pH Balance – The Foundation of Health



According to the research of Dr. Enderlein, total healing of chronic illness takes place only when and if the blood is restored to a normal, slightly alkaline pH.

The magnitude of meaning behind this research is of incredible importance to someone who is fighting a disease, overcoming an illness, or just desiring to feel better. What it means is this... Your Body pH affects EVERYTHING.

Human blood stays in a very narrow pH range right around 7.3. Below or above this range means symptoms and disease. When pH goes off, microorganisms in the blood can change shape, mutate, become pathogenic, and thrive. When pH goes off, ENZYMES that are constructive can become destructive. When pH goes off, OXYGEN delivery to cells suffers.

A Word About Oxygen

More and more research is showing that low oxygen delivery to cells is a major factor in most, if not all, degenerative conditions. Two time Nobel laureate, Dr. Otto Warburg of Germany, won his first Nobel Prize for his discovery of oxygen deficiency in the CANCER growth process. As stated above, when pH is off and our bodies are running more acidic, our cells are getting less oxygen. Cancer thrives under an acid tissue pH/oxygen deficient environment. Is it any wonder today that cancer rates are up?


To recall how important oxygen is to your life, just stop breathing for a minute. Get the idea? Each cell in your body can breathe fully or not. Which it is depends upon having an optimum pH balance. Do you think keeping an eye on your body pH might be important in your life?

pH Controls the Things You Can't Live Without...

Like your BRAIN. Your brain needs fuel to run, and the fuel it uses is glucose. But unlike other cells, your brain can't store glucose. It depends on the second-to-second supply from the bloodstream - a bloodstream that is affected by pH, which controls the efficiency of INSULIN, which allows sugar to enter into cells which in turn controls blood sugar levels.

Your HEART... William Philpott M.D. in his 'Biomagnetic Handbook', made an important body pH/electrical connection. As the pH of the blood goes more acid, fatty acids which are normally electro-magnetically charged on the negative side switch to positive and automatically are attracted to and begin to stick to the walls of arteries which are electro-magnetically charged on the negative side. And as science states, opposites attract.

It should start to make sense that a society which over-emphasizes food that could push blood to be more acidic will have a high rate of heart disease. See our Acid/Alkaline Food Chart and analyze YOUR diet. Do you eat mostly ALKALINE foods?

And so it goes. pH control impacts every biochemical process in the body including... ENZYMES which are part of that biochemical process. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of enzyme processes which take place in the body. Many are so specific that they are like complex square pegs that need to "fit" into specific square holes in order to carry out their duty. If blood pH is off balance (even a little) some important pegs are not "fitting" their respective slots. Enzyme function, and thus life itself, begins to suffer.

MINERAL ASSIMILATION is affected by pH. Minerals have different pH levels at which they can be assimilated into the body. Minerals on the lower end of the atomic scale can be assimilated in a wider pH range, and minerals higher up on the scale require a narrower and narrower pH range in order to be assimilated by the body. For example, sodium and magnesium have wide pH assimilation ranges. It narrows somewhat for calcium and potassium - narrows more for manganese and iron - more for zinc and copper - more for iodine.

Iodine, which is high up on the atomic scale, requires near perfect pH for its assimilation into the body. Iodine is one of the most important minerals for proper functioning of the THYROID. But the thyroid doesn't get access to iodine unless the body pH is near perfect. With a society in a largely pH unbalanced state, one would suspect a lot of thyroid problems. Malfunctioning thyroids have been connected to arthritis, heart attacks, diabetes, cancer, depression, overweight, fatigue and more. Are you starting to see the basic metabolic picture evolving here?

Due primarily to agricultural soil depletion and over-acidic food consumption, mineral deficiency is a large problem facing most people today. And mineral deficiency relates to the quantity of life energy or, more specifically, "electricity" in our bodies. Body mineral content and balances control the quantity of electricity in our bodies. The speed at which the electricity flows is controlled by the body's pH balance.

pH Balance and the Mineral Connection

There are complex biochemical processes taking place in the body constantly in an attempt to keep blood pH as near perfect as possible. These are known as the pH buffering systems. These buffering systems need a good balance of minerals to work effectively. If we are getting inadequate mineral intake from the food we eat, we are going to start having problems with our pH balancing systems. And if our pH is unbalanced, what is the result? Well, by now you should start having a good idea.

Pick your disease, choose your unbalance. Cancer, arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, chronic fatigue, allergies, obesity, just name it. If you don't feel good, one of the basic things that stands between you and perfect health is your body's pH.



Your basic metabolic body balance

While we're on the subject of minerals.... Did you know that... Minerals are as important as (if not more important than) vitamins. Minerals are co-enzymes which help vitamins function. In the absence of minerals, vitamins can't do their job. Many minerals are referred to as trace minerals, which might make it seem as though they are of little importance, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Minerals and their deficiencies have been implicated in a wide range of off-balance health conditions. Here are some examples: Magnesium is quite possibly the most important mineral for the reduction of coronary heart disease. The latest "cutting edge" research shows that heart disease is really a function of heart muscle acidosis. Potassium and magnesium (along with organic sodium) are some of the most important minerals for rebalancing the electrical properties of the cell, for eliminating excess acidity, and for helping to balance calcium. Magnesium helps conduct electrical messages between all the neurons of the body. People get irrational when potassium levels are low.

Zinc is involved in over 200 brain enzyme interactions. Drinking zinc mixed with distilled water can stop anorexia nervosa in a day. Zinc deficiency symptoms include loss of taste and smell. Zinc deficiency in children results in moodiness, depression, irritability, photo phobia (light sensitivity), antagonism, temper tantrums, and learning problems. Children who do poorly on achievement tests tend to have low iron levels. These children also display disruptive, impulsive and irritable behavior in the classroom. Children who have high lead levels do more poorly overall. Most of these children's mineral imbalances go undiagnosed and instead are medicated with drugs. Likewise, ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder can often be eliminated by balancing nutritional trace minerals. There is no need to drug our children.

Cigarette smoke is rich in cadmium (the blue color in the smoke). Cadmium is the most neurotoxic substance known to human beings. A low zinc/high cadmium ratio is implicated in learning disabilities. Zinc is needed to balance cadmium.

Too much copper is an irritant to the brain. A story is told by Dr. Alex Schauss, a noted author, researcher, and nutritional mineral expert. It is about his experience with a 9 year old boy brought into his clinic some years ago. The boy had been charged with attempted murder. His criminal record began at age 6. He burned animals, shot at people's houses, and beat up mothers pushing baby strollers. The police all said he would be a lifetime criminal, a Charles Manson type of psychotic. He was on six psychiatric drugs, and was kicked out of school after he tried to kill a 10 year old girl. Dr. Schauss did a hair mineral analysis and discovered his copper levels were off the charts. He added supplemental zinc to the boy's diet to chelate out the excess copper, and within two weeks the boys urinalysis showed all the excess copper had been eliminated. He went off all medication, returned to school and became a model student. Years later the boy returned to see Dr. Schauss. He was a junior in college, an A student, on the varsity basketball team, and had a heart of gold.

High manganese levels show statistically high correlation with violent behavior, while lithium balances and helps control manganese. The cities of the world with the highest lithium concentration in their water show the lowest homicide rates. This information shows just a teeny fraction of how minerals and mineral imbalances can affect your health. Much of this information is buried in professional journals, there for the taking.

It appears that due to politics and the influence and strength that the medical/drug industrial complex has over the suppression of information, these things stay buried. If this type of information, along with the other things we know, could be assimilated into our society, whether through the efforts of individuals or that of our government, and if people like doctors, psychiatrists, and dietitians were to act on it, we could lessen violence in our society, close jails, raise academic achievement, and greatly reduce outlays of public money for Medicare and Medicaid. We could see our health insurance premiums drop to about $50 dollars a month for a family of four because we could eliminate our need for expensive hospital visits and treatments excepting emergency care for accidents.

Without a doubt, the single most important thing you can do for your health is to supplement your diet with broad spectrum trace minerals. They are that important.

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To begin with, we have an insidious silent killer called acidosis that has been stealing the breath of life from you and our planet. The average person is completely uninformed of the acid/alkaline theory on which all life is based. There is only one person to take responsibility for your health and that is YOU!

Let's take a look at how the acid/alkaline balance affects our overall health. Your stomach is an acidic organ. Your large intestine is slightly on the acid side, whereas your organ tissues and body fluids should be slightly alkaline - 7.2 to 7.4 pH for good health. Modern living has thrown off this internal balance. Why?

Fifty to sixty years ago nature provided all the raw materials to keep your body in proper balance such as a proper acid/alkaline balance. It was in the soil and in our food.

Why does nature no longer provide
the proper pH balance as it once did?

To begin with, the planet itself is in an acidic state because the soil has been stripped of its alkaline minerals and has been denatured with chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides. These, together with toxic wastes, cause the soil to have an acid pH.

Our lakes and rivers have also been chemically poisoned to the point of killing the fish and wildlife that also call this planet home. If we are killing them off, then it follows we are killing ourselves off at the same time.

What about the air we breathe?

We all know it is polluted with toxic acid chemicals. We breathe in air full of acid chemical particulates which mix with the moisture in our lungs causing our tissues to become acidic.

Our planet is a living, breathing organism. What we give to her she will give back to us. We poison ourselves by poisoning our planet. This downhill slide picked up speed just after World War II with the evolution of factory farming using factory fertilizers. It gives us faster, bigger crops with more chemicals and less nutrition and, at the same time, exhausts the soil of its minerals and friendly micro-organisms.

How does this affect our food?

Think for a moment of the fruit and vegetables you eat. They look like good fruits and vegetables but they don't taste. With the minerals absent from the food it tastes like cardboard. Celery sticks taste like chemical sticks - no minerals but lots of chemicals. Minerals give food flavor. This is why processed foods need all the additives - to give them a flavor, false as it may be.

Consider a corn field that has all the proper minerals and friendly micro-organisms in the soil. Bugs will not attack or eat the corn because it has a proper pH - in other words, it is not acidic. When the terrain is in proper balance, the corn is healthy and bug-free because it contains its own anti-bug properties. Why would humans be any different?

Today, food is grown for profit - not for the well being of those who eat it. You haven't been getting your money's worth for many years. We fill our shopping carts and our stomachs, but because of the lack of minerals, enzymes, and micro-organisms in food today, we are starving to death. We are at war within our own bodies - bad bacteria, fungus, parasites, and viruses that feed off disease and the imbalance we now know as "acidosis".

So where's the beef? Lets look for a moment at the cattle industry. After World War II, chemical fertilizers came fast and furious creating a short-cut for farmers that would lead to de-mineralizing the soil and de-naturing the food, causing the animals to become sick and even sterile. Does this sound like someone you know and love? Again the chemical and drug cartels rushed to the aid of farmers by adding hormones and antibiotics to the livestock's food and water. It is this situation that created the problem with chemicals - and the rush to solve the problem with more chemicals. It appears as though there is only one winner here - and it isn't the general public who are eating the chemicals.

What do you think the effect is on the cattle, and the people who eat them because of all the antibiotics and hormones over the last 50 years? Sickness, sterility, chronic illness, and disease. If we do not restore balance to nature then we will suffer by our own doing. All pain and disease in the body (except for trauma) is caused by metabolic acidosis.

You must alkaline your system to re-fuel your enzymes, hormones, and immune system. We can not reclaim our planet until we work together globally. We must focus on reclaiming our inner terrain if we hope to be happy and healthy while living on a toxic planet that is not about to change quickly. All of our food, water, and air has become acidic. It no longer has the ability to alkalize.

Our trees are dying from acid rain, and our food is chemically treated and grown in acidic soil watered by acid rain. We know the health conditions of the animals we eat. We talk of the number of animals on the endangered list on their way to becoming extinct, but never consider that we are also on the same list. Talk about universal justice. We have denatured and poisoned our existence. We must now learn how to eliminate the acid from our body and get the proper nutrition which cannot be found at your corner grocery store.

TBE viruses are mediated by acidity- acid-mediated.
babesiosis causes acidosis. Thus TBE & Babs are often presneting simultaneously. This can happen in ALS/Lyme presentations.

The progressive form of TBE can be ALS.

Alkaline is better re TBE.

If you have Babesiosis it causes acidosis and can activate TBE viruses.

dear sara,
acidosis - here is an article for you et al

Acidosis Overview
Acidosis is excessive acid in the body fluids.

Reference from A.D.A.M.

The kidneys and lungs maintain the body's acid/base (pH) balance. Acidosis occurs when acid builds up or bicarbonate (a base) is lost. The major categories of acidosis are respiratory acidosis and metabolic acidosis.

Respiratory acidosis develops when there is too much carbon dioxide (an acid) in the body, primarily caused by decreased breathing. Other names for this include hypercapnic acidosis and carbon dioxide acidosis.

There are several types of metabolic acidosis:

Diabetic acidosis (also called diabetic ketoacidosis and DKA) develops when ketone bodies build up during uncontrolled diabetes.
Hyperchloremic acidosis results from excessive loss of sodium bicarbonate from the body, as in severe diarrhea.
Lactic acidosis is a buildup of lactic acid. This can be caused by:
Alcohol
Cancer
Liver failure
Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
Medications such as salicylates
Prolonged exercise
Prolonged lack of oxygen from shock, heart failure, or severe anemia
Seizures
Other causes of metabolic acidosis include:

Kidney disease (distal renal tubular acidosis and proximal renal tubular acidosis)
Severe dehydration
Back to TopSymptoms
See the specific types of acidosis.
Back to TopExams and Tests
An arterial blood gas analysis or a blood chemistry, such as a Chem-20, will confirm acidosis in most cases. Other tests may be needed to determine the cause of the acidosis.
Back to TopTreatment
Treatment depends on the cause. See the specific types of acidosis.
Back to TopOutlook (Prognosis)
Acidosis can be dangerous if untreated. Many causes respond well to treatment.
Back to TopPossible Complications
See the specific types of acidosis.
Back to TopWhen to Contact a Medical Professional
Although there are several types of acidosis, all will cause symptoms that require treatment by your health care provider.
Back to TopPrevention
Preventing or treating the underlying causes may prevent some cases of acidosis.
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CNS effects

The clinical manifestations of acute hypercapnia are primarily neurologic. Acute elevations of PaCO2 greater than 60 mm Hg cause confusion and headache. PaCO2 more than 70 mm Hg produces a hypercapnic encephalopathy or CO2 narcosis manifesting as drowsiness, depressed consciousness, or coma. However, the neurologic changes associated with hypercarbia are reversible. In one report, children without hypoxemia but with severe respiratory acidosis (lowest pH was 6.76, and highest PaCO2 was 269 mm Hg) did not have long-term adverse neurologic or developmental effects.2

Acute elevations in PaCO2 increase intracranial pressure by increasing cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral blood volume secondary to vasodilatation. With a PaCO2 of 40-80 mm Hg, CBF increases 1-2 mL per 100 g of brain per minute for each 1-mm Hg increase in PaCO2. A PaCO2 of 80 mm Hg or more produced a maximal increase in CBF in anesthetized animals. During sustained hypercapnia, CBF returns to baseline after about 36 hours as brain extracellular pH is corrected.

In acute hypercapnia, CO2 rapidly diffuses across the blood-brain barrier, which leads to accumulation of hydrogen ions in the CSF. This change in pH is rapidly detected by the brainstem, causing rapid compensation (ie, increased elimination of CO2 by the lungs). If the CSF acidosis persists for several hours, CSF HCO3- levels gradually increase to normalize the pH. In general, the response of the cerebral circulation to PaCO2 increases during development from the neonatal period to adulthood.

History
The following questions should be assessed:



Does the patient have a history of headaches? With chronic hypercapnia, headaches typically occur at nighttime or when the patient awakens in the morning.
Does the patient have disturbed sleep patterns? Chronic hypercapnia can disturb sleep patterns, leading to a reversed sleep-wake cycle.
Is the patient irritable or anxious or is he or she having trouble concentrating?
Does the patient have a possible or known exposure to sedatives (eg, narcotics, benzodiazepines, tricyclic antidepressants)? Is the patient recovering from a procedure in which general anesthesia was used?
Does the patient have symptoms of neuromuscular weakness or paralysis?

Bulbar dysfunction suggesting myasthenia gravis
Proximal or distal weakness suggesting a myopathy or Guillain-Barré syndrome
Apnea associated with a traumatic injury suggesting an injury to the cervical spinal cord
Does the patient have a long-standing pulmonary disease, such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia, CF, asthma, or emphysema?
Does the patient have an acute change in mental status (eg, signs of stroke, postictal state)?

Is the change in mental status associated with a fever, which may suggest encephalitis or meningitis?
Does the patient have signs of increased intracranial pressure (eg, headaches, visual changes, emesis)?
Does the patient have a potential for an anaphylactic reaction?
Does the patient have a potential traumatic mechanism leading to brain injury?

Physical

Neurologic findings

Early signs include anxiety, disorientation, confusion, and lethargy.
Somnolence or coma occurs when PaCO2 is greater than 70 mm Hg.
Tremor, myoclonus, or asterixis are occasionally seen.
Brisk deep tendon reflexes are seen in mild-to-moderate respiratory acidosis.
Depressed deep tendon reflexes are seen in severe respiratory acidosis.
Papilledema or blurring of the optic disc may be present.
Cardiovascular findings

Tachycardia
Bounding arterial pulses
Hypotension (severe respiratory acidosis or acidemia and hypoxemia)
Skin findings

Warm, flushed, or mottled
Diaphoretic
Respiratory findings

Acute hypercapnia is seen in association with increase work of breathing
Tachypnea, dyspnea, or deep labored breaths may be observed.
Accessory muscle use and nasal flaring are usually present.
With CNS or peripheral nervous system disease, respiratory distress may not be present.
Decreased aeration, crackles, wheezes, or other signs of airway disease may be observed.
Clubbing is a sign of chronic respiratory disease.

Causes

CNS respiratory drive suppression causes include the following:

Trauma
Infection (eg, encephalitis, meningitis, respiratory syncytial virus)
Neoplasm
Stroke
Hypoxia
Toxins, overdose (eg, narcotics, alcohol)
Seizures - Postictal state
Spinal causes include trauma (C-spine C3-C5, phrenic nerve function).
Nerve causes include the following:

Spinal muscular atrophy
Guillain-Barré syndrome
Poliomyelitis
Phrenic nerve trauma
Neuromuscular junction causes include the following:

Myasthenia gravis
Botulism
Neuromuscular blockade
Muscle causes include muscular dystrophies.
Airway causes include the following:

Loss of CNS control

Brain injury
Toxin, overdose
Trauma
Angioedema

link
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pH Balance – The Foundation of Health



According to the research of Dr. Enderlein, total healing of chronic illness takes place only when and if the blood is restored to a normal, slightly alkaline pH.

The magnitude of meaning behind this research is of incredible importance to someone who is fighting a disease, overcoming an illness, or just desiring to feel better. What it means is this... Your Body pH affects EVERYTHING.

Human blood stays in a very narrow pH range right around 7.3. Below or above this range means symptoms and disease. When pH goes off, microorganisms in the blood can change shape, mutate, become pathogenic, and thrive. When pH goes off, ENZYMES that are constructive can become destructive. When pH goes off, OXYGEN delivery to cells suffers.

A Word About Oxygen

More and more research is showing that low oxygen delivery to cells is a major factor in most, if not all, degenerative conditions. Two time Nobel laureate, Dr. Otto Warburg of Germany, won his first Nobel Prize for his discovery of oxygen deficiency in the CANCER growth process. As stated above, when pH is off and our bodies are running more acidic, our cells are getting less oxygen. Cancer thrives under an acid tissue pH/oxygen deficient environment. Is it any wonder today that cancer rates are up?


To recall how important oxygen is to your life, just stop breathing for a minute. Get the idea? Each cell in your body can breathe fully or not. Which it is depends upon having an optimum pH balance. Do you think keeping an eye on your body pH might be important in your life?

pH Controls the Things You Can't Live Without...

Like your BRAIN. Your brain needs fuel to run, and the fuel it uses is glucose. But unlike other cells, your brain can't store glucose. It depends on the second-to-second supply from the bloodstream - a bloodstream that is affected by pH, which controls the efficiency of INSULIN, which allows sugar to enter into cells which in turn controls blood sugar levels.

Your HEART... William Philpott M.D. in his 'Biomagnetic Handbook', made an important body pH/electrical connection. As the pH of the blood goes more acid, fatty acids which are normally electro-magnetically charged on the negative side switch to positive and automatically are attracted to and begin to stick to the walls of arteries which are electro-magnetically charged on the negative side. And as science states, opposites attract.

It should start to make sense that a society which over-emphasizes food that could push blood to be more acidic will have a high rate of heart disease. See our Acid/Alkaline Food Chart and analyze YOUR diet. Do you eat mostly ALKALINE foods?

And so it goes. pH control impacts every biochemical process in the body including... ENZYMES which are part of that biochemical process. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of enzyme processes which take place in the body. Many are so specific that they are like complex square pegs that need to "fit" into specific square holes in order to carry out their duty. If blood pH is off balance (even a little) some important pegs are not "fitting" their respective slots. Enzyme function, and thus life itself, begins to suffer.

MINERAL ASSIMILATION is affected by pH. Minerals have different pH levels at which they can be assimilated into the body. Minerals on the lower end of the atomic scale can be assimilated in a wider pH range, and minerals higher up on the scale require a narrower and narrower pH range in order to be assimilated by the body. For example, sodium and magnesium have wide pH assimilation ranges. It narrows somewhat for calcium and potassium - narrows more for manganese and iron - more for zinc and copper - more for iodine.

Iodine, which is high up on the atomic scale, requires near perfect pH for its assimilation into the body. Iodine is one of the most important minerals for proper functioning of the THYROID. But the thyroid doesn't get access to iodine unless the body pH is near perfect. With a society in a largely pH unbalanced state, one would suspect a lot of thyroid problems. Malfunctioning thyroids have been connected to arthritis, heart attacks, diabetes, cancer, depression, overweight, fatigue and more. Are you starting to see the basic metabolic picture evolving here?

Due primarily to agricultural soil depletion and over-acidic food consumption, mineral deficiency is a large problem facing most people today. And mineral deficiency relates to the quantity of life energy or, more specifically, "electricity" in our bodies. Body mineral content and balances control the quantity of electricity in our bodies. The speed at which the electricity flows is controlled by the body's pH balance.

pH Balance and the Mineral Connection

There are complex biochemical processes taking place in the body constantly in an attempt to keep blood pH as near perfect as possible. These are known as the pH buffering systems. These buffering systems need a good balance of minerals to work effectively. If we are getting inadequate mineral intake from the food we eat, we are going to start having problems with our pH balancing systems. And if our pH is unbalanced, what is the result? Well, by now you should start having a good idea.

Pick your disease, choose your unbalance. Cancer, arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, chronic fatigue, allergies, obesity, just name it. If you don't feel good, one of the basic things that stands between you and perfect health is your body's pH.



Your basic metabolic body balance

While we're on the subject of minerals.... Did you know that... Minerals are as important as (if not more important than) vitamins. Minerals are co-enzymes which help vitamins function. In the absence of minerals, vitamins can't do their job. Many minerals are referred to as trace minerals, which might make it seem as though they are of little importance, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Minerals and their deficiencies have been implicated in a wide range of off-balance health conditions. Here are some examples: Magnesium is quite possibly the most important mineral for the reduction of coronary heart disease. The latest "cutting edge" research shows that heart disease is really a function of heart muscle acidosis. Potassium and magnesium (along with organic sodium) are some of the most important minerals for rebalancing the electrical properties of the cell, for eliminating excess acidity, and for helping to balance calcium. Magnesium helps conduct electrical messages between all the neurons of the body. People get irrational when potassium levels are low.

Zinc is involved in over 200 brain enzyme interactions. Drinking zinc mixed with distilled water can stop anorexia nervosa in a day. Zinc deficiency symptoms include loss of taste and smell. Zinc deficiency in children results in moodiness, depression, irritability, photo phobia (light sensitivity), antagonism, temper tantrums, and learning problems. Children who do poorly on achievement tests tend to have low iron levels. These children also display disruptive, impulsive and irritable behavior in the classroom. Children who have high lead levels do more poorly overall. Most of these children's mineral imbalances go undiagnosed and instead are medicated with drugs. Likewise, ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder can often be eliminated by balancing nutritional trace minerals. There is no need to drug our children.

Cigarette smoke is rich in cadmium (the blue color in the smoke). Cadmium is the most neurotoxic substance known to human beings. A low zinc/high cadmium ratio is implicated in learning disabilities. Zinc is needed to balance cadmium.

Too much copper is an irritant to the brain. A story is told by Dr. Alex Schauss, a noted author, researcher, and nutritional mineral expert. It is about his experience with a 9 year old boy brought into his clinic some years ago. The boy had been charged with attempted murder. His criminal record began at age 6. He burned animals, shot at people's houses, and beat up mothers pushing baby strollers. The police all said he would be a lifetime criminal, a Charles Manson type of psychotic. He was on six psychiatric drugs, and was kicked out of school after he tried to kill a 10 year old girl. Dr. Schauss did a hair mineral analysis and discovered his copper levels were off the charts. He added supplemental zinc to the boy's diet to chelate out the excess copper, and within two weeks the boys urinalysis showed all the excess copper had been eliminated. He went off all medication, returned to school and became a model student. Years later the boy returned to see Dr. Schauss. He was a junior in college, an A student, on the varsity basketball team, and had a heart of gold.

High manganese levels show statistically high correlation with violent behavior, while lithium balances and helps control manganese. The cities of the world with the highest lithium concentration in their water show the lowest homicide rates. This information shows just a teeny fraction of how minerals and mineral imbalances can affect your health. Much of this information is buried in professional journals, there for the taking.

It appears that due to politics and the influence and strength that the medical/drug industrial complex has over the suppression of information, these things stay buried. If this type of information, along with the other things we know, could be assimilated into our society, whether through the efforts of individuals or that of our government, and if people like doctors, psychiatrists, and dietitians were to act on it, we could lessen violence in our society, close jails, raise academic achievement, and greatly reduce outlays of public money for Medicare and Medicaid. We could see our health insurance premiums drop to about $50 dollars a month for a family of four because we could eliminate our need for expensive hospital visits and treatments excepting emergency care for accidents.

Without a doubt, the single most important thing you can do for your health is to supplement your diet with broad spectrum trace minerals. They are that important.

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Tena: your article brings to mind the chinese concept that all dis-ease is caused by imbalance between the Yin and Yan qualities in human nature. Don't you agree??!! :
For example :
http://www.chinesemedicinesampler.com/theoryyy1.html

YIN YANG of HUMAN BEINGS
(This is Part 2 click here for Yin & Yang Pt1)
Yin & Yang are so entwined that one cannot exist without the other. They are irrevocably two parts of a whole. That’s why their relationships are called The Law of the Unity of Opposites. When forces of the universe create a Yin and a Yang they come together and, in the case of humans, create a life. As long as Yin and Yang maintain their dynamic oscillating balance the life exists. The closer to the center of their oscillation the extremes of their cycles are, the less illness will occur. When they separate, that life ceases. These facts yield a very useful definition: Health is life in balance.

You may be wondering what all this has to do with alleviating human illness. Human anatomy, physiology, psyche, and environment are analyzed according to which characteristics of Yin and Yang each possesses. This chart gives characteristics which are often applied to people.

YIN /YANG
abdomen / back
deep/ superficial
solid organs/ hollow organs
solitude /social contact
interior of the body/ exterior of the body
wet/ dry
stillness/ motion
anatomy/ physiology
cool/ warm
inward Qi flow/ outward Qi flow

The result of the analysis describes what is wrong with the patient (a diagnosis) and that diagnostic description determines treament principles and strategies

Let’s look at a very simplified example. A 35 year old female complains of having no energy. When not working she sleeps most of the time.
She feels cold often and is uncomfortably sensitive to cool environments.
Her skin appears damp and damp foods make her sleepy.
She feels dull emotionally and intellectually. Her posture is poor with shoulders that slope forward giving the appearance of a caved-in chest.
When she speaks only her lips move.She has been having less contact with her friends, preferring to be alone. DOES SHE FIT YIN OR YANG?
Here is a classification of her symptoms by Yin & Yang characteristics. You can check them against the list of characteristics you just read.

1) stillness 2) cool/cold 3) moist 4) passive
5) inward 6) stillness 7) inward

Diagnosis: excess Yin and/or deficient Yang - depending on the severity of signs. Treatment: Disperse excess Yin or Tonify deficient Yang

THEORY | Yin & Yang Pt 1 | Yin