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HEALTH NEWS

Grilled Chicken: So That Can Cause Cancer Too
Fast-food chains such as McDonald's, Burger King and TGI Friday are being sued by a group of doctors in America for serving grilled chicken that contains the carcinogen PhlP. The group bought grilled chicken meals from seven fast-food restaurants in California, and analyzed them in a laboratory. Each contained the compound PhlP, which is one of the carcinogens known as heterocyclic amines (HCAs) found in grilled meats.


Diabetes: The Drugs Don't Work, But Diet Does
There seems to be a symbiotic relationship between the more needy patient and the doctor that's based on the fine, longstanding principles of the quick fix or magic bullet - rather than improved diet changes and regular exercise. Type 2 diabetes is the ultimate lifestyle disease of modern times. As such it can be successfully treated by stopping the bad habits. Despite this obvious remedy, doctors continue to look for a drug solution.


Soft Drinks: They Contain 10 Teaspoons of Sugar
How much sugar do you put in your tea or coffee, if at all? One teaspoon? Two? If you're right there on the edge, it might be three. Well, every time children down a standard 330ml can of some soft drink, they're drinking 10 teaspoonfuls of sugar, a new study has discovered. The sugar-free version is not a healthy option, either, because that's full of aspartame, which, as previous E-news reports have revealed, is the world's best ant poison.


MORE HEALTH NEWS...
To keep up-to-date with news in the world of health and medicine, visit our Healthy News and our Healthy News Archive.


EDITOR'S PICK - SOUNDS TRUE

DR. ANDREW WEIL'S MIND-BODY TOOL KIT

The evidence is overwhelming: you can tap the power of your mind to directly influence your health, using clinically proven tools that anyone can master.

With Dr. Andrew Weil's Mind-Body Tool Kit, listeners join the best-selling author along with three renowned colleagues and friends - all leading specialists in alternative medicine - to experience a potent prescription of self-healing practices.


WELLNESS and HEALTHY LIVING

CONTINUING OUR 12-STAGE JOURNEY TO WELLNESS
This week our journey focuses on EATING, the 4th of 12 keys to wellness in the Wellness Inventory. Most Americans' eating patterns represent a public health crisis. If a new disease erupted that was one tenth as destructive as most people's diets, there would be a massive public outcry to find the cure. The way many people eat is the result of a lifestyle that glorifies immediate satisfaction and neglects the long-term consequences.


Simply Well
Although there is a mass of conflicting data surrounding the components of sound nutrition practices, in "Learn Ten Basics about Food" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., provides you with certain recommendations that are almost universally accepted. He challenges you to pick one to implement into your daily diet over the next few weeks.


Healthy Computing
Presently more laptops are sold than desktops. In "Healthy Computing: Laptopitis" Erik Peper, Ph.D. offers tips to optimize the ergonomic environment and reduce impact of common bad habits when using a laptop.


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NATURAL ALTERNATIVES

Nutritional Medicine and Longevity
Autism diagnosis is based on lack of language development, lack of social interaction, and stereotyped and repetitive behaviors. Some require that you start from scratch, while others, especially tablets or capsules, are available ready made.In "Autism: Children Who Can't Speak" Richard A. Kunin, M.D. discusses a number of possible causes of this condition, and the preventive role of vitamin A.


Healthy Alternatives
Curious about chelation therapy? In "Position Paper on EDTA Chelation Therapy" the American College for Advancement in Medicine offers in-depth background on this often controversial treatment protocol.


Women's Health Detective
Hot flashes drive thousands of women into taking hormone replacement therapy, even when they have no other menopausal symptoms. In "Natural Solutions To Your Hot Flashes" Nan Kathryn Fuchs, Ph.D. explains what causes this symptom and offers natural options, along with guidelines for effective use.


Holistic Healthcare For Children
Although parents often believe that young children do not think about tobacco or alcohol, prevention of these behaviors should probably begin with 2 or 3 year-olds. In "Preschoolers Use of Cigarettes and Alcohol" Randall Neustaedter, O.M.D. cites the disturbing results of a recent study on the impact of parental actions and the media on children, and urges parents to evaluate their own behavior as role models to create healthy habits in their very impressionable children.


Healthy Woman Update
Menstrual cramps, or dysmenorrhea (as physicians call it), are one of the most common healthcare problems that women suffer during their reproductive years. In "What Are Menstrual Cramps?" Susan M. Lark, M.D. offers an indepth understanding of the causes of this condition.


Find an Alternative Healthcare Professional
Looking for a practitioner specializing in visualization? Search the Guided Imagery section which includes the Academy for Guided Imagery member database in HealthWorld's Find a Practitioner Network. The network contains searchable directories with over 17,000 professionals from 20 leading professional associations in complementary/alternative and integrative medicine.


RECOMMENDED READING

Healthy Bookstore - One Small Step Can Change Your Life

"One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way" is written by an expert on Kaizen. Robert Maurer, Ph.D., a psychologist on the staff at the UCLA medical school, speaks and consults nationally. This book presents a gentle but potent way to effect change. It shows -- How to perform mind sculpture - visualizing virtual change so that real change comes more naturally; Why small rewards motivate better than big rewards; How great discoveries are made by paying attention to the little details most of us overlook.


HEALTHY KITCHEN

Raw Food Materia Medica
Bananas are not from a tree, but from a large perennial herb. They are rich in carbohydrates, folic acid, B6, vitamin C, potassium and the fiber, pectin. Bananas also provide long-term energy and improve stamina. They stimulate the proliferation of cells that provide a protective coating between the stomach and harsh acids. Bananas have been used to treat alcoholism, arteriosclerosis, celiac disease, colitis, constipation, depression, diarrhea, dyspepsia, exhaustion, hemorrhoids, hypertension, weak muscles, and ulcers.


There's a Yogi in the Kitchen!
Used for its bright yellow color in everything from prepared mustard and canned soups to Indian curry, Turmeric has been used for many centuries for its many therapeutic qualities. Yogis and Ayurvedic healers know that turmeric is a great internal healer, promoting healthy skin and mucus membranes, good for creaky and painful joints, arthritis, the stomach, and liver. Its anti-fungal properties also make it helpful in treating yeast overgrowth. In "Turmeric, The Golden Healer" Siri-Ved Kaur Khalsa includes recipes for Turmeric Paste, Golden Milk and Golden Yogurt.


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MIND-BODY-SPIRIT

Echoes of Silence
One does not come to insight and wisdom through reason and information. In "Gorging on Inspiration" Robert Rabbin states that the soul needs to feast-on inspiration. To know what must be known about ourselves, we must catapult from all that is reasonable. Let the silence that we are create a cataclysm of clarity in our lives. Let our doubts and confusion meet this living wholeness. Let our rage and torment meet this living wholeness. Let our efforts to bring peace into our lives and into the world meet this living wholeness, the sacred Self of all whose name is love, creator of the universe.


Spiritual Wellness
On the subject of worldly desires, spiritual traditions are somewhat schizoid. In "The Two-Way Streetcar Named Desire" Philip Goldberg points out the divergence of approaches from self-denial to going after the things we desire with zeal. He offers tips to help self-correcting elements on the spiritual path along by nudging your desires in the right direction.


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The Wellness Inventory Certification Training intensive provides in-depth personal experience and practical knowledge of the Wellness Inventory assessment and personal growth process. The training provides a unique coaching skill-set to maximize the program's effectiveness in creating change in your clients' lives. The goal of the course is to create competence in delivering the program to both individual and organizational clients. The training is designed for life coaches, wellness coaches, health practitioners and wellness professionals.

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PROFESSIONAL'S CORNER

WELLNESS INVENTORY CERTIFICATION TRAINING
WINTER TELECLASSES & INTENSIVE

Wellness Inventory Certification Trainings will be offered this winter via tele-class (phone teleconference). There will be two 12 week teleclasses. One is on Wednesdays from 1:00-2:30 ET (starting January 3) and the other is on Thursdays from 7:00-8:30 pm ET (starting January 4).

Designed for wellness coaches, life coaches, wellness professionals, and health practitioners, the course is approved by the International Coach Federation for continuing coaching credit. The Wellness Inventory is a holistic assessment and life balance program that is licensed to coaches and wellness practitioners, wellness centers, spas, corporate wellness programs, hospitals, and educational institutions.

For more information on the Wellness Inventory and the winter trainings go to: wellpeople.com/Certification.asp

A Certification Training Intensive in the Wellness Inventory program will be offered this winter on January 19-21, 2007 in Asheville, NC.

Or, contact Jim Strohecker at 310-823-9553 or [email protected]


CAMEXPO WEST
Complementary & Natural Healthcare

Los Angeles, CA USA
November 10-12, 2006

The International Complementary and Natural Healthcare Conference and Expo (CAMEXPO) serves as a platform to bring together all of the individual communities of complementary, alternative and integrative medicine to influence the way medicine is practiced.

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See the WELLNESS INVENTORY at booth 536 at CAMExpo West!
To set up an appointment contact Jim Strohecker at 310-823-9553 or [email protected]


NATIONAL HEALTH, WELLNESS & PREVENTION CONGRESS
presented at Consumer Health World

December 11 - 13, 2006
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC

The National Health, Wellness & Prevention Congress (NHWPC) is the year's most important forum on health management in the workplace and the nation. NHWPC delegates and faculty including leading employers, health plans, provider organizations, and health, wellness and fitness professionals, will be engaging to develop integrated strategies and programs to improve the health and productivity of employees. Attend the conference and learn:

* How leading employers are leveraging wellness, prevention and fitness programs to lower health costs, absenteeism and workers compensation claims.
* What employers need from their partners, health plans, providers and their employees to get the results they need

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Visit the Wellness Inventory at Booth #110 at Consumer Health World.
To set up an appointment contact Jim Strohecker at 310-823-9553 or [email protected].


MORE PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES

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The Natural Standard: The Authority on Integrative Medicine



GLOBAL HEALTH CALENDAR

-- FEATURED EVENTS --
Wellness Inventory Certification Intensive
For wellness coaches, life coaches, wellness professionals & health practitioners
Asheville, NC USA
November 10-12, 2006
Contact: HealthWorld Online - 310-823-9553 - [email protected]
wellpeople.com/Certification.asp

CAM Expo West Bringing the Entire Complementary and Natural Healthcare Community Together
Los Angeles, CA USA
November 10-12, 2006
Contact: Complementary and Natural Healthcare Conference and Expo - 207-842-5504

-- UPCOMING HEALTH & WELLNESS EVENTS --
The 9th World Congress on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Los Angeles, CA USA
November 10-12, 2006
Contact: East West Academy of Healing Arts - 415-285-9400

Consumer Health World
(Conferences include: CDHCC, NHWPC, TETHIC, BoomerBusiness)
Washington, DC
December 11-13, 2006
Contact: Transmarx, LLC - 804-225-7458

7th Destination Health: Renewing Mind, Body and Soul
Kauai, HI USA
March 11-16, 2007 
Contact: Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine - 858-587-4404

5th Annual Integrative Medicine for Healthcare Organizations Conference
San Diego, CA USA
April 12-14, 2007
Contact: Health Forum and the American Hospital Association - 707-644-1181

5th Annual Integrative Medicine for Healthcare Organizations Conference
San Diego, CA USA
April 12-14, 2007
Contact: Health Forum and the American Hospital Association - 707-644-1181

For more leading health events visit www.healthcalendar.com


HEALTHY SHOPPING - PRODUCTS & SERVICES FOR HEALTHY LIVING
HEALTHY SHOPPING NETWORK
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Here, There & Beyond (Essential Oils) -
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Sounds True (Audios - Wisdom for the Inner Life) -
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SweetLeaf (Stevia-Natural Sweetener) -
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Teeccino (Caffeine-Free Herbal Coffee) -
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Third Line Press (Nutritional Medicine CD) -
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