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USE OF VITAMINS AND FOOD SUPPLEMENTS

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:40:58 +0000

Vitamins can be used in two distinctly different ways:

1) Correcting deficiencies. When a specific vitamin or mineral deficiency is indicated, the prescribed vitamins or minerals can correct the deficiency and cure the condition caused by the nutritional deficiencies.

2) As Drugs. Many avant-garde practitioners around the world are now using vitamins in massive doses, doses that are far above the actual nutritional needs, in the treatment of all kinds of conditions of ill health. It has been found that in large doses many vitamins have a miraculous healing, stimulating and/or protective effect on a variety of body functions – an effect that is totally different from the usual vitamin activity as nutritional and metabolic catalysts.

Here are a few examples:

Vitamin С. You need 100 mg. to 200 mg. of vitamin С a day for the maintenance of normal, healthy functions of your body. But when you take the same vitamin in huge doses, we’ll say 5,000 to 10,000 mg. a day, it will assume totally different functions and can perform such miracles as:

• Killing pathogenic bacteria, acting as a harmless antibiotic.

• Preventing and curing colds and infections, having a natural antihistamine activity.

• Effectively neutralizing various toxins in the system, being a most potent antitoxin.

• Speeding healing processes in virtually every case of ill health.

• Increasing sexual virility.

• Preventing premature aging by strengthening the collagen, and preventing the degenerative processes.

Vitamin E. For normal, healthy functions of all your organs and glands you need, perhaps, 100IU of vitamin E a day (the official estimation is only 45 IU). But when you take large doses of vitamin E, such as 600 to 1,600 IU or even more, it assumes a drug-like role and can perform the following activity.

• It markedly decreases the body’s need for oxygen.

• It protects against the damaging effect of many environmental poison in air, water and food.

• It saves lives in cases of atherosclerotic heart disease by dilating blood vessels and acting as an effective anti-thrombin.

• It prevents scar tissue formation in burns, sores and post-operative healing.

• It has a dramatic effect on the reproductive organs: prevents miscarriage, increases male and female fertility and helps to restore male potency.

Vitamin A. The official recommended daily allowance is set at 4,000 U.S J. Units. But when taken in such large doses as 100,000 U.S.P. Units per day, vitamin A has been known to:

• Cure many stubborn skin disorders.

• Cure chronic infections and eye diseases.

• Increase the body’s tolerance against poisons.

• Prevent premature aging, particularly the aging processes of the skin.

Niacin. The official recommended allowance is set at 10 mg, but many doctors around the world have been using large doses of niacin (up to 25,000 mg.) to treat schizophrenia, actually achieving dramatic cures with this so-called mega-vitamin therapy.

These few examples show that vitamins can be used successfully in large doses instead of many commonly used drugs. While drugs are always toxic and have many undesirable side effects, vitamins are, as a rule, completely non-toxic and 100% safe.

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GENERAL HEALTH

GROWING OLD

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:40:06 +0000

How shall elders live in the years that are still ahead? Physical, mental, and emotional health will have to be taken into consideration, as we are dealing with whole individuals who cannot be taken apart. The cardinal rule for the old-timer regarding his habits of life is, “Make no abrupt changes.” In fact if he is doing reasonably well on the plan of life to which he has become accustomed, it is probably well for him to make no change at all. Only when there is evidence of a clear and present danger in what he is doing, as for example the man with progressively failing vision who still insists on driving his car, should we call a definite halt.

Even in the case of habits generally agreed to be harmful one must remember that more harm may result from a change in the plan of living than from the bad habit, despite which life has gone on pretty well. If one follows the motto, moderation in all things, one can often rest assured that the continuation of a bad habit, but in moderation, will be the best solution of the problem. If an eighty-odd gentleman says that a few cigars a day is his greatest comfort, let him have them even though he has a cancer of the lip. A ninety-year-old woman was under my care for a cancer of the uterus. When the family found that she was taking cold morning tubs in December they stopped her.

I am vindictive enough to wish that I could have made things uncomfortable for the officious meddlers.

My friend climbed Mt. Washington on his eightieth birthday as he had done on every birthday for a half century. Oliver Hoxsie shoed horses until he was eighty and then quit because his wife was sick. He was dead in three months. Perhaps that was not cause and effect; perhaps it was. Consider the fat old man who cuts out his lifelong use of tobacco – and gets still fatter; or another fat one who cuts down so far on his diet that he becomes unhappy and depressed. All these and many such have happened, so beware.

What about exercise as a general proposition for the aging? It is a good thing if one can do it comfortably and without evidence of distress. What kind and how much varies with the taste and training of the individual. The man who is used to playing singles at tennis, and does so without apparent symptoms, had best keep it up. You may remember that the king of Sweden did it into his eighties. I imagine, though, that he did not try too hard for some of the distant shots. Although I have no statistics on which to base my opinion, my own guess is that the old man who keeps in training by a moderate amount of regular exercise is a better bet than his sedentary colleagues. The more we learn about the human body, the surer we are that it should be kept up and doing. If we do not use our muscles they suffer a loss of tone, we become less accurate in our use of these muscles, and our joints stiffen.

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GENERAL HEALTH

CHILD’S HEALTH/SKIN DISORDERS: INGROWING TOENAIL

admin — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:26:37 +0000

These are usually more common in older children and adolescents.

Clinical features

The edge where the nail meets the big toe is red, swollen, tender, and may be draining pus. The corner of the nail pushes against the cuticle or pulp of the toe, causing pain.

Cause

The edge of the nail (usually the outer edge) grows downwards into the pulp of the toe, instead of forwards. This produces an open wound which allows bacteria to enter, resulting in infection. It may be due to tightly fitting shoes, but can also be caused by cutting the nail by rounding the corners, instead of cutting directly across in a straight line.

Treatment

It will be easier for your child if he wears open shoes or sandals until the toe is healed. If he must wear closed shoes, put some protective padding over the toe. After a bath, when the nail is soft, gently push up the corner of the nail away from the cuticle, and try to wedge a small piece of cotton wool soaked in antiseptic solution into the crevice. Strap this around the toe. This method is usually only effective if the infection has not yet set in.

If this treatment does not lead to improvement of the infection within several days, you should see your doctor who will discuss with you the options of antibiotic treatment, and/or surgical removal of part of the nail. This procedure is called a wedge resection. Under local anaesthetic a wedge of the nail and nailbed is cut out, to allow the nail to regrow normally. Daily dressings must be applied for a week after a wedge resection. Most cases of ingrowing toenail will respond to treatment without the need for surgery.

See your doctor if your child has a sore, red toe in which one corner of the nail is growing down into the skin.

Prevention

Cut toenails straight across rather than rounding the corners. Make sure your child wears shoes that fit properly.

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YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH CARE/GOING TO HOSPITAL: ALTERNATIVE PRACTITIONERS

admin — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:14:16 +0000

There are -a number of other practitioners who sometimes see children. These include homeopaths, osteopaths, naturopaths, iridologists, and other proponents of ‘natural therapies’. These are areas considered to be outside the mainstream of medicine. Most doctors and many other professionals argue that the theory and practice of many of these areas have no scientific validity, and that they are potentially dangerous in that they postpone the early diagnosis and effective treatment of serious illness.

Often parents take their children to alternative practitioners because they do not like the idea of giving medicines to their children — these are seen somehow as ‘poisoning’ the body, or weakening the immune system. This is quite false. While in a number of minor conditions, such as colds medications are unnecessary and are sometimes prescribed too freely, in other conditions they are lifesaving. When your doctor suggests medications, if you have some reservations about their use, speak to the doctor about them.

While we do not wish to comment on the benefits of alternative treatments for adults, we would recommend strongly against parents taking children to alternative practitioners. While in many cases prescribed remedies are harmless, there have been too many cases of incorrect diagnosis and wrong treatment. This has the potential for tragic consequences, and is best avoided. Find yourself (and especially your child) a good GP to look after day to day illnesses. Your doctor will also be able to refer your child to experts in child health if the need arises.

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YOUR MARITAL HEALTH/FINDING OUT WHO’S THE MATTER WITH US: COLD SEXUAL PROBLEMS – ABSENCE OF PSYCHASMS

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:36:55 +0000

I don’t feel like I really have an intense emotional experience. I don’t feel like I have really gotten into and out of something.

It seems like my body comes but I don’t.

The first report is from a wife, the second a husband. Absence of psychasms, that is, an absence of the alteration of conscious and emotional experience through intimate bodily contact with someone else, is related to both hot and cold times, for unless we are in balance in our lives, we are not free to enjoy a variety of consciousness experiences. To do so, we may turn to drugs to help us accomplish such uplifting and mind-altering experiences, but drugs never really work. Only through intimacy and spiritual development can we really transcend the material, physical limitations of day-to-day life. The 881 men and 492 women who had trouble with psychasm were equally distributed in their hot and cold orientations to life both in my sample and in their own daily lives, running both hot and cold at various times.

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THE DESEXUALIZATION OF THE AMERICAN MARRIAGE/A SEXUAL-SYSTEM EXAM: WHAT IS SEX “FOR”?

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:16:58 +0000

I can’t remember what I wanted to be when I grew up. IVe been too busy helping everyone else in this house grow up to pay any attention to that anymore.

HUSBAND

I notice that my husband is never in my dreams.

WIFE

Is there still a reason for the two of you to be married, a reason that applies and has meaning for now and for the future (purposeful)? Or, are you two people with no common dreams or purpose, just going along perhaps with separate and unshared dreams (aimless)?

One of the first questions I ask the couple is “Why are you married?” followed by ‘ ‘Tell me your shared marital dreams.” Our society talks of individual liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and less of unity of purpose and dreams. This sample couple scored high toward the aimless axis. The wife reported, “I have always wanted to finish college. He thinks that’s silly. He says I wouldn’t make enough to make it matter. It matters to me, though.”

The husband responded, “I have a clear dream. Living on a lake up north, fishing all day, even at night. I could even use my snowmobile during the winter.”

Two dreams, unshared, and without the appearance of the spouse in either dream. Why are you and your spouse together now? Why do you have sex and intimacy anyway?

Sexually, the couple responded to my question about their”dream sex life” in quite different fashion. The husband reported, “That’s easy. Sex every day, every night, on the floor, in the car, out in the yard, sucking me anyplace and anytime.”

The wife responded, “I kind of see me walking with him on a beautiful beach, say, in Maui. The moon is behind us, the ocean in front of us, the warmth embracing us. We both feel warm, move together, kiss, and move slowly to the sand. No one is near, we are perfectly safe and alone together.”

“That’s no sex fantasy.” The husband laughed. “Don’t you think about garter belts, black panties, some real adventure?”

Sexual interaction has become goal-directed rather than dream-inspired, and the sexual system of your marriage draws its fuel from shared dreams. While too much purpose can force and drive a marriage, stressing it toward future accomplishments, too little common purpose destroys the reason for togetherness. If there is no place to go, we end up searching and lost. If we only look to the destination, our own unshared destination, we will never enjoy the journey.

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RECTAL PAIN

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:56:31 +0000

Have you ever had a sharp, stabbing pain somewhere and then, when it came back at other times, it caused worry that there was something really wrong with you?

These pains may occur in the chest or back muscles, are sharp and stabbing and usually shortlived, even if severe. They are usually muscular and the underlying cause is usually nervous tension.

Attacks of severe pain in the rectum which occur at irregular intervals and are fleeting or last only a few minutes are similar.

This condition is called proctalgia fugax. The pain may occur at night or following straining at stool or after ejaculation. Examination shows things to be normal and no organic cause can be found.

The pain is thought to arise from a cramp-like spasm of one of the muscles in the pelvic floor and so is similar to the muscle pains. Some researchers believe it is a variant of the irritable bowel syndrome.

The condition may improve with psychotherapy, with tranquillisers or with drugs designed to relieve the muscle spasm.

A full explanation of the benign nature of the disorder may be sufficient to relieve the patient’s anxiety and so relieve the condition.

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DEPRESSION – ‘MASKED DEPRESSION’

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 08:27:37 +0000

Masked depression may show itself as other symptoms such as chronic fatigue, bowel disorders, indigestion or headaches.

Pessimism, despair and withdrawal are usually characteristic of all depressed states.

A reactive depression may last for six to 12 months and then spontaneously lift or the depression may persist for many years, varying a little up or down.

Not only does depression interfere with a patient’s life, taking away his enjoyment and affecting his efficiency and work output, it also has its effect on those around him, particularly his immediate family.

It is important for the doctor, for those who counsel people and for those who work and live with a depressed person to recognise that any depression may lead to suicide if the person feels hopeless.

Other treatment is ineffective unless the correct diagnosis is made.

Anxiety may be associated with depression and may mask it. Only the anxiety may be seen and a tranquilliser prescribed. Most tranquillisers do nothing for the underlying depression. The anxiety state calms down but this allows the depression to well up.

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DIPHTHERIA – IMMUNISATION

admin — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:26:39 +0000

Whooping cough is much less dangerous in the older child and so immunisation with a high risk of reaction is not warranted.

Diphtheria is due to a bacterium, not a virus, and has a short incubation period of about three days.

The disease may be mild and produce little more than a mild sore throat and a “cold” type illness, but it may cause a severe infection with a high temperature, muscle weakness, aches and pains, confusion and delirium.

When the throat is affected, a typical pearl-grey exudate or membrane may appear on the tonsils or back of the throat.

The affected larynx or voice box may swell and lead to obstruction of breathing. It may be necessary to make an opening in the windpipe or trachea (a tracheotomy) to enable the child to breath.

The heart may be affected by toxins or poisons produced by the germ and lead to heart failure and death. Sometimes the nervous system is affected and this can lead to paralysis of muscles.

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YOUR CANCER YOUR LIFE – NATURAL HISTORY OF CANCER (INTRODUCTION)

admin — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:10:06 +0000

Just as we cannot exactly predict for any individual what organ will be affected by secondary growths, so we cannot exactly predict what will eventually cause death. Most causes of death from cancer fall into one of the two following groups. Firstly, cancer may destroy so much of a vital organ (such as the liver, brain or lungs) that it can no longer carry out its normal function. Secondly, cancer can weaken the body and immune system so much that infections such as pneumonia are fatal. These causes all act gradually. Less commonly, cancer causes death through haemorrhage, blood clots or other more sudden processes.

The ‘natural history’ of an illness means what happens if there is no treatment. It is important’ to have some idea of how your cancer might behave without any treatment before you decide what, if any, treatment to have. Of course, cancer behaves in exactly the same way if it is not sensitive to the treatment chosen. Unless you are cured, your cancer will behave like this sooner or later.

As we have learnt, a cancer starts with one or a few cells. These have to double (each one split into two) about thirty times for the cancer to reach the size of a 1cm cube. It is unusual to detect a cancer smaller than this. This means that by the time a cancer is diagnosed, even when it is very tiny, it has actually been there for quite a while. It would be at least a few weeks even in the case of very rapidly-growing cancers and many months or even years for some of the slower-growing types.

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