Free Speech

I just read an article about a man who was blogging his experiences with the Paleo Diet and his diabetes.  Apparently the AMA or FDA or some government agency tried to take him to court over it because he's not a licensed dietitian, and was therefore not authorized to give advice.  They made him make is "disclaimer" more prominent on his blog. 

This is the only disclaimer you will get from me.  In this country, at the time of this writing, we the People are guaranteed free speech.  Do I believe there are limits?  Maybe.  You can't yell fire in a crowded theatre, or "gun" in a police department, it causes panic.  Is what I'm doing (or the other fellow did) causing panic?  Maybe from the drug industry when they realize that the pills they push aren't really curing anything and we the people are finding out about it.

I was raised in a medical family.  My aunt married a doctor, 4 out of 5 of the women in my mom's family (herself and two of her sisters plus her mother) were in the nursing field, to varying extents.  I have a cousin that's a radiation tech?  Can't remember but something like that.  I was brainwashed for a long time to just trust the doctors.

But now, you have DOCTORS coming out and saying a lot of the meds don't do anything.  I watched an interview with a doctor (on FOX, maybe?) who said cholesterol meds are bogus.  I don't remember how exactly he put it, but here's the theory.  You have high blood pressure because your organs need a certain amount of blood flow in order to work at optimum capacity.  If your arteries are clogged a little, your pressure needs to rise to get the right amount of flow going to those organs.  If you just lower the pressure, your organs won't get enough blood (including your brain) and things can start to go wrong.  Some of your organs need a certain amount of cholesterol to function properly.  If your arteries are clogged, they're not getting as much as they need, so the body makes more.  Lowering your cholesterol will only mean that the organs that need the cholesterol won't get it.  Cholesterol is not water soluble, meaning it doesn't dissolve in the blood.  The blood carries it where it's needed.  The reason your arteries are clogged has nothing to do with the amount of cholesterol being carried.  Your arteries are inflamed and therefore "grab" the cholesterol.

So, by just lowering blood pressure and lowering cholesterol, you're doing more damage to the body than good.  You need to find ways to bring down the inflammation.  Some suggest a baby aspirin, but that really only thins the blood to make it flow easier.

I found this list on line of foods that lower inflammation naturally.  Of the more common ones listed are broccoli, tart cherries, onions, garlic, pineapple and spinach.  Strange, I didn't know that, but I've increased my onion and garlic intake because I've been trying to eat more vegetables and it makes them taste better.  I haven't had a blood pressure pill since June 1st, and it's August 9th and my pressure runs about 128/80.  If you listen to modern medicine now, that's been revised to be borderline high.  I remember when they didn't worry until you got to 140/90.  Now they say the lower the better.  Sounds like a pitch to get everyone on blood pressure pills.

They put my son (who has a heart condition) on blood pressure pills.  The theory was that it would open the arteries so that the blood flowed through the arteries instead of regurgitated back through the valve, the theory of least resistance.  He (as well as his brother and I) is Celiac.  When he gets something not on his diet, it causes his triglycerides to spike.  He happened to get a test after getting something off his diet, with triglycerides at 300 so they put him on cholesterol meds.  How ridiculous is that?  His new medicaid doctor said he didn't need either.

So who do you believe?  "Modern" medicine always makes fun of home remedies, calling them old wives tales.  But look at the health of our ancestors compared to our health now.  Cancer is WAY up, as is heart disease and other health issues.  Then take a look at our diet (mostly highly processed) and the amount of pills everyone takes.  Doctors just prescribe a pill and send you away.  You don't think it has anything to do with the fact that almost every time I go to a doctor, sometime during my wait time I see a drug representative coming in and going straight back to see the doctor or leave samples, do you?

So, I will continue my little experiment on myself with home therapies.  I do think I have a fairly good doctor, but I don't blindly accept what he says either.  I'll continue to take my Laetrile while my stage IV cancer is in the early stages and not terminal.  We are born with a terminal disease, because the end of every life is death.  No one will be able to tell me that all those chemicals they put into a cancer patient's body is better for them than targeting the cancer cell itself and turning it off.  It's the difference between a shot gun and a sniper rifle.