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Short Features and Brief Takes Issue 225

by Cherry Coad Aldridge(more info)

listed in product news, originally published in issue 225 - October 2015

ACMOS METHOD: Level 1 & 2 - 28 Sept - 1 Oct 2015 - Inverness, Scotland

DAY 1: Using your Lecher antenna

Day 2-4: Theory and Practical Application of the ACMOS Method

ACMOS METHOD: Level 1 & 2 - 28 Sept - 1 Oct 2015

The Acmos Method views the body from both a matter and an energetic perspective. It is a philosophy which has its foundations in Traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic Medicine and is underpinned by the certainty, based on years of experiential learning, that under optimum conditions the body functions intelligently and is able to manage its vulnerabilities and cope with its traumas.

We do not however live in optimum conditions and our electro-magnetic systems can become confused as we try to respond to the plethora of signals in our everyday environment; the challenges of our modern diet; the ‘stress’ we all feel under as we race about our daily lives.

The Acmos Method seeks to work with the body’s intelligence to restore equilibrium: our innate qualities of self-management, self-repair and self- healing. The communication tools we use are the Acmos Lecher antenna, the Acmos 7 Bio-feedback and the Acmograph chart.

Want to become a practitioner? Finish your training in Paris November 2015. Refreshers welcome.

Further Information

Please contact Carol Robertson at ACMOS Method UK on Tel: +44 01463 794582; carolacmos@live.co.uk   www.acmosmethod.org    Further Information and Application Form

 

Research: Seaweed for Iodine Sufficiency

(provided by the Seaweed Health Foundation)

Iodine, an important mineral element, contributes to normal thyroid, nervous system and cognitive function, the normal growth of children, normal energy-yielding metabolism, mammary gland and foetal development,[1] and the maintenance of normal skin. Yet in the UK and other parts of Europe iodine deficiency is epidemic,[2] highlighted by recent surveys which found iodine insufficiency among English school age girls[3] and Scottish women of child-bearing age.[4] Although obtainable from natural fish, meat and dairy products, certain sea vegetables are the ideal source.

Research: Seaweed for Iodine Sufficiency

Independent research at Glasgow University[5] organized by the Seaweed Health Foundation, has shown that dried granules of Seagreens® wild Wrack seaweed can improve iodine uptake in iodine-insufficient women, with no adverse effect on thyroid function. Bioavailability and uptake was compared with potassium iodide, commonly used to ‘iodize’ table salt. Seagreens®, which naturally contains the additional micronutrients needed for metabolism, showed a slower, more balanced and prolonged uptake of an adequate level of iodine.

Other researchers[6] have shown Seagreens to be an effective prebiotic, relevant in the Glasgow iodine research because colonic fermentation helped free the iodine for nutrition. At the same time the seaweed reduces the glycaemic response to carbohydrate load, and in an award-winning study at Sheffield Hallam University, overweight subjects were less hungry with no adverse effect on nutrient uptake.[7] A single vegetarian capsule of the pure seaweed provides approximately 350µg (micrograms) of daily iodine, with no additives.[8] Upper tolerable limits for absorbed daily iodine are 600µg in the EU and 1100µg in the USA.

References

1.  Bath SC, Steer CD, Golding J, Emmett P, Rayman M. Effect of inadequate iodine status in UK pregnant women on cognitive functions in their children: results from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). The Lancet, Volume 382, issue 9889: 331-337. 2013.

2.  Patrick L. Iodine: Deficiency and Therapeutic Considerations. Alternative Medicine Review Volume 13, Number 2. 2008.

3.  Vanderpump MPJ, Lazarus JH, Smyth PP, et al. (2011) Iodine status of UK schoolgirls: a cross-sectional survey. Lancet 377, 2007–2012.

4.  Lampropoulou M, Lean M, Combet E. Iodine status of women of childbearing age in Scotland. Proc Nutr Soc 71, E143. 2012

5.  Combet E. et al. Low-level seaweed supplementation improves iodine status in iodine-insufficient women. British Journal of Nutrition. 2014.

6.  Lyon V. Seagreens® as a potential prebiotic and the role of probiotic bacteria in the production of nitric oxide in macrophages. MSc Thesis, Teesside University. 2012.

7.  Hall AC, Fairclough AC, Mahadevan K, Paxman JR. Ascophyllum nodosum enriched bread reduces subsequent energy intake with no effect on post-prandial glucose and cholesterol in healthy overweight males. Journal of Appetite 58, 379-386. 2012.

8.  Iodine supplementation containing Seagreens is available from most health stores: Napiers’ Hebridean Seagreens Organic Kelp Capsules, Seagreens Iodine+ Capsules, Seagreens Culinary Ingredient, Seagreens Food Capsules or Food Granules. In Ireland stockists from Independent Irish Health Foods 026 65750, or visit Seagreens website seagreens.co.uk. Seagreens is also in G & G Vitamins’ Essential Food, Pukka Herbs’ Vitalise, and Viridian’s Kelp Capsules, Soul Food Greens, Essential Female Multi, and Mineral Complex products.

Further Information

For further information please visit www.seaweedhealthfoundation.org.uk  and www.seagreens.co.uk  

 

Results RNA

The outstanding brand for Colloidal Silver, Heavy Metals detox and Immune support.

Results RNA is an American company with a passion for science based products, that are proven to work. Originally only available through registered health professionals, the Results RNA range is now available directly.

Results RNA

ACS 200 Extra Strength - The world’s most effective colloidal silver. With over 500 independent in-vitro kill time studies to back it up, ACS 200 has been proven over and over again to be the most powerful colloidal silver on the market. In fact most of the research that other brands quote regarding the efficacy of silver is actually based on the ACS 200 kill time studies. No other silver can even come close to achieving the kill time of ACS 200. In the most recent study with MRSA, the ACS 200 silver was found to be around 4,000 times more powerful than the next best brand.

ACZ Nano Extra Strength - For heavy metal detoxification, the ACZ Nano is one of the best and safest chelators available. This natural zeolite(a type of volcanic ash) has a cage like structure that irreversibly binds heavy metals and removes them via the urinary system. Other chelators can actually mobilize the metals and then redeposit them to other parts of the body, ACZ will not do this. It also has the highest affinity for the heaviest elements, so will preferentially bind Mercury before say Aluminium and because it has been pre-treated with Ca, K and Mg, it will replace the toxic metal with one that the body actually requires. Independently proven to be able to increase urinary output of Mercury by over a 1000 times.

ACG Glutathione Extra Strength - Glutathione (GSH) is one of the most critical molecules of the entire body. As the most important intracellular antioxidant, GSH regulates all other antioxidants while preventing damage to important cellular components caused by reactive oxygen species, such as free radicals and peroxides.  Results RNA ACG Glutathione has been independently tested to be able to increase intracellular GSH levels by over 12% in 7hrs and can assist in helping the body maintain healthy functioning.

Further Information

Products are available from www.resultsrna.co.uk  for more information please contact info@resultsrna.co.uk

 

The Supercoherence System and the Supercoherence Return- to-Love Frequencies (SRTLFs)

London Workshop: 7-8 Nov

21st Century Life- Force Energy Management System

Supercoherence Return-to-Love Frenquencies (SRTLFs), developed by Thrity Engineer, are new Light-energy-information quantum tools to handle the challenges of the Light- Energy- information age. They are a consciousness technology and a tool for transformation. SRTLFs are light-energy-information encodings restoring Supercoherence in the bio-light Field. They contain non-Hertzian frequencies that bring us into an optimal balance, which align us with the Zero point field; and other frequencies that connect us with the heart centre.

The Supercoherence System and the Supercoherence Return- to-Love Frequencies (SRTLFs)

The SRTLFs are here on Earth to break the karmic cycle of suffering that has been present for the last few thousand years. They reconnect us directly, systematically and precisely to ZERO where past suffering is neutralized and clarity and coherence are re-established easily, immediately and effortlessly. The SRTLFs are a master reset button to the Source code of the Human, which goes way beyond the genetic code, is absolute love and extreme Intelligence; this exists in every human at all times, though very often it does not appear to be so.

SRTLFs do not contain any chemical substances - or anything measurable by traditional scientific instruments or methodologies. They Reconfigure - recalibrate - realign the human energy system with a quality of precision to supercoherence - a parameter of super function . Whole life healing and emotional health and intelligence are the resulting benefits.

Today there are studies including the Kaiser Permanente ACE study (Adverse Childhood Experiences) that show that old unresolved emotional trauma creates havoc in the body many decades later. A further study by the same company showed that childhood trauma affected worker performance and health adversely: serious job problems, financial problems and absenteeism. The Results showed strong graded relations were found between the ACE score and each measure of impaired worker performance, mediated by inter-personal relationship problems, emotional distress, somatic symptoms and substance abuse. Most of these trauma imprints lie at the subconscious level and cannot readily be accessed or changed through the talking therapies.

The SRTLFs clear the charge around trauma at the speed of Light. At their simplest level they are a powerful stress relief and life force energy management tool; at their most profound level they reconnect us to the energy of our heart-soul-spirit and enable us to remain clear, calm, balanced and loving in the most difficult circumstances. As we live in perhaps the most challenging times in human history where the old systems are falling apart and there appears to be no safety or certainty anywhere, the SRTLFs help us to face the uncertain present with courage, clarity and creativity.

Further Information

Thrity Engineer‘s second book Supercoherence - The Return to Love  is available  at www.supercoherenceReturnToLoveBook.com

The London workshop is scheduled for 7th-8th November    www.supercoherenceReturnToLove.com/londonworkshop

 

Complementary Health Professionals (CHP) Launch at CAMEXPO 26th-27th Sept

  • What is your professional association doing for you?
  • What are the benefits of your annual subscription?

Carole Preen, Julie Quinn and Julia Wood, experienced therapists and qualified teachers, with over 75 years industry experience between them, having pondered these issues have created a new professional association Complementary Health Professionals (CHP) to be launched at CAMExpo Olympia on 26th and 27th September 2015 - Stand 1324. Carole  presents a Neuroskeletal Re-alignment Therapy Workshop on Saturday, Julie is giving a seminar on Fertility and Reflexology on Sunday. Visitors can win a CPD course of your choice, with the voucher valid up to December 2016.

Complementary Health Professionals (CHP) Launch at CAMEXPO 26th-27th Sept

The three directors, working as a team for City & Guilds, wrote the qualifications now recognized as industry standard for training in Body Massage, Aromatherapy and Reflexology, have advocated the need for regulation and represented various associations on the boards of all the major lead bodies since the late 1990s, are qualified teachers and have run their own training schools and worked as senior curriculum managers in further and adult education. And all three are in private practice working with clients including traumatised children, to pregnant women, to physically disabled, to professional dancers.

CHP is a merger of two long-standing associations; the Aromatherapy and Allied Practitioners’ Association (AAPA) and the British Neuroskeletal Re-alignment Therapy Association. CHP offers several categories of membership: the Premier Practitioner  membership (UK members only), basic full membership, student membership, international membership and non-practitioner membership.

Diploma and CPD Courses

CHP offers fully-recognized practitioner qualifications with a blend in Aromatherapy, Massage, Reflexology and Neuroskeletal Re-alignment Therapy. CHP offers blended learning diplomas which enables practitioners to study when they have the time, rather than attending regularly at a college. Students can work at their own pace; the diploma must be completed within two years. The courses are split into modules and practical workshops, on a pay as you go basis,  affordable and interest free. All of the theory is studied at home; students have access to a tutor for support and email queries. Certain diplomas such as CHP’s Essential Oil Therapy Diploma, are distance-learning only, designed for those who do not want to learn to massage but are still interested in blending oils for therapeutic purposes. This diploma also comes with insurance to practice once completed. CHP also offers an extensive range of CPD courses in London in many different modalities to suit everyone, designed to help students develop their practice, in order to best serve the needs of their clients and practice.

Further Information

Please contact Carole Preen on Tel: 07455 195515;   Julia Wood on Tel: 07723 335316 and Julie Quinn on 07917 519219; enquiries@complementaryhealthprofessionals.co.uk     www.complementaryhealthprofessionals.co.uk

 

Noma - Sole Agent for Pascoe and Wegamed Medical Devices for Diagnosis and Therapy

Noma Complex Homoeopathy, formed in 1984 and fronted by Sylvia Austen acts as sole agent for PASCOE products and VEGA testing equipment (medical devices for diagnosis and therapy) and provides professional VEGA training.

Noma - Sole Agent for Pascoe and Wegamed Medical Devices for Diagnosis and Therapy

  • The Wegamed (formerly Vega) Test Method

This is one of the systems capable of use within the field of Bio-electronic Regulatory Medicine (BER Medicine). It originated from electro-acupuncture according to Voll (EAV), based on measuring evoked electrical conductivity of an electrode which passes 0.87 volts in a positive polarity, direct current, into specific acupuncture points. The Wegamed (VEGA) test device can be used for food testing whereby at least 50 foods can be tested at each consultation, using the same measurement procedure as for diagnosis and medicine testing;

Noma's Wegamed (VEGA) range comprises a number of diagnostic and therapy units, a computerised segmental electrogram, an oscillation therapy unit, a metabolism test and therapy unit and an original matrix-regeneration-therapy unit. More information from www.vegamed.com

  • Acupuncture Products

Noma is also a major UK supplier of acupuncture products ranging from HWATO and CLOUD & DRAGON disposable metal needles imported from the Far East to auricular equipment, Moxa, lasers, acupuncture units, models and charts.

  • Herbals, Homoeopathics and Supplements

Pascoe and Kern Pharma are the two major ranges available via Noma. The extensive ranges of remedies are licensed and registered in their country of origin. More information Pascoe's web site at www.pascoe.de

 

With over 21 years of experience within the growing field of complementary medicine, Noma's service and competitive pricing structure are both paramount to its continued growth, and reputation as a friendly, approachable company priding itself on its professional attitude and speed of delivery.

Further Information

Please contact Noma (Complex Homoeopathy) Limited on Tel: 023 80770513; Fax: 023 80702459; noma@complementary-medicine.com   www.complementary-medicine.com/

 

Stress - How to Help Yourself and Others -  Hypnotherapy Training International HTI

Clients tell me of their stress: 

“I’m constantly catching my breath, like there isn’t enough air”;

“I wake in the night and my thoughts start flooding in, I can’t get back to sleep”;

“I don’t feel like eating properly, it’s like there’s never enough time, then I binge on whatever’s around, usually junk”;

“I know I’m drinking too much, but it’s the only way I can get my mind to switch off”;

“I can’t remember the last time I felt really relaxed”.

Stress - How to Help Yourself and Others -  Hypnotherapy Training International HTI

The first helpful thing I can do is to give them the experience of the very deep relaxation that can be produced with hypnosis. Many have tried self-help methods with little success, as it’s hard to dig yourself out of a hole on your own. This is where hypnotherapy comes in, offering a big helping hand through hypnotic partnership.  Human imagination and emotional faculties can be powerfully activated by hypnotic suggestion; with hypnotherapy, it’s possible for the hypnotherapist to make direct contact with the client’s imagination and guide them into a profoundly relaxed state. The levels of mental and physical relaxation produced by hypnosis are reported by many clinicians to be the most profound that human beings experience in their lives.

A hypnotherapist is a personal trainer for your mind, who ensures you keep on track and that you get from A to B i.e. from stress to relaxation. Once in relaxation, you’re in a clearer state of mind, and can, if you choose, remain in pure relaxation for a while, beneficial in itself (like a deep rest). You can also move on to work on reducing the causes of your stress and your personal responses to stressors through other hypnotherapy methods. You can work on designing a new future for yourself.   Or you can work on changing things about yourself in the present that you don’t want any more, such as the way you interact with others in relationships, or the way you make resolutions and don’t keep them. Or you can work on how your past interferes with your present, and resolve the ties in your own mind that bind you in this way. Or you can work on all of these, moving from past to present to future. Learning self-hypnosis gives you the power to greatly help yourself with all the above.

A properly-trained hypnotherapist can give direct help in the areas where our imagination, memories, and emotional thinking affect our lives.  Hypnotherapy is one of the most powerful and effective ways of gaining access to the resources we need to convert our energies from stress to confidence and health.

HTI’s upcoming courses the UK (London) are

  • Clinical Hypnotherapy 14-19 September 2015;
  • Hypnosis for Therapeutic Transformation 5-10 October 2015;
  • Medical Hypnotherapy 30 November-5 December 2015;
  • Advanced Analytical Hypnotherapy 8-13 February 2016.

Further Information

Please contact Hypnotherapy Training International HTI on Tel: 0207 385 1166; enquiries@hypnotherapytraininginstitute.org   www.hypnotherapytraininginstitute.org

 

MRL Educational Initiatives re Nutritional Benefits of Mushroom Nutrition

To enhance and facilitate further understanding among healthcare professionals about the benefits of mushroom nutrition Mycology Research Laboratories Ltd (MRL) has organized a series of Seminars, Courses and Videos.

MRL Educational Initiatives re Nutritional Benefits of Mushroom Nutrition

Role of Mushroom Nutrition in Naturopathy and Nutrition - 26 June 2015 Breakspear Hospital
Videos accessible only to registered practitioners. Register, Select the video; password Breakspear.

MRL has also developed the following series of courses for healthcare practitioners:

I) Nutritional Therapists

Introductory Course - Melahat Turkerman 2 hrs
Role of Enzymes in Mushroom Nutrition-Professor Amin Karmali 2 hrs
Mushroom Nutrition for Individualized Immunonutrition in Viral Conditions- Mr. Karel Simonovsky / Dr. Zuzana Vancurikova MD 2 hrs

II) Naturopathic Practitioners

Introductory Course-2 hours - Melahat Turkerman 2 hrs
Role of Enzymes in Mushroom Nutrition-Prof. Amin Karmali 2 hrs
Mushroom Nutrition for Individualized Immunonutrition in Viral Conditions-Mr. Karel Simonovsky / Dr. Zuzana Vancurikova MD 2 hrs

III) TCM Practitioners

Combining Acupuncture and Mushroom Nutrition in Select Syndromes According to TCM and Western Medicine- Mr. Karel Simonovsky / Dr. Zuzana Vancurikova MD (2 hours)
Mushroom Nutrition in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) + Workshop- Mr. Karel Simonovsky / Dr Zuzana Vancurikova MD 4 hrs

IV) Osteopathy / Physiotherapy

Use of Mushroom Nutrition as a Tool in Osteopathy/Physiotherapy-Dr Nuria Lortie PhD 3 hrs

Further Information

The courses provide protocols to address specific conditions. For more information on these courses please contact Vivian Wang at info@mycologyresearch.com   www.mycologyresearch.com/practitioners

 

VIVAMayr Academy - Dr Harald Stossier Hormonal Regulation Seminar
26-27 September 2015 - The Library Space, Battersea, London

 

VIVAMAYR Academy invite you to attend a new seminar in Hormonal Regulation with Dr Harald Stossier DIBAK Head Physician of the VIVAMAYR clinic in Austria, to be held 26-27 September at The Library Space, 108 Battersea Park Road, London SW11 4LY.

Dr Harald Stossier DIBAK Head Physician of the VIVAMAYR clinic in Austri

The regulation in the hormonal system is the “via regis” in medical treatments. Many new diseases like chronic fatigue and stress related disorders are the result of hormonal imbalance. The intention of this course is to demonstrate the diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities of Modern Mayr Medicine by using functional muscle testing, according to Applied Kinesiology, in combination with Naturopathic methods and Orthomolecular Medicine.

Seminar topics to be Covered

  • Hormonal interactions;
  • Techniques to examine hormonal regulation;
  • AK strategies to treat hormonal disorders;
  • Epiphysis, Pineal Faults, Melatonin;
  • Hypophysis;
  • Thyroid: Iodine strategies for thyroid problems;
  • General Adaptation Syndrome;
  • Adrenals;
  • Metabolism and Co-factors of steroid metabolism, DHEA;
  • Burn out, CFS, strategy of AK testing for adrenal disorders;
  • Sexual hormones: Oestrogen, Progesterone;
  • Androgenesis, Testosterone;
  • Fertility;
  • Pancreas: diabetes;
  • Blockages in the hormonal system like heavy metals;
  • Orthomolecular therapies for hormonal regulation.

Further Information

Seminar Fee £290.00. Please Confirm your reservation at the seminar to unterkoefler@viva-mayr.com or carolyn@reikopr.org.uk and make payment in advance to secure your place.

 

 

Individual and Group Alexander Technique Lessons at Bloomsbury Alexander Centre

The Alexander Technique improves the way we use ourselves in everyday activity. Unconsciously acquired habits in movements such as standing, walking or sitting distort the body and interfere with its natural functioning. We respond to stimuli by overtensing and/or collapsing - literally winding ourselves up (or down!). This 'mis-use' results in aches, pains, tension, fatigue or simply in feeling ill-at-ease in one's body. The Technique helps us to prevent these unnecessary reaction/habit patterns and to restore our natural 'good use' of ourselves. The Alexander Technique is not a quick fix. It is a way of learning, and a way of changing, and these things take time and application.

Christina Codina Llaviner

Cristina Codina Llavina, Teacher at Bloomsbury Alexander Centre

Who Can Benefit from the Alexander Technique

  • Anyone who has to sit at a desk or in front of a computer all day;
  • Anyone who suffers with back, muscular or joint problems;
  • Musicians and dancers;
  • Singers and actors, teachers and lawyers, and people who use their
  • voices for public speaking.

Courses Offered at Bloomsbury Alexander Centre

The best way to learn the Alexander Technique is by taking individual one to one lessons with a qualified teacher. By using verbal instruction and skilled hand guidance, the teacher will take you through the practical experience of learning the Technique. Bloomsbury Alexander Centre offers a wide variety of Courses, Evening Courses, Workshops, Introductory Lunchtime Sessions, including Workshops in Voice and Cycling.

All of the teachers working at the Centre are members of STAT (The Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique). Most of the teachers at the Centre also teach elsewhere - at home, in Medical practices or Alternative Health Centres, at Drama Schools or Music Colleges. Director of Bloomsbury Alexander is Natacha Osorio who has been teaching the Alexander Technique since 1991 and has also worked extensively in private practice, teaching people from all walks of life.

Further Information

Please contact Bloombury Alexander Centre on Tel: 020 7404 5348;  info@alexcentre.com   www.alexcentre.com

 

 

Geovital Academy UK - Building Geobiology & Radiation Protection workshop
7 Oct – 10 Oct 9am- 17:30pm
GEOVITAL ACADEMY United Kingdom, Hasting VICTN34

This 3-day workshop teaches you the basics of Radiation Assessment and Protection.

GEOVITAL has been addressing radiation issues in patient’s/client’s homes in a holistic manner that has shown lasting benefit for decades now. GEOVITAL is becoming an authority on radiation protection because of their knowledge of what works in practice and works long-term. This knowledge is shared in this workshop to encourage people to take control of their home situation. Geovital hope you will join their network to help people in your area.

Geovital Logo + Radiation Protection

Anyone can join and utilize this knowledge as a stand-alone service, in a health setting (doctors, therapists, naturopaths…) or in a home construction setting (architects, builders, electricians…). Seemingly complex subjects are easily explained in theory but also in practice. Attendees will be busy with theoretical components and also many practical experience both in a ‘home’ and in the field.

Theory

  • Electronic pollution in the home: Different types of radiation often found in homes and their sources;
  • Geopathic stress: Different types of excesses of natural radiation and their value;
  • Measurement of radiation: Which instrument to use when and how;
  • Radiation protection (elimination and shielding): Understand the available product solutions for creating a better home environment;
  • Health risks to people, animals and plants;
  • The business of offering home radiation assessment and consultations.

Practical components:

  • Testing for and measuring different radiation types, using instruments;
  • Testing for and measuring different Geopathic stresses, using professional divining techniques;
  • Conducting a home assessment where your new learned skills come together;
  • Testing of wiring and developing a solution approach;
  • Record keeping of your assessment.

Any work in the area of radiation protection or shielding starts with this workshop whether you are an architect, doctor, therapist, sleep consultant, painter, electrician or someone with no ties to any of these professions. If you wish to work with radiation protection you must first learn the basics to understand the relationship between cause and effect.

Further Information

To register and for further information about our workshop in Building Geobiology and Radiation Protection please contact Geovital Academy UK via uk@geovital.com   http://en.geovital.com/workshop-geobiology/

 

CAMEXPO  Survey Ahead of ‘The C Word’ Panel Session

CAMEXPO 2015 takes place over the weekend of 26-27 September at London’s Olympia, will host an exclusive panel discussion focusing on the relationship between complementary therapists and people with cancer.  Organizers Diversified Communications UK has launched a new survey inviting its visitors to share their views and formulate questions for the panel.

CAMEXPO  Survey Ahead of ‘The C Word’ Panel Session

According to the latest figures, as many as one in three cancer patients have tried complementary therapies alongside standard cancer treatments.  “The C Word - your questions answered”, developed in association with cancer charity Yes to Life, will feature panelists from across the CAM community. Topics will cover: working with integrative doctors and oncologists, legal regulations and ethical responsibilities, appropriate training courses, the role of exercise and nutrition, and more. 

The session (at 3pm on Saturday 26 September) will be chaired by Robin Daly, founder of Yes to Life, who set up the charity following his daughter’s death from cancer.  

Panelists Include

Jayne Doyle has worked as a complementary massage therapist for 20 years.  She has provided cancer and palliative care at Berkshire Community Hospital, at Guy’s and St Thomas’, and most recently at UCLH London;

Barbara Gallani was listed as one of the UK’s Top 100 Scientists by the Science Council last year.  She also specializes in yoga for people with limited mobility and disabilities and has been working with physiotherapists and carers to provide support to chair and bed bound clients.  She has worked with Yes to Life and the Teenage Cancer Trust;

Dr Robert Verkerk’s specialist field is health regulations and law.  He is executive director of Alliance for Natural Health International, a pan-European and international, non- governmental organization dedicated to promoting natural approaches to healthcare and shaping the scientific and regulatory framework affecting such approaches;

Dr Xandria Williams is a member of the Royal Society of Medicine and has worked as a nutritional biochemist and naturopath in private practice for more than 30 years in Australia, the UK and Ireland.  She has published more than 400 articles and 20 books, and over the last 10 years has had a particular interest in researching cancer as a process;

Jennifer Young is the creator of Jennifer Young bespoke skin care and Defiant Beauty, a skin care range for cancer patients.  A Microbiologist, she has a BSc (Hons) in Biology, two post graduate qualifications in health related fields and has been active in medical research. She is also a qualified nutritional therapist, aromatherapist, beauty therapist and product formulator;

Dr André Young-Snell MBBS qualified in conventional medicine from Guy’s Hospital Medical School in London in 1988.  In 2002, he set up his own clinic - the Vision of Hope Clinic in Brighton - so he could specialize in complementary Metabolic Protocols. 

Your Questions Answered

CAMEXPO  offers visitors the opportunity to send in their questions to The C Word panel in advance of the show.  Visitors are invited to complete a short survey about their practice and the complementary therapies that they offer to people with cancer.  The results will be announced in full at the show. To complete the survey, please visit https://goo.gl/1dPzsZ.

Further Information

To book an entry ticket, please visit www.camexpo.co.uk/register-to-visit-camexpo-2015.  Use priority code CMXP580 to register in advance for £7.50 before 25 September (tickets are £10 without a priority code, or £20 on the day).

 

High Performance Living

by Ru Anderson

Published by Lotus Publishing. 2015. Softback. £19.99/e-book $12.41. ISBN: 978-1-905367-61-0.

Anderson’s High Performance Living will help you build the strongest, most capable and most powerful body ever. Right now no matter what shape you are in, your body is an amazing machine, and has the potential to be even better. Discovering how to be your best is the most important information you can learn.

High Performance Living

Author Anderson says: “Training and nutrition are not just words: they are tools. By understanding how these tools can work for you, you can rapidly fine-tune your body. The High Performance Living (HPL) System shows you exactly how to do this, and much more.”

The Book Covers

  • 10 Essential High Performance Cornerstones - you’ll quickly improve your body using proven, powerful yet simple cornerstones;
  • How to create your own bespoke nutrition plan for any goal - this is a system that can be tailored to your specific needs and requirements;
  • A 12 week High Performance training program - as created by champion strongman Jack Lovett;
  • Over 100 great tasting High Performance recipes - friendly on your body as well as your taste buds.

Whether your goal is fat-loss, muscle gain or to generally look good naked, the HPL System is maintainable, not just a quick-fix, and you’ll enjoy balance in your life. You’ll feel healthy and energized, and you’ll be able to see and experience the world in ways you couldn’t previously. No matter what your sport, hobby or general chosen activity, you will be able to complete them all to your maximum ability. All day, every day.

About the Author

Ru Anderson is a performance focused nutritionist. He helps motivated and driven people to be at their best, all day every day. Ru has also toured the UK to deliver his invaluable ‘HPL’ nutrition seminar, and has been a guest speaker at some of the biggest fitness events. He’s a former ‘fat guy’ turned nutritionist, and has also competed at national level in drug-free body-building.

Further Information

Available from Amazon

www.amazon.co.uk/High-Performance-Living-Lifestyle-Programme/dp/B00STXTM7C

www.amazon.com/High-Performance-Living-Lifestyle-Programme-ebook/dp/B00T883FSO

 

 

Nutritional & Environmental Medicine: Testing and Treatments

31st October to 1st November 2015, London, UK

Biolab Medical Unit and The Great Plains Laboratory host conference Nutritional & Environmental Medicine: Testing and Treatments in London, UK: 31 Oct - 1 Nov, Holiday Inn London Regent’s Park. The British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT) and The Naturopathic Nutrition Association (NNA) have both awarded this conference 13 hours CPD for the two day meeting.

Sat 31st Oct:  Organic Acids Training Day

Sun 1st Nov: Trace Elements & Toxic Substances - Dietary & Environmental Health Impact

Nutritional & Environmental Medicine

 

The conference will focus on ways to improve the quality of life of individuals with mental health and/or gut function disorders, presenting the most-up-to-date biomedical treatments, benefits of alternative therapies, and the most recent research. This conference is recommended for psychiatrists, general practitioners and assistants, nurses and nurse practitioners, nutritional therapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, naturopaths, psychologists, nutritionists and registered dieticians, and allied mental health professionals

Why Attend This Conference?

  • Day One of the conference - comprehensive appraisal of the clinical application of the Organic Acids Profile - individual organic acids and their clinical interpretation;
  • Day Two - essential updates on research and developments in the field of 'Nutritional Medicine' and health implications of exposure to 'Toxic Elements & Chemicals', with lectures by eminent clinical and research scientists (see programme for further details);
  • Conference attendees will learn integrative approaches including metabolic testing, nutritional therapies, dietary interventions for the clinical setting;
  • Our conferences also present great opportunities to network with other practitioners.

Conference Benefits

  • Two days of educational sessions;
  • Expert faculty on organic acids, nutritional medicine and toxic metals and chemicals;
  • Printed programme guide and speaker handouts;
  • Practical guidance on diet and supplement use;
  • Complimentary lunch, snack and beverage breaks;
  • Continuing Professional Development (application submitted and approval expected - see conference website for further details).
  • Pricing per delegate (lunch, beverages, and snacks Included)
  • Regular Admission: £250 (US$393) after 15 September, 2015
  • One-day admission special offer: £150.00 (US$236) on or before 30th September 2015.
  • For full details and to book your place please click here: Conference Web site

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Further Information

For more information and to book, please contact Biolab Medicine and Great Plains Laboratory on Tel: UK: (+44) 020 7636 5959/5905 US: +1 (913) 341-894; mark@biolab.co.uk , sshaw@gpl4u.com     www.londonhealthconference.com 

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    Integrative Prostate Cancer Expert 

    World renowned cancer specialist, Professor Ben Pfeifer, a keynote speaker at CamExpo 2015, Olympia, London on 26 September 11:00-11:45am presents a seminar Integrative Oncological Treatments for Patients with Metatastic Prostate Cancer. Professor Pfeifer trained in Germany and practises in Switzerland; he is one of the pioneers in Integrative Oncology in the areas of prostate and breast cancer. His evolving protocols, based around specific plant-derived nutrients and the immunomodulator Biobran, integrate complementary protocols with conventional treatments to give his patients the best opportunity of recovery.

     

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    Dr Albert Schweitzer – A Celebration

    In the 1950s, Dr Albert Schweitzer was one of the most famous people in the world. Now, 50 years after his death in 1965, he is much less well-known, so this one-day celebration of his life and work aims to revive interest in his remarkable life and legacy, which has inspired so many people around the world. The programme covers his life, philosophy, theology and ethics, medicine and music. Trudi Sanderson, who set up the leper village at Lambarene and had close contact with Schweitzer, will be attending.

     

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    The London Health Show

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    Trill Farm Autumn Seasons Box

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    Women 25+ Regular Fertility Checks

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    Alzheimer’s Early Warning Signature

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    Further information: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0750-x  www.genomebiology.com/2015/16/1/185  

     

    Essential Solutions Comp. Therapy

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    NICE Maternal-Child Nutrition

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    Diabetic Breakfast - Blood Sugar

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    Medications Link to Men Falls

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    Further information: www.uea.ac.uk/about/-/scientists-discover-link-between-common-medications-and-serious-falls-in-older-men  

     

    Research Clarity on Sugar

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    Further information: teresa@vavista-awards.com  www.vavista.com/article/review-sugars-good-bad/  

     

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    Further information:  doi:10.1186/s12916-015-0405-5;  www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/13/171   http://prostatecanceruk.org/about-us/news-and-views/2013/10/black-men-cancer-risk

     

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    Further information Tel: 020-7025 1363;  ivi@pha-media.com   www.ivi-fertility.com/en/press/notes/pcos-what-you-need-to-know/  

     

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    Further information Tel: 020-7498 8211; nadia@fuelrefuel.com  www.excilor.com/faq/  Available from Boots, Superdrug, Lloyds Pharmacy, Amazon and leading pharmacies.

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