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We must end I approached the administrator with a pro- Kim Rodriguez is a consultant dietitian who
the monopoly posal to provide healthier meals and snacks, originally obtained her training from the world
consisting of less sugar and refined foods, and to of allopathic medicine and the American Dietetic
that the start weekly nutrition classes for the patients. I let Association. After becoming ill with diabetes,
pharmaceutical him know the cost of the meals would increase, obesity, severe chronic fatigue syndrome, and
and refined as well as the cost for me to conduct the classes. pharmaceuticals, she looked for methods of
I also informed him that this was not what the healing outside the offerings of mainstream
food industries patients themselves had requested. My proposal medicine. For ten years she studied nutrition with

hold on was immediately vetoed, followed by an explana- naturopaths, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and
nutrition and tion that the hospital must contain costs. other nutritionists, resolving her health prob-
A few months later I was asked to conduct lems with dietary improvements that included

health care. nutrition classes for patients in order to meet state saturated fats and whole food supplements. She
funding requirements. I found the instruction has since helped others do the same via a private
difficult, as I ended up directing the patients to nutrition practice. Kim hopes to see our health
avoid the very foods that were served. care system (Medicare/Medicaid) reimburse this
type of nutrition therapy so that nursing homes,
CONCLUSION hospitals and rehabilitation facilities will adopt
Treatment success in the hospital setting nurturing therapies to help paients truly heal.
looks only at superficial results. Outward ap- Kim is available for phone consultations for a
pearance is not the inward reality. These children $50 fee. aikennutrition@bellsouth.net.
are not healing from disease at this hospital. The
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IN MEMORIAM

The holistic health movement has lost a true crusader with the death of Jack Samu-
els, who helped educate us all about the dangers of MSG and fought valiently to have
it properly labeled.
Jack Samuels, MSHA, was a graduate of Northwestern University where he received
both a BA in biology and an MA in hospital administration. Following fifteen years as
a hospital administrator, Mr. Samuels became an investment banker, providing invest-
ment banking services to the health care industry. He retired in 1995 because he found
it impossible to avoid becoming ill from MSG when traveling to serve his clients. Mr.
Samuels has lost consciousness on over thirty occasions from MSG. Mr. Samuels was
founder and president of the Truth in Labeling Campaign (TLC). His wife Adrienne will
be carrying on his work.

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