The New Medical Paradigm for Health

          What do the ageing process and chronic degenerative diseases like hypertension, diabetes, pre-diabetes, arthritis have in common?  The answer is a resounding "a bunch!" 

          Let us start with a comment about ageing and getting older.  Getting older is a function of the passage of time.  Ageing is a result of loss of quality of our bodily function.  Eventually time and function collide and our body loses both.   

         The ideal medical paradigm would result in the maximum extension of life with the absence of problems of ageing.  The result would be dying at an old age but healthy!  You just wear out one day without disease.  If that sounds like it’s right for you, read on and join the “long livers.”

          Let’s continue this by talking a bit about the body’s physical function in generalities!

          This unit we call the body, is composed of numerous organs in various systems, very complex.  The most basic unit of function is the cell.  All the various organs and systems in the body are comprised of cells, the cell is its basic building block. As such,  cellular health determines the body’s health.  Cell health would also impact the ageing process and the incidence of diseases both acute and chronic. 

          It would seem that the more you knew about how the cell worked the more you could understand how the various organs and other body systems function.  Your decision about your medical choices would be more effective, right?  If we’re in agreement let’s do some study of cellular health.

          We eat and drink because we’re hungry and thirsty.  We get hungry and/or thirsty physiologically because cells need the nutrients from food and the water to make energy.  Nutrients are the cells’ energy currency and quality counts.

          In the early days of the computer there was a saying regarding the quality of a computer’s output which was "garbage in/garbage out".  Something that is true of your cells and organs and body, garbage in/garbage out.  You cannot expect your cells and organs to produce high quality function with low quality fuel.  Eventually the function of cells' and organs' ability to minimize cellular damage from free radicals diminishes.  Increased disease and internal ageing occur.   Oops!  I just used the term free radicals—let’s define.

          A free radical is any molecule that has one or more missing electrons in its outer ring of electrons.  Sources of free radicals are everywhere; chemicals in food, air and water are not recognized by the body as needed for life.   Free radicals initiate damage to cells, organs and bodies in general.  Preventing or putting out the free radical fires are essential for the maintenance of life quality and quantity. 

          The currently popular medical paradigm primarily addresses the symptoms of lost cellular and organ system function with a pharmaceutical drug to suppress the symptoms.  However, hypertension is not a disease but rather a symptom of malfunction of the circulatory system.  Elevated blood sugar is not diabetes but rather a symptom of diabetes, etc.  Taking a pharmaceutical drug does not change the disease status but suppresses symptoms.  A more effective paradigm might be one that addresses CAUSES  OF SYMPTOMS of cellular malfunction wherever located in our body. As a clinical result of this paradigm shift in treatment modalities patients often note improvement in symptoms and healing of ailments beyond what their primary chief complaint was.

Let me veer off topic for a moment.  The proof that the currently popular medical paradigm is disease and symptom oriented is demonstrated by the health questionnaire that is presented to an individual at a healthcare facility.  Often, one of the first questions asked is about your chief complaint, little or nothing related to your wellness.  The assumption being "why would you be seeking care of doctor if you were not ill?"  How about a new idea - see a physician because she/he knows how to keep you healthy!

          A large part of our ability to be healthy has to do with our immune system.  Our immune system’s job is primarily to handle agents that would be harmful to cellular or organ system function.  The majority of these agents are primarily bacteria, viruses and toxins, AND the majority of the body’s immune system is in the intestinal tract.  That makes sense since the things that we eat and drink aren’t sterilized and therefore the gastrointestinal tract is a major entry point into the body of foreign substances; including bacteria, viruses and thousands of environmental petrochemicals that we are exposed to in the form of insecticides, herbicides, pesticides, artificial food coloring and artificial food flavoring and thousands of others.  Therefore proper evaluation of the intestinal tract and effective improvement in its function will go a long way toward restoring and maintaining a strong immune system to aid health and healthy ageing.

          One of the currently popular medical methods of evaluating the GI tract is direct visualization, i.e., gastroscopic evaluation of the stomach and small intestine and, at the other end, colonoscopic evaluation of the large intestine.  These are fine for evaluation of the gross anatomy but they do not tell us much about function and the microscopic intestinal life, i.e., the bacteria and fungi and the immune system. 

To answer this conundrum, we have been utilizing a study called a comprehensive stool evaluation for decades.  This is performed on a stool sample that you collect at home. You mail in the vials to the lab that specializes in this examination. Due to the findings of that evaluation an appropriate initial treatment program is designed and started.  Addressing the GI tract comprehensively goes a long way in assuring that the system through which you absorb most of the nutrients that we must have for health is functioning properly.  It is an evaluation of the majority of your immune system, 60% or more. Utilizing these diagnostic modalities determine therapeutic paradigms  that assure you are getting on the right track toward dying at an advanced age, old but healthy.

          I would be remiss if, while on the topic of the GI tract I failed to mention the potential of a yeast overgrowth commonly referred to as candidiasis.  Candidiasis is a class of yeast that overgrow in the intestinal tract.  We have been identifying and treating  candida overgrowths for our patients for decades.  We find it in both sexes and all ages.  It is very rewarding to see a patient’s life quality improve, often dramatically and after a lifetime of symptoms of ill health.  04/07/2020

Conrad G Maulfair, Jr.  D.O.

Diagnostic Tools for Clinical Practice Lead to Real Results in Effective Treatments.

Dr. Conrad G. Maulfair, Osteopathic Physician

Effective medical care includes looking for and finding the causes of someone’s symptoms. If a physician only offers to medicate symptoms you never find the causes of health problems and the real problems continue as the need for additional medication increases. An example, you have probably noticed, is people on blood pressure medications need more medication over time as the pressure marches upward because the underlying cause has not been addressed. When the cause of chronic problems is not addressed you seldom find a lasting improvement in health.

The heavy metal lead is associated with increase in blood pressure, to continue with this example, if you have high blood pressure you should have your lead levels in hair and red blood cells tested. Contact our office for a copy of a study synopsis from the Journal of the American Medical Association entitled “Blood Lead, Blood Pressure, and Hypertension in Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women.” Conclusions include blood lead levels positively associated with both systolic and diastolic blood pressure and risks of both systolic and diastolic hypertension among women aged 40-59 years. There is much more in this article so call us for the complete report.

Simple diagnostic procedures can demonstrate toxins such as pesticides reside in human fat tissue. The presence of fat stored toxins rob a person’s vitality and can seriously interfere with healthy aging. As an example, pesticides are directly correlated with the development of breast cancer. The EPA has long studied the prevalence of xenobiotics in the bodies of American public: they found residues of tens of toxins in all tissue samples taken across the country. Pharmaceutical drugs, street drugs and radiation are also stored in the body; in the case of drugs this is the reason past drug users still crave drugs and sometimes return to drug use.

Health conscious people recognize the interference and interruption of normal function fat stored toxins create. These toxins accelerate the aging process with all the pitfalls of developing chronic health problems.
In the case of heavy metal toxicity chelation therapy could be utilized to lower the levels of these toxins in your body. When they are removed the reasons for health problems diminish and you are healthier, hundreds of our patients have experienced the benefits of increased energy and less heart disease, lower blood pressure and improved arthritis. Diabetics often lower the levels of insulin they use, some can eliminate it,

Patients in our practice have an opportunity to address these problems with our rejuvenation programs which detoxify the body. The most effective program to eliminate fat stored toxins, such as pharmaceutical drugs, street drugs, pesticides, herbicides and environmental toxins is the sauna detoxification program described in a popular text on the subject titled “Clear Body Clear Mind”, by L. Ron Hubbard. We have this text for sale in our office or you can order it by going to our website links for clearbodyclearmind.org or purchase it through any bookstore.

This program is the program you may have heard is responsible for restoring the health of the rescue workers of 9-11. These contemporary heroes suffered much in the months following their service at Ground Zero. So toxic they couldn’t work and having to retire at young ages these men and women have been regaining their health through Mr. Hubbard’s program. We offer this identical program in our medical center in Orefield. Tours and informational consultations can be arranged by calling 610-682-2104. We also give ongoing health education seminars, call to reserve your seat.

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What Do Heart Disease, Diabetes, Arthritis and Cancer Have In Common?

Diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and cancer are the big 4. Three of them are considered chronic degenerative diseases; they are ongoing and worsen over time. The likely common denominator among these diseases, and for that matter accelerated aging, is a toxic body load of heavy metals. Yes, toxic metals! There is a mountain of medical evidence validating the fact that small amounts of toxic metals; lead, cadmium, mercury, uranium, arsenic and others contribute to the development of chronic degenerative disease.
There are thousands of scientific references about lead in bodies associated with vascular disease, elevated blood pressure especially. Cadmium in the air over 28 cities was found to be associated with the incidence of vascular disease in people living in those cities.

Aluminum (al) has long been associated with decline of mental functions including Alzheimer’s disease. Aluminum also damages the genetic material DNA. DNA besides being involved in genes is essential in everyday cellular function. Without proper DNA function the function of cellular activity deteriorates causing chronic degenerative diseases. Aluminum within cells will impair the cells energy production and therefore its health.

Arsenic is a well known metal poison. Arsenic can be introduced into the environment via pesticides and the glass and electronics industries. Its presence in human bodies has been shown to be associated with cancer, and peripheral vascular disease. Arsenic along with lead, cadmium, and mercury are neuro-toxic and associated with cardiovascular disease. Arsenic also affects glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes. Arsenic is added to animal feed to fight parasites in chicken.

The less toxic metals we carry around the healthier we will be. What is the best thing to do? There are three things: decrease the amount of toxic metals you are exposed to by finding out where they come from and avoiding future exposures, seek out the proper testing of heavy metal toxic load in your body, and finally remove the existing metal load with intravenous chelation therapy.

There is much that can be done to enhance and maintain a high quality of life. Handling toxic metals is an essential part of the effort.

Conrad G Maulfair, Jr. D.O.

Veterans, Construction Workers, Past Drug Users, People with Chronic Health Problems All Benefit

When you look for underlying reasons for health problems and symptoms you find toxins in one form or another at the base of the mountain.
Changing your diet, detoxifying with a number of common methods can do wonders for your health and well-being. Some people, however, find they cannot get lasting results with self-care and these are the people who need the help of a program of thorough detoxification.

Toxins are stored in adipose tissue throughout the body. That’s right, fat tissue. The body chooses fat tissue because it has a low blood supply, so storing toxins in fat means they may stay out of circulation in the blood stream for some time; until the time you are exercising or missing a meal and your body burns “that” fat tissue for energy. The only thing you notice is you feel like you are drugged or spacey or just plain ill; developing a headache for no reason you can put your finger on. The reason is within you, your body just released from fat storage a bit of toxins into your blood stream and you are feeling it. Most people answer this problem with more toxins, like an aspirin or antidepressant. That does not work; it makes you worse over time.

The science is strong and growing in scope. The Environmental Working Group found evidence of 287 chemicals in the umbilical cord blood of 10 infants. The US Geological Survey measured Organic waste Water Contaminants in 139 streams in 30 of our 50 states. 80% of the streams had measurable “owc’s” including cholesterol drugs, insect repellents, triclosan (an anti-microbial), fire retardants and detergent. 80,000 tons of carcinogens are released into the air annually in North America; there are 2100 chemicals in most municipal water supplies and over 50,000 chemicals in commercial use. The toxic metal cadmium in the air over 28 cities is connected to higher levels of vascular diseases for residents in those cities. NYU School of Medicine researchers established a causal link between air pollution and arteriosclerosis in 2005. The Environmental Health Perspectives Journal cited toxins such as PCB’s, dioxin and pesticides increase arteriosclerosis and fat in artery walls. We could go on and on. The body of scientific knowledge of the health problems cause by contaminants grows monthly.

As you age it starts to become apparent that you are harboring more toxins as you can experience a lasting fatigue, or if a user in the past you crave drugs, while developing symptoms that stick around. Symptoms arising from toxic metals like mercury, arsenic, cadmium and other others, as well as pesticides, herbicides, food additives like msg and aspartame and the toxins from medical and street drugs accumulate and overwhelm your liver and other organs or simply give you symptoms that do not go away.

Taking antioxidants helps in the detoxification pathways and prevents some toxins from harming your body. Utilizing various detoxification protocols like colonics and digestive detoxification methods helps to some extent but fail to reach the toxins stored in adipose tissue and the myelin sheath around the nerves of the body. What releases the toxins from deep fat stores throughout the body? We know of no other effective program to do so other than chelation therapy for heavy metal detoxification and the Hubbard method of sauna detoxification of the hundreds of other chemicals and poisons and mercury in your body stores.

With the daily use of nutrients and niacin, mild exercise and dry heat sauna you can reduce the levels of toxins in your body to the point where you feel a resurgence in well being, energy and mental clarity you desire. The complete program protocol can be found in the book by Hubbard, Clear Body Clear Mind. Followed precisely this program is profound in its benefits.

Chelation therapy can be used as a preventive program to clean up the ravages of daily living with a maintenance program of a treatment every month. Taking high quality nutrients and eating clean, organic foods, avoiding the chemicals in manufactured foods, goes a long way in preventing the build up toxins in your body. Avoiding sources of contamination is key to healthy aging and keeping ones wits.