Fifty years ago it was perfectly respectable to light up a cigarette in a doctor’s office or most any place else — a behavior that today would be considered outrageous, the height of impropriety! But mores change as we acquire more information, which begs the question: are there current behaviors that demand a rethinking of …
Bentonite Clay — The Gentle Cleanse
What’s old is new again. In ancient times cultures around the world benefitted from the internal and external healing properties of a type of a highly absorbent, mineral-rich clay, derived from volcanic ash deposited in seawater 150 million years ago. In the early 20th Century the clay was used by the British Army in India …
A Really Good Brownie
1. Add to a food processor and process until just smooth: 4 pastured eggs 1 ripe avocado 1/4 cup raw cashews or almond butter 1/3 cup raw cacao powder 1 banana 4 dates 1/8 tsp. unrefined sea salt 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. baking powder Opt. : 1/2 – 1 tablespoon raw honey, if you …
Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #78
Mother Nature is darn smart. If only humans would work more with her to solve pressing problems. Take, for example, global warming and whales: The carbon capture potential of whales is truly astounding. Each one of these mammals, the largest living beings on earth, can accumulate some 33 tons of CO2 during an average 60 years …
Healthy Ginger Snaps Recipe
Arrowroot flour is a very versatile, gluten- and grain-free powder. Extracted in traditional ways — no high heat or chemicals — from the tropical plant known as Maranta arundinacea, similar to cassava, yucca or kudzu, it can be used as a thickener or mixed with almond, coconut or tapioca flours for bread and dessert recipes. …
Stop the Celery Powder Con!
Stop the Celery Powder Con! Newsflash: everything found in health food stores is not necessarily good for your health. Case in point: celery powder. Perhaps you’ve noted it on the ingredients list of foods like organic “uncured” or “no nitrate” bacon, hot dogs, salami and such. Perhaps you’ve even thrilled at the idea that these …
Niksen — The Dutch Art of Doing Nothing
We live in a fast-paced, hi-stress world where people are too often working long hours, suffering from exhaustion, anxiety and burnout. To counter this, medical professionals in the Netherlands have been prescribing a strategy called niksen — a word that literally means “to do nothing, to be idle or doing something without any use.” In …
Be Kind to Your Liver — The Body’s Real Workhorse By Ruth Sackman, Founder and Former president of F.A.C.T.
The heart is considered by medical standards the most important organ of the body because if it stops beating, we die. But the liver is the real workhorse. It has about 300 tasks to take care of and, when it’s working properly, our overall health is enhanced most efficiently. Nearly every human ailment relates directly …
Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #77
For months “experts” have told us that the best things we can do to counter Covid-19 are wear a mask, social distance, wash hands. Not once have we heard a public health official emphasize, much less mention, the prime importance of a good diet along with exercise, sleep and other lifestyle factors. So it was …
Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #76
We sincerely hope that all of you have been taking good care of yourselves and each other during these extraordinary, challenging times in the U.S. and around the world. As we have so often emphasized, we trust that your focus is always on supporting and strengthening your innate healing capability (with a nutrient-rich diet as …