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What is Chelation Therapy?
Chelation Therapy was first used during world war one by the British as a result of arsenic based poison gas used indescrimitively in that war. An organic dithio compound was used to bond with the arsenic in the bloodstream and exiting the body through the kidneys and liver. This therapy reportedly had severe side effects.
During world war two the United States military used chelation therapy on navy personnel who acquired lead poisoning from paint used on navy vessels. EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid a natural amino acid) was used as the chelation agent. Later in the 1960’s the chelation agent of choice was DMSA (Dimercaptosuccinic acid is also called succimer and is sold under the brand name Chemet.) for treating arsenic, mercury and lead poisoning.
As with all chelation agents and there are many the underlying purpose and the end result is a chemical bond with metal ions in the bloodstream making the ions less chemically active resulting in a water-soluble solution that is then naturally eliminated via the bloodstream.
Chelation therapy is now widely used to treat toxic metal poisoning. EDTA chelation, which is USDA (United States Drug Administration), approved is the chelation agent most used by our medical industry.
Chelation therapy can be introduced into the body intramuscularly, orally, or intravenously.
As shown chelation therapy is nothing new and has been used extensively throughout the world by many nations including U.S.A., Great Briton, and Russia (Soviet Union). Also conventional medicine has and continues to use chelation therapy albeit on a limited basis.
Chelation Therapy and Alternative Medicine:
I believe it is fair to say that conventional medicine and alternative medicine have been at odds for many years for various reasons and too many to mention here. Having said that both sides of medicine use chelation therapy, the difference is in the agent used. Alternative medicine uses natural agents found in herbs, vitamins, minerals and natural sources. This includes EDTA, which is in fact the standard FDA approved chelation agent used for treating lead, mercury, aluminum, and cadmium poisoning.
Of course there are no patents on naturally found agents such as EDTA thus drug companies have little interest in promoting this type of health procedure. EDTA is the chelation agent most often used by alternative medical practitioners although there are many other agents also used none of which are approved by the FDA.
Alternative medicine uses chelation therapy for a variety of ailments but primarily for treating cardio vascular disease most notably cleansing of arteries.
The U.S National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine is presently conducting a trial of efficacy concerning alternative medicine chelation agents and will be completed in 2009. The FDA and traditional medical institutions such as the American Heart Association are inalterably opposed to this trial calling it “dangerous and unethical”.
Another controversial use of chelation in the alternative medicine world is for treating children with Autism. The theory is that heavy metals in the bloodstream may inniate symptoms of Autism. Recently the alternative medicine community has proposed a link to Thiomersal a vaccine preservative, which contains mercury as a possible if not probable ‘switch’ to igniting Autisim. The traditional medical industry is quick to point out that there is no scientific data to support the claims. Mercury is indisputably a heavy metal that creates havoc in the bloodstream. Thimerosoal the mercury poisoning drug has now been removed from ‘most’ childhood immunizations.
As you would expect, the alternative medicine community cites positive reports from some parents with Autistic children who have participated in some form of chelation therapy. Conversely traditional medicine debunks the use of chelation therapy for treating Autism and points to two (2) children dying due to hypocalemia and cardiac arrest after being administered chelation therapy. Traditional critics also say that prolonged use of some chelation agents may cause liver damage, kidney problems, blood pressure drops, and other health risks. However it is important to note that there is no mention of the risks or side effects of prescription drugs and surgical procedures traditional medicine routinely use in treating patients.
Comparatively new to chelation therapy is its use for treating some cancers. Proclaimed by some as a last hope therapy, this is highly controversial and not without critics on both sides of the proverbial fence. There have been ‘favorable reports’ of “miraculous” reductions in cancer cells and shrinkage of cancerous tumors in some patients. No studies have been conducted to legitimize these claims. The alternative medicine world relays heavily on personal testimonies from individual patients, whereby traditionalists conduct studies and trials often funded by drug companies or institutions that have a vested interest in a favorable outcome.
In Conclusion:
The medical world has begun a paradigm shift from traditional to alternative medicine. Chelation therapy has its pros and cons but undeniably it is now more then ever a viable alternative to surgery and traditional drug prescriptions. Chelation therapy should only be administered by a licensed medical practitioner and only after a thorough physical. Before deciding on any method of treatment for any ailment it is wise to seek out an abundant amount of information and points of view.
As a personal testimony, I have used oral chelation for many years as a form of preventative medicine since heart disease is prevalent in my family, with no apparent side effects. In my opinion chelation therapy is an effect alternative to surgery and is an effective choice in preventing cardiovascular disease by boosting your immune system and effectively cleansing the arteries. Always use any ‘natural supplement’ in moderation and always check with a reputable licensed natural practitioner before implementing any natural supplement regiment. Additionally be sure to consult with your pharmacist concerning interactions with prescription drugs.
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How Can I Control Stress?
Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Stress is a major contributor to many maladies that inflict us humans. Day after day we drudge on worrying about every imaginable thing some so trivial that it’s just plain stupid.
Humans are the only earthly animal that has such a problem.(as far as we know!) Other animals go about go about their business undaunted of stressful situations. We are seemingly addicted to stress. Stress has literally taken over our lives. It is as if we fuel our bodies on a daily basis with stress. Seems ridiculous doesn’t it, but you know exactly what I’m talking about, we thrive on everyday stress. Well if we thrive on it why eliminate it; what’s the point? The point is stress is a killer, it’s out to get you, throw you to the ground and stomp all over you.
Stress is a killer
Talk to any doctor and they will tell you unequivocally that stress damages the body immeasurably in countless ways. Stress is the silent killer that infiltrates and then does it’s damage overtime. Okay you know you are stressful and you don’t like it one bit but how in the world can we eliminate something that is so much of our life? You don’t eliminate stress you control stress. A certain amount of stress is actually good for you, it produces a sense of urgency, a motivation, a driving force. Stress can be compared to an adrenaline rush in as much they both create a burst of energy a sense of urgency. The trick is to harness stress so it works for you not against you.
What is Stress?
Stress is negative energy (worry), bottled up inside with no where to go. Most stress is self-induced. We are a fast paced society, continually trying to go faster. For example, if a speed limit is set at 55-mph invariably most drivers will push the limit and go at least 10-mph faster. It is our nature to push the limit. We are driven to exceed, succeed, and proceed. Unfortunately stress is a part of our everyday lives so we need to deal with it.
Controlling Stress
People make things more difficult then need be. Life needn’t be complicated. Simple is better. Uncomplicate your life. Set a rule of priorities for your day to day life. Make these priorities realistic, simple, uncomplicated. Know your limitations don’t over extend abilities.
Here are some things that can help you reduce stress.
1.Start your day earlier then you normally would. Allow yourself plenty of time to get ready for work.
2.Eat a sensible breakfast allowing enough time to actually relax and enjoy breakfast.
3.Don’t watch the doom and gloom news while eating breakfast start the day on a positive note.
4.Allow a lot of time to comfortably get to work and if your driving listen to some good music and drive within the speed limit.
5.Limit your caffeine intake to one cup of coffee in the morning and 3 cups total for the day.
6.Avoid refined sugar foods such as doughnuts, processed cereals, pop tarts etc.
7.Don’t drink any soft drinks for are loaded with sugar.
8.Stop with all the competition with co-workers do your job to the best of your ability and good things will happen.
9.Be happy for others who succeed in their endeavors.
10.Drink plenty of clean unpolluted spring water. Water naturally detoxifies the body.
11.If possible take a short nap. I personally nap half an hour after my half-hour lunch.
12.Set realistic goals. Too many people try to accomplish too much too quickly. Most good things worth striving for require a lot of nurturing.
13.Stop worrying about things that are out of your control. 90% of everyday concerns are about stuff you can’t do a wit to change.
14.If a particularly stressful moment or situation occurs take a deep breath (or many) reflect on a pleasant memory and then proceed slowly, deliberately, maintaining control.
15.Set time aside everyday for ‘family talk’ where family members can express their thoughts, problems and communicate one to another. This is a solid ’stress buster’.
16.Eat nutrious foods high in vitamins and minerals low in calories. Good food delivers optimum health thus reducing stress.
17.Live within your means don’t buy things you know you can’t afford.
18.Only use credit cards for emergencies and plan on paying dept in full each month.
19.Don’t try to keep up with what others have, (I.e. neighbors, family, and friends.) be happy for them, don’t resent what they have.
20.Ground your life in faith, family, and friends. Express your love for the important people in your life openly, let them know how you feel about them without any expectations.
21.Laugh often, smile alot.
22.Exercise moderately at least 3 times a week.
23.Sleep a sound 8 hours every night this alone will reduce stress dramatically.
24.Finally accept the fact that life is unpredictable and we all will be thrown a curve ball now and then that may flatten us for a time. Find solace in your faith and know that things will get better and always think highly of yourself.
Stress can be controlled however you must take it seriously and make a plan of action. The silent killer is lurking just below the surface and it wants to destroy you. Are you up for the challenge?
What we can learn From the Amish Work Ethic
I grew up in the Amish, Mennonite country of south central Pennsylvania. Rolling hills with fertile ground made for excellent farming.
Sundays after church my dad would get us all in the car for a Sunday drive that would invariably take us into the heart of Lancaster county…Amish country.
Horse and buggies could be seen to and from Sunday go to church meeting houses, slowing up traffic along the way although we never seemed to mind. This is the day the Amish and Mennonites ‘rested’ from a long hard workweek. Having lived near these hardy people throughout my childhood I knew even Sundays were ‘busy days’ with little rest.
Work starts early at a Amish household with kids and adults up before the sun to do chores and ‘get things done’. Breakfast comes later with a lot of eggs, scrapple, sausage, and bread. After the early work is complete and breakfast is eaten the children are off to school and the adults start the serious work of plowing and threshing and seeding. No tractors or electric will be found at an Amish household only horses with steel implements being pulled behind them. The women work tirelessly minding the garden with the ‘little ones’ helping too. Housework never ends from sunrise to sunset with rest coming infrequently. It is a long arduous day of work and precious little else.
The Amish cherish family and their way of life and give constant prayers and thanks to God. Most Amish families are large with deep-rooted beliefs grounded in strong moral and ethical values. If you spend anytime with the Amish you will quickly realize how physically fit they are. Hard work pays a good dividend. Without all the creature comforts of ‘our society’ the Amish thrive at work, with family and God.
We can learn from the Amish and Mennonites in as much ‘life principles’ grounded in ethical guidelines produces an environment for a strong body and mind.
I’m happy living in my Internet high tech world and am not ready to take a step back in time as the Amish now live but I do have an admiration for their lifestyle. Most of us could use some hard physical work rather then spending tedious, monadic time at the gym or at home on that dreaded treadmill. Hard work produces something tangible a real accomplishment and your body in turn becomes fit.
I now live far from my childhood home but I never did venture far from the Amish conviction that ‘Hard work is good for the soul…and body’.
Add Years To Your Life With Good Posture
Remember when mom would insist time and time again to “sit up straight” or someday you would be sorry if you didn’t.
Well as it turns out mom was more right then she new. Studies show good posture can add significant years to your life and improve your overall health.
The human body structure is built ’straight up’ from head to toe. As we age the tendency to ’slouch’ or bend over increases, largely because we are lazy and overweight. Obesity in the U.S.A. is rampant and is a leading cause and effect for many diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.
If we maintain good posture throughout our lives we have many good things going for us.
1.Our skeletal alignment will stay straight, our height will remain as we were in our early twenties.
2.We will have a healthier circulatory system since veins and arteries will be free of increased fat and sagging muscles and tissue caused by collapsing weight upon them.
3.Our hearts will be free to pump with less stress and pressure thus allowing the brain to have a solid stream of blood flowing to it increasing brain functionality.
4.Standing and sitting upright tightens muscles naturally increasing body tone allowing internal organs to ’stay’ in their proper alignment without sagging, allowing organs to work optimally.
5.Skin, our largest organ, will stay tighter and firmer with less wrinkles as we grow older.
6.Lastly, you will have greater self-esteem. You will feel good about your appearance. Friends and family will comment on how young you look. Outwardly you look great and internally organs are working as God intended. Life is good!
Little did mom know that a simple insistent cry, “Gary stand up straight” would have such an impact on my life. Thanks mom!
Alternative Medicine vs. Conventional Medicine
Conventional Medicine:
Our current medical “industry” subscribes to us getting a disease, becoming sick, going to a doctor, getting Diagnosed, taking our prescribed medication and if deemed necessary have an operation. Conventional treatments of a disease are simply a Band-Aid. We as a society have bought hook line and sinker into conventional wisdom that a medical doctor is the last word, they know what is best for us, and they are concerned about our best interest. There are doctors who are genuinely involved in your best interest but they are few. Prescription drugs are made man poisons that habitually addict us to there use. Furthermore, prescription drugs prevent our bodies from functioning properly. Side effects from pharmaceutical drugs are devastating, debilitating, and sometimes deadly. Approximately 180,000 Americans die {killed} in hospitals every year by some doctors. Many of these deaths happen because drugs were prescribed because a lack of understanding of specific patient needs. They were killed because it is so easy and personally lucrative for doctors to prescribe, prescribe, and prescribe!
Alternative Medicine:
Alternative medicine is nothing new in fact it is as old as mankind. In fact it originated with our very existence on this earth. That’s right God gave us all we need to be healthy in all earth’s resources and in our very own immune system in our gloriously designed bodies. In some cultures alternative medicine is not only practiced but also deeply imbedded in generations of respectability. Western medicine reacts with much disdain against the use of “natural methods” to improve and sustain good health. Furthermore there is an exhorted effort by “big drugs” to shut the door on the natural supplement industry. With that said alternative medicine is now growing in popularity thanks to many bold natural nutritionists, holistic practitioners and the like. People are being educated through the web and by authors who are speaking out loud and clear. It has become clear that living a vibrant healthy lifestyle with good nutritious food, clean water, plenty of sunshine, and pure natural supplements will go a long way in keeping you healthy for a long time. If you get sick get more then one diagnosis and seek all natural supplements to heal your body.
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Mercury fillings may affect you and dentist’s health
Dentists are more likely to encounter loss of memory and kidney ailments possibly due to long term exposure to the mercury that is found in some tooth fillings.
Glasgow Royal Infirmary in Scotland conducted a study involving about 180 dentists and concludedThat upward to 4 times the average level of the mineral mercury was found in their nails and in their urine.Additionally the dentists were likely to have kidney conditions and problems with loss of memory.
Dr. Ewan Macdonald noted in a report in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine”These differences could not be directly attributed to their exposure to mercury, but as mercury exposure at higher levels is known to cause similar health effects an association cannot be ruled out.” He added, “We found several differences in the health and cognitive functioning between our dentists and the control group.”
The use of mercury in tooth fillings has been a common practice for more then a century.It is feared that mercury is giving off poisonous vapors that are specifically harming anyone who has such a filling and the dentists treating a patient.
It is theorized that mercury fillings may be affecting the kidneys and other major organs and also there is concern of neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
The researchers in Glasgow compared mercury levels in urine, hair and nail samples, and the results of psychomotor skills, response times, word recall and health problems of the 180 dentists and an equal number of volunteers.
Dental associations say the use of mercury in tooth fillings is safe when mixed with other metals and that there are no scientific studies to prove a link between the mercury filling and health problems.
Dental patients who are concerned with the possible ill affects of mercury fillings can visit http://www.naturaldentistry.org/ The Institute for Nutritional Dentistry and http://www.holisticdental.org/ Holistic Dental.
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Drug Companies Are Making Us Sick?
How is this possible? What does this say for our society when the very people that are deemed our protectors are in fact our benefactors in our demise?
Drug Companies is a business and businesses of any kind have one ultimate goal and that is to make as much money as they can. Corporations have executive officers that report to board members and board members have to answer to stock holders who are only interested in making a profit from their investment.Drug companies are made up of wonderful people, friends, and neighbors who go to work and earn a living. I believe the vast majority of these employees are sincere hard working people who do their job thinking they make a difference. God Bless them! I believe the greed comes from the top.
The pressure is tremendous to make as large a profit as possible to make everyone happy and wealthy. There is no other reason to be in business if not to make money, a lot of money. Now why should we think pharmaceutical drug companies are any different? They are not any different! The fact of the matter is big drugs are interested in their best interest. Am I saying that there is a conspiracy? No not a conspiracy a fact of life, the pursuit of more and more money with the pressure to bare will inevitably bring out the worst in all of us. So we should not be surprised that pharmaceutical drug companies have their best interest as a top priority.
We are inundated with TV commercials by big drugs directed at you and me. Now the question is why would the drug companies go directly to us instead of placing their money elsewhere? Well the answer is rather simple and that is our society is all about me. The drug companies know this. They know that we are self absorbed in ourselves in how we look and how we feel. Direct marketing to the consumer is an obvious and necessary extension to grab more of our money.
Remember drug companies have a vested interest and that is to make a lot of money. Millions upon millions upon millions are spent to get you to ask your doctor to prescribe their drug to you. Are they really that much concerned about your good health? If in fact drug companies were truly concerned with keeping you healthy, wouldn’t they be taking all that advertising money and putting it back into research?
If you have read any of my other articles you know that I am inalterably opposed to drugs of any kind may they be prescribed or over the counter. I sincerely believe drugs poison our bodies and make us sick. Drugs mask the underlying disease and may temporarily ease the symptoms but do little else except to add more pain and suffering with side affects. Men made drugs are not natural substances found anywhere in our bodies. In fact they are foreign and detrimental to good health. Only naturally found supplements can naturally heal the body.
Have you noticed drug companies are not in the business to cure a disease? Why is that? There is no money in eradicating a disease, where would that leave the drug companies? OUT OF BUSINESS! If our best interest is the trust of drug company’s existence well show me the cures not more drugs.
The drug industry sees it differently. They argue that the tremendous amount of money budgeted toward advertising is necessary to educate the public. Educate for what end?
Ironically I don’t blame drug companies for their tactics; any business has the right to make as much money they can that’s the American way. I blame the American public for not educating themselves properly. We as a society need to think for ourselves. There is medicalization of our society, we pop a pill for practically anything and visit emergency rooms for relative minor things. Grab holds of your life and take command!
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China Drugs Beware!
If you think you are taking safe drugs (THINK AGAIN). We are now finding out that allot of our pharmaceutical drugs are manufactured outside the U.S., many from China. So where are the rigorous quality control requirements. I would not take drugs made in China of course I would not take drugs at all. Every time you take a drug ask (Where is this drug being manufactured) and remember this is your body and you have the right to know. Let me ask you one question, If prescription drugs are so good, where are all the healthy drug takers? Look around you there are over 13,000 different drugs on the market and no one is getting healed, they just keep popping pills and lining the pockets of Big Pharma . Read this article it will make you sick but do not take drugs to feel better. China Drugs Beware!
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Degenerative joint disease
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Neuromuscular damage, it is possible to have nerve damage
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to amputation.Loosening of the prosthesis ,this complication could
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require reoperation to replace the loose pieces.Abnormal
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require replacement. Stiffness, do to excessive scar tissue can form
in the healing process and make the knee rather stiff. If this
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difficult, the risks are greater than with the first operation.
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