AN ENLIGHTENING EXPERIENCE OF WELLNESS... AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

The Journey to Wild Divine is a unique training program that uses biofeedback to teach breathing & meditation techniques for a healthier mind & body. It's the perfect addition to your daily wellness program. This unique program for mind & body links biofeedback hardware with your computer to create an enlightening experience of wellness.

Step out of time and into endless possibility, where you'll practice breathing and meditation techniques, like the heart breath, an ancient yogic breathing technique that will help you achieve control over your mind & body to help reduce stress and improve physical and mental wellness. To take an amazing online demo or for more information, click here.

Doctors Offer Five Mood-Boosting Tips for the Holiday Season
This time of year can be stressful, and many people make the mistake of turning to sugary or fatty junk foods for comfort. The best mood-boosters during the holiday season are low-fat vegetarian foods like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.

Frist Fans Public Fears of Avian Flu to Ram Through Sweeping Liability Shield for the Drug Industry
A proposal to immunize the drug industry from legal accountability for death, disability or sickness caused by the use of pandemic flu vaccines and pharmaceuticals would be a gift to that industry. Victims seriously injured would be unable to seek compensation.

Bill Introduced to Stop FDA's Censorship
The Health Freedom Protection Act (H.R. 4282) to prevent the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from censoring information about dietary supplements has been introduced into Congress. Congressman Ron Paul explains that the Health Freedom Protection Act specifically will: (1) stop the FDA from censoring truthful claims about dietary supplements; (2) stop the FDA from prohibiting the distribution of scientific articles and publications regarding the role of nutrients in protecting against disease; and (3) address the FTC’s violations of the First Amendment.

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WILD ALASKAN SALMON

Vital Choice Wild Pacific Salmon is a pure and natural source of essential omega-3 fatty acids and powerful biological antioxidants. Each 3.5 ounce serving of our Alaskan sockeye contains a minimum of 1.2 grams of EPA & DHA, vital nutrients proven in clinical studies to promote optimal health and to prevent or ameliorate numerous adverse health conditions.

Wild Alaskan salmon, considered one of the best natural foods on the earth, is a far better choice than the nutritionally inferior, factory-farmed salmon which is now offered in stores nationwide. Farmed salmon is also destructive to the environment. The Vital Choice formula is simple: bring benefit to both our customers and producers by procuring the very best fish and delivering them in prime condition at a fair price. For more information on Vital Choice Seafood, click here.

CONTINUING OUR 12-STAGE JOURNEY TO WELLNESS
This week our journey focuses on BREATHING & RELAXING, the second of 12 keys to wellness in the Wellness Inventory. We can survive for many weeks without food, several days without water, but without air, life ceases in a matter of minutes. When the air is clear, your lungs strong, your body relaxed, and your mind at peace, you experience total wellbeing. Unfortunately, this ideal is seldom realized....

Ask Dr. Orloff About Intuitive Healing
One big reason that many diets fail is that traditional weight loss programs don't factor in how we process subtle energy. In "Positive Energy: The Missing Piece to Overeating and Why Diets Fail" Judith Orloff, M.D. shows you how to cope with negative vibes without abusing food, including eight emergency intervention to halt energetic eating.

BRING MORE BALANCE INTO YOUR LIFE

The Wellness Inventory is a pioneering "whole person" assessment program that helps you gain personal insight into your state of physical, emotional, and spiritual wellness. The program offers guidance and tools to transform this new awareness into lasting changes in your life, and a renewed sense of health and wellbeing.
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Nutritional Medicine and Longevity
In "Homocysteine: The Key To Heart Attack, Stroke, & Cardiovascular Disease" Richard A. Kunin, M.D. notes that homocysteine is a preventable and treatable factor in blood vessel disease. In fact over 200 research studies already provide a consensus that identifies this molecule as the most important strategic factor in heart attacks and strokes, far more powerful than cholesterol and fat. If the chemical pathways to its useful end-products are impaired, homocysteine build-up causes more mischief than any other physiologic "ortho"molecule. People with high homocysteine scores are at greater risk for heart attack.

Healthy Alternatives
Approximately half of the United States' drinking water supply is fluoridated in an attempt to reduce dental cavities in children. Is this state of affairs safe? In "The Dangers of Fluoride and Fluoridation" Michael Schachter, M.D., F.A.C.A.M. reports that the scientific voices of opposition to fluoridation have been suppressed, since 1950 when the U.S. Public Health Service first endorsed fluoridation. He recommends that people avoid fluoridated water, fluoridated vitamins, and fluoride treatments at the dentist.

Dr. Christine Horner's Natural Secrets for Breast Health
Eating just a clove or two of garlic a week can significantly lower your risk of breast cancer. In "Breast Health Tip #13: Garlic" Christine Horner, M.D., F.A.C.S details the ways that garlic helps to protect against and fight breast cancer - and other diseases.

Healthy Child
Wetting the bed is not only uncomfortable, it is embarrassing, especially for a child older than 3 years. And that's not all. Afraid of waking up in a soaked bed, children who wet their beds may avoid going to pajama parties, friends' houses or summer camp. In "Bed-wetting" the American Institute for Preventive Medicine provides parents practical self-care tips for supporting their child, plus indications when the condition might need medical attention.

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 naturopathy? The Naturopathic Medicine section includes the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians member database.

Healthy Bookstore - The Translucent Revolution

According to "The Translucent Revolution: How People Just Like You are Waking Up and Changing the World" by Arjuna Ardagh, there is a growing phenomenon happening throughout the world, a gentle but profound revolution in human consciousness. It is something that has been experienced directly by millions of everyday people from all walks of life and the numbers continue to multiply exponentially. The breakthroughs they have experienced are startlingly similar and are marked by a new sense of well-being, increased joy in life, diminished fear, and a natural impulse to serve and contribute to the world in a real way.

Nutrition Tips
Fruits are considered nature's perfect foods. They are natural and healthy, well stocked in nutrients, relatively low calorie and low sodium, and have very high water content; plus offer natural sugars when we want something sweet. In "Fruits" Elson M. Haas, M.D. details the specific nutritional values in a variety of categories of fruits, including citrus, melons, berries, tropical, and dried fruits.

Vegetarian Recipe
Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine offers you a vegetarian recipe for "Creamy Carrot Soup."

MOVIES THAT INSPIRE, HEAL AND TRANSFORM

The SPIRITUAL CINEMA CIRCLE offers a service that's unique and deeply needed. The CIRCLE gives you a way to bring hours of inspiring entertainment into your life each month, while making an important contribution to the world. In addition, it's an incredible bargain. If, like me, you love movies, but you find it harder and harder to go to theaters because of the violence, emptiness and overall lack of quality and imagination that most of the current crop represents, The CIRCLE is a wonderful opportunity.

Mind Over Matter
The holiday season is upon us. Can you recall the details of any holiday dinner in the last 5 or so years? If you can, what do you remember? In "Getting Together for the Holidays: Memories Everlasting" Barry Bittman, M.D. challenges us to create wonderful memories during this year's holiday get-together that will live on in our hearts.

Music and Wellness
In the interview "On the Healing Power of Music" with Dr. Daniel Redwood, Steven Halpern elaborates on his view that music conveys a vibrational essence with important implications for health and healing. He discusses the phenomenon of entrainment, in which the human heart involuntarily synchronizes its beat to the rhythm supplied by external stimuli.

HEALING DRUM KIT - CHRISTINE STEVENS

With a venerable history as a healing art, it’s no surprise that scientists are now finding measurable positive immune system changes following one-hour drumming sessions. With The Healing Drum Kit, internationally acclaimed music therapist Christine Stevens shows you how to use the art of drumming to ignite your creativity, release tension and anxiety, exercise the body, and communicate with a power beyond words.

The Healing Drum Kit includes: 10" Remo frame drum, 2 drumming CDs (2.5 hours), 78-page guidebook, 24 Rhythm cards.

Whether relaxing to the gentle lub-dub of a heartbeat, exploring sacred rhythms from around the globe, or simply drumming away stress, people of all ages will experience and enjoy the full spectrum of this ancient art, with The Healing Drum Kit.

3RD ANNUAL NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS: AN EVIDENCE-BASED UPDATE

January 20-22, 2006 La Jolla, California
Keynote speaker: Deepak Chopra

More than two dozen medical experts in evidence-based nutritional medicine will present a comprehensive overview of natural supplements to physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dietitians, other health care providers and the general public.

The faculty of this one-of-a-kind annual conference will present evidence-based research to help health care providers understand regulatory issues and discuss the risks and benefits of natural supplement use with their patients. The faculty will provide information about potential herb-drug interactions, review products with potential side effects, and identify supplements that have proven to be beneficial for managing symptoms and improving health.

CEU's and CME's available. To register for the conference, please call (858) 587-4404. Web-site: www.scripps.org/Services.asp?ID=204

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Botanical Medicine Sourcebooks & Textbooks

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

3rd Annual Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Update
La Jolla, CA USA
January 20-22, 2005
Contact: Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine - 858-587-4404

Mind-Body-Medicine Professional Training Program
Integrate the best mind, body, and spirit techniques into your practice
Berkeley, CA USA
January 29-February 4, 2006
Contact: Center for Mind-Body Medicine - 202-966-7338

Intuitive Healing Course for Health Professionals
With Judith Orloff, M.D.
Los Angeles, CA USA
March 2-5, 2006
Contact: Institute of Noetic Sciences - 310-277-7007

2006 NCH Annual Conference
San Jose, CA USA
April 7-11, 2006
Contact: National Center for Homeopathy - 877-624-0613

13th International Symposium on Functional Medicine
Managing Biotransformation: The Metabolic, Genomic and Detoxification Balance Points
Tampa, FL USA
April 19-22, 2006
Contact: Institute for Functional Medicine - 800-228-0622

AOMAlliance 13th Annual Conference and Expo
Keystone, CO USA
May 3-10, 2006
Contact: Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Alliance - 253-851-6896

For more leading health events visit www.healthcalendar.com