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pression (which I battled my whole life) In my experience with the blessed of age. I thought I was giving them the
and other strange symptoms, ranging candles, when they are used properly, perfect food. We as consumers are being
from weak immune systems to physi- they absolutely clean out any excess terribly misinformed with these fever-
ological short leg, which I had, until the wax that may be causing you problems. ishly advertised claims for soy when
moment he gently, with no popping or When you create a vacuum with the it is truly a chemical cocktail slowly
cracking, nudged my cervical vertebrae candle, as is intended, by making sure poisoning us instead.
into proper alignment. I am sure that that smoke is not entering your ear, you Carlie Ferland
the year or two I spent drinking soy did will truly clean out any excess wax. If Whitehorse, Canada
not produce the weakness or the other you had any to remove in the  rst place,
symptoms I have read about from soy the evidence is left at the bottom of RAW MILK CHALLENGE
because of the strength of my constitu- the candle and can be inspected upon I too get a little caustic at times
tion. unrolling it—the wax that accumulates with the anti-raw milk folks. What
The point is, my gingivitis is there is the proof. I suggest that the  rst I would offer them is a challenge to
gone, and I have to think that, aside time you do this, have it done by some- prove a food safety point. I would gladly
from properly preparing nuts, seeds and one who knows what they are doing, consume a quart or more of raw milk
grains and making homemade broth because if you are holding the candle at of my choice, after three or four days
from pasture-fed chickens, the raw milk the wrong angle, it will be more dif cult without refrigeration, while they do the
is why. I drink about one quart per day to obtain said vacuum. same with their choice of pasteurized/
on average, of course with no reactions Alexis Morini homogenized milk. I’d gladly repeat
other than energy and lack of any sort Balsam Grove, North Carolina the experiment, side by side, as many
of ADD symptoms as my friends and times as my pasteurized/homogenized
family will testify. REBOUNDING HEALTH competitors would like to take part.
David Bonilla Since taking my son Brodie off I would assume no takers, just
Tallahassee, Florida soy milk and soy products he has been highly paid talkers. My family is
rebounding from health and behavior healthier because of you and the Founda-
EAR CANDLING problems. He had complained of his head tion—thanks from all of us!
I am a new member of the Weston spinning, fatigue, inability to think, and Bill Neu
A. Price Foundation and was excited to more dif culties related to concentra- Lyons, Wisconsin
receive my rst copy of Wise Traditions, tion and performance at school. And

Winter 2007 edition. However, I was since quitting soy products the circles SUNLIGHT AND MELANOMA

disappointed to nd some misinforma- have disappeared from under his eyes. The article entitled “Sunlight and
tion in the article, “Traditional Remedies His attitude is much more positive and Melanoma: The Surprising Connection”
for Childhood Illness” by Sarah Pope. patient, he can mentally function while on your website is in error. Upon exam-
I am always in support of not rush- learning reading skills and his writing ining the publications in the Journal of
ing our children to the pediatrician’s skills have improved. the National Cancer Institute to which
ofce at the slightest sign of discomfort, Brodie had been exhibiting most the article refers as well as the published

but I cannot agree with her summation of the signs of ADD/ADHD. When he comments regarding the articles, it is
of ear candling. She states, “Ear candles could not concentrate and succeed, he premature and irresponsible to conclude
don’t really clean out your ear—that is would become frustrated,  dget and that one should increase one’s exposure
misinformation—but they blow warm misbehave. to the sun in order to increase the chance
smoke into your ear that helps dry out Both my boys had been taking soy of surviving melanoma. Please see the
any moisture that may be in there.” formula and/or soy milk since one year comment by Kalish (2005) in JNCI. I
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