The Health Blog

PROTECTING YOURSELF AGAINST COMMON POISONS: STRONTIUM 90

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:27:13 +0000

World-wide nuclear tests and explosions have now contaminated the whole globe with toxic Strontium 90. Scientists say that everyone has already dangerous amounts of radioactive Strontium 90 in their bones. It stays in the body throughout the lifetime, emitting radioactive rays, like x-rays.

Anemia, leukemia, sarcoma of the bones (bone cancer) and many other cancers are believed to be caused by Strontium 90.

Protection

1. Algin. Extracted from giant brown Pacific kelp, this non-toxic substance can effectively remove radioactive Strontium 90 from the body. Algin can be used in the daily diet instead of such thickening agents as gelatin or cornstarch, or mixed with milk or other drinks.

2. Pectin. It binds radioactive Strontium in the intestines and reduces its absorption and deposition in the skeleton. Only the pectin derived from sunflowers was found effective. Eat plenty of raw sunflower seeds daily.

3. Calcium and magnesium. Both help your body to pass off Strontium 90. When selecting your mineral supplement, make sure it is not made from American animal bones which contain large amounts of Strontium. The best bone meal supplements are made from South American bones, which are not so contaminated. Bone meal with bone-marrow is the best. Deep-mined mineral supplements, such as dolomite and others, are advisable. Dr. Linus Pauling says that heavy calcium supplementation will reduce strontium absorption by 50 percent.

4. Yogurt and other soured milks help to neutralize the radioactive chemicals in the intestines and excrete them safety from the body. Up to 1 quart a day of soured milk can be consumed.

5. B-complex vitamins, or Brewer’s yeast. It has been shown in animal studies that brewer’s yeast affords protection against radiation.

6. Kelp. Sodium alginate in kelp reduces absorption of Strontium 90 by 50 to 80 percent. Take 1 to 2 tsp. of granules daily, or 5 to 10 tablets.

7. Lecithin. Lecithin in daily diet can counteract the effects of radiation.

8. The following vitamins can help to guard against radiation toxicity: E, C, and B-complex.

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GENERAL HEALTH

PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL REST

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:26:43 +0000

There have been few surgical classics. Mr. Hilton, of Guy’s Hospital, London, England, wrote one about a century ago on The Therapeutic Influence of Rest and the Diagnostic Value of Pain. He pictured the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, the first wound, and resulting dismay; and, “the original promptings of nature to man for the alleviation of his altered condition. Pain was made the prime agent. Under injury, pain suggested the necessity of, and, indeed, compelled him to seek for, rest.”

His thesis was that nature could heal the injuries caused by wounds or disease only when the affected part was allowed to rest. And by rest he did not necessarily mean lying in bed or sitting in a chair. He spoke of physiological rest. A piece of dirt lodges under the eyelid and soon there is a conjunctivitis. Nature cannot cure this as long as there is no rest for the tissues because of irritation. Remove the dirt and rest will soon effect a cure even without silver nitrate.

Compound fractures in recent years have been treated by good cleaning, and putting up the affected parts in plaster casts where they cannot be disturbed by dressings or movements. This does not mean that the patient cannot tire himself out by traveling about on crutches. The patient with appendicitis gets physiological rest when the sick organ is taken out. Even a male can appreciate that a woman who was pregnant has achieved physiological rest when her constant companion of nine months is safely in the nursery.

On the other hand sometimes physical rest is needed. A physician caring for a rheumatic fever case may feel that he is putting extra work on the heart by allowing the patient to move about. He may doubt that this is compensated for by the aid to circulation that muscular activity gives. The liver is the largest organ of the body with a multitude of chores to do. Extra activity on the patient’s part undoubtedly increases these chores. So Dr. Chester Jones, of the Massachusetts General Hospital, speaking to us a few years ago on liver diseases, stressed, next to diet, the importance of physical rest in treating these conditions. At about the same time Dr. Thorndike, of the same institution, depicted to us the dangers of staying quietly in bed. His patients were started walking within twenty-four hours of abdominal operations, women were up and about forty-eight hours after childbirth, and even people with heart trouble were let out of bed promptly.

How do we explain these apparently divergent views emanating from this shrine of Aesculapius? First we must remember the human propensity to swing upon a pendulum, and that in nearly all matters we go in cycles from one extreme to another. A short generation ago obstetrical patients spent several weeks of convalescence in bed, especially if they were well-to-do and could afford the care. The modern shortage of hospital beds and the general enthusiasm for acceleration programs have tended to demonstrate that this is not at all necessary. But analysis may show that the two methods are not so divergent in results when considered from Mr. Hilton’s point of view.

Mr. Hilton had a patient who broke his leg and when put to bed developed jaundice. So Mr. Hilton reasoned as follows, I believe the congested liver which leads to the jaundice results from the forced rest to which the liver is subjected by the recumbent position; the circulation through the organ up to the period of the accident having been aided by active respiration and ordinary exercise. The withdrawal of these leads to congestion of the liver and hence jaundice.” It may well be that when a patient is too inactive and the circulation slows down, actual physiological rest is thus lost.

We all believe in physiological rest. In each case we must decide whether complete bodily rest will give this. As Hippocrates said in his first aphorism, “Decision is difficult.”

Although we will all accept rest as beneficent – and possibly my arguments may have produced a grumbling acceptance of pain – nevertheless it is with diffidence that I now ask you to include inflammation in this blessed category of protective devices. The word is, of course, closely related to inflammable, and refers to what Celsus, a hundred years after Christ, called the first of the four cardinal signs of inflammation: calor, rubor, tumor, and dolor (heat, redness, swelling, and pain).

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GENERAL HEALTH

YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH/EYE DISORDERS: OBJECT IN THE EYE

admin — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:18:46 +0000

If you suspect that something like a piece of dirt or an insect has entered your child’s eye, try washing out the eye first by rinsing it thoroughly with water. With your child lying down, hold a cup filled with water just above the eye and pour it into the eye. Repeat this for several minutes, and encourage your child to blink a lot while you are doing it. Examine the eye carefully to see if the object has been dislodged, checking inside both upper and lower lids. If you can still see the object try to remove it very carefully with a moistened cotton swab. If unsuccessful after a couple of tries, cover the eye with a gauze pad and see your doctor immediately. If you cannot see anything in the eye, but your child still complains that there is something in it, see your doctor.

Splinters of glass or metal in the eye require first aid and immediate medical attention.

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LEAVING YOUR CHILDREN SOMETHING TO LOVE BY/SOME ANSWERS TO THESE MISASSUMPTIONS REGARDING SEXUALITY: THEY SAID YOU COULD END UP PREGNANT IF YOU START KISSING AND STUFF AND DON’T HAVE PROTECTION

admin — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:39:15 +0000

In school they taught us to always have contraception available. They said you could end up pregnant if you start kissing and stuff and don’t have protection.

FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY

Being old enough to have sex means being old enough to be totally! responsible for yourself and your behaviors. That includes not having children if you don’t want or can’t handle them. If you are not ready for children, you are not ready for intercourse. But don’t think that just because you kiss and are feeling romantic that you should! automatically think of intercourse and contraception. I tell all of the young people I talk to that they should not have intercourse until they are married. Plain and simple, just don’t do it. Touch, hold kiss, and love, but no intercourse. If you have learned a lot about contraception, you are really far ahead because that’s very important knowledge. If you have learned that you must or almost automatically will have intercourse because you are a sexual person,! you have learned the wrong lesson. Such sex should not mean intercourse. No matter what you hear, self-control is just as important as birth control, and contraception never replaces self- and partner responsibility. Saying no is an excellent contraceptive.

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YOUR MARITAL HEALTH/WHY HUSBANDS DON’T HAVE ORGASM: MR. MYTH – THE FIRM-RULE-OF-SEX MYTH

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:24:55 +0000

I used to be so stiff, like a stick. Now I’m sort of stiff and sort of limp, too. I’m not hard like I used to be.

HUSBAND

If there is one Mr. Myth that has caused more trouble for men and women than any other, it may be the myth that an immediate, long-lasting erection is the key to sexual fulfillment. Men have lied about their erections, worried about them, exaggerated about them, made jokes about them, mocked other men about them, celebrated and magnified them in all forms of art, and given them all types of names.

The medical establishment has accepted this orientation. New implants are now available. There is now an injection that causes temporary erection. Firm penises are becoming a major industry. Urologists who once ignored or dismissed the sexual concerns of their male patients now find it financially wise to keep up to date on keeping men up.

The penis is more sensitive when it is flaccid. Erections were designed in our evolution to allow for quick and easy insertion of the penis for conception, not for pleasure. The blood that engorges the penis to firm it also renders it somewhat less generally sensitive except in certain specific areas. Erections are actually only neurological reflexes that have little to do with complete sexual fulfillment. They have little to do with fertility, with psychasm, or even with all types of orgasm. Our attitudes about erection have become more rigid than the organ itself can ever be.

Erections do not signal arousal or interest and can be present when there is no sexual interest at all. Erections are reflexes, not only to our thoughts and feelings, but also to aggression and even bladder pressure

Men who fail to have “erections” are sometimes called “impotent.” A diabetic man came to me, stating, “I have absolutely no erection. Well, maybe just a little, but nothing to write home about. My doctor wants me to have special tubes put in or maybe a harness-type thing to hold it up.” Following several weeks of counseling with his wife present (the wife had never been consulted by the physician), he stated, “Now I don’t know why I was so fixated on that. I’m having more fun than ever.” The wife added, “Me, too. And you know what? You are more erect now.”

“Really?” questioned the husband. “I never really noticed.”

Physicians have believed for years that diabetes, blood pressure medications, and other situations can “destroy sexual response.” This is not true. Many things affect circulation to the penis, but firmness is only one and a relatively insignificant dimension of sexual interaction.

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TRUE HEALING – PRACTICAL ADVICE: 7-TH DAY OF FASTING AND 8-14 DAY OF FASTING

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:23:25 +0000

7-th day of fasting

In my experience, this is the most difficult day. Some people may experience such difficulties on 4-th or 5-th day of fasting. Your body enters into a higher level of purification. Everything which was easy to dispose is already gone. Now your body is getting ready to expel toxic deposits which are much more difficult to metabolise, and usually are more toxic too.

Your best strategy is to perform an enema in the morning (or in the evening of the previous day) and increase the intake of water during the day. Depending upon how you feel, you may have to perform another enema in the evening. It is not only the quantity of the waste in the bowels that is now important. The stuff in your intestines is now extremely toxic, and you want to flush it, thereby minimising the chance of the secondary absorption. Try to use pure water to make the enema solution.

8-14 day of fasting

No food. Water only. You should feel great. Your body just got rid of a huge amount of the most urgent waste deposit during previous days. Your natural instincts and healing have been awakened.

Go to work as usual.

If you feel that lack of food is indeed making you quite uncomfortable, you can add a teaspoon of natural honey to your water two or three times a day. Notice how little is required to restore complete comfort of your body and mind.

Use the increased efficiency of your mind to do some useful creative work. It is not uncommon to write an article or even a book in just a few days.

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MENIERE’S DISEASE – DESCRIPTION

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:45:26 +0000

Prosper Meniere, a physician to the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb in Paris described the condition that bears his name in 1861.

This is a disorder which affects the organ of balance located close to the inner ear. Twelve pair of nerves arise direct from the brain rather than the spinal cord and control structures mostly in the head and neck.

The eighth cranial nerve consists of two separate parts, the auditory and the vestibular.

These differ in their function and in the area of the brain to which they are connected.

The end organs, that of hearing and balance, lie close together but have separate functions.

True Meniere’s disease involves balance and hearing.

There are paroxysms or sudden attacks of vertigo or giddiness associated with a progressive deafness and tinnitus or ringing in the ears.

Meniere’s syndrome is a term applied to periodic attacks or vertigo without tinnitus.

The cause of this disease is unknown but is believed to be a degenerative process.

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CANNABIS – INTRODUCTION

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 07:55:39 +0000

Cannabis has been used as a social drug for as long as alcohol.

It found a place in medicine as a sedative and mild pain reliever but was abandoned because its behavioral effect was so unreliable.

Those who advocate its use claim it is less dangerous than alcohol and say that there is not yet enough scientific evidence to prove its dangers.

That isn’t true. The active chemical in cannabis is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The dried leaves, the stems, flowers or resin may be used.

Marijuana is the weakest form of cannabis. It is usually smoked. The other stronger forms of cannabis are also usually smoked, often with tobacco.

Most people who try it for the first time experience little effect. Some may feel giddy or even vomit. A few may feel light-headed with tingling of the hands and feet. This may be followed by a feeling of euphoria.

It usually takes about five marijuana cigarettes (reefers or joints), smoked all at once or over a week or so, to raise the level in the body sufficiently to experience a “high”. The drug is stored in the body in fat and is slowly excreted. Sixty per cent may still be present in the body after a week and 10 per cent after 48 days.

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ENDOMETRIOSIS DIET: THE GOOD OILS

admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:03:07 +0000

Although no conclusive data exists yet, many doctors and nutritionists feel they are going in the right direction by recommending limited intake of arachidonic add and supplements of gamma-linolenic add, or GLA, to women with endometriosis.

Arachidonic add is an essential fatty acid that is linked to inflammatory conditions, as is the case with endometriosis. What does this mean to you? Inflammation is often mediated by prostaglandins. Knowing this, many doctors are suggesting to patients that they eliminate foods containing this add, which is found in dietary sources of saturated fat, such as butter, animal and organ meats, and lard. It is also possible to alter the balance of arachidonic add by taking another oil to counteract its effect. This is where linolenic acid comes in.

Found in sources as diverse as mother’s milk and cold-pressed safflower oil, gamma-linolenic add, or GLA, is one of the body’s more essential fatty adds. It is most important for the woman with endometriosis, both as a possible pain inhibitor and as an immune system strengthener.

GLA is made in the body from a conversion of vitamin F, or linolenic add, which is the basis of prostaglandins. Prostaglandins E2 and F2 Alpha have been linked to uterine contractions producing menstrual cramps, while GLA, called prostaglandin El, may offset some of the worse symptoms of the opposing prostaglandins. In a number of studies, it was also found to oppose the constriction of blood vessels, prevent blood dots, and prevent cholesterol buildup in the arteries. It has also been tried experimentally to help alcoholics over their addiction and to reduce some of the irritation of eczema.

Suggestions for daily intake: Take one to two tablespoons of safflower, walnut, or nutritional linseed oil (not the commercial variety used for varnishes) a day, preferably on a fresh tossed salad, flavored with herbs. Follow with a tablet of vitamin E to help absorption. GLA is also available as evening primrose oil—cither the essence of oil or in 500-mg tablets. You should be aware that this oil is very costly (approximately thirty dollars tor 180 tablets) and may not be much more effective than a daily salad with the above-mentioned oils.

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SKIN CARE: SUN AND SOLARIUM DAMAGE – SKIN TYPE

admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:38:21 +0000

The susceptibility to sun-induced damage also depends on one’s skin type. This is largely governed by the amount of pigment in the skin, and one’s ancestry. Those individuals with a darker skin have more protection than those with a fair skin. Similarly, those with skins that tan easily are more protected than those who burn rather than tan. Races with a black or brown akin are much less likely to suffer from sunlight-induced problems than the Caucasians, with their light-coloured skin; they are certainly not exempt, however, from the deleterious effects of prolonged sun exposure.

Ones ethnic origins therefore are most important in assessing the skin’s response to prolonged sun exposure. People of Celtic origin are statistically much more prone to irreversible sun damage. These tight-complexioned people, who are descendants of the Celtic natives of Britain. Scotland. Ireland and northern France, appear to have some biological defect which interferes with normal pigment production and the repair of sun-induced damage. Even amongst Celts, though, those who are blue-eyed and have a lighter complexion, red or blond hair and freckled skin, are more susceptible to sun damage than darker individuals of the same race.

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