Tuesday, June 24, 2014

10 Things Snack Food Compaines Won't Tell You



10 things snack food companies won’t tell you


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1. We spend big bucks to reach your kids
The growing prevalence of obesity, diabetes and other food-related health problems in the U.S. has arguably made us much more aware of what we eat. But the snack-food industry remains a major economic force. Over the past five years, the industry has grown at an average annual rate of 3.8%, and it will rake in an estimated $34.6 billion in sales this year, according to research firm IBISWorld. An IBISWorld report calls the industry’s future “promising” and notes that the improving economy will likely “lift both domestic and foreign demand for snacks.”
One key to snack food makers’ success: Ubiquitous and effective marketing—especially in campaigns aimed at children. The U.S. food and beverage industry spends $1.79 billion a year marketing to youth, according to data published by the Federal Trade Commission in 2012, with $1 billion of that directed to children ages 2 to 11 and the rest to adolescents ages 12 to 17; 72% of that money is spent to market carbonated beverages, cereals and fast food.
Research suggests that these messages work. A study published in 2012 in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that for every hour of television children watch, they are 18% more likely to eat candy and 14% more likely to eat fast food (and interestingly, also 8% less likely to eat fruit).

Christen Cooper was shocked when her son, then 2, pointed to the Dunkin’ Donuts logo and called it out by name. As a registered dietitian and founder of Cooper Nutrition, a nutrition counseling firm in Pleasantville, N.Y., Cooper says she talks to her son about healthy eating and limits his television time, but the messages from marketers still infiltrate. “He demands fruit rollups and sugary cereal,” she says. “He learns a lot of it from TV.”
2. Our ingredients have a big ick factor…
Consumers often don’t realize what’s in their snacks—and sometimes those ingredients are rather unsavory. One ingredient that’s surprisingly common: The carcasses of ground-up, boiled beetles, which are often used in snack foods to create those lovely shades of red, purple and pink in fruit juice, ice cream and candy. “It’s a common colorant,” Ann-Arbor-based physician James Baldwin explains. In rare cases, the crushed beetles can cause anaphylactic shock—but in general, they’ve been approved and deemed safe for use in foods by the Food and Drug Administration.
That said, you won’t find the word “beetle” anywhere on food labels; instead, you’ll likely see the less cringe-worthy “carminic acid” or “cochineal extract.” And the beetle remains are big business. Peru, the largest exporter of cochineal extract in the world, produced more than one million pounds of the dyestuff last year, substantially more than it did a few years back, according to historian Amy Butler Greenfield, the author of “A Perfect Red,” which examines the history of the product.
Beetles aren’t the only I-dare-you-to-eat-that items you may have unknowingly noshed on. Vanilla-flavored items like cookies and cakes are sometimes flavored with castoreum, a secretion from a beaver’s behind (technically, from a sac near his anus called the castor sac), explains nutritionist Mira Calton, the co-author of “Rich Food Poor Food.” This secretion, which the FDA also deems safe, has been used for decades, though it has become less common recently because it tends to be more expensive than vanilla extract.
3.…and some are banned in other countries
Some ingredients commonly found in snack foods in the U.S. are banned in other countries—where health advocates have persuaded regulators that they’re potentially harmful.
Azodicarbonamide, or ADA, is found in roughly 500 packaged foods made by more than 130 brands, according to the Environmental Working Group, a food-safety and environmental advocacy organization.
Food makers use ADA in snack foods like cupcakes, cookies and crackers to improve their texture--but it’s also used in yoga mats, flip-flops and other plastic products. While it’s legal to add ADA to foods here in the U.S. (as long as you stay below 45 parts per million), ADA is banned in the European Union. Opponents of ADA cite research connecting the compound to respiratory problems and allergies; defenders of ADA say that it is safe in the small quantities used in foods in the U.S.
Another product Americans eat that’s banned elsewhere: Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone, or rBGH (commonly sold under the brand name Posilac). The product, a synthetic hormone injected into cows to stimulate milk production, pops up in many dairy-based snacks like ice cream. But in the EU and Canada, it has been banned, amid health concerns for both cows and humans, including fears that a hormone associated with cancer might be elevated in people who drink milk treated with rBGH. (Eli Lilly, the company that manufactures Posilac, says that the substance is “a safe, proven and sustainable technology” and that its safety has been affirmed by more than 50 countries world-wide.)
4. Expiration date? Who cares?
We’ve all chuckled over the urban legend that a Twinkie will stay fresh forever. Turns out, that’s not so far-fetched. Highly processed foods can remain edible well beyond the expiration date on the package, says Karen Duester, president of the Food Consulting Company, which advises companies on food labels and FDA regulations. In fact, if the product is well-sealed, kept away from light, and has a low-fat and dairy content, it could last for years. That’s particularly true for canned and bottled snacks and foods. Foods like highly processed crackers and cookies (put them in the toaster if they seem stale) or soda could last far past posted expiration dates.
“Best by” dates are provided voluntarily by the manufacturer. Why do they even bother? It encourages retailers to restock—and reorder—the product more often, says Duester. Plus, an expiration date pegged to, say, 2018 isn’t exactly appealing to customers.
5. Our factories could be filthy
Each year, an estimated one in six Americans gets sick, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die from consuming contaminated foods and beverages, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And a number of these incidents are the result of filthy conditions in food manufacturing plants.
Snack foods aren’t immune to these problems. Peanut plants—whose products are used to make peanut butter and peanut-flavored snacks—have been especially troubled lately, with two major factories in the past two years facing legal problems and shutdowns related to salmonella outbreaks and unsanitary conditions.

And these are just the cases that have come to light publicly. The FDA does not inspect every food manufacturing facility each year—even among those that it thinks are at a high risk of transmitting food-borne illnesses to consumers. In fiscal year 2011, the most recent year for which figures are available, the FDA deemed 22,325 food facilities as high-risk, but it inspected fewer than half of those (11,007) that year and only 8,023 in 2012.
Snack-food makers are sometimes less likely to get inspected than other facilities, in part because the FDA is less likely to view them as high-risk. While 32% of fishery and seafood facilities, 28% of cheese facilities and 20% of vegetable facilities were inspected in 2008, just 12% of chocolate facilities and 16% of soft drink and water facilities were inspected that year.
6. ‘Caution: Contains arsenic’
Extensive exposure to arsenic has been linked to cancers of the bladder, lungs, skin, kidneys, nasal passages, liver and prostate, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. But few people realize that the substance can be found in many snacks, even some considered healthy.
The toxin, which occurs naturally, is absorbed by plants from soil and water. It’s present in trace amounts in many grains, fruits and vegetables, but it appears in particularly high levels in rice—which is replacing wheat in some snacks as manufacturers offer more gluten-free options.
A recent investigation by Consumer Reports found that rice breakfast cereals (even organic varieties) contained arsenic, as did apple and grape juices (an FDA study also found arsenic in apple juice). Last year, the FDA for the first time issued guidelines for allowable levels of arsenic in apple juice and suggested that consumers diversify their diets to place less of an emphasis on rice. (For many, this means limiting consumption of snack foods like rice cakes and crackers, as well as rice milk and rice cereals, to only a serving or two a week.)
7. That energy bar may exhaust you
Ads for energy bars often feature athletes in top shape. With brand names that evoke strength, well-being, and the great outdoors, the products cultivate what food experts call “a health halo.” These messages appear to resonate with consumers—the nutrition and snack bar market is projected to grow from sales of $5.5 billion in 2013 to $6.2 billion by 2018, according to a report by market research firm Mintel. “Sales will be mostly driven by demand for healthy foods,” Mintel’s vice president of research, Marla Commons, writes in the report.

But read the ingredients list, and many popular energy bars start to look anything but healthy—and instead more like garden-variety candy bars. They often contain ingredients like high fructose corn syrup, dextrose and fructose—sugars, all—plus chocolate, rice crispies and caramel. “They are highly-engineered sugar delivery systems,” says Dr. Sean C. Lucan at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Eating such a snack is likely to give you the kind of immediate burst of energy—also known as a sugar rush—that you’d get from a candy bar. And then you’ll crash, often feeling more tired than before you ate the bar, Lucan says. (And maybe you’ll reach for another energy bar.)
8. ‘Natural’ is naturally meaningless.
The Agriculture Department, which regulates meat and poultry, defines natural products as those that don’t have artificial colors or ingredients. But the FDA, which regulates other types of food, doesn’t monitor snack-food manufacturers’ use of the word as closely. On its website, the FDA says “it is difficult to define a food product that is ‘natural’ because the food has probably been processed and is no longer the product of the earth.”
As a consequence, “Natural basically has no meaning in food labeling,” says Lucan. Often you’ll see the term “natural flavor” on your snack package, but it doesn’t actually mean “directly from nature.” Chemicals produced in laboratories are more likely responsible for the flavor, Lucan says. “While the same chemical compounds may be found in nature, the ones that end up in your food usually come from a chemical plant—not a living plant,” he says.
Still, natural sells, since many consumers these days are willing to pay a higher price for foods they deem healthier. For example, on grocery delivery site FreshDirect.com a 9-ounce bag of multigrain tortilla chips (it prominently says “all natural” on the bag) goes for $4.29, while the same-sized bag of regular tortilla chips from the same company goes for just $3.29, even though the ingredients are similar.
9. When we say ‘enriched,’ we mean processed
Snack foods like pretzels, cookies and doughnuts often prominently advertise enriched wheat flour as an ingredient. But “enriched” isn’t necessarily good. The term means that vitamins and minerals have been added to the food, but usually only after they’ve first been removed.
The typical food manufacturer’s refining process strips some vitamins and minerals out of the food; enriching it puts back some of the nutrients that were stripped away. “Enrichment really ought to be called ‘partial restoration,’” says Michael F. Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer-advocacy organization that focuses on health and nutrition. And although the enrichment process adds back nutrients like thiamine, niacin, riboflavin and iron, it doesn’t always add them back in the same amounts; it can also cut out a good deal of fiber, Jacobson says.
10. You may be overpaying for our chocolate.
Consumers’ love of all things chocolate isn’t abating soon. Chocolate confectionary sales grew 24% from 2008 through 2013 in the U.S. alone (global demand is also rising rapidly) and are expected to grow another 14% through 2018 to hit $23 billion, according to Mintel. Sales of individual bars, bags and boxes of chocolate drive that sector, with more than 40% of the market share.
While candymakers say that rising sales are a result of high demand, grocers and other retailers have accused manufacturers of illegally colluding to keep chocolate prices high. Since 2008, grocery chains and retailers have filed multiple lawsuits making that allegation. In the U.S., a federal judge in February dismissed grocers’ claims of price collusion. But in Canada, several manufacturers agreed last year to pay roughly $23 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging price-fixing. (The manufacturers have denied wrongdoing in both countries.)

Catey Hill covers personal finance and travel for MarketWatch in New York. Follow her on Twitter @CateyHill.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

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James W. Forsythe, M.D., H.M.D.

Medical Education and Experience

  • Doctorate of Medicine from University of California San Francisco
  • Undergraduate degree from University of California at Berkeley
  • 40 Years Practicing Medicine in Northern Nevada
  • Owner and Medical Director of Cancer Screening and Treatment Center of Nevada
  • Owner and Medical Director of Century Wellness Clinic
  • Certified in Homeopathy 
  • Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology and Utilization Review and Quality Assurance
  • Former Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Reno Medical School
  • Board Eligible in Clinical Pathology and Medical Gerontology

Military Experience

  • 26 Years in the United States Army Medical Corps
  • Retired Full Colonel
  • Former State Surgeon in the Nevada Army National Guard
  • Vietnam War Veteran including a tour of duty for 12 months, with commendation medal 

Education
·         1960-1964  Doctorate of Medicine University of California, San Francisco

·         1956-1960  Bachelor of  Science in Biochemistry-Physiology University of California, Berkeley Undergraduate
 

Post-Doctoral
·         1964-1965  Internship (rotating) (eight months Internal Medicine), Letterman Army General Hospital, Presidio San Francisco, California

·         1965-1967 Residency; Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Tripler Army General Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii

·         1970-1971 Residency; Medicine, Children's Hospital, San Francisco, California

·         1971-1973 Fellowship, Oncology-Hematology, Cancer Research Institute,
University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California



POST-GRADUATE 
·         1995-1996 British Institute of Homeopathy

Personal History

  • Married over 36 years to Earlene Forsythe,  an advanced practitioner registered nurse and business manager of their clinics
  • Raised 5 children
  • Favorite sports: tennis and gardening

Certification and Licensing

  • 1995 April Nevada State Board of Homeopathic Medicine, Board Certified

  • 1994 Certified Medical Director, Meeting all qualifications and requirements

  • 1985 January American Board of Utilization Review and Quality Assurance Certified

  • 1984 American Board of Medical Gerontology (Board Eligible for Licensure Examination)

  • 1982 March Oncology-Board Certified

  • 1982 American Board of Medical Oncology

  • 1974 June Internal Medicine-Board Certified

  • 1968 Anatomical and Clinical Pathology (Board Eligible)


State Licenses

  • 1975-Present Active License with The Nevada Board of Medical Examiners

  • 1999-Present Active License with The Nevada Homeopathic Board 

Positions Held

  • 2010-Present  Board of Directors International Organization of Integrative Cancer Physicians (IOICP)

  • 2000-Present  Advisory Board- My Living Body. Founder & CEO, Indrajit Sinha of BIOMEDCORE, Ontario, Canada

  • 2000-Present  Board of Directors International Federation of Integrative Medicine (IFIM). Founder and CEO: Stephen Ross, D.C., San Diego, CA

  • 2000-Present  Board of Directors International Organization of Integrative Cancer Physicians (IOICP).  Founder and CEO: Lee Rowden, MD. Dallas, TX

  • 1984-Present Owner and Medical Director Cancer Screening and Treatment Center of Nevada, Integrating Conventional and Alternative Cancer Care, Reno Nevada

  • 1994-Present Owner and Medical Director of Century Wellness Clinic, Integrative Alternative Medical Clinic treating all adult cancers and chronic diseases, Reno, NV                                   

  • 2001-Present Oncology Consultant, Nature’s Sunshine Provo, Utah

  • 2000-2006 Medical Director Regent Care Center, Extended Care Facility Reno, Nevada

  • 1990-2000 Medical Director Lifecare Center of Reno, Extended Care Facility Reno, Nevada

  • 1989-1996 Medical Director Hearthstone of Nevada, Extended Care Facility, Sparks, Nevada

  • 1986-1996 Medical Director Washoe Care Center, Extended Care Facility, Sparks, Nevada

  • 1986-1991 President Physicians’ Diagnostic Services Medical CT Scanner, Sparks, Nevada

  • 1986-1989 Medical Director Vista Laboratory, Sparks, Nevada

  • 1986-1989 Medical Director Sierra Utilization Review Enterprise (S. U. R E.), Reno, Nevada


Positions Held 


  • 1986-1991 Chairman Board of Directors, NEVPRO a Utilization Review Organization Reno, Nevada.

  • 1985-1986 Medical Director Health Plan of Nevada (HMO) Reno, Nevada

  • 1984-1989 Medical Director and Pathology Director

  • North Tahoe Diagnostic Laboratory Incline Village, Nevada

  • 1975-1987 State Surgeon of Nevada

  • 1974-2000 U.S. Army National Guard Rank: Full Colonel, Retired with Honorable Discharge and Certificate of Meritorious Service  

  • 1982-1986 Chairman Utilization Review/Quality Assurance Committee St. Mary's Hospital and Sparks Family Hospital, Reno, Nevada

  • 1970-1972 Chief of Medical Examination, Alameda County Welfare Department and Drug Rehabilitation Center, Oakland, California

Teaching Positions Held

  • 1999-Present Clinical Instructor of Alternative Medicine University of Nevada Medical School, Reno, Nevada

  • 1998-2006 Medical Director, Regent Care Center, Reno, Nevada

  • 1975-1985 Associate Professor Internal Medicine and Pathology, University of Nevada Medical School Reno, Nevada

  • 1973-1974 Instructor in Internal Medicine and Hematology University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, California 

Lectureship

·         2014 Create Your Health Summit 2014: :  “Forsythe Immune  Protocol ™ and the Forsythe Immune IPT Lite Protocol ™ Cancer Treatments Out-come Based Trial.”  “Sexuality and Cancer”, and “Fatigue and Sleep”.Santa Clara, CA

·         2014  I.V. Therapies Conference & Expo: “Integrative Oncology and Chronic Illness”: Park Pharmacy & Compounding:  “Forsythe Immune  Protocol ™ and the Forsythe Immune IPT Lite Protocol ™ Cancer Treatments Out-come Based Trial.”  Anaheim, CA

·         2013  I.V. Therapies Conference & Expo: “Integrative Oncology and Chronic Illness”: Park Pharmacy & Compounding:  “Forsythe Immune 
      Protocol ™ and the Forsythe Immune IPT Lite Protocol ™ Cancer
      Treatments Out-come Based Trial.”  Anaheim, CA

·         2013  Eleventh Annual International: IPT/IPTLD Integrative Cancer Care Conference:  “Integrative Alternative Oncology: First Do No Harm” “Forsythe Immune Protocol ™ and the Forsythe Immune IPT Lite Protocol ™ Cancer Treatments Out-come Based Trial.” Dallas, Texas.

·         2012 International Organization of Integrative Cancer Physicians (IOICP): Sponsored by Best Answer for Cancer Foundation “The Forsythe Immune Protocol ™ and the Forsythe Immune IPT Lite Protocol ™ Cancer Treatments Out-come Based Trial”. Dallas, Texas.

·         2012  1st West Coast Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Cancer Therapies Conference: Sponsored by The Annie Appleseed Project “The Forsythe Immune Protocol ™ and the Forsythe Immune IPT Lite Protocol ™ Cancer Treatments Out-come Based Trial. San Francisco, CA.

·         2012 The Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine (CIM): The Forsythe Immune Protocol ™ and The Forsythe Immune IPT Lite Protocol ™  Out-Come Based Trial up-date. Orlando, FL

·         2012 Society for Orthomolecular health medicine (OHM): The Forsythe Immune Protocol ™ Cancer Treatments Out-come Based Trial. San Francisco, California.

·         2010-Present Nevada Homeopathic & Integrative Medical Association: The Forsythe Immune Protocol ™ Cancer Treatments Out-come Based Trial. Reno, Nevada.

  
Lectureship 


·         2010 International Federation Integrative Medicine (IFIM): The Forsythe Immune Protocol ™ Cancer Treatments Out-come Based Trial. Las Vegas, Nevada.

·         2008-Present American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine: “The Secret of The Foundation of Youth.  What They Do Not Want You to Know Integrative Medicine and the Law”. Las Vegas, Nevada.

·         2007- Present  American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine: “HGH On Trial and What All Physicians Need to Know About Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy and Human Growth Hormone as it Relates to the Law”. Orlando, Florida.

·         2005-2007 American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine: Poly-MVA a Clinical Trial. Las Vegas, Nevada.   

·         2000-2001 Nature’s Sunshine Conventions Herbal Medicine and as it relates to Cancer Treatment Salt Lake, Utah; Cincinnati, Ohio; Minneapolis, Minnesota.

·         2000-2001 Women’s Wellness Weekend; Breast Cancer Tahoe Forest Hospital, Squaw Valley, California.

·         2000 University of California, Davis Memorial Lecture Alternative Cancer Therapies. Sacramento, California.

·         1997-2001 Nevada Association of Homeopathic Physicians Annual Conventions; Breast and Prostate Cancers. Reno, Nevada.


Military Services

  • 1992 Retired Full Colonel with Commendation Medal Army Medical Division

  • 1979-1986 Nevada Army National Guard State Surgeon

  • 1974-1979 United States Reserve Component Reno, Nevada

  • 1970 Letterman Army Hospital Staff Pathologist and Instructor of Medicine, San Francisco, California.

 Military Services 


  • 1969-1970 Chief of Pathology and Director of Army Corps Central Blood Bank and Malaria Control Center 312th Evacuation Hospital and Surgical Hospital, Republic of South Vietnam
   
  • 1967-1968 Assistant Chief of Pathology, Womac Army Hospital (800 beds), Ft. Bragg, North Carolina

  • 1965-1967 Residency in Pathology Tripler Army Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii

  • 1963-1964 Senior Year Program University of California, San Francisco 2nd Lieutenant Army Medical Corps, San Francisco, California

  • 1956-1958 ROTC University of California, Berkeley, California 

Societies

  • American Society of Internal Medicine

  • American Society of Clinical Pathology

  • American Association of Utilization Review and Quality Assurance

  • Nevada Association of Homeopathic Physicians (NIHMA)

  • Friends of Chelation Society

  • American College for the Advancement of Medicine (ACAM)

  • American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine

  • Nevada State Homeopathic Society


BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • 2014 Forsythe, James W., MD, HMD: “About Death From a Cancer Doctor’s Perspective”: Century Wellness Publishing

  • 2013 Forsythe, James W., MD, HMD: “Understanding and Surviving Obamacare”: Century Wellness Publishing
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  • 2013 Forsythe, James W., MD, HMD: “Natural Painkillers: Without Drug Dependence or Side Effects”: Century Wellness Publishing

  • 2013 Forsythe, James W., MD, HMD: “The Forsythe Ant-Cancer Diet”: Century Wellness Publishing

  • 2013 Forsythe, James W., MD, HMD: ”Take Control of Your Cancer:  Integrating the Best of Alternative and Conventional Treatments”:
BenBella Books 10300 N. Central Expy., Suite 530 | Dallas, TX 2nd Edition

  • 2012 Forsythe, James W., MD., HMD:  “Anti-Aging Cures:  Life Changing Secrets to Reverse the Effects of Aging”: Century Wellness Publishing

  • 2011 Forsythe, James W., MD, HMD : “Complete Pain -  Forget Everything You Thought You Knew About Pain”: LuLu Publishing.

  • 2011 Forsythe, James W., MD, HMD:  “Emergency Radiation Medical Handbook, The Essential Mandatory Guide for Citizens and Responders to Nuclear Events: Century Wellness Publishing

  • 2010 Forsythe, James W., MD, HMD: “The Healing Power of Sleep”: Century Wellness Publishing

  • 2010 Forsythe, James W., MD, HMD and Rolle, Reno R: “Sleep and Grow Young”: Boku International, Ventura, California.

  • 2010 Forsythe, James W., MD, HMD: “The Compassionate Oncologist, What Cancer Specialists Don’t Want You to Know”: Century Wellness Publishing

  • 2010 Forsythe, James W., MD, HMD : “Anti-Aging Cures”: Waterside Publishing.

  • 2009 Forsythe, James W., MD, HMD: Suzanne Somers’ “KnockoutInterviews with Doctors Who are Curing Cancer – And How To Prevent Getting It in the First Place”: Crown Publishing Group (contributing author)

  • 2008 Forsythe James W., MD, HMD: “The Secret of the Fountain of Youth, What They Do Not Want You To Know About Human Growth Hormone”: Century Wellness Publishing


  • 2007 Forsythe James W., MD, HMD and Rolle, Reno R.:  “The Ultimate Guide to Natural Health, Quick Reference A-Z Directory fo Natural Remedies for Diseases and Ailments:  Boku International, Ventura, California.

  • 1999 Goldberg, Burton:  “Alternative Medicine Guide to Women’s Health 2 Series: Future Medicine Press, contributing author.

  • 1997 Diamond, John W., and Cowden, Lee W.: “An Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Cancer: Future Medicine Publishing, INC. Tiburon, California, contributing author.

  • 1993 The Alpha Institute, “The Alpha Book on Cancer and Living”: contributing author.

  • 1986 Forsythe, James W., MD, HMD: et. al.: “Prednimustine in Refactory NHL”. Seminars in Oncology, 13, No.1, Suppl 1 (March).

  • 1969 Cary, Michael 0., Young, Harold and Forsythe, James W.  “Bacteriological Study of Craniocerebral Missile Wounds from Vietnam”. Journal of Neurosurgery, 34:145-154.

  • 1967 Forsythe, James W., MD, HMD : “A clinicopathologic of 250 cases of Hodgkin's disease between 1957-1972”: University of California, San Francisco, California. 

CLINICAL TRIAL

Dr. Forsythe is the only Board Certified Licensed Medical Oncologist with a Certified Homeopathic License that practices integrative oncology in the United States and internationally. He was trained at one of the top five medical schools, University of California, San Francisco.  Dr. Forsythe has been practicing in the Reno, Nevada area for 40 years and treating all adult cancers with integrative therapies for over 25 years.  He believes that combining conventional, alternative and complementary cancer treatments give cancer patients the ability of victory over their cancer.  He has conducted numerous clinical outcome based trials.  In his most recent study, using The Immune Protocol ™ and The Lite LDIPT Protocol ™ with chemo-sensitivity genetic testing and Palladium-Lipoic-Acid Complex, Dr. Forsythe  has produced, in 600 patients over 48 months, a greater than 67% survivorship rate.  The out-come based study is a progressive study and will continue until it reaches the 5 year mark. Dr. Forsythe is convinced the completed 5 year study will show results that will surpass the 5 year results of conventional oncology reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2004 as 2.1% survivorship.