Guest guest Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 : " WDDTY e-News " WDDTY e-News Service - 13 March 2003 Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:56:10 -0000 WHAT DOCTORS DON’T TELL YOU - E-NEWS BROADCAST No.26 - 13 Mar 03 EXERCISE: Do you really have to kill yourself in a gym before it makes a difference? Everyone knows they should exercise. It’s right up there with “don’t smoke” as one of the basic tenets of good health maintenance. While we know that one cigarette is one too many, how much exercise do we need to take before it makes a positive difference? The good news, according to a new study from Yale University, is that a little can go a long way, provided we’re prepared to do it regularly. Researchers tested the theory on 173 previously sedentary women who were all overweight or obese and aged between 50 and 75 years. They were split into two groups: one restricted themselves to stretching exercises, while the rest carried out some moderate exercise. Most in the latter group plumped for brisk walking, and this, or some other activity such as cycling or aerobics, was done for an average of 3.5 days, and for 176 minutes, a week. Within a year the brisk exercise group was showing a significant reduction in weight and body fat levels. So, no, you don’t have to kill yourself in a gym to get benefits from exercise—just start walking, but quickly and often. (Source: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003; 289: 323-30). HIV: A simple remedy to help prevent transmission HIV-1 is often transmitted from mother to baby during breastfeeding, especially in developing countries where the mother may also be malnourished. So what role could vitamins play in reducing this risk, if at all? In other words, is HIV the same deadly virus in a healthy person? Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health decided to find out, and tested 1078 HIV-infected pregnant women from Tanzania who were five months pregnant. They were given either vitamin A or a multivitamin. For women with low nutrition, the multivitamins ‘significantly’ reduced levels of transmission of HIV to the breastfed children, while vitamin A on its own actually increased HIV transmission levels, and had no positive effect on mortality levels after two years. The mutivitamins—and, in particular B, C and E—should be a regular part of the diet of pregnant women who are HIV-positive, say the researchers, a recommendation that has significance everywhere, and to everyone. (Source: AIDS, 2002; 16: 1935-44). SMALLPOX: It’s terrible, but not terrifying Western countries are living in a state of terror, and we seem to be doing a better job than the terrorists of terrifying ourselves. The current fear is that terrorists may spread smallpox among us, and it’s one that is being taken very seriously in the USA where healthcare workers are lining up for inoculation. We’re frightened of smallpox because we don’t know much about it, other than it is a dread and fatal disease. But Thomas Mack, an American doctor who treated a smallpox outbreak in Pakistan in the late 1960s, has a very different view. The outbreak in Pakistan was quickly contained, not because of an intensive vaccination programme, but because smallpox is hard to catch, he says. A victim is at his most contagious during the first week that a florid rash, and deep skin lesions, appear, and this happens around two to three weeks after initial infection. Even then, the virus travels only a short distance from the victim to someone else. Scientists were able to grow the virus only from the patient’s face and bedding. But attempts to do so from exhaled air all failed. This is because the virus is discharged, not from breath, but from saliva. Most infections in Pakistan happened at the bedside of a victim, says Dr Mack. Nobody caught smallpox while on a plane, train or bus, so lending credence to the idea that it is not an airborne disease. Dr Mack estimates that even a very successful smallpox attack from terrorists will result in fewer than 20 cases, and 10 deaths, across the USA, whereas 800 people will die from complications from the vaccination. Instead, education of the public about the disease, and its early warning signs, would be a far more effective strategy, says Dr Mack. (Source: New England Journal of Medicine, 2003; 348: 460-3). READERS’ COMMENTS AND QUERIES Epsom salts is NOT sodium bicarbonate: Several readers were quick to point out the error in another reader’s suggestion to use sodium bicarbonate if Epsom salts were proving elusive at your local store. Both can be mixed together as a detox bath, but Epsom salts (magnesium sulphate)—which can be a powerful purgative and for soaking whitlows, among many other uses—is unrelated to sodium bicarbonate. Confusing the two could be dangerous, warn several readers. Migraines and amalgam: A reader reported a few weeks back that his migraines cleared up when he had his amalgam fillings removed. This prompted another reader to suggest that teeth, and irregularities in the way that teeth bite together, are the real cause. When the fillings were removed, occlusion (the way teeth bite together) was more in balance, which was probably more responsible for the migraines to disappear than the removal of mercury. Who’s protecting our health freedoms? A letter of desperation from one reader who is getting very concerned about the EU directives. He’s aware of our own Health Freedom Movement, but he says, “a major nationwide campaign is missing. It is almost as if we are conspiring to see this (the EU legislation) happen. As one example – surely every health shop should have a poster in its window? In fact, they don’t even have leaflets!” Health Freedom Movement: As you all may know, we at WDDTY created the Health Freedom Movement because we were concerned by the in-fighting and squabbling within the industry, and between the existing two lobby groups. We’ve failed to stop the in-fighting; some health food stores refuse to stock our posters, and many vitamin manufacturers are not prepared to send out our leaflets. Why? We fear they’ve been lured by the prospects of a common market that will make possible their expansion into Europe, albeit at the expense of the ‘serious’ health consumer. Nonetheless, we ARE getting support — shops participating include Fresh and Wild and Planet Organic, as well as a range of independent health shops, and Neways, the vitamin supplier, has been very supportive. We’ve also had a very constructive meeting with CND, who organized the massive anti-war march in February, and plans are progressing well for our own protest march in June. We’ll be giving you many more details about that nearer the time. Our march is perfectly timed (although that was more by luck than judgement). Two weeks later, Parliament begins voting on the EU directives, and MPs and Lords are looking for a strong public groundswell against the legislation so they can justify a serious modification of it, or even throw it out. So, it’s up to us. Don’t despair – march (and donate)! **Visit the Health Freedom website – http://www.healthfreedommovement.com Listen to Lynne On the radio: Hear Lynne McTaggart on Passion the new DAB Digital Radio Station focusing on your health and your environment – http://www.wddty.co.uk/passion_main.asp. On deman: Select and listen to any of Lynne's archieved broadcasts on Passion - http://www.wddty.co.uk/passion_archive.asp. Help us spread the word If you can think of a friend or acquaintance who would like a FREE copy of What Doctors Don’t Tell You, please forward their name and address to: info. 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