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Friday, January 25, 2013

How To Protect Yourself From Chemtrail Poisoning

 


“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

Such is Ben Franklin’s saying. How true it is! He was talking about fire prevention, but the analogy can surely be applied to health. Especially when it comes to heavy metal and chemical exposure, the body’s immune, nervous and endocrine systems may likely be worn down faster than therapies can build them back up, though there is some individual variation (see quote at the conclusion of this article).

That said, there is also a lot we can do to protect ourselves from the exposure in the first place, and to rejuvenate the body once the exposure has taken place. It just takes time, that’s all, and a physician’s supervision if a health injury has actually occurred. But let’s not go there. Instead, the focus of this article is how you can take extra precautions to shield yourself from heavy metal poisoning from chemtrails, assuming that you are a healthy individual. Because people on the Surviving the Middle Class Crash and Speak Truth 2 Power sites have expressed concern, I thought I would offer a thought or two about this.

Let’s first take a look at the contents of chemtrail sprays. Then we will know what we are up against, and how to proceed further with strengthening the body’s defenses (which is absolutely never a guarantee that no health injury can occur, especially where chemtrail exposure is concerned. Only a precautionary measure).Literature available about chemtrails may be controversial and conflicting, but that of course may be reason in itself to raise some querying eyebrows.

According to Aajonus Vonderplanitz, Ph.D. www.mayanmajix.com/art2152.html:
“Laboratory examination of those chemicals found that they were manufacturing wastes from military industry and biowarfare substances. In several laboratory analyses, the composition of chemtrails was revealed:

1. Aluminum Barium
2. Aluminum Oxide
3. Bacilli and Molds
4. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
5. Pseudomonas Florescens
6. Bacilli Amyloliquefaciens
7. Streptomyces
8. Enterobacteriaceae
9. Serratia Marcscens
10. Human white Blood Cells-A restrictor enzyme used in research labs to snip and combine DNA
11. Enterobacter Cloacal
12. Other Bacilli and other toxic molds capable of producing heart disease and meningitis as well as acute upper respiratory and gastrointestinal distress.
13. Carcinogen Zinc Cadmium Sulfide.

After chemtrails lingered, spread, covered entire skies and fell, reports of illnesses increased substantially, such as persistent hacking coughs, upper respiratory and intestinal distress, pneumonia, fatigue, lethargy, dizziness, disorientation, headaches, aching joints and muscles, nosebleeds, diarrhea, bloody stools, depression, anxiety, loss of bladder control, and nervous tics. 

Much of it is reported as flu and everyone but a few know that much of it is poisons dropped over our heads, inhaled, absorbed through our skins, and consumed in our food.”
Yikes! Well that’s a lot to bite off and chew, isn’t it. So before we go into the discussion of dietary and herbal support for such exposure, let’s look at ways to reduce exposure in the first place.

a) It’s the age-old trick of people who are environmentally ill. They wear a scarf or mask over their nose and mouth, to filter any chemicals out of the air they breathe. If you see chemtrails in the sky, you and all of your loved ones should be doing the same.

b) Consider purchasing a high-quality air filter for your home. Airstar is an excellent brand with various models, which are designed to remove small particles, bacteria and chemicals from the air. They are used by environmentally ill people, whose immune systems are so compromised that they cannot walk into a grocery store or go down the detergent isle.

 Some even have to move to the desert or elsewhere, and every one of them requires special housing. So these are very well designed air filters. You could call Real Goods in Hopland, CA to find out about the newest models and other brands used by chemically sensitive people: www.realgoods.com/ Toll-free: (800) 919-2400

c) A water filter will be just as crucial. Reports of dying fish are not to be laughed at in heavily sprayed chemtrail areas. I recommend the Multi-Pure product www.multipure.com , which removes at minimum 95% of each chemical or heavy metal included in its very long list. In fact, many are removed at rates of 98.9%, and a few at 99%. Some models will filter all of the water in your home, including your bath water. Don’t forget that the skin absorbs chemicals and metals: Protect yourself in the shower as well as when drinking water.

There also are separate shower filters available less expensively then filters designed for the entire home. (You could also ask about filters for your outdoor garden hose, as the ground water is bound to be contaminated. Don’t dump that tainted water on your plants, this will only contribute to polluting the ground water as well as your plants!)

d) One blogger mentioned covering her garden with thin plastic on spray days. The thinnest grade of plastic, she points out, allows the plants not to suffocate or overheat, but still protects them. Remove it after spraying is done. Wear gloves and wash them, and your hands, thoroughly.

e)  In his article titled “Living Safely in a Polluted World: Your Home Should be a Haven”, Dr. Leon Chaitow suggests taking off your shoes prior to entering your home. This is not merely for housekeeping purposes, but for chemical hygiene: Heavy metals such as lead may be contaminating the soil from prior exhaust fume exposure, he writes (it lasts many years prior to breakdown), and clings to dust particles. Other chemicals also cling to dust, he writes. With chemtrail sprays, the same cautions may be observed. Extra vacuuming and dusting will be key.

f)  Vacuum your furniture, rugs, drapes (yes, drapes especially, don’t forget how much they may filter out from incoming air) and home very well if there is any aerial spraying going on. Close your windows and doors on spray days. Immediately throw out any vacuum bags after use.

g) Essential oils in your home not only smell pleasant, but have anti-microbial action. Tea tree and oregano oils are particularly effective against viruses and bacteria, with citrus oils following second in line. Lavender will kill some dust mites too, but has less anti-viral/anti-bacterial action than the oregano and tea tree oils. It is perfectly okay to mix the above oils together. Very lightly spray them on your drapes, carpets, floors and put them in your heat vents.

 Consider very lightly spraying them in your car, too, particularly on floor mats and seats (essential oils are exceptionally powerful, so don’t overdo them. Two drops in a mugful of tea water, or about 4 to 6 drops in a sprayer bottle of water, are all that you need. Just enough to smell nice, without being overpowering. Don’t use if you have infants, they may be too strong).

h) Spread word, spread word, spread word!
Here is important information from the Pesticide Action Network about first aid for barium and aluminum exposure:

www.pesticideinfo.org › Least/Non-Toxic Alternatives (on the Home page, see Chemicals or Alphabetized Chemical List)

Now, how do we support the body’s defenses against such an onslaught as a mix of heavy metals plus various mixed, noxious microbes, alongside carcinogens? There is no simple answer. But fortunately, the herbal world does have a lot to offer for detoxifying the body,  strengthening the liver and kidneys, plus very effective anti-viral herbs that are for the most part free of side-effects. With no guarantees made to any reader (I never make guarantees, and it all depends so much on individual vulnerabilities), a panel of physicians at a lecture I attended, said that the drug Tamiflu will shorten your flu duration by 12 hours, whereas elderberry will shorten it by 48 hours! (There were naturopathic doctors and a mainstream doctor on the panel, who agreed with the naturopaths).

However if there is a health injury, I stress emphatically that you will need a physician’s care. You may  likely  need antibiotics and other intervention. I recommend a naturopathic physician (don’t use this article to replace a physician’s guidance, oriented to your individual case and specific needs. Feel free to use this article for your education, and to ask your doctor specific questions). Naturopaths are well-trained in the areas of detoxification, and have an arsenal of tools to accomplish this.

 In addition, instead of offering the medical approach of countering a particular malaise, they are trained to actually rebuild and strengthen body systems. Some states allow naturopaths to prescribe mainstream medications as well, and they are specially trained in the interaction between drugs, herbs and supplements. Their schooling includes standard medical training plus a combination of nutrition, homeopathy, herbs and acupuncture. You can find a licensed naturopathic physician in your area on this website:

May I strongly suggest that readers purchase their own copy of naturopathic doctor Linda Rector Page’s book called “Healthy Healing”. This book offers excellent home remedies for many ailments from A-Z, with each ailment in a one-page quick-glance format. Herbs, homeopathics, diet, and body work are each listed in columns for each page. Additionally, her book discusses various detoxification methods and the information is quite handy.

World-ranking herbal authority Christopher Hobbs has several books of interest too. His “Foundations of Health” is a very lay-friendly read, with many detoxification regimens offered. “Natural Therapy for your Liver” is in lay-friendly language and goes into scientific depth, using technical terms yet still an easy read. This book offers detox herbal formulas, but also discusses many of the herbs in depth, plus some of their specific impacts on the liver and its enzymes. So it’s the more technical book, for those who are interested in that information.

You can also log on to www.healthy.net where only nationally and world-renowned physicians, naturopaths, homeopaths, acupuncturists and herbalists post their articles. You can look up almost any ailment by entering it into the search box. World-ranking herbal authority David Hoffmann has his herbal material medica on this site, so you can look up individual herbs with his in-depth world of wisdom offered for anybody who is interested.

Dr. Joseph Mercola has written many articles about chemical and heavy metal poisoning, and to google his articles would be time well spent.

Having myself fully recovered from environmental illness more than 26 years ago, and as herbalist with training in this area, let me hereby offer a few thoughts for adjunct support, subject to your physician’s approval.

1) Support your liver, your body’s most important detoxifying organ

2) Support your kidneys, also an important organ of elimination

3) Strengthen cell walls with essential fatty acids, vitamin C with bioflavonoids, and vitamin E. The cell walls form the first line of defense against environmental chemicals and metals. If they make it past this first immune barrier, then the detoxifying organs and immune system kick in. Keeping the first immune barrier strong, the mucosal linings of organs and those of your cells, is one part of the greater arsenal of keys to protection from environmental poisoning.

 (Please note, however, that chemical/heavy metal exposure will break down this immune barrier faster than any supplements can rebuild it. Observe the cautions above, and as many others as you can think of, to reduce exposure. Don’t forget to wear a scarf or mask outdoors!

This will be very important for your protection). IMPORTANT: If your digestive lining has been compromised, you will be far more prone to infections and metal poisoning, or any kind of toxicity, than most people. Make sure you seal up the gut lining, if compromised. You can read about Leaky Gut Syndrome here: http://survivingthemiddleclasscrash.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/leaky-gut-syndrome-or-digestive-permeability/

4) Strengthen your immune system, which should not tolerate long-term infections or illnesses unless it has been broken down to begin with. (The onslaught of mixed heavy metals with noxious microbes is very likely enough to break it down).

5) If actually poisoned by chemtrail sprays, ask your doctor to test and balance your hormones as necessary. NOTE: If your thyroid is low, you will possibly be prone to increased risk of infections, colds and flus. If your adrenals are low, you will be more prone to stress and inflammations, with lowered immunity in general. You could also be at increased hormone-driven cancer risk if DHEA levels are low.

6) Eat as many organic or pesticide-free, hormone-free, antibiotic-free and GMO-free products as you possibly can afford. (Trader Joes and the farmer’s markets offer less-expensive choices). If there is chemtrail spraying in your area, your liver is bound to be overwhelmed by the task of detoxifying the heavy metals, plus the toxins secreted by the various microbes. To give your liver and kidneys a break from any undue burden, is to free them up for the enormous task at hand, to detoxify this noxious mix of products. Use non-toxic household cleansers wherever possible, and do everything you can to reduce the load of chemicals coming in to your body.

7) Ask your doctor if you have any known health concerns, to be sure that there is no contra-indication before proceeding with an heavy metal detoxification, but also with detoxification of any kind. Make sure to ask about drug/herb/nutrient interactions, you would be surprised at how often these can occur. Make sure your doctor approves the protocol here, as well as the herbs and supplements.

8) I do *not* recommend heavy metal detoxification where digestive mucosa has been compromised, as in Leaky Gut Syndrome, Candida albicans infections or untreated Celiac disease. Instead, I strongly recommend rebuilding the gut lining first, prior to proceeding. If you have any known medical condition, or any liver or kidney issues, talk with your doctor prior to doing any heavy metal detoxification program.

If barium and aluminum are part of the chemtrail’s components, then obviously it is important to support your body against inhaled or ingested heavy metals:

 Vitamin C is helpful in buffering heavy metals, plus it raises glutathione levels in the liver, according to Linda Rector Page ND. To accompany this with apple pectin in capsule form would be helpful too, since this binds with and removes heavy metals that are in the gut (but does not pull it out of the cells, per se. It’s very important to remove the metals from the digestive tract, terribly important in fact to prevent reuptake and protect immune integrity). Cilantro is a helpful aid in metal detoxifying, as are sea greens of almost any kind. Take these supplements, eat a lot of apples, garlic, cilantro, onions, sea vegetables and miso, and you will be assisting your body’s heavy metals screening process.

Make sure you are having at least two bowel movements daily. According to Dr. Mark Hyman, heavy metals are contained in stool material, and can be reabsorbed if the stool matter hangs around for too long prior to elimination. Do occasional enemas to clear the colon of impacted waste that causes heavy metal reuptake, plus putrefaction and toxicity-related diseases as stagnant bowel wastes escape into the blood, writes Dr. Linda Rector Page. (Note: Your body can become dependent on enemas, so only do this on occasion and not at regular intervals).

But the above is for dietary “beefing up” so to speak, not for actual heavy metal detoxification. For the latter, I recommend only one product: Metalloclear by Metagenics (available at Vitacost for a substantial discount: www.vitacost.com ). This has a gentle action which boosts your liver’s own glutathione, a sulfur-like detoxifying fluid, that helps to break down heavy metals (among other things). In this way, by acting gently yet working with the liver, this product reduces the chances of heavy metals injuring your system anew as they are chelated out of the body.

(Note that any product which cleanses heavy metals too quickly, can be a source of health injury instead of healthy detoxication. There is never a guarantee by the way, but this product also is a lot safer than many that I know of, at least in my opinion.

 Because going slowly is key with metal detoxifying, I absolutely do not recommend taking this product alongside any of the other metal-buffering supplements or herbs mentioned anywhere in this article. Use this product separately.)

Dr Page warns: Never fast or drink solely liquids when doing heavy metal detoxification. You need the fiber to absorb some of the toxins and metals in order to protect your body. Eat lots of brown rice and vegetables to assist detoxifying, especially of heavy metals. Some of this should be raw vegetable material, such as salad. Liquids can be used to flush out waste, but food and fiber are musts when cleansing metals. Be sure to ask for your physician’s supervision when attempting any heavy metal cleanse, to make sure all is going safely and smoothly.

For extra immune support, prior to actual infection

Vitamin D3 was said by a panel of six physicians at a lecture I attended, to “act like a firewall” against the immune system. It calms down the over-active immune system while activating the tired one, they said. This can be useful against many types of bacteria and viruses. Use only the D3 cholecalciferol version (not D2 ergocalciferol). Biotics Research makes an excipient-free, hypoallergenic product in a natural sesame oil and acacia base, called Bio-D-Mulsion Forte
(Do not exceed recommended dose without your doctor’s supervision. Vitamin D can help to strengthen bones and teeth, but excessively high doses can swing too far and calcify the kidneys, according to the physician panelists in the lecture I attended. It’s beneficial in smaller amounts but not in larger portions. Balance is everything with supplements and herbs. According to Earl Mindells Vitamin Bible of the 21st Century, 20,000 iu or more are considered toxic, but it’s almost never administered in such high doses. Ask your doctor for the best dosage suited to your own case).

If you are actually exposed to chemtrail spray and become virally/bacterially infected:
See a naturopathic or integrative physician. The following information is only for educational purposes, based on which you can ask questions of your physician.

(Caution: Echinacea is contra-indicated in auto-immune disease such as, but not limited to lupus, some forms of arthritis, and multiple sclerosis. The same holds true for astragalus and some forms of auto-immunity: Avoid).

Echinacea plus goldenseal as extract (much stronger than the dried herb). Echinacea is an excellent lymphatic cleanser, and goldenseal soothes the mucosal linings. Both have antiviral and antibacterial action, especially together. Use most Echinacea products for ten days, then take a one-week break prior to proceeding again (Exception: Those with low levels of Echinacea, as background herb. Auto-immune patients must avoid Echinacea altogether, regardless of dosage).

See Herb Pharm’s product called Virattack (this will be helpful with viruses and bacterial infections, alike. Contains Echinacea, do not use in auto-immune attack). Available at a deep discount from Vitacost: http://www.vitacost.com/productResults.aspx?ss=1&.x=11&.y=8&Ntk=products&Ntt=virattack

If you cannot take Echinacea, try pairing up the Bio D-Mulsion Forte together with Elderberry Extract (Gaia and Herb Pharm are excellent brands). Take the elderberry in moderate doses for the moderate-term, but not long-term. Use vitamin D ongoing, with your doctor’s approval and according to his/her dosage recommendations.

Chamomile tea steam: To keep the lungs clear and offer anti-inflammatory action is a small piece of the protective strategy, because the mucosal linings of the lungs are a part of the immune mucosal barrier.

Prepare a pot of chamomile tea. Remove from the stove, place on a trivet on a table top. Sit down, and drape a towel over your head and the pot, to form a tent which catches the steam. Inhale the tolerably warm steam, preferably through your nose, to your comfort level (five to ten minutes). Chamomile contains anti-inflammatory bisabolol, and is just mildly anti-microbial, helps to clear the lungs and is a gentle tonic. This is a good adjunct therapy for lung infections, but also for aiding in clearing your lungs. (It may not be able to remove all of the chemicals and metals from your lungs coming from chemtrails, but can assist).

Caution: Use tolerably warm steam but not hot enough to burn your face, or it can burn your nasal passages, bronchial airways and lungs too. Rinse off with cold water and pat your skin dry, do not rub with the towel because your pores will be open and sensitive after steaming.

For lung infections: See your physician
Gaia Herbs’s Respiratory Defense (most important keystone, excellent) plus chamomile tea steam, above.

As adjunct:
Mullein tea mixed with marshmallow root and fenugreek can help to reduce excess mucus. Drink the prepared tea. Very soothing to digestive mucosal linings too.

Ginger compress: Grate fresh ginger root and add hot water. Put on a cloth, place on the chest with ginger directly in contact with the skin. Leave on for no more than fifteen minutes to loosen phlegm. Wipe the skin with olive oil after removing the compress. CAUTION: Do not leave a person with a ginger compress unattended. The skin can burn if left on for too long, and if the person falls asleep, the skin can actually blister. Let the skin turn a healthy pink, but not an unhealthy red.
For asthma: See your physician

Gaia Herbs’s Breathe Naturally or Herb Pharm’s Calm Breath. See also Amla Fruit, below for adjunct support alongside the herbs.

For digestive disturbances:
Mullein, fennel, marshmallow root tea plus added peppermint leaf to soothe irritated digestive lining.
Chamomile and mint tea, together for stomach flu or aches. Honey has mild antimicrobial action and can help to counteract nausea (avoid with diabetes or hypoglycemia).
Ginger and lavender help nausea, mix with mint for pleasing flavor and to break up digestive gas.
If you have Leaky Gut Syndrome, consider the use of L-Glutamine and Gamma Oryzanol (from rice bran oil) to rebuild the gut lining. Use the marshmallow root tea above to soothe the inflamed digestive mucosa.

Digestive PH is important to breaking down unfriendly bacteria and viruses: If your PH is too low, use apple cider vinegar daily (a couple of teaspoons or tablespoons in a glass of water, to tolerance. Think also of salad dressing). Lemon is in itself acidic, but actually alkalizes the system once ingested. Unfriendly bacteria and viruses require an alkaline environment for their survival, and most will not survive the stomach acids if strong enough. Keeping your PH balanced is an important part of your defense.

For nose bleeds:
Quercitin, one of the bioflavonoids, strengthens capillary vessels. Often sold paired up with nettle leaves, an excellent choice because this checks histamine secretions and thus mitigates allergic reactions (helpful with asthma as adjunct support). Additionally, nettles deeply support the kidneys, which will need extra assistance during this time. For capillary strength, you could also try the Ayurvedic Amla fruit, which according to Dr Rector Page is “one of the richest natural sources of vitamin C and bioflavonoids; each amla fruit contains up to 700 mg of vitamin C. Amla is revered for its anti-aging, immune enhancing properties. It has been used since ancient times for anemia, asthma, bleeding gums, diabetes, colds, chronic lung disease, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, yeast infections, scurvy and cancer. Studies show that amla protects against chromosome damage from heavy metal exposure”. (Please note that for cancer, asthma and other serious matters, it is not one herb acting alone which will do the whole trick. A combination of elements will be necessary, under a naturopathic or integrative physician’s guidance). You can purchase Amla Fruit by the excellent Paradise Herbs company at a discount from Vitacost or iherbs.com


Ginkgo, hawthorn and horse chestnut also benefit capillary strength and elasticity. For nose bleeds, use these as backups to the quercitin or amla.
For liver support to cleanse heavy metals:

Dr. Rector-Page writes that Lipoic Acid is a potent promoter of glutathione, and an important co-factor in energy metabolism, especially during stress conditions. It also increases the effectiveness of other antioxidants, like vitamins C and E. Lipoic acid is one of the most potent liver detoxifiers ever discovered”.

Chlorella has actually been used by the army to mitigate chemical warfare, writes Dr Page. She also writes that “chlorella strengthens the liver, the body’s major detoxifying organ, to rid you of infective agents. Chlorella eliminates heavy metals, like lead, mercury, copper and cadmium” (almost all of which are ingredients in dental “Silver” amalgam fillings). One physician I know personally, cautioned that chlorella “will grab onto the good stuff too, so don’t take it with other herbs or medication. Instead, administer it separately, several hours after taking the medication or herbs” (or supplements). 


Milk thistle would usually be associated with chemical detoxifying more than with heavy metals, but would also be extremely useful as extra support in this situation. It helps the liver to build new liver tissue, and its constituents are believed to bind with receptor sites to block chemical uptake, thereby protecting the body from toxicity. A liver protectant, also has some adrenal gland supporting functions. Caution: Do not mix milk thistle with chemotherapy or radiation therapy, the herb potentiates the uptake of both regimens and can put you at risk of drug toxicity. In fact, do not mix any of the instructions here with any cancer therapy. See your doctor. This is very important, for your own well-being.

Schizandra is a Chinese herb which has liver protectant functions, supports the adrenal glands (involved in anti-inflammatory responses) and the immune system, each alike.

Burdock, artichoke and dandelion root are helpful adjuncts alongside milk thistle or schizandra for liver support and detoxification. Bupleurum is a Chinese herb that regulates energy flow through the liver, stabilizing liver function and aiding cleansing. Helpful with mood swings.
It’s okay and even optimal to mix the above herbs as a liver-supportive formula. Many commercially-prepared herbal formulas contain a mix of several herbs above. I like GAIA Herb’s Milk Thistle Yellow Dock.

Build up your mucosal linings, or the linings of your organs (digestive, lungs, nasal and bronchial passages, and more) and which are part of your immune system’s first shield. See note above about Leaky Gut Syndrome, if you have compromised digestive linings then you will be especially vulnerable. Take care of a leaky gut, if present, as your very first line of defense):

Essential fatty acids (EFA’s) strengthen the walls of fatty tissue such as in the brain and spinal cord, also assisting the screening of foreign matter from the cells. Fish oils, evening primrose, flax seed or borage oil would be excellent choices. Vitamin E can assist too, but start at a low dose and creep it up gradually, to avoid any raising of  blood pressure. Ask your doctor about taking vitamin E if you already have high blood pressure. Use as adjunct alongside the EFA’s.

Vitamin C and bioflavonoids build collagen, the cement that binds cellular material together. This plays a role in mucosal barriers as well. Bioflavonoids also have some anti-viral activity.
Support your kidneys:

Dandelion leaf plus nettles will be gently diuretic and kidney-strengthening, while replacing some of the potassium excreted in the urine and building up the body’s mineral reserve.
If kidneys are painful or sore, see your doctor. Use a chamomile compress on your back. For cysts, see your physician. Use a warm castor oil pack topically, but not for long-term repeated use.
For nerve health:
St Johnswort oil (different constituents than the tincture) is a superb topical nervous system anti-inflammatory. Coconut oil mixed with St Johnswort oil (apply topically) can be very soothing to inflamed, tingling or irritated nerves. Mix St Johnswort Oil with homeopathic Traumeel Oil for often very good results, apply topically as massage oil. Homeopathic Avena Sativa (wild oats) can be calming, and homeopathic Hypericum Perforatum (From St Johnswort) is specifically used for nerve injuries. Heavy metals will likely damage nerves: Make sure to safely and slowly detoxify metals for nerve health. Building liver health will be key too, Traditional Chinese Medicine has traced a connection between the nervous system and the liver. Eat oatsdaily, if you are not gluten intolerant: They can gradually and gently build up nerve health over time.

Last but not least, let me hereby offer a few thoughts to stop chemtrail spraying in the first place. Class action lawsuits may be most effective, to hit the pocketbook is where it counts most. The pursuit of life, liberty and happiness is a basic Constitutional right (once upon a time, and we have to restore it).

Those who approve such chemtrail spraying, must immediately be unseated from public office or their other positions of authority, and frankly be locked up. Expose their misdeeds with the power of the pen, and urge people to get involved in unseating this person abusing their position of power. Murdering one’s own people is treason.

Also, let me be very bold and say truly and from the core of conviction, that by U.S. law, anybody who poses a physical threat to Self or Others, must be held against his/her own will in psychiatric hospitals. The hospitals cannot hold psychotic delusionals or anybody else against their will. But anybody who poses a threat of physical harm to anybody, must be held by law.

I wouldn’t think they could lock You up as The Kook for saying such a thing, if you were in a class action group of people alleging such insanity among our high-ranking officials. But of course, you never know.

(I am not an attorney, and do not know how binding this matter would be on a legal level).
Let me also close on a note of hope. According to the reference book, Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide”:
“Metals that have no safe amount in the human system, may accumulate within the body (fat cells, central nervous system,bones, brain, glands, and hair) and may have negative health effects. Any level of these toxic metals is not normal. The levels usually need to rise above the established safety ranges to actually manifest in health problems. However, there is individual variation, and high normal levels may aggravate one person and not another”.
So if you keep your immune system healthy and routinely detoxify in a safe and gentle way, you may have a much better chance of tolerating the toxic exposure.
Blessings on your journey!

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Buying Iodine In Oregon? Bring Your Papers!

Iodine Madness
Barbara H. Peterson
Farm Wars

If you want to buy Iodine in a feed store in Oregon for your animals, you had better run right over to your local car dealership and buy yourself a vehicle first. Yes, that’s right. If you don’t own a vehicle registered with the DMV, then you either have to have someone else present his/her vehicle registration papers to the proper authorities, or your iodine buying days are over.
I went to town with my neighbor and she drove.

Since my goats are getting ready to kid, I thought it would be a good idea to get some sort of iodine solution to treat the umbilical cords. No biggie, just a routine stop at the local Big R feed store. I looked around and decided on Triodine-7. According to the website, this is “for topical application on the skin to disinfect superficial wounds, cuts, abrasions, insect bites and minor bruises.” And it dries up the umbilical stump quickly. So, I put a bottle in my cart along with my goat minerals. Then I approached the cash register. And so it began…

The gal behind the register looked at me, and I looked at her and smiled. Then she pulled out a form and asked for my vehicle registration. PAPERS PLEASE!!! Huh? Why do you want my vehicle registration?

 She said – it’s for the iodine. You cannot buy this without providing a picture I.D. and your vehicle registration. I said I didn’t drive to town, and therefore, cannot provide my registration papers.

Then I got it….. the stink-eye. You know, that look that says I know you’re probably a felon since you won’t show me your papers… I stared right back, prepared to take this to the matt and most likely end up behind bars. Then my neighbor stepped in and provided her registration papers so that we could end the day without someone having to post bail.

Here is a copy of the form provided by the Oregon State Police that she had to fill out just so I could buy one lousy little 16 oz bottle of Triodine-7:
001
Notice the part that specifically demands a picture I.D. and vehicle registration papers for the transporting vehicle. No car, no iodine.
When I got home, I looked up the law. Read it and weep. It is not only unlawful to buy or sell, but even unlawful to possess unless you fit the description in section 2 of the following:
§ 475.976¹
Unlawful possession of iodine matrix
  •  recording transfers
  •  unlawful distribution of iodine matrix
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person commits the crime of unlawful possession of an iodine matrix if the person knowingly possesses an iodine matrix.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to:
(a) A person who possesses an iodine matrix as a prescription drug, pursuant to a prescription issued by a licensed veterinarian or physician;
(b) A person who is actively engaged in the practice of animal husbandry of livestock as defined in ORS 609.125 (Definition of livestock);
(c) A person who possesses an iodine matrix in conjunction with experiments conducted in a chemistry or chemistry related laboratory maintained by a:
(A) Regularly established public or private secondary school;
(B) Public or private institution of higher education that is accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education; or
(C) Manufacturing, government agency or research facility in the course of lawful business activities;
(d) A veterinarian, physician, pharmacist, retail distributor, wholesaler, manufacturer, warehouseman or common carrier or an agent of any of these persons who possesses an iodine matrix in the regular course of lawful business activities; or
(e) A person working in a general hospital who possesses an iodine matrix in the regular course of employment at the hospital.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, a person who sells or otherwise transfers an iodine matrix to another person shall make a record of each sale or transfer. The record must be made on a form provided by the Department of State Police, completed pursuant to instructions provided by the department and retained by the person for at least three years or sent to the department if directed to do so by the department. Failure to make and retain or send a record required under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
(4) A licensed veterinarian is not required to make a record of a sale or transfer of an iodine matrix under subsection (3) of this section if the veterinarian makes a record of the sale or transfer under other applicable laws or rules regarding the prescribing and dispensing of regulated or controlled substances by veterinarians.
(5) A person commits the crime of unlawful distribution of an iodine matrix if the person knowingly sells or otherwise transfers an iodine matrix to a person not listed in subsection (2) of this section.
(6) Unlawful possession of an iodine matrix is a Class A misdemeanor.
(7) Unlawful distribution of an iodine matrix is a Class A misdemeanor. [2001 c.615 §8; 2005 c.706 §15]
http://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/475.976
Iodine is one of many substances defined by Oregon law as a “precurser” substance. In other words, someone, sometime, might make methamphetamine out of it. Maybe we should ban water or spoons too, since they can be used in the process of making drugs. Where does it end? This is pre-crime law. Even the bottle of Triodine-7 label states clearly:

 ”Complies with DEA Iodine Regulation 21 C.F.R. 310.2. No DEA registration required.” Yet, if anyone in Oregon is caught with a bottle of iodine and doesn’t fit into the proper mold as defined in Oregon pre-crime law, guess what? That person is a criminal.
Here is the definition of a “precursor substance:”
Chapter 448 Oregon Laws 2003 
AN ACT 
HB 2034 
Relating to precursor substances; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 475.940, 475.950, 475.973 and 475.978. 
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: 
 475.940. As used in ORS 475.940 to 475.999:
(1) “Iodine matrix” means iodine at a concentration greater than [1.5] two percent by weight in  a matrix or solution.
(2) “Matrix” means something, as a substance, in which something else originates, develops, or is contained.
(3) “Precursor substance” means:
(a) Phenyl-2-propanone.
(b) Methylamine.
(c) D-lysergic acid.
(d) Ergotamine.
(e) Diethyl Malonate.
(f) Malonic acid.
(g) Ethyl Malonate.
(h) Barbituric acid.
(i) Piperidine.
(j) N-acetylanthranilic acid.
(k) Ethylamine.
(L) Pyrolidine.
(m) Phenylacetic acid.
(n) Anthranilic acid.
(o) Morpholine.
(p) Ephedrine.
(q) Pseudoephedrine.
(r) Norpseudoephedrine.
(s) Phenylpropanolamine.
(t) Benzyl cyanide.
(u) Ergonovine.
(v) 3,4-Methylenedioxyphenyl-2-propanone.
(w) Propionic anhydride.
(x) Insosafrole (Isosafrole).
(y) Safrole.
(z) Piperonal.
(aa) N-methylephedrine.
(bb) N-ethylephedrine.
(cc) N-methylpseudoephedrine.
(dd) N-ethylpseudoephedrine.
(ee) Hydriotic acid.
(gg) 1,4-butanediol.
(hh) Any salt, isomer or salt of an isomer of the chemicals listed in paragraphs (a) to (gg) of this subsection.
(ii) Iodine in its elemental form.
(jj) Iodine matrix.
(kk) Red phosphorus, white phosphorus, yellow phosphorus or hypophosphorus acid and its salts.
(LL) Anhydrous ammonia.
[(mm) Methyl sulfonyl methane (MSM).]
[(nn)] (mm) Any substance established as a precursor substance by rule under authority granted in ORS 475.945.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/03orlaws/sess0400.dir/0448ses.htm
So, whatever you do, don’t buy antihistamines, MSM and iodine on the same day or you just might end up in cuffs even if you do present your papers. And make sure to keep on checking in because it seems that just about anything can be declared a “precursor substance” and voila! It is illegal to possess.

Feeling safer now? I know I sure am…. In a pig’s eye! No vehicle? No iodine, or any other thing they want to declare a precurser substance for a possible crime to be committed sometime in the future. Or, how about forcing you to purchase a house? Can’t afford one? Too bad – no iodine for you!

Friday, January 11, 2013

Natural fruit 10,000 Times More Effective Than Chemo





Check out this amazing natural food:
 

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

California Slammed By Fukushima Radiation Science Confirms

Fukushima Radiation Plume Hit Southern and Central California

The Journal Environmental Science and Technology reports in a new study that the Fukushima radiation plume contacted North America at California “with greatest exposure in central and southern California”, and that Southern California’s seaweed tested over 500% higher for radioactive  iodine-131 than anywhere else in the U.S. and Canada:
Projected paths of the radioactive atmospheric plume emanating from the Fukushima reactors, best described as airborne particles or aerosols for 131I, 137Cs, and 35S, and subsequent atmospheric monitoring showed it coming in contact with the North American continent at California, with greatest exposure in central and southern California. Government monitoring sites in Anaheim (southern California) recorded peak airborne concentrations of 131I at 1.9 pCi m−3
Anaheim is where Disneyland is located.
EneNews summarizes the data:
Corona Del Mar (Highest in Southern California)
  • 2.5 Bq/gdwt (gram dry weight)= 2,500 Bq/kg of dry seaweed
Santa Cruz (Highest in Central California)
  • 2.0 Bq/gdwt = 2,000 Bq/kg of dry seaweed
Simon Fraser University in Canada also tested North American seaweed after Fukushima:
  • “In samples of dehydrated seaweed taken on March 15 near the North Vancouver SeaBus terminal, the count was zero; on March 22 it was 310 Bq per kilogram; and by March 28 it was 380 Bq/kg.” -Vancouver Sun
  • Seaweed in Seattle also tested positive for iodine-131; levels were not reported -KIRO
  • No results after March 28 were reported
In addition, radioactive debris is starting to wash up on the Pacific Coast. And because the Japanese are burning radioactive materials instead of disposing of them, .
Of course, the government is doing everything it can to help citizens cover up what’s occurring. We pointed out in January:
Instead of doing much to try to protect their citizens from Fukushima, Japan, the U.S. and the EU all just raised the radiation levels they deem “safe”.
Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen says that high-level friends in the State Department told him that Hillary Clinton signed a pact with her counterpart in Japan agreeing that the U.S. will continue buying seafood from Japan, despite that food not being tested for radioactive materials [see this].

And the Department of Energy is trying to replace the scientifically accepted model of the dangers of low dose radiation based on voodoo science. Specifically, DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley Labs used a mutant line of human cells in a petri dish which was able to repair damage from low doses of radiation, and extrapolated to the unsupported conclusion that everyone is immune to low doses of radiation….
Indeed:
American and Canadian authorities have virtually stopped monitoring airborne radiation, and are not testing fish for radiation. (Indeed, the EPA reacted to Fukushima by raising “acceptable” radiation levels.)

So – as in Japan – radiation is usually discovered by citizens and the handful of research scientists with funding to check, and not the government. See this, this, this, this, this and this.

The Japanese government’s entire strategy from day one has been to cover up the severity of the Fukushima accident. This has likely led to unnecessary, additional deaths.

Indeed, the core problem is that all of the world’s nuclear agencies are wholly captured by the nuclear industry … as are virtually all of the supposedly independent health agencies.

So the failure of the American, Canadian and other governments to test for and share results is making it difficult to hold an open scientific debate about what is happening.
And it’s not just radiation from Japan.  An effort by the Southern California Edison power company to secretly ramp up production to avoid public disclosure may have led to a leak at the San Onofre nuclear power plant.

And see these articles on California radiation exposure courtesy of EneNews:

Thursday, November 8, 2012

80 Reasons To Use Honey

Everyone knows honey tastes sweet and is delicious mixed with tea and lemon; but chances are you never realized how many health-related uses this versatile food possesses. It makes a wonderful DIY home remedy that helps to cure many conditions that ail you.

The best honey is one that is totally raw, organic and contains the honeycomb in the jar. It should include royal jelly, propolis and bee pollen for maximum health benefits.

Medicinal Uses

~ Moisturize skin with a mixture of honey, eggs and flour

~ Honey is antibacterial and makes a powerful antiseptic to cleanse and heal wounds and prevent scabs from sticking to bandages

~ Kills viruses and bacterial infections when mixed and eaten with raw, minced garlic

~ Boosts energy, reduces fatigue, stimulates mental alertness, strengthens immunity, provides minerals, vitamins, antioxidants

~ Restores eyesight, relieves a sore throat, makes an effective cough syrup

~ Prevents heart disease by improving blood flow and prevents damage to capillaries

~ Regulates the bowels; cures colitis and IBS

~ Soothes burns, disinfects wounds, reduces inflammation and pain, promotes faster healing

~ Reduces anxiety and acts as a sedative; creating calm and restful sleep, alkalizes body's pH

~ Anti-cancer agents protect against the formation of tumors

~ Relieves indigestion and acid reflux, heals peptic ulcers

~ Makes a great lip balm and refreshing herbal wash or lotion

~ Destroys bacteria causing acne, prevents scarring

~ Flushes parasites from liver and colon

~ Heal diabetic ulcers with topical applications

~ Mix with powdered herbs for topical applications or to reduce bitterness when taken internally

~ Smooths and exfoliates facial skin, reduces surface lines, softens dry skin on elbows and heels

~ Add to green coconut water for supercharged athletic drinks

~ Relieve hangovers by eating honey the morning after

~ Protect hair from split ends with a honey conditioner; honey rinse promotes shiny hair

~ Soften hard water by adding honey to bath water

~ Speeds metabolism to stimulate weight loss

~ Improves digestion with natural enzymes

~ Mix honey and lemon with warm water first thing in the morning for an effective cleanse

~ Anti-fungal properties cure vaginal yeast infections and athlete's foot

~ Relieve hay fever by chewing on honeycomb

~ Protects topically and internally against pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and MRSA

~ Builds immunity to hay fever allergens by mixing honey and bee pollen and take early in season

~ Quenches thirst and relieves heat stroke; stops hiccups

~ Lessens the effects of poisons and toxins

~ Has mild laxative properties

~ Relieves asthma when mixed with black pepper and ginger

~ Controls blood pressure when mixed with fresh garlic juice

Honey and Cinnamon

~ Mixing honey, cinnamon and hot water in varying amounts relieves arthritis, bladder infections and abdominal gas; lowers LDL cholesterol, and improves digestion. Additionally, it kills the flu and other viruses, slows the aging process, restores hearing and relieves bad breath.
~ Applying honey, cinnamon and hot olive oil topically prevents hair loss as well as stops a toothache

Honey as food

~ Make salad dressing using honey
~ Sweeten baked goods with honey instead of sugar
~ Smear honey on toast for a mid-afternoon energy snack
~ Preserve fruit by adding honey to water and pouring over fresh fruit in canning jars
~ Make fresh fruit jams with honey instead of sugar
~ Use for making honey wines and beers

Warning

Never give honey to babies under the age of one due to the risk of botulism. Honey caries botulism spores and babies don't have enough immunity for proper protection.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

GMO Pervasivenes In Supplements & Big Pharma

The concern over eating genetically-modified foods is growing as more people learn about the harmful effects of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). Although not readily publicized by the mainstream media, GMOs have been linked to various health complications such as tumors, organ failure, DNA damage, immune system disturbances, and nfertility, among others.

Simultaneously, GM contamination of conventional and organic foods is increasing.
The toxic hand of GMOs does not stop in our food supply. GMOs are used in various prescription medications and vaccines, and GMOs in vitamins and supplements is also common. There are numerous examples.

GMO methods are being used to create edible vaccines, as, for example, a way of incorporating swine flu virus into corn, allowing mass vaccinations. A large share of insulin medications is produced by genetic engineering. Companies are producing pharmaceutical proteins (including antibodies) in GM plants, as, for example, in the US, where rice has been engineered to produce the alpha-antitrypsin protein used to treat liver disease and hemorrhages.

This same process is being used in the production of additives and vitamins:
“Genetically modified organisms are being used to produce flavors, binders, enzymes, food additives and vitamins. Genetic engineers identify an organism that produces a particular additive, then they genetically alter it. It is then placed in an incubator of sorts, where the organism grows and multiplies. After it has reached maximum growth, the vitamin is isolated and extracted.” – Source: www.hemphealer.com
Today, GMO corn is used in most major brands of vitamin C supplements. “Ninety-nine percent of the vitamin C used commercially in supplements in the U.S. is derived from genetically engineered corn.” (source: www.life-enhancement.com) GM soy derivatives are common in Vitamin E. Corn oil and/or soybean oil can be often found in gel-tablet supplements. GM wheat derivatives are also common in over-the-counter supplements. GMO’ed food additives are added to all types of vitamin-fortified foods.
“GM microorganisms are used to make vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), xanthan (a thickener), citric acid, and enzymes used in cheeses, breads and baked goods, alcoholic beverages, and juice.” – Source: Organic Consumers Association
Although GMOs in vitamins and supplements are not revealed on labels, it is likely that most generic and brand-name supplements are, already, GMO products.

Fortunately, there are organic companies out there that are committed to offering GMO-free vitamins, such as NutriGold and NOW Foods. The Non-GMO Shopping Guide offers a comprehensive list of vitamins and supplements from companies enrolled in the Non-GMO Project Standard: nongmoshoppingguide.com

Obama DOJ Set To Intimidate Any State That Legalizes Marijuana

Depending on the outcome of initiatives in three states, a confrontation awaits between the U.S. Department of Justice and advocates for legalizing marijuana.

On November 6, voters in Colorado, Washington and Oregon will decide whether to legalize and tax marijuana sales. If one or more of the measures passes, and President Barack Obama is reelected, expect the Justice Department to take action to stop any state from decriminalizing the popular herb.

NOTE:  WA502 is 68 pages of regulations, it's not legalization.  Legalization means one could buy the natural herb Cannabis sativa/indica as easily as one could buy a watermelon.  It doesn't take 68 pages of regulations to buy a cabbage, does it?  Not yet anyway. 

While I support the legalization of all natural herbs, since our Creator does not make mistakes with nature, I don't support 502.  It's designed to raise billions of dollars for the states by punitive taxation and complete and utter control over the Cannabis industry.  It will likely triple the price for medicinal patients, limit availability, diminish quality and create whole new cash opportunities for fines, forfeitures for the state.  Vote NO on WA 502

In an outtake in a recent interview with “60 Minutes,” Deputy Attorney General James Cole proclaimed that the federal government is prepared to stop any “dangers” associated with state-sanctioned recreational pot.

“We’re going to take a look at whether or not there are dangers to the community from the sale of marijuana and we’re going to go after those dangers,” Cole told the television news magazine.

A crackdown on drug legalization would follow other efforts by the Obama administration to shutdown medical marijuana dispensaries operating within state law in California and elsewhere.

If Mitt Romney wins the presidential election, he would probably take the same position as Obama, having stated that marijuana is a “gateway drug” and that he would fight legalization “tooth and nail.”

Nervous System Damage From The Chemtrail Filled Sky


Chemtrails rain aluminum nanoparticles on man, beast, and land. “Chemtrails” is a spin-off from “contrails,” which are the condensation trails sometimes left behind flying aircraft. Some believe these contrails are chemical trails being deliberately sprayed from aircrafts for unknown reasons.

There is current concern in the United States about the increasing number of neurodegenerative patients. Since 2000, the number of Alzheimer’s patients has increased from 4.5 million to 5.4 million in 2012. One in eight people 65 or older have Alzheimer’s. A yearly increase seems inevitable because of the aging population, but environmental factors also play a role.


The article “Chemtrails, Nano-aluminum, and Neurodegenerative and Neurodevelopmental Effects” by Russell Blaylock, M.D., in the National Health Federation magazine “Health Freedom News” warns against one of these environmental hazards: chemtrails.

Blaylock, who has retired from neurosurgery to do research, write, and teach, began to notice chemtrails a few years ago and writes, “Of particular concern is that there are now so many—dozens every day are littering the skies.” Chemtrails are made from aerosols, usually spread by non-passenger jets.

 What at first looks like contrails turns into ribbons of clouds that spread out making the sky look over-cast. They contain various toxic, and biological substances. Blaylock concentrates on the effects of the nano-aluminum particles, as mentioned in Part 2 of “Chemtrails Over Las Vegas” in the August 26, 2005, Las Vegas Tribune.

Chemtrails are not admitted as a threat or as existing by governments, but their existence occasionally comes out in the media. TV station KNBC Los Angeles, Calif. hosted Toxic Sky with Paul Moyer, an account of sickness of children and record amounts of barium and aluminum in the water supply after chemtrails were seen over San Bernardino.

In Aug. 2005 the Las Vegas Tribune had a two-part article detailing the chemtrails over Las Vegas, the ensuing chemtrails sickness, and previous chemtrail history from other sources. In the Las Vegas Tribune report, the U.S. Air Force on their website called chemtrails a “chemtrail hoax,” but “scientists working at Wright Patterson Air Force Base confirmed to the Ohio newspaper, Columbus Alive, that they were involved in aerial spraying experiments. One involved aluminum oxide spraying related to global warming and the other involved barium stearate and had to do with high-tech military communications.”

Individuals who have noticed health problems, die-off of livestock or crops concurrently with the appearance of chemtrails have investigated on their own, having their blood, soil, water, and atmosphere tests made to compare with the norms. A compendium of these reports both documented and anecdotal is on “Strange Days Strange Skies” online.

The documentary film What in the World Are They Spraying? produced by G. Edward Griffin, Michael Murphy, and Paul Wittenberger shows the impact on the environment of chemtrails. For instance, the snow on Mount Shasta normally has 7 parts per billion (ppb) of aluminum, but over the last four or five years it has increased to 61,000 ppb.

Soil in northern California is turning alkaline, disrupting the root systems of trees. Farmers have noted that some plants will no longer grow in Hawaii. Fishermen see fewer bugs for the fish. These are a few examples from the above documentary.

True to his specialty, Blaylock chooses to write about the neurotoxin nano-aluminum, one of the main ingredients of today’s chemtrails. He states in his article that “studies have shown that these particles pass along the olfactory neural tracts, which connect directly to the area of the brain that is not only most affected by Alzheimer’s disease, but also the earliest affected in the course of the disease.”

Aluminum nanoparticles are also very easily absorbed from the GI tract, unlike ordinary aluminum that is usually not absorbed. Because of their small size, the nanoparticles can go through the brain-blood barrier, penetrate cell membranes, and disrupt mitochondria.

Nanoparticles can accumulate in the bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes, and heart, as reported in “Manufactured Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticles Decrease Expression of Tight Junction Proteins in Brain Vasculature,” published in the Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology (December 2008). When inhaled, they inflame the lungs, bringing on asthma or other pulmonary ailments.

In his article, Blaylock predicts an “explosive increase in neurodegenerative diseases occurring in adults and the elderly in unprecedented rates as well as neurodevelopmental disorders in our children” if these cloud projects are not stopped.

The danger to children is the greatest since they are more likely to be outside. Also, they are smaller and not fully developed. Some of the advice from the Stop Spraying California website is to stay inside on chemtrail days, drink lots of water, and eat ice cream.

Chelating foods that flush toxic metals out of our systems such as chlorella and cilantro may help. And remember to keep the immune system in top shape.

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Turn Off Your Fat Switch

NOTE: Eliminating or drastically reducing delicious, all natural fruit which is high in fructose WILL make a tremendous difference in your ability to lose fat! Personally, I've found eating only 2 meals between 12pm -8pm and limiting my natural fruit intake, quickly started to melt the inches away.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Are Cancer Patients Hopes To High With Chemo?


(Reuters Health) - At least two thirds of people with advanced cancer in a new survey believed the chemotherapy they're receiving might cure them, even though the treatment is only being given to buy some time or make them comfortable.

"Their expectations are way out of line with reality," Dr. Deborah Schrag of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston told Reuters Health.

Her team reports in the New England Journal of Medicine that 69 percent who were terminally ill with lung cancer, and 81 percent with fatal colorectal cancer, did not understand that their chemotherapy was not at all likely to eliminate their tumors.

When lung cancer or colorectal cancer has spread, chemotherapy may extend survival for weeks or months at a cost of some substantial side effects.

Perhaps ironically, the patients who had the nicest things to say about their doctors' ability to communicate with them were less likely to understand the purpose of their chemotherapy than patients who had a less-favorable opinion of their communication with their physician.

"This is not about bad doctors and it's not about unintelligent patients," said Schrag. "This is a complex communication dynamic. It's hard to talk to people and tell them we can't cure your cancer" because doctors find it uncomfortable to hammer home grim news and patients don't want to believe it.

"If patients actually have unrealistic expectations of a cure from a therapy that is administered with palliative intent, we have a serious problem of miscommunication that we need to address," write Drs. Thomas Smith and Dan Longo of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in a commentary accompanying the study.
"This may explain why two months before death, half of all patients with lung cancer have not heard any of their doctors use the word 'hospice,'" they write.
TONING DOWN OPTIMISM ‘HARD'

The study "suggests we need to spend a little more time" explaining the hard facts to patients, said Dr. Hossein Borghaei, an oncologist at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, who was not involved in the research. "Medical oncologists are going to need to tone down their optimism and enthusiasm, but it's hard."

The findings are based on interviews with 1,193 patients, or their surrogates, who had been diagnosed with cancer that had spread. All were receiving chemotherapy.
"The fact that 20 to 30 percent of respondents recognized that chemotherapy was not at all likely to cure them shows that at least some patients were able to accept this reality and to acknowledge it to an interviewer," the researchers wrote.

"These are not trivial issues. Chemotherapy near the end of life is still common, does not improve survival, and is one preventable reason why 25 percent of all Medicare funds are spent in the last year of life," write Smith and Longo.

"There is a lot of harm in not having patients understand the finality of the disease," said Borghaei. Chemo drugs "are very powerful, they have a lot of side effects, the chemotherapy is going to harm you more than it helps you, and it can actually shorten your life. All of this should be taken into account."

Smith and Longo said the results are probably due, in varying degrees, to patients not being told their disease is incurable, patients not being told in a way that let them understand, patients choosing to not believe the message, or patients being too optimistic. "It is probably a combination of all four possibilities," they said.

Borghaei said the study "doesn't take into account what patients bring to the table when they are diagnosed with incurable cancer."

Many patients insist that they are going to beat the odds once they hear the news.
"What are you supposed to do, stand in front of someone with advanced disease and argue with them?" said Borghaei. "It's not productive. But I hear that all the time, especially from the younger patients."

"I think it serves as a stark reminder to physicians: just slow down, maybe take a few minutes to realize how hard this is," said Schrag. "Recognize that this is not one conversation, but typically a series of conversations to see if they've understood it, and how they're acting on it."
When a cure is extremely unlikely, "We have to make sure people have the opportunity to plan and prepare for what is much more likely to happen," she said.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Do Antibiotics Permanently Kill Off Beneficial Bacteria?


It’s an accepted concept by now that taking antibiotics in order to quell an infection disrupts the personal microbiome, the population of microorganisms that we all carry around in our guts, and which vastly outnumbers the cells that make up our bodies.

That recognition supports our understanding of Clostridium difficile disease — killing the beneficial bacteria allows C. diff room to surge and produce an overload of toxins — as well as the intense interest in establishing a research program that could demonstrate experimentally whether the vast industry producing probiotic products is doing what it purports to do.

But implicit in that concept is the expectation that, after a while — after a course of antibiotics ends — the gut flora repopulate and their natural balance returns.

What if that expectation were wrong?

In a provocative editorial published this week in Nature, Martin Blaser of New York University’s Langone Medical Center argues that antibiotics’ impact on gut bacteria is permanent — and so serious in its long-term consequences that medicine should consider whether to restrict antibiotic prescribing to pregnant women and young children.
Early evidence from my lab and others hints that, sometimes, our friendly flora never fully recover. These long-term changes to the beneficial bacteria within people’s bodies may even increase our susceptibility to infections and disease. Overuse of antibiotics could be fuelling the dramatic increase in conditions such as obesity, type 1 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, allergies and asthma, which have more than doubled in many populations.
Among the findings he cites in support: The population-level observation that the incidence of infection with H. pylori, the bacterial cause of gastric ulcers, has declined over decades just as the incidence of esophageal cancer has risen. In addition, he offers his own research group’s observation that children who don’t acquire H. pylori are at greater risk of developing allergy and asthma, and their findings that eradicating H. pylori affects the production of the two hormones, ghrelin and leptin, that play a role in weight gain.

Are antibiotics to blame for the decline in H.pylori? Blaser points out that the organism is vulnerable to the same antibiotics that are prescribed to children for ear infections and colds — and that children routinely receive up to 20 courses of antibiotics before they reach adulthood. In addition, he says, one-third to one-half of women in the industrialized world receive antibiotics during pregnancy.

 Couple that with the increasingly large percentage of children born by Caesarean section — who by skipping their trip through the birth canal miss their first exposure to friendly bacteria — and the result, he says, is that “each generation… could be beginning life with a smaller endowment of ancient microbes than the last.”

Finally, he points to evidence that antibiotic use permanently changes the composition of the gut microbiome, altering the balance of bacterial species and maintaining resistant bacteria in the gut.

The function and influence of the microbiome — in the gut, on the skin and everywhere in the body — is a huge research issue right now, with the founding by the National Institutes of Health of the Human Microbiome Project, not to mention continuing debates over the accuracy of the “hygiene hypothesis” and speculation that altering gut flora could influence everything from obesity to depression.

 This proposal dovetails with those inquiries — and also (you knew I had to get there eventually) with ongoing concern about antibiotic over-use encouraging the emergence of resistant organisms.

It’s understood that antibiotics are already over-prescribed in adults and children; reining in over-prescribing is one of the most difficult tasks in controlling the spread of superbugs. This new hypothesis, Blaser says, ought to put more force behind the push to reduce antibiotic overuse, especially in early life:
We urgently need to investigate this possibility. And, even before we understand the full scope, there is action we should take.
Cite: Blaser MJ. Stop the killing of beneficial bacteria. Nature 476, 393–394 (25 August 2011). doi:10.1038/476393a


NOTE:


Pathogenic Bacteria and Antibiotics:

In an attempt to destroy all bacterial infections antibiotics were created, however they can not selectively kill only the bad bacteria.  Antibiotics are indiscriminate, they kill off the weaker bacteria too, often this is the beneficial bacterial that your body needs to keep the more harmful bacteria in check.

When the beneficial bacteria is destroyed this enables the antibiotic resistant bacteria to replicate without competition from the beneficial bacterial.

Whatever was making you sick before is still bothering you, but now you are also faced with antibiotic risks and the risks of long term antibiotic use.   The antibiotics have caused an imbalance to your body because the antibiotics have also killed the friendly bacteria, creating a bacterial imbalance.

Eventually the more pathogenic bacteria end up resistant to antibiotics.  When normal antibiotic use doesn't completely destroy the bacterial infection, then your body is really out of balance.

Bacteria are a highly intelligent and adaptable life form, like all life forms their goal is to survive.

Some bacteria are naturally immune to antibiotics and others quickly adapt a resistance in order to survive.

Through pharmaceutical use we have created highly adaptable, antibiotic resistant bacteria, they do this through evolutionary trial and error.



Bacteria create new generations 500,000 faster than humans
replicating every 20 minutes.

The pathogenic bacteria become stronger and more resistance to an increasing number of antibiotics, more potent, more dangerous and creating body imbalances that are more difficult to restore.


Learn more:  http://www.natural-health-home-remedies.com/bacteria.html