Billy Graham's Prayer For Our Nation
THIS MAN SURE HAS A GOOD VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY!
'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and
to seek your direction and guidance.
We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,'
but that is exactly what we have done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable..
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment
Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free.
Amen!'
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Diet Coke and Aspartame POISON!
DIET COKE AND ASPARTAME = POISON
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Saturday, March 5, 2011
Top 5 Steps to Bone Health
BONE HEALTH
5 Steps to Build Strong Bones
Bone health is a hot topic, and unfortunately there is a lot of confusion going on in this area. So I am going to give you the top 5 steps to having strong bones. This information will be VERY different from what your doctor told you. Remember, doctors study drugs and disease. Natural health practitioners study nutrition and prevention. Big difference! So before we even get to the 5 steps, here is where you start: Forget everything you THOUGHT you knew about bone health! Now with the confusion, lies and deception wiped clean from your mind, we can start to learn something.
Step 1: Never ever, ever take poor quality calcium supplements. 95% of calcium supplements are animal bones, rocks like limestone and coral. I don't know about you, but picking up and gnawing on animal bones doesn't work for me, or make much sense. Calcium supplements accomplish the following: They do absolutely zero to build bone health, your body works overtime to excrete calcium through your urine, what it cannot excrete is deposited in your body which equals bone spurs, heel spurs, kidney stones, artery blockages, alzheimer's, hearing loss, cataracts, gallstones, arthritis, etc.
IF you take a calcium supplements (yes I do have them, and sell them) it MUST be food based from an algae or green foods. That is what your body can understand and use, not rocks. The largest animals on the planets with the strongest bones eat grass all day!
Step 2: Avoid or minimize dairy products, excessive meat consumption, soda and sugar. THIS is the cause of Osteoporosis. Eating acid forming foods causes the body to pull calcium from the bones to normalize pH levels. Do you have hip pain? Your hips are your largest calcium deposit in your body.
Step 3: AVOID all bone drugs. Studies prove they increase fracture risk. They STOP your body from renewing and growing new bone, making it hard like cement. When you fall, your bone SHATTERS into a bazillion pieces. No thanks! FYI, when Fosamax sales were poor, they invented a new screening test to tell the world they have weak bones, and invented a new word (osteopenia, a word that did not exist in 1990, look it up) to sell bone drugs. It's a sad way to make a healthy person feel like they have a disease. Ask your doctor questions.
Step 4: Exercise, move, exercise, weight bearing exercise, jump, rebound, run, jog, swim, bike, yoga, exercise, jog, climb a mountain, walk your dog, play volleyball, tennis, go sledding, P90X, stretch, build a fence, build a house, climb a tree, did I say exercise? Ok, I think you get it. Bone has zero reason to be strong if you don't give it one. Read the column to your left on the amazing Cellerciser Rebounder.
Step 5: Nutrients. To build strong bone you need the following:
- Silica, from Horsetail or Bamboo. This is the key building block for bones, joints, ligaments, hair, skin, nails, etc.
- Magnesium
- Essential Fatty Acids - I like Udo's 3-6-9, Coconut or a quality olive oil
- Green Foods (A good greens powder blend is an easy way to get tons of nutrients in one shot)
- Water and Sunshine!
Conclusion: Most people are fooled into thinking they have a problem they really don't, just to sell drugs. Even if you truly do have weak bones, no drug is going to build or restore bone health. Focus on the above, and bone CAN and WILL regenerate. It's how your body is designed to function!
Vaughn
How to LIVE ON PURPOSE!
How to live on purpose!
Aspire to be inspired
I wish there was an easy answer as to how you discover your purpose, or your calling in life so to speak. I guess the first question would be:
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IT?
One of my favorite versus in the bible is Matthew 7:7
- Ask, and it shall be given to you
- Seek, and ye shall find
- Knock, and it shall be opened to you
Whether you follow biblical principles or not, I think this makes a lot of sense to all of us. It's hard to find anything in life if you aren't looking for it. When I lose my keys, I don't go sit in my car waiting for the keys to magically manifest in my hands. So if you want to find your purpose in life, start searching. But how, where?
My personal opinion is that, as human beings, we were created to serve others. With rare exception, people find great reward and satisfaction in helping others. I think it is important to understand that you don't have to run a save the children not-for-profit or spend all of your free time at the local homeless shelter (although people who do that are an absolute inspiration!). You can work for 40 years at Mcdonald's and live a servants life. You serve your children, spouse, honor your parents, volunteer in your local community, compliment others on a daily basis and become a shining, beacon of light that attracts and inspires others.
In other words, your purpose can be as much of a mindset as it is a profession. It's a consciousness and awareness that life isn't about you, your stuff and keeping yourself entertained. I can guarantee God has bigger plans for you than that!
If you have a passion, pursue it! Say you are good at woodworking, like to paint or ride horses, have a gift to make children smile or you're an amazing tennis player. Whatever it is, God gave you that gift or talent, so go for it! Watching TV or playing video games all day won't help. That's serving yourself, not others. I know many people who had a talent they nurtured when they were younger, then "life" happened and they think about how they "used" to do this or that, or "wish" they could do that again. Change you attitude.
I wish there was an easy answer as to how you discover your purpose, or your calling in life so to speak. I guess the first question would be:
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IT?
One of my favorite versus in the bible is Matthew 7:7
- Ask, and it shall be given to you
- Seek, and ye shall find
- Knock, and it shall be opened to you
Whether you follow biblical principles or not, I think this makes a lot of sense to all of us. It's hard to find anything in life if you aren't looking for it. When I lose my keys, I don't go sit in my car waiting for the keys to magically manifest in my hands. So if you want to find your purpose in life, start searching. But how, where?
My personal opinion is that, as human beings, we were created to serve others. With rare exception, people find great reward and satisfaction in helping others. I think it is important to understand that you don't have to run a save the children not-for-profit or spend all of your free time at the local homeless shelter (although people who do that are an absolute inspiration!). You can work for 40 years at Mcdonald's and live a servants life. You serve your children, spouse, honor your parents, volunteer in your local community, compliment others on a daily basis and become a shining, beacon of light that attracts and inspires others.
In other words, your purpose can be as much of a mindset as it is a profession. It's a consciousness and awareness that life isn't about you, your stuff and keeping yourself entertained. I can guarantee God has bigger plans for you than that!
If you have a passion, pursue it! Say you are good at woodworking, like to paint or ride horses, have a gift to make children smile or you're an amazing tennis player. Whatever it is, God gave you that gift or talent, so go for it! Watching TV or playing video games all day won't help. That's serving yourself, not others. I know many people who had a talent they nurtured when they were younger, then "life" happened and they think about how they "used" to do this or that, or "wish" they could do that again. Change you attitude.
If what you're good at makes you smile,
use it to inspire others
and make them smile as well!
Vaughn
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Bone Drugs - How to Build a Drug Empire
So...you want to run an international drug empire? In that case you're going to have to play the system like a virtuoso.
For a master class in system manipulation, you couldn't do much better than the big brains at Merck. Here's how they turned a completely made up bone-health condition into a license to print money.
In four easy steps...
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Friends in high places
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STEP ONE: Change the system to fit the drug.
In 1995, the FDA approved Fosamax--Merck's osteoporosis drug. But this "breakthrough" drug wasn't a blockbuster at first because there was a little diagnostic problem.
At the time, the only method to measure bone density in the spine and hips (the critical osteoporosis points) required cumbersome and expensive equipment. This made screening costly, so women weren't getting screened in large numbers.
Another technique used "peripheral machines" to measure bone density in a finger or a wrist. These machines were smaller and less expensive. But measurements of peripheral bones don't reveal what's going on in the spine and hips.
That critical detail didn't bother Merck officials. They launched a campaign to widely promote the use of peripheral machines in doctors' offices. This gave a boost to the number of people screened, a huge boost to the number of diagnosed osteoporosis cases, and an equally huge boost to Fosamax sales.
STEP TWO: Get some help from friends in Congress.
Want to REALLY improve your business? Throw a ton of money at Congress.
Intensive lobbying efforts by Merck paid off in 1997 with the Bone Mass Measurement Act. Under this act, bone scans were covered by Medicare. So Merck got another triple boost: more screenings, more osteoporosis cases, more Fosamax sales.
STEP THREE: Get some help from friends at the FDA.
1997 was a big year for Merck. In addition to purchasing the Medicare boost from Congress, they developed a low-dose Fosamax pill and got the FDA to approve this "new" pill as a treatment for a condition that requires no treatment at all.
They call the condition osteopenia--a word dreamed up by World Health Organization researchers to define diminished bone density.
But here's the catch: Just about everyone experiences bone density loss as a natural part of aging. So you may have perfectly healthy bones, but just not quite as dense at 45 as they were at 35. That's osteopenia.
Of course, the medical community knows that osteopenia isn't a serious health concern. But doctors played right along with Merck and the FDA. So now, Fosamax and other osteoporosis drugs are regularly prescribed for osteopenia.
STEP FOUR: Get more help from those FDA buddies.
Last year, FDA officials announced that they could find no evidence that bisphosphonate drugs, such as Fosamax, Boniva, Reclast, etc., increase risk of femur fractures just below the hip joint.
But that same month, two studies showed that long-term use of this class of drugs absolutely does appear to increase fracture risk.
Is this a disaster in the making for Merck? Not quite. After a brilliant marketing run of well over a decade, Merck's luck held out beyond the date when the patent for Fosamax expired in 2008.
Merck wins. Patients lose.
Except those, like us, who realize that marketing campaigns aren't medicine.
Tell your friends to just say no to drug therapy for osteopenia or osteoporosis.
For a master class in system manipulation, you couldn't do much better than the big brains at Merck. Here's how they turned a completely made up bone-health condition into a license to print money.
In four easy steps...
-----------------------------------------------------------
Friends in high places
-----------------------------------------------------------
STEP ONE: Change the system to fit the drug.
In 1995, the FDA approved Fosamax--Merck's osteoporosis drug. But this "breakthrough" drug wasn't a blockbuster at first because there was a little diagnostic problem.
At the time, the only method to measure bone density in the spine and hips (the critical osteoporosis points) required cumbersome and expensive equipment. This made screening costly, so women weren't getting screened in large numbers.
Another technique used "peripheral machines" to measure bone density in a finger or a wrist. These machines were smaller and less expensive. But measurements of peripheral bones don't reveal what's going on in the spine and hips.
That critical detail didn't bother Merck officials. They launched a campaign to widely promote the use of peripheral machines in doctors' offices. This gave a boost to the number of people screened, a huge boost to the number of diagnosed osteoporosis cases, and an equally huge boost to Fosamax sales.
STEP TWO: Get some help from friends in Congress.
Want to REALLY improve your business? Throw a ton of money at Congress.
Intensive lobbying efforts by Merck paid off in 1997 with the Bone Mass Measurement Act. Under this act, bone scans were covered by Medicare. So Merck got another triple boost: more screenings, more osteoporosis cases, more Fosamax sales.
STEP THREE: Get some help from friends at the FDA.
1997 was a big year for Merck. In addition to purchasing the Medicare boost from Congress, they developed a low-dose Fosamax pill and got the FDA to approve this "new" pill as a treatment for a condition that requires no treatment at all.
They call the condition osteopenia--a word dreamed up by World Health Organization researchers to define diminished bone density.
But here's the catch: Just about everyone experiences bone density loss as a natural part of aging. So you may have perfectly healthy bones, but just not quite as dense at 45 as they were at 35. That's osteopenia.
Of course, the medical community knows that osteopenia isn't a serious health concern. But doctors played right along with Merck and the FDA. So now, Fosamax and other osteoporosis drugs are regularly prescribed for osteopenia.
STEP FOUR: Get more help from those FDA buddies.
Last year, FDA officials announced that they could find no evidence that bisphosphonate drugs, such as Fosamax, Boniva, Reclast, etc., increase risk of femur fractures just below the hip joint.
But that same month, two studies showed that long-term use of this class of drugs absolutely does appear to increase fracture risk.
Is this a disaster in the making for Merck? Not quite. After a brilliant marketing run of well over a decade, Merck's luck held out beyond the date when the patent for Fosamax expired in 2008.
Merck wins. Patients lose.
Except those, like us, who realize that marketing campaigns aren't medicine.
Tell your friends to just say no to drug therapy for osteopenia or osteoporosis.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
BioMeridian Testing now available!
Click Here for More Information!
What is BioMeridian?
How do you effectively and accurately determine your overall state of health? Many tools such as PET and CAT scans can provide valuable information regarding specific areas of the body, but now the BioMeridian machine has the ability to assess the energy meridians (channels) of your body using non-invasive methods to determine the functionality of your organ systems, nervous system, glands and tissues. An example most people are familiar with is an EKG or EEG, which is used to test the electrical impulses of your heart. The BioMeridian technology does the same thing, but for your entire body!
History and Technology
The system is based on a 5,000 year old system of Chinese medicine and acupuncture. The technology found in the BioMeridian combines the life work of two phenomenal doctors. Dr. Reckeweg spent his life documenting the 6 phases of 600 different conditions and their progression. The other, Dr. Reinhold Voll documented the acupressure points, that when measured, accurately show the functions of the tissues and organs associated with that point. With several advances in computers and measuring devices, inventors at BioMeridian have produced a truly phenomenal way of helping patients not only know where they stand, but provide natural remedies that encourage a balance for any patient.
Now, in under an hour, a patient may be tested using a small current (not a shock, you will not feel anything) on Voll's 60 acupressure points that measure the resistance of the tissues and combine them with Reckweg's phases of progression of conditions. This gives the patient an easy to read graph showing where they stand in their overall health. It then allows the provider to use the software to match up the best nutritional choices available from whole food supplements or herbs.
Results of the changes may be monitored as often as weekly in severely ill patients or less often for those that just want to monitor changes to their health. The practitioner gets a report card on both himself and the patient. If the patient has been compliant with the instructions, the results will be beneficial. Non-compliance on the part of the patient will show as well. In addition, the practitioner can monitor the result of his recommendations and adjust to optimize results. It is enlightening for the patient to be able to see his/her progress on paper.
What Might the BioMeridian System Discover?
Biomeridian testing is a noninvasive method used to assess the energy meridians (channels) of the body, and it can tell you:
• The functional status of your meridians and their related organs, systems, or functions, by determining if they are stressed, balanced, or weakened, and by how much.
• Which specific nutritional products will bring your system back into balance.
• If you have specific sensitivities to foods, molds, pollens, chemicals, metals, etc.
• If you have infections which may have been caused by bacteria or other known pathogen
• If you have problems relating to dental work. You can discover infections, heavy metals and other chemicals in your mouth that may affect the rest of your body.
HOW MANY TIMES WILL I HAVE TO BE RE-TESTED?
It is recommended that you return every 1-2 months, depending on your needs, until balance has been fully restored to all of your energy meridians. How long this will take depends on how far out of balance you are at the time of the initial exam, your compliance with the nutritional regimen recommended for you, and what your personal functional health goals are.
To book and appointment or for more information, please call our office at 913-901-0277 or e-mail me.
Click Here for More Information!
Vaughn
What is BioMeridian?
How do you effectively and accurately determine your overall state of health? Many tools such as PET and CAT scans can provide valuable information regarding specific areas of the body, but now the BioMeridian machine has the ability to assess the energy meridians (channels) of your body using non-invasive methods to determine the functionality of your organ systems, nervous system, glands and tissues. An example most people are familiar with is an EKG or EEG, which is used to test the electrical impulses of your heart. The BioMeridian technology does the same thing, but for your entire body!
History and Technology
The system is based on a 5,000 year old system of Chinese medicine and acupuncture. The technology found in the BioMeridian combines the life work of two phenomenal doctors. Dr. Reckeweg spent his life documenting the 6 phases of 600 different conditions and their progression. The other, Dr. Reinhold Voll documented the acupressure points, that when measured, accurately show the functions of the tissues and organs associated with that point. With several advances in computers and measuring devices, inventors at BioMeridian have produced a truly phenomenal way of helping patients not only know where they stand, but provide natural remedies that encourage a balance for any patient.
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Results of the changes may be monitored as often as weekly in severely ill patients or less often for those that just want to monitor changes to their health. The practitioner gets a report card on both himself and the patient. If the patient has been compliant with the instructions, the results will be beneficial. Non-compliance on the part of the patient will show as well. In addition, the practitioner can monitor the result of his recommendations and adjust to optimize results. It is enlightening for the patient to be able to see his/her progress on paper.
What Might the BioMeridian System Discover?
Biomeridian testing is a noninvasive method used to assess the energy meridians (channels) of the body, and it can tell you:
• The functional status of your meridians and their related organs, systems, or functions, by determining if they are stressed, balanced, or weakened, and by how much.
• Which specific nutritional products will bring your system back into balance.
• If you have specific sensitivities to foods, molds, pollens, chemicals, metals, etc.
• If you have infections which may have been caused by bacteria or other known pathogen
• If you have problems relating to dental work. You can discover infections, heavy metals and other chemicals in your mouth that may affect the rest of your body.
WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT DURING AN EXAMINATION?
The examination is performed by testing approximately 60 different points on both hands and feet which relate back to the energy channels and their related organs, systems, or functions. This testing does not involve needles, only a stylus is used to send a very small electrical current (not a shock) through each point, which is recorded and analyzed by the computer system. Be prepared to sit for up to an hour during this detailed examination, so wear comfortable clothing and relax. It is advised that you wash your hands and feet prior to the exam, and remove all jewelry on both the hands and feet.
We request that you do not ask questions of the examiner during the test due to the time consuming nature of the test itself. There will be time to ask questions when you are given the results and recommendations after the exam.
WHAT IS THE COST, AND WILL INSURANCE COVER ANY OF IT?
The cost for the initial exam and report is included in our new patient visit fee of $100 and will be take one hour and thirty minutes. Any follow-up testing which includes the same full work-up and report is $60. This does not include any nutritional products you may need to purchase. All payment is expected at the time of service. Insurance will not cover this expense. (This test does not provide a medical diagnosis. If you suspect you may need medical intervention, you should consult your physician, who can provide a medical diagnosis and prescribe an appropriate treatment regimen.)
The examination is performed by testing approximately 60 different points on both hands and feet which relate back to the energy channels and their related organs, systems, or functions. This testing does not involve needles, only a stylus is used to send a very small electrical current (not a shock) through each point, which is recorded and analyzed by the computer system. Be prepared to sit for up to an hour during this detailed examination, so wear comfortable clothing and relax. It is advised that you wash your hands and feet prior to the exam, and remove all jewelry on both the hands and feet.
We request that you do not ask questions of the examiner during the test due to the time consuming nature of the test itself. There will be time to ask questions when you are given the results and recommendations after the exam.
WHAT IS THE COST, AND WILL INSURANCE COVER ANY OF IT?
The cost for the initial exam and report is included in our new patient visit fee of $100 and will be take one hour and thirty minutes. Any follow-up testing which includes the same full work-up and report is $60. This does not include any nutritional products you may need to purchase. All payment is expected at the time of service. Insurance will not cover this expense. (This test does not provide a medical diagnosis. If you suspect you may need medical intervention, you should consult your physician, who can provide a medical diagnosis and prescribe an appropriate treatment regimen.)
HOW MANY TIMES WILL I HAVE TO BE RE-TESTED?
It is recommended that you return every 1-2 months, depending on your needs, until balance has been fully restored to all of your energy meridians. How long this will take depends on how far out of balance you are at the time of the initial exam, your compliance with the nutritional regimen recommended for you, and what your personal functional health goals are.
To book and appointment or for more information, please call our office at 913-901-0277 or e-mail me.
Click Here for More Information!
Vaughn
Monday, January 31, 2011
Dying on Schedule - Cancer and choices
... DYING ON SCHEDULE
An astounding feature of the standard high pressure sales job for cancer treatment is when the doctor in his godlike fashion delivers that Wagnerian pronouncement that the patient has X years to live. Very sorry to have to tell you this but you probably have less than a year… Hard to understand why most people would still want to follow any advice from someone who has just told them that. Because what the doctor is saying here is that according to our best estimates, using our best available technology, drugs and procedures, our experience with patients who have what you have puts your life expectancy at …
Defies belief that most people just roll over and comply without any objections whatsoever. Social Darwinism at work again.
What a more logical, thoughtful individual might perceive from such a death sentence is that hey, this guy is telling me what will likely happen if I stick around and do what he says. Time to roll. Time for me to start looking around for a second opinion and see if I can’t find out about some other solutions to my situation that have a little sunnier outlook. Like a cure for example. Or survival. Somebody somewhere must have some better information than this for my little problem – it’s a big world out there.
And this is the type of initiative that leads people to investigate natural cures, programs that don’t include words like terminal and palliative and side effects and expiration date and cell death.
Alternative: the standard sheeplike compliance usually ends up as a self-fulfilling prophecy – they die on schedule.
...CHEMOTHERAPY: AN UNPROVEN PROCEDURE
How can that be true of the #1 cancer treatment in the U.S. for the past 50 years? The plain fact is, no legitimate scientific studies or clinical trials independent of the companies selling chemo drugs have ever proven chemotherapy’s effectiveness, except in a small percentage of very rare types of cancer. For solid tumors of adults, the vast majority of cancer, or anything that has metastasized, chemotherapy simply doesn’t work.
If one is going to even begin to look at the legitimate research regarding the failure of mainstream cancer therapies, all that initial research was done by Ralph Moss, and elaborated very clearly in his two books The Cancer Industry and Questioning Chemotherapy. Even though they were written in the 90s, the fundamental objections to the philosophy behind chemotherapy are timeless. Cancer therapy has simply not advanced in the past 20 years enough to make Moss’ work anything but essential reading for learning about the ongoing problems with mainstream cancer treatment. Moss didn’t really continue his research at that level after that initial effort, but these two books remain as landmarks in the field.
When he was researching his first book, Dr Moss uncovered the shocking research of a German epidemiologist from the Heidelberg/Mannheim Tumor Clinic, named Dr. Ulrich Abel. This Dr Abel did a comprehensive review and analysis of every major study and clinical trial of chemotherapy ever done. His conclusions should be read by anyone who is about to embark on the Chemo Express. To make sure he had reviewed everything ever published on chemotherapy, Abel sent letters to over 350 medical centers around the world asking them to send him anything they had published on the subject. Abel researched thousands of articles: it is unlikely that anyone in the world knows more about chemotherapy than he.
The analysis took Abel two years, but the results are astounding: Abel found that the overall worldwide success rate of chemotherapy was “appalling” because there was simply no scientific evidence available anywhere that chemotherapy can “extend in any appreciable way the lives of patients suffering from the most common organic cancers.”
Abel emphasizes that chemotherapy rarely can improve the quality of life. He describes chemotherapy as “a scientific wasteland” and states that at least 80 percent of chemotherapy administered throughout the world is worthless, and is akin to the “emperor’s new clothes” – neither doctor nor patient is willing to give up on chemotherapy even though there is no scientific evidence that it works! – Lancet 10 Aug 91 [35]
No mainstream media even mentioned this comprehensive study: it was totally buried.
.... LAST CHANCE
You just found out you got cancer and want to go holistic? Fine. You’ve got one chance. Go for it 100% – diet, detox, supplements, major cardio exercise, eliminate all negative input. Starting this minute.
You can’t have one foot in each world. It’s either holistic or mainstream – no middle ground.
Conventional therapies are so damaging and powerful that to pretend like their monstrous side effects can be easily repaired by holistic methods — that’s idiotic. The body is not a car. So if you want to go holistic do it. But if you want to go mainstream, which is what usually happens, then just do it, but don’t pretend everything is going to be fine when you come out of surgery or chemo or radiation if you just take a few MegaHydrate, etc. This is big business, big money for them — they’re not going to let a couple hundred thousand dollars just waltz out the door. So stop wasting energy thinking you have to learn enough to convince these geniuses that they may be wrong, and there may be another way. It’s not in their professional DNA to even consider an alternative, and definitely they have spent zero time researching alternative treatment. People who choose the holistic path seriously inform themselves, make up their minds, then they unplug their phones and just do it.. That’s the real choice here.
Too much work to learn all this? Fine. Forget the whole thing – just write your will and party out, like ol’ Warren. Because if you got cancer in the first place, it’s likely you’ve been overdrawn in the self indulgence department for a long time. Your only chance is to sprint from morning to night, doing every single thing possible to detox your blood, bring more oxygen to the cells, boost your immune system, and generally try and make up for all those years of abuse. Don’t have the energy? No problema – my regards to Elvis.
In his master work, Quantum Healing, Deepak Chopra [23] says that remissions of cancer in “terminal” patients have one thing in common: a major shift in attitude or consciousness.
The internet is overwhelming with promises of holistic cures for cancer. Trying to do all of them together would probably be enough to kill a horse, even though they’re natural approaches. Choose the program that make the most sense to you, that you have access to, and whose representatives give you a feeling of confidence and trust. Then really try the method – do it the exact way the experts tell you, with consistency, focus, and follow-through. Since you’re a patient, be patient.
Don’t just give it your best shot; do whatever it takes – 150%. And daily visualize wholeness and completeness of your entire body. Do the deed.
The time is going to go by anyway.
Copyright MMX
see entire chapter at
http://www.thedoctorwithin.com/cancer/To-the-Cancer-Patient/
An astounding feature of the standard high pressure sales job for cancer treatment is when the doctor in his godlike fashion delivers that Wagnerian pronouncement that the patient has X years to live. Very sorry to have to tell you this but you probably have less than a year… Hard to understand why most people would still want to follow any advice from someone who has just told them that. Because what the doctor is saying here is that according to our best estimates, using our best available technology, drugs and procedures, our experience with patients who have what you have puts your life expectancy at …
Defies belief that most people just roll over and comply without any objections whatsoever. Social Darwinism at work again.
What a more logical, thoughtful individual might perceive from such a death sentence is that hey, this guy is telling me what will likely happen if I stick around and do what he says. Time to roll. Time for me to start looking around for a second opinion and see if I can’t find out about some other solutions to my situation that have a little sunnier outlook. Like a cure for example. Or survival. Somebody somewhere must have some better information than this for my little problem – it’s a big world out there.
And this is the type of initiative that leads people to investigate natural cures, programs that don’t include words like terminal and palliative and side effects and expiration date and cell death.
Alternative: the standard sheeplike compliance usually ends up as a self-fulfilling prophecy – they die on schedule.
...CHEMOTHERAPY: AN UNPROVEN PROCEDURE
How can that be true of the #1 cancer treatment in the U.S. for the past 50 years? The plain fact is, no legitimate scientific studies or clinical trials independent of the companies selling chemo drugs have ever proven chemotherapy’s effectiveness, except in a small percentage of very rare types of cancer. For solid tumors of adults, the vast majority of cancer, or anything that has metastasized, chemotherapy simply doesn’t work.
If one is going to even begin to look at the legitimate research regarding the failure of mainstream cancer therapies, all that initial research was done by Ralph Moss, and elaborated very clearly in his two books The Cancer Industry and Questioning Chemotherapy. Even though they were written in the 90s, the fundamental objections to the philosophy behind chemotherapy are timeless. Cancer therapy has simply not advanced in the past 20 years enough to make Moss’ work anything but essential reading for learning about the ongoing problems with mainstream cancer treatment. Moss didn’t really continue his research at that level after that initial effort, but these two books remain as landmarks in the field.
When he was researching his first book, Dr Moss uncovered the shocking research of a German epidemiologist from the Heidelberg/Mannheim Tumor Clinic, named Dr. Ulrich Abel. This Dr Abel did a comprehensive review and analysis of every major study and clinical trial of chemotherapy ever done. His conclusions should be read by anyone who is about to embark on the Chemo Express. To make sure he had reviewed everything ever published on chemotherapy, Abel sent letters to over 350 medical centers around the world asking them to send him anything they had published on the subject. Abel researched thousands of articles: it is unlikely that anyone in the world knows more about chemotherapy than he.
The analysis took Abel two years, but the results are astounding: Abel found that the overall worldwide success rate of chemotherapy was “appalling” because there was simply no scientific evidence available anywhere that chemotherapy can “extend in any appreciable way the lives of patients suffering from the most common organic cancers.”
Abel emphasizes that chemotherapy rarely can improve the quality of life. He describes chemotherapy as “a scientific wasteland” and states that at least 80 percent of chemotherapy administered throughout the world is worthless, and is akin to the “emperor’s new clothes” – neither doctor nor patient is willing to give up on chemotherapy even though there is no scientific evidence that it works! – Lancet 10 Aug 91 [35]
No mainstream media even mentioned this comprehensive study: it was totally buried.
.... LAST CHANCE
You just found out you got cancer and want to go holistic? Fine. You’ve got one chance. Go for it 100% – diet, detox, supplements, major cardio exercise, eliminate all negative input. Starting this minute.
You can’t have one foot in each world. It’s either holistic or mainstream – no middle ground.
Conventional therapies are so damaging and powerful that to pretend like their monstrous side effects can be easily repaired by holistic methods — that’s idiotic. The body is not a car. So if you want to go holistic do it. But if you want to go mainstream, which is what usually happens, then just do it, but don’t pretend everything is going to be fine when you come out of surgery or chemo or radiation if you just take a few MegaHydrate, etc. This is big business, big money for them — they’re not going to let a couple hundred thousand dollars just waltz out the door. So stop wasting energy thinking you have to learn enough to convince these geniuses that they may be wrong, and there may be another way. It’s not in their professional DNA to even consider an alternative, and definitely they have spent zero time researching alternative treatment. People who choose the holistic path seriously inform themselves, make up their minds, then they unplug their phones and just do it.. That’s the real choice here.
Too much work to learn all this? Fine. Forget the whole thing – just write your will and party out, like ol’ Warren. Because if you got cancer in the first place, it’s likely you’ve been overdrawn in the self indulgence department for a long time. Your only chance is to sprint from morning to night, doing every single thing possible to detox your blood, bring more oxygen to the cells, boost your immune system, and generally try and make up for all those years of abuse. Don’t have the energy? No problema – my regards to Elvis.
In his master work, Quantum Healing, Deepak Chopra [23] says that remissions of cancer in “terminal” patients have one thing in common: a major shift in attitude or consciousness.
The internet is overwhelming with promises of holistic cures for cancer. Trying to do all of them together would probably be enough to kill a horse, even though they’re natural approaches. Choose the program that make the most sense to you, that you have access to, and whose representatives give you a feeling of confidence and trust. Then really try the method – do it the exact way the experts tell you, with consistency, focus, and follow-through. Since you’re a patient, be patient.
Don’t just give it your best shot; do whatever it takes – 150%. And daily visualize wholeness and completeness of your entire body. Do the deed.
The time is going to go by anyway.
Copyright MMX
see entire chapter at
http://www.thedoctorwithin.com/cancer/To-the-Cancer-Patient/
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Refined Sugar - Article Written by 1910 Medical Doctor
Diseases Caused by Sugar Poisoning
By George M. Gould, M.D. of Ithaca, N.Y.
First Published in MEDICAL REVIEW OF REVIEWS - July, 1910
Here's an article written in 1910 that predicted the problems Americans would have with high sugar, refined flour diets.
It has lately been urged, and from a medical standpoint, that everyone could eat any amount of sugar, saccharine foods, candy, and starchy foods, not only without harm to health, but with positive physiologic advantage. In view of the five hundred millions of dollars said to be expended annually in sugar by the United States, and in view of the little known---probably more suspected---as to the evils and causes of the prevalence of diabetes, such nonsense should need no argument to make its fallacy evident.
Almost every second store and shop in our villages and cities is a candy store, and common sense and common observation knows well enough the morbid results. Out of the American debauch in candy and sweets, breakfast-foods and sugar, wheat-cakes and molasses, we shall later have to win our way to health and good dietetic sense with painful experience.
The exacting questions, of course, remain: As to long-continued morbid habits of diet, especially in the case of children and city-dwellers; with the sedentary, in those with weakened nervous and nutritional systems, when coexisting with other diseases, or in the cases of other active and co-operating causes of disease.
For several years it has been growing clearer to me that many patients do not get well because they live too exclusively on sugary and starchy foods. With greater activity and the resisting power of youth, children exhibit the morbid tendency by excessive "nervousness." denutrition, ease-of-becoming ill, and by many ague and warning symptoms. I have asked the parents of such children to stop them in their use of all sweets, and most starches and almost immediately there was a most gratifying disappearance of the "nervousness," fickleness of appetite, "colds," and vague manifold ailments.
In another class of patients it was this way: There was only an incomplete disappearance of those symptoms generally due to eyestrain or back strain. With the correction of eyestrain, for instance, there was a sudden disappearance of the chief complaints, but followed by a provoking return of some of them. There was only, say, a three-fourth of non-cure remaining to torment. In such cases I exact a promise that for one or two months sugar and sweets shall be absolutely discontinued, and of the starches, the least possible use (no potatoes, surely)---a little toasted brown bread only, for instance.
How many patients have blessed me for the suggestion, and have traced to the continued rules, their reinstated health and enjoyment of life. Those who have learned to recognize the value of such hygienic preventions of disease will test the suggestion; those who observe only the organic end-products in aberrant physiology and morbid function. Fashionable pathology concerns itself only with terminal disease, apparently oblivious of pathogenesis, and most of all, careless of the early and slight origins which led to mortem and post-mortem. It is left to chance and to faddism to make scientific the infinitely more important function of prevention.
But the evil effects of sugar-drowning will sometimes be recognized as still more important and varied than I have said. Among others, I have had two cases in which it was clear that a too exclusive or an exaggerated diet of sugary foods was a cause of epilepsy. The first was that of a boy of nine years of age in which correction of eyestrain brought no relief of both petit and grand mal attacks. Then by diligent inquiry I learned that the boy (who was morbidly nervous...almost insanely active) ate no meats, eggs, vegetables, etc., and lived, practically, on "cakes," a little breakfast food, etc., with enormous quantities of sugar, syrups, etc. Recovery followed a diet list which excluded the sweets.
Another patient, aged fifty-five, has been having many petit mal attacks for thirteen years, with occasional, typical grand mal seizures. He was a watchmaker, and wearing no correction of his compound hyperopic astiginatism. I found that he ate sweets inordinately, which, upon being interdicted, the attacks immediately grew less in number and severity, with no major ones, and the rare minor ones scarcely noticeable, until they disappeared and there was a return of hope, a zest in life; as he enthusiastically says, he "Feels like a new man now." In consideration of his age, the results are noteworthy.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Achieving Peak Performance
Achieving Peak Performance Starts Today
This article isn’t just for elite athletes, although it will apply to them as well. Regardless of your age, you can achieve amazing physical strength, stamina and endurance. There are cultures throughout the world that are active well past the century mark, and you can do the same by understanding three basic principles.
First, we must understand that an active lifestyle today is the only way to achieve a healthy tomorrow. Forget the past and get a second job. That job is exercise and you need to show up for work every day. Pick a time and make it a daily routine. What you do isn’t what is critical, doing is what is critical; walking, jogging, tennis, hiking, yoga, rebounding while watching TV, racquetball, weights, biking, etc.
Second, for your body to perform, it needs proper nutrients. What you do or do not put in your mouth every day is the key! Water is the single most important thing you put in your body. Think of every mammal on the planet. What do they drink after mom’s milk? Water. Humans are the only exception and this puts us at a severe disadvantage. Chronic dehydration is rampant in this country and soda, energy drinks, coffee and milk are all part of the problem. Your body can not, and will not, perform without proper hydration to the tissues, muscles, glands and organs.
Making proper food choices is the biggest problem in America today. This chemical laden, over processed, nutrient devoid stuff we call “food” sitting on supermarket shelves and at fast food joints is destroying the foundation of our culture, and our bodies. If this is what you choose to eat exclusively, don’t expect a highly active, pain free, disease free life into your hundreds. As a Naturopath, it makes me sad to see how many people are living in pain, debilitated by so many issues that are completely preventable. Many people will get away with this for a short period of time, but it always catches up to you. There is a reason is America is one of the most diseased and crippled industrialized nations in the world.
You have choices. For optimal performance the body needs enzyme rich, fresh fruits and vegetables. It craves water, whole grains, and foods fresh from the garden. Grow your own garden, shop at the local farmer’s markets or buy organic produce. This food brings life and your body will thank you for it.
The third and most confusing principle is proper supplementation. Supplementing is critical today because of the aforementioned destruction of our food supply and the honest fact that we are going to consume some of these processed foods from time to time. We will start with the basics and move up to more advanced options.
Minerals are the foundation for everything that happens in your body. You can’t move a muscle, blink or lift anything without minerals. People are very focused on vitamins these days, which are important of course, but it’s time to shift our thoughts to the importance of minerals. Athlete’s drink electrolyte minerals for a reason. Please understand that you have options for great mineral supplements without the sugar and artificial flavors and colors in most commercial electrolyte drinks. Calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium are all critical for optimal performance. Quality minerals come from natural food sources - don’t fall for cheap synthetic versions in most stores. A short list of nutrient dense, high mineral foods include marine phytoplankton, chlorella, spirulina, sea vegetables (kelp, dulse, nori, wakame), royal jelly, bee pollen, sea salt, himalayan pink salt, herbs (nettle, ginkgo, horsetail, maca, goji berries, ashwagandha and shilajit), raw cacao and aloe vera.
When it comes to minerals and bone health, you may be surprised to learn that consuming calcium should not be your focus. Silica, magnesium and potassium are all more important for building strong bones. Silica is the building block for bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and other tissues. The reason America has poor bone health is from poor diet and acidic foods like dairy and soda, not from a calcium deficiency. This acidity causes your body to leach calcium from your bones to keep you alive.
After building a mineral foundation in your body, the next focus should be on anti-oxidants. There has been a lot of buzz regarding the importance of this class of nutrients, and rightfully so. Oxidative stress is a natural byproduct of physical activity, and this can be offset with the right foods and supplements. Slowing the oxidative process is how we slow aging, wrinkles and the breakdown of glands and organs. Your richest source of these invaluable nutrients is found in medicinal mushrooms (reishi, chaga, cordyceps), astaxanthin found in red algae, chlorella, spirulina, sour red grapes, good fats (coconut, flax, sunflower, sesame, evening primrose, avocado) and quality vitamin C sources (NOT ascorbic acid) like camu camu, amla, goji berries and acerola cherries. In addition, there is a product on the market, using only minerals, that makes anti-oxidants work 500% more efficiently, a perfect addition to your new program. A wide variety of quality fruits and vegetables is critical to having adequate anti-oxidant levels in the body as well.
The final level of achieving peak performance is the understanding and use of adaptogenic tonic herbs. When the Russians were dominating the Olympics, they were taking herbs, not steroids. This gave them a unique, and legal, advantage over the competition. These herbs have been consumed as foods in cultures around the world for centuries, a key to their longevity and graceful aging. A short list of these herbs include ashwagandha, astragalus, rhodiola, fo-ti, schisandra, reishi, cordyceps, shilajit and jiao gu lan. Working with an experienced herbalist can help you to find the right combination suitable to your goals.
Your body was created to move and to function perfectly. You have the choice to age quickly or to age gracefully. You are only as healthy as the decisions you make every day.
Vaughn Lawrence, Spirit of Health
Weight Loss
The Truth about Weight Loss
I am going to give you the truth when it comes to weight loss. I’ll never forget when I heard on the radio about a missionary who went to Africa and one of the locals asked, “Is it true that people pay money to lose weight in America?” I used to be overweight, gaining a good 60lbs right out of college sitting at my first desk job. There is an epidemic in America, but it can be solved. It takes education and intelligent choices because there are a lot of factors working against us like giant food companies, the fast food industry and clever advertising. Read below for some quick tips that are either free or almost free.
Tip #1 – Less is More. The human body is amazing. You think your job is tough? Try working overtime, permanently! This is what our body has to do with the constant barrage of food thrown at it. The body will spend up to 90% of its effort trying to digest. This leaves 10% for tissue repair, cell regeneration, immune system, cardiovascular health, lymphatic system, etc. Eat smaller portions. 80% of each meal should be veggies and the remainder either a grain or protein. For supper, eat like a beggar. Your body wants so badly to cleanse, heal and repair while you are sleeping. Give it a chance!
Tip #2 – Sugar makes you fat! Stop drinking soda, including diet, and you will lose 10-15lbs the first month, guaranteed. We are the only mammals on the planet dumb enough to drink anything besides water after nursing. Stop drinking milk. It will you fat AND has the added benefit of giving you osteoporosis. You think a food designed to turn a 50lb calf into an 800lb cow in less than a year is good for you? People are so scared of eating fat. Fat will never make you fat, unless you eat man made, chemically altered fats found in fast food and packaged foods. Eating almonds, fish, avocados, olives and olive oil, coconuts and coconut oil, butter and yes, even lard will never make you fat. This is the biggest mistake people make. You need fat for health. Low fat diets were the worst disaster ever in the history of weight loss programs. You need good fats for endurance, metabolism, hormone production and to remove fat soluble toxins from your body. Many toxins store in fat cells.
Tip #3 – Sometimes extra weight is water weight. Get to know these three herbs; plantain, nettle and parsley. Drink these as a tea, take powdered forms or buy them fresh, juice them, or eat them on salads. These herbs will flush excess water weight off your body in a hurry.
Tip #4 – Feed your thyroid. It’s the master metabolism gland and it goes wacky all the time because of the world we live in today. Here are the basics that will heal your thyroid; good fats (coconut oil best for thyroid), grounding technologies (earthing pads), quality iodine (kelp, black walnuts) and removing heavy metals from your body.
Tip #5 – Balance estrogen. Stubborn fat. Heard of it? You do everything right but can’t lose the last 10-15lbs? Having worked with both men and women for many years, yes ladies, it is more challenging for you, sorry. If you are estrogen dominant, which is very common these days, you need to focus on this concern. There is too much to go into here, but my classes on hormone balancing are free on my website.
So what is the truth about weight loss? You are in charge. Period. Many people just don’t have the drive or motivation to do it. The truth is - there is no magic pill, special program or new technology. Stop looking for it. Take charge of your life. Advertising has convinced us that a super duper product will save us. We are here to educate you and help you. There is no power in a weight loss pill. Knowledge is power. Your mind, determination and strength will restore your health. There are tools available to help you in this journey, but only you can take the first step.
- Vaughn Lawrence, Spirit of Health
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Candida and Fungal Infections Support Network
Welcome to your support network for candida and fungal issues: This is an introduction to some of the issues we will be dealing with in this support group. I also would like everyone to read this in detail to get a foundation of some basic principles. We will go into much more detail within the upcoming classes, all of which will be videotaped and posted for free on the internet.
I have developed a protocol for dealing with candida. This is the combination of my knowledge, and different programs by well respected natural healers, all of whom have clinical experience in dealing with and overcoming candida and fungal infections. Kansas City NEEDS this information badly, so let's get started and spread the good news! - Vaughn Lawrence
1. Bacteria/Candida/Fungus is EVERYWHERE
- Trillions of organisms live symbiotically with us. They are on our bodies, in every breath we take, every plant and animal we touch and on every doorknob, chair and item of clothing we wear. There is a reason we have an imbalance of these organisms in our body. We should not be scared of them. We should stop trying to kill and destroy them with antibiotics. We need to learn about and understand them. The body is very good and well adapted at dealing with these issues. You will never get rid of a candida problem by "avoiding" candida.
2. Rarely is someone a "victim" of candida
- If you have a candida overgrowth in your body, it is there for a reason. It will not happen in a healthy person. It is a "clean-up crew." It cleans up debris and garbage in our body and bloodstream. It is trying to deal with some type of major infection or toxicity in your body. It will be there to fight a disease process or condition. This could be AIDS, cancer or some other type of major immune system battle. This may be from heavy metal exposure like mercury or aluminum, or an infection in your gallbladder, liver or intestinal tract. This is why many people go on candida diets, feel better, than the problem comes right back when they come off the diet.
3. Candida is easy to get rid of, unless it is embedded deeply in your body
- If you stop feeding the yeast organisms, and follow a very simple protocol of herbs and cleansing, you can knock this out in 2 weeks or less. HOWEVER, if the underlying reason of why it is there is not found or addressed, it will very likely come back!
4. You can feel better in 2 weeks, but it may take months to fully heal
- We know people are always looking for the quick fix. When you have been suffering for a long time, feeling better is a great first step. Many people don't know how great they can possibly feel! But once the candida is cleared, we still need to continue to cleanse and build the organs and glands of the body, especially in more serious cases.
- Intro to Candida and Fungal infections
- Protocol to eliminate candida from the body
- FOOD - Understanding best foods to eat or avoid. Basic food combining principles.
- Long-term solutions to cleansing and healing the body
- Food sharing and recipes, demo on making fermented foods
Your in Health,
Vaughn
I have developed a protocol for dealing with candida. This is the combination of my knowledge, and different programs by well respected natural healers, all of whom have clinical experience in dealing with and overcoming candida and fungal infections. Kansas City NEEDS this information badly, so let's get started and spread the good news! - Vaughn Lawrence
1. Bacteria/Candida/Fungus is EVERYWHERE
- Trillions of organisms live symbiotically with us. They are on our bodies, in every breath we take, every plant and animal we touch and on every doorknob, chair and item of clothing we wear. There is a reason we have an imbalance of these organisms in our body. We should not be scared of them. We should stop trying to kill and destroy them with antibiotics. We need to learn about and understand them. The body is very good and well adapted at dealing with these issues. You will never get rid of a candida problem by "avoiding" candida.
2. Rarely is someone a "victim" of candida
- If you have a candida overgrowth in your body, it is there for a reason. It will not happen in a healthy person. It is a "clean-up crew." It cleans up debris and garbage in our body and bloodstream. It is trying to deal with some type of major infection or toxicity in your body. It will be there to fight a disease process or condition. This could be AIDS, cancer or some other type of major immune system battle. This may be from heavy metal exposure like mercury or aluminum, or an infection in your gallbladder, liver or intestinal tract. This is why many people go on candida diets, feel better, than the problem comes right back when they come off the diet.
3. Candida is easy to get rid of, unless it is embedded deeply in your body
- If you stop feeding the yeast organisms, and follow a very simple protocol of herbs and cleansing, you can knock this out in 2 weeks or less. HOWEVER, if the underlying reason of why it is there is not found or addressed, it will very likely come back!
4. You can feel better in 2 weeks, but it may take months to fully heal
- We know people are always looking for the quick fix. When you have been suffering for a long time, feeling better is a great first step. Many people don't know how great they can possibly feel! But once the candida is cleared, we still need to continue to cleanse and build the organs and glands of the body, especially in more serious cases.
Upcoming Classes
- Intro to Candida and Fungal infections
- Protocol to eliminate candida from the body
- FOOD - Understanding best foods to eat or avoid. Basic food combining principles.
- Long-term solutions to cleansing and healing the body
- Food sharing and recipes, demo on making fermented foods
Your in Health,
Vaughn
Friday, December 3, 2010
Mcdonald's bailed out by government!
McDonald's got hundreds of millions in bail out money
I'm not lovin' it.
Yesterday the long-awaited Fed bailout data was released. For those interested in perusing it, you can find it here in all of its .xls- and .csv-formatted glory.
Since 2007, Bernake has been working overtime handing out US taxpayer dollars to banks, corporations -- and many foreign entities and even the Republic of Korea. He gave away $3 TRILLION! Goldman Sachs would have gone bankrupt without the help.
What you may not have heard is that even McDonald's was bailed out -- to the tune of $203 million. The Fed bought up some toxic debt of the food giant because hey, we all know that McDonald's bottom line is crucial to the American economy.
Meanwhile, all those homeowners who were the subject of predatory loans, and whose paperwork the banks failed to handle per the law -- they're out of luck and won't get a dime.
But at least their burger is further subsidized by the government, making it easier to keep eating their way into cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.
Then they're on their own once again, to deal with the government-bloated predatory "health care" system.
Only in America.
Watch Dylan Ratigan report:
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