Make sure you check out the March Vogue 2007 issue, page 472 for the article on me and my practice called “back in style”. It’s a great article and explains what this is all about.

I had the privilege of having dinner with Dr. Timothy Brantley and hearing first hand what he has been researching, treating and curing. “Wow!” is all I can say about this amazing book. An absolute must read for anyone suffering from anything. His nutrition facts are pure and objective since he tests out everything on the #1 guinea pig - himself! It covers why we are depleted of enzymes and how chewing your food and eating raw can replenish them. Why drinking structured water actually hydrates and why most of us are dehydrated even if we drink plenty of regular water. Did you know that table salt is recognized by the body as a toxin and pulls water out of individual cells into the surrounding tissues? Pure sea salt is the only salt we should ever have. And most importantly the fact that cooked foods is recognized by the human body as a foreign invader and causes a white blood cell inflammatory response called “Leukocytosis”. “The Cure” covers it all and is an honest read about Dr. Brantley’s real life experience and what it was like to treat many of his patients. I know this book will save many, many lives.

“I’ve been asked the following question countless times during my years of practice, What’s really killing us? The simple answer is CANCER, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES AND OBESITY. But that’s not the question. The real question to me was what CAUSES these diseases and could I STOP them from killing my patients. I spent over two decades in clinical practice working with thousands of patients to discover the answers to these exact questions. That’s why I was compelled to write my book, “The Cure” …so that each and every one of you could learn the secrets to take control of your body and heal yourselves naturally. REMEMBER: WE ARE THE CAUSE AND WE ARE THE CURE!” -Dr. Timothy Brantley

Order your book now on Amazon or Wiley. “The Cure” is available everywhere.

You know you’ve seen yourself hunched over in a reflection walking on the street in New York city many times. So you’ve adjusted your posture to try to stand up straight as an arrow only to end up slouched over in the next reflection down the block. It’s not your fault you can’t present yourself the way you would like to be seen - it is your fascia holding you back. Fascia, or connective tissue, exists everywhere in your body and forms a 4-dimensional spider web - yes it changes over time so lets not forget this dimension. It determines your structure, your posture. It may not be technically “alive”, but it does have many living cells within its matrix. It is primarily composed of collagen fibers, extracellular matrix, fibroblasts, and mechanoreceptors (cells that measure the pressure and stretch in tissue and tell the brain whats going on). Your brain creates a sense of proprioception from this communication (of where you are in space). What you think and experience as balanced and aligned probably is not so. Bad habits, joint misalignments, and muscle weakness can overpower your brains desire for proper balance and you end up with your bad posture. This is where Structural Integration comes into play. Shortened tissue needs to be physically lengthened, the joints need to be unwound and unbounded, and your brain needs to learn what straight is.

R Buckminster Fuller brought about the notion of internal structural balance through tension and integrity. He called this ‘Tensegrity‘. This notion has now been observed down to the cellular level of the human body. The old school idea that cells are floating and bumping into each other in a connective tissue matrix (that is erroneously thought of as the bodies inert filler) is no more. Small integrins and laminar filaments attach through the cell walls down into the nucleus and ultimately to the genetic code of the cell. Through these tiny guy wires every cell is structurally sound and is also attached and in communication with every other. The entire body is hard wired. How does this news affect you and I?
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You can find raw, unpasteurized milk in New York. I’ve been buying raw cheeses but haven’t seen any raw milk in any health food stores including Commodoties, my local haunt. Pasteurization kills the healthy natural enzymes in the milk that aid in digestion. It creates a dead food. For more information on raw dairy check out the Raw Milk Facts site.

This is from the “Real Milk” website:

Pasteurization destroys enzymes, diminishes vitamin content, denatures fragile milk proteins, destroys vitamins C, B12 and B6, kills beneficial bacteria, promotes pathogens and is associated with allergies, increased tooth decay, colic in infants, growth problems in children, osteoporosis, arthritis, heart disease and cancer.

Pasteur had reason to help sterilize the unsanitary 1920’s agricultural conditions that were creating health problems; but its 2007 and we need to smarten up and educate ourselves so we can properly nourish our families.

Here is the list:
Barker: Teacup Farm , 2278 Johnson Creek RD, Niagara County, http://www.teacupfarm.com/
Expect NYS certifcate to sell raw cows milk 2-3-07. Supplies are limited. $5. a gallon bring your own contianer. Anticipated certification to sell raw goat’s milk spring 2007, Starting
to form a buyers list. Raw Goats Milk will be $5.00 a gallon. Bring your own containers.
(716) 795-3651 or cell (716) 807-2963, EMAIL- Teacuplizzy@aol.com or Neadow7@msn.com . All Naturally Beef and Pork, Fresh Brown Eggs. Live goats for sale for meat. No Antibiotics or Hormones in either milk or meat.
Clifton Springs: Galens Homestead Acres, Steve and Hope Galens, 3023 Taylor Rd., Clifton Springs, NY 14432, (315) 462-5178, galens@fltg.net . NYS licensed to sell raw milk from the farm. 50 Holstein-mix cows, pasture-fed as weather allows, low somatic cell count.
Clyde: JD Farm owners Paul and Linda Jeremenko, 9777 Old Rt. 31, Clyde,New York 14433, (315) 923-7660, Pasha7660@yahoo.com . Raw milk available, no antibiotics or hormones, pasture fed. Organic certified. Read the rest of this entry »

Insects are the most common type of life on this planet and evolve in a very specific way. Their outer exoskeleton’s size is determined by the force of gravity placed on it. Gravity is strong and they remain on average very tiny. They remain many times smaller than us within this same relative force of gravity. This is interesting because when we look at gravity’s effects reduced by waters bouyancy, we find extremely large creatures like the Blue Whale, some of which have been known to grow over 100 feet long. As a person undergoes Structural Integration the affect of gravitys pull on the entire person is lessened as body segments become balanced over one another, thus decreasing the bodies moment of inertia. As gravitys force is reduced, expansion occurs (as evidenced with before and after pictures). This is one explanation why those who finish the 10 series feel, look, and are measurably taller. The body is allowed to lengthened in respect to gravitys pull. As the random body of grandma losses its balance and succumbs to gravity we see the humpback formation as the body disintegrates and gravity overcomes the tensile strength of the soft tissue, thus pulling the erect woman over. If we were all to integrate and balance our bodies in gravity would we see an evolution of taller and taller Homo sapiens? Viewing pictures of Australopithicus afarensis, aka Lucy, we see that although she was a 4 million year old hominid (more ape-like than human-like) her pelvis functioned like ours and she was bi-pedal. Did the ability to stand upright expedite our evolution? This opens up a treasure chest of ideas along the lines of what happens to us as we further this evolutionary quality and stand even more upright. An idea to grow on.

Diet is the number one controllable factor of preventative medicine. Through eating a truly balanced diet, and limiting the number of processed and conventionally grown foods, we can feel great on a daily basis. Our bodies can resist common colds and viruses and repair itself from dis-ease. Health is about balance. The human body will always migrate towards balance, unless it is restricted one way or another. A few principles you should always consider with diet include:

1. Drink more water than you think (and less when you are eating - it dilutes your digestive enzymes). Try taking a digestive enzyme supplement before eating if you usually feel bloated and tired after a meal. Try ‘Garden of Life’ products, they’re awesome.
2. Try to consume primarily organic foods. Not many people can say their heart disease (1 in 6 affected in this country) was caused from eating too many fruits and vegetables. It’s worth the extra money - you not only support sustainable agriculture and prevent environmental destruction, your food has more available nutrients which makes your body much healthier.
3. If you do choose to eat animal products - buy organic grass-fed meat and stick to cold water, wild caught fish. Note: Avoid farm-raised salmon (which is what you are getting at restaurants if it doesn’t specifically say “wild caught”). Avoid shellfish and bottom dwellers - toxins are concentrated in their flesh which then find their way into your flesh.

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Rolf Your Pain Away

WebMD Feature Reviewed By Michael Smith, MD

Concert pianist Leon Fleisher almost played his way out of a career. The repetitive stress of daily practice, rehearsals, and performances left him with a crippling hand injury that sidelined him for 30 years. Though he continued to teach, conduct, and perform musical compositions written solely for the left hand, his ability to use his right hand was virtually nil. For years he explored practically every diagnostic and therapeutic option he heard about, with little or no success, until his wife suggested Rolfing. Ten months later, Fleisher was once again performing — this time with both hands.

Fleisher is not alone in having found relief from intense, crippling pain through this form of massage. Rolfing, which is named for the woman who developed it — Ida P. Rolf, PhD — is attracting increasing attention as more people, including celebrities such as actor LeVar Burton of Star Trek fame, and athletes such as Olympic figure skater Elvis Stojko, credit Rolfing for not only easing pain, but also with helping them gain more self-esteem and realize their potential.
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About the way Western Medicine and the “health” care industry thinks. Dr. Ida Rolf said, “You start with Grandpa’s assumptions, you are going to get Grandpa’s conclusions.” I don’t know if this quote is relevant to this but hopefully it will get you to watch it.

The Town of Allopath Movie

I’m the one in the red sweatshirt, bottom middle. Click here for the full link to the article.

In her 1963 study, “Project Breakthrough”, Ida Rolf found that children who had received Rolfing work exhibited better muscle tone, better alignment, and improved social responsiveness.

Dr. Valerie D. Hunt and Dr. Wayne W. Massey of the UCLA Department of Kinesiology completed a five-year controlled study in 1977, entitled, “A study of structural integration from neuromuscular, energy field and emotional approaches”. They found that subjects who had received Rolfing exhibited:

1.Smoother, larger, and less constrained extraneous movements
2.Greater movement efficiency and improved neuromuscular balance
3.More dynamic and energetic body movements, with less fatigue
4.A more erect carriage with less obvious strain to maintain held positions
5.Increased emotional calmness, a greater sense of well being, and decreased anxiety.

More recent research findings include the positive effects of Rolfing on the autonomic nervous system (published in The Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association, Mar. 1988) and benefits of Rolfing for chronic back pain (The Journal of Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy, Sept.1997).

Abstracts for many of these papers may be purchased directly from the Rolf Institute (800.530.8875).

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his is a great study from the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Guide to Mercury in Sushi
Women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant should be especially careful about eating sushi. Many of the fish chosen for sushi are the apex predators of the fish food chain, which means they can bear high concentrations of mercury. The following list highlights sushi choices highest and lowest in mercury.

HIGHEST MERCURY
Avoid
Kajiki (swordfish)
Saba (mackerel)

HIGH MERCURY
Eat no more than three 6-ounce servings per month
Ahi (yellowfin tuna)1 Buri (adult yellowtail)2
Hamachi (young yellowtail)2 Inada (very young yellowtail)2
Kanpachi (very young yellowtail) Katsuo (bonito)2
Maguro (bigeye, bluefin* or yellowfin tuna)1
Makjiki (blue marlin)* Masu (trout)
Meji (young bigeye, bluefin* or yellowfin tuna)1
Shiro (albacore tuna) Toro (bigeye, bluefin* or yellowfin tuna)1

LOWER MERCURY
Eat no more than six 6-ounce servings per month
Kani (crab)
Seigo (young sea bass)*
Suzuki (sea bass)*

LOWEST MERCURY
Enjoy these fish
Aji (horse mackerel)2 Akagai (ark shell)
Anago (conger eel) Aoyagi (round clam)
Awabi (abalone) Ayu (sweetfish)
Ebi (shrimp)* Hamaguri (clam)
Hamo (sea eel) Hatahata (sandfish)
Himo (ark shell) Hokkigai (surf clam)
Hotategai (scallop)* Ika (squid)
Ikura (salmon roe) Kaibashira (shellfish)
Kaiware (daikon-radish sprouts)
Karei (flatfish) Kohada (gizzard shad)
Masago (smelt egg) Mirugai (surf clam)
Nori-tama (egg) Sake (salmon)
Sawara (spanish mackerel)2
Sayori (halfbeak) Shako (mantis shrimp)
Tai (sea bream) Tairagai (razor-shell clam)
Tako (octopus)
Tamago (egg) Tobikko (flying fish egg)
Torigai (cockle) Tsubugai (shellfish)
Unagi (freshwater eel) Uni (sea urchin roe)

* Fish to avoid for reasons other than mercury: Fish and other types of seafood are marked with an asterisk above if any of their populations are depleted due to overfishing or if the methods used to catch them are especially damaging to other sea life or ocean habitats.

This is a must see if you want to get the best glimpse possible of what a sarkel (deceased) human body looks like. Although they have simplified alot to cater to the masses it still is a must see for anyone interested in what is going on inside themselves. According to the release there are “22 whole-body specimens and 260 additional organ and partial-body specimens.” Having seen this exhibit in LA and now NY, the anatomy revealed is enlightening. The scientists use a plastination technique to turn a human body to a polymer/rubber matrix preserving the general look of the body. Tickets are $24.50 for adults and the exhibit is at the Fulton Street Market, New York City.