A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER ESPECIALLY FOR DR. EVE CAMPANELLI’S CLIENTS AND REFERRALS

FALL 2005

Yippeee!! It’s autumn again and trees are in their colorful sartorial splendor with leaves doing stunts in our mini California storms. It’s time to dig out the casserole, thick soup and stew recipes and enjoy them with salad refreshers. There are several delicious ones in Feeling Very Much Better that you may already know and I’ll post more on the web page as we go into winter. Three recipes for marinated veggies that will be on there by the time you get this newsletter, are good for 5 days in the fridge and are perfect as a side dish with the heavier foods. They provide the base for 3 dinners made in an hour and you’ll drop weight AND feel great. Enjoy!

OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS AND THE BUGS THAT WANT OUR BODIES

Just reiterating that it’s important at ALL times of the year to eat plenty of veggies and fruit. When you supplement them with the herbs, which, of course, are also plants, you have THE BEST PROTECTIVE VITAMINS AND ANTIOXIDANTS possible - all your RDA’s and then some. Outside keeping our weight down, folates (in herbs, fresh fruits and veggies), normalize blood sugar and insulin production, improve our skin tone and increase our immune function. The bugs passing around will have much less chance to get past our buff fighter cells which will make short work of any instant repairs needed and prevent free radical damage. Masses of cancer studies show that people who consume lots of these anti-oxidant rich plants have only half the cancer risk of people who don’t. The National Cancer Institute recommends even more than the amounts I am always badgering you with.

Speaking of bugs……this year’s homeopathic flu prevention packs are at the office. PLUS: YOU CAN ORDER YOUR HERBS ONLINE NOW. Dee, our new front desk wizard, has been busy managing the office and making our website easier for you.

FASCINATING FINDINGS REGARDING OUR COUNTRY’S FLESH PROTEIN OBSESSION AND WITH ITS EFFECTS ON OUR BONES, SUGAR LEVELS, CANCER AND AGING

The Journal of the American Dietetic Association found that vegetarians had an 18% decrease in bone mass as compared to a 35% decrease in carnivores. Remember that guacamole, hummus, nuts, sprouted breads, grains, in fact almost all foods, contain protein, and our digestive domain knows how to mix and match, store and discard, so that we get what we need. Not only that, but a report in the January 2005 issue of Nutrition Reviews analyzed 80 different studies and found that among patients needing anti-hypertensive medication, meat eaters outnumbered vegetarians by almost 300%. The mind boggles!! Could it perhaps be the quality of our American meats? Certainly it is the quantity. Remember to use “clean” meats (i.e. organic – no hormones, antibiotics, etc.) and then more as a condiment rather than the star attraction on your plate. That will save both our money and our health. Some interesting info on that is put out by Grasslands Beef (see “Affiliates” on our website, Evesherbs.com).

GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE, THE HERB OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON, as those of you taking it already know, really works to cut sugar cravings. If you already have hypoglycemia, the possible forerunner of diabetes, then regular, moderate exercise, the sugar balancing herbs and above food habits will not only play a part in improving the health of your pancreas, but also your overall health, including cancer risks. If nothing else, for goodness sake, quit the soda pop. A recent Harvard study found that regularly drinking soda pop raises your diabetes risk by an amazing 80%.

HOLIDAY DINING, REFLUX AND THE OTHER HERB OF THE SEASON, SLIPPERY ELM

Since there is usually a certain dementia released when people of the same gene pool come together, blanking the mind by generally overeating, especially with sugar, is tempting. Stretching the stomach on a regular basis, though, also stretches the sphincter at the top of it, where it attaches to the esophagus. Repeated often enough, we finish up with reflux and a bathroom cabinet full of antacids. Reflux is a backwashing from the stomach to the esophagus. The esophagus doesn’t have the protective coating that the stomach naturally has, hence the miserable burning feeling. Covering the symptoms and carrying on regardless isn’t a good idea, as we’ve read that esophageal cancer is on the rise. Reflux is fairly easy to take care of with herbs like slippery elm and an easy “adjustment”, especially in it’s early stages.

A sphincter stuck closed will often present with acid regurgitation, nausea, voice change, trouble swallowing and chest pain, sometimes mimicking a heart attack. Pretty embarrassing being raced to the hospital with an apparent heart attack when all you’ve got is acute indigestion. Stuck open, it presents some of the above symptoms as well as snoring, allergies, cough and plugged ears.

One of my clients with this problem told me that she had “spent $800 in the emergency room twice, which did nothing, and you just massaged my stomach down and I’ve had no problem.” Of course, I had also given her the following information, which is also in the front of my book (see above):
1. The “pull down” or adjustment part, David or I do for you at the office when you come in and we’ll show you how to do something similar in between.

2. Avoid drinking with your meals. Washing your food down also dilutes the digestive juices that start in your mouth. The ever-popular iced tea forms a sort of bilge in the stomach consisting of iced oils, water, food, stomach acid, etc., which sloshes up and against that poor sphincter and sets it “on fire.”

3. Eat less, unless you’ve not had a really good heartburn in a long time and would like one.

4. Eat 3 hours before bed or lying down. If you get hungry, a piece of fruit, which doesn’t fill the stomach and is easy and quick to digest, is fine. Don’t drink with it. Drink lots between your meals so that by the time you get to them, you’re not thirsty. If you DO pass out right after eating, prop yourself up for the first two hours of sleep and THEN lie flat.

5. RELAX before eating and do that move we showed you. Say grace before your holiday meal and dance after. Sheesh, bossy!!

6. The herbs? Slippery Elm to soothe the burn. Cramp Bark to keep the sphincter relaxed and supple, and Digest Formula to keep things movin’ on down.

CASE HISTORIES

JL sent the Joy Formula and Bilica to her paraplegic friend in a Boston hospital, after telling me about the pain he was in due to his bedsores not healing. Well bless him and the herbs, they almost immediately began healing quickly, his doctors were almost as happy as he was and offered no protest over the herbs. His depression also lifted and his skin felt and looked better overall. Sometimes it’s all worth it.

BS was asked by friends to house and pet sit again. She said she was “madly allergic to dogs”, but decided to try it one more time using the homeopathic dog hair antigen. No reaction at all. She took 3 pellets 3 times a day. Her eyes used to “just weep.” And she is a coffee drinker too, which is usually a homeopathic no-no. She also did take the immune herbs.

NL’s bone density went up with MNF and Female Daily even without exercise, while her cholesterol went down about 100 points with the Red Rice Yeast.

Insomnia – NM had suffered from it for 6 years and her poor nervous system and eyes agreed. She said the MNF formula took care of it the first night. Side effects? Strong bones and nerves due to its high content of naturally occurring Mg, Ca, and minerals.

Having been referred by the rest of her family, VC came to see me for continued bleeding from a miscarriage and consequent anemia. The Vitex tincture, a forerunner of natural progesterone in the body, in combination with the Fe7, which is an after birth cleansing formula, stopped the bleeding after 2 days. We boosted her iron with plant foods for a couple of weeks and she’ll be ready to try again with a little wait, I hope.

FASCINATING FINDINGS on Estrogen - On 6/22/05, The Associated Press released a study showing that one must now add increased Alzheimer’s risk to breast and ovarian cancer and vascular disease to HRT use. Do try some of the female menopause herbs. They DO work beautifully with a halfway decent diet.

“Feeling Very Much Better’ is on sale again for the holidays this year beginning November 15th for $7 from the usual $11. It makes a very giving gift, listing foods to eat and those to avoid in daily menu suggestions. Several breakfast suggestions, for instance, have herbs like cinnamon added to further help stabilize the pancreas. Carnivores can just add moderate amounts of “clean” meats and fish to it.

THE EVE’S HERBS CATALOG is FREE, and will give you further information on herbs and formulas mentioned in our newsletters. You may see our web site www.evesherbs.com, and click on CATALOG, where they are alphabetized, we can give you a copy at the office or we can send it to you with your next shipment of herbs. It is informative, fun, full of Joey’s ‘toons and a good read.

CHIROPRACTIC GETS RAVE REVIEWS

For the Consumer Reports August 2005 issue, 34,000 readers revealed that Chiropractic ranked higher than all conventional treatments for back pain, and along with the deep tissue massage was rated especially effective for osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia. For these gentle forms of chiropractic treatments with appropriate nutritional support as needed, see Dr. David.

We thank the following wonderful people most sincerely for referring from their heart: Tracy Augcomfar, Rachel Beiley, Mary Edith Burrell, Olga Carol, The Children’s Hospital, Pamela Clay, Seth Colton, Jason Dost, Dr. Bobbie Blair Thompson, Stephen Farrier, Shawn Featherstone, Martha Ferguson, Cynthia Graham, Gurutej Kaur Khalsa, Beverly Hadley, Robin Hart, Liz Heller, Alexis Kaiser, Cindy Kenney, Melissa Knight, Kerry Kohansky, LA Eyeworks, Liora Levenbach, Jan Lewis, Laura London, Esther Lopez, Teri Mayer, Andrew Miano, Anthony Minor, Tessa Nathan, Charlotte Orange, Chloe Peterson, Darlene Polidoro, Cami Pomeroy, Nicole Quaid, Carrie Rose, Ann Rosenblatt, David Russo, Pashyo Sarkin, Miriam Schorr, Michael Siegman, Tsvi Small, Jill Solomon, Branwen Steinhauser, Lisa Urich, Veronica Valles, Cerina Vincent and Jennifer Watson.