Chiropractic Care Summerville, South Carolina

Stress is a part of everyday life. Without it we would never get off the couch, never worry about our work efforts, what our kids are up to, never put out the fire or avoid the car that veers into our lane!

The degree of stress that we encounter on a constant basis in modern society, however, has reached epidemic proportions.

“Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness.”
~Richard Carlson

I love the quote above, because we often do fall into the trap of stressing out and just generally driving ourselves crazy.

But it’s important to remember that stress triggers the “fight-or-flight” response. The surge of adrenaline and the slowing down of other basic functions provides us with the instant energy we need to run from a predator or battle an attacker.

This survival response comes with side effects though. Over time, that extra energy and alertness comes with altered hormone levels, heightened blood sugar, depleted nutrients and lowered neurotransmitters.

Over time, our bodies adapt to invoke that same response with smaller and smaller triggers.

“Fight or flight” is the normal operating mode for many of us, rather than the true emergency survival mechanism it was meant to be. We rarely work off that energy, take restorative actions or release ourselves from that state of mind.

Chronic stress affects every bodily system. It suppresses the immune system, slows metabolism and cell regeneration, makes airways reactive and creates muscle tension. It is estimated that 90% of doctor visits can be traced back to stress.

Stress can be linked to weight gain, heart disease and depression. It increases the risk of diabetes, hypertension, arthritis and osteoporosis.

Stress impairs cognitive function over time, reducing creativity, memory and problem-solving skills.

Headaches, sexual dysfunction, irritability, problems sleeping and addictive behaviors are often stress-related.

The degree of stress we experience on a daily basis might be a cultural norm but personal priorities, personal choices and our purposeful reactions to stress can limit the negative health effects of stress.

Pick a few of these suggestions below to reduce stress in your life and promote health and healing in your body.

1.    Spiritual Triathlon. This is my personal method for keeping my focus throughout the day. Every morning when I wake up I spend 5 minutes saying all that I am grateful for, 5 minutes in prayer and 5 minutes reading my Bible or something inspirational.

2.    Schedule relaxation. Write it down in your planner and stick to it. Make time at least once a week to do something you love–something that refreshes you. Maybe that’s a game of tennis, spending an hour alone with a good book or taking a yoga class.

3.    Pour yourself a cup. Many varieties of hot tea have calming effects on the body and can help lower blood pressure. Try green or black tea or herbal teas with chamomile.

4.    Take a deep breath. Try deep breathing for a few minutes every day. Tighten and release muscles. Hum to release nitric oxide and improve blood pressure.

5.    Just say “No.” I promise it’s ok! Don’t spread yourself too thin or you won’t be able to give 100% of your efforts to any of the tasks you attempt. Your value does not depend upon how much you do for others at the expense of your own time, relationships and health.

“Men, for the sake of getting a living, forget to live.” ~Margaret Fuller

6.    Expel excess adrenaline. Before, during and after stressful situations, walk briskly for 5 minutes, run up a flight of stairs, do backward pushups on your chair, or do 5 minutes of deep breathing. A short burst of physical activity can expel anxiety and give you clarity and calm.

7.    Ask yourself why. The next time you’re racing around trying to accomplish too many things in too short a time, ask yourself why you’re doing it, who it really serves, what belief its based on, whether this feeling is really what you want, whether this is a value or principle you want to base your life on.

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.”
~Corrie Ten Boom

8.    Nix the caffeine, nicotine and alcohol. Don’t add to nervous energy with stimulants and don’t mask stress with alcohol. The long-term effects compound the negative effects of stress.

9.    Exercise regularly. Regular exercise helps expel built-up tension, stress hormones and clears the mind. Exercise helps to release endorphins, the brain’s natural feel-good chemicals. I recommend Burst Training for the most health benefits.

10.    Sleep. Staying up late to get more done robs you of your total productivity. It dulls your mind, increases stress, promotes weight gain and contributes to mood swings.

11.    Use your senses. Find colors that soothe you, wear fabrics that please you. Take a scented bath, play music you love. Paint, get a massage, or take a walk in the woods.

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the number of moments that take our breath away.”
~Hilary Cooper

12.    Connect with others. Making time for social connection is very important and restorative. Social connection is what makes us a part of something larger than ourselves and our worries. It gives us perspective.

13.    Serve someone else. Related to connecting with others, try volunteering at a soup kitchen, making meals for parents with a newborn baby or helping with home repairs for an elderly neighbor. Remind yourself that it’s not always all about you.

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
~Wayne Dwyer

14.    Be prepared. You can combat alarmist or catastrophic thinking by being prepared. Keep a change of clothes in the car, create an emergency fund for car repairs, have an alternative proposal in mind at work.

15.    Make a vision board. Write down your goals and post them on a board where it can be seen every day. What do you want to accomplish? Who do you want to become? Print out pictures to visually remind yourself of what is most important to you.

“Life is a journey, not a destination.” ~Rumi

16.    Share responsibility. Delegating really is an important skill. Instead of complaining about how much you have to accomplish, teach your kids to cook, share the credit with a co-worker, or work out sports shuttling with another parent.

By Dan Yachter

“Cancer can be caused using cytotoxic (”cell poisoning”) agents used to treat cancer.”

P. 297 – Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary

In other words, chemotherapy causes cancer!

“In my opinion, conventional cancer therapy is so toxic and dehumanizing that I fear it far more than I fear death from cancer.”

Julian Whitaker M.D. – one of the highest paid medical doctors in the world

Dr. Lundberg, who was the former 15 year editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, said this of chemotherapy at a NIH meeting: “It’s a marvelous opportunity for rampant deceit. So much money is there to be made that ethical principles can be overrun in a stampede to get at physicians and prescribers.”

Chemotherapy is effective in treating only about 2%-4% of cancers, yet $8 billion is spent on this form of treatment each year (the last patient I had do chemotherapy spent $25,000/month as his medical insurance would not cover it. It did not affect the tumor at all and he died after a few months.).

Despite the billions spent on treatment and research, cancer rates continue to rise. In 1973, two out of ten people would develop cancer. Now, two out of three people develop some form of cancer.

Research shows that mainstream cancer treatments are actually responsible for creating secondary cancers.

Keep in mind everybody has cancer right now. At this very moment, there are cancerous cells in the body of every person who is breathing. All you have to do to get diagnosed with cancer is make sure your immune system is sufficiently suppressed so that your body can not take care of the cancerous cells on a regular basis. That is why more than 85% of all cancer is due to how you live. That is correct. Cancer is self-induced

If you destroy your immune system function through cytotoxicity (a toxic lifestyle), a degenerating spine and nervous system (which also leads to toxicity), and the use of the most toxic substances in the world (medications), then you cause yourself (yes, yourself) or cause your children to get cancer now or later.

“Chemotherapy is perhaps the most effective method known to modern science for destroying the human immune system other than working at Chernobyl during a nuclear accident. So, if you are looking to contract cancer as quickly as possible, make sure that you get chemotherapy as early as you can.” Dr. Whitaker

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Call me anything. Call me a bad name. Challenge my intelligence. Question my choices. But, do not call me typical. Why? Take away someone’s uniqueness and you remove their very reason for living. Their life is forever “insignificant” and without “value.”

The foundation of psychological science is based on the work of Dr. Abraham Maslow. He discovered that the “typical” person is similar to a rodent in a cage – simply scurrying around the best it can to meet basic needs.

The lowest, primitive, rodent-like value system runs the polar opposite of the higher value systems God designed us to seek as the dominant, human life-forms on the planet.

Maslow’s Value Scale

*Lower values (scurrying for needs): Food, water, clothes, housing, security, protection, preservation

*Higher values (seeking and fulfilling a purpose): Self-actualization and significance

Lesser life forms – mice, rats, flies – are not very politically correct. They simply seek to meet needs at all costs. Today, we live in a world where typically people rush from place to place to simply, like a lower life-form, meet needs. Because this value system is incongruent with the one God created you to have, you must become stressed, frustrated, depressed, anxious, and exhibit poor health. It’s a law.

In fact, 60% of the U.S. and growing report being depressed and anxious or as Thoreau put it, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.” 33% of adults are medicated and an ever booming part of the children in our country are now being medicated for this as well. This, in addition to other types of addictions (alcohol and drugs) and our penchant to do anything we can to distract our minds from our misery (cell phones, internet, pornography, T.V., iPod), “We have become comfortably numb.”

In my 7 years of being a doctor and consultant, I have never met a depressed, sick, medicated, addicted person who lived their life according to Maslow’s higher values. Seeking purpose and significance equals good mental and physical health- also a law!

Ironically, seeking lower values or simply looking to meet needs often ends up stopping you from ever meeting those needs. Truly, the best way to achieve in life is be on a mission towards higher values. Your needs get met, and then some.

Do not be typical. Look for more on this at our Stress, Time, and Energy Workshop – coming soon!

“Do not worry about what you will eat, or what you will drink, or what you will wear. …seek ye first the Kingdom and all it’s righteousness and all these (needs) will be given to you…..and then some!

In addition to their toxic composition, the second problem with vaccinations is that they stimulate the wrong immune system. In my opinion, this is the greatest threat to our immune system that we have ever faced. You see, when a virus, parasites, or cancer cells threaten your body, they will activate an immune response called a Th1 (cell-mediated) response. This is your body’s first line of defense, which will then stimulate a Th2 response (humoral). The Th2 is an emergency response which produces antibodies that resolve inflammation so that healing can continue. The problem is that childhood vaccinations or flu shots stimulate the Th2 resonse, not the Th1, thus violating the natural sequence. This violation has serious consequences. First, when you stimulate a Th1 response, you produce a lifetime immunity; however, when you vaccinate, you need boosters every 3 to 5 years because the Th2 is stimulated first. In other words, you do not have a lifetime immunity.

Another danger in violating the Th2 response sequence is that it teaches your immune system to over-react with the wrong defenses, thus producing a high antibody count which then leads to temporary immunity. When the over reaction (the emergency responses) is repeated again and again, the immune system is now educated to respond in this way. This only confuses the body and drives the diseases internally deeper, thereby causing chronic diseases later in life. Top scientists have said that we are exchanging childhood diseases, which actually strengthen our immune system, for diseases like cancer and autoimmune problems.

Today, 206,000 Americans under the age of 20 have type 1 diabetes, a well-known autoimmune disorder. The CDC reports that 1 out of 400 children and adolescents are now diabetic. In 1945 and 1969, only 1 out of 7,100 faced this disease. J. Barthelow Classen, M.D., a former researcher at the National Institute of Health (NIH) and founder and CEO of Classen Immunotherapies, reported in the May 1996 New Zealand Medical Journal that juvenile diabetes increased 60% following a massive hepatitus B vaccination campaign (1988-1991) for New Zealand babies 6 weeks and older. Along with that, 1 out of 3 Americans has arthritis, and juvenile arthritis is likewise on the rise. Tragically, childhood cancer is also increasing, especially in highly vaccinated communities. We cannot even begin to follow the rise in asthma and allergies because of the great inconsistencies.

Despite these alarming and ever-increasing red lights, the drug companies, the CDC, and the EPA just keep on going. And how do they justify this? Well, they have only one argument: to save the lives of the poor innocent children. They point to statistics from foreign countries showing that the incidence of childhood diseases increases after vaccine coverage drops. For example, by 1975, Swedish pediatricians had lost confidence in the vaccine as the incidence of pertussis increased. Some cases occurred in immunized children, and some neurological events were blamed on the vaccine. DTP coverage decreased rapidly, from 90% in 1974 to 12% in 1979. In 1979, the Swedish Medical Society abandoned whole-cell pertussis vaccine and decided to wait for a new, safer, and more effective vaccine. Between 1980 and 1983, annual incidence for children aged 0 to 4 years increased to 3,370 per 100,000 (Lancet, January 1988; 351;356-361). This increase seems to justify the vaccine; however, looking more closely, we see that this is a normal occurrence following vaccine removal. You see, after constant stimulation of the wrong immune system; i.e., Th2, children have no natural immunity. This leads to a rise in diseases, at least for a short time, but after natural immunity builds up, the number of incidences goes down. The Lancet article goes on to say, in only one small line at the end, “In subsequent years, the incidence dropped to 100 per 100,000.” Other Lancet studies showed that, in countries like Hungary, after vaccination increased to 100%, reported incidences fell from over 100 per 100,000 in the pre-vaccine era to less than 1 per 100,000.

Here’s the bottom line: Of course the incidence will go down when you vaccinate because you temporarily increase the antibody titan; however, at what cost to your child? In the same Lancet review noted above, while making their argument for vaccination, they admit to the dangers in only one small paragraph. Twenty percent of the children who receive the DTP vaccine experience side effects. One percent of the infants convulse soon after receiving it, and, in a “small” number of cases, 1 out of 150,000 (not so “small” to me), severe or irreversible brain damage may occur. They slide in this statistic as if it’s no big deal, while 1 out of 150,000 children with brain damage is more than the amount of kids getting the diseases in the vaccination group. Then, we come back to the bottom line: If YOUR child is that 1 in 150,000, it’s no small thing at all.

Another thing they don’t tell you is that normal children do not die of the diseases targeted by vaccinations. In fact, it’s the exact opposite. After kids contract a childhood disease, their immune systems grow stronger and help them to deal with more complex viruses and diseases later in life. Yes, children can die from these diseases, but I’d rather take my chances with pertussis than risk irreversible brain damage in my son Noah.

Doctors and drug companies do admit to vaccine side effects such as convulsion and irreversible brain damage, but what about the even higher numbers for autism, PPD, ADD, Aspergers, and sensory integration? Parents, look at ALL of the numbers, see the bigger picture with your own eyes, and then decide if you really want to play Russian Roulette with your child’s life.

You know, we can look at all the case studies and numbers we like, but when you actually speak with a grieving parent of an autistic child, it puts everything into perspective. It’s always the same story: “My child was a normal, energetic kid until one day, after being vaccinated, everything went wrong.”

I’ve heard this heartbreaking story so many times, and each time I do, it drives me deeper and deeper into my mission.

My closing argument in this Great Debate: Do you really believe that man can take a perfect newborn baby and, with a mixture of poisonous chemicals, improve upon God’s work? If you vaccinate, then that is exactly what you believe.

There’s Hope…

We now have a complete Detox Program for Autism Spectrum Disorder that I believe is the most extensive in our area for these disorders. Dr. Dan Pompa developed this program from years of research as well as personal experience. Because of this, and because of our motivating compassion for hurting families, we feel confident as leaders in the field of neurotoxic syndrome.

Vaccines have long been touted as the savior of our children; however, researchers, scientists, some doctors, and angry parents of vaccine-damaged children are telling a different story. It’s the great debate of modern time. If you haven’t heard about the links of vaccines to autism and other neurological conditions, then you must be living under a rock.

Dr. Leo Cannon, at Johns Hopkins University, reported the very first case of autism in 1943. By the 1970’s, autism rates in America went up to 1 out of every 20,000 children. In the 1980’s, the rates rose to 1 out of every 2500. In 1991, the pharmaceutical industry, along with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), stepped up the pace of mandating vaccination in every state. By the mid-1990’s, autism rates hit new highs of 1 out of every 250 children. Today, 1 out of every 150 children in our country will develop autism. One out of 8 children is considered “special ed” (special education) or “LD” (learning disabled). The next data release is expected to show 1 in 5 (20%) being in special education. The CDC recently reported that 4 million children, between the ages of 3 and 17, have been diagnosed with ADHD. In 1997, ADHD was reported in only 1.6 million kids.

America, we have a surging epidemic in this country, and yet the debate goes on. One side insists that the sudden statistical rise is due only to better diagnoses, while the other side points a finger directly at a specific culprit – vaccines. So, what is the truth? Let’s take a closer look at two problems with vaccines and learn why they may not be the miracle drugs they are claimed to be.

The first problem is obvious if you look at the components of vaccines: formaldehyde (used in embalming), thimerosal (50% mercury), and aluminum phosphate (toxic and carcinogenic), antibiotics, phenols (corrosive to skin and very toxic), aluminum (neurotoxin), methanol (toxic), and isopropyl (toxic), 2-phenoxyethanol (toxic) live and killed viruses, and a host of unknown components considered off-limits as trade secrets. I could make my point by showing the effects that each one of these toxic elements has on your child, but I will simply focus for now on just one toxin – mercury, the second most toxic thing on planet Earth.

Congressman Dan Burton of Indiana, a long-time advocate of victims of autism, has a grandson who became autistic after receiving 9 vaccines in one day. Congressman Burton said, “There is no doubt in my mind that the mercury in vaccines is a major contributing factor in a growing number of neurological disorders among children, but, in particular, autism.”

By 1991, when we saw the greatest surge in autism, the CDC added 3 hepatitus B shots (each containing 12.5 mcg of thimerosal) and 4 hepatitus B shots (each with 25 mcg of mercury). With those additions, the number of shots containing mercury went up to 11, and the amount of mercury went to 237.5 mcg. This amount ridiculously exceeds all federal limits. According to the EPA, the average child can tolerate .3 mcg of mercury at one time. After multiple inoculations, the amount received in one day is 129 times more than the EPA limit.

How did this occur? Believe it or not, nobody did the math. Neither the FDA nor the CDC, our nation’s “watchdogs” for public health, never took notice until 1997, when Congress passed the FDA Modernization Act. Part of this act requires the FDA to investigate all drugs containing mercury and to determine their effects on humans. It only took about one year before the FDA called for the removal of all mercury from over-the-counter products; however, because of its ties with the drug industry, the FDA only urged the companies to remove it. Congressman Burton said, “One reason this isn’t getting the attention it needs is that the FDA and the Drug Administration have very close ties to pharmaceutical companies, as does the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control.”

Over 1500 FDA staff members are employed by the drug companies. Because of this, 50% of the vaccines still contain mercury. For example, the Rho-Gam shots received by an Rh-negative mom carrying an Rh-positive baby contain 100 mcg of mercury. I point this out because 50% of all autistic children have moms who received Rho-Gam shots during pregnancy. (See Dylan’s Story.) This 50% figure is absolutely stunning, considering the fact that only 10% of all babies are Rh-negative.

If this doesn’t convince you, then consider a study done by Dr. Amy Holmes, M.D.; Mark Blaxill, an analyst with Safe Minds, a non-profit group; and Professor Boyd Haley (University of Kentucky), a world leader in neurotoxicity and autism. The study, appearing in the August issue of The International Journal of Toxicology, compared mercury levels in the hair of autistic and non-autistic infants and determined that some infants are far more susceptible to the toxic effects of mercury than others. The autistic children showed remarkably lower levels of mercury in their hair than did the normal children, thus indicating an inherent and probable genetic inability to detoxify mercury. Blaxill said, “These reduced hair levels suggest that less mercury was being eliminated by these babies because mercury must be in the blood to be taken up by the hair, and it must be in the blood to be eliminated from the body. If it’s not in the hair, it’s not in the blood. And if it’s not in the blood to be eliminated, then it is retained and causes neurological damage in the infant.”

Obviously, the susceptibility is more important than the dose. In our office, we see a pattern of susceptibility when we X-ray the cervical spine. In most autistic children, we find a similar abnormal alignment which disrupts the immune system and leaves the child at a greater risk for toxic damage. When we correct this problem, the child starts to integrate at a higher level, thereby profoundly affecting his ability to detoxify and heal.

Further studies on susceptibility and genetics have also shown that some of these children have lower levels of glutathione, a substance which detoxifies things like heavy metals. With lower levels, a child or adult is vulnerable to toxicity. Whether this is due purely to genetics or because the body exhausts the levels while trying to clear itself is not known at this time.

Still other studies describe strong family histories of autoimmune disorders as another link to susceptibility. These studies also note that babies who died after multiple vaccinations were born prematurely, had difficult births, were underweight, or had histories of health problems. (Barbara Loe Fisher 909shot.com)

Remember, mercury is not the only neurotoxin in these shots. Adding to those listed above, I must now mention the retroviruses, from the MMR shot, that are turning up in the bowels of autistic children. Dr. Andy Wakefield, at the Royal Free Hospital in London, has proven that the retroviruses in measles are causing leaky gut syndrome which results in Crohn’s Disease, which, in turn, leads to a host of neurological problems. His study has now been duplicated two other times in the U.S.

Other viruses, such as the SV 40 which contaminated oral pelvic vaccines given to children until 1999, have been found in children and adults suffering from bone, brain, and lung cancers as well as from non-Hodgkins lymphoma. This fall (2004), the flu vaccine will be given in combination with other vaccines for the first time. The CDC has recommended this without a single safety study. Despite the lack of scientific knowledge regarding how viral and bacterial-containing vaccines given in combination act on the Central Nervous System, drug companies continue to advertise for more and more multiple vaccinations, the carrot being less visits to your doctor. As the carrot is dangled and parents take the bait, I fear the outcome of this foolishness.

Toronto scientists cure disease in mice

Tom Blackwell, National Post Published: Friday, December 15, 2006

In a discovery that has stunned even those behind it, scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body’s nervous system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential near-cure of the disease that affects millions of Canadians. Diabetic mice became healthy virtually overnight after researchers injected a substance to counteract the effect of malfunctioning pain neurons in the pancreas.

“I couldn’t believe it,” said Dr. Michael Salter, a pain expert at the Hospital for Sick Children and one of the scientists. “Mice with diabetes suddenly didn’t have diabetes any more.”

The researchers caution they have yet to confirm their findings in people, but say they expect results from human studies within a year or so. Any treatment that may emerge to help at least some patients would likely be years away from hitting the market. But the excitement of the team from Sick Kids, whose work is being published today in the journal Cell, is almost palpable. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Dr. Hans Michael Dosch, an immunologist at the hospital and a leader of the studies. “In my career, this is unique.” Their conclusions upset conventional wisdom that Type 1 diabetes, the most serious form of the illness that typically first appears in childhood, was solely caused by auto-immune responses — the body’s immune system turning on itself.

They also conclude that there are far more similarities than previously thought between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and that nerves likely play a role in other chronic inflammatory conditions, such as asthma and Crohn’s disease.

The “paradigm-changing” study opens “a novel, exciting door to address one of the diseases with large societal impact,” said Dr. Christian Stohler, a leading U.S. pain specialist and dean of dentistry at the University of Maryland, who has reviewed the work.” The treatment and diagnosis of neuropathic diseases is poised to take a dramatic leap forward because of the impressive research.”

About two million Canadians suffer from diabetes, 10% of them with Type 1, contributing to 41,000 deaths a year. Insulin replacement therapy is the only treatment of Type 1, and cannot prevent many of the side effects, from heart attacks to kidney failure. In Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to shift glucose into the cells that need it. In Type 2 diabetes, the insulin that is produced is not used effectively — something called insulin resistance — also resulting in poor absorption of glucose.

The problems stem partly from inflammation — and eventual death — of insulin-producing islet cells in the pancreas.

Editor’s Response

Does anyone else know of a profession that already exists that naturally restores normal nerve function in the body?

-Because Even though the FDA rejected Merck’s proposal for it’s new deadly Vioxx- like wonder drug “Arcoxia”, they continue to market and sell it to 63 other countries around the world.

-Because if you don’t tell the truth to your family, friends, and neighbors- people die. Yes, we know the truth shall set you free; however, withholding truth causes death.

-Because every time a child or adult takes an antidepressant drug, we have to wonder if our child’s school or our workplace will be the next local tragedy headline news.

-Because most people think that if they feel good, they must be healthy. Most think that when their cancer, diabetes, or heart disease is diagnosed, then it’s time to do something about it. They don’t know, by then it’s too late. When you’re close enough to hear the roar of Niagara Falls, but have no motor or oars onboard, you prepare to meet your maker.

- Because our environment, our diet, lifestyle, and bodies have been toxic for so long that most people require years of rehabilitation to rebuild their health and achieve their God given potential.

- Because only the educated and informed are aware of the most devastating diagnosis that silently robs people of their health- Vertebral Subluxation. Disease and decay of the spine and nerve system chokes off life to the body, shutting down organs and tissues, causing early death. Research proves it, we see it, and we do something about it.

A debt of gratitude goes out to all practice members who reached out last week to your brothers and sisters that were sick, suffering, and in pain. Thank you for allowing God to use you as an angel; a beacon of light and hope that will add years to their lives and life to their years. There is no greater gift than that of life and health.

-The JFC Team