Common Infection Often Misdiagnosed In Americans!

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The Deadly Dangers Of The Intestinal Parasite, Strongyloides.

Study published: Clinical and Molecular Allergy2006, 4:8

By: Dr. Walter K. Crooks

October 13, 2012

Strongyloides are tiny parasitic worms that like to dine on humans.  

People with Strongyloidiasis have the worms until they die, unless they
 receive effective treatment. The worm may persist for 40 years or more in the small intestine, and it can also be spread as a sexually transmitted disease.

Stronglyoidiasis is fairly common in America, however it is not often diagnosed because, if chronic, the symptoms are mostly mild or mistaken for some other disease process.  In a great many instances, people found infested with strongyloides have
 usually been infested for years, even decades before being diagnosed and treated.

An infection of strongyloides can be difficult to eradicate completely mainly because of the specialized ability of these worms to autoinfect their host.

Strongyloides are unique and dangerous because of the following specialized characteristic features they employ:

 

1.    Autoinfection: This is an important characteristic feature of this worms life cycle. Upon penetrating the intestinal wall or skin around the anus, the larvae enter the bloodstream and reach the pulmonary circulation.

They then penetrate into the lung tissue’s membrane so that they may do one of two things:

a)   Become airborne to infect others.

b)   Travel up the bronchial tree, causing irritation, which in turn causes the infected person to cough thus allowing for the larva to be swallowed into the gastrointestinal tract to begin the infection process all over again.

2.    Hyper-infection: The hyper-infection syndrome happens when there is an enormous multiplication and migration of infective larvae. This especially happens to a person that is in an immunosuppressed state, such as patients that are on long-term corticosteroids.

Symptoms include mainly asthma-like complaints such as cough and wheezing, along with possible pneumonia and pulmonary hemorrhage.

Rare conditions like eosinophilic pleural effusions and eosinophilic granulomatous enterocolitis have also been reported in strongyloidiasis.

One factor that has been attributed to these sudden parasite population explosions is the chronic use of immunosuppressive drugs like, systemic corticosteroids (cortisol, hydrocortisone), organ transplants and other infections such as kala-azar.

3.    Disseminated Infection: In patients that are taking immunosuppressant drugs such as exogenous cortisol (hydrocortisone), Fatal Disseminated Infections are known to occur.

In patients that are malnourished or have been victims of chronic infections, there is an 87% chance of death with this infection.

The high mortality rate associated with hyper-infection syndrome and disseminated diseases are frequently due to a secondary bacterial infection.

Corticosteroids and Strongyloidiasis

Multiple case reports indicate a potentialincrease in the frequency of fatal hyper-infection or disseminated infection with corticosteroid therapy in patients with asymptomatic or mild strongyloidiasis.

Corticosteroids have been shown to affect a patients immunity by increasing the apoptosis (programed cell death) of immune system Th2 cells, reducing the eosinophil count and inhibiting the mast cell response which leads to hyperinfection or disseminated infection.

It is also believed that corticosteroid therapy increases ecdysteroid like substances (these are naturally occurring sterols with non-hormonal anabolic effects) in the body, mainly in the intestinal wall.

Unfortunately, when these steroids are in the presence of the stronglyoides worm they produce substances that act as a molting (reproduction) signal to the larvae, which leads to hyperinfection and disseminated infections.

Research conducted by Siddiqui et al., has found that there are corticosteroid receptors on Strongyloides. These receptors could also play a role in hyperinfection syndrome along with the systemic disseminated infection associated with corticosteroids.

Conclusion

Strongyloidiasis is a nematode infection with a tendency to become chronic with fatal complications of hyperinfection syndrome and disseminated infection along with a host of other potential complications like gram-negative bacteremia and meningitis.

Due to the fact that most cases of hyperinfection syndrome and disseminated strongyloidiasis happen in immuno-compromised individuals, especially those who are taking systemic corticosteroids, like hydrocortisone, physicians should be aware of the bizarre manifestations of the disease that can mimic other diseases leading to misdiagnosis and medical errors.

If you or someone you know are infected with the Strongyloides nematode and are taking corticosteroides (hydrocortisone, ect. ), it is imperative that you speak to your physician at once and ask that they review the facts associated with Strongyloidiasis and hydrocortisone therapy.

In health,

Dr. Walter K. Crooks

http://brainbasedtherapy.blogspot.com/

http://lifechangingcarehouston.com/

https://www.facebook.com/LifeChangingCareHouston

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The Deadly Dangers Of The Intestinal Parasite, Strongyloides.

Study published: Clinical and Molecular Allergy2006, 4:8

By: Dr. Walter K. Crooks

October 13, 2012

Strongyloides are tiny parasitic worms that like to dine on humans.  

People with Strongyloidiasis have the worms until they die, unless they
 receive effective treatment. The worm may persist for 40 years or more in the small intestine, and it can also be spread as a sexually transmitted disease.

Stronglyoidiasis is fairly common in America, however it is not often diagnosed because, if chronic, the symptoms are mostly mild or mistaken for some other disease process.  In a great many instances, people found infested with strongyloides have
 usually been infested for years, even decades before being diagnosed and treated.

An infection of strongyloides can be difficult to eradicate completely mainly because of the specialized ability of these worms to autoinfect their host.

Strongyloides are unique and dangerous because of the following specialized characteristic features they employ:

 

1.    Autoinfection: This is an important characteristic feature of this worms life cycle. Upon penetrating the intestinal wall or skin around the anus, the larvae enter the bloodstream and reach the pulmonary circulation.

They then penetrate into the lung tissue’s membrane so that they may do one of two things:

a)   Become airborne to infect others.

b)   Travel up the bronchial tree, causing irritation, which in turn causes the infected person to cough thus allowing for the larva to be swallowed into the gastrointestinal tract to begin the infection process all over again.

2.    Hyper-infection: The hyper-infection syndrome happens when there is an enormous multiplication and migration of infective larvae. This especially happens to a person that is in an immunosuppressed state, such as patients that are on long-term corticosteroids.

Symptoms include mainly asthma-like complaints such as cough and wheezing, along with possible pneumonia and pulmonary hemorrhage.

Rare conditions like eosinophilic pleural effusions and eosinophilic granulomatous enterocolitis have also been reported in strongyloidiasis.

One factor that has been attributed to these sudden parasite population explosions is the chronic use of immunosuppressive drugs like, systemic corticosteroids (cortisol, hydrocortisone), organ transplants and other infections such as kala-azar.

3.    Disseminated Infection: In patients that are taking immunosuppressant drugs such as exogenous cortisol (hydrocortisone), Fatal Disseminated Infections are known to occur.

In patients that are malnourished or have been victims of chronic infections, there is an 87% chance of death with this infection.

The high mortality rate associated with hyper-infection syndrome and disseminated diseases are frequently due to a secondary bacterial infection.

Corticosteroids and Strongyloidiasis

Multiple case reports indicate a potentialincrease in the frequency of fatal hyper-infection or disseminated infection with corticosteroid therapy in patients with asymptomatic or mild strongyloidiasis.

Corticosteroids have been shown to affect a patients immunity by increasing the apoptosis (programed cell death) of immune system Th2 cells, reducing the eosinophil count and inhibiting the mast cell response which leads to hyperinfection or disseminated infection.

It is also believed that corticosteroid therapy increases ecdysteroid like substances (these are naturally occurring sterols with non-hormonal anabolic effects) in the body, mainly in the intestinal wall.

Unfortunately, when these steroids are in the presence of the stronglyoides worm they produce substances that act as a molting (reproduction) signal to the larvae, which leads to hyperinfection and disseminated infections.

Research conducted by Siddiqui et al., has found that there are corticosteroid receptors on Strongyloides. These receptors could also play a role in hyperinfection syndrome along with the systemic disseminated infection associated with corticosteroids.

Conclusion

Strongyloidiasis is a nematode infection with a tendency to become chronic with fatal complications of hyperinfection syndrome and disseminated infection along with a host of other potential complications like gram-negative bacteremia and meningitis.

Due to the fact that most cases of hyperinfection syndrome and disseminated strongyloidiasis happen in immuno-compromised individuals, especially those who are taking systemic corticosteroids, like hydrocortisone, physicians should be aware of the bizarre manifestations of the disease that can mimic other diseases leading to misdiagnosis and medical errors.

If you or someone you know are infected with the Strongyloides nematode and are taking corticosteroides (hydrocortisone, ect. ), it is imperative that you speak to your physician at once and ask that they review the facts associated with Strongyloidiasis and hydrocortisone therapy.

In health,

Dr. Walter K. Crooks

http://brainbasedtherapy.blogspot.com/

http://lifechangingcarehouston.com/

https://www.facebook.com/LifeChangingCareHouston

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Subliminally Red - Fast Food Signs Hypnotize Kids

Psychologists and psychiatrists must have been in on the planning of this massive mind control trick. Take a look:

Have you ever noticed that most of the fast food signs are red? Yep, Wendy's, Burger King, Hardee's, Sonic, Pizza Hut, Dominoes, Dairy Queen, Popeye's, Bojangles, and the list goes on and on and on.

So what's the deal? Red usually means danger, like red sirens, or fast red cars, and we know that fast food is dangerous for your health, but they wouldn't want us thinking that, so maybe it's reverse psychology?

Some say the reason might be because red really catches your attention. It is after all the main color in all of the signs listed above. When you're driving on the highway, traveling, and you see those rest stop and restaurant signs, it is pretty easy to pick out the major "Fat Food" joints!

http://www.randomconnections.com/yellow-and-red/

In the wild, predators will avoid certain shades of yellow-red-orange, but in other cases, they are attractive. Perhaps there is a bit of mimicry going on with the fast food restaurants as well.

There’s definitely something about that yellow-red combination that has a primal connection with "food." In the case of the butterflies, it’s "Stay away!" The opposite is true with the companies with logos pictured above – "Come here and eat me!"

http://www.famouslogos.org/the-psychology-of-fast-food-logos

According to the color theory, these colors are known to subconsciously TRIGGER HUNGER and/or induce excitement. Just how accurate is this theory? Research has shown that people eat more in a room with warm color surroundings as opposed to a room painted in cold colors, like blue, black, and purple. Studies have shown that these colors actually SUPPRESS APPETITE because they are associated with foods that may have become spoiled. Still not convinced?

Read this fast:

RED SIGNS: HOT FOOD: FAST FOOD: CHEAP FOOD: YELLOW SIGN: FAT FOOD: HAPPY MEAL: HAPPY MASCOT: PLAYGROUND! RED AND YELLOW LOGO: FRENCH FRIES: APPLE PIES: AMERICA: STOP AND EAT: NEXT EXIT! BURGER: SHAKE: SODA: RED: RED: YELLOW: RED ... 

Are you drooling yet? Maybe you're gagging?

Can fast food act as a sort of mind-control factor on children? The answer is yes, according to a new study, and in fact, researchers say, the fast food companies have succeeded in essentially brainwashing an entire generation.

According to research teams at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Kansas Medical Center suggests that a child's brain could be imprinted with fast-food restaurants' logos and brands.
 http://www.naturalnews.com/037418_fast_food_companies_mind_control_children.html#ixzz297c6Lqlt

If you've been eating this stuff, please stop now. If your kids are eating this stuff, stop them now. You can clean out your body and get well soon! How?
Detox and Superfood!  What in the world is Enerfood?? It's the opposite of fast food, although you can put it in your next health shake pretty fast!

“Enerfood” is the best Superfood! 

NATURAL NEWS HAS THE SURVIVAL AND SURTHRIVAL FOOD FOR EVERYONE:
Protect your family with the ultimate superfood;

https://store.naturalnews.com/Enerfood-100-Organic-Super-Green-Drink_p_86.html

 Turmeric Benefits are ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

 

Turmeric is one of the most researched natural remedies of modern science! 

 

Why? Turmeric is routinely used as a key spice in many South Asian and Middle Eastern nations and is even heavily embedded into Ayurvedic, a traditional system of medicine that originated thousands of years ago! Many traditional systems of medicine have recognized the ginger family relative known as turmeric as a 'spice powerhouse' of sorts. Check out tumeric benefits: This high quality natural remedy for healthy living can be found at the new Natural News Store: http://www.naturalnews.com/Turmeric/Turmeric-Benefits.html






 

Psychologists and psychiatrists must have been in on the planning of this massive mind control trick. Take a look:

Have you ever noticed that most of the fast food signs are red? Yep, Wendy's, Burger King, Hardee's, Sonic, Pizza Hut, Dominoes, Dairy Queen, Popeye's, Bojangles, and the list goes on and on and on.

So what's the deal? Red usually means danger, like red sirens, or fast red cars, and we know that fast food is dangerous for your health, but they wouldn't want us thinking that, so maybe it's reverse psychology?

Some say the reason might be because red really catches your attention. It is after all the main color in all of the signs listed above. When you're driving on the highway, traveling, and you see those rest stop and restaurant signs, it is pretty easy to pick out the major "Fat Food" joints!

http://www.randomconnections.com/yellow-and-red/

In the wild, predators will avoid certain shades of yellow-red-orange, but in other cases, they are attractive. Perhaps there is a bit of mimicry going on with the fast food restaurants as well.

There’s definitely something about that yellow-red combination that has a primal connection with "food." In the case of the butterflies, it’s "Stay away!" The opposite is true with the companies with logos pictured above – "Come here and eat me!"

http://www.famouslogos.org/the-psychology-of-fast-food-logos

According to the color theory, these colors are known to subconsciously TRIGGER HUNGER and/or induce excitement. Just how accurate is this theory? Research has shown that people eat more in a room with warm color surroundings as opposed to a room painted in cold colors, like blue, black, and purple. Studies have shown that these colors actually SUPPRESS APPETITE because they are associated with foods that may have become spoiled. Still not convinced?

Read this fast:

RED SIGNS: HOT FOOD: FAST FOOD: CHEAP FOOD: YELLOW SIGN: FAT FOOD: HAPPY MEAL: HAPPY MASCOT: PLAYGROUND! RED AND YELLOW LOGO: FRENCH FRIES: APPLE PIES: AMERICA: STOP AND EAT: NEXT EXIT! BURGER: SHAKE: SODA: RED: RED: YELLOW: RED ... 

Are you drooling yet? Maybe you're gagging?

Can fast food act as a sort of mind-control factor on children? The answer is yes, according to a new study, and in fact, researchers say, the fast food companies have succeeded in essentially brainwashing an entire generation.

According to research teams at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Kansas Medical Center suggests that a child's brain could be imprinted with fast-food restaurants' logos and brands.
 http://www.naturalnews.com/037418_fast_food_companies_mind_control_children.html#ixzz297c6Lqlt

If you've been eating this stuff, please stop now. If your kids are eating this stuff, stop them now. You can clean out your body and get well soon! How?
Detox and Superfood!  What in the world is Enerfood?? It's the opposite of fast food, although you can put it in your next health shake pretty fast!

“Enerfood” is the best Superfood! 

NATURAL NEWS HAS THE SURVIVAL AND SURTHRIVAL FOOD FOR EVERYONE:
Protect your family with the ultimate superfood;

https://store.naturalnews.com/Enerfood-100-Organic-Super-Green-Drink_p_86.html

 Turmeric Benefits are ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

 

Turmeric is one of the most researched natural remedies of modern science! 

 

Why? Turmeric is routinely used as a key spice in many South Asian and Middle Eastern nations and is even heavily embedded into Ayurvedic, a traditional system of medicine that originated thousands of years ago! Many traditional systems of medicine have recognized the ginger family relative known as turmeric as a 'spice powerhouse' of sorts. Check out tumeric benefits: This high quality natural remedy for healthy living can be found at the new Natural News Store: http://www.naturalnews.com/Turmeric/Turmeric-Benefits.html






 

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Fast Food Disease (FFD)

 

Kids get influenced by peers very easily and this influence is also seen in their food habits. They opt for junk and fast foods that are bad for their health and also challenges and interrupts their growth. It is very challenging for the parents to set a good health diet for their kids and make them follow it on a regular basis. A new and innovative way has been adopted by Health Rangers to educate kids about the same.

As they are mostly inclined towards music, the Health Rangers hit on the idea that the risk related to GMOs should be exposed to them through music videos, which will attract their attention quickly and will also influence them instantly.

http://www.naturalnews.com/036834_Kashi_Larabar_boycott.html#ixzz28k4e4mhb

http://www.naturalnews.com/037022_kids_healthy_eating_ideas.html#ixzz28k58pPAu)

The consumers are constantly being betrayed by the food industry as they get products that have GMOs which the food industry sells and advertise as natural products. A lot of brands associated with this industry have been detected containing GMOs at large proportions, such brands and products should be banned from the market; that will teach them a lesson of risking the lives of people for their benefit.

It has been observed that more than the adults, these junk foods attract the kids who become easily prone to serious and hazardous diseases. They need to be taught about the healthy eating habits and the parents need to be very cautious about the kind of food their children are exposed to.

These junk and fast foods are owned by large food companies though detected with toxic materials in them, are still being advertised through different mediums. The television ads that promote junk foods are created in such a lucrative manner that it easily garners the fascination of the kids. Cookies, donuts, drink mixes and other products are very easily available in any shop or supermarket and this increases the problem for parents to control their kids from eating them.

http://www.naturalnews.com/NoGMO.html

 

 

Kids get influenced by peers very easily and this influence is also seen in their food habits. They opt for junk and fast foods that are bad for their health and also challenges and interrupts their growth. It is very challenging for the parents to set a good health diet for their kids and make them follow it on a regular basis. A new and innovative way has been adopted by Health Rangers to educate kids about the same.

As they are mostly inclined towards music, the Health Rangers hit on the idea that the risk related to GMOs should be exposed to them through music videos, which will attract their attention quickly and will also influence them instantly.

http://www.naturalnews.com/036834_Kashi_Larabar_boycott.html#ixzz28k4e4mhb

http://www.naturalnews.com/037022_kids_healthy_eating_ideas.html#ixzz28k58pPAu)

The consumers are constantly being betrayed by the food industry as they get products that have GMOs which the food industry sells and advertise as natural products. A lot of brands associated with this industry have been detected containing GMOs at large proportions, such brands and products should be banned from the market; that will teach them a lesson of risking the lives of people for their benefit.

It has been observed that more than the adults, these junk foods attract the kids who become easily prone to serious and hazardous diseases. They need to be taught about the healthy eating habits and the parents need to be very cautious about the kind of food their children are exposed to.

These junk and fast foods are owned by large food companies though detected with toxic materials in them, are still being advertised through different mediums. The television ads that promote junk foods are created in such a lucrative manner that it easily garners the fascination of the kids. Cookies, donuts, drink mixes and other products are very easily available in any shop or supermarket and this increases the problem for parents to control their kids from eating them.

http://www.naturalnews.com/NoGMO.html

 

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270 U of L freshmen have to vacate dorm because of mold

The University of Louisville has told 270 freshmen they have to move out in the middle of midterm exams after high levels of mold were found in their residence hall. The students were told remove everything they brought with them to Miller Hall. The dorm will be closed the rest of the semester. Those displaced are being moved to other dorms, university-affiliated housing and hotel rooms near campus.

U of L inspections found high levels of two types of mold spores, aspergillus and penicillium, that don’t normally present a threat but could affect people with allergies, asthma and upper respiratory problems if exposed to high levels in closed spaces, said Dr. Phillip Bressoud, director of student health. More residence halls could also have a mold problem, and the university is still awaiting the results from tests. Staten said. (Read more)

The University of Louisville has told 270 freshmen they have to move out in the middle of midterm exams after high levels of mold were found in their residence hall. The students were told remove everything they brought with them to Miller Hall. The dorm will be closed the rest of the semester. Those displaced are being moved to other dorms, university-affiliated housing and hotel rooms near campus.

U of L inspections found high levels of two types of mold spores, aspergillus and penicillium, that don’t normally present a threat but could affect people with allergies, asthma and upper respiratory problems if exposed to high levels in closed spaces, said Dr. Phillip Bressoud, director of student health. More residence halls could also have a mold problem, and the university is still awaiting the results from tests. Staten said. (Read more)

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Univ. of Pikeville students hear of horrors of texting while driving, actively sign pledge to stop the practice

Alyson Gibson, a student at the
University of Pikeville, signs the 'No
Text on Board' pledge.

Maybe it was a surprise to some in the crowd but texting and driving has been illegal in Kentucky since April 15, 2010. Still, the folks at the University of Pikeville thought it was a message that bore repeating. On Thursday, they did so.  In recognition of the national “No Text on Board” effort, UPike professors, state legislators and AT&T representatives asked students to pledge to just not do it. The pledge was intended to be a lifetime choice. The only exception to the law is if drivers need to report illegal activity or need to summons medical or emergency aid. Fines for texting while driving in the state can be up to $50, plus court costs.

Students could watch a video of the aftermath of accidents where drivers had been preoccupied with texting. According to the AT&T rep on campus Thursday, someone is killed or injured in this country every five minutes in an accident where texting and driving is involved. (Read more)

Alyson Gibson, a student at the
University of Pikeville, signs the 'No
Text on Board' pledge.

Maybe it was a surprise to some in the crowd but texting and driving has been illegal in Kentucky since April 15, 2010. Still, the folks at the University of Pikeville thought it was a message that bore repeating. On Thursday, they did so.  In recognition of the national “No Text on Board” effort, UPike professors, state legislators and AT&T representatives asked students to pledge to just not do it. The pledge was intended to be a lifetime choice. The only exception to the law is if drivers need to report illegal activity or need to summons medical or emergency aid. Fines for texting while driving in the state can be up to $50, plus court costs.

Students could watch a video of the aftermath of accidents where drivers had been preoccupied with texting. According to the AT&T rep on campus Thursday, someone is killed or injured in this country every five minutes in an accident where texting and driving is involved. (Read more)

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Study: Stroke victims getting younger and, yes, risk factors include obesity, diabetes and high cholesterol

A study conducted on first-ever stroke patients in the Greater Cincinnati and northern Kentucky area may have some devastating repercussions for the nation. The results of the University of Cincinnati research, published this week in the online issue of Neurology, found that the average age of stroke victims has dropped and that this has great implications for lifetime disability. Study author Brett Kissela, MD, with the UC's College of Medicine explained that the rise in risk factors like diabetes, obesity and high cholesterol are the cause. Newswise reports that the study found that strokes among people under 55 made up a greater percentage of all strokes over time, growing from about 13 percent in 1993-94 to 19 percent in 2005. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health.

"What [the study] means is that even though young people typically feel like they're healthy and that a stroke can't happen to them, the fact is that our study is evidence that that is not true," said Kissela.“The good news is that some of the possible contributing factors to these strokes can be modified with lifestyle changes, such as diet and exercise. However, given the increase in stroke among those younger than 55, younger adults should see a doctor regularly to monitor their overall health and risk for stroke and heart disease.” (Read more)

A study conducted on first-ever stroke patients in the Greater Cincinnati and northern Kentucky area may have some devastating repercussions for the nation. The results of the University of Cincinnati research, published this week in the online issue of Neurology, found that the average age of stroke victims has dropped and that this has great implications for lifetime disability. Study author Brett Kissela, MD, with the UC's College of Medicine explained that the rise in risk factors like diabetes, obesity and high cholesterol are the cause. Newswise reports that the study found that strokes among people under 55 made up a greater percentage of all strokes over time, growing from about 13 percent in 1993-94 to 19 percent in 2005. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health.

"What [the study] means is that even though young people typically feel like they're healthy and that a stroke can't happen to them, the fact is that our study is evidence that that is not true," said Kissela.“The good news is that some of the possible contributing factors to these strokes can be modified with lifestyle changes, such as diet and exercise. However, given the increase in stroke among those younger than 55, younger adults should see a doctor regularly to monitor their overall health and risk for stroke and heart disease.” (Read more)

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Prevent 900 Diseases! Learn how now:

 

At a time when most of the nutrient sources are either infested with pesticides/insecticides or depleted, how does someone go about feeding their body with what it needs? Well, now you have nothing to worry about as ENERFOOD is here – it is a 100 percent USDA certified organic superfood! What’s more, it’s amazingly affordable with the average cost coming to less than a dollar per serving.

Organic food has become a rarity, with waste of all kinds getting accumulated in  urban as well as agricultural lands (pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, military waste, hospital waste, landfill pollution and runoff, cigarette filters, metropolitan industrial waste, automobile waste, etc.), it has become extremely difficult to get your hands on pure food, devoid of any harmful elements. Add to this the forcible GM crop promotion, and the poison dose is complete for at least a few decades.

http://www.naturalnews.com/037453_Enerfood_superfood_Natural_News_Store.html)

This being the backdrop, the introduction of an organic superfood like Enerfood is a blessing for the millions of consumers who wish to get an all-in-one solution to their nutrition requirements.

·       Enerfood is the answer to 900 nutritional deficiency diseases

·       It includes all the essential nutrients like 60 minerals, 16 vitamins, 12 amino acids, three essential fatty acids like omega-3 and 6

·       It doesn’t demand much from your pockets

·       Each container has a total of 50 servings

·       Healthy and tasty organic food supplement for making up for all the nutritional deficiencies

Moreover, Enerfood is easy to consume as well. You can make a tasty mix by following this recipe:

·       Two scoops of Enerfood

·       One tablespoon of coconut sugar and one banana for acting as a sweetenerOne tablespoon of raw cacao

·       One raw avocado

·       Almond milk

Almond milk must be added according to the requirement to give the mixture the texture of a smoothie.

Now,  get your own container of Enerfood for yourself and for your family from Natural News store and fortify your defense systems against any disease.

(Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH6N7tHGsi8

http://www.naturalnews.com/037453_Enerfood_superfood_Natural_News_Store.html)

 

At a time when most of the nutrient sources are either infested with pesticides/insecticides or depleted, how does someone go about feeding their body with what it needs? Well, now you have nothing to worry about as ENERFOOD is here – it is a 100 percent USDA certified organic superfood! What’s more, it’s amazingly affordable with the average cost coming to less than a dollar per serving.

Organic food has become a rarity, with waste of all kinds getting accumulated in  urban as well as agricultural lands (pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, military waste, hospital waste, landfill pollution and runoff, cigarette filters, metropolitan industrial waste, automobile waste, etc.), it has become extremely difficult to get your hands on pure food, devoid of any harmful elements. Add to this the forcible GM crop promotion, and the poison dose is complete for at least a few decades.

http://www.naturalnews.com/037453_Enerfood_superfood_Natural_News_Store.html)

This being the backdrop, the introduction of an organic superfood like Enerfood is a blessing for the millions of consumers who wish to get an all-in-one solution to their nutrition requirements.

·       Enerfood is the answer to 900 nutritional deficiency diseases

·       It includes all the essential nutrients like 60 minerals, 16 vitamins, 12 amino acids, three essential fatty acids like omega-3 and 6

·       It doesn’t demand much from your pockets

·       Each container has a total of 50 servings

·       Healthy and tasty organic food supplement for making up for all the nutritional deficiencies

Moreover, Enerfood is easy to consume as well. You can make a tasty mix by following this recipe:

·       Two scoops of Enerfood

·       One tablespoon of coconut sugar and one banana for acting as a sweetenerOne tablespoon of raw cacao

·       One raw avocado

·       Almond milk

Almond milk must be added according to the requirement to give the mixture the texture of a smoothie.

Now,  get your own container of Enerfood for yourself and for your family from Natural News store and fortify your defense systems against any disease.

(Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH6N7tHGsi8

http://www.naturalnews.com/037453_Enerfood_superfood_Natural_News_Store.html)

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How the tabby cat got its stripes

Kaelin CB, Xu X, Hong LZ, et al. Specifying and sustaining pigmentation patterns in domestic and wild cats. Science. 2012; 337: 1536-41.
 
Mackerel versus blotched is the heritable variation of tabby markings in domestic cats (Felis catus). There are two features to tabby markings:
1) A light background component in which individual hairs have extensive light bands.
2) A superimposed darker component in which hairs have little or no banding. The dark component is organized into narrow vertical stripes with a constant and regular spacing in mackerel cats.
In cats with the blotched pattern, the dark component is expanded into a less organized structure with wide whorls. The authors believe the similar range of patterns in domestic cats suggests a mechanism whose appearance can be altered by selection. They identified the gene responsible for the tabby pattern variation in domestic cats. The gene is labeled as transmembrane aminopeptidase Q (Taqpep) that encodes for a membrane-bound metalloprotease. It was located by association mapping in feral cats from Northern California where they initially genotyped 58 SNPs in 8 blotched and 9 mackerel cats.

By performing analysis in 31 other felid species, they also identified Taqpep as the cause of the rare king cheetah phenotype where spots coalesce into blotches and stripes. Additional studies found that paracrine expression of Endothelin3 (Edn3) coordinates localized color differences. Further studies of color pattern in domestic-wild cat hybrids may offer opportunities in understanding complex color markings and how felids acquire their color patterns. [VT]

See also: Eizirik E, David VA, Buckley-Beason V, et al. Defining and mapping mammalian coat pattern genes: multiple genomic regions implicated in domestic cat stripes and spots. Genetics. 2010; 184: 267-75. [free full text article]

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Kaelin CB, Xu X, Hong LZ, et al. Specifying and sustaining pigmentation patterns in domestic and wild cats. Science. 2012; 337: 1536-41.
 
Mackerel versus blotched is the heritable variation of tabby markings in domestic cats (Felis catus). There are two features to tabby markings:
1) A light background component in which individual hairs have extensive light bands.
2) A superimposed darker component in which hairs have little or no banding. The dark component is organized into narrow vertical stripes with a constant and regular spacing in mackerel cats.
In cats with the blotched pattern, the dark component is expanded into a less organized structure with wide whorls. The authors believe the similar range of patterns in domestic cats suggests a mechanism whose appearance can be altered by selection. They identified the gene responsible for the tabby pattern variation in domestic cats. The gene is labeled as transmembrane aminopeptidase Q (Taqpep) that encodes for a membrane-bound metalloprotease. It was located by association mapping in feral cats from Northern California where they initially genotyped 58 SNPs in 8 blotched and 9 mackerel cats.

By performing analysis in 31 other felid species, they also identified Taqpep as the cause of the rare king cheetah phenotype where spots coalesce into blotches and stripes. Additional studies found that paracrine expression of Endothelin3 (Edn3) coordinates localized color differences. Further studies of color pattern in domestic-wild cat hybrids may offer opportunities in understanding complex color markings and how felids acquire their color patterns. [VT]

See also: Eizirik E, David VA, Buckley-Beason V, et al. Defining and mapping mammalian coat pattern genes: multiple genomic regions implicated in domestic cat stripes and spots. Genetics. 2010; 184: 267-75. [free full text article]

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Ginger: The Cancer Slaying Herb!

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Ginger: The Cancer Slaying Herb!

Shhhhh…. Don’t let the American Cancer Society know about the findings of this study and the possible natural cure for breast cancer it found…it would disrupt their fund raising!

Every year since 1938 the number 2 killer of all Americans has been Cancer!

A research paper published in Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology has found that extracts of the herb Ginger kill cancer cells! The researchers note in their paper that in spite of the high global death toll of breast cancer, conventional drug therapies are modestly effective at best, often with serious side effects that include causing new and more aggressive cancers.

Ginger extract may prove to be more effective at fighting breast cancer than any drug on the market!

"Despite significant advances toward targeted therapy and screening techniques, breast cancer continues to be a chronic medical problem worldwide, being the most common type of cancer in women and the leading cause of death," they write.

"Typically, the treatment of breast cancer involves hormonal therapy with ... selective estrogen receptor (ER) modulators. However, almost all patients with metastatic disease and approximately 40 percent of patients that receive [the ER modulator] Tamoxifen experience relapse that ends by death!"

The researchers also note that ER antagonists have little to no effectiveness against ER-negative breast cancer, and that the drugs may have such severe side effects that their usefulness is severely limited.

In addition, many breast cancer cells are able to develop resistance to cancer drugs within the course of a single treatment.

"Thus, identification of novel agents that are relatively safe but can suppress growth of both ER-positive and ER-negative human breast cancers is highly desirable," they write.

Could This Be A Safe & Natural Treatment?

The researchers exposed breast cancer cells in the laboratory to an extract of ginger (Zingiber officinale). They found that ginger exhibited a highly prized anti-cancer trait known as selective cytotoxicity: It inhibited the reproduction of cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unaffected. 

 No conventional cancer treatment on the market exhibits this property!

Noted findings include the ability of ginger to positively modulated a large number of molecular anti-cancer mechanisms, these include:

• Induction of programmed cell death (apoptosis).
• Up-regulation of BAX, an apoptosis gene
• Down-regulation of numerous cancer-associated genes and proteins
• Increased expression of cancer-fighting proteins.
• Inhibition of cancer-associated enzymes.

Although the researchers were not able to explain these molecular effects, the evidence in their favor was striking.
"Ginger may be a promising candidate for the treatment of breast carcinomas," the researchers concluded.

Ginger - A Medicinal Powerhouse!

If further studies show ginger's utility as a breast cancer treatment, it could revolutionize the entire field of cancer medicine, since ginger extract could easily be produced cheaply and in large quantities and it’s use would have little to know side effects.

Previous studies have already shown ginger to have a breast cancer-fighting effect. More specifically, ginger compound [6]-Gingerol inhibits metastasis of breast cancer cells. Other studies have suggested that ginger extract or ginger components have the ability to fight other cancers, including

• Colon
• Rectum
• Liver
• Lungs
• Pancreas
• Prostate
• Skin (including Malignant Melanoma).

These findings should not be surprising; ginger is one of the oldest known medicinal foods. It’s origin appears to have been in southern China, it then rapidly spread throughout Asia to the Spice Islands and from there, eventually to West Africa, the Caribbean and India. Today it is widely consumed as a food, spice and medicine in cultures across the globe.

Scientific Studies Have Linked Ginger To No Fewer Than 100 Different Health Benefits!

Including its most well known usage as an anti-nausea and digestive aid, it is also a potent anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory and is a powerful health-promoting herb for the heart and cardiovascular system. Ginger is used for many disease processes.

  "The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth."   

-- St. Thomas Aquinas

In Health,

Dr. Walter K. Crooks

Chiropractic Clinical Neurologist

http://lifechangingcarehouston.com/

https://www.facebook.com/LifeChangingCareHouston/

Sources include:

http://www.naturalnews.com/037503_ginger_breast_cancer_treatment.html/

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Ginger: The Cancer Slaying Herb!

Shhhhh…. Don’t let the American Cancer Society know about the findings of this study and the possible natural cure for breast cancer it found…it would disrupt their fund raising!

Every year since 1938 the number 2 killer of all Americans has been Cancer!

A research paper published in Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology has found that extracts of the herb Ginger kill cancer cells! The researchers note in their paper that in spite of the high global death toll of breast cancer, conventional drug therapies are modestly effective at best, often with serious side effects that include causing new and more aggressive cancers.

Ginger extract may prove to be more effective at fighting breast cancer than any drug on the market!

"Despite significant advances toward targeted therapy and screening techniques, breast cancer continues to be a chronic medical problem worldwide, being the most common type of cancer in women and the leading cause of death," they write.

"Typically, the treatment of breast cancer involves hormonal therapy with ... selective estrogen receptor (ER) modulators. However, almost all patients with metastatic disease and approximately 40 percent of patients that receive [the ER modulator] Tamoxifen experience relapse that ends by death!"

The researchers also note that ER antagonists have little to no effectiveness against ER-negative breast cancer, and that the drugs may have such severe side effects that their usefulness is severely limited.

In addition, many breast cancer cells are able to develop resistance to cancer drugs within the course of a single treatment.

"Thus, identification of novel agents that are relatively safe but can suppress growth of both ER-positive and ER-negative human breast cancers is highly desirable," they write.

Could This Be A Safe & Natural Treatment?

The researchers exposed breast cancer cells in the laboratory to an extract of ginger (Zingiber officinale). They found that ginger exhibited a highly prized anti-cancer trait known as selective cytotoxicity: It inhibited the reproduction of cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unaffected. 

 No conventional cancer treatment on the market exhibits this property!

Noted findings include the ability of ginger to positively modulated a large number of molecular anti-cancer mechanisms, these include:

• Induction of programmed cell death (apoptosis).
• Up-regulation of BAX, an apoptosis gene
• Down-regulation of numerous cancer-associated genes and proteins
• Increased expression of cancer-fighting proteins.
• Inhibition of cancer-associated enzymes.

Although the researchers were not able to explain these molecular effects, the evidence in their favor was striking.
"Ginger may be a promising candidate for the treatment of breast carcinomas," the researchers concluded.

Ginger - A Medicinal Powerhouse!

If further studies show ginger's utility as a breast cancer treatment, it could revolutionize the entire field of cancer medicine, since ginger extract could easily be produced cheaply and in large quantities and it’s use would have little to know side effects.

Previous studies have already shown ginger to have a breast cancer-fighting effect. More specifically, ginger compound [6]-Gingerol inhibits metastasis of breast cancer cells. Other studies have suggested that ginger extract or ginger components have the ability to fight other cancers, including

• Colon
• Rectum
• Liver
• Lungs
• Pancreas
• Prostate
• Skin (including Malignant Melanoma).

These findings should not be surprising; ginger is one of the oldest known medicinal foods. It’s origin appears to have been in southern China, it then rapidly spread throughout Asia to the Spice Islands and from there, eventually to West Africa, the Caribbean and India. Today it is widely consumed as a food, spice and medicine in cultures across the globe.

Scientific Studies Have Linked Ginger To No Fewer Than 100 Different Health Benefits!

Including its most well known usage as an anti-nausea and digestive aid, it is also a potent anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory and is a powerful health-promoting herb for the heart and cardiovascular system. Ginger is used for many disease processes.

  "The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth."   

-- St. Thomas Aquinas

In Health,

Dr. Walter K. Crooks

Chiropractic Clinical Neurologist

http://lifechangingcarehouston.com/

https://www.facebook.com/LifeChangingCareHouston/

Sources include:

http://www.naturalnews.com/037503_ginger_breast_cancer_treatment.html/

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Study Proves Again That Vaccinations Don't Work!

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Children Who Receive The Flu Vaccine Have Three Times Increased Risk Of Hospitalization For The Flu!

The inactivated flu vaccine is not effective in preventing influenza-related hospitalizations in children!

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According to research presented at the 105th International Conference of the American Thoracic Society in San Diego, a child that is vaccinated for the flu has 3 TIMES the chance of being hospitalized for flu than do their non-vaccinated peers!

Even though there had never been a study prior to this one, on children and the efficacy of the flu vaccine, the Center For Disease Control’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended annual influenza vaccinations for all children aged six months to 18 years.

So, in order to determine whether the flu vaccine is effective in reducing the number of hospitalizations caused by the flu, researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, lead by Dr. Avni Joshi, M.D., conducted a cohort study of children over the past consecutive 8 years of flu seasons, the results of which caused a shock wave of denial and lies from the vaccine industry.

Based on results of this study, Dr. Joshi was forced to conclude that children who had received the flu vaccine had THREE TIMES THE RISK OF HOSPITALIZATIONS, as compared to children who had not received the vaccine. In asthmatic children, there was a significantly higher risk of hospitalization in subjects who received the vaccine, as compared to those who did not.

When trying to determine if other factors contributed to this increased harm done by the vaccine, no other measured factors—such as insurance plans, socio-economic condition or severity of asthma—had any affect on the risk of hospitalization.

In Plain English, The Vaccines Made The Children Get Severe Flu!

Isn’t that the exact opposite of what they claim these poison filled syringes are supposed to be doing? 

The CDC continues to recommend the flu vaccine for children from 6 months old to 18 years old, knowing that it does no good at all and in the end it causes much harm!

In their usual cover-up to protect the psudo-scientific garbage known as vaccination science, Dr.  Avni Joshi, M.D. made the following statement: 

"While these findings do raise questions about the efficacy of the vaccine, they do not, in fact, implicate it (flu vaccines) as a cause of hospitalizations."

Really? Then what would be the causative factor, since your team even tried to find some other reason to blame for the outcome of this study...Reminds me of that saying, if it quacks like a.....

Proof positive that money is truly the root of man's most evil of intentions, when those whom we entrust to protect us instead betray us with a kiss for 30 pieces of silver with full knowledge and intent, actively sacrifice our children's health and lives for greed and power!

2011-2012 Texas Vaccine Exemption Information

The State of Texas, by law, grants and acknowledges the right of parents to exempt their children from vaccination requirements for day care, school, and college for reasons of conscience including a religious belief or for medical reasons. 

 https://webds.dshs.state.tx.us/immco/

In 2003, the Texas legislature passed changes to the statutes expanding the reasons a parent can claim an exemption, however the Health Department has suspiciously increased the bureaucratic red tape necessary for claiming the exemption.  

There are specific procedures for requesting an official state form and submitting it to the school or for completing a medical exemption. These all take some time to do, so please don't wait until the last minute to get your papers in order. 

For help and instructions on what you must do to exercise your rights as an American citizen to not poison your child go to:

http://vaccineinfo.net/exemptions/index.shtml

Looking out for us all,

-Dr. Walter K. Crooks

Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish. -Minna Thomas Antrim

Life-Changing Care of Texas Website

Please Hit "LIKE" On My FaceBook Page 

Follow Me On Twitter! 

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Children Who Receive The Flu Vaccine Have Three Times Increased Risk Of Hospitalization For The Flu!

The inactivated flu vaccine is not effective in preventing influenza-related hospitalizations in children!

-->

According to research presented at the 105th International Conference of the American Thoracic Society in San Diego, a child that is vaccinated for the flu has 3 TIMES the chance of being hospitalized for flu than do their non-vaccinated peers!

Even though there had never been a study prior to this one, on children and the efficacy of the flu vaccine, the Center For Disease Control’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended annual influenza vaccinations for all children aged six months to 18 years.

So, in order to determine whether the flu vaccine is effective in reducing the number of hospitalizations caused by the flu, researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, lead by Dr. Avni Joshi, M.D., conducted a cohort study of children over the past consecutive 8 years of flu seasons, the results of which caused a shock wave of denial and lies from the vaccine industry.

Based on results of this study, Dr. Joshi was forced to conclude that children who had received the flu vaccine had THREE TIMES THE RISK OF HOSPITALIZATIONS, as compared to children who had not received the vaccine. In asthmatic children, there was a significantly higher risk of hospitalization in subjects who received the vaccine, as compared to those who did not.

When trying to determine if other factors contributed to this increased harm done by the vaccine, no other measured factors—such as insurance plans, socio-economic condition or severity of asthma—had any affect on the risk of hospitalization.

In Plain English, The Vaccines Made The Children Get Severe Flu!

Isn’t that the exact opposite of what they claim these poison filled syringes are supposed to be doing? 

The CDC continues to recommend the flu vaccine for children from 6 months old to 18 years old, knowing that it does no good at all and in the end it causes much harm!

In their usual cover-up to protect the psudo-scientific garbage known as vaccination science, Dr.  Avni Joshi, M.D. made the following statement: 

"While these findings do raise questions about the efficacy of the vaccine, they do not, in fact, implicate it (flu vaccines) as a cause of hospitalizations."

Really? Then what would be the causative factor, since your team even tried to find some other reason to blame for the outcome of this study...Reminds me of that saying, if it quacks like a.....

Proof positive that money is truly the root of man's most evil of intentions, when those whom we entrust to protect us instead betray us with a kiss for 30 pieces of silver with full knowledge and intent, actively sacrifice our children's health and lives for greed and power!

2011-2012 Texas Vaccine Exemption Information

The State of Texas, by law, grants and acknowledges the right of parents to exempt their children from vaccination requirements for day care, school, and college for reasons of conscience including a religious belief or for medical reasons. 

 https://webds.dshs.state.tx.us/immco/

In 2003, the Texas legislature passed changes to the statutes expanding the reasons a parent can claim an exemption, however the Health Department has suspiciously increased the bureaucratic red tape necessary for claiming the exemption.  

There are specific procedures for requesting an official state form and submitting it to the school or for completing a medical exemption. These all take some time to do, so please don't wait until the last minute to get your papers in order. 

For help and instructions on what you must do to exercise your rights as an American citizen to not poison your child go to:

http://vaccineinfo.net/exemptions/index.shtml

Looking out for us all,

-Dr. Walter K. Crooks

Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish. -Minna Thomas Antrim

Life-Changing Care of Texas Website

Please Hit "LIKE" On My FaceBook Page 

Follow Me On Twitter! 

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BRAIN BASED THERAPY EXPLAINED!

What is Brain Based Therapy?

 

Brain based therapy is a form of treatment that is amazingly powerful, all natural healing technique used to restore people to their optimum state of health. 

Brain based therapy is a form of treatment that is amazingly powerful, all natural healing technique used to restore people to their optimum state of health.

-The Brain Explained-

Your brain controls and coordinates each and every function of the human body (Grey’s Anatomy).

When functioning normally, the cerebellum, which is located at the back bottom part of your cranium, sends messages or “fires” to the brain (right and left hemispheres that look sort of like big noodles), which in turn “fires” to the brain stem (mesencephalon, pons, and medulla which is located just prior to the spinal cord).

This Is Called The “Brain Loop”.

Your health, well-being, physical vitality, mental clarity, and emotional stability are all directly correlated with proper brain function…the “Brain Loop”. When functioning correctly, the cerebellum receives adequate input, sending normal input to the brain’s frontal lobes, which sends sufficient input to the lower brain stem, keeping the mesencephalon from over-firing.

What goes wrong? Stress…physical, chemical, and emotional stress will adversely affect this “brain loop”.

Stress is not necessarily a bad thing. However, it is the constant, pervasive, never-ending stress of our culture that is so detrimental.

If one side of the cerebellum is not receiving enough nerve input, it cannot send sufficient nerve input to the frontal lobe, which can’t send enough input to the lower brain stem to keep the mesencephalon from over-firing.

What’s the deal with the mesencephalon?

The mesencephalon (a.k.a. upper brain stem, a.k.a. mid-brain, a.k.a. cerebral peduncle) normally is inhibited by the brain. In other words, when the “brain loop” is intact, the mesencephalon is kept in check; think of a young boy with his father there beside him to keep him from acting up.

However, once there is some sort of interruption of the “brain loop”, the mesencephalon is left unchecked (think here of that same boy, left home alone with no supervision and free reign of the house!).

Basically, the brain gets stuck in a sympathetic (fight or flight) response meaning that your body is running like you are in some sort of danger.

If our mesencephalon is not firing properly it may cause symptoms such as Fibromyalgia, Attention Deficit, Hypertension, Chronic Pain, etc.

What about the cerebellum?

Another key part to the “brain loop” is the cerebellum. This is the back, bottom part of your brain that controls your balance and coordination, spinal postural muscles, and terminates eye movements. When one side of your cerebellum is not firing properly it can lead to a host of common ailments.

A mis-firing cerebellum may cause one side of the postural muscles to be in constant spasm. This one-sided muscle spasm will change the motion of the spine allowing for injury and pain.

Additionally, individual vertebrae will lock up and be restricted in their normal movement. Consequently, chronic back and neck pain, spinal degeneration, arthritis, disc herniations, and sciatica may develop.

Chronic dizziness, Vertigo and Balance Disorders are usually the result of cerebellar dysfunction if no pathology is present.

How Can I Fix Your Brain?

Thorough a Functional Neurological Examination we can reveal which aspect of your brain is not working optimally. Since once side of the body is controlled by the opposite side of the brain (example: right brain controls the left side of the body), most treatments are given on one side of the body to stimulate the opposite hemisphere of the brain.

A safe, gentle, hands-on, dynamic integration process is used to re-boot, reconnect and restore proper brain function. Traditional chiropractic instruments and/or adjustments are also used, but they are used in a very precise manner…to stimulate function in the effected part of the brain.

In addition, visual, auditory, and olfactory stimulation, vibration, eye movements, eye exercises, warm calorics and other modalities may be used to increase brain firing.

What health problems can you help with?

Please understand that BRAIN BASED THERAPY is not a specific treatment for any disease, illness or disorder. We do not try to cure anything.
However.... My expertise lies in increasing the function of your Brain by using Receptor Based Stimulation (RBS) that is both appropriate and within your brains metabolic capacity.

In essence we RE-WIRE YOUR BRAIN which, in turn, will then be able to do what the brain was set up to do from the beginning which is direct your bodies systems, prompt your body to begin to heal and take back control of those systems that have gone haywire and caused you so much grief and despair.

Now once the “brain loop” is restored and the brain imbalances are minimized (brain balance restoration)…amazing things can and do happen!

• Balance Disorders
• Arm/Shoulder Pain
• Misophonia / Hyperacusis
• Failed Back Syndrome
• Bulging/Herniated Discs
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Dizziness/Vertigo
• Dystonia
• Paralysis
• Fibromyalgia
• Peripheral Neuropathy
• Neck Pain
• Migraines/Headaches
• Sciatica/Leg Pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Hip/Knee/Foot Pain
• Tremor Disorders
• Hypertension
• Hypotension
• Numbness/Tingling
• Insomnia
• ADD/ADHD/Autism/Tourette's

-Brain Based Therapy Origins-

Brain Based Therapy is a clinical and functional neurology protocol developed by Frederick Robert Carrick, DC, PhD, DACAN, DABCN, DACNB, DAAPM, FACCN, (click the link to see ABC's NightLine episode about Functional Neurology) the country’s leading chiropractic neurologist and chiropractic’s only neurological fellow.

The Carrick Institute offers classes internationally and helps patients around the world with severe neurological disorders.

In addition, along with Dr. Michael Johnson, a board certified chiropractic neurologist, and author of the best selling alternative health book, What Do You Do When The Medications Don’t Work? we have added a major health improving division to the functional neurology paradigm, it is the metabolic division, we have coined the term Neuro-Metabolic, to cover what it is we do in our very specialized clinics.

  -Find Out If We Can Help You-

Check out the links I have provided in this blog and then give us a call at 281-812-8101 or sign up on the website to begin your journey home to truly optimized health. Isn't it time you had a doctor committed to:

IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE!  

If you would like to see if our BRAIN BASED THERAPY might help you or a loved one contact us for more information or to schedule an appointment. 281-812-8101

What is Brain Based Therapy?

 

Brain based therapy is a form of treatment that is amazingly powerful, all natural healing technique used to restore people to their optimum state of health. 

Brain based therapy is a form of treatment that is amazingly powerful, all natural healing technique used to restore people to their optimum state of health.

-The Brain Explained-

Your brain controls and coordinates each and every function of the human body (Grey’s Anatomy).

When functioning normally, the cerebellum, which is located at the back bottom part of your cranium, sends messages or “fires” to the brain (right and left hemispheres that look sort of like big noodles), which in turn “fires” to the brain stem (mesencephalon, pons, and medulla which is located just prior to the spinal cord).

This Is Called The “Brain Loop”.

Your health, well-being, physical vitality, mental clarity, and emotional stability are all directly correlated with proper brain function…the “Brain Loop”. When functioning correctly, the cerebellum receives adequate input, sending normal input to the brain’s frontal lobes, which sends sufficient input to the lower brain stem, keeping the mesencephalon from over-firing.

What goes wrong? Stress…physical, chemical, and emotional stress will adversely affect this “brain loop”.

Stress is not necessarily a bad thing. However, it is the constant, pervasive, never-ending stress of our culture that is so detrimental.

If one side of the cerebellum is not receiving enough nerve input, it cannot send sufficient nerve input to the frontal lobe, which can’t send enough input to the lower brain stem to keep the mesencephalon from over-firing.

What’s the deal with the mesencephalon?

The mesencephalon (a.k.a. upper brain stem, a.k.a. mid-brain, a.k.a. cerebral peduncle) normally is inhibited by the brain. In other words, when the “brain loop” is intact, the mesencephalon is kept in check; think of a young boy with his father there beside him to keep him from acting up.

However, once there is some sort of interruption of the “brain loop”, the mesencephalon is left unchecked (think here of that same boy, left home alone with no supervision and free reign of the house!).

Basically, the brain gets stuck in a sympathetic (fight or flight) response meaning that your body is running like you are in some sort of danger.

If our mesencephalon is not firing properly it may cause symptoms such as Fibromyalgia, Attention Deficit, Hypertension, Chronic Pain, etc.

What about the cerebellum?

Another key part to the “brain loop” is the cerebellum. This is the back, bottom part of your brain that controls your balance and coordination, spinal postural muscles, and terminates eye movements. When one side of your cerebellum is not firing properly it can lead to a host of common ailments.

A mis-firing cerebellum may cause one side of the postural muscles to be in constant spasm. This one-sided muscle spasm will change the motion of the spine allowing for injury and pain.

Additionally, individual vertebrae will lock up and be restricted in their normal movement. Consequently, chronic back and neck pain, spinal degeneration, arthritis, disc herniations, and sciatica may develop.

Chronic dizziness, Vertigo and Balance Disorders are usually the result of cerebellar dysfunction if no pathology is present.

How Can I Fix Your Brain?

Thorough a Functional Neurological Examination we can reveal which aspect of your brain is not working optimally. Since once side of the body is controlled by the opposite side of the brain (example: right brain controls the left side of the body), most treatments are given on one side of the body to stimulate the opposite hemisphere of the brain.

A safe, gentle, hands-on, dynamic integration process is used to re-boot, reconnect and restore proper brain function. Traditional chiropractic instruments and/or adjustments are also used, but they are used in a very precise manner…to stimulate function in the effected part of the brain.

In addition, visual, auditory, and olfactory stimulation, vibration, eye movements, eye exercises, warm calorics and other modalities may be used to increase brain firing.

What health problems can you help with?

Please understand that BRAIN BASED THERAPY is not a specific treatment for any disease, illness or disorder. We do not try to cure anything.
However.... My expertise lies in increasing the function of your Brain by using Receptor Based Stimulation (RBS) that is both appropriate and within your brains metabolic capacity.

In essence we RE-WIRE YOUR BRAIN which, in turn, will then be able to do what the brain was set up to do from the beginning which is direct your bodies systems, prompt your body to begin to heal and take back control of those systems that have gone haywire and caused you so much grief and despair.

Now once the “brain loop” is restored and the brain imbalances are minimized (brain balance restoration)…amazing things can and do happen!

• Balance Disorders
• Arm/Shoulder Pain
• Misophonia / Hyperacusis
• Failed Back Syndrome
• Bulging/Herniated Discs
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Dizziness/Vertigo
• Dystonia
• Paralysis
• Fibromyalgia
• Peripheral Neuropathy
• Neck Pain
• Migraines/Headaches
• Sciatica/Leg Pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Hip/Knee/Foot Pain
• Tremor Disorders
• Hypertension
• Hypotension
• Numbness/Tingling
• Insomnia
• ADD/ADHD/Autism/Tourette's

-Brain Based Therapy Origins-

Brain Based Therapy is a clinical and functional neurology protocol developed by Frederick Robert Carrick, DC, PhD, DACAN, DABCN, DACNB, DAAPM, FACCN, (click the link to see ABC's NightLine episode about Functional Neurology) the country’s leading chiropractic neurologist and chiropractic’s only neurological fellow.

The Carrick Institute offers classes internationally and helps patients around the world with severe neurological disorders.

In addition, along with Dr. Michael Johnson, a board certified chiropractic neurologist, and author of the best selling alternative health book, What Do You Do When The Medications Don’t Work? we have added a major health improving division to the functional neurology paradigm, it is the metabolic division, we have coined the term Neuro-Metabolic, to cover what it is we do in our very specialized clinics.

  -Find Out If We Can Help You-

Check out the links I have provided in this blog and then give us a call at 281-812-8101 or sign up on the website to begin your journey home to truly optimized health. Isn't it time you had a doctor committed to:

IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE!  

If you would like to see if our BRAIN BASED THERAPY might help you or a loved one contact us for more information or to schedule an appointment. 281-812-8101

Read More