Cure Multiple Ailments Questions

Updated: 11/09/2009

*Ted, an independent contributor, offers information and opinions on Earth Clinic, not as a substitute for professional medical prevention, diagnosis, or treatment. Please consult with your physician, pharmacist, or health care provider before taking any home remedies or supplements or following any treatment suggested by Ted or by anyone on this site. Only your health care provider, personal physician, or pharmacist can provide you with advice on what is safe and effective for your unique needs or diagnose your particular medical history.

Using the above methods has been helping. I no longer need the asa with codeine and most of the time don't need the Ibuprofen either, thank goodness.

I really need your help here Ted not only in what to use and dosage ...but mostly in organizing in when to take what & for how long.

Any assistance you give would be GREATLY Appreciated."

11/09/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Laurie:

A person with a long term infections such as yours, it is unlikely my aspirin and vitamin C is going to work in the long run unless more fundamental issues are resolved. The Vitamin C and aspirin remedy, or the lysine and vitamin C remedy, were meant to address the issue of an epidemic, where a normal person suddenly got infected directly from swine flu or other flus in general, hence it was designed to stop the epidemic from developing using the One Day Cure approach. A person with a long term issues, needs to be resolved on fundamental issues of deficiencies, and dietary issues.

As to what you are taking now, it seems counterproductive. Why is codeine added? A codeine if taken for more than two days does more damage as it causes metabolic acidosis. So when your saliva becomes acid, it digests the tooth enamel, but acid saliva also support bacterial growth, hence the tooth infection. First thing is to get the pH, the acid/alkaline issue to normal first, get bowel movement to two times a day, not by laxative use, that's artificial too. But if we get the right alkalinity that the body needs, the right electrolytes, bowel movements corrects itself. Two major remedies that may correct long term issues of infection or respiratory illness is 2 drops of lugol's solution with 1000 mg of sodium ascorbate vitamin C mixed in a cup of warm water before sleep.

To correct the pH and the sodium and potassium imbalance, 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/4 teaspoon potassium citrate (or potassium carbonate) in a cup of water, taken three times a day. The iodine and vitamin C can be taken at other times of day if the pH of saliva is still NOT 7.0 or above. The urine pH has to be about 6.5 to 7.0, preferably 7.0. If the pH issues aren't resolved first, the body won't heal. The other issue is to correct the osmotic balance, if lack of basic salt, which is often the case for most respiratory disease and excessive mucus. Therefore, a sea salt is taken in a cup of warm water empty stomach in the morning, between 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon. Besides deficiencies of iodine, and vitamin C that's needed, there is also the zinc and magnesium that has to be addressed. The zinc gluconate is taken at 50 mg for only a week, more likely 5 days. The magnesium has to be taken over a month's period, such as magnesium citrate 500 mg or magnesium ascorbate 500 mg daily. A vitamin C sodium ascorbate needs at least 1000 mg taken between three to four times a day.

A person with a long term respiratory illness I have seen has a very low enzyme level. The digestive enzyme supplements needs to be taken on empty stomach three times a day plus, an additional digestive enzyme taken during meals. To lower the overhead of body's stress and energy level associated with eating meals, the dinner meal has to be avoided. This means a breakfast meal in the morning and a lunch is taken, preferably before 12 p.m. This lowers the body's immune system depletion that typically occurs in late afternoon and by not eating the dinner the body is energy is not " originally: " This lowers the body's immune system that typically occurs in late afternoon and by not eating the dinner the body is energy is not. Also with a dinner meal you will usually have a bowel movement the next day, which means that the stool or food undigested is left overnight causing a toxicity overload. To reduce that toxicity, it is simply avoided. Hence any meals during dinner is confined mostly to drinking water, avoiding fruit juices, and perhaps a very light salad of raw vegetables with minimum use of salad dressing. Plenty of water is always taken during meal so as to avoid the sugar, protein and fat spikes, which typically occurs after meal. Hence, when we dilute them, these concentration gets lowered, lowering the liver's burden. You may noticed that your respiratory illness will be mostly helped with the digestive supplement (in capsule form, never the tablet form) and the once in the morning sea salt.

As to overall immune system and sleep it will be the iodine, magnesium and zinc. A vitamin C is needed over the long term to help maintain normal antioxidant levels to fight off the problem, while getting the normal pH is fundamental to the entire healing process. A body can't heal if it is acid, it can only occur if it is sufficiently alkaline. Also I would remove the codeine out. It's really counter productive, since it causes both constipation and acidosis, the direct opposite of what I wanted.

One more tip: the potassium carbonate/potassium bicarbonate supplements and the lugols iodine will increase the saliva pH, to discourage bacteria growth in the mouth. Using a hydrogen peroxide mouthwash at 1% concentration will help kill the bacteria. A xylitol powder, wetted is applied to the area of tooth infection or tooth pain. The pain should disappear mostly within a matter of minutes. It should be reapplied to be long enough to kill it completely and should take no longer than 30 minutes.

As to how long to take any of this. Most of the supplements I take it when I needed it. When I am no longer well or the pH is off balance I will take it again to get it to normal."

11/10/2009: Laurie from Belleville, Ontario, Canada replies: "hello Ted

THANK YOU, Thank you a Thousand times over!!
I do have a couple of questions about the protocol, but they'll have to wait until tomorrow...I'm very tired and heading of to sleep.

Question:
Should I continue with ANY of the previous remedies I was doing ??? Which ones please?

Thank you again... You're a Saint in my eyes
Laurie"

CLEARED OF C. DIFF FOR 1 YEAR, BUT NOW MANY AILMENTS
08/13/2009: J. writes: "TED,

I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR COLUMN FOR 18 MONTHS NOW AND I BELIEVE YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO HELP PEOPLE, BECAUSE I HAVE FOLLOWED YOUR ALKALIZATION REMEDY AND IT HAS HELPED ME MORE THAN ANYTHING THE DR'S HAVE GIVEN ME. MY STORY IS THIS, I HAD CELLULITIS 2 YRS AGO AND WAS GIVEN CLINDIMYCIN FOR 1 MONTH WHICH LED TO C-DIFFICILE INFECTION AND WAS ON VANCOMYCIN FOR 3 MONTHS. THIS WAS BEFORE I READ EARTH CLINIC AND KNEW THE EFFECTS ALL THE ANTIBIOTICS WOULD HAVE ON MY BODY.

SINCE I HAVE BEEN CLEARED OF ALL C DIFF FOR OVER A YEAR, NOW I HAVE MANY PROBLEMS THAT MY DR'S COULD NOT RESOLVE AND SENT ME TO THE WORLD RENOWNED CLEVELAND CLINIC. THEY TOO ARE BAFFLED AND COULD NOT GIVE ME A DIANOSIS BUT HERE ARE MY SYMPTOMS.

VERY DRY EYE
DRY MOUTH WITH FOAMY WHITE SPIT WITH WHITE TONGUE, BUT NOT THRUSH
BRAIN FOG
PARTIAL COMPLEX SEIZURES
ACIDITY PROBLEMS
LACK OF SWEATING
NO HORMONES
LOW ZINC DESPITE SUPPLEMENTATION FOR OVER A YEAR
TIREDNESS
MUSCLE SPASMS AND CRAMPS IN LEGS
I HAVE TINY RED PIN DOT SPOTS ALL OVER MY ABDOMEN AND NOW IT IS GOING DOWN MY LEGS
POSITIVE ANA

ALTHOUGH MY TEST CAME BACK NEGATIVE FOR CANDIDA ALL MY SYMPTOMS GET WORSE IF I EAT ANY SUGAR. I HAVE TRIED EVERY ANTIFUNGAL AND ALSO DIFLUCAN AND MY SYMPTOMS GET BETTER FOR A WHILE AND RETURN FULL FORCE. I AM TIRED AND MY IMMUNE SYSTEM IS COMPROMISED. CAN YOU HELP ME?"

08/14/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "A supplementation of zinc with no increase in zinc is a simple matter. Most supplements adds in fillers, which blocks absorption of zinc, especially the calcium tricalcium phosphates, magnesium stearate. There is actually a simple solution to this. I just buy from a chemical company, or a scientific supplier, zinc acetate, usually they will have reagent grade, laboratory grade, which is fine for me. Then it is taken for a week or two, at 25 mg and you're done. The zinc acetate is mixed in a glass of water.

Muscle spasm are often a magnesium deficiency, unless there is immunization which brings back to autoimmunity again. The magnesium deficiency can be reversed rather easily with just magnesium chloride, or magnesium oil, which is 20% to 30% water added to the magnesium chloride, well shaken, and overnight. It's taken between 4- 6 drops in a glass of water empty stomach and is taken at least twice a day, if possible. The muscle cramps should go away within the third or fourth day.

There is a way for the body to developed an immunity from an unknown organism in general. This procedure I often called "internal vaccination" or more popularly "self vaccination" which I thought up while finding the cure for Swine flu viruses, if the person could not get the lysine. The procedure is straight forward and the theory requires some basic understanding of how our immunity develops. The simplest of all internal vaccination is aspirin. This is how it works. An aspirin, 500 mg (acetylsalicylic acid) is taken every hour between 4- 6 dose on the average. The body should develop an immunity against this uknown disease the next day. Seems to work best against the virus and bacteria, but fungus, I haven't tested that, except for the use of fungicide, azoxystrobin 25% in drops which works almost like a miracle. Anyway, a tablet of aspirin 500 mg is dissolved completely in a glass of water, so the ulcer effects is completely neutralized since the concentration of aspirin is now diluted, instead of a tablet being digested in the stomach. Once the aspirin reaches the blood stream, the aspirin will digest tiny microorganisms, into little pieces and get deactivated. The macrophage will recognized these dead microorganisms and eat them up. It sends the message that protein structure by way of MHC class II molecule on the surface of the cells. When the T cells sees this, and recognizes also, it sends the message to B cells to produce the antibodies. So this is how an immunity develops. It's the antibodies that kills microorganisms. So for the body to develop antibodies to kill these microorganisms, an hourly dose of well dissolved aspirin is taken roughly a total 4-6 doses. This means 500 mg is taken hourly for 4-6 times, should give the body sufficient time to produce the antibodies and the unknown organism should within control the next day. This seems to work well with the swine flu, and classes of H1N1, and other viruses not H1N1 also. But it has the potential to be used as an internal vaccination (or self vaccination) when we do have other bioweapons exposure too. Although I will never know how far our immune systems can go with these bioweapons, but at least I might self vaccinate after exposure with a simple aspirin. The other is hydrogen peroxide to self vaccinated, but may require much more doses, which is exactly how our macrophage digests these organism anyway - by use of peroxides. The third possibility is hydrochloric acid drops, usually 1-4 drops in a glass of water. For some reason this is related to the body's immune system too. Once it reaches the blood, a very weak hydrochloric acid will digest first the tiny microorganism before they do damage to the larger cells and that's all we need. The secret to self vaccination seems to be frequency of dose, one hour or less. It won't work if the dose frequency exceeds an hour because the start to reproduce and still overwhelm our systems.

In a vaccination, this becomes a problem because sometimes the macrophage can't eat them because in a living one, they may have stealth properties and they may multiply faster once they found a good fertile blood after the vaccination an overwhelmed the macrophages as they multiply much faster, and perhaps attack the immune system, before th e immune system can produce these macrophages. Therefore getting the antibodies make more sense rather than injecting with live organisms. Once understood, I may need to take plenty of aspirin if the vaccination becomes mandatory, so that these live organism won't harm me, never mind the mercury and endotoxins, that's another matter.

The dry eyes and no sweat maybe helpful if we get the pH to normal. Which is both potassium and sodium bicarbonates are taken until the pH of urine becomes 6.5-7.0 and the saliva pH is 7-7.35. A simple rule is to take enough of those where both becomes 7.0 pH.

As to the partial and complex seizures. This is caused by either heavy metals or demyelination or both, where the body develops an immune system against our own system, usually from any vaccination which causes this. In any case it's useless to prevent that once they have injected into our system anyway. Therefore to remyelinate, a couple of supplements maybe needed, such as SAM-e. B-12, folic acid, and trimethylglycine. Taking some small dose cilantro, every two days should also slowly reduce the seizures. Taking some lecithin and fish oil can also help insulate the demyelinated tissues too, thus reducing these seizures.

Removing the pin dot red spots, I might try applying some lavender oil if it helps. However, I might also try taking 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon of borax in a glass of water a day for only a 4 or 5 of days out of a week and see if that helps.

Ted"

USING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE WITH APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
03/26/2009: Leeann Cruz from El Nido, Palawan writes: "Hello I'd like to know if I can take ACV with H202/SC mix?
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2 months ago I started out with 3 drops going up to 25 drops of 30% Food Grade As it's been in the cupboard for 2 years I'm guessing it's more like 26%. After 3 weeks I took a week break, starting back with Colliod Silver(SC) to the mix.

I experienced all kinds on interesting symptoms as my medical history of traveling the world for 16 years bought me into connection with many nasties like hep c, parasites, malaria, gardia, amoebic dysentery to name a few.

With the beginning of my raw food journey 5 years ago, my challenge became a 4 year journey of major skin boils from toxic blood, lymphatic issues with parasites coming back into my feet after being dormant for 30 years. This bought about leg, knee and feet swellings etc, mild scoliosis of my upper spine and major digestive disorders.

With the blessing of months and months of detox fasting with colema,essential oils, herbal treatments and UT therapy, I've almost bought balance back into life. I'm sure lots more nasties still harboring in my bones and joints, so with H202 oral therapy I'm now determined to hunt out and destroy them.I stopped again ten days ago.

I'm starting up again tomorrow, choosing the high road, lower dose route as my previous experiences have been extremly heavy swollen legs, knees and feet. Though I hunted for any information about this possibility on-line I found nothing, maybe you could shed some light here too?!

As I suffer from poor digestion I've found that ACV before most meals helps and I've seen that you suggest mixing low dose H202 with AC for hep c- liver damage etc.

I'm asking if you'd recommend that together with my H202/SC mix add ACV as well to balance my probably low Stomach acids?

Many thanks for your reply
Leeann Detox Island"

Thank you for any help."

02/14/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Bibi:

Your condition is something I have seen in a majority of people. That's why baking soda was added to the ACV. As to the question of why:

1. The body's pain is triggered by acidity or metabolic acidosis. That's how pain works. Alkaline works by neutralizing the acid that is causing a pain. You get the same pain by having excess lactic acid. A lactose intolerant, then the problem of lactic acid maybe made worse. A lactic acid is somewhat toxic to cells as known in biochemistry. If a baking soda is added to the Apple cider vinegar, the body gets the required alkaline buffers from the baking soda, thus neutralizing the pain by reducing the lactic acid into a lactate, which is less painful. Also in event of an inflammation, the damage cells from the lupus, is acid and the baking soda will reduce the acidity, thus reducing the pain.

I also got the snap, crackle and pop, after carrying 30 kilograms of test papers (from students!) as I was carrying onto the taxi as a result the inflammation of the knees resulted in snap crack and pop, with pains on my knees. The pain then spreads to the surrounding muscles as acidity and inflammation goes hand in hand. On purpose I didn't take the baking soda and the pain was there. As soon as I took 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda the pain was markedly reduced within hours of taking them. It neutralize the acidity and hence the pain and inflammation. Acid form damage tissues is what triggers the pain and I have seen a marked reduction in inflammation and pus from the SLE in taking plenty of bakng soda, which is roughly 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda twice a day. A body that is in inflammation has markedly reduce bicarbonates or buffers and the body needs bicarbonates to reduce this inflammation. When knees becomes inflammed, the joints area is larger then usual, and out of place, and hence, snap crack and pop. If inflammation is reduce, the swelling is reduced, and less snap crackle and pop. In event of SLE, it is often necessary to add baking soda. However, a standard SLE remedy is baking soda, borax and now bloodroot tincture. The starting dose I like to start with is 4 drops x 3 or x 4 and is possible (depends on one's size) to increase them to 10 drops x 6. But that's done slowly. There will be a marked reduction in pain within 24 hours upon the bloodroot tincture. As a result I find them it is necessary to add bloodroot tincure as part of SLE remedy I used. As to the issue of vitamin depletion and mineral depletion. I always will supplement them with vitamin and mineral supplements anyway. Especially vitamin B complex and vitamin C sodium ascorbate, as water soluble vitamins are needed more than usual, at least once a week of B100 or B50 and at least twice a week or three times a week sodium ascorbate 1000 mg.

2. The body hurts more with calcium because calcium accelerates the clotting process, which impairs circulation and repairs. High blood calcium interferes with blood flow by restricting them to cause blood to clot too easily and restricting circulation increases the pain and inflammation. Calcium tends to calcified the tissue if taken in excess. If tissue is calcified, it causes more pain. Vegetable forms of calcium are less painful because the calcium is does not spike in the body in large amounts, not like the man made forms of calcium that goes too quickly in the system. Magnesium oxide is the worse form of magnesium and it's not bioavailabile. It is not even water soluble and hence not bioavailable. The preferred form of magnesium for me is always the magnesium citrate or magnesium chloride, is water soluble and the body's pain will experience marked reduction if magnesium is highly water soluble form. Magnesium oxide and magnesium carbonate has very low water solubility and the body cannot access them as easily as the more water soluble forms.

3. Blood pressure is much more better reduced with potassium citrate mixed into the solution or potassium bicarbonate. For example, potassium citrate 1/4 teaspoon is added to 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda. In any event, the key is to get blood pressure within normal ranges is the safest and if it doesn't do it as fast as I would hope, I will probably go for a diuretics that may help. At least for me potassium added to the baking soda will help, but in some cases more of the diuretic medicine may be required to reach the target blood pressure within normal range.

4. It should be noted that Thais as a population are 90% lactose intolerant. It would seem the issue of lactose isn't a problem if soy milk is taken. That's why Asians find soy products agreeable with them. I currently used 1500 mcg of chromium chloride to control blood sugar, however lecithin was also helpful in supporting liver function and also helps in normalizing some of the blood sugar problem. If blood sugar is high, inflammation and SLE is much worse. In any event most commercial soy milk have add sugar and this is not helping the problem if a person is diabetic. Milk in general is an anti nutrient if taken along with other foods. This is why poisoning centers give milk to poison victims as the milk protein tends to prevent their absorption. Hence less nutrient would invariably sends blood sugar skyrocketing. I therefore would avoid milk with lactose sugar or any alternative milk with sugar, which is present in nearly all the commercial products and most are also anti nutrients anyway, so if is required (actually is not), can be taken only on an empty stomach so if won't interfere with nutrient absorption.

Ted"

02/17/2009: Bibi from Nashville, TN replies: "I'm one of those people who are tired of the medical establishment. Although my general practitioner is a good listener, all he can do anymore is send me to specialists. I don't want to waste my money on seeing a doctor, only to be sent to a specialist (more money) who desperately wants to put me on biologic agents for my RA / SLE. I've decided this is not the way to go.

I really appreciate the EarthClinic website and all it has to offer. I especially appreciate the knowledge you share with us, Ted. I was surprised to see an excellent answer to my lengthy..and numerous...questions...and so quickly, too. The information provided is like food to a hungry person. At least we have some knowledge and a starting point to see what works for us, aside from potentially toxic drugs.

Thank you so much, Ted, for taking the time to respond."

IBD, ULCERATIVE COLITIS OR CHRON'S DISEASE: DOCTORS DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE
01/20/2009: Rosa from New York, New York writes: "Hi Ted, In 2006 I went to my GI doctor for having diarrhea after taking Moltrin prescribed by my doctor for 2 months for pulling a muscle. I was told that I might have IBD, Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's Disease. I was given Asacol and I got worst so I was told to stop and never went back to the office cause symptoms went away. For 2 years off and on I would get joint pains and my stool was never formed again. I also never saw blood in my stool until 2 years later,which is now. I started getting bad joint pains around my hip. A few weeks later I was taken to the emergancy cause I couldnt walk. While my stay at the hospital I was told I had inflammation in my Sacroliac Joint and through out my colon. I was given Prednisone for two weeks for the inflammation. I was then told by a second GI that I had C.Diff and now I am taking Vancocin for a month. Blood work showed possible crohn's disease, Upper GI series, Colonscopy and pillcam all showed no Crohn's only Uclerative Colitis. Doctor said he has no idea what I have but thinks I have CD and UC and wants to put me on Asacol. I am scared of being on meds for the rest of my life, but the doctor said I need the inflammation to go away. What should I do? "

Thank you."

01/19/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "The patchy white matter that appears on MRI are often free metal zinc sometimes copper. It's usually from environmental free metals. The best supplement to rid of heavy metal is likely 500 x 3 L Carnosine a day. The source of this zinc/copper toxicity where copper acts as anode and zinc a cathode inside a body system would literally short circuits the brain as zinc metals and copper metals electric current just goes right through in a blood electrolyte solution, killing off the brain, and in an attempt for the body to remove the zinc metal, the amyloid beta, does the detoxification and because it is so high, it appears as a white MRI patch matter, sometimes in children it becomes white spots which are a less severe from that may have come from mercury added vacinations or other heavy metals.

The dizzying effect of methylene blue appears to be a detoxification effect of die of from fungus. It takes about 3-4 days before this goes away. If it doesn't it appears to be a viral/bacteria load to be extremely high.

The issue of UTI and urinary incontincne is a neuroegenerative disorder,which leads to this condition.where the brain does not sense there's fluid in the bladder and at the same time has little control over the bladder muscles. The contraction and relaxation, as well as neural control are damaged from excess heavy metals where the single most common source comes from a very bad faucet and sometimes very old water metal pipes. What I would likely do to switchover is to buy a new all ceramic faucet or perhaps a cheap plastic faucet free from metals. Hence taking some cilantro also helps. To restore a neurodegenerative issue requires long term chelation such as once every two days of cilantro. The restoration of bladder muscle contraction and relaxation is helped with magnesium citrate 500 mg a day is most important. The magnesium will reduce heavy metal toxicity causing the conditions.

The lack of thirst is one of the signs of neurodegenerate breakdown that tells the body it needs water before a dehydration that can further damage the system. In which case it would seem that hyphthalamus is damaged. To further protect the heavy metal damage, restore some of hypothalamic function from further damage, requires that some dechlorinator of sodium thiosulfate drops are added to teh drinking water. A taurine 500 mg x 3 or x 4 will further protect the neurological damage and its free radicals. The removal of zinc is most helped by taking plenty of L carnosine supplements such as 500 x 3 or preferably 500 x 4 of L carnosine supplements. There are others, but I can't mention them here because they are too hard to find and I prefer to use what's most easily obtainable. 1 tablespoon of granulated lecithin one hour before every meal is also helpful.Those also have an effect of removing heavy metals.

As to the issue of so much viral loads such as HSV 1, HSV 2, and EBV, those required another mixed that is powerful against them, Alkalization again is helpful, namely carbicarb plus potassium remedies. That's 1/4 teaspoon sodium bicarbonate plus 1/4 teaspoon of sodium carbonate plus 1/4 teaspoon of potassium citrate (technically referred to as tripotassium citrate). The alkalization will increase oxygen reducing some of those viral loads but not completely killing them. The priority would seem to deal with the neurodegeneratie disease first, before dealing with viral since restoring them will raise the body's immune system. Hence, a gentler approach in killing off the virus appears to be 2 mg of lithium citrate or 2 mg of lithium carbonate. The ones they used today is close to 250 mg of lithium carbonate, hence my dose is a lot less then those used by medical practice, plus some iodine supplements, perhaps lugol's solution takin in drops such as 1-2 drops in a glass of water. Since the mother seems to have trouble consuming any water an Lugol's iodine maybe given such as 3-5 drops in a glass of water as a mouthwash instead. Both the iodine and the lithium has antiviral properties as is a magnesium citrate. I can't mention the zinc because this is a toxicity in a given alzheimer issue.

To increase energy requires a lower dose of methylene blue if the effects are too strong because of the high blood fungal loads or viral loads.

It is might be possible in some cases to raise the level of thirstiness one way is 1/2 teaspoon of MSM 250 mg in capsules (methylsulfonylmethane) or dissolved in a half glass of water or without. A vitamin b complex B50 may be required to give more energy, so it's likely taken once a day for 4 or 5 days out of a week, at least for the first week whereby a gradual paring down of dose as the body heals itself.

I am sure there are some missing information as always but this is just a starter. Alzheimer is always about metals. As to lyme disease those are quite serious, and the only know remedy to tame them appears to be a 1/8 teaspoon of borax in a drinking water, or a small pinch taken internally with very little water, if a person has trouble consuming water, or it is mixed in food. A tiny pinch here is closer to 1/2 or 1/4 pinch of borax. The borax should neutralize some of the lyme disease if it's taken every day for about 5 days out of a week. I haven't quite yet deal effectively with a lyme eating up the brain, I am more familiar with Morgellon's but the approach appears to be similar in some ways. Also a chromium 1500 mcg along with borax also have some antifungal properties. Drops of solution 40% or 50% of strobilurins (usually azoxystrobin is what I used ) is a fairly powerful antifungals. As to hydrogen peroxide this may help. However for lyme disease the simplest approach may be that is compatible with lack of thirst - and mother's response is a correct one not to drink because it tames lyme disease from expanding. Therefore to drink more water, a sea salt 1/8 or 1/4 teaspoon per day in a 1/2 glass of water should help consume more water but at the same time reduce or kill off the lyme. Methylene blue may have some effect of kill off. If the sea salt doesn't negatively effect, but improve, testing for taking twice a day at 1/4 x 2 of sea salt in 1/2 glass of water might be better. However, if this results in a headache, taking the potassium citrate of 1/2 teaspoon or 1/4 teaspoon preferably would well reduce the headaches.

As to the issue of why doctors take so much of an agressive treatment and why my approach requires very little is the differences in the paradigm of treatment. A more natural approach requires many elements synergistic and compatible with the body systems while the doctors approach is slash and burn system. It's the same approach Israels do in getting rid of Hamas along the Gaza strip (more to do with getting re-elected - not really about war anyway).

I doubt an agressive approach is helpful for the body because of the extensive collateral damage that goes with it. Hence the current antibiotics has a collateral damage in damaging the body's natural immune system as well as increasing heavy metals, worsening the Alzheimer. Anyway assuming I was a doctor my approach if I wanted a slash and burn approach, Ted's way is likely to be the 3 drops 25% sodium chlorite solution plus 10 drops of citric acid dissolved in 1/2 glass of water to kill the virus and the lyme. The collateral damage is the thyroid. Henceforth I would likely add the iodine lugol's one drop into the mixture to protect the thyroid function too.

Ted"

ANY POTENTIAL NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS FROM REMEDIES?
12/04/2008: Louisa from Augusta, Georgia writes: "Apple Cider Vinegar & Hydrogen Peroxide (Remedies): I'd like to know if there is any risk of negative side effects from use of ACV, Hydrogen Peroxide, or any of the natural remedies discussed here, if used in conjunction with prescription or OTC medications someone is currently taking. I give all the Glory to GOD, that I have always been quite healthy! However, I have many friends and family members who have been diagnosed with various ailments (Acid Reflux, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Arthritis, etc.). Many of them simply rely on the "band-aid" effect that prescription medications provide(not realizing the additional problems & side-effects prescription meds will surely produce), don't have much knowledge of natural rememdies, and would potentially be skeptics anyway. I would love to be able to offer them a healthy and natural alternative, however I know that it would have to be something that could be used in conjunction with the meds they are taking. I really want to be able to assist the family members and friends that I love to have a better quality of life by improviing their health through the use of remedies that are made from ingredients that GOD has created! Could someone Please advise! Thanks in advance for taking the time. BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL!"

HIGH ALDOSTERONE, LOW POTASSIUM
08/10/2008: Linda from St Clairsville, Ohio writes: "I have high aldosterone and low potassium and low magnesium and internal shaking ,what could this be high pulse also. please write me back worried linda"

08/27/2008: Joyce from Joelton, Tn replies: "Hi Linda, If you know your potassium and magnesium are low, you need to start working on bringing both up. Increase vegetable intake and take potassium supplement until feeling better. There is an excellent article on transdermal magnesium on-line which is very good at telling you how important magnesium is to the body. The author of this article recommends replacing it transdermally (absorption thru the skin) because it is difficult to take enough orally without getting diarrhea. He talks about spraying it on the body or soaking feet in it, but I don't see why a long leisurely soak in the bathtub with l-2 cups of Epsom salts in the water wouldn't do as well, and you sure do feel good and relaxed when you get out. A 2 lb box of epsom salts can be found at Dollar Tree for $l + whatever taxes you have to pay in your state. A deficiency of both can definitely contribute to nervousness and magnesium also has a lot to do with your blood pressure, heart rate & rhythm. You might also want to take Bcomplex vitamins because you are probably low on them also. Getting these 3 levels up should have you feeling much better."

ODD, SUDDEN AND STRANGE SYMPTOMS
07/28/2008: John from Los Angeles, California writes: "Let me start off by saying that I am a 21 year old healthy male that is slightly overweight. I have a long history of having an iron gut. Throughout my life I have been able to eat habanero peppers without a single incident of heartburn and large meals with no problems at all. However, on June 6th 2008 (more than a month ago) I ingested a large amount of gin (about half a bottle). Instantly after drinking this gin I started having shortness of breath (immediately, and I noticed his even in my semi-drunken state).

I am not an alcoholic, nor did I have a history of alcohol abuse. I had just turned 21, 6 months prior and had been drinking on and off throughout those recent months. I had interactions with many hard liquors such as whiskey and vodka, but experienced no problems. I had never had gin though (Seagram's Extra Dry Gin to be exact), and after the first drink I began experiencing some very strange symptoms that the doctors keep calling "GERD" (a fancy name for acidic indigestion...a symptom, not a condition, imo).

My lower throat became irritated and I started coughing. I began burping a lot, having trouble swallowing, experiencing minor shortness of breath, and getting worse morning breath. This all happened suddenly, I could probably count the seconds after drinking the gin. The experience is as if one were to run till they reached their peak and could not run any longer, they stop to catch their breath and with each inhalation find it hard to take deep breaths without having that annoying chest/pit of throat irritation, it lessens as they catch their breath and goes away, but it is 24/7 for me (not the catching the breath part but the sensation).

I visited a GP who ran an EKG, chest x-ray, barium swallow, and many pulmonary tests. All came back fine. Even the Barium Swallow (Upper GI) showed no reflux at all or hernias. However, a gastroenterologist ordered an endoscopy and said he found a "very small sliding hiatal hernia" (3-4 cm), and told me they found no evidence of any irritation or inflammation from it. They took several random biopsies as well that came back negative for H Pylori or any type of glandular tissue.

I've tried Protonix, Nexium, Prevacid, Aciphex, Zegerid, Prilosec, PepcidAC, Zantac, and Tagamet. None of these have helped at all aside from giving me gas and bloating.

Again, I have never, ever, had a single episode of this sensation in my entire life, save for the night (June 6th 2008) that I drank gin for the first time, it was instant. They can't explain how the hernia could be causing these symptoms if it was so instant. They said it could've "irritated the hernia", but they can't explain how the habanero sauce and other spicy foods I had eaten in the past did nothing to "irritate it".

I don't know if my symptoms are due to this small hernia (as I hear many people have them with no symptoms at all) or something else. I am 21 and do not want to feel like this or take pills for my entire adult life, so I want to opt for surgery if the hernia is indeed the culprit, but they don't recommend it (they don't even think the hernia is the problem) and would rather have me become a life-long antacid customer, something I don't plan on embarking on.

I find it extremely hard to believe that I could go from having an iron gut to developing GERD in an acute, sudden, and instant fashion, merely after trying some new liquor. I am very in tune with my body and would have felt the slightest symptom had this ever been a problem before. This is too strange to be a mere coincidence.

I am extremely skeptical about antacids, and going through an antacid trial without any relief has made me even more discouraged.

I stopped drinking completely and started up some home remedies for indigestion that have greatly helped, but it has not eliminated the symptoms completely. My mother has a hiatal hernia from pregnancy, and her brother has one as well. But both of theirs are large and show up on a barium swallow. They also cause chest pain for them and other symptoms I don't have. Likewise, they don't get the 24/7 throat burning like I do and they've had theirs their whole lives, so I don't know if genetics is a factor or not. When I lie down, my symptoms get better, and what I eat is not a huge influence as I have it 24/7 around the clock. I can eat a bland diet or go for Mexican food, there are no "triggers".

I've been out of my mind about this, sobbing actually and breaking down daily, becoming nostalgic for times when I did not feel like this. I feel this is mostly self-induced due to the nature of the gin ingestion and I can't help but keep beating myself up over something that didn't need to happen. I think anyone would find it most comical to see me in such a state, seeing as how I am around 238, 6'2 and an ex-football player, it looks rather awkward for such a big guy whose had everything from stitches to toe nails removed to make such a big deal over this, but it is so damn life altering.

I've done everything from having almost every test in the book, tracking down medical researchers, to attempting to contact acupuncturists/Chinese medicine practitioners and chiropractors. I even almost bought some strange "manuka honey" scam for $75. The entire hotline of free "health coach's/nurses" at my insurance company knows me by name and are baffled at my condition. When they got sick of hearing about it, I started calling depression/at risk hotlines because this discomfort is destroying my life and causing me great distress. Even the people on the depression hotlines were pretty much confused as to how my situation came on so sudden, especially with the gin involved, even if it may have been an allergic reaction.

My gastro doc doesn't even think the hiatal hernia is causing my symptoms and has now tried prescribing me anti-depressants due to my incessant calling, but I am a nervous wreck and have no one to contact aside from family who I am sick of burdening with this. I am taking good care of myself with a 75% fruits/vegetables and 25% meat/bread alkalizing diet along with the supplements of Acidophilus, Spirulina, Alfalfa, Digestive enzymes, and Nux Vomica (suggested by a homeopath). I have never, ever, had a single incident of this in my entire life before June 6th, so this is extremely shocking, it has turned my life upside down. I have no prior history of hypochondria, anxiety, or depression.

You'd see how strange this is if you knew me, as I am the stereotypical "tough guy" and I swear I would've rather broken 15 bones than have this, it's the worse thing that's ever happened to me, and I'm too young to have to endure this, I'd have no problem if I got this when I'm 70 or 80, but 21? I don't want to be on meds my whole life for this discomfort, nor do I want to go through some risky surgery or have to deal with a lifelong digestion problem. It all happened instantly after drinking Gin for the first time, and I swear I'd never drink a drop of alcohol again if I could just make this go away. I've even tried spiritual venues, which is extremely uncharacteristic for me as I am usually one who praises "logical and rational thought". I find myself being driven insane by this ailment...I am very articulate, so I find myself engaging in long maniacal dialogues with myself over this condition in order to try and calm down. I've tried stress management, meditation, and even considered yoga, nothing can sate this intense discomfort. This past month and a half has been literal hell.

I would really like an opinion on how a healthy 21 year old male could suddenly and instantly develop chronic 24/7 round the clock symptoms like this out of the blue, with no inflammation or problems shown in an endoscopy aside from a very minor and small hiatal hernia that cannot even be directly linked to the symptoms (so they say thus far).

I am searching for an alternative cure as the antacids, h2 blockers, and PPI's have done nothing to help my situation. I am not interested in temporary symptom relief, I want to nip this thing in the bud.

Thanks for reading this, and I'll be checking it periodically to see if anyone has any advice for me."

07/29/2008: Joyce from Joelton, Tn replies: "To John from Los Angeles: Hello John, getting old enough to legally drink can start some problems, can't it? That was the beginning, but the medical merry-go-round keeps it going. By the way, you said half a bottle, but how big was this bottle. You may just be lucky to be alive as an overdose of alcohol can even kill football players and other athletic types. Perhaps you have read of some of those college kids who started chugging alcohol on their 2lst birthdays and didn't live to celebrate another one. What a waste of life!

Whether it was the gin, or some impurity in the gin, we'll probably never know, but anything that reacts that suddenly usually is your body's reaction to something that it is very allergic to or intolerant of for some reason.

First off, don't get me wrong - I'm not a teetotaler - but close. I am also one who has some weird results from some alcohols. Most people brand me as an alcoholic when I order a drink when out, because I ask for the liquor on the rocks with a water back. The reason I do this is because I had to stop drinking Tequila Sunrises or Margaritas because I suddenly realized that after about 2 sips of the drinks, my nose started itching, and 2 or 3 more sips and the headache started. After reading that some liquors contained impurities (I often wonder how many of them put monosodium in them) I started drinking Black Jack on the rocks because it is supposedly charcoal filtered to remove those impurities. I got by with that for quite awhile. One night at my favorite watering hole, I ordered my BJ on the rocks with a water back as usual. When my nose started itching after a few sips, I summoned our waitress and remarked, "That isn't BJ, is it?" She carried it back to the bar and returned with some BJ and said the bartender wanted to know how I knew it wasn't BJ (which was in short supply at that time) and they tasted the same to him. My reply was that my taste buds couldn't tell the difference but my body could and I didn't like allergic reactions. I had a 3 day awful migraine headache from less than 1/2 of that one shot of Wild Turkey. One of those "please don't make any noise or turn on any lights or get in my way to the bathroom to throw up migraines. Shortly after that I started getting some overwhelming feelings of impending doom every time I went out and had a drink. It took 3 of these before it dawned on me that I was having this reaction to my BJ that hadn't bothered me before. There are very few things I can drink without adverse reactions. But the few that I can do not trigger the stomach problems that used to be my way of life. However finding the real cause of them & eliminating it from my foods, gave me that cast iron stomach you bragged of always having.

I think that your stomach rebelled at the insult of the gin and it is continuing to rebel because of the medical merry-go-round. This is where you visit a doctor for one problem, they put you on medication which causes more problems, so they put you on other drugs to cure those problems, and so on.......

The first thing I am going to ask you is: "DID YOU READ THE PAMPHLETS OR PRINTOUTS THAT CAME WITH THOSE DRUGS?" If not go on-line and search it now before you continue to take those antidepressants. Most of them are fluorides and sodium fluoride is a known neurotoxin and believe me neurotoxins cause problems no one wants. The best nerve pills I know of is a good stress tablet (B complex with C & E) at mealtime and bedtime. I also suspect that while you were celebrating being of legal age to drink, you probably weren't eating much except junk food & got some vitamin/mineral deficiencies. People drinking much usually get deficient on zinc and magnesium particularly.

Ok, now that we have determined that I am at least as crazy as you think you are, I'll share with you what I did to acquire my cast iron stomach. I went on a low carb diet to lose weight. Ate nothing much but lean broiled steaks, canned asparagas, French style green beans, turnip greens, broccoli and spinach. No grains, no milk and after about a week no pain, no acid indigestion, no acid regurge, no ulcers causing pain. Man was I shocked to realize that for the first time in my life, since I was big enough to remember, I wasn't needing to hit the baking soda within 30 minutes after eating. When I thought about it, I knew it had to be something I was eating or drinking at every meal. As it turns out it was sweet milk and bleached flour breads, pastas.

So what I am telling you is to coddle or baby your stomach until it forgets how injured it felt & quit taking one pill after another to compound the injury. I learned that my stomach will tolerate just about any habanero, hot salsa, or other spicy foods I eat, but won't tolerate even one bite or two of anything made with bleached flour without paying me back with instant bloating, excessive and very putrid gas, and acid regurg. A few days of this and the old ulcer pain recurs, so I have learned that when I drink coffee, either use real cream or drink it black, because regular milk or non-dairy crud gives me indigestion. If I am not sure that bread or pasta, cakes, etc. are made with unbleached or whole grains, I don't eat them. So curtail your intake and improve your eating habits, and two things I suggest you leave off to begin with are milk and grains. If you still have the problems eliminate other foods until your stomach returns to normal. Then start adding them back to determine what is causing it to act up.

If you continue to have the anxiety/depression feelings search for "excitotoxins" and print out that sheet of names they hide monosodium glutamate under and start reading ingredient lists to get a real idea of how much you are getting of it. Also stop all diet foods/drinks with sugar substitues as aspartame is another neurotoxin. The only one I consider safe to use is Stevia which comes from the leaf of a plant. Another possibility for those feelingns of anxiety/depression is hypoglycemia, which you best control by eliminating sugar, sweets, eating high protein and low carbohydrate (meaning not highly processed fruits and vegetables) or as our modern lingo has it - stick with low glycemic index carbs. You are the best person to find out what is creating your stomach to act up. Keep us posted on how it's going."

MULTIPILE AILMENTS FROM MIRENA IUD
07/26/2008: Aubrey Nelson from Toluca Lake, CA writes: "I had the Mirena IUD for 3 years and suffered many of the adverse reactions listed in the phsycian's literature for the device (no libido, sinusitis, eczema, migraines, anxiety, weight gain, etc). I had it removed in April of this year to only continue to experience awful post removal effects due to what I believe is an estrogen dominance. I have had severe difficulty breathing in the last month and was recently diagnosed with GERD and Asthma. I have a medicine cabinet that looks like a pharmacy and don't want to take any but I want my life back. What can I do?"

08/12/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "What happens when a person on a contraception, hormone replacement or a hormone therapy is the glandular systems completely shuts off hormone whether they be adrenal, ovarie or thyroid.

This happens because the brain signals an excess of any hormone for example and orders a shut down of of that for example, while counterbalancing with another hormone, in excess. So if the hormone therapy has progesterone, the body will produce excess hormone, while shutting off the glandular system responsible for progesterone. This for example can result in estrogen dominance.

The best way in reducing dependence of such outside hormones such as a contraceptive is a rather a slow withdrawal by reducing the dose by 1/2 day to allow the body to resume its normal hormone production. In that event an oral dose is replaced to prevent complete stoppage.

A complete withdrawal can result in a major withdrawal symptoms and the body is either somewhat addicted and at the same time produced over production of estrogen resulting in obesity and weight gain.

The only remedy I have experimented that was successful iwith regarding the withdrawal of estrogen and hormone replacement therapy is the use of kelp (iodine supplements) to offset the lowered metabolism by supporting thyroid production as well as a synergistic supplements to the iodine, which is tyrosine and the newer selenium supplements (synergistic also). The selenium by the way are found in high amounts in thyroidal glands. But in case of deficiency or a withdrawal symptoms tyrosine and selenium is needed more. The selenium that was used was 200 mcg (and sometimes required much more in event there is the presence of depression). The normal dose of tyrosine that is used is between 250-500 mg a day.

A tyrosine is synergistic with the iodine found in kelp. The kelp that was used was usually 250 mg of kelp and if there is lack of energy in many cases more kelp is taken, where dose was increased to 2,500 mg per day.

It should be noted that while this might decrease withdrawal symptom, the taking of kelp supplements may cause cystic acne especially in cases of people with polycystic syndrome and iodine has a flushing and detox effect clearing of the internal organs, especially the glandular system, but that tends to surface on the skin. What does help is that this increases the body's metabolism resulting in decrease weight and lessening of obesity issue. However the positive benefits of obesity is also somewhat helpful with a borax remedy also but this is not required, unless its quite bad around the neck and jaw area. In any even the common borax remedy that I used was about 1/8 teaspoon of borax per one liter of drinking water, that might be taken for 3 or 4 days a week, but only temporary needed to normalize the hormones.

The other supportive supplement is once a week is vitamin B50 (b complex) that is also taken plus the five day a week magnesium gluconate 500 mg. That also helped restore the body to normal.

However, in case there is an issue of increased appetite which resulted in obesity from use of hormone contraceptions in many cases, the use of zinc gluconate 50 mg to zinc gluconate 100 mg were used to suppress appetite.

While I have no way of knowing alkaline pH balance, I would at least try to measure the urinary and salivary pH where the urinary pH I have found to work best between 6.5 to 7.0 and the salivary pH at 7. If the baking soda to control raise urinary pH within normal parameter, and potassium bicarbonate to raise salivary pH to 7- 7.3, usually the body adapts more quicker than if the body were somewhat acidic where the urinary pH is below 6.

One final remedy that I have found frequently useful, perhaps from the trace mineral found or monoatomic elements is the sea salt. A sea salt of 1/4 (plus baking soda 1/4 teaspoon) in one liter of drinking water. In case mixing of other things (such as borax) that can be considered also, but later when everything is in place once a week or two has passed and the body comes to become more normal.

When obesity sets in usually the reversal is a difficult one. However the most effective one that I have seen is to decrease the consumption of animal meats (chicken, pork beef) to equal less than 10% of the food consumption (preferably 5%) and replace this with fish and vegetables. Vegetables should be 80% of the bulk of the food, but initially vegetables should be the major food at 90% preferably and can be reduced on the second week two 80% where fish is the 15% and 5% becomes meat. Even if fish were to be consumed, it's either baked or boiled in soup, avoiding fried foods.

Omega 3 fish oils at 1000 mg a day usually is required at least by me to allow the body to normalize hormones quicker or at least adapt to the changes better since it is always the brain that tells the body what to do, especially in terms of hormone imbalances. Usually two oils that I found helpful is the fish oil omega 3 1000 mg and the evening primrose oil 1000 mg.

While I have seen people with other more serious conditions where ovaries are almost non functional such as polycystic ovarian syndrome for example, taking hormone supplements from contraceptives, they did had a successful withdrawal from the mentioned remedies in which they have used.

Ted"

08/13/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "One additional information regarding withdrawal of hormone use of contraceptives that is important is the body is very sensitive to sugar.

This is true whether it is from fruit juices, sugar, sucrose, fructose, or glucose. Therefore all sugar has to be avoided but also certain carbohydrates, especially wheat products, wheat flour, gluten, gliaden (found in wheat). As a result 1000 mcg chromium supplements are required. The common chromium I used are chromium chloride (they take much more than this due to low bioavailability) or chromium polynicotinate. However other forms of chromium is possible that is needed to lower the blood sugar.

If stress is indicated then the body produces more insulin (which leads to obesity), such as excess of hormones can lead to this, therefore in some cases I have found DHEA and alpha lipoic to be extremely helpful. The DHEA can be usually 12 mg needed to reduces the body insulin that causes obesity. Alpha Lipoic Acid 100 mg is a bit harder to use, but it is best taken along with the food since the alpha lipoic acid is hot and may be irritating to the stomach.

Ted"

PARENTS WITH SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES
07/25/2008: RAVI KUMAR from HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH writes: "TO WHOM SO IT MAY CONSERN. SIR, I AM RAVI KUMAR FROM HYDERABAD INDIA. MY MOM IS SUFFERING FROM KIDNEY PROBLEM AND SHE IS ON DIALYSIS FROM THE PAST 1 YEAR, SO PLEZSE SUGGEST ME WHAT IS THE BEST ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR HER TO GET RID FROM DIALTSIS AND TO PROCTECT HER KIDNEY. EVEN MY DAD GOT HEART STROCK FEW WEEKS BACK, RIGHT KNOW HE IS GOOD, BUT ANY ONE CAN SUGGEST ME WHAT ARE THE OTHER BEST ALTERNATIVE HONEY OR HERBAL TIPS/METHODS TO TKAE FOR MY BOTH PARENTS FOR THEIRMGOOD HEALTH. PLZ SEND ME YOUR VALUABLE RESPONCE TO ME ON MY MAIL ID raikoderavikumar@dellmail.com bai SIR."

SON BECAME ILL AFTER VACCINATION SHOTS
07/24/2008: JENNY from FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY writes: "HAS ANYONE EVER HEARD OF A CASE LIKE THIS:

MY SON WAS VACCINTED WITH THE MENNINGITIS/TETNUS VACCINE AND SOON AFTER BECAME ILL. GOT A BRONCHITIS/FEVER COUGH. DOCTOR GAVE HIM MEDROL PAK AND HE THEN HAD A REACTION TO THE MEDROL PAK. CHEST PAINS/BODY AND JOINT PAINS/LOW GRADE FEVERS FOR 5 MONTHS. WHEN HE FIRST DEVELOPED THE SINUS PROBLEM HE WAS PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS. ALOT AND TOOK THEM FOR THREE/FOUR MONTHS. NOW HIS BODY REJECTS ANTIBIOTICS AND WHEN HE STARTS TAKING THEM HE SOON GETS A FEVER/BODY PAIN/CHEST PAIN. NO ONE CAN TREAT THE SINUSES.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE EVER HEARD OF A CASE LIKE THIS."

07/25/2008: Alain from Ottawa, Canada replies: "Hi Jenny

I know nothing about your son's health problems but I am willing to share my believe in the pH balance as a way to help in improving one's own health. Because it has helped quite a bit my own.

I believe in the pH balance. The concept is similar to that of the body requiring constant internal temperature; the blood must be at an almost constant pH level in order for chemical, bio-chemical, and hormonal reactions to proceed appropriately. The body will do everything to achieve this at the cost of making acidic the lymphatic system and other organs, if the nutrition does not provide for the necessary good nutrition. Like, for example, drinking a lot of soft drinks is terribly acidic. So, proper body's pH balance is a prerequisite for good health.

To learn more about the pH balance concept you can go to the following links:

http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/pH_questions.html
http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/pH.html
http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/pH_questions.html
http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/pH.html#TED

http://www.alkalizeforhealth.net/cancerselftreatment.htm#alkalinity

http://www.preventdisease.com/fitness/nutrition/articles/acid_alkaline.html
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Murphy8.html

These are just a few of what can be found in the web.

Also, there are the "moreless" protocols found in the "Ask Moreless: pH Balance, Alkaline/Acid Balance":

Whole list of protocols:
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1213401#i

Foot baths:
http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1028933#i

Detox baths:
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1028932#i
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1213401#i


These protocols help in alkalizing and detoxifying via an alkalizing drink and baths.

All his protocols are cheap and based on simple products. His alkalizing drink is similar to curezone's fountain of youth formula in that it uses blackstrap molasses, apple cider vinegar or lemon juice, and other ingredients that synergistically contribute to alkalize the body by providing necessary minerals.

My last suggestion is for you to go to moreless's forum itself and address moreless himself.

http://www.curezone.com/forums/f.asp?f=740

He cannot be reached by email, only through the forum, so everyone can share the information he provides.

"Moreless" is not there for the money. He does not endorse any brands. People ask him all kind of health related questions. But his answers are much related to the good health that can only be obtained through the pH balance.

If you are willing to learn to take Personal Responsibility for your family's healing I am sure you will be welcome to the forum. What do you have to loose? Maybe he will be able to help you find a solution to your problems.

I wish you, whole heartedly, good luck."

07/24/2008: Joyce from Joelton, Tn replies: "Yes, I have heard of many reactions following vaccinations, including the unexplained "screaming reaction" following the MMR many years ago. Go on line and google for pediatric vaccinations. They range from seizures, autism, multiple (as in this case) to death. There has to be a reason why the federal government protects the pharmaceutical companies from being sued because of reactions to these vaccinations. I also question why these vaccines now contain monosodium glutamate (a so-called flavor enhancing amino acid) as a preservative, when it is well known to cause mental retardation and a lot of other things. It appears that the risk of taking the vaccine far outweighs the risk of having the disease it is given to prevent.

For more on the kinds of reactions google "The Terror of Pediatric Medicine" which can be downloaded for free at International Medical Veritas Association (IMVA). Be sure to have a lot of paper & ink supplies as it is rather a lengthy, shocking book, but well worth reading.

Interestingly enough, the federal government has recently settled a couple of claims where children were irreparably harmed apparently by the required vaccines. I am not sure that I would have any child vaccinated today after reading and hearing so much about the problems following the vaccines being administered. I also don't understand the stuff I've been reading that in the near future, if one refuses to have a government recommended vaccine, you can be arrested and detained indefinitely. Is this what FEMA is really for?????

P.S. I think I would find someone to test his blood for squalene antibodies. Sounds mighty akin to some of the Gulf War Syndrome symptoms!

http://www.autoimmune.com/GWSGen.html

http://en.wikipedia.org:80/wiki/Gulf_War_syndrome

"

07/25/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "The common ingredients for meningitis under the brand name Menactra is made up of formaldehyde, ammonium sulfate, sodium chloride, diphtheria toxoid, and sodium phosphate.

For tetanus, a brandname Acel-Immune has aluminum hydroxide, formaldehyde, mercury thimerosal, pertussis toxin, aluminum phosphate, diphtheria toxoid, and tetanus toxoid.

However, most meningitis/ tetanus vaccines is likely to contain mercury thimerosal and aluminum. Most of these tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis are still living, although weak so they could give the body a major sickness if they aren't weak enough can cause death in a few cases.

The low grade fever is characteristics of mycoplasma and a suppressed immune system from mercury in synergy with formaldehyde that is preventing the recovery. It is why mercury and aluminum has to be removed first.

A mycoplasma for me is a tough one, but a borax remedy is a common remedy i used to reduce most of the mycoplasma, but it is likely it will be in the body, a stronger from of mycoplasma sometimes lead to lupus. My borax remedy is the 1/8 teaspoon of borax per liter of drinking water, with 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water taken twice a day assuming the weight of the person who takes this is about 50 pounds. Normal small adult dose is about 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1 glass of water. Vitamiin B complex will reduce negative reactions of antibiotics, but it is the antibiotics that leads to greater increase in retention of heavy metals. However, B complex is a useful remedy against formaldehyde poisoning, while it won't remove the formadelhyde, diuretics is more useful such as green tea and sodium thiosulfate remedy.

A quick and easy remedy against mycoplasma induced bronchitis, is to create an aerosol of ammonium chloride solution 10% mist and breathe in a couple of times. It will have an effect at least in preventing pneumonia, and bronchitis. However, in event of a severe inflammation, I found fish oils 1000 mg daily most helpful in raising omega 3 necessary to reduce the inflammation from the mycoplasma and other toxins.

The mercury and aluminum will lower the body's immune response while formaldehyde will destroy the neural function and development. Actually most vaccines "preservative" aren't as effective as thyme oil and clove, but that doesn't stop drug companies from using these as costs are lower.

Therefore it's up to us to detox the poisons ourself, and treat it as mercury and aluminum poisoning, with some after effects problem from the negative effects of formaldehyde. The remedy is therefore apple cider vinegar which contains malic acid will remove some of the aluminum. Small Cilantro (one teaspoon) or chlorella, taken once every two days to remove the mercury. A selenium yeast supplement may help displace mercury, but the dose is closer to 500 mcg (micrograms).

As to whether I have encountered this yes, this is a common side effects which lead to bronchitis (sometimes leading to pneumonia). Most vaccines that I have now encountered is that they contain mycoplasma, that seems to contaminate even in many laboratories worldwide which occured only after the U.S. military was approved the U.S. patent for their discovery of mycoplasma to be used as a bioweapons, if I remember correctly in the late 1970s.

Now textbooks devote as much as two begining chapters in a molecular biology just to deal with this problem, rather ineffectively. Therefore the lung bronchitis problems appears to be a reaction of this form of mycoplasma, tuberculosis, or other pathogens due to immune suppression effects or perhaps from pathogens coming directly from the vaccines. Gulf War syndrome for instance has a similar effect and I attribute them to come from vaccines given to soldiers, which resulted in more death from vaccines than the war itself, if we are talking about more than 10 years after the war. It's a long term debilitating accumulative effects is what kills people from vaccines. So it's effect is rather accumulative if the problem is not dealt with quickly on the issue vaccination induced disease and poisoning.

The major remedies for this therefore is removal of mercury and aluminum by chelation through cilantro, chlorella and apple cider vinegar (which contains malic acid). Many people I am familiar who has high lead, along with vaccinations containing thimerosal is deadly. This is why antibiotics, which increases heavy metal retention is counterproductive. The repairing of damaged cells from formaldehyde I would use a vitamin B50, B complex. The omega 3 fish oil is to reduce inflammation.

However, a major recovery I believe from the live pathogens in the vaccines can be neutralized with borax and baking soda remedy will help in most of the recovery. Finally vitamin C sodium ascorbate is needed for the body to raise its antioxidant level against the toxic oxidants of heavy metals and formaldehyde. Formaldehyde may be further degraded into other less toxic forms with 5-10 drops of 3% H2O2 in a glass of water taken every 2 or 3 hours. What it does also is it detoxify of toxins from pharma drugs too, which prevents accumulation of the toxins in the liver. Therefore, granulated lecithin or lecithin taken daily will prevent liver damage as lecithin is a fat emulsifier and will protect against lipid peroxidation of the liver as well as aid in the removal of heavy metals. Heavy metals are hydrophobic and lecithin is both water and oil soluble and makes removal from body more easily. In the meantime, acid forming food, aspartame, wheat products, white flour, sugar, and vegetable oils used in cooking is going to worsen the conditions.

Most joint pains should be helped with borax and alkalization remedy by the way because it is the mycoplasma, mycobacterium and other fungus like bacteria that is causing most of the joint pain. An ammonium chloride solution or a stronger ammonium carbonate solution applied externally to the joints will reduce the pain. Of course some reduction is also possible with clove oil or eucalyptus oil applied externally. However in the long run I think borax and alkalization remedy helps the most, but they can be used together.

Ted"

07/26/2008: Joyce from Joelton, Tn replies: "Earth Clinic, I would research septic candidiasis sites, because that just might be the little fellow's problem since it occurred following multiple rounds of antibiotics, which is the most common cause of septic candidiasis. If this is what it is, the sooner it is treated, the better. If you read that part about high mortality rate if treatment not started within a short period of time from blood pressure drop, it's really scary.

I also think that listing these sites on EC would be helpful to a lot of EC sharers. I think we've already mentioned that SSKI is the older, but according to Dr. J.V. Wright still effective treatment, for systemic candida.

I couldn't locate the Omni article by the doctor that I read so long ago, but apparently he was the first to recognize systemic candidiasis as a problem. I can't remember his name, but I think it started with a B and he was in practice in either Georgia or Alabama. If you are any better at searching than I am, you might try going to OMNI magazine first and googling for "The Hidden Epidemic". I tried googling "The Hidden Epidemic" and came up with multiple articles, but none of them the one I was looking for - they were all about HIV, CFS, etc. Seems we now have multiple hidden epidemics.

One of the articles I forwarded to you did mention the book by Dr. Jerry Crook which came out (and which I have a copy of) a short while after the article in OMNI. I think it was tiltled "The Yeast Connection"."

07/27/2008: Joyce from Joelton, TN replies: "If you remember the name of that homeopathic remedy which was the same chemical formula (Cl02)(chlorine dioxide) as Jim Humble's Miracle Mineral supplement, this might be a darned good time try it. Jim Humble's recommendation was 2 drops per 25 pounds of weight, which would require at least 20 drops of citric acid or white vinegar, swish and let set for at least 3 minutes and add water and drink."

08/08/2008: J.C. from Washington, D.C. replies: "My daughter had the same shots plus one more with the same side effects but also her hair was falling out and leaving golf size patches/spots in her head. Took her to the Doctor and he said it was a scalp infection. Gave her some med. shampoo. So I said no then she had chicken pock bumps on her face and arms only. Took her to the naturopathic doctor that i go to and she did the magnet allergic reaction test and found that she had heavy metal poisoning. She gave her some DMSA (she told me that it clings on to heavy metals and she would urinate it out) and told me to give it to her with something to drink and in about a week it went away. She a cream for her skin and hair. Sorry this had to happen to you."

CONFUSED ABOUT ACV SUGGESTED REMEDIES
07/16/2008: Roselyn from Detroit, MI writes: "I have been looking for natural (non pharmaceutical) cure for my ailments. About 2 years ago I weighed 225 pounds and was diagnosed as prehypertensive, borderline high cholesteral (258) and prediabetic (119). I became very depressed and feared the worst. After taking a prescribed diuretic for almost a year and starting aerobics 3 times a week, my weight dropped to 218 and my BP dropped to 130/90 - still high. My new doctor prescibed a low dose BP medication (lisinopril 10mg) twice a day. After reading about the benefits of ACV I started taking it in warm water with honey (suggested on the bottle of ACV). I have switched to putting the ACV in grape juice or apple juice. After reading the posting about using the ACV with baking soda I am confused whether I should or not. I don't want to gain the weight back since I'm now down to 212 but I wonder if I'm getting the benefits I expect. I would sip the ACV through a straw if I should continue to take it without baking soda. My goal is to get off of the BP medication and remain healthy. All of the talk about alkaline urine makes me wonder of the effects of ACV on the kidney. Help clear my confusion and comment on the direction I should take. I also take a garlic tablet, bee pollen tablet and lecithin tablet each day along with a multi-vitamin plus mineral and B-12. I tried to stay away from bleached flour, refined sugars and processed foods. I eat about 3-4 servings of fruit and vegatables each day. What should I do about the ACV?"

07/17/2008: Joyce from Joelton, Tn replies: "To Rosalyn from Detroit: Hi Rosalyn, You are going great on that weight loss, but prediabetic is now called insulin resistance. However I still like the Metabolic Syndrome X that the doctor who spent so many years proving his theory that diabetes mellitus is not a disease in itself but just a later symptom of a problem that starts with excessive production of insulin and progresses through weight gain, high cholesterol and hypertension and the final stage called diabetes with all its complications. Be assured that people are stopping &/or reversing their progress along this pathway of symptoms. Hopefully, you are not using a lot of diet foods and drinks, because the monosodium glutamate and aspartame in them are known for making you fatter instead of slimming down. There are two books I wish everyone would read. The first one is "The Carbohydrate Addict's Healthy Heart Program" by Richard & Rachel Heller and Dr. Vagnini, a cardiologist. I don't think they mention insulin resistance or Metabolic Syndrome X, but this book certainly will give you inspiration from Rachel who fought and won a lifetime overweight problem that put her in the hospital @ age 12 with stroke level hypertension. I don't recall her showing any before pictures, but she certainly looks great in her size 8 dress that she has maintained after changing her life style, losing and maintaining her size 8, for probably more than l0 years now. Here you will read a lot about the same symptoms you are now having and how to change your eating habits to be rid of them. You will also learn that monosodium glutamate and aspartame are the two major culprits that make our bodies kick out excess insulin. The second book is written by a neurosugeon, Russell Blaylock and its title is: "Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills". His book is written on neurotoxins (excitotoxins-because they excite the cells in our brains and central nervous system to death) and what they do to our brains. The two major excitotoxins are monosodium glutamate and aspartame. You can get a jump start on both books by on-line searching Metabolic Syndrome X and excitotoxins. Be sure to print out that page of names they hide monosodium under in the ingredients listed on foods and drinks, keep them handy when you go grocery shopping. But before you go shopping again, take that list into your kitchen and read ingredients on everything edible or drinkable there, including the raw meats, sauces and salad dressings. For openers, Heinz ketchup is loaded with MSG. Glory brand canned turnip greens and canned blackeyes peas have about three different names for MSG listed in their ingredients list. The Tyson chicken (raw) says may contain up to l5% chicken broth - that broth is loaded with MSG - but MSG is not listed as an ingredient. Also be aware that anytime you eat out, anything made with a gravy or sauce is probably loaded with MSG. The FDA has already shown us that they are not likely to reverse their "GRAS" rating for both of these excitotoxins, so the only hope of getting them removed from our foods is for the individual consumers to start being vigilant and stop buying any food that contains either of them and writing the supplier to tell them why. When little consumers work together, our little bucks add up and the suppliers will take notice when their products stay on the grocery shelves."

AUTO IMMUNE DISEASE WITH VARYING SYMPTOMS
06/30/2008: Susan from Higganum, Connecticut writes: "I have been diagnosed with an Auto immune disease. However, my symptoms vary greatly (severe Raynouds (have had bilateral sympathectomies), itching on souls of feet and palms of hands, reflux and now my voice is changing. They can not pinpoint these symptoms to any certain auto immune disease. Doctors have mentioned steroids but I do not want to take them. I have just read about the ACV (apple cider vinager) and will try that for reflux. Any suggestions for the itching? Cures?

Thank you for your time!"

07/02/2008: Teresa from Up North, Indiana replies: "The best way to find info about autoimmuniy is to search this site for "autoimmunity" or "autoimmune", because little snippets of info are in many different pages under many different ailments. Autoimmunity seems to cause many different and varied problems. It seems to be an invading foreign substance issue; micro-organism/fungus, etc. Not sure, but wouldn't the steroids make things worse. Give your body a boost so it can attack itself even more ?? Best Wishes."

I tried ACV the first time 1 tablespoon straight it helped the second day it made things worse. So now I'm using it (third day) 2 tablespoons of Braggs ACV to 1 teaspoon of baking soda That helped the first time but now It takes hours to work if at all. Some nights it just goes on and on wave after wave. My general health is good but my teeth need to be replaced gum disease etc. I am also a smoker."

07/08/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "My opinion is you have multiple conditions, starting with sciatica and acid reflux. For my own remedy, the sleeping problem, sciatica and stressed legs are the symptoms of a magnesium deficiency. A preferred form of magnesium can be magnesium citrate, magnesium malate, magnesium chloride, magnesium acetate or magnesium gluconate. The dose is about 500 mg taken twice or three times a day.

The acid reflux and sleep apnea is related in one way to still metabolic acidosis, but in the case of a sleep apnea, acid brain and inflammatory brain condition leads to the sleeping problem and that's not even considering the issue of acid reflux, yet. Most of the brain inflammation can be lowered in one way with 1000 mg fish oils, containing omega 3, having DHA and EPA. Those I think required taken twice or three times a day. That is also followed by twice a week vitamin B complex.

To help with sleep, I would prefer, 1/4 teaspoon of sodium carbonate and 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in 1 glass of water taken three times a day. The last one most important and are often taken one hours before bedtime. Baking soda's efficiency in inducing sleep is not that effective in causing the brain to alkalized itself, inducing sleeping. It is only the sodium carbonate (washing soda) that can cause brain cells to alkalize, and hence this is added. The remedy is often called as carbicarb and is used in sleep apnea, astenia and other sleeping problems, rather quickly. Baking soda has mixed success.

As to the acid reflux, a 1/4 or 1/2 teaspoon per 1/2 liter of water taken slowly for about 2 weeks is one way to stop or reduce acid reflux and haital hernia, along with the added baking soda of 1/4 teaspoon too. Many people cannot sleep with their head down because of acid overflow. I have recently found toxin in the liver and the body, along with low levels of bicarbonates to be one of the major cause of this issue. So I'm rather slow in finding those. I suspect pure xylitol, mannitol and d-mannose taken in small quantities will kill off the organisms causing the hiatal hernia and acid reflux too. But sugar, wheat products and potatoes, and aspartame are the major ones I would try to avoid.

Most of the results will likely be the baking soda and sodium carbonate remedy, especially the sodium carbonate, such as up to 1/2 teaspoon added in one glass of water, if things went from bad to worse. However, I prefer a more moderate 1/4 of each (baking soda and sodium carbonate) in a glass of water.

Ted"

DIGESTION, CANDIDA, HORMONAL IMBALANCE, THYROID ISSUES
06/12/2008: M writes: "Dear Ted,
I found the earth clinic site by accident and have been studying your remedies and posts for the last 3 months or so and greatly appreciate all the advice given, as I am very much into self-help. The problem I have been dealing with for more than 25 years (I am a woman, now 66) is chronic digestive problems and candida including lack of stomach acid (I have been supplementing with HCI since 1990 after taking the Heidelberg test--swallowing a capsule hooked up to a computer, then drinking a baking soda challenge).

Hormone imbalance--I use transdermal progesterone which helps greatly, also 50 mg pregnenolone, and 12 mg DHEA. I don't have a lot of energy due to adrenal imbalance also.

Low thyroid

Low endurance levels

Symptoms include great difficulty in the ability to digest fiber, especially any whole grain, no matter how much soaking or cooking is involved, and raw food, e.g. apples or grapes with skin, any kind of berry with seeds, dried fruit without soaking, etc., food intolerance to vitamin C, brain fog. I have tracked down a sensitivity to foods with salycilates, any kind of 'green' superfood, (spirulina, chlorella, wheat or barley grass, etc.) In short, eating is very difficult.

I feel fine as long as I don't eat, but of course I need to stay on the planet! My personal take is that I have had or still have a mineral deficiency, especially iodine (I have tried taking it orally and also foot painting, intermittently after reading your advice)
After eating raw apples or a lot of raw food, I simply have to lie down and immediately go to sleep, although I do not normally take naps. I feel better after I wake up about an hour or so later. So I try to stick to cooked food but feel the need for raw food too.

I handle fish and poultry fairly well, I do not eat meat or dairy foods which I react to badly, and react to sweet vegetables such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots...too much carbohydrate. I am ok on most green vegetables, cooked, except cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts, celery (too much fiber in celery).

I eat dark chocolate because I am hungry, I do not eat sugar as such, the chocolate does not react although my system does not really like it; I can leave it alone when I can eat rice bread toasted. If I eat it without toasting it, I go to sleep. If I eat too much of it due to hunger, I am in trouble with cravings for more.

I try to eat my last meal as early as possible, or eat just a small snack about 6pm, otherwise I wake up about 1 or 2pm and cannot go back to sleep until about 5 or 6am and feel awful the next day. It took me years to figure that out!

After reading your recommendations I am taking periodically zinc, vit. B complex, magnesium citrate, MSM. Tyrosine seems to help too. I drink lime and baking soda in the am and sometimes pm, also peroxide, 5 drops of 3% 2 or 3 times daily. I am also experimenting with the borax and sodium thiosulphate remedies. I react to apple cider vinegar so don't take it.

I have been taking food enzymes, and other powerful enzymes for years, but they do not appear to have helped me much.
I avoid wheat because I think I have had a lifelong allergy to it without realizing it, and notice that when I do eat the occasional cookie or cake, I want more and more and cannot stop at one or two.

I have a fairly sensitive system and I notice that since using the iodine, my hair seems to have stopped falling out, it is definitely thinner than it used to be years ago, premenstrually.

My belly is always bloated after eating, whatever I eat, and my elimination is slow in my opinion--food seems to take about 36 hours or more to pass through. I eat healthily, apart from the chocolate, can handle olive oil and occasionally coconut oil. If I could provide myself with a smorgasbord every day, I think I would be fine; I need to provide myself with more variety but it is difficult with so many food intolerances to deal with.

I am working on underlying inner child problems and have a very deep spirituality which certainly helps me.

This is rather lengthy and I have no doubt left out some things, but wanted to give you some idea of what I am dealing with. I have had lots of acupuncture and chiropractic treatments over the years without much success. If you have any further suggestions as to how I could help myself, I would really appreciate it, and thank you in advance for the wonderful service you are providing."

06/12/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "It should be noted that the major cause of obesity, from diets anyway is the excessive dietary fats and sugar. This is basically it. Whether the sugar come from fruits or honey, is the same. It effects the body the same way. Therefore fats and sugar should be avoided, but it is always the proteins that burns the fats. This means fish, lean chicken and lean meats. Primarily, fish.

Whenever a person eats sweets of any kind, or food in general it is best NOT to go to sleep. For example, Sumo wrestlers get fat because it is required that they sleep after eating, so called nap, for an hour or so. Therefore, to loose weight, it is usually best to take at least 30 minute walk after eating. I prefer a one hour walk. No need to walk fast or tire oneself. It seems calories burned are more dependent on time, but the speed of walk seems to deplete blood sugar levels faster. A slow long walk seems to do the job in burning the excess sugar and some fat, if the walk was longer.

The other thing is if 80% of the food taken were low fat high protein foods, this would help burn the fat as a rule. Chocolates whether sweetened or unsweetened causes people to be fat, perhaps the fat content is high and the low protein. That's my own observation from private feedbacks i received.

Certain deficiencies in people with hair loss, the most common besides vitamin C I have witnessed time and time again is the manganese supplements. The dose is 25 mg of manganese sulfate, or manganese gluconate, taken on an EMPTY stomach. Or tablets be chewed usually for 4 or 5 days out of a week. Usually companies try to add fillers such as calcium which prevent their absorption. It is best taken when chewed or crushed. Iodine is frequently a deficiency. Not that we don't eat enough. The food we eat basically causes us to loose more and more iodine primarily from a couple of major sources: fluoride (in toothpaste), water fluoridation (about 70% of U.S. water supply is fluoridated), and water chlorination (more than 90% of water supply is chlorinated).

Most food addiction comes from MSG added to food. But of interest is how obesity can occur even childhood, by adding MSG to vaccines, which destroys the hypothalamus whifch in turn controls appetite. Therefore the best remedy, is L-taurine.

Interestingly low dose Naltrexone, usually between 3.5-4.5 mg per day is often taken to curb appetite. A once a week 24 hour fasting may also help further weight gains, where throughout the day, only water is drank, and perhaps some lemon juice is needed.

Common food intolerances for sensitive people are as follows:
all dairy products, tomatoes, ketchup, mushrooms, table salt, all fruits, honey, dried fruits, wheat products, white bread, pastas, spaghetti, biscuits, chocolate, yeast products and peppermint found in toothpaste. Excessive use of cooking oils especially in heating, too much use of any oils, good or bad.

Certain other clues is hair mineral analysis that may further identify excessive minerals or lack of minerals. Eating high protein may cause weight gain, but it does that by building muscles and reduces the fats.

Acupuncture for obesity may or may not work. For me results are disappointing on obesity. I have not seen it to work personally speaking. As to electronic food intolerance testing, certain machines simply don't work but certain ones might work, but I have not gotten a chance to test that personally such as the Asyra machine. Since I am doing manually on food intolerance, not electronically, the list covered should well describe about 90% of all food intolerance. Peppermint, fragrance products, perfumery seems to cause problems especially perfumes and peppermint.

Whey protein may help but it is taken only in the morning and an early dinner, usually before 4.30, but 6.00 p.m. would be fine in some cases. For some reason liver's function as a circadian rhythm and seems to store fats after 4.30 p.m. - that's the average time.

A slow digestive system can often meal liver congestion and a very important weight loss supplements I take, besides DHEA, but progesterone in older woman above 50+, is the granulated lecithin one tablespoon taken before every meal. The fat emulsifiers will reduce fatty buildup on the liver and reduce the liver congestion. Liver problems such such as cirrhosis or fatty liver, may also be helped with selenium.

However, in this specific case, eating followed by sleep will cause weight gain, so is eating chocolates. The weight gain occurs within 2-3 days after eating chocolate. Although kelp can increase iodine faster, some people reports acne, therefore it is taken once every two days to lessen the effects. The dose has to be worked out on individual basis for energy levels, but people who are having weight problems prefer about 10 capsules of 250 mg of kelp a day, but with a 2 or 3 day of not taking anything.

Quite often a baking soda usually will resolve the candida problem if taken enough time. But interestingly I have found low urea levels, metabolic acidosis, high sugar diet, high fat diets, low copper from foods to be one cause. Certain manganese and selenium can be derived from brazil nuts and eating UNSALTED nuts to help that.

It should be noted that urea level can be raised from more protein added in the diets, but with low fats, perhaps some whey protein, and fish.

People with food intolerance are also very low on omega 3, which has DHA and EPA. The issue is really simple, I would get a new bottle of fish oils, usually derived from salmon, taken at 1000 mg once a day to raise omega 3.

If candida are a big problem, another dose I occasionally used, but not everyday is the 1/4 teaspoon of sodium carbonate (washing soda) plus 1/4 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate - in 1 glass of water taken twice or thee times a day. If someone is taking diuretics, or blood pressure medicine, then potassium level maybe low and may need a small amount of potassium, usually from potassium bicarbonate and potassium citrate, about 1/8 teaspoon for example. To balance out the sodium: potassium ratio without taking excessive levels of potassium so as not to disturb the extracellular fluids.

Energy levels for most people I have found were mostly helped with the 1/4 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate and 1/4 teaspoon sodium carbonate, but seems to work best in promoting sleep if taken before sleep. But with the borax remedy such as 1/8 or 1/4 teaspoon of borax per liter of drinking water, energy levels usually is increased from alkalization, since chronic fatigue is the invasion of certain pathogens, especially Epstein Barr Virus, and other organism. Eating with clove spices, for example added to food may help increase energy levels too.

Tyrosine definitely helps because it is synergistic with Iodine, in allowing normal thyroid function, but other glandular activities were helpful too.

One easy way to become obese is cortisol. Just one month of cortisol can become obese. Therefore DHEA reduces stress and lowers cortisol. So stress can cause obesity too as well as adrenal fatigue. Sometimes licorice extract may help but not often, as it is an adaptogen.

Ted"

PAIN IN LEGS AND KNEES, PROBLEM WITH LARYNX
05/20/2008: Mangala from Herndon, Virginia writes: "I have been taking ACV with [Baking] Soda hoping that it help cure the pain in my knees and legs. I also read that so many had lost weight but so far I have not lost an oz of weight and I am still suffering with knee and leg pain. I am hoping to continue taking ACV/with soda. How many times a day should I drink this?

I would also like to know if someone could help me to cure my layrnx as the doctors say that I have nodules which prevents me from singing now. I used to have a very beautiful voice and now I cannot take a high note at all. Please help. Thank you."

EPSTEIN- BARR, HEPATITIS, STAPH, AND FIBROIDS
05/19/2008: Katherine from NY, USA writes: "I have been struggling with Epstein-Barr virus, hepatitis, an internal staph infection and uterine fibroids with heavy menstrual bleeding. I have been unable to work due to extreme fatigue. I have started taking turmeric (1/2 teaspoon per day) and chlorella. I also take other vitamins (coenzyme q10, and antioxidants, vitamins a,c,b). My question is.. is there anything else you would recommend for this combination of viruses? Should I add ACV and baking soda? I am concerned about the acid/alkaline balance issue. I am desperate to be healthy so I can start living again. Please help! Thank you so much."

05/23/2008: Joyce from Joelton, Tn replies: "I trust L-lysine 2 grams (2000 mgms.) 4 times a day for adults for any virus."

LOW LEVELS OF PLASMA AMINO ACIDS
05/16/2008: Boris from Vancouver, Canada writes: "This is a question for the peerless Ted or any Earth Clinician: I have been experiencing anxiety and low mood, along with a host of skin trouble ranging from seborrheic dermatitis to folliculitis in tbe beard and scalp areas. Lately I have begun to suspect long-term use of broad-spectrum antibiotics several years ago, and as recent as two years ago (for skin problems). The antibiotics did nothing to help. The only thing that helped was persistent washing with selenium sulfide shampoo. I began to suspect underlying causes and have since employed my naturopathic doctor to perform a range of tests. Serum B1, B3, B6, B12 normal. Thyroid TSH normal. Showed moderate high levels of indican in urine, and latest test, plasma amino acids, show either below reference range or just over bottom figure in reference range. I eat more than enough protein. My question is, what can cause low levels of plasma amino acids when dietary protein is adequate? (I am awaiting the results of a CDSA which might shed some light on the gastrointestinal tract)."

UTI's, OP, CAL EDTA, and KIDNEY INFECTIONS
09/07/2007: JB from Lansing, Michigan writes: "I have read all Q&A on your website and have lots of questions on OP. Thank you soooo much for your gracious sharing. I have been having Cal EDTA, 15 min IV Injections for heavy metals cadium, lead, nickel and aluminum. I have had 12 treatments for far. About 3 weeks ago I started getting UTI with protein in my urine. I had five days of Leviquin antibiotic and cystistatin herbal for 10 days. Then one day the urine sample was cleared but three days later (while still on cystistatin) the urine again showed trace protein and Leukocytes, Ph 6.5, Urobilinogen 0.2. I have a history of Asthma and the majority of the time I have Chronic sinusitis with mucous draining into my throat so that I feel like I am suffocating. In addition I have anxiety disorder which causes reflux which further makes me short of breath. I have temporarily stopped the Cal EDTA treatments. I am for the first time doing the Nety Pot twice a day for sinusitis. My doctor also put me on Bactrum Antibiotic for 7 days. I am doing ACV 2TBSP to %uFFFD Tsp baking soda and %uFFFD Cup Rev Osmosis water twice a day on an empty stomach. I am using %uFFFD tsp BS instead of %uFFFD because of the antibiotic. 1. What remedy can I use to stop the chronic sinusitis? I have not started oil pulling yet. Do you think I should start OP? 2. Do you think OP removes heavy metals faster than the 15 min IV CAL EDTA treatments? Is there any advantage to OP over CAL treatments? 3. The Doctor stays that he CAL EDTA treatment would not cause UTI. They prescribed 20 treatments and then would retest status of Heavy metals level. Some of my levels, particularly Cadmium were off the charts. They said it is hard to get the metals out of the tissues. I met one lady who had 101 CAL treatments. I don't want to have this many treatments. I have had 12 so far. But I read on your website that when there is a significant decrease in metals UTI can occur. Do you think that the CAL EDTA treatments are contributing to the UTI? 4. If any technique for removal of heavy metals can result in UTI do I keep doing the treatments? How long will it take for the cycle of UTI's to pass? If I continue the OP or CAL treatments what can I do to control UTI without antibiotics? 5. Can OP be done in addition to CAL EDTA treatments to speed up the clearing process? If so what would be the side effects? 6. Is there any reason why CAL EDTA/OP would cause protein/blood in Urine? 7. How precisely do you make a satuariated solution of baking soda? How much solution do you use and how much peppermint? How is the remainder of the solution stored? Should the peppermint be put in the total solution or should it only be put in the individual serving when you do a mouthwash? 8. Since I experience anxiety what is a safe and gradual way to do OP so that I can adjust to it and minimize herx without having panic attacks? 9. I see a lot of Baking soda is recommended. Does this interfere with blood pressure? 10. You mentioned drinking %uFFFD teaspoon of baking soda and %uFFFD cup of water OR %uFFFD tspn baking soda, 2 tbsn ACV and %uFFFD cup water before doing OP to help neutralize toxins. When is it better to add the ACV instead of just doing baking Soda and Water? How long must you wait after drinking this mixture before doing OP? Do I brush my teeth after drinking this but before OP? 11. Does OP remove friendly flora or intestinal enzymes? Can OP cause candida growth? 12. Are there any know drug interactions from using OP and baking soda? I use saline inhalers, norvasc for BP, sometimes nexium and xanax for anxiety. Currently on Bactrum antibiotic for sinus. I also take Bovine extract, enzymes and herbal supplements. 13. Is it ok to do the baking soda, ACV and water drink and then do the mouthwash with %uFFFD tsp Baking soda, %uFFFD cup water and 1 or 2 drops of peppermint oil and then brush my teeth and eat my meal? (no OP with this). How long should I wait before eating? 14. I take something called Seacure Hydrolyzed white fish supplement 20 minutes before eating. Is there a problem taking this after I get the ACV/BS mixture down? 15. The 2TP of ACV and %uFFFD Tsp baking soda mixture is strong going down. Can this be put in a quart of water and taken throughout the day instead of in %uFFFD cup of water? 16. You mention OP might deplete minerals and a supplement should be taken once to twice a month. Since it is difficult to know what minerals are being depleted, what mineral supplement can you recommend? 17. Metabolic blood testing showed beginning stages of chronic kidney disease. Can Oil pulling help this? CAL EDta injections pass thru the kidneys and excrete through the urine. If Oil pulling is used will heavy metals still pass through the urine? 18. What natural remedy can I use to help build up my kidneys to avoid further deterioration? 19. Does all this ACV or Baking soda hurt the kidneys? How long should one keep up the ACV and Baking soda?"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "I have been having Cal EDTA, 15 min IV Injections for heavy metals cadium, lead, nickel and aluminum.

My own thoughts is that an EDTA injections should be done once a week, since this method is a push method of ridding heavy metals. Not all heavy metals are pushed out as the liver, intestines and sweat glands has a limited capacity for getting rid of them. Remember the EDTA is pushed out and the bottlenecks are these organs. Getting a laxative after a chelation therapy will increase such capacity. If it is overloaded, laboratory petri dishes can also increase bacterial infections if the EDTA were applied at least initially since metals are increased in the serum level and this is how infections start. Bacteria and microbes seem to grow faster as metals are dissociated from tissue to serum. A sudden increase in metals in serum can result in infection. The safest way (just my long observations) are the EDTA suppository method followed by the EDTA oral method, based on my experience with parents treating autism. The suppository method has the greatest limited ability for chelation into the tissue to pull out, but stresses organs (intestinal) to pull out the metals. This minimizes sudden increase or jump in heavy metals and won't harm the kidneys, or at least minimizes. The second effective method is the oral disodium EDTA, but there's a trick (seems the practitioner were not that observant on this either) that minimize the impact of minimizing heavy metal serum. The key is to dissolve only a small pinch EDTA in a glass of water (at the very least!) or about 250 mg of disodium EDTA (preferable) per liter of water. You might be wondering why the sudden infection increases of a calcium EDTA initiate such responses in Urinary Tract infections. Actually there are two reasons for this that is not well described (don't see any literature on that or in the internet), but has been my own experiments and observations:

1. A sudden heavy metals, chelated or not, increases in blood serum levels allows bacteria growth easier than if the metals were attached to tissue. The reason is simple: oxygen serum levels are higher than the tissue and free radicals are also hence higher and bacteria and microbes will fluorish, at least initially.

2. Calcium gets dissociated to become a free Calcium ions as EDTA attaches to heavy metals, the Calcium ions is freed. The problem about excess calcium ions is bacteria, mycoplasma, tend to grow at an accelerated rate in rich blood calcium serum levels. It becomes a food for them. This is actually the major reason why infections are experienced and people feel bad doing a calcium EDTA injection or calcium EDTA infection drips.

3. The present Calcium EDTA injections are way too agressive (whatever you are doing) and I don't seem to get any positive feedback from the injection approach, while the slow drip IV are too expensive, and can introduce infections during the IV process.

The only middle path out this dilemma is whatever concentration, amount per injections and frequency should ALL be reduced by at least 1/2. That means if concentration is x%, then a reduction is seen at x/2%, and if the amount is xx c, then the modified amount should be x/2 cc, and if the injections are carried out at x times per week, the newer frequency is now x/2 times per week. If resultant x frequency after dividing by 2 is exactly equals to 1, then it is carried out once a week, if it is below this to .5, then it becomes once every two weeks, and vice versa. A laxative, bentonite, high sea salt drinking water, AND citric acid drinks can help in an event of EDTA injections. There's a trick on this that needs further description.

The laxative lowers the bottleneck by the various organs of limited heavy metal capacity to remove the chelated heavy metals via the urinary tract, intestinal tract, and the sweat glands. Laxative speeds up heavy metal clearance. Unfortunately calcium clearance and free calcium ions created is still very high during and immediately after calcium EDTA injections pushing an unnecessarily pressure on the kidneys in terms of calcium overload and bacteria overgrowth from the calcium ions. Therefore a 2 tablespoon lemon juice plus 1/2 teaspoon baking soda in 1/2 glass of water done every 3-6 hours should reduce the sudden increase in blood calcium ions. It is this very reason why I'd rather pursue disodium EDTA oral chelation method, but not by tablet or capsule forms, but by greatly diluting the component in water, to increase the percentage of absorption of EDTA into the blood stream. As you know disodium EDTA is an astringent, limiting its own absorption along the intestinal tract if the concentration of EDTA is too high, and hence why it should be dissolve in a water. Astringency effect reduces both the absorption AND greatly increasing loose stools or cause a diarrhea effect, which can be good at times for detoxification, but its effect on chelation in the blood is greatly limited, yet it is still effective if heavy metal chelation exists along the intestinal tract, which can occur whenever EDTA injections are used. The disodium EDTA has the added ability to chelate excess calcium that is also created from the Calcium EDTA methodology. Thus disodium EDTA can be used either alone or in combination with the calcium EDTA injections.

I have had 12 treatments for far. About 3 weeks ago I started getting UTI with protein in my urine.

Kidney clearance is bottlenecked from free Calcium ion clogging up and bacteria grows whenever the medium is rich in calcium ions AND high heavy metals created during the Calcium EDTA chelation process. A bacteria already bounded to heavy metal would more or less bound itself to calcium, especially the fungi (mycoplasma and mycobacterium) and tends to spread (reproduce) hundreds of times more quickly if they were allowed to circulate around the blood all at once. Hence, it is not surprising UTI results and a lemon juice plus baking soda mentioned before, to keep a very high citrate in the body being vital BEFORE and AFTER te Ca EDTA is actually done. The citrate attaches quickly to the free metal Calcium ions thus reducing the calcium clogging and bacteria growth especially the mycobacterium, responsible for autoimmunity. A urinary tract infection can also be reduced, but in my case were completely cured with just one single dose 1-2 teaspoon of sea salt in one glass of water. However, excess calcium serum issues is not addressed, and hence only citrate (lemon and baking soda remedy) is done.

This is WHY blood banks add the sodium citrate (a resultant reaction of baking soda and citric acid) component to the blood, as free metal calcium causes blood clots, and causes blood to be infected rather easily. If only calcium EDTA was initially added, the blood becomes quickly inflected if the citrate were not there to quickly chelate the calcium. Actually disodium EDTA buffered properly would do a much better job in chelation of heavy metals and reducing calcium. It is most dramatic if the same blood is given to a patient would eventually cause heart attack or even a blood clots as the calcium component causes blood clots. Hence a simple remedy of just citrates may just be a very simple solution to protect against blood clotting to blood recipients, but it may be just as important to me to just take citrate to reduce not only of calcium buildup in the blood, but also reduce blood infection, kidney infection and to some extent urinary tract infection prevention by reducing excessive calcium ion buildup in the blood. This is the basis of my entire lemon and baking soda remedy and to some extent apple cider vinegar and baking soda remedy just the same. It is this reason why these remedies are so important for a whole range of diseases, as it reduces bacterial and mycobacterium buidup in the BLOOD by reducing excess calcium buildup in the first place.

Once you understand my pet theories of this whole chelation process than I can answer briefly the questions posed:

1. What remedy can I use to stop the chronic sinusitis? I have not started oil pulling yet. Do you think I should start OP?

Oil pulling is only done BETWEEN brushing of teeth. The oral cavities is one of the many organs that can remove the heavy metals. This might help the sinusitus. Stopping the sinusitus, is best helped with 1000 mg x 3 times a day of vitamin C sodium ascorbate (or with ascorbic acid mixed together but not alone) and preferably dissolved in a full glass of water to reduce the problematic acid base crashes as it goes into the digestive system.

2. Do you think OP removes heavy metals faster than the 15 min IV CAL EDTA treatments? Is there any advantage to OP over CAL treatments?

The problems is NOT about the speed your liver, kidneys, intestines, sweat glands, oral cavities (via oil pulling) has limited capacity to remove the chelated heavy metals. The other problem is the excess calcium that is created for which the body has no clearance to rid of that. It is this reason why some people feel bad from calcium EDTA chelation. The problem therefore exists that the chelation is TOO FAST for the body to handle and the calcium ions is created to fast LEADING TO blood infections especially the kidneys. If you want best speed without the associated problems, then it appears to be only EDTA suppositories, or the EDTA chelation pull method. The Disodium EDTA is BOTH a push AND pull method, and in the meantime, the calcium EDTA is the push method. Why that word exists is simple: you push the heavy metals onto the kidneys or intestines for example, creating a problem then and there as it must past through those organ. Extreme pushing would no doubt destroy damage the kidney especially when calcium ions are actually clogging at the time where you need to clear them the fastest. So in the order of safetiness, effectiveness and speed for non emergency chelation (as opposed to heavy metal poisoning where IV can be considered), it appears to be as follows, suppository EDTA, disodium EDTA orally diluted in plenty of water 250 mg per one liter, and finally oil pulling. Since this is not a race horse, the suppositories, disodium EDTA, and oil pulling can be done at the same time, but my greatest fear is the EDTA injections from the calcium ions being created and some excess heavy metals that can initiate bacterial overgrowth as it exists in the blood serum in very high amounts. But this problem was already addressed previously.

3. Do you think that the CAL EDTA treatments are contributing to the UTI?

Since I don't make money on anything, and those who push those therapies might be a sales people in some more than one way, and based on my own experience and feedback, this can not only lead to UTI, but also kidney problems. This is already explained very clearly in the begining of this email. 4. If any technique for removal of heavy metals can result in UTI do I keep doing the treatments? How long will it take for the cycle of UTI's to pass? If I continue the OP or CAL treatments what can I do to control UTI without antibiotics?

It might be the calcium AND the heavy metals increase in serum. Sea salt 1 teaspoon in one full glass of water once a week will reduce the UTI cycle. The kidney infection will be reduced with a calcium clearance, using the lemon and baking soda mentioned.

5. Can OP be done in addition to CAL EDTA treatments to speed up the clearing process? If so what would be the side effects?

Yes, but ONLY if done BETWEEN brushing of teeth and sufficient rinsing of mouth thereafter. And only if a lemon and baking soda is done twice a day. (Worth repeating again: 2 tablespoon of lemon juice plus 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in AT LEAST 1/2 glass of water, taken once in the morning and once before bedtime on an empty stomach).

6. Is there any reason why CAL EDTA/OP would cause protein/blood in Urine?

Yes, high urinary protein is a result of bacteria buildup as bacteria and hence high urinary bacteria. A precondition of this is high heavy metals and especially high blood calcium, to cause this problem. Your kidneys seem to have limited clearance of either or both heavy metals and calcium ion buildup.

7. How precisely do you make a saturated solution of baking soda? How much solution do you use and how much peppermint? How is the remainder of the solution stored? Should the peppermint be put in the total solution or should it only be put in the individual serving when you do a mouthwash?

Try two tablespoon of baking soda in a glass of water. This pretty close approximation. The peppermint's is to be put onto a oil pulling to be done, I would try anywhere between 3-7 drops of peppermint oil in one tablespoon. I never memorized the optimum peppermint to be added, however a clue is if it feels too hot from oil pulling use, I would obviously need more peppermint oil.

8. Since I experience anxiety what is a safe and gradual way to do OP so that I can adjust to it and minimize herx without having panic attacks?

I would try a ridiculously small amount of oil pulling (how about 1/4 teaspoon of oil?) between brushing teeth and do it only 1 minute after adding a couple of drops of peppermint oil. Other website advocated too much use, effectively killing off the remedies from undue side effect. My guess is they are too enthusiastic, didn't try it themselves, or a highly unlikely, but funny conspiracy to destroy the remedy of oil pulling by overdose. The exactness of the amount of anxiety pretty much really depends on the observer's feeling how how much constitute an increase in anxiety. My level is closer to 1 tablespoon, people with high anxiety might consider 1/4 teaspoon). But whatever the amount precautionary brushing between the teeth, lemon and baking soda, and peppermint oils are used regardless of the anxiety level. My preference has been the bare minimum of 5 minutes to be sufficient. The standard of other website is 30 minutes, but that's too long. It only takes 5 minutes to get most of the heavy metals from oral cavites anyway and I personally don't see any more needs. Other personal feelings is that sesame seed oil is NOT my favorite since they sometimes use huge steel drums to extract the oil and the oil may acquire undo heavy metals from the stainless steel drums, which might be high in nickel. I would much prefer a simple refined sunflower oils or even olive oil. People without gallbladder IS contraindicated however if they insist to do it, then granulated lecithin one tablespoon is taken immediately after oil pulling to help oil clearance or excess oil buildup in the body.

9. I see a lot of Baking soda is recommended. Does this interfere with blood pressure?

Most people with high blood pressure actually is due to acidosis, constipation, high sugar intakes and eating oily fatty foods from french fries, potato chips, cheese, pizza, salami sandwiches, bologna, late night snacks, heavy meals in the dinner time, the use of common TABLE SALT and other nasty habit as being the major cause. A high sodium retention can only occur in those situation as the body is completey stressed out desperately maintains sodium to protect its alkalinity. Sodium if you remember your high school chemistry is an alkaline metals. Thusly, I can even cause most people to go into a low pressure just by giving sodium alone if the following remedies were done: 1 tablespoon of sea salt plus 1 tablespoon of baking soda in 1 glass of water. This will initiated a diarrhea response causing a lower blood pressure. On the other hand I can cause a high blood pressure, but causing the person with just 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1 tablespoon of any low boiling temperature cooking vegetable oils (not coconut oil as it is very high temperature). The body will get stressed and becomes instanly acid, and starts to sodium retention.

Therefore, a more better formula if you can get all the materials, and is a perfectionist is ideally 2 tablespoons of lemon juice plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and 1/8 teaspoon of potassium bicarbonate in at least 1/2 glass of water. The reason why potassium was removed from the remedy is that people can't get the potassium and that the potassium is ALREADY THERE in the lemon juice and in the apple cider vinegar remedy, potassium is there too. Hope this clears up this problem. People keep asking me this again and again.

10. You mentioned drinking ½ teaspoon of baking soda and ½ cup of water OR ¼ tspn baking soda, 2 tbsn ACV and ½ cup water before doing OP to help neutralize toxins. When is it better to add the ACV instead of just doing baking Soda and Water? How long must you wait after drinking this mixture before doing OP? Do I brush my teeth after drinking this but before OP?

Generally very sensitive people just the baking soda would be better initially, if done only for the first two weeks, then they can upgrade themselves to acv+baking soda once the body have sufficient bicarbonates in their body.

As to the wait, it can be done without the wait. Oil pulling is preferably done BETWEEN BRUSHING OF TEETH ONLY and it is done 5 minutes should be sufficient for heavy metal pulling.

11. Does OP remove friendly flora or intestinal enzymes? Can OP cause candida growth?

If it is done between brushing of teeth and only 5 minutes, only heavy metals are removed without affecting both friendly flora OR intestinal enzymes. That's the real beauty of oil pulling done for 5 minutes and between brushing of teeth. Nevertheless, I can't stress enough that baking soda and lemon/baking soda and acv is used, or that peppermint is added into oil pulling to minimized the heat during the pulling. Toothpaste companies have used peppermint oil mostly for a long long time, so it appears they knew about this problem too.

12. Are there any know drug interactions from using OP and baking soda? I use saline inhalers, norvasc for BP, sometimes nexium and xanax for anxiety. Currently on Bactrum antibiotic for sinus. I also take Bovine extract, enzymes and herbal supplements.

Improper oil pulling is what creates the problem with or without other medications.

13. Is it ok to do the baking soda, ACV and water drink and then do the mouthwash with ½ tsp Baking soda, ½ cup water and 1 or 2 drops of peppermint oil and then brush my teeth and eat my meal? (no OP with this). How long should I wait before eating?

Baking soda, if taken first and 30 minutes times is allotted before eating. People's preference for the number of drops of peppermint oil varies so I can't say the exactness of oil, but some people including me may use more than 1 or 2 drops. The issue is whether heat for felt or not and it should be cool enough to kill the viruses more effectively. This is one other reason why pepperimint oil should be added more. It is more feeling that adding more peppermint oil will kill more viruses effectively as the menthol contents react and kill off the viral proteins. That was mentioned in the classic book, "The Practice of Aromatherapy".

14. I take something called Seacure Hydrolyzed white fish supplement 20 minutes before eating. Is there a problem taking this after I get the ACV/BS mixture down?

The apple cide vinegar should be synergistic with the protein introduced from whichever dietary fishes. The acetate portion of the vinegar seems to help with protein and amino acid utilization and detoxification of the liver.

15. The 2TP of ACV and ½ Tsp baking soda mixture is strong going down. Can this be put in a quart of water and taken throughout the day instead of in ½ cup of water?

You can put ANY amount of water to dilute this to reduce the strong tastes. However, it should be used before the day is out otherwise such diluted solution may spoil.

16. You mention OP might deplete minerals and a supplement should be taken once to twice a month. Since it is difficult to know what minerals are being depleted, what mineral supplement can you recommend?

Yes any general mineral supplement would be sufficient, but the preferential supplements should be in softgel form or if tablet form it should dissolve in a glass of water within 15 minutes. If not, the tablets or the supplements is entirely useless. The tricalcium phosphate and magnesium stearate (wax) added prevent the absorption of the minerals and companies know that, but they are not going change their ways. This is softgels are preferred, but if need be grinding those giant tablets to powdered form and dissolve in a glass of water increase their bioavailability. I have noted for many times of desperate parents trying to raise zinc levels in autistic children for years unsuccessfully by zinc supplementation, until it was learned that the powdered form or at least grinding the tablet to powdered form did raise the zinc after years of unsuccessful supplementation. So the problems of bioavailability more than the form or kinds of mineral.

17. Metabolic blood testing showed beginning stages of chronic kidney disease. Can Oil pulling help this? CAL EDta injections pass thru the kidneys and excrete through the urine. If Oil pulling is used will heavy metals still pass through the urine?

Baking soda remedy alone and getting urinary pH to 7, and drinking 1/4 teaspoon of REAL sea salt will be helpful to the kidney, but Calcium EDTA should be discontinued until the kidney is NORMAL. Calcium EDTA is contraindicated in event of kidney infections, high urinary Proteins, or even IBS. In simple words: no calcium EDTA injections should be performed if this is the base (which it is).

18. What natural remedy can I use to help build up my kidneys to avoid further deterioration?

Yes stop the Calcium EDTA first. See 17. Treat the IBS and kidneys first.

19. Does all this ACV or Baking soda hurt the kidneys? How long should one keep up the ACV and Baking soda?

Actually baking soda is very kidney friendly and so is the 1/4 teaspoon of REAL SEA SALT (NO table salt!!!!!) in one liter of ALL drinking water. I have an aunt completely cured of kidney infections after taking baking soda ALONE for only three days. She was scheduled to have her kidneys removed on the third days. However that remedy was totally insufficient (my aunt hardly listen to me anyway) and a sea salt should at least be added to the drinking water. However in even of Calcium EDTA therapy, calcium clearance may be needed. In this case a lemon and baking soda is preferred as the citrate will remove the excess calcium too.

Hopefully this should clear up some of the misunderstandings associated with OP, EDTA, UTI and kidney infections!"

GERD AND LIVER HEALTH
09/05/2007: Crystal writes: "I have been reading about ACV and baking soda and a lot of other things to help these kinds of problems but I am unsure which ones would be best for me and when? Can you please tell me what things I can do? I will only be able to a few things so I want to choose the ones that will work best and fastest for my particular situation. And can you also give me details like when to take things and before or after meals and exact dosages? After reading other people's stories and how this stuff has helped them I have faith that it can help me too. Thank you for your time. -Crystal"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Crystal: It would seem that the GERD issues appears to be too serious to do using just the apple cider vinegar and a stronger alkalizing formula is needed here. In this case I might consider using 2 tablespoons of lime juice plus 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water taken three times a day. Ideally it should always be taken 5 days out of a week. The other remedy that should help reduce the GERD is 250 mg of magnesium citrate a day at least taken for 5 days out of a week. On the third of fourth week, the body should have greatly reduced allergies and GERD. After which amino acid supplements are taken three times a day. Those should help some burning of fat and help the body's overall recovery. Most doctor's med causes the body into disability, and I have had it myself and managed to gotten out of that hole by taken 1000 mg of vitamin C three times a day, which can be sodium ascorbate or rose hips. Doctor's med also causes the body to accumulate heavy metals and cause the body's zinc and selenium to be low, in which case I would take 50 mg of zinc gluconate a week and 200 mcg of selenium twice a week. Whenever the body seems to be in a bad condition everywhere, my experience has been that doctors med seem to destroy the liver and one tablespoon of granulated lecithin taken at least once a day every day should note some weight loss before the month is out. To further help with liver recovery vitamin B complex where B1, B2, B3, B5 and B6 is 100 mg each, while B12 is 100 mcg, those are taken every other day for at least about a month. Hopefully by the second month the body should have some sufficient health return to be able to eat some foods without the allergies."

3. I want to chelate metals with cilantro and oil pulling. Would that be ok or do I HAVE to add chlorella in order to get the metal out of the body (colon) as everybody says you must? I will be VERY VERY grateful if you could help me. Thank you for the opportunity to have written to you and ask for your help. Thanks again for helping mankind in their search for affordable health alternatives."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "The symptoms, while heavy metals is a suspect appears that you have the same condition as a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome induced heavy metals that I have witnessed here in Thailand, where mental fog and obsessive paranoia, and ringing of ears was completely cured or I may be having just a fantastic strings of luck here. LOL. The major remedies that have helped the person appears to be:

1. Magnesium 250 mg x 2 times a day. 2. Malic acid 1/2 teaspoon + Baking soda 1/2 teaspoon taken twice a day. In the early morning hours and late nights. 3. Vitamin B complex taken once every other day, where B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B8 are 100 mg each, while B12 are about 100 mcg. 4. Hydrogen peroxide 3% 3-6 drops PLUS 1/8 teaspoon of baking soda in one full glass of water taken in the late mornings (about 9.00 am.) This helps with the brain fog. 5. Absolutely no sugar 6. A drop of clove oil added to the drinking water might help detox the liver 7. Some chelation using cilantro using a reasonable amount such as a tablespoon twice a week.

Those should do it, but my emphasis appears to be getting urinary pH to 7, by varying dose of baking soda more in the malic acid+baking soda mixture necessary. If a pH meter is handy, the baking soda added should be generally closer to 8. When varying dose, I usually mean more frequency. Getting sufficient alkalinity while important can only be done practically speaking 5 days out of a week.

The magnesium and the vitamin B complex, especially the alkalinity of urinary pH of 7 should solve the ringing of the ear problem. It takes about 3 weeks to noticed a general improvement using that remedy. I might be noted that should a person suffering from this condition that vomiting can result in improvement in condition as a result of excess acidosis. The remedy takes a while for an improvement, but the one I witnessed here with all the lack of taking properly, forgetting, bad communications takes about a year for a general trend of improvement, while a complete improvement were seen on the second year.

If candida is there, the remedy which is helpful was avoiding sugar, getting urine pH to 7 (using a cheap pocket pH meter), and 1/4 teaspoon (men's dose) of borax in 1 liter of drinking water usually once or twice a week at least for mild cases.

A general alkalinity formula I would use, such as 1/4 teaspoon of citric acid plus 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water is also possible alternative to the malic acid, but malic acid removes aluminum. I have found that it was not only the mercury, but also the aluminum that comes from the vaccines and malic acid is an efficient chelator of aluminum. I would leave no stones unturned which might mean if thing's aren't working out, then I would consider adding 1/8 teaspoon of tannic acid in a liter of drinking water and finishing it off.

Tannic acid binds tightly to other metals such as free metal iron, cadmium, and especially mercury. I do take this myself from time to time because the water here are contaminated. Tannic acid added to drinking water for tests about 1/4 teaspoon in a liter of water if left overnight turns into almost opaque black water just to dramatically show that the metal thing is more widespread than we think."

SKIN AILMENTS
06/25/2007: Alex from California writes: "Ted, I found your ACV remedies on Earth Clinic. Since birth, I have suffered for an array of skin related ailments, to many to mention. The most interesting one is when under too much stress, the right side of my face swells us, it starts with a canker sore in the inside of my mouth, follow by a sold sore on the corner of my mouth. The Doctor's say there is no cure or treatment. In my twenties I found out through a scratch test that I am allergic to tree/plant that grows out of the ground, which the Doctor's tell me is the reason why I am always tired. I was given medicine to treat. All my life, my hair never grew, I could cut a couple of inches off and it would take over a year to grow back. I was told it was just dandruff interfering with the growth process. I insisted the Doctors dig further into the issue, they then found folliculitis, and after taking medicine for over 7 years, I had no re-growth. Then they found Lichen Planus with scar tissue damage, which I have to shampoo with special soap. They say there is no cure. I still suffer from tight skin, pain, quarter size growths on my scalp with no hair growth. In my thirties, I was diagnosed with fibroids, and have to have surgery; they removed a 6 centimeter growth from my uterus. Year and a half later I was diagnosed with a fast moving cervical cancer- adenocarcinoma. A hysterectomy followed. Twice in my life I gained more than 30 pounds in a 1 month span without having a significant change in diet which I still carry today. I was told it was due to depression - given medication that I had a severe allergic reaction to that put me in the hospital. Then I was told the weight gain was due to low thyroid - also given medication at a very low dosage. Then one Dr. told me the weight gain was due to a being insulin resistance (adult diabetes runs in my family). I cut out fried food, sugar, soda and fat. I suffer from medicine sensitivity, so if medicine has 10 side effects, I will suffer from 9 of them. I am tired of pills and filling sick, so for two years now I have been researching ways to help deal with the issues I suffer from. Through research I learned that adenocarcinoma can be made up of 60% mucus and after reading a book my aunt gave by, Stanley Burroughs book "The Master Cleanser" I am convinced that I need to detoxify my system. While searching the best way to detox, I found the Earth Clinic site. I tried the AVC with baking soda remedy for 7 days and I immediately had increase energy. As long as I can remember, I have had little white hairs all over my tongue, and they are gone from the tip of the tongue. Bad breath is gone also. I also noticed that I do not wake up choking every morning on a massive size of yellow mucus. I still have mucus I need to spit up in the morning but is it clear and not as large. For that same time frame I mixed the Aloe, Tea Tree and Lavender and put it on my scalp overnight, the tightness of my skin is gone and the growths under my the skin on my scalp are shrinking. Before I start into a long term program of AVC and the other remedies I found on the site. I wanted your opinion on what I should try. Should I try an oil pulling? Or maybe I should switch to using lemon or lime juice with baking soda. Should I add sodium ascorbate to a daily plan? I currently take the below: Biotin 5 mg daily - for hair and nails Calcium 1200 mg and Vitamin D 800 ui - for bone health Spirulina ¼ teaspoon twice a day - for Antioxidants I know you get a lot of email and your time is valuable Any advice you have to give would be greatly appreciated. I review everything with my DR. and he is on board with me continuing the remedies. Other the years I have had many blood test (short of vitamin deficiency) and my levels for everything are always within normal range."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Thank you for the feedback. ACV and baking soda is the basics toward recovery. Baking soda and lemon(or lime) is the other one. I would prefer to take them on alternate days, if possible to derive the greatest benefit, while avoiding calcium supplements as those works against both of the remedies which was designed to reduce excess serum calcium which clogs up the system (lymph nodes, glandular function) since nanobacteria tends to form calcium shells, and when in excess it just clogs up the system much like a major plumbing problem. The remedies I made were made to clear that issue, especially the baking soda and lemon (lime) remedies.

Most blood tests will not reveal much, it is more fruitful, in my experience, to do a hair mineral analysis. However a pattern quite often emerges, usually too much calcium, no lithium, not enough molybdenum, not enough magnesium, and usually low levels of zinc. Based on your supplements, I would not take calcium as it is way too high in the diets and they tend to clog up the system and reduce energy levels, cause hormonal problems and a lot of cells lost a lot of energy trying to get rid of it. I would rather replace those instead with 250 mg of magnesium citrate taken 5 days out of a week. Those will help. Using iodine drops as a mouthwash, not only just help kill the bacteria, it also provides iodine needed indirectly. I prefer the colorless iodine, but usually its 5 drops in 1/2 glass of water for example. Oil pulling are useful, but I would prefer to stick with getting urinary pH to 7.0, and this is the key to the recovery whenever I am sick with a long range of conditions. Quite often too much calcium and acidosis are the two major culprit. The reason why alkalization is so important is it clears the bowels and detox automatically whenever the body is sufficient alkalizing without the necessity to just look at the bowel cleansing alone, but cleanse the entire body. As you know most alkaline substance, as simple as baking soda, is has a slight soap which not only cleanses the intestines but it cleanses the entire body. Therefore, it is why getting a urinary pH to 7 is the key to entire body cleanse. My aims for urinary pH are actually modest when achieving 7.0, however, in practice the ideal optimum is much closer to urinary pH is about 7.35 where the urinary pH and the blood pH is exactly the same, and exists in equlibrium that the body functions the best. The key, to achieving that level is actually the lemon (or lime) and bicarbonate remedy that can do that, but I imagine it to be taken at least twice a day. Those should cleanse the excess serum calcium levels, once the calcium in tissues are reduced, the glands functions optimally and the body should be easily restored to homeostasis.

The other important issue is heavy metals, which chlorella supplements taken now and then such as 4-5 days out of a week should help remove whatever that is blocking the system from normal function. Heavy metals tend to have a charge which sticks to cells and accumulate over the lifetime can both heavy metals, excess calcium and acidosis, can lead to a cancer like state that you have just mentioned.

The issue of swelling on one side of face in my experience can either be due to parasites (nanobacteria) or a virus which resides in the body. The gentlest remedy is I think I might consider is zinc gluconate 50 mg taken usually once a week for only a couple of weeks are usually sufficient. There are supplements I have had in mind that is quite effective, but I prefer to do the simplest ones first before going towards a heavy duty remedy. Canker sores you mentioned are likely to be whenever the body lacks magnesium, zinc and alkalinity which often resulted from a short term constipation (did not have regular bowel movements in the morning) can often lead to canker sores. When the body is acidosis, there is something not often mentioned in that excess microbes in the body can also cause circulatory problems as they create sticky biofilms which tends to cause uneven circulation. Those have a peculiar weaknesses and can be reduced, from N Acetyl Cysteine 500 mg/day, plus magnesium citrate 250 mg (calcium makes it worse), and zinc gluoconate 50 mg. Finally one tablespoon a day of granulated powdered lecithin taking along with food is another minimum basic remedies that are needed for the body to detoxify excess oils and fats that tends to accumulate. If too much the liver have too much fats to normally detoxify the body.

If there is any more detoxification, it would be toxic chemicals that accumulate in the body. So for that remedy I would imagine a 6 drops 3% H2O2 food grade in 1 glass of water taken in the morning. If the 6 drops is too strong, then I think 3 drops should be o.k. It can be gentle, but I do notice the difference. My face clears up from brown patches and strange nonexistent bruises, mostly from chemical toxins accumulated over a lifetime. I liked it so much I took almost 2 years for all the drinking water, which I added H2O2. Now since I am detoxified, I only use the H2O2 1% as a mouthwash would be sufficient."

ELECTROLYTES AND CALCIUM
06/04/2007: Nicole from Florida writes: "Hi, I am 24 and struggling with my health. I have enthusiastically read most of everything that you have written (you're a genius), but I have multiple problems, so I'm not sure which treatment to go with. I have adrenal fatigue, estrogen dominance (just started taking biologically identical progesterone for it), endometriosis, Hashimoto (thyroglobulin antibodies at 177), a super sensitive stomach, hemorrhoids, and in 2002 a gastroenterologists discovered my stomach was not emptying properly, and I'm allergic to all kinds of food (wheat, gluten, all dairy, most nuts, eggs, lamb, etc.). A recent lab report showed that I had/have a certain type of bad bacteria, and I was given the prescription Augmentin for it (along with some probiotics). My tongue is always white, and I sometimes get a bad taste in my mouth. I've had issues with sinus infections (had sinus surgery in 2006) and sore throats. I can't fly on planes without experiencing intense pain in my ears. After reading your advice to others I purchased pH strips and it seems that I'm on the acidic side. I'm 5'6 and down to 104 pounds (can't gain weight). I often do not have very much energy and feel ill. Can you help me?"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Nicole: Thank you for sending that lab report. It helps me a lot to know what is wrong with the problem. The lab reports which you sent me were, hair mineral analysis, hormone profile, enzyme phenotype assessment, a long list of symptoms, thyroid autoantibodies, E95 basic food panel, A95 extended food panel, and a blood test. As a summary based on lab reports, your body is in a real mess.

Usually most helpful for me is the hair mineral analysis where your body is unsuprisingly low on electrolytes as the cause to your low energy level. The major mineral for electrolytes, at least for me are: sodium, potassium, and magnesium. Therefore, your sodium levels were low, and your potassium levels were nonexistent. Because the conditions have a multiple disease, it is obvious that the immunity system issue badly suppressed. However, while the iodine figures are not available, iodine is needed here to increase the immune system. In my own experience, people who do get sick calcium is usually to high. In your case the calcium to magnesium is very high. It is way off the charts, unsurprisingly. This includes calcium to magnesium ratio, calcium to phosphorous ratios and calcium to potassium ratios. All of them are off the charts. People get sick because of too much calcium, since nanobacteria and microbes exists and are protected in calcium shells. Molybdenum, lithium, boron at least for me I find them important also for normal hormone functions, but the amount needed are small.

The ability for the body to control sugar levels so that bacteria do not overtake the body through such minerals as chromium, vanadium, manganese and tungsten are important. In the lab reports, the manganese, vanadium and tungsten are low. This indicates that you probably took the supplements and supplements have a problem about bioavailability or sufficient amount of tungsten (they have none), manganese (never enough and poorly absorbed), molybdenum (absorption problems). Now the cause of poor vision mentioned in your symptoms report based on my own experience is caused low levels molybdenum, low tungsten, and vitamin A levels. Sometimes it is the chromium and vanadium, which the lab reports say, is adequate. Usually you won't find supplements with tungsten, but I do take them in the form of sodium tungstate, about 100 mg. one single dose maybe once or twice a month as well as sodium molybdate (about 200 mg, one single dose once or twice a month). Those two supplements and vitamin A have helped my vision, the molybdenum needs special mention about its help in night vision.

Finally the dry skin, white tongue, anxious feelings indicate a simple acidosis problem. A simple remedy for acidosis as well as removing excess calcium that are off the charts, increase potassium, and sodium levels, increase the electrolytes level necessary for increase energy is the simple lime and baking soda. The remedy therefore is one whole freshly squeezed lime (approx 8 teaspoon), plus 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water, allowing the reaction to take place for about 5 minutes, is taken at least 2 times a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. Some kelp supplements will raise the iodine level.

To help reduce the white tongue for people with low magnesium level requires one tablespoon of baking soda, plus 1 teaspoon of epsom salt, plus 5-10 drops of iodine tincture, in 1/2 glass of water to be used as a mouthwash. Magnesium citrate 250 mg is taken at about 5 days out of a week, no calcium supplements or food rich in calcium, such as potatoes, yogurt, milk, etc.

To get the body to normalize the iodine levels certain foods such as seaweed and kelp supplements could be taken at about 3 or 4 times a day. Drinking water should use SEA SALT (NOT common table salt) added by about 1/4 teaspoon per 1 liter of water. Those will help correct the sodium, magnesium and micromineral imbalances. It must be noted that people who are vegetarians, or diets low in sodium, will have IBS, yeast infections, and bowel irritations (also from magnesium). Therefore, in event of bowel irritation a small amount of milk of magnesia (formulated where it has only magnesium hydroxide, and no aluminum compounds), such as 1/8 teaspoon of milk of magnesia in 1/2 glass of water, plus a small pinch of sea salt (1/16 teaspoon). If urinary tract infection (UTI), then just one single dose 1 teaspoon of sea salt in 1/2 glass of water should sufficiently do it. Magnesium and vitamin b complex supplements will resolve most of the muscle aches and lowered energy levels and reduction in calcium, by tw way. Earaches is lowered magnesium and vitamin C levels. Sore throat is acidosis. The hemmorhoids are due to acidosis and constipation. So the baking soda with lime should resolve that. If not, I would probably take them three times a day.

In event of a complicated sickness from a multiple conditions, I would rather keep the remedies simple and concentrate on the lime and baking soda first. If for about a month, necessary to reduce the calcium levels. One tip that I have always learned from woman with irregular periods, and hormone imbalance: taking calcium supplements can lead to irregular periods of menstruation because the excess serum calcium levels block glandular functions. And therefore an iodine foot painting, some calcium antagonists, such as magnesium supplements, vitamin B complex, taken twice a week (vitamin B is synergistic with magnesium), and some sodium ascorbate (they lower excess calcium levels), will usually result in regular menstruation periods as well as more normal hormone levels without resorting to many hormone supplements. DHEA 12.5 mg taken about 1 per day will often raise the energy level. A 5 mg lithium citrate before sleep will also help the body's hormonal imbalance in my opinion, and besides the lithium levels in the reports indicates you have none anyway. The weight gain will be noticed on the third or fourth week once the body has sufficient levels of alkalinity and vitamin C (urine pH should be 7!) and if possible the best pH to measure is a pocket pH meter. Sodium ascorbate vitamin C about 500 mg/day should be sufficient to reduce excess blood calcium and increase antioxidant.

By the way cysts on ovaries exists usually because of excess calcium (yours is way off the charts), not enough magnesium, and lack of iodine (which also causes fibroids). The cysts exist because the body tries to tuck under the rug of excess calcium dirt so the body can function normally."

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