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WDDTY e-News Service - 14 August 2003

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WHAT DOCTORS DON’T TELL YOU - E-NEWS BROADCAST No.48 - 14 August 03

 

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MERCURY: At least it doesn't affect the fetus (not if it comes from fish, at any

rate)

 

Once upon an innocent time we all thought that a diet rich in fish was good for

us. Then we found out that, just as land-based foods are contaminated with

pesticides, the fish were full of mercury.

 

It's a worry for all of us, and especially for the expectant mother. Will her

fish-rich diet affect the development of her unborn child?

 

According to researchers at the National Institutes of Health, mercury-certainly

the type from fish-doesn't cross the placenta.

 

They tested the neurocognitive, language, memory, motor and behavioural skills

of 779 infants born to women in the Seychelles who eat on average 12 fishmeals a

week.

 

The fish in the oceans around the Seychelles have similar mercury levels to

those fished in other parts of the world, the researchers say. This was

confirmed when they analysed the mothers' hair, which had mercury levels of 6.9

parts per million.

 

The children were tested on a number of times during their developing years up

until the age of 9, and the researchers were able to detect any problems at any

of the stages.

 

Of course, add the researchers, this cannot provide definitive proof. The women

of the Seychelles eat a wide variety of fish, and their diets may have a

positive impact on the effects of mercury.

 

Still, it does offer genuine hope to any mother who might have been concerned.

Now all she has to do is have her amalgam fillings removed.

 

(Source: The Lancet, 2003; 361: 1686-92).

 

 

 

ALCOHOL: It's good for you (except in those cases where it's bad for you)

 

The great thing about constantly contradicting yourself is that you are wrong

only half the time. That certainly seems to be medicine's stance on alcohol.

Not only is alcohol good for you and your heart, it's also bad for you, as

medical research often tells us.

 

So let's get it straight. Alcohol is good for you. Well no, it's good for your

heart. But only in moderation, it seems, and it's better if you drink wine.

Red, that is.

 

But now, according to a new study, all alcohol causes rectal cancer.

Researchers assessed the health risks of 29,000 Danish men and women who drank

14 or more units of alcohol a week. They were 3.5 times more likely to develop

the cancer than non-drinkers (but are non-drinkers more likely to die of a heart

attack? - Ed). But that risk was reduced to just 2 times if at least one-third

of your alcohol intake included wine.

 

But the researchers didn't extrapolate further for those whose total alcohol

intake is wine. Are their risks reduced to zero? It's enough to drive you to

drink just trying to work it out.

 

(Source: Gut, 2003; 52: 861-7).

 

 

 

IRON: Take some, even if you're just feeling a little rusty

 

Women can suddenly feel tired and fatigued, a problem that can affect even the

very young. But when they're checked for anaemia, their iron levels are fine.

 

Despite this, they would benefit from iron supplementation, new research

suggests.

 

Researchers from Lausanne University, Switzerland tested 144 women, aged between

18 and 55 years, and gave them either 80 mg of oral ferrous sulphate a day or a

placebo, even though nobody in either group was anaemic.

 

After four weeks those given iron supplements had lower levels of fatigue than

when they started compared with the placebo group.

 

Their findings mirror earlier studies that monitored the health of non-anaemic

women. They all suggest that medicine takes a simplistic view. Anaemia is

merely the end-point of iron deficiency, and we all need more iron in our diets,

or through supplementation, to help us through our stressful lives.

 

(British Medical Journal, 2003; 326: 1124-6).

 

 

 

AN ALTERNATIVE TO HRT: Take a walk

 

Bad news about HRT is a bit like buses. You wait for ages, and then they all

turn up together. Hard on the heels of the influential Women's Health

Initiative trials, which failed to see any benefits that outweigh the risks,

came the highly-publicised report from the Medical Research Council last week

which revealed that HRT doubles the risk of breast cancer.

 

Now all this bad news is fine and large (and as we at WDDTY have been harping on

about the dangers of HRT since 1992, we did enjoy a few awful moments of 'we

told you so'), but we do need safer alternatives.

 

While we evaluate some of the herbal concoctions and other options being pedaled

like mad right now, what else can be done?

 

Well, one great thing to do is to take a walk-but you'll need to walk around a

mile, and every day. If you're prepared to put in that level of effort and

commitment, the benefits can be life and health transforming, as researchers

from the Centers for Disease Control have discovered.

 

They saw the effects that walking had on a group of 9,518 women, all aged over

65 years. The research team then compared the walkers' progress against a group

of mainly sedentary women, and found that they enjoyed a longer life, and were

less prey to cancer and cardiovascular disease.

 

The walking gave a longer and healthier life to the women-even if they were

smokers, and even if they had never done any exercise before. In other words,

it's never too late to start.

 

(Source: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003; 289: 2379-86).

 

 

 

DEEPER INTO THE FIELD: A second alert

 

This is our second Enews alert about our next conference, Deeper Into The Field.

Tickets are suddenly starting to go quickly-maybe people are starting to return

from their holidays-so you may want to book your seats before the event becomes

fully booked. The list of speakers is impressive, and includes Lynne McTaggart,

author of The Field, the book that started it all, plus eminent physicist

Russell Targ, Dr Marlo Varvoglis and Stephen Schwartz, a parapsychology

researcher. You can hear the speakers on the first day-Saturday, September

21-while the second day is dedicated to workshops, where you'll learn to remote

view and heal.

 

It promises to be a remarkable experience, and we've upgraded the venue to the

Hilton Hotel in central London to ensure the weekend will be an enormous

success.

 

Places are already going, so book your seats today. Go to

http://www.wddty.co.uk/thefield/deeper_conference_main.asp to make your

reservations.

 

 

 

WE'RE ALL GOING ON A SUMMER HOLIDAY

 

We've been holding out for an invite from Sir Cliff Richard, but as his summer

villa is otherwise engaged, we're heading off for our own summer holiday.

 

Normal service will be resumed on 4 September so, until then, take very good

healthy care.

 

 

 

READERS' CORNER

 

The MMR mums: One of the mothers involved in the High Court appeal against the

compulsory vaccination of her daughter points out that the ruling involves all

the childhood vaccines. This includes the Hib and pertussis vaccines, even

though her daughter is past the safe age when these should be administered. It

also encompasses the polio vaccine, even though the only two cases in western

Europe were vaccine-induced, she tells us.

 

Another reader suggests evaluating the mineral status of the two children. If

they are deficient in minerals such as selenium, the children may have an immune

dysfunction, and so may be exempt for valid medical reasons (which, presumably,

could take precedence over the court ruling).

 

In the meantime, we continue to accept donations on behalf of one of the

mothers, who is hoping to continue her fight. To email a credit card donation,

send your details to: MMRFund, or fax them to 0870 444 9887. You

can send a cheque, made payable to 'The MMR Account', to WDDTY. 2 Salisbury

Road, London SW19 4EZ. Thank you for any help you can give.

 

 

Mercury purging: Your tips on purging your body after the removal of amalgam

fillings continue to come in. One reader suggests EDTA chelation therapy, which

is usually used for clearing blocked arteries. Its original use, when it was

developed during the Second World War, was to remove heavy metals from the blood

of American shipbuilders who were using lead-based paints, our correspondent

tells us. More from the Arterial Disease Clinic on 020 7486 1095.

 

 

Homeopathic remedies: Homeopath Diana Miller points out that the remedy Hepar

Sulph should be taken before Mercury as, otherwise, the patient may suffer a

nasty reaction.

 

 

 

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 demand: Select and listen to any of Lynne's archived broadcasts on Passion,

there's a new one each week - http://www.wddty.co.uk/passion_archive.asp

 

 

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