Understanding Health & Disease

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UNDERSTANDING HEALTHAnd How to Improve it!

Report on an exciting experiment done on 3 distinct groups

of Rats- Rats fairly accurately reflect the dietary effects as in humans as they will eat

anything people will.

1st group fed natural, raw food diet of fruit, veggies, nuts, seeds etc.

2nd group fed SAD diet (Standard American Diet)

3rd group- well discuss later.

1st group rats grew into healthy specimens and never suffered any diseases. They grew

rapidly but never got fat, their temperament was gentle, affectionate, playful and the lived

together happily. They mated with enthusiasm and produced healthy offspring.

At what would be equivalent in humans of 80 years old, they were sacrificed and autopsied

and found to be entirely free from aging, disease or degeneration in any organ or tissue.

2nd group- fed white bread, cooked food, meat, cakes, candy, soft drinks, vitamins and

medicines for their ailments-etc.

During their life became fat- from earliest age contracted colds, pneumonia, arthritis,

diabetes, heart disease, cancer and most common American health problems. Most died

prematurely at early ages. Their temperament was vicious, fighting with one-another,

stealing one-another's food, they had to be kept separated to prevent destruction of the

entire group!

Offspring were all sick and exhibited the same general characteristics of the parents. Asthese rats died one by one or in epidemics or of vicious diseases, they were autopsied and

showed extensive degenerative disorders in every part of their bodies. The few who

survived until the end of the study were physical and nervous wrecks and when autopsied

showed disease all through their bodies.

Group 3 was fed the SAD diet until the equivalent age of 40 and showed the same problems,

and characteristics as group 2- but then they were put on a water fast for a few days, then

changed to the natural, raw diet of group 1, alternating with short fasts for 1 month. They

exciting thing is that after 1 month they never suffered any more illness. Their

temperament became gently, playful, friendly creatures that lived together in harmony.

Rats sacrificed and autopsied at the end of first part of program showed samedegeneration and disease as group 2. But when the rest lived out their lives and were

autopsied at end of 80 years equivalency- they showed no sign of aging, disease or

degeneration! The disease evident in 1st part of their lives was reversed and perfect health

restored!

Good News!-Its not too late! We can change our diet and our ways & disease can be

eliminated!!!


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UNDERSTANDING HEALTH AND DISEASE

Since 1900 man has gained more knowledge in the area of health and disease than all of history combined.He has spent more money on medical research than all of history combined! America has the finest healthcare facilities of any nation on earth. The Doctor-patient ratio in the USA is 1 doctor to each 8 patients.This is the best of anywhere in the world. The hospital industry is the 5th largest industry and I believe thatthe pharmaceutical industry is either first or nearly so. In spite of this, America is in the worse epidemic ofchronic degenerative disease in history! Cancer, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, etc. are rampant.

In recent years there have been 4 medical doctors strikes. That is where the doctors didnt show up at

office or hospital to work. In each city where this took place the death rate dropped 40-60% !! Somethingis clearly wrong!

A patient goes to a doctor- here are my symptoms

Doctors says, fine, lets go to the hospital. Five days and $5,000 later the test results are back. The doctorlines up the test results and the symptoms and comes up with the name of the disease- and the patientbreaths a sigh of relief. Why? Because he believes if the doctor can name the disease, he must know how totreat it. However in medical school something is very disturbing to discerning students- 95% of thediseases known today, the text books say cause unknown! How can we treat something if we dont knowwhat caused it?

Yet the doctor will open his medical bible and look up that disease and across the page he will see thetreatment of the day, drug, therapy or surgery. How can he treat something if he doesnt know what causesit?

If you call your doctor and you have a headache and he says take aspirin and you take it and your headachegoes away. What does that tell you? Was it caused by an aspirin deficiency? Think about it?

Are ear infections in children caused by a drainage tube deficiency? The body forgot to put a hole in theeardrum so the doctor comes along and puts an extra tube in there. Do you know that those little bodieswill kick out as many as 12 pair of tubes? And the doctor keeps putting them back- you-d think that maybesome doctor would go to bed and think maybe, just maybe- the body doesnt want it in there!

What about heart disease- is it a lack of bypass surgery? The body is too stupid, it put those veins in yourlegs instead of your heart! So almighty doctor comes along and moves them.

We now have an alternate cause of heart disease- an artificial heart deficiency.

When we take a look at many of the so called natural healing arts we can be even more confused. Are wesick because of an acupuncture deficiency? You see most natural therapists are operating on the sameprinciple as the medical doctors- symptomatic relief- without the patient having to change what they are

doing wrong that caused the problem.There is a law of cause and effect. If we violate a law of this body, there is a price to be paid. We cannotget away with it. Its like a drunk saying Give me a pill to get me sober but let me keep on drinking.Thats the current trend and we like it that way! We like to go to the doctor and say, Here are my healthproblems- you take care of them.

Remember two things- Everyone has a different opinion. You can always find someone wholl tell youwhatever it is you want to hear.

If you want to believe there is no such thing as junk-food, the president of the AMA would be glad to tellyou that- or you could go down the road and find someone who will tell you that all you need to eat is fruit.

Everybody has a different opinion- why?

Because the laws that govern this universe dont always pay right now- The consequences are not alwaysfelt immediately. Sometimes it takes a lifetime or even 2-3 generations. So we feel- I got away with it- it

must work.Eccl.8.11-Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of

men is fully set in them to do evil.

TWO REASONS WE ARE SICK-

1- Ignorance. I just didnt know about it. The law of gravity- does it wait for you to know about it? If youstep off a 20 story building, you are going to create a gooey mess down below whether you know about itor not!

2- We are lazy. It is one thing to know and another to act on what we know.

Remember that every theory in history, right or wrong, has had its authority. Dont take my word foranything, test it out and find out if it works! You are responsible for your own state of health!!


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INNATE INTELLIGENCE

That first cell at conception is given innate intelligence- a life force from the Creator that will direct growthand development of that cell into a perfect human being. And it does it the same way every time- and itdoes it without a doctor standing over it and telling it how.

In fact it is only when man interferes that we have problems. Moms have morning sickness so doctor givesher a drug- weve all heard of the thalidomide tragedy.

When the baby leaves the womb, this innate intelligence does not stay behind. It continues to lead anddirect this body. The body is not designed to get sick- it doesnt know how! It only knows health- but- weinterfere with it.

A friend called me up and said, My dog is sick. He wont eat- he has a fever . What should I do?

Dont worry about it. All dogs are made with an instinct that tells them what to do when they have afever- they know they are supposed to go to the vet so before long, hell ask you for the car keys. Just lethim have them.

No! the dogs body tells him how to overcome the problem- running a fever, fasting, resting. Just put downsome water and let him fast. Call back on the 8th day and see if he did not lay there 7 days and on the 8thbe fine and begging for food.

Innate intelligence operates in a definite cycle- no guesswork! We only have guesswork when we interfere.

Innate intelligence strives to keep the body alive regardless of cost. This cost can be disease. This willmean more as we study further.

JUNK FOOD VS. REAL FOODWhat makes the difference between Junk-Food (Edible Garbage) and real food?

The difference is what goes on in the cells of the body when we eat it. What is food? Why do we eat ? Toget what our body needs-

1st - Glucose This is the fuel our body runs on and our main reason for eating.

2nd - Protein This is for body building and maintaining structure.

3rd- Fatty-acids -essential oils These are used in building, hormones, and transport in the body.

4th- Minerals these are used as catalysts in chemical reactions- they make the body function moreeffectively.

5th- Vitamins We do not live on vitamins and minerals- so taking a vitamin pill in place of a meal is apretty useless activity. However, vitamins are needed to process our food into useable forms.

6th- Water Every process in the body requires water.A real food, compatible with the body, contains all 6 factors. Everything the body needs to process it andput it to work. There is also nothing in it to take away from life or hurt the body.

3 QUALIFICATIONS OF A REAL FOOD

1- Grown by nature.

This leaves a wide field- Bananas at one end of the scale and belladonna at the other. What happens if youeat belladonna? You die! So qualification #2

2- It can be picked and eaten without any processing. Well you can pick and eat belladonna.

3- You can eat a whole meal of it and enjoy it, with no toxic side effects.

Junk foods do not measure up to this. (neither does belladonna)

Lets compare a carrot and a Twinkie


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CARROT TWINKIE

Glucose yes yes

protein yes a little

Fatty acids yes no

minerals yes no

vitamins yes no

water yes some

toxins no yes

There are 40 nutrients in whole wheat bread- when refined to white 0-to 1 or 2. Then they added a fewartificial vitamins and called it enriched! It should be called depleted!

If a robber took all your money and then gave you a bus ticket home, would you feel enriched??

Now lets get back to our Twinkie- It had glucose in it right? Now how does the glucose get used by thebody? It cant be used just as it is- No! It has to go through a cycle of 10 steps to be converted into ATPwhich is the usable energy for our body. This process is called the citric acid cycle or cycle of Krebbs.Each step requires a catalyst of some mineral or vitamin. Protein goes through a similar process.

Now our carrot comes with all these catalysts and so is a real food.But what about the Twinkie? Most food eaten on an American diet is deficient. How does the body useit? And it does use it. It draws on our reserves!

Now reserves are designed by the body to be used only in emergencies. Baby toddles into the swimmingpool- mama doesn't have time to eat a carrot! No, adrenaline flows and the liver pours out glucose andmama runs and rescues baby.

So now the body has glucose to process and no catalyst- so it looks over at the bones and tissues and beginsto draw on reserve supply and uses it to process the junk food and keep the body alive. Remember, innateintelligence will keep the body alive regardless of cost. The cost is disease!

TOXINS AND STIMULANTS

What is a toxin? Something the body is not designed to run on. If we put diesel fuel in a gas engine- it willrun for a while but will soon clog up and quit.

Our body can get away with, for a while, running on fuel its not designed to run on- but it begins to slowdown and get diseased. We call it aging and we think it normal- It is common- but it is not normal!

There are peoples- well documented in the world- that live to 100-120 or more and are active and workingright up to a few days before death. These poor people do not have all the wonderful refined and processedfoods we have! They live on the right fuel- we dont!

No- that coffee wont kill you today- but it is the long run that counts. It will kill you eventually.All toxins are stimulants. What gets the body revving up the metabolism when we put in a toxin? It istrying to get it out of the system before it kills you!

There is enough caffeine in 1 cup of coffee (120 mg.) to kill you if injected directly into the blood

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The diet and health of the parents when they conceive the child.

The diet and health of the mother when she carries the child.

What mother eats when she nurses the child and if she nurses the child.

Parents planning to conceive a child should go on at least a 3 month program to nourish and clean out thebody prior to conception! You wont completely cleanse the body this way but you will go a long waytowards giving the little one a head start in life.

Babies are frequently born with little pimples on their skin- doctor says this is normal. It is not normal but itis common. Already the childs body is trying to expel toxins before it is even born! The more healthy thebody, the more vigorously it will expel toxins.

When you start detoxifying, the body is saturated with toxin, the liver is congested. DO NOT go on a fastas the body will drown in its own filth.

The body must be prepared, and detoxify gradually- When a fast is to be done for more than a couple days,it should be only with knowledgeable supervision.

Its the same with Blood cleansing herbs. When toxins are mobilized into the blood stream it can be morethan the body can handle!

If you build up alkaline and nutrients you will get a cleansing cold once the body has enough energy.Other cleansing crisis can be diarrhea, which indicates liver cleansing- chest colds- skin rashes, eruptionsand abscesses.

You also may have a reactivation of diseases you had before but took drugs to stop. Your body willreactivate them to finish what it started. These things never healed. As the body gains strength, it will seekto heal that condition. During these times fast and let the body handle it.

Remember- the body will never take you through a healing crisis unless it has enough energy to do it. Thebody works in 3 or 7 day cycles- so usually the crisis will be over in that time- rarely it will go to multiplesof 7 such as 14 or 21 days.

You may encounter an internal healing crisis. This is when the body feels tired and weak and wants tosleep a lot. It is working on something within, so rest as much as you can and be patient. Remember if youtake drugs, you will slow down or postpone healing.

You cant poison a body into health!

What heals the body? Is it drugs? Is it the diet? Its the bodys own immune system!

So if the body is very sick, it may not be able to use the nutrients and recover fast enough before the diseasekills it. But it is worth a try! It is often amazing just how much nature can accomplish once we get out ofthe way and let the body use its God-given innate intelligence!

In the 1940s- a dentist named Francis Potenger, ran an experiment to find out what effects processed foodhad on the body. He financed his own experiment- this is important to know as the results of manyexperiments are influenced by the marketing boards and drug companies who sponsor them.

He used about 800 cats and divided them into 5 groups. Two groups he fed on real, natural food and the

others he fed processed foods.

The real food cats stayed healthy generation after generation- they never got sick and died of old age ratherthan illness.

The processed food cats by the end of the 1st generation began to be sick. They developed colds, flus,arthritis and cancer.

The 2nd generation cats developed diseases near the middle of their lives and the 3rd generation developeddiseases shortly after birth and many were born diseased or deformed.

There was no 4th generation! Either the cats were sterile or when they did conceive the young weremiscarried.


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Right now in North America over 25% of young adults are sterile and there are more miscarriages thanever before.

Now the leading cause of death in children under 10 is CANCER. A couple generations ago cancer andheart disease was unknown in the young- granddad got it. But now little kids! Each generation the geneticcode gets weaker.

Are we 3rd generation cats? What about the next generation?

ORGANIC VS. INORGANIC

How do Americans know they are full? When their belly hurts. You see your body sets the appetite toobtain a certain amount of nutrients, and if these are not present in the food we are eating, we eat and eatand dont feel satisfied. We only know weve had enough when our belly hurts.

But the stomach can only process so much food at a time- more than that and the food breaks down byrotting and fermenting which creates toxins. These do not just pass on out but are absorbed and increase

the bodys toxic load.Too much rotting food and our stomach may cause vomiting or diarrhea to get it out before the toxins areall absorbed. But we run to the doctor or take drugs to keep those poisons in!

Where did the energy for the diarrhea come from? Not from the rotting food- from our reserves.

If we take a cow with a new calf and we take her milk everyday and pasteurize it and feed it to her calf - itsown mothers milk- but pasteurized, in about 6 months the calf will be dead. Why?

If we see an X-ray of a person with osteoporosis we will see calcium missing from the bones- but in thejoints we will see calcium deposits! Why is the calcium being deposited outside the bones and not in thebones where it belongs?

It is because the calcium deposits are inorganic calcium and the body cant use it.

Calcium in processed milk is inorganic. Plants take inorganic minerals from the soil, and combine themwith a protein in one molecule- only plants can do this- that is an organic mineral. It is the only kind our

body can use!

Back to the calf- it only lived on the glucose in the milk and its own reserves-once its reserves were gone itdied.

The more we process a food the less value is in it.

HIERARCHY OF FOODS-

1. whole- RAW -Most life

2. fresh- raw juice -drink within an hour as it oxidizes rapidly

3. Dehydrated- no additives


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-2-5% nutrient loss

4. Frozen- 15-30% nutrient loss

5. lightly steamed-crispy

15-60% nutrient loss

6. left-over raw salad- once cut foods oxidize rapidly.

7. cooked 40-100% nutrient loss (depending how cooked)

8. cooked left overs- little nutrients

9. microwaved- 90-100% nutrient loss

10. Less than 0%-

(Robs the bodys resources)

commercial canned- fried- foods with additives - no nutrient value and lots oftoxins.

The more money and intelligence put into a food the less value it has to the body!

-pH-How does food begin to cause illness? In this lesson we will explore this question.

pH- is a measurement of how acid something is. 1 is extreme acid and 15 is extreme alkaline- 7 is neutral.Water is neutral.

Our system is designed to run at 7-8 but our blood must be more exact- 7.4. If it goes down to 7.2 we die!Even at 7.35 we will turn blue and need emergency care.

Our body has no ability to manufacture alkaline. And yet we run on the alkaline side of the scale- But ourdaily metabolism is acid producing!

Where do we get alkaline? Nature provided a way- from fruits and vegetables. You say, What aboutoranges, isnt that an acid?

Oranges contain citric acid which is an organic acid and it can be broken down by the body and every partused. When burnt the ash left of an orange is alkaline and that's what counts.

Cooked meats, when reduced to an ash are acid! And they contain inorganic acids- phosphoric and sulfuricacid- our body cannot process these.

In order to neutralize the acid in one steak in the body it would require 9 meals of pure raw vegetables andfruits! Just to neutralize the acid in one serving of meat!

Here is a list of acid foods listed from least to most acid that are also the main foods in the American diet.

ACID FOODSMOST GRAINS

DAIRY

SUGAR

MEATS- FISH- POULTRY

COFFEE

TEA- COLA

SALT


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ALCOHOL

DRUGS

TOBACCO

Now- how does the body keep your blood at 7.4? And if you are alive it is 7.4!

There are 2 main diets that most Americans are on- The Junk and Fast Food Diet and the S.A.D. StandardAmerican Diet.

One man was asked how long since he had eaten any vegetables and fruits.

He replied What do you mean by vegetables and fruits?

Well bananas, apples, oranges, salads, stuff like that.

Well, two years ago I had a can of green beans.

The average American goes 7-14 days without eating any vegetables or fruit!

How does the body stay alive?

Simple- The body pulls on its own tissues to bring out alkaline from cells and bones- to keep your blood at7.4 and keep you alive.

The cell pH can drop much lower than the blood and not kill you, and so alkaline is brought out of thecells- The cell is not healthy but it will still function down to as low as 3.5 before it dies.

Disease starts anywhere below 7 - The cells slow down- we call it aging. Cancer cannot exist in a cell pH5.8 or higher! It can exist at 5.7 or lower. The average cell pH in USA- 5- 5.5!

No wonder we are on an express train to chronic degenerative disease, cancer etc.! 70% of people over 40

have some chronic disease.The more acid a cell is the less efficient it is- If it is a heart cell- it doesnt heart as well if it is a kidneycell -it doesn't kidney as well and we call that- disease.

The taste buds are not immune- they also become acid and cant tell us what foods are good and so thesefoods begin to taste good to us.

The first time one drinks coffee- it tastes bad! We have to put sugar in it to get it down! But as we getsicker and more sluggish, the body says, I need the stimulation. and we want to drink more and morecoffee and the cell pH goes lower and lower.

Ever wonder why when you feel sick and go to the doctor and he takes blood and sends it to the lab-everything is normal? Doctor says, it must be your nerves- Here's some Valium. Valium or similardrugs are the #2 most prescribed drug in this country. What is #1? Ulcer medications!

Why is the blood normal, when the patient feels sick and is sick? Because the cells will not only give up

alkaline but will give up other nutrients- trying to keep that blood as healthy as possible- because when theblood gets too sick- we die!

Even people dying of cancer can have normal blood tests even a few weeks before death. Innateintelligence does the best it can to keep the body alive regardless of the cost. In my emergency career, Ihave seen people come in with heart attacks- that had been given a clear bill of health from their doctor theday before!

What is the Answer to Health?

ADD ALKALINE BACK TO THE BODY!An ideal diet should contain 80% or more alkaline& 20% or less acid

Get that cell pH back up to 7-8 and have health!

We do not recommend that you immediately give up all the acid foods you are on as you probably wont beable to get out of bed without all that toxic stimulation. Your body runs on the stimulation! You wouldfind out right quick what your true level of health is.


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Rather- you should begin to add fresh fruits and vegetables to your diet- so the emphasis is on adding more-We all like to eat more!

Add fresh fruit for breakfast- have a salad before each meal and eat the salad first. If you begin gettingmore nutrients, you will be satisfied with less food -it is the amount of nutrients you body is after, not theamount of food. Each month increase by 10% the amount of alkaline foods. More fruits and vegetablesand automatically you will eat less acid foods.

After a while you will loose the craving for meat, coffee, tobacco and such as your body gets healthier.You see, it no longer needs the toxic stimulation and these things become offensive.

It is the toxins in meat that give it its flavor and aroma.

A healthy, grass fed cow doesnt have much taste. Liver is the most toxic part of any animal- Dont EatLiver!!

As the body returns to pH 7 and you get healthier, you will find that sugar gives you a headache, dairygives you mucous, alcohol burns all the way down, you dont like hot, spicy foods anymore -your desirefor acid foods will get less and less!

Concentrate on increasing fruits and vegetables and the change will gradually happen! As your bodychemistry improves, your taste will dictate what your body wants and habits will change gradually.

ACID ALKALINE

oysters 30. celery 93.8

smoked or saltfish 12-12.2 dandelion 77.1

haddock/cod 12 lettuce 76.7

halibut 7.8 cucumbers 45.5

salmon 5.5 carrots 33.5

Beef 7.4-10.3 figs 32.3

fowl 4.6 egg plant 29.3

pork 4.9 rutabaga 29.8

lamb 4.2 okra 29

herring 6.8 strawberries 26.3

eggs 7.5 beets 25.6

steak 4 limes 24.6

whole wheat 2.9 almonds 1.8

rolled oats 2.6 oranges 23.4

walnuts 1.5 tomatoes 24.5

corn, green 1.3 lemons 21.4

cottage cheese 1 grapefruit 12.3brown rice 2.3 peaches 12.2

w.w.bread 3 muskmelon 18.8

rye crisp .7 banana(ripe) 5.6

ACID VEGETABLES

artichokes

dried beans

Brussels sprouts

OXALIC ACID FOODS-

spinach

chard

rhubarb


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rhubarb

ACID MISCELLANEOUS

alcohol

vinegar

sweets

chocolate

drugs

preservatives

carbonated drinks

spices

overwork-late hours

lack of sleep

worry

cocoa

tea

ALKALINE GRAIN-

millet

fresh corn

ALKALINE DAIRY PRODUCTS-

raw milk

whey

yogurt

kefir

ACID DAIRY PRODUCTS-

all others

Other Beneficial

AlkalineNutrients -

Spirulina

Alfalfa sproutsand teas

Wheat grassjuice

Barley GreenGreen Kamut

Green Magma

Carrot juice

Raw sprouts

Dandelion tea(root or leaf)

What is a calorie? It is a unit of energy.

Calories are not the true cause of over weight. There are 2 kinds of calories- acid, toxic ones and alkalineones. If a calorie is an acid- toxic one and the body doesnt need it -and it never does, it stores that away as

fat.

But if it is an alkaline calorie the body will use it to do work in the body. Alkaline calories are used by thebody to cleanse.

If you eat a diet of 1,000 calories a day- toxic, acid calories- you will gain weight. But if you eat 5,000calories a day of alkaline- raw fruits and vegetables, you will loose excess weight. And you will gain inhealth.

Remember a severely overweight body is a severely toxic, acid body. If you put such a person on severelylimiting diets and fasts forcing the body to loose weight in this way, toxins will be activated and severeillness and disease can follow. Do it the right way- eat more fresh & raw fruits and vegetables and let thebody melt that toxic fat away.


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To get high amounts of alkaline foods it is good to use a juicer and drink a lot of fresh, raw vegetablejuices. Carrot, celery tomato is a very alkaline mix and will be a great help in turning illness around.

How long does it take to get healthy?

How long did it take to get sick?

It did not happen overnight and neither will one get well from chronic disease overnight. If you go on apure, mostly raw, fruit and vegetable diet with lots of juices it will take about 3 years- if you choose to goslower because you have to keep working and such, it will take 5-10 years. It is up to you- but it is better tobe gradually improving then to be getting worse and worse! Remember- its up to you. We can teach youthe knowledge but only you can put it to work for yourself.

We are grateful to the lectures of Dr. Joel Robbins for the valuable information in these last few pages.

MIRACLE DRUGSBY DANNY VIERRAAntibiotics are losing the war against theinfectious diseases!Jesus went about all the cities "healing all manner of sickness and all manner of diseases among thepeople."Matthew 4:23.

Matthew tells us that because of His work of healing, "His fame went throughout all Syria and theybrought unto Him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments . . and He healed them."Matthew 4:24.

The Lord Jesus did great works of healing and at times He used natural remedies. On one occasion we aretold that He spat on the ground, and mixed the spittle with the clay. He then applied it to a man's eyes andhis sight was restored. "The cure could be wrought only by the power of the Great Healer, yet Christ madeuse of the simple agencies of nature. While He did not give countenance to drug medication, Hesanctioned the use of simple and natural remedies." Counsels on Health, 30.

Today many people, sick and suffering from disease, put their faith entirely in medical doctors and inprescription drugs to cure their ailments. instead of putting all our trust in the arm of flesh, we shouldfollow God's eight laws of health-pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use ofwater, and trust in divine power. Natural remedies like charcoal, water treatments and the use of simple

herbs can be used to restore the sick to health.A true Christian physician should always point his patient to Christ for their healing, since all true healingcomes from Him. "The physician should first gain the patient's confidence and then point them to the GreatHealer. If their faith can be directed to the true physician, and they can have a confidence that He hasundertaken their case, this will bring relief to the mind and often give health to the body." Ministry ofhealing, 244.

There is a lesson in the life of King Asa in the Bible: "And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign wasdiseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, butto the physicians. And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign." 2Chronicles 16:12, 13.

Abused and Overused

Most of us have used antibiotics. They were discovered in 1928 by Alexander Fleming, and their useinitially had great results. They have saved many people from infectious diseases. Doctors have used themroutinely in relieving people who have illnesses.

Unfortunately, these antibiotics have been abused. They are being used more liberally now than everbefore. The antibiotics used today to fight infections are very potent and powerful. it is not just penicillinanymore. Broad-spectrum antibiotics are being used on little children because antibiotics are losing thewar against the infectious diseases. Over prescription has become a major concern in this country with ourdoctors.

"Antibiotics are prescribed at an alarming rate in this country. Obstetricians and gynecologists write2,645,000 antibiotic prescriptions every week. Internists give out 1,416,000 in the same period andpediatricians and family physicians lead the way prescribing over five hundred million dollars


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$500,000,000) worth of antibiotics each year to treat just one problem, ear infections in children. Anotherfive hundred million plus is spent on antibiotics to treat other pediatric illnesses.

"Over the past fifteen years, antibiotic prescriptions to young children have risen a staggering fifty-onepercent. Antibiotics have been prescribed for conditions that do not warrant their use. After congressionalhearings and numerous academic studies on this issue, it has become the general consensus that forty tosixty percent of all antibiotics in this country are miss-prescribed.

"In 1983 more than fifty-one percent of the more than three million patients who saw doctors for treatmentof the common cold, were unnecessarily given a prescription for an antibiotic. Antibiotics do nothing forthe common cold because the condition is viral in nature. It is no accident that the most allergic generation

in history has also been raised on antibiotics." (Lendon B. Smith inBeyond Antibiotics, 3.)Several times a week I see a new patient whose allergies appeared or became much worse after a course ofantibiotics. "Recurrence rate [of middle ear fluid] were significantly higher in the antibiotic-treated groupthan in the placebo group. Children receiving amoxicillin for chronic middle ear infection experienced twoto six times the rate of re-occurrence." (Ibid.)

Antibiotics, which literally means "against life," are often the first choice of treatment for many ailments.

Personal Experiences

Let me share with you some personal experiences I have had with people who were taking antibiotics.

A mother brought her four year old to me. The little girl had tubes in her ears from recurrent middle earinfections. In fact, the child had been on four different antibiotics, stronger each time in the last coupleweeks.

The mother said, I was told to come and see you maybe you could help us."

The doctors had already pierced the child's ear drums and now they wanted to do surgery, to open it andclean it out. "Can you help me?" the mother asked.

I responded, "I can try, but first of all I need to ask the question, 'is your child on dairy products?

She said, "Yes , she is."

"You need to get her off. She does not need milk, because milk is causing excess mucous. Secondly, Iwant to put some drops in your child's ears. Drops that contain Saint john's wort, mullein, and garlic.

Things that are going to be probiotic for your child rather than antibiotic. They have the ability to la certaingerms without the side effects that you are experiencing with your daughter."

The child was pale and sickly. She screamed and did not want to hold still when I was ready to put thedrops in her ears. I put two drops in one ear. The little girl looked at me, smiled, turned her head over andpointed at the other ear.

In two weeks the mother came back. She had taken the child off dairy products and she had continuedusing the ear drops. The mother came and thanked me. The child had not had another ear ache in twoweeks. Before this the little girl had been in pain every day.

Side Effects

Another mother brought in her five year old child that had been given antibiotics for years. This child hada swollen spleen and an abnormal liver panel when she came to see me. I asked her the question, "Has thischild been on antibiotics?" "Ever since she was two years old," the mother responded.

"You know, I need to read you something about the effects of antibiotics. Yes, they have been beneficial,but today they are too frequently prescribed for conditions that they are not even needed for."

I read this to her from the bookThe Encyclopedia of Natural Health and Healing for Children: "Antibioticsdo have associated side effects, some of which may cause irreversible damage. This is another reason whyantibiotics should be the last choice for treating bacterial infections. All antibiotics are unsafe duringpregnancy as they can cross into the baby's blood stream through the placenta. Between 25% and 75% ofthe mother's concentration of penicillin or tetracycline crosses into the baby and the common side effects


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include liver damage, allergies, destruction of valuable intestinal bacteria, vitamin K deficiency,interference with the absorption of nutrients and can induce thrush, diarrhea, skin rashes and phlegm."Marcea Weber in The Encyclopedia of Natural Health and Healing for Children,12, 13.

She said, "What do I do?"

I said, "I would try to bring in some natural things into the child's diet such as herbs." I gave her severalherbs including Echinacea and Golden Seal. I also advised her to take the child off dairy products and giveher lots of live, fresh foods.

The mother came back in a week and wrote out a check to Modem Manna for $50.00! I said, "Well, thankyou."

She said, "Thank YOU. After I put my daughter on the program you suggested, the spleen shrunk tonormal and the liver panel came back fine. The child has not been on antibiotics since I saw you."

Another woman came to me who had rashes all over her body. I asked her, "Have you ever had thesebefore?

"Just when I take penicillin. But I am not taking any penicillin. Why do I have these rashes all over mybody when I am not using the drug" I asked her if she drank milk or used other dairy products. She saidthat she did.

I said, "Do you know there is penicillin residues in milk? Quit drinking it for two weeks and let us seewhat happens." She came back in three days and the rash was gone.

Did you know that farm animals receive thirty times more antibiotics, mostly penicillin and tetracycline,than people do? Fifty percent of the antibiotics produced in America are given to animals.

Have you gotten just a little idea of what antibiotics can do? Consider also the hundreds of people whosuffer from diarrhea and constipation because the good flora of their large intestine has been destroyed byantibiotics. When you take an antibiotic, it does not single out bad bacteria. it kills the good and the bad.This explains why many times a woman will have a yeast infection immediately following a round ofantibiotics. The good bacteria, necessary for the intestine, and also for keeping the fungus in the vaginallining under control, has been destroyed.

There are untold numbers of people suffering from allergies, because of leaking gut syndrome caused byantibiotics and other drugs, like alcohol and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like acetaminophen,(Tylenol) and ibuprofen-aspirin (Advil,Motrin) type drugs. There is also a connection between antibioticover-prescription and immunal suppression diseases.

Super Bugs

We are not the only ones realizing the danger that antibiotics can be.Newsweek, in an article called"Antibiotics-The End of Miracle Drugs" said this about the threat: "When a colony of bacteria is dosed

with, say, penicillin, most die. But a few lucky microbes by chance harbor mutant genes that make themimmune to the drug. They survive. The mutants pass on their resistant genes to their progeny. Onebacterium can leave 16,777,000 offspring in twenty-four hours! The mutants gladly share their resistantgenes with unrelated microbes. Antibiotic uses have stimulated evolutionary changes unparalleled inrecorded biologic history.

"Even more ominous, there are signs that these bacteria are very clever. Microbiologist Stanley Falkhell atStanford University puts it, 'In ways scientists never suspect, it turns out the germs can become resistant toantibiotics they have never even met.'

"In women receiving tetracycline for a urinary tract infection, for instance, E-colli developed resistance notonly to tetracycline but to other antibiotics also. it is almost as if bacteria strategically anticipate theconfrontation of other drugs when they resist one. One of the problems that we are facing today in Americais that we are getting too many antibiotics in our people. Over-prescription is a problem and when youover-prescribe antibiotics to people, it kills off the weak bad bacteria, but these mutant ones survive andchange and become resistant." Newsweek, March 28, 1994.

Bacteria are becoming so resistant that in 1993 alone, nearly fourteen thousand people died in our hospitalsbecause the antibiotics could not kill these "super-bugs."

The pharmaceutical industry can not keep up with the ever changing microbes. New resistant strains of olddiseases are springing up. That means that patients are suffering and dying from illnesses that sciencepredicted forty years ago would be wiped off the face of the earth. The scientists were wrong. Beforescience catches up with the microbes many more people will die.

Now is not the time to depend upon antibiotics and drugs to take care of ourselves. It is time for us to aidour immune systems to fight these things. We are suppressing our immune system, not only through drugs,


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but through the foods we eat, and the life style we five. We need to now take charge and become educatedin what we can do to fight off these diseases.

Use Only as a Last Resort

Charise and I have used an antibiotic only once, for two days on our children. I do not tell people not toever take an antibiotic, but use it only as a last resort. I knew a lady who would not use an antibiotic onher child. She was praying mightily to God to heal the child of an ear infection. She did not use theantibiotic and the child went deaf in one ear. You see there may be times when you need to do somethingof that nature, but today these "wonder drugs" have created an anti-miracle because of over use. Instead ofbuilding up, they are actually suppressing the immune system.

One of the diseases that is growing rampant today is candida albicans or candidiasis. A good flora keepsyeast within our bodies in check. We all have candida in our bodies, but it is held in check because of thegood bacteria. So when you take in antibiotics killing off the good flora, these yeasts proliferate. Andsome of the problems are these. Chronic fatigue, loss of energy, bloating, gas, diarrhea, constipation,vaginal infections, frequent bladder infections, menstrual complaints, depression, irritability, an inability toconcentrate, allergies, chemical sensitivities, and low immune function."

A History of the War on Infectious Disease

"The view of infectious disease was divided into two camps. There was Louis Pasteur, and another theoryby a Russian biologist named Metchnikov. Pasteur believed that if we could identify the germ and isolateand treat it with drugs that we are going to eradicate all disease and illness. Metchnikov on the other handsaid, 'I don't think so.' His life work centered upon the healing power of the body and its battling againstinfections. Metchnikov taught that the correct way to deal with infectious disease was not by administeringchemicals but by strengthening and where necessary exploiting the body's own defenses.

"This view was in stark contrast with that of Pasteur who believed a germ could be found for every malady.He contended that if the germ could be isolated and treated with treatment devised to kill the germ virtually

all disease might some day be eradicated. Pasteur came to realize that his theories about germs wereerroneous. just prior to Ws death he is said to have uttered the words, 'Metchnikov was right.' The terrain iseverything, the bacteria is nothing. Pasteur recognized that it was not bacteria that were responsible fordisease but the terrain, the surrounding land and the inability of the host to combat them. If the host wasstrong or the immune system was active, the organisms could not get a foothold. If the host was weak, theorganisms could settle in and overcome. Pasteur had come to the conclusion that myriad factors includingdiet, nutrition, stress, heredity, environment, and state of mind had a profound effect on resistance tomicrobes." Beyond Antibiotics, 14. (These are the two views that were held.)

In 1967, the surgeon general of the United States, at that time, William Stewart, said, "It was time to closethe book on infectious diseases. We have basically wiped out all infection in the United States." TheComing Plagues, 33. They set out to conquer infectious diseases around the world, and in the U.S. theywere going to concentrate on chronic diseases.

How is it then that today we find that the infectious diseases are back-deadlier than ever in America. We

are seeing viruses and bacteria beginning to hit the United States like never before, and our "wonder drugs"are losing the battle because of the mutant germs.

"Since the nineteen fifties we have seen the development and overuse of antibiotics. The use of hormones,birth control pills, the development of immuno-suppressive drugs, prednisone, mytheltrephate, chemotherapy, the introduction of various chemical and toxins in our environment, and significant changes whichhave occurred within our diets leaving our foods tainted with pesticides, depleted in nutritional value,loaded with sugars and dyes. Can we really continue to believe that these incredible changes have notaffected the well being of some and eventually perhaps all of us?" Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the YeastConnection, XI.


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The Bible says the devil came to steal and destroy and kill. Jesus Christ is not anti-biotic He is "pro-biotic."In Him is life and life eternal. We need to learn that by living healthfully and eating the right foods, we canstrengthen the immune system.

Contaminated Vaccines

Dr. Leonard Horowitz, a Harvard graduate with his masters in public health, has recently done a great dealof research into vaccine contamination. In an interview, published inAmerican Freedom Magazine,December 1996, he said this: "'This month'sMoney Magazine has the first article ever published in theUnited States that actually tells the truth about polio and DPT vaccine. Today's oral polio vaccines arelittered with monkey virus contaminates which are causing everything from Simian Cytomegalo virus

associated with chronic fatigue to encephelopathy.'"Should one be apprehensive about taking flu shots? 'Regarding the flu shots: My mother received theswine flu shot and she among 10,000 others developed Guillian-Barre Syndrome, which is a commonvaccine contaminate reaction. It's a progressive neurological breakdown, where the body's normal whitecells start eating away the myelin sheath around nerve cells."'American Freedom Magazine, Volume 1,Number 8, December 1996, page 19.

Inspired Counsel about Drug Medication

In conclusion, consider this counsel from God's inspired messenger: "Drugs never cure disease, they onlychange its form and location ... When drugs are introduced into the system, for a time they seem to have abeneficial effect. A change may take place, but the disease is not cured. It will manifest itself in someother form . . . The disease which the drug was given to cure may disappear, but only to reappear in a newform such as skin disease, ulcers, painful diseased joints, and sometimes in a more dangerous and deadly

form ... Nature keeps struggling and the patient suffers with different ailments until there is a suddenbreakdown in her efforts and death follows. " Healthful L iving, 243.

Some of the most common diseases today are auto-immune diseases. Fibromyalgia which causes pain inthe muscles and joints, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus, the list goes on. What hasbeen causing these problems? Ellen White told us, with the use of drugs the disease is not cured, it justdisappears and later manifests itself in some other way.

How to Build a Strong Immune System

What can we do to build our immune

systems and fight off disease?

1.Follow the eight laws of health, which is God's plan.

2.Maintain an ideal weight by decreasing the number of (acid) calories you eat.

3.Eat a moderate protein, high complex carbohydrate, vegan diet rich in omega-3 fatty acid. (see Flax Oil)

4.Eat lots of fiber rich food like fruits, vegetables and cereals that reduce the transit time in the colon. Thiswill help to get carcinogens, the bile acids and other fats that can cause cancer, out of the system.

5.Avoid all animal products. Now is no time to be drinking milk.

6.Keep salt intake low and avoid food additives and preservatives. Avoid condiments like mustard,vinegar, black pepper, baking soda and baking powder. Avoid caffeine and tobacco and alcohol, of course,but avoid other people's smoke also.

7. Consume large amounts of fruits, vegetables and legumes for their phyto-chemical properties. Wheneverpossible, try to obtain foods that were not artificially grown and are uncontaminated with pesticides.

8.Eat plenty of raw fruits and vegetables for their enzyme content.

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10.Avoid refined sugar and nutra-sweet. (These are related to systemic lupus, Fibromyalgia, and multiplesclerosis.)

I1. Use water filters whenever possible. Wash your hands several times each day and limit eating inrestaurants.

12.Use stress reduction techniques, such as walking, and taking a vacation.

13.Make Bible reading and prayer a part of your day.

14.Have a positive attitude.

15.Avoid drugs unless absolutely necessary.

If we fail to follow the basic plans that God has given His people, we are going to be caught in the fray.The Bible also says that if we are obedient to His commandments and we follow His statutes, none of thediseases of Egypt will come upon us because the Lord who heals us has promised.

"The Lord gave His word to ancient Israel, that if they would cleave strictly to Him, and do all Hisrequirements, He would keep them from all the diseases such as He had brought upon the Egyptians; butthis promise was given on the condition of obedience. Had the Israelites obeyed the instruction theyreceived, and profited by their advantages, they would have been the world's object lesson of health andprosperity. The Israelites failed of fulfilling God's purpose, and thus failed of receiving the blessings thatmight have been theirs. But in Joseph and Daniel, in Moses and Elijah, and many others, we have nobleexamples of the results of the true plan of living. like faithfulness today will produce like results. To us it iswritten, 'Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye shouldshow forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.' I Peter 2:9."Counsels On Diet and Foods, 26, 27.

IS THERE LIFE AFTER ALLERGIES?A radical, new look at the cause and cure for allergies

by Sang Lee, M.D.

Sang Lee, M.D., an allergy specialist, is presently working with the NEWSTART LIFESTYLE Health Center

at Weimar Institute, in California. This article originally appeared inNatural Lifestyle and Your Health.

Allergies are a very common health problem for babies, as well as for older family members today. TVcommercials offer dozens of medications to stop sneezing, wheezing, and itching. However, having anallergy means much more than having sneezing, wheezing, and itching. And protecting your baby meansmuch more than finding the right medications.

WHAT IS AN ALLERGY?

Simply, an allergy is an abnormal reaction occurring in the body. The reaction occurs because the body'simmune system is weakened. When the immune system is strong, the body will not panic when foreignelements invade its domain. For example, particles of dust, viruses, and bacteria are always in the air. Webreathe them all the time. If the immune system is strong, it will handle them; the body is secure and willnot overreact. However, when the immune system is weak, the body reacts to one or many of the foreignsubstances in the environment to protect itself.

An allergic reaction, then, is simply the body's overreaction to the

Environment, to what you ate, or came in contact with. The reaction does not occur because of what is inthe environment, but because the immune system is weakened.

There are many people today concerned with their health and the health of their children. They spend lotsof time lifting weights or playing sports so they can look big and powerful on the outside, but inside theirimmune systems are very weak.

Many a big 250 pound, muscular football player is sneezing and wheezing because of his allergies. He isphysically strong, but he has a weak immune system. Similarly, there are many people trying to keep theirbabies and children strong, but only on the outside. It is not outward show but inner strength that counts.

Allergies indicate inner weakness in the immune system. To understand allergies, we must understand theimmune system and how it work

BLOOD CELLS AND IMMUNITY

Resistance or immunity originates in the blood. The solid component of blood basically consists of red andwhite blood cells. Red blood cells give blood its color, are round in shape, and carry oxygen, which is veryimportant to the immune system. White blood cells, however, make up the immune system.

There are three main kinds of white blood cells involved in the immunity process. First, there arepolymorphonucleo leukocytes, or polys for short, which are one of the most common white blood cells.


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Poly means many, and morpho means shape, simply meaning that these cells come in many shapes to fitthe many different places where they have to travel.

The other two kinds of white blood cells are called lymphocytes, andare simply designatedB-lymphocytesand T-lymphocytes.

The Polys: The polys are the immune system's first line of resistance. Let's say that you cut your finger.There are always many germs on your skin and in the air, and when you cut your skin, these try to invadeyour body through the opening in the skin. The polys, rather than trying to kick the invaders out, simplysurround or engulf them. Usually the polys can thus kill the germs. But sometimes there are germs whichwon't die so easily. This is where the B-lymphocytes come in.

B-Lymphocytes:The B-lymphocyte cells produce a special kind of Y-shaped protein called gammaglobulin, which is a strong toxin to the invading substances. Like the polys, the B-lymphocytes engulf thegerms, and, with their gamma globulin proteins, poison the germs, so that they die. Doctors refer to theseblood cells as "antibodies."

T-Lymphocytes:The T-lymphocytes are the most important part of the immune system. They regulate theentire immune system by regulating the other white blood cells. The T-lymphocytes produce specialchemicals called lymphokines whicheither attract more polys to inflamed areas or stimulate the B-lymphocytes to produce more gamma globulin. Other T-lymphocytes suppress B-cell activity.

However, the whole immune system depends entirely on the brain, which controls the T-lymphocytes'ability to manage the affairs of the whole immune system. How? By producing endorphins, chemicalsproduced in the brain when you are happy, which then travel through the blood to the T-lymphocytes andstrengthen them.

In addition, the T-lymphocytes take care of any germs which the other white blood cells have been unableto destroy. By producing lymphotoxins, strong poisons which destroy germs, they act powerfully againstsuch diseases as cancer and AIDS. When the immune system is weakened, the T-lymphocytes cannotproduce lymphotoxins, allowing cancer viruses and similar cells to enter the body and take over.

Much of modern medicine focuses on developing weapons to kill invaders. Such an approach is usuallyunsuccessful. Rather than benefiting the body, such medications only further weaken the immune system.What is needed is not some high-powered medication, but rather a means of strengthening the immunesystem so it can wage its own warfare.

Cancer, AIDS, and allergies occur when the T-lymphocytes are weak. Allergy symptoms such as sneezing,wheezing, or itching are simply indicators that the T-lymphocytes are unable to do their proper work.

Just as our eyes, which are very sensitive, hurt, water, and swell when a little speck of dust gets in, so thewhole body reacts with allergy symptoms when the immune system becomes weak and sensitive. The eyewaters because it is trying to wash the dust out that is irritating it. So, likewise, the body reacts with allergy

symptoms when it is trying to rid itself of the dust, pollen, or food that is aggravating it. Because theimmune system is weak and very sensitive, it is trying to overprotect itself from the environment. Theallergic reaction, then, is a warning signal that your immune system is getting weak and something must bedone soon to strengthen it.

STRENGTHEN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

When we are happy, the brain produces endorphins which strengthen the immune system. When we havefear, anxiety, or other negative emotions, the brain produces chemicals such as adrenaline. Instead ofstrengthening the T-lymphocytes, as endorphins do, these chemicals weaken and destroy the T-lymphocytes.

Coming from family lines which have histories of diseases, we are born with somewhat weakened immunesystems. Allergies are our first indicators that we are entering a danger zone. Our bodies are warning us totake notice and start doing something to strengthen our immune systems before we get something severe,

like cancer or AIDS. Allergies, thought of from this angle, are beneficial to us; for they cause us to noticeand change the lifestyle factors which will eventually bring us into serious illnesses. Changes in bothlifestyle and mental attitude rebuild the injured system.

Suppose you go to the doctor with symptoms of asthma, wheezing and shortness of breath. Asthmasymptoms are caused by a histamine reaction.

The bronchial tube is lined with mucous membranes like those in the eye or the nose or mouth. Under themucous membrane there is a Mast cell which has granules containing histamine. When the T-cells becomeweakened, they call on the B-cells to produce emergency gamma globulin. Unfortunately, they are not ableto properly regulate the immune system, giving a wrong signal to the B-cells. and stimulating over-production of emergency gamma globulin. This triggers the emergency reactions we recognize as allergies.


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Asthma symptoms- wheezing and shortness of breath, are simply warnings that the immune system isweakened.

How does it work? If you get asthma when olive trees bloom, your weak T-cells will call on the B-cells toproduce this emergency gamma globulin against the olive pollen. When produced, these Y-shaped cellslodge on the Mast cells in the bronchial tube and trap the olive pollen as it enters the body Then the Mastcells release their histamine, causing your bronchial tubes to become swollen and narrowed. You can'tbreathe and end up wheezing. We call this reaction asthma.

Allergies are our bodies way of warning us to take notice and

start strengthening our immune system before we get somethingsevere like cancer or AIDS.

WHY MEDICATIONS DON'T WORK

Today's medicine, rather than strengthening the weak T-cells, prescribe something to get rid of yourwheezing and shortness of breath. The most common treatments for allergies are cortisone pills or allergyshots. Both will get rid of the allergy symptoms.

Cortisone, an anti-T-cell medication, kills the T-lymphocytes. This silences the T-cells' cry for help fromthe B-cells and stops them from producing the emergency gamma globulin which causes the symptoms.The allergy symptoms are gone for the present, but the immune system's ability to handle cancer or theAIDS virus is also diminished.

Allergy shots consist of a small amount of whatever substance you might be allergic , such as the olive tree

pollen mentioned before. When the T-cells see more olive pollen coming into the body, they are weary anddo not respond. This is called immune tolerance. The immune system is so fed up that it just gives up.You no longer react to olive pollen, but after six months you may have an allergy to something else. Why?Because your T-lymphocytes were disabled, rather than strengthened. Weakened T-lymphocytes alwaysbecome allergic to new things.

Attacking the enemy never works. The only answer is a health program that strengthens the T-cells.

We can strengthen our immune systems only by adopting a balanced natural lifestyle. All of modernmedicine's ways of treating allergy make the T-lymphocytes weaker, temporarily paralyze them, or killthem. This approach to allergy problems will never work. Life and strength are lost.

A balanced lifestyle that will strengthen the immune system always includes these basic factors:

1. Keep the body warm-including the hands arms, feet, and legsso that the bloodcirculation will be even.

2. Drink plenty of pure (distilled) water. We need at least about 10 glasses a day. We willneed more when recovering from chronic dehydration. You will be surprised to find outthat HISTAMINE is the bodys main water regulator, and any time there is a shortage ofneeded water it takes over the rationing of it to promote survival of the body throughcaring for the needs of the most vital organs. Thus the choking and wheezing of asthmaand the stuffiness of hay-fever and allergies can be an effort to prevent further water lossthrough the breathing system.

I have seen it proven that a couple glasses of warm water can ease off an asthma attack.These facts also make an intelligent person greatly question the wisdom of using anyanti-histamine drugs!

All drinks, such as tea, coffee, alcohol, sugared drinks, Nutra-sweet or Aspartame drinksand pop,take more water out of the body than they put in! as the body must use water toflush out the chemicals. Therefore they are dehydrating agents. One of the best thingsanyone can do for the health of himself and family, is to dispense with all other drinksand drink 2 to 2 1/2 quarts of distilled water daily- following the schedule of drinkinghalf-hour before meals and 2 1/2 hour after and on rising and before bed. You may need


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to drink much more than this if you already have a serious disease you may be yearsbehind in your water drinking!

3. Get plenty of fresh air and sunshine every day. Some outdoor exercise each day isrecommended.

4. Enjoy simple, whole, natural foods at regular meal time. Gradually increase raw fruitsand vegetables until 70-80% of diet is raw.

5. Get enough rest.

6. Do useful activities daily-7. Trust God to help and care for you in all situations.

8. Keep body and home very clean, without the use of aerosols, strong smelling cleaners,air fresheners or poisonous cleaners or personal care items.


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NATURAL THERAPIES

Understanding Fevers-Causes- waste products and/or bacterial toxins present in the body- causing the body to

attempt to oxidize them (burn them up) These are nitrogenous compounds and highly poisonous.

Manifestations of fever-

1. Various nervous disturbances, such as malaise, headache, backache, insomnia,

delirium etc.

2. Chilliness

3. Hot, dry or cold clammy skin

4. Increased pulse rate and tension

5. Excessive thirst

6. Loss of appetite, foul breath, coated tongue

7. Constipation or diarrhea

8. Urine scanty, highly colored with increase of solids

Aims in fever treatment-

1. Increase the germ destroying power of the white blood cells-

2. Increase oxidation and elimination of toxins-

3. Conserve and assist the body powers, such as heart action, circulation, digestion, etc.

during the fever-

4. Relieve distressing symptoms, especially nervous symptoms-

5. Prevent undue accumulation of heat within the body.

All these objectives are met with hydrotherapy properly applied.

Two Types of fever-

1. caused by increased heat production

Full pulse and flushed face,

Hot, dry skin

Warm, moist skin

Indications- Increase heat loss by long contact with cold.

Treatment- Long, cold applications.

1. caused by decreased heat elimination

Cold skin, whether dry, moist or clammy

Cyanosis

Goose-flesh

Chilly sensation

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Indications- Warm the skin, combat internal congestion.

Treatment- Hot applications until the blood is brought back to the skin.

Cold applications-useful in fever-

1. Cold bath

2. Graduated bath with friction

3. Tepid or cool bath4. Evaporation wet sheet pack

5. Cold sponging

6. Cold to head and neck

7. Ice-bag or cold compress to heart

8. Cold compress

9. Cold rectal irrigation or enema

10. Cold water drinking

11. Fresh cold air in the sick room

Hot applications- useful in fever- or preparatory to cold treatment-

1. Hot blanket pack

2. Very short hot bath or repeated hot sponging

3. Hot evaporating sheet

4. Fomentation to abdomen

5. Fomentation to spine

6. Hot water drinking

7. Cold mitten friction ( reaction simulates a hot application)

IMPORTANT-

Be sure to apply cold compresses to head and neck in high fevers before placing in cold

bath or applying cold pack to prevent increased blood rushing to brain with the cold body

treatment.

Make sure to use friction and such to keep skin ruddy thereby reducing internal

congestion, aiding oxidation and heat elimination. This also prevents vascular paralysis and

supports the heart.

Do not apply cold treatment if feet are not warm or if patient is chilled.

Applications of cold

1. Prolonged- direct antipyretic by extracting more heat than is produced.

2. Short-stimulate heat production as much or more than they increase heat loss.

Applications of Hot

1. Prolonged- antipyretic by increasing heat elimination through profuse sweating.

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Examples-

The cold-rubbing bath-

This is an example of the prolonged cold application. It causes a decided increase in heat

production. Oxidation of toxins and poisons is greatly heightened. At the same time continuous

contact with the cold water causes a greater amount of heat to be carried away from the body than

the extra heat produced during the bath, and so temperature is lowered. This is brought about by

the rubbing which keeps the blood in the skin. If reaction fails, heat elimination is checked and

the bath ceases to be beneficial. Long cold applications are indicated in long-continuedweakening fevers such as typhoid, typhus, and hyperpyrexia.

Cold mitten friction

This is an example of short cold applications. It stimulates the circulation, increases

blood pressure, and augments heat production. But the contact with the water is of too brief a

time to carry away much heat. The temperature may stay the same, rise or lower slightly. It is

indicated in short fevers such as colds, flues,

Or when the skin is cold for the purpose of warming the skin and reducing internal

congestion.

Sweating treatments-

Example of long hot applications. By producing free perspiration the elimination of heatis greatly increased. Temperature first rises then lowers as sweating becomes well established. In

fevers where heat production is high it is impossible to lower temperature by sweating alone. This

may be used for colds, flu, coryza etc.

OXYGENATION THERAPIES:A very common but little known natural remedy is oxygen in the form of ozone or

hydrogen peroxide. It is natures own cleansing method. Your cells release hydrogen peroxide to

kill germs that invade the body. Harmful germs, viruses, and fungi can not live in the presence of

oxygen! Also your body needs oxygen to remove toxins from its tissues. So by increasing the

oxygen in your blood stream you can actively combat disease. Hydrogen peroxide is a usefulmethod of doing this. Hydrogen peroxide is water with one extra molecule of oxygen (H2O2)

this extra molecule is easily given off.

The common drug store hydrogen peroxide 3% is useful for many things but the best

kind is the 35% food grade which is more pure, especially for internal uses. You may have to

shop around to find a source, you may find a pharmacy that will order it in for you. But a lot can

be done even with the drug-store kind if that is all you can get. In the lists of uses please note the

percentage and remember that 35% is more than 11 times stronger! If you get it, handle with care

and use proper dilutions. You can make 3% (approx.) from 35% by adding 11 cups distilled

water to 1 cup 35% solution.

USES FOR HYDROGEN PEROXIDE:Brushing teeth- use 3% to dip brush in and brush teeth then use 3% 1/2 & 1/2 with water

to rinse mouth. Soak dentures in 3% overnight and rinse. Note- the active ingredient in most

mouthwashes is H2O2!

Use 3% to apply to stings, bites or wounds. Scrapes and wounds treated with H2O2heal quickly and dont get infected. For infected wounds soak area in 3% or if area very tender,

use 1/2 and 1/2 with water. Soak 3 times a day for 15 minutes until well. For ulcers and slow

healing apply 3% 3 times daily.


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For athletes foot- soak in 3% 1/2 and 1/2 with warm water or apply 3% straight to area

with cotton ball. Repeat 2-3 times a day until healed.

Baths- 1-2 cups of 35% in a bath tub of water and soak for 1/2 hour. This is a good

cleansing and detoxifying aid. (It will even relieve hangovers) It is a good thing to do at the first

sign of a cold or flu!

Pimples and acne- cleanse with 3% on a cotton ball. (It is the active ingredient in costly

patent treatments)

Enema- 2-3 tablespoons of 3% to quart of water to start. As you get accustomed to it

you can increase slowly to 6. Colonics- 1/2 cup 3% to 5 gallons water, increase dosage to 1 pint

3% slowly .

Douche- Use 4 0z. 3% add to 1-2 quarts warm water. Facial: use 3% on cotton ball as

freshener after wash.

Pets: 1 oz. 3% to quart of drinking water to keep them healthy. Use 1 cup 3% to gallon

for dog baths.

Washing laundry- 8 oz. 3% to load of wash in place of harmful chlorine. It also can be

used to launder clothes of infants and those with sensitive skin, in place of detergent. Leaves

wash soft and fresh!

In the bathroom- Keep a spray bottle of 3% in shower and mist your body overfollowing shower or bath. Spray toilette paper before wiping to stop rectal itching and help

shrink hemorrhoids.

Dishwasher- 2 oz. 3% to your regular formula. Makes them sparkle!

Cleaning- Use spray bottle of 3% to clean counters and appliances, great for refrigerator!

Also formica desk tops. The great thing about it is it is good for you not harmful like so many

disinfectants and yet it kills germs! It is cheaper than disinfectant sprays and much safer!

Clean yes! Germs No! and poison No!

Plants - Both house and garden plants thrive on a solution of 1 oz. 3% to a quart of

water! Try it on your garden to increase yield and eliminate many pests. Water or spray your

plants with this solution.

Vegetable soak- 1/4 cup 3% to sink of cold water. Soak vegetables and fruits for 20

minutes and rinse before refrigerating. Removes most pesticides and prolongs storage life of

produce.

Leftover salad- 1 tbsp. 3% in 1/2 cup water. Spray top of salad before covering and

refrigerating.

Sore, tired feet- Soak nightly in 1 cup 3% to 1 quart warm water. Dry well and massage

with olive oil.

EPSOM SALTSThe technical name is magnesium sulfate and although it should not be used internally, it

is very valuable when correctly used, possessing the power to draw off poisons.

EPSOM SALT GLOW

Take a container with 1-2 cups Epsom salt into an empty bathtub add a few drops of

water to give a mixture like wet sand. Take this by handfuls and rub over the skin briskly until the

whole body is done (avoid eyes) then rinse off in shower and towel dry. Done regularly it aids

skin conditions, poor circulation, arthritis, headaches, stiffness etc.

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Useful for insomnia, high blood pressure, and bed wetting.

Each evening take hot shower or bath to open pores. Have ready a quart of warm water

with 2 oz. Epsom salts dissolved in it. After the shower, slowly pour the solution over your body

and as far as possible cover each part. Then wait for a minute or two before patting dry with a

towel. Do not rinse it off. Due to the powerful relaxing effect this is a valuable aid in insomnia.

However, each person will have to find out how long to wait before drying and how thoroughly to

dry. Some find they are so relaxed the limbs feel heavy and its hard to move.

Experiment with time waited and amount of drying to get a good sleep and freshawakening in the morning.

Epsom salts baths are relaxing and useful but this is a more effective method due to the

concentrated solution left on the skin.

Used regularly this treatment may lower high blood pressure and can help children with

bed wetting.

Bath child and pour on solution as above, It may take a week of nightly treatments for

desired results and continue treatment to maintain results.

EPSOM SALTS AND BURNS

Keep a jar containing a saturated solution of Epsom salts in fridge or medicine

cupboard. (make this solution by dissolving as much salts in the water as will dissolve)

When a burn happens, apply immediately by pouring onto a cloth or bandage and

applying or, in case of fingers, dip them into the jar for a few minutes. This treatment is

unbelievably effective.

DEEPER BURNS

Wash and blend a raw potato, mix with Epsom salts and apply as a cold poultice.

Treatment can be repeated regularly until healed.

EPSOM SALT BATHS

Use for Ache all over colds and flus, (hot)

Rashes, bites and sunburns, (tepid)

Sore muscles, rheumatism, pain. (warm) Use 1-3 cups Epsom salts to tub of water. Soak

20-30 minutes, towel dry.

Another helpful idea for itchy rashes and bites is to make a Green Tea of a

chlorophyll-rich herb, -Alfalfa, parsley, plantain,or clover leaf and add to the bath. Steep a cup of

herb to a quart of water & strain.

FABULOUS FLAX

SEED AND OIL!Flax is one of the few seeds that contain both of the essential fatty acids needed in human

nutrition, LA and LNA, (Omega 3 and Omega 6) Deficiencies of these are common causing

symptoms such as dry skin and eczema, hair loss, slow healing, weakness, impaired vision,

learning problems and circulation problems. In the cell these essential oils play a part in

attracting oxygen out of the blood to be used by the cell. They are incorporated into the cell

walls and so deficiency can cause problems anywhere in the body. Flax oil benefits the cardio-

vascular system, skin and hair, nervous system, and inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and

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How YourImmune SystemWorks- #1

Today we talk about our immune systems a lot. We worry about what we do to them

sometimes, just not often enough. Unfortunately our defense systems take a beatingfrom many outside influences, some of which are beyond our control and some we areignorant of. Researchers are now telling us that in the last 10 yearsthe average Americans immune system has decreased in function by 25%! If this is truewe are in grave trouble because the germs havent lost anything. They are moreresistant and prolific than ever. The purpose of this series is to highlight some of therisks and dangers that threaten us and give some much needed solutions.

YOUR DEFENSES IN A NUTSHELL:Frontline: Our natural defenses were designed so well that it is amazing that we couldget sick at all. Healthy, unbroken skin is your first line of defense in the battle againstgerms. After that it is up to the mucous and mucous membranes that line your nose, aswell as your saliva, tears, and vaginal secretions.These secretions contain natural chemicals that routinely destroy unwelcomepathogens. If a virus, bacteria or other invader does manage to infiltrate yoursystem it still must face an array of defenses. The blood stream and lymphatic fluids areteaming with multitudes of cells that are programmed to recognize and destroy invaders.

Second line:Macrophages and Killer cells.When a pathogen (Harmful germ) crosses the first barrier, the next step for the immunesystem is to stop its progression using macrophage cells (also called phagocytes (Eatercells) or scavenger cells). A macrophage is a specialized cell that moves through theblood but can also pass through the blood vessel walls. A macrophage works byengulfing a pathogen, which may be a bacteria or inorganic foreign body, and eitherdestroys it or prevents it from escaping to other parts of the body.These cells are complimented by natural killer cells or NK cells. NK cells, likemacrophages, act without a commander or outside directions. NK cells are programmedto destroy any pathogen or cell that carries foreign DNA on contact They have nomemory. meaning they act indiscriminately with invaders on contact, without priorrecognition. They generally act by first making contact and then inject toxic chemicalgranules into the invading cell.

How Your

Immune SystemWorks- #2

Third line: B and T-cells.Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell originating in the bone marrow. They areoriginally non specific cells called stem cells. According to the bodies needs, somemature into B-cells while others travel via the lymph to the thymus glandand are programmed as T-cells.


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Interleukins are cytokines or chemical messengers that areproduced by the leukocytes (a type of white blood cells).They help orchestrate the various functions of the many cellsof the immune system. Since cells can neither see nor hear,they rely on information to be transmitted via chemical secretions in the circulation tocommunicate. As in conventional warfare, it is impossible to win a war unless the

commanders can communicate with the troops.

How YourImmune SystemWorks- #3THINGS THAT HARM YOUR

IMMUNE SYSTEMToxic chemicals are everywhere. They are in your food if you are not eating organicfoods. They leak into your skin when you sweat while wearing synthetic fabrics.Most shampoos and lotions are heavy in toxic chemicals. Scientists have discoveredthat all municipal water supplies are highly polluted with toxic chemicals. They traveledthroughout the world and found no exceptions!

Tobacco products are toxic and are proven killers.

Sugar thickens the serum of the blood and is toxic to the immune cells. Each person inAmerica eats an average of 36 teaspoons daily. That is at least 300% more than is safeto eat.

Alcohol dehydrates and damages cell membranes making them vulnerable to attack.Alcohol is now recognized as a cancer causing agent.

Fat clumps cells together impeding their functions. Most Americans eat at least 3 timesmore than they should. Fat irritates the walls of your circulatory system making it a lessthan optimum environment for your immune cells to function.

Lack of exercise can kill you. The only cardiovascular exercise some of us get isblowing out the candles once a year! A big part of your immune system is dependant ona good lymph flow. It doesnt flow unless you get vigorous exercise.

Poor diet may be your number one risk. The standard Americandiet is high in calories but poor in nutrition. Teenagers eat 2/3 oftheir vegetables in the form of chips and fries! Americans consume inordinate amounts

of meat and dairy products. When experts estimate that more than 80 % of the dairyanimals in this country carry leukemia it makes no sense in my opinion to ingest eitherthem or their secretions. Excess proteins limit the amount of oxygen that your red bloodcells can carry. Viruses are anaerobic, meaning they prefer a low oxygen environment.Fruits, vegetables, and grains are high in fiber and elemental nutrition. Eating themfresh is also the best way to consume antioxidants.


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Water is a must. Most of us are chronically dehydrated. Would you wash five loads ofclothes in the same water? Thats what you are asking your body to do everyday if youare not drinking enough water. The average adult should drink 10 large glasses everyday. Sometimes more when you exercise or when it is hot. Distilled water is empty of

junk minerals and toxic chemicals. It can carry away more impurities. It will not de-mineralize your body.

Lack of sleep is an epidemic in America. We all tend to burn the candle on bothends. The result is that we get run down and sick far more often than we should. Get tobed and live!

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- ANIMAL DISEASE AND YOU

Cannibal Cows by Danny VierraWhen I was very young, one of my favorite snacks was graham crackers. I remember taking a crackerand breaking it into four pieces, stacking them together, and dipping the golden goodies into myfavorite beveragean ice-cold glass of cows milk. Like little sponges they would soak up the milkuntil they became just a bit soggy, at which point I would savor them in my mouth. I would do this time

and time again, until I had eaten nearly the whole box. But it wasnt until the late 1980s that I learnedgraham crackers were not the only thing that could become sponge-like by their contact with cowsmilkso could my brain!By now, everyone has read something about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cowsdisease. With the recent mad cow epidemic in Britain, nearly every newspaper and television newsprogram have reported something on the subject. BSE is the newest of the animal diseases that isbelieved to be transmitted to human beings through the ingestive pathway. In other words, according toBritish scientists, people may contract a form of this deadly disease, which makes its victims go madbefore it kills them, by eating burgers, steaks, or drinking a good old glass of milk. Symptoms of BSEinclude aggressive and disoriented behavior (mad cow), because it affects the central nervous system ofthe animal. Even more frightening is that BSE is not caused by a virus or bacteria, but a prionaprotein molecule that has baffled science because it is devoid of RNA or DNA, can survive even when

heated to 360 degrees Celsius for one hour, and produces no specific antibodies in an infected animal.In fact, there are no tests to detect it!The disease, which bores holes into the cows brain and nervous tissue, leads to slow, lethaldegeneration (rotting) of the brain, giving it a sponge-like appearance. Thus, the name spongiform(spongy) encephalopathy (brain disease), and coined "mad cows disease," is appropriately used. Theoverwhelming concern about BSE began as a result of Britains former health adviser, Sir BernardTomlinson, when he reported on a radio interview his fears of a link between BSE (mad cows disease)and CJD (Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease), its human equivalent. But what really motivated Britainsgovernment into taking action was the death of ten new victims with the average age of 27 (some yet intheir teens) that had died recently from a new strain of CJD, as reported byLancet (medical journal) inApril, 1996. These deaths were "the latest in a series of CJD deaths that are so different from thetextbook description of the diseasethe victims were young, the brain tissue looked like Alzheimers

that they suggest a link to mad cows disease, says Dr. Paul Brown of the U.S. National Institutes ofHealth." (Newsweek, April 8, 1996). "Human victims become depressed, confused, unsteady,demented, and completely helpless before invariably dyingwithin six to thirteen months after firstshowing symptoms," reported The Sacramento Bee on March 22, 1996.But Britain, which now has 28,000 adults becoming vegetarians, is not the only country that is affectedby BSE. Cases have been discovered in Ireland, Switzerland, France, Portugal, and Canada, to name afew others. Our government states that the disease has never been found in the United States, but otherresearchers here are questioning these findings and feel that more testing needs to be done. Meanwhile,the incidents of BSE are down in Britain, because Britains government banned the feeding of sheepand cows to cows in 1988 (although 70 cattle a week are still being diagnosed with the disease and10,000 cows born after the ban have since contracted BSE). Since the disease originated in sheep asscrapie, and since cheaper feeds in Britain include ground up sheep and cows in the feed, the banning of

rendered livestock (much of which is diseased) for feed has been enforced in Britain. Britain, thus, haslearned the hard way that, in order to eliminate diseases like BSE and CJD from spreading in theircountry, they must discontinue the unnatural practice of feeding herbivore animals, like cows, othersheep and cows. They must stop turning their cows into carnivores, because cow cannibalism hasobviously led to the fatal epidemic now spreading in Britain, which may have already infected 500,000to a million Britons (if not more) with CJD. Only time will tell the impact BSE will have on the peopleof Britain, since the incubation period of the disease (the time in takes for symptoms to manifestthemselves) is between 2 to 10 years."But", some reader may say, "you are writing about the unfortunate experience of Britain. Certainly youdo not mean to imply that the British misfortunes are ever to be repeated in the U.S.A., do you?" As tothat possibility, let us turn to what an American expert has to say about what is going on in our country.

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"The feeding of ruminant protein (sheep and cows) to cows continues at a rate of millions of pounds[14% of all rendered cattle] per day," says the author ofMad Cows and Milkgate, Dr. Virgil Hulse.(Milkgate, p.41). He also explains in his book, which I urge everyone to read as soon as possible, thatthe animals ground up and used as feed for o

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