The End of Antibiotics and the Rise of Iodine as an Effective Alternative

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The End of Antibiotics and the Rise of Iodine as an Effective Alternative

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(NaturalNews) Eventually antibiotics are going to be seen as one of the

worst things to ever come out of pharmaceutical science because in the end,

they

have made us only weaker in the face of ever increasingly strong super bugs

that are resistant to all the antibiotics doctors have at their disposal. When

we look at how deep the rabbit hole goes with antibiotics, we will get sick

in our souls. Antibiotics have fulfilled their anti–biotic anti-life role

leaving a long trail of death and suffering in the wake of their use.

 

Diseases include measles, scarlet fever, _tuberculosis_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/tuberculosis.html) , typhoid fever, pneumonia,

_influenza_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/influenza.html) , whooping cough, diphtheria and

polio. All

were in decline for several decades before the introduction of _antibiotics_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/antibiotics.html) or vaccines - Dr. Lawrence

Wilson.

 

Antibiotics do not kill yeast. Many women find after taking antibiotics,

they get vaginal yeast _infections_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/infections.html)

(because their normal bacterial balance has been lost). Antibiotics bring on

fungal and yeast infections thus will eventually be seen as a major cause of

_cancer_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/cancer.html) since more and more

oncologists are seeing yeast and fungal infections as an integral part of

cancer

and its cause. With upwards of 40 percent of all cancers thought to be

involved with and caused by infections, the subject of antibiotics and the need

for

something safer, more effective and life serving is imperative.

 

It may be some time before we really enter the predicted " post _antibiotic_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/antibiotic.html) era " in which common infections

are frequently untreatable - Dr. Marc Lipsitch et al. (Harvard School of

Public Health).

 

Antibiotics kill all _bacteria_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/bacteria.html)

in the body, including the ones we need.

 

An antibiotic is a substance produced by certain bacteria or fungi that

kills other cells or interferes with their growth. In _nature_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/nature.html) , these substances help some

_microbes_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/microbes.html) survive by limiting the

multiplication of other

microbes that share the same environment. Antibiotics that attack pathogenic

(disease-causing) microbes without severely harming normal body cells are

useful as drugs but there does not seem to be any from the pharmaceutical

companies that do not do damage. Dr. Lisa Landymore-Lin wrote all about this in

her book Poisonous Prescriptions asking, 'Do Antibiotics Cause Asthma and

Diabetes?' We are now beginning to question the role of antibiotics as a cause

of

cancer since they do lead to pathogen overgrowth especially in the area of

yeast and fungi. Chris Woollams writes, " It is estimated that 70 per cent of

the British population have a yeast infection. The primary cause of this is our

love of antibiotics. Swollen glands? Take antibiotics. Tonsillitis? Take

antibiotics. "

 

Two studies in the recent past have shown an association between the use of

antibiotics with higher incidence of _breast cancer_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/breast_cancer.html) .

 

In one study the increased risk was small, and the importance of the link

has been played down by UK breast-cancer experts, but the findings add weight

to recent studies that have found links between antibiotics and other

diseases. In the past few years, heavy antibiotic use has been linked to the

inflammatory bowel disorder, Crohn's disease, and to children developing

allergies

such as Hay fever and _asthma_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/asthma.html) . And

as we shall see below, antibiotics play a hidden role in _autism_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/autism.html) and other neurological diseases.

 

The _Journal of the American Medical Association_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/Journal_of_the_American_Medical_Association.html)

has reported a study on

10,000 women in which women who took over 500 days of antibiotics in a 17

year period (dubbed 25 plus doses) had twice the risk of breast cancer as those

that took none at all. Even women taking just one had a statistical risk

increase to 1.5 times.

 

The consequences of resistance in some bacteria can be measured as increases

in the term and magnitude of morbidity, higher rates of mortality, and

greater costs of hospitalization for patients infected with resistant bacteria

-

Dr. Marc Lipsitch et al.

 

Broad-spectrum antibiotics are undiscriminating: in addition to " bad

bacteria, " they also kill healthy bacteria which normally live in the intestines

and

the vagina, and which are a necessary part of the indigenous flora to keep

the body healthy. When the " good " bacteria are killed with antibiotics, then

yeast, which is part of the normal flora of the body, can begin to overgrow

because the antibiotics have altered the body's healthy terrain (internal

ecological balance) allowing the yeast to hyperproliferate and cause many

far-reaching, toxic symptoms.

 

But _modern medicine_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/modern_medicine.html) so

far continues to believe that antibiotics have played an important role in

staving off _bacterial infections_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/bacterial_infections.html) since Alexander Fleming

first discovered them in 1927. Many

_doctors_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/doctors.html) are finally beginning to

see

that the effectiveness of these so-called miracle drugs has waned as some of

the very bacteria they are meant to control have been mutating into new

forms that don't respond to treatment. Many medical experts blame this

phenomenon

on both the misuse and overuse of antibiotics in recent years in both human

medicine and in _agriculture_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/agriculture.html) .

 

According to several studies, obstetricians and gynecologists write

2,645,000 antibiotic _prescriptions_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/prescriptions.html)

every week. Internists prescribe 1,416,000 per week. This works out to

211,172,000 prescriptions annually in the _United States_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/United_States.html) , just for these two

specialties. Pediatricians

prescribe over $500 million worth of antibiotics annually just for one

condition,

ear infections. Yet topical povidone _iodine_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/iodine.html) (PVP-I) is as effective as topical

ciprofloxacin, with a superior

advantage of having no in vitro drug resistance and the added benefit of

reduced cost of treatment.

 

According to a study published in the Journal of the _American Medical

Association_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/American_Medical_Association.html) ,

taking properly prescribed medical drugs was listed as the third leading cause

of

death in the U.S. Antibiotics

were listed in this category because antibiotics can be deadly.

 

A 17-year-old St Margaret's College student in _New Zealand_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/New_Zealand.html) has exposed multiple

antibiotic-resistant

bugs in fresh chicken sold in supermarkets? Jane Millar's discovery of a range

of resistant bacteria in _chickens_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/chickens.html)

that could compromise antibiotic treatment in humans is an important finding

that the bacteria have developed resistance to antibiotics not used in the

_poultry industry_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/poultry_industry.html) but

important for treating serious infections in humans.

 

We can create resistance to medically important antibiotics by using

antibiotics that are presumably safe in agriculture - Jane Millar.

 

Jane bought six fresh chickens - free-range, barn-raised and organic – from

a supermarket. She took samples from each bird and grew bug colonies, which

she used to test different antibiotics. Apramycin is an antibiotic used

sparingly by the New Zealand _poultry_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/poultry.html)

industry to treat infections. The bacteria of two chickens tested resistant to

apramycin. They also proved resistant to another two antibiotics from the

same family - gentamicin and tobramycin - used for serious human infections.

Gentamicin is not used by the poultry industry; tobramycin is restricted to

human use only.

 

A recent risk assessment study commissioned by the U.S. Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) has estimated that about 8,000-10,000 persons in the U.S.

each

year acquire fluoroquinolone-resistant Campylobacter infections from chicken

and attempt to treat those infections with a fluoroquinolone.

 

Every day, new strains of bacteria, fungi, and other pathogenic

microorganisms are becoming resistant to the antibiotics that once dispatched

them with

extreme prejudice.

 

" We know that antimicrobial resistance will follow antimicrobial use as sure

as night follows day, " said Dr. John A. Jernigan, deputy chief of prevention

and response from the Center of Disease Control. " It's just a biological

phenomenon. " It turns out that the indiscriminate killing of harmless microbes

damages the body in complex ways we are only beginning to understand. Powerful

antibiotics introduced into the complex environment in our intestines cause

mayhem, much like a series of bombs tossed into a market square. Antibiotic

resistance is a widespread problem, and one that the U.S. _Centers for Disease

Control_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/Centers_for_Disease_Control.html) and

Prevention calls " one of the world's most pressing _public health_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/public_health.html) problems. "

 

One of the deadliest germs is a staph bacteria called M.R.S.A., short for

methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which lives harmlessly on the skin

but causes havoc when it enters the body. Patients who do survive M.R.S.A.

often spend months in the _hospital_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/hospital.html)

and endure several operations to cut out infected tissue. Hospitalizations

associated with a _drug-resistant_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/drug-resistant.html) form of a Staphylococcus

bacterium doubled over six years in the U.S.

to nearly 280,000 cases in 2005. The death toll rose from 4,700 in 1999 to

about 6,600 in 2005. It estimated that 94,000 Americans suffered invasive

_MRSA_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/MRSA.html) infections in 2005 and that

about

19,000 died.

 

One out of every 20 patients contracts an infection during a hospital stay

in the US. Hospital infections kill an estimated 103,000 people in the United

States a year, as many as AIDS, breast cancer and auto accidents combined.

The vast majority of lethal cases occur in _hospitals_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/hospitals.html) and nursing homes, where open

wounds and punctures

provide the opportunistic staph a ready path to the bloodstream and organs. The

dangers of infection are worsening as many hospital infections can no longer be

cured with common antibiotics.

 

More than half the time, doctors and other caregivers break the most

fundamental rule of hygiene by failing to clean their hands before treating a

patient.

 

" Recently there has been an alarming _epidemic_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/epidemic.html) caused by community-associated

(CA)-MRSA strains, which can

cause severe infections that can result in necrotizing fasciitis or even death

in otherwise healthy adults outside of _healthcare_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/healthcare.html) settings, " is the word coming

from the National

Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) research team, headed by

Dr.

Michael Otto.

 

Necrotizing fasciitis is the so-called flesh-eating disease that can destroy

healthy tissue and even kill patients. The team found that some strains on

MRSA secrete a compound called phenol-soluble modulin or PSM. It attracts

_immune system_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/immune_system.html) cells called

neutrophils, the researchers found, and then blows them up in a process called

lysis. Neutrophils are key immune cells involved in clearing bacterial

infections, so destroying them would allow the bacteria to thrive almost

unmolested.

" In the United States, CA-MRSA is now the cause of the majority of

infections that result in trips to the emergency room. It is unclear what makes

CA-MRSA strains more successful in causing human disease compared with their

hospital-associated counterparts, " they add.

 

When the peaceful activities of a normal microbial population are disrupted,

malevolent bacteria may take full advantage of the opportunity to strike.

The intestinal infection C. difficile colitis, now rampaging through hospitals

around the world, is one of the worst such complication of antibiotic use.

 

Clostridium difficile was first recognized as a hospital microbe in 1978. By

1996, it had increased to 31 cases per 100,000 people discharged from U.S.

hospitals. In 2003, the most recent year for complete statistics, prevalence

had risen to 61 per 100,000. C. diff is part of the natural flora, or

bacteria, in the colon. " We're seeing all of the warning signs that this is the

next

MRSA, " said former New York Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey, founder of the

Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, a Manhattan-based nonprofit. " It spreads

like

wildfire in hospitals. "

 

Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming toxin-producing bacterium that is

overtaking peoples' large intestines from which it mounts an attack on the

bloodstream. Like MRSA, Clostridium difficile has become multi-drug-resistant.

Although once a bacterium that mostly affected elderly, hospitalized patients,

a bolder strain is crippling the robust. In emergency efforts to save some

patients' lives surgeons remove the entire _large intestine_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/large_intestine.html) to prevent overwhelming

infection.

 

One case had been treated by a dermatologist for an ingrown hair on his back

and prescribed an antibiotic. He took only a few pills, but quickly became

ill. Based on what his doctors told him, the short course of antibiotics

proved sufficient to destroy virtually all the natural bacteria in his

intestine -

except C. diff, which was freed to ravage his colon.

 

Frequently, stethoscopes, blood-pressure monitors and other equipment are

contaminated with live bacteria. Yet doctors and nurses almost never clean the

stethoscope before listening to a patient's chest.

 

" It strikes precisely those hospitals which are more 'high-tech', and handle

more serious illnesses. Applying more disinfectant is not the answer; some

strains of germs have actually been found thriving in bottles of hospital

disinfectant! The more antibacterial chemical 'weapons' are being used, the more

bacteria are becoming resistant to them, " writes Dr. Carl Wieland.

 

Health-care officials are increasingly concerned about emerging new forms of

drug-resistant Tuberculosis (TB). According to _the WHO_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/the_WHO.html) , outbreaks of drug-resistant

tuberculosis are showing

up all over the world and threaten to touch off a worldwide epidemic of

virtually incurable tuberculosis. An October 1997 survey by the WHO, the U.S.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the International Union Against

Tuberculosis and Lung Disease estimates that 50 million people are infected

with a strain of TB that is drug-resistant. Many of those are said to carry

multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, incurable by two or more of the standard

drugs.

 

New DNA technology has found hundreds of previously unrecognized species in

the traditional stomping grounds of the mouth and intestine, and traces of

bacteria even in tissues previously thought to be sterile.

 

Lessons from Autism

 

Medical scientists at Arizona State University tell us that antibiotic use

is known to almost completely inhibit excretion of _mercury_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/mercury.html) in rats due to alteration of gut

flora. Thus,

higher use of oral antibiotics in the children with autism may have reduced

their

ability to excrete mercury. Higher usage of oral antibiotics in infancy may

also partially explain the high incidence of chronic gastrointestinal problems

in individuals with autism.

 

Many _physicians_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/physicians.html) are unaware

of lasting adverse effects caused by routinely prescribed _medications_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/medications.html) such as antibiotics. Antibiotic

therapy for minor colds and runny noses is a common practice. People routinely

receive multiple courses of broad-spectrum antibiotics throughout life or are

injected with long-acting corticosteroid medicine for joint or muscle pain.

Once established, sub-clinical colonization with yeast in the body may persist

unrecognized for many years. Antibiotics, such as tetracycline, can greatly

increase yeast in the colon after only a few days.

 

The extensive use of antibiotics will make the condition of Candida much

worse because it reduces heavy metal excretion, which is a food source for the

yeast like organism and also killing the beneficial bacteria at the same time.

 

Normally, candida albicans lives peacefully in our intestines and elsewhere,

in harmony with other flora that keep the yeast in check. Take an antibiotic

and all this changes. By suppressing the normal flora, candida takes over

and problems begin. In its mild form, the result is diarrhea or a yeast

infection. Dr. Elmer Cranton says that, " Yeast overgrowth is partly iatrogenic

(caused by the medical profession) and can be caused by antibiotics and

cortisone

medications. A diet high in sugar also promotes overgrowth of yeast. A highly

refined diet common in industrialized nations not only promotes growth of

yeast, but is also deficient in many of the essential _vitamins and minerals_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/vitamins_and_minerals.html) needed by the immune

system. Chemical colorings, flavorings, preservatives, stabilizers,

emulsifiers, etc., add more

stress on the immune system. "

 

Children with autism had significantly (2.1-fold) higher levels of mercury

in their baby teeth but similar levels of lead and similar levels of _zinc_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/zinc.html) . Children with autism also had

significantly higher usage of oral antibiotics during their first 12 to 36

months of

life. Reporting in the July 11, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American

Medical Association, researchers say the use of antibiotics as prevention

boosts

risks for drug resistance while doing nothing to shield kids from future

_urinary tract infections_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/urinary_tract_infections.html) (UTIs). Giving

antibiotics to prevent recurrent urinary tract

infections in small children not only will not help but will hurt these

children.

Prior use of antibiotics to prevent infection did boost the likelihood of

developing a drug-resistant infection by nearly 7.5 times. Indeed, 61 percent

of

recurrent urinary tract infections were caused by a pathogen with _antibiotic

resistance_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/antibiotic_resistance.html) , the

researchers pointed out.

 

In a 2005 study, the antibiotic Augmentin TM has been implicated in the

formation of autism. The study strongly suggests the possibility of ammonia

poisoning as a result of young children taking Augmentin. Augmentin has been

given

to children since the late 1980's for bacterial infections.

 

Many physicians seem to be unaware that birth control pills comprised of the

hormones estrogen and progesterone can also make the body more susceptible

to fungal infections. If antibiotics are prescribed, it acts as a double

whammy to ensuring a fungal infection will take hold by diminishing the

protective

bacteria in the intestines. Many pregnant women seek medical treatment for

minor problems and are indiscriminately given antibiotics and this begins a

long decline into problems that are complicated at each turn by OBGYN doctors

at birth and by _pediatricians_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/pediatricians.html)

who just love to poison children with the _toxic chemicals_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/toxic_chemicals.html) found in vaccines. In many

places in the

world they still give mercury shots at birth.

 

Microforms poison us with their waste products.

 

The waste products are acetylaldehyde, uric acid, alloxin, alcohols, lactic

acid, etc.

 

Antibiotics may be to blame for hundreds of children developing autism after

having the controversial MMR jab. More than two-thirds of youngsters with

the condition received four or more antibiotics in their first year, a British

survey has revealed. It is thought the drugs weakened their immune systems,

leaving them unable to withstand the impact of the triple jab. Allopathic

medicine has been stubborn and slow to look at its abusive use of antibiotics.

It's the same with _vaccines_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/vaccines.html) , the

holy grail of medicine. But with last-line-of-defence antibiotics failing on

increasingly drug-resistant superbugs and young children's systems being

destroyed by them you would think they would wake up and find some

alternatives.

 

Antibiotics are mostly derived from fungi and are therefore classified as

mycotoxins. Mycotoxins Are Poisons.

 

Iodine - a Pillar Against Infections

 

Iodine offers a serious and potent replacement for much of the antibiotics

that are literally destroying people's lives and can be used safely with

children. Parents, who chose not to dose their kids with dangerous vaccines

will

be glad to know that iodine can be very effective against a host of viral

infections that medical officials insist threaten children.

 

Though it kills 90 percent of bacteria on the skin within 90 seconds, its

use as an antibiotic has been ignored. Iodine exhibits activity against

bacteria, molds, yeasts, protozoa, and many viruses; indeed, of all antiseptic

preparations suitable for direct use on humans and animals and upon tissues,

only

iodine is capable of killing all classes of pathogens: gram-positive and

gram-negative bacteria, mycobacteria, fungi, yeasts, viruses and protozoa. Most

bacteria are killed within 15 to 30 seconds of contact.

 

Iodine is by far the best antibiotic, antiviral and antiseptic of all time

- Dr. David Derry

 

Dr. Derry says that iodine is effective " for standard pathogens such as

Staphylococcus, but also iodine has the broadest range of action, fewest side

effects and no development of bacterial resistance. " There is a world of

difference between using an antibiotic – anti-life substance – and an

antibiotic,

antiviral and antifungal substance like iodine, which is life serving because

it is a basic and most necessary nutritional substance.

 

Iodine kills single celled organisms by combining with the amino acids

tyrosine or histidine when they are exposed to the extra-cellular environment.

All

single cells showing tyrosine on their outer cell membranes are killed

instantly by a simple chemical reaction with iodine that denatures proteins.

Nature and evolution have given us an important mechanism to control pathogenic

life forms and we should use it and trust it to protect us in ways that

antibiotics can't.

 

" My husband Ron had a small infection at the base of the nail. This very

quickly turned nasty and our doctor agreed it looked like gout. Three weeks

later Ron heard back from his Doctor who was in a mad panic saying Ron had

septicemia. On seeing the surgeon that same day the surgeon wanted to go in and

cut

the finger open end for end and look at the finger and that she would

probably have to take it off anyway. Finally the Nascent Iodine we ordered

arrived

(my husband was refusing to take antibiotics) He started on quite a hefty

dose of 15 drops while continuing to apply _magnesium_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/magnesium.html) chloride transdermally. "

 

" Two days after starting the iodine there was feeling starting to regenerate

and pain again in the finger and Ron thought it looked less discolored. Then

the following day the swelling had started to go down and the normal healthy

pinkness was returning at the base of the finger. Over a period of days it

has progressively improved with no other treatment than the iodine and

magnesium chloride. We also then made a poultice with a mixture of comfrey,

honey

and _garlic_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/garlic.html) for a few days, then the

Nascent Iodine dripped into a goldenseal ointment. "

 

Magnesium chloride is the only form of magnesium known to have

anti-infectious properties. When it comes to fighting infections, iodine and

magnesium

chloride are a dynamic duo that should not be overlooked by allopathic or

naturopathic physicians or by anyone else. I talked a few months ago to a

missionary in Africa who was using iodine (in the atomic or detoxified form) to

successfully treat malaria. My own children have recently had bad coughs and it

is

iodine, not dangerous over-the-counter cough medicines I reach for.

 

The feeling of security for a parent comes from administering substances

like iodine (Nascent and other forms) and magnesium chloride (natural forms) to

their children. Yes in dire emergency we would still use an antibiotic when

fever is high and all else has failed but until that kind of critical point,

iodine, backed up by magnesium chloride, sodium bicarbonate and even clay, is

our main line of defense against a full range of pathogens.

 

Determining what is an appropriate use of an antibiotic is a judgment call

in which cultural, social, psychological, and economic factors play at least

as great a role as clinical and epidemiological considerations - Dr. Marc

Lipsitch et al.

 

The way to combat antibiotic resistance is not bigger, better, stronger

antibiotics but, rather, no antibiotics at all. Instead, other molecular

weapons

are available with the ability to disable bad germs without bothering good

ones. Iodine is the ideal broad spectrum antibiotic that is not an antibiotic -

it is not against life. Not against human life that is but you can hear the

little pathogens screaming as high enough levels of iodine fan out through

the system. Meaning all the viruses, bacteria, yeasts and molds that are

threatening us are threatened with instant death when iodine is used orally to

fight infection. It's hard to make a mistake with iodine but with

pharmaceutical

antibiotics we are playing at the crap table hoping our choice of which one

to use works against the pathogen that is actually threatening a person.

 

Infection depresses levels of _vitamins_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/vitamins.html) B6 and C.

 

" The right dose of Vitamin C will stop every infection in its tracks without

needing to use antibiotics " - Dr. Gary Gordon.

 

Another reason to avoid antibiotics, except in the most dire emergencies, is

that they interfere with the absorption of many vitamins and _minerals_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/minerals.html) , leading to their deficiencies.

Deficiencies in these nutrients can set the stage for increased susceptibility

to

more infections.

 

Following is a list of the Drug/Substance and the Nutrients which are

depleted by that substance:

 

* Antibiotics - (Nutrients Depleted) Vitamin A, B-12, C, E, K, Biotin,

Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium

 

* Chelators - Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Zinc

 

* Anticonvulsants - Vitamin B-2, B-12, C, D, F, K, Folic Acid, Calcium,

Magnesium

 

* Antidiabetics (Oral) - Vitamin B-2, B-12, C, D, Folic Acid

 

* Antihistamines - Vitamin C

 

* Aspirin - Calcium, Folic Acid, Iron, Potassium, C, B Complex

 

" When I was finally discharged from hospital, I still had a strain of

supergerm colonizing my body. Nothing had been able to get rid of it, after

months

in hospital. However, I was told that all I had to do on going home was to

'get outdoors a lot, occasionally even roll in the dirt, and wait.' In less

than two weeks of this advice, the supergerms were gone. Why? The reason is

that

supergerms are actually defective in other ways, as explained. Therefore,

when they are forced to compete with the ordinary bacteria which normally

thrive on our skin, they do not have a chance. They thrive in hospital because

all

the antibiotics and antiseptics being used there keep wiping out the

ordinary bacteria which would normally out compete, wipe out and otherwise keep

in

check these 'superwimps,' " wrote Dr. Carl Wieland

 

Interestingly enough Dr. Weston Price, who studied the diets and health of

many primitive societies during the early 20th century, found that many

primitive people would eat food that has been dipped in _water_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/water.html) dissolved with clay – in order to

prevent upset stomachs

from food poisoning. Two types of clay are today commonly sold for

consumption as health supplements – bentonite and montmorillonite. These have

been

variously called " living clay " , " healing clay " or just " edible clays " . Clay is

highly absorptive. It readily absorbs toxins, _heavy metals_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/heavy_metals.html) , bacteria, virus and fungi. But

because clay

itself is not absorbed by the body, whatever it absorbs is passed out in the

stools.

 

Mutating Viruses

 

Did you know that a nutritional deficiency can cause a virus to mutate to a

more virulent form? That is the news from the United States Department of

Agriculture (_USDA_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/USDA.html) ) who are reporting

that a human virus, normally harmless in laboratory mice, mutated into a

heart-damaging pathogen when the animals were raised on a diet devoid of the

essential element _selenium_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/selenium.html) . And,

once mutated, the virus continued to damage hearts - even in mice that got

ample selenium in their feed.

 

The importance of this is not limited to nutritionally-deprived populations,

say researchers with the University of North Carolina and Agricultural

Research Service of the government, who collaborated on the studies. In theory,

one selenium-deficient person or animal could produce a new family of virus

mutants that could cross species and spread worldwide, causing disease even in

well nourished people.

 

The USDA is now officially on record that nutritional deficiencies cause

viral mutations and they expect to find the same results with

vitamin-E-deficient mice because both selenium and vitamin E are nutrients that

serve as

antioxidants in the body. This means that the government is recognizing that

free

radicals and oxidative stress affects the world of pathogens creating super

bugs out of regular critters. They are even going as far as saying that this

may help explain the many new strains of influenza virus arising in China,

which has widespread selenium-deficient areas.

 

The implications are enormous for a form of medicine that understands

absolutely nothing about _nutrition_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/nutrition.html)

and the science of low level toxicity. Part of our infection fighting arsenal

needs to include selenium and ALA (Alpha Lipoic Acid) and this is critical not

only for maintaining glutathione levels but also for the neutralization of

mercury. Mercury provides the ideal environment for viruses, bacteria, fungi

and yeast infections. Though most are in total denial of it, we are as a race

being overrun by mercury pollution that is everywhere in the air, water,

food, vaccines, dental amalgam and even beauty products.

 

When a person is bitten by a snake, spider or scorpion it helps the doctors

to know which poison they are treating. One cannot say anything about health

or disease anymore without dealing with mercury and its rising tide. You

cannot treat _infectious diseases_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/infectious_diseases.html) in effective ways

without dealing with the soil of the infection,

with the mercury and other chemical toxicities that are driving the pathogens.

A doctor needs to know his poisons but most of them find their minds obscured

by the denial of the fact that most of the pharmaceuticals they use are

mitochondrial poisons. Modern medicine is lost when it comes to dealing with

mercury and in fact endorses its use in vaccines and dental medicine.

 

Garlic is one food that has powerful anti-bacterial and anti-fungal

properties and some scientific studies have found it to be at least as

effective as

the popular anti-fungal drug, Nystatin, in destroying candida albicans.

 

We have to change our perceptions about infections and infectious processes.

We need to shift away from the competing paradigms of pathogen vs. terrain.

We need to deal simultaneously with pathogen, terrain and poison. Certainly

we need to deal with nutrition and the use of concentrated nutritional

substances that help us deal safely and effectively with infections.

 

Much more could be said about natural remedies and other substances like

_colloidal silver_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/colloidal_silver.html) , which

is known to have antibacterial properties. I would choose iodine first because

the body needs it anyway where it does not need colloidal silver. When we

use concentrated nutritional substances as antibiotics we are doing a lot more

than confronting hostile pathogens. We are supporting total body physiology

as well as elimination of heavy metals and other toxic poisons.

 

Nearly 500,000 people are dying yearly in America due to _infectious

disease_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/infectious_disease.html) . It now ranks

number

3 behind heart disease and cancer in claiming American lives.

About the author

Mark A. Sircus Ac., OMD, is director of the International Medical Veritas

Association (IMVA). Dr. Sircus was trained in acupuncture and oriental medicine

at the Institute of Traditional Medicine in Sante Fe, N.M., and in the

School of Traditional Medicine of New England in Boston. He served at the

Central

Public Hospital of Pochutla, in México, and was awarded the title of doctor

of oriental medicine for his work. He was one of the first nationally

certified acupuncturists in the United States. Dr. Sircus's IMVA is dedicated

to

unifying the various disciplines in medicine with the goal of creating a new

dawn

in healthcare.

 

He is particularly concerned about the effect vaccinations have on

vulnerable infants and is identifying the common thread of many toxic agents

that are

dramatically threatening present and future generations of children. His book

The Terror of Pediatric Medicine is a free e-book one can read. Dr. Sircus

is a most prolific and courageous writer and one can read through hundreds of

pages on his various web sites.

 

He has most recently released his Survival Medicine for the 21st Century

compendium (2,200 page ebook) and is racing to finish his Winning the War

Against Cancer book. Dr. Sircus is a pioneer in the area of natural

detoxification

and chelation of toxic chemicals and heavy metals. He is also a champion of

the medicinal value of minerals and is fathering in a new medical approach

that uses sea water and different concentrates taken from it for health and

healing. Transdermal Magnesium Therapy, his first published work, offers a

stunning breakthrough in medicine, an entirely new way to supplement magnesium

that naturally increases DHEA levels, brings cellular magnesium levels up

quickly, relieves pain, brings down blood pressure and pushes cell physiology in

a

positive direction. Magnesium chloride delivered transdermally brings a quick

release from a broad range of conditions.