Mike Liebner’s Positive Think Tank

Have you ever considered the difference between Doctors and Scientists??? Or for that matter – have you ever wondered why NUTRITION is considered ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE when DRUGS are “traditional”?

I was recently watching an infomercial on TV and while I was originally skeptical, my defenses went down as the discussion made more and more sense.

While I am not here to endorse a product or even method I learned about from an infomercial on TV, I do want to share how I now feel.

The first thing I started to connect with was that doctors and scientists are NOT the same. They are not even similar. In fact – I would go so far as to say that doctors when compared to scientists know far less about what really happens in the real world when research is done and conclusions are drawn.

Doctors mostly are concerned with taking an action so you will leave satisfied. Scientists are more concerned with what research shows and the results that occurs when a certain process is applied.

I know not all doctors are the same and that some are evil and some are angels. I’m not talking about whether thy are good people. In fact their intentions may be good.

What I am trying to convey is that most doctors are taught a very specific curriculum that focuses on applying treatments which many times draws from a reference source that leans towards prescriptions and procedures, many of which require surgery.

Cut it out – prescribe a drug – stay off your feet… that’s the kind of advice you’ll get from a doctor.

In many cases doctors will even fight and try to deny that scientific research has any merit. They’d rather stick with what is in their book that they can prescribe to you so they can get you “off their back”. Sure – they may even realize that most of what they do is a temporary fix and does not necessarily address the problems and cause directly and mostly focuses on making the patients more comfortable or feel better, even if temporary.

So – are doctors really qualified to argue against research???

I am reminded of the Larry King show in which Suzanne Somers appeared with a number of doctors and researchers and they were slamming her. I saw this on other programs too where they could barely even hear what she was saying or the researchers on her side were saying.

Why would someone be so unwilling to consider that if there is proof that there are some positive results and benefits from non-prescription drugs or lifestyle adjustments and nutrition processes that they may be better courses of action than traditional operations and drug plans???

Well, that’s something I may never understand, but I would have to guess that doctors are just too comfortable with the way of the world as it is and they simply do not want to rock the boat too much.

The drug companies are simply in too deep in almost all aspects of medicine so that real research and alternative methods other than drugs and surgery are not taken seriously or in some cases even dismissed as witchcraft and wives tales.

I am not against doctors and I am not down on all medicine. I simply am baffled at why doctors can’t be open to what researchers are showing us and consider that when people have success with alternative methods that it should be put in their little book as a possible course of action to consider.

Why not try vitamins FIRST before drugs or surgery?

In fact – I just can’t even understand why NUTRITION and VITAMINS and HERBS and FOOD and EVEN FITNESS is considered ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE… should SYNTHETIC DRUGS and SURGERY be considered the ALTERNATIVE?

If you asked me – the first and best course of action should be FOOD and NUTRITION and VITAMINS. The alternative and final consideration would be SURGERY and DRUGS that have side effects.

OK – enough of that. But do you see what I mean when I say DOCTORS and SCIENTISTS and very different from each other? You’d think they’d have more in common.

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OK… so I am going to write about my new juicer.

If you knew me, you’d know a juice machine plays a big part in my day to day existence. I’d go so far as to say juicing has improved my health about as much as anything. Changed my life in a big way.

The Jack Lallanne Power Juicer Pro box had been sitting on my living room floor for more than 6o days and last night was the night I finally took it out of the box. I intentionally left it on my living room floor because I thought it would nudge me to get it out and put it into action. 60 days or so later I finally did it!

It’s a Jack Lalane Professional Deluxe model. I’m not going to do a full review – this is just a slice of life (or fruit if you prefer!) with my first impressions.

OK… so I must have had that Jucieman Jr. juicer for at least 10 years.
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We all know the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”, but can you honestly say that you are doing all that you can with this marvelous and healthful fruit??? Are you getting your share of Apple Pectin???

I’ve always liked apples, same as the person next to me, but I must say that I went through a great part of my early life only eating a fresh apple once in a great while. Usually with caramel taffy on the outside… As a kid growing up my idea of enjoying the taste of apple was more likely in a sour hard candy wrapped in plastic, more so than the ripe fruit which I should have had more often than sweets.

There is nothing quite like eating a fresh apple or juicing it!

It wasn’t really till my late twenties and I was in a personal health crisis from over-indulgance and a fast food lifestyle, that I even considered making a conscious effort to add apples to my daily food regimen.

A day rarely passes that I don’t include an apple in my daily juicing routine, as well as sprinkle in some apple pectin.

I’ll spare the long detailed story about that health crisis, but let’s just say that I was in a state of constant haze and fog and I just wasn’t feeling very well.

After going to a doctor for the white carpet on my tongue (thrush) fatigue and not getting any satisfactory help, I found a life changing book called:

Juicing for Life: A Guide to the Benefits of Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Juicing

by Cherie Calbom

The book goes for 10 bucks at amazon. You can also read part of it at Google Books.

This book “Juicing for Life” truly changed my life. In fact, I believe the “big change” happened as I was  standing there in Barnes and Noble reading the forward/introduction by Cherie that I had an epiphony and discovered WHY I was feeling like crap.

Cherie too had what sounded exactly like what I did and she explained her history which also had a high sugar load and a diet of mostly over cooked food, just like mine.

Vegetables were always over cooked or from a can.

I’ll skip the lengthy discussion on what I diagnosed myself with, but I will say I bought the “Juicing For Life” book, ran out and immediately got a juicer and the rest is history! It truly changed my life!
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Olive Leaf Extract – Know the Cause

Since I have had a history of a fungus imbalance (Candiasisis), most likely caused by penicillin and other antibiotics throughout my life (not to mention candy, fast food and booze), I thought it would be good to take some anti-fungal supplements that are recommended highly by Doug Kaufmann, who has written many books on fungus, parasites and “mycotoxins”.

One of the things Doug recommends for “anti-fungal” support is Olive Leaf Extract.

I just ordered an anti-fungal support kit from Seagate

http://www.seagateproducts.com/anti-fungal-kit.html

Olive Leaf Extract has been shown to have a number of benefits in addition to helping to control fungus, mycotoxins and parasites. It appears to have many other benefits such as for people who experience anxiety.

The booklet “Natural Relief For Allergies” talks about Olive Leaf Extract and is very impressive.

http://www.seagateproducts.com/ss-images/townsend-letter-may.pdf

I suggest that you read it.

Almot every day I watch a show on TV called “Know the Cause” with Doug Kaufman and it has some excellent information. Among his views are that many of our ailments are actually caused by fungus and mold. He is not the only one that believes this.

Sure – it may be a hassle to find it on your cable system but why not watch it online!
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I’m not sure how I originally managed to find the TV Show “Know the Cause”, but I suspect it was using wishlists on my Tivo DVR.

 Often I will search shows with a keyword and I suspect I was doing so with “health”. Nonetheless about 2 weeks ago I found a bunch of shows on Directv for health, fitness etc.

One of them was a gem called “Know the The Cause” with Doug Kaufmann.

Doug is famous for saying this positive message:

“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”

Isn’t that brilliant?

So – I found the show and for the past 2 weeks have been recording it and watching almost all of the episodes and it is a great show! It is filled with all kinds of helpful info that transcends the typical doctor medical health show focusing on medicine and such.

What is really unique about Doug and the show is their take on antibiotics and fungus. Doug authored books on this called the Fungus Link to Weight Loss, Diabetes etc.

Absolutely amazing stuff. I can really connect because back a few decades when I was in radio I acquired a serious problem… fatigue and such… it was so bad some days I would get really angry and overwhelmed at the simplest of things and it was hard to concentrate.

By a stroke of luck after a doctor failing to properly diagnose the white carpet on my tongue and prescribing - guess – antibiotics – he could not help me – fortunately I found a book on my own called Juicing for Life.

That book really changed my life. The author had a similar problem and traced it to a sugar inbalance and porr diet habits. Candidaiasis was what it was called and by going on an anti-fungal diet and focusing my efforts on healthy foods and eliminating alcohol and sugar and processed crap I was able to get this under control. Maybe even eliminated it… I was never sure… I still have a thing for sweets – so i suspect it comes back but never as bad as it once was…

Well, here we are and Doug Kaufmann is talking about the fungus link… it makes so much sense.
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I’m goint to analyze my hair for toxins (and my dog’s hair too!)

OK, some of you must think this is a scam. After looking up hair analysis toxins on Google the first result was from a quackery watch site saying hair analysis was inconclusive.

Why is it that someone always wants to rain on my parade?

OK, sure I do realize that hair analysis may not be as thorough as blood analysis, but from what I hear it actiually has many benefits over blood, especially for looking at toxins that may be in the body. Also, I want to make sure that any blatant viatamin deficiency problems are pointed out so I can do the supplement thang.
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Fires are raging out of control across Southern California.

I live on the Southern California coast on the Newport Beach Peninsula, and would not expect to be affected that greatly by the fires burning inland.

You’d think that by living on the coast of California like I do that the air would be pristine and clean all the time… often it is, but often enough it is NOT as clean as I would like.

View my pictures and video from Monday 10-22-07

A perfect example has been over the last few days when the Santa Ana winds kicked in and those nasty fires started burning across Southern California.

Malibu got the most press as it devasted the homes of the stars and burned down multi million dollar mansions, but the fire that was closest to where I live in Newport Beach was the Orange County Irvine fires.

The Malibu fire started on early Sunday and I’ll give you a recap and show you a few pictures. Today is Tuesday and the smell of the burning gunk is still in the air. It sucks!

View my pictures and video from Monday 10-22-07

Sunday seemed just like any other ordinary day except that it was windy and hotter than usual. The temps here at the beach were in the 90’s and it was quite windy.

As I walked my dog on Sunday afternoon I remember telling my neighbor that some crazy neighbor was burning their fireplace despite the heat wave (it happens regularly here at the beach – I guess people think fires are romantic and aren’t as sensitive to the POLLUTION as I am…)

In any event my neighbor said it wasn’t fireplaces or the bonfires but was coming from Mailibu. It didn’t even occur to me that the smell could be from fires that far away (at least 60 miles up North on the coast). In the many years I have lived here, the impact of fires has been minimal. A little soot here and there and some monor discomfort but usually nothing to write home about.

That changed on Sunday evening when I wnet to my favorite local Chinese restaurant and was having some dinner. I placed my order and as I was waiting for the food I saw big clouds of dark brown smoke blowing by. I went outside to look and sure enough, it was a huge stream of smoke as large as clouds and it was flowing from inland. At that time I had no idea where it was coming from but later found out it was in Irvine.

It wasn’t that close but the wind was blowing so extreme that the soot and embers and nasty smoke was flowing staright to us on the ocean. We could not even see the fires and had no idea where they were yet the smoke was intense.

I finsihed my meal and when I got home it was dark, but by that time the stream of smoke tunred into a huge bank of clouds filled with soot. It was windy as hell and was very intense. The smell was awful and I proceeded to close all my windows back at the house.

I still didn’t realize it was serious and took my dog for his usual nightly 2 mile walk. It was intense and was so bad that I could barely keep my eyes open with all the gook in the air blasting in my face. It kept getting worse and worse so before long I turned back and we went home.

My nose was running and my eyes were burning. I had a headache and cold like symptoms. I felt like crap!
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