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Part 1 of Dr. Kupsinel’s article was previously published in JANMA (Vol. 10 No. 4). 4. LOW ADRENAL FUNCTION I have been treating patients for hypothyroidism with the Barnes Method for over twenty-eight years and with the Wilson’s Thyroid Syndrome Method, according to the protocol, for over two years. I remember Broda Barnes, MD talking about the importance of normally functioning adrenal glands and the pituitary, the master endocrine gland, in establishing normal thyroid gland function. Actually, it is a trio of three endocrine glands -- pituitary, thyroid, and adrenal -- like a triangle that needs to be balanced with equal sides. I have been finding some patients having difficulties in success with WTS because of adrenal under function or adrenal fatigue. Let me take you back in my history to 1975 when I became the transition physician with the goal of physician heal thyself. Being diagnosed as having hypoglycemia, I began a simple nutritional program with a dramatic dietary change to healthy wholesome foods, just three or four nutritional supplements and injections of ACE or Adrenal Cortical Extract. It took me about six months to figuratively and literally get back on my feet and I attribute these changes and especially ACE to my recovery. After getting the intravenous injection of ACE, I would develop a splitting relentless headache for three days but began experiencing a rapid improvement in my health. I took them on a weekly basis. Although the product was available from perhaps one or two pharmaceutical companies, it became more and more difficult to obtain as the synthetic adrenal cortical products were introduced to the market in both oral and injectable forms. You may know these synthetic products or drugs best by the general name "cortisone." ACE became known as a legend drug and was available from some pharmacies. A major source was from cattle adrenals and guess where? The Falkland Islands!!! Well when war broke out there, there was no more ACE coming to the USA. Broda Barnes even recommended small doses of cortisone for some of the hypothyroid patients, especially if they were not improving with five grains of Thyroid, USP. Bottom line, I did then heal myself. In the early 1980s I developed an interest in the mercury-amalgam toxicity problem from the dental fillings and also autism and the relationship to vaccinations with thimerosal as a preservative. Guess what, the ACE I received back in the 1970s was preserved with? This mercury substance called thimerosal. That is why I had headaches then, and every day of my life until amalgam removal and replacement accompanied by detoxification that I started in the early 1980s. I attribute these headaches to mercury toxicity and it’s secondary devastating effect on my body There is a product called NatCell Adrenal that is a natural complex of many different adrenal peptides from the medulla and cortex of the gland (animal). It is relatively expensive and available through your physician from Emerson Ecologics. Apothe’Cure Inc., a pharmacy in Dallas,Texas now as "Adrenal Cortex Extract sublingual" but the physician may filter the product and administer it intravenously. Call 1-800-969-6601 or 972-960-6601 for information or to order. Website is (www.apothecure.com). WILSON’S THYROID SYNDROME has an herbal supplement to enhance adrenal function, ADAPTOGEN-PLUS and the newer ADAPTOGEN-PLUS 2.. I have been using the Adaptogen-Plus and subsequently added three important adrenal building nutrients -- vitamin C, Pantothenic, and Adrenotrophic. I recommend for the vitamin C, the superior product, C-Salts by Wholesale Nutrition. Dosage is to bowel tolerance. Pantothenic and Adrenotrophic are by Progressive Laboratories, another company of longevity and integrity in the nutriceutical field. Pantothenic is pantothenic acid in capsule form and Adrenotrophic is an adrenal glandular concentrate also in capsules. I recommend for the average adult to take these two products initially with one three times a day and increase to two three times a day. John Tintera, MD called the condition HYPO-ADRENOCORTICISM and wrote a book by this title many years ago. Here are a couple of signs of the condition that you may be able to determine yourself or with the help of your doctor. If your blood pressure drops 10 points or more in either or both the systolic (higher reading) or the diastolic (lower one) when you go from a supine (laying down) position to a standing position, it is a very positive sign. Often with the BP drop you may experience dizziness or lightheadedness when you go from a recumbent to a standing position. Normally when one checks the pupil reflex of the eye with a bright light held to the side, the pupil will constrict and hold to block out the light. If the constriction is only brief, a few seconds, and doesn’t hold, this is another positive sign of low adrenal function. The two small adrenal glands sit like a triangular shaped Robin Hood hats on top of each kidney. The inner part (middle) is called the medulla and the outer part, cortex. The medulla produces adrenaline or epinephrine that is a stress hormone. The cortex secretes cortisone and also sex hormones like the ovaries and testes!!! The adrenal cortical hormones help with salt and water balance, carbohydrate metabolism, and blood sugar regulation. The signs and symptoms listed below in the Adrenal Appraisal Indicator may occur with low adrenal cortical function. When the adrenal cortex is extremely underactive, this most serious but rare condition, is called Addison’s disease. When the adrenal cortex is overactive another rare condition called Cushing’s syndrome exists. The long term use of cortisone and cortisone related pharmaceuticals, often used for treating patients with asthma, arthritis, and transplants can lead to a Cushinoid like appearance with the rounded "moon" face, heavy abdomen and buttocks, and thin legs. There are numerous side effects and adverse reactions from the general cortisone family, but the focus here is on adrenal under function. I have composed the ADRENAL APPRAISAL INDICATOR from my studies with appropriate credits as subtitles. I took the test and scored 16 out of the 32 questions! So, I am back in the physician heal thyself mode and on the supplements cited above. I am thankful to Dr. James L. Wilson for his 2001 article in Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients. Subsequently, I bought his 2003 book in 2004, Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st-Century Stress Syndrome by James L. Wilson 09 January, 2002, List Price: $14.95 Amazon.com. I purchased one copy at Barnes and Noble and another in Borders.
5. CARBOHYDRATE METABOLIC DISTURBANCES -- REACTIVE HYPOGLYCEMIA AND DIABETES MELLITUS My trip on the alternative road to medicine began in the mid 1970s when my uncle, an obstetrician-gynecologist/nutritionist physician (M.D.) advised me to check my sugar metabolism with a five hour glucose tolerance test (GTT). It showed low blood sugar or hypoglycemia. Within a few months of dietary changes, nutrient injections with ACE or Adrenal Cortex Extract, I began to regain my failing health. I state today that had I not started making the changes then, I would not be alive today. I would estimate that at least fifty percent of my patients suffer from either hypoglycemia or in more advanced cases diabetes mellitus. Years ago I received a questionnaire from other like minded physicians, called the Health Appraisal Indicator. This lists various signs and symptoms that may occur with these metabolic disorders and serves as a key to me for the diagnosis. I no longer do the five hour GTT for often the patient becomes ill for a few hours to several days from the blood sugar drop. We are taught as physicians to do no harm. I do my best to follow this ethic. I find the Hemoglobin A1C or the Glyco Hemoglobin test a fine guide to diagnosis of these conditions. It is a blood test that measures the marriage of sugar to the nucleus of the red blood cell, that contains the hemoglobin. If the value is high, there has been too much sugar circulating in the serum (compatible with diabetes mellitus) and if too low, too little (compatible with hypoglycemia). When the blood sugar drops rapidly the person may experience various signs and symptoms that may be physical, mental and/or emotional. Many psychiatric disorders are related to blood sugar variations. Many factors can cause the blood sugar to drop, e.g. sugar; sugar containing foods; foods; chemicals and inhalants to which one may be allergic. Treatment is personalized with appropriate diet and nutritional supplementation. I may prescribe the diets from the book EAT RIGHT FOR YOUR TYPE by Peter D’Adamo, N.D. These are based on what the person’s blood group is, e.g. A. O, B and AB. I recommend your reading this readily available book. I have the VITALIFE DIET that gives a list of Do’s and one of Don’t foods. This is a practical dietary guide and usually acceptable. Some supplements I find beneficial for the diabetic are a complex of nutrients called Glucose Control Guard (Perque), vanadyl sulfate, Sumaca -- a combination of two Amazon herbs, alpha lipoic acid and Perfect Plus-a blend of many nutrients that include TMG and oat fiber.
6. DIGESTIVE DISTURBANCES In the Preface to the booklet by Susan Stockton, BEYOND AMALGAMS, I quote Christopher Hussar, D.D.S, D.O. (dentist and osteopathic physician): "80% of patient illness I find in my practice originates in the mouth. Daily I continue to be astounded at the world wide impairment that oral disease has on human health." Might I add that the percentage increases when one includes the rest of the digestive tract! I feel a prime time priority in practically every patient is to cleanse the intestinal tract with first a parasite cleanse (to be discussed below), a liver cleanse or more and appropriate bowel cleansing with colonics, if clinically indicated. I also recommend a product from Extended Health, LIVER, with Artichoke and Sarsaparilla and other ingredients for liver cleansing. The majority of my patients lack hydrochloric acid and/or pancreatic enzymes. Lab tests help me determine these deficiencies and supplementation with Betaine Hydrochloride capsules in powder form and enzymes as AbsorbAid often solve the problem. I have written for the patient a Digestive Evaluation questionnaire that helps me to recognize this condition.
7. TOXIC BOWEL SYNDROME I estimate at least seventy-five percent of my patients have a toxic condition in their intestines. When foods are not properly digested, carbohydrates ferment, proteins putrefy and fats become rancid. Often a person with a toxic bowel will actually smell foul to varying degrees. A positive urine Indican Test tells that the amino acid tryptophan is going rotten and gives the clinician the insight to this diagnosis. Couple this syndrome with the information and treatment above, under "Digestive Disturbances," and below with the "Parasites" and "B-6" discussion for a thorough understanding. It is important to realize that there is a blend of these common denominators contributing to disease with often a number of them contributing to the patient’s illness. It is time for physicians and lay people alike to realize that degenerative disease is multi factorial (has many factors as causes), the treatment is also multiple and not limited to the drug or the nutritional supplement. Not readily available through most clinical labs, the Quantitative Indican test is offered through Metametrix Laboratories in Norcross, Georgia.
8. PARASITES On a most informative audio tape, a Canadian naturopathic physician, Dr. Ross Anderson, states that in one study 85% of the adult population has parasites; and in another, 92%. He enumerates the many signs and symptoms that one may have with parasites. Here was the material for my patient Parasite Questionnaire that aids me in the diagnosis. Unless the routine stool slides test for ova and parasites are viewed right after being obtained the parasites are likely to disintegrate and not be observed hours later by the lab tech. So, I no longer order these tests. For over twenty years I may have had only one or two positive ones. There is a simple and safe treatment with herbals to cleanse the body of parasites. PARASIT-X is a most reasonably priced product by Atrium. I initially recommend the parasite cleanse for twenty-one days and followed by the liver cleanse after a minimum of twelve days. The parasite cleanse is to be repeated at six month intervals. All members of the household need to be treated to prevent recurrence. The detailed liver cleanse instructions are in the books by Hulda Clark, N.D. and in general I recommend THE CURE FOR ALL DISEASES.
9. B-6 UTILIZATION PROBLEM In the Digestive Evaluation, mentioned above, I have a question, "Do you have consistent dream recall?" That means do you remember each morning when you wake up that you have dreamed. We all have six to eight dreams per night but many patients say I don’t dream at all. What is the reason, they do not remember? The reason is a vitamin B-6 or pyridoxine utilization problem. I learned of this condition from the classic book MENTAL AND ELEMENTAL NUTRIENTS by Carl Pfeiffer, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Pfeiffer was in the same generation as Broda Barnes and recently refolded. He made this discovery. No need to order expensive lab tests to determine the B-6 metabolism. Just ask the question until you get a clear "yes" or "no" answer on the dream recall. Dr. Carl noted that when he was on vacation his dreams became more vivid and he had to reduce his B-6. The reason is that when under stress (work to some) the requirement goes up. B-6 is available in two supplemental forms: pyridoxine and pyridoxyl-5-phosphate (P-5-P). Some people have a hard time in biochemically processing the pyridoxine down the metabolic pathways and P-5-P is then used in treatment. High doses of B-6 (over 500 mg) have been incriminated as a factor in neurological disease. So, stay low on the dosage. I start a patient on 100 mg for a month and increase by 100 mg for a month or two more. If the dream recall is not constant, I switch to P-5-P. Remember the other conditions, toxic bowel syndrome and digestive disturbances, discussed in this article, must be considered.
10. IRON TOXICITY Jim came to me a few years ago fresh out of Orlando’s prestigious Florida Hospital. He was 46, married with a very supportive wife and two fine sons. He had been discharged after his chest was opened and closed with a diagnosis of inoperable lung cancer. In a few weeks he died. His serum ferritin test was extremely high. This test measures iron stored in the body. He had been a welder for years -- probably his major source of iron -- and a cigarette smoker. Too much iron is a factor in cancer, cardiovascular disease and arthritis. I started him on a nutritional-metabolic program along with injections of Desferal (deferoxamine) a drug that helps to remove the iron from the body storage. Unfortunately, not too many physicians are attuned to iron toxicity and do this test. Frequently the insurance companies will not pay for it unless the patient has a previously diagnosed excess iron condition. He is one of a few patients I have seen with cancer and a high serum ferritin. However, I see many patients with a high ferritin and for prevention, I place them on appropriate therapy, often Desferal. High serum ferritin in an adult may come from taking mineral supplements with iron, eating red meats and cooking with iron pots and pans. I even had one patient with iron toxicity from the well water that she was using for bathing, cooking and drinking. Her bath tub was all rusty and she was all rusty within! Unless I know about the iron and copper levels, I recommend a multiple vitamin and mineral without copper and iron called Basic Preventive-4 (Douglas Labs). Too much copper can be harmful to one’s health, too. On the other side of the coin, I find a few patients that have very low serum ferritin and further investigation is necessary to look for the reasons and, of course, appropriate treatment to build up the iron is instituted with supplementation.
11. BAU BIOLOGIE OR SUBTLE ENERGIES These are two German words that deal with the room biology especially in the bedroom and in the workplace. My focus is generally in the bedroom for most of us spend one-third of our life in bed. There are subtle energies that are called electromagnetic, electrostatic and geopathic. Susan’s dad called me on a radio talk show out of Chicago. We subsequently spoke on the phone a few times, His pre-teenage daughter was having an average of thirteen petit mal seizures a day. These are seizures where the patient just blanks out momentarily and does not remember. She was on drug therapy prescribed by her pediatrician that was not working. I advised her dad to thoroughly check the bed mattress with a compass pointing north and running it over the entire surface at two inch intervals while looking for any needle fluctuations. I also intuitively suspected hypothyroidism and had dad do the Barnes temperature study (see above). He called to tell me that the compass needle went crazy not only on the daughter’s bed but also on the bed upon which he and his wife slept. I advised immediate change to cotton futons on wooden frames. Another alternative is an air bed mattress, like Select Comfort, that I learned of later and now use myself and recommend to patients He further gave me the BTS/TAI results for Susan that were in the hypothyroid range. The pediatrician was to call me but I never heard anymore. When steel is coiled into a spring it creates a magnetic field and the positive component of this field may stimulate the central nervous system as well as the entire body, including potential cancer cells and dormant microbes. My theory was that during the resting hours this child was getting a stimulating charge to her nervous system that was a contributing factor to her seizures. For another example, a couple followed my suggestion after three weeks of hesitation and unplugged their water bed at night. That ended their chronic insomnia. The running electricity creates the magnetic field and contributes to the insomnia. Sometimes the water beds may have a short and this is a shocking experience for the person, who may be completely unaware of this electrical problem. Any plugged in electrical appliance, running or not, has about it an electromagnetic field that may be harmful to one’s health! I ask my patients, "Do you have near, on or about your bed any electrical appliances such as a radio, radio-alarm clock, television, computer or a light -- especially fluorescent. The rule of thumb is to have the item at least five feet away (ten feet for the television) and unplugged if not in use. I also ask if there are any high tension wires outside of the house. I have an instrument called a Trifield Meter, a magnetometer, and a compass to measure these magnetic fields for a patient, at home or in the work place, and for demonstration purposes during consultations. A new potential health risk is the cellphone and cordless phone that emit electromagnetic fields. I have just purchased from my health conscious dentist, Bill Edwards, an electromagnetic field absorber called ZEROPA. It is a small ceramic ladybug shaped unit that is affixed to the cell phone near the antenna. As suggested in the package insert, I have checked it out with muscle testing or kinesiology and it does have a positive effect! It may also be used on other electrical appliances, e.g. television sets, computers. and cordless telephones. Synthetic fabrics or blends with natural fabrics have an electrostatic energy field that is harmful to one’s health. I understand that testing instruments are expensive for this problem. However, using BK or Behavioral Kinesiology, as with the ZEROPA, I can readily demonstrate to the patient the weakening effect on the body and the energy from these fabrics. (See the book YOUR BODY DOESN’T LIE by John Diamond, M.D.) I recommend to all of my patients that they go for all natural fabrics for both body and bed, e.g. cotton, wool, silk and leather Most women wear blended bras and I recommend immediate change to all cotton. I think that the synthetic fabrics in bras may well be a factor in the high incidence of breast cancer in women. The geopathic stresses deal with invisible ground lea lines and under ground water veins. If the lines happen to cross under the bed, say in the region of the prostate and the male develops prostate cancer these lines are probably a definite factor. Also the underground water veins under the bed may have an adverse effect on the part of the body under which it flows. A dowser may be very helpful in determining geopathic stress in the home or office. There are now in the United States many people trained in the field of Bau Biologie and can come to your home or office for diagnosis and treatment. Just because you can not detect these problems with your consciousness does not mean they do not exist. I feel this is an important field to investigate as it may be a very subtle cause of degenerative illness. Some of the tests mentioned in this section have already been discussed in detail above. These examples will give you a picture of the physician being a detective and discovering potential problems often before they manifest on a symptomatic level.
12. BIOCHEMICAL IMBALANCES The testing of blood and urine helps in determining the presence or absence of biochemical imbalances. Most of us have them to varying degrees. The conventional doctor may often look through the lab results and comment to the patient that all tests are normal or all are normal and point out the exceptions in the "out of range" column on the report. Unfortunately, the feedback that I get from most patients, also seeing an allopathic physician, is that their doctor does not tell the patient anything about the lab tests. The credible medicine physician may recognize that variations within the normal range but above or below the median value, may be of clinical significance in prevention or early detection. For a new patient I routinely recommend a Comprehensive Metabolic Panel, Lipid Panel, Complete Blood Count, Serum Ferritin, Hemoglobin A1C. LDH, urinalysis, the Indican test, and a hair analysis. Recently, I have added with EDTA as an intravenous push and also orally, provocative tests of stool and urine for toxic metals. These results are most revealing and helpful in the detoxification program. Because discussing each test is beyond the scope of this article, I shall give you a few examples. Be aware that not all lab normal ranges are identical. The usual range of the MCV or the Mean Corpuscular Volume of the RBC or Red Blood Cell is 80-100 with 90 the median. When the result is 92 or greater it indicates to me that there is a need for vitamin B-12 and folic acid. This test shows there may be an impending pale faced large sized red blood cell anemia that is called a megaloblastic anemia. The treatment is rather simple with the administration of these two vitamins that may be given intramuscularly or orally or in combination. The enzyme called alkaline phosphatase is dependent on zinc, its key mineral. It is just like your car that is dependent on the right key to turn on the ignition. When the value is normal but below the median it is a clue that the zinc stores in the body are low and zinc supplementation may be indicated. Recently, I had a young twenty-four year old in the office. He has a history of acne with minimal facial scaring. I asked him if he had white spots on his finger nails? He didn’t know until he, his mother and I looked and saw the prominent spots of zinc deficiency. He didn’t have decreased sense of smell and taste that often go with zinc deficiency but does like to heavily season his foods. This may be because zinc deficient people love to add spice to their food because their taste buds aren’t working well because of low zinc. His lab profile and hair analysis confirmed this clinical impression. Let me share one more case bit of information with you. An old medical colleague, now deceased, told me that when the Albumin/Globulin ratio is 2.6 or greater and the Globulin is 1.6 or less the patient needs supplementation with hydrochloric acid. I use betaine hydrochloride as a powder in capsules. I find many of my patients, especially the older ones, need the HCl. The late Alan Nittler, M.D. stated that sixty percent of people over forty have decreased hydrochloric acid and forty percent over sixty do not have any. This decreased supply is called hypochlorohydria and the complete lack, achlorohydria. Here is a major area for illness. I wonder how many people actually have excess stomach acid that seems to be the target of television ads for acid neutralization and reduction by some of the pharmaceutical companies. These above examples will give you a picture of the physician being a detective and discovering potential problems often before they manifest with patient or doctor awareness.
13. MINERAL IMBALANCES AND TOXIC HEAVY METALS In 1974 I attending a meeting in Clearwater, Florida that was sponsored by Miller Pharmacal. I heard the ninety or more year old John Miller, Ph.D. tell the story of his heart attack about forty years previously. From an article in Scientific American, he was aware of the ability of the albatross to fly 4000 miles without fatigue and having a concentration of magnesium in its wings 1000 times more than in the rest of the body. John called in his physicians and requested they administer to him large doses of magnesium. He attributed his survival from his massive myocardial infarction primarily to the magnesium. Recently on one of the national network morning shows their doctor was explaining of a recent study of patients with hypertension and cardiovascular problems being helped with the minerals of calcium, magnesium and potassium. As mentioned earlier in this article, there is an ever growing awareness and a beginning of acceptance of these alternatives that physicians like myself have been actively using in medical practice for the past three or more decades. John Miller was the scientist who first complexed mineral with proteins for assimilation. This work preceded the creation of the so called "chelate" minerals. Back then and now there is a related company called Doctor’s Data that does many laboratory mineral studies, including hair, urine and stool analyses. This hair test is routine for my new patients. I order the mineral report with a discussion or interpretation. There are three major components to the mineral report. First, are the toxic minerals that include mercury, cadmium, nickel, aluminum and several others. Second, are the elements regarded as nutrients such as calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc, chromium, selenium and several others. The third portion shows the ratios of various minerals,e.g. calcium to magnesium and zinc to copper. With the toxic metals one not only sees the amounts of each individual one but also at the bottom a graph of the "total toxic representation." This gives me and the patient an idea of the severity of the toxicity. It is not only important to have the proper amount of each nutrient mineral but also to have each in proper balance or ratio. Often the ratios are outside of range. Based on these findings and the interpretation combined with the patient’s history and my clinical skills, I am able to help the patient to balance these minerals and to cleanse the body of the toxic metals. The hair test is not "black and white" like the other conventional tests of blood and urine. Some times a high level can indicate a need for the particular element. Often a high zinc is indicative of a need for zinc for the actual zinc is not in the right place for it being biologically available to the patient for use. Also, the low reading for a toxic metal such as mercury may not be indicative of no mercury poisoning. The mercury from the fillings is transported via the circulatory system throughout the body and is deposited in various organs, tissues and glands. Since the hair grows about 1/2 inch per month and the specimen for analysis is only one to one and one-half inches long -- representing up to three months growth -- the hair sample may thus reflect a low level if taken after this period. Mercury deposited in the body is like money deposited in the safe deposit box and the key lost. Chelating agents can be administered orally, intramuscularly or intravenously to help get the mercury and other toxic metals out of the body. There are many natural substances that chelate or bind toxic metals as well as EDTA, a synthetic amino acid, used in both intravenous and oral preparations. Most everyone has toxic metals and a need for chelation. I take myself and recommend for my patients ORAL CHELATION and LONGEVITY-PLUS by Extended Health. The former has sixteen natural chelators and EDTA and the latter is a multi-vitamin-mineral with added cleansers.
14. STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS It is of utmost importance for the health practitioner to be aware that structural problems in the patient’s skeletal and muscular systems may contribute to, or be, the major cause of an illness. I am referring here to conventionally trained doctors of medicine, and dentists, who need to consider referring to osteopathic and chiropractic physicians -- specialists in this field. As the social, political and professional barriers are coming down among the health care practitioners in all fields, it is now time to make total health care available to the patient with peace, harmony, love and caring. When we open the door of our minds, we can learn so much from one another and see very many similarities rather than differences. Now, we can apply our knowledge in serving mankind to the highest good of the Creator and His/Her creations. Many chiropractors and osteopaths utilize holistic health methods, including nutrition and exercise. They are receptive to learning from me and conversely! Some use manipulations, cranial-sacral adjustments, Toftness adjustments, kinesiology, electro-dermal diagnostic techniques, homeopathy, sound and color therapy. These alternative techniques are often the answer to the patient’s problems and are facilitated and preserved through good nutrition and exercise. As an "old student" of John Diamond, M.D., I apply Behavioral Kinesiology in my practice. I routinely check the thymus for the immune system status, the thyroid and the balance of the cerebral hemispheres. I also test the temporal-mandibular joint for dental stress. If off, the Diamond Gait will help temporarily correct about 90%. This is a simple walking, breathing, vocalizing daily exercise that brings imbalances in the acupuncture energy system into harmony and balance. The Mittelman-Diamond Appliance or MD Appliance is quite helpful too. This is an upper plastic oral appliance based on the Schore appliance. It allows the lower teeth to "skate" smoothly on it and eliminates the muscular pressure of the occlusal imbalance. Also, it has a buccal flare which stimulates a smile and kinesiologically tonifies the entire body. All of the organs of the body are represented in the masseter muscles that move the jaw. The smiling tonification apparently sends out messages via the acupuncture system to the entire body. Yes, the smile definitely is a winner! P.O. Box 620550
BIO SKETCH Roy B. Kupsinel, M.D. graduated from the University of Miami School of Medicine in 1959 and interned at Martin Army Hospital, Ft. Benning, Georgia. He was a family physician in Hallandale, Florida, near Miami, from 1960 to 1971 when he moved to the Orlando, Florida area. For four years he was an Emergency Room physician and then reentered family practice with the emphasis on preventive medicine. As the "Transition Physician" he has become an holistic physician with considering the patient as a whole being - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. His current part time practice includes chelation therapy and a nutritional - metabolic drugless approach to helping the patient take responsibility in the healing process. Dr. Kupsinel is an inter/national speaker and teacher. He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows and hosted his own radio program in Orlando. For fifteen years, concluding in 1994, he edited and produced HEALTH CONSCIOUSNESS - an holistic magazine that was circulated in thirty-two countries. He also is author of the booklet A PATIENT’S GUIDE TO MERCURY-AMALGAM TOXICITY with over 32,000 copies distributed inter/nationally. It has been printed four times and revised with the 2001 and now 2004 edition. Dr. Kupsinel is a talented magician and often combines his magical skills with his health and medical talks. Becoming a magician in 1966, he is Past President of the Society of American Magicians, the world’s oldest magical organization (now 100+ years!), and has twice performed professionally in Hollywood, California at the Magic Castle the world’s mecca for magicians. In 1934 in Gloucester, MA, Dr. Kupsinel began his photographic hobby with his first photo of the famous Fisherman’s Memorial Monument. In the 1999 Spring PHOTOGRAPHER’S FORUM MAGAZINE contest Roy received for his" Red Hot Poker" photo the "Award of Excellence." In the Fall of 2000 he was a semifinalist in the contest of the INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF PHOTOGRAPHY with the photo of the Bok Tower, "Reflection;" in the summer of 2002 a semifinalist for his "Southern American Bald Eagle" photo and in the Spring of 2003, again a semifinalist with the "Oriental-American Garden" (at Bellingrath Gardens); and The Best Photos of 2003 with "Reflections-Bodie Ghost Town." His photo of "Horses at the Barn" in Faber, Virginia took Honorable Mention in the ORLANDO WEEKLY 2002 Photo Contest. At the California’s 10th ANNUAL NAPA VALLEY MUSTARD FESTIVAL PHOTO CONTEST 2003, he was awarded Honorable Mention for the "Lady Bug of Copia."
Food Allergy: Myth or Reality? By: Linda Kosa-Postl, ND, NHD, PhD, CNC
Abstract Physiological reactions to food substances are often conceived as a psychological phenomenon among many medical professionals. Some earmark the condition as a catch-all phrase to describe any unremarkable state of health not clearly or concisely defined by medicinition Because of the lack of IgE (Ig-immunoglobulin measured in a properly collected stool. Certainly the rise of industrial technology has opened the pathThe uh reports types of organisms not uniformly considered pathogenic on conventional medicine standard tetwons approximately twenty minutes after a meal to which there was a reaction. Because any of these types of pressentially trains the body not to have allergic reactions. Low dose allergen (LDA) therapy was developed specifically for American-made products or American allergens. EPD injections are taken at two month intervals with a high success rate (60-80%) of cessation and symptom free. EPD is currently banned form the United States due to problems with the FDA. It is worthy to note that EDP is effective for inhalant allergies, food intolerances, and chemical sensitivities which appear to be a favorable solution since all problems are treated at once. The following is a list of conditions that EDP has been doing well: hay fever, asthma, eczema, food allergies, preservative allergies, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), autism, Tourette’s syndrome, Chron’s Disease, migraine headaches, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus erythmatosis. 33
Alternative As part of the physiological response to an allergic reaction, the human body produces most cells to release histamine and other mediating chemicals. Vitamin C helps to stabilize these mast cells to prevent the likelihood of letting go of these substances. Because Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin, the body excretes it readily. It is recommended that the intake level should be every two hours at a dosage of the current RDA chart. Another water soluble vitamin, B5 or Pantothenic Acid, has been used in overall general cases of allergy relief because of its support to the adrenal glands in supplying the necessary hormones to cope with allergies. Vegetables and fruits need to be an essential part of the diet as well as vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals and fiber. The amount of these powerhouse nutrients provided is crucial to cell and tissue repair in healing the gastrointestinal tract. Essential fatty acids (EFA) play a pivotal role in intestinal integrity. Some examples are salmon, mackerel and flaxseed oil. Proper sanitation of foods during storage and preparation lessens the ability of foreign organisms to affect our health. Two disinfectants particularly beneficial for use at home or travel are grapeseed extract (nutribiotic). The actual chewing or mastication of food should be done in a relaxed state of enjoyment. Consumption of foods during stressful times only aids to incomplete digestion of foods which pass through the leaky gut into the bloodstream. In spite of the fluid rule of the past, moderate intake of one to two glasses of water with a meal improves digestion by facilitating both the production of gastric secretions at the time you eat and the secretion of bicarbonate from the pancreas into the small intestine that normally occurs one to two hours after a meal.33 Pancreatin is an extract used for the digestion of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. Because Pancreatin is made from the pancreas of cow and pig, consider that if one is allergic to beef or pork than this remedy would be intolerable. Some plant based enzymes, like Aspergillus orazeae, actively work on the digestion of fats, proteins and carbohydrates. To help soothe the digestive tract and bowel, Christopher Hobbs recommends the following tea: 1 part marshmallow root, ¼ part licorice root, ½ part peppermint, ½ part chamomile flowers and ¼ part fennel. Marshmallow and licorice are soothing to the mucous membranes. Peppermint relieves gas and intestinal spasms. Camomile is relaxing to the bowels with its anti-inflammatory properties. Fennel removes gas and stimulates the production of digestive enzymes. The tea smells and tastes delicious and helps to relieve diarrhea, gas and painful digestion.34 To keep the liver functioning at or near 100 percent will help to rid the body of toxins and works to diligently release histamine when necessary. Liver and bile herbs such as dandelion, burdock root or artichoke leaf blended with ginger root to make a tea ceremoniously keeps the liver working efficiently. The German people love bitters profusely found in pharmacies, apothecaries and vendor shops in tourist traffic areas in Europe. Bitter tonic remedies include gentian, artichoke leaves, orange peel, cardamom seed, ginger and fennel. The "bitter" tasting concoction improves the vitality and function of the digestive organs and the immune system. Specifics to a determined diet for dysbiosis are large quantities of soluble and insoluble fiber and low in saturated fat and animal protein. This diet is similar to the arrangement of foods on the Food Guide Pyramid. To increase concentrations of friendly bacteria levels of Lactobacilus, Bifidobacteria and lactic acid Streptococci, fermented dairy foods like fresh yogurt are recommended. Diet Putrefaction benefits from this diet in that insoluble fiber decreases bacterial concentration and microbial enzyme activity while soluble fiber tends to elevate bacterial concentration and enzyme activity while it raises levels of short chain fatty acids.35 As for fermentation dysbiosis, a diet free of cereal grains and added sugar is generally the most helpful.36 The use of carrot juice for bacterial diarrhea has been used in Europe for several years. To prevent bacterial growth, antibiotics are often prescribed but cautionary thought should take place as to whether these drugs will cause or help control dysbiosis. Instead, herbal antibiotics offer a safer venue and less, if any, side effects. Citrus seed extract has a broad spectrum of antibacterial, anti-fungal and anti-protozoan effect. The recommended dosage is 600 to 1600 mg/day. Two other herbal antibiotic suggestions are Bayberry leaf for enterobacteria and yeast and Artemisia annua for protozoan activity. There are a couple of contraindications worth mentioning when using an herbal remedy for intestinal dysbiosis. Probiotics should be not taken while under treatment for parasitic infections because bacteria are "food" for protozoan parasites as offered by Dr. Leo Galland. He also states that it is necessary to avoid all antioxidants because botanical medicines kill parasites and bacteria by oxidizing them, and thus, antioxidants reduce the effectiveness of this remedies.38
Case Study For the purpose of this paper, only the specific medical information relevant to the history of the diagnosis of food allergy is presented here. There are, however, some factors which pose an inquiry for research should other future debilitating illnesses occur. To begin with, the patient’s name, Rachel, will be used on a first-name basis only to avoid confidential information and the right of privacy to the patient. Rachel’s diet, during her childhood years, consisted of high fat, high sugar, low nutrient percentages. In spite of "junk food" consumption, Rachel’s BMI remained lower than average for her age. She reports that the typical food items were Papa Murphy’s pizza, Kraft macaroni and cheese, and McDonald’s cheeseburgers and French fries accompanied by Pepsi soft drink. Rachel drinks coffee and was introduced to caffeine at the age of twelve. She also loved to chew gum constantly from the ages of four to fifteen. Rachel states that she was involved in an automobile accident before she was ten years old. A family chiropractor performed skeletal manipulations for a whiplash injury from the incident. During another episode, Rachel received a minor spinal injury and states "she had the wind knocked out of her" from the force of the impact. More noticeable childhood bumps and bruises occurred around the head area. Her family has moved three times in the last ten years. At the age of ten, the family lived in an apartment where the means of temperature regulation was from an electric heat source which spewed out dust, smoke and mold. Prior to this living arrangement, Rachel experienced sinusitis and nosebleeds. Her autoimmune system was already impaired at this point. At the age of eleven, Rachel lived in a home for four years where mold was a major issue for illness conditions. From 2002 until present, the family has lived in their second home with no apparent allergy induces. Rachel does report that her sinus condition is worse in the winter which is indicative of an environmental reaction. Travel plans have remained in the United States with visits to Charlotte, NC at the ages of nine and thirteen, and to Cleveland, Ohio at the age of twelve. Rachel does not report any significant changes in her health as a result of these excursions. Rachel does not recall any incidence of food poisoning and has experienced the essence of exotic food in calamari and a Philippine dish served at home. To date, there has not been a test conducted for parasitic enterocolitis established by an O&P (ova and parasite) stool culture. Rachel states no history of bacterial infection but does have a recurring fungal infection of the toenail and treats with a prescribed Lamisil spray during the summer months only. After seeking a Naturopath for chronic symptoms of migraine headaches, nausea, and discomfort, Rachel was given a recommendation to begin a trial of B12 to increase levels of iron and diffuse anemia prognosis. Immediately, her skin tone went from pale, grey coloration to pink, healthy skin. In four weeks time, after food allergy test results, Rachel experienced less stomach pain, less frontal probe and neck/cerebellum pain, and less frequency and intensity of migraine headaches. Within five months of diet changes, the chronic nausea and GI discomfort disappeared. Rachel also reports that as soon as she discontinued taking Celebrex daily, the headaches went away. The frequency of migraines diminished to three a month. Eventually, between six to 12 months, the migraines ceased to only one per month and return during stressful times or new food allergies are identified.
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Conclusion Scientific evidence has proven that food allergy or food intolerance is not a myth, nor is it a psychological determinant to one’s health. The reality of the physiological suffering demonstrates the validity of adverse reactions to all types of foods especially cassein in milk, gluten in wheat, soy, eggs and corn. The diagnosis of any repetitive symptom warrants careful scrutinizing to avoid unnecessary testing and medications. Often the protocol is to treat disorders of the gastrointestinal tract with antacids. Although this recommendation certainly relives common symptoms of food allergies and deems appropriate to do, it only masks the symptom for a temporary solution and avoids the inevitable precursor of the physical effect in the first place. Preventive measures far better serve the purpose here of relieving all physical symptoms of adverse reactions to food substances. It most certainly does not advocate a prediction of mental incapacity in a neurological sense. In an effort, as a last resort, it is often an allopathic protocol to establish psychiatric tendencies. While, in some cases, it is cannot be dismissed, the suggestion that an individual may be suffering because of a mental disorder is not only insulting but unsubstantiated due to lack of scientific or medical validity. The beleaguered patient will continue to suffer not only repetitive physical pain but also a loss of dignity. The types of medications prescribed for symptomatic complaints are counterproductive for food allergies or intolerances. In the adopted case study, Rachel was taking Imitrex for migraine headaches, with known side effects of headache pain, anxiety and depression. Her headaches continued and depression was noted in which Penlac was then prescribed. Because of her sinusitis, Rachel tool Allegra daily with known side effects of headache pain and nausea in which Reglan was then prescribed. Ironically, Reglan also has an adverse reaction of anxiety and depression. Fortunately, at one point, it had been discussed with Rachel’s neurologist to consider the possibility of consulting a Naturopath. Her physical condition had shown some improvement, however, migraine headaches were daunting leaving Rachel fatigued, frustrated and dissatisfied with intakes of multiple medicines. The success of the alternative treatment of food diet rotation, B12, Rhodiola, Grapeseed extract, and Probiotics has left Rachel symptom free as of this writing. Endless cases, like Rachel’s, could easily be prevented if efficient, effective educational materials were readily available to all medical professionals, parents, school officials and other members of society who remain influential in a child’s life. Needless dosages of plausible medications throwing off the delicate balance of homeostasis within the human body could be avoided. The impact of this valuation formation is extremely important at an early age to avoid countless unnecessary testing and damaging drugs. Just as immunizations are required for the protection of the child’s immune system, it deems appropriate to consider the welfare of the child’s body, mind and spirit through valuable resources of nutritional insight and impact throughout the life span of development. Seeking several opinions fro the medical society focuses on a clear path to solving redundant symptoms is acceptable to a certain point. If resolution does not come within a reasonable length of time (i.e., at least within one year) then steps should be taken to definitely reflect upon a food allergy condition. Similar individual cases conducted for research for this inquiry article denote the same conclusion.
Infectious
Obesity & Diabetes: By:
Sydney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer Summary: Over the past 30 years, obesity and diabetes have become pandemic, with the exact cause unknown. Paralleling this pandemic has been the new use of genetic engineering technology to produce human insulin in genetically modified strains of E. coli and Baker’s yeast. The hazards that these hormone-producing GMO’s pose to human health has never been explored or discussed, despite repeated accidental releases of these GMO’s into the environment over the past 20 years. We believe that these GMO’s may now contaminate the food supply and may have colonized human intestines, which could lead to hyperinsulinemia and its associated diseases of obesity and diabetes. This could be the first instance of Genetically Engineered Rogue Microbes (GERM’s) causing human disease, and could explain the pandemic of these conditions. We call for further research and the development of a GERM Surveillance Task Force. The following vital information is, frankly, frightening, as it means that we have entered into a new world of disease never before imagined. This is not a conspiracy theory. When you read what follows, you will understand why this issue may already be known by a select few, but kept from the public domain. First, let us introduce ourselves. We are medical anthropologists, and Directors of the Institute for the Study of Culturogenic Disease, located in Hawaii. Our emphasis is on discovering the cultural causes of disease. An example of our approach is our research into the link between wearing tight brassieres and the development of breast cancer, which we wrote about in our book, Dressed To Kill (Avery/Penguin Putnam, 1995; ISCD Press, 2006). We believe that the human body was designed by nature to be healthy, but our culture and the lifestyles we lead get in the way, causing disease. This report is no less shocking than the link between tight lingerie and breast disease. But unlike choosing healthier clothing, the solution to the new crisis we believe is unfolding is much more out of our control. The issue has to deal with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Over the last several decades, obesity and diabetes have become epidemic. Children, adults, poor people, wealthy people, Americans, Africans – all over the world people are becoming obese and developing diabetes. We believe that the current epidemic of obesity and diabetes are caused by a new problem, never before considered because it never before existed. Of course, when you think of the cultural/lifestyle causes of obesity and diabetes, the answer quickly comes that these people need to eat less and exercise more. Our lifestyles have become sedentary, and people have become more spectators, and less doers. Catering to this "market" is a large supply of dietary products, weight loss methods, and pharmaceuticals, like insulin. It is this insulin that plays a key role in the new crisis. Insulin, of course, is a hormone. It is active in very minute concentrations. All hormones are chemical messengers and facilitators that allow our body’s organs to keep integrated and modulated as they perform their vital functions. Insulin is a very important hormone, responsible for getting sugar (glucose) from the bloodstream absorbed by the cells, which need the sugar for energy. The cells have receptors for insulin on their cell membranes, which act as "locks" for which the insulin is the "key", turning on the cell to take up the life-supporting sugar. Without the effect of insulin, the cells would not be able to drink up the sugar from the bloodstream, and would starve. The blood "spills" the sugar out in the kidneys, and into the urine. This condition of reduced insulin activity and sugar in the urine is called diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is a rarer form of the disease, in which the pancreas, the organ that manufacturers and releases insulin into the bloodstream, reduces or stops its insulin production. These people can die without insulin being provided in drug form. Type 2 diabetes constitutes 90% of diabetes cases, and is typically associated with overeating and obesity. It is often cured by dietary and other lifestyle changes. However, not all people recover. There are also other conditions that can lead to obesity and diabetes. One is having too much insulin. If you have too much insulin in your bloodstream, it will cause your cells to take up so much sugar that it lowers your blood sugar level, a condition called hypoglycemia. This makes you hungry, so you would eat more to raise you sugar level back up. But the high insulin quickly sends that new sugar into the cells for storage as well, along with water to help keep the sugar in solution. This makes the cells swell, as well as make fat cells convert the sugar into more fat, ultimately leading to obesity. Since the cells also become less sensitive to insulin because of the high levels, it also causes diabetes. Hyperinsulinemia, then, causes obesity and diabetes. This condition is also epidemic, and parallels the current diabetes and obesity trends. More and more people are developing these problems every day, at an alarming rate. It is as though diabetes and obesity were contagious, spreading from person to person, like some germ plague. Actually, this is what we are afraid may be happening! It has to do with genetic engineering, and the production of human insulin in certain species of bacteria and yeast. There was a time when diabetics needing insulin would receive insulin from a pig’s pancreas. As you can imagine, taking injections of pig insulin could lead to allergic reactions. Far better, some thought, to have human insulin to give to humans. But there was simply no source of human insulin. Until genetic engineers found a way! Insulin is a protein, even though it is a hormone. Some hormones are steroids, like estrogen and testosterone. These are produced in the cells by a metabolic process that starts with cholesterol and, through a series of enzymatic reactions, produces the final steroid hormone. Other hormones are proteins, directly coded for in the DNA of the cell’s genes. Other protein hormones are growth hormone, and glucagon. We all have genes that code for these protein hormones. Genetic engineers have been able to find these genes, and cleanly cut them out of the section of DNA in which they are normally located. They took the human gene for insulin and placed it into the DNA chain of a bacterium. This makes the bacterium "part human", so to speak, in that the bacterium now makes human insulin. All you have to do is extract the insulin from the bacterium, and you have a relatively inexpensive source of human insulin. The idea is simple to state, but it took science decades to develop this technology of splicing genetic information from one organism and putting it into another organism – of another species! The possibilities are endless. But like all technology, there is also a cost. Every new invention that changes the world has its advantages and disadvantages, its rewards and its risks, its successes and its failures. The bacterium chosen to be the recipient of this human gene is the commonly found, and well studied, E. coli. Our intestines team with trillions of E. coli bacteria. Some E. coli strains cause disease, and are the leading cause of food poisoning. Most are benign, and are our constant intestinal companions. Why use this particular bacterium for genetic engineering? It has to do with its genetic make-up, and the ease with which E. coli DNA can be manipulated, even with foreign DNA. The company that developed genetically engineered E. coli that makes human insulin was Genentech. They did this in 1978. Eli Lilly, another drug company, purchased the license for this process, and is now the producer of human insulin from E. coli. Besides E. coli, scientists have also done a great deal of genetic research and manipulation with another micro-organism – Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also known as Baker’s yeast. That’s right, the same yeast used to make bread, wine, beer, and other foods. It wasn’t long after Genentech’s E. coli success that another company, Novonordisk, developed a Baker’s yeast engineered to produce human insulin. Both these GMO’s – the E. coli and Baker’s yeast that both produce human insulin – are now virtually the only sources of insulin for diabetics. Animal insulin manufacturers can not compete with this cheap, genetically engineered human insulin supply. It may sound like a good idea to have all this genetically engineered insulin cheaply available, given the epidemic of obesity and diabetes. But what is the price of having these GMO’s making human insulin? The price, we believe, is that these GMO’s are causing the obesity and diabetes epidemics! Just as with all new technology, there are accidents. Novonordisk reports several accidental spills of genetically modified, human-insulin producing Baker’s yeast! For example, in one case in 2004, according to Novonordisk, "During the cleaning process, 10 liters of media containing GMO were discharged directly into the sewage system. Normally the media would be discharged into a tank. When the operator saw the accidental release, the discharge of the media was stopped and the sewage system was disinfected."(http://www.novonordisk.com/sustainability/news/2004_08_accidential_release.asp) There have been other such incidents over the years. Eli Lilly admits to many dozens of "serious environmental events", in fact, 29 such events between 2003 and 2005. These events include, "an event that could create an impairment to aquatic life, wildlife, or human life." (http://www.lilly.com/about/citizenship/lillyccr_2005.pdf) The effect of these organisms on the environment is an experiment in the making. While these companies say their E. coli and Baker’s yeast are too weak from laboratory conditions to survive and compete in the wild, the fact is that they don’t really know what will happen until it actually does happen. It’s all so new, that the impacts of a spill are still considered a mystery. Obviously, the "Precautionary Principle" is not in effect here.But if these GMO’s did get out, the manufacturers assert, they are harmless to humans. Of course, since there are no published scientific studies of what happens when a human is infected with these GMO’s, this is another optimistic assumption by these manufacturers. What would happen? One can make some educated guesses based on known medical knowledge. What would happen if you had bacteria and/or yeast in your intestines that were producing insulin? Your intestinal fluid would be high in insulin, produced by the genetically modified microbes. Some of that insulin would be absorbed into the bloodstream. This would make your blood high in insulin, causing hyperinsulinemia. Over time, this would make you obese and diabetic, a known outcome of hyperinsulemia! Since GMO’s would be producing insulin in your intestines, your pancreas would reduce its insulin production, since more is not needed. This would eventually create dependence on the GMO insulin absorbed from your intestines. The level of GMO’s in your intestines will rise and fall depending on your diet and intestinal health. Some times, if the level is high, the insulinemia would be higher. Other times, the GMO’s can virtually disappear, causing a shortage of insulin, catching the pancreas by surprise, before it has time to reactivate its insulin production. It would be as though you were taking varying doses of insulin medication at erratic times. Your blood sugar and metabolism would be a mess. You would be obese, diagnosed as a diabetic, and ironically prescribed more insulin! Are these GMO’s as harmless as their manufacturers claim? We may just be starting to see just how harmful they can be. It is not only insulin that is produced in E. coli and Baker’s yeast. Human Growth Hormone is also manufactured this way. What would happen if GMO’s making growth hormone colonized your intestines? Excessive growth hormone would be absorbed into your bloodstream, and over time this can lead to in excessive body growth, arthritis, carpel tunnel syndrome, excessive snoring from enlarged throat, impaired vision, headaches, fatigue, menstrual disorders, high blood pressure, and – diabetes! Then there is the hormone glucagon, which has the opposite action as insulin. That is, this hormone raises blood sugar by making the cells give up their sugar stores. This hormone is also manufactured in genetically engineered E. coli and Baker’s yeast. Having these GMO’s in your intestines would also cause havoc to your blood sugar level and metabolism. So here is the crisis. There are drug companies making human hormones in the most common bacterium that humans live with – E. coli – and in the yeast commonly used for our food supply – Baker’s yeast. Both of these genetically modified microbes have entered the environment. These GMO’s constitute a new threat to human health, as our intimate contact with them may lead to their colonization of the human intestinal flora. Besides accidental releases of these GMO’s there is the deliberate selling of old GE yeast to pig farmers. Once the yeast is used to make insulin, the yeast is heated to inactivate it, and the resulting slurry is sold for animal feed. However, yeast (and E. coli) are known to make very heat stable spores, which can theoretically survive the heating process. A few surviving spores out of trillions of yeast cells is statistically insignificant. But those spores can enter the environment and reproduce, and possibly enter the food chain and human (or animal) intestines. Of course, before everyone gets alarmed that a new plague has come, there needs to be more research. If these GMOs have contaminated our environment and are causing diabetes and obesity, then it should be possible to take intestinal samples from some obese, diabetic people and find the offending, rogue microbes. Ideally, this is something that the manufacturers of these GMOs should be paying for. However, these manufacturers should not be doing the research themselves. It is not wise to trust research into a GMO leak with the company that makes the GMO. If insulin, growth hormone, glucagon, and other hormones are being produced in human intestines, causing a pandemic of obesity and diabetes and who knows what else, then the results would be too important and damaging to the manufacturer to trust it to anyone but a third party. But who would that third party be? Government regulation of the genetic engineering industry is minimal. Lobbying by GE companies is extensive, and effective. The attitude of the government has been that, since the GE industry could be harmed by safety regulations based on the precautionary principle, we must all accept the technology now to let the nascent industry get established, and wait for an obvious disaster before making any impositions. As a result, the industry is policing itself, which is as big a mistake as letting these corporations tinker with these microbes in the first place. The big question is, if the results showed that this nightmare of infectious obesity and diabetes, spread by GE bacteria and yeast, is, indeed, a reality, then will the public be told? You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to see that the truth may be untold. Of course, perhaps not surprisingly, the result of an insulin-producing GMO spill would be increased cases of diabetes, and this would translate into higher sales of insulin. Those responsible for the problem would be the first to benefit from it. Perhaps these organisms could be called GERMs, or Genetically Engineered Rogue Microbes. We believe there needs to be a broad discussion of this threat posed by GERMs to human health. Endocrinologists will have to work with gastroenterologists, nutritionists, and epidemiologists as they explore this new form of disease – contagious hormonal disease. Public health experts will have to advise the public and institutions on ways to minimize the spread of these GERMs. There should be a department at the Centers for Disease Control that is dedicated to GERM Surveillance and epidemic control. How do you personally take precautions against a coming GERM plague, especially when it will probably be emphatically denied by these companies and their government accomplices? How will medicine meet the challenge of diagnosing and treating diseases caused by GERMs? Is there any way to put this genie back into its bottle? Whether or not it is too late remains to be seen. Research is desperately needed, along with continuous monitoring of commercial Baker’s yeast supplies for food production, and peoples’ intestinal contents for signs of GERMs. Our food and our homes may be contaminated with GERMs. Some E. coli and Baker’s yeast have been modified to produce, not hormones, but drugs and enzymes. Obesity and diabetes may only be the beginning of a series of health problems that confuse doctors, disable and kill patients, and are spread from person to person in a handshake or in a piece of bread or a glass of beer. We have been sold the advantages of Genetic Engineering. The creation of new GERMs, and the havoc they cause, may be the high price we are forced to all pay for this awesome, terrifying technology. Sydney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer are a husband-and-wife medical anthropologist research team. They are directors of the Institute for the Study of Culturogenic Disease, located in Hawaii, where they examine the cultural causes of disease, and study the health benefits of the human-animal bond. For more on their work, see their websites: www.SelfStudyCenter.org, and www.GoodShepherdFoundation.org.
Medical QiGong and Asthma:
By: Dr. Ted J. Cibik, ND, DMQ, Zhong Yi With asthma afflicting over 20 million people in the United States alone, and with over milions of others suffering with allergies that can perpetrate into asthma, it is time that we look at alternative methods of dealing with this sometimes-fatal disease. I say fatally because over 5,000 people die each year from asthma attacks. Asthma diagnoses are escalating in this country with more and more children carrying inhalators of rescue medicine to school each year. Historically I have worked with the American Lung Association and others to teach meditation and relaxation techniques to children and adults with asthma.Thanks to such individuals like Herbert Benson, a cardiologist at Harvard University, even western medicine has noted the value of the relaxation response. Traditionally, I will use simplified Taoist QiGong techniques as my introduction to this world of relaxation and deeper breathing. I use the term Asthma QiGong™ to designate this system for its consistency in presentation and techniques. The response by parents, teachers and healthcare workers have been tremendous, with interest increasing every year for the last ten years. Additionally is it wonderful for ancient eastern methods of treatment (QiGong) and western medicine to work side by side, mutually respecting and encouraging each other’s work. Asthma QiGong™ supports asthma by: • Mental control of fear (Kong) and anxiety (You) • Breath control and its unique effect on the internal milieu or pH levels • Musculomembranous change through decreased tetany • Medical QiGong exercise prescription • Mucous control via specific tones The Lungs according to TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) theory is vital to an asthmatic in that they control all the blood vessels and channels in the human body by infusing Qi into the blood and to assist the heart and hence the bodies oxygen carrying capacity. As we know in TCM there is a very direct connection between blood and Qi? Asthma may have several other contributors such as Spleen Qi deficiency and/or Kidney Qi deficiency. In addition, it may also have damp signs or heat signs associated as well as cold and/or wind depending on symptoms and history presented. Why asthma is so deadly? Asthma can attack anywhere in any environment, not just dusty hallways or in the middle of spring as the tree pollen blooms, but at work, play and even sleeping. Hidden dangers like dust mites, the little creatures that naturally fed on our own shedding skin, live in our beds at night and allergic reaction to their feces can be a major contributor to nocturnal asthma attacks. Therefore, this apparent internal lack of control becomes the very catalyst (anxiety) which then becomes a huge factor in the asthma exacerbation process. Learned helplessness has long been documented in western science as a cause of the fight of flight effect (stress or neuropeptide interference). Having an asthma attack is a frightening thing. Imagine running as fast as you can up 12 flights of stairs with your mouth and one nostril tapped shut! This is what an asthma attack feels like. You don’t know how to get your next breath of air and whether that will be enough to keep you from suffocating. Powerful emotions are elicited with the fear of suffocation, and with that huge amounts of neuropeptides are released in the body. Neuropeptides, as defined by Dr. Candace Pert, a former researcher at the National Institutes of Health, are the molecules of emotion that affects every system of the human body. Fear and hypoxia combined to become a lethal combination, especially if one has forgotten their rescue medication (Albuterol; for example). Asthma QiGong™ becomes a modality to give a person an anchoring system of internal control on this roller coaster ride of emotions. It helps stabilize the body not only in its breathing mechanics, but also by controlling neuropeptides eliciting emotions, specifically fear or anxiety. The reason Asthma QiGong™ is so effective comes from the understanding of the Wei chi fields and their relationship to defense from external or internal pathogenic factors. The Wei chi fields, or biofields, emanate from the body and allow the internal environment to interact with our external environment (allergy sensitivity; for example). In Taoist QiGong, the three Wei chi fields link directly to the three Dan tiens or energetic orbs that makes up the vessel of the body. These three Dan tiens corresponds also to the physical, emotional and spiritual (mindfulness) aspect of man. This concept is a major thrust in the understanding of the inner alchemy of Taoist meditations, TCM, and energetic channel pathology. The Taji pole pierces through the three Dan tiens and its major throughway for energetic transfer similar to a two-lane highway where energy can come in, and energy can go out. It becomes our "center" and our connection to the earth and to heaven, in other words balance or homeostasis. Balance is something desperately needed during an asthma attack, first by controlling the mind (Shen), the 7 emotions (neuropeptides) and then the physical body or Jing (pH levels), hence, the three Dan tiens. Asthma QiGong™ when practiced regularly becomes a modality to strengthen our resistance to external pathogenic factors to an; otherwise, sensitive individual, by strengthening the Wei chi fields. It allows us to balance the three Dan tiens and their attributes of mind, emotions and body and to become rooted to the earth but also connected to the Divine. What a wonderful peaceful way to maintain homeostasis! There are only two ways to control the Yin and Yang of pH or the internal milieu of the body, and that is by controlling post-natal Qi. Our food, water and breathing affect pH directly. When pH is too out of balance, the body begins internal warfare to correct the problem before it becomes fatal. Asthma QiGong™ regulates the breath by exercise prescriptive movements based on factors such as the three Dan tiens or the five-element theory. One goal of exercise prescriptive QiGong is to bring the respiration rate down to six complete breaths per minute, or one complete inhale/ exhale cycle every ten seconds. Note that all chants despite dogma or culture, work on this 10-second premise of time through spacing of breath and words. Additionally, many osteopathic doctors using cranial sacral therapy also notice a rhythm of 6 to 12 cycles per minute between the pulse of the cranium and sacrum. Asthma QiGong™ releases increased tetany via the combined action of breathwork and musculoskeletal movement that is both reforming but sustained and elongated; similar to strain / counterstrain movements done by massage and physical therapists. Asthma QiGong™ also uses specific tones or sounds to purge mucous from gathering in the chest. The Karolinska Institute in Stockholm Sweden recently discovered that simple humming and toning could open and ventilate the sinuses from mucous! QiGong practitioners have known about the purgative effects of vibrations for thousands of years, but confirmation of these ancient techniques allows more and more people the belief structure to try to benefit from them. Clinically, I have used Asthma QiGong™ not just for the western diagnosis of asthma but also panic attacks, COPD, emphysema, chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia with great success. QiGong exercises are one of the most powerful and integrated therapies man has yet devised for his own health and well-being. It does not take any equipment, is portable and can be performed anywhere. I encourage people to look to QiGong as an adjunct therapy at best when treating any known disease or ailment. Dr. Ted J. Cibik, ND, DMQ, Zhong Yi, is Executive Director of Inner Strength, Inc. A board certified Naturopathic Doctor and one of only a few doctors of Medical QiGong (DMQ) in the United States. Dr. Cibik is currently Dean of Hunan University of TCM Overseas. Dr. Cibik provides educational opportunities in classical Chinese medicine through intensive training retreats. See the website www.inner-strength.org for details on classes, books and videos.
Being A Careful Consumer By: Dan Funsch As naturopathic healing methods increase in popularity and acceptance, the public looks to professional certification as a means to evaluate the competence, ethics and credentials of practitioners. Unfortunately, the rise in naturopathy’s popularity has also led to the emergence of new certifying groups, some of which are willing to shortcut certification standards to bring in new certificants and revenue. The search for a meaningful naturopathic certification has become a case of "Buyer Beware." The American Naturopathic Certification Board (ANCB) is proud of the high certification standards we’ve set, and we think it important to review these standards. In addition, ANCB’s certified practitioners are the best ambassadors for our high quality certification program, and we’d like you to be more informed. Accredited colleges are similarly poised to educate students about the importance of a rigorous certification process and it is critical that today’s graduates help raise the standards of our profession by seeking out a high-quality certification. Certification Examinations At the core of any meaningful credentialing process is an appropriate certification examination. Both the CTN and CNW exams were developed by ANCB using state-of-the-art education and testing standards, incorporating concepts such as "content domains," "rater judgment," and "psychometric validation." While these might not be household words, they are the fundamental building blocks of a solid testing program such as ANCB’s. Passing the ANCB exam and obtaining an ANCB certification whether it is CTN, CNW, or both, builds personal pride as well as pride in the profession. In contrast, some certification organizations don’t require applicants to take a standardized examination. Some even offer certifications over the internet or through the mail after a cursory review of an applicant’s background. These certifications truly have no substance or value. Continuing Education Continuing Education (CE) is vital to staying current in naturopathic modalities and maintaining an effective practice. New developments in the natural health field, new sources of natural products, and new healing methods are continually emerging. That’s why ANCB requires our certified professionals to complete 20 hours of continuing education every two years and submit documentation of this education. Surprisingly, as with exams, some certifying organizations do not require continuing education. Apparently, they are satisfied with the status quo when it comes to our understanding of natural healing methods. Code of Ethics and Conduct Both consumers and providers of health care alike are familiar with the term "Do No Harm," which represents the most basic ethic of our profession. Going far beyond the minimum, however, ANCB ‘s Code of Ethics respects client privacy, requires disclosure of training and experience, prohibits discrimination and inappropriate relationships, and recognizes the validity of federal and state laws. In the event of a breach of this Code, ANCB’s Code of Conduct outlines a procedure for investigating and resolving complaints, including measures for disciplinary action. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
