'eHealthy News You Can Use' Mercola 2-23-02

Breakthrough Updates You Need to Know on Vitamin D - This is some of the most crucial information that I have come across in recent years on nutrition. Most experts, including me, have long missed the importance of this essential nutrient.

Test Values and Treatment for Vitamin D Deficiency - Recent changes in commercial testing of vitamin D allow us to easily adjust vitamin D levels to optimal ranges without any fear of toxicity.

Hormone Treatment in Older Women Questioned - New JAMA study reinforces what you should all be aware of by now -- excess estrogen is one of the main causes of breast cancer.

Conversations with Dr. Mercola - Gary Craig, the founder of EFT, and I recently had an email exchange that he shared with his email group which I am making available in the newsletter for my readers to enjoy.

Cave Men Diets Offer Insights to Today's Health Problems - The balance of the fats we eat has changed dramatically in the past century, for the worse. We are consuming excess amounts of omega-6 fat. Omega-6 is found in high levels in many of the oil seed crops that we consume. It's also found in the meat of the livestock that eat these grains.

Hepatitis A - Creating a Market for Another Superfluous Vaccine - Is it really necessary to introduce an attenuated infectious vector into our entire population of children in order to theoretically prevent a disease which is extremely rare in the vast majority of US communities, and getting rarer?

More on the Dangers of Mammography - Screening mammography poses significant and cumulative risks of breast cancer for premenopausal women as the radiation is about 1,000 times greater than that from a chest x-ray.

TMJ and Cranial Osteopathy Treatment - Cranail osteopathy is an amazingly consistent and effective approach for TMJ problems.

Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis With Tumour Necrosis Factor Doesn't Make Sense - Tumor Necrosis Factor costs over $10,000 a year and does not solve the problem. Read about less expensive options that work.

Efforts to Meld Man and Machine Progress Slowly - Some very exciting things are on the horizon and man continues to take steps towards melding with technology.

Are Saturated Fats Really Dangerous For You? - The vegetarian debate continues as the topic of saturated fats and their effects on one's health are discussed.

Infected Gums Leak Toxins Into Bloodstream - If your teeth aren't healthy, endotoxins are released from your gum tissue which can cause profound health problems.

The US Is One of Only a Few Countries Using Genetically Engineered Food - The US, Canada and Argentina account for 96% of the world's GE crops. In Europe, the largest agricultural market in the world, all of the major supermarket chains and food companies have removed GE ingredients from their consumer products. Shouldn't we consider this a huge clue that there are major potential dangers with this technology?

Genetically Engineered Food Threatens Indigenous People - Genetically engineered crops threaten not only the agricultural systems and the cultural survival of all indigenous people, but also the food security and safety of all people everywhere.

Upcoming Course/Seminar Information

The Klinghardt Seminars in Applied Neurobiology - A complete course, taught by Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD, in today's most important and effective healing technologies for health care practitioners just entering the alternative field - but also for the most advanced CAM practitioner.

SkaSys Seminar - Dr. Hans Lechner is a German dentist who worked for the last 15 years with EAV (electroacupuncture). He has developed the next generation EAV equipment that combines scalar wave broadcasting and computer equipment along with arm length testing. There are currently ten units in the US and I have owned one since January. He is giving a lecture in Chicago in February.

Vaccine Seminars - Opportunities to attend live lectures around the country on this vitally important issue of our times. Have your specific questions personally answered with practical alternatives.

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