Common Myths & Facts about your health- Special thanks to Celeste for providing this information

Myth: My Doctor will keep me informed.

Fact: Your doctor may not know about or consider natural treatment options.

Some Dr’s depend entirely on pharmaceutical sales reps for ongoing treatment information.

The average pharmaceutical company spends about $13,000 per doctor per year to court physicians with perks and incentiveives:
- frequent flyer miles
- Broadway shows
- Exotic trips

Pharmacueticals also have sent rebates to Pharmasists as encouragement to favor their drug.

Scientists are currently allowed to accept money or stock from a company while conducting research on its products. Gov’t tried to impose restrictions on this but lobbyist won.


Natural (unpatanable) herbs and other other remedies cannot compete with the Pharmaceutical lobbyists and the entire industry as a whole.

In a New York Times article, Marion Moss, former investigator with the Texas Attorney General’s office said, “During the eight years when I was an investigator I had numerous occasions to work with the FDA on cases involving potential health fraud. I repeatedly saw cases against large companies go unchallenged. Instead the agency chose to pursue cases involving alternative health car providers.”


Myth: Eating high-cholesterol foods causes heart disease.
Truth: High-glycemic foods can cause heart problems.

Repeated large scale studies (2002 study of over 12k men published in the American Journal of Cardiology) have failed to confirm that dietary cholesterol (such as eating eggs) has any significant impact on serum-cholesteral levels, let alone heart disease. On the other hand, it is now known that high-glycemic foods and related problems like insulin resistance can cause obesity and raise triglycerides, posing much more danger to your heart.






Antibacterial soaps: Like antibiotics, these soaps detroy both good and bad bacteria and could give rise to microbes that are resistant to such products.

Fat Free Foods: Are High Glycemic and therefore raise triglicerides and can lead to insulin problems, unhealthy blood-sugar, metabolism, weight gain, and even diabetes.

Nutrasweet/Aspartame: Routine consumption creates build-up of methanol in the body leading to neurological and other problems. It also leads to blood sugar problems and card addictions.

Hydrogenated fat:one of the most dangerous foods we eat. Hydrogenated fat is used to “embalm” packaged foods to extend their shelf life. This substance assaults your body with free radicals every time you eat it. Free radicals are very well known to cause the development of many serious diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease. It also influences hormone activity and causes inflammation. There is NO acceptable safe level of daily intake of trans-fats. (The FDA currently advises less than 2 grams daily)

MSG- is an excitoxin because it can overstimulate the brain cells and trigger migraines.
Hydrolized vegetable protein- is just another name for MSG and is found in canned and prepared foods and gravy mixes.

Nitrates- Nitrates are found in foods such as bacon, deli meat, and hot dogs. Nitrates are carcinogens (known to cause cancer)

Red dye #3- is known to cause thyroid tumor in rats. Red dye is in fruit cocktail, red canned cherries and many other foods.

Fake foods- Fake foods are anything that is derived from a chemical process and NOT found in nature. Remember just because it is found in nature does not mean it is good for you. Be leary of foods that advertise “natural ingredients”.

Eat Organic- Under regulation, all products labeled as organic must be produced without hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, synthetic fertilizers including sewage sludge, irradiation, or genetically modified organisms (GMO’s). Organic meat must come from animals which eat only organic feed that hasn’t been treated with hormones and antibiotics. If you can only purchase a few organic products make it meat and dairy!

Six Reasons to buy Organic:
No Pesticides- The majority of pesticides are found in meat, poultry, and dairy. Pesticides can accumulate in the body, mimicking hormones and challenging the immune system. Toxicologists believe we may even accumulate fat to keep such toxins away from our vital organs.
No Growth Hormones- Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH), a genetically modified drug, has been injected into conventional dairy cows since it was approved in 1993 despite warnings by the General Accounting Office; the Consumer Policy Institute, and the non profit group that publishes Consumer Reports, and countless other environmental groups. Breast and Prostate cancer has been linked to the consumption of rBGH) Because one of the common side effects of rBGH is mastitis (udder infection), additional antibiotics must be used in conventional milk production. The antibiotics and pus from the infection are commonly introduced into milk as a result of the infections.
No Antibiotics- In 1990’s Consumer Reports tested milk samples and found 52 different antibiotics.It is estimated that more antibiotics are used to treat healthy animals in the US than sick humans. Overuse of antibiotics can give rise to strains of drug-resistant bacteria.