Aspartame: New Study Renews Cancer Concern
Aspartame, also sold as Equal and NutraSweet, is used in thousands of beverages and foods consumed by 200 million people in the United States and around the world. Publication of the results of an Italian study which found statistically significant increases in lymphomas and leukemias among female rats given aspartame has triggered new calls for FDA review of the safety of aspartame.

GMOs a Huge Subject of Debate
Internationally, there is consumer backlash against genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). While U.S. leaders are promoting biotech foods, officials of many other nations throughout the world have been enacting laws and policies that restrict or prohibit the growth and sale of GE crops. Like it or not, GMOs, are active in Hawaii. Proponents of biotech say GMOs are safe, tested, and a viable solution to create more food globally on less land. However, a private advocacy group raises questions about federal oversight of GMOs. They point out that federal regulatory agencies do not do any independent testing of GMOs. They just take the word of the manufacturing corporations.

Simple Handwashing with Soap Can Save Children's Lives
Acute respiratory infections account for an estimated 2 million children's deaths a year. Handwashing with soap can reduce the number of pneumonia-related infections in children under the age of five by more than 50 percent. Handwashing with soap can also significantly reduced the number of diarrheal infections, the second leading cause of death in children under age 5. The mechanical activity of vigorous hand washing with soap removes dirt and pathogens from hands, and is the primary factor in prevention of disease.

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JOIN US ON A 12-STAGE JOURNEY TO WELLNESS
For the next 12 weeks in Healthy Update, we will go on a journey into the heart of wellness. Each week we will feature one of the twelve key aspects of wellness from the Wellness Inventory whole person assessment program based on the pioneering work of John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., Each is a component of the Wellness Energy System. This week we will feature "Self-Responsibility & Love."

Simply Well
Twenty-four hours a day your body is talking to you - giving you feedback about what it needs for its survival, its pleasure, its growth, and its balance. In "Inhabit Your Body and Love It" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., points out that many of those messages go unnoticed or unheeded because of ignorance or lack of appreciation, or simply due to preoccupation with other matters. To inhabit your body means to start listening to what it is saying to you and to trust what you hear.

Healthy Computing
When working in an office, often the set-up is not optimum and may increase the risk of discomfort. In "Work Area" Erik Peper, Ph.D. and Katherine Hughes Gibney offers strategies to reduce the risk of injury.

Tips for a Healthy Summer
Don't let your summer be tarnished with a fall, twisted limb, sports injury or over-exertion. Prevention is far better than needing "First Aid for Sprains & Strains" including R.I.C.E. (Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate).

WELLNESS INVENTORY INCREASES MOTIVATION IN YOUR EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM

A recent survey of HR and benefits managers reports that the biggest reason for lack of attendance of employee wellness programs is that they are "not sufficiently motivated." The Wellness Inventory, a wellness program that focuses on the whole person, not just on mechanical health risks, is the first program to make your own personal motivation to change the central focus. For more information on the program go to:
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From Fatigued to Fantastic
To eliminate muscle and many other sources of pain, it is critical to get 8 to 9 hours of solid, deep sleep each night on a regular basis. In "Sleep and Insomnia" Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D. discusses natural, not sedating, sleep remedies that can help you fall asleep and stay in deep sleep.

Women's Health Detective
As our planet becomes more polluted, and the quality of our food deteriorates, we search for ways to get and stay healthy. In "Mushrooms: The Key to a Healthy Immune System" Nan Kathryn Fuchs, Ph.D. shares her view that out of all the many immune-supporting supplements out there, she thinks that medicinal mushrooms are the key to vitality and wellness. When you are exposed to bacteria or viruses with similar shaped compounds, your body remembers that mushrooms can produce the antibodies you need to fight these harmful invaders.

Healthy Alternatives
In "Cranial Osteopathy" Leon Chaitow, N.D., D.O., M.R.O. traces how William Garner Sutherland, D.O. developed this branch of osteopathy. Sutherland studied the cranial bones and reasoned that these joints could only make sense if they contributed towards motion between the bones. Against all the accepted medical thinking he reasoned, studied and observed the cranial structures and their functions, with a view to establishing what these were.

Healthy Man Update
Congestion and overgrowth of the prostate gland is virtually universal in men over the age of 60. This does not cause problems for many older men, although the others who are not so lucky take little consolation in that fact! In "Herbal Therapy & the Male Reproductive System" David L. Hoffmann, B.Sc. (Hons), M.N.I.M.H. discusses symptoms and herbal options for relief from Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy.

Find an Alternative Healthcare Professional
The Professional Referral Network contains searchable directories for 20 leading professional associations in complementary and integrative health care, with over 17,000 professionals. Looking for a healthcare professional specializing in colonics? The Colon Hydrotherapy section includes the International Association of Colon Hydrotherapy member database.

Healthy Bookstore - Beating Cancer with Nutrition

In "Beating Cancer with Nutrition" Patrick Quillin, Ph.D., R.D., CNS shares his extensive and very practical experience in helping hundreds of cancer patients with a nutrition program of diet and supplements. The information contained is both scientifically backed with references and clinically proven in the hospital with patients. This information helps cancer patients to improve quality and quantity of life.

Raw Food Materia Medica
Avocado is technically a fruit, but combines well with both fruit and vegetables. It contains about 20% monosaturated fat, which is better in helping to maintain the beneficial type of cholesterol, the HDL, or high density lipoprotein. Avocado is considered cooling, nourishing to the blood, lubricating to the lungs and large intestines, and harmonizing to the liver. Avocado soothes the bladder in cases of cystitis and is traditionally recommended as a remedy for erectile dysfunction, constipation, nervousness and insomnia.

Fabulous Functional Foods
A traditional sorbet contains very little but sugar and water. The "Coconut-Apple Sorbet" from Danish chef Oscar Umahro Cadogan contains a fair amount of vitamins, minerals, trace elements, and enzymes because all the ingredients used are fresh. Why don't people make sorbets this way all the time?

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The Healer Within
The presence of special breathing practices in the ancient cultures has always been a mystery to people in the Western world. In "Full Chest and Abdominal Breathing" Dr. Jahnke explains a method that activates all of the primary benefits of therapeutic breath practice when done slowly and fully, with intention, concentration and relaxation.

Spiritual Wellness
Every wisdom teaching calls upon us to behave toward others with love, compassion, generosity, kindness and other familiar virtues. The standards held up to us are pretty high. In "Taking the High Road" Philip Goldberg raises the questions: How good do we have to be? How good can we be? How tough should we be on ourselves? And why bother in the first place? He acknowledges that there are times when it's hard to know the difference between doing good and being a sucker or a codependent. But when we look into our hearts, we usually know the right thing to do.

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What Doctor's Don't Tell You (newsletter)

The Power of Intuition and Positive Energy to Heal
with Judith Orloff
Rye Brook, NY USA
September 30-October 1, 2005
Contact: The Conference Works - 800-395-8445

Building Bridges of Integration for Traditional Chinese Medicine
East Rutherford, NJ USA
October 6-9, 2005
Contact: TCM World Foundation - 888-826-6909

The International Complementary and Natural Healthcare Conference and Expo
Los Angeles, CA USA
October 7-9, 2005
Contact: Diversified Business Communications - 203-656-2001

The Mindsight Symposium
An Annual Event from the Neuroscience Movement
Portland, OR USA
October 21-23, 2005
Contact: Vanguard in Action - 800-928-5850

MindBodySpirit Medicine Professional Training Program
Integrate the best mind, body, and spirit techniques into your practice
San Francisco, CA USA
October 23-29, 2005
Contact: Center for Mind-Body Medicine - 202-966-7338

The Psychology of Health, Immunity & Disease Conference
Hilton Head Island, SC USA
December 5-11, 2005
Contact: The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine - 800-743-2226

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