Fri 29 Sep 2006
Government Joins Fight Against Trans Fats
Talk of the Nation, September 27, 2006 · Guests talk about the new proposal to ban most trans fats from restaurant menus in New York City. Healthy eaters are all for it, but some chefs want the city to stay out of their kitchens and let the diners decide.
Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. MyAcuDoc.com
Tue 26 Sep 2006
Acupuncture shows promise for hot flashes
Mon Sep 25, 2006 4:49 PM BST
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Acupuncture may offer women an alternative for easing hot flashes during menopause, preliminary research suggests.
In a study of 29 women with frequent, daily hot flashes, researchers found that those who received acupuncture began to have fewer and less severe symptoms during the night.
As nighttime hot flashes improved, so did the quality of the women’s sleep, the researchers report in the journal Fertility & Sterility.
Hot flashes are a common part of menopause, and women who get them often have difficulty getting a good night’s sleep. Hormone replacement therapy is effective at quelling hot flashes, but given the risks of the therapy — including increased risks of heart disease and breast cancer — many women are interested in alternative treatments.
The new findings offer preliminary evidence that acupuncture works, but it’s too early to recommend the procedure for hot flashes, senior study author Dr. Rachel Manber told Reuters Health.
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Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. MyAcuDoc.com
Sat 23 Sep 2006
Acupuncture May Cool Hot Flashes
Sept. 22, 2006(WebMD) Acupuncture may nix nighttime hot flashes caused by menopause, according to a new study.
Researchers found seven weeks of acupuncture treatment reduced the severity of nighttime hot flashes by 28 percent among menopausal women compared with a 6 percent decrease among women who had a sham acupuncture treatment.
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Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. MyAcuDoc.com
Mon 18 Sep 2006
Tips for relieving arthritis
This past summer was quite humid and damp here in New England. Most people and dogs who have any arthritic tendencies seemed to feel it more than usual. For both pets and humans one of the easiest and safe remedies for the stiffness and pain from arthritis is to take an Omega 3 oil supplement. Flax seeds or oil, Salmon oil or Cod Liver oil all come in liquid or capsule form.
Omega 3 oils lubricate the entire body, especially those creaky joints that seem to feel the brunt of damp weather. They also help skin, hair, hormonal balance and lubricate the intestines. Studies have shown that they also improve moods.
Acupuncture and herbal supplements can also relieve the pain and symptoms of arthritis and other ailments of the joints and bones. For more info on how acupuncture can help you please visit Four Paws Acupuncture
for dogs or Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. MyAcuDoc.com for people
Thu 14 Sep 2006
Acupuncture relieves low back pain over long-term, study says
By Patricia Reaney
REUTERS
11:33 a.m. September 14, 2006
LONDON – Acupuncture can be effective in treating patients with low back pain and the benefits seem to improve with time, according to research published on Friday.
The ancient Chinese treatment, which involves inserting fine needles at specific meridians of the body, is a popular complementary therapy for a variety of ailments.
Hugh MacPherson and scientists at the University of York in England said the benefits of a short course of acupuncture were evident in their study of 241 back pain sufferers.
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Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. MyAcuDoc.com
Thu 14 Sep 2006
Acupuncture can help treat effects of Parkinson’s disease:
Seoul professors
한겨레
Acupuncture works in treating motor disorders caused by Parkinson’s disease, a team of South Korean professors of Oriental medicine claimed Wednesday.
The team discovered that if the treatment is administered on the right side of patients’ bodies with kinetic function disorders, it can help heal areas on the other side of their body.
The findings are “significant because acpuncture treatment can be employed as a preventive therapy for degenerative brain diseases, and it is also applicable to improving symptoms of Parkinson’s patients,” said Lim Sabina, a professor of Oriental medicine at Kyung Hee University who led the project.
The team was searching for “acupoints” on the bodies of Parkinson’s patients first, then hoped to reveal how the treatment works after conducting brain mapping studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), Lim said.
Acupuncture has traditionally been used as a form of healing in East Asian countries, including China, Korea and Japan. It works by piercing specific body parts with fine needles to relieve pain or produce a natural kind of local anaesthetic.
Seoul, Sept. 13 (Yonhap News)
기사등록 : 2006-09-13 오후 08:47:10
ⓒ 한겨레 (http://www.hani.co.kr). 무단전재 및 재배포금지
Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. MyAcuDoc.com
Sat 9 Sep 2006
Aspartame is Ant Poison……
From Al Sears, MD’s, Health Newsletter “Doctor’s Call”
Doctor’s Call: Is Sweetness Worth The Risk?
When you reach for a packet of NutraSweet or Splenda, you feel relieved that you’re dodging the evils of sugar. But did you know that these artificial sweeteners make good ant poison?
I just read a story from a lady who had a problem with carpenter ants. After spending thousands of dollars on professional exterminators and industrial poisons, she dumped 2 packets of NutraSweet in the corners of her bathroom and it killed the ants.
It’s perhaps less of a surprise if you know that aspartame - the active ingredient in NutraSweet- was classified as a neurotoxin before it was approved by the FDA as a sugar substitute in the early 1980s.
But what does that mean when you eat ice cream, candy, or a diet soda that’s sweetened with NutraSweet? Or any of the other 5,000 products that use aspartame?
Aspartame accounts for 75% of all side effects reported to the FDA’s Adverse Reaction Monitoring System (ARMS), with 10,000 complaints in
1994 alone. By the FDA’s own admission, only 1 percent of those who experience side effects actually report them. That makes the real number closer to one million.
The FDA is so defensive about their stance on aspartame; it took a Freedom of Information Act request to get the full list of 92 recognized symptoms the FDA linked to artificial sweeteners that use aspartame.
Here’s just a few of the 92 reactions you may experience:
o Anxiety Attacks o Insomnia
o Arthritis o Memory Loss
o Asthma o Nausea or Vomiting
o Chronic Fatigue o Seizures or Convulsions
o Death o Vertigo
o Diarrhea o Weight Gain
The threat of seizures and vertigo is so strong; pilots are routinely warned about the dangers of aspartame. Both the Air Force’s magazine Flying Safety and the Navy’s Navy Physiology have published articles warning pilots of these side effects. (2)
About 12 years ago, a hotline was setup for pilots suffering from acute reactions to aspartame. In the first year alone, over 600 pilots reported symptoms - some of whom actually suffered grand mal seizures while in the cockpit of their airplanes. (2)
What’s worse, most people have no idea that aspartame is causing their symptoms. Doctors usually link the symptoms to other diseases like multiple sclerosis, arthritis, Lyme disease, or even Alzheimer’s.
A recent study published by the Cancer Research Center in Italy found that, once inside your body, aspartame breaks down into very dangerous components. (One of these components is formaldehyde - a very dangerous toxin you may know as `embalming fluid.’)
An alarming number of rats fed NutraSweet died from various cancers including leukemia. The increase in cancer rates was 62%. Aside from cancer and the symptoms listed above, aspartame they discovered, can also lead to sudden death. (3) How does this experiment relate to the
amount of aspartame you consume?
The FDA set the Acceptable Daily Intake, (ADI) for aspartame at 50mg per kilogram of bodyweight (mg/kg). Lawyers for the FDA said in court that the average American averages 30mg/kg a day but often goes over the limit.
What’s disturbing is that the Italian scientists noticed markedly increased cancer rates in rats that consumed only 40% of this ADI. Rats eating only 8% of the ADI also had increased cancer rates. This means that many Americans are consuming more than this dose comparatively.
Russell Blaylock, MD is a well-known neurosurgeon and one of the leading authorities on the dangers of aspartame. He said, “This study strongly indicates that drinking a single diet cola sweetened with aspartame every day could significantly increase one’s risk of
developing a lymphoma or leukemia.”
If you suffer from any of these symptoms and consume any aspartame, stop consuming products that have aspartame for at least 60 days. Instead of relying on sodas, drink liquids that occur naturally:
o Water - Filter purified or spring water. (This is your best bet
when you’re thirsty.)
o Milk - If you can find a good local source, raw is your best
choice.
o Tea - Real tea, green or black, with no artificial additives.
To Your Good Health,
Al Sears, MD
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Observer. June 2006.
2 Gold M. The Bitter Truth about Artificial Sweeteners. NEXUS
Magazine. Oct/Nov 1995.
3 Soffritti M. Aspartame induces lymphomas and leukemias in rats. Eur.
J. Oncol., vol. 10, n. 2, 2005
4 Martini B. Aspartame proven to cause cancer. Mission Possible, Jul
21, 2005. http://www.wnho.net
Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. MyAcuDoc.com
Fri 8 Sep 2006
by Dr. Gordie
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Due to the many inquiries I receive about muscle testing, I have decided to again review the wholistic concepts of applied kinesiology with some thoughts on its evolution.
What is “AK” or applied kinesiology ? Today I hear the term “kinesiology” used synonymously with “muscle testing.” Like many topics these days the term has been used yet not completely understood within the context of its original definition. Click to read more of the What the Bleep Newsletter
Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. MyAcuDoc.com
Body & Soul Massage & Wellness Center of Salem, MA is now offering acupuncture!
Body & Soul Massage & Wellness Center
Tue 5 Sep 2006
Steve Irwin
Sat 2 Sep 2006
Allergies: Aching for a remedy
By DIANA HEIL |
The New Mexican September 2, 2006
As wet summer worsens weed pollens’ assault, sufferers search for relief in a range During the wettest summer on record, golden crownbeard and other wildflowers have shot up like something out of Jack and the Beanstalk. But wind-pollenated plants, such as tumbleweed, are the real nuisance for people suffering from allergies.
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Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. MyAcuDoc.com
Body & Soul Massage & Wellness Center of Salem, MA is now offering acupuncture!
Body & Soul Massage & Wellness Center