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Doctors Move to Hire Criminal Defense Attorney Vital in Protecting His Reputation and Liberty in the Jackson Whirlwind

The death of celebrity brings out the worst in humanity. The recent death of singer/entertainer Michael Jackson has once again proven this tragic point. We have seen it all before: the lurid headlines, anonymous sources, and grist mill of rumors all designed to insinuate wrongdoing by any and every one associated with the celebrity-figure from nanny to granny. To paraphrase American author Ann Morrow Lindberg, we make our heroes in America only to destroy them.

Michael Jackson was a phenomenal individual. His creative genius transcended even greatness. It was that creative genius that allowed him to survive child sexual molestation scandals, a seemingly endless array of medical problems, and nagging reports of a litany of drug addictions. The public will never know the whole truth about the private life of Michael Jackson. The purveyors of smut and misinformation will see to that. Mark Twain once said that a lie will travel around the world before the truth can put on its socks.

Dr. Conrad Murray, a cardiologist with practiced in Houston and Las Vegas, discovered the singer’s near lifeless body in the bedroom of the Los Angeles mansion where Jackson was living. The doctor performed CPR in an effort to revive Jackson and was present when Jackson was pronounced dead in the emergency room of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. The doctor is discovering quickly that the media does not always get it right the first time.

Almost immediately, medicine journal
, media reports began to circulate, medicine journal
, linking Dr. Murray to injections of the narcotic drug Demerol (and now Morphine, Vicodin, Diprivan and who knows what else), prior to Jackson’s death. The reports were fueled by misinformation that Dr. Murray had mysteriously disappeared after reporting Jackson’s death; that he had refused to meet with Jackson family members; that he refused to sign a death certificate; and was even evading the police who wanted to discuss with him the timeline of events leading, medicine journal
, up to the singer’s death.

The direct and indirect implication of these sensational media reports was that Dr. Murray was somehow responsible for Jackson’s untimely death. We don’t know what happened in that Los Angeles mansion the day Jackson died or the events leading up the singer’s death. The Los Angeles police department is still investigating that matter, sifting through the stories trying to determine fact from rumor, in an effort to determine what, if any, criminal wrongdoing may have been associated with the death of the man who gave the world “Thriller.”

As criminal defense attorneys, we are committed to facts-not speculation, suspicion or innuendo. The news media should be committed to the same principle, but the mainstream media outlets have been so concerned about being left behind the eight ball in the Jackson case that they have resorted to tabloid-style journalism in their coverage of the singer’s death. Many media outlets have reported rumor as fact resulting in death threats to Dr. Murray. We find this entire turn of events to be rather sordid and unseemly.

In the meantime, Dr, medicine journal
, . Murray did the only rational, responsible thing he could do. He hired a Houston criminal defense lawyer, Ed Chernoff, to protect not only his professional integrity but to guide him through the horrific legal maze now confronting him. Dr. Murray is now speaking through his legal representative to clear up many of the media-generated misrepresentations concerning his involvement in Jackson’s death.

Dr. Murray’s counsel has empathically informed the media, just as Dr. Murray told the LAPD, that he has never prescribed Demerol or any other addictive pain-killing medication to Jackson. The doctor’s counsel further said Dr. Murray happened to pass Jackson’s bedroom on the afternoon the singer died and noticed he was experiencing difficulty breathing. The doctor, according to counsel, immediately began administering CPR after finding a faint pulse in Jackson’s femoral artery.

Since the doctor did not know the physical address of the mansion where Jackson was living, he was forced to seek and locate staff members who knew the mansion’s physical address and who could make the 911 emergency call. Dr. Murray stayed with Jackson as he was transported in an ambulance to the UCLA medical center and remained in the emergency room as the medical staff unsuccessfully tried to revive the singer.

When asked to sign a death certificate, Dr. Murray refused, saying he believed an autopsy should be performed to determine the exact cause of death. That was a responsible, medicine journal
, decision because the singer had not exhibited any signs of a serious medical problem in the days leading up to his death-a period during which he had engaged in intense rehearsals for an upcoming 50-city concert tour.

Further, according to his lawyer, after Jackson had been officially pronounced dead, Dr. Murray met with members of the Jackson family to inform them about what had transpired leading up to the singer’s death and to offer his personal condolences to them.

As evidenced by the criminal indictments returned in connection with the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 2007 death of Anna Nicole Smith, it is understandable that there would be speculation about Dr. Murray’s relationship with Michael Jackson, particularly since the doctor only met the singer several months ago.

In the wake of Elvis Presley’s death, the flamboyant singer’s personal physician Dr. George Nichopoolas was indicted on 14 counts of over-prescribing drugs to Presley and fellow rockabilly crooner Jerry Lee Lewis. The indictment charged that Nichopoolas had prescribed 10,000 serious addictive drugs to Presley alone. The doctor, however, was acquitted of all charges, although his medical license was ultimately permanently revoked by a Tennessee medical board.

In the Anna Nicole Smith case, two of Smith’s personal physicians (Sandeep Kapoor and Kristine Eroshevich) and her attorney/boy friend Howard Stern were indicted for allegedly providing the buxom blonde actress with a steady diet of pills and opiates. In a press conference after the announcement of the indictments, California’s 70-year-old Attorney General and possible 2010 gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown told attending reporters in March 2009:

“There is a general tolerance and indulgence of drugs. Everyone knows a doctor, many people take sleeping pills and then they take another pill, we have drug advertising. The American people are being propagandized to be more tolerance of drugs … I personally think this is damn serious and I hope these courts take it more seriously than they have in the past and this is only one in a series of efforts to crack down on doctors. We’ve already gone after a hundred other doctors and we’ll be stepping up the prosecution in, medicine journal
, the months ahead.”

That is precisely why Dr. Murray quickly secured legal representation. Politicians seeking higher office are worse than tabloid journalists running amuck. There is nothing sacred-certainly not the truth, honesty, or integrity.

Attorney General Brown is actually a Johnny-come-lately in the crackdown on “pain doctors.” The doctor almost universally recognized as the original “pain doctor” is a Virginia physician named William Hurwitz. He believed in prescribing whatever amount of narcotics was necessary to effectively manage pain. Dr. Hurwitz quickly found himself at odds with the Virginia Board of Medicine and in 2003 the board found “fault” with some of his prescription practices but ruled the doctor had engaged in them “in good faith.”

The federal government was not so kind and understanding. Federal prosecutors targeted Hurwitz for drug distribution prosecution. In 2004 the doctor was convicted of more than 50 counts, sentenced to four 25-year terms, and forty-six 15-year terms-all of which were to be served concurrently. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, however, in August 2006 reversed his conviction and ordered that the doctor be retried.

The Government was not deterred by this appeal setback. In March 2007 the government initiated its second prosecution of Hurwitz. This time a jury convicted him of 16 counts of drug trafficking in connection with prescribing pain medication to his patients but acquitted him on another 17 counts of drug trafficking. The trial judge dismissed the remaining 12 counts, and in July 2007 the judge sentenced the doctor to four years and nine months in a federal prison. He remains in federal custody.

The indictments in the Presley/Smith cases, and the multiple convictions of Dr. Hurwitz, virtually guarantees that there will be criminal indictments flowing from the death of Michael Jackson. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office and police investigators have removed a significant amount of physical evidence, reportedly several large bags of drugs and possible syringes from the LA mansion where Jackson was living. The LAPD is contacting every pharmacist in the county about prescriptions that may have been intended for the singer (whether in his name or in a fictitious name as is common in prescription fraud cases). Michael Jackson was sued by one pharmacy that, medicine journal
, claimed the singer owed them over $100,000 for a two year balance on prescriptions they alone had filled for him. Will they be the target of a criminal investigation? Doctors, pharmacists, friends, family, and the usual entourage of hangers-on, medicine journal
, should all follow the lead of Dr. Murray and seek the advice, guidance, and protection of experienced legal counsel. Anyone that may have prescribed or administered to Michael Jackson a pill or a shot stands a good chance of being swept up in the whirlwind, medicine journal
, of prosecution that is sure to follow. Top tier legal representation is a must for anyone that is questioned by investigators in this matter.

As is usually the situation in high-profile cases in Los Angeles, legal experts are already lining up to question the integrity of the investigation being conducted by the LAPD. The experts point to the fact that a moving van of some sort was seen pulling up to the Jackson mansion and hauling away undisclosed items shortly after his death. The legal experts have noted that criminal defense attorneys will have a field day asserting that the “investigation” was either compromised or impeded by the post-Jackson- death removal of items from the mansion.

In the end, we feel fairly confident in saying Michael Jackson’s death will most likely be resolved in a courtroom by attorneys representing the State of California, the Jackson family, and the individuals who may be indicted in connection with the singer’s death. It will play, and end, like most opera tragedies.

Chronic venous disease of the lower limbs is one of the most common medical conditions seen in clinical practice. There is some disagreement over the actual prevalence of chronic venous insufficiency due to the lack of a standardized definition. There have been several large epidemiological studies with varied criteria for venous disease. Amazingly, approximately 50% of middle aged adults have varicose veins. Definitions range from “any prominent superficial vein in the lower extremity” to “a vein which has permanently lost its valvular efficiency and, as a result of continuous dilation under pressure, in the course of time becomes elongated, tortuous, pouched and thickened.” Specialists assessed all of the studies with regard to age range and distribution of study population, criteria used to diagnose varicose veins, geographical site of the study population and methods used to assess venous disease. They reported half of the adult population manifesting minor venous disease, and less than half (women 20-25%; men 10-15%) having visible varicose veins. The pathogenesis of varicose veins is thought to include increased venous and capillary pressures, increased capillary permeability, chronic edema, repeated inflammation, and stasis. Some of the risk factors associated with developing varicose veins, medicine journal
, are obesity, high systolic blood pressure, cigarette smoking, low levels of physical activity, pregnancy,, medicine journal
, abdominal or pelvic masses, ascites, and occupations that require prolonged standing. Patients will often self-diagnose varicose veins and present to the physician with elongated, dilated, tortuous superficial veins (usually in the legs) whose valves have become incompetent. Patients may experience aching, fatigue,, medicine journal
, or heat that is relieved by elevation or wearing compressive hosiery. Symptoms are not always related to the degree or size of the varicose veins. Patients who present with asymptomatic varicosities often seek treatment for cosmetic reasons. Primary varicose veins are not associated with deep venous disease, and treatment is indicated to relieve symptoms and improve appearance. Treatment is particularly valuable to clear excessive discharge or accumulation of fluid in venous tissue. However, treatment is rarely required to prevent further complications. Varicosities that occur secondary to obstruction and valvular incompetence of the deep venous system are much more serious because of the associated risk of pulmonary thromboembolism. Physicians evaluating a patient for presumed varicose veins must rule out other possible causes for the presenting symptoms: lumbar nerve root irritation can cause an aching sensation in the leg; peripheral neuritis causes a burning sensation in the leg; and arterial insufficiency may present with intermittent claudication. A deep vein thromboembolism can present with calf pain, and patients on estrogen have an increased risk. Osteoarthritis of the hip and knee are also considerations in the differential diagnosis of varicose veins. The pain associated with varicose, medicine journal
, veins is uniquely relieved with leg elevation. Before modern pharmaceutical drugs were introduced in the 1930s, physicians in the United States have long been providing extracts from plants to their patients. Over the years, medical professionals and the general public have been showing greater interest in the development of plant medicines. And here at Nature’s Pharma, our goal is to provide as much information as possible on the plant-based medicinal products. VenousBalm-Rx and VenousDrops are new topical and oral remedies to treat varicose and spider veins. They are characterized by very strong and real pharmacological activities which unequivocally qualify them as “ethical drugs”. The effectiveness of these treatments is undisputed. These treatments are concentrated with a wide spectrum of medicinal plant extracts exhibiting curative effects against varicose veins, as published by the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. For those seeking an end to varicose veins and related conditions, these products deliver the goods. VenousBalm-Rx and VenousDrops are established to not only reverse conditions stemming from venous insufficiency, but also improve the overall tone of the veins. These are true venous blood decongestants and used to negate venous blood stagnation which causes varicose veins and venous insufficiency. The astringent properties of these treatments provide a tightening effect to skin tissue. Here at Nature’s Pharma, we are proud to have developed a top-quality selection of medicinal products designed to address a variety of illnesses. Our products are based on advancements made in medicinal plants as they apply to virology, immunology, and dermatology. To learn more, please go to http://www.naturespharma.org.

You very rarely see a human being without a water bottle. It’s as if all these people are planning their day ahead and sometime in the afternoon they will be crossing the great Kalahari Desert. Bon Voyage, good luck, glad you have one bottle of water. The other possibility is that they are all civic minded people who, in their hearts and fantasy minds, want to be firefighters and if some poor soul should spontaneously combust in front of them they have a water bottle handy to dump on and put that person out.

In a recent survey people denied that they carry around a bottle full of water because they get thirsty. The 4th most popular, medicine journal
, answer was, “It looks cool.” Someone said you “must” drink 8 glasses of water each day, this has been debunked over and over again, look it up on the internet. Don’t drink 8 glasses of “Enhanced Water” a day either. No, I’m not referring to the water that has flavoring or vitamins or an extra molecule in it. (Where did that extra molecule come from? We’re researching that and hope to tell you in our next article.)

By the way, “REAL” water is one hydrogen atom and two oxygen atoms, H2O. A friend recently informed me that he would not drink water that had been filtered through reverse osmosis because, “It takes out all the minerals and nutrients.” It broke his heart when I told him that pure water is just one hydrogen and two oxygen atoms, no minerals, no nutrients and no homeless protons.

You’re wondering about the “Enhanced Water.” The components of this are malt, hops, and yeast added to the water. Then it is gently boiled on your stove at home. It is hand-crafted, home brewed special water and some call it by another name.

Why do we make “Enhanced Water” at home?

Never run out of it.

You make the water you like to drink.

Save money by not buying water.

It’s a great hobby, that you can drink. Who do you know that makes their own water?

Hand crafted-home brewed is better than store bought water.

You will be instantly popular. Many, medicine journal
, friends will want your water.

You made it, now you can drink it.

Some of you may be thinking, “Hey wait a minute, water falls out of the sky why are we making this water in our own kitchens?” Read numbers 1 through 7 again and understand, medicine journal
, that there is a spiritual component to this. That great American Benjamin Franklin said, “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” We’ve got America, God, Beer, and being happy that’s the perfect isosceles triangle of good health. Who needs a silly pyramid?

Now, if you didn’t read the previous part of this article or if you didn’t believe any of this article here are the Scientific Facts: “A study done in 1982-1996 found that moderate alcohol consumption was associated with decreased risk of heart failure among the elderly.” Healthy hearts for old people, good news. How elderly you ask? Over 21 is best.

This next one is like REAL Scientific Talk, so first here is the translation. Your body and brain need folate, you get folate from leafy green vegetables, if you’re not eating enough spinach, or green stuff, substitute “Enhanced Water.” The preceding is not a medical or dietary prescription, just really good advice.

This will make your eyes glaze over and your head ache, have a bottle of Enhanced Water ready when you read this: “Dr. O. Mayer Jr. and colleagues from the Center of Preventative Medicine at Charles University in Pilsen wrote in their report: “Moderate beer consumption may help, medicine journal
, to maintain the total homocysteine levels in the normal range due to high folate content. Folate from beer may…contribute to the protective effect of alcohol consumption on cardiovascular disease in population(s) with generally low folate intake from other nutrients.” (Study published in the July issue of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.)

Ouchies, head hurts.

And finally, (don’t you love Italians? You will when you read this) “A study conducted by Dr. Guiseppe Zuccala of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome, medicine journal
, found that moderate alcohol use may protect the brain from mental decline associated with aging.” (Zuccala, G. , et al. Dose-related impact of alcohol consumption on cognitive function in advanced age: Results of a multicenter study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2001, 25, 1743-1748.)

Whoa, something to protect your brain from mental decline, and while you’re getting old, now that is news that must go viral. Spread the word, text your friends, email your Mom and Dad and friends.

Here is a wonderful poem, it doesn’t rhyme, Travel light in life. Take only what you need: a loving family, good friends, simple pleasures, someone to love, and someone to love you; something to eat, enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink for thirst is a dangerous thing. -Unknown.

People actually present to the emergency department convinced they are having a heart attack, when in reality they are experiencing a panic attack, which are quite serious, as well. The Mayo Clinic reports that panic attacks were once dismissed as stress or nerves, but have now been accepted by the medical community as a real illness, so it’s really not all in your head.

The vicious, seemingly unbreakable cycle of panic attacks is that having one leads to anxiety about having another,, medicine journal
, and that anxiety can cause you to actually have another one. Take heart, however, there are proven methods for controlling panic attacks, and you, too, can cast off those demons and live free from worry that another attack is on its way.

Is It a Panic Attack?

The first step in controlling panic attacks is to assure that, medicine journal
, you are having a panic attack versus something else. This can be more easily said than done, though, as symptoms of a panic attack can resemble many other issues. You can easily confuse panic attacks with other issues, especially if you have never experienced one before. Panic attacks can cause you to feel dizzy or lightheaded; make your throat tight and cause you to have shortness of breath. Vomiting and diarrhea, headaches, hot flashes, chills, and even an increased heart rate are all things you might experience. Panic attacks can be serious enough to make you feel like death is imminent.

Sometimes attacks can last only seconds, but other times they can last up to thirty minutes. If you think you have experienced your first attack, it is important to seek medical attention before you start trying to treat it yourself, to make sure that it is not something else. Your doctor, in an effort to rule out other medical issues, will probably subject you to a physical examination and laboratory tests, including blood tests, to make sure you don’t have a thyroid issue or something else.

After the physical part of your examination, it will not be unusual to be referred to a psychologist or psychiatrist who is trained to help figure out if there is something else they can pinpoint as the cause of your attacks. You should not allow yourself to worry about any stigma attached to seeing a mental health professional, especially since this is such an important part of determining the best way to keep you from having additional attacks.

It does not mean that you’re crazy or that you are having mental health issues. More than six million Americans suffer from panic disorder, and you have nothing to feel ashamed about if you get help. (Would you feel the same way if you had a heart attack?) Gaining an Understanding, medicine journal
, of Why You Have Panic Attacks The first step in preventing panic attacks is to try to get a handle on why you have them.

There can be obvious triggers for your attacks, things like flying in, medicine journal
, a plane, visiting a doctor for tests, or even public speaking, but many times your triggers may not be so clear. One theory derived from studies of attacks maintains that passive personalities suffer more from attacks than assertive personalities, so maybe just learning to be a little more assertive will help you. You may think that marijuana calms your anxiety (and it might — in states where it is legal to have a prescription for it, some doctors are writing prescriptions for people who suffer from anxiety), but you should know that marijuana, along with drugs like psilocybin mushrooms can, in reality, cause you to have an attack.

There are some other, not so well-known, factors that can cause attacks, as well. Having tapeworms lowers your levels of Vitamin B, and this can cause attacks. Additional factors that are more well-recognized as triggering attacks can include relationship issues and breakups, illnesses, and, of course, phobias of one sort or another.

If you can maintain a journal or diary that keeps track of your attacks, you may gain a better understanding of what is causing them. Options for Treatment There are several, medicine journal
, medications that are currently in use for treating panic attacks these days, and most of them focus on what is considered to be the underlying cause – stress and anxiety. These medications include Prozac and other serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and they are not without side effects.

Individuals who don’t take their medications regularly, medicine journal
, can experience fairly high instances of relapse, so it is extremely important to continue to take any such medicine as it is prescribed. Understand that it may be necessary to try different medications before you find the one that works the best for you, so be prepared to experiment a little with the help of your doctor. Aside from medications, there are other things that can be incorporated into your regimen, either with or without medications for controlling panic attacks. For instance, there are breathing and relaxation exercises.

Breath control for controlling attacks works on the same principle as Lamaze breathing for childbirth. In addition to cleansing your lungs, maintaining focus on how you are breathing prevents you from focusing on the panic that you feel. Take a deep breath in, and then slowly let it out and repeat – there is no other exercise that is as effortless. You can practice relaxation techniques on your own, or you can learn them from a professional. Tai Chi and Yoga teach relaxation techniques, and a warm bath is one you probably already practice. Almost always, though, relaxation techniques incorporate breath control, so learning to control your breathing should be the first step.

Making a Plan

Controlling panic attacks is not going to happen without some effort on your behalf, and you should acknowledge that up front. Those who suffer from panic attacks know how worth it would be to get rid of them, even if it is not easy. You have to be willing to see your health care professional when you need to, to take your medications as they are prescribed and to practice breathing and relaxation techniques faithfully. Making a plan that is comprised of all these different things, and then dedicating yourself to following it is the only way. You can greatly increase your chances of controlling your attacks, rather than allowing them to control you, by doing so.

Today’s MilkModern feeding methods substitute high-protein, soy-based feeds for fresh green grass and breeding methods to produce cows with abnormally large pituitary glands so that they produce three times more milk than the old fashioned scrub cow.These cows need antibiotics to keep them well. The pasteurization destroys many valuable enzymes in the milk that are needed to aid digestion. The human pancreas is not always able to produce these enzymes which will over-stress of the pancreas can lead to diabetes and other diseases. Recombinant Bovine Growth HormoneRecombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) is a genetically engineered, potent variant of the natural growth, medicine journal
, hormone produced by cows. Injection of this hormone forces cows to increase their milk production by about 10%. rBGH makes cows sick. Monsanto has been forced to admit to about 20 toxic effects, including mastitis, on its POSILAC label. rBGH milk is contaminated by abnormally high pus levels, due to the mastitis commonly induced by rBGH, and antibiotics used to treat the mastitis. rBGH milk is chemically and nutritionally different than natural milk. rBGH milk is contaminated with RbGH, traces of which are absorbed through the gut. rBGH milk is supercharged with high levels of a natural growth factor (IGF-1), which is readily absorbed through the gut. Excess levels of IGF-1 have been incriminated as a cause of breast, colon, and prostate cancers. IGF-1 blocks natural defense mechanisms against early submicroscopic cancers. Some researchers and “experts” suggest that IGF-1 from outside sources cannot be absorbed because the digestive enzymes destroy it while it’s in the GI tract. In 1999, the ADA published research demonstrating that people who consumed 3 servings of milk daily had a 10% higher serum IGF-1 level and almost a 10% lower level IGF Binding Protein 4 (IGBP-4) than those drinking less than 1-1/2 servings. ConstipationA double-blind trial found that chronic constipation among infants and problems associated with it were triggered by intolerance to cows’ milk in two-thirds of the infants studied. Symptoms disappeared in most infants when cows’ milk was removed from their diet. New England Journal of Medicine 1998;339: pp,1100-4 Dairy Induces Immunization to InsulinCow’s milk feeding is an environmental trigger of immunity to insulin in infancy that may explain the epidemiological link between the risk of type 1 diabetes and early exposure to cow’s milk formulas. Diabetes, Vol 48, Issue 7 1389-1394. High intakes of, medicine journal
, milk, but not meat, increase serum insulin and insulin resistance in 8-year-old boys. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2005 Mar;59(3):393-8 The possible role of hormones in milk from cows in the development of breast, ovarian and corpus uteri cancers. The continued increase in incidence of some hormone-related cancers worldwide, medicine journal
,, medicine journal
, is of great concern. Although estrogen-like substances in the environment were blamed for this increase, the possible role of estrogens from food has not been widely discussed. Cows’ milk contains a considerable quantity of estrogens. When we name cows’ milk as one of the important routes of human exposure to estrogens, the general response of Western people is that “man has been drinking cows’ milk for around 2000 years without apparent harm.” However, the milk that we are now consuming is quite different from that consumed 100 years ago. Modern dairy cows are usually pregnant and continue to lactate during the latter half of pregnancy, when the concentration of estrogens in blood, and hence in milk, increases. The correlation of incidence and mortality rates with environmental variables in worldwide countries provides useful clues to the etiology of cancer. Among dietary risk factors, we are most concerned with milk and dairy products, because the milk we drink today is produced from pregnant cows, in which estrogen and progesterone levels are markedly elevated. Medical Hypotheses. 2005;65(6):1028-37. Epub 2005 Aug 24 Testicular Germ Cell CancerResults of a November 2006 case control study suggest that milk fat and/or galactose (a milk sugar) may explain the association between milk and dairy product consumption and seminomatous testicular cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention Vol. 15, 2189-2195, November 2006 Dairy: Colon Cancer Risk TriplesHigh childhood total dairy intake was associated with a near-tripling in the odds of colorectal cancer in adulthood. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 86, No. 6, 1722-1729, December 2007 Ovarian CancerWomen who consume dairy products on a regular basis, have triple the risk of ovarian cancer than other women. The Lancet 1989; 2 In an evaluation of 80,326 women; women who consumed 1+ servings of dairy per day had a 44% greater risk for all types of invasive ovarian cancer compared with those who ate the lowest amount (3 or fewer servings monthly). American Journal of Epidemiology, 1999;150 LymphomaIn Norway, 1422 individuals were followed for 11 ½ years. Those drinking 2 or more glasses of milk per day had 3.5 times the incidence of cancer of the lymphatic organs. British Med. Journal 61:456-9, March 1990. Prostate Cancer“At least 16 research studies now link milk consumption to prostate cancer, and milk fat is also linked to heart disease,” — Neal D. Barnard, M.D. High consumption of dairy products was associated with a 50% increased risk of prostate cancer. Cancer Causes Control 1998 Dec;9(6):559-66 Dairy Increases Risk of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in those with History of Skin CancerInternational Journal of Cancer. 2006 Oct 15;119(8):1953-60 Dairy product consumption was positively associated with risk of Parkinson’s diseaseAmerican Journal of Epidemiology 2007 165(9):998-1006 We believe this is pretty convincing evidence that one should seriously consider eliminating dairy from their diet. Think that Dairy doesn’t affect you?Take the challenge: avoid it for 2 weeks and then the next day have all you want. Milk Substitutes1 cup = 1cup of Almond Milk, Rice Milk, Oat MilkButtermilk: 1 cup = 1 cup minus 1 tbs. of rice milk or almond milk, plus 1 tbs. lemon juice. Let set for a few minutes.Butter: 1 tbs. = 1 tbs. sunflower oil or Earth Balance SpreadCreamy Dressing: Mix mayonnaise with your favorite vinaigretteHeavy Cream: 1 tbs. Tahini dissolved in ¼ cup water (this will not whip ) Couscous and Black Bean Salad1 Cup couscous2 Cups boiling water1 ½ Cup frozen yellow corn2 Cups cooked black beans16 roma tomatoes or 3 regular tomatoes, chopped8 cloves of garlic minced1, medicine journal
, each red and yellow bell pepper seeded/minced¾ Cup fresh cilantro, minced (optional)1 ½ tsp salt2 tsp cumin½ Cup rice vinegar Put couscous in a large bowl. Pour the boiling water over it and cover the bowl until the couscous has absorbed all of the water (about 10 mins). Add the corn and mix (the heat from the couscous will thaw the corn). Add the rest of the ingredients, medicine journal
, and mix well. This tastes great at room temperature, but store in the refrigerator.