Reactive hypoglycemia

This is a small tribute to great scientists virtually unknown in today's medical schools and homeopathic organizations. They deserve recognition for their understanding of the real causes of acute and chronic diseases and therefore of the correct approach to prevent and cure them.

In today's world it is very difficult to get food without synthetic additives-preservatives, pesticides, sugar and all kinds of artificial substances, in so-called enriched food. According to William Dufty, if the original FDA was allowed to do that which it was created for, without any doubt we would have better health today. (1) But the economic situation in which only a few earn an exaggerated amount of money in contrast to the majority, who do not have the daily necessary food, is a tragedy. The role of nutrition to acquire and sustain real immunity has been either ignored or not fully understood. Doing a homeopathic thesis about Post Vaccination Syndrome, little by little this key aspect of healing emerged. First there was the landmark contribution by Dr Benjamin Sandler MD, a nutritionist who found that rabbits never get polio: "Authorities had noted that rabbits normally are resistant to polio uirus. Dr. Sandler, observed that studies showed that in rabbits the blood sugar never dropped below 100 mg." (2) But with an iatrogenic hypoglycaemia this was possible in laboratory conditions and: "The animals showed evidence of polio infection within eight to 10 hours after intracerebral inoculation with the virus." (2) Under normal circumstances the Vitamin C produced per day by rabbits adjusted for comparison to a 70 kg man is between 1.547-15.820 mg., and under conditions of stress or infection synthesis can easily quadruple. (3)

Later, I found the great work done by Dr. A. Neveu and his remarkable results with chloride of sodium to patients suffering from polio, his book Comment prevenir et guerir la poliomyelite Traitement cytophylactique des maladies infectieuses par le chloride de magnesium, 1968 can be downloaded at http//:soignezvous.com. (4)

And then the invaluable work done by Dr. F. Klenner appeared.

I mention the process of polio and the relevance of hypoglycemia as a main trigger factor along with mild or strenuous exercise, lack of proper nutrition and the polio vaccine. The post-vaccination syndrome is developed and finally the work by Dr Weston Price, DDS is briefly described and his conclusions continue today as a sad reality.

Under stressing factors (atmospheric, emotional, physical, etc.) the organism begins a whole response. The stressor(s) can combine together synergistically--adding to the whole stress. This can, in a 'suitable organism,' cause a disease. There are evident stressors, like traumas, shocks, loss of a parent or job, etc., but what about the daily minor stressors, like an unbalanced diet, lack of or excessive exercise? They constitute a great stress when present day-to-day.

When a university-trained medical doctor, is faced with a patient with severe illness like polio or rabies, he would be very surprised to find that there is an alternative, effective treatment. This is the case with polio. To my great surprise I learned that when this ailment was a common occurrence in the mid-40s and 50s there were at least three ways to either prevent or cure it, besides homeopathy, naturopathy and other holistic approaches.

The first approach was the landmark contribution of Dr. Benjamin Sandler MD, a nutritional expert. He discovered that if you want to prevent polio, rabies, tuberculosis, pneumonias, recurrent infections, etc. you must avoid both hypoglycemia as well as hyperglycemia. Blood sugar, plus oxygen, are the two ingredients of the 'fuel' which 'burns' constantly in every bodily tissue. For maximum efficiency of the whole body (and that includes 'mind') the amount of glucose in the blood must balance with the amount of blood oxygen. If the levels of blood glucose are changing constantly, then the result is hypoxaemia. Hypoglycemia causes hypoxaemia in the tissues, which can cause a lot of damage! Sandler conducted, as far as I know, a unique campaign during the summer of 1948. For four and a half months, the citizens of North Carolina followed the wise advice and a specific diet.

"Thus I arrived at a simple formula for preventing polio: eliminate from the diet sugar and foods containing sugar, and reduce the consumption of foods containing starch." (2)

He wrote, "I am willing to state without reserve that such a diet, strictly observed, can build up in 24 hours' time a resistance in the human body sufficiently strong to combat the disease." (2) Almost 5,000 cases of polio were prevented.

"During that summer North Carolinians reduced their intake of sugar by 90% and polio decreased in that State in 1949 by the same amount." (10)

There was no diet campaign during 1949 (229 reported cases), but there was about one-twelfth the number of cases in 1948 (2,498 reported cases), due to the fact: "that the parents of Asheville remembered the diet suggestions of 1948 and followed them in 1949." (2)

After this one-man campaign he decided to publish his outstanding work in 1951. There are at least three main factors, which can trigger polio:

a. Temperature: The epidemics were in the summer. The cold temperature of swimming pools were a factor.

b. Exercise: moderate or intense

c. Thirst: drinking soft drinks, ice creams or sweet beverages, etc. (2) perpetuating reactive hypoglycemia and adding to the demand for glucose.

Finally, after the whole drama was carefully observed, Dr. Sandler gave his realistic and pragmatic conclusions: "The method which I offer as a protection against polio is based on the concept that the maintenance of normal blood sugar levels will prevent the invasion of the body's tissues by the polio virus and thereby prevent the infection. And, further, "Intensive research during the past 12 years on the relationship between diet and susceptibility to infection, not only in polio but also in common respiratory infections and tuberculosis, has convinced me that the human organism can protect itself against infection virtually completely by proper nutrition." He also stated a common sense fact, "Knowledge is power." And all of this was written in 1951! (2)

The second approach by Dr. A. Neveu, was to give people who had just contracted polio a simple but effective solution: magnesium chloride 20 gr. in 1 litre of water (suitable also for newborns and older people). These people were cured in just 48 hours. (4) They seemed to be under "secure protection" and it's possibly that only the people who did not follow the recommendations got the disease.

A Pioneer of Orthomolecular Medicine

Dr. Fred R. Klenner, MD, did the third approach. The administration of massive doses of vitamin C every two to four hours by mouth, intramuscularly or intravenously to 60 patients affected by polio during the 1948 poliomyelitis epidemic in North Carolina. This resulted in recovery within three to five days. (5)

Case History: Poliomyelitis

"Although we were able to cure many cases of polio with massive doses of ascorbic acid, one single instance demonstrates the value of vitamin C. Two brothers were sick with poliomyelitis. These two boys were given 10 and 12 grams of ascorbic acid, according to weight, intravenously with a 50 c.c. syringe, every eight hours for four times and then every twelve hours for four times. They also were given one gram every two hours by mouth around the clock. They made complete recovery and both were athletic stars in high school and college. A third child, a neighbor, under the care of another physician received no ascorbic acid. This child also lived. The young lady is still wearing braces." (6)

He also wrote an extraordinary key action of vitamin C: "We have been able to assemble sufficient clinical evidence to prove unequivocally that vitamin C is the antibiotic of choice in the handling of all types of virus diseases. Furthermore it is a major adjuvant in the treatment of other infectious diseases." (7)

He stated clearly that "In poliomyelitis vitamin C performs three important functions: 1) It destroys the virus; 2) acting as the dehydrator and diuretic of first choice, it removes the edema fluid from the brain and the cord; 3) it preserves the lining of the central canal and maintains more regular spacing and less crowding of the ependymal cells (Altman). The pressure within the bony vault of the central nervous system resulting from the inflammatory process excited by the virus, acts as a haemostat to cut off the blood supply to the anterior horn cells. This compression of their vessels denies to the horn cells the essentials for function, for life even."

In the acute phase of polio infection, Dr. Klenner advised to begin with massage day and night in the affected parts since a severe hypoxaemia was presented and energetic movements will cause a restoration of sanguine fluid in such paralyzed limbs until the function returned.

The action of thiamine in polio cases was confirmed by the wise physician, after administering mega doses of vitamin C in the form of ascorbate of sodium adjunct with bioflavonoids to increase its action, He started with B1 for some months due to the fact that nerve recuperation is slow and takes time to heal. Finally the restoration of health was not only a dream but a true reality.

A thoroughly exasperated Klenner concluded a February 1959 paper in the Tri-State Medical Journal with these words: "Should the disease be present in the acute form, ascorbic acid given in proper amounts around the clock, both by mouth and needle, will bring about a rapid recovery. We believe that ascorbic acid must be given by needle in amounts from 250 mg to 400 mg per kg body weight every 4 to 6 hours for 48 hours and then every 8 to 12 hours. The dose by mouth is the dose that can be tolerated. To those who say that Polio is without cure, I say that they lie. Polio in the acute form can be cured in 96 hours or less. I beg of someone in authority to try it." (The Origin of the 42-Year Stonewall of Vitamin C. Robert Landwehr 1. 1250 Grizzly Peak, Berkeley, CA 94708. From Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Volume 6, Number 2, 1991, pp. 99-103)

An Unsuspected Role of Brown Bread

The late Dr. Klenner give a strong argument for this: "... review[ing] the findings of McCormick in 50 confirmed cases of poliomyelitis in and around Toronto, Canada, during the epidemic of 1949 ... families eating brown bread who came down with poliomyelitis did not develop paralysis; whereas in those families eating white bread many of the children having poliomyelitis did develop paralysis. The point here is that brown bread has 28 times more vitamin B1 than does white bread. Obviously, then, the paralysis which complicates acute poliomyelitis appears to be due to a B1 avitaminosis. (Massive Doses of Vitamin C and the Virus Diseases: Klenner, Southern Medicine & Surgery, April 1951 www.seasenet.com)

Due to the evidence presented above, the steps to obtain a cure of poliomyelitis must be done in a precise and synchronic sequence. First, to give the essential nutrient at the right dose and interval depending on each individual dose-response; vitamin C; magnesium; or preventing the appearance of either hypo or hyperglycemia; the restoration of movements by oneself or others; and vitamin B1 or thiamine to the injured nerves and to restore the avitaminosis.

Outstanding Facts

Dr. Benjamin Sandler claimed that an excessive consumption of sugar and starches dehydrate the cells and leach calcium from the nerves, muscles, bones and teeth. A serious calcium deficiency precedes polio. (9) The same goes for magnesium because Dr. Neveu obtained cures utilizing chloride of magnesium during the epidemics of polio. (4) Sugar and alcohol consumption both will increase urinary excretion of magnesium, leading to magnesium deficiency. (10)

Dr. Hans Selye, MD, PhD emphasizes that all stress is not harmful and distinguishes between eustress--positive stimulation and challenges that help us achieve--and distress--harmful, unpleasant stress--often the result of too many or too abrupt changes, boredom, frustration, or lack of purpose, etc.

He is the father of the General Adaptation Syndrome GAS, Non-Specific Stress Syndrome and he wrote: "Polyomyeltis--it has been mentioned in connection with the phenomenon of crossed resistance that 'the effect of stress factors in preventing the development of lesions is beautifully illustrated in the epidemiology of poliomyelitis and in experimental studies of the infection of monkey. There is the time-honored observation that the disease affects only the healthiest children in the community: the incidence is heavy in country districts and light in towns; heavy in suburbs and light in slums; heavy in the well-cared for children of countries with low infantile mortality and negligible in undernourished tropical children; higher in autumn when food and vitamins are more plentiful, than in spring, the season of pellagra and rickets. Experimentally, various forms of trauma and malnutrition lower the incidence of the disease or give complete protection.'" (11)

After reading and re-reading the previous paragraph, I became intrigued as to why it is supposedly heavy in healthiest children, heavy in well-cared for children, in country districts?

And immediately I remembered an analogous situation with DPT and the beginning of autism cases worldwide and in USA after its introduction in 1936. Dr. Leo Kanner in 1943 announced his discovery of 11 cases of a new mental disorder. (9) At that time there was not compulsory vaccine programs and only the rich and educated parents who sought the new and the "best of newest medical advancements" for their children were in a fatal position to get it, in this case, DPT vaccine. The same situation happens each time that DPT vaccine is introduced; then the cases of autism began to appear. For example, in Europe after receiving the pertussis vaccine in the 1950s; the first cases of autism began to appear there in the same decade. (9)

And, what does it really mean--rich and prosperous country? The answer is simple--a lot of refined food and plenty of sugar; vaccines; more pollution; more stress in various forms. Why heavy in country districts? Farmers working with animals, cultivating, obtaining water, wood as a fuel for cooking, etc., demands of hard physical work, a great strain. And, one thing is experimental and the other is real life, real cases and real prevention. So, as we are going to see, the diverse trigger factors to developing polio are from unsuspected causes and all of them cause some kind of distress.

The organism has a tremendous ability to manage diverse stressor factors until its homeostasis is disrupted, sufficiently to cause the appearance of a "visible affection." All diseases reflect a unique adaptative-pattern status with the sole purpose of maintaining the existence of every creature of earth. A myriad of internal stressors--eg. tumour; low self-esteem; external stressors--eg. noise; emotional conflict in a significant relationship; physiological--eg. loss of body fluids; influenza virus; psychological--eg. alcoholism in spouse; grief over a death; nutritional--eg. injuries; vaccines; injections; intense or moderate exercise; a lot of soft drinks, plenty of sugar; candies etc.

Paradoxes of Civilization

Now, let's consider polio. Until the end of the 19th century polio had epidemic behaviour. (12) At the same time the consumption of sugar in the United States was rising: 1820: 20 pounds per person per year; 1890-1900s: 56 pounds per person per year; 1939: 103 pounds per person per year.

In 1939 in other locations such as China, the consumption of sugar was 3.2 pounds per person per year, in Java (Dutch East Indies) 11.6, Italy 21.3, Mexico 37.1, Holland 89.4, Canada 102.9, Australia 114.5. (2)

More than 50 years ago, before the polio vaccines were available, the poliovirus was spread among the population but the polio infection was without any symptoms at all in over 95% of cases, (13) even under epidemic conditions. The majority of the population may be naturally immune to the polio virus. (9)

The small percentage of people that suffer from polio is owed perhaps to individual susceptibility with specific trigger factors--previous immunizations: DPT (9,10,13,14) both the oral polio vaccine (9) and killed vaccine (13); physical effort; malnutrition; colds; abandonment of breastfeeding; tonsillectomies; intramuscular injection(s) (transfusions and injection(s) of drugs or/and vaccines) (13); pregnancy (12); and hypoglycemia. (2) The virus remains in the throat for one to two weeks and in feces for up to two months. (9) The development of antipyretics could have played some role. (13)

Epidemics were high in the USA and absent in China. Dr. Sandler wrote: "Polio epidemics have occurred throughout the world in the past years only in those countries with high per capita sugar consumption. Epidemics are unknown in countries with low sugar consumption. The greater the sugar consumption the more severe the epidemic." (2)

Dr. Sabin tells how polio occurred among American troops in China, Japan, and in the Philippines, in spite of the fact that there were no outbreaks of polio at the time among the native children and adults in those areas in which the troops were located. A report on polio in the Philippines in 1936 stated that 16 of 17 patients with the disease in Manila were Americans. (2) They had the benefits of civilization, consuming large amounts of ice cream, candies, soft drinks, cakes, and the like.

At the same time Dr. Sandler wrote: "It has been stated that for every frank case of polio during an epidemic there are about 200 healthy carriers of the virus. These people and the paralyzed patients carry the poliovirus in their intestinal tract." (2)

The Polio Vaccine Paradox

"One of the disastrous aspects of the Cutter incident was that the numbers of children developing polio after vaccination were far higher than would have been expected if no vaccinations had been carried out at all. Moreover, as mentioned above, a cohort of carriers was created which would spread the disease further throughout the population." (16)

"The number of reported cases of polio following mass inoculations with the killed-virus vaccine was significantly greater than before mass inoculations. During 1954 in Massachusetts there were 273 cases, and in 1955 there were 2,027 cases, a whopping 642% increase. (9)

"The Federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently admitted that the live-virus vaccine has become the dominant cause of polio in the United States today. In fact, according to CDC figures, 87% of all cases of polio in the United States between 1973 and 1983 (excluding imported cases) were caused by the vaccine. (9) More recently, every case of polio in the US since 1979 (excluding five imported cases) was caused by the vaccine. (And three of five people who caught polio during foreign travel were previously vaccinated against the disease.) (9)

"In 1976, Dr. Jonas Salk, creator of the killed-virus vaccine used throughout the 1950s, testified that the live-virus vaccine (used almost exclusively in the United States since the early 1960s) was 'the principal if not sole cause' of all reported polio cases in the United States since 1961. (9)

"Our worst epidemics now are epidemics of vaccination in which more people are killed every year by 'vaccinal diseases' than by the diseases that the vaccinations were supposed to combat," written in 1957! (15)

In 1994, Dr. Stephan Cooter PhD. wrote that 650,000 people in the United States had been diagnosed with the Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS). (17) In 2002 Dr. Richard L. Bruno, author of The Polio Paradox, wrote: "Post-Polio Sequelaes (PPS, Post-Polio Syndrome, The Late Effects of Poliomyelitis) are the unexpected and often disabling symptoms--overwhelming fatigue, muscle weakness, muscle and joint pain, sleep disorders, heightened sensitivity to anesthesia, cold and pain, as well as difficulty swallowing and breathing--that occur about 35 years after the poliovirus attack in 75% of paralytic and 40% of 'non-paralytic' polio survivors. There are about 2 million North American polio survivors and 20 million polio survivors world-wide." (18)

In his book, Dr. Bruno described how to treat cold intolerance, insomnia, sleep apnea, nighttime muscle twitching, and hypoglycemia. Not surprisingly, the cycle returns to its original state as Dr. Sandler once wrote, but in a modified and permanent way: "Polio survivors basically need to conserve energy to stop blowing their bodies' fuses. Polio survivors must walk less, use needed assistive devices (a brace, crutches, a scooter), stop activities before symptoms come on, and plan rest periods throughout the day." (18)

He also found the remarkable similarities between PPS, chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalo-myelitis, and fibromyalgia. (18)

The world total of polio-cases is unlikely to exceed 3,500 reported cases for the year 2000. (18) The vaccination against polio continues. Immunization efforts were intensified during 2000, and all ten of the countries where polio is still prevalent doubled their number of vaccination rounds. As a result, the immunization campaigns held world-wide during 2000 immunized a total of 550 million--nine out of ten of the world's children--culminating a five-year total of nearly two billion immunized with the help of more than 10 million volunteers around the world. (19)

Now, today's population are continuously vaccinated against polio, yet there are not polio cases, a great number of people suffer from hypoglycemia and hypothyroidism, and the number of cases of Multiple Sclerosis, Guillan Barre are growing.

Post Vaccination Syndrome

As T.J. Moriarty wrote: "However, it seems the days of polio are still with us--not in the form of acute viral outbreaks of fever and paralysis--but in the 'uncharted' data on the long-term effects from the simian (monkey) viralcontaminated polio vaccines given to countless children and adults three decades ago." (20)

Lancet recently reported on a possible link between HIV-related retrovirus from the African green monkey, polio vaccines, and the onset of the AIDS epidemic. (21)

Dr. Howard B. Urnovitz, a former Scientific Director of the Chronic Illness Research Foundation declares: "Had my mother and father known that the poliovirus vaccines of the 1950s were heavily contaminated with more than 26 monkey viruses, including the cancer virus SV40, I can say with certainty that they would not have allowed their children and themselves to take those vaccines. Both of my parents might not have developed cancers suspected of being vaccine-related, and might even be alive today." (22)

In his written testimony August 3, 1999 to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight we can find the following facts: "Vaccine science must evaluate not only acute adverse side effects, but also possible associated chronic illnesses such as learning and behaviour disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, intussusception, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, autoimmune thyroiditis, and other chronic health problems. These chronic illnesses are increasingly costly to society in both human and financial terms." Written Testimony of Dr. Howard B. Urnovitz; August 3, 1999; Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. (22)

The British Medical Journal published several studies showing a connection between the polio, diphtheria, measles, tetanus, and smallpox vaccines, and the development of multiple sclerosis several years later. (23)

In The Journal of Neurology Science researchers conclude that there is a chronic intra-CNS expression of inflammatory cytokines in PPS, in the range of that in MS, a well-known neuroinflammatory disease. Prior poliomyelitis-evidence of cytokine production in the central nervous system. (24)

The oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) has been effectively used in the reduction and control of poliomyelitis cases on the planet. However, despite several advantages of using the attenuated OPV strains, the rare occurrence of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP) cases in vaccine recipients and their susceptible contacts is a disadvantage. It is a true recognition that other neurologic complications such as meningitis, encephalitis, convulsions, transverse myelitis and Guillain-Barre syndrome have also been rarely associated with the use of this vaccine. (25)

At this point, according to the FDA, the real fact remains, more than 90% of US, physicians don't report post vaccination adverse effects. (26)

Concomitant with a nationwide oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) campaign in Finland in 1985, an unexpected rise in the number of patients hospitalized with the Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) occurred. An analysis based on hospital records covering a population of 1.17 million and 6 years revealed a significantly increased incidence of GBS coinciding with the OPV campaign. This study suggests that live-attenuated polioviruses may, like other infectious viruses, sometimes trigger the GBS. (27)

A study was carried out by the Fundacao Nacional de Saude in Brazil between 1990-1996 in order to know the impact of the Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) in the population less than 15 years old, after the eradication of poliomyelitis. From 3619 notifications of acute flaccid palsies (AFP) there were 1678 GBS. GBS was the most frequent cause of (AFP). (28)

Another study carried out by the Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen to evaluate whether persons (all patients diagnosed with acute poliomyelitis in the greater capital area of Copenhagen, Denmark, between 1919 and 1954 were identified and followed with respect to MS) with a history of poliomyelitis are at an increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS). Their conclusion was that in spite of results based on small numbers of events, the findings suggest that the polio patients might be at an increased risk of MS. (29)

Dr. Laurent Hervieux et al. reported the following post vaccination cases: Polio in the arm after the injectable vaccine, sclerosis in plaques, amyatrophic lateral sclerosis, chronic diarrhoea, gluten intolerance, Guillain Barre Syndrome, myasthenia gravis, polymyositis, cerebral tumours. (13)

The polio vaccine ingredients: The live polio vaccine contains 3 types of polioviruses grown in monkey kidney cell culture and calf serum. It also contains neomycin, streptomycin, and sorbitol. The inactive polio vaccine contains 3 types of polioviruses grown in monkey cell cultures. It also contains formaldehyde (a carcinogenic and toxic substance that can lead to cancer, neurological damage, and death) and polymixin B. (26)

Guillain Barre Syndrome

After compulsive and repetitive shots, and in suitable people, the polio epidemics were a sorrowful reality. Later under the same injury, the shots, the organism's immune response turns into deeper and deeper tissues, then its reactive response is severely altered. Regarding polio vaccine, after successive inoculations, first, it produced polio cases, but later other neurological cases began to appear in the form of so-called autoimmune disorders. There is an attempt to reverse such damage but the real thing is that we don't see more polio cases (only post-vaccination), but a new modified presentation, just due to iatrogenics.

Now, the health status of massive populations is not better really, but worse. In the conference presented by Mr. M. Georget to French National League for Liberty in Vaccination. May 13th, 2000, he demonstrates that: "Tobacco and alcohol cause the same annual number of deaths that were caused at the beginning of 19th century from the infectious illnesses such as TB, Typhoid, Whooping Cough, measles, Scarlatina, Tetanus, Polio, Syphilis, Influenza, and Smallpox; the matter is that Alcohol, Cigarettes and Vaccines are accepted socially." (30)

Professor Georges Vithoulkas in his Acceptance Speech to the Swedish Parliament in 1996 declares: "Multiple Sclerosis, a disease that eventually leaves its victims totally paralysed, is one which thousands of people are suffering from in the Western world. Yet it is entirely unknown to Africans, Asians and South Americans, who have not had the 'benefit' of the excellent Western medicine. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a terrible disorder of the neuromuscular system, is also unknown to all these people. Myopathy and muscular dystrophy is the same, known only to Westerners. Epilepsy, which is rampant in the Western world, is seldom encountered in these countries. Anxiety neurosis, compulsive neurosis, and in general, mental disorders of a severe nature from which millions of patients are suffering in the Western world, are almost unknown in these groups that have not had the 'benefit' of modern medicine and vaccinations."

The model suggests that all these chronic diseases, including hayfever, asthma, cancer and AIDS, are the result of wrong interventions upon the organism by conventional medicine. It claims that the immune systems of the Western population, through strong chemical drugs and repeated vaccinations, have broken down and finally admitted the diseases deeper into the human organism, to the central and peripheral system. In short, this model claims that conventional medicine, instead of curing diseases, is actually the cause of the degeneration of the human race. (31)

Even though the data regarding the relation between vaccination and autoimmune disease is conflicting, it seems that some autoimmune phenomena are clearly related to immunization (e.g. Guillain Barre Syndrome). (32)

I have tried to describe the timeline for Polio and its diverse trigger factors in a commonsense manner. It is only one disease, and its sequelae are due to the disease itself and to vaccinations. What about other diseases, vaccines and, the post-vaccination syndrome?

Stress: Another Paradox of Civilization

At present, sugar and refined food is even higher than when its exaggerated intake was described in Dr. T.L. Cleave's book (1974)), The Saccharine Disease. (8)

"Some facts are as follows: Just recently I became aware that some newborns develop hypoglycemia only a few hours after delivery (which can be a very stressful event). One of the causes of this hypoglycemia in pregnant women is with non-treated hypothyroidism. In fact, recent research has found that 'in summary, pregnancy represents a strong goitrogenic stimulus for both the mother and foetus, even in areas with only a moderate iodine restriction or deficiency. Maternal goitre formation is correlated with the degree of prolonged glandular stimulation that takes place during gestation. Also, a goitre formed during gestation may only partially regress after parturition and pregnancy, therefore is one of the environmental factors that may help explain the higher prevalence of goitre and thyroid disorders in women, compared with men.' (33) Among the diverse symptoms of both hypoglycemia and depression are:

"Nervousness, depression, unprovoked anxieties, exhaustion, drowsiness, insomnia, constant worrying, mental confusion, forget-fulness. (34) The cause for all these complaints is lack of oxygen and glucose to the brain. (34) These symptoms could affect the mother and the infant, causing complications. What is the quality of this mother's milk? Further research would lead to a better understanding. Breastfeeding is a maternal ritual in which the infant receives all its integral food: love, attention, compassion, joy and mother's milk. But it is often seen that breastfed infants develop diverse ailments, colds, bronchiolitis, pneumonias etc. Although they are receiving mother's milk, one could ask whether this natural defence is really offering the secure protection, which we presume it gives. And what about the past vaccinal history of mothers? If they were vaccinated, their immune system is already suppressed in one way or another. (35) On the other hand: 'the bottle-fed human baby is substantially more likely to suffer a whole nightmare of illnesses: diarrhoea, colic, gastrointestinal and respiratory infections, meningitis, asthma, hives, other allergies, pneumonia, eczema, obesity, hypertension, atherosclerosis, dermatitis, growth retardation, hypocalcemic tetany, neonatal hypothyroidism, necrotizing enterocolitis, and sudden infant death syndrome.'" (36)

To maintain or achieve optimal health is a constant battle of pro and con factors; low or high stress versus the optimal, eustress; euglycaemia versus hyper- or hypoglycemia; chronic hypocapnia due to chronic hyper-ventilation syndrome versus the optimal, eucapnia; lacking or proper posture and performance versus eukinetics. They are complementary and interdependent approaches, producing a synergistic action; in conjunction all are key statuses of health; all are probiotics. (37)

The consumption of alcohol among the population is very high, due to the fact that, according to some researchers, (38) between 75% and 95% of alcoholics are hypoglycemic and according to Dr. Broda Barnes, 75% of hypoglycemics suffer from hypothyroidism. (39) More than 60 million US citizens suffer from hypothyroidism (40) and more than 55% of this population is obese. Are these events natural or iatrogenic?

The euglycaemic status can be defined as blood sugar that "must not only be supplied continuously, but must also be maintained at optimum levels, around 80 mg. per 100cc." (2) Every body cell depends on glucose to a greater or lesser extent. Normally, the cells of your brain and nervous system depend solely on this sugar level for their energy. Hypoglycemia as well as hyperglycemia are states in which the cells do not receive the appropriate amount of oxygen. Both extremes are very harmful because they lead to hypoxaemia and pro-inflammatory reactions by the suprarenal gland, and the production of histamine and serotonin. (42) If the host has poor nutritional status, recovery will be slow; and if she or he is under physical, emotional, or psychic stress besides the stressor factors from the external environment, then pathologic status has already settled in and it is extremely difficult to regain health again. The internal environment is severely altered. What we see as symptoms in the host--fever, anorexia, lack of energy-are a natural attempt to reverse the whole process, letting it end in a congestion and exudation. When this fails, a specific pathogen is a natural consequence. Sublata causa, tollitur effectus.

"Our consumption of sugar is (thus) not voluntary--of the 100-plus pounds that we eat in a year, 70-some pounds are added to foods during processing." (43) And "is the principal energy-nutrient ingredient of carbonated beverages, candy, frostings and other concentrated sweets." (44) It is an empty substance, lacking protein, calcium, iron, vitamin A and thiamine among others. It just gives calories. Sugar increases oxidation damage; stresses our pancreas and adrenal glands; produces free radicals in excess; robs our body of minerals such as chromium, potassium, magnesium, and zinc, and vitamins (especially Bs). Sugar inhibits our immune system and interferes with the transport of vitamin C. (44) "Our cave ancestors did not have a source of pure, refined sucrose, and we are not biologically adapted to cope with large quantities of it. We do require carbohydrates in our diet, but not from sugar as such." (43)

Let me also mention the great work done by another scientist. In the 1930s, a research dentist from Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Weston A. Price, travelled all over the world-from the lands of the Eskimos to the South Sea Islands, from Africa to New Zealand. His book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects, illustrated with hundreds of photographs, was first published in 1939.

Dr. Price took the whole world as his laboratory. His devastating conclusion, recorded in horrifying detail in area after area, was simple. People who lived under so-called backward, primitive conditions had excellent teeth and wonderful general health. They ate natural, unrefined food from their own locale. As soon as "civilized" refined, sugared foods were imported as a result of contact with "civilization," physical degeneration began in a way that was definitely observable within a single generation. (1,45)

Conclusions

1. The euglycaemic status is of primary importance to prevent or help cure acute infections. Prevention is our first goal.

2. Equilibrium is a condition of harmony. The disruption of this ideal condition leads to the appearance of reactive responses with disease as a secondary effect.

3. Iatrogenics could be considered one of the real causes of the degeneration of the human race.

4. Optimal health status of mother and infant develops before and during pregnancy. Birth is a stressful event (40%) and therefore is a strong goitrogenic stimulus to both mother and child. This affects the quality of breastfeeding. Supplementation seems to prevent hypothyroidism and its devastating complications for the mother and child.

5. Looking into our past, we can find the answers for a better present and future.

6. To acquire and maintain real immunity is easy: natural hygiene, proper diet with a healthy lifestyle. Vaccinations offer an artificial and insufficient protection, along with the possibility of post vaccination syndrome. The question of yes or no to vaccination is a matter of understanding and freedom.

7. An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.

8. "The best vaccine against common infectious diseases is an adequate diet." (The World Health Organization.)

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by Juan Manuel Martinez Mendez, MD, Bogota, Colombia

Correspondence:

Juan Manuel Martinez, MD

Researcher, Integral Medicine

A.A. 140230 Santafe de Bogota

Colombia, South America

jmmartin61@hotmail.com

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