In This Issue...
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- Introduction - Win a Holistic Giftpack - What is altMD? - Quick Links - In the News - Association Spotlight - Practitioner Spotlight - Did You Know? - Holistic Health News - VIP Practitioner Offer
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Win a Holistic Holiday Giftpack!
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Now through December 31, 2008, join the TheHolisticOption.com community and automatically enter to win a holistic holiday giftpack! Natural product contents include:
- King Corn on DVD - SinuCleanse Starter Kit - SinuCleanse Kids Mist - Mixed 6-pack of Zevia- LIV-Organic Drinks - Galaxy Granola... and many more! Click here OR the 'User Signup' button and register today. It's FREE! If you're already registered, just click here to email your username (subject line: Holistic Holiday Giftpack) to enter.
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Last month, we proudly announced our recent partnership with altMD. So, what is it and how does it work? altMD is a proprietary search engine that allows people to find local health and wellness specialists, and is specially designed to provide web listings for alternative health and wellness professionals. Through our partnership with altMD, we now offer VIP Specialist listings to our vetted practitioners at no cost! See offer at bottom for details.
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With the anticipated Presidential election just days away and Halloween preparations with the kids, you may not have noticed a few new additions we've made to TheHolisticOption.com in the past weeks... We've added two sections: The Community Journal and Product Reviews - easily accessible from the 'Featured Content' tab. Plus, our News page is now an RSS feed that gives you a free subscription to the latest in whole health and nutritional news as soon as its published!
Released yesterday, check out the very latest episode of our podcast, Holistic Health & Wellness, entitled "What is Veterinary Naturopathy?" featuring Drs. Kim Bloomer and Jeannie Thomason.
Please join us in welcoming our newest Advisory Board member, Dr. Lauri Grossman (DC, CCH). A renown expert in integrative care, Dr. Grossman has taught at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, the Hospital for Special Surgery and Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. She'll be guiding our site content on Homeopathy and will be a featured guest on an upcoming episode of Holistic Health & Wellness. Don't miss it!
Our national TV campaign is yielding some great feedback and an increase in our community members. If you haven't seen the commercials yet on one of your local cable networks, click here to watch the :30 TV ad or the :60 TV ad. Or, to find out when it will air next in your area, view the 2008 broadcast schedule.
Have a story or message to share with us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at info@TheHolisticOption.com.
Yours in whole health,  Kelly Campbell President & Founder TheHolisticOption.com
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Association Spotlight
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American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (AHVMA)
Founded in 1982 by Carvel G Tiekert, DVM and a small group of
veterinarians, the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association
(AHVMA) maintains a complete and up-to-date directory of membership for
referral information. It provides information for press releases and
general questions from the public. The AHVMA also prints a quarterly
journal on the latest holistic veterinary information.
The AHVMA has come forth to recognize the efforts of TheHolisticOption.com, and we are very proud to welcome them to our growing list of Professional Associations working toward a health care revitalization in the U.S. To learn more about AHVMA, click here. To view a complete list of all Professional Associations that have come forth to recognize TheHolisticOption.com, click here.
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Practitioner Spotlight
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 Kelly Hoogenakker, CHC, AADP
A graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, Kelly focuses on
empowering the individual to discover the best way of eating that works
for them and providing the support needed to make the gradual changes
that create better health. She also focuses on introducing simple,
flavorful recipes that feature a wide variety of fresh, local, whole
foods. Based in Chicago, her private practice, Fresh Ground Health, provides private and group coaching, along with lectures, cooking classes and workshops.
Click here to learn more about Kelly Hoogenakker by viewing her full Profile within our national Practitioner Directory.
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| Holistic Health News
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10.24.08 | CDC Gardasil Risk Report Is a Cover-up: The CDC and FDA issued a report on Gardasil vaccine safety that amounts to a cover-up
of serious reactions, including paralysis and deaths, that have been
reported to the government's Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System
(VAERS). Click here to read the news article. 10.10.08 | White Sugar Now Coming From Genetically-Modified Sugar Beets: Farmers across the country will soon be planting Monsanto's Roundup
Ready sugar beet, genetically engineered for resistance to Monsanto's
herbicide glyphosate (marketed as Roundup). John Schorr, agriculture
manager for Amalgamated Sugar, estimates that 95 percent of the sugar
beet crop in Idaho will be of the new GM variety in 2008. Click here to read the news article. 10.03.08 | Chairman of Citizens for Health Declares FDA Should Review Approval of Splenda: James Turner, chairman of the national consumer education group
Citizens for Health expressed shock and outrage after reading a new
report from scientists at Duke University, whichreveals shocking new information about Splenda's potential harmful effects on humans. Click here to read the news article.
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Did You Know?
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Holistic Health & Wellness now has thousands of subscribers and averages 80+ new subscribers each day! Here's a sneak peek at our lineup of upcoming shows in 2008 & early 2009! King Corn: THE American Diet with Curt Ellis & Ian Cheney, co-producers of King CornWhat is Nutritional Therapy? with Karen Roth (MS, NC) Alternatives to Artificial Sweeteners with Jessica Newman of Zevia and Nancy Dince of LIV-OrganicWhat is Mind-Body Fitness? with Patricia Moreno of intenSati Focus on Pediatric Wellness with Dr. Jeanne Ohm (DC), Executive Director, ICPA Focus on Sinus Health with Dr. Diane Heatley (MD) of SinuCleanse What is a Raw Food Diet? with Angela Stokes of RawReform.com Baking Without Oil with Tristan Kampman & Luke Winters of Galaxy GranolaAre you interested in advertising opportunities on one or more of the episodes above? Or do you have a natural product or service with health benefits that you'd like to discuss on the show? To learn more about affordably increasing traffic to your natural product website, or to download our new Rate Card for end of 2008, please click here. If you have any questions, please call Rick Feldman directly at (845) 353-1729.
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- TheHolisticOption.com Team
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