Immunization Notification

This is a notification demanding that parents of students attending a LAUSD middle school vaccinate their children against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis by the fall. If no proof is on file at that school, the principal and nurse say they will not allow that child to attend that school.

If you are a parent who received one of these notifications AND you refuse to vaccinate your child/children AND you live in CA, you need to know about the code. Section 120365 of the Health and Safety Code exempts your child/children from vaccines. Be certain to follow proper protocol as I did and the waiver should, according to the law, be accepted in place of a vaccine record card.

Please don't allow a letter like this to bully you into doing something against your good sense.

If you need help getting informed about your rights related to vaccinations for any state in the United States, please visit www.NVIC.org.

Wellness Maintenance Code

Two days ago, I went to a western medical doctor simply because I thought it time for a complete blood count, a blood chemistry test, and a lipid profile. Since I’m not even certain I’ve ever had these tests, why not go? I have insurance, after all.

I answered a thousand questions on the forms and then waited. I got to see my weight, which was an eye-opener, and to know my blood pressure, which was as expected. Then I was taken to an examination room where I waited for at least forty-five minutes. I wondered if I would have been antsy and uncomfortable if I’d been ill instead of healthy. After all, I was energetic so could text my daughter and read and check out the propaganda on the walls, but what if I’d felt depleted, longing for my own bed?

The lady doctor came in and after introductions she asked, “So, do you like your job?” To which I responded, “I love my job.” She took a moment to scan my paperwork leaving me to wonder if her clientele didn’t like their jobs, and then she asked, “So what can I do for you today?” I explained my plan ─ that I was there for the signed paperwork to take to a lab so as I could have blood taken and tested. She was very concerned about my resistance to invasive medical procedures, vaccinations, antibiotics, and the like ─ information she’d gleaned from the forms. I felt that anyone as advanced in age as I am with my present number of “no” answers all over her forms, should be proof enough as to why I don’t need all of those procedures just to ensure health that I already knew I had. She explained that it wasn’t that she had a problem with my stance against standard procedures but that the insurance company would have a problem with it. They would be on her case to be on mine to submit to these procedures in order to ensure health. We decided that a call to my insurance company will surely release her from responsibility and settle that issue. I personally feel a corporation has no right butting into my health routine, especially when it’s working. I pay into the insurance. They pay out, which by the way, has been extremely minimal these past twelve years. In fact, I would be willing to compare what I have cost them against all their members to date. I bet I’m at the top of costing the least expense to them. I pay them. They work for me. Well, in theory, they should be there for me.

After all that was settled and I actually found, to my surprise, that I liked this woman, we came to the problem of settling on a diagnosis code for my visit for billing purposes. I was tickled, for I have this problem in my own practice. For acupuncture insurance, I have yet to find a “Wellness Maintenance Code.” She regarded me. “Anxiety?” she asked because I had told her how hard I was finding the expectations of the sixth-grade magnet teachers and their workload for my daughter. “Nah. You don’t look anxious,” she decided. Back to the drawing board. I offered, “You could give me a cold if you want,” because that seemed harmless enough. “No. What we need is “Well-Woman.” I said, “No, because you probably have to do a pap [smear] for that.” She tried it anyway on her computer. Nope, it wouldn’t accept it. “We need a “Wellness Maintenance Code,” she said searching and searching her list, leaving me feeling sad for the public who obviously don’t go to the doctor’s for “Wellness Maintenance” without submitting themselves to all the set exams and procedures. “Ah ha! Here’s ‘Wellness Worried.’” “I’ll take it,” I offered. “You don’t look worried. What you are is responsible for your health,” she pointed out. I thought, Yea, “Wellness Responsible” that should be a code.

Bio-Oxidative Therapies

According to…Madison Cavanaugh in her book The One-Minute Cure, “Ozone (O3) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) are the simplest substances available for effectively oxygenating the body [therapeutically]” (47). These treatments are called bio-oxidative therapies, and they work by stimulating “the movement of oxygen atoms from the bloodstream to the cells to a greater degree than is usually reached by other means” (41, 44). Cavanaugh goes onto say, “Most people undergo gradual oxygen starvation without even knowing it” (64). Perhaps symptoms such as depression, impaired judgment, alcoholism, sinusitis, acne, colitis, hepatitis, warts, and/or cancer are communicating to you that you have an oxygen deficiency. Although some people might be unconcerned about how oxygen deficiency affects their body and seek relief from physical and emotional issues with prescription ointments and pills, drugs distributed legally by white-coated drug dealers has not lowered the percentage of diseases suffered by people. In fact, Cavanaugh reports, “There are more sick people in the U.S., for instance, than at any other time in history – not just in actual numbers but as a percentage of the population” (6). The increase in the number of sick people is a concern, especially because greater numbers of people seem to be reaching for readily available pills and other medicines for ailments, large and small, yet are not becoming healthier. In fact, drug use has actually removed people from being involved participants in their health and well-being.

How does oxygen deficiency relate to poor health? Because the body is made up largely of water, and water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen, insufficient intake can have a negative effect on health. Cavanaugh writes, “Only 15% of the oxygen you inhale is absorbed into the bloodstream” (44). Basically, if you are experiencing a host of ailments, or even just one ─ low energy ─ it’s possible that your system isn’t receiving enough oxygen. There are two fundamental culprits behind the human system not receiving oxygen that are worth checking into before going for a blood panel at your doctor’s office: stress and lack of oxygen being brought into the body in the first place.

Perhaps it will shock you to hear that experiencing constant stress can actually suffocate your body (110). Cavanaugh writes, “It goes without saying that being in a tranquil or joyful state of mind – free of stress, worry, doubt, fear, anger, resentment, guilt, and anxiety – is the ideal state to be in throughout the day” (111). The subject of stress is for another article, but what it does inside your body, preventing your system from accepting oxygen, needs to be discussed here and now. Basically, when your autonomic nervous system is functioning normally, your cells are open and receptive to any oxygen within the environment, and open cells are “impervious to disease” (110). When you’re experiencing relentless stress, the parasympathetic nervous system switches to the sympathetic nervous system and the cells are held closed, preventing admittance of precious substances like oxygen, even if you’re presently doing oxygen therapy (108). Explaining the mechanism of what occurs, commonly known as “fight or flight,” Cavanaugh writes, “Your blood flow moves away from your gastro-intestinal tract and skin; your pupils dilate; your heart rate increases; blood gets diverted to the muscles and your whole body goes into high alert” (109). Emergencies are supposed to end, allowing the human body to recover and switch back to the parasympathetic nervous system, and the cells to open and function again normally. Our stress doesn’t seem to end. Compounding the problem, closed cells become sick cells (110). Many common behaviors tax our systems, such as long lists of things to do, issues with coworkers, and our food and beverage choices. Legal drugs like coffee, alcohol, and prescription and over-the-counter medications all affect cell function. It’s time to take responsibility for our health and stop these constant attacks on ourselves from within and from outside us.

So who’s stopping you? You have the choice to ignore the drug ads, recognizing that Big Pharma has the money to inundate you with their wares at every corner and move on to learning about your choices from other avenues that focus on wellness (like oxygen), not illness. It will require effort. Education on alternative choices is not found as easily as turning on the television or visiting your doctor and being handed a pamphlet on the latest wonder drug. Drugs can be patented and money can be made for more than one interest. Oxygen can’t be patented, so it’s a nuisance to businesses that want to patent anything and everything (47). Research the drugs while you’re at it, too. While drugs may offer some relief from ailments, they do not promote living in wellness (6). Those drugs that appear to be helping you are, as Cavanaugh writes, “harming the body to some extent” and those businesses are “enjoying average profit margins of $30,000% to $50,000% on pharmaceutical drugs over the cost of raw materials” (7, 16). Consumers would do well to consider the motives of pharmaceutical companies and the vast amounts of money made from high-cost medicines. Because medicines often have adverse side effects that cause more suffering, a concern is that your continued suffering benefits pharmaceutical companies (16). Your suffering is working for them.

When you experience a complaint with your health, usually the drug you reach for only treats, or aims to treat, a specific part of your body or psyche. With 35% food-grade hydrogen peroxide diluted to safe doses, the whole body is affected, not just the problem being pin-pointed and calling for the therapy in the first place (33). And here’s something in contrast with a lot of drug therapies “that tend to shut down the body’s immune system at a time when the body needs it most,” hydrogen peroxide “takes into consideration the human body’s chemical constituents and their interaction with each other within the biochemical parameters of the body” (35-6). Hydrogen peroxide also doesn’t harm the body’s beneficial bacteria (84). Oxygen therapy with ozone or hydrogen peroxide is not exactly “curing” your disease, but, as Cavanaugh writes, “creates an environment in your body that is uninhabitable by disease microorganisms, viruses, harmful bacteria and pathogens” (15). Your body, by not being under attack, may right itself! Surely it’s time for a therapy that works with you, not against you.

Cavanaugh writes, “Ninety percent of our biological energy comes from oxygen” (9). Are you abnormally tired, that is, if you can recall what normally tired is? Perhaps you’re oxygen deficient. Do you drink alcohol? Cavanaugh states, “Alcohol creates a state of oxygen deficiency in the bodily tissues because it is a toxic agent that impairs cellular respiration” (63). Refusing to ingest alcohol helps your oxygen levels to some extent, and, as Cavanaugh reports, hydrogen peroxide has stopped the desire for alcohol consumption in some alcoholics (64).

Oxygen therapy is neither a strange nor new concept to medical settings. Oxygen is the treatment of choice for pneumonia and emphysema as well as for, as Cavanaugh states, “Carbon monoxide poisoning, gas gangrene and decompression sickness,” to name a few (9). Even some treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation and Interferon drugs for multiple sclerosis, “take advantage of oxygen’s effect on diseased cells” and “owe their efficacy to the fact that they raise the body’s oxygen levels” (10). Cavanaugh points out that the oxygen therapy she’s offering “does not come with any of the adverse effects typically associated with toxic drugs and other radical medical therapies” (11). If there are “toxic effects” like nausea, dead cells are most likely being expelled from your body (76). This misery is what is referred to as the healing crisis, “the body’s reaction to the removal of disease-causing or toxic conditions” (76). Discomfort indicates “the therapy is working” (77).

Be aware that 35% food-grade hydrogen peroxide is reactive and toxic as is upon delivery (65). Cavanaugh writes, “It will burn your skin if you spill any, and it is flammable” (73). It must be taken on an empty stomach and diluted in chlorine-free (distilled) water, because high levels of chlorine removes oxygen from the water (76, 90). Also know that taking the drops on the schedule recommended in Cavanaugh’s book can be uncomfortable, especially if you’ve never done any cleansing. Unlike a newborn who gets hydrogen peroxide in its mother’s milk, you are most likely toxic (87). Cavanaugh does, however, recommend “if you become nauseated at a certain dosage level, keep taking that dose for a few days until you feel comfortable” (76).

To learn more, please read The One Minute Cure: The Secret to Healing Virtually All Diseases by Madison Cavanaugh and O2xygen Therapies: A New Way of Approaching Disease by Ed McCabe, and visit your local health food stores to compare prices and quality for 35% Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide against Internet sales.

Dr. Allsup strongly recommends that you research the subject thoroughly before taking hydrogen peroxide internally. In addition, only begin taking hydrogen peroxide internally when you are feeling healthy and strong due to the “healing crisis” that may ensue. For illnesses and diseases, Allsup recommends you look into receiving ozone administered by a trained practitoner. Please contact John Butler at (315) 498-9560 with questions about ozone.

Wallow In Optimism with E-cises!™

“Widespread obesity is not an illness- it is evidence of a crime” (45).

According to...Pete Egoscue, we need to “wallow in optimism” (viii). He adds that “having fun is usually a sign we are doing the right thing” (viii). In his book Let’s Lighten Up, he discusses the mind-body connection in a slightly different way. Realizing that “the pivot-point on which your health balances” is the mind-body connection, Egoscue investigated Eastern religions (9). From there he realized the function of the musculoskeletal system was as an “on-off switch that activates emotions” (9). Egoscue realized that “the secret of humankind’s evolutionary success as a species” is posture (23). After all, Egoscue points out, “Our posture announces to the world whether we are strong or weak, growing or declining, living or dying” (23). Egoscue adds, “Along with metabolic process, sensory reception and perception may well be the essential operational cornerstone of human biology” (24). If you listen to your body, you can have access to information about yourself because, like he says, “Your body is smarter than you are” (25). The white-coated drug dealers who deliver their drugs with “the sincere but erroneous assumption that the body is fragile, makeshift and prone to break down” are underestimating, in Egoscue’s opinion, what the human body can do (9). In the Egoscue Method clinics, “Postural therapy comes in the form of ‘E-cises’™ that reengage, realign and strengthen musculoskeletal system functions” (15). Egoscue’s exercise (E-cises) programs help you to live “pain-free without toxic drugs and traumatic surgery” (23). Now that sounds worth wallowing in!

Egoscue writes, “The body perceives: And by perceiving belief, a state of mind is generated that can lead to a state of action capable of overcoming great obstacles” (55). Likewise, if the body isn’t able to make its perceptions heard due to misalignment, some obstacles are not being overcome. Good posture also feels good and “in that way it is a crucial element in the health-awareness feedback system” that Egoscue discusses in Let’s lighten Up (24). Body awareness comes in the form of listening to signals such as “sleeping when you feel tired and eating when you feel hungry” (45). With today’s fast paced living, people are turning outside of themselves for answers, comfort, and a cure to emotional and physical problems. Reaching outside of oneself is not all that threatens the health of those in modern society. As Egoscue says, “Lack of motion” negatively affects health (48). Men and women once did the labor that now machines accomplish for us (48). If people are not standing in a balanced, aligned position, they are unable, Egoscue writes, to “draw extra high wavelength energy from the universal power grid” (63). Misalignment equates to a poor connection of the energy arriving at the cellular level and therefore to less energy supplies entering the body. Good posture ensures that the musculoskeletal system will be able to move and to fuel us (71). Egoscue writes, “Emotional turmoil is a consequence of one’s inability to achieve an enlightened awareness” (148).

Postural misalignment also equates to false warnings that trigger various unnecessary hormonal reactions (72). According to Egoscue, the hormones induced by our reactions also “end up reshaping our musculoskeletal system, and over-and under- revving important internal physiological processes,” leading to anxiety (12). Poor posture can negatively affect emotions and conversely, emotions can affect our posture. Egoscue adds, “A drooping head, slumping shoulders, wobbling gait (and a host of other characteristics) are confirmation that the mind is too busy sending out frantic SOS messages that it can’t find the energy resources needed to keep your musculoskeletal system functions operating up to par” (12). Without natural energy, the body unnaturally blasts “itself into overdrive” (61). Good posture opens up the energy for you to know and to feel your way out of an awful physical or emotional state (111).

Unnatural fear may also be overcome with good posture. Misplaced fear is harmful because, as Egoscue warns, “The stimulation associated with fear makes it addictive,” and, unfortunately, fear can interfere with what your body is trying to communicate to you (62). Also, Egoscue states, “Fear is an extreme form of expectation” and it “intensifies physical pain” (56). Under normal circumstances of fear, “courage requires energy- a lot of energy,” and having good posture can help with that as we have seen (80). Egoscue believes that if you change your posture, “you’ve changed your mind,” and your emotional state (28).

Poor posture is a limitation to your well-being that communicates a warning through pain and/or stiffness. If this sounds familiar, try changing negative thoughts and words and see if your posture feels a little straighter and if a little balance has been restored to your system (65). Awareness and lack of awareness all the way around are your choice. Egoscue writes, “Either way, experiences and the emotions associated with those past experiences have impact moving forward” and affect your present state, because “awareness isn’t passive” (14, 53). Poor posture can lead to a chaotic mind (28). Egoscue reminds readers, “Every moment that the mind spends outside of the present by rehashing events and situations that no longer exist as a way to learn from mistakes – which is really an excuse to find fault with one’s self – is a moment disconnected from the universal energy grid” (151). Good posture can calm your mind and bring you into the present moment. Through the years, Egoscue has noticed changes in people’s opinions of themselves and changes in their outlook on life through doing his postural exercises over a few weeks (15). Client after client also comments on the increased energy that they experience after completing these E-cises™ (15). Taking the time to do these exercises instead of taking a pill is an exciting option.

When looking at posture, consider the office worker sitting in a chair for many hours every day, year after year. That worker’s S-curve in his or her back may be being adversely affected, creating back and organ problems (14). Uneven pressure exerted on the spine may, for example, lead to nerve pain (15). This worker may think that surgery and drugs are his or her only options, but Egoscue’s exercises have helped countless people experiencing a “slipped disc” and other structural problems- without surgery or drugs (15). Listen to your body if you experience pain with movement and are moving without your former flexibility. After all, as Egoscue points out, “stiffness and immobility are two characteristics of a corpse” (72). Feel and be more alive by straightening yourself out.

Egoscue’s thoughts on pain are revealed when he writes, “Pain is not a disease, not an injury, not even an effect of aging. Pain is a symptom” (100). He further writes, “As a non-medical postural therapy program, the Egoscue Method works and works quickly. Often, in less than ten or fifteen minutes there are dramatic results. A distinctive posture accompanies musculoskeletal system pain. By changing the posture, the pain diminishes significantly or abates entirely” (6). Drugs from doctors may seem to help, but as long as a person is out of alignment, they are not better off than before taking the drugs, and when the medicine wears off, the pain is noticeable again.

Truly understanding health and what your body has to say involves becoming educated. How many doctors have encouraged you to learn about your various body systems, like the circulatory or endocrine systems? Egoscue does. He feels it’s important for individuals to gain an understanding of the intelligence of the body and the various chemical reactions of the body (21). He writes, “You will come away, I hope, with the sense that something with so many moving parts, chemical reactions and interactions, synchronicity and almost impossibly precise timing doesn’t tend to make mistakes” (21). A practitioner with a positive respect for the human body is refreshing and uplifting for a client who is feeling awful.

Experiencing chronic pain in spite of those pills you’ve been taking for years? Have you been told it’s because you’re old and frail and that’s just life? Egoscue states, “Chronic pain is a symptom of correctable energy deprivation, not human frailty. Luckily, so is poor posture” (23-4). If you are in pain, your body is trying to make you aware of some pretty serious information (26). Your body is most likely warning you that it’s time to walk straighter and to engage appropriate muscles correctly.

After a few times of doing the Egoscue exercises, you may notice the pain is gone and that you have natural energy without “crashing” later. However, Egoscue warns that it is important to continue with the exercises after the pain abates. Many of Egoscue’s clients in the past would stop prior to being completely balanced just because they felt better (8). The clients who continued with their exercise programs after the pain abated were rewarded with peace of mind and self-confidence (9).

Our growing health crisis is escalating along with advances in our technological world (32). Our health crisis includes the overall poor posture of many people today. A passerby with good posture, after all, is a rare and odd sight indeed (98). It’s encouraging to know that an establishment exists that can get you back to work, back on that athletic team, or simply back to getting around town like you used to be able to do. When you go to one of Egoscue’s clinics expecting to just find good posture, you come away with so much more. The energy, the relaxed inner state, and the newfound love for life are just a few of the possibilities that await you. And an added bonus is that the book Let’s Lighten Up and the experiences gained through doing the exercises offer insight into yourself, and if you are a health care practitioner, your clients. Remember what Egoscue writes: “Truth is a feeling, not a fact. Feel your way to the best of health” (ix). In Egoscue’s opinion, “Balance, balance and more balance…You either have it or you are losing your health” (73).

For more information, please read any books by Pete Egoscue and Roger Gittines, visit one of the Egoscue Method clinics, and visit Egoscue’s website at www.egoscue.com.

Vaccination Education

According to…vaccination educator Fisher on the video entitled, “Dr. Mercola Interviews Barbara Loe Fisher on Forced Vaccinations,” some insurance companies are denying coverage to individuals who refuse to be vaccinated. Fisher says, “We get reports at NVIC (National Vaccination Information Center) that families are being thrown off of health care plans; they’re being denied health insurance if they can’t prove they received a certain number of vaccines.” It makes me wonder, has required health insurance been pushed through as a law in order to force families to become vaccinated? After all, if companies refuse you and you have to have coverage, then will you be forced to be the perfect citizen and allow those vaccines to be put into your body in order to comply with the law? Of course, not all insurance companies have this stipulation…yet. It’s just food for thought.

As it stands, many states allow you to choose not to vaccinate your children. Of course, propaganda is so strong that I still meet Californians who are under the impression that their children cannot go to public school unless the children are vaccinated. Please get educated. It’s time for humanity to not be manipulated by another’s fear. We need to stand up and surround politicians with pinky-rose light so that they, like Senator Judith Zaffirini of Texas, won’t try to strip parents of their rights. She filed Senate Bill 56. Her plan is to have the government automatically collect people’s vaccination histories from doctors without the consent of the individuals. Authorities could use this information to figure out who is not getting vaccinated and harass the families or, worse, have them on some list for later reference. The current Texas law requires parental consent in order for their children’s vaccination histories to be collected. Whatever your state, or even your country for that matter, something is always brewing on the pro-vaccination front. Please get educated so that you may continue being the one making decisions for yourself and for your children.

Fisher and NVIC have been my source for information on vaccines for about twenty-three years. Please visit www.nvic.org and www.vaccineinfo.net for more information.

Organic Sodium: Nature’s Fountain of Youth

According to…Mikio Sankey in Support the Mountain, “People diagnosed with arthritis, or those with stiffness and pain in the joints, need organic sodium, but not table salt” (151). Table salt is the familiar Sodium Chloride (NaCl). Chemically speaking, organic sodium simply is sodium (Na). Organic sodium is important for the life of cells and the lymphatic system, the gastrointestinal tract, and the joints of the body (150,153). In fact, when organic sodium is not being ingested in sufficient amounts, health issues can arise, for there isn’t enough “organic sodium in solution in the blood to prevent the body from leeching calcium out of the bones. The first place the blood will usually start to leech calcium from the body is from the jawbones” (152). The next target is usually the spine, and then the joints (152). Sankey writes, “If the blood is still trying to balance its pH level by needing to leech more calcium, then eventually that person will develop arthritis or bone problems such as osteoarthritis or osteoporosis” (152). How many health care practitioners advise ingesting organic sodium as prevention and remedy to health problems?

Organic Sodium has to be, as Sankey says, “very refined and is found in organic greens, celery and carrots” (150). So, when your doctor says for you to ingest no salt, it most likely is not organic sodium to which he or she is referring, for it is difficult to have youth, vitality, and life without organic sodium, nature’s fountain of youth.

“Organic sodium is an alkaline biochemical mineral,” writes Sankey (151). Sufficient amounts are needed in order for the blood to “retain a healthy alkaline pH level,” and the unused sodium can be stored in the stomach (151,149). In bodily secretions, sodium is in greater quantities compared to organic potassium which is greater within a cell’s wall (150). If you don’t ingest organic sodium and leave your body deprived, then health issues will surely await you. As Sankey writes, “All cases of arthritis indicate a lack of organic sodium in the body” (151). Pain and stiffness in the joints, a “lack of openness in life,” and “not being willing to view all options in front of you” are easily prevented with the regular ingestion of organic sodium (151).

As most people age, rigidity in the body may become noticeable. What about the stubborn, rigid thinking? Sankey states that, “flexibility is also associated with the mind and how expansive and receptive we are to new or different views and ideas of life” (150). Organic sodium allows for “expansiveness of thought” as well as physical flexibility, thus truly assisting people with feeling and appearing younger (150). After all, Sankey says, “Flexibility is associated with youth and youthful spirit” (150).

Organic sodium is not the only sodium the body requires, in Sankey’s opinion. He says, “I personally feel that the physical body needs small quantities of high quality salts for optimum health. The blood and most of the fluids in the body contain some level of salt” (152). Sankey is not referring to commercial salts and sea salts purchased in the average store (152-3). He says, “Commercial salts are devoid of any beneficial minerals or trace minerals. Commercial salts are bleached, excessively heated to a very high temperature, and have very little nutritional value except for tasting salty” (153). Many people are under the impression that regular, white, sea salt is beneficial. However, sea salt lacks the important trace minerals and electrolytes of the higher quality salts such as the gray Celtic or the pink Himalayan salts (153). Moreover, commercial salts “can be detrimental to the human body when taken in excessive amounts” and also contain additives to make the salt flow from the shaker (152-3). If the salt you use attracts moisture and becomes clumpy when left uncovered, that’s a good sign that you most likely are using a high quality salt.

Celtic or Himalayan are two high quality salts. When cooking with either of these salts, do not add the salt until the food has been removed from the heat. Sprinkle it on just before serving, because heating high quality salts will destroy many of the valuable trace minerals (153). Avoiding excess heat also goes for the organic sodium found in your fruits and vegetables. As Sankey says, “Raw foods have more life force and have enzymatic activity” (154). While consuming fresh and raw foods ensure that more of its natural, important qualities, like organic sodium, are still potent, slightly steaming vegetables is alright. Sankey says, “To obtain organic sodium through your foods, eat organic, slightly steamed or raw okra and especially freshly squeezed organic celery juice” (151). He goes on to warn, “Most of the store bought fruits are picked immaturely, so they will be lacking in the quality and quantity of organic sodium needed” (151). An apple or apricot tree, a carrot garden, and a strawberry patch, are all ideas for your backyard, so you can enjoy organic sodium in freshly picked foods.

Don’t fool yourself. You can ingest an excess amount of table salt and salt within processed, packaged foods and still be deficient in organic sodium. Fresh, organic vegetables and fruits, or “fast food” and medically prescribed drugs, the choice is yours. The outcome is yours. What you ingest today will decide if nature’s fountain of youth is with you tomorrow, or not.

For more information, Please read Mikio Sankey’s Esoteric Acupuncture Volume V, Support the Mountain: Nutrition for Expanded Consciousness.

Gallstones Contribute to Tooth Decay?

According to Andreas Moritz, liver gallstones interfere with attaining and maintaining health in a variety of ways, such as from the bacteria and viruses hiding within the stones that can leak into a person’s system (viii, 10). He confidently writes in his book The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse, “Gallstones in the liver are, as you will understand from reading this book, the main impediment to acquiring and maintaining good health, youthfulness, and vitality (viii). Puffy eyes, impotence, gout, and nightmares may be related to liver gallstones (5). That is not all. Moritz warns that thrush, herpes, tooth decay, and problems with gums are all related to these green, brown, beige and black gallstones within the liver (8, 10). Tooth Decay? It may be a surprise to hear that there is more to tooth decay than simply not brushing correctly.

Digestion, absorption, and elimination are all functions that occur in the alimentary canal of the digestive system. Moritz explains, “The stones interfere with digestion and absorption of food, which, in turn, forces waste products meant for elimination to remain in the intestinal tract. The storage of waste in the intestines creates a toxic, anaerobic environment that supports breeding of destructive germs and parasites and undermines preservation of healthy, resilient tissues” (8). As a consequence, the intestines are clogged up with this undigested waste that most likely will lead to bacterial and viral infections in the mouth. How? Bacteria all along the gastrointestinal tract may lead to thrush in the mouth, which is one end of the tract (9). Moritz warns, “Since the largest part of the immune system in the body is located in the mucus lining of the GI tract, thrush indicates a major weakness in the body’s general immunity to disease” (9). With herpes, the virus attacks the nucleus, which is the cell’s interior (9). Moritz is adamant that a person cannot suffer from either thrush or a herpes outbreak with a healthy colon and elimination function, and that both cases involve “weak and unhealthy cells – that is, cells that are already damaged or dysfunctional and are susceptible to mutate into cancerous cells (8-10). Keeping cells healthy is a priority in order to maintain a healthy body.

When a body is not healthy, bacteria will perform its duty of decomposing the problem, just as with bad fruit or a carcass. “While decomposing food or flesh, bacteria produce toxins,” writes Moritz (9). He adds, “Bacteria never attack - that is, infect something – that is clean, vital, and healthy as a well-nourished fruit hanging on the tree” (9). Having a clean colon ensures no bacterial attack, and for this an adequate amount of bile from the liver is necessary (10). When not enough bile is available, the bacteria clean-up crew is happy to be on the job, which can create a plethora of problems for the host: you. One obstacle to adequate bile production is gallstones.

Tooth decay is related to the lack of bile from the accumulation of gallstones. Not enough bile secretion can reduce “appetite and secretions of saliva from the salivary glands in the mouth. Saliva is required to cleanse the mouth and keep its tissues soft and pliable (10). Again, if the mouth resembles an unhealthy situation like bad fruit or a carcass, bacteria will show up to do their clean-up job, which in turn will result in the production of toxic waste products, and may likely result in “tooth decay, gum destruction, and other tooth-related problems” (10). Bile that has “regurgitated into the stomach and, from there, into the mouth” can cause a bitter taste in your mouth and “drastically alters the pH-value (acid-alkaline balance) of saliva, which inhibits its cleansing action” (10). The bacteria are your friends, simply trying to help your unhealthy mouth out. They are not the cause of your tooth decay, even though tooth decay may result from their presence (10).

For more information about how gallstones can affect your health and for details on the Liver Gallbladder Gallstone Cleanse, please read The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse: An All-Natural, At-Home Flush to Purify & Rejuvenate Your Body by Andreas Moritz.