Big Brother: Watching, Listening, Shouting And Firing X-Rays
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:02 pm (PST)
Big Brother: Watching, Listening, Shouting And Firing X-Rays Steve
Watson, Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Where will the surveillance stop and how do naked pictures of people
stop terrorism?
Documents leaked from the Home Office in London this week have
revealed that the government is looking into using X-ray technology
cameras by concealing them in lamp posts to "trap terror suspects".
The cameras, currently used in security check points at airports, can
see through clothes and produce a naked image of anyone within their
range.
Security experts have questioned the usefulness of such a move, as it
would be hard to clearly decipher any "suspicious" objects, and near
impossible to act upon any sighting:
"Some guy walks past and his picture is beamed back to a control room
to say that something is under his jacket. What do you do? Despatch a
police car to hunt him down and frisk him? security expert Bob Ayers,
of Chatham House, commented to the BBC.
"The real question is not whether the technology can see something
under the clothing. It's how you respond to it when the technology
says there's something unusual.
"Do you have police strolling down each street, ready to ask people
what they have under their jacket?"
Leaving aside the possible health risks of firing X-rays, Millimetre
waves or terahertz radiation at people in the street, exactly how will
this prevent "terrorism"?
We previously detailed how such methods have already been in use at
rail stations in London.
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"Anything to make us feel safer" whimpers an elderly lady whilst
giving the most naive bootlicking smile you can imagine. And this is
precisely the point, the general public will accept any level of
intrusiveness so long as it gives the IMPRESSION that they are safer,
in reality it doesn't make anyone safer it just eliminates your
liberty.
While some rightly point out the hellishness of this idea, similar
sheep like moronic comments have also been posted on the original BBC
article:
No doubt there will be people who will claim this is an invasion of
civil liberties, I wonder how they would feel the same way if their
plane was hi-jacked?
James Sergeant, Lancing, UK
What does this have to do with hijacking planes? Oh thank goodness my
plane was not hijacked due to Bill Bloggs being photographed naked, 15
miles away in Trafalgar Square.
This is an excellent product and as a member of the British army would
like to see it put in its proper place: Out on the front line with the
soldiers that are on the ground. As for the privacy issue, if you have
nothing to hide what is the problem?
D Dymond, Barnsley
If you are a simpering jellyfish who accepts Nazi style levels of
police and government intrusion into your daily life what's the
problem? Why did we even bother defeating Hitler?
How many more big brother functions can be gotten out of a camera?
Next they'll be telling us that the cameras are going to detect
terrorists by smell or feel.
We have previously reported how London police and councils are
considering monitoring our conversations in the street using high-
powered microphones attached to CCTV cameras.
The microphones, which are already in use in the Netherlands, can pick
up "aggressive tones" on the basis of 12 factors, including decibel
level, pitch and the speed at which words are spoken. They are so
advanced that background noise is filtered out, enabling the camera to
focus on specific conversations in public places.
Step by step our free and open society is being transformed into one
of hi-tech authoritarian panopticon state control.
Once again this about having total information awareness, the ability
to monitor everyone, anywhere, all the time. It's about getting used
to being controlled and eliminating any backlash towards living under
total surveillance. Note how the primary function of the cameras is to
detect aggression or dissent.
In an even more shocking move we also recently reported that the
cameras may even start shouting at you in order to publicly humiliate
you and let everyone else around know if you are doing something they
deem to be wrong. "UNMUTUAL, UNMUTUAL". This way you might be shamed
into never stepping out of line in that way again.
Such forms of eavesdropping and monitoring conversations are not new,
they are now simply less covert and more out in the open because there
is an excuse to justify their use.
A government engaging in escalating criminal actions and becoming more
and more secretive should not be watching and tracking us as if we're
all criminals. The same goes for all forms of watching, listening,
shouting, singing, dancing, flying CCTV surveillance. That's not
freedom.
The very matter of fact announcing and the creep of this surveillance
nightmare works on two levels. On the one hand the placement of the
technology allows a literal big brother monitoring system to function.
Secondly the fallout is shaping individual behavior, which means it
doesn't much matter what slips past the surveillance grid, because
people are cowering in fear of speaking out or being active in any way.
Big brother may not need to watch all the time and that is ultimately
more successful, because control by fiat rather than force is
something that's far easier to accomplish and far harder to resist.
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UPDATE: From emails and discussions, I realize that the following story is easily misread. The problem exists only for young boys, not adults. Puberty unleashes a tsunami of hormones that makes the tiny contributions from lavender oil and tea tree oil in cosmetic products negligible. And, indeed, I would guess that the vagaries of individual differences would produce different effects in different young boys. But certainly there’s nothing in the following to suggest that adolescents or adults are at any risk whatsoever from these cosmetic products.
From Science News, issue of 1 July 2006 (behind subscription wall):
Two ingredients common in many hair- and skin-care products have been linked to abnormal development of breasts in boys. Lavender oil and tea tree oil contain compounds that act like female sex hormones and interfere with male hormones, researchers have determined.
Enlarged male breasts, or gynecomastia, result from an imbalance between the activity of estrogens, which stimulate breast growth, and estrogen-inhibiting androgens. The condition is extremely rare before puberty, says Denver-area pediatric endocrinologist Clifford Bloch.
Nevertheless, since the mid-1990s, Bloch has treated gynecomastia in a series of boys age 10 or younger. Most had normal ratios of sex hormones in their blood, indicating that theirs wasn’t a problem of hormone production.
From the youngsters and their parents, Bloch learned that at least five boys had been using a shampoo, hair gel, soap, or another topical product that listed lavender oil among its ingredients. One of the products also contained tea tree oil. “A couple of patients were putting pure lavender oil on their skin,” he says.
Bloch recommended that the boys stop using lavender-containing products. When they followed his advice, gynecomastia disappeared within a few months.
To verify his hunch that the plant oils were hormonally active, Bloch contacted Derek Henley and Kenneth Korach of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, N.C. In their lab, the two investigators exposed human-breast cells to lavender oil and, separately, to tea tree oil. They found that each oil turned on estrogen-regulated genes and inhibited an androgen-regulated gene.
“These oils possess both estrogenic and anti-androgenic properties,” Henley reported at the Endocrine Society meeting in Boston this week. He adds that the finding is the first to implicate “essential oils” from plants in gynecomastia.
Young boys should avoid the oils, Bloch advises. Many personal-care products contain them. Other plant products act like estrogens in the body.
Pediatric endocrinologist Edward Reiter of Tufts University School of Medicine in Springfield, Mass., applauds Bloch for his “impressive, Sherlock Holmes” performance in unearthing what the boys had in common. While similar patients probably trickle in to other endocrinology clinics, he says, the cause of their enlarged breasts could escape diagnosis because doctors don’t make the connection to personal-care products.
“If I had seen [just] one of those kids, I’m sure I would have missed it,” he says.
The rapid reversal of gynecomastia that Bloch accomplished is a rare achievement in medicine, comments Ken Ong, a pediatric endocrinologist at the Medical Research Council in Cambridge, England. As such, it strongly suggested a link between the products and the boys’ problem.
The plant essences presumably have similar potential effects in young girls, Reiter says. Studies show a recent rise of early breast development in girls. Prepubertal children have low sex hormone concentrations, so relatively small amounts of hormone-mimicking compounds might upset their physiologic balance at that age, says Reiter.
Gynecomestia is perhaps the most annoying health disorder in the males. Science News has stated right that gynecomestia is the development of abnormally large breasts on men. Gynecomestia results from the imbalance between the activity of estrogens, which stimulate breast growth, and estrogen-inhibiting androgens. Though it is an annoying disease it is curable.
My 9 year old son has a lump under his right nipple. I googled boy breast lumps and came upon this article regarding use of Tea Tree Oil.
Well, my son has had terrible cradle cap since he was born. A good friend of mine is a hairdresser and suggested I get him a shampoo that contains Tea Tree Oil. My son used this shampoo for a couple of months but hasn’t used it in about six weeks. He just noticed the lump about a week ago. He says it’s a little uncomfortable when he lays on his belly.
Do you feel it’s possible that the lump could have appeared about 6 weeks after stopping the use of the Tea Tree oil shampoo.
A side note is that I am currently 43 and had breast cancer when I was 39. I have since tested positive for the BRCA2 gene.
Unfortunately, I’m not qualified to respond, but I do suggest that you print out the article and take it with you to an endocrinologist—or, perhaps, first to your primary care physician.
I read this article with interest. My 15 year old grandson has this problem. Because of teasing, his self esteem is low, he wears 3 tee shirts all the time, won’t go swimming, doesn’t stand up straight, and it wears on his mind all the time. He has used the personal care products mentioned. Of course since learning of this, all those products are gone. The article says that the problem then goes away quite quickly. Anyone had the experience of this reversal? Anything else that can be done, beside not using the products? Teasing by his peers has made his life miserable.
Glad the article is useful. So far as anything else that can be done, I would recommend that you check with his primary care physician and/or an endocrinologist. I suggest you take with you the printed article, in case the study is news to them.
I stumbled into this thread whilst researching on the estrogenic properties of Maleleuca Tea Tree. Let me also state that I am not “advertising” or receiving any monetary benefits from the sources I am about to mention. I just wanna share this with you, and hope it would help you.
Mine is a cyst problem, but the cause of it could be the same cause for breasts in young boys. Overdose of estrogen.
2 months ago, I was diagnosed with an ovarian cyst (my mum has 1 too) and my gynae recommended a surgery to remove it. I found out through subsequent research, of the late Dr John M Lee breakthrough research on estrogen being the factor responsible for breast cancer, fibroid cysts, ovarian cysts, PMS problems, hot flashes, etc etc… the list goes on. I subsequently found a resident doctor in US (I am in Singapore) who administers this theory with a natural progesterone oil. One of his guidelines was to avoid estrogen from the environment, and particularly to watch out for what goes on the skin. Sage and rosemary are amongst the herbs that were listed as being estrogenic, and should be avoided. There are other herbs that has hormonal effects, too.
I cut down ruthlessly on estrogen (and whilst I am looking for a new laundry detergent, I haven’t even started on the oil), and the results have been very good. I sleep better, my back aches are gone, my acne improved.
I was researching on Maleleuca products, and found this site. Thanks for pointing out the effect of Tea tree oil on young boys. I am currMy hunch is that it may be estrogenic, and hence I would not go for the Maleleuca laundry detergent I was eyeing on.
You might wanna check out Dr John Lee’s book “What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause”. There are other books in the series “What Your Doctor May Not Tell You…”
Hope this helps. If you wanna find out more, you can email me. Due to lack of time, I doubt I will revisit this site to follow up on the discussion, but I certainly hope you find a solution soon.
Researchers suspect lavender, tea tree oil disrupt hormonal balance
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Essential oils such as tea tree oil and lavender are often found in soaps, shampoos and lotions. Researchers suspect the oils may promote temporary breast development in boys.
BOSTON - Lavender and tea tree oils found in some shampoos, soaps and lotions can temporarily leave boys with enlarged breasts in rare cases, apparently by disrupting their hormonal balance, a preliminary study suggests.
While advising parents to consider the possible risk, several hormone experts emphasized that the problem appears to happen infrequently and clears up when the oils are no longer used. None of those interviewed called for a ban on sales.
The study reported on the condition, gynecomastia, in three boys ages 4, 7 and 10. They all went back to normal when they stopped using skin lotions, hair gel, shampoo or soap with the natural oils.
It’s unclear how often this problem might crop up in other young children.
Oils found in many health-care products These plant oils, sometimes called “essential oils,” are added to many health-care products, usually for their scent. The oils are sometimes found in other household products or sold in purer forms. Tea tree oil is sometimes used in shampoos for head lice.
The suspected effect in this study is blamed on some chemical within the oils that the body processes like estrogen, the female hormone that promotes breast growth.
The findings were being reported Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The federally funded study came out of the University of Colorado and the environmental health branch of the National Institutes of Health. The findings were first released last year at a science meeting.
The three boys were brought to their doctors with overdeveloped breasts that looked like those of girls in early puberty. They were sore in one case. For each boy, doctors could tie the problem only to their use over several months of the natural-oil products.
The researchers suspected that the oils might be upsetting the boys’ hormonal balance. So they did a series of laboratory tests to check how these oils work within human cells. The oils appeared to mimic estrogen and block the male hormone androgen.
On product labels, the oils sometimes are listed by their scientific names: Lavandula angustifolia (lavender oil) and Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree oil). Such products do not require government approval to be sold unless they make specific health claims.
Marijuana and soy products also have been linked to gynecomastia.
“Be cautious” Dr. Clifford Bloch, a hormone specialist in Greenwood Village, Colo., who treated the three boys, recommended that parents “be cautious” with such products, especially for prolonged use. “I would not give these products to my children,” he said in an interview.
Bloch said he also suspects the oil played a role in a handful of young girls he saw for a similar condition, including a 17-month-old whose parents were washing her bottles with a lavender-scented soap.
Others sounded less worried. “It takes very little estrogen to cause gynecomastia in a young child,” said Dr. Richard Auchus, a University of Texas hormone expert who knew of the study findings. “If they’re getting it for a brief period of time, that really shouldn’t cause long-term problems.”
Also, the research did not pinpoint any specific estrogen-like compounds in the oils or look for them in a range of products. Chemist Steven Dentali, at the industry group American Herbal Products Association, said that warning people to avoid such oils “is premature without the additional basic research needed to bolster the case that the issue here is both real and significant.”
Gynecomastia is very common in boys during the hormonal changes of puberty. But it also occurs as a rare condition in younger boys men, and girls before puberty.
Bloch, the study doctor, said it’s unknown if such oils could hurt women with estrogen-fed breast tumors.
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IF YOU WORRY THAT YOUR MEMORY'S failing, here's some encouraging news. A recent study says that you don't lose your memory as you age; you just temporarily lose access to some parts of it when neuron connections don't function properly. Research also shows that making simple lifestyle choices can improve neuron function--preventing and even reversing problems with recall. Here, experts reveal the five most effective habits you can adopt to improve your memory.
1. Indulge in Caffeine and Chocolate.
Memory experts say consuming a little caffeine and chocolate each day may help you remember information better. But you need to choose the right kinds.
Strive to get your caffeine from black or green tea. You'll get a slight boost from the caffeine, which will make you feel more alert so you can absorb new information, explains Jeff Victoroff, M.D., associate professor of clinical neurology at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and author of Saving Your Brain (Bantam, 2002). You'll also be taking in important antioxidants that stave off brain cell damage. Just don't drink your tea with milk, Victoroff says, because milk interferes with the absorption of those antioxidants.
When you buy chocolate, choose dark varieties made with at least 60 percent cocoa, recommends Victoroff. (Most American chocolate, including dark, is made with very little cocoa, so you should look for French or Belgian brands; Valrhona is one brand that's available in some gourmet and natural food stores.) Although more research is needed, researchers suspect that compounds in dark chocolate called procyanidins counteract oxidation and inflammation, two conditions that age the brain. Some scientists think procyanidins also improve memory by increasing blood circulation so your brain gets more oxygen and nutrients, explains Victoroff.
2. Sleep on It.
Common sense dictates that if you get a good night's sleep, your brain functions better and you remember better. Several studies suggest that during sleep, your brain processes your experiences from the day, strengthening the connections between neurons that were formed when you were awake. This may allow you to remember the information more easily the next day.
Scientists also think that while you sleep your brain weakens strong neuron connections to make room for new ones. "You can think of [the weakening of connections] as pruning away unneeded things," explains Marcos Frank, Ph.D., assistant professor of neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
To maintain memory, most people need to get about eight hours of sleep a night. Some research suggests that intense aerobic exercise and a 60- to 90-minute hot bath can help you get that amount. Researchers say those activities may help you sleep better by increasing body temperature or helping release hormones that trigger sleep. For the sedation effect, be sure to do these activities at least two hours before you go to sleep; if you do them too close to your bedtime, they'll keep you awake.
3. Work It Out.
Experts agree that aerobic exercise improves your memory by doing more than just enhancing your sleep quality. Anytime you do at least moderate exercise (like brisk walking), your brain receives a larger-than-usual supply of blood, explains Victoroff. More blood means your brain gets more nutrients and oxygen, both of which help neurons work more efficiently.
Aerobic exercise also improves memory by relieving stress, Victoroff says. When you're stressed, your body releases hormones like cortisol, which boost your energy to help you cope with a challenging situation. However, these hormones also travel to your brain and damage your memory center. Animal studies show that after just a few days of exposure to elevated cortisol levels, brain cells in the memory center start to die. But exercise allows your body to burn off that extra stress-induced energy, which reduces cortisol levels. Most experts recommend at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise, like walking or biking, daily.
4. Eat the Right Fats.
You need to eat fat daily to maintain brain power. But as with chocolate and caffeine, you need to choose the right kind. Studies show that omega-3 fatty acids can keep you from losing cognitive function. Certain kinds of fish and fish oil supplements, flaxseeds and flaxseed supplements, and soy, and walnut oils contain these fatty acids, but some research suggests that whole fish is the best form for brain function. This may mean that fishes contain other brain-enhancing compounds. "If I had to give a single easy-to-remember piece of advice," says Victoroff, "I'd say eating 4 ounces of fatty fish [like salmon or sardines] four times a week probably does your brain a lot of good."
On the flip side, experts agree that trans fats (found in hydrogenated oils) are the worst fats for your memory. Eating a diet high in trans fats is associated with narrowed blood vessels in the brain and limited blood flow. A high-trans-fat diet also lowers levels of HDL cholesterol, the "good" cholesterol that helps ward off blockages in blood vessels. Trans fats are in chips, french fries, and baked goods that contain margarine or shortening.
Research shows that the more intellectually stimulating your occupation is, the better your brain functions throughout your life. But don't despair if your job is dull. A few studies suggest that adopting intellectually challenging hobbies like crossword puzzles or reading can also boost your brain power.
It's not clear how mind-stimulating work and hobbies improve memory. According to one theory, challenging your brain prevents cognitive deterioration by strengthening the neural connections that you use most often, says Randy Buckner, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. The more situations you expose your brain to and the more challenging or stimulating those experiences are, the stronger the neural connections grow. Others theorize that those connections deteriorate no matter what you do, but stimulating your brain intellectually forces it to create other connections to compensate for deterioration, explains Buckner.
You should probably choose a hobby that challenges parts of your brain that you don't use at work, although longterm research hasn't been done to prove this idea. Preliminary evidence shows that with this approach you'll build connections between neurons where you're most likely to lack them, says Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., president and medical director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Foundation in Tucson, Ariz. "If you have an intellectual job, the best thing for your brain is to go home and play music, paint, or walk in nature."
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Thanks Ya'll!!! I took me a while to get to ya's email. I sent the praise report out last night and got off line to be with the wife and I knew there would be aleast 100 to 200 emails by morning. And there was! Lee & Cindy, the info ya'll sent out on sarcoidosis is really good!!!!!!!!!!!! I had read some yesterday at Google. They say most folks that get this stuff are african americans, but i'm not, also there maybe some link to tick bites & lyme disease in one report I read. Interesting, because the area where I live being next to the woods and all my bird feeders and where I feed about 35 deer and other small critters like my two possums, male & female, etc.
Tick bite? very possible.
Thanks again, friends!
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MANILA, Philippines -- It was the late Sir Jason Winters who first told me of passages in the Christian Bible (Well, Catholic Cult Bible Books) that talked about healing using natural substances.
He cured himself of terminal throat and mouth cancer by researching herbs mentioned in the Bible (Well, Catholic Cult Bible Books) . He said the Bible (Well, Catholic Cult Bible Books) contained advice to eat certain fruits and their seeds to heal various illnesses.
Out of his desperate efforts to find a cure for his dreaded disease, he traveled to different continents and talked to rabbis and priests of different religions to identify the fruits and herbs mentioned in the Bible. No one could tell him.
But, by combining several natural plants with biblical references, he developed a tea that cured him of cancer. Doctors said it was a miracle. That tea is now sold all over the world as Sir Jason Winters Tea.
God’s plan? Could it be that it is God’s plan that for every disease that afflicts humans, there is something in nature that will cure it?
For why should God allow a disease to emerge if there was no hope of curing it? It just doesn’t make sense.
So even the so-called incurable modern illnesses—cancer, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (Aids), Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, arthritis or Ankylosing Spondylitis—must have a natural remedy. However, people have not yet discovered it.
Recently, I was reading the Catholic edition of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible (Well, Catholic Cult Bible Books) and I came across a book in the Old Testament not found in other editions of the Bible. This is the book of Tobit, which is placed between the books of Nehemiah and Judith.
According to the introduction or commentary about this portion of the Old Testament(Well, Catholic Cult Bible Books) , the Book of Tobit is “about a righteous Jew (named) Tobit, who is in exile in Nineveh, and Sarah, who is tortured by a demon in Media. God sends the Angel Raphael (who is fabricated by catholics!) to help both Tobit and Sarah. Tobit’s son, Tobias, goes with Raphael to Media, binds the demon, and marries Sarah.â€
Cataract treatment
But what struck me in the Book of Tobit, which was not mentioned in the above commentary, were certain passages in which the Angel Raphael gave Tobias specific instructions for treating cataract and for casting out demons using some internal organs of a big fish that tried to swallow Tobias in the Tigris River.
Chapter 6, verses 1-9, of Tobit describes the healing process in detail:
“The young man went out and the angel went with him. So they both journeyed along, and when the first night overtook them they camped by the Tigris River. Then the young man went down to wash his feet in the Tigris River.
“Suddenly, a large fish leaped up from the water and tried to swallow the young man’s foot, and he cried out. But the angel said to the young man, ‘
Catch hold of the fish and hang on to it!’ “So the young man grasped the fish and drew it up on the land. “Then the angel said to him, ‘Cut open the fish and take out its gall, heart and liver. Keep them with you, but throw away the intestines. For its gall, heart and liver are useful as medicine.’ So after cutting open the fish the young man gathered together the gall, heart and liver; then he roasted and ate some of the fish, and kept some to be salted.
“The two continued on their way together until they were near Media. Then the young man questioned the angel and said to him, ‘Brother Azariah, (that was the name the angel gave to him) what medicinal value is there in the fish’s heart, and liver, and in the gall?’
“He replied, ‘As for the fish’s heart and liver, you must burn them to make a smoke in the presence of a man or woman afflicted by a demon or evil spirit, and every affliction will flee away and never remain with that person any longer. And as for the gall, anoint a person’s eyes where white films have appeared on them; blow upon them, upon the white films, and the eyes will be healed.’â€
From the above passage, we may gather that not only demonic possession, but also diseases or afflictions caused by evil spirits, can be cured by burning the fish’s heart and liver.
Unfortunately, the Book of Tobit did not identify the fish that Tobias was instructed to catch but only that it was a big one.
From this we can theorize that, for every disease that afflicts humans, God has also laid out a cure from our natural environment. We only have to discover it.
May God Bless You Today (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProphecyRNews/) h_ttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProphecyRNews/_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProphecyRNews) _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EarthquakeAndOtherPhenomena_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EarthquakeAndOtherPhenomena) NOTE THAT I ADDED THE parts about the CATHOLIC CULT "BIBLE" BOOKS - they were not included in Lorrona's original message. I could not appove the message with the impression that these books are really 'BIBLE", because they are NOT! --"Cheyenne Cin"
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Cleansing Diet
You may think your diet is healthy and that you are looking after your health - but scientists have discovered that on average, the number of E-coded chemicals and artificial flavourings we consume in our food adds up to the equivalent of 18 tablets of soluble aspirin every day. Most of us digest a staggering 3,000 chemicals every day. Current testing methods cannot detect more than half the chemicals known to be used in food production and there are no tests at all for what happens when these chemicals or other additives find their way into the body, via the food chain, and then combine together or get broken down to form new, often harmful substances called metabolites. Of the produce in your supermarket, less than 1% has been tested for such pollutants anyway.
Think about how cigarette smoke, a known carcinogen and pollutant, irritates the eyes, throat, and nostrils of the non-smoker or the person trying to smoke for the first time. Then ask yourself how these other additives and chemicals in the foods we eat might just have a similar effect on the tissues inside the body.
In my researches into how diet and nutrition plays a role in a number of degenerative diseases, ranging from rheumatism and arthritis to kidney problems and a condition called sarcoidosis, I have discovered a very effective cleansing diet first championed in the 1930s and resurrected by the doctors at the UK-based Good HealthKeeping group.
The theory, which was first supported by Benedict Lust, the founding father of naturopathy, is that acidic material, left over after the digestion of protein in the liver build up in the blood where they form loose “globules” of more concentrated acid. It is these which then disturb normal metabolism and which tend to settle around the joints. At first, they are semi-solid and relatively easy to reabsorb back into the bloodstream for disposal but over time, they solidify - which is when they cause inflammation that is responsible for some 200 different types of arthritis. The diet that helped prevent this was devised by a Dr Max Bircher-Benner, working with bed-ridden arthritis patients in the 1930s. It has been further refined to become a mucuosless diet too. While designed specifically for muscular-skeletal conditions, this diet is just as effective if you simply want to boost energy levels by giving your body a rest from toxins in food.
The Diet: First, cut out sugar in all its form. Check food labels for hidden sugar content. Eliminate white or refined flour. Stick to wholemeal and avoid coffee, strong Indian tea, cocoa, cola, and chocolate.
Start your cleansing diet with a two-day fast drinking only home-made barleywater, mineral water, or filtered tap water. This is likely to provoke what is known as a healing crisis and you may feel as if you have all the symptoms of flu - so it is probably wise to embark on this when you have time off work. Your body is actually undergoing a spring clean, which can be unnerving so make sure before you start, you have the support of a qualified health practitioner or your doctor.
After these first two days, you can begin to eat one or two pieces of fresh fruit at your normal mealtimes. For variety, alternate with raw vegetables. When you feel well and hungry again, have just two meals a day. Have a late breakfast or lunch and then an evening meal. Drink lemon barley water between meals, but do not drink with food or for an hour after you have eaten.
For Breakfast: Start the day with a cup of juniper berry tea, brewed overnight. Eat a generous fresh fruit course and eat as much as you like. Add mixed nuts and raisins and if you are still hungry, have dry wholemeal toast.
For Your Main Meal: Make a generous fresh coleslaw of cabbage, onion, and carrot and start with this. Use only organic vegetables. Have a short break and then eat a baked vegetable; try potatoes, broccoli or cauliflower. Cook your vegetables slowly and gently in their own juices and in a covered dish.
Follow this cleansing diet for three weeks and then return to a more normal diet, but keep off those foods you (and your body) now recognise as being unwholesome.
If you suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, this cure will take months, not weeks. Carry on avoiding all meat, fish, shellfish, tinned food, eggs, spices, salt, coffee, Indian tea, alcohol, and tobacco. You may include a little butter and cottage cheese but should avoid all other dairy products.
*Supplement your cleansing diet with zinc, vitamin C and vitamin Bcomplex. This regimen is also fantastic for shifting that small but persistent amount of weight you never seem to be able to lose and for reducing water retention. It can also be helpful in treating the so-called auto-immune conditions such as sarcoidosis and IgA nephropathy. If you suffer from these, immune-supporting herbs such as echinacea, Siberianginseng and Aloe Vera will also help.
*Warning: This is a rigourous cleansing diet. If you have any underlying medical complaint, do not embark on it without medical supervision.
I CAN BREATHE AGAIN!! - Sarcoidosis! May 2004 I CAN BREATHE AGAIN!! Thank You Herbal Healer and * McCain for all the help you have given to myself and so many others. I was diagnosed with an illness called sarcoidosis (a disease most often found in African Americans, but not exclusively). Sarcoidosis can be fatal and effects a person in many ways. In Aug. of 1999 I started with flu like symptoms accompanied by a slight cough. The cough got worse, my whole body ached and I ran a low grade fever almost daily. Not long after that I started getting small cysts about the size of a pea all over my body. I couldn't lay or lean on my left side as I couldn't get enough air into my lungs. I went to the doctor and had all kinds of tests done and was told that x-rays showed a dark mark on my left lung which was probably another cyst. Within a short time I was so sick that I had to stop working. I couldn't walk more then 50 feet without having to sit down because I was so weak from not being able to breath and the cough was constant. I couldn't sleep but for a few minutes off and on all night. It got to the point where I was coughing up blood and coughed so hard that I broke the same rib twice. This went on for about six months. The doctors wanted to put me on steroids but I worked for years in nursing homes and hospitals so I knew the terrible side effects of steroids. I refused to go that route. I decided to look for another alternative and found HHA webpage. I wrote to * McCain and she responded to me the next day (which I am so thankful for). She had me stay on MSM which I had already been using, however she upped the dose. She also suggested for me to use Colloidal Silver, Beta Glucans with Maitake, Olive Leaf Liquid and Dr. Chi's formula for cysts (Myomin). Within a few months I could tell the difference. The cough was less and less, the cyst started going away and within a years time I could lay on my left side again without feeling I was going to suffocate (which I would have if I had ever passed out on my left side). I was living in Atlantic City at this time and was within a five minute walk from the boardwalk so I started walking daily and in no time I went from not being able to walk 50 feet to walking 8 miles. OH! and I had another problem that I wasn't even thinking about when I wrote to her...eczema. I had suffered with this since I was 9 years old, (I'm now 50.) I was told by several "Drs." there was no real cure for eczema...well that's gone too. I haven't had it for the last 4 years and now I don't have to be ashamed of my skin.
Never let doctors tell you that there is no cure or that the only way is surgery. God made us, and I believe that He's made something for our every need including cures. Thank You God and Thank You * McCain. I have and will continue to tell everyone about you both. --T. ~ HHA Member since 1999
Up-to-date Sarcoidosis Answers for Physicians, Nurses and Patients
Here at SarcInfo we have this disease BEATEN and on its knees. Explore the cure with us(see our TOS)
The main site for Information about the Marshall Protocol is at www.MarshallProtocol.com. This original study site, SarcInfo.com, is getting a little out of date now, but it is still actively staffed by volunteers from the Autoimmunity Research Foundation.
hi i've was diagosed with saroid of the lungs over two years ago, i had no idea how long it had been manifesting in me, but nevertheless, once i found out lots of things that had been happening to me started to add up. swollen lymph nodes for one.
i've seen three of the top lung specialists i could find, one in london, one in nyc and in one in LA. none of them had an answer, except there were conflicting opinions on taking steroids. one specialist told me by taking steroids the down side would be the moment you stopped taking them, the sarcoid will come back with a vengence.
so i decided to not take any drugs, as i don't believe in them, and i'd look for an alternative.
i've been a vegetarian for 20 years so i decided to go a step further and go on a raw diet of only fruit and vegetables and supplement my diet with herbs to give my body a real fighting chance.
the result has been incredible from going on this diet. the ACE levels in my blood dropped to half in less than four months and there are no more swollen lymph glands anywhere. i've been incredibly stringent with my diet but i have to tell you it was very hard to give up french fries and anything cooked!
i've resigned myself to the fact that i can heal myself with this regime of fresh food and herbs and it's working for me. i wanted to tell you about it. maybe it will help you too.
Soupy, Sarcoid is such a subtle killer as it continues to damage your body even as the obvious symptoms (the ones you can feel) become more manageable. Herbs have been around for centuries, but they have been ineffective at stopping the suffering and dying from this disease.
Herbal remedies are not the answer, as they contain compounds, including Vitamin D, which dull the symptoms of the disease without actually preventing it from slowly damaging your vital organs, from your heart to your eyes to your brain.
Now that we know that intraphagocytic bacteria are causing the inflammation, sarcoid patients are faced with a clear choice - palliation of the symptoms or implementation of the cure (killing the bacterial pathogens).
How each patient makes that choice is a personal decision, but nothing you can do to feel better will help your body recover in the long run. If you want to feel what real health feels like the answer is now within your reach. But it comes from careful implementation of the MP, not from any 'feelgood' herbs.
Since you are so convinced that these herbs can 'heal' you I suggest you check back here in 5 years time, and we can then properly reassess whether you were right or wrong
i thought this was an open forum where people could exchange ideas and information on what they have discovered, yet you have edited my post and removed details from it!
how does one go about killing the bacterial pathogens other than drugs?
as far as i know, no one has yet to be cured from sarcoid, but i would be happy to hear otherwise. i've resigned myself that it's with me for life but i'm not going to let it manifest itself in me if i can help it and there is no reason people should be afraid of the benefits of going on a raw diet. it can do you nothing but good. if i'm still around in 5 years, i'll check in, but i may check in before that if you have no objection. sincerely, soupy
Soupy, Nobody cured? Have you been asleep for the last few years? Dozens were cured while this study site was active. It was replaced in 2004 by MarshallProtocol.com, and thousands have now been cured, or are 'on track' to cure.
A good start would be to look over our conference DVDs, and listen to folk describe what it feels like to recover from these diseases.
And no, this is not an open forum. We want to arm patients with the knowledge they need to recover, not help them deteriorate further...
Soup, There is no selling here. This site is run by the Autoimmunity Research Foundation, which is a non-profit. We survive on member donations, and all the staff are volunteers.
We no longer engage in discussion about "natural cures for sarcoid" because they don't exist. That was the point of my suggesting you come back in 5 years, as sarcoid invariably relapses every 2-5 years. That is the nature of the disease.
perhaps you could give me some contact information on actual people or doctors that have been cured from lung sarcoid from utilizing the Marshall Protocol.
i'm very curious to hear their story in person, as i've been consulting top lung doctors and specialists around the world and not one of them ever mentioned anything about this or any kind of a cure. i'm talking about doctors from Cedar-Sinai in LA, to Harley Street and the Cromwell hospital in London.
Soupy, Every pulmonologist specializing in Sarcoidosis knows about Dr Marshall's work. If they say otherwise they are lying to you. The FDA has even approved designations of the MP antibiotics for the treatment of sarcoidosis.
But look, enough of this. there are folk who know they are sick, who need our help. All the material you need to answer your questions is on this study site, and the MarshallProtocol.com study site. The moderators there have a list of hundreds of physicians all over the world who are helping folk recover from sarcoidosis. But before you get to the stage of needing a helpful physician you are going to have to do a little reading yourself, I am afraid... we are here to help with the difficult questions, not the basic material you can study for yourself.
Re: sarcoid - my veggie option
Author: Kas (---.cpe.net.cable.roger) Date: 12-26-06 18:02
Dear Soupy,
I think Dr Marshall has been very patient with you here.
If you believe your raw diet is curing you, then go ahead with it and the best of luck to you. Just remember that even organic raw foods are often full of bacteria, and if you believe in the bacterial theory of sarcodosis, then you are still placing yourself at risk. You may feel a lot better, but can you be sure you are not merely placating your disease and that it will return sometime down the line with a vengeance.
So, you have consulted with top doctors from around the world. Big deal. Most of them learned about sarcoidosis in medical school two decades ago, and only know about suppressive bandaid treatments. Many have, at best, a meagre knowledge of the disease and will tell you that it goes away on its own and is hardly ever fatal. Believe them if you so wish. To my thinking, a 'top' doctor is one who admits his/her limitations, knows that medicine is not an exact science and is open to new and scientifically proven treatments.
Of course, you must go with your own gut feeling about whatever treatment you decide to go with, but you tell me where else you can get 24 hour support from folk who know this disease inside out, who will work with your treating doctor and who ask for nothing in return?
I was diagnosed with sarc in 2003 by 'top' docs who removed my spleen because they were so certain I had lymphoma. Seven top docs from top medical institutions???!!! Not one even considered sarc in the differential. Everyone could only suggest pred as a treatment option. So, I went the natural route for two years. Sure, I felt pretty good on all those herbs that were being pumped into my body, but my CT scans and bloodwork showed that the disease was slowly and insidiously progressing in my organ systems. I now regret waiting so long to take a leap of faith and go for a real chance of cure based on solid science, but I am now on the MP and very pleased to have that chance, even if it takes it a few years.
My advice would be to read through all the info here, ask your questions, come to your own conclusions, and jump aboard as soon as you can. Then you can go back to eating all that cooked food you miss ( just not D foods!) and get yourself well again at the same time. Sounds like a pretty good option to me, don't you think?
Moderator's note: Kas is presently on the MP, and posts her progress on www.MarshallProtocol.com. You can do a search on that site to locate her posts and see her progress.
thank you for your note. the reason for my original note was to share and start a discussion. i will research what i've learnt tonight and all the information on this page with much dilligence.
You were fortunate to have even found a doctor that realized that your Sarcoidosis would return if you were to go on steroids. Many do not yet understand that much about the disease. It makes sense when you realize that steroids are contraindicated when an infection is present. And, that we now know that Sarcoidosis is caused by Cell Wall Deficient (CWD) bacteria, which have learned not only how to avoid the immune system, but to live within the very cells of the immune system that are supposed to kill them.
As you have learned from Dr. Marshall, PhD, this is not a discussion forum. To clarify, Dr. Marshall posts on SarcInfo as “admin”. Our expertise is explaining the pathogenesis of Th1 inflammation and how to treat it with the Marshall Protocol.
You may have many symptoms of Sarcoidosis that you don’t realize are related to your disease. People with a Th1 disease, of which Sarcoidosis is only one, are unable to regulate the production of vitamin D. If you look at the list of HYPERVITAMINOSIS-D SYMPTOMS you may recognize many of the symptoms on the list. (hypervitaminosis D refers to an excess of 1,25D, not the 25D that most doctors test for when they test for “vitamin D”)
The next time that you have blood tests done, you should have your doctor order the D metabolites tests and other tests for inflammation as noted here... D METABOLITES TESTS. Read the information about the proper handling of the specimen. Be SURE THAT THE LAB KNOWS THAT THE 1,25 D SAMPLE MUST BE KEPT FROZEN as soon as it is "spun down", and then kept frozen while in transit and until testing is done.
When you get the results, please obtain a copy, and post the actual numbers from the results on our sister site, Marshall Protocol.com in the thread named ”Preliminary test results”, and we will help you evaluate them for your doctor. Please read the information which is listed in the first post “WHAT to INCLUDE in your preliminary test result reports”, and include the requested information along with your results. You will be starting your own thread in that section. You can let us know here on SarcInfo if you have any problems starting your own thread there.
Do not accept the term “normal range” for the results, you want the actual numbers. Even what is considered “normal”, or even low, can indicate Th1 inflammation. This will help to give you an idea of how much inflammation that you have going on in your body.
You may find that you will start to feel better by avoiding vitamin D in foods, and supplements. The most obvious sources of vitamin D are eggs, fortified dairy products, fish, fish oil, and liver. You should also read the packaging on products to be sure that there is no vitamin D added.
Be sure that you have your NoIR sunglasses before you start Benicar. PROTECTING YOUR EYES Where to purchase NoIR and Bolle 100 sunglasses. You want to order the NoIR sunglasses soon as they may take some time to be delivered.
Ketoconazole 2% cream does prevent the production of 1,25-D in the skin. For more information, please see: How does ketoconazole cream work?
“Regular” Sunscreens do not block the sun’s rays that stimulate the production of 1,25D. However, there is a summary of a member assisted research project of the sunscreens which do contain Zinc Oxide. Summary of information on Sunscreens containing Zinc Oxide
As, Dr. Marshall and Kas have both indicated, you now have the option of "feeling better" with your present regiman, or of getting well, with the Marshall Protocol (MP).
I will be sending you additional information in an email.
Lottie
*MODERATOR* Dx- Sarcoid 1999 Heart, Neuro, Joints, Myalgia, Skin, SOB, Fatigue (Apr 04-1,25D 48, 25D 17) (May 05-1,25D 35, 25D-below 5) Pred x5yrs- now off! 5/19 Benicar 10/11 Mino, 1/24/05 modified phase 2, 2/2/06 Phase 2 - Worked as RN until back injury
thanks for your emails, i've read through the site and i have a few questions:
- since i radically changed my diet a year ago, i'm not having any particular symptoms other than a small rash on the side of my ankle and chin (right leg). what does the rash signify? does it signify the body is fighting the disease, or simply it's remaining presence in the body?
- all of my lymph nodes have reduced their swelling to normal, do you think this is temporary or do you think without the implementation of the Marshall Protocol, the disease will attack them again? is a relapse common, because as you can imagine, i felt i was curing myself seeing the symptoms disappear thru going on a raw diet supplemented by specific herbs.
- is there a specialist in london or in NYC you could recommend to me that has some experience with the Marshall Protocol? (please email me if you don't want to post here)
- how often do you recommend things like lung x-rays? my feeling was since i have the disease, why bother subjecting myself to pointless radiation when i can simply have a blood test and it can check the ACE levels. is this the wrong attitude?
- can you get 1,25-D tests through a normal blood test? in otherwords, ask for it specifically when getting the ACE test.
- how can one tell if the disease has spread to other organs other than x-rays?
I would guess that the rash is an indication of the presence of Cell Wall Deficient (CWD) bacteria in your body.
What you may have experienced is the palliative affect of your diet. In other words it appears to have helped reduce your symptoms and you feel better, but the CWD bacteria are still there. There will be a time, after they have increased in numbers, you will find that the diet you are on will not be able to control the symptoms. And, remember the symptoms are an indication that the organ they are attacking can no longer function “normally”.
I can understand, and imagine that you, as many others have with other treatments, would have interpreted the absence, or reduction of symptoms to have meant that you were actually defeating the disease. A great deal of medicine is dedicated to relieving the symptoms of disease without actually doing anything about the cause of a person’s disease. And, there is growing evidence that Th1 inflammation caused by CWD bacteria may be responsible for many of the diseases that people suffer with. You might be interested in the other diseases that are being treated with the MP.
A chest x-ray may not show any of the manifestation of Sarcoidosis. It would be up to you and your doctor to decide if you should have a chest x-ray at any time. I have biopsy proven Sarcoidosis and have never had an abnormal chest x-ray, before or since my diagnosis. My doctor recently asked a friend of his in the radiology department at the clinic to go over all of the chest x-rays that had been taken at the clinic since 1976 to see if there was ever any sign of Sarcoidosis on any of them, and he found nothing. Enlarged lymph nodes weren’t found until I had a CT scan with dye while they were looking for a pulmonary embolism.
You should also be aware that the common test used to help diagnose Sarcoidosis, the Angiotensin-1-Converting test (also known as the “ACE” test) is only a useful diagnostic tool for diagnosing Sarcoidosis is when it is elevated, many people, including myself never have an elevated ACE test. You may find that your ACE is now normal or low with the reduction in symptoms. That does not mean that you no longer have the CWD bacteria in your body.
The next time that you have blood tests done, you should ask your doctor order the D metabolites tests and other tests for inflammation as noted here... D METABOLITES TESTS. It is a “normal blood test”, but it the sample needs to be handled correctly.
Read the information about the proper handling of the specimen. Be SURE THAT THE LAB KNOWS THAT THE 1,25 D SAMPLE MUST BE KEPT FROZEN as soon as it is "spun down", and then kept frozen while in transit and until testing is done.
When you get the results, please obtain a copy, and post the actual numbers from the results on our sister site, Marshall Protocol.com in the thread named ”Preliminary test results”, and we will help you evaluate them for your doctor. Please read the information which is listed in the first post “WHAT to INCLUDE in your preliminary test result reports”, and include the requested information along with your results. You will be starting your own thread in that section. You can let us know here on SarcInfo if you have any problems starting your own thread there.
Do not accept the term “normal range” for the results, you want the actual numbers. Even what is considered “normal”, or even low, can indicate Th1 inflammation. This will help to give you an idea of how much inflammation that you have going on in your body.
Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease that can affect any and all organs in your body. It would be rare that it would only affect one area of your body. In fact any symptoms that you may have of any disease could very well be from your Sarcoidosis. It should always be suspected as the cause of any symptoms.
On MarshallProtocol.com, you will also hear from other people who have been in the same situation that you are in. Along with the moderators, they are very helpful in helping people new to the MP to understand how important getting rid of the source of your problems is.
Lottie
*MODERATOR* Dx- Sarcoid 1999 Heart, Neuro, Joints, Myalgia, Skin, SOB, Fatigue (Apr 04-1,25D 48, 25D 17) (May 05-1,25D 35, 25D-below 5) Pred x5yrs- now off! 5/19 Benicar 10/11 Mino, 1/24/05 modified phase 2, 2/2/06 Phase 2 - Worked as RN until back injury
thank you lottie, you are a star. one thing i'd love to know are doctors in my area with direct experience with the MP. i live in london, england. i'm going to be in NYC, as well, and perhaps someone could give me a contact there. i will register with your other website thanks again soupy
Sarcoidosis is a condition characterized by the presence of granulomas – small beadlike patches of inflamed cells – that often appear in the lungs and adjacent lymph nodes. Sarcoidosis can also affect other tissues of the body including the muscles, eyes, and skin. While most individuals with sarcoidosis have no symptoms at all, sarcoidosis can cause long-term organ damage, such as the abnormal formation of fiber-like scar tissue in the lung. This actually distorts the structure of the lungs and can interfere with breathing. Those who have a variation of the condition, called Lofgren's syndrome, may have symptoms that include swollen lymph nodes, fever, painful, reddened nodules, and joint pain. Lofgren's syndrome is found more frequently in persons of Scandinavian, Irish, and Puerto Rican descent and it generally tends to clear up on its own within one to two years. The prevalence of sarcoidosis is higher in Blacks than Whites in the United States; about 36 in 100,000 Black Americans and 11 in 100,000 White Americans have the condition.
Signs and Symptoms
Many individuals with sarcoidosis have no symptoms at all.
Some individuals with pulmonary (lung) sarcoidosis may experience the following signs and symptoms:
Fatigue and weakness
Weight loss
Shortness of breath or chest pain
Dry cough
Enlarged lymph nodes around the lungs
When sarcoidosis affects areas of the body other than the lungs, symptoms can include:
Enlarged lymph nodes
Red-purple inflamed areas on the legs
Scaly rash
Fever
Swelling and pain in the ankles and knees
Infections of the eye, including conjunctivitis
Facial paralysis
Enlarged or inflamed liver
Kidney stones
Seizures
Causes
Although the precise cause of sarcoidosis is unknown, some scientists speculate that an exaggerated defense reaction against some event or substance perceived as a threat by the immune system may trigger the condition. Other researchers have proposed that the condition may be inherited, caused by an infection, or caused by inhaled allergens or toxins found in the environment. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute is currently conducting a study to determine the cause of the condition.
Risk Factors
Sarcoidosis is found throughout the world within almost all races and ages and in both sexes, however it is most common among the following:
Individuals of Scandinavian, Irish, African, or Puerto Rican descent
Individuals in their 30s or 40s
Females
Diagnosis
Although many individuals with sarcoidosis experience no symptoms of the condition, the following tests may help a physician diagnose the condition:
Chest X ray
Biopsy
Blood tests
CT scan, MRI, or other imaging tests
Eye exam
EKG (electrocardiogram)
Treatment Approach
About half of all individuals with sarcoidosis recover spontaneously and do not need treatment. For those who do not recover spontaneously, symptom relief and prevention of complications are often provided by medications such as corticosteroids, which reduce swelling, rashes, pain, fever and lung problems. Some lifestyle changes, including a diet low in calcium or avoidance of vitamin D and sunlight, may help control some of the complications of the condition, such as kidney stones or other damage. While complementary therapies for sarcoidosis have not been well studied, anecdotal reports suggest that melatonin and homeopathy may provide symptom relief and improve general well-being.
Lifestyle
Eating a diet low in calcium and vitamin D may relieve or help prevent two of the complications of sarcoidosis, hypercalcemia (an abormally high amount of calicium in the blood) and kidney disease. A physician can provide advice on how to cut calcium out of the diet.
Avoiding sunlight, which is converted to vitamin D by the body, is also recommended. (THIS
Advice is not what I would heed, personally. SUNSHINE and Vitamin D is needed!—“ Cheyenne Cin”)
Quitting smoking can ease lung symptoms.
Medications
Corticosteroids such as prednisone, prescribed by a physician, are the most effective medications for reducing inflammation associated with sarcoidosis. Oral corticosteroids can have some serious side effects if taken in high doses for long periods, including high blood pressure, diabetes, peptic ulcers, tuberculosis, or hirsutism (excessive hair growth). If an individual is at risk for these problems, a physician will likely advise regular check-ups and tests.
Other medications for sarcoidosis can include:
Methotrexate – for severe sarcoidosis; may cause liver damage
Antimalarial drugs such as hydroxychloroquine – for disfiguration of the skin; may be toxic to the eyes
Surgery and Other Procedures
Surgery, such as a lung or heart transplant, is only necessary in extreme cases.
Nutrition and Dietary Supplements
Melatonin: For individuals with chronic sarcoidosis who do not respond to corticosteroids, preliminary studies suggest that the brain hormone melatonin may be an effective alternative. In one study, individuals with sarcoidosis who did not respond to corticosteroid therapy experienced the following improvements after taking 20 mg of melatonin per day for 4 to 12 months:
Improved breathing
Decreased lymph node swelling
Normalization of blood tests (indicate improvement in the condition)
Once the melatonin supplements were discontinued, however, these improvements disappeared. More extensive research will help better determine the value of using this supplement for sarcoidosis.
Homeopathy
A few case reports suggest that homeopathic remedies may improve the general well-being of individuals with sarcoidosis. An experienced homeopath can prescribe a regimen for treating sarcoidosis that is designed specifically for each individual. The primary remedies used by individuals who reported improvements in their symptoms include:
Tuberculinum bovinum
Beryllium
Other homeopathic remedies that have been used clinically for the condition are as follows:
Carcinosin
Euphrasia
Graphites
Leuticum (Syphilinum)
Bacillinum
Sepia
Phosphorus
Arsenicum album
Other Considerations
Pregnancy
Sarcoidosis does not affect fertility. Symptoms may improve in up to 65% of pregnant women who once had the condition, while 5% may experience worsening of symptoms. Postpartum symptom flare-ups may also occur within the first 6 months. Pregnant women with sarcoidosis should avoid exposure to X rays and toxic medications such as methotrexate.
Prognosis and Complications
Complications from sarcoidosis usually occur in only the most serious cases, and can include heart, kidney, and lung damage. Ulcers, diabetes, high blood pressure, and infections, such as tuberculosis, may result from long-term use of corticosteroids.
The prognosis for most individuals with sarcoidosis is good. Only 15% of those with sarcoidosis experience symptoms that progressively worsen and 5% develop severe lung problems, which increases the risk of death. Almost half of all individuals with sarcoidosis spontaneously improve without any therapy, and treatments used today, such as coritcosteroids, are often successful in helping to ease the inflammation associated with the condition.
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Hi, Skip! Praise the Lord for the test results! I approved your message on FoodHerbHealth, of course- am sure group members want to know, just like Lee and I do. I probably won't post this repy there, but you never can tell. Also approved your immigration report, as it does have some to do with group topic! I did post the same thing some days ago, am presuming not in that group- was too lazy to actually look. It's really something, isn't it, along with all of the other prophetic events unfolding -- sure appreciate your personal emails letting me know, etc.... anyway, will want to know all about your progress and more results as things unfold. Kind of had a feeling you didn't have cancer in the lymph gland, but a bad infection there- possibly even including parasites, but definitely bacteria, and yucky critters! Like you say, you can beat this, and hopefully feel and do better all along the way of your progress. Best to the Mrs., too! ( I am so bad with first names -- my bad!) Later! -- Cindy, and Lee, too
-- "lolministries@..." <lolministries@...> wrote:
Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus:
I got biospy report today, part of it. The swollen lymph nodes were BENIGN, NO CANCER!!!! PRAISE THE NAME OF JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is infection in there. The rest of the results of the testing will not be in for another 2 to 3 weeks. They are trying to rule out some other diseases such as TB, etc. But they think I have Sarcoidosis, which is possible. I was born with Chronic Bronchitis.
And I cough alot and get fatigued right much. But I always thought that was part of my diabetes and never paid it much mind.
Please contiue to keep me in your prayers. With the help of Jesus,we going to whip this stuff!!!!!!!!!!!
Ya'll be blessed, And thank you for your prayers!
Skip Wigmore Light of Life Ministries Smithfield, NC lolministries@... Rev. 18:4
>Subject: FW: Very Disturbing Email.
>Subject: Very Disturbing Email.
>
>
>
>Recently there was an article in the LA Times about illegal
immigration or
>the PC term is "undocumented immigration." The article listed several
of
>the statistics here, but there were a few more listed in various
places and
>articles on the web. I do not know how to describe how upset I get
about
>illegal immigration, but it is something that truly gets me heated.
>Anyway,
>you can ask Peter Glover, he was here for New Years and he was amazed.
>
>Anyway on to the Stats
>
>Barrett
>
>PS - Maj Glover can you please forward this email to peter as i do
not have
>his current email address. S/F
>
>
>2006 (1st Qtr) INS/FBI Statistical Report on
>Undocumented Immigration.
>
>62% of all "undocumented immigrants" in the
>United States are working for cash and not paying
>taxes, predominantly illegal aliens, working
>without a green card;
>
>95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for
>illegal aliens;
>
>83% of warrants for murder in Phoenix are for
>illegal aliens;
>
>86% of warrants for murder in Albuquerque are for
>illegal aliens;
>
>75% of people on the most wanted list in Los
>Angeles, Phoenix, and Albuquerque are illegal
>aliens;
>
>More than 380,000 "anchor babies" were born in
>the United States in 2005 were to parents who are
>illegal aliens; making those 380,000 babies
>automatically U.S. citizens. 97.2% of all costs
>incurred from those births were paid by the
>American taxpayer;
>
>More than 66% of all births in California are to
>illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal whose births
>were paid for by taxpayers;
>
>24.9% of all inmates in California detention centers
>are Mexican nationals here illegally;
>
>40.1% of all inmates in Arizona detention centers
>are Mexican nationals here illegally;
>
>48.2% of all inmates in New Mexico detention
>centers are Mexican nationals here illegally;
>
>29% (630,000) convicted illegal alien felons fill our
>state and federal prisons at a cost of $1.6 billion
>annually;
>
>More than 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles
>County are living in garages
>
>More than 53% of all investigated burglaries
>reported in California, New Mexico, Nevada,
>Arizona and Texas are perpetrated by illegal aliens;
>
>More than half of all gang members in Los
>Angeles are illegal aliens from south of the border;
>
>More than 43% of all Food Stamps issued are to
>illegal aliens;
>
>More than 41% of all unemployment checks issued
>in the United States are to illegal aliens;
>
>58% of all Welfare payments in the United States
>are issued to illegal aliens;
>
>Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties in
>the United States are illegal aliens;
>
>14 out of 31 TV stations in L.A. are Spanish-only;
>
>16 out of 28 TV stations in Phoenix are Spanish-
>only;
>
>15 out of 24 TV stations in Albuquerque are
>Spanish-only;
>
>21 radio stations in L.A. are Spanish-only;
>
>17 radio stations in Phoenix are Spanish-only;
>
>17 radio stations in Albuquerque are Spanish-only;
>
>More than 34% of Arizona students in grades 1-12
>are illegal aliens;
>
>More than 24% of Arizona students in grades 1-12
>are non-English-speaking;
>
>More than 39% of California students in grades 1-
>12 are illegal aliens;
>
>More than 42% of California students in grades 1-
>12 are non-English-speaking
>
>In Los Angeles County, 5.1 million people speak
>English. 3.9 million speak Spanish;
>
>More than 71% of all apprehended cars stolen in
>2005 in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and
>California were stolen by illegal aliens or transport
>coyotes";
>
>47% of cited/stopped drivers in California have no
>license, no insurance and no registration for the
>vehicle. Of that 47%, 92% are illegal aliens;
>
>63% of cited/stopped drivers in Arizona have no
>license, no insurance and no registration for the
>vehicle. Of that 63%, 97% are illegal aliens;
>
>66% of cited/stopped drivers in New Mexico have
>no license, no insurance and no registration for the
>vehicle. Of that 66%, 98% are illegal aliens;
>
>Less than 2% of illegal aliens in the United States
>are picking crops , but 41% are on welfare;
>
>Over 70% of the United States annual population
>growth (and over 90% of California, Florida, and
>New York) results from immigration;
>
>The cost of immigration to the American taxpayer
>in 1997 (latest know calculation. Can you imagine
>what it must be in 2006? WOW!) was a NET (after
>subtracting taxes immigrants pay) $70 BILLION a
>year, [Professor Donald Huddle, Rice University];
>
>The estimated profit to U.S. corporations and
>businesses employing ILLEGAL aliens in 2005
>was more than $2.36 TRILLION dollars;
>
>The lifetime fiscal impact (taxes paid minus
>services used) for the average adult Mexican
>ILLEGAL alien is $55,000.00 cost to the American
>taxpayer in a 5-year span. You, personally, are
>giving $11,000 every year to ILLEGAL aliens.
>
>--
>No virus found in this incoming message.
>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.4/644 - Release Date:
1/22/2007
>
>
Skip Wigmore
Light of Life Ministries
Smithfield, NC
lolministries@...
Rev. 18:4
Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus:
I got biospy report today, part of it.
The swollen lymph nodes were BENIGN, NO CANCER!!!!
PRAISE THE NAME OF JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is infection in there. The rest of the results of the testing
will not be in for another 2 to 3 weeks. They are trying to rule out
some other diseases such as TB, etc. But they think I have
Sarcoidosis, which is possible. I was born with Chronic Brondcitis.
And I cough alot and get fatigued right much. But I always thought
that was part of my diabetes and never paid it much mind.
Please contiue to keep me in your prayers. With the help of Jesus,we
going to whip this stuff!!!!!!!!!!!
Ya'll be blessed,
And thank you for your prayers!
Skip Wigmore
Light of Life Ministries
Smithfield, NC
lolministries@...
Rev. 18:4
The most effective antimicrobial spices include garlic, onion, cinnamon, cloves, thyme and sage.Cloves, which have a high essential oil content, .... Cloves contain the oil eugenol also present in sage and .....
Spices do much more than impart flavor. In fact, a "secret" spice world has flourished for centuries, and is still cultivated by many cultures and modern-day herbalists. Spices and herbs have also been used for centuries as preservatives, colorants and medicinal remedies.
China, India, Greece, Rome and Egypt have a rich history in the medicinal use of spices and herbs. Since the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans, spices have been used to combat snakebites, poor eyesight, stomach disorders, sleeping problems, poor circulation, sores, colds, muscular aches, gout, lumbago, poor digestion, motion sickness and hangovers. The apothecary industry in Europe emerged from the practice of blending spices and herbs to cure specific ills. In Middle-Age Europe, pomanders containing spice blends were popular as air purifiers, and were worn about the neck or hung in a room. Today, we might consider this potpourri.
Spices have played an even larger role in history, however. The search for new and lower-cost spices resulted in the discovery of new lands and trade routes. Exploration needed a bottom line, and since spices were highly valued, any exploration that led to a new source or new spice filled the bill.
What is a spice?
According to the American Spice Trade Association (ASTA), Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (http://astaspice.org) the proper definition of spices, as opposed to herbs or botanicals, is "any dried plant product used primarily for seasoning purposes." This definition includes a wide range of plants - tropical aromatics, leafy herbs, spice seeds, roots, dehydrated vegetables and spice blends.
In the past, the leaves and seeds of temperate-zone plants were known as herbs, while the term spice denoted tropical aromatics only. Over time, this classification shifted, so that in general, the term spice now covers a whole range of elements - spices, herbs, blends and dehydrated vegetables. The FDA's definition of spices, however, does not include dehydrated vegetables, so these require separate labeling in a product, as do any color-contributing spices such as paprika, turmeric or saffron. The USDA has much the same rules as the FDA, but also requires that onion and garlic be listed as "flavors."
Prior to the early 1800s, spices were available in whole form only, and it was up to the user to grind them. Today, we have whole spices, ground spices, seasoning blends, which may be a combination of several spices and several forms, and spice extractives. Spice extractives include essential oils (volatile aromatic fractions); oleoresins (derived by solvent extraction of the whole spice, including volatile and non-volatile fractions); liquid solubles (oleoresins plus solubilizing agents to create a liquid seasoning); dry solubles (oleoresins plated on a dry carrier); encapsulated spices; standardized oleoresins; and WONFs (essential oils plus other natural flavoring materials).
Battling microbes
Even in Middle-Age Europe, it was well-known that spices provide important preservation qualities. Salting, smoking, or pickling were also used to inhibit spoilage, but spices were preferred, which was the reason for their considerable worth.
The most effective antimicrobial spices include garlic, onion, cinnamon, cloves, thyme and sage. Cloves, which have a high essential oil content, contain eugenol, a phenylpropanoid also present in sage and cinnamon. Allicin, present in garlic, also acts as an antimicrobial agent, as does the allyl isothiocyanate present in mustard. Thymol, present in thyme, oregano and sage, is also noted for its antimicrobial properties.
Research at Kansas State University, Manhattan, has shown that cloves have a high antimicrobial effect against Escherichia coli 0157:H7 in ground meat. Cinnamon, garlic, oregano and sage were also shown to be effective - adding 7.5% garlic and clove killed 99% of the pathogen. This percentage is a little high for palatability, but further research could lead to extractives that are effective against specific bacteria.
The best summary of what is known to date on the effectiveness of spices as antimicrobials is found in this list, adapted from L. Zaika in the Journal of Food Safety, 1988:
Microorganisms differ in their resistance to a given spice or herb.
A given microorganism differs in its resistance to various spices and herbs.
Bacteria are more resistant than fungi.
The effect on spores may be different than on vegetative cells.
Gram-negative bacteria are more resistant than gram-positive bacteria.
The effect may be inhibitory or germicidal (generally inhibitory).
HAACP is still important - spices and herbs may harbor contaminants or serve as substrate for growth.
Amounts of spices and herbs added to foods are generally too low to prevent spoilage.
Nutrients present in spices and herbs may actually stimulate microbial growth.
Active components may interact synergistically with other factors to increase preservative effect.
The final item refers to an effect that has been recognized for some time and is often termed the "hurdle theory." Microorganisms can be controlled through a combination of factors, including water activity, acidity, atmosphere (aerobic/anaerobic), temperature and chemical composition. For best antimicrobial results, adjustment should be made to as many of these factors as possible, throwing a number of "hurdles" in the way of microbial growth. If a number of factors can be combined so that the preservative effects of each can be realized without impacting the sensory attributes of the food product, the project is a success. If the preservative also brings along a desirable color or antioxidant effect, so much the better.
Antioxidant activity
Spices can also extend shelf life by slowing oxidation. In foods, lipid oxidation, protein oxidation, and enzymatic oxidation cause shelf-life problems. Rancidity development is an oxidative process that can be blocked by antioxidants, which block formation of free radicals by donating electrons or hydrogen ions to halt the oxidative process. While phenolic compounds such as butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), or tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) are all very effective, economical ingredients, they are not appropriate for a natural product. On the other hand, commercial rosemary products might be a better fit. Active compounds in this herb are diphenolic diterpenes, which are highly effective antioxidants. The main constituents include: carnosol, carnosoic acid and its esters, and lesser amounts of rosmanol, rosmaridiphenol and rosmarinic acid. Sage and thyme also contain natural antioxidative compounds.
The positive effects of antioxidants aren't just limited to food preservation. In the body, free radicals are initiated by a number of processes - heat, UV light, radiation, alcohol and tobacco, for example. Free-radical damage to cells can limit the ability of cells to fight cancer or to limit aging. At the University of Kentucky, researchers found that Vitamin E, a strong antioxidant, can limit the death of brain cells exposed to a free-radical-stimulating protein in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. Also, tests conducted by the USDA Tufts University in Boston, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have demonstrated a link between heart disease and lipid oxidation. Spices might also provide some of the same effects.
Compound Chemistry
What are some of the chemical constituents responsible for the healing and preservative properties of spices and herbs? Several classes of compounds stand out, and have collectively been given the name "phytochemicals." These are generally secondary metabolites produced by a plant as an attractant for insects or as a defense against microbial or animal attack. In our diet, these compounds can, taken in moderation with proper exercise and reduction of stress, act as one step toward improving the quality of life.
Sulfur Compounds: Sulfides and thioles play a prominent role in the preservative features of the onion family, Alliaceae.
Terpenes and Terpene Derivatives: Terpenes are divided into classes of molecular weight - monoterpenes have 10 carbon atoms; sesquiterpenes, 15; diterpenes, 20; and triterpenes, 30. Monoterpenes are the most common, and spices are differentiated by their specific mixture of these. Monoterpenes play a large role in the mint and parsley families. Common to this class are limonene, pinene, camphene, myrcene, dipentene, terpinene. The sesqui-, di-, and tri- terpenes are less common, and are usually found specific to certain families. Sesquiterpenes are important to the characteristics of cinnamon and the Zingiberaceae family (ginger, turmeric, galangal). Common to this class are farnesol and chamazulene. Di- and triterpenes are very bitter, and are responsible for some of the bitterness of the mint family. Carotenoids are terpene derivatives, as is thymol, a preservative compound of thyme.
Phenols: Phenols figure prominently in a number of products - eugenol in cloves, safrol in nutmeg, vanillin in vanilla beans, and cinnamic acid in cinnamon, for example. Others include thymol, anethole and myristicin.
Glycosides: Glycosides are made up of two distinct parts - a sugar molecule, and a non-sugar part called an aglycon. The glycoside itself is usually non-volatile, but the aglycon is easily cleaved, and can be volatile. The best example of this type of compound is mustard-oil glycosides, which release an isothiocyanate that causes tears and burning, as from horseradish.
Aldehydes: The aldehyde groups includes citral, cinnamic aldehyde, benzaldehyde and citronellal.
Esters: Esters are found in most essential oils, and include eugenyl acetate, bornyl acetate and linalyl acetate.
Alcohols: Alcohols have notable antimicrobial and antiviral properties, and include farnesol, citronellol, linalool, methol, terpinol and benzyl alcohol.
A series of papers presented by Wang, et. al., of the food science department at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, shows that a number of spices, most notably basil, rosemary and sage, are very active anti-tumorigenic agents. Another paper by Wang, et. al. discusses the antioxidant, antiviral, antibacterial, and antimicrobial activity of Dalmatian sage, Salvia officinalis. Of 25 compounds isolated from sage by alcohol extraction, four were found to be very active. Flavonoid compounds were also evaluated in ethyl extracts from rosemary; six compounds were identified. Evidence suggests that the presence of flavonoids and di- and triterpenes is responsible for the antioxidant properties of rosemary.
Color combinations
Spices also improve the appearance of a food. For example, at 4% to 16% carotenoids, chili peppers provide a range of red to green colors.
Paprika, turmeric and their oleoresins, as well as saffron, are approved in the United States as color additives in 21 CFR section 73, and may be used with no restrictions.
Saffron, produced from the stigma of Crocus sativas, a member of the iris family, has a very intense water-soluble, yellow-orange color. This color is caused by carotenoids, particularly crocetin and crocin, as well as P- and L-carotene, lycopene and zeazanthin. Saffron may be unique in its color and fragrance, but it is also the most expensive spice in the world, at a cost of over $300 per lb. Saffron is permitted as a natural color in the United States, but economics limits its use. Safflower, Carthamus tinctorius, is a frequent saffron substitute overseas, but is not permitted in this country. This member of the sunflower family owes its orange-red color to the flavanoid carthamin. Safflower oil, even better known as an ingredient, is a highly unsaturated oil with high vitamin E content.
Turmeric, Curcuma longa, a member of the ginger family, is also a very effective natural colorant. The name Curcuma is actually derived from the Persian word "kirkum," meaning saffron. When the roots of this plant are dried and ground, the powder produced is yellow with an orange tinge. The powder is often blended with paprika and annatto to produce the desired color. Its largest use is in prepared mustard, but it is also widely used in curry powder, pickles, relish, sausage and cheese. The extractable color in turmeric comes from curcumin, which is also a natural antioxidant.
Paprika provides a brilliant red powder derived from carotenoids - capsanthrine, capsorubin, beta-carotene and others. Paprika is produced from the pods of Capsicum annum, a mild bell pepper. Formulators usually prefer to use paprika oleoresin due to its better light stability. Product applications include blends for curry powder, cereals, sauces and baked goods.
Cinnamon can also provide a range of colors, depending on the type chosen. Cassia-type cinnamons, native to China and Indonesia, have a range of essential oil contents (cinnamic aldehyde), and provide a selection of aromas, flavors and color intensities. Ceylon-type cinnamon is very low in essential oils, and so is weak in color, flavor and aroma.
The onion family
Onions, Allium cepa, are among the top three ingredients used in recipes worldwide. (The other two are salt and pepper.) In the United States, each person consumes approximately 16 lbs. of onions per year. Fresh onions contain only about 0.01% essential oil, made up of a range of sulfide compounds. The trademark "crying effect" experienced when cutting onions is caused by thiopropanal-S-oxide and propenyl sulfenic acid. When onion is dried, its flavor and odor become more garlic-like.
One of the best-selling herbal remedies in the United States is a member of the onion family, Alliaciae, but it's not onion. Garlic has been used as an herbal treatment for centuries. The Greeks, Romans and Egyptians believed that it increased strength and speed, and they also used it to treat wounds, infections, tumors and parasites. Garlic's numerous purported cardiovascular, antimicrobial, antioxidative, antitumor, and cholesterol-lowering properties - which the ancients knew through practical use - are now being reinforced by modern studies. Add to that its flavor and aroma in Italian, Indian and other ethnic dishes, not to mention its effect on vampires, and garlic's popularity is easily understood. In fact, production of garlic has increased from 140 million lbs. in 1975 to greater than 500 million lbs. today.
The active compounds in garlic are found throughout the onion family, which also includes chives. When garlic cells are damaged, alliin, an odorless amino acid, is converted by allinase to allicin, which is responsible for the characteristic odor and flavor of garlic. Allicin itself is relatively unstable, and is converted over time to ajoenes, dithiins and diallyl disulfide, all of which have been shown to possess antimicrobial, anticlotting and antioxidant activity. Garlic also contains vitamins B and C, selenium and sulfur.
According to German clinical trials using a standardized tablet marketed under the name of Kwai, garlic users who consume 600 to 900 mg per day can lower serum cholesterol an average of 12%. Meanwhile, researchers at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, have reported that heating can destroy garlic's anti-cancer activity. As little as one minute in the microwave or 40 minutes of oven roasting can destroy the allinase responsible for the breakdown of alliin. However, if the garlic is crushed and allowed to stand for 10 minutes, the garlic retains anti-cancer activity (as determined in rat studies). These researchers also identified three water-soluble, sulfur-containing constituents - S-allyl cysteine, S-ethyl cysteine and S-propyl cysteine - that decrease cholesterol production by 40% to 60% in rat liver cells.
One last word on garlic - researchers at Clemson University in Charleston, SC have reported that feeding 3% dietary garlic powder to chickens reduces odor in poultry houses. (The offensive odor normally produced gives a new punch line to the old "why did the chicken cross the road?" joke. Answer - to get upwind of the other chickens.) According to researchers, the house now smells "like a pizzeria." It is also possible that the garlic powder could lower the cholesterol content of the chickens' eggs. In a follow-up study, hogs were a little more finicky about their food, but adapted well. Clemson is exploring the potential for commercializing this research. However, anything that would raise the cost of chicken feed would need considerable benefits to counter that cost.
Aromatherapy for the Mind and Body
Aromatherapy - using essential oils for flavoring, preservation, fragrance and healing -has been used by many cultures for centuries. The name may be new to this century, but perfumes, incense and extracts of aromatic plants are still used for therapeutic purposes. Certain essential oils have become associated with particular moods or notes.
Top notes (stimulating): caraway, basil, coriander, eucalyptus, lemon, lime, sage
Middle notes (neutral mood): anise seed, sweet fennel, thyme, black pepper, lavender, hyssop, rosemary, peppermint, pine
Base notes (relaxing, sedative): cinnamon, clove, ginger, nutmeg, sandalwood, cedarwood
According to aromatherapy literature, vapors can be inhaled to trigger a neurochemical release in the brain through receptors in the nose and mouth, causing the mood desired and/or evoking memories of specific personal history. Essential oils are also often used as a part of aromatherapy massage, where the oils can be worked into the skin, muscles and joints.
Aromatherapy remedies can be found for arthritis, bronchitis, colds, diarrhea, eczema, and so forth - you can't quite go to "z," but there are therapies for any number of ills. Does it work? The general advice is to treat any form of aromatherapy with skepticism. It may be allright to try, but aromatherapy is mostly unsubstantiated, and some "remedies" could be harmful. And remember - it is not recommended to ingest essential oils as treatment. (However, consuming a freshly-baked cinnamon bun as a relaxant is highly recommended.)
The nightshade family
The nightshade, or Solanaceae family, includes tomatoes, tobacco and, most notably in this case, the genus Capsicum. Within this group are bell peppers (sweet, mild), tabascos, paprika, and habaneros (very hot). Red cayenne peppers, the hot variety of the Capsicum group, have been used for medicinal purposes since the 1500s. Believed to have originated in South America, cayenne was, according to early medical writings, used to "help digestion, provoke urine, relieve toothache, preserve the tooth from rottenness, comfort a cold stomach, expel the stone from the kidney, and take away the dimness of sight."
All capsicums contain a crystalline alkaloid known as capsaicin (vanillyl amids of isodenoic acid), which is responsible for the pungency, or heat. The level of capsaicin determines the level of heat, which is generally measured either as pure capsaicin or by the Scoville organoleptic test. The Scoville scale was developed in 1902, and ranks heat from zero to 300,000 Scoville units. Bell peppers measure 0 on the scale; cayenne 30,000 to 50,000; chipotle 75,000; jalepeño 5,000; and habeneros 100,000 to 300,000.
Capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin make up 80% to 90% of the capsaicinoids in peppers, and are the most pungent of the capsaicinoids. Also contained are nordihydro-, homo-, and homodihydrocysaicin.
In addition to capsaicin, red peppers also are a good source of minerals including thiamine, iron and magnesium, and vitamins A, B, C, E, thiamin, niacin, riboflavin and beta-carotene, which leads to some use as a colorant, along with paprika. Paprika is a capsicum obtained by drying and grinding red peppers. The brilliant red color stems from the high carotenoid content. Taste, pungency and color depend upon the type of red pepper sourced. Color is measured by spectrophotometry and is expressed as ASTA color units. Paprika oleoresin is extracted with hexane or ethylene dichloride, and is generally used in sausages, cheeses, soups and sauces.
Capsaicin has a rich history in alternative medicine, and a number of uses have been cited. It has been noted for its antimicrobial and antioxidative properties, leading to speculation that it may help to prevent cancer. Capsaicin has also been shown to provide relief for the oral mucositis (sores of the mouth) caused by chemotherapy. It acts by desensitizing the mucous membrane. When blended with sugar in a candy, it provides pain relief, while the sugar eases the capsaisin burn.
A small amount of pepper in soft, baby-type food can help stroke patients swallow their food, according to Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital in Chicago. Also, according to the Herb Research Foundation, Boulder, CO, chili peppers can increase circulation in the stomach and intestines, helping digestion and decreasing flatulence.
How can capsaicin have such wide-ranging effects? It has been suggested that capsaicin acts as a counter-irritant, reducing pain and swelling, aiding circulation, stimulating perspiration, and warming or cooling the extremities. Peppers can also help break up the respiratory effects of a cold, acting as an expectorant. In Russia, one potion consisting of a couple of pods in a bottle of vodka serves to treat both internal and external maladies. This concoction seems to relieve symptoms of colds, rheumatism and stomachache, as well as serve as an ingredient in a liniment to treat skin ailments or aches and pains in the joints.
Studies are underway to confirm whether or not capsaicin, by increasing metabolic rate and body temperature, can increase the metabolism of body fat and/or slow fat absorption from the small intestine. Capsaicin is available in an over-the-counter drug, Zostrix®, for easing the pain of psoriasis, shingles, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Studies have also indicated that capsaicin may be instrumental in blocking production of "substance P," which conveys the message of pain to the brain.
Incidentally, capsaicin can bring an assailant to his knees with one good spray to the face - pepper spray can cause respiratory distress, eye irritation and choking. For this purpose, the more capsaicin, the better. Also, if pesky squirrels are a problem in a bird feeder, about 20,000 Scoville units on the feed will discourage squirrels, but does not affect birds.
Black pepper and white pepper are not related to the red peppers, but come from the "peppercorn" of a climbing vine, Piper nigrum. The black pepper (which includes the dark skin of the berry) is more aromatic than the white (minus the skin), but the white is more pungent in flavor. Piperine, an alkaloid, provides the pungency. The essential oil content is 80% monoterpenes, with most of the remainder sesquiterpenes. Peppers increase appetite by stimulating the taste buds, aiding digestion and increasing gastric secretion.
The ginger family
If you were to prepare for a visit to the ginger family by looking up "ginger spice" in an Internet search engine, there'd certainly be a number of hits - but perhaps not many pertaining to food. This should be a temporary situation, though - Ginger has left the Spice clan, and things should return to "normal" soon. However, outside the music world, ginger belongs to the Zingiberaceae family, which contains some important aromatic and color-producing spices such as turmeric, ginger, cardamom, grains of paradise and galangal.
When the roots of Curcuma longa are dried and ground, the result is a yellowish-orange powder called turmeric. At one time, turmeric was called Indian saffron - Marco Polo thought that he had discovered an inexpensive saffron substitute. India produces two types of turmeric: Madras, used within India, and Alleppey, which is exported. Alleppey has higher color, more flavor, more volatile oil, and more curcumin, the carotenoid responsible for the color. The active components of turmeric are the curcuminoids. Curcumin has an antioxidant effect, and it has been suggested that it has anti-inflammatory action similar to aspirin. The Chinese use turmeric to improve digestion and reduce gas, and to stimulate bile production in the liver. Herbalists recommend it for irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, Crohn's disease, diarrhea, and post-salmonella infection. It is also said to improve beneficial intestinal flora, while inhibiting certain harmful bacteria.
Oleoresin from ginger roots can be found in ginger ale, gingerbread, gingersnap cookies, ginger tea, ginger wine, cordials and candies, as well as a number of great Chinese, Indian and Jamaican dishes. The volatile oil of ginger contains zingiberene, AR-curcumene and farnesene, while the pungent taste is due to gingeroles and zingerone. In addition to its aromatic contribution to a food, ginger tea is often used to improve circulation, aid digestion, and treat nausea from motion sickness, pregnancy or chemotherapy.
The ginger family also houses cardamom, whose sweet, aromatic seeds contain about 8% essential oil and a number of the previously mentioned compounds. In the past, cardamom was used as an aromatic in pomanders, and as an aphrodisiac. It is an essential part of Arabic coffee, and is also used in meat and rice dishes.
Galangal is a warm, sweet, spicy aromatic root-stock like ginger. It blends well with garlic, and is considered to be an emerging ethnic ingredient, essential to many Asian dishes. Aromatic, spicy, warm and slightly bitter grains of paradise seeds are native to West Africa. In the Middle Ages, they were highly valued, but are difficult to obtain now.
The parsley family
Parsley, celery, coriander, cilantro, caraway, fennel, dill, anise and cumin belong to the Umbelliferae, or parsley family. We all know parsley leaves act as a garnish for a number of dishes, but the roots can also be used for cooking, as is celery. The fruits have a strong diuretic effect, and are used in stews or soups. Myristicin and terpenes dominate the essential oil of the fruits.
Prior to the Middle Ages, a wild form of celery referred to as selinon, or smallage, was used as a diuretic and a carminative, which is a treatment to reduce intestinal gas. Today, celery - in dehydrated, flaked and freeze-dried forms - is often used as a garnish in vegetable dishes. Celery seed, salt and oleoresin are used primarily for flavor.
Caraway is probably Europe's oldest cultivated spice. In the past, it was used as a laxative, colic treatment and breath freshener. It has a pleasant odor similar to that of dill, and a warm, slightly bitter flavor stemming from a high concentration of carvone in the essential oil. In the 17th century, caraway was coated with sugar and served with fruit and used as a digestive, known as comfits.
Caraway and cumin are sometimes confused - their flavors have some similarities, and their seeds are similar in appearance. In Germany, cumin and caraway are combined in a liqueur called kümmel. Cumin is essential to chili powder, and is often added on top for a "real" chili flavor. Herbalists recommend cumin tea for stress, and other cultures use it as a carminative. Researchers in India are studying cumin's anti-cancer potential - it appears to increase the activity of glutathione-S-transferase, which is active against cancer, and also blocks chromosome damage.
The word dill is derived from the Norse word for "to lull," since it was used to lull small babies to sleep. American colonists used it for the same purpose, and also chewed the seeds for diversion in church. Today, we use two components of dill - dill seed, and the tops of the plant, which are referred to as dill weed. The seeds contain 2% to 4% essential oil, most of which is carvone (also present in caraway). The pickle industry is the largest user of dill, primarily dill-weed oil. Herbalists recommend dill tea for colic, and as a carminative.
Fennel seeds look somewhat like caraway seeds (and cumin or dill), and smell and taste like anise, which is also part of the parsley family. The essential oils of both fennel and anise seeds contain predominately anethole, which is responsible for the licorice flavor and aroma. Fennel also contains fenchone, which smells like camphor, and limonene, which smells like lemon. In the past, fennel was regarded as a diet aid. Pliny felt that fennel improved eyesight, and fennel tea and eyewash are still recommended for strained eyes. Fennel tea is also used for colic, and as a muscle relaxant, diuretic, stimulant and carminitive. As with other parsley family seeds, our early ancestors chewed fennel seeds for diversion, to curb hunger and to freshen the breath.
Both coriander and cilantro come from the same plant, Coriandrum sativum. Coriander is the dried ripened fruit, characterized by a lemon-sage note. It is used in seed, essential oil or oleoresin form. The seed is used primarily in gin and liqueurs, and is the flavor added to American cigarettes that makes them distinctive. Cilantro, sometimes known as Chinese parsley, has a parsley/citrus flavor, and is used in a dried or freeze-dried form. Cilantro is most common to Mexican sauces, Tex-Mex dishes, Chinese products and many other popular ethnic dishes.
The mint family
Lamiaceae, the mint family, hosts sage, basil, oregano, thyme, and rosemary - all of which have qualities beyond flavoring. Thyme is used for visual effect in foods, but its components also have antibacterial and antioxidant properties. In France, it is tied into bundles with other spices and added as bouquet garni to soups, sauces and stews. Thyme leaves are strongly aromatic; their essential oil contains primarily the phenols thymol and carvacol, as well as small quantities of thymol methyl ether, cineol, alpha-pinene and borneol. In legend, thyme has been used to soothe the throat, cure coughs, promote sleep and rid nightmares, improve digestion, cure hangovers, improve sight, warm the heart, soothe the liver, decrease hot swelling, purge phlegm, and cure pains in the loins and hips.
Thymol, which is now produced synthetically, has been used as a carminative, anti-spasmodic and counter-irritant. It can be found in cough drops, antiseptic mouthwash, liniments, anti-fungal creams and herbal teas.
The leaves of rosemary yield a product that is strongly aromatic (camphor-like) and slightly bitter. Rosemary has gained a reputation as a good natural antioxidant. The essential oil contains 1,8-cineol, camphor, borneol, bornyl acetate and alpha-pinene as primary components.
Oregano is by far the largest-selling herb/spice today, mostly because of its heavy use on pizza and in Italian dishes. Oregano is a wild plant, but is often domestically cultivated as marjoram.
Second on the list of best-selling herbs is sage, which was once grown in Middle-Age Europe and China specifically for medicinal purposes, and often taken as sage tea. Now, it is primarily used in pork sausage, poultry seasonings and stuffings.
Use of basil, like its other mint relatives, has boomed over the past 30 years, from 40,000 lbs. imported to greater than a million lbs. - most of this due to pizza and Italian foods. In the past, basil has had more symbolic purposes than medicinal, but basil does have important antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. The essential oil contains a complex and widely varied composition, depending upon the species and environmental growth conditions. Linalool, methyl chavicol and eugenol play a role in aroma, while a number of monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and phenols lend the flavor characteristics.
Other families
Cloves and allspice are both members of the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, and both are high in eugenol content. Eugenol is an alcohol noted for its antimicrobial properties. Cloves contain as high as 15% essential oil, with eugenol dominating at 70% to 85%. Cloves are noted for their strong aroma and burning taste, and have been used to freshen breath, as a room deodorant, and as a preservative. In the United States, they show up in baked ham, sweet pickles, and a variety of seasoning powders. Cloves dominate the flavor of Worcestershire sauce. Allspice has a distinctive clove-like aroma, and is frequently used in seasoning powders.
Nutmeg and mace come from the same plant, Myristica fragrans, a nutmeg tree grown in India. Nutmeg is the seed, and mace is the thin tissue between the seed and the pulp. Both give off a strong aroma, contain 10% to 12% essential oil, and have antimicrobial and antioxidant properties from a complex mixture of terpenes, terpene derivatives and phenols. Notable among these are pinenes, terpinene, limonene, myrcene, linalool, terpineol, safrol, and myristicine. Myristicine is insecticidal and a hallucinogen, and the other components have anti-bacterial and antioxidant properties.
Fenugreek, a seed extract from Trigonella, a member of the bean family, contains very little essential oil, but is known for its vanilla-scented coumarin and high mucilage content. It is used as an emollient in veterinary drugs, a poultice, and in tea for dyspepsia, diarrhea, sore throats and fevers.
Science is only starting to learn the hows and whys of the intricate role that spices and herbs play in foods. So next time you think you're only giving a product a flavor boost by sprinkling in the spice blend, remember that the secret world of spices might be working behind the scenes, providing a host of additional benefits.
Curry (mixture of turmeric, cumin, coriander, pepper) Red pepper (capsaicin) Jalapeno (capsaicin) Garlic (allicin) Cinnamon (cinnamic aldehyde) Oregano (thymol oil)
In the medieval period, there were many reasons for the rise in spice usage and their trade. Primarily , the monotony of a lifetime consuming of bread and gruel resulted in a powerful desire to, literally, spice up the food. Even today it is people in India and other poorest countries of the Third World who are most likely to use spices in their food. Secondly, there was the need for the emerging new class of bourgeoisie to culturally demonstrate power and superiority by purchasing luxury items like spices, used in foods, medicines, and ointments. Additionally, there was a insatiable desire for gold and silver among the Mediterranean’s trading partners in the East viz. the Indians and the Chinese.
4. India and Spices
Indian Spices paid important role in the history of various lands, discovered or destroyed, kingdoms built or brought down, wars won or lost, treaties signed or flouted, favours sought or offered. Spices have also played a political role in the history. The use of spices from the East became a status symbol by the year 1200 and the European preoccupation with the world of spice was born. The use of spice in food meant money and power, and the desire to acquire these precious status symbols led to world exploration pan-global communication, trade, alliances and wars.
Indian Spices also fitted into philosophic concepts of improving health, since it was understood that they could affect the four humors (blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile) and influence the corresponding moods (sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric and melancholic). Thus, ginger would be used to heat the stomach and improve digestion; clove was believed to comfort the sinus; mace would prevent colic and bloody fluxes or diarrhea; nutmeg would benefit the spleen and relieve any bad cold.
Cinnamon, one of the most popular flavors in cooking, was considered to be particularly good for digestion and for sore throats. Hot pungent spices were used more liberally in winter diets or to treat cold diseases accompanied by excess phlegm. It is noteworthy that rheumatism was believed to be caused by abnormal rheum, or phlegm; the appropriate therapy would be pepper just as it is today, with the topical use of capsaicin - a chili pepper extract.
5. History of Spices
3000 BC to 200 BC
The Arabs develop the spice trade. For centuries, Arabs controlled this dangerous but lucrative trade, bringing pepper and cloves from India, cinnamon and nutmeg from the Spice Islands and ginger from China. They sold their spices in markets in Nineveh, Babylon, Carthage, Egypt and Rome. Caravans with as many as 4,000 camels traveled "the Golden Road of Samarkand" that stretched across the deserts of southern Asia and the Middle East between kingdoms in the East and markets in the West. The Bible refers to the spice trade in Genesis when Joseph's brothers sell him to a spice trading caravan bound for Egypt, and in the book of Kings when the Queen of Sheba pays tribute to King Solomon in spices, gold and precious stones. In 1453 BC the first Olympians are crowned with wreathes of laurel (bay leaves).
200 BC to 1200AD
The Romans dominate the trade. As their empire grew, Romans began sailing from Egypt to India to trade spices. It was a two-year voyage across the Indian Ocean to obtain pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. During the reign of Tiberius Caesar, sailors discovered that the monsoon winds in the Indian Ocean blew east in the summer and west in the winter. By sailing with the trade winds, they could shorten their voyage to less than a year. There were constant losses from piracy and shipwreck, but the demand for spices made the trade highly profitable. Wealthy Romans valued spices as highly as gold. In 65 AD, they burned a year's worth of cinnamon in a funeral tribute to Nero's wife. When the Goths defeated Rome in 410, they demand a ransom of 3,000 pounds of pepper, along with gold, jewels and silk, to spare the life of the citizenry. Afterward, they required Rome to pay them 300 pounds of pepper per year.
1200 to 1500
As Europe began to develop in the Middle Ages, the demand for spices helped build world trade. Spices were so valued that they were used as currency. In the 11th century, pepper was counted out peppercorn by peppercorn and often used to pay taxes and rents. Europeans began to deal directly with Eastern merchants, and explorers were constantly seeking new trade routes. In 1271, a young Venetian named Marco Polo set out on a journey that would help open trade with the Orient and establish Venice as a major port. Venice remained dominant until around 1498 when the Spanish and Portuguese, weary of paying high prices, began their own explorations. Portuguese explorer Vasco De Gama sailed around Africa's Cape of Good Hope to reach Calcutta. He returned with pepper, cinnamon, ginger and a trading partnership with India. His voyages made tiny Portugal the richest nation in Europe. In 1492, Columbus discovered the Americas instead of a western route to the Spice Islands. He returned from the West Indies with allspice, vanilla and red peppers.
1400 to 1700
Demand for spices grew along with the middle classes during the Renaissance. The Portuguese remained dominant until the end of the 16th century when the Dutch made multiple expeditions to the East, establishing trade with local rulers. The Dutch conquered the city of Malacca in 1641, thus controlling the Malay Peninsula and nearby islands. In 1658 they gained control of the cinnamon trade in Ceylon. More Indonesian islands fell under their power, so that by the end of the17th century, they monopolized the Asian spice trade.
During the 1500s, the English sought to build their own spice trade. Elizabeth I chartered the British East India Company, which began to gain supremacy on the Indian mainland. In 1780, the Dutch and English fought a war, which was ruinous for the Dutch East India Company. By 1799, the Dutch had lost all spice trading centers and the Dutch East India Company closed. England became dominant; London's Mincing Lane was the spice-trading center of the world.
1600 to 1900
In 1672, Elihu Yale, a former clerk of the British East India Company in Madras, India, began his own spice business. He made a fortune and later founded Yale University. But America did not become a major force in the spice trade until 1798 when Captain Jonathan Carnes sailed into Salem, Massachusetts from Indonesia with a load of pepper. He had traded directly with the Indonesians rather than going through the European monopolies. Salem became the center of the American spice trade. More than a thousand ships made the trip to Sumatra during the next 90 years. Ultimately, pirates put America out of the spice trade. Ships were repeatedly robbed and the young government decided against backing its merchant ships in international waters. The U.S. relied on other countries for its supply.
6. SOURCES OF SPICES
Pepper, turmeric, cinnamon, cloves, mace and cardamom supplied from India. China and its neighboring countries supplied ginger, cassia, star anise, licorice and rhubarb. Chile peppers in addition to potatoes from Bolivia and Peru. The allure of trade for the valuable spices that could be transported successfully over vast distances was spurred by an increasing appetite in Europe for new spicy culinary experiences. The desire to monopolize major spices and the need to control the profitable sea routes were the driving forces that led to many of the dramatic events of history during the past 2000 years.
In ancient times, Arabia, Syria and Egypt provided well-organized marketing sites along the major recognized spice routes from which Asiatic spices were sent on their final land or sea journeys to the great spice ports of Europe, such as La Spezia, Venice and Genoa in Italy, Seville in Spain, Lisbon in Portugal, and the major port cities of England, Belgium and Holland.
Origins of Some Common Spices
India
cinnamon--Cinnamomum verum (= C. zeylanicum)--Lauraceae--bark; C. cassia inferior substitute mace (aril), nutmeg (endosperm)--Myristica fragrans--Myristicaceae--nutmeg toxic in quantity cloves--Syzygium aromaticum--Myrtaceae--flower buds--flavoring, antiseptic, tobacco; flavor can be synthesized cardamom--Elettaria cardamomum--Zingiberaceae--pods--originally medicinal--Indian cooking, Danish pastry pepper--Piper nigrum--Piperaceae--drupes, black or white depending on processing turmeric--Cucurma longa--Zingiberaceae--root--yellow coloring
China
ginger--Zingiber officinale--Zingiberaceae--rhizome--powdered or candied star anise--Illicium verum--Illiciaceae--immature fruit--as flavoring
Mediterranean, Mid- and Near East
bay leaf--Laurus nobilis--Lauraceae--leaves (do not eat them!) caper--Capparis spinosa--Capparidaceae--flower buds--relish and flavoring poppy--Papaver somniferum--probably from Medit.--flavoring, also narcotic saffron--Crocus sativus--Iridaceae--stigmas--most costly condiment: 150,000 flowers/kg sesame--Sesamum indicum (S. orientale)--Pedaliaceae--seeds, seed oil
New World
allspice--Pimenta dioica--Myrtaceae--fruits--flavor of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg red peppers, hot peppers, paprika--Capsicum annuum, etc.--Solanaceae--berries (capsaicin); C. frutescens--tabasco vanilla--Vanilla planifolia--Orchidaceae--berry--only crop from large family; synthetic is inferior and often adulterated
The most important of the exotic spices in Medieval Europe was Indian pepper; this could be transported, stored and traded as peppercorns without any loss in its taste.
7. Culinary Herbs
While it is true that ancient recipes suggest that spices were added in extraordinary large amounts to banquet recipes, it is not clear how many people were meant to be served. It is likely that in practice large amounts were used only if a huge number of people were to participate in the feast. Thus, the actual amount of spice per individual may have been closer to what is acceptable today. Moreover, banquets were an opportunity to enjoy a prolonged bout of gorging, and it is likely that little food remained to be preserved from putrefaction over the ensuing post-banquet days. The evidence does not support claims that spice imports were driven by a need to either disguise the taste of spoiled food or to prevent putrefaction of cooked dishes. Furthermore, when coffee, tea, tobacco and snuff became fashionable in the 18th century, spices in food became less acceptable; thus, spice use declined in France and many other countries, even though methods for food preservation had not improved. It is noteworthy that honey was recognized to be an effective preserver of meats and other foods. In ancient times honey was applied to wounds, and more recent studies have shown it to be more effective than granulated sugar. Honey may have more than a simple osmotic effect that contributes to its bactericidal and fungicidal benefits. History records that when Alexander the Great died in Babylon, his body was encased in honey in a tomb for transfer to Alexandria for burial. There is no evidence that any spices are superior to or offer additive benefits to honey as a food preservative.
8. Spices as Aphrodisiac
Proprietary luxuries of this type, that consist of several dozen herbs and spices, are currently promoted as aphrodisiacs and tonics rather than as antidotes against poisoning, or as incenses, for appeasing the gods in religious ceremonies. Undoubtedly, spicy versions of these recipes that served the ancient pagan gods such as Priapus, Cupid, Venus, Eros, Pan and of course Aphrodite (the goddess who arose from sea foam - "aphros") continue to work their historic magic. Modern romances are catalyzed by spices and herbs which are called upon to provide symbolic and sensory support in luxurious perfumes, heady scents, and sensual aromatic cream or oil massages. However, it is of interest that the most appreciated of current aphrodisiacs is undoubtedly the New World's Aztec "food of the gods", the meso-American spice chocolate rather than the ancient and historic spices of Arabia and the Orient.
The essential oils and terpenoid alcohols of spices contribute to their smell, taste and tactile sensation. Thus, eugenol is found in cinnamon, clove and pimento; one of its medical qualities is a local anesthetic effect, which is utilized in dentistry. Menthol, from mints, has a cooling effect as well as a characteristic fresh taste and smell. Anise contains anethole, cinnamon produces cinnamaldehyde, mace contains myristin, and so on; all have specific pharmacological effects that are generally mild. However, some - such as myristicin - are more potent, and large doses can result in harmful effects such as hallucinations.
A number of spice chemicals are shared with herbs and flowers. It is noteworthy that colorful flowers result in an experience of exciting color and smell, whereas most spices result in excitatory sensations of taste and smell without being particularly stimulating to the visual sense. There are some exceptions, including the crocus which is the source of saffron, and edible flowers such as nasturtium which can spice up a salad. Similarly, chile peppers and radishes can be visually exciting, whereas cinnamon bark and cardamom seeds are relatively dowdy.
The following spices have had a long reputation of having aphrodisiacal properties.
Asafetida This has a foul smell, but in small amounts it can provide a sensual taste or smell. The same phenomenon applies to musk oil (from the musk ox) and castoreum (from the beaver), and perhaps to the secretions of the civet cat and the skunk: these agents can give a salty, animalistic, deeply erotic fragrant quality to a perfume when suitably diluted. Cardamom is popular in India and in Arabic cultures, and used to be employed by the Chinese court to give users a fragrant breath. Cloves and some other spices and herbs contain eugenol; its smell is fragrant and aromatic, and has long been considered as enhancing sexual feelings. Ginger contains gingerols, zingiberene and other characteristic agents that have made it a favored seductive flavor in Asiatic and Arabic herbal traditions. Mace and Nutmeg contain myristicin and similar compounds that are related to mescalin. In larger doses, nutmeg and mace can cause hallucinations, whereas in smaller amounts they are traditional aphrodisiacs. Pepper from India contains piperine: this pungent agent can stimulate sexual function, according to ancient beliefs. Saffron contains picrocrocin which is alleged to have the ability to cause erotic sensations. Vanilla contains the widely loved vanillin, whose taste and smell conjure up romantic feelings in the appropriate circumstances.
Other popular herbs that have been reported to have aphrodisiacal properties include garlic, mint, rosemary, sage and thyme. All these allegedly erotically stimulating agents have long been incorporated into cooking, incenses, rubs and other romantic sources for stimulation of sexual feeling. More recently, these and other herbs are utilized creatively in numerous massage oils and in incenses that are popularly utilized to improve sensations as a new-old form of therapy, with the modern title of aromatherapy.
9. PERFUMES AND INCENSES
From earliest history until today, fragrant, alluring smells have been regarded as essential elements of civilized relationships. Exotic plant odors and the scents that could be utilized for body application have inspired explorers, aristocrats, writers, poets, merchants and priests, and they have been of fundamental relevance to religious practices and to courtship. Many societies have felt that the burning of fragrant woods provides an ideal, ethereal token of appreciation to their gods. The liberation of incense smoke was a source of perfume: this word comes from the Latin per fumum, "by smoke". Incense is a word that means "that which is lit".
The sophisticated Greeks greatly appreciated such aromatic sources (aromata) as the turpentine tree, and this became an important import. They also valued the older Egyptian fragrant woods, and their exudates, such as those of myrrh, frankincense (olibanum) and cinnamon. Enormous amounts of money were spent on these exotic imports. The Greek island of Chios was the source of the valued gum exudate mastic as well as turpentine; the mastic was also used as a sort of chewing gum, and it gave rise to the word masticate. The more precious perfume incenses and spices came as imports through Arabia along well-established incense routes to be eagerly purchased by Mediterranean merchants who sold them to satisfy the increasing demands of markets throughout Europe. The most important ancient fragrances were frankincense and myrrh.
The Arabs used the milky sap of the frankincense tree, and called it al lubán, from the word for milk. (The same word gave rise to the name of Lebanon, whose mountains were always capped by milky snow). "Al lubán" became anglicized to olibanum, which is another name for frankincense; the latter name refers to the pre-eminence of this resin, the true or frank incense. Myrrh is a resin that has a bitter taste; its name is derived from Hebrew murr or maror, meaning bitter. Resins do not decay, and as shown by Majno, the resins of myrrh and similar agents are bacteriostatic. Myrrh continues to be used for this purpose in mouthwashes and toothpastes. Cinnamon, and the similar bark, cassia, when burned gives off a delightful fragrance; this is also readily obtained by grinding the bark. The phenolic compounds, such as cinnamic acid, are bacteriostatic, and fumes from their resins may well have served as fumigants as well as pleasing incenses.
10. Spices as Medicine
ANTIDOTES and MITHRIDATIUM
Poisoning was a favored means that was employed in ancient Greece and Rome to eliminate enemies. In the 1st century B.C., Mithridates VI, King of Pontus (located in present-day Turkey) worked with his physician to devise an effective antidote to all poisons. Two hundred years later, Galen wrote about antidotes, and he credited the King of Pontus with creating a 'mithridatium' that contained 41 ingredients. By that time other famous antidotes had been described; some of these persisted in use for centuries, including one devised by Galen. The most popular of the herbal antidotes besides mithridatium included galene, diascordium and philonium, which were named for their inventors. A generally used antidote that was alleged to be effective against venomous bites and stings was called theriaca; the theriacas of Damocrates and those produced in Cairo, Venice and other large cities became very popular.
The word 'theriaca' was corrupted to the word 'treacle' in English, especially for preparations of herbs in a thick, sweet base. The famous 17th century herbalist Nicholas Culpeper declared that the virtues and inexpense of garlic made it the 'poor-man’s treacle', and that it can be used as an effective panacea. Most of the other forms of theriacas and the various mithridatiums contained dozens of constituents, including exotic spices such as ginger, cinnamon, cassia, malabathrum, galbanum, cardamon, nard, pepper, frankincense, myrrh and saffron. Although these ineffective multiherb remedies remained in official use until the 19th century, they have spawned a host of similar tonics and stimulants that contain a comparable, illogical array of herbs and spices that enjoy a wide market today. See section on Spices as Aphrodisiacs.
The only differences in today’s theriaca equivalents are the incorporation of various modern constituents such as vitamins, minerals, amino-acids and newly fashionable herbs. A similar group of medical recipes included bitters or 'hiera', which were introduced in Greece for use in the Temples of Ascalepios. The components and the number of constituents varied considerably over the ages, although aloes and cinnamon were commonly used. These were prescribed as purgatives and tonics, and were eventually recommended as valued panaceas for a great number of different disorders. Their use persisted 'despite no evidence of effectiveness ' for many centuries. Today, some European countries still make available similar bitter tonics (such as the ancient Hiera picra or holy bitter), and they are marketed as non-specific remedies; people regard them as digestives, cough medicines and so on.
11.Anti-microbial Functions of Spices
In all medical systems of Asia and Europe, spices have been used both as therapeutic foods and as medicines. Despite the contrasting opinions of different experts who insisted on their indications, there is little evidence of any specific benefit from most spices. Many pungent spices are unattractive to animals (excepting most, humans, many birds and some rodents), and they do have some antimicrobial, gastrointestinal, and mucus-loosening properties.
Billing J, Sherman PW. an evolutionary biologist and professor of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell, in his article (Rev Biol. 1998 Mar;73(1):3-49), "Antimicrobial functions of spices: why some like it hot" describes a study on this subject. The study addressed the facts - the varied approach in food preparation throughout the world, patterns of spice usage among various cultures and countries - What factors underlie these differences? Why are spices used at all? To investigate these questions and to establish the bacteria-spices connection, a study was conducted.
Sherman credits Billing, a Cornell undergraduate student of biology at the time of the research, with compiling many of the data required to make the bacteria-spices connection: A total of 4,578 recipes from 93 cookbooks representing the frequency of use of 43 spices in traditional cuisines of 36 countries; the temperature and precipitation levels of each country; the horticultural ranges of 43 spice plants; and the antibacterial properties of each spice.
These data were used to investigate the hypothesis that spices inhibit or kill food-spoilage microorganisms. In support of this is the fact that spice plant secondary compounds are powerful antimicrobial (i.e., antibacterial and antifungal) agents.
"The proximate reason for spice use obviously is to enhance food palatability," says Sherman, . "But why do spices taste good? Traits that are beneficial are transmitted both culturally and genetically, and that includes taste receptors in our mouths and our taste for certain flavors. People who enjoyed food with antibacterial spices probably were healthier, especially in hot climates. They lived longer and taught their offspring and others. We believe the ultimate reason for using spices is to kill food-borne bacteria and fungi."
In general it is claimed, Garlic, onion, allspice and oregano were found to be the best all-around bacteria killers - the most potent antibacterial and antifungal agents;(they kill everything), followed by thyme, cinnamon, tarragon and cumin (any of which kill up to 80 percent of bacteria). Capsicums, including chilies and other hot peppers, are in the middle of the antimicrobial pack (killing or inhibiting up to 75 percent of bacteria), while pepper of the white or black variety inhibits 25 percent of bacteria, as do ginger, anise seed, celery seed and the juices of lemons and limes.
However, there is lack of uniformity in findings, and this may reflect non-uniformity in source material. Furthermore, some fungi and bacteria use spices as supportive media for their growth. Although it is often claimed that exotic spices were sought as valuable food preservatives, this is not correct. Thus, simple pickling with common-place vinegar, garlic and mustard can preserve and flavor food almost as well as dehydrating and salting can. Honey and strong sugar soultions can also be used as food preservatives.
There is little evidence that pepper, cloves, nutmegs, ginger and other expensive spices were used as alternatives to garlic, etc. to preserve food or to delay the spoilage of cooked dishes. Their use in their countries of origin is not related to spices serving as an alternative to refrigeration, since they are usually added to fresh foods as flavors. In particular, they add zest to a bland diet based on rice and other high-carbohydrate vegetable staples. Indeed, the concentrations of spices that would be needed to significantly retard food spoilage by microorganisms would result in an overwhelming flavor, that may be worse than that of the decaying food.
However the micronutrient hypothesis - that spices provide trace amounts of anti-oxidants or other chemicals to aid digestion - could be true and still not exclude the antimicrobial explanation, Sherman says. However, this hypothesis does not explain why people in hot climates need more micro-nutrients, he adds. The antimicrobial hypothesis does explain this.
Within the past one decade the international trade in spices has grown by leaps and bounds. An estimated 500,000 tonnes of spices and herbs valued at 1500 million US dollars are now imported globally every year. An impressive 46% of this supply comes from India. India's exports of spice extracts have shown spectacular growth attaining over 50 percent of the global market within a short span. Over the past decade, the Indian Spices industry has made quality the cutting edge of its global game plan. In recent years, export of Indian Spices has been taking giant leaps. The Indian export of spices has crossed the 450 million US dollar mark during 1999-2000 and has reached 468 million US dollar. This remarkable achievement is born of a sea change in the industry scenario. From traditional commodity exports, Indian Spices have evolved into a state-of-the-art industry. Absorbing technology, broad basing its products range, developing value added products, identifying niche markets, forging strategic alliances clinching global collaborations and joint ventures.
13. The Indian share
At present, India produces around 2.5 million tonnes of different spices valued at approximately 3 billion US $, and holds the premier position in the world. Because of the varying climates suitable for the spice cultivation. Almost all spices are grown in this country. In almost all of the 25 states and seven union territories of India, at least one spice is grown in abundance. No country in the world produces as many kinds of spices as India.
In recent years, export of Indian Spices has been taking giant leaps. The Indian export of spices has crossed the 450 million US dollar mark during 1999-2000 and has reached 468 million US dollar. This remarkable achievement is born of a sea change in the industry scenario. From traditional commodity exports, Indian Spices have evolved into a state-of-the-art industry. Absorbing technology, broad basing its products range, developing value added products, identifying niche markets, forging strategic alliances clinching global collaborations and joint ventures.
WEST BENGAL Cardamon (Large),Chilly,Ginger ,Turmeric
In April 1998, ‘Food Ingredients Asia’, exhibition was held in Shanghai, China. This paved the way for natural spices from India to emerge in Chinese Market. Spices Board India’s presence helped the Chinese see the many kinds of Indian Spices.
The Spices Board India (Ministry of Commerce, Government of India) is the apex body for the export promotion of Indian Spices. Established in 1987, the Board is the catalyst of these dramatic transitions. The Board has been with the Indian Spice industry every step of the way. The Board plays a far reaching and influential role as a developmental, regulatory and promotional agency for Indian Spices.
Indias's share in world trade of spices (2002 - 2003)
A ketone test checks for ketones in your blood or urine. Ketones are substances that are made when the body breaks down fat for energy. Normally, your body gets the energy it needs from carbohydrate in your diet. However, stored fat is broken down and ketones are made if your diet does not contain enough carbohydrate to supply the body with sugar (glucose) for energy or if your body cannot use blood sugar (glucose) properly.
Newer home blood sugar meters can also measure ketones. Home urine tests to measure ketones are available.
Why It Is Done
A ketone blood test is the most accurate method. It is recommended for all people with diabetes whenever symptoms of illness, such as nausea, vomiting, or abdominal pain are present. It is used to diagnose diabetic ketoacidosis when symptoms of high blood sugar are present.
A ketone urine test is the most commonly used method of measuring ketones. However, it is less accurate than a blood test. It may be done to:
Monitor a person on a very low carbohydrate diet.
Monitor a pregnant woman who has diabetes or has developed gestational diabetes.
How To Prepare
No special preparation is needed before having this test.
Talk to your health professional about any concerns you have regarding the need for the test, its risks, how it will be done, or what the results will indicate. To help you understand the importance of this test, fill out the medical test information form(What is a PDF document?).
How It Is Done
Blood test
The health professional taking a sample of your blood will:
Wrap an elastic band around your upper arm to stop the flow of blood. This makes the veins below the band larger so it is easier to put a needle into the vein.
Clean the needle site with alcohol.
Put the needle into the vein. More than one needle stick may be needed.
Attach a tube to the needle to fill it with blood.
Remove the band from your arm when enough blood is collected.
Apply a gauze pad or cotton ball over the needle site as the needle is removed.
Apply pressure to the site and then a bandage.
Urine test
Collect a urine sample in a clean container.
Follow the manufacturer's directions on the bottle of test strips or tablets.
Avoid getting toilet paper, pubic hair, stool, menstrual blood, or other foreign matter in the urine sample.
How It Feels
Blood test
The blood sample is taken from a vein in your arm. An elastic band is wrapped around your upper arm. It may feel tight. You may feel nothing at all from the needle, or you may feel a quick sting or pinch.
Urine test
There is normally no discomfort involved with collecting a urine sample.
Risks
Blood test
There is very little risk of a problem from having blood drawn from a vein.
You may develop a small bruise at the puncture site. You can reduce the risk of bruising by keeping pressure on the site for several minutes after the needle is withdrawn.
Rarely, the vein may become inflamed after the blood sample is taken. This condition is called phlebitis and is usually treated with a warm compress applied several times daily.
Continued bleeding can be a problem for people with bleeding disorders. Aspirin, warfarin (Coumadin) and other blood-thinning medications can also make bleeding more likely. If you have bleeding or clotting problems, or if you take blood-thinning medication, tell your health professional before your blood is drawn.
Urine test
There are no risks associated with collecting a urine sample.
Results
A ketone test checks for substances made when the body breaks down fat for energy (ketones).
Ketones
Normal:
There are no ketones in your blood or urine.
Abnormal:
Ketones are present in your blood or urine.
Urine test
If either the test strip or the urine changes color when the tablet is dropped into the sample, ketones are present in your urine sample. The test results are read as negative to 1+ to 4+ or small to large.
High values
You may have ketones in your urine if you:
Have poorly controlled diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis.
Are on a very low carbohydrate diet.
Are starving or have an eating disorder, including disorders that result in poor nutrition such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, alcoholism, or poisoning from drinking rubbing alcohol (isopropanol).
Have not eaten (fasted) for 18 hours or longer.
Are pregnant. However, a moderate amount of ketones in a pregnant woman may harm the fetus and may be an indication of gestational diabetes.
Many conditions can change ketone levels. Your health professional will discuss any significant abnormal results with you in relation to your symptoms and medical history.
What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
Medications, such as:
Levodopa, such as Sinemet or Larodopa.
Phenazopyridine, such as Pyridium, Geridium, Pyridiate, or Urogesic.
Valproic acid, such as Depakote, Depacon, or Depakene.
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid), when taken in large amounts.
The blood test can check for one type of ketone that the urine test cannot detect. Therefore, a urine test that does not show any ketones may not be accurate (false-negative result).
Ketone levels will increase in your urine before they increase in your blood if you are fasting or on a very low carbohydrate diet.
The American Diabetes Association recommends that you test your urine for ketones if you have diabetes and you:
Are pregnant.
Are sick or feeling very stressed.
Have blood sugar levels of 300 mg/dL (16.7 mmol/L) or higher.
Have symptoms of high blood sugar (diabetic ketoacidosis), such as nausea, vomiting, or abdominal pain.
Ketones can be tested at home using urine ketone test strips. A more accurate reading can be obtained by some home glucose meters that test for blood ketones.
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A toothache is a very painful occurrence. From experience, you may be able to feel when it is beginning to set in and know that that mean another trip to the dentist. There are, however, some home remedies that may assist in eliminating the pain, if not completely, then enough to make it bearable until you can no longer avoid the dentist.
Toothache home remedies are usually passed down from generation to generation. They cover herbal and medicinal remedies to the just plain weird. One of the most common remedies for a toothache is clove oil. Clove oil can be bought in liquid form, or actual cloves may be used. You can either chew the clove over the infected tooth or rub clove oil into the gum.
Another home remedy is asafoetida, a plant used to make spices. Crush the asafoetida in lemon juice, then heat it up in a pan. Use a cottonwool bud to soak up the liquid and rub it over the infected area. Some say that the pain will immediately disappear with this method.
Onion slices rubbed onto the area where the toothache appears is also said to be a tried and tested home remedy. Chewing the onion slice for at least three minutes will kill all the germs that are present in the mouth. Another cure for toothache is garlic. Mixing the garlic clove with rock salt and applying it to the tooth should ease the pain. The best time to chew the garlic clove is in the morning just as you awaken, although the way your breath will smell for the rest of the day may not be worth the pain relief.
Another spice that may help with the toothache is pepper. Mix some black pepper with a little salt in a teaspoon. It is best to mix this liquid with a little clove oil as well. This mixture also alleviates sensitive teeth problems and helps prevent other cavities if taken daily.
Wheat grass is also said to eliminate toothache. When chewed, wheat grass draws out impurities and toxins in the gums. Making a paste from bay berry bark also helps alleviate toothache. It is also very good at strengthening the teeth and the gum area.
A strange but old remedy for toothache is to put some perfume on a cotton bud and dab it on the tooth and gum area. The reason behind this is more than likely the numbing affect of the alcohol in the perfume.
As always, prevention is the best cure. The best way to prevent a toothache is brushing and flossing twice a day. This not only keeps teeth healthy and strong, but also cuts down on trips to the dreaded dentist.
One of the best known home remedies for toothache relief is the good old clove. Clove reduces the pain as it has antiseptic properties and clove oil, applied on the painful tooth, can ease toothache pain
fairly quickly. If you don’t happen to have clove oil, try grinding a clove and apply the powder on the affected area. The tooth cannot be cured, but the clove will relieve you of your pain.
Wheat grass juice, widely available nowadays, is an excellent home remedy and can help to prevent, and sometimes even cure toothaches. It is also possible to chew on wheat grass for pain relief. The grass will stop bacteria from reproducing and helps to draw bacteria out of the painful area.
Chew on a piece of raw onion for three minutes to ease toothache pain, or to generally kill bacteria in your mouth. By doing this not only will you relieve the pain you can possibly help to cure the toothache. If you cannot chew, a small piece of raw onion directly applied to the spot of the toothache, will ease toothache pain almost immediately.
A luke warm saltwater mouthwash will mildly disinfect your mouth and will rinse the tooth and gums offering gentle toothache pain relief. This is possibly the easiest toothache home pain remedy, as basically everyone will have some salt available in their kitchen. Last but not least as far as successful toothache pain relief is concerned,
a clove of garlic, possibly mashed up with a little salt and placed on the tooth, will relieve the pain and act as an anaesthetic. Sometimes even curing milder toothaches, this home remedy could be one of the more successful ones when applied regularly.
When Should You Visit Your Dentist?
There are home remedies for toothaches and most of them are very effective indeed. Do, however, make sure to contact a doctor or visit your dentist if you develop a fever in combination with a toothache, a fever might occur in these situations when bacteria from the tooth end up in the bloodstream.
This page reviews & resolves many issues involving the mouth and tongue with Acid Reflux.
READER REPORTED REMEDIES FOR ACID TASTE IN MOUTH -- THANK YOU!
Carol from Fairfield, CT writes, "I am using oatmeal/steel cut (cup) morning with cinnamon and soy milk. Lo fat chicken broth with instant Barley (1/2 cup added to soup) for lunch. When I get hungry I have plain yogurt. I take udo encyme 2 capsules before each meal, and 1/4 cup aloe before all big meals. I have suffered all my life with GERD and acid mouth. This has not been easy because I like white wine. I have 2 glasses at least 3-4 times a week. This diet has soothed my sore stomach. I tried everything and this works. It is inexpensive and healthy!!I also had hpylori, and there is scar tissue from 2 ulcers.
'It cured that rotten taste in my mouth. I have had to go on a food regimen because I know that everything I eat sends me to the moon with the burping. If you took a match to me I would blow sky high. I got several books from library and found the food we eat today and the additives in them are not good for we who have stomach problems. Barley is used in most of my meals. Enzyme capsules and aloe drink helps so much also. My dad died from stomach cancer when I was young. We think that this may have been his problem too.
I do not eat candy I did not like the acid taste in mouth. The candy would increase discomfort!! Eating right is the key. After reading comments from people, many of them are taking too many drs prescriptions that is damaging to the liver. Barley, oatmeal, fat free soup, rye crisp (snacks) Aloe vera drinks, and Enzymes at least 2 before each meal. I also take a 1/2 lemon juice and 1/2 tes baking soda and glass water, to stop belching.. It will not cure the Gerd, but it will ease any stomach problems. I was tested in Lenox Hill Hospital to measure the acid level in system, it would help to run my car for a week, that is how strong. You fight the disease, do not let it fight you!!! Ulcer cures and foods are the way to go. WATCH what you eat."
READER Q&A
Note #1:
The MOST RECENT questions to Ted are now found TOP of this page.
Note #2: If you have asked Ted a question, we may have posted it on the ACV / Baking Soda Q&A page. If you asked Ted a question about Acid Reflux (nothing to do with mouth or tongue issues), you can check out our new ACID REFLUX Q&A page.
If your question is not posted there either, we may have started a brand new page with a separate topic (ie., long term effects of bulimia). In that case, check the main CURES page of Earth Clinic.
Natural Remedies to Treat an Acid Taste in Mouth and a Burning Tongue
READER QUESTION 12/14/2006: Marie from Houston, TX writes, "Hi Ted, I have a question regarding some problems I have been having for the past few months. In August, I noticed that I was having a lot of postnasal drip in the back of my throat and my lips began to itch on occasion. I didn't pay much attention to it and thought I may be allergic to something in my lip gloss so I threw it away. Then I started getting a sore throat w/swollen uvula and a white coating on my tongue that lasted for several weeks. The first doctor thought I just had a virus and told me to gargle with warm salt water several times a day. This did not help me at all. For an unrelated problem, I was prescribed Bactrim and Metronidazole. After taking it for a few days, I broke out in hives all over and went back to the doctor. She said I was probably allergic to sulfur and discontinued the meds. She also prescribed me a corticosteroid to suppress the hives until they ran their course ( 6 or 7 days, I think). Since my throat was still hurting and irritated, she prescribed me Amoxicillin and did a rapid strep test thinking I may have strep. The rapid strep test and the culture came back negative, but I had already started the Amoxicllin. After one pill, I broke out in hives again and have never been allergic to Penicillin in the past. A few weeks later, I started having symptoms of acid reflux and could literally feel my stomach move and then tiny bubbles in the back of my throat a second later. As well, I started getting hiccups more often and had more indigestion. By this time, my throat was still hurting and my tongue was constantly coated, so I asked my doctor to prescribe meds for Thrush even though she said it didn't look like Thrush. To pacify me, she prescribed Nystatin Swish and Swallow as well as Diflucan. These two products gave me no relief and the tongue coating continued. Next I went to an ENT. He put the scope through my nose and into my throat. He said my sinuses and throat looked fine, but he did prescribe me Nexium. He also stated that he did not feel the tongue coating was thrush. Due to insurance stipulations, I tried Prilosec OTC for 2 weeks, Prevacid for a month and I am now on Aciphex. I don't get a sore throat as often, but I still have the constant coating on my tongue that is usually white, but sometimes yellow. The coating will not scrape or brush off my tongue. I tried the TheraBreath products, but they did not help. It's especially bad on days when I have to talk alot at work. I constantly have thick mucus in the back of my throat and have noticed a direct relationship between the thickness of the mucus and the thickness of the tongue coating. When the coating is really thick, my tongue swells a little toward the back and my teeth irritate the sides of it when I talk. As well, my lips and tongue will become itchy and irritated as if I am experiencing a food allergy even though I haven't eaten in hours. I think my whole digestive system is out of whack right now because I have rumblings and grumblings in my stomach as well as intestines/colon on a regular basis. At times, I also experience some anal itching (even when I have just finished taking a shower). I have always had acne-prone skin, but my acne is currently worse than it has been in years despite using Retin A and Minocycline. I have scheduled to see a GI doctor, but she can't see me until January. Right now the tongue coating is my biggest concern. I am so self-conscious about it at work and I talk to people all day long. I am open to trying almost anything to get my system back on track and appreciate any feedback you can offer regarding possible remedies for my condition"
Ted replies, "Dear Marie: White coating on the tongue is not a virus, it is often a fungus like organism. Table Salt or common salt will not help as it encourages fungus growth. Sea salt often works better as it is alkaline forming.
Allergic reaction or hives to sulfa drugs and antibiotics in general means the body is depleted of B1 thiamine as is often the case as antibiotics reduces the body's vitamin reserves.
If this is taken, the allergic reaction is often stopped. However, I am a bit more careful and may take vitamin B complex. Molybdenum is another important one too that helps reduce both fungus and possibly allergic reaction. When the thiamine and molybdenum are reduced, it often encourages fungus growth, along with the fact that a large majority of antibiotics are acid forming, often lacking in left sided minerals seen on the periodic table.
Often just making a simple borax mouthwash that you do every 30 minutes for about 5 times should stopped most of the problems white tongue problem. But this is just a superficial treatment. If it works, adding a pinch of borax to drinking water should prevent most of the problems.
A few weeks later, I started having symptoms of acid reflux and could literally feel my stomach move and then tiny bubbles in the back of my throat a second later.
Acid reflux is quite common after a long long course on penicillin and other antibiotics. It seems to encourage fungus growth. These create fermentation of foods in stomach. On the other hand a vitamin B deficiency initiated by antibiotics lowers stomach acidity too, causing stomach fermentation. Which is a Catch-22 situation here. The easiest way to stop it is to stop fermentation, restore the vitamin B to the body. Vitamin B, especially B6 after meal or during meal can increase some acidity. Adding plenty of spices, especially thyme, oregano and rosemary along with your foods will reduce fermentation, stopping the acid reflux.
Alkalizing the body, restoring the immune system, will reduce the fungus buildup stopping the acid reflux. A simple remedy is lemon and baking soda, or acv and baking soda. See earthclinic's alkaline page please! White flour, white bread, cakes and all sweets encourages fungus growth and fermentation. Just avoid them and take other foods instead. Drink water with sea salt 1/4 teaspoon per liter of water will also restore alkalinity. But the use of common table salt will cause the body to be very acid, encouraging fungus growth again.
always had acne-prone skin, but my acne is currently worse than it has been
Acne is often a zinc deficiency, but frequently the wrong form of zinc won't help the acne conditions. Zinc acetate, zinc chloride, zinc citrate, or zinc gluconate are the ones I would use. 25 mg/day taken for only 5 days will restore most of the zinc deficiency and after on discretion maybe a weekly basis. A clear evidence is signs of oily face. Lack of zinc puts the sebum production on hyperactivity.
I also use a 1% - 5% zinc chloride solution as a mouthwash to stop the bad breath. However, there is a brand in U.S. that does have some zinc chloride, and it is Lavoris, not much but better than nothing. Before use, just add a teaspoon of borax to the mouthwash solution to help with the fungus issue.
There are many biological terrain issues that encourages fungus growth and it is beyond this email for me to explain them all. However, this should be more than enough to deal with your problems. Ted"
READER QUESTION 12/11/2006: Lisa from Wellington, New Zealand writes, "Hi Ted I thought I'd discovered a gold mine, when I discovered this website and have eagerly read most of questions/answers regarding reflux & the tongue. I have despaired in the hands of conventional medicine and would really appreciate if you would answer my questions. I suffer from reflux, resulting in an acid taste in my mouth plus occasional heartburn. Treatment with Antacid pills makes no difference. Daily Gaviscon after all meals for a week seems to assist with healing the oesophagus and eliminating heartburn. I took Losec for a year which prevented acid build up & heartburn. However for the entire year I suffered weeks of bad nausea, plus bouts of diarrhoea. I was then given antibiotics to treat suspected giardia (which gave no immediate result) and underwent further investigation - biopsies, gastroscopy of the stomach, scans of liver, spleen pancreas, gallbladder & kidneys. All testing results were normal. In order to undergo this testing I had to stop Losec and the nausea disappeared and the diarrhoea stopped. So I have concluded that the Losec was making me nauseous together with lack of acid to digest food thereby causing diarrhoea. After this performance I have decided to try the apple cider vinegar remedy. However I am a little weary as I use to take 1 tablespoon ACV (not Braggs) in a little water twice a day but my throat felt raw, also I have highly reactive tongue. Approx 1-2 minutes after eating or drinking certain foods (kiwifruit, pickled onions, raw pineapple, chilli, tomato based products, cooked tomatoes or spinach?), certain liquids (vinegar, lemon juice) separately or in combination?? my tongue can become: - Swollen (making my speech slurred), puffy & burning. - Cracked ; cracks approx 2mm deep by 5mm long or chunks missing - Patches where the top layer of the tongue has been completely stripped, & hemmed with red raw edges & burning. Covering the tongue in white sugar alleviates the burning immediately, otherwise it takes approx 1 week for the patches to recover; and months for the cracks to close up, all provided I don't consume any further aggravating foods/liquids. I have now just started some steroid cream to hopefully assist healing the tongue. Also I am a habitual cheek biter & chew the inside of my mouth, intially due to stress & anxiety but now a continual habit. My pH, taken 4 times a day over 4 days averages approx 6.7 for the urine & 6.6 for the tongue. My blood results are normal, good B12 & folate. I take 2 multivitams plus 2 iron (due to being a vegetarian) pills a week, together with acidophilus pills after every meal. Plus daily St John's wort for depression. After taking various courses of antibiotics I have been careful to then take supplements to re-establish the enzymes in the gut and mouth/throat. Following your former advice I was going to take the following:
1. For 2 weeks take ¼ teaspoon of baking soda plus juice of ½ a lemon (which seem to be double the size of a small lime) in ½ cup water, once in the morning on an empty stomach & once before bed.
2. Then add 2 tablespoons Braggs apple cider vinegar to the above remedy and take as per the above. Do this for 1 week on and then 1 week off.
3. Take a B complex vitamin pill, once a day for a month. Is the above treatment correct and is there anything else required? Do I need to take the apple cider vinegar remedy through a straw to avoid passing over the tongue or will the baking soda neutralize any damaging effect to the tongue? I assume the apple cider vinegar remedy is a health tonic that can be consumed indefinitely, or is there a specific period I should take it for? Do I need to a mouth wash as well? How should this be prepared & how long should I take. Thank you so much for your time and advice. Lisa, from New Zealand"
Ted replies, "Dear Lisa, I would use baking soda as a mouthwash and take baking soda 1/4 teaspoon three times a day with 1/2 glass of water on an empty stomach. This will raise the bicarbonates. Your swollen tongue appears to be that your mouth is a bit too acid since normally a saliva should exceed pH 7.0 It takes about 2 weeks to get your body to normalize the bicarbonate level it needs. To further normalize your electrolytes lemon with baking soda until there is no more fizz. It is necessary that bread, white flour, pastries are common acid forming food. Soy milk may help as it is more alkaline forming than ordinary milk. Ted"
READER QUESTION 11/28/2006: Christine from Cleveland, OH writes, "Hello - I have been having a strange taste in the back of my throat and sometimes tongue - my GP says it is acid reflux but I do not want to take prescription meds. (have never had a problem before with heartburn or other digestive issues.) I am 3 months postpartum, breastfeeding, and having some anxiety issues as well. Will the baking soda remedy (1/2 tsp, twice a day fore 2 weeks) be the only action necessary? I am generally a very healthy, 34 year old, who exercises regularly. Your help is so greatly appreciated."
Ted replies, "Dear Christine: Just baking soda alone will not work as well.
Having an acid reflux is a side effect of something deeper going inside your body's complex chemistry.
For example eating too fast, getting too stuffed, eating too much of an oily food, for example can also contribute to acid reflux.
Sometimes having too much acid or too little acid in the stomach is a problem. Sometimes it is not having much bicarbonates in the intestines create problem.
In low stomach acid, this can also create acid reflux by fermentation in the stomach, this happens more often than people realize. Fermentation can be reduced after you eat food, you immediately add to the food before you finished spices of thyme, clove, or oregano. Then followed by some non sugared, apple cider vinegar, apple juice, grape juice, or pomegranate juice. In China, they take strong tea after every meal. In Italy they take baking soda. In one peculiar one, taking B6 (pyridoxine HCl) right after meal can also increase stomach acid.
In Bangkok at least, all the cases of acid reflux I have experienced were a very mild case of anorexia which was bought to a complete stop with one single dose either one or more of the following: magnesium chloride, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin B complex, and of course fresh frozen royal jelly.
Toxic buildup in the stomach can also cause acid reflux and for me taking peppermint oil mixed in water can reduce some toxicity.
In case of parasites, such as helicobacter pylori, streptococcus aureus, etc. that might be present can also caused it, bought about from hospital reinfection, endoscopy, food contamination etc. In these unique case, you may have to change the way you cook your food. Simply switch to either using sunflower oil and/or coconut oil, since they can kill these organisms. The active components that kill these organisms are monolaurin (lauric acid) found in coconut oil, and oleic acid and linoleic acid found in sunflower oil seems to help. I would much prefer that vegetable oils in general (except for coconut oil as it can withstand higher heat better) be cooked using lower temperatures, but enough to kill the bacteria. Ted "
READER QUESTION 11/29/2006: Nadia writes, "Hi Ted, I had been taking a handful of chinese parsley for a week, then stopped for a week, and again taken for a week. I also took 100% organic licorice bits (almost the size of tic tacs), 2 in the morning and 2 at night in the third week. I am going to stop on the parsley and licorice for the next week. I'm also taking 1 tbs lecithin everyday. So far the heartburn has not stopped nor has the burning tongue. I could not find food grade borax. I also read about clove oil for nanobacteria in one of your emails. Since I didn't have clove oil, I just put a clove in my mouth and sucked and chewed on it. It stings the tongue while I'm eating it, but amazingly after I'm done eating it, the burning in the tongue almost goes away (about 95%) and the heartburn also gets better (about 90%). This lasts for about 3-4 hours and then everything goes back to where I started. Since I started this regimen, I have also been getting headaches after mid-day. The acne on my face has reduced a bit though. Does this mean that it is working. Should I continue with this? If so, for how long. I also found a chelated calcium/magnesium/zinc supplement that has 1000mg calcium (as carbonate and gluconate), 400 mg magnesium (as oxide and gluconate) and 25 mg zinc (as gluconate and citrate). Should I start taking this as the next resort or is the calcium in it too high. For how many days should I take this. I couldn't find single magnesium and zinc supplements. All I found come in oxide forms. If this doesn't work, then may be I'll try the B-Complex. I have also started taking sodium ascorbate 1000mg since 2 days. Kindly advice on what to do. Thanks in advance, Nadia"
Ted replies, "Dear Nadia: It is clear that your condition is one of fungus like organism causing your burning tongue. In this case sodium ascorbate 1000 mg, and taking baking soda 1/4 teaspoon x times a day mixed in water, morning and early afternoon and early evening on empty stomach should help. Clove leaves are o.k., but you may need to take it more often for every 3 hours.
Be flexible. Consider changing some protocol and consider taking zinc acetate/zinc gluconate instead. Magnesium and calcium we can leave that out later, but it is best that magnesium be taken first for a week or so. Most our food is high in calcium anyway mostly from vegetables. Where do you think cows get their milk? From the grass! Ted"
READER QUESTION 11/13/2006: Sandra writes, "Dear Ted......i have been on a lot of antibiotics for various conditions.....my tongue started burning, and my Dr. gave me nysatin...which I used and my tongue was still raw and burning. It has been 3 months now.....and my tongue is sore to even eat at times. Each Dr. Ive seen has a different opinion, allergies, acid reflux, vitamin deficiency. I did have 2 vitamin B shots and when tests were taken my vitamin b level was ok. I do have SO much gas all the time...even in my throat. Ive even tried accupuncture. Nothing has helped. Please help me. thank you...sandra"
Ted replies, "Dear Sandra: Just take baking soda 1/4 teaspoon twice a day to 1/2 glass of water, once in morning and once in evening and monitor your urinary pH until it becomes 6.5-7.0. You need to take more until it becomes between 6-7. After you take baking soda within 30 minutes you should get that urinary pH by 6-7. To make sure it won't cause worse acid tongue, just add a pinch of potassium bicarbonate if you can.
Acid reflux can be dealt with by taking 2 tablespoon of Apple Cider vinegar plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda also. If you can manage to raise your urinary pH for about 2 weeks, the acid tongue should be entirely gone. There will be ups and downs when you take this, so to prevent this you might take the baking soda for 5 days and off 2 days.
Should you still have difficulty raising the urinary pH to normal levels try another formula such as 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon of citric acid twice a day. It seems to be more effective than the simpler formula in many cases, but some people have problems getting the citric acid. In which case another formula is possible, which is one whole lime/lemon (quite large I must admit) so some will prefer 1/2 lime/lemon and add baking soda until the fizz stops and add water to 1/2 glass of water. You can take it twice a day. It important that at least for me to use the one whole lemon or lime in practice as the vitamin C are still fresh and not oxidized and this is why I prefer one whole lemon, the ORP (Oxidation Reduction Potential) will cause the body to be in optimum values much quicker. Lemon especially lime with the baking soda, in theory should worked as good as many healing springs in their pH, buffering and ORP values and if more people do this, many will find the healing properties for many illness. It has potassium, phosphorous, and other minerals that the body needs in fairly good proportions enough for the body to normalize most parameters. Ted"
READER QUESTION 11/7/2006: Tracey from Mesquite, TX writes, "I take Toprol to slightly lower my heartrate, Norivam for anxiety and occasionally Prevacid for acid reflux and a small esophageal ulcer. I was recently told to start taking Zocor to lower cholesterol but am leary about more meds. Will the acv method interfere with the current meds that I am taking? I am also waking up many mornings feeling very stiff and achy. I have noticed frequent headaches in the last month and a metal taste in my mouth but my doctors have not been able to attribute it to anything specific. Any ideas?"
Ted replies, "Dear Tracey: Taking ACV is like a food, so usually it will not interfere. Taking too many doctors' meds can cause this. However, this can be helped by taking about 1000 mg of sodium ascorbate vitamin C and vitamin B complex, where B1, B2, B3, B5, B6 are about 100 mg, except for B12 at 100 mcg. Taking 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda with 1/2 glass of water and 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda before bedtime, you body should be mostly restored the next day.
in the last month and a metal taste in my mouth but my doctors have not been able to attribute it to anything specific
When the body is full of bugs (bacteria, fungus), especially if your body is acid, they tend to create free radical metals and hence, the metallic tastes. A simple way to remove that is add 1 tablespoon of sunflower oil plus 1 drop of peppermint oil to detoxify and do oil pulling, to remove the heavy metals and toxins out of the body. Also it important to keep taking baking soda for about 2 weeks to increase the alkalinity thus killing the bugs. Once the bugs are killed, the acid reflux will be gone. Taking some zinc acetate and do briefly (3 day) iodine painting on the feet 3 square inches, will also help with your acid reflux condition by raising your immune system. Ted"
READER QUESTION: LOSS OF TASTE 11/6/2007: Cheryl from Jackson, NJ writes, "Dear Ted, my problem started about (1) week ago. All of a sudden I began to lose taste in my mouth, everything that I eat tastes like salt even when a place a piece of chocolate in my mouth. Since I can't taste anything I beginning to put too much salt or sugar in all of my cooking. As a result of this, I don't have an appetite because I know that everything that I eat will taste salty. Do you have any idea what this could be, I am very concerned and everyone that I talk to has never heard of an incident like this. I don't want it to go on too much longer but I thought that I would ask your opinion first before seeing a doctor. I look forward to your response. Thank you, Cheryl"
Ted replies, "Dear Cheryl: Doing by eating sugar/salt will only worsen the condition. Reduce your sugar concentration to reserve the body ridding itself of zinc and chromium. You appear to have a long term zinc deficiency. So to get well balanced, just take zinc citrate (or zinc acetate) 50 mg. for about a week, then stop. Then decide whether to do it further, if so do it on alternate weeks. Take magnesium chloride, or magnesium citrate or magnesium acetate would be fine. Then to further restore the taste buds, just take vitamin B complex, the 100 mg. kind, with B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B8, except for B12 at 100 mcg. Since you are taking too much sugar, you need to restore the chromium also. Just take chromium chloride, or chromium supplements to restore that and top everything with several grams of brewer's yeast. Your taste should restore itself within the beginning of the second week. Ted"
READER QUESTION 11/6/2006: Joanne from Hartland, WI writes, "I have a terrible taste in my mouth. It tastes like a dirty dishrag. I was to the dentist and the doctor and they cannot find any thing wrong. I have had it for 5 weeks now. I need help. I do not feel like eating or drinking anything and am becoming nauseated from the taste. Help me."
Ted replies, "Dear Joanne: The dirty dish rag tastes in the mouth is either a imbalances in mineral, electrolytes, pH imbalance, or excess free radical heavy metal or any combination of it. So the best way is just to get all your body's chemical imbalances to normal.
If you can get a heavy metal tester, check your urine first. Certain heavy metals will check for presences of free radical heavy metals. Here in Thailand, more than 90% of all people are tested positive for heavy metals, either copper, zinc, or mercury and cadmium. While EDTA is quite effective in copper, zinc and lead, it does have some limitations in handling the much heavier mercury and cadmium. Assuming you don't want to buy or can't buy these tester, then just eat some fresh chinese parsley. These should help reduce the heavy metals anyway and it won't cost that much.
Correcting the imbalances body's pH and oxidation reduction potential can be done with one formula, one whole freshly squeezed lemon, add water to 1/2 glass, then keep adding baking soda at 1/4 teaspoon interval until it the reacted solution tastes like water or until the fizz is no longer apparent. This simple formula will correct both the bicarbonate deficiency, pH imbalances, and the body's antioxidant levels all at the same time. It will also correct somewhat imbalances in electrolyte as well.
Just to make sure the electrolytes are balanced, then just take some sports drink, only one per day is more than enough.
Fulvic acid should help balance out the mineral imbalance. Again if you can't find it, then try something really simple. Get sea salt. Just add 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt per liter of drinking water. Sea salt contains traces of mineral anyway.
My experience has been that lack of appetite is often a vitamin B complex deficiency. Taken at 100 mg. of B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B8 and 100 mcg. of B12, for example, taken only once a day should do the trick.
Since I am getting increasingly conservative, my rule of thumb is if you get better after taking vitamin B complex, then you should discontinue taking them. Just take enough, but don't overdo it. In most cases the appetite should restore, if not then take some multivitamin and mineral to give the extra push. These are just the basics. Ted"
READER QUESTION 11/5/2006: Roberta from Key West, FL writes, "I am having constant acid. I find that my acid does not occur in the throat area but instead (unforunately) during bowel movements. I do have a constant bad taste in my mouth and have been told by the Doctors that they felt it was GERD. Nobody can seem to answer for me why the acid is soooooo bad in the stool area and how to fix this problem. The Doctors have perscribed to me Nexium, Prilosec, Protonix and they all give me a terrible headache after two days of taking them. I have changed my whole eating plan to a Akaline Food Plan and still have no relief. I am starting to worry because this happens on a daily basis and has been going on over 6 months. Please Help!"
Ted replies, "Dear Roberta; To be sure, just measure your urinary pH and your saliva pH to confirm that you are acid. Whenever your intestines appear to be overly acid, this means the body's electrolytes imbalance is bad enough that it is throwing out acid.
If the saliva is also acid, then it obvious for the bad taste. The bacteria tends to grow well in an acid medium.
Assuming you have an acid condition, you need to take a freshly squeezed lemon juice and add at 1/4 teaspoon interval baking soda until the fizz stop, then add water.
This should help the body neutralized some acid and give the body the needed phosphates, vitamin C and citrates and some bicarbonates to neutralized some bad taste in your mouth. Citrates is known to be a weak form of antibiotic and kills off the germs.
The other problem about acid is the issue of sugar and starches which you should avoid and fried food. Just eat bake, boiled, or grilled fish and some vegetables. Take some chlorophyll supplements should help detoxify something. Often an acid stool is when the body's might have some toxic buildup in the guts due to uncontrollable flora imbalance. Therefore avoid starchy, carbohydrate rich food and milk. Take some soy will help since they don't seem to disturb the intestinal flora negatively as a milk does, especially if you have lactose intolerance. The manganese in the soy should also provide the body with the antioxidants in the form of manganese superoxide dismutase, which is good and should reduce the bad mouth taste.
Therefore, taking some yogurt, might help restore this condition too. Most bad breath can also be due to a zinc deficiency and the body cannot fight off the bacteria. So taking some zinc acetate and some sodium molybdate, can both kill of the bacteria through the actions of zinc and molybdate to restore the body's pH and yet provide the copper zinc balance the body needs.
Of course yours may be unusual because from most people with an acid condition, constipation rules, but in your case there is no mention. A leaky gut syndrome is a possibility and therefore magnesium will help. Depending upon your condition of the intestines whether they are diarrhea or constipation is critical to my understanding. For example diarrhea, I will know that you have a lot of bacteria that the body cannot handle. In that case reducing this and reduce the bacteria through the use of bentonite clay taken or activated charcoal could help. But if it was one of constipation, the a sea salt 1 teaspoon plus 1 teaspoon baking soda should solve the constipation and clearing out your intestinal area.
Finally do not eat a heavy meal in the evening. Eat only light foods, such as salads or fruit drinks or something that will not disturb your intestinal tract while you sleep. That way the body will not be logged up with undigested foods. Eat slowly and chew a lot. This should help restore and reduce undigested food responsible for your unhealthy intestinal problems. If you can find it, take plenty of fulvic acid and the intestinal floral should normalized within a couple of days. Ted"
READER QUESTION 10/24/2006: Cynthia from Nashville, TN writes, "I have swollen lips, tongue, have burning sore tongue and lips. Lips cracked at creases of mouth, lips peeling. I have been having this problem since 8/22/06. It is becoming unbearable, especially at night, feel like I have alot of acid in mouth. I have a problem with salivary stone in gland under tongue. Could this be causing problem or is it acid reflux? I have been to a Surgeon that wants to surgically remove stone and possibly gland. He states mouth problems not related to salivary stone, but sounds like an allergy. After reading your comments I feel like it is acid mouth, not allergy. Stopped eating fresh tomatoes and taking supplements. I have a problem taking pills feel like I have a narrow passage way in throat. Pills sometime get stuck and choke me."
Ted replies, "Cynthia: Long term acidity, too much calcium and too little magnesium often leads to high circulation of blood calcium as the body desperately seek to alkalize the body this way.
To reduce the high blood calcium you need to alkalize or give the body sufficient bicarbonates so that this will reduce. However once the stones are form it is quite difficult to remove by just normalizing it. Removal is one way, but to remove the glands along with it is in my opinion an extreme. If the stones are not large enough, normalizing it by taking bicarbonates will very slowly dissolve the stone.
It is however important to measure salivary pH and urinary pH to really determine if your body is too high in phosphates or too low in bicarbonates. If salivary pH is over 7.5, it means you have too high in phosphates. But it urinary pH is below 6, it means your bicarbonates is depleted. Long term depletion bicarbonates or excess phosphates will create stones.
If not enough bicarbonates, than taking a minimum of 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/2 glass water before bedtime and 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in the morning will help restore urinary pH. If this dose is too low, then you try to increase your dosage accordingly to reach that pH. If your salivary pH is also acidic, then it will be below pH 6.5, then phosphates is below normal. If salivary pH is over 7.5 then it is excess phosphates. Assuming you have acidic salivary pH, then taking only 1/8 teaspoon of disodium phosphate only once a day and 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda twice a day minimum should restore it to normal. Adjust your dose accordingly all of them are just minimum dose. You are very likely to use much more.
A much simpler way is just to take one whole freshly squeezed lemon, which will have potassium, vitamin C, citric acid, and some phosphate anyway. All you have to do is take it twice a day, but add water to 1/2 glass, and keep adding baking soda at 1/4 teaspoon intervals until the fizz reduces. The lemon should taste almost like water. The stones therefore will no longer get bigger and will very slowly get smaller, if it is tiny, but large stones will take very long time to do it.
Finally you need to consider taking magnesium supplements which is antagonistic to calcium. I remember reading some water heater where there is calcium deposits buildup and they use powerful magnets, preferably North magnets, to slowly dissolve it. So perhaps getting some very powerful magnets might help also. Taking some disodium EDTA supplements might also help dissolve stones. Of course those path often depends on your doctor's advice anyway. Generally, I am a bit pessimistic on really dissolving large stones in such a short period.
There is some medical device that uses ultrasound to breakup stones in the kidney, but I am not sure if that is applicable in your situation, you just have to ask your doctor for that. Ted"
READER QUESTION: Combination of Many Symptoms 10/16/2006: Diane from Somerset, England writes, "I found your site in desperation after all conventional methods for my problems had failed. I am oil pulling as I do this because I need to ask some questions. I have had problems for 5 months. They started with a bladder/urinary tract infection for which I was given antibiotics. Them I had all sorts of problems. Cyctitis, thrush, sore and swollen vagina, very bad wind and belching, lots of intertinal pain, fizzing in bladder/intestines, sore feeling around my anus (but no redness), blood in my urine. I had a kidney scan which showed nothing but I had a lot of back pain, blood tests which nere negative (against what I'm not sure). I went to another clinic after my doctor said I had nothing and they said I had BV and severe thrush for which I was treated. I had a couple of weeks free of anything then things started up again. I had rumblings down below againand my neck and shoulder started to hurt again (they hurt from the start). My tongue and lips tingled from the start too and they got worse and the roof of my mouth tingled too. My tongue they went yellow and thickly coated. My left arm started to go numb, like opins and needles, and sometimes my legs would go too. At this moment in time my neck and left shoulder hurt all the time. My throat is sore and I feel like I have something stuck in my throat all the time. My sides hurt and so does my back and my left arm is continually tingling. My vagina tingles and my bottom is feeling sore (again with no signs). My tongue is still coated despite some oral gel I was given by the doctor. I have also had some more antibiotics (the sixth lot since this started I think). I have tried oil pulling, acv and bicarbonate of soda but I am not sure how much and whereas your site has so much info on it. Can Ted, or anyone, help me. No one seems to have seen my combination of symptoms and the doctors I have seen are less than helpful, one told me it was all in my mind and gave me antidepressants and one told me my time was up and to leave her surgery. Can you help me to make sense of what I have? Thank You."
Ted replies, "Dear Diane: It seems you have a simple case of the fungus/mycoplasma issue. Methods of detection currently in used are extremely primitive, but the symptoms are all there.
Since your conditions started after taking antibiotics, it is a well known fact that antibiotics cause heavy metal retention in the kidneys. The major food sources of most fungus/mycoplasma is indeed the heavy metals, which starts a major chain reaction of thrush and other things. The best way out given your situation is obviously to lower your heavy metals by oral EDTA chelation.
However, my methods are somewhat different based on my own tests, the most effective means of delivery is to put in about 1/4 teaspoon of disodium EDTA to the drinking water and drink this as "normal water" throughout the day.
The second issue is to find a way to treat the fungus, by raising the immune system. So taking zinc acetate 50 mg/day, manganese 50 mg/day (do not exceed over one month), and sodium molybdate (take it until conditions are gone but not over one month) at 25 mg/day. Those short lists should solve the yeast issues.
Urinary tract infection can amazingly enough be easily be cured without antibiotics. Just take heaping teaspoonful of sea salt to one full glass of water. One dose is all you will ever need. I have discovered this after suffering for months of urinary tract infection and through painful trial and error, the obvious was overlooked. Therefore on somedays when you are not taking your EDTA, just add 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt to all your drinking water. Most water in UK is both fluoridated and chlorinated, so these two have a deadly combinations of suppressing the immune systems. To diminish this problem, just add 1/8 teaspoon of borax to detox the fluoride, and 10 drops of 10% sodium thiosulfate solution to neutralize the chlorine in 1 liter of drinking water.
As to that strange yellow thick coat in your tongue, I once had that too. Just prepare a 1% zinc chloride solution and use this as a mouthwash. It's the fungus causing it. Since antibiotics tend to destroy the vitamin B complex in your body, just take them to help with the numbing conditions. Get a good brand, the ones where the most Bs have 50 or 100 mg. Ted"
Diane writes again: "Thank you for Ted's comments. I have now moved to Nottingham and have found an holistic practicioner who agrees with a lot of info from your site. I have taken Teds remedies on board and am feeling a lot better. I am not sure where to get the disodium though as i am not sure what it is. I am on the zinc and B vitamins etc though. I am still oil pulling and have found that my face is a lot smoother. The hydrogen peroxide must be working along with the other remedies but I'm not sure which is the best method, inhalation or drinking. Can Ted help me on this? also how much do I need for prevention once I have been cured? The ACV and Bicarb seem to be giving me more energy also so all in all htings are looking up! Thank you"
Ted replies, "Dear Diane: Disodium EDTA is a chelating substance which removesfree heavy metals from the source, such as drinkingwater for example. Assuming I am tested postive forfree heavy metal in my urine, then adding 1/4-1/2teaspoon of Disodium EDTA to one liter of water willcause my urine to be free of the heavy metals. Oneexception to the EDTA is that it only chelates thefree heavy metals. I will drink this one liter ofwater over the course of a day. If I drink more thanone liter, I will add EDTA also to the second liter ofwater, for example.However oil pulling is also great for removing heavymetals from your body too, such that I sometimes referthis as oil chelation. However, most bacteria,mycoplasma and heavy metals tend to be oil solubleorganisms making oil pulling one way to reduce theproblem.Most food processor should have disodium EDTA as afood preservative so you might obtain it from thatsource, but different countries are subjected todifferent controls. Most difficult for me, to obtainany chemicals appears to be UK. I do not know whyperhaps restrictions in the sale of chemicals.Once you are cured, maintenance dose of 1/2 teaspoonof bicarbonates are needed, which can be distributedto two doses at 1/4 teaspoon in the morning and 1/4teaspoon before bedtime. Howeve,r it is becoming increasingly evident that certain people do need thisagain around 11.00 a.m. as a preventive of certainsymptoms from appearing, which often occurs around12.00 p.m. to about 4.00 p.m., when the body is most stressed.Ted "
Re H202: drinking or inhaling -- Depends on the condition. If the pathogens is in the lungs and sinus, then the inhalation method. If it is in the blood, then it is drinking a couple of drops of H2O2. Often if I have a fever, then it is in the blood, if I have breathing problems, runny nose, then it is inhalation. On the other hand if it is sore throat, coughs, or colds that the source you feel is in the area of the mouth or the throat, then H2O2 mouthwash gargle works best. If there is cold sores, or viral skin condition, then it is topical applications work best. It all depends where the bugs are located. Ted"
READER QUESTION 10/13/2006: Janet from Philadelphia writes, "Hi Ted, I wanted to thank you for your feedback. Back in July I wrote an email but didn't realize you so kindly answered it. I do think that I have a scarcity of electrolytes. My blood sodium was rather low in my last blood test. I STILL have a kind of bicarbonate taste in my mouth and rather dry burning skin. But I am currently working on the electrolyte issue. I also think that unmetabolized supplements may account for some of the strange skin sensations. I didn't succeed with Magnesium and B6 although they are probably needed. I am also currently trying a rather new product for me, Green Magma. I can let you know how it is affecting my system. It seems rather sound in that it has organic minerals, much easier to assimilate, I presume."
Ted replies, "Dear Janet: It is quite common for people have an electrolyte imbalance. Most common imbalances are sodium, potassium, magnesium, phosphates, and bicarbonates, while calcium often is too much.
The second issue is pH. Sometimes litmus paper can help measure this problem, your urine pH should be around 6.5-7.3 It seems like your salivary pH is way over 7.5 since you mention of "bicarbonate" saliva. Often when pH saliva is over 7.5 it means your body have excess phosphates. Sodium is often antagonistic to phosphate and increase in this MIGHT reduce phosphate. The only way to be sure is to see if the saliva pH is reduced. However the easiest way is to stay away from phosphate rich foods. Sometimes supplements put too much phosphates as "fillers".
The third issue is mineral imbalances. Yes, organic minerals will help. Also try adding 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt per liter of water too. It will just help balance it too, since sea salt do contain traces of mineral. Just to give you some idea why sea salt can be important in some ways is go here: http://oceanplasma.org/English/frames.html
Try getting some Oral Rehydration packs, while not complete as it contains sodium, potassium and glucose, it does balance the sodium/potassium issue. They are usually sold in drug stores and most pharmacists should help you. Ted"
READER QUESTION 9/28/2006: Linda from Barnesville, OH writes, "please help I have acid reflex and i've been on Nexium for a long time and I have low potassium and magnesium and they won't stay up. If I stop taking Nexium, my mouth will burn and acid comes up in my mouth,and I so sick, but i think the Nexium is taking my potassium and magnesium out of my body. please help Linda"
Ted writes, "This depends on how it was consumed. Magnesium can be best absorbed in powdered form and not tablet form because they won't dissolve in your stomach. The preferred form is magnesium citrate powdered, or magnesium chloride powdered, where you mix in water and drink it. As for potassium. The body will be best absorbed if you take a powdered form of potassium citrate, or perhaps take some electrolyte salt packs they sell in drug store, commonly called oral hydration. They will often formulate using either potassium citrate or potassium chloride. I prefer the potassium citrate since it tends to regulate the body's pH. Usually the drugs, will cause the body to rid of potassium, which is true and it may also be why the body can't hold up the potassium and magnesium.
As a result, you may have to take more of it, not take less. The average dose for potassium is 250 mg and magnesium is 250 mg. Just slowly increase the dose where it does hold so you can discontinue whatever that is causing the lost of potassium and magnesium. Most diuretics tend to cause the body to loose much more and as a result you still have to compensate the loss. Ted"
READER QUESTION 10/2/2006: Ray from Augusta, GA: "Last year I was on missions trip in India. One morning when I awoke, one side of my toungue was swollen. This was the first time this had ever happened. Within several hours the swelling subsided. Since then, my tongue has swollen about once every week or two, mostly during the night, sometimes during the day. I have also had small swollen areas from time to time on various regions of my body. I have tracked my eating and find no common connection. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks for the help and such a great site for natural cures."
Ted writes, "Dear Ray: There are several possibilities of swollen tongue. However the most obvious is viral pathogens or nutritional deficiencies and reduce the inflammation.
Whenever the body has nutritional deficiencies, it reacts in reaction to certain unknown toxins, such as food preservatives to cause a swollen tongue. The body gets allergic to easily. So to cover most of the base that cause it, you can try the following:
1. Vitamin B complex, 3 times a day where most Bs are of 100 mg each, with exception of B12 at 100 mcg. You may be help most from B1, and B12 but we should just take all of the Bs is best.
2. Prepare a mouthwash and wash it often with a saturated solution of baking soda, 3-4 times per day. The baking soda will neutralize the whatever viral problems you have, but this does not completely eliminate it unless you start taking some zinc acetate, or zinc citrate or zinc gluconate supplements to raise your immune systems. Along with that, also take selenium yeast 200 mcg, and kelp.
3. Sometimes taking 1/4 teaspoon baking soda plus 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar taken twice a day will reduce the incidence of swollen tongue by reducing the inflammation that the body is reacting against.
4. Alkalize. When the body have more oxygen, the pathogens get killed easier. So take 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/4 teaspoon citric acid (or lemon juice - but whole lemons as a substitute) to 1/2 glass of warm water.
My mother used to suffer from swollen tongue. Initially, by applying pure vinegar to the swollen tongue did help, until it was discovered that a tiny fish bones got stuck in her tongue and was later removed after eating, but the healing never set in. So what she did was apply a dental paste on the tongue for a couple of nights and the healing did progress. I would assume it is not a foreign material lodged causing the swollen tongue, but I will mention it anyway, in case this were the cause. Ted"
READER QUESTION 9/28/2006: Myra from PA writes, "Hi Ted, My husband has had acid reflux problem for several years and recently he says he has a cold and dripping feeling in his upper right abdomen and a weird bitter taste in his mouth. He is taking Nexium and Mylanta currently. Could it have something to do with his electrolyte imbalance? Also in summertime he needs tremendous amount of iced tea otherwise he get splitting headaches and would sweat like crazy in the middle of the night. He says he needs the sugar and the caffeine. We tried Gatorade, Pedialyte, honey with salt water but iced tea seems to help the most. We try to help him lose weight but with the amount of sugar in the iced tea, it is hard. Please advise. Thanks!"
Ted replies, "Myra: Iced tea is high in tannins and is commonly an antioxidant. My guess is to try taking either ascorbic acid vitamin C or sodium ascorbate, in the amount of 1000 mg./day twice a day. Since I have no way of knowing his urinary pH, my best guess is to try the vitamin c ascorbic acid first, which might resolve the weird bitter taste in his mouth. However, to be on the safe side, it is best taken with half and half, which means ascorbic acid and sodium ascorbate taken ltogether. I haven't seen any vitamin C formulations done that way, but I do know that you can buy them separately and taken together. The vitamin C should put his body to antioxidation level, but I have no way of knowing either his urinary sugar, ORP, or pH. However, if this suggestion is right most or all of his headache should be gone the next day. Ted"
READER QUESTION 9/15/2006: Nancy from Houston, TX writes, "I bought regular baking soda. the branch is arm & hammer. I notice yesterday taht it has 150 mg of Sodium. am i using the right one? The sodium its not to much? thank you The website is wonderful"
Ted replies, "Nancy: Arm & Hammer are generally o.k. If you worry about sodium, tnen take some potassium supplemnts to balance out the excess sodium. Potassium bicarbonate are relatively hard to find for most consumer, but you should find it easier to get potassium supplements from the drug store easier. Ted"
READER QUESTION 9/15/2006: Deborah from Brooklyn, NY writes, "The first time I went to the doctor I was diagnosed with gastritis. He gave me nexium. That was about 5 year ago. I haven't felt any releif with the medication. my symptoms are at time bloating, gas, stomache etc. I really don't get alot of heartburn but I always have a an acid taste in my mouth. I have all day and I also wake up with the acid in my mouth also burning in the tongue. any suggestions."
Ted replies, "Deborah: Yes. Take 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda twice a day for at least two weeks. Add a pinch of potassium citrate or potassium bicarbonate, if you can find it! Most of the acid taste should disappear. It is important to try to use baking soda as a mouthwash to neutralized whatever acids left in your mouth at least 3-4 times a day. Ted"
READER QUESTION 9/15/26: Susan from NY, NY writes, "I was first diagnosed with gastritis 5 years ago due to taking motring for a long period of time. I have all the common symptom like bloating, gas, regurgitation, bile reflux etc. Like 2 years after I was diagnosed I have been suffering from excessive acid in my mouth day and night. I don't know what to do it is very uncomfortable I have to be eating tums all day because of the sour tast in my mouth and tongue. any suggestions. Please help desperate."
Ted replies, "Dear Susan: Nexium isn't going to help you that much. You need to solve the cause. The acid taste is excess acid buildup in your body. Take 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/2 glass of water twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. Continue to do this for 2 weeks before you noticed an improvement. Always try to add a pinch of potassium citrate, or potassium bicarbonate if you can find it. Apple cider sometimes helps too, but just stick to the baking soda first. Certain supplements seem to control pH, such as molybdenum and certain foods such as watermelon. People who are acid forming, need to avoid acid forming food like milk, bread, and sugar. Ted"
READER QUESTION 9/15/2006: Marc from MI writes, "Much like an above question- I've been suffering from mysterious sore throat for last 2 years, but never actual heartburn. ENT prescribed PPIs for acid reflux. I did ph-24 showed signs of acid reflux. I've done all the diet/habit changes and Nexim 1 then2 a day for months did nothing. Will any of these ACV or baking soda things work for me....(possible LPR not GERD patient....or are these cures just for heartburn related issues? if not ACV etc...what can I use for this throat pain, any suggesstions. Thank you Marc"
Ted replies, "Dear Marc: There are several causes of acid reflux, which of course time doesn't permit me to explain them. But baking soda obviously will buffer any acid problems you are having and when you do take it, the body will store these baking soda in the form of bicarbonate buffers to prevent acid buildup form occuring. ACV is used for acid reflux usually to remove or detoxify the body to repair itself against acid reflux as well as certain elements of alkaline forming ACV to reduce the acid problems.
Taking some molybdenum supplements might also help as molybdenum tends to control pH through indirect control of sugar. Manganese may also help too. Excess free radical from fried foods, vegetable oils may also cause acid reflux, so avoiding sugars and oils will help. If pathogen is at issue, zinc, selenium and brewer's yeast supplements will help. Pathogens for some reason seem to cause acid reflux in certain cases, so building body's immune system might help. Ted"
READER QUESTION E from St. Augustine, FL writes, "Thanks for your info! This is what the 'Net was originally intended for, free exchange of data! You helped me! Now, if I could just get rid of the GI Tract problem. I find I have loose stools with increased frequency as the day progresses. I thought it was too much flaxseed oil. Switched to meal, and my gut was OK for a day or two and then, whamo--back to diarrhea. I'm losing minerals, I realize. It's been a few months. I drink lots of green tea, with honey. Take L-Carnitine several times a day, but that's never bothered me before. No fried foods, no dairy, no meat, no wheat -- well, just reintroduced wheat germ, again--no coffee, no alcohol, no white flour products. I wonder if it IS the wheat gluten. I'm in great shape; cholesterol where it should be. Only 2 symptoms, acid taste and loose stools. Can you please e-mail me, as I may miss your answer on this site. I work almost 24/7. Praise God! Thanks."
Ted responds, "Dear E: When you take baking soda, take it on an empty stomach. Wait at least 1 hour before taking food and wait at least 1 hour if you want to take it after you eat food. Baking soda don't mix well with salt. Salt is a commonly added to our food which might cause diarrhea or loose stools. In fact my remedy for constipation is baking soda plus sea salt. It works in minutes. Therefore it is necessary to take baking soda without taking on anything. It is o.k. to add baking soda with ACV. My other take is vitamin B5 (panthenol or pantothenic acid) and magnesium chloride also helps gastrointestinal distress, but it works best on an empty stomach too. Ted"
Earth Clinic responds: We suggest you also try Turmeric for loose stools. It cures diarhhea within an hour or two.
8/22/26: E writes again, "Today, while exercising in a thunderstorm I developed an intense rash on my upper body. It wasy itchy and looked like a Niacin Flush, but worse! Prior to exercise, I had taken Niacin and I have been having an acid taste in my mouth, and the boric acid I take causes a major "belch". (I wrote you previously, so this is a P.S. but the rash was pretty unbelievable!)."
Ted responds, "Never use boric acid and niacin together. Taking boric acid and niacin together will cause an unbelievable flush. They are synergistics in ways that are very unfavorable to you. I make a general rule never to use boric acid in most remedies, but to use either sodium perborate or borax.
The best approach is to use sodium borate (borax) and niacinamide. I prefer to use niacinamide instead of niacin. If you insist on using niacin, then take aspirin 3 minutes before taking niacin. It will stop the flush. Ted"
READER QUESTION: 7/3/26: Chloe from Fresno, CA writes, "Since the age of 12 (I am now 4), I have a weird habit of biting my tongue at night. Not every night, just sometimes. I usually wake myself up as I am piercing one section of my tongue, but at that point the pain feels so good, I keep going for a while, chomping away. I don' t have masochistic tendencies, but I realized that I am releasing endorphins by inducing pain! In the morning I am usually left with a very raw tongue, which takes a few days to heal. Any ideas what causes me to do this and how to stop it?"
Earth Clinic responds: There must be a handful of people around the world who have this biting tongue at night issue! This is the 2nd email in 2 years that we have received about a night-time biting tongue habit... This habit is very similar to people who cut themselves to experience an endorphin high. We suggest you try eliminating acidic food from your last meal of the day, especially tomatoe sauce (fresh tomatoes are ok). The extreme acidity of the food may be triggering this odd response. Let us know if this works! It did for a friend of ours...
READER QUESTION: 7/4/26: Grace from Nairobi, Africa writes, "My tongue has a problem and looks swollen on one side and with wounds as patches. I want to try the taking of plenty of magnesium supplements and rinsing using sodium bicarbonate or potassium and supplementing with magnesium or potasium. i hope it works for me as i have had pain for the last two months with this tongue of mine."
Ted responds, "If you have a swollen tongue, it is quite common that this is a vitamin deficiency, virus, bacteria, or an allergy. You can solve most of the swollen tongue likely by taking a vitamin B12 shot first, then followed by taking vitamin B complex (B1, B2, B3, B6, and B12). Most swollen tongue have their causes from a vitamin B3 or B6 defiency, so just continue taking a fairly large dose of vitamin B complex for an entire month. Just follow the label package you buy. The key is to take over the RDA by at least 3% which is usually seen at a therapeutic.
Assuming you cannot get vitamin B complex, then just eat partially cooked liver of at least 5 grams/meal for 3 meals and this should help too. By partially cooked liver I mean the liver is only boiled less than 3 seconds and the liver is still soft and uncooked when you sliced it to the center of the liver. Just the bare covering of outer portions of liver looks cook, but still have some blood to it. We just cook enough to kill of the external bacteria, while preserving the vitamins you need.
The virus/bacteria issue can easily be resolve with taking a potassium carbonate 1% solution to be used as a mouthwash. Of course, you may not find this, so the second best thing is to try a 2% solution of baking soda (they don't dissolve that much) plus some potassium carbonate to use as a mouth wash every so many hours until the conditions reduced itself. The one nice thing about these weak alkaline is that they tend to kill most of the bacteria/viruses responsible. If this doesn't work, just add sea salt at about 2% concentration.
The issue of allergy is usually having to do with a milk allergy more so than a soy milk allergy. Taking plenty of vitamin Bs will eliminate most allergies due to deficiency, but certain diets can cause it too. Of course milk allergy is quite common, and the other is probably monosodium glutamate.
In case you have an antibiotic allergies, e.g. sulfa drugs, or sulfites then these antibiotic allergies should be gone with taking of vitamin B complex, in particular is vitamin B1 thiamine, where antibiotics tend to deplete the body bringing on unexpected, swollen tongue allergy. This is at least my observations.
As an extra measure against swollen tongue, taking internally 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon of citric acid in 1/2 glass of water should relieve you of inflammation of the tongue as this formula is usually anti-inflammatory (sodium citrate). Vitamin C will also relieve a swollen tongue, but preferably sodium ascorbate. If your place have neither citric acid, baking soda or even vitamin C, then just get lemon juice. I am sure you can get lemon as it has most of the ingredients I listed. There is no way I can guess at all the causes, but this will usually help. If I guess right it should be reduced by the next day. Doing for a couple of days the condition should go away. Ted"
READER QUESTION 7/1/26: Janet from Philadelphia writes, "Yesterday I made apple cider vinegar and honey in the morning, hoping I would feel better during the day but it seemingly didn't work. I have had chronic digestion problems for so many years I can't even count and tried so many things. I woke up yesterday with a strong taste of bicarbonate in my mouth as I have also today with a kind of mild burning skin irritation and eyes as well.
I suspect that I have a kind of compensatory alkalosis for a rather extreme acid condition but this is only conjecture. My cholesterol is also very high so I wonder if the unprocessed fatty acids are causing the problem, or even unmetabolized vitamins that I have been wont to take, hoping THEY would help as well. Anyway, thoughts or feedback would be appreciated."
Ted replies, "Dear Janet: You seem to have a severe form of electrolytic imbalance. Electrolytes occur in form of salts (sodium, calcium, potassium, chloride, magnesium, phosphorus and bicarbonate) and you can get laboratory studies of the blood serum and see which of your electrolytes you have imbalance.
Where I live, I cannot afford such services, so I prepare my own electrolyte solution which often includes magnesium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, calcium chloride and a small amounts of potassium phosphate. The formula is usually based on a Ringer's Solution scientist used to keep tissue alive in Petri dishes, for example.
The other possible issue could be oil imbalance, usually evening primrose and fish oil will help. The possible vitamin deficiency is perhaps vitamin B complex.
Alkalosis is usually due to electrolyte imbalance and you should find the answer when doing a blood serum tests. My wild guess appears to be a chloride deficiency whenever an alkalosis exists since most chloride are rather acidic. Ted"
7/27/26: Simmone from Malaysia writes, "Ted: Someone adulterated my listerine mouthwash and it burnt my tongue; after rinsing off, I took my toothbrush to brush of the chemicals, but the toothbrush caused many small cuts on my tender tongue. It has been four months and I can see small cuts all over my tongue which is painful; especially when the condition of my tongue is acidic. Can the cuts heal? Even blisters can heal in a week but not these cuts. Please advise"
Ted replies, "Simmone: Tongues often heal faster then any part of your body with possible exception that either the tongue is severely burned or that the body's pH balance is not in balanced. Acid tongue is a common condition I have seen and the best way to stop the acid tongue so the tongue can heal is to prepare a baking soda mouth wash and neutralized the acid as often as possible. This means 1 or 2 mouthwash with baking soda a day. Also it is necessary to take twice a day 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda for at least two weeks to reduce this condition.
It is also important to add 1/8 teaspoon of either potassium citrate or potassium bicarbonate also so that both the intracellular or extracellular fluids is properly buffered with the baking soda and potassium bicarbonate. Once the acid tongue is removed, then it is possible for the tongue to heal. Many times an oral paste (use to treat mouth ulcers) applied to the tongue will really help it heal by keeping the tongue dry. Many drug store will have oral pastes, but usually for gums however this can be applied to the tongue.
Toothbrushes are often not a good vehicle for brushing the tongues since often the bristles can be quite hard especially for sensitive tongue. You need to find a fairly soft bristles if it is possible or just avoid them especially this time while the tongue is healing itself. Ted"
READER QUESTION 4/26/26: Mike writes us, "I have suffered slightly from acid reflux at night over the years, had a very bad session New Years day this year. Went to doctor, he prescribed prilosec. Had 2 bad sessions in the next week, 1 during the day, undigested food sitting in the back of my throat. In desperation, I went out on the net and found the Apple Cider Vinegar & honey cure. I tried it and everything seemed to be going well, plus losing weight, etc. I still sleep through the night with no acid surprises, but I am experiencing an acid taste in my throat and mouth during the day, kind-of like a vapor. Also, the front area of my tongue, just behind the tip, feels burned most of the time. ACV & or honey will momentarily reduce the symptoms, but they come back fairly soon. Any suggestions?
Our Bangkok contributor Ted responds, "Yes I have seen this condition before, the extreme burning of the tongue until it becomes red and swollen. Your body's condition is extremely acidic. In this case, (or generally) ideally 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda at least twice per day for at least 1 week but ideally for 2 weeks. Most people I would generally recommend 1/4 teaspoon twice per day, but whenever serious depletion is apparent, then the dosages go up twice more. Please mix this in about 1/2 glass of water. Another formula which is a variation, is to take 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/2 teaspoon of citric acid. This newer formula works better in restoring or maintaining steady pH much longer. However, for people whose bicarbonates are seriously depleted I won't recommend this second formula. However you are free to try out and see how it works for you in case the first formula do not work.
The body's buffer condition is seriously depleted whenever apple cider doesn't work. How apple cider works is this: the apple cider enters your system and encounters excess carbonates or calcium, which is common for most people to react to form either acetates or bicarbonates. However, in some people who do not have buffers already (carbonates) there is no buffer and the body's goes into an acid condition. In this case the body's stores of bicarbonates are depleted. There is a lot of misunderstandings of ACV that I would like to clear up, but limited time on my part, I can only answer the most common problems people have experienced. At the moment you need to refrain from taking ACV for about two weeks before continuing. If and when you should continue, after two weeks,: 1/2 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate plus apple cider vinegar. In this instances allow the fizzing to settle down before taking them. You can add water if you want. The acid tongue condition should be cleared up within a couple of days (usually 2-3 days).
READER QUESTION Bill asks: "Suffering from mysterious sore throat for last 2 years, but almost never actual heartburn. ENT prescribed PPIs for acid reflux. While taking PPIs, over last 2 years, have drastically changed eating habits and become generally a healthier person. Throat pain still persists, although lessened. ENT tells me to double PPIs. I finally have enough and quit taking pills. Within one week of quitting meds, end up with full blown heartburn after every meal. Turn to this website for alternative solution. After 2 days of the ACV treatment, end up with SEVERE mouth/tongue ulcers as described by another list poster. I'm nearing the end of my 2 week, twice daily, baking soda/water treatment. Ulcers now clearing up. I'm still interested in checking out the ACV remedy, but I'm a bit hesitant after the SEVERE mouth ulcers. How would I proceed? Should I try the vinegar again? HELP PLEASE."
Ted from Bangkok responds: "Bill: Several people who use ACV do report ulcers of the mouth and tongue this is common when the body does not have sufficient bicarbonate. My own ACV therapy is much different here in Bangkok. I always add one 3% baking soda to all ACV because most people do have bicarbonate deficiency. The best way to proceed is to add baking soda 3% with each dose of ACV and ulcers should not be a problem and heartburn is also reduced. One purist here in Bangkok does not like my the idea of adding baking soda. In which case an alternative is possible. Taking baking soda from 2 weeks to 1 month. Then you can start with ACV. The catch is that you still need to take baking soda everyday. Do not try to get baking soda out of the equation. If you are a biologist or even a biochemist, like me, you will realized that when scientists try to cultivate tissue samples, or cause the heart to beat in a solution, the ideal solution is that you always need salt, and the SECOND most important element is sodium bicarbonate! Our Western diet and conventional medicine completely ignores the importance of this but this is absolutely needed in a biological system. Don't even assume that the body can create them. Our body is not a perfect chemical factory. If they were so perfect, we would NOT get sick! Here is a mammalian solution often called a Tyrode's solution we used to keep tissue samples alive. I often use this as a reference material when preparing electrolyte solutions I give to some friends who are really sick. It often works better than those sports drink. Just remember this is NOT a perfect formula because of the nuances in chemical names and other things, but I am to prove why your body NEEDS sodium bicarbonates (as well as magnesium chloride) in your diet. Salt is often the basic requirement yes, but those that is not mentioned in conventional medicine where the second largest amounts of turns out to be bicarbonates and magnesium which gets me thinking to use them quite often in all my therapy.
Here is the recipe I recently prepared (not perfect): Tyrode's Mammalian Solution Name Grams Sea Salt 8. Potassium Chloride .2 Calcium Chloride .3 Magnesium Chloride .21 Glucose 1. Sodium Bicarbonate 1. sodium dihydrogen .1 phosphate monohydrate
Add water to 1 liter
As you can see for a person who weighs 5 kilograms, and assuming he is 7% water, the amount of water is 5 x .7 = 35 kilogram. 35 x 1%/1 = 3.5 grams! This is roughly equal to my dose of about 1/2 teaspoon. The body tends to deplete them in a matter of about 12 hours at the longest for nonexercise it takes about 48 hours to deplete them entirely. Baking soda is the second largest amount of element we NEED in our diet that gets depleted fairly rapidly. As for glucose and calcium most of our diets are quite sufficient, with one major exception: magnesium chloride. So this is why we need Baking soda and Magnesium chloride as our basic staple of food. You can calculate your daily basic requirements for magnesium chloride using the same formula too. It comes out to 35 x .2/1 = .7 grams or 7 milligrams at about twice a day is my simple estimates.
So take your bicarbonate as a dietary requirement. I have my own Ted's RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) not to be confused with the government's RDA - they don't have any and it is at least 3.5 grams per day. However when you have ulcers this is a sign of bicarbonate deficiency and you will have to take twice the Ted's RDA for at least 2 weeks. You will then take it at 3.5 grams a day as a dietary supplement to prevent this. Ulcers, at least for the tongue and mouth, is a sign of a bicarbonate deficiency. Who know other ulcers (e.g. stomach ulcers) might also be this issue too! So take your bicarbonate dietary intake seriously! I prefer the bicarbonate + citric acid as this buffers my body's pH much better in achieving optimal Urinary pH. If of course you bother to check your urinary pH using the electronic pocket pH meter - you will know you need it! However, without the gadgets it is about 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/4 teaspoon of citric acid at about twice a day on an empty stomach. Besides, the reaction of citric acid and baking soda results in sodium citrate, which is a cure for dentin sensitivity and inflammations for your own body. So this formula too might also be helpful with ulcers, but probably not as good as just taking sodium bicarbonates alone. Ted"
READER QUESTION 5/19/26: Pat from Cambridge Ohio writes, "I am experiencing a metallic taste in my mouth and a burning on my tongue. I tried the 1/2 tsp of baking soda in 8 oz of distilled water upon rising and at bedtime. I have been doing this for 1 week. The metallic taste is gone but now I have a sour, poison-like taste and the burning still exists. Testing saliva with ph strips measures about 6.-6.2 now. I cut back on baking soda to once per day due to tingling lips. Am I doing something wrong since this is not working well? Should I be taking Vitamin C or something else? My doctor told me to eliminate tomatoes for one month. I really don't have heartburn or stomach problems. Please respond. Thanks."
Ted responds: "There are two possibilities, first the sodium bicarbonate is not pure. Get a good quality baking soda (the purest ones you can find), I got mine from a drug store grade or USP grade is o.k.
The second is your body is still very acidic. I have this case before, and continued taking of baking soda for about 3-4 days the problems should disappear. Apparently your saliva is extremely acid the body is very depleted of bicarbonates. Lowering dosages helps for the body to tolerate it better. My guess is you get sick very easily, have allergies all the time or have skin problems. In this case you need to take some chitosan and some zinc supplements such as zinc acetate. It takes about a month for your general health to return and about 2-3 weeks for the bicarbonates in your body to be normal. If the conditions get worse on continued bicarbonate, which is unlikely. Then simply do it on alternate days and see what happens."
5/22/26 Reader Question: THE NEXIUM IS HELPING SOME, BUT NOT ENOUGH. IT TOOK AWAY MOST OF THE PAIN ON MY TONGUE, BUT THERE'S STILL A PART ON MY TONGUE THAT LOOKS LIKE A PIECE OF SKIN HAS BEEN RIPPED RAW, AND I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE PAIN.IT HURTS SO BADLY THAT SOMETIMES I JUST WANT TO CRY. COULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO WITH THIS SITUATION . I JUST CAN'T KEEP GOING ON WITH THE PAIN ANY LONGER. THANKS."
Ted responds: "Yes Nexium doesn't necessary solve the cause. Your description of acid reflux which causes the tongue to be ripped appears clearly that your body has severe electrolyte imbalance and buffer deficiency. This is caused by the body's excess production of nitric oxide, which by the way is an effective way to get your tongue in such a s shape. The best way to deal with this problem is to take plenty of magnesium supplements (you can try magnesium chloride, or magnesium gluconate) and take some potassium (either try potassium chloride or potassium citrate). I personally much prefer magnesium citrate and potassium citrate in case the body's production of nitric oxide becomes excessive. Sports drinks do have some potassium, or electrolyte salts, read the labels, will have potassium citrate there, and this is one simple solution. Potassium bicarbonate, if you can find one will help as a support to magnesium.
However, I do have people with your conditions and found that magnesium, and potassium, in both citrate and bicarbonates to be most helpful, especially in dire emergencies as yours. One simple way to reduce that burning tongue is to rinse your mouth with some buffer solution. Try doing it with sodium bicarbonate and do it as often as you feel it is working. That helped a lot to, based on feedback. However, someone with a serious imbalance like you, might possibly use potassium bicarbonate as a mouth rinse to neutralized the excess nitric oxide (which is really nitric acid) in your tongue!
Just remember: mouthwash with potassium bicarbonate or sodium bicarbonate to neutralize the acid buildup in your mouth first. Then supplement with magnesium and potassium for a couple of days should help your recovery."
8/3/26: Becky from Comfort, TX writes, "I have a question for Ted. Do you have a remedy for restoration of taste buds? My husband is recovering from chemotherapy and radiation and a bone marrow transplant. He is losing a dangerous amount of weight because he won't eat. He says his taste buds don't work and he can't taste anything. Please give me any suggestions that could be helpful. Thank you."
Ted responds, 'Dear Becky: Yes, there is a good possibility of restoring tastebuds from chemotherapy all of these are quite complementary of your therapy anyway and should help you. There are six major supplements that will do that,
1. zinc acetate (or zinc citrate), 2. sodium thiosulfate, 3. L- carnosine, 4. baking soda+citric acid, 5. vitamin B complex, 6. Magnesium Zinc deficiency has been linked to tastes, and smell such as anosmia (the inability to taste and smell in a more broader terms). The usual dose is 25-5 mg. per day taken for about a period of one month. Thereafter you take it only once a month. S
odium thiosulfate (you should make your own from a swimming pool supplier) or buy the from pet shops where it is clearly labeled sodium thiosulfate, without the food coloring, used to dechlorinate the water. It must be taken frequent enough (all day whenever you drink water), and taken at 5-8 drops per glass of water. It is necessary you take baht in 1% sodium thiosulfate solution and stay in the bathtub for at least 3 minutes. If done this way it make sense to buy them from a swimming pool supplier. Some told me they can get at a photo shop supplier, but you have to find out the details yourself. It is well known that sodium thiosulfate restores neural losses from hearing, taste, smell, and tactile sensitivity due to chemotherapy by protecting chemotherapy's damage on the neural system. Sodium thiosulfate is protective of neural loss and can restore your taste bud for example.
3. L-Carnosine, usually taken at 2 grams/day, but you can always start on the low side such as 5 grams a day. It is an amino acid involved in tastebud and also found in high amounts in your nose involved in detecting flavors and tastes also.
4. Baking soda + citric acid. I have seen in many instances of people with apetite problems received weight gain of supplementing this only after one week. For some reason or another, it restores appetite and tate.
5. Vitamin B complex (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B12) at 2 mg for most, with exception of B12 at only 2 mcg, plus other vitamin b such as vitamin F also help restore your tastebuds. Taken only a couple of days also restore appetite, but it is usually within about a week to notice the weight gain.
6. Magnesium citrate, at 25 mg. Must be taken as it is supportive of vitamin B effectiveness as well as other enzyme systems of the body (about 3-4), so reactivating many of these should really help some weight gain.
Other supportive therapies include MSM. MSM is a simple sulfur supplement. I have seen many instances that people who lost weight or a lot of weight as in your case, do have in fact sulfur deficiency. 25 mg - 5 mg/day are common dosage. It is important to drink plenty of water so it will restore the cells in your body by removing toxins which is responsible for the taste bud issues.
Other that is worthy of mentioned that body builders used in weight gain include creatine monohydrate and L-glutamine you can try out. It is important to take it along with magnesium citrate to help its effect on bioavailability and absorption as magnesium is synergistic of these two amino acids. You can buy these quite cheap from a bodybuilder store that sells supplements. Ted"
8/6/26: Margaret from New Zealand writes, "After 4yrs of medication for severe reflux I am trying natural remedies! Tried ACV to no effect and now trying the bicarbonate of soda remedy.My question is: how do I know that I am producing too much acid or not enough? If I am producing too much how will ACV help when it is acidic? My main symptoms are: burning throat, very sore right ear, occasional bloating, sensation of blocked throat and sometimes food/acid coming up into back of throat. I avoid all acidic foods and have severly restricted my diet but my symptoms have not disappeared in the four years since symptoms appeared. I am feeling very miserable as it feels that I will never eat normally again! I am already too thin! Please HELP!"
Ted replies, "Margaret: Treating yourself via natural therapies are in fact rather easy but arduous in what I would call by process of elmination, but more by trying different supplements then just diet restrictions. Usually diet restrictions applies only for the obvious ones such as sugar, fried food, microwave foods, bakery products, etc.
Most diagnosis today is still just guess work as it is symptom-based, rather than cause-base.
An acid reflux could be any number of problems. Most problems I have seen is the baking soda issue, usually taken for about a week, the second issue is the potassium issue (taken along with it or later on) such as potassium citrate. Going down the lists if bicarbonate doesn't work for you is taking the obvious supplements in the following order, magnesium, zinc, copper, boron, molybdenum for example on the minerals.
Then there is the pathogen issue (helicobacter pylori), where a simple dietary intake of fulvic acid and humic acid mixed in a suitable dechlorinator of sodium thiosulfate would do. The sodium thiosulfate somehow kills this pathogen too, which is why it is usually added. Also for some reason or another, the fulvic/humic acid would relieve most of the acid reflux issue when pathogen is suspect. And yes, I have had great success using fulvic/humic acid in treating helicobacter pylori for ulcers and certain acid reflux, if you are wondering.
Getting your electrolyte status balanced is important, and most likely the "macro" electrolyte are usually the obvious target, such as sodium bicarbonate, followed closely by sea salt and magnesium. The micro components might be related, but I haven't had to go that far and cannot recommend them as you will have difficulty finding them anyway.
Finally, recent research have indicated abnormalities physical esophogeal or related functions. There are reports that surgery does improve acid reflux, but I am thinking along the lines of using at least 4 i.u. of Vitamin E to improve the muscular digestion process and sensitivity by taking vitamin B complex for at least a week. The dose is important for B complex, usually most of the vitamin Bs for each one must have at least 1-2 mg, for B1, B2, B3(niacinamide), etc. Exception is B12, which is only 1 micrograms. If you have difficulty swallowing usually a simple vitamin E can really help.
Vitamin B5 and B6 deserves special mention as this is rather high also IN Royal Jelly (a bee product). I have had my own mother with an acid reflux that just CANNOT digest any food for three days in a row and magnesium and others simply won't work.
In an emergency, I got my royal jelly I bought sometime ago in the freezer and gave her a heaping teaspoon for FRESH frozen royal jelly. Within minutes her three day acid reflux spree was completely reduced. So happy with the result, two hours later I got one more teaspoon of royal jelly and she was completely cured. It never came back.
The acid reflux, at least for my own mother that did not respond to any KNOWN natural therapies was caused by an unknown pathogen/allergy trigger when she ate a suki seafood at a well known restaurant here in Thailand several years back.
I suspect it was also caused by some kind of chemical toxins they used as preservative as I also was sick, but did not get a severe acid reflux problems and the restaurant was well known by hearsay evidence anyway that they use chemical toxins such as formalin to keep seafood fresh. In fact this is a well known issue here.
If formalin or chemical poison is at issue, usually a simple ammonia smelling salts will do, or ammonia chloride solution applied to the skin to be absorbed intradermally (safest route).
Ammonia is a common antidote for formaldehyde, but most poisoning centers don't know that. It must be understood that the knowledge based for antidotes in poisoning centers at present are totally inadequate worldwide and you must do your homework yourself. I challenge you just to find a simple antidote of formaldehyde or fluoride or dioxin and you will have great difficulty finding it. Therefore, I have taken some pains trying to post some this information everywhere on the internet, but still, I have very little impact.
Of course, sodium thiosulfate is also a common antidote for many unknown chemical poisons also, including lavender oil, sodium bicarbonate and vinegar should be in all medicine chests when such Unknown poisoning does occur. Most emergency antidote from poisoning centers and even military used are laughably inadequate. We just simply can no longer rely on the big brother to treat us for everything! Ted"
READER QUESTION
8/6/26: Jennifer from Milwaukee, WI writes, "I have been reading your site with great interest - especially in regards to ACV. I have gone through everything, but I am still a bit confused regarding the whole adding baking soda to the ACV. What I have been doing is mixing 2 tsp. ACV with 1 tsp. honey in 8oz of water. I noticed yesterday that my tongue feels mildly "burned" - like when you have eaten something too hot. If I am reading your website correctly, if I am having a "burned tongue" sensation, that means I should be adding 1 - 2 tsp. of baking soda to the mixture and that after a week or so, the burning sensation should stop. Am I reading this correctly? I am terribly sorry if you have been asked this too many times before, but the sheer volume of information regarding AVC on your site has me a bit confused on this subject. Thank you for any help you can give me!"
Ted responds, "Dear Jennifer: Your condition is commonly referred to as the "Acid Tongue". The acid tongue has to do with the problem of your body's imbalances of electrolytes and buffers generally. A long term acidosis could also be a problem of biotin deficiency.
If this DOES happen, your body's buffer is seriously depleted. I have seen this quite often amongst body builders and certain exercise enthusiasts who take high protein supplements.
There are two steps to deal with this fairly common condition:
1. Raise your level of buffer first. Just take baking soda 1/4 teaspoon to 1/2 glass of water x 3 times a day on an empty stomach for about 2 weeks to get it to normal levels. The tongue should be no longer acid on the first week. On the second week, the level of buffer is optimum. Adding a pinch of potassium citrate or potassium might help also. It will balance intercellular and intracellular buffer and acid conditions.
2. Treat your burning tongue by keeping enough sodium bicarbonates solution in the mouth long enough to neutralize the excess acid the body is building up. Do it often enough during the first week and your tongue should be normal by the first week.
3. Consider long term treatment for your acidosis problem by taking some vitamin B complex plus 5-1 mg. of biotin per day for at least a week or so. Just remember that one possible cause for acidosis is biotin deficiency. There are others, but I refrain from putting too much information so I won't confuse you.
On your third or fourth week you can take ACV plus baking soda if you want.
Once you are treated, then you can take on ACV plus baking soda. Pure ACV, might deplete your body's buffer stores too quickly.
For purist, you can take ACV alone, and then take baking soda at separate times. It is your choice. The point is to have enough of the body's buffer and alkaline reserves at a sufficient level. Ted "
READER QUESTION 8/8/26: Lane from Alameda, CA writes, "About 2 months ago i started having a strange sensation on my tongue... like it had been scalded. had no idea what caused it and it wouldn't go away and got worse. i saw a doctor and they couldn't see anything wrong with it. about a month later, out of the blue, and very suddenly, i got instense burning in my throat. felt hot and almost like a fog of hot gas was coming out of me. tried some mylanta, and it helped a bit at first but then came back. saw doctor again and they said acid reflux and gave me pepcid. that didn't work so i started taking prilosec. i am currently taking both, twice a day. it's always better first thing in the morning and gets worse throughout the day, after eating. i've been eating bland food and avoiding citrus and tomatoes. my tongue is still patchy and weird feeling, more on one side than the other (left side) and in the back. often have a bitter or metallic taste in mouth. i am going to see a specialist in 1 days, is there anything i can try in the meantime? i've bought some ACV and some baking soda and will try them. thank you for your help."
Ted responds, "Dear Lane: It is funny that we are the only website that recognized this very a common condition which is often referred to as the "acid tongue". It is quite common and I found it has very much to do with electrolytic and buffer imbalance.
The easiest way to treat this I found is to prepare JUST ONLY baking soda (but preferably without the Apple cider vinegar) and just used as a mouthwash or just let the baking soda react with the excess acidity from your tongue, as well as taking a small amounts of baking soda 3 times a day, about 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda mixed in 1/2 glass of water three times a day on an empty stomach for at least a week.
In case of an acid tongue you don't need apple cider vinegar, you need just baking soda and perhaps add to that solution a pinch of potassium citrate. Since it goes away quickly enough within a week, I haven't got a chance to investigate whether just potassium bicarbonate, potassium citrate or sodium bicarbonate works better, or whether certain ratios of sodium: potassium might work better, or whether adding magnesium might also help it stabilized better. However, most bicarbonates should be able to add the buffer's depletion within a week, and should normalized almost completely on the second week.
A long term solution to this dangerously acid tongue is to take about 5-1 mg. of biotin plus vitamin b complex. Extreme acidity is a condition of a possible biotin deficiency also as biotin is a common treatment for acidosis.
Unfortunately, finding a biotin with a dosage high enough in present market circumstance and price, at least in Bangkok anyway discourages me to pursue that path, whenever a simple bicarbonate supplementation will do. Ted"
Any Questions, Comments or Feedback? PLEASE SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Note #1: if you are asking Ted a question, please check back to this page in a few days. It can take up to a week or more before we get a response from him. Thanks.
Note #2: If you have asked Ted a question relating to ACV and baking soda, we may have posted it on the ACV / Baking Soda Q&A page.
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Brothers & Sisters in Christ Jesus:
I'm starting to feel somewhat better, but still having some intense
pain. I'm trying to wean myself off the meds, but still finding
myself reaching for 1 or 2 pills a day. That's better than 6 plus
pills a day for pain.
I pray for strength and healing in my physical body.
I still have not heard the results of the biospy. I'll let you know as
soon as I hear something.
thanks ya'll,
Be blessed,
Skip Wigmore
Light of Life Ministries
Smithfield, NC
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Eye glass manufacturers have been making metal frames out of nickel for many years even though contact with this metal is known to cause cancer (NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, September 1985, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health).
The manufacturers of the nickel-containing frames may be culpable because of the well-publicized and documented hazards of nickel. Even its name (German nickel, for satan's or "old nick's", and from kupfernickel, or "old nick's copper") implies a sinister side to this substance. Ironically, simply plating the frames with tin, or using another more durable coating, might do away with most of this toxicity in eyeglasses.
If you find a green color on your eyeglasses where the metal frames touch your face, and especially if you are experiencing a rash where your eyeglasses contact, either paint the portions of the metal frame in contact with your skin with finger nail polish, or better still, replace the frames, altogether, with a frame made of more inert ingredients like titanium or plastic with the following reservations.
Other metals known to bind sulfur compounds such as thiols (-SH) more tightly than water (-OH) often are either very toxic and/or carcinogenic. It is no small coincidence that these heavy metals are toxic to the production of protective cytolytic antibodies and other immune functions, in a manner that is consistent with their tenacity for binding sulfur to form metal sulfides. In contrast, stimulation of this same response with vitalethine was found to decrease the growth of melanoma over a wide range of concentrations, so the immunotoxicity and carcinogenic potential of heavy metals is easily explained by the chemical abilities of their ions to complex, and presumably inactivate, the vitaletheine modulators. This rather striking relationship not only reinforces concerns over the carcinogenicity of plutonium, but also raises new concerns about the use of bismuth-containing salts to settle gastrointestinal disturbances. It seems logical, based upon this analysis, that absorption of any immunoregulatory thiols by "Pepto-Bismol-like" medications could lead to increased incidences of cancer in the esophageal and alimentary tract, including colon cancer. Exceptions to this general rule seem to be metals that bind water and sulfur compounds equally well (such as the tin) and metals that are known nutrients. Tin cans have not always been considered a safe way to store food since it has only been in the last few decades that the use of lead to seal the seams of the cans was phased out. Presumably, the body in evolving mechanisms for assimilating and retaining these nutritious metal ions, also has developed mechanisms for coping with their tenacious affinity for regulatory sulfur compounds. (See "metallothionine" discussion below.) It follows that nutritious metal ions probably provide protection against the accumulation of toxic metal ions, but acute administration of excessive amounts might have the undesirable effect of releasing and transiently increasing the circulating levels of any toxic metals that have accumulated in the body's protective mechanisms. This may be an important phenomenon governing the success of chelation therapies and mineral supplementation.
Nickel may be particularly problematic in our environment. In addition to direct chelation of immunoregulatory and other thiols, nickel can catalyze the epoxidation of olefins and other biological molecules at room temperature and under atmospheric pressures of oxygen. This includes the epoxidation of carboxamides to produce competitive analogues of the carbamate/carbonimidate moiety of the vitaletheine modulators. The sulfide derivative resulting from reaction of vitaletheine modulators with the epoxides also can divert substrates for the monooxygenase receptor, essentially uncoupling any oxidative signaling of the immune response and resulting eventually in immune disorders and disease.
Stainless steel often contains nickel, so titanium's use in surgical implants instead of stainless steel may have advantages in addition to its strength to weight ratios. Nickel is paramagnetic and weakly attracts a magnet, but stainless steel can also contain enough iron to mimic this weak attraction for a magnet. Problematic stainless steels (i.e., those containing nickel) include most type numbers greater than 200 and less than 400 and numbers 414 and 431. The numbers between 200 and 400 are not heat treatable according to the CRC Handbook (American Iron and Steel Institute).
Some titanium sulfides are reportedly hydrolyzed slightly in water, so this metal, like tin, may be a somewhat safer alternative to nickel frames. It is not known how tightly other salts derived from alloys of titanium bind regulatory sulfur compounds, but a lighter and stronger frame in eyeglasses should facilitate consistent positioning of the frame away from contact with the face. This may still be important since Beryllium (Be), used in some alloys of titanium, is also listed in the NIOSH Guide as carcinogenic. Other possible sources of contamination with beryllium are the "precious" gems, emeralds and aquamarine.
Based upon existing information on toxicity available from the U.S. government and other sources, VitaleTherapeutics has broadcasted its concern about nickel frames in an interview conducted by Carly Newfeld and Diego Mulligan on the Connections Radio Show (KVSF AM-1260) out of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY
If you know of anyone who has developed skin cancer or rashes on their face, especially where their glasses contact their face, tell us your story. Although anecdotal, these "stories" can be used to build a case for controlled studies and, if we get enough similar responses, recommendations for regulation of the industry if necessary. Attempts will also be made to provide possible solutions for metal poisoning for your and your doctor's consideration.
Case #1---Fibrosarcoma
Fibrosarcoma on the cheek in one individual wearing metal frames came back again, even after surgery. He had already determined that he was "sensitive" to nickel because of previous reactions to a belt buckle. After radiation treatments to put the cancer in remission, he was warned that he would have permanently suppressed immunity in the area irradiated.
Information provided to this individual appears to have helped in diminishing the ill-effects of his radiation treatment and may have preserved some local immune function to combat any future recurrences of the cancer. It is not possible to draw any conclusions from this single case, but this individual also has been notified about the possible complications of metal eyeglass frames in his prognosis.
Case #2---Dermatitis (Rash)
I am a research biochemist who has had the described reactions to my nickel eyeglass frames. This problem "surfaced" soon after the enamel wore off of my frames several years ago, and painting the rims with fingernail polish was suggested by the retailer as a way of lessening the reaction. In my case, hypersensitization to the metal in the frames (alleged by this and other retailers) seems to be merely an emergence of the toxic substance through the masking enamel. In addition to this "metal sensitivity", I also had to stop wearing my wedding ring because of persistent rashes on my left palm, misdiagnosed as dyshidrotic eczema by a medical professional but later determined to be pompholyx due to the nickel poisoning through comparisons with photographs of cases of known nickel poisoning. Since symptoms that I have had for several years went away as soon as the ring was taken off, I suspect that this rash also was caused by metals in the 14 carrot gold alloy. Makes one think twice about carrying coins around in one's pocket or giving them to kids to put in their mouths and piggy banks, doesn't it? Despite several calls to the store where I bought the ring, they apparently didn't want to tell me what the alloy was or give me the jewelry manufacturer's name and number so that I could track down this information. Is there anything that can be done to cleanse my system of contaminating metals?
One way to determine if a piece of jewelry is causing a reaction is to simply switch it to another appendage. If the rash follows the jewelry's position you've got a problem and should probably not wear the offending accessory. The body has some inducible reserve capacity for dealing with potentially hazardous metals. A protein known as metallothionine, composed of about 30% cysteine residues, may preferentially bind toxic metals, thereby protecting the minute amounts of important regulatory thiol compounds, such as the vitaletheine modulators, from complexation and inactivation. The unusual multi-ligand capability in this particular protein appears to be particularly adept at binding multivalent metal ions since zinc, cadmium, copper, and mercury routinely copurify with this protein. (Note that several types of casein, a major protein component in milk, has no cysteine in its processed forms.) Other thiol substances that are present in our bodies at relatively high concentrations, such as glutathione, probably also afford some protection. It seems likely that the hypersensitivity reactions (i.e., immune system imbalances) may be nothing more than a saturation of these natural buffers that protect our bodies from contaminating metal toxins. This concept also might explain "multiple metal sensitivities" and other allergic reactions that typically ensue after initial "sensitization" (or the more likely, "saturation" of our protective mechanisms).
Other multi-dentate sulfur (thiol) matrices, i.e., those mimicking the structure of metallothionine, might be useful in trapping unwanted metal ions, not only for cleansing the blood and body of toxic metals, but also for removing contaminants such as plutonium and lead from our environment.
Fish, generally appreciated as one of the healthiest sources of protein, have amino acid compositions that are higher in cysteine than most other sources of protein. Among the vegetables, soybeans are also higher in cysteine. One can ensure adequate levels of cysteine by taking vitamin supplements containing the B complex, since B12, B6, and folate have been implicated in the conversions of other amino acids to cysteine. Fortunately, vegetarian diets can be enriched in these very B vitamins, ones that may offset the greater potential for protein (i.e. cysteine) deficiency in vegetarian diets. When added to the other B vitamins critical to synthesis of the vitaletheine modulators and to the functioning of the monooxygenase, B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), and B5 (pantothenic acid), it is clear that deficiencies in the vitamins of the B complex may seriously compromise the proper regulation of our immune and other systems.
Chelation therapy has been proposed by some as a way of cleansing the body of unwanted toxins. This is interesting in light of recent reports that mayonnaise may be good for the heart, despite the fact that it contains whole eggs (cholesterol) and vegetable oil (fat). It is reasonable that at least some of mayonnaise's nutritional benefit can be attributed to the vitamins found in its components, eggs and vegetable oil being good sources of both water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins, respectively. Eggs are also a source of protein that contains cysteine, especially their whites. Mayonnaise also contains acidic substances, such as vinegar and lemon juice, and the commercial versions often contain a metal chelator, EDTA, as a preservative, all of which may help the body to rid itself of toxic metal ions.
Exercise may rid our bodies of unwanted heavy metals, since the sweat of healthy men in saunas contains about 20 times the levels of nickel found in blood serum. The nutrients, zinc (up to 4 mg/day) and iron, are also lost from our bodies in this manner. If otherwise properly nourished by an adequate intake of the nutritious metal ions, we can probably benefit from exercise that makes us sweat by ridding our bodies of unwanted and potentially carcinogenic metal ions (such as nickel) in this manner. It is not known if this excretory phenomena is responsible, in full or in part, for the cardiovascular benefits attributed to aerobic activities by the medical profession. However, it is logical that antiperspirants diminish our bodies' excretions of toxic and carcinogenic metals through this mechanism, and an accumulation of toxic metals in some of our systems may help to explain allergic "sensitization" to various antiperspirant products. Maybe there is some fundamental dichotomous wisdom in the old entreatment to "get the lead out".
Acidification and chelating mechanisms have been proposed for the beneficial effects of a fermented tea preparation known as "mushroom tea", or more commonly as "Kombucha". There are suspicions and some evidence that there is a mobilization and excretion of lead and other toxic metals from endogenous stores in individuals consuming this fermented tea. In addition, some controlled studies indicate immunopotentiation with this ferment, which is consistent with a loss of immunosuppressing metal toxins from the animals consuming these extracts. Information about how to prepare this tea is on the WEB, but little scientific information can be found as to what the active ingredients in the ferment are and how they work; various organic acids (acetic, glucuronic and gluconic) have been proposed as active ingredients.
Compared to the toxicities of pharmaceutical preparations that can have adverse and life-threatening complications as high as 15% , Kombucha tea seems to be relatively safe when the instructions for its preparation are followed carefully. Less than half a dozen cases of serious complications are known for the millions of people who reportedly are drinking this "elixir?" daily. In nearly all of these reported cases of problems, the individuals also were taking prescription medications which may have been the real cause of their problems. Even theophylline, a caffeine-like substance normally found in tea, appears to be absent from extracts fermented by this lichen-like organism, so presumably the organism either completely metabolizes the theophylline or absorbs it so that it is not present in the ferment. Absorption also may account for the conspicuous lack of several other organic substances in extracts of this ferment.
Case #3---Yeast Infections and Hypersensitivity
A grandmother who had been plagued with recurrent yeast infections and a situation diagnosed as yeast hypersensitivity by a medical doctor, and who was placed on constant nystatin to control the infections, contacted us to gain insight into what was amiss with her system. Over time, it was suspected that she eventually would have become more susceptible to the disease as the yeast became resistant to the antibiotic and her immune system became more and more "confused" about what the immune challenge actually was.
The grandmother heeded our suggestions that she first take a vitamin and mineral supplement to ensure that her body was primed for a specific immunological assault against the immune irritant, probably the yeast that was causing her problems. This also allowed any easily-displaced, toxic metals in her system to be slowly substituted with nutritious metals, thereby lessening any inhibition of her immune system by toxic metals that might be released when she started drinking Kombucha tea. We also advised that she start drinking very small quantities of the tea at first, such as a teaspoonful, to ensure that she did not have an adverse reaction to it and as a way of diminishing the release and excretory burden of any toxic metals that may have accumulated in her system. There are reports of antibiotic activities in this fermented tea as well, but these have not been identified nor characterized in the extracts that we have studied, leaving open the possibility that the mere excretion of contaminating toxic metals that inhibit immune responses is a primary mechanism for Kombucha's action in mammals.
The Saccharomyces in the Kombucha symbiote is interesting since it reportedly does not produce spores and therefore is unlikely to excite hypersensitivity reactions to the spores. At the same time, the ferment reportedly inhibits the growth of spore-producing yeasts. After "equilibrating" her system with vitamins and slowly increasing her daily intake of Kombucha to about two cups a day, it was suggested that she then wean herself slowly from the nystatin. Within about a month after starting to drink Kombucha, she was able to stop taking nystatin, altogether, but she continues to drink the Kombucha tea, now convinced of its health benefits. She reports an absence of yeast infections since she started to drink the tea.
This response to Kombucha tea is an interesting anecdotal story, but there are warnings, without elaboration on the WEB, that Kombucha should not be consumed by those with autoimmune diseases. We are not entirely sure that this is justified based upon the information that is available. It is our concern that a variety of environmental toxins, nutritional deficiencies, and infectious agents can trigger autoimmune responses. If our immunity is somehow deficient, any challenge that is not resolved in the immune system's first few efforts to remove the challenge is likely to cause an escalation in the immune response until the immune system becomes so toxic that it can start attacking normal tissues instead of the challenging irritant (i.e., by definition a an "auto"immune response).
This phenomena is like the "cold war" in which the US and USSR built lethal nuclear arsenals for leverage on political issues. The issues were not resolved by these threats, but the two opposing sides kept at it until the US nearly bankrupted itself and the USSR did. The "fall-out" from this insanity is that both, the US and what was the USSR, are sitting on "auto"toxic levels of plutonium and other radioactive debris and enough nuclear warheads to blow up and/or poison the entire world several times over. If their arsenals were their "immunity" against invasion, then this "fall-out" can be equated with a potentially lethal "auto"immune response. Through this analogy, the key to bringing autoimmune and perhaps even hypersensitive symptoms under control may be to give the body everything it needs to "negotiate" a rebalancing of the immune response and to increase the specificity of this response "to challenges" so that the irritations can be eliminated and any escalation of the response (i.e., inflammation) can be abated.
Application of corticosteroids and non-steroidal-anti-inflammatory agents help to calm inflammatory escalations, but do little to resolve the problems. These agents actually may ensure that the problems continue by helping to suppress an immune response that, left alone, might eventually do away with the challenge and "cure" the disease. It is no small coincidence that older people with more fragile immunities are more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases. In a sense, anti-inflammatory agents treat the "symptoms" (i.e., the inflammation) without providing a "cure". In painful or life-threatening situations, use of the corticosteroids in combination with nutrients and immunotherapeutic agents known to specifically stimulate the immune response and target the irritant may be the most logical approach to overcoming the "cause" and for effecting a "cure". However, this is probably an oversimplification of the big clinical picture, since we don't yet know for sure what triggers many of these sensitizations, whether or not the challenges even can be eliminated through an immunological response, nor have we thoroughly delineated all of the mechanisms for how the immune response and inflammation are interrelated.
VitaleTherapeutics, Inc., is in the process of identifying probable causative agents for hypersensitivity and autoimmune reactions based upon the dramatic immunological responses to the vitaletheine modulators observed in cancer and mAIDS models. A number of metal ions known to trap sulfur compounds, like the vitaletheine modulators, are suspected of suppressing our immunological responses, thereby allowing challenges, such as cancer, to go unmet until the "escalation" is underway. One of the classical steps in establishing whether metal poisoning is a problem is a simple blood or hair analysis for known toxic and/or carcinogenic metals. Unfortunately, these tests are probably not sufficiently sensitive at this time to determine risks from metals with very high affinities for sulfur compounds (Ksp) like bismuth and presumably plutonium. Plutonium represents a relatively new challenge to our systems since it does not occur in nature and has been artificially produced primarily for nuclear weapons. Without fanfare in 1990, the Albuquerque Tribune cited a DOE report indicating enough plutonium contamination per square meter in certain areas of Albuquerque, including parks where our children play, to generate up to 46,620 counts per minute. Why expend huge amounts of money to "deep six" plutonium-contaminated materials in WIPP? Because it is extremely toxic and carcinogenic, and it is reportedly dispersing into our environment through a natural process called entropy. Other toxic agents are suspect as well, including other known chemical carcinogens, compounds containing the element arsenic (including those found in well water), and a variety of environmental and dietary toxins. We are in the process of down-loading this information onto our web site as it is processed, and have hinted at its importance in the "reference/outline" section of our site.
Case #4---Yeast Infection and Hypersensitivity
A desperate young man came into the laboratory complaining of dependence upon nystatin similar to the one described above, but one in which the situation was much advanced; he could no longer control the yeast even with toxic levels of this antibiotic and felt like crawling out of his skin because of the constant irritation from the persistent infection and hypersensitivity reaction. He scoffed at my suggestions for changes in his nutrition and there is no knowledge of what his outcome was.
Case #5---Basal Cell Carcinoma
A forty year old man with recurrent basal cell carcinoma that had been surgically removed twice, got some dramatic relief from constipation by drinking Kombucha tea.
This unsolicited observation of another type of response to Kombucha tea hints at other benefits from this ferment (i.e., a normalization of our "machinery" for assimilating protective nutrients). The recurrent skin cancer on his stomach raised concerns that his system was not properly "tuned" for assimilating those nutrients needed to help correct and avoid serious disease. This "tuning for assimilation" may not be entirely dependent upon the mammalian side of the equation. For example, there are suspicions that new, possibly genetically engineered strains of E. coli that have been found to contaminate hamburger and cause serious illnesses may be laboratory strains that have been inadvertently selected to be stingier with the building blocks for the vitaletheine modulators. Less pantothenic acid and cysteine, especially in protein-deficient and other "depraved diets", may translate into fewer vitaletheine modulators produced by our side of the equation and a greater susceptibility to opportunistic infections.
Another "natural" remedy gaining popularity in the medical and alternative medicine fields for helping to settle gastrointestinal disorders is the consumption of active cultures of yogurt, which provide immune-building nutrients and which also help to reestablish the natural flora of our intestines, such as the E. coli that usually makes pantothenic acid, a logical building block for the vitaletheine modulators.
Want to eat more and weigh less? Think "density" when you're choosing foods. In nutrition lingo, foods that are low in "energy density" have lots of water and fiber, but little . . .Read more.
Want to eat more and weigh less? Think "density" when you're choosing foods.
In nutrition lingo, foods that are low in "energy density" have lots of water and fiber, but little fat and fewer calories. How do they stack up nutritionally? Just fine, according to a new study. For example, a piece of apple pie has about 400 calories; for the same calories, you can crunch on five healthful apples -- and since one or two will fill you up, you'll skinny down. Search for lists of low energy-density foods.
RealAge Benefit: Eating a diverse diet that is low in calories and high in nutrients can make your RealAge as much as 4 years younger. When you eat more foods that are dense in everything but fat and calories -- think juicy melons, pears, cucumbers, broccoli, and berries -- it not only helps keep you slim but also revs up the nutritional quality of your diet.
When researchers compared people on low, medium, and high energy-density diets, they discovered that women who favored foods low in energy density averaged 250 fewer calories a day compared to those in the other groups; men averaged 425 fewer calories. Yet the nutritional quality of their meals didn't suffer. In fact, they had higher intakes of vitamins A, C, and B6; folate; iron; calcium; and potassium.
In other words, eating low on the density scale isn't just good for your waist, it's good for your health; the extra fiber and nutrients fight disease as well as pounds.
Which foods are naturally dense? The stars are fruits and veggies. So although your daily intake should include plenty of whole grains -- and some healthy fats and low-fat protein (beans, fish, lean poultry) -- replace some of these with extra veggies. Later, grab an orange or banana for a snack. Then, watch your waist whittle down.
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[Editor's Note: Dr. Meinig's Root Canal Cover-Up describes the extensive and meticulous root canal research of Dr. Weston A. Price, carried out over a period of 25 years. Originally published in two massive volumes, totaling 1174 pages, Price's work remained unknown to the world until Dr. Meinig'sRoot Canal Cover-Up translated Price's scientific findings into layman's terms. The following report describes Price's findings on root canals, and details Dr. Meinig's efforts to make them known to the public.]
The Price Pottenger Nutrition Foundation was organized on September 11, 1965, in order to make Dr. Weston A. Price's monumental workNutrition and Physical Degeneration available to the public. This book clearly demonstrated to the world that human physical degeneration was basically a nutritional problem. The book made Dr. Price famous.
During the last 31 years, the Foundation has reprinted Nutrition and Physical Degeneration eight times, in order to meet the growing interest in his work.
The Foundation has also had custodial care of Dr. Price's vast dental research data. Documenting his incredible accomplishments are 220 articles, which can be found in the dental and medical literature, along with two additional books. Unfortunately, until recently, Price's dental research remained unknown.
Much of Price's research is contained in two monumental volumes entitledDental Infections Oral & Systemic and Dental Infections and the Degenerative Diseases. While these works have long been in the PPNF library, it was only just four years ago that the Foundation became aware of their importance. These volumes have moldered in obscurity because Dr. Price's research was suppressed and buried over 70 years ago by the autocratic action of a minority group of dentists and physicians who refused to accept the focal infection theory.
In spite of the thousands of experiments conducted on 5,000 animals, and in spite of the thoroughness and excellence of his root canal research, all of Price's 25 years of scientific efforts were so well covered up that there is hardly a dentist alive today who has ever heard about his discoveries.
When Pat Connolly, our beloved Executive Director, was alerted to the importance of these volumes, she brought them to my attention. Pat knew of my graduate studies with Professor Edgar Coolidge, the foremost root canal teacher and researcher in the world. She knew that I was one of 19 dentists that founded the Root Canal Association, and that I had a long association with the American Association of Endodontists. (Endodontists are specialists in root canal therapy.) In fact, my background in nutrition and root canal therapy led to my appointment as manager for the new dental office at the 20th Century Fox Movie Studio.
Pat forwarded PPNF's precious copies of the two volumes to me and suggested that I review Dr. Price's root canal studies and report back to the PPNF Board of Directors my findings and interpretation of his work.
I immediately realized, upon reading the volumes, that Dr. Price's research was thorough and sound. It was easy to see why he was so revered as a dental research specialist.
The gist of the research and of the thousands of animal studies is this: That root-canal-filled teeth always remain infected no matter how good they might look or how good they might feel.
Dr. Price suspected that bacterial infection accompanied many degenerative illnesses. In the beginning, he didn't know what bacteria were involved or just how they contributed to so many disease conditions. But he did recall that in medical practice doctors made cultures from the infection site, grew the organism present in a culture medium and then injected the bacteria into an animal to see if they could reproduce the disease and thereby prove it was the cause of the illness.
Dr. Price suspected that these infections arose from the teeth. He decided to implant an extracted root-filled tooth under the skin of an animal. He felt that if bacteria were present and carrying illness, their presence in a tooth might offer the same kind of proof physicians found when they injected the bacterial culture to produce disease in an animal. That is exactly what took place. He found that by implanting the root-filled tooth, the disease of the patient was transferred to animals. Whatever disease the patient had, the animal with the extracted tooth under its skin developed the same disease as the patient.
In other words, if the patient had heart disease, the animal developed heart disease. If he had kidney trouble, disease of the kidney was transferred to the animal. If he had a problem in his joints, the animals' joints became similarly involved. The principle held true for the whole spectrum of human ailments. Whatever the disease, the animal would develop that of the patient.
Most of the time Dr. Price found the bacteria involved were of the streptococcus family, but he also found staphylococcus, spirochetes and fungi. He found that if a patient had more than one root-canal treated tooth, he could actually have a different organism infecting each one of the treated teeth. That is the reason some people have various ailments from their teeth, all at the same time. In addition, infected root canals have a detrimental effect on the immune system, causing a number of different illnesses.
For a long time, Dr. Price had trouble finding out just how the bacteria existed in the tooth. His own experience in treating infection present in root canals led him to believe that disinfectants controlled the organisms. Thousands of experiments proved this assumption to be incorrect.
Price discovered that the dentin, which makes up 95 percent of the structure of the teeth, was not a solid stone-like mass but consisted of very tiny tubules. Undamaged dentin tubules contain a nutrient-dense fluid that keeps the teeth alive and healthy. These nutrients are supplied daily to each tubule by the artery that accompanies the nerve and vein in the root canal. The artery does this in the same way that other arteries supply nutrients to every cell of the body.
When tooth decay spreads and attacks a tooth, it can usually be removed by a dentist and the tooth saved with a filling. However, if the decay is neglected or not discovered until after it spreads into the root canal of the tooth itself, then the nerve and blood vessels become infected from the bacteria which are part of the tooth decay process.
The bacteria easily and rapidly travel the entire root canal and of course they easily discover those tubules and their nutrient supply. The organisms have, in fact, found a new home, one in which they grow and rapidly reproduce.
Dr. Price's microscope photographs, published along with his research, show the dentin tubules with bacteria in them. Although most dentists know about dentin tubules, it is only in the last few years that any have ever heard of bacteria residing in them. I personally never heard or knew about their presence until just four years ago when I saw Dr. Price's photographs. Remember that his work containing the photos was published way back in 1923!
You will find these pictures in my book Root Canal Cover-Up, along with several recent electron microscope pictures. The electron microscope photographs magnify these tubules and bacteria up to 5,000 times, making the bacteria, which are much smaller than the period at the end of this sentence, appear as big as peas in a pod.
Most dentists are unfamiliar with the presence of bacteria in the dentin tubules and are ignorant of the fact that these bacteria escape and spread throughout the body, causing a vast number of degenerative diseases.
Your dentist may think that the disinfecting treatment he uses during root canal therapy would cause the death of these bacteria. Treatment does kill most bacteria in the root canal, but Price found that not one of the over 100 disinfectants he studied was capable of penetrating the tubules. The same holds true for antibiotics today.
Some dentists argue that the bacteria die off because the root canal filling blocks off their source of nutrients. Unfortunately, this is not the case. In fact, the bacteria are capable of mutating and changing their form. Price found that the challenge of a changed environment actually caused the organisms to become more virile and their toxins much more toxic. It will interest you to know that this discovery of Dr. Price's was confirmed in recent times by a German oncologist named Dr. Josef Issel. He was able to identify these toxins and found them to be closely related to the same chemicals used by the Germans in World War I to make mustard gas.
The bacteria which contribute to most of today's diseases no longer can be killed by antibiotics because the same polymorphic ability of bacteria to mutate, change and adjust that happens in root canals is happening to these organisms in response to antibiotics. These bacteria are involved in most illnesses.
How do bacteria -- apparently trapped in the dentin tubules -- escape to other parts of the body? There are billions of germs in tubules of root canal-treated teeth and those in the vicinity of any of the lateral accessory root canals present in all teeth, can escape into them. From there they travel into the tooth's surrounding periodontal membrane. This is the hard, fibrous membrane that holds the tooth in its bony socket and keeps it from falling out.
The bacteria then spread throughout the periodontal membrane and from there it is easy for them to escape into the surrounding bony network. Everybody knows that cancer cells can metastasize and break away from the main cancer and travel to another gland, organ or tissue. Similarly, when bacteria get into the tooth's bony socket, they also get into the blood supply of the jaw, allowing them to metastasize and travel in the blood vessels to another gland, organ or tissue and establish a whole new infection.
This is called focal infection -- caused when an infection in one part of the body travels to another part and sets up a new site of infection. The American Association of Endodontists-- which I helped organize and which lists me as a life member -- states that they have proven over the years that the focal infection theory is invalid. The arguments they cite are incorrect. They are based on false assumptions.
There are several reasons why they have been misled about this. One is the fact that 25 to 30 percent of people seem to get along with root-canal-filled teeth for many years without any detrimental effects. Dr. Price studied that very problem. He found that those people who had no history of degenerative diseases usually had strong immune systems which were capable of engulfing any bacteria present and prevented them from becoming sick. However, Price found that if these same people suffered a severe accident, a bad case of the flu or some serious stress problem, their immune systems that had been protecting them would become so compromised that they would then become ill with a degenerative disease.
What about the 70 percent of our people who have poorer immune systems to start with? Price found -- and we are finding today -- that they develop degenerative diseases much sooner, many of them right after completion of the root canal treatment.
The endodontists' efforts to save teeth are desirable and admirable, but in their enthusiasm for saving teeth they too often lose the patient. They cite numbers of studies that they believe establish the efficacy of root canal treatment but they never mention the bacteria in the dental tubules. It they want to deny the finding of Dr. Price in this regard, it behooves them to come up with peer review research to prove his findings are inaccurate. Their assertion that this is "old research that has been disproved" is only a statement -- a statement without scientific backing.
In the April 1944 Journal of Endodontics, the message from outgoing President Eric J. Hoveland, DDS, MEd, MBA stated that formerly, endodontists took great pride in being scientists, but "now it is much different." The talk is on new products and "manufacturer led" innovations in equipment. Where is the science, the biology? It must continue to be the basis for this specialty.
As I began to present Dr. Price's research about root canals, I had hoped that the American Association of Endodontists would take a serious look at his discoveries and that they would then initiate research to discover how to kill the bacteria in the dentin tubules and successfully treat tooth infections. At present, they have failed to face these issues. However, numbers of independent-minded dentists have been using new and different approaches. Ultrasound, lasers, colloidal silver, garlic, Enderlein sanum remedies, nutrition, the French calcium oxide treatment and prayer are among the approaches being investigated. It is gratifying that people have at last become concerned about the extraction of infected teeth and are impatient for a better solution. Keep in mind, to be scientific and actually prove the safety of any treatment procedure takes time. Such research challenges our patience and ability to face the conditions that currently confront us.
For those facing the dilemma of existing root canals, the status of one's health and its maintenance is the paramount consideration. The effect of dental infection upon one's immune system must be considered. People with degenerative disease often live long lives, but unfortunately such longevity is marred by suffering and disabilities. At the same time, the resulting degenerative diseases do cause many to die before their time. This is the main question that one must face in considering whether or not to remove root-canal-filled teeth. The problem is: How good is our immune system and how long will it be able to protect us?
The spirit of "alternative" or "functional" medicine demands that each individual assume responsibility for his own health. In order to do so, one must learn everything he can about his problem. If you have a root canal or periodontal disease, the best way to gain this information is to read and study my report of Dr. Price's research, Root Canal Cover-Up, so that you will have sufficient background to assess the opinions of doctors and dentists with whom you consult, as they often know nothing of research discoveries.
If you are a professional or are capable of digesting technical data, you can contact the PPNF office for copies of Dr. Price's original two volumes.
Having performed root canal therapy for many years, I read Dr. Price's two volumes of documentation with utter shock. I became very concerned about the millions of people who are suffering illness from the infection still present in their root canal-filled teeth.
I worried about how PPNF would ever find someone with sufficient background to adequately bring the subject to the public and to health professionals. It would have been easy enough to make copies of Dr. Price's two volumes available to health professionals alone, but such an approach would have ensured that Dr. Price's research remained obscure. The public had to be told.
Because of my 30-year service with PPNF, as well as my extensive professional background, it seemed that I was the logical person to take on the task of informing the public and medical profession about Dr. Price's root canal research discoveries. It wasn't an easy decision as it was obvious that anyone doing so would risk alienating many colleagues and friends, and would certainly invite resentment and anger. On the other hand, I knew that many were ill because of these dental and oral infections. In dwelling on their plight, I began to realize that I was being given an opportunity, a calling, and a privilege to inform people everywhere of the relevance of Dr. Price's work to the state of their personal health.
On June 25, 1993, the first edition came off the press. It sold out in seven months. During that time, I learned much more about the problem of jawbone cavitation infections that often occur where infected teeth have been previously extracted. Therefore, I rewrote Chapter 24 for the second edition, and made some other minor changes. The title was shortened and the cover changed. This somewhat larger printing sold out in one year. In April of 1996, our fourth printing came off the press.
Book publishers and authors tell us that this is a very good record for a self-published book. In 1996, 1 gave lectures to 21 organizations (mostly medical, dental and other health professionals) and was interviewed on 28 radio and two television stations. These appearances have been a great boost to book sales.
The word about the serious side effects of root canal therapy is getting out. Those who have been suffering from these infections are talking. Three years ago, the Root Canal Association stated that there are 20 million root canals being treated each year. The logical conclusion is that a high percentage of our current degenerative disease epidemic can be laid at the door of the cover-up of Dr. Price's research over 70 years ago.
You are all aware that many of the great medical discoveries sometimes take years and years of research to locate the organism causing the disease. In almost all cases it is one organism causing one disease.
Dr. Price found that at least 20 organisms were responsible for infections in the teeth. These 20 organisms caused not one disease but numbers of oral and dental illnesses. But more importantly these germs are responsible for an enormous number of medical diseases manifesting in other parts of the body. These discoveries of Dr. Price greatly overshadow any single medical disease discovered by other physicians. Dr. Price should have received the Nobel Price for all his discoveries, but that eluded him when his work was covered up.
In the hours and hours of time I have spent with the studies of the work of that genius, I have concluded that Dr. Weston Price's 25-year root canal research ranks as one of the greatest discoveries in the history of medicine.
Click here to obtain Dr. Meinig's book, Root Canal Cover-Up. Click here to purchase Dr. Price's book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration is available for $19.95, and click here to buy his two-volume work Dental Infections and Degenerative Diseases for $120.
For the individual with a history of root canal surgery and one or more degenerative diseases you have to face the truth that you certainly have a compromised immune system.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT ROOT CANALS
PART 1 of 3
By Dr. James Howenstine, MD. October 7, 2005 NewsWithViews.com
Many chronic diseases, perhaps most, are a result of root canal surgery. Approximately 20,000,000 root canal operations are performed annually in the United States. Nearly every dentist is oblivious to the serious health risks this operation produces. Brilliant dentist, Dr. Weston A. Price, did monumental research about dental conditions. His work took him around the world where he studied the teeth, diets and bones of native populations living without the benefit of “modern food.” He learned that primitive tribes had perfect teeth without cavities or gum disease and had no bone diseases. As soon as these native tribes adopted the food of the western “advanced” nations their teeth became deformed, full of cavities, gingivitis started, diabetes appeared and they developed bone diseases. Foods that appeared particularly troubling included processed white sugar, fluoride, synthetic vegetable fats (transfats) and all processed nutritionally lacking foods. It was obvious to him that human degenerative diseases were fundamentally a nutritional problem.
Dr. Price wrote two incisive books covering 1174 pages about his research into human health and dental conditions that were so important that he should have won a Nobel Prize. Instead his work was deliberately buried, unread and unappreciated for 70 years. An endodontist (root canal surgeon) named George E. Meinig was encouraged to read Dr. Price’s book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by the Executive Director of The Price Pottenger Foundation, Pat Connoly. Dr. Meinig soon realized the great importance of the 25 years of research efforts by Dr. Price. He confessed to being in “utter shock when he realized the serious ramifications of Dr. Price’s research.” Dr. Meinig developed great empathy for the millions of persons who are suffering illness from the infections produced from their infected the root canal teeth. His concern for the immense health problems arising from lack of knowledge about Dr. Price’s research led him to write his important book Root Canal Cover-Up which fortunately has attracted wide interest to Dr. Price’s research.
Dr. Price learned after thousands of animal studies that a root canal tooth is always infected regardless of it’s appearance and lack of symptoms. When Dr. Price took a root canal tooth out of a patient who had a chronic disease and placed this tooth in an animal the patient became well and the animal developed the same illness the patient had previously suffered from. If the patient had rheumatoid arthritis the animal became afflicted with RA. When the patient had heart disease the animal developed heart disease. The tooth from a patient with kidney disease produced an animal with kidney disease.
More Details About Dr. Price’s Research
The patient whose root canal tooth was placed in an animal not only became well they became well in 24 to 48 hours. This means that a person suffering from the chronic degenerative disease rheumatoid arthritis (autoimmune illness) can be completely cured in 48 hours. The animal receiving the infected tooth from the person with rheumatoid arthritis developed full blown rheumatoid arthritis in 48 hours. The person with chronic glomerulonephritis (autoimmune illness), after removal of the infected tooth, no longer has kidney disease in 48 hours. The patient suffering from auto-immune disease affecting the heart becomes quite well when the offending root canal infected tooth is removed. This research completely changes the way physicians need to think about disease causation.
Every tooth affected by a root canal infection may have a different bacteria residing in it. Thus the individual who has had three root canals could have three different infectious organisms continuously seeding the blood stream. This could result in three different degenerative diseases simultaneously affecting this person.
Each bacteria is capable of setting up an auto-immune disease in a different tissue of the body depending on the nature of the particular infectious organism. This may relate to the genetic composition of the infectious agent. One bacteria has a chemical structure on it’s surface or when floating in the blood stream that irritates a part of a heart muscle cell. This muscle cell responds with an antibody reaction against the antigen in the bacteria. We now have an inflammatory reaction in many heart muscle cells that can be diagnosed as heart disease. Another bacteria has a substance (antigen) that irritates the lining synovial membrane cells of a joint. When this membrane reacts to the irritant we have swelling, redness, warmth and destruction of the synovial membrane (inflammation). This leads to a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.
Dr. Price learned that the most common bacteria infecting a root canal tooth was streptococcus. Staphlococci, spirochetes and fungi were also frequently identified. At least 20 different bacterial organisms were isolated by Dr. Price from root canal teeth. These bacteria caused many oral and dental illnesses. Of greater importance they were producing enormous numbers of medical diseases in other parts of the body. This invaluable information appears to overshadow any advance in medical knowledge made by another researcher.
The patient who had more than one root canal operation might have a different organism infecting each root canal tooth. This explains why a patient can have multiple afflictions from root canal teeth all occurring simultaneously. Infected root canals have a deleterious effect on the immune system permitting the development of many degenerative diseases including heart disease, arthritis, kidney disease, blood stream infections, subacute bacterial endocarditis, phlebitis, anemia, leukopenia (low white blood cell count), back, neck and shoulder pain, neuritis etc.
How Are Infectious Organisms (Strep, Staph, Spirochetes, Fungi) Able To Infect Root Canal Teeth?
Dentin makes up 95 % of the structure of a tooth. This was always felt to be a solid stone like structure. Actually dentin consists of very fine tubules. Undamaged dentin tubules contain a nutrient dense fluid that keeps the teeth alive and healthy. These nutrients reach the teeth by an artery which is accompanied by a nerve and vein in the root canal.
When a tooth becomes decayed the placement of an amalgam (preferably non mercury containing) serves to protect the tooth from ongoing injury. If the decay is neglected or not discovered until it has spread into the root canal the bacterial infection involves the nerve and blood vessels of the root canal. Then these bacteria can easily spread through the whole root canal and enter the dentin tubules through their blood supply. The bacteria, spirochetes and fungi have become established in a new home where they are free to multiply and grow without any impediments. Dr. Price had found that not one of 100 disinfectants was able to penetrate and sterilize the dentin. Neither are any antibiotics capable of sterilizing root canals.
Dr.Price’s microscopic photographs of 1923 show myriads of bacteria or other pathogens doing well in their new dentin home. Most dentists do not know that bacteria and other infectious organisms are always present in the dentin tubules after root canal surgery. Very few dentists are aware of or willing to admit that dentin tubules are always infected after root canal surgery. These bacteria escape into the blood and proceed to initiate a vast number of degenerative diseases. Most dentists believe that the disinfecting substances used to pack the root canal after surgery effectively sterilize the root canal site which is unfortunately not true.
Some dentists are convinced that the removal of pulp and packing the root canal cavity with a disinfecting substance blocks the supply of nutrients to the dentin tubules ensuring eradication of infection. This does not occur.
Once established in the root canal the bacteria become capable of mutating and changing their form. Price found out that established root canal bacterial organisms became more virulent and their toxins became more dangerous. A German oncologist named Josef Issel[1] was able to confirm these observations of Dr. Price. He learned that the toxins released from these root canal bacteria were very closely related to the chemicals used by the Germans in World War I to create mustard gas.
This ability of bacteria to mutate and change in root canals is the same process occurring now in bacteria after exposure to antibiotics. The changes bacteria are able to undergo permit them to become resistant to antibiotics that previously had no difficulty killing them. The ability to mutate relates to the genetic capabilities in the bacteria. Of great importance, exposure to natural anti- infective substances does not result in bacterial resistance because natural anti-infective substances do not produce any genetic changes in the bacteria.
How Do Bacteria Escape From The Dentin Tubules To Other Parts Of The Body?
There are billions of bacteria in root canal teeth. The bacteria which are located nearest to the lateral accessory root canals move into these canals. They then migrate into the hard fibrous membrane that holds the tooth in the socket (periodontal membrane). Once established in the periodontal membrane it is easy for them to spread through this membrane and pass into the surrounding bony network. From the bone structure the bacteria proceed to enter the blood vessels of the jaw bone. The bacteria then travel via the blood stream to a gland, organ or tissue where they start a new infection. Thus a focal infection from a root canal source can spread to a distant site creating a new disease.
The desire of endodontists to preserve and save root canal teeth is commendable. However, far too often the tooth is saved but the patient dies. This happens because of false confidence in the ability of disinfectant substances used to sterilize the root canal tooth. Their theory about this problem is ignoring the presence of live bacteria in dentine tubules. Some intelligent open minded dentists have begun to try to solve the problem of universal infection in root canal teeth. These individuals are starting to study ultrasound, lasers, colloidal silver, garlic, Enderlein serum therapy, nutrition, calcium oxide therapy from France and prayer as possible solutions to this infectious problem.
The Critical Importance Of Our Immune Systems
Dr. Weston Price’s important research completely alters the way we must think about how diseases develop and disappear. Creating a permanent abscess in the body with a root canal operation sets the patient up for serious degenerative diseases. Whether these diseases occur soon after root canal surgery or begin many years later depends on the patient’s immune system. The 70 % of patients with impaired immune system function may become ill immediately after the root canal operation. These persons with impaired immune health may proceed to develop several degenerative problems at a young age.
The 25 to 30 % of persons with a strong immune system may remain in perfect health for many years after root canal surgery. This situation intrigued Dr. Price causing him to study these persons. He learned that the strong immune systems of these persons engulfed the living bacteria in the infected dentin of the root canals site preventing spread to distant sites. However, when these immune healthy individuals suffered a severe accident, had a serious influenza infection or were placed under great stress their immune system became so compromised that they proceeded to develop a degenerative disease.
What Should The Person Who Has Had A Root Canal Operation Do?
The answer to this question appears to lie in the state of one’s immune system. It appears reasonable to me for the person who is well to postpone any action until a degenerative problem appears. Every individual is responsible for their own health. You must remember that nearly all physicians as well as 97 % of dentists know nothing about the danger of root canals. When in medical school we are taught little to nothing about the vital importance of diet, teeth, gums and the mandible in promoting good health. To make matters worse physicians do not inquire about root canals in taking a comprehensive medial history. I know I never did. This means that when you bring up the topic could my new phlebitis, arthritis, nephritis, anemia, low white blood cell count etc. be related to the root canal I had eleven years ago you are going to be greeted by ignorance. If you forget to remember the possible link between the new illness and the old root canal operation you will suffer.
For the individual with a history of root canal surgery and one or more degenerative diseases you have to face the truth that you certainly have a compromised immune system. If you would like to get rid of your chronic disease you must obtain competent dental care. I am certain there will often be occasions when it is difficult to be certain whether removal of the offending root canal infected tooth will eliminate a new disease or not. In this situation I think it would probably be best to proceed with extracting the infected tooth. Your overall health will be better with an abscess out of your body and your immune system is certain to be stronger even if the hoped for disappearance of your new disease does not occur. The sooner uninformed dentists lose out economically the better our national health will be. When a biologic dentist gets overwhelmed with new patients he will search for another biologic trained dentist to help him out. In this way we do not have to depend on the corrupt American Dental Association to change it’s ways and start putting truth into dental school curriculums.
What is the best answer for this problem?
I think the answer is to stop having a relationship with uninformed dentists. You must seek a biologic trained dentist even if it means traveling a longer distance to get dental care. As dentists see their patient loads dwindling they will begin to attend seminars where they can be brought up to snuff about truthful modern scientific dentistry. Remember if you continue dental care with an ignorant dentist your body will suffer from his or her mistakes.
This ability of bacteria to mutate and change in root canals is the same process occurring now in bacteria after exposure to antibiotics.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT ROOT CANALS
PART 2 of 3
By Dr. James Howenstine, MD. October 7, 2005 NewsWithViews.com
Case Reports Illustrating Important Points About Root Canals
Dr. Robert Atkins had a patient who knew of the danger of root canals. This woman had an 11 year old child as a neighbor. The child had a root canal three days earlier and had slipped into a coma and was “going fast”.
When this information was given to his patient, the patient insisted that the MD contact Dr. Atkins. After much arguing with several of those caring for her, an intelligent Maxillary-facial surgeon asked the obvious question, “What do we have to lose?” Within an hour after the removal of the root canal tooth, the child was awake and up and walking. This case does illustrate that a presumably healthy young person can face possibly deadly consequences from root canal surgery. My impression is that this child almost certainly had some serious defect in her immune system that permitted her to become critically ill in a few days.
Another example of the diagnostic complexity that can be seen after root canal surgery is provided by G.G. age 51. This patient was seen by Dr. Robert Rowen because of progressive crippling of the left leg of 10 years duration. He had been advised to have surgical removal of part of the heel bone (calcaneus). His history revealed several root canals including one that was complicated by recurring abscesses before he developed the crippled leg. German acupuncture meridians connect his infected root canal tooth number 14 to the spleen meridian that runs from the inside of the foot through the arch to the inside of the leg. After Dr. Rowen injected a local anesthetic into the gum below the No. 14 tooth. this abnormal electrical circuit was broken and normal movement resulted in the leg. Removal of this infected tooth and gingival tissue led to complete recovery from his foot deformity.
What Is A Jawbone (Mandible) Cavitation?
A mandibular cavitation (MC) is a hole appearing in the mandible because of loss of bone tissue and marrow from this part of the mandible. Another name for MC is NICO. This stands for Neuralgia Inducing Cavitational Osteonecrosis (bone death). Cavitations can appear in any bone in the body but are relatively common in the mandible and the femur. The cause of most bone cavitations appears to be loss of blood supply to this portion of bone. While most MC are painless mandibular cavitations can be a source for severe difficult to eliminate pain problems. Most patients with a MC have had one or more root canal operations. Cavitation tissues contain toxins which are probably waste products of anerobic bacteria. Toxins inhibit enzyme function and are able to combine with mercury from amalgams to create even more dangerous toxic substances. When facial pain appears in this setting it can be a difficult challenging problem. This pain is frequently confused with trigeminal neuralgia. Factors that can contribute to the development of a mandibular cavitations include:
Root canal and gingival infections of a tooth
Hormonal therapy in women may cause decrease in the size of the small blood vessels nourishing the mandible
High long term dosage of cortisone can lead to loss of blood supply to a bone.
Any blood disorder which produces a clotting tendency
Trauma The force needed to extract a wisdom tooth or root canal tooth may tear the delicate blood vessels supplying the adjacent portion of the mandible. This produces a clot in the injured blood vessel followed by death of a bone fragment and marrow tissue The most common place for a cavitation to be found is the site of a previous wisdom tooth extraction.
Injection of vasoconstricting medicine (adrenaline) prior to surgery may cause permanent loss of blood supply to the mandible if a clot occludes the vessel. during the anesthesia while the vessel is constricted and more vulnerable to clottimg.
Cigarette smoking
Alcoholism
Elevation of homocysteine blood values which produce premature aging
The human body reacts to infection by causing the blood to become sludgy. This acts to wall off the infection to prevent spread to other sites. This thick slow flowing blood is prone to clotting and if the clot occurs in a blood vessel going to bone the bone tissue dies from no blood flow and the marrow in the center of the bone gets reabsorbed into the body. In this manner a bone cavitation can be created. Infected patients are known to be prone to blood clots in leg veins that may pass to the lungs causing serious even fatal results.
Cavitat Diagnostic Equipment
Mandible cavitations are hard to identify on conventional xrays which makes them very difficult to diagnose. By far the best method of establishing the diagnosis of a cavitation in the mandible is by use of a sophisticated advanced ultrasound technology instrument called Cavitat.. Use of the Cavitat instrument has revealed that 94% of wisdom tooth removal sites and 100% of root canal removal sites have cavities of varying size in the adjacent mandible bone.
How Acupuncture Meridians Can Be Related To Distant Health Problems
Persons with a problem root canal tooth may have pain or weakness at a distant site such as the calf or sole of the foot. This pain or weakness is due to irritation of the acupuncture meridian that passes from the affected tooth site to this portion of the leg. Injection of the damaged tooth with xylocaine may temporarily eliminate the peripheral leg pain or weakness and successful surgery on the infected tooth accomplishes permanent relief of this distant pain or weakened extremity.
Why The Removal Of Mercury From Old Root Canals And Old Extraction Sites Is So Vital
A very important problem related to mandibular cavitations is the frequent presence of chunks of mercury left in the cavitation after extraction of a root canal, impacted wisdom tooth or gingivitis destroyed tooth. This presence of mercury in the cavitation provides an ongoing site for continuing release of mercury and effectively prevents the patient from benefiting from the removal of mercury containing amalgams. The residual mercury in cavitation sites and extraction sites protects localized bacteria and viruses from being killed by the body’s killer lymphocytes. Release of this residual mercury blocks proper function of the body’s enzyme systems. When the mercury is removed from the extraction and cavitation sites the body’s enzymes return to normal function and the chronic viral or bacterial infection becomes eradicated.
The correct surgical therapy for a cavitation involves the complete removal of all dead bone debris from the cavitation site. This must be combined with a meticulous search for pieces of mercury remaining from prior extractions. The dentist who did not think that mercury has any adverse effects on health may have been cavalier about gathering up buried pieces of mercury from an extraction site.
What Is The Significance Of Dr. Weston Price’s Research?
We know that approximately 20,000,000 root canal operations are done annually in the U.S. each year. This operation generates a high percentage of many dentists income. For these dentists to admit that they are performing a dangerous operation would guarantee a significant portion of their income would be immediately lost. For this reason alone there will be considerable resistance to giving up root canal surgery by many dentists. In only a 20 year period 400,000,000 root canal operations will have been done. Even granting that many persons have more than one root canal operation there still must be a huge segment of the U.S. population at risk for a chronic degenerative disease because of root canal surgery.
What Percentage Of The Chronic Disease Population In The U.S. Is Derived From Individuals Who Have Had Root Canal Operations?
No one knows the answer to this question because root canal operations have been ignored by the medical community as a possible cause for many diseases. As a consequence of this ignorance no long term follow up studies have ever been done and it is unlikely that the American Dental Association would stand by and permit such a study to be funded and performed. Obviously an adverse outcome could result in major loss of income for a multitude of dentists. The problem of sterilizing the root canal site is so complicated there may not be a good solution for many years.
In my opinion there is a good possibility that 50% or more of the U.S. population might be victims of chronic illness caused by root canal surgery. Stopping root canal operations until an effective therapy to sterilize the operative site is available would probably greatly decrease the amount of disease that burdens the American people.
Where Does Dr. Weston Price Stand In the List Of Medical Heroes?
In thinking through the list of medical giants it does not appear to me that any prior research comes close to the value that Dr. Price’s research has accomplished. There is no doubt that Dr. Ignaz Semmmelweis saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of women when he urged hand washing before performing deliveries. This is so simple someone would have certainly have figured this out as medicine progressed. Dr. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin which certainly has saved a multitude of lives.
Currently some disconcerting findings are developing regarding antibiotic drugs:
Bacteria are able to change their genetic structure so they can no longer become killed by a drug that was quite effective in small dosage in the past. These resistant organisms require dangerous complicated antibiotic programs to kill and now there are several bacteria and parasitic infections (enterococci, resistant falciparum malaria) for which there is often no effective pharmaceutical therapy
Taking antibiotic drugs in the preceding year can be a cause for a woman to develop breast cancer. My guess is this will be found for other cancers as other kinds of malignancies are studied. This may well relate to antibiotic induced death of healthy bacteria in the intestines causing impaired function of the immune system, which depends on healthy intestinal bacteria, to properly kill tumor cells.
Dr. Weston Price’s meticulous research appears of unique priceless value in the annals of medical advances. I think history will give him the recognition that he has advanced medical knowledge more than any other person.
Biologic dentistry is worlds apart from conventional dentistry. These dentists have a consciousness of how treatment of the teeth and jaws will affect the health of the individual and how it will affect that persons immune system.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT ROOT CANALS
PART 3 of 3
By Dr. James Howenstine, MD. October 7, 2005 NewsWithViews.com
Where Does The American Dental Association (ADA) Stand On Vital health Issues?
When an individual or organization tells a falsehood there is a need for more falsehoods to support the original untruth. The American Dental Association is currently in an untenable position because of lies they have told in the past. Now if they come clean about these issues they will be swallowed up in a flood of lawsuits they can not win.
There are 4 issues that place them in the position of having a tiger by the tail:
Untruth # 1 Fluoride Is Safe In Our Drinking Water The only reason we have fluoride in our water today is because sodium fluoride is a toxic byproduct of the aluminum manufacturing industry. No research was done about the safety of fluoride addition to drinking water before this was implemented by Congress as a favor to the aluminum industry. There is no evidence that fluoride decreases cavity formation in teeth. In fact there is evidence of just the opposite. Dr. Cornelius Steelink, Emeritus Professor of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Az. studied fluoride exposure in 26,000 school children. The results showed the more fluoride a child drank the more cavities the child experienced. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has classified fluoride as more toxic than lead but less toxic than arsenic.
Paul Ewing was appointed Administrator of the Federal Security Agency to get rid of the troubling fluoride problem for the aluminum industry. Rockefeller interests[1] paid him $750,000 to get this accomplished. When fluoride appeared in the water supply of Washington, D.C. the members of Congress had bottled water placed in congressional offices. One senator always carried a flask of spring water with him to fancy restaurants. He was heard to remark” Not one drop of fluoridated water will ever pass my lips”. When the time came to place the fluoride in the drinking water no one knew how much to place as there had been no research ever done on fluoride in water supplies. A guess was made. The toxicity of fluoride was well established by a later study which compared 10 large U.S. cities fluoridating their water with 10 similar sized cities that did not use fluoride. After a 20 year follow up the cities fluoridating their water were found to have 10 % more cancer than the cities not using fluoride. These results prompted Dr. Dean Burk, the Chief Chemist Emeritus of the U.S. National Cancer Institute to remark “In point of fact, fluoride causes more human death, and causes it faster, than any other chemical.”
Untruth # 2 Root Canals Are A Safe Operation You have read enough in this article to hopefully convince you otherwise.
Untruth # 3 Mercury (Silver) Amalgams Are Completely Safe. The ADA must continue to fight for the safety of silver (mercury) amalgams as caving in and admitting the truth would bury them in lawsuits that they should lose. Many dentists have been persecuted and prosecuted for speaking out against mercury amalgams (silver).
In 1984 the ADA heard a presentation about mercury hazards from Dr. Hal Huggins. This presentation initiated a new policy for the ADA of removing the licenses of any dentist who mentioned that mercury might be dangerous. This was a “gag rule.” Dentist Mark Breiner had an ongoing battle with the ADA about his right to write articles in local Connecticut newspapers in which he called attention to the toxicity of mercury in amalgams. For its part in suppressing Dr. Breiner’s right to free speech the State of Connecticut was forced to pay the ACLU its legal fees in a July14 decision that gave dentists the right to speak freely. Attorney Charlie Brown has been fighting the ADA for 7 years in Florida, Arizona and Maryland.
He states “The ADAs rule of forcing silence on the part of dentists has been one of the greatest impediments to consumers learning the truth about amalgam or even learning that they are mainly mercury, and not silver. A decade ago the ADAs monopoly was unchallenged and the dental boards, it is still hard to believe, were agents of the ADA, taking licenses from dentists who would not kowtow to the gag rule.” These changes show that the ADAs illegal power over dentists is beginning to unravel. The ADA should never have had the power to remove licenses from dentists who were simply speaking the truth.
Untruth # 4 Gingival Surgery Is An Effective Way To Heal Gum Disease.
The conventional dental approach to gum disease is antibiotic therapy and surgery. Periodontal Disease (gum infections) affect approximately 75 % of adults.
Dr. Paul Cummings of Wilmington, North Carolina taught gingival (gum) disease at the University of North Carolina Dental School. He now recommends using hydrogen peroxide and taking baking soda rubbed into the diseased gums after the mouth has been professionally cleaned. He states that this program is obtaining a 98 % success rate far better than he ever obtained with surgery. Cimmings relates that “Not one clinical study has ever shown that periodontal surgery was necessary’. This surgery brings monetary reward to surgeons but does not eliminate receding gums, bleeding gums, nutritional deficits and vitamin and nutrient (CoQ 10) lack. Persons suffering from gum disease have a breakdown in the connective tissue supporting the gums. How can you correct a nutritional problem with an operation?
The substance Oral Guard is effective in healing gum disease. This contains Vitamin C, CoQ 10, hydrogen peroxide, xylitol, comfrey root, green tea extract, eucalyptus oil, propolis extract, menthol, St. John’s wort, vitamin K1, alpha lipoic acid and folic acid. My wife had badly receding gums and loose sensitive teeth which subsided with Oral Guard treatment.
What Is Biologic Dentistry?
Biologic dentistry is worlds apart from conventional dentistry. These dentists have a consciousness of how treatment of the teeth and jaws will affect the health of the individual and how it will affect that persons immune system. There is awareness that once a dental procedure has been done on a tooth (amalgam placement or gum surgery) that tooth becomes more vulnerable to needing future dental procedures.
Conventional dental cleaning removes a thin layer of enamel from the teeth with each trip to the dental office. Teeth cleaning with ultrasonic techniques does not remove enamel.
Dental xrays are ordered for specific reasons but are not automatic.
Metals placed in the mouth from dental procedures are regarded as toxic substances. Mercury injures the autonomic nervous system, oxidizes easily producing free radicals, binds to sulfur, inactivates enzymes, injures cell membranes, causes cross linking of proteins (aging) and reduces the detoxification potential and biochemical function of the individual. Other toxic metals used in dental procedures include tin, cadmium, nickel and aluminum.
Different metals in the mouth (mercury, gold, nickel etc.) dissolve in the oral fluids. These dissolved metals produce electrical charges that may disrupt the normal electromagnetic meridians seen in good health (oral galvanism). Immune function can be disturbed resulting in low white blood cell counts and defective immune responses. Additionally abnormal unhealthy electrical waves may lead to interference with proper neurologic function of distant structures (foot paralysis etc). Unusual pain problems need to raise the possibility that the electromagnetic meridians are being disturbed by a root canal abscess or cavitation.
Pain from the temporomandibular joint may lead to curvature and osteoarthritic changes in the neck and thoracic vertebra. These changes can be instantly resolved by an oral implant created by dentist Dr. Farrand Robson of Spokane, Washington. This implant restores proper flow of air into the posterior pharynx. When this airway obstruction is eliminated by the implant the excessive release of adrenaline that permitted survival by causing constant activity of the pharyngeal muscles to improve air flow ceases resolving all symptoms.
Allergic reactions may occur to metals and chemical sensitivity may develop to ceramics used instead of mercury to restore amalgams. Tests to detect possible allergic reactions and metal sensitivity can be performed prior to dental procedures. The biocompatibility tests of Dr. Reinhold Voll and Fritz Kramer D.D.S. and the Applied Kinesiology techniques of George Goodheart D.C. are able to aid dentists in selecting materials to place in the mouth that are less likely to cause allergic and chemical reactions.
Removal of multiple amalgams on a single visit can result in acute neurologic dysfunction including paralysis and coma. The process of extracting an amalgam releases a cloud of mercury vapor into the air that when breathed by the patient creates a potential problem with acute mercury toxicity if that person has multiple amalgams. There is no test that can discern if a patient is in danger when several dental amalgams are removed in one sitting. The most common symptom of mercury poisoning is striking unexplained irritability but headaches, depression and mental cloudiness are also commonly seen..
A program to bind mercury before amalgams are removed appears to be a good idea. This should be started with an agent such as Essential Daily Defense at least one week prior to planned surgery. Essential Daily Defense EDD chelates mercury, iron, cadmium and lead out of the body in a safe manner. I have taken EDD for more than 2 years and intend to continue it until Codex stops supplements. These toxic metals not only cause a multitude of health problems they are a major factor in the production of arteriosclerosis.
Mercury poisoning can be avoided by limiting the number of amalgam extractions done on one visit and having the patient, dentist and dental assistant breathing air from a remote site containing oxygen through a mask during the procedure.
The room where amalgams are removed is the most dangerous room in a dental office. Mercury using dentists and their assistants have a high rate of depression, impaired mentation, tremor and infertility because of chronic exposure to this mercury vapor from silver (50 % mercury) amalgam placements and extractions.
Biologic dentistry is concerned with selecting the therapy that will cause the least disturbance to the immune system. My impression is that the general public will embrace these new dental methods with open arms.
Where Can An Informed Biologic Dentist Be Found?
If you go to a search site such as Google and click Biologic Dentistry you will be able to click over Amalgam Directory. This directory provides names, addresses and phone numbers of biologic dentists in the U.S., Canada, Europe and other parts of the world.
The Oral Guard and Essential Daily Defense mentioned in this article can be obtained from Natural Health Team at 1-800-416-2806.
2, Mullins, Eustice Murder by Injection The Story of the Medical Conspiracy Against America pg 151 The National Council for Medical Research P.O. Box 1105, Staunton, Virginia 24401
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Natural Dental Health
The renouned German physician Dr. Reinhard Voll estimated that nearly 80% of all illness is related entirely or partially to problems in the mouth. The reason the teeth are such a threat to health is that, in addition to their connection to every organ and gland in the body, they can harbor infections without symptoms. There's no pain or discomfort. Yet, there may be chronic infection eroding the body's immune response-wearing out the immune system. This infection is very difficult to detect. Few people today have escaped the problems of dental cavities and gum infection. About 98% of Americans have some areas of diseased gum tissue in their mouths, over half of these are also experiencing a progressive "bone loss." Fortunately, cavities and pyorrhea (gum disease and bone loss) are both 100% preventable and reversible.
The mouth is a hostile environment. It's warm, moist, and full of nutrient-laden saliva, decaying teeth, and soggy gums, which makes it a haven for bacteria. Teeth are subject to sudden changes of temperature created by extremes such as coffee and ice cream. Mechanical stresses challenge the mouth in the form of a combination of hard and soft foods. It is attacked chemically by foods that are highly acidic and highly alkaline with overtones of salinity and sugar. All these conditions provide corrosive influences, necessitating artificial replacements supplied by the dentist. Mercury amalgam fillings are the major source of mercury exposure for the general public, at rates six-times higher than from fish and seafood.
Oral toxicity has been the cause of much anxiety, depression, hyperactivity and suicidal behavior as well as other psychological conditions. The sufferers then are referred to psychiatric physicians who place them on powerful psychoactive drugs and treat them with electro-shock therapy. These procedures cause the same symptoms that are being addressed, as well as permanent brain damage. Symptoms start in childhood with the treatment of tooth decay, caused by a poor diet and consumption of acid-forming sugar, phosphoric acid in sodas, etc. Kids are given "chrome caps" on their baby teeth, thus starting the sequence of toxic, damaging mayhem. Because the metals affect the nervous system, they are labeled as ADHD, hyperactive, learning disabled, etc. and so starts their demise.
The practice of using mercury to cure syphilis usually killed the patient rather than cured them and is now no longer used. The use of dental amalgams brought dentistry out of the Barber's shop to the highly technical discipline it is today. We are now investigating and recognizing the effects that the mercury from these fillings has had on the health of generations of individuals. Dentistry is now investigating the links between root fillings, dead teeth and systemic health problems. This issue will be as controversial as the mercury amalgam issue and has the potential to reshape dental care into the next century.
Damage to Teeth
A tooth is made of three parts, first is the outer layer of enamel which is inert and is what you see when you look into the mouth.
Secondly the inside of the tooth and most of the root is made of dentine which is a living tissue with its own nerve and blood supply. Dentine is perforated by millions of tiny holes called tubules, there are 3 miles of tubules in a lower front tooth and it is fluid flowing through these tubules which can cause hot and cold sensitivity of teeth and creates a vast market for sensitivity toothpastes.
Thirdly there is the pulp in the middle of a tooth in a space called the root canal. As well as containing nerve endings it contains blood vessels, lymph and connective tissue. There is a constant bathing of the dentine component of the tooth from the pulp with nutrients and fluid flowing out along the tubules into the surrounding periodontal tissues. This is essential to maintain healthy teeth. When the fluid flow reverses then decay starts in teeth.
Any injury, chemical, bacterial or thermal can cause these tissues to swell, but as there is little room for swelling in the center of a tooth, an increase in pressure due to this swelling often cuts off the blood supply to the tooth and all the vital tissue in the tooth dies. You may often experience a throbbing pain as the body tries to pump blood into the tooth to help this inflammatory process.
The pulp and the tissue in the tubules become necrotic and it is now when problems start. With multi rooted teeth it is possible for the pulp in one root to die but other roots stay vital as they have separate blood supplies. This causes problems for dentists trying to diagnose whether a tooth is alive or dead. Eventually the necrotic tissue in the one root will slowly kill off the vital tissue in the other roots and the tooth is then described as dead or non-vital. This may or may not be painful and the degree of pain felt may vary from a slight twinge, to tenderness to bite on, to a full blown toothache which you cannot believe is happening to you.
The pain is dependent on your response to the irritation and whether there is bacterial infection of the pulpal material. Bacteria cause putrefaction of this pulpal material producing gas, which increases the pressure inside a tooth and pain. White blood cells stream into the pulpal area of the tooth attacking the bacteria and producing pus and more swelling and more pain. The inflammation then spreads out of the tooth via the small foramina through which the blood and lymph pass into the tooth and affects the bone holding the tooth. Swelling here causes pressure in the bone which again is painful, and will continue until it perforates into the surrounding soft tissue or the dentist intervenes.
The dentist then has the choice to take the tooth out or to do a root treatment. Today in this technological age the dentist will offer to treat the abscess, deal with the pain and save the tooth. This is where opinions split as to what is best to do. Do we look to save individual teeth or do we look to treat the whole patient.
The standard way to root treat a tooth is to drill a small hole into the tooth to gain access to the root canal. If the tooth is not fully dead or there is a great deal of inflammation then this procedure can be uncomfortable though often the tooth and the pulp are dead so no pain is felt. Through varying techniques of instrumenting the root canal and flushing irritant fluids down the canal the dentist hopes to remove as much of the necrotic tissue and bacteria as he can. Then a sterilizing liquid is sealed into the root for a few days in an attempt to further treat the infection and necrotic tissue. Antibiotics are often given to treat the infection outside the tooth.
If the pain goes, a further visit is arranged where the dentist opens up the tooth again to finish the root treatment. They should first take an X-ray with an instrument down the tooth to establish whether they are fully down the canal and have not left any area untreated. If this is satisfactory they fill up the space where the pulp was with and inert material so no future infection can take place.
Millions of this type of treatment are done every year with an apparent success rate of over 90% (i.e. no pain and healing on x-ray so the dentist and the patient are happy). This unfortunately masks a problem which can still be occurring. It is now recognized by more and more dentists that it is impossible to clean out all of the necrotic tissue or to completely sterilized a tooth. As mentioned before there are 3 miles of tubules in the smallest tooth of your mouth and no dentist claims to clean or sterilize all of these. This then leaves areas of dead tissue in the tooth to continue decomposing and being infected. White blood cells don’t travel into tubules nor do antibiotics filter into these areas so the tubules become a safe haven for bacteria and possibly fungi. They survive and feed off the necrotic tissue and whatever filters into the dentine tubules. The bacteria which colonize these tubules started as normal aerobic bacteria often from the mouth, but when they are sealed into the tooth their environment changes and they pleomorphize to become anaerobic and potentially much more harmful. Their metabolism changes and their waste products become much more toxic.
Until recently there was no scientific way of measuring the toxicity of these teeth but now using photoaffinity labelling, researchers are able to test the toxins from teeth against metabolically important enzymes such as pyruvate kinase, creatinine kinase and the results are disturbing. Of 40 root treated teeth tested 25% showed no toxins. 50% showed toxicity as great as hydrogen sulfide and most worryingly 25% were more toxic than hydrogen sulfide. Research is now looking at what these compounds could be and how we can test for them in the mouth rather than once a tooth has been extracted.
Root Canal Therapy
There are many presumptions about root canal therapy which are based in myth rather than science. The philosophy underlying the teaching of dentistry limits its practice to mechanics, pain control and aesthetics. The systemic effects of dental treatment are rarely considered.
The root canal procedure is a fatally flawed procedure. The very nature of the procedure itself prevents it from achieving its supposed primary goal: a non-infected, sterile tooth. There is a high risk of keeping in the mouth a dead tooth that can harbor anaerobic bacteria, viruses and fungi, where neither the body's immune system nor antibiotics can fight them off. Sooner or later the root canaled tooth's bacteria and their toxins can invade the body, weakening the immune system, the nervous system, the heart, etc. yet often without the medical doctor even thinking to suspect the role that is being played by an infected, toxic tooth.
Of equal interest is the relationship of root filled teeth to traditional Chinese medicine and body energies. All teeth are linked to the body via acupuncture meridians and having a root filled tooth, a large amalgam filling, a crown, or anything that is not compatible with the body, on a meridian may set up an interference field, blocking or altering the energy flow ( the chi ') passing through this meridian and cause a disease in an organ or body function remote from the tooth. For example a front upper incisor is on the Kidney/ Bladder meridians and having a root treated tooth here may cause gynecological problems, kidney problems, impotence, and sterility if you follow a Chinese medicine theme. These teeth also relate to spinal segments and joints, the front incisor relates to the coccyx and posterior knee and to L2, L3, S3, and 6.
If the tooth is removed, the energy does tend to pass through it; however, without the tooth in the bone, it is still altered. Without stimulation from a tooth, blood circulation and lymphatic drainage will be impaired, and the bone and tissue surrounding the extraction site can become diseased (cavitations) and die. Infections in the teeth and toxins have no place to go but down; down into the jawbone and into the rest of the body, creating systemic pathologies. Some dentists are trained to look for these areas on X-rays and Cavitat procedures and when these areas are treated they can also bring considerable improvements in patients health. This energetic relationship between teeth and the rest of the body is opening whole new avenues of dental care and the chance for dentists to work with other complementary health workers.
It is assumed in dentistry that the extent of bone loss is a direct indication of the amount of infection present. This is a false assumption because the bone loss may take time to develop. The extent of the bone loss about the end of the root is also a function of the body's immune system being able to isolate the infection process. It has little to do with the degree of infection. Sometimes there is no bone loss, but instead, a condensation of bone about the end of a dead tooth. Dentists are taught that this indicates a lack of infection. The reality is that teeth showing a Condensing Osteitis are demonstrating that the body's immune system is incapable of quarantining the infection locally. These are often the teeth which cause the greatest systemic effects.
The toxins generated by the root canal can combine with the mercury leaching from the amalgams and create new chemicals of a much higher toxicity. Some combinations can be more potent than Clostridiumbotulinum (responsible for botulism). Any time you bite down, you are potentially squirting a few molecules of dental poisons into the bloodstream-and often it only takes a few molecules to create a serious problem.
The four front teeth, on both the upper and lower jaw, are energetically connected (through the meridians or energy channels) to the reproductive system. Research shows that if a man has a root canal done on a front tooth before he is 18, the testicle on that same side of the body will atrophy down to 50% the size of the other one. If a woman has a root canal in the lateral incisor, the second tooth from the midline, she may lose her ability to have a sexual orgasm. Root canals in the front teeth can also influence the onset of endometriosis, excessively long or short menstruation, and infertility.
Kinesiology is one technique where you can localize a problem tooth to see whether it affects overall body strength. If you then hold a remedy for necrotic pulp and the strength returns then there is a good chance that this tooth is affecting health. The use of an Electro-acupuncture or electro dermal screening device can, on an energetic level, determine if individual teeth are stressing that particular person and which tissue or area is being affected.
There are charts available which illustrate the relationship between teeth organs and disease.
If the detrimental effects of root canals on the public health are major, then the effects of jawbone cavitations (osteonecrosis) are even more colossal, given the apparent widespread incidence of jawbone osteonecrosis. The routine manner in which dentists extract teeth, including wisdom teeth, will routinely result in the formations of cavitations. Not a single patient (out of thousands examined) who has had all four wisdom teeth removed was found to be free of cavitations. In fact, most had four, and nearly all the rest had three. extensive cavitations will be found in the jawbones of most of our older citizens who are wearing full dentures. Younger adults should also be checked: cavitations are also routinely triggered by the presence of root-canaled teeth, toxic crowns and other dental toxins, periodontal and other infections, and by accidents and other trauma to the jawbone. Relying on x-rays for the diagnosis of cavitations is inadequate. Injection of Sanum remedies will not remove what is, effectively, gangrene in the jawbone.)
Mercury
Organized dentistry is filled with statements that vastly underestimate the amount of mercury released from dental amalgams.
In most states a dentist could lose his or her license for recommending amalgam removal. Dr. Hal Huggins, perhaps the best-known anti-mercury crusader in the world lost his license in Colorado for this very reason. The law in Colorado has since been changed to prevent this from happening again, but it is easy to see why dentists are afraid of persecution. This leads to some strange conversations with dentists. They simply can't answer your questions!
Organized dentistry usually claims that amalgam surfaces give off 0.067 to 0.057 micrograms/day/sq cm of surface, but this claim has failed numerous scientific examinations. Professor Boyd Haley, Chair of the Chemistry Department at the University of Kentucky (www.toxicteeth.net), has measured the release of mercury vapor and found the release to be 7.54 micrograms/day/sq cm of surface when undisturbed and 45.49 micrograms/day/sq cm of surface when brushed using a medium bristle toothbrush (758 times higher than the ADA's estimate of mercury emission). The major contributor to mercury body burden of American citizens is from dental amalgam.
Dentists are required to handle dental amalgam as a hazardous material before it goes into teeth, and scrap amalgam must be handled as toxic, hazardous waste when it comes out of teeth. Dental clinics serve as the largest single source of mercury pollution. The mercury from dental fillings can be converted by bacteria in the oral and intestinal cavities into methyl mercury, making it far more toxic to humans and other living things. Another troublesome chemical reaction occurs when methyl-thiol, which is a toxin produced in periodontal disease, reacts with ionized mercury to form extremely dangerous mercury-thiol compounds that behave similarly to methyl mercury and can pass the intestinal and blood-brain barriers.
Mercury harms brain tubulin, the most important protein in the brain, and is severely toxic to neurons. Professor Boyd Haley warns that our brains have no protective mechansim against the damage done by the mercury vapor given off from dental amalgams. Even low levels of mercury exposure can damage human nerve cells, Haley warns, and cause all of the signs of Alzheimer's disease, a leading cause of disability and death. Far more than any other toxin, mercury produces all the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease: greatly decreased glutathione levels, neurofibrillary tangles, abnormally aggregated tubulin, increased hyper-phosphorylation of protein-Tau, and increased production of beta-amyloid protein, which makes up amyloid plaques. Mercury has been linked to Alzheimer's more than any other toxin, including Aluminum, Haley warns, and the rate of Alzheimer's disease is growing and is projected to increase much more in coming decades. Haley, a world's expert on human toxicity issues, urges that dental amalgams, which are half mercury, be banned. Doctors have missed the mercury diagnosis for a long time because they only did a straight blood test and not a chelation challenge test.
Fritz Loscheider, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus in the School of Medicine, University of Calgary and is former head of the Department of Medical Physiology there. Dr. Lorscheider was part of a research team at Calgary that linked low level mercury to rapid neuron death. He presented a stunning video showing a nerve cell dying within a few hours after being exposed to a drop of low-levels mercury solution. The research was published in 2001 in Neuroreports, a peer-reviewed journal. The paper and the video can be viewed on the website www.neuroreports.com/30mar01. That study was just the latest of a series of studies that link mercury in low concentration to impairment and death of nerve cells and that link mercury to all the markers of Alzheimer's disease, a leading cause of disability and death.
Younsters who die of unexplained heart attacks, such as the young athletes that die in high school on exertion during athletic events, have 22,000 times more mercury in their hearts than normal. Autistic babies appear to be a subset of the population that is unable to excrete mercury from nerve cells. Based on the many factors that influence the toxicity of mercury--genetic, hormonal, chemical, and environmental--it is not known what the tolerable level of mercury is for each individual, as it can vary dramatically from person to person. Dental mercury is, by far, the greatest source of mercury entering sewage waste treatment systems, accounting for 40% of the load. One in eight women of reproductive age in the U.S. has blood mercury levels that pose a risk to the developing fetus.
Diabetes, from mercury toxicity, has hundreds of symptoms; it masquerades under many different medical aliases, and its symptoms are treated by many different medical specialists. In 1995 diabetes, then being treated by numerous competing medical specialists, accounted for over 40% of the deaths from all causes according to data reported in American Demographics. In the 1930s and 1940s, many of the medical specialties that we know today emerged from what had been up to then the general practice of medicine. This reorganization was greatly influenced by the emergence of diabetes, now known as hyperinsulinemia. From an incidence of 0.0028% per capita in the late 1800s, diabetes soared over a thousand times to become a serious epidemic by 1950. Thus the "heart specialist," the "endocrinologist," the "hepatic and biliary specialist" as well as many other medical specialists began to compete for market share in the treatment of diabetes. It became fashionable, for example, to declare that diabetes increased cardiovascular risk, where formerly it was well understood that heart failure was a direct consequence of untreated or poorly treated diabetes. Since then, each of the medical specialties have their own proprietary name for their own proprietary symptom set which they recognized as their own proprietary disease and treated with their own ineffective proprietary protocol.
Modern medical includes in their list such symptoms of this disease as atherosclerosis, elevated cholesterol, hypertension, elevated glucose, elevated insulin, stroke, cardiomyopathy, kidney and liver failure, neuropathy, retinopathy, male impotence, blindness glaucoma, gangrene, and many other debilitating symptoms. Several forms of cancer are a result of a failure to effectively treat diabetes in its early stages. None of the treatments by any specialist is directed toward curing the disease. They are all aimed at suppressing the proprietary symptom set, that the attending physician feels responsible for treating. Many of the treatments often leave the patient worse off than before.
Insulin has three sufur-containing cross-linkages and the insulin receptor is a tyrosine kinase-containing sufur bonds, which are a preferred targets for binding by both mercury and lead. The metals inactivate insulin's ability to trigger the naturally occurring hormonal effects which would lower blood sugar. Mercury is causing chronic hyperinsulinemia. As a consequence, blood glucose levels become so elevated that the glucose "spills over" into the urine, and is converted into triglycerides (fat), which contribute to cardiovascular illness. Despite these high blood glucose levels, cells "starve" since insulin-stimulated glucose entry into cells is impaired. This leads to ketosis, which is an acid condition. Since ketone bodies are acids, their high concentration puts a strain on the buffering capacity of the blood and exess hydrogen ions in the urine. Alkaline minerals, including sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium, as well as water, are depleted, leading to dysregulation of the thyroid and adrenals, and dehydration, with loss of blood volume, as well as the conditions already mentioned. The mercury burden in the body comes primarily from dental amalgam, or in infants and children, from thimerosol (ethyl mercury), used as a preservative in vaccinations. Mercury fillings are placed in teeth made unhealthy by the refining of foods, particularly flour and sugar.
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Turning our attention to the nutritional tie-in with periodontal disease, I would like to begin with the original protocol of supplementation that Carlton Fredericks, Ph.D.--a world renowned nutritionist on radio for more than 40 years--had devised in the 1970's. He recommended calcium orotate, which is the form of the mineral calcium that is utilized best in the cells. He included vitamin C with bioflavinoids preferring the use of a time released vitamin C. Large amounts of cod liver oil were on his list to act as a vehicle for transporting the calcium into the cells from the blood. An obvious suggestion of a medium of high protein and low refined carbohydrate diet would enhance the anabolic process in any and all cells of the body, including the alveolar bone surrounding the teeth. The last nutrient my mentor, Carlton Fredericks, include was riboflavin. More recently, I have learned about a number of other nutrients, which have been reported to help people with periodontal disease. They include natural substances like calendua, propolis, garlic, Tea Tree oil, liquid protein, and co-enzyme Q10.
Calendula is an extract from the marigold plant that, in a non-alcoholic solution, oftentimes helps heal gingival inflammation, canker sores, cold sores, sore throats, or any other mucous membrane irritations. It is useful after periodontal surgery, deep gingival curettage and tooth extractions.
Propolis is useful as a tincture, as an oral supplement or as chewable chips. It has anti-infective properties, whereas calendula has hemostatic healing effects. Propolis is synthesized by bees, which deposit this gelatinous material on any foreign body or insect entering their hive. It is reported that their use of propolis is the reason.
Garlic the poor man's or the poor woman'santibiotic in some Third World nations, is very helpful for periodontal disease sufferers. Imagine irrigating deep periodontal pockets around your teeth with liquid garlic. Liquid garlic will kill almost every pathogen; however, the resulting mouth odor may be a deterrent in its use.
Garlic supplements are, of course, much more acceptable than chewing raw garlic or putting garlic through a juice extractor. Aside from its anti-infective property; garlic may be analgesic in some specific periodontal disease situations. If, for example, there is bone missing down the side of a tooth to the very root tip, the live nerve entering the root tip may be exposed through this side channel. If liquid garlic can reach down the bony defect where the inflamed and painful nerve enters the tooth, the cleansing antiseptic properly of the garlic may relieve some tooth pain or referred pain. If a viscous propolis tincture is applied subsequently to coat the garlic there may be further insulating and antibiotic effects.
One of the most recent natural antibiotic was discovered and first used is Australia. Oil is derived from their indigenous Tea Tree (Melaluca alternifolia). It has AMA (American Medical Association) accepted anti-fungal properties and FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approval. It helps cold sores, muscular and arthritic pains, congestion and periodontal disease.
Complementary or holistic physicians and dentists are primarily seeking etiologies instead of symptoms. We also try to use common sense when diagnosing and treating. As a result we become inventive and use natural cleansing and anabolic methods for strengthening our patients' weaknesses. Just as the marigold plant extract called calendula cleanses, promotes healing, and stops bleeding in involved periodontal tissues, so can the free amino acids in liquid protein be used to help protein build up in degenerated periodontal ligaments and the surrounding soft tissues in deep pockets around loose, weak, non-infected teeth. The accepted terms for the connector between the bone surrounding the tooth and the tooth is the "periodontal membrane." The periodontal membrane is composed largely of ligamentous fibers; thus, the term "periodontal ligament" is used interchangeably with "periodontal membrane." Although calcium, magnesium, zinc, and essential fatty acids are some of the most important factors for alveolar bone formation, manganese is one of the most important factors in ligament health and integrity.
I have intentionally left the mentioning if co-enzyme Q10 for last. It is one of the few nutrients known for its beneficial effects for periodontal disease by conventional medical doctors. Sublingual lozenges work best. Co-enzyme Q10 is an important factor in the biochemical pathway in cellular respiration. This, in turn, will insure that more energy will be available in each cell for enhanced function. As a result, there is noticeable strengthening of alveolar bone cells surrounding the teeth, with a greatly diminished tendency for degeneration or dissolution of that bone. Some people feel that this supplement not only prevents teeth from loosening more but may also tighten them in some instances.
Although there are no panaceas in periodontal disease treatments, and surgery may be beneficial at times, I feel conservative treatments are worthwhile considering.
This article in no way recommends that you avoid seeing a periodontist if your teeth are loose or if they have a predisposition of eventual loosening. It rather presents some basic, natural ideas and remedies which may help improve resistance to degeneration of the supporting periodontal tissues: the gingiva or gums, the periodontal membrane or ligament, and the alveolar bone.
Dr. Stephen R. Goldberg is a fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, a Member of the international Academy of Preventive Medicine, the Vice president of the National Dental Acupuncture Society and a renowned lecturer.
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More esp. on EAR, but pertains to nose and throat, too. I have been
mentally compiling the info I have seen, and it goes something like
this: If you have waxy build-up and perhaps in addition to phlegm in
throat, and blowing nose effects the impacted ears, this is for your
information. You apparently have some infection, and some
inflammation in your ears, and some hearing loss, too. It probably
means you either had a fungal or bacterial (or both) infection
recently, or were on prescription antibiotics or are fat! (Or also
have a cold, etc.) Any of these can be the root culprits or causes. I
believe bad teeth- mercury toxins from fillings or decayed teeth or
both, can be there, too, as well as poor digestion. For the
digestion, I suggest you take as much betaine HCl as needed after
meals with water, esp. if you have phlegm and might be swallowing it.
But that is not something I found in my previous search, just an
extra-added 'tidbit' FYI. Now, down to 'biz' -- you can buy earwax
remover and keep the container, hopefully, it has the little 'squirt
dealie' top, and the top comes off so you can refill it. Keep the
box, too, for easier location later. When it's empty, put in mostly
mineral oil (baby oil) and aloe vera gel. Fill the remaining space
with hydrogen peroxide. When you lie on your side and put it in the
ear that's 'in position', it should sound 'snap, crackle and poppy',
as it fizzes into your ear. Then, of course, roll over and let that
ear drain, while doing the other ear. This JUST MIGHT be all you
need, and if so, great. However, if you either are still clogged or
have intermittant 'pop backs' to plugged, repeat the process. After a
few times, and if needed, you need to get some (good) vinegar and
take a cue tip, and soak both ends in vinegar. Use one side in one
ear and the other side in the other ear- and NEVER insert the cue-tip
very far into your ear. Just enough to let the vinegar trickle, and
that should open up the ears. The idea here is that after the intial
treatments, softening the earwax, the vinegar works as a 'syringe',
to eat away at the dried matter and even the moisture remaining in
the ears, and clearing out the 'debris'. This should work, hopefully.
Now, for getting rid of the bacteria and phlegm. Blow your nose, of
course. (Be careful you don't hold your nose closed and blow hard to
clear out your ears, but you can play areound with your ear openings
with your pinkie finger.) Don't take prescription antibiotics, unless
you are in real dire straights, and have lots of glandular or throat
bacteria. Use the natural antibiotics, like enteric coated garlic,
etc., or raw crushed garlic straight down the 'gullet', and even suck
on it to clear out your mouth and throat. Lay off the salt- all salt,
because you probably tend towards too much alkalinity at this point.
You might even want to add some good vinegar to your ingestion diet.
When you aren't taking the natural antibiotics, you should supplement
with probiotics, pills might be better than kefir or yogart at this
point, to avoid milk products.
Well, that pretty much covers what I think I gleaned from the search
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¡México!
El Universal -- Mexico City Annoying Mexican still carping about proposed border fence Davos, Switzerland -- Felipe Calderón said on Friday the building of a fence along the border with the United States was "offensive" to the relationship between the two countries, and he hoped to convince the United States that Mexican labor had been good for the U.S. economy.
Associated Press Texas immigration debate intensified in Bush's absence Austin -- The last time illegal immigration flared up as a national hot- button issue, then- Texas Gov. George W. Bush made his intentions clear: [illegal alien... criminal] bashing would not be tolerated in his state. And he vowed to use his political clout to quash it elsewhere, too...
San Diego Union-Tribune Racial tensions flare in L.A. after teen fatally shot During the 1990s, Los Angeles erupted into deadly riots sparked by the beating of a black motorist by white police officers and the shooting of a black teenager by a Korean shopkeeper, events that symbolized old and new racial schisms in one of the nation's most diverse cities...
Arizona Daily Star ABP featured in front-page article on the invasion ...This $85,000 camera system is the newest tool of the American Border Patrol, a five-person team building its own virtual fence of airplanes, cameras, sensors and unmanned aerial vehicles on land next to the San Pedro River in Cochise County to show the Border Patrol how it's done. Two to three times a week, president and founder Glenn Spencer posts videos on the organization's Web site... [See Front Page: JPEG / GIF / PDF]
Sen. Jon Kyl
Douglas Dispatch Kyl: Fence needed for reform success U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) today issued the following statement regarding the announcement by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that construction of fencing, which was authorized and initially funded in the 109th Congress, has begun in southern Arizona: "Last year there was the question about whether the legislation passed by Congress..."
Joe Arpaio
Napa Valley Register More local, state police agencies seeking immigration powers Phoenix -- More than any other police boss in Arizona, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has pushed the bounds of what local officers can do to crack down on illegal immigration -- and he's frustrated that he can't do more. -- He created a special unit to enforce an Arizona law that made immigrant smuggling a state crime...
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Orange County Register -- Santa Ana Protesters face off Dana Point, Calif. -- With "God Bless America" playing on a chilly and overcast morning, supporters and members of the Minuteman Project and Save Our State groups brought their anti- illegal immigration message to a Doheny Park Road sidewalk on Saturday. -- Many waved the Stars and Stripes and carried banners and signs...[Click for photos, etc.]
Washington Times Drug gang revolt feared in Mexico The Mexican government has sent an additional 9,000 soldiers and police to the country's northern states to confront drug smugglers threatening to rise up against the extradition of their gang bosses. -- Mexican Defense Secretary Guillermo Galvan said the government buildup, part of "Operation Sierra Madre," came in response to the Jan. 19 extradition...
Glenn Spencer answers Victor David Hansen Letter to Washington Times Re: Victor David Hansen, How will illegal immigration end? -- Hansen is right about the need for Mexico to reform its system to encourage private investment. The problem is the Mexican elite believe that if they opened up, they would be overwhelmed by gringo capital. Instead they have chosen to overwhelm us with their people. -- More...
TheNewspaper.com Toll road giant buys newspapers to silence critics Australian toll road giant Macquarie agreed Wednesday to purchase forty local newspapers, primarily in Texas and Oklahoma, for $80 million. Macquarie Bank is Australia's largest capital raising firm and has invested billions in purchasing roads in the US, Canada and UK. Most recently the company joined with Cintra Concesiones of Spain....
Helena (Montana) Independent Record Legislators set sights on invasion Frustrated with what they perceive as a lack of effort by the federal government, some state lawmakers are proposing tough new state laws this session to target illegal immigrants and businesses that hire them. -- Leading the fight is Sen. Jim Shockley, R-Victor, who has four bills this session dealing with illegal immigration.
Heather MacDonald
City Journal The myth of racial profiling The anti-"racial profiling" juggernaut must be stopped, before it obliterates the crime-fighting gains of the last decade, especially in inner cities. The anti-profiling crusade thrives on an ignorance of policing and a willful blindness to the demographics of crime. Yet politicians are swarming on board. In February, President George W. Bush joined the rush...
Free Republic Conservative Randy Pullen wins AZ state party election Conservatives in Arizona can have a little more hope now that their views will begin to be represented in the Arizona Republican Party. The AZ GOP State Convention was held today and, after a contentious and close race for the chairmanship, conservative Republican Randy Pullen won...
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin -- Ontario, Calif. Links between invasion, terrorism, drug trade worry U.S officials Columbus, NM -- On Sept. 5, a man calling himself Miguel Alfonso Salinas was apprehended off a deserted highway near the U.S.-Mexico border. -- The tinted windows on Alfonso Salinas' vehicle aroused the suspicion of Border Patrol agents patrolling a dark and desolate stretch of Highway 9, which runs parallel to the border...
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Washington Times How will illegal immigration end? We hear all sorts of solutions for ending illegal immigration. Build a wall. Beef up border security. Fine employers, and create a massive guest-worker program. Or America could insist on tamper-proof identification cards, or detention, deportation or even amnesty for some illegal aliens -- or all of these measures somehow combined.
Dave Gibson -- American Daily State of the union continues to weaken until border is secured Most of the State of the Union speech either bored or amused me. President Bush pushed his failed policies in Iraq, offered a typically confused plan to extend healt hcare to more Americans, he even talked about the need for electric 'plug-in' cars, and dragged-out his amnesty for invaders program again which he claims is not amnesty.
Contra Costa Times Sweeps have invaders wary Calling recent immigration sweeps in the region a "fishing expedition," members of West Contra Costa's Latino community said Friday that tactics used by federal officials were immoral and brought a "reign of terror" to the community. -- Immigrant rights groups joined Latino public officials and business leaders...
Judicial Watch Mexican invader sues radio station for following the law An illegal immigrant is suing a radio station because it abided by U.S. federal law in requiring her to provide a valid Social Security or tax identification number before giving her a prize she won in a contest. -- When the Mexican woman, living illegally in Chicago for 15 years, could not provide the proper documents...
Reading (Pennsylvania) Eagle Suspected invaders avoid capture in police search Eleven suspected illegal aliens from Reading who fled from police during a traffic stop in Schuylkill County eluded capture during a 31/2-hour air and ground search, authorities said Thursday. -- The search ended Wednesday night about 9:30 in Kline Township just north of Tamaqua...
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Subject: Pardon Ramos & Compean--Urge your House Member "Do the job George Bush won't do"
HR 563 WILL PARDON AGENT IGNACIO RAMOS & JOSE COMPEAN!
Call Congress toll-free at 1-866-340-9281 (House or Senate)
Introduced by Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), HR 563 (Vacate further proceedings in the prosecution of certain named persons) shows that Congress is ready and willing to "do the job George Bush won't do."
Tonight's "State of the Union" TV broadcast may put this issue right in George Bush's face! Watch the camera pan to the gallery guests. We might see a familiar face from the January 13 rallies, someone who knows first-hand that the President and his phony promises of "Border Security" don't include supporting the Border Patrol agents doing their jobs. ======================================================================= (1) Call your House Member to co-sponsor HR 563 (2) Contact Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers to schedule IMMEDIATE HEARING for HR 563 and Minority Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-TX). (3) Contact House Leaders--urge them to show "leadership" and do the right thing. (4) Contact your 2 US Senators to urge their action--Author or Co-Sponsor a Senate bill like HR 563 ======================================================================= (1) Call your House Member toll-free at 1-866-340-9281 to co-sponsor HR 563. ======================================================================= Look at the 77 co-sponsors at http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:2:./temp/~bdyQP3: :| /bss/d110query.html|
(If pasting the link doesn't work, go to www.thomas.gov, Choose "Hunter, Duncan (R-CA-52)" from the drop-down box under "Browse Bills by Sponsor," and you'll see ""2. H.R.563." To the right, click on "" C osponsors. " As of now, there are 75 but we want to see that number jump.
Do you see the name of Chris Cannon (R-UT)--I had to look twice to be sure! Perhaps Mr. Cannon knows his voters are fed up with his pandering to illegal aliens and the open-borders crowd and decided he'd better walk the straight and narrow, for a while at least!.
Find your House member at www.house.gov by entering your ZIP Code + 4.
If your House member isn't among the co-sponsors, call and demand to know why. Especially the new Democrats whose campaigns promised "Border Security" like Harry Mitchell (D-AZ), Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Tim Walz (D-MN) and Bruce Braley(D-IA). None have signed on to HR 563.
Ask how they plan to deliver their promise of "Border Security" when they refuse to support honest Border Patrol Agents doing their jobs. Their continued irefusal is evidence that they're lying with their promises of "Border Security," just as Congress lied 20 years ago with their promises of "sharp crackdown on employers hiring illegal aliens" if we would just accept a "one-time only" amensty for illegal aliens.
Do they believe George Bush's claim that "justice was done" when the trial was so obviously a fraud? If so, what other claims of George Bush do they believe?
Why they aren't willing to join fellow House Members in "doing the job George Bush won't do?"
If you're in the AZ district of Congressman Jeff Flake (just removed from the House Judiciary committee by House Minority Leader John Boehner for "bad behavior"--supporting illegal alien amnesty), tell Flake "Here's your chance to show "good behavior" by supporting the Border Patrol."
======================================================================= (2) Contact Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and Minority Ranking Committee Member Lamar Smith (R-TX). The toll-free number is 1-866-340-9281 ======================================================================= Urge Conyers to schedule an IMMEDIATE HEARING for HR 563 and ask Lamar Smith to use his influence as well. Ask them both to co-sponsor HR 563.
======================================================================= (3) Contact House Leaders to demand they show "leadership" in doing the right thing. The toll-free number is 1-866-340-9281 ======================================================================= Follow up with e-mails to them and their staffers.
======================================================================= (4) Contact your 2 US Senators to urge Senate action--Author or Co-Sponsor a Senate bill like HR 563. The toll-free number is 1-866-340-9281 ======================================================================= If you don't know your Senators, they're listed by state at www.senate.gov.
While you're at it, make 2 more phone calls to your US Senators and ask why no one in the Senate has the courage to introduce a similar bill in the Senate? Do all 100 US Senators "refuse to do the job George Bush won't do?"
Ask the Senators' staffs the same questions above--how do they expect their promises of "Border Security" to be credible when they refuse to support the Border Patrol, even as they do nothing and watch them railroaded into prison for doing their jobs.
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Secretive fight against bioterror
Government's closed-door approach to research has raised concerns
By Joby Warrick
The Washington Post
Updated: 2:52 a.m. ET July 30, 2006
The massive biodefense laboratory opens it's new facilities to the press at Fort Detrick, Md. Pictured, Sgt. Michelle Bergantino, right, outifitted in a bio-containment suit, outside of the BSL-4 patient care suite, used 20 times since 1972 for isolation of patients following accidental lab exposure to toxins.
WASHINGTON - On the grounds of a military base an hour's drive from the capital, the Bush administration is building a massive biodefense laboratory unlike any seen since biological weapons were banned 34 years ago.
The heart of the lab is a cluster of sealed chambers built to contain the world's deadliest bacteria and viruses. Scientists will spend their days simulating the unthinkable: bioterrorism attacks in the form of lethal anthrax spores rendered as wispy powders that can drift for miles on a summer breeze, or common viruses turned into deadly superbugs that ordinary drugs and vaccines cannot stop.
The work at this new lab, at Fort Detrick, Md., could someday save thousands of lives -- or, some fear, create new risks and place the United States in violation of international treaties. In either case, much of what transpires at the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) may never be publicly known, because the Bush administration intends to operate the facility largely in secret.
In an unusual arrangement, the building itself will be classified as highly restricted space, from the reception desk to the lab benches to the cages where animals are kept. Few federal facilities, including nuclear labs, operate with such stealth. It is this opacity that some arms-control experts say has become a defining characteristic of U.S. biodefense policy as carried out by the Department of Homeland Security, the NBACC's creator.
Since the department's founding in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, its officials have dramatically expanded the government's ability to conduct realistic tests of the pathogens and tactics that might be used in a bioterrorism attack. Some of the research falls within what many arms-control experts say is a legal gray zone, skirting the edges of an international treaty outlawing the production of even small amounts of biological weapons.
The administration dismisses these concerns, however, insisting that the work of the NBACC is purely defensive and thus fully legal. It has rejected calls for oversight by independent observers outside the department's network of government scientists and contractors. And it defends the secrecy as necessary to protect Americans.
"Where the research exposes vulnerability, I've got to protect that, for the public's interest," said Bernard Courtney, the NBACC's scientific director. "We don't need to be showing perpetrators the holes in our defense."
Tara O'Toole, founder of the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and an adviser to the Defense Department on bioterrorism, said the secrecy fits a larger pattern and could have consequences. "The philosophy and practice behind NBACC looks like much of the rest of the administration's philosophy and practice: 'Our intent is good, so we can do whatever we want,' " O'Toole said. "This approach will only lead to trouble."
Although they acknowledge the need to shield the results of some sensitive projects from public view, critics of the NBACC fear that excessive secrecy could actually increase the risk of bioterrorism. That would happen, they say, if the lab fosters ill-designed experiments conducted without proper scrutiny or if its work fuels suspicions that could lead other countries to pursue secret biological research.
The few public documents that describe the NBACC's research mission have done little to quiet those fears. A computer slide show prepared by the center's directors in 2004 offers a to-do list that suggests the lab will be making and testing small amounts of weaponized microbes and, perhaps, genetically engineered viruses and bacteria. It also calls for "red team" exercises that simulate attacks by hostile groups.
The NBACC's close ties to the U.S. intelligence community have also caused concern among the agency's critics. The CIA has assigned advisers to the lab, including at least one member of the "Z-Division," an elite group jointly operated with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that specializes in analyzing and duplicating weapons systems of potential adversaries, officials familiar with the program confirm.
Bioweapons experts say the nature of the research envisioned for the NBACC demands an unusually high degree of transparency to reassure Americans and the rest of the world of the U.S. government's intentions.
"If we saw others doing this kind of research, we would view it as an infringement of the bioweapons treaty," said Milton Leitenberg, a senior research scholar and weapons expert at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy. "You can't go around the world yelling about Iranian and North Korean programs -- about which we know very little -- when we've got all this going on."
Creating the weapons of terrorism
Created without public fanfare a few months after the 2001 anthrax attacks, the NBACC is intended to be the chief U.S. biological research institution engaged in something called "science-based threat assessment." It seeks to quantitatively answer one of the most difficult questions in biodefense: What's the worst that can happen?
To truly answer that question, there is little choice, current and former NBACC officials say: Researchers have to make real biological weapons.
"De facto, we are going to make biowarfare pathogens at NBACC in order to study them," said Penrose "Parney" Albright, former Homeland Security assistant secretary for science and technology.
Other government agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, study disease threats such as smallpox to discover cures. By contrast, the NBACC (pronounced EN-back) attempts to get inside the head of a bioterrorist. It considers the wide array of potential weapons available. It looks for the holes in society's defenses where an attacker might achieve the maximum harm. It explores the risks posed by emerging technologies, such as new DNA synthesizing techniques that allow the creation of genetically altered or man-made viruses. And it tries in some cases to test the weapon or delivery device that terrorists might use.
Research at the NBACC is already underway, in lab space that has been outsourced or borrowed from the Army's sprawling biodefense campus at Fort Detrick in Frederick. It was at this compound that the U.S. government researched and produced offensive biological weapons from the 1940s until President Richard M. Nixon halted research in 1969. The Army continues to conduct research on pathogens there.
In June, construction began on a $128 million, 160,000-square-foot facility inside the same heavily guarded compound. Space inside the eight-story, glass-and-brick structure will be divided between the NBACC's two major divisions: a forensic testing center tasked with using modern sleuthing techniques to identify the possible culprits in future biological attacks; and the Biothreat Characterization Center, or BTCC, which seeks to predict what such attacks will look like.
It is the BTCC's wing that will host the airtight, ultra-secure containment labs where the most controversial research will be done. Homeland Security officials won't talk about specific projects planned or underway. But the 2004 computer slide show -- posted briefly on a Homeland Security Web site before its discovery by agency critics prompted an abrupt removal -- offers insight into the NBACC's priorities.
The presentation by the NBACC's then-deputy director, Lt. Col. George Korch, listed 16 research priorities for the new lab. Among them:
"Characterize classical, emerging and genetically engineered pathogens for their BTA [biological threat agent] potential.
"Assess the nature of nontraditional, novel and nonendemic induction of disease from potential BTA.
"Expand aerosol-challenge testing capacity for non-human primates.
"Apply Red Team operational scenarios and capabilities."
Courtney, the NBACC science director, acknowledged that his work would include simulating real biological threats -- but not just any threats.
"If I hear a noise on the back porch, will I turn on the light to decide whether there's something there, or go on my merry way?" Courtney asked. "But I'm only going to do [research] if I have credible information that shows it truly is a threat. It's not going to be dreamed up out of the mind of a novelist."
Administration officials note that there is a tradition for this kind of biological risk assessment, one that extends at least to the Clinton administration. In the late 1990s, for example, a clandestine project run by the Defense Department re-created a genetically modified, drug-resistant strain of the anthrax bacteria believed to have been made by Soviet bioweaponeers. Such research helped the government anticipate and prepare for emerging threats, according to officials familiar with the anthrax study.
Some arms-control experts see the comparison as troubling. They argued, then and now, that the work was a possible breach of a U.S.-negotiated international law.
Legal and other pitfalls The Bush administration argues that its biodefense research complies with the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, the 1972 treaty outlawing the manufacture of biological weapons, because U.S. motives are pure.
"All the programs we do are defensive in nature," said Maureen McCarthy, Homeland Security's director of research and development, who oversees the NBACC. "Our job is to ensure that the civilian population of the country is protected, and that we know what the threats are."
Current and former administration officials say that compliance with the treaty hinges on intent, and that making small amounts of biowarfare pathogens for study is permitted under a broad interpretation of the treaty. Some also argue that the need for a strong biodefense in an age of genetic engineering trumps concerns over what they see as legal hair-splitting.
"How can I go to the people of this country and say, 'I can't do this important research because some arms-control advocate told me I can't'?" asked Albright, the former Homeland Security assistant secretary.
But some experts in international law believe that certain experiments envisioned for the lab could violate the treaty's ban on developing, stockpiling, acquiring or retaining microbes "of types and in quantities that have no justification" for peaceful purposes.
"The main problem with the 'defensive intent' test is that it does not reflect what the treaty actually says," said David Fidler, an Indiana University School of Law professor and expert on the bioweapons convention. The treaty, largely a U.S. creation, does not make a distinction between defensive and offensive activities, Fidler said.
More practically, arms experts say, future U.S. governments may find it harder to object if other countries test genetically engineered pathogens and novel delivery systems, invoking the same need for biodefense.
Already, they say, there is evidence abroad of what some are calling a "global biodefense boom." In the past five years, numerous governments, including some in the developing world -- India, China and Cuba among them -- have begun building high-security labs for studying the most lethal bacteria and viruses.
"These labs have become a status symbol, a prestige item," said Alan Pearson, a biologist at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. "A big question is: Will these labs have transparency?"
Secrecy may have a price When it opens in two years, the NBACC lab will house an impressive collection of deadly germs and teams of scientists in full-body "spacesuits" to work with them. It will also have large aerosol-test chambers where animals will be exposed to deadly microbes. But the lab's most controversial feature may be its secrecy.
Homeland Security officials disclosed plans to contractors and other government agencies to classify the entire lab as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, or SCIF.
In common practice, a SCIF (pronounced "skiff") is a secure room where highly sensitive information is stored and discussed. Access to SCIFs is severely limited, and all of the activity and conversation inside is presumed to be restricted from public disclosure. There are SCIFs in the U.S. Capitol, where members of Congress are briefed on military secrets. In U.S. nuclear labs, computers that store weapons data are housed inside SCIFs.
Homeland Security officials plan to operate all 160,000 square feet of the NBACC as a SCIF. Because of the building's physical security features -- intended to prevent the accidental release of dangerous pathogens -- it was logical to operate it as a SCIF, McCarthy said.
"We need to protect information at a level that is appropriate," McCarthy added, saying she expects much of the lab's less-sensitive work to be made public eventually.
But some biodefense experts, including some from past administrations, viewed the decision as a mistake.
"To overlay NBACC with a default level of high secrecy seems like overkill," said Gerald L. Epstein, a former science adviser to the White House's National Security Council and now a senior fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. While accepting that some secrecy is needed, he said the NBACC plan "sends a message that is not at all helpful."
NBACC officials also have resisted calls for the kind of broad, independent oversight that many experts say is necessary to assure other countries and the American public about their research.
Homeland Security spokesmen insist that the NBACC's work will be carefully monitored, but on the department's terms.
"We have our own processes to scrutinize our research, and it includes compliance to the bioweapons convention guidelines as well as scientific oversight," said Courtney, the NBACC scientific director.
In addition to the department's internal review boards, the agency will bring in small groups of "three or four scientists" on an ad-hoc basis to review certain kinds of potentially controversial experiments, Courtney said. The review panels will be "independent," Courtney said, but he noted that only scientists with government security clearances will be allowed to participate.
Some experts have called for unusual forms of oversight, including panels of well-respected, internationally known scientists and observers from overseas. While allowing that the results of some experiments should be kept confidential, O'Toole, of the Center for Biosecurity, argues that virtually everything else at the NBACC should be publicly accountable if the United States is to be a credible leader in preventing the proliferation of bioweapons.
"We're going to have to lean over backward," O'Toole said. "We have no leverage among other nation-states if we say, 'We can do whatever we want, but you can't. We want to see your biodefense program, but you can't see ours.' "
In recent weeks, the NBACC's first officially completed project has drawn criticism, not because of its methods or procedures, but because heavy classification has limited its usefulness.
The project was an ambitious attempt to assess and rank the threats posed by dozens of different pathogens and delivery systems, drawing on hundreds of studies and extensive computer modeling. When delivered to the White House in January, it was the most extensive survey of its kind, and one that could guide the federal government in making decisions about biodefense spending.
Six months later, no one outside a small group of officials and advisers with top security clearances has seen the results.
"Something this important shouldn't be secret," said Thomas V. Inglesby, an expert at the Center for Biosecurity who serves on a government advisory board that was briefed on the results. "How can we make policy decisions about matters of this scale if we're operating in the dark?"
Custom-Built Pathogens Raise Bioterror Fears By Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, July 31, 2006; A01
STONY BROOK, N.Y.
In his small lab, Eckard Wimmer recently examined a tray that held a newly created virus growing in a cellular broth
Eckard Wimmer knows of a shortcut terrorists could someday use to get their hands on the lethal viruses that cause Ebola and smallpox. He knows it exceptionally well, because he discovered it himself.
In 2002, the German-born molecular geneticist startled the scientific world by creating the first live, fully artificial virus in the lab. It was a variation of the bug that causes polio, yet different from any virus known to nature. And Wimmer built it from scratch.
The virus was made wholly from nonliving parts, using equipment and chemicals on hand in Wimmer's small laboratory at the State University of New York here on Long Island. The most crucial part, the genetic code, was picked up for free on the Internet. Hundreds of tiny bits of viral DNA were purchased online, with final assembly in the lab.
Wimmer intended to sound a warning, to show that science had crossed a threshold into an era in which genetically altered and made-from-scratch germ weapons were feasible. But in the four years since, other scientists have made advances faster than Wimmer imagined possible. Government officials, and scientists such as Wimmer, are only beginning to grasp the implications.
"The future," he said, "has already come."
Five years ago, deadly anthrax attacks forced Americans to confront the suddenly real prospect of bioterrorism. Since then the Bush administration has poured billions of dollars into building a defensive wall of drugs, vaccines and special sensors that can detect dangerous pathogens. But already, technology is hurtling past it. While government scientists press their search for new drugs for old foes such as classic anthrax, a revolution in biology has ushered in an age of engineered microbes and novel ways to make them.
The new technology opens the door to new tools for defeating disease and saving lives. But today, in hundreds of labs worldwide, it is also possible to transform common intestinal microbes into killers. Or to make deadly strains even more lethal. Or to resurrect bygone killers, such the 1918 influenza. Or to manipulate a person's hormones by switching genes on or off. Or to craft cheap, efficient delivery systems that can infect large numbers of people.
"The biological weapons threat is multiplying and will do so regardless of the countermeasures we try to take," said Steven M. Block, a Stanford University biophysicist and former president of the Biophysical Society. "You can't stop it, any more than you can stop the progress of mankind. You just have to hope that your collective brainpower can muster more resources than your adversaries'."
The Bush administration has acknowledged the evolving threat, and last year it appointed a panel of scientists to begin a years-long study of the problem. It also is building a large and controversial lab in Frederick, where new bioterrorism threats can be studied and tested. But overall, specific responses have been few and slow.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declined so far to police the booming gene-synthesis industry, which churns out made-to-order DNA to sell to scientists. Oversight of controversial experiments remains voluntary and sporadic in many universities and private labs in the United States, and occurs even more rarely overseas.
Bioterrorism experts say traditional biodefense approaches, such as stockpiling antibiotics or locking up well-known strains such as the smallpox virus, remain important. But they are not enough.
"There's a name for fixed defenses that can easily be outflanked: They are called Maginot lines," said Roger Brent, a California molecular biologist and former biodefense adviser to the Defense Department, referring to the elaborate but short-sighted network of border fortifications built by France after World War I to prevent future invasions by Germany.
"By themselves," Brent said, "stockpiled defenses against specific threats will be no more effective to the defense of the United States than the Maginot line was to the defense of France in 1940."
How to Make a Virus
Wimmer's artificial virus looks and behaves like its natural cousin -- but with a far reduced ability to maim or kill -- and could be used to make a safer polio vaccine. But it was Wimmer's techniques, not his aims, that sparked controversy when news of his achievement hit the scientific journals.
As the creator of the world's first "de novo" virus -- a human virus, at that -- Wimmer came under attack from other scientists who said his experiment was a dangerous stunt. He was accused of giving ideas to terrorists, or, even worse, of inviting a backlash that could result in new laws restricting scientific freedom.
Wimmer counters that he didn't invent the technology that made his experiment possible. He only drew attention to it.
"To most scientists and lay people, the reality that viruses could be synthesized was surprising, if not shocking," he said. "We consider it imperative to inform society of this new reality, which bears far-reaching consequences."
One of the world's foremost experts on poliovirus, Wimmer has made de novo poliovirus six times since his groundbreaking experiment four years ago. Each time, the work is a little easier and faster.
New techniques developed by other scientists allow the creation of synthetic viruses in mere days, not weeks or months. Hardware unveiled last year by a Harvard genetics professor can churn out synthetic genes by the thousands, for a few pennies each.
But Wimmer continues to use methods available to any modestly funded university biology lab. He reckons that tens of thousands of scientists worldwide already are capable of doing what he does.
"Our paper was the starting point of the revolution," Wimmer said. "But eventually the process will become so automated even technicians can do it."
Wimmer's method starts with the virus's genetic blueprint, a code of instructions 7,441 characters long. Obtaining it is the easiest part: The entire code for poliovirus, and those for scores of other pathogens, is available for free on the Internet.
Armed with a printout of the code, Wimmer places an order with a U.S. company that manufactures custom-made snippets of DNA, called oglionucleotides. The DNA fragments arrive by mail in hundreds of tiny vials, enough to cover a lab table in one of Wimmer's three small research suites.
Using a kind of chemical epoxy, the scientist and his crew of graduate assistants begin the tedious task of fusing small snippets of DNA into larger fragments. Then they splice together the larger strands until the entire sequence is complete.
The final step is almost magical. The finished but lifeless DNA, placed in a broth of organic "juice" from mushed-up cells, begins making proteins. Spontaneously, it assembles the trappings of a working virus around itself.
While simple on paper, it is not a feat for amateurs, Wimmer said. There are additional steps to making effective bioweapons besides acquiring microbes. Like many scientists and a sizable number of biodefense experts, Wimmer believes traditional terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda will stick with easier methods, at least for now.
Yet al-Qaeda is known to have sought bioweapons and has recruited experts, including microbiologists. And for any skilled microbiologist trained in modern techniques, Wimmer acknowledged, synthetic viruses are well within reach and getting easier.
"This," he said, "is a wake-up call."
From Parlor Trick to Bio-Bricks
The global biotech revolution underway is more than mere genetic engineering. It is genetic engineering on hyperdrive. New scientific disciplines such as synthetic biology, practiced not only in the United States but also in new white-coat enclaves in China and Cuba, seek not to tweak biological systems but to reinvent them.
The holy grail of synthetic biologists is the reduction of all life processes into building blocks -- interchangeable bio-bricks that can be reassembled into new forms. The technology envisions new species of microbes built from the bottom up: "living machines from off-the-shelf chemicals" to suit the needs of science, said Jonathan Tucker, a bioweapons expert with the Washington-based Center for Non-Proliferation Studies.
"It is possible to engineer living organisms the way people now engineer electronic circuits," Tucker said. In the future, he said, these microbes could produce cheap drugs, detect toxic chemicals, break down pollutants, repair defective genes, destroy cancer cells and generate hydrogen for fuel.
In less than five years, synthetic biology has gone from a kind of scientific parlor trick, useful for such things as creating glow-in-the-dark fish, to a cutting-edge bioscience with enormous commercial potential, said Eileen Choffnes, an expert on microbial threats with the National Academies' Institute of Medicine. "Now the technology can be even done at the lab bench in high school," she said.
Along with synthetic biologists, a separate but equally ardent group is pursuing DNA shuffling, a kind of directed evolution that imbues microbes with new traits. Another faction seeks novel ways to deliver chemicals and medicines, using ultra-fine aerosols that penetrate deeply into the lungs or new forms of microencapsulated packaging that control how drugs are released in the body.
Still another group is discovering ways to manipulate the essential biological circuitry of humans, using chemicals or engineered microbes to shut down defective genes or regulate the production of hormones controlling such functions as metabolism and mood.
Some analysts have compared the flowering of biotechnology to the start of the nuclear age in the past century, but there are important differences. This time, the United States holds no monopoly over the emerging science, as it did in the early years of nuclear power. Racing to exploit each new discovery are dozens of countries, many of them in the developing world.
There's no binding treaty or international watchdog to safeguard against abuse. And the secrets of biology are available on the Internet for free, said Robert L. Erwin at a recent Washington symposium pondering the new technology. He is a geneticist and founder of the California biotech firm Large Scale Biology Corp.
"It's too cheap, it's too fast, there are too many people who know too much," Erwin said, "and it's too late to stop it."
A Darker Side
In May, when 300 synthetic biologists gathered in California for the second national conference in the history of their new field, they found protesters waiting.
"Scientists creating new life forms cannot be allowed to act as judge and jury," Sue Mayer, a veterinary cell biologist and director of GeneWatch UK, said in a statement signed by 38 organizations.
Activists are not the only ones concerned about where new technology could lead. Numerous studies by normally staid panels of scientists and security experts have also warned about the consequences of abuse. An unclassified CIA study in 2003 titled "The Darker Bioweapons Future" warned of a potential for a "class of new, more virulent biological agents engineered to attack" specific targets. "The effects of some of these engineered biological agents could be worse than any disease known to man," the study said.
It is not just the potential for exotic diseases that is causing concern. Harmless bacteria can be modified to carry genetic instructions that, once inside the body, can alter basic functions, such as immunity or hormone production, three biodefense experts with the Defense Intelligence Agency said in an influential report titled "Biotechnology: Impact on Biological Warfare and Biodefense."
As far as is publicly known, no such weapons have ever been used, although Soviet bioweapons scientists experimented with genetically altered strains in the final years of the Cold War. Some experts doubt terrorists would go to such trouble when ordinary germs can achieve the same goals.
"The capability of terrorists to embark on this path in the near- to mid-term is judged to be low," Charles E. Allen, chief intelligence officer for the Department of Homeland Security, said in testimony May 4 before a panel of the House Committee on Homeland Security. "Just because the technology is available doesn't mean terrorists can or will use it."
A far more likely source, Allen said, is a "lone wolf": a scientist or biological hacker working alone or in a small group, driven by ideology or perhaps personal demons. Many experts believe the anthrax attacks of 2001 were the work of just such a loner.
"All it would take for advanced bioweapons development," Allen said, "is one skilled scientist and modest equipment -- an activity we are unlikely to detect in advance."
Genes for Sale
Throughout the Western world and even in developing countries such as India and Iran, dozens of companies have entered the booming business of commercial gene synthesis. Last fall, a British scientific journal, New Scientist, decided to contact some of these DNA-by-mail companies to show how easy it would be to obtain a potentially dangerous genetic sequence -- for example, DNA for a bacterial gene that produces deadly toxins.
Only five of the 12 firms that responded said they screened customers' orders for DNA sequences that might pose a terrorism threat. Four companies acknowledged doing no screening at all. Under current laws, the companies are not required to screen.
In the United States, the federal "Select Agent" rule restricts access to a few types of deadly bacteria, viruses and toxins. But, under the CDC's interpretation of the rule, there are few such controls on transfers of synthetic genes that can be turned into killers. Changes are being contemplated, but for now the gap is one example of technology's rapid advance leaving law and policy behind.
"It would be possible -- fully legal -- for a person to produce full-length 1918 influenza virus or Ebola virus genomes, along with kits containing detailed procedures and all other materials for reconstitution," said Richard H. Ebright, a biochemist and professor at Rutgers University. "It is also possible to advertise and to sell the product, in the United States or overseas."
While scientists tend to be deeply skeptical of government intrusion into their laboratories, many favor closer scrutiny over which kinds of genetic coding are being sold and to whom. Even DNA companies themselves are lobbying for better oversight.
Blue Heron Biotechnology, a major U.S. gene-synthesis company based in suburban Seattle, formally petitioned the federal government three years ago to expand the Select Agent rule to require companies to screen DNA purchases. The company began voluntarily screening after receiving suspicious requests from overseas, including one from a Saudi customer asking for genes belonging to a virus that causes a disease akin to smallpox.
"The request turned out to be legitimate, from a real scientist, but it made us ask ourselves: How can we make sure that some crazy person doesn't order something from us?" said John Mulligan, Blue Heron's founder and chief executive. "I used to think that such a thing was improbable, but then September 11 happened."
Some scientists also favor greater scrutiny -- or at least peer review -- of research that could lead to the accidental or deliberate release of genetically modified organisms.
In theory, such oversight is provided by volunteer boards known as institutional biosafety committees. Guidelines set by the National Institutes of Health call on federally funded schools and private labs to each appoint such a board. A 2004 National Academy of Sciences report recommended that the committees take on a larger role in policing research that could lead to more powerful biological weapons.
In reality, many of these boards appear to exist only on paper. In 2004, the nonprofit Sunshine Project surveyed 390 such committees, asking for copies of minutes or notes from any meetings convened to evaluate research projects. Only 15 institutions earned high marks for showing full compliance with NIH guidelines, said Edward Hammond, who directed the survey. Nearly 200 others who responded had poor or missing records or none at all, he said. Some committees had never met.
Stockpiles Aren't Enough
New techniques that unlock the secrets of microbial life may someday lead to the defeat of bioterrorism threats and cures for natural diseases, too. But today, the search for new drugs of all kinds remains agonizingly slow.
Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the federal government budgets nearly $8 billion annually -- an 18-fold increase since 2001 -- for the defense of civilians against biological attack. Billions have been spent to develop and stockpile new drugs, most of them each tied to a single, well-known bioterrorism threat, such as anthrax.
Despite efforts to streamline the system, developing one new drug could still take up to a decade and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. If successful, the drug is a solution for just one disease threat out of a list that is rapidly expanding to include man-made varieties.
In a biological attack, waiting even a few weeks for new drugs may be disastrous, said Tara O'Toole, a physician and director of the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
"We haven't yet absorbed the magnitude of this threat to national security," said O'Toole, who worries that the national commitment to biodefense is waning over time and the rise of natural threats such as pandemic flu. "It is true that pandemic flu is important, and we're not doing nearly enough, but I don't think pandemic flu could take down the United States of America. A campaign of moderate biological attacks could."
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It is an easy step from restraining the press to making it place the worst actions of government in so favorable a light that we groan under tyranny and oppression without knowing from whence it came. Abraham Lincoln, Cooper Square, New York, 1860.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements: Newspapers should honor government requests to withhold publishing information that might hurt efforts to win the war on terrorism? Strongly agree: 57%. Mildly agree: 18%. Annual First Amendment Center survey, "The State of the First Amendment 2006."
The Bush administration's sudden decision to apparently end the president's illegal unleashing of the National Security Agency's secret, warrantless spying on us does not offer an armistice on the Bush team's pursuit of the press as a danger to national security.
If you look behind the curtain of this "retreat" on the commander-in-chief's "inherent power" to deal with terror as he sees fit, it is not clear whether placing the responsibility on the special Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court—which hears only government lawyers before it makes a ruling—means the court will issue individual warrants or a blanket dragnet of warrants not attached to a specific person. A classic example are the "John Doe" nameless warrants attached to a particular telephone and everyone using it. Similarly, an Internet provider could be served with such a blanket warrant.
Also, the president in no way acknowledges that he broke the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in the NSA's warrantless filling of FBI and CIA databases in its secret spying. As New York Times legal analyst Adam Liptak noted on January 19: "The administration continues to maintain it is free to operate without court approval." The president has not embraced the Fourth Amendment and judicial review of his "inherent" powers, despite his backtracking on the warrantless spying."
Furthermore, in a little–noticed declaration on January 17, the nation's chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, said in a speech at Washington's American Enterprise Institute that federal judges are not "equipped to make decisions" about actions taken by the commander-in-chief regarding national security. "A judge," said Gonzales, "will never be in the position to know what is in the national security interest of the country." So judges should back off.
The ever–loyal attorney general would not have issued this manifesto of unchecked presidential powers without knowing he had the approval of the man who made him what he is today.
Whatever we do find out about Bush's real deal on National Security Agency and surveillance and the FISA court, the president doesn't need judges or warrants to keep a constant eye on members of the press who spread "leaks" about his secret decisions to safeguard national security.
At the National Press Club in Washington last September 28, ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross told what happened after he and his colleague, Richard Esposito, had aroused the government's ire by reporting on CIA secret prisons and kidnappings. "A short while after we did our stories," Ross said, "Rich got word from his source: 'We know who you're talking to. They've got your phone records.'" (One of the calls in those records was by me.)
Brian Ross had not been served with any government subpoenas or been questioned by government agents. Without a judge's ruling, his phone records, he figured out, had been taken through a National Security Letter—which he pointed out, the FBI can "serve on the phone company, the credit card company, the bank, the library, and that information must be turned over." Like the "general search warrants," which British customs officers wrote by themselves so they'd have license to barge into the 18th-century Americans' offices and homes, National Security Letters do not require a judge's approval.
And when judges are involved in the government's tracking of journalists, increasingly reporters are in peril. The First Amendment Center's Paul McMasters reports:
"Joshua Wolf is a San Francisco freelance journalist and blogger who refused to give up an uncut video of a violent protest to U.S. prosecutors. He has now served more time in prison than the 85 days former New York Times reporter Judith Miller served last year for refusing to reveal her sources in the Valerie Plame leak case."
In the landmark free-press 1971 "Pentagon Papers" case (New York Times Co. v. United States)—in which the Nixon administration demanded severe punishment for the New York Times's having published highly classified information on government conduct (and lies) in the course of the Vietnam War—Justice Hugo Black, writing in the majority, warned of government brandishing "national security" to silence the press in time of war. "The guarding of military and diplomatic secrets at the expense of informed representative government provides no real security for our Republic," Black wrote. "The Framers of the First Amendment, fully aware of both the need to defend a new nation and the abuses of the English and Colonial governments, sought to give this new society strength and security by providing that freedom of speech, press, religion, and assembly should not be abridged."
But among the dissenters, Justice Harry Blackmun warned: "The First Amendment . . . is only one part of an entire Constitution. Article II of the great document vests in the Executive Branch primary power over the conduct of foreign affairs and places in that branch the responsibility for the Nation's safety . . . I cannot subscribe to a doctrine of unlimited absolutism for the First Amendment . . .
"If damage has been done . . . and these newspapers continue to publish the critical documents and there results the death of soldiers [and] the prolongation of the war . . . then the Nation's people will know where the responsibility for these sad consequences rests."
As George W. Bush continues to act, and believe, in the "inherent power" of the commander-in-chief, the John Roberts Supreme Court will, in time, decide whether Hugo Black's understanding of the First Amendment prevails or whether Harry Blackmun, Alberto Gonzales, and Commander Bush speak for the nation as the press becomes strictly controlled for a long time to come.
Hugo Black once insisted: "We must not be afraid to be free." What will the public's answer be if there's another 9-11?
I just started reading a book named "Chatter" by Patrick Radden Keefe. The book is about the history of the Echelon Survelleilance Network. Pg 13
"On January 16, 1917, Arthur Zimmerman, Germany's foreign minister, sent a telegran to the German ambassador in Mexico City. Zimmermann's telegram read 130 13042 13041 8501 115 3528 416 and so on, for a page, a long string of numeric code. When he sent the telegram, Zimmerman had no way of knowing that it would become the key Sigint story of the First World War and be decisive in bringing American troops to Europe. The telegram announced that German was about to begin unrestricted submarine warfare and proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico. It also expressed Germany's encouragement for Mexico to "re-conquer the lost territory of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona".
The British intercepted the telegram, and the code breakers of Room 40....cracked the code.....President Wilson declared it "eloquent evidence" of the ignominy of the Germans, and by April America was at war.
I did a search on Mexico and Nazis and found this:
Site Editor's Note: This series of five articles on Mexico City by Washington syndicated columnist Raymond Clapper appeared on the editorial pages of The Charlotte News between April 18 and April 23, 1941. Clapper was a regular entry on the News editorial page during this period. Obviously, with Cash having received the Guggenheim Fellowship in mid-March for a year to write his novel in Mexico City beginning in June, these articles were of more than passing interest to him and new wife Mary who would accompany him to Mexico.
The articles indicate the still active presence of Nazi agents in Mexico, perhaps "75 to 150", but out in the provinces where the Mexican Government could not keep a close eye on their activities, says Clapper. (Actually, history demonstrates that the agents were still more active through mid-summer, 1941 in and around Mexico City than Clapper suggests--though they were on tightly bound pocketbooks by this point.
On the Echelon system - Australia's installation at Pine Gap:
"IBM was the primary contractor on the computers, TRW produced the satellite controlled stations, and another Texas company E-Systems was responsible for the management and operation of the computer room. Thus while the base was officially, if cryptically known as "Joint Defense Space Research Facility, it was still a very much American operation.
[Side Note: My recollection - somewhere between 1990 and 1993, the stock price of IBM dropped precipitiously - almost over night to around $45.00 per share from over $100 per share ( I think it was actually around $150 but I can't say I recall specifically). The drop was supposedly because massively parallel PC's were going to replace Big Iron. That thesis was and is ridiculous. Then 2003 - Lou Gerstner, CEO of IBM became the CEO of the Carlyle Group. ]
"This is highly significant, since President Reagan’s Executive Order 12333, which privatized many covert intelligence operations, placed them out of the scrutiny of Congress and nosy FOIA requesters. Not surprisingly, CIA Director Bill Casey, CIA Deputy Director for Operations Ted Shackley, and former CIA Director George Bush reportedly attended the December 5, 1980 meeting to draft E.O. 12333, which states:
“Agencies within the Intelligence Community are authorized to enter into contracts or arrangements for the provision of goods or services with private companies or institutions in the United States and need not reveal the sponsorship of such contracts or arrangements for authorized intelligence purposes....”
“I have government documents showing government investigators found approximately one hundred million dollars in rip-offs at E-Systems, and estimated the total rip-offs at 25 to 30 percent of all contracts, which is approximately three billion dollars a year.”
E-Systems, Inc. is one of the leading defense electronics companies in the United States. This diversified company designs, develops, produces, and services high technology systems, especially surveillance, verification, and aircraft ground-land navigation equipment, primarily for defense applications around the world. The company also develops electronics programs and systems for business, industrial, and nondefense government programs and agencies. Much of E-Systems' business serves the government national security market, with more than two-thirds of its business falling within the two primary areas of intelligence and reconnaissance command, control, and communications. The company includes five divisions and four wholly owned subsidiaries.
[Side Note: One of the cancerous threads in our country is headed by George H. W. Bush.Bushdissolved SAC and stood up STRATCOM.[1]STRATCOM’s job was to consolidate the leadership in the military (Joint Command).He severely cut the military budget to justify the consolidation of leadership - the consolidation of power within the military even though it was blamed on Clinton.Sidebar:
1995 - General Butler was the chief architect with dissolving SAC and the start-up of the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM). He worked very closely with General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the roles and missions and structure of STRATCOM. The only question was when would the change take place. STRATCOM took over the same mission of SAC, but with one twist. STRATCOM has authority over all nuclear weapons.[2]
I didn't mention this - but STRATCOM is in Nebraska (where the Chimp flew on 9-11).
Of course we've all read about the Bush Crime Family ties to the Nazis. And we all know the Bush Crime Family ties to the Saudis. And IBM was in on that as well.
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:31:51 -0800 (PST) Subject: Fwd: Mexican Terrorists Invade United States
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Mexican Terrorists Invade United States
By William H. Calhoun
Regarding illegal immigration, a former military analyst recently said to me, "We are under attack. Twenty million have already entered the country, and more are to come. And sadly, many of our leaders are siding with the invaders. They are willing to spend billions of dollars to deport foreigners from Iraq and defend Iraq's borders, but won't lift a finger to save the USA."
And so the war continues. We know that Hispanics in the Mexican military are helping Arab terrorists sneak into the United States. We know that many Mexican gangs have already made alliances with terrorist cells in India. At a soccer game recently in Mexico, when a picture of Bin Laden was shown on the screen, the crowd erupted in applause.
In short, Hispanics plan to retake the Southwest United States. Reconquista, is what they call it, and their aim is for Aztlan to live once again. As Mexican activist Ricky Sierra said, “We are recolonizing America and they are afraid of us. They are very afraid. It is time for us to take back what is ours.”
And these terrorist organizations are not alone; they have corporate sponsors. During the Cold War, corporations often sided with the Right. But today, big business most often identifies with the Left. Wal-Mart recently has given large sums of money to pro-homosexual groups. But who is the largest recipient of Wal-Mart donations? La Raza, the radical pro-immigration organization.
Professor Jose Angel Gutierrez, founder of La Raza, has proudly said: "We have an aging white America…. They are dying…. They are ******** in their pants with fear! I love it!" He then demands: "We have got to eliminate the gringo, and what I mean by that is if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him."
Kill all the whites? With the exception of a very small upper class of European blood, most Mexicans are either Amerindian or Mestizo (mostly Amerindian with a few drops of Spaniard or African blood). These people are not Western. They detest the West. Mestizos and Amerindians are currently demanding that all “European elements” be removed from their liturgy, and they recently banned all white authors at some schools in Southern California.
And it is not just Mexicans, but an entire third-world invasion. In fact, many in the third-world will not rest until they have invaded and conquered the West. A group of young Hindus from India recently said they want to "wipe out all the whites," and think that India should invade California. Another group from China said they cannot wait for the extinction of the "white devil." And etc. I think you get the idea. We are under attack!
In the 1950s when our country was under attack, President Eisenhower responded with "Operation Wetback" and deported a million illegals in a year. Today, however, our leaders say they are unable. Rather, they are unwilling. They have sided with big business, multiculturalism, and the invaders against their fellow Americans.
Some of the greatest traitors in American history are right before our eyes: GW Bush, Dick Cheney, John McCain, Rudolph Giuliani, Sam Brownback, Lindsey Graham, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Condoleezze Rice, Linda Chavez, Alberto Gonzales, Carlos Gutierrez, Ted Kennedy, "Crack head" Barack Obama, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Linda Sanchez, Robert Menendez, Luis Gutierrez, Solomon Ortiz, and the list goes on and on. These people have violated their Constitutional oaths and supported the third-world invasion of the United States.
They try to peddle the notion of a "proposition nation," that one only need to believe on cockeyed ideas to be a citizen. Historically, though, real nations took into consideration blood and soil, kith and kin, and genophilia (instinctive attachment to family and tribe). I, for one, want a real country, and not some liberal experiment.
Our country is under attack, and it is up to patriotic Americans to take a stand! Tell your leaders you simply refuse to side with their treason. Demand justice, demand deportation, demand a fence, demand a massive reduction in legal immigration. Furthermore, join local anti-immigration groups, join militias, and buy guns. The invaders are armed, so patriotic Americans should be too!
Stop the third-world invasion!
------------ William H. Calhoun is a writer, paleoconservative, farmer on his ancestral estate, and graduate of the University of Chicago. He can be reached at williamhcalhoun@yahoo.com
From: Billy-Joe: Mauldin Subject: The Shadow Government of The United States This article is over 12 years old.
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AGAIN, TO "FoodHerbHealth" group- I know this is long, and has links and info not related directly to our group theme, but it's easier for me to do it this way than to take lesser amt. of info from this and post it separately! Thanks for your understanding. --"Cheyenne Cin"
Can Cancer be Avoided or Cured With Vitamin B-17? With the shift in consumption of food in the United States many foods high in nitrilosides (laetrile) are no longer eaten (millet was replaced by wheat) and other foods not containing laetrile have become widely consumed (packaged foods). The food with the highest quantity of Vitamin B-17(laetrile) is in the pit of apricots...... http://www.newswithviews.com/Howenstine/james53.htm by Dr. James Howenstine
The Barker and the Shill The dirty little secret behind the Fairness Doctrine is that it punishes the honest. Think about it: Radio hosts are the talkers; they wear their banners openly as they proclaim who and what they are. Sure, they may be brash and hyperbolic, loud and oft-sardonic, but there is no pretense, little guile, and you know what they want you to believe. You know what they're sellin' and if you're buyin'....... http://www.newswithviews.com/Duke/selwyn53.htm by Selwyn Duke
The One World Order: Following the Filthy Lucre Though the "powers of darkness prevail upon the earth," we "know not the hearts of the men in our own nation" particularly because many Americans suffer from a media-induced state of ignorance. We are over-run with secret societies, where power-seeking participants swear allegiance to each other through secret oaths. They are all working towards the same satanical objective and attempt to function and influence every aspect of society and culture. http://www.newswithviews.com/Spingola/deanna64.htm by Deanna Spingola
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There appears to be better results in persons who have never received chemotherapy or radiation which damages the immune system. For this reason I recommend trying laetrile before using chemotherapy or radiation.
By Dr. James Howenstine, MD. January 28, 2007 NewsWithViews.com
Biochemist Ernst T. Krebs Jr. proposed that cancer was caused by a deficiency of Vitamin B 17 (Laetrile, Amygdaline).No person eating a high nitriloside(Vitamin B 17) diet (Hunzas, Eskimos, Hopi Indians) or voluntarily taking a high intake of nitriloside containing foods has ever developed cancer.[1] Diseases caused by deficiency of Vitamins scurvy (Vitamin C) and pellagra (Vitamin B3 Niacin) have been great mysteries to conventional medicine long after the cure for the disease was well documented. Cancer appears to be a similar mystery.
With the shift in consumption of food in the United States many foods high in nitrilosides (laetrile) are no longer eaten (millet was replaced by wheat) and other foods not containing laetrile have become widely consumed (packaged foods). The food with the highest quantity of Vitamin B-17(laetrile) is in the pit of apricots. Apricot trees are prized by the Hunzas who eat plentiful amounts of the pit substance. Hunzas are known for their vitality, good health and longevity. Many live to be 100 years old and are able to perform hard physical labor all their lives. They never develop cancer until they leave their homeland and start eating new food. Eskimos obtain large amounts of laetrile from caribou meat and salmon berries. Laetrile can be obtained from almonds, macadamia, buckwheat and millet.
There are more than 1200 plants that contain laetrile(Vitamin B 17). Many seeds contain laetrile (grapes, peaches, apples, pears, plums, nectarines, strawberries, raspberries etc). The seed is responsible for providing the nutrients needed to generate the whole plant or tree so it is not surprising that seeds are a concentrated source of nutrition full of vitamins that encourage growth. The apricot pit has the highest content of laetrile of any plant and it’s. hard outer shell protects the central portion of the pit from becoming dehydrated. When the pit is cracked there is a soft central portion that contains laetrile which has a bitter taste. Stevia can improve the taste of apricot pits. Nitrilosides contribute flavor to food.
Other foods that supply Vitamin B 17 include sorghum, maize, grasses, linseed, millet and bitter almonds. Sugar cane has largely replaced sorghum and wheat has replaced millet in North American eating patterns.
Pets can often be observed eating high nitriloside grasses when they become ill. Bears eat the viscera and rumen of their prey along with salmon berries all of which are high in nitrilosides. Five bears in the San Diego zoo have died of cancer. These bears are fed western food not containing laetrile. Healthy animals shot by hunters are never found to have cancer.
How Does Laetrile Work?
More than 100 years ago, brilliant biologist Dr. James Beard of Scotland proposed that pancreatic enzymes had an important role in preventing cancer. Careful microscopic review of tissue slides revealed to him that stem cells, which have the capability to become cells of any tissue in the body, were identical to the trophoblast cells that invade the uterus in the initial stage of a pregnancy. Wherever damage to body tissues from chemicals, infection, stress or injury occurs there is prompt release of estrogen at the injury site. This estrogen immediately promotes rapid growth of cells to speed healing.
This invasion of the uterus to establish the placenta and umbilical cord is initiated by the contact between estrogen and stem cells. This converts stem cells into trophoblastic cells. cells. The appearance and behavior of the trophoblast cells entering uterine muscle can not be distinguished from the appearance of cancer cells invading tissues. When the pancreas secretes trypsin at 8 weeks of the embryo’s life there is prompt disappearance of all trophoblasic tissue.
White blood cells are responsible for killing infectious organisms and tumor cells. Prior to secretion of trypsin into the small intestine at 8 weeks white blood cells are prevented from attacking the trophoblastic tissue by the fact that the trophoblast has a layer of tissue surrounding it with a negative charge. The white blood cell also has a negative charge so these two tissues(white blood cell and trophoblast) repel each other. When trypsin appears in the small intestine at 8 weeks of pregnancy via the pancreatic duct the substance covering the trophoblast becomes dissolved by blood borne trypsin and the trophoblast no longer has a negative charge. It is immediately dissolved and digested by white blood cells.. In a brief period of time there is complete disappearance of trophoblast tissue from the uterus brought about by the appearance of trypsin in the blood. Cancer of the duodenum is quite rare probably reflecting this protective effect of trypsin in duodenal secretions. High doses of potent enzymes have enabled patients with pancreatic cancer and other malignancies to recover.
When trypsin begins to be absorbed into the blood it passes throughout the body. From this moment on trypsin can rid the body of abnormal cells and damaged stem cells. The stem cell(trophoblast) produces chorionic gonadotropin which appears in the urine.. Of considerable importance to Beard’s theory about carcinogenesis it has now been documented that at least 80% of cancers[2] have chorionic gonadotropin in their urine which originates in rapidly growing trophoblastic tissue(malignant stem cells). Damage to the pancreas from aging, toxic metal exposure(mercury, cadmium, arsenic, uranium, iron, lead etc.), lack of essential omega 3 fatty acids, excessive consumption of sugar, alcoholism, diabetes, Co Q 10 deficiency, and acidosis with hypoxia in tissues due to arteriosclerosis could all contribute to relative pancreatic failure with decreased enzyme output that allows stem cells (trophoblasts) to proliferate in an abnormal way(cancer)..
Recent research provides some interesting insight into the stem cells that were studied by Dr. Beard. Stem cells seem to have a tendency to become malignant. Cancer stem cells[3] have now been identified in blood malignancies, brain tumors and breast tumors. Dr. Michael Clarke and Dr. Mohammed Al-Haji at the University of Michigan have demonstrated that not all tumor cells are equally capable of causing spread of cancer (metastatic cancer). In experimental cancers, it was learned that less than 1% of tumor cells were able to cause metastatic cancer. The highly malignant 1% of cells have been identified as stem cells.
In 2005, Jean Marie Houghton MD, PhD of the University of Massachusetts, Worcester showed that in certain stomach cancers, the cells that initiate the malignancy did not originate in the stomach. These were shown to be stem cells that had migrated to the stomach from the bone marrow in response to a low grade stomach infection with Helicobacter pylori organisms. The bone marrow derived cells (BMDC) are sent to the stomach to fight the infection as the body tries to heal itself. After arriving in the stomach the BMDC assume the physical characteristics of stomach cells, but when influenced by hormonal signals from inflammatory tissue, they undergo malignant change. This sheds light on how stem cells are involved in the origin and progression of cancer. It seems possible that marginal success with current drugs for myeloid leukemia (white cell derived) might relate to their lack of affect on the malignant stem cells that appear to be causing the cancer.
Amygdaline(laetrile) contains 2 molecules of sugar, one molecule of benzaldehyde and a cyanide radical.. This is quite stable in normal cells but can be broken apart in cancer cells which are the only site of the enzyme beta-glucosidase. The quantity of beta-glucosidase in cancer cells is 3000 times the quantity found in normal cells. When laetrile is lysed by beta-glucosidase HCN(hydrogen cyanide) forms in the cancer cell and promptly destroys the cell. This limited method of release of HCN ensures that laetrile therapy is completely safe.
The quantity of the enzyme rhodanese is high in normal cells and absent in cancer cells. This enzyme is able to prevent the release of cyanide in healthy cells. Because rhodanese is absent in cancer cells there is nothing to stop the release of cyanide from amygdaline and the cancer cell is immediately destroyed. In this remarkable way the Creator of the Universe was able to design a mechanism to destroy cancer cells while protecting healthy cells from the cyanide radical found in Vitamin B-17.
In treating patients with laetrile it is vital that patients receive zinc, Vitamin C, Vitamin B, Vitamin E, pancreatic enzymes and antioxidants. Zinc is the transport mechanism for both laetrile and nitrilosides. Thus absence of zinc will prevent either laetrile or nitrilosides from entering the body. Zinc is a key part of enzymatic reactions that becomes disabled by the presence of toxic metals in the body. These toxic metals cause a slowdown or shutdown of the chemical reactions dependent on enzymes that contain zinc. For this reason the removal of toxic metals is an important part of the therapy in patients with cancer.
Standard pharmacology textbooks for more than a 100 years have always given laetrile a perfect safety approval. Reputable scientist Dr. Dean Burk, head of the Cytochemistry Department at the National Cancer Institute reported that when laetrile was added to a culture of cancer cells[4] “The cancer cells died like flies until none were left.”
What Are the Results In Treating Cancer With Laetrile?
More than 25 papers about laetrile have been published. Reputable scientists like Dr. Hans Nieper of Hanover, Germany and Dr. Francisco Contreras of Oasis of Hope Hospital in Tijuana, Mexico have reported good results in cancer patients using laetrile.
White rats taking 70 times the equivalent human dose of laetrile remained well but did have better appetites, better health and weight gain which would be expected from a vitamin therapy.
Humans with cancer taking laetrile have shown lower blood pressure and disappearance of both anemia and pain. The release of benzaldehyde, which is known to effectively treat pain affords a possible explanation for the disappearance of pain. The unfavorable reports about laetrile and cancer are because of usage of tiny doses of laetrile which could not be expected to work or fabrication and denial of favorable results.
Case Reports
#1 David Edmonds in June 1971 developed colon cancer that had penetrated into the bladder. This was treated with a colostomy. Six months after the initiation of laetrile therapy the bladder cancer had disappeared and his colostomy was returned to a normal bowel connection.
#2 In 1967 Joan Wilkinson presented with a large thigh malignancy. She was initially treated with chemotherapy but the mass reappeared along with tumor spread into lungs, bladder and pelvis. Amputation was suggested but she took laetrile with disappearance of the mass and tumor from lungs, bladder and pelvis.
#3 A podiatrist, Dr. Dale Danner of Santa Paula, Ca., in 1972 developed lung cancer in both lungs with a painful right thigh mass where tumor had spread from his lung. He placed a 10 day supply of laetrile into an artery in one massive dose. He awoke 36 hours later with resolution of his cough, thigh mass and pain. He began conventional doses of laetrile and returned to work several months later.
#4 Alicia Buttons(Red’s wife) She had “hopeless” advanced throat cancer. She went to Dr. Hans Nieper in Hanover, Germany who treated her with laetrile. She was alive and well 23 years later.
#5 Carol Vencious This 20 year old student nurse developed a swelling in the occipital area associated with tumors in the right acetabulum(hip) and cervical spine. Biopsy showed a malignant tumor thought to possibly be an amelanotic melanoma. Chemotherapy made her very sick. She went to the Richardson Cancer Clinic where she was treated with a metabolic program including laetrile. She made a complete recovery and later delivered a healthy daughter.
In advanced cancers that have metastasized to many sites about 15% recover[5] with laetrile therapy. Conventional therapy with chemotherapy and radiation fails to cure this form of cancer. Patients who have never been injured by chemotherapy or radiation have significantly better recovery rates than patients who have received chemotherapy and radiation. Eighty percent of early cancers are cured with laetrile. Conventional cancer therapy cures about 15% of similar cases. No person taking laetrile has ever developed cancer. Cancer patients who have responded favorably to laetrile do not relapse when they are maintained on laetrile therapy.
Laetrile can be given intravenously, intramuscularly and orally. A large intravenous or intramuscular dosage would be 2 or 3 grams given daily or several times weekly. Orally several apricot pits daily can be combined with amygdaline(there is no need to take more pits than you would eat of apricot fruit). This is suggested possibly because there may be an ingredient of value in the natural substance not necessarily found in the capsules. Patients with advanced cancers should receive at least two 500 mg amygdaline capsules three times daily along with several apricot pits daily. If there is no sign of improvement large doses should be given intramuscularly or intravenously as some patients may need large doses to recover. The center of the pit contains a soft bitter substance (laetrile) which will need flavoring with stevia to become palatable.
Fresh apricot pits are probably more valuable as therapy than dried pits. For this reason try to plant apricot trees on your land if you live in a suitable climate. Governmental regulations refuse to permit the sale of raw apricot pits.
Improvement in cancer may begin to be noticed after 30 or 40 grams of laetrile have been taken. Before abandoning laetrile large doses, which are quite safe, should be given. If a patient recovers from a malignancy with laetrile it is imperative that maintenance doses of laetrile be continued for a lifetime as relapse is common when laetrile is stopped.
There appears to be better results in persons who have never received chemotherapy or radiation which damages the immune system. For this reason I recommend trying laetrile before using chemotherapy or radiation. Remember most oncologists would refuse to take themselves or allow family members to receive these two dangerous therapies. This may be simplistic but why would you want to be made sick so you might get well. Doesn’t it make better sense to strengthen the immune system and detoxify rather than creating sickness with toxic therapies?
Apricot pits and amygdaline capsules 100 and 500 mg can be obtained from Apricot Products 866-468-7487, Apricot Power 1-866-4687487 and Medicina Alternativa 1-888-281-6663
Footnotes:
1, Griffin, G.Edward. World Without Cancer (audiotape) American Media, Box 4646, Westlake village, Ca. 91359 www.realityzone.com 800-595-6506 2,Link between trophoblasts and cancer corroborated 3, Moss, Ralph W. Feverfew and Cancer Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients #264 July 2005 pg 20 4, Griffin G. Edward ibid 5, Griffin, Edward World Without Cancer Audiotape (800) 595-6596 www.realityzone.com
This is why the Fairness Doctrine is an insult to the intelligence of anyone possessing more than a modicum of that quality. Its message is, hey, hide your bias well, be a slick propagandist and you'll proceed unmolested. But dare not tell the truth or be so bold as to bare your soul.
THE BARKER AND THE SHILL
by Selwyn Duke January 28, 2007 NewsWithViews.com
If you're old enough to remember the days when freak shows were in carnivals and not daytime television, you may know about the barker and the shill. These were carnival employees who both worked to entice customers into entering the mysterious realm of the sideshow, only, their methods were very different. The barker - the correct terminology is the "talker" - was a P.T. Barnum-like character, a bold salesman who sang the praises of the exhibits. Although he was given to the hyperbole of marketing, he made no bones about his agenda: He wanted your business.
The shill was a very different animal. His job was to stand amidst the crowd and pose as one of their number; he would then feign awe as he claimed to have seen the show and that it was truly a jaw-dropping experience. He was trading on his illusion of impartiality, knowing it lent him a capacity to convince that eluded the talker with his obvious agenda.
This occurs to me when I ponder the attempt to resurrect the "Fairness Doctrine" by politicians such as Congressman Dennis Kucinich and avowedly socialist senator Bernie Sanders. For those of you not acquainted with this proposal, it harks back to a federal regulation in place from 1949 to 1987. Ostensibly it was designed to ensure "fairness" in broadcasting, mandating that if radio and TV stations air controversial viewpoints, they must provide equal time for the "other side."
Now, as many have pointed out, this effort is motivated by a desire to stifle conservative commentary. After all, it isn't lost on the radical left that the dumping of this doctrine in 1987 directly coincided with the rise of conservative talk radio. Freed from the threat of hefty government fines, stations were finally able to formulate programs based on market forces and not government regulation. Thus did Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and many others give voice to the usually silent majority.
Of course, many may wonder why I'd take issue with fairness. Shouldn't we give the "other side" its day in court, one may ask?
The problem is that this regulation would be applied to talk radio but not arenas dominated by liberal thought, a perfect example of which is the ever-present mainstream media (which presents the "other side"). This is because talk show hosts trade in red meat commentary, whereas the mainstream press is more subtle in its opinion-making.
Fine then, say the critics, that's as it should be. We don't have to worry about "responsible journalists"; it's those acid-tongued firebrands who pollute discourse with their pyro-polemics who bedevil us. And on the surface this sounds convincing, which is why I tell you of the talker and the shill.
The dirty little secret behind the Fairness Doctrine is that it punishes the honest. Think about it: Radio hosts are the talkers; they wear their banners openly as they proclaim who and what they are. Sure, they may be brash and hyperbolic, loud and oft-sardonic, but there is no pretense, little guile, and you know what they want you to believe. You know what they're sellin' and if you're buyin'.
The mainstream media, however, is a shill. Oh, not shills working with talk radio, of course, as their talkers are entities such as MoveOn.org and Media Matters, but they are shills nonetheless. They masquerade as impartial purveyors of information, almost-automatons who, like Joe Friday, are just interested in the facts, ma'am. They flutter their eyes and read their Teleprompters, and we are to believe God graced them with a singular ability to render facts uncolored by personal perspective.
In reality, though, the Shill Media are about as impartial as an Imam in a comparative religion class. Let's not forget that they used to call Republican reductions in the rate of spending growth "budget cuts," have a habit of referring to pro-lifers as "anti-abortion groups" (they don't call pro-choice groups "pro-abortion") and to terrorists as insurgents or even "freedom fighters," and only seem to perceive hate crime when the victim's group has victim status. And while I can't comprehensively document news bias here, suffice it to say the Shill Media are at least as ideologically monolithic as talk radio. Why, in 1992, 89 percent of Washington journalists voted for Bill Clinton; in 1996 the figure was 92 percent. Even outside the Beltway liberal bias reigns, with scribes so situated favoring Democrats by about a three to one margin.
But the point here isn't the nature or pervasiveness of the bias, but its insidiousness. The Shill Media are the truly dangerous ones because of their illusion of impartiality. There's a reason why we trust what Consumer Reports says about Buick a lot more than what Buick says about Buick. And if we discovered that Buick's marketing arm was masquerading as a consumer advocacy magazine, we'd want the subterfuge revealed. Remember, brainwashing is only effective if you're not aware it's occurring.
This is why the Fairness Doctrine is an insult to the intelligence of anyone possessing more than a modicum of that quality. Its message is, hey, hide your bias well, be a slick propagandist and you'll proceed unmolested. But dare not tell the truth or be so bold as to bare your soul. Like an ostentatious literary critic, we appreciate subtlety and abhor straightness. Lying lips trump truthful tongues, don't you know?
Thus, far better than a fairness doctrine would be a "Truth in Media Doctrine." And here's its mandate: When a correspondent is shown on the nightly news, there must be a caption to the effect of, "Dan Rather, Clinton-Gore-Kerry voter" or "Katie Couric, lifelong Democrat."
Hey, why not? Let's strip the masks off the shills. Otherwise, it's a bit like letting Mullah Omar sing the praises of Islam while dressed as a Catholic priest. And shouldn't these "responsible journalists" be at least as honest as those troglodytes in talk radio?
I wax satirical but, in reality, ensuring disclosure is far easier than securing fairness. In fact, how could the latter possibly be achieved? After all, media bias lies not just in how news is reported but also in what they choose to report on in the first place. Why do they decide to focus on sex-discrimination in the construction industry instead of transgressions by abortionists? Why Abu Ghraib instead of the oil-for-food scandal? Why that which helps or harms one cause but not another?
The fact is that the media choose the social battlefields and decide which way salvos will be fired. Human judgement is in play when they decide whether to broadcast or bury, how often a story will run, what terminology will describe it and what imagery will attend it.
Then, the idea that fairness is ensured by disseminating the "other side" presupposes that there are only two sides, but an issue isn't a coin. There are often a multitude of sides, therefore, a dictate to present both sides simply means government input in the process of discrimination. And that's what it is, since only two sides will be chosen from among many. What about the libertarians, Greens, Vermont Progressives, Constitutionalists, Christian Freedom Party members and communists? Oh, silly me, I forgot. The communists are giving us the Fairness Doctrine.
Now, some will say the other side is simply a refutation of the talkers' controversial positions. But here I note that much of talk radio commentary is in fact a refutation of Shill Media positions. Thus, insofar as this goes, talk radio doesn't need to be balanced by the other side.
It is the other side.
So, affirmative-action and quotas in commentary? Please. Should I think Big Brother capable of factoring millions of different elements into a media formula and developing a paradigm for fairness? Sure, let's have the Post Office run the press.
Of course, the dirty little secret is that the Fairness Doctrine is about everything but. Its proponents are political shills, bristling at the fact that their talk radio test balloon, Airhead America, only succeeded in talking its way into Chapter 11. Their spirit is the same one that gives us speech codes in colleges and corporations, the effort to stifle grassroots lobbying and hate speech laws. Perhaps it's that those who can teach, do, and those who can't, legislate.
You know, there's an image conjured up by this scheme, that of a sullen, pouty little child complaining, "That's not fair!" and stamping his foot with arms akimbo. But as John F. Kennedy observed, "Life's not fair."
No, it certainly isn't. Some people are born with intelligence, others aren't. Some people possess logic, reason, sound ideas, philosophical depth and powers of persuasion, others don't. I guess the less gifted's recourse to this ploy is a tacit admission that they bring no ammunition to the battlefield of debate. And now it seems they fancy big government a substitute for big ideas.
Though the "powers of darkness prevail upon the earth," we "know not the hearts of the men in our own nation" particularly because many Americans suffer from a media-induced state of ignorance.
Deanna Spingola January 28, 2007 NewsWithViews.com
Opposition in all things, necessary for personal growth, allows for the existence of evil, personified by Lucifer, provocateur of all contention. Lucifer, the usurper, stealthily strives to strip everyone of their freedom, establish his allegedly classless, democratic dominion by working through compliant, ego-driven leaders seeking "the glory of the world." Armed with the enticing temptations of earth's abundant treasures and pleasures, just imagine Lucifer's success rate when he offers even more prosperity and power to unprincipled people. Lucifer and his insatiable minions seek totality through force and thus must rule with "blood and horror on the face of the earth." Lucifer has always induced certain character-weak, often morally-compromised individuals to unite into secret societies or associations to carry out his ultimate, opposing-God objective of a New World Order.
Though the "powers of darkness prevail upon the earth," we "know not the hearts of the men in our own nation" particularly because many Americans suffer from a media-induced state of ignorance. We are over-run with secret societies, where power-seeking participants swear allegiance to each other through secret oaths. They are all working towards the same satanical objective and attempt to function and influence every aspect of society and culture. Nations that uphold the disease-like spread of secret societies, large or small, are ripe for destruction.
"Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?"[1]
From the Civil War forward, war has been poured out upon all nations. Many erroneously believe that the Civil War was about abolishing slavery, a despicable institution. The war was about tariffs, protecting certain industries and ultimately strengthening the federal government. The fallacious justification of liberating the slaves followed the deaths of at least 618,000 people.[2] War was unnecessary - there were alternatives. The same neoconservative do-gooder, "ending tyranny in our world"[3] mental manipulation is used in the current "democracy-building" efforts of the U.S. Bringing liberty to the world, America's quest, apparently requires demolition of infrastructure, bombs, bloodshed, carnage, depleted uranium, white phosphorus or napalm, occupation and permanent military bases. War and reconstruction produce big money and thin out the population on both sides.
Bloodshed and famine attend the carnage of combat and rumors of wars.[4] Rumors of war (hearsay) are frequently propagated by corrupt, compromised officials to justify preemptive "shock and awe" bombing campaigns against defenseless civilians. We resist taking the first shot but rather rely on sanctions or embargoes to provoke response. If those fail, responding to a Northwoods style attack would be justified.
The U.S. battleship Maine sank as a result of an explosion in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898. This was during William McKinley's presidency. He was known as a defender of the gold standard. He was against a full-blown war, preferring diplomacy instead. Though it was later determined to be an internal explosion, it was blamed on the Spanish. After hearing reports of Spanish atrocities in Cuba, the U.S. "liberated" the Cubans. Americans continue to fall for the atrocity claims. Combat ensued between America and Spain which culminated on August 12, 1898. Two days later, the U.S. sent 11,000 occupational troops to the Philippines. The Filipinos resisted the U.S. liberation for three years.[5] An estimated 200,000 to 1,000,000 Filipino civilians were killed. Approximately 16,000 Filipinos were killed in combat. By contrast, only 4,200 American soldiers were killed.[6]
For $20 million dollars Spain ceded the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States in the Paris Peace Treaty signed on December 10, 1898 and ratified by the United States Senate on February 6, 1899. It became effective on April 11, 1899. "Many people did not approve of America seizing territory far from its shores, but McKinley, who agonized over the decision, finally approved the takeover."[7]
McKinley was re-elected in 1900 and was shot on September 6, 1901 at 4:07 p.m. at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York by an alleged emotionally demented anarchist, Leon Czolgosz. Patsies are always young, demented and alone. McKinley died of his wounds on September 14, 1901 and was succeeded by pro-war Theodore Roosevelt.[8] It is significant that of forty-three presidents, eight have been the target of "assassins." Four of those presidents died.[9]
In some instances, politicians have very personal reasons to comply with their New World Order handlers. Woodrow Wilson, son of a Presbyterian minister, had the financial and political support of the Rockefellers, Jacob Schiff, Bernard Baruch, and others in his successful 1910 bid for governor of New Jersey. Coincidentally, they also had the love letters he wrote to Mary Peck, his mistress while he was president of Princeton (1902-1910), for which they paid $65,000.[10] Therefore he made the perfect morally compromised presidential candidate. He was certainly not the first or the last who was installed because of the contents of his private closet.
Paul Warburg, a Republican, contributed a substantial amount of money to Wilson's presidential campaign. His brother made similar contributions to the incumbent William Howard Taft. Theodore Roosevelt, the third candidate and opposed to a central bank, ran under his new Bull Moose Party. George Perkins and Frank Munsey of the J. P. Morgan Company poured money into both the Roosevelt and Taft campaigns which split the vote and gave the election to Wilson.[11] A financial coup took place in 1913. We are financially insolvent. Our national treasures have been seized by international loan sharks.
In 1916 President Woodrow Wilson said: "I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world. No longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men."[12]
Wall Street financed the Chinese revolution of 1912, the Mexico Revolution in 1915-16, the Panama Canal controversy of 1913. "The purpose of the revolution was to deprive Colombia, of which Panama was then a part, of $40 million and to acquire control of the Panama Canal."[13]
Wall Street financed the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 prior to World War I. "Documents in the State Department files demonstrate that the National City Bank, controlled by Stillman and Rockefeller interests, and the Guaranty Trust, controlled by Morgan interests, jointly raised substantial loans for the belligerent Russia before U.S. entry into the war, and that these loans were raised after the State Department pointed out to these firms that they were contrary to international law. Further, negotiations for the loans were undertaken through official U.S. government communications facilities under cover of the top-level 'Green Cipher' of the State Department." … "Clearly the Morgan-Rockefeller interests were not interested in abiding by international law. … There was no hesitation on the part of these firms to use State Department facilities for the negotiations. Further, in spite of protests, the State Department allowed the messages to go through."[14]
"During World War I Germany raised considerable funds in New York for espionage and covert operations in North America and South America. It is important to record the flow of these funds because it runs from the same firms - Guaranty Trust and American International Corporation - that were involved in the Bolshevik Revolution and its aftermath."[15] An estimated six to twelve million Russians were killed by Stalin prior to World War II. Several million were killed after the war when Roosevelt delivered one-third of Europe to Stalin as part of the settlement conferences.[16]
The planning of the Second World War started in 1919 after Adolf Hitler had joined a secret society called the Thule Society. The Society was not a working-man's group as it included amongst its members: "judges, police-chiefs, barristers, lawyers, university professors and lecturers, aristocratic families, leading industrialists, surgeons, physicians, scientists, as well as a host of rich and influential bourgeois." The membership of the Thule Society also became the foundation of the Nazi Party.[17]
Wall Street financed Hitler and his proposed 1,000 year Reich. It was supposedly a failure but it produced profits and supplied the United States with practical experience through CIA-transplanted German war criminals who were expert in segregation and concentration camp logistics, propaganda tactics, group-think mentality, crisis psychology via the orchestrated Reichstag fire and continued medical and eugenics experimentation. "The Rockefeller Foundation helped found the German eugenics program and even funded the program that Josef Mengele worked in before he went to Auschwitz."[18] Former "enemies," now associates contributed their scientific "expertise" to the ongoing globalist momentum in America. The devastating chaos of World War II, with death, destruction and the political realignment of the nations - divvied up with previous allies now redefined as cold war "enemies," failed to implement the New World Order.
What was referred to as the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), America's first intelligence agency, established June 13, 1942, developed world-wide clandestine capability and employed almost 13,000 men and women.[19]
One of the functions of OSS was to organize and conduct psychological warfare. Psychological warfare, a propaganda tactic with any government that wants to marshal the troops, includes "a constant repetition of fabricated atrocity stories which are designed to prove that the enemy were all 'bad guys' who had to be eliminated so we 'good guys' could live in peace."[20]
"OSS, ended on October 1, 1945, trained many of the leaders and personnel who formed the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Their ranks included four future Directors of Central Intelligence: Allen Dulles, Richard Helms, William Colby, and William Casey."[21] Personnel and the assets ultimately went into a new organization called the Central Intelligence Group (CIG) until the National Security Act of 1947 turned CIG into the Central Intelligence Agency. CIA ranks have swollen dramatically since then probably to include a patsy department where people are properly schooled as perpetrators yet who make dramatic appearances in public prior to their "crime" and leave sufficient evidence for miraculous discovery.
"Allen Dulles was the OSS chief of European operations during World War II and was quite active in post-war covert schemes, such as Operation Paperclip and Operation National Interest, to move Nazi personnel and assets out of Germany and into the American sphere."
George Herbert Walker, along with partner Averell Harriman, established W. A. Harriman & Co. Bank in November 1919. In 1926 Prescott S. Bush was installed as Vice-President of W. A. Harriman & Co. In 1928, W. A. Harriman bought Dresser Industries, paying $4,000,000 for Dresser's corporate stock and made it a public company by issuing 300,000 shares of stock. Neil Mallon, with no experience in the oil business, was installed as company president. Prescott Bush was the banking representative who helped finance the deal that established Dresser and served on the company's board.[22] Dresser produced the incendiary bombs that were used on Tokyo.[23] Dresser also made gaseous diffusion pumps for the Manhattan atomic bomb project.[24] Prescott financed Hitler through the Union Banking Corporation.[25]
In 1931 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. merged with W. A. Harriman & Co., the railroad empire. The Harriman railroads shipped oil for John D. Rockefeller of Standard Oil. Samuel P. Bush, father of Prescott, owned Buckeye Steel Castings Co. which manufactured parts for the Harriman railroad company.[26] During World War II Prescott was a director of two companies - Dresser Industries, oil field equipment manufacturer, and until recently a part of Halliburton, and the second was Vanadium Corporation of America. "They were both involved in atomic energy projects."[27]
"George H. W. Bush worked for Dresser Industries in several positions after the war, from 1948-1951."[28] Dresser Industries acquired M.W. Kellogg, an oil services company, in 1988. On September 29, 1998, Dresser formally merged with rival company Halliburton. Dick Cheney, a long-time member of the CFR, negotiated the $7.7 billion deal.[29] Halliburton then issued 176 million new shares of its common stock to Dresser shareholders.[30] On 10 April 2001 the Dresser division (excluding the former Kellogg division) entered an agreement to separate itself from Halliburton because of "more than 300,000 asbestos claims filed against a Dresser subsidiary located in Pennsylvania that made construction products containing the substance."[31] Halliburton "split its operations into two distinct entities in order to protect its assets from the asbestos litigation. Halliburton positioned Kellogg, Brown & Root under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.[32]
It would have cost Halliburton billions, in both cash and stock, to settle the asbestos claims.[33] This is despite the Bush administration's attempts to get Congress to limit asbestos liability. But, Arlen Specter has come to the rescue with his Asbestos Trust Fund Bill, purportedly to help victims. I wonder - would this fund assist the numerous victims of 9/11 in as much as the asbestos dissemination was the result of alleged "terrorists," or would it reduce government financial culpability? Now, Halliburton's liability will be limited to $450 million. Halliburton, with government contracts, recovered and their purchase of Dresser possibly saved the Dresser stockholders, perhaps even Bush family stock?[34] It wouldn't be the first time!
Halliburton's support of Lyndon Johnson resulted in several contracts including the construction of military bases during the Vietnam War. After the Persian Gulf War in 1991, then-Defense Secretary Cheney, who directed our first invasion of Iraq, paid Brown & Root to conduct "a study on the benefits of military outsourcing." Months later, Cheney paid them an additional $5 million to update the report. "In 1992, Brown & Root was awarded the U.S. Army's first Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) contract, an omnibus contract that allows the Army to call on KBR for support in all of its field operations, including combat, peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance."[35]
"On March 24, 2003, the Army announced publicly that KBR had been awarded five task orders in Iraq potentially worth $7 billion to implement the plan." "KBR was awarded a $100 million contract in 2002 to build a new U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, from the State Department." "KBR has also been awarded 15 LOGCAP task orders worth more than $216 million for work under 'Operation Enduring Freedom,' the military name for operations in Afghanistan. These include establishing base camps at Kandahar and Bagram Air Force Base and training foreign troops from the Republic of Georgia." "On Feb. 27, 2004, the Coalition Provisional Authority's Program Management Office in Baghdad awarded KBR a contract worth nearly $51.5 million for "electrical power transmission" in Iraq."[36]
Hizballah bunkers discovered on Israeli border In searches conducted in Israeli territory beyond the security fence, along the western part of the international border with Lebanon, Israel Defense Forces uncovered two connected bunkers which had been used by the Hizballah terrorist organization. more»
PA Chairman Abbas escapes assassination Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas escaped an assassination attempt after four explosive devices were uncovered by Abbas' security officers on the road leading from the Erez crossing to Gaza. more»
Halutz to testify before Winograd Committee Former Israel army Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz will testify on Sunday before the Winograd Committee. The committee is a group investigating the decision-making process of military and political leaders on their performance during the Lebanon war. more»
Peres approved as presidential candidate Kadima party ministers approved on Sunday Vice Premier Shimon Peres as their party's presidential candidate, drawing support for the "Peres Bill," which changes the government's presidential vote from a closed to open ballot system. more»
Ultra-Orthodox snatch religious woman's body Police continued to look for the body of a 40-year-old ultra-Orthodox woman on Sunday, snatched by Beth Shemesh residents, preventing it from undergoing an autopsy. more»
Cabinet approves first Arab minister The cabinet approved on Sunday the appointment of Labor member Ghaleb Majadle as Israel's first Arab cabinet minister. Majadle is appointed as a minister-without-portfolio, rather than becoming minister of arts, culture and sports as planned. more»
At least 100 people died because of the failure of Bayer to disclose the lethal risks of its cholesterol-lowering drug, Baycol. The Houston Business Journal reports: " Bayer Corp. will pay $8 million to 30 states, including $200,000 to Texas, as part of a settlement requiring the company to fully disclose when drugs pose risks for patients with specific health conditions." When an industry makes billions of dollars on a single product, what possible significance does a mere $8 million fine constitute for the company? "Baycol was a potential blockbuster product, with global sales exceeding $586m in 2000, showing growth of 84%, and with forecast sales in the region of $1bn for 2001"
Repeat legal violations: The record of recidivism by major drug manufacturers is a matter of public record. In high visibility cases such as Vioxx, Baycol, Fen-Phen, Rezulin, Zyprexa, Paxil, Zoloft, Risperdal (to name but a few notorious cases) the drug companies involved were not simply criticized for making drugs with infrequent but grave side effects. Instead, the legal questions were, what did the drug companies know, when did they know it, and what did they do about it?
Bayer Corp. will pay $8 million to 30 states, including $200,000 to Texas, as part of a settlement requiring the company to fully disclose when drugs pose risks for patients with specific health conditions. According to the settlement, Bayer failed to adequately warn physicians, pharmacies and patients of clinical studies revealing serious consequences of taking Baycol, a cholesterol-lowering drug. The company pulled the drug from the market in August 2001 due to its muscle-weakening side effects. The terms also extend to the disclosure of clinical studies involving other Bayer drugs with possibly harmful side effects.
"Texans deserve to be fully informed about the adverse effects of their medications," said Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. "This agreement ensures that patients have access to the information they need to make educated health care decisions." The terms of the judgment require that Bayer register its clinical studies and, upon the completion of each study, post the results on the Internet. The marketing, sale and promotion of Bayer's pharmaceutical and biological products must comply with the law and cannot include false or misleading claims.
In 1997, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Baycol, a "statin" cholesterol-lowering prescription drug, which Bayer began marketing in May 1998. While patients who take statin drugs frequently experience muscle-weakening side effects, Bayer failed to disclose that its product posed significantly greater risks than did statins produced by other drug companies. Because of Bayer's failure to disclose risks exacerbated by its product, patients who were prescribed Baycol were not informed of its potential side effects. Concealing risks in the name of profit violates the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
Bayer Corp. USA is a subsidiary of Bayer AG, part of the Bayer Group of companies based in Germany. The company has facilities across the U.S., including Channelview and Baytown.
The saga of the Eli Lilly-Zyprexa documents illustrates how badly the public interest is served when lawyers representing plaintiffs and lawyers representing a pharmaceutical company, essentially collude to keep incriminating documents concealed from prescribing physicians and the public.
Sealed settlements in product litigation involving life-threatening risks of harm--such as the harms posed by Zyprexa--pose a public health hazard. We believe, in such cases sealed settlements should be outlawed.
The decision to seal pharmaceutical company documents should not be left to lawyers who negotiate merely for the $ amount of the settlement.
The magnitude of harm linked to Zyprexa--as recorded in Lilly's own documents--must not remain under seal because the concealment of those risks poses a grave and present danger to the lives of millions of consumers who may exposed to the drug and suffer irreversible harm. Not only have thousands of consumers already been harmed--as documented in Lilly's billion dollar + settlements--but thousands more will be harmed because physicians don't know the full scope and magnitude of the risks disclosed in the sealed documents.
Proof of Bush Treason Mounts U.S. Customs and Immigration Services Lies and Cheats
Dynamic Duo - Gonzalez-Gonzalez
Left, Emilio T. González, Director, USCIS. He has been decorated by the governments of El Salvador, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Nicaragua. Right, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez sent Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean to prison.
Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- January 26 Tucker: The number of H1B visas an existing guest worker program for skilled workers is capped by Congress at 65,000. Another 20,000 foreign students ...are also eligible for the visa. That's 85,000 visas a year. But the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service approved 116,927 applications in 2005. It approved 130,497 in 2004. Ron Hira, RIT: There's been a pattern by the administration to -- to keep...this data that they don't particularly want out bottled up, and we've seen this with the Commerce Department [Gutierrez] offshoring report... Dobbs: And this Congress...has an absolute responsibility to ask, why aren't immigration laws being enforced? Why aren't the laws passed by this Congress being enforced? And the American people need to ask why does neither Congress nor the executive branch fulfill their duties, their constitutional duties? -- It is remarkable what is happening in this country. It is on the verge of tragic. WatchTranscript
Saturday, January 27, 2007 -- 10:30 AM Limited updates until about 11 AM, possibly resuming for a short time after 6 PM
San Gabriel Valley Tribune Marchers say roundups are unfair Pomona, Calif. -- About 200 people marched through downtown Pomona on Friday calling for an end to recent immigration sweeps. -- Day laborers, college students, clergy and others walked from the 1600 block of West Mission Boulevard to Gordon Street chanting slogans and holding signs in English and Spanish.
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Ignacio Ramos
Cybercast News Service Congressmen fight imprisonment of Border Patrol agents Members of Congress who have called on the administration to change course on the controversial jailing of two U.S. Border Patrol agents for shooting a suspected Mexican drug smuggler are trying a new approach. Now lawmakers want to exert the only explicit power they have in a criminal justice case - money.
Syracuse Post-Standard Pastor accused of selling fake IDs A Syracuse minister has been accused of making and selling fake green cards and Social Security cards. -- Ariel Ruiz, pastor of Nueva Esperanza Iglesia Bautista, was arrested Thursday in Batavia as he delivered nine resident alien cards and nine Social Security cards to an undercover agent, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents said.
We Get E-Mail Many find the American Patrol Report useful I am pleased that you are keeping this www.americanpatrol.com web site and archives. I see it as an original breakthrough in news reporting as the Drudgereport but with a more unique resource since it covers the topics of illegal immigration and fills a void that major media blacks out in reporting their so called "news"...
Paul Craig Roberts -- Rense.com Immigration numbers outnumber US job growth by 7,000,000 Last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics re-benchmarked the payroll jobs data back to 2000. Thanks to Charles McMillion of MBG Information Services, I have the adjusted data from January 2001 through January 2006. If you are worried about terrorists, you don't know what worry is.
WAFB-TV -- Baton Rouge Border Patrol allegedly busting more invaders in Baton Rouge Some of the busiest workers in our area in recent weeks appear to be border patrol agents. -- There are eight of them working Metro Baton Rouge. Keep in mind, there are thousands of cars and trucks on the interstate just passing through. Those agents say since Hurricane Katrina, more and more of those vehicles are carrying illegal [ aliens... criminals].
American Border Patrol
News from the border ABP reports that illegal cross-border traffic began to surge this morning. "There are large groups invading all across the Southeastern Arizona border," said Glenn Spencer of ABP. One group of twenty five was reported by a citizen just south of Sierra Vista Spencer said....
White Plains Journal News Invasion cheerleaders renew push for driver's licenses Pro-[ illegal alien... criminal] groups are reminding Gov. Eliot Spitzer of comments from the campaign trail and pushing him to let [ invaders] get New York driver's licenses. -- Gov. George Pataki's administration tightened the rules on immigrants applying for licenses, causing hundreds of thousands to face losing their licenses...
William H. Calhoun -- American Daily -- Phoenix Mexican terrorists invade the United States Regarding illegal immigration, a former military analyst recently said to me, "We are under attack. Twenty million have already entered the country, and more are to come. And sadly, many of our leaders are siding with the invaders. They are willing to spend billions of dollars to deport foreigners from Iraq and defend Iraq's borders..."
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"I Fear Not" Speaking the Truth in America is Not Dead
"...I've been pounded by the media before and I'm still rockin' and rollin' and when it comes to speaking the truth I fear not."
Attributed to Charlie Daniels I don't know how everybody else feels about it, but to me I think Hispanic people in this country, legally or illegally, made a huge public relations mistake with their recent demonstrations. I don't blame anybody in the world for wanting to come to the United States of America, as it is a truly wonderful place. But when the first thing you do when you set foot on American soil is illegal it is flat out wrong and I don't care how many la-la land left-heads come out of the woodwork and start trying to give me sensitivity lessons. [...] And the truth is that the gutless, gonadless, milksop politicians are just about to sell out the United States of America because they don't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up to face reality. More...
Sunday, January 28, 2007 -- 11:30 AM Limited updates until about 11 AM, possibly resuming for a short time after 6 PM
¡México!
El Universal -- Mexico City Annoying Mexican still carping about proposed border fence Davos, Switzerland -- Felipe Calderón said on Friday the building of a fence along the border with the United States was "offensive" to the relationship between the two countries, and he hoped to convince the United States that Mexican labor had been good for the U.S. economy.
Associated Press Texas immigration debate intensified in Bush's absence Austin -- The last time illegal immigration flared up as a national hot- button issue, then- Texas Gov. George W. Bush made his intentions clear: [illegal alien... criminal] bashing would not be tolerated in his state. And he vowed to use his political clout to quash it elsewhere, too...
San Diego Union-Tribune Racial tensions flare in L.A. after teen fatally shot During the 1990s, Los Angeles erupted into deadly riots sparked by the beating of a black motorist by white police officers and the shooting of a black teenager by a Korean shopkeeper, events that symbolized old and new racial schisms in one of the nation's most diverse cities...
Arizona Daily Star ABP featured in front-page article on the invasion ...This $85,000 camera system is the newest tool of the American Border Patrol, a five-person team building its own virtual fence of airplanes, cameras, sensors and unmanned aerial vehicles on land next to the San Pedro River in Cochise County to show the Border Patrol how it's done. Two to three times a week, president and founder Glenn Spencer posts videos on the organization's Web site... [See Front Page: JPEG / GIF / PDF]
Sen. Jon Kyl
Douglas Dispatch Kyl: Fence needed for reform success U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) today issued the following statement regarding the announcement by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that construction of fencing, which was authorized and initially funded in the 109th Congress, has begun in southern Arizona: "Last year there was the question about whether the legislation passed by Congress..."
Joe Arpaio
Napa Valley Register More local, state police agencies seeking immigration powers Phoenix -- More than any other police boss in Arizona, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has pushed the bounds of what local officers can do to crack down on illegal immigration -- and he's frustrated that he can't do more. -- He created a special unit to enforce an Arizona law that made immigrant smuggling a state crime...
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Orange County Register -- Santa Ana Protesters face off Dana Point, Calif. -- With "God Bless America" playing on a chilly and overcast morning, supporters and members of the Minuteman Project and Save Our State groups brought their anti- illegal immigration message to a Doheny Park Road sidewalk on Saturday. -- Many waved the Stars and Stripes and carried banners and signs...[Click for photos, etc.]
Washington Times Drug gang revolt feared in Mexico The Mexican government has sent an additional 9,000 soldiers and police to the country's northern states to confront drug smugglers threatening to rise up against the extradition of their gang bosses. -- Mexican Defense Secretary Guillermo Galvan said the government buildup, part of "Operation Sierra Madre," came in response to the Jan. 19 extradition...
Glenn Spencer answers Victor David Hansen Letter to Washington Times Re: Victor David Hansen, How will illegal immigration end? -- Hansen is right about the need for Mexico to reform its system to encourage private investment. The problem is the Mexican elite believe that if they opened up, they would be overwhelmed by gringo capital. Instead they have chosen to overwhelm us with their people. -- More...
TheNewspaper.com Toll road giant buys newspapers to silence critics Australian toll road giant Macquarie agreed Wednesday to purchase forty local newspapers, primarily in Texas and Oklahoma, for $80 million. Macquarie Bank is Australia's largest capital raising firm and has invested billions in purchasing roads in the US, Canada and UK. Most recently the company joined with Cintra Concesiones of Spain....
Helena (Montana) Independent Record Legislators set sights on invasion Frustrated with what they perceive as a lack of effort by the federal government, some state lawmakers are proposing tough new state laws this session to target illegal immigrants and businesses that hire them. -- Leading the fight is Sen. Jim Shockley, R-Victor, who has four bills this session dealing with illegal immigration.
Heather MacDonald
City Journal The myth of racial profiling The anti-"racial profiling" juggernaut must be stopped, before it obliterates the crime-fighting gains of the last decade, especially in inner cities. The anti-profiling crusade thrives on an ignorance of policing and a willful blindness to the demographics of crime. Yet politicians are swarming on board. In February, President George W. Bush joined the rush...
Free Republic Conservative Randy Pullen wins AZ state party election Conservatives in Arizona can have a little more hope now that their views will begin to be represented in the Arizona Republican Party. The AZ GOP State Convention was held today and, after a contentious and close race for the chairmanship, conservative Republican Randy Pullen won...
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin -- Ontario, Calif. Links between invasion, terrorism, drug trade worry U.S officials Columbus, NM -- On Sept. 5, a man calling himself Miguel Alfonso Salinas was apprehended off a deserted highway near the U.S.-Mexico border. -- The tinted windows on Alfonso Salinas' vehicle aroused the suspicion of Border Patrol agents patrolling a dark and desolate stretch of Highway 9, which runs parallel to the border...
Victor Davis Hanson
Washington Times How will illegal immigration end? We hear all sorts of solutions for ending illegal immigration. Build a wall. Beef up border security. Fine employers, and create a massive guest-worker program. Or America could insist on tamper-proof identification cards, or detention, deportation or even amnesty for some illegal aliens -- or all of these measures somehow combined.
Dave Gibson -- American Daily State of the union continues to weaken until border is secured Most of the State of the Union speech either bored or amused me. President Bush pushed his failed policies in Iraq, offered a typically confused plan to extend healt hcare to more Americans, he even talked about the need for electric 'plug-in' cars, and dragged-out his amnesty for invaders program again which he claims is not amnesty.
Contra Costa Times Sweeps have invaders wary Calling recent immigration sweeps in the region a "fishing expedition," members of West Contra Costa's Latino community said Friday that tactics used by federal officials were immoral and brought a "reign of terror" to the community. -- Immigrant rights groups joined Latino public officials and business leaders...
Judicial Watch Mexican invader sues radio station for following the law An illegal immigrant is suing a radio station because it abided by U.S. federal law in requiring her to provide a valid Social Security or tax identification number before giving her a prize she won in a contest. -- When the Mexican woman, living illegally in Chicago for 15 years, could not provide the proper documents...
Reading (Pennsylvania) Eagle Suspected invaders avoid capture in police search Eleven suspected illegal aliens from Reading who fled from police during a traffic stop in Schuylkill County eluded capture during a 31/2-hour air and ground search, authorities said Thursday. -- The search ended Wednesday night about 9:30 in Kline Township just north of Tamaqua...
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Subject: Pardon Ramos & Compean--Urge your House Member "Do the job George Bush won't do"
HR 563 WILL PARDON AGENT IGNACIO RAMOS & JOSE COMPEAN!
Call Congress toll-free at 1-866-340-9281 (House or Senate)
Introduced by Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), HR 563 (Vacate further proceedings in the prosecution of certain named persons) shows that Congress is ready and willing to "do the job George Bush won't do."
Tonight's "State of the Union" TV broadcast may put this issue right in George Bush's face! Watch the camera pan to the gallery guests. We might see a familiar face from the January 13 rallies, someone who knows first-hand that the President and his phony promises of "Border Security" don't include supporting the Border Patrol agents doing their jobs. ======================================================================= (1) Call your House Member to co-sponsor HR 563 (2) Contact Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers to schedule IMMEDIATE HEARING for HR 563 and Minority Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-TX). (3) Contact House Leaders--urge them to show "leadership" and do the right thing. (4) Contact your 2 US Senators to urge their action--Author or Co-Sponsor a Senate bill like HR 563 ======================================================================= (1) Call your House Member toll-free at 1-866-340-9281 to co-sponsor HR 563. ======================================================================= Look at the 77 co-sponsors at http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:2:./temp/~bdyQP3: :| /bss/d110query.html|
(If pasting the link doesn't work, go to www.thomas.gov, Choose "Hunter, Duncan (R-CA-52)" from the drop-down box under "Browse Bills by Sponsor," and you'll see ""2. H.R.563." To the right, click on "" C osponsors. " As of now, there are 75 but we want to see that number jump.
Do you see the name of Chris Cannon (R-UT)--I had to look twice to be sure! Perhaps Mr. Cannon knows his voters are fed up with his pandering to illegal aliens and the open-borders crowd and decided he'd better walk the straight and narrow, for a while at least!.
Find your House member at www.house.gov by entering your ZIP Code + 4.
If your House member isn't among the co-sponsors, call and demand to know why. Especially the new Democrats whose campaigns promised "Border Security" like Harry Mitchell (D-AZ), Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Tim Walz (D-MN) and Bruce Braley(D-IA). None have signed on to HR 563.
Ask how they plan to deliver their promise of "Border Security" when they refuse to support honest Border Patrol Agents doing their jobs. Their continued irefusal is evidence that they're lying with their promises of "Border Security," just as Congress lied 20 years ago with their promises of "sharp crackdown on employers hiring illegal aliens" if we would just accept a "one-time only" amensty for illegal aliens.
Do they believe George Bush's claim that "justice was done" when the trial was so obviously a fraud? If so, what other claims of George Bush do they believe?
Why they aren't willing to join fellow House Members in "doing the job George Bush won't do?"
If you're in the AZ district of Congressman Jeff Flake (just removed from the House Judiciary committee by House Minority Leader John Boehner for "bad behavior"--supporting illegal alien amnesty), tell Flake "Here's your chance to show "good behavior" by supporting the Border Patrol."
======================================================================= (2) Contact Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and Minority Ranking Committee Member Lamar Smith (R-TX). The toll-free number is 1-866-340-9281 ======================================================================= Urge Conyers to schedule an IMMEDIATE HEARING for HR 563 and ask Lamar Smith to use his influence as well. Ask them both to co-sponsor HR 563.
======================================================================= (3) Contact House Leaders to demand they show "leadership" in doing the right thing. The toll-free number is 1-866-340-9281 ======================================================================= Follow up with e-mails to them and their staffers.
======================================================================= (4) Contact your 2 US Senators to urge Senate action--Author or Co-Sponsor a Senate bill like HR 563. The toll-free number is 1-866-340-9281 ======================================================================= If you don't know your Senators, they're listed by state at www.senate.gov.
While you're at it, make 2 more phone calls to your US Senators and ask why no one in the Senate has the courage to introduce a similar bill in the Senate? Do all 100 US Senators "refuse to do the job George Bush won't do?"
Ask the Senators' staffs the same questions above--how do they expect their promises of "Border Security" to be credible when they refuse to support the Border Patrol, even as they do nothing and watch them railroaded into prison for doing their jobs.
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Secretive fight against bioterror
Government's closed-door approach to research has raised concerns
By Joby Warrick
The Washington Post
Updated: 2:52 a.m. ET July 30, 2006
The massive biodefense laboratory opens it's new facilities to the press at Fort Detrick, Md. Pictured, Sgt. Michelle Bergantino, right, outifitted in a bio-containment suit, outside of the BSL-4 patient care suite, used 20 times since 1972 for isolation of patients following accidental lab exposure to toxins.
WASHINGTON - On the grounds of a military base an hour's drive from the capital, the Bush administration is building a massive biodefense laboratory unlike any seen since biological weapons were banned 34 years ago.
The heart of the lab is a cluster of sealed chambers built to contain the world's deadliest bacteria and viruses. Scientists will spend their days simulating the unthinkable: bioterrorism attacks in the form of lethal anthrax spores rendered as wispy powders that can drift for miles on a summer breeze, or common viruses turned into deadly superbugs that ordinary drugs and vaccines cannot stop.
The work at this new lab, at Fort Detrick, Md., could someday save thousands of lives -- or, some fear, create new risks and place the United States in violation of international treaties. In either case, much of what transpires at the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) may never be publicly known, because the Bush administration intends to operate the facility largely in secret.
In an unusual arrangement, the building itself will be classified as highly restricted space, from the reception desk to the lab benches to the cages where animals are kept. Few federal facilities, including nuclear labs, operate with such stealth. It is this opacity that some arms-control experts say has become a defining characteristic of U.S. biodefense policy as carried out by the Department of Homeland Security, the NBACC's creator.
Since the department's founding in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, its officials have dramatically expanded the government's ability to conduct realistic tests of the pathogens and tactics that might be used in a bioterrorism attack. Some of the research falls within what many arms-control experts say is a legal gray zone, skirting the edges of an international treaty outlawing the production of even small amounts of biological weapons.
The administration dismisses these concerns, however, insisting that the work of the NBACC is purely defensive and thus fully legal. It has rejected calls for oversight by independent observers outside the department's network of government scientists and contractors. And it defends the secrecy as necessary to protect Americans.
"Where the research exposes vulnerability, I've got to protect that, for the public's interest," said Bernard Courtney, the NBACC's scientific director. "We don't need to be showing perpetrators the holes in our defense."
Tara O'Toole, founder of the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and an adviser to the Defense Department on bioterrorism, said the secrecy fits a larger pattern and could have consequences. "The philosophy and practice behind NBACC looks like much of the rest of the administration's philosophy and practice: 'Our intent is good, so we can do whatever we want,' " O'Toole said. "This approach will only lead to trouble."
Although they acknowledge the need to shield the results of some sensitive projects from public view, critics of the NBACC fear that excessive secrecy could actually increase the risk of bioterrorism. That would happen, they say, if the lab fosters ill-designed experiments conducted without proper scrutiny or if its work fuels suspicions that could lead other countries to pursue secret biological research.
The few public documents that describe the NBACC's research mission have done little to quiet those fears. A computer slide show prepared by the center's directors in 2004 offers a to-do list that suggests the lab will be making and testing small amounts of weaponized microbes and, perhaps, genetically engineered viruses and bacteria. It also calls for "red team" exercises that simulate attacks by hostile groups.
The NBACC's close ties to the U.S. intelligence community have also caused concern among the agency's critics. The CIA has assigned advisers to the lab, including at least one member of the "Z-Division," an elite group jointly operated with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that specializes in analyzing and duplicating weapons systems of potential adversaries, officials familiar with the program confirm.
Bioweapons experts say the nature of the research envisioned for the NBACC demands an unusually high degree of transparency to reassure Americans and the rest of the world of the U.S. government's intentions.
"If we saw others doing this kind of research, we would view it as an infringement of the bioweapons treaty," said Milton Leitenberg, a senior research scholar and weapons expert at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy. "You can't go around the world yelling about Iranian and North Korean programs -- about which we know very little -- when we've got all this going on."
Creating the weapons of terrorism
Created without public fanfare a few months after the 2001 anthrax attacks, the NBACC is intended to be the chief U.S. biological research institution engaged in something called "science-based threat assessment." It seeks to quantitatively answer one of the most difficult questions in biodefense: What's the worst that can happen?
To truly answer that question, there is little choice, current and former NBACC officials say: Researchers have to make real biological weapons.
"De facto, we are going to make biowarfare pathogens at NBACC in order to study them," said Penrose "Parney" Albright, former Homeland Security assistant secretary for science and technology.
Other government agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, study disease threats such as smallpox to discover cures. By contrast, the NBACC (pronounced EN-back) attempts to get inside the head of a bioterrorist. It considers the wide array of potential weapons available. It looks for the holes in society's defenses where an attacker might achieve the maximum harm. It explores the risks posed by emerging technologies, such as new DNA synthesizing techniques that allow the creation of genetically altered or man-made viruses. And it tries in some cases to test the weapon or delivery device that terrorists might use.
Research at the NBACC is already underway, in lab space that has been outsourced or borrowed from the Army's sprawling biodefense campus at Fort Detrick in Frederick. It was at this compound that the U.S. government researched and produced offensive biological weapons from the 1940s until President Richard M. Nixon halted research in 1969. The Army continues to conduct research on pathogens there.
In June, construction began on a $128 million, 160,000-square-foot facility inside the same heavily guarded compound. Space inside the eight-story, glass-and-brick structure will be divided between the NBACC's two major divisions: a forensic testing center tasked with using modern sleuthing techniques to identify the possible culprits in future biological attacks; and the Biothreat Characterization Center, or BTCC, which seeks to predict what such attacks will look like.
It is the BTCC's wing that will host the airtight, ultra-secure containment labs where the most controversial research will be done. Homeland Security officials won't talk about specific projects planned or underway. But the 2004 computer slide show -- posted briefly on a Homeland Security Web site before its discovery by agency critics prompted an abrupt removal -- offers insight into the NBACC's priorities.
The presentation by the NBACC's then-deputy director, Lt. Col. George Korch, listed 16 research priorities for the new lab. Among them:
"Characterize classical, emerging and genetically engineered pathogens for their BTA [biological threat agent] potential.
"Assess the nature of nontraditional, novel and nonendemic induction of disease from potential BTA.
"Expand aerosol-challenge testing capacity for non-human primates.
"Apply Red Team operational scenarios and capabilities."
Courtney, the NBACC science director, acknowledged that his work would include simulating real biological threats -- but not just any threats.
"If I hear a noise on the back porch, will I turn on the light to decide whether there's something there, or go on my merry way?" Courtney asked. "But I'm only going to do [research] if I have credible information that shows it truly is a threat. It's not going to be dreamed up out of the mind of a novelist."
Administration officials note that there is a tradition for this kind of biological risk assessment, one that extends at least to the Clinton administration. In the late 1990s, for example, a clandestine project run by the Defense Department re-created a genetically modified, drug-resistant strain of the anthrax bacteria believed to have been made by Soviet bioweaponeers. Such research helped the government anticipate and prepare for emerging threats, according to officials familiar with the anthrax study.
Some arms-control experts see the comparison as troubling. They argued, then and now, that the work was a possible breach of a U.S.-negotiated international law.
Legal and other pitfalls The Bush administration argues that its biodefense research complies with the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, the 1972 treaty outlawing the manufacture of biological weapons, because U.S. motives are pure.
"All the programs we do are defensive in nature," said Maureen McCarthy, Homeland Security's director of research and development, who oversees the NBACC. "Our job is to ensure that the civilian population of the country is protected, and that we know what the threats are."
Current and former administration officials say that compliance with the treaty hinges on intent, and that making small amounts of biowarfare pathogens for study is permitted under a broad interpretation of the treaty. Some also argue that the need for a strong biodefense in an age of genetic engineering trumps concerns over what they see as legal hair-splitting.
"How can I go to the people of this country and say, 'I can't do this important research because some arms-control advocate told me I can't'?" asked Albright, the former Homeland Security assistant secretary.
But some experts in international law believe that certain experiments envisioned for the lab could violate the treaty's ban on developing, stockpiling, acquiring or retaining microbes "of types and in quantities that have no justification" for peaceful purposes.
"The main problem with the 'defensive intent' test is that it does not reflect what the treaty actually says," said David Fidler, an Indiana University School of Law professor and expert on the bioweapons convention. The treaty, largely a U.S. creation, does not make a distinction between defensive and offensive activities, Fidler said.
More practically, arms experts say, future U.S. governments may find it harder to object if other countries test genetically engineered pathogens and novel delivery systems, invoking the same need for biodefense.
Already, they say, there is evidence abroad of what some are calling a "global biodefense boom." In the past five years, numerous governments, including some in the developing world -- India, China and Cuba among them -- have begun building high-security labs for studying the most lethal bacteria and viruses.
"These labs have become a status symbol, a prestige item," said Alan Pearson, a biologist at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. "A big question is: Will these labs have transparency?"
Secrecy may have a price When it opens in two years, the NBACC lab will house an impressive collection of deadly germs and teams of scientists in full-body "spacesuits" to work with them. It will also have large aerosol-test chambers where animals will be exposed to deadly microbes. But the lab's most controversial feature may be its secrecy.
Homeland Security officials disclosed plans to contractors and other government agencies to classify the entire lab as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, or SCIF.
In common practice, a SCIF (pronounced "skiff") is a secure room where highly sensitive information is stored and discussed. Access to SCIFs is severely limited, and all of the activity and conversation inside is presumed to be restricted from public disclosure. There are SCIFs in the U.S. Capitol, where members of Congress are briefed on military secrets. In U.S. nuclear labs, computers that store weapons data are housed inside SCIFs.
Homeland Security officials plan to operate all 160,000 square feet of the NBACC as a SCIF. Because of the building's physical security features -- intended to prevent the accidental release of dangerous pathogens -- it was logical to operate it as a SCIF, McCarthy said.
"We need to protect information at a level that is appropriate," McCarthy added, saying she expects much of the lab's less-sensitive work to be made public eventually.
But some biodefense experts, including some from past administrations, viewed the decision as a mistake.
"To overlay NBACC with a default level of high secrecy seems like overkill," said Gerald L. Epstein, a former science adviser to the White House's National Security Council and now a senior fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. While accepting that some secrecy is needed, he said the NBACC plan "sends a message that is not at all helpful."
NBACC officials also have resisted calls for the kind of broad, independent oversight that many experts say is necessary to assure other countries and the American public about their research.
Homeland Security spokesmen insist that the NBACC's work will be carefully monitored, but on the department's terms.
"We have our own processes to scrutinize our research, and it includes compliance to the bioweapons convention guidelines as well as scientific oversight," said Courtney, the NBACC scientific director.
In addition to the department's internal review boards, the agency will bring in small groups of "three or four scientists" on an ad-hoc basis to review certain kinds of potentially controversial experiments, Courtney said. The review panels will be "independent," Courtney said, but he noted that only scientists with government security clearances will be allowed to participate.
Some experts have called for unusual forms of oversight, including panels of well-respected, internationally known scientists and observers from overseas. While allowing that the results of some experiments should be kept confidential, O'Toole, of the Center for Biosecurity, argues that virtually everything else at the NBACC should be publicly accountable if the United States is to be a credible leader in preventing the proliferation of bioweapons.
"We're going to have to lean over backward," O'Toole said. "We have no leverage among other nation-states if we say, 'We can do whatever we want, but you can't. We want to see your biodefense program, but you can't see ours.' "
In recent weeks, the NBACC's first officially completed project has drawn criticism, not because of its methods or procedures, but because heavy classification has limited its usefulness.
The project was an ambitious attempt to assess and rank the threats posed by dozens of different pathogens and delivery systems, drawing on hundreds of studies and extensive computer modeling. When delivered to the White House in January, it was the most extensive survey of its kind, and one that could guide the federal government in making decisions about biodefense spending.
Six months later, no one outside a small group of officials and advisers with top security clearances has seen the results.
"Something this important shouldn't be secret," said Thomas V. Inglesby, an expert at the Center for Biosecurity who serves on a government advisory board that was briefed on the results. "How can we make policy decisions about matters of this scale if we're operating in the dark?"
Custom-Built Pathogens Raise Bioterror Fears By Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, July 31, 2006; A01
STONY BROOK, N.Y.
In his small lab, Eckard Wimmer recently examined a tray that held a newly created virus growing in a cellular broth
Eckard Wimmer knows of a shortcut terrorists could someday use to get their hands on the lethal viruses that cause Ebola and smallpox. He knows it exceptionally well, because he discovered it himself.
In 2002, the German-born molecular geneticist startled the scientific world by creating the first live, fully artificial virus in the lab. It was a variation of the bug that causes polio, yet different from any virus known to nature. And Wimmer built it from scratch.
The virus was made wholly from nonliving parts, using equipment and chemicals on hand in Wimmer's small laboratory at the State University of New York here on Long Island. The most crucial part, the genetic code, was picked up for free on the Internet. Hundreds of tiny bits of viral DNA were purchased online, with final assembly in the lab.
Wimmer intended to sound a warning, to show that science had crossed a threshold into an era in which genetically altered and made-from-scratch germ weapons were feasible. But in the four years since, other scientists have made advances faster than Wimmer imagined possible. Government officials, and scientists such as Wimmer, are only beginning to grasp the implications.
"The future," he said, "has already come."
Five years ago, deadly anthrax attacks forced Americans to confront the suddenly real prospect of bioterrorism. Since then the Bush administration has poured billions of dollars into building a defensive wall of drugs, vaccines and special sensors that can detect dangerous pathogens. But already, technology is hurtling past it. While government scientists press their search for new drugs for old foes such as classic anthrax, a revolution in biology has ushered in an age of engineered microbes and novel ways to make them.
The new technology opens the door to new tools for defeating disease and saving lives. But today, in hundreds of labs worldwide, it is also possible to transform common intestinal microbes into killers. Or to make deadly strains even more lethal. Or to resurrect bygone killers, such the 1918 influenza. Or to manipulate a person's hormones by switching genes on or off. Or to craft cheap, efficient delivery systems that can infect large numbers of people.
"The biological weapons threat is multiplying and will do so regardless of the countermeasures we try to take," said Steven M. Block, a Stanford University biophysicist and former president of the Biophysical Society. "You can't stop it, any more than you can stop the progress of mankind. You just have to hope that your collective brainpower can muster more resources than your adversaries'."
The Bush administration has acknowledged the evolving threat, and last year it appointed a panel of scientists to begin a years-long study of the problem. It also is building a large and controversial lab in Frederick, where new bioterrorism threats can be studied and tested. But overall, specific responses have been few and slow.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declined so far to police the booming gene-synthesis industry, which churns out made-to-order DNA to sell to scientists. Oversight of controversial experiments remains voluntary and sporadic in many universities and private labs in the United States, and occurs even more rarely overseas.
Bioterrorism experts say traditional biodefense approaches, such as stockpiling antibiotics or locking up well-known strains such as the smallpox virus, remain important. But they are not enough.
"There's a name for fixed defenses that can easily be outflanked: They are called Maginot lines," said Roger Brent, a California molecular biologist and former biodefense adviser to the Defense Department, referring to the elaborate but short-sighted network of border fortifications built by France after World War I to prevent future invasions by Germany.
"By themselves," Brent said, "stockpiled defenses against specific threats will be no more effective to the defense of the United States than the Maginot line was to the defense of France in 1940."
How to Make a Virus
Wimmer's artificial virus looks and behaves like its natural cousin -- but with a far reduced ability to maim or kill -- and could be used to make a safer polio vaccine. But it was Wimmer's techniques, not his aims, that sparked controversy when news of his achievement hit the scientific journals.
As the creator of the world's first "de novo" virus -- a human virus, at that -- Wimmer came under attack from other scientists who said his experiment was a dangerous stunt. He was accused of giving ideas to terrorists, or, even worse, of inviting a backlash that could result in new laws restricting scientific freedom.
Wimmer counters that he didn't invent the technology that made his experiment possible. He only drew attention to it.
"To most scientists and lay people, the reality that viruses could be synthesized was surprising, if not shocking," he said. "We consider it imperative to inform society of this new reality, which bears far-reaching consequences."
One of the world's foremost experts on poliovirus, Wimmer has made de novo poliovirus six times since his groundbreaking experiment four years ago. Each time, the work is a little easier and faster.
New techniques developed by other scientists allow the creation of synthetic viruses in mere days, not weeks or months. Hardware unveiled last year by a Harvard genetics professor can churn out synthetic genes by the thousands, for a few pennies each.
But Wimmer continues to use methods available to any modestly funded university biology lab. He reckons that tens of thousands of scientists worldwide already are capable of doing what he does.
"Our paper was the starting point of the revolution," Wimmer said. "But eventually the process will become so automated even technicians can do it."
Wimmer's method starts with the virus's genetic blueprint, a code of instructions 7,441 characters long. Obtaining it is the easiest part: The entire code for poliovirus, and those for scores of other pathogens, is available for free on the Internet.
Armed with a printout of the code, Wimmer places an order with a U.S. company that manufactures custom-made snippets of DNA, called oglionucleotides. The DNA fragments arrive by mail in hundreds of tiny vials, enough to cover a lab table in one of Wimmer's three small research suites.
Using a kind of chemical epoxy, the scientist and his crew of graduate assistants begin the tedious task of fusing small snippets of DNA into larger fragments. Then they splice together the larger strands until the entire sequence is complete.
The final step is almost magical. The finished but lifeless DNA, placed in a broth of organic "juice" from mushed-up cells, begins making proteins. Spontaneously, it assembles the trappings of a working virus around itself.
While simple on paper, it is not a feat for amateurs, Wimmer said. There are additional steps to making effective bioweapons besides acquiring microbes. Like many scientists and a sizable number of biodefense experts, Wimmer believes traditional terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda will stick with easier methods, at least for now.
Yet al-Qaeda is known to have sought bioweapons and has recruited experts, including microbiologists. And for any skilled microbiologist trained in modern techniques, Wimmer acknowledged, synthetic viruses are well within reach and getting easier.
"This," he said, "is a wake-up call."
From Parlor Trick to Bio-Bricks
The global biotech revolution underway is more than mere genetic engineering. It is genetic engineering on hyperdrive. New scientific disciplines such as synthetic biology, practiced not only in the United States but also in new white-coat enclaves in China and Cuba, seek not to tweak biological systems but to reinvent them.
The holy grail of synthetic biologists is the reduction of all life processes into building blocks -- interchangeable bio-bricks that can be reassembled into new forms. The technology envisions new species of microbes built from the bottom up: "living machines from off-the-shelf chemicals" to suit the needs of science, said Jonathan Tucker, a bioweapons expert with the Washington-based Center for Non-Proliferation Studies.
"It is possible to engineer living organisms the way people now engineer electronic circuits," Tucker said. In the future, he said, these microbes could produce cheap drugs, detect toxic chemicals, break down pollutants, repair defective genes, destroy cancer cells and generate hydrogen for fuel.
In less than five years, synthetic biology has gone from a kind of scientific parlor trick, useful for such things as creating glow-in-the-dark fish, to a cutting-edge bioscience with enormous commercial potential, said Eileen Choffnes, an expert on microbial threats with the National Academies' Institute of Medicine. "Now the technology can be even done at the lab bench in high school," she said.
Along with synthetic biologists, a separate but equally ardent group is pursuing DNA shuffling, a kind of directed evolution that imbues microbes with new traits. Another faction seeks novel ways to deliver chemicals and medicines, using ultra-fine aerosols that penetrate deeply into the lungs or new forms of microencapsulated packaging that control how drugs are released in the body.
Still another group is discovering ways to manipulate the essential biological circuitry of humans, using chemicals or engineered microbes to shut down defective genes or regulate the production of hormones controlling such functions as metabolism and mood.
Some analysts have compared the flowering of biotechnology to the start of the nuclear age in the past century, but there are important differences. This time, the United States holds no monopoly over the emerging science, as it did in the early years of nuclear power. Racing to exploit each new discovery are dozens of countries, many of them in the developing world.
There's no binding treaty or international watchdog to safeguard against abuse. And the secrets of biology are available on the Internet for free, said Robert L. Erwin at a recent Washington symposium pondering the new technology. He is a geneticist and founder of the California biotech firm Large Scale Biology Corp.
"It's too cheap, it's too fast, there are too many people who know too much," Erwin said, "and it's too late to stop it."
A Darker Side
In May, when 300 synthetic biologists gathered in California for the second national conference in the history of their new field, they found protesters waiting.
"Scientists creating new life forms cannot be allowed to act as judge and jury," Sue Mayer, a veterinary cell biologist and director of GeneWatch UK, said in a statement signed by 38 organizations.
Activists are not the only ones concerned about where new technology could lead. Numerous studies by normally staid panels of scientists and security experts have also warned about the consequences of abuse. An unclassified CIA study in 2003 titled "The Darker Bioweapons Future" warned of a potential for a "class of new, more virulent biological agents engineered to attack" specific targets. "The effects of some of these engineered biological agents could be worse than any disease known to man," the study said.
It is not just the potential for exotic diseases that is causing concern. Harmless bacteria can be modified to carry genetic instructions that, once inside the body, can alter basic functions, such as immunity or hormone production, three biodefense experts with the Defense Intelligence Agency said in an influential report titled "Biotechnology: Impact on Biological Warfare and Biodefense."
As far as is publicly known, no such weapons have ever been used, although Soviet bioweapons scientists experimented with genetically altered strains in the final years of the Cold War. Some experts doubt terrorists would go to such trouble when ordinary germs can achieve the same goals.
"The capability of terrorists to embark on this path in the near- to mid-term is judged to be low," Charles E. Allen, chief intelligence officer for the Department of Homeland Security, said in testimony May 4 before a panel of the House Committee on Homeland Security. "Just because the technology is available doesn't mean terrorists can or will use it."
A far more likely source, Allen said, is a "lone wolf": a scientist or biological hacker working alone or in a small group, driven by ideology or perhaps personal demons. Many experts believe the anthrax attacks of 2001 were the work of just such a loner.
"All it would take for advanced bioweapons development," Allen said, "is one skilled scientist and modest equipment -- an activity we are unlikely to detect in advance."
Genes for Sale
Throughout the Western world and even in developing countries such as India and Iran, dozens of companies have entered the booming business of commercial gene synthesis. Last fall, a British scientific journal, New Scientist, decided to contact some of these DNA-by-mail companies to show how easy it would be to obtain a potentially dangerous genetic sequence -- for example, DNA for a bacterial gene that produces deadly toxins.
Only five of the 12 firms that responded said they screened customers' orders for DNA sequences that might pose a terrorism threat. Four companies acknowledged doing no screening at all. Under current laws, the companies are not required to screen.
In the United States, the federal "Select Agent" rule restricts access to a few types of deadly bacteria, viruses and toxins. But, under the CDC's interpretation of the rule, there are few such controls on transfers of synthetic genes that can be turned into killers. Changes are being contemplated, but for now the gap is one example of technology's rapid advance leaving law and policy behind.
"It would be possible -- fully legal -- for a person to produce full-length 1918 influenza virus or Ebola virus genomes, along with kits containing detailed procedures and all other materials for reconstitution," said Richard H. Ebright, a biochemist and professor at Rutgers University. "It is also possible to advertise and to sell the product, in the United States or overseas."
While scientists tend to be deeply skeptical of government intrusion into their laboratories, many favor closer scrutiny over which kinds of genetic coding are being sold and to whom. Even DNA companies themselves are lobbying for better oversight.
Blue Heron Biotechnology, a major U.S. gene-synthesis company based in suburban Seattle, formally petitioned the federal government three years ago to expand the Select Agent rule to require companies to screen DNA purchases. The company began voluntarily screening after receiving suspicious requests from overseas, including one from a Saudi customer asking for genes belonging to a virus that causes a disease akin to smallpox.
"The request turned out to be legitimate, from a real scientist, but it made us ask ourselves: How can we make sure that some crazy person doesn't order something from us?" said John Mulligan, Blue Heron's founder and chief executive. "I used to think that such a thing was improbable, but then September 11 happened."
Some scientists also favor greater scrutiny -- or at least peer review -- of research that could lead to the accidental or deliberate release of genetically modified organisms.
In theory, such oversight is provided by volunteer boards known as institutional biosafety committees. Guidelines set by the National Institutes of Health call on federally funded schools and private labs to each appoint such a board. A 2004 National Academy of Sciences report recommended that the committees take on a larger role in policing research that could lead to more powerful biological weapons.
In reality, many of these boards appear to exist only on paper. In 2004, the nonprofit Sunshine Project surveyed 390 such committees, asking for copies of minutes or notes from any meetings convened to evaluate research projects. Only 15 institutions earned high marks for showing full compliance with NIH guidelines, said Edward Hammond, who directed the survey. Nearly 200 others who responded had poor or missing records or none at all, he said. Some committees had never met.
Stockpiles Aren't Enough
New techniques that unlock the secrets of microbial life may someday lead to the defeat of bioterrorism threats and cures for natural diseases, too. But today, the search for new drugs of all kinds remains agonizingly slow.
Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the federal government budgets nearly $8 billion annually -- an 18-fold increase since 2001 -- for the defense of civilians against biological attack. Billions have been spent to develop and stockpile new drugs, most of them each tied to a single, well-known bioterrorism threat, such as anthrax.
Despite efforts to streamline the system, developing one new drug could still take up to a decade and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. If successful, the drug is a solution for just one disease threat out of a list that is rapidly expanding to include man-made varieties.
In a biological attack, waiting even a few weeks for new drugs may be disastrous, said Tara O'Toole, a physician and director of the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
"We haven't yet absorbed the magnitude of this threat to national security," said O'Toole, who worries that the national commitment to biodefense is waning over time and the rise of natural threats such as pandemic flu. "It is true that pandemic flu is important, and we're not doing nearly enough, but I don't think pandemic flu could take down the United States of America. A campaign of moderate biological attacks could."
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When 34-year old Jiang Zongziu and her mother-in-law went to their neighboring market in Guizhou Province, China; Jiang took this as an opportunity to hand out Bibles and Christian literature. Only this day they had an encounter with the Chinese police.
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It is an easy step from restraining the press to making it place the worst actions of government in so favorable a light that we groan under tyranny and oppression without knowing from whence it came. Abraham Lincoln, Cooper Square, New York, 1860.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements: Newspapers should honor government requests to withhold publishing information that might hurt efforts to win the war on terrorism? Strongly agree: 57%. Mildly agree: 18%. Annual First Amendment Center survey, "The State of the First Amendment 2006."
The Bush administration's sudden decision to apparently end the president's illegal unleashing of the National Security Agency's secret, warrantless spying on us does not offer an armistice on the Bush team's pursuit of the press as a danger to national security.
If you look behind the curtain of this "retreat" on the commander-in-chief's "inherent power" to deal with terror as he sees fit, it is not clear whether placing the responsibility on the special Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court—which hears only government lawyers before it makes a ruling—means the court will issue individual warrants or a blanket dragnet of warrants not attached to a specific person. A classic example are the "John Doe" nameless warrants attached to a particular telephone and everyone using it. Similarly, an Internet provider could be served with such a blanket warrant.
Also, the president in no way acknowledges that he broke the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in the NSA's warrantless filling of FBI and CIA databases in its secret spying. As New York Times legal analyst Adam Liptak noted on January 19: "The administration continues to maintain it is free to operate without court approval." The president has not embraced the Fourth Amendment and judicial review of his "inherent" powers, despite his backtracking on the warrantless spying."
Furthermore, in a little–noticed declaration on January 17, the nation's chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, said in a speech at Washington's American Enterprise Institute that federal judges are not "equipped to make decisions" about actions taken by the commander-in-chief regarding national security. "A judge," said Gonzales, "will never be in the position to know what is in the national security interest of the country." So judges should back off.
The ever–loyal attorney general would not have issued this manifesto of unchecked presidential powers without knowing he had the approval of the man who made him what he is today.
Whatever we do find out about Bush's real deal on National Security Agency and surveillance and the FISA court, the president doesn't need judges or warrants to keep a constant eye on members of the press who spread "leaks" about his secret decisions to safeguard national security.
At the National Press Club in Washington last September 28, ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross told what happened after he and his colleague, Richard Esposito, had aroused the government's ire by reporting on CIA secret prisons and kidnappings. "A short while after we did our stories," Ross said, "Rich got word from his source: 'We know who you're talking to. They've got your phone records.'" (One of the calls in those records was by me.)
Brian Ross had not been served with any government subpoenas or been questioned by government agents. Without a judge's ruling, his phone records, he figured out, had been taken through a National Security Letter—which he pointed out, the FBI can "serve on the phone company, the credit card company, the bank, the library, and that information must be turned over." Like the "general search warrants," which British customs officers wrote by themselves so they'd have license to barge into the 18th-century Americans' offices and homes, National Security Letters do not require a judge's approval.
And when judges are involved in the government's tracking of journalists, increasingly reporters are in peril. The First Amendment Center's Paul McMasters reports:
"Joshua Wolf is a San Francisco freelance journalist and blogger who refused to give up an uncut video of a violent protest to U.S. prosecutors. He has now served more time in prison than the 85 days former New York Times reporter Judith Miller served last year for refusing to reveal her sources in the Valerie Plame leak case."
In the landmark free-press 1971 "Pentagon Papers" case (New York Times Co. v. United States)—in which the Nixon administration demanded severe punishment for the New York Times's having published highly classified information on government conduct (and lies) in the course of the Vietnam War—Justice Hugo Black, writing in the majority, warned of government brandishing "national security" to silence the press in time of war. "The guarding of military and diplomatic secrets at the expense of informed representative government provides no real security for our Republic," Black wrote. "The Framers of the First Amendment, fully aware of both the need to defend a new nation and the abuses of the English and Colonial governments, sought to give this new society strength and security by providing that freedom of speech, press, religion, and assembly should not be abridged."
But among the dissenters, Justice Harry Blackmun warned: "The First Amendment . . . is only one part of an entire Constitution. Article II of the great document vests in the Executive Branch primary power over the conduct of foreign affairs and places in that branch the responsibility for the Nation's safety . . . I cannot subscribe to a doctrine of unlimited absolutism for the First Amendment . . .
"If damage has been done . . . and these newspapers continue to publish the critical documents and there results the death of soldiers [and] the prolongation of the war . . . then the Nation's people will know where the responsibility for these sad consequences rests."
As George W. Bush continues to act, and believe, in the "inherent power" of the commander-in-chief, the John Roberts Supreme Court will, in time, decide whether Hugo Black's understanding of the First Amendment prevails or whether Harry Blackmun, Alberto Gonzales, and Commander Bush speak for the nation as the press becomes strictly controlled for a long time to come.
Hugo Black once insisted: "We must not be afraid to be free." What will the public's answer be if there's another 9-11?
I just started reading a book named "Chatter" by Patrick Radden Keefe. The book is about the history of the Echelon Survelleilance Network. Pg 13
"On January 16, 1917, Arthur Zimmerman, Germany's foreign minister, sent a telegran to the German ambassador in Mexico City. Zimmermann's telegram read 130 13042 13041 8501 115 3528 416 and so on, for a page, a long string of numeric code. When he sent the telegram, Zimmerman had no way of knowing that it would become the key Sigint story of the First World War and be decisive in bringing American troops to Europe. The telegram announced that German was about to begin unrestricted submarine warfare and proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico. It also expressed Germany's encouragement for Mexico to "re-conquer the lost territory of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona".
The British intercepted the telegram, and the code breakers of Room 40....cracked the code.....President Wilson declared it "eloquent evidence" of the ignominy of the Germans, and by April America was at war.
I did a search on Mexico and Nazis and found this:
Site Editor's Note: This series of five articles on Mexico City by Washington syndicated columnist Raymond Clapper appeared on the editorial pages of The Charlotte News between April 18 and April 23, 1941. Clapper was a regular entry on the News editorial page during this period. Obviously, with Cash having received the Guggenheim Fellowship in mid-March for a year to write his novel in Mexico City beginning in June, these articles were of more than passing interest to him and new wife Mary who would accompany him to Mexico.
The articles indicate the still active presence of Nazi agents in Mexico, perhaps "75 to 150", but out in the provinces where the Mexican Government could not keep a close eye on their activities, says Clapper. (Actually, history demonstrates that the agents were still more active through mid-summer, 1941 in and around Mexico City than Clapper suggests--though they were on tightly bound pocketbooks by this point.
On the Echelon system - Australia's installation at Pine Gap:
"IBM was the primary contractor on the computers, TRW produced the satellite controlled stations, and another Texas company E-Systems was responsible for the management and operation of the computer room. Thus while the base was officially, if cryptically known as "Joint Defense Space Research Facility, it was still a very much American operation.
[Side Note: My recollection - somewhere between 1990 and 1993, the stock price of IBM dropped precipitiously - almost over night to around $45.00 per share from over $100 per share ( I think it was actually around $150 but I can't say I recall specifically). The drop was supposedly because massively parallel PC's were going to replace Big Iron. That thesis was and is ridiculous. Then 2003 - Lou Gerstner, CEO of IBM became the CEO of the Carlyle Group. ]
"This is highly significant, since President Reagan’s Executive Order 12333, which privatized many covert intelligence operations, placed them out of the scrutiny of Congress and nosy FOIA requesters. Not surprisingly, CIA Director Bill Casey, CIA Deputy Director for Operations Ted Shackley, and former CIA Director George Bush reportedly attended the December 5, 1980 meeting to draft E.O. 12333, which states:
“Agencies within the Intelligence Community are authorized to enter into contracts or arrangements for the provision of goods or services with private companies or institutions in the United States and need not reveal the sponsorship of such contracts or arrangements for authorized intelligence purposes....”
“I have government documents showing government investigators found approximately one hundred million dollars in rip-offs at E-Systems, and estimated the total rip-offs at 25 to 30 percent of all contracts, which is approximately three billion dollars a year.”
E-Systems, Inc. is one of the leading defense electronics companies in the United States. This diversified company designs, develops, produces, and services high technology systems, especially surveillance, verification, and aircraft ground-land navigation equipment, primarily for defense applications around the world. The company also develops electronics programs and systems for business, industrial, and nondefense government programs and agencies. Much of E-Systems' business serves the government national security market, with more than two-thirds of its business falling within the two primary areas of intelligence and reconnaissance command, control, and communications. The company includes five divisions and four wholly owned subsidiaries.
[Side Note: One of the cancerous threads in our country is headed by George H. W. Bush.Bushdissolved SAC and stood up STRATCOM.[1]STRATCOM’s job was to consolidate the leadership in the military (Joint Command).He severely cut the military budget to justify the consolidation of leadership - the consolidation of power within the military even though it was blamed on Clinton.Sidebar:
1995 - General Butler was the chief architect with dissolving SAC and the start-up of the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM). He worked very closely with General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the roles and missions and structure of STRATCOM. The only question was when would the change take place. STRATCOM took over the same mission of SAC, but with one twist. STRATCOM has authority over all nuclear weapons.[2]
I didn't mention this - but STRATCOM is in Nebraska (where the Chimp flew on 9-11).
Of course we've all read about the Bush Crime Family ties to the Nazis. And we all know the Bush Crime Family ties to the Saudis. And IBM was in on that as well.
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:31:51 -0800 (PST) Subject: Fwd: Mexican Terrorists Invade United States
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Mexican Terrorists Invade United States
By William H. Calhoun
Regarding illegal immigration, a former military analyst recently said to me, "We are under attack. Twenty million have already entered the country, and more are to come. And sadly, many of our leaders are siding with the invaders. They are willing to spend billions of dollars to deport foreigners from Iraq and defend Iraq's borders, but won't lift a finger to save the USA."
And so the war continues. We know that Hispanics in the Mexican military are helping Arab terrorists sneak into the United States. We know that many Mexican gangs have already made alliances with terrorist cells in India. At a soccer game recently in Mexico, when a picture of Bin Laden was shown on the screen, the crowd erupted in applause.
In short, Hispanics plan to retake the Southwest United States. Reconquista, is what they call it, and their aim is for Aztlan to live once again. As Mexican activist Ricky Sierra said, “We are recolonizing America and they are afraid of us. They are very afraid. It is time for us to take back what is ours.”
And these terrorist organizations are not alone; they have corporate sponsors. During the Cold War, corporations often sided with the Right. But today, big business most often identifies with the Left. Wal-Mart recently has given large sums of money to pro-homosexual groups. But who is the largest recipient of Wal-Mart donations? La Raza, the radical pro-immigration organization.
Professor Jose Angel Gutierrez, founder of La Raza, has proudly said: "We have an aging white America…. They are dying…. They are ******** in their pants with fear! I love it!" He then demands: "We have got to eliminate the gringo, and what I mean by that is if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him."
Kill all the whites? With the exception of a very small upper class of European blood, most Mexicans are either Amerindian or Mestizo (mostly Amerindian with a few drops of Spaniard or African blood). These people are not Western. They detest the West. Mestizos and Amerindians are currently demanding that all “European elements” be removed from their liturgy, and they recently banned all white authors at some schools in Southern California.
And it is not just Mexicans, but an entire third-world invasion. In fact, many in the third-world will not rest until they have invaded and conquered the West. A group of young Hindus from India recently said they want to "wipe out all the whites," and think that India should invade California. Another group from China said they cannot wait for the extinction of the "white devil." And etc. I think you get the idea. We are under attack!
In the 1950s when our country was under attack, President Eisenhower responded with "Operation Wetback" and deported a million illegals in a year. Today, however, our leaders say they are unable. Rather, they are unwilling. They have sided with big business, multiculturalism, and the invaders against their fellow Americans.
Some of the greatest traitors in American history are right before our eyes: GW Bush, Dick Cheney, John McCain, Rudolph Giuliani, Sam Brownback, Lindsey Graham, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Condoleezze Rice, Linda Chavez, Alberto Gonzales, Carlos Gutierrez, Ted Kennedy, "Crack head" Barack Obama, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Linda Sanchez, Robert Menendez, Luis Gutierrez, Solomon Ortiz, and the list goes on and on. These people have violated their Constitutional oaths and supported the third-world invasion of the United States.
They try to peddle the notion of a "proposition nation," that one only need to believe on cockeyed ideas to be a citizen. Historically, though, real nations took into consideration blood and soil, kith and kin, and genophilia (instinctive attachment to family and tribe). I, for one, want a real country, and not some liberal experiment.
Our country is under attack, and it is up to patriotic Americans to take a stand! Tell your leaders you simply refuse to side with their treason. Demand justice, demand deportation, demand a fence, demand a massive reduction in legal immigration. Furthermore, join local anti-immigration groups, join militias, and buy guns. The invaders are armed, so patriotic Americans should be too!
Stop the third-world invasion!
------------ William H. Calhoun is a writer, paleoconservative, farmer on his ancestral estate, and graduate of the University of Chicago. He can be reached at williamhcalhoun@yahoo.com
From: Billy-Joe: Mauldin Subject: The Shadow Government of The United States This article is over 12 years old.
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AGAIN, TO "FoodHerbHealth" group- I know this is long, and has links and info not related directly to our group theme, but it's easier for me to do it this way than to take lesser amt. of info from this and post it separately! Thanks for your understanding. --"Cheyenne Cin"
THE BATTLE TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE THINKING
Martin Young
Jan 26, 2007
TO THOSE CALLED TO BE HEALTHY"
You failed gladiator school. The military rejected you due to sofa
disease. You were never cut out for war. Your jeans still have peace
signs, but now you're in hand-to-hand combat with a chocolate bar, the
Cookie Monster and Ronald McDonald. Battling with desire hurts,
especially, when you say 'no' to a pleasure that is moments away. As
seconds tick by, you can feel your resolve eroding. The harder you
fight, the more you suffer. Previous defeats make the battle even more
painful. Emotions escalate, needs are not being met and past pain
stirs up other neglected needs. You are moments away from blowing it.
Your emotions are clanging like a pinball machine. This is the place
where you win the battle.
Accept the intensity of your feelings. It is okay to feel this way.
You can handle it. We feel driven to eat because we feel that we
cannot endure the discomfort any longer, so we give in to get relief.
But we can endure it, and much more. Try to let go and float through
the pain. Find peace within you and hang on to it. Do not fight the
desire. You don't have to act. Just float through the pain, accept the
emotions, and remind yourself of what you really want.
The battle is due to wavering between two decisions. If you were
resolute, there would be no conflict. The battle is escalating because
you are allowing your mind to rationalize as to why you can indulge.
Part of you is uncomfortable because it knows the consequences of
wavering in that decision. Goals will be lost. The fleshy part of us
is using rationalization to get at the pleasure. The reasoning will be
faulty. Challenge your thinking. Most of the time, the rationalization
is along the line of I feel hurt and I need this to feel better.
Challenge your thinking. Is this the best way to ease the pain? Is
this really what you want? Make a decision. If your decision is to
indulge then enjoy it, but remind yourself of the consequences of that
action. And remember that doing something once is giving yourself
permission to do it a thousand times. "Just this once" is a lie. You
do not have to go to a gym to develop discipline. You can flex the
mental muscle while doing laundry. Every time you apply mental effort
to relax, pray or encourage yourself, you are developing self-
discipline. Even doing dishes can develop discipline by keeping your
thoughts positive, staying at peace, praying and feeling good about
your accomplishments. Not only do you get clean dishes, but also a
clean thought life.
Write a list of all the positive things you can say to yourself to
encourage yourself to eat healthy and then start thinking nothing but
encouraging thoughts. After a while, it will become automatic. You
will realize that most of your down times and frustration are due to
negative thoughts. When you change your thoughts, you will change how
you feel. It is just a matter of doing the work. Remember that you
have spent years as a negative thinker. This is not an overnight
project; you need to add about a hundred positive thoughts to
compensate for the twenty negative ones. It will take time, but you
will see the benefits within hours. You will be more at peace,
discipline will increase, and you will feel a sense of accomplishment.
Best of all there will be an overall feeling of well being that feels
natural. There will be far fewer compulsions and urges, as you become
more content. People will greatly enjoy your company because you are
at ease with yourself and others. Investing in your brain has the
greatest gain.
Note:
If you need prayer concerning ANYTHING, contact me today and we will
go to the throne of grace together. God hears and answer our united
prayers of faith.
Martin Young
Skip Wigmore
Light of Life Ministries
Smithfield, NC
lolministries@...
Rev. 18:4
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Ear Aches, Allergies, and Sinus Infections - Natural Cures
Do you or your children have Chronic Sinus Infections / Ear Aches / Allergies? My infant son's allergies, ear pain, reoccurring sinus and, ear infections drove me to the brink of despair. After many sleepless nights, multiple ear surgeries (ear tubes & Adenoids removed), and despite doing everything the doctors told me to do, he was still having chronic Sinus Infections and Ear Aches with increasing frequency.
When he started preschool, he missed an average of 30 days or more per year for reoccuring ear aches and sinus infections. He also became antibiotic resistant to Amoxicillin so doctors prescribed stronger antibiotics and he was becoming resistant to them as well. So in desperation, I started doing my own research on alternative medicine including prevention of childhood Ear Aches, Allergies, and Sinus infections (Sinusitis).
Today my son, Scott, is healthy again and he has not needed antibiotics for sinus infections or Ear Aches in over five years. He no longer has "Allergic Rhinitis" or "Otitis Media" and best of all no more waiting for hours at the ear, nose, and throat specialist office. He Only gets an occasional cold or runny nose that is kept in check by all-natural remedies and nasal sprays.
Natural Cure Strategies for Sinus Infections & Ear Aches
During my years of research for Ear ache prevention, I found that repeated allergies, sinus, and ear aches are the result of a "weakened immune system" mainly due to "antibiotic overuse." Antibiotics kill good and bad bacteria in the colon resulting in poor digestion and impaired absorption of nutrients. So even when I gave my son a healthy diet and vitamin supplements, he was still having chronic ear aches /infections and sinusitis, because he was not absorbing needed nutrients to keep immune system healthy and strong. Kids with allergies usually have underlying absorption and digestion problems.
In addition to impairing the absorption of nutrients, antibiotics damage the mucosa (the inner lining of the small intestines) so toxins that should normally exit the body, get absorbed into the blood stream instead. Toxins in the blood stream can cause various allergic reactions such as hives, body aches, sneezing, itching, and a runny nose. Runny noses and fluid buildup provide the breeding ground for bacterial sinus infections and ear aches / ear pain.
The first step toward long-term healing of earaches is to supplement with Lactobacillus Acidophilus ( friendly flora ), which is a good bacteria that will repair the mucosa by replenishing the natural balance of friendly flora in the colon that the antibiotics has destroyed. Acidophilus boosts the immune system and helps prevent ear aches and sinus infections.
Other factors that wear down the immune system are:
Stress
Poor diet
Lack of sleep
Food allergies
Food additives
Food preservatives
Environmental toxins
Toxins from protein digestion
There are thousands of man-made chemicals today that did not exist a hundred years ago. Today our children’s immune systems are overloaded with toxins and have to work harder to remove them. Working overtime causes the immune system to run out of essential elements (necessary oils and enzymes), which are the fuel it needs to carry on. When your tank is out of gas, you fill it up, right? And likewise, our immune system is no different. It needs fuel in order to remove toxins and prevent earaches.
To fuel up we need "basic building blocks" called "amino acids" (protein) and "essential oils" (omega 3) to strengthen the immune system and heal chronic diseases. Toxic overload without regular refueling will cause the immune system and the liver to burn out. The end result is low "immune system function", thus chronic ear aches and sinus infections. For more info on supplements follow this link Boost Immune System
Cutting back on processed foods that have toxic food additives and preservatives can make a huge difference in the health of your child and help allievate earaches / sinus infections. Replace processed foods with whole fruits, grains, and vegetables. You will be surprised how much better your child will feel. In addition, attention span will improve and hyperactivity will be diminished.
One of the most common processed foods to eliminate is white sugar. Excess dietary sugar is toxic to the body and promotes fungal infections in the gut, ear, nose, and throat. Many chronic earaches and sinus problems are actually fungal infections. An effective remedy to prevent fungal sinus infections is an All-Natural Sugar substitute that is safe for kids called Xylitol. In fact, Xylitol used as a nasal spray (called xlear) actually prevents infections by making your cells slippery so the bacteria can't attach to cell walls. For more info on eliminating toxins follow this linkEliminate Toxins.
The goal to long-term healing is to get the immune system strong again.
First, by improving digestion using natural digestive enzymes thus improving absorption of nutrients.
Second, is to identify and remove allergens. Research shows that the vast majority of kids with chronic earaches & sinus infections are allergic to wheat, dairy, and beef. So eliminating or reducing these foods will help bring healing. Alternative food choices are yogurt, soymilk, lactaid milk, rice, oats, and etc.
Third, limiting or eliminating proteins from cow products and replacing them with easily digestible proteins such as yogurt, and beans. Also, protein powder drinks chock full of essential and nonessential amino acids that do not need to be digested only absorbed, are very important. For instance, the amino acids Lysine, methionine, Tryptophan, and phenylalanine are needed by the immune system to produce antibodies. Since amino acids are the basic building blocks of all cells, then lack thereof equals lower T-Cell count and the end result is chronic ear aches, sinusitis and allergies.
Allergic kids usually have problems digesting proteins especially proteins from cows. Why? Cows have four stomachs and we don't! Allergic children lack “protease”, which is an enzyme needed for protein digestion.
In addition, allergic kids have trouble removing the metabolic waste from protein digestion due to enzyme deficiency.
Milk and dairy products produce excess flem and mucous in throat and sinuses, thus promoting earaches.
Short-term healing of earaches, allergies, & sinusitis can be achieved by:
Adding all-natural antibiotics in addition to your doctor’s care. Natural antibiotics (colloidal silver) can be administered both topically (ear drops & sinus sprays) and orally. My experience when using natural antibiotic eardrops is that ear pain is gone usually within an hour. All Natural Antibiotics.
Natural Herbal Remedies such as Herbal Teas and Herbal Nasal Sprays are very helpful in reducing allergy, sinus, and ear infections in infants and children. You can find herbal remedy products for allergy, soar throat, and earaches Herbal Ear Ache Remedies and Sinus Infections Alternative Cures. All natural Herbal FLU Remedy products, soothing Herbal Ear Drops plus Antibiotic Alternative Herbal Remedies for Allergies, FLU, Coughs, and Colds
Making a fresh juice cocktail of carrots (Vit A beta-carotene), apples, beets, and spinach. This gives “superior nutrition” and tons of antioxidants very quickly. For small children add water to the fresh juice and mix it half and half. NOTE: Research shows that those who lack of Vitamin A have a lower number of T-Cells or soldiers to enable the immune system to fight earaches and sinus infections.
Giving lactobacillus acidophilus to restore floral balance in the colon.
Other helpful strategies to keep your immune system "battle ready" include:
Drinking more water and eating more fresh unprocessed foods.
Will reduce high body /blood acidity and is a key factor to regaining a persons health. Most Americans are too acidic so reducing acidity through diet alone can help heal the body.
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Getting thirty minutes of exercise and sunshine each day.
Exercising helps create enzymes in the mitochondria of cells to burn fat, burning fat = getting rid of toxins from the body.
Sunshine is needed for the body to make Vitamin D3. Most kids & elderly folks can’t convert Vitamin D2 supplements into D3, so they have weaker immunity. D3 helps the immune system recognize & fight invaders.
Taking B-Complex Vitamins that contain Vitamins B6 & B12.
Will enable the production of antibodies so your immune system can disarm and fight against germs and bacteria that cause earaches and sinusitis.
Taking Vitamin C is very important to macrophage effectiveness and activity.
Macrophages, which are literallly your immune systems "cell eaters", cannot do a good job without adequate amounts of Vitamin C.
Taking Liquid Fulvic Minerals and extra Zinc will help your immune system fight an earache or a sinus infection.
Zinc deficiency causes lymph systems tissues to shrink especially in the thymus were T-Cells are formed.
Zinc also energizers macrophages activity.
Low Selenium levels equal lower quantities of antibodies to fight ear aches
SUMMARY:
The "Key" to "Sinus Infection Cures" and "Prevention of Earaches" is to get the immune system healthy again by using: Natural antibiotics, Herbal remedies, Eliminating toxins, and by Improving digestion thus increasing absorption of nutrients. Once absorption is improved, a healthy diet, and nutritional supplements are necessary to replenish the immune system. Achieving all this strengthens the immune system, so the body can heal itself.
IMPROVED DIGESTION = BETTER NUTRITION = HEALTHY IMMUNE SYSTEM
You can break-the-cycle of sinus track infections and chronic ear aches using these easy-to-follow herbal remedies, and homeopathic methods. And when done in addition to your physician's care, you will see that doctor office visits for ear aches will be fewer, and farther between. By implementing this holistic all-natural healing approach you can drastically reduce sinus infections and earaches in your infant or child and improve their overall health.
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Lower your salt intake (salt impairs blood circulation).
Avoid stimulants such as coffee, tea, cola and tobacco.
Exercise daily.
Get adequate rest; avoid fatigue.
As far as treatment is concerned, I've seen no evidence suggesting that NAC (N-acetyl-L-cysteine) is effective for tinnitus. I recommend trying ginkgo, two tablets of standardized extract three times a day with meals. Ginkgo may help by increasing blood circulation in the head and neck. Give it at least a two months trial.
My colleague, naturopathic physician Judy Hutt, NMD sends her patients to an osteopathic physician experienced in craniosacral therapy, a gently manipulative technique for the bones in the head. She says this seems to take the pressure off the auditory nerves. She also has found that reducing blood pressure via weight loss can help.
And because stress can worsen tinnitus, practice breathing exercises or other relaxation techniques.
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