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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
After a canoe trip, my eyes began to itch like mad. The next morning I awoke to see an extremely red eye with lots of mucous. Over the next several days the itching became intense and my right eye began to swell. I could see bruising in the corner of my right eye, which was spreading down below it. There was blood leaking under my skin. I began to wonder if I had picked up some type of bacteria from the river water, or that perhaps some pathogen may have blown into my eyes from the windy prairie beside the river where the cattle graze. This thought caused concern so I picked up the phone and called the doctor.
Afterward I made the appointment I knew that I should not have made it, but it was too late to cancel. I knew that I should have looked for the true cause of the problem. I needed to get to the root of the problem. And I knew that I should have given my body the time it needed to heal itself. But I panicked, as we have been programed to do when it comes to any problem the body encounters.
This is where I should add that I am opposed to taking any and all drugs. After doing research on diseases and drugs over the past 15 years, I know how toxic drugs can be! You can read more about toxicity in my book, WARNINGS of Disease.
During the doctor’s appointment, I briefly explained why I had made the appointment. I detailed my medical history and discussed my book. After examination, the doctor offered a prescription for an antibiotic, which I declined. She offered a prescription for an antihistamine, which I also declined. She offered a prescription for an anti-inflammatory, but I declined that, too. Then the doctor offered a prescription for a steroidal eye drop to stop the itching, which I vehemently declined.
After the doctor had exhausted her standard protocol, she realized that I was not going to take any of the drugs that she had to offer. She then said that the eye did not appear to be infected (which I already knew), and she said that it did not appear to be bacterial, which is what I wanted to hear! With that, I thanked her and quickly headed for the door. The doctor told me that the eye should heal itself (no kidding!), but if the problem persisted, I should come back for further testing.
Afterwards, I was remorseful that I had wasted time and money going to the doctor because I knew that going to the doctor meant prescription drugs and taking medical tests. But I was thankful that the doctor had the wherewithal to tell me that the eye could heal itself and for the opportunity to share details of my new book.
The itching, redness, and swelling around my right eye continued…
This is where I should add that even though I have eyeglasses, I seldom wear them anymore. My eyesight has progressively improved over the years, which I attribute to healthy eating. Earlier this year, I broke down and went to the eye doctor to get a new pair of glasses because the ones I had were much too strong.
At the eye doctor, I made it be known that I wanted just a visual eye exam, as it was done in days gone by before the advent of fancy medical machinery and the push of pharmaceutical drugs. I declined all of the eye drops and various tests that they had to offer. The eye doctor was surprised to see that my vision had improved, but was even more surprised to see that an astigmatism had gone away. I asked her if she had ever seen an astigmatism go away and she said no, they usually get worse. I proceeded to tell her about my new book and we talked about healthy eating for awhile.
Note that these two events, the canoe trip and the eye doctor appointment, happened around the same time…
I spent several days at home without putting on my eyeglasses. I noticed that the itching, redness, and swelling had declined. I thought perhaps my body had finally fought off whatever it had come into contact with that was causing the problem. As I was getting ready to go to church one morning, I put on my new eyeglasses and my right eye immediately began to itch. I thought, hmmm. That night, the itching, redness, and swelling returned and it took every bit of will power not to scratch my right eye out of its socket!
The next morning as I was getting ready to leave the house, I put on my new glasses and the itching became acute right where the pads of the eyeglasses touched the bridge of my nose. I took off the glasses and the itching was not as fierce. I put them back on, and the itching intensified. I thought to myself, “The pads of the eyeglasses are toxic!”
I quit wearing my new eyeglasses for a couple of weeks and the itching, redness, and swelling went away. Then, I went back to the eye doctor to see if I could get the pads replaced with something else. When I explained why I was at the doctor’s office without an appointment, they said “No problem. We’ll just replace the pads with hypoallergenic ones.” I was told that the pads that came with the glasses were made from vinyl and that I was lucky that I didn’t have any raw, oozing, infected skin from the reaction, like so many people have.
Lucky?? How many people suffer through the same reaction to toxic vinyl eyeglass pads without ever knowing what is causing their problem? How many people go to their physician complaining of itching, redness, swelling, and inflammation of the eyes, only to come out loaded down with prescription antibiotics, antihistamines, anti-inflammatories, and steroidal drugs, which do nothing but cover up the symptoms? Why are toxic eyeglass pads even used if eye doctors know that they cause serious reactions? And why don’t medical doctors know about this?
The whole point is, my body was presenting with symptoms telling me that something that I was doing was wrong. The redness, swelling, itching, and inflammation were all WARNING signs. Had I not known any better, I would have fallen victim to medical protocol.
Had I kept wearing the eyeglasses without searching for the true cause of my problem, the itching, redness, swelling, and inflammation would have continued and become more acute. Then, I would have been sent to an ophthalmologist for further medical testing and most assuredly, more potent drugs would have been prescribed. As the problem persisted, surgery might even have been advocated.
By looking for, and finding, what was actually causing my symptoms, I was able to remove the cause and therefore effect a cure! My new book, WARNINGS of Disease, details the cause and effect of disease. Our body uses symptoms to communicate. It is up to us to listen to what is being said, and to take action to remedy the situation.
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