HCG Day 3, Phase II, Hints, Tips and Inspiration

Thought for the Day

Man cannot discover new oceans
unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.  -Andre Gide

You are into day three of Phase II.  You may be feeling a little discouraged if you see the scale go up even though you have not broken the rules of the protocol.  DO NOT GET DISCOURAGED.  What you are experiencing is normal.  It is part of the process.  Remember if you gain more than two pounds, do a STEAK DAY.  Yes, it works.  Take an Ener-G cap around 11:00am in the morning and it will help you get through the day.  Have that big steak for dinner with an apple or cucumber.  Nothing else.  You will be lighter the next day. 

Keep up the pace until the end of 21 days.  As you near the end, you will notice your weight begin to stabilize.  You won't need steak days.  If you gain a pound or two it easily comes off if you tone down your food intake for the day.  You will notice the changes from your old eating habits to your new eating habits.   The new you is beginning to emerge.   Treat that new you well and in a healthy manner and it will serve you for many many many years to come. 

Namaste (I bow to you),
Donna

You can contact me through my normal channels on http://www.avoiceforchange.com/
or send an email message to donna.appel@newmedicinefoundation.com or donna@avoiceforchange.com

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HCG Day 22, Phase 1, Hints, Tips and Inspiration

Those who say it can’t be done
are usually interrupted by others doing it. 
- Joel A. Barker

If you are doing the very minimum hCG program, today would be the day that you would stop using hCG.  Regardless of your delivery of the hCG, your morning dose will be the last dose you take on Phase I.  Tomorrow you will continue with the 500 calorie food intake and you’ll continue that the day after tomorrow as well but you won’t be taking anymore hCG on those two days.

Beyond that, you’ll move into Phase II.  See my book for further instructions.

If you have decided to continue on with Phase I, continue on as you have been. You’ll be able to stop anytime you want but 44 days are the max (42 of them utilize hCG in the process).  Now is the time to plan your strategy.  Make sure your decisions are made with calendar in hand.  Contact your weight loss coach if you need guidance.

Questions? Visit http://www.avoiceforchange.com/weight_loss.html for a host of info from recipes, FAQs, Dos and Don'ts, to Keeping it Off and Testimonials. Still can't find the answer? Send us an email!

Happiness and great health always,
Donna Appel

Detox, Detox, Detox and then .... Don't let another year go by

Don't let another year go by not knowing that you have options and acting on them.  The old saying "without your health, you have nothing" is so true.  See what Elly had to say about New Medicine. 

"My amazing journey through the detox program. What can I say, my life is now better than ever! My energy levels have sky rocketed, I don’t need naps, and I love the way I look. Dr. Edward and Dr. Julie are two truly amazing people. I started this program 2 days before Thanksgiving only because I mentioned wanting to lose 5lbs. If you knew what I used to eat before, you would be shocked that I could even make this change!

Monday, January 04, 2010 was my last day on the program and I lost a total of 21lbs. In size, I have lost inches in places I never knew I had any to lose. Everyone should take part in this journey of health. People tend to ignore the major issues going on in their bodies & remedy it with prescription medication – this is NOT the answer. One change in diet and hcG detox will cure most forever.

I hope that through my experiences, it will convince others not to keep putting this program off. It works, and I feel great! I’m looking forward to my new healthy lifestyle." Elly S

There is more to great health than just weight loss.   Find out more.  You too can be just like Elly ... visit New Medicine Foundation today and listen to some of what Dr. Edward W. Pearson is talking about and teaching.  If there is any thing that I can do to assist you, please don’t hesitate to contact me. That is what I am here for.

Abundant happiness and great health always,
Donna Appel
866-464-4931 Office
561-389-6958 Cell
donna@avoiceforchange.com
donna.appel@newmedicinefoundation.com

Get A New Career and Job and Get Healthy All at the Same Time

This is a response to a letter I got - the sender was asking if there was anything they could do to get healthy and also become part of the movement and revolution that Dr. Edward W. Pearson is heading up.  This person has listened to his lectures and is in agreement and is currently unemployed.  This person was wondering if there was a way to work out a discount so they could get healthy and start a new business at the same time.  Thought I'd share what I told this person.  There is an important message here. 

I totally understand where you are coming from. I’m right where you are actually and had to make some hard decisions myself.

I don’t have health insurance either. I’ve been unemployed for a year although my unemployment was by choice because I could no longer live with myself knowing what I know about health care in America today. My daughter’s health at the age of 19 is the direct result of the sickness that has permeated our country in terms of greed. I had to jump in and become an example for her so that she could turn her life around from a nutritional standpoint and get on a path to health and wellness. I knew if I didn’t do something, not only would my health continue to go downhill myself – although be it slowly – she would be dying long before I would and that for me as a mom, is not an option. Not when the death would be the result of profiteers peddling bad food and medicine for the sake of a dollar in their pocket and big corporate profits.

So what I did was get a credit card with zero % interest for a year and I have used that as my source of paying for my health. That investment not only got me healthy and feeling like I am in my 20’s again, it also showed my daughter what great health entails and she is now on the path to getting healthy herself. For me, that is priceless and worth the effort it took for me to make this happen.

Aside from that benefit, I was also able to become a health style counselor for the New Medicine Foundation with direct ties to Dr. Pearson and his mission. I am now able to have income from something that I am passionate about. I am now able to help not just me and my family, but friends and strangers alike. It isn’t hard either. I just tell them my story about how I feel now that I am educated and healthy and I tell them how I got there. New Medicine provides everything for counselors to get started too; business cards, your own website, training, support. There is nothing out there in America today that compares to the opportunity that is being offered by Dr. Pearson. He is even waiving the counselor fees which pay for the cost of the cards and the website for a limited time in an effort to help people get started. We have to begin somewhere – he realized that and is working tirelessly to help us, help him, help humanity.

So I am sorry I don’t have better news for you. We would love to help in monetary ways but New Medicine also has expenses to pay and if we do it for one, we need to do it for everyone. The fees involved here, compared to what other medical modalities charge for inferior services, are cheap. People will spend more on car payments, insurance premiums, vacations and parties than they will on their health. This is the shift that needs to take place. We must make our health the number one priority in our lives. Without that, everything else is pointless.

I hope you understand where I am coming from and can find a way to come on board. We would love to have you as a counselor but more importantly, we would love to see you, yourself, get healthy and on track to living a balanced, disease and drug free life. After all, as they say, you have nothing if you don’t have your health.

If there is any thing that I can do to assist you, please don’t hesitate to contact me. That is what I am here for.

Abundant happiness and great health always,
Donna Appel
866-464-4931 Office
561-389-6958 Cell
donna@avoiceforchange.com
donna.appel@newmedicinefoundation.com

IDKT-The Truth About Cholesterol

Get educated and save your life or the life of a loved one. This information was delivered in a recent conversation I had with the brilliant Edward W Pearson, MD, ABIHM. We were discussing the truth about cholesterol and statin drugs.
The Doctor explained the following which makes perfect sense to me:

1. There is really no 'bad' natural chemical in the body, therefore no "bad" cholesterol.

2. We become imbalanced and toxic with unnatural chemicals found in drugs, our food and water supply, etc.

3. High LDL / low HDL is a 'bad' ratio of natural compounds brought about by toxins and imbalances.

4. Cholesterol drugs do ONE thing, they artificially STOP / BLOCK the liver's enzyme and ability to create the LDL. This is an unnatural process.

5. LDL is being created as a natural response to stress / oxidation signals to the liver.

6. Simply stopping the production of LDL does nothing, and actually makes the body more sick.

7. The drugs are toxic, the liver is blocked and damaged (thus high liver enzymes), and the true causes of the high LDL, the stressors causing the signals, are ignored and even worsened.

8. Plaques in our arteries are actually like scabs and are made up of several compounds that are naturally there, responding to the problem in the "sick" arteries in the first place. The placque that is present is actually made up of white blood cells which are our key immune cells, platelets that help us to stop bleeding, LDL cholesterol which is an antioxident, along with a few other substances.

9. Antioxidants help prevent and/or repair damage to body cells.

10. By severely limiting the production of cholesterol the plaque can be a bit smaller, but the artery is still sick and now a host of other problems and side effects occur. If the same was attempted by reducing white blood cells or platelets, the side effects would be lethal.

OMG this makes no sense to me at all. Why would you stop the production of cholesterol if its function as an antioxidant is to slow or prevent the oxidative damage caused by substances called free radicals (these are the bad guy cells). I won't get into explaining free radicals other than to tell you antioxidants help to combat them. I'll save free radicals for another discussion. Seems to me that we need to find out what is causing the elevated cholesterol in the first place. Stopping its production is insane. As I see it, it is only causing further damage and leading to problems like heart disease, diabetes, immune issues, infections, and cancers.

Want to listen to the doctor speak further on the subject? Click here -
Cholesterol - Evil Nemesis Or Important Biomarker

As Dr. Edward pointed out, when the stressors are removed, which is what the New Medicine Foundation is able to facilitate, toxins are removed, deficiencies are restored and natural balance returns to the body. Amazing what a little detox, natural compound replacement and a ton of education can do in a matter of weeks.

And as Dr. Edward further stated, "to think, big Pharma recently killed numerous patients in a study to create a drug to raise HDL". With his expertise and guidance, LDL typically drops dramatically as a side effect, upwards of 50-60 points or more in a few short weeks while treatment significantly raises HDL naturally, something big pharma has yet to discover and can only boast death as the result of trying to find the answer.

Truly a BILLION people in the world have high 'LDL' cholesterol and blood pressure issues. These are very obvious body stress markers and lets face it, we are stressed in more ways than we can imagine. New Medicine Foundation has the answer with their three-pronged approach to health and wellness. They back their findings with very comprehensive scientific evidence and it's easy when you remove the toxins, balance hormones and get proper nutrition.

When will the insanity stop? It is my guess it will stop when we start to question and use logic as a guide when it comes to our health. When we realize and accept that our health shouldn't be used to keep the world economy afloat and the fat cats fat, maybe then the change that is needed will befall all of us. I am not a doctor, nor a rocket scientist but I tell you once you venture down this path, you don't need to be. As Dr. Pearson says "this is not rocket science". I assure you, if I can understand it, so can you.

Until the change happens, be thankful for people like me, Dr. Edward W. Pearson, the New Medicine Foundation and A Voice For Change. We are on the front lines helping to bring this information and education to the masses. To find out more, email Donna or visit the New Medicine Foundation website.

About the doctor --- Dr. Edward W. Pearson received his undergraduate training in Microbiology and Chemistry from the University of Florida, and his medical degree with an Academic Excellence Award from the University of South Florida, College of Medicine. Being displeased with what he saw in conventional medicine, after completing his internship and a short time in a Physical Medicine residency, Dr. Pearson set out on his own to find the education that would teach him how to truly heal people and prevent the epidemics of chronic illness plaguing humanity.  He is now becoming a worldwide expert in the field of true, integrated healthcare, and is certified by the American Board of Integrative / Holistic Medicine. He receives ongoing training from the best educators in the world.

To learn more, visit my site and find out about my affiliation with the New Medicine Foundation.  In addition to facilitating A Voice For Change, I am also a Health Style Counselor under the direction of Dr Edward Pearson.  He is the leader in understanding hormones, all of them and not just the misunderstood few. He is an educator and a pioneer and is starting a "health care" revolution leading the way to keeping us out of the "sick care" environment of current day medicine and pharmaceutical drugs. I want to be at the head of the line on that quest. 

You can contact me through my normal channels on http://www.avoiceforchange.com/ or send an email message to donna.appel@newmedicinefoundation.com or donna@avoiceforchange.com

Now you know (NYK)! Pass it along and be A VOICE FOR CHANGE. 
Namaste (I bow to you), Donna

IDKT - Big Pharma and the Vitamin Takeover Revolution In Full Swing

NUTRIENT UPDATE - WE MUST CLAIM OR RIGHT TO CHOICE.

When I think of July, I think of Independence Day. We are coming close to losing our Independence and freedom of choice at the vitamin counter. If we don’t get our heads out of the sand quickly and unite as a unified voice and force, we may lose our right to freedom of choice over the natural and non-patentable substances that we have come to rely on today

I didn't know that (IDKT) .... the pharmaceutical industry supplies approximately 50% of the annual operating budget of the FDA? OMG, this is big. We have the wolf guarding the hen house. Who keeps the wolf in check?

The pharmaceutical industry has been experiencing a financial loss of revenue, comparatively speaking that is. Assets are declining due to the expiration of patents on various drugs. The doors are now open for other companies to produce low-cost generic substitutes meaning they are up against competition and or further declining profits. As they began to look at alternatives to protect their revenues, they discovered the competition posed by dietary supplements which are cheap in comparison to the cost of drugs. In doing so, the rumors began to circulate and a lot of misinformation began to hit the marketplace. Case studies are being altered and the rumor mill is filled with lies and deceit.

The wolf is loose and running amuck. We need to protect the hens before there are none left.

Here is a link to start the flow of information into your brain. Read it, absorb it and then take action in any way you can. Pharmaceutical-Profit-Big-Government-Bias

Don't stop there either - take action now. Become a member and help me, help us, help humanity. Get involved in the Alliance for Natural Health by visiting http://www.anh-usa.org/supplements-still-in-peril/

Now you know (NYK)! Pass it along and be A VOICE FOR CHANGE.
Namaste (I bow to you), Donna

Lower Your Cholesterol – NOT a Good Idea

I didn't know that (IDKT) .... What we have been led to believe about cholesterol levels is just NOT true.

1. Low cholesterol levels are NOT healthy.
2. You will NOT live longer if you have low cholesterol levels.
3. If you have congestive heart failure, it’s NOT best to take a cholesterol-lowering drug.

Basically, it appears that we have been misled. The research that I have been doing all leads to the same conclusion and I think that Dr. Brownstein summarizes it best. I am quoting him in an article that I recently read on his website. The rest of this blog is quoted from what he wrote.

“A study in the American Heart Journal (Dec. 2008) pointed out the problems with low cholesterol levels in those with congestive heart failure. This study looked at 17,791 hospitalized patients at 236 sites who were admitted for congestive heart failure. The researchers divided the patients into four quartiles:
1. Total cholesterol of <118
2. Total cholesterol of 119-145
3. Total cholesterol of 146-179
4. Total cholesterol of >180

The most important number to look for in any study is the mortality numbers. Guess who lived the longest in the above four groups? If you guessed group one, you guessed wrong.

Those in the lowest cholesterol group (quartile 1 above) had the highest death rate (3.3%). Those in the quartile 2 had a death rate of 2.5%. The next quartile (3 above) had a death rate of 2.0% and the group with the highest cholesterol levels had the lowest death rate at 1.3%.

Other data from this study showed that those with lowered cholesterol levels had longer hospital length of stay and worse symptoms on discharge. Compared to those with the highest cholesterol levels (>180), those with the lowest cholesterol levels (<118) had a 65% higher risk of mortality.

How can this be? Does it sound like Alice-In-Wonderland to you? It really isn’t that hard to understand when you understand the physiology of the body.

It is well known that lowered cholesterol levels have been shown in many studies to be associated with a higher mortality rate. Cholesterol is a necessary and important substance in the body. It is necessary for proper mineral absorption and utilization, cell wall strength, immune system functioning and vitamin D production. There are many other important functions of cholesterol.

My clinical experience has clearly shown that it is not wise to use a drug that blocks the production of cholesterol. It does not make physiologic sense and it does not make common sense. Cholesterol research studies do not prove that taking cholesterol-lowering medications prolong life. In fact, the best statin drugs have been shown to do is to lower the risk of a non-fatal heart attack by 1% over 2-3 years. This positive effect is seen only in the most favorable trials (i.e., those trials that Big Pharma Cartel decides to release for publication). However, there are many serious adverse effects of cholesterol-lowering medications including muscle and liver problems and an increased cancer rate.

What should you do? Read and educate yourself about any drug or natural item that you are prescribed. Look at how the item works in the body and look at the possible adverse effects. Then, make your decision on whether it is in your best interest to take that substance. If it does not extend your lifespan or improve the quality of your life then perhaps you should avoid the substance. Cholesterol-lowering drugs have never been shown to improve longevity or quality of life.”

Now you know (NYK)! Pass it along and be A VOICE FOR CHANGE.
Namaste (I bow to you), Donna

Info taken from an article written by Dr. David Brownstein, M.D., For more information on cholesterol and cholesterol–lowering drugs, read Dr. Brownstein's book, "Drugs That Don’t Work and Natural Therapies That Do", 2nd Edition.
Visit his website http://www.drbrownstein.com

Stats And Information

I didn't know that (IDKT) ....

1. Obesity adds $147 billion dollars a year to our doctor bills.
2. Less than 1% of American cropland is farmed organically.
3. A pig goes from birth to slaughter in approximately five months.
4. 19% of U.S. fossil fuels goes toward food production.
5. Americans spend less than 10% of their incomes on food. In 1966 it was 18%.
6. When we eat a cheeseburger, a Chicken McNugget or drink soda, we're also eating corn?
7. In the past 10 years, the Federal Government dumped over 50 billion dollars into the corn industry, keeping prices artificially low.
8. Nearly 23 million tons of fertilizer is used for crop production a year.
9. Fertilizer run off contributes to the "dead zone", a seasonal approx 6,000 square mile area in the Gulf of Mexico that has almost no oxygen and almost no sea life. The Gulf of Mexico fishing industry loses approx 212,000 metric tons of seafood a year as a result. There are nearly 400 similar "dead zones" around the world.
10. It is estimated that 70% of antimicrobial drugs used in the USA are given to animals.
11. 1% of Americas cattle are raised organically.
12. Chipolte Restaurants buy organic and local whenever possible and serve some of the most nutritious fast food on the market today.
13. Organic methods of farming can produce just about as much yield per acre as conventional farming but it requires more human labor. With unemployment soaring, going organic could help the economy and our land/environment at the same time. A win win situation if you ask me.

Now you know (NYK)! Pass it along and be A VOICE FOR CHANGE.
Namaste (I bow to you), Donna

Info taken from an article by Bryan Walsh "The Real Cost of Cheap Food", "America's Food Crisis and How to Fix It" as found in the August 31st, 2009 issue of Time Magazine.

1906 And Still Continuing

I didn't know that (IDKT) .... in 1906 there was a novel written by Upton Sinclair entitled "The Jungle". That novel revealed some ugly truths about meat production in America. I find it hard to believe that we have been facing this situation for more than 100 years. I have ordered the book and will read and publish some of my findings in the coming weeks.

As Bryan wrote in his Time magazine article "The U.S. agricultural industry can now produce unlimited quantities of meat and grains at remarkably cheap prices. But it does so at a high cost to the environment, animals and humans."

I have a feeling that nothing much has changed in the big scheme of things since Sinclair published his novel. I'm amazed and frustrated and angry at myself all at the same time. Where have I been? Why did it take me until now to question all of this?

Ah - I struck a nerve - now I remember - I started getting sicker and sicker and the docs told me "welcome to old age". This is the urgent issue right now and if we clean up our food, we ultimately clean up our health.

As Bryan further stated in the Time article "perhaps worst of all, our food is increasingly bad for us, even dangerous."

So what does it take? To further quote Bryan "For all the grumbling you do about your weekly grocery bill, the fact is you've never had it so good, at least in terms of what you pay for every calorie you eat. Accordingly to the USAD, Americans spend less than 10% of their incomes on food, down from 18% in 1966."

OMG. That sentence says it all for me. Where have our priorities gone? It's definitely time for change. Now you know (NYK)! Pass it along and be A VOICE FOR CHANGE. Namaste (I bow to you), Donna

Info taken from an article by Bryan Walsh "The Real Cost of Cheap Food", "America's Food Crisis and How to Fix It" as found in the August 31st, 2009 issue of Time Magazine.

Lose It For Good - A Weight Loss Resolution You Will Keep

Welcome. My name is Donna Appel and I am an hCG weight loss coach, Reconnective Healing® practitioner and author of Get Ready, Get Set, Go, a sublingual hCG protocol manual.

I have personally experienced permanent weight loss using various hCG products and have spent the better part of two years researching and successfully coaching others currently using a homeopathic sublingual form of hCG.

My motivation comes from losing my 39 year old mother to the ravages of obesity. My mother passed in her sleep from cardiac arrest. She was approximately 100 pounds overweight and had fought her battle with weight for the better part of 15 years. As a result of this and other health related issues that I personally experienced over the years, I developed a passion for obtaining optimal health and discovered that I had a talent for helping people lose weight and keep it off.

I am the founder of A Voice For Change with offices in Florida and Rhode Island. I do personal one-on-one weight loss coaching as well as weight loss coaching for larger groups. I am available for private healing sessions using Reconnective Healing® and a facilitator for personal Reconnections®. I travel around the country for public speaking engagements, specializing in the hCG weight loss protocol and long term weight loss success.

Stay with me as I post comments from clients and share my own experiences of my journey using hCG and other products that contribute to my overall good health and daily wellness including my battle with Candida Yeast and hormone balancing using Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy, BHRT.

You can listen to me live on my weekly teleconferences that air every Wednesday evening @ 8:30pm Eastern time, 5:30pm Pacific. Send me an email and I'll give you the telephone # and code that allows you entrance into the teleconference. (donna@avoiceforchange.com)

Enjoy the holiday season and get ready for the launch of "Lose It For Good - A Weight Loss Resolution You Will Keep" which begins on January 1st, 2010. Don't worry, it won't interfere with your celebrations but you will be 20 to 30 pounds lighter by the beginning of February and you'll keep it off for good!

Many blessings to everyone. Donna