If you, or someone you know suffers from health problems that just won't go away, it could be that your home has mold. It's very common in damp and older homes, which we have a lot of in this area. The following is a list of symptoms of mold exposure. Remember that every one has a different tolerance level. One person exposed to the mold may just have a headache now and then, another member of the same family may be very sick all the time from exposure to mold.
• allergies
• asthma
• breathing difficulties
• cancer
• recurring colds
• chronic coughing
• dermatitis
• skin rashes
• fatigue (chronic, excessive, or continued)
• flu symptoms (chronic)
• general malaise
• sudden hair loss
• headaches
• hives
• irritability
• itching
• learning difficulties
• mental dysfunction
• personality changes
• memory loss or memory difficulties
• runny nose (rhinitis)
• seizures
• sinus congestion
• sinus problems
• chronic sinusitis
• skin redness
• sleep disorders
• sneezing fits
• sore throat
• tremors (shaking)
• vertigo (feelings of dizziness, lightheadedness, faintness and unsteadiness)
If you suspect that your home is contaminated with mold, do not use bleach to clean it because bleach causes most of the same symptoms as mold! Call us at 635-2739 to learn about all natural non-toxic ways to eliminate mold.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Reiki Level One Class
This Reiki Level One class is designed for people who have little or no experiance with alternative therapy. I will teach you when and how to use Reiki therapeutically for your family and friends as a complement to, or alternative to, medical care. Half the day will be spent learning about Reiki and having the attunement, the other half you will work on people with supervision by experienced Reiki practitioners.
Date: February 21st
Time: 10am to 5pm
Location: 92 East Genesee Street, Baldwinsville
for more information on cost and required text, call (315) 635-2739
Date: February 21st
Time: 10am to 5pm
Location: 92 East Genesee Street, Baldwinsville
for more information on cost and required text, call (315) 635-2739
Friday, January 16, 2009
Basic Essential Oils Class
Monday January 19th at 7pm to 8:30 pm join us for a class on the use of pure therapeutic grade essential oils.
Learn how to help your family stay well naturally, and get well if they become sick, with out the use of over-the-counter medications.
Learn economical preventative measures for the winter cold and flu season.
Learn how to build an all natural first aid kit for your home, car or office.
Sample a wide variety of therapeutic grade essentials oils.
Reserve your seat by calling 635-2739
admission is $20.00
Learn how to help your family stay well naturally, and get well if they become sick, with out the use of over-the-counter medications.
Learn economical preventative measures for the winter cold and flu season.
Learn how to build an all natural first aid kit for your home, car or office.
Sample a wide variety of therapeutic grade essentials oils.
Reserve your seat by calling 635-2739
admission is $20.00
Friday, January 2, 2009
Health Care reform
Thank you to everyone who participated in the recent health care reform community meetings. I think we came up with some really solid ideas for improving health care, and I have sent our solutions to the Obama-Biden transition team.
I came across this excellent article by Alison Rose Levy, posted 12/31/08 on The Huffington Post. I think it is an excellent article on the challenges we face with health care reform. I hope you enjoy it.
By Alsion Rose Levy-12/31/08
As a twisted Christmas present to Americans who care about health, the Wall Street Journal recently published an article knocking integrative physicians, Deepak Chopra, MD, and Andrew Weil, MD.
Why? Why would the Wall Street Journal bother to devote space to this jibe? (For the doctors' reply to this attack, see Chopra's HuffPost blog here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/leave-the-sinking-ship-an_b_154538.html
For the simple reason that if these two famous doctors (and the legions of integrative physicians and practitioners who follow them) have their way, the coming health care reform under the Obama administration will improve quality and lower costs by accessing a wide range of integrative health care modalities.
Why is that a problem? Because when integrative methods are adopted for wellness maintenance, for disease prevention, and/or for treatment of chronic diseases and anti-aging, it will signal one thing:
An end to the long gravy train ride for pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, and conventional practices based more on the profit motive than on caring.
"Between 1998 and 2006, pharmaceutical companies and other manufacturers of health-care products spent over a billion dollars on lobbying, more than anybody else... Insurance companies, including health insurers, ranked second." This insight into the behind the scene forces in the health care debate comes from Obama's choice to lead health care reform, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, writing in his recent book, "Critical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Crises.
Keep Daschle's assessment in mind that when you hear the media deriding integrative health. The same folks paying big bucks to lobby Congress are also big media buyers (of those commercials for pills that fix your every problem.) This shrinks the likelihood that media reportage on health (in the Wall Street Journal or elsewhere) will be objective, well-researched, open-minded, or in the public interest.
Meanwhile, the integrative health community is organizing to strategize how best to incorporate their offerings to improve American health care delivery and results. In just the last week, I attended a think tank and later interviewed key participants in the coming integrative health reform.
James S. Gordon, MD, Director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine hosted twenty-five participants (ranging from top Congressional health policy advisors, to high ranking military health policy personnel, to integrative practitioners, to parents of special needs children) to dialogue and build consensus.
The group unanimously supported a single payer insurance model so long as prevention, self-care, and a wellness orientation are covered and integral.
Gordon, who served as Chairman of the White House Commission of Complementary and Alternative Health Care Policy, spent two years touring the country to solicit the needs and offerings in this field. Having worked extensively with a wide range of sizeable populations in dire need, including the traumatized survivors of Kosovo, Gordon strongly supports self-care but has found that incentives adopted to induce compliance are ineffective.
"Nothing you can use to coerce or bribe people to follow a program will make a difference. On the other hand, when you help people to see the connection between what they are doing and how they feel, the vast majority will do what's necessary. Self care begins with caring--and that's where any health system worth its name must begin."
The Samueli Institute, which explores the science of healing through research and other initiatives, hosted a meeting of 25 leading physicians, researchers, and scientists. (An additional 150 participated by phone.) This group assessed and offered input to a proposal to create a wellness office in the Executive branch to act as a driver for the inclusion of prevention and integrative health treatments.
Participants agreed that self-care (including nutrition, exercise, stress management, and a wide range of emotional and social supports) should be offered in health care, education, workplace, medical education, and other venues.
Wayne Jonas, MD, Samueli's CEO told the group that with its emphasis on training and education, innovation, and knowledge transfer, integrative health care aligns well with other key initiatives of the next administration.
Howard Federoff, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President of the Georgetown University Medical Center, called attention to a crucial need for a preventive approach to health care and disease management. "There's been an artificial distinction between wellness and disease, but in reality they exist in a continuum. The earlier we can intervene in every major class of human disease, the better off we will be."
"Those planning health care need to better understand the human organism in health and disease," counseled Gregory Fricchione, MD, Director of the Benson Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
"Let's not let caring become an afterthought. As a society, how can we continue to permit individuals to fall through the cracks and go without security and solace? This leads downstream to health problems of all kinds. We can't afford it."
Take action to include integrative health care in health reform at: www.citizens.org For regular reports on integrative health reform, go to: www.health-journalist.com
I came across this excellent article by Alison Rose Levy, posted 12/31/08 on The Huffington Post. I think it is an excellent article on the challenges we face with health care reform. I hope you enjoy it.
By Alsion Rose Levy-12/31/08
As a twisted Christmas present to Americans who care about health, the Wall Street Journal recently published an article knocking integrative physicians, Deepak Chopra, MD, and Andrew Weil, MD.
Why? Why would the Wall Street Journal bother to devote space to this jibe? (For the doctors' reply to this attack, see Chopra's HuffPost blog here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/leave-the-sinking-ship-an_b_154538.html
For the simple reason that if these two famous doctors (and the legions of integrative physicians and practitioners who follow them) have their way, the coming health care reform under the Obama administration will improve quality and lower costs by accessing a wide range of integrative health care modalities.
Why is that a problem? Because when integrative methods are adopted for wellness maintenance, for disease prevention, and/or for treatment of chronic diseases and anti-aging, it will signal one thing:
An end to the long gravy train ride for pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, and conventional practices based more on the profit motive than on caring.
"Between 1998 and 2006, pharmaceutical companies and other manufacturers of health-care products spent over a billion dollars on lobbying, more than anybody else... Insurance companies, including health insurers, ranked second." This insight into the behind the scene forces in the health care debate comes from Obama's choice to lead health care reform, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, writing in his recent book, "Critical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Crises.
Keep Daschle's assessment in mind that when you hear the media deriding integrative health. The same folks paying big bucks to lobby Congress are also big media buyers (of those commercials for pills that fix your every problem.) This shrinks the likelihood that media reportage on health (in the Wall Street Journal or elsewhere) will be objective, well-researched, open-minded, or in the public interest.
Meanwhile, the integrative health community is organizing to strategize how best to incorporate their offerings to improve American health care delivery and results. In just the last week, I attended a think tank and later interviewed key participants in the coming integrative health reform.
James S. Gordon, MD, Director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine hosted twenty-five participants (ranging from top Congressional health policy advisors, to high ranking military health policy personnel, to integrative practitioners, to parents of special needs children) to dialogue and build consensus.
The group unanimously supported a single payer insurance model so long as prevention, self-care, and a wellness orientation are covered and integral.
Gordon, who served as Chairman of the White House Commission of Complementary and Alternative Health Care Policy, spent two years touring the country to solicit the needs and offerings in this field. Having worked extensively with a wide range of sizeable populations in dire need, including the traumatized survivors of Kosovo, Gordon strongly supports self-care but has found that incentives adopted to induce compliance are ineffective.
"Nothing you can use to coerce or bribe people to follow a program will make a difference. On the other hand, when you help people to see the connection between what they are doing and how they feel, the vast majority will do what's necessary. Self care begins with caring--and that's where any health system worth its name must begin."
The Samueli Institute, which explores the science of healing through research and other initiatives, hosted a meeting of 25 leading physicians, researchers, and scientists. (An additional 150 participated by phone.) This group assessed and offered input to a proposal to create a wellness office in the Executive branch to act as a driver for the inclusion of prevention and integrative health treatments.
Participants agreed that self-care (including nutrition, exercise, stress management, and a wide range of emotional and social supports) should be offered in health care, education, workplace, medical education, and other venues.
Wayne Jonas, MD, Samueli's CEO told the group that with its emphasis on training and education, innovation, and knowledge transfer, integrative health care aligns well with other key initiatives of the next administration.
Howard Federoff, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President of the Georgetown University Medical Center, called attention to a crucial need for a preventive approach to health care and disease management. "There's been an artificial distinction between wellness and disease, but in reality they exist in a continuum. The earlier we can intervene in every major class of human disease, the better off we will be."
"Those planning health care need to better understand the human organism in health and disease," counseled Gregory Fricchione, MD, Director of the Benson Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
"Let's not let caring become an afterthought. As a society, how can we continue to permit individuals to fall through the cracks and go without security and solace? This leads downstream to health problems of all kinds. We can't afford it."
Take action to include integrative health care in health reform at: www.citizens.org For regular reports on integrative health reform, go to: www.health-journalist.com
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Health Care Reform meeting December 29th
Happy Holidays everyone!
I know everyone is busy with all the holiday merry making, but take a moment to consider this:
Health care reform is coming, it has to. The form it will take is not yet set, and the new administration is asking for your opinion on what the reform should look like.
We are hosting a Obama-Biden Transition Project Health Care Community Discussion on Monday December 29th at 7pm here at the office, 92 East Genesee Street, Baldwinsville, NY. If you would like to attend, call me at (315) 635-2739 to register.
We will follow a format followed in meetings all over the country this month, there are a few specific questions the transition team would like answered, then we are free to "brain storm" and submit ideas on any health care reform topics we choose. Some might be- how much insurance does one need? What should be and should not be covered? How can we include measures to educate the public about complementary and alternative therapies?
The information and suggestions we generate as a group will be submitted the very next day, to the transition team.
If you can't attend the meeting , you can leave your suggestions in the comment section here on the blog, and I will include them, or call me at the number above.
I know everyone is busy with all the holiday merry making, but take a moment to consider this:
Health care reform is coming, it has to. The form it will take is not yet set, and the new administration is asking for your opinion on what the reform should look like.
We are hosting a Obama-Biden Transition Project Health Care Community Discussion on Monday December 29th at 7pm here at the office, 92 East Genesee Street, Baldwinsville, NY. If you would like to attend, call me at (315) 635-2739 to register.
We will follow a format followed in meetings all over the country this month, there are a few specific questions the transition team would like answered, then we are free to "brain storm" and submit ideas on any health care reform topics we choose. Some might be- how much insurance does one need? What should be and should not be covered? How can we include measures to educate the public about complementary and alternative therapies?
The information and suggestions we generate as a group will be submitted the very next day, to the transition team.
If you can't attend the meeting , you can leave your suggestions in the comment section here on the blog, and I will include them, or call me at the number above.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Winter Essential Oils and Their Uses.
Oils for the holidays fall into three categories- the oils used to scent the home with the fragrance of the holidays, the oils used on ( or internally) by the individual ( this means you) to help promote a peaceful, healthy holiday, and the oils given as gift to introduce your friends and family to the use of essential oils.
For scenting the home, try Spruce.
Pure Spruce oils soft pine-y smell invokes the emotional response of the joy and comfort a warmly lit, beautifully decorated Christmas tree brings, or, to some it might bring the invigorating clarity of a frosty morning walking in a snow filled pine woods.
Spruce Oils fits the season as far as our senses go, and it supports respiratory function and nervous system function. Both of these systems can use extra support in the winter months.
Christmas Spirit is another good choice for scenting the home- this blend was developed just for that purpose. Christmas spirit is a sweet yet spicy blend that always reminds me of good things cooking for the holidays. It's aroma is joyful and the oils in the blend promote a peaceful feeling and a calm, relaxed nervous system response. If you have cats in the house, use a little at a time until they get used to it, cats are sensitive to citrus oils. Start with just 5 minutes of diffusing.
If you don't have a diffuser yet, you can place drops of oil on cotton balls and place the cotton balls in the vent of your home heating system. If you have a table top water fall, just put a few drops of the oils in the water. For bathroom and kitchen, put a few drops of oils in the sink and then run the tap water on high. ( not hot, high). You can also buy a small spray bottle, fill with cold water and then add drops of oil ( about 10 drops to a pint of water), spray as you would an air freshener. For the bedroom, place a few drops of oil on a tissue and place inside your pillowcase.
In the winter, not only do people face the stress of the holidays, but also the physical and psychological stress of winter. If you live in a northern climate, the lack of sunshine and severe cold can be a burden to your hormonal and nervous system, as well as your immune system.
If I had to choose just one oil to use in the winter, it would be Thieves. This oil can be applied to the bottom of the feet to help the body fight illness, it's components are anit-viral and anti-bacterial as well as being anti-oxidants, which help the immune system. It can be taken internally ( I place 3 drops on my tongue, and then drink my glass of vitamin c mix each morning), Thieves can also be diffused to kill pathogens in the environment ( start with just a few minutes, the oils in this blend can irritate the eyes and mucous membranes if you get to much of it in the air).
My second choice is Immupower, which I use a few drops of each day, on the bottom of my feet and on my neck ( to allow absorption into the lymph and blood system for the neck and head, and for faster absorption to the brain). This blend contains Frankincense, cistus, oregano, Idaho tansy, cumin, clove, hyssop, ravensara and mountain savory. It strengthens immunity, is said to help repair DNA damage and is antiseptic and anti-infectious. Some one told me recently that studies show the average person has numerous colds over the holidays. I can't remember the last time I had a cold, and I've been using this oil blend in the winter for 5 seasons.
Immuopower has a earthy, spicy fragrance and can be worn by either guys or gals as a perfume oil. So you can easily wear it during the day to support your health. If the scent is to earthy for you, add a drop or two of geranium, tangerine or ylang ylang for a softer scent.
The third oil I keep on hand for the winter season is RC. This blend of 4 types of eucalyptus, myrtle, pine, spruce, marjoram, lavender, cypress, and peppermint is a very effective blend for relief from the symptoms ( as well as the necessary support for the body systems involved) of colds, flu, bronchitis, sinusitis, respiratory congestion, coughs, sore throat, and other winter illness. The scent is warm and comforting when the body is not feeling well. A few drops inhaled, rubbed on the feet or rubbed onto the chest bring relief quickly.
There are many other oils that would be of assistance if illness crept into your holiday, these are just my top three. As always, contact me if you want more suggestions.
Now, last but not least- oils to give as gifts.
I think giving oils for the holiday is a great way to introduce those you love to the use of pure therapeutic grade essential oils. If you can afford it, giving the Every Day Oils kit is the best way to go. It comes with an oil users guide and the kit has enough oils to last long enough for the recipient to really use and see the results of the oils.
Remember, when you are giving oils, tell the recipient that they should get all the artificial chemicals out of their personal care products ASAP, those chemicals can adversely effect the oils action in the body, and the oils will not be quite as effective. (Give them a gift certificate to a health food store and tell them to go get all natural soap, shampoo and conditioner, as well as skin cream).
If The Every day Oils Kit is not in your budget, the next best choice is the Essential Seven Kit. It contains the 7 most used oils and is an excellent bargain kit. Again, an oils users guide is included, and I encourage you to make sure the recipient reads the safety instruction. You probably know how easy it is to accidentally get oils in your eyes, make sure the recipient knows what to do if this occurs, ( milk! rinse with milk!) or if skin irritation occurs ( cut with massage oil! ).
If the Essential 7 kit is not in your budget, and you are giving to someone with health issues, give the gift of peppermint, and lavender. These two oils can be used in so many ways, they make a nice starting point for oils use. Make sure your recipient knows how to use these oils for a variety of symptoms.
If you want to give something to relax or sooth the spirit, try one of the fragrant flower oils, or oils blends for emotional balancing, like joy, valor, abundance, believe, hope, release, sensation, inner child, gathering or dream catcher. Use your catalog to pick an oil that goes well with the person you are shopping for. Use you intuition, your knowledge of their health ( or lack thereof), and their likes and dislikes to guide your choice.
As we head into the winter, and the holidays, I hope that each of you has time to relax, reflect and enjoy the season of hibernation, traditionally a time to look inward, rest more, and huddle close to the hearth with family and friends.
For scenting the home, try Spruce.
Pure Spruce oils soft pine-y smell invokes the emotional response of the joy and comfort a warmly lit, beautifully decorated Christmas tree brings, or, to some it might bring the invigorating clarity of a frosty morning walking in a snow filled pine woods.
Spruce Oils fits the season as far as our senses go, and it supports respiratory function and nervous system function. Both of these systems can use extra support in the winter months.
Christmas Spirit is another good choice for scenting the home- this blend was developed just for that purpose. Christmas spirit is a sweet yet spicy blend that always reminds me of good things cooking for the holidays. It's aroma is joyful and the oils in the blend promote a peaceful feeling and a calm, relaxed nervous system response. If you have cats in the house, use a little at a time until they get used to it, cats are sensitive to citrus oils. Start with just 5 minutes of diffusing.
If you don't have a diffuser yet, you can place drops of oil on cotton balls and place the cotton balls in the vent of your home heating system. If you have a table top water fall, just put a few drops of the oils in the water. For bathroom and kitchen, put a few drops of oils in the sink and then run the tap water on high. ( not hot, high). You can also buy a small spray bottle, fill with cold water and then add drops of oil ( about 10 drops to a pint of water), spray as you would an air freshener. For the bedroom, place a few drops of oil on a tissue and place inside your pillowcase.
In the winter, not only do people face the stress of the holidays, but also the physical and psychological stress of winter. If you live in a northern climate, the lack of sunshine and severe cold can be a burden to your hormonal and nervous system, as well as your immune system.
If I had to choose just one oil to use in the winter, it would be Thieves. This oil can be applied to the bottom of the feet to help the body fight illness, it's components are anit-viral and anti-bacterial as well as being anti-oxidants, which help the immune system. It can be taken internally ( I place 3 drops on my tongue, and then drink my glass of vitamin c mix each morning), Thieves can also be diffused to kill pathogens in the environment ( start with just a few minutes, the oils in this blend can irritate the eyes and mucous membranes if you get to much of it in the air).
My second choice is Immupower, which I use a few drops of each day, on the bottom of my feet and on my neck ( to allow absorption into the lymph and blood system for the neck and head, and for faster absorption to the brain). This blend contains Frankincense, cistus, oregano, Idaho tansy, cumin, clove, hyssop, ravensara and mountain savory. It strengthens immunity, is said to help repair DNA damage and is antiseptic and anti-infectious. Some one told me recently that studies show the average person has numerous colds over the holidays. I can't remember the last time I had a cold, and I've been using this oil blend in the winter for 5 seasons.
Immuopower has a earthy, spicy fragrance and can be worn by either guys or gals as a perfume oil. So you can easily wear it during the day to support your health. If the scent is to earthy for you, add a drop or two of geranium, tangerine or ylang ylang for a softer scent.
The third oil I keep on hand for the winter season is RC. This blend of 4 types of eucalyptus, myrtle, pine, spruce, marjoram, lavender, cypress, and peppermint is a very effective blend for relief from the symptoms ( as well as the necessary support for the body systems involved) of colds, flu, bronchitis, sinusitis, respiratory congestion, coughs, sore throat, and other winter illness. The scent is warm and comforting when the body is not feeling well. A few drops inhaled, rubbed on the feet or rubbed onto the chest bring relief quickly.
There are many other oils that would be of assistance if illness crept into your holiday, these are just my top three. As always, contact me if you want more suggestions.
Now, last but not least- oils to give as gifts.
I think giving oils for the holiday is a great way to introduce those you love to the use of pure therapeutic grade essential oils. If you can afford it, giving the Every Day Oils kit is the best way to go. It comes with an oil users guide and the kit has enough oils to last long enough for the recipient to really use and see the results of the oils.
Remember, when you are giving oils, tell the recipient that they should get all the artificial chemicals out of their personal care products ASAP, those chemicals can adversely effect the oils action in the body, and the oils will not be quite as effective. (Give them a gift certificate to a health food store and tell them to go get all natural soap, shampoo and conditioner, as well as skin cream).
If The Every day Oils Kit is not in your budget, the next best choice is the Essential Seven Kit. It contains the 7 most used oils and is an excellent bargain kit. Again, an oils users guide is included, and I encourage you to make sure the recipient reads the safety instruction. You probably know how easy it is to accidentally get oils in your eyes, make sure the recipient knows what to do if this occurs, ( milk! rinse with milk!) or if skin irritation occurs ( cut with massage oil! ).
If the Essential 7 kit is not in your budget, and you are giving to someone with health issues, give the gift of peppermint, and lavender. These two oils can be used in so many ways, they make a nice starting point for oils use. Make sure your recipient knows how to use these oils for a variety of symptoms.
If you want to give something to relax or sooth the spirit, try one of the fragrant flower oils, or oils blends for emotional balancing, like joy, valor, abundance, believe, hope, release, sensation, inner child, gathering or dream catcher. Use your catalog to pick an oil that goes well with the person you are shopping for. Use you intuition, your knowledge of their health ( or lack thereof), and their likes and dislikes to guide your choice.
As we head into the winter, and the holidays, I hope that each of you has time to relax, reflect and enjoy the season of hibernation, traditionally a time to look inward, rest more, and huddle close to the hearth with family and friends.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Traditional Tibetian Healing with The Monks of Gaden Shartse Norling College Buddhist Monastery
Sunday November 2nd the Gaden Shartse Monks will be holding individual healing sessions at the health center. If you would like to make an appointment, call 315-635-2739.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Stock Up For Winter
Now is the time to start thinking about stocking up for winter. You can see all around you, animals forging for food to hide away for the dark months. Now is the time for us to take a look in the cupboards and ask what we might need if we happen to get sick this winter.
Stock up on the essentials now, that way if you do get sick, you won't have to venture out for anything. Remember, when you are sick you need to rest, and you should take time off from work and other activities so your body can heal.
What do I recommend you stock up on?
A high quality garlic supplement, Echinacea, high dose vitamin C supplements, a bottle or two of Nixgia Red ( a wolf berry infusion from Young Living), grape, apple or cranberry juice ( no orange juice please! It really is not good for you when you are sick, it's too acidic!) and a selection of Young Living Essential Oils.
Thieves blend, RC, Immunopower, peppermint, lemon and lavender are my first choices.
These oils kill germs, oxygenate the body, increase immune function, ease the discomfort of illness and strengthen the lungs and respiratory system.
Stock up on your favorite comfort foods as well, so when you start to feel better you can eat. Remember that sugar decreases immune system function- so it can make you sicker or delay your recovery.
Stock up on the essentials now, that way if you do get sick, you won't have to venture out for anything. Remember, when you are sick you need to rest, and you should take time off from work and other activities so your body can heal.
What do I recommend you stock up on?
A high quality garlic supplement, Echinacea, high dose vitamin C supplements, a bottle or two of Nixgia Red ( a wolf berry infusion from Young Living), grape, apple or cranberry juice ( no orange juice please! It really is not good for you when you are sick, it's too acidic!) and a selection of Young Living Essential Oils.
Thieves blend, RC, Immunopower, peppermint, lemon and lavender are my first choices.
These oils kill germs, oxygenate the body, increase immune function, ease the discomfort of illness and strengthen the lungs and respiratory system.
Stock up on your favorite comfort foods as well, so when you start to feel better you can eat. Remember that sugar decreases immune system function- so it can make you sicker or delay your recovery.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Did You See This?
FDA urges stronger warnings for arthritis drugs
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, AP
posted: 1 DAY 15 HOURS AGO
WASHINGTON -The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.
The drugs — Enbrel, Remicade, Humira and Cimzia — work by suppressing the immune system to keep it from attacking the body. For patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the treatment provides relief from swollen and painful joints, but it's "a double-edged sword," said the FDA's Dr. Jeffrey Siegel. That's because the drugs also lower the body's defenses to various kinds of infections.
Siegel, who heads the office that oversees arthritis drugs, said the FDA became concerned after discovering that doctors seemed to be overlooking a particular kind of fungal infection called histoplasmosis. Of 240 cases reported to the FDA in which patients taking one of the four drugs developed this infection, a total of 45 died — about 20 percent.
The infection, which mimics the flu, is prevalent in much of the middle part of the country. It can have particularly grave consequences if it isn't caught early and spreads beyond the respiratory system to other organs of the body.
Siegel said the investigation began with a single case of a woman taking one of the drugs who died of histoplasmosis. Delving into the case, doctors at the FDA found that the woman had been sick with the fungal infection for a long time. "This case led us to be concerned that there may be other situations in which physicians may not recognize histoplasmosis," said Siegel.
FDA officials searched the agency's database and found the 240 cases of patients taking the medications who had also developed the fungal infection. Of those, at least 21 appeared to involve a late diagnosis, and 12 of them — more than half — ultimately died.
Siegel said the FDA's order Thursday means that the risk of histoplasmosis will be flagged in a "black box," the strongest warning information in a drug's prescribing literature. The four medications already have black box warnings about the risk of infections, but the language varies from drug to drug.
Patients should call their doctors if they develop persistent fever, cough, shortness of breath or fatigue, which can be signs of the fungal infection.
And the FDA is also urging doctors to consider aggressive use of antifungal drugs in patients who develop such symptoms, even if the infection has not been confirmed by a laboratory test. Siegel said such a decision should not be taken lightly, since antifungal drugs can also have dangerous side effects. Doctors should consider stopping treatment with the immune-suppressing drugs if patients develop infections.
The four drugs belong to a class known as TNF-alpha blockers, and are considered a mainstay for treating rheumatoid arthritis, a disabling disease in which the immune system attacks the joints. They are also used to treat Crohn's disease, juvenile arthritis, certain types of psoriasis, and other immune system disorders. All are taken by injection.
Separately, the FDA is investigating a possible link between the four medications and cancer in young patients. The agency said earlier this year it has received 30 reports of cancers, mainly lymphomas, in patients who began taking the medications when they were 18 or younger. That investigation is expected to take the rest of the year.
Three of the drugs, Enbrel, Humira and Remicade, are considered blockbusters, with sales of over $1 billion annually for each. Cimzia is newer and less widely used.
Humira is sold by North Chicago, Ill.-based Abbott Laboratories Inc; Cimzia by Belgium-based UCB; Enbrel by Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Amgen Inc. and Madison, N.J.-based Wyeth; and Remicade by Horsham, Pa.-based Centocor, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, and Kenilworth, N.J.-based Schering-Plough Inc.
Abbott shares fell $1.36, or 2.4 percent, to close at $56.64 Thursday; Amgen fell $2.22, or 3.5 percent, to $60.88; Wyeth fell $1.54, or 3.6 percent, to $41.47; and Johnson & Johnson fell $1.06 to $70.45.
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, AP
posted: 1 DAY 15 HOURS AGO
WASHINGTON -The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.
The drugs — Enbrel, Remicade, Humira and Cimzia — work by suppressing the immune system to keep it from attacking the body. For patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the treatment provides relief from swollen and painful joints, but it's "a double-edged sword," said the FDA's Dr. Jeffrey Siegel. That's because the drugs also lower the body's defenses to various kinds of infections.
Siegel, who heads the office that oversees arthritis drugs, said the FDA became concerned after discovering that doctors seemed to be overlooking a particular kind of fungal infection called histoplasmosis. Of 240 cases reported to the FDA in which patients taking one of the four drugs developed this infection, a total of 45 died — about 20 percent.
The infection, which mimics the flu, is prevalent in much of the middle part of the country. It can have particularly grave consequences if it isn't caught early and spreads beyond the respiratory system to other organs of the body.
Siegel said the investigation began with a single case of a woman taking one of the drugs who died of histoplasmosis. Delving into the case, doctors at the FDA found that the woman had been sick with the fungal infection for a long time. "This case led us to be concerned that there may be other situations in which physicians may not recognize histoplasmosis," said Siegel.
FDA officials searched the agency's database and found the 240 cases of patients taking the medications who had also developed the fungal infection. Of those, at least 21 appeared to involve a late diagnosis, and 12 of them — more than half — ultimately died.
Siegel said the FDA's order Thursday means that the risk of histoplasmosis will be flagged in a "black box," the strongest warning information in a drug's prescribing literature. The four medications already have black box warnings about the risk of infections, but the language varies from drug to drug.
Patients should call their doctors if they develop persistent fever, cough, shortness of breath or fatigue, which can be signs of the fungal infection.
And the FDA is also urging doctors to consider aggressive use of antifungal drugs in patients who develop such symptoms, even if the infection has not been confirmed by a laboratory test. Siegel said such a decision should not be taken lightly, since antifungal drugs can also have dangerous side effects. Doctors should consider stopping treatment with the immune-suppressing drugs if patients develop infections.
The four drugs belong to a class known as TNF-alpha blockers, and are considered a mainstay for treating rheumatoid arthritis, a disabling disease in which the immune system attacks the joints. They are also used to treat Crohn's disease, juvenile arthritis, certain types of psoriasis, and other immune system disorders. All are taken by injection.
Separately, the FDA is investigating a possible link between the four medications and cancer in young patients. The agency said earlier this year it has received 30 reports of cancers, mainly lymphomas, in patients who began taking the medications when they were 18 or younger. That investigation is expected to take the rest of the year.
Three of the drugs, Enbrel, Humira and Remicade, are considered blockbusters, with sales of over $1 billion annually for each. Cimzia is newer and less widely used.
Humira is sold by North Chicago, Ill.-based Abbott Laboratories Inc; Cimzia by Belgium-based UCB; Enbrel by Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Amgen Inc. and Madison, N.J.-based Wyeth; and Remicade by Horsham, Pa.-based Centocor, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, and Kenilworth, N.J.-based Schering-Plough Inc.
Abbott shares fell $1.36, or 2.4 percent, to close at $56.64 Thursday; Amgen fell $2.22, or 3.5 percent, to $60.88; Wyeth fell $1.54, or 3.6 percent, to $41.47; and Johnson & Johnson fell $1.06 to $70.45.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Vaccine Researcher talks with Jon Rappoport
This article came from the August issue of Now You Know e-zine for chiropractors. Now You Know is a chiropractic support company, they build web sites and provide information to share with patients.
Q: You were once certain that vaccines were the hallmark of good medicine.
A: Yes I was. I helped develop a few vaccines. I won't say which ones.
Q: Why not?
A: I want to preserve my privacy.
Q: So you think you could have problems if you came out into the open?
A: I believe I could lose my pension.
Q: On what grounds?
A: The grounds don't matter. These people have ways of causing you problems, when you were once part of the Club. I know one or two people who were put under surveillance, who were harassed.
Q: Harassed by whom?
A: The FBI.
Q: Really?
A: Sure. The FBI used other pretexts. And the IRS can come calling too.
Q: So much for free speech.
A: I was "part of the inner circle." If now I began to name names and make specific accusations against researchers, I could be in a world of trouble.
Q: What is at the bottom of these efforts at harassment?
A: Vaccines are the last defense of modern medicine. Vaccines are the ultimate justification for the overall "brilliance" of modern medicine.
Q: Do you believe that people should be allowed to choose whether they should get vaccines?
A: On a political level, yes. On a scientific level, people need information, so that they can choose well. It's one thing to say choice is good. But if the atmosphere is full of lies, how can you choose? Also, if the FDA were run by honorable people, these vaccines would not be granted licenses. They would be investigated to within an inch of their lives.
Q: There are medical historians who state that the overall decline of illnesses was not due to vaccines.
A: I know. For a long time, I ignored their work.
Q: Why?
A: Because I was afraid of what I would find out. I was in the business of developing vaccines. My livelihood depended on continuing that work.
Q: And then?
A: I did my own investigation.
Q: What conclusions did you come to?
A: The decline of disease is due to improved living conditions.
Q: What conditions?
A: Cleaner water. Advanced sewage systems. Nutrition. Fresher food. A decrease in poverty. Germs may be everywhere, but when you are healthy, you don't contract the diseases as easily.
Q: What did you feel when you completed your own investigation?
A: Despair. I realized I was working a sector based on a collection of lies.
Q: Are some vaccines more dangerous than others?
A: Yes. The DPT shot, for example. The MMR. But some lots of a vaccine are more dangerous than other lots of the same vaccine. As far as I'm concerned, all vaccines are dangerous.
Q: Why?
A: Several reasons. They involve the human immune system in a process that tends to compromise immunity. They can actually cause the disease they are supposed to prevent. They can cause other diseases than the ones they are supposed to prevent.
Q: Why are we quoted statistics which seem to prove that vaccines have been tremendously successful at wiping out diseases?
A: Why? To give the illusion that these vaccines are useful. If a vaccine suppresses visible symptoms of a disease like measles, everyone assumes that the vaccine is a success. But, under the surface, the vaccine can harm the immune system itself. And if it causes other diseases -- say, meningitis -- that fact is masked, because no one believes that the vaccine can do that. The connection is overlooked.
Q: It is said that the smallpox vaccine wiped out smallpox in England.
A: Yes. But when you study the available statistics, you get another picture.
Q: Which is?
A: There were cities in England where people who were not vaccinated did not get smallpox. There were places where people who were vaccinated experienced smallpox epidemics. And smallpox was already on the decline before the vaccine was introduced.
Q: So you're saying that we have been treated to a false history.
A: Yes. That's exactly what I'm saying. This is a history that has been cooked up to convince people that vaccines are invariably safe and effective.
Q: Now, you worked in labs. Where purity was an issue.
A: The public believes that these labs, these manufacturing facilities are the cleanest places in the world. That is not true. Contamination occurs all the time. You get all sorts of debris introduced into vaccines.
Q: For example, the SV40 monkey virus slips into the polio vaccine.
A: Well yes, that happened. But that's not what I mean. The SV40 got into the polio vaccine because the vaccine was made by using monkey kidneys. But I'm talking about something else. The actual lab conditions. The mistakes. The careless errors. SV40, which was later found in cancer tumors -- that was what I would call a structural problem. It was an accepted part of the manufacturing process. If you use monkey kidneys, you open the door to germs which you don't know are in those kidneys.
Q: Okay, but let's ignore that distinction between different types of contaminants for a moment. What contaminants did you find in your many years of work with vaccines?
A: All right. I'll give you some of what I came across, and I'll also give you what colleagues of mine found. Here's a partial list. In the Rimavex measles vaccine, we found various chicken viruses. In polio vaccine, we found acanthamoeba, which is a so-called "brain-eating" amoeba.
Q: You were once certain that vaccines were the hallmark of good medicine.
A: Yes I was. I helped develop a few vaccines. I won't say which ones.
Q: Why not?
A: I want to preserve my privacy.
Q: So you think you could have problems if you came out into the open?
A: I believe I could lose my pension.
Q: On what grounds?
A: The grounds don't matter. These people have ways of causing you problems, when you were once part of the Club. I know one or two people who were put under surveillance, who were harassed.
Q: Harassed by whom?
A: The FBI.
Q: Really?
A: Sure. The FBI used other pretexts. And the IRS can come calling too.
Q: So much for free speech.
A: I was "part of the inner circle." If now I began to name names and make specific accusations against researchers, I could be in a world of trouble.
Q: What is at the bottom of these efforts at harassment?
A: Vaccines are the last defense of modern medicine. Vaccines are the ultimate justification for the overall "brilliance" of modern medicine.
Q: Do you believe that people should be allowed to choose whether they should get vaccines?
A: On a political level, yes. On a scientific level, people need information, so that they can choose well. It's one thing to say choice is good. But if the atmosphere is full of lies, how can you choose? Also, if the FDA were run by honorable people, these vaccines would not be granted licenses. They would be investigated to within an inch of their lives.
Q: There are medical historians who state that the overall decline of illnesses was not due to vaccines.
A: I know. For a long time, I ignored their work.
Q: Why?
A: Because I was afraid of what I would find out. I was in the business of developing vaccines. My livelihood depended on continuing that work.
Q: And then?
A: I did my own investigation.
Q: What conclusions did you come to?
A: The decline of disease is due to improved living conditions.
Q: What conditions?
A: Cleaner water. Advanced sewage systems. Nutrition. Fresher food. A decrease in poverty. Germs may be everywhere, but when you are healthy, you don't contract the diseases as easily.
Q: What did you feel when you completed your own investigation?
A: Despair. I realized I was working a sector based on a collection of lies.
Q: Are some vaccines more dangerous than others?
A: Yes. The DPT shot, for example. The MMR. But some lots of a vaccine are more dangerous than other lots of the same vaccine. As far as I'm concerned, all vaccines are dangerous.
Q: Why?
A: Several reasons. They involve the human immune system in a process that tends to compromise immunity. They can actually cause the disease they are supposed to prevent. They can cause other diseases than the ones they are supposed to prevent.
Q: Why are we quoted statistics which seem to prove that vaccines have been tremendously successful at wiping out diseases?
A: Why? To give the illusion that these vaccines are useful. If a vaccine suppresses visible symptoms of a disease like measles, everyone assumes that the vaccine is a success. But, under the surface, the vaccine can harm the immune system itself. And if it causes other diseases -- say, meningitis -- that fact is masked, because no one believes that the vaccine can do that. The connection is overlooked.
Q: It is said that the smallpox vaccine wiped out smallpox in England.
A: Yes. But when you study the available statistics, you get another picture.
Q: Which is?
A: There were cities in England where people who were not vaccinated did not get smallpox. There were places where people who were vaccinated experienced smallpox epidemics. And smallpox was already on the decline before the vaccine was introduced.
Q: So you're saying that we have been treated to a false history.
A: Yes. That's exactly what I'm saying. This is a history that has been cooked up to convince people that vaccines are invariably safe and effective.
Q: Now, you worked in labs. Where purity was an issue.
A: The public believes that these labs, these manufacturing facilities are the cleanest places in the world. That is not true. Contamination occurs all the time. You get all sorts of debris introduced into vaccines.
Q: For example, the SV40 monkey virus slips into the polio vaccine.
A: Well yes, that happened. But that's not what I mean. The SV40 got into the polio vaccine because the vaccine was made by using monkey kidneys. But I'm talking about something else. The actual lab conditions. The mistakes. The careless errors. SV40, which was later found in cancer tumors -- that was what I would call a structural problem. It was an accepted part of the manufacturing process. If you use monkey kidneys, you open the door to germs which you don't know are in those kidneys.
Q: Okay, but let's ignore that distinction between different types of contaminants for a moment. What contaminants did you find in your many years of work with vaccines?
A: All right. I'll give you some of what I came across, and I'll also give you what colleagues of mine found. Here's a partial list. In the Rimavex measles vaccine, we found various chicken viruses. In polio vaccine, we found acanthamoeba, which is a so-called "brain-eating" amoeba.
Simian cytomegalovirus in polio vaccine. Simian foamy virus in the rotavirus vaccine. Bird-cancer viruses in the MMR vaccine. Various micro-organisms in the anthrax vaccine. I've found potentially dangerous enzyme inhibitors in several vaccines. Duck, dog, and rabbit viruses in the rubella vaccine. Avian leucosis virus in the flu vaccine. Pestivirus in the MMR vaccine.
Q: Let me get this straight. These are all contaminants which don't belong in the vaccines.
A: That's right. And if you try to calculate what damage these contaminants can cause, well, we don't really know, because no testing has been done, or very little testing. It's a game of roulette. You take your chances. Also, most people don't know that some polio vaccines, adenovirus vaccines, rubella and hep A and measles vaccines have been made with aborted human fetal tissue. I have found what I believed were bacterial fragments and poliovirus in these vaccines from time to time -- which may have come from that fetal tissue. When you look for contaminants in vaccines, you can come up with material that IS puzzling. You know it shouldn't be there, but you don't know exactly what you've got. I have found what I believed was a very small "fragment" of human hair and also human mucus. I have found what can only be called "foreign protein," which could mean almost anything. It could mean protein from viruses.
Q: Alarm bells are ringing all over the place.
A: How do you think I felt? Remember, this material is going into the bloodstream without passing through some of the ordinary immune defenses.
Q: How were your findings received?
A: Basically, it was, don't worry, this can't be helped. In making vaccines, you use various animals' tissue, and that's where this kind of contamination enters in. Of course, I'm not even mentioning the standard chemicals like formaldehyde, mercury, and aluminum which are purposely put into vaccines.
Q: This information is pretty staggering.
A: Yes. And I'm just mentioning some of the biological contaminants. Who knows how many others there are? Others we don't find because we don't think to look for them. If tissue from, say, a bird is used to make a vaccine, how many possible germs can be in that tissue? We have no idea.We have no idea what they might be, or what effects they could have on humans.
Q: And beyond the purity issue?
A: You are dealing with the basic faulty premise about vaccines. That they intricately stimulate the immune system to create the conditions for immunity from disease. That is the bad premise. It doesn't work that way. A vaccine is supposed to "create" antibodies which, indirectly, offer protection against disease. However, the immune system is much larger and more involved than antibodies and their related "killer cells."
Q: The immune system is?
A: The entire body, really. Plus the mind. It's all immune system, you might say. That is why you can have, in the middle of an epidemic, those individuals who remain healthy.
Q: So the level of general health is important.
A: More than important. Vital.
Q: How are vaccine statistics falsely presented?
A: There are many ways. For example, suppose that 25 people who have received the hepatitis B vaccine come down with hepatitis. Well, hep B is a liver disease. But you can call liver disease many things. You can change the diagnosis. Then, you've concealed the root cause of the problem.
Q: And that happens?
A: All the time. It HAS to happen, if the doctors automatically assume that people who get vaccines DO NOT come down with the diseases they are now supposed to be protected from. And that is exactly what doctors assume. You see, it's circular reasoning. It's a closed system. It admits no fault. No possible fault. If a person who gets a vaccine against hepatitis gets hepatitis, or gets some other disease, the automatic assumption is, this had nothing to do with the vaccine.
Q: In your years working in the vaccine establishment, how many doctors did you encounter who admitted that vaccines were a problem?
A: None. There were a few who privately questioned what they were doing. But they would never go public, even within their companies.
Q: What was the turning point for you?
A: I had a friend whose baby died after a DPT shot.
Q: Did you investigate?
A: Yes, informally. I found that this baby was completely healthy before the vaccination. There was no reason for his death, except the vaccine. That started my doubts. Of course, I wanted to believe that the baby had gotten a bad shot from a bad lot. But as I looked into this further, I found that was not the case in this instance. I was being drawn into a spiral of doubt that increased over time. I continued to investigate. I found that, contrary to what I thought, vaccines are not tested in a scientific way.
Q: What do you mean?
A: For example, no long-term studies are done on any vaccines. Long-term follow-up is not done in any careful way. Why? Because, again, the assumption is made that vaccines do not cause problems. So why should anyone check? On top of that, a vaccine reaction is defined so that all bad reactions are said to occur very soon after the shot is given. But that does not make sense.
Q: Why doesn't it make sense?
A: Because the vaccine obviously acts in the body for a long period of time after it is given. A reaction can be gradual. Deterioration can be gradual. Neurological problems can develop over time. They do in various conditions, even according to a conventional analysis. So why couldn't that be the case with vaccines? If chemical poisoning can occur gradually, why couldn't that be the case with a vaccine which contains mercury?
Q: And that is what you found?
A: Yes. You are dealing with correlations, most of the time.Correlations are not perfect. But if you get 500 parents whose children have suffered neurological damage during a one-year period after having a vaccine, this should be sufficient to spark off an intense investigation.
Q: Has it been enough?
A: No. Never. This tells you something right away.
Q: Which is?
A: The people doing the investigation are not really interested in looking at the facts. They assume that the vaccines are safe. So, when they do investigate, they invariably come up with exonerations of the vaccines. They say, "This vaccine is safe." But what do they base those judgments on? They base them on definitions and ideas which automatically rule out a condemnation of the vaccine.
Q: There are numerous cases where a vaccine campaign has failed. Where people have come down with the disease against which they were vaccinated.
A: Yes, there are many such instances. And there the evidence is simply ignored. It's discounted. The experts say, if they say anything at all, that this is just an isolated situation, but overall the vaccine has been shown to be safe. But if you add up all the vaccine campaigns where damage and disease have occurred, you realize that these are NOT isolated situations.
Q: Did you ever discuss what we are talking about here with colleagues, when you were still working in the vaccine establishment?
A: Yes I did.
Q: What happened?
A: Several times I was told to keep quiet. It was made clear that I should go back to work and forget my misgivings. On a few occasions, I encountered fear. Colleagues tried to avoid me. They felt they could be labeled with "guilt by association." All in all, though, I behaved myself.I made sure I didn't create problems for myself.
Q: If vaccines actually do harm, why are they given?
A: First of all, there is no "if." They do harm. It becomes a more difficult question to decide whether they do harm in those people who seem to show no harm. Then you are dealing with the kind of research which should be done, but isn't. Researchers should be probing to discover a kind of map, or flow chart, which shows exactly what vaccines do in the body from the moment they enter. This research has not been done. As to why they are given, we could sit here for two days and discuss all the reasons. As you've said many times, at different layers of the system people have their motives. Money, fear of losing a job, the desire to win brownie points, prestige, awards, promotion, misguided idealism, unthinking habit, and so on. But, at the highest levels of the medical cartel, vaccines are a top priority because they cause a weakening of the immune system. I know that may be hard to accept, but it's true. The medical cartel, at the highest level, is not out to help people, it is out to harm them, to weaken them. To kill them. At one point in my career, I had a long conversation with a man who occupied a high government position in an African nation. He told me that he was well aware of this. He told me that WHO is a front for these depopulation interests. There is an underground, shall we say, in
Q: Is Thabo Mbeki, the president of South Africa, aware of the situation?
A: I would say he is partially aware. Perhaps he is not utterly convinced, but he is on the way to realizing the whole truth. He already knows that HIV is a hoax. He knows that the AIDS drugs are poisons which destroy the immune system. He also knows that if he speaks out, in any way, about the vaccine issue, he will be branded a lunatic. He has enough trouble after his stand on the AIDS issue.
Q: This network you speak of.
A: It has accumulated a huge amount of information about vaccines. The question is, how is a successful strategy going to be mounted? For these people, that is a difficult issue.
Q: And in the industrialized nations?
A: The medical cartel has a stranglehold, but it is diminishing. Mainly because people have the freedom to question medicines. However, if the choice issue [the right to take or reject any medicine] does not gather steam, these coming mandates about vaccines against biowarefare germs are going to win out. This is an important time.
Q: The furor over the hepatits B vaccine seems one good avenue.
A: I think so, yes. To say that babies must have the vaccine-and then in the next breath, admitting that a person gets hep B from sexual contacts and shared needles -- is a ridiculous juxtaposition. Medical authorities try to cover themselves by saying that 20,000 or so children in the US get hep B every year from "unknown causes," and that's why every baby must have the vaccine. I dispute that 20,00 figure and the so-called studies that back it up.
Q: Andrew Wakefield, the British MD who uncovered the link between the MMR vaccine and autism, has just been fired from his job in a London hospital.
A: Yes. Wakefield performed a great service. His correlations between the vaccine and autism are stunning. Perhaps you know that Tony Blair's wife is involved with alternative health. There is the possibility that their child has not been given the MMR. Blair recently side-stepped the question in press interviews, and made it seem that he was simply objecting to invasive questioning of his "personal and family life." In any event, I believe his wife has been muzzled. I think, if given the chance, she would at least say she is sympathetic to all the families who have come forward and stated that their children were severely damaged by the MMR.
Q: British reporters should try to get through to her.
A: They have been trying. But I think she has made a deal with her husband to keep quiet, no matter what. She could do a great deal of good if she breaks her promise. I have been told she is under pressure, and not just from her husband. At the level she occupies, MI6 and British health authorities get into the act. It is thought of as a matter of national security.
Q: Well, it is national security, once you understand the medical cartel.
A: It is global security. The cartel operates in every nation. It zealously guards the sanctity of vaccines. Questioning these vaccines is on the same level as a Vatican bishop questioning the sanctity of the sacrament of the Eucharist in the Catholic Church.
Q: I know that a Hollywood celebrity stating publicly that he will not take a vaccine is committing career suicide.
A: Hollywood is linked very powerfully to the medical cartel. There are several reasons, but one of them is simply that an actor who is famous can draw a huge amount of publicity if he says ANYTHING. In 1992, I was present at your demonstration against the FDA in downtown Los Angeles. One or two actors spoke against the FDA. Since that time, you would be hard pressed to find an actor who has spoken out in any way against the medical cartel.
Q: Within the National Institutes of Health, what is the mood, what is the basic frame of mind?
A: People are competing for research monies. The last thing they think about is challenging the status quo. They are already in an intramural war for that money. They don't need more trouble. This is a very insulated system. It depends on the idea that, by and large, modern medicine is very successful on every frontier. To admit systemic problems in any area is to cast doubt on the whole enterprise. You might therefore think that NIH is the last place one should think about holding demonstrations. But just the reverse is true. If five thousand people showed up there demanding an accounting of the actual benefits of that research system, demanding to know what real health benefits have been conferred on the public from the billions of wasted dollars funneled to that facility, something might start. A spark might go off. You might get, with further demonstrations, all sorts of fall-out. Researchers -- a few -- might start leaking information.
Q: A good idea.
A: People in suits standing as close to the buildings as the police will allow. People in business suits, in jogging suits, mothers and babies. Well-off people. Poor people. All sorts of people.
Q: What about the combined destructive power of a number of vaccines given to babies these days?
A: It is a travesty and a crime. There are no real studies of any depth which have been done on that. Again, the assumption is made that vaccines are safe, and therefore any number of vaccines given together are safe as well. But the truth is, vaccines are not safe. Therefore the potential damage increases when you give many of them in a short time period.
Q: Then we have the fall flu season.
A: Yes. As if only in the autumn do these germs float in to the
Q: Do you regret having worked all those years in the vaccine field?
A: Yes. But after this interview, I'll regret it a little less. And I work in other ways. I give out information to certain people, when I think they will use it well.
Q: What is one thing you want the public to understand?
A: That the burden of proof in establishing the safety and efficacy of vaccines is on the people who manufacture and license them for public use. Just that. The burden of proof is not on you or me. And for proof you need well-designed long-term studies. You need extensive follow-up. You need to interview mothers and pay attention to what mothers say about their babies and what happens to them after vaccination. You need all these things. The things that are not there.
Q: The things that are not there.
A: Yes.
Q: To avoid any confusion, I'd like you to review, once more, the disease problems that vaccines can cause. Which diseases, how that happens.
A: We are basically talking about two potential harmful outcomes. One, the person gets the disease from the vaccine. He gets the disease which the vaccine is supposed to protect him from. Because, some version of the disease is in the vaccine to begin with. Or two, he doesn't get THAT disease, but at some later time, maybe right away, maybe not, he develops another condition which is caused by the vaccine. That condition could be autism, what's called autism, or it could be some other disease like meningitis. He could become mentally disabled.
Q: Is there any way to compare the relative frequency of these different outcomes?
A: No. Because the follow-up is poor. We can only guess. If you ask, out of a population of a hundred thousand children who get a measles vaccine, how many get the measles, and how many develop other problems from the vaccine, there is a no reliable answer. That is what I'm saying. Vaccines are superstitions. And with superstitions, you don't get facts you can use. You only get stories, most of which are designed to enforce the superstition. But, from many vaccine campaigns, we can piece together a narrative that does reveal some very disturbing things. People have been harmed. The harm is real, and it can be deep and it can mean death. The harm is NOT limited to a few cases, as we have been led to believe.In the
Q: Let me ask you this. If you took a child in, say, Boston and you raised that child with good nutritious food and he exercised every day and he was loved by his parents, and he didn't get the measles vaccine, what would be his health status compared with the average child in Boston who eats poorly and watches five hours of TV a day and gets the measles vaccine?
A: Of course there are many factors involved, but I would bet on the better health status for the first child. If he gets measles, if he gets it when he is nine, the chances are it will be much lighter than the measles the second child might get. I would bet on the first child every time.
Q: How long did you work with vaccines?
A: A long time. Longer than ten years.
Q: Looking back now, can you recall any good reason to say that vaccines are successful?
A: No, I can't. If I had a child now, the last thing I would allow is vaccination. I would move out of the state if I had to. I would change the family name. I would disappear. With my family. I'm not saying it would come to that. There are ways to sidestep the system with grace, if you know how to act. There are exemptions you can declare, in every state, based on religious and/or philosophic views. But if push came to shove, I would go on the move.
Q: And yet there are children everywhere who do get vaccines and appear to be healthy.
A: The operative word is "appear." What about all the children who can't focus on their studies? What about the children who have tantrums from time to time? What about the children who are not quite in possession of all their mental faculties? I know there are many causes for these things, but vaccines are one cause. I would not take the chance. I see no reason to take the chance. And frankly, I see no reason to allow the government to have the last word. Government medicine is, from my experience, often a contradiction in terms. You get one or the other, but not both.
Q: So we come to the level playing field.
A: Yes. Allow those who want the vaccines to take them. Allow the dissidents to decline to take them. But, as I said earlier, there is no level playing field if the field is strewn with lies. And when babies are involved, you have parents making all the decisions. Those parents need a heavy dose of truth. What about the child I spoke of who died from the DPT shot? What information did his parents act on? I can tell you it was heavily weighted. It was not real information.
Q: Medical PR people, in concert with the press, scare the hell out of parents with dire scenarios about what will happen if their kids don't get shots.
A: They make it seem a crime to refuse the vaccine. They equate it with bad parenting. You fight that with better information. It is always a challenge to buck the authorities. And only you can decide whether to do it. It is every person's responsibility to make up his mind. The medical cartel likes that bet. It is betting that the fear will win.
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Dr. Mark Randall is the pseudonym of a vaccine researcher who worked for many years in the labs of major pharmaceutical houses and the US government's National Institutes of Health.
Mark retired during the last decade. He says he was "disgusted with what he discovered about vaccines."
As you know, since the beginning of nomorefakenews, I have been launching an attack against non-scientific and dangerous assertions about the safety and efficacy of vaccines.
Mark has been one of my sources.
He is a little reluctant to speak out, even under the cover of anonymity, but with the current push to make vaccines mandatory -- with penalties like quarantine lurking in the wings -- he has decided to break his silence.
He lives comfortably in retirement, but like many of my long-time sources, he has developed a conscience about his former work. Mark is well aware of the scope of the medical cartel and its goals of depopulation, mind control, and general debilitation of populations.
Essential Oils Class
The next class for essential oils and aromatherapy will be held Monday September 8th at 7pm.
It's going to be a small, very personal class, so call the office to ask about registration. The number is 635-2739. I like the opportunity to answer all your individual questions about the oils and the only way I can do that is to keep the class size small.
It's going to be a small, very personal class, so call the office to ask about registration. The number is 635-2739. I like the opportunity to answer all your individual questions about the oils and the only way I can do that is to keep the class size small.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Syracuse University Holistic Health Class
Syracuse University has a class that covers holistic health care, in that it looks at the top complementary and alternative treatments. They hired me to teach the class because they consider chiropractic the largest complementary health field. While I agree that it is the largest non-medical health field, I find it funny that chiropractic is featured in the complementary and alternative medicine text book.
Chiropractic care is not a complementary medicine, in fact, it has nothing to do with medicine.
Although some people use chiropractic care to support their bodies while undergoing medical care, or for recovery after medical care, most people use it as primary care, not as complementary care. In most states, chiropractors are considered primary health care providers. This means that a patients goes to a chiropractor just like they would a family doctor and if there is a need, are referred out to other health care providers.
We certainly do view the body as a self healing organism and view the health of patients from a vitalistic or holistic perspective. I believe this is what the course is really about, how to view health holistically and what natural care is available for those who wish to become well with out drugs and surgery, or use natural methods to support their health while they receive medical care.
I think it is fantastic that Syracuse University is open to the holistic model of care, and I am very happy to teach the class. If any of you want to get the textbook and read along with us, it's Mosby's Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a research based approach, by Lyn Freeman. We will be covering ancient healing methods, folk medicine, cultural traditions in healing, and a list of alternative treatments such as acupuncture, massage, reiki, therapeutic touch, herbs, nutrition, homeopathy and more.
Chiropractic care is not a complementary medicine, in fact, it has nothing to do with medicine.
Although some people use chiropractic care to support their bodies while undergoing medical care, or for recovery after medical care, most people use it as primary care, not as complementary care. In most states, chiropractors are considered primary health care providers. This means that a patients goes to a chiropractor just like they would a family doctor and if there is a need, are referred out to other health care providers.
We certainly do view the body as a self healing organism and view the health of patients from a vitalistic or holistic perspective. I believe this is what the course is really about, how to view health holistically and what natural care is available for those who wish to become well with out drugs and surgery, or use natural methods to support their health while they receive medical care.
I think it is fantastic that Syracuse University is open to the holistic model of care, and I am very happy to teach the class. If any of you want to get the textbook and read along with us, it's Mosby's Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a research based approach, by Lyn Freeman. We will be covering ancient healing methods, folk medicine, cultural traditions in healing, and a list of alternative treatments such as acupuncture, massage, reiki, therapeutic touch, herbs, nutrition, homeopathy and more.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Eating Naturally
I found this really nice web site that has information on healthy foods.
I know it's a challenge to eat healthy,but it really is worth the effort because when you do eat healthy, you feel more vibrant, more energetic, more alive. You can enjoy life more!
If you are trying to eat health and natural foods, this site will be helpful. It has lists of natural foods and you can click on the food to get a full page of information, including directions for cooking! Now that is really helpful if you have never cooked dry beans, or quinoa or some other healthy but unheard of grain.
http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php
I know it's a challenge to eat healthy,but it really is worth the effort because when you do eat healthy, you feel more vibrant, more energetic, more alive. You can enjoy life more!
If you are trying to eat health and natural foods, this site will be helpful. It has lists of natural foods and you can click on the food to get a full page of information, including directions for cooking! Now that is really helpful if you have never cooked dry beans, or quinoa or some other healthy but unheard of grain.
http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php
Monday, July 21, 2008
Did You Read This?
The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a Washington-based research group and habitual gadfly to the business world, has found that 4 out of 5 of the nearly 1,000 sunscreen lotions analyzed offer inadequate protection from the sun or contain harmful chemicals. The biggest offenders, the EWG said, are the industry leaders: Coppertone, Banana Boat and Neutrogena.
While 3 out of 3 industry leaders are rather upset with the EWG report, and while some dermatologists criticize it for hyperbole, the report does underscore several long-standing health concerns:
Sunscreens do not offer blanket protection from the sun and do little to prevent the most deadly form of skin cancer; reliance on them instead of, say, a hat and protective clothing, might be contributing to skin cancer; and the Food and Drug Administration has yet to issue any safety standards, mysteriously sitting on a set of recommendations drafted 30 years ago.
Sunlight contains ultraviolet radiation, largely in two forms: UVA and UVB. Aside from sunburn, UVB exposure causes the most common forms of skin cancer — basal cell carcinoma, which is rarely deadly and mostly only disfiguring, and squamous cell carcinoma, which can turn deadly about 1 percent of the time.
UVA penetrates the skin more deeply and causes wrinkling. Recent research, however, has found that UVA exacerbates the carcinogenic effects of UVB and might cause skin cancer itself.
Most sunscreens block only UVB. And the SPF system, short for Sun Protection Factor, refers only to UVB. SPF provides an estimate of a lotion's level of sunburn protection. If you start burning in about 30 minutes, then SPF 15 will allow you to stay in the sun 15 times longer before getting burned, in theory.
Total UV protection is within reach and has been used for millennia. It's called clothing. Unfortunately this isn't so convenient when summertime fun calls for minimal clothing.
The EWG report takes an ax to the loose SPF claims. Almost all sunscreen lotions contain chemicals that, perhaps counter-intuitively, breakdown in the presence of sunlight. But in fact this is how they block UVB from penetrating the skin, like a castle wall protecting against cannonballs until the wall crumbles.
Notions of all-day protection, as some sunscreen products claim, or even several hours of protection are ludicrous, the EWG said, because most sunscreens start deteriorating in as quickly as 15 minutes. This doesn't even account for sweat and casual rubbing, further reducing protection.
Most Sunscreens Ineffective, Group Says
By Christopher Wanjek,
livescience.com
Posted: 2008-07-08 22:47:41
Filed Under: Health News
COLUMN
The simple rule of sunscreen — the higher the SPF and the thicker the slather, the better — has come under doubt.
Also, few sun-worshipers use the recommended shot-glass-amount of lotion with each application. We merely think we are protected; few really are.
Controversy, Not Just Skin Deep
The EWG also trashed any lotion containing harmful chemicals that can easily penetrate the skin. Oxybenzone, which blocks UVA, is a main offender. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found oxybenzone in the urine of just about everyone tested.
This chemical can promote DNA damage in the presence of sunlight. Oxybenzone and similar cancer-causing chemicals in sunscreens contribute to the minority view that sunscreens actually cause more and deadlier cancers than they prevent. Several small studies have found an increased risk of malignant melanoma, by far the deadliest form of skin cancer, among regular users of sunscreens.
Many zinc-based protects appear to be safe, according to the EWG. Until the FDA breaks its silence and offers some guidance, there's the EWG list of recommendations at http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/special/sunscreens2008. Or you can move to Seattle.
While 3 out of 3 industry leaders are rather upset with the EWG report, and while some dermatologists criticize it for hyperbole, the report does underscore several long-standing health concerns:
Sunscreens do not offer blanket protection from the sun and do little to prevent the most deadly form of skin cancer; reliance on them instead of, say, a hat and protective clothing, might be contributing to skin cancer; and the Food and Drug Administration has yet to issue any safety standards, mysteriously sitting on a set of recommendations drafted 30 years ago.
Sunlight contains ultraviolet radiation, largely in two forms: UVA and UVB. Aside from sunburn, UVB exposure causes the most common forms of skin cancer — basal cell carcinoma, which is rarely deadly and mostly only disfiguring, and squamous cell carcinoma, which can turn deadly about 1 percent of the time.
UVA penetrates the skin more deeply and causes wrinkling. Recent research, however, has found that UVA exacerbates the carcinogenic effects of UVB and might cause skin cancer itself.
Most sunscreens block only UVB. And the SPF system, short for Sun Protection Factor, refers only to UVB. SPF provides an estimate of a lotion's level of sunburn protection. If you start burning in about 30 minutes, then SPF 15 will allow you to stay in the sun 15 times longer before getting burned, in theory.
Total UV protection is within reach and has been used for millennia. It's called clothing. Unfortunately this isn't so convenient when summertime fun calls for minimal clothing.
The EWG report takes an ax to the loose SPF claims. Almost all sunscreen lotions contain chemicals that, perhaps counter-intuitively, breakdown in the presence of sunlight. But in fact this is how they block UVB from penetrating the skin, like a castle wall protecting against cannonballs until the wall crumbles.
Notions of all-day protection, as some sunscreen products claim, or even several hours of protection are ludicrous, the EWG said, because most sunscreens start deteriorating in as quickly as 15 minutes. This doesn't even account for sweat and casual rubbing, further reducing protection.
Most Sunscreens Ineffective, Group Says
By Christopher Wanjek,
livescience.com
Posted: 2008-07-08 22:47:41
Filed Under: Health News
COLUMN
The simple rule of sunscreen — the higher the SPF and the thicker the slather, the better — has come under doubt.
Also, few sun-worshipers use the recommended shot-glass-amount of lotion with each application. We merely think we are protected; few really are.
Controversy, Not Just Skin Deep
The EWG also trashed any lotion containing harmful chemicals that can easily penetrate the skin. Oxybenzone, which blocks UVA, is a main offender. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found oxybenzone in the urine of just about everyone tested.
This chemical can promote DNA damage in the presence of sunlight. Oxybenzone and similar cancer-causing chemicals in sunscreens contribute to the minority view that sunscreens actually cause more and deadlier cancers than they prevent. Several small studies have found an increased risk of malignant melanoma, by far the deadliest form of skin cancer, among regular users of sunscreens.
Many zinc-based protects appear to be safe, according to the EWG. Until the FDA breaks its silence and offers some guidance, there's the EWG list of recommendations at http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/special/sunscreens2008. Or you can move to Seattle.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Montel Williams adjustment video circulating on the net
This past week one of my new patients found the Montel Williams video on line. The one where he is talking about his chiropractic adjustment, specifically his Atlas adjustment. Montel had pain,and balance problems before being adjusted.
I think this clip is wonderful, as it introduces people to the fact that chiropractic can help them,that the atlas adjustment is so important and everyone trusts Montel!
The thing I don't like about this video is the fact that they only show the atlas adjustment using an instrument. Folks, it can be done by hand as well, and has been since 1895.
The atlas adjustment was the original chiropractic adjustment and, if a chiropractor uses hands on adjusting, the results are just as good. That is-if a chiropractor adjusts atlas, which, unfortunately, is rare these days. Many chiropractors today overlook this important adjustment, or do not know how to adjust the atlas specifically.
I have been taking x-rays that show specifically the atlas misalignment, and adjusting atlas with a toggle recoil adjustment for 20 years. I have had excellent results with this adjustment.
Oh, and that instrument they showed on the video? It was an experiment in development at Life University when I was a student doctor. We all had to be adjusted with it so they could keep statistics on how well it worked. Personally, I liked the toggle recoil adjustment better.
If you look at our posts for April, you will see another clip about atlas adjusting, this one tell how it helps lower blood pressure.
I think this clip is wonderful, as it introduces people to the fact that chiropractic can help them,that the atlas adjustment is so important and everyone trusts Montel!
The thing I don't like about this video is the fact that they only show the atlas adjustment using an instrument. Folks, it can be done by hand as well, and has been since 1895.
The atlas adjustment was the original chiropractic adjustment and, if a chiropractor uses hands on adjusting, the results are just as good. That is-if a chiropractor adjusts atlas, which, unfortunately, is rare these days. Many chiropractors today overlook this important adjustment, or do not know how to adjust the atlas specifically.
I have been taking x-rays that show specifically the atlas misalignment, and adjusting atlas with a toggle recoil adjustment for 20 years. I have had excellent results with this adjustment.
Oh, and that instrument they showed on the video? It was an experiment in development at Life University when I was a student doctor. We all had to be adjusted with it so they could keep statistics on how well it worked. Personally, I liked the toggle recoil adjustment better.
If you look at our posts for April, you will see another clip about atlas adjusting, this one tell how it helps lower blood pressure.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
MSG and Your Brain
I just got this article in an e-mail from a Shaklee dealer. Thank you Joni. Shaklee makes some great supplements and wonderful all natural household cleaners. If you want more information, call me, meanwhile please read this.
I know it's a challenge to avoid MSG, you really have to eat without using any packaged foods (for example- almost all salad dressings contain MSG- most people do not enjoy salad without the dressings. Buy Marie's or a brand from the health food store to avoid MSG).
Yes, it's a challenge, to change the way you eat, but lots of us do it and when you realize what MSG does to your brain, I think it will help you find the courage to change the way you eat.
Common Foods Are Attacking Your Brain with Toxins
Chronic illnesses of all kinds are now appearing in astronomical rates. A recent comprehensive review found that neurological disorders have been grossly underestimated and that neurodegenerative diseases are reaching frightening proportions among both our youth and older populations.
Autoimmune diseases (lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.), certain cancers (leukemia, multiple myeloma, and lymphoma) and a number of endocrine-related disorders have all exploded in recent years. So, what gives? The majority of “authorities” have concluded that most of these problems have an environmental cause, which means we are doing this to ourselves.
The big question is, What environmental toxins are responsible? The evidence indicates that a wide assortment of toxins acting together in an additive or synergistic way cause these quasi-epidemics.
There is general agreement that a drastic change in our diets over the decades, with heavy doses of junk foods and other foods with poor nutritional content, also contributes heavily to our problems. One of the major changes has been a huge increase in MSG, which is toxic to the brain, in our diets. MSG raises the amount of the amino acid glutamate in the brain, which in high levels, can cause the death of nerve cells.
Since many people try to avoid MSG (monosodium glutamate), food manufacturers have disguised its presence. We frequently see MSG hiding behind such innocent-sounding names as hydrolyzed protein, vegetable protein, soy protein isolate, soy protein concentrate, whey protein, and natural flavoring, spices, enzymes, autolyzed yeast extract, stock, broth and carrageenan.
It is important to realize that when humans eat a meal containing MSG, their blood levels of potentially toxic glutamate rise 19 times to as much as 50 times higher than normal. This is sufficient to cause brain injury.
Combined with the excessive use of vaccines, which also triggers excitotoxicity within the brain, dietary excitotoxins can have devastating effects on brain function. This is especially true if the vaccine contains mercury, such as the flu vaccine.
Americans eat a tremendous amount of sugar, especially in sweetened drinks and colas, which is also toxic to the brain. A 12-ounce cola contains 9 tablespoons of sugar. Since 1974 cola consumption has doubled, even among the elderly. Diet colas are not a solution either — the aspartame found in many diet drinks is a powerful brain toxin and accumulates in the brain (as formaldehyde).
I know it's a challenge to avoid MSG, you really have to eat without using any packaged foods (for example- almost all salad dressings contain MSG- most people do not enjoy salad without the dressings. Buy Marie's or a brand from the health food store to avoid MSG).
Yes, it's a challenge, to change the way you eat, but lots of us do it and when you realize what MSG does to your brain, I think it will help you find the courage to change the way you eat.
Common Foods Are Attacking Your Brain with Toxins
Chronic illnesses of all kinds are now appearing in astronomical rates. A recent comprehensive review found that neurological disorders have been grossly underestimated and that neurodegenerative diseases are reaching frightening proportions among both our youth and older populations.
Autoimmune diseases (lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.), certain cancers (leukemia, multiple myeloma, and lymphoma) and a number of endocrine-related disorders have all exploded in recent years. So, what gives? The majority of “authorities” have concluded that most of these problems have an environmental cause, which means we are doing this to ourselves.
The big question is, What environmental toxins are responsible? The evidence indicates that a wide assortment of toxins acting together in an additive or synergistic way cause these quasi-epidemics.
There is general agreement that a drastic change in our diets over the decades, with heavy doses of junk foods and other foods with poor nutritional content, also contributes heavily to our problems. One of the major changes has been a huge increase in MSG, which is toxic to the brain, in our diets. MSG raises the amount of the amino acid glutamate in the brain, which in high levels, can cause the death of nerve cells.
Since many people try to avoid MSG (monosodium glutamate), food manufacturers have disguised its presence. We frequently see MSG hiding behind such innocent-sounding names as hydrolyzed protein, vegetable protein, soy protein isolate, soy protein concentrate, whey protein, and natural flavoring, spices, enzymes, autolyzed yeast extract, stock, broth and carrageenan.
It is important to realize that when humans eat a meal containing MSG, their blood levels of potentially toxic glutamate rise 19 times to as much as 50 times higher than normal. This is sufficient to cause brain injury.
Combined with the excessive use of vaccines, which also triggers excitotoxicity within the brain, dietary excitotoxins can have devastating effects on brain function. This is especially true if the vaccine contains mercury, such as the flu vaccine.
Americans eat a tremendous amount of sugar, especially in sweetened drinks and colas, which is also toxic to the brain. A 12-ounce cola contains 9 tablespoons of sugar. Since 1974 cola consumption has doubled, even among the elderly. Diet colas are not a solution either — the aspartame found in many diet drinks is a powerful brain toxin and accumulates in the brain (as formaldehyde).
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Atlas Adjustment Lowers Blood Pressure
On March 25, 2008 the ABC morning show, "Good Morning America" aired a segment with Robin Roberts showing how chiropractic helps high blood pressure. The video later appeared on the popular publishing site YouTube.
This news story covers the medical research on the C1, or first cervical vertebra adjustment, also known as the atlas toggle, and it's effects on blood pressure.
Yes, this is one of the adjustments I do, and they are correct, not a lot of Chiropractors do this adjustment anymore. Click on this link to watch it, then send it to everyone you know with high blood pressure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TTzKwvNbP0
to learn more about this adjustment, you can call me, Dr. Joan at 635-2739
This news story covers the medical research on the C1, or first cervical vertebra adjustment, also known as the atlas toggle, and it's effects on blood pressure.
Yes, this is one of the adjustments I do, and they are correct, not a lot of Chiropractors do this adjustment anymore. Click on this link to watch it, then send it to everyone you know with high blood pressure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TTzKwvNbP0
to learn more about this adjustment, you can call me, Dr. Joan at 635-2739
Monday, April 14, 2008
Opus
You just have to see this one, go to http://www.comics.com/wash/opus/index.html
and click on April 13th to see it full size. I couldn't agree more.
and click on April 13th to see it full size. I couldn't agree more.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
How Long Has Your Oil Light Been On?
If you want to remain in good health throughout your life, you must learn to recognize and listen to the messages your body gives you. This may be a challenge at first—most people are not very body-conscious, and feel their bodies only when they’re in severe pain.
To become more body-conscious, you must listen to your body when it whispers to you, not just when it screams. To become more body-conscious, try the following exercise twice a day, morning and night, just before you start or end your day:
Take a few moments to sit or lie down in a comfortable position. Let your mind feel your body. First, put your attention on your feet and legs, being aware of how they actually feel: loose? tight? hot? cold? achy? Now, let your attention wander slowly over the rest of your body. Are you aware of any part that doesn’t feel as good as the rest? What does that feel like? Is it a sign of something new? Did you have this feeling the last time you did this exercise? Has it changed or progressed?
Do this exercise each day and you’ll begin to become much more familiar with the way your body normally feels. That will make you more likely to recognize a symptom when it first appears.
Once you’ve become aware of your symptoms, you must make a choice about addressing them. An illustration common in the chiropractic profession is the Oil Light Analogy:
Imagine that you’re driving along in your car and the oil light comes on. What are you going to do? Ignore it and hope it will go away? If you do, you might be able to drive the car quite a bit longer, but eventually the lack of oil—which is, after all, the problem the oil light is designed to alert you to—will ruin the engine and render the car useless.
Or, when the oil light comes on, are you going to stop, add oil, drive until the light comes on again, then stop and add more oil, and drive until the light comes on again, then stop and add more oil , and drive until the light comes on again, and so on?
Adding oil over and over is similar to adding pain relievers to your body. The symptom (the oil light) may disappear for a while, but it will return when the problem gets worse again (when enough oil has again leaked out or burned up). The underlying issue (the oil leak) is never addressed. Most of you probably don’t treat your car this badly, but the way you treat your bodies might be another story.
Or, when the oil light comes on, do you call the mechanic and make an appointment to take your car in for service so that he or she can find out why it lost so much oil? Probably so. You want to fix that oil leak before it creates more problems in your car, costing you more money and inconvenience. You won’t wait till your car overheats or the engine seizes up just because of a simple lack of lubrication.
The oil light is similar to your symptoms. When your body malfunctions, it tells you so by exhibiting some type of symptom. The most dangerous way to deal with symptoms is to ignore them or hope that they’ll just go away.
Sometimes symptoms are subtle—fatigue, muscle tightness, loss of appetite, or a change in sleep patterns. This is the body whispering. At other times the body will scream for help, in the forms of pain, strong allergic reactions, or a reduction in organ function.
In most cases, the problem causing the symptoms has been there a long time, and the symptoms have worsened with time. (Remember, if the symptoms are getting worse, so is the underlying disease process.) I can’t tell you how many patients I’ve seen with severe health problems who waited a year or more to seek care because they “thought it would go away.” Meanwhile, their symptoms got only worse. In many cases, by the time the patient seeks care, the disease has progressed to a point where it is much harder to treat.
I often ask patients what prevents them from seeking care as soon as they’re aware of their symptoms. The most common responses are “I thought it would go away on its own,” “I didn’t have/didn’t want to spend the money,” “I didn’t have time,” “I was afraid of what the doctor might find,” and “I was afraid of how the doctor would treat me.” All of these hinder people from receiving the benefits of early intervention. Let’s look at each of them.
First, if you think your symptoms might go away on their own, well, they might. But when the symptom goes away or is covered by drugs, is the underlying problem really gone?
The body has an amazing ability to protect you from problems. In many cases, your symptoms will eventually go away because your body’s ability to speak to you is weakened. Your symptoms are gone, but the underlying problem persists until the body again tries to alert you, usually with more severe symptoms. Don’t ignore symptoms, and don’t cover them with drugs.
If money is a concern for you when you have symptoms, I suggest you build a good relationship with an alternative health care provider. A Doctor of Chiropractic, Doctor of Homeopathy, Doctor of Oriental Medicine, or Naturopathic Physician are all good choices. These doctors are well qualified to act as primary-care physicians—that is, the first person you see when you have questions about your health. They can evaluate you and your symptoms and advise you on what steps you should take, including referrals to specialists, if necessary.
Many providers of alternative care offer consultations and appointments at reasonable prices. Because alternative care is seldom covered by insurance, these practitioners are more likely to offer some sort of payment plan for those in need. Don’t wait until you’re really sick to make the initial contact—become an established patient before you really need to.
The initial consultation is generally the most costly visit and takes the most time. Once you’re an established patient, most providers can do a follow-up checkup, as needed, for much less money. If you see these providers for your yearly checkup and maintenance needs, then they’ll already be up to date on your health history and will be able to help you when serious symptoms do arise.
I offer this advice to those of you who ignore your symptoms until they’re severe because you “don’t have time” to go to the doctor:
Your health is so important that a trip to the doctor to get some advice should be a priority in your schedule. These days, more and more doctors’ offices offer some evening and/or weekend hours. I know that many doctors’ offices can keep you waiting a long time. This is another good reason to build a relationship with a doctor before you really need a doctor. A few visits to a doctor’s office will give you an idea of how time-conscious the practice is. Your time, too, is important; your appointment time should be respected.
Doctors’ offices can get backed up for two reasons: emergencies and overbooking. Emergencies are understandable, but should be the exception rather than the rule. If you always have to wait for an appointment, it could mean that your doctor is trying to see too many people in the time available. Rushing patient visits is very stressful and can be a cause of mistakes. You might want to see another doctor.
If you’re the type of person who puts off getting healthcare because you’re afraid of what a doctor might find, remember: with many devastating and deadly diseases, early intervention is the key to survival. If you wait, it may be too late.
If you’re very afraid, take a friend or family member with you to the doctor’s office so they can help you deal with your fear. It’s easier to be brave when you’re holding the hand of someone who cares for you. Be sure to let the doctor and staff know that you’re afraid. Most support staff in doctors’ offices are wonderful when it comes to quelling patients’ fears—after all, they do it all the time. Let them know what you’re feeling, so they can help you be more comfortable.
Many people hesitate to seek care because they’re reluctant to take the drugs offered by allopathic practitioners. This is another reason to get established with an alternative-care provider first. They can tell you if your problem can or can’t be handled in a drug-free manner, because that’s what they provide: drug-free care. If they’re not qualified to treat your condition and you do need drugs, they’ll refer you to an MD.
Last but not least, if you’re already an established patient with a doctor before an emergency occurs, you’ll already know how well your doctor listens and how comfortable you are with him or her. That way, you won’t have to face an unknown condition and an unknown doctor at the same time.
Learn to listen to your body, and pay attention to your symptoms. Choose early intervention so that minor health problems don’t become major ones. These two things alone will help you live a longer, healthier life.
To become more body-conscious, you must listen to your body when it whispers to you, not just when it screams. To become more body-conscious, try the following exercise twice a day, morning and night, just before you start or end your day:
Take a few moments to sit or lie down in a comfortable position. Let your mind feel your body. First, put your attention on your feet and legs, being aware of how they actually feel: loose? tight? hot? cold? achy? Now, let your attention wander slowly over the rest of your body. Are you aware of any part that doesn’t feel as good as the rest? What does that feel like? Is it a sign of something new? Did you have this feeling the last time you did this exercise? Has it changed or progressed?
Do this exercise each day and you’ll begin to become much more familiar with the way your body normally feels. That will make you more likely to recognize a symptom when it first appears.
Once you’ve become aware of your symptoms, you must make a choice about addressing them. An illustration common in the chiropractic profession is the Oil Light Analogy:
Imagine that you’re driving along in your car and the oil light comes on. What are you going to do? Ignore it and hope it will go away? If you do, you might be able to drive the car quite a bit longer, but eventually the lack of oil—which is, after all, the problem the oil light is designed to alert you to—will ruin the engine and render the car useless.
Or, when the oil light comes on, are you going to stop, add oil, drive until the light comes on again, then stop and add more oil, and drive until the light comes on again, then stop and add more oil , and drive until the light comes on again, and so on?
Adding oil over and over is similar to adding pain relievers to your body. The symptom (the oil light) may disappear for a while, but it will return when the problem gets worse again (when enough oil has again leaked out or burned up). The underlying issue (the oil leak) is never addressed. Most of you probably don’t treat your car this badly, but the way you treat your bodies might be another story.
Or, when the oil light comes on, do you call the mechanic and make an appointment to take your car in for service so that he or she can find out why it lost so much oil? Probably so. You want to fix that oil leak before it creates more problems in your car, costing you more money and inconvenience. You won’t wait till your car overheats or the engine seizes up just because of a simple lack of lubrication.
The oil light is similar to your symptoms. When your body malfunctions, it tells you so by exhibiting some type of symptom. The most dangerous way to deal with symptoms is to ignore them or hope that they’ll just go away.
Sometimes symptoms are subtle—fatigue, muscle tightness, loss of appetite, or a change in sleep patterns. This is the body whispering. At other times the body will scream for help, in the forms of pain, strong allergic reactions, or a reduction in organ function.
In most cases, the problem causing the symptoms has been there a long time, and the symptoms have worsened with time. (Remember, if the symptoms are getting worse, so is the underlying disease process.) I can’t tell you how many patients I’ve seen with severe health problems who waited a year or more to seek care because they “thought it would go away.” Meanwhile, their symptoms got only worse. In many cases, by the time the patient seeks care, the disease has progressed to a point where it is much harder to treat.
I often ask patients what prevents them from seeking care as soon as they’re aware of their symptoms. The most common responses are “I thought it would go away on its own,” “I didn’t have/didn’t want to spend the money,” “I didn’t have time,” “I was afraid of what the doctor might find,” and “I was afraid of how the doctor would treat me.” All of these hinder people from receiving the benefits of early intervention. Let’s look at each of them.
First, if you think your symptoms might go away on their own, well, they might. But when the symptom goes away or is covered by drugs, is the underlying problem really gone?
The body has an amazing ability to protect you from problems. In many cases, your symptoms will eventually go away because your body’s ability to speak to you is weakened. Your symptoms are gone, but the underlying problem persists until the body again tries to alert you, usually with more severe symptoms. Don’t ignore symptoms, and don’t cover them with drugs.
If money is a concern for you when you have symptoms, I suggest you build a good relationship with an alternative health care provider. A Doctor of Chiropractic, Doctor of Homeopathy, Doctor of Oriental Medicine, or Naturopathic Physician are all good choices. These doctors are well qualified to act as primary-care physicians—that is, the first person you see when you have questions about your health. They can evaluate you and your symptoms and advise you on what steps you should take, including referrals to specialists, if necessary.
Many providers of alternative care offer consultations and appointments at reasonable prices. Because alternative care is seldom covered by insurance, these practitioners are more likely to offer some sort of payment plan for those in need. Don’t wait until you’re really sick to make the initial contact—become an established patient before you really need to.
The initial consultation is generally the most costly visit and takes the most time. Once you’re an established patient, most providers can do a follow-up checkup, as needed, for much less money. If you see these providers for your yearly checkup and maintenance needs, then they’ll already be up to date on your health history and will be able to help you when serious symptoms do arise.
I offer this advice to those of you who ignore your symptoms until they’re severe because you “don’t have time” to go to the doctor:
Your health is so important that a trip to the doctor to get some advice should be a priority in your schedule. These days, more and more doctors’ offices offer some evening and/or weekend hours. I know that many doctors’ offices can keep you waiting a long time. This is another good reason to build a relationship with a doctor before you really need a doctor. A few visits to a doctor’s office will give you an idea of how time-conscious the practice is. Your time, too, is important; your appointment time should be respected.
Doctors’ offices can get backed up for two reasons: emergencies and overbooking. Emergencies are understandable, but should be the exception rather than the rule. If you always have to wait for an appointment, it could mean that your doctor is trying to see too many people in the time available. Rushing patient visits is very stressful and can be a cause of mistakes. You might want to see another doctor.
If you’re the type of person who puts off getting healthcare because you’re afraid of what a doctor might find, remember: with many devastating and deadly diseases, early intervention is the key to survival. If you wait, it may be too late.
If you’re very afraid, take a friend or family member with you to the doctor’s office so they can help you deal with your fear. It’s easier to be brave when you’re holding the hand of someone who cares for you. Be sure to let the doctor and staff know that you’re afraid. Most support staff in doctors’ offices are wonderful when it comes to quelling patients’ fears—after all, they do it all the time. Let them know what you’re feeling, so they can help you be more comfortable.
Many people hesitate to seek care because they’re reluctant to take the drugs offered by allopathic practitioners. This is another reason to get established with an alternative-care provider first. They can tell you if your problem can or can’t be handled in a drug-free manner, because that’s what they provide: drug-free care. If they’re not qualified to treat your condition and you do need drugs, they’ll refer you to an MD.
Last but not least, if you’re already an established patient with a doctor before an emergency occurs, you’ll already know how well your doctor listens and how comfortable you are with him or her. That way, you won’t have to face an unknown condition and an unknown doctor at the same time.
Learn to listen to your body, and pay attention to your symptoms. Choose early intervention so that minor health problems don’t become major ones. These two things alone will help you live a longer, healthier life.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
I Hope You Are Not Falling For This:
I found this headline on the net this morning:
All Kids Must Get Flu Vaccine, Panel Says
By Maggie Fox,Reuters
WASHINGTON (Feb. 28) - All U.S. children aged from six months up to 18 should be immunized every year against influenza, a panel of federal vaccine advisers said on Wednesday. The panel, which advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine matters, agreed unanimously at its regular meeting in Atlanta that the new recommendations should go into effect as soon as possible, but no later than the 2009-2010 flu season.
Honestly folks, there are many ways to protect your family without using drugs, without injecting your children with vaccines that may or may not cause a lot of damage. Why risk it? Learn about eating healthy and using supplements to increase immune function, learn about essential oils to kill bacteria and the flu virus. Learn about stying healthy with chiropractic. You do not have to drug your kids to keep them healthy.
All Kids Must Get Flu Vaccine, Panel Says
By Maggie Fox,Reuters
WASHINGTON (Feb. 28) - All U.S. children aged from six months up to 18 should be immunized every year against influenza, a panel of federal vaccine advisers said on Wednesday. The panel, which advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine matters, agreed unanimously at its regular meeting in Atlanta that the new recommendations should go into effect as soon as possible, but no later than the 2009-2010 flu season.
Honestly folks, there are many ways to protect your family without using drugs, without injecting your children with vaccines that may or may not cause a lot of damage. Why risk it? Learn about eating healthy and using supplements to increase immune function, learn about essential oils to kill bacteria and the flu virus. Learn about stying healthy with chiropractic. You do not have to drug your kids to keep them healthy.
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