Editors: Marjorie Fisher, Andrew Fisher
Nutrition for Optimal Health Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 380, Winnetka, Illinois  60093
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Chronological Index

Summer 1984 to Present
FOOD - PEOPLE AND PRACTICALITY VS POLITICS AND PROFITS: Vol XXXII, No. 4, Fall 2007 Based on the fascinating new book, What to Eat, by Marion Nestle, this article describes how much profits and politics are trying to control what we eat today. It gives many interesting examples and advice. Why is organic meat so rare? How much meat processing is hidden from you? How much is politics compromising meat safety? How much is the tuna industry hiding toxic methylmercury in albacore tuna? Why and how does farmed fish get so much more toxic PCBs? Why are so many food producers trying so hard to hide the word "sugar"? How is the layout of most large supermarkets trying to influence what food products you purchase? [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: THE ELEPHANT IN THE EXAM ROOM by Connie Catellini, MD. Dr. Catellini describes the many problems with the US healthcare system. First, it does not function properly—both the infant mortality rate and the life expectancy in the US are much worse than over 40 other countries. Second, healthcare and proper insurance are not avaliable to a large part of the US population. She also discusses the links to big pharmaceutical companies, the many problems, as well as, corruption with medical malpractice suits, and how the health insurance industry is now dictating how much, as well as, what quality healthcare most US citizens receive. [link]
  • SENIOR EDITOR SUFFERS SEVERE STROKE describes the major stroke our senior editor, Marjorie Fisher, recently suffered. She is quite remarkably and rapidly recovering [link]
  • LAST HARD PAPER ISSUE OF NOHA NEWS describes why this is the last issue printed, acknowledges the many years of service from our typesetter and printer, and explaines where NOHA NEWS will be electronically on our web page in the future. [link]
CHANGING COURSE IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: SOLUTIONS FOR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Vol XXXII, No. 3, Summer 2007 Beyond Pesticides held its 25th annual National Pesticide Forum here in Chicago June 1-3, 2007, which NOHA co-sponsored. This shows photos of the forum—our NOHA display, the green roof tour, and the party on Saturday. [link]
 
  • NATURAL CURES FOR CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND DISEASES FROM DAVID BROWNSTEIN, MD This informative article covers all the points Dr. Brownstein stated in his NOHA lecture last May as well as in three of his books. The couple of molecular changes to natural hormones all the big pharmaceutical companies make so they can patent their product and sell it at high prices actually make these drugs more harmful than the natural hormones. All the symptoms and diseases caused from low thyroid; how the three estrogens should be balanced; how scarce iodine is; how low iodine cotributes to cancer and many other chronic diseases; and how much better natural, unprocessed salt—with all its many healthy minerals—is for us than the common, white processed salt, are only a few of the fascinating topics covered. [link]
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: DIGESTIVE ISSUES by Mayer Eisenstein, MD covers many hazards from taking widely avaliable pharmacelogical drugs for indigestion symptoms, and the advantages from taking probiotics and digestive enzymes instead. [link]
  • WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION gives an excellent quote about how dangerous pesticides are and how we all should turn to consume natural organic food. [link]
  • MORE EVIDENCE LINKS ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS TO FROG SEX CHANGE describes how even very low doses of endocrine disrupting pollutants alters the sex in frogs. [link]
EAT ORGANIC FOOD AND COMBAT GLOBAL WARMING: Vol XXXII, No. 2, SPRING 2007 An informative and amazing summary of how eating organic food and the organic farming encouraged by that combats global warming. Mainly, all the micro-organisms in the soil on organic farms sequester a lot of carbon dioxide, while conventional farms with dead soil do not. Energy savings as well as advantages from open grazing cattle are also covered. [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: ALLERGY by Robert W. Boxer, MD covers many aspects of allergy. These include the four basic types, testing methods, the extensive history needed from the patient to cover ALL the MANY aspects of their home and work environment, several treatment methods including diet as well as shots and drugs. [link]
  • ACTIONS FOR HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND HOLISTIC SUSTAINABILITY reviews a book by an emergency room doctor who gave up his practice when he realized the sea of toxic chemicals is increasing the asthma and the cancer. He points out how much worry, longing, and discontent our current consumer rat-race for things we do not actually need brings to us—many Americans are addicted to anti-depressants. He then points out many positive steps we all can take as individuals and he has already taken to desire many fewer objects, move to a much smaller house, consume far less of our finite resources, and live a simpler, happier, cleaner and more sustainable life with his family of four. [link]
HIDDEN HAZARDS IN MILK : Vol XXXII, No. 1, WINTER 2007 An informative and scary summary of the most recent book, What's in Your Milk?, by NOHA Profesional Advisory Board Member Samuel Epstein, MD. It describes in detail both the many potential dangers in our genetically engineered milk with rBGH, and the extensive efforts to hide the dangers from the public by both the biochemical industry and the US government. [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: BIOCHEMICAL TREATMENT AND IMPROVED MENTAL FUNCTIONING by William J. Walsh, PhD. New tests and many biochemical nutritional treatments for mental diseases such as autism, post-partum depression, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and many more are described here. Both the Pfeiffer Treatment Center and the Health Research Institute, which Dr. Walsh now directs, have demonstrated many new and promising treatments for these "uncurable" diseases. [link]
  • CONSUMING SOIL is chapter 8 from the book Soil & Your Health by Beatrice Trum Hunter. She describes how both humans and animals can benefit from eating certain soils, especially containing clay. They are often used by people, particularly pregnant women, with a great nutritional demand and/or who need extra minerals that are not supplied by their normal diet. Soil and clay can also be used for detoxification. [link]
  • AUTISM WORLD LOSES A GIANT: NOHA HONORARY MEMBER BERNARD RIMLAND, PhD On Tuesday, November 21, 2006, NOHA Honorary Member, Dr. Bernard Rimland, founder and director of the Autism Research Institute, passed away at the age of 78. His many achievements and accomplishments are described [link]
FUNGI: ENVIRONMENTAL SAVIOURS, WONDERFUL NUTRIENTS, AND DEADLY POISONS: Vol XXXI, No. 4, FALL 2006 Many remarkable facts about fungi, mushrooms, or mycelium are revealed in this review of the excellent book Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets. These remarkable facts about fungi include: how large, complex and interconnected they are; how they can clean up our environment from pesticides, heavy meatals, petrochemicals, filter toxins, encourage slow and recycling carbon dioxide release to fight global warming; and act as clean and natural pesticides themselves. They eject their spores with a force 10,000 times that experienced by astronauts going into orbit! Their networks operate at a level of complexity exceeding our largest supercomputers! [link]
 
  • TICS AND TOURETTE'S—TRACING THE TRUE TRIGGERS This review of the book Tics and Tourette's—Breakthrough Discoveries ini Natural Treatments by Sheila J. Rogers describes not only the many "triggers" for tics as well as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), but also describes many non-conventional ways to permanently cure these persistant mental illnesses. [link]
  • MOLECULES OF EMOTION This review of the book MOLECULES OF EMOTION:Why You Feel the Way You Feel by Candace B. Pert, PhD, describes the fascinating—but sometimes quite sexist—research into the human nervous system down to the molecular level. It also describes how your food, environment, and even you own mood can affect your health as well as how big industries are refusing to fund extremely beneficial potential research that could cut their immediate profits. [link]
   
WAKING THE WARRIOR GODDESS: Vol XXXI, No. 3, SUMMER 2006 As an excellent, effective, holisitic alternative to our failure to fight the growing breast cancer epidemic with drugs, mammograms (80% of "suspicious" ones lead to unnecessary biopsies) and other Western medical approaches, Christine Horner, MD, FACS, bio, describes the many powerful foods, exercises, attitudes, daily/weekly rythms, and history of Ayurveda—an ancient, holistic preventative system of health. She also describes in detail the many bad foods we are eating, all the toxins on them and in the environment, what not to eat and how to minimize our exposure to these toxins (many of which are contributing to the obesity epidemic!) [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: NUTRITION AND CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS by Theodore E. TePas, MD. bio After a brief update, he repeats the article in the Spring 2003 issue of NOHA NEWS. He questions the widespread use of Ritalin and other mind-altering drugs to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and examins toxins and allergins in our food as the true root cause of ADHD. [link]
  • UNMASKING THE GREAT PRETENDER: GLUTEN SENSITIVITY. by Martha H. Howard, MD, bio Dr. Howard is one of the great doctors who is willing to track down the true root cause of disease symptoms (instead of merely prescribing a symptom suppressing medication—often with many bad side effects). Gluten sensitivity can spread to all parts of the body, including the brain! After using the ELISA/ACT (which can cost up to $2,000) for many years to track down food and chemical sensitivities in patients, Dr. Howard now uses an accurate, non-invasive computerized test that only costs $175. [link]
THE SCIENCE OF PROBIOTICS: Vol XXXI, No. 2, SPRING 2006 Ever since the ancient Bulgarians, who lived exceptionally long and healthy lives to many farmers who increase milk yield, egg production, and disease resistance, the practice of probiotics—the billions of micro-organisms living in our gut—has benefitted many people in different ways. In this fascinating article, Carlos Reynes, MD takes the science of probiotics into the twenty first century examining our many symptoms and diseases and numerous scientific studies showing how changes in our probiotics can greatly help us and even possibly cure some diseases [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: NEW NUTRITIONAL DISCOVERIES by Thomas L. Stone, MD. All his tested patients have a deficiency in iodine—an essential nutrient! Also covered are blood pressure tests, the virtues of tomatoes—once thought poisonous, and the nutritional falicy of the greatly publicized "lipid hypothesis"—eat a low fat diet—only good to make huge profits for the food processing industries and to actually increase your chance of getting heart disease. [link]
  • HEALTHY COCONUT OIL. For years coconuts were the staple food of the Pacific island natives who suffered no heart attacks, cancer, or any of our many modern chronic diseases, until they started eating modern processed foods. Discussed here are the many benefits of the medium length fatty acids found in coconut oil, and how they allow you to burn fat much more efficiently [link]
  • CANCER PATIENTS MAY TOLLERATE CERTAIN DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS NOHA President Neil Levin wrote a careful rebuttal to an online American Cancer Society article for physicians claiming that andioxidant supplements should be avoided during cancer therapy. [link]
HEART DISEASE AND RISING BRAIN DISORDERS: Vol XXXI, No. 1, WINTER 2006 Most of the current elite doctors have sidlined preventive medicine resulting in rising heart disease and brain disorders -- particularly in children. Rich DHA and other essential fatty acids that are necessary for proper development of the human brain and circulatory system are almost entirely omitted from modern diets. About the work of NOHA Honorary Member Michael A. Crawford, PhD [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: AUTISM: WHERE ARE WE, WHAT CAN BE DONE? by Jon Pangborn, PhD. Many factors, both external environmental exposures—pesticides, petrochemicals, and solvents—, and internal ones—isolated nervous networks, metabolism, and improper vitamin/mineral balances—all contribute to autism. Some solutions have been found by supplying B vitamins, minerals, and digestive enzymes among others. [link]
  • CANCER AND THE ENVIRONMENT: THE LEGACY OF THE INDUSTEIAL AGE—ASBESTOS TO XENOBIOTICS. Excerpts from 40th annual meeting of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine "[link]"
CANCERGATE: HOW TO WIN THE LOSING CANCER WAR: Vol XXX, No. 4, FALL 2005 Review of book by Samuel Epstein, MD. Dr. Epstein points out how the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) have been wasting billions of dollars on useless "silver-bullet" cures while both the NCI and ACS have been deliberately supressing useful preventative cancer cures. We can finally begin winning this war on cancer by both reforming the NCI and ACS, and --through freedom of information -- gaining access to all the information identifying the many carcinogens we can avoid. [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: SPLENDA SECRETS THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE by Joseph M. Mercola, DO. Here Mercola describes the small and short tests done on Splenda, How much of it is absorbed by your body even though they claim it has zero calories, how bad the drug testing by our FDA is since 55,000 people died from Vioxx. [link]
  • EAT FAT LOSE FAT Review of book by Mary Enig, PhD and Sally Fallon by Lawrence A. Plumlee, MD. Basically, by eating many healthy foods and oils one can cure chronic diseases. It also goes after our vegetable oil industry which is making the causes of many of these diseases. [link]
  • THE WHOLE SOY STORY A review of a book by Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN on some interesting positive soy history, but then how bad soy protein is for us when consumed all the time as many young "healthy" people do in the US today. [link]
HEALING THE IMPOSSIBLE: Vol XXX, No. 3, SUMMER 2005 based on lecture by Sherry Rogers, MD. Dr. Rogers points out how contaminated our environment has become and how much of our valuable nutrients we use up simply detoxifying. In her latest book, Detoxify or Die, she points out many ways to eliminate these toxins through diet, exercise, and perspiration in an infared sauna. [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: HOW TO EAT REAL FOOD AND TALK BACK TO THE TV by Marth H. Howard, MD. Dr. Howard gives valuable advice on selecting truly nutritious food, the extreme profit motives driving the fast food industry to attract children, and how to educate your children while they are young to be critical of the TV ads and see truly good and bad foods. [link]
  • NATIONAL PESTICIDE STRATEGY SUMMIT Summary of the 2005 National Pesticide Summit where the "strict father" vs "nuturing" political approaches were discussed and the political power behind the pesticide industry examined. [link]
  • GROW FRESH AIR A brief review of a fascinating book by Dr. B. C. Wolverton on how the air was purified and kept pure on the US space shuttle with plants and the tiny micro-organisms in truly organic soil. [link]
POWER TOOLS FOR YOUR HEART : Vol XXX, No. 2, Spring 2005 based on lecture by Steven Devries, MD. Major problems that can cause possibly fatal heart attacks or strokes are completely hidden in seemingly perfectly healthy people. Dr. Devries has careful, complicated tests that reveal the underlying causes of the patient's problem. His preferred treatments involve NO drugs but simply lifestyle changes including diet and a few vitamins. [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: EAT YOUR WAY TO A BETTER SLEEP by Pauline N. Harding, MD. Any disruption in cortisol, an adrenal hormone, can result in a tendency toward fatigue, easy brusing, infection, migraine headaches, adult acne, abdominal bloating, and low or high blood pressure. An elevated nightime cortisol supresses the immune system and our resistance to cancer as well as infection. [link]
  • ORGANIC AGRICULTURE:DOES IT AFFECT ANTIOXIDANTS Differences between the content of phenolic metabolites in organically and conventionally grown produce suggest that organically grown food may benefit human health more than corresponding conventionally grown food. [link]
  • JANE BRADY, May 17, 1913 — February 13, 2005 bio Jane Brady's vitality and drive were instrumental in the founding of NOHA in 1972. Since NOHA has remained totally independent of commercial and political interests from the beginning, often Jane would tell salesmen wanting to promote their products at our meetings that they could NOT give out any information about their products. [link]
MOOD CURE BY DIET: Vol XXX, No. 1, Winter 2005 based on lectures and books by Julia Ross bio: The Diet Cure and The Mood Cure. Basically one should improve one's diet and amino acids instead of "counting calories." The proper levels of certain amino acids can greatly improve your mood. [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: GENETICALLY-ENGINEERED ANTI-AGING MEDICATION AND MONSANTO MILK ARE MAJOR UNRECOGNIZED RISKS OF BREAST CANCER by Samuel Epstein, MD, bio Both the genetically engineered anti-aging medication human growth hormone (HGH) and Monsanto's genetically-engineered bovine growth hormone (BGH) pose very bad risks of breast cancer . [link]
  • THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC by Jack Samuels, bio.... We are depending these days on increasing amounts of processed foods with neurotoxic and/or carcinogenic chemicals like MSG and Aspartame in them. Research has connected these chemicals to obesity. [link]
SPINNING THE LOSING WAR AGAINST CANCER: Vol XXIXI, No. 4, Fall 2004 by Samuel S. Epstein, MD, bio, and Quentin D. Young, MD, bio. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) are totally misleading the public when the NCI and ACS claim that we are "winning" the "war against cancer." However, the actual cancer death rates have remained the same since President Nixon first declared the war in 1971. The NCI and ACS budgets have greatly increased over this period. There appears to be a conflict of interest since most of the NCI and ACS donations come from large companies making anti-cancer drugs which only treat cancer symptoms. Hardly any funds are directed toward finding the true root causes of cancer—exposure to carcinigens in our air, water, cosmetics, and, pesticides. [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: SYNTHETIC HORMONE REPLACEMENT THEORY: UNAVOIDABLY DANGEROUS: AN ANSWER by Mayer Eisenstein, MD, JD, MPH, bio The Synthetic Replacement Therapies that many women take for menopausal symptoms are very dangerous because many end up with breast or ovarian cancer, or heart disease. Instead, they could take "bio-identical" products, or change their lifestyle with a low carbohydrate diet and exercise. [link]
  • ADEQUATE SUPPLEMENTATION IN FIRST LINE COMPREHENSIVE MEDICINE .... NOHA speaker Russell M. Jaffe, MD, PhD, bio, gave an excellent lecture explaining how, with the huge increase in toxic exposures we all are subjected to these days from our food and environment, most of our immune systems spend all their time and energy defending against these toxic invaders so the immune systems have little if no time left to repair and rebuilt the body. Over time this leads to leaky gut, leaky blood/brain barrier, and many chronic diseases. On the other hand, we can remain healthy with a proper nutritous diet and/or proper, pure supplements based on specific individual tests. There is NO difference in the hormonal neurochemical immune responses (eyesight, hearing, skin elasticity, etc.) of a HEALTHY person whether they are 20, 40, 60, or 90!! [link]
HEALING ENERGIES OF HEAT AND LIGHT: Vol XXIXI, No. 3, Summer 2004 .... NOHA speaker Charles T. Mcgee, MD bio gave a great lecture about the healing powers of heat and light. A pad of LEDs (Light Emmitting Diodes) emitting harmonic frequencies, and an anal heater show great healing powers, very similar to those of the great qigong masters in China.  [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: INJURY AND CRANIAL OSTEOPATHY: A GENTLE APPROACH TO WHIPLASH AND OTHER TRAUMAS by Paul J. Dunn, MD bio Cranila osteopathy has great power and potential to permanently cure symptoms from seemingly "insignificant" bumps that all people from infants to old adults take. The body functions as a unit and there must be musculoskeletal balance [link]
  • SURVIVING MODERN TECHNOLOGY Based on the first book of Charles T. McGee, MD bio, this summary compares the many chronic degeneritive diseases we now face (cancer, arthritis, diabeties, etc.) to our ancient ancestors, who hardly had any of them at all, and the great differences in our diets, exercise, and social patterns. It suggests definiate improvements to help us now [link]
  • TOTAL HEALTH This summarizes Joseph Mercola, DO's bio most recent book, Dr. Mercola's TOTAL HEALTH COOKBOOK & PROGRAM. It features many different recipies for different people with different protein needs. [link]
MAD COW DISEASE (BSE): NUTRITION SUSCEPTIBILITY OR INFECTIOUS CAUSE: Vol XXIXI, No. 2, Spring 2004 .... NOHA Honorary Member Michael A. Crawford, PhD, CBiol, FRCPath, bio from London, United Kingdom, provides convincing evidence showing that mad cow disease (BSE) is actually caused by the changes in the cow's diet from natural grazing - rich in essential fatty acids - to foods for maximum growth including protein pellets and other cheap substitutes.  [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: NUTRITION AND ALZHEIMER'S DIESASE by John W. Crayton, MD bio What we eat, or nutrition, can be both a cause and a potential cure for alzheimer's disease. Many vitamins are used to destroy harmful radicals and regulate the levels of many metals in our brains. [link]
  • DON'T VACCINATE BEFORE YOU EDUCATE by Mayer Eisenstein, MD, JD, MPH There are many harmful side effects to common vaccines, many outweigh the potential benefit. [link]
  • WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE CAN HURT YOU Many toxins and harmful effectss are hidden in pesticides in most of our food, in our homes, workplaces, as well as lawns; and in fine particulate matter in the air. [link]
INFLAMMATION: Vol XXIXI, No. 1, Winter 2004 .... Summary of excellent book by NOHA Speaker Jack Challem: The Inflammmation Syndrome: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Arthritis, Diabetes, Allergies, and Asthma.  [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: BEYOND HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY: NOW WHAT? HEALTHY OPTIONS by Constance A. Catellani, MD bio .... She outlines many healthy alternatives to Hormone Replacement Therapy involving lifestyle, supplementation, western and Chinese herbs. She also gives warnings for the use and mis-use of the term "Natural," and answers many common questions. [link]
  • GLOBAL WARMING AND AGRICULTURE - How both commercial agriculture and our urban practice of hauling away "yard waste" are contributing to global warming. [link]
FOOD AND YOUR HEALTH: Vol XXVIII, No. 4, Fall 2003 .... Summary of excellent book by Beatrice Trum Hunter: Food and Your Health: Learn How You Can Become an Enlightened Consumer in a Bewildering Marketplace.  [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES OF AUTISM by William J. Walsh, PhD bio .... He gives a detailed description of how "MT" proteins; which regulate Cu and Zn blood levels, detoxify other heavy metals, assist immune function, and assist in neuronal development; can be used to fight autism. [link]
  • WHY DHA IS ESSENTIAL FOR OUR EYES AND BRAINS - Why long chain omega-3 fatty acids have been essential for large brain human development. [link]
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE: Vol XXVIII, No. 3, Summer 2003 .... Summary of excellent NOHA lecture by William J. Rea, MD bio , on May 7, 2003. He covered pesticide drift, how increased pesticide and toxic chemical use is causing more diseases, learning disabilities, and many other problems, but most important, he included many examples from his patients of how he has identified the root environmental causes of thier illness and cured them after no traditional doctor could. [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: FATIGUE by Robert Boxer, MD bio.... He notes how fatigue can be a hidden symptom of allergy, yeast imbalance, hypothroidism, vitamin B12 level and/or iron deficiency. [link]
  • LOSE WEIGHT -- GAIN HEALTH - A review of the book by Joseph Mercola, DO, about the many negative effects of mankind's current obsession of eating grains. He also gives many alternative much healthier diets along with excercising. [link]
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF LOW LEVEL PESTICIDE MIXTURES: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: Vol XXVIII, No. 2, Spring 2003 .... Summary with many graphs of Professor Warren P. Porters's bio excellent keynote address to the Lake Michigan Inter League Group on October 4, 2002 [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: NUTRITION AND CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS REVISITED AGAIN by Thomas E. TePas, MD bio .... He questions the widespread use of Ritalin and other mind-altering drugs to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and examins toxins and allergins in our food as the true root cause of ADHD. [link]
  • DANGEROUS GRAINS - A review of the excellent book by James Braly, MD and Ron Hoggan, MA about the many negative effects of mankind's current obsession of eating grains - one is smaller brain size. Grains were in our primary diet for only 0.5% of our evolutionary life on earth. [link]
NOHA's 30th Anniversery Celibration: Vol XXVIII, No. 1, Winter 2003 .... On October 16, 2002 we had a great celebration. Six of our past presidents along with our current President, Neil Levin, were present.  [link]
 
  • BIOCHEMICAL INDIVIDUALITY: THE POWER OF NUTRIENT THERAPY based on lecture by William Walsh, PhD : Vol XXVIII, No. 1, Winter 2003 .... How Dr. Walsh and Dr. Carl Pheiffer, PhD, MD found mineral imbalances can cause violent and even criminal behavior; the founding and operation of the Pheiffer Clinic; many of the symptoms they can treat nutritionally.  [link]
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: SATURATED FAT AND CHOLESTEROL CAUSE HEART DISEASE -- FACT OR MYTH? by Thomas L. Stone., MD bio .... the greed of the cholesterol fighting drug industry is suppressing valid research from the public that does NOT support the notion that diets high in animal fat cause heart disease.  [link]
  • Interest in NOHA's Website An interesting summary of the unique and total hits over the past seventeen months.  In addition to the main pages, a couple of articles got hit totals greatly exceeding the average.[link]
NATURAL STRATEGIES AGAINST BREAST CANCER by NOHA President Neil E. Levin, CCN : Vol XXVII, No. 4, Fall 2002 .... Avoid breast cancer by controlling your diet to achieve natural hormone balance, instead of using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and birth control pills.  [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) Meetings, 2002 by NOHA Honorary Member Christine Pangborn, wife of NOHA Professional Advisory Board Member Jon Pangborn, PhD bio.  Summary of many sessions and forums within the overall three-day conference on autism.  [link]
  • The Circadian Prescription: Review of book by NOHA Honorary Member Sidney M. Baker, MD.  Different foods (protein or carbohydrate) should be eaten, or amounts of light should be seen, depending on the time of day -- morning vs. evening.  [link]
WHY ARE YOU SICK? FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT : Vol. XXVII, No. 3, Summer 2002 .... Summary of lecture given April 10, 2002 by NOHA Honorary Member Doris J. Rapp, MD who is board certified in allergy, pediatrics, and environmental medicine.  Many connections between foods and/or chemicals including violent behavior in children, can be turned on and off with exposure to the offending food and/or chemical.  [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: The Role of Diet in Migraine Headaches by J. Gorden Millichap bio, MD: description of many foods and their connections with migraine headaches from his forthcoming book Diet and Migraine Headaches. [link]
  • The Real Green Revolution: Summary of a report showing many examples of increased productivity and reduced cost in agriculture in the Southern Hemisphere where farmers totally abandoned (or never started) the use of toxic chemical pesticides and fertilizers and used organic farming. [link]
NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF ORGANIC VERSUS CONVENTIONAL FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND GRAINS : Vol. XXVII, No. 2, Spring 2002 .... Research by Virginia Worthington, MS, ScD, CNS on widespread use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and their negative effect on nutritional minerals and vitamins in plants, as well as on human health. [link]
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: HELP! MY FOOD IS ATTACKING ME! (or is my body attacking my food?) by Martha H. Howard, MD bio: description of many food sensitivities, negative reactions, and several solutions. [link]
  • Pesticide Exposure Among Preschool Children: Study shows very widespread contamination of children via urine samples. [link]
  • Homocysteine and Alzheimer's Disease: Increased homocysteine level increases risk of Alzheimer's disease. [link]
THE GROWING IMPACT OF CHEMICAL EXPOSURE UPON HEALTH IN THE 21st CENTURY: Vol. XXVII, No. 1, Winter 2002 .... Summary from several doctors from the October conference of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine. [link]  
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: How to Age Rapidly or Not by Pauline N. Harding, MD : Out-of-balance cortisol levels caused by many factors including poor posture, pain, skipping any meal, eating more sugar than protein at any meal, staying up late, missing sleep, and many others increase aging. [link]  
  • Pure Productive Agriculture - Notes From an Organic Farmer by John B. Clark, PhD bio: He has demonstrated on his organic farm in Michigan that clean, healthy agriculture without the use of ANY pesticides actually INCREASES yields and LOWERS costs. [link]
THE DOWNSIDE OF SOYBEAN CONSUMPTION by Beatrice Trum Hunter bio: Vol. XXVI, No. 4, Fall 2001 .... Soybeans contain many anti-nutrients -- except for those few available here, which are traditionally fermented. [link]  
THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: Osteoporosis and Oral Bone Loss Prevention by Seymour L. Gottlieb, DDS bio: Describes the seriousness of the problem and methods for prevention. [link]  
HOW SAFE IS YOUR DRINKING WATER?: Vol. XXVI, No. 3, Summer 2001.... Summary and interesting facts given in a March 14, 2001 NOHA lecture by Ms. Dorothy Fisher Atwood bio, a hydrogeologist and environmental consultant from Portland Oregon. [link].  
THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: The High Stakes of Cancer Prevention: Boycott The American Cancer Society by Samuel S. Epstein, MD bio, and Lisa Gross.  This highly provocative political article points out the many faults and shortcomings of the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI).  They all but ignore proper preventative cancer treatments that would clean up environmental sources of carcinogens because of their financial and political interests in the large companies that create the pollution [link]. 
STAYING WELL IN A TOXIC WORLD by Lynn Lawson bio: Vol. XXVI, No. 2, Spring 2001.....  Book review of the new millennium update [link].  
 
  • Preventing Pathogenic Food Poisoning: Sanitation, Not Irradiation by Samuel S. Epstein, MD bio, and Wenonah Hauter,  Irradiation causes dangerous environmental problems and major nutrient losses [link].  
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER:  Mercury Toxicity by Paul J. Dunn, MD bio,  Mercury toxicity health problems can arise from many sources [link].  
  • The Vitamin E Factor--Summary and Review:  Summary of the NOHA lecture by Andreas Papas, PhD, and review of his book [link].  
  • Lecithin and Health:  Summary of the NOHA lecture by Frank Orthoefer, PhD, [link].  
  • "Overweight? Cutting Body Fat Before Dietary Fat is Better": Eliminating grains and sugars plus emphasizing green vegetables can help fat patients [link]. 
HUMAN BRAIN EXPANSION: Vol. XXVI, No. 1, Winter 2001.... Summarizes ideas of NOHA Honorary Member Michael A. Crawford, PhD bio, about humans having to evolve on the seashore to maintain the necessary one-to-one balance of omega 6 and omega 3 fatty acids for brain expansion [link].  
 
  • Homeopathy Related to Chaos Theory: Summary of an article and the NOHA Oak Park lecture by Joel Shepperd, MD [link] 
  •  THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: Focus on Tryptophan by John W. Crayton, MD bio. He uses tryptophan pump and "mood centers" in the brain to explain why different diets cause different moods [link].  
  • The Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Upon Aging: Major effects [link].   
  • Add Life to Your Years and Years to Your Life: Introduction and intriguing title for the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) [link].  
  • Causes and Nutritional Therapies for Neurodegenerative Diseases: Summary of the Theron G. Randolph Lecture at the AAEM meetings. Many of the nutritional therapies are discussed on NOHA  tapes and in NOHA NEWS articles. A listing is given [link].
ECOLOGICAL SENSITIVITY IN LANDSCAPE GARDENING by J. Gordon Millichap, MD bio.: Vol. XXV, No. 4, Fall 2000.... Gives pictures and describes material from the book he co-authored with his son, The School in a Garden. Foundations and Founders of Landscape Architecture [link].  
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: My Odyssey to Integrative Medicine by Constance A. Catellani, MD bio: Autobiographical description of her transformation from a traditional, pharmaceutical/surgical medical practice to a more holistic medical approach, including colleagues who practice homeopathy, chiropractic techniques, and other medical therapies [link].  
  • Vitamin D: Describes research showing that the recommended daily allowance (RDA) is woefully inadequate [link]. 
A SHORT HISTORY OF DAN! by Sidney M. Baker, MD bio,: Vol. XXV, No. 3, Summer 2000.... "Defeat Autism Now!" (DAN!): Describes the exploding interest in biochemical aspects of autism [link].  
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: New Developments and Concepts in the Area of Allergy and Environmental Medicine by Robert W. Boxer, MD bio: Summarizes the actions and interactions of many new allergy medications. [link]   
  • Genetic Engineering--Flying Blind?: Summary of keynote lecture by Dr. Barry Commoner for the Beyond Pesticides conference in New York City, in which he pointed out that by inserting genes from one species into another cannot predict how the proteins in the receiving species will be folded and the action of proteins depends entirely upon their shape [link].
FREE GLUTAMIC ACID (MSG): SOURCES AND DANGERS: Vol. XXV, No. 2, Spring 2000.... Summary of NOHA lecture at Whole Foods by Jack Samuels and an article by Adrienne Samuels, PhD, "Accountability in Research," describing the deceptions on safety by the glutamate industry [link].  
 
  • Chemical Brain Injury: A review of the book by Kaye H. Kilburn, MD [link].   
  • Food for Life ": A review of Chapter 10,"Food for Life," in Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken, Amory and L. Hunter Lovens [link].  
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: Biochemical Individuality and Nutrition by William J. Walsh, PhD bio: Outlines nutrition therapy for our diverse biochemical population [link]
ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD): Vol. XXV, No. 1, Winter 2000....Conference report on the causes and possible treatments of ADHD [link].  
 
  • THE DOCTOR’S CORNER: Towards an Integrated Medicine by Theodore E. Tepas, MD bio: Integrating bodily treatments with mind and spirit. [link]   
  • Aspirin and Homeostasis: Some quotations from a new book, Human Health & Homeostasis: Body Balance: Measuring and Mapping the Steady State by NOHA Honorary Member Emanuel Cheraskin, MD, DDS [link].
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IT HERE FIRST: Vol. XXIV, No. 4, Fall 1999.... A summery of some of the topics covered in a two-day seminar by NOHA Honorary Member Beatrice Trum Hunter bio at the Randolph House in Peoria, Illinois: [link]
 
  • "Chaos is Healthy," [link]  
  • "Fats and Oils that Are Healthy," 
  • "Hormone Disrupters,"  and 
  • "Nitric Oxide." 
  • THE DOCTOR’S CORNER: Vaccines by Thomas L. Stone, MD bio: Points out problems with vaccines and that the best defense against naturally occurring childhood infections is a functioning immune system, not impaired by inadequate nutrition [link].
  • Monstato's Genetically Modified Milk Ruled Unsafe by The United Nations. [link]
PESTICIDE EFFECTS ON CHILDREN: Vol. XXIV, No. 3, Summer 1999.... A landmark study of Yaqui Indian children in Mexico, showing differences in drawing ability between exposed and unexposed children plus many other disturbing differences [link].  
 
  • Optimal Nutrition: A review of the NOHA lecture by Robert Crayhon, MS, and of two of his books: Robert Crayhon's Nutrition Made Simple: A Comprehensive Guide to the Latest Findings in Optimal Nutrition and The Carnitine Miracle: The Supernutrient Program that Promotes High Energy, Fat Burning, Heart Health, Brain Wellness, and Longevity. [link]   
  • Dreams of Adequate Pesticide Testing: Review of a major article by Professor Warren P. Porter bio and colleagues, "Endocrine, immune, and behavioral effects of aldicarb (carbamate), atrazine (triazine) and nitrate (fertilizer) mixtures at groundwater concentrations" in Toxicology and Industrial Health. They give a comprehensive review of the literature on immune, endocrine, nervous, and developmental effects from pesticides and present their own five-year study of effects of mixtures at groundwater concentrations. They point out the woefully inadequate government testing of pesticide dangers. [link]   
SHOULD WE EAT BEEF?: Vol. XXIV, No. 2, Spring 1999.... A review of four relevant items: (1) the NOHA lecture by Howard F. Lyman, (2) his book, Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat, (3) Mad Cow U. S. A., Could the Nightmare Happen Here? by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber, and (4) "Notes from an Organic Farmer" by John B,. Clark, PhD bio [link].  
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: Vitamin B6: by Jon B. Pangborn, PhD bio: Explains functions of Vitamin B6 and points out the most bioavailable form [link]. 
  • Ritalin®, Ticks, and Tourette Syndrome: Dr. Millichap bio points out how the use of Ritalin® can cause ticks and tourette syndrome  [link]
  • Biological Terrain: Report on lectures by William Rea, MD bio, and Hans Gruen, MD, at the November, 1998 meetings of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine. Dr. Gruen described tests to indicate the state of health or disease of our "biological terrain," called the "extra-cellular matrix." by Dr. Rea when he was describing the origins of chemical sensitivity. Both doctors gave excellent advice for improving our health [link].
THE POLITICS OF CANCER REVISITED: Vol. XXIV, No. 1, Winter 1999.... A review of the book by NOHA Professional Advisory Board Member Samuel S. Epstein, MD bio [link], 
 
  • and includes two cartoons by Jon Jonik: "Prevention Now" trashed and "Joe DowPontsanto explains the 'Real World.'" 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: Attention Deficit, Hyperactivity, and Learning Disorders: A Scientific Appraisal of Dietary Therapies by J. Gordon Millichap, MD. bio [link] 
DETOXIFICATION AND HEALING: Vol. XXIII, No. 4, Fall 1998.... A review of the lecture and book by NOHA Honorary Member Sidney M. Baker, MD bio [link].  
 
  • Learning Disorders, Aggression, and Pesticides: A compilation of research on these connections, including an announcement of a new book, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Learning Disorders: Questions & Answers, by NOHA Professional Advisory Board Member J. Gordon Millichap, MD bio [link]. 
  • THE DOCTOR"S CORNER: Update on the Use of Silver Amalgam Fillings [link]  and 
  • Relationships Between Oral Health and Medical Conditions: Stroke Prevention, Heart Attacks, Stress and Periodontal Disease, Pneumonia, Ulcers, and Low Birth Weight Risk by Seymour L. Gottleib, DDS. bio [link] 
HYPOGLYCEMIA IN CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS by Paul H. Dunn, MD. bio: Vol. XXIII, No. 3, Summer 1998....  [link]   
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: Challenges on the Safety of U.S. Meat: Oprah Right for Other Reasons. [link]   
  • Major Cosmetic and Toiletry Ingredients Pose Avoidable Cancer Risks. [link]   
  • Monsanto's Hormonal Milk Poses Risks of Prostrate Cancer, Besides Other Cancers. [link]   
  • New Drug Poses Risks of Ovarian Cancer. [link]   
  • Cancer Report Card Gets a Failing Grade by Samuel S. Epstein, MD. bio [link]   
ORGANIC STANDARDS IN PERIL: Vol XXIII, No. 2, Spring 1998... USDA "Proposed Rule" contains a huge listing of exemptions to our present private and state-run organic standards. If implemented, it would destroy consumer confidence. 
 
  • JIMMY MARGULIES' cartoon from the "Smoke Stoppers" clinic with the newspaper heading, "EPA CONFIRMS CANCER LINK TO PESTICIDES ON PRODUCE."  
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: Blood Type and Nutrition by Paul J. Dunn, MD bio: His review and comments on Eat Right for Your Type by Peter J. D'Adamo, ND [link].
NUTRITION AND THE EYES: Vol XXIII, No.1, Winter 1998.... Notes on Bill Sardi’s lecture, October 1997 and review of his four books. [link]  
 
  • THE DOCTOR’S CORNER: The Rise of Vascular Illness: Convergence of Nutritional and Mental Factors by John W. Crayton, MD bio: Homocystene: often high in depressed patients, problems with heart disease, nutritional therapies [link]. 
  • Breast Cancer Prevention: Review of The Breast Cancer Prevention Program: The First Complete Survey of the Causes of Breast Cancer and the Steps You Can Take to Reduce Your Risk by Samuel S. Epstein, MD bio, and David Steinman, with Suzanne LeVert [link]. 
THE COST OF CONVENIENCE: PROCESSING, PACKAGING, PROFITS, AND POLITICS by Andrew T. Fisher: Vol. XXII. No. 4, Fall 1997.... Summary of lecture and articles by Beatrice Trum Hunter. bio [link]   
 
  • "Denmark Considers Banning all Pesticides": Contrast between Denmark and the U.S.A. [link]   
  • CARTOON: Pesticides and other deleterious substances being poured into a child with the approval of watching adults.  
  • Foodborne Illness: Poisons and the Perils of Processing for Profit by Andrew T. Fisher bio: Adapted from "Overlooked Threats of Foodborne Illness," by Beatrice Trum Hunter. bio [link]
NUTRITION AND EVOLUTION: Vol. XXII, No. 3, Summer 1997.... Summary of lecture by Michael Crawford, PhD bio: Food is the driving force of evolution. Without essential nutrients, future generations will lose both health and intelligence. [link]   
 
  • THE DOCTOR’S CORNER: The Middle Road by Robert W. Boxer, MD bio: A personal summary of twenty-five years of NOHA lectures and newsletters [link]. 
  • Obesity From High-Carbohydrate, Low-Fat Diets: Obesity effects of grain-based diets. [link] 
OMEGA 3 OILS: Vol. XXII, No 2, Spring 1997.... Review of Omega 3 Oils: Why You Can't Afford to Live without Essential Oils to Improve Mental health, Fight Degenerative Diseases, and Extend Your Life. [link]   
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: Nutrients and Depression by William J. Walsh, PhD bio: Gives five chemical classifications of depression with appropriate treatements. [link]   
  • "The Microbial-Pollution Connection": A brief summary from the 31st annual meeting of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine [link]. 
PREVENTING BREAST CANCER: Vol. XXII, No. 1, Winter 1997.... Three books are mentioned: First, a review of Breast Cancer: Poisons, Profits, and Prevention by Liane Clorfene-Casten and the November 1996 NOHA lecture by Samuel S. Epstein, MD bio on cancer prevention. Dr. Epstein has co-authored The Safe Shopper's Bible. Huge amounts of pesticides are used on food. However, because of pests developing resistance, all the pesticides fail in their purpose of reducing crop and livestock losses. In Staying Well in a Toxic World, there is an important quotation, "The sad truth . . . is that all the risks associated with pesticides are unnecessary risks." [link]  
THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: Kombucha Tea by Thomas L. Stone, MD bio: Possible positive health effects for kombucha tea are evaluated. [link]
TRADITIONAL EATING HABITS: Vol. XXI, No. 4, Fall 1996.... Review of Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon bio, Pat Connolly, and Mary E. Enig bio. [link]   
THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Revisited by Theodore E. Tepas, MD bio: Dietary factors affect ADHD [link].  
OUR STOLEN FUTURE: Vol. XXI, No. 3, Summer 1996.... Review by Andrew T. Fisher bio of Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?-A Scientific Detective Story by Theo Colborn, PhD bio, Dianne Dumanoski, and John Peterson Myers, PhD [link].  
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: Danger: Not Just Taste Enhancers! by George E. Shambaugh, Jr. bio, MD: Describes the dangers and the deceptions surrounding the consumption of monosodium glutamate (MSG) and aspartame (NutraSweet®). [link]
  • Coping with a Gluten-and-Wheat-Free Diet: Review by Beatrice Trum Hunter bio of Against the Grain, the Slightly Eccentric Guide to Living Well Without Gluten or Wheat by Jax Peters Lowell. [link]
  • "Gas Stoves and Respiratory Health": Deleterious health effects from gas appliances. [link]
  • Vitamin A Status and Dark-Green Leafy Vegetables: No improvement in vitamin A status from consumption of dark-green leafy vegetables. [link]
"LOVE ON FIRE": Vol. XXI, No. 2, Spring 1996.... A review of Love on Fire-More Joy and Sexual Science: Love/Sex and the Reverse Effect by Walter A. Heiby. [link]   
 
  • THE DOCTOR'S CORNER: What's New in Autism Research by Jon B. Pangborn, PhD, ChE bio: A new protocol for the diagnosis and treatment of autism