By: Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, Ph.D, ND, DACBN

D-I-E-T... many people could not think of a more horrible word. They associate it with hunger, frustration, and ultimately failure. This one single word has stopped many people dead in their tracks, as they prefer to be overweight than to suffer its consequences.

But a healthy diet does not mean a starvation diet. And a healthy diet is the only one you need to follow to lose weight and keep it off. Hunger is a natural signal from the body telling us to eat. Don’t ignore it. Go ahead and eat when you are hungry. If you want to lose weight you just need to be more selective about the foods you are choosing to satisfy your hunger. Here’s how to achieve weight loss and get healthy without ever being hungry.

Eat To Lose Weight

You should never have to be hungry in order to lose weight. On the contrary, when we are hungry we tend to panic into eating whatever is in sight to protect us from starvation. Eating regular meals that leave you full and satisfied will help you stick to a healthier meal plan and reach your weight loss goals. Eat five or six small meals spaced regularly throughout the day so that you will be better able to moderate portion sizes and remain in control of what you eat. Skipping meals will slow down your metabolism and cause you to overcompensate with a larger meal later in the day. Permanent weight loss does not involve starving or deprivation, rather it involves a healthy eating plan that keeps you in control of what you put in your mouth. The best diet for weight loss is in the book by Dr. Group Weight Loss Secrets Revealed available at www.weightlossobesity.

Weight Loss Tip: Slow down. We all have so many things to accomplish each day. And this busy schedule makes us eat quicker to stay ahead. Eating slowly and chewing your food 25x before you swallow will allow you stomach to signal your brain that it is full, avoiding unnecessary calories.

Think About Food

Most people think that in order to achieve permanent weight loss they need to skip meals and get their minds off of food. This is not true! When you are hungry, and you haven’t thought about what healthy food you can eat to satisfy your tummy, you will more likely grab for whatever is fastest and easiest. Most often this involves junk-food snacks like chips or pretzels or fries and burger from the drive through.

Think about what you are going to eat each day and what healthy snacks and meals you need to have ready for when hunger strikes. If you are going out to eat, think about the menu options ahead of time so that you can order your favorite healthy selection without being tempted by the other unhealthy selections on the menu.

Weight Loss Tip: If you feel hunger coming on, don’t try to put it out of your mind. Rather, think about what healthy treat you are about to enjoy!

Make Exercise Fun!

If there is any one word that could inspire as much or more fear than the word “DIET” it is probably “EXERCISE.” But exercise does not and should not have to involve hours at the gym or arduous time spent in a mindless, painful routine. People who are successful at achieving weight loss, and making it permanent, have usually found a way to make exercise a fun part of their daily activities. If you want to achieve your weight loss goals, you need to incorporate exercise into your day. And don’t be discouraged if you don’t think exercise could be fun. It’s easy to make exercise so fun that you’ll look forward to doing it every day.

Weight Loss Tip: Exercise with a friend, listen to music you love, or enjoy the stress relieving qualities of fresh air on a brisk walk. Think about activities you enjoy and incorporate them into your exercise routine. There are even exercises you can do while watching TV!

Don’t Give Up Or Give In

The first thing you need to realize about losing weight is that there will be days when you simply do not want to do it. You will want to eat what you want and skip the exercise for the day. Stay committed to your goals through these tough times. Remind yourself of any small accomplishments you’ve made already and the weight loss goals you will eventually achieve. And don’t fall for the latest weight loss schemes. Weight loss takes time, but the goal is permanent. Short cuts will not get you and keep you where you want to be.

Weight Loss Tip: Look at these changes as a way to get and stay healthy while achieving permanent weight loss. Stay focused on your goals and keep a positive attitude about your progress.

Weight loss is not easy. But that doesn't mean that it can't be fun! Enjoy your life to the fullest by taking care of yourself, eating delicious wholesome foods and making exercise an enjoyable part of your day!

Taking the product Slimirex™ can also help you manage your weight. Available in May 2005.

For more information on weight loss go to www.weightlossobesity.com.

By Victoria

Flax seeds are an excellent food to incorporate into your healthy eating plan. With their heart healing omega 3 and 6 (essential fatty acids), colon cleansing fiber and immune enhancing lignans, you owe it to your body to give this food a chance to do it's miraculous work.

By eating flax seeds on a daily basis for several weeks you can promote normal cholesterol levels, your digestion will improve and you will generally feel better.

One quarter cup of Flax seeds have more colon cleansing fiber than one cup of the following:

40% bran flakes; Total cereal; black beans; lentils; chickpeas; brown rice broccoli; corn

The same amount (1/4 cup) of flax seeds contains as many immune enhancing lignans as:

90 pounds of cabbage; 82 pounds of bananas; 75 pounds of strawberries; 26 pounds of broccoli; 12 pounds of wheat

You can even make a meal replacement out of a flax seed shake. If you make a shake and drink 2 glasses of water afterwards, it will reduce your appetite for the next meal. When using flax seeds, make sure to drink plenty of water as they are like sponges and absorb water quickly. Flax seeds also have a mild laxative effect, so don't over do it.

Buy whole flax seeds, keep them in the refrigerator, and grind them in a good coffee grinder (used only for flax seeds) just before use. Flax seeds oxidize quickly once ground, so only grind them right before you use them and don't buy flax seeds already ground up.

Here is a recipe I whip up on occasion that my whole family enjoys:

Flax shake for one:

1 cup water (filtered)
1 cup ice
1 banana (organic)
1 1/2 tablespoons finely ground flax seeds (organic)

Throw all of this into a blender and whip it until frothy.
After drinking it, follow with another glass of water if needed.

I have tried grinding flax seeds with a food processor, but it doesn't work. You must use a coffee grinder.

Could Mad Cow, Cruetzfeld-Jakob, and Alzheimer’s Diseases all be caused by the consumption of meat and/or dairy products? This may very well be the case according to Dr. Lawrence Broxmeyer. While an abundance of research seems to indicate that this is a strong possibility, Congress and the mainstream medical research community are ignoring the evidence. Dr. Lawrence Broxmeyer asserts that it’s high time the U.S. government demanded further research.

New York, NY April 14, 2005 -- The notion that Alzheimer’s, Creutzelf-Jakob, and Mad Cow Disease may be caused by the consumption of meat and dairy products has, up to now, been pretty much dismissed by the medical research community but an article written by Lawrence Broxmeyer, M.D. of Med-America Research, is beginning to turn heads. “The possibility of the age-related reemergence of food borne Mycobacterium bovis (bovine tuberculosis) as a vector for Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease (CJD or human Mad Cow Disease) and Mad Cow disease itself is very real,” Broxmeyer asserts.

Broxmeyer’s article “Thinking the Unthinkable: Alzheimer’s, Creutzfeldt–Jakob and Mad Cow disease - the age-related re-emergence of virulent, food borne, bovine tuberculosis, or losing your mind for the sake of a shake or burger” is a well documented research study that is just now getting the attention it deserves partly as a result of a report by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). .

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported last May of an outbreak of CJD linked to the consumption of meat contaminated “with the agent causing” bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) at a New Jersey racetrack between the time frame 1995-2004. In the opinion of experts, ample justification now exists for considering a similar pathogenesis for Alzheimer’s, Creutzfeldt–Jakob and the other spongiform encephalopathies such as Mad Cow disease. In fact, Creutzfeldt–Jakob and Alzheimer’s often coexist and at this point are thought to differ merely by time-dependent physical changes. A recent study links up to 13% of all “Alzheimer’s” victims as really having Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.

According to Broxmeyer, Bovine tuberculosis, which includes Mycobacterium bovis and M. avium-intracellulare or paratuberculosis, is and has always been the most prevalent threat to the cattle industry, and the USDA reports that between 20% and 40% of US dairy herds are infected with paratuberculosis alone.

The health risk for milk tainted with M. bovis has been known for decades and there was a time not so long ago when ‘tuberculin-tested’ was printed on every milk container. “Schliesser stated that meat from tuberculous animals may also constitute a significant risk of infection. At the turn of the 20th century 25% of the many US deaths from TB in adults were caused by M. bovis,” Broxmeyer goes on to say.

“Dairy products aside, current research shows that when past and present meat consumption are factored in, there is three times the risk of developing Alzheimer’s in meat eaters as opposed to vegetarians. The investigation into the causal trail for Creutzfeldt–Jakob, indistinguishable from Alzheimer’s except for its shorter, lethal course might have grown cold where it not for Roel’s and others who linked mad cow in cattle with M. bovis and related paratuberculosis on clinical, pathologic and epidemiological grounds. The southwest of the UK, the very cradle of British BSE and CJD outbreaks, saw an exponential increase in bovine tuberculosis just prior to its spongiform outbreaks,” Broxmeyer went on to say.

All of this brings up the unthinkable: that Alzheimer’s, Cruetzfeldt–Jackob, and Mad Cow Disease might just be caused by eating the meat or dairy in consumer products or feed. “It is only appropriate therefore to explore the role of bovine TB and the atypical mycobacteria in Alzheimer’s, JCD and Mad Cow disease and develop better serological surveillance for these pathogens,”Lawrence Broxmeyer says.

Lawrence Broxmeyer believes it’s time Congress take a proactive interest in additional research. “In the interest of public health, it’s high time our Congressional leaders take an interest in funding additional research.”

Dr. Lawrence Broxmeyer, an internist researcher, is currently working in conjunction with several large laboratory research centers in San Francisco and Nebraska is working on a novel technique to kill mycobacteria presently offering resistance to known antibiotics by a novel technique using the bacteriophage. He subsequently appeared as lead researcher in the Oct 2002 issue of Journal of Infectious Diseases in a paper revolving around this research. He has also written two books published by New Century Press: “AIDS: What the Discoverers of HIV Never Admitted” and “Parkinson’s: Is Parkinson’s Disease Caused by Bacteria?” Additional information about Lawrence Broxmeyer and his on-going research can be found at medamericaresearch.org. Dr. Broxmeyer can also be contacted by phone at (718) 746-5793.

By Alan Goldhamer, D.C.

Why making good food choices is sometimes difficult!
There is a huge industry telling you that what you eat has no effect on your health!

Eating is one of our most basic and powerful drives. And while eating has been woven into many cultural and religious practices, essentially we eat to survive. There are many basic requirements of life that we can get only through our diet. We need a source of fuel or calories; we need protein, essential fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and water.

There is a huge industry in this country that is trying to convince us that it doesn't matter what we eat. We are told that any combination of heated, treated, processed, chemicalized "foods" will meet our nutritional needs so long as we take plenty of vitamin pills, heartburn medicine, and headache remedies. There is another huge industry that is trying to convince us that what we eat has no effect on our health.

If these same forces were selling fuel for your car, they would try to convince you that your car would run just fine on any fluid so long as you could get it into the gas tank. Then, when you took your car back to the guy who said that it would run fine on coffee ice cream and you complained of pinging and a fouled up carburetion system, he would keep you waiting for two hours and then tell you that it was "probably all in your head," that you should "learn to live with it," ask "What do you expect at your car's age," then announce "there's nothing that can be done."

Food choices matter

At the turn of the century people died before they reached their genetic potential because of acute diseases. Tuberculosis, pneumonia, and gastrointestinal diseases were leading causes of death. Due to changes in public health measures, improved nutrition and medical treatment, acute illness is no longer a leading cause of death. Today, people die from chronic degenerative disease.

Atherosclerotic vascular disease is a buildup of fat in the blood vessels, and the associated heart attacks and strokes kill half of all the people who die each year. Cancer of the breast, colon, prostate, lung and other organs is associated with 25 percent of all the people who die each year. Diabetes, cirrhosis of the liver, and emphysema also kill many people prematurely.

What do all of these conditions have in common? They are caused or massively influenced by the food choices we make-what we put or don't put into our mouths.

What to avoid and why

Of all the things human beings put in their mouths, tobacco, alcohol, caffeine, recreational and prescription drugs are perhaps the most harmful. The seemingly endless and varied attempts by people to modify their internal chemistry through powerful chemical agents is an ever widening tragedy. In my practice I treat more people who are suffering and dying from the consequences of using and abusing chemicals than I care to think about. We all need to remember that headaches are not caused by an aspirin deficiency and that there are more productive ways of modifying our moods than with pills, potions and elixirs.

Perhaps the second most destructive habit I see is the use of animal products. Meat, fish, fowl, eggs and dairy products all have much in common. In addition to the well-documented health reasons, there are economic, environmental, humanitarian-and, for many, spiritual reasons that support the adoption of a vegetarian diet.

Not designed for meat

Of all the animals that include meat in their diet, man is the only one that is unable to break down uric acid to allantoin. This is due to the fact that man does not possess the necessary enzyme, uricase. This inability to break down uric acid leads to an increased possibility of it accumulating in the body when animal products are eaten. Uric acid is an intermediary product of metabolism that is associated with various pathological conditions, including gout.

The human liver, unlike the livers of carnivores, can only process a limited amount of cholesterol. If significant amounts of animal products are consumed, cholesterol levels rise, along with an increased risk of developing atherosclerosis. Clearly, either we were not designed to eat animal products or we somehow have the wrong kind of liver.

Animal products, such as uncooked or improperly cooked meat, fish, fowl and dairy products, are a source of parasites and contamination. Trichinae, found in pork and pork-contaminated beef, can cause trichinosis. Salmonellae, found in chicken, eggs and other contaminated animal products, can cause salmonellosis.

In addition to the above "naturally occurring" problems with animal products, a multitude of chemical agents-such as carcinogenic nitrates, etc., are added to animal products to slow down their decay, improve their color, and alter their taste.

Chemicals in meat

In addition to parasites, bacterial infestation, toxic poisons, carcinogenic agents, and free radicals, animal products all suffer from the problem of biological concentration. Animals consume large quantities of grain, grass, etc., that are, to a greater or lesser extent, contaminated with herbicides, pesticides, and other agents. In addition, animals often are fed antibiotics and treated with other drugs and toxic agents. These poisons concentrate in the fat of the animal and are present in an animal's milk and flesh. This biological concentration of poisons poses significant threats to the health of humans who consume animal products.

As if this weren't enough, animal products are completely devoid of fiber and are extremely high in protein-and in spite of what millions of dollars of meat and dairy industry advertising would have you believe, it is excess, not inadequate protein, that is the threat to health. Excess protein, especially the high sulphur containing amino acids found in animal products, has been strongly implicated as a causal agent in many disease processes, including kidney disease, various forms of cancer, a host of autoimmune and hypersensitivity disease processes and osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis is a condition common to postmenopausal women. Bones become weak and fracture easily. Osteoporosis is not caused by a calcium deficiency, and calcium supplementation does not prevent it. In osteoporosis there is a loss of the bone matrix that holds calcium.

A diet high in animal protein can help cause osteoporosis by creating toxic nitrogenous wastes that must be neutralized by calcium drawn from the body's reserves, creating a negative calcium balance where more calcium is lost in the urine than is taken in. No matter how much calcium is given, if the individual is on a high animal protein diet, the calcium balance remains negative. To prevent osteoporosis, a low animal protein diet and regular weight-bearing exercise are essential.

It is ironic that the chief argument used to promote the use of animal products-the purported need for large quantities of protein-is one of the greatest reasons for avoiding them. If animal products are included in the diet in significant quantities, it is virtually impossible to design a healthful diet that is consistent with the overwhelming bulk of evidence in the scientific literature dealing with nutrition.

Fish, fowl and fat

Because animal products are so high in fat, segments of the "food" industry are advertising their products as "lower" in fat. Because of this advertising, some people want to believe that if they change the color of their meat from red to white or if they remove the skin of the animal before eating it, they can avoid the toxic fat.

There is very little difference in the amount of fat per calorie in fish versus fowl versus beef. If you want to see big changes in your health, you must make big changes in your life. Token changes don't work. Only dramatic reduction or elimination of all animal products merits your consideration.

Thinking straight about food

A women recently was referred to me for nutritional counseling by her gynecologist. I reviewed her history, performed a physical examination and was explaining the dietary recommendations I had prepared for her. She interrupted me and said, "Look, doctor, I knew I was coming here for nutritional advice, but I didn't know I would have to eat differently."

Many times patients ask me, "If I have to avoid drugs including alcohol, coffee, cola and chocolate; animal products including meat, fish, fowl, eggs and dairy products; and oil and refined carbohydrates-what's left?"

The answer is: a diet derived exclusively from whole natural foods-fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and the variable addition of nuts, seeds and legumes.

Old habits die hard

Why do we find it so difficult to eat what we should eat and avoid what we shouldn't?

Part of it is genetics-we are programmed to eat concentrated foods when they are available. That is an important survival trait. In a natural setting, there are no chocolate chip cookie trees, candy vines or burger bushes. But today, surrounded by unlimited access to concentrated foods, we must overcome our instincts with our intellect.

To eat well, we have to understand the factors that drive us to keep eating wrong. Very often we eat for the wrong reasons. We might eat because we are emotionally distraught. We might feel fatigued and eat for stimulation. But when we are tired, we should sleep.

Fear of being different is another factor that drives us to make poor food choices. "Friends" can create a lot of cognitive dissonance. "You're no fun anymore!" "It's not healthy to be a fanatic!" "You're so thin!" "Don't you think you're carrying this a little too far!" "I made it just for you!" and "A little won't hurt!"

Once at a lecture I gave, a woman in her 80s stood up and told the group that when she was in her 40s she was very ill. Because conventional treatments failed her, as a last resort she tried fasting and changing her diet. It worked! But some of her friends were so critical of her new lifestyle that she eventually stopped seeing them. I asked if she felt that it was a great loss, but she said, "Oh, no, dear. They all died years ago."

Enjoy your food. But remember, food is fuel. There is more to life than food.

Don't live to eat. Eat to live.

Great Tools To Help You Lose Weight!
By: Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, Ph.D, ND, DACBN

Weight loss is not easy. But that doesn’t mean that it can’t be fun! A healthy diet and exercise are the keys to permanent weight loss. But nobody says you can’t enjoy your life to the fullest by taking care of yourself, eating delicious wholesome foods and making exercise an enjoyable part of your day. There are plenty of fun weight loss products that can help you reach your ultimate goal. If you’re ready to get started on the path to permanent weight loss, there weight loss products that might make your journey easier. Here’s a guide to the weight loss equipment you’ll want to invest in:

1. A Great Scale

Most people consider their bathroom scale to be enemy number one. But you don’t need to weigh yourself everyday in order to achieve weight loss. And you don’t need to be afraid of the numbers on your scale. Think of your scale as a guide to show you what weight loss techniques work and which ones don’t. While your scale may never be your best friend, it can be a useful weight loss product that will keep you on track and keep you honest.

2. Fun Exercise Equipment

We’ve all wasted money on thigh masters, AB rollers, and other weight loss gadgets that did nothing more than empty our wallets, and collect dust under our beds. Don’t fall for gadgets and gimmicks, but don’t skimp on buying the tools you will need to make your weight loss permanent. If you love to listen to music while you walk, buy a good portable stereo and invest in some tunes that will keep you motivated. If you prefer to exercise in front of the TV, buy a gym mat that will remind you to get moving when the commercials come on.

3. An Inspirational Weight Loss Book

There are thousands and thousands of weight loss guide books that each have their own method and regime. If you find one that works for you, great. If not, skip the guide books and look for a truly inspirational weight loss story. Ask you friends, family, and neighbors to recommend a book that would fit with your lifestyle and reading preferences. Remember, this book should not be a guide book at all, but it should be a story, fact or fiction, about someone who successfully loses weight. This story will give you inspiration when you hit a low point and it will give you motivation to envision your goals. I recommend Weight Loss Secrets Revealed at www.weightlossobesity.com.

4. Dumbbells

Dumbbells may have the same status in your home as the bathroom scale or weight loss books. But these weight loss products can be a valuable tool for achieving your goals. Studies have shown that people who achieve permanent weight loss success weight train two to three days per week to maintain muscle tone and boost their metabolism. You don’t need to “feel the burn” or to become a bodybuilder. But incorporating weights into your exercise program can greatly improve your chances of achieving weight loss success.

5. An Alarm Clock

The same scientific studies that have shown that weight training is critical to permanent weight loss, also proved that people who were most successful at achieving their weight loss goals tend to get up early. You don’t have to get up at the crack of dawn, but if you are trying to squeeze in exercise at the end of the day will often find that it simply doesn’t happen. Get up just a half hour earlier than normal and get your exercise out of the way before you have a chance to wake up and think of a reason to skip it!

Permanent weight loss is a lifelong commitment. But just as you wouldn’t you’re your other daily activities to be boring, a healthy diet and exercise program need to stay interesting if we are going to stay on track. Invest in weight loss products that will keep you motivated to eat healthy and exercise everyday. You’ll find that the investment pays off in dollars and in pounds!

Don’t fall for gimmicks! Here’s a few weight loss products to avoid:

· Pills, books, and other products that promise rapid success without any lifestyle changes. There are no short cuts to healthy weight loss. There are products that can help you along the way, but be wary of any product that promises to do the work for you.

· Weight loss Club Products: There are plenty of reputable weight loss centers and resources that offer free consultations and assistance with meal planning and exercise programs. Don’t get wedged in to a program that forces you to diet by eating only meals or services that can be purchased from them. This is not a lifelong solution to weight loss.

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