Wendy, how do we go about locating her book?  Thank you advance.

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From: Tebay, Wendy M <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Friday, October 30, 1998 10:17 PM
Subject: Making Healthy Choices


>Oh, I went to that show taping (Making Healthy Choices) about a week ago,
>and it was pretty interesting.  I got the chance to ask the woman, Maureen
>Salaman, about treating PD naturally, she specifically mentioned a
>multi-mineral product, antioxidant, borage oil as being primary supplements
>to take.  There are others listed in her book, All Your Health Questions
>Answered -  Naturally", in her chapter on PD.  She is the only person I've
>ever really seen/heard who has specifically said that she has seen PD
>reversed (as well as MS, ALS, AD, etc.) and gives a detailed
>nutritional/supplement protocol for achieving this.
>
>One guy I met  at the taping, had had a stroke, high blood pressure,
>diabetes,etc., starting with the stroke at age 48.  He was pretty much
>paralyzed on one side, and when also hit with the other conditions, ended
up
>living in a nursing home.  Well, he said that while it took him about seven
>years (the time for the body to replace every cell thru normal processes),
>he was able to get rid of the high blood pressure, the diabetes, and most
of
>the stiffness from the stroke, by using nutritional means.  His theory is
>that over those seven years that as his body was creating new cells to
>replace the old, the new ones came in better, so to speak, cuz they were
>being created from a solid basis, not from junk food,etc.
>
>I'm going to also bring this up with my neurologist next time I see him,
cuz
>even Maureen Salaman also recommends that for serious, chronic, illnesses,
>that one shouldn't treat them on one's own.  I also believe it to be
>important to get "conventional" doctors involved with these sorts of
things,
>cuz if they do work, and the Dr. sees that firsthand, he can no longer
>dismiss it.   I don't agree with people who sneak around behind their Dr.'s
>backs and pursue alternative medicine.  Besides the fact that it can help
>enlighten both sides of the debate to have them both involved, one should
be
>careful of possible interactions between herbs and drugs, etc.  I also feel
>that if your Dr. isn't at least open to other ideas, then you need to find
>one who is.  Mine have been very open-minded to all that I've tried so far.
>While they wouldn't like me to abadon traditional treatment for PD, they
are
>supportive of me trying to supplement that with acupuncture, etc.  "WW -
>Whatever Works" is a good motto, I think.
>
>Personally too, just speaking for myself, if I were a Doctor, I would be
>curious about other ideas than my own.  I love to learn, and I don't
believe
>one's learning  stops after one has the M.D., license, or any other for
that
>matter.  On my job, I am constantly learning, cuz the technology is always
>changing.
>
>.....And now that the latest news is that maybe new brain cells do grow
>after all, all of this may not be so far fetched.  PD was a long time in
>coming, so for that reason, as well as the fact that it takes seven years
>for all your body's cells to be replaced via natural cell death and
>regrowth, any nutritional type of treatment will likely take months, even
>years maybe, to start showing signs of disease reversal.  In the meantime,
I
>know it could only help me to feel better generally.  Even before I got
this
>PD, it was hard to keep up with work and everything else, while still
trying
>to get enough sleep, exercise and nutrition.  It's even harder now to do
>this, but it's even more imperative to do so.
>
>Wendy Tebay