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Physical/Energetic Therapists and Associations:
Global:
Quantum-Touch is a form of non-intrusive physical and bioenergetic treatment using resonance, either in person or by distance. A list of practitioners in your country/area can be found at the web site below. I have personally used Alan Chinn in Nova Scotia, Canada, and Charlotte Bernstein in the UK, and can strongly recommend them.
www.quantumtouch.com
Neurostructural Integration Technique (NST) is a form of holistic massage developed from the famous osteopath Tim Bowen's Bowen Technique by applied Physiologist, Michael J. Nixon-Livy from Australia in 1995. It combines disciplines like Kinesiology with Osteopathy and many others. It is reputed to enable body to 'communicate better with itself' through stimulating the nervous system in a specific manner. Some claim it to be a refinement of the Bowen Technique (or perhaps it is a 'trademark' issue). A find a practitioner tool can be fond at the second link, although it is best to use a national rather than regional search as some practitioners do not appear to be correctly categorised at present. The third link is from Dr Joseph Mercola's web site, including an article by Nixon-Livy. Mercola believes NFT to be a useful tool in treating CFS and Fibromyalgia patients.
www.nsthealth.com
www.nsthealth.com/pract.php
http://www.mercola.com/nst/explain.htm
The Bowen Technique is an osteopathic technique that was created by famous osteopath Tim Bowen.
http://www.thebowentechnique.com
Morter Health System have created the Bio Energetic Synchronization Technique (B.E.S.T.) which is a non-intrusive physical treatment. A list of practitioners in your country/area can be found at the web site below. This is not to be confused with Bio-Energetic Stress Testing (B.E.S.T.), a form of bio-feedback testing using an electronic device with two cylinders that are held in each hand, which is descibed further below and which has nothing to do with the Morter Health System.
www.morter.com
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a form of visualisation/belief brainstorming combined with tapping acupressure points. At the Gary Craig's World Center for EFT web site, you can download the EFT manual in pdf format for free. You can also locate an EFT practitioner in your country and area from this web site.
www.emofree.com
www.emofree.com/downloadeftmanual.asp
Thought Field Therpay (TFT) is a form of stress relief treatment/self-treatment that appears to use the same acupressure points as EFT (above). TFT was developed by Dr Roger Callahan. It is practised by many leading hypnotherapy practitioners including Paul McKenna. The TFT web site has a list of practitioners.
www.thoughtfieldtherapy.co.uk
The Association of Reflexologists web site contains a list of international Reflexology organisations.
www.reflexology.org/usefullinks.html#c
The Qigong Institute contains a list of registered qigong instructors and medical qigong practitioners.
www.qigonginstitute.org/listing/directory.php
Domancic Bioenergy method, created by Zdenko Domancic in Slovenia.
www.domancicmethod.eu
UK:
The Craniosacral Therapy Association of the UK are below. Many craniotherapists are non-affiliated. Find a highly recommended, highly qualified, experienced and highly recommended practitioner.
www.craniosacral.co.uk
General Osteopathic Council is the certifying body for osteopathy in the UK. Their web site provides a search function for practitioners.
www.osteopathy.org.uk
The British Osteopathic Association provides a list of local practitioners to you. Some osteopaths are non-affiliated. Find a highly recommended, highly qualified, experienced and highly recommended practitioner.
www.osteopathy.org
A list of Body Stress Release practitioners in your area can be found at the link below.
www.bodystressrelease-uk.co.uk
Seka Nikolic is a world famous Bio Energy Healer based at the Hale Clinic in London, and has had considerable success with thousands of CFS, MS sufferers.
www.sekanikolic.com
The Hale Clinic in London has a large number of therapists and practitioners of many disciplines, including colonic hydrotherapy, bio-energy healing, acupuncture, NLP etc.
www.haleclinic.com
Acumedic is London's most famous Acupuncture clinic. There are many experienced doctors there, in particular Dr Lily.
www.acumedic.com
Herb Medic are a chain of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine centres across the UK. Please see their web site below for your nearest branch. Each clinic is a franchise and so the experience of doctors will vary from clinic to clinic.
www.herbmedic.co.uk
Sasha Allenby is an EFT and 'Matrix Reimprinting' practitioner. She offers treatments as well as training courses. She also wrote the book 'Joyful Recovery from CFS/ME'.
www.bodymindhealing.co.uk
Kiran Floura (H.S. Floura) is an osteopath and sacrocranial therapist. His practice is based at Cobblestone Health Centre, 186 Bierton Road, Aylesbury, HP22 5DT (formely Belmore Centre in Stoke Mandeville). He treats humans as well as animals.
www.hsfloura.com
The Belmore Centre in Stoke Mandeville is a complimentary therapy centre with many treatments available, including acupuncture with Penny Upchurch.
www.belmorecentre.co.uk/contact.htm
A list of qualified Shiatsu practitioners is available at Shiatsu.org. It is best to use an MRSS qualified practitioner.
www.shiatsu.org
A list of qualified Reiki practitioners is available at The UK Reiki Federation's web site.
www.reikifed.co.uk
A list of qualified Reiki practitioners is available at The Reiki Association's web site.
www.reikiassociation.org.uk
A list of qualified Reflexology practitioners is available at The Association of Reflexologists' web site.
www.fbw1.net/aorfar
www.reflexology.org
A list of qualified Homeopathy practitioners is available at The British Homeopathic Associations' web site.
www.trusthomeopathy.org
The Homeopathic Medical Association's web site has a list of homeopathic hospitals in the UK.
www.the-hma.org
Complimentary Medical Association's web site is below. A practitioner search function is available.
www.the-cma.org.uk
British Complimentary Medicine Association's web site is below. A practitioner search function is available.
www.bcma.co.uk
The British Medical Acupuncture Society's web site is below. A practitioner search function is available.
www.medical-acupuncture.co.uk
USA:
Acupuncture.com is a US web site with a directory of acupuncturists in your area.
www.acupuncture.com
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Information Web Sites & E-books:
PhoenixCFS (PCFS) is an excellent resource site with a forum and a number of research articles.
http://phoenix-cfs.org
http://phoenix-cfs.org/The%20SITE/CFSResearchIntro.htm
Dr Joseph Mercola has a number of articles on his web site about health and diet. He also has a book 'Total Health Program' available as a paperback (2003) from Amazon (cheaper) or an e-book from his site (more expensive). He is also selling a variety of health products on his web site, including Whey Healthier and Kefir Starter Pack (freeze dried kefir granules). Delivery times may vary. Dr Mercola is also a health consultant. He also sits on the Board of Directors of the WestonA. Price Foundation. Dr Mercola is no stranger to controversy, and whilst I find the majority of his articles useful, they are rather informal in presentation (i.e. blogs). Dr Mercola sometimes make bold claims without backing these up with hard facts. However that might be said about medicalinsider.com! He does also make the odd blunder. Use your own judgement. Overall his web site is a great resource.
www.mercola.com
End Fatigue is Dr Jacob Teitelbaum's web site. He sells a range of supplements for CFS. He is also a consultant for CFS and FMS sufferers. He can recommend consultants in your area. His book From Fatigued To Fantastic (listed in the books section below) is also worth buying as a reference guide for certain areas, but contains no information on toxicity and detoxification, and does not strongly differentiate between recommended and less ideal treatments described.
www.endfatigue.com
CureZone.Com is a major source of information on a variety of health issues. The usefulness of information on this site may vary.
curezone.com
Environmental Illness Resource's web site contains a variety of different types of information on tests, practitioners, causes, treatments etc for environmentally related illnesses including CFS, FMS etc.
www.ei-resource.org
Natural News has up to date articles in the realm of health. The quality is generally good but some may need to be taken with a pinch of salt in my opinion (or rather put into context).
http://naturalnews.com
ProHealth.com (formerly known as ImmuneSupport.com) has some high level summaries of CFS and FMS, and also includes news articles relating to these areas and also CFS and FMS forums, bulletin boards and communities.
www.prohealth.com/me-cfs/library/index.cfm
The CFS Report is a news site for CFIDS and contains links to news articles from a variety of sources including sites on this page.
www.cfidsreport.com/
Scott Forsgren's excellent web site, BetterHealthGuy.com, contains a number of useful summaries of Lyme disease tests and treatments from his own experiences, as well as up-to-date blogs and reports from the latest Lyme Disease seminars.
http://betterhealthguy.com/
Dr Michael Culp of Integrative Health Solutions can perform blood microscopy and arrange for the relevant tests. See his web site for a full description of available tests and also dietary recommendations, recipes and general health tips. IHS are also suppliers of Vital Nutrients products in the UK.
www.ihs.eu.com
Dr James Wilson's web site Adrenal Fatigue is listed below.
www.adrenalfatigue.org
Ian Solley's web site This Cure Works sells an e-book on chronic fatigue syndrome. He uses a few different URLs to target slightly different audiences. The book covers a broad range of material, and contains information on toxicity, its effects, lifestyle, phospholipid exchange, diet and detoxification, and nutritional supplements. The material is based largely upon The BodyBio Detoxx Book by Patricia Kane et al. The Detoxx system is based on the principle of a diet rich in meat, fish, nuts, seeds, essential fatty acids, fruit and vegetables with few starches and grains, to help to mobilise biotoxins in the body - there are additional supporting methods including phospholipid therapy (orally and IV), reduced glutathione, amino acid support, enemas and liver flushes etc. Solley takes this as a base (focussing on oral phospholipid supplementation rather than IV) and adds chelation therapy on top, using the mobiliser Cilantro, and using Chlorella as an intestinal absorbant. He also mentions PCA-Rx, a mobilising and chelating combination product; and briefly mentions antimicrobial herbs. Solley strongly suggests the reader to buy The Patient Detoxx Book and to seek out a physician who has read The BodyBio Detoxx Book (the more comprehensive practitioner's guide.) I was expecting to have all the information I needed in Solley's book when I bought it, but was disappointed to find that he said I needed to buy someone else's book to get a handle on the treatment regime and diet. I was equally disappointed when I bought the Patient Detoxx Book as I found it extremely lacking in details about what the purpose of the diet is, how the supplements work, and hardly mentions biotoxins at all, where they come from and how it works. So after having purchased Solley's book and the book he recommended, I didn't feel I knew enough or understood the subject matter well enough to perform all of the regime with any confidence. It reminds me of Jacob Teitelbaum's Book From Fatigued To Fantastic that contains a few token lines in one chapter on detoxification, and suggests that the reader buys someone else's book to learn about detoxification - and his book was supposed to be about CFIDS. Whilst his book is not bad, to not have any mention of detoxification in a book about treating CFIDS is bordering on criminal. The practitioner Detoxx guide is however much more comprehensive and having purchased it finally years later, I would suggest that the reader ignores the patient book and goes straight for the practitioner guide. It took me several years to really understand the concepts myself (relying on Solley's book and the Patient Detoxx Book), whereas I could have saved myself the effort had I purchased the practitioner book from the start. Solley's ebook, although it touches upon the reasons for cell membrane repair, does not adequately explain how and why the membranes become damaged and what effect this has on cellular function. He also does not really explain the purpose of phosphatidyl choline adequately IMO. If you really wanted to understand these topics, then I would suggest buying Patricia Kane's The BodyBio Detoxx Book over Ian Solley's ebook as it is much more comprehensive in this aspect, not that much more expensive, and comes from a more experienced authority. However, Solley's book does have merit and contains additional types of information. The antimicrobial recommendations are a bit thin on the ground however. The sections on chelation therapy are also rather underdeveloped and based upon a rather crude understanding of chelation and mobilisation. His focus is on the use of Cilantro which is a strong mobiliser and would not be my first choice at the start of a chelation programme as it can result in more Mercury circulating in the system and the patient getting much worse. Cilantro is useful towards the middle or end of a chelation regime, but certainly not the beginning. He makes generalisations about chelating agents like DMSA resulting in reaborption of heavy metals from the GI tract, but I don't think that is true as it is excreted via the kidneys in the urine. Cilantro is a mobiliser and is thus not very good at binding with Mercury and preventing reabsorption - which is why he suggests using Chlorella. I believe Chlorella, even pyrenoidosa, is somewhat overrated as an intestinal binding and I believe that using Metachel and/or Charcoal or Bentonite clay would be better. A useful reference source for chelation therapy is Andrew Hall Cutler's book, Amalgam Illness: Diagnosis and Treatment - whilst you may not agree with all the chelating agents he suggests, it explains the principles of chelation vs mobilisation quite well. This is also explained (for free) on this web site. So whilst Solley's book is quite good in many places, it would not be my first choice for the topics it describes. I feel that it could benefit from more explanation as to why one is doing what one is doing to the novice - and be better structured so that there is less reliance in the Q&A section on explaining core concepts, relaying dosage information, and informing the reader where to find the products mentioned - rather than integrate this information to where these things are actually mentioned in the many body of the book. I am also not that keen on some of the suppliers of supplements he suggests but that could equally be directed at Patricia Kane's books or even Klinghardt as it often comes down to personal preference/bias and what one is used to. In a few instances, as a novice, when I first read his book, I came to the wrong conclusions as I feel some of the explanations were either too high level or ambiguously written. For example, his description of PCA-Rx first mentions that it contains organisms to cleanse the body (referring to probiotics and cleansing the gut) but then mentions a matrix to envelope toxins (i.e. chelation) and I interpreted it as meaning that these mysterious organisms he refers to somehow got into the bloodstream and chelated heavy metals! If he had explained it properly it would have been easier - as well as listing where to buy it as I missed the paragraph in the FAQs about this for some time. The explanations of the roles of Phosphatidyl Choline and Butyrate washed over my head when I first read them and felt that they could have elaborated a little more seeing as they were a core part of the programme. Solley's suggestion to taking half a kilo of probiotics capsules over 50 days as a 'flood' - 36 capsules a day (6 capsules 20 minutes before food 3 times a day and 18 capsules before bed). I don't believe that this is strictly necessary. It is expensive and introduces large amounts of methylcellulose and Magnesium Stearate into the GI tract. I don't think Ian Solley subscribes to the concept of probiotic cells merely seeding the GI tract, to multiply, but seems to favour direct replacement, with the assumption that ingested probiotics won't multiply significantly. I think the book could also benefit from a little introduction to physiology in relevant places rather than throwing about expressions lifted from Patricia Kane's book without sufficient introduction, particularly around cell membrane function and the role of the gallbladder and liver, and how they relate to the supplements he suggest, in more detail. Someone as knowledgeable as Ian Solley about the Detoxx protocol could have greatly improved these areas without too much effort. Hopefully something for the next version. I arrived at many of the same conclusions as Solley (and indeed Patricia Kane to a large degree), independently, over a number of years, which I have documented on this web site, so I believe he is on the right track with his book, bar a few areas that could be refined (mentioned above, mainly chelation therapy related), and suggest it is worth a look if you already have the other books I have mentioned above.
http://thiscureworks.com/cfs
Ian Solley also now offers an e- book entitled 'This Diet Works: Your Food Freedom!', written by Katreena Watherston with a forward about low GI diet by Hazel Du Preez. It is essentially a high protein, low GI Index diet recipe book. It is designed for use by those with food allergies, to treat and cure those allergies, in a similar way that the Paleo, SCD or GAPS diets are designed for this purpose. It is based to some degree on the Detoxx diet but includes some grains such as Quinoa and also some beans. I will be reviewing this book in due course.
http://www.thiscureworks.com/allergiesrecipes
Dr David Gersten's web site Amino Acid Power contains a variety of research and general articles on CFS. He also supplies a custom amino acid blend, tailored to each patient's blood amino acid test results.
www.aminoacidpower.com/currentHealth/cfsIndex
www.aminoacidpower.com/
Dr Myhill's approach to treating CFS is to treat mitochondrial dysfunction by removing toxins or other factors that have caused it, to provide enough co-factors to allow proper mitochondrial function, and to repair oxidative damage and enough rest and a good diet. These are some of the principles discussed on www.medicalinsider.com.
www.drmyhill.co.uk/article.cfm?id=381
A high level view of the some of the factors in causing CFS (also described on medicalinsider.com) is examined by Nutritionist Blake Graham at his web site below.
www.nutritional-healing.com.au/content/condition.php?condition=CFS%2FFMS
Beat CFS and FMS aka Advanced Techniques for Overcoming CFS, FMS and GWS is a personal web site with a good overview of many causative factors, areas of investigation and possible treatments regarding CFS, Fibromyalgia and Gulf War Syndrome. Detoxification, in particular chelation, is limited here however to synthetic chelants, which is not medicalinsider's favoured approach. Otherwise a very good high level summary.
www.beatcfsandfms.org
Ken Lassesen's CFS web site was under construction in 2001 but never appears to have been finished. However, he did compile it into a single pdf file. It contains a huge amount of information, not all of which I have validated or approved necessarily, but well worth a read or scan.
www.lassesen.com/cfids/idefx.pdf
David Axford's web site, Axford's Abode contains an extensive ME and CFS section.
http://www.axfordsabode.org.uk/me/me.htm
'Body Detox - Toxic World - Toxic Body - The Secrets of Detoxification!', a e-book by Dr George J Georgiou, covers a variety of topics concerning toxicity, toxification, sources of toxins and also detoxification protocols. These include topics like probiotics, clearing the organs of elimination and chelation using a product called HMD, which contains chlorella, CGF and Cilantro.
www.detoxmetals.com
www.detoxmetals.com/images/EBOOKS/body%20detox.pdf
FibroFighters is a web site with a number of interesting articles on CFS and FMS in the Science section.
www.fibrofighters.com
Dr Edward F. Group has written a number of books on health including Health Begins in the Colon, as well as running his own supplement company Global Health Center (GHC), which sells detoxification and cleaning kits, FIR saunas and EM products.
www.ghchealth.com/natural-health
His web site contains a number of information resources, including a video question and answer page, listed below.
www.ghchealth.com/natural-health/video-questions-and-answers-blog
Summaries of the content from his book Health Begins in the Colon can be found at the links below.
www.healthbeginsinthecolon.com
www.healthbeginsinthecolon.com/table-of-contents.html
www.healthbeginsinthecolon.com/chapter-summaries.html
www.healthbeginsinthecolon.com/docs/chapter1.pdf
www.healthbeginsinthecolon.com/dvd.html
Dr Ben Kim's web site is shown below with a number of articles on healthy living and body cleaning. He also has his own range of wholefood supplements including Dr Ben Kim's Greens (a soil-based organism probiotic).
http://drbenkim.com
Dr Ray D. Strand's web site below contains articles on oxidative stress and other topics. Below is also a link to an article about oxidative stress and CFS and FMS.
www.bionutrition.org/default.asp
Oxidative Stress and CFS and FMS pdf file
A subset of Dr Paul Cheney's suggestions for CFS treatment can be seen at the link below.
www.prohealth.com/me-cfs/library/showarticle.cfm?id=3278&t=CFIDS_FM
The Australian Naturapathic Network's web site features a Fibromyalgia treatment page, with protocols almost identical to some of those suggested on medicalinsider.com.
www.ann.com.au/features/fibromyalgia.htm
Randall Fitzgerald in his slightly controversial (but factual) book 'The Hundred-Year Lie: How to Protect Yourself from the Chemicals That Are Destroying Your Health' (2007), (available in paperback and hardcover) examines the time line of the last century, containing statistics regarding mortality rates, use of pharmaceutical drugs, uptake of processed foods, saturated fat intake, use of additives and growth hormones/pesticides etc. in non-organic farming etc. The link below shows a high level summary of his data.
www.hundredyearlie.com/ssi.html
The Encylopedia of Foods, by the Mayo Clinic (on behalf of Dole Foods), can be downloaded as a pdf file at the link below.
http://drive.heartinternet.co.uk/F/134231-282663027
Powerwatch is a web site with information about reducing your exposure to electromagnetic fields in the home.
www.powerwatch.org.uk
Electrical-Sensitivity.info is a useful web site that examines sensitivity to EMFs and EMF protection devices.
http://www.electrical-sensitivity.info
BioInitiative Report is 'A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)' and has linked mobile phone usage to cancer.
www.bioinitiative.org
National Pure Water Association's web site is listed below.
http://www.npwa.freeserve.co.uk
Research Institute for Applied Bioenergetics web site is listed below.
www.bioenergeticsinstitute.com
Weston A. Price Foundation is a web resource for diet and health information. Some articles are somewhat poorly written and make various controversial claims without a great deal of evidence or logical reasoning. Use your own common sense and judgement. Other articles lack clarity and could benefit from executive summaries weighing arguments and evidence from both sides. But otherwise the site is a useful source of information.
www.westonaprice.org
Linus Pauling Institute's Micronutrient Research for Optimum Health page is a useful resource for micronutrient information pertaining to the treatment of a variety of medical conditions.
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter
Chris Masterjohn's web site Cholesterol and Health examines a number of issues around cholesterol and oil intake.
www.cholesterol-and-health.com
Dr Deitrich Klinghardt MD, a holistic specialist in Neural Therapy, mercury toxicity and Lyme Disease, runs a training academy in Forest Row in East Sussex, called the Klinghardt Acadmey for the Healing Arts. His web site contains a number of articles on heavy metal toxicity and Lyme Disease treatment. Some of his treatment protocols may be considered 'alternative'.
www.sustainablehealth.org.uk/pages/Dr_Klinghardt.html
http://www.klinghardtacademy.com
Cayce.com, the web site dedicated to Edgar Cayce writings and ideas on nutrition and the alkaline diet. There are also links to his foundation's general approach on CFS and FMS which this web site has probably been inadvertently and indirectly heavily influenced by!
www.cayce.com
www.edgarcayce.org/health/database/health_resources/chronic_fatigue-syndrome.asp
www.edgarcayce.org/health/database/health_resources/fibromyalgia.asp
Inner Self web site - an article below 'Causes of Cancer by W. John Diamond, M.D. and W. Lee Cowden, M.D. with Burton Goldberg.
www.innerself.com/Health/cancer_causes.htm
Dr Marcus Ettinger's web site AdvancedHealing.com contains a number of useful blogs and articles, in particular, a blog on treating Candida albicans and Lyme Disease, and Biofilms.
http://www.advancedhealing.com
http://www.advancedhealing.com/blog/2009/09/25/dr-ettingers-biofilm-protocol-for-lyme-and-gut-pathogens/
Dr Richard Schultze's web site is shown below. He provides a range of 'out of the box' solution products containing high quality herbs. They include formulas for liver, kidney and bowel cleansing as well as superfood mixtures and herbal teas. He has a number of nutrition and herbal programs and information can be found on his web site below and videos and mp3s can be found on the Other Detoxification Methods of the Detoxification page.
www.dr-schulze.com
New Trends Publishing are a publisher of a number of books on nutrition, including Sally Fallon's book Nourishing Traditions.
www.newtrendspublishing.com
Ecology Health Center or Crohn's.Net is a supplier of probiotic and intestinal health products, and their web site contains some useful information about Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) such as Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease. It is a commercial web site and is selling supplements as well as offering information.
www.crohns.net
MSG Truth is a web site that examines the issues around high MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) and Glutamic Acid concentrations in food, an additive to make food more 'beefy' tasting, but in high concentrations can cause a number of potential health problems.
http://www.msgtruth.com
Additives Out is a UK web site listing the definitions of E-number additives and the dangers of other types of food and drink additive, like aspartame.
http://www.additivesout.org.uk
Centre for Science in the Public Interest's web site, specifically the food safety page with respect to additives, is listed below.
www.cspinet.org/foodsafety
Real Milk is a web resource for diet and health information about pasturised and raw milk, and a directory for local suppliers and sources.
www.realmilk.com
Jordan Rubin's web site for The Maker's Diet, includes diet information and the book of the same name.
www.makersdiet.com
Dr Batmanghelidj's web site Water Cure is all about the benefits of proper hydration.
www.watercure.com
CFS Recovery is a web site providing generation information about CFS, causes and treatments.
www.cfsrecovery.org
What the Doctors Don't Tell You is a general 'contrarian' health information web site. The information pertaining to 'M.E.' is reasonably enough although not particularly comprehensive.
www.wddty.com
Rob Robertson's Fibromyalgia web site is listed below. He also sells his own off the shelf supplements.
www.fibro-info.com/menu
Cancer Active is a web site dedicated to information about cancer and different natural cancer treatments.
www.canceractive.com
International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology includes basic information regarding mercury free dentistry and mercury amalgam filling removal.
www.iaomt.org
Nutrition for Optimal Health Association (NOHA) have a number of archived newsletters on their web site on a variety of topics.
www.nutrition4health.org/NOHAnews/ChronologicalIndex.htm
The Paleo Diet web site is listed below.
www.thepaleodiet.com/faqs/#Basics
Enzyme University web site is listed below, with many articles on enzymes and digestive health.
www.enzymeuniversity.com/artman/publish
A personal account of recovery from HyperThyroidism (i.e. too much Thyroid activity - as opposed to HypoThyroidism, being too little Thyroid activity) can be found at the link below.
www.ithyroid.com/hypert_recovery_story.htm
The Schwarzbein Principle is a nutritional information web site.
www.schwarzbeinprinciple.com/pgs/info/faq1.html
Dr Lee Cowden is a lecturer in a variety of disciplines including applied kinesiology (muscle testing) and has authored a number of books. He is currently based in Phoenix, Arizona.
www.nuchoice.com/about/cowden.shtml
Touch4Health is a web site about acupuncture and kinesiology techniques.
www.touch4health.com
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Association's web site is listed below. Please note that I do not recommend using anti-depressants for any condition.
www.sada.org.uk
Laser Energetic Detoxification (LED) treatment is a type of laser light-based treatment incorporating homeopathy to enhance the body's natural detoxification processes of specific substances. It has been developed by Dr W. Lee Cowden, MD (see practitioners above). It is not currently available outside of the USA.
www.comprehensivenaturopathy.com/led.htm
Light Beam Generator (LBG) a light-based lympathic therapy for detoxification. The Chiron Clinic in London uses this method and is described briefly below. It is also referenced on the toxicity page.
www.chironclinic.com/cc-beauty-detox.htm
Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) is another light-based detoxification therapy. A web site Laser World below explores this therapy. It is also referenced on the toxicity page.
www.laser.nu
LymphStar Pro by Alt Med Services is a type of light therapy device used to stimulate the lymphatic system and to break down physical blockages in it, by passing light through a gas prior to striking the body, in a similar way to LBG/OAPD.. However, it differs in that it does not utilise oxygen, but 'ionised noble gas technology'.
www.lymphinfo.com/equip-lymphstar.htm
www.wonderworkers.com/lymphstar.html
Lustre is a light generation device created by a company called Lustre Tech. It is said to utilise cold-gas-ionization technology to produce negatively charged light photons (negative quanta charge). The treatment is known as Electro Lymphatic Drainage/Therapy (ELT).
www.lustretech.com/product.php
www.longevitytherapies.com/id4.html
www.thewindsorclinic.co.uk/#/howdoeseltwork/4529844485
A personal web site on one person's experiences of Phospholipid Exchange (PLX) Therapy in treating CFS. Features a useful Q&A page.
www.zipworld.com.au/~ataraxy/plx.html
Below is an interview with Jerry Brunetti, a person who was suffering from Lymphoma, or cancer of the Lymphatic System. It describes the steps he took to cure himself, including nutrition, supplementation and treatments. The article was originally printed in ACRES USA magazine in May 2002 and is available to view in pdf format.
www.acresusa.com/toolbox/reprints/interview-brunetti_may02.pdf
Dr Tullio Simoncini has conduced research into the parallels between systematic candida overgrowth and cancer cell growth, and treatment with Sodium Bicarbonate. His book on the subject can be read at the link below. His main web site is listed at the second link.
www.cancerisafungus.com
www.cancerfungus.com
An article by Alun Williams examining sport performance enhancement effects of Sodium Bicarbonate, and also the side effects of stomach cramps experienced by some athletes, can be found at the link below.
www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0086.htm
DIPEX.org is a web site dedicated to personal experiences of illness and lists a variety of conditions.
www.dipex.org
PositiveHealth.com is a web site with a number of articles about different types of treatments for a variety of conditions.
www.positivehealth.com/article-subject-list.php
European Society of Anti-Ageing Medicine
www.esaam.com
World Society of Anti-Ageing Academy of Medicine
www.wosaam.com
British Holistic Medical Association
www.bhma.org
British Society of Integrated Medicine
www.bsim.org.uk
Celiac Disease Foundation web site contains information on intestinal inflammation and gluten intolerance.
http://celiac.org/cd-what.php
The British Society for Ecological Medicine's web site has a find a practitioner function. The society offers training, and runs seminars.
www.ecomed.org.uk
Research Council for Complementary Medicine is based in Harley Street, London.
http://www.rccm.org.uk
British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology's web site is shown below. it is a member of the National Allergy Strategy Group
www.bsaci.org/allergyservices.html
Truth Publishing contains a number of free e-books at the link below (of varying quality).
www.truthpublishing.com/Articles.asp?ID=131
Herb Society UK provides an information newsletters and a book shop regarding the use of herbs in medicine as well as cooking.
http://www.herbsociety.org.uk
The Doctor Within's web site contains a number of articles and lectures transcripts.
http://thedoctorwithin.com/index_fr.php?page=articles/articleindex.php
The World's Healthiest Foods web site is shown below.
http://whfoods.org
Dr Ben Kim's Experience Your Best Health web site is shown at the link below.
http://drbenkim.com
Alternative Health News Online's web site can be found below.
www.altmedicine.com
Nutra Ingredients is a web site for 'Breaking News on Supplements and Nutrition' for Europe and may contain the odd interesting article.
www.nutraingredients.com
Holistic Pediatric Association's web site is shown below.
www.hpakids.org
National Vaccine Information Center's resource page is listed below.
https://www.nvic.org/ResourceCenter/Resource_Center.htm
International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology's (IAOMT) web site is shown below.
http://iaomt.org
http://iaomt.org/videos
The Autism Research Institute's web site is listed below. It includes a treatment page also.
www.autism.com/treatable/index.htm
Juvenile Hemochromatosis is a genetic disorder that results in the overabsorption of Iron and a set of symptoms that resemble CFS in certain respects. This can however be identified by examining the blood, urine, hair or tissue samples for iron levels, and thus differentiated from 'CFS'. The condition is examined on the Iron Disorders Institute's web site at the link below.
www.irondisorders.org/Disorders/JHemochromatosis.asp
Harry Schultz Letter is a subscription based newsletter mainly focussing on global finance and investing, but also contains a health section.
www.hsletter.com
Centre for Digestive Diseases in Australia has the following information page relating to digestive and intestinal disorders.
www.cdd.com.au/html/expertise/diseaseinfo/ibd.html
Sign onto the NHS Organ Donor Register at the web site below. Not really an information web site, but worthwhile for sure.
www.uktransplant.org.uk
Grounded For Life contains a number articles pertained to studies relating to insomnia.
www.sleepgrounded.com/Research.htm
Gary Null's (PhD) web site and Radio Programme 'PRN - Progressive Radio Network' is shown at the link below. The second link is his articles page, containing a number of articles on a variety of health-related topics.
www.garynull.com
www.gnhealth.com/articles/index.php
The Institute for Human Individuality (IfHI) is headed by by Dr Peter J. D'Adamo, under the South West College of Naturopathic Medicine. D'Adamo is the author of the Eat Right for your Blood Type Diet.
www.dadamo.com
www.dadamo.com/ifhi/whoifhi.htm
Fibromyalgia Support Network is a personal web site containing articles and research summaries about Fibromyalgia.
www.fibrosupportnetwork.com
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CFS and Related Associations and Support Groups and Networks:
Global:
Immune Support (now known as ProHealth.com) has some high level summaries of CFS and FMS, and also includes news articles relating to these areas and also CFS and FMS forums, bulletin boards and communities.
http://www.immunesupport.com/library
CFS Knowledge Center on Ning is a networking site for CFS sufferers.
http://cfsknowledgecenter.ning.com/
The Patient's Voice (TPV) features a CFS and ME blog, which guests or members can leave testimonials on.
http://www.thepatientsvoice.org/Chronic_Fatigue_Syndrome
The Patient Experience (TPE) is a sister site to TPV above, and features articles on health issues and news as well as patient web sites etc.
http://www.patient-experience.com
ICareCafe is a networking site run for sufferers and carers of a variety of medical conditions by the owners of TPV and TPE. I helped to moderate the 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & M.E.' forum there.
http://www.icarecafe.com
http://www.icarecafe.com/?page_id=1107&group_id=44
Immune Web has a forum/mailing list for conditions and issues related to the immune system, for example, CFS, FMS, MS etc.
http://www.immuneweb.org/lists/immune.html
WeAreFibro.Org is a global community, perhaps similar to 'myspace', but for the Fibromyalgia community. One can register a profile and discuss issues with other users, and visit profiles etc.
http://www.wearefibro.org
UK:
The National Candida Society site is shown below. If you join, you not only support the society, get newsletters and dietary recommendations for the 'anti-candida diet' but you can also get a 20% discount on supplements at Nutricentre, Revital and Bio Organix Health.
www.candida-society.org.uk
Yahoo discussion group for National Candida Society members.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/candidasociety
The M.E. Association's web site is listed below. It offers some useful information and suggested tests.
www.meassociation.org.uk
Tony Britton of the M.E. Association said of medicalinsider.com that 'We are worlds apart in approach. I don't think there's much we can offer each other.' However, at least he was polite enough to reply, and polite in his response, despite his no doubt extremely sceptical view of medicalinsider and it's 'nutritional' approach. This is more than can be said for the other 'M.E.' Research and Support organisations, who did not even bother to reply to me. In my view they are all very narrowly focussed and not a great credit to sufferers of CFS and ME in the UK.
Dr Charles Shepherd is the Medical Advisor for the M.E. Association, whilst making many correct statements, believes that 'despite the enthusiasm of many alternative practitioenrs (and self help books on the illness) there is still no proven link between ME and Vitamin deficiencies; Mineral and trace element deficiencies, but publication of the magnesium study quoted by Martin Lev is awaited with interest; Candidiasis, intestinal or systemic; Clinical immunodeficiency, although various changes in components of the immune response (e.g. natural killer cells) are being reported; Toxic colon; Measurable hypoglycaemia. The link with multiple food allergies and environmental sensitivities is very debatable...'
Dr Charles Shepherd believes that the main three groups of medically qualified practitioners who are 'treating' 'M.E.' patients are 'psychiatrists, using anti-depressants and behaviour modification therapy; Dr Peter Nixon, from Charing Cross Hospital, who believes that almost all these patients are hyperventilating/overbreathing; and a small group of private doctors, some of whom are charging desperate patients large sums of money for the very speculative approaches to management...' Dr Shepherd does not believe that all three groups are necessarily treating the same condition. In my view, it is much more than this, that each case of 'CFS' or 'ME' is completely different and unique to that individual, and that methods used by various practitioners of measuring progress is often very crude. Whilst there are indeed many doctors charging large sums for somewhat speculative treatments or partially effective treatments, there are indeed some who are providing effective treatment. Dr Shepherd seems to rule out a number of factors contributing to many cases of CFS and ME, on a somewhat arbitrary basis, despite a great deal of empirical evidence to suggest that they do play a factor in the majority of 'M.E.' cases in some capacity; which leads me to believe that he does not really understand what is going on in the body in each case. Whilst dismissing toxicity and nutritional factors, Dr Shepherd does not promote research to actually disprove these factors and to understand the effect they actually do have. He appears to have a binary approach to 'M.E.' People often assume that because of the name, the M.E. Association is at the cutting edge of 'M.E.' research and is representative of the community of M.E. specialists and sufferers, but this is not really the case at all. Action for M.E. broke away from the M.E. Association in the mid 1980s for this reason. Not that Action for M.E. is perfect either, but it reflects the division in opinion, understanding and approach to CFS and ME.
Action for M.E.'s web site is listed below. Conclusions and recommendations seem to vary in quality.
www.afme.org.uk
M.E. Research UK's web site is listed below.
www.meresearch.org.uk/research/index.html
The Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre's web site is shown below.
www.msrc.co.uk
The NHS Direct web site provides the following information about CFS. This has been included for comparison purposes, and highlights a lack of understanding of the nature of CFS within the health service.
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/en.aspx?articleID=102
Invest in ME's web site is shown below. It contains some research papers and links to support organisations.
www.investinme.org
Europe:
M.E. Web is a directory of European support organisations for CFS. Treatment recommendations may vary in quality.
www.me-net.dds.nl/meweb/europe.html
Foggy Friends is an internet forum for CFS and FMS sufferers.
www.foggyfriends.org
USA:
The National CFIDS Foundation web site is listed below. It funds research and publishes research data on its web site.
www.ncf-net.org
The CFIDS Association of America's web site is listed below. It provides some useful information about the condition, but treatment information appears to vary in quality.
http://www.cfids.org/about-cfids/medical.asp
American Holistic Health Association's web site is shown below. The web site offers a search on member practitioners.
www.ahha.org
Australia:
ME/CFS Society of Western Australia.
http://www.mecfswa.org.au
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Health Products and Supplement Suppliers:
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Global:
AOR are suppliers of supplements including CDP Choline (branded as CDP Citicoline).
www.aor.ca
Physiotherm are a major European brand of cabin-style FIR Saunas, distributed in Europe, Australia and New Zealand by MagMed. Funnily enough, run in Europe by ex-backing singer of the 1980s teenybopper pop group Wham!
www.physiotherm.net
Wellmax Industrial Limited are the Chinese manufacturers of the Thermal 4 PH-2B (III) FIR blanket sauna bag.
www.wellmax365.com/sdp/226603/4/pd-1088284/2485069-545796.html
FIR Saunas in their various forms can be found on ebay (affectionately known as 'egobay', 'ohboy', 'thiefbay' or 'lemonbay') if you do a worldwide search on 'FIR sauna' etc. Always compare specifications prior to purchase! And ensure you purchase a unit with the correct voltage for your country and from a reputable seller (check feedback and read description carefully etc.)
RadiaX is an EMF protection product based on presumably ERT(site states it is MRET not ERT, but surely this is a mistake?). For sale in Singapore only.
www.honeycombtechnology.com/radiax.html
Young Living Europe are suppliers of quality EFA products.
www.younglivingeurope.com/products.asp
www.drugawareness.org/Ribbon/Alternatives.html
Bioceuticals in Australia sell a Probiotic product called UltraBiotic 45. It contains 45 billion viable cells per capsule!
www.bioceuticals.com.au/product.aspx?function=displayproduct&productid=166
VSL#3 are suppliers of the VSL#3 probiotic supplement. There are regional web sites for regional distributors. Some are listed below.
www.vsl3.com
www.vsl3.co.uk
Innerlight, Inc. are manufacturers of a variety of alkalising supplements, including a wholefood supplement, Supergreens.
www.innerlightinc.com
Pulsor is a type of EMF protection technology. International distributors are available.
www.pulsor.org/
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UK:
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Detoxification Products:
The Finchley Clinic is a former clinic run by owner and naturopath Mark G. Lester, and now focusses on product sales, retaining the same name. It offers a wide variety of products, including digestive aids and colon cleansing products such as Global Health Trax Oxygen Elements Max, OxyLift, Aerobic KO7, Aerobic Oxygen, Mag O7, Colosan, Oxy-Powder and more.
http://www.thefinchleyclinic.com
Herbs Hands Healing are a UK supplier of herbal formulae, tinctures, teas, oils etc. They have been trading for 30 years under master herbalist and horticulturalist Jill Davies, who also lectures on herbal medicine and natural healing. They also distribute certain Dr Richard Schulze products, e.g. Dr Schulze's SuperFood Plus.
http://www.herbs-hands-healing.co.uk/
Herbs of Grace are a UK supplier of herbs and tinctures, including Coriander leaf (cilantro) Tincture, and also Heavy Metal Purify capsules (containing Yellow Dock Root, Bugleweed, Red Clover, Blue Flag, Burdock Root, Irish Moss and Spirulina).
www.herbsofgrace.co.uk
G Baldwin & Co. are suppliers of herbs and herbal products and have been trading since 1844.
http://www.baldwins.co.uk/
The Organic Herb Trading Co. are a bulk UK supplier of dried organic herbs, which for example, can be used to make one's own tinctures, e.g. Coriander (leaf) and Milk Thistle (seed) at cheap prices. For fresh organic herbs (non-dried) you may wish to try your local (organic) farmer's market. Minimum spent is £50.
www.organicherbtrading.com
Phyto Products Limited are a bulk UK supplier of dried organic herbs. Minimum spent is £20, and orders less are subject to a surcharge.
www.phyto.co.uk
Serenity Health & Wellbeing market detox foot patches (previously marketed under the Champneys brand).
www.serenityworld.co.uk
BodyTox are a supplier of detox foot patches.
www.bodytox.co.uk
Detoku are a supplier of detox foot patches.
www.detoku.com
HealthyDirect are a supplier of various supplements including detox foot patches and high strength milk thistle tablets.
www.healthydirect.co.uk
BioPure Europe, run by Self Help Enterprises in Forest Row, East Sussex, are distributors of products approved by Dr Dietrich Klinghardt. These are branded 'BioPure' and include Matrix Metals which seems to be a rebranded version of Metal Free or PCA-Rx.
http://www.biopureeurope.com
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Nutritional & Health Supplement Manufacturers/Companies:
Nutri Ltd are the official importers for Nutri and Metagenics supplements such as Ultra Muscle-eze, Methyl Max, UltraMeal Whey, Eskimo 3 (well respected Omega3 supplement) etc. Customer service is excellent with fast delivery times.
www.nutri.co.uk
www.eskimo3.co.uk
Nutri-Link are the official UK distributors for E-Lyte/BodyBio products and Thorne Research products.
www.nutri-linkltd.co.uk
www.nutri-linkltd.co.uk/elyte_product.htm
Natrol, a.k.a. CLF Distrubition Ltd, are manufacturers of a small cross section of nutritional supplements, including a high quality and extremely cost effective 20mg NADH supplement (Active B3). One can order direct from their web site, more cheaply than other resellers in the UK or otherwise.
www.natrol.co.uk
primaFORCE are manufacturers of body building products, which include R-Lipoic Acid, L-Carnitine, 5-HTP, CLA and so on.
www.primaforce.co.uk/sports_nutritional_supplements/insopro_r.htm
The Really Healthy Company are a UK-based supplier of Waiora's Natural Cellular Defense and other supplements. They are currently the cheapest UK supplier, although savings on bulk purchases may be obtained by ordering directly from the USA. See below in the USA section.
www.reallyhealthy.com/shop/home.php
Manifest Health are a UK importer of high quality Utah (USA) bentonite clay, and supplier of other colonic products such as Cytoplan psyllium husks and Epsom Salts.
www.manifesthealth.co.uk (a.k.a. www.e-enema.co.uk)
Herbs of Grace are a UK supplier of herbs and tinctures, including coriander leaves (cilantro) tincture.
www.herbsofgrace.co.uk
Herbs Hands Healing are a UK supplier of a variety of herbal and nutritional products. The are also resellers for Dr Schulze's SuperFood Plus.
www.superfoodplus.co.uk
Ascott are a farm supplies company, and sell freeze-dried Kefir powder sachets, for making your own live Kefir.
www.ascott.biz
Nourish Kefir are suppliers of live kefir milk drinks.
www.nourishkefir.co.uk
Seeds of Health web site contains a list of UK sources of raw dairy products including milk and grass-fed meat sources. The web site also contains fermenting instructions for kefir.
www.seedsofhealth.co.uk/resources/dairy/index.shtml
Best Care Limited are suppliers of Himalayan Crystal Salt and other products. Also available via Nutricentre.
www.bestcare-uk.com/index.htm
Igennus are distributors of a DHA-free EPA product called VegEPA (which is NOT vegetarian and has nothing to do with vegetables despite the name!)
www.vegepa.com
Asphalia are suppliers of herbal products, including Natural Protection (from harmful EMFs) and Natural Sleep. The ingredients on their web site seem to be out of date as both products contain Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea).
www.asphalia.co.uk
Kiki Health aka Kiki Limited are manufacturers and distributors of Nature's Biotics, a probiotics blend including SBOs.
www.kiki-health.co.uk
www.kiki-health.co.uk/Products/Supplements/Natures_Biotics.asp
Safe Remedies are the manufacturers and suppliers of a variety of health supplements, including the Prime Directive certified organic probiotic range (capsules and powder).
www.saferemedies.net
www.saferemedies.net/products/probiotic_primedirective.htm
Androv Medical are suppliers of full spectrum light products, including both BC and ES fitting full spectrum (ionising) light bulbs. It appears that SES (smaller ES screw) fitting full spectrum light bulbs are not yet available.
www.androv-medical.com
R&D Laboratories Limited aka Mistral supply a number of different chemical products, including cost effective (bulk) food-grade glycerine (glycerol) for making herbal tinctures with.
www.rdlabs.co.uk
www.mistralni.co.uk/products.php?type=purechem&page=60&limit=20
Gaia Brands Ltd are manufacturers of Gaia's Organic (sencha) Kombucha.
www.gokombucha.com
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Electromagnetic & Ionisation Products:
Get FITT (Far Infra-Red Thermal Treatment) are suppliers of ionising and far infra-red (FIR) saunas. They offer a rental service for a variety of FIR sauna products in the UK. They offer the Thermal 4 PH-2B (III) FIR sauna blanket bag.
www.get-fitt.com
http://www.get-fitt.com/problems_life_today.htm
Magno-Pulse are suppliers of powerful magnetic wrist bands and other magnetic products. Some information regarding trials can also be found on this web site.
www.magno-pulse.com
Ecoflow plc are the manufacturers of the Bioflow magnetic wristbands.
www.ecoflow.com
www.ecoflow.com/Inventory/Navision/categories/29?cat=yes&category=29&categoryName=Our%20Unique%20Bioflow%20Range
QLinkWorld are a UK retailer of Q-Link products.
www.qlinkworld.co.uk
Heaven Fresh UK Limited are a supplier of Heaven Fresh air ioniser and purification products.
www.heavenfresh.co.uk
Grander Water are manufacturers of Water Revitaliser range of products. They are said to energise water by passing water close to a isolated source of 'information water' which is said to pass on its 'information' to the water flowing through the system, and also making it 'softer'. It can be connected to pipes etc.
www.granderwater.co.uk/
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Wholesale Distributors & Resellers:
Nutricentre supply an extremely wide range of supplements, and many different brands of each product type. You clearly need to know what you are specifically looking for, as products vary considerably in quality. National Candida Society members get a 20% discount (but you won't be entitled for the on-line voucher discount as well or a discount on products on 'special offer'). During checkout procedure, mention your NSC membership number in the notes window. Nutricentre stock many Nutri (e.g. Ultra Muscleze), Thorne Research (e.g. Olive Leaf Extract), Metagenics and Cytoplan products, as well as MicroOrganics Hawaiian Spirulina powder, Optimum Source Chlorella Pyrenoidosa tablets, Serenity/Champneys Detox Patches, E-Lyte BodyBio PC (Phosphatidyl Choline) and Butyrate, Dr Schulze SuperFood Plus etc. Metagenics UltraMeal Whey is now marketed as Nutri UltraMeal Whey in the UK. The prices of certain items are inflated above the manufacturer's prices. Delivery times vary considerably - some items are in stock and are next day delivery, other items may take a few days to several weeks to arrive (or more if not chased up). The cashier staff take a rather 'minimalist approach'. Customer service sometimes sluggish but usually very helpful when chasing up an order. The Nutricentre is physically located at The Hale Clinic in London, which is listed further below.
www.nutricentre.co.uk
Revital are suppliers of a variety of health supplements. National Candida Society members can apply for a 20% discount card (25% on Bioharmony products). Application form available on the NCS web site (in members area). Exclusive UK distributors for certain brands, e.g. Researched Nutritionals.
www.revital.co.uk
Bio Organix Health are suppliers of various health supplements. National Candida Society members can apply for a 20% discount card (25% on Bioharmony products). Application form available on the NCS web site (in members area).
http://bio-organixhealth.co.uk
Bodykind are a supplier of a variety of supplements, including Nutrex Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica.
www.bodykind.com
Wholistic Research Company is a distributor of juicers, blenders, enema kits and sprouting products, including sprouting jars, and organic beans and seeds.
www.wholisticresearch.com
Nutrition Geeks are UK suppliers of EcoNugenics PectaSol products.
www.nutritiongeeks.co.uk
Vibrational Gaia Rising is a reseller for various products including Premier Research Labs' Max Stress B Nano-Plex.
www.vibrationalgaiarising.com/p/577147/quantumrx-max-stress-b-nano-plex-8oz.html
Discount-Supplements are UK resellers of a variety of different supplements, including primaFORCE etc.
www.discountsupplements.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=6112
Integrative Health Solutions Limited (c/f Dr T Michael Culp) are UK distributors of French Stabilium 500 and also Securil (Propionibacteria) probiotics.
www.stabilium.co.uk
Flytes of Fancy are (one of many) UK suppliers of Bio Link's Diatom (Diatomaceous Earth).
www.flytesoffancy.co.uk
http://www.flytesofancy.co.uk/chickenhouses/Diatom_Parasite_Control.html
Whirlpool & Bath Sensations are distributors of 5kg tins of Dead Sea Salts (Maris Sal)
www.whirlpoolandbathsensations.co.uk
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Miscellaneous:
Tempur are manufacturers of posture adaptive mattresses and pillows.
www.tempur.co.uk
Daniel are discount suppliers of Tempur beds and indeed other beds and furniture products.
www.danielstores.co.uk
Robinsons Foundry is a motorcycle accessories shop, that sells earplugs, including EAR Soft FX.
www.robinsonsfoundry.co.uk/shop/index.php/product/motrax/clothingacc/earplugs/index.html
ProtecDirect is a health and safety equipment supplier that sells Howard Leight Laser Lite Ear Plugs.
www.protecdirect.co.uk/Brand/HOWARD-LEIGHT/Laser-Lite-Ear-Plugs.htm
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France:
Argiletz are a supplier of French Argiletz clays, such as green clay and montmorillite clay - crushed or fine powdered.
www.argiletz.com
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Germany:
Original-Kombucha with Dr med. Sklenar's web site is listed below. They supply Kombucha tea and press extract. This is resold by Pronatura in the USA.
www.originalkombucha.de
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Netherlands:
Health-Solution are European distributors of BioAg's Fulvic and Humic Acid products, including WuJinSan Fulvic acid.
http://www.health-solution.eu
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Belgium:
Santi-Shop are a Luxemburg-based supplier of Argiletz Crushed Green Clay and other health products, with very competitive shipping rates, especially to the UK.
www.santi-shop.eu
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Cyprus:
Detoxmetals.com is the web site of Dr George J Georgiou, of the Da Vinci Medical Centre in Cyprus. He offers a variety of products including a chelation product called HMD, which contains chlorella, Chlorella Growth Factor (CGF) and Cilantro.
www.detoxmetals.com
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Canada:
Magnetico Sleep Pads are a manufacturer of magnetic sleep pads or 'sheets' that fit under your mattress in your bed, using a negative therapeutic magnetic field.
www.magneticosleep.com
Herb Care is a Canadian distributor of high quality Pau D'Arco powder (i.e. Tabebuia Avellanedae/Impetiginosa, 100% inner bark/phloem, fine grind), Ojibway Tea herb powder (aka Essiac tea - after Rene Caisse who treated and cured cancer patients in the 1930s and 40s using it - containing Sheep Sorrel, Burdock Root, Slippery Elm and Turkey/Indian Rhubarb), Stevia and other herbs and can ship worldwide at reasonable rates.
www.herb-care.com
www.herb-care.com/pau-d-arco-tea.html
Pheylonian Beeswax Candles are a supplier of pure beeswax candles, which emit negative ions when burnt. And/or maybe they just look attractive and smell appealing!
www.philoxia.com/ions.htm
www.philoxia.com/producthome.htm
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Australia:
Bioceuticals offer a number of different excellent health supplements. They manufacture/market UltraMuscleze, a Magnesium supplement with a variety of other critical minerals, metabolites and B-vitamins. This product is imported/marketed by Nutri in the UK. Bioceuticals also sell a Probiotic product called UltraBiotic 45. It contains 45 billion viable cells per capsule!
www.bioceuticals.com.au
www.bioceuticals.com.au/product.aspx?function=displayproduct&productid=214
www.bioceuticals.com.au/product.aspx?function=displayproduct&productid=166
FermPlus (marked as Prime Directive in Europe) is a high quality probiotic powder supplement containing a variety of 'green superfoods'. It is actually manufactured in Australia.
http://nuferm.com/prodfp
AGM Grainfields is a range of probiotic products based on fermented cereal grasses.
http://www.agmfoods.com
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USA:
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Chelation / Detoxification Products:
Maxam Labs produce a line in detoxification and health products, including PCA-Rx oral detoxification spray.
www.maxamlabs.com
Waiora are the manufacturers of the detoxification product Natural Cellular Defense (NCD). A better price can be obtained by joining up as a preferred member or a distributor (but only within countries in North America and Asia Pacific). Waiora also offer other detoxification and health products. For those who live outside of these areas, you may choose to order from an official US supplier or through a local unfranchised distributor. Try ebay or see the Wholesale Distributors list below.
www.waiora.com
E-Lyte/Detoxx/BodyBio Nutrient Centre is a supplier of E-Lyte detoxification products, such as BodyBio PC (Phosphatidyl Choline), Butyrate and the E-Lyte Detoxx book outlining the 'Detoxx' dietary regime. The Patient Detoxx book mainly comprises of dietary recommendations and recipes, but does contain a couple of pages on how to perform the Detoxx Liver Flush and recommended and optional supplements. The patient book is a little thin when it comes to supplementation and detox protocol, and it may be more worthwhile to buy the Practitioner Detoxx Book instead as the patient should understand why he is doing what he is doing.
www.detoxbox.com
www.detoxxbox.com
www.e-lyte.com
www.bodybio.com
Dr Edward F. Group has written a number of books on health including Health Begins in the Colon, as well as running his own supplement company Global Health Center (GHC), which sells detoxification and cleaning kits. GHC offers a zeolite based chelation forumula called Zeotrex.
www.ghchealth.com/natural-health
www.ghchealth.com/zeotrex.php
Science Formulas are manufacturer's of Chelorex, a chelation product containing Cilantro and Chlorella, amongst other factors.
www.scienceformulas.com/primer.html
BioRay are manufacturers of NDF (Nano-Colloidal Detox Factors) - an MIER chelation product which also uses Cilantro and Chlorella.
www.bioraynaturaldetox.com
Mountain Rose Herbs are bulk suppliers of dried organic herbs. They supply a huge variety of herbs at cheap prices (for US customers and for export), including Cilantro (Coriander leaf) and also Milk Thistle seed - useful for making one's own detoxification and chelation tinctures.
www.mountainroseherbs.com/bulkherb/bulkherb.html
Supreme Fulvic are suppliers of (very cheap) bulk Fulvic Acid solution. They also sell a Fulvic & Humic Mineral Complex (i.e. a mixture of fulvic and humic acid) solution. Both products are available in 32 Fl. Oz. (1L) or 1 US Gallon (4.5L) bottle sizes. They also ship internationally (no C&P for international orders of 2 gallons or more). They also sell Zeolite solution bottles (not NCD).
www.supremefulvic.com
Nano Health Solutions are suppliers of bulk near 100% (claimed) Fulvic Acid and also Humic Acid, in 32 Fl. OZ (1L) or 1 US Gallon (4.5L) bottle sizes. Shipping is only available within the US.
www.fulvic.org
World Health Mall are suppliers of bulk near 100% (claimed) Fulvic Acid and also Humic Acid, in a 32 Fl. OZ (1L) bottle size. 1 US Gallon sizes are available but are not advertised on the site at time of writing. It is reputedly exactly the same product (at the same price) as Nano Health Solutions. International shipping is available.
www.worldhealthmall.com
BioAg Humic & Fulvic Solutions are suppliers of bulk quantities of WuJinSan Pure Fulvic Acid (made using 'the complex traditional way, developed in China 500 years ago'). BioAg also sells a product called Fauna Mana, a powder which contains fulvic and humic acids, as well as green tea, ashwagandha and 8 certified medicinal US-grown mushrooms (Maitake, Cordyceps, Reishi, Turkey Tail, King Trumpet, Brown Beech, Himematsutake and Shiitake). International shipping is available, but only with UPS for the Fulvic Acid liquid.
www.bioag.com
Morningstar Minerals are suppliers of bulk Fulvic Acid (Energy Boost 70) and Humic Acid (various) products.
www.msminerals.com
FightingToxins.com are suppliers of Kenrico Detox Pads (foot patches).
www.fightingtoxins.com
Perma-Guard are suppliers of two different Diatomaceous Earth products.
www.perma-guard.com/
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Nutritional Products:
Jarrow Formulas are a high quality supplier of various health supplements including Taurine, CDP Coline, Chlorella Vulgaris etc.
www.jarrow.com
Pure Encapsulations are a high quality supplier of various health supplements.
www.purecaps.com
Metagenics are a supplier of quality supplements, including Ultra Meal Whey, which can be bought in the UK from Nutricentre or Nutri (see above). It is branded as Nutri and not Metagenics in the UK only.
www.metagenics.com
Thorne Research are high quality suppliers of a variety of nutritional and biochemical supplements, including P5P, 5MTHF and many others.
www.thorne.com
Xymogen are high quality suppliers of a variety of patented nutritional and mitochondrial supplements, including ALAmax CR (Controlled Release Alpha-Lipoic Acid) and CoQmax CF. Available only from practitioners rather than wholesalers like other supplements.
www.xymogen.com
Premier Research Labs are manufacturers of high quality nutritional and herbal supplements, including Max Stress B Nano-Plex, a B-vitamin complex product made from plant source extracts of B-vitamins rather than synthetically manufactured B-vitamins.
www.prlabs.com
Integrative Therapeutics, Inc. are manufacturers of a variety of nutritional and medicinal supplements, including Tyler Recancostat 100 (100mg, also available in 400mg form and powder form), a stabilised reduced Glutathione supplement that also contains L-Cysteine and herbal extracts.
www.integrativeinc.com
www.patient.integrativeinc.com/Products/Categories/Product-Details.aspx?p=236005&cid=2053
www.patient.integrativeinc.com/Products/Categories/Product-Details.aspx?p=236006&cid=2054
www.patient.integrativeinc.com/Products/Categories/Product-Details.aspx?p=236007&cid=2052
www.pwpgroup.com/recancostat%20description.htm
www.ritecare.com/prodsheets/TYL-231007.html
Nutri-West are a supplier of various supplements including Core Level Adrenal.
www.nutriwest.com
www.nutriwest.com/products/products.htm
Klaire Labs are manufacturers of a variety of probiotic supplements and other products, including Ther-Biotic.
www.klaire.com/default.htm
SCD are manufacturers of Efficient Microorganisms (EM) probiotic products.
www.scdworld.net
www.scdworld.net/product_p/a112-1.htm
EM Earth are manufacturers of Efficient Microorganisms (EM) probiotic products.
www.emearth.com
http://www.emearth.com//PDFs/HistoryOfEm.pdf
VSL#3 is a brand of Probiotic containing 450 billion viable cells per capsule!
www.vsl3.com/VSL3/research.asp
www.vsl3.com/VSL3/about.asp
Dr Mercola has a number of articles on his web site about health and diet. He also has a book 'Total Health Program' available as a paperback (2003) from Amazon (cheaper) or an e-book from his site (more expensive). He is also selling a variety of health products on his web site, including Whey Healthier, Full Spectrum Light Bulbs and Kefir Starter Pack (freeze dried kefir granules). Delivery times may vary. Dr Mercola is also a health consultant.
www.mercola.com
Happy Herbalist are resellers of a variety of products, but they also make their own Kombucha 35% Concentrate.
www.happyherbalist.com
Kombucha 2000, founded in 1995, as manufacturers of Kombucha tea and concentrate/extract products.
http://www.kombucha2000.com
Anhata Balance are manufacturers of Kombucha Mushroom Extract as well as a variety of other herbs, teas and health supplements.
http://store.anahatabalance.com/
Dr David Gersten's web site Amino Acid Power contains a variety of research and general articles on CFS. He also supplies a custom amino acid blend, based presumably on Montiff amino acid powders, tailored to each patient's blood amino acid test results and exact requirements. He also recommends Metagenics supplements which he sells.
www.aminoacidpower.com/
www.aminoacidpower.com/osc
RenewLife are a supplier of digestive health products including probiotics, enzyme and detoxification, e.g. FloraMORE.
www.renewlife.com
Garden of Life are a supplier or quality probiotic and other health products, e.g. Primal Defense, Perfect Meal whey product etc.
www.gardenoflife.com
Mt Capra are a supplier of quality, grass-fed, organic goat products, such as Goatein protein powder and CapraColostrum.
www.mtcapra.com
RubyReds by New Vitality is a red fruit antioxidant formula. New Vitality also offer a range of other nutritional supplements.
www.newvitality.com
www.rubyreds.com
www.rubyreds.com/ingredients.html
www.dietspotlight.com/ruby-reds-review
Dr Ben Kim's web site is shown below with a number of articles on healthy living and body cleaning. He also has his own range of wholefood supplements including Dr Ben Kim's Greens (a soil-based organism probiotic) and Comprehensive Vitamin & Mineral Formula (wholefood based).
http://drbenkim.com
https://www.drbenkim.com/sunshop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=3
https://www.drbenkim.com/sunshop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=57
Dr Ohhira's Probiotics 12 Plus by Essential Formulas is reputed to be 'the world's most popular probiotic and is recommended/sold by Dr Ben Kim.
http://drohhiraprobiotics.com/
Green Pasture sell a variety of oil products, including Blue Ice Fermented Cod Liver Oil.
www.greenpasture.org
Chlorella Pyrenoidosa is a more nutritious form of Chlorella than Chlorella Vulgaris. Whether Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica is actually better than Spirulina Platensis is a matter of debate. It is probably best to try smaller quantities of various brands from local suppliers and to see which one agrees with you best, then bulk buy your favourite. It is recommended to stick with a high quality brand, as low quality brands can often contain high levels of heavy metals. Please note that Cyanotech in Hawaii are the only company to actually grow Spirulina Pacifica (which is a sub-strain of Platensis), which is grown only in Hawaii. Various brands resell this Spirulina Pacifica, including Nutrex, Now and MicroOrganics in the UK. Earthrise is a well respected supplier of Spirulina Platensis. Earthrise Chlorella is Chlorella Vulgaris, as are brands such as Jarrow's Japanese Yaeyama Chlorella. Nature's Balance Chlorella is Chlorella Pyrenoidosa, as is the UK brand Optimum Source. Suppliers of Chlorella and Spirulina are listed below.
www.earthrise.com
www.cyanotech.com
www.nutrex-hawaii.com
www.now-2-u.com
www.natures-balance.com
www.papanature.com (formerly www.iherb.com)
www.watershed.net
TumorX are manufacturers of a variety of different supplements, aimed at treating various forms of cancer, as well as adrenal fatigue, and as such are applicable to a variety of other environmental illnesses also.
www.tumorx.com
Dr Natura are suppliers of various wholefood supplements and bowel cleansing products, including DetoxiGreen.
www.drnatura.com
www.drnatura.com/product_pic/detoxigreen_pic.html
IVL Products offer a range of wholefood products, including All Day Energy Greens.
www.ivlproducts.com
www.ivlproducts.com/p-28-all-day-energy-greens.aspx
Natural Health Network's All Natural PhytoGlow is a wholefood green superfood supplement.
www.naturalhealthnetwork.com/phytoglow1antioxidants.html
Healthy-Living.org are suppliers of a variety of nutritional products including the rice bran and germ based supplement RiSoTriene.
www.healthy-living.org
www.healthy-living.org/html/risotriene.html
Swanson Vitamins are a manufacturer of herb and vitamin products, and have an on-line store. They sell a variety of herbs including Olive Leaf Extract etc.
www.swansonvitamins.com
HerbalCareDirect.com are suppliers of a variety of herbal cleaning and anti-dysbiosis products.
www.herbalcaredirect.com
See Udo Erasmus' web site below for more detailed information on the Udo's Choice Oil Blend.
www.udoerasmus.com
Prince Tea is a distributor of high quality Pau D'Arco powder (i.e. Tabebuia Avellanedae/Impetiginosa, 100% inner bark/phloem, fine grind).
www.princetea.com
Amazon Thunder Acai Berry, Inc. are manufacturers of various Acai and Camu Camu products.
http://acaihealthproducts.com
Dr Richard Schultze's web site is shown below. He provides a range of 'out of the box' solution products containing high quality herbs. They include formulas for liver, kidney and bowel cleansing as well as superfood mixtures and herbal teas.
www.dr-schulze.com
Please see the Other Detoxification Methods of the Detoxification page for more information on Schulze's programs and ideas.
Dr Clark Research Association's web site is shown below. This provides a range of 'out of the box' solution products.
www.drclark.com
Dr Ron's web site is shown below. This provides a range of supplements and herbal products.
www.drrons.com
Designs For Health are the manufacturers of Whey Cool (as described above).
http://designsforhealth.com
Readisorb have a range of 3 'readily absorbable' products in spray form including Liposomal Glutathione, Melatonin Spray and Methyl B12 Spray.
www.readisorb.com
Enzymedica are manufacturers of a variety of enzyme and herbal based products, from digestive enzymes to anti-inflammatory enzymes.
www.enzymedica.com/product_guide.php
Enzymedica On Line Catalogue
The Nikken Whole Foods Revolution web site contains information on Nikken health products such as Lactoferrin, Jade GreenZymes, etc.
www.wholefoodsrevolution.com
Designs for Health are suppliers of nutritional supplements, including Whey Cool (a pure whey powder using the same source of whey as Paleomeal and Whey Healthier).
www.designsforhealth.com
Hepapro are suppliers of pre-packaged Chinese herbal health products, including Dr Qingcai Zhang's lyme disease range.
www.hepapro.com
Pure-XP GliSODin is a brand of vegetarian SOD, a powerful probably the most powerful) anti-oxidant.
www.glisodin.com
LifeOne is a herbal immune boosting and anti-cancer and HIV formula.
www.lifeone.org
Sun Warrior Protein is a protein drink mixture made from Whole Brown Rice Protein (bio-fermented and sprouted).
http://store.sunwarrior.com/Articles.asp?ID=143
Bio-K+ or BioKPlus are manufacturers of the Bio-K+ CL1285 probiotic supplement.
http://biokplus.com
http://biokplus.com/shop/en_us
Protocel is a powerful antioxidant product sometimes used as part of cancer treatment, marketed by WebND.com. It is a patented, proprietary blend (marketed as Cantron and Protocel) including Tetrahydroxyquinone is used to treat cancer, a variety of viral infections including AIDS, as well as CFS. It's ingredients are tetrahydroxyquinone, rhodizonic acid, sodium, potassium, croconic acid, catechol (or pyrocatechol), triquinoyl, leuconic acid, inositol, and copper. It is claimed to be one of the most potent antioxidant formulas.
http://cancertutor.com/Cancer/Protocel.html
http://alternativecancer.us/cantron.htm
http://www.cantron.com/html/whatis.html
http://alternativecancer.us/protocel.htm
www.webnd.com/index.php
https://www.webnd.com/protocel_prevention_package.php
www.protocelglobal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=66
Ariona (ariona melanocarpa) is a small, bitter, violet-blackberry native to North America. It is very high in phytonutrients and antioxidants, in particular anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins. Oki is a juice blend containing Aronia but also organic aloe vera, black currant, aŤa’, pomegranate, goji, noni, mangosteen, guava, apple, blueberry, pear, mango, and concord grape.
www.orendainternational.com/gbr_content.asp?page_id=250
Nature's Plus are manufacturer's of a variety of quality nutritional supplements including Blue Lightning, an organic powder form of a variety of blue fruits, extremely high in antioxidants.
www.naturesplus.com
Flavay is an antioxidant formula, 'a highly specialized, nutritional complex of pairs and triples of a specific molecule called "flavan-3-ol," isolated from natural extracts.' It is manufactured by Healthy Alternatives.
www.healthyalternatives.com/flavay.html
Body Ecology is the web site of Donna Gates' Body Ecology Diet. Body Ecology are suppliers of a variety of products, including Probiotic Starter Culture Packets, including Kefir etc. and other culture products.
https://shop.bodyecology.com/products.asp?dept=1002
www.bodyecology.com
Organic Pastures is an organic raw dairy, farm and creamery. They supply raw milk and colostrum as well as fermented products such as kombucha.
www.organicpastures.com
A blog detailing some recent lawsuits against Organic Pastures as a result of E.coli poisoning can be viewed by clicking
here. Some argue that this is unsubstantiated and others that those with dybiosis and little probiotic bacteria in their GI tract should go on a course of probiotics before consuming raw milk to ensure they have adequate natural defences.
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Electromagnetic & Ionisation Products:
Philip Stein is the manufacturer of Teslar watches, which emit a 7-9 Hz electromagnetic pulse.
www.philipstein.com
BioPro Technology are the manufacturers of the BioLife Pendant and BioPro cell chips/buttons, which may help to protect users from electro-magnetism from radio devices such as cellular phones and microwaves, and improve sleep etc. They are only able to ship goods to the US, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand (as of 10/2006). See below for a worldwide distributor. MRET is licensed to other companies in 6 countries in Asia (Indonesia, Philippines, China, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore) using a different brand name, but ERT is licensed globally under the BioPro name.
www.bioprotechnology.com
Clarus Q-Link is a unique product that may help to protect users from electro-magnetism from radio devices such as cellular phones and microwaves, and improve sleep etc. Search on google for a list of distributors in your country/area.
www.clarus.com
LifeWave are a manufacturer of nanotechnology patches for various conditions that work on the body's internal energy meridians. Their top selling product is sold to international athletes like David Beckham and Shaq for increased energy and fat burning performance. LiveWave do not sell directly to the UK, but there are a few distributors now in the UK.
www.lifewave.com
High Tech Health are manufacturers of Infra Red Saunas and Water Ionisers
www.hightechhealth.com
Ion Life are manufacturers of water purification and ioniser systems.
www.ionlife.info
Grounded for Life are a supplier of negative ion emitting foot pads. Using the voucher code 4001 entitles you to a 20% discount from the list price.
www.sleepgrounded.com
Phiten pendants and bracelets are reputed to provide protection from EM fields and harmonise the body's EM field, using specially treated titanium. They are endorsed by atheletes such as Paula Radcliffe and Ernie Els.
www.phiten.co.uk
www.phitenusa.com
Berkey are manufacturers of portable water filtration systems. PF2 Fluoride and Arsenic filters can be fitted to any Berkey system using black elements (basically charcoal rods). The housings come in either clear plastic (non-leaching apparently) or stainless steel. Priming the black or PF2 elements requires pressing them onto a tap to force water through them and can be quite exhausting - as there are 4+ to do!
www.berkeywater.com
www.berkeywater.com/Other_Products/PF_2.html
Lotus Sanitizing System is a system for producing ozonated water, to use in a spray bottle in place of chemical-based household cleaners. Make sure you order the correct voltage for your country.
http://www.time.com/time/2006/techguide/bestinventions/inventions/meals4.html
Dr Edward F. Group has written a number of books on health including Health Begins in the Colon, as well as running his own supplement company Global Health Center (GHC), which sells detoxification and cleaning kits as well as FIR cabin saunas, water and air purifiers and a variety of EM field shielding products. Click on the Organic Living section.
www.ghchealth.com/health-accessories
www.ghchealth.com/zeotrex.php
Ewater.com are distributors are water filters, reverse osmosis systems and also EMF protection devices.
www.ewater.com
www.ewater.com/index.php?option=com_tuulshop&page=shop.browse&category_id=4&Itemid=1
Premier Research Labs offer an EMF Protection product called Tektite. It is based on a volcanic mineral.
www.prlabs.com
www.renewalenterprises.com/tech1.html
www.renewalenterprises.com/tech2.html
www.renewalenterprises.com/tech3.html
Ki Flow are manufacturers of bracelets and neckalces that use a mixture of ground zeolite and tourmaline in order to produce a large amount of negative ions, which are housed in a porous silicone rubber tube. The zeolite also helps to absorbs any toxic metals from the sweat.
www.kiflow.com/jewelry.html
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(Wholesale) Distributors & Resellers:
Vivagen are cost effective resellers of Maxam Labs products (e.g. PCA-Rx) for international export include the following.
www.vivagen.net
Vicki Conley is a registered reseller of Waiora products, including Natural Cellular Defense (NCD). Her company is Picture It Here. She is based in the US, and can ship worldwide. She is very cheap for UK-based customers who order one pack of 4 bottles or more. She can be contacted via the web site below to order direct or via this email address. She accepts Paypal, Bidpay and Western Union.
pixithere@yahoo.com
http://www.detoxright.com
http://optree.com/spreading-the-word-about-waiora-small-town-style
Lucky Vitamin are a cost effective wholesale supplier of health supplements, including Metagenics products such as UltraMeal Whey. Overseas shipping is provided.
www.luckyvitamin.com
Ecology Health Center or Crohn's.Net is a supplier of probiotic and intestinal health products, and their web site contains some useful information about Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) such as Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease. It is a commercial web site and is selling supplements as well as offering information.
www.crohns.net
ProHealth Solutions are a US-based health supplement distributor and on-line store, and provide international shipping all over the world. Products include BioPro (including the BioLife pendant) products, Garden of Life (discounted), Mt Capra, Vitalzym, Paleomeal (c/f Whey Healthier), Designs for Health Whey Cool (pure whey powder, uses same source of whey as Paleomeal/Whey Healthier) and many more. Very helpful customer service and fast delivery times.
www.prohealthsolutions.com
Live Super Foods are a US-based distributor of health supplements, including EM Food Grade Concentrate liquid.
http://livesuperfoods.com/probiotics/SCD002.html
Pronatura, Inc. are resellers of Original Kombucha with Dr med. Sklenar Kombucha products, including Press Extract, Capsules and Original Tea.
www.pronaturainc.com/kombucha.html
RadiantLife are a distributor of health supplements and water filtration products.
www.radiantlifecatalog.com
Energizing Athletes is an independent reseller of LiveWave patches and other products like Velvet Antler. They provide international shipping (including the UK) and cost effective prices.
www.energizingathletes.com
Golden Illumination Products are suppliers of health supplements, e.g. Vitalzym, and water filtration (kitchen/bathroom) products.
www.healthilluminationproducts.com
HealthXP supply the Thermal 4 PH-2B (III) FIR blanket sauna bag.
www.healthxp.com/infrared-thermal-energy-bagph2b-p-133.html
Vitality Shoppe offer a variety of different FIR sauna products, including the Thermal 4 PH-2B (III) FIR blanket sauna bag.
www.vitalityshoppe.com/id21.htm
I-Herb are a discount supplement supplier, and sell a huge variety of different products, including Jarrow's Toxguard Heavy Metal Detox capsules and Thorne Research products. UK customers can buy from I-Herb (or another discount supplier) in bulk for large savings, for example. Prices are shipping costs are highly competitive, with good customer service. Prices are much cheaper than UK prices for the same products.
www.i-herb.com
Total Health Vitamins are a discount supplement supplier and sell a variety of brand products, including Thorne Research products.
www.totalhealthvitamins.net
Chinese Herbs Direct is a wholesale supplier of various brands of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbs. Although it is marketed by brand and product, and also according to ailment, it is probably not wise to purchase it in the latter manner, but on instruction from an experienced TCM practitioner.
www.chineseherbsdirect.com
Dorchelle's Whole Health are resellers of Native Remedies supplements.
www.dorchelleswholehealth.com
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Sports Fitness Products and Information:
Fitness Equipment & Products:
POWERbreathe is a simple type of lung training device.
www.powerbreathe.com
Handgrippers are a supplier of forearm training devices including Powerballs and Gripmaster.
www.handgrippers.co.uk
Powerballs are a manufacturer of gyroscopic power training balls for forearm and other muscle group development. Powerballs have retail outlets in many countries and can sell you a powerball directly from their web site. An alternative is to purchase a powerball from a web-based gadget seller such as www.play.com. Shop around for the best deal.
www.powerballs.com
Gripmaster produce a line of forearm and finger training devices from light tension to heavy tension.
www.gripmaster.net/gripmaster
Lifeline are a US supplier of Kettlebell lifting equipment and other fitness products.
www.lifeline-usa.com/products.cfm?cd=361&categoryid=4&productid=129
Intense Fitness is a UK supplier of Kettlebell lifting equipment and other fitness products.
http://www.intensefitness.co.uk
LifeWave are a manufacturer of nanotechnology patches for various conditions that work on the body's internal energy meridians. Their top selling product is sold to international athletes like David Beckham and Shaq for increased energy and fat burning performance. LifeWave patches are also promoted by Richard W. Quick, Head USA Olympic Coaach 1988, 1996 and 2000, Aurelio Leo Ramos, US Cyclist, and Nick Job, UK Golf Player. LiveWave do not sell directly to the UK, but there are a few distributors now in the UK.
www.lifewave.com
Energizing Athletes is an independent reseller of LiveWave patches and other products like Velvet Antler. They provide international shipping (including the UK) and cost effective prices.
www.energizingathletes.com
Bodybuilding.com is a large fitness info and store web site.
www.bodybuilding.com/fun/index.html
Dynaband is a brand of portable, stretchy band used for exercises and sports rehabilitation. It appears to be similar to theraband which is recommended by physiotherapists for sports injury rehab.
www.dynaband.co.uk
PhysioSupplies.com are distributors of physiotheray supplies and exercise equipment, including a Swiss Ball.
www.physiosupplies.com
BowFlexSelectTech.co.uk is a distributor of an adaptable, easy to adjust dumbell system for free weights work outs.
www.bowflexselecttech.co.uk
Gaiam are manufacturers of fitness equipment including exercise balls and the BalanceBall Chair. This is reputed to be very good for one's posture.
www.gaiam.com
www.gaiam.com/product/fitness-center/exercise-balls/kits-equipment/exercise-ball-ballanceball-chair.do
Fitness and Strength Training Information:
Pete Sisco's Precision Training web site and e-book is all about static contraction weight training for maximum results with minimum input, using a different approach to 8 reps/3 sets 3 times a week philosophy.
www.precisiontraining.com
Crossfit is an all round weights and fitness web site.
www.crossfit.com
Dragondoor is a US strength training web site with a focus on kettlebell lifting.
www.dragondoor.com
Rebounding is a form of exercise similar to trampolening rely on the g-force of deceleration between reps to generate resistance.
www.weightlossresources.co.uk/exercise/reviews/rebounding.htm
The Pilates Foundation is the main UK body for Pilates. Their web site contains plenty of information, including a class finder tool.
www.pilatesfoundation.com
Bodybuilding.com is a large fitness info and store web site.
www.bodybuilding.com/fun/index.html
Muscle and Strength is a large fitness info site.
http://www.muscleandstrength.com
Martial Arts:
WingChun.com is a worldwide portal for Wing Chun Kuen (kung fu) and contains links to history and instructors. Wing Chun is the last style of kung fu created and is specialised for close quarter fighting but with the minimal of effort and strength. It was the style Bruce Lee first trained in.
www.wingchun.com
Jeet Kune Do World is a worldwide portal for JKD (the style Bruce Lee created from Wing Chun and numerous other styles, about formlessness, and evolved ever since by the various schools of JKD in somewhat different directions).
www.jkdworld.com
Ba Gua Kung Fu is an internal style of kung fu.
www.pa-kua.com
Hsing-I Martial Arts Institutes' web site contains some background information on the internal styles of Hsing-I, Ba Gua and T'ai Chi Chu'an.
www.hsing-i.com
Shaolin.com is a portal for information about Shaolin Kung Fu.
www.shaolin.com
Shaolin Temple UK is the UK training school for Shaolin 5 animals style.
www.shaolintempleuk.org
Wu Kung Federation is a Tai Chi Ch'uan and Qi Gong organisation in the south of England. Contact Peter Warr to see if there is an affiliated or recommended instructor in your area.
http://wu-kung-federation.co.uk
Sifu Harry Cannon's UK Wing Chun Kung Fu schools can be found at the link below.
www.notjustwingchun.co.uk
Body Mind Spirit Kung Fu is based on Wing Chun. It was originally developed by Derek Jones who has passed away and the school is now run by Master Simon James.
www.bmskungfu.com/index.html
KundaliniYoga.org explains the various types of kundalini yoga including pranayama.
www.kundaliniyoga.org/pranayam.html
Scuba Diving:
Dr R Vecht at Heartscreen Limited in the UK is able to perform an Echocardiogram (Saline Bubble Infusion) test for a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) or hole in the heart, for anyone concerned that they might have a PFO, including scuba divers who plan on doing an decompression diving. Tel: 020 7328 4105, 4B Wellington Road, St Johns Wood, London NW8 9SP.
Global Underwater Explorers or GUE is a relative new global scuba diving training organisation that provides training for scuba diving, technical diving and cave diving. They have kit configuration information on their web site. Don't buy any diving gear before you've done some training with or spoken with a GUE instructor!
www.gue.com
Halcyon are manufacturers of high quality and streamlined scuba diving gear for technical, cave and recreational diving.
www.halcyon.net
Apeks are UK Manufacturers of high performance regulators.
www.apeks.co.uk
Scubapro are manufacturers of high performance regulators.
www.scubapro.com
DUI are manufacturers of high quality dry suits and undergarments. Best to get a made to measure 'cave cut' drysuit rather than an off the peg drysuit or normal made to measure suit as they tend to be ridiculously baggy.
www.dui-online.com
Freediving:
Umberto Pelizzari is one of the top freedivers in the world and runs training courses in freediving.
www.umbertopelizzari.com
Aharon and MT Solomons offer world class freediving training.
www.freedivers.net
Skydiving:
Skydive Empuriabrava in Spain is Europe's largest Drop Zone for skydiving. And home of the Babylon Freefly School
www.skydiveempuriabrava.com
Skydive University is the world's largest skydiving training organisation for formation skydiving (flat flying) and now also freeflyig, based in the US.
www.skydiveu.com
Steve Blincoe is a US skydiving instructor for freeflying.
www.blincoe.org
AcceleratedFreeFall.com is a UK-based skydive training company run by Robert Ames.
http://www.acceleratedfreefall.com/
Skyventure run a series of indoor vertical windtunnels for 'indoor skydiving' all over the world, including the USA and UK. No previous experience is necessary and it is suitable for all ages. It is probably the most fun and exciting way to keep fit too (although regular tunnel sessions will leave you broke!) 2 day intensive tunnelcamps with skilled skydiving coaches are also available.
www.skyventure.com
British Parachute Association (BPA)
www.bpa.org.uk
United States Parachute Association (USPA)
www.uspa.org
Everest Skydive is a web site dedicated to the world record set on 5th October 2008 for a skydive over/adjacent to Mount Everest at 29,500 feet.
www.everestskydive.com
High and Wild organise skydiving trips to Mount Everest (for advanced jumpers only)!
http://www.highandwild.co.uk/hw/adventureholidays.jsp?destination=WEB_SKYDIVE,RG,TO
Figure Skating:
Figure Skating Jumps explained - by myself, Pat Askert
Figure Skating Jumps
International Skating Union (ISU) - shows live results for Figure Skating competitions.
www.isu.org
Motorsport:
Palmersport run the Bedford Autodrome which is a purpose build corporate hospitality motorsport facility with no crash barriers and large run off areas (i.e. not designed for races)! Tuition, track days and corporate driving days (in a variety of cars) available.
www.palmersport.com
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Alternative Approaches:
This section is for illustrative purposes. The web sites below are NOT being promoted or recommended, but are included to compare what you have learnt on this web site with some other approaches available. This will hopefully help to increase your understanding of the core principles of cause and treatment, so you can build a picture of what types of treatment are out there, and thus help you determine what type of consultant you want to use and what type you want to avoid, and to ultimately make up your own mind. Some of these methods I personally like very much and use many of the ideas promoted on this site, but believe focus on perhaps too narrow a subset of possible areas. Some of these are methods that I have no personal experience of and has no opinion on presently, using similar (but not identical) principles to treat specific disorders discussed on this site. Other methods use an entirely different approach to tackling some of the bio-chemical or skeletal disorders described on this web site and are not something that I personally recommend. However, each person must choose their own path and make up their own mind. This is why they are included. I do not however recommend reading these links until you have a reasonable working knowledge of all the concepts on this web site or you may have your head filled with left-field ideas about CFS treatment with no real understanding of what the more 'sensible' or first 'port of call' approaches.
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Nutritional/Health Products and Drugs:
Detoxamin is the leading EDTA detoxification product in the marketplace at the moment.
www.detoxamin.ca
Mangosteen is a very expensive fruit juice or an excellent antioxidant depending on how you view it. Below is a web resource for documents about mangosteen and xanthones.
http://goxanthones.com
Ariona (ariona melanocarpa) is a small, bitter, violet-blackberry native to North America. It is very high in phytonutrients and antioxidants, in particular anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins. Oki is a juice blend containing Aronia but also organic aloe vera, black currant, aŤa’, pomegranate, goji, noni, mangosteen, guava, apple, blueberry, pear, mango, and concord grape. One associate of mine has reported considerable benefit in reducing lactic acid build up in the muscles and joints (aches and pains) associated with its use.
www.orendainternational.com/gbr_content.asp?page_id=250
Juice Plus is a product that is supposed to 'replace' a lack of fruit and vegetables in one's diet. It contains dried vegetable juice powder and other ingredients (a full list can be found at Wikipedia).
www.juiceplus.co.uk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juice_Plus
StemEnhance is a health supplement that is claimed to promote healthy cell functioning and cellular repair (promoting additional stem cell growth).
www.admiraldinghy.com/page/1023362
http://stemenhanceinfo.com
http://stemenhanceinfo.com/pdf/spec_sheet.pdf
Duloxetine hydrochloride is an anti-depressant (SNRI) that is used to 'treat' (alleviate symptoms rather than actually cure) a variety of conditions such as depression, generalised anxiety disorder, diabetic nerve pain and fibromyalgia. Brand names include Cymbalta and Yentreve. It is FDA approved for the treatment of Fibromyalgia. However, there may be a number of adverse side effects.
www.cymbalta.com/index.jsp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duloxetine
www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100005102.html
General Methods, Techniques and Treatments:
The Gabriel Method is a dieting and health restoration method devised by Jon Gabriel. It does not use dieting but utilising the body's own internal logic about whether it 'wants' to gain weight or lose weight. His approach to losing weight is said to be backed by solid, cutting edge obesity research from over four years of full- time investigation of the roles of biochemistry, neurobiology, quantum physics and human consciousness in weight-loss.
www.jongabriel.com.au
www.jongabriel.com.au/index.php?cPath=2&osCsid=b9f8e026465df4bedfd84b6906caf87c
RPAH Elimination Diet is used to determine which particular foods are causing allergies or problems in the body. It is a more direct method than underdoing tests at a food allergy laboratory.
www.plantpoisonsandrottenstuff.info/content/elimination-diet.aspx
Dr Thomas Cowen's web site Four Fold Path to Healing focuses on nutrition, therapeutics, movement and meditation as the four cornerstones of recovery and health. This includes some alternative treatments.
www.fourfoldhealing.com
Dr Sandra Cabot specialises in liver health and runs a web site Liverdoctor.com. She recommends nutrition (esp. soy) and herbs to assist in liver health.
www.liverdoctor.com
FibroFix is Anne Hillebrand's personal Fibromyalgia web site. This contains plenty of useful information and shares much in common with this web site in terms of pH and dietary management, and has an intereting classification system for 'types' or paths to FMS. She does however also recommend certain anti-depressants for day to day pain management.
www.fibrofix.com
Field Control Therpay (FCT) is an integrative system of medicine created by New York physician, Savely Yurkovsky, M.D. It is a type of therapy using Bio-Resonance Testing to identify sources of toxins and harmful micro-organisms in the body and special Homeopathic remedies to encourage the body's natural detoxification pathways and to support the organs and restore cellular energy fields (providing a coherent energy pattern to the body in the homeopathics which is said to help restore the body's natural coherent energy pattern by communicating with the body in energetic terms), rather than rely on chemical means to remove toxins, which is believed to ineffective or to drive the 'cause' of the disease deeper.
'The homeopathic remedies used in F.C.T. are unlike that of classical homeopathy. F.C.T. uses causative homeopathy (isopathy) involving nosodes which are made from the bioenergetic signatures of actual toxins such as mercury and candida and sarcodes which are made from the bioenergetic signatures organs.'
FCT seems to use principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and toxicology and mainstream medicine, and also 'Quantum Physics.' The methods of identification and the understanding of the mechanics of the illnesses seem to be shared with those described on medicalinsider.com, but with a different route ore more speicalised route in terms of actual treatment.
www.drdaveou.com/artexplaincam.html
www.yurkovsky.com
Nutri-Energetics System (NES) seems to be break-away discipline or development from Field Control Therapy (FCT).
www.nutrienergetics.com
www.nutrienergetics.com/The_Coming_Medical_Revolution-Peter_Fraser(1-0)uk.pdf
Dr David Mickel's web site, about Mickel Therapy, is listed below. This takes the approach of treating hypothalamic dysfunction, a frequent contributor to CFS in many patients, by viewing the body-mind as one and looking at the symptoms as a message, and to work with the body intelligence to stop the body sending the messages or symptoms. Many elements of this approach are explored on medicalinsider.com, in addition to many other factors.
www.mickeltherapy.com
Reverse Therapy is a therapy geared towards resolving hypothalamic dysfunction, a frequent contributor to CFS in many patients, by listening to the body and symptoms, and taking corrective action to restore emotional harmony. In many respects it sounds similar to Mickel Therapy.
www.reverse-therapy.com
Tania Abdulezer is a London-based practitioner of Reverse Therapy and NLP. Her web site is listed below.
www.mindyourlanguage.co.uk
The Phil Parker Lightning Process is a therapy incorporating NLP, Hypnotherapy, Life Coaching and Osteopathy. These are therapies that medicalinsider site actively promotes, although it does promote a variety of other approaches also.
www.lightningprocess.com"
The Yasko Protocol, devised by Dr Amy Yasko PhD of Holistic Health International. This protocol involves avoiding glutamine containing foods, taking 'whole organ' supplements, chelation using DSMA and EDTA. There has been some controversy over her incorrect use of an assumed title of 'Naturopathic Physician'.
www.holistichealth.com
www.maloneymedical.com/id86.html
Cellular Memory Release (CMR) is a system devised by Luis Diaz, who comes from a background in Specialised Kinesiology & Touch for Health, Oriental Medicine, Shaitsu, Reiki, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Nutrition and Herbology. CMR is reputed to be an 'effective, practical synthesis of tools for accessing and freeing the trapped, stagnant life force held inside the cells of your body. The crystallization of this life force within the cellular memory of your being is the root cause of most manifested life imbalances, be it physical, emotional, psychological or spiritual. There is a vast intelligence in you just waiting to set you free. It has the wisdom to heal, the knowledge to share, and the information to help show you how to live life at your maximum potential.' It works on the basis of redressing the balance between 'Positive Emotional Charge' and 'Negative Emotional Charge' of individual cells, working with emotional issues to release negative cellular memory.
www.cellularmemory.org
http://www.cellularmemory.org/documents/cm_pamphlet.pdf
The Homeostatis Protocol by Blake Sawyer (Triad) is a method recommended for general health. The general philosophy is similar to that on this web site, e.g. detoxification, water ionisers, immune system support etc. However it differs in that it does not recommend mineral and vitamin supplements as they are claimed to 'rob' the body of nutrition and have the opposite effect intended. The protocol also recommends fixed supplements rather than an adaptive approach. There are a number of big claims too in the protocol, in that it is claimed to be able to cure any number of complex 'untreatable' illnesses (an FDA warning letter to Triad is shown in a link below). The Homeostasis Protocol is not described on the web site, but is broadly similar in certain respects to the 'Athlete's Protocol, which is'. A booklet on the Homeostasis Protocol is available when LifeWave products or other supplements are ordered from Triad. Energizing Athletes web site is also listed in the Health Supplements sectiona above - customer service is excellent and prices are very competitive.
www.energizingathletes.com/php/whatyoudo.php
www.energizingathletes.com/php/protocol.php
www.casewatch.org/fdawarning/prod/2004/triad.shtml
Prolotherapy is a type of therapy whereby injections of anaesthetic and dextrose are administered into the joints to improve tendonitis and joint weakness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolotherapy
www.prolotherapy.com/prolodefine.htm
www.harolddsteinbergmd.com/services.html
www.bimm.org.uk/Prolotherapy.shtml
www.attract.wales.nhs.uk/question_answers.cfm?question_id=1849
A list of prolotherapy practitioners in the UK can be found at the link below.
www.bimm.org.uk/prolotherapy-practitioners.shtml
K1 Whole Body Vibration Machine uses vibrational technology originally developed for use by Russian cosmonauts to counteract the effects of space and the lack of gravity on the skeleton and body. It is reputed to increase muscle and bone density and have a variety of other health benefits.
www.aestheticmd.com/vibration.shtml
www.harolddsteinbergmd.com/k1.html
Inversion Therapy is a type of exercise using an Inversion Table commonly found in some gyms, except that instead of using them for extreme abdominal exercises such as sit ups or crunches at an extreme gradient, one simply hangs upside down. This is said to increase circulation to the head, which is often impaired in those with CFS and/or low blood pressure. Being inverted is also said to relax the muscles and tendons. I have not personally tried it in this context, but have friends whose CFS conditions have benefitted from this practice.
www.articleexclusive.com/article/the-basics-of-inversion-therapy-116043-1.html
www.electronichealing.co.uk/products/inversion.htm
ME FM Action's Web Site is listed below, in addition to a pdf file summarising their recommended treatment protocol to doctors. This is rather vague in places and recommends the use of anti-biotics.
www.mefmaction.net
www.mefmaction.net/documents/me_overview.pdf
ThyroidUK is a campaign organisation for thyroid-related diseases. There is plenty of useful information on this web site with regards to conditions, but with regards to treatment, takes the approach of alleviating symptoms with hormone replacement rather than actually curing the problem by stimulating and nourishing the thyroid or adrenal glands etc. as promoted on medicalinsider.
www.thyroiduk.org
Stuart WG Derbyshire believes that hypnosis, and specifically hypnotic suggestion (suggestion through hypnotic induction), is more effective in relieving symptoms in FMS sufferers than simply non-hypnotic suggestion.
www.immunesupport.com/library/showarticle.cfm?id=9034&T=CFIDS_FM&B1=EM082008F
ThetaHealing is a cross between kinesiology, NLP and some kind of spiritual connectivity.
www.thetahealing.com
The Journey is a self-development workshop/seminar that is supposed to work on healing physically and emotionally.
www.thejourney.com
Living and Raw Foods is a web site dedicated to a the living and raw vegan diet. Plenty of generalisation and somewhat lacking somewhat in scientific facts, even though much of it may well be true for some people.
www.living-foods.com/index.shtml
Paul Nison's web site contains a variety of information about the raw food diet.
www.paulnison.com
Apple Cider Vinegar (unfiltered, unpasturised) is reputed to have various health benefits as it includes many enzymes and electrolytes. Vinegar in general has been reported to inhibit digestion of carbohydrates to some extent.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/06/02/Apple-Cider-Vinegar-Hype.aspx
www.apple-cider-vinegar-benefits.com
www.bobbys-healthy-shop.co.uk
Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques (NAET) was devised by Devi S. Nambudripad M.D, drawing on acupuncture, applied kinesiology and allergy medicine. She has written a number of books on the subject. There are also NAET practitioners that can practice the therapy on patients.
www.naet.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAET
HPI (Human Probiotic Infusion) Therapy, a.k.a. Fecal Transplant, Fecal Transfusion or Fecal Bacteriotherapy, is a type of probiotic therapy for IBS where a course of (oral) antibiotics is first employed to kill off all bacteria in the colon (and small intestine), followed by an intensive high strength probiotic infusion 'up the bottom' (i.e. to the colon only and not the small intestine, which has the potential to cause bad bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine and yeast overgrowth in the the large and small intestines if not managed properly) or down a tube from the nose directly into the small intestine. It is said to cure most IBS cases, although a 'cure' (a temporary alleviation in symptoms?) for CFS cases is reported to be around the 50% mark in the small group of patients who engaged this treatment.
www.probiotictherapy.com.au/patients/hpi.html
The Marshall Protocol is an anti-biotic based treatment devised by Trevor Marshall for systematic mycoplasma (CWD or Cell Wall Deficient bacterial) infection, one potential factor in CFS sufferers. It also uses light deprivation as part of treatment. Some patients have benefitted greatly from this protocol and others have been made very ill as a result. The official Marshall Protocol web site (www.marshallprotocol.com) is not very user friendly or easy to navigate, but the link below seems to summarise the protocol quite well.
www.marshallprotocol.com/forum2/364.html
An interview with Trevor Marshall from July 2004 can be found at the link below.
www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?id=5784&t=CFIDS_FM
The link below shows a video of Trevor Marshall 'Keynote Presentation at the 2008 World Gene Congress' discussing the links between the immune system, its natural anti-microbial peptides and their suppression by certain types of foreign bacteria or 'microbiota'.
www.vimeo.com/2585394
Below this is a web page with critique of the Marshall Protocol, highlighting potential risks, and also quotes from Dr Paul Cheney PhD. More from Cheney can be found on the Cardiac Insufficiency page. In April 2009, Cheney revised his opinion and stated that Vitamin D3 was 'toxic' to CFS patients, and whilst this may be the case in some individuals, it clearly is not in others.
http://lassesen.com/cfids/MarshallProtocolRisks.htm
Dr Bob Beck's protocol, known as the Beck Protocol, uses four basic treatments, blood electrification, colloidal silver, high-intensity pulsed magnetic fields and ozonated water. Devices that emit such powerful magnetic fields as the pulsed magnetic field devices if not used correctly may cause illness and manic depression.
www.toolsforhealing.com/CD/Articles/B/BobBeck/BobBeckProtocols.html
The Guaifenesin Protocol as described by The Fibromyalgia Center centres around abstaining from dietary sources of salicylic compounds and other compounds for the treatment of FMS. It works on the basis that the active cause of FMS is Phosphate accumulation, and that Guaifenesin helps to bind with Phosphorus in the Kidneys to remove it. Guaifenesin's affinity for Phosphates is blocked by Salicylates.
www.fibromyalgiatreatment.com/FAQ_protocol.html
www.fibrokur.com/fms.html
The FailSafe diet (RPAH Elimination Diet) is an additive-free diet, but also one low in Salicylates, amines and flavour enhancers (Glutamates). It is often used as part of the Guaifenesin Protocol.
www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/factsheets/Factchronicfatigue.htm
www.plantpoisonsandrottenstuff.info/content/elimination-diet.aspx
Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET) is a form of allergy identification technique based on muscle testing. The company is based in Australia.
www.naet.com
Some critical reviews are listed below.
www.revolutionhealth.com/stories/stories/show/2e229a38bbe81029878b0013725222f6
www.chirobase.org/06DD/naet.html
PACE Trial, or Pacing, graded Activity and Cognitive behaviour therapy: a randomised Evaluation - is a UK based trial to treat CFS and ME patients, and consists of standard medical care (e.g. anti-depressants, sleeping pills, anti-biotics etc.), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Graded Exercise Therapy (GET) and Adaptive Pacing Therapy (APT or Pacing) - adapted exercise and activity levels according to energy levels.
www.pacetrial.org
A University of Maryland Medical Centre article about these treatments (CBT, GET and APT) and their effectiveness on CFS patients can be found below.
www.umm.edu/patiented/articles/lifestyle_psychotherapeutic_treatments_chronic_fatigue_syndrome__000007_6.htm
Arguments against the appropriateness of CBT and GET by Dr Ellie Stein can be found at the link below.
http://phoenix-cfs.org/IACFS07Lappe.htm
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is a new type of therapy recommended by NICE for the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Some theorise it can be used for the pain management of Fibromyalgia and M.E.
www.emdrassociation.org.uk/whatisemdr.htm
www.overcomingpain.com/emdr.html
A new website has been launched by members of the ME/CFS community supporting the current legal action being under taken against the UK NHS's much criticised National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) ME/CFS CG53 guidelines published in 2007 (involving CBT, GET and Activity Management). The initial judicial review is due (at the time of writing) in October & November 2008.
www.nicemecourt.co.uk
http://www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/CG53
www.nice.org.uk
The National M.E. Centre and Centre for Fatigue Syndromes is a centre/clinic at Old Harold Wood Hospital Site, in Romford, Essex. Consultants include Dr Betty Dowsett (microbiologist) and Prof. Leslie Findley (neurologist). Findley is also a senior neurologist at the Essex Neurosciences Unit of the Havering Hospital NHS Trust based at Queens Hospital in Romford, Essex, and according to one of my associates has been known to assist NHS patients in their dealings with their GPs to receive appropriate diagnosis rather than the 'brush off' which is not unusual amongst the NHS's GPs. However, other patients have reported still being prescribed GET and (exercise) Pacing based 'treatments' by Dr Findley which would indicate perhaps less than an ideal approach to treatment and indeed causality. I cannot comment on their general understanding and approach to holistic medicine and appropriateness of diagnosis or treatment however, but from third hand information it does not instill a huge amount of confidence. But it is a start of sorts.
www.nmec.org.uk/mecentre.html
The MoodGYM Training Program is a web site providing an on line training program in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for preventing depression.
http://moodgym.anu.edu.au
German New Medicine (GNM) developed by Dr Ryke Geerd Hamer, M.D., is a type of treatment for cancer which operates on the basis of stress being a major factor in the livers of cancer patients prior to developing cancer (based on empirical observation and also on the known effects that long term chronic stress has on the immune system). Dr Hamer believes that cancer in of itself cannot kill, but that the stress component certain allows it to do so. I believe that whilst there is some logic here, to focus purely on the psychological (which is of fundamental importance in such cases in my opinion), it would be foolish to ignore detoxification protocols and diet changes, and indeed other types of treatment. Perhaps this is an over-simplification of GNM. Dr Hamer claims to have been plagiarised by many organisations and groups over the last 20 years or so, including NLP and even Scientology.
http://www.germannewmedicine.ca
A New View of Cancer - German New Medicine (GNM)
Hemp Oil and derivative drugs are sometimes used in cancer treatment and often illegal by Multiple Sclerosis sufferers. Please see my article below examining the pros and cons of medicinal hemp oil usage.
medicinal-uses-of-cannabis.html
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Oxygenating/Oxidant Supplements:
Please see Mucoid Plaque page for more information.
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Chiropractic or Osteopathic Offshoots:
Dr John Bergman is a Chiropractor that has treated some Fibromyalgia patients for spinal and neck misalignment, which has in specific cases resulted in recovery from 'FMS'-type symptoms.
www.bergmanchiropractic.com
The Perrin Technique is an osteopathic approach to getting the spinal fluid and lympathic system moving, in order to remove toxins from the body. This is perhaps similar to Craniosacral Therapy or Lymphatic Drainage Massage, but in my opinion, one part of a wider treatment programme, and certainly not a suitable sole treatment for CFS. The Perrin Technique was created/adapted by Dr Raymond Perrin intended to diagnose, treat and cure CFS and ME patients. The Perrin Clinic, run by Dr Perrin, is located in Manchester in the UK.
www.theperrinclinic.com
www.forme-cfs.co.uk/clinic.html
www.theperrinclinic.com
A list of practitioners can be found at the link below.
www.theperrinclinic.com/listpractitioners.asp
The Whitcomb Method is a spinal-based treatment for FMS, devised by Dr Paul Whitcomb, a Chiropractor. The Whitcomb Method promotes the idea of specialist spinal treatment to resolve all biochemical problems, regarded as the chief causative of these problems, as opposed to examining a patient's biochemical problems and treating these. Some (but not all) FMS patients do appear to have skeletal problems as a factor in their overall condition (including a history of whiplash). Are the rest of FMS sufferers actually suffering from postural problems with no accident history? Clearly this is strongly debated. The second web site is an interview with Dr Whitcomb. As of 2008, Whitcomb has not taught anyone else his technique.
www.stopfibro.com
www.newstarget.com/008526.html
Manipulation Under Anaesthesia or MUA is a procedure where a person is anaesthetised and various osteopathic style manipulations are performed in order to break down scar tissue. It sounds similar to osteopathy, or rather deep tissue massage and stretching, except that it removes the brain and the pain barrier from the equation in order to go further. It is more focussed on lengthening the muscles and breaking down scar tissue and lesions of the muscles around the spine than actual joint and vertebrae manipulation. To what extent do the muscles react to such manipulation after the event is not known by myself - which occurs when the nervous system is fully engaged during normal osteopathy to some extent (going against the path or resistance rather than unfolding the resistance itself). This seems to be a medical approach to the problem, to bypass the perceived hurdle rather than to try less invasive approach. Dr Eric Waldorf's web site is shown below.
www.njmua.info
The National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association (NUCCA) is a Chiropractic offshoot that involves precise, low-impact atlas bone adjustment so that the jaw can be aligned to a corrected spine (e.g. after major dental surgery). There is an international practitioner locator page, shown at the second link below.
www.nucca.org
www.nucca.org/find_doctor.php
Heidi Grant is a UK-based NUCCA practitioner.
www.nucca.co.uk
Primal Reflex Release Technique (PRRT), developed by John Iams, PT, is a new type of pain relief technique involving tapping certain points of the body (possibly similar to EFT or Acupressure in certain respects). John Iams has also developed other spinal therapies.
www.theprrt.com
Walking or running barefoot is reputed to have various health benefits, such as correct postural alignment and absorbing more negative ions through the feet. This is examined at some of the web sites below.
www.going-barefoot.info
www.mccallbodybalance.com/barefoot_walking.php
www.erskien.blogspot.com/
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