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Detoxification

Stimulants cannot give the body what it needs. Only natural food can promote a healthy and thus happy physiological function.

You could look at it this way: the only natural way to feel good is the one that is a by-product of a normally functioning body that is producing sufficient energy at the cellular level. Any other way to feel good is phony and a result of stimulants, how innocent these stimulants may look.

Your body detoxifies itself all day and for the biggest part during your sleep. Especially until noon it is therefore sensible to eat fruit only. Your body has to dispose of the toxic elements it receives from stimulants, nutrition and pollution.

If you stop the stimulating of your body with a certain stimulant there is a good chance that the following is the result:

an immediate loss of energy;
emotional symptoms such as headaches, sickness and depressions.

So, if you stop the use of a stimulant you will not feel better right away. It's obvious that these products are really addictive. In some cases if someone improves his eating habits an immediate increase of energy is experienced but the opposite is just as often the result. The body has not only to deal with the moment but also with the problems that have resulted from the past...

The Liver Flush

One of the more simple and popular cleansing techniques is known as the Liver Flush.

It is used for removing excess fatty acids and other toxic substances from the liver. A healthy liver can play a crucial role in contributing to the healing of the immune system as it is an important part of digestion and plays the main role in processing toxic and allergy-causing substances in the bloodstream.

The Liver Flush can be done at any time, but is commonly done in the Spring and Autumn.

i. Simple Liver Cleanse

The following herbal products can be used to assist in cleansing and rebuilding the liver. I use the formulas for three to four weeks.
- Hepato-Pure You can purchase this formula (made by Planetary Herbal Formulas) from your local natural food store or call Planetary Herbal Formulas 800-606-6226 for the nearest distributor. It contains Bupleurum (a chinese herb reknowned for liver cleansing), Wild Yam Root, Oregon Grape Root, Lycii Berry, Cyperus, Dandelion Root Extract, Dong Quai, Peony Alba, Ginger Root, Fennel Seed, Green Citrus Peel, Dandelion Root, Milk Thistle Seed Extract (83% Silymarin), Dong Quai Extract.

- DeLiver 1 and DeLiver 2
These two formulas can be purchased from Arise & Shine (602/293-1098).

DeLiver 1 contains Cholic acid, Deoxycholic acid, Taraxacum (Dandelion), Burdock Root, Rhubarb Root, Cynaris, Catalase.

DeLiver 2 is formulated for severe congestion of the liver.
- Liv Alive Caps
You can purchase this herbal formula from your local natural foods store or contact the manufacturer, Crystal Star Herbal Nutrition (209/532-6474), for the nearest distributor. The formula contains Beet Root, Oregon Grape Root, Dandelion Root, Wild Yam, Milk Thistle Seed, Yellow Dock Root, Ginkgo, Biloba, Wild Cherry, Licorice Root, Gotu Kola, Ginger Root, Barberry Bark, Choline, Inositol.

- Milk Thistle Seeds
Milk Thistle has a reputation of being the most powerful herb for healing and strengthening the liver. You can get a tincture or tablets of the powdered concentrate in most natural foods stores. Take approximately 150mg (3 tablets) / 3 times per day or 20 drops of tincture / 3 times per day. This can be done for a couple of weeks after performing a Liver Flush (see below) or taking a liver cleansing herbal formula for a few weeks. You can find out more about Milk Thistle by reading "Milk Thistle

-- The Liver Herb" by Christopher Hobbs, Botanica Press, c1992,

ii. Castor oil compress

A castor oil compress is usually performed every other day during the Liver Flush regimen. It is helpful in encouraging the liver to dump excess fats. Soak a piece of wool or flannel (or a baby's cotton diaper) in castor oil. Ring out the cloth so that it doesn't drip. Place over the liver area (on the right side, just under the ribcage). place a hot water bottle (purchase from a drug store), not an electric heating pad over the cloth. Then place a towel over the hot water bottle. Leave on for 1.5 hours, replacing the water when necessary so that the area is kept hot (but not too hot to stand). After removing the compress, spend 5 to 10 minutes rubbing small amounts of virgin olive oil into the liver area.

iii. Coffee Enema

A coffee enema is usually used as a *part* of a cleansing program in order to encourage the liver to dump large amounts of toxins. You may wish to try this technique *once or twice* when you are performing the Liver Flush, Gallbladder Flush or GI Tract cleanse. Do not use this technique obsessively, just on occassion when performing a cleanse. You can get a coffee enema instruction sheet for free from Arise & Shine.

iv. Liver Flush

The following Liver Flush instructions are based upon Christopher Hobbs' suggestions in his book, "Foundations of Health: The Liver and Digestive Herbal." For 10 days you do the following:

1. In the morning after a little exercise (e.g., short walk, yoga, breathing exercises, etc.), drink the liver flush mixture (see below).

2. After drinking the liver flush mixture, drink two cups of herbal tea designed to cleanse the liver. Alternatively, take one of the liver cleansing formulas listed above as directed.

3. Follow a healthy, natural foods diet during the rest of the day. Also, remembering to breath deeping, using the diaphram, can be helpful. A light abdominal massage once per day can also be helpful.

4. Take (or continue taking) one of the liver cleansing formulas listed above for two to three more weeks.

5. Take Milk Thistle and Red Beet Crystals (see above) for a few weeks after finishing the liver cleanse. This will help the process of rebuilding the liver. 6. Optional and helpful - Perform the Castor oil compress every other day. - Perform one coffee enema during the cleanse. - Perform abdominal massage every other day. Liver flush mixture

Mix freshly sqeezed citrus juices together (e.g., orange, grapefruit). Mix in as much freshly sqeezed lemon (or lime) as possible. The more sour the taste, the better the cleanse. Add 1-2 cloves of fresh-sqeezed garlic. Add a small amount of ginger root juice (grate the ginger and sqeeze the resultant fibers to obtain ginger juice). Finally, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil (use the expensive stuff from a natural foods stores). Shake or blend and drink. Cleansing herbal tea

Example 1 - "Puri-Tea" from Brigitte Mars (herbalist in Colorado) Peppermint, red clover, fennel, licorice, cleavers, dandelion, Oregon grape root, burdock root, butternut bark, chickweed, parsley root, nettles. You should be able to find something similar at your local natural foods store.

Example 2 - Fennel Seed (1 part), Fenugreek (1 part), Flax Seed (1 part), Licorice Root (1/4 part), Burdock (1/4 part), Peppermint (1 part). Simmer all herbs except the peppermint for 20 minutes. Add 1 part peppermint and let the tea steep for 10 minutes. Use approximately 1 ounce (wt.) of total dried tea per pint of water. See the following books for more information on healing the liver:

i. Foundations of Health: The Liver and Digestive Herbal by Christopher Hobbs Botanica Press, c1992

ii. Natural Liver Therapy by Christopher Hobbs Botanica Press, c1993 (3rd revision) This book contains alot of good information on restoring the health of the liver as well as many natural remedies.

Rebuilding & Strengthening

1. Milk Thistle Seeds (see above)

2. Herbal Formula such as Hepato-Pure from Planetary Herbal Formulas (see above).

3. Building a healthy population of beneficial bacteria in the intestines is very helpful for preventing the building of toxins which can overwork the liver. Regularly eating fermented foods (if tolerable) or taking a probiotic suppliment can be very helpful in doing this. See the "Probiotics" section of the "Food & Nutrition" chapter for more information.

4. Abdominal Massage once per day.

5. Deep breathing exercises and yogic breathing exercises (see "Yoga" chapter and "Emotional Healing" chapter for Hendricks Breathing Exercises).

6. Healthy diet without dairy.

7. See "Natural Liver Therapy" by Christopher Hobbs for additional tips.

Advanced Therapy Aids Stroke Patients

(HealthDay News) -- Therapies that attack blood clots directly in the brain may benefit ischemic stroke patients who don't respond to the standard treatment using clot-busting drugs.

So says a U.S. study that was to have been presented Tuesday at the 20th annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy, in Hollywood, Fla.

Ischemic strokes -- which account for about 83 percent of strokes -- occur when a small clot blocks an artery in the brain and halts blood flow, according to the American Stroke Association. If the clot isn't cleared and blood flow restored, the patient will suffer permanent brain damage or death.

"Often patients who fail to improve with standard intravenous (IV) stroke therapy aren't given the chance to succeed with more advanced intra-arterial (IA) therapy, because it's thought that it won't work if IV therapy didn't, and that it will increase the risk of bleeding in the brain," study author Dr. Christopher Zylak, director of neurointerventional radiology at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., said in a prepared statement. "Our data suggest that IA therapy can be highly successful even when IV therapy doesn't work, and that the risk of bleeding is no different between the two therapies."

In IV therapy, clot-busting drugs are delivered through an intravenous device in the patient's arm. IV treatment must begin within three hours of the onset of stroke, which means patients must get to the hospital at the first signs of stroke.

IA therapy involves placing a catheter through a small incision in the patient's groin and moving the catheter through an artery all the way to the site of the blockage in the patient's brain. This enables direct delivery of clot-busting drugs to the area. Doctors also can use the catheter to insert a tiny corkscrew-like device to remove the clot.

In this study, the researchers compared 80 patients who received IV therapy and 43 patients who received IA therapy at Sacred Heart from 2004 through 2007. Some of the patients who received IA therapy had not responded to IV therapy.

Success rates of IA therapy (defined as opening up of the blocked blood vessel) were 85.7 percent in 2006 and 83.3 percent in 2007. Death rates among patients who received IA therapy were 30.8 percent in 2006 and 27.8 percent in 2007. That's half the 50 percent to 80 percent death rates published in the "natural history outcomes" of large-vessel strokes, the study authors said.

"Without any question, we definitely were able to help patients who failed IV therapy by providing IA therapy," Zylak said. "In the future, for large-vessel clots, IA therapy may well be the best direct therapy, bypassing IV therapy."

He noted that many stroke victims don't receive any treatment, because they don't recognize the signs (such as vision and speech problems, paralysis, and memory difficulties) and don't seek medical care. The sooner a stroke is treated, the more likely treatment will be successful.

"Overall, we are under-treating stroke. There are many patients who could benefit from stroke treatment who aren't getting it for various reasons," Zylak said. "Treatment therapies today are getting dramatic results. If a medical center doesn't offer the more advanced IA therapy, the patient can be taken by helicopter to a center that performs the therapy, even if IV therapy wasn't successful."

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States, killing about 160,000 people a year, according to the National Stroke Association. About 750,000 people suffer from stroke annually.

More information

The Washington University School of Medicine has more about ischemic stroke.

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Antibiotic Use in Infants May Up Asthma Risk

(HealthDay News) -- Giving antibiotics for a non-respiratory tract infection to an infant younger than 1 greatly increases the odds that the child will develop asthma, according to new research.

The study found that the risk was highest for those infants who received multiple courses of antibiotics and those who received prescriptions for broad-spectrum antibiotics. Broad-spectrum antibiotics tend to kill a wide range of bacteria -- both good and bad.

"Asthma is a multi-factorial disease, and we've found evidence of an association with first-year-of-life antibiotic use and asthma," said the study's lead author, Anita Kozyrskyj, an associate professor at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada.

One hypothesis, Kozyrskyj added, is that broad-spectrum antibiotics are killing off too many good bacteria.

"It may be that you need the presence of good bacteria during the first year of life for the immune system to develop normally, and the antibiotics are killing off some of the natural microflora in the gut," she said.

The study findings are published in the June issue of the journal Chest.

Each year, about 4 million American children have active asthma, resulting in about 14 million missed school days, according to the American Lung Association. Because asthma can't currently be cured, only controlled, researchers are focusing on factors that may play a role in the initial development of the lung disease.

For the new study, Kozyrskyj and her colleagues followed almost 14,000 children from birth in 1995 until 2003, when all of the children had reached 7 years of age. Data came from the Manitoba Health Services Insurance Program and included information on physician visits, prescriptions, hospitalizations and health diagnoses.

Additionally, the researchers linked this data to data on the mothers of these children to see if there was a maternal history of asthma. Parents also completed surveys on home and environmental exposures.

All of the children were from Manitoba. Half were male, and 57 percent lived in urban areas. One-quarter of the children were from low-income families; 90 percent had siblings; 5 percent had a maternal history of asthma, and 6 percent developed asthma by age 7, the researchers found.

Two-thirds of the youngsters had received at least one antibiotic prescription during their first year of life, many of them for broad-spectrum antibiotics, according to the study. And, the more antibiotics received, the greater the risk of asthma.

Kids who received one to two courses of antibiotics had a 21 percent increased risk of asthma; those given three to four courses of antibiotics had a 30 percent rise in risk; while youngsters given more than four courses of antibiotics had a 46 percent increased risk of asthma.

Children given antibiotics for non-respiratory tract infections, such as urinary-tract infections, were as much as 86 percent more likely to develop asthma than those treated for respiratory infections.

Other factors that increased the risk of asthma included a family history, living in an urban area and being male. Having a sibling conferred a slight protective effect, as did having a dog for children who received multiple courses of antibiotics. In kids who had more than four courses of antibiotics before age 1, having a dog decreased the risk of asthma by 28 percent. However, in kids who received fewer antibiotics, that protective effect wasn't there.

Dr. Alan Khadavi, a pediatric asthma specialist at New York University Medical Center, said that prevention of asthma isn't a reason to get a dog. "If you already have a dog, that's fine, but the studies are conflicting about whether they're helpful or harmful," he added.

As for antibiotic use, Khadavi said, "If your child under 1 year is sick, have him or her evaluated. Don't push for antibiotics. But. on the other hand, if it's a serious infection that needs to be treated, I wouldn't worry too much about the asthma risk. If it's a mild infection, a watch-and-wait approach won't be harmful if they're under a physician's care."

Dr. Sai Nimmagadda, an attending physician in the division of allergy at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, said this study points to the need for "more judicious use of antibiotics, especially broad-spectrum antibiotics in kids under a year."

"Once wheezing has developed, it's difficult to alter the course of asthma, so now we're looking back to see if there are any risk factors we can change," he said.

Kozyrskyj recommended that physicians start by prescribing narrow-spectrum antibiotics, such as amoxicillin, for their youngest patients, and then if necessary, try a broad-spectrum medication.

More information
To learn more about childhood Asthma, visit the American Lung Association.

The Most Powerful and Advanced Ionizers - So much More than Clean Water ...

Last year there were more Jupiter Melody ionizers sold in the USA than by all other retail models by all other companies combined!

With a great value price, super reliability, new Biostone filter, fully automated features, 9 levels of pH, strongest ORP and two year warranty, the Melody has been the preferred choice for the USA and for such authorities as Sang Whang (author of Reverse Aging) and Dr Robert Young (author of The pH Miracle).

Although now on the market for about two years, no other company has yet produced a model like the Melody, that always gives alkaline water - even when it cleans.

No other model offers a Biostone filter as fine as .01M and no other model is as yet as reliable or powerful.

That is, no other model until Jupiter released the best of the best for those who want clean water AND the ultimate healthy water.

So what makes these latest models, the Aquarius and Orion, even more user friendly and advanced than the Melody?

The new improvements are:
Design: Until now, all ionizers had a certain Asian sameness in their design. The Aquarius and Orion/ Alphion, while identical on the inside, present to you a choice of two distinctive Westernized exteriors.

The Orion with its sleek curves and stainless steel look is an easy match for those liking understated eloquence. The Aquarius with its flat front panel, displays a subtle mix of dark crimson tones, that brings out a pleasing warmth to any kitchen.

Consistency
In the USA the water supply can vary a lot from state to state. Because of this difference in source water, different ionizers at the same alkaline settings will produce different alkaline levels. Now in the new Jupiter Aquarius and Orion there is a patented SOL valve and triple diaphragms that adjusts the water flow automatically. This means that you now get the correct pH level no matter what your input water is, or if there is a change in your water pressure or flow rate.

Durability
These new units include the patented DARC (double action reverse cleaning) system. This feature completely removes any scale from the electronic cell helping to make sure your ionizer stays in top working condition.

*** NOTE - If you are using well water, a water distiller or a Reverse Osmosis machine please contact us first so we can help you remineralize or clean your water before it enters your Jupiter ionizer.

Company Background
Jupiter Science has been making water ionizers since 1982 and before that were making medical equipment. Their research department is constantly at work looking at how to improve performance without having to increase power consumption or take up extra room with a bulky ionizing chamber.

As the leading manufacturer of quality water ionizers, Jupiter has an ISO9001 certified production plant that can produce well over 100,000 ionizers a month (90% of all water ionizers).

All Jupiter's ionization chambers are made in their Japanese factory where 21 Engineers with Doctorates continue to research and improve on design, functionality and durability. It is Jupiter models that continue to be the choice brand for such large companies as Huyundai, Samsung, LG and Toyo. Jupiter also sells more units in the USA than all the other water ionizer companies combined.

You can have confidence that Jupiter's quality control, advanced research and great pricing will make your ionizer purchase a happy and trouble-free experience.

Performance
In their latest models are five of the most advanced platinum-titanium electrodes in the world. When a cross section of an electrode is examined at 700 times magnification, you can see that the electrodes are now covered in a super fine mesh with very distinct points and valleys.

This greatly increases the surface area without having to increase the size. We guarantee that no other models, regardless of price, will produce, under similar conditions, such a high and low pH or ORP (Oxygen reduction Potential).

Ease of Use
The easy to read digital indicator tells you the remaining water filter life. Optimum performance is ensured by always changing your filter on time. In addition to the digital counter, a new indicator light will flicker when your current filter life is up, reminding you to change your filter.
Your new ionizer also has an attractive colored LCD display that easily identifies your selections. Easy to understand symbols and colors identify the type and level of water you have selected.

MICOM Technology
The MICOM control system optimizes the pH and ORP of your water and helps keeps your ionizer in top working condition. A new indicator light alerts you if service is needed on your ionizer.

3 Year Warranty: With a record low return rate on existing models, Jupiter and IonLife offer with confidence a full three year warranty on the Aquarius and Orion/ Alphion. Offering a three year warranty is another world first for Jupiter Science.

Similar to the Melody, The Aquarius and Orion also include:
A top quality, 9 step, single-body multi-stage filter. Premium filter materials ensure production of healthier and cleaner water, trapping a wide variety of contaminants while allowing beneficial minerals to pass through. These filters contain NSF carbon from the UK, Natural mineral calcium from Japan and KDFA certified Biostone ceramics from Korea.

A voice indicator that alerts you to your selection of alkaline, acidic or purified water. You can adjust the volume level or simply switch the sound ON/OFF as you desire.

9 settings of pH with easy convenience of one-touch operation.

Enhanced convenience in filter replacement - the spring-loaded filter housing makes it a snap to replace your filter.

Choice of three repair depots in the USA. We guarantee caring, ongoing support and prompt service.

Jupiter Science
Aquarius and Orion/Alphion
Energized, healthy water as close as your kitchen sink!

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Hormone Imbalance Could Spur Some Bed-Wetting

(HealthDay News) -- An imbalance in a hormone-like substance called prostaglandin could explain tough-to-treat bed-wetting in some children, Danish researchers report.

Most children have their bed-wetting controlled by a medication called desmopressin, which reduces the amount of urine they produce at night. But about 30 percent of kids don't respond to the drug.

"Our understanding of bed-wetting is continuously improving, and we are getting better in helping children that suffer from the condition." said lead researcher Dr. Konstantinos Kamperis, from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. "How the body treats salt may play an important role in the etiology of the condition."

His team found that children with the type of bed-wetting that does not respond to desmopressin have more salt and urea in their nighttime urine, possibly caused by an imbalance of prostaglandin.

The report is published in the December issue of the American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology.

Bed-wetting is a common and bothersome problem. In fact, 5 million to 7 million children in the United States ages six and over wet their beds at night, according to the National Kidney Foundation.

In the study, researchers studied 46 seven-to-14-year-old children suffering from bed-wetting, all of who were treated as outpatients at Aarhus University Hospital. The youngsters had not responded to desmopressin. This group was compared to 15 children of similar age who had no bed-wetting problem.

The children spent two nights at the hospital. The first night was to acclimatize them to the hospital environment. During the second night, the researchers collected blood and urine from the children without waking them.

"We found that bed-wetters excrete larger amounts of salt at night, probably the reason for their bed-wetting," Kamperis said. "Apart from that, these children excrete larger amounts of prostaglandins, and this could explain both the large excretion of salt at night as well as the inability of desmopressin to treat this condition," he explained.

Compared with children who responded to desmopressin, the children who did not respond excreted twice as much urine during the night. In addition, the urine of children who wet their beds during the experiment contained more sodium, urea and prostaglandin than the other children, the researchers found.

"These findings point towards new treatment possibilities for bed-wetting with agents that reduce the amount of salt excreted in urine," Kamperis said. "Such studies are being conducted at the moment. Furthermore, we would be interested in researching the exact etiology of this excess nocturnal salt excretion. That could help our understanding of bed-wetting," he added.
One expert thinks that, while it is possible that prostaglandin might be involved in bed-wetting, the data from this study can't be used to change clinical practice right now.

"This study has some biological plausibility, because some studies suggest that prostaglandin inhibitors are useful in the treatment of bed-wetting," explained Dr. Joseph G. Barone, an associate professor of pediatrics and urology at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, N.J. "Prostaglandin inhibitors include Motrin and Advil, but, in my experience, these medications have not been effective against bed-wetting," he added.

Although bed-wetting is very common, there are few basic science studies on this condition, Barone said. "This study adds useful information to the medical literature, and it may lead to further studies. However, clinical recommendations cannot be made based on the results of this study," he said.

Barone noted that desmopressin is not a cure for the problem. "It works in about 50 percent of cases, in my experience," he said. "When desmopressin works, it is not a cure, just a Band-Aid. The theory is that desmopressin reduces the amount of urine at night, and the child does not, therefore, wet the bed."

Bed-wetting continues to be a multifaceted condition that is commonly associated with developmental immaturity, Barone said. "The most compelling evidence that bed-wetting is developmental in nature is the child's natural tendency to outgrow the problem in 99 percent of cases," he said.

More information
There's more on bed-wetting at the National Kidney Foundation.

Lead

Lead is practically everywhere in today’s environment. It enters our bodies from many sources. Lead poisoning victims usually become anemic. Their symptoms usually persist for about two weeks from time of exposure, and then settle into the organs, bones & even hair. We still do not know the long-term effects of lead exposure.

Lead poisoning symptoms are commonly overlooked by doctors and are not properly diagnosed as lead poisoning, since they are vague.

Dr. Claire Patterson of the California Institute of Technology did a study in 1965 called “Contaminated and Natural Lead Environments of Man,” which offered first hand proof that high lead levels in industrial nations are man-made and endemic. In fact, the study showed that the average bone lead level of a deceased person today averages approximately 1000 times higher than that of deceased people who lived 400-500 years ago.

After phasing out lead in gasoline, reducing lead levels in food should be our greatest health priority. Lead intake from fresh vegetables and fruits can be reduced by thorough washing and by peeling root vegetables. Food produced close to heavy traffic or lead-emitting industries will have more lead. Fertilizers with sewage sludge added to them may boost soil lead levels — check with the supplier. Lead in processed foods is picked up at various stages from growing to packaging.

There are estimates that 13 to 22 per cent of our dietary lead intake is from lead-soldered food cans. Unfortunately, the U.S. does not regulate and test for lead in all canned foods. Food in cans with lead-soldered seams can be dangerous; particularly cans that contain acidic substances such as fruit juices and some vegetables. Imported canned goods are more likely to have soldered seams. Cans with round bottoms (extruded cans) are safe and do not have a seam or use lead.

Detoxamin CaEDTA Suppositories to Treat Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children

Detoxamin CaEDTA Suppositories to Treat Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children
Ted Rozema, MD

Summary: The test results clearly demonstrate the high level of effectiveness of removing lead from the human body with Calcium disodium EDTA rectal suppositories. The effect of lead poisoning on high percentages of the pediatric population is cause for concern.

Lead poisoning is one of the most common and preventable pediatric health problems today. Currently, the primary form of medical intervention consists of expensive and painful CaEDTA intramuscular injection.

The availability of an easily administered effective medical treatment is an important component in controlling the worldwide lead poisoning epidemic.

Introduction: Childhood lead poisoning is one of the most common pediatric health problems in the world today, and it is entirely preventable and reversible.

Enough is now known about the sources and pathways of lead exposure, about ways of preventing this exposure, and about ways of reducing the lead content of the body to begin the efforts to eradicate this disease permanently.

The persistence of lead poisoning, in light of all that is known, presents a singular and direct challenge to public health authorities, clinicians, regulatory agencies, and society. Lead is ubiquitous in the human environment as a result of industrialization. It has no known physiologic value.

Children are particularly susceptible to lead's toxic effects. Lead poisoning, for the most part, is silent: most poisoned children have no symptoms.

The vast majority of cases, therefore, go undiagnosed and untreated. Lead poisoning is widespread. It is not solely a problem of inner city or minority children. No socioeconomic group, geographic area, or racial or ethnic population is spared.

Previous lead statements issued by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) have acknowledged the adverse effects of lead at lower and lower levels. In the most recent previous CDC lead statement, published in 1985, the threshold for action was set at a blood lead level of 25 mcg/dL, although it was acknowledged that adverse effects occur below that level.

In the past several years, however, the scientific evidence showing that some adverse effects occur below levels at least as low as 10 mcg/dL in children has become so overwhelming and compelling that it must be a major force in determining how we approach childhood lead exposure.

It is not possible to select a single number to define lead poisoning. Epidemiological studies have identified harmful effects of lead in children at blood lead levels at least as low as 10 mcg/dL. Some studies have suggested harmful effects at even lower levels, but the body of information accumulated so far is not adequate for effects below about 10 mcg/dL to be evaluated definitively. As yet, no threshold has been identified for the harmful effects of lead.

Because 10 mcg/dL is the lower level of range at which effects are now identified, primary prevention activities are typically directed at reducing children's blood lead levels below 10 mcg/dL or 14 mcg/dL. While the overall goal should be to reduce children's blood lead levels below 10 mcg/dL, there are entrenched reasons for not attempting to do interventions directed at individual children to lower blood lead levels of 10-14 mcg/dL. First, practical medical interventions for children with blood lead levels in this range have previously been unavailable.

Second, the sheer numbers of children in this range would preclude effective case management in established intravenous therapy. Clearly, a simply and effective therapy such as suppository is needed. The single, all-purpose definition of childhood lead poisoning has been replaced with a multi-tiered approach, described in the following table:
CLASS
Blood leadconcentration (mcg/dL)

COMMENT
I 10 A child in Class I is not considered to be lead poisoned. IIA 10-14 Many children (or a large proportion of children) with bloodlead levels in this range should trigger community wide childhood lead poisoning prevention activities.

Children in this range may need to be rescreened more frequently. A decrease in blood lead level would be beneficial. IIB 15-19 Child should receive nutritional and educational interventionsand more frequent screening. If the blood lead level persists inthis range, environmental investigation and intervention should be done.

Non-invasive medical intervention should be done. III 20-44 Environmental evaluation, remediation and a medical examination should take place. Such a child needs pharmacological treatment of lead poisoning. IV 45-69 A child in Class IV will need both medical and environmentalinterventions, including even I.M. chelation therapy. V 69>

A child with Class V lead poisoning is a medical emergency. Medical and environmental managment must begin immediately.

Background: Lead is a poison that affects virtually every system in the body. The risks of lead exposure are not based on theoretical calculations.

They are well known from studies of children themselves and are not extrapolated from data on laboratory animals or high-dose occupational exposure.Since 1970, our understanding of childhood lead poisoning has changed substantially. As investigators have used more sensitive measures and better study designs, the generally recognized level for lead toxicity has progressively shifted downward.

Before the mid-1960's, a level above 60 mcg/dL was considered toxic (Chisholm and Harrison, 1956). By 1978, the defined level of toxicity had declined 50% to 30 mcg/dL.Lower blood lead levels cause adverse effects on the central nervous system, kidney and hematopoietic system. Blood lead levels as low as 10 mcg/dL, which do not cause distinctive symptoms, are associated with decreased intelligence and impaired neurobehavioral development (Davis and Svendsgaard, 1987; Mushak et al, 1989).

The concern about adverse effects on central nervous system functioning at blood lead levels as low as 10 mcg/dL is based on a large number of rigorous epidemiological and experimental studies. Several well-designed and carefully conducted cross-sectional and retrospective cohort studies in many different countries have been conducted (Lansdown et al., 1986; Fulton et al., 1987; Fergusson et al., 1988; Silva et al., 1988; Bergomi et al., 1989; Hansen et al., 1989; Hatzakis et al., 1989; Winneke et al., 1990; Lyngbye et al., 1990; Needleman et al., 1990; Yule et al., 1981; Hawk et al., 1986; Schroeder et al., 1985) Some inconsistencies can be found in the results of these studies, but the weight of the evidence clearly supports the hypothesis that decrements in children's cognition are evident at blood lead levels well below 25 mcg/dL.

No threshold for the lead-IQ relationship is discernable from these data. Recent evaluation of 24 major cross-sectional studies provides strong support for the hypothesis that children's IQ scores are inversely related to lead burden (Needleman and Gatsonis, 1990).According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, blood lead levels as low as 10 mcg/dL, which do not cause distinctive symptoms, are associated with reading and learning disabilities, reduced attention span and behavioral problems.

The ramifications of the proliferation of lead pollution from industrialization combined with the devastating effects of health are sobering. A simple and effective therapy, such as EDTA chelation via suppository, is urgently needed.Methods: A cluster of previously untreated children with high blood lead levels was desired for the purpose of testing the efficacy of Calcium disodium EDTA rectal suppositories to remove toxic metals from the human body. 1.) Determinization of study area: Friends of Lead Free Children, a non-profit organization connected to Columbia University and Fordham University, assisted in the search. A residential neighborhood in Haina, Dominican Republic as selected.

The residential neighborhood was located adjacent to a battery recycling plant. All preliminary testing indicated 100% of residents as markedly toxic with lead.2.) The selection of subjects into the study: Children who had been identified with blood lead levels over 10 mcg/dL were determined in a twenty four (24) hour urine collection by Ion Coupled Plasma Emission Spectroscopy.

Hg. Analysis was determined by cold vapour mercury analysis. 3.) Individual treatment of lead overload: Cautious removal of lead from body depots was achieved through the use of Calcium disodium EDTA rectal suppositories . The use of suppositories provided for the prevention of local corrosive action of toxic metals on mucous membranes.4.) Compensation: Compensation was not paid to subjects; however, no charges were incurred by participants for the drug and laboratory testing.5.) Safety: By determining the concentration of heavy metals in the urine following provocative stimulation, the therapy with EDTA was scientifically determined, providing a safe treatment program.

The study simultaneously provided diagnostic information regarding heavy metal burden as well as a defined treatment protocol for lead toxicity in a pediatric population. EDTA is a substance with low systemic and local toxicity and is generally well tolerated. The drug, per se, has been classified GRAS by the FDA, no cases of anaphylaxis have been reported through the oral administration of EDTA or through its use as a food additive.6.)

Alternative therapies: Alternative therapies were available for the treatment of metal intoxications, including (R,S)-2,3-dimercapto propane-1-sulfonic acid (DMPS) as well as its close standing analog DMSA. A significant advantage of using EDTA suppositories in a pediatric population include:—a) Cooperative binding constant for lead.—b) The suppository route of administration at bedtime was (is) an— easy and acceptable delivery system.—c)

The antioxidant/free radical quenching role of EDTA made it— superior over the other agents available due to the fact that— neurological dysfunction was (is) recognized as a result of free— radical mediated damage.—d) EDTA was already approved for oral administration by the FDA — and is on the GRAS list.—e) EDTA is an ANTIDOTE to counteract the TOXIC action of — lead from the environment.7.) Medical care: Medical care was provided by Universidad de Autonomia de Santa Domingo. In the event of a medical emergency connected with the study, subjects were to contact the appropriate center, but this was never necessary. In addition, all participants could receive product and clinical information by calling: Ted Rozema, M.D., and principal investigator.8.) Data coordination: Data was coordinated and maintained by the principal investigator, all data was statistically analyzed. Information was made available to all appropriate authorities, including IRB of the GLCCM and the FDA.

9.) Clinical laboratory: Clinical laboratory facilities and medical support was provided by AmScot Medical Laboratories, Inc. To ensure the safety and integrity of the study, the following analyses were assessed: — a) Baseline: — Smac 18 with CBC - manual differential Blood lead determination — Urine (24-hour collection) —heavy metals to include: Pb, Cd, Hg, As, Ni, Al — B2 - micro globulin (serum) Anti - TPO Total Ca/Ca2+ Mg/Mg2+ Pt/APTT PTH — b) Provocative EDTA challenge: — Blood lead determination — Urine (9-hour) - heavy metals - Pb, Cd, Hg, As, Ni, Al — B2 - micro globulin (serum) Total Ca/Ca2+ Mg/Mg2+ Pt/APTT PTH —c) Mid-study laboratory evaluation: — Blood lead determination — CBC - manual differential Urine (9-hour) - heavy metals - Pb, Cd, Hg, As, Ni, Al — B2 - micro globulin (serum) — Total Ca/Ca2+ Mg/Mg2+ — Pt/APTT PTH —d) Post study (6 weeks): — Blood lead determination — SMAC 18 with CBC - manual differential — Urine (9-hour) - heavy metals - Pb, Cd, Hg, As, Ni, Al — B2 - micro globulin (serum) — Total Ca/Ca2+ Mg/Mg2+ — Anti-TPO — PTH

Research Protocol: A study to determine the efficacy of Calcium disodium EDTA used as a rectal suppository in removing toxic metals from the human body. Subjects: children with proven lead toxicity (blood lead levels >10mcg/dL). Study design: 1.) Enrollment. 2.) Blood lead levels drawn to enter into study with simultaneous determination of urine lead excretion (total urine minerals - if possible with parental assistance). 3.) Treatment phase. 4.) Placement of a rectal suppository containing 2 grams of Calcium Disodium EDTA nightly for 10 days, then 10 days without EDTA, then placement of the EDTA suppository for 10 days, continue this program for two courses of treatment. 5.) Laboratory determinations:

PRE
AFTER 10 DAYS
AFTER 10 DAYS
AFTER 10 DAYS
BLOOD
XX — Supp
XX — No supp
XX — Supp
XX
URINE
XX — Supp
XX — No supp
XX — Supp
XX

Purpose is to demonstrate gradual reduction of both blood and urine lead levels over time with a simple and cost-effective method. It was anticipated that methods to reduce lead intake would be in place during and after this study. Unfortunately, no environmental mitigation was ever enacted.Specimen Collection Regimen: Pre-study: 1.) Collection of 3 to 5 ml of whole blood in heparinized, lead-free curettes. 2.) Collection of 9 hours of urine.

This was measured from the time the child went to bed until 9 hours later. It was anticipated that the children were not getting up at night to urinate and mother would need to watch to catch the first morning specimen then determine when is the 9 hour point and collect the additional urine to make the complete collectionThis provided a base line for both blood levels and excretion on a daily basis.

Just before the first suppository: 1.) Collection of 1 to 5 ml of whole blood in heparinized, lead-free curettes. 2.) Insertion of the first suppository in the child's rectum, high as possible, just before the child goes to sleep, preferable with the child already in the bed.

The morning after the first suppository: 1.) Collection of 9 hours of urine. This was measured from the time the child went to bed until 9 hours later. It was anticipated that the children were not getting up at night to urinate and mother would need to watch to catch the first morning specimen then determine when is the 9 hour point and collect the additional urine to make the complete collection. The morning before the 10th suppository: 1.) Collection of 3 to 5 ml of whole blood in heparinized, lead-free curettes. The morning after the 10th suppository: 1.) Collection of 9 hours of urine. This was measured from the time the child went to bed until 9 hours later. It was anticipated that the children were not getting up at night to urinate and mother would need to watch to catch the first morning specimen then determine when is the 9 hour point and collect the additional urine to make the complete collection.

The morning of the 19th day: This is the last day without a suppository before the next ten days of suppository administration. 1.) Collection of 3 to 5 ml of whole blood in heparinized, lead-free curettes. 2.) Collection of 9 hours of urine. This was measured from the time the child went to bed until 9 hours later. It was anticipated that the children were not getting up at night to urinate and mother would need to watch to catch the first morning specimen then determine when is the 9 hour point and collect the additional urine to make the complete collection.This gave us a determination of equilibration after no treatment for 10 days.The morning of the 30th day: 1.) Collection of 3 to 5 ml of whole blood in heparinized, lead-free curettes.

The morning after the 30th suppository: 1.) Collection of 9 hours of urine. This was measured from the time the child went to bed until 9 hours later. It was anticipated that the children were not getting up at night to urinate and mother would need to watch to catch the first morning specimen then determine when is the 9 hour point and collect the additional urine to make the complete collection. All specimens were taken to the laboratory of Dr. Conrado Depratt at the Instituto De Quimica of the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo.Results: Average 20 children test data:
BLOOD LEAD LEVELS


Pre-study
66.64
mcd/gL
After 10 days of suppositories
39.09
mcd/gL
After 10 days without suppositories
61.45
mcd/gL
After 10 more days on suppositories
83.67
mcd/gL

URINE LEAD EXCRETION LEVELS


Pre-study
004.23
mcd/gL
After 1st suppository
325.55
mcd/gL
After 10 days of suppositories
061.445
mcd/gL
After 10 days without suppositories
009.04
mcd/gL
After 10 more days on suppositories
022.71
mcd/gL

The data clearly demonstrates that Detoxamin , (EDTA delivered in rectal suppository form), effectively removes lead from children with lead poisoning. The continued high excretion level, after 10 days without Detoxamin is of special interest. Also of special interest is the rebound effect in the blood lead levels. It's degree reflecting the high amount of stored lead in the tissue and bones and the attendant mobilization effect.

Each time the blood lead level was diminished, additional lead was mobilized from the tissues and bones. It was anticipated that methods to reduced lead intake would be in place during and after this study. Unfortunately, no environmental mitigation was ever enacted. Ideally, environmental intervention would have been enforced and the Detoxamin Calcium disodium EDTA rectal suppository therapy would have continued for a 6-month duration. This circumstance was not possible.

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Detoxamin EDTA Chelation Therapy Suppositories are a new patented method of Ca-EDTA chelation therapy medically equivalent to I.V. chelation therapy.

Detoxamin EDTA Chelation Therapy Suppositories are a new patented method of Ca-EDTA chelation therapy medically equivalent to I.V. chelation therapy.

The difference is that Detoxamin introduces a smaller dosage of Calcium Disodium EDTA on a nightly basis.

By applying the highly efficacious Detoxamin suppository containing EDTA, you remove toxic metal from cells all over the body.

The self-administration is performed rectally before retiring so that as you sleep you are taking chelation therapy with EDTA. There's no need for intravenous infusions or quantities of nutritional supplements.

What is EDTA chelation therapy and what is it used for?Chelation (pronounced key-lay-shun) is the process by which a metal or mineral (such as lead, mercury, iron, arsenic, aluminum, etc.) is bonded to another substance-in this case an amino acid called EDTA, Ethylene-Diamine-Tetra-Acetic acid. It is a natural process, basic to life itself. During EDTA chelation therapy, the EDTA infusion bonds with unwanted metals in the body and quickly carries them away in the urine.

Chelation therapy is a safe, effective alternative to drugs and surgeries and is used to treat many illnesses now known to be linked to the presence of toxic heavy metals. Illnesses such as heart disease, strokes, diabetes, circulatory disorders, neuropathies, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, and adverse reactions to many environmental pollutants. Traditional chelation therapy uses an intravenous drip, and is administered in the outpatient setting.

The number of treatments vary based on each person's individual condition and/or goals of treatment. The average therapy is given one to three times a week for twenty to thirty treatments.How long has EDTA chelation therapy been in use? Why don't more people use it?EDTA chelation therapy for the detoxification for heavy metals has been in continuous use since the 1940s when it was introduced specifically for the treatment of lead poisoning. It was very quickly observed that as the metals were eliminated, not only did the signs and symptoms of lead poisoning abate, but problems related to the circulatory system like heart attacks, angina, strokes, and peripheral vascular disease also improved.

For the past 50 years, well over one million people have received the intravenous form of EDTA chelation. As beneficial and life saving as this therapy has become, it is very expensive and very time-consuming, making it out of reach for most people.Why is Ca-EDTA, Calcium Disodium EDTA, so much better than other types of chelation therapy?According to Dr. Bruce Halstead, "The chemistry of all chelators is such that a change of pH can dramatically effect the process of chemical binding needed to chelate a mineral or metal. When you use a less effective chelator, such as Magnesium EDTA, you lose all chelating ability of the two most essential heavy metals: lead and mercury. Magnesium di-Potassium EDTA has a dramatically lower chelating effectiveness than Calcium EDTA because both magnesium and potassium dramatically decrease the pH in the blood environment to which it is introduced. Any factor decreasing pH renders EDTA less effective.

Once the pH is lowered more than 7.38, it's no longer chemically conducive to any bonding or chelating." (Dr. Halstead is well known as the 'Father of Chelation Therapy'.)

Dr. Morton Walker Speaks on Detoxamin - Toxic Metals Induce Degenerative Diseases; Rectal Chelation Therapy Overcomes Them.

Environmentalists warn us repeatedly that we live on a poisoned planet. Toxins from mercury, lead, aluminum, cadmium, iron, nickel, and about 20 more metallic minerals permeate the Earth's milieu. Heavy and light metals poison us by combining to create deleterious signs and symptoms often referred to collectively as Toxic Metal Syndrome.

This syndrome, an indicator of serious systemic pathology, results in degenerative diseases which affect no less than 92% of the populations of Western industrialized nations, in particular, those people living in apartment high-rises and other polluted city dwellings. What happens to them? These poisoned people eventually come down with manifestations of degenerative illnesses such as heart and/or blood vessel deteriorations; pancreatitis; gout, rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis; the syndromes of yeast, chronic fatigue, and/or irritable bowel; Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, parkinsonism, and many more which may be deadly-cancer for instance.

Although a poisoned person's bones remain toxic for life, excellent self-treatment exists to reduce or reverse most symptoms of illness in other body parts. First, get tested for the extent of toxicity, then neutralize metallic poisoning with a chelating agent such as Detoxamin. By applying the highly efficacious Detoxamin suppository containing EDTA, you remove toxic metal from cells all over the body. The self-administration is performed rectally before retiring so that as you sleep you are taking chelation therapy with EDTA. There's no need for intravenous infusions or quantities of nutritional supplements.Rectal chelation therapy does the job of detoxifying in a low-cost, convenient manner; it's an effective way to effuse EDTA through the bowel's walls and into your blood stream to clean toxic metals from all body cells.

Do I need Ca-EDTA chelation therapy?
We find ourselves existing in a far more toxic and hostile environment than our bodies were designed to handle. Experts have shown that almost every health problem-from learning disorders to cancer and heart disease-is aggravated by the approximate 1,000% increase in lead levels in our bones. In 1999, it was reliably reported that hearts with some form of disease have 20,000 times more toxic heavy metals than healthy hearts."Human exposure to heavy metals has risen dramatically in the last 50 years as a result of an exponential increase in the use of heavy metals in industrial processes and products." says Maile Pouls, Ph.D (Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, July 1999).A recently concluded "Body Burden" study by New York's Mt. Sinai Hospital and the Environmental Working Group was reviewed by University of Oregon Professor Joseph Thornton: "It shows the universality of chemical contamination of people's bodies," Thornton said.

All the studies "confirm the general message that everybody in our society has these chemicals building up. Some people have it worse than others, but everyone has it. No one is clean anymore." (From Being Careful Can't Keep Chemicals Out of Your Body, Miami Herald, February 1, 2003.)Today we know that about one out of every 2.5 Americans will get cancer. Ninety eight percent of cancer is caused by toxic chemicals. When 50% of all men and 33% of all women living now will die of cancer, something is terribly wrong. (Mortality from cancer was reduced by 90% during an 18-year study of 59 patients treated with Calcium-EDTA. This and over 40 other studies prove the efficacy of Ca-EDTA, Calcium Disodium EDTA chelation therapy and Detoxamin. We will all function better and live longer if we lower the overall burden of toxic metals within ourselves. If you eat or breathe, you will probably benefit greatly from chelation therapy.

Is Detoxamin safe for children?
Yes. In fact, Detoxamin case studies were conducted on lead poisoning in children. The study showed no significant increase in BUN or creatinine levels even in very young children. Due to our lower dosage and time release formulation, no renal toxicity was encountered.BEHAVIORAL, STRUCTURAL, FUNCTIONAL ABNORMALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS HEAVY METAL TOXINS.Reference: Published in the August issue of Alternative & Complimentary Therapies (a magazine for doctors) and Published in Townsend Letter for Doctor's and PatientsPsychiatric Disturbances:
Social Deficits, Social withdrawal

Mercury
Repetitive, perseverative, stereotyped behaviors; OCD-typical behaviors
Mercury
Depression, mood swings, flat affect; impaired facial recognition

Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Mercury
Schizoid tendencies; hallucinations; delirium
Mercury
Irritability, aggressive behaviors, temper tantrums
Lead, MercurySuicidal Behaviors
Copper, MercurySleep difficulties / disturbancesLead, Mercury, Thallium
Chronic fatigue (CFS); weakness, malaise
Aluminum, Arsenic, Cadmium, Copper, Lead, Mercury, Thallium
Anorexia; symptoms reflecting eating disorders, loss of appetite/weight
Arsenic, Lead, Mercury
Anxiety; nervous tendencies

Thallium
Attentional problems (ADHD), lacks eye contact, impaired visual fixation
Lead, Mercury

Speech and Language Deficits: Speech disorders
A luminum, MercuryLoss of speech, developmental problems with language Mercury
Speech comprehension deficits

Mercury
Dysarthria; articulation problems; slurred speech, unintelligible speech
Mercury
Cognitive Impairments:Mental retardation, borderline intelligence

Arsenic, Lead, Mercury
Uneven performance on IQ scores, low IQ scores
Copper, LeadPoor concentration, attention deficits (ADHD, response inhibition

Aluminum, Lead
Poor memory (short term, verbal, and auditory)
Aluminum, Lead

Difficulties understanding abstract ideas; difficulty carrying out complex commands

X metals
Dementia; pre-senile and senile dementia
Aluminum
Stupor

Aluminum, Arsenic

Impaired reaction time; lower performance on timed tests

Lead
Sensory Abnormalities:
Abnormal Sensations in the mouth and extremities
Arsenic
Hearing loss, difficulty hearing
Arsenic, Lead, MercuryAbnormal touch sensations; diminished touch sensations, aversion to touch
Arsenic
Blurred vision; sensitivity to light
Arsenic, Mercury
Motor Disorders:
Choreiform movements, myoclonal jerks, unusualpostures

Copper, Mercury
Difficulty walking, swallowing, talking
Copper, Mercury

Flapping, circling, rocking, toe walking
Mercury
Problems with intentional movements or imitation
MercuryAbnormal, gait/posture; incoordination, loss of balance; problems sitting, lying, crawling and walking
Mercury

Decreased locomotor activity
Aluminum, Arsenic
Convulsion; seizure
Aluminum, Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Mercury, Thallium

Physiological Impairment, Brain and Central Nervous System:
Neurofibrillary tangles
Aluminum
Neuritis, retrobulbar neuritis; neuropathy
Aluminum, Arsenic, Lead, Thallium
EncephalopathyAluminum, Arsenic, Lead, Thallium
Cerebrovascular diseaseX metals

Alterations in nerve conduction velocity
Lead
Alterations in the spinal cordThalliumAccumulates in CNS structures
Aluminum, MercuryAbnormal EEGs

Arsenic, Lead
Autonomic disturbancesCopper, Lead, Mercury, Thallium

Peripheral Nervous System:Peripheral neuropathyArsenic, Mercury

Alterations in peripheral nerves
Arsenic
Loss of feeling/ numbness in the extremities; paresthesia

Arsenic, Mercury, Thallium

Gastrointestinal Tract:
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea; loss of appetite

Arsenic, Mercury

Abdominal pain, stomach cramps; burning of the throat of the mouth

Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Mercury, Thallium

Esophagitis; gastroenteritis; colitis

Arsenic, Mercury, Thallium Cancers (colon, pancreatic, stomach, or rectal) Arsenic

Renal and Hepatic Impairment:Hepatotoxicity; Liver dysfunction, damageArsenic, Copper, Thallium

Cirrhosis of the liver; hepatitis

Copper

Kidney disease; kidney failureArsenic, Lead, MercuryRenal toxicity; tubular proteinosisArsenic, Copper, LeadKidney Damage, histological alterations

Arsenic, Lead
Cardiovascular System:Blood vessel damage

ArsenicAnemia; decreased red blood cell count

Arsenic, CopperHypertension; increased heart rate (tachycardia)

Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Thallium

Electrocardiac disorders, Peripheral vascular disease; cardiovascular disease, vascular collapse

Arsenic, Lead
Respiratory System:Pulmonary Fibrosis

Aluminum, Arsenic
Pulmonary edema

X metals
Pneumonia, laryngitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis

Aluminum, Arsenic, Mercury
Restrictive airway disorders, asthmatic conditions, pneumoconiosisArsenic, Aluminum

Nasal ulcers, perforation of the nasal septumX metalsImmune System:Increased incidences of asthma, autoimmune-like symptoms, & allergies
X metals

Inhibition of lymphocytes, T-cells, monocytes X metals
Immunosuppression

LeadDecreased white blood cell count
Arsenic, ThalliumReproductive System:Genital abnormalitiesAluminum, ThalliumDisturbances in menstrual cycle; menstrual painsCopper, MercuryBirth defects; premature births; Spontaneous abortionArsenic, Lead, MercuryReproductive dysfunctionArsenic, AluminumOther Physical Disturbances:Hypotonia or hypertonia; decreased muscular strengthX metalRashes, contact dermatitis; eczema, itchy/irritating skinAluminum, Arsenic, Copper, MercuryMuscle pain; headache; acrodynia; colicArsenic, Copper, Lead, ThalliumAlopecia (hair loss)Thallium Reference: Published in the August issue of Alternative & Complimentary Therapies (a magazine for doctors) and Published in Townsend Letter for Doctor's and Patients.

Detoxamin Usage Instructions: Detoxamin EDTA Suppositories are solid, bullet-shaped preparations designed for easy insertion into the anus (back passage). Detoxamin is manufactured in a cocoa-butter base, a time-release agent (fatty acid base), and 750 mg of Calcium-Disodium EDTA. Detoxamin will dissolve at body temperature and will gradually spread over the lining of the lower bowel (rectum), where it is absorbed into the bloodstream. Detoxamin is designed to release 750 mg Calcium Disodium EDTA slowly, over an 80-minute period.

A. Detoxamin Protocol for More Severe Cases:
1. Take one suppository at night, prior to bedtime.
2. Take every night for up to 90 days. This will provide the medical equivalence of 30 IV Chelation treatments.
3. Take proper mineral/trace mineral/vitamin replacement every day.
4. Take all other suplementaion every day.B. Detoxamin Protocol for Less Severe Cases/Anti-Aging/Prevention:
1. Take Detoxamin every OTHER night, prior to bedtime.
2. Take Detoxamin every other night for 180 days (90 suppositories). This will provide the medical equivalence of 30 IV chelation treatments.
3. Take proper mineral/trace mineral/vitamin replacement every day.
4. Take all other supplementation every day.

Detoxamin Protocol AFTER A or B is completed:
Your bones are toxic for life. Lead and other heavy metals are stored in the bones and get re-distributed into the bloodstream. Therefore, it is highly recommended to continue maintenance with Detoxamin, this provides the ultimate in Anti-aging benefits.

1. Take 5 Detoxamin suppositories over a 30-day period. This porvides medically equal to about 2 EDTA IV treatments.
2. Take porper mineral/trace mineral/vitamin replacement every day.

Note: Detoxamin is designed to be taken at night, however some patients and physicians prefer taking a suppository in the morning after evacuation. (Optional)

How to Use Detoxamin:
Insert Detoxamin suppositories at night, prior to bedtime.
Eat early in the evening, about 4 hours prior to bedtime. (Reduces any discomfort).
1. Go to the toilet and empty your bowels if necessary.
2. Wash your hands.
3. Remove the plastic wrapping from Detoxamin.
4. Either squat or lie on your side with one leg bent and the other staight.
5. Gently but firmly push the suppository into the rectum, FLAT end first until past the sphincter muscle. By inserting the flat end first opposed to the pointed end, the suppository will travel higher up in the rectum more easily. If necessarey moisten the suppository with a little water. Push it in far enough so it doesn't slip out.
6. Close your legs and sit or lay still for a few minutes.
7. Wash your hands again.
8. Try not to empty your bowels for at least 80 minutes.
9. It is optional to take Detoxamin in the morning, after evacuation.

STORAGE: Store Detoxamin in a cool dark place, but not in the fridge. If Detoxamin suppository gets warm it may melt, put the fridge for a few minutes, this will return the suppository to its original state so it may be inserted.
Shelf Life: 2 Years
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New Water Science Breakthrough: Did You Miss This 2003 Nobel Prize Winning Discovery? Learn How This Affects Your Hydration and Health…

By Joshua Parker
August 4, 2006
Did you know that only one water molecule can be transported into an ion channel at a time?
If this is the case then why would it be beneficial to drink water which is structured to be in clusters of 5-10 water molecules per cluster?
Is water clustering simply a theory of water activation which is on its way out?
Water. We know that we need it for life but do we really understand its energetic nature?
Water is a polar molecule, meaning one side is more electrostatically charged-the other, more negative. A liquid by common definition consists of molecules in constant motion.
Combining just these two properties - constant motion and the polarity which brings about alternate attraction and repulsion - we have a extremely complex medium, much more complex than any mainstream textbook has ever described!
“So what does this mean for you?”
We are facing a global water crisis in the near future due to our lack of understanding of this complex and powerful substance but recent research into water’s amazing properties can help us maintain our health.In the early twentieth century, Viktor Schauberger studied water and the Earth’s natural processes and predicted most of the problems which we now face with our natural resources, especially water. He was very vocal against what he considered to be the devastation of the once vital great rivers of the world by conventional river engineers and hydrologists who lacked his understanding of water’s natural process.
Schauberger characterized water as a “living” substance and considered it the blood of Mother Earth. One unique characteristic of water is its temperature anomaly point. Schauberger found that water is densest at a temperature of +4 degrees centigrade (39.2 degrees Fahrenheit). All other fluids become consistently denser with cooling until the freezing point-except water.
A more recent discovery about water with significant impact for the future of your health led to a Nobel Prize in chemmistry in 2003.
I’ll explain this important recent discovery in a minute after we establish this historical foundation…
Schauberger introduced the concept of water “memory” and explained that water molecules are very sensitive to their surroundings.
Water is literally a liquid crystal that retains tonal frequencies in its structure similar to the way a magnetic tape records sound.
Nature maintains a high-frequency vitality in what Schauberger considered “ripe” spring water by creating meandering stream channels and always flowing in circular paths.
Municipal water on the other hand, is recycled many times through hundreds of miles of straight metal pipes under high pressures which are never present in nature. These conditions decrease water’s natural high-frequency memory or momentum. Slower spin on water molecules means easy proliferation of micro-organisms and makes water thicker or more viscous. Which type of water would you rather drink?
Most notable for you to understand is what led to a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2003. A type of protein was discovered which is essentially the delivery mechanism carrying water molecules into and out of your cells.In the research that lead to Dr. Peter Agre’s Nobel Prize, it was discovered that the primary mechanism for transporting water into cells utilizes a group of proteins now called Aquaporins. There are many different types of Aquaporins, serving to selectively allow water molecules into the cells while simultaneously preventing “junk” from entering the cells.
These vitally important water channel molecules are now understood to be responsible for 10 times more hydration of your cells than other mechanisms that your cells use to hydrate.
What should we really be looking for in water now that this discovery of the Aquaporin proteins has been brought to light?
To answer this question it’s necessary to dig deeper into just what Dr. Agre and his colleagues have figured out…Aquaporins form a thick molecule that is shaped like an hourglass which spans from outside the cell all the way inside. Only one molecule of water can fit through at a time…
The electrical fields of the aquaporin water channel force your water to form a single file line of water molecules to enter your cells. (Remember that “polarity” I mentioned? That’s what the Aquaporin exploits to make the water line up.)
This field even forces the water molecules to enter the channel with the oxygen molecule facing down and leave the channel with the oxygen molecule facing up!
These water channels have been identified for water transport in kidney, red blood cells, gastro-intestinal tract, sweat gland, and lung cells. Disruption of aquaporin gene function has been associated with a number of human diseases.
To understand how this technology will affect your health the first thing for you to understand is what factors most affect water movement. The most important factor for kidney function as well as other cellular hydration seems to be the specific gravity of your water.Specific gravity is a measure of the density of a substance compared to that of pure water. You’d think there wouldn’t be much to evaluate here – water vs. “pure water” but in actuality there is a big difference. Drinking water that has a specific gravity very close to 1.000 may be a vital key to better hydration. Research suggests that water must be below a specific gravity of 1.009 to hydrate the cells effectively.
Recent preliminary testing on a new water technology that is easy to use and very low cost has been shown to change the specific gravity of tap water from 1.023 to 1.003. This same technology was evaluated to change purified water from 1.011 to 1.002.The impact this will have on your life and health is profound, as water molecules with ideal specific gravity are shown to move through cells more fluidly. Relating this to the new knowledge of how Aquaporins help channel water, we now have amazing tools to maximize the purity and energetic nature of the water we put into our bodies every day.
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Overdosing on Ozone?

Q: Overdosing on Ozone?

I recently heard that certain air purifiers produce high ozone levels. Which are the ones to avoid? Which do you use?-- Pete

A: I recommend HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filters to clear and clean indoor air. These devices work by forcing air through screens containing microscopic pores, which remove all but the tiniest airborne particulates. They do not emit ozone, an active form of oxygen that, at high concentrations, can irritate lungs and make breathing difficult, particularly for asthma patients.

There are two other types of air purifiers. One type, the "ionic" purifiers, uses static charges to remove particles from the air. Some products draw the charged particles back to the unit. With others, the charged particles adhere to walls, floors, table tops and draperies, which can soil these surfaces. These purifiers also can emit some ozone. Of more concern is another type of air purifier that relies on a process called ozonolysis. These units emit much higher levels of ozone and should be avoided.

A study at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) published in the May, 2006, issue of the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association found that in small and poorly ventilated rooms the ozonolysis devices added to existing ozone levels, raising them to a point where indoor air becomes unhealthy. Researchers tested various air purifiers in homes, offices and cars. In some cases, the ozonolysis machines pushed ozone levels as high as 350 parts per billion. If measured outside, those levels would trigger a Stage 2 Smog Alert in southern California, something that hasn't happened there since 1988.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has branded as "misleading" manufacturer claims that ozone will render almost every chemical contaminant harmless. The EPA also noted that available scientific evidence shows that at concentrations that do not exceed public health standards, ozone can do little to remove indoor air contaminants.

Incidentally, another recent study from California has found that many household cleaners and air fresheners may be unhealthy by virtue of the toxic pollutants they emit, particularly when ozone is present in indoor air. Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley looked at products containing ethylene-based glycol ethers classified by the EPA as hazardous air pollutants and those containing chemicals called terpenes, used in pine, lemon and orange oils as solvents or to provide scent. Some research shows that terpenes may react with ozone from air purifiers and office machines to make toxic compounds.

The researchers concluded that under ordinary circumstances exposure is unlikely to reach levels viewed as harmful. But they cautioned against cleaning with products containing these chemicals when ozone generating air purifiers are in use or when outdoor ozone levels are high.

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• Eight Weeks to Optimum Health


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What Is Organic? Powerful Players Want a Say

By MELANIE WARNER Customers at McDonald's restaurants in New England are about to get something a little different when they order coffee. Through a deal with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and Newman's Own, McDonald's will soon be serving a coffee that comes from organic beans and is certified Fair Trade because it meets higher standards in the treatment of coffee workers.

The move, while still a test in a limited region, reflects a much broader trend: The growing interest among large food companies in offering organic foods along with their standard products. General Mills markets the Cascadian Farms and Muir Glen brands; Kraft owns Back to Nature and Boca Foods, which makes soy burgers.

Within the last few years, Dean Foods, the dairy giant, has acquired Horizon Organic and White Wave, maker of Silk organic soymilk. Groupe Danone, the French dairy company, owns Stonyfield Farm. Wal-Mart wants in, too. "We are particularly excited about organic food, the fastest-growing category in all of food,"

Lee Scott, Wal-Mart's chief executive, said at a recent shareholder meeting. "It's a great example of how Wal-Mart can appeal to a wider range of customers." But as organic food enters the mainstream, evolving from an idealistic subculture rooted in images of granola and Birkenstocks, a bitter debate has ensued over what exactly the word "organic" should mean. And now Congress is jumping into the controversy.

With sales of roughly $12 billion, organic food remains a niche market within the $500 billion food industry. But the sector's growing appeal to consumers has fueled a 20 percent annual growth rate in recent years, making it highly attractive to food giants looking for gains in a slow-moving business.

At General Mills, the Cascadian Farms and Muir Glen brands increased sales by 21 percent in the last year, according to the research firm Information Resources Inc., while the company's overall business was up just 1.6 percent. Consumer groups and some organic pioneers say they are concerned that the movement - a response to the practices of corporate food production that promotes a natural chemical-free approach to farming - will become watered down unless firm standards are maintained.

The debate has been under way for several years. But last week, Senate and House Republicans on the Agriculture appropriations subcommittee inserted a last-minute provision into the department's fiscal 2006 budget specifying that certain artificial ingredients could be used in organic food. The Organic Trade Association, an industry lobbying group that proposed the amendment and spent several months pushing for its adoption, says that the measure will encourage the continued growth of organic food.

Some advocacy groups, however, say the amendment will weaken federal organic food standards, first established under a 1990 law. Ronnie Cummins, national director of the Organic Consumers Association, calls the initiative a "sneak attack engineered by the likes of Kraft, Dean Foods and Smucker's."

One of the lobbyists for Altria, Kraft's majority owner, Abigail Blunt - the wife of Representative Roy Blunt, Republican of Missouri, who recently became interim House majority leader after Tom DeLay of Texas resigned from the post - has been working on the issue, the company says. Dean Foods' subsidiary Horizon Organic and the J. M. Smucker Company, the owner of Knudsen and Santa Cruz Organic juices, said they supported the work by the Organic Trade Association, which represents both large and small companies in the business, but did no lobbying on their own.

The amendment injects Congress directly into the debate over whether certain artificial ingredients and industrial chemicals should be allowed in products labeled organic. In a lawsuit ruled upon in January, Arthur Harvey, an organic blueberry farmer, argued that no synthetics at all should be in food bearing the "U.S.D.A. Organic" seal. A federal judge agreed, sending shivers down the spine of many organic food manufacturers. Katherine DiMatteo, executive director of the Organic Trade Association, said that the amendment was intended to protect the industry from the Harvey ruling and will not change the status quo.

If applied, the judge's ruling would have forced many manufacturers to stop using the U.S.D.A. Organic seal and instead relabel products to state, for instance, "cookies made with organic flour" or "frozen lasagna made with organic tomatoes." Many in the organic industry say they are willing to allow some use of synthetics in organic food.

Since 2002, the National Organic Standards Board, a 15-member panel of advisers appointed by the Agriculture Department, has served as the gatekeeper for such substances. In that time, 38 have been approved, many of them relatively harmless ingredients like baking powder, pectin, ascorbic acid and carbon dioxide. But Joseph Mendelson, legal director at the Center for Food Safety, a liberal advocacy group, says that the proposed legislation will open the door to a range of other chemicals and artificial materials, including a large category of so-called food contact substances - things like boiler additives, disinfectants and lubricants with unpronounceable names.

Most of these substances would not end up in finished products in detectable amounts. But many in the organic community say that these tools of mainstream food processing do not belong in organic production. "We don't want organic food manufacturers having carte blanche use of the same kind of synthetics that conventional food processors use, especially when it involves things that do not appear on the ingredient panels," said James A. Riddle, chairman of the National Organic Standards Board. "I think people choose to buy organic food because they don't use all those things."

Ms. DiMatteo contends that the Organic Trade Association is not trying to loosen organic standards or take authority away from the standards board. At the same time, Charles Sweat, chief operating officer at Earthbound Farm, the country's largest grower of organic produce, said he was concerned with the section of the spending bill that gives the Agriculture Department authority to grant temporary exemptions to allow conventionally grown ingredients like corn, soybean oil or tomatoes in organic food when organic versions are not "commercially available." "We see this as opening up a Pandora's box," Mr. Sweat said.

"Any company that can't compete because something is too expensive could go to the secretary and claim they need an exemption." George Simeon, chief executive of Organic Valley, a cooperative of mostly small organic dairy farmers, wrestled with the high cost of organic production a little over a year ago when Wal-Mart asked for a 20 percent price cut. For three years, Organic Valley had been Wal-Mart's primary supplier of organic milk. "Wal-Mart allows you to really build market share," Mr. Simeon said.

"But we're about our values and being able to sustain our farmers. If a customer wants to stretch us to the point where we're not able to deliver our mission, then we have to find different markets." Mr. Simeon told Wal-Mart to get a new supplier. Dean Foods' Horizon Organic was better equipped to satisfy Wal-Mart's demands. Horizon gets about 20 percent of its production from a 4,000-cow organic dairy in Paul, Idaho, which is small in comparison with many conventional dairy farms but huge by organic standards.

Mark Kastel, senior farm policy analyst at Cornucopia, a group representing small dairy farmers, contends that Horizon is able to run such a large farm because it dilutes organic principles. Earlier this year, his group filed a petition arguing that the Idaho farm crams too many cows into a confined area, where most of them do not graze on pasture but instead consume a high-grain diet. "These factory farms are trying to cut corners," Mr. Kastel said. "When you feed more calorie-dense grains, you get more milk." Horizon, which also buys milk from 305 family farms, says it is making changes and will divide its Idaho operation into two separate farms so that there will be three to five cows for each acre of pasture. "We want to meet the regulations," said Kelly O'Shea, Horizon's director of government and industry relations, "and see integrity in the organic standards."

The National Organic Standards Board has been trying to persuade the Agriculture Department to clarify its vague rule that to produce organic milk, dairy cows, besides receiving only organic feed and avoiding growth hormones and antibiotics, must have "access to pasture." It wants to require that milk labeled organic come from cows that get at least 30 percent of their diet from pasture grass for a minimum of 120 days a year.

Mr. Kastel of Cornucopia estimates that roughly 30 percent of the organic milk sold in the United States comes from cows that are not on pasture, most of them from two large dairies run by Aurora Organic Dairy, an offshoot of what was once the country's largest conventional dairy company. Organic milk is the most popular organic product and sells for up to twice the price of regular milk. On a recent visit to Aurora's farm in Platteville, Colo., at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, thousands of Holsteins were seen confined to grassless, dirt-lined pens and eating from a long trough filled with 55 percent hay and 45 percent grains, mostly corn and soybeans. Of the 5,200 cows on the farm, just a few hundred - those between milking cycles or near the end of their lactation - were sitting or grazing on small patches of pasture. Aurora executives say that despite the lack of pasture, their cows are "very healthy and happy."

The 10 million gallons of milk the farm produces each year are supplied mainly to supermarkets and sold under store brands like Safeway Select, Kirkland at Costco and Archer Farms at Target. Mark Retzloff, president of Aurora Organic, said he did not agree with the National Organic Standards Board's proposed pasture rule, but added that he was planning to add 550 acres of grazing land to the farm.

The company is also building a new dairy in a layout that Mr. Retzloff said would be conducive to putting thousands of cows on pasture and still milking them three times a day. Such tensions are likely to remain whatever the new legislation allows. Sheryl O'Laughlin, chief executive of Clif Bar, which makes organic energy bars, says that while the difficulty of operating organically and finding natural ingredients often ends up raising production costs, it is also what gives the category its purity and its appeal. "The organic industry," Ms. O'Laughlin said, "has got to put pressure on itself to find alternative solutions."

"Dr Ozone" denies wrongdoing

Jul 13, 2006
An Austrian man accused of luring terminally ill foreigners to Thailand with promises of a miracle cancer cure says he's done nothing wrong, and the husband of a dead Australian patient agrees.
Hellfried Sartori spoke to AAP through jail cell bars at a police station in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, where he has been held since his arrest on Sunday.
"I have not committed any crime.

All I did was to try to help people after they approached me," he said as police investigations into his therapies were underway in Thailand, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
"And I gave free advice to many people, including some in Australia, to try to assist them back to a healthy life."

Sartori, 67, was stripped of his medical licence in several states in the United States, where Thai police say he has served jail time.
Thai police said Sartori was expected to face court on Saturday on charges of fraud and impersonating a doctor, offences that carry five years imprisonment.

Sartori insisted he was still a registered physician in some parts of the world. However in Thailand he had acted only as a "technician" while nurses injected patients with chemicals.
In Darwin today the widower of Australian ovarian cancer patient Kathleen Preston, who died in Thailand two years ago after being treated by Sartori, said there was nothing for police or the NT Coroner to investigate.

"There's nothing wrong," said Keith Preston, who instead accused the Australian medical system of failing his wife.
As well as receiving the "natural" treatment in Thailand, Preston also travelled to Singapore and Mexico for help.
"You won't get anything done in Australia," Preston said."They tell you to go home and die. They weren't doing anything.
Meanwhile, Western Australian police named Sartori and Perth physician Dr Alexandra Boyd as persons of interest over the deaths of six terminally ill people who were given cesium chloride therapy in Perth in May 2005.

Detective Sergeant Terry Rackich said the cancer patients had paid "tens of thousands" of dollars for treatment.

The six Australians as well as one New Yorker were allegedly treated at Boyd's home because Sartori could not get a visa. Within two days four were dead and two died within a month.
Sergeant Rackich said: "We're looking at any aspect of any criminality that has occurred but at this particular point in time it is just going to be referred to the coroner."
He said Boyd had declined to be interviewed by police.

In a statement tonight, Boyd said neither she nor her clinic had administered "any cancer treatment to these Perth-based patients of Mr Sartori" but had ordered and reviewed blood tests for some of them.

Inside Chiang Mai's jail, Sartori lashed out at the Maharaj Nakhon Chiang Mai Hospital where Preston died soon after undergoing his controversial "ozone treatment".
Sartori said Preston flew to Thailand with her husband to be diagnosed and was given what Sartori said were "special injections".

"That poor woman bled to death because of the incompetence of the staff at that hospital," Sartori said.

"I intend to sue them for $US20 million ($A27 million) as soon as I get out of here."

A Thai post-mortem examination found excessive potassium in her blood.
Sartori said he had not been interviewed by Australian Federal Police.

Thai police said they were investigating the deaths of other patients under Sartori's care.
Detectives said Sartori, who studied medicine in his native Austria, was convicted in the US of illegally administering his so-called "ozone treatments", and was jailed in New York State in May 1992 and Washington DC in July 1998.

Sartori admitted today that he had charged his "patients" $A50,000 for his treatments, which were carried out in hotel rooms in and around Chiang Mai.

"How can they accuse me of impersonating a medical practitioner?" he said.
"I was licensed by the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom in 1992 - and I still hold that valid licence today."
Sartori also claims his 40-year-old medical qualifications from Graz University in Austria remain valid under European Union law.

He said he had lived in Thailand for 10 years "on and off" and that he had visited Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Darwin "a number of times" - although he refused to be specific about the dates and purpose of these trips.

"At all times during my work with people who came to see me here, their own relations were present at every stage of the treatment," Sartori said.

One of Sartori's patients, New Zealander Melissa Judith Taylor, lost consciousness during treatment in Chiang Mai last month. She has since returned home.

Source: AAP