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The trend in alternative medicine
Alternative medicine seems to have moved into the mainstream. Apparently 70% of Americans have tried some form of alternative therapy.
It could be a good opportunity to get into, if you have have some useful knowledge of this area.... If it works, you'll be helping some people find relief and regain health. Which types of alternative therapy are the most popular? See the article from American Demographics magazine (linked to below) for more.... - Dien Rice Alternative medicine moves into the mainstream.... |
One of the *hottest* nutrients right now...
Dien,
This is not a sales pitch...just sharing something that has made a difference in my life. I have been interested in nutrition since I was 20. I know how the nutritional industy has used lots of hype to sell many items, but there ARE a few nutrients that give one a reason to legitimately get excited about. There is one nutrient that is going to change many lives when the news about it's effectiveness becomes better known. Olive Leaf Extract (OLE) OLE is just now becoming known about in America and has been dramatically changing lives for the better for many who have not been treated successfully in the mainstream medical community for afflictions such as HIV positive patients... and for those who have only felt half-alive while struggling to make it through the day with CFIDS (chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome) or for victims of fibromyalgia (which has become a 'catch all' term for people with multiple symptoms that range from chronic muscle aches to sleep disorders) PLUS retroviruses and several other illnesses that have no known successful cures to date. Better mention...I am NOT selling this stuff so this isn't a 'pitch' or anything. But, I was diagnosed with CFIDS back in the 80's and have had renewed struggles with it when my life has been especially stressed. So, when a friend with Lupus excitedly told me about how this seemingly miraculous stuff had helped her, I decided to give it a try. At this point, in only 3 weeks, it has given me a sense of wellbeing that I haven't enjoyed in some time now. That is in spite of my routinely taking numerous other supplements that help...but that's all. They just help. Olive Leaf Extract gives new hope to many who want to uplevel their sense of wellbeing and it has the ability to fight the new SUPER-BUGS for which no known antibiotic can touch. Now, that really turned my head. So, since you opened this subject, thought I'd contribute this information perchance that it may help another person visiting this board or someone they know. One of the books I read on Olive Leaf Extract by Morton Walker can be found at amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1575662264/o/qid=982253730/sr=2-1/107-3561232-8620518 Anyone interested can also read the reviews left by some excited readers to get an idea how life changing this nutrient may be to many who are yet to hear of it. I am also linking to East Park Research which has patented a process for extraction that is supposedly superior to others. This site also gives a detailed list of diseases/disorders that Olive Leaf Extract (OLE) has been known to help or even reverse. Absolutely amazing. I think this is one of the most valuable nutrients on the market today, but that is just my opinion. Again, I AM aware of all the hype in the industry, but I think this is worthy of mentioning since it is totally in a league of it's own. If you or someone you know is plagued by chronic viruses, infections, allergies, or is HIV positive, etc. - the natural antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, antiparasitic action of this nutrient may make a BIG difference in your life. Because... OLE has the ability to get inside of the cells and kill stubborn viruses which makes it extremely unique and effective. Hope this helps someone. Again, I have no financial interest in this product, but just have a desire to share what I've learned after doing my own research and noticing the difference it is already making in my own health. And, interestingly enough, it is the chronic use of antibiotics which has led to many health problems that are difficult if not impossible to treat...until the effectiveness of OLE became better known throughout the world. But still, it is mostly unknown to most people at this point in time. Who knows...you may cross someone's path who needs this and you can at least point them to a book which has well documented information about OLE. ~ Amber One place to obtain Olive Leaf Extract mentioned in Dr. Walker's book |
Re: The trend in alternative medicine
Dien, my own take on this statistic (and I know some of the tricks which are played with them. I worked around stats people for years) is that dis-satisfaction with the service from the medical establishment is DRIVING people to try just about anything else!
>Apparently 70% of Americans have tried some form of alternative therapy. It could be a good opportunity to get into, if you have have some useful knowledge of this area.... If it works, you'll be helping some people find relief and regain health. The caveat is "if it works". I keep away from this area because what works short-term might turn out to be damn dangerous over a longer period, what works for one person can be devastating for someone with apparently similar problems. > Which types of alternative therapy are the most popular? I don't think that is a major consideration when people's health is concerned. I am not against all alternative therapies, theories and products; I used Guarana (there are significant differences between products from different Companies which are supposed to be the same there), take a vitamin supplement which appears to have some benefit for me and so on. But I would not advocate or sell these sort of products without knowing their track record and having printed confirmation of it from fully independent credible sources. Please don't use this outside the forum. I know a person who is having great success hypnotising people to remove cravings (my words) for cigarettes etc. This person was taught about hypnotism by someone who firmly beleived that hypnotism was a complete fake! So the "cures" happen but the method is decried by the therapist's teacher! I must add that the therapist & the teacher are both very honorable. If the therapist wasn't, he could probably set up his own religion or something. No offense intended to people who sell these products, or set up up their own religions even, in a responsible manner. Reduce Stress with Laughter workshops |
Workplace Chair Massage Services...
Dien,
Massage isn't alternative 'medicine', yet massage is the oldest form of physical therapy so maybe this post fits the subject ok. Many chiropractors typically employ massage therapists to help relax the neck and back muscles which makes an adjustment last longer. So the benefit of massage therapists is recognized among these alternative medical healers. But, now even corporations are realizing the benefit of having massage therapists on their premises. Offering massage therapy services to corporations could be a good business to get into even if you aren't a trained and state registered massage therapist. You simply market the services of massage therapists that you sub-contract to actually go out and do the on site therapy for your corporate clients that you go into negotiated 'service' contracts with. Medium size businesses are thought to be the best market to target. Your job as the owner of the 'service' is to educate the corporate decision maker on the benefits and sell them on the concept for chair massage for their employees and then to get a signature on the contract for the services. Massage helps productivity, morale, workplace related pain issues... and to reduce stress associated with the workplace. Below is an article link that explains how one person successfully entered this alternative health service business. But again, one doesn't have to be a therapist in order to have a business that sells the services of therapists. Through a professional journal I have subscribed to, I have read about people all over who are making nice sums of money by setting up these kind of corporate massage therapy services by using sub-contracted therapists. Another website that is actually selling massage therapy services to business is : http://www.minutemassage.net Link at bottom of this post gives basic information on how to structure the charges to the corporations and an idea of what to pay your sub-contractor massage therapists. Your profits - determined by how many therapists you have working for you - could be considerable. The interest is growing for chair massage since a good therapist can relieve neck and shoulder pain in a very short session and the employee is only away from their desk for 5 or 10 minutes usually. Just something to think about... ~Amber Information on Starting a Workplace Massage Therapy Service |
Re: The trend in alternative medicine
Hi John,
> Dien, my own take on this statistic (and I > know some of the tricks which are played > with them. I worked around stats people for > years) is that dis-satisfaction with the > service from the medical establishment is > DRIVING people to try just about anything > else! Yes, I agree! It's also true that (unfortunately) standard medicine doesn't yet have all the answers.... One reason why I take certain alternative therapies seriously, is that often these "alternative" therapies become (over time) accepted by the medical establishment. One example I've come across is milk thistle, which is a herb which was traditionally used to help with liver problems. This folk medicine is now used in medicine for patients with liver cirrhosis, under a name such as silymarin, which is extracted from milk thistle.... So, milk thistle is an example of a folk herbal medicine, whose extract (silymarin) is now regularly used in medicine.... However, it's always best to be a bit cautious, and if you have health problems, to consult a health professional first to be safe.... > The caveat is "if it works". I > keep away from this area because what works > short-term might turn out to be damn > dangerous over a longer period, what works > for one person can be devastating for > someone with apparently similar problems. Yes, it's best to have some caution.... If you have a serious medical condition, it's good to first consult with your doctor.... > I don't think that is a major consideration > when people's health is concerned. > I am not against all alternative therapies, > theories and products; I used Guarana (there > are significant differences between products > from different Companies which are supposed > to be the same there), take a vitamin > supplement which appears to have some > benefit for me and so on. Yes, I'm the same.... I'm currently taking a chromium supplement and I take beta carotene (vitamin A) and vitamin E daily (the last two seem to help reduce my asthma).... > But I would not advocate or sell these sort > of products without knowing their track > record and having printed confirmation of it > from fully independent credible sources. I understand what you're saying.... I think it would depend on what it is.... The danger I think is pushing something which could be harmful to some people, without warning them or without having adequate expertise.... However, I think some things wouldn't harm people (like massage, as Amber mentioned). And I think it's okay to make things available to people, as long as you also warn people to check with their doctor etc. if they have a serious medical condition, before using it.... Some things I'm personally a little bit doubtful about, but some people like them, and I don't really see the harm in it.... For example, a friend of mine learned how to practice Reiki, which is some sort of "laying on of hands" technique. He doesn't charge to do it (he doesn't feel comfortable with charging for it), though there are others who do.... I've never used it, but if some want to use it I don't see why not.... He sincerely believes in what he does.... > Please don't use this outside the forum. I > know a person who is having great success > hypnotising people to remove cravings (my > words) for cigarettes etc. > This person was taught about hypnotism by > someone who firmly beleived that hypnotism > was a complete fake! > So the "cures" happen but the > method is decried by the therapist's > teacher! Heheh.... That's an unusual story! I've looked into hypnosis since I was a kid (one of my first books was by Melvin Powers, who - I didn't realize then - is also a highly successful mail order marketer!). I personally do believe that it seems to work, at least for some people, though I've never done it or had it done to me.... I thought it was pretty much accepted by the medical establishment now? > I must add that the therapist & the > teacher are both very honorable. If the > therapist wasn't, he could probably set up > his own religion or something. > No offense intended to people who sell these > products, or set up up their own religions > even, in a responsible manner. Thanks John, that was a good warning.... It's good to be cautious! And to be ethical too.... - Dien |
Re: One of the *hottest* nutrients right now...
Thanks Amber!
This kind of information is always valuable, otherwise how would we learn about something new? :) Like you, I've had a long interest in alternative therapies.... I think with me, it started when I had to study hard before the exam period as a university student! I read a book about how certain vitamins could help the brain function better, so I purchased some of these vitamins from a local "health food" store, and I thought they probably helped! :) Then, about six years ago (I was still doing my Ph.D.), I shared an apartment with a guy who had a HUGE collection of books about alternative therapies.... Almost anything you could think of, he had it there. So I was first exposed to things like traditional chinese herbs, tai chi (which many people feel helps their well-being), and even some kind of therapy where you drink your own urine (he even had a book on that!) I didn't try the last one out myself! My thoughts on the last one are, your body is getting rid of the urine for a reason.... But I'm all for research. :) Thanks Amber for mentioning Olive Leaf Extract.... I'm sure many will find it useful! It *does* happen (in fact, it's not all that uncommon) that medicine does take from "traditional" therapies.... though you often don't know it, since they just take the extracts, which is often quite a different name from the original herb. (Such as silymarin, which comes from milk thistle, which I mentioned in the reply to John Williams....) Thanks Amber! If you have a serious medical condition, of course you should first consult with your doctor, however this is a great post about something we wouldn't know about before.... :) - Dien |
Re: The trend in alternative medicine
> Hi John, Yes, I agree!
> It's also true that (unfortunately) standard > medicine doesn't yet have all the answers.... So consulting your Doctor especially about fairly new theories and products is likely to be not enough of a precaution. > One reason why I take certain alternative > therapies seriously, is that often these > "alternative" therapies become (over time) accepted by the medical establishment. I could sell you a crystal ball if you want to try to find out which ones before you take them ;) The percentage is very, very low - the press make much of them naturally but I don't see this as a significant criteria. > One example ... milk thistle is an example of a folk herbal > medicine, whose extract (silymarin) is now regularly used in medicine.... > However, it's always best to be a bit cautious, and doubly cautious when trying to sell something which will have an unforseeable effect on the buyer's health and longevity. > I understand what you're saying.... I think it would depend on what it is.... > The danger I think is pushing something > which could be harmful to some people, without warning them or without having adequate expertise.... How many people even in this Forum, would consider that they have sufficient expertise to ethically and safely promote health products. Aspirin is very beneficial to many people but it can be dangerous to others! Yet many people blithely swallow them on almost a daily basis. > However, I think some things wouldn't harm people (like massage, as Amber mentioned). And I think it's okay to make things available to people, as long as you also warn people to check with their doctor etc. if they have a serious medical condition, before using it.... They may not develop the "serious medical condition" until after taking the product you sell them. Can you then prove that your product is blameless? > Some things I'm personally a little bit > doubtful about, but some people like them, For example, Reiki He sincerely believes in what he does.... Reiki people here are in 2 camps and seem to be at each others' throats. Don't see that outcome is in line with their basic philosophy. > I've looked into hypnosis since I was a kid (one of my first books was by Melvin Powers, who is also a highly successful mail order marketer! I personally do believe that it seems to work, at least for some people, though I've never done it or had it done to me.... I thought it was pretty much accepted by the medical establishment now? It is illwgal for anyone not an M.D. to use it in most Australian states. I hear of ethical and unethical users from time to time. > Thanks John, that was a good warning.... > It's good to be cautious! And to be ethical > too.... But it can be lonely and unprofitable ;) more magic than you can shake a wand at! |
Re: One of the *hottest* nutrients right now...
> Thanks Amber!
> This kind of information is always valuable, > otherwise how would we learn about something > new? :) I just remembered that Rosemary Stanton covers some of this stuff in one (or more) of her books. A cynical friend who did some checking up because he had some serious health problems and had to be careful what he even tried, let alone took regularly, said that he beleived she was one of the few reliable sources of information he had found. Sorry, but I don't have the title handy and my friend died recently, probably due to surgeon's mis-diagnosis. Come to the Magic Shop & learn to be an honest crook! |
My experiences with alternative and conventional medicine
This subject hits very close to home for me. I am one of those that seems to be allergic to the 21st century and our modern way of live. There are so many conditions that bother people today that never existed years ago. I have also lost 2 grandparents to cancer and my ex-wife had colon cancer 12 yrs. ago. We feel she is alive today because she did NOT go through the chemo and radiation therapies. The doctors tried to scare her, were arrogant...made her cry by telling her she should think about our son! But if the chemo would have destroyed her kidneys or liver (like it did my grandfather) they would have said "those are the risks...we did did all we could". I say BULL****!
I could fill a book (or maybe a website) with all my family has experienced but I will try to keep this short. People are flocking to alternative medicine because conventional medicine has failed them or in the case of things like chemotherapy, the treatment can be worse than the disease. Over the years, I have tried lots of things to improve my health. I made mistakes, some gains...but learned a great deal. The biggest thing I have learned is the simple things work best. No supplement I ever took made me feel better than when I started drinking lots of high quality water...yep, good ole H2O. I discovered why afer reading a great book called "Your Body's Many Cries For Water". No healing regimen ever helped me more than juice fasting...letting my body rest, heal and clean itself out. Read the testimonies at the Fasting Center International website. I never gained understanding into my own conditions until I was reading about what chinese medicine calls "liver fire" and the light bulb went off. Conventional doctors had no answers for me. I started eating better food....growing some of my own organically. Supplements CANNOT replace diet. Last but not least, I learned about the mind/body comnnection. Alternative medicine is under attack. Just look at the Quackwatch site. It always has been. Inform but MAKE NO CLAIMS. One area getting hit hard right now is electronic medicine...using electronic devices to disable microbes such as HIV. I read The Body Electric years ago and have been fascinated by this ever since. I began to understand how chinese medicine worked by restoring our bodies electrical pathways. The quality of water in our bodies is SO vitally important to this. People getting involved in this area REALLY need to educate themselves, ask questions, try the products. They need to be prepared to educate their customers. I think one growth area will definitely be products involving the best free radical scavenger there is...hydrogen...which our bodies get from the water we drink or products like Microhydrin. Water quality products like trace minerals and purifiers can be good too...IF the products themselves are good. There are quacks in both alternative AND conventional medicine. The doctor who owns the quackwatch site promotes fluoridation which is the largest fraud ever shoved down millions of throats. It's toxic and carcinogenic effects are very well documented. I worked in the water/wastewater field for 11 yrs. Our fluoride was NOT naturally occuring calcium fluoride but sodium fluorosilicate that comes from fertilizer plants! Take anything you read on either side with a grain of salt...then find out all you can. It can be a rewarding experience....or a very bad one. sorry for rambling, Mark S |
Look Out!
Hi Amber!
I read your post and checked out the site you linked to. ALARM BELLS SOUNDED! Before I tell you why, first let me say, I am a great advocate of "alternative" treatments. That doesn't mean I will rush out and buy into the lastest thing. I don't. I do, however, weigh up the available information and THINK about it. Without having tried this OLE, let me tell you why alarm bells went off in my head... The first alarm bells went off when I read this: "We Invented It We Patented It" on the front of their website. They have a patent?!?!?!?!? It's funny how any treatment that cannot be patented is looked down upon by the medical profession and the pharmaceutical companies. I wonder why? (insert sarcasm here). I'll come back to this thing about patents in a bit. The next alarm bells sounded when I read, "It has been used by over 4,000 doctors, 10 major hospitals, and 15 countries." I notice is says HAS BEEN and NOT IS. There's a huge difference. Also, in what capacity was it used? As an actual treatment? As a toilet cleaner? I can pick any toilet cleaning chemical used in a hospital and then tell people to drink it with the assurance it's used in x number of hositals. See my point? Also, are these Doctors who HAD used it medical doctors or non-medical PhDs? Or NDs? The hospitals... are they government funded hospitals? Private hospitals? Or private "cliniques" using the term Hospital? WHO are these institutions who HAD used it so I may verify this for myself? The next alarm bell went off when I read this, "...licensed exclusively by..." As with the patent I'll come back to this. The next alarm bell sounded when I read this, "Olive Leaf Extract's Effectiveness Against Certain Pathogens Invitro" What has being effective against things in a test-tube got to do with being effective against things in the body. Heck, I could drop of few bugs in 18 molar hydrochloric acid and they'd all die. But that's no reason for me to drink 18 molar hydrochloric acid. Okay, so my example is over the top. But it uses the same logic as they do. And that's no proof of anything. The next alarm bell sounded when I saw they claim an effectiveness against HIV/AIDS. First, AIDS is NOT a bug, pathogen, virus or any other thing. It's a condition. HIV is a virus. However, the detection of it within the body is only achieved AFTER the body is immune to it. To say that something we are immune to can create a degenerative condition is idiotic. And further more, not all sufferers of AIDS test positive for HIV. Which means, they get AIDS from some other source. Add to this that the HIV/AIDS connection was made on dubious grounds by someone who has a stake in AZT, the only recommened chemical treatment for AIDS, and I question the connection. It's interesting to note, that like this OLE, AZT is also "licensed" and "patented". A company that claims to want to help people get better has questionable ethics when they do everything in their power to exclusively own the treatment. Be the first and be the best instead of trying to prevent others. That is a true sign of your claim to want to help mankind. To read more about the questionable relation between HIV/AIDS visit Dr Peter Deusberg's site at http://www.duesberg.com/ The next alarm bell sounded when I read their claims about symptoms. Let me tell you what REALLY happens when you "get sick." The virus/bacteria enters your body. For the sake of the example, lets assume this is a throat infection. The Invader lodges into the mucus lining your throat and goes about multiplying in the underlying cells. This IS detected by your body by what I'll call Hunter-Killers. These Hunter-Killers constantly roam throughout our body looking out for Invaders. Upon discovering these Invaders they use a shotgun approach and "blast" the entire area in the hopes they get it. And they continue blasting until the Snipers turn up later. The debris caused by all this blasting has to be cleaned up. Lets call the things that do this, the Cleaners. As the Cleaners are being overwhelmed by the amount of debris they call for back up. They call for back up by releasing a chemical. This chemical makes us feel nauseous and gives us aches. This chemical makes us feel sick!!! At this point in time, our throat is feeling sore. Not because of the bug, but because the Hunter-Killers have damaged it greatly. While this is going on a call is taken to the Sniper Room (the lymphatic system). Bits of the bug are brought and a Memo is circulated to all T-cells asking if they recognise the Invader. While this "memo" is circulating looking for the T-cell who recognises and knows how to kill the invader, the Hunter-Killers keep blasting and making our throat more sore, the Cleaners keep clearing debris and calling for back which makes us feel more ill. Once the Sniper who knows how to kill this Invader is found he is ushered into the Cloning Room (Lymph Gland). Once inside the Cloning Room our body temperature rises. This does two things. One, it helps slow down the multiplying rate of the Invader and increases our metabolism so Cloning happens faster. (Rising temperature can happen before cloning) After a sufficient number of Snipers have been cloned (the lymph glands are quite swollen now) they are released to "deal" with the Invader. As they are Snipers they take out the Invader specifically using a rifle approach and they do it double quick time. If you have a sore and raspy throat, it's not because your body's immune system isn't working, it's because it is! If you seem to have it for a while it's beause it's taking a while for the Memo to be found by the Specialist Sniper. If you ache and feel nauseous, it's your body's doing NOT the Invader's. The Invader would like nothing more than to remain undetected for they know that once deteced they are doomed. So they aren't going to go about doing anything to cause unwanted attention. If you have a fever, it's because your body is fighting the Invader by raising your body temperature which slows the Invaders ability to mulitply while increasing the speed at which your body multiplies the fighting mechanisms. The increased body temperature, aches and pains and nauseous feelings are all caused by our body and are a sign our body's immune system is functioning quite well thank you very much. Doctors don't want you to know this. Otherwise you wouldn't come to them when your throat is sore. But now you know your throat is sore because your body is fighting something and doing it well, not because something is there overwhelming your body. So, what these manufactures accuse Doctors of, they are even more guilty of... or they don't know. And if they don't know, I question any health information they provide. Individually, these things don't mean a whole lot, but when taken together they do...
You can therefore make your own Olive Leaf Extract by simple making a tea from olive leaves. However, a feeling of "wellness" could also be something to be wary of. Remember, if I feel sick it's because my body is making me sick on purpose. By masking this feeling who knows what I'm doing. I could be interfering with my body's fighting mechanism and giving the Invader what it longs for... peace and quiet to go about its way. By examination of my own illnesses over time, and those of my wife, and with correspondence with others... I have discovered a large part of the problem is a result of our modern environment. For instance... lino and carpet give off fumes and carpet also gives off fibres. If you have a breathing problem of any kind it could be caused by your body's inability to cope with the fumes and fibres from lino/carpet. You may even be unable to handle the fumes coming from the foam in your sofa, or pillow, or mattress. Does the windscreen of your car get foggy even when it's not raining? That's the residue of the fumes coming off of your dashboard. Every time you get in your car you breath them in. Your laminate and 'craftwood' kitchen gives of fumes. As with a lot of things, our body can handle small doses. But they have a compounding effect. Lead free fuel is well known to contain cancer causing agents and there's even some evidence to suggest that CFS is related to unleaded fuel, its fumes and exhaust. If your skin breaks out because of something you've eaten - a "rash" developes. It's a sign your liver cannot filter that substance fast enough. To prevent it from circulating throughout your body, it is stored out of harms way in the skin. So a skin reaction means two things... 1; your liver cannot filter the substance fast enough for some reason... 2; your body is working correctly by keeping the substance out of the blood while the liver gradually gets rid of it. The active ingredient in a lot of arthritis relief creams is the same thing that gives a Hot Pepper its heat. Take some Cayeen Powder, make a paste with some vegetable oil and you have your own version of the cream. Cayenne has many other wonderful properties. You could almost call it Nature's Snake Oil. Do your own research and see for yourself. I use/consume it daily. You want to increase your immune system's ability to fight things off? Then remove the items in your life that constantly weaken it or have it always on the go - such as the fumey items I mentioned and others you find. As for bacteria which is resistant to modern anti-biotics... Research "Colloidal Silver" for a non-patentable OLD method. Discover the hidden Russian secret of killing resistant bacteria with Phage - naturally-occuring bacterior-specific viri that change as the bacteria changes. Anyway. That's my take on it. And Amber, I'm curious about your CFIDS. I did a bit of reading about it at the CFIDS Association of America at http://www.cfids.org/ What I am curious about is... do you recall when you first began to suffer the symptoms? If so, can you also recall ANY change in your environment? Did you get new furniture around that time? Glue down tiles in a new kitchen? Start driving a car which runs on unleade fuel? Move to a location which could see you exposed to unleaded fuel fumes/exhaust? Move to a location near high-power power lines? Move to a location near a farm which regularly "sprays"? Build an add-on carport or garage in a location that could mean fumes/exhaust from the coming and going of your car would enter your house? Lay down new carpet or lino? If you can identify any of the above with the beginning of your CFIDS, can you now match up your "attacks" with other exposures to the same thing? Like, maybe you got an attack after visiting a friend who had recently got new furniture, or something like that. I'm curious because the symptoms of CFIDS indicate to me an overall overwhelming of the body. And that can only happen by constant exposure to something your body cannot handle very well. If you cannot immediately identify a connection, have you ever kept an "Attack diary"? A diary which keeps track of the things (chemicals/fumes/etc.) you're exposed to and cross-references those exposures with times of attack. I'd rather discover the sofa I keep getting recovered every twelve months is making me sick and get rid of it, then not know and mask the symptoms with a suppliment. Anyway Amber. I'm really curious if you can match a change in your enviroment with your CFIDS. I'm curious because I believe that's where the cause and your solution is. And it'd be a real shame to suffer needlessly when the answer could be so simple. Wouldn't it be incredible if all you had to do was change the brand of washing powder you use? (washing powder leaves residue on the clothes which gets onto and absorbs through your skin) Of course, I understand if you'd rather not disclose details of your CFIDS. From thorough analysis of my environment I've been able to find a direct connection between breathing problems I had and later foot problems, with lino! And that's just one example. By the way, I am NOT a licensed medical practitioner and have no formal qualifications in the field of medicine. Everything written here is my opinion based from the deductions and conclusions from my own research and experiences. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Good luck Amber. I hope you get to the bottom of it. Michael Ross. |
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