Jerry Seinfeld was talking about this on the Good Morning America show today. George Stepanopoulos also practices it. I have never really looked into it, but am going to do some research to see if it is something that would help with our colitis. I've attached a YouTube video from Dr. Oz. I guess it has been proven to be quite effective controlling heart disease. Why not us?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lox3UqlLipA
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Thanks, Nancy,
Speaking of Dr. Oz — did anyone else notice that earlier in the week he did a show that included a couple of authors (one an MD, the other a PhD) who are promoting a book that is based on research evidence that cholesterol has no bearing on cardiovascular disease, and in fact, cholesterol is not only beneficial, but a necessary ingredient for good health, especially for older people — and Dr. Oz agreed with them.
That's the first Dr. Oz show that I've even viewed, but when I heard that it was coming up, I recorded it so that I could watch it later. Since I've been saying the same thing for quite some time now, it was good to see the truth finally getting some mainstream exposure.
I could be wrong, but since cholesterol is used as the feedstock to make vitamin D (together with exposure to sunlight), the decades-long campaign against cholesterol by the medical community may be yet another important reason why most developed societies are facing problems caused by a chronic vitamin D deficiency today. This is just one more of many iatrogenic issues imposed upon society, because of invalid medical policies, based on faulty research claims.
And it's not our local doctors who are causing the problem. Most of them are merely pawns in the game. The cause of the problem is due to the way that information is dispensed (or not dispensed) within the medical community. Allowing Big Pharma to sponsor most of the training courses offered for education updates, is a huge mistake, IMO. That guarantees a bias toward the use of expensive drugs, whether they are appropriate or not. And the "Good Old Boys Club" that has veto power over research articles that are submitted for acceptance for publication in major medical journals, needs some fresh blood, so that the same old BS is not perpetuated forever.
Tex
Speaking of Dr. Oz — did anyone else notice that earlier in the week he did a show that included a couple of authors (one an MD, the other a PhD) who are promoting a book that is based on research evidence that cholesterol has no bearing on cardiovascular disease, and in fact, cholesterol is not only beneficial, but a necessary ingredient for good health, especially for older people — and Dr. Oz agreed with them.
That's the first Dr. Oz show that I've even viewed, but when I heard that it was coming up, I recorded it so that I could watch it later. Since I've been saying the same thing for quite some time now, it was good to see the truth finally getting some mainstream exposure.
I could be wrong, but since cholesterol is used as the feedstock to make vitamin D (together with exposure to sunlight), the decades-long campaign against cholesterol by the medical community may be yet another important reason why most developed societies are facing problems caused by a chronic vitamin D deficiency today. This is just one more of many iatrogenic issues imposed upon society, because of invalid medical policies, based on faulty research claims.
And it's not our local doctors who are causing the problem. Most of them are merely pawns in the game. The cause of the problem is due to the way that information is dispensed (or not dispensed) within the medical community. Allowing Big Pharma to sponsor most of the training courses offered for education updates, is a huge mistake, IMO. That guarantees a bias toward the use of expensive drugs, whether they are appropriate or not. And the "Good Old Boys Club" that has veto power over research articles that are submitted for acceptance for publication in major medical journals, needs some fresh blood, so that the same old BS is not perpetuated forever.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Hi Nancy,
I think you should investigate around in your area for Alternative Medicine practices. In Minneapolis the “Penny George Institute for Health and Healing” has been established on the campus of Abbott-Northwestern Hospital. There are practitioners located there for different Integrative medicine approaches, such as Acupuncture, Massage, Nutrition, Bio-feedback and Meditation.
http://www.allinahealth.org/ahs/anw.nsf/page/ihh_home
A friend of mine was sent there to learn a T-M technique for relaxation, and was impressed with what she learned about meditative self-management techniques, and how much it helped her.
So ask around Nancy, there may be some of these things near you.
Of course there are elements which would apply to people with the gut issues of the IBD’s. It’s the finding of someone dependable to help you learn these things - that is the challenge.
Tell us what you find in your area.
Gayle
I think you should investigate around in your area for Alternative Medicine practices. In Minneapolis the “Penny George Institute for Health and Healing” has been established on the campus of Abbott-Northwestern Hospital. There are practitioners located there for different Integrative medicine approaches, such as Acupuncture, Massage, Nutrition, Bio-feedback and Meditation.
http://www.allinahealth.org/ahs/anw.nsf/page/ihh_home
A friend of mine was sent there to learn a T-M technique for relaxation, and was impressed with what she learned about meditative self-management techniques, and how much it helped her.
So ask around Nancy, there may be some of these things near you.
Of course there are elements which would apply to people with the gut issues of the IBD’s. It’s the finding of someone dependable to help you learn these things - that is the challenge.
Tell us what you find in your area.
Gayle
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Tex:
"And it's not our local doctors who are causing the problem. Most of them are merely pawns in the game. The cause of the problem is due to the way that information is dispensed (or not dispensed) within the medical community. Allowing Big Pharma to sponsor most of the training courses offered for education updates, is a huge mistake, IMO. That guarantees a bias toward the use of expensive drugs, whether they are appropriate or not. And the "Good Old Boys Club" that has veto power over research articles that are submitted for acceptance for publication in major medical journals, needs some fresh blood, so that the same old BS is not perpetuated forever. "
i love it when you get into a rant!
One of my docs has high cholesterol and said that he'd never take statins.
(Hey, Tex, how do you use the quote feature, I haven't figured it out)
Monique
"And it's not our local doctors who are causing the problem. Most of them are merely pawns in the game. The cause of the problem is due to the way that information is dispensed (or not dispensed) within the medical community. Allowing Big Pharma to sponsor most of the training courses offered for education updates, is a huge mistake, IMO. That guarantees a bias toward the use of expensive drugs, whether they are appropriate or not. And the "Good Old Boys Club" that has veto power over research articles that are submitted for acceptance for publication in major medical journals, needs some fresh blood, so that the same old BS is not perpetuated forever. "
i love it when you get into a rant!
One of my docs has high cholesterol and said that he'd never take statins.
(Hey, Tex, how do you use the quote feature, I haven't figured it out)
Monique
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Nancy,
any meditation is good for body and mind. Doesn't have to be TM. I have been practicing for all my adult life and has saved me in bad times. Kept me centered and focus on healing.
You can buy meditation music tapes, it helps to keep focused. And there are some good guided meditation tapes as well. These might be good to begin with until you get the hang of it. I have a CD of American-Indian music (flutes), I find it very helpful to raise my vibrations.
There are many YT examples of meditation.
Monique
any meditation is good for body and mind. Doesn't have to be TM. I have been practicing for all my adult life and has saved me in bad times. Kept me centered and focus on healing.
You can buy meditation music tapes, it helps to keep focused. And there are some good guided meditation tapes as well. These might be good to begin with until you get the hang of it. I have a CD of American-Indian music (flutes), I find it very helpful to raise my vibrations.
There are many YT examples of meditation.
Monique
Diagnosed 2011 with LC. Currently on Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)
When you want to quote something, highlight, copy and paste the quote into your post. Highlight the quote in your post, press the "quote" button above your post. If you want to include the person's name as the author of the quote, after the word Quote, type ="name."
Here's an example:
quote="Brandy"]I still havn't figured out the quote feature either. (Embarrasing as I think Tex has told me once how to do it.) [/quote
I have removed the brackets automatically placed at the beginning of the quote formatting and at the end of it so you can see the formatting.
Gloria
Here's an example:
quote="Brandy"]I still havn't figured out the quote feature either. (Embarrasing as I think Tex has told me once how to do it.) [/quote
I have removed the brackets automatically placed at the beginning of the quote formatting and at the end of it so you can see the formatting.
Gloria
You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
Monique and Brandy,
Gloria is right on target, and that's the way that I usually use quotes. Apparently we were both writing at the same time, so the second method mentioned in my post duplicates what she posted, except that she added details on how to add a name to the quote. Rather than to rewrite my post, just ignore the part of my post that is redundant.
There are at least two ways to go about it. If you want to quote a post (or part of a post) that someone has written, just click on the "Quote" button in the upper right-hand corner of that post, and the system will open a message-composing window where you can edit and/or add to the post, before you submit it. You can cut and paste any way you want, but be sure that you do not accidentally delete the "quote" codes from the post. The quote will include everything between the ["quote"] code marker and the ["/quote"] code marker, (except that the parentheses will not be present — I had to add them in order to prevent your browser from interpreting these as "quote" commands and displaying the words between them as a quote.
The other way to add a quote to your post is to just paste it or otherwise enter it into your message, and then highlight the phrase that you wish to display as a quote, and then click on the "Quote" button, above the message-composing window. The system will automatically enter the correct bulletin board code for you, so that everyone's browser will display the phrase as a quote.
While we're on the topic of adding bells and whistles, you can also add color to any phrase in your message by highlighting the phrase, and then selecting the colour you want from the "Font colour" dropdown menu (also above the message window). You can change the text size by highlighting the phrase, and then selecting the text size you want from the "Font size" dropdown menu. The system will automatically add the correct code to your message, in both instances.
To add emoticons, when you get to the place in your message where you want to add one or more emoticons, just click on the "View more Emoticons" link, to the left of the message-composing window, then enlarge the window that the system opens, so that you can more easily see the emoticon selections. Just click on the one or ones you want, and the system will automatically add the proper code to your message.
The system will always add the emoticon code at the end of the last text in your message, so if you want to move an emoticon to another position, just cut and paste the code in order to move it wherever you want it. Just be sure that there is always a blank space in front of the leading colon in the code. If there is no blank space ahead of the first colon, most browsers will fail to recognized the code, and they will display the code itself, rather than the emoticon that the code represents.
If I failed to explain any of this so that you can understand it, just whop me up aside the head with a 2x4, and tell me to try it again, and I'll try to do a better job, next time.
Tex
Gloria is right on target, and that's the way that I usually use quotes. Apparently we were both writing at the same time, so the second method mentioned in my post duplicates what she posted, except that she added details on how to add a name to the quote. Rather than to rewrite my post, just ignore the part of my post that is redundant.
There are at least two ways to go about it. If you want to quote a post (or part of a post) that someone has written, just click on the "Quote" button in the upper right-hand corner of that post, and the system will open a message-composing window where you can edit and/or add to the post, before you submit it. You can cut and paste any way you want, but be sure that you do not accidentally delete the "quote" codes from the post. The quote will include everything between the ["quote"] code marker and the ["/quote"] code marker, (except that the parentheses will not be present — I had to add them in order to prevent your browser from interpreting these as "quote" commands and displaying the words between them as a quote.
The other way to add a quote to your post is to just paste it or otherwise enter it into your message, and then highlight the phrase that you wish to display as a quote, and then click on the "Quote" button, above the message-composing window. The system will automatically enter the correct bulletin board code for you, so that everyone's browser will display the phrase as a quote.
While we're on the topic of adding bells and whistles, you can also add color to any phrase in your message by highlighting the phrase, and then selecting the colour you want from the "Font colour" dropdown menu (also above the message window). You can change the text size by highlighting the phrase, and then selecting the text size you want from the "Font size" dropdown menu. The system will automatically add the correct code to your message, in both instances.
To add emoticons, when you get to the place in your message where you want to add one or more emoticons, just click on the "View more Emoticons" link, to the left of the message-composing window, then enlarge the window that the system opens, so that you can more easily see the emoticon selections. Just click on the one or ones you want, and the system will automatically add the proper code to your message.
The system will always add the emoticon code at the end of the last text in your message, so if you want to move an emoticon to another position, just cut and paste the code in order to move it wherever you want it. Just be sure that there is always a blank space in front of the leading colon in the code. If there is no blank space ahead of the first colon, most browsers will fail to recognized the code, and they will display the code itself, rather than the emoticon that the code represents.
If I failed to explain any of this so that you can understand it, just whop me up aside the head with a 2x4, and tell me to try it again, and I'll try to do a better job, next time.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Great information - thank you.
I once took a session of 8 weeks through my work. We had very stressful jobs working for the Dept. of Correction. They offered a course called The Power of Mindfulness - founder Jon Kabat-Zinn through UMAS Medical Center. That was back in the late 80's. I still get literature from them. I think I will check with my acupuncturist and also look into some CD's. I'd rather just do it at home. If anyone knows of some particularly good ones please let me know. The Indian flute ones sounds good.
Tex, very interesting information about cholesterol. I am on a low dose of Simvastatin, not due to high cholesterol, although my LDL is a little on the high side, but because I have very high lipo protein (a), which is genetic. The only way to take that down is niacin, but the cardiologist did not want me to take it because of the colitis.
Nancy
I once took a session of 8 weeks through my work. We had very stressful jobs working for the Dept. of Correction. They offered a course called The Power of Mindfulness - founder Jon Kabat-Zinn through UMAS Medical Center. That was back in the late 80's. I still get literature from them. I think I will check with my acupuncturist and also look into some CD's. I'd rather just do it at home. If anyone knows of some particularly good ones please let me know. The Indian flute ones sounds good.
Tex, very interesting information about cholesterol. I am on a low dose of Simvastatin, not due to high cholesterol, although my LDL is a little on the high side, but because I have very high lipo protein (a), which is genetic. The only way to take that down is niacin, but the cardiologist did not want me to take it because of the colitis.
Nancy
Nancy,
Yes, I agree that niacin has it's own set of problems, and it's not for everyone.
Here's what really bugs me about every PCP who has ever treated me — they all believe that LDL is bad and HDL is good, but that's pretty much the extent of their knowledge. The fact of the matter is that there are two types of LDL cholesterol particles, large and small. The large ones are not a problem. It's the small ones that do all the damage. And yet not one doctor has ever suggested, or taken it upon himself to bother to check the ratio of my large to small LDL cholesterol particles. Why is that? That's just plain dumb. If a doctor is going to pretend that cholesterol numbers actually matter, then he or she should damn well check the LDL particle size, or just forget the whole thing, because that's the only information related to cholesterol values that actually matters.
Tex
Yes, I agree that niacin has it's own set of problems, and it's not for everyone.
Here's what really bugs me about every PCP who has ever treated me — they all believe that LDL is bad and HDL is good, but that's pretty much the extent of their knowledge. The fact of the matter is that there are two types of LDL cholesterol particles, large and small. The large ones are not a problem. It's the small ones that do all the damage. And yet not one doctor has ever suggested, or taken it upon himself to bother to check the ratio of my large to small LDL cholesterol particles. Why is that? That's just plain dumb. If a doctor is going to pretend that cholesterol numbers actually matter, then he or she should damn well check the LDL particle size, or just forget the whole thing, because that's the only information related to cholesterol values that actually matters.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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Nancy
do you have ipod/ipad/iphone? there are some great podcasts on itunes that are free, and there are loads of guided meditation and healing tracks that are very affordable.
I have downloaded quite a few of them and have playlists set up for different activities/times of day
ie playlist for reading; playlist with sleep music; i have another playlist of nature sounds in the background of relaxing music that i use when at work
with itunes you can preview them , so you can decide if you like the tone of the voice or the instruments used in the music.
you dont have to use headphones, I have a small set of speakers that the ipod connects to.
if you are interested let me know and i will email you with some of my favourites.
do you have ipod/ipad/iphone? there are some great podcasts on itunes that are free, and there are loads of guided meditation and healing tracks that are very affordable.
I have downloaded quite a few of them and have playlists set up for different activities/times of day
ie playlist for reading; playlist with sleep music; i have another playlist of nature sounds in the background of relaxing music that i use when at work
with itunes you can preview them , so you can decide if you like the tone of the voice or the instruments used in the music.
you dont have to use headphones, I have a small set of speakers that the ipod connects to.
if you are interested let me know and i will email you with some of my favourites.
Gabes Ryan
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Dalai Lama
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
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Nancy in Boston there are 2 doctors (Herbert Benson, MD & William Proctor, JD) who are affiliated with Harvard and Massachusettes General Hospital that have written a very good book called "The Relaxation Revolution". The book looks at how very simple quiet time, call it meditation, for the mind has a profound effect on our health. They do discuss multiple cases where through meditation that documented active disease states have been reversed. The studies were affiliated with Mass General.
Here is the website at Mass General for the Benson Henry Mind Body Institute.
http://www.massgeneral.org/bhi/
I believe there are many methods of meditation, but I believe they all yield the same result. The premise is that anyone can find a way calm the mind through a form of meditation and achieve the health benefits. Overall this process is basically disarming the fight or flight response that in many of us is induced by our hectic lives, our health and many other day to day factors.
The book can be downloaded from iTunes or you can pick it up at any bookstore
The ISBN numbers are:
“ISBN 978-1-4391-4865-5
ISBN 978-1-4391-8240-6 (ebook)”
Here is the website at Mass General for the Benson Henry Mind Body Institute.
http://www.massgeneral.org/bhi/
I believe there are many methods of meditation, but I believe they all yield the same result. The premise is that anyone can find a way calm the mind through a form of meditation and achieve the health benefits. Overall this process is basically disarming the fight or flight response that in many of us is induced by our hectic lives, our health and many other day to day factors.
The book can be downloaded from iTunes or you can pick it up at any bookstore
The ISBN numbers are:
“ISBN 978-1-4391-4865-5
ISBN 978-1-4391-8240-6 (ebook)”
Joe
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Nancy,
best time is when you get up in the morning before you get engaged or before you go to sleep, as you drift off...
I have many CD's but when I am not feeling good I like guided healing meditations, quite powerful targeting illness. Last year when I was quite sick for several months, I did it twice a day. It kept me focused on healing instead of focusing on disease.
Monique
best time is when you get up in the morning before you get engaged or before you go to sleep, as you drift off...
I have many CD's but when I am not feeling good I like guided healing meditations, quite powerful targeting illness. Last year when I was quite sick for several months, I did it twice a day. It kept me focused on healing instead of focusing on disease.
Monique
Diagnosed 2011 with LC. Currently on Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)
Hi All,
It's been quite a while since I have chimed in on this forum and I know this is an old thread, but it really zeroed in on what I need right now. I have been going through a flare of some sort for almost 5 weeks. It is definitely more IBS than colitis. So, I got back into meditation again. I read Dr. Joe Dispenza's book and downloaded his meditation, but also found some good ones on YT, especially a couple that do self-hypnosis.
Also, my GI has offered to send a referral so that I can go for biofeedback. That's if my insurance will pay for it. This last flare began with a very stressful event and I guess once your system gets out of line it takes quite a while to get back to a sort of normal. I have lost 5 lbs and could not afford that, I was only up to 109 from the flares a few years ago. Other than the usual D & C going on, I think the worst thing is how tired I feel. I just went for a little walk, so beautiful out and I know it's good for me, but I had to force myself to go and had to skip my workout at the gym.
Monique, I would be very interested in titles of the flute music, I am sure that is very relaxing and like you am going to try doing it twice a day. I just need some good suggestions of meditations that are less than an hour long.
I did get Dr. Herbert Benson's book that Joe recommended too and it was very good. It's just such a pain getting into Boston. Talk about STRESS!!!! I am only 40 miles from there, but it takes almost 2 hours. Back around 1990 I use to work next to Mass General and it would take me exactly 1 hour to drive in, not now.
I hope you all have a great day.
Nancy
It's been quite a while since I have chimed in on this forum and I know this is an old thread, but it really zeroed in on what I need right now. I have been going through a flare of some sort for almost 5 weeks. It is definitely more IBS than colitis. So, I got back into meditation again. I read Dr. Joe Dispenza's book and downloaded his meditation, but also found some good ones on YT, especially a couple that do self-hypnosis.
Also, my GI has offered to send a referral so that I can go for biofeedback. That's if my insurance will pay for it. This last flare began with a very stressful event and I guess once your system gets out of line it takes quite a while to get back to a sort of normal. I have lost 5 lbs and could not afford that, I was only up to 109 from the flares a few years ago. Other than the usual D & C going on, I think the worst thing is how tired I feel. I just went for a little walk, so beautiful out and I know it's good for me, but I had to force myself to go and had to skip my workout at the gym.
Monique, I would be very interested in titles of the flute music, I am sure that is very relaxing and like you am going to try doing it twice a day. I just need some good suggestions of meditations that are less than an hour long.
I did get Dr. Herbert Benson's book that Joe recommended too and it was very good. It's just such a pain getting into Boston. Talk about STRESS!!!! I am only 40 miles from there, but it takes almost 2 hours. Back around 1990 I use to work next to Mass General and it would take me exactly 1 hour to drive in, not now.
I hope you all have a great day.
Nancy