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"Cotton's practices were covered up by the hospital board and the leading figure in American psychiatry of the day, Adolf Meyer, and cotton was also allowed to continue practicing at the hospital for almost another twenty years. At his eulogy in 1933, Meyer lauded Cotton's "extraordinary record of achievement."10 Harvard-trained doctors John Talbott and Kenneth Tillotson, somehow under the impression that psychosis could be expunged by extreme thermal measures, wrapped patients in freezing blankets so that their body temperatures fell ten to twenty degrees below normal." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"Use a futon mattress containing cotton or wool batting, and do not use a plastic mattress cover or, if necessary, put a zippered cotton cover around a conventional mattress with two cotton pads on top. The cotton will serve as somewhat of a barrier between you and "rubber" or fibers of petroleum origin. Or, purchase a Dux (imported from Sweden), a bed designed for ultimate back support that just happens to be made from 100 percent natural materials (Duxiana, Bellevue, Washington, (206) 637-9725). Use 100 percent cotton sheets and cotton or wool blankets. Keep the windows open, if possible." - Ralph Golan, M.D., Optimal Wellness (Get the book.)

"Henry cotton of Trenton State Hospital, believing that germs from tooth decay led to insanity, removed patients' teeth and other body parts, such as the bowels, which he thought might be the causes of their madness. In so doing, he killed almost half of his patients—more than one hundred people.9 Cotton's practices were covered up by the hospital board and the leading figure in American psychiatry of the day, Adolf Meyer, and cotton was also allowed to continue practicing at the hospital for almost another twenty years." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"At first the cotton grows just fine for a season or two. But when the cotton doesn't grow as it did when the soil was fresh, you start pumping chemicals and fertilizers into the ground to keep the cotton growing. This works for another season or two, but then you have to use stronger chemicals, or more chemicals. Eventually the soil gives up and becomes completely unproductive. Now, no matter how much fertilizer and chemicals you use, the cotton no longer grows. To get the soil working again, you will have rebuild the land using natural methods." - John K. Pollard, The Digestive Awareness Diet: You Are HOW You Eat (Get the book.)

"Furnishings and Household Maintenance Upholstery Coverings Padding Cotton Silk cotton Linen Wool Hair Synthetic fabrics Rubber Plastic Other- Mattresses Pillows Cotton Feather Rubber Rubber Plastic covered Kapok Other_ Dacron Rugs Wool cotton Synthetic Natural fiber Rug Pads Plastic Rubber Hair Plastic covered Rubber or Plastic backed Curtains cotton silk Wool linen Plastic Synthetic material Cleansers Soap Detergents Scouring pwd." - Theron G. Randolph, An Alternative Approach to Allergies (Get the book.)

"No known toxicity. cotton • A soft, white, cellulosic substance composed of the fibers surrounding the seeds of various plants of the mallow family. COTTONSEED • The water-soluble, protein material in cotton seed contains one of the most powerful allergens for humans. Occasionally it contaminates inexpensive cotton stuffing in upholstery, mattresses, and cushions. More often, exposures to the allergens arise from the use of cottonseed meal, which may be found in fertilizers and as a constituent of feed for cattle, hogs, poultry, and dogs." - Ruth Winter, M.S., A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients (Get the book.)

"Cottonseed Oil Cottonseed oil is a by-product of the cotton industry. The oil is extracted from the meat of the cottonseed (Gossypiutn hirsutum). Approximately 40 percent of the oil is recovered by screw pressing; the remainder is recovered by various types of solvent extraction. Originally, cottonseed oil was all extracted by the hydraulic press method. About 17 percent of the seed is crude oil. This crude oil is subjected to various forms of ref ining, including bleaching, deodorizing, and/or winterizing." - Mary G. Enig, Know Your Fats : The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol (Get the book.)

"But when the cotton doesn't grow as it did when the soil was fresh, you start pumping chemicals and fertilizers into the ground to keep the cotton growing. This works for another season or two, but then you have to use stronger chemicals, or more chemicals. Eventually the soil gives up and becomes completely unproductive. Now, no matter how much fertilizer and chemicals you use, the cotton no longer grows. To get the soil working again, you will have rebuild the land using natural methods. The diagnostic term for pancreatic depletion is called insulin resistance. Here is how it works." - John K. Pollard, The Digestive Awareness Diet: You Are HOW You Eat (Get the book.)

"Gossypium (C 4) Cotton Ancient name of a tree (from Pliny), the fruit of which contains a kind of cotton. LSome species are native to S. U.S. & Mex. G. hirsutum, native to Fla., Mex. & tropical Am., is cultivated for the fibers surrounding its seeds and is found as an escape in S. U.S. Other tropical species are cultivated on a large scale as a source of fibers. Cotton seeds contain an edible oil. Torrefied seeds were used in the South as a coffee substitute during the Civil War. Cottonseed meal, the ground cake left after cottonseed oil has been expressed, is a common animal feed." - Francois Couplan, Ph.D., The Encyclopedia of Edible Plants of North America (Get the book.)

"Then one day Anju put Vaniya's head on her shoulder-without first putting a cotton diaper over her shoulder to protect her clothing, as she normally did-and Vaniya's eyes got red and puffy. That was the clue: Vaniya was allergic to synthetic fibers. Anju found that whenever she dressed Vaniya in anything other than cotton, her eyes would swell. Avoiding all synthetic fibers was practically impossible, though, and over the next two years Vaniya contracted ten inflammatory eye infections, and was hospitalized four times." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"COTTONSEED • The water-soluble, protein material in cotton seed contains one of the most powerful allergens for humans. Occasionally it contaminates inexpensive cotton stuffing in upholstery, mattresses, and cushions. More often, exposures to the allergens arise from the use of cottonseed meal, which may be found in fertilizers and as a constituent of feed for cattle, hogs, poultry, and dogs. Symptoms usually result from inhalation but allergic reactions also can occur from ingesting cottonseed meal used in pan-greasing compounds and in foods such as some fried cakes, fig bars, and cookies." - Ruth Winter, M.S., A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients (Get the book.)

"The majority of these crops were herbicide- and insect-resistant soybeans, corn, cotton, canola, and alfalfa. Another use of this technology is to produce a GM rice with increased iron and vitamins, which could alleviate chronic malnutrition in third-world countries. So on the surface it looks like this technology would be helpful to humans. Unfortunately, there is more data showing up to suggest there could be serious negative side effects using GM foods." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "These two commonly applied pesticides are used on cotton, grapes, tomatoes, lettuce, alfalfa, citrus, beans, and other fruit, nut, and vegetable crops. Dicofol, listed as a potential carcinogen, is similar to DDT in its structure, and both are suspected endocrine disruptors. Acutely toxic, endosulfan is up for inclusion in the Rotterdam Convention, an international treaty requiring special import notifications for a list of problematic chemicals, and was recently nominated for global phaseout under the international Stockholm Convention. Similar stories abound: ?" - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"I spent two days with her, asking her questions about her lifestyle (she started her day with buttermilk, oatmeal, and quiet prayer), listening to stories (she recounted a 107-year-old memory of a bull goring her father, including a description of the "crimson" blood staining his cotton shirt), and watching her as she carried out her everyday life. She and Margarite were best friends; they could sit and talk and find each other's company completely entertaining. When I left, I asked if I could hug her. She said of course." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"It was clear with lazy, cotton clouds that rode the gentle winds high in the blue sky. I had spent most of the previous afternoon looking for the right place. I wandered many paths and saw many things that gave me insights into who I am, where I was; yet none of them had invited me to sit beside them and spend a day in listening silence. My despair of ever finding the right place reminded me of how I've felt in the past, while in a forest or on a mountainside looking for where I would place myself in the earth's care, in my mother's embrace. " - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"Cotton, J. R., Weststrate, J. A., and Blundell, J. E. (1996). Replacement of dietary fat with sucrose polyester: Effects on energy intake and appetite control in nonobese males. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 63, 891-896. 154. Kelly, S. M., Shorthouse, M., Cotterell, J. C, et al. (1998). A 3-month, double-blind, controlled trial of feeding with sucrose polyester in human volunteers. Br. J. Nutr. 80, 41-49. 155. Blundell, J. E., and Hill, A. J. (1986). Paradoxical effects of an intense sweetener (aspartame) on appetite. Lancet 1, 1092-1093. 156. Stellman, S. D., and Garfinkel, L. (1986)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"An accumulator, a boxlike enclosure of any size, could be made of alternating layers of any metal and nonmetallic materials, such as cotton cloth or felt. Reich believed that atmospheric energy would be first attracted, then instantly repelled by the metal and eventually absorbed by the nonmetallic substance. Because the enclosure was layered, orgone energy would continuously flow between the atmosphere and the box, like a current of air, and so constantly "accumulate." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"The study by cotton et al. [153] is particularly important because although they found about 72% energy compensation, the level of dietary fat was reduced to about 20% of energy from 34%. This high degree of fat restriction is substantially more than what was observed in other studies. The study by Kelly et al. [154] failed to show a difference in energy intake between a group receiving sucrose polyester in place of dietary fat for a 3-month trial. However, it was very possible that the measure of energy intake (dietary records) was too variable to allow accurate assessment." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) consists of the formation of clinical lesions (microaneurysms and intraretinal hemorrhages), the appearance of retinal exudates (lipid deposits from leaky blood vessels) and cotton wool spots (resulting from localized ischemia), and the appearance of venous bleeding and loops [241]. Blindness can result at theses stages if macular edema occurs [242]. In the later proliferative stage (PDR), new vessels and fibrous tissue can originate from the optic disc or elsewhere in the retina." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"In Shiva's hair may be seen a skull, symbolic of death, the forehead-ornament of the Lord of Destruction, as well as a crescent moon, symbolic of birth and increase, which are his other boons to * The brahminical thread is a cotton thread worn by the members of the three upper castes (the so-called twice-born) of India. It is passed over the head and right arm, so that it rests on the left shoulder and runs across the body (chest and back) to the right hip." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.) "Writes the New Englander, cotton Mather: "The Wilderness 42 Ibid., CXVII. 43 Gustave Flaubert, La tentation de Saint Antoine (La reine de Saba). through which we are passing to the Promised Land is all filled with Fiery flying serpents. But, blessed be God, none of them have hitherto so fastened upon us as to confound us utterly! All our way to Heaven lies by Dens of Lions and the Mounts of Leopards; there are incredible Droves of Devils in our way. . . ." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.) "The woman took this, and, wrapping it in cotton, placed it between her breasts, where she kept it a number of days, at the end of which time it was transformed into a living creature: all by order of the demon. The child was named Goranchacho, and he was reared in the household of the head man, his grandfather, until he was some twenty-four years of age." Then he proceeded in triumphant procession to the capital of the nation, and was celebrated throughout the provinces as the "Child of the Sun." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.) "The Wrath," Jonathan Edwards thundered, "the Wrath of God is like great Waters that are dammed for the present; they increase more and more, and rise higher and higher till an Outlet 44 cotton Mather, Wonders of the Invisible World (Boston, 1693), p. 63. is given; and the longer the Stream is stopt, the more rapid and mighty is its Course when once it is let loose. " - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.)

"Cotton, J. R., Burley, V. J., Weststrate, J. A., and Blundell, J. E. (1996). Fat substitution and food intake: effect of replacing fat with sucrose polyester at lunch or evening meals. British J. Nutr. 75, 545-556. 35. Hill, J. O., Seagle, H. M., Johnson, S. L., Smith, S., Reed, G. W., Tran, Z. V., et al. (1998). Effects of 14 d of covert substitution of olestra for conventional fat on spontaneous food intake. Am. J. Clin, Nutr. 67, 1178-1185. 36. Roy, H. J., Most, M. M., Sparti, A., Lovejoy, J. C, Volaufova, J., Peters, J. C, et al. (2002)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Rene Dubos, a French-born microbiologist who discovered the first two commercially manufactured antibiotics, wrote in his classic book The Mirage of Health, "The introduction of inexpensive cotton undergarments easy to launder and of transparent glass that brought light into the most humble dwelling, contributed more to the control of infection than did all the drugs and medical practices." Our experience with cancer during the twentieth century proves the point in reverse." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"If you tend to sweat, try to use cornstarch and clothes made of natural fibres like cotton that breathe. • Use unscented and gentle bath products. Sometimes artificial scents in soaps, bubble bath and even toilet paper can cause allergic reactions. • If you tend to enjoy coffee, chocolate or tomatoes, these may be a trigger for rectal itching. Eliminate them one at a time and keep track of your itching. To determine if you have food allergies go to Chapter Three for extensive information on how to detect hidden allergies." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

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