Drug Maker Said to Pay Ghostwriters for Journal Articles

Just in from the New York Times...

"Wyeth, the pharmaceutical company, paid ghostwriters to produce medical journal articles favorable to its female hormone replacement therapy Prempro, according to Congressional letters seeking more information about the company’s involvement in medical ghostwriting. At least one article was published even after a federal study found the drug raised the risk of breast cancer...

"Any attempt to manipulate the scientific literature, that can in turn mislead doctors to prescribe drugs that may not work and/or cause harm to their patients, is very troubling,” Mr. Grassley, an Iowa Republican, wrote Friday to Wyeth’s chairman and chief executive, Bernard J. Poussot." More here. (PDF here in case).

I guess the clear notice at the top of the article: "I was paid to write this by the manufacturer of this drug" (or product or service) doesn't have the same ring of authority, does it?

I also write positive things about products I like. Including products where I own part of the company, like the Pops. Because I love the Pops.

That's why people start companies. They think they have something to offer that some people like themselves will love madly. Apple, Google, Tony Robbins, Dr. Mercola...all doing things and selling things they totally believe in themselves. That's who I buy from.

And yes, they make money when I buy stuff they make or recommend. So what? I value their opinion and their products because we're of like mind.

So long as a person knows that someone who's promoting a product might benefit from doing so, presumably BECAUSE they love it, all is well. See the report on how to do this with friends and others. Friends, Lies and Network Marketing. It's been downloaded (no cost) over 47,353 times...

My surprised heartburn hubby...

Just in from Susan...

"My hubby has been having trouble with heartburn. He even got a prescription from his doctor which I wasn't crazy about. But it was only for a month. When the month ended, his heartburn came back. It seemed like he complained about it more after using the prescription.

"Well I had my private session with Dr Heidi on Monday and I asked her if heartburn was related to diet. She suggested taking the pops before a meal (for the digestive enzymes) and possibly also HCL. I told my hubby all this Monday evening and gave him a green before dinner.

"Fast forward about 24 hours.

"I got home from a candle show about 9:30 Tuesday night and what does my hubby tell me...he hasn't has any heartburn all day!

"Could it really be this easy...? - Susan S.

For some people it is...No promises though. Try the Pops. See what happens when you put the 25 veggies, 11 enzymes and food herbs in the Green Pops into your body.

For the first five who order Bare Bones Special...

Pops Bare Bones Special opens WED, tomorrow, at NOON Eastern Time (NY).

First five in at that time get a private, 30 minute nutrition session with Dr. Heidi Dulay.

Yes, a telephone one-on-one on any topic related to nutrition and you - your weight, your general health, your energy, whatever.

NOTE: Go to the page early, and click on the center line that says:

Before you go...see order trick here FIRST

It shows you a trick you might miss - that could slow down or mess up your order. So now you won't make that boo boo.

Two bonuses for first 100 Bare Bones Poppers

Attention: First 100 folks who get their Bare Bones Pops Wednesday (opens NOON Eastern Time here) - two special bonuses await you...

1. A virtual coupon worth US $50 toward the wildly successful five-week January Extreme Regime Fat Burn Formula program. (It's not a diet pill program, hahaha.) There will be two options of that program:

a.) the personally guided 5-week program with Dr. Heidi - around $545 - same as last two sold out versions (28 folks max) -see description here -or

b.) a self-guided online version for about $195. That'll include a life forum of current members and graduates, audios, videos and PDFs (handouts). The same five week program, without the personal hand-holding by Dr. Heidi. 300 slots available as of now.

The $50 coupon is good towards either program. You choose.

2. For those of you in a business where you want customers, you get a copy, on the house, of my most popular customer gathering book "If My Product's So Great, How Come I Can't Sell It?" You get the immediately downloadable eBook version, which folks buy for $17.95, 365 pages. On the house also if you're in the first 100. State you want that in the Comments when you order, and we'll get it to ya.

3. Note: when you place your Bare Bones Pops order, get at least a 4 month supply. Pops are a whole food-based multi, not a drug. So they take time to help your body help itself heal and get energized again.

Later Tuesday, I'll announce a super special bonus for the first five folks in.

:)

P.S. Boy were we surprised to learn that the Pops won the "Best Multivitamins 2008" Award from Kitchen Table Medicine. Delighted, too.

Since the Pops, my muscles don't hurt like before...

Question from July Pops tester, Jana Z, to the Pops tester board:

"Since I have been taking the Pops I have had a huge decrease in muscular pain with my fibromyalgia. Would this be due to the increase in nutrition? Will our muscles respond negatively to lack of proper nutrition?

Also, what kind of additional nutritional helps to we need in addition to the Pops? - Thanks- Jana Zaloum

Dr. Heidi's response:

"Yes, our bodies - including our muscles - respond well to good nutrition, using it to heal. The Pops have a number of ingredients that could take the credit for the decrease in your muscle pain.

"1. The 7 metabolic enhancers in the Purples help your body better absorb the nutrients in the food you eat, as well as the nutrients in the Pops themselves. So, even if you did not make any changes in your diet, you are probably extracting more out of what you eat than you did before, including the minerals magnesium and manganese that improve energy production in muscle cells, relieving fibromyalgia pain.

"The metabolic enhancers also increase the body's energy production. This causes the muscle cells to expand rather than contract, easing the pain.

"2. A wide spectrum of antioxidants are contained in a number of Pops ingredients, including camu-camu (Vitamin C), dunaliella (beta carotene/ Vitamin A), extracts of green tea, grape seed, turmeric, alpha lipoic acid, not to mention all the berries and other fruits. Antioxidants support immune function, which causes the body to relax instead of
struggle.

"3 and 4 continued here...

Note: Dr. Heidi Dulay has an Ed.D. from Harvard University and an M.S. from Stanford Business School. She's the designer of the Pops. And creator of the Extreme Regime Fat Burn Formula program. And life long friend.

P.S. Bare Bones Pops Special: Opens at NOON Eastern Time(NY), Wed, Dec 10. Here.

Green Pops helped Lily give up alcohol

Lily was a September '08 Pops tester. Here's her note to the other testers on their Google forum...

"Hi Everyone,

"I have a confession to make. In addition to my problems in my marriage and with depression, I am also an alcoholic. I took my last drink of beer on
Monday Sept 22 and began outpatient sessions at a local treatment center on Wednesday Sept 23.

"I had been on the Greens for two weeks and I believe that they helped me make my decision to stop. I'm still taking my greens, but also had to take some doctor prescribed medication to help me through my detox - the second day was the worst.

"I feel better, both mentally and physically. When I looked at myself in the mirror this morning, my eyes were bright - no dark circles- and I didn't notice the strain that had started showing constantly on my face.

"Thanks, Kim. I truly believe that the Greens are helping me to help myself. God Bless." -Lily in Myrtle Beach , now regular Pops user.

P.S. Bare Bones Pops Special: Opens at NOON Eastern Time(NY), Wed, Dec 10. Here.

Pops Profile: Who says it's over when you're 77?

Profile of a Pops user...

Mary Nolan, and old customer and friend, recently got slammed with a double tragedy in her life:

One of her two sons went into the doctor's office for a check up about 6 weeks ago, and was unexpectedly diagnosed with advanced Leukemia. He died 5 days later. He'd had no signs of trouble before. Father of two teenagers, age 51.

Two days before his sudden death, Mary's second son had surgery complications and doctor errors that left him unable to walk. She visits him regularly.

Prayers to you, dear Mary.

About ten days ago, this same 77-year old gal, in the midst of her grief, started a big Internet Marketing income-creation-program that a group of us had decided to do. It's a fairly major investment of money and time. Mary knew she wanted it. She scrounged up the money and started in...

Well, yesterday, one of the team members, Dave C, wrote the group excitedly about this program:

"It was during the last video that I caught myself talking to myself in amazement as I watched our good friend A populate that blog with content, videos, photos, links, etc. using a special tool.

"It was doggone amazing. That's the stuff that'll cause one to work rather than sleep.

"Kim - thanks for turning me on to this. I have a strong feeling we're in for an exciting ride. Dave C."

Mary, within minutes, jumps onto the board with:

"Amen!!!
This is really good stuff. I am reviewing videos today and reviewing and then I get to see #5 -
Whoopee!!

It is hard to believe that at 77 I am getting this.. not all of it yet.. mind you.. but enuff that I am kinda keeping up and don't feel a bit overwhelmed as I do sometimes with other programs which cause me to get so discouraged with no help and I just quit ...

And I am not a quitter.

*I definitely have lots of help from the POPS. *Sooo glad Kim you are doing the special because I am taking LOTS and loving them more and more.

"I can't believe my sharpness.. brain I mean...and memory...lordy lordy!!
Just shows what good, real and superior whole food can do for us... when given the chance!

Thanks to all" - Mary 12.7.08

"The more developed the country is...

the harder it is to find real food." - Dr. Heidi Dulay.

Real extreme regime food versus food-like substances, that is. Compare a regular low carb plate with an ER (Extreme Regime) plate in this little animated cartoon. You Tube version here.

Daily multis in a blister pack?

Most vitamins come in plastic bottles. When the Pops first came out 4 years ago, they were in a bottle, too.

But two years ago, we decided to go for the more expensive blister packs. One big reason was to make it easier for us to take them in a bag or purse. The little card keeps them compact, light and protected - until you pop out one or two.

But other people see other advantages...

From the just-released Kitchen Table Medicine Review in which Pops were named "Best Multivitamin 2008" Dr. Nicole Sundene, naturopathic physician, writes...

"No Plastic Bottles! Plastics are destroying our ecosystem, and we need to use glass and paper alternatives when available...Pops come in blister packs that minimize plastic waste put in landfills." More here

Mary Nolan tells a group of Pops testers another advantage of the Pops coming in blister packs:

"I am so impressed with the Green one that I have made my order for 2 boxes of each. And because they are blister-packed, the Care Center where my son is being rehabilitated after neck surgery will consent to giving them to him with his meds."

Bare Bones Pops Special Dec 10-14, 2008

Here's the Bare Bones Special page. Opens Dec 10, NOON Eastern Time (NY)

Here's why we're doing this crazy special:

1) to acknowledge the current economic hardship many folks are experiencing
2) to express our gratitude that the Pops have started so many folks back on the road to their health.
3) To offer you the option of giving someone you care about - this year - the first step back to health. We'll ship them for you in U.S. with a personal card.
4) to celebrate the selection of the Pops as the "Best Multi of 2008"

This special will be available only on this page. Doors open on this bare bones Pops event December 10, NOON ET.

That gives you time to make your list. Each order to a different person incurs a shipping/handling cost - and within the U.S., that's one price for this special. One to ten boxes shipped to someone is one S/H ($6.95).

"Every ounce of food we buy makes a statement."

From Dr. Heidi to one of her Extreme Regime Fat Burn students...

Do you agree?

Pops: "Best Multivitamin 2008" Kitchen Table Award

That would be the Pops!

See here. Boy are WE ever proud of THAT.

Thanks,

Dr. Nicole Sundene
Naturopathic Physician
Editor-in-Chief of Kitchen Table Medicine

Research on mice links fast food to Alzheimer's

They test mice because their workings inside are so much like humans...

LONDON (Reuters) - Mice fed junk food for nine months showed signs of developing the abnormal brain tangles strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease, a Swedish researcher said on Friday.

The findings come from a series of published papers by a researcher at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet...

"On examining the brains of these mice, we found a chemical change not unlike that found in the Alzheimer brain," Susanne Akterin, a researcher at the Karolinska Institutet's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, who led the study, said in a statement...

Alzheimer's disease is incurable and is the most common form of dementia among older people. It affects the regions of the brain involving thought, memory and language. More here.

Science journalist Gary Taubes hypothesizes that the excessive amounts of sugar and refined flour in American diets are contributing to Alzheimer's. He reports increases in the incidence of Alzheimer's in Japanese immigrants to the U.S. and in African Americans compared to rural Africans. Type 2 diabetics have about twice as much risk of contracting Alzheimer's disease as non-diabetics. And diabetics on insulin therapy have a fourfold increase in risk. (Taubes, 2007, Good Calories Bad Calories, pp 205-209)

CONTEST. What's an ER chicken versus a regular one?

And who cares, anyway?

Hint: You can use this little cartoon to find the answer.

Winner: Auditor spot in the next live ER Fat Burn Formula program.

(Jan 24 - Feb 28, 2009. Worth $145.)

Winner must do both parts of the question. What's the difference, and who cares, anyway?

You Need to Know This If You Eat Tyson Chicken

Yikes! Eat ER chicken, ok?

"Tyson Foods, the world's largest meat processor and the second largest chicken producer in the U.S., has admitted that it injects its chickens with antibiotics before they hatch and then labels them as raised without antibiotics. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has told Tyson to stop using the antibiotic-free label, but the company has sued for the right to keep using it.(!)" More here...

Some observations about deceptive practices by the industrial food establishement Dr. Mercola here...

"Tyson’s claim may be technically true -- which makes it just about the worst kind of deceptive advertising there is without outright lying. It’s this kind of semantics that can drive even the sanest person wild.

When they say that their chickens are “raised without antibiotics", they are clearly trying to give the impression that their chickens do not contain any kind of antibiotics.

However, the chicken on your plate is anything but antibiotic-free since they’ve injected the eggs with antibiotics, and raised the hatchlings on feed that contains antibiotics..." More here, bottom of page.

News Keeps Getting Worse for Vitamins

From the New York Times, a series of studies showing the worthlessness of vitamins (90% of them) and harmful effects of many...

"The best efforts of the scientific community to prove the health benefits of vitamins keep falling short.

"This week, researchers reported the disappointing results from a large clinical trial of almost 15,000 male doctors taking vitamins E and C for a decade. The study showed no meaningful effect on cancer rates.

"Another recent study found no benefit of vitamins E and C for heart disease..."

And that's just the beginning, reports the New York Times...More here. (PDF here in case.)

What's the problem?

We'd say it's because the run-of-the-mill vitamins people take are synthetic and filled with junk - like artificial colors.

Are Your Vitamins Safe? tells the sorry story and offers a new type of whole food multi alternative...

Don't trust food labels that say gluten-free at Whole Foods

Exclusive Chicago Tribune investigation finds the gourmet grocer's brand products with "good manufacturing" labels on them pose risk to people with allergies. Also, check out the Trib's searchable database of foods recalled for allergen misinformation. (Thanks, Digg.)

Is your doctor or favorite radio host getting payola to push drugs?

Every day we're discovering that's what's happening. Doctors, university department heads, and now a popular radio show host - all being paid millions - promoting the drugs of big pharma. Only no one knew it. Until now.

Time to ban fast food TV ads?

Just in from the Washington Post...

Study: Banning Fast-Food TV Ads Could Dent Obesity

ATLANTA -- A little less "I'm Lovin' It" could put a significant dent in the problem of childhood obesity, suggests a new study that attempts to measure the effect of TV fast-food ads.

A ban on such commercials would reduce the number of obese young children by 18 percent, and the number of obese older kids by 14 percent, researchers found.

They also suggested that ending an advertising expense tax deduction for fast-food restaurants could mean a slight reduction in childhood obesity.

Some experts say it's the first national study to show fast-food TV commercials have such a large effect on childhood obesity. A 2006 Institute of Medicine report suggested a link, but concluded proof was lacking.

"Our study provides evidence of that link," said study co-author Michael Grossman, an economics professor at City University of New York. - more here

"Atkins scares me a bit, Kim"

So wrote Lulu just now, an old acquaintance. She emailed about being a tester for the guided home-based ER Fat Burn experiment.

She continued:

"My brother did Atkins a while back, lost 30+ pounds eating pork rinds and pork chops and mayo and heavy cream and almost no veggies. His cholesterol shot up, and he looked a bit gray. Thin, but sorta the color of cardboard. Or pork rinds.

"Then, he gained it all back and quite a bit more, as I was afraid he might."

Then she added, hopefully,

"This will be different though, with Dr. Heidi at the helm, right?"

Yes, Lulu, day and night different - in a few critical places.

Anyone else afraid of Atkins? Let me respond to both the cholesterol and the gaining back.

Re the cholesterol
Atkins's own work (he was an MD - a cardiologist) showed that bad cholesterol went down with his diet. He encouraged folks to measure it before starting so they could see for themselves.

However, that was 30 years ago. The big difference today is in the quality of the meats and fats people are consuming with Atkins (and all everyday foods.)

Feedlot livestock is full of antibiotics and hormones, and they're often mistreated and sick. They're force-fed grain and soy. But their digestive systems are designed for grass. It may be that eating these industrial meats, eggs and fats exclusively, as most Americans do, can indeed contribute to high bad cholesterol. With or without Atkins. See Omnivore's Dilemma here.

Folks in ER Fat Burn have reported reducing their bad cholesterol. That's likely because in the ER Fat Burn, people eat only ER-quality meats, fats, eggs and oils. ER quality means:

1) only 100% grassfed beef
2) pastured chickens and eggs (see mini egg video here), and
3) only non-damaged fats and oils.

ER Fat Burn participant and psychologist Al Frech, a diabetic for 30 years, worried that "eggs and other saturated fats" would raise his bad cholesterol. He's on statins, he said.

But to his surprise, his bad cholesterol went down during and after ER FB. So did his blood sugar, which is now in the normal range (90-110) for the first time in 30 years, he said. Plus he lost 15 pounds in 6 weeks and has kept it off.

Dr. Frech had been on low carb for years and never lost weight before ER Fat Burn. Plus he was always hungry. Not anymore. We suspect his results are due in part to the ER quality of the protein, fats and oils he ate.

Re gaining weight back
If a person goes back to the eating habits that made them overweight in the first place, I don't know what else we should expect - except weight gain again.

What's been surprising to the ER FB participants is that the biggest weight losers have not gained anything back. One gal has now dropped 30 pounds and is losing a pound a week. One of our programmers lost 20 pounds in 6 weeks, and five more since. As a programmer, he sits all day. And a month later, he has kept it all off.

Here's what's most gratifying to me: ER Fat Burn participants say they'll never go back to their old ways of eating (industrial food) - they're ER food converts. That doesn't mean they will never have ice cream or pasta once in a while. They will. Because they'll be on their coasting cycle.

Hope that helps anyone who has the two questions Lulu did. Any others? Post them here at the bottom.

P.S. Soon we'll have an ER food guide you can use to buy and prepare everyday ER food for your family.

Testers wanted. ER Fat Burn experiment

You want to lose weight. What should you do: Low fat or low carb? Or something else?

No matter what you try, someone will tell you your liver will fall out, that it's bad for your heart or that it won't work. Weight loss is just one of those things where everyone's an expert.

So here's the story on the experiment.

Some of you know that the Extreme Regime (ER) Fat Burn program run by Dr. Heidi has been a startling success for people in it. Folks have not only lost weight but their little ailments are disappearing, from belching to hot flashes to the runs. Irritations that these folks have had for years. Some for 10-25 years. Significantly reduced or gone in five weeks on ER Fat Burn. Along with weight loss.

Three things you should know about ER Fat Burn

1. The ER Fat Burn program is consistent with the low carb principles, versus low fat.
So if you participate in the experiment (or the full on ER Fat Burn program some day) expect a friend or trainer at the gym to tell you that you might lose your liver. Atkins, low carb's most recognizable name, is portrayed as the devil himself by the competing low fat proponents. They've done a good job scaring people about low carb.

2. ER Fat Burn has two BIG twists to the traditional low carb:
*Twist one. All the foods - proteins, fats, oils and liquids are ER (Extreme Regime) quality. No industrial feedlot beef, only 100% grass-fed, for example. 3-minute animated cartoon tells the story here.) Meats especially must be ER quality. See here for the gory why of that.
* Twist two. ER Fat Burn is a cycle, one of four or five one does per year. It is not a permanent or long term (i.e. not more than 8 weeks at a time) way of eating.

3. ER Fat Burn is consistent with the massive findings and conclusions on calories and low carb in the new and controversial book by Gary Taubes, Good Calories Bad Calories. Here's a quickie from Wiki.

Anyway, I'm working up a little video to show you, and depending on your reaction, we'll take some of you into a test run for a self-directed ER Fat Burn program. You'd have to agree to do certain things, like with the Pops Testers program...and probably more. I'll let you know as we get closer to having this ready to test. If you're up for that, email me here and I'll set up a special priority notification list for the ER Fat Burn do-it-yourself home experiment.

Obese kids have arteries like 45-year-olds

"Many overweight children and teenagers could have severe cardiovascular disease in their 20s and 30s, causing a healthcare crisis."

What?!. The report continues...

"The arteries of many obese children and teenagers are as thick and stiff as those of 45-year-olds, a sign that such children could have severe cardiovascular disease at a much younger age than their parents unless their condition is reversed, researchers said Tuesday." More here.

How can we make prevention sexy?

"Prevention is not a popular subject, however much it should be. People will do much to cure a trouble, but people in general will do little to prevent it. This has been proved..." -Claude Hopkins, Scientific Advertising

Any suggestions on how to make prevention sexy? If you, for example, are taking the Pops and had no "wake-up call" that triggered taking them, what motivated you to add them to your regime?

Children who need eating therapy?

USA Today just reported that:

"Number of kids on medication jumps alarmingly"

Most of the illnesses related to obesity

They add:

"The number of children who take medication for chronic diseases has jumped dramatically, another troubling sign that many of the youngest Americans are struggling with obesity, doctors say.

The number of children who take pills for type 2 diabetes — the kind that's closely linked to obesity — more than doubled from 2002 to 2005, to a rate of six out of 10,000 children. That suggests that at least 23,000 privately insured children in the USA are now taking diabetes medications, according to authors of the new study in today's Pediatrics.

Doctors also saw big increases in prescriptions for high cholesterol, asthma and attention deficit and hyperactivity. There was smaller growth for drugs for depression and high blood pressure.

"We've got a lot of sick children," says author Emily Cox, senior director of research with Express Scripts, which administers drug benefit programs for private insurance plans. "What we've been seeing in adults, we're also now seeing in kids."

They conclude:

"Unless these children make major changes — such as eating healthier and exercising more — they could be facing a lifetime of illness, Cox says.

"These are not antibiotics that they take for seven to 10 days," Cox says. "These are drugs that many are taking for the rest of their lives." More.

Yikes! Time for eating therapy for the kids and their parents?

Winner of ER Detox...

Boy, we had some heartfelt responses to the ER Detox contest.

So we will have four winners. Three folks will get an ER Auditor spot ($95), and one person wins the Active spot including two Pops ($535).

Winners are conditional on three things:

1. You must acknowledge here or via email by 7PM CT 8PM ET today that you accept AND
2. State that you will do the program with everyone to the maximum of your ability.
3. Auditors - you will let us know the results of your ER Detox efforts, regardless of what they are.

The winners are...

Auditor spots ($95)go to...

1. Cindi N
2. Suzanne
3. Candice

Active ER Detox spot ($535) goes to...ta da...

1. Sarah

Thank you everyone for your good responses.

WARNING FOR WINNERS:

I must hear from you here or via email before 7PM CT (8PM ET TODAY, SAT, Nov 1)

Please email me here. In the email, accept your prize and agree to the three conditions listed above. After 7PM CT (8PM ET) today we will go to the next person.

We have backups for every winner, because there were many thoughtful responses.

If we don't hear from you, we will go to the next person. Remember the program starts tomorrow, Sunday!

Congratulations to the winners and thank you for responding. It was gratifying to read your secret desires.

P.S. Robin: honorable mention goes to you for coming out of the smoking closet. I wouldn't be surprised if Dr. Heidi has something up her sleeve for you.

Bribe

Have you been considering trying those new fangled whole food daily multis, the Pops? The ones Dr. Heidi designed?

I'd really like you to try them, so I'm bribing you.

Normally, when you order a onesie-twosie Green or Purple - it's $45/box. Two for $90. Two is a two-month supply. (Cheaper in bulk.)

Well for you onesie-twosies, here's a bribe: Two for One and a Four for Two.

Order one, get two. Same price. USE THIS LINK TO GET TWO FOR ONE.

Order two (any combo), get four. Same price as two. USE THIS LINK TO GET FOUR FOR TWO.

If you click on both links, the order pages ads them up. To change that, on the right bottom side of the order page, click "clear cart" and it starts over.

[It takes you back to the regular order page, so you'll have to come back to THIS page after you click "clear cart" to get the two-for-one. Just click on the one you want and it'll be smooth sailing.

The bribe is good for onesie-twosies from Thursday, October 30, through Sunday, November 2, 6PM PT 9PM ET. For this bribe, only the links above will work.

So will you please try the Pops now? What if your body loves them madly like mine does? Louise says the Greens helped her stop drinking (see right rail - Pops testers).

You might become a regular subscriber, like me. And if so, we have something really really cool for you. Hehehe.

Contest: Win ER Detox Spot ($535)

"I was cleaned out, calmed down and cleared up, and prepared to continue the process as a way of life." Donna Karan, designer, after her cleansing experience.

You have to move fast. We'll pick a winner from entries received here (use Comments below) by this Friday, October 31. Entries must be submitted by Friday, Oct 31, 6PM PT 9PM ET.

ER Detox starts Sunday, Nov 2.

Value: $535. See here

Here's the contest question.

In the 3 minute Er Detox video here, (either big screen or You Tube) you will see these two slides (bigger in movie):

1.

2.







The Contest.

It seems many things may be stored in your cells: toxins, food and drink cravings, emotional baggage and other 'bad memories'.

After a cleanse, one thing people come away with is a sense of lightness - not feeling as enslaved to those old cravings for foods (and even people) that they know aren't good for them. Weird, but it has happened to me each time also. Some cravings are almost like distant memories. Best: no feelings of remorse or deprivation.

QUESTION: If you were to win an active spot in Dr. Heidi's ER Detox, 1) which "old cell memories" as they relate to food cravings, would you want to reduce? And 2) What new memories would you wish installed in your cells instead?

Limit your response to 100 words or less, ok?

Use the Comment section below.

You do NOT need a password to comment on this blog. If you have no blogger or Google account, select an "identity" and put your name and email at the bottom of your entry so we can contact you in case you win the spot.

We will also announce the winner here.

"Will I be able to work?"

So asked a gent considering ER Detox here. He's in the construction business in (already) cold Canada, and does "fairly strenuous construction" each day. (And yes, he's coming.)

This was Dr. Heidi's response...

Will I be able to work?

"I will be giving a number of food options to cover participants' different levels of activity. In addition to eating more of the main cleansing foods, there are certain kinds of proteins and fats (which you need for high activity levels) that you could add to your plan while cleansing. I'm also planning to address options for colder weather.

"Many people cannot get away from work long enough to do a cleanse in the traditional way. Although I recommend getting away from work and social obligations to optimize your experience, it's better to cleanse while working than not to do it at all. The increasing levels of environmental and food toxicity today are too scary not to do it. Also, a more gradual cleanse is sometimes more pleasant because there may be fewer, if any, unpleasant detox reactions.

"Auditors are welcome to participate in the online discussion board, which I monitor closely. You could post questions on the board and get an answer from me, along with replies from other participants. Both actives and auditors are often the source of interesting and creative ideas to implement the strategies I present." - Dr. Heidi

ER Detox starts Sunday (!) Nov 2.

1. New 3-minute ER Detox cartoon anime right here...
2. ER Detox Program description here.
3. Why I've done this for 12 years in a row here.
4. Register for the annual ER Detox with Dr. Heidi here.

You coming?

ER Detox Movie: Will I Be Hungry?

Here's a little animated movie 1 minute old, from the gang fretting about going to Dr. Heidi's Detox Nov 2...Turn on your AUDIO.

BIG SCREEN VERSION

Will I Be Hungry?

And for the mini YouTube version, voila...Turn on your AUDIO.

I dreamed I got a new me.

On Nov 2, I'm starting my favorite annual regeneration experience.

Lulu is 45 this year, and she's coming too. She's longing to be young again. Maybe start some things over. Keep the experience she has now, but with the looks and energy she had at 25.

Each year for 12 years, I've been doing this to get that new me feeling again. All radiant and re-energized, with a carefree attitude about life and where it might take me. I have never once been disappointed.

I must admit though, that I always go in with a bit of trepidation. I think about that last cup of coffee, that last crunchy thing, and I secretly make note of where to get those things in case...Even stash some.

And then the program starts. And suddenly all the cravings evaporate. I don't know where they go. It is so weird. But for 12 years that's what happened...And when it's done I feel like I've been reborn

So I'm doing it again November 2.

17 folks are doing the new me program with me. Dr. Heidi says she can take four more.

16 of the 17 folks in this special regeneration program are graduates of Dr. Heidi's previous 6-week ER Fat Burn program. They love how Dr. Heidi makes them look and feel.

And you don't leave home. We have cool ways to stick together like a family - a weird one, yes.

Do you want to join us?

This will be my 12th year doing the Detox/Cleanse with Dr. Heidi and Vicki. They're the queens of rebuilding a body from the inside out, no matter what you have done to it. If you have been really really bad, please email Dr. Heidi before signing up. Use contact form on left there.

Do you want a new you too? Like me (again)?

Here's the delicious program description.

Click here to hear the intro call Dr. Heidi did the other evening. About 32 mins.

Click here to see animation: The Detox Movie: Will I be hungry? 3:32

P.S. What if Dr. Heidi's cleanse improves your life bar?





This message is going to thousands of my readers. 4 spots left.

Is health a right?

Is health a right?

Here's a definition of a right:

"In a civilized society, education is a right. Some services we may pay for but society still treats them as rights: In any developed society, we expect to have water, electricity, even phone service (in the U.S., we all pay fees to assure that everyone can get a line)." The writer's asking if the Internet is a right More here...

What about health?

Is health a right?

In a developed society, should we each expect to have health? Like water and electricity? I.e. it's something "others" provide?

Or is health a personal choice? Like being an entrepreneur? A person chooses how they eat, drink and live. And they're responsible for the results.

Vote top right on this page.

"No" means you believe health is not a right - that each individual is responsible for their health (I do not refer to health insurance.)

"Yes" means you think health is a right - something that others, like the government, should be responsible for giving you.

(Again, you are not voting on health insurance, but the health of each individual, including weight, fatigue, etc.)

Survey: Half of US doctors use placebo treatments

Interesting dilemma.

Just in from London...

"About half of American doctors in a new survey say they regularly give patients placebo treatments - usually drugs or vitamins that won't really help their condition. And many of these doctors are not honest with their patients about what they are doing, the survey found.

"That contradicts advice from the American Medical Association, which recommends doctors use treatments with the full knowledge of their patients.

"It's a disturbing finding," said Franklin G. Miller, director of the research ethics program at the U.S. National Institutes Health and one of the study authors. "There is an element of deception here which is contrary to the principle of informed consent."

"Placebos as defined in the survey went beyond the typical sugar pill commonly used in medical studies. A placebo was any treatment that wouldn't necessarily help the patient.

"Scientists have long known of the "placebo effect," in which patients given a fake or ineffective treatment often improve anyway, simply because they expected to get better..." Continued here. PDF in case

And therein lies the dilemma: to tell or not to tell?

Experts don't know if the placebo effect would be undermined if patients were explicitly told they were getting a dummy pill.

Your take?

2 Things to know about your daily vitamin before you buy

Advertisement.
Your daily vitamin might not be the insurance you think it is.

Are you aware of big vitamin scare going around the US and UK? The staid Reader's Digest even had a cover story, "The Vitamin Hoax: 10 not to take" Nov, 2007).

Worst case: some vitamins are harmful. Best case: they do, well, nothing. So says the Reader's Digest.

Before you pop that next daily multi, check the bottle for two things:

1. Toxic ingredients.
Artificial colors: FD&C Blue #2 Lake, FD&C Red 40, etc.
Preservatives: sorbates (eg, Polysorbate 80), benzoates (eg, sodium benzoate), nitrites (eg, sodium nitrite), sulphites (eg, sulphur dioxide)

2. Are they synthetic?
Look at the names of the vitamins and minerals in the “Ingredients” listing on the label of the bottle. (You may need a magnifying glass.) A vitamin or mineral is synthetic if only its chemical and/or popular name appears, with no plant source.

E.g. from the label of a popular synthetic multivitamin seen on TV

Ingredients: Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Phosphate, Magnesium Oxide, Potassium Chloride, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), DL-tocopheryl acetate (Vitamin E), more here...ALL SYNTHETIC vitamins.

Your vitamins are not synthetic if they are listed with their whole food source. For example, “Vitamin C (from camucamu fruit)” indicates that you’re getting the Vitamin C, along with the other nutrients it lives with in the whole fruit. Not just the isolated vitamin C made in a lab.

The scoop is in the 3-page white paper, Are You Wasting Your Money on Synthetic Vitamins? here. That's the reason Dr. Heidi finally designed a daily whole food multi, the Pops.

If you want a daily multi that is whole-food based, with no toxins or synthetic vitamins, go here and get some. They're not a drug, so give them a few months to test them.

If you HATE to pay shipping like I do, check the 4 month (4 boxes) "subscription" option, and you don't pay shipping.

Regardless of whether you get the whole food multis designed by Dr. Heidi or not (I've taken them for three years) please throw out any synthetic vitamins that might be doing you more harm than good.

One thing to know about steak before you eat it

Before you eat the next steak or burger, find out what they've fed the animal. You might be stuffing yourself with tumor-causing excess Omega 6.

Here's the story, mostly borrowed from a friendly rancher named Bill Kurtis.

For thousands of years, cattle grazed on grass.

But about 60 years ago, some government people got an idea.

"During World War II, a surplus of cheap corn provided by the government was fed by ranchers to their cattle with startling results. The meat was tasty because of excess fat, and the cattle gained weight quickly, which meant more money faster. The entire industry eventually became an assembly line from pasture to giant feedlots for grain-feeding, then on to slaughter-house, supermarket, and steakhouse.

"It took fifty years before nutritionists realized that the highly marketed 'corn-fed marbling' was the wrong fat, Omega-6.

"It’s no use trying to blame anyone. Who knew? Fatty acids were only discovered by molecular biologists in the ‘70’s. And their presence in beef cattle, even later." More here...

What's with Omega 6?

"Human beings evolved with Omega-6 and Omega-3 in a 1:1 ratio, eating a diet of nuts, plants and wild game. The modern ratio can often be 10:1, even 20:1 Omega-6 to Omega-3.

"That's a bad balance, considering that Omega-6 can cause tumors, chronic inflammation, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, arthritis and auto-immunity when not held in check by the Omega-3 fatty acid."

Corn-fed meat, full of Omega 6 because of the cheap corn feed, is about all you can get in supermarkets and restaurant. Very risky for your health.

And that's why Bill Kurtis is a "grass-fed" cattle raiser today:

"The out-of-balance ratio—Omega 6 to Omega 3—changes back to normal when the cattle eat grass." More here.

Next time you buy meat, or order it in a restaurant, ask for "100% grass-fed." Then you won't be stuffing yourself with tumor-causing excess Omega 6.

Staying Healthy in a Sick Economy

Some people exercise...

"On Wall Street, when the going gets tough, will the tough get yoga mats?

"Adding classes in yoga, meditation and other so-called mind-body regimens is just one way fitness professionals in the financial district are responding to recent economic uncertainties roiling their corporate clientele. Some are also offering shorter, cheaper personal training sessions and, in at least one health club, quiet discounts for members who lose their jobs...More on that here.

Some people switch over to real food...

Here's how one guy got his health back when he switched to real food...in six weeks(!)

P.S. Real food is available in most places. But you have to ask for it. Once you know what to ask for, you're on your way to restoring your body like Al did.

Time for your Detox? Intro call w/Dr. Heidi here...

Click here to hear the intro call Dr. Heidi did the other evening. About 32 mins.

I've done Detox/Cleanse with Dr. Heidi for 14 years. Once or twice a year. The main fear I had was: Will I be hungry? What about my coffee?

What I experienced each year was: I was NEVER hungry and I never missed my vices. After the fast, I didn't give them up entirely. But I reduced them, with no stress. It just kind of happened.

The other thing I experienced each time each year: I felt like I was 16 inside again. Just an unbelievable feeling that lasted for several months after each cleanse.

Hope the same for you...Enjoy.

Most of this Detox class spots were snapped up by the ER Fat Burn Grads...See posts below for some of them. And what has already happened to their bodies and minds from the Fat Burn program.

So -- listen to the call and then see if you're ready for a total spring cleaning - inside your bod. What if you feel like you're 16 again?

You can be an active participant (see here), where you get personal coaching each week with Dr. Heidi, and weekly group calls, food lists, recipes, etc.

Or you can be an auditor (see here), where you get everything except the weekly private sessions with Dr. Heidi.

"ER kefir perked up my Bell's Palsy eye"

Rhonda got Bell's Palsy 5 times. People normally get it once in their lifetime. In the fashion business, a paralyzed eye is not a good thing.

When she got it again recently, Rhonda did something weird. She put some ER home-made kefir on her sagging eye lid. (Home-made kefir - something many ER Fat Burn participants get.)

Anyway, the next morning...

Rhonda tells her surprise here 2 mins (QuickTime).

ER Fat Burn wasn't for me...

"I didn't need to lose weight. I audited the program because I wanted to make sure my ten-year-old son was eating right." -Robin.

"I was eating right, mostly plants, and no red meat, not too much fat and rarely ate sweets. (ok I thought I was eating right!)

"I did drink a lot of Alka Seltzer because my stomach was always upset. I was always bloated and couldn't get rid of the 10-year-old baby belly fat. I didn't have energy to play with my son or stay awake with my husband after our son went to sleep.

"I didn't sleep well, always woke up a few hours after falling asleep tossing and turning for hours. I didn't make a connection with how I felt and the food I ate.

"A little voice kept telling me the ER Fat Burn program wasn't for me because I don't like meat, I've never heard of kefir, can't drink milk, don't like fish or cod liver oil, and didn't know how to find or afford the foods on the ER list.

"It wasn't as hard to find the real food as I thought it would be. I've become a regular at the St. Paul Farmers Market. This is where I found pastured eggs, pastured chicken, and grass-fed beef.

"I found raw cheese, uncured bacon and ham, real butter from grass-fed cows, Himalayan salt, sprouted bread, Kombucha and many other ER foods from my local Mississippi Market co-op. It was fun foraging for these foods. I didn't have to eat things I didn't like – fish, yuck. ( I am using lemon Cod Liver oil and drinking non-homogenized whole milk)

"The best and most unexpected thing was how my 10-year-old has grasped what I've learned in the ER program and has changed the way he eats.

"He tells all his friends what we eat now and why. He's on his own mission to help get his friends off the chicken nuggets, fast food and even low-fat milk. He will only eat eggs and meat from pastured sources. He helped me make butter a while back and loves the whole milk (I admit I haven't found raw milk yet - but I will).

"It's priceless to know I'm teaching my son how food affects health. The timing was so perfect to involve him in the things I was learning from Dr. Heidi. The entire ER group has helped shape the future of my son, so Thank you all!

"Also, my family loves grass-fed beef, that's huge for my son and me, we've never been red meat eaters.

"I haven't used Alka Seltzer in 10 weeks, no more upset stomach, bloating and the baby belly fat is gone.

"I enjoy playing with my son (and husband) again. I have energy again.

"Most nights I sleep through the night. If I do wake it's not all the tossing and turning like before.

"Thank you Dr. Heidi for showing what real food is and helping my son get on the ER food plan. Maybe when he has his own family our Extreme Regime food will be normal...

"Can't wait for ER Detox to begin Oct 25.

Thanks everyone, Robin"

What's ER Food? See 3 min animation here.

A 30-year diabetic does ER Fat Burn...

This is a note from Al to Carol re her story here in the private Google Fat Burn group...

"Very inspiring Carol. Makes me want to add my own successes. In brief I followed the program quite closely except for the kefir.

"As a 30 year Type II diabetic (using insulin) my main goals were to lose weight and keep my blood sugars under 100. (Non-diabetics usually are between (70-110).

"These were very important to me and motivated me to start and commit to the program. When I had some immediate weight loss my commitment and motivation heightened. My results:

• Have lost 8 lbs
• Have an average blood sugar for the last 60 measurements of 86. In thirty years that low of an average has never happened...I have been on a low carb plan for many years but not a food plan like ER.
• I used to have low energy problems but I'd been accepting that in exchange for moderate blood sugars. Once I added good fats and proteins on the ER Fat Burn plan I now have the energy, weight loss and normalized blood sugars.

"In fact last night I forgot to take my overnight insulin and wondered what my glucose level would be in the AM. Was I surprised: 105... which is close enough! That has never happened before.

"But additional benefits that I did not expect nor aim for initially have included more energy, a cessation of belching, and a reduction to almost nothing of periodic break outs of atopic dermatitis on my feet. The belching and skin breakouts are not uncommon to diabetics.....so these were added and greatly motivating results.

"Now on to ER Detox. -Al Frech, Ph.D

"Everything I knew just went by the wayside..."

Rhonda is a fashion designer who lives in LA and models her own clothes. (Nieman Marcus just bought her line.) Her business took over her life...And that's when her troubles started...

"I was not taking care of me..."

Here's how she got her groove back in the ER Fat Burn program that ended today.

Hear Rhonda tell her story here. (QuickTime audio)

The 3AM call I got the other night.

This just in from Carol McC, an auditor for Dr. Heidi's Sep Fat Burn program. She got the ER Real Food list, and listened to the five group calls. She reports...

"I have had great success, lost 12 lbs in 5 weeks and 9 1/2 inches. I did take notes, but seldom made time to refer back to them after listening to all the calls...I probably could have done better.

"But I want to tell you about my 3 am call to work to help with a special project.

"First thing I did was hot water with lemon, get dressed, take POPS, cook my eggs and packed an ER Goody Bag.

"It took an hour for me to reach the office at 4:30 am. I was alert and ready, not so for those 30 years younger than me, as they all straggled in later than I.

"By 7:00 pm, (13 hours later) when it was obvious that it was going to be an all night project and them some.

"I went to Whole Foods for provisions, (Liverwurst, Turkey, Olives and some Raw Cow's Milk Cheese). I took a Purple POPS every 4 hours or so.

"When the attorney that I work closely with asked me what I was taking, I showed him the box. He asked for some too, I said go ahead. There was lots of take out junk food, Pizza, Fried Chicken, Biscuits & Sausage, Bagels, etc.

"I ate no junk, he ate very little - one piece of Pizza. I was fine, I drank lots of water, some home-made ER Kefir and ran out of my staple of homemade iced Green Tea.

"I am proud to say that I was able to get up early today for my foraging at the two Farmer's Markets that I go to. I found some Grass Fed Lamb chops today, my Raw Goat Cheese, 7 lbs. of Chicken Backs for soup and my staple of Pastured Eggs. I will take a nap shortly and sleep very well tonight and maybe a little later than usual tomorrow.

"Thank you Dr. Heidi for helping me get my health back." -Carol McC

5 things I learned from ER Fat Burn

It's nice to know when a way of eating works for you. But it's nicer still when that same strategy works for lots of others, too.

Dr. Heidi has just run two ER Fat Burn 5-week programs. I know everyone in it because all were customers and readers of my stuff (about 50 active participants and more auditors). Here's what I learned while taping the group calls and from the many emails I received.

1. The experienced dieters in the group report that losing weight by eating ER real food works better than calorie counting, starving or pills. WAY better. Plus they were never hungry.

2. Eating real foods has a big side benefit: it regenerates bodies and heals ailments that most people thought they'd have to just "live with" for the rest of their lives. From acid reflux to scaly skin.

3. Eating specific real foods helps people reduce cravings for sweets and bread. Suddenly they don't feel deprived and sad about not having it.

4. Most of the participants thought they were eating pretty well. But they were stunned at how rejuvenated they felt after a week or two of eating ER real food. And love to go foraging for it.

5. Half of the group of July ER Fat Burn actives signed up for the Sep Fat Burn, and nearly half are already signed up for the October Detox/Cleanse program. In a time of "recession" someone laying out $500-600 for such a program several times over 4 months is a statement of its effectiveness all by itself. Think? NO ONE is rich here.

Dr. Heidi's October Detox/Cleanse 4-week program starts Oct 25. It's the second major cycle in the ER Real Food Weigh Loss approach. ER Fat Burn is not a prerequisite. You can start with the Detox/Cleanse. You will be able to sign up for it soon.

What if these neat things happen to you when you put some real food into your body?

Exercise: an impractical way to lose weight?

Yes, exercise is actually an impractical way to lose weight.

So says nutrition professor, Dr. Heidi. Hear the reason why in this 4 minute audio segment on exercise, during a private ER Fat Burn session. See also the New York Times report, Does Exercise Really Keep Us Healthy? here.

According to Dr. Heidi:

#1 to lose fat and weight: Eat right. A real food plan (with no pills required) does way more for fat burn and weight loss, including losing inches in the waist and gut, than exercise. Especially in the beginning. See below...

Yes, exercise is necessary for a healthy body. But for weight and fat loss, it's secondary to a real food plan. Dr. Heidi of ER Fat Burn explains...

You have to exercise so much (90 minutes a day now, they say) that right after, a body gets hungry. And its owner eats. After a good workout, has anyone else here (righteously) stopped off for the Starbucks latte + sweet thing?

People in the 5-week ER Fat Burn program have lost weight and inches, without changing their exercise habits. Oh. They don't exercise much because they work too much, not cuz they're lazy.

If it's weight you're trying to lose, says Dr. Heidi, right food is first. Then, if you want, exercise.

The body NEEDS exercise, yes. But for weight loss, it's an inefficient strategy, especially in the beginning. Exercise researcher Dr. Blair reports that "it’s much easier to eat 1,000 calories than to burn off 1,000 calories with exercise." More here.

After four weeks...

Shane's gut hanging over hands before ER Fat Burn at 245 lbs


Shane's gut 4 weeks into ER Fat Burn at 225 lbs. See how much less is hanging over his hands...

Will some new friends help you with your weight loss resolution?

ER Detox starts October 25. You in it?

Resolutions are hard to keep.

Say you want to give up drinking. For many people, nothing works until AA. Why? Because in joining a like minded group of folks, you are not alone on your path anymore.

Say you want to lose weight. Clean out your body and start over. How many times have you tried that? Sometimes it's the program that's no good. Calorie counting for example, is a notorious failure for most people. (Taubes)

But sometimes, the program is on target, but it still "doesn't work" for you.

Here's a secret: a new friendship with someone else who's on the same path is often the difference between success and failure.

Would you like to be part of Dr. Heidi's October 25 ER Detox program?

A very exclusive little club. Already over half of the spots are taken by graduates of the ER Fat Burn program. You can hear some of their stories here.

October ER Detox/Cleanse is a four week program, designed to clean you out so you can start over, from the inside out.

The ER Detox/Cleanse is the second cycle in Dr. Heidi's Extreme Regime Weight Loss program. You alternate between Far Burn and Detox to achieve healthy weight loss.

I have done Dr. Heidi's cleanses once or twice a year for 12 years. Besides making new cool friends who are on the same path, here's something else fun: The Detox program helps get rid of false fat.

False fat is due to toxicity and food sensitivities you may not be aware of...

Toxicity in your bod causes digestive problems, elimination problems and fat. Yikes.

That's what the October Detox is designed to overcome. You'll be making new friendships with others - who are also on the path to getting their looks and health back again.

You want to come?

Food fight. Round two.

In Food fight. Round One, we discovered what, contrary to some people's beliefs, does not make most people fat. See here.

Here's the second surprise from the food fight front:
What food DOES make a person fat?

One journalist spent five years looking into this full time. He reviewed tens of thousands of pages of research findings, and interviewed numerous doctors and nutrition folks. Here's his second (of nine) conclusions about what DOES make a person fat.

"2. The problem is carbohydrates in the diet, their effect on insulin secretion, and thus the hormonal regulation of homeostasis - the entire harmonic ensemble of the human body.

"9. By stimulating insulin secretion, carbohydrates make us fat and ultimately cause obesity. The fewer carbohydrates we consume, the leaner we will be." Taubes, p. 454

Before you gasp in disbelief, here's what Andrew Weil, the well known MD said about Taubes' stunning and revolutionary book on Larry King Live:

“I think this is a very important book. I’ve been recommending it to my medical colleagues and students. There are some very big ideas in this book…[Gary Taubes] has done a meticulous job of showing that many of the assumptions that are held by the conventional medical community simply rest on nothing…

"It’s very important to get these out to the medical community because a lot of the ways we try and prevent and treat obesity are based on assumptions that have no scientific evidence.”
-Dr. Weil, speaking on Larry King Live, 2008

Gary Taubes was as surprised by this conclusion as you might be right now.

[Carbs: bread, pasta, legumes, grains, cereal, chips, rice, sugar & sweets, donuts, muffins...]

"Hey," you say, "doesn't that sound like Atkins? But he's been been vilified in the professional community, hasn't he?"

Yep. Millions of people have lost weight using his approach. But Atkins today has many detractors. Here's a surprise reason...

Food fight. Round Three, next.