Dr Carolyn Dean MD ND

Low Cost Health Practices

Carolyn Dean MD ND — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:52:53 +0000

A couple recently wrote that they love my blogs. But they find that my personal health routine is too expensive to follow (supplements, water purifier, clay, etc.). All their time is spent on two low-paying jobs and they don’t even have time to take baths. Even they they think that ‘you have to be wealthy to be healthy’ they would desperately like to follow a health routine because they’ve been suffering for years with serious health problems.

Do you have to be wealthy to be healthy? Not necessarily so!

Supplements? If you can afford only one or two supplements make them magnesium and a good multi. My recommendations are Natural Calm and Organic Life Vitamins (liquid) that you can get at almost half price on Vitacost.com.

If you can’t afford any supplements, then please use Sea Salt (Celtic or Real Salt). Eighty percent of the population is deficient in sodium…in spite of what doctors say, so, table salt is the real problem. It’s just sodium and chloride and added iodine. Sea Salt has 72 different minerals, many of which we’ve never even tested to know how important they are for the body. I know when I started taking 1/8th tsp of sea salt in every pint of water I drank, I suddenly stopped getting up at night to go to the bathroom. Something was making the water stay in my cells longer and not flush straight through me.

Food? It’s best to eat organic food but many people say it’s too expensive. That’s not the case if you join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). Typically food is half the price at a good farmer’s market or through a CSA. You can even start your own CSA, gather members, find an organic farmer and get your food shares free for organizing the program.

Do a cost analysis of what you are eating, where you are eating and where you are shopping. Become a bargain hunter and coupon collector. Keeping track of sales in grocery stores and health food stores and shopping online at Vitacost.com can cut your food bills.

Another blog reader sent the following list of low cost tips. He said “We no longer use store-bought toothpaste (which discolored our teeth and made us sick countless times in years past) and instead use baking soda with a dropper of McCormick mint extract (from grocery store) and a dropper of hydrogen peroxide. We like your sinus irrigation and find it WORKS when a cold come on. We simply use a dropper and snort warm saline (purified water with table salt). We also use a warm saline gargle and a touch of H2O2 for bad sore throats.”

Exercise? Many people say they don’t have time to exercise, but it’s one of the most important things you can do. For short trips around town, try biking or walking. You’ll save gas and detox your lymphatic system, improve your heart health, build muscle that burns fat. A host of benefits for a no cost solution.

Detoxing? I do recommend purified Magnesium Flakes but Epsom salts are definitely better than not doing a magnesium bath at all! Most drug store chains have 6 lb bags for about $5.00. A pound per bath and you’re detoxing for under a dollar.

Time? For people who feel they don’t have the time to live a healthy lifestyle, I guarantee that if you add a few more healthy practices your energy improves, your sleep improves and you will have time and energy to spare.

If you email me your low- or no-cost health tips I’ll pass them along. In the meantime, if you have a question, please google it with my name and I may have already posted an answer. Or check out my expanding Health Library.

MY HEALTH LIBRARY: Be sure and go to my Organized Wisdom Library which is growing by leaps and bounds and where you will be able to find written, audio and video information for your health. A shout out to Susan for all her hard work!

OFFER: The 2-for-1 special of Whey Too Good low glycemic protein powder is still available. Several clients and friends have told me this week that they want to take advantage of this offer. Several others tell me that they are very happy with the product and the customer service. So, be sure to get stocked up before the special ends.

MEDIA: For anyone living in Chicago, come to the Health Freedom Expo June 15-17, 2012, where I will be giving two talks and speaking on two panels. The first is a keynote called: Death by Modern Medicine: What Your Doctors Don’t Know Can Kill you. Friday June 15, 2012 at 12 Noon. My second talk on Sunday June 17 at 12 noon is all about Magnesium. It’s called Death by Magnesium Deficiency: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know and Can’t Tell You. I’m presenting with Morley Robbins a magnesium genius who credits (or blames) me for making him a magnesium fanatic. Morley has a talk about Magnesium on Friday June 15th at 3pm called Misled & Misfed: How Magnesium Deficiency is the Stealth Bomber in Chronic Disease. (I’ll be there in the front row!) In our Sunday presentation Morley and I will be answering magnesium deficiency health questions. I will also be on a Panel called Food As Medicine, Sunday June 17 at 3pm.

RECOMMENDATIONS: To get well and stay well, join my 2-year online wellness program called Completement Now! The various types of magnesium to take are on my website under Resources. However, the most commonly used magnesium is Natural Calm available at VitaCost.com and most health food stores. Under books you’ll find my eBooks: How to Change Your Life with Magnesium, Future Health Now Encyclopedia and Death by Modern Medicine. For Angstrom Minerals go to HealthShop. For Detoxing I recommend LL’s Magnetic Clay and Magnesium Flakes. For treating yeast overgrowth, IBS and digestive disorders, I recommend Prescript Assist. For Coconut products, whey powder and green powders go to Tropical Traditions. For food-based supplements Grown by Nature offers my readers a 20% discount on your purchases. At checkout, just enter the code: gbn123. For psychological and emotional issues I recommend EFT, the Linden Method (for anxiety) and The Healing Codes. For everything and everything else take RnA Drops and read my Blog about RnA Drops.

NOTE: Only you can know if something is helping you. If you don’t feel well on a supposed beneficial product, listen to your body and stop taking it! Knowing when to Not take something is a big part of taking responsibility for your health.

WARNING: I cannot answer personal health questions by email. However, please send general questions that I may be able to answer in my blog. But first, google my name with the condition you are inquiring about and see if I’ve already addressed it somewhere on the web.

Magnesium for Mother’s Day

Carolyn Dean MD ND — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:33:26 +0000

As the Medical Director of the non-profit, Nutritional Magnesium Association I’m doing a series of dialogues with health professionals about magnesium. One of my first dialogues, available at the Nutritional Magnesium Website, is with former cardiology technologist, Huelyn Betts.

I met Huelyn at the Health Freedom Expo in Long Beach in March, 2012. What she has to say about the overuse of cardiac devices in patients exposes the complete lack of commonsense and lack of nutritional awareness in medicine.

Having worked with thousands of cardiac device patients, Huelyn wonders how many health conditions, that lead to these device implants, could be prevented. The vast majority of patients she saw were typically taking an excess of medications, and few were consuming any nutritional supplements critical to cardiac health.

When Huelyn developed her own cardiac arrhythmia and treated it successfully with magnesium, she realized she wanted to help educate people to make healthier choices and to prevent disease, specifically with respect to arrhythmias and heart disease.

Listen to what Huelyn has to say and be sure to pass on this information.

OFFER: The 2-for-1 special of Whey Too Good low glycemic protein powder is still available. Several clients and friends have told me this week that they want to take advantage of this offer so I urged them to hurry and sign up. Others have started taking Whey Too Good and tell me that they are very happy with the product and the customer service. So, be sure to get stocked up before the sale ends.

MEDIA: For anyone in Chicago come to the Health Freedom Expo June 15-17, 2012, where I will be giving two talks and speaking on two panels. The first is a keynote called: Death by Modern Medicine: What Your Doctors Don’t Know Can Kill you. Friday June 15, 2012 at 12 Noon. My second talk on Sunday June 17 at 12 noon is all about Magnesium. It’s called Death by Magnesium Deficiency: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know and Can’t Tell You. I’m presenting with Morley Robbins a magnesium genius who credits (or blames) me for making him a magnesium fanatic. Morley has a talk about Magnesium on Friday June 15th at 3pm called Misled & Misfed: How Magnesium Deficiency is the Stealth Bomber in Chronic Disease. (I’ll be there in the front row!) In our Sunday presentation Morley and I will be answering magnesium deficiency health questions.

Death by Sugar

Carolyn Dean MD ND — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:43:13 +0000

Death by Sugar is the title of Chapter 10 of my eBook, Death by Modern Medicine. If you haven’t read it, then come to the Chicago, Health Freedom Expo in June where I will be giving two talks and speaking on two panels. The first is a keynote called: Death by Modern Medicine: What Your Doctors Don’t Know Can Kill You. Friday June 15, 2012 at 12 Noon. Bring your lunch!!

Sugar is a huge topic for me. I wrote a book about sugar back in 1989. I never did publish it. Christmas 1989, I was on national TV, the Dini Petty Show in Canada, talking about the dangers of sugar. Because of that show my medical licensing body upheld a complaint made against me by a sugar lobby group and all that ensued led to my license in Ontario being stolen from me. (I still hold a license in California). You can read the whole story in Death by Modern Medicine or in an article I wrote for Natural News. The Medical Monopoly: It’s Not About Who’s Right or Wrong but Who’s In Charge.

Well it seems that I was right all those years ago and it’s high time I finished my sugar book. Vindication may be sweet victory for me but it does nothing to help the millions of people who have been knowingly misled and misfed! Vindication comes in the form of several recent studies, an article in the NY Times called Is Sugar Toxic, and a segment on 60 Minutes, also called, Is Sugar Toxic?

These reports all reference Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist whose lecture, Sugar: The Bitter Truth has been viewed about 2.5 million times on YouTube. Lustig and his fellow researchers have concluded that it’s the fructose component in sucrose (processed table sugar) and high fructose corn syrup that’s causing the epidemic of Metabolic Syndrome with it’s components of obesity, Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, elevated cholesterol and triglyerides, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, inflammation, and non-alcoholic fatty-liver disease.

As it turns out we were only meant to eat fructose in the form of fruit with all its fiber intact. Duh!

Fructose isn’t processed like glucose, which is necessary for cellular nutrition. It’s processed in the liver as a toxin and transformed into fat. Alcohol is processed the same way…in the liver, as a toxin. Chronic fructose consumption and chronic alcohol consumption have most of the same side effects.

As I said, I knew all this decades ago and I’ve worked out the remedy. You have to get re-educated about diet and lifestyle. Simply sign up for my weekly online wellness program called Completement Now! where you will find out what to eat, how to exercise and how to relieve stresses of all kinds.

In the meantime choose low glycemic foods! If you find it impossible to switch to cooking foods from scratch overnight, or juicing or making green vegetable smoothies, begin with my favorite protein powder Whey Too Good.

I’m medical advisor for this product and the company is in the midst of offering a 2 for 1 special to my readers. So, please take advantage of this opportunity.

I mix Whey Too Good with Antioxidant Omega-3 Greens from Tropical Traditions.

Media: Please send this email to anyone you know in Chicago and encourage them to come to the Health Freedom Expo June 15-17, 2012.

My first talk, Death by Medicine, is 12 Noon on Friday June 15, 2012. My second talk on Sunday June 17 at 12 noon is all about Magnesium. It’s called Death by Magnesium Deficiency: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know and Can’t Tell You. I’m presenting with Morley Robbins a magnesium genius who credits (or blames) me for making him a magnesium fanatic. Morley has a talk about Magnesium on Friday June 15th at 3pm called Misled & Misfed: How Magnesium Deficiency is the Stealth Bomber in Chronic Disease. (I’ll be there in the front row!) In our Sunday presentation Morley and I will be answering magnesium deficiency health questions.

Be sure and go to my Organized Wisdom Library which is growing by leaps and bounds and where you will be able to find written, audio and video information for your health. A shout out to Susan for all her hard work!

Fine Tune Your Health Program

Carolyn Dean MD ND — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:37:00 +0000

I’ve been chomping at the bit to begin a series of blogs about my upcoming talks at the Health Freedom Expo in Chicago June 15-17, 2012. But the times and titles for my two talks are not yet finalized on the HFE website.

In the meantime, let me fine-tune the points I’ve been making about my personal health program that make them easier to implement. Remember, I’m not telling you what to do, just telling you what I do. If you want much more detailed lifestyle instruction, simply join my Completement Now! Online Wellness Program.

1. Morning Bath
When I take my morning clay bath, I blend one third cup of clay in 32 ounces of water for about 5 seconds to disperse the clay particles in the water and prevent clumping. I do that twice, so I use 2/3rd cup of clay in my bath. Yes, walking up the stairs to the bathtub twice is part of the program. I use LL’s Magnetic Clay and also add 2 cups of Ancient Minerals Magnesium Flakes.

2. Protein Powder
So that my morning protein powder doesn’t clump, I pour 8 ounces of water in my shaker cup, add 2-3 TBSP of Whey Too Good Protein Powder and 1-2 TBSP of a Tropical Traditions Antioxidant Green Powder and immediately shake. If I wait until after adding my angstrom minerals, Natural Calm magnesium, NutraRev and Energy 28, (available at VitaCost.com) sometimes clumping has set in. The 2 for 1 special to purchase this excellent product is still available.

3. Neti Pot
I warm my neti pot with hot water so that I don’t have to go through the trouble of heating the water. I use alkaline filtered water from my Athena Ionic Water Purifier. The recipe is one half tsp salt. Presently I’m using Ancient Secrets Nasal Cleansing salt. It’s non-iodized. And I add one quarter tsp baking soda and 1 drop of tea tree oil OR a pinch of tumeric. I intend to do a daily neti pot cleanse for a long time to help with chronic head pain that I spoke about in a recent blog called Silent Sinusitis.

4. My basic snack. It’s Popcorn. Even for popcorn I avoid the microwave and just pop it in a 4 quart pot on my stove top. I use a few TBSP of Coconut Oil from Tropical Traditions to which I add ½ tsp of Cayenne Pepper from Frontier Herbs. I heat the coconut oil on high for about one minute then switch to medium and shake the pot will it’s popping. I almost never get a burnt offering. After popping I add organic butter and sea salt to lightly season.

5. My diet is that of an “O” Blood Type: My protein sources are mainly Whey Too Good protein powder, eggs, lamb, salmon and occasional beef along with some bean, legumes, mozzarella cheese and lots of macadamia nuts. I eat a slice of sprouted bread with my eggs 2-3 times a week. I do eat one other grain- oatmeal 2-3 times a week. I also eat lots of vegetables but only two pieces of fruit a day. Why is that? My next blog will talk about the dangers of too much fructose and sucrose.

Enough about me, what about you? Why not incorporate some healthy practices into your world and tell me how you feel!

Media: May 6, 2012 I did a one-hour interview with the famous Cary Nosler on Wide World of Health.
Yes, it’s about magnesium but as I prepare for Health Freedom Expo June 15-17, I’m gearing up my magnesium knowledge and am amazed at all the new research available. Also, for one of my lectures, I will be sharing the podium with Morley Robbins who is a born-again magnesium fanatic, so I have to be on my toes!

Go to my Organized Wisdom Library which is growing by leaps and bounds and where you will be able to find written, audio and video information for your health. A shout out to Susan for all her hard work!

What’s a Good Protein Powder?

Carolyn Dean MD ND — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:06:33 +0000

I’m often asked about my daily routine. If you read my blogs you know I take 5-6 detox/chelating baths of clay and magnesium per week and recommend this practice to everyone to detox anything from too much calcium to radiation. I use the neti pot daily for the low grade sinus build up that causes headaches and dizziness. And do the occasional coffee enema but try not to use it as and antidote for cheating on my diet!! But what about breakfast, you ask?

Most people, including me, don’t have the time or inclination to make a traditional meal in the morning. So, rather than just grab toast and coffee or some sugared cereal and orange juice, I recommend a good protein powder.

The precursor to the protein powder I use today was designed in Canada and made in Sweden. Now, the same people have designed Whey Too Good (WTG) protein powder in Canada and have it made in the U.S.

Besides the time factor, people may avoid breakfast, either to lose weight or because they just aren’t hungry. The irony is that if you skip a meal, your body’s metabolism slows down to conserve energy and the next meal you eat may be stored as fat against the threat of starvation! And if you can’t “stomach” breakfast, it may mean you are too toxic from your overnight fast. (Rewind back to the top and follow the clay and magnesium bath url.)

Skipping meals also sets you up for blood sugar irregularities. I like Whey Too Good because it has a low glycemic index and controls blood sugar levels. And it’s not just a breakfast food and it’s not just a protein powder. It’s a balanced meal of protein, carbs and fat that I personally use as my only food source when I’m doing a one-day or three-day diet for weight loss or detox.

Whey Too Good
1. Is a natural source of amino acids & vitamins
2. Is made from whey, pea & rice
3. Contains 640 iu of Omega 3 per serving
4. Is low in sodium, carbohydrates and sugar
5. Reduces the risk for heart disease, cancer and diabetes

Due to my long-standing history with the team that makes Whey Too Good, I’ve accepted their offer to be their Medical Advisor. And as a thank you gift to me and my readers Premier Natural Health is offering a Two-For-One Introductory Special on their Whey Too Good product. Enjoy!

MEDIA: My Organized Wisdom Health Library has become Awesome. Please go there to find informational articles, audio and video that I’ve created over the years. Soon I’ll upload videos from TV shows I did in the 1980′s! Use this exact url: my.organizedwisdom.com/holeopharm.

Supplements for Kids

Carolyn Dean MD ND — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:47:28 +0000

I’ve received several questions lately about kids and supplements. One was about a 10-year-old boy who has facial tics and his mother wondered if magnesium would help and what type to use. Another was an interview for a health magazine where I was asked if kids are sicker than they used to be.

Even 30 years ago I noticed that the grandkids were sicker than their grandparents. More colds and flus, more ADD and more and more autism. Parents are working several jobs, kids eat junk food and deal with more stress than ever and if they take supplements they are overly-sugared, synthetic vitamins and poorly absorbed minerals.

I’ve written about kids and supplements many times. You can check out these blogs: Calm Kids for the Holidays and Should Kids Take Magnesium. I even have a booklet that gives parents advice on how to keep their kids healthy and a homeopathic book for kids. You can find Kids Health: A Doctor’s Guide For Parents and Homeopathic Remedies for Children’s Common Ailments on my website under Books.

Yes, magnesium can definitely help tics. Anything to do with muscle and nerve spasms implies a lack of magnesium. But for the nervous system I would add essential fatty acids, zinc and other important nutrients. That’s why I recommend Kids Calm Multi, which has magnesium, EFA’s, zinc, etc. Looking for sites that sell the product I came across these wonderful testimonials on the product that might help you discern if this supplement would be good for your child.

Praise for Kids Calm Multi
1. My 8-yr old is doing so much better with homework no more spending 3 hours on it. His brain processes the work, he no longer feels intimidated by his work and he does it with great effort. I have seen a great1 improvement. My sister tried this with my niece and she has seen great improvements as well. So this is definitely a keeper. I recommend this product. It makes me a very happy parent and I will continue to use and tell others

2. Both my boys (7 & 12) are on this daily (for over a year now) and I plan to keep them on it until they move out! My youngest son developed a nervous tick due to choking on a hotdog – nothing helped him stop twitching (even counseling & trips to neurologist). My oldest son was struggling with middle school. I bought this product specifically for the DHA & Magnesium because I read these vitamins are essential for a healthy nervous system, anxiety and mood. Within 2 weeks of being on CALM, my youngest son stopped twitching his head & my oldest son began to improve in both his mood and academics. The taste was a little difficult to manage at first. But I learned to mix with water and orange juice and my kids love it. I LOVE this product and am soooo thankful for the results my boys have experienced.

3. I was skeptical but hopeful that this product would work. I mainly bought it because I was seeking the calming properties within the vitamin to help balance out my 6-year old who has hyperactive tendencies. I noticed, nearly immediately, that he was less hyper, slept better, and was overall calmer. I really, really noticed it when, this past weekend, my husband forgot to give the kids this vitamin for 2-3 days. I noticed a huge difference! Especially the oldest (the 6 year old). They were more hyper and slept more poorly. I was skeptical, but now I’m sold! I just ordered my next bottle and we’re not even halfway done with the first! Try it; you won’t regret it! My kids particularly like this vitamin in orange juice. They don’t mind the flavor at all. My nearly 4-year old and 6-year old sons use it every day and will continue to!

4. I bought this for my 8-yr old daughter. She just never feels well and suffers from anxiety. The doctors want to put her on Paxil and I won’t. I wanted to try something natural to make her feel good and feel happier. This has changed my family life. It’s really been that great for us. She loves the taste as long as I mix it with a little juice. When we skip a day or two, she notices and asks for it again. We will be sticking with this. With all those great vitamins, it’s a win-win.

I recommend VitaCost for low cost Kids Calm Multi. We know kids are very fussy with new tastes, so don’t give the supplement liquid at full strength but dilute it with water or juice.

Magnesium & Cancer

Carolyn Dean MD ND — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:27:02 +0000

I’ve never blogged about this important topic but recently a reader asked if there was an association between cancer and magnesium. Here are four major points I made about magnesium and cancer in The Magnesium Miracle.

1. Dr. Mildred Seelig wrote Magnesium In Oncogenesis And In Anti-Cancer Treatment: Interaction With Minerals And Vitamins. She noted an important relationship between magnesium deficiency and cancer, which should have alerted the cancer establishment to do further research. But unfortunately it didn’t.

2. J. I. Rodale wrote a chapter on cancer and magnesium in his 1963 publication Magnesium: The Nutrient That Could Change Your Life. He quoted Dr. Delbet, a French doctor who felt that magnesium acts as a “brake” for cancer. Delbet also observed that as the body grows older it grows more deficient in magnesium, and with this loss in magnesium there is a decrease in vitality, resistance, and cell regeneration.

3. Drugs such as painkillers, diuretics, antibiotics, and cortisone, many of which are inappropriately used, further deplete magnesium and other minerals, allowing symptoms to get completely out of control. Surgery, malnutrition, third-degree burns, serious injuries, pancreatic inflammation, liver disease, malabsorption disorders, diabetes, hormonal imbalance, and cancer are all seriously stressful medical conditions requiring increased amounts of magnesium.

4. Research has shown that even the pain of cancer can respond to magnesium. Cancer sometimes metastasizes into nerve bundles located in the neck or lower back and may not respond to even the strongest analgesics such as morphine. There is a special receptor site called NMDA that is responsible for creating this type of nerve pain; magnesium helps block this receptor. In cases of severe pain, intravenous magnesium has shown very powerful analgesic effects.

Each day more research comes to light about the importance of magnesium and I don’t want anyone to miss out on the best way to take care of your health. So, please spread the word about magnesium. Tell your family and friends, blog, tweet and Facebook about it because it’s not a message that’s saleable on mainstream media! I’m a little bit miffed right now because I found out that the company that makes an accurate ionic magnesium testing electrode doesn’t promote its product…perhaps because it will upset the current status quo. I’ll have more on that in the future so I can enlist you to put pressure on this company to make this information and this testing available to the public.

I also found out that one of my printed Death by Modern Medicine books is selling on Amazon for $108.00. Please, don’t get hoodwinked, just go to my website and get my eBook updated version for only $11.00!

And, I wanted to thank a client of mine. A well known artist and writer in New Orleans for gifting her friends with a subscription to my online wellness program. What better way to honor your friends than by giving them the gift of health.

Media: Listen to “Why Magnesium is Important for Women’s Health.” On Diva Talk Radio with Kelli Claypool. There is also a special offer for Completement Now! my online wellness program that I announce on this show.

Silent Sinusitis

Carolyn Dean MD ND — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:45:38 +0000

Sinusitis is an inflammation of the sinuses due to a viral, bacterial, or fungal infection.

Here’s what happened to me recently.

After flying back from two conferences in LA in March my head felt whoozy and achy and I developed a demarcated line of pain just to the left of the top of my head going from front to back.

After several weeks of this my massage therapist wondered if it was related to my sinuses. I thought I’d just portaled into another world (ala Fringe) and was waiting for my Cortexiphan to kick in. (The drug that was given to Oliva by Walter when she was a kid.)

Willing to explore the sinus theory rather than living on the Fringe, I began doing a Neti Pot treatment once or twice a day. I’m happy to report that even the NIH recommends using a Neti Pot as one of their treatment options for sinusitis!

A Neti Pot is a cup with a long spout you can use to irrigate your sinuses through your nostrils. It’s an Ayurvedic Medicine technique from India and allows you to flush out excess mucus and debris from the nose and sinuses keeping them free of infection and allergens.

The symptoms of chronic sinusitis include: facial pain, headache, bad breath, cough, a constant need to blow your nose, a watery discharge, and nasal congestion. Published research shows the benefits of saline nasal irrigation for sinusitis.

This is great news when the alternative is horribly strong antibiotics which often need to be taken for months and also change the condition from a bacterial to a fungal sinusitis. This fact was found by researchers at the Mayo Clinic in a 1999 paper titled The Diagnosis and Incidence of Allergic Fungal Sinusitis. They concluded that: The data presented indicate that the diagnostic criteria for Allergic Fungal Sinusitis are present in the majority of patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis.

What do you put in your Neti Pot?

Distilled or filtered water, salt, baking soda and a drop of a natural antibiotic/antifungal.

Here’s the recipe.

1. Use a clean 1-quart jar.

2. Fill with distilled or filtered water.

3. Add one teaspoon of non-iodized salt. Try Himalayan Institute Neti Pot Salt for $1.69 at VitaCost.

4. Add one teaspoon of baking soda (pure bicarbonate) but make sure it’s aluminum free. Bob’s Red Mill Baking Soda is the best.

5. Shake before pouring 6 ounces in your Neti Pot that you can also buy from VitaCost.com.

6. I add one drop of Tea Tree Oil to my Neti Pot or add 1 drop of Oregano Oil to the whole quart of water…because it’s so strong.

If you just want to use a saline solution add ¼ tsp of finely powdered salt or ½ tsp of courser salt to 6-8 oz of water.

I’ll leave it up to you to google a YouTube video to describe exactly how to use a Neti Pot. It’s also up to you how often you do the treatment and to follow your symptoms to make sure they are resolving.

For me, I was fascinated that the whole left side of my head would light up with a mild “head freeze” when I first began dong treatments. On the right side, I felt nothing. After a few days I also felt nothing on the left side and the head pain stopped. But I will continue to do a daily Neti Pot for a while until I’m sure things are back to normal.

And yes, I’ll cut back on the sweet raw deserts and fruit that can give me as much sugar as a chocolate Easter Bunny! Fungus and bacteria both live off simple sugars and if you have any sign of inflammation or infection that’s the first thing to avoid!

MEDIA:
“The Magnesium Miracle.” On Two Unsynchronized Souls with Monica Brinkman. Mar 15. Show Archive.

“Childhood Obesity.” On Backstage Pass with DivaTaunia. www.backstagepassradio.com Mar 19.Show Archive.

“Detox your Menopause.” On Magnificent Menopause and Beyond with Carrie and Gail. Mar 29. Show Archive.

“The Magnesium Miracle. 2 hour show. Audience Q&A with Arnie Gitomer on The Willner Window, WOR Radio. Apr 8. Show Archive.

My website at Organized Wisdom is growing by leaps and bounds. At that site you can easily find audio, video and print archives that may help you answer many of your health questions. Just click on one or the other links below!

The Magnesium Wars

Carolyn Dean MD ND — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:33:18 +0000

Here’s what the NIH history pages have to say about The Pellagra Wars when niacin (a B vitamin) deficiency scourged the South with “the four D’s” diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia and death.

“Pellagra no longer stalks the nation as it once did. But during the early part of the 20th-century, pellagra, a disease that results from a diet deficient in niacin killed, many poor Southerners. Dr. Joseph Goldberger, a physician in the U.S. government’s Hygienic Laboratory, the predecessor of the National Institutes of Health, discovered the cause of pellagra and stepped on a number of medical toes when his research experiments showed that diet and not germs (the currently held medical theory) caused the disease.”

Now replace the word niacin with magnesium because we certainly are in the middle of The Magnesium Wars, and you have the following press release that you probably won’t see until 2025.

“Magnesium deficiency no longer stalks the nation as it once did. But during the early part of the 21st-century, magnesium deficiency, resulting from a diet deficient in magnesium, killed many people all over the world. Many nutritional doctors discovered the cause and stepped on a number of medical toes when their writings and research showed that a simple mineral deficiency contributed to the following conditions:

1. Anxiety and Panic attacks
2. Asthma
3. Blood clots
4. Bowel disease induced by constipation
5. Cystitis and bladder spasms
6. Depression
7. Diabetes
8. Fatigue
9. Heart disease
10. Hypertension
11. Hypoglycemia
12. Insomnia
13. Kidney stones
14. Migraine
15. Musculoskeletal conditions – Fibrositis, fibromyalgia, muscle spasms, eye twitches, cramps and chronic neck and back pain
16. Nerve problems – migraines, muscle contractions, gastrointestinal spasms, and calf, foot and toe cramps, vertigo and confusion
17. Premenstrual Syndrome, dysmenorrhea, infertility, premature contractions, preeclampsia, and eclampsia in pregnancy.
18. Osteoporosis
19. Raynaud’s Syndrome
20. Sudden infant death syndrome
21. Tooth decay
22. Toxicity”

For more information about Niacin read Niacin: The Real Story by two famous Canadian doctors, Dr. Abram Hoffer and Dr. Harry Foster. And read The Magnesium Miracle by another Canadian doctor!

An Anti-Vaccination Rant

Carolyn Dean MD ND — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:15:29 +0000

I started to write a book about mercury several years ago and I’m finally getting around to finishing it with the help of activist, writer, all-round genius and mercury-poisoning survivor, Elissa Meininger.

While digging up research on mercury and its effects the following study surfaced. “Babies Sleep Better If They Are Drugged And Vaccinated In The Afternoon.”

Yes, that’s right! Researchers were investigating whether drugging 8-week old babies before vaccinating would help them sleep better. According to them, “Sleep is important after getting shots, because sleep is a sign of a vaccine response, and it’s important to maximize that response.” So why not force them to sleep and enhance the vaccine effect!

Unfortunately, they don’t seem to consider that drugging an infant can also cover up a severe vaccination reaction.

I also read that in this study the infants were given a combination of 7 shots at one time, which is probably why they had to knock the kids out so that they didn’t cry. As Elissa commented. “Why don’t they just whack them in the head with a hammer so when they get brain damage they can blame it on the hammer.”

Another “kick in the head” is that the drug they use, acetaminophen (Tylenol) can have serious side effects for children. Also, some children can be susceptible to autism because of a particular kinase enzyme deficiency which makes it impossible for them to detoxify acetaminphen as well as antibiotics and mercury!

This study comes out at the same time that we are told the incidence of autism continues to escalate and 1 out of 54 boys are affected.

The overuse of vaccinations also continues as medicine throws in the towel on antibiotics. Their only hope, they say, is to vaccinate everyone against everything because once you get infected with a germ there will be no antibiotic that works.

What medicine continues to ignore unapologetically is safe and effective herbal and homeopathic medicine.

Of course the natural medicine naysayers will immediately argue that herbs and homeopathy can’t cure spinal meningitis or a burst appendix. They very well could but the point is that we have wasted our antibiotics treating viral colds and flus to the point that most bacteria are now immune to antibiotics.

I definitely had the right idea back in 1979 when I treated mild to moderate infections and diseases with herbs, homeopathy, acupuncture, supplements and diet. Very rarely would I need to resort to a prescription medication. I even thought that in another 10 or 20 years most doctors would see the wisdom of this approach.

Boy, was I wrong!

Drug-based medicine has taken over and it’s now totally up to you, the health care consumer, to educate yourself and take responsibility for your own health.

Here’s my solution. You can reference my Future Health Now Encyclopedia to learn what remedies can replace medications. You can also join Completement Now! for a weekly module that will help you achieve a healthy lifestyle.