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letterfromthepublisher Dear Natural Awakenings Readers and Friends,

contact us Publisher Tina Woods CEO Sharon Bruckman

What a fantastic milestone for Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp. to reach our 20 year anniversary this month! What a better a way to share the true experience of what happened 20 years ago than with a letter from our founder and CEO, Sharon Bruckman on page 7.

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contents 12 7 foundersletter 8 newsbriefs 9 filmscreening 12 healthbriefs 14 globalbriefs

Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.

22 greenliving 24 consciouseating 14 27 wisewords 28 calendar 30 resourceguide

6 CATALYST FOR CHANGE

6 Natural Awakenings Celebrates 20 Years

by Sharon Bruckman

14 BUILD YOUR OWN

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Take Your Health to the Next Level

by Kathleen Barnes

18 SQUASH ANGER AND FOOD SWINGS

Become “Good-Mood Food” Fortified

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19 I'M ALWAYS SO TIRED!

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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20 REASONS TO NOT GO TO THE DENTIST

by Dr. Peter Silver

22 EVER-MORE-GREEN IN 2014

Easy Ways to Go Eco Right Now

by Avery Mack

24 WHOLE FOOD

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Greater than the Sum of its Parts

by Margie King

27 MONEY MYTHS

Filmmaker Katie Teague Uncovers Our Misperceptions

by Linda Sechrist

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Catalyst for Change Natural Awakenings Celebrates 20 Years

by Sharon Bruckman, CEO/Founder

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Celebrating20 20Years Years Celebrating

I’m often asked if I ever imagined 20 years ago that ifNatural Awakenings I’m often asked I ever imagined 20 would multiply into 90 sister years ago that Natural Awakenings magazines across country.

In would multiply into the 90 sister magaresponse, I sometimes share the story zines across the country. In response, I of the early urgings from Spirit that didn’t sometimes share the story of the early make from senseSpirit to methat at the time and urgings didn’t make wouldn’t let up.

Although I had been sense to me at the time and wouldn’t asking the Divine to use me and let up. Although I had been asking my and talents for and somemy greater good, thegifts Divine to use me gifts and starting a magazine wasn’t a direction talents for some greater good, starting a suggested by anything on my resumé. magazine wasn’t a direction suggested

Ultimately surrendering to the by anything on my resumé. steering and relying on this same inner Ultimately surrendering to the steercompass to guide me every step of the ing and relying on this same inner comway has miraculously kept Natural pass to guide me every step of the way Awakenings on kept the forefront of the has miraculously Natural Awakgrowing global awakening to a more enings on the forefront of the growing conscious, natural and sustainable way global awakening to a more conscious, to live. natural and sustainable way to live.

It’sIt’s a passion-fueled mission a passion-fueled mission ofoffering endless opportunities of fering endless opportunities of perpersonal and spiritual growth for sonal and spiritual growth for everyone everyone Natural Awakenings Natural Awakenings touches. The name touches.

The name ahead itself was ahead of itsitself time.was Twenty of its time.

Twenty years ago, many years ago, many of the complementary of the complementary healing and healing and consciousness raising tools consciousness raising tools available available today did not exist. MaintodayAmerica did not exist.

Mainstream stream was essentially tuned America was essentially out to out to the benefits of livingtuned a natural the benefits of living a natural lifestyle lifestyle that’s good for both people and good for both people and the thethat’s planet.

Today, we like to think that planet.

Today, we like to think Natural Awakenings is playing a that pivotal Natural Awakenings is playing a pivotal part in helping this message reach the part in helping this message reach critical mass required to achieve the the critical mass required to achieve the beneficial tipping point the world so beneficial tipping point the world so desperately needs. desperately needs.

I loved my new role as publisher that I loved my of new role asour publisher from first day traveling comin Southwest Florida from that first day munity meeting individuals that count of traveling community meeting among those Iour consider the most imporindividuals that count among those I

consider the most important people on Earth.

I started benefiting right away tant people on Earth.

I started benefitfrom being continually immersed ing right away from being continuallyin conversations and information with immersed in conversations and informaboth local leaders and national experts tion with both local leaders and national on natural health, personal growth, experts on natural health, personal spirituality and sustainability.

It soonIt growth, spirituality and sustainability. became apparent that our holistic soon became apparent that our holistic community was widely benefiting from community was widely benefiting from what we were creating together, and what we were creating together, and I I knew were right track. knew wewe were onon thethe right track.

Since Sincethe thedecision decisiontotofranchise franchise NaturalAwakenings Awakeningsinin1999, 1999,I’ve I’vebeen been Natural privileged to have the opportunity privileged to have the opportunity to to support our expanding publishing support our expanding publishing famfamily busily working to bring the ily busily working to bring the advanadvantages of healthy natural healthy living tages of natural living alive in alive in their local communities.

Much their local communities. Much teamteamwork hasinto gone into developing work has gone developing and and providing the tools needed to providing the tools needed to support support their success.

Sharing ideas their success. Sharing ideas on what on what naturally provides all a naturally works works provides us all us a rich, rich, inspiring perspective on the creative inspiring perspective on the creative sosolutions collaborative initiativesthat that lutions andand collaborative initiatives are helping people around the country. are helping people around the country.

Infinite Infinitethanks thanksgogototoour ouradvertisers advertisers for their loyal support that makes for their loyal support that makes pubpublishing thismonthly free monthly magazine lishing this free magazine pospossible, and for sharing their peoplesible, and for sharing their peopleand and planet-friendly products and planet-friendly products and services services with our community.

Special with our community.

Special thanks thanks recognize the first 40 advertisers recognize the first 40 advertisers that that shared our vision from the shared our vision from the beginning; beginning; some of these pioneers are some of these pioneers are still with us. stillDeep with appreciation us. extends to our

Deep appreciation to our entire Natural Awakeningsextends staff, several entire Natural Awakenings staff, several of whom have steadfastly accompanied of on whom have steadfastly me this journey for manyaccompanied years. It’s me on this journey for and many years.

It’s your love, commitment stellar gifts your love, commitment and stellar gifts and talents that bring all the pieces toand talents that bring theuspieces gether each month and all keep delivertogether each month and keep us

ingdelivering our best. our best.

Blessings Blessings shower our Natural shower our Natural Awakenings publishers that listened Awakenings publishers that listened toto their calling to join us and picked up their calling to join us and picked up torch, raising it high bring more thethe torch, raising it high to to bring more light to their part of the world.

I am light to their part of the world. I am in in awe their dedicated purpose. awe of of their dedicated purpose.

Thank Thank you, dear readers you, dear readers forfor pickpicking up Awakenings each ing up NaturalNatural Awakenings each month month and joining nearly four million and joining nearly four million kindred kindred spirits in this spirits in this journey of journey relishingofan relishing an awakened lifethe and creating awakened life and creating kind the kind world we know is possible. world we know is possible. Thank you you all for spread allThank for continuing tocontinuing spread the to word the word and spread the love. and spread the love.

ToTo next years! thethe next 2020 years! deep gratitude, In In deep gratitude,

Sharon Bruckman, CEO Sharon Bruckman, CEO/Publisher Natural Awakenings Magazine P.S. Local art photographer Eileen P.S. Also look me photo. in person Laibinis shot myfor cover Alsoonlook Holiday atHoSea forthe meupcoming in person Holistic on the upcoming vegan cruise, I plan to join you. listic Holiday at where Sea vegan cruise (page 47), where I plan to join you.

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During a season at Omega, these staff members contribute to the organization’s mission of awakening the best in the human spirit. From 18-year-olds to retirees, staff members come from all walks of life. Visitors may meet teachers on summer break working in the garden, lawyers serving in the Dining Hall, and college students eager to gain team-building skills by welcoming participants and helping them with luggage. Many staff members in mid-life find that a season at Omega is an ideal experience during a life transition or career change. It’s also a great opportunity for active retirees and others to explore community living.

Seasonal staff live and work in a vibrant learning community on Omega’s 200-acre campus, enjoy delicious meals in a mostly vegetarian dining hall, and have access to more than 3,000 staff classes in everything from yoga, to the arts, to professional development. Each year, Omega welcomes more than 23,000 people to workshops, conferences and retreats in Rhinebeck, New York, online, and at exceptional locations around the world. The seasonal staff members are instrumental in producing a fantastic guest experience.

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New York Shale Gas Potential

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hat can New Yorkers expect if high-volume hydrofracking is permitted here? Analysis of 2,700 Pennsylvania gas wells shows that the highest yields are where shale is deepest & thickest. But the Marcellus shale gets thinner & shallower rapidly as it crosses the border into NY, leading to predictions of significantly less production, but with considerable potential damage from frack waste & drill cutting disposal, road damage, compressor stations, & pipelines. On Thurs, Jan. 16th, visit the New York Society for Ethical Culture and hear a detrimental presentation from Chip Northrup, Brian Brock, Jerry Acton & Lou Allstadt. Moderator: Professor Anthony Ingraffea This event is being held at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W 64th St, New York, NY on Jan 16th. For reservations call 212-725-3541.

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he Lightworkers Healing Method is an all-volunteer organization on a mission to help all beings live their soul plans and find joy. How? As spiritual beings having a human experience, our souls have a plan for our lives before we’re born. We know there will be challenges, but we expect to win. Then we’re born and it’s harder than we thought it would be. Our lives get off track. We get stuck.

Luckily we all have angels and guides to help us.

The Lightworkers Healing Method is a system of Angelically guided energy healing and a powerful spiritual growth vehicle with the exceptional goal of aligning us with our own soul’s life purpose. It improves the present by working with both our past and future lives as well as our Guides and Angels in a unique and powerful process.

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Dance Your Way to Health With Silks

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ulia Kulakova, New York based female fitness expert and creator of Silk Moves: Fit and Feminine has been running her dance series on the upper west side with colorful playful silks to tone arms and waist, improve cardio, benefit the breast tissue and reduce stress. Kulakova states, “It’s not realistic to expect a desk-bound professional to immediately mimic the polished moves of a dance instructor, yet every woman has her own naturally beautiful moves, which can make her happy.

It’s important to create the situations for those moves to come out.”

Here are Julia’s suggestions to ease your way into a new movement class: - Set your goals to achieve 60 %, and have fun with the rest.

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- Pay attention to both, the encouragements and the corrections to make the most of your class.

- Make sure to speak to the instructor about your concerns before the session starts.

- Concentrate on the flow of the class, rather than on perfecting the moves instantly.

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- Move away from mirrors to avoid being distracted and overly critical.

- Look for the happy classes, which make you come back to become familiar with the moves and sequences.

As soon as you feel comfortable in a particular class, your moves reflect it by becoming more relaxed, confident and beautiful.

Silk Moves: Fit and Feminine dance series starts in the new year on Sunday, Feb 2nd, at the JCC Manhattan, 334 Amserdam at W. 76th St. For more information visit www.silkmoves.com or www.jccmanhattan.org.

National Geographic wildlife filmmaker, Steve Kroschel, takes a personal journey to test an outrageously simple and “too good to be true” healing concept: that bareskin contact with the Earth has profound curative effects. In this breezy and uplifting film, Kroschel proves what civilizations throughout history have known to be true, that the Earth’s healing power is like a gigantic treatment table.

Kroschel introduces this concept of “Earthing” or “Grounding” to his fellow residents of Haines, Alaska (population 1,700), where many endure common ills (arthritis, insomnia, paralysis) and suffer disabling pain. Starting with his own pain relief, Kroschel witnesses and films surprising, miraculous healings. Even an orphaned moose calf, named Karen, participates in the healing.

Kroschel’s home-brewed movie turns into a serious chronicle of a local phenomenon and draws the attention of Apollo astronauts, doctors, scientists, researchers and skeptics—leading some scientists to proclaim grounding to be the “greatest health discovery of all time”. This eyeopening film may very well change the way you regard the earth beneath your feet.

The Grounded opens January 10th – 16th at the Quad Cinema, 34 W. 13th Street, NYC. Showtimes are 3:00pm, 5:00pm, and 9:15pm.

View the trailer and get more film information at MyGroundedMovie.com.

Theater information at QuadCinema.com/coming-soon.

Other inquiries contact Anne Borin PR at 212-586-6367 or Annefilm@aol.com.

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Produce Banishes the Blues

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ew research from New Zealand’s University of Otago shows that consuming more whole fruits and vegetables increases peacefulness, happiness and energy in one’s daily life. Scientists discovered the strong relationship to be particularly apparent in countering winter blues.

A total of 281 college-age students filled out an online food diary and mood survey for 21 consecutive days. Results showed that eating fruits and vegetables one day led to improvements in positive mood the next day, regardless of other key factors, such as body mass index. Other types of food did not produce the same uplifting effect.

“After further analysis, we demonstrated that young people would need to consume approximately seven to eight total servings of fruits and vegetables per day to notice a meaningful positive change,” says Tamlin Conner, Ph.D., with the university’s department of psychology. “One serving of fruit or vegetables is approximately the size that could fit in our palm, or half a cup.” Study co-author Bonnie White suggests that this can be accomplished by having vegetables comprise half of the plate at each meal and snacking on whole fruit like apples.

The American Psychiatric Association acknowledges that seasonal affective disorder (SAD) affects, at least mildly, as many as 20 percent of Americans.

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BRIEF BOUTS OF YOGA BOLSTER THE BRAIN

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ust 20 minutes of yoga postures, breathing and meditation are valuable tools for bolstering mental functioning.

A study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reports that a single, 20-minute hatha yoga session significantly improved participants’ speed and accuracy on tests of working memory, focus, retention and ability to absorb and use new information.

Study participants didn’t get the same positive brain buzz from 20 minutes of aerobics. The study appeared in the Journal of Physical Activity & Health.

Mammograms Carry Cancer Risk

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here is growing evidence that mammograms, which are the primary screening tool for breast cancer, may cause it.

Scientists have long known that radiation causes cancer, and now research published in the British Journal of Radiobiology reports that the so-called “low-energy X-rays” used in mammography are four to six times more likely to cause breast cancer than conventional high-energy X-rays because the low-energy variety causes more mutational damage to cells.

Mammograms led to a 30 percent rate of over-diagnosis and overtreatment, according to a study published in the Cochrane Review. Researchers wrote in the study, “This means that for every 2,000 women invited for screening throughout 10 years, one will have her life prolonged and 10 healthy women, who would not have been diagnosed if there had not been screening, will be treated unnecessarily. Furthermore, more than 200 women will experience important psychological distress for many months because of false positive findings.”

Many women and functional medicine doctors are now choosing non-invasive and radiation-free annual thermograms as a safer alternative. Those at high risk for breast cancer may choose to do periodic MRI screenings, a recommendation supported by research at Britain’s University Hospitals Birmingham.

More Bok Choy, Less Ice Cream Boosts Breast Health

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howing down on cruciferous veggies reduces the risk of recurring breast cancer, say Vanderbilt University researchers, while consuming too many high-fat dairy products produces an opposite effect, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

The paper on veggies presented at the American Association for Cancer Research showed that the more cruciferous vegetables a woman ate in the first two years after her breast cancer diagnosis, the lower was her risk of the cancer returning or death from the original cancer.

Eating broccoli, cauliflower, bok choy and cabbage worked to reduce the rate of recurring breast cancer by 35 percent and the risk of death in the following nine years by 62 percent.

On the other side of the coin, the NCI study showed that women treated for early stage breast cancer that regularly ate one or more servings of high-fat milk, cheese, yogurt or ice cream increased their risk of dying of breast cancer by 44 percent and of earlier death from all causes by 64 percent.

THE TOXIC SIDE OF TYLENOL

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s the evidence of the harmful effects of Tylenol increases, there is a growing call for it to be removed from the market. Its active ingredient, acetaminophen, once thought to be an effective and safe pain reliever for adults and children, turns out to have dangerous effects.

A related study by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researchers leads with the fact that each year, acetaminophen causes more than 100,000 calls to poison control centers, 50,000 emergency room visits, 26,000 hospitalizations and more than 450 deaths from liver failure. The U.S. Acute Liver Failure Study implicates acetaminophen poisoning in nearly half of all cases of acute liver failure in this country.

When taken with alcohol or without food, the effects on the liver are multiplied.

Doctor of Naturopathy Michael Murray, of Phoenix, Arizona, reports in GreenMedInfo.com that regular use of acetaminophen is linked to a higher likelihood of asthma, infertility and hearing loss, especially in men under 50. Last summer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning linking acetaminophen use to three rare and sometimes fatal skin conditions.

“Can you imagine if the side effects and risks associated with acetaminophen were associated with a dietary supplement?” opines Murray.

“It would be yanked from the market immediately.”

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globalbriefs News and resources to inspire concerned citizens to work together in building a healthier, stronger society that benefits all.

Grassroots Gumption

Citizen Action Wins Against Monsanto and More The Center for Food Safety (CFS), a national nonprofit advocating in the public interest, works to protect human health and the environment by curbing the use of harmful food production technologies and promoting organic and other forms of sustainable agriculture. It confirms that actions such as signing petitions really do make a difference.

For instance, the CFS cites a hard-fought campaign that pushed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to respond to a lawsuit and remove arsenic from chicken feed. They credit the thousands of consumers that joined the effort, saying, “Together, we forced the FDA to remove arsenic ingredients in animal feed used for our nation’s chickens, turkeys and hogs, and 98 of the 101 drug approvals for arsenic-based animal drugs will be withdrawn.”

More recently, CFS reports that half a million citizen phone calls and emails had a significant effect in killing an extension of the so-called “Monsanto protection act” in the Senate. Formally named the Farmer Assurance Provision, the measure undermined the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s authority to ban genetically modified crops, even if court rulings found they posed risks to human and environmental health.

Source: CenterForFoodSafety.org

Yogic Milestone

Smithsonian Exhibit Highlights Storied History This month’s exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Yoga: The Art of Transformation, comprises the museum’s first presentation of yogic art. Temple sculptures, devotional icons, vibrant manuscripts and court paintings created in India more than 2,000 years ago will be on view, as well as early modern photographs, books and films.

The Washington, D.C., exhibition borrows from 25 museums and private collections in India, Europe and the United States. More than 120 works, from the third to the early 20th century, illuminate yoga’s central tenets, as well as its obscured histories. Through masterpieces of Indian sculpture and paintings, the exhibition explores yoga’s goals; its Hindu, Jain and Sufi manifestations; its means of transforming body and consciousness; and its philosophical foundations.

For more information, visit Tinyurl.com/SmithsonianYogaExhibit

Smoke Choke

Big Coal’s Big Plans to Hasten Climate Change Environmentalists are mounting an effort to stop the coal industry from exporting millions of tons of coal to China and keep the coal in the ground by halting the construction of huge new coal export terminals at ports in Oregon and Washington. The nation’s two largest coal companies want to strip-mine vast reserves in Wyoming and Montana’s Powder River Basin, and then ship the coal by rail to the ports.

“Based on our back-of-the-envelope calculation, the burning of this exported coal could have a larger climate impact than all of the oil pumped through the Keystone pipeline,” says Kimberly Larson, a spokesperson for the Power Past Coal campaign, a coalition of more than 100 environmental and community groups that oppose the coal terminals.

Many U.S. coal-fired power plants still operate, but they’re being squeezed out of business by new federal standards for mercury, arsenic and other toxins that take effect in 2016. Also, the price of natural gas in America has fallen below that of coal. China already accounts for almost half of the world’s coal consumption, and demand continues to skyrocket for cheap, coal-fired electricity to power its growing industrial parks and mega-cities.

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United Nations Panel Zeroes in on Sustainability The United Nations (UN) has created a new scientific advisory board under the aegis of UNESCO, mandated to advise UN executives, participating countries and other stakeholders on the use of science, technology and innovation in achieving sustainable development. The 26 international experts appointed to the board span a broad spectrum of disciplines including: basic sciences; engineering and technology; social sciences and humanities; ethics; health; and economic, behavioral and agricultural sciences, as well as the environmental sciences more commonly associated with sustainability.

The board’s inaugural meeting in December focused on outcomes of the 2013 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), and from other large-scale interdisciplinary processes, such as the 2012 Planet Under Pressure Conference, held in London, and the Future Earth 10-year international research initiative.

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Monsanto and Syngenta, which manufacture genetically engineered seeds, claim that genetically modified (GE, GM or GMO) crops are safe for humans because the Bt-toxin is completely destroyed in the human digestive system and doesn’t have any impact on animals and humans.

But Norwegian scientists’ decade-long study of rats, mice, pigs and salmon raised on GE feed published in 2012 found that due to alterations in their digestive tracts, the animals ate more, got fatter and were less able to digest proteins; they also suffered from diminished immune systems.

There is also mounting evidence that the spread of such crops is responsible for the dramatic decline of the monarch butterfly, the near annihilation of bats and the spread of honeybee colony collapse syndrome.

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Build Your Own Wellness Dream Team

Take Your Health to the Next Level

by Kathleen Barnes

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onventional doctors too often dispense vague, boilerplate health advice, urging their patients to eat a healthy diet, exercise and take helpful supplements. Some are lucky enough to also be directed to detoxify their body and manage stress. That’s typically the best most people can expect in terms of practical advice. It is rare to receive specific, individualized answers to such burning questions as:

Complementary natural healing modalities can address all of these queries and more. Finding the right mix of treatment and preventive measures requires some creativity and self-knowledge. The experts Natural Awakenings consulted maintain that it is both desirable and possible to assemble an affordable and effective personal health care team that focuses on optimum wellness.

What is the best diet for this specific problem or my body type?

“We need to understand the value of an integrative approach because no single modality treats everything,” says Dr. Jingduan Yang, the Philadelphia-based founder and medical director of the Tao Integrative Medicine. By way of example, he maintains credentials as a physician, a board-certified psychiatrist and an internationally recognized expert on classic forms of Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture.

Which exercise will work best for me—yoga, running, tennis or something else?

Why do I feel stressed so much of the time, and what can I do about it?

What supplements are best for me, and which high-quality products can I trust?

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Integrative practitioners see the human body on three levels, Yang explains: structural; biochemical; and bioenergetic, a form of psychotherapy. Ideally, he says, conventional and integrative medicine, plus complementary practitioners, work together to provide the total care an individual patient needs. “Any problem on one level affects all levels, so we assess patients on all three with whatever tools we have,” he says.

While conventional medicine may be able to treat structural problems well and biochemical problems to a certain extent, it falls short on the energetic level.

That’s when it’s time to expand the team, counsels Yang. “‘Know yourself’ is the watchword. Get to know what to use and when to use it. It’s the practitioner’s job to educate patients in this way.”

Dr. Andrew Weil, renowned as the father of the integrative medicine movement in the U.S., has remarked, “If I’m in a car accident, don’t take me to an herbalist. If I have bacterial pneumonia, give me antibiotics. But when it comes to maximizing the body’s natural healing potential, a mix of conventional and alternative procedures seems like the only answer.”

Dr. Shekhar Annambhotla, founding director and president of the Association of Ayurvedic Professionals of North America, turns to the integrative realm of ayurvedic medicine for healing and wellness. The 5,000-year-old Indian healing tradition incorporates lifestyle changes, yoga and meditation, detoxification, herbs, massage and various other individually targeted healing modalities, depending on the patient’s diagnosis and recommended treatment plan.

Customized Team

“Wellness is a team effort,” advises integrative medicine specialist Dr. Vijay Jain, medical director at Amrit Ayurveda for Total Wellbeing, in Salt Springs, Florida.

It’s not only a matter of knowing what needs the practitioners will address at specific times, it’s also knowing who can help when the going gets tough. “Modern medicine has the edge for early detection of disease,” Jain notes. “However, Ayurveda is excellent in determining the earliest imbalances in the mind and body that eventually lead to disease.”

Health insurance may not cover the services we want, and high deductibles may pose a financial challenge in maintaining comprehensive health care, so we need

a personal wellness plan.

Most experts consulted agree that a personal wellness program should include a practitioner that acts as a gatekeeper and coordinates a care plan to meet individual needs. Jain recommends that the foundation of the team be a licensed medical professional such as an integrative physician (MD), osteopathic doctor (DO) or chiropractor (DC). In most states, any of these professionals can function as a primary care doctor, authorized to order and read laboratory tests, prescribe drugs and access hospital services. In some states, a naturopathic physician (ND) can perform the functions of a primary care doctor in ordering and reading laboratory tests.

As part of a personal wellness team, consider a functional medicine or integrative physician, chiropractor, osteopath,

doctor of naturopathy, ayurvedic practitioner, nutritionist, Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor/acupuncturist, herbalist, craniosacral therapist, massage therapist and energy practitioner (such as in Reiki, medical qigong or polarity therapy).

It’s not necessary to see all of them, sources say. Sometimes, one practitioner will be skilled in practicing several modalities, a bonus for patients. Other complementary practitioners may form a supporting team that works with the primary care team, depending on the challenges a patient faces. They will be identified as treatment unfolds and the team evolves over time.

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An ayurvedic practitioner likely will begin by helping to define healthful lifestyle

changes, depending on one’s dosha, or energetic temperament. Yoga and meditation would be a likely recommendation, plus specific herbs and perhaps detoxification, says Annambhotla.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and acupuncture often go hand-in hand with Ayurveda in accordance with the view that illness and disease are caused by imbalances in the body’s energetic flow. Diagnostic techniques employ intuition and pulses to assess and smooth blocks in energy circulation.

Craniosacral therapy is another way to unlock energetic blockages caused by lifestyle stress and other factors that restrict and congest the body’s innate ability to self-correct and remain healthy, says Joyce Harader, a registered craniosacral therapist in Cave Creek, Arizona, and secretary of the board of the Biodynamic Cranial Sacral Therapy Association of North America.

She relied on a whole team to realize a natural way back to health after being diagnosed with lupus in 1992.

“Members of my health team fluctuate,

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A personal wellness program should include a lead practitioner that acts as a gatekeeper and coordinates a plan of care that meets the individual’s needs. depending on what is going on in my life and where I am focusing,” comments Harader. She points out, for example, that nutrition education and general deep-tissue massage can both be helpful as part of a foundational plan toward obtaining and maintaining optimal health.

In fact, many of our experts recommend both a monthly chiropractic adjustment and/or massage, as well as daily yoga and an ongoing meditation practice for wellness and total well-being.

Naturopathic practitioners operating in states where they are licensed can be good sources of nutrition counsel and often recommend herbal remedies for relief. “For chronic illness, you need a chiropractor or drug-free physician like a naturopath on your team.

Conventional medicine is generally poor at dealing with chronic illness,” observes Naturopath and Chiropractor Michael Loquasto, Ph.D., who practices in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Loquasto should know. He has practiced integrated modalities for 50 years, employing the knowledge gained through his practice and triple doctorates, which include one in nutrition.

Also a master herbalist, he strongly advocates that people start by working with a good integrative or functional medicine medical doctor.

“In some states, like Pennsylvania, chiropractors and osteopaths can perform routine diagnostic work, but in many states they cannot,” he notes. “I recommend undergoing a physical every six months and regular bone density tests, plus colonoscopies.” Loquasto is not in favor of mammograms because of the radiation exposure associated with them, but supports routine breast screening using ultrasound or thermography.

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something doesn’t feel right in their body.

“Libido is a great barometer of health,” suggests Dr. Diana Hoppe, an obstetrician, gynecologist and hormone specialist in San Diego, California. “If you’re not interested in sex, it’s probably a sign that you need to do some investigating.” Reasons for such a decline of interest are wide-ranging says Hoppe. “For men and women, it might be due to hormonal changes, lack of self-esteem, medications, stress, relationship issues, job, family life or lack of sleep. It means that somewhere, things are out of balance,” she says.

Funding a Plan

A personal multifaceted wellness program can be expensive, but there are ways to minimize the cost. “In the new world of high insurance deductibles, people get more for their money from an alternative doctor, especially one knowledgeable in a variety of healing therapies, than a conventional one,” Loquasto advises. Costs for tests may also be lower; plus patients are not expected to pay $150 or more just to walk in the door.

A current trend has medical doctors and chiropractors participating in “umbrella” practices and wellness centers, where several types of practitioners collaborate in one facility. They find that sometimes insurance will pay for certain complementary services, including massage and nutrition education, when doctors or chiropractors prescribe them.

Maintaining wellness in an environment filled with chemical, biological and mental toxins is a substantial, yet worthy, investment. It’s far better than the costly alternative of dealing with regular bouts of sickness or escalating disease. In that light, maintenance looks affordable: an ayurvedic diagnostic session starts at around $100, a consultation with a licensed naturopath at $75 and acupuncture at $100; a massage typically costs about $80 an hour.

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pay for treatments outside the realm of conventional medicine and sometimes, chiropractic, “The cost of these preventive therapies will be much less than the cost of treatment for a serious disease,” advises Loquasto. “You’re worth it.”

Kathleen Barnes is author of more than a dozen natural health books. Her latest is The Calcium Lie II: What Your Doctor Still Doesn’t Know with Dr. Robert Thompson. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

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Squash Anger and Food Swings Become “Good-Mood Food” Fortified Don’t let stress and bad moods bring you down

by Paul Huljich

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oods can affect our moods chemically with regard to alertness and our emotional states. My research concerns a holistic approach to nutrition, paying added attention to how what we eat affects our neurochemistry. It is very important that we support a healthy neurochemical balance, and it is vital to take a proactive step toward managing our stress. When we are stressed out, emotional eating is triggered like an automatic response. Every one of us has a different tolerance for stress and stress threshold and respond in different ways—38 percent of Americans cope with stress by eating.

A balanced and healthy diet is crucial to maintaining good health and overcoming stress. Maybe you crave specific foods because of a certain mood you’re in. For example, when stressed, you probably crave either more carbs or sugars, or both. Your brain depends on a number of vitamins and nutrients to keep itself balanced.

The basic principle is that the nutrients in food act as precursors to metabolize neurotransmitters in our brains; the more precursors there are, the more neurotransmitters are produced. The foods you put into your body can directly affect your stress and energy levels and help relieve depression, even momentarily.

“Food swing” is a term used to describe the dangerous intersection where hunger and anger collide.

One of the primary causes leading to this crash is low blood sugar.

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Marjorie Nolan, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, explains that “When [blood sugar] is low, the hypothalamus is triggered and levels of several hormones such as growth and hunger hormones, leptin and ghrelin are affected. This imbalance then causes a shift in neurotransmitters and suppresses serotonin receptors.”1 Serotonin is a hormone that helps regulate mood and appetite. Cut off your body’s ability to process it, and prepare for some wild mood swings. Anger and extreme frustration are common responses.

Serotonin is synthesized within the body with the help of an amino acid called tryptophan; tryptophan is not formed in the body and needs to be supplied by diet. It is one of the 22 standard essential amino acids in the human diet. Thus, boosting your daily diet with foods that are good sources of tryptophan is very important to produce serotonin.

Handling food swings by eating small amounts throughout the day is a remedy recommended by most nutritionists; however, choose to snack on healthy foods or else the effect will be contradictory. There are certain “mood foods” that can help to lift negative moods and fill you with a feeling of happiness and well-being; a diet that is rich in protein, fat and fiber will not only help improve mood, but will also help to stave off hunger and ultimately help you lose weight.

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oranges, dark pure chocolate, blueberries, raspberries, turkey and salmon will help improve your mood in two ways. First, they deliver several key nutrients that play a vital role in supporting the brain’s neurochemistry to reduce the risk of anger, fatigue and irritability. Second, they do something equally important: Powerful combinations of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants help you build up your energy and capacity to handle life from your body’s metabolic and energy pathways from a cellular level.

We as a society should cut out or eat in strict moderation all the C-R-A-P (an acronym for caffeine, refined food, alcohol and processed food). I do not advocate the use of fad diets, counting calories or choosing to eat certain food groups over others. My approach to a healthy diet—outlined in detail in my book Stress Pandemic—is a balanced and practical approach, which first identifies then lists diets based on the “Good-Mood Foods” and eating patterns in your life, while eliminating the bad ones.

In life, we should all aim for healthy eating habits rather than a quick burst of stimulation from a sugar, carb or caffeine fix that ultimately leaves us feeling tired, cranky and depressed.

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ou’re so tired at night that you go to sleep early most every day. You sleep 8 to 12 or more hours and still wake up tired or even exhausted. This is not the way it always was, but it’s been this way for a while and has lasted for many months. It already has begun to affect your work or school and even you social activity. Something is really wrong.

You may have even gone to the doctor, who did lots of tests, but they came back with nothing unusual to report. At least that’s what the doctor said. Clinical depression, eating disorders, drug abuse and side effects from medication were ruled out, along with diabetes, hypoglycemia, low thyroid, hormonal issues and just about everything else that might commonly cause it. But something is definitely not right. It’s just not normal to be this tired.

Well, while almost everyone experiences fatigue from time to time, this is not like anything you’ve ever experienced before.

You most likely have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).

The CDC says that more than one million American women, men and children suffer from it, with the numbers constantly growing! This could be you or someone you know.

The diagnosis: Does this sound like you?

Have you felt generally “unwell” for three months or longer?

Can you still do most or all of the physical and mental activities you did before you began feeling unwell?

Has your illness had a major impact on work, social and/ or educational activities, to the extent that you have had to make adjustments in your lifestyle in an effort to avoid relapsing or becoming more ill?

Do you have at least four (4) of the following eight (8) symptoms? ˆWeakness and exhaustion, lasting more than 24 hours, following mental or physical activity • Un-refreshing sleep • Substantial impairment of short-term memory or concentration • Muscle pain • Pain in the joints, without swelling or redness • Headaches of a new type, pattern or severity • Tender or swollen armpit and/or neck lymph nodes • Sore throat Did your feelings of un-wellness begin suddenly, within a period of hours, or a couple of days?

More about the symptoms Along with un-refreshing sleep in addition to the symptoms

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above, the most common symptoms may be problems focusing or brain “cloudiness or fog”; generalized muscle pain (possibly diagnosed as fibromyalgia); and a feeling of malaise.

Other common symptoms may include irritable bowel (diarrhea or constipation); depression or other psychological problems; chills and night sweats; visual problems; fainting; or new food, odor or chemical sensitivities.

What’s causing it?

While the CDC and traditional doctors say the cause(s) are unknown, alternative physicians have directly linked it to the Epstein-Barr virus (mononucleosis), herpes 6 virus, candidiasis, Lyme disease and cytomegalovirus.

So, what’s the answer—how can I fix it?

Well, please don’t give up hope! For those of you that are still suffering, the answer is Intravenous Medical Ozone Therapy.

You may be surprised to know that this proven, safe, but unusual, medical treatment has been used worldwide in more than 50 countries for many years (70), by over 45,000 physicians and therapists to successfully treat this and many other diseases and illnesses.

So, why haven’t you heard about it and why doesn’t your doctor know anything about it?

Medical ozone is a gas that’s made by a medical ozone machine at the moment it’s needed (it can neither be stored, bottled nor put in capsules). So, it’s not patentable, so the drug companies can’t make money from it. They, along with the FDA, have successfully suppressed its use and have kept word of this treatment from spreading.

More information about this amazing, safe and effective treatment is available at OzoneUniversity.com and on a fabulous DVD documentary with more than 40 patient testimonials called Ozone Therapy: The Miracle Medicine by Gary Null, Ph.D., available from GaryNull.com. Ed McCabe’s book Flood Your Body with Oxygen is also a good source of information about the history of medical ozone and its many uses, with 11 references on CFS. Dr. Howard Robins, with more than 22 years of clinical experience using medical ozone therapy and over 185,000 treatments performed, is considered by many to be one of the world’s foremost clinical experts on its use. He is also available and willing to answer your questions about Ozone. He can be reached at his Manhattan office by calling 212-581-0101. natural awakenings

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REASONS TO NOT GO TO THE DENTIST There are so many reasons not to visit a dentist. And yet there are now very compelling reasons to have a healthy mouth. Everyday there are more and more medical studies showing a clear link between gum disease and cancer, diabetes, chronic inflammation, heart disease - the list goes on and on. One researcher believes that at least half of the heart attacks in this country originate from the bacteria in gum disease. With all this evidence, you would think people would be lining up outside the door of every dentist. So why are they not doing this?

Many people are afraid to visit a dentist for a myriad of reasons. Some have had a traumatic experience while being treated, either as a child or adult (or both) and never want to go back. This is completely understandable and if I had experienced this, I would feel the same way. Luckily, there are ways to deal with this that make it possible to visit a dentist. In my office we start with the use of laughing gas (Nitrous Oxide) to relieve anxiety and relax our patients.

This is a gas that within a few minutes, you just don't care about being at the dentist.

If someone's anxiety goes beyond laughing gas, then we offer Relaxation Dentistry. We give you relaxing medication until you reach a deeper state of calmness. At that point you are in and out of dozing and we can often repair years of damage in one visit.

Another major reason to not go to the dentist is fear of pain. There are few things more horrible than having dental work done when you are not numb. Newer types of anesthesia work better and there is new technology like the Wand, a computer controlled anesthesia delivery system that helps give pain free anesthesia. Once a patient is profoundly numb, we can go ahead and take care of their dental needs very easily.

Sometimes, certain dental procedures don't require anesthesia, thanks to the use of Ozone. When combined with minimally invasive technology and techniques, such as Air Abrasion, a water/powder spray that removes decay painlessly, you can actually have some fillings done without any discomfort. Though this may sound unbelievable, it 20

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happens every day in my office.

Who can afford to go to the dentist? Not everyone has insurance and sadly insurance doesn't really cover that much.

In the 1970's when dental insurance was first created, the average annual maximum was around $1500. Today, the average annual maximum should be $10 - $15, 000, but unbelievably is still $1500. There are many options to deal with this issue. We offer outside financing that lets you pay over time, with amounts that fit into your budget. It's just like buying a big television, only you get to eat with these benefits every day! Another option is to phase the treatment over time.

We prioritize your needs and work out a time schedule that works for you.

Some people avoid the dentist because they don't enjoy being lectured to or made to feel uncomfortable about the condition of their mouth. I believe in positive reinforcement and we practice "Guilt Free Dentistry" So we are happy to show you what is needed to get you back to a state of health and to have a great smile. You will never be lectured or made to feel guilty at my office.

Finally, in this fast paced world, many people can't seem to find the time to go to the dentist. Luckily, my office is very aware that healthcare is a service industry and we have to be available to deliver fantastic care. So we have regular hours on Saturdays.

So, as you can see, there are many options available for folks who don't like to go to the dentist. Maybe one of these answers will work for you. One of the many things I have learned as a practicing dentist for over twenty eight years, is that never a better time to fix a dental problem than right now!

It will only get more uncomfortable, more annoying and more expensive.

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Traditional dentistry attacks cavities by removing healthy tooth structure along with the decay. Dr. Silver uses Ozone gas to eliminate the bacteria, leaving your healthy tooth structure unharmed.

In many cases, no drilling or injections are needed, because Dr. Silver uses an air/powder spray to remove the decay that doesn’t cause any discomfort. For more extensive restorations, pain free injections are given and you are profoundly numb so that nothing will bother you. For those with any dental anxiety, we have nitrous oxide (laughing gas) which helps you relax in our extra soft chairs. We also offer Sedation Dentistry (Sleep Dentistry) for those patients who want a completely alternative visit.

After wiping out the bacteria, a remineralization solution is placed on the tooth, so it can start healing itself immediately. Then a tooth colored restoration is placed and your tooth is ready for chewing!

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Easy Ways to Go Eco Right Now

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ew Year resolutions can be a distant memory by mid-January, due to unrealistic expectations, slow results and distractions that sideline good intentions. Yet we may still reap the rewards of a greener, healthier lifestyle by progressively adopting small, doable changes.

Nifty Switches

January white sales present a prime opportunity to change to organic cotton sheets and dry-fast towels to reduce energy usage. Local animal shelters welcome old towels and blankets.

Homeless shelters also accept gently used clean linens and outgrown coldweather gear.

Replace family toothbrushes with eco-friendly models made from renewable castor oil plants instead of petroleum. The Naturally Clean Toothbrush is BPA-free and recyclable (TomsOfMaine.com).

Each day, Americans use 500 million disposable straws, reports Milo Cress, founder of the Be Straw Free Campaign (Ecocycle.org). Discarded plastic straws and stirrers are on the Ocean Conservancy’s top 10 list of debris littering beaches. Cindy Schiff Slansky, CEO of GreenPaxx, in New York City, suggests using a reusable silicone straw.

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“The bright colors help keep track of each person’s drink. They’re in my purse for when I eat out with my kids,” she says. “We always say no to disposable straws.” Also consider paper straws that compost within 45 to 60 days.

Plug electronics into power-saving energy strips that can be turned off when machines aren’t in use. Completely shutting down computers saves more energy than using sleep mode.

When it’s time for a more energyefficient fridge or freezer, call the electric company. The Appliance Recycling Centers of America work with utilities to pick up and recycle working appliances. Air conditioners and dehumidifiers are accepted with a qualifying fridge or freezer. Alternatively, call a local recycling company for a curb pickup of broken appliances; even easier, confirm that the company delivering a new appliance will take away and recycle the old one.

Upgrade to a greener model when the need arises to change cars. California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont have pledged to speed the construction of charging stations in their states and project collectively having 3.3 million batterypowered cars, plug-in hybrids and

Switch to public transportation or telecommuting at least twice a

fridge can harbor millions of bacteria, according to testing by Microban Europe, UK. The BerryBreeze in-fridge automated device periodically circulates activated oxygen to prevent mold, keeping produce fresh longer and reducing spoiling to save grocery dollars (BerryBreeze.com).

Hannah Helsabeck, president of eco-friendly WildMintShop.com, shares can-free meal tips online. “It takes a little planning, but we can now avoid all the toxic chemicals used in processing foods and making cans.

Let’s kick the can!”

Also, check out local food Meetup groups. Penny Miller, of Wichita Falls, Texas, says, “At our first meeting, we saw examples of raised-bed gardens, rainwater harvesting, composting, native landscaping and container plants.”

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One-pot, slow-cooked hearty stews and soups—especially made with seasonal, locally grown vegetables—use less energy and need less water to wash. A slow cooker can also steam rice, make yogurt or bake simple, whole-grain

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Dave Feller, CEO of Yummly.com, in Redwood City, California, adds, “Slow cooking tenderizes meats and brings out flavor, even in less expensive cuts. It’s also a timesaver.” Yummly recipes detail ingredients, cooking times and nutritional values.

For family snacks, Terry Walters, the Avon, Connecticut, author of Clean Food and Clean Start, advocates going untraditional. “Get closer to the green plant than the processing plant,” she advises. At least once a week, she likes to try a new food. “Roasted chick peas, kale chips or a ‘pizza’ made from a rice tortilla, pasta sauce or pesto, and veggies all make ‘clean-food’ snacks.”

(Recipes at TerryWalters.net.)

Keeping produce fresh can be a challenge, especially when the average

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estern science is obsessed with deconstructing food, researching and analyzing its component parts, isolating the active ingredients, repackaging them in pills or powders and prescribing them in daily doses. But according to Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D., author of Food and Healing, this chemistry-based theory of nutrition is upside-down.

Colbin, founder and CEO of the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, in New York City, has crafted her own nutrition theory based on more than 30 years of nutrition practice, teaching from a foundation that a whole food, like the complex human being consuming it, is greater than the sum of its parts.

She defines whole foods as “those that nature provides and all the edible parts.” She limits them to those comprising one ingredient, such as plants, whole grains, beans, vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds. na-newyorkcity.com

Animal foods are more challenging to categorize. Eggs are a whole food, but steaks are not, because they are one part of the entire animal. She includes small fish if we eat the head and bones, and small birds like quail. Whole milk is included, but not low-fat dairy.

Colbin maintains that our bodies know the difference between a whole food and an aggregation of isolated nutrients. We have evolved over thousands of years to eat the food that nature presents to us, and if that food has been fragmented, the body realizes it and seeks what’s missing.

For example, if we eat fragmented wheat like white bread, in which the bran and germ of the whole grain have been removed, the body will still be hungry and seek the missing part of the food, something with fiber or crunch. Likewise, health enthusiasts that devour wheat germ or wheat bran in isolation will also feel something is missing and may find themselves craving refined flour in the form of

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Table sugar is another example, a fragment of sugar cane. Colbin calculates that it takes 17 feet of sugar cane to make one cup of sugar. What’s missing is mostly the cane’s water content and the result, she says, is that sugar makes you thirsty.

It’s a big reason why when we drink a soda, ingesting an average equivalent of 12 teaspoons of sugar, we’re thirsty afterward and drink even more, creating a vicious cycle.

Fruit juices are, by definition, a fragmented food. When we drink orange or grapefruit juice, all or most of the fiber from the raw fruit is obviously missing.

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ments of food at best. She notes that the body may have difficulty processing these isolated nutrients outside of the whole food.

Supportive studies include Kentucky’s University of Louisville School of Medicine comparison of the effects of the spice turmeric with those of its active ingredient, curcumin.

Adding the whole food turmeric to the diet of rats reduced inflammation significantly, while curcumin alone was ineffective.

Results suggested the difference may be explained by turmeric’s higher bioavailability.

A Pennsylvania State University research review determined that although population studies consistently report that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables protects against cardiovascular and other chronic diseases, studies of antioxidant supplements did not show the same benefits.

The difference may be that a whole foods diet naturally contains not only antioxi-

dants, but a wide range of nutrients and compounds that may act synergistically to protect against diseases.

Colbin goes further, suggesting that supplements may even make us less likely to want to eat vegetables and set us up for junk food cravings to balance out too many vitamins or minerals. Her advice is to use vitamins and supplements if medically required, but not every day and not for a lifetime.

Her views are all about maintaining the natural balance in the foods that nature provides without worrying about striving for perfection or radical changes in diet. Colbin recommends aiming for 70 percent whole foods overall to keep everything in balance. Start by taking a few small changes, listen to the body to see if there’s a noticeable difference and adjust accordingly.

Margie King is a former corporate attorney now working as a holistic health and nutrition coach and natural health copywriter from Philadelphia, PA. Connect via NourishingMenopause.com.

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Money Myths

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atie Teague’s inspiring documentary, Money and Life (MoneyAndLifeMovie.com), provocatively asks: Rather than disastrous, can we view economic crises as brimming with opportunities to shift our thoughts about money and thereby improve models of economic exchange?

Why did you produce a documentary on the subject of money?

As an in-depth psychotherapist familiar with observing humanity, I felt that I could use the simple lens of storytelling to chronicle the complexity of money and economics. Because I had no experience in economics or filmmaking, I was often brought to my knees in the crucible of all I was learning, a virtual crash Ph.D. course.

In interviewing David Korten, economist, author and former professor at the Harvard Business School, he soothed my worries by pointing out that because I hadn’t been indoctrinated into the world of economics and its jargon, my language of metaphors and analogies would help lay people better recognize and understand convoluted economic concepts.

As a therapist, I repeatedly see how disconnections due to eroding relationships with ourselves, our natural world and each other are wreaking havoc on people and the planet. I routinely see that money isn’t a root cause of a person’s issues, just the container for them. Most frequently the issues I hear about result from setting dreams aside “for later” and squelching the sparks of individual genius,

usually because of a perceived scarcity of money. I became curious about what role our relationship to money plays in such disconnections.

What are the effects of awaking to what money is and isn’t in our lives?

In considering this from the perspective of healing and tending the soul, asking, “Where are we most wounded in our modern world?” I had my own quantum awakening to the fact that I’m not separate from the subject matter I’m exploring: What is my own story with money? Have I given up healthy self-government to the money god? What are my opportunities to reclaim my own power?

I discovered that the core principle of the economy, money and currency is relationship itself, and that we’ve unwittingly disempowered ourselves by entrusting too much power to middlemen like central banks and financial consultants, but are now realizing that we don’t need them.

One clear example is that more individuals are having a direct experience of the divine. Also, entire communities are investing their time, energy and money in their local economies, where they have established relationships and can see the results. I believe that the technologies supporting our emerging new economy reflect our own consciousness coming online.

Were you surprised at what you learned?

I did not know that the U.S. and global economies are based on debt and scarcity nor understand beforehand that our per-

ceptions of scarcity and separation from one another are only illusions.

While the majority of economists say that money is an exchange, Bernard Lietaer, author of The Future of Money, states, that is what money does but not what it is. Fundamentally, money is a human agreement—a form of currency via an artifact designed, engineered and built by humans. This is something we have forgotten and it’s hurting us.

How did you approach the universally sensitive subject of money?

The film is purely a starting place and a tool that individuals can use to educate themselves and spark conversations. I kept the tone of the film as non-polarizing as possible so that conservative family members could cull compelling concepts that inspire further exploration, rather than walk away feeling a need to defend their beliefs. Awareness and knowledge breeds empowerment and innovative perspectives so that we all can better participate in whatever is emerging.

Will a new economy replace or parallel the existing one?

A new economy is emerging and operating in parallel. Beyond being based on gifting, alternative money, barter or other buzzwords, it’s coming online from a previously unknown place. This is one of the reasons I term the film emergent-oriented, rather than solution-oriented.

A quote by Richard Buckminster Fuller, systems theorist, architect and inventor, eloquently applies: “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

The fact is that the old economy, based on debt and scarcity, is designed to collapse. The more innovative we can be in participating in the emerging economy, the more conscious awareness we can bring to bear, improving the chances for increasingly positive impacts.

Linda Sechrist is a Natural Awakenings senior staff writer. Visit ItsAllAboutWe.com for recorded interviews.

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markyourcalendar FRIDAY, JANUARY 10TH The Real Truth About Health Seminar-3 Days with Dr. Brian Clement, Cherie Soria, Dan Ladermann, Richard Oppenlander and other special guests live from Times Sqaure in New York City at the Legendary Hudson Theater.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 Happy 2014 Maha Sadhana World Headstand Standoff – 10:30am-1:30pm. Start your new year off by making a personal resolution and conviction to having the Maha Sadhana practice be an important part of your life. Come join Sri Dharma Mittra as he helps you implant his powerful and dynamic Maha Sadhana program of amazing practices and techniques into your body, mind, and spirit. You will be given the full yogic arsenal to help support this day and all the days of your life to come! Dharma Yoga Center, 61 W 23rd St, New York, NY. 212-889-8160 or dharmayogacenter.com.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 Wreath Interpretations – 9am-5pm. NYC Parks celebrates the holiday season with its 31st annual exhibition of unique, unconventional wreaths. A diverse selection of 46 fine artists, horticulturalists, designers, and other spirited contributors enliven this ageless holiday symbol. Materials such as neck ties, rat traps, acorns, and recycled plastic bags are used to examine themes as diverse as zombie apocalypses to water conservation. This exhibition is sure to be an imaginative and enjoyable experience this year’s holiday season. Central Park, 830 5th Ave, New York, NY. 212-360-8163, artandantiquities@parks.nyc. gov or nycgovparks.org/events/2014/01/02/wreathinterpretations.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 4 Coming Home Yoga Movement and Visioning From the Heart – 2-6pm. Do you suffer from anxiety, stress or just feel out of balance? Do you feel indifferent to your current situations, hoping to build strength to reignite your life’s direction? Join us to learn tools to experience peace of mind, improved relationships and ease in your day-to-day living. Nicole Smith. Sonic Yoga, 754 9th Ave, New York, NY. 212-397-6344, thepowerwithinhealing.com or sonicyoga.com.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 5 Namaste Service – 10am-12pm. Come be a part of this service that honors the divine within. Namaste Bookshop Healing Center, 80 5th Ave, Suite 1104, New York, NY. 212-645-0141, namastebookshop.com or JyoganReiki.com.

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MONDAY, JANUARY 6 Meditation Series – Jan 6 to Feb 24. Join Senior Yoga Works teacher Elizabeth Neuse Flint for a 6-week series to kick-start your meditation practice. Learn poses, pranayama and mantra to make meditation more accessible. With the support of a group over two months, you will establish a lasting meditation practice. Yoga Works Soho Teacher Training Center, 474 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY. 212-9650801, ej@ejneuse.com or ejneuse.com.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 7 I Ching Meditation Course – 7-8:30pm. The I Ching is a helpful way to frame the energies of life and life matters, and leads to greater self-understanding. It is also an enjoyable way to explore perennial philosophy and Taoist arts. This informal group strives to consult the I Ching as a theme-setter for contemplation and meditation and will provide discussion and open feedback. Comfortable dress suggested; be prepared to sit in silence for 5-10 minute periods. Next door to Quest Bookshop, 240 E 53rd St, 3rd Floor, New York, NY. 212-758-5521 or questbookshop.com.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8 After School Ice Skating – 4-4:30pm. Learn the basic elements of ice skating through group and individual instruction. Participation in this several-sessions program includes use of all equipment. Ages 5-7, space is limited, advance registration required. Lasker Pool and Rink, Central Park, New York, NY. 212-348-4867 or nycgovparks.org/events/2014/01/08/after-schoolice-skating.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 11 Soul Psychic Readings – 12-8pm. No matter who or what you believe guides you in your everyday life, you are surrounded by guides and angels. They protect you and help you to see within yourself. A soul psychic reading will provide you with an opportunity to “get in touch” with your soul and you will gain powerful insight into your skills and abilities. Laura Schwalm. Namaste Bookshop Healing Center, 80 5th Ave, Suite 1104, New York, NY. 212-645-0141, namastebookshop.com or JyoganReiki.com/Share.

MONDAY, JANUARY 13 Pranayama: A Science Beyond Breath with Krupa Shivarthy – 8:30-9:30pm. Awaken the Prana Shakti within! Pranayama is a science which is related to our breath, but more so to the subtle flowing energies behind this breath, which is known as Prana. Prana exists within each one of us in a dormant form and when we practice pranayama, the quantity of this vital energy in the body is activated to a higher frequency, gearing us towards maintaining a healthy body and mind. Ishta Yoga, 56 E 11th St, New York, NY. 212598-4800, miriam@ishtayoga.com or ishtayoga.com.

markyourcalendar JANUARY 10– 16 "THE GROUNDED" FILM SCREENING 3pm, 5pm, and 9:15pm National Geographic wildlife filmmaker, Steve Kroschel, takes a personal journey to test an outrageously simple & “too good to be true” healing concept: that bare-skin contact with the Earth has profound curative effects. In this breezy and uplifting film, Kroschel proves what civilizations throughout history have known to be true, that the Earth’s healing power is like a gigantic treatment table.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 Morning Fitness – 7:30-8:30am. Try something new! Join us on Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings for one hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening exercises.

Free, led by trained professionals, suitable for all levels.

Wear comfortable clothing and bring water. Exercise with a view, in natural sunlight, with green scenery all around bestows health benefits that can’t be found indoors.

Rain and weather/air advisory, lower than 20 degrees cancels. Heather Garden, Fort Tryon Park, Cabrini Blvd and Ft Washington Ave, New York, NY. 212-795-1388, info@FortTryonParkTrust.org or nycgovparks.org/ events/2014/01/14/my-morning-fitness-at-fort-tryon-park.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 When You’ve Had It! – 10:30am. Bring your baby and join Sally Tannen, director of 92Y’s Parenting Center, for a lively, weekly New Parent Get-Together to share, learn and make new friends. Come when you can—no registration required. Weill Art Gallery, 92Y Tribeca, Lexington Ave at 92nd St, New York, NY. 212-415-5500 or 92ytribeca.com.

markyourcalendar THURSDAY, JANUARY 16 NEW YORK SHALE GAS POTENTIAL 6:30-9pm

What can New Yorkers expect if high-volume hydrofracking is permitted here? Analysis of 2,700 Pennsylvania gas wells shows that the highest yields are where shale is deepest & thickest. But the Marcellus shale gets thinner & shallower rapidly as it crosses the border into NY, leading to predictions of significantly less production, but with considerable potential damage. Moderator: Prof Anthony Ingraffea.

Presentors: Chip Northrup, Brian Brock, Jerry Acton & Lou Allstadt.

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of mediums. Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave (at 75th St), New York, NY. 212-570-7713 or nyc-arts.org/events/46540/american-legends-fromcalder-to-okeeffe.

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Ice Festival – 12-3pm. Celebrate winter and revel in the park’s beauty as you watch artists from Okamoto Studio carve the park’s best known architectural gems of Bethesda Terrace into ice sculptures. Learn about the park’s design and restoration from Conservancy experts, and warm up with hot chocolate! Bethesda Terrace in Central Park, New York, NY. 212-3601461, hlook@centralparknyc.org or nycgovparks.org/ events/2014/01/18/ice-festival.

Manifesting Chakra Flow Master Class – 9-11am.

Join Lauren Hanna to explore the downward current of the chakras, and the current of manifestation which begins in consciousness and moves towards the earth.

Starting at the crown center, you will access thought forms and visions and move in a downward journey through the chakras as each form becomes more specific, leading to your realization in the earthly plane.

Sonic Yoga, 754 9th Ave, New York, NY. 212-397-6344 or sonicyoga.com.

MONDAY, JANUARY 20 Tropical Discoveries and Wintertime Wonders – 1:30-4:30pm. Inside the cozy Discovery Center, kids of all ages can take a closer look at the differences between tropical and temperate plants. Pot up a specimen plant to take home and compare its characteristics with foliage in your neighborhood. Use a field notebook to explore the Adventure Garden and discover the vital sparks of life that lie just below the surface of this quiet season. Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY. 718-817-8700 or nybg.org.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22 Rehab – 8pm. “Rehab” follows the stories of an ensemble cast as they try to figure out their lives and overcome their own personal demons while in inpatient rehab. The story is based on the writer’s personal experience and brings to light many of the issues that people with addictions face. The play is sometimes funny and sometimes heartbreaking and is a stark and honest portrayal of 12-step treatment and the hope and desperation that often accompanies it. Theatre Row, The Studio Theatre, 410 W 42nd St (between 9th and 10th Aves), New York, NY. 212-714-2442 or nyc-arts. org/events/86655/rehab.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23 American Legends: From Calder to O’Keefe – 11am-6pm. This work showcases the Whitney’s deep holdings of artwork from the first half of the 20th century by the 18 leading artists: Bluemner, Burchfield, Cadmus, Calder, Cornell, Crawford, Davis, Dove, Demuth, Hartley, Hopper, Lachaise, Lawrence, Marin, Marsh, Nadelman, O’Keeffe, and Stella. Organized as one- and two-artist presentations, the exhibition provides a survey of each artist’s work across a range

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 Monthly Reiki Share with Jyogan Hakata-Kohler – 5:30-8pm. This Reiki Share (led by Jyogan HakataKohler, Namaste Bookshop’s resident Reiki Teacher) is open to anyone, even if you have never tried Reiki before! It is in the same style as the share held in Kyoto, Japan at Dai Zen In Temple with Hyakuten Inamoto (Jyogan’s teacher). Everyone will receive group-style Reiki (one person lies on the table as others give Reiki). And, a basic Attunement to the Reiki Energy will be given to all who attend. $20. Namaste Bookshop Healing Center, 80 5th Ave, Suite 1104, New York, NY. 212-645-0141, namastebookshop.com or JyoganReiki.com.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 28 Boosting Nutrition Without Busting Your Wallet – 7pm. Discover affordable ways to buy organic, natural and humanely-raised foods, and raise the overall quality of the food you buy—without breaking the bank!

Discover little-known seasonal shopping secrets to boost nutrients and energy levels, which can easily be incorporated into daily and weekly shopping lists.

Andrea Beaman, HHC, natural foods chef and the author of Health is Wealth. Warburg Lounge, 92Y Tribeca, Lexington Ave at 92nd St, New York, NY. 212-415-5500 or 92ytribeca.com.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 30

ANGELICALLY GUIDED ENERGY HEALINGTM BE Who Your Soul Wants You To Be Experience the joy! Learn to align with soul purpose.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 Applied Design – 10:30am-8pm. There are still people who think that design is just about making things, people and places pretty. In truth, design has spread to almost every facet of human activity, from science and education to politics and policy making, for a simple reason: one of design’s most fundamental tasks is to help people respond to change. Also on display are 14 videogames—including Pac-Man, The Sims, and Katamari Damacy—that constitute the beginning of a new branch of MoMA’s collection. Museum of Modern Art, 11 W 53rd St, (between 5th Ave and Ave of the Americas), New York, NY. 212-708-9400 or nyc-arts. org/events/53593/applied-design.

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FIT AND FEMININE: SILK MOVES This innovative series combines dance fitness, qi gong, yoga and Russian athletics for upper body and breast tissue health. Improve the look of your shoulders and under arms, free up your posture, release stagnation in the breast tissue. All techniques are easy and fun to do with the help of colorful playful silks. Expect to challenge your arms and to elongate your body lines. Side effect: Moving among colors reduces stress, recharges your mind and rejuvenates your spirit. Full course or single sessions (upon availability).

Jewish Community Center 334 Amsterdam Ave at W 76th St.

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Healthy Winter Homemade Soups: Cooking with Mike Colameco – 7pm. Mr. Colameco’s classes, exclusively for 92Y Tribeca, cover the basics and help home cooks become more proficient. Class meets at the Viking/Carl Schaedel and Co showroom, 969 3rd Ave at 58th St, New York, NY. 212-415-5500 or 92ytribeca.com.

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Located in the heart of Columbus Circle, Eastgate Acupuncture specializes in making alternative healthcare a great experience. With focus in Pain, Injury, Fertility, Chronic Disease and Facial Rejuvenation we have the practitioner that is right for you. Treatment may include any of the following therapies: Acupuncture, Moxibustion, Cupping, Kyo-Jung, and Herbal Recommendations.

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The Feldenkrais Method is a powerful resource for improving the physical comfort & wellbeing of people of all ages. With a combination of slow, gentle movements and guided attention, the Feldenkrais Method can bring about dramatic improvements in our body’s muscularskeletal organization. This can quickly reduce pain and tension & increase our ease of movement. It can also improve physical comfort, flexibility, balance, posture & muscular efficiency. The Feldenkrais Institute of NY makes the Feldenkrais Method available 6 days a week, all year round. We offer 14 Feldenkrais exercise classes every week, over 50 workshops each year, & individual treatment sessions with our skilled staff of Practitioners. Mention code: NA1 to receive a 10% discount on all services & programs.

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Skin and Hair line with Argan Oil and Prickley Pear Seed Oil. Kenza means treasure in Arabic while "be generously beautiful"™ refers to the introduction of a philanthropic element in the purchase of beauty care products. By purchasing our products, we contribute to social change for women in the USA and Morocco. We are proud to support and donate to foundations and to a Women Cooperative in Morocco.

Dr Ivy Branin, ND, is a Naturopathic Doctor dedicated to making her patients feel great using natural therapies and methods. Although she sees a wide variety of conditions, her practice focuses on mood and sleep problems, autoimmune disease, gastrointestinal conditions, and women’s health.

210 Fifth Ave. Suite 1102 New York, NY 10010 maurucio@mauriciohair.com 212-532-3030 • www.MauricioHair.com Mauricio is a cross-cultural hair artist who provides a holistic approach to the beauty industry—one that focuses not only on the physical but also on the overall well-being of his clients, through unique services, truly organic products, a tailored experience and Zen-like environment that all work together to support the mind, body and soul.

Mauricio’s private hair studio mission is to be the first of its kind: an innovative eco-friendly hair studio and ‘inner beauty salon’ that seeks to unlock every guest’s beauty. Natural color services are available for both pregnant and everyday clients.

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www.Mushana.com Recycled paper and glass, handwoven bark cloth, and hand-painted cotton fabrics lovingly crafted into stunning home and fashion products.

Natural vegetable dyes are used, creating a full color palette from soft neutrals to rich, vibrant hues. Products are handmade by women of Uganda to sustain their daily lives.

DR. HOWARD ROBINS The Healing Center 200 W. 57th St., Suite 807 New York, NY 10019 212-581-0101 • DrHowardRobins@gmail.com

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If you have a disease or condition that you haven’t been able to get rid of, Ozone Therapy will most likely be the answer, even for people that have suffered for years and have lost all hope. If you are questioning if your condition can be treated, call or email Dr Robins contact information above. See ad on page 3.

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STWS is a nonprofit that offers holistic/integrated healing modalities to people affected by 9/11, Hurricane Sandy, the BP oil spill in the Gulf, as well as armed forces personnel and veterans. Over 3000 people have gone through our programs including over 1200 NYC firefighters.

SWTS also offers Yoga by Donation classes that are offered on a donation basis to the 9/11 community, all firefighters & their immediate family members, people who have been affected by Sandy military personnel and veterans. More information online.

Have you wanted to learn the Japanese art of Reiki hands-on healing? Jyogan Hakata-Kohler, also a Buddhist Lay Teacher, studied all 3 initial levels of Reiki while he was living in Japan directly with Buddhist Priest and renown Reiki Teacher Rev. Hyakuten Inamoto. Jyogan teaches and certifies students in all levels of Reiki (Komyo Reiki Kai). You too can practice Reiki as it is taught in Japan! In addition, Jyogan offers a monthly Reiki Share on the 4th Sunday of every month that is open to all even if you have never tried Reiki before (see calendar listing). Reiki Treatments are also offered at Namaste Bookshop and Healing Center (2 West 14th St., 212-645-0141) and other locations around New York City. You will experience and learn Reiki directly from its roots in Kyoto, Japan!

Reiki Shihan (Teacher) www.JyoganReiki.com Jyogan@live.com

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by Union Square, Dr. Peter Silver practices Minimally Invasive Ozone Dentistry. Ozone is used to kill bacteria in cavities and gum disease, while speeding up the healing of your tissue. Dr. Silver also practices Guilt-Free dentistry, where you are never made to feel uncomfortable about the condition of your mouth. If you are anxious about visiting the dentist, Dr. Silver uses laughing gas and does sedation dentistry as well.

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