1 Your healthy diet
The Metabolic Typing Diet, William Wolcott : New York: Doubleday, 2000
4 Cook from scratch
The carcinogenic bisphenol A: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222978/
Phthalate: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2801170/
5 Eat a “power breakfast”
Overweight: J Nutr, 2004; 134: 104-11
6 Don’t limit saturated fats, and don’t ever opt for “low-fat” or hydrogenated foods
Saturated fats: Am J Clin Nutr, 2004; 80: 1175-84; J Intern Med, 2005; 258: 153-65
Trans fats: J Am Coll Nutr, 1996; 15: 325-39
7 Do count calories
Glycemic index: Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2007; 3: CD005105
8 Don’t drink the water
Tap water: Environ Health, 2008; 7: 23
9 Get your omega-3–to–omega-6 ratio right
Omega 3 and 6: Am J Clin Nutr, 1991; 54: 438-63
10 Eat fish with caution
Oily fish: http://www.voedingscentrum.nl/encyclopedie/vis.aspx
11 Cut down or avoid wheat
Nerve growth factor: Scand J Gastroenterol, 2010; 45: 1197-202
Hormonal functions: BMJ, 1999; 318: 1023-4
Inflammatory Diseases: Toxicol In Vitro, 2004; 18: 821-7
12 Dump homogenized or pasteurized low-fat dairy
IGF-I: Recent Pat Anticancer Drug Discov, 2012; 7: 14-30
Conjugated linoleic acid: Science, 1998; 279: 563-6; Am J Clin Nutr, 2005; 81: 1147-54
14 Eat your greens for calcium
Calcium from leafy vegetables: Am J Clin Nutr, 1999; 69: 74-9
17 Give up the white stuff
Sugar: Surv Dent, 1976; 52: 46-8
18 Periodically detox
Detoxing: Altern Med Rev, 2000; 5: 52-63; Environ Health, 2011; 10: 9
19 Steer clear of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS)
Glucose syrup: J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1972; 31: 464-88; Eur J Clin Nutr, 2008; 62: 451-62
Aspartame: Am J Ind Med 2010; 53: 1197-206
20 Drink a bit of alcohol
Alcohol: Eur J Clin Nutr, 2010; 64: 561-8
Red wine: FASEB J 2009; 23: 2412-24
22 Make sure you’re getting enough vitamin D
Vitamin D deficiency: http://www.gezondheidsraad.nl/sites/default/files/200815c.pdf
Sunlight: Am J Clin Nutr, 2004; 80: 16785-885
25 Take good-guy bacteria
Intestinal flora: Gut, 2003; 52: 827-833
29 Check your water-supply pipes
Advice gezondheidsraad: http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/drinkwater/vraag-en-antwoord/hoe-komt-lood-in-ons-drinkwater-en-is-dat-gevaarlijk-voor-de-gezondheid.html
32 Make sure that all family members use computers safely
Fertility: Fertil Steril, 2012; 97: 39-45.e2
35 Clean up your “dirty electricity”
Exposure dirty electricity: Electromagn Biol Med, 2006; 25: 259-68
36 Choose safer cosmetics
Cadmium: PLoS ONE, 2013; 8: e72639
37 Choose cars that run on unleaded or electricity
Diesel Exhaust: http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2012/pdfs/pr213_E.pdf
38 Use natural pesticides
Weedkillers: Institute of Science in Society, ISIS Report 06/10/10; www.isis.org.uk/
argentinasRoundupHumanTragedy.php
41 Get fit before you concieve
Preconceptiezorgprogramma:https://www.nhg.org/standaarden/samenvatting/preconceptiezorg
49 Avoid toothpastes with fluoride, and filter your water if it’s fluoridated
Fluoride: Environ Health Perspect, 2012; 120: 1362-8
- Throw kids outdoors
Vitamin D: Pediatrics, 2010; 125: 627-32
Eczema: Clin Exp Allergy, 1999; 29: 28-34
51 The PSA (prostate-specific antigen) blood test for prostate cancer
Diagnoses prostate cancer: J Natl Cancer Inst 2009; 101: 1325-9
Five-year survival: Arch Intern Med 2010; 170: 1256-61
Italian: PloS One, 2008; 3: e2568
52 Routine mammograms (unless cancer is suspected)
False positive uitslag:http://www.gezondheidsraad.nl/nl/adviezen/preventie/bevolkingsonderzoek-naar-borstkanker-verwachtingen-en-ontwikkelingen
Thermography: Am J Surg, 2008; 196: 523-526
53 Blood pressure readings
Nocturnal blood pressure: Lancet, 2007; 370: 1219-29
54 Routine Pap tests
RIVM: www.rivm.nl
55 Routine dental X-rays
Control Photo: Cancer, 2012; 118: 4530-7
56 CT (computed tomography) scans
CT scan: N Engl J Med, 2007; 357: 2277-84
CT scan in children: Radiat Res 2010; 174: 753-62
57 Routine prenatal ultrasound
Echo: Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2011; 38: 503-9
58 Peripheral bone densitometry
Misdiagnosis: BMJ, 2000; 321: 396-8
59 Biopsy
Borstpuncties: Acta Radiol Suppl, 2001; 42: 1-22
60 Computed tomography (CT) angiography
Angiogram: JAMA, 2011; 306: 2128-36
62 Earache
Glue ear: JAMA, 2006; 296: 1235-41; BMJ, 2004; 328: 487
Pulsatilla: D. Ullman Discovering Homeopathy: Medicine for the 21st Century. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 1991; AHZ, 1985; 230: 89-94
65 Menopause
Breast Cancer: Am J Public Health, 2010; 100 [Suppl 1]: S132-9
70 Acne
Isotretinoin: Arch Dermatol 2012; 148: 803-8; Am J Ther, 2004; 11: 507-16
Guggul: J Tradit Chin Med 1993; 13: 187-8; J Dermatol, 1994; 21: 729-31
71 Statins
Statins: J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci; 2007; 62: 1164-71
74 Atypical anti-psychotics
Depressions: Clin Neuropharmacol, 2005; 28: 133-5
76 Bisphosphonates
Atrial fibrillation: N Engl J Med, 2007; 356: 1809-22
77 Aspirin
Aspirin: Lancet Neurol, 2007; 6: 487-93
79 Antiepileptic drugs
Side effects: Neurology, 2010; 75: 335-40
81 Lower your blood cholesterol levels
Link high-fat diet and cardiovascular disease: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis, 2012; 22: 1039-45
LDL cholesterol: J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci; 2007; 62: 1164-71
83 Go for angioplasty
Angioplasty: Arch Intern Med 2012; 172: 112-7
Stents: N Engl J Med, 2007; 356: 1503-16
84 You don’t need your womb anymore
Hysterectomy: Obstet Gynecol 2000; 95: 199-205
86 Have a radical mastectomy to “catch it all”Amputation: Ann Surg 1986; 204: 136-47
Double mastectomy: J Clin Oncol 30, 2012; Suppl 34: abstr 26
87 Let’s fix your inguinal hernia
Inguinal hernia: Ann Surg, 2001; 233: 8
Wait: JAMA, 2006; 295: 285-92
88 Let’s cut out your gall bladder
Colorectal cancer: Gastroenterology, 1993; 105: 130-41
89 Cure your overactive thyroid with surgery
Figures thyroid: J Endocrinol Invest, 1993; 16: 195-9
90 You need a blood transfusion
Transfusion in case of emergency: Anesthesiology, 2012; 117: 99-106
92 Get at least seven hours of sleep
Seven hours per night: Cancer, 2011; 117: 841-7
93 Brea Ensure you are breathing through your nose
Asthma: BMJ, 2001; 322: 1098-100
Butyeko method: Asthma, 2000; 37: 557-64; 1991; 28: 437-42
95 Sleep in the very dark
Cancer risk: J Natl Cancer Inst, 2001; 93: 1557-62
96 Seek out the new
The ‘elixir of life’: Nurs Forum 1991; 26: 9-16
99 Erase your old inner emotional tapes
Thought Field Therapy: Traumatology, 1999; 5: 1, article 4
100 Cultivate a readiness to empathize and forgive
Forgiveness: Explore [NY], 2006; 2: 498-508
