Lack of energy is so common today. Does it affect you? What about pain, sickness or disease?  In this post I’d like to remind you of some basics so you too can enjoy a healthy, vibrant body and prevent lack of energy, pain, sickness and disease.

The brain, spinal cord and all the nerves connect to the spinal cord also connect to EVERY organ, gland, muscle and joint of your body. These nerves are what carry/transmit the electricity that makes your body work. If the hear, which is basically a muscle acting as a pump did not have the nerve energy or life force coming from that nerve the heart would not work. The same goes for any other organ in your body. The lungs would not work, the stomach would not work and the muscles would not work if they did not have that electrical energy being transmitted through the nerves. This network of nerves together with your brain and spinal cord are the “MASTER SYSTEM” of your body. This Master System controls and directs ALL functions of the human body.

Pic Spine lifeline

That being said…..if there is an interruption in that flow of energy or electricity …there will be a malfunction. There will be lack of energy, pain sickness or disease.

For example, if there is an interruption of energy to the nerves that control the heart there will be a problem with the heart. It could be in the form of tachycardia (rapid heart beat), bradycardia (slow heart beat) or palpitations or arrhythmia’s (irregular heart beat). I like to explain it by using the analogy of a light with a dimmer switch. You want the light on in the middle position. If there is too much electricity flowing through then the light bulb is too bright. If there is not enough electrical energy the light bulb is too dim.

Not all problems with the heart are caused by an interruption of nerve flow energy. Some other causes of heart problems are prescription drugs, lack of nutrients such as calcium, magnesium and potassium.

I always recommend when anyone experiences health problems to look at the basics first.  If you are having issues with your heart doesn’t it make sense to look at the wiring or the nerve energy flow to make sure there is no interruption of that nerve energy to your heart? It is certainly the easiest and least risky procedure. How? Chiropractic.

Yes a medical doctor can give you prescription drugs to try and help regulate your heart beat…. BUT…that also come with SIDE EFFECTS. Remember ALL prescription drugs have side effects and the most important thing to realize is that those pills do not correct the cause.

I once read a saying, “Chiropractic first, drugs second, surgery last”. That made a lot of sense to me.

To recap…. if you have a health problem… headaches, back pain, ear infection, asthma, …look for the cause of the problem. Check the spine and the nerve energy. Are you eating healthy or overloading your body with chemicals such as Splenda, sucralose, aspartame etc.? Google the side effects of these artificial sweeteners. You will be amazed at what you will find. Don’t believe the commercial on Splenda…..that it’s natural because it’s made from sugar. What the commercial fails to disclose is that it’s CHLORINATED SUGAR. Do you think it’s healthy to eat/drink chlorine?

How is your posture? Are you getting some form of exercise on a regular basis. The body needs to move and keep lubricated. in order to have a healthy and vibrant body.

Are you drinking enough pure water or are you drinking too much soda, coffee, tea, booze? Get back to the basics… eat/drink healthy 80% of the time, get some regular exercise,  practice good posture, manage stress before it manages you, love what you do..do what you love and try to laugh a little every day :>)

From Associated Press-By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer

We fret about airport scanners, power lines, cell phones and even microwaves. It’s true that we get too much radiation. But it’s not from those sources — it’s from too many medical tests.

Americans get the most medical radiation in the world, even more than folks in other rich countries. The U.S. accounts for half of the most advanced procedures that use radiation, and the average American’s dose has grown six fold over the last couple of decades.

Too much radiation raises the risk of cancer. That risk is growing because people in everyday situations are getting imaging tests far too often. Like the New Hampshire teen who was about to get a CT scan to check for kidney stones until a radiologist, Dr. Steven Birnbaum, discovered he’d already had 14 of these powerful scans for previous episodes. Adding up the total dose, “I was horrified” at the cancer risk it posed, Birnbaum said.

Of the many ways Americans are over tested and over treated, imaging is one of the most common and insidious. CT scans — “super X-rays” that give fast, extremely detailed images — have soared in use over the last decade, often replacing tests that don’t require radiation, such as ultrasound and MRI’s.

Radiation is a hidden danger. Yyou don’t feel it when you get it, and any damage usually doesn’t show up for years. Taken individually, tests that use radiation pose little risk. Over time, though, the dose accumulates.

Doctors don’t keep track of radiation given to their patients. Except for mammograms, there are no federal rules on radiation dose. Children and young women, who are most vulnerable to radiation harm, sometimes get too much at busy imaging centers that don’t adjust doses for each patient’s size.

An eye-opening study that found that U.S. heart attack patients get the radiation equivalent of 850 chest X-rays over the first few days they are in the hospital. Much of it for repeat tests that may not have been needed.

Another study by Columbia University researchers, published in 2007, estimated that in a few decades, as many as 2 percent of all cancers in the U.S. might be due to radiation from CT scans given now. Since previous studies suggest that a third of all tests are unnecessary, 20 million adults and more than 1 million children are needlessly being put at risk, they concluded.

Many studies suggest people are getting too much imaging now. For example, Mayo Clinic reviewed the medical records of 251 people given heart scans in 2007 and found that only a quarter of them were clearly appropriate.

What should patients do?

“You should question everything. Ask questions like, “What’s the dose and why am I getting it?” You should be an informed consumer,” said Dr. Fred Mettler, radiology chief in the New Mexico Veterans Administration health care system. He led a study of health effects after the Chernobyl accident and is a U.S. representative to the United Nations on radiation safety.

He advised challenging “big ticket” tests like CT scans that deliver a lot of radiation to the chest and abdomen. These are places where cancer is likely to develop. “You shouldn’t get too excited about feet and knee scans or X-rays,” Mettler said.

Questions to ask about radiation scans:

Is it truly needed? How will it change my care?

Have you or another doctor done this test on me before?

Are there alternatives like ultrasound or MRI?

How many scans will be done? Could one or two be enough?

Will the dose be adjusted for my gender, age and size? Will lead shields be used to keep radiation away from places it can do harm?

Do you have a financial stake in the machines that will be used?

Can I have a copy of the image and information on the dose?

Dr G’s Comments: My suggestion is take your health into your own hands. Take care of your body and you won’t need to be visiting doctors and getting many needless doses of radiation. If you are in an accident, then this is when you need to ask these questions.

Can Heart Disease Be Reversed?

Dr. Oz, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Joseph Mercola, Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Carlos Gonzalez and many other doctors know it can. Not only Heart Disease but Diabetes, Cancer and many other diseases that plague millions of Americans can also be reversed.

How? It really starts with the way you think about sickness, disease and healthcare. We have been programmed to believe that if you get these diseases you have to take medicine (prescription drugs with all their dangerous side effects) for the rest of your life. And if these diseases run in your family you’ll end up with those same diseases too and then you are doomed for life. That’s what the pharmaceutical companies want you to believe. The more people believe these lies the happier the pharmaceutical companies and their stockholders become.

Change your way of thinking by reading books by the doctors I mentioned in the beginning of this article.

Secondly, these diseases CAN be reversed by having a healthy diet, exercise, meditation, quality nutritional supplements and reducing stress in your life. If  you need help there are many alternative practitioners who are more than willing to coach you along the way. This is my reason for this website….to give you hope and encouragement.

Become your own best doctor. Dr. Oz and Dr.  Michael Rozien (chair of the Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute) wrote YOU: The Owners Manual . I have not yet read it but it reminds me of the chapter from my book ( Hanging Out For The Health Of It) The Best Doctor For You Is You.

So what are you waiting for? Get started today to start living a Healthier, Happier and Longer Life!

Drug makers Johnson and Johnson have expanded their recall of some of their over the counter drugs.

The list of drugs now includes batches of regular and extra-strength Tylenol, children’s Tylenol, eight-hour Tylenol, Tylenol arthritis, Tylenol PM, children’s Motrin, Motrin IB, Benadryl, Rolaids, Simply Sleep, and St. Joseph’s aspirin.

FDA officials critized Johnson & Johnson’s delayed action in recalling the drugs, stating that the agency knew of the problem since early 2008 but only made a limited investigation.

This is typical of drug makers, quick to profit slow to recall. History is full of examples where it took thousands of innocent people dying before drug makers recalled their products.

Did you know that Tylenol was developed because of the stomach irritation and gastric bleeding caused by aspirin. If you think you’re safe because you only take a baby aspirin read on.

Although Tylenol (acetaminophen) is contained in over 200 medications, most of them do not have the name “Tylenol” on their labels.

According to many websites, doctors and drug makers, Tylenol most likely does not cause serious liver damage in recommended doses. It can cause elevations of liver enzymes in the blood suggesting injury to the liver. That “most likely does not cause serious liver damage”  becomes “will cause serious liver damage” if you drink alcohol (even one drink!) or take other over-the-counter (OTC) and or prescription drugs.

In a study done, even recommended doses of Tylenol given to healthy subjects for two weeks caused mild to moderate reversible liver injury. Tylenol, like all other medications should be used cautiously under a doctor’s supervision with monitoring of liver enzyme levels. If your doctor is not monitoring your liver enzymes, for whatever reason, you are at a potential risk of serious liver damage.

With so many natural alternatives to Tylenol, ibuprofen, aspirin or even prescription drugs why would anyone risk so many side effects, many times serious, and even risk dying because of taking these drugs?

By the way, that little aspirin pill that has been promoted by thousands of doctors to prevent a heart attacks has been the cause of thousands of cases of deaths due to bleeding ulcers. You take it to prevent a heart attack but then die from a bleeding ulcer. I think the better approach is to prevent a heart attack by living a healthy lifestyle. Makes much better sense to me.

According to  A. Mark Fendrick M.D.,  “People should realize that even a baby aspirin is not free of dangerous side effects. Aspirin is not benign. Thousands of people die each year in the United States from complications related to taking aspirin and other NSAIDs.

“When you take aspirin, the level of stomach protection is decreased and you’re more likely to bleed. Thus, people who take aspirin regularly – even in a buffered or coated form – will have roughly double the likelihood of having a perforated ulcer or bleeding in the GI tract,” explains Fendrick.

“Relatively little attention is paid to this problem that kills more people in the U.S. each year than asthma or cervical cancer,” he continues. The risk of stomach bleeding is increased substantially if aspirin is combined with other NSAIDs (both over-the-counter and prescription strength).

As for me and my family we will continue to remain drug free.

According to Dr Joseph Mercola, “there are certain definite causes and connections to Autism. There exists definite proof that Mercury causes neurologic problems. Many of the features of autism bear striking similarities to features of mercury poisoning, especially the immune dysfunctions, visual disturbances, and motor/coordination defects seen in a growing number of autistic children.

Treating autistic children with agents to remove mercury and/or other heavy metals has brought about significant improvement in many of them. Sometimes dramatic improvement.”

Those causes, connections and theories are: Mercury, Vaccines themselves, Mind/Psyche, Milk and milk products, Cell phone radiation and other forms of electromagnetic radiation.

Here’s what Dr. Mercola recommends you can do to help reduce the amount of exposure you and your family might be getting.

1. Eat more organic foods when possible.

2. Pasteurized milk restriction is an ABSOLUTE imperative to the treatment of autism. Anyone managing this illness without restricting milk is deceiving themselves. This includes all milk products, such as ice cream, yogurt and whey. Even natural flavorings in food must be avoided unless the processor can guarantee, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that caseinate is not included

3. It is also highly recommended the complete elimination of sugar, juices, sodas, french fries and wheat flour in it’s various forms (pasta, bagels, cereal, pretzels, etc).

4. Get proper sun exposure, as an additional theory that makes a whole lot of sense is the link between rampant vitamin D deficiency and the proportionate jump in autism.

5. Use an effective intervention to address any emotional stresses as soon as possible – avoid having destructive thoughts and negative emotions. Potent energy psychology tools such as the Emotional Freedom Technique are excellent for this purpose.

6. Secretin has proven effective in relieving certain symptoms of autism. It is a powerful hormone, which has the ability to reduce intestinal permeability (leaky gut). I have even observed one three-year-old who had no speech prior to secretin speak in full paragraphs just days after the infusion.

7.  Homeopathy may also help ameliorate symptoms.

Researchers have also looked at how typical medical treatments versus natural treatments ranked.

For example, in the drug category, 41 percent of parents said their autistic child got WORSE on Adderall, 45 percent got worse on Ritalin, and 47 percent got worse on Amphetamines.

Antibiotics, which are another common drug route for children with autism, came in at 57 percent seeing No Effect and only 12 percent getting better from the treatment.

Under biomedical treatments, on the other hand, 41 percent saw improvement from vitamin A. 50 percent got better on cod liver oil, 56 percent improved on digestive enzymes, and yes, 76 percent saw improvement from detox chelation therapy.

For more information on Autism go to www.mercola.com

The latest in health news is that Cat scans may be causing as many as 29,000 new cases of cancer. Two new studies now suggest that Cat scans deliver far more radiation than previously reported.  This makes me wonder if they lied about how much radiation a person is getting to minimize the risks.

CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, states that the individual risk is small and that the chances of getting cancer are small. He also states that 70,000  Cat scans have been performed annually. The 29,000 new cases of cancer deaths are estimates.

If they are estimates, then that number could potentially be much higher.

CNN’s Ted Rowland reports that three hospitals and more to follow are under FDA investigation.  More than 300 people were apparently given an overdose of radiation during CT scans.The problem reported was with incorrect programming. The settings did not match the manufacturers recommendations.

How did that happen? I wonder…was it a true error or intentional misprogramming. If it was a programming error, why was it not caught? Don’t hospitals have the responsibility to ensure the safety of their equipment? On the other hand, I don’t even want to think about it being intentional.

CNN  interviews one patient who is seen at his home in the kitchen talking about how he lost his hair after the Brain Scan, now has cataracts, bleeding gums, mouth rash while placing a prescription drug on his kitchen counter along with ten other prescription drugs.

I wonder if maybe all those prescriptions were causing the symptom(s) that prompted the doctors to order a Cat scan of the brain. Eleven prescriptions cannot be safe to take.

It’s been estimated that prescription drugs, medical doctors and hospital errors kill over 6oo,000 people every year!

Mammograms causing cancer has also been in the news recently. I wonder how many cases of breast cancer are actually being caused and have already been caused by mammograms.

I believe that the best medicine is prevention.  I discuss prevention extensively in my book, HANGING OUT FOR THE HEALTH OF IT.  The Seven Healthy Habits are my prescription for a healthier, happier and longer life.

A report by the Environmental Working Group found an average of 287 contaminants in the blood of newborns, including mercury, fire retardants, pesticides and the Teflon chemical PFOA.

The study was based on tests of 10 samples of umbilical cord blood taken by the American Red Cross.

Of the 287 chemicals detected in umbilical cord blood, it is known that 180 cause cancer in humans or animals, 217 are toxic to the brain and nervous system, and 208 cause birth defects or abnormal development in animal tests.

Unborn U.S. babies are soaking in a stew of chemicals, including mercury, gasoline byproducts and pesticides, according to this report.

“If ever we had proof that our nation’s pollution laws aren’t working, it’s reading the list of industrial chemicals in the bodies of babies who have not yet lived outside the womb.”

Carpet Dust Linked to Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

New study in the Journal Epidemiology has found a link between chemicals found in carpet dust and increased risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL- a type of cancer) .

The toxic chemical is PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)

How the Study was Conducted

Carpet dust samples were collected from the homes of 603 NHL patients and 443 controls. The subjects had owned most of their carpets for at least 5 years.

According to Dr. Joanne S. Colt, of the National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, the risk of developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was 50 percent higher if any of the PCB compounds were found in the carpet.

Where do these chemicals come from? From the many household chemicals, powders, sprays  etc. used for cleaning. If you want to deodorize your carpet, use baking soda instead of those toxic commercial powders.