chi Living Foods News, 12/31/2005

Wellness That Works
"Good health is a habit, not an event. Address your health or it will address you."

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Water Fluoridation: Why It's Not Safe
by Daniel G. Stockin, MPH

Of late we've once again learned that health officials sometimes change their minds about what is considered healthy and safe. The recent warnings from FDA about previously-FDA-approved pain medications and over-the-counter diet aids and cough suppressants demonstrate this.

Have you ever wondered what medications and health practices we accept today will later be known to have harmed us, rather than helped us? Here is one practice whose reversal is just around the corner: fluoridating our drinking water to prevent cavities. We've said for fifty-plus years that fluoride is safe, effective, and necessary. But now information is pouring in from around the world and the U.S. that shows that fluoridated drinking water may actually be causing many of the diseases we've come to call "diseases of aging." Included are hip fractures, thyroid disease, and joint pain, as well as several other disorders that affect persons of all ages.

Consider this: it has now come out that most of the fluoride we've been injecting into our drinking water is silicofluoride, a substance that has never been tested or approved by any federal agency. And where does it come from? It is a fluoride-containing air pollutant emission captured by smokestack "scrubber" equipment at phosphate fertilizer factories. If it is emitted into the air it is a pollutant; if it is discharged into a lake or river, it is a pollutant; it is regulated by EPA as a water "contaminant;" but if it is placed in our drinking water and we ingest it into our bodies, it is somehow called a "nutrient." Because of the industrial processes and raw material used as its source, the fluoride also comes contaminated with radioactive uranium decay compounds, arsenic, lead, and mercury.

People hearing this are shocked. "Why weren't we told this?" they ask. Well, we were … but not really. Buried in many water agencies' water quality reports amongst a dizzying list of chemical names is a little-observed statement that the source of the "contaminant" fluoride is "discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories."

The pro-fluoride people tell us that the toxic fluoride, arsenic, and radioactive compounds are diluted in the water, therefore they pose no harm. But what we haven't been told is that these compounds are cumulative poisons. The small amounts we ingest accumulate in our bodies, and can cause bone cancer, thyroid disease, kidney damage, and joint pain. If your kidneys work well, approximately half of the fluoride you ingest goes out in your urine, but the remaining half is stored -- cumulatively and potentially harmfully -- in your body.

How do you feel that your body and the bodies of your loved ones are being used as the final resting place of the toxic discharges of industry? As a public health professional with a background in hazardous materials management and assessment, I can tell you that I am now firmly against fluoridation. And a growing number of other medical, dental, and public health professionals are also calling for a halt to fluoridation, including eleven EPA employee unions representing 7,000 EPA scientists, lab workers, and other employees across the U.S.

There is more disturbing news. It turns out that in 2000, dentists admitted that fluoride helps prevent cavities primarily topically, while in the mouth -- not by your body's systemic absorption of the chemical. So then the logical question is: why continue drinking a toxic chemical throughout your whole body, over your entire lifetime, if its main action against cavities occurs when it touches your teeth in the mouth? The in-mouth topical action voids the whole reason we originally put fluoride in water in the first place -- we were told it needed to be systemically absorbed.

To continue supporting the drinking of primarily-topically-acting fluoride would be like your doctor handing you a bottle of liquid sunscreen and telling you, "Drink this to prevent sunburn."

You and your family also receive fluoride in foods -- in your cereal, bread, baby food, canned foods, tea, sodas, pasta, and frozen foods (because they're made with fluoridated water), as well as from toothpaste and antibiotics. A number of government agencies are re-looking at the safety of fluoridation, and the fact that we absorb it cumulatively from so many unmonitored sources is one of the reasons for their doing so.

Large numbers of cities and countries around the world reject water fluoridation, and many of them that do not have any form of fluoridation have lower cavity rates than our fluoridated cities. The entire island of Long Island, with more than 40 water districts serving 3 million people, has stopped water fluoridation. Other cities and water districts in many states are now re-looking at fluoridation's safety. The dental industry and public health agencies are fearful and defensive, and one can understand why. It is projected that the health effects and lawsuit costs from fluoridation will dwarf those of tobacco.

In late October and early November of 2005, six of seven U.S. communities voting on fluoridation rejected it. Some voters and city councils have looked closely at the disturbing links between fluoride and specific diseases, but one of the main reasons for the opposition to fluoride is that an increasing number of Americans believe that an individual does not need to be a scientist or doctor to understand the dangers of fluoridation. They feel that any average citizen knows better than to intentionally add to drinking water an untested industrial discharge that is a cumulative poison. It flies in the face of common sense, they say. They do what many who read this article may want to do: contact their water district and governing officials and tell them, "Stop the fluoride!"

- Daniel G. Stockin, MPH, is a 17-year public health professional. He was manager of EPA's Western Regional Lead Training Center and worked with hazardous materials at two large universities. He is now Senior Operations Officer at The Lillie Center, Inc., a public health and environmental health services firm based in Brentwood, Tennessee. He may be reached at 615-370-5788, or by email at: dan@thelilliecenter.com.

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"There are, in effect, two things: to know and to believe one knows. To know is science. To believe one knows is ignorance."

- Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine (460-357 BC).

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Andressohn Family Update

News articles on their sentencing last week: www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/nation/13470012.htm and www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/13472098.htm.

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Dear Dr. Van Orden,

Thank you so much for your inquiry. Unfortunately, we do not have any information on shots or vaccinations for babies or children. There is a wonderful book we recommend for food allergies. It's called "The Food Allergy Survival Guide" and it can be purchased here: pcrm.safeshopper.com/6/154.htm?863.

It is important to point out that variety in a healthy diet is based on beans, vegetables, grains, and fruits. Soy can be part of that variety. A healthy vegan diet does not need to include soy foods to be nutritionally complete, but soy foods are a great addition. If you prefer not to include soy, then you may wish to try rice milk instead of soy milk and use more beans or seitan instead of tofu and tempeh in meals. Soy products certainly make eating a vegan diet easy. Soy products make convenient and tasty substitutes for meat and other unhealthy foods that people, quite rightly, are looking to avoid. But incorporating a variety of vegan protein sources in the diet will allow you to get a variety of nutrients that soy doesn't contain.

You can also find more about children's nutrition here: www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/veg_diets_for_children.html and www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vegetarian_kids.html. I hope this information is helpful to you. Take care, and let us know if you have any further questions.

Best regards,
Sarah Farr

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Sarah Farr
Information Officer/Writer
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
5100 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20016
phone: 202.686.2210 x358
fax: 202.686.2818
sfarr@pcrm.org
www.pcrm.org

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Backslider's Corner
- by Jim Carey

This is a lifestyle choice, not a religion. Even if you're not eating 100% Raw, how much better are you doing than you were on the SAD (Standard American Diet)?

We Get Mail --

Hi Jim,

As a newcomer to the Raw World, I have to say, I really do "get back on the wagon" after reading your regular e-newsletters. As a busy TV producer and magazine publisher, I'm always on the go, not to mention with my three sons; and your information is so timely, helpful and motivating that it brings me back to center every time I read it.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. Keep up the good work, together we all can educate the masses on the importance of incorporating raw into their daily lives!

All the Best,

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In The News

Official Hearing to Review Tennessee's Policy on Water Fluoridation. To Be Held on January 9, 2006at 1:00 pm, the Conservation and Environment Committee of the Tennessee House of Representatives will be holding an official hearing at the Legislative Plaza in downtown Nashville to re-look at the state's policies regarding water fluoridation (located at the corner of Sixth and Union).

The health dangers of a sedentary lifestyle: www.individual.com/story.php?story=38988258 - and there's more: health.yahoo.com/news/142437.

The Raw Food Weblog: www.welikeitraw.com/rawfood/2005/12/not_perfect_jus.html.

(Reuters Health) - Bone loss is an often-overlooked consequence of heavy drinking, but recent research has illuminated how alcohol takes a toll on the bones, according to a new report: news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051226/hl_nm/alcohol_damages_bones_dc.

(AP) In an unusually candid admission, the federal chief of AIDS research says he believes drug companies don't have an incentive to create a vaccine for the HIV and are likely to wait to profit from it after the government develops one: news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051226/ap_on_he_me/aids_vaccine.

The stress of the holidays comes and goes, but ongoing stress -- even at low levels -- can harm health and well-being, experts say. Here are some tips on how to protect yourself by learning how to manage stress day by day, according to the Mayo Clinic Health Letter: news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20051226/hl_hsn/makepeacewithstressthisseason.

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"He who does not know food, how can he understand the diseases of man?” - Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine (460-357 BC).

"Healing is Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual." - Dr. Ann Wigmore.

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Hands-On Raw Vegan Food Prep and Internal Cleansing Classes

Now is the time to visit Creative Health Institute and learn about Dr. Ann Wigmore's Raw Living Foods Lifestyle. This time of the year classes are small and intimate, tailored to your needs and challenges.

We've been teaching the benefits of a plant-based diet for 29 years in an intensive, two-week hands-on program of health education and raw foods preparation. The testimonials of former CHI students and guests speak volumes about the Dr. Ann Wigmore program that we teach - CreativeHealth.us/testimonials.htm (be sure to see Jim's before and after photos). 80% of the guests get more from the program than they ever expected!

This two-week program includes everything. Well, almost everything. We do require two things you must bring in order for this to be a success - a smile, and a great attitude. We've learned that people who bring these qualities have wonderful experiences with our program (CreativeHealth.us/about.htm).

Some try to heal you with vitamins or herbs, others with drugs or surgery. But the Dr. Ann Wigmore program is different - We Don't Wait for you to get sick. The Wigmore diet “tunes up” your entire body now, so you won't get sick in the first place!

A lot of people don't know that Ann Wigmore was here or had much to do with CHI. In fact, when I tell people about her coming here for the first 13 years and harvesting the garden... they are all surprised. Then I tell them we have the original Ann Wigmore room that we rent and they get excited.

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Mango Cranberry Salsa Recipe
by Alex Malinsky

1 cup fresh mango (diced)
4 tbs. sun dried or fresh cranberries
2 tbs. red bell peppers (diced)
2 tbs. red onion (diced)
1 jalapeno pepper (minced)
2 tbs. fresh mint (chopped)
1 tbs. lime or lemon juice
1 tbs. agave nectar or honey
1 tbs. avocado oil

Mix everything together in a bowl and let marinate for 1 hour before serving.

- thanks to Jan Jenson for sharing this recipe with us!

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Upcoming Events

Renton, Washington - (Just outside of Seattle), Saturday, January 7, 10:00 A.M. Olin Idol, N.D., C.N.C., Vice- President of Health at Hallelujah Acres, will be speaking at the New Life Church, 15711 152nd Avenue South East. For more information Contact Health Minister Jerrod Sessler (205) 551-6100.

North Carolina - January 19, 2006 - Mike White from Waynesville, NC will doing a special presentation on E3Live and Optimal Breathing for energy and stress reduction during the holidays (and ALL YEAR) + a special Tibetan Bowl meditation. Mike has been mostly raw for more than 10 years... and a breath coach for more than 30 years! For more information contact Jan Jenson, The WELLth Coach, Optimal Breathing Development Specialist. Publisher, WELLthy Choices NewZine, WELLthy Choices Potlucks - (704) 664-1962 - office; (704) 450-6115 - cell.

Eden, Arizona - Eden Hot Springs Winter Retreat March 1st - March 5th, 2006. Join us for an amazing retreat that combines the undeniable magic of soothing hot spring waters, delectable raw, organic, vegan cuisine, invigorating yoga, inspiring lectures, living food preparation classes and healing body treatments. Our experienced staff will guide you through one of the most profound transformational events of your life! www.naturaw.com/Eden_Hot_Springs_March_2005.pdf.

Ann Arbor - Monthly potluck. Contact Ellen Bogard at (734) 995-0875 for more information.

Atlanta - Support Group and Potluck every Monday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm at the Natural Market Place www.naturalmarketplace.net.

Detroit - Veggies in Motion calendar of events: www.veggiesinmotion.org/calendar.

Lansing - Living Food Group gathering and living food (raw vegan) potluck. We always meet the 1st Monday of the month (unless it is a holiday) from 6-8 p.m. Our coordinator is Cricket Lott. Here is our website: http://www.livinghiho.com.

Delray Beach, Florida - Circle of Life Holistic Events: www.circle-of-life.net/winternewsletter.html.

Like to see your event listed? Email the info to editor@chiDiet.com.

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