WARNINGS of Disease — Table of Contents

Introduction xv

Chapter 1—The Canary Effect 1

Success by Choice 2

The Canary Effect 4

The Trip 4

The Canary in a Banana Plantation 5

Toxic Bananas 6

I Am a Canary 7

Are You a Canary? 7

To Fight or Flee 8

Symptoms 9

Your Temple 9

Trash Mountain 10

The Cumulative Effect 11

The Plague 12

Chapter 2—The Great Illness 15

The Twitch 16

Painting Was the Mainspring 16

The Great Illness Commenced 17

Conjecture 17

Smoke Signals 18

Symptom Checklist 19

I Was Sickly, But Now I’m Not 24

Drugs, Drugs and More Drugs 26

The Headshrinker 27

Visiting the Shrink 28

Chapter 3—The Enlightenment 31

How to Diagnose Numbness and Tingling 31

Last Is First 32

First Is Last 32

The Practice 32

Cause Unknown 33

Failed the Neurological Test 34

The Cotton Ball’s Fault 34

Hands-on Prayer 34

We’re Going to the Library! 35

My Visit to the Homeopath 35

Lots of Supplements 36

Detoxification Method 36

The Remedy of Choice 37

Standard Process 38

Not All Supplements Are the Same 39

Gelatin 39

Beware of Gelatin 40

Chapter 4—Feelings of Toxicity 41

The Allergic Reaction 42

How the Body Reacts to Toxic Substances 44

Checks and Balances 45

Excitotoxicity & Neurotoxicity 45

Neurological Disorder 46

Aspartame 47

Aspartame Is in Many Products 47

How Aspartame Excites 48

What Man Does to Real Sugar 48

PKU 49

Chapter 5—We Are All Basically the Same 51

A Healthy Diet 52

Be a Good Loser 54

Living a Healthy Lifestyle 55

Chapter 6—The Illusive Shut-Eye 57

Insomnia 58

Aspartame Revisited 58

Serotonin Is More Important than You May Think 59

Serotonin Syndrome 59

How Man Deals with Serotonin Dysfunction 60

Attention Disorders 60

Adults Diagnosed with ADHD 61

Psycho-Stimulant Drugs 62

Chewing Gum 63

Chapter 7—The Mysterious and Often Hidden Flavor Enhancer 65

Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) 65

Makers of MSG 66

How to Hide MSG 67

Chinese Restaurant Syndrome 68

Chinese Restaurant Syndrome Is Real 68

How to Skew a Clinical Trial 69

Who Is Lurking Behind the Research? 70

An Example of “Who” 71

MSG in Processed Food 72

Pregnant Women, Infants and Children Should Avoid MSG 74

Affective Spectrum Disorder 74

Child with Seizures Healed by Eliminating MSG 76

MSG and Aspartame Cause Brain Damage After Five Hours 76

Links for Additional Information 77

Chapter 8—Depressed Sensations 79

Depression Defined 80

A Sad Commercial 80

Science Says Our Kids Are Depressed 81

Stress in Days Gone By 82

The Result of an Overactive Immune System 83

A Brief History of Antidepressants 84

Rational Drug Design 84

Chapter 9—The Healing 89

How to Eliminate Symptoms 89

The Canary Almost Died 90

Starting Over 91

America’s Need for Healing 91

The Elimination Begins 92

Monkeys on MSG 93

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Brief 94

Food Additives to Avoid 95

The Offenders 95

Eat Healthy—Be Healthy Food Additives to Avoid Guide 95

Additives Are Addicting 97

The Case of the Chocolate Binge 98

Ownership of Disease 99

Recovery 101

Mind-Boggling Experience 101

The Canary Lives! 102

Chapter 10—Defining Moments 103

Food Poisoning 103

The Body Reacts to Food Additives 104

Disease or Dis-ease 104

A Closer Look at Disease 105

Acquired Dysfunction 105

Medical School Curriculum 106

Hippocratic Oath 107

Chapter 11—Defining Moments II 109

Inflammation, The Key Factor 109

Five Cardinal Signs of Inflammation 110

The Three Ss of Inflamation 111

Antibiotics 112

The Body Reacts to Toxic Substances 112

Natural Bactericides 113

The Importance of Gastric Acid 113

The Pavlov Response 114

Antacid Consumption Is Out of Control 114

Antacids Are Not Without Consequences 115

The Body’s Natural Defense System 115

Antacids Revisited 117

The Histamine Behind the Antihistamine 117

Histamines Regulate Physiological Function 117

Inflammation Revisited 118

Tissue Destruction 119

Autoimmune Disease 120

The Pathogen 121

Chapter 12—The -Itis and the -Osis 123

NSAIDs 124

Why Take an Anti-Inflammatory? 124

NSAID Side Effects Abound 125

Meningitis 125

Steroid Drugs 126

The Case of the Mysterious Headaches 127

Getting to the Bottom of It All 128

The “Let Down Headache” 129

Those Darn Vending Machines 129

The Rebound Headache 130

How’s Your -Isis?

The –Osis 133

Human Sacrifice 135

The Proverbial Cause Unknown Revisited 135

Chapter 13—Cells Examined 139

The Monk Versus the Cell 139

The Monk 139

The Cell 140

The Power Generator 140

Volume Control 140

Every Cell Has a Purpose 141

Death by Necrosis 141

Infarction 142

We Are Our Cells Keepers 142

Garbage In – Garbage Out (GIGO) 143

Chapter 14—Time for Change 145

Repetitive Motion 145

Tennis Elbow 145

The Case of Injurious Repetition 146

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) 147

Change of Food Habits 148

Reading Labels 148

Sample Food Comparisons 148

Sulfites, Also Known as Sulfates 153

Asthma and Sulfites 154

Chapter 15—Food Stuff 155

Food Preservatives 155

A Toxic Preservative Example 156

The Case of the Toxic Chicken 157

Chemicals 158

The Case of the Alleged Milk Allergy 158

Additives 159

Caffeine 161

MSG Listed as GRAS! 162

Synthetics 163

Chapter 16—What’s On a Label? 165

Bread 165

Flour 167

Wheat Gluten Allergy 167

One-Bread’s History 168

Water and Other Beverages 169

The Long Name with the Long Effect 169

Benzene 171

Sodium Benzoate 171

Anemia 172

Sports Drinks 173

Brominated Vegetable Oil 173

Hypothesis 175

Chapter 17—Body Stuff 177

Oral Hygiene 177

Toothpaste 177

Mouthwash 179

Personal Hygiene and Cleaning Products 180

Dizziness and Vertigo 181

Make A List 182

Common Toxins 182

Contraindications Are WARNINGS 189

What Personal Hygiene Products Do I Use? 189

Big Business Buy-Outs 192

What Household Products Do I Use? 193

Chapter 18—Family Matters 197

Preparing for the New Addition 198

Baby Comes Home 198

Why Is Baby Crying? 198

Baby Gets Sick 199

Baby Is Prescribed Drugs 199

Baby’s First Foods 200

Neuropsychiatry in Children 201

Hyperactivity Revisited 202

The Blood-Brain Barrier 204

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Revisited 204

Glutamate Modulator Drugs 205

Neuropsychiatric Disorder 207

Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms (MUPS) 208

The MRI Versus the X-Ray 209

Risky Business 210

Chapter 19—What You Don’t See Can Hurt You 213

Multiple Chemical Sensitivities 213

Formaldehyde 215

Formaldehyde Is a Constituent of Drugs and Vaccines 217

Formaldehyde as a Preservative 217

Symptoms of Formaldehyde Exposure 218

Public Formaldehyde Exposure 219

Who Cares About Formaldehyde? 220

The Case of the Toxic Camper 220

The Case of the Toxic Office Furniture 221

The Case of the Toxic Car 222

Chapter 20 – What You Can See Can Hurt You 227

Matthew’s Story 227

The Blue Sugar-Free Blunder 228

Asthma Caused by Junk Food 228

FD&C Act of 1938 229

Food Adulteration 230

FDA Approved Food Colors 231

The Blue Dye Illustration 231

Food Color Specifics 233

The Case of the Toxic Oranges 237

Chapter 21—What You Fail to See Can Hurt You 241

Nicholas’ Story 241

We’re Off to See the Doctor 242

To Medicate or Not 243

The Difficult Child 243

Chronic Illness 244

Failed the Hearing Test 245

The Ice Cream Anecdote 245

Fast Forward Five Years 246

Drugs Kill 247

Cancer Treatments Kill 248

The Truth About Food 250

Chapter 22—Another Healing 253

Monica’s Story 254

Chapter 23—Back to the Beginning 259

From the Start 260

The Great Temptation 261

The Great Cover-Up 262

The Great Blame 262

The Great Curse 262

The Great Irony 263

Chapter 24—Current Affairs 265

Suffering and Ruin 265

No Desire to Find Just Cause 266

To See the Light 268

Chapter 25—The Great Mystery 271

The Diagnosis 271

The Blame Game 271

Who Is Misleading Whom? 273

Going Clean Is an “All or Nothing” Deal 274

What About Genetics? 275

Chapter 26—Post Healing 279

What Have I Learned? 280

What Would Have Happened Otherwise? 281

What Else Have I Learned? 281

The Case of the Toxic Building 283

The Case of the Toxic Room 284 It’s All About Change 285

It’s Rather Straightforward 286

It’s Your Choice 287

In Conclusion 289

References 292

Index 299