A mother-and-son team put together this homegrown vegetable garden (which I visited over the weekend in Hana, Maui). In line with my predictions for 2010, more and more people will be doing this in the New Year.

Plenty of grim predictions going about for 2010: War with Iran. The Greatest Depression. More taxes. Zimbabwe-like inflation. Oppressive health care. More taxes. Shock bracelets for airline passengers. More taxes. And yet another Batman movie.

Sheesh… to everything there are two sides. I like to say “not in my universe.” I predict what I see and want to see happening. So here are the first five of my Top Twelve Predictions for how 2010 will usher in more health and natural living for you, your family, your community and the world …

One of these suspect items is to blame for my food poisoning experience. (Click to enlarge.)

As fate would have it, I was finishing Module 39 of Future Health Now! (How to Eat Leftovers Without the Mold, Yeast and Bacteria) around the time of my food poisoning episode. I’ve often said that I like to experience what I’m telling my clients and readers… but this was way beyond the call of duty.

Now, many people offered their suggestions as to what could have caused the problem (along with some great reasons why). Let’s line up the suspects …

Millions have been led to believe that a mixture of ingredients used in antifreeze and hemorrhoid cream makes a healthier topping than cream from a cow. (Photo of stewed nectarines covered with cream compliments of Pfctdayelise.)

“A delicious blend of sugar, wax and condom lube.” That’s how Wired Magazine described the wonders of Cool Whip a few years back.

In our modern era of “Better Living Through Chemistry” Cool Whip was created as a substitute for real cream. But what was wrong with real cream? The propaganda of our time still claims it causes heart attacks and weight gain.

Here’s a more likely explanation for why big manufacturers felt the need to provide a substitute for cream from a cow …

That’s me standing atop Mt. Haleakalā ten minutes after sunrise on the winter solstice. (Click image to enlarge).

For the winter solstice I stood atop a mountain taller than Mt. Everest to see the sunrise.

Taller than Mt. Everest? Has Dr. Dean been taking too much magnesium?

Honestly, I did. Mt. Haleakalā may tower only 10,000 feet above sea level… but if you start measuring from the floor of the Pacific – including the part that’s underwater – it dwarfs the Himalayas.

Check out the following photo and note the unique streaking effect of the sun caused by the altitude and volcanic atmosphere …

Hope you had a great Christmas holiday.

Most families end up with a ton of leftovers. How about you? Turkey sandwiches for the next three weeks?

Just keep in mind that most cooked leftovers will spoil within three days. Mold, bacteria and yeast are already having their own holiday feast with the leftovers in your fridge …

A cross between rice meal and rice pudding topped with soaked almond slivers.

Many of you have written to say how anxious you are to hear Part 2 of my “An Evening of Food Poisoning” story from last week. But considering it’s Christmas Eve I didn’t think my-near-death-by-pasta experience was the merriest of messages I could send.

Instead, I have a delicious recipe you can make for your family and friends over the holiday season. My publisher, John Manley, has been refining this recipe over the last year. While it makes a great breakfast or desert for the Christmas season it’s a staple in his household all year long (much in demand by his three-year old son …

Produce from my local farmers market. Even 100% natural foods can still become toxic if not stored, cleaned or prepared properly — as I relate in today’s two-part story.

It started the other night after dinner with a pain at the back of my head. The headache became so strong I felt it would crush my entire skull.

An hour later I began to break out in a sweat. My stomach cramped. I started having bowel movements.

Next nausea started in my toes and worked its way up to my throat. That’s when I began to vomit …

When people get sick or are chronically ill they all too often end up spending a detrimental amount of time in front of the TV.

Look at what people do when they have health problems… They often end up sitting in front of a TV.

Every hospital bed has a TV hanging over it.

That time could be spent practicing various methods of mental and spiritual healing.

Now I’m not passing judgment on anybody. I’m not totally against TV. It does offer entertainment and education. If it helps …

That’s me at the local farmer’s market here in Maui. So much to choose from!

Jim, a reader of this newsletter and author of the Raw Food Wisdom website, commented on a previous post (Food Fascism)…

Swami Rama, a famous Yogi from India — one of the first teachers of yoga whose abilities were measured by science — used to tell his Western students: “I don’t care what you eat. I only care what you …

Indianapolis news interviews man who just received the flu shot at a drive-thru clinic. Obviously the fear tactics aren’t enough to get people to roll up their sleeves – you need to make it ultra-convenient, too.

On October 23, President Obama declared swine flu a national emergency. The only emergency that I could see was that people weren’t rushing out to get the dangerous, expensive and unnecessary vaccine. The government would look rather foolish with billions of dollars of stockpiled vaccines paid for by taxpayers.

Here are seven reasons why you can ignore the “emergency” and not allow it in “your universe” …