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Pathways to Optimal Health June, 2008	Dr. Thomas Baldwin Master of Science in Nutrition 44640 Shallow Ford Ct. Tall Timbers, MD 20690 Phone (410) 326-6690 www.wholebodyhealth.us

Upcoming Events For the summer, most events are not scheduled. However, the Open House on May 28 and the talk at Inner Equinox (on Solomons Island) both were very successful. In September we will be offering another “Detoxification/Cleansing” at our Solomons office. We also will be scheduling talks again in September. Have a great summer and stay healthy! We have incorporated the very best high-tech device for detoxification known to Man—a Far Infrared Sauna. It is available to all of our Clients for a nominal fee. You can call us for more information or to schedule a session.

Thoughts for June It’s summer!!! I love the long days, the water, the fun outside, and everything about summer! But—as with all good things, we have to prepare ourselves to enjoy summer to the fullest. That’s the subject of this month’s Newsletter. Some of the things we have to do to stay healthy and to enjoy the summer season are almost no-brainers, but others are not so simple. In the former “no-brainer” category I would put that you should drink lots of water when it’s hot. Whether you sweat a lot or not, drink at least 8 ounces of water (one glass) for every 20 pounds of body weight when the temperature reaches over 80 degrees. If you are in the sun or sweating a lot, make it even more. This keeps your internal organs from dehydrating, keeps your skin healthy, and keeps your detoxification mechanisms working at high levels. It’s all right to use your grill. Just make sure that you are eating only grass fed beef and free range chicken and turkeys (no artificial feed, no hormones, and no antibiotics). And be sure your fish are wild caught and not farm raised. Farm raised fish are filled with toxins, and there is nothing natural about them! They, like non-organic produce, have very low amounts of everything healthy and a concentration of everything bad. Farm raised fish are no healthy fish! Also, be certain you are using high quality oils with your food preparation and cooking. Pathways to Optimal Health has a nice one-page document on how to pick the best oils. Simply e-mail us and we will send it on to you. Do not use sunscreen unless it is 100% natural. According to research published by the Environmental Working Group (www.ewg.org), most sunscreens only block some of the UVB radiation, and none of the UVA rays. Furthermore, 84% of the 831 sunscreens tested did not pass health and environmental muster. Many contain harmful chemical toxins which mimic the body’s hormones and throw your body’s systems out of whack. Some even cause DNA damage when exposed to sunlight. Over half of them make questionable claims about longevity, water resistance, and UV protection. Check out EMG’s web site (www.ewg.org) under Skin Deep to try to find a “safe” sunscreen. In the meantime—cover up!!! Get about one-half hour of good sunlight on your body every day in the summer season to help make enough of the epidemically short vitamin D and then use hats, light blousy cotton shirts, and so forth to protect from burning. Sunlight is not only healthy, but also necessary to sustain life. (It is necessary to take a Vitamin D supplement about 9 months of the year in the Maryland area.) Please note also that the skin cancer to be feared is melanoma, and it usually occurs “where the sun don’t shine.” Think about that!! If you do get “sunburned,” the very best cream to use is pure coconut oil. (This is also the best oil for cooking at high heat, so it has multiple uses!) Just rub it on the burned areas and put clothing over it (it is greasy), and it will help the skin heal. Another good natural healer for the skin is Aloe Vera. Summertime is the very best time to eat fresh organic (no pesticides, no artificial fertilizers) locally grown vegetables and fruits and make certain they are very colorful with different colors. Some say “eat the rainbow!” Take advantage of all the farmers’ markets in the warm weather. Ask the farmer is the produce is organic. If it isn’t, go to the next stall and look until you find fresh, organic, local produce. The eyes are vulnerable to the ultraviolet rays from the sun. Only use sunglasses that block all of the UV rays. You want complete blockage. The best shades are brown or amber lenses and the glasses should be wrap-around and fully cover the eyes. If you cannot get complete blockage of the UV rays, it is better to not wear any sunglasses at all. If the sunglasses don’t block all of the rays, the glasses will still cause the pupils to dilate and the rays reach the macula of the retina unblocked. At least with no glasses, the pupils contract and the eyes squint to cut down on the damage to the retina. Take your antioxidants, super pure fish oils, high gamma/delta vitamin E, vitamin C, a really good multi-vitamin/mineral, and a high quality probiotic every day. The two best antioxidants for the eyes in the summertime are Lutein and Zeaxanthin (called “Nature’s Sunglasses), along with Vitamin C. The best food sources for protecting the eyes are fresh, organic kale (for Lutein) and orange and red peppers (for Zeaxanthin). Exercise by walking 8,000 steps a day 5 days a week and use light weights to build up fat eating muscle. And skip the soy in all forms. Soy is bad for the thyroid gland, decreases cancer fighting enzymes trypsin and chymotrypsin, and contains phytoestrogens which are bad for all of us. (Phytonutrients are good, but phytoestrogens are bad.) Check out www.westonaprice.org for more info on soy and on all the things we talk about in our Newsletter! See you next month! Please tell your family, friends, co-workers, and everyone you know to please sign up for the Newsletter Pathways to Optimal Health at www.wholebodyhealth.us and tell them it’s free! As always, your questions, comments, and suggestions are welcomed! All of Dr. Baldwin’s recommendations are based on solid scientific research. However, no one Nutritional Plan will work for ever person, nor will any one Nutritional Plan work for every disease or degenerative condition. Pathways is not a substitute for proper medical diagnosis of conditions which may require medical or surgical intervention. Our Diagnostic System allows us to treat the person with the condition and not the condition that has the person. Our program is not simply a weight loss program. It is a program intended to help the client learn how he or she can attain optimal health and wellness with a healthy immune system. We maintain that everyone should be able to live life to the fullest and enjoy each day of life. To get in touch with us, dial 410-326-6690 and we will be only too happy to help you! Healthy Recipe for June, 2008 Baked Pink Wild Salmon with Dill This simple fish recipe lets the subtle flavor of pink salmon shine through; it’s great served hot or cold! 4 (6 oz each) Wild Salmon filets (only wild fish—Never farm raised!) 2 tablespoons Macadamia Nut Oil Sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste 2 Limes, sliced 2 lemons, sliced thinly 2 Tablespoons fresh dill Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place fillets in a baking dish, flesh side up. Sprinkle with salt and pepper; drizzle with macadamia nut oil. Cover the fillets with lemon and lime slices and sprinkle with dill. Bake about 25 minutes or until the fish flakes. Makes 4 servings Supplement of the Month Omega 3 Fatty Acids Our supplement for this month is Omega 3 Fatty Acids, also known as “Fish Oils.” A problem almost all humans have is that our Omega 6 Oil to Omega 3 oil ratio should be close to 1:1 and no higher than 3:1. At this time in human history the ratio is 20:1!! This ratio would improve if we just started eating and cooking with oils other than hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils. I have a paper I have written on the proper use of oils in our diets, and I will e-mail it to you if you only ask. The other controversy on “fish oils” is that many people think that fish are too contaminated with heavy metals and other environmental pollutants and therefore we should not be eating fish. I only agree with this to a very small point. I think fish are safe to eat, especially local fish which are wild caught. Farm raised fish are incredibly toxic and should never be eaten. Omega 3 oils are important to us in many ways: a) They help to prevent osteoporosis. b) They lower inflammation better than any prescription drug with no side effects (even aspirin can cause leakage of the arteries and ulceration of the stomach lining). In this way they prevent cardiovascular disease. c) They are critical for brain development in infants, and they are required for maintenance of normal brain function in adults. d) They are critical for the prevention and treatment of aging, Alzheimer’s Disease, and dementia. e) They are among the most important supplements for the protection of the skin in every possible way. This includes protection from too much sun, but also includes protection from all skin problems including dry skin, eczema, or psoriasis. There is a really exciting “new” fish oil that is making its way on to the Nutritional Marketplace. It is called Krill Oil, and it may take over the market completely. We are researching all of the brands of Krill Oil and if we think it does all the research says it does, we will be picking the very highest quality Krill Oil to carry in our Practice. We will inform you by e-mail and at the time you place an order when this happens. As usual, you can count on us to never sit still and be complacent with what we are doing in our Practice!! The “Fish Oils” can be (and should be) supplemented in every diet which does not include fatty fish at least 3-4 times a week. There are several ways to supplement Omega 3 Fatty Acids in our diets, and all are available to you through our Practice. I can help you decide which one is best for you individually. A Personal Note Over the past twenty years, I have become one of the strongest proponents of the cause and effect relationship between infectious pathogens and autoimmune disease as well as other systemic medical problems. This strong belief has been based on my review of hundreds of published articles in the scientific literature and my own clinical observations. However, its roots can be traced to the terrible suffering of my mother from arthritis during my early and formative years and continuing until her death in January of 2002. She was actually crippled by a makeshift dentist (dental technician) when she was first affected by arthritis at the age of 17. She was told that she had “gum disease” and she would be better off getting all her teeth out instead of getting treatment. When the teeth were extracted, the infection most likely remained in the bone, and the arthritis continued to worsen. During the following years, my mother’s arthritis got so bad that she had both hips replaced, both knees replaced, and both hands operated on to replace and clean out the knuckles. She never had a moment without pain. In all this time no “doctor” mentioned infection as a cause. No “doctor” suggested that she be evaluated nutritionally. They only did the mechanical work of surgery. Later, when I became familiar with the work of Dr. Paul Ewald of Amherst University, Dr. Walter Loesche of the University of Michigan, and Dr. Paul Keyes of the National Institute of Dental Research, among many others, I started to question the doctors treating my mother and ask if she might have an infection in her body. All of them denied that infection had anything to do with autoimmune disease. I became acutely aware of this during my own 38 years as a Dentist. In fact, this is what drove me to write the Protocols for Biocompatible (non-surgical) Treatment of Periodontal (gum) Infection for the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology. I also founded and served as Publisher of the Newsletter of Non-Surgical Periodontics. The principles I espoused then have since become common knowledge in much of the “Holistic or Non-Toxic” Dental Community. Dr. Aristo Vojdani of Immunosciences Laboratory has published research showing the connection between autoimmune disease and infection and specifically showed that his own mother, who suffered terribly from the same type of arthritis as my mother, had antibody titers to bacteria in the mouth so high that there was no question that her arthritis was directly related to oral infection. I am absolutely convinced by this outstanding science that my mother’s arthritis could have been greatly relieved by treating the infection and by strengthening her body and immune system with good Nutrition. There is no longer any doubt, and there is no excuse for present day medicine and dentistry not realizing the connection. Enough people have suffered!! Thomas E. Baldwin, DDS, MS, MAGD, F/AIAOMT Master of Science in Holistic Nutrition

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