While some of the words above are over the top, I do believe that pharma companies are behind the lag in this cure. They just make too much money to want to cure Type 1. What's in it for them? The loss of millions of dollars?
Kimof CA11:01PM January 24, 2009
Doctors and all Medical Professionals today pay NO attention to pH. The most important barometer for health.
Simple Definition of pH
pH is a logarithmic measure of hydrogen ion concentration, originally defined by Danish biochemist Søren Peter Lauritz Sørensen in 1909
Hydrogen is the simplest element known to man. Each atom of hydrogen has only one proton. It is also the most plentiful gas in the universe. Stars are made primarily of hydrogen.
The sun is basically a giant ball of hydrogen.
Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe and makes up nearly 21% of the earth's atmosphere. Oxygen accounts for nearly half of the mass of the earth's crust, two thirds of the mass of the human body and nine tenths of the mass of water.
Oxygen burns hydrogen in the living system, releasing the energy that runs our bodies. Hydrogen is "the fuel of life." It is essential to most biological processes in its atomic form, positive proton form or negative ion form. Studies have shown that the human body stores hydrogen in its tissues. As we age, tissue hydrogen-depletion may lead to many of the symptoms of the aging process.
Hemoglobin transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body, such as to the muscles, where it releases the oxygen load.
"Though many people are vaguely aware that an alkalizing diet is generally healthier than one that causes excess acidity in the body, and they also probably do not know what diseases are caused by pH imbalances nor how diet affects pH balance". The speed of biochemical reactions in the body is affected by the "potential hydrogen" which is measured on a scale of zero to 14, with seven being neutral. Anything below seven is acidic and anything above is alkaline. The main characteristic of alkalinity is electrical resistance, meaning that metabolism is slower and there is also more potential for taking up hydrogen. Acid, on the other hand, is hot and "catabolic": it results in faster breakdown because electricity travels faster in an acidic environment, an environment that for these and other reasons is less stable than an alkaline milieu… There are many theories of illness, but one of them that is rather widely accepted is that all disease begins in an acidic terrain and is reversed when the conditions supporting pathogenicity are corrected."
Cancer is now the number one killer among all diseases in the U.S. Experts tell us that 1 in 3 will get some form of cancer. The medical industry has little to offer the cancer patient in the way of effective treatments, in fact, they have been offering the same three treatments for more than 40 years, chemotherapy, radiation and surgical removal. The National Cancer Institute has stated that the survival rate for Chemotherapy is less than 5.9% and Radiation treatments less than 12.8%. These are startling statistics but yet, generally, no other treatments are offered to the Cancer patient. I cannot speak for anyone else but when I went to school less that 13% was considered a failing grade!
It is a fact that over 75 years ago, Dr. Otto Warburg discovered the cause of Cancer was due to a lack of oxygen at the cellular level causing a low pH (acidity) at the cellular level and was awarded the NOBEL prize TWICE for his research. It seems logical that if this research is true, that our pH, or oxygen level, should be tested on a regular basis by our medical professionals. If keeping a high oxygen level in our bodies will help keep cancer from forming in our bodies why are we not being educated by the medical industry to do so?
Salt Intake is Vital
There is a misunderstanding of salt that is causing major health problems in America.
Salt is a vital substance for the survival of all living creatures, particularly humans. Water and salt regulate the water content of the body. There are two oceans of water in the body; one ocean is held inside the cells of the body, and the other ocean is held outside the cells. Good health depends on a most delicate balance between the volume of these oceans, and this balance is achieved by salt - unrefined salt.
The salt that you find in table salt and most processed foods is sodium chloride. Salt in this form has been processed at high temperatures, which changes the molecular structure and removes vital minerals from the salt. Table salt also contains additives, anticaking agents, and even sugar. Excess salt consumption is associated with high blood pressure, fluid retention, heart and kidney disease.
These differences can have a major impact on your staying healthy, or increasing your risk of diseases you want to avoid. . . Today's common table salt is poison that has nothing in common with natural salt.
Your table salt is actually 97.5% sodium chloride and 2.5% chemicals such as moisture absorbents, and iodine. Dried at over 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit, the excessive heat alters the natural chemical structure of the salt causing the potential for a myriad of health problems in your body.
The Lore of Salt
by David Tocher
It never ceases to amaze me the vital role salt has played in the history of mankind. For untold centuries, salt was traditionally viewed as an indispensable mineral substance used for cooking to healing to harming to enlightening. Plato mentions salt's importance in his Symposium, and Homer calls salt "divine"; In ancient Rome, salt was rubbed on the lips of infants to protect against danger.(II Kings 2:19-22); In The Sermon On The Mount, Jesus referred to his disciples as "the salt of the earth"
Dr. Batmanghelidj MD - "Use 1/4 tsp. of sea salt for every quart of water you drink. Use a good sea salt, one with at least 80 minerals, liberally with food.
Dr. Suzanne Oparil of the University of Alabama-Birmingham, said her personal view is that the government may have been too quick to recommend that everyone cut back.
The New Biology, most simply stated, is the fact that the over-acidification of the body is the single underlying cause of all disease. In contrast, the old biology, based on the work of Louis Pasteur in the late 1800s, stems from the idea that disease comes from germs which invade the body from the outside. Dr. Young has found that when the body is in healthy alkaline balance, germs are unable to get a foothold.
..> "Insufficient oxygen means insufficient biological energy that can result in anything from mild fatigue to life threatening disease. The link between insufficient oxygen and disease has now been firmly established."
Dr. W. Spencer Way,M.D
Journal of the American Scientists have recently discovered, from core ice samples and air bubbles trapped inside pieces of fossilized amber crystals, that at one time the earth's atmosphere contained 30%-40% oxygen. In today's polluted environment, our air contains only 20%-22% oxygen. In many of our major cities, the oxygen content in the air we breathe drops to as low as 15%. Inside most commercial buildings and homes, the oxygen content of the air measures a frightening 10% to 12%.
"All chronic pain, suffering and diseases are caused from a lack of oxygen at the cellular level."
Dr. Arthur C. Guyton,M.D.
The Textbook on Medical Physiology
"Oxidation is the source of all life. Its lack causes impaired health or disease; cessation causes death."
Dr. Eugene Blass, Ph.D
Oxygen Therapy: Its Foundation, Aim, and Result
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BY MERELY LIVING EVERYDAY WE ARE BEING POISONED
By breathing, eating, drinking, and merely living normal lives everyday, we are constantly taking unnatural synthetic non-food substances into our bodies. There is no way to avoid it! We just can't help it! Preservatives, artificial colorings, flavorings, smog, fungi, artificial chemicals, hydrogenated oil, fumes, etc., day-in and day-out, over and over again, pool up inside of our cells, blood and body fluids.
Because of this "piling up" of toxic waste inside of us, we prematurely age and become fertile breeding grounds for viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites and every breed of disease-producing microorganism which UNNECESSARILY causes us to age, suffer and even die much too early. Remember, in today's environment we only get about half of the oxygen we need to operate efficiently in order to achieve optimum health. By living in an oxygen deficient environment and not feeding our cells the proper oxygen and nutrients needed for CLEANING OUT toxins and wastes, our tissues, blood and body fluids can become extremely dirty and toxic.
When you consider that your body is two thirds (2/3) water and that your body water is filthy from pollution as your cells float in it, you can easily see why we are constantly being exposed to illness, infection, viruses, aches, pains, and premature aging. In today's toxic world, everyone can benefit greatly from increased oxygenation at the cellular level. Most viruses, cold germs, and even cancer cells live off undigested food and draw extra power from any toxins in the body.
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - VALIDATION/QUOTES
Dr. Otto Warburg, Nobel Laureate, was awarded two Nobel Prizes in 1931 for discovering the cause of cancer. Here is a quote from his research, "The growth of cancer cells is initiated by a relative lack of oxygen. Cancer cannot live in an oxygen rich environment."
The only way the disease causing pollution and trash can ever EXIT OUR BODIES is to first be combined with oxygen, in other words, oxidized. Without enough oxygen, the body simply cannot take out internal garbage, so the pollution and waste "get stuck" inside of us. This toxic build-up begins to cause our bodily functions and organs to breakdown causing digestive problems, skin irritations, lack of energy, poor circulation, joint problems, muscle soreness, premature aging, heartburn and a host of several other health problems.
A clean body is more balanced and flexible to do its job. If there is not enough oxygen, then both the incomplete combustion for oxidation and the solidifying of toxic waste matter begin to build up in our cells rapidly. Due to this build up from incomplete combustion (due to the lack of oxygen) we then say that the body is "TOXIC". Under these conditions, the immune system has a hard time fighting disease. All the cells, tissues and bodily fluids have become dirty and toxic. In other words, if our body's oxygen level drops too low, we can't manufacture healthy cells, burn energy (constantly tired) or remove the ashes and toxic debris from our system.
OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM UNDER ATTACK
Under increasing stress from toxic build up, the immune system tries harder and harder to do its job, but it is so overwhelmed from trying to clean out the dirt and toxins that all types of disease may result. If a diminished supply of oxygen continues, carbon monoxide (poisonous CO) is formed in the blood. Carbon monoxide is a de-oxidizer which causes the body's immune system to weaken even further, thus allowing a wide variety of bacteria, fungi, microbes, viruses and pathogens to invade our entire system resulting in all types of disease.
Douglas is deeply sensual. His senses of touch, smell and sight are highly refined. And as for his taste? It's impeccable. Douglas is extremely discriminating - when he sees the best, he won't ever settle for anything less. He would rather 'go without' than go for a poor substitute. But then that's Douglas all over. It really isn't fair to call him 'stubborn as a mule.' Mules are adaptable, easy going creatures who are always eager to please - or at least, they are by comparison to Douglas . Unfortunately, for a person with such expensive preferences Douglas is not a millionaire ...or at least, not yet. You never know, it may just happen because Douglas s' relationship with money is very interesting. He treats it with a curious mixture of disdain and respect. He never lets it stand in his way, yet he will go out of his way to get it when he needs to. Douglas is a smart cookie and a shrewd operator. It is not though, merely in the field of finance that Douglas displays intuitive wisdom.
Douglas has an affinity with nature. He can make almost any plant flower and bear fruit. This is just as well because Douglas has a hearty appetite. He likes his food as indeed he likes all his creature comforts. Fond though he is of all the above - and of all life's little luxuries - there is one more source of endless fascination that Douglas cannot resist. Douglas doesn't so much have a hearty appetite for sensual pleasure as a ravenous hunger for it! Which is funny really because you wouldn't necessarily think it to look at him. Douglas likes to play it cool. Douglas likes to pretend that nothing bothers him, fazes him or excites him. Like all Taureans though, Douglas is a powerhouse of passion, as those who are lucky enough to know him - or to love him - will breathlessly testify.
According to a U.S. Senate study (Document No. 264),1936--- 99 percent of Americans are deficient in minerals and trace elements.
Importance Of Minerals & Trace Minerals
In Human Nutrition
by Sonni Alvarez, I.D., M.N.
Minerals are the nutrients that exist in the body, and are as essential as our need for oxygen to sustain life. Minerals are also found in organic and inorganic combinations in food. In the body only 5% of the human body weight is mineral matter, vital to all mental & physical processes & for total well being. They are most important factors in maintaining all physiological processes, are constituents of the teeth, bones, tissues, blood, muscle, and nerve cells.
Mineral Overview
As important as vitamins are, they can do nothing for you without minerals. Vitamins cannot be assimilated without the aid of minerals. Although the body can manufacture a few vitamins, it cannot manufacture a single mineral. All tissue and internal fluids contain varying quantities of minerals.
HOW THEY WORK: Minerals act as catalysts for many biological reactions within the body, including, muscle response, the transmission of messages through the nervous system, and the utilization of nutrients in food. There are said to be over 7,000 enzymic processes involved in body metabolism, many of them requiring minerals and trace elements
Dr Linus Pauling, two times Nobel Laureate, said "one could trace every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency." Approximately 99% of the human body is comprised of minerals, yet minerals are generally overlooked when nutrition is considered. It is well known that the human body requires at least 60 minerals in order to maintain a disease and ailment free state. If this information is indeed true, it's easy to understand why sickness is so prevalent throughout the world.
Even before life was ready to take shape on planet earth, minerals were present in the land and atmosphere. In truth, our bodies are made of minerals, and minerals are an essential part of giving us the nutrition we need to keep our organs and body systems running efficiently. The truth is, scientists have only begun to understand the importance of trace minerals and organic minerals in our diets within the past few decades. Luckily, a growing organic movement is beginning to get the attention it deserves, helping place focus on the importance of trace minerals and organic minerals in our diets.
Gary Price Todd, M.D., says the small number of minerals in plants is due to a mineral deficiency of the soils around the world. When a plant grows, it draws available minerals from the soil. If the soil lacks minerals, the plant lacks minerals. This mineral deficiency was caused by millions of years of wind and rain erosion and centuries of unwise farming practices. Dr. Todd also said vitamins are basically useless in the absence of minerals.Vitamins are sometimes expected to do more than
Douglas Crabtreeof MA7:15PM October 19, 2008
interested to know more about john epperson comments. i do believe that type 1 coulc be cured by stopping the autoimmune process as any other disease can by either strict diet or supplementation or ? this is of course speculative but reports of this have been seen within the raw food community and others. whether it was type 1 they were dealing with or a variant i don't know. beta cells have been shown to have a regenerative quality so the comment that it is a done deal is premature. many studies have shown that the cells may very well be regenerative. my 11 year old daughter will see a cure before she is out of high school. the biggest hurdle is the pharmaceuticalindustrialcomplex whose ruthless profit motive may buy the scientists involved and jettison their work into expensive programs that improve maintenance but require repeated treatments.
dmof OR11:41AM October 16, 2008
interested to know more about john epperson comments. i do believe that type 1 coulc be cured by stopping the autoimmune process as any other disease can by either strict diet or supplementation or ? this is of course speculative but reports of this have been seen within the raw food community and others. whether it was type 1 they were dealing with or a variant i don't know. beta cells have been shown to have a regenerative quality so the comment that it is a done deal is premature. many studies have shown that the cells may very well be regenerative. my 11 year old daughter will see a cure before she is out of high school. the biggest hurdle is the pharmaceuticalindustrialcomplex whose ruthless profit motive may buy the scientists involved and jettison their work into expensive programs that improve maintenance but require repeated treatments. death to the pharmaceuticals and to the bush/cheney hired killers that brought down the 3 trade towers.
dmof IN11:41AM October 16, 2008
Type 1 diabetes just doesn't "reverse". It is not caused by a high carb diet (it is an autoimmune disease caused by the immune system, hence the above article), so it can't be cured by such.
Either
a) Your co-workers son doesn't have true autoimmune Type 1 diabetes (perhaps he has Type 2 or MODY).
or
b)He is in the "honeymoon" phase. Often the need for insulin injections decrease for a short period of time after the diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. This happens because the dying beta cells are pushing out that last extra "kick" of insulin. If this is the case, he will be back on insulin in no time no matter what you feed him. Low carbs may help whatever beta cells he has left, but it won't stop his immune system from destroying them. Sorry, but this is a well documented phenomena. Just Google "diabetes honeymoon".
Sarah1:28AM October 16, 2008
Yes, the research to find cure for Type 1 Diabetes requires deeper commitment,funding and humankind's focus.Imagine that after 80 years of ushering in of Insulin,no major, forward step,has surfaced on the scene.When compared to other advancements in medical and scientific fields,I feel and urge powers,that be, to conscientiously look into research which will help sufferers of this most difficult disease to lead normal life alongside their brethren.It is ironical to term it as a 'lifestyle issue'. I also appeal to all Spiritual Masters of all castes and creeds to pray to THE ALMIGHTY to bless those affected overcome this malaise.Special prayers be organised to invoke blessings of THE LORD.Message be please spread accordingly the world over to attain this goal in this decade.
svpof 11:05AM October 15, 2008
I am reading and closely following Dr.faustman's research.I think she's making process.I also think there are evil people out there who will do anything in their power to stop some sceintists from finding a cure,like the pharmaceutical companies,who are making BILLIONS & BIllIONS of dollars in profit.My 3 year old daughter was diagnosed with type 1.Jamie from MA,i agree & love what you've written.Iam praying and pleading to GOD for a cure.
Sevanof CA8:00PM October 11, 2008
This is an excellent article that has given me hope that the cure is on the horizon, that at least they are not giving up on trying to find the elusive cure. It is so good of the trial participants who do not know whether they are in the placebo group or not, to sacrifice themselves in the name of the diabetes cure. They will not be forgotten.
Evelyn Guzman
http://www.free-symptoms-of-diabetes-alert.com (If you want to visit, just click but if it doesn’t work, copy and paste it onto your browser.)
Evelyn Guzmanof FL8:01AM October 10, 2008
Recently my colleague's 10 year old son was rushed to the hospital for diabetic symptoms, e.g., urinating 8 to 10 times per night.
The doctor immediately diagnosed his case with a glucose number of more than 900.
He was immedately put on I/V insulin, and placed on a strict regimented diet limiting his carbohydrates both sugar and starch. Within the last 6 months he has been taken off insulin, glucose is normal, and maintains a very strict diet limiting carbohydrates.
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