Endnotes

Power Alignment Shift 1
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Chapter 1
  1. Deepak Chopra, MD. Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind/Body Medicine. (New York: Bantam Books, 1990), 79.
  2. Zofia Zukowska. “Untangling the Links Between Stress, Obesity.” Georgetown University Medical Center. Georgetown University Medical Center, 9 Jan. 2009. Web 5 Feb. 2010.
  3. “The Brain and the Nervous System.” http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/nervous-system/brain-nervous-system-ga.htm
  4. Michael D Gershon, MD. The Second Brain: A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestine. (New York: HarperCollins, 1998), xiii.
  5. Chopra, Quantum Healing, 85.
  6. Ibid, 71.
  7. Ivan Nykicek, Lydia Temoshok and Ad Vingerhoets, eds. Emotional Expression and Health: Advances in Theory, Assessment and Clinical Applications. (New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2004), 63.
  8. Melissa A Rosenkranz, et al. “Affective style and in vivo immune response: neurobehavioral mechanisms.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100, no. 19(2003):11148–52. Published ahead of print September 5, 2003. doi:10.1073/ pnas.1534743100
Chapter 2
  1. Henry Dreher. Mind-Body Unity: A New Vision for Mind-Body Science and Medicine. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003), xiii.
  2. Paul Davies, PhD. Superforce. (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984).
  3. Michael Talbot. The Holographic Universe. (New York: HarperCollins, 1991).
  4. Deepak Chopra, MD. Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative for Growing Old. (New York: Three Rivers Press, 1993), 41.
  5. Dean Ornish, MD. Love & Survival: The Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy. (Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, 1998), 48–49.
  6. Jennifer Brennan. “Love: studies show physiological effects of emotional support.” The Utah Statesman-Utah State University. Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education, LLC. February 14, 2001. http://lists101.his.com/pipermail/smartmarriages/2001-February/000525.html
  7. Katherine Kam. “How Anger Hurts Your Heart.” WebMD Magazine. Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD. Reviewed on December 21, 2009. http://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/features/how-anger-hurts-your-heart
  8. Ibid.
  9. Fabrizio Benedetti. “How the doctor’s words affect the patient’s brain.” Evaluation and the Health Professions 25, no. 4(December 2002):369–86.
  10. Ibid.
Chapter 3
  1. Deepak Chopra, MD. Perfect Digestion. (New York: Harmony Books, 1995), 3.
  2. Todd F Heatherton, C Peter Herman and Janet Polivy. “Effects of physical threat and ego threat on eating behavior.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 60, no. 1(1991):138–43.
Chapter 4
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  2. Francisco Fernflores. “The equivalence of mass and energy.” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2012 edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2012/entries/equivME
  3. Ibid.
  4. LA Tucker and AB Earl. “Emotional health and weight gain: a prospective study of midlife women.” American Journal of Health Promotion 25, no. 1(September-October 2010):30–35. doi: 10.4278/ajhp.090122-QUAN-22. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20809829
  5. Ibid.
  6. Bernard Siegel, MD. Love, Medicine and Miracles. (New York: Harper and Row, 1986), 279.
  7. Sara Rimer. “Happiness and health: the biology of emotion—and what it may teach us about helping people to live longer.” Harvard School of Public Health Magazine. Winter 2011. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/happiness-stress-heart-disease
  8. Ibid.
  9. Pam A Mueller and Daniel M Oppenheimer. “The pen is mightier than the keyboard: advantages of longhand over laptop note taking.” Psychological Science April 23, 2014.
  10. Paramahansa Yogananda. God Talks with Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita. Royal Science of God-Realization. The Immortal Dialogue between Soul and Spirit. A New Translation and Commentary. (Los Angeles: Self Realization Fellowship, 1995), 81.
  11. Alia J Crum and Ellen J Langer. “Mindset matters: exercise and the placebo effect.” Psychological Science 18, no. 2(2007):165–71. Published Version doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01867.x. Accessed November 7, 2013 1:24:29 PM EST Citable Link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-HUL.InstRepos:3196007
  12. T Colin Campbell. Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition. (Dallas: Benbella Books, 2013), 152–53.
  13. MV Eberhardt, CY Lee and RH Liu. “Antioxidant activity of fresh apples.” Nature 405, no. 6789(June 22, 2000):903–4.
  14. Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose. (New York: Plume, 2006), 52–53.
Chapter 5
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  2. Ibid.
  3. Marilyn Ferguson. The Brain Revolution. (New York: Bantam, 1973).
  4. Chopra, Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, 45.
  5. JD Creswell, et al. “Self-affirmation improves problem-solving under stress.” PLoS ONE 8(5)(2013): e62593. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0062593
  6. Louise Hay. You Can Heal Your Life. (Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 1984), 35.
Chapter 6
  1. JM Berge, et al. “Parent conversations about healthful eating and weight: associations with adolescent disordered eating behaviors.” JAMA Pediatrics 167, no. 8(2013):746–53. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.78
  2. Yogananda. God Talks with Arjuna, 440.
  3. Ibid.
  4. M Macht and G Simons. “Emotions and eating in everyday life.” Appetite vol. 35, issue 1(August 2000):65–71. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666300903258
Chapter 7
  1. “Mindful eating may help with weight loss.” Harvard Health Publications, Harvard Medical School. July 6, 2011. http://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/mindful-eating-may-help-with-weight-loss
  2. A Compare, E Callus and E Grossi. “Mindfulness trait, eating behaviours and body uneasiness: a case-control study of binge eating disorder.” Eating and Weight Disorders 17, no. 4 (December 2012): e244–51. doi: 10.3275/8652
Chapter 8
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  2. Vincent J Felitti, MD, et al. “Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults: the adverse childhood experiences (ace) study.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 14, no. 4(1998).
Chapter 9
  1. Michael Carr. “‘Mind-monkey’ metaphors in Chinese and Japanese dictionaries.” International Journal of Lexicography 6, no. 3(1993):149–80.
  2. Melinda Beck. “How to fend off a food craving: new research challenges the ‘body knows what it needs’ theory; where men differ from women.” Health Journal, Wall Street Journal (Sept. 17, 2012). http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390443995604578002253859884598?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10000872396390443995604578002253859884598.html
  3. ML Pelchat and S Schaefer. “Dietary monotony and food cravings in young and elderly adults.” Physiology & Behavior (Jan 2000);68(3):353–9.
  4. J Rodin, et al. “Food cravings in relation to body mass index, restraint and estradiol levels: a repeated measures study in healthy women.” Appetite 1991; 17:177–185.
  5. GE Abraham and MM Lubran. “Serum and red cell magnesium levels in patients with premenstrual tension.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1981: 34:2364–2366.
  6. M Schuman, MG Gitlin and L Fairbanks. “Sweets, chocolate and atypical depressive traits.” The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 1987; 175:491-495.
  7. Julia M Hormes. “Towards a sociocultural model of food cravings: evidence from the case of perimenstrual chocolate craving.” August 8, 2010. Publicly accessible Penn Dissertations. Paper 223. http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1254&context=edissertations
  8. JM Hormes and P Rozin. “Perimenstrual chocolate craving. What happens after menopause?” Appetite (Oct. 2009); 53(2):256-9. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.07.003
  9. Beck, Wall Street Journal.
  10. Lionel Lafay, et al. “Gender differences in the relation between food cravings and mood in an adult community: results from the Fleurbaix Laventie Ville Santé study.” International Journal of Eating Disorders 29, no. 2(2001):195–204.
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  14. Ibid.
  15. Mary Dallman, et al. “Chronic stress and obesity: a new view of ‘comfort food.’” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100, no. 20 (2003):11696–11701. http://www.pnas.org/content/100/20/11696.full.pdf+html?sid=9d43e5c7-aae0-407c-b998-dc74bf100c20
  16. Jennifer O’Brien. “Comfort-food cravings may be body’s attempt to put brake on chronic stress.” University of California San Francisco. September 10, 2003. http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2003/09/4682/comfort-food-cravings-may-be-bodys-attempt-put-brake-chronic-stress
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  18. Herbert Benson, MD. Your Maximum Mind (New York: Random House, 1987).
  19. E Kemps and M Tiggemann. “A cognitive experimental approach to understanding and reducing food cravings.” Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2010; 19(2):86. doi: 10.1177/0963721410364494
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Chapter 10
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  2. Loretta Graziano Breuning, PhD. “Five ways to boost your happy chemicals.” Your Neurochemical Self. PsychologyToday.com. December 8, 2012.
  3. Adam Drewnowski and Eva Almiron-Roig. “Human perceptions and preferences for fat-rich foods” in Fat Detection: Taste, Texture, and Post Ingestive Effects, ed. JP Montmayeur and J le Coutre. (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2010), Chapter 11. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53528/
  4. MM Hetherington and JI MacDiarmid. “‘Chocolate addiction’: a preliminary study of its description and its relationship to problem eating.” Appetite 21(1993):233–46. P Rozin, et al. “Chocolate craving and liking.” Appetite 17(1991):199–212.
  5. M Schuman, et al. “Sweets, chocolate, and atypical depressive traits.” The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 175, no. 8(1987):491–95. GA Spiller, ed. The Methylxanthine Beverages and Foods: Chemistry, Consumption and Health Effects. (New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc., 1984).
  6. Kristen Bruinsma and Douglas Taren, MD. “Chocolate: food or drug?” Journal of the American Dietetic Association 99, no. 10(1999):1249–56.
  7. Virtue, Constant Craving, 114 and 144.
  8. Roland L Weinsier and Carlos L Krumdieck. “Dairy foods and bone health: examination of the evidence.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 72, no. 3(September 2000):681–89.
  9. LQ Qin, et al. “Milk consumption is a risk factor for prostate cancer in Western countries: evidence from cohort studies.” Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2007; 16(3):467–76.
  10. Doreen Virtue. Constant Craving. (Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc., 1995), 156.
  11. M Cartwright, et al. “Stress and dietary practices in adolescents.” Health Psychology 22, no. 4(2003):362–92. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12940392
  12. Drewnowski, “Human perceptions and preferences for fat-rich foods.”
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  14. B Lyman, A Psychology of Food, 155.
  15. P Rozin. “Getting to like the burn of chili pepper: biological, psychological and cultural perspectives” in: BG Green, et al., eds. Chemical Senses: Vol. 2. (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1990).
Chapter 11
  1. “An Interview with John Nelson, MD.” Interview by Mark Waldman. http://www.altjn.com/ideas/science_psychology_seven_chakras.htm. This interview originally appeared in Special Reports: Transpersonal Perspectives in Psychology vol. 4, no. 1(1992).
  2. Leonard Wisneski and Lucy Anderson. “Book Review: The Scientific Basis of Integrative Medicine.” Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Volume 2 (2005), Issue 2:257–259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/neh079
  3. Ibid.
  4. David Frawley, MD, Subhash Ranade, MD, and Avinash Lele, MD. Ayurveda and Marma Therapy: Energy Points in Yogic Healing. (Twin Lakes, WI: Lotus Press, 2003.)
  5. “Ayurvedic Medicine.” National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). http://nccam.nih.gov/health/ayurveda
  6. Michael Greenwood, MB (MD). “Acupuncture and the Chakras.” Medical Acupunture 17, no. 3(2006):27.
  7. Hiroshi Motoyama. “Acupuncture Meridians.” Science and Medicine 6, no. 4(1999):48–54. http://www.sciandmed.com/sm/journalviewer.aspx?issue=1043&article=587&action=1
  8. AJ Vickers, et al. “Acupuncture for chronic pain: individual patient data meta-analysis.” JAMA Internal Medicine 72, no. 19(2012):1444–53. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2012.3654
  9. Richard W Maxwell. “The physiological foundation of yoga chakra expression.” Zygon Journal of Religion and Science 44, no. 4(2009):807–24. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2009.01035.x/abstract;jsessionid=A97D8176BB327A133CE954F888BF538B.f02t04
  10. Ibid.
  11. “What is Reiki?” http://www.centerforreikiresearch.org/WhatIsReiki2.aspx
  12. James T Mulder. “A healing Energy? Now in Hospitals, Reiki musters critics and Fans.” Syracuse.com. March 23, 2010. http://blog.syracuse.com/cny/2010/03/a_healing_energy_now_in_hospitals_reiki_musters_critics_and_fans.html
  13. N Mackay, S Hansen and O McFarlane. “Autonomic nervous system changes during Reiki treatment: a preliminary study.” Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 10, no. 6(December 2004):1077–81.
  14. Yogananda, God Talks with Arjuna, 125.
  15. Science Made Simple. “Why is the sky blue?” Used in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) online course “Introduction to Applied Nuclear Physics.” http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/sky_blue.html
Chapter 12
  1. Christopher G Fairbum and G Terrence Wilson. Binge Eating. (New York: The Guilford Press, 1993).
  2. James C Rosen, Bruce E Compas and Barbara Tracy. “The relation among stress, psychological symptoms, and eating disorder symptoms: a prospective analysis.” International Journal of Eating Disorders 14, no. 2(1993):153–62.
  3. Anne Marie Helmenstine, PhD. “How Much of Your Body is Water?” About.com. Updated October 18, 2014. http://chemistry.about.com/od/waterchemistry/f/How-Much-Of-Your-Body-Is-Water.htm
  4. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emotion
  5. Shiva Rea. Tending the Heart Fire: Living in Flow with the Pulse of Life. (Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2014), 62.
  6. Rea, Tending the Heart Fire, 55. Rollin McCraty. The Energetic Heart: Bioelectromagnetic Interactions within and between People. (Boulder Creek, CA: Institute of HeartMath, 2003).
  7. Yogananda, God Talks with Arjuna, 26.
  8. Donna M Minich. Chakra Foods for Optimum Health: A Guide to the Foods That Can Improve Your Energy, Inspire Creative Changes, Open Your Heart, and Heal Body, Mind and Spirit. (San Francisco: Conari Press, 2009), 149.
  9. Ibid, 149.
  10. Barbara Kaplan Herring. “Yoga Poses for the Chakra System.” www.YogaJournal.com. August 28, 2007. http://www.yogajournal.com/basics/898
Chapter 13
  1. Anne Kouvonen, et al. “Negative aspects of close relationships as a predictor of increased body mass index and waist circumference: the Whitehall II study.” American Journal of Public Health 101, no. 8(August 2011):1474–80. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300115
  2. Susan Krauss Whitbourne, PhD. “How Relationship Conflict Can Affect Your Waistline: Can bad loving cause you to pack on the pounds?” March 19, 2013. Fulfillment at Any Age, PsychologyToday.com. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201303/close-relationships-and-your-waistline-0
  3. “Social networks and health: communicable but not infectious.” Harvard Men’s Health Watch. Harvard Health Publications, Harvard Medical School. December 2011. http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Mens_Health_Watch/2011/December/social-networks-and-health-communicable-but-not-infectious
  4. Lynsey Kluever Romo and René M Dailey. “Weighty dynamics: exploring couples’ perceptions of post-weight-loss interaction.” Health Communication (2013) 1. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2012.736467
  5. Jonathan L Helm, David Sbarra and Emilio Ferrer. “Assessing cross-partner associations in physiological responses via coupled oscillator models.” Emotion 12, no. 4(2012):748. doi: 10.1037/a0025036
  6. Emilio Ferrer and Jonathan L Helm. “Dynamical systems modeling of physiological coregulation in dyadic interactions.” International Journal of Psychophysiology 2012. doi: 10.1016/j. ijpsycho.2012.10.013
  7. Ibid.
  8. Ivana Konvalinka, et al. “Synchronized arousal between performers and related spectators in a fire-walking ritual.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108(2011):8514–19.
Chapter 14
  1. C Weze, et al. “Evaluation of healing by gentle touch.” Public Health 119, no. 1(2005):3-10. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1810357/
  2. J Browne. “Early relationship environments: physiology of skin-to-skin contact for parents and their preterm infants.” Clinics in Perinatology 31, no. 2(2004):287–98.
  3. A Debrot, et al. “Touch as an interpersonal emotion regulation process in couples’ daily lives: the mediating role of psychological intimacy.” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (Oct 2013) 39(10):1373–85. doi:10.1177/0146167213497592. Epub July 24, 2013.
Chapter 15
  1. “Maple Syrup.” How Products Are Made. Volume 3. http://www.madehow.com/Volume-3/Maple-Syrup.html
  2. “What are the health benefits of honey?” Medical News Today. August 10, 2013. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/264667.php