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Wendy, how do we go about locating her book? Thank you advance. [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Tebay, Wendy M <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> 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