As most of you know, I have been involved in Alternative
Health Therapies for more than 25 years, and recently I began to notice a major
change taking place in this sector. We veterans of the movement have always
tried to convince people that healthy living - i.e. diet, exercise, moderation -
is the only lasting foundation for true health. When that health is compromised,
then there are certain natural supplements and herbs that can sometimes help set
things right. Also, most of us agree that there are certain nutrients which,
taken in more than minimal amounts, can protect against ill-health.
None of us agree with
the allopathic model of medicine, which tends to dictate that once
ill-health strikes, the recommended medications (which really only
address symptoms, not causes) need to be taken for the rest of one's
natural life.
Yet, this is what I am seeing begin to happen in the field of natural
medicine also.
If we take as our model areas of the
world where good health is taken for granted, and a soundly healthy, respected
and enjoyable old age is the norm, areas such as Tibet, or certain valleys in
Ecuador , what do we find? We certainly do not find a group of people with their
cupboards full of food supplements. I myself am beginning to ask - do I feel
better for all the pills I take every day? And recently the answer has been more
and more a resounding "no". Something else is wrong. A few months ago,
I began to take a somewhat different approach to supplementing, looking for
things that address the basic imbalances in my body: digestion,
elimination,pH Balance.
To that I added something commonly referred to as first food, i.e. Colostrum,
and Homeostatic Soil Organisms, or HSOs.. This has made a huge difference
in how I feel.
The foundation of good health is the immune
system. If we look at the interplay between plants, HSOs, growth and
health, we find that the soil organisms are responsible for ridding the
soil of putrefactive organisms and breaking down nutrients needed for
growth so they can be absorbed.
This means the plant's immunity flourishes, and it is able to
resist pests and disease. The HSOs are incorporated in the plant fiber, and then
eaten by animals or humans, thus being passed along the food chain. In this
country, chemical farming has done away with all the friendly organisms in the
soil: adding chlorine to the water supply has further compounded the problem,
eliminating existing "good" bacteria in our bodies. Antibiotics have
the same effect. Ann Louise Gittelman, whose book "Beyond Probiotics"
is the source of much of my information, quotes from a research paper by Dr.
William Bryce as follows: "Just as (HSOs) destroy molds, yeast, fungus and
viruses in the soil of the organic garden, they perform the same with
pathological organisms in the gut, greatly augmenting the body's immune
system".
The main method of action for the HSOs is to dislodge and
digest the putrefactive mucous that over the years builds up and blocks off the
colon, hindering its ability to digest food - using the HSOs can increase
absorption through the mucosal villi by as much as 50%. Maybe then one can get
some benefit from the good foods and supplements one is using. HSOs are also
instrumental in controlling overgrowths of yeast, a major problem for many
people these days. Finally, HSOs produce Short
Chain Fatty Acids, enabling the
cells of the colon to reproduce and to maintain the correct acid state in the
colon. Let me point out that most people have highly alkaline colons, which has
been determined to be conducive to the development of colon cancer.
Most of the people who pass through my office .have as part of
their ill health some form of digestive disorder. Once the digestion has been
reordered, better health nearly always follows, because it is an undeniable fact
that auto-intoxication (self-poisoning by body wastes) is at the root of most
health problems: M/s Gittelman mentions autopsies that have revealed anywhere
from 20 to 50 pounds of putrefaction in colons, and "leaky
gut syndrome", where large food particles pass into the
portal circulation unchanged causing allergies and disease, is becoming endemic.
HSOs differ from probiotics such as acidophilus and bifidus in
that they do not take up residence in the body, but were designed be eaten
regularly with one's organic food straight from the garden! Health
professionals do not even recommend using them unless one is prepared to commit
to using them for the 90 days required to have them implant successfully
throughout the body. This commitment can be compromised occasionally, because
some users experience a variety of unpleasant effects at first as their body
begins to adjust and throw off toxins. The end results appear to be well worth
the transient discomfort, however, and I have been impressed most of all by the
results Veterinarians have had with animals, who after all, are not susceptible
to the placebo effect. Best of all, it makes sense because it relates to
correcting the internal ecology of the body, producing proper balance and
improving nutrition. The most beautiful flowers grow in the most fertile
gardens, after all!
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