My Tribute to Jack LaLanne Jack LaLanne, ‘the founder of the modern fitness movement,’ died at the age of 96. He was a showman and a salesman. He was passionate in his message, and his message was spot on correct. It was a message of health. In 1936 Jack LaLanne “opened the prototype for the...
Tainted Eggs and Scrambled Tubes Two recent news stories caught my eye. Both are fairly common stories of public health hazards, but the results and reaction to both are stunningly different. Where do the real dangers lie? You decide. Headline #1: AP:Associated Press, updated 8/20/2010 Recall expands to more than half a billion eggs “Investigation...
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Redefining Quackery “Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.” A noble standard, if only it was true. Medicine, like so much in our society, has lost its way. And, in its wake, like...
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First Do No Harm On August 24th, 1987 US District Court Judge Susan Getzendanner ruled that the AMA (American Medical Association) and its officials “instituted a boycott of chiropractors. The purpose of the boycott was to contain and eliminate the chiropractic profession. This conduct constituted a conspiracy among the AMA and its members and an...
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Science Fiction In the last 50 years or so a new science emerged that now dominates and influences almost all, if not all, fields of research: corporate science. The name itself exposes the obvious conflict of interests between the corporate profit motive and scientific independence and integrity. This bottom-line driven science leaves little, to nothing,...
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Political InAction Whether or not you are paying attention to, and engage in, the health care reform debate the outcome will be determined by the most vocal and influential voices in Washington. Take heed, the vested interests of the medical-pharmaceutical-insurance industrial complex are geared up and out in full force. “The big guns are out...
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Talk about vigilance. Kudos to Audrae Erikson, president of the Corn Refiners Association, for spotting a single negative reference to high fructose corn syrup in a four page local newspaper (The Transcript: Elf Parlor Pouring Local Brews: ”We want everything to be as fresh and as healthy as possible. We don’t use high-fructose corn syrup.”)...
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