Meet Uffe Christiansen

Uffe was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, during the Second World War, under the German occupation. He moved to California several decades ago, to further pursue various academic opportunities. After having lived in Silicon Valley for a decade, and being a consultant to senior High-Tech executives, he and his family moved to Ferndale, to experience country living. With a background in clinical psychology, and being a devoted disciple of C. G. Jung’s analytical psychology, he was hoping to write books of how spirituality and art influence ones life, and the importance of Orthomolecular* medicine in obtaining and maintaining maximum health. However, due to his wife Kuniko’s colon cancer manifestation 6 years ago, Uffe changed his academic focus and became committed to the research and understanding of evidence based nutritional medicine, and all its potential curative powers.

Because of the Internet, Uffe could on a regular basis, communicate and exchange views with world leading experts in alternative, evidence based nutritional medicine. Understanding that a healthy diet and the right combination of nutritional supplements and their powerful compounds, is the cornerstone to a healthy, vigorous life, as well as having the ability to fight debilitating diseases. “We all need a healthy and solid foundation to combat diseases, especially age related generative diseases, i.e. cancer, heart diseases as well as diabetes.”

Regular exercise is truly medicinal, and has a wonderful healing effect, not only on ones psychology, but also on ones overall health. Thus being aware how important regular exercise is, Uffe bikes 20 to 30 miles daily. He is seen here wearing his favored Danish Pro bike team jersey, and his C7 bike (Riis Cycling, CSC is now Saxo Bank)

Presently Uffe is trying his hand as a “gentleman” farmer. He has planted over 100 various fruit trees i.e. several different varieties of apples and pears as well as cherries and plums.

Meet Kuniko Christiansen

Kuniko was born on the northern Japanese Island of Hokkaido, in the town of Numata. After having graduated from Tohokugakuin University, in Sendai, Japan. Kuniko pursued a career in the Japanese Television media as a news anchor. Being an adventurous individual, and wanted to see the world, she immigrated to California, where she married Uffe, whom she had known for over 20 years. When living in Silicon Valley, Kuniko joined Aromat (division of Panasonic) in San Jose, California, where she was an integral part of the senior management team for more than 10 years.

In August of 2004 Kuniko was through an emergency abdominal surgery procedure, diagnosed with advanced colon cancer (Stage 3, Dukes C, N10). Kuniko’s colon cancer had up until that time, unfortunately been on a continuous basis, misdiagnosed as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

Today Kuniko is cancer free; she attributes her complete recovery from colon cancer to her daily regimen of nutritional supplementations and a positive attitude. Kuniko is still very careful about keeping an eye on her condition, and travels several times a year to San Jose, Ca. for clinical consultation and evaluation by her Internist and Surgeon.

“I did NOT want any chemo or other traditional medical treatments, due to their potential toxicity.” In Japan, Chemo is not used nearly as frequently as it is in U.S.A. And unfortunately recurrence, and cancer mortality are still very high in the western world. “I trust Uffe’s knowledge and expertise in a nutritional approach to potentially cure my advanced colon cancer. Even after 3 major surgeries, I was able to recover far faster and with less maladies and discomfort, than any of my physicians had thought possible. I believe that was due to my rigorous nutritional program”.

Kuniko, does also believe in positive thinking and exercise, thus power walks on a daily basis for up to half an hour. Kuniko also enjoys gardening, baking and vintage cars, and California pleine aire art.

 

*15 principles that identify the “spirit” of Orthomolecular Medicine:

1. Orthomolecules come first in medical diagnosis and treatment. Knowledge of the safe and effective use of nutrients, enzymes, hormones, antigens, antibodies and other naturally occurring molecules is essential to assure a reasonable standard of care in medical practice.

2. Orthomolecules have a low risk of toxicity. Pharmacological drugs always carry a higher risk and are therefore second choice if there is an orthomolecular alternative treatment.

3. Laboratory tests are not always accurate and blood tests do not necessarily reflect nutrient levels within specific organs or tissues, particularly not within the nervous system. Therapeutic trial and dose titration is often the most practical test.

4. Biochemical individuality is a central precept of Orthomolecular Medicine. Hence, the search for optimal nutrient doses is a practical issue. Megadoses, larger than normal doses of nutrients, are often effective but this can only be determined by therapeutic trial. Dose titration is indicated in otherwise unresponsive cases.

5. The Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of the United States Food and Nutrition Board are intended for normal, healthy people. By definition, sick patients are not normal or healthy and not likely to be adequately served by the RDA.

6. Environmental pollution of air, water and food is common. Diagnostic search for toxic pollutants is justified and a high “index of suspicion” is mandatory in every case.

7. Optimal health is a lifetime challenge. Biochemical needs change and our Orthomolecular prescriptions need to change based upon follow-up, repeated testing and therapeutic trials to permit fine-tuning of each prescription and to provide a degree of health never before possible.

8. Nutrient related disorders are always treatable and deficiencies are usually curable. To ignore their existence is tantamount to malpractice.

9. Don’t let medical defeatism prevent a therapeutic trial. Hereditary and so-called ‘locatable disorders are often responsive to Orthomolecular treatment.

10. When a treatment is known to be safe and possibly effective, as is the case in much of Orthomolecular therapy, a therapeutic trial is mandated.

11. Patient reports are usually reliable. The patient must listen to his body. The physician must listen to his patient.

12. To deny the patient information and access to Orthomolecular treatment is to deny the patient informed consent for any other treatment.

13. Inform the patient about his condition; provide access to all technical information and reports; respect the right of freedom of choice in medicine.

14. Inspire the patient to realize that Health is not merely the absence of disease but the positive attainment of optimal function and well-being.

15. Hope is therapeutic and orthomolecular therapies always are valuable as a source of Hope. This is ethical so long as there is no misrepresentation or deception.