Dr. Ingrid Pincott's Volume 6, No. 6 · September/October 2000
NATUROPATHIC WISDOM NOTES

Back To School Time and how to keep your kids healthy for the year
Cord Clamping at Birth
Kava kava compared to antianxiety drugs
Ginseng and Breast Cancer Therapy
Dental Health
Home Spa Recipe
Supplement of the Month
Recipe: Walnut and Blue Cheese Salad
New in the Office
Package Rates
Savings on bulk purchases
Special of the Quarter

Don’t take anything personally!

Most kids will come home with a cold within the first month of school. Here is a quick recipe for trying to prevent that. Thymulin and Influenzinum are the homeopathic remedies we use in the office for the whole family through out the school year. Start now, giving three doses of each only once a month. How easy can that be? If a cold or flu has already developed consider Esberitox chewable echinacea which everyone finds tasty. For those nasty chest infections Usnea Combination works everytime! It doesn’t taste good, but it works well. For real stubborn cases Defense Factors will prevent the use of antibiotics most everytime. For a routine supplement program: flaxoil or favored cod-liver oil, multivitamin/mineral (if chewable rinse out mouth with water afterwards as Vitamin C is hard on the enamel of the teeth). Extra Vitamin C keeps the immune system up as well as taking echinacea two weeks on and two weeks off all year long. Dr. Lendon-Smith recommends 1000mg per year of age! Watch for bowel complaints and reduce dosage if needed. For learning challenged children use DHA Junior, (a raspberry flavored chewable essential fat) or Efalex. ADFX is also helping some children according to Dr. Lyon in Nanaimo. Some simple diet suggestions: try using more herbal teas instead of juice for the kids; make your own juice boxes to avoid the aluminum lined boxes; provide snacks of soaked almonds and vegetable sticks on the kitchen table; avoid the calcium robbing soft drinks; and maintain blood sugar levels through out the school day by providing ample protein snacks.

I have several pregnant patients right now that need to know this information about cord clamping found in Dr. Northrup’s latest newsletter. Please talk to your midwife and obstetrician about this before your deliver.
At birth the babe goes from a water environment to one where his or her lungs must expand and begin the process of respiration. While this changeover takes place the umbilical cord pulsates so the baby still has the old oxygenation system in place. Clamping the cord immediately forces the baby to switch over much faster and gives the baby a feeling of panic, that there isn’t enough air. Babies often cry as soon as the cord is clamped for this reason.

According to Dr. George Morley who has delivered thousands of babies over 40 years, waiting three minutes after delivery before clamping the cord saves lives and assists in the oxygenation of the newborn. Up until 1950 this was common practice until it was felt that the baby could get under or over perfused leading to jaundice. According to Dr. Morley this premature clamping correlates to 100% interruption or elimination of placental transfusion. This can account for blood loss into the placenta, before the child has breathed and guarantees that moderate to severe infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS) occurs in premature infants. In healthy babes born vaginally the contraction of the uterus at birth stimulates this transfer of blood, but if delivered by C-Section this does not occur. If the placenta is allowed to stop pulsating on its own, especially in premature babes and C-Section births, there is a 70% reduction of admissions to the intensive care unit for treatment of IRDS.

A 25 week study with 101 outpatients clinic in Germany with various kinds of anxiety disorders including social phobia, agoraphobia and generalized anxiety, showed after 8 weeks of treatment with kava kava significant improvement. Contrary to the common treatments with drugs such as benzodiazepines and tryclycic antidepressants, withdrawal symptoms or development of dependency has not been found with kava kava. Other side effects as seen with these drugs are also not found.

Adverse effects are absent and kava kava was well tolerated. The authors conclude that kava extract was comparable to the antianxiety effect of bromazepam and oxazepam.

North American Ginseng was used in this study to determine if ginseng had a negative estrogen effect on breast cancer cell lines by causing their proliferation. This study indicates that this is not the case and there is no negative interaction with anticancer drugs used for breast cancer such as Tamoxifen. In fact when combined with such drugs the antiproliferative effect of the drugs was enhanced! Further studies need to be done according to the author.

Brushing too hard with hard toothbrushes causes tooth sensitivity, receding gums and wear around the roots of the teeth. 45% of all toothbrushes sold are the too stiff for proper brushing. Choose the softest toothbrush available. Other tricks to keeping your gums healthy besides flossing are taking adequate antioxidants such as Vitamin C, A, and CoQ10. Gum disease may be the first sign of CoQ10 deficiency. This antioxidant is also very important for heart and breast health.

Extra Virgin Olive Oil is recommended by most Naturopathic Physicians as the best oil to use in cooking. However according to the website http://cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/food/oliveoil/index.html there are many brands that are diluting their oils. The brand I recommend is Bertolli’s.

Gather the following of my favorite ingredients for a Saturday or Sunday home spa treatment. Get together with girl friends for even more fun! No longer can you say that you can’t afford a spa treatment!

Body Butter made from shea butter and brazil nuts. (Available from the Body Shop)
Massage Bars (available from LUSH)(1-888-733-LUSH)
H’suan Wen Hua Hair Treatment (LUSH)(1-888-733-LUSH)
Aveda Shampure Conditioner
French Soaps (Available from L’Occitane, Chintz & Company, Apple Seed Cottage in Campbell River)
Thyme Ltd. soaps and bath products (Available from Something Special in Campbell River)
Deserving Thyme Bath Foam
Grace Facial Mask (1-800-615-3379)
Jason’s Ester C Moisture Cream

Once a week treat yourself like Cleopatra! Start by washing your hair and applying the H’suan Wen Hua Hair Treatment and leave it in for hours for an excellent conditioning. Prepare the bathroom with candles, aromatherapy candles (great ones available from Aveda) and tape deck with relaxing music such as Spa Music (available from Something Special). Apply the facial mask before getting in the bath and once mask is tight wash off. Finish face care once out of bath. Now take a long bath using Thyme Ltd. bath salts, LUSH bath bombs or bath oils, or Deserving Thyme sensual bath oils. Before finishing your bath rinse out the Lush conditioner and finish with the Aveda conditioner. After the bath apply the Body Butters or massage bars. This leaves your body feeling very soft.Apply thick layer of Jason’s Ester Cream to your face and leave on over night. Other rituals you may add to this program are: eyebrow plucking, shaving, finger and toenail care, Facemaster exercise (electrical exercise of your face as used by the rich and famous in place of face-lifts. Call 1-888-202-0888).

You will feel very pampered if you learn to do this once a week!

If you would like to treat yourself to a spa treatment outside of your home try the Kingfisher Inn in Courtenay or Ancient Cedars Spa at the Wickaninnish Inn at Long Beach! I believe this is a key ingredient for aging successfully!

Thiotene or lipoic acid is a small molecule soluble in both water and fats thus it readily crosses cell membranes and provides antioxidant protection inside as well as outside the cell. It chelates (binds) with iron, copper and cadmium; it regulates gene expression. When DNA undergoes oxidative stress which happens in any aging process, DNA is damaged. Thiotene prevents this damage. It recycles antioxidants. Thus it will extend the life of other antioxidants in the body such as Vitamin C and E, Glutathione and CoQ10. This coupling system keeps cellular membranes and LDL (bad cholesterol) particles from oxidizing. It restores mitochondrial function, which is the powerhouse of the cell. In the research it has been used to suppress replication of cancer cells. It is used in diabetes for macular degeneration and cataracts and stimulates better glucose metabolism. Thiotene is rapidly released and excreted in the body within 25-40 minutes. The Thiotene SR (slow release) provides a continuous six-hour delivery. This antioxidant should be part of every heavy metal detox and diabetes program, and cancer prevention program.

3 tbsp. lemon or lime juice
1 tsp. Honey
½ tsp. Dijon mustard
2 tbsp. minced shallots
1 tsp. finely chopped tarragon or ¼ tsp. dried tarragon
¼ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. freshly ground pepper
1/3 cup virgin olive oil
Butter leaf lettuce enough for four
2 Granny Smith apples
4 oz blue cheese
2/3 cup organic walnuts

Wisk together first eight ingredients and set aside.

Arrange butter leaf lettuce on each plate. Thinly slice apples and arrange over lettuce. Crumple blue cheese over apples and top with lightly roasted walnuts. Drizzle with dressing and serve immediately.

New in the Office
We now offer family rates of 10% off the visits for family members that live under the same roof. If your family is currently seeing Dr. Pincott, we will honor this new service by crediting your account. Just call Hayley.

Package Rates
We now offer package rates on some of the services we provide. For more details call Hayley. We can mail or fax you a copy.

Savings on bulk purchases
If you buy a three month supply of your supplements, we will give you 10% off. This is an incentive for you to keep on your program for three months!

Special of the Quarter
Until Dec. 31^st 2000 save $30.00 on the 2/16 hydroxyestrone test to determine your risk for breast, uterus, ovary and prostate cancer. See July/August newsletter for more details on the test.