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January 2009 Letters to the Editor 
Dear Vitality,
We need your help right away! We’ve just learned that the chemical industry is trying to postpone the Ontario pesticide ban by at least a year! Could you please e-mail the Ontario government saying you want the pesticide regulations implemented this Spring?
Please send an email to: spupatello.mpp@liberal.ola.org; mbryant.mpp.co@liber-al.ola.org; mbest.mpp@liberal.ola.org; jwatson.mpp@liberal.ola.org; htakhar.mpp@liberal.ola.org. Enitle it: Don't Delay the Pesticide Ban! to the Ontario government and then cut and paste the following into your message:
Dear Cabinet Minister,
The pesticide regulations will boost business and green jobs. Please ensure they come into effect this Spring. Do nothing to weaken them. Thank you very much.
[Your name and address]
Even if you don't live in Ontario, please send a message to the Ontario government. This ban will help us win pesticide bans right across Canada.
Thanks again for all your help!
- Gideon Forman, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, 130 Spadina Av., Suite 301, Toronto, CANADA M5V 2L4. Phone (416) 306-2273, www.cape.ca
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December 2008 Letters to the EditorCanadian Retailers and Consumers of Natural Health Products Beware
If you are a retailer, marketer, or consumer of natural health products (NHPs) in Canada, there are national and international events unfolding that you need to be informed about as they could severely curtail our ability to compete, and/or eliminate us from the market.
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November 2008 Letters to the Editor Joint Replacement Surgery Becoming Commonplace
Vitality is a superb magazine. Thank you. Recently, at a family reunion, a young cousin (mid forties, athletic, eating healthy, etc.) told me that his joints are wearing out. What came to my mind is the replacement of joints by allopathic surgeons, which seems to be commonplace in our society, becoming acceptable for younger and younger “customers.” A dear friend of mine in the USA recently died two weeks after hip replacement surgery, and she was a yoga teacher in very good health.
I wonder if the famous Harvard study about the number of Americans killed by doctors divided the victims into categories (eg. joint replacement, prescription mistakes)? I would like to see Helke Ferrie become interested in the “replacement mindset.”
- Mary Maron, via email
Helke’s Response
There are many sources that contribute to this degenerative condition. The most important of these is food. Standard food from the supermarket can be seriously deficient in minerals; only certified organic food has minerals at all, and even then supplementation is still essential.
I published a book on it, called The Earth's Gift to Medicine: Minerals in Health and Disease by a naturopathic doctor and a doctor practising orthomolecular medicine in Germany. (Currently the book is on half price, i.e. $12.50 plus shipping because it is the end of the print run.)
In an athlete, the lack of nutrients is made worse by the more-than-average exercise they engage in. I would suggest, if this person has an open mind, to go on-line and google American Academy of Environmental Medicine and find a doctor trained by them in his vicinity.
Another cause of joint problems is certain standard drugs that create serious problems of this kind and many other kinds. Then there are specific environmental pollutants, such as the use of fluoridated toothpaste and fluoridated water supplies which can wreak havoc on the bones. Those cause more osteoporosis and cartilage damage than most others.
I am not aware of a breakdown according to specialties with regard to death due to allopathic medicine, but there is an excellent five-page summary with all the sources published in the Summer 2008 issue of the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine; it is the lead article. I obtained permission to reproduce it in my new book, coming out in November called A Charter of Health Freedom in Canada: The Beginning of the End of Unsafe Food and Corrupt Medicine.
Joints wearing out is real. This is not some surgical money-making racket. Once the damage is so serious that a replacement is indicated, one usually cannot avoid it. However, there are treatments available in Germany (at the University of Freiburg, for example) that are quite astounding. They use a form of ultrasound that causes bone to regenerate. This was done experimentally with excellent results by a Dr. Linda Koenig. I interviewed her some years ago. I have not kept up with it but should maybe take your hint and have a go at researching replacement surgery. I know a lot of people who have had hip replacement surgery done and it saved them from being crippled. Experimental treatments are hard to come by and usually people have no choice.
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October 2008 Letters to the Editor
Michael Schmidt’s Raw Milk TrialFarmer Michael Schmidt's three-day contempt-of-court trial over raw milk ended September 12 with no verdict expected until late October. Cow share members, health officials and a Toronto Sun reporter were called as witnesses. York Region counsel tried to prove with circumstantial evidence that Mr. Schmidt had knowingly violated an order to cease and desist. The court heard that milk continues to be provided to cow share members from the blue bus in Thornhill. York Region entered as evidence several letters and postings from the Glencolton Farms website.
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July 2008 Letters to the Editor Bill C-51 & C-52 Feedback
Please keep educating and urging Canadians to take political action. It is crucial that Canadians be aware of the dangers of these Bills as they threaten Canadian sovereignty and violate our human rights. As well, more information on CODEX needs to be spread around – the dangers of nutrients being classified as toxins and having restrictions applied to maximum dose allowed, which would be such a small amount as to have no effect on humans. Canadians need to know what we can do to prevent this from being pushed through and how to wake up our members of Parliament to the real dangers. Thanks for being an advocate for Canadians.
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June 2008 Letters to the Editor Contact Request for Fibroid Article
In regards to the feature in May 08 Vitality entitled Recovery From Uterine Fibroids, I wanted to ask April Bailey about the lady she saw on television and had met with for a two-hour session about her diet and exercise regime, all dealing with her blood type. I, too, have Uterine Fibroids. I had one surgery in September of 2001 and of course they grew back; I now have one as large as a semi-inflated golf ball. I currently have no abdominal pain but would love to meet with either woman, if possible. Thank you for all your help; the article was more than excellent. I learned a lot of things and realized that surgery isn't always the best answer. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
- Ms. Paula Phillip
April Bailey’s Response
The book I used that helped tremendously was Eat Right 4 Your Type by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo. (You may be able to check it out of the library.) The link to this diet's website is: www.dadamo.com. (You can look at recipes and get free information.) The woman I met with is an American Naturopathic, Natural Health Teacher named Medina Nance. She hosts a show called Herban Renewal on Chicago's CAN-TV. Here's the phone number I have for her: 773-324-4372. If she's not in your area, she may be able to recommend someone. I did a simple consultation with her. She also offers a more comprehensive one that involves an analysis of the client's bloodwork.
Her MySpace page is: www.myspace.com/herbanrenewal (she's not really 92 years old, as listed there). Here's another link for her monthly teleconferences: www.clickpress.com/releases/Detailed/28776005cp.shtml. Hope this helps.
Biased Reporting?
I'd first of all like to commend you on a fine magazine. It is a good source of information regarding natural medicines. However, the article Drugs Dethroned in the March 2008 issue was an anomoly in terms of article quality. While it is true that physicians do not receive extensive pharmacology training and big pharma is driven by profits, the author of the article has taken great liberties with the references being cited. In addition, terms are used incorrectly and statements about drug action and metabolism have not been properly interpreted. Certainly the alarm bell about the potential for prescription drugs to cause adverse events needs to be rung, and a call to action is necessary regarding the over-medication of society today ... but the reporting should be done in a more balanced and less biased manner.
As someone with doctoral level training in pharmacology and toxicology, I'm all about the judicious use of drugs and chemicals in society, and am frequently disturbed by the all too quick reach for the prescription pad in many doctors offices. However, I would remind your readers that drug therapy is a complicated endeavour, in which risk-benefit for the patient needs to be considered. While drugs can lead to hospitalizations, so do the inevitable progressive courses of many poorly managed conditions such as hypertension and diabetes, and many of the studies finding increased hospitalizations from drugs include the "patient not taking chronic therapy" category. Also, in the interest of balanced reporting, the potential for natural remedies to cause adverse events (including very serious ones) should be explained.
Thank you for reading this email. I will continue to read your magazine, as I find it a useful source of information about alternative modes of treatment. I would encourage that articles about drugs be reviewed by experts in the fields of pharmacology and/or toxicology before they are printed.
- John Kelly
Helke Ferrie’s Response
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March 2008 Letters to the EditorQuestion: Dear Dr. Rona:
I am curious to know if you have any documentation or package concerning vaccination of school aged children directed at the school administration.
My daughters have not been immunized and we have recently just moved to a new town. The school secretary seemed very fearful when she discovered that our two children were not vaccinated. She even mentioned to my horror that the rest of the school population should be informed! N.
