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Touch for Health Education Newsletter
Last Chance for Reunion Discount December 1, 2004
November 1, 2004
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-- Energy Psychology Is Coming of Age
-- Sounding the alarm on hazardous ultrasound
-- Accidental discovery links cigarette smoke, vitamin A deficiency
and emphysema
-- Added beauty from blueberries
-- Matthew Teaching Metaphors in Australasia
In this issue we are commenting on a number of interesting
articles selected by Jerome F. McAndrews, D.C. and published in the
NCMIC's Health-E-Insights Newsletter. I hope you enjoy my comments about
the items in the medical news and can put them to use with your clients
and in your own life. I also have a short article about a new CD that
is available by my friends David Feinstein and Donna Eden about Energy
Psychology and what they have done to make this information available.
There is also a reminder that you have only the month of November to
make your deposit for our Touch for Health Reunion after December 1
the price will be the full price of $995, which includes all food, room
and supplies. Right now you can save $US100. We are going to have a
grand program. New items will be introduced. Our CD and research project
will be shown and the developers will be present to train you in its
use. Matthew will be training you in the use of metaphors, Carrie and
I will be giving training on how to be more effective in taking histories
for various purposes.
Energy Psychology Is Coming
of Age
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If you are interested in the direct application of the principles of
Applied Kinesiology and Touch for Health to emotional issues, you may
want to look into the emerging field of Energy Psychology. My close
colleagues and good friends, Donna Eden and David Feinstein, have worked
with a team of 27 of the leaders and pioneers in this area to develop
an award-winning program that shows both laypeople and professionals
how to apply energy techniques to psychological problems and goals.
They combine a book for professionals, a self-help
guide for laypeople and a CD-ROM to take full advantage of a computer's
strengths in teaching new material. The published reviews can be downloaded
from their website and are quite impressive. You can learn more by visiting
www.EnergyPsychologyInteractive.com.
John Thie
Sounding the alarm on hazardous
ultrasound
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Recent reports in medical literature suggest that an increase in the
number of ultrasound examinations during pregnancy may restrict fetal
growth and that prenatal ultrasonography may be associated with delayed
speech in children. Other experimental studies have reported adverse
effects (lung hemorrhage) in animals resulting from ultrasound exposure.
Reprinted with the permission of the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological
Health, August 30, 2004. On May 28, 2004, another report raised
the alarm about possible adverse effects of ultrasound examination of
fetuses in pregnant women. It stated that various bodies of research
point to a causal link between prenatal ultrasound and: Lower birth
weights, Delayed speech development , Subtle changes in brain chemistry,
False positive diagnosis of brain defects. Daily Dose , May 28, 2004.
Dr. Thie's comment: Many of the medical
diagnostic methods help you have a better pregnancy, however, you need
to consider the possible benefit/danger ratio when you are considering
these procedures.
Accidental discovery links cigarette
smoke, vitamin A deficiency and emphysema
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While studying the relationship between vitamin A and lung inflammation,
a Kansas State University researcher made a surprising discovery -a
link between vitamin A and emphysema in smokers. Richard Baybutt, associate
professor of human nutrition, said his research could have a number
of implications for smokers and the cigarette and health industries.
According to Baybutt, his previous research had shown that rats fed
vitamin A-deficient diet developed emphysema, a lung disease found primarily
in smokers. When the new study fed rats that were exposed to cigarette
smoke a diet with higher levels of vitamin A, "We saw that the
areas of emphysema were effectively reduced," he said. CHIPS
Network, July 28, 2004.
Dr. Thie's Comment: If you smoke or
are around people that smoke be sure that your food style is rich in
vitamin A. It is available in many foods, plants, fish, poultry and
animal. Being conscious of your special needs because of the environmental
factor will aid you to have a better life. You may not have a sensitivity
to smoke. I have rarely found that some people do not have muscle inhibition
to cigarette smoke. In fact I found only one female client for whom
cigarette smoke was actually biogenic. This was only one in many years
out of all the people I have tested. Some are what we call biostatic,
that is that tobacco smoke neither inhibits or facilitates the muscles.
Added beauty from blueberries
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Blueberries, already known to help fight cancer and diabetes, may guard
against heart disease as well, a new study suggests. The berries may
have the potential to lower cholesterol as effectively as commercial
drugs. Dr. Agnes M. Rimando, a research chemist for the federal Department
of Agriculture in Oxford, M.S., made the discovery. The New York Times
, August 31,2004.
Dr. Thie's Comment: Specific
foods have beneficial effects. We have advocated individualizing our
food intake by learning about which foods for us are Biogenic, that
is those that cause inhibited muscles to strengthen or facilitate on
testing and those foods that are biocitic (weaken or inhibit) when testing
with the smell or taste of the food. Not everyone tests the same with
the same food. You need to know who you are and what foods benefit you
specifically.
Matthew Teaching Metaphors in Australasia
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Matthew, who co-authored Touch for Health and the Chinese Five Element
Metaphors book with me, is leaving November 10 to teach in Hong Kong
China, Two Cites in Japan, Australia and New Zealand. In China, the
classes will be taught in English, contact amychoi@wholeperformance.com.hk
for details on location and costs November 13. In Japan, the programs
will be in Japanese translated from English. Japan dates are November
20 & 21 in Osaka, Toyko 25 & 26, advanced Metaphor training
(Instructor) 27, 28. Contact onebrain@nifty.com
In Australia, December 2 &
3. Instructor certificate 4 & 5. Contact toni@biokinetics.com.au.
New Zealand, December 10 & 11. Instructor certificate 12 & 13.
Contact bruce@ikpkp.com If you
can make any of these programs, I urge you to do so as it will really
add to your ability to help others even more. All the comments about
Matthew's previous programs in the USA, Europe and Central and South
America have been very positive and indicate that this really rounds
out the TFH program. It will benefit any practitioner using Kinesiology.
Contact Information
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email: thie@touch4health.com
voice: 310 589 5269
web: http://www.touch4health.com
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