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REVIEWS & can properly attend to their own health = Z and well- being—when conception can be freedom and creativity, aus us become a better-timed, conscious, optimistic joint people we never wanted to be. How can effort conducive to a healthy baby from we be truly healthy and happy when our the outset. systems are dysfunctional? If you're contemplating having a child, We are all conspirators in what we call whether for the first time or not, this book reality, and so, according to the authors, is essential reading. we can all conspire to bring a new para- digm into existence, There is no point try- ing to fix unworkable models based on fear, greed and power; instead, we need to put into place systems and structures that acknowledge and nurture the soul and spirit. Inspired by ideas from new sci- ence, spiritual traditions and history, Breton and Largent describe workable paradigms that prove this can be done. THE NATURAL WAY TO BETTER BABIES: Preconception Health Care for Prospective Parents by Francesca Naish & Janette Roberts Published by Random House (Aust) (1996) ISBN 0-09-18135-0 (382pp s/c) Price: AUD$24.95; NZD$29.95 Available: Australia—Dist. by Random LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS: A House, Milsons Point, NSW 2061, ph Practical Guide for Staying Well +61 (02) 9954 9966; orders outside by Peter de Ruyter A/asia, phone/fax for p&h quote; NZ— Published by Allen & Unwin (1996), Random House, ph (09) 444 7197. Australia The focus of ...Better Babies is on pre- ISBN 1-86448-080-7 (309pp s/c) conception care for prospective parents; Price; AUD$29.95 + o/s p&h; NZD$39.95 for, as studies have shown, if both of them Available: Australia—Dist. by Allen & can improve their general health and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW 2065, ph +61 avoid hazardous lifestyle and environmen- (02) 9901 4088, fax +61 (02) 9906 2218; tal factors in the months leading up to NZ—Dist. by Archetype Book Agents, ph conception, they greatly increase their (09) 638 7008, fax (09) 638 7007. prospects of having a child who is physi- As a natural therapist with over 10 years’ cally, emotionally and mentally healthy— _ experience in treating HIV and AIDS and will stay that way. patients, Sydney-based Peter de Ruyter . Natural fertility management is an holis- can write with some authority on alterna- tic approach that is practical and success- _ tive, holistic treatments that are practical, ful, as authors Francesca Naish and effective and safe, without the damaging Janette Roberts can confidently attest after side-effects that are often characteristic of many years’ clinical experience in natural —_ orthodox drug options. reproductive health care. Here, they In Living with HIV/AIDS, de Ruyter explain what prospective parents can doin argues that the first hurdle for medical everyday life to prepare better for concep- _ practitioners and their patients to over- tion, giving guidance on diet, lifestyle and come is a mindset which denies the validi- exercise, on reducing stress and staying ty of alternative ways of looking at and positive, on detoxifying oneself and one's _ dealing with the condition. He contends surroundings, and improving general male _ that medical science will never come up and female reproductive health. with a cure for AIDS unless it explores Their advice on natural contraception new territory—where the environment in and conception is responsible and enlight- — which a micro-organism develops is as ening. Indeed, they suggest that attempts —_ important as the organism itself—and to conceive be delayed until both partners _ includes Lifeforce in the total picture. LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS: A Practical Guide for Staying Well . by Peter de Ruyter _ Published by Allen & Unwin (1996), Australia ISBN 1-86448-080-7 (309pp s/c) Price; AUD$29.95 + o/s p&h; NZD$39.95 Available: Australia—Dist. by Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, NSW 2065, ph +61 (02) 9901 4088, fax +61 (02) 9906 2218; NZ—Dist. by Archetype Book Agents, ph (09) 638 7008, fax (09) 638 7007. ~ As a natural therapist with over 10 years’ experience in treating HIV and AIDS patients, Sydney-based Peter de Ruyter | can write with some authority on alterna- tive, holistic treatments that are practical, effective and safe, without the damaging side-effects that are often characteristic of orthodox drug options. In Living with HIV/AIDS, de Ruyter argues that the first hurdle for medical’ practitioners and their patients to over- come is a mindset which denies the validi- ty of alternative ways of looking at and © dealing with the condition. He contends that medical science will never come up with a cure for AIDS unless it explores new territory—where the environment in which a micro-organism develops is as important as the organism itself—and includes Lifeforce in the total picture. 84 ¢ NEXUS ee OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1996