What Are Probiotics?

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Ken

 

The Overlooked Role of Probiotics in Human Health

By Joyce Killian

The Overlooked Role of Probiotics in Human Health

Probiotics have formed a vital part of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern diets for thousands of years, in the form of fermented milk and vegetable products such as yogurt and pickles. They are credited, in part, for the relatively low rates of chronic, age-related diseases that prevail in those regions.

Now, research is catching up with this traditional wisdom in the form of accelerated scientific investigations into the broad spectrum health benefits of probiotics. This new science, known as pharmabiotics, uses probiotic organisms as natural pharmaceutical agents in the treatment and prevention of disease along with promoting longevity. Pharmabiotics provides an almost limitless source of biologically active materials which can influence human health.3

What is Pharmabiotics?

The science of pharmabiotics is based on an explosion of data about the so-called human microbiome, which is made up of the trillions of bacteria that live in our bodies. These bacteria are so intimately involved with our lives and health that they are considered a part of the human organism. With the likes advancing technology, scientists are now able to select specific strains of organisms to accomplish precise tasks.
Intestinal Bacteria Modulate Key Signaling Systems With Your Body
Intestinal Bacteria Modulate Key Signaling Systems With Your Body

The lining of your gastrointestinal tract… is the largest interface…. between your      body and the external environment — it has even more surface area than your skin. At that interface your body has 3 types of chemical detectors: nerve cells, endocrine cells, and immune cells. Signals from those detectors affect tissues and organs throughout your body.

Those detector systems are more extensive than those of any other organ: there are nearly a billion neurons in the intestinal nervous system, the intestinal endocrine system uses more than 20 identified hormones, and the gut immune system contains 70 to 80% of the body’s immune cells.

All of those detectors are profoundly influenced by the composition of your intestinal microbial population. When you use probiotics to maintain or restore a healthy balance in your intestinal tract, you are directly and indirectly promoting health in many of your body’s most vital systems.

Probiotics are beneficial organisms, most of which are normally found in the healthy human gastrointestinal tract. Many different strains of probiotic organisms are in use, which have different but overlapping benefits. Probiotic organisms work through several interrelated mechanisms to promote health at the molecular level. They conquer potentially dangerous organisms in the intestine, reducing the risk  of infection or toxin-mediated diseases. They regulate immune responses which enhance healthy reactions to dangerous infectious organisms, and they suppress excessive inflammation. Additionally, probiotics promote the function of the intestinal inner lining, enhancing its ability to act as a barrier to the entry of potentially dangerous organisms and chemicals.

All of these actions depend on a system of biochemical signals between your intestinal bacteria and the human cells  that  comprise  the  rest  of  your  body.      When things go wrong in the balance of intestinal organisms, the consequences   can be tremendous. The Negative changes in the intestinal microbiome are firmly associated with chronic diseases that include inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and the metabolic syndrome.  We can now recognize that allergic disorders, asthma, and even obesity are related to an unhealthy population of intestinal bacteria.

Due to modern diets and lifestyle, as well as environmental factors such as pollution and the irresponsible overuse of antibiotics, the beneficial bacteria in your microbiome is at risk which can lead to an increased incidence in metabolic and inflammatory chronic diseases. Even simple aging can gradually shifts your intestinal bacterial population towards a disease-promoting, rather than a disease-preventing, state.

The good news is that probiotics can also help restore balance and cellular communications with regard to the body’s healthy bacterial population. In the digestive tract, probiotic therapy has been used to prevent or treat lactose intolerance, intestinal infections and diarrhea, gastritis and ulcers caused by        the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, colitis caused by excessive antibiotic use, inflammatory bowel diseases, and irritable bowel syndrome.

They are also proving instrumental in preventing colon cancer.

Colon cancer, Rectal cancer and Colorectal cancer are now understood to be definitely linked to microbial problems in the gut.

 

Previous research studies have shown that the disease is linked with less numbers and diversity in the gut microbiome, and with the increased presence of more harmful strains. The Journal of the National Cancer Institute , December 2013, reports that higher levels of Fusobacterium were found (which can lead to cancer) and lower levels of clostridia, a bacterial class known to aid glucose metabolism in people with colorectal cancer (Click here for rsearch study). 

Under normal conditions a healthy flora contains a fully diverse range of bacteria. Due to age, drugs, antibiotics and/or infection the gut microbiome loses both volume and diversity. To put this in context – a healthy young person probably has about 90 trillion bacteria in his/her gut exhibiting some 800 types. If that person takes antibiotics, the strains of bacteria are not all killed equally. The helpful or commensal bacteria tend to be more fragile; the pathogens more hardy. This is why one hears reports of people having 8 weeks of antibiotics in an attempt to kill off ´a problem I picked up on holiday´.

The initial infection becomes a triple problem. The wholesale destruction of the good bacteria, which normally …

  1. Keep bad bacteria in check, and
  2. Eat yeasts at night, and also
  3. Constantly heal the gut lining.

needs addressing urgently.

Furthermore, without the control of good bacteria, bad bacteria produce toxins, some of which are inflammatory, and some can even produce an immune reaction.

 

All of those benefits within the intestine might be expected. But probiotics also have profound beneficial effects throughout the body, especially on metabolic and inflammatory conditions.

Overweight people have lower levels of beneficial bacteria than do slender people, and chronic exposure to unhealthy bacterial cell walls can trigger system-wide inflammation. Together these effects contribute to development of the metabolic syndrome, with its pathological disturbances in lipid and glucose metabolism.

Probiotics can favorably alter the composition and activities of the intestinal bacterial community, potentially reversing major contributors to chronic disease.

Studies show that probiotics can improve hypertension, lower total and LDL-cholesterol, and improve insulin sensitivity, all components of the human metabolic syndrome. Human and animal studies show that probiotics also attenuate non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) due to obesity and a high-fat diet. Probiotics may also have a major role in preventing cancers outside of the gastrointestinal tract, by several different mechanisms. Probiotic organisms can bind to potential carcinogens, promoting their excretion. They also suppress growth of bacteria that convert harmless procarcinogen molecules into carcinogens. Finally, probiotics stimulate expression of liver enzymes that detoxify carcinogens, while down — regulating those that convert harmless molecules into carcinogens. Together these effects have been shown to reduce the risk, incidence, and number of tumors in the colon, liver, and bladder.

Probiotics also modulate your immune system, an effect that has impact not only on cancer but also on your overall health status, as we’ll now see.

Probiotics Boost Immunity

In recent years the enormous importance of the gastrointestinal tract in modulating the immune system has been increasingly recognized. Not only does more than 70% of the human immune system reside in the gut, but the intestinal immune system produces more antibodies than the rest of the body put together. As a result, gastrointestinal secretions are as rich as breast milk in health-supporting and disease-preventing factors.

A poorly functioning immune system is at the root of many chronic degenerative diseases. Too little response makes us vulnerable to the infections that claim the lives of so many older adults. But inappropriate overactivation can produce chronic inflammation that contributes to the litany of age-related disorders such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and the metabolic syndrome.

The Role of Probiotics
The Role of Probiotics
Bifidobacteria are used as a probiotic to improve intestinal flora balance, inhibit harmful bacteria, promote good digestion, boost immune function, and increase resistance to infection.
  • Your intestinal organisms form an integral part of who you are (there are 10 times as many of their cells as there are of yours).
  • Beneficial members of your intestinal bacterial community promote critical cellular signaling that influences the health of your intestine and your whole body.
  • Aging, lifestyle, and environmental influences threaten to perturb the balance of your intestinal organisms, leaving you vulnerable to immune disturbances and chronic, age-related conditions.
  • You can strengthen your intestinal organisms by supplementing with probiotics, cultures of beneficial organisms that exert multiple favorable effects.
  • Bifidobacteria in particular have been shown to protect humans against inflammation, infection, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.
  • A clinically validated strain of bifidobacteria, BB536, arrives in the colon largely intact and ready to boost your intestinal microbial population.
  • BB536 has demonstrated potent immune modulatory effects, reducing inflammation while protecting against infections and promoting cardiovascular health.

Probiotics can restore and rebalance your gut microbiome, strengthening its ability to interact with your immune system in many ways. These friendly bacteria can stimulate healthy immune surveillance, boosting populations of cells that seek out and destroy infecting organisms and cancers. They up regulate inflammatory cytokines during the acute stage of an infection, cancer, or other threat to your body’s integrity, but they also contribute to suppression of the inflammatory response as the threat fade. Top 10 Probiotic Foods To Add To Your Diet


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Hormone Disruptors

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Ken

   Hormone altering chemicals can alter the way our brains produce and   work with other hormones. BY also altering these actions or mimicking or blocking hormone production . These disruptions  can offset  our hormone balance,  affect  our  ability  to  reproduce,  regulate sugar,  to concentrate and maintain a healthy immune system.

 These chemicals can be natural or man made in our world today. Some have not been studied while other have and aren’t understood.
  Glycol Ethers This term refers to a wide range of clear liquid chemicals having a wide range of uses. Including solvents, lacquers, paints, perfumes, and varnishes. Also ingredients in cleaning products, foods, anti freeze and cosmetics. Some can evaporate rather rapidly and reach hazardous levels in the air.
   Glycol Ethers can enter the body through the skin without causing rashes. While over exposure can cause anemia, intoxication, kidney and liver damage. or also irritation to your eyes, skin, nose and throat.  Even low levels  can  cause health impacts  to unborn fetuses and young children.
  A recent study by Harvard University and Sweden’s Karlstad University indicated that pre-school age children with low- levels exposure to glycol ethers from paint or solvents were two to four times more likely to have allergies or asthma. This finding may explain why levels have been on the rise among children in developing countries since the 1970’s.
 To reduce your exposure: use cleaning products without these common ingredients. Avoid exposure by using the Environmental Working Group’s Guide ewg.org/guides/cleaners and use safer products listed in greenseal.org When painting or varnishing ensure proper ventilation during and after application. Also prepare the baby’s nursery well in advance of arrival.
Arsenic: Arsenic can interfere with the balance of hormones in the gluco- corticoid system. Which regulates our bodies process sugars and carbohydrates. This is linked with weight gain, or loss, osteoporosis, immunosuppression, insulin resistance (which can lead to diabetes and high blood pressure.
 
   Some drinking water can  have elevated rates of arsenic, particularly in the western and north central United States. Studies have demonstrated that high levels of arsenic in water can result in an increase instance of lung, bladder, skin, liver and kidney cancers; skin lesions, neurological disorders, and cardiovascular disease.
    Food is a primary means of ingesting arsenic, with an estimated average intake of 3.2 micrograms per day. Arsenic is absorbed by all foods, but leafy green vegetable, rice, apples and grape juice and seafood having higher levels. When t comes to drinking water always use a filter certified to remove arsenic. Private wells can contain arsenic, uranium, lead, radon, methyl-tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) and atrazine. So have your water tested for safety  being the FDA doesn’t regulate well water.
Atrazine: atrazine is primarily applied to corn, sugar cane, pineapple, sorghum and ever green trees. It’s sometimes applied to residential lawns and along roads and highways. It’s widely used in most states but especially in the Midwest. In water it breaks down slowly so it does persist in wells, lakes and rivers.
   This  chemical can travel long distance on dust particles, drinking water, and can be absorbed through the skin is someone comes into contact with it. Once it enters the blood stream it can change into substances called metabolites which can enter into organs and cause wreck havoc.
   Because of health concerns atrazine has been banned in seven European countries including France and Germany. To decrease exposure avoid being around farmland and lawns when it’s being applied. Also use a  with granular activated carbon filter for drinking water. Select a filter by using  Environmental Working Group’s Water Filter Buying Guide.
Perchlorate: this chemical is found in flares, fireworks, fertilizers, herbicides and bleaching agents. Being water soluble it can remain in drinking water for decades. When perchlorate enters the body it can prevent the thyroid from taking up iodine. Thereby decreasing the amounts of thyroid hormone in the blood.
    In adults the thyroid regulates the metabolism through the release of hormones.      When you have a decrease of this hormone this causes hypothyroidism, resulting in chronic fatigue, headaches, difficulty concentrating and weight gain in adults. As well        as slow growth, poor mental development and delayed puberty in children.
    To reduce your levels of perchlorate in your water use a reverse osmosis water filter.    It’s difficult to reduced levels in your food, but you can increase your levels of iodine intake to mitigate its impact
    Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs): are used to make household products more grease, stain and water resistant. Non stick coatings on cook ware and food wrappers, stain resistant treatments on carpets and sofa’s and water resistant applications on carpets and mattresses all commonly contain these substances.
   PFCs take years to leave the body and they can disrupt the endocrine system and are linked to liver inflammation. a weakened immune system, attention deficit, hyperactivity, increased cholesterol levels, reduced fertility and lower birth weights. But the full range of health effects are largely unknown.
     To avoid PFCs use a reverse osmosis and carbon filter for drinking water. Avoid using non stick cooking ware, microwave popcorn bags are made with a PFC coating and don’t use person care products with ingredients starting with “perfluoro.” Also avoid items with Scotchgard, Stainmaster, Teflon or Gore-Tex Treatments.
   Plastic Chemicals: Although plastic products can be convenient many have hormone- altering chemicals such as bisphenol- A (BPA) and phthalates that leach into food and beverages. BPA can affect the activity of estrogen, other hormones in our body and is linked to breast cancer. Resulting in impaired reproductive capacity, obesity, altered thyroid levels and metabolic disorders.
    Studies have shown that BPA- free plastics can leech chemicals into food. So to reduce your exposure drink filtered tap water instead of bottled water, avoid canned foods for a plastic liner, don’t microwave in plastic of any kind opt for glass instead. Vinyl can contain up to 40 percent phthalates by weight… so avoid vinyl shower curtains, flooring, rain coats and other vinyl household products.
    Personal–care products may contain phthalates: often listed as fragrance in the ingredient list. Also refer to  the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep database for alternatives..


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My True Love is My Hero!!!!

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Ken

HERO… IS A word… that we use to represent people who do extraordinary things…       Growing up there is no doubt my dad was my hero.  Then came along Sherri’s diagnosis      of cancer and my whole definition of Hero was challenged. She didn’t save anyone’s life, pull a kid out from in front of a car, rescue a cat from a burning building…

What she did was fiercely battled  a horrendous disease,  and was determined to not     allow herself to be only known for cancer.  But to be known as the wife,  mom,  friend,   sister, daughter, neighbor and inspiration that she always has been throughout her life.

The day Sherri said, “I want my life back” was the day I saw a shift in her determination… To LIVE,  and she did. Any of you who saw her going about her normal life had no idea the pain she suffered silently, from the surgical wounds and drain tubes, to the life threatening septic infection that nearly took her life.

From the surgery that ripped apart and scarred her body mercilessly, the Lymphedema that enlarged her arms stretching her skin,  freezing her shoulder to the point of nonuse… And what of complaining can any of you say you heard come out of her mouth?!?! NONE,  I mean she may have  occasionally commented about “being sore or achy”….  What an Understatement and I can’t even imagined how she endured!?!

What  a  pleasure  and  honor it was to help dress,  assist with and change her bandages.    The closeness that we discovered through this experience has solidified our eternal bond as the Love from Service  and  Being Served enables both of us to grow closer than words can express.

I am not grateful for my wife’s physical turmoil,  I Am Grateful for the Multitude of Blessings that came from the experience and the way I know and have lived True Love!!!! With My Hero!!!!    Sincerely,  Bo Webb 🙂

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What Are Essential Oils?

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Ken

Essential oils carry the physical properties of flowers and plants in a highly concentrated form. Through the different processes of distillation, the volatile constituents of the plant’s oil are extracted from its flowers,  leaves,  branches,  or roots.  Also Essential oils can carry biologically active volatile compounds in a very concentrated form that exhibit therapeutic benefits in very small amounts.

The most common groups of chemical components found in essential oils are terpenes, alcohols, esters, ketones, aldehydes, and phenols. Most essential oils are antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. The antioxidant value in some essential oils alone is absolutely amazing,  just an ounce of Clove Oil has the antioxidant capacity of 450 lbs of carrots, 120 quarts of blueberries, or 48 gallons of beet juice.

There are three types of terpenes containes in essential oils: Phenylpropanoids Monoterpenes, and Sesquiterpenes.

Phenylpropanoids (also called Hemiterpenes):  Create conditions unfriendly to bacteria, viruses, and fungi.  They are found in Clove (90%),  Cassia (80%),  Basil (75%), Cinnamon (73%),  Oregano (60%),  Anise (50%),  Peppermint (25%).  Most importantly,  phenylpropanoids clean the receptor sites on the cells. Without clean receptor sites, cells cannot communicate, and the body malfunctions, resulting in diseases.

Monoterpenes:  They are found in most essential oils. While offering a variety of healing properties, the most important ability of the monoterpenes is that they can reprogram miswritten information in the cellular memory. With improper coding in the DNA, cells malfunction and diseases result, such as cancer.

Sesquiterpenes: Found in Cedarwood (98%), Vetiver (97%), Spikenard (93%), Sandalwood (Aloes) 90%, Black Pepper (74%), Patchouli (71%), Myrrh (62%), and Ginger (59%), Frankincense (8%), these molecules deliver oxygen to your tissues. Viruses, bacteria, and cancer have a difficult time surviving in an oxygenated environment.  Sesquiterpenes can also erase or deprogram miswritten codes in the DNA.

The Real Truth About Essential Oils that Nobody Talks About

Can Essential Oils Stop Cancer In Its Tracks?

Essential oils will not encourage “superbugs” 

Bacteria have proven that they can mutate to form different kinds of resistant strains of “superbugs” to adapt to the toxic antibiotic drugs. Essential oils have never created a superbug.  There have been hundreds of studies clinically proving their effectiveness against pretty much all bacteria, including MRSA and other superbugs.
Essential oils have been shown to have antiseptic properties against drug-resistant bacteria. According to research presented at the Society for General Microbiology’s spring meeting in Edinburgh, the essential oils of thyme and cinnamon were found to be particularly efficient antibacterial agents against a range of drug resistant Staphylococcus species which are extremely difficult to treat.
According to Science Daily, a Georgetown University research study found that the germ-killing properties of oregano oil were found as effective as most antibiotics — including vancomycin — for treatment of antibiotic-resistant superbugs such as E. coli, Salmonella, MRSA and flesh-eating bacteria.

Essential Oils address the causes of disease at a cellular level.  Essential oils can penetrate the cellular wall and dispel viruses, whereas antibiotics can only kill bacteria outside of the cellular wall. One drop of essential oils contains enough molecules to cover every cell in our bodies. Just one molecule can open a receptor site in our bodies and communicate with the  DNA to alter cellular function.

Essential Oils can change your nervous system biochemistry.

A Japanese study found that inhaling essential oils can modulate your sympathetic nervous system activity. Certain oils were found to be stimulating, while others were found to be calming. For example, according to Dr. Mercola:

  • Black pepper, fennel, and grapefruit oil caused a 1.5-to 2.5-fold increase in sympathetic nervous system activity (as measured by an increase in systolic blood pressure)
  • Rose and patchouli oil resulted in a 40 percent decrease in sympathetic nervous system activity
  • Pepper oil induced a 1.7-fold increase in plasma adrenaline concentration, while rose oil caused adrenaline to drop by 30 percent
  • Other oils have been shown to measurably decrease stress hormones—inhaling lavender and rosemary were shown to reduce cortisol levels.25

When purchasing essential oils, keep in mind that they are not the same as synthetic fragrance oils, which in most cases are not safe to use on the skin. Pure essential oils are always natural.

Many oils also need to be diluted with a “carrier oil”  such as coconut oil which serves as a base to add a few drops of essential oils to.

Always use a carrier oil when using essential oils on babies and children since their skin is much more sensitive to the effects.

Keep in mind that many essential oils on the market are not 100% pure and therapeutic; they may have potentially toxic extenders.

Essential oils can enter the body by many avenues.

There are approximately 40 million trillion molecules in one drop of essential oil (that’s approximately 40,000 molecules for each cell in the average human body). They are so small, that they enter your body through the skin and go everywhere in your body.  Essential oils have an incredible ability to enter the body through the lungs and disperse throughout the body in a way that most other medicines are unable to achieve.

Essential oils can be diffused,  applied topically, added to your food, added to your bath. Unlike conventional drugs, essential oils  can work on all these interfaces at once. Essential oils can also be used topically to treat all sorts of conditions ranging from acne and allergies, to headaches and indigestion. Just a few drops of essential oil applied to the hands, wrists, feet, abdomen, or lower back can provide relief for a number of ailments.

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Customized Vitamin Testing

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Ken

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Did you know that your body may be missing pertinent vitamins and nutrients it needs to function optimally? Or that a deficiency in these nutrients can lead to contraction     of a virus?  With a visit…. to any  Wellness and Aesthetics Medical Center,  you  can  correct these  deficiencies and begin living with a higher quality of life.

Customized vitamin therapy  is  important,  since  each  individual  has  unique  body requirements  and  different  nutritional  needs.  The Wellness and Aesthetics Medical Center’s customized vitamin therapy …. provides your body the essential nutrients that may be missing from your daily diet.  We utilize individualized measurements of your vitamins, nutrients, and minerals to ensure superior results for our patients.

We use your medical history and your laboratory findings to find out where you are deficient in vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids and other nutritional supplements       to compound your own personalized nutritional pack. If you tried to bake a cake and     had no floor you could not make a cake. In the same way, your body needs to have all      the nutritional supplements, vitamins and minerals to make the hormones, proteins, cofactors, and other vital body processes.  We  can  then  optimize  these  nutritional supplements to reverse or slow down the aging process and improve health concern.       See CustomVite.com



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Energy Medicine

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Ken

Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields: How They Heal

By William Pawluk, MD, MSc Board Certified Family Physician and also Holistic Health Practitioner; Former Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and University of Maryland Dr. Pawluk is creator of www.drpawluk.com, an authoritative informational source on PEMFs. He has authored a book, and appeared and consulted for the media, as well as universities conducting research.

Sheryl Crow Suspects Cell Phone Caused Her Benign Brain Tumor! 

Having healthy cells is not a passive process. Active, regular tuning-up of our cells is not only feasible, but also necessary to slow aging and reduce the risk of cell dysfunction. We are, after all, only as healthy as our cells. Imperceptible cell dysfunction…… that are not corrected early… can lead to disease. Fine-tuning can be done daily in only minutes, using pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs).  In addition…. when there is a known imbalance (when symptoms are present) or there is a known disease or condition, PEMF treatments, used either alone or along with other therapies, can often help cells rebalance dysfunction faster.

PEMFs work to:

  • Reduce pain, inflammation, the effects of stress on the body, and platelet adhesion.
  • Improve energy, circulation, blood and tissue oxygenation, sleep quality, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, the uptake of nutrients, cellular detoxification and the ability to regenerate cells.
  • Balance the immune system and stimulate RNA and DNA.
  • Accelerate repair of bone and soft tissue.
  • Relax muscles.

PEMFs have been used extensively for decades for many conditions and medical disciplines, and results can be seen in animals as well as humans. The National Institutes of Health have made PEMFs a priority for research. In fact, many PEMF devices have already been approved by the FDA, some specifically to fuse broken bones, wound healing, pain and tissue swelling, and treat depression. Most therapeutic PEMF devices are considered safe by various standards and organizations.

 What are PEMFs and how do they work?

Science teaches us that everything is energy. Energy is always dynamic and, therefore, has a frequency; it changes by the second or minute, for example, at the very least.

All energy is electromagnetic in nature. All atoms, chemicals and cells produce electromagnetic fields (EMFs). Every organ in the body produces it own signature bioelectromagnetic field. Science has proven that our bodies actually project their own magnetic fields and that all 70 trillion cells in the body communicate via electromagnetic frequencies. Nothing happens in the body without an electromagnetic exchange. When the electromagnetic activity of the body ceases, life ceases.

Physics, that is, electromagnetic energy, controls chemistry. This in turn controls tissue function. Disruption of electromagnetic energy in cells causes impaired cell metabolism, whatever the initial cause. This happens anywhere in the disease process.

PEMFs address impaired chemistry and thus the function of cells – which in turn, improves health. PEMFs deliver beneficial, health-enhancing EMFs and frequencies to the cells. Low frequency PEMFs of even the weakest strengths pass right through the body, penetrating every cell, tissue, organ and even bone without being absorbed or altered! As they pass through, they stimulate most of the electrical and chemical processes in the tissues. Therapeutic PEMFs are specifically designed to positively support cellular energy, resulting in better cellular health and function.

Devices that produce PEMFs vary by a number of important features: frequency, waveform, strength, and types of stimulators. Frequencies can be simple or complex; and high, medium or low. Intensity can also be high, medium or low.

No “one-size” treatment fits all situations. Most PEMF devices help to varying degrees depending on the problem or condition, but selecting the wrong device may produce unsatisfactory results. Since the body is complex, PEMFs are ideal devices to be able get good results without needing a myriad of different treatments.

Aren’t some EMFs bad for you?

They can be. Evidence is mounting a new form of pollution called “electrosmog” is a very real threat because it is disruptive to cell metabolism.  Manmade,  unnatural EMFs come from electrical wiring and equipment.  For example, power lines, communications towers, computers, TVs, cell phones – everything from the wiring in our homes to also fluorescent lighting to microwave ovens, hair dryers, clock radios, electric blankets and more.

Electrosmog EMFs are not designed with the body in mind. They can be a strong inducer of stress in the body and,  therefore,  drain our energy. Electrosmog also includes “dirty” electricity, ground currents, microwaves and radio waves. Microwaves are not only from leaky microwave ovens, but also from cell towers, cell phones and wireless equipment.

 Electrosmog is all around us and can only be partially blocked. One of the best solutions is to take measures to decrease your exposure. With therapeutic PEMFs, one can purposely add beneficial balancing frequencies to the body to decrease the burden of the negative effects of electrosmog.

PEMFs and Magnets: What’s the difference?

PEMFs are frequency-based, applied to either the whole body or parts of the body. PEMFs may only be needed for short periods of time, while the effects last for many hours, setting in motion cellular and whole-body changes to restore and maintain balance in metabolism and health. The body does not acclimate, or “get used to,” the healthy energy signals of therapeutic PEMFs, even if used for a long time, compared to magnets.

Stationary (or “static”), non-varying, magnetic fields from magnets have fixed strengths. They are used in mattresses,  bracelets, knee wraps and the like.  Most have very shallow penetration into the body. Resulting in a very limited ability to affect deeper tissues, and they rarely treat all the cells of the body simultaneously. Only skilled practitioners may guide you to get the best results from these approaches.

Experience with PEMFs

There are quite a number of PEMF systems available now in the US, for daily in-home  use, that can help meet your unique needs. Some are FDA-approved and many more are available over-the counter or from various experienced practitioners.  Some whole-body systems have been available in the US for over a decade and have been used in Europe by tens of thousands of people  for a wide variety of problems.  Without any real significant negative effects for over 20 years. One PEMF system that has been studied through NIH-supported research  at  the University of Virginia for Rheumatoid Arthritis.  These whole body systems have been used worldwide,  not only,  by health-conscious individuals for health improvement and maintenance, but also by world-class and Olympic athletes for increased endurance, enhanced performance, and faster recovery.

For more information on these devices, click here.

What kind of doctor can help me with PEMFs?

Unfortunately,  very few conventional,  and  alternative or holistic, doctors know about these devices  or  this technological area.  This is not a subject of mandatory education for doctors. Doctors have often learn about these new technologies long after the public does, as has been seen with acupuncture.  The process of educating drs. and other non-medical practitioners is growing all the time but will take years.  So be patient in time and look for those practitioners who have expertise in the area of PEMF therapies

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A Shine of Rainbows

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Ken

 In the movie  .•´*¨`*• ♡¸.• •❥ A Shine of Rainbow .•´*¨`*• ♡¸.• •❥  the characters   prove their is a shine of rainbows in all of us. For Vashti Hardouin  whom in January was diagnosed with a rare cancer called angiosarcoma. And on July 10 Vashti having her leg amputated  while being an inspiration to all.  Through her own words:  “Some      of you ask how?  Through all I went through and all I’m going through …. my friends have seen me through it all 🙂  Yet The attitude I have through this inspires others.”

   It’s not really something I can put into words and what I say can’t come close to the best description but here goes. Not all of you have followed my story from the beginning, but if you go all the way back to the beginning, in January, you may see that the amount of love that has been poured out on me has been limitless.
  The generosity has been enough t…o save someone’s life literally. The support has been unconditional. YOU my friends are who/what, the reason you see joy in me through this storm, because you are seeing your own reflection.   It has been your joy to love me as if I’m your own and that joy has been your reflection.
   YOU have given a piece of your heart to someone who was dying in hopes of saving my life in one way or another. Maybe your way of giving was in hopes of putting a smile on my face. And in doing so you were part of a much more extravagant picture…you were part of saving someone’s life. I am in tears tonight overjoyed… with ALL that you have done for me. It’s truly above and beyond what I could ever ask for or imagine.
    And REALLY what fills me with THE MOST JOY is the fact that through my suffering     I changed some body’s life. Whether it has been one or 2000,  that has always been  my hearts desire…to TRULY HELP PEOPLE with their suffering, with their life, to truly make a difference.
    If you know me, you know I hate when people suffer and if there was something I could do to end all suffering that would be my wish. I may not be able to end all suffering BUT   if I can inspire, encourage or make someone’s life easier,  if I knew how I would. And the cancer came into my life. Suffering came with it and those around me suffered wishing they could make the pain stop and the cancer go away.
    And THROUGH ALL THIS, something else was happening…from what I’ve read and what I’ve been told. That   people’s lives were being touched and changed and they still are today….I had no idea that the cancer that sprung on   me in January was about to bring so much love into my life  and  in return be a reflection to each of you because YOU first poured that into me. This is what I believe life should look like.
  This is part of why I believe we’re here…to be that to one another through tough times . To love unconditionally. THANK YOU ‪#‎teamvashti‬ for this. 🙂 Really this whole situation has been   a miracle…. or a bunch of little miracles adding up to help out everyone in their own way.  I am looking forward to LIFE.  I’m looking forward to meeting each of you if we do.  I am overjoyed that  I have helped you, through this…it makes it all worth it.  .•´*¨`*• ♡¸.• •❥   Vashti Hardouin    .•´*¨`*• ♡¸.• •❥
     My own thoughts are always that someone are worse off they we are. For Vashti she must remember that what she went through was life saving. In the last 9 years I witness three really close people in my Life’s endurance starting with my father’s final tear drop. And my Godmother’s last breath and a close first cousin and Golf Buddy struggles to live. Nothing can be harsher than that …. and for Vashti  .•´*¨`*• ♡¸.• •❥ I send out my very appreciation for the second chance at life she maintains!!!  .•´*¨`*• ♡¸.• •❥
   Forgiveness is so vital to our health. We must forgive as we have been forgiven. It’s so much easier …. when we are encouraging others to forgive …. yet when we are placed in a situation and forgiveness is key, it’s not so easy but it is necessary. What’s most important is we preach what we practice! ‪#‎checksandbalances‬. People will wrong us… all the days of our lives.  Forgiveness is not a quality that we all possess,  it’s an asset we must seek. ‘And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.’ (Ephesians 4:32 NKJV)
Nick Vujicic was born in Australia to a Serbian immigrant family, with a rare disorder characterized by the absence of all four limbs. Most of his childhood he struggled with depression, and after a suicide attempt he decided to concentrate on what he did have instead on what he didn’t. He realized that his life story inspires many people.



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How I Took Control of My Life

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Ken

Crossroad in Life – A Journey Back To Health!

   Many of us have experienced moments that dramatically change the direction of our lives. And often times, this shift in paradigm is caused by an event that rattles us to the core. Perhaps an accident, an illness, or even a disaster caused by Mother Nature.

When this happens, we call it a crossroad in life.

I call it a life-saving change.

I have spent most of my life in a constant struggle between what I truly desired out of life and what others desired for me. This ultimately swelled into an internal emotional battle between my heart and mind.

Always wanting validation, always seeking approval, always in competition with others, always afraid of what others thought of me, always afraid of letting people down, always afraid of hurting others feelings if I didn’t do what they wanted, and on and on.

Maybe you know this story as well.

How we arrive at those pivotal moments in our lives presents differently to each of us. It is unfortunate that more often than not it takes an event of great magnitude to force us into making a shift in consciousness. And without a shift in consciousness, we blindly go through life with the belief that “all is well”. We simply continue to move along with our daily routines consumed with the mass consciousness of society. After all, what the majority believes to be the correct way of thinking must be the correct way. Right?

Well, I found out the hard way that the answer to that question is a booming NO!

 

Expectations, Judgments and Disease

Deciding upon chiropractic as a career seemed to have stumbled upon me rather than the other way around as you are about to read.

I had always led an extremely “high stress” life, not because my job was particularly stressful or that the lack of money was some kind of issue, or any other reason that could justify living in a constant state of stress. Nope, I led a “high stress” life because I put unrealistic expectations on myself.

What do I mean by unrealistic?

Simply that I allowed the judgments of other people to impact my self-esteem and self-confidence.

(Or should I really say; my invention of what I believed were the judgments of other people)

Looking back now, it sounds silly to me how I could have actually lived solely for the validation of other people. As though somehow they, not I, knew me better.

That only “they” knew the inner secrets of “me”!

As I became older, I started to become aware of a feeling of “forever chasing myself”; meaning, I believed that I needed to be the best at everything. Of course if it didn’t come easy for me, I surely must be severely dim-witted because after all, the best at everything always knows EVERYTHING… ALL THE TIME!

After time, the feeling I had regarding these “judgments of others” eventually manifested into deep-rooted anger. This low vibrational energy level at which I was living could only last for so long before it would finally manifest into my physical body—as a disease!

Oh, I had the warning signs of “disease” long before the inevitable “illness” occurred. Some subtle, while others so alarming it seemed as though my own body created a fictitious sledge hammer to whack me upside my hard head as if to say, “wake-up stupid and make changes in your life before it is too late!”

 

The First “Signs”

The first of those “signs” occurred about thirteen years ago while I was on vacation. Now being on vacation, what’s so stressful about that? I was simply working-out in a hotel gym when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, I became “lightheaded” with a feeling of disconnection so strong it introduced me to the wonderful world of panic attacks and anxiety!

All the fearful thoughts that went through my head only increased the anxiety: Am I having a stroke?  Heart attack?  Am I being invaded by aliens? (Well, when you’re feeling like this, EVERY and ALL thoughts go through your head!)

This “sign” lasted for about a million hours, well okay about 20 minutes, but it felt like it would never end. The feeling of loss of all self control consumed me and all I could hear was the sound of my own heart beat beating faster and faster. My perceived sensation of disconnection grew stronger and stronger. For those 20 minutes, it felt like the most awful feeling I could have ever imagined!

The interval of which I felt these “signs” became closer and closer together. Initially they started just as they usually did, with a feeling of disconnection and lightheadedness. But as time went on, the physical sensations only become stronger.

On one occasion, I was driving my jeep on an entry ramp onto a major highway in Colorado. Out of nowhere I felt my right leg instantly go numb—the whole leg! I used my left leg to control the jeep as I drove off the road in a panicky frenzy, frantically rubbing my numb leg trying to bring it back to life.

Then, as fast as I lost feeling, I began to feel something in my leg again…and finally regained feeling all together. Of course, this set off a chain reaction of the most intense panic attacks and anxiety yet!

(What could have caused this to happen?)

Naturally I went to the ER and they began a series of tests, of which they promptly stopped upon hearing I had no insurance. I mean they were literally wheeling me in a bed with electrodes on my chest monitoring my heart while heading for the x-ray room, and as soon as they heard my insurance status, they turned me around to be discharged. All within 15 minutes!

I was then out the door with instructions to rest and if it happened again, come back to the ER.

(I have always been quite amazed how they could act so concerned one moment and so nonchalant the next.)

To this day I really don’t know what happened except for the possibility that the numbing of my leg was an extreme psychological reaction to my life at that time. My body was indeed that symbolic sledge hammer whacking me upside my thick head again in the desperate attempt to get me to make needed changes in my life—and fast!

As time went by, at least that particular “sign” never happened again (thank goodness!), but an even scarier scenario was soon to manifest itself.

That day came one morning in January 2002—and was unrelenting.
The way I began to see things, human beings are not copies of each other. We are uniquely different and thus, require different means of healing.

When I took Control of My Life and Health

So there I was becoming a shadow of the woman I had recently been. My cries for help still not being answered by medical doctors and a growing arsenal of free drugs growing exponentially in my cabinet! Having been raised in a “health nut” atmosphere, I had to turn within myself and question the lifestyle I was living.

(Could I be the reason for this show of anger my body was displaying?)

So I asked myself:

  • Did I eat well and take supplements?     (Sure! Well, sometimes.)
  • Did I exercise?     (Yes! Well, not smartly.)
  • Did I have anger issues?     (No! Well, that’s a lie!)
  • Was I judgmental of others?     (No! Well, I just knew I was better than most people; nothing judgmental about that!)
  • Did I have excessive stress in my life?     (Yes! Well of course, doesn’t everyone! I just need to suck it up and shut up!)

I’ll say this for sure, it’s amazing how humble you can become when you feel your life is being siphoned away. It’s amazing the things you thought were so important and stressful are really quite humorous when you’re forced to take a step back and really take a look at your life. So, humbly I took inventory of my life and more importantly, how I viewed my life.

What would I do if I did indeed have some awful disease? Some “umbrella-termed disease”, that is given when “they” (the “modern” medical establishment) simply does not know what it is, what causes it, or most importantly, what to do about it except give you drugs (or cut it out)?

I requested three times for doctors to check to see if I had parasites or perhaps something caused by some sort of bite—Lyme disease perhaps? “Well”, they said, “since I had not been out of the country, parasites didn’t seem to be a concern and since I hadn’t shown a visible appearance of the “bulls-eye” sign (common indicator of Lyme disease)” So, testing me for Lyme didn’t seem to be feasible. Per the medical doctors, the chance I may have a pesky critter infestation was deemed as “highly unlikely”.

(I wonder if they realized that only 30% of Lyme disease victims actually present with that “bulls-eye-sign”? I couldn’t help but think, “Wasn’t it at least worth checking before concluding a diagnosis of MS, which is so awful?” …Just a question.)

Consequently, I finally asked myself, “What would I do if I did have some disease? Would I go the drug route, or the holistic route?” After all MS, “a non-curable condition” that can, however, in some cases, go into remission never occur again. Let’s pause for a moment and take note of the definition of remission.

It reads as follows:

“…the state of absence of disease activity in patients with a chronic illness, with the possibility of return of disease activity”.

 

It’s funny to me how the word absence, in this sense, can’t even be a good thing, not even hope.

However, it also seemed to me that if you heed the body’s cries for change, the circumstance is then also changed; thus, changing the playing field which then prevents the return of disease.

 

The following is an extremely brief rundown of what I did to regain my health. In order to understand the entire process, my book (Healthcare Freedom Revolution) would have been a bit long to read. It is for that reason is why I decided to create Online Holistic Health website as well as the addition of online video programs and DVD’s (soon to come!)—to make step by step, easy to follow method of making changes in your life so you can also live to your full health potential!

 

I took hot baths for short periods of time, adding mustard seed among other herbs. This helped to facilitate the detox process. I also started taking mega-doses of probiotics. When the body is so toxic, which is the case in all “disease states”, you are most likely not absorbing any nutrients whether from food or by supplementation. By changing the pH of your system (from acidic to more alkaline), you can purge yourself from years of “caked-on” waste. Any detox program must start in the gut.

This is how I started on the road to re-gain my health—or perhaps—obtained it for the first time!

As I began to detox, I went through what is known as the “Herxheimer Reaction” or healing crisis.  This means that before feeling better, you actually go through a period where you feel worse. For nearly three weeks I felt very ill. I had a fever, headaches, and gastrointestinal issues along with all my original symptoms! BUT, I remember feeling that I felt different somehow. It was hard to explain to those who were concerned about me, but I felt different on a deeper physical level.  Despite how I awful I was feeling, I felt the sparks of life deep within my foundation!

It was then that I absolutely knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that I was doing the right thing!

As time went by I was able to detox more intensely by adding saunas to my program as well as more nutrients to my regenerating body. It really was happening quite fast, but when it is happening to you, it can feel like forever. I wanted to be better yesterday. You know how story goes. This impatience leads me to deep breathing and meditation to calm my racing mind, and eventually I included yoga. But all in baby steps, and I mean that literally! I use to go on slow (very slow) walks around a lake in St. Paul, Minnesota and remember wishing, “If only I could walk at normal speed like all these other people.” I made a goal for myself that by the end of the summer in 2002, I would walk at full speed and maybe, just maybe, a little jogging.

(I did indeed reach that goal!)

It’s amazing when you are forced to slow down just how beautiful everything looks—how green —how colorful. I was able to just sit and watch the ducks and geese for hours and hours when I realized something quite life altering—I was smiling and didn’t realize it!

This one moment is what led me to the understanding that physical health is DIRECTLY related to emotional/spiritual health and vice versa.

As time moved on, I became quite the “organic fanatic” (Hey that could be a bumper sticker, uh?) The supplements I added were based on my research and in actuality; I became my own “guinea pig” since my health was in my own hands

I finally owned my own life!

(For a more detailed look at what supplements I took…check out My Anxiety Solution, which discusses both anxiety and MS symptoms.)

 

Remember, It’s Your Life! Own it!

In order to beat any disorder or disease (more commonly known as dis-ease), one MUST be totally committed and take full responsibility for one’s own life. Not just a change in diet and lifestyle, but also a change in thinking.

This is where, I believe, the biggest mistake is made in most healthcare arenas (or rather disease-care arenas):

The belief that health comes from the outside rather than from the inside!

My health steadily improved and I made huge advances especially when I also added chiropractic to the mix. Sure, I had gone to chiropractors on and off since I was eight years old as my parents were avid believers in alternative healthcare, but for whatever reasons, I didn’t fully understand what such a practice can truly offer to the body.

I lived through one of the most scary and life-changing experiences of my life, and now I get to share that experience as well as help others regain what is truly theirs—their life!

Today I occasionally still get what I call “reminders” from my body when I start to stray and enter the world of absurd stressors (aka: fast-paced-society and allowing others to make decisions for me.) But now I know and understand the art of listening to my body; as only I can respond to myself. I feel I am in the best health I have ever been and continue to improve with each passing day.

 

I love living in my new world!

The world of life!

What a concept!

Show Highlights from April 21st, 2014:

-What could be causing an anxiety attack out of the blue?
-Getting worse before getting better; Dr. Kmiec tells us the story of her detoxification.
-Regarding Multiple Sclerosis, the science points to nutritional deficiencies
-The ‘cure’ starts in your mind
-Why organic foods today are not what they used to be
-Standard Process Supplements: Dr. Kmiec tells us why she only uses their vegetable based products
-Drinking your vitamins
-Vitamin C: How much is too much?
-The big question about salt
-Half the world’s population is deficient in zinc;testing your zinc levels at home
-Serrapeptase: Dr. Kmiec tells us how her aunt avoided stent surgery by taking this enzyme
-and more!


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A Blast from The Past

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Ken

Ann Equality Fonfa  diagnosed with breast cancer in January 1993. When I received a cancer diagnosis in January 1993 I was extremely chemically sensitive and was unwilling to take chemotherapy. I chose not to have radiation therapy but had to do something. She explored alternative therapies and started a study group in New York City.
I began gathering information on what was then known as alternative medicine but has morphed into complementary/alternative (CAM) or integrative medicine. This really covers a broad range of treatments that can enhance conventional therapy, and reduce those adverse effects that trouble so many people both short- and long-term.
 From summaries of the 60 or so meetings this group held, Ann posted a website in June 1999 under the name The Annie Appleseed Project.
 It is now a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation serving 85,000 people monthly via the Internet. Ann has attended several hundred scientific, medical, research and advocacy meetings since 1995. She and other volunteers gather information and it is disseminated via the website (www.annieappleseedproject.org) and talks that Ann gives around the country.
The project represents a network of volunteers who gather information that is disseminated via our award-winning website, and educational meetings, our monthly e-newsletter and social media. Our focus has always been to give information on natural therapies, lifestyle issues, complementary and alternative cancer treatments from the patient perspective. We think more informed decisions can be made about treatment and encourage people to do that.
I don’t see any  real cancer breakthroughs on the horizon and  I do not see that we will ever have a magic bullet. There are many causes and many treatments. We support combinations of healthy behaviors along with therapies. There are many paths to wellness, thus many things may be helpful. It is sort of the Abe Lincoln theory: some things work for some of the people, some of the time. We just do not know who.
What alternative health remedies I do you advocate are those that actually support people’s right to know their options, know the evidence, and make the best decision possible for them. There are certain basics like avoiding fried foods, sugar, sugary drinks, additives, and the like. Eating fresh and organic, whenever possible, fruits and vegetables, getting some physical movement and exercise daily, finding a way to relax, doing some detox, and taking some supplements or herbs. Then make treatment choices while you are strong.
What’s Ann’s diet like you may ask Well Ms. Fonfa:  moved to a vegetarian diet beginning in 1974, and steadily changed things step by step. Now I call myself vegan with mercy. I mostly eat raw foods (salads, fruit and the like), very occasionally eat organic no fat plain yogurt, and very rarely eat Calamari, which I love. I eat the equivalent of at least 10 fruits and vegetables each day, usually more.
Ann has been featured in magazines, interviewed on radio and TV and is the author of one published paper, “Patient Perspectives: Barriers to Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies Create Problems for Patients and Survivors,” published in Integrative Cancer Therapies in 2007, as well as several articles. As an independent advocate (63% of Annie Appleseed Project funds come directly from donations of $100 or less).
Ann has the ability to say things most people can or will not say. She is Florida Field Coordinator for the National Breast Cancer Coalition as well as Advocacy Chair for the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation, a member of the Society for Integrative Oncology, Susan G. Komen for the Cure LGBT National Advisory Council, etc.
Ann is a 2004 graduate of Food as Medicine and CancerGuides (2004). She is the Consumer advocate on the Adverse Effects Methods Group, Cochrane Collaboration and a member of CUE—Consumers United for Evidence-based Healthcare. Ann  served with a panel examining Comparative Effectiveness Research for Complementary/Integrative Medicine.  


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Through Our Dark Times

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Ken

My father John David Olifent and mother Sheila June Olifent, both died with cancer in May and June 2008. During my parent’s illnesses and that of my uncle too, who later died with cancer, I witnessed some disturbing and seriously contradictory practices within conventional ‘standard of care’ cancer treatments.

I poured literally thousands of hours of research in and I amassed a large body of knowledge in traditional medical healthcare, alternative therapies, nutritional books, literature and various CD/DVD lectures and teaching. The more knowledge I gained,      the clearer the picture became as to what we in western society are doing to ourselves nutritionally and through our lifestyles.
The information contained within our book ‘Do You Want to Know What we Did to Beat Cancer?’ is inarguably the basis of what we chose to do when my wife was faced with cancer and was written off by the medical establishment in 2011. My wife Sue no longer has cancer following the significant nutritional and lifestyle changes that we put into practice.
All too often people are railroaded down a one track system that cannot or will not look at any other way but the old pathways of ‘Standard of Care’ chemotherapy radiotherapy or surgery to treat cancer. I would pose this question; do these conventional cancer treatments deal with any root cause issues as to why the person has been susceptible to cancer in the first place?
Does it address the toxic overload from modern foods, drinks, personal care items, the environment etc. Do they address nutritionally deficient foods and lack of live organic enzymes and pro and pre-biotics to create a healthy functioning immune and digestive system? If not, then is it not logical that the body is still as vulnerable to spawning cancer as was in the first instance?
I would suggest that the body is perhaps even more vulnerable due to the cancer causing nature of orthodox cancer treatments, this is according to their own Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS). These chemical and radiation standard of care treatments also have ravenous destructive characteristics and serve to destroy the body’s cells and immune system so people can die of the common cold, having no immunity.
Our ‘experience’ suggests that there are other treatment options to consider which are safe non toxic and highly effective in building up the body’s immune system and creating a ‘hostile bodily environment’ to cancer.  However this requires knowledge, self discipline and taking personal responsibility in nutritional and lifestyle changes.
Medical mantra will often refute the significant role that nutrition plays in the healing of the body of disease and it is up to the individual to decide the logic behind either point of view. We found that many people who have adopted similar principles to what we had implemented, no longer have cancer and we are in touch with a number of these people. We are in no doubt that we addressed fundamental root cause issues and took away fuelling factors for cancer.
We found out in January 2011, my wife Sue had been diagnosed with tumors on her liver and pancreas. Sue started to experience painful stabbing sensations in her abdomen whenever she ate, actually when food was first placed in her mouth before even swallowing. Sue lost one and a half stone in weight too, so arrangements were made to have scans where it was discovered that she had a two and a half inch tumor on her liver and three additional smaller growths on her pancreas.
Sue sat with the doctor and was shown the scanned images of the tumors on the computer monitor screen. The doctor specifically pointed the tumors out explaining the dire location of the tumor on the liver, where it was attached and compressing the tubes which go in and out “like charring Cross Station” to quote the doctors words.
 The Doctor told Sue that he was so very sorry; whether the tumor on the liver was benign or malignant the situation was not good due to its critical location. He explained that Sue should prepare for the worse because it would be inoperable in such a highly sensitive area. The Doctor then recommended that Sue should take the Temazepam sleeping tablets, which he was prescribing to her, “Because she was going to need them” were his very words. The Doctors leaving words were: “I am so very sorry”.
Sue was so distraught by this news that she went out from the doctors and bought £25 worth of goodbye cards to send to her family and friends. Further information from an oncologist confirmed privately to me that tumors in this location of the liver were usually of the most aggressive type, and statistically the prognosis was unlikely survivability.
This would often happen quite quickly too, due to the tumor compressing the vital tubes of the liver which in turn would prevent the liver from functioning to detoxify the body. These were extremely scary times and particularly traumatic for my wife, as we contemplated making our first steps implementing alternative approaches to fighting the cancer.
I asked everyone I came into contact with to pray for Sue whether they had Christian belief or not, including email contacts, internet forums, at work, from my Church, even people I just met on the street. People’s kindness and prayers certainly moved Sue and gave her comfort and strength throughout this awful time.
After being given very little hope by the doctor, my wife and I discussed at length the research I had been doing into alternative nutritional cancer therapies in the wake of losing my parent’s to cancer. I remember wrapping my arms around Sue in our kitchen and telling her everything was going to be ok, even though I felt like I was in a whirlwind of craziness and uncertainty. I felt a distinct positivity in this moment that had been absent for what seemed like an eternity.
We both decided to take charge of the situation throwing everything into what I had researched and believed to make perfect sense. Nutritional therapy was a positive thing to do having been told things were hopeless from a conventional treatment standpoint, this certainly gave Sue more hope and a positive focus.
We ate fresh, local, raw, live organic vegetables and some fruits which served to alkalize the body. We found various ways to oxygenate the body and we took out foods and drinks that are well renowned to feed cancer. Our strategy was to wreck the environment that cancer needed to thrive through my two and a half years of research I had been undertaking. We also created an efficient digestive system and detoxified the body including the cleaning of the waste elimination system as a vital part of the armory.
We included certain supplements, herbs, choice fruits and special bitter foods that were renowned as being incredibly anti-cancerous. The pains stopped and Sue began to put weight back on. Subsequent scans and visits to the hospital which commenced six weeks into our nutritional therapy confirmed that the once two and a half inch tumor as seen on the original scan was now gone, leaving only ‘scar tissue’.
The three smaller growths on the pancreas were still there but the second oncologist suggested that if we did not want to proceed with biopsies and they were not bothering Sue, then we would just monitor the situation and for Sue to come back if we found any cause for concern.
To labor the point, because I cannot get enough of saying it, the tumor is now totally gone and as the final oncologist we saw told us “only scar tissue of the tumor is left remaining”, The fact that scar tissue is remaining tells us also that it was not misdiagnosed, it was not a mix up in scans, the scar tissue is left remaining from a very real, sizeable and dangerous tumor.

What Sue Avoided:***No Dairy Products***No vegetable cooking oils, artificial trans fats or hydrogenated fats***No Processed Food***No preserved or tinned foods***No white bread, white flour or white rice*** No fizzy drinks, energy drinks, or diluted fruit drinks

***No alcohol

***No coffee and very little caffiene

***No red meat

*** Limited amounts of starchy root veg. Including potatoes, turnips, and especially parsnips and pasta

***Most fruits other than pineapple, organic apple and pears

***No processed table Salt (replaced by Himalayan rock salt or Celtic Sea Salt in moderation)
What Sue Ate:  :) :)

What Sue Ate:

***Digestive enzymes

***Extra Virgin Olive Oil

***Regular High doses Vitamin C

***Apricot Kernels (B17; 30 a day)

***Niacin (B3) Supplements

***Juiced dark-green leafy vegetables, cucumber and celery, with apple, pear or carrot to sweeten

***Raw vegetablee and salads (organic, locally sourced)

*** Green leafy vegetables like spinach, kale, broccoli, cabbage (raw or lightly cooked)

***Fermented foods for good gut flora and supplements of acidophilus probiotic

***Onions, garlic, ginger, chives, coriander; all common garlic herbs are wonderful

***plenty of water – at least 1.5 L a day

***small portions of white meat (organic) and oily fish

They started with a detox and cleanse of the colon for 10 days with magnesium oxide (magnesium salts) powder – which she drank with water evrry day for a week.

After that she detoxified her liver by blending one – third of a pineapple with a two to three centimetre chunk of ginger, one clove of garlic and a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil, mixed into a glass of filtered water. She drank this every day for 10 days in the morning before eating.

Robert was trying to wreck the environment in which Cancer flourishes, so high – sugar fruits, starchy vegetables and processed sugars were banned.

May God richly bless you as he blessed and looked after us throughout this dark time in our lives.
Dearly,
Robert and Sue Olifent  🙂


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