Football season is upon us and I have been doing yearly pre-participation physicals again. Typical stuff. Checking blood pressure, listening to hearts and lungs, checking joints and kids on mind-altering drugs in the same class of drug as cocaine. This year approximately 15-20% of the kids I checked were on one of these drugs.
Methylphenidate (aka Ritalin, Concerta) is a potent central nervous system stimulant derived from amphetamine. The abuse potential is increased when methylphenidate is crushed and snorted or when it is injected producing effects almost identical to cocaine. Methylphenidate is actually more potent than cocaine in its effect and has been shown to have a high potential for drug dependence and addictive abuse due to its similarity pharmaologically to cocaine and amphetamines. A study found that those who had received stimulants during childhood showed the highest number of cocaine abusers in later adulthood, twice that of the other groups.
Given it's similarity to cocaine, it's no wonder that the drug has been linked to sudden cardiac arrest, especially when you consider that children are taking it everyday for many years. The video below gives more details of the recent study.
For more information on ADHD drug alternatives, visit www.ritalindeath.com
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Having an Attitude of Gratitude
Often times the best lessons in life come during times of intense struggle.
However, it is how we respond to that struggle that determines our future state of prosperity and abundance or continued downward spiral of depression and despair. The only way to stop that spiral is to focus on gratitude and realize that most likely we have found ourselves in that current state due to a lack of gratitude in our lives.
It can be hard to admit and takes courage and looking deep within but the rewards are plentiful. It's easy to blame our current circumstances on people and events outside of our control, but the reality is that we create our own circumstances. We create our struggles, and likewise, we create our triumphs.
So take a moment and reflect on your current state of affairs. Your family life. Your career or lack there of. Your finances. Your health. Now accept that you are 100% responsible for your current circumstances. Not the economy, not your parents, not your boss, not your spouse or children.
The final step is to focus on everything and everyone you are grateful for. Your family, friends, home, car, pets, fresh water, food, clothing, clean air, ...(enter your list here).
As soon as we can accept that we have created our reality, without blame and victimhood, and are truly grateful for all the blessings in our lives, we can start to attract those events and things into our life that we desire and absolutely deserve.
In Love & Gratitude,
Dr. T
However, it is how we respond to that struggle that determines our future state of prosperity and abundance or continued downward spiral of depression and despair. The only way to stop that spiral is to focus on gratitude and realize that most likely we have found ourselves in that current state due to a lack of gratitude in our lives.
It can be hard to admit and takes courage and looking deep within but the rewards are plentiful. It's easy to blame our current circumstances on people and events outside of our control, but the reality is that we create our own circumstances. We create our struggles, and likewise, we create our triumphs.
So take a moment and reflect on your current state of affairs. Your family life. Your career or lack there of. Your finances. Your health. Now accept that you are 100% responsible for your current circumstances. Not the economy, not your parents, not your boss, not your spouse or children.
The final step is to focus on everything and everyone you are grateful for. Your family, friends, home, car, pets, fresh water, food, clothing, clean air, ...(enter your list here).
As soon as we can accept that we have created our reality, without blame and victimhood, and are truly grateful for all the blessings in our lives, we can start to attract those events and things into our life that we desire and absolutely deserve.
In Love & Gratitude,
Dr. T
Monday, July 6, 2009
Staking Your Claim to Abundant Health and Happiness
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?”
Marianne Williamson from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles
Are you ready to claim your birthright? Are you really ready to start living a life of abundant health and happiness? Really? Are you convinced that this is indeed your right and not just something you have to work really hard at, that only a few lucky individuals ever achieve, or something that isn’t even humanly possible? This is the absolute truth of existence and you are not living your life in this manner only because you have accepted the illusion that these things are not possible or out of your reach.
I am here to tell you that not only are they within your reach but you already possess everything you need to make it a reality! You are genetically programmed for health. You are not born into this world to become sick and diseased. It is only because of your moving away from your natural state and nature that you have become less than abundantly healthy and vital. We have become so enamored with ourselves and our technological advances that we have somehow forgotten that we are animals. We are mammals and subject to the same physical laws of health and disease as every other species. We think it is okay to pollute our environment and our bodies with toxic chemicals. We think that we can genetically modify the foods we eat and alter the human genetic code. We have somehow accepted that injecting our children with chemicals such as formaldehyde, aluminum, thimerisol, and the genetic material of other species is a good idea. When it comes down to it, we have allowed our educated brains to trick us into thinking they are smarter than the innate intelligence that runs our bodies and knows more about our inner workings than we can ever hope to.
All this because we have turned our backs on nature and our intuition. Does any of that actually sound logical? But this is only the tip of the iceberg, the Pandora’s Box that if you choose to open, will forever change your perception of reality and create a shift in your paradigm.
And that is exactly what has to happen. Your current mindset has brought you to exactly where you are at this moment. Not your parents, not your spouse and not your boss or anyone else for that matter. Your reality is a mirror of your current thoughts and beliefs. Change your thoughts and you change your life. It’s as simple as that.
"Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd."
From the I Ching
Well…not quite that simple but it is absolutely where we need to begin. Decide today that you are going to be healthy and happy the rest of your life and proclaim it to yourself, your loved ones, and anyone else that will listen…or not. It does not matter if others believe you. It doesn’t even matter if they think you are crazy, kooky or just plain nuts. As long as you allow other people’s perceptions of what you say and do to run your life you will constantly be living according to their paradigms and produce their results. True brilliance occurs when we have the courage to live our lives according to our own values and in accordance with our individual purpose and passion. As you proclaim it and believe that it is yours it will begin to take shape in your life. And when you are no longer afraid to look foolish in the crowd you have mastered your life!
What about your emotional state? Are you happy? Do you wake up excited about the day or are you working for the weekend like so many of your neighbors? How have we become convinced that if we are feeling a little down all we need to do is change our brain chemistry with a little pill? Why has depression and anxiety become so common place? If this sounds familiar you don’t have to accept it any longer.
It is your absolute right to be happy. To achieve anything and everything in this lifetime and allow others to do the same as long as no one is harmed in the process. So why aren’t you? Because somebody at some point told you otherwise. Perhaps it was your mother or father, teacher or preacher. Some authority figure in your life that somehow convinced you that you do not already possess everything inside to pursue your life’s purpose and mission. Maybe you heard someone tell you that “Life isn’t fair.” Or that suffering was somehow virtuous. Whatever the case may be, you are only unhappy because you are not living in alignment with your soul. You are living a life that is not what you came into this world intending to do. When you come into perfect alignment with your purpose and passion you will find your happiness and need no person or possessions to make you happy.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Are You Awake?
What is happening to our country? How has it become okay for a seven year old to be drugged so heavily that he would hang himself in the shower?
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/fred-grimm/story/1021038.html>
What would drive a mother to give her two year old a bottle with Prozac in it because her doctor told her it would help with his crying?! Of course he'll stop crying. He'll also stop living!
It's time to wake up people.
We need to tell doctors, legislators and everyone we know that this is NOT okay. These are not isolated events. There are currently 12 million children in this country on Ritalin and other ADHD drugs. These drugs are powerful methanphetamines in the same class of drug as cocaine.
100 million people worldwide are on psychotropic drugs. They are known to cause suicidal thoughts and of particular note, a high percentage of school shooters have been on these mind altering drugs.
http://www.teenscreentruth.com/psychiatry_drugs_suicide.html
I hope you are awake and listening. Now do something about it. Educate yourself and inform others.
We will be having a screening in July of the film "Making A Killing: The Untold Story Of Psychotropic Drugging." You can view the entire film on YouTube but can view the beginning below.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/fred-grimm/story/1021038.html>
What would drive a mother to give her two year old a bottle with Prozac in it because her doctor told her it would help with his crying?! Of course he'll stop crying. He'll also stop living!
It's time to wake up people.
We need to tell doctors, legislators and everyone we know that this is NOT okay. These are not isolated events. There are currently 12 million children in this country on Ritalin and other ADHD drugs. These drugs are powerful methanphetamines in the same class of drug as cocaine.
100 million people worldwide are on psychotropic drugs. They are known to cause suicidal thoughts and of particular note, a high percentage of school shooters have been on these mind altering drugs.
http://www.teenscreentruth.com/psychiatry_drugs_suicide.html
I hope you are awake and listening. Now do something about it. Educate yourself and inform others.
We will be having a screening in July of the film "Making A Killing: The Untold Story Of Psychotropic Drugging." You can view the entire film on YouTube but can view the beginning below.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Perfect Health
Transformation occurs only when we can hold the thought and vision of what we truly desire. So many people want to lose weight, stop drinking, quit smoking, etc. However, the very thing they are repelling is continually attracted over and over again. Saying "No" to that extra serving is the same as saying "Yes." As long as the action has a perceived benefit, then taking it away will always be difficult and doing it will be a reward for good behavior. Instead we need to focus on what we do want. Only then can we attract the people, places and circumstances to allow us to make the transformation we are seeking.
To attract perfect health we must wish it to be so. You can eat the right foods and get enough rest and exercise but still have poor health unless the mind is on board. Our thoughts create our realities and set in motion a cascade of physiological reactions within our bodies. Negative emotions create a stress response that builds ourselves sick. Positive emotions and affirmations have the opposite effect. Start with your mind. Focus on what you want. And watch as you life transforms.
To attract perfect health we must wish it to be so. You can eat the right foods and get enough rest and exercise but still have poor health unless the mind is on board. Our thoughts create our realities and set in motion a cascade of physiological reactions within our bodies. Negative emotions create a stress response that builds ourselves sick. Positive emotions and affirmations have the opposite effect. Start with your mind. Focus on what you want. And watch as you life transforms.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
SWINE FLU: FACTS and FICTION
Credit: Info compiled from Drs. Dale Andelkovic, Joseph Mercola and Tullius.
We have all recently been inundated by the media with fear of this latest killer virus. Egypt has ordered the slaughter of 300,000 pigs despite one case in that country, people have been told to halt all travel to Mexico, wear surgical masks in public, stay away from crowded areas and to get their flu shots! Haven't we heard this before? Remember SARS, the bird flu, and last year's seasonal flu. Remember the shortages of flu vaccines and anti-viral medications (Tamiflu) after all the hysteria?
This is NOT the First Swine Flu Panic
This this isn’t the first time the public has been warned about swine flu. The last time was in 1976. It resulted in the massive swine flu vaccine campaign. Do you happen to recall the result of this massive campaign? Within a few months, claims totaling $1.3 billion had been filed by victims who had suffered paralysis from the vaccine. The vaccine was also blamed for 25 deaths. However, several hundred people developed crippling Guillain-Barré Syndrome after they were injected with the swine flu vaccine. Even healthy 20-year-olds ended up as paraplegics. And the swine flu pandemic itself? It never materialized.
So what is the swine flu?
Regular swine flu is a contagious respiratory disease, caused by a type-A influenza virus that affects pigs. The current strain, A(H1N1), is a new variation of an H1N1 virus -- which causes seasonal flu outbreaks in humans -- that also contains genetic material of bird and pig versions of the flu.
Are the symptoms of swine flu different than the regular flu?
As far as we currently know, the symptoms are the same including fever, sore throat, body aches, cough and headache.
So is the Swine Flu Getting More or Less Dangerous?
On Sunday, April 26, The Independent reported that more than 1,000 people had contracted the swine flu virus in Mexico, but by the afternoon that same day, Mexican President Calderon declared that more than two-thirds of the 1,300 thought to have contracted the disease had been given a clean bill of health and sent home. Additionally, the number of actual confirmed cases appears to be far lower than reported in many media outlets. Interestingly Mexico is the ONLY country in the world where someone has actually died from this disease. Mexico has reported 159 fatalities in flu-like cases in recent days, seven of which have been confirmed as swine flu. Another 19 patients have been confirmed as having swine flu but surviving. However, some insiders at WHO believe these numbers are seriously inflated and could be as low as single digits.
By contrast, the United States has had 91 confirmed cases, five hospitalizations and no deaths from US Citizens. On April 29th CNN reported the first swine fatality in the US, however this was actually a child from Mexico that died in Texas. According to the World Health Organization's Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response site; as of April 27, there are:
91 laboratory confirmed cases in U.S. -- 0 deaths (reported by CDC as of April 30)
26 confirmed cases in Mexico -- 7 deaths
6 confirmed cases in Canada -- 0 deaths
1 confirmed case in Spain -- 0 deaths
Additionally, nearly all suspected new cases have been reported as mild.
How deadly is the seasonal flu?
If you go to the CDC website’s main flu page you will find they claim the flu is responsible for 36,000 deaths per year. However, if you go to CDC’s more comprehensive National Vital Statistics Report you will find that only 257 people died of the flu in 2001 and 753 in 2002. A search of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a cooperative program of the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collecting information about adverse events that occur after the administration of U.S.-licensed vaccines, reveals 395 deaths between 1990 and August of this year following administration of the flu vaccine. Forty-four of those deaths were in children 4 years old and younger.
VAERS is a passive surveillance system and depends on voluntary reporting of serious health problems following vaccination, even though safety provisions in the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 mandate that health care providers report vaccine adverse events. There have been estimates that fewer than 10 percent, even as low as 1 to 4%, of adverse events which occur after prescription drug or vaccine use are ever reported to government adverse event reporting systems. According to the CDC 2004 National Vital Statistics Report, there were 18 deaths from the flu in children age 0-4 years. If those studies are indeed correct then the actual number of deaths in children age 0-4 years following flu vaccine administration could be as high as 25 per year and 223 vaccine associated deaths per year in all age groups.
Should we all get flu shots just in case?
If the info above wasn't enough reason to avoid the flu vaccine, influenza virus strains mutate, necessitating a new vaccine each year. Every year, the World Health Organization predicts which strains of the virus are most likely to be circulating the following year so vaccine manufacturers can produce vaccines for administration that fall. In the 1994-1995 flu season, the CDC reported that 43% of isolated influenza samples for the predominant virus were not similar to that in the vaccine. Likewise, for another virus 87% of samples were not similar to that in the vaccine. For yet another, 76% of isolated samples were not similar to that in the vaccine. During the 1992-1993 flu season 84% of the isolated influenza samples for the predominant virus were not similar to that in the vaccine. Hugh Fudenberg MD, an immunogeneticist, has also found that a person that has 5 consecutive flu shots, is 10 times more likely to get Alzheimer's.
With all this information showing minimal effectiveness and definite risks, why does the CDC recommend we all get our flu shots? According to Glen Nowak, Ph.D., associate director for Communications of the CDC’s National Immunization Program, the best “recipe” for a successful influenza season is for “medical experts and public health authorities to publicly (e.g., via media) state concern and alarm (and predict dire outcomes)–and urge influenza vaccination.” This should produce “significant media interest and attention” and “framing of the flu season in terms that motivate behavior (e.g., as ‘very severe,’ ‘more severe than last or past years,’ ‘deadly’).” Prime example of the type of fear-mongering, use of the media and manipulation of the general public that is occurring with the Swine Flu scare.
What if there's a pandemic like in 1918?
In 1918, the flu pandemic killed between 25-40 million people! Improvements in running water, refrigeration, nutrition and hygiene since then have kept many contagious diseases from being as deadly. In 1979, Walter Rhodes wrote about some interesting statistics regarding the pandemic. Medical doctors in 1918 in Davenport, IA treated 93,590 patients with the flu in which there were 6,116 deaths, about 1 in 15. At the same time, chiropractors in the Palmer College of Chiropractic adjusted 1,635 people with the flu and had only one fatality! Outside of Davenport, Iowa chiropractors adjusted 4,735 flu cases with only 6 deaths (1 out of 866 cases). A 1919 report from Palmer college reported that in medical care: 1 of 17 died. Osteopathic care: 1of 36 died. Chiropractic care: 1 out of 886!
Why Chiropractic?
While chiropractic certainly is not a treatment for the flu or any other condition or symptom, adjustments help the body function at its best. Chiropractic focuses on clearing the body of subluxations (nerve interference) that can compromise the body’s ability to easily heal itself. While the nervous system controls everything in the body, more and more research is showing the nervous systems' profound effect on the immune system. Medical research has also shown higher CD4 and thiol levels (immune markers) in patients that undergo regular chiropractic adjustments versus those that do not.
What else should I do to avoid the flu?
While the medical model focuses on avoiding exposure, prevention through vaccination and treatment through antiviral meds, the most effective approach is improving your immune system. Here are some tips to keep your immune system working optimally.
Your health is a choice and only you can take responsibility for it! Make the decision to live a healthy, vibrant life today!
http://www.dr-t.net/flu.html
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/29/Swine-Flu.aspx
We have all recently been inundated by the media with fear of this latest killer virus. Egypt has ordered the slaughter of 300,000 pigs despite one case in that country, people have been told to halt all travel to Mexico, wear surgical masks in public, stay away from crowded areas and to get their flu shots! Haven't we heard this before? Remember SARS, the bird flu, and last year's seasonal flu. Remember the shortages of flu vaccines and anti-viral medications (Tamiflu) after all the hysteria?
This is NOT the First Swine Flu Panic
This this isn’t the first time the public has been warned about swine flu. The last time was in 1976. It resulted in the massive swine flu vaccine campaign. Do you happen to recall the result of this massive campaign? Within a few months, claims totaling $1.3 billion had been filed by victims who had suffered paralysis from the vaccine. The vaccine was also blamed for 25 deaths. However, several hundred people developed crippling Guillain-Barré Syndrome after they were injected with the swine flu vaccine. Even healthy 20-year-olds ended up as paraplegics. And the swine flu pandemic itself? It never materialized.
So what is the swine flu?
Regular swine flu is a contagious respiratory disease, caused by a type-A influenza virus that affects pigs. The current strain, A(H1N1), is a new variation of an H1N1 virus -- which causes seasonal flu outbreaks in humans -- that also contains genetic material of bird and pig versions of the flu.
Are the symptoms of swine flu different than the regular flu?
As far as we currently know, the symptoms are the same including fever, sore throat, body aches, cough and headache.
So is the Swine Flu Getting More or Less Dangerous?
On Sunday, April 26, The Independent reported that more than 1,000 people had contracted the swine flu virus in Mexico, but by the afternoon that same day, Mexican President Calderon declared that more than two-thirds of the 1,300 thought to have contracted the disease had been given a clean bill of health and sent home. Additionally, the number of actual confirmed cases appears to be far lower than reported in many media outlets. Interestingly Mexico is the ONLY country in the world where someone has actually died from this disease. Mexico has reported 159 fatalities in flu-like cases in recent days, seven of which have been confirmed as swine flu. Another 19 patients have been confirmed as having swine flu but surviving. However, some insiders at WHO believe these numbers are seriously inflated and could be as low as single digits.
By contrast, the United States has had 91 confirmed cases, five hospitalizations and no deaths from US Citizens. On April 29th CNN reported the first swine fatality in the US, however this was actually a child from Mexico that died in Texas. According to the World Health Organization's Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response site; as of April 27, there are:
91 laboratory confirmed cases in U.S. -- 0 deaths (reported by CDC as of April 30)
26 confirmed cases in Mexico -- 7 deaths
6 confirmed cases in Canada -- 0 deaths
1 confirmed case in Spain -- 0 deaths
Additionally, nearly all suspected new cases have been reported as mild.
How deadly is the seasonal flu?
If you go to the CDC website’s main flu page you will find they claim the flu is responsible for 36,000 deaths per year. However, if you go to CDC’s more comprehensive National Vital Statistics Report you will find that only 257 people died of the flu in 2001 and 753 in 2002. A search of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a cooperative program of the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collecting information about adverse events that occur after the administration of U.S.-licensed vaccines, reveals 395 deaths between 1990 and August of this year following administration of the flu vaccine. Forty-four of those deaths were in children 4 years old and younger.
VAERS is a passive surveillance system and depends on voluntary reporting of serious health problems following vaccination, even though safety provisions in the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 mandate that health care providers report vaccine adverse events. There have been estimates that fewer than 10 percent, even as low as 1 to 4%, of adverse events which occur after prescription drug or vaccine use are ever reported to government adverse event reporting systems. According to the CDC 2004 National Vital Statistics Report, there were 18 deaths from the flu in children age 0-4 years. If those studies are indeed correct then the actual number of deaths in children age 0-4 years following flu vaccine administration could be as high as 25 per year and 223 vaccine associated deaths per year in all age groups.
Should we all get flu shots just in case?
If the info above wasn't enough reason to avoid the flu vaccine, influenza virus strains mutate, necessitating a new vaccine each year. Every year, the World Health Organization predicts which strains of the virus are most likely to be circulating the following year so vaccine manufacturers can produce vaccines for administration that fall. In the 1994-1995 flu season, the CDC reported that 43% of isolated influenza samples for the predominant virus were not similar to that in the vaccine. Likewise, for another virus 87% of samples were not similar to that in the vaccine. For yet another, 76% of isolated samples were not similar to that in the vaccine. During the 1992-1993 flu season 84% of the isolated influenza samples for the predominant virus were not similar to that in the vaccine. Hugh Fudenberg MD, an immunogeneticist, has also found that a person that has 5 consecutive flu shots, is 10 times more likely to get Alzheimer's.
With all this information showing minimal effectiveness and definite risks, why does the CDC recommend we all get our flu shots? According to Glen Nowak, Ph.D., associate director for Communications of the CDC’s National Immunization Program, the best “recipe” for a successful influenza season is for “medical experts and public health authorities to publicly (e.g., via media) state concern and alarm (and predict dire outcomes)–and urge influenza vaccination.” This should produce “significant media interest and attention” and “framing of the flu season in terms that motivate behavior (e.g., as ‘very severe,’ ‘more severe than last or past years,’ ‘deadly’).” Prime example of the type of fear-mongering, use of the media and manipulation of the general public that is occurring with the Swine Flu scare.
What if there's a pandemic like in 1918?
In 1918, the flu pandemic killed between 25-40 million people! Improvements in running water, refrigeration, nutrition and hygiene since then have kept many contagious diseases from being as deadly. In 1979, Walter Rhodes wrote about some interesting statistics regarding the pandemic. Medical doctors in 1918 in Davenport, IA treated 93,590 patients with the flu in which there were 6,116 deaths, about 1 in 15. At the same time, chiropractors in the Palmer College of Chiropractic adjusted 1,635 people with the flu and had only one fatality! Outside of Davenport, Iowa chiropractors adjusted 4,735 flu cases with only 6 deaths (1 out of 866 cases). A 1919 report from Palmer college reported that in medical care: 1 of 17 died. Osteopathic care: 1of 36 died. Chiropractic care: 1 out of 886!
Why Chiropractic?
While chiropractic certainly is not a treatment for the flu or any other condition or symptom, adjustments help the body function at its best. Chiropractic focuses on clearing the body of subluxations (nerve interference) that can compromise the body’s ability to easily heal itself. While the nervous system controls everything in the body, more and more research is showing the nervous systems' profound effect on the immune system. Medical research has also shown higher CD4 and thiol levels (immune markers) in patients that undergo regular chiropractic adjustments versus those that do not.
What else should I do to avoid the flu?
While the medical model focuses on avoiding exposure, prevention through vaccination and treatment through antiviral meds, the most effective approach is improving your immune system. Here are some tips to keep your immune system working optimally.
- Get chiropractic adjustments.
- Get at least a half hour of daily exercise, its essential for a strong immune system.
- Eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, especially raw.
- Limit sugar and processed foods.
- Get some sun! Vitamin D deficiency can lower your immune system.
- Stay hydrated! A good rule of thumb is to drink half your body weight in ounces of water.
- Get 7-8 hours of sleep
- Don’t let the fear and hysteria get to you. Negative thoughts and fear will make you sick.
Your health is a choice and only you can take responsibility for it! Make the decision to live a healthy, vibrant life today!
http://www.dr-t.net/flu.html
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/29/Swine-Flu.aspx
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
What is Your Health “Assurance” Plan?
No, I’m not talking about the name of the company on your insurance card. I’m talking about the plan you have laid out to improve or at very least maintain your current level of health. I’m talking about a detailed health plan documenting specific goals and planned action steps for their accomplishment. You don’t have one? Well, have you ever heard the saying, “Those who don’t plan, plan to fail.”
No one plans on having a heart attack, becoming obese or facing cancer. Yet our actions often lead us directly down those paths. If we don’t have a plan of action to take us from our current state to where we want to be, we will be forced to deal with unwanted health challenges down the road.
Besides family, my health and wellness are my top priority. It’s easy for me because it is my life’s purpose to help others achieve their health goals and maximize their health potentials. For most of us though, our passions and careers have taken us down different paths. However, most people still find time to plan for retirement, to plan their yearly vacations, to plan for their children’s college funds, yet do not take the time to set up their own Health Plan.
I’ve created a simple form to help you create that plan. You can access it by going to www.dr-t.net/files/Personal_Health_Plan2.doc. The first thing you need to do is decide how long you want to live. 80, 100, 120 years? How active do you want to be? Would you like to be golfing at 85 years old? Travel across the world at 98? From there you need to determine specific action steps necessary to achieve those goals.
Once you complete that you’ve completed the most important step: having a plan. Now comes the easy part…following you plans! Good luck and have fun!
Yours in Health,
Dr. T
No one plans on having a heart attack, becoming obese or facing cancer. Yet our actions often lead us directly down those paths. If we don’t have a plan of action to take us from our current state to where we want to be, we will be forced to deal with unwanted health challenges down the road.
Besides family, my health and wellness are my top priority. It’s easy for me because it is my life’s purpose to help others achieve their health goals and maximize their health potentials. For most of us though, our passions and careers have taken us down different paths. However, most people still find time to plan for retirement, to plan their yearly vacations, to plan for their children’s college funds, yet do not take the time to set up their own Health Plan.
I’ve created a simple form to help you create that plan. You can access it by going to www.dr-t.net/files/Personal_Health_Plan2.doc. The first thing you need to do is decide how long you want to live. 80, 100, 120 years? How active do you want to be? Would you like to be golfing at 85 years old? Travel across the world at 98? From there you need to determine specific action steps necessary to achieve those goals.
Once you complete that you’ve completed the most important step: having a plan. Now comes the easy part…following you plans! Good luck and have fun!
Yours in Health,
Dr. T
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Meet the Real Dr. Evil
So I thought I would write a blog about the often heard statement that my child's generation is thought to be the first to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. The reason being that rates of childhood obesity, autism, and other chronic diseases are at all time highs. So doing some research I came across the website for the Center for Consumer Freedom who have created a book regarding the "obesity myths." Among them are that "65 Percent of Americans Are Overweight or Obese," "Obesity Will Shorten Life Expectancy," "You Can't Be Overweight and Healthy," and "Soda Causes Childhood Obesity" amongst others.
I just had to stop and spend an hour researching this "Consumer" group. Turns out they are a PR firm representing Big Tobacco, alcohol, and the fast food industry. They speak out against Mothers Against Drunk Driving, PETA, teachers unions, and although I have not confirmed it there are rumors they are even against the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus.
Rick Berman is the man behind this fraud. His own son has called him "a despicable man. My father is a sort of human molestor. An exploiter. A scoundrel. He props up fast food/soda/factory farming/childhood obesity and diabetes/drunk driving/secondhand smoke. He attacks animal lovers, ecologists, civil action attorneys, scientists, dietitians, doctors, teachers." WOW!!! Pretty harsh but the more I looked into it the more I understood why.
While many of these products and industries that the Center for Consumer Freedom represent have been proven to cause sickness and disease, they maintain that it is our right as consumers to have access to these products. While it may be our right to choose, it is another thing to trick people into believing the products are safe, especially when it comes to children.
So the next time someone tells you that high fructose corn syrup is good for you, soda isn't harmful, eating fatty foods won't cause obesity or any other nonsensical statement, check to see who's behind it because it's probably this man.
I just had to stop and spend an hour researching this "Consumer" group. Turns out they are a PR firm representing Big Tobacco, alcohol, and the fast food industry. They speak out against Mothers Against Drunk Driving, PETA, teachers unions, and although I have not confirmed it there are rumors they are even against the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus.
Rick Berman is the man behind this fraud. His own son has called him "a despicable man. My father is a sort of human molestor. An exploiter. A scoundrel. He props up fast food/soda/factory farming/childhood obesity and diabetes/drunk driving/secondhand smoke. He attacks animal lovers, ecologists, civil action attorneys, scientists, dietitians, doctors, teachers." WOW!!! Pretty harsh but the more I looked into it the more I understood why.
While many of these products and industries that the Center for Consumer Freedom represent have been proven to cause sickness and disease, they maintain that it is our right as consumers to have access to these products. While it may be our right to choose, it is another thing to trick people into believing the products are safe, especially when it comes to children.
So the next time someone tells you that high fructose corn syrup is good for you, soda isn't harmful, eating fatty foods won't cause obesity or any other nonsensical statement, check to see who's behind it because it's probably this man.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Dr. T's Response to the LA Times
Your March 29, 2009 article “California schools' risks rise as vaccinations drop” was full of biased information without any research to back up the fear-based statements. As a healthcare provider who has spent hundreds of hours researching the subject, I am surprised at your failure to present both sides of the issue. I am happy that you at least pointed out that vaccination is optional as most people, especially those in low socioeconomic regions are seldom told, hence their high vaccination rates.
You state that many parents do not vaccinate their children because they “fear the shots could trigger autism, a concern widely discredited in the medical research.” However, the director of the CDC, recently stated on CNN that they are aware that vaccines do indeed cause autism in certain populations with a mitochondrial disorder. This disorder has been estimated to be present in up to 2% of the population.
The article points out that the diseases that the vaccines reportedly protect against are deadly, yet this is rarely the case and you fail to point out that children die from vaccines every year. A search of the Vaccination Adverse Reporting System (VAERS) database revealed 80 cases of death following vaccination in 2008 alone. VAERS is a passive surveillance system and depends upon voluntary reporting of serious health problems following vaccination, even though safety provisions in the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 mandated that health care providers report vaccine adverse events. There have been estimates that fewer than 10 percent, even as low as 1 to 4 percent, of adverse events which occur after prescription drug or vaccine use are ever reported to government adverse event reporting systems. Given that estimates are that only 1-10% of incidents are actually reported to this system, the number of deaths of infants in this country alone could be an astounding 8000 per year.
Your article focused on what you believe to be unfounded fears of parents, while the information above clearly shows just cause for such fear. Studies show that the higher the educational level the more likely parents are to not vaccinate their children. In these affluent areas in which your article focused, parents have both the time and means to further educate themselves on the subject instead of blindly accepting the information the CDC and your paper would have them believe.
In regards to the San Diego outbreak, you failed to tell us which students contracted measles? Was it only unvaccinated children or had they already been vaccinated and supposedly “immunized” to these diseases? Outbreaks occur frequently in vaccinated populations lending very little credibility that the vaccines work as claimed.
You pointed out Andrew Wakefield and the conflict of interest in the funding for his study. What about the billions of dollars the vaccine manufacturers rake in with each vaccine? They are the ones conducting the research on their own vaccines safety and efficacy. Can you say “fatal conflict of interest” here as well?
In closing your article you resort to fear tactics once again by reporting the death of a young unvaccinated child from infection of the H Influenza B virus (Hib). Data taken directly from the VAERS database between 1991 to current reveals 1170 deaths following Hib vaccination. In 1995, out of 74 Hib disease cases where age and vaccination status were known, 41 or 55 percent had received at least one Hib shot; 22 were appropriately vaccinated for their age; and 18 had completed the primary series.
Finally, the following entry coming directly from the VAERS database serves as a haunting reminder of how we have come to accept the sacrifice of a few for the alleged protection of the many.
“Pt recvd 2nd dose of Hep B vax @ one month of age; subsequently, pt developed fulminant Hep B & was hospitalized for a liver transplant; In mid-November 91, pt died @ 5 months of age”
Sincerely,
Steve Tullius, DC
You state that many parents do not vaccinate their children because they “fear the shots could trigger autism, a concern widely discredited in the medical research.” However, the director of the CDC, recently stated on CNN that they are aware that vaccines do indeed cause autism in certain populations with a mitochondrial disorder. This disorder has been estimated to be present in up to 2% of the population.
The article points out that the diseases that the vaccines reportedly protect against are deadly, yet this is rarely the case and you fail to point out that children die from vaccines every year. A search of the Vaccination Adverse Reporting System (VAERS) database revealed 80 cases of death following vaccination in 2008 alone. VAERS is a passive surveillance system and depends upon voluntary reporting of serious health problems following vaccination, even though safety provisions in the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 mandated that health care providers report vaccine adverse events. There have been estimates that fewer than 10 percent, even as low as 1 to 4 percent, of adverse events which occur after prescription drug or vaccine use are ever reported to government adverse event reporting systems. Given that estimates are that only 1-10% of incidents are actually reported to this system, the number of deaths of infants in this country alone could be an astounding 8000 per year.
Your article focused on what you believe to be unfounded fears of parents, while the information above clearly shows just cause for such fear. Studies show that the higher the educational level the more likely parents are to not vaccinate their children. In these affluent areas in which your article focused, parents have both the time and means to further educate themselves on the subject instead of blindly accepting the information the CDC and your paper would have them believe.
In regards to the San Diego outbreak, you failed to tell us which students contracted measles? Was it only unvaccinated children or had they already been vaccinated and supposedly “immunized” to these diseases? Outbreaks occur frequently in vaccinated populations lending very little credibility that the vaccines work as claimed.
You pointed out Andrew Wakefield and the conflict of interest in the funding for his study. What about the billions of dollars the vaccine manufacturers rake in with each vaccine? They are the ones conducting the research on their own vaccines safety and efficacy. Can you say “fatal conflict of interest” here as well?
In closing your article you resort to fear tactics once again by reporting the death of a young unvaccinated child from infection of the H Influenza B virus (Hib). Data taken directly from the VAERS database between 1991 to current reveals 1170 deaths following Hib vaccination. In 1995, out of 74 Hib disease cases where age and vaccination status were known, 41 or 55 percent had received at least one Hib shot; 22 were appropriately vaccinated for their age; and 18 had completed the primary series.
Finally, the following entry coming directly from the VAERS database serves as a haunting reminder of how we have come to accept the sacrifice of a few for the alleged protection of the many.
“Pt recvd 2nd dose of Hep B vax @ one month of age; subsequently, pt developed fulminant Hep B & was hospitalized for a liver transplant; In mid-November 91, pt died @ 5 months of age”
Sincerely,
Steve Tullius, DC
Friday, March 27, 2009
Awakening the Genius Within
True genius resides within each and every one of us. Being able to recognize that genius is not always easy as we have been conditioned throughout life many times not to strive or reach for much. We have been told we can’t do this or we can’t do that but in reality there is absolutely nothing we cannot do, be or have in life as long as we can envision it and be dedicated to it’s manifestation. Geniuses are able to determine what it is that they would truly love to do in life and then be willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish whatever it is.
We are blessed with the ability to change our reality by changing our perceptions. The simple changing of our thoughts will change our outcomes. We often talk to ourselves in ways we would never let anyone else talk to us. Why is that? Why is it so hard for us to stand in front of the mirror, look deep into our eyes and tell ourselves "I love you." Try it. It's not easy for most. If it is, then great! You're ahead of the game. If it isn't, try doing that every morning upon rising for 30 days and see if your circumstances, finances, relationships, and health don't improve. It's impossible for it not too. As soon as you allow yourself to truly love yourself you are ready to transform your life and awaken the genius within.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Where Do I Start?
For most of us the task of taking care of ourselves and improving our health seems daunting and scary to say the least. We have been taught that we are not smart enough to look after our own health and must rely on a man in a white coat to dispense the magic bullet to cure whatever ails us. Change is never easy. Especially when we are faced with a major health challenge. Why do most diets fail? Because people cut out all the things they love and have been eating for years and view it as a loss. Dieting is usually very draining physically as well as emotionally. It’s no wonder most people are not successful trying to lose weight in that manner. As my friend Kate Romero likes to say, “Diet translates to ‘die it.’”
Only extremely disciplined individuals with incredible will power can successfully incorporate major shifts in behavior. For most of us the best way to incorporate change is to do so in small steps. Setting attainable goals individually. Creating new habits one at a time. Diets and the breaking of addictions do not usually work because there is a perceived loss of something you enjoy, something that you may have loved and perhaps been rewarded with as a child. Then you will always perceive the diet or change in habit as a negative factor, coming between you and happiness. If on the other hand you can reevaluate the thing you want to change and see how it has served you in the past, then you can replace it with something positive to take the place of whatever it was doing for you.
Take for instance individuals suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The constant need to open and close doors three times or wash their hands repeatedly serves a very definite purpose in their lives. The comfort and security the compulsive activity provides psychologically are a great benefit in allowing them to function in other areas. However, many people with this disorder suffer terribly from the stigma associated with the disorder and often feel imprisoned by the urge to do these repetitive tasks. The key to freedom from this and any addiction is being able to see both the positive and negative qualities of the action, how it is serving you and what positive action steps can be taken to replace the unwanted activity. However, without a sincere desire to change or stop the activity, no long-lasting results can ever be attained.
Only extremely disciplined individuals with incredible will power can successfully incorporate major shifts in behavior. For most of us the best way to incorporate change is to do so in small steps. Setting attainable goals individually. Creating new habits one at a time. Diets and the breaking of addictions do not usually work because there is a perceived loss of something you enjoy, something that you may have loved and perhaps been rewarded with as a child. Then you will always perceive the diet or change in habit as a negative factor, coming between you and happiness. If on the other hand you can reevaluate the thing you want to change and see how it has served you in the past, then you can replace it with something positive to take the place of whatever it was doing for you.
Take for instance individuals suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The constant need to open and close doors three times or wash their hands repeatedly serves a very definite purpose in their lives. The comfort and security the compulsive activity provides psychologically are a great benefit in allowing them to function in other areas. However, many people with this disorder suffer terribly from the stigma associated with the disorder and often feel imprisoned by the urge to do these repetitive tasks. The key to freedom from this and any addiction is being able to see both the positive and negative qualities of the action, how it is serving you and what positive action steps can be taken to replace the unwanted activity. However, without a sincere desire to change or stop the activity, no long-lasting results can ever be attained.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Who Took Your Health?
The majority of Americans have been raised in a healthcare system that robs us of our divinely granted birthright as soon as we take our first breath. Our children’s bodies are probed, prodded, injected, and given antibiotics at the earliest of ages. The message? We need things from the outside to protect our insides … that we were not created perfectly but instead are flawed and weak. We are taught fear instead of certainty, reliance instead of empowerment. What we are not told is that health and wellbeing are an intrinsic quality of all living things. Our natural state is one of constantly striving for balance and homeostasis. Our innate ability to heal is an amazing quality that should be cherished. So if we agree that being in an optimum state of health is normal and our bodies are constantly seeking that point, why are we so sick? Heart disease, cancer, autoimmune diseases. The people that succumb to these diseases have the same ability to heal as anyone yet they have had their health taken from them. But how can an innate healing capacity be taken from us? The truth is that the majority of our society has simply given it away. We have given away the responsibility for guarding, cultivating and strengthening our own health and the health of our families. Instead we have placed our trust in sickness care and mega-corporations that have anything but your health and wellbeing on their agenda. We abate symptoms and suppress our immune systems. We remove organs rather than replenish our systems. We have turned our backs on our innate ability to heal and now rely on technology to survive. I declare that we were designed to flourish, not simply survive. To survive means to endure or continue to exist. Existence is not the goal of life. If that were so we would have no need for the Mona Lisa, Beethoven, baseball, or religion.
I come from a philosophy that tells us that cancer is not caused by a shortage of chemotherapy or radiation, that uteruses were not made to last only forty years and that cholesterol is harmless and plays an essential role in many biochemical processes. So why have we become so willing to give up our parts and inject poison into our veins? The blame does not lie with the sickness model of healthcare or Big Pharma. It is pointless to attack medicine and the pharmaceutical corporations. They are simply supplying a demand. Remove the demand and we remove the supply from the marketplace. Simple economics. So don’t point fingers or place blame. Instead, empower and educate yourself and take back the responsibility and right to perfect health.
I come from a philosophy that tells us that cancer is not caused by a shortage of chemotherapy or radiation, that uteruses were not made to last only forty years and that cholesterol is harmless and plays an essential role in many biochemical processes. So why have we become so willing to give up our parts and inject poison into our veins? The blame does not lie with the sickness model of healthcare or Big Pharma. It is pointless to attack medicine and the pharmaceutical corporations. They are simply supplying a demand. Remove the demand and we remove the supply from the marketplace. Simple economics. So don’t point fingers or place blame. Instead, empower and educate yourself and take back the responsibility and right to perfect health.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Sick & Tired of Being Sick & Tired?
A patient came into the office three days ago. Beaten, weary and lifeless from a three week bout with mono. Barely able to do a load of laundry without fatigue taking over, she ached from head to toe. Her body put up a damn good fight. But who or what was it fighting? Microscopic viruses? Bacteria laden door handles? In reality she was fighting herself. Stressed by life’s dramas and demands, she had pushed herself to the breaking point. A married, mother of four, she was the only one bound to bed as her body struggled to shrug off the invaders. Why had mono sapped her energy but not that of her 14 year old son? The answer is simple.
Life in the 21st century however is not. Rushing, running, driving, cell phones, media blitzes, computer screens, homeland security. We have stepped out of our comfort zones and into a processed, sterilized, fear-ridden world. No longer listening to our intuition, we have become ripe for infection and disease. While cleanliness, antibiotics and surgery have extended life, we have traded tuberculosis and small pox in for the chronic diseases of cancer, diabetes and other autoimmune disorders.
Life follows a simple plan and simple laws are passed from mother to offspring without fail. However, the majority of the human race is no longer listening to the inner voice that spells it all out. Our educated minds have clouded our instinctual ability to live and flourish in a state of health and wellness. We have sacrificed health for comfort. Wellness for technology.
These laws our not mine. They are ours. A natural birthright of every living thing. It is an honor to help remind you of them.
Life in the 21st century however is not. Rushing, running, driving, cell phones, media blitzes, computer screens, homeland security. We have stepped out of our comfort zones and into a processed, sterilized, fear-ridden world. No longer listening to our intuition, we have become ripe for infection and disease. While cleanliness, antibiotics and surgery have extended life, we have traded tuberculosis and small pox in for the chronic diseases of cancer, diabetes and other autoimmune disorders.
Life follows a simple plan and simple laws are passed from mother to offspring without fail. However, the majority of the human race is no longer listening to the inner voice that spells it all out. Our educated minds have clouded our instinctual ability to live and flourish in a state of health and wellness. We have sacrificed health for comfort. Wellness for technology.
These laws our not mine. They are ours. A natural birthright of every living thing. It is an honor to help remind you of them.
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