Even here in Maui the price of oranges will probably skyrocket as most grocery stores import them instead of using local grown.

Reports are coming in that as much as 40% of the world’s orange juice supply (mainly from Florida) may be destroyed thanks to the global deep freeze we are currently experiencing. (necn.com)

Will 2010 be remembered as the year without oranges? Hard to say. It does sound, however, like there’ll be less of them around. And those you do see may cost a lot more than they do now. A lot more.

Some people are wondering how they’ll survive. Will you get scurvy? Where will you get your vitamin C? …

	Recent Future Health Now! members Bill Stephens and Lena — while visiting Maui — asked if they could take me out to lunch. Here we are at the Molikini Bistro at the Grand Wailea Hotel in Maui on one of the biggest wave days of the year. (Click image to enlarge).

Here’s what science fiction writer Ray Bradbury had to say about the future of mankind…

People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it. Better yet, build it. Predicting the future is much too easy, anyway. You look at the people around you, the street you stand on, the visible air you breathe, and predict more of the same. To hell with more. I want better. — Beyond 1984: The People Machines (cited at spaceagecity.com)

Along those lines, here are four more wellness predictions for 2010 (If you missed part 1, please click here. And part 2 is available here.) …

Some local breadfruit growing at a small family garden near my home in Maui.

Many people are concerned about how the economy will pan out in 2010. Government bailouts tried to keep things together in ‘09. But at what price? Did we avoid a recession only to set ourselves up for another great depression?

But just because we might all be bartering potatoes and trading with silver coins …

Amazing how something as harmless looking as tomato sauce could be so deadly if allowed to ferment.

Time for the unveiling of the true culprit of my unfortunate night of purging.

Yes, it was probably spoiled tomato sauce that caused the food poisoning I experienced a few weeks back (as most of you bright people guessed).

Someone gave me the benefit of the doubt …

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 …