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by Callie Marie Judd
"Better late than never" has taken on new meaning in our lives. Since the 20 + years the Parkinson's "process" has been working on my husband, Judd, we have finally come to a realization of the critical importance of the medicinal qualities of the foods (including water) we eat and drink. Now that he has been off ALL Parkinson's medications for over a year, watching the relentless progression of the continuously life changing symptoms of this hideous and complex condition, we have finally recognized the "wake up call" to do something SIGNIFICANT about changing our nutritional habits. We had often longed for the idea of having a scientifically based, medically oriented program to relate what foods directly affected the health impairments we were observing. The first program to significantly and specifically deal with Parkinson's and various neurodegenerative disorders, was located in 2004 at www.br13.com. Now that our standard medication approach had ended, due to lack of any perceived benefit and increasing detrimental effects, it became essential to find some mechanism to cope with the physical and mental changes racking Judd's system. We knew we had to find new avenues on our Parkinson's 'journey" and the culmination of years of personal research turned out to be right under our noses - in the foods we were eating!

"Nutritional Medicine" is not to be found in the traditional medical or standard dictionaries. Upon exploring the Web for the phrase, numerous sites can be found, mostly commercially oriented. That is why, during our years of "selective" research for the process, products and purpose we felt we specifically needed, the Nutritional Medicine Research UK presented by Dr. Grinstein now stands out as a one-of-a-kind venture.

So what is the bottom line to the facts and information? There seems to be an "awakening" throughout the world that we truly "are what we eat". This coupled with improved medical knowledge indicates that we all (symptomatic or apparently healthy) can benefit from the movement to educate ourselves about the nutritional needs of our bodies and minds. Each individual has a "chemical history" based on nutritional habits and environmental exposures. Our great challenge today is to seize the opportunity to bring science, medicine and nutrition together in each of our own lives to remedy the deficits in health increasing numbers are experiencing. Whatever the age, whatever the condition, people can move toward a point of "wellness" rather than "illness" (with its accompanying man-made medications) by taking the initiative and finding the best dietary/nutritional changes needed to improve symptoms. No more "top down" approach for us - receiving dictates and being confused by those who are supposed to "know" what is best. We all have the capacity, whether trained or educated in "medicine" or not, to run our own "home-based trials" to eliminate the destruction in our lives by illness, injury or "idiopathic" (of unknown origin) intrusions. We suggest that each person now has the responsibility to help move the medical
community into a new generation of Nutritional Medicine by encouraging doctors to include nutrition in their treatment plan - not according to commercial interests, but according to the documented findings and observations of their clinical "partners" - the patients!

It has been said that "the good medical doctors of the future are going to also be nutritionists". This is reflected by Peter Shepherd at his website: "The medicine of the future will no longer be remedial, it will be preventive; not based on drugs but on the best diet for health."

We would add that diet (eating habits) is the actions based on nutritional knowledge - and the most productive eating habits (and resulting health) will be based on the best nutritional knowledge - knowledge obtained directly by our own dietary practices used each day.

We now have the power to actually help make "Nutritional Medicine" come into real time existence - not by waiting for a prescription handed down by a physician with limited time to know what is happening in our life, but by writing our own "prescription" in the field of nutrition by

*Defining our own nutritional needs through testing and learning *Collaborating with certified nutritionists, researchers, neighbors, family, etc. *Acting on what is decided, by the user, to be the most effective and relevant pursuits for him/her.

In light of this, it is good to keep in mind "a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing". In  reality, we are only at a point of a "little" knowledge about nutrition and medicine. As Dr. Grinstein writes: "Chemistry has so far been able to identify more than 5,000 compounds of plant origin. These chemicals have been identified and chemical formulae have been proposed for each one of them. However, these constitute less than 0.1% of all plant molecules in food. The present methods and knowledge in analytical chemistry are still far from being advanced enough, to allow us to identify all the compounds and substances with medicinal properties in plants and food." (PD and MSA Research Newsletter, November 2004, part 3)  He further adds something in which we have great confidence:

"Our Research has shown that there are in nature, in specific fruit and vegetables, substances able to activate those brain stem cells to generate new neurons that are able to rebuild damaged areas in the human brain. God has given to us in nature, the means to heal, even in the most critical circumstances. We hope and pray that one day many, many more people, doctors and scientists, will believe, understand and recognize the science of this plain truth" (PD and MSA Research Newsletter, November 2004, part 3)

The commonly used catch phrase by Albert Einstein is "if we knew what we were doing it wouldn't be called research". Such limited degrees of knowledge can be dangerous when commercial interests use pieces of information for special interest gain. That is why the human being's individual welfare must be the main focus of the reason and purpose for all that is done nutritionally and medically, in combination. Sadly, that is not the case in today's free market, competitive, "business-based" medical and nutritional products systems. Therefore, each individual must take charge of his/her own nutritional health, more now than any time in history.

At some time in the search for the best course of action a person must use faith (in themselves, the product, other people or God) as their guidepost for knowing the truth about receiving benefit from the increasing multitude of discoveries being achieved. Most do not grow and handle their own food from the seed to the table and even fewer are in the labs and clinics to exploring the scientific truths we all need. This is the reason why the science of medicine and nutrition need to come together to help patients fully understand what "Nutritional Medicine" has to offer. As Dr. Grinstein advocates, assessing the variables that apply in each individual's lives, wisdom can then be applied, and individual freedom can be strengthened in the process.

Thus far, based on our experiences, we conceive Nutritional Medicine as: · An opportunity to find new avenues of overcoming the symptoms of illness and neurodegenerative conditions · A learning experience with each individual having the potential to exercise his/her own powers of observation and choices to serve his/her own interests and needs more effectively · A means of using a "teamwork" approach to obtain more relevant, safe, and accessible benefits to improved health for themselves and those for whom they care.

Our pursuits of the most effective nutritional program for us have resulted in using Jay Kordich's (the "Juiceman") Power of Juicing program in combination with Dr. Grinstein's Nutritional Medical Research UK Program. Due to witnessing definite improvement, we now have to ask ourselves "Where would we be today if we had been encouraged to begin this approach 20 years ago?" Where will the children of today be in 20+ years if they are now encouraged and supported to use nutritional medicine approaches in their lives? Though it is impossible to "prove a negative" (such as, would better health today have resulted from a different approach toward medications?), would Judd have fewer symptoms today if we had approached "medicine" with a different mindset? Will I never develop a condition such as his if I continue to use products and programs based on nutritional medicine? I'm only two years younger than Judd was when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's at age 56 - Will the work and effort I put into nutritional changes today be worth the possibility of having a life free of any neurodegenerative condition? How will the incidence and prevalence of neurodegenerative conditions change IF nutritional medicine is actively engaged in and deemed acceptable by the traditional medical community?

We have hope for the future due to medicine and nutrition "teaming up" for us, implementing years of efforts of researchers like Dr. Grinstein. We are certainly enjoying the tasty benefits of Jay Kordich's juicing for health program now energizing us. The "gold standard" for us is no longer sought for in a man-made pill. Rather, we now look for the God given, non-toxic, food and water from natural, less polluted sources. In short, we have decided to make the "late" choice - for us "never" is just not an option!

We welcome all comments, questions and/or discussion concerning more details about Nutritional Medicine!

Contact: Callie Marie Judd

Judd7052@bellsouth.net
(352)490-6135 or
(352)490-7052
Or visit: www.questforcure.net
Programs presently being participated in: Nutritional Medicine Research UK - Environmental Chemistry and Food Biochemistry Research by Dr. John Grinstein (a "not for profit" charitable organization). E-mail: uk@br13.com website: www.br13.com
The Juiceman's Power of Juicing by Jay Kordich (1993) N.Y: Warner Books, Inc. Note: Many other current programs are being promoted today, but they seem to have much the same foundational elements to them and we have found this to be a good place to start. Juicing for Life by Cherie Calbom and Maureen Keane (1992). Trillium Health Products Additional Resources: NOTE: The following are provided for informational, educational purposes only. No financial interest exists or endorsement is intended by S.F. and/or Callie Marie Judd

Nutrition: Medicine of the Future by Peter Shepherd www.trans4mind.com/nutrition/resources.html

The Nutritional Medicine Approach by Dr. Kennedy www.medicallibrary.net/specialties/framer.html?/specialties/_nutritional_med
icine_approach.html

Alternative Medicine - Definitions by V. Bradshaw (1996) www.whale.to/y/alt.html