Autobiography: Dr. Sandra Cabot
Hello my name is Dr Sandra Cabot. Many of you will know me from my famous
book, titled The Liver Cleansing Diet which literally shot to fame like
a shining meteorite during 1997. It made me a household name in Australian
kitchen's, and brought liver consciousness to hundreds of thousands
of people in a short space of time. People from all walks of life and
in many different states of health embraced this new and simple way of
eating with a passion, that surprised me as well as many others.
There are thousands of diet books on the market and yet this one was
different because it concentrated on just one bodily organ, namely the
liver, which everyone seemed to relate to, because everyone had a liver.
Perhaps its success related to the fact that when one improves the liver
function through simple dietary habits it is possible to achieve many
health benefits, especially weight control and internal cleansing of the
body. It was incredible because everyone seemed to be having a love affair
with his or her liver. People who had struggled for years with excessive
weight and/or chronic health problems found that the liver was the missing
part in the jigsaw puzzle to achieve good health.
From that point, word of mouth took over and successful followers of
my liver friendly way of eating told others to follow the liver cleansing
diet and watched with interest to see its results. This produced a wave
of social and economic effects. Australia sold out of linseed (flaxseed)
and for a while it had to be imported, health food stores had to knock
down walls to create more space and the health food industry enjoyed a
resurgence in the production and sales of liver cleansing foods. I became
known as the "liver doctor" which was interesting as my background
had been in the area of women's health and hormone replacement therapy.
My face became well known, so much so that I would find myself recognized
in faraway and remote places.
I well remember being in a public toilet at 5am in the morning, at a
place called Three Ways, on the highway between Alice Springs and Darwin
in northern Australia where I was instantly and warmly welcomed by a woman
who had been successful on my liver cleansing diet. She enthusiastically
told me how much weight she had lost and how much she enjoyed my media
appearances. Yes, one of the benefits of being a successful author is
that one has a ready-made network of friends all over the world.
There has been the occasional person who did not understand my theories
on the liver, and in particular one reader thought it was impossible to
cleanse the liver, believing that this was unscientific! However, it is
vitally important to cleanse the liver regularly because, like any filter,
it can become overloaded and blocked with excessive waste products. Just
think about what happens if you do not cleanse the filters in your kitchen
sink, lawn mower, pool-pump or car engine. It would be easy if you could
remove your liver everyday and give it a good wash with soap and water!
This is obviously not possible, so we need to come up with a more practical
solution. I have found that an effective way to cleanse the liver filter
is by eating certain foods and using natural supplements and liver tonics.
These nutrients include antioxidants, essential fatty acids, essential
amino acids, enzymes, natural antibiotics and plant substances (phytonutrients).
These nutrients also exert an anticancer effect and help the immune system.
This website will provide a wealth of information, advice and recommendations
on how you can improve your liver function using powerful nutritional
strategies. For some of you this will be literally life saving, for others
it will allow you to improve your health, regain physical and mental energy
and regain your zest for life!
About Dr Sandra Cabot
Welcome to this unique corner of cyberspace where you can share the
medical insights of Dr Sandra Cabot MD who specializes in helping people
with weight problems, liver dysfunction and hormonal imbalances. Dr. Cabot
has had her books published in many different countries and is internationally
recognized for her work.
Dr. Sandra Cabot is a popular & regular guest on radio and television
programs and writes for many women's & health magazines. Sandra
does seminars in Australia and overseas and has helped many thousands
of chronically ill persons to regain good health. Sandra was the first
doctor to describe accurately and scientifically the 4 different body
types and their special hormonal and metabolic characteristics.
It has been a revelation to me as a medical doctor, that it is possible
to help, and in many cases cure, a broad spectrum of problems by following
a nutritional program specifically designed to improve liver function.
For this purpose I have written the Liver Cleansing Diet book which gives
you an eight week plan to improve your liver function.
Biography:
Dr Sandra Cabot has written several very popular books on health and
she is very well known under this name. Dr Cabot's best selling
"Liver Cleansing Diet Book" was awarded The Australian People's
Choice Award in 1997.
You may find it interesting to know that Sandra chose the nom de plume
of "Dr Cabot" in 1982, as in those days Australian medical
doctors were encouraged to use a nom de plume (or writer's name)
if they were going to write books and participate in the health media.
This was considered ethical behavior and was smiled upon by the medical
registration boards, as it could then not be construed as to be advertising
for extra patients.
There are many well known medical doctors in Australia (such as Dr "Sally
Feelgood" and Dr "James Wright") who use a writer's
and/or media name for this purpose, and who continue to practice medicine
under their professional names. This is considered to be more ethical
and conservative, which is appropriate as the medical profession is a
conservative profession.
Dr Sandra Cabot's professional name is Dr Sandra McRae and her
ancestors come from Scotland and England. There is also a touch of French
ancestry in Sandra, and that is why she chose a French nom de plume!
Dr Sandra McRae is a registered medical doctor in the state of NSW Australia
where she has a busy medical practice in which she works with other medical
doctors and Naturopaths.
Dr Sandra McRae was born in Adelaide South Australia in 1952 and trained
in medicine and surgery at Adelaide University in South Australia.
Sandra McRae graduated in medicine with honors in 1975 from Adelaide
University South Australia.
In Australia a bachelor of medicine and surgery is designated by the
letters MBBS, which appear after the name of the doctor. Sandra McRae
is also a diplomate of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians &
Gynaecologists and this is designated by the letters DRCOG. Thus the correct
title of Dr Sandra McRae in Australia is MBBS, DRCOG.
Dr Sandra Cabot is published in many different countries and languages.
In the USA Sandra uses the letters MD after her name, which is the American
equivalent of the Australian MBBS, and simply means Medical Doctor and
not Medical Doctorate.
During the mid-1980s Dr Cabot spent 6 months working as a volunteer
doctor at the largest missionary hospital in India (the Leyman hospital).
Here she studied tropical & infectious diseases and tended to the
poor indigenous women with obstetric emergencies.
Dr Sandra Cabot travels extensively doing lectures and public seminars
and visits isolated areas in Australia to share her message of natural
health. Dr Cabot has lectured for the American Liver Foundation and the
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Society. Today she is asked by many different
organizations and hospitals to lecture all over Australia and New Zealand.
Dr Cabot believes that the most important health issues for people today
are:
- The control of obesity & the prevention of diabetes
- Educating our children about a healthy diet & lifestyle
- Protecting the planet from pollution and wild life extinction
- Avoiding the overuse of drugs (polypharmacy), especially when nutritional
medicine may be able to achieve the same (and usually a better effect)
for less cost & less risk.
- Spreading government funding and subsidization equally between drug
treatments & nutritional/complementary medicine.
- Educating doctors about the correct use of nutritional medicine
- The effective treatment of mental & emotional illness
- A supportive and well educated community where people are guided to
find the best health care.
Dr Cabot has a very exciting life meeting so many new people all over
Australia and the USA. Thankfully she still has time to practice medicine.
To contact Dr Cabot, phone Christine Ki or Deborah Sanders on 623 334
3232.
Dr Sandra Cabot supports a most progressive conservation and educational
program by the environmental organization the Friends of Oolong (Dr Gianni
W D'Addario, President), under the patronage of the eminent worldwide
recognized environmentalist Dr David Suzuki. For further information:
http://www.pcug.org.au/~gianni
Love Your Liver & Live Longer!
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