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Under Which Lyre

A REACTIONARY TRACT FOR THE TIMES

(Phi Beta Kappa Poem, Harvard, 1946)

Ares at last has quit the field, The bloodstains on the bushes yield    To seeping showers, And in their convalescent state The fractured towns associate    With summer flowers. Encamped upon the college plain Raw veterans already train    As freshman forces; Instructors with sarcastic tongue Shepherd the battle-weary young    Through basic courses. Among bewildering appliances For mastering the arts and sciences    They stroll or run, And nerves that steeled themselves to slaughter Are shot to pieces by the shorter    Poems of Donne. Professors back from secret missions Resume their proper eruditions,    Though some regret it; They liked their dictaphones a lot, They met some big wheels, and do not    Let you forget it. But Zeus' inscrutable decree Permits the will-to-disagree    To be pandemic, Ordains that vaudeville shall preach And every commencement speech    Be a polemic. Let Ares doze, that other war Is instantly declared once more   'Twixt those who follow Precocious Hermes all the way And those who without qualms obey    Pompous Apollo. Brutal like all Olympic games, Though fought with smiles and Christian names    And less dramatic, This dialectic strife between The civil gods is just as mean,    And more fanatic. What high immortals do in mirth Is life and death on Middle Earth;    Their a-historic Antipathy forever gripes All ages and somatic types,    The sophomoric Who face the future's darkest hints With giggles or with prairie squints    As stout as Cortez, And those who like myself turn pale As we approach with ragged sail    The fattening forties. The sons of Hermes love to play And only do their best when they    Are told they oughtn't; Apollo's children never shrink From boring jobs but have to think    Their work important. Related by antithesis, A compromise between us is    Impossible; Respect perhaps but friendship never: Falstaff the fool confronts forever     The prig Prince Hal. If he would leave the self alone, Apollo's welcome to the throne,    Fasces and falcons; He loves to rule, has always done it; The earth would soon, did Hermes run it,    Be like the Balkans. But jealous of our god of dreams, His common-sense in secret schemes     To rule the heart; Unable to invent the lyre, Creates with simulated fire    Official art. And when he occupies a college, Truth is replaced by Useful Knowledge;    He pays particular Attention to Commercial Thought, Public Relations, Hygiene, Sport,    In his curricula. Athletic, extrovert and crude, For him, to work in solitude    Is the offence, The goal a populous Nirvana: His shield bears this device: Mens sana    Qui mal y pense. Today his arms, we must confess, From Right to Left have met success,    His banners wave From Yale to Princeton, and the news From Broadway to the Book Reviews    Is very grave. His radio Homers all day long In over-Whitmanated song    That does not scan, With adjectives laid end to end, Extol the doughnut and commend    The Common Man. His, too, each homely lyric thing On sport or spousal love or spring    Or dogs or dusters, Invented by some court-house bard For recitation by the yard    In filibusters. To him ascend the prize orations And sets of fugal variations    On some folk-ballad, While dietitians sacrifice A glass of prune-juice or a nice    Marsh-mallow salad. Charged with his compound of sensational Sex plus some undenominational    Religious matter, Enormous novels by co-eds Rain down on our defenceless heads    Till our teeth chatter. In fake Hermetic uniforms Behind our battle-line, in swarms   That keep alighting, His existentialists declare That they are in complete despair,   Yet go on writing. No matter; He shall be defied; White Aphrodite is on our side:   What though his threat To organize us grow more critical? Zeus willing, we, the unpolitical,   Shall beat him yet. Lone scholars, sniping from the walls Of learned periodicals,   Our facts defend, Our intellectual marines, Landing in little magazines   Capture a trend. By night our student Underground At cocktail parties whisper round   From ear to ear; Fat figures in the public eye Collapse next morning, ambushed by   Some witty sneer. In our morale must lie our strength: So, that we may behold at length   Routed Apollo's Battalions melt away like fog, Keep well the Hermetic Decalogue,   Which runs as follows:— Thou shalt not do as the dean pleases, Thou shalt not write thy doctor's thesis   On education, Thou shalt not worship projects nor Shalt thou or thine bow down before   Administration. Thou shalt not answer questionnaires Or quizzes upon World-Affairs,   Nor with compliance Take any test. Thou shalt not sit With statisticians nor commit   A social science. Thou shalt not be on friendly terms With guys in advertising firms,   Nor speak with such As read the Bible for its prose, Nor, above all, make love to those   Who wash too much. Thou shalt not live within thy means Nor on plain water and raw greens.   If thou must choose Between the chances, choose the odd; Read The New Yorker, trust in God;   And take short views.

—W.H. Auden

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The Cancer Revolution: A Helpful Program to Reverse and Prevent Cancer Dr. Mercola By Dr. Mercola Half of all men and one-third of all women will experience cancer at some point in their lives. Fortunately, there are ways to significantly reduce your risk, as detailed in Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy’s book, “The Cancer Revolution: A Groundbreaking Program to Reverse and Prevent Cancer.” Connealy’s interest in cancer prevention and treatment grew out of her own, long personal health journey. “[When] my mother was pregnant with me … she started bleeding. The doctor gave her a drug called DES (diethylstilbestrol). That was given to women in the ‘50s to prevent miscarriage. Approximately 16 years later, my parents received a letter … [saying] ‘This drug causes cancer, hormone problems and anatomical problems. You need to go to University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and get a full workup.’ At 16 years of age, I started getting pap smears, colposcopies and biopsies … [T]hey told me … I would need to be followed continuously for this problem. I went to University of Texas School of Public Health and did my Masters on DES … [learning] all about the complications … I had many of them. Today, I still have many of them. My whole mission is [to avoid] cancer, because I was so high risk. Luckily, in my journey … I met practitioners who’d had cancer themselves and fought it and won. I always tell people, ‘You learn from those who have already been down that path and have become masters of healing themselves.’” Key Anticancer Strategies: Diet and Detoxification Optimizing your body’s ability to burn fat as its primary fuel by eating a ketogenic diet and/or fasting is a foundational aspect of cancer prevention and treatment. Detoxification is another crucial component. Connealy’s book contains a chapter focused on detoxification, as most of us are inundated with thousands of toxins each day, many of which have carcinogenic potential. “Water, air and soil [are contaminated],” she says. “If you’re going to live in today’s world … the No. 1 thing you need to do is detox on a regular basis, somehow, some way. A lot of it you can do at home all by yourself … We do heavy metal testing and toxic load testing for all patients … [Phthalates are] the next big thing. Phthalates are everywhere … [and] we know they cause cancer, heart disease and diabetes … Then [there are] the heavy metals — mercury, cadmium, lead, oxides, aluminum and arsenic. Then [there’s] the benzene compounds … indoor air pollution, outdoor air pollution … toxic teeth. People don’t realize their teeth are connected to the rest of their body. There are toxins being produced by different infections and/or root canals … Then you have [water pollution] … Even if you’re not taking a prescription by your doctor, you’re getting it in the water. Whether it’s blood pressure pills, chemo, birth control pills … it’s in the water supply. You’re getting it regardless of getting water purification.” Simple Detox Strategies When it comes to water filtration, remember that filtering your shower water may be more important than filtering your drinking water, as you actually absorb three times more chemicals through your skin than when taken orally. There are many ways to eliminate toxins. One of the simplest and perhaps safest ways is to use a low EMF, far-infrared sauna coupled with a near-infrared light, as your skin is a major organ of elimination. Connealy has had a sauna in her office for nearly 18 years. “I tell people the single greatest investment they can make … is investing in an infrared sauna,” she says. Not only is it useful for detoxification, but cancer cells also do not fare well in extreme heat. Adding ozone to your sauna is another potent anti-cancer strategy. Hooking the ozone generator up to an oxygen generator is ideal. Place the ozone generator in the sauna with a small fan to blow away the excess. Connealy also recommends using organic coffee enemas and taking regular baths with Epsom salt, baking soda and clay. “The medicinal effects of Epsom salt are phenomenal,” she says. “It relaxes the nervous system. Magnesium’s involved in 400 chemical reactions in your body. It relaxes the entire muscular system. Then baking soda … It helps oxygenate. It’s antimicrobial. It alkalinizes the body. These are simple little things that we can do in the comfort of our home.” She also uses zeolite as a daily detox, along with 10 ounces of fresh green juice each morning and vitamin C, the latter of which has potent antimicrobial, anti-chemical, anticancer, alkalinizing effects. “People sometimes say they can’t afford some of these things,” Connealy says. “Yes, you can afford it. You’ve got to put your priorities in place. Health is your most important asset.” On Cancer Screening Another section of her book addresses cancer screenings. While detecting cancer early is important, many screening tests have been shown to actually do more harm than good, necessitating taking both pros and cons into consideration. For women, the most commonly used cancer tests are the Pap smear, mammograms and colonoscopies. While Connealy believes the Pap smear is a good tool, she’s less enthusiastic about mammograms, calling them “an inadequate, incomplete tool of investigation for cancer, especially if you have dense breasts.” In her practice, she recommends ultrasound and thermography instead. She explains her choice, saying: “The standard of care is for a patient to get mammography. That’s what I’m supposed to tell patients. But I tell people, ‘Look. You’re not going to get all the answers.’ I’ve been doing thermography for a long time. I find most of the breast cancer on thermography, as opposed to mammography.” For men, common cancer screens include the PSA test, which has been shown to be highly inaccurate and has the potential to cause physical harm. Blood Tests That Help Reveal Your Cancer Risk Rather than rely on these conventional cancer tests, Connealy uses standard blood tests to check for things like inflammation and insulin resistance, both of which are precursors and hallmarks of all disease, including cancer. One such test is the high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) test, which is a non-specific marker for inflammation. “It doesn’t tell me where the cancer is, but it tells me something is brewing,” she says. “We want to see C-reactive protein less than 1.” The other blood test she uses on all patients is the hemoglobin A1C test, which reflects your blood sugar over the past 90 days. The reason for this test is because high blood sugar is a cancer-friendly environment. “Just those two tests … will tell us that you have an environment for cancer,” Connealy says. Other valuable blood tests Connealy routinely uses include: • A cancer profile test (fasting blood and urine) from American Metabolic Laboratories, which checks for: ◦ Quantitative human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) ◦ Phosphohexose isomerase (PHI), the enzyme of hypoxia or low oxygen, which allows cancer to thrive ◦ Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA), a stress hormone ◦ Thyroid hormones, as low thyroid levels may predispose you to cancer ◦ Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), a liver marker and a sensitive screening tool for inflammation ◦ Arachidonyl-2-chloroethylamide (ACEA), a non-specific marker for many cancers • ONCOblot, which can identify up to 33 tissue types of cancer and has a 95 percent accuracy rate. It measures the ENOX2 protein • Circulating tumor cell test by the Research Genetic Cancer Center (RGCC). The vast majority of people die not from the tumor itself but from circulating cancer stem cells, which allow the cancer to metastasize and spread throughout the body. This test is used after cancer treatment, to determine whether or not you might need to continue an anti-cancer program. Connealy explains: “Even if you have surgery, chemo or radiation, it will not eradicate or eliminate circulating tumor cells … The biggest cause of reoccurrence is the circulating tumor cells and stem cells … Anybody who’s had cancer must have their circulating tumor cells [or] stem cells checked quantitatively. RGCC is not the only lab that does it, but … they’re in 13 countries [and] have the highest laboratory international certification you can have. It is, to me, probably the most accurate …” Cancer Prevention Is for Everyone Connealy explains her core strategy when working with patients in her family practice: “I try to … figure out where all their imbalances are, whether there are nutritional deficiencies, toxic substances, heavy metals, do they have the right antioxidants, are their mitochondria working or not working? Then I do all the hormone testing. I also look for cancer, because we all have to embrace this prevention … Today we have this incredible laboratory testing … I do the nutritional testing, and it’s not just nutritional checking. It checks their gut. It checks their antioxidants. It checks everything. You know what you’re dealing with more specifically. Believe it or not, the insurance companies pay for all these tests. It’s not like it’s financially unaffordable because all the insurance companies pretty much pay for all of these, whether it’s blood testing and/or nutritional testing.” She also employs nutritional supplements known to improve mitochondrial function and/or aid in the elimination of cancer stem cells. There are approximately 50 different agents with a known effect on circulating tumor cells and stem cells, including vitamin C, vitamin D, curcumin and agaricus, a type of mushroom. In regard to vitamin C — which recently made headlines when researchers found intravenous (IV) vitamin C doubles the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation treatment — the vitamin works by producing hydrogen peroxide. This oxidative stress is what kills the cancer cells, while healthy cells have several pathways by which they can eliminate the hydrogen peroxide. Combining IV vitamin C with nutritional ketosis and fasting for 14 to 48 hours before and during chemo has been shown to produce even more remarkable results, as detailed in a recent interview with Dr. Abdul Slocum. In certain cases, Connealy will add vitamin K3 to her vitamin C protocol. K3 is a synthetic form of vitamin K2, designed for tumors that have high catalase. In addition to these natural agents, most of which are rotated, not given all at once, she uses supportive oligonucleotide technique (SOT) therapy. SOT therapy involves taking circulating tumor cells and reverse engineering a messenger RNA (mRNA) to disrupt the DNA of the circulating tumor cells. That mRNA is then given back intravenously, and has a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week targeted killing effect that lasts for about four and a half months. While it cannot be used for masses (tumors), it attacks the circulating tumor cells, which are responsible for 95 percent of metastasis and death. Treatment Alternatives: Cryotherapy, IPT Chemo and Hyperthermic Therapy While surgery, chemotherapy and radiation are a standard part of conventional cancer care, Connealy does things a bit differently. For example, she recently started working with an interventional radiologist who does cryotherapy, which is where you freeze the cells. “I had a patient with a very large grapefruit-sized tumor on her right chest wall, a neuroendocrine tumor. She had breast cancer on her left breast and a neuroendocrine tumor [on her right]. She’d already been treated by other doctors [who] said they could not do anything. She came to see me. The neuroendocrine tumor is now gone from the cryo procedure. The left [tumor] is partially gone … If it’s something small that we can approach, I will recommend cryo because surgery is a very intrusive procedure … In some patients, you do everything [to] get rid of the tumor burden because the tumor burden is immunosuppressant. Patients may need chemo. If I have patients who have cancer in multiple locations in the body, I will recommend IPT chemo. That’s insulin potentiation therapy with chemo. IPT chemo is using a low-dose chemo after I do the sensitivity testing with RGCC. It will tell me the ideal agents for these particular patients. We will make a cocktail. We give insulin. It lowers the blood sugar to a therapeutic moment. We give the chemo drugs … and then we drop a bag of sugar. I also got a machine from France called iTherm. I’ve been using the iTherm machine on some cancers. When you get your RGCC testing, it tells me whether your cells respond to heat shock protein. It will tell me the three different proteins and the sensitivity. Specific cancers, like breast cancer, [are] very easy to treat with the hyperthermia machine. We trained with the doctor in France who only allows integrative treatments if you have stage 3 or 4 cancer. He spent a lot of time with us in conference calls, elaborating us on this particular treatment protocol. I will combine that with mistletoe, an immune-modulating natural substance. We combine all those things together. Because the first thing we have to do if we have lots of tumor burden is to … shrink it down to a manageable problem. Then if it’s easily accessible with a cryo or a surgical procedure, we will do that. I’ve had cases where a breast tumor of 9 centimeters with low-dose chemo and hypodermic mistletoe goes down to nothing in one month.” More Information Connealy has done a great job of compiling a variety of valuable resources into her book, “The Cancer Revolution.” If you or someone you love is faced with cancer, it’s definitely worth reading. To learn more about Connealy’s clinic and to purchase her book, please visit www.connealymd.com/. As for finding an open-minded oncologist or doctor willing to implement these kinds of integrative methods, an organization called The Best Answer for Cancer is a helpful resource that lists qualified physicians. You can find more information at http://ift.tt/2l2y7tE. It's a hybrid non-profit that services both integrative physicians and patients with cancer and other chronic disease. I also recently interviewed Dr. William LaValley, who has created state-of-the-art databases of studies covering the molecular biology of cancer, and the anti-cancer benefits of nutritional supplements and repurposed drugs (drugs used off-label). Keep your eye out for that important interview, which should be published shortly. LaValley also trains and collaborates with oncologists and physicians to treat cancer patients using evidence-based molecularly targeted treatments. You can find more information on his website, lavalleymdprotocols.com. This is yet another resource both you and your doctor can peruse. Last but not least, while integrative cancer treatments are showing great promise, please remember that your day-to-day choices play a paramount role in your treatment success. As noted by Connealy: “Optimize your eating, your detox, your hormones, inflammatory nutrient levels. Don’t go spend $10,000 or $20,000 on a procedure in a dirty body. Get your body prepared. I prepare my patients two weeks before they even have a surgical procedure. Don’t go have surgery when you don’t have good nutrient levels, when you don’t have a good immune system, when you have inflammation. Get the body ready. The outcome would be outrageously improved.” One of the things virtually all of us can do is to make food choices that allow your body to burn fat as its primary fuel. I describe a modified ketogenic cyclical diet that accomplishes this in my book “Fat for Fuel.” Even if you’re choosing conventional therapy, nutritional ketosis can be tremendously helpful. To Learn More, Join Me at My Upcoming Live Lectures There are many professionals or others who would like to dive deep into the details of LCHF and if you fall in that category, here are some opportunities to learn more. On June 14 and 15, 2017, I will be in Colorado Springs for the SopMed’s third medical ozone and ultraviolet light therapy training. The 14th I will be giving a three-hour course that goes into many of the details that are not discussed in my new book “Fat for Fuel,” either because I learned of them later or there was not room to fit them in the book. If you are specifically interested in nutritional ketosis, there will be a large number of experts lecturing at the Low Carb USA event in San Diego August 3 through 6. I will be one of the speakers along with Gary Taubes and Stephen Phinney. You can see the entire list of invited speakers lower on the page. I am also speaking in Florida in November. If you are a physician and are interested in learning about how you can use the ketogenic diet and other therapies for cancer, heart disease, Lyme and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, please be sure and come to our ACIM conference in Orlando, Florida, on November 2 through 4 at the wonderful Florida Conference and Hotel Center. Early Bird price for all three days ends on July 1. If you are a patient, there will be a separate and less expensive track on the same date and location. However, you will need to come back to this page at a later date, as the registration page for the event is still unavailable.

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You can read about my first week in Phuket, staying at The Life Co here.

Once we left The Life Co with our takeaway raw cheesecakes, we arrived at Dream Phuket Hotel. We were only here for one night before we went to a different resort at Patong Beach. We got straight into the pool and swam to the pool bar and ordered mango daiquiris. Thinking back, perhaps we should have done the detox at the end of the trip, but that we didn’t let that spoil our trip. After one week of juicing we indulged ourselves a little bit.

From the moment we arrived at Diamond Cliff Resort and Spa, overlooking Patong Beach, we were treated like absolute princesses. Before we were shown to our rooms, we were invited to have a refreshing coconut drink, before having the opportunity to try on traditional Thai outfits. This was a great cultural experience learning about what different classes wore.

Traditional Thai dress

Elora, Jordan and I

  Highlights

Phuket Elephant Sanctuary

I think this day was one of the best days on the trip, perhaps even my life. Phuket Elephant Sanctuary is all about ethical tourism. They rescue elephants from the entertainment industry where they were beaten and made to do things that aren’t natural for an elephant to do. The elephants here are all retired from that life. The purpose of this sanctuary is to observe elephants in their natural habitat. We started off by feeding the elephants bucket loads of pineapple and watermelon. This was such a special moment, being so up close and personal with them. I have always wanted to be close enough to feed and touch them, but more importantly doing so in an environment where they are free to do as they wish, and not be forced to paint, dance, be chained or take humans for rides daily. We then walked with them, while they nuzzled their Mahout’s for more fruit, and pulled down any branches in their way. They then cooled off in their lagoon before covering themselves in mud again. This place far exceeded my expectations, and leaving the sanctuary I felt happy for what I had experienced, and knew I was supporting such a great organization. This sanctuary is there to educate tourists as well as to fund the day-to-day costs of running this huge operation that is doing nothing but good things for these beautiful animals. I already want to go back.

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  Phi Phi Islands

We booked a tour from a little booth on the street side for a day trip to Phi Phi (or Pee Pee) Islands by speedboat. First stop was Monkey Bay. Some of the baby monkeys I thought were pretty cute. Before the boat had even landed at the shore for us to get off the boat, a monkey swum out, jumped on, and stole someone’s bag of chips before jumping back to the beach and demolishing them. They were quite erratic with each other, fighting over attention. This may have come with the large number of tourists ogling at them day by day. There was barely enough room on the shoreline for out boat to fit in among the other boats and the bay was overfilled with people.

Our next spot was a snorkeling spot, before heading to one of the islands for a buffet lunch and some delicious coconut ice cream. We then piled back onto the boat before going to Maya Bay. This was my favourite spot to visit on this day trip. The water was so clear and beautiful and the surrounding island and rock formations were like something out of a postcard. Overall I really enjoyed this trip. Although in the future I would book a different sort of tour. I haven’t researched into what, but something that didn’t have the boat so crowded full of people.

Massages

Spa treatments galore! I had so many massages and spa treatments while in Phuket. Pagan, Jordan and I got a lovely foot massage at 3am after a night out dancing. Pagan, Elora and I got manicures and pedicures at Vayo Massage and Beauty Salon. At one point I had a different person on each hand and foot. I had two Thai massages, which the therapists said were equivalent to a yoga session, and they weren’t wrong. A lot of places, you could get 60-minute massage for 300 baht, which is about $12 NZD. You could not get anything for that price in New Zealand. I will probably never get a fish pedicure again. Pagan and I could not stop laughing the entire time. It was something to tick off the bucket list, and while my feet did feel amazing after, the discomfort was not worth it.

Food

Everywhere we went we were surrounded by delicious food. I got to try an authentic Thai green curry, and Pad Thai. I was not disappointed. My favourite place was Surface, which was this beautiful rooftop bar and restaurant. I didn’t get any photos because it was dark, but I had the most beautiful chicken and coconut yellow curry of my life.

  Nightlife

Bangla Road on Patong Beach is full of all sorts of nightlife. We avoided the “ping pong” and “lady boy” shows that hosts were throwing pamphlets in our faces for. One place we enjoyed was Illusion which had unlimited drinks until 1am, for a 1000 baht entry. One night we went to the Half Moon party however it was a disappointing turn out with it raining briefly so we headed back to Bangla Road. Or you can have your own party in the Tuk Tuk taxis with music and flashing lights.

Half Moon Party buckets

Trio

  Sunsets

One thing Elora told me, was that Asia has the best sunsets, and that was no lie. I swear most of my camera roll was taken up with photos of the colourful sunsets every night.

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I could write so much more, but before this turns into day by day diary of my trip I will sign off here. If you haven’t been to Thailand, then you must go. It’s been crossed off my bucket list, only to be added on again. Best holiday ever.

  Two weeks in Phuket, Thailand You can read about my first week in Phuket, staying at The Life Co here.