Doctor’s Verdict on SALT – interesting

The highest BP that came my way was in a woman who had a BP of 240/140 and came to my house at 10:30 pm on what she said was a matter of “life and death” because the high BP was already giving her a crushing headache, especially the back of her head. She could not walk up the 6 shallow steps to my porch. Two men had to help her, one on each side, in addition to the cane that she needed to prop herself up.

I muscle tested her and found that she had her BP of 240/140 and
the crushing pain in the head, her body’s water content was only 6%
(normal is 75%), salt content was zero, potassium was 96% deficient,
and cardiac output (blood flow from the heart) was only 40% (normal is 100%). So the blood supply to the head was 60% deficient.

I gave her one 6″ long green chili (hot pepper), 1 raw ripe saba
banana, 1/2 teaspoon of rock salt and 3 8-oz glasses of tap water.
The chili was to normalize cardiac output and shoot blood to the head, the saba banana was for the potassium deficiency and to have food in the stomach because pepper will give a stomach ache if the stomach is empty, and the rock salt and the water were the first aid for her severe dehydration which was causing her arteries to be dry and stiff and her blood to be thick and sticky, because they were dehydrated.
After 5 minutes, she said, “The pain in my head is gone.” We took her
BP, it was 115/75, and cardiac output was up to 100%.

She walked out of the house to her car without the men helping her and without the cane.

She has been taking 2.5 teaspoons of rock salt, 15 glasses of water, 6
Saba bananas and 3 of the long pepper daily since then (beginning
September 2009), and her BP and cardiac output have been normal since then.

Two months later, in November, at a PCAM round table forum on
hypertension in Club Filipino, she gave her testimony, followed by her
brother who said that she grew 2″, because the salt and the water had
refilled her compressed disc spaces in her vertebral column. The disc
spaces had become compressed because they had become dehydrated since the fluid filling up these discs are 95% water.

Why salt? Because without salt the body cannot retain water no matter how much water is drunk. You will still be dehydrated because you will just keep urinating and sweating the water out.  We give rock salt to our animals !

This is not an isolated case. When BP is rising high but there is
little or no headache but there is stiffness of shoulder and neck
muscles, all you need to normalize the BP and remove the stiffness and the pain in 5 minutes is 1/2 teaspoon of rock salt and 3 glasses of
water. If there is crushing pain in the head, it means blood supply to
the head is lacking, and you will need the chili to normalize it and
shoot blood to the head and remove the extreme pain.

WHAT IS SEA SALT?

Natural salt is generally a very healthful product. Unrefined sea salt is an important source of minerals. This is especially today, as the food supply is mineral-deficient due to hybrid crops, modern agriculture methods and food processing and refining.

Unrefined salt has little or no effect on blood pressure. It helps maintain electrolyte and osmotic balance. It also has an desalinizing effect on the body and is an extremely yang food in Chinese medical terminology.

The sodium it contains is critical for osmotic balance and to solubilize other minerals in the blood. Deficiency of sodium causes other minerals to become biounavailable and precipitate into the soft tissues and elsewhere.

All the above are very positive reasons to eat salt on food. Avoiding a quality unrefined sea salt is rarely necessary, and often harmful since it is a source of vital minerals. I recommend quality sea salt for almost everyone. Most tolerate it well with no adverse effects, when used properly in moderate amounts only. Those with very high blood pressure may need to wait until their pressure drops, although a quality sea salt may actually assist in diminishing their blood pressure.

Its unbalanced mineral content actually causes more mineral imbalances, as it is too high in sodium and very low in calcium and magnesium, two vital minerals today that can be obtained to a degree from salt.

You will find most takeaway foods or restaurants will use table salt or MSG which is another type of refined salt and food enhancer.

If mineral depletion is not bad enough, common table salt often has aluminum, a toxic metal, is also added as a flowing agent, which everyone knows is the catalysis for Alzheimers. It is also often bleached for whiteness with other toxic chemicals. It is an unbalanced, toxic product that should be totally avoided.

THE MINERALS IN SALT BIOAVAILABLE

Some people claim that since salt is not a live food, one cannot obtain the minerals from salt. This is simply not true. The minerals may not be as bioavailable as they are in foods, and this is true. However, the body has quite an ability to chelate or bind inorganic minerals, especially those found in some sea salts.

For this reason, eating some sea salt every day is a wonderful and necessary means of supplementing one’s mineral intake. One must, however, have healthy digestion and a low stomach pH to absorb the minerals well. This is one reason every adult on a nutritional balancing program takes a digestive aid, regardless of age or health status.

WHAT IS TABLE SALT?

Common table salt is a highly refined product and one of the worst junk foods. Virtually all its the trace minerals are missing, so that it is almost pure sodium chloride. The trace minerals are removed and sold separately. This profits the salt company and leaves our bodies impoverished. This product should be banned completely, and our health would be far better.

Its unbalanced mineral content actually causes more mineral imbalances, as it is too high in sodium and very low in calcium and magnesium, two vital minerals today that can be obtained to a degree from salt.

If mineral depletion is not bad enough, common table salt often has aluminum, a toxic metal, added as a flowing agent. It is also often bleached for whiteness with other toxic chemicals. It is an unbalanced, toxic product that should be totally avoided.

The theory is based on the observation that increased sodium intake is associated with an increase in blood pressure.

A widely preached verdict by Doctors is that an increased sodium intake is associated with an increase in blood pressure (hypertension) which is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, and stroke.  The assumption is that by reducing dietary sodium (salt) we will reduce hypertension and therefore the problems associated with hypertension.

A  Dr. Jan Staessen followed about 3,700 patients and over 30,000 people were studied by a Dr. Salim Yusef for approx four years.   They examined low sodium intake (less than 2.3 grams), moderate intake (2.3 to seven grams), and high intake (more than seven grams) and found at the extremely high levels there was an increased risk of cardiovascular events.

However, they also found with low levels of sodium intake there was an increased risk of cardiovascular death and increased risk of hospitalization for heart failure, and also had a 2.5 percent increase in their cholesterol plus a seven percent increase in their triglyceride levels.   But make sure you are using the right salt.

So why the smack on salt? We love a villain.

It is easy to campaign if everyone can get behind a common enemy and crusade. But good science is not about crusading with preconceived ideas. It’s about asking why, and seeking the truth, however inconvenient it might be and however tortuous the path to get there. Public health policy needs to be based on firm scientific foundation and clear benefit, not populist propaganda. The government needs to leave the recipes and the cookery to the chefs. And leave the salt on my pommes frites.

THE POWER OF WATER

What is Water ?

Little is known about Water.  We know it is wet and we have many uses for it apart from drinking it, however, Scientists have never been able to understand water.   Water is more than we know, water is…alive.  It is more alive than we know.

Much research has been done in the past around water, for example, In the University of Georgia in the early 1990′s, they discovered that every cell in your body that is diseased, or that is harmed in  one way or another is surrounded by something called unstructured water.  Always, whatever the disease is, it is always surrounded by this unstructured water.

It was discovered that every healthy cell, no matter which cell it is, is always surrounded by structured water.  So, what is the difference:  It is extremely simple.  The only difference is in the number of electrons that are in the outer orbits.  That is it!…..  That unstructured water is missing these outer electrons. … And it causes disease….  And water that has these outer electrons and their shells is complete and healthy.

Water flowing through rivers and lakes in natural situations that are not polluted; that water is structured.   However, water that goes through a pipe, which almost all of our water that goes into ourbodies does, is unstructured.  It only takes just a few feet of water moving through a pipe under pressure and the water can not rotate the way that it wants to.  Instead, it is forced to move in concentric rings.  And these concentric rings, rip off the outer electrons and form unstructured water.     We are drinking out of high-pressured water pipes that can help to produce disease.

There have been many people who have researched water since they discovered this, and they realized  “Oh we are drinking water that is killing us, what will we do about it?”   Then, many many researchers began to look for ways to quickly restructure the water.

One of these was Walter Von Gardner.   He used to be the head of the Walter Russell School for a long time.  He created this sort of an egg shaped glass container that if you put water into it, together with certain minerals, (colloidal minerals) and stir it in a certain way, this water would become structured and became super alive.

If you took a Kirilian photograph, (one that detects energy) taken of the glass of water before and after.  The water, beforehand would literally have a kind of a glow of white light around it.  But afterwards there was a big ball of white around the glass of water.  You couldn’t even see the glass it was so bright.

People were beginning to understand he difference between structured and unstructured water.

After finding this, they began to research further into micro-clusters and different kinds of water.  He found that if you put magnets in a hexagonal shape, and ran water through it, it instantaneously structured the water.  And so they extended their research to swimming pools and hot tubs.

When water was run through these pools, the water does not grow bacteria because it keeps it alive.    However, when they researched further on this and were able to put it up onto computer screens to see, only to discover that it did not even look like water.  It looked more like acid.   They began to question themselves – are we doing more harm than good, obviously magnets were not the answer?

Note :  Scalar Energy and Magnets are totally unrelated, and work in totally different ways.  Research done by Dr. Masaru Emoto has proven beyond doubt scalar energy will turn the ‘dead’ water back to ‘living’ water.

However by making the water move in rotational patterns in the way it wants to made the water alive again, which was one of the primary keys to make water alive.

Another experiment found that with 12 mineral metals -  By moving these 12 metals in a certain way, and  by allowing the water to also move around them, that the water became super alive immediately.

The Orange Grove – California

There was some research done in California in an orange grove which was astounding,  they picked this grove because it had consistently given the same yield every year for ten years in a row.   It gave two yields every year and the number of oranges was almost exactly the same.

When they went there they changed the nozzles on the feeder system, and they directed them to feed each of the orange trees with living water instead of the water they were normally fed.   That was the only change they made.   Immediately, and instantaneously, it went from two yields to five yields,  and those yields were 20% higher than before -   ALL THEY DID WAS SEND LIVING WATER INTO THE TREES

Many people have been doing research around this and it has been very clear to people who are involved in water that there is something that we have forgotten, or something that we have done, that has changed things about the idea of what water is.

Clustered Water

Under a microscope the water looks like snowflakes.  It is formed in little hexagons, little hexagonal patterns.

This water is found in all babies; human babies, baby trees, baby horses etc.  All babies are filled with clustered water.

However, we very soon lose these clusters and it goes into structured water, then very soon after that, because of the way we live in this polluted world, it begins to move into unstructured water.

Super-Ionized Water

What is Water ?    All it is, is water with 3 extra electrons on the outer orbits.

By studying the reaction of water, it appears as though this water is consciousness, it is alive and it knows what it is doing.   It knows exactly what it is doing because it …. it will go into one reaction, one chemical reaction and do one thing, and turn another reaction with a similar kind of compound, and do something else that could only have been done by consciousness.    If you put the wires of a light bulb into super-ionized water, the light bulb will light up, which seems quite logically impossible.   There is a flow of electrical energy through the water that is described as liquid electrons.

The internal use  of this water became available in retail form many years ago, the supplier then was called Perfect Water, and was sold in the US.

Almost all the toxins in our world are created by inappropriate chemical manipulation done only in the last 180 years.  There are a few natural toxins which can be found in the animal, mineral and plant kingdoms and they have very specific purposes.

Chemical Bonds

The chemical bonds created by humans in the chemistry labs have been forced through artificially bonding elements in abnormal ways.  These artificial bonds are very hard to break, which results in pollution and toxicity in the environment and the body.   Unnatural molecule, such as found in petrochemicals (fuels) pharmaceuticals, food additives, hydrogenated oils (such as margarine, commercial mayonnaise, peanut butter, etc) and pesticides, sometimes have bonds so strong that some of them must be heated to 7000 degrees before they break down and return to natural forms.

Most natural molecules have chemical bonds which break easily under the right circumstances.  For example, natural molecules such as found in the pulp of a carrot will decompose if simply left to rot on the ground, thus breaking down into its elements which the natural processes of the earth can then return to good use.

All of the unnaturally-bonded chemicals in our rivers, streams, lakes soils and in our bodies are toxic to us, to one degree or another.  Sometimes the toxicity actually kills cells.  Other times, the chemicals and their interactions with natural substances just creates what I will call clogs; cells which no longer let toxins out or allow nutrients in, or blood vessels (large or small) so coated with sludge that they cannot allow sufficient blood to flow.  It also has a liquefying action.  This action is useful in the pipelines in our body, the water appears to have a similar effect, allowing  “sludge”  in the organs, cells and blood vessels to simply be washed away, without toxic side effects.

Dr Masaru Emoto

was born in Yokohama in July 1943.  He is a graduate of the Yokohama Municipal University’s department of humanities and sciences, with a focus on International Relations. In 1986, he established the IHM Corporation in Tokyo.
In October of 1992, he received certification from the Open International University as a Doctor of Alternative Medicine. Subsequently he was introduced to the concept of micro cluster water in the US and Magnetic Resonance Analysis technology.  The quest, he thus began to discover the mystery of water.

He undertook extensive research of water around the planet, not so much as a scientific researcher, but more from the perspective of an original thinker. At length, he realized that it was in the frozen crystal form, that water showed us its true nature.

He has gained worldwide acclaim through his groundbreaking research and discovery, that water is deeply connected to our individual and collective consciousness

He is the author of the best-selling books Messages from Water, The Hidden Messages in Water, The True Power of Water and Love Thyself. He has now also authored two children’s books, The Secret of Water for the children of the world, and The Message from Water children’s version. He is a long-time advocate for peace in relation to water. He is currently the head of I.H.M.General Research Institute and President Emeritus of the International Water for Life Foundation, a Not-for-Profit Organization.

We all learn valuable life lessons at our own pace, but there is one basic truth we all learn early. Positive, compassionate words comfort and heal; negative words and insults hurt.

Until recently, we knew this only because we could feel it.  Now we can actually see it. Thanks to the experimental work of Dr. Masaru Emoto, we can look to water, and its frozen crystals, to confirm the healing power of beautiful music, positive thinking, uplifting speech, and prayer.

By exposing water to a particular word or piece of music, freezing it, and photographing the ice crystals formed,  Dr. Emoto has shown that from beautiful words and music, come beautiful crystals, and from mean-spirited, negative words, come malformed and misshapen crystals.  What is the significance?

It becomes clear when we remember that the adult human body is approximately 70% water and infant bodies are about 90% water. We can be hurt emotionally and, as the water can be changed, for the worse physically by negativity. However, we are always closer to beauty when surrounded by positive thoughts, words, intentions and ultimately those vibrations.

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We live on this water planet, in water bodies, and we are attracted to water.

If you move through a forest and you come to a river, your heart is pulled to that place, because you can feel the life energy that is there.

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So how much should you really be drinking each day?

Well, it depends on how hydrating your foods are.   We often take for granted the fact that hydration is vital for everything from your digestive system to your immune system and cell health — all the things that keep you happy and glowing.

Water streaming out of the tap, bottled water at every corner deli  and supermarket…  we’re luckier than we know to have so much access to clean drinking water.

It is important to know that water-packed fruits and vegetables deliver hydration to your cells and skin better than water ever will, so rather than force-feeding yourself gallons of water each day, try upping your intake of cucumbers, tomatoes, watermelon, oranges and other live fruits and vegetables.

However, if  you stop getting thirsty, which often happens with older folk,  you need to drink more water.   When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

Water is also beneficial for your skin to look radiant and to help with aging lines.  More on that in our post on Vitamin C.

Dr. Otis Brawley

He is the chief medical officer and executive vice president of the American Cancer Society

We need the skeptical educated consumer.   We need people who consume medicine to think about their health care 

Anyone going to hear a speech by Dr. Otis Brawley might think they  could easily predict what Dr Brawley will say. Since he’s the chief medical officer and executive vice president of the American Cancer Society, you might expect him to urge doctors to aggressively screen all their patients for cancer, and to aggressively treat them as well.

You’d be wrong.

At a recent Association of Health Care Journalists meeting in Atlanta (where Dr. Brawley also serves as a professor at Emory University), he slammed everyone in the health care system for overuse of under-proven treatments. These themes are also in his new book, How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick In America.

Dr. Brawley’s whole speech can be seen here, and here is a transcript of edited excerpts:

I spend a lot of time as chief medical officer at the American Cancer Society worried about where trends are going and what’s happening and trying to make sure that people actually focus on relevant pertinent things.   So first thing I’m going to say is, always keep in mind that the leading cause of cancer, and indeed one of the leading causes of heart disease, is tobacco usage.

Also please keep in mind that the second leading cause of cancer is the combination of very little physical activity and bad diet, which usually means high caloric intake and obesity.

At some point in time, health care is going to so dominate commerce and so dominate costs, and so dominate our economy that it’s going to cause our economy to collapse.   What we’ve gone through in the last couple of years is going to be nothing compared to what we will go through financially when health care is 25 to 30 percent of every dollar spent, and that’s likely going to be in the next 10 to 15 years.

We have an amazing health care system. Or I should say a health care system with amazing potential that it is not meeting. 

Politicians have talked about how great our health care system is. And I was thinking ‘gee, we’re 50th in life expectancy.    We’re 47th in infant mortality right -  Countries such as Cuba do better.’

There really is a subtle form of corruption in health care. Who is at fault for this corruption? Quite honestly

• it’s the doctors,
• it’s the hospitals,
• it’s the hospital systems,
• it’s the insurers.
• It’s the drug companies,
• it’s the lawyers and
• it’s even the patients. 

Everyone is at fault for the fact that the system really is not failing. Quite honestly, failure is the system.

We have doctors who want money.

We have companies that want money, they give  — those doctors give unnecessary chemotherapy.

In my business those doctors give unnecessary surgeries and treatments, unnecessary imaging.

They make promises about screening tests that we don’t know.

Then we have patients who consume too much health care.   Patients who want things.   We have patient families who are unable to accept that fact their comatose father with stage four, widely-metastatic prostate cancer, widely-metastatic lung cancer is dying.   And they insist that everything be done.

Actually in my book I talk about how I still think I have post-traumatic stress disorder from what I did as a 28-year-old second-year resident to a man who had widely metastatic lung cancer for whom the answer was  :

‘We need to try to keep him comfortable because he’s dying.’

But we kept him alive for an additional six weeks. And finally on the day that he died I was sitting at his bed — at the foot of his bed and I realized that he was on a ventilator.

It would be interesting to know what this guy would have thought of this, had he been able to think, because he was probably a redneck and I was this poor kid from Detroit sitting at the foot of his bed deciding how much air he would breathe in with every breath, how often he would breathe it, what his respiratory rate would be.

His family could not accept the fact that he was dying and what we should do is try to keep him comfortable. They continuously said we need to give this guy everything possible. We would say: ‘Do you mean everything reasonable?’ And they would say: ‘Everything reasonable is everything possible.’

That happens all the time. … People cannot accept that death is a part of life. Death is an imminent part of life. And so let’s get back to how doctors promise people and indeed many of these people can’t accept that folks die because we in medicine have subtly lied to them over the years and thought that we can do much more in medicine than we actually can do.

We started widespread prostate cancer screening in the United States in 1990. It was 2010 that the first study actually was recorded that told us that prostate cancer screening might save lives.

Dr. Otis Brawley

So we did it for 20 years because some people thought it might save lives.   We in medicine, told people it does save lives and you should get it.   My own American Cancer Society recommended every man over 50 get prostate cancer screening, every black man over 40 back in 1992, without adequate scientific data.

Of course the study in 2010, which is still questionable as to whether it saves lives, but the study actually suggests that it might, which was published with the study that suggests that prostate cancer screening actually increases the risk of death, by the way.   The one study that suggests that it might save lives said that we had to treat 48 men in order to save  -  “one life”.

Prostate cancer treatment with radical prostatectomy in the United States has a one percent risk of death.   You can kind of start doing the math.   There’s not a lot of people saved.

[When I became] an assistant director at the National Cancer Institute and I have to go out [to a hospital] that is an NCI-designated cancer center,  and there is the whole dog and pony show where they tell you how great the hospital is and how much service they do.

This [hospital marketing] guy explained to me how if his hospital announced they were going to do free prostate cancer screening in six weeks at a particular mall, and they would screen the first 1,000 men who rolled up their sleeve and said ‘please screen me’ – men over 50.

He explained to me how much free publicity they would get off of that announcement. And how much increased business their chest pain center would get off that announcement.  How much increased business their breast screening service, their women’s center would get off that announcement.

If they screen 1,000 men, they’ll have 145 abnormal.

They’re going to charge about $3,000 to figure out why each of the 145 abnormals is abnormal and that’s how they charge for the free screening.

Now with this, about 10 of that 145 won’t come to this hospital … however, the 135 that they have, 45 will die of prostate cancer and the other percentage they’re going to get radical prostatectomy at about $30,000 to $40,000 per case. With a percentage they’re going to get [radioactive] seeds and about $30,000 a case. IMRT radiation therapy at the time was about $60,000 to $70,000.

And then his business plan goes further  :

He knew how many guys are going to have so much incontinence that diapers don’t do it so he had in his business plan how many artificial sphincters the urologists were going to implant. And then he was a little apologetic because there is this new thing called Viagra on the market and that screwed up his estimate about how many penile implants he was going to sell because of guys who were upset about impotence due to prostate cancer treatment.

This is 1998. [I said] if you screen 1,000 people how many lives are you going to save.

He took his glasses off, looked at me like I was fool and he said

‘Don’t you know nobody has ever shown that prostate cancer screening saves lives. I can’t give you an estimate on that.’

Quite honestly, a whole bunch of doctors have drunk the Kool-Aid. They don’t actually understand that prostate cancer screening may not save lives. The fact that some of them make money off them helps them to not understand, of course.

And unfortunately doctors tend to confuse what they believe with what they know.   That’s actually something that we docs need to work on. We also need to realize that a profession is a group of people who puts its customers and the welfare of its customers above the welfare of members of the profession.   A profession is a group of people who polices itself.

That’s one of the reasons why when a group of doctor professional organizations a couple of weeks ago announced these are tests that we are overdoing and we need to stop doing so often.   I actually thought that was a good thing.  We’re starting to finally realize what the real meaning of the profession is.

When I hear the politicians talk about death panels and rationing, we need to be talking about rational use of medicine.   Not rationing but rational.   And unfortunately that is not happening in the United States.

There is this drug called Prilosec. Suppresses acid in the stomach. Great drug.   AstraZeneca only had one problem,  Eighteen-year patent, Four years left on the patent.

Five billion dollar a year drug. Lots of money made off of Prilosec. ‘What’s going to be our next multibillion dollar drug?’ Well they started this thing called ‘operation shark fin,’ the search for the next multibillion dollar drug.

They couldn’t find a new drug but they found a very smart chemist who knew a little bit of patent law. You see Prilosec when it was made is a big molecule and – not to get too much into the chemistry – there is really two chemicals there and they’re mirror image isomers.

Well, you have the pill Prilosec – the left suppresses acid, the right [side of the pill] your liver takes out sends it to the kidney and you urinate it out. But it’s the left [side] that’s active.

Well the smart chemist realized it’s just one quick easy chemical step in the lab to do what your liver does for you. Separate left from right. And so they separated left from right, they did a series of studies that they sent to the FDA arguing that this new drug, which we have patented called Esomeprazole is equivalent to the old drug.

And the FDA agreed that the new drug was equivalent to the old drug so the FDA approved it.

• It’s equivalent in side effects,
• its equivalent in efficacy.

And then they went to their marketing guys and they said how are we going to market this drug, the next multibillion dollar drug for AstraZeneca?

The marketing guy said ‘we’re going to package it as a big purple pill and then they said what are we going to call our next multibillion dollar drug? Let’s screw them, let’s call it Nexium.‘

Okay, now I happen to go to Costco yesterday.

• A pill of Nexium is $6.
• A pill of Prilosec is $1 and
• a pill of generic Prilosec is 35 cents.

Now one of the ten most prescribed drugs in the United States today is Nexium.   At $6 a day.   But, all the science tells us it was FDA approved because it was equivalent to something that costs 35 cents a day.

And we wonder why we have 18 percent of our GDP going towards health care.

By the way, about $8,000 per man, woman and child is what health care costs in the United States today.   The number two country, which is Switzerland, is a little less than $4,000. Switzerland is fourth among UN countries in life expectancy and we’re 50th. I don’t think we get what we pay for.

We need to transform how we view health care not reform it.   We need to become much more appreciative of prevention efforts. We need to reimburse doctors who coach and talk to patients far better than we are.

Today we give doctors who do interventions in patients a lot more money than they should be getting and doctors who talk to patients very little money. The incentive on the doctor today is to not talk to patients, just move them in, move them out and get volume.

We need to understand and appreciate science.   We’re not going to have improvements in our healthcare system until the mass population demands that doctors appreciate science, justify their recommendations and justify their decisions.

We need the skeptical, educated consumer.   We need people who consume medicine to think about health care the same way they think about buying a television set at a Best Buy.

Sixty years ago, scientists were on the cusp of a revolutionary scientific breakthrough. In the preceding decades, researchers had had some success transplanting organs in animals, and there had even been a few failed attempts at human organ transplants.  Numerous studies showed that human organ transplantation was feasible, and that it would be enormously beneficial to thousands of patients, but nobody had been able to make it work.

Success finally came in the early 1950s, when several kidney  transplants within a few years gave new life to ailing patients. In the following decades, doctors learned how to transplant other organs successfully, and they dramatically improved recovery rates.

Today, most organ transplants are relatively safe, routine procedures, and transplantation is considered to be the best treatment option for thousands of patients every year.

Unfortunately, doctors and patients now face a new obstacle:  Around the world thousands of people are on waiting lists  for a life-saving or life-improving transplant.

Sadly, people die waiting for the gift of a heart, liver, kidney, lung or pancreas transplant.    The demand for transplants has far surpassed the supply of donated organs.   Simply put, there aren’t enough organ donors, so patients must wait months, even years, for their chance at recovery.

For many others, the wait means long weeks or months in hospital or several trips to hospital every week for treatment such as dialysis. For some, it means being attached to an oxygen tank 24 hours a day. One organ and tissue donor can save or enhance the lives of 10 people or more.

Kidneys and livers may be transplanted from a living donor, since people are born with an extra kidney and the liver is regenerative.

Even a lung can be transplanted from a living donor, but this is still very rare. For these procedures, a patient will generally find a willing donor in a friend or family member.    If the donor is a match, they can proceed directly to the surgery stage. A smaller number of living transplants come from charitable people donating for the general good.

­If a patient needs a heart transplant, a double lung transplant, a pancreas transplant or a cornea transplant, they will need to get it from a cadaverous (deceased) donor. Generally, acceptable donors are people who are brain dead but on artificial life support.

Even though they are technically dead, their body is still functioning, which means the organs remain healthy. Organs will deteriorate very quickly after the body itself expires, making them unusable for transplant.

There is a never-ending challenge to continue to find more donors and help those on the waiting list.

Transplantation has dramatically improved the lives of recipients and enabled them to be active, healthy members of the community.

There are significant cost benefits to transplants when compared with the on-going cost of treatment for people requiring transplants.

The bad news – many people with disabilities still face discrimination in terms of referral and evaluation for transplantation, and actually receiving a transplant once referred.

There is a very great deal we do not know about the experience of people with disabilities in terms of organ transplants. The National Working Group’s survey gives a first glimpse at how things have improved, but also how many barriers there are.

Myths and Truths

Myths and misconceptions about organ donation discourage potential donors from making the decision to donate organs or tissue after death.

We have many misconceptions, mainly because death is not something most people want to think about while we are alive, regardless of what condition we are in, we have an inbuilt desire to survive – part of every  mammal on earth’s maternal instinct, which is our “fight and flight” senses that pump up our adrenaline in readiness to help us survive.

However, there is another question that has never been addressed before when a person is waiting for a compatible donor.   What about the DNA of the organ they will be receiving ??  

The following report is one to consider of great importance, especially if the organs have come from suspicious origins.  In other words, the  “black market of organs”  that seems readily available, or organs that have been bought cheaply from very poor societies, whereby the organ donor will continue living in hardship conditions, but their organ has been transplanted into another body. Those organs are still receptive to the body it came from through its DNA.

Or, the donor was not a willing donor, and died fighting for his freedom from his captives and for dear life itself; the organs would be completely stressed and more than likely would not co-operate well with the new recipient.

READ THIS IT’S TRUE.

Dr Backster totally shocked the scientific world. He scraped human cells from a volunteer’s mouth and connected these to his polygraph and medical EEG equipment. He found to his utter amazement that these cells reacted instantaneously to the donor’s emotions, even when they were geographically separated!  White blood cells were found to be particularly susceptible to emotion.

So what happens if you have received an organ from someone who is living in distress after giving up their organ, either willingly or not, does that organ still feel the suffering of its donor and carry that through to the new recipient ?   Is that why some organs reject ?

If you understand the true effect we all have i.e. ‘Butterfly Effect’, ‘The One Hundredth Monkey’ and natural skills like telepathy, read below for some interesting news.

This concept of intelligence existing “outside” the physical confines of the living organism has been hard for the scientific community to accept.   But over the past 5-10 years, hard evidence has been produced which is having its effect on the scientific skeptics.

Dr. Karl Pribram, a prominent American brain surgeon, sees the brains neurons “out picturing” the physical universe, similar to the holographic process. He suggests that our brains are exposed to the entire concept of the universe in the same way that any minute part of a hologram contains basically the same information as the whole.

British scientist, Jacob Boehm came up with the same Holographic Theory and had it published in a prominent scientific journal. But probably most amazing of all is the theory that British physicist Rupert Sheldrake has proffered.   If his theory is proven correct, it will rival Charles Darwin’s Theory of evolution in its magnitude.

Basically he has proven repeatedly through laboratory controlled experiments that different species of animals appear to be “plugged” into a dedicated intelligence field which is universal to that particular species.

For example, when enough mice in a group have learned a maze, they ALL suddenly know the maze – whether they have run it or not! It now appears, after a BBC television experiment, that if enough humans have learned something, then it becomes easier for all humans to learn it. Sheldrake calls this shared intelligence the morphogenetic field.

There is an interesting parable about his called the “100th monkey” relating to an apparent observation made on a remote Japanese Island. A very bright female monkey on a small island was taught to wash sweet potatoes in the seawater.   She then taught other members of the tribe to do this.

When approximately 100 monkeys had learned this procedure, many other remote monkey tribes started washing potatoes in the same manner.   But the interesting thing is that these other tribes were situated on other remote islands and also on the mainland. That is, they had no possible way of acquiring this knowledge, other by some form of intuitive universal “sharing”.

The BBC in London tried out Sheldrake’s Theory on 8 million of their viewers.     They showed on prime time TV, a difficult puzzle that only a very small percentage of their viewers were able to solve.

Then the correct answer was also given on prime time TV. Shortly after, the same experiment was repeated by a TV network in another country.

A far higher percentage of these foreign viewers were able to get the puzzle right the first time.   As the puzzle was in the form of a universal pictorial concept, language and customs were not considered to be a factor.

The BBC and Sheldrake concluded that as the correct answer was now existing within the human morphogenetic field then the human race now “knows” the answer. Basically Sheldrake’s Theory explains “intuitive” functioning to a degree.

What Sheldrake is saying is that there is a “larger” mind for each life-form and each individual life-form “programs” that larger mind. The theory might be laughable except for Sheldrake’s acceptance in the scientific community and also the BBC experiment.

But probably the most startling (and easily repeatable) experiments came from Cleve Backster, a polygraph (lie detector) expert. Operating from his San Diego, Californian laboratory he found that plants react – at a distance – to human thought.

He initially connected his polygraph equipment to a Dragon Plant to test for possible “plant stress”. He decided to generate stress by burning the plants leaves and sure enough the polygraph machine registered a strong reaction. But he hadn’t actually burnt the leaves – he had only intended to do so!   He had thought about it with emotion and intent!

Skeptics who tried the same experiment without genuine intent couldn’t get it to work.

Dr Backster went a step further and totally shocked the scientific world. He scraped human cells from a volunteer’s mouth and connected these to his polygraph and medical EEG equipment.

He found to his utter amazement that these cells reacted instantaneously to the donor’s emotions, even when they were geographically separated! White blood cells were found to be particularly susceptible to emotion. (This may explain for the first time why people with strong positive emotions have better health).

This intelligence field is the key to probably the most extraordinary part of the advanced mind power research of Jim Francis – his discoveries about our mental connection with the morphogenetic field. And could explain how his exciting programs work, such as Subjective Communication – the ability to connect with other peoples minds through this field to create win/win situations… …and remote viewing, the ability to see people, objects and places in the past, present and future – by accessing this field… …and remote influencing, the ability to transfer emotions and heal people from a distance, through this field.

Incidentally, Dr Arikian has had some amazing results, and has in the past restored many People with diseased or damaged body parts, considered unfix-able, without surgery or the use of anything invasive.

DID YOU KNOW OUR BRAIN AND THE MALE ORGANS DEPEND ON CHOLESTEROL AND UNSATURATED FAT IN ORDER TO FUNCTION PROPERLY 

A recent report – that cholesterol might actually be good for helping to put up a fight against Cancer and Heart Diseases 

“Another lipid in a cell wall is cholesterol. And you thought it was a terrible thing.

The cholesterol in each one of your cells forms a “hydrophobic” bond within the cell wall.  –   Hydrophobic means “fear of water.” 

It’s a cute way to describe this function of our cells, but in our lives it simply describes the reason we don’t melt in a rainstorm or fall apart when we take a shower or bath.   Our cells resist water. Without this resistance, we would be water-soluble and we’d all dissolve in a rainstorm.

The reason for this conclusion, it has been revealed to be the protein ORPs. It was said that these might be able to control the growth of the cells of the Oxysterol Binding function of the proteins.

They came to this conclusion when, during a study on the path of the Cholesterol, they saw how it tends to move inside the cells of the body, and this is where it can reline the outer membrane with this fat layer.

“The assumption was that ORPs bind and transport cholesterol inside cells in a similar fashion to how lipoproteins bind and move around the fat outside cells through the blood stream”

It is of the view that the genetic differences in the cholesterol tend to block the ORPs from joining with the cholesterol.  However, it does not mean that the ORPs wouldn’t grow.

Actually, it tends to regulate the activities of the ORPs better   and even activate the proteins better.

This helps in many processes of the cells.   It also tends to   stimulate better growth of the cells.     This actually tends to help the body function better in the long run.

The body might be able to  develop its own regenerative functions with the help of this function of the cholesterol that one tends to intake with food.

With healthy foods gaining in popularity, our diets lack these highly unsaturated fatty acids.  What fats are right for you and what are wrong.   You’ve surely started paying more attention to terms like saturated fats, unsaturated fatty acid, poly and mono unsaturated fats, essential fatty acids, omega-3 fatty acids and hydrogenated fat.

Doesn’t it all baffle you? You feel like a scientist in a lab with all these names. But, it’s important to know what they mean.

The cholesterol theory led to the no-fat, low-fat recommendations that in turn created the very foods now causing an epidemic of inflammation.

Mainstream medicine made a terrible mistake when it advised people to avoid saturated fat in favor of foods high in omega-6 fats. 

We now have an epidemic of arterial inflammation leading to heart disease and other silent killers.  

THE BRAIN for example, about sixty percent of the human brain is fat.  To maintain proper brain health, you need to get adequate fat from your diet.  Some fats damage the brain.

Healthy fats help keep the lining of brain cells flexible so that memory and other brain messages can pass easily between cells.  Omega-3 fats are important to brain health.

Omega-6 fats can be eaten in moderation, however too much, such as are found in the highest concentrations in corn, sunflower, and safflower oils, can cause or worsen inflammation within the brain, for which there is insufficient Omega-3 fats to keep inflammation under control.

To avoid or eliminate inflammation-  cut down the causes such as  omega-6 fats like corn and soybean oil and the processed foods that are made from them. Without inflammation, cholesterol would move freely throughout the body as nature intended.

 It is inflammation that causes cholesterol to become trapped.

Our diets in this country lack these highly unsaturated fatty acids and instead all too often contain an excess of man-made oils known as trans fats (or partially hydrogenated oils).   These oils are seemingly very much like cholesterol, so much so, that our bodies cannot tell the difference.  

These oils or trans fats get into our cell walls and destroy the electrical charge by clogging it up.   Without the charge, our cells start to suffocate.   Clogging up the cell walls also decreases the absorption of oxygen.  Without the oxygen, the only way the cell can replicate is anaerobically.  (The term “anaerobic” means “without air” or “without oxygen.” -  anaerobically; generally in high stress situations).

(They also are very tough oils and have a 20-year shelf life. They slow impede the process of cellular exchange, or in other words, slow down and sometimes stop the cells getting nutrition into the body and letting the wastes out.  Trans fats are also responsible for Type II diabetes, since insulin is a very large molecule it has a difficult time passing through a cell wall created with man-made fats and not cholesterol.)”

What is trans fat?

Trans fat is made by adding hydrogen to vegetable oil through a process called hydrogenation, which makes the oil less likely to spoil. Using trans fats in the manufacturing of foods helps foods stay fresh longer, have a longer shelf life and have a less greasy feel.

It is thought that adding hydrogen to oil makes the oil more difficult to digest, and your body recognizes trans fats and thinks that it is saturated fats.

Trans fat in your food

Commercial baked goods — such as crackers, cookies and cakes — and many fried foods, such as doughnuts and french fries — may contain trans fats. Shortenings and margarine can be high in trans fat.

How do you know whether food contains trans fat? Look for the words “partially hydrogenated” vegetable oil. That’s another term for trans fat.

It sounds counter-intuitive, but “fully” or “completely” hydrogenated oil doesn’t contain trans fat.  Unlike partially hydrogenated oil, the process used to make fully or completely hydrogenated oil doesn’t result in trans-fatty acids.  However, if the label says just “hydrogenated” vegetable oil, it could mean the oil contains some trans fat.   There are small amounts of trans fat that occur naturally in some meat and dairy products however it’s the trans fats in processed foods that are more harmful, most come from processing liquid vegetable oil to become solid fat.

Trans fatty foods tantalize your taste buds, then travel through your digestive system to your arteries, where they turn to sludge.

What is Saturated Fats

You may have heard that saturated fats are the “solid” fats in your diet. For the most part, this is true. For example, if you open a container of meat stew, you will probably find some fat floating on top. This fat is saturated fat.   Other saturated fats can be more difficult to see in your diet.   In general, saturated fat can be found in the following foods:

• High-fat cheeses
• High-fat cuts of meat
• Whole-fat milk and cream
• Butter
• Ice cream and ice cream products
• Palm and coconut oils

It’s important to note that lower-fat versions of these foods usually will contain saturated fats, but typically in smaller quantities than the regular versions.

As you look at this list above, notice two things. First, animal fats are a primary source of saturated fat.  Secondly, certain plant oils are another source of saturated fats: palm oils, coconut oils, and cocoa butter.

You may think you don’t use palm or coconut oils, but they are often added to commercially-prepared foods, such as cookies, cakes, doughnuts, and pies. Solid vegetable shortening often contains palm oils and some whipped dessert toppings contain coconut oil.

Mainstream medicine made a terrible mistake when it advised people to avoid saturated fat

The cholesterol theory led to the no-fat, low-fat recommendations that in turn created the very foods now causing an epidemic of inflammation.  Mainstream medicine made a terrible mistake when it advised people to avoid saturated fat in favor of foods high in omega-6 fats. We now have an epidemic of arterial inflammation leading to heart disease and other silent killers.

Heart Surgeon Admits Huge Mistake!
By Dwight Lundell, MD

We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is.  I freely admit to being wrong..  As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries,today is my day to right the wrong with medical and scientific fact.

I trained for many years with other prominent physicians labelled “opinion makers.”  Bombarded with scientific literature, continually attending education seminars, we opinion makers insisted heart disease resulted from the simple fact of elevated blood cholesterol.

The only accepted therapy was prescribing medications to lower cholesterol and a diet that severely restricted fat intake.  The latter of course we insisted would lower cholesterol and heart disease.  Deviations from these recommendations were considered heresy and could quite possibly result in malpractice.

It Is Not Working!

These recommendations are no longer scientifically or morally defensible. The discovery a few years ago that inflammation in the artery wall is the real cause of heart disease is slowly leading to a paradigm shift in how heart disease and other chronic ailments will be treated.

The long-established dietary recommendations have created epidemics of obesity and diabetes,the consequences of which dwarf any historical plague in terms of mortality, human suffering and dire economic consequences.

Despite the fact that 25% of the population takes expensive statin medications and despite the fact we have reduced the fat content of our diets, more Americans will die this year of heart disease than ever before.

Statistics from the American Heart Association show that 75 million Americans currently suffer from heart disease, 20 million have diabetes and 57 million have pre-diabetes. These disorders are affecting younger and younger people in greater numbers every year.

Simply stated, without inflammation being present in the body, there is no way that cholesterol would accumulate in the wall of the blood vessel and cause heart disease and strokes.  Without inflammation, cholesterol would move freely throughout the body as nature intended.  It is inflammation that causes cholesterol to become trapped.

Inflammation is not complicated — it is quite simply your body’s natural defence to a foreign invader such as a bacteria, toxin or virus. The cycle of inflammation is perfect in how it protects your body from these bacterial and viral invaders.  However, if we chronically expose the body to injury by toxins or foods the human body was never designed to process, a condition occurs called chronic inflammation.
Chronic inflammation is just as harmful as acute inflammation is beneficial.

What thoughtful person would willfully expose himself repeatedly to foods or other substances that are known to cause injury to the body?  Well, smokers perhaps, but at least they made that choice willfully.
The rest of us have simply followed the recommended mainstream diet that is low in fat and high in polyunsaturated fats and carbohydrates, not knowing we were causing repeated injury to our blood vessels. This repeated injury creates chronic inflammation leading to heart disease, stroke, diabetes and obesity.

Let me repeat that. The injury and inflammation in our blood vessels is caused by the low fat diet recommended for years by mainstream medicine.

What are the biggest culprits of chronic inflammation? Quite simply, they are the overload of simple, highly processed carbohydrates (sugar, flour and all the products made from them) and the excess consumption of omega-6 vegetable oils like soybean, corn and sunflower that are found in many processed foods.

Take a moment to visualize rubbing a stiff brush repeatedly over soft skin until it becomes quite red and nearly bleeding.  you kept this up several times a day, every day for five years.   If you could tolerate this painful brushing, you would have a bleeding, swollen infected area that became worse with each repeated injury. This is a good way to visualize the inflammatory process that could be going on in your body right now.

Regardless of where the inflammatory process occurs, externally or internally, it is the same.   I have peered inside thousands upon thousands of arteries.   A diseased artery looks as if someone took a brush and scrubbed repeatedly against its wall.   Several times a day, every day, the foods we eat create small injuries compounding into more injuries, causing the body to respond continuously and appropriately with inflammation.

While we savor the tantalizing taste of a sweet roll, our bodies respond alarmingly as if a foreign invader arrived declaring war. Foods loaded with sugars and simple carbohydrates, or processed with omega-6 oils for long shelf life have been the mainstay of the American diet for six decades. These foods have been slowly poisoning everyone.

How does eating a simple sweet roll create a cascade of inflammation to make you sick?

Imagine spilling syrup on your keyboard and you have a visual of what occurs inside the cell. When we consume simple carbohydrates such as sugar, blood sugar rises rapidly. In response, your pancreas secretes insulin whose primary purpose is to drive sugar into each cell where it is stored for energy. If the cell is full and does not need glucose, it is rejected to avoid extra sugar gumming up the works.

When your full cells reject the extra glucose, blood sugar rises
producing more insulin and the glucose converts to stored fat.

What does all this have to do with inflammation? Blood sugar is controlled in a very narrow range.    Extra sugar molecules attach to a variety of proteins that in turn injure the blood vessel wall.   This repeated injury to the blood vessel wall sets off inflammation. When you spike your blood sugar level several times a day, every day, it is exactly like taking sandpaper to the inside of your delicate blood vessels.

While you may not be able to see it, rest assured it is there. I saw it in over 5,000 surgical patients spanning 25 years who all shared one common denominator — inflammation in their arteries.

Let’s get back to the sweet roll. That innocent looking goody not only contains sugars, it is baked in one of many omega-6 oils such as soybean. Chips and fries are soaked in soybean oil; processed foods are manufactured with omega-6 oils for longer shelf life. While omega-6’s are essential –they are part of every cell membrane controlling what goes in and out of the cell — they must be in the correct balance with omega-3’s.

If the balance shifts by consuming excessive omega-6, the cell membrane produces chemicals called cytokines that directly cause inflammation.
Today’s mainstream American diet has produced an extreme imbalance of these two fats. The ratio of imbalance ranges from 15:1 to as high as 30:1 in favor of omega-6. That’s a tremendous amount of cytokines causing inflammation. In today’s food environment, a 3:1 ratio would be optimal and healthy.

To make matters worse, the excess weight you are carrying from eating these foods creates overloaded fat cells that pour out large quantities of pro-inflammatory chemicals that add to the injury caused by having high blood sugar.

The process that began with a sweet roll turns into a vicious cycle over time that creates heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and finally, Alzheimer’s disease, as the inflammatory process continues unabated.

There is no escaping the fact that the more we consume prepared and processed foods, the more we trip the inflammation switch little by little each day. The human body cannot process, nor was it designed to consume, foods packed with sugars and soaked in omega-6 oils.

There is but one answer to quieting inflammation, and that is returning to foods closer to their natural state.

To build muscle, eat more protein. Choose carbohydrates that are very complex such as colorful fruits and vegetables.    Cut down on or eliminate inflammation- causing omega-6 fats like corn and soybean oil and the processed foods that are made from them.

• One tablespoon of corn oil contains 7,280 mg of omega-6;
• soybean contains 6,940 mg. Instead,
• use olive oil or butter from grass-fed beef.

Animal fats contain less than 20% omega-6 and are much less likely to cause inflammation than the supposedly healthy oils labelled polyunsaturated. Forget the “science” that has been drummed into your head for decades.   

The science that saturated fat alone causes heart disease is non-existent.

The science that saturated fat raises blood cholesterol is also very weak.   Since we now know that cholesterol is not the cause of heart disease, the concern about saturated fat is even more absurd today.

The cholesterol theory led to the no-fat, low-fat recommendations that in turn created the very foods now causing an epidemic of inflammation.    Mainstream medicine made a terrible mistake when it advised people to avoid saturated fat in favor of foods high in omega-6 fats. We now have an epidemic of arterial inflammation leading to heart disease and other silent killers.

What you can do is choose whole foods your grandmother served and not those your mom turned to as grocery store aisles filled with manufactured foods.

By eliminating inflammatory foods and adding essential nutrients from fresh unprocessed food, you will reverse years of damage in your arteries and throughout your body from consuming the typical American diet.

A stroke is a medical emergency and Prompt Treatment is crucial. Early action can minimize brain damage and potential complications.

Strokes secondary to cardiogenic embolism are caused by emboli (moving blood clots) that develop in the heart.   The embolus travels through the bloodstream and becomes stuck in a small artery in the brain.

Because stroke injures the brain, you may not realize that you are having a stroke.   To a bystander, someone having a stroke may just look unaware or confused.   Stroke victims have the best chance if someone around them recognizes the symptoms and acts quickly. 

Act FAST

• Facial Weakness
• Arm & Leg Weakness
• Speech Problems
• Time is Critical

If you answer yes to any of the above CALL AN AMBULANCE IMMEDIATELY!

Stroke prevention continues to be a sought after topic in our society.

Although stroke is considered a disease of the brain, it can affect the entire body.  The effects of a stroke range from mild to severe and can include paralysis, problems with thinking, problems with speaking, and emotional problems. Patients may also experience pain or numbness after a stroke.

The way to prevent any disease process in the body is to first understand the mechanisms by which the process begins.  The breaking away of plaque built up on the blood vessel walls that produce blood clots are the primary causes for strokes.

The good news is that strokes can be treated and prevented, and fewer people now die of stroke than was the case even 15 years ago due to more awareness to risk factors such as high blood pressure and smoking.

• A Brain cell function requires a constant delivery of oxygen and glucose from the bloodstream.
• A stroke, or cerebrovascular accident (CVA), occurs when blood supply to part of the brain is disrupted.
• After a stroke, the part of the brain that is supplied by the clotted blood vessel is then deprived of blood and oxygen. As a result of the deprived blood and oxygen, the cells of that part of the brain die or become damaged, and the part of the body that it (the Neurons) control, stops working or damaged to some degree.
• Patients may often suffer physical disabilities such as partial loss of motricity or hemiplegia, sensory loss, language disorders, aphasia, visual disorders, and even memory loss.
• Level of recovery will vary from patient to patient. Starting rapidly a rehabilitation program is key to recovery.

Stroke commonly affects the emotions.   It can cause lack of control of your emotions and an improper response may happen at inappropriate times.  This is called the pseudobulbar affect (PBA), also known as emotional lability, is a distinct neurologic disorder that causes sudden and unpredictable episodes of crying, laughing, or other emotional displays.

Stroke has a new indicator 
If you pass this information on to some of your friends, you stand a chance of saving one life.

Blood Clots/Stroke – They Now Have a Fourth Indicator, 

the Tongue

STROKE  Remember the 1st Three Letters….S. T. R.

STROKE  IDENTIFICATION:


During a BBQ, a woman stumbled and took a little fall – she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) …she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.

They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Jane went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening.

Jane’s husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital – (at 6:00 PM Jane passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Jane would be with us today. Some don’t die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this.

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke…totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE


Thank God for the sense to remember the ’3′ steps,

S . T . R  

Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a  by-stander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

S  *Ask the individual to SMILE.

T  *Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A

SIMPLE SENTENCE  (Coherently)

(I.e. It is sunny out today.)

R  *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

New Sign of a Stroke ——– Stick out Your Tongue

NOTE:  Another ‘sign’ of a stroke is this: Ask the person to ‘stick’ out his tongue. If the tongue is  ‘crooked’, if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.

The length of time between the first warning signs and the time you get to a hospital may be the difference between a good or poor outcome. Patients who present to the hospital within 3 hours of the first sign of a stroke have the possibility to receive Tissue Plasminogen Activator

There are two main types of stroke:

• Ischemic strokes or cerebral infarcts(80% of strokes) result from a blockage or a reduction of blood flow in an artery that irrigates the brain. Causes can be either by a blood clot (thrombus) which blocks the blood vessel or by the buildup of plaque within the arteries which narrows vessels resulting in a loss of blood flow
  

  

• Haemorrhagic strokes are due to the rupture of an artery within the brain which can trigger an :  intracerebral haemorrhage (15% of strokes) or to the rupture of an aneurysm (arteriovenous malformation) entailing subarachnoid haemorrhage (5% of strokes)

Narrowing of the small arteries within the brain can cause a lacunar stroke, (lacune means “empty space”). which is a blockage of a single arteriole, and can affect a tiny area of brain causing that tissue to die (infarct).

Hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) leading to the brain. There are four major blood vessels that supply the brain with blood.

1. The anterior circulation of the brain that controls most motor  activity, sensation, thought, speech, and emotion is supplied by the carotid arteries.
2. The posterior circulation, which supplies the brain stem and the cerebellum, controlling the automatic parts of brain function and coordination, is supplied by the vertebrobasilar arteries.

If these arteries become narrow as a result of atherosclerosis, plaque  debris can break off and float downstream, clogging the blood supply to a part of the brain.  As opposed to lacunar strokes, larger parts of the brain can lose blood supply, and this may produce more symptoms than a lacunar stroke.

The symptoms of stroke are distinct because they happen quickly:

• Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg (especially on one side of the body)
• Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding speech
• Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
• Sudden severe headache with no known cause

If you, or a close friend or relative has experienced a stroke (preferably recently) and have been unfortunate enough to be suffering from the after affects of the stroke, please do not hesitate to contact us at Sirius Health, the earlier the better, our method of healing also extends overseas. 

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Boost Your Thyroid Function,
Eliminating Your Most Troubling Symptoms…

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The Thyroid is one of the largest Endocrine Glands in the body and gets its name from the Greek word for “shield”, due to the shape of the related thyroid cartilage.

The thyroid gland is a butterfly shaped gland located in the front of the neck, below the thyroid cartilage (which forms the laryngeal prominence, or “Adam’s apple”).

The gland wraps around the windpipe  (Trachea) and its distinct shape that is similar to two wings (lobes) is attached by a middle part (isthmus).  The isthmus (the bridge between the two lobes of the thyroid) is located inferior to the cricoid cartilage.

These hormones regulate the rate of metabolism and affect the growth and rate of function of many other systems in the body.

• T₃ and T₄ are synthesized from both iodine and tyrosine.
• The thyroid also produces calcitonin, which plays a role in calcium homeostasis.

The hormonal output from the thyroid is regulated by the body’s thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) produced by the anterior pituitary, which itself is regulated by thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) produced by the hypothalamus.

The most common problems of the thyroid gland consist of:

• An overactive thyroid gland, referred to as hyperthyroidism, and
• An underactive thyroid gland, referred to as hypothyroidism.

The Thyroid Gland controls how quickly the body uses energy, it makes proteins, and it controls how sensitive the body is to other hormones.   It participates in these processes by producing thyroid hormones, the principal ones being triiodothyronine (T₃) and thyroxine which can sometimes be referred to as tetraiodothyronine (T₄).

The Thyroid Gland works like a tiny factory that uses Iodine (mostly from the diet in foods such as seafood and salt) to produce Thyroid hormones.  These hormones regulate the rate of metabolism and the functioning of many other systems in the body.  T₃ and T₄ are synthesized from both iodine and tyrosine.   The thyroid also produces calcitonin, which plays a role in calcium homeostasis.

Feeling tired or depressed is a common enough complaint, particularly among women.  Paying attention to the thyroid is so important.

• Common Thyroid problems include over-activity (hyperthyroidism) and under-activity (hypothyroidism) of the thyroid gland.
• Common causes of thyroid disorders are Hashimoto’s disease and Graves’ disease. An enlargement of the thyroid gland is called a ‘goitre’.  Treatment decisions must be made based on the independent judgment of  each patient’s individual circumstances.  The following information is a guideline and is not intended to take the place of physician’s judgment in diagnosing and treatment of particular patients.

Goitre is an enlargement of the thyroid gland. Symptoms of a goitre include enlargement of the throat, ranging from a small lump to a huge mass, swallowing problems and breathing problems. Causes include iodine deficiency and thyroid conditions, such as hyperthyroidism,

Hashimoto’s disease is a common cause of hypothyroidism (under-active thyroid).   It is an autoimmune condition.   The Immune system cells attack the thyroid gland, causing inflammation.   This reduces the thyroid’s ability to make hormones.   The condition is also called Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis or autoimmune thyroiditis.

Hyperthyroidism   means the thyroid gland is over-active.   The thyroid gland controls important metabolic processes, such as growth and energy expenditure.  It is the overproduction of the thyroid hormones T₃ and T₄, and is most commonly caused by the development of Graves Disease

Graves Disease   an autoimmune disease in which antibodies are produced which stimulate the thyroid to secrete excessive quantities of thyroid hormones.  The disease can result in the formation of a toxic  Goiter as a result of thyroid growth in response to a lack of negative feedback  mechanisms. It presents with symptoms such as a thyroid goiter,

• protruding eyes  (exopthalmos),
• palpitations,
• excess sweating,
• diarrhea
• weight loss
• muscle weakness
• unusual sensitivity to heat.
• The appetite is often increased.

Hypothyroidism means the thyroid gland is under-active and fails to make enough hormones.

When left untreated, hypothyroidism can raise your cholesterol levels and make you more likely to have a stroke or heart attack.   In severe cases, very low levels of thyroid hormones can trigger a loss of consciousness and life-threatening drop in body temperature. Untreated hyperthyroidism can cause serious heart problems and brittle bones.

There is the underproduction of the thyroid hormones T₃ and T₄. autoimmune disorders such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, iodine deficiency (more likely in poorer countries) or the removal of the thyroid following surgery to treat severe hyperthyroidism and/or thyroid cancer.

Where the hypothyroidism is caused by iodine insufficiency, the thyroid is unable to produce T₃ and T₄ and as a result, the thyroid may continue to grow to form a non-toxic goiter.

It is termed non-toxic as it does not produce toxic quantities of thyroid hormones, despite its size.  Typical symptoms are :

• abnormal weight gain,
• tiredness,
• baldness,
• cold intolerance, and
  
• Bradycardia

Bradycardia is (“heart slowness”),   is the resting heart rate of under 60 beats per minute, though it is seldom symptomatic until the rate drops below 50 beats/min.    It may cause cardiac arrest in some patients, because those with bradycardia may not be pumping enough oxygen to their hearts. It sometimes results in fainting, shortness of breath, and if severe enough, death.

Trained athletes or young healthy individuals may also have a slow resting heart rate.  Resting bradycardia is often considered normal if the individual has no other symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, dizziness, light-headedness, fainting, chest discomfort, palpitations  or shortness of breath associated with it.

Just how important is iodine?

Consider this… By adding a simple but vital supplement of Iodine to your diet whilst you are pregnant, you can increase the chances of an infant developing normally rather than one that could be severely mentally handicapped for the rest of its life because of Iodine Deficiency.   Cells of the developing brain are a major target for the thyroid hormones T₃ and T₄.

Thyroid hormones play a particularly crucial role in brain maturation during fetal development.I should remind you that the cellular enzymes which are responsible for making metabolism possible are themselves protein in nature.  So in effect the cell’s metabolism is speeded up.  That is why we see that thyroid hormone values in growing children is higher than adults as a growing body needs more energy thus a higher rate of metabolism per unit mass.

In children thyroid hormone levels have a great effect on growth. Those who are hypothyroid exhibit stunted growth. The fetal thyroid also secretes thyroid hormone and its deficiency shows up as mental retardation in later life. Such a disease is known as cretinism.
Cretinism is a condition of stunted body growth and impaired mental development.  The symptoms, which appear during early infancy, are the gradual development of a characteristic coarse, dry skin, a slightly swollen face and tongue, umbilical hernia, and an open mouth that drools.

The baby is usually listless, slow-moving, constipated, and a slow feeder.  The base of the skull is foreshortened, the face is wide and short, the mandible underdeveloped, and the maxilla overdeveloped.

Every newborn in Australia is given a blood test to check for the presence of particular genetic or metabolic disorders, including phenylketonuria (PKU), hypothyroidism and cystic fibrosis.   The few drops of blood needed for the test are taken by pricking your baby’s heel.

An interesting link also seems to exist between the presentation of a Baby’s body during delivery and the level of  maternal thyroid hormone.  A process by which a baby in the breech position can sometimes be turned from buttocks or foot first to head first is known as ‘External Cephalic Version’ (ECV). 

Recently, a group of scientists studied the maternal thyroid function and the outcomes of ECV outcome. They found that at 36 weeks of gestation, women whose TSH levels were above 2.5mIU/l were at risk for breech presentation. But fetal movements and mobility are prerequisites for spontaneous version in cephalic position.

(TSH is a Thyroid-stimulating hormone (also known as thyrotropin)  Hormonal output from the Thyroid is regulated by TSH is a peptide hormone synthesized and secreted by thyrotrope  cells in the anterior pituitary gland which itself is regulated by  thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)is produced by the  hypothalamus and regulates the endocrine function of the thyroid gland) 

Iodine is extremely essential in order for the Thyroid to function properly and in preventing hypothyroidism.  

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As we grow older, our thyroid starts slowing down. It just can’t metabolize the iodine it needs as efficiently, and that means the hormone produced (also known as thyroid) goes down as well.  There are 3 other reasons why most of us are iodine deficient:

• Inadequate dietary intake,
• Stress
• Exposure to toxic substances that displace iodine.

 FACTS ;

The thyroid is the largest endocrine gland in the human body.  It plays a vital role in a person’s well being.

Thyroid produces hormones that essentially control the body’s metabolism through the hormones that it produces.  These hormones are in turn controlled by the pituitary gland.

When thyroid produces less hormones it is called hypothyroidism. Here the body utilizes energy at a much slower pace.  Common symptoms include weight gain, fatigue, forgetfulness, heavy periods, dry skin, hoarse voice and cold intolerance.  Other symptoms include muscle weakness, sleep disturbances, vision problems and sensitivity to heat.

The two most important thyroid hormones are thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), representing 99.9% and 0.1% of thyroid hormones respectively.  The hormone with the most biological power is actually T3.

Once released from the thyroid gland into the blood, a large amount of T4 is converted to T3 – the active hormone that affects the metabolism of cells throughout our body.    T3 and T4 regulate the metabolic rate and this in turn affects the other systems in the body.   Iodine is a integrated component of these hormones.

The thyroid also produces the hormone calcitonin which plays a role in calcium metabolism.

At the microscopic level, there are three primary features of the thyroid:

The thyroid is composed of spherical follicles that selectively absorb iodine (as iodide ions, I^-) from the blood for production of thyroid hormones, but also for storage of iodine in thyroglobulin, in fact iodine is necessary for other important iodine-concentrating organs as breast, stomach, salivary glands, thymus etc. (see iodine in biology). Twenty-five percent of all the body’s iodide ions are in the thyroid gland. Inside the follicles, colloid serves as a reservoir of materials for thyroid hormone production and, to a lesser extent, acts as a reservoir for the hormones themselves. Colloid is rich in a protein called thyroglobulin

The follicles are surrounded by a single layer of thyroid epithelial cells, which secrete T₃ and T₄. When the gland is not secreting T₃/T₄ (inactive), the epithelial cells range from low columnar to cuboidal cells. When active, the epithelial cells become tall columnar cells.

Scattered among follicular cells and in spaces between the spherical follicles are another type of thyroid cell, parafollicular cells, which secrete calcitonin.

Natural Thyroid Support

The metabolism is a very complex set of chemical processes.  The body produces and uses many tens of thousands of chemicals.  Controlling all those metabolic reactions is a very difficult job for the brain and different hormones like thyroxine.

Many people, instead of going straight to a hormone replacement therapy, try ways of boosting and supporting the glands first to see if that can make any kind of difference. There are a number of ways to do this, diet being the largest.

In Western diets, things like refined sugar and soy products are in great abundance.   These foods are known to suppress thyroid function.

SOY has an estrogen-like quality that has been shown to interfere with the delicate balance of hormones in the body, including Thyroxine.

Refined sugar is something that everyone should try and eat less of, not just for thyroid support, but because the Standard Diet contains far too much sugar that has been shown to lead to a host of health conditions.

Foods that are known to boost thyroid function are seaweed and coconut.   Coconut oil was once widely used in the modern world but was demonized heavily once cheaper vegetables oils started becoming mass produced.    But in recent years, coconut oil has begun receiving praise as a cooking oil for its wide range of health benefits, including thyroid support.

Something else that a person should consider are natural thyroid boosting supplements.  The natural ingredients and will help give the thyroid gland the building blocks it needs in order to produce normal levels of hormones.  Always get advice from a Natural Practitioner.

Thyroxine — Side Effects

NOTE :  If you have been taking Thyroxine Hormone Replacement  drugs for a long time, the chances of weaning off the drug to try a natural supplement may not be possible and could be detrimental, as the body becomes dependent upon the medication and the Thyroid ceases to function.  It is imperative that your doctor monitors you regularly with blood tests whilst taking the drug.

Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects.  Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.

The hormone replacement therapy, thyroxine is generally catered specifically to the needs of each patient, depending on their specific needs.   Thyroxine hormone replacement isn’t like a normal deficiency, where a person just takes a standard 500mg pill everyday.   For that reason, if the thyroxine therapy is doing it’s job correctly, there shouldn’t be little side effects.

If however, the dosage isn’t perfectly suited for the individual, some thyroxine side effects might ensue.  It has been noted however, that in women, many have experienced a very dry vagina, which causes considerable discomfort and is often painful in a relationship.

Since thyroxine is involved in stimulating the metabolic rate, the potential side effects generally have to do with allowing too much thyroxine into the system and experiencing increased metabolic symptoms such as:

• * stomach cramps
• * nervousness
• * irritability
• * insomnia
• * excessive sweating
• * increased appetite
• * fever
• * changes in menstrual cycle
• * sensitivity to heat
• * Increased Heart Rate and Palpitations
• * Muscle Cramps and Trembling
• * Headaches
• * Insomnia
• * Sweating
• * Chest Pain
• * Rare Allergic Reactions that can Manifest in Skin Conditions

Buyer, Beware of Over-the-Counter Thyroid Supplements:

Over-the-counter “thyroid support” supplements commonly used for weight loss and to fight fatigue are mostly ineffective and may pose a health threat, a new study warns.

The supplements contain widely varying amounts of two kinds of thyroid hormones — triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) — apparently derived largely from chopped up animal thyroid glands, according to senior investigator Dr. Victor Bernet, an endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic in Florida.   The amount of thyroid hormone a normal person would have to take to lose weight would be dangerously high and there is no evidence that use of thyroid hormone effectively treats fatigue when used in people without actual hypothyroidism.

MALARIA

Malaria parasites have been with us since the dawn of time. At present, at least 300,000,000 people are affected by malaria globally, and there are between 1,000,000 and 1,500,000 malaria deaths per year . Malaria is generally endemic in the tropics, with extensions into the subtropics.

A traveler would be at most risk

• the south-west Pacific (Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu)
• Asia (in particular parts of Thailand, Myanmar, Sabah, Vietnam and India)
• Africa (with the East African countries posing a very high risk).

In much of the tropics and subtropics, this disease is a major health problem and as I mentioned before, more than 1 million people die from it.   It presents a major disease hazard for travelers to warm climates.

Travelers are urged to seek advice on anti-malarial drugs from their health practitioner or doctor before departure, however,   There is   ‘NO’  anti-malaria drug that is   ‘ 100%  EFFECTIVE ‘   so malaria  CAN STILL OCCUR  in people who take their drugs regularly.   It is therefore also important to protect yourself from being bitten by mosquitoes.

A natural home Remedy may also help :-

• To mix up your own homemade natural repellent: 
• Fill a travel-sized mist bottle, almost full, with distilled water then add up to six drops of lavender, citronella (or lemongrass) and cedarwood.
• Make sure to shake this mixture before spraying so that the oil and water mix together. You can apply this mist every fifteen minutes for the best results.

Visitors to resort areas and major cities in Southeast Asia do not usually require anti-malaria drugs.    Even for short term visitors to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands (including Port Moresby and Honiara), General Practitioners advise to take anti-malaria drugs.

The most common symptoms of malaria

These are – high fever, headache, backache, nausea, vomiting, and muscle and joint pains.    People who are untreated or incompletely treated, some malaria parasites may persist and cause recurrent symptoms for years.

The period between the bite of an infected mosquito and the appearance of symptoms may be as short as nine days, but sometimes people don’t become ill until months or, rarely,  years after the bite.

The first symptoms usually occur 10 days to 4 weeks after infection, though they can appear as early as 8 days or as long as a year after infection.    The parasites (called sporozoites)  travel through the bloodstream to the liver, where they mature and release another form, the merozoites.

The parasites enter the bloodstream and multiply inside the red blood cells which then break open within 48 to 72 hours (when symptoms occur) infecting more red blood cells.

There are four types of common malaria parasites.  Recently, a fifth type, Plasmodium knowlesi, has been causing malaria in Malaysia and areas of southeast Asia.  Another type, falciparum malaria, affects more red blood cells than the other types and is much more serious. It can be fatal within a few hours of the first symptoms.

During a physical examination, one of the signs the doctor may find is an Enlarged Liver or Enlarged Spleen.  Malaria blood smears taken at 6 to 12 hour intervals confirm the diagnosis.

Malaria is not transmitted from person to person

Malaria can not be spread by infected people, but is spread to people by the bite of particular types of mosquito, the Anopheles mosquito is one.

When a mosquito bites a person with malaria parasites in their blood, the mosquito then will become infected with malaria.

After a period of development inside the mosquito, malaria parasites can then be transmitted from the mosquito to any person whom it bites. The mosquito is infected for life and will continue to infect people.

In some areas of the world, mosquitoes that carry malaria have developed resistance to insecticides.   In addition, the parasites have developed resistance to some antibiotics.   These conditions have led to difficulty in controlling both the rate of infection and spread of this disease.

Treatment

There are several effective drugs for treating malaria, though treatment needs to take into account the possibility of resistant malaria parasites, which varies depending on the geographical area.  Early malaria can usually be easily treated whereas late, severe or complicated malaria can be a life-threatening medical emergency.  Some types of malaria may re-occur, requiring additional treatment.

Sirius Health,

Should someone become infected, whether or not they have had their vaccinations against the disease, we use several treatments, all of which are “non invasive”  and with incredible success in eliminating the parasites within a short period of time, and has, over the many years of treating people (and Animals)  he has had no failure rates.

This has not been tested with Malaria, however does give a bit of interest as to what else this may be capable of helping : 

In 2002, National Geographic published an article describing how a Russian military lab accidentally released weapons-grade anthrax into the wind. What they didn’t report is what the Russians did in response. In fact, the Russian brass ordered top minds at the State Scientific Center Research Institute to develop a “universal antidote” for biological warfare agents. They researched over 600 different compounds––and found one with astonishing power and safety.

How it works. It’s not a drug, but a probiotic capsule packed with “friendly” bacteria called Lactobacillus bulgaricus. Couldn’t be safer, because it’s a special strain of healthful microbes found in yogurt! Yet it makes your immune system attack “unfriendly” microbes with incredible speed.

Also, a lady who was suffering with a nasty flu bug took some of this immune booster, probiotics and it knocked out her flu in 8 hours.  One doctor reports it may even be effective against the “incurable” Hepatitis C virus.

ADVERSE REACTIONS OF SOME ANTI-MALARIA DRUGS

A senior Pentagon official ordered an emergency review of the military’s use of an anti-malaria drug known to have severe psychiatric side effects – nine days after the Afghan massacre in which a U.S. solider allegedly shot dead 17 civilians including nine children, it has been alleged.

The notorious drug Mefloquine, also known as Lariam, has been implicated in a number of suicides and homicides in the military spanning back more than ten years, with side effects including paranoia, hallucinations and psychotic behaviour.

Mefloquin is used to treat malaria and was developed by Army researchers towards the end of the Vietnam War.

It gained support among the fighting forces because it works in areas where mosquitoes developed resistance to an earlier treatment, chloroquine, and requires just one tablet a week, not the daily dose needed with other medications.

Side effects include seizures, depression, hallucinations, violent behaviour, feeling that others want to harm you, thoughts of hurting or killing yourself and many others.

Almost four decades after inventing it, the U.S. Army pushed it to the back of its medicine cabinet. The about-face followed years of complaints and concerns that mefloquine caused psychiatric and physical side effects.

Over the past four years, the Army slashed by almost 75 per cent the amount of mefloquine it prescribes, even as it sent thousands more soldiers to malaria-prone Afghanistan.  Soldiers who had suffered from traumatic brain injuries were particularly advised against using it.

‘Mefloquine is a zombie drug. It’s dangerous, and it should have been killed off years ago,’ said Dr. Remington Nevin, an epidemiologist and Army major who has published research that he said showed the drug can be potentially toxic to the brain.

 DENGUE FEVER

As there is  ‘NO’  Vaccine

Dengue fever is also known as break-bone fever, is an infectious tropical disease  caused by the Dengue Virus

Dengue, like Malaria, is mainly caused by mosquitoes, but by a different kind. Dengue is caused by the aedes aegypti mosquito that also spreads Chikunguniya and Yellow fever.  While there are readily available antibiotics to treat malaria, dengue has no direct medicine. “Malaria is caused by the plasmodium parasite.

Dengue is a virus so antibiotics are useless against it.   Doctors  try to take care of the complications caused by dengue, like infusing the patient with platelets when the platelet count falls.  Other than that dengue is a self-limiting disease.

The complications caused by dengue include Symptoms of

• fever,
• headache,
• muscle and joint pains, and
• a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles.  

In a small proportion of cases the disease develops into the life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in bleeding, low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage, or into dengue shock syndrome, where dangerously low blood pressure occurs.severe fever and headaches, muscle and joint pain, vomiting as well as a measles-like rash in the upper torso and chest.

Treatment

As there is no Vaccine, treatment of acute dengue is supportive, using either oral or intravenous re-hydration  for mild or moderate disease, and intravenous fluids  and blood transfusion for more severe cases.

Dr Arikian – Sirius Health,

Should someone become infected, whether or not they have had their vaccinations against the disease, Dr Arikian uses several treatments, all of which are “non invasive”.   He has had incredible success in eliminating the parasites within a short period of time, and has, over the many years of treating people (and Animals)  he has had no failure rates.

Mosquito trap (Dengue prevention)

It’s just a mix of water, brown sugar and yeast.

 BEING HEALTHY MEANS LOOKING YOUNGER, AND FITTER

We have all been told the basics  - 

Good Food and Fresh Water is our Life Force.

Food and Water gives our body energy, vitality and strength.  Every cell in our body needs the nutrients from food in order to stay healthy.

You would not expect your car to function well If you did not put the right fuel into the engine, so why would you put the wrong fuel into your own body and expect it to function properly ??

People spend a lot of money and time in order to look good and feel     good, but what about your insides ??

The food we eat affects not only our digestion but also our state of mind and emotions.  A Bad Diet and bad eating habits will slowly start to deteriorate your organs, then eventually the outside will start to show signs of aging or disease.

Nourish your body correctly and do not go for quick wacky ways of losing weight or looking good, otherwise your battle will continue.

Always remember, your body is your temple, and the most important vehicle you will EVER have to move around and LIVE IN during this life on earth.   Fortunately, whatever you have done with your body over the years, it is very forgiving and WILL become better with your better management of it.

A bowl of cornflakes…a piece of toast with butter…a bagel with cream cheese…a cup of coffee or tea.  You probably start your day with at least one of these breakfast staples.   Believe it or not, as innocent as they seem, these foods could very well be speeding up the aging process—Eat or drink any one of them first thing in the morning—when your body’s precious reserves are naturally at their lowest—are making you look older than you are. 

An omelet, Fresh fruit;  a good breakfast and does not take long to prepare.

Those dark under-eye circles that can add years to your appearance and are directly related to the buildup of toxins in the body from unhealthy food and drinks.

There is no fountain of youth. No quick fix. No sure thing. Giving thanks to what we have today and appreciating the simple truths while pursuing a healthy lifestyle are sometimes the best approach.

WOMEN’S HEALTH - results are discouraging for many women who every day seek ways to prolong life and make their quality of life a healthier path.   The 15-year research program to address the most common causes of death, disability and poor quality of life in post-menopausal women — cardiovascular disease, cancer, and osteoporosis.

According to the study, some of the more popular notions for maintaining health are currently being questioned.  

***The low-fat diet craze is being closely scrutinized as to its success for preventing cancer and lowering the risks of heart disease.  We need fat in our diet.

***Calcium supplements are no longer believed to help maintain bone density in older women.

***Hormone Replacement Therapy, once the rage for easing menopausal changes, is now touted as dangerous for some women.
This is not to say that seeking healthy alternatives for a better quality of life is all in vain.

A healthy diet coupled with regular exercise and ample amounts of rest can do the body and soul a world of good. There are so much information out there today not only in Health Food Shops, almost everywhere to go, advising people what are healthy foods  and what foods to avoid.

DINNER TIME  – how many Families do you know who will all sit down at the dinner table “together” to enjoy a cooked evening meal….  and when they do, how many do so without the TV going  ??    -or-   the Mobile Phone;  eating while constantly sending messages to their friends.   In restaurants you will see people constantly using their Phones, isolating themselves from the rest of the diners at the table.

Chewing your food positively and giving your stomach time to process the food correctly is of major importance.

What kind of eating habits are our children developing; 

If you are wondering how we can create healthy food habits, not only for ourselves but also for our children.

Many of us are conditioned to eat our meals at set times of the day.  While this is not necessarily a bad thing, we could deepen our awareness of the frequency and amount of food we eat.  Some heavier meals such as meat, take longer to be digested than others, but we are not always sensitive to this.

Food should be eaten only when previous food has been fully digested, no sooner than three hours after the previous  meal, no later than six.  This is so the digestive system in the body will be at its strongest during eating.

Digestion is one of three processes by which food becomes part of our body.  Through digestion, the food we eat is softened and broken down into a form that is soluble. The most important factor in proper digestion is whether or not food has been properly alkalized before it reaches the stomach.  This can be achieved partly through proper chewing, which releases the appropriate digestive juices in the stomach, duodenum and small intestine, but also through eating with awareness.

Make the family dinners a time of pleasant conversation and sharing of moments.  Have you noticed the speed with which you eat when you are in a quiet and peaceful environment.   Eating slowly brings more harmony into our lives, but be aware that eating should not be a long, drawn out affair either.   Eating too quickly creates restlessness in our body and mind.  If we can increase the quality of awareness we give to eating, digestion naturally becomes much smoother and stronger.

Place yourself in your children’s shoes – if you are able to do so -  then teaching them the right habits will not be a problem at all.  Children pick up most of the habits at home, seeing and following you – “Monkey see Monkey do”   Therefore, set the right example.

Food is not just nourishment for the body; it is medicine for the body, mind and spirit. 

It is vital that your meal has  been digested properly before you do anything else.  One of the reasons why eating properly at a table is important, and allowing yourself time to chew your food properly is that it gives your body a chance to metabolize the food, and the important nutrients from the food can then be absorbed properly so you’re body can utilize them properly.

When you eat, it takes time for nerves in the upper digestive tract to signal the hunger center in the hypothalamus to temporarily “turn off”.  It takes time for the body to recognize that you have eaten and for the feeling of hunger to go away. 

Eating too quickly may cause you to eat more food over the same period of time as eating slowing and allowing your body to feel “full”.  Because food is medicine for your body, eating too much destroys this healing opportunity, similarly, eating too little affects our appetite adversely, diminishing and weakening our digestive system. 

If you need to reduce the amount of food you eat, do so gradually, giving your body time to adjust to the changes.

Giving your body foods that will benefit you and also taste good is not hard, and is not as time consuming as we make it out to be.  Basically we have become lazy, as there is so much out there today;

pre packaged, pre cooked, fast food and take away shops, we don’t have to do anything to prepare our food any more.   However, we do eventually pay the price for not taking the time to prepare our own meals.

If your body does not get the nutrients it needs from the food you are giving it, then your body will keep telling you it is hungry.  Not only that, your health gradually deteriorates, and you look older than you really are.  Other factors come into play :

• If you eat your food whilst engaging in activity, (walking, driving, working),
• Eating whilst having a heated argument/discussion or
• concentrating on external entertainment such as the TV whilst eating,
• Drinking anything whilst eating

 your digestive system can not function properly, partly because throughout all these activities the eating, munching and chewing is not processed enough, and therefore in the rush to get the food down, the food is swallowed in too larger lumps for the stomach to easily digest.

This is a big one – DRINKING WHILST EATING – Drinking of any type of fluid during a meal, be it water, alcohol, coffee or tea, interferes with the body’s digestion process. 

The gastric juices can not work properly with the food which has been mixed with the fluid.  Liquids cause food to pass into the bloodstream before it has been sufficiently digested.  Drink either 20 minutes before or after the meal, not with the meal.

Drinking whilst eating can cause many problems with the Gall Bladder.  Interestingly, a common operation performed now seems to be the removal of the Gall Bladder.   The Gall Bladder is actually  AN EXTREMELY VITAL AND VERY NECESSARY ORGAN  in our body which assists the body with preparing its vital nutrients, so the body can easily process the food.  Without this organ the liver is under stress whenever you eat solid food.

(There is a very simple, very safe and also pleasant 7 day Gallbladder Flush, which will eliminate Gall Stones, and is by far a better option than having the operation). Please do not hesitate to contact Sirius Health should you wish to try this simple method, it not only flushes the Gallbladder but at the same time the Liver also does a cleanse.

THE MICROWAVE

So you have heard the Microwave is  NOT GOOD  for your food… BUT  what the heck, I just need to quickly heat this snack up,  and the food I am putting into the microwave is ‘healthy’  -   WRONG,  it was healthy until you put it into the microwave.

Today the Microwave has taken over in most households to be the most efficient way of ‘getting the food heated fast’,  not “preparing a meal”    How times have changed and how so many people are sick and dying.             Are you one of these people ??? 

If you constantly use the Microwave to cook your food then don’t be surprised if you start to become:

• Overweight,
• Loss of your vitality,
• Do not feel as fit as you would like to,
• Don’t sleep well at night,
• Can’t think as sharply as you feel you should do,
• Having hormonal problems,
• Having general health problems
• Feeling irritable
• Your skin doesn’t look as young as it should do

……………..  but you say you are taking all the right vitamins !!!

Vitamins can certainly increase your body’s health, however does not substitute a Good Healthy Diet. 

If you do not do something positive for yourself, then should not expect your body to function well or look good.

As Good Clean Water is also an important element to our existence and well being of our body, the cleaner and less toxic our water, the healthier we will be.   Drinking numerous bottles of fruit juices, cordials or beverages will not provide the body with the same benefits as good clean water.  Unfortunately town water has many chemicals added to it; however there are many types of water filters available now to help eliminate that problem, or if you are lucky enough to be able to have a water tank. Colloidal Silver will efficiently eradicate most bacteria from tank water.

(for more information visit our posting on Water, and also Aspartame – the toxic embalming fluid)

Below is a project presented by a secondary school girl in Sussex WATER and MICROWAVES .

She took filtered water and divided it into two parts.  The first part she heated to boiling in a pan on the stove, and the second part she heated to boiling in a microwave.    After cooling she used the water on two identical plants to see if there would be any difference in the growth between the normal boiled water and the water boiled in a microwave.

She felt that the structure or energy of the water may be compromised by the microwave.   As it turned out, even she was amazed at the difference,  which was later repeated by her class mates a number of times and had the same result.

It has been known for some years that the problem with microwaved anything is not just the radiation, which people used to worry about, but how it corrupts the DNA in the food so the body can not recognize it.

Microwaves don’t work in different ways on different substances. Whatever you put into the microwave suffers the same destructive process.

Microwaves agitate the molecules to move faster and faster. This movement causes friction which denatures the original make-up of the substance. It results in destroyed vitamins, minerals, proteins and generates the new stuff called radiolytic compounds, things that are not found in nature.  These are mutations that are unknown in the natural world. 

Ordinary cooking also causes the formation of some radiolytic compounds (which is no doubt one reason why it is better to eat plenty of RAW food),   BUT microwaving cooking causes by far a much greater number.  

This then causes deterioration in your blood and immune system

Lymphocytes (white blood cells) also showed a more distinct short-term decrease following the intake of microwaved food than after the intake of all the other variants.

So the body wraps it in fat cells to protect itself from the dead food or it eliminates it fast.  This does not mean you will lose weight, on the contrary, the body compensates by protecting itself with fat cells.

Think of all the Mothers heating up milk in these ‘Safe’ appliances. Standing in front of a microwave is also highly damaging to your health.  

The radiation fans out in all directions from the unit, including from weak door seals.   The male and female reproductive organs and especially a mother’s unborn child can be greatly effected, even if the microwave oven is not in direct line of the person.

A nurse in Canada warmed up blood in haste in a microwave instead of the normal warming process, for a transfusion patient and accidentally killed him when the blood went in dead. 

But the makers say it is safe.  The proof is in the pictures of the living plants dying !!!!!

TEN REASONS TO DISPOSE OF YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN

From the conclusions of the Swiss, Russian and German scientific clinical studies, we can no longer ignore the microwave oven sitting in our kitchens.   Based on this research, one can conclude this article with the following:
1). Continually eating food processed from a microwave oven causes long term – permanent – brain damage by ‘shorting out’ electrical impulses in the brain [de-polarizing or de-magnetizing the brain tissue].

2). The human body cannot metabolize [break down] the unknown by-products created in microwaved food.

3). Male and female hormone production is shut down and/or altered by continually eating microwaved foods.

4). The effects of microwaved food by-products are residual [long term, permanent] within the human body.

5). Minerals, vitamins, and nutrients of all microwaved food is reduced or altered so that the human body gets little or no benefit, or the human body absorbs altered compounds that cannot be broken down.

6). The minerals in vegetables are altered into cancerous free radicals when cooked in microwave ovens.

7). Microwaved foods cause stomach and intestinal cancerous growths [tumors]. This may explain the rapidly increased rate of colon cancer in UK and America .

8). The prolonged eating of microwaved foods causes cancerous cells to increase in human blood.

9). Continual ingestion of microwaved food causes immune system deficiencies through lymph gland and blood serum alterations.

10). Eating microwaved food causes loss of memory, concentration, emotional instability, and a decrease of intelligence.

Also,there is a decrease in the bioavailability of B-complex vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E, essential minerals and lipotrophics
* Destruction of the nutritional value of nucleoproteins in meats
* Lowering of the metabolic activity of alkaloids, glucosides, galactosides and nitrilosides (all basic plant substances in fruits and vegetables)