Prolonged Fasting
Fasting involves voluntary total food deprivation (water only or distilled water only), juice-fasting which permits fruit juices or distilled water and lemon juice. Fasting has a long history as a symbolic demonstration of religious devotion, act of protest, or commitment to a political cause. Various so-called “natural health” or “hygienic” practitioners advocate fasting to “cleanse the body” or as a cure-all. Herbert Shelton, advocate of “natural hygiene”[1] and originator of the erroneous idea of “food combining” popularized by the best-selling pseudonutrition book Fit For Life, was an influential advocate of fasting. Other Shelton disciples include: Judy Mazel, author of The Beverly Hills Diet (1981), said to be “ludicrous” and “full of misinformation so strange that it would be funny, except that so many people seem …
Continue Reading >Fluoridation
Fluoridation means adjusting the fluoride content of water to a concentration of about 1 part fluoride per million parts of water (1 ppm). The word does not refer to natural waterborne fluoride, fluoride toothpastes, mouth rinses, or supplements. The term “adjusting” is appropriate because “adding” would imply putting something in the water that is not already there. Most ground water contains fluoride, but usually not the right amount for optimal effectiveness against tooth decay without fluorosis. How fluoride’s dental benefits were discovered. Dr. Frederick McKay, a dentist who began practicing in Colorado Springs in1901, became concerned about a dental condition known locally as “Colorado brown stain.” This is now known to be extreme dental fluorosis, a condition that discolors, disfigures, and weakens the teeth. Nobody …
Continue Reading >An Experience at a Mexican Cancer Clinic
Margaret Baker A summary of the following account appeared in the March-April, 1996 NCAHF Newsletter. The article is copyright 1996 by the NCAHF and may not be further reproduced or distributed without written permission of NCAHF. This report was prepared by the patient’s sister-in-law (Margaret Baker) and the patient’s husband, Peter. The purpose is to describe the (mis)treatment given to Helen Plowright, at a Mexican cancer clinic, as information for any interested authorities or as a warning to other sufferers. The heading may be misleading in calling it a Mexican clinic, as it was run by an American “doctor” in Mexico to circumvent U.S. law. Background In the fall of 1992, a mammogram showed a suspicious mass in Helen’s right breast. …
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