The One-Minute Cure, The Secret to Healing Virtually All Diseases by Madison Cavanaugh is one incredible piece of work. Just the seven-page Appendix on stress, The Missing Piece in the Healing Puzzle, is worth the price of the book.

The best way to describe the impact of this book is to simply state the words on the back cover. After reading the book in one sitting early this am, I can attest to the validity of each point.

This book reveals. . .

The remarkable, scientifically proven therapy which creates an environment within the body where disease cannot thrive.

How this therapy not only kills diseased cells but also simultaneously revitalizes and rejuvenates healthy cells, thereby creating vibrant energy and well-being.

How this safe, inexpensive and powerful therapy has been administered by an estimated 15,000 European doctors, naturopaths and homeopaths to more than 10 million patients in the past 70 years to successfully treat over 50 different diseases.

How anyone can self-administer this little-known therapy at home–easily and painlessly—at a cost of only 1 ½ cents per day.

A lifetime spent in the American health care arena, where the treatment of symptoms with drugs is the standard practice of care, has left me weary. It is refreshing to see someone strong enough to stand up against the greed and the drug-driven medical culture in the USA to give the American public a simple, powerful, natural tool  for healing.

Cavanaugh is right on when she states, “As with any newly discovered truth, it must necessarily pass through 3 stages:

First it is ridiculed.

Then it is violently opposed.

Finally it is accepted as self-evident.”

Let’s pray that it makes it past step two, because there is sure to be pressure from groups who stand to lose money when an inexpensive, natural solution replaces expensive drug regimens.

What an accurate quote the author shares from Dr. Mercola: Most prescription drugs are unnecessary, and they could be ‘killing you legally.’

Please, please do not worship at the altar of the medical professional. The medical schools are heavily indoctrinated by the pharmaceutical companies. You can question and challenge a treatment that doesn’t sound right to you. . .or right for your loved one. That is your right. You know your own body better than anyone else on earth. Any medical professional worth his/her salt will not be threatened by that. And what If they are? Next! Please don’t hand over your power in the mistaken notion that, just because someone has initials behind their name, they know more than you do.  Literally, your life or the life of your loved one depends on you taking the initiative.

Thank you, Madison Cavanaugh, for having the courage to give us such a simple, easy-to-read natural solution.

How to normalize your blood pressure for the rest of your life without dangerous drugs is a focus of Dr. Mercola’s December 15^th posting, “How You Can Normalize Your Blood Pressure Without Drugs.”

The not-so-good news is that one in three adults in the USA will have high blood pressure. The great news is that over 85 percent of those who have hypertension can normalize their blood pressure through lifestyle modifications.

The article, though lengthy, is well worth the read. The following excerpts from the article contain seven empowering lifestyle techniques and perhaps not so widely known information:

1) Eat right for your nutritional type

Eating sug­ars and grains — in­cluding any type of bread, pasta, corn, potatoes, or rice — will cause your insulin levels to remain elevated.

Insulin stores magnesium, but if your insulin receptors are blunted and your cells grow resistant to insulin, you can’t store magnesium and it passes out of your body through urination. Magnesium stored in your cells relaxes muscles. If your magnesium level is too low, your blood vessels will constrict rather than relax, which will raise your blood pressure and decrease your energy level.

Insulin also affects your blood pressure by causing your body to retain sodium. Sodium retention causes fluid retention. Fluid retention in turn causes high blood pressure, and can ultimately lead to congestive heart failure.

When you consume a high-carbohydrate meal, you raise both your blood sugar and your insulin level. A high level of insulin acts as a very strong stimulant to your sympathetic nervous system. The reaction of your sympathetic nervous system causes spasms — constrictions — of your arteries. And if you already suf­fer from hypertension, this further constriction of your blood vessels can increase your risk of a heart attack.

2) Normalize your omega 6:3 ratio

 Both omega-3 and omega-6 fats are essential for your health. Most Americans, however, are getting too much omega-6 in their diet and far too little omega-3. Consuming omega-3 fats is one of the best ways to re-sensitize your insulin receptors if you suffer from insulin resistance

Omega-3 fats are typically found in flaxseed oil, walnut oil and fish, with fish being by far the best source.

3) Eliminate caffeine

The connection between caffeine consumption and high blood pressure is not well understood, but there is ample evidence to indicate that if you have hypertension, coffee and other caffeinated drinks and foods can ex­acerbate your condition.

4) Normalize your weight

Studies show that even a modest weight loss, when maintained, can reduce blood pressure long-term.

 5) Learn to Manage Your Emotional Stress

The link between stress and hypertension is well documented. Doctors and health care professionals committed to treating the whole person rather than a list of physical symptoms are well aware of the crucial con­nection between diseases of the body and unresolved emotional conflict.

Suppressed negative emotions such as fear, anger and sadness can severely limit your ability to cope with the unavoidable every day stresses of life.

It’s not the stressful events themselves that are harmful, but your lack of ability to cope.

6) Use Exercise as a Drug

 7) Get a Daily Dose of Sunshine

Believe it or not, the farther you live from the equator, the higher your risk of de­veloping high blood

pressure. And did you know that blood pressure is typi­cally higher in winter months than during the summer?

Sunlight actually affects blood pressure in several ways:

• Sun exposure causes your body to produce vitamin D. Lack of sunlight re­duces your vitamin D stores and increases parathyroid hormone produc­tion, which increases blood pressure.
• Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to insulin resistance (IR) and Syndrome X (also known as Metabolic Syndrome), a group of health problems that can include IR, elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels, obesity, and high blood pressure.
• Vitamin D is also a negative inhibitor of your body’s renin-angiotensin sys­tem (RAS), which regulates blood pressure. If you’re vitamin D deficient, it can cause inappropriate activation of your RAS, which may lead to hy­pertension.
• Additionally, exposure to UV rays is thought to cause the release of endor­phins, chemicals in your brain that produce feelings of euphoria and relief from pain. Endorphins naturally relieve stress, and stress management is an important factor in resolving hypertension.