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"They propagate nutritional myths as a result. Those myths include things such as, "Vitamins aren't beneficial." Or "All you need for optimum nutrition is three meals a day." These and other nutritional myths are what they hear in medical school and in the popular science journals. Far too often, they simply pass those beliefs on to their patients without having any real knowledge of whether or not they are true. There's also the disturbing fact that there's no financial interest for doctors to actually teach their patients nutrition." - Mike Adams, The Seven Laws of Nutrition (Get the book.)

"SHEDDING OUTDATED myths AND BELIEFS How does one shed obsolete myths and beliefs—how does one make the leap to a vision that embraces the human being in his and her planetary environment? In contemporary societies a number of factors hinder the shift to a better vision. The way children are raised depresses their faculties for learning and creativity; the way young people experience the struggle for material survival results in frustration and resentment. In adults this leads to a variety of compensatory, addictive, and compulsive behaviors." - Ervin Laszlo, Quantum Shift in the Global Brain: How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and Our World (Get the book.)

"And we must understand these myths before we can be free of them. THE myths OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY . . . scientists cannot see the way they see with their way of seeing. -R. D. LAING e are so used to looking at things in a certain way that we cannot see W a different way of looking at the brain, behavior, and mood." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"We have been taught that myths are either half-truths or legends about larger-than-life gods and goddesses battling it out using the forces of nature in supernatural ways. myths are really made-up stories that explain life. In the same way, we all have a personal mythology that now guides us through our life that contains every belief, rule, and agreement we've assembled. We each have a worldview supported by a body of personal myths associated with every event, every person we've ever met, and every situation we've experienced." - Ray Dodd, BeliefWorks: The Art of Living Your Dreams (Get the book.)

"In Diet Evolution, you'll take an axe to some myths about healthy eating, which will further distinguish it from many other diets, particularly those focused on calories and low fat. These myths may seem like heresy at first, but in the coming chapters, you'll understand why much conventional advice about eating is off base. Consider these: myth: Drink three glasses of milk or the equivalent each day. reality: Most adults are not programmed to drink milk. myth: Orange juice is a great source of vitamins. reality: Drinking any fruit juice is like drinking liquid sugar." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"We have been taught that myths are either half-truths or legends about larger-than-life gods and goddesses battling it out using the forces of nature in supernatural ways. myths are really made-up stories that explain life. In the same way, we all have a personal mythology that now guides us through our life that contains every belief, rule, and agreement we've assembled. We each have a worldview supported by a body of personal myths associated with every event, every person we've ever met, and every situation we've experienced." - Ray Dodd, BeliefWorks: The Art of Living Your Dreams (Get the book.)

"But like all myths, they don't work in daylight. As you can see from Sally's statement below, food will never provide the love that she is really longing for. The Futile Search for Unconditional Love An online member, Sally, who's sixty-eight, and two hundred pounds overweight, said, "The emptiness always seems to me to be about not being loved for who I am. Unconditional love. Something I didn't experience as a child; nothing I did was ever good enough for my parents." - Roger Gould, Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever (Get the book.)

"The connection was not coincidental; over the course of three decades beginning in 391 when Christians destroyed both the Mouseion Library* and Alexan- • The loss of the contents of the great libtary of Alexandria is the object of a startling number of myths. The earliest lays the responsibility at the feet of the legions of Julius Caesar; the latest, not only false but libelous, blames the fire on the Islamic invaders of the seventh century." - William Rosen, Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire (Get the book.)

"Two myths came crashing down at once: that the antidepressants are safe in children and that they are effective. The FDA's belated observations once again took a page from my many books, including Talking Back to Prozac (1994), where I had reviewed the scientific literature concerning Prozac's lack of efficacy and marked capacity to cause violent and suicidal behavior in children. I had also warned, "It becomes apparent that these drugs should not be given to children and youth." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.) "Marketing myths and the Truth About Psychiatric Medication MODERN PEOPLE SWIM IN A SEA of psychopharmacological advertising and promotion amounting to an all-pervasive propaganda campaign designed to shape the way we think about our lives and ourselves. We take for granted pronouncements like, "You have a biochemical imbalance," and "Mental disorders are like diabetes," and can easily feel shocked when someone challenges their factual basis." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"The Vitamin K Issue One of the most damaging myths has been perpetuated by doctors who tell patients on Coumadin to avoid foods rich in vitamin K such as green leafy vegetables, radishes, cabbage, broccoli, spinach, kale, beans, and asparagus. Their reasoning: they interfere with the effectiveness of the medication. Doctors may also say not to take supplements with vitamin K (they usually come in multivitamin formulas). Our concern: the body needs vitamin K for bone strength and for the integrity of arteries, including the coronary blood vessels in the heart." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "His answer: "Among the many myths perpetuated about the dangers of vitamins is that niacin causes liver disease. Unfortunately, many physicians are afraid to use a high dose of niacin because of this unfounded fear. To me this is a tragedy because of all the patients who could be benefiting and who are not. A real liver connection just doesn't exist. There have been a few rare cases reported, the last serious one perhaps thirty or forty years ago. "I have never encountered a liver problem using high-dose niacin for more than a half century." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Religious myths consider God's message to be so complicated that many years of study are required before we can possibly understand it. We are often told that the days of prophecy are over, so who are we to receive direct inspiration, messages, insights, or healing from the Lord? Eastern religions like Buddhism and Hinduism, and related spiritual practices like yoga, often encourage the elimination of the ego, pride, and desire. This may cause us to underestimate our own power, avoid reaching for our most cherished dreams, or sabotage our life with feelings of guilt." - Donald M. Epstein, Healing myths, Healing Magic: Breaking the Spell of Old Illusions; Reclaiming Our Power to Heal (Get the book.)

"This, of course, is a staple of Greek myths, such as the Oedipus legend. Just like the time-traveller attempting to 'change' the past, characters in the myths invariably endeavour to falsify the prophecies; and they invariably fail. Not only that; sometimes, as in the Oedipus legend itself, the efforts of the protagonists to defeat the prophecy are themselves causally instrumental in bringing about the occurrence of the events foretold. These stories are, of course, decidedly far-fetched. But there is nothing contradictory about them." - Michael Lockwood, The Labyrinth of Time: Introducing the Universe (Get the book.)

"We have all been pulled into this enormous and complex system by our hopes and fears, our myths and ideologies, our dedication and pursuit of scientific knowledge, and our personal and institutional aspirations. As the interests and energies of all these elements keep merging into an ever larger and more powerful system, a perfect storm is gathering that is producing enormously expensive and disturbingly ineffective health care, American style." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "It is exactly myths such as these that Thomas Kuhn was referring to in his groundbreaking book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, published in 1962. Kuhn coined the term "paradigm" to describe the unspoken professional values, beliefs, and techniques shared by a community of scientists or professionals. The shared paradigm then defines the range of problems that are legitimate to investigate, the range of legitimate solutions, and the criteria that justify belief that the findings are true." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "Health care costs keep rising, with no end in sight, and despite the myths about the excellence of our medical care, we are not realizing commensurate improvements in our health. The American health care system keeps edging ever closer to the breaking point. Many factors are contributing, but in the eye of the storm is a single factor: the transformation of medical knowledge from a public good, measured by its potential to improve our health, into a commodity, measured by its commercial value." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "Only 27 percent of ads presented the cause of or risk factors for the disease, and only 9 percent clarified myths and misconceptions about the disease. The positive effects of lifestyle change were mentioned in less than 25 percent of the ads and fewer than three out of 10 acknowledged that other treatments were available. Two out of five ads attempted to medicalize ordinary life issues. (Routine hair loss or a runny nose, for example, became a medical problem requiring treatment with expensive prescription drugs." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Cancer myths ... 521 Does surgery spread or accelerate the growth of cancer? ... 521 Is there a cancer cure cover-up? ... 523 Does sugar cause cancer to grow? ... 524 Hair dye and cancer... 524 Do anti-perspirants cause cancer? ... 525 Is cancer contagious? ... 526 Do regular checkups detect all cancer in their early stage? ... 526 Does sunscreen use prevent skin cancer? ... 526 Who is spreading myths about cancer? ... 528 o LU I— Q_ < X u The Cancer Care Industry p510-538 Cancer doctors... 528 Sensitivity along with technology ... 528 Doctor, how long do I have to live? ..." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"I have come to realize that our capacity to heal is more often affected by society's collective myths than by our personal circumstances, symptoms, or disease. Profound moments of healing on a physiological level are often limited by the stories we have about who we are, what it takes to heal, and how we see our place in the larger scheme of things. Our stories can create the magic of healing in our life, or they can stop the magic completely." - Donald M. Epstein, Healing myths, Healing Magic: Breaking the Spell of Old Illusions; Reclaiming Our Power to Heal (Get the book.)

"Sadly, this boy from Omaha has concluded that the obsession with getting enough protein is one of the biggest myths out there. Did the steak you had for dinner last night come from a cow being fed burgers? Of course not! Does Sting look underfed and malnourished? No way. Most animals get all the protein they want or need by eating leaves, and so should humans." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"In spite of popular myths to the contrary, there is no evidence that sports like running increase the risk for osteoarthritis. Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints in people both young and old. RA can also cause inflammation of the tissue around the joints and organs in the body. RA is a chronic illness, meaning it can last for years, and people with RA may go for long periods without any symptoms. However, RA is a progressive illness with the potential to cause joint destruction and functional disability." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, wrote of two myths that enshroud the pharmaceutical industry: First, it spends huge amounts of capital on the development of new drugs (which justifies the high prices for their products); and second that in so doing, it produces a significant number of new drugs. What about the vaunted research and development (R&D)? In 2002, according to Angell, the industry spent $31 billion (14% of its sales) on R&D, compared to its profits, which were $36 billion (17%)." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"Velikovsky supported this picture of worldwide catastrophe with a wealth of quotations from such ancient sources as the Hebrew Bible, the Hindu Vedas, Roman and Greek mythology and the myths and legends of many ancient races. He also supported it with physical evidence from geology and palaeontology. The cause of these tremendous upheavals, according to Velikovsky, was an extraordinary series of astronomical events." - Richard Milton, Alternative Science: Challenging the myths of the Scientific Establishment (Get the book.)

"Yet, with modern diseases and cancer, specifically, we are living by the same old myths handed down to us from generation to generation. Are we not also falling into the trap of blindly believing what other people have accepted as their subjective, personal truth? "But today it is different," you may argue, "because we have objective, verifiable scientific research to prove what is real and what is not." I may have to disappoint you here. First, almost all scientific research studies are actually based on the subjective ideas, feelings, and thoughts of the scientist conducting the experiment." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "Chapter 13, Eight Dangerous myths of Modern Living, Timeless Secrets of Health and Rejuvenation. To remove harmful chemicals and toxic metals from the body I recommend using Natural Cellular Defense from Waiora, MMS, and marine phytoplankton. (See more information at www.ener-chi.com). Wearing Bras Impairs Lymph Drainage There are other factors that affect proper lymph drainage and circulation. Regularly wearing a bra impairs the proper flow of lymph and may greatly increase the chance of developing breast cancer." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Warning: Don't even dabble in these excellent books unless you're willing to have some cherished myths and beliefs about health and medicine challenged. The Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney. Though this book focuses on the recent administration, don't let the title fool you. You'll find meticulously documented examples of how "independent" research can be molded to fit a political agenda, regardless of what that agenda happens to be. The Hundred-Year Lie: How Food and Medicine Are Destroying Your Health by Randall Fitzgerald. This book is well documented and well researched." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "Some myths die hard and some just need killing." The next time you hear that IBS is "all in your head," consider the following statement from the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: "IBS is not caused by stress. It is not a psychological or psychiatric disorder. It is not 'all in the mind.' Because of the connection between the brain and the gut, symptoms in some individuals can be exacerbated or triggered by stress. Dietary and hormonal factors can affect symptoms of IBS." This is an important point." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

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