THE CURE CON

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WHY I REFUSE TO DONATE A PENNY TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS! WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, I DID THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF RESEARCH ON ALTERNATIVE CANCER CURES. I ALSO LEARNED THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CANCER INDUSTRY AND THE GREED, THE AMA AND THE GREED, AND THE LIST GOES ON! I WILL NEVER RACE OR WALK FOR "THE CURE", AS I ALREADY KNOW THE CURE! IN GOOD HEALTH, LYNNhttp://www.newstarget.com/009587.htmlTuesday, August 23, 2005The Cure Con:how you're being deceived by charities that claim to be racing for thecure for cancer and other chronic diseasesEverywhere you go, someone asks you for money to help find the curefor some disease. It's the race for the cure! It's the telethon forthe cure! It's the walk or run for a cure! At grocery stores, cashiersask if you want to donate a dollar to help find the cure. Otherretailers want to sell you fashion-minded colored bracelets that raisemoney to find the cure. There's always someone who wants your money inexchange for the hope that your dollar will somehow help them "find acure" for some awful disease.I have a very big question to ask about all of this. This hasliterally been going on for decades. Researchers have been searchingfor a cure for cancer since the late 1960s, and for other diseasessince at least the 1970s. At that time, they said cures were rightaround the corner; it was just a matter of a few more dollars; thenthey would have the cures available. Well, here we are, 30 or 40 yearslater, with still no cures. We've been running this race for decades,funding it with literally billions of dollars. If all this money hasgone to the race to find cures for these diseases, then where are thecures?You've been lied toI have shocking news for all those who have been running in circles tohelp find a cure: you've been conned. For most chronic diseases, thereare no cures. Why? Because the diseases themselves are fictitious.Cancer is not a disease. I'll be covering this in more detail in mybook "The Illusion of Disease," which will be published later thisyear, but in brief, cancer is just a name given to a pattern ofsymptoms appearing as a natural result of certain metabolic functionscaused by lifestyle decisions. It is not a disease any more than skidmarks are a disease in the Town of Allopath. Cancer can't be curedwith chemicals. It's no germ.Similarly, diabetes is just a name given to a metabolic result causedby certain lifestyle choices. There are no pathogens that causediabetes. You can't put something under a microscope and say, "Aha!This is what caused diabetes," because type-2 diabetes is actuallyjust a cause-and-effect result that follows a lifetime of consumptionof refined sugars, coupled with lack of exercise. That's no disease,that's just a result.Think of it this way: if I told you to go run up a hill, you'd get tothe top of that hill and you'd be breathing hard. Your face might beflushed. Your respiration would be rapid. Your heart rate would behigh. It wouldn't be too difficult for me to find a doctor that mightdiagnose these symptoms as a "disease." We could even give it a name:Hyper-Respiratory Illness or HRI. And then we could easily get a drugcompany to come up with a drug to mask the symptoms of HRI -- achemical that would forcibly slow your heart and slow your breathing.That drug company could claim to be doing "research" for HRI, and theycould even sponsor a fundraising run to "find the cure forHyper-Respiratory Illness." But none of this makes HRI a real disease.It isn't a disease, it's a result. It's the result of running up a hill.Diabetes is much the same. It's just a metabolic result. There's nodisease, no infection, no virus or bacteria. There's just a result,caused by years of incorrect food choice and lack of physicalexercise. So, you see, any race to find a "cure" for diabetes is aboutas silly as trying to find a cure for breathing hard after running upa hill.No wonder we haven't found cures for these diseases, even after 30 or40 years of research and billions of dollars from people giving uptheir money to fund these research efforts. These diseases aren'ttechnically diseases at all.And yet the con continues. The researchers say, "All we need is alittle more money. We're close now! We'll find the cure now!" When youlook at the finances of some of these organizations, it's no wonderthey're not finding a cure: very little of the money they raise goesto funding research programs in the first place.Some charities spend very little money actually helping peopleTake the National Cancer Center. For every dollar this foundationraises, only 29 cents goes to fund actual programs. (Source:http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/4946.htm)Similarly, the Childhood Leukemia Foundation spends only 13.5% of itsbudget on programs used to help children with leukemia. The rest ofthe money goes to administration (salaries and other costs) andfundraising (marketing and promotion). (Source:http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/5459.htm)Here's another health-related foundation that spends very little ofits money on real programs to help real people: the Wishing WellFoundation USA. Accounting the Charity Navigator, this foundationspends a mere 10% of its budget on programs that directly help people.The other 90%? Marketing, promotion and administration.You can find similarly disappointing numbers at other diseaseorganizations, such as:the American Institute for Cancer Researchhttp://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/3264.htmthe Defeat Diabetes Foundationhttp://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/7234.htmthe Cancer Fund of America Support Services (gives only 7% of itsfunds to actual programs)http://www.scsos.com/PR/release.asp?prid=27the Childhood Leukemia Foundation, Inc. (gives only 9.5% of its fundsto actual programs)http://www.scsos.com/PR/release.asp?prid=27the Kid Foundation (spends only 4% of its budget on actual programs)http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/8282.htmWhere is all the money going?If only 5%, 10% or 20% of donated dollars are going to actually helpreal people, then where is the rest of the money going? Here's oneexample that may help answer that question:In 2001, the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, a struggling hospitalsystem in Philadelphia, awarded CEO Martin H. Goldsmith with a $2.5million payment, in addition to his $768,000 salary, months before 200employees were laid off, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.(Source: http://www.charitywatch.org/articles/asleep.html)Gee, did you have any idea that some of these CEOs were being paid$768,000 in annual salaries? Plus this one got a $2.5 million bonuspayment. The next time some health charity approaches you for adonation, think twice about parting with your hard-earned dollars: youmay just be funding the multi-million dollar bonus of some fat cat CEO.Questionable ethics at the American Cancer SocietyIn a scandal that sounds eerily similar to the one carried out by theAmerican Heart Association, the American Cancer Society accepted $1million dollars from SmithKline Beecham in exchange for permission touse the American Cancer Society's name and logo to promote the sale ofnicotine patches and gum. The problem is that the ACS did not conductany clinical research demonstrating SKB's nicotine patch was betterthan any other patch. In addition, SKB then marketed these ACS-brandedproducts in a way that state Attorneys General said, "...had thetendency and capacity to mislead, deceive and confuse consumers."States sued, and 12 Attorneys General reached a settlement with theAmerican Cancer Society for $12.5 million.Source: http://www.charitywatch.org/articles/decmktg.htmlFavoring drug-company interests that do nothing to prevent breast cancerOne of the best-known "race for the cure" organizations in the world(at least when it comes to breast cancer) is the Susan G. KomenFoundation. Even though it claims to help breast cancer patients, thefoundation reportedly helped block the Patients' Bill of Rightslegislation in 1999, 2000 and 2001.The founder of this foundation, Nancy Brinker, even served on theboard of directors of a company called Caremark Rx -- a firm that wasselected by the Bush Administration to help run (and profit from) theMedicare discount drug program. The ties to the Bush Administrationrun deep, where Brinker has donated $256,000 to Bush and otherRepublicans. Her foundation also owns stock in several pharmaceuticalcompanies.Part of the foundation's involvement in pharmaceutical companiesincludes accepting money from AstraZeneca, the makers of tamoxifen (adrug linked to uterine cancer) and major players in the Race For theCure events. Brinker also reportedly owns half a million dollars instock in a cancer treatment company called US Oncology.Are you getting the picture yet?You can get the rest of the story at:http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/2003-10-01/news_cover.htmlNot all health charities are badOf course, there are many positive, proactive health charities thatare actually helping patients in significant ways. In this article,we're highlighting some of the worst ones, but it doesn't mean therearen't honest, ethical operations that put your money to good use.One organization in San Francisco, Breast Cancer Action, disavowsdonations from companies that profit from cancer. That includes drugcompanies, tobacco companies, pesticide manufacturers and cancertreatment centers. Its mission statement is:Breast Cancer Action carries the voices of people affected by breastcancer to inspire and compel the changes necessary to end the breastcancer epidemic.Here are the beliefs of the organization, as stated on its website:1. We are a membership organization.2. We honor each person's commitment and energy to our mission.3. We are not afraid to examine all sides of all issues.4. We cannot be bought.5. We tell the truth about what we discover.6. We serve individuals while reaching the broader population.7. We value the involvement of grassroots activists throughout thecountry and around the world to further our mission.8. We encourage people to participate fully in decisions relatingto breast cancer.9. We believe access to information is vital.10. We recognize that structural changes in society are needed toaccomplish our mission.Their mission, as you can see, seems very different from the missionof some cancer charities, which seems to be the endless promotion ofcancer treatments while ignoring prevention. The profits are intreatment, of course, where drug companies make billions and then turnaround and offer grant money and sponsorships to the charities that"raised awareness" as a recruiting method to con yet more patientsinto expensive treatment facilities.In contrast, it's nice to see the Breast Cancer Action group taking anhonest approach.Some charities work against their stated missionHere's an interesting case that demonstrates the level of corruptionpresent in many health-related charities and foundations. As reportedon the Merrow Report (PBS), the foundation Children with AttentionDeficit Disorder accepted $818,000 from a drug company to help producea video that promoted Ritalin. This video was circulated widely in theU.S. public school system. It reportedly featured interviews ofparents who spoke fondly of their experience with Ritalin, while thevideo spent only 20 seconds discussing Ritalin's negative sideeffects. Those Ritalin-happy parents, by the way, were all boardmembers of Children with Attention Deficit Disorder.Says one summary of the Merrow Report: ... CHADD (CH.A.D.D.) has beendistributing misleading information to hundreds of thousands ofparents and teachers that exaggerates the benefits of drug therapy,including Ritalin. The result: a 500% increase in the number ofchildren labeled and medicated since 1990.Sources: http://www.add-adhd.org/ritalin_CHADD_A.D.D.htmlhttp://ritalindeath.com/chadd.htmAside from the fact that so many health charities seem to operate inunethical, dishonest ways, we still have to contend with the basicfact that there's no such thing as a cure for a fictitious disease inthe first place. What do these organizations mean by a cure? Do theythink they can reverse a metabolic result with a magic synthetic chemical?You can't reverse the laws of biochemistryYou can suck the fat out of a patient with liposuction, but it doesn'tmake her fit. You can pump a diabetic full of insulin, but it doesn'tmake his insulin metabolism any punchier. You can scrape the plaqueoff the artery walls of a heart disease patient, but it doesn't makehis heart any healthier.You can insert, remove, inject, irradiate and chemically assaultpatients until they vomit and their hair falls out. But you're stillnot treating any real disease. You see, western medicine can masksymptoms all day long, but it doesn't alter the fundamental diseaseprocesses taking place in a body that's engaged in a pattern of healthdestruction.You ever wonder why a liver transplant almost always results in thepatient destroying the new, healthy liver within two years? The answeris because "liver disease" is fictitious. It's not the liver that'sthe problem, it's the toxic lifestyle of the patient. The foods, drugsand chemicals they are consuming would destroy ANY liver, no matterhow many new ones you surgically implant into their bodies.Liver failure isn't caused by the liver. Kidney failure isn't causedby the kidney. Pancreatic cancer isn't caused by the pancreas. Theseare all systemic failures that would be much better treated withTraditional (TCM) or some other holistic modalitythat looks at the whole patient, not just isolated organs. Westernmedicine consistently makes the mistake of thinking the human body isnothing but an assembly of isolated parts.Drugs are simply not the answer to system-wide health problems. Lasttime I checked, cancer wasn't caused by a lack of chemotherapy.Depression wasn't caused by a lack of antidepressant drugs. Heartdisease wasn't caused by a lack of cholesterol drugs. So why do peoplethink these chemicals are the solutions to these diseases?Drug researchers even use the word "vaccine" to describe some of theirresearch efforts. They claim to be working on a vaccine for cancer,and yet there's no microbe that causes cancer in the first place. Sowhat is the patient being vaccinated against?The real disease out there, by the way, is the disease of distortedlanguage used by the medical community to convince people thatmetabolic results are "diseases." If you stabbed your leg with an icepick, you'd probably bleed. That's a metabolic result that followsyour actions. It's no disease, it's just a result. Same thing withobesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, and many otherso-called diseases. A person who drinks a 12-pack of cola every day,while avoiding all exercise, is going to end up obese and diabetic.That doesn't make obesity a disease, it just makes it a result. Sameas stabbing yourself with an ice pick, only slower.Let's have a race for disease preventionThere aren't "cures" for these fictitious disease, but there sure isprevention. I say we should have a race for the prevention ofdiabetes. Let's have a walkathon for the prevention of cancer. Let'srun around in circles and raise money to give nutrition to expectantmothers, so they can give birth to children who are not predisposed todiabetes, depression, aggressive behavior, cancer, and the otherdiseases that happen when pregnant women are malnourished. I say wehave a race for the prevention of disease, but we'll probably neversee that. Prevention is not profitable.When there's a race for the cure, the money raised goes into the handsof someone who's making a tidy profit conducting laboratory researchor drug testing for various diseases. Some of that money goes to thepharmaceutical companies. When you give money to the race for the cureof some disease, you're really giving money to proponents of thepharmaceutical industry, who are, in effect, looking for a"magic-bullet" drug cure they'll gladly sell back to you at upwards of10,000% markup.Do you see why this is such a con? So you spend three hours runningyour legs off, coughing up cash for "the cure," and then theseorganizations take your money and spend it on drug research. But then,if a new drug is found that even claims to help treat the disease, dothey give you the drug for free? Of course not. You have to pay forit, and you're usually paying monopoly prices in the U.S. thanks tothe national drug racket operating here.For most diseases, the race for the cure is really just a way for drugcompanies to shift R & D costs to suckers. You fund the R & D, and thenyou get to pay full price for the drug they drummed up thanks to yourgenerous donation.Want a real cure? Exercise for freeNo chemical, no magic-bullet drug, can reverse your lifestyle choicesinvolving food and physical exercise. If you want to race for health,then race to get the cardiovascular benefits from it. You can justwalk around for a couple of miles yourself. The benefits you receivewill be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in healthy chemicalscirculating through your bloodstream -- chemicals that your own bodycreated, free of charge.The race itself is the cure! That's the big secret Big Pharma doesn'twant you to figure out.If we took the whole country and had a "Race against Diabetes Day," wewould all be a bit healthier, and a bit less diabetic, simply byexercising one day. That's how powerful exercise is. But the popularfundraising runs you see for diabetes are nothing but a con. How do Iknow that? I've seen races for diabetes sponsored by soft drinkcompanies. That's right! The race sponsors manufacture the veryproducts that cause diabetes! Wow, what a racket! The race promoters,for their part, don't seem at all concerned about the fact thatthey're providing publicity to a company selling products thatactually promote the very disease they claim to be fighting against!I can't wait to see the AA run sponsored by Absolut Vodka. Or the curefor lung cancer run sponsored by tobacco companies. We should have therun for breast cancer sponsored by makers of sunblock products (whichactually promote breast cancer by blocking production of vitamin D inthe body). And let's be sure to have the race for heart diseasesponsored by makers of margarine and vegetable shortening. Yum! It'slike having a race for obesity sponsored by a candy bar company.Forget about the cure for cancer, the mystical cure for diabetes, orthe cure for heart disease. There are no such cures from organizedmedicine, folks. The system is a sham. There is only prevention, onlythe reversal of disease through nutrition, physical exercise,avoidance of chronic stress, avoidance of environmental toxins, andparticipation in healing therapies, such as vibrational nutrition,healing touch, nutritional supplements, acupuncture, chiropracticcare, and superfoods. The way to "cure" these diseases is to preventthem. And if you already have such a "disease," the way to cure themis to stop treating the symptoms of that disease and, instead, treatthe whole patient (you). When your whole body is healthy, and yourblood chemistry is healthy, and your immune system is operating atpeak efficiency, you simply will not express any symptoms of disease.Helping people with symptomsNone of this talk, by the way, means I don't think we should behelping people with the symptoms of these fictitious diseases. When aperson has been diagnosed with cancer, their experience of that canceris very real, even if the labeling of their disease isn't. I'm astrong proponent of helping patients heal and, more importantly,giving them back the power to heal themselves. I've spent timevolunteering in nursing homes and senior centers. I've conductedenergy healing on numerous people. I've given away thousands ofdollars in food and nutritional products to help low-income familiesget some basic nutrition (see related ebook on nutrition).When it comes to donating money to find "the cure" for any disease,the great delusion is thinking that you're helping the victims of thatdisease by giving money to some fundraising organization. Hogwash. Youwant to help the victims? Help them directly! Give them the gift ofhuman touch, or even simple things like a hand massage. Help get themaway from the doom-and-gloom conventional oncologists and give themhope by introducing them to cancer treatment alternatives. Get themaway from M.D.s and help them find N.D.s (naturopathic physicians).You want to help find the cure for cancer? Find it in your groceryshopping habits, in your food choice, and in your own body. Help thosearound you gain the knowledge to prevent these fictitious diseases,and do your part to stop poisoning your body with cancer-causing foods(like processed meats and most manufactured foods) and substances(like popular personal care products that contain cancer-causingfragrance chemicals).If you want to find the cure for cancer, just BE the cure for cancer.Go outside and get some sunlight. That's prevention for at least threedifferent types of cancers right there. Drink some water. Take someherbs, vitamins and immune-boosting nutritional supplements. Get intonatural health, and you won't have to experience these diseases in thefirst place.You want a cure for cancer? You don't need a billion-dollarlaboratory, packed wall to wall with biochemistry experts. The curefor cancer is already hard-coded into your DNA. Your body knows how tocure cancer, and with proper nutritional support, it will remember howto do so.Now, excuse me, because I'm about to go running outside, under thedesert sun, with no sunscreen. I don't need a sign-up sheet, acorporate sponsor, or money from friends to work up a sweat. I'm justrunning because that's part of being healthy. Gee, what a simple idea:exercising without corporate sponsorship.Overview:* The Cure Con: how you're being deceived by charities that claimto be racing for the cure for cancer and other chronic diseasesSource: http://www.newstarget.com/009587.html