Health Action Magazine - Summer 2013

Summer 2013

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Health Action

Introducing Michael, Our New Director of Operations ........5

Dorothy Beach, “Daughter of the Fraser River,”

Celebrates Her Centenary ...........................................................6

Referendum for a Fluoride-Free Prince George ......................8

BC Hydro Cuts Power for Refusing a Smart Meter ...............9

Preventing the Most Common Cancers in Canada ...............10

HANS Member News and Events .............................................12

Power of Placebo ..........................................................................14

The Politics of Food Policy .........................................................16

Homeopathy and the Power of Dis-Ease ................................17

Harnessing Horsepower to Transform Young Lives ..............18

Secrets to a Soulmate Relationship ..........................................19

Exfoliation: What’s the Rub? ........................................................20

HANS Wellness Directory ..........................................................21

Health ActionSummer 2013

Published quarterly byHealth Action Network SocietyPresident Jane ShaakExecutive Director Lorna Hancock Managing EditorMichelle HancockAssistant Editor/ProofreaderJulie ChengLayout & DesignAngela NatMembership & Social MediaChristine BarhamContributorsKathleen Allisen; Diana Bronson; Roxanne Davies; Marie Lamey, DCH; Trish Lim-O’Donnell, CCP;Adam McLeod-Dreamhealer; Ingrid Pincott, ND; Jane ShaakSubmissions: [email protected]

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I am so happy to introduce you to Michael Volker, our new Director of Operations and Business Development. It’s our vision that Michael will help us build on our roots so that we can remain viable and relevant to our members and the com-munity, and to continue to offer important services for many years to come.

Is it more synchronicity, perhaps, that HANS was just awarded the Burnaby Now’s “Best of Burnaby” Community Ser-vice Award—for the sixth year in a row!

Please share your ideas with us. Please call our office at 604-435-0512 or email [email protected]. Snail mail: Michael Volker, Director of Opera-tions and Business Development, Health Action Network Society, 214-5589 Byrne Rd, Burnaby BC V5J 3J1. Of course, my email is the same: [email protected].

Last but not least, I would like to pay tribute to a wonderful friend and HANS director who I’ve known for over 25 years and who has played such a vital role in preserving our environment: Dor-othy Beach. I could not think of a more deserving person to receive a Queen

H ere is a little story. Several months ago, while the HANS board of directors was investi-

gating strategies to strengthen HANS’s future, I also attended a celebration of life for a wonderful senior in Naramata, B.C. Was it synchronicity that led me to ask a dear old friend who was there, Ken Dan-derfer, what path his life had taken since I last saw him over 30 years ago?

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tation of coal on the Fraser River. A few days later, I had the opportunity

to visit Beach on the northern banks of the mighty Fraser, in the cozy home that she shares with her son, David. At the age of 100, she is still on the board of directors of HANS, and she possesses a strong and vibrant memory.

HANS: It was lovely to hear bagpiper Lorraine Lowry pipe you in to the room to your birthday party. Does your family originally hail from Scotland?

Dorothy: When my husband Russell and I visited Scotland we saw, from a dis-tance, the island my mother’s family, the McAllisters, came from. The family sto-ry was that two chieftains living on differ-ent islands were feuding but their children fell in love, ran away and got married. I didn’t run away to marry Russell but it did take me a while to decide to get married at the age of 25 as I had two other very nice men who lived in different cities and who were very determined.

“I remember staying up all night when Charles

Lindbergh flew his plane solo across the Atlantic.”


“I was born on May 16, 1913 in the same room that I sleep in now.”

I t was a grand 100th birthday party for devoted environmentalist and long-time HANS board member Dorothy

Beach, complete with a piper, a children’s choir and a banquet of delicious food. Last May, the sunny room in the Dun-wood Place senior’s complex was filled with smiling well-wishers that included family, friends and a number of politi-cians who came to honour the bright-eyed centenarian.

As the angelic voices of the children rang out with a number of tunes from the 1940s hit parade, Beach clapped her hands and swayed to the music. “I hope that all of you live to be 100!” she said with a smile.

Harold Steves, long-term Richmond City councillor who was active in estab-lishing the Agricultural Land Reserve, was pleased to honour Beach as the first recipient of the Harold Steves Farmland Defense League award for her persistent and dedicated advocacy for protecting valuable farmland.

There was the traditional letter from Queen Elizabeth read out, congratulating Beach on her 100th birthday. There was another surprise birthday gift for Beach, who was a regular attendee of Fraser River Coalition meetings. It was announced that municipal council had just that morning passed a resolution blocking the transpor-

H: You and Russell both lived in New Westminster. What are some of your earliest memories growing up there?

Dorothy: My father had a dry goods store on Columbia Street that he bought from a relative, and he ran it until 1929. Then the Depression came, and people would make one payment and then stop paying. Father couldn’t afford to run the business and moved to farming. I remem-ber skating on the frozen Fraser River, seeing someone fall through and go un-der the ice. But there were so many good memories. I remember staying up all night when Charles Lindbergh flew his plane solo across the Atlantic.

H: The sense of home and family mean a lot to you. Tell us about your home by the river.

Dorothy: I was born on May 16, 1913, in the same room that I sleep in now. It gives me a great sense of secu-rity. I was the oldest of six children and I remember that our house was the place for all the children in the neighbourhood. We played ball games near the house and there were streams and creeks providing endless fun and adventure. The Fraser River was our front yard and I remember walking across the sand to get to my fa-ther’s boat moored on the river. My fa-ther eventually fulfilled a lifetime dream of farming on the Sumas Prairie and the

by Roxanne Davies

Dorothy Beach, “Daughter of the Fraser River,” Celebrates Her Centenary

Dorothy Beach with fellow HANS director Lorna Hancock


house was vacant for three years. Russell and I lived here when we first got mar-ried and we drove all around looking for a place to call our own but eventually re-alized this house was perfect and this is where we raised our family of four daugh-ters and one son. Our philosophy raising our children was to be fair.

H: When did you become an envi-ronmentalist?

Dorothy: I’ve had a connection to the environment since I was a child sur-rounded by trees, water, nature, but it was pesticides that led me to be an activist. David had enrolled in agriculture school at University of B.C. and he was poisoned with experimental pesticides.

David: I was very sick and the only one who figured out what was wrong with me was Dorothy. She became a pesticide expert for the next 30 years.

Dorothy: It was pesticides that first connected me to my friend Thelma Mac-Adam [another long-time HANS direc-tor]. She’s gone now and I miss her, but I’m still here. I had heard about Thelma’s fight not to have her property sprayed with pesticides. She’d attached helium bal-loons on the border of her land and it pre-vented the plane from flying overhead. I remember Thelma and I sitting on a stair-well, thinking about how to fight the fed-eral government’s plan to spray against a few moths in Sapperton. You spray for moths but you kill all the bees, flies and it’s not good for humans either.

H: On your birthday, you received the inaugural Harold Steves award for protecting agricultural farmland. How did you get involved in that fight?

Dorothy: I am a big believer in

local agriculture. From my front porch, I can see Queensborough and the devel-opment taking place on that fertile land. I will never forget seeing a Dutch family who lived there who had a small patch of land and they were able to grow enough food to feed three growing boys to man-hood. That patch of fertile soil could feed the entire province; instead they keep building on it. It is short-sighted. Life is a gift and you can stay healthy if you do the right thing. It makes me sad to see Queensborough’s perfect land for agricul-ture all covered up with houses.

H: You have been called a “daugh-ter of the Fraser.” Why is the river so important to you?

Dorothy: Nothing is more important than the environment and everything that relates to protecting the river. We have to protect the fish that come swimming down the Fraser River. They won’t be able to come back up to spawn, called the greatest animal migration on earth. The fish need to reach their home.

H: Tell us about your work with the Council of Women.

Dorothy: Because I was so interested in pesticides and the environment after what happened to David, I was the National Environment Chair of the Fed-eral and Provincial Council of Women. In 1976, we had the first world conference on the environment called Habitat right here in Vancouver. We need another con-ference. The salmon are in trouble, with the fish farms and the interests who want to dam the Fraser and sell power. Genetic modification of seeds. Pesticides killing our pollinators. The endemic corporate media manufacturing the consent of the majority of the populace. Global capital-ism in chaos. Yes, we need a Habitat 2. Nowadays, it’s about how fast can you jump. I am still an optimist because if you are a pessimist you’re lost already.

H: What are your secrets for living to be 100?

Dorothy: I was blessed with good genes. I was lucky. You have to forget some things to leave room for the new. Forget the sad things. But never lose in-terest in what happens to the world’s welfare. As for my diet, you have to ask David.

David: Dorothy and I don’t have cable so we don’t watch TV. We also don’t

read the newspapers but the local library brings a collection of DVDs and books every two weeks. We follow a diet that was promoted by Weston Price (1870-1938) who was a dentist but became interested in nutrition and who left den-tistry to travel around the world observ-ing the diet of various native cultures. He found that the modern western diet of flour, sugar and processed fats caused nutritional deficiencies that cause dental and health problems. I would encourage you to read Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon.

And with that, David went to the kitchen to serve us his homemade sprouted pea soup simmered in a rich bone broth

flavoured with turmeric. He poured me a glass of cold raw milk and told me how I could buy a share in a dairy cow. Watch-ing Dorothy enjoy her lunch it’s easy to believe this daughter of the Fraser will follow in her ancestor’s footsteps. “Two of my mother’s sisters lived to be 106. I plan to retire then.”1 H

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Referendum for a Fluoride-Free Prince Georgeby Jane Shaak

water. Prince George, with its population of 72,000 people (according to the 2011 Census), is the largest city in B.C. with fluoridated water.

Emile Begin is one individual help-ing to bring awareness to the referendum opportunity. “At this point, there is only one councillor that openly supports stop-ping fluoride in Prince George, Council-lor Kohler, so we have a lot of educating and awareness building to do.”

Begin is one of many individu-als writing letters to the editor to help to disseminate facts and correct misinfor-mation. Meetings have begun, tours of the fluoridation facility are taking place, research with peer-reviewed studies is being shared and the Fluoride Free PG

A Prince George (PG) referendum has been called for October 2014 to ask citizens if they would like

to continue to fluoridate their community water systems. The goal of a growing number of concerned citizens networking together in this central B.C. city is to be fluoride free.

Health Action Network Society has had the slogan of “Fluoride Free B.C.” for many years and Prince George is an important community to accomplish this goal. The challenge is that fluoride contin-ues to confuse the mass majority of people with government authorities promoting this form of water treatment. In total 3.2% of the entire population of B.C. still uses this form of additive to community

network is building. Locally, there is a Facebook page

for the Prince George Safe Water Coali-tion, and www.fluoridealert.org is a help-ful website that provides an overview of fluoride trends and successes worldwide. In general, the trend is overwhelmingly positive in eliminating fluoride from the water.

Hopefully, Prince George will be a success story in breaking the fluoride cycle in October 2014! 1 H

Jane Shaak is the president of HANS and can be reached at (250) 492-5622 and [email protected]. Reach Emile Begin by email at [email protected].

COMMUNITY INSTALLED *ESTIMATED POPULATION SERVED BY WATER SYSTEM

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134,187 (3.0 %) of 2009 B.C. population

* Source: http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/pop/pop/estspop.asp#totpop. BC Total = 4,455,207 **Includes residents served from bulk water hauling from Fort St. John community water system.Notes: No First Nations communities currently fluoridate. No Canadian Forces Bases currently fluoridate. Private water supplies relying on groundwater often contain fluoride.

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B C Hydro has taken the draconi-an step of cutting off power to a customer who refused to accept a

wireless smart meter. Last May, a Hydro customer had

a wireless smart meter installed on her home despite her refusal. This person suf-fers from electro-sensitivity and, as a con-sequence of the radiofrequency radiation emitted by the wireless smart meter, her health began to deteriorate.

Despite pleading for months with Hydro to remove the wireless meter and to re-install the analog meter, they refused. Finally, with her health in jeopardy, she ordered a non-radiating analog meter from a company in the U.S. that provides cali-brated, tested meters to utility companies. With the supervision of a certified electri-cian the analog was installed, and the wire-less smart meter was returned to Hydro.

When Hydro advised that the ana-log was not approved by Canadian agen-cies, the customer located a Canadian analog meter that met all the requirements and then asked Hydro to install it. Hydro

refused, ignored her health condition and insisted that she must accept a wireless smart meter or they would cut her power.

On April 17, 2013, Hydro followed through with its threats and cut off its sup-ply of power to her home.

Hydro’s conduct constitutes a vio-lation of our autonomy and our right to determine what potentially harmful emis-sions do or do not occur from within our own domestic environment; our right to be free from physical intrusion by the state.

Due to Hydro’s actions over the last two years, culminating with its cessation of service to a customer for refusing to allow the installation of a wireless smart meter, the Citizens for Safe Technology Society and the Coalition to Stop Smart Meters are filing a class action lawsuit.

We invite participation in the action, subject to Court approval. Further infor-mation on the class action and criteria to join can be found at www.citizensforsaf-etechnology.org and www.stopsmartme-tersbc.ca. H

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op their own blood supply as they run out of oxygen, they develop their own lymph system to provide drainage of waste flu-ids, they make energy by fermenting sug-ars and generally drain the life energy out of the body. By the time a cancer cell has doubled 20 times it is one millimetre in diameter, too small to diagnose on screen-ing tests. At this size they are using 30 to 40 times more energy than a healthy cell of the same type.

If I were to ask the average person what they are doing to prevent cancer such as lung, breast or prostate cancer, the

standard answer would include eating a healthy diet, exercising and avoiding life-styles that include smoking and drinking too much alcohol.

Yet we know that these lifestyle hab-its are not enough to prevent many cancers because our food is not pure and is often deficient in many nutrients and because our bodies are bombarded with environ-mental toxins that stress the detoxification pathways. By knowing what pathways in the body you are trying to support, you can be proactive in preventing cancer, no matter what type. Here is how!


“Cancer begins with oxidative stress on DNA that is not checked and

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Preventing the Most Common Cancers in Canada

“By knowing what pathways in the body you are trying to support, you can be proactive in preventing cancer, no matter what type.”

T he organization of the entire bio-chemistry and metabolism of the body takes place within the DNA

of each cell in the body. The body is made up of trillions of cells that normally com-municate and cooperate with all other cells in a harmonious way, for the good of the whole body. The DNA is the informa-tion library of each cell that carries codes for proteins such as enzymes, which runs all of life’s chemical reactions.

Cancer begins with oxidative stress on the DNA that is not checked and runs amok. In a healthy cell the “apoptosis program” is a built-in off-switch for bad cells that causes the cell to break up into little bits and turn its membranes inside out. The cell gets destroyed and recycled. New cells replace old ones with a pristine new DNA, and if the cell gets damaged with radiation or chemicals the apoptosis switch gets turned on within 50 doubling times and that cell is destroyed. DNA in human cells have the ability to be copied 50 times before the many errors that oc-cur during the process is detected by the apoptosis program.

In cancer cells the DNA is dam-aged by numerous oxidative insults such as radiation, cancer-causing chemicals, stress hormones or an assortment of car-cinogens, making the DNA mutant. This makes the normal function of the enzyme production wrong and causes this cell to grow unchecked. The normal cell-to-cell communication is lost and the apopto-sis program is blocked; the cells devel-

Five cancer-prevention mechanismsThe following five mechanisms are

the targets for naturopathic medicine in prevention and treatment of cancers in general.

1. Restoring the off-switch “apop-tosis program.” This process is powered by the mitochondria or the energy pro-ducer of the cancer cells and can throw on the apoptosis program switch. Vitamin D, vitamin A, omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA, curcumin, garlic, quercitin, green tea, indole-3-carbinol (I3C), vitamin E, selenium and glutathione, to name a few, are required for this pathway.

2. Interfering with angiogensis or the blood supply to cancer cells. The pri-mary compound is vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF): Nutrients that de-crease VEGF include vitamin D, vitamin A, green tea, EPA and DHA.

3. Control invasion. MMPs are en-zymes that digest connective tissue and allow invasion of the cancer cell. Agents that inhibit MMPs include curcumin, green tea, quercitin, EPA essential fats, vitamin A and vitamin C.

4. Preventing metastasis of cancer cells. Vitamin D, vitamin A, bromelain, EPA, DHA, modified citrus pectin.

5. Controlling inflammation and production of insulin-like growth fac-tor-1 (IGF1). IGF1 is an inflammatory marker as well as one for insulin. Vitamin D, vitamin A, EPA, DHA. Other agents include boswellia, quercitin, curcumin, green tea, proanthocyanadins and garlic.

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Important nutrientsVitamin D helps with all five of the

mechanisms that lead to cancer formation. This is why I think every Canadian should know their 25(OH) vitamin D level. It is not enough to just take vitamin D because many supplements don’t provide the dos-age that is on the label and some forms are better absorbed than others. It is a fat-soluble vitamin so if there are digestive weaknesses then this vitamin may not be properly absorbed. According to Statis-tics Canada (March 24, 2010), one third of all Canadians have vitamin D lev-els below 50nmol/l, which is considered deficient. Levels of 75nmol/l are adequate and levels at 150nmol/L are preventive for cancer and chronic diseases including Alzheimer’s disease.

Essential fatty acids EPA and DHA also prevent all five of the above mecha-nisms. The question is always about what is the source, is it purified of dioxins, PCBs and mercury and what is the dosing of the EPA and DHA. I recommend 3,000 mg total per day.

Probiotics will enhance the immune system in the gut and also reduce the growth of H. pylori. H. pylori induces angiogene-sis via several pathways. This is why tak-ing probiotics reduces cancer risk in general and intestinal cancers specifically.

B complex is important as they sup-port many different enzyme functions in

the body including detoxification path-ways. Helping the body rid itself of nu-merous toxins will lower the cancer risk in general. Food sources are generally lacking in B vitamins. Knowing that most humans have at least six carcinogenic tox-ins in their body no matter what the age makes cleansing programs highly recom-mended for adults on a regular basis.

Mitochondrial supports. Mitochon-dria are the energy power houses of each cell in our body with about 1,000 per cell. They are a key player in the apop-tosis process, again, the off-switch for bad cells. Nutrients that support the mi-tochrondria include antioxidants such as CoQ10, quercitin, L-carnitine, B complex and vitamin E.

In the April 1, 2013, Time magazine, a great article “The Conspiracy to End Cancer” talked about epigenetics and controlling the environment of the genes to prevent their expression. This is going to be the future of preventing and treat-ing cancers. There are many nutritional

again or you may get a referral to have a colonoscopy to rule out the growth of benign polyps that are easily removed and help prevent colon cancer from developing.

In addition to the five cancer-pre-vention mechanisms outlined above, the following suggestions are recommended for prevention and treatment of colorec-tal cancer:

It’s important to reduce risk factors. A high-fat, low-fibre, high-refined carbo-hydrate diet, alcohol and low intake of vitamin C, folate, calcium selenium, fla-vones and indoles are all risk factors for developing colorectal cancer. Those with a history of Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis have increased risk.

remedies that have also been researched to do this.

Stand Up to Cancer and Moon Shots program have adopted a model for can-cer research that is transformative. There is collaboration from around the world and across disciplines where scientists no longer work alone in silos but bring sci-ence and medicine together. If there is no reduction in mortality of cancer within a short time frame, usually three years, the funding may be withdrawn. With the establishment of centres like Inspire-Health in Western Canada and Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre in Eastern Can-ada, naturopathic treatments are an inte-gral part of this comprehensive cancer care and prevention program.

As you can see many of the natu-ral therapies help numerous pathways at once to inhibit or treat cancer. This is why in most cancer patients, a long-term core program is recommended.1 H

Colorectal cancer is the second big-gest cancer killer in Canada for men and women combined. More than 23,000 Canadian men and women will be diag-nosed with colon cancer this year alone and over 9,000 people will die from it. In Quebec alone, 6,200 men and women will be diagnosed with the disease and 2,450 will die from it.

In my practice, I recommend every-one over the age of 50 to have an annual fecal occult blood (FOB) test collected. If your MD won’t order it for you, check with your naturopath. It is a simple, in-expensive home collection test that will detect blood in the stool that you cannot detect with the naked eye. If it is posi-tive you may be asked to collect the test

“Vitamin D helps with all five of the

mechanisms that lead to cancer formation.”

Post surgery, to further prevent metastasis of cancer cells, use anti-angiogenic agents, which help stop the growth of tumours.

To control inflammation and pro-duction of IGF1, make sure there is enough folic acid, B12 and B6 in the body to promote methylation detoxifi-cation pathways and proper probiotics in the gut to inhibit the growth of Bac-terioides fragilis and Cyptosporidium parvum. Calcium, vitamin D, calcium D-glucarate and a low-fat, high-fibre diet prevents hyperplastic polyps from form-ing. Central obesity increases IGF1.

—Ingrid Pincott, ND

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Ingrid Pincott, ND, has been practising natur-opathic medicine since 1985 and currently works in Campbell River. (250) 286-3655 www.DrPincott.com. Articles originally pub-lished March 27, 2013 and April 17, 2013 in the North Island MidWeek.


HANS Is “Best of Burnaby” for 6th Year

We are thrilled to be awarded the Burnaby Now’s Best of Burnaby 2013 recognition award for Best Community Service Organization for the sixth year in a row. Thanks to all our supportive mem-bers and friends for voting for us.

Dorothy Beach Earns Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal

Long-time HANS Director Dorothy Beach was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal this spring for her significant contributions and achieve-ments in the area of environmental activ-ism. Dorothy also celebrated her 100th birthday in May (see article, p. 6). Con-gratulations and happy birthday, Dorothy.

Dr. Foran (above left) Receives Upper Cervical CertificationOn April 19th, in Bloomington, Min-

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Power of Placebo

by Adam McLeod-Dreamhealer

would think they were on chemotherapy. In the placebo group, one third of the women lost their hair. Remember, they believed they were taking a drug in which hair loss is a typical side-effect.

Think about all of the chemical reactions that have to take place for you to actually lose your hair just from having the simple expectation of losing your hair. This very clearly shows that our bodies do

“I t’s only placebo.”Ironically, this idea is used

to discredit the very mecha-nism that works best: what you believe to be true is what works. This is the defi-nition of the placebo effect, which, sadly, is often used as a dismissal rather than an acknowledgement of an all-important mind-body connection.

The research on the placebo effect is fascinating. In a study done on wom-en diagnosed with breast cancer (cited in The Biology of Empowerment by Dr. Lee Pulos), half of the group was given chemotherapy. The other half was given an inert pill, or placebo, with something added to cause nausea so that group also

not distinguish between a chemical pro-cess and the thought of a chemical pro-cess. In other words, your beliefs directly affect your metabolism.

Drugs as placebosThe body’s ability to react to your

beliefs often results in actual physi-cal changes in your body. This occurs in every healing modality including western medicine.

Many prescription drugs are actually impure placebos (New Scientist maga-zine, December 16, 2006). In his book, The Mystery of Placebo, psychiatrist Pat-rick Lemoine states, “estimates suggest that around 35-40 percent of all official

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prescription drugs are impure placebos, by which I mean pharmacologically inac-tive substances contaminated with a tiny amount of active ingredient—not enough to have a clinical effect, but enough for doctors to claim it does.”

“Numerous studies have shown, that while severe depression responds well to antidepressants, mild depression responds no better to these drugs than to placebo.” Dr. Lemoine goes on to say, “Doctors continue to prescribe them because the act of prescription is such an integral part of the ritual of the medical consultation. They find it impossible to send a patient away empty-handed. The patient expects to come away with a prescription.”

Recent news of the ineffectiveness of antidepressants hit the world’s media. Many doctors are still convinced that their patients improve after taking them, and they are probably right.

One researcher says, “We’re not say-ing that the drugs don’t work. We are saying that the drugs might work for rea-sons other than they are thought to work. This is the power of the person’s belief that something they’re doing is going to be effective. This is a huge and mis-understood thing that could help people incredibly and save a lot of money if we could harness it better.” (Canwest News, National Post, March 1, 2008.)

Mind-body controlOur intentions and expectations are

extremely important in any healing mo-dality. If placebo has significant results, imagine healing with your intentions trained and focused on the health chal-lenge! That is what healing using your own intentions is all about. It is under-stood that we all possess this mind-body control. Now it is up to you to learn how you can harness and maximize this pow-er by using your own intentions and expectations. 1 H

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a national food strategy.The Centre for Food in Canada’s

mission is supposedly to create “a shared vision for the future of food in Canada.” The Conference Board claims to be objec-tive and non-partisan, proudly stating that it does not lobby government. But one look at its members’ list and you see that it doesn’t need to.

In fact, the Conference Board doesn’t so much have members as “investors.” The list of companies around the table

is impressive: Loblaws, McCain, Pepsi-Co, Heinz, Cargill, Maple Leaf, Nestlé, to name just a few. These companies boast billions of dollars in sales and make hun-dreds of millions in annual profits. They certainly see the food business quite dif-ferently from the average consumer, cook or gardener!

Joining the big food corporations at the table are government departments and agencies such as Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Public Health Agency and even some provincial departmental “investors.”


The Politics of Food Policy

by Diana Bronson

“Food companies have a lot of say about food policy—but we should

not make the mistake of thinking what is good for

Loblaws is necessarily good for Canada.”

“The Conference Board doesn’t so much have members as ‘investors.’ ”

Who should define the future of food in Canada?

C anada’s food system is broken. More than 2.5 million Canadi-ans are moderately or severely

food-insecure, one quarter of Canadians are overweight or obese, and 25 percent of our family farms have gone out of busi-ness in the past two decades despite im-pressive growth in our exports.

Calls for a national food policy that would bring together concerns around health, hunger and sustainability are grow-ing louder. The voices are quite varied: there is the People’s Food Policy, spon-sored by a Canada-wide network of civil society organizations; Food Secure Cana-da, a popular initiative in which thousands of citizens participated; the recommenda-tions of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, who visited Canada in spring 2012; the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s National Food Strategy (a name that the Ontario Federation went so far as to trademark); statements by all five political parties in the House of Commons that we need one; and, perhaps most well-resourced and vocal of them all, the Con-ference Board of Canada.

Privatizing public policyThe Conference Board of Canada

launched a new institute in 2011 called the Centre for Food in Canada. It is currently running electronic and in-person “consul-tations” on the goals and actions it has de-fined regarding a Canadian food strategy. Select groups of people are being invited to “consultations” in hotel rooms where they can fill out a questionnaire and hear the Conference Board give their vision for

The Conference Board has invited the public sector to invest in this process as “they are responsible for the policy and regulatory environment within which the private sector corporations will operate.” This conveniently omits that the public sector has much bigger responsibilities, that is, ensuring that private corporations do not undermine the public good.

The food industry is now the biggest manufacturing sector in Canada. It em-ploys the largest number of workers and generates $80 billion in annual sales. This is more than textile, paper, machinery and aerospace combined. Obviously, food companies will have a lot of say about a national food policy—but we should not make the mistake of thinking that what is good for Loblaws is necessarily good for Canada.

Unsurprisingly, “industry prosperity” is the primary goal of the Conference Board process. While there are nods here and there to issues like healthy and safe food and sustainability, there is little that is new, innovative or of substance on these critical issues. Basically, the goals and actions contemplated in the docu-ments released thus far are only those that can be easily accommodated by the food industry without damaging their current business model.

Furthermore, the Conference Board’s documents scarcely mention hunger (which affects over two million Canadi-ans), food insecurity in Aboriginal com-munities or in the North (where the cost of food puts a healthy meal out of reach for many families), or the crisis of family


by Diana Bronson

Who should define the future of food in Canada?

farming (where policies undermine local and sustainable markets despite the in-creased consumer interest in supporting them).

A people’s blueprintCanadians need a national food pol-

icy, and many of us were involved in drafting a blueprint for one, known as the People’s Food Policy. What we don’t need is yet another streamlined, fast-tracked, industry-led process that excludes the very voices that most need to be heard.

Is the federal government able to meet that challenge? Or has it been so downsized that it delegates critical gov-ernment policy to privately run think tanks? Can we really afford to leave the task of defining the future of food to some of the most profitable corporations in the country and expect the crumbs to trickle down to the hungry?

That would be highly unlikely. It would be much wiser to make sure that a diversity of voices are heard loud and clear—including, above all, those who live food insecurity every month—that an open multi-stakeholder discussion takes place, and that different levels of gov-ernment be tasked with developing and refining a policy that is sustainable, just, healthy and wide open for democratic dis-cussion and improvement.1 H

Diana Bronson is executive director of Food Secure Canada www.foodsecure.org. Reprint-ed with permission from Watershed Sentinel, March-April 2013. www.watershedsentinel.ca

three months. He was in his late 50s.This sad but true story is also sadly

not that uncommon. The disease of the part was mistaken for the whole of the disease and the patient died as a result. Maybe you, too, know of someone who was treated for some “isolated” disease only to have a worse diagnosis some time later of a different or more serious disease. Or maybe you have treated something like an acute cold or flu with therapies that suppress your symptoms, only to find yourself a year later with chronic recurrent problems that you never expe-rienced before. This is the body’s way of letting you know that the problem is not gone. The dis-ease remains and has only changed shape or form.

The body has a capacity for self-healing; the Band-Aid does not heal the cut and the cast does not heal the broken bone—the body does. All living things have this self-healing ability and have since the dawn of time; otherwise, our species would not have survived. What the body needs in order to heal is freedom from interference.

If this sounds like you or someone you know, contact a homeopath from the BC Society of Homeopaths in your area for a consultation to find out how a homeopath can help you. You will find a list of qualified homeopaths listed in our member directory at www.bcsh.ca. 1 H

Marie Lamey, DCH, is the president of the BC Society of Homeopaths.

Homeopathy and the Power of Dis-Ease

by Marie Lamey, DCH

H omeopaths seek to treat the per-son who is suffering with a dis-ease, as opposed to treating

the disease as a separate entity from the person.

From a homeopathic perspective, the signs and symptoms of disease are seen as the body’s way of doing its best to live with disharmony in the body—usually by forcing the expression of disease to an external part or non-vital organ.

Too often these days, people are quick to suppress symptoms that are a natural response and way of defending the body. Examples are such symptoms as fever, runny nose, vomiting, diarrhea and even pain. Ignoring or turning off these symptoms by taking drugs is like turn-ing off your smoke alarm in the middle of the night and going back to bed without looking for the fire or cause of the smoke. The smoke alarm was not the cause of the fire; by turning the alarm off you have not stopped your house from potentially burning down.

I recently received news that a man I worked with years ago had passed away. This man was a pleasure to be around and always had a joke and a smile. When I knew him he was on kidney dialysis and was awaiting a kidney transplant, which he did receive a few years later. Most recently he had one of his arms amputated due to cancer. I was told that he was feel-ing much better since the amputation, and his energy and spirits were up. A year later, he died. The cancer had returned quite aggressively and he was gone in

“We partner with horses because they are incredible teachers of

self-awareness.”


Y outh today navigate difficult terrain on their journey to adult-hood. Many experience signifi-

cant forms of social pain, feeling lonely, ostracized and depressed. Lacking the skills and support to get out of this nega-tive spiral, their situation worsens. Some-times, if they are diagnosed with a mental illness, they will get the help they need. But for many others, until a significant crisis develops, youth are left to figure this out, alone and unprepared.

A new program for youth is changing this paradigm. Youth with Purpose … a new kind of Horsepower™ is an empow-erment program for young people ages 11 to 19 that partners with horses to build con-fidence, self-esteem, trust, healthy bound-aries and emotional wellness. Developed and facilitated by Linda-Ann Bowling, a master coach and intuitive healer, Youth with Purpose taps into the healing power of horses to help youth to understand their unique strengths and talents and to build their leadership style.

Prior to coming to the Horsepower program, Jonathan did not leave his house for two-and-a-half years. He had no friends, no interests and very little hope when he came to the program more than a year ago. “I had not been to school in over two years,” he said, “and I would probably still be hiding at home if I had not come to this program. It was life- changing.”

It was Jonathan’s experience with the horses that changed everything for him.

Lessons from the barn“We partner with horses because

they are incredible teachers of self-aware-ness,” said Linda-Ann Bowling. “As ani-mals of prey, they are highly sensitive to changes in their environment. In the wild, the survival of the horse depends on their ability to sense unsafe, threatening and

Harnessing Horsepower to Transform Young LivesYouth team up with horses to learn emotional wellness

by Kathleen Allisen

dangerous environments. Horses respond to even subtle emotions that impact their well-being.”

We may not always know exactly what we are feeling, but horses do. “In-congruence makes horses very nervous,” Bowling noted. “They demand clear lead-ership from their human partners to meet their needs for safety.”

For example, a person may say they are fine and act as if they are fine, but inside, they are filled with fear. A horse will sense that and may feel unsafe and uncomfortable. “They mirror back what they feel from us, making them remark-

able teachers of leadership and follower-ship. They help to make what is largely unconscious, conscious.”

Working with the horses helps par-ticipants address their fears of inadequacy and connects them with their purpose and passion. “Horses have an uncanny way of helping us develop a greater understand-ing of our emotional well-being,” said Bowling. “In the Horsepower program, we teach youth how to name their emo-tions and not to be ashamed of how they are feeling.

“When they step into the arena with the horses, we are preparing them to deal with life challenges, become better com-municators, have more self-confidence and really understand what it means to be a leader of their own lives and the choices they make.”

The program’s interactive experi-ences teach youth to use clear verbal and non-verbal language to communicate in-tentions and set effective boundaries with horses. In the process, they learn to man-age their mental, physical and emotional needs and develop genuine confidence and self-esteem.

Youth with Purpose programs are non-riding; all work is performed safely on the ground. Registration for the sum-mer programs, including group and per-sonal coaching sessions, is underway now.

Lessons from the barn apply to the arena of life. “Everything I learned in this program, I take with me and use in the real world,” said Jonathan. By experienc-ing how to create and set healthy boundar-ies of respect, for themselves and others, youth develop the life skills to help safely navigate their journey to adulthood. 1 H

Kathleen Allisen is principal of ClearPoint Communication and consulting and mar-keting director of the Unbridling Your Bril-liance, Youth with Purpose Program. www.unbridlingyourbrilliance.com/our-programs/youth-leadership/ and join the conversation on Facebook at A New Kind of Horsepower. (604) 889-4452

A Youth Program alum connecting with his horse

Photo: Steve Robinson, Sociovisual.com


Secrets to a Soulmate Relationship

“Mysterious is the fusion of two lov-ing spirits: each takes the best from the other, but only to give it back again en-riched with love.” —Romain Rolland

M y work as a life coach and spiri-tual guide in relationships for 29 years means I have had the plea-

sure of guiding others in their quest for sustaining personal and long-term rela-tionships. For me, a soulmate relationship simply means that you communicate with another with your whole heart, mind and spirit without losing your personal sense of self. In other words, you have the com-fort and the confidence of entrusting your deepest self to another with all the weight of your concerns, hopes and dreams. Your soulmate is like your soul’s echo in the world.

Anyone who desires someone spe-cial in their lives covets an intimate, pas-sionate and growing relationship. As a teenager studying real-life relationships, I always sought an inspiring and freeing kind of love that gave me room to grow as my own person and the capacity to incor-porate another’s world and their cherished concerns into my own.

Keys to grow togetherTo nourish a soulmate relation-

ship, you need to share yourself—your thoughts, feelings, experiences and ex-pectations—and learn to express them so you are not misinterpreted. Most individ-uals have difficulty speaking their truth clearly because they fear hurting those they love, being judged, not being accept-ed, not getting what they want or being thought small, or because they are ex-hausted by the avalanche of everyday life concerns. Having time and great positive energy for growing their relationship is relegated to the background till they are in trouble. They wake up one day and realize

they have grown apart.Being in touch with each other’s

growth and life experiences are important as this is a life you share. Through your promise to each other to be a couple, it is to your benefit and interest to keep abreast of each other. What you don’t want to see happen is your partner finds it difficult to talk to you and ends up sharing heartfelt matters with others. If there is a block in your comfortable-ness with each other, it means you have work to do.

Intimacy fulfills us because we, as human beings, like to be known and un-derstood. We, innately, would rather be authentic with the things we are and care about. It takes less time to be honest and straightforward than it is to dance around what you need or want to say. How you react to each other when truth is spoken reveals where you are as a human being, how advanced your understanding of soulmate relationship is, and how much you want to cause this kind of relation-ship to occur.

Sharing intimacy or love with some-one requires great trust. Simply put, you

have to take risks with each other. Great love comes from great, mindful practice. You will inevitably practice these spiritual traits in your relationship: forgiveness as it is your heart’s greatest generosity; openness as that’s the beginning of your healing; acceptance because we need it; grace because you need lightness and fun between you; willingness to persevere when things get tough; and respect for life and self-autonomy, for that is the highest form of letting go.

Finally, you arrive at generosity and compassion when the very act of giving to your mate feels like a giving to your-self. You will no longer feel like two sep-arated egos tugging at each other; you will feel like one whole coming blissfully home together. You have crossed over to the other side of the sunrise.1 H

Trish Lim-O’Donnell, CCP, is a certified life coach practitioner and E.Q. Music recording artist with 28 years of personal and profes-sional life coaching experience. www.trishli-modonnell.com. (604) 544-2902

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Exfoliation: What’s the Rub?

by Karen Bowers

that reflect a skin that has been in survival mode for too long.

Collagen loss. When our barrier is compromised we also lose valuable col-lagen, leading to more visible lines and wrinkles. With the loss of collagen, the pores in our skin become shallow, the skin can develop a pitted, uneven texture, and more sebum will be secreted to protect the skin from dehydration.

When the pores are shallow the sebum sits shallow in the pores and oxidizes. The dark clogged pores interfere with the bal-ance of your moisture levels and topical moisturizers cannot penetrate through the congestion. Over exfoliating can become

a vicious cycle. We use them to clean our pores; however the pores never become clean this way.

Thinning dermis. As we age the der-mis thins even more rapidly, resulting in an increasing number of visible capillar-ies, when we combine this with aggres-sive exfoliation this can lead to rosacea. When the dermis thins, the worst-case scenario includes sagging skin, uneven colour and broken capillaries.

At some point in our 20s and for the rest of our life after that, our dermis thins at a rate of about 1-1.5 percent a year. While it is true that a slowing epidermis happens to most skin types as we age, too much in-flammation and not enough nutrition leads

T here truly is a fine balance when it comes to cleansing our skin. While we rub and brush with cleansers,

we remove that precious natural moisture that we need to attain the smooth complex-ion we desire in the first place.

Yes, we need to feel clean; however, a cleanser should leave you feeling spot-less, not uncomfortable. If you feel dry and irritated immediately after cleansing, you have stripped your skin of the most valuable moisturizer in the world.

The key to a beautiful complexion is maintaining a healthy epidermis—our skin barrier. Restoring the barrier of our skin should be the number-one priority because humans cannot survive with a thinned epidermis.

How exfoliation hurtsInflammation. Forced exfoliation

with alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) and retin A, as well as scrubs and brushing, results in abnormally high levels of in-flammation. This increases sun sensi-tivity, allows for a higher absorption of environmental toxins and dehydrates the skin. A barrage of free radicals from diet, stress, sun and environmental toxin expo-sure overwhelms the skin, depleting the antioxidants and devouring the shrinking supply of nutrients as we age.

Acidic products containing glycol-ic, AHAs and retin A (which are formu-lated to exfoliate and force cell turnover) sit in the epidermis and cause irritation, resulting in edema or swelling, a plump-ing that’s due to inflammation. Edema and swelling makes lines look fuller, but once the products are stopped the skin de-flates to its actual state. If we use these products for extended periods we will no-tice more lines, more laxity and a dullness

us to the possible conclusion that chronic exfoliation speeds aging.

How does it feel?The mystery of cleansing seems to

be plagued by the inaccurate use of foam and aggressive exfoliation. The correction comes in the awareness of how your skin is feeling.

If your skin feels taut or irritated right after cleansing, you have created inflam-mation. If you need to apply a moisturizer immediately after cleansing to compen-sate for lack of moisture you have stripped nutrients and collagen. When fewer de-mands of inflammation are placed on the skin, the dermis handles the load much better, and collagen loss and thinning is substantially reduced.

Please choose a cleanser that is water soluble and does not contain harsh foam-ing agents. Over the age of 30 it is best to refrain from using all foaming cleansers as they strip collagen from your skin. Do not use an exfoliant daily nor use any of them with harsh scrubbing agents as this will strip valuable nutrients from your skin. Daily brushing is too aggressive and will lead to a thin barrier revealing visible capillaries, rosacea and wrinkles.

Forcing to remove the epidermal layers at twice the rate the skin has in-tentionally chosen will utilize scarce nu-trients twice as quickly. The loser in all of this is the dermis, because it can—and will—thin faster the more it is starved. Also, remember that over exfoliating the epidermis increases photodamage, which will further increase aging.1 H

Founder of New Visage, Karen Bowers has 35 years of international training in natural skin care. (604) 893-8872 www.newvisage.ca

“If your skin feels taut or irritated right after cleansing, you have

created inflammation.”

“More lines, more laxity and dullness reflect a skin that has been in survival mode for too long.”


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Acupuncture & Chinese MedicineACU-BRIDGE Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture Clinic (604) 432-7209 5238 Irmin Street, Burnaby BCBC Naturopathic Association (604) 736-6646 2238 Pine Street, Vancouver BC, bcna. caBodaHealth (604) 733-2632 bodahealth. ca 302-1245 West Broadway, Vancouver BCLorne Brown, BSc, CA, Dr TCM, RAC (604) 678-8600 #250 - 828 West 8th Avenue, Van BC acubalance. caCaldwell Acupuncture Clinic and TCM (604) 618-3111 #801 - 1200 Burrard Street, Van BC caldwellclinic. comDr. Erikson-Chinese Medical Dermatology (778) 886-1180 15767 Roper Ave, White Rock BC drerikson. comDr. Ara Elmajian & Associates (604) 876-9228 701-805 West Broadway, Van, BC draraelmajian. caevolve Nurturing Vitality (604) 255-7777 102-2025 West Broadway, Vancouver BCIMeG Health™ www. imeghealth. com (604) 279-9355 160-6111 River Road, Richmond BCLifelong Health lifelonghealth. ca (604) 538-6850 15228 Pacific Ave, White Rock BCNeuroKinetics™ Traumatology & Concussion Clinic Vancouver BC, (604) 736-3963 neurokinetics. comShelley L Page, Dr TCM (604) 541-9336 690-15355 24th Ave, Surrey BCTCM Association of BC (604) 602-7550 4347 W 10th Avenue, Vancouver BC tcmabc. orgJen Wasmund, RTCMP (604) 738-5569 #409 - 2150 West Broadway, Vancouver BCYackel, Avery, BASc, R. TCM. P. (604) 671-4682 202-2383 King George Hwy, Surrey BCYackel, Avery, BASc, R. TCM. P. (604) 671-4682 108-2078 West 4th Ave, Vancouver BCLyla Yip, MSc, RAc, DTCM (604) 872-6833 #203 - 2256 Brunswick Street, Vancouver BCWeidong Yu, DTCM, FAc. , BM, MPh (604) 737-7876 916 West King Edward Avenue, Vancouver BC

Animal & Pet Holistic Health CareRichard Calland, DVM (604) 565-7217 7280 Adera St, Vancouver BCFraser Valley Animal Care (604) 852-4480 206 - 2825 Clearbrook Road, Abbotsford BC

AromatherapyFerlow Botanicals Manufacturers/ Distributors ferlowbotanicals. com Vancouver BC (604) 322-4080Young Living Essential Oils (604) 874-7318 Carolyn Zerr & Micheal Au http:/ / carolynzerr. younglivingworld. com

AssessmentsNeuroKinetics™ Traumatology & Concussion Clinic Vancouver BC, (604) 736-3963 neurokinetics. com

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Ayurvedic MedicineFerlow Botanicals Manufacturers/ Distributors ferlowbotanicals. com Vancouver BC (604) 322-4080Jaisri M Lambert, www. ayurveda-seminars. com Ayurveda Seminars and Consulting (604) 290-8201

BiofeedbackEloise O’Ball, RN, Registered Holistic Allergist pacificallergyandwellness. com (778) 839-6557

Business OpportunitiesPacific Institute of Reflexology (604) 875-8818 535 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver BC

Cancer Information, Treatments & Support

Acquired Intelligence Inc (Salvestrols) Victoria BC salvestrol. ca (250) 483-3640Callanish Society (604) 732-0633 2277 W 10th Ave, Vancouver BCBrian Davies, BSC, ND (778) 340-1114 #1-156 West 3rd Street, North Vancouver BCIMeG Health™ www. imeghealth. com (604) 279-9355 160-6111 River Road, Richmond BCInspireHealth (604) 734-7125 #200 - 1330 West 8th Ave, Vancouver BCDr Nelie C. Johnson, MD (604) 467-1794 www. awarenessheals. caLEMMO Integrated Cancer Care (604) 428-1991 327 Renfrew St, Vancouver BCDr. Gurdev Parmar, ND, Integrated Health Clinic 202-23242 Mavis Ave, Fort Langley BC (604) 888-8325**Solutions Health Care Navigation (Cancer Coaching) North Vancouver, BC (778) 237-4137Unbridling Your Brilliance (604) 626-4806 25027 Robertson Cres, Aldergrove BCWellness Trading Post www. wellnesstradingpost. com Julieta Criollo, DNM, CHT, New Westminster, BC

Children’s HealthNational Vaccine Information Centre (703) 938-DPT3 204 Mill Street, Suite B1, Vienna VirginiaAutism Canada (519) 695-5858 PO Box 366, Bothwell ONAutism Research Institute 4182 Adams Avenue, San Diego CACanteris A. Hartley, DCH, HMC, www. coasthomeopathy. com #201 - 1001 Gibsons Way, Gibsons (604) 886-3844IMeG Health™ www. imeghealth. com (604) 279-9355 160-6111 River Road, Richmond BCIntegrated Health Clinic, Sarah Sjovold, ND Fort Langley, BC (604) 888-8325 www. drsjovold. comVRAN - Vaccination Risk Awareness Network Inc. (250) 355-2525 PO Box 169, Winlaw BC

ChiropractorsGregg Anderson, DC (604) 531-6446 305 - 1656 Martin Drive, Surrey BCChristine Bird, DC (604) 885-7124 Box 358, Sechelt BCDr Janice Blanke (819) 687-9021 90 CH Morgan, Montcalm QCDesLauriers Chiropractic Group & Assoc 1219 Johnston Road, White Rock BC (604) 535-2500Dr Barbara James Chiropractic (250) 868-2951 1333 St. Paul St, Kelowna BCDr Kevan Shong Chiropractic (604) 540-1551 Suite E - 7487 Edmonds Street, Burnaby BC

evolve Nurturing Vitality (604) 255-7777 102-2025 West Broadway, Vancouver BCHelen Fadden, DC (604) 852-4480 #206 - 2825 Clearbrook Road, Abbotsford BCDr. Mahin Darabi - Fraser Chiropractic (604) 321-6704 #315, North Tower 650 41st Ave W, Vancouver BCDrs Rainer & Randall Zindler - Fraser Chiropractic (604) 321-6704 #315, North Tower 650 41st Ave W, Vancouver BCJohn W C Loh, MSc, DC (604) 941-0644 201 - 3377 Coast Meridian Road, Port Coquitlam BCKarin Mattern, DC (250) 758-7022 3648 Departure Bay Road, Naniamo BCKitsilano Chiropractic (604) 731-6773 3446 W. Broadway, Vancouver BCAlvin G Klassen, DC, FCCRS(c), CPT (604) 271-6442 10020 No 3 Rd, Richmond BCJay Lepp, DC (604) 939-7556 2325 St. John’s Street, Port Moody BCMcCallum Chiropractic @ the Bay (604) 604-864-8232 #2 - 32900 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford BCPeter Mulyk, DC, 1318 Alberni St, Vancouver, BC (604) 685-9416Rozeela Nand, DC (604) 736-5157 #220-2475 Bayswater St, Van, BCDon Nixdorf, DC (604) 278-3505 10020 No. 3 Rd. , Richmond BCNucca Spine Clinic - Dr. Michael J. Foran Vancouver, BC (604) 266-1461 www. neckdr. comOrion Health- Surrey (604) 575-2325 #120 - 16555 Fraser Highway, Surrey BCRobert T Ohori, DC (604) 946-0144 5017 - 48th Avenue, Delta BCEdith Veillette, DC (819) 669-9676 435 boul. La Verendrye e. , Gatineau PQBrent Willox, DC (604) 253-6930 1279 Nanaimo St. Van, BC www. vanwellness. comWoodgrove Pines Chiropractic (250) 390-2003 or (250) 390-2993 102 - 6135 Metral Dr, Nanaimo BC

Cleansing & DetoxificationABC of Colon Care/ Prime Vitality (604) 929-7452 North Van BC primevitality. caBlue Lotus Revitalized Health (778) 899-1179 Vancouver, BC www. bluelotusrevitalizedhealth. caCedar Springs Renewal Center (360) 826-3599 Sedro Woolley WA cedarsprings. orgRadiant Health Saunas (604) 221-1799 Vancouver BC radianthealthsaunas. com**South Granville Naturopathic Clinic (604) 738-3858 212-3195 Granville Street, Vancouver BCLisa Keith (604) 738-3858 212-3195 Granville Street, Vancouver BC

Colon HydrotherapyABC of Colon Care/ Prime Vitality (604) 929-7452 North Van BC primevitality. ca**Kevin Patrick / Vestta (604) 731-3571 111-511 W 7th, Van / vesttawholehealth. comIntegrated Health Clinic 202-23242 Mavis Ave, Fort Langley BC (604) 888-8325Lifelong Health www. lifelonghealth. ca (604) 538-6850 15228 Pacific Ave, White Rock BC

Exfoliation: What’s the Rub?

by Karen Bowers


Lisa Keith (604) 738-3858 212-3195 Granville Street, Vancouver BCThe Happy Colon (604) 525-8400 #360 - 522 - 7th Street, New Westminster BC**Vancouver Colon Hydrotherapy Clinic (604) 738-3858 212-3195 Granville Street, Vancouver BCVillage Health Clinic (604) 575-7275 105 - 15153 No 10 Hwy, Surrey BC

Counsellors (Registered)Brigitte R. Clark M. Ed, C. C. C. , S. E. P. Vancouver, BC (604) 928-5913 www. freefallinsurrender. com

Craniosacral TherapyBrenda Pulvermacher, BSc (604) 986-9355 200-1401 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver BC

DentistsArshbir S. Kler, DDS/ A. Ross Gorrell, DDS #201-5405 12th Ave, Delta BC (604) 943-2291Art of Dentistry (604) 431-0202 104-6411 Nelson Ave, Burnaby BCDr. Ara Elmajian & Associates (604) 876-9228 701-805 West Broadway, Van, BC draraelmajian. caEvangelo Papoutsis, DDS (604) 886-4543 315 - 287 Gower Point Rd, Gibsons BCVan Cosmetic/ Implant Dentistry (604) 434-0248 #359 - 4800 Kingsway, Burnaby BC

Electromagnetic Fields & Earth Radiation

Jim Waugh, EMF SafeHome (604) 788-0743 Greater Vancouver, BC EMFSafeHome. comMilt B Bowling (604) 949-1502 http:/ / www. cleanenergycanada. com/ Earthing Canada 1-877-819-1968 www. earthingcanada. ca**Vlasty Senovsky, Geopathic Consultant (604) 990-0524 Lower Mainland, www. geopathic-consulting. com**Terra Essence Health (778) 383-6822 Burnaby, BC terraessencehealth. com

Energy MedicineBlue Lotus Revitalized Health (778) 899-1179 Vancouver, BC www. bluelotusrevitalizedhealth. ca**Brioso Holistics, Robine Yohm (604) 317-6676 Burnaby BC, www. briosoholistics. comMaria Djordjevic, BSc. CIEHP (604) 727-4186 Vancouver BC sanare. caEarthing Canada 1-877-819-1968 www. earthingcanada. caDiane Louie, EFT Practitioner (604) 888-2950 21231 - 93rd Avenue, Langley BCMichael D’Alton’s School of Bio-Energy Healing (604) 688-5177 www. daltonsbio. com Vancouver BCAnn Perrick (604) 250-4916 EMF Balancing Technique, North Vancouver, BCThe HeartMind Institute (778) 476-1414 Penticton BC www. theheartmindinstitute. comPhillip W Warren (604) 946-4919 4459 - 52A Street, Delta BC rebprotocol. net

Environmental Products & ServicesMilt B Bowling (604) 949-1502 http:/ / www. cleanenergycanada. com/ **Nature Cleaning Services (604) 255-3735 2316 Nacht Avenue, Port Coquitlam BC

Food Preparation & Healthy CuisineEarthsave Canada (604) 731-5885 Vancouver BC, www. earthsave. caFarmFolk/ CityFolk Society (604) 730-0450 Vancouver, BC ffcf. bc. caRaw Food Society of BC (778) 737-8852 8051 Poplar St, Van BC www. rawbc. org

Health & Education CentresAmazing Health (604) 856-9472 6581 Sunshine Drive, Delta BCCanadian School of Natural Nutrition (604) 730-5611 #100 - 2245 West Broadway, Vancouver BCDominion Herbal College (604) 433-1926 Burnaby BC, dominionherbalcollege. comIMeG Health™ www. imeghealth. com (604) 279-9355 160-6111 River Road, Richmond BCInstitute of Holistic Nutrition (604) 558-4000 300-604 Broadway W, Vancouver BCLove Peace Harmony Vancouver (604)733-0853 www. lovepeaceharmonyvancouver. comVancouver Island College of Natural Wellness Nanaimo, BC (800) 255-2816 www. vicnw. com

Health & Life CoachesAllan Lawry Fitness and Lifestyle Coaching (604) 220-7188 www. alfitness. caBrenda Eastwood 800-884-9220 Saanichton BC, brendaeastwood. comHealth Plus (604) 437-6286 3512 East 24th Avenue, Vancouver BCMoira Khouri, NC, MH, HHP, CCP Vancouver, BC (604) 346-1471Trish Lim-O’Donnell, CCP (604) 544-2902 Vancouver BC, www. trishlimodonnell. comGillian Padgett, Okanagan Stress Management Inc www. okanaganstressmanagement. com (250) 542-7602Sindie Smith Life Coach (778) 737-8485 Vancouver, BC sindiesmithlifecoach. com

Health Food Stores**Alive Health Centres www. alivehealthcentre. ca With 14 locations in BC, mostly in the Vancouver areaAve Maria Specialties (250) 563-6388 1638 20th Ave, Prince George BCClearwater Natural Foods Limited (250) 674-3147 735 Clearwater Village Road, Clearwater BCCommunity Natural Foods (403) 229-2383 10th Ave Market Location 1304-10th Ave SW, Calgary ABCommunity Natural Foods (403) 541-0606 Chinook Market Location 202-61st Ave SW, Calgary ABConsumers Nutrition Centre (604) 270-0007 #1318 - 6551 No. 3 Road, Richmond BCDawson Creek Health Food Ctr (250) 782-4656 901C - 103rd Avenue, Dawson Creek BCEdible Island Whole Foods Market (250) 334-3116 477-6th St. , Courtenay BC**Gaia Garden Herbals 604-734-HERB (4372) 2672 West Broadway, Van BC, gaiagarden. com**Kelly’s Specialty Shop Ltd. (604) 485-5550 4706 Marine Ave, Powell River BCLynn’s Vitamin Gallery Health Food Store Duncan BC (250) 748-4421**Marks Pharmacy (604) 731-8535 3750 Oak Street, Vancouver BC**Mother Natures (250) 365-7750 Caslegar, BC www. mothernaturescastlegar. comNurture Health & Wellness (403) 208-0812 63 Crowfoot Terrace NW, Calgary AlbertaSunnyside Naturals Kaslo BC (250) 353-9667The Pantry Natural Foods (604) 826-7561 33051 First Avenue, Mission BCThe Peanut Mill Natural Foods Market (905) 685-8848 191 Welland Ave. , St. Catharines ONValley Health (780) 624-1332 10019-100 St Peace River AB

Health Products & EquipmentAIM Canada (604) 263-8497 theaimcompanies. com 390-2025 W. 42nd Ave. , Vancouver BCCHI Wellness (604) 767-3834 Vancouver BC CHI MACHINE www. chidvd. com/ chiwellness

Earthing Canada 1-877-819-1968 www. earthingcanada. caEastern Currents Distributing Ltd. (604) 263-5042 9109 Shaughnessy St, Vancouver BC easterncurrents. caHeather Gabriel (604) 536-5585 Independent Zango Distributor, Surrey, BCHealth Plus (604) 437-6286 3512 East 24th Avenue, Vancouver BC**Healthy Business Consulting Ltd (778) 294-0611 Ron & Maggie Gale South Surrey BC healthybusiness. caInfinite Possibilities Consulting (250) 598-8574 USANA Distributors, possibilities_intl. usana. comPreferred Nutrition (519) 853-1118 153 Perth St. , Acton ON, pno. caRadiant Health Saunas (604) 221-1799 Vancouver BC radianthealthsaunas. com

Health Retreats & SpasCedar Springs Renewal Center (360) 826-3599 Sedro Woolley WA cedarsprings. org

Healthy Homes & InteriorsSoulful Spaces (778) 823-6960 Kimberly Easterbrook www. soulful-spaces. com

Herbalists (Registered)Dominion Herbal College (604) 433-1926 Burnaby BC, dominionherbalcollege. comIsland Healthworks Natural Health Clinic (250) 468-7685 1830 Douglas Crescent, Nanoose Bay BCLifelong Health lifelonghealth. ca (604) 538-6850 15228 Pacific Ave, White Rock BCWellness Trading Post www. wellnesstradingpost. com Julieta Criollo, DNM, CHT, New Westminster, BC

Herbs & Herbal ProductsCommunity Natural Foods (403) 229-2383 10th Ave Market Location 1304-10th Ave SW, Calgary ABCommunity Natural Foods (403) 541-0606 Chinook Market Location 202-61st Ave SW, Calgary ABEastern Currents Distributing Ltd. (604) 263-5042 9109 Shaughnessy St, Vancouver BC easterncurrents. caFerlow Botanicals Manufacturers/ Distributors ferlowbotanicals. com Vancouver BC (604) 322-4080Flora Manufacturing and Distributing florahealth. com (888) 436-6697Heather Gabriel (604) 536-5585 Independent Zango Distributor, Surrey, BC**Gaia Garden Herbals 604-734-HERB (4372) 2672 West Broadway, Van BC, gaiagarden. comJoy of the Mountains Wild Mediterranean Oil of Oregano joyofthemountains. com (866) 547-0268

HomeopathsArnica Homeopathy Centre (604) 780-2114 205-1401 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver BCBC Society of Homeopaths www. bcsh. ca Referrals to classical homeopathsCanteris A. Hartley, DCH, HMC, www. coasthomeopathy. com #201 - 1001 Gibsons Way, Gibsons (604) 886-3844Marie Lamey, Trinity Homeopathy Clinic Vancouver, BC (604) 837-7396Diane Louie, DCH, RSCHom, Classical Homeopath 21231-93rd Avenue, Langley BC (604) 888-2950Sonya McLeod, BA, DCH (604) 677-7742 351 E 39th Ave, Van, BCNeil Tessler, ND, DHANP (604) 542-9759 203-2828 152nd Street, Surrey BCWest Coast Homeopathic Society (604) 803-9242 #101 - 1001 West Broadway Ave Unit 120, Vancouver BC

Hyperbaric & Oxygen TherapyDr. Gurdev Parmar, ND, Integrated Health Clinic 202-23242 Mavis Ave, Fort Langley BC (604) 888-8325


HypnotherapyCanadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis (BC Div) (604) 688-1714 2036 West 15th Ave. , Vancouver BCHeather Gabriel (604) 536-5585 Suite 176 106-1656 Martin Dr, Surrey BCGillian Padgett, Okanagan Stress Management Inc www. okanaganstressmanagement. com (250) 542-7602

Inspiration**Banana Moon (250) 390-4010 102 - 6135 Metral Dr, Nanaimo BC

Iridology**Irimeta Health Services (604) 731-8535 Vancouver, BC www. irimeta. comIsland Healthworks Natural Health Clinic (250) 468-7685 1830 Douglas Crescent, Nanoose Bay BC

Kinesiology**Well Balanced Kinesiology and Consulting (604) 936-5463 Coquitlam BC denisecambiotti. comCHI Wellness (604) 767-3834 Vancouver BC CHI MACHINE www. chidvd. com/ chiwellnessAlexis Costello (250) 491-7559 7655 Falconridge Cres. , Kelowna BC

Live Blood AnalysisArnica Homeopathy Centre (604) 780-2114 205-1401 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver BC

Massage TherapyBehrs’ Massage Therapy Clinic (604) 485-2155 4763 Joyce Avenue, Powell River BCMavis Brown RMT - (250) 774-6769 Top Flr, Sikanni Plaza/ 5004 52nd Ave W, Fort NelsonElfi M. Dillon-Shaw, RMT (250) 247-9504 730 Captain Ahab’s TRC, Gabriola Island BCElectra Health Floor (604) 685-4325 Electra Health Floor - 970 Burrard Street, Vancouver BCDoug Fairweather, RMT (250) 542-3553 11601 Palfrey Drive West, Coldstream BCPauline Johnson, RMT (250) 472-3629 #106 - 1595 Mackenzie Avenue, Victoria BCJoyce L deVooght, RMT (250) 372-1365 #92 - 665 McBeth Place, Kamloops BCSandra MacDonald, RMT (902) 421-7549 #440 - 5991 Spring Garden Road, Halifax NSMassage Therapy Assn of BC (604) 873-4467 Ste 180 Airport Square 1200 W 73rd Ave, Vancouver BCJohn Russell & Colleen Schmitt, RMT (604) 436-5500 308 - 4900 Kingsway, Burnaby BC www. burnabyrehab. comMurray P Schwabe, RMT (604) 532-3050 #203 - 5755 Glover Road, Langley BCLeslie Smith, RMT (250) 492-5599 1458 Government Street, Penticton BC

Medical DoctorsConnect Health Centre (604) 733-4400 205 - 2786 16th Ave W, Vancouver BCInternational Society for Orthomolecular Medicine (416) 733-2117 16 Florence Avenue, Toronto OntarioZoltan Rona, MD (416) 920-9241 8188 Yonge St. Suite 101, Thornhill ONThe Bridge Health (604) 564-5847 580-999 West Broadway, Vancouver BC

MeditationTraining in Power Academy, Chris Fleck, Van, BC (604) 255-5702 www. traininginpower. comSoul Power Metro Vancouver Group www. powerofsoul. ca

Mental & Emotional Wellness**Brioso Holistics, Robine Yohm (604) 317-6676 Burnaby BC, www. briosoholistics. com

IMeG Health™ www. imeghealth. com (604) 279-9355 160-6111 River Road, Richmond BCDr Nelie C. Johnson, MD (604) 467-1794 www. awarenessheals. caGillian Padgett, Okanagan Stress Management Inc www. okanaganstressmanagement. com (250) 542-7602Truehope Nutritional Support Ltd (888) 878-3467 PO Box 888, Raymond AlbertaUnbridling Your Brilliance (604) 626-4806 25027 Robertson Cres, Aldergrove BC

Naturopathic PhysiciansA New Leaf Naturopathic Clinic (604) 514-8555 #103 - 4061 - 200th Street, Langley BCAcacia Integrative Health Clinic (250) 475-1522 101-391 Tyee Road , Victoria BCArbour Wellness Centre (250) 729-4969 2136 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo BCBC Naturopathic Association (604) 736-6646 2238 Pine Street, Vancouver BC, bcna. caBellevue Natural Health Clinic (604) 913-2262 1467 Bellevue Ave, West Vancouver BCBoucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine (604) 777-9981 #300 - 435 Columbia St, New Westminster BCAnita Bratt, ND (250) 862-2673 www. drbratt. com 102-1441 Ellis St, Kelowna B. C. Timothy W Brown, ND (604) 538-3017 #200 - 12761 16th Avenue, Surrey BCKristen Brown, ND (604) 568-6899 350-507 West Broadway Ave, Vancouver BCCdn Assoc Naturopathic Doctors (416) 496-8633 1255 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto ONPhoebe Chow, ND (604) 327-0021 2298 Newport Ave, Vancouver, BCBrian Davies, BSC, ND (778) 340-1114 #1-156 West 3rd Street, North Vancouver BCMandana Edalati, ND (604) 987-4660 213-1940 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver BCDr. Ara Elmajian & Associates (604) 876-9228 701-805 West Broadway, Van, BC draraelmajian. caevolve Nurturing Vitality (604) 255-7777 102-2025 West Broadway, Vancouver BCPaula Fainstat, DC, ND (604) 222-2433 #312 - 2083 Alma Street, Vancouver BCDorothy Fairley, ND (604) 738-2205 2490 Blenheim St, Vancouver BCJuliet Ghodsian, ND (604) 697-0397 487 Davie Street, Vancouver BCBrenda Gill, ND (250) 362-5035 Suite 1 1995 Columbia Ave Box 1841, Rossland BCTom Glew, ND (604) 263-6338 330-2025 W 42 Ave, Vancouver BCHawthorne Naturopathic Centre (250) 598-3314 1726 Richmond Avenue, Victoria BCHolistic Healing Arts Centre (519) 751-3488 213 King George Road Unit 209, Brantford OntarioInspireHealth (604) 734-7125 #200 - 1330 West 8th Ave, Vancouver BCShyrose Karim, ND (604) 451-7786 or 604-922-7372 J2-925 Main St, West Vancouver BCWestcoast Naturopathic Clinic (604) 681-5585 1190 Thurlow Street, Vancouver BC**Michael Lederman, LLB, ND (604) 738-3858 212-3195 Granville Street, Vancouver BCLEMMO Integrated Cancer Care (604) 428-1991 327 Renfrew St, Vancouver BCPaul Levendusky, ND, RAc (604) 536-8600 #202 - 15210 North Bluff Road, White Rock BCBruce Lofting, ND (403) 270-3372 3701 17th Avenue SW, Calgary ABJonn Matsen, ND (604) 986-7774 156 West 3rd Street, North Vancouver BCHeathir Naesgaard, ND (604) 980-4181 #1 - 3731 Delbrook Avenue, North Vancouver BC

Dr. Karen Parmar, ND Integrated Health Clinic 202-23242 Mavis Ave, Fort Langley BC (604) 888-8325Dr. Gurdev Parmar, ND, Integrated Health Clinic 202-23242 Mavis Ave, Fort Langley BC (604) 888-8325Peninsula Naturopathic Clinic (250) 655-1660 102 - 9725 Fourth Street, Sidney BCIngrid Pincott, ND (250) 286-3655 300 - 1170 Shoppers Row, Campbell River BCDr Allana Polo, ND (778) 397-3979 New Westminster, BC www. drallanapolo. comPort Moody Naturopathic Health & Wellness (604) 949-0077 #202 - 101 Klahanie Drive, Port Moody BCDanny Jui, ND Ray Clinic (604) 461-7900 #3-201 Morrissey Road Port Moody BCDenise Rochon, ND, FCAH, CCH (604) 885-3150 8442 Redrooffs Rd, Halfmoon Bay BCWilliam Russell, ND (604) 535-4003 305-1656 Martin Dr, Surrey BCSelkirk Naturopathic Clinic (604) 463-4911 230-22529 Lougheed Hwy, Maple Ridge BCDr. Pieter C Taams, MD, ND (604) 856-5687 Abbotsford, BC www. naturopathic-retreat. comNeil Tessler, ND, DHANP (604) 542-9759 203-2828 152nd Street, Surrey BCGudrun Tonskamper, ND, RAc (604) 536-1400 #200 - 1676 Martin Drive, Surrey BCVillage Health Clinic (604) 575-7275 105 - 15153 No 10 Hwy, Surrey BCJennie Weisenburger, ND (604) 876-1150 603 - 805 West Broadway, Vancouver B. C. **Jese Wiens, BSc,ND (250) 276-9485 318 Main St. , Penticton BC

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Nurses (Registered)Betty Minifie, HTCP/ I, RN, BSCN, QM Calgary, AB (403) 474-7399**Solutions Health Care Navigation North Vancouver, BC (778) 237-4137

Nutritional Consultants (Certified)Canadian School of Natural Nutrition (604) 730-5611 #100 - 2245 West Broadway, Vancouver BCBrenda Eastwood 800-884-9220 Saanichton BC, brendaeastwood. com**Irimeta Health Services (604) 731-8535 Vancouver, BC www. irimeta. comInstitute of Holistic Nutrition (604) 558-4000 300-604 Broadway W, Vancouver BC

Organic ProductsCommunity Natural Foods (403) 229-2383 10th Ave Market Location 1304-10th Ave SW, Calgary ABCommunity Natural Foods (403) 541-0606 Chinook Market Location 202-61st Ave SW, Calgary ABEssentia - Natural Mattresses (604) 738-0321 2144 West 4th Ave, Van. BC myessentia. comFarmFolk/ CityFolk Society (604) 730-0450 Vancouver, BC ffcf. bc. caGenki Foods Calgary, AB 1-866-338-6583 Experience the power of whole foods! genkifoods. com**Green Earth Organics (604) 708-2345 Organic delivery service in Vancouver BCHealth Plus (604) 437-6286 3512 East 24th Avenue, Vancouver BCNingXia Red™ Super Juice 604-874-7318 Van BC, ningxia-red-juice. com 778-222-7318 cell**West Pointe Organic Produce (604) 736-2839 2183 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver BC

Orthomolecular MedicineInternational Society for Orthomolecular Medicine (416) 733-2117 16 Florence Avenue, Toronto Ontario

HANS Health Action Network Society (1984)214-5589 Byrne Rd, Burnaby, BC, V5J 3J1www.hans.org - [email protected]

Publications Mail Agreement 40050050

ISF International Schizophrenia Foundation (416) 733-2117 16 Florence Avenue, Toronto Ontario

Osteopathic Practitioners**Carolyne Abrams, DO DPO (UK) (604) 730-5950 11-3615 West 19th Ave, Van - vancouverosteopathy. net**Sarah Stranan, Vancouver Osteopathy Centre 201-2475 Bayswater St, Vancouver BC (778) 835-1633Melanie Swithin-Jones (604) 973-0210 North Vancouver, BC harmonyosteopathy. ca**West Coast Clinic of Osteopathy (604) 960-1171 210-145 West 15th St. , North Vancouver BC

Personal DevelopmentTraining in Power Academy, Chris Fleck, Van, BC (604) 255-5702 www. traininginpower. comBrian Madigan (604) 626-6277 Stressed out at work? endworkstress. comThe Haven 1-800-222-9211 240 Davis Road, Gabriola Island BC

Professional & Business Friends of HANS

Caligiuri Financial Group Inc. (604) 685-6525 1200-1111 Georgia St W, Van caligiurigroup. comCarol Nunn, CGA (604) 980-4577 #207 - 277 Mountain Highway, North Vancouver BCJane Shaak (888) 484-7253 Royal LePage 484 Main Street, Penticton BC

Publications (Health & Environmental)Alive Publishing Group Inc. (604) 295-9333 100 - 12751 Vulcan Way, Richmond BCCommon Ground Publishing Corp (604) 733-2215 #204 - 4381 Fraser Street, Vancouver BCThe Herbal Collective Magazine (250) 754-7103 Distributed on Vancouver Island, BCThe Natural Health Show www. thenaturalhealthshow. ca Saturday mornings at 11am on am650 Vancouver

ReflexologistsEnerflow Alternative Healing - Amelie St. Pierre Port Coquitlam, BC (778) 668-6750 enerflowhealing. comJudith M Rimes (604) 738-1842 #407 - 3023 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver BC**Moira Khouri, NC, MH, HHP, CCP Vancouver BC (604) 346-1471Pacific Institute of Reflexology (604) 875-8818 535 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver BCReflexology Association of BC (604) 435-8325 720 Sixth St PO Box 248, New Westminster BC

RehabilitationNeuroKinetics™ Traumatology & Concussion Clinic Vancouver BC, (604) 736-3963 neurokinetics. com**South Granville Naturopathic & Prolotherapy Clinic 212-3195 Granville Street, Vancouver BC (604) 738-3858

ReikiHolistically Yours Holistic Healing (604) 929-2952 North Vancouver BC holisticallyyours. caInner Focus Holistic Healing (604) 985-7302 North Vancouver BC innerfocus. caChrista Lynn (604) 837-5125 Vancouver BC www. christalynn. caBrian Madigan (604) 626-6277 Stressed out at work? endworkstress. comMyorei Healing (778) 239-4555 Vancouver BC myorei. ca**Cress Spicer - Infinitebodytalk (604) 908-3743 Vancouver, BC www. infinitebodytalk. com

SaunasRadiant Health Saunas (604) 221-1799 Vancouver BC radianthealthsaunas. com**South Granville Naturopathic Clinic (604) 738-3858 212-3195 Granville Street, Vancouver BC

ShiatsuRaphael Limsico (604) 876-4948 House calls available, www. shiatsubyraphael. com

Skin & Hair CareActive Skin Care (604) 961-7533 Vancouver BC www. activeshiatsu. comDr. Erikson-Chinese Medical Dermatology (778) 886-1180 15767 Roper Ave, White Rock, BC drerikson. comFerlow Botanicals Manufacturers/ Distributors ferlowbotanicals. com Vancouver BC (604) 322-4080New Visage Advanced Skincare & Anti Aging Ltd. #417 - 1770 W 7th Ave, Vancouver BC (604) 893-8872

Sound HealingHarmony of the Spheres (604) 340-4955 Vancouver BC www. harmonyofthespheres. net

Support GroupsFor these FREE listings, visit www.hans.org

The BodyTalk SystemChrista Lynn (604) 837-5125 Vancouver BC www. thebodytalkclinic. com

**Cress Spicer - Infinitebodytalk (604) 908-3743 Vancouver, BC www. infinitebodytalk. com

Water & Air SystemsBest Water For You, Keremeos, BC Toll Free 1-855-499-8892 www. bestwater. caWatermatters (604) 733-7888 Vancouver BC www. yourwatermatters. comWorld Living Water Systems Ltd. (604) 990-5462 North Vancouver, BC www. alivewater. com

Weight ManagementAL Fitness - The Healthy Weight Program (604) 220-7188 www. alfitness. caDr. Lederman HCG Weight Loss Clinic 604-738-3858 www. drlhcg. com**Irimeta Health Services (604) 731-8535 Vancouver, BC www. irimeta. comIMeG Health™ www. imeghealth. com (604) 279-9355 160-6111 River Road, Richmond BCSonya McLeod, BA, DCH (604) 677-7742 351 E 39th Ave, Van, BCRadiant Health Saunas (604) 221-1799 Vancouver BC radianthealthsaunas. com

Women’s HealthBrenda Eastwood 800-884-9220 Saanichton BC, brendaeastwood. comCanteris A. Hartley, DCH, HMC, www. coasthomeopathy. com #201 - 1001 Gibsons Way, Gibsons (604) 886-3844IMeG Health™ www. imeghealth. com (604) 279-9355 160-6111 River Road, Richmond BCIntegrated Health Clinic, Sarah Sjovold, ND Fort Langley, BC (604) 888-8325 www. drsjovold. comDr. Karen Parmar, ND Integrated Health Clinic 202-23242 Mavis Ave, Fort Langley BC (604) 888-8325Unbridling Your Brilliance (604) 626-4806 25027 Robertson Cres, Aldergrove BCVancouver Women’s Health Collective (604) 736-5262 #225 - 119 West Pender, Vancouver BC

YogaMarie Chang, Burnaby, BC (604) 809-8378 www. insighttowellness. comSalt Spring Island Centre of Yoga (250) 537-2326 Salt Spring Island BC www. saltspringcentre. comSandra Tonn (604) 483-3509 Powell River BC, sandra_tonn@telus. net

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