Draginol

Join Date 03/2001

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In defense of quackery

So as I mentioned earlier, I’ve started getting into dietary supplements. Now, I do have two prescriptions now. One is a statin drug for cholesterol and the other is Celexa. Now technically, all those different pills could likely be combined into 1 or 2 pills ala a multi-vitamin is now (when you take your multi-vitamin you’re basically taking what used to be dozens of pills).

I’ve done my best to research the various supplements and I have scheduled myself to get occasional blood tests to make sure that these supplements aren’t having a negative effect on my liver function or whatever. The doses are fairly low since I’m easing in to try this sort of thing out. So far, the results have been very positive in ways I wouldn’t have predicted. I’ve been in a better mood, I’ve had more energy and most surprising, I just plain feel better (i.e. I didn’t think I was in any “pain” before but comparatively, I just feel a lot better).

It may turn out that half these supplements are worthless creating expensive urine. We shall see. I fee pretty confident that a few of these are pretty important though and will continue on them until research suggests otherwise.

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This is my opinion after decades of studying these matters, spiritual discernment, and paying close attention to people that are living to 100+ years old.

First, let's get this out of the way: Prescription drugs are poison, don't take them if you want longevity. Period. Most have insecticides, rat poisons, and dangerous concentrations of fluoride and other garbage in them. Most put the body into toxic cycles and cause more and more side effects, to which you have to run and get more drugs to treat. With that out of the way, we can move into finding true longevity.

Most of the supplments you are taking aren't the best you can be taking, and many you will simply urinate out. Once you start on the path of health and alternative health on your path to physical immortality (or close to it) you will learn that the good stuff isn't found at Rite Aid.

Centrum has a class 2 carcinogen in it (research it), and uses questionable synthetic ingredients and food colorings. It's certainly less than ideal, and in my investigations is probably doing very little, and quite possibly - some harm. You are better off going with a very good organic/natural multi-vitamin, or better yet, a "Whole Food" supplement.

Carefully examine this one: http://www.lovemegafood.com/

(their lifestyle product has an impressive array of high ORAC ingredients)

What you get with that brand are the entire fruit, ground up, then slowly dried - very carefully. So you aren't getting questionable synthetic C manufactured in China. You are getting an entire organic orange - in a pill. Synthetic D is a Rat Poison used in 3 major Rat Poison brands, I am unconvinced that synthetic D is beneficial. This produce contains natural sourced D. The key here, is when you get natural source vitamins YOU NEED A LOT LESS OF THEM because their absorb rate is effectively 90-100% vs 4-18% for synthetics.

Adding something as simple as a few cups of "Tulsi Tea" to your diet can make astounding health improvements. Tulsi Tea is rich in nutrients, Basil is one of the highest ORAC spices you can find. The benefits have been well documented. You ABSOLUTELY do not need a Statin if you drink Tulsi Tea - period!

http://www.healthandyoga.com/html/product/tteabeni.html

With that out of the way. You can change from toxic table salt to Himalayan Salt, which has about 84 trace minerals, your body takes what it wants, and discards the rest. It's how salt has been consumed since the dawn of man. Salt was a major source of minerals for mankind, until the advent of processed, killed table salt. You can experience remarkable improvements in healthy by simply switching to Himalayan Salt.

http://www.swansonvitamins.com/SWU403/ItemDetail?n=4294967187

I also recommend a twice yearly "Detoxification", this really makes a difference. The first time can be rather harsh as you purge years of abuse, cleanse your systems, and place yourself back into balance. After that they become rather trivial and more a matter of twice yearly "Tuneups" like an oil change on your car - and they have very little side effects - as long as you improve your habits. The very best Detox kit I have found (and I use it twice yearly) is FASTOX1.

http://plantcures.com/herbsfordetoxification.html

What you will likely find is almost everything wrong with you - fixes itself in short order. You'll find dramatically improved energy, well being, and you'll rarely if ever have a single thing to complain about regarding physical, mental, and spiritual health.

There are a few "Tonics" I recommend to most people, Mycodefense is amazing, it's a longevity pill with a ton of longevity mushrooms in it. It's cheap, and can have dramatic improvements on your body within a very short period of time. 1-2 a day is plenty for almost anyone. I encourage you to research each of the ingredients and see for yourself. Some of them have been well studied, and proved to have amazing benefits.

http://www.vitacost.com/Natures-Way-Myco-Defense

Given all of this, in the unlikely event you still feel the need for an SSRI, TCM has an immenslely effective remedy for sleep issues, depression, and all things related to stress and depression. It's been used for hundreds of years. My wife was on SSRI's for years until I introduced her to this, and after a few months she was completely free of them with no need to take one ever again. They work, and they are called "Happy Pills" overseas. 100% natural, 100% harmless, and free of any toxins of heavy metals. (tested there, here, and everywhere inbetween) Free and Easy Wanderer Plus puts your body chemistry back into order - FAST!

http://www.heavenearthchineseherbs.com/jia-wei-xiao-yao-wan-free-easy-wanderer-plus-p-33.html

One important thing - water. Tap water is toxic trash. Drink only Reverse Osmosis or Distilled, or if you are lucky and live next to an artersian spring, drink that. Carefully research tap water, and you'll find it is contaminated with in some cases - over 300 different chemicals, prescription drugs, and random heavy metals. The most unhealthy people I know almost exclusively drink tap water.

Don Bradley has some amazing health tips, while I don't agree with them entirely, he provides a basis of good health that few people address, and I actually found myself already on much of his protocol long before I read his blog.

http://www.catstomp.com/blog/2009/05/31/452/

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I forgot to add..

COQ10 is good at 100mg, not so effective at less than 100.. Fish Oil is fine, but for much benefit you need to consume quite a lot - perhaps as many as 6-10 per day. Organic Flax Seed Oil is better, and you can consume much less (3-4 a day). Flax provides the base, then your body manufactures what it needs from the base. Whereas Fish Oil provides them already allocated, to which your body may not want that.

Melatonin is usually not needed in people that are nutrionally sound and aren't environmentally compromised. Fluoride calcification of the pineal gland can cause melatonin imbalances, as can electromagnetic chaos. These are two important things to research, since your pineal is responsible for a variety of things, the least of which is melatonin. Wireless technologies seem to directly impact the pineal, and can often disrupt the seratonin/melatonin cycle. (cell phone abusers, wifi addicts, and techies always seem to be on SSRI's+Melatonin these days) People can experience remarkable improvements in this area by removing all electrical appliances from their bedroom (or at least moving them farther from the bed), and keeping wireless technologies out of their homes. (all of them) This has been soundly proven.

http://www.feb.se/EMFguru/Research/emf-emr/EMR-Reduces-Melatonin.htm

Now for some general "Longevity" tips related to household stuff..

I also recommend removing americium-241 based Fire/Smoke Alarms, these give off a very slight (but enough to increase aging and health effects) radioative plume that extends roughly 15 feet from the device. (prove this to yourself with a calibrared geiger counter) Replace these with Photoelectric smoke alarms.

Don't use CFL bulbs, they emit a light spectrum incompatible with human health. Mark my words, in short order they will discover CFL's are linked to ill-health. I've tested them extensively, and after thorough investigation removed all of them from my home. Full Spectrum incandescents are helpful, and have been shown to actually improve depression.

A good tip - if you can't eat it don't put it on your body. Use organic soaps and toothpastes, Jason's makes the best natural toothpaste in my opinion. Dr. Bronner's soaps are fantastic and completely natural, in fact they are nutrious to your skin and body. Crystal Deodorant is more effective than anything man can come up with, try it and prove it to yourself. There are effective, completely harmless natural substitutes to everything man has come up with for the most part. Synthetic chemicals do not promote longevity, and in fact rob us of it. Avoid them.

The list goes on and on, but once the changes are made, you'll be astounded at how powerful your immune system is. People around you will be sick, some with chronic illness, yet you will seem remarkably immune to all of it - exposure to pathogens will be a non-issue for you. Congratulations, the natural state of the body is good health.

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Frogboy

Join Date 03/2001

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Thanks for the comments!

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My pleasure to help.

It is important to consider the products you put on your body not just in your body because when you put something on your body you are indirectly putting it in your body! People are shocked to find that their common cosmetics and soaps contain carcinogens, neurotoxins and inflammatory inducing ingredients. It's confusing, but you can cut through a lot of the nonsense by going here and entering products, and getting the real truth of the matter.

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php?nothanks=1

For example a popular commerical soap.. Take a look: (HIGH HAZARD WARNING)

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/product/7819/Lever_2000_Bar_Soap%2C_Energize/

Ingredients in this product are linked to:
	Cancer
	Developmental/reproductive toxicity
	Violations, restrictions & warnings
	Allergies/immunotoxicity
	Other concerns for ingredients used in this product: Neurotoxicity, Persistence and bioaccumulation, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Miscellaneous, Multiple, additive exposure sources, Contamination concerns, Occupational hazards, Biochemical or cellular level changes

We generally use Dr Bronner's because we can buy it by the gallon and refill our soap dispensers. It rates extremely well, the worse thing in it is food grade citric acid derived from Avocados!

You can systematically go through your home and remove offensive products without shocking your wife. When she discovers the natural stuff works as good, and mostly better than the toxic stuff she'll be happy for the switch.

For example today I disinfected one of my bathrooms with my own formula I've used over the years.. Water, Vinegar, Colloidal Silver, and some Tea Tree. This will kill any pathogen, just spray, let sit for 5 minues, then wipe it off. No reason to get all toxic about the matter!

You will find your health increasing, slowly, over time, when you start to ween yourself and your family off these toxic chemicals, and guide them into a more healthy lifestyle. It is remarkable the difference that it makes! My son used to get C's and D's in school, consistently year after year. Today he is a straight A studen. The only changes we made were going organic, going purified water, removing all synthetic toxins from the home, and improving the supplements we consume. It could be coincidence, perhaps not, perhaps these things do dull the mind, sap our energy, and make us weak and vulnerable. Think about that.

I'm not into conspiracy theories, but after stepping back from all of this, and starting to increase discernment.. I have come to the conclusion either there is a concerted effort to dumb people down, keep them sick, and possibly reduce their longevity OR it is remarkable coincidence that much of the same toxins keep showing up in vastly different products! Fluoride in your frying pan? Toothpaste? Water supply? Dentist Office? Prescription Drugs? OTC drugs? Remarkable..

Red Yeast Rice works, but you have to find the real stuff. Much of the RYR at your local Rite Aid has been debased of the important ingredients. Despite RYR being used for centuries, and being used as a food staple in other countries, and despite it being natural, the FDA has deemed Simvustatin in natural form (without side effects) to be owned by Big Pharma.

One thing to add.. I've seen serious depression, mental illness, and many other things "Cured" with only a 1-2 month protocol of An Shen Bu Xin Wan. Someone I know that had serious clinical bi-polar disorder - a supposedly incurable disease - and was on and off dangerous psychoactive pills for years.. She was cured after only 45 days taking An Shen.. So if you know anyone with serious depression or any mental illness, this is the cure. It's herbal, no known side effects, and was developed almost 600 years ago.

http://plantcures.com/buxin.html

http://www.herbschina.com/zen/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=10&products_id=68

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