A recent article in Lancet, the British Medical Journal, has concluded that the placebo effect, or "fake treatment" is stronger than medical doctors believed.
“international experts say there is increasing evidence that fake treatments, or placebos, have an actual biological effect in the body. …researchers cite studies where patients with Parkinson’s disease were given dummy pills. That led their brains to release dopamine, a feel-good chemical, and also resulted in other changes in brain activity.”
Wow, isn’t that something. And don’t you love how they call placebo treatments “fake treatments”? If the drug companies aren’t involved, the …
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is hard to believe that children could have migraine headaches. But it is true. As Dorothy said to Toto, “I don’t think we are in Kansas anymore”. And in the real world, children do get migraines.
I had a young mother bring in her 9 year old daughter the other day. Lets call her Anna, who came in with an upset stomach with nausea and vomiting. That in addition to the headaches.
“What headaches” I asked. Used to be one a week , but lately twice a week, said the mom. When I asked Anna how bad they were, from a little bit to a whole bunch, she told me they were bad, a whole bunch bad. With questioning, I discovered that they were one…
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This is one blog post that should get everyone’s attention.
It has been demonstrated that IBMT or Integrative Body-Mind Training not only helps with stress but actually builds brain cells.
Apparently this meditation technique, combined with breathing techniques and body relaxation result in measurable improvement of the connections between
different parts of the brain.
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They called him Dr. Death, from the late night comedians to mainstream media. And now he too has passed away.
But was he some medical heretic or a pioneering hero of the new world?
I remember seeing a statue of Death fighting Medicine, it was on a wall at some medical school. I wish I could remember where so I could show it to you, but the point is that medicine and society in general seem to think that death is something that is to be avoided at all costs.
Lots of ways to look at it, from a…
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At the Ultimate Detox workshop last week, Dr. Marcelle Forget gave a great example of how much toxicity is too much toxicity. The reason I am blogging about this is because most people, and I do mean most people purposefully ignore the 800 pound gorilla in the room when it comes to their health.
I have has some people say to me, they don’t do diets, they are only concerned about their health, not losing weight. And they slowly put on the pounds and develop all sorts of chronic diseases with time. Diseases such as arthritis, diabetes, cholesterol problems and on and on.
And others, in this case men, who proudly pat their protruding gut and say "bought and paid for".
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I said in an earlier blog posting that my goal for this summer is to catch a 60" fish on the Ottawa River. Some of you might think that you
But that just isn’t how it works.
You may be surprised to know that if I decide to… Read More
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I mentioned to a person the other day that they should check out our detox workshop. Their comment to me was that they didn’t worry about their weight, they looked after themselves, and on and on. The bottom line was that it was a hassle to take time, especially from a weekend, to look after themselves.
And that is so common, so many of us are looking for the easy way out, what ever takes the least amount of inconvenience. And I do understand that. Weekends are precious, and we don’t want to waste them.
Some things just seem to be a real inconvenience
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We all set goals. That is just what we do, we humans. But when you set a goal, do you keep it hidden away from everyone? Or do you announce to the world what you are going to do.
There are pro’s and con’s on both sides of this dilemma. If you hide your goal, is it because that way, if you fail to reach it, no one will know? Or are you the quiet type who goes about working on your goal without making a lot of noise?
Well, here goes, my goal for a big fish this summer. I will catch …
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We go through various stages in learning in life. And when it comes to something new the first stage is that we know nothing. And until we start to learn, we don’t know that we don’t know.
The next stage once we begin to learn is that we realize that we don’t know, or to put it another way, “We know that we don’t know”.
And then comes learning and we get it. We know ….
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The importance of first impressions in all relationships is oh so important.
Obviously you only get one chance to make a good first impression and there are some basics to this.
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– A blog of a young woman who has just discovered she has breast cancer. Her writing is therapeutic for her, and is a help others going through this trying ordeal
The Intention Experiment with Lynn McTaggert