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Ron Gale's Article on how prescription medicine kills thousands

Books on growing your own herbs and vegetables

Herbs such as Nettle, Hawthorn etc.

First of All before I give you a reading list of Growing your own herbs and vegetables, I have an article for you by a Vancouver BC Fitness and Alternative Medicine Consultant.

Ron Gale: Vancouver BC Fitness and Alternative Health Consultant

An article in Newsweek magazine (April 27, 1998) stated "a new study says some medicines, even if properly prescribed, may kill as many as 100,000 Americans a year." This study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It described the deaths as the result of "toxic reactions to medications that were administered properly with more than two million suffering serious side effects."

That places death from prescription drugs as the number four killer, behind heart disease, cancer and stroke. This is twice the number that are killed in motor vehicle accidents-an average of 275 per day.

No other industry kills and maims more people annually. When Dr. Lucian Leape of the Harvard School of Public Health was asked about these figures, he stated, "When you realize how many drugs we use, maybe those numbers aren't so bad after all."

Another article in Business Week (May 11, 1998) was entitled, "Danger: Read the Label." It stated, "Doctors are prescribing drugs for unapproved uses and patients are at risk. Medical experts worry that far too many off-label prescriptions are written without the science to back them up. Perhaps the most glaring example is the huge amount of antibiotics, up to one-fifth of all prescriptions, according to one study, that are uselessly handed out to cold sufferers."

The problem with drugs is not new. An article in the Vancouver Sun (August 31, 1998) stated, "Napoleon may have been killed inadvertently by a British doctor who prescribed a fatal dose of a useless drug, according to the most thorough investigation yet into the emperor's death."

Will doctors follow the same advice they give their patients? An article in the Alternative Medicine Digest (September 1997) shed some light on this question. Dr. Kenneth Forror was a surgeon who worked with cancer patients. He had made a career of routinely recommending chemotherapy to other cancer patients, yet on being diagnosed with cancer, he refused to follow his own advice! His wife asked him why.

"Because I'm the patient now and I don't have to follow that routine. It never did that much good. I had to keep prescribing it to keep my hospital privileges."

Dr. Andrew Weil, Harvard-trained physician and author of Spontaneous Healing, states, "the body has an innate ability to fight germs and infections and heal itself. Western doctors are frozen in a disease-oriented mode, concentrating on curing disease with drugs and surgery rather than on prevention and stimulating the body's natural healing power.

Deepak Chopra, MD, world renowned best-selling author and Harvard-trained Endocrinologist states, "Inside your body is a wonderful pharmacy. You name it, the human body can make it-tranquilizers, sleeping pills, anti-cancer drugs; the right dose at the right time for the right organ, with no side effects."

Why has the information of natural alternatives been kept quiet? Could the fact that drug companies earn over $300 billion a year have anything to do with this?

Dr. Robert M. Kradjian, MD, in his book, Save Yourself From Breast Cancer, stated, "In 1988, the US Surgeons General released a massive report on the relationship between diet and health. It took more than 200 experts over two years and quite a few million dollars to assemble virtually all of the world's scientific data on this critical issue. This was by far the most ambitious study in medical history. They stated that 60 per cent of all cancers in American women were mostly or partially attributable to diet! This 727-page volume is a gold mine of information on the vital subject of health and nutrition. In my opinion it is the most important medical document ever produced in this country. Yet a request for the book in May 1992 to the US government printing office in Washington resulted in a terse reply: "Out of Print," rubber stamped in red ink.

This emphasizes the low regard our scientific and government communities have for nutritional news.•

Ron Gale is a fitness consultant and researcher on health alternatives in Vancouver.

Some Herbs and their Uses *ingredients of Strauss Heartdrops
Circulation is emphasized here because without good circulation, you can forget everything else.

Nettles - biological info A herb you can't afford to pass up.
Hawthorn* - activity 1 activity 2 activity 3 activity 4 Circulatory system
Herbal encyclopedia
Medicinal Herbs Finnish Herb Site.

Burpee : The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener : A Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically Usually ships in 24 hours: by Karan Davis Cutler, et al / Hardcover / Published 1998; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.
Burpee Seed Starter : A Guide to Growing Flower, Vegetable, and Herb Seeds Indoors and Outdoors Usually ships in 24 hours: by Maureen Heffernan / Paperback / Published 1997; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

The Complete Book of Herbs : A Practical Guide to Cultivating, Drying, and Cooking With More Than 50 Herbs Ships in 2-3 days: by Emma Callery / Hardcover / Published 1994; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

Creating a Herb Garden Ships in 2-3 days: by Anthony Gardiner / Hardcover / Published 1997; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

From Seed to Bloom : How to Grow over 500 Annuals, Perennials & Herbs Usually ships in 24 hours: by Eileen Powell / Paperback / Published 1995; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

A Grower's Guide to Herbs Usually ships in 24 hours: by Geoffrey Burnie, et al / Paperback / Published 1997; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.
Growing and Using Herbs and Spices Ships in 2-3 days: by Milo Miloradovich / Paperback / Published 1986; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.
Growing Herbs (Cassell Good Gardening Guides) Ships in 2-3 days: by Dawn Dunn / Paperback / Published 1997; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

A Grower's Guide to Herbs Usually ships in 24 hours: by Geoffrey Burnie, et al / Paperback / Published 1997; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.
Growing & Using Healing Herbs Usually ships in 24 hours: by Gaea Weiss, et al / Hardcover / Published 1992; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.
Growing and Using Herbs and Spices Ships in 2-3 days: by Milo Miloradovich / Paperback / Published 1986; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.
Growing Herbs Ships in 2-3 days: by Deni Bown / Hardcover / Published 1995; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

Growing Herbs : For the Maritime Northwest Gardener (Cascadia Gardening Series) Usually ships in 24 hours: by Mary Preus / Paperback / Published 1994; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.
Growing Herbs from Seed, Cutting & Root : An Adventure in Small Miracles Ships in 2-3 days: by Thomas Debaggio / Paperback / Published 1995; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.
Growing Your Herb Business: by Bertha Reppert / Paperback / Published 1994; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

Herb Drying Handbook : Includes Complete Microwave Drying Instructions Usually ships in 24 hours: by Nora Blose, Dawn Cusick / Paperback / Published 1993; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

The Harrowsmith Illustrated Book of Herbs Ships in 2-3 days: by Patrick Lima, Turid Forsyth / Paperback / Published 1994; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.
The Healing Kitchen : An Indoor Herb-Garden Pharmacy for Cooks Ships in 2-3 days: by Patricia Stapley, Laurie Rubin (Photographer) / Hardcover / Published 1996; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.
Herb Drying Handbook : Includes Complete Microwave Drying Instructions Usually ships in 24 hours: by Nora Blose, Dawn Cusick / Paperback / Published 1993; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

Herb Garden Design Usually ships in 24 hours: by Ethne Clarke, Clive Nichols (Photographer) / Hardcover / Published 1995; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.
The Herb Gardener : A Guide for All Seasons Ships in 2-3 days: by Susan McClure / Hardcover / Published 1996; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

Herb Gardening : Why and How to Grow Herbs ~ Ships in 2-3 days: by Claire Loewenfeld, Claire Lowenfeld / Paperback / Published 1989; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

Herb Gardening in Five Seasons Ships in 2-3 days: by Adelma Grenier Simmons / Paperback / Published 1992; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

Herb Topiaries Usually ships in 24 hours: by Sally Gallo / Paperback / Published 1992; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

Herbal Bonsai : Practicing the Art With Fast-Growing Herbs Usually ships in 24 hours: by Richard W. Bender / Paperback / Published 1996; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

Herbal Renaissance, Growing, Using & Understanding Herbs in the Modern World Usually ships in 24 hours: by Steven Foster, D. D. Dowden / Paperback / Published 1993; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

Herbs : Their Culture and Uses Ships in 2-3 days: by Rosetta E. Clarkson, et al / Hardcover / Published 1997; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

Landscaping With Herbs Usually ships in 24 hours: by James Adams / Hardcover / Published 1987; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

Pay Dirt : How to Raise and Sell Herbs and Produce for Serious Cash Usually ships in 24 hours: by Mimi Luebbermann / Paperback / Published 1997; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

Profits from Your Backyard Herb Garden Ships in 2-3 days: by Lee Sturdivant / Paperback / Published 1995; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

Rodale's Garden Answers : Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs : At-A-Glance Solutions for Every Gardening Problem Ships in 2-3 days: by Fern Marshall Bradley (Editor), et al / Hardcover / Published 1996; Click Here to Order this book or get more information.

Alkaline foods - Be aware that you should stay away from too much acid forming food.
Food list - What vegetables and fruits can do for you.

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DISCLAIMER: All writings are purely the opinion of this author, and although meant to offer help and guidance, should not be considered as medical advice or in lieu of the recommendations of an attending physician or other health care professional. The information in links are not necessarily the opinions of the writer.