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JULY 27TH, 2011
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CHANGING THE HORMONE BALANCE BY HAVING TABLETS OR INJECTIONS OESTROGEN-TYPE FEMALE HORMONES (CONCLUSION)

Men who take oestrogens also have their own special problems. These hormones can cause loss of interest in sex, impotence (inability to get an erection), decreased growth of facial hair, and enlargement of the breasts which can be painful. This last one can be prevented by giving the breast area a small dose of radiotherapy before starting your oestrogen treatment. Once it has developed, the only ways of getting rid of it are by stopping your oestrogen treatment or having your breasts removed surgically.
If you have unpleasant symptoms as a result of oestrogen treatments ask your doctors what the alternatives are. You may prefer a different form of hormone treatment or even to stop hormone treatment altogether.
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JULY 17TH, 2011
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EMERGENCY CHILDBIRTH: GUIDE ON HOW TO DELIVER A BABY

If the situation arises that you are unable to get to hospital and the birth of your new baby is imminent then it is important to have an idea what to do. I would suggest that you talk to your practitioner about this during your pregnancy.
If the pains are bearing down in nature and/or the waters have broken then the birth may be imminent and you should prepare for the birth. The following is a guide on how to deliver a baby in an emergency.
Call for an ambulance or medical aid
Then wash your hands and arms using soap, a nail brush and hot water.
You will need the following:
1.  Three clean sheets
2.  A sharp pair of sterilized scissors to cut the umbilical cord
3. Three lengths of string or cotton tape that have been boiled for a minimum of 10 minutes
4.  Clean towels
5.  Dettol or other antiseptic
6.  Some nappies to wrap baby in
7.  A light blanket to keep the mother warm after the birth
8.  A clean handkerchief or face mask
9.  Sterile cotton wool swabs
Preparing the delivery bed
The expectant mum will need a suitable place to lie. Prepare this using a clean sheet if possible, then under the mother starting from the waist, cover the sheet with plastic and extend all the way to the end of the sheet. A new, clean, opened up garbage bag will do. This should then be covered with an absorbent material. A few layers of opened up newspaper will suffice if you don’t have anything sterile. This must then be covered with another clean sheet. Wash your hands again and allow air-drying.
The mother should be placed on the prepared bed with the lower half of her body over the sheet covering the plastic area. She should be on her back with her knees drawn up. With each contraction she will want to push. The mother must be encouraged at this time to pant with her mouth open and not to hold her breath, and to bear down.
When the baby’s head first appears, apply firm but gentle pressure in a backwards and slightly upwards direction. This will help prevent the baby being born too quickly. As the head appears it should be facing down and will slowly turn to one side during the birth. The head needs to be supported and controlled through the whole delivery.
At this stage it can be seen if the umbilical cord is around the baby’s neck. If it is, then gently pull the loop of the umbilical cord over the baby’s head. If this cannot be carried out, then try to loosen the cord enough to allow the baby to pass through the loop at birth.
The next contraction should deliver the baby’s shoulders. Once the shoulders are born, then the rest of the baby will follow on the next contraction. In preparation for this, and during the next contraction, support the baby under the armpits and lift upwards towards mother’s abdomen. The baby is now born.
Baby will be covered with mucous and be very slippery.
Taking care, wrap the baby in a clean towel or nappy. With one hand hold both ankles. One ankle should be held between the index finger and the thumb. The other three fingers fold around the other ankle.
Baby should now be held upside down. Your other hand should be supporting the head and neck. This allows the fluid to drain from the airways (throat, nose and mouth). Use the cotton wool swabs to wipe away the blood and mucous from the baby’s nose, mouth and eyes. Remember that the umbilical cord is still attached to the placenta within the mother. Do not try to pull the cord out.
When the baby cries place it on the mother’s abdomen to nurse. The baby should be encouraged to suckle the breast. This will help in expelling the afterbirth: the third stage of labour.
Following the expulsion of the placenta, the umbilical cord can be cut, but only after it has stopped pulsating.
You will now need the three pieces of sterile string or tape and the scissors. Tie the first tape around the cord 10 cm (4 inches) from the baby’s navel. It is important that these tapes be tied firmly as failure to do so could result in the newborn baby bleeding from the cord. The next tie is located 15 cm (6 inches) from the navel and the third tie should be 20 cm (8 inches) from the navel. The cord may now be cut between the second and third ties; these are the ties farthest away from the baby.
The mother can now be washed and a sanitary napkin placed in position. Remember to retain the sanitary napkin and placenta for inspection by her practitioner. A cup of peppermint or chamomile tea and a rest are recommended.
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JUNE 26TH, 2011
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FEELINGS IN PEOPLE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY: POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS

In the first few months after spinal cord injury, a high degree of stress or anxiety is common. Some of the anxiety stems from the situation that caused the disability – for example, a car accident, shooting, or war injury. In the heat of a life-threatening emergency, and even during acute hospitalization, the body is stimulated by adrenaline and energy is focused on survival. Anxiety is automatically blocked from mental awareness in an adaptive trick that allows one to cope with the crisis at hand.
Once the immediate danger is over and you are settled into a safe, albeit difficult routine, you may find yourself flooded with anxiety, replaying the trauma in your mind (in flashbacks) or having nightmares with terrifying experiences of helplessness, impending disaster, and loss of control. These symptoms of posttraumatic stress are common after any emotionally overwhelming situation.
Again, talking it out helps. Research on the treatment of people with severe posttraumatic stress reactions suggests that the sooner they talk about the experience and associated fears, and the more detail they are able to give, the less anxiety they are likely to experience in the future.
Patty became paraplegic following a bullet wound to her spine. She was at her niece’s home, their children playing together, when the niece’s estranged boyfriend barged into the house and shot both women. Her niece was killed and Patty was seriously injured.
Patty suffered extreme pain and emotional distress while waiting for emergency assistance to arrive. At the hospital, she was mourning the loss of her niece, confronting her own disability, and worrying about the emotional effects of the event on her child. However, after emergency treatment and medical stabilization, her healing progressed nicely and her spirits were remarkably good.
Once in rehabilitation, Patty surprised the staff by talking frequently and in great detail about the circumstances of her injury, her niece’s bloody death, and her pain and terror while waiting to be rescued. She told the story to anyone who would listen, to the point that some staff questioned the “normalcy” of her preoccupation. Yet Patty seemed immune from the anxiety that many expected of her. She was able to focus on information about her recovery, participate actively in her therapies, and maintain supportive relationships with friends and family. She was eager to learn how to use the wheelchair, to get well, and to get on with her life.
Patty was doing spontaneously what most therapists would encourage any victim of a trauma to do – managing and mastering the anxiety by talking about the trauma and the feelings it evoked. Talking not only “gets it out” but also elicits support and validation from others. Thus Patty, more than many patients, was able to make new friends in the rehabilitation hospital. Fellow patients and staff members saw her as courageous and determined. This reinforced Patty’s sense of self-worth and diminished her anxiety about using a wheelchair, learning bladder care, and becoming independent. She left the hospital with some realistic anxiety about returning to work and parenting with a disability and, indeed, real social and physical challenges lay ahead. But Patty was not overwhelmed or disabled by the anxiety itself.
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JUNE 9TH, 2011
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TYPE II DIABETES AND WEIGHT PROBLEMS: FOOD, FABULOUS FOOD

In the good old days, humans ate food to survive. In the good new days, most humans (particularly the fortunate ones in most First World nations) eat food to increase enjoyment of life. We equate food with love, happiness and success.
Because we like love, happiness and success so much, many of us eat as much food as we can get our hands on – and forks into.
You may have inherited a genetic tendency for being overweight (“everyone in my family is fat or chubby”), or you may have been raised in a family where overeating was the rule, rather than the exception to the rule. The end result is that you, over the years, developed food eating habits that have nurtured the fat monster.
You are today what you have been eating during the past years.
If you’re lucky, you may be able to fight your own fat monster by just cutting down on the amount of food you eat – without anyone’s help. Or you may need the professional help of a dietitian, diabetes educator or counselor to help you with your weight control programme. Whether you do it alone or with the help of someone else, there are certain things you need to do before you sit down at your next dinner table.
You need to create a list of foods you love – and really can’t cut out – and the foods you really won’t miss when they’re dropped from your diet. You also need a list of foods that fall between the loved and the not loved.
When you consider the foods that won’t be missed or are “iffy”, look for those that contain the most kilojoules. You’ll get the most bangs for your dollar when you cut out high-kilojoules, low-nutrition foods. One of the prime examples of this kind of food is alcohol (the drinking kind). When you drink alcohol, you are almost drinking the equivalent of fat in terms of the numbers of kilojoules. There is very little nutrition in an alcoholic beverage but lots of unneeded and, in your case, unwanted kilojoules.
Some people can get started on a weight loss programme just by giving up booze. Not only will they lose weight, they will gain many other health benefits. (Don’t be misled by the newspaper stories on the benefits obtained by persons who drink one glass of beer or wine every day of their lives, compared with teetotalers. There were many other variables in the lifestyles of the two groups – drinkers and non-drinkers – that probably skewed the results of these studies.)
In social situations where everyone else is drinking alcoholic beverages, you can quietly ask for a diet soda, a glass of iced tea, or an alcohol-free substitute, such as a Virgin Mary.
In addition to alcohol, you will be able to identify quite a number of high-kilojoules foods that can be eliminated from your diet. Think about the kind of snacks you consume while watching TV. You can easily switch to low-kilojoules snacks, such as no-salt, butter-free popcorn.
The act of writing down your list of foods in the love, don’t care, and iffy columns will help you take the next step-actually eliminating some of these foods from your life.
Your skills in blood glucose monitoring also can help you decide which foods should stay and which should go. You can see, by the numbers on your glucose meter, how some foods affect your blood glucose levels. Measure your glucose before you eat a portion of a specific food and then repeat the measurement one hour later. Experiment with different combinations of foods to see which ones produce the smallest peaks in your after-meal blood glucose.
Eliminate those high-peak “villains”, along with any foods that produce high blood glucose levels for hours after you’ve eaten them. Use your blood glucose monitoring along with your bathroom scales to see the weekly progress you’re making toward your weight goals.
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MAY 5TH, 2011
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HIV: LUNG PROBLEMS-PRODUCTIVE COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, FEVER: BACTERIAL PNEUMONIAS

Productive cough, shortness of breath, and fever are symptoms of tuberculosis and pneumonia caused by certain common types of bacteria; these symptoms may also be caused by PCP, certain viruses, Kaposi’s sarcoma in the lung, and several other unusual conditions.
Bacterial pneumonias-Bacteria have always been a major cause of serious pneumonias. Before penicillin became available in the 1940s, bacterial pneumonias were the most common cause of death in the United States.
The symptoms of bacterial pneumonias are fever, shortness of breath, and a cough that produces thick yellow or green sputum. For some people, the major symptom is chest pain, especially when they breathe. Unlike PCP and TB, bacterial pneumonias usually begin rather abruptly, and people see physicians within days, rather than weeks or months.
Bacterial pneumonias can occur relatively early in the course of HIV infection. Unlike PCP, bacterial pneumonias do not necessarily indicate a severely weakened immune system. One common bacterial pneumonia is caused by a microbe called pneumococcus; people with HIV infection seem especially prone to pneumococcal pneumonia.
The diagnosis of bacterial pneumonias is usually established with a chest x-ray and sputum tests. Treatment with antibiotics is highly effective when begun early in the infection. Furthermore, a vaccine can now help prevent pneumococcal pneumonia.
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, which prevents PCP, will prevent pneumococcal pneumonia as well. Bacteria other than pneumococcus cause pneumonias as well, but the symptoms, diagnostic tests, and treatment are all similar.
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FEBRUARY 7TH, 2011
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VOCALIZING IN PREGNANCY

Vocalizing – for example singing or chanting – exercises muscles throughout the body and is thus a very good way of building up strength and stamina. It also develops lung capacity. In fact, any form of vocalization, if performed with good use in mind, can help to improve your use and bring you back into a more balanced state. Making sounds can be used as a way to connect into your inner self, which should help you to tune into the natural rhythms of birth.
For a great many women making sounds makes it much easier to cope with the intensity of contractions when they are in labour. It is a way of tuning in to the pain, and of expressing it, instead of the pain becoming internalized as tension in the body. Vocalizing involves focusing on the sound you make and using it as a way of keeping control. It is important that you do not let it turn into screaming, as screaming is extremely exhausting and can make you feel even more distressed. You are also likely to have a sore throat after the birth, as letting the breath out in an uncontrolled rush damages the vocal chords.
It may sound artificial to suggest that you practise making sounds before the actual labour, but in fact it is important that you do. You need to learn to connect your voice into your body, and you need to train up the correct muscles for producing the voice. If you are using your voice well, the abdominal muscles and the action of your lower ribs will be providing the breath for the sound. If you are using your voice badly, you will be pushing the sound from your upper chest and throat.
An ideal exercise for preparing the voice for labour is the whispered ah. Chanting and singing are also excellent. If you are practising the Alexander Technique with a group of pregnant women you will find that chanting together, or singing rounds, is an enlivening and uplifting experience. The antenatal classes run by the French obstetrician Michel Odent at the clinic in Pithiviers, France, used to be group singing sessions. It is thought that singing and chanting release endorphins , the body’s natural way of suppressing pain and anxiety.
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VOCALIZING IN PREGNANCYVocalizing – for example singing or chanting – exercises muscles throughout the body and is thus a very good way of building up strength and stamina. It also develops lung capacity. In fact, any form of vocalization, if performed with good use in mind, can help to improve your use and bring you back into a more balanced state. Making sounds can be used as a way to connect into your inner self, which should help you to tune into the natural rhythms of birth.For a great many women making sounds makes it much easier to cope with the intensity of contractions when they are in labour. It is a way of tuning in to the pain, and of expressing it, instead of the pain becoming internalized as tension in the body. Vocalizing involves focusing on the sound you make and using it as a way of keeping control. It is important that you do not let it turn into screaming, as screaming is extremely exhausting and can make you feel even more distressed. You are also likely to have a sore throat after the birth, as letting the breath out in an uncontrolled rush damages the vocal chords.It may sound artificial to suggest that you practise making sounds before the actual labour, but in fact it is important that you do. You need to learn to connect your voice into your body, and you need to train up the correct muscles for producing the voice. If you are using your voice well, the abdominal muscles and the action of your lower ribs will be providing the breath for the sound. If you are using your voice badly, you will be pushing the sound from your upper chest and throat.An ideal exercise for preparing the voice for labour is the whispered ah. Chanting and singing are also excellent. If you are practising the Alexander Technique with a group of pregnant women you will find that chanting together, or singing rounds, is an enlivening and uplifting experience. The antenatal classes run by the French obstetrician Michel Odent at the clinic in Pithiviers, France, used to be group singing sessions. It is thought that singing and chanting release endorphins , the body’s natural way of suppressing pain and anxiety.*55\346\2*

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JANUARY 28TH, 2011
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HYPERTENSION WEARS OUT THE HEART

According to the American Heart Association, hypertension is a contributing factor in the 1.1 million heart attacks and more than 300,000 heart attack deaths in the United States each year. Hypertension hurts the heart by pushing it to the limits. Years of overexertion cause the heart to become weak and damaged – the pump just wears out.
Hypertension is the leading risk factor for heart attack, or myocardial infarction (MI). A heart attack occurs when part of the heart’s blood supply is suddenly reduced or cut off, usually due to a blockage in one of the coronary arteries supplying blood to the heart. The portions of the heart muscle that cannot get adequate oxygen and nutrients die. The more extensive the damage, the more serious the heart attack.
Hypertension is also the chief cause of left ventricular hypertrophy, one of the hallmarks of hypertension, especially untreated hypertension. Like any muscle, the heart bulks up with overuse. In particular, the muscular walls of the left ventricle – the discharge chamber that actually pumps blood into the arterial system – thicken and swell. As the walls thicken, the volume of the chamber shrinks, and the amount of blood it can hold and pump throughout the body is reduced. Because the heart is now pumping less blood with each beat, it works even harder to maintain circulation. This may lead to further weakening of the heart – it simply tires out and swells up like a weak balloon. This end-stage disease is called congestive heart failure (CHF). The pumping efficiency of the heart is now so poor that it cannot maintain adequate circulation of the blood. Blood pools in the vessels and the patient becomes weak and has difficulty breathing. The swollen, hypertrophied heart muscle becomes so overburdened that it eventually just stops working.
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HYPERTENSION WEARS OUT THE HEARTAccording to the American Heart Association, hypertension is a contributing factor in the 1.1 million heart attacks and more than 300,000 heart attack deaths in the United States each year. Hypertension hurts the heart by pushing it to the limits. Years of overexertion cause the heart to become weak and damaged – the pump just wears out.Hypertension is the leading risk factor for heart attack, or myocardial infarction (MI). A heart attack occurs when part of the heart’s blood supply is suddenly reduced or cut off, usually due to a blockage in one of the coronary arteries supplying blood to the heart. The portions of the heart muscle that cannot get adequate oxygen and nutrients die. The more extensive the damage, the more serious the heart attack.Hypertension is also the chief cause of left ventricular hypertrophy, one of the hallmarks of hypertension, especially untreated hypertension. Like any muscle, the heart bulks up with overuse. In particular, the muscular walls of the left ventricle – the discharge chamber that actually pumps blood into the arterial system – thicken and swell. As the walls thicken, the volume of the chamber shrinks, and the amount of blood it can hold and pump throughout the body is reduced. Because the heart is now pumping less blood with each beat, it works even harder to maintain circulation. This may lead to further weakening of the heart – it simply tires out and swells up like a weak balloon. This end-stage disease is called congestive heart failure (CHF). The pumping efficiency of the heart is now so poor that it cannot maintain adequate circulation of the blood. Blood pools in the vessels and the patient becomes weak and has difficulty breathing. The swollen, hypertrophied heart muscle becomes so overburdened that it eventually just stops working.*19/313/5*

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JANUARY 18TH, 2011
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THE IDENTIFIABLE CAUSES OF CANCER: INFECTIONS

The question the reader will ask at this point is ‘Given all this epidemiological study, do we know the causes of cancer?’ Broadly the answer is ‘yes’ in many circumstances and for many cancers, and the opportunities for prevention that this understanding generates are there to be taken. We do not always know how the factors that have been identified by the epidemiological studies discussed in this chapter link up to what is being learned in the laboratories of the molecular biologists. This connection is being made rapidly and will be increasingly clear by the end of the century. Epidemiology has been very successful in discovering or confirming which features of our lives in the Western world can be now identified as causes of cancer.
Simple infections do not cause cancer. Pneumonias and urinary infections, for instance, are usually caused by bacteria and there is no evidence that such infections predispose to cancer in any way. Animal cancers can be caused by viruses but human cancers are not usually caused by viruses. There are, however, some notable exceptions to this general statement. The virus described by Epstein and Barr (Epstein-Barr virus, EBV) probably causes a rare cancer of the lymph glands, particularly in Africa, and may cause cancer of the nasal passages among the Chinese. Hepatitis B virus infection, when chronic, probably contributes to the high incidence of liver cancers in the Far East, the evidence for this being a most convincing cohort study in Taiwan. Rare types of leukaemia, particularly in Japan and the Caribbean, have been linked to infection with a particular kind of virus (human T lymphotrophic virus type 1), which seems to be spread early in life but which may alio, like AIDS, be spread by sexual activity and drug abuse. AIDS infection predisposes patients to a number of cancers of a rare kind which may be very difficult indeed to treat. As indicated above, viruses are being investigated as a possible explanation for a link between cancer of the neck of the womb and multiple sexual partners. It should be emphasized that human cancer is not in any simple way an infectious disease, that patients with cancer do not require isolation and that people need not be concerned about sharing homes or workplaces with cancer patients.
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THE IDENTIFIABLE CAUSES OF CANCER: INFECTIONSThe question the reader will ask at this point is ‘Given all this epidemiological study, do we know the causes of cancer?’ Broadly the answer is ‘yes’ in many circumstances and for many cancers, and the opportunities for prevention that this understanding generates are there to be taken. We do not always know how the factors that have been identified by the epidemiological studies discussed in this chapter link up to what is being learned in the laboratories of the molecular biologists. This connection is being made rapidly and will be increasingly clear by the end of the century. Epidemiology has been very successful in discovering or confirming which features of our lives in the Western world can be now identified as causes of cancer. Simple infections do not cause cancer. Pneumonias and urinary infections, for instance, are usually caused by bacteria and there is no evidence that such infections predispose to cancer in any way. Animal cancers can be caused by viruses but human cancers are not usually caused by viruses. There are, however, some notable exceptions to this general statement. The virus described by Epstein and Barr (Epstein-Barr virus, EBV) probably causes a rare cancer of the lymph glands, particularly in Africa, and may cause cancer of the nasal passages among the Chinese. Hepatitis B virus infection, when chronic, probably contributes to the high incidence of liver cancers in the Far East, the evidence for this being a most convincing cohort study in Taiwan. Rare types of leukaemia, particularly in Japan and the Caribbean, have been linked to infection with a particular kind of virus (human T lymphotrophic virus type 1), which seems to be spread early in life but which may alio, like AIDS, be spread by sexual activity and drug abuse. AIDS infection predisposes patients to a number of cancers of a rare kind which may be very difficult indeed to treat. As indicated above, viruses are being investigated as a possible explanation for a link between cancer of the neck of the womb and multiple sexual partners. It should be emphasized that human cancer is not in any simple way an infectious disease, that patients with cancer do not require isolation and that people need not be concerned about sharing homes or workplaces with cancer patients.*34\194\4*

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DECEMBER 7TH, 2009
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VOMITING

Vomiting is the physical outcome of nausea. In cases of food poisoning or gastroenteritis caused by bacteria which inflame the lining of the stomach and intestines, vomiting is the body’s response to the condition by ridding itself of harmful substances. A similar response may follow heavy drinking or ingestion of other toxic substances. Other gastrointestinal disorders such as peptic ulcers and appendicitis can cause vomiting.

Vomiting may also indicate serious disorders which are not associated with digestion. Following a blow to the head, vomiting may indicate swelling of the brain or bleeding within the skull. Heart attacks may present with chest pains and vomiting.

In children vomiting is also a symptom of fevers, middle ear infections, tonsillitis and meningitis. It is quite normal for young babies to vomit small quantities of milk after feeding and is of no concern unless the child appears ill or does not gain weight.

During early pregnancy vomiting is a common symptom of morning sickness. Both ginger and raspberry leaf are recommended by herbalists to relieve the nausea and vomiting associated with pregnancy.

Bulimia is an eating disorder in which the sufferer overeats, then induces vomiting to rid the body of the food which has been consumed. When bulimia is chronic this practice can result in ulceration of the oesophagus, damage to the teeth caused by stomach acids and dietary deficiencies.

Inducing vomiting is sometimes a first aid teatment for poisoning. Vomiting should not be induced in the case of corrosive, petroleum based or unknown substances which have been swallowed. When a medicinal or general substance such as detergent, mushrooms or medicine have been swallowed vomiting should be induced by giving Syrup of Ipecac to drink, following the instructions on the bottle. Salty or soapy water should not be given to induce vomiting.

Vomiting of blood requires immediate medical advice. Tiny flecks of blood in the vomitus following extensive vomiting may come from small tears in the lining of the digestive system and are not in themselves cause for alarm.

Prolonged vomiting may result in dehydration. This requires treatment by a practitioner.

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DECEMBER 7TH, 2009
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TRUE HEALING – PRACTICAL ADVICE /DIET – MINIMISING THE INTAKE OF TOXINS: HOW TO DO IT?

Vegetarian cuisine

Discussing benefits of pure vegetarian (vegan) cuisine as well as recipes is yet again a quite substantial topic and exceeds the scope of this book. For information about the vegetarian cuisine please read books by Ch. Lehman or M.Diamond listed in the References.

Microwaves

Using microwave radiation to cook or heat food changes the molecular structure of food. There is a consistent scientific evidence, that such food is harder to metabolise. We should avoid microwave cooking if possible.

How much to eat ?

This is also a very important question. The answer is quite simple . as little as possible to feel active and comfortable. Note, that eating too much is equivalent to overloading your body with additional duties, related to the processing and disposal of extra waste. Your mind is engaged too, reducing your intellectual and spiritual abilities.

During fasting, you will learn, that the feeling of hunger, as well as the tendency to overeat are typical reactions of a toxic body. If the body is pure and you try not to poison it excessively, your body will always tell you when you have had enough food. Just pay careful attention to what your body is telling you. That’s all.

It is easier to receive and understand such messages, when you eat slowly and chew your food well.

When should we eat ?

In the mountains of Georgia, where people live well beyond 100 years and even make babies at 100, they have a saying:

“Eat breakfast yourself share lunch with your friend, and give dinner to your enemy”.

I cannot help admiring the beauty and wisdom of this ancient proverb. What it says is that we should take food before the activities of the day, and to not take any food before going to bed for the whole night. Doing so, we feel energetic during the day, and we greatly assist our mind-body system in the night’s rest, freeing the resources necessary for everyday healing, repairs, maintenance, as well as for spiritual development.

Note, that most people do exactly the opposite: dinner is their main meal. They all wonder why their health is deteriorating quickly with age.

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