Resorting to Drugs...

There are so many people who take street drugs and medical drugs thinking it will be for a short while and wind up long down the road with health problems they never dreamed of.  Addiction is just part of the problem.  Damage from free radicals, which are the stock in trade of chemicals, all chemicals, do something to your health.  Combined with pesticides and chemicals in the food we eat someone with a drug problem gets a double whammy.
If you stopped taking meds or street drugs you can benefit by the things we do in our clinic and if you cannot come to see us you can do this; recognize you have health problems apart from just the cravings of drugs.  You crave drugs because traces are still in your body and often dump into your blood stream causing the cravings some  people cannot resist…more drugs is their answer.  But how about this idea… if you feel ill or crave drugs go for  a long walk, a good walk and look at your environment, really look at it.   When you get back drink a big glass of water and make yourself something to eat that is fresh, from scratch that did not come out of a box. 

Free radical damage from whatever source either crowds out vitamins and minerals from doing their health building work or depletes them so badly you have nothing available for normal function.  Either way you are in trouble.  Mood swings, depression, belly aches, headaches all stem from this or are made worse by the fact that you are starving.  STARVING.  Your weight has nothing to do with it.  You are nutrient depleted.  Find a good absorbable vitamin and mineral program and rebuild your health.  While you are learning make food from scratch with a good cookbook and walking everyday and drinking water to help your body shed some of the drug residues you need to find a doctor who can help you in the way that we do in our clinic.  Doctors interested in health are available in most cities or close by.  Check out our website for some ideas about what you can expect and look for the sauna detoxification program if you think you are in trouble enough to worry about reverting to drugs again.  We help people reverse the accumulation of chemicals and drugs.

I was watching videos of some fabulous horses this morning thinking about the two Peruvian Pasos I have loved and who died over the last few years.  For me and many others the sight of a horse doing anything is a high and some of  the videos on-line are so inspiring and beautiful.  When my horses died I was struck by how much these wonderful horses mean to us, for weeks and some months later I would almost turn up the lane to feed them at the barn.  Feeling depressed is normal when things happen in life and I am always grateful for the love of my horses and to have experienced all they gave us over the years, better for me to have loved and lost than not to have loved in the first place.  I am disgusted by the “medical care” that offers drugs in place of remembering and being grateful and shedding a depressed, lonesome tear once in awhile over a loss in life.  It is so much more meaningful to really feel good and really feel bad, I know I am alive and in the game for real, no matter what.  I like it that way.  I want to help others who are made wooden and apathetic by being drugged.  I want to forward the message of true health care free from mind altering drugs because I value emotion and clear thinking.  I want you to feel alive.

Like It Is With Most Things...Fix the Right Thing and It All Changes

If the power company has a power outage in your area you will not return to full power by changing a light bulb.  If your brakes are out on your car changing the oil will not help.  If your house is a mess it will not improve if you take a walk.  If you have headaches constantly it may be “all in your head” but taking a psyche drug does not handle it.  If you have a medical condition taking a drug for it will not solve the reason you have it, but it may mask the symptoms.  Taking a drug for depression will not handle the fact that your family member has died.
Health care needs to change but not in the ways proposed by the government.  If you have high blood pressure taking a drug to control it does not solve the problem;  the reason it is high is undiscovered.  Having your blood pressure checked is not preventive medicine but taking action to avoid developing high blood pressure in the first place is prevention.

The thing you could concentrate on is demanding doctors and other health care workers discover WHY something is what it is and fix that!  Find the cause of your health problems.  Do not accept any masking treatment protocols but rather insist on getting help to find the cause.

Here are some startling facts provided by Grace E Jackson, MD in a 2010 presentation entitled “Psychiatric Drugs“  based on her experiences while employed as a clinician and Medical Director within several agencies that deliver publicly funded services to the mentally ill.   She cites  The Department of Veteran Affairs comparison of death rates of demented veterans who avoided psychiatric drugs to those who took newer antipsychotic medication or old “conventional” antipsychotic medication.  Of 12,821 patients who avoided these medications  18% died within one year.  Of the 10,615  veterans who experienced treatment with antipsychotic drugs the outcome was  quite different;  23%  of veterans died within 1 year who took newer antipsychotic meds, 25% of veterans who took older antipsychotic meds died within 1 year and 29% of those who took both (sequentially or concurrently) died within one year.

The United States comprises 4.5% of the world’s population but consumes 90% of the stimulant sales, 63% of the antipsychotics, 51% of the antidepressants.  Our enemies will have an easy time of it because drugs cause apathy, inaction and disinterest in life by the user.

What about the deaths caused by properly prescribed medications? Dr. Barbara Starfield, in an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 2000, pointed out that her research estimated the adverse effects of medication taken exactly as prescribed resulted in 106,000 inpatient deaths due to the pharmaceuticals and 199,000 outpatient deaths due to pharmaceuticals EACH YEAR.  In 2006 there were 629,191 deaths in the US attributed to cardiac disease, 560,102 due to cancer and 305,000 due to adverse drug reactions.  There is not a physician in existence that could possibly predict which of his patients are going to die due to a properly prescribed pharmaceutical drug.  Some doctors are not willing to live with that.  Some doctors have decided to look for other ways to help patients.  When you minimize prescription use you have to find out what CAUSES a patient to have a problem and then,  addressing that cause, you can figure out what the body is missing resulting in poor health or you can figure out what toxin is causing the difficulty.  It is not glamorous to talk to patients about their diet and exercise habits, it is not glamorous to prescribe nutrients to handle deficiencies but guess what… it avoids unnecessary complications and patients like it when they get better.  It is simple when someone breaks a leg to make the right recommendations to heal the leg, it is obvious what needs to be done when someone is pregnant, it is obvious to decide what to do when someone is in a car wreck and requires surgery but those solutions do not work for the common everyday chronic health problems like digestive disorders, fatigue, headaches, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis…. and on and on.  Those problems are chronic, complex and deserve a comprehensive evaluation that is unique for that patient and results in clear paths to solutions and the alleviation of the problem.  Yep, restoring circulation and wiping out aches and pain and increasing energy are things any conscientious doctor can help you with.

 We need real health care and real health care reform and we are not going to see effective medical care until we demand it.  It will take the public outcry to change any of this so start talking if you care.  You know, organic food did not magically appear in the grocery stores, it was demanded by enough of us for someone to finally listen and then competition took over.  Competition for your interest and your health care dollars will change America for the better so start talking about what you want.

From a Gound Zero Rescue Worker Consulting Our Practice So We Can Help More People!!

I arrived at Ground Zero, from Philadelphia, on Thursday September 13. The AMTRAK trains had started to run again by then. Carrying two plastic bags with barely more than an extra pair of jeans and underclothes, I was afraid I would have to run from rioters in the streets.  When I exited the station what lay before me was a scene straight out of a science fiction film. What many call the greatest city on earth was deserted, whisper quiet. Even 30 blocks from the disaster site everything was coated in 2-3 inches of ash, it looked like snow, although it was nearly 80 degrees.  No cars, no pedestrians, completely and chillingly deserted. For vibrant New York City to be silent sent a stab of fear through me far greater than looting hoards could have. 

 The ash was so fine it floated as I walked. That ash was a deadly mix of toxins, so fine it was deemed to contain nano- particles, these minute particles can cross the blood-brain barrier, one of our body’s defenses against contamination.

 Over 10,000 rescue workers and volunteers helped at the disaster site. We, along with just about everyone within proximity, were greatly contaminated. Almost none of us wore protective masks. We needed to be able to communicate in order to effectively help. Most masks would have been insufficient anyway.  I volunteered for 30 days, breathing as well as absorbing that toxic cocktail through my skin. Certain amounts were even on some of the food we ate, if we ate.  We knew it was dangerous, no matter that our government made misleading statements of safety. Even early on there were discussions among the volunteers of the health risks and eventual impact on us. It took many years for the first admissions that these toxins were related to rescue workers’ deaths.

 While those of us at Ground Zero experienced a rapid and heavy dose of chemical intoxication there are millions of people who have chemical toxic overload. If you or a loved one has been exposed to a known toxic chemical, are a war veteran who was exposed to Vietnam’s Agent Orange, chemicals in the Gulf War or Iraq War, radiation, pesticides, have multiple chemical sensitivity, have been an habitual user of street or prescription drugs, live near major polluting industry or are experiencing some or many of the symptoms associated with toxic chemical overload – there is hope, there is help available to you. 

Several years before 9/11 I had heard about the Hubbard Sauna Detoxification Program, a dear friend who was a Vietnam Veteran had severe health struggles due to exposure to Agent Orange, he told me of his success with the Sauna Detox and that it had changed his life as well as many other war veterans’ lives.  There was no question that this program could help me sweat out the toxins that had invaded my body. I badly needed that help.

 When I started the detox I had all the classic symptoms associated with Ground Zero, they are almost a mirror of what anyone exposed to toxic chemical goes through, including: brain fog, difficulty concentrating, low energy, respiratory illness – the Ground Zero cough, sore throat, confusion, rashes, gastrointestinal problems, diarrhea, headaches, chills, irritability etc. 

 It took just a few days in the sauna detox to start to see changes. First I noticed the same Ground Zero disaster site smell was coming out in my perspiration; there is no way to describe that odor unless you were in New York. Then my energy started to come back and with each day I started to feel like my ‘old’ self. My skin became soft and supple, my husband said I looked half my age. When all I wanted was to get symptom relief I received the added benefit of feeling more attractive than I had in years, I was in my mid 40’s but feeling 20 again! One way to describe the experience is that it felt a bit like the way divers talk about coming up slowly from a deep dive, so you don’t get the bends, once you near the surface you can speed up and break into open air, the sun on your shoulders, a big slice of freedom entering your lungs.

It has now been over a decade since the Ground Zero disaster. Many still suffer, far too many have died. As I said earlier there is hope. Every day we are exposed to toxins in the form of food additives, poor air quality, etc. Your health is constantly being compromised. If you feel you or a loved one are a candidate for the Hubbard Sauna Detoxification Program you should call for an appointment and tour the facility in Pennsylvania. It can literally save your life.

**We are asking your help in educating your friends and family about our special program and the care available.  We want to prevent continued health deterioration for the many affected.  You know, we have helped others harmed that terrible day in September and we have helped people from the city who had health problems before 911 and became worse, we have helped a Pentagon survivor.  We can help - read the comments of people who have completed this program on our website purelyyoudetox.com.

Private doctor and patient relationships

Dr. Maulfair and so many doctors across this nation have spent a lifetime in a career they love.  They love helping people improve their health and avoid bad outcomes.  They can do this because they understand functional medicine and they wonder why people have symptoms so they look for underlying causes.  Not quick to use pharmaceutical drugs they keep their patients safe and healthy.  When you remove the impediments to good health you help people for real.  It takes longer, the visits are longer, the relationships with patients are more extensive but it works.  They even talk to their patients about money and their patients know the charges because many of them pay out of pocket.
If health care is changed to restrict the practice of medicine you will loose these doctors because they will not fit in the pattern and you can’t have that in a system run by someone other than the doctor and patient.  Take a look. The problem with the current system is the middlemen making money off the patient and then off the doctor.   I think these lawyers, rather lawmakers, in DC should try this government run health care system in the form of a  pilot program on the legal system first.  Let’s develop mandated insurance programs for legal troubles and then the insurance programs can work like malpractice insurance.  The insurance company decides outcomes.  How about that?  Why not let them try this on their profession first.  Let the companies set their fees and then pay them less each year and start to tell them how to defend their clients or go after the offenders.

I remember when freedom and personal responsiblity were important.  I worked in the insurance industry when it first took over health care.  I remember the early days of the “going rate charged” in an area.  The company would only pay the customary allowable rate.  Flat playing field for all but the “flat” part was not designed by the players but the payors.

Find an independent physician and watch your health improve and the actual costs go down.  Use health savings accounts with high deductible insurance policies and you will have more say over your care and you will save money.  Avoid anyone outside the exam room telling you what treatments are best and what you need, do your own research and find treatments that avoid the health robbing effects of pharmaceutical drugs.