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Living as Nature Intended throughout the body; and helping maintain blood
by Dr. Shagufta Feroz pressure, blood sugar regulation and electrolyte
Nastalique Publications balance. That is merely the very short list.
UCLA research compiled another list of
One common, off-the-cuff mainstream behaviors associated with a healthy lifestyle. If
criticism of alternative medicine is that it is not you want to try those suggestions, they would
evidence-based. It is not possible for anyone who be: sleeping seven or eight hours a night, eating
works for or advocates conventional medicine breakfast, not eating between meals, maintaining
to say that without dangling from one of the normal weight, regular physical activity, engag-
higher peaks of hypocrisy. Even if you don’t ing in moderate drinking, and not smoking. A
agree, the fact that large crowds are increasingly quote from the May 2007 issue of the Journal
giving the alternatives a try indicates there is a of the American Medical Association says “Evi-
problem with the mainstream. Many people’s dently, the ruse is over regarding the need for
personal experience with conventional medicine useless drugs. . . especially when simple lifestyle
is unsatisfactory, so who cares if it is scientific? changes are just as effective. . . ” The British
Perhaps we should not gullibly accept everything Medical Journal stated that lifestyle changes
published on Medline just because it is published are at least as effective as prescription drugs in
on Medline. reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes. The New
Dr. Feroz, a WAPF chapter leader in Paki- England Journal of Medicine confirmed that
stan, is obviously not suggesting that we immerse statement.
ourselves in conventional medicine in order to Dr. Feroz quotes an observation to the effect DNA
live as nature intended. She covers a wide range that exercise is generally useless for weight loss. generates
of alternative subjects. One topic briefly touched My personal experience is that while that opinion
is the fascinating work of Dr. Fritz Albert Popp is controversial, it is nevertheless true. Exercise very weak,
on the biophoton field. He has found that DNA is a good thing but won’t help most people much coherent
generates very weak, coherent (laser-like) sig- with weight loss if diet is not addressed, but not signals at
nals at frequencies of several billion hertz and in the way it is conventionally considered. An-
uses those signals to communicate among cells. other controversial observation along the same frequencies of
Unfortunately, cell phones also operate at those lines is that calorie counting is a huge scam. I several
frequencies so getting too cozy with your cell would have to agree with that too. In fact, if you billion hertz
phone is not going to be good for your health. are a patient of Dr. Feroz, you are not allowed
This book takes a holistic approach to health to count calories. That should be a no-brainer. and uses
and a lot of subjects are covered over a lot of Many people have been desperately depriving those
pages. The nutrition theme is pervasive and is themselves of calories (or trying to) for decades signals to
consistent with WAPF principles. now. Look around. How’s that working out?
The importance of liver health is another Timing is everything. That might be a slight communicate
major theme. Problems with the liver eventually exaggeration but timing is discussed extensively among cells.
cascade into problems all over the body. There as it relates to a healthy lifestyle. It makes a Unfortunately
are at least thirty metabolic functions performed difference when you sleep, how long you sleep,
by the liver. While filtering and detoxification when you eat breakfast and other meals. The con- cell phones
functions are well-known, other lesser-known nection between lack of sleep and lack of health also operate
functions include storing minerals and vitamins, is pretty well known by now. It seems that eating at those
including fat-soluble vitamins; constructing breakfast is correlated with a smaller waist and
about fifty thousand enzyme systems used Continued on page 63 frequencies.
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