orally or applied as a 

The Wonderful World of Vinegar 

History, folklore, and medicinal uses of the world’s most 

popular fermented flavourings – from A to V 

~ BY LINDA GABRIS 

Apple cider vinegar is a folklore tonic with 

a history of alleviating everything from 

arthritis to constipation to insomnia 

hot compress. And wrapping a twisted 

ankle or sprain with a cloth that’s 

been soaked in cider vinegar can 

reduce swelling. 

Apple cider vinegar is also a useful 

remedy for insomnia, constipation, 

nervousness, muscle cramps, 

and more. Grandma’s scribblers testify 

that it can be used to expel intestinal 

worms when given internally, or 

to get rid of head lice by dissolving 

nests with a cider vinegar hair rinse. 

(Editor’s note: According to naturopathic 

doctors Paul and Patricia 

Bragg, authors of Apple Cider 

Vinegar: Miracle Health System, 

potassium-rich cider vinegar is a 

time-tested natural remedy used by 

their family for treating arthritis, 

chronic fatigue, and constipation. See resource list at end.) 

Balsamic, Wine, and Mirin Vinegars 

Over the years, I have become a connoisseur of more exotic 

types of vinegar for dressing up meals. In my view, any 

cook can go from being good to gourmet simply by keeping 

an aromatic bottle or two of specialty vinegars close at 

hand. Unlike my rural grandmother, I have easy access to 

markets that offer vinegars from around the world. One of 

my favourite is balsamic vinegar from Italy. 

Traditional balsamic – is made from white Trebbiano 

grapes and aged (up to 100 years) in a succession of barrels 

made out of different woods, each instilling a particular 

flavour and aroma to the vinegar, 

thus its magical taste and pricier tag. 

Malt vinegar – with its English 

roots, is fermented out of barley and 

grain mash and flavoured from casks 

of beech and birch. When seeking 

the best quality, look for an organic 

label. 

Champagne and wine vinegars – 

vary in quality according to the type 

of wines from which they’re made. 

The best wine vinegars are made the 

slow, old-fashioned way in oak bar- 


els with plenty of time to 

mature naturally. Reds and 

sherry vinegars are aged 

longer than whites. When 

purchasing, look for those 

derived from organic wines. 

Mirin – Some of the most 

interesting vinegars are those 

with Oriental origins made 

from glutinous rice, such as 

the award-winning, doublefermented 

and twice distilled, 

organic Mirin – a 

thick, golden sweet vinegar 

that’s said to be one of the 

purest in the world and can 

actually be sipped like saké. 

(Editor’s note: In TCM 

herbal therapy, fermented 

rice vinegars are used to treat 

conditions similar to those 

addressed by apple cider 

vinegar.) 

White Vinegar – Due to 

its high acidity levels, white 

vinegar is best used only for 

housecleaning purposes. 

When shopping for vinegar, 

use the same guidelines 

as for fine wine. Good 

organic vinegar should have 

a sharp, clean taste and 

pleasant bouquet. It should 

never be cloudy, smell like 

alcohol, or leave an unpleasant 

aftertaste. Like wine, it 

must be kept tightly corked 

in a cool place. Most vinegars 

today are 5% acetic 

acid, except balsamic, which 

ideally is 6%. 

Vinegar Medicine 

Studies have indicated that 

unpasteurized, organic, apple 

cider vinegar is a powerful 

detoxifying and purifying 

agent that provides the body 

with a range of minerals 

including potassium, phosphorus, 

sodium, magnesium, 

calcium, chlorine, sulfur and 

iron, as well as a number of 

essential vitamins and betacarotene. 

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This slow-fermented elixir is reputed 

to help prevent high blood pressure by 

thinning the blood (do not use if you’re 

taking blood thinning medication); it 

also helps maintain healthy blood sugar 

levels as well as regulating metabolism 

(thus is beneficial in achieving and 

maintaining weight loss). 

In the Kitchen 

Rosemary, Thyme, and Lavender are 

fragrant herbs ideal for infusing in vinegar 

Old World Wilts – Grandma always 

packed a ‘wilt’ in her picnic basket 

because she claimed that beneficial 

enzymes in cider vinegar could destroy harmful bacteria. 

So if by chance anything got tainted in the sun, the wilt 

would ward off illness. I like wilts because they are refreshingly 

good, versatile, and easy to make. Just shred lettuce, 

cabbage, dandelion leaves, spinach, cucumber, or a mix of 

greens, and put in earthen or glass bowl. Bring one part 

cider vinegar to two parts water to a boil, then remove from 

heat and add a glob of honey. Pour over greens and let steep 

until cold. Drain before serving. 

Light, Bright Salads – Cut down or eliminate oil by simply 

tossing greens with a shake of store-bought or homemade 

herbal vinegar. Making your own is as easy as pairing a herb 

with a vinegar and finding a neat little bottle with a tight fitting 

cork. (Recipes follow.) 

Guilt-Free Desserts – In Italy it is 

common practice to dip fresh strawberries 

into a little bowl of balsamic 

vinegar before eating. This is truly a 

must-try treat. Unlike traditional 

chocolate or caramel dunks, balsamic 

vinegar actually draws out and 

enhances flavour rather than masking 

it. Try sticking other fruits like banana 

slices, apple wedges, or peach or pear 

slices on toothpicks and dipping in 

balsamic for exciting variety. 

Thirst Quencher – Stir a tablespoon of apple cider or 

fruit vinegar (see recipe below) into iced water for a tantalizing 

thirst quencher (said to regulate body temperature 

and clear up a bad complexion). 

Diva Dip – Cider, balsamic, or herbal vinegars poured 

into the dip bowl make a delightfully light substitute for 

sour cream, mayonnaise, and other fatty dips. Dunk veggies 

in the dip to your heart’s content. 

Getting the Most Out of Soup Stocks – Adding a squirt 

of white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar – about two 

tablespoons per pound of bones – to a stock pot filled with 

meat helps to leach valuable calcium from the bones. There 

will be no sour taste in this calcium-rich broth. 


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Potassium-Rich Tea – If your 

stamina is weak, you may need 

more potassium in your diet. One 

teaspoonful of cider vinegar per 

cup of herbal tea is a good remedy 

for restoring stamina. A dash in 

place of lemon perks up tea. 

Salt Substitute – Fill a smallholed 

salt shaker with cider, malt, 

or herbal vinegar and use in place 

of salt on raw onions, tomatoes, 

poached eggs, steamed vegetables, 

pasta, or anything else that normally 

draws you to the shaker. 

When not in use, keep shaker 

tightly capped in the refrigerator. 

Making Your Own 

Fruit and berryinfused 

vinegars are easy to 

make, and capture the 

flavours of the season 

• HERB VINEGAR: Gather a 

few sprigs of fresh garden herbs; 

the more you use the stronger it will be. Try fresh basil, dill, 

rosemary, sage, tarragon, thyme, mint, chives, or whatever 

is handy in your herb patch. Wash the herbs, pat dry, and 

place in sterilized bottle. Fill the bottle with apple cider, 

malt, or wine vinegar or blend of vinegars you desire. Let 

steep for two weeks, then it’s ready to use, either strained or 

as is. Peeled garlic cloves, shallots, peppercorns, chilis, 

juniper berries, or other spices and seasonings can be 

added. 

• FRUIT VINEGAR: Use raspberry, cranberry, blueberry, 

or choice of fruit in place of herbs. Create unique 

flavours by adding orange peel, lemon zest, pomegranate 

seeds, nutmeg pod, cinnamon stick or other sweet things to 

the bottle. For the best in fruit-infused vinegar, use white 

wine or champagne vinegar. 

• BRAGG’S HEALTHY SALAD DRESSING: 

2 garlic cloves (chopped) 1 tsp dried basil leaves, 

2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice 

2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1/3 cup water 

1 Tbsp raw organic honey dash cumin powder 

dash cayenne pepper 

pinch of Himalayan salt 

Mix all of the above ingredients in a jar, give it a good 

shake, and keep handy in the fridge to serve on salads. 

• BRAGG’S ARTHRITIS REMEDY: 

Upon arising in the morning, make up a delicious apple 

cider vinegar cocktail as follows: Stir, shake, or blend 6 oz. 

distilled water with 1 to 2 tsp unpasteurized apple cider 

vinegar, and 1 to 2 tsp honey. Follow this by eating an 

organic apple. Use 1 tsp vinegar with your daily garden 

salad, and remember: 1 to 2 apples a day keeps the doctor 

away. 

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In the Medicine Cupboard 

COLD PREVENTION MEDICINE – Peel a knuckle of 

ginger root and put into pint jar. Add peeled cloves of one 

head of garlic and two small chili peppers. Cover with cider 

vinegar that’s been brought to a near boil. Cap tightly and 

store in fridge. Grandmother’s suggested dosage: Take one 

teaspoonful in half cup of water when you feel a cold coming 

on. Keeps indefinitely in the fridge. 

COLD AND ‘FLU TONIC – Mix 2 tsp cider vinegar into 

1 cup of boiling water and sweeten with honey to taste. 

When cool, sip slowly. Good for relieving cough and breaking 

up phlegm. For congestion, serve this mixture hot and 

inhale the steam. 

HEARTBURN REMEDY – One teaspoonful of cider vinegar 

mixed into a glass of water, taken with a spicy meal, 

makes a reliable acid neutralizer – warding off heartburn. 

NOSEBLEED REMEDY – Soak a sterile cloth in white 

distilled vinegar diluted with equal parts water and apply to 

stop bleeding. According to Grandma’s old notes, the acid 

in the vinegar seals the broken vessel. 

HEADACHE REMEDY – Bring a mixture of 1/2 cup apple 

cider vinegar and 1 cup water to a boil. Add a generous handful 

of fresh, or several spoonfuls of dried, mint leaves to the 

pot, turn off heat, and steep until infused (half hour or so). 

Cover head with a towel, hold over steaming liquid, and 

inhale fumes. Good treatment for tension or sinus headache. 

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ITCHY SKIN RELIEF – Run a cool tub full of water and 

add 2 cups of apple cider vinegar. Then get in and have a 

soak. This is good for soothing heat rash, hives, mosquito 

bites, and swimmers itch. Or if you’re in a hurry, just wet a 

cloth in cold water, ring it out, then pour some apple cider 

vinegar on the cloth. Squeeze it out again and use it to wipe 

your face, arms, or any other body parts that are itchy and 

irritated. The astringent action of the vinegar is soothing 

and anti-inflammatory. 

SUNBURN REMEDY – Pat affected skin with a mixture 

of cider vinegar and cold water to cool and relieve pain. 

This helps prevent blistering and peeling. 

FOOT ODOUR REMEDY – Put about a pint of distilled 

white or cider vinegar into a basin of warm water and soak 

feet. This deodorizes and softens calluses at the same time. 

Rinsing socks in this solution after washing acts like a 

built-in odour eater. 

ITCHY SCALP REMEDY – Add 2 tablespoons distilled 

white, rice, or cider vinegar to a quart of warm water and 

use as final hair rinse after shampooing. This mixture dissolves 

soap residue that causes dry, flaking scalp. 

Rosemary vinegar adds fragrance and shine to hair. 

From the Editor... 

A Note About Acidity 

The human body’s ideal pH is slightly alkaline – 7.30 to 

7.45. If the body becomes too acidic, symptoms can arise 

such as gas, constipation, bloating, acne, heartburn, acid 

reflux, indigestion, mild headaches, gastritis, infections, 

candida, and frequent ‘flus. Advanced symptoms of overacidity 

can include Crohn’s disease and even cancer. 

If a person’s diet is largely composed of acid-forming 

foods such as meat, shellfish, cheese, pastries, greasy takeout 

meals, chocolate, coffee, wine, and beer (all acid-forming), 

then their body is likely overly acidic. 

The body needs an alkaline pH to maintain clean blood, 

good enzyme reserves, and healthy immune function. The 

general recommendation to maintain a healthy pH is: Eat 

80% alkaline-forming foods and 20% acid-forming foods. 

The terms ‘acid-forming’ and ‘alkaline-forming’ foods 

refer to how much acid the 

stomach has to produce in 

order to digest the food. An 

orange, even though it is 

acidic outside the body, is 

considered alkaline-forming 

inside the body – when eaten, 

the stomach has to produce 

almost no acid. Apple cider 

vinegar is clearly acidic when 

sitting on your counter, but 

inside the stomach it becomes 

‘alkaline-forming’ because the 

stomach has to produce 



almost no acid to digest it. Conversely, something like 

bread requires a lot of acid to digest, so it is considered to 

be ‘acid-forming’. 

In regards to apple cider vinegar, it must be raw (unpasteurized) 

in order to alkalinize the body and have a beneficial 

effect. In fact, raw apple cider vinegar (ACV) is the 

only vinegar that is alkaline-forming to the body. All other 

vinegars (white, balsamic, red wine, etc.) are acid-forming, 

although mirin and fermented balsamic are the least acidforming, 

and white vinegar is the most acid-forming. For a 

healthy, balanced pH, raw apple cider vinegar is one of the 

best things to add to your diet. 

Linda Gabris is an avid cook who enjoys sharing her 

grandmother’s old recipes and medicinal preparations as 

they were recorded in the journals passed down to her. 

Resources 

1) Apple Cider Vinegar: Miracle Health System by Paul and 

Patricia Bragg; Health Science; Santa Barbara, CA. Book available in 

local health food stores, or visit: www.bragg.com 

2) A favourite local brand of unpasteurized apple cider vinegar is 

made by Filsinger’s in Ayton, Ontario. Find it in your local health 

food store, visit: www.filsingersorganic.com, send email to: 

info@filsingersorganic.com; call (519) 665-7763. 

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Spring Cleaning With White Vinegar 

by Linda Gabris 

Distilled white vinegar is not fit for human consumption 

because harsh chemicals and solvents are used during distillation 

to make the vinegar clear. Sometimes called 

“dead” vinegar due to intense heat involved in the distillation 

process, the “life-giving” mother (present in raw vinegar) 

is destroyed along with beneficial enzymes, minerals, 

and other useful nutrients. However, distilled white vinegar 

is environmentally friendly and easy on the budget, making 

it an excellent alternative to chemical cleaning solutions 

for ridding germs and unpleasant odours around the house. 

When I was kid, inexpensive distilled white vinegar was 

one of the handiest staples in my grandmother’s pantry. She 

depended upon it for nursing boils, cold sores, skin rashes, 

bug bites, nosebleed, and more, as well as for housecleaning. 

Here’s how it is best used for spring cleaning: 

Sparkling Glass – Add distilled white vinegar to water 

when washing windows and glass decorations. Cuts grease 

and grime and deters buildup. A quarter cup added to rinse 

water leaves dishes squeaky clean. 

Coffee Pots – Make a mixture of half distilled white 

vinegar, half water. Run it through pot to remove lime and 

calcium deposits. Use in tea kettle, too. 

Drains – Empty 1/2 cup baking soda into drain. Add 1 

cup of white distilled vinegar. Let the carbon dioxide fizzle 

until it’s worn out. Rinse with boiling water. Gets rid of 

greasy odour and buildup. 

Readers: For the complete list of vinegar’s many household 

uses for cleaning and more, see extended version of 

this article posted at: www.vitalitymagazine.com 


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found more often in children 

with attention deficit hyperactivity 

disorder (ADHD) 

than in healthy children. In 

one study of ADHD children, 

magnesium deficiency was 

found in 95% of those examined.(1) 

Does this warrant 

magnesium supplementation 

Magnesium can help kids 

for such children? The answer 

is yes. 

sleep better at night, 

Supplementation with relieve discomfort from 

magnesium appears to be sore muscles and growing 

very helpful for alleviating pains, relieve constipation, 

hyperactivity in children.(2) In reduce anxiety, and 

one group of children supplemented 

with about 200 mg. 

reduce headache days 

per day of magnesium for six months, there was “an increase 

in magnesium levels in hair and a significant decrease of 

hyperactivity,” compared to children in the control group 

who had not been treated with supplemental magnesium.(3) 

A review that looked at studies done on magnesium for the 

treatment of ADHD in children concluded that although 

“studies supported that magnesium is effective for treating 

ADHD ... until further strong evidences for its efficacy and 

safety are provided, magnesium is not recommended for 

treating ADHD.”(4) This is typical of modern “evidencebased” 

medical literature. Some medical professionals will 

ignore what is already known unless a sufficient number of 

double-blind randomized studies have been performed. 

Magnesium supplementation is safe and effective, and it is 

critically important for children who are deficient. 

There have been no deaths reported from magnesium 

supplementation.(5) An overdose of magnesium may result 

in loose stools. This is temporary, and will go away once 

dosages are reduced or divided into smaller amounts given 

throughout the day. Magnesium supplementation is worth 

trying, especially when we consider the dangers of ADHD 

drugs. 

Other Benefits of Magnesium 

In addition to its effectiveness for treating hyperactivity, 

magnesium also benefits children in other profound ways: it 

can help kids sleep better at night, relieve discomfort from 

sore muscles and growing pains, relieve constipation, reduce 

anxiety, and reduce headache days.(10) 



“I have come to the conclusion that everyone could benefit 

from extra magnesium supplementation.” 

– Carolyn Dean, MD, ND 

Magnesium and Other Nutrients for ADHD 

ADHD is not caused by a drug deficiency. Instead of giving 

drugs to our children, we should look to the benefits of providing 

them with optimal nutrition. Children with ADHD 

may benefit from optimal levels of several nutrients including 

vitamin D,(11) iron,(12) niacin (B3), pyridoxine (B6), vitamin 

C, and omega-3 fatty acids.(13) In addition to removing 

refined sugar from the diet, avoiding artificial food dyes, and 

providing healthy food, pediatrician Ralph Campbell, MD, 

recommends a vitamin B-complex supplement be given with 

breakfast, an additional 100 mg of B6 at another meal, and 

200 mg. or more of magnesium per day for ADHD children. 

(13) Other helpful tips include limiting screen time and 

increasing exercise, especially in the outdoors. 

The recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of magnesium 

for children is as follows: ages one to three is 80 mg. 

per day; ages four to five 130 mg. per day; by age nine, our 

government recommends that kids get (at least) 240 mg. of 

magnesium per day; at age 14 between 360 to 410 mg. per 

day. Keep in mind, only about 30 to 40% of dietary magnesium 

is absorbed by the body.(14) Remember, too much magnesium 

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side effect can be prevented by reducing the amount of magnesium 

given and providing it in a more absorbable form. If 

larger total daily doses of magnesium are required, divide the 

dose into smaller amounts and give it multiple times 

throughout the day. 

Oral magnesium citrate is inexpensive and fairly well 

absorbed. Other useful, but more costly, oral forms of magnesium 

include magnesium glycinate, magnesium gluconate, 

magnesium taurate, magnesium malate, and magnesium 

chloride. Avoid magnesium oxide (it absorbs very poorly) 

and avoid both magnesium glutamate and magnesium aspartate.(10) 

Magnesium sulfate is cheap and can be obtained 

transdermally by soaking in regular Epsom salt baths. 

How We Get Magnesium into Our Children 

• Oral magnesium supplementation: 

– We give our children a daily chewable magnesium tablet or 

oral liquid magnesium 

– We give our children a crushed portion of an adult magnesium 

tablet given with something tasty like honey, applesauce, 

or ice cream 

– For better absorption, we divide the dose and give magnesium 

between meals. 

• Transdermal Magnesium: 

– Our children take bi-weekly Epsom salt baths. We toss a 

handful or two of Epsom salt in their bath and have them 

soak for about 10 to 15 minutes. Our kids call it “water salt.” 

• Dietary Magnesium: 

– Our children eat a plant-based diet which provides magnesium 

from many sources. We include organic vegetables 

like carrots, baby spinach, and beet greens in our homemade, 

fresh, raw veggie juice. They drink this 2 to 3 times per week. 

We include wheat germ in bread, pizza dough, and smoothies. 

Cashews are offered for snacks. We sprinkle sunflower 

seeds on salads. We eat fish often, as well as bean and lentil 

soups. They love guacamole, bananas, and berries. They like 

peanut butter. They eat oatmeal, brown rice, and potatoes. 

Our children do not suffer from ADHD. But we don’t like 

to wait around for nutritional problems to show up. We see to 

it that our kids get the nutrients their growing bodies need. 

“Don’t take chances; take vitamins and minerals!” is our 

motto. Always will be. 

(OMNS Assistant Editor Helen Saul Case is the author of The Vitamin 

Cure for Women's Health Problems, and Vitamins & Pregnancy: The 

Real Story. She is coauthor of Vegetable Juicing for Everyone. Her 

newest book, Orthomolecular Nutrition for Everyone, was released in 

March 2017.) 

Editor’s note: The above article is excerpted from a longer article 

submitted by the Orthomolecular News Service. To read the complete, 

unedited article, with the full list of references and resources at 

the end, go to: www.vitalitymagazine.com. The peer-reviewed 

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DECK GARDENING 

How One Couple Downsized Their 

Garden and Never Looked Back 

BY NANCY LOUCKS-MCSLOY 

Gardening has always been 

important at our house. To 

my husband, it is like a 

therapy. Besides that, who 

wouldn’t want fresh veggies 

all summer, followed 

by the fruits of one’s labour 

stored in the freezer for the 

winter. 

Sadly, my husband has 

not been well for the past 

few years, so he started to It was wonderful to sit outside 

at breakfast, lunch, 

find that the big garden in 

the back yard was getting 

or dinnertime and have 

to be a bit too much of a 

homegrown tomatoes 

bother. Yet he still wanted a 

and other veggies at our 

garden. 

As for me, I love working 

with my flowers but I from our deck garden 

fingertips, harvested 

grew up on a farm in which 

we did a lot of market-gardening, so a huge vegetable garden 

feels like work. 

I pondered the problem in search of a solution. I like the 

idea of “food not lawns,” but our front lawn is very tiny and 

has a birch tree right in the middle. I continued to brainstorm 

and thought about my friend who planted potatoes in 

flower pots for her mom to have on the balcony of her 

condo. I also thought about “Balconies Beautiful,” a community 

project that I have been involved with for the past 

few years (every year, the residents of local housing projects 

are given flower pots, dirt, and bedding plants so that 

they can have flowers on their balconies). Some of them 

have gone one step further and asked for tomato plants 

instead of flowers. 

Aha, thought I, we have a huge deck. Why not make a 

deck garden. My husband looked at me rather oddly when 

I told him of my idea, but as he watched me getting things 

together I think he felt that he better get involved. 

I am all about re-using and recycling, so when I found 

two 45 gallon drums on our property, I asked him to cut 

them in half. That is where we would plant our tomatoes. 

As well, I found a bunch of large flower pots that had been 

given to us but were collecting dust in the shed. They would 

be perfect for spinach, peppers, lettuce, radishes, and so on. 

I also dug out a decorative tub that had been collecting dust 

and chose to turn it into an herb garden, and introduced ele- 



ments of a fairy garden as well. 

Planting day was exciting! The pots and bins were set up 

around the edge of the deck. We had lots of compost to mix 

with the soil so we were ready to fill the containers and 

start planting. The half-drums each held two tomato plants, 

and we mixed in some onions with them. In the pots were 

placed a variety of spinach seeds, lettuce, four types of peppers, 

cucumbers, radishes, and chives. 

The decorative container was filled with parsley, 

cilantro, and sweet basil plants. On the middle of the patio 

table sat a strawberry plant. I had a few pots left over so I 

filled them up with perennials, just to have some flowers in 

the mix. We were able to use cages for the tomatoes, and 

once the cucumbers started growing we put cages there as 

well so that the vines would grow up due to the smaller size 

of the planting pots. 

It was so nice to sit at the patio table in the morning and 

look over the plants. There was a bit of weeding, but very 

little. And watering was easy! Grab the watering can and 

take a quick walk around the deck. 

Finally, the day came when we could start eating our harvest 

bounty. It was wonderful to sit outside at breakfast, 

lunch, or dinnertime and have homegrown tomatoes and 

other veggies at our finger tips. The summer was so hot that 

I brought the salad spinner outside and prepared salad on 

the patio table. I would take the vegetables that we wanted 

to grill, such as peppers, onions, and tomatoes, prepare 

them outside and throw them on the grill. 

Granted, it isn’t the huge garden that we were used to, but 

it was easy and sufficient. It also proved to me that – yes, 

you can grow a garden in a small space. In fact, I still have 

tomatoes and peppers in the freezer, and dried herbs in the 

cupboard, from last year’s harvest. 

Nancy Loucks-McSloy is a published writer who loves to 

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Top Ten 

Nutrition Myths 

Truth and Lies About Calcium, Sugar, 

Cholesterol, and Antioxidants for Cancer 

BY DR. ZOLTAN P. RONA, MD, MSc 

(Editor’s note: Last month we published 

the first part of Dr. Rona’s list of 

‘Top Ten Nutrition Myths’. This month 

we bring you the second part.) 

This list of nutrition myths 

hasn’t changed much in 

nearly 40 years. I hear about one 

or more of them every day in my 

private practice. The people making 

these erroneous assertions 

tend to be very dogmatic in their 

views. The source of these misleading 

facts is most often practising 

medical doctors untrained 

in nutritional medicine, or those 

who are just plain out of date. 

Here are the most widely known 

fake news items in natural medicine 

that die hard. 

As excellent alternatives 

to dairy, whole 

food supplements 

high in calcium and 

magnesium are made 

from wheat grass, 

chlorella, spirulina, 

barley green, blue 

green algae, green 

FALSE NEWS #3 

kamut, and more 

Only Dairy Products Can 

Provide Adequate Calcium 

It is true that cow’s milk has the highest calcium content, 

but many studies demonstrate that its absorption is inferior 

to that seen with calcium from plant sources. Dark green 

leafy vegetables have relatively high calcium concentrations. 

With the exception of spinach (due to the high oxalate 

content), the calcium from greens is very well absorbed. 

Kale and other members of the same food family such as 

broccoli, turnip greens, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, 

and mustard greens are excellent sources of both calcium 

and magnesium – an important trace mineral that aids calcium 

utilization which is found in only small amounts in 

cow’s milk. 

A large number of excellent whole food supplements 

high in both calcium and magnesium are available in health 

food stores. These include wheat grass, spirulina, chlorella, 

barley green, green kamut, blue green algae, and several 

others. They all make ideal supplements for children 

because they are easy to mix with juices, are highly 

bioavailable, easily absorbed, and have a very healthy balance 

of dozens of trace minerals, antioxidants, vitamins, 

amino acids, and essential fatty acids. 



Other natural sources of 

calcium include cooked 

beans and peas, seaweeds, 

sprouts (e.g. alfalfa), seeds 

and nuts like sesame, pumpkin, 

and hazelnuts, as well as 

whole grains (e.g. corn tortillas, 

quinoa). 

The big issue about getting 

enough calcium has to do 

with prevention of osteoporosis. 

It’s not about how 

much calcium you get in the 

diet as it is about how much 

of that calcium you keep in 

your bones that’s important. 

And that all depends on magnesium, 

vitamin D, vitamin 

K, strontium, and numerous 

other factors like exercise 

and drug intake. In one study 

of Japanese women who consumed 

no dairy products and 

had low calcium intakes, it 

was found that they had the 

lowest incidence of osteoporosis 

when compared to 

their American counterparts. 

North American women on a 

dairy-rich diet who also supplement 

with calcium actually 

had a significantly higher 

incidence of osteoporosis 

than Japanese women consuming 

their ancestral diet. 

FALSE NEWS #4 

Sugar, In Moderation, 

Is Safe and Does Not 

Cause Any Illnesses 

About two decades ago, a 

very well known Canadian 

Complementary Medicine 

doctor lost her medical 

license for appearing on TV 

and stating that sugar was the 

cause of dozens of different 

diseases. Times have, fortunately, 

changed and the only 

people saying that sugar is 

harmless are those involved 

in, or somehow affiliated 

with, the sugar industry. For 

example, the makers of cola 

drinks are still blaming the 


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obesity epidemic on lazy people who do not exercise. 

Despite a great deal of evidence to the contrary, spokespersons 

for soda pop companies say that sugar has nothing to 

do with obesity. This is clearly false news. 

Study after study demonstrates that sugar consumption is 

directly or indirectly associated with poor health. Simple 

sugars feed harmful intestinal yeasts, fungi, toxic organisms, 

and all forms of cancer. The volume of supporting literature 

for this is staggering. Here is a partial list of health 

conditions associated with high sugar consumption: 

– obesity – eating disorders 

– cardiovascular disease 

– atherosclerosis – high blood pressure 

– increased platelet stickiness 

– adult onset diabetes mellitus 

– gastrointestinal disease 

(diverticulosis, irritable bowel syndrome, etc) 

– gallstones – immune suppression 

– dental caries – recurrent infections 

– depression – reactive hypoglycemia 

– candida syndrome – learning disabilities 

– anxiety – chronic pain syndromes 

– ADHD in children and adults 

FALSE NEWS #5 

Eating Foods High in Cholesterol 

Is Bad for You 

Over 85% of the cholesterol in our blood does not come 

from the diet but from manufacture by the liver. If cholesterol 

is so terrible, why is it found in every normal cell in 

the body? Cholesterol is protective and part of all the 

body’s cell membranes, bile acids, and steroid hormones. 

Deficiency, or low cholesterol, has been associated with a 

higher risk of cancer and immune disorders, including 

AIDS, in numerous studies. We need cholesterol to make 

all of our steroid hormones (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, 

etc). The body also manufactures vitamin D under 

our skin from cholesterol. So, if you suppress cholesterol 

with statin drugs like Lipitor and Crestor, you also suppress 

your vital steroid hormones and vitamin D. 

The real role of cholesterol in the body is to serve as a 

defence against free radicals. The more free radicals (peroxides, 

petrochemicals, tobacco smoke chemicals, fungal 

mycotoxins, etc) that are invading the body, the more the 

liver will manufacture cholesterol to help neutralize the 

toxins. It is these free radical toxins, not the cholesterol, 

that produce the arterial damage resulting in hardening of 

the arteries and heart disease. High blood cholesterol levels 

should therefore be regarded as a red flag indicating the 

presence of high levels of free radicals, oxidant damage, 

and infestation of the body with fungi or other pathogenic 

microorganisms (bacteria, parasites, etc). High blood levels 

of cholesterol should, at most, be considered a risk factor 

for heart disease and not the real cause. 

Furthermore, high carbohydrate diets are more likely a 


cause of elevated cholesterol than high fat intake. For more 

correct information on cholesterol see my earlier articles 

on the subject in Vitality’s internet archives.(1)(2) 

FALSE NEWS #6 

Taking Antioxidant Vitamins and Minerals 

Does Not Mix Well with Chemotherapy 

or Radiation Treatments for Cancer 

I find Toronto area cancer specialists (oncologists) to be a 

rather dogmatic bunch, and that’s putting it kindly. In the 

past two years, the advice they have been providing about 

nutritional supplements is nothing short of scary. One of 

my cancer patients told me that his oncologist would refuse 

to treat him with chemotherapy if he took any antioxidants, 

especially high dose vitamin C. Another provided a 6-page 

hospital-endorsed instruction booklet censuring the use of 

any vitamin, mineral, herbal, or antioxidant supplement for 

any patient receiving chemotherapy. The rationale for this 

advice was that antioxidants “protect cancer cells” and 

cause their spread. A third oncologist stated that intravenous 

vitamin C would offset the benefits of chemotherapy 

or radiation therapy because the latter treatments are 

oxidizing while the former are anti-oxidizing (this despite 

numerous published articles proving that high dose intravenous 

vitamin C kills cancer cells while leaving healthy 

cells alone). 

Oncologists are quick to support their arguments by 

referring to a much criticized and poorly done study by the 

American Cancer Society’s Dr. Gabriella D’Andrea (“Use 

of Antioxidants During Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy 

Should Be Avoided”; CA Cancer J Clin 2005; 55:319-321). 

According to Ralph W. Moss’ books and recently published 

journal articles, the numerous factual distortions and 

unproven assertions made in the American Cancer 

Society’s position on the use of antioxidants have been 

exposed as nothing more than superstition. Without exception, 

the negative statements about antioxidants are myths 

based on faulty theoretical beliefs. In fact, recent scientific 

evidence published in peer reviewed cancer journals concludes 

that the opposite is true. Antioxidants not only 

reduce the side effects of radiation and chemotherapy but 

they also make these mutilating treatments work much better 

in terms of enhanced patient survival. 

One recent example of this is the landmark study in the 

May 2007 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Cancer 

Treatment Reviews, which concluded that there is no evidence 

that antioxidant supplements (vitamins A, C, E, selenium, 

zinc, coenzyme Q10, and others) interfere with the 

therapeutic effects of chemotherapy agents. Rather, they 

may actually help increase survival rates, tumour response, 

and the patient’s ability to tolerate treatment. This study, 

conducted by Dr. Keith Block, Dr. Robert Newman, and 

their research group, evaluated 845 reports of clinical trials 

from five scientific databases that examined the effects of 

taking natural antioxidant supplements concurrent with 


chemotherapy. According to 

Dr. Keith I. Block, lead 

author of the study and 

Medical Director of the 

Block Center for Integrative 

Cancer Treatment: 

“This review demonstrates 

that there is no scientific 

support for the blanket 

objection to using antioxidants 

during chemotherapy. 

In addition, it also appears 

that these supplements may 

help mitigate the side effects 

of chemotherapy. This is significant 

because it increases 

the likelihood that patients 

will be able to complete their 

treatment.” 

And co-author Dr. Robert 

Newman, Professor of 

Cancer Medicine at M. D. 

Anderson Cancer Center, 

stated: 

“This study, along with the 

evolving understanding of 

antioxidant-chemotherapy 

interactions, suggests that 

the previously held beliefs 

about interference do not 

pertain to clinical treatment.” 

Antioxidants are substances 

that are thought to 

protect healthy cells from 

being damaged by toxins. 

While it is true that antioxidants 

protect healthy cells 

from being damaged by 

drugs like those used in standard 

chemotherapy, they 

seem to attack or further 

damage the DNA of cancer 

cells. There is no evidence 

whatsoever that they protect 

cancer cells from being 

killed off by radiation or 

chemotherapy. The truth is 

that antioxidants support the 

cancer killing properties of 

these mainstream treatments 

while preserving the integrity 

of healthy cells. 

According to the 

September 10, 2007 issue of 

The New Scotsman, Dr. Chi 



Dang, a professor of medicine and oncology at Johns 

Hopkins University in Baltimore, antioxidants appear to 

work in a way that undermines a tumour’s ability to grow 

under certain conditions. The higher the dose of the antioxidant, 

the less the tumour thrives. The specific mechanism 

of how this works is debatable. Proponents of high dose 

intravenous vitamin C therapy for cancer believe that the 

mechanism operating here is vitamin C’s stimulation of the 

production of hydrogen peroxide, a substance lethal to cancer 

cells but harmless to normal healthy cells. 

Antioxidants play a positive role in destroying diseased 

cells such as the ones that occur in cancer. As is now very 

obvious from peer reviewed scientific studies, antioxidants 

are a must for any cancer patient, especially for those who 

are being treated with either radiation or chemotherapy. 

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Eating Yeast is Bad for You 

Although it is true that people truly allergic to yeast should 

avoid it as much as possible, this is generally not true for 

the vast majority of health conscious people. Carlton 

Fredericks, Adelle Davis, and Paavo Airola, health gurus of 

the 1960s and 70s, all advocated yeast supplements for 

their rich content of B vitamins, chromium, selenium, other 

trace minerals, amino acids, enzymes, essential fatty acids, 

nucleic acids, and anti-stress polypeptides. 

Brewer’s yeast and other yeast-derived products are 

effective remedies for menopausal hot flashes, weakened 

immunity, neurasthenia, anxiety, and diabetes. They also 

help replace nutrients destroyed by prescription antibiotics 

and other drugs. 

Harmless yeasts, including candida albicans, are everywhere 

in the body – the oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract, 

skin, and hair. This is a normal fact of life. They can be 

found growing on practically all ripened fruits, vegetables, 

breads, baked goods, seeds, nuts, herbs, and anywhere that 

mould grows, including yeast-free bread. They cannot be 

eliminated entirely and even those who take prescription 

anti-fungals can never claim to completely eradicate all the 

yeast ubiquitous in our environment as well as our bodies. 

FALSE NEWS #8 

Mercury in Dental Fillings and Vaccines Is Safe 

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the famous actor and father of 

an autistic child, Robert De Niro, recently made scientists 

an offer they shouldn’t refuse. They offered $100,000 to 

anyone who can offer proof of the safety of mercury in 

vaccines.(3) Unfortunately, to date, the $100K challenge 

offered by RFK Jr. and De Niro has brought no one forth 

with evidence of vaccine safety. There is no stampede of 

scientists bringing the proof needed to collect the 

$100,000. Looks bad for the drug companies so far. 

Maybe we have to wait a bit longer. 

Of course, mercury is not the only toxin in vaccines. We 

also have aluminum, formaldehyde, glyphosate (pesticide), 


antibiotics, aborted fetal cells, and foreign genetic material 

in many of our vaccines. The safety of mercury in the body 

is controversial at best. The EPA and the WHO have indicated 

different levels of mercury that can safely be ingested 

or injected. What is certain is that mercury is both an 

immunity suppressor and a neurotoxin. Many in the conventional 

dental profession still use mercury, but the trend 

amongst more enlightened dentists is a movement away 

from using mercury dental amalgams. 

Partial List of References and Resources 

(1) “Ask the Doctor: Reader Concerned About Cholesterol 

Medication”: http://tinyurl.com/l8ljmu6 

(2) “Challenging the Statin Drug Dogma”: 

http://tinyurl.com/z4g3chh 

(3) Global News report: http://tinyurl.com/gvahhq2 

More references: 

l Calcium intake in Japanese women. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1579574 

l On Coca-Cola and the obesity epidemic. 

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tie.21888/full 

l Gabriella M. D’Andrea, MD. Use of Antioxidants During 

Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Should Be Avoided. CA Cancer J 

Clin 2005; 55:319-321. 

l Ralph W. Moss. Should Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy and 

Radiotherapy Be Prescribed Antioxidants? Integrative Cancer 

Therapies, Vol. 5, No. 1, 63-82 (2006) 

l Ralph W. Moss. Antioxidants Against Cancer. Equinox: New York; 

2000. 

l How much mercury is safe? 

https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/mercury-how-much-safe 

l Fluoride health effects: 

http://fluoridealert.org/issues/health 

(Editor’s note: To see the complete Reference List for this article, or 

the entire Top 10 Nutrition Myths article, view the extended version 

posted online at: http://tinyurl.com/mbbro3d) 

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immune response to allergies. 

Seasonal allergies can 

reduce sleep and productivity 

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allergy medications have 

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When the study was completed, 

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YOGURT LOWERS, 

CHEESE INCREASES, 

RISK OF CANCER 

A study has found that a 

high intake of cheddar and 

cream cheeses may increase 

the risk of breast cancer 

among women, while high 

consumption of yogurt may 

reduce risk of this disease. 

(Breast cancer is the second 

most common cancer among 

women in the U.S. Diet is 

known to play a key role in 

breast cancer risk.) 

Previous studies on the 

effects of dairy products on 

breast cancer risk have produced 

conflicting results, 

with some showing a risk 

reduction and others showing 

a risk increase. This 

study appears to explain the 

discrepancy. Not all dairy 

foods should be lumped 

together; different dairy 

foods include different nutrient 

and non-nutrient substances 

that could influence 

cancer etiology. 

Scientists reviewed data 


on 1,941 women with breast cancer and 1,237 women without. 

After adjusting for confounding factors, they found that 

high total dairy intake produced a 15% reduction in breast 

cancer risk, but this was shown to be primarily attributable to 

yogurt consumption. When women with the highest yogurt 

intake were isolated, they were found to have a 39% lower 

risk of developing breast cancer. Conversely, a high intake of 

cheese, particularly cheddar cheese and cream cheeses, were 

linked to a 53% increased risk of breast cancer. 

This study was posted early by the journal, Current 

Developments in Nutrition, ahead of print publication in a 

future issue. It is available at http://tinyurl.com/h43vrjz. 

EXERCISE TREATS CANCER FATIGUE 

BETTER THAN DRUGS 

New research shows that cancer patients can improve their 

fatigue more effectively with exercise and psychotherapy 

than with medications. (Cancer-related fatigue is common, 

may be tied to the effects of either tumours or treatments, 

and can last for years. It can be worsened by depression, anxiety, 

sleep disturbance, and pain. Unlike other types of 

exhaustion, just getting more sleep or giving aching muscles 

a break from strenuous activities cannot address fatigue that 

is associated with cancer.) 

Scientists examined data from more than 11,500 cancer 

patients with fatigue. Patients had been randomly assigned to 

treat their exhaustion with exercise, psychotherapy, or both, 

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with a 26 to 30% reduction in fatigue during and after 

cancer treatment, while drugs were related to only a 9% 

reduction in fatigue. 

The study author indicated that cancer patients should try 

exercise or psychotherapy before they reach for a pharmaceutical. 

Why exercise works is not clear, but it may be due 

to its anti-inflammatory effects and improved physical function. 

The psychological treatment that worked best was a 

cognitive behavioural approach to change the way patients 

thought about fatigue. 

This study was posted online first and will be published in 

a future issue of JAMA Oncology. The full report can be read 

at http://tinyurl.com/jox852l for a fee. 

DID YOU KNOW…? 

The same genes that cause an apple-shaped, rather than a 

pear-shaped, body were found to increase the risk of heart 

disease and Type 2 diabetes, suggesting that belly weightloss 

lowers these risks. The full study is at 

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ANTIDEPRESSANT, ANTI-ANXIETY DRUGS 

LINKED TO HIP FRACTURE RISK 

New research shows that older individuals who use antidepressant 

and anti-anxiety medications more frequently than 

the general elderly population are more likely to fall and 

break a hip. Study participants were comprised of older 

hospital-admission patients who had suffered a fall and 

who had then broken a hip. The analysis measured drug 

levels in blood samples of the participants so that the investigators 

could more precisely measure if the volunteers 

took medications, what they were, and how much of the 

medication was present, rather than simply asking the participant 

or examining their medical records. (In fact, these 

drugs were often found in the samples even though the participants 

did not have them listed in their medical records.) 

The scientists were quite surprised to find that so many 

patients had so many antidepressant and benzodiazepene 

drugs (i.e. diazepam) in their blood without their doctors 

apparently being aware of this use. Several of the detected 

drugs that fall into the antidepressant 

or anti-anxiety class 

were found in significantly 

higher levels and with higher 

frequency in these older persons 

than in their peers who 

did not suffer hip fracture. 

This study was released 

online ahead of publication in 

the British Journal of Clinical 

Pharmacology and can be read 

at http://tinyurl.com/zgcms78 

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Scientists have found that drinking concentrated blueberry 

juice improves brain function in seniors. (Blueberries are 

rich in flavonoids, which are both antioxidant and antiinflammatory. 

Previous research showed that cognitive function 

is better preserved in older adults with a diet rich in 

plant-based foods.) 

Compared to controls who drank a placebo beverage, 

healthy volunteers aged 65 to 77 who drank 30 ml. of blueberry 

concentrate daily for 12 weeks showed greater 

improvements in cognitive function, blood flow to the brain, 

and activation of the brain while undergoing cognitive testing 

(as measured by scans). This amount of concentrated 

blueberry juice is equivalent to one ounce of juice or about 

eight ounces of fresh blueberries. 

The new study from the University of Exeter isn’t the first 

study to associate blueberries with better brain function in 

older people. This finding adds to those of an earlier study, 

conducted in 2016, that found consuming freeze-dried blueberry 

powder, equivalent to one cup of fresh berries, for 16 

weeks, boosted the memories of those who already had mild 

cognitive impairment. This study was conducted at the 

University of Exeter in the UK but has not yet been accepted 

for publication in a medical journal. 

LUNG CANCER RISK 

REDUCED BY ANTIOXIDANTS 

New evidence suggests that a diet high in antioxidants protects 

both smokers and nonsmokers from lung cancer, and 

that a diet high in carotenoids and vitamin C reduces the risk 

of lung cancer in heavy smokers. Some antioxidants, including 

beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, and 

lycopene, were associated with a lower lung cancer risk in 

female moderate smokers and nonsmokers. Evidence was 

found that vitamin C protects against lung cancer in women, 

something that was never before known. (Previously, adults 

with higher blood levels of B6 were found to have an impressive 

50% reduced risk of developing lung cancer than those 

with low B6 levels. Another study found that smokers who 

drank no green tea had a 13-fold higher risk of lung cancer 

than their tea drinking counterparts.) 

This was the first study to consider duration of smoking 

and elapsed time since quitting, both key smoking-related 

factors for lung cancer. Specifically, high intakes of betacarotene, 

alpha-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, lycopene, and 

vitamin C were associated with a reduced risk of squamous 

cell carcinoma; high intakes of beta-carotene and alphacarotene 

lowered the risk of adenocarcinoma; and both 

medium and high intakes of beta-cryptoxanthin and 

lycopene reduced the risk of small cell carcinoma. 

This study was posted online, ahead of publication in the 

journal Frontiers in Oncology. The entire study can be read 

now at http://tinyurl.com/h3hbcvk free of charge. 


HEART PATIENTS BENEFIT FROM FISH OIL 

A new review has prompted the American Heart Association 

to issue a new recommendation that doctors consider prescribing 

fish oil capsules to heart attack survivors and 

patients with chronic heart failure. The AHA suggested that 

fish oil may extend the lives of these patients. The recommendations 

are based on a review of 15 clinical trials; 13 

were conducted after 2002, which was the last time the association 

issued recommendations on fish oil. The AHA has 

long recommended that people eat fatty fish at least twice a 

week. Overall, patients on fish oil had an 8% lower risk of 

being hospitalized or dying over four years. The study 

stressed that its conclusions could not recommend fish oil for 

preventing heart problems, because none of the clinical trials 

assessed in this review tested the effects of fish oil in people 

who are free of heart disease. (Fish oil is rich in omega-3 

fatty acids, which are generally thought to be heart-healthy. 

Oily fish, such as salmon, tuna, and mackerel are good 

sources, but many people turn to supplements for a regular 

daily supply. One previous study found that about 8% of U.S. 

adults, 19 million people, had used fish oil in the last month. 

Omega-3 is sometimes used to treat very high triglycerides.) 

The evidence suggests that fish oil does not prevent arteryclogging 

plaque but might help by curbing the risk of a lifethreatening, 

heart-rhythm disturbance. The report was posted 

March 13 at http://tinyurl.com/z72o9or and will eventually 

appear in the journal Circulation. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



EARLY-LIFE VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY 

AFFECTS COGNITION 

Researchers have found that low vitamin B12 levels in babies 

are associated with a decrease in cognitive test scores at five 

years of age. They have also found that small children with 

low levels of vitamin B12 have more difficulties solving cognitive 

tests, such as the ability to do puzzles, recognize letters, 

interpret complex geometrical figures, and interpret the 

feelings of other children. (In low-income countries, and in 

particular South Asia, poor vitamin B12 status is widespread. 

Previous findings indicate that vitamin B12 is important for 

the developing brain.) 

The researchers collected blood from infants in Nepal and 

measured their B12 status. Approximately five years later, 

they contacted these children and conducted various developmental 

and cognitive tests with them. The study author 

suggested that suboptimal vitamin B12 is a hidden deficiency 

in the bodies of these children, making their cells work 

rigorously to signal imminent danger. 

This study was posted on the site of the American Journal 

of Clinical Nutrition on March 23, 2017. It will be published 

in a future issue of the journal, but the full report can now be 

accessed at http://tinyurl.com/n7v3mdc for a fee. 

SLEEP-INDUCING COMPOUND IN ASHWAGANDHA 

IDENTIFIED, CONFIRMED 

Researchers have found that an active component of the 

leaves of the Indian herb Ashwagandha can significantly 

induce sleep. (Ashwagandha, or Withania somnifera, is a 

central herb in Ayurveda. Its Latin name, somnifera, means 

sleep-inducing. Although studies show that Ashwagandha 

powder promotes sleep, science has yet to determine what 

active component of this herb causes this effect. 

Sleeplessness and other sleep disorders such as restless leg 

syndrome are common complaints among the middle-aged 

population.) 

The research group investigated the effect of various components 

of Ashwagandha on sleep in mice by using electronic 

recordings (electroencephalogram and electromyography). 

The water extract of Ashwagandha leaf, which contains triethylene 

glycol, or TEG, promoted non-rapid eye movement 

(NREM) sleep significantly and changed rapid eye movement 

(REM) sleep slightly, while the alcohol extract showed 

no effect on sleep. The sleep induced by TEG was similar to 

normal sleep. Commercially available TEG also increased 

the amount of NREM sleep. This shows that TEG is the previously 

unknown component that induces physiologically 

sound sleep. This study could revolutionize the natural plantbased 

therapies for insomnia and sleep related disorders. 

The abstract of this study was first posted online at the website 

of the journal PLoS ONE. It will appear in a future issue 

of the print journal and has just been made accessible at 

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Bisphenol A and Feline Hyperthyroidism 

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a hormone-disrupting chemical that 

has caused serious health problems over the past few years 

due to its use in plastic food and beverage containers, plastic 

wraps, and canned food linings. It seems to be everywhere. 

In humans it can cause “increased 

risk for cardiovascular disorders, diabetes, 

and liver abnormalities” as well as potential 

genetic impacts. “Many laboratory animal 

studies suggest that bisphenol A exposure at 

low doses is linked to a staggering number of 

health problems, including prostate and 

breast cancer, obesity, hyperactivity, diabetes, 

altered immune system, lowered 

sperm count and sperm defects, increase in 

aggression, elimination of sex differences in 

behaviour, impaired learning and memory, 

and early puberty.” And this is in humans! 

(Quotes from www.petfoodpitfalls/blogspot.ca) 

There is danger for pets, too. According to 

the Journal of the American Veterinary 

Medical Association (March 2004): “There is a strong correlation 

between eating canned food and developing hyperthyroidism 

later in life; in fact, cats that eat only canned 

foods from “pop-top” type cans have five times the risk of 

developing hyperthyroidism relative to cats who eat only 

dry food. Cats whose diet is 50% canned food have 3.5 

times the risk of developing hyperthyroidism relative to cats 

that eat only dry food. It has been speculated that pop-top 

type aluminum cans are lined with a substance called 

Bisphenol-A-diglycidyl ether, which is transferred into food 

containing oils or fats. In areas of the world where this type 

of can is not used for cat food, hyperthyroidism is not a 

common disease.” Feline hyperthyroidism is a leading serious 

problem today for cats. (Even more reason to homecook 

for your animals or raw-feed!) 

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wellness in Kitchener, Ontario. She is also a Tellington TTouch 

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(Editor’s note: This month we bring 

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two items on his Top Ten list.) 

It has often been 

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causes kidney 

stones in dosages 

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claim since numerous 

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Top Ten Nutrition 

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Truth and Lies About Vitamin C, Kava Kava, 

St. John’s Wort, Beta Carotene, and more... 

his list of nutritional medi- 

myths hasn’t changed Tcine 

much in nearly 40 years. I hear 

about one or more of them every 

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Although there are others not 

listed here, what follows is my 

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This is a classic because, if you ask anyone out there, they 

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is generally well tolerated by most healthy individuals. 

There is, however, a wide range of tolerance when megadoses 

are supplemented. Large doses (500 mg or more) can 

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Dr. Rona Q&A: On CT 

Scans, Colonoscopies, 

and Chelation Therapy 

Dear Dr. Rona: 

I recently underwent a very 

painful colonoscopy due to 

diverticulitis. I was then sent 

for a CT scan to complete 

the examination because 

only 90% of the exam was 

done. After learning that a 

CT scan emits 50 to 100 

times the radiation of a regular 

X-ray, I decided to opt 

out. My question to you is: 

Did I make the right decision, 

and what other scans 

could be done to complete 

the examination of my 

colon? I have blood in my 

stool on a regular basis but I 

also suffer from hemorrhoids 

and I have since 

learned that diverticulitis can 

also cause blood in the stool. 

T. Young, Oakville, Ont. 

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I can understand your frustration 

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other conditions besides 

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I would like to know if intravenous 

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Dr. Rona responds: 

There are many issues with 

the use of intravenous 

chelation therapy in children. 

It is an unapproved 

therapy for children. One 

death has been reported and 

there is currently a lawsuit 

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The health of a population 

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agriculture is 3.5% organic 

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BY LANA MARCONI, R.Ac 

In order to talk about any topic 

in Traditional Chinese 

Medicine (TCM), it’s imperative 

to first acknowledge the core of 

TCM, which is Qi or energy. 

TCM is the study of Qi and its 

functions and mechanisms. 

In regards to stress, it can be 

physical and emotional/mental. 

For the purpose of this article, 

let’s talk about emotional and 

mental stress and we will start While it’s important not 

with the pain of anger. Most to deny your feelings, it 

people have encountered an is beneficial to release 

angry person at some point in negative emotional 

their lives (including themselves). 

and cells. Acupuncture 

energy from tissues 

According to TCM theory, helps to move stagnant 

spring is dedicated to the liver energy, as does 

meridian/organ and anger is its cupping, another 

negative expression which TCM therapy 

makes Qi rise in the body. Sides 

of the tongue (where the distribution 

of liver energy is located) can appear to be redder 

than normal and when the pulse is taken it will generally 

feel wiry, like a guitar string, in the liver pulse position. The 

normal Qi mechanism of the liver is to smoothly flow energy 

in all directions. When a person is angry, the healthy flow 

of Qi is impaired. So the smooth even flow of Qi moving 

throughout the body delivering nutrients is hindered and 

that can lead to headaches, insomnia, vision problems, muscle 

tension, even heart disease. Even Western medicine has 

acknowledged the link between anger and heart disease. 

While it’s important to not deny your feelings, it is beneficial 

to release that negative energy from tissues and cells. 

Acupuncture helps to move stagnant energy, as does cupping, 

another TCM therapy. A TCM diagnosis pattern for an 

angry person can be “Liver Yang Rising”. In this case, the 

treatment principle is to subdue Liver Yang and Tonify Yin. 

The acupuncture point prescription could include: Liver-3, 

San Jiao-5, Gall Bladder-38, Tai Yang (extra point), and 

Spleen-6 among other specific points. 

Wood Element: In TCM there are five elements. The 

spring season is associated with the liver and Wood element. 

Foods that help strengthen the function of the liver are 


greens such as: spinach, kale, parsley, lima beans, avocado, 

asparagus, artichoke, lime, green tea, and so forth. Green is 

the colour of the wood element, and the liver belongs to the 

Wood element, according to TCM theory. To connect with 

your liver, you can close your eyes, take a few breaths, and 

visualize green light nurturing your liver. 

Fire Element: Next is the Fire element, which is dominant 

in the summertime. Can you feel the hot sun warming 

you? The meridian associated with the fire element and 

summer is the heart. 

The stressful emotion in this category that creates havoc 

in the body is overstimulation. The tip of tongue where the 

heart energy is located may be redder than normal, there 

may also be a yellow coating, and the pulse rapid and even 

overflowing in the heart pulse position. This extreme pattern 

of mental restlessness is called “Heart Fire Blazing” and the 

treatment principle is to Quell Heart Fire and Calm Shen 

(mind). Acupuncture points can include: Heart-9, Heart-8, 

Ren-15, as well as Du-24 among others. TCM is about balance, 

meaning yin and yang must be harmonized for optimal 

health. Acupuncture helps to balance yin and yang energies, 

restoring harmony. 

Since the colour associated with the summer is red, foods 



that are beneficial to the fire element and the 

heart meridian include tomatoes, watermelon, 

beets, strawberries, cherries, and other cooling 

yin foods. To connect with your heart, you 

can close your eyes, take a few deep breaths, 

and visualize red light nurturing your heart. 

Earth Element: Continuing with the five 

elements in TCM to understand the relationship 

between stressful emotions and the 

meridians/organs, the next element is Earth. 

The organ or meridian associated with it is the spleen. The 

associated time of year is ‘Indian summer’ (late summer, 

early fall). The stressful emotion here is worry, overthinking, 

obsessiveness. 

The main area of the tongue revealing the distribution of 

the spleen energy is in the center. When a person worries a 

lot or is overthinking, that part of the tongue can appear 

pale. Keep in mind that a normal looking tongue body is 

pink or pale red with a thin coating and slightly moist. With 

excessive stress, the pulse may be felt as empty which is a 

faint type of pulse indicating a deficiency of Qi and blood, 

hence the pattern here includes “Spleen Qi Deficiency.” 

According to TCM theory, the impact of excessive worrying 

knots up the Qi energy. Acupuncture helps to undo the Qi 

knots so that Qi can flow more freely. Since the colour asso- 

According to TCM theory, 

the impact of excessive 

worrying knots up the 

Qi energy; fortunately, 

acupuncture helps to 

undo the Qi knots so 

that Qi can flow 

more freely 

 

ciated with ‘Indian summer’ is yellow, foods 

that are beneficial include garbanzo beans, 

pine nuts, pumpkin seeds, oranges, papaya, 

pineapple, and squash. To connect with your 

spleen, you can close your eyes, take a few 

deep breaths, and visualize yellow light 

energizing your spleen. 

Metal Element: Moving along to the next 

element, it’s called Metal and the meridian/organ 

includes the lungs. Fall is the time 

of year associated with the Metal element and the lungs. The 

emotion in this category that puts stress on the body is sadness 

and grief which dissolves Qi. A person feeling sad can 

have a tongue that is slightly red on the sides in the chest 

areas (of the tongue) while the pulse would be tight (like a 

rope) in the lung position. The TCM pattern would be called 

“Lung Qi Stagnation” and the treatment principle would be 

to Smooth Lung Qi using specific acupuncture points such 

as: Lung-7, Stomach-40, Ren-15, Pericardium-6. 

Acupuncture helps to regulate the flow of Qi. 

Foods that help nurture the lungs are white in colour as 

that’s the colour of the Metal element. These include onion, 

garlic, mushrooms, rice, soy, banana, pear, and almonds. To 

connect with your lungs, you can close your eyes, take a few 

deep breaths, and visualize white light nurturing your lungs. 

Water Element: The fifth element is Water and its corresponding 

meridian/organ includes the kidneys. Winter is the 

season associated with the kidneys and the Water element. 

The emotion in this category that puts stress on the body is 

fear, which makes Qi descend. A TCM pattern accompanying 

fear is “Kidney Yin Deficiency,” and the tongue would 

have a normal colour, without coating though, and the pulse 

could be felt as empty. Acupuncture helps to nourish Kidney 

Yin using specific points such as Kidney-3 and Kidney-6. 

Foods that benefit the kidneys and support the Water element 

include fish, black beans, seaweeds, and walnuts. To 

connect with your kidneys, you can close your eyes, take a 

few deep breaths, and visualize dark-blue light energizing 

your kidneys. 

Generally speaking, this is how the Five Elements System 

works when it comes to emotional pain/stress. 

About the author: Lana Marconi is a Registered Acupuncturist and 

owner of Marconi Acupuncture Clinic in Oakville that specializes in 

Traditional Chinese Medicine for pain relief, sports injuries and 

women’s issues. Lana is also a professor at Canadian College of 

Traditional Chinese Medicine in Mississauga. 

For appointments, please contact Marconi Acupuncture Clinic, 

located at 84 Lakeshore Road West in Oakville, to learn how 

Registered Acupuncturist, Lana Marconi, can help you achieve your 

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by Stephan Wilmes 

“Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a 

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by Dr. Nasha Winters, ND 

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linked to diet and lifestyle. 

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Naturopathic integrative 

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the 10 key elements of a 

person’s “terrain” (think of it 

as a topographical map of 

our body) that are crucial to 

preventing and managing 

cancer. Each of the terrain’s 

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balance – is illuminated as it 

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About a year and a half 

ago, my five-year-old 

son became ill with a common 

virus. He was running a 

fever, but I chose not to treat 

it with medication because 

my training as a Holistic 

Health Practitioner had 

made me aware that fever is 

a sign of the body’s natural 

defenses working to overcome 

the virus by increasing 

body temperature. 

So I gave him some homeopathic 

remedies (Boiron’s 

Coryzalia for Kids and 

Ferrum Phosphoricum 30 C), 

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warm socks on and a humidifier 

going in his room. He 

fell sound asleep. 

While he slept, I sat in the 

dark on my son’s bed, holding 

his feet from on top of 

the blankets. Sitting there 

peacefully, I called in the 

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Raphael (a very strong Angel 

guide for me as a healer), and 

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hands started to tingle with a 

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were waking up from being 

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Energy Medicine for Body, Mind, Spirit 

BY LAURIE FEKECS, HHP, EAV TECHNICIAN, ECM PRACTITIONER, NNCP, 

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Reiki is a simple, natural, 

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in helping virtually every 

known illness and always 

creates a beneficial effect. 

through. Then I was guided 

to close my eyes and send 

this healing energy into my 

son’s auric body as he slept. 

Amazingly, his fever 

broke that night. He woke up 

in the middle of the night 

feeling stuffy but so much 

better. 

Later that night, I left his 

room thinking, “Wow. I’ve 

never wanted to learn Reiki 

before, but now I’m feeling 

this intense pull to do it. I 

can’t believe this. I never 

thought I’d become a Reiki 

Practitioner.” My intuition 

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this. I had to pursue it. 

Within days I had signed 

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REIKI (pronounced Ray- 

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Energy through a Reiki 

Practitioner to another person 

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KI (vital life force energy). It 

produces an environment in 

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promotes healing – body, 

mind, and soul. 

Reiki energy treatments 

are purported to have numer- 

ous beneficial effects: 

– Healing of the physical 

body on all levels; 

– Strengthening immunity 

by creating an environment 

in the body that can more 

easily fight viruses and bacteria; 

– Balancing energy in 

organs and tissues, alleviating 

symptoms of discomfort 

or pain; 

– Shifting emotional states 

(excellent for anxiety relief 

and depression); 

– Relieving pain; 

– Inducing relaxation; 

– Helping to heal scar tissue; 

.... and much more. 

Reiki is administered by 

the “laying on of hands,” or a 

hands-off method can be 

used if preferred. Reiki is 

based on the idea that an 

unseen ‘life force energy’ 

flows through us – based on 

the basic laws of physics that 

tell us everything is energy. 

If a person’s ‘life force energy’ 

is low, then they are more 

likely to get sick or feel 

stress, and if it is high they 

are more healthy and emotionally 

stable. I like to call 

Reiki “smart energy” 

because no matter where the 

practitioner’s hands are laid 

on the body, the energy that 

flows through will naturally 

go to where it’s most needed. 


Reiki energy is all encompassing – it works on a physical, 

emotional, and spiritual level. A treatment tends to make both 

practitioner and client feel like a glowing radiance is flowing 

around and through them. It’s peaceful and soothing. 

Reiki is a simple, natural, safe method of spiritual healing 

and self-improvement that everyone can use. It has been 

effective in helping virtually every known illness and always 

creates a beneficial effect. Reiki does not conflict with any 

other health care modality or practice. It will not interfere 

with any conventional medical treatment, and in fact it has 

been shown to actually enhance medical outcomes. It is a 

gentle energy and cannot do any harm. 

In my practice I’ve seen the most amazing healing transformations 

occur as a result of this modality of energy work. 

I cannot be more thankful for the healing power of Reiki and 

I’m absolutely in love with it. Try it! You will love it! 

Laurie Fekecs is a certified Holistic Health Practitioner, Reiki 

Master, EAV Technician (Electro-Acupuncture According to Voll) and 

ECM Practitioner (Ellen Cutler Method). With 7+ years experience in 

Holistic Health and Energy healing, she brings her passion, intuitive 

nature and enthusiasm to all the work she does and produces fantastic 

results for her clients. Her purpose and commitment is to help 

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most often translated as ‘universal 

life-force energy’), received some noteworthy support when 

renowned cardiovascular surgeon, and one of America’s 

most popular television talk show hosts, Dr. Mehmet Oz, 

commented that it was a “favourite treatment that could 

change the future of medicine forever.” 

For those intrigued by this endorsement and wanting to 

learn more about the healing system known as Reiki, either 

to help themselves, or to become a professional practitioner, 

Reiki Master Penelope Quest’s The Reiki Manual would 

make an excellent addition to their library. 

Quest has been a Reiki Master and teacher since 1994, 

and was involved in the writing of a set of National 

Occupational Standards for Reiki in Britain. Upon completion, 

she decided to support that work with a comprehensive 

book on the subject; the result – The Reiki Manual: A 

Training Guide for Reiki Students, Practitioners, and 

Masters. It is detailed and thorough with a vast array of 

information included. The prose is simple, easy to read and 

follow, but without talking down to the reader. For those 

new to Reiki, The Reiki Manual provides a summary of the 

history, origins, theory and practice of Reiki, along with line 

drawings and instructions on the hand positions for basic 

Reiki treatments. 

If you are thinking of becoming a practitioner, Quest’s 

work imparts an abundance of information on best practice 

standards such as: legal and ethical requirements of running 

a practice, how to set up that business safely and professionally, 

tips on communicating with clients, and how to go 

about enhancing your professional development. 

You won’t want to skip the 40-odd pages of appendices 

either. They cover a wide range of useful and interesting 

topics such as: the many different styles of Reiki, the science 

of energy, Reiki Level 2 symbols, answers to revision 

questions supplied at the end of each chapter, and practical 

sample forms like treatment journals and record sheets. 

It has been a number of years since I had a Reiki treatment 

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that treatment – the preparation and physical work 

involved, the training required, and a deeper understanding 

of the art and science behind the Reiki ideals of letting go 

of anger and worry, counting your many blessings, working 

honestly and being kind to every living creature. The book 

is a must have for any Reiki enthusiast. 

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TAURUS: April 20 - May 20 

What wakes you in the night between May 1st 

and 3rd is important in the process of securing 

your life. It makes sense to your awake self after 

the 16th, but before you get there you are due for two more 

revelations: One on the 10th suggesting there are ways of 

doing things you hadn’t thought about, and another on the 

11th reminding you to be realistic regarding who you can, 

can’t, and should trust. Be present for others from the 9th – 

12th. Showing up matters. Call on the hidden powers that 

guide you, even if you don’t know what they are from May 

17th – 20th. Blessings are everywhere. Renewal is in the air 

between the 26th – 31st. A lot of the things you were wishing 

for at the beginning of May show up by the end. Careful 

not to give undo attention to small minds or judgmental people 

on the 25th. It’s only undermining. 

GEMINI: May 21 - June 20 

You may be full of beans, confidence, drive and 

lots of good ideas, which is fantastic. It’s also 

important to remember that the one true truth is 

that everything passes – astrology calls it transits. So we 

seize the day; we make the most of what we have. And we 

try not to over-identify with what we have grasped. Ideas 

are plentiful and their time comes after May 3rd. Reality is 

just that – real. Pay attention from the 8th – 12th. On one 

hand this might slow you down a bit, but if you can keep 

your head and not buy into the delusion du jour you come 

out in a really great direction. Everything is possible from 

the 18th – 25th, but not just yet. A moment of stillness 

amidst the excitement is worth the investment. From the 

26th onward you’re on a roll. A good one. 

CANCER: June 21 - July 20 

It’s time to act on your genuine impulse, which 

you might recognize by its generally inclusive 

and productive quality. Don’t hold back. A worthy 

challenger steps up on May 9th with helpful intentions. 

If you feel the love and you’re inspired by it say ‘Yes’. A bit 

of doubt on the 11th cannot bring down the structure you 

are trying to build. The theme of accepting help from a 

powerful partner is strong 17th – 24th. It’s important to figure 

out if this person is actually strong enough to deliver. If 

not, move on and find stronger allies. You will, though 

there could be a difficult moment on the 25th. Trust your 

inner helpers, which may amount to your own hunches and 

instincts. Acting out of conditioning will only set you back. 


LEO: July 22 - Aug. 22 

Exciting possibilities are sprouting around you, 

possibly like flowers in spring; vibrant, hopeful 

and liberating. Seize the moments between May 

2nd and 19th. Along the way you may encounter a 

whirlpool of undermining doubt or a challenge to your 

authority. Dare to do the thing you believe in – be it art, 

business, or something I can’t imagine. You can’t get it all 

done in three weeks but there is something to be said for 

momentum. A seeming glitch in the gears on May 25th is 

just the sound of something starting. Maybe adjustment is 

required. From the 28th, if you work hard and stay open to 

possibilities you will undoubtedly find yourself with something 

to show for your enthusiasm, inspiration and effort. 

VIRGO: Aug. 23 - Sept. 21 

You’ve known it all along (well, for the last 

three weeks), and now the time has come to act 

on your intuition. From May 3rd – 10th it’s time 

to be brave and true. It will set you free. And once freed, 

like a princess from the ogre’s castle you will know what to 

do, where to go, and who to consult. Undermining relationships 

seem to rain on your parade on the 11th but you 

are not in danger if you keep your eye on the thing you 

want. Not just your eye but your mind and thoughts as well. 

Sharing your good fortune with someone you trust and love 

from the 16th – 20th will expand your potential for success 

as well as just general happiness. Don’t be fooled on the 

25th when a manipulator tries to mess up your game. Keep 

alert and focused, and your chances are good for ending the 

month on a powerful and positive note of manifestation. 

LIBRA: Sept. 22 - Oct. 22 

Relating can be exhausting but don’t give up, 

not now. There is much to be gained in creating 

the relationship you always wanted, versus the 

one you always just fell into. This is very clear from May 

2nd – 20th. Stand firm in what feels true between the 8th – 

13th. It is true for you, and you are 50% of the relationship. 

Standing firm does not equate with being rigid. From the 

20th – 26th is a time-out for reflection. All untimely undertakings 

could be beset with competitive reactions from others 

as well as thunderous rumblings from below, but not 

much lightning, so no need to scramble. Just take your time 

and wait. From May 27th – 31st, the possibilities of vigorous 

cooperation toward achieving significant goals is 

strong. You were made to win even while you encourage 

those around you to win with you. 

SCORPIO: Oct. 23 - Nov. 21 

What’s it to you if the world descends into chaos 

as long as you can keep doing a good job, unimpeded? 

Which is exactly what you can figure on 

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No problem. Just pick yourself up on the 12th and continue 

on the path of doing what needs to get done: Good job! 

If you’re tired out by the 20th, find someone you trust and 

take a few days off together. You won’t be much good until 

the 26th when things begin to perk up. This time the theme 

seems to be good work as well as ambitious effort: Time to 

involve those who should participate and eliminate the 

dead weight. If you’re on a roll it can be hard to remember 

to be kind. Remember anyway. 

SAGITTARIUS: Nov. 22 - Dec. 20 

Truth hurts when you’ve been doing everything 

to avoid it. Glad that’s over for you. Now it’s 

time to get going! Your creative impulses, which 

involve romance, art, kids, and entrepreneurial ventures are 

ready to rock – starting now. Out of the gate you might 

meet an old fear on May 3rd but you are totally stronger 

than that. Focus on reality, as in money and work, on the 

9th. Be open to something you never considered from the 

10th – 14th, especially if it makes sense upon reflection. It 

might not at first. The roll you’re on is great because it is 

grounded. Rest up from the 20th – 26th. From there you 

engage some interesting people. The challenges will only 

make you stronger. 

CAPRICORN : Dec. 21 - Jan. 19 

Sometimes you don’t know what’s cooking but 

you can sure smell it on the stove. So it is for 

you these days. In the ‘change is good’ category 

you can probably relax, but if you don’t like change, 

well, that’s not an option. Consider becoming proactive and 

renovating something (metaphorically or materially) this 

month. The power of creative transformation is on your 

side at least until May 20th. Then you need to trade inspiration 

for perspiration and get down to the basics. Make 

your plans and inspect all blueprints from the 20th – 26th. 

Be fearless in the face of adapting or tossing what simply 

will not work. From the 28th you get back on the train to 

who knows where? 

AQUARIUS: Jan. 20 - Feb. 17 

Thoughts have power, no doubt, and words 

carry that power far and wide. If you’ve been 

working on something you have to say, then 

saying it after May 3rd is perfect. You could change the 

world from the 9th – 12th, or at least your part of it. 

Embrace the change you have engendered between May 

16th – 25th, even if it’s not exactly the way you imagined it 

would be. Reality checks on May 25th encourage you to 

push forward into making something even more creative 

and workable. Listen to your elders from the 28th – 31st. 

Maybe they wrote books and then went on to join the 

ancestors, or maybe they are your parents. Something wise 

or simply silly, this way comes. 

PISCES: Feb. 18 - March 19 

A brilliant idea on May 3rd could give rise to 

abundance. Do a reality check from the 8th – 

12th. Is there support? Do you have means? 

Where are the undermining energies located? It’s an idea 

whose time has come: Worth waiting for and worth doing 

well. Get what you deserve on the 19th but don’t be passive 

about it. You may have to wrangle with the holder of the 

purse strings. Speak for yourself. No one else may be so 

inclined at this time. Look back over the past between the 

20th – 26th. It’s a review though, not time for wallowing. 

From the 27th there is much to be done and you’re the one 

to do it. If you’re intimidated by the prospect, look for supports 

that are personal and remind you who you are and 

what you’re capable of. This will help you step out into the 

world with confidence. 

ARIES March 20 - April 19 

You’re ready to move ahead from May 3rd. Do 

you know where you are going? Listen to the 

bass line beat, under the melody, through May 

9th to get a sense. Make sure you are getting value for 

money or effort on the 10th. Weed your mind garden for 

pie-in-the-sky schemes on the 11th. It should be easy and 

will help clear the path. Exciting exchanges of ideas with 

others between the 12th – 20th encourage you to do it your 

way. Even if they don’t agree with you, the interaction 

should help you focus. Restrictions on May 25th are simply 

because the time is not yet right. Be patient, even for a 

day, and you’ll see change. The reality of building the thing 

you want and having it express your vision is strong from 

the 27th – 31st. It’s not your only chance but it is a time to 

go for ‘it’, if ‘it’ is something you can go for. 

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 

MAY Horoscope Predictions by Robin Armstrong 

ARIES – May will be a month of strong desires and powerful 

appetites. You will attract whatever you want. It will come 

more through charm than by force. Share your happiness and 

give compliments to others. Enjoy yourself! 

CANCER –You will be attracted to all things sweet and beautiful 

this month. Unfortunately, there will be a significant 

cost associated with this attraction. You will be inclined to 

spend on impulse. The challenge is to accurately assess what 

is worth it and what is not! 

SAGITTARIUS –You will attract a lot of attention this month, 

but if you try to force issues, it will backfire on you. Enjoy 

yourself but with caution. You will be inclined to push too 

hard and perhaps even pull a muscle or break something. 

This will be a month to pace yourself and recharge. 

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The Therapeutic Touch® 

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drawing awareness to its 

healing techniques (see 

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for events). This technique, 

affectionately referred to as 

TT, requires no attunements 

or prior knowledge or experience. 

TT is based on the 

premise that healing is an 

innate healing potential using 

intention and the hands to 

clear and balance energy 

fields. What is so appealing is 

how gently it adapts itself as a 

teaching tool to a diverse 

audience. Co-founded by 

Dolores Krieger and Dora 

Kunz in the 1960s, Therapeutic 

Touch is a technique 

that does not necessarily 

require touching. Its three 

principles are: a willingness 

to help or heal, compassion, 

non-attachment to outcome. 

One of the jewels of the 

Ottawa Valley region is my 

friend Pat. She has boundless 

energy and puts it all in the 

service of good. When she 

was exposed to Therapeutic 

Touch decades ago, she loved 

it so much she became a recognized 

teacher and later a 

board member. Her commitment 

to TT not only brought 

me into the fold, it has helped 

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“I breathe in the powers of 

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its vital presence. 

I breathe out the grace of 

compassion. In quietude I 

offer gratitude.” 

(Dolores Krieger, 

TTIA 2017 congress) 

to shape our community. 

Being a rural gal, she understands 

that if you offer a 

Level One workshop and six 

people turn up, you run the 

class. After ten such offerings 

over a few years, there 

are now 60 people within our 

TT community, where once 

there were none. 

Pat has reached out and 

taught folks from her Sunday 

school classes, farmers, 

teachers, hunters, nurses, 

those who wanted to heal 

themselves, those who started 

out thinking it was bunk. 

Once they learned how to 

practice Therapeutic Touch, 

they offered sessions to 

friends and family, and soon 

there was a variety of individuals 

sharing an understanding 

that everything is 

made of energy, and that it 

can be moved around to our 

benefit. Therapeutic Touch is 

definitely part of a quiet 

grassroots revolution that is 

shifting the foundations of 

our new world. 

Last night was our local 

monthly Therapeutic Touch 

practice night, where practitioners 

both give and receive 

treatments. Afterward, we 

deepened our awareness as 

practitioners by sharing how 

we experienced energy moving, 

what we felt called to do, 

and how it felt to receive TT. 

Learning from each other is 

an important part of expanding 

our practice, by learning 

to recognize how the energy 

turns up for each other. 

At this gathering, Pat was 

sharing the insights that came 

from a quorum of practitioners 

who had been invited in 

2010 to work with Dr. 

Krieger in Montana, to delve 

deeply into how healing 

emerges. Their ongoing findings, 

which became the 

‘Montana Dialogues’, 

revealed that TT is evolving 

as the practitioners themselves 

deepen their relationship 

with their inner selves. 

Likewise, such a reflective 

practice deepens the experience 

of compassion for both 

the practitioner and the 

receiver, increasing the healing 

momentum. 

Take a moment right now 

and ground or centre yourself, 

the way you usually do. 

Now, with ‘soft’ eyes, invite 


yourself to ground in compassion 

and see what 

changes. For me I find the 

energy is immediately larger, 

and almost hums. 

Dolores Krieger, now 95 

years old and running huge 

workshops, suggested that a 

key element to the changing 

flow of TT is engagement of 

compassion: “Compassion 

from the depth of the inner 

self results in the release of 

an inner vibration which sets 

up a silent mantra and alters 

the subtle energies. Compassion 

is a necessary state of 

consciousness for a practitioner 

to facilitate healing.” 

Perhaps what was most 

exciting for the quorum was 

discovering that TT, originally 

created as a means of 

exploring healing touch 50 

years ago, is evolving and 

teaching the practitioners and 

the receivers through the 

energy practice itself. They 

were able to identify seven 

stages of consciousness, 

reflecting the inner experiences 

of a practitioner as they 

work the energy. 

“Compassion sculpts the 

pranic flow of the energy 

which, over time, refashions 

the field and expresses itself 

through the therapists as 

compassionate healing.” (per 

Dr. Dolores Krieger). 

In part, this deepening of 

TT comes naturally from our 

own social evolution over the 

last 50 years. We are in a 

world where we can be 

exposed to evolved teachings 

and beliefs from around the 

world, which once were only 

for the initiated. We can 

climb to the top seats of the 

Dome in Toronto to listen to 

the infectious wisdom of the 

Dalai Lama of Tibet, curl up 

with a quantum physics lecture 

on our tablets at the cottage, 

and be able to converse 

intelligently with friends 

about these experiences. 

Through dialogue we can 

share and deepen our new 

understandings, and through 

self reflection we can move 

through more expanding spirals 

of awareness. 

As our minds open to possibilities, 

our consciousness 

expands. As our consciousness 

expands, we can deepen 

into compassion, and from 

there, into self awareness. 

Imagine what we, as a collective, 

will be able to clear or 

energize within our environment, 

as we become increasingly 

adept at dancing with 

energy. 

Email Kim at: 

spirit@algonquintea.com 

Tuesday May 16, 6:30pm 

Info Session 

Travelling with Circle Wisdom is wonderful. 

Sandra Moon Dancer guides a 

joyful, transformative journey. 

Mother Earth’s magic is alive in Iceland. 

My heart is open! A.S., 2016 participant 

Sandra Moon Dancer B.Sc., M.H.Sc. 

shaman, energy medicine teacher & white lotus master 

founder of Centre of Circle Wisdom 

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COMMUNITY NEWS 

FREE LECTURES AT 

THE BIG CARROT 

Every Thursday evening, 

the Big Carrot natural food 

market hosts free lectures 

by a variety of wellness 

experts. The lectures take 

place above their store at 

348 Danforth Avenue, and 

provide an opportunity to 

learn about the latest health 

topics and gain tools to optimize 

well-being. Upcoming 

lectures include: 

May 4: How Fair Trade 

and Social Enterprise Are 

Changing the World – Join 

Rafik Riad, founder of The 

Fair Trade Show, in a discussion 

of the role that 

social enterprise can play in 

promoting change in the 

world’s poorest countries. 

Learn about the fair trade 

model and hear from fair 

trade businesses who will 

share the impact they have 

on communities around the 

world. With over 17 years of 

experience in international 

development, Rafik founded 

The Fair Trade Show in 

2014 as a way for social 

enterprises to more easily 

connect with buyers and 

consumers. See: http://the 

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On May 18, author and 

nutritionist Angela Ysseldyk 

will give a talk on how to 

solve your hormone problems 

May 11: Ten Food Label 

Faux Pas – Even the most 

educated shoppers make 

mistakes that can cost them 

their health. As a seasoned 

expert on food labels and 

ingredients, Dr. Thalia 

Charney, ND, can set you 

straight about the most common 

mistakes shoppers 

make when attempting to 

read labels. Become a more 

confident food shopper with 

this enlightening talk! Dr. 

Charney has been practising 

naturopathic medicine in 

Toronto for 14 years. 

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May 18: Balancing Your 

Hormones – Hormones are 

powerful messengers that 

control thousands of functions 

in the body. When hor- 

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mone balance is disrupted, 

we are at risk for weight 

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more. Join certified nutritionist 

Angela Ysseldyk to 

discover what causes imbalances 

and how to safely and 

effectively solve your hormone 

problems. Angela has 

been a practitioner for 17+ 

years, and is author of How 

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May 25: Super Powered 

Superfoods – Are you 

struggling to balance whole 

body health? Do you have 

skin, joint or internal health 

issues? Join Dr. Marc 

Bubbs, ND, and learn how 

to improve and support your 

body’s systems from the 

inside out using powerful 

ingredients like collagen 

and maca. Dr. Bubbs is the 

author of The Paleo Project 

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All lectures run from 7 to 

8:30 pm at 348 Danforth 

Ave., Room 212 (entrance 

beside Book City), Toronto. 

Inquiries email: outreach@ 

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NATIVE PLANT SALES 

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On Saturday, May 13, the 

North American Native 

Plant Society will host a 

Native Plant Sale at 

Markham Civic Centre, 

from 12 to 3 pm. This event 

will offer plants approved 

by NANPS-approved ethical 

growers, along with providing 

knowledgeable experts 

for assistance, and information 

about pollinators, conservation, 

and local environmental 

groups. 

Adapted to local soil and 

temperatures, native plants 

thrive without fertilizers or 

pesticides, and provide food 

and habitat for wildlife. 

They are the best, and often 

only, source of food for pollinating 

insects. 

Admission and parking is 

free. Location: 101 Town 

Centre Blvd, Markham, 

Ont. For more info, email: 

info@nanps.org, visit www. 

nanps.org, or leave a message 

at (416) 631-4438. 

Other events: 

• Native Plant Sale: 

Sunday, May 7, in front of 

the High Park Greenhouse, 

11 am – 2 pm. For info: 

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(This sale is offered by the 

High Park Stewards program.) 

Directions: By TTC, 

take Bloor West subway to 

High Park Stn., walk south 

through the park to 

Grenadier Restaurant. 

• Native Plant Sale: 

Sunday, May 28, Christie 

Pits, 750 Bloor St W, 12 to 4 

pm, hosted by NANPS 

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FARM TO FORK 

FESTIVAL IN TORONTO 

On Saturday, May 20, the 

Toronto Non-GMO Coalition 

will host its 4th annual 

Farm to Fork Celebration in 

partnership with the David 

Suzuki Foundation. The festival 

is a fun, family-friendly 

day of advocacy for a 

healthy environment and a 

safe food system, taking 

place at Christie Pits Park, 

from 12 to 6 pm. Enjoy live 

music, noteworthy speakers, 

and delicious organic, non- 

GMO food while you 

browse the vendors in their 

market! 

The phrase “farm to fork” 

means many things: knowing 

where your food comes 

from; accessing safe, nutritious 

food; supporting local, 

family farms and businesses; 

and getting back to our 

roots … all important items 

for our health, community, 

and planet! 

With great speakers and 

dozens of vendors from 

Ontario’s non-GMO/organic 

food industry and environmental 

communities, the 

festival’s goal is to educate 

consumers and increase 

awareness about the health 

Wild Bergamot, also known 

as ‘Bee Balm’, is one of the 

plants that will be offered 

at the Native Plant Sale 

on May 13 in Markham 

concerns related to genetically 

modified foods and 

the detrimental impact that 

industrial agriculture has on 

our pollinators and climate. 

Come learn where your 

food comes from and how it 

is produced; talk with 

organic farmers, chefs, 

businesses, organizations; 

enjoy great music and kidfriendly 

activities; taste 

some of the most delicious, 

sustainably produced food 

and drink in Ontario! 

Location: The corner of 

Christie and Bloor St, near 

Christie subway station. To 

be a vendor, to volunteer, or 

for more information about 

this event, please visit: 

http://nonGMO.to 

Internationally recognized 

speaker Mike DeLuca will 

appear at the “Art of 

Spiritual Dreaming” 

seminar on June 3rd 

HEALTHY LIVING PLUS 

CELEBRATES 5 YEARS 

Join the proprietors of 

Healthy Living Plus health 

food store on Saturday, May 

27, as they celebrate five 

years of healthy living on 

the Kingsway! To show their 

appreciation for customer 

loyalty, the first 25 customers 

through the doors 

when they open at 10 am 

will receive a gift bag full of 

goodies with each purchase. 

Customers will also be 

entered into a draw for a gift 

basket. For the entire day, 

everything in the store will 

be on sale for 10% to 45% 

off. Customers can also 

enjoy product and food 

demos all day until 5 pm. 

Location: 3066 Bloor St. 


West, near Royal York Road, 

in Toronto. For more info 

call (647) 748-2800, 

www.healthylivingplus.ca 

FREE SEMINAR ON THE 

ART OF SPIRITUAL 

DREAMING 

Eckankar, the ‘Path of 

Spiritual Freedom’, invites 

you to a dynamic one-day 

seminar exploring The Art 

of Spiritual Dreaming on 

Saturday, June 3rd. 

Attendees at this event 

will discover simple spiritual 

exercises and tools to 

help them access the spiritual 

wisdom that their dreams 

offer every night. 

According to Harold 

Klemp, spiritual leader of 

Eckankar and author of The 

Art of Spiritual Dreaming, 

“Dreams touch every level 

of our life. They may let us 

glimpse the future, or give 

suggestions for healing, or 

share insights into our relationships. 

Above all, they 

can and will steer us more 

directly toward God.” 

The keynote speaker at 

the seminar will be Mike 

DeLuca, an internationally 

recognized member of the 

Eckankar Clergy. Mike has 

appeared widely on television 

and radio as “Mr. 

Sandman,” sharing the tools 

and spiritual understanding 

of dreams he has gained 

through the spiritual teachings 

of Eckankar. 

Admission to this seminar 

is Free to the public. Preregistration 

recommended. 

The seminar takes place 

from 1 to 9 pm at Holiday 

Inn Yorkdale, 3450 Dufferin 

St., Toronto. 

For more information call 

(416) 926-8946 or visit 

www.eckankar.ca/seminar 

CONGRATULATIONS TO 

THE WINNERS OF THE 

‘GREEN NOBEL PRIZE’ 

On April 24, 2017, Rodrigo 

Tot and five other brave 

people from around the 

world were awarded the 

most prestigious environmental 

award in the world, 

the Goldman Environmental 

Prize (aka. the ‘Green 

Nobel’). The award recognizes 

ordinary people who 

do extraordinary things to 

stand up to corporate power, 

often risking everything to 

keep their local communities 

and ecosystems safe. 

Other winners included: 

– 84 year-old Wendy 

Bowman who fought to stop 

Chinese-owned mining 

company Yancoal from 

expanding an open cut coal 

mine. Bowman took her 

fight all the way to the New 

South Wales Court of 

Appeal, and didn’t give up 

until she stopped the mine 

in its tracks. 

– Uroš Macerl, an organic 

farmer from Slovenia, who 

stopped French-owned 

cement company Lafarge 

from spewing hazardous 

industrial waste all over his 

community. Uroš rallied 

support and took his fight 

all the way to the European 

Commission. More info: 

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WORKSHOPS • LECTURES • SEMINARS • COURSES • RETREATS • PROGRAMS 

MAY 1 ENERGY HEALERS 

EXCHANGE: From 7 to 9 pm. Please 

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call (613) 395-6332, Mano, visit 

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page 66. 

MAY 3 & 10 TAO MEDITATIONS 

WITH MASTER FRANCISCO: 

Wednesdays, 7 to 8 pm. $15 each session. 

Special meditation, May 10 in the 

Sacred Tao Calligraphy Room, 8:15 to 

8:45 pm, $45. In person and by webcast. 

Students around the world have 

enjoyed Master Francisco’s Signature 

Tao Meditations. Tao is the Source. 

These meditations help you connect 

deeply with Tao, Heaven and Mother 

Earth. The sessions are designed for 

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or email SoulHealingCentreToronto@ 

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MAY 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 

LAUGHTER CLASSES: From 6:30 to 

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fun way to release stress and experience 

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(416) 469-2033. 

Happy Mother’s Day (May 14) to all of our mothers and grandmothers 

MAY 4 LOVE PEACE HARMONY 

FAMILY: Every 1st Thursday of the 

month, 7 to 9 pm. Love offering. Join 

our community to create love, peace 

and harmony for you, your family, your 

community, humanity and Mother 

Earth. We sing the sacred “Soul Song, 

Love, Peace and Harmony” and use 

other easy to learn, practical and joyful 

techniques. Together, we can create 

love, peace and harmony for every 

aspect of our lives. Please call (416) 

609-2777 or email SoulHealingCentre 

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more information. 

MAY 6, 13, 20 & 27 TAO WELLNESS 

MORNING WITH MASTER TEACH- 

ERS: Ongoing Saturdays, from 10 to 

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also on the Chanting Channel, 

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a sacred time to nourish your entire 

being. Learn meditations that nourish 

your soul; sacred mantras that align 

your soul, heart, mind and body; and 

receive blessings for the physical, 

emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. 

Your journey to wellness and 

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MAY 6 REIKI I: From 9 am to 4 pm. 

Visit www.marlenegeorge.com or call 

(905) 796-0101. 

MAY 6 & 20 SOUL MIND BODY 

HEALTH WORKSHOP WITH MASTER 

TEACHERS: Saturdays, from 1 to 4 

pm. $100 for two sessions (includes a 

permanent Tao Light Transmission). 

This workshop is designed to nourish 

your soul, heart, mind and body. Powerful 

and simple techniques empower 

you to maintain health and 

happiness. Blessings and teachings 

from Soul Mind Body Medicine, and 

ancient and modern soul secrets that 

help to maintain and keep a healthy 

body. Please call (416) 609-2777 or 

email SoulHealingCentreToronto@Dr 

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MAY 8 SINGLE NATURE LOVERS 

WANTED! (May 8 to Feb. 14, 2018). 

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see our ad on page 76. Call Christa at 

(416) 484-9255 for meeting details. A 

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MAY 10 HAPPY HEALTHY WOMEN: 

From 7 to 8:30 pm. For info, please 


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MAY 11 & 25 TAO CALLIGRAPHY 

CLASS: Every 2nd and 4th Thursday of 

the month, from 7 to 9 pm, $10. Tao 

Calligraphy uses a single, continuous 

brush stroke to write sacred, ancient 

Chinese healing phrases, creating a 

flow of powerful blessings. Each Tao 

Calligraphy symbol activates a message 

within, thereby invoking love, forgiveness, 

compassion and light to create 

a field that can remove blockages 

of the soul, heart, mind and body. 

Learn this sacred art from certified 

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messages to bless your life! 

Experience it today! Please call (416) 


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MAY 12 THE JOY OF CHANTING: 

From 6:30 to 8 pm. Followed by tea 

and socializing. Call (416) 469-2033 

or visit www.ShakuntalaSings.com 

MAY 12 - 14 DIVINE HEALING 

HANDS SOUL HEALER CERTIFICA- 

TION TRAINING: Friday to Sunday, 10 

am to 7 pm. New participants, $625; 

repeat attendance, $100. Be inspired! 

Be Divine love and light! Elevate your 

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greater health and happiness! Xiaolan 

Health Centre, 88 Prince Arthur Ave., 

Toronto. Please call (416) 609-2777 or 

email SoulHealingCentreToronto@Dr 

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MAY 13 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. Call 

(416) 960-1690, email virginia@the 

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MAY 13 - 14 MASTER TERESA and 

Masterminds: Edwards Garden, 777 

Lawrence Ave. East, 2nd Floor Studios. 

Saturday: Open House, 10 am to 6 

pm, by donation. Presentations and 

Exhibits. Sunday: Classic Chi Gong Day 

with two workshops. Please visit 

www.TheSeventhHappiness.com or 

call (905) 707-6558. 

MAY 15, 16, 17, 18 

HEALING TRANSFORMATION CLIN- 

IC: From 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 info, please contact Ellen 

Lewinberg: (416) 203-2744, email 

ellen@healing transformation.ca, visit 

www.healing transformation.ca. See 

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MAY 16 BREAK FREE OF PAST 

HURTS To Access Increased Energy 

and Self-Worth - Introductory Workshop: 

from 6:30 to 9:30 pm. Details: 

www.NewDecisionTherapy.info, call 

(416) 469-2033. 

MAY 17 HEALING CIRCLE: 7:30 to 9 

pm. Visit www.marlenegeorge.com or 

call (905) 796-0101. 

MAY 18 SONGS FROM THE HEART 

WITH MASTER SHER, Certified Tao 

Song Singer and Teacher. Every 3rd 

Thursday of the month, 7 to 8 pm. 

Love offering. In person and on the 

Chanting Channel, tv.DrSha.com. 

Singing is a pure expression of the 

soul’s desire to express its love. An 

evening of joy and fun! It will touch 

your heart and soul! Please call (416) 


Toronto@DrSha.com for info. 

MAY 25 REIKI EXCHANGE: 7 to 9 

pm. Visit www.marlenegeorge.com, 

call (905) 796-0101. 

MAY 27 REIKI II CERTIFICATION: 

Learn more potent healing applications, 

including Symbols, long-distance 

healing. Illustrated Workbook. 

Virginia Hart Nelson, 23 years’ experience. 

Please call (416) 960-1690, 

email virginia@theinnereye.ca or visit 

www.theinnereye.ca 

MAY 27 & 28 LAUGHTER YOGA 

TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION. 

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www.LaughterTraining.ca or call (416) 

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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 info, please contact Ellen 


ellen@healingtransformation.ca or 

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TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION. 

Eliminate stress - Spread joy - Change 

lives… with laughing! Register here: 

www.LaughterTraining.ca or call (416) 

469-2033. 

MAY 29 HAPPY HEALTHY WOMEN: 

From 7 to 8:30 pm. For info, please 


(905) 796-0101. 

JUNE 2 - 4 NEW DECISION THERA- 

PY PRACTITIONER TRAINING. Learn 

a revolutionary technique for quickly, 

safely, and gently resolving anger, guilt 

and regret. Body wisdom leads the 

way. Positively influences physical and 

emotional health, self-worth and all 

relationships. For details, visit: www. 

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call (416) 469-2033. 

JUNE 3 REIKI II: From 9 am to 4 pm. 

For more information, please visit 

www.marlenegeorge.com or call 

(905) 796-0101. 

JUNE 3 THE ART OF SPIRITUAL 

DREAMING: Eckankar presents a Free 

one-day seminar for spiritual seekers. 

Join us to explore the art of spiritual 

dreaming, and discover simple spiritual 

exercises and tools that can help 

you mine the spiritual gold your 

dreams offer. Holiday Inn, Yorkdale, in 

Toronto. For more detailed information, 

please call (416) 926-8946 or 

visit www.eckankar.ca/seminar 

JUNE 3 - 4 SHAMANISM WORK- 

SHOP IN TORONTO 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, email 

glenn@shamanspiritpath.com or visit 

www.shamanspiritpath.com or see ad 

on page 81. 

JUNE 10 HEALING THROUGH 

BREATHING: From 10 am to 1 pm. 

Visit www.marlenegeorge.com or call 

(905) 796-0101. 

JUNE 12, 13, 14, 15 HEALING 

TRANSFORMATION CLINIC: 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 


ellen@healingtransformation.ca or 

visit www.healingtransformation.ca. 

See ad on page 69. 

JUNE 16 PRACTICING KINDFUL- 

NESS MEDITATION: Retreat at Hub & 

Hearth Centre, Orangeville. For info, 

visit www.sharonedavison.com 

JUNE 17 REIKI I CERTIFICATION: 

For details, please see May 13 listing. 

Virginia Hart Nelson: (416) 960-1690, 

virginia@theinnereye.ca 

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SPIRIT GUIDES: Noon to 4 pm. Learn 

how to contact your Spirit Guides to 

receive messages of insight and spiritual 

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(647) 261-5823. 

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Ont. For more details, please visit 

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For details, please see May 27 listing. 

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AUG 19 - 20 SHAMANISM WORK- 

SHOP IN WINDSOR 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, email 



on page 81. 

AUG 25 - 31 

YOGA FOR THE SPECIAL CHILD©: 

Basic One Program is an international 

teacher training course in the theory 

and practice of yoga techniques for 

children with special needs. Location: 

Eight Branches, 358 Dupont St., in 

Toronto. For more information, please 

email sherry@yoga4kids.org or visit 

www.yoga4kids.org 

AUG 26 - 27 SHAMANISM WORK- 

SHOP IN PETERBOROUGH 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 



on page 81. 

SEPT 30 & OCT 1 WELLNESS 

RETREAT: Starts at 9 am. For more 

info, visit www.marlenegeorge.com or 

call (905) 796-0101. 

NOV 3 - 5 WHOLE LIFE EXPO: Plan 

to attend the 31st anniversary of 

Canada’s largest showcase of natural 

health and green living! For 3 days, the 

Metro Toronto Convention Centre goes 

natural with 150+ exhibits and more 

than 80 lectures – all included in the 

$15 Weekend Lecture Pass! Visit 

www.wholelifeexpo.ca to see the 

Video Tour of Expo 2016. Exhibitor 

inquiries call our hotline at (416) 515- 

1330, email: info@wholelifeexpo.ca 

COMPASSION CIRCLE: Free, weekly, 

non-judgemental meditation and discussion 

support group. Every Monday 

from 7 to 9 pm. CAMH Sacred Space, 

100 Stokes St., 2nd Floor. Email 

sumeetsaini07@gmail.com 

VAGINAL STEAMING, womb blessings 

and womb healings for fibroids, 

womb health and fertility. For more 

info, visit www.thewombdetox.com or 

call (647) 477-9349. 

EMOTIONAL OVEREATERS GROUPS: 

Woodbridge and Newmarket. Details: 

www.tracyaustin.ca, (647) 241-5003 

. 

CHI BALANCING SESSIONS: 

Wednesdays at Carrot Common with 

Master Teresa, Medical Intuitive, Chi 

Gong Master, 21 years’ experience. 

Other days at 7368 Yonge St., Suite 

306. For more info, please visit 

www.TheSeventhHappiness.com or 

call (905) 707-6558. 

NCCAOM APPROVED: “Fa Chi to 

Needles for Acupuncturists.” For info, 

visit www.TheSeventhHappiness.com 

MEDICAL CHI GONG for Healthcare 

Professionals and Therapists. For info, 

visit www.TheSeventhHappiness.com 

CHILDREN’S CHI GONG with a 

Psychologist in Early Childhood 

Studies. For more details, please visit 

www.TheSeventhHappiness.com 

MOVEMENT OF SPIRITUAL INNER 

AWARENESS seminars, held every 

last Saturday of the month at 2 pm. 

Please call (416) 767-1958 or send an 

email to torontowestlight@gmail.com 

for more details. 

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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Herbal Medicine Conference 

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SERVICE DIRECTORY 

ACUPUNCTURE 

WUJI XUAN LIFE WELLNESS: Downtown 

Toronto, Community Acupuncture 

($30) and Qigong Classes. Book 

on www.wujixuan.ca or please call 

(647) 932-7888. 

AYURVEDIC MEDICINE 

AYURVEDA RITUALS STUDIO SPA 

BOUTIQUE offers courses in Indian 

Head Massage, Ayurveda Spa Specialist 

programs, services, Ayurveda Facial, 

Ayurveda Botanical Skincare and 

Vedic Inspired Perfumes. 1081 

Bathurst St., in Toronto. To book, 

please contact: (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. 

Kathy Walker: (416) 285-8759, 

www.askkathywalker.com 

BODYWORK 

FULL DETOX SPECIAL: Body, Skin, and 

Energy. Free ½ hour consult. (416) 

707-4896, www.wellnesstogo.ca 

BOWEN THERAPY 

BOWEN THERAPY IN BRAMPTON: 

Chronic Pain, Frozen Shoulder, Sciatic 

Pain. Please call or text Silvia 

Delalande: (416) 402-6480 or email 

sinode7@yahoo.com 

BREATH WORK 

MARLENE GEORGE. Healing Through 

Breathing workshops and private sessions. 

Visit www.marlenegeorge.com, 

call (905) 796-0101. 

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NEXT ISSUE: JUNE 2017 

Advertising deadline: May 8 

COUNSELLING / COACHING 

PROFESSIONAL, CONFIDENTIAL 

COUNSELLING: For stress, mental 

health, relationships, parenting, substance 

use and trauma recovery. 

Therapeutic yoga and relaxation. 

Please contact Miranda Borisenko, 

RSW, New Pathways Toronto: email 

newpathwaystoronto@gmail.com or 

call (416) 938-7272. 

FEELING STUCK? NEEDING HELP? 

New Decision Therapy is a unique, 

lasting way to address anger, guilt, 

self-loathing, in a safe and confidential 

setting. You’ll feel lighter, happier, 

gain confidence and self-worth, and 

experience improvements in your 

relationships in a surprisingly short 

period of time. Call (416) 469-2033, 

www.NewDecisionTherapy.org 

COURSES & WORKSHOPS 

COLON HYDROTHERAPY COURSE: A 

Career in Colon Therapy. The 

Canadian School of Colon Hydrotherapy 

is now offering a certificate program 

in Colon Therapy. Please visit: 

www.coloniccoursecanada.com or call 

(416) 291-4437. 

PAST LIFE REGRESSION FACILITA- 

TION training: June 2 and 3. Powerful 

adjunct to your career. For info, email: 

info@georginacannon.com 

LEARN TO MAKE YOUR OWN healthy, 

affordable body care from scratch. 

Aromatherapy Certification. Apprenticeships. 

Private and Group Workshops. 

All ages. Call (647) 827-6968, 

visit www.AnarresHealth.ca 

LIFE BETWEEN LIVES FACILITATION 

training: June 4 and 5. Michael 

Newton-based training. For details, 

email: info@georginacannon.com 

HYPNOSIS TRAINING: June 10 to 18, 

For info, call (416) 760-8996 or visit 

www.hypno-healing.com 

• Great Selection! 

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• Reasonable Rates 

• Workshop Space Also 

www.torontohealingarts.ca 

BELLANINA FACELIFT MASSAGE: 

Become a Facelift Massage Specialist. 

Classes held in Toronto. For more 

information or to register, contact: 

sandra@thehealingroomtoronto.com 

or call (416) 924-6579. 

COACHING AND COUNSELLING 

SKILLS: June 9 to 11. Expand your 

basic hypnosis skills. For details, 


ANIMAL COMMUNICATION WORK- 

SHOPS in Bradford and Uxbridge with 

Jennifer Tilk. Level I and 2. June, July, 

August, September. For info, please 

visit www.voicesfortheanimals.com or 

contact (905) 440-0228 or send email 

to: jennifer@voicesfortheanimals.com 

HYPNOSIS TRAINING LEVELS ONE 

AND TWO: July 7 to 10, and 28 to 31. 

National Guild of Hypnotists Course - 

100 hours of interactive, fun learning 

that will change your life and the life 

of your clients. For details, email: 

info@georginacannon.com 

NLP TRAINING: July 21 to 24. Dr. Will 

Horton’s NLP course - Four powerful 

days using NLP to learn NLP! Fun, 

interactive and profound. For details, 


CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY 

CRANIOSACRAL, REGISTERED 

NUTRITIONIST, Massage, Aromatherapy, 

Reflexology, Reiki, Osteopathic 

Techniques, Esalen Massage, Living 

Raw Food lifestyle expert. Hippocrates 

Institute, Matthew Kenney Academy, 

Esalen Institute & Young Living 

Certified - 24 years experience. Please 

call Fabienne Thuet: (416) 929-7983, 

(416) 558-7441. 

MARLENE GEORGE. Craniosacral 

Therapy. Private appointments. To 

book, visit www.marlenegeorge.com 

or call (905) 796-0101. 

DANCE & MOVEMENT THERAPY 

ELDOA CLASSES AT THE LIFE LOFT. 

Make your back better! Osteopathicinspired 

exercises take the pressure 

off of the spine’s joints, discs and 

nerves. On-going classes: Thursdays, 

from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. To register or 

for more information, please email 

Christine@thelifeloft.ca or call (416) 

799-8808. 

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. 

Wednesdays, 5:45 to 7 pm; Fridays, 10 

to 11:30 am. To register, please email 

Christine@thelifeloft.ca or call (416) 

799-8808. 

ENERGY THERAPY 

DISTANCE HEALING/READING, or inperson 

holonomic Energy Healing* for 

memory based pain/trauma resolution 

(Certified*). Meet your multidimensional 

wisdom. North GTA: for 

info call (519) 217-6082 or visit 

www.monicaduncan.com 

FELDENKRAIS 

FELDENKRAIS METHOD© ATM Classes 

with Marion Harris. For info or to 

register, call (416) 970-7572 or visit 

www.FeldenkraisCentre.com 

HEAD INJURIES 

IMPROVE BRAIN FUNCTION and 

spinal nerve function (speech, vision, 

hearing, smell, cognition, coordination/fluidity 

of movement, and 

parasympathetic disturbances) with 

specific motor and sensory neuromodulation 

for all 12 Cranial Nerves. 

Dr. Monika Faulhaber, DC, DO(Mp), 

DNM, OSJ; (905) 712-8118, visit 

www.thehealingcentre.ca 

HEALTH SERVICES 

LIFE COACH AND RELATIONSHIP 

SPECIALIST: Health, Love, Career – I 

Can Help! Ancient Psychic, spiritual 

consultant. Amazing Accuracy and 

Immediate Results. Forth Generation, 

30 years’ experience. Readings and 

Meditation Classes provided by 

Mother and Daughters. Aura Cleansing 

and Chakra Balancing, Palm, Tarot 

Cards, Picture Readings. 7 Pleasant 

Blvd., Suite 201, Mon. to Sat. South 

Side exit to St. Clair subway station. 

Municipal parking available. Please 

call 4 appointment: (647) 857-0905. 

HEALTH SERVICES IN ETOBICOKE: 

Adrenal stress test, food intolerance 

testing, hair mineral analysis, ion foot 

detox, massage therapy, naturopathic 

doctor, nutritionist, reiki, live blood 

cell analysis, iridology. To book, call 

(416) 249-1895, www.betterliving.co 

HAIR MINERAL ANALYSIS IN ETOBI- 

COKE: test for minerals and heavy 

metals, includes nutritional consultation. 

Please call (416) 249-1895 or 

visit www.betterliving.co 

INSOMNIA TREATMENT: For more 

info, please visit www.sleepagain.ca 

or call (416) 560-6910. 

HERBALISTS 

MONIKA GHENT, Registered Herbalist: 

Western Traditional Herbalism; 

Plant Spirit Medicine; Inner-knowing 

Counselling. For more details or to 

book an appointment, please visit 

www.dreamingwillow.ca or call (416) 

537-8842. 



HYPNOTHERAPY 

VIRGINIA HART NELSON. Turn your 

experiences & conditioning into powerful 

catalysts for healing and change. 

(416) 960-1690, www.theinnereye.ca, 

see ad on page 56. 

IRIDOLOGY 

IRIDOLOGY AND SCLEROLOGY in 

Etobicoke: Danny Singh, B.Sc., 10+ 

years’ experience, (416) 249-1895, 

www.betterliving.co 

LIVE BLOOD ANALYSIS 

BLOOD CELL ANALYSIS: Live and Dry 

plus Blood Typing in Etobicoke. Nelia 

Amaral, CNP, NNCP, (416) 249-1895, 


LYMPHATIC THERAPY 

MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE. Violetta 

Soffe, RMT/CDT. Located in the 

Roncesvalles Ave. and High Park Blvd. 

area. Call (416) 727-0020; by appointment 

only. 

MASSAGE THERAPY 

LOMI LOMI: Ancient Hawaiian 

Bodywork by Yvonne Booth, 2½ 

hours, in the Aloha spirit. Call (416) 

406-5087, email ybooth@gmail.com, 

visit www.alohalomi.com - 2 videos. 

INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE, cupping, 

deep tissue in Etobicoke. Call Camilla 

Singh, RMT, (416) 249-1895 or visit 


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. 

NUTRITIONAL HEALTH 

HOLISTIC NUTRITIONIST: Improve 

digestion, hormones, stress, mental 

health, skin, allergies and overall 

health. For details or to book, email 

nutritionbytessa@gmail.com or call 

(647) 885-3229. 

PAST LIFE THERAPY 

REMEMBER ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

from other lifetimes, transform old 

habit patterns and liberate your purpose. 

For more details, please contact 

Virginia Hart Nelson: (416) 960-1690 

or visit www.theinnereye.ca. See ad 

on page 56. 

EXPERIENCE THE SHIFT WITHIN 

THROUGH PAST LIFE REGRESSION. 

Helen Zador, Transpersonal Hypnotherapist 

specializing in women’s 

issues. For info, call (416) 691-4307, 

visit www.bluestarhealingarts.com or 

see ad on page 73. 


PSYCHICS & CLAIRVOYANTS 

PSYCHIC EXPO. Psychic readers, crystals, 

jewellery, and related books are 

featured at 10 Psychic Expos across 

Ontario. Free crystal and on-going 

demonstrations included with admission. 

For Free admission discount 

coupon, go to www.PsychicExpos.com 

SHEILA WATSON. Psychic/Spiritualist 

Medium. Internationally trained. To 

book, call (905) 380-2083, email 

sheilajwatson@gmail.com or visit 

www.sheilawatson.com 

MARGOT PSYCHIC SERVICES. Professional, 

accurate, insightful readings by 

renowned psychic medium. Phone or 

in person, contact: (416) 921-0611, 

www.margotpsychicservices.com 

PSYCHOTHERAPY 

HOLISTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY. The 

most powerful work. Integrating Psychotherapy 

with body-centred modalities. 

Registered Psychotherapist, 

Canadian Certified Counsellor with 

Master’s Degree and Board Certified 

Polarity Practitioner. More than 20 

years’ experience. See ad on page 57. 

Visit www.visualizationworks.com or 

call Victoria: (416) 916-6066. 

INDIVIDUAL, COUPLE, GROUP and 

nutritional therapy. Over 30 years’ of 

clinical experience. For more info, visit 

www.Lorikaycounselling.com or call 

(905) 331-0750. 

REFLEXOLOGY 

FOOTSTEPS REFLEXOLOGY SCHOOL. 

Ongoing certification courses in Foot 

and Hand Reflexology. British-trained 

instructor, small classes. For info or to 

register, call (416) 788-5970 or visit 

www.footstepsreflexologyschool.com 

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 

MISSISSAUGA AND STREETSVILLE: 

Registered Reflexologist and Reiki 

Master with nine years’ experience. 

On-site or in clinic: www.Footopia.ca, 

(416) 587-9252. 

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 

REIKI 

VIRGINIA HART NELSON. Private 

treatments, and Certification all 

Levels. 23 years’ experience. For more 

details or to book, please call (416) 

960-1690, visit www.theinnereye.ca 

or email virginia@theinnereye.ca. See 

ad on page 56. 

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SERVICE DIRECTORY 

CLASSIFIEDS 

REIKI 

MARLENE GEORGE. Reiki. Certificate 

attunement manual. All levels. 

Practice group and treatments. For 


call (905) 796-0101. 

REIKI, NUTRITION COUNSELLING, 

MEDITATION in Etobicoke: Contact 

Aleksandra Morgan, CNP, call (416) 

249-1895, visit www.betterliving.co 

FREE REIKI CLASS: For info or to 

book, visit www.thehealingteam.org 

or email thehealingteam@gmail.com 

ENERGY HEALING: Reiki treatments 

and Classes (all levels). Meditation. 

Chakra Activation and Balancing, 

Intuitive Readings. For more details or 

to book, please contact Sylvia Oree: 

soree1111@hotmail.com or call (416) 

253-5004. 

RETREATS & VACATIONS 

PRACTICING KINDFULNESS MEDITA- 

TION: Retreat begins June 16th at 

Hub & Hearth Centre, in Orangeville. 

Visit www.sharonedavison.com for 

more details. 

MONEY, MIND AND TRANSFORMA- 

TION: Retreat begins June 23rd at 

Thirteen Moons Wellness in Norwood, 

Ont. Visit www.sharonedavison.com 

for more details. 

WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND 

HEALTHY LIVING. One weekend for a 

lifetime of change. Please visit 

www.naturhythms.com to CR8anewU. 

YOGA, NATURE & YOU – in Ecuador! 

Luxury Wellness Retreat. Please contact 

Nancy: (416) 953-9423 or visit 

www.visiontravel.ca/nancyferragine 

YOGA AND MEDITATION RETREAT: 

From May 19 to 22. For more info, visit 

www.sugarridge.ca 

BUTTER TART CELEBRATION: June 9 

to 11. Yoga and food retreat. For info, 

visit www.sugarridge.ca 

MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS 

REDUCTION: Week Retreat, from July 

23 to 28. For more details, visit 


DOG DAYS OF SUMMER: Weekend 

Yoga Retreat with Your Pooch, from 

July 28 to 30. For more info, visit 


SUMMER RETREAT with Yoga, 

Meditation and Beach Time: Escape 

the City, from July 30 to Aug. 4. Visit 

www.sugarridge.ca for info. 

GET YOUR GLOW ON: Yoga retreat, 

from Aug. 4 to 7. For more info, visit 


ORIGINS: BODYMIND THERAPY 

Retreat in Greece. Yoga, meditation, 

gestalt therapy. From Aug. 26 to Sept. 

2. Early-Bird Rate until May 15. To 

book, visit www.pranaroom.org or call 

(416) 930-8335. 

ANNUAL FALL RETREAT. For more 


call (905) 796-0101. 

SILENT MEDITATION 5 or 7 nights, 

from Sept. 8 to 15. For more info, visit 


SURF AND YOGA in Morocco, from 

Sept. 16 to 23. For more info, visit 


DISCOVER ICELAND: Photography 

Workshop in the Land of Fire and Ice! 

Oct. 20 to 29. Hurry, spots filling fast! 

For more details or to book, please 

visit www.jasondimichele.com 

SPIRITUAL HEALING 

CLARITYRADIO.COM. Bridging the 

gap between science and spirituality - 

this message is for everyone. 

THERAPEUTIC TOUCH 

THERAPEUTIC TOUCH PRACTITION- 

ER: For info, contact Marlene George: 

www.marlenegeorge.com or (905) 

796-0101. 

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, 

www.therapeutictouchontario.com 

YOGA 

SUNLILYOGA - A Kripalu Yoga 

Programme in Richmond Hill and 

Thornhill. Yoga classes, Yoga Therapy, 

Retreats and 200- and 500-hour Yoga 

Teacher Training: www.sunlilyoga.ca, 

(905) 770-9210. 

YOGA PRANAYAM CENTRE. Beginner 

and intermediate Kripalu yoga - easy, 

effective, wholesome. 348 Danforth 

Ave., the Carrot Common, Chester 

subway station. To book, email 

yogapranayamcentre@gmail.com. Call 

(416) 691-7337. 

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HEALTH PRODUCTS 

COLLOIDAL SILVER GENERATORS: 

Make your own fresh, high potency 

with our professional domestic and 

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supply large area electrodes of 

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20% discount for zoomers. Made in 

the GTA. For more information, visit 

www.biophysica.com or call (647) 

478-6946 or 1-800-488-2032. 

HELP WANTED 

CERTIFIED COLON HYDROTHERA- 

PIST: Full time, permanent. Join our 

well-established team and client base 

at Miranda Naturopathic Clinic in Ajax. 

Looking for a caring, dependable therapist. 

Candidate must be willing to 

work on Saturdays. To apply, please 

submit your cover letter and resume 

to dr.miranda@mynaturalclinic.com or 

call (905) 239-3900. 

PERSONALS 

GREEN SINGLES: Meet the love of 

your life on the oldest, largest dating 

site for green and conscious/spiritual 

singles! Visit www.GreenSingles.com 

HOSPICE BOOK PROJECT: Established 

writer looking to interview hospice 

and palliative care patients for a book 

project partially funded by the Ontario 

Arts Council. Share your story with me 

and leave a legacy for others. Your 

words are important! For more info, 

please visit www.bengleisser.com or 

email bgleisser@sympatico.ca 

TORONTO-BASED MASTER HERBAL- 

IST, Francis Ashwagandha, seeks 

mature, health-conscious female for 

companionship, romance, and adventure. 

If this interests you, email: 

amalaki123@gmail.com with picture. 

REAL ESTATE 

ONE-OF-A-KIND HOME: In the 

quaint village of Maple, a five-minute 

walk from the Go Station, lies a true 

sanctuary. Oversized lot backs onto 

conservation area with pond and 

stream. Perfect for nature lovers, and 

the spiritually minded. For more 

details, please visit: www.yourway 

home.ca/51-belmont-cres-n3702876 

or call Leslie Burns, (416) 720-3730. 

SELL / BUY / RENT 

WANTED: OLD TOY CARS - Hot 

Wheels, preferably ’60s and ’70s. Will 

consider other old toys as well such as 

Dinky, Matchbox. Serious collector. 

Send email with pictures if possible: 

jody@vitalitymagazine.com 

SPACE FOR RENT 

STUDIO SPACE FOR WORKSHOPS 

AND CLASSES. Available weekends 

and days. Beautiful 800 square feet. 

Skylights, 14-ft. ceilings, props, chairs, 

whiteboard, reception, kitchen, 

change room, and parking. Near 

Dupont subway station. For more 

details, visit www.TheLifeLoft.ca or call 

(416) 799-8808. 

PARKDALE: Newly renovated, beautiful 

offices in historic Parkdale, Queen 

West/Brock area. Full or part-time, furnished 

or unfurnished. Suitable for 

psychotherapy, bodywork, etc. Call 

Nick (416) 567-2205. 

RICHMOND HILL: Newly renovated, 

furnished office for psychotherapist or 

counsellor available. Please contact: 

Susan@richmondhilltherapy.com or 

(905) 505-1519. See pics on Kijiji, ad 

#1213799826. 

PROFESSIONAL SPACE: Toronto West. 

Ideal for therapists, healers. Please 

call (416) 760-8996 or send email to 

debbie@hypno-healing.com 

LAKEFRONT RETREAT SPACE: 

Available in Northern Ontario. Visit 

www.facebook.com/carrowhome 

havenhostel, call (416) 209-0659. 

ANNEX: OFFICE/THERAPY SPACE 

FOR LEASE on main floor of charming 

Victorian building on Dupont Street, in 

downtown Toronto. Consists of two 

rooms plus kitchen and bathroom. 

Shared entrance. Minutes from 

Dupont subway station. Available July 

15. Viewings by appt. only. Please 

email: letters@vitalitymagazine.com 

SPACE WANTED - APTS., CONDOS, 

PROPERTIES 

SMALL FARM OR ACREAGE WANTED 

in Vaughan or Maple, not far from 

public transit. Vitality staffer seeking 

lease, lease-to-own, shared ownership, 

or other creative arrangement. 

Trees, water, organic gardens, and 

easy access to Toronto are all part of 

the vision. To reply in confidence 

email: letters@vitalitymagazine.com 

or leave a message (416) 964-0528. 

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I am gladly offering a $1,000 reward 

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