Hello, and welcome to the inaugural edition of "COUNTRY HEALTH".

Now that I have made this warm opening remark — let’s not mess around any further. If you really desire GREAT health, — and if you can handle the Truth, — then get ready for the ‘ride of your life’.

WHY IS THIS INFORMATION AND THESE FORMULAS DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE OTHERS ?

These are just some of the over 500 chemicals inside your body...and this is the exact reason you should consider the information in this newsletter; --- because your body and your health is all about CHEMICALS, and nobody knows these substances and the way they affect your health better than us!
If you are really serious about finding out what is wrong with your health and what you can do about it, read every page!

IF YOU WANT GREAT HEALTH, YOU HAD BETTER BE PREPARED TO WORK AT IT.
Unless you are completely retired (and shame on you if you are), you are like the majority of us who wake up to an alarm clock (or a rooster !), wash, shower, brush teeth and get dressed. Then it’s a quick breakfast – usually a piece of toast or a bowl of cereal, with either juice or coffee. And then it’s off to work.

After a ‘normal’ eight hour day, it’s back home for a meal, watch some TV and then off to bed. Well, it’s that eight hour work day that I would like to discuss with you. Almost everyone who works (whether employee, manager, supervisor or owner) has a pretty good idea of what they are going to do each day with their eight hours. And it has been reliably researched and reported that the greatest percentage of successful people in this world either sat down the night before or arose early in the morning for the express purpose of listing all the tasks that required their attention during their next eight working hours. I have often heard the phrase “plan your work, and work your plan”.
Now for the $64,000 question — how many of you do the same thing about your health?? As they say in the legal profession, “my case rests” !

Folks, great health does NOT come easy. You have to WORK at it, and I am not talking about just eight hours a day. Great Health should constantly be on your mind. And it starts with the same kind of planning that most successful business people use. Every night, you should set up a plan for what you want to accomplish with your health the next day. Some of the more noteable subjects to be covered in your daily health plan should encompass the following:
1. Internal Detoxification of Specific Organs (e.g. liver, colon )
2. Internal Detoxification of Entire Body
3. External Detoxification of Entire Body
4. Strengthening of Immune System
5. Food and Liquid consumption
6. Exercise protocol (especially cardio system)
7. Meditation time
8. Fun time
If you are not planning to have great health, there is a really good chance you will be keeping the Doctors and pharmacies pretty busy for the remainder of your life.
BUT — please remember that planning alone does not make for successful business or great health. You must be prepared to execute your plan. You must have a strong mind that exerts tremendous will-power and self-discipline. If you plan that you will ride your bike fast for 30 minutes, you had better do it. If you plan that you will not eat any sweets tomorrow, then you had better have the power to resist.
Look, country people aren’t any smarter than city folk, — they are just healthier. They keep busy, eat from the land, breathe clean air, and are less stressed out. And this old Country Doc (yours truly) is going to help each and every one of you to retrieve your good health, and then keep it good the rest of your life. That is a pretty tall order, but us country folk are real friendly, and we will help anyone who shows a sincere desire to become, and to stay healthy. If you will WORK as hard at your health as we will work to help you, we’ll make a pretty good team.
Here’s to Your Health !!

MOTHER NATURE VS. PROGRESS
I am a naturalist, when and if possible. And I have some pretty weird and wonderful beliefs about this world as we know it. For example, I believe we were all born equal (pretty weird?); I believe we were put here to work together (although history and all its wars and conflicts have certainly proven me naïve on that score!); and I believe in a fairy tale called “Mother Nature” – that wonderful spiritual entity that feeds us, nurtures us, teaches us and keeps us healthy.
And then there is ‘Progress’. That is an ongoing juggernaut that finds new ways to be cleaner, clearer, smarter, happier, better, faster, etc. All this, unfortunately, in the name of profits. And even when it comes to medicine, ‘they’ say the proof of the pudding is in the increased rate of age of death, when in the days of ‘yore, it used to be 40’s to 50’s and now it’s 60’s to 70’s. Well folks, do not be fooled by hype, slick marketing or fancy titles. “They” have not improved our health or living rate – all “they” have done is prolonged our death!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! “They” have found ways of easing our pain, masking our symptoms, soaking up mistakes and extending our discomfort. “They” are simply prolonging death — not increasing life.
And why is this approach happening --- money, money, money. Some examples — the air cleaner companies love the smog-filled, dirty, filthy chemical-laden air and will charge you big bucks to allegedly clean it; water purification companies love the sulphur, the e-coli, bacteria and metals in the water and will charge you big bucks to allegedly purify it; a well-managed health insurance company will grab the premiums, make the promises and do all they can not to pay out a cent; the Doctors will fill their waiting rooms full of sick patients, grab the co-pay, bill the HMO’s, write out a prescription and tell you this has to be done again in 3 weeks, and then 3 weeks after that, and 3 weeks after that, and so on. It is a conspiracy — the Doctors, pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, drug stores are all in it for the bucks. Everyone of these so-called “do-gooders” really want you to get sick so that they can make lots of money trying to relieve the symptoms of your malady. The Symptoms?!?!? HA !!!!!! How about finding the root of the problem and getting rid of that — so we never have that problem again????!
And all the while, the life-source of our world, the true provider of our health — Mother Nature, — is fading fast into oblivion !! Let’s all open our eyes to the tragedy — our air is polluted; our water is polluted; our food is full of insecticide, pesticide, e-coli, salmonella and growth hormones; our land is depleted; our forests are raped; our entire wildlife is an endangered species; our oceans are regressing; our sky is ozoneless; our human bodies are filling up with artificial and chemical garbage; and worst of all — the way we think — our morality, our ethics, our pride, our sincerity, our giving, our caring are all human characteristics of the past, swallowed up and engulfed by the “what’s in it for me” and “I want it now” generation.
While things don’t look good, I have no intention of becoming the purveyor of doom and gloom. There IS still hope! But if we are truly going to make this world and our lives “a better place to be”, we MUST go back to the old-fashioned family values, work ethic, handshake and mutual respect that made this country the best.
So let’s make a commitment to ourselves, to each other, to all of our natural resources, to ethics, to morals and to our spiritual leader that every second of every day for the rest of our lives, we will strive to be our best and to do the right thing.

10 THINGS THAT I HATE THE MOST ABOUT ALL HEALTHCARE GIVERS!
(With My Comments After Each One)

10. They almost always place their picture on every letter, flyer, brochure, business card, etc., in order to promote themselves. (you will not see mine — I am not out to promote me — I am trying to promote YOUR better health).

9. Consuming (either orally and/or topically) a fistful of medicines, pills, homeopathics, herbs and other remedies will solve your problems. (it will temporarily, but then all your problems will return because they didn’t get to the root/cause).

8. All Doctor prescribed medicines are from nature. (they might have started out that way, but the chemical processes involved in the extraction, filtering, purification, buffering and preserving leaves little to NO “natural” anything left).

7. Slick marketing, slick advertising, fancy packaging, beautiful colors and catchy phrases makes for a profitable healthcare business. (I agree — which is why the COUNTRY CLINIC will have several thousand clients instead of several million — BUT — they will be healthier).

6. They have chosen this particular path in life because of their altruistic and genuine concern and care for their fellow human beings. (horse puckey!! — they want to get rich off of your poor health).

5. A 5 to 6 minute consultation with a new patient is enough time to diagnose anyone’s health problem. (it takes me 5 minutes just to say “hello”, and another 2 to 3 hours to figure out their root/cause).

1. They are Professionals who have spent many years of their lives learning and training to help you with your health problems. Therefore, you should get down on your knees and kiss their feet. (you should get off your knees, onto your feet, and shake my hand in mutual respect).

3. There are some problems that just can NOT be solved. (what a lousy justification for failure and/or not having the energy and desire to keep trying. All things are possible — if you add ‘belief’ + ‘prayer’ + science + research + persistence = solved problem).

2. They are never wrong!! (in my 35 years of trying to help people with their health problems and conditions, I have experienced an astonishing 50% missed diagnoses, missed prescription or natural product recommendations, missed follow-up services and exams, and missed retribution.

1. They have no guts — they all place the blame for your bad health on politicians, HMO’s, pharmaceutical companies, AMA, FDA, etc. (the only reason for your bad health is YOU — it’s your body — you are responsible for its health!!!!!!!)

FOR THE RECORD
I was born and raised in a small town in the north. That was in the good old days when Doctors still made house calls. I was a sickly kid, with monthly colds, flus and fevers. And that was in spite of my Mother’s attempts to watch over my health, by making sure I didn’t get dessert without finishing my beans and greens, and by bribing me (and sometimes downright threatening me) to take my morning dose of cod liver oil ( Ich !)

I went through the rest of my schooling years majoring in chemistry and math. After schooling, I decided that I wanted to be in the health field somewhere, so I departed for Europe to ‘find myself’. I worked and studied in many laboratories and clinics throughout Europe, the Orient and Australia. Most of my time was spent studying the skin, which, as you already know, is the largest organ of the body. What intrigued me was the ease in which all the other organs of the body affected the skin. We began to see a correlation between internal health and external beauty. And while working with an avante-garde laboratory just outside of Paris in the early 70’s, we also came to the realization that the flow of information, blood, neurons, oxygen and most of the other particles infiltrating our bodies was NOT just a one-way street. Even back then, we were working on the concept of what today is known as the “Patch”. Of course, over the years, I have had more than my share of ridicule thrust upon me by the “nay” sayers of the world. The most common criticism went something like this: “if the skin can absorb or allow external materials to penetrate, we would all drown in a bathtub or a swimming pool”. Well, for the last bunch of years, combining science with research with trial & error, we have managed to successfully solve certain cancers, emphysema, arthritis, osteoporosis, male prostate problems, chrone’s disease, liver & kidney dysfunctions, fibromyalgia and a host of other health problems, using TOPICAL ONLY, NON-INVASIVE procedures. That means no more scalpels, no scrapings, no surgery, no biopsies, no chemotherapy, no radiation, etc. And guess what? ---- it also means NO SIDE EFFECTS. Witness the following note from a lady whose father was actually dying of emphysema and who, for the last alleged year of his life was hooked up to a portable oxygen unit 24/7:

“My father and I would like to thank you for the patience, concern and treatment you gave him over the last few years. I remember you saying that your goal was to have him taken off oxygen. Last week I learned that became a reality. The doctors are puzzelled, they can’t seem to explain it. My dad and I would like to think we can”.

I may never win the ‘Nobel Prize’, but if I can help each and every one of You to better health using Mother Nature, while at the same time, keeping you away from the proliferation of cortisones, steroids, and chemicals that are constantly being shoved down your throats and injected into your bodies by the bandaid approach of modern-day allopathic medicine, it will be reward enough!

So, here is the latest news release “fresh off the press”. After 35 years of formulating, managing and owning research facilities specializing in unsolvable health conditions and experimenting with the newest form of medicinal procedures “Transdermal Infusion”, I have now come to realize that the skin and the body will absorb health-giving preparations easily, more readily and with greater potency if the Body and everything that belongs to it (all the other organs) are clean and free from toxins, bacteria, germs, parasites, fungi, infections, viruses, etc., etc. If it is true that “cleanliness is next to Godliness”, then ‘Healthiness’ must be next in line. So, I have made a momentous decision to semi-retire, move back to my country roots (and to the country!), continue to service all of my wonderful existing patients, accept only those new clients whose health cases are considered ‘unsolvable’ or terminal, and spend the majority of my time researching natural ways to help your body prevent, cleanse, detoxify and repair itself. There is a wealth of knowledge to be gleaned from the caveman to the medicine man, to the Oriental herbalists, to the Indian exorcist, and all the way to modern-day botanical and organic purveyors. This knowledge, and the resulting products will be made available to you --- hopefully for you to increase your good health; and hopefully for you to ‘share the wealth’ with those around you.

As the saying goes, “Cleanliness is next to Godliness”. There is no truer example of that than the internal workings of the human body. That is why ‘Detoxification’ is Step #1 on the preceding ‘health chart’. In future issues, we will discuss every aspect of this most important health-giving procedure. For now, the very best present you can give to your body is a “clean start”.

Step #1: Detoxification
Your body is “full of it” !!!!! — full of toxins, bacteria, germs, infections, viruses, fungi, fecal matter, poorly digested food, and all sorts of ‘garbage’. Most of the above gets inside our body through the food that we eat, the liquids that we drink, the air that we breathe, our orifices, etc. Some of it will actually germinate and grow inside of us all by itself. They either are the disease or they carry it. If left inside, they will manifest into all sorts of problems — everything from a common cold, to toe fungus, to a life-threatening disease. In order for the human body to adjust, to seek out its enemies, to repair itself, it (your body) MUST be cleared of all current ‘garbage’. This is definitely the first step toward improving current health conditions and preventing future problems. At the risk of repeating myself, you must detoxify your ‘innards’ whenever you feel sluggish or downright sick AND at least once a year (even if you are feeling great ) to prevent future complications. This process can be and should be achieved both internally and externally. You can virtually take care of the internal procedure by yourself (read on), but the external procedure (known as Lymphatic Drainage) should be done by a qualified, experienced specialist in this field. If you can not find such a professional in your area, you can always come to the mountains to visit us (because we have the best !!!) .