In 1997, the Philippines was blessed with the passage into law of the Traditional & Alternative Medicine Act of 1997, aptly called TAMA, which established natural healing as a legal system of medicine side by side with pharmaceutical drug-based medicine.
I was surprised to read the article from Dr. Mercola just now entitled Banned in Europe for Causing 83,000 Heart Attacks - Are You Taking it?
a meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials found increases in the risk of myocardial infarction and a near-significant increased risk of death from cardiovascular causes when rosiglitazone (Avandia, Avandaryl, and Avandamet)I believe I am blessed and prayed on a lot by my late parents because I learned natural healing therefore I do not take any form of drugs for my diabetes yet I am able to maintain an acceptable level of blood sugar. I use the protocol of Dr. Jaime Dy Liacco, therefore take only mineral supplements.
Further to my earlier post on the Adam and Eve Diet where the dangers of Soy was mentioned by Dr. Dy-LIacco, let me quote sinippets from the article of Dr. Mercola on the dangers of Soy products. He mentions that Soy can cause:
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I am not so much a fan of fad diets however I recently learned about the Body Ecology Diet (BED) by Donna Gates and tried to check it out. Below is an introduction by Donna Gates herself. All that she mentions matches with the various information on natural healing and nutrition I learned through the years. I am particularly interested in this because all recommendations are sugar free and best for diabetics like me (who refuses to take drugs).
As previously posted, I used to see Dr. Christine Gonzales before she moved to Lourdes France. I have not yet been to her new clinic in San Juan but I saw her on TV last year promoting her book. I hope one day I will be able to purchase this. In the meantime I am re posting a helpful news article when she was interviewed by ABS CBN.
I am re-posting the 7 day detox menu of Dr. Christine Gonzales which was first published in the column of Reggie Aspiras in Inquirer.
I used to see Dr Gonzales a long time ago when her clinic, Wellness Institute was located in Pasig. However it was difficult to get an appointment then since her priority were Cancer patients, then she moved to Lourdes, France.
However, she came back to the Philippines and wrote a book last year. You can see the background in this news article on "A Cancer Doctor's Guide to Living".
Her new clinic is located in San Juan with the following contact nos:
+632 631 7794/ +632 726 5301
This morning when I woke up, I can hardly rise. I seem to have some twisted nerve which gave me an excruciating pain when moving. Yesterday I knew I needed a back massage because of poor posture working on some stuff for days in front of the computer.
These recommendations are from Jaime Dy-Liacco, doctor of metabolic medicine and my favorite natural healer.
1. Sambong tablets from the Department of Health's herbal processing plants easily and rapidly dissolve kidney stones, no matter how large and plentiful.
Recently I have had some friends who contracted the dreaded disease, the big C. I have met a lot of cancer survivors during the various natural wellness seminars and workshops I had been attending the past five years and I have seen how the natural methods worked for the better for all of them.
I want to share a famous anti cancer diet by Judy Simm. It is recommended by many cancer clinics but I found an interesting article at the inquirer.net some 2 years ago which I want to share with all of you:
KITCHEN RESCUE
Kitchen Rescue : Anti-cancer and wellness menu
Last month, since I had an appointment in Marikina I went in to see Jaime Dy-Liacco in his residence, finally!
I live in paranaque down south so up north is quite far. However I see him when I attend seminars of PCAM and that is where I usually request him to check on me. I know for a fact that he has a long list of clients, counting months in his appointment book so I actually just took my chance.
I get my supply of minerals from him for my diabetes via a messenger so this time I wanted to be the one to get it myself and see if the good healer can check on me.
I sent him a my handwritten list of ailments as his assistant requested some months back. He read it and did a muscle test. He said my sugar is way up at 240! I was not able to monitor my sugar for two weeks. I ran out of funds to buy the test strips.
He then told me to take these:
Why a True Bird- or Swine Flu Pandemic is HIGHLY Unlikely
While in my opinion it is highly likely factory farming is responsible for producing this viral strain, I believe there is still no cause for concern.
Nearly everyone knows that white flour is not healthy for you, but most people don’t know that when white flour is bleached, it can actually be FAR worse for you.
What is the safest artificial sweetener? For diabetics like me this is a constant concern as many studies are coming out on the harmful effects of some of them starting from aspartame. I stumbled upon this very informative video which helped me determine which product to use.
Originally written February 12, 2009
A friend shared this article in facebook which I found interesting specially now that I have to choose what I eat. I do agree with what was written below. I was told not to eat white rice and instead stick to organic brown rice. Sometimes however when I have to eat out due to some business meetings, I notice that if I eat pasta my blood sugar rises. Brown rice never spikes my blood sugar.
Last night at a coffee shop I was looking for a sugar free pastry. The only thing available was guiltless chocolate. It looked rich so I looked for something else. The staff recommended the bran muffin but I asked him to check the ingredient. True enough there was sugar and from the article below boy it was rich!
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days is an independent documentary film that chronicles six Americans with diabetes who switch to a diet consisting entirely of vegan, organic, uncooked food in order to reverse disease without pharmaceutical medication. The six are challenged to give up meat, dairy, sugar, alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, soda, junk food, fast food, processed food, packaged food, and even cooked food for 30 days. The film follows each participant’s remarkable journey and captures the medical, physical, and emotional transformations brought on by this radical diet and lifestyle change. We witness moments of struggle, support, and hope as what is revealed, with startling clarity, is that diet can reverse disease and change lives.
That’s the message from the founding father of modern medicine echoed in the controversial new documentary film ‘Food Matters’ from first time Producer-Directors James Colqhuoun and Laurentine ten Bosch.
“With nutritionally-depleted foods, chemical additives and ourtendency to rely upon pharmaceutical drugs to treat what’s wrong with our malnourished bodies, it’s no wonder that modern society is getting sicker. ‘Food Matters’ sets about uncovering the trillion dollar worldwide “Sickness Industry” and giving people some scientifically verifiable solutions for curing disease naturally.” – James
I thought it was ‘gabe’ but Fr. Jacob said it is ube. He cooked it in coconut milk but I dont know all the ingredients, will have to ask him next week.
I would like to share a presentation of Jaime Dy Liaco, Doctor of Metabolic Medicine, during the Power of Natural Healing conference last month.
Mr. Dy Liaco shared how easy it is to normalize hypertension naturally. He said that a woman called one night at 10pm and said, “I must see you right away, it’s a matter of life and death. My head is aching terribly because my BP is 240/140, even though I'm taking 2 hypertensive drugs.” When she came, muscle testing found she was severely dehydrated and very deficient in potassium. Her water content was only 6%. Normal is an average 75% for the body, 80% for the natural arterial walls, 94% for the blood. Her salt content was zero. Without salt the body cannot retain water and will always be dehydrated. Her potassium was 80% deficient.
1 Constipation The healthy bowel movement (BM) frequency is a 3x a day or as often as you eat a major meal. The healthy texture is soft, like soft peanut butter or even loose, like sawdust with a little water. So it’s all over in one minute, no need to strain, and no need to read a newspaper or magazine.
Blood circulates every 3.5 minutes, and if you keep fecal waste inside you for 24 hours (only 1 BM a day) or longer, the blood will pick up the toxins and parasites and distribute them every where, to your pancreas, all the vital organs all your cells.
Do Regular ExerciseThree hours a week. This can be mild walking or rebounding 30 mins 6x a week, or vigorous like 11 hour of tennis, squash, badminton, basketball, swimming, or gym workouts 3x a week. The key is to do it regularly.
1. Fresh Vegetables. Eat 3x a day 1 cup of raw saluyot leaves, or camote leaf tops (talbos ng kamote) either dark green or purple in color, or kangkong (swamp cabbage), or spinach leaves, or sea grapes (lato) as a salad every meal.
These raw dark green vegetables are rich in vanadium, copper, zinc, manganese, chromiumand will lower your blood sugar. You may blanch these vegetables, or juice them, but do not cook them. Anything cooked beyond 40 degrees centigrade loses all enzymes, vitamins, and the organic minerals become inorganic which the body cannot absorb.
The first time I heard of this I felt sooo gooey. Can’t imagine taking pork pancreas raw! However, some of the people I was with during the conference, swear by this as it has healed some of their loved ones who had grave illnesses. So here goes:
One major reason I had been passionate with natural cures is the way my late parents were mishandled by western medecine practitioners and the problems that ensued as well as too much dependence on drugs to supposedly cure diabetes, hypertension and the like.
My mother was very strong prior to her succeeding hospitalization due to some diabetes induced problem. Mishandling made her weak. I learned she underwent unecessary surgery which caused her demise.
I will never forget this and would not like this to happen to anyone again.
Right after I arrived from the US, I learned that The Philippine College for Advancement in Medecine (PCAM) will have its annual conference the following week.
IT got me interested as I am currently taking Formor’s HGH in powder form . I had my blood analyzed at the Wellness Center in Alabang Town Center and I was recommended some of their natural products such as one for colon cleanse, Sodium ascorbate and HGH. After my colon cleanse, I took the cardio stuff and HGH not for its anti aging properties but more for weight management.
(and son of the owner) kept convincing me to avail their Gall Bladder Flush. He actually gave me some discount before but I didnt have much time to go overnight in their clinic and besides I was deciding whether to follow the diagnosis of Dr. Kristine (after my live blood analysis) on doing the colon cleanse first, then gall bladder then kidney flush.
I first heard of the Wellness Institute from my college schoolmate Gerry. He has known that I had been studying the health and wellness industry for years. I distinctly remember that it was Thanksgiving Day, Nov 25, when I first stepped inside the place. There were lots of people and there seemed to be a party then.
I learned later that true enough since the ownders were filipino naturopaths originally based in the US, they preferred celebrating this american tradition. I went back a week later to avail of the lymphatic drainage treatment since I was told this will get rid of toxins.
Since I signed up to attend a detox weekend at the Discovery Suites (organized by the Wellness Institute)  in Ortigas I decided to book a day ahead of the schedule since the hotel  was far from my home and I wanted to try out their spa.
I went to the hotel website to check out any spa service, unfortunately there was no mention of such facility so I had to call and ask. They connected me to the office of Terra Wellness in the hotel and I requested them to email me their treatment packages. Lo and behold the one who replied said they don’t have any email and if they could just send it via fax.
My on and off asthma had been bothering me since end of last year. My allergologist would give me the usual steroids and puffs which I really don’t like to take for long periods knowing it may affect my heart in the long term. Last February, I went to honkong with some friends for some business and we all made a side trip to Macao. As I no longer have any intentions to do the usual shopping, I instead preferred to look at the chinese pharmacies. I asked around for some herbal medication for asthma. I was not convinced with some of the recommendations till I reached this last shop.
After the Wellness Summit held at Hua Hin last August, I checked in at Davies, a boutique hotel in Bangkok for the weekend before I flew back to Manila. I booked myself a detox package at the posh Dulaya spa within the Davies cottage complex. There was another spa up the hotel but it seems Dulaya was better.
Yes it was indeed with its spacious rooms, soothing and quiet ambiance, generous amenities and the therapist was good. My treatment started with a salt scrub, followed by a seaweed wrap after which I plunged to the jacuzzi tub filled with rose petals and aroma scent to remove all the algae in my body after which I was given a most relaxing massage.
Last Sept 2006 I attended the Turning Point Spa Industry Conference in Cebu City, the first time it was held in the Philippines. Susie Ellis of Spa Finder presented her forecast for 2007. She also presented a similar one the following month during the Wellness Summit organized by Messe Frankfurt this time held at Wiesbaden, Germany.
On the macro level, she mentioned the emergence of the aging baby boomers and the increase in the aging population globally, something predicted by a couple of soothsayers including Paul Zane Pilzer, author of the Wellness Revolution. This is by far the biggest market of the growing wellness industry.
