Monday, November 6, 2006

Immunity - Not For Sale!

Do you know how many people think that immunity (immune system function) can
be bought and sold in the form of vaccines or other man-made concoctions?
Too many people!
Think about this... All vaccines are immune depressing to some extent and
that is the trade-off we are risking. The medical thought is that we trade a
small immune depression for immunity to one disease. Now let me repeat, we
are trading a total immune system depression (our only defense against all
known disease - including millions of pathogens) for a temporary immunity
against one disease, usually an innocuous childhood disease. Therefore, the
trade is not at all fair.
The trade-off is not worth the risk. We are risking getting many more
diseases than we are "preventing" from getting. Another good example is the
ritual of the yearly flu shot. There may be only two or three varieties of
flu viruses in each shot, hence the names "Asian-Flu", "Japanese-Flu"
"Indian-Flu" or "Swine-Flu". But there are literally thousands, maybe
millions of flu-causing viruses. Taking one or two does not make sense and
many people report getting the flu after taking a flu shot. We do not know
which variety of flu will affect us each year and in each locale. Therefore,
the best method to avoid the flu is to strengthen our immune system
naturally, from the inside-out.
Vaccinations depress our body's immune functions and that keeps us open to
developing many other diseases. It is very childish to think that we are
going to take one flu vaccine and never get sick from the many varieties of
flu that exist, especially since viruses can mutate so fast when the
conditions arise. Keeping up with these fast mutating viruses can only be
done by priming and strengthening our immune system with healthy living
strategies like those we teach here at Maximized Health Chiropractic. In
other words, pathogenic viruses will not grow where the conditions will not
allow it. It is the terrain which dictates our health and not the
germs/viruses themselves. Germs are pleiomorphic, meaning that they can
change with their environment. Thinking that germs cause disease means that
we are not responsible for our own health and we place that responsibility
in the hands of some one who has the means to kill these germs with toxic
chemicals (drugs), even if those drugs/vaccines harm our body. Vaccines
prevent health! The principles we teach in this office are designed to
Maximize Your Health!
Some interesting statistics... be sure to note the source/reference for this
information:
A 1992 study published in The American Journal of Epidemiology shows that
children die at a rate 8 times greater than normal within three days after
getting a DPT vaccination.
A preliminary study by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) found children
who received the HiB vaccine ... were found to be 5 times more likely to
contract the disease than children who had not received the vaccine.
In the New England Journal of Medicine July 1994 issue a study found that
over 80% of children under 5 years of age who had contracted whooping cough
had been fully vaccinated.
In 1977 Dr. Jonas Salk (inventor of the Salk polio vaccine) testified with
other scientists that 87% of the polio cases which occurred in the US since
1970 were the by-product of the polio vaccine.
The Sabin oral polio vaccine (OPV) is the only known cause of polio in the
US today.
The February 1981 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association
found that 90% of obstetricians and 66% of pediatricians refused to take the
rubella vaccine.

DID YOU KNOW:
The immune system is involved in protecting us from viruses, bacteria,
parasites and toxins. Immune system problems account for allergies. The
immune system also protects us from cancer. When the immune system goes
haywire it can lead to problems in literally any part of the body. The
immune system can even attack our own tissues causing diseases like
hypothyroidism, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Studies on the effects of chiropractic on immunity have placed people into
chiropractic care and monitored their immune system to see the effects.
One of the most important studies showing the positive effect chiropractic
care can have on the immune system and general health was performed by
Ronald Pero, Ph.D., chief of cancer prevention research at New York's
Preventive Medicine Institute and professor of medicine at New York
University. Dr. Pero measured the immune systems of people under
chiropractic care as compared to those in the general population and those
with cancer and other serious diseases. In his initial three-year study of
107 individuals who had been under chiropractic care for five years or more,
the chiropractic patients were found to have a 200% greater immune
competence than people who had not received chiropractic care, and 400%
greater immune competence than people with cancer and other serious
diseases. The immune system superiority of those under chiropractic care did
not diminish with age. Dr. Pero said, "I have never seen a group other than
this chiropractic group to experience a 200% increase over the normal
patients. This is why it is so dramatically important. We have never seen
such a positive improvement in a group."
"Specifically, the study demonstrated that the "phagocytic respiratory burst
of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) and monocytes were enhanced in people
that had been adjusted by chiropractors." In other words, the cells that act
like "Pac-Man" eating and destroying viruses, bacteria, parasites and cancer
cells are anywhere from 2 to 4 times more active in people who get regular
chiropractic care.
So are you, your family, and your friends benefiting from regular
chiropractic wellness care - even when they are symptom free?
Your Maximized Health Mentor,


Dr. Craig