 RINKING TONS OF WATER is great, if you want to raise your stroke risk, bring on kidney failure and encourage early Alzheimer's. That's just one example of how mass media medicine (M3) is ruining our health. Believe it or not, you can live long and love every minute of it by simply ignoring M3. If you'd rather enjoy a beer than force down eight glasses of water; if you can't start the day without caffeine; if you crave a good steak and can't stomach ten vegetables a day: Guess what? You're right! Every day, the health police find some other pleasure to ruin. First they snatch away your beer and scotch. Then they badger you to drink water until you nearly burst. Next, they nag you to give up coffee, eggs, bacon and everything else that makes life worth living. And then they complain that you're grumpy.
No, you're being way too patient. But we're going to get the last laugh on those jokers. Because all the "facts" they're flinging at you are, again, mass media medicine. Mass media medicine is to real medicine as McDonald's is to real food. It was never intended to make you healthy. It's intended to make billions of dollars for giant corporations. And the only science behind it is marketing science (MS, or enhanced BS).
It's all about selling us "health" goods and services, whether or not we need them. It's about scaring us into buying drugs to prevent diseases (like "high cholesterol") that don't exist. It's about bullying us into buying high-markup, high-carbohydrate, meatless mush. It's about hounding us to buy instruments of torture in the name of exercise. And when all this stuff finally does make you sick, they suggest that you need even more.
But it's high time you quit this can't-win game and discover the real facts. And you're going to love what forty years of clinical studies really tell you to do: Chow down on juicy T-bones and three-egg omelets prepared with real butter. Trade in that water bottle for a case of ice-cold beer. Drink all the coffee you want, laced with heavy cream if you like. And tell the cholesterol cops (CC) they'll just have to terrify someone else. Never, ever do anything just because someone swears it's healthy. Make them prove it and guarantee it. First, let's give your overworked bladder a break: Americans are drowning in a watery medical myth. Next time anyone pesters you to drink eight glasses of water a day, turn the table on your tormentor with one simple question: Why? Nobody knows why. In the words of a famous nutritionist at Penn State University: "I can't tell you... and I've written a book on water." Maybe your kidneys need it? No. According to a kidney expert at the National Institutes of Health,† the average adult gets all the water he or she needs from solid food alone. And, in fact, drinking too much water stresses your kidneys and encourages renal failure.
"If you get thirsty, it means you're already dehydrated." How could it? If this were true, every animal on earth would have collapsed and died long ago. "Drinking lots of water is good for your circulation." In fact, drinking too much water can dilute the potassium levels in your blood, raising your stroke risk. Worst case, way too much water can dilute your sodium levels and result in hyponatremia (water poisoning), a potentially fatal condition. There's not a shred of scientific evidence that supports the notion that we should drink any more water than what we have an occasional desire to sip. Our body tells us when we need water. Unfortunately, it doesn't tell us when we've had too much. (Conversely, losing water during athletic competition or manual labor doesn't necessarily force a concentration of electrolytes, because they are lost along with the sweat. So replenishing the water with water isn't going to cut it unless that water contains the sodium, potassium and other electrolytes. This requirement is fulfilled by drinking sports drinks or taking capsules. Refer to this article for details.)
"Coffee and tea dehydrate you." They don't. This tact is designed to sell you bottled water at a 1,000-percent markup. The current water craze is a racket designed to sell over-priced bottled water to a naïve and unsuspecting public. It's the ultimate triumph of marketing: nearly-free water you pay to drink in needless, and sometimes dangerous, quantities. Ponder, if you will, the following: The H2O craze started in the 1980's with a brand of water called Evian. And what's Evian spelled backward? Coincidence? Maybe.
But bottled water may actually be a good thing, because the most dangerous myth of all is that "fluoridated water prevents tooth decay." This is a deadly, disgraceful lie. First of all, the reverse is true. One of the last cities  in Europe to permit fluoridation was Basel, Switzerland, and they just stopped. Why? Because after they started fluoridating, kids' cavity rates increased. By contrast, rates in the rest of fluoride-free Europe declined. So why, you may ask, did anyone fluoridate in the first place?
Follow the money. Fluoride is a byproduct of aluminum production. And aluminum producers must dispose of it. But this was a very expensive proposition prior to fluoridation. Back then, the only approved uses for fluoride were as an insecticide or rat poison.
So what did they do? One of the first studies "proving" the anti-cavity power of fluoridated water was funded by the aluminum industry. Ingenious. If you can't dispose of a toxin, just delude health authorities that it's healthy. Now we pay them to pour rat poison into our water supply — holy ALCOA!
And what's the result? Fluoridated water doesn't prevent cavities, but it definitely can prevent a long, healthy life. There's ample evidence linking it to cancer, osteoporosis, and other diseases. Plus, if you want to slash your Alzheimer's risk overnight, starting tomorrow drink no fluoridated water. Why? Because fluoride makes your body absorb extra aluminum. And where does the aluminum go? Your brain. And what metal shows up alarmingly in the brains of Alzheimer's victims? You guessed it. Could global warming cause cancer? Now we'll water down your needless fears about cancer. Are you getting enough sun to prevent the world's most dreaded cancers? That's just one example of how to beat cancer by ignoring the scare-mongers. Every day, our mass media "experts" crank up the cancer hysteria even higher.
No sunshine. No booze. No meat. No caffeine. If you believe these guys, everything gives you cancer. But, in fact, each of these forbidden pleasures could actually save you from cancer. And the best way to banish cancer is to smile and ignore the scare stories. For example, how can anyone not like sunlight? It feels good, makes you happy, and it's free. Any five-year-old knows that.
What are we, mushrooms? Check out the lifeguards in Australia. They bake in the sun all day, yet they have the nation's lowest rate of melanoma . And if you're wondering who gets the most melanoma, it's all those sunlight-deprived office workers. Go figure.
And it gets better: A recent study by the National Cancer Institute (Cancer March 2002; 94:1867-75) reveals that people in the sunniest places get less prostate cancer. Also, women whose jobs require massive sun exposure are much less likely to die of breast cancer. So, mom was right: turn off the TV and find your Speedos. And stop listening to these skin cancer "experts" from the dark side. | However, do not, repeat, do not, allow yourself to be sunburned! If you do make a habit of this, then all bets are off. |
And while you're packing for the beach, feel free to bring a six-pack. Because researchers recently found that your body likes beer as much as you do — especially your digestive tract. Moderate alcohol consumption (of any kind) may cut the risk of pre-cancerous colon polyps by a whopping 80 perdent. Then, if you really want the state-of-the-science in cancer-fighting nutrients, live a little and have a real cheeseburger. At a recent Cornell Nutrition Conference, the place was buzzing with praise for a fantastically potent anti-carcinogen called conjugated linoleic acid (popular among bodybuilders) — CLA for short. CLA turns out to be effective at dietary levels under 0.05 percent, which is practically off the charts compared to other cancer-fighting nutrients. Already you can find CLA capsules at swankier health food stores, and even GNC. But why bother. Because the richest sources of CLA are beef and lamb products, and cheese — CLA was discovered by a researcher studying hamburger. | So maybe McDonald's isn't such a bad choice after all. It's just that you have to watch out for those pesky calories. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to find any flaws in the correlation studies of waist size versus potentially poor health. Sorry. |
See how mass media medicine is literally scaring us to death? The same could be said about some of today's most widely-hyped cancer tests. For example: Don't let them needle you to death during a prostate biopsy. Because repeated experiments have shown that after sticking a needle into cancer tissue, cancer cells can be found in the bloodstream. (Could this be the reason why men who take the PSA test are statistically more likely to die of prostate cancer than those who don't?)
Of course, early detection is important, but why mess around with mammograms or PSA tests when there's a fantastically accurate new technique with none of the risks? Ask your doctor.
Arthritis surgery: needless. Tim Perez had such painful arthritis he had to use a cane. So he enrolled in a clinical study testing the effectiveness of arthroscopic surgery for arthritis. And within a few weeks Tim felt so good, he threw away his cane, "proving" that surgery works for arthritis. However, Tim was in the placebo group. They pretended to do the surgery, but they didn't do anything to his knee. Weirdly but wonderfully, the same thing happened to other patients, too. The real thing made no significant difference, but the phony surgery sometimes worked better.
Now all this might be funny, except for the fact that 650,000 arthritis patients still undergo this pointless, painful and very expensive surgery every year. Moral? Save your money and get the dummy surgery instead. Seriously, Tim's positive mindset probably helped his pain. And the phony surgery had the great virtue of not aggravating his arthritis. Whatever works. Like a lizard — sort of.  A cutting-edge joint restoration technique has already worked for thousands of patients. And the latest research shows it works for 90 percent of sufferers, providing up to 100-percent pain relief. It's called prolotherapy, and unlike surgery, it's completely without risks. The therapist injects the joint with a formula of lidocaine (an anaesthetic) and common dextrose — a kind of sugar water. Absurdly simple, it triggers a healing chain reaction, and within a week special cells in your joints, called fibroblasts, start building new connective tissue. New blood vessels form. Pain subsides. And gradually, over the next two years, you essentially grow a new joint. Cool, huh? So why haven't you heard of it? The American Medical Association insists this therapy is still experimental. But who are they trying to fool? Prolotherapy was pioneered by one of America's most respected physicians, George Hackett, MD. He published his findings in the AMA's very own Journal of the American Medical Association. And that was sixty years ago! Do you think just maybe, after 60 years of great results, the AMA might go out on a limb and say it works? Ask your doctor. Are you starting to see what we're up against here? In fact, the only problem with prolotherapy is that it works too well. If you cure a damaged joint, the medical establishment loses a chronic profit center. (Continued in right-hand column) † Yes, Institute in National Institutes of Health is plural. -ed.
| (Continued from right-hand column) Are you eating enough steak and eggs to keep the doctor away? Then there's this poor, dumb bastard who got kidnapped by a band of outlaws in Guatemala; they held him prisoner in a squalid cave for nearly four months. They fed him a diet consisting solely of hard-boiled eggs. And when his captors finally released him, he was healthier than before. His unwanted fat had melted away. He was lean, mean and bursting with energy. You'd think that miserable cave was a luxury spa. Of course, the kidnappers weren't humanitarians. They were cheap.
Unknown to them, they had stumbled onto nature's perfect food. Yes, the much maligned egg. In the words of a registered dietician at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York: "[Eggs] are an inexpensive nutrition powerhouse containing high quality protein, 13 essential vitamins and minerals including folate, vitamin B-12, vitamin D, and nutritive compounds all within a 70-calorie package." So why do mass media "experts" still speak of eggs as if they were poison? You just read the reason: they're too damned cheap. Giant food firms want you to chow down instead on low-fat Pop Tarts, terrible for your health but fantastically profitable. Please do not swallow that dumb advice about "just one egg a day."
Enjoy all the omelets and soufflés you want; moderation is not required. Ten eggs a day would make your arteries cleaner and sharpen your memory, too. Be sure to include those yummy yellow yolks, because that's where all the goodness is. And eggs are just the first in a long list of "forbidden foods" that you can and should start enjoying again.
Dig into a steak for longevity's sake. Or chow down on succulent pork chops, tangy Virginia ham, Alaska king crab, and all those other meaty, fatty treats you've been warned of. (This just in: steak, shellfish, and eggs contain a substance now shown to inhibit hardening of the arteries.)
Go for it. And soon your body will be surging with newfound health and energy. Why? Because this is the human diet that's been keeping us healthy since caveman days. It's what nature designed for us to eat. For our first million years, human beings were hunters and gatherers (at least the conservative cavemen were; the liberal cavemen (excuse me, cavepersons) showed up to do their hair and tidy up in exchange for portions). Every anthropologist knows this. Why don't more doctors?
Everyone says spinach is good for your eyes. And spinach does contain the nutrient lutein, which helps prevent macular degeneration. But you could eat more spinach than Popeye and  go blind as a bat unless you cook it in bacon grease. Surprised? But it's basic biology. You see, the eye-saving nutrients in spinach are fat-soluble. That means you can't absorb them without fat. The same goes for roughly half of all the nutrients your body needs. And bacon grease is among the healthiest of all fats to cook with. Because it's saturated. You've been told the opposite. (Actually, a better way to protect your eyes is to eat a bacon omelet. Eggs contain far more eye-saving nutrients.) Vegetarians may think their meals are packed with folic acid. And folic acid is truly amazing stuff. But let's hope these vegetarians are taking plenty of supplements, because the mere act of cooking vegetables destroys folic acid. Far better sources include calves' liver, fish and eggs (again). Are you starting to see how delicious real health can be? Don't let vegetarians nag you into joining this unnatural self-denial. The most reliable figures clearly show that vegetarians die younger, suffer impaired psychomotor development, and, as if that weren't bad enough, they even use up to eight times more laxatives. And, finally, be advised that soy upsets your hormonal balance, fattens you up by depressing your thyroid, and even contains an acid that blocks your absorption of calcium, which could lead to osteoporosis. For years, soy producers got away with claiming it slashes cancer risk, cuts heart disease risk and helps with menopause. And they were wrong on all three counts. Now, here's a question that'll incite the vegetarians to spontaneous human combustion: Is your cholesterol high enough to to prevent heart disease and stroke? Exactly how many people do you know with total cholesterol that's naturally under 200? (That's without popping the designer drug of the day.) Can you name three or four? Can you name even one? Can we all be so deathly ill? Every single one of us? Of course not. In fact, as you've just reminded yourself, practically all healthy Americans have cholesterol that's naturally between 200 and 300. You see, high cholesterol is not a disease but a fantastic business. Yup, cheeseburgers is where it's at. Be assured that your so-called "high cholesterol" is actually one of the greatest health blessings nature has to bestow. Here's proof: Review, if you will, the last 30 years of clinical studies, instead of all those artfully worded drug company press releases. Some truly breathtaking facts pop up: FACT 1: Cholesterol protects your arteries. Next time you're surfing the Internet, search the word homocysteine (no, it's not a chapel where gays go to marry). Over 30 years of studies prove this substance is the real killer, literally eating away at your artery walls. Your body responds by slapping on cholesterol to patch the holes. If it didn't, blood vessels in your brain might burst, and you'd die of a massive stroke. Take B-vitamins to normalize your homocysteine levels. FACT 2: Cutting cholesterol actually makes arteries harder. In only one cholesterol-cutting study did they actually perform post-mortems to measure what this "cure" really does to your arteries. Guess what they found? Artery clogging was far worse in the folks being treated. (Drug companies never repeated this study. Guess why.) FACT 3: Low cholesterol has been linked to depression and foggy memory. And cholesterol cutting may even trigger massive amnesia. Drug firms wish us to forget this, and we will, if we take enough statin drugs. FACT 4: Low cholesterol also boosts your chances of dying from infectious disease. Did you know that AIDS victims tend to have low cholesterol? It's not because they're healthy. Hard to believe, but it all makes sense: because cholesterol is not toxic sludge but the mother of all nutrients. Yes, your body needs lots of cholesterol to create hormones and other stuff that will keep you spry as a goat well into your 90s. Of course, as we age, our bodies need extra maintenance, which may require even more cholesterol. But not to worry: our liver automatically creates more to make up the deficit. Get it? High cholesterol is a symptom your body is doing its job.
Now, aren't you thrilled that your cholesterol is over 200? If it's under 300, don't mess with it. Don't even worry about the ratios (HDL/LDL). But if you're a perfectionist, then pile on the pork chops. And help yourself to more chicken wings (with the skin), lobster (with plenty of real, melted butter), shrimp scampi, cheese and other incredibly healthy, fatty, high-cholesterol foods.
Yes, high cholesterol. Think of these meals as your daily cholesterol supplement. You see, cholesterol from these treats is even healthier than the kind your liver makes. It's less likely to turn into LDL cholesterol and more likely to wind up as HDL (the best kind). It's also less likely to get converted into a nasty substance called Lp(a) — sticky crap that makes you ten times likelier to get heart disease.
Why is our medical establishment banishing the real cures? Because these miracles are just too cheap to make hospitals, HMOs and drug companies rich. Now we come to the most mind-boggling part of the entire real health story. We've already seen how marketing science has replaced real science in the mass media. Worrying us to death about non-existent health threats. Convincing millions of us to spend billions on "solutions" that are painful and useless at best, and all too often deadly. Not just for cuts, scrapes and rocket fuel Now let's look at the flip side: the real miracle cures that make those  expensive fakes look silly. For example, suppose you found a natural substance so miraculous that it could:
Cure drug-resistant diseases that kill thousands of hospital patients every year. Knock out "incurable" viruses that murder 30,000 Americans annually. Fight cancer and heart disease more effectively than dangerous chemo and cholesterol drugs. Even wipe out flu and the common cold in 24 hours or less. All for less than a dollar a bottle. Too good to be true? But it exists. This compound blasts all the diseases above and many more to Hell and back — including drug-resistant pneumonia and tuberculosis.
It's safe, backed by stacks of solid research, and it's cheap. You can buy it at drugstores everywhere, right now, for 65 cents a bottle. So what is this amazing miracle-in-a-bottle? Hydrogen peroxide! Go ahead and laugh, but what follows is no joke. It's been suggested that hydrogen peroxide used as a bleaching agent, its most familier role, may be helpful if you happen to be a nice looking black kid who, for some reason, prefers to resemble Joan Crawford (the Michael Jackson syndrome). Okay, so what followed was a joke; but now, back to business: Did you know your own white blood cells produce hydrogen peroxide. Lots of it. Know why? Because that's how they kill invading  germs. It's your body's counter-terrorism task force — its first and best defense against any infection. Kills bacteria, viruses, yeast and parasites, all the evil-doers. Here's how: The hydrogen peroxide molecule (H2O2) is water (H2O) with an extra oxygen atom attached. When that oxygen gets released against germs, it oxidizes them. Poof! They're goners. Don't believe this? Neither did thousands of "experts" who never seemed to have studied biochemistry or medical history. But anyone who bothers to go to their public library can confirm this cutting-edge cure was proved more than 80 years ago. (Check out this article.)
It was back in 1920 that two English doctors in India tried using hydrogen peroxide to stop a pneumonia epidemic. It worked. Patients on the edge of death suddenly bounced back to life.
Years later, the therapy was perfected by Charles H. Farr, M.D., P.H.D., who should have won the Nobel Prize for it. But drug firms selling (far more expensive) antibiotics succeeded in drowning out his message. Then, in the 1960s, doctors at Baylor University proved its effectiveness against many more diseases.
As an example, they found that hydrogen peroxide therapy made clogged arteries clean as a whistle. So how do drug companies get away with selling expensive antibiotics, when we've got this stuff that's nearly free? It's worse than that: they're trying to suppress it.
NOTE: DON'T EVEN THINK OF DRINKING IT. That's not how hydrogen peroxide therapy works, and it's not safe. Ask your doctor. Stay tuned for our continuing saga... - END - 
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