The China Study Podcast

You've probably already heard about an amazing book called The China Study. It's one of the most important books ever written about nutrition and health. It's the culmination of a 20-year partnership between Cornell University, Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine. Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD. along with his youngest son Tom, it shows how cancer, heart disease, diabetes and many other health problems are caused by diet. Even former President Clinton has been on national TV saying how this book has improved his health and helped him lose weight.

Dr. Campbell has been at the bleeding edge of nutritional research for more than 40 years and is current Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University. He as authored more than 300 research papers. Listening to him explain his research and the current state of health in America will open your eyes to a new world of better health.

Check out this free, 22-minute interview, the 74th program on UnBreak Your Health.

EMOTIONAL BALANCE by Dr. Ray Martina

Finally getting back to doing interviews for my podcast show again ... took a few weeks off for other projects. My first new one since last year is with Dr. Ray Martina, well-known holistic doctor and author of 40 self-help books, CDs and DVDs. We talked about his newest book, Emotional Balance: The Path to Inner Peace and Harmony which is already out in Europe but will be coming to America in March. You'll find the interview at UnBreak Your Health - The Podcast.

Newest CAM is Most Researched

One of the newest forms of complementary and alternative therapies is also one of the most researched. IBMT or Integrative Body-Mind Training was developed from Traditional Chinese Medicine by Dr. Yu-Yuan Tang in 1990 in China. Since then he's published more than 170 nationally and internationally peer-reviewed articles about this amazing innovation. Currently he's a visiting professor at the University of Oregon.

IBMT is the latest podcast to be added to the growing library of programs about complementary and alternative therapies at UnBreak Your Health. The interview with Dr. Tang was very informative about this amazing and very fast form of meditation or mindfulness. "The path is the goal" with IBMT.

This is also an exception in the second edition of How To UnBreak Your Health because the therapy isn't even available in the United States yet. Because of the source of IBMT and its fast-growing scientific reputation I felt it needed to be included in the book. IBMT may be very popular before the next edition comes out.

Second Edition Differences

Just got an e-mail from Australia that they're having trouble getting the new, second edition of my book. This fan happened to catch me on one of the many radio interviews I've done recently. The problem is, the first edition of my book is still available in many places. Readers need to be very careful and be sure they're ordering the new book. The new edition features 339 new and updated listings in 150 different categories.

It's easy to see the difference just by the covers. The new cover has red and purple features on a yellow background. The original book was green on yellow.

The second edition title is also different: How To UnBreak Your Health. The original was simply UnBreak Your Health.

Last, the subtitle of the new second edition is Your Map to the World of Complementary and Alternative Therapies.

I just wanted to help you find the newest version of this award-winning book!

New Book Trailer

Finally got the new trailer for the second edition of UnBreak Your Health posted on YouTube.
http://bit.ly/a84gOQ

Austin Interviews

Saturday, July 17th I had the opportunity to be interviewed twice by Bill Swail. He's the owner of the four People's Pharmacy stores in Austin, Texas which is one of the most unique pharmacies in the country. He actually supports complementary and alternative therapies and believes that while pharmaceutical drugs have their place customers might want to try more natural treatments first. He even has nutritionists, naturopaths, homeopaths, chiropractors and acupuncturists on staff.

Bill also is the host of two radio shows in Austin and I had the privilege of being his guest on both the Good News Health Show on KLGO-FM and his Let's Get Health show on KJCE Talk Radio. He's one of the most gracious hosts I've had the pleasure of working with while promoting the second edition of my book. (The fact he likes my book doesn't hurt!)

Two shows in one day ... making progress getting the word out about my new book!

Talk Show Appearance

Had a wonderful time for an hour and a half today with Coach Marla and Chris on the Winning Life Through Pain radio show! Normally interviews are just a few minutes and I barely get a chance to get the title of the book out but today was a nice long conversation about the book in particular and the world of complementary and alternative therapies in general.

If you'd like to check it out: Winning Life Through Pain

New Podcast - Pilates

Join me for an interesting 20-minute conversation with Trent McEntire, President of the Board of Directors for the Pilates Method Alliance. You'll learn who Joseph Pilates was and how his process of physical education is both exercise and therapy.

Go to Pilates.

Second Edition First Radio Show

Wow, didn't expect the e-mails to radio shows to produce an interview so quickly! With the approval of the proof for the second edition I thought it was time to contact the shows I'd been on before and let them know the new book was days away from the first print run.

Rochelle Herman at WTMY in Tampa/Sarasota, Florida e-mailed back that she'd love to have me on the following day. She was surprised to learn that hers was the first show in the nation to break the news about the newest edition of UnBreak Your Health. We had a little technology hiccup that delayed the start of the conversation but it all worked well in the end.

THANKS Rochelle!

New Second Edition!

It's close enough now I guess I can let the cat out of the bag and tell you that the second edition of my award-winning book UnBreak Your Health will be coming out in a matter of days! Featuring a new, user-friendly format, this version includes 339 new and updated listings in 150 different categories.

One of the new additions is a podcast note with each listing where we have a program. It explains who was on the show and the topics covered. It was actually amazing to me to see all of the leaders in the world of complementary and alternative medicine who've been on my podcast program.

The website has been updated (only a little prematurely) at UnBreak Your Health if you'd like to learn more.

Must Be Nice

I must admit right upfront that this blog is all about jealousy and envy. As a new author with a small publisher I am very jealous of all the media coverage given to big companies with their expensive PR agencies. It really rubs me the wrong way when it's a pharmaceutical company pushing more drugs down the throats of Americans.

Latest case in point: Erbitux. You have to have heard about this new cancer fighter because it was reported on all major TV news networks yesterday. It was also reported on several of the local TV news programs here in Dallas. It was even in today's Dallas Morning News newspaper. Judging from all of this media coverage you'd think this was a major innovation, but you'd be wrong, it's just more of the usual.

Dr. Roy Herbst, lung cancer specialist at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston had it right when he said "It's a very small benefit. No one should try to make any more of it than that." I would add it's based on an extremely small study so it's very premature too.

There were only 1,125 people in the new study and the drug appears to only extend the average survival from 10 months with standard chemotherapy to 11 months with Erbitux and chemo. Not exactly a huge improvement but from all of the media hype you'd think this was the cure for cancer.

Like I said, I admit I'm envious of all the media coverage! I've been trying for nearly a year to get some coverage, any coverage, about complementary and alternative medicine ... with no success. My book, UnBreak Your Health, can certainly reduce pain and suffering as well as this new drug but without the money to pay a big PR firm for media attention, nobody knows about it. The hundreds of therapies in my book can help millions of people, not just the thousands impacted by the type of cancer involved with this new drug, but the media ignores it.

Welcome to the Golden Rule, pharmaceutical style.

CAM Growing in Popularity

People want complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) even when they're using mainstream medicine. The American Hospital Association does a survey every two years on CAM use in hospitals and the latest shows the percentage of hospitals offering one or more CAM services increased from 8% in 1998 to 27% in 2005.

You probably expect them all to be in California but most were in the Midwest and they were actually less common on the West Coast. The least common areas to offer CAM services were in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The top CAM services offered on an outpatient basis among hospitals were massage therapy (71%); tai chi, yoga, or chi gong (47%); relaxation training (43%), acupuncture (39%); guided imagery (32%), and therapeutic touch (30%). The top inpatient services were massage therapy (37%), music/art therapy (26%), therapeutic touch (25%), guided imagery (22%), relaxation training (20%), and acupuncture (11%).

There are literally hundreds of other therapies available (as shown in UnBreak Your Health) but at least we're making a start. Hospitals and doctors are beginning to realize there are thousands of years of healing experience available in therapies outside of prescription drugs. People are finding the courage to ask for what they want.

Upcoming Radio Interviews

My thanks to Amy for reminding me to put upcoming radio interviews on my blog so folks can listen live. On Monday, November 26th I'll be on The Health & Beauty Revolution Internet radio program with Patty Kovacs at 10:30 a.m. Pacific.

On Wednesday, Nov. 28th Dr. Joe DiPrima will have me on Health Talk on WYSL-AM 1040 in Rochester, New York from 7:30 - 8 p.m. EST.

In the meantime, have a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING!