● Vaccines have not

“conquered” disease

● Profits, not medical

necessity, are driving

the vaccine craze

● Too many vaccines in a

short period is dangerous

● Vaccines typically include

toxins

● Lou Gehrig's Disease linked

to anthrax vaccinations

● If you have a weakened

immune system, be careful

with vaccines

• Think twice about the flu

vaccine

• Study: high number of

flu shots may lead to

Alzheimer’s

• Immune system protected

by nutrients

• Vitamins E and C, selenium,

zinc, and flavonoids critical

for normal immune

function

• Study: Nutrasweet may

cause impotence

• MSG may play role in

childhood obesity

Vaccinations: The Hidden DangersMost people have at least heard about the controversy surroundingthe possible harmful effects of some vaccines. What is less known isthat even greater dangers exist than are being conveyed to the generalpublic.

Much of this startling information is buried in highly technical sci-entific journals beyond the reach and understanding of the averageperson. Too often, experts in the field are afraid to rock the boat bypublicizing the known dangers of vaccines. I am not one of them.

Of special concern to me is the relationship between vaccine poli-cy, autism and Gulf War Syndrome. I shall use Gulf War Syndrome asan example of a vaccine policy gone berserk, while including discus-sions of other dangers as well.

Vaccines: Not the Panacea You Thought They WereMost scientific observers have attributed the dramatic fall in infec-

tious diseases to the appearance of widespread vaccination, despiterecent evidence that some of that credit is unjustified. For example,an abundance of evidence has shown that that improved public healthmeasures and nutrition — not vaccines — have played the major rolein the sudden decline in most of the infectious diseases plaguingmankind.

Likewise, there is growing evidence that vaccinations are not pro-viding the protection that they are touted to provide.

For example, all cases of polio occurring after the introduction ofthe polio vaccine have been traced to the vaccine itself. Other vac-cines, such as those for diphtheria and pertussus, have been shown tohave high failure rates.

Convinced that victory over the major childhood infectious diseaseswas secondary to vaccine programs, public health officials began toadd more diseases to the “must vaccinate” list. Present vaccinationprograms are exposing children to as many as 22 inoculations beforethey attend school. Here are some of the more popular:

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Driving much of this are the profits being madeby vaccine manufacturers and a revolving doorbetween medical university professors with a finan-cial interest in these companies and public healthofficials with the same interest.

Unfortunately, the science supporting the safetyof unlimited vaccination of small children andadults does not exist. Most follow-up studies of vac-cinated children last no more than two weeks afterthe vaccine is given, and many of the effects of vac-cination on brain development are delayed untilmuch later.

In addition, most of these studies look only forblatantly obvious injuries and not subtle changesthat can lead to serious future impairment.

The True DangersThere are a growing number of scientific studies

that are demonstrating serious dangers in our pres-ent vaccine policy, including altered brain develop-ment, seizures and a loss of brain cell connections,called synapses. These studies all point to over-vac-cination as a real and present danger to our chil-dren and, in certain instances, to adults.

Unfortunately, most pediatricians and familypractitioners are completely unaware of these dan-gers. Most depend on their specialty societies, suchas the American Academy of Pediatrics and theAmerican Academy of Family Practice, for answersconcerning safety issues.

Rarely do these physicians research these impor-tant topics themselves. Far too often, those servingon vaccine boards within these specialty societieshave a vested interest in the financial success of thecompanies involved, either as investments in stockor as direct payments by the companies.

Much controversy and confusing data surroundthe cause of Gulf War Syndrome, and despitenumerous studies, little solid information as to the

cause of the syndrome has appeared.

Throughout the entire period since the first GulfWar the Pentagon has been reluctant to admit to aconnection between this devastating syndrome —which has left tens of thousands of soldiers and theirfamilies chronically ill and many of their childrendeformed — and military policies on vaccination.

Our soldiers were given approximately 17 vacci-nations during a short period of time, despite manu-facturers’ warnings that many of the vaccines wereto be spaced over a one-year period.

Several hypotheses for the cause of this syn-drome have been proposed, including neurotoxicand immunotoxic effects of pesticides, aspartamedegradation products, released chemical warfareagents, toxins from spent uranium shells, combatstress and vaccines.

How Scientists Really ThinkIt is characteristic of modern science, and espe-

cially medicine, to always look for one central causeof a problem rather than explore additive effects —or even synergic toxicity of many agents (two toxinsacting on the body together may be much moredangerous when they work in combination).

Yet medicine is gaining new understanding aboutthe “science of toxin synergy” in your body — andfinding some surprising effects when as few as twoweak toxins are in your body simultaneously.

For example, it is known that when two weaklytoxic pesticides are used alone, neither causesParkinson’s syndrome in experimental animals, butwhen combined, they can cause full-blownParkinsonism very rapidly.

The same is true of fluoride. We know that bothfluoride and aluminum, individually, are brain tox-ins, but when combined, as we see in fluoridatedwater, the mix constitutes an extremely powerfulbrain toxin, destroying numerous neurons in thepart of the brain associated with memory and emo-tional functions.

It is rare for government agencies to test poten-tially toxic chemicals or even food additives in com-bination, despite extensive scientific studies show-ing toxic synergy for many such compounds.

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As in the examples above, we are seeing moreinstances of chemicals causing devastating injurywhen combined, yet being either mildly toxic oreven nontoxic when used alone.

Few laymen realize that vaccines contain manychemical additives in addition to the infectiousorganism being targeted. A typical vaccine couldinclude aluminum, mercury, hydrolyzed proteins,monosodium glutamate, oils, and many complexmolecules known as immune adjuvants. Several ofthese (aluminum, mercury, hydrolyzed protein andMSG) are known to be directly toxic to the brain.

Warning: Too Many Vaccines Over a Short Period

A considerable amount of research indicates thatGulf War Syndrome (GWS), as well as autism, is trig-gered by combining too many vaccines over tooshort a period of time. This error is compounded bynumerous other toxic events, especially in the GulfWar veteran.

These events include exposure to pesticides,aspartame breakdown products, combat stress, highintake of food-based excitotoxins, possible exposureto released nerve agents, and exposure to contami-nated vaccines.

For example, recent studies by Dr. GarthNicolson, head of The Institute for MolecularMedicine, have disclosed a high incidence of con-tamination of the anthrax vaccine with mycoplasmaorganisms. In addition, he has shown a strong corre-lation between ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,or Lou Gehrig’s disease) and this mycoplasmalinfection. Recently, Pentagon officials reluctantlyadmitted to a 200 percent increased incidence ofALS in Gulf War veterans.

Many of the toxic exposures named in connectionwith GWS have a common effect on the immunesystem. In most instances, we see impaired cellularimmunity (NK cells, T-lymphocytes, etc.).

It is accepted by most authorities that vaccinesshould not be given to individuals with impairedimmunity for fear of triggering immune attacks onthe central nervous system, such as encephalitis,nerve injuries (peripheral neuropathy), multiplesclerosis and allergic encephalomyelitis.

All of these conditions are considered autoim-mune disorders, in which the immune systemattacks specific components of the brain and spinalcord by mistake. Recent studies have disclosed acompletely new mechanism of injury, referred to as“bystander injury.”

‘Bystander Injury’In the case of bystander injury, rather than the

immune system directly attacking specific parts ofthe nervous system via molecular mimicry (that is,mistaking a part of the nerve cell or neuron for aviral or mycoplasmal invader), the immune systemis merely doing its job.

But in the process, it ends up killing a lot of“innocent bystanders” — that is, surrounding nor-mal brain cells. It’s sort of like throwing a grenadein a shopping mall that kills not only the enemy butalso everyone else close by.

This occurs because immune cells kill invadersby flooding them with a storm of free radicals. Freeradicals are highly reactive particles that destroyeverything they encounter, friend or foe. Theimmune cells generate these free radicals in largenumbers.

Normally, an immune attack on viruses andother organisms occurs rapidly and is quickly termi-nated. This is why strong immunity is essential — itminimizes bystander injury.

A weakened immune system initiates a smolder-ing attack that is prolonged, leaving surroundingnormal cells and tissues soaked in destructive freeradicals, but does not kill the invader.

These destructive free radicals initially accumu-late locally, that is, at the site of the invasion of theorganisms. With prolonged immune activation,these free radicals can diffuse far out into the sur-rounding tissues, and with time can flood the entirebody.

For instance, in the case of a chronic illness, suchas lupus, we see high levels of free radicals through-out the body. These free radicals cause the wide-spread symptoms of the disease. The same is truefor diabetes, chronic heart failure and rheumatoidarthritis. Vaccinations, if too numerous and spacedtoo close together, act like a chronic illness, flooding

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the entire body with free radicals.

Think Twice About That Flu VaccineWith the recent scare concerning the flu sweep-

ing though most states, and the associated highermortality in young children, many people havebeen running to their doctors demanding to be vac-cinated against the disease.

Yet there is growing evidence that the vaccinenot only is mostly ineffective but also may be dan-gerous to your health.

I am always suspicious when government scien-tists, medical societies (such as the AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics and American Academy ofFamily Practice) and public health officials beginscreaming about a new disease that demands wide-spread vaccination. The financial interconnectionbetween these groups and vaccine manufacturershas been demonstrated repeatedly.

One of the largest lobbying groups in Washingtonis that of pharmaceutical manufacturers.

To give you some idea of the power of thesegroups in Washington political circles, let’s take therecent case of Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La. This retiring13-term congressman recently was offered a lobby-ing position with the Motion Picture Association ofAmerica that would pay $1 million a year.

He turned it down to consider an even morelucrative contract representing the PharmaceuticalResearch and Manufacturers of America, which rep-resents over 100 companies including vaccine pro-ducers Eli Lilly, Pfizer and Merck. (Under intensepressure, Tauzin decided to postpone his decisionuntil after he leaves Congress at the end of 2004.)

Despite the fact that the flu vaccine being admin-istered did not even protect against the “killerstrain,” people were lining up to get the vaccine,with no knowledge of its known dangers.

In fact, a recent study conducted by Dr. HughFudenberg, one of the biggest names in immunolo-gy, suggests that those who repeatedly get flu shotsdramatically increase their risk of developingAlzheimer’s disease.

What Dr. Fudenberg found was that those who

had five or more flu shots during the period of thestudy, 1970-1980, had 10 times the risk of develop-ing Alzheimer’s disease than did those who eitherdid not get the vaccine or got it only one or twotimes. Why would this be?

While he suggests two reasons, mercury and alu-minum in the vaccines, I recently explained a newmechanism, which entails mercury and aluminumas well as a more direct effect, in an article pub-lished in the fall 2003 issue of The Journal of theAmerican Nutraceutical Association. (A less techni-cal version of the article will appear in the summerissue of the Journal of American Physicians andSurgeons.)

This mechanism involves overactivation of thebrain’s immune system by the vaccines.

Mercury and aluminum not only are directlytoxic to brain cells but also overstimulate the brain’simmune system. There is compelling evidence thatthis mechanism can trigger Alzheimer’s dementia,Parkinson’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease andautism spectrum disorders, as well as Gulf WarSyndrome.

It is because of this mechanism that an unlimitednumber of vaccines cannot be given safely, and themore vaccines given, the greater the risk of substan-tial harm.

I would contend that many of the children whodied from this strain of the flu died because ofimmune injury produced by excessive vaccinationearly in their lives combined with poor nutrition.There is substantial evidence in the scientific litera-ture to back this scenario up.

In addition, the mercury in childhood vaccines,as well as adult vaccines, accumulates in the brainand is very difficult to remove. The idea of havingyearly mercury injections is insane, to say the least.People need to be made aware of this.

Are there alternatives to vaccination? Absolutely.We now know that there is a strong connectionbetween immune competence and nutrition. This isespecially so with vitamin A, the carotenoids, vita-min C (as ascorbate), vitamin E and the mineralsselenium and zinc. Overvaccination depletes thesenutrients.

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Nutrients Protect Against Vaccines’ Complications

When producing a vaccine, scientists combine theintended organism, either killed or live, with chemi-cals that stimulate an immune reaction. Thesechemicals are called adjuvants. Squalene, one of thecommon culprits found in GWS veterans, is animmune adjuvant.

Usually, many such adjuvants are added togeth-er. When these adjuvants are injected into the tis-sues, they remain for a long time, continuouslystimulating the immune system. If your immunesystem is normal and healthy, complications areless frequent.

Yet should you have a defective or even partiallydefective immune system, your risk of complica-tions goes up considerably. This is because theimmune system is made up of many componentsthat must act in a specific, concerted manner to killthe invader while minimizing the damage to sur-rounding normal tissues.

One of the more common reasons for immunedysfunction is nutritional deficiency, even deficien-cy of a single nutrient.

For example, we know that vitamin E (natural E),selenium, zinc, vitamin C and flavonoids (fromfruits and vegetables) are critical for normalimmune function. These are common deficiencies,especially after middle age. But a deficiency only ofselenium also would impair cellular immunity; it isnow known that even individual nutritional defi-ciencies can have devastating effects on theimmune system.

Likewise, certain nutrients and food additives inexcess can significantly interfere with immunefunction, such as omega-6 fats, MSG, aspartame andsugar. Of particular concern are the omega-6 oils,which are metabolized in the body to produce apowerful immune-suppressing substance (PGE2).Corn, safflower, sunflower, peanut and soybean oilsare all omega-6 oils.

The MREs (meals ready to eat) contain numerousimmune-suppressing nutrients. When nutrition-based immune malfunction is combined with theimmune toxicity of pesticides, herbicides, chemical

warfare agents and stress, even greater immunedysfunction occurs.

Numerous experimental studies have shown thatwhen you overstimulate the immune system withimmune adjuvants, as would occur when givingnumerous vaccines close together, enormous num-bers of free radicals are generated. Because theimmune activation takes place over a long period oftime, these free radicals begin to damage normalcells throughout the body in addition to the cellssurrounding the sites of attack. In other words, it’slike producing a chronic illness in a person.

The Brain’s Special Immune SystemIn the case of multiple vaccinations over a short

period, something even worse happens: the adju-vants activate the nervous system’s special immunecells, the microglia.

Microglia cells are dispersed throughout the nerv-ous system. Normally, they lie dormant. When acti-vated, they can migrate throughout the brain,secreting very powerful toxins, free radicals andimmune-related chemicals (cytokines).

These cells are very easy to activate. We knowfrom many experiments that stimulating the body’simmune system, as with vaccination, also activatesthe brain’s immune system. Under normal circum-stances, these microglia are activated for only shortperiods and then quickly shut themselves off.

With overvaccination, these cells can remainactive for very long periods, creating considerablebystander damage. This is because they secretetoxic products that diffuse throughout the nervoussystem, killing neurons, destroying synaptic con-nections and damaging the coverings of nervefibers.

There is growing evidence that prolongedmicroglial activation is the mechanism of damage innumerous neurodegenerative diseases, includingParkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and ALS.

It is interesting to note that Dr. Garth Nicolson, aswell as others, has had significant success in treat-ing Gulf War Syndrome with the prolonged use ofantibiotics. A growing number of recent studieshave shown that the antibiotics being used shutdown the microglial cells.

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It may be that the greater part of the beneficialeffects of these antibiotics is due to stopping thebystander damage by shutting off this type of cell,rather than by actually killing microorganisms. Withresidual or persistent infections, both effects areneeded.

According to recent studies, it may not even benecessary that live organisms be present to causethis bystander damage. First, we know that pro-longed immune stimulation by use of immune adju-vants alone can produce severe bystander damagein the nervous system.

Likewise, even the persistence of viral compo-nents, that is viral debris, can trigger prolongedimmune reactions that lead to bystander damage.We see this in association with the dementia of HIVinfection.

One of the great puzzles of AIDS was how itcould result in dementia when the brain’s neuronswere not infected. We now know that a protein par-ticle is shed within each microglia cell and that thistriggers chronic activation of the microglia.

One class of toxins released by these microglialcells includes excitotoxins. These powerful chemi-cals can excite brain cells to death and are thoughtto play a role in all forms of neurodegenerative dis-eases, brain trauma, strokes and meningitis.

Common forms of excitotoxins include glutamate(as in monosodium glutamate, MSG), NutraSweet oraspartate (as used in aspartame) and quinolinic acid(a metabolic product of serotonin breakdown).

When chronically activated, microglial cells pourout these excitotoxins in large amounts, destroyingneurons, synapses and dendrites, that is, the con-nections between brain cells. When these sameexcitotoxins are consumed in foods and drinks, evenmore damage is done. There is ample evidence thatthese food-based excitotoxins easily enter the brain.

Most processed foods contain one or more excito-toxins, many in disguised forms. We know that sev-eral things can activate microglia, including pesti-cides, MSG, viruses, mycoplasma, bacteria, stress,aluminum, mercury and immune adjuvants. Theseare all things the Gulf War veterans were exposed toboth in theater as well as out.

One of the enigmas has been the high incidenceof similar symptoms experienced by family mem-bers of Gulf War veterans.

Viral and mycoplasmal contaminants of thesevaccines could spread to family members and initi-ate similar microglial activation. This is especiallyso with highly mutated viruses, which would beexpected in the Gulf War veteran, as discussedbelow.

Human Generators of Deadly VirusesSeveral recent studies, which have not been

shared with the public, have disclosed a ratherfrightening process.

It has been found that when viruses are exposedto high free-radical concentrations, even within aperson, the viruses mutate, becoming much morevirulent (deadly). Giving vaccines with live-attenu-ated viruses opens up a completely new danger thatis not being discussed.

To make a live virus, say for measles virus vac-cines, scientists pass the virus through several cul-tures to reduce the disease-causing ability of thevirus, that is, its virulence. Scientists refer to thisweakened virus as an attenuated virus.

What we are not told is that often this virusremains in the body for a lifetime. In fact, a recentstudy found that live measles viruses were found in20 percent of the brains of autopsied adults and in45 percent of other organs. In other words, theviruses had been hiding in their bodies for theirentire lives.

Interestingly, these viruses were found to behighly mutated. The bottom line is that by givinglive viruses, either intentionally or as a contami-nant of vaccines, you expose that person to a veryhigh risk of viral persistence, especially if they havean impaired immune system.

Furthermore, that virus can mutate, becomingmuch more likely to produce a serious disease, evenone not normally associated with that particularvirus, such as colitis, encephalitis or a chronicdegenerative brain disorder.

The danger is not only to the person initially vac-cinated but also to those who come in contact with

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him or her. That is, the vaccinated person is actingas a generator of deadly mutated viruses. It shouldbe noted that the measles virus itself suppresses theimmune system, and other viruses are known tohave a similar effect.

Chronic illness is characterized by the presenceof large numbers of free radicals throughout thebody, as we have seen.

These free radicals not only damage cells but alsocause any virus living in that person’s body tomutate. Likewise, as we have seen, these newmutated viruses are much more likely to cause seri-ous disease. In essence, people with chronic illness-es, because they generate a lot of free radicals, actas living viral mutation incubators.

Poor nutrition greatly magnifies this process aswell, because such people generate significantlymore free radicals. That was the great surprise ofthis study. The recent panic over the A/Fujianstrain of influenza is a case in point.

People, especially mothers of small children, arerushing to have their loved ones vaccinated withthe flu vaccines.

Yet doing so exposes them to serious dangers. Forexample, those receiving the killed older flu vaccineare receiving a significant dose of mercury (25micrograms). It is recommended that for the firstimmunization two doses be given, which means atotal adult dose of 50 micrograms of mercury —mercury that is stored in the brain for decades.

This dose is even more toxic to small childrenbecause of their smaller body size. Mercury hasbeen shown to greatly magnify bystander injury inthe brain. In the case of small children and babies,the immune reaction caused directly by the mercu-ry is added to that of the other childhood vaccines,further aggravating bystander damage in theirbrains. The danger of bystander damage is muchgreater in children than in adults, because thechild’s brain continues to develop and grow veryrapidly up until the age of two years.

Because of the shortage of conventional vaccines,a nasal form of the vaccine has been offered.

Those at greatest risk from the nasal vaccine arepeople with immune deficiencies — diabetics, thosewith autoimmune diseases, the elderly and the very

young. This means they are more likely to sufferfrom viral persistence and resulting prolongedbystander injury as well as the generation of mutat-ed viruses.

The influenza virus has been suspect in trigger-ing atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) andin neurological degeneration such as Parkinson’sdisease.

Likewise, people with chronic illnesses, as wehave seen, generate large numbers of free radicalsall the time, increasing the likelihood that the viruswill mutate to a more virulent strain. These are thehigh-risk groups the Public Health physicians andmedical societies are encouraging to take the vac-cines.

Also, many of these vaccines, including theanthrax and flu vaccines, contain thimerosal.Thimerosal is a preservative that is composed of 50percent mercury. Mercury is a unique poison inthat it incapacitates numerous enzymes in cells,including those used to neutralize free radicals. Inaddition, mercury, among all the metals tested, wasthe only one shown to block the removal of excessglutamate from the nervous system.

This removal system is critical to nervous systemhealth. By paralyzing the glutamate removal sys-tem, mercury triggers chronic excitotoxicity — thatis, chronic destruction of the nervous system.

In addition, mercury tends to accumulate inmicroglial cells, causing them to become chronical-ly active. This in turn results in the excretion of thetwo powerful excitotoxins from the microglial cellsmentioned before, quinolinic acid and glutamate.

It is the secretion of these two excitotoxins thatcauses the dementia associated with the HIV virus.In fact, the HIV virus coat proteins increase quino-linic acid concentrations in the spinal fluid ofdemented AIDS patients some 300-fold. Other per-sistent viruses, viral proteins and immune adju-vants have been shown to do the same thing, evenin children.

Another recent study, conducted by the U.S.Department of Agriculture, found that exposingmice to mercury prior to infection with the coxsack-ievirus B3, a virus that destroys the heart muscle,greatly increased the mortality, number of patholog-

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ical injuries seen in the heart muscle and numberof viruses in the heart muscle (viral titer) comparedto animals exposed to the virus alone.

Cosackievirus B3-induced cardiomyopathy andheart failure is the number one disease leading toheart transplants in this country. This study wasimportant in that it demonstrated that exposure tomercury greatly increased the lethality of this virusand promoted the replication of the virus. Otherstudies using different viruses have confirmed thisfinding.

What Should You Do?In essence, people should be cautious when con-

sidering vaccination for themselves and their fami-lies. As we have seen, vaccine complicationsincrease dramatically when given close together,especially as combined vaccines such as the DPaTand MMR and the more than 17 vaccines given tomilitary personnel.

The anthrax vaccine alone is given as a six-doseprimary series followed by a yearly booster. It hasnever been shown to be effective, especially againstweaponized anthrax.

Because rapid deployment of a large number ofsoldiers was required, Pentagon officials com-pressed the vaccine schedule to little more than aweek. This is extremely hazardous, leading to atremendous increase in complications.

To give the immune system time to settle down,vaccines should be separated by six months in chil-dren and perhaps longer in adults. The number ofvaccinations that can be given safely in a lifetime isnot unlimited. For the reasons I have discussed,many of these vaccines need to be abandoned,since many have not been shown to be effectiveand there are reasonable and infinitely safer alter-natives.

In addition, it is vital to maintain nutritionalhealth. Numerous studies have shown that nutri-tional depletion, even of one or two nutrients, dra-matically increases vaccine complications.

This is especially so for vitamin A (as mixedcarotenoids), vitamin E and vitamin D3. I wouldrecommend a daily multivitamin/mineral supple-ment without iron.

I also would recommend 1,000 mg of ascorbate(as magnesium ascorbate) three times a daybetween meals; vitamin E, either as d-alpha-toco-pheryl succinate or mixed tocopherols (natural vita-min E), 400 IU a day; and DHA oil capsules, 100mg. three times a day. Dosages for children need tobe adjusted for weight and age.

So, what are the alternatives to vaccinations? It isnow accepted that immune function declines withage and that this is secondary purely to nutritionaldeficiency.

This decline in immunity explains the 36,000deaths from the flu each year among the elderly.Most of these deaths could be prevented simply byadding the nutrients listed above, which are knownto repair and maximize immune function.

Additional immune activation can be achievedwith the use of nonspecific immune stimulation, aswith beta-1,3/1,6-glucan, a highly purified extract ofyeast cell walls.

To minimize bystander damage, one takes thisimmune stimulant only during periods of high risk,such as flying on an airplane, and at the first sign ofinfection.

Supplementation is terminated three days afterthe symptoms subside. This is infinitely safer thanvaccination and, in my experience, more effective.

A recent study done at the Chemical andBiological Defense Section in Alberta, Canada,demonstrated the remarkable effects of beta-1,3/1,6-glucan against anthrax infection. Using mice infect-ed with anthrax, the researchers found that priorimmune stimulation using beta-1,3/1,6-glucanreduced mortality from 50 percent to 0 percent. Inaddition, it lowered anthrax bacterial counts in thelungs four- to eightfold and doubled the number ofbacteria-free animals. The beta-glucan helped con-siderably even when given after the infection wasestablished, increasing survival from 30 percent to90 percent.

Beta-glucan is available to the public without aprescription.

There are many ways to stimulate immunitysafely, using nutritional methods.

In addition, non-specific nutritional immune

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restoration using beta-1,3/1,6-glucan can be used inhigh-risk individuals who are excluded from vacci-nation, such as those with serious heart and neuro-logical diseases. In addition, beta-1,3/1,6-glucan hasbeen shown to protect bone marrow from radiationdamage and to lower cholesterol.

It is important to avoid omega-6 oils, such ascorn, safflower, sunflower, peanut, soybean andcanola oils. The omega-6 oils are powerful immunesuppressants. Avoid all forms of sugar, which alsosuppresses immunity. Drink distilled water or waterfiltered by reverse osmosis and avoid sweeteneddrinks, even fruit drinks.

Avoid all forms of fluoride, since it damagesantioxidant enzymes, increases free radical produc-tion, damages DNA repair enzymes, suppressesimmunity, produces skeletal and dental fluorosisand hypothyroidism, and produces extensive braincell injury.

Because most foods are contaminated withnumerous excitotoxin additives, you should prepareyour foods fresh.

Your diet should contain at least three servings offresh fruits and vegetables daily. Vegetables withthe deepest color are preferred, but some white veg-etables, such as cauliflower, are also important.

Health Alerts: News and Notes NutraSweet May Make Males Impotent and Sterile

There is growing evidence that aspartame, the arti-ficial sweetener called NutraSweet or Equal, is one ofthe most dangerous sweeteners ever produced.

Studies have linked aspartame consumption withsignificant increases in numerous cancers (especial-ly brain cancer), degenerative brain disorders, pro-gression of multiple sclerosis, depression, suicide,obesity, headaches and seizures.

Yet few are aware of the study done by the origi-nal manufacturer of aspartame in 1976 that demon-strated a connection between aspartame consump-tion and atrophy (shrinkage) of the testes.

In that study aspartame was fed to mice in low,medium and high doses. The mice consuming theaspartame in all three doses developed shrinkage oftheir testes, but it was much more common andsevere at higher doses.

No one has bothered to test humans to seewhether they suffer from the same effects.

When aspartame was first approved for generaluse, regulators limited safety to two cans of soda aday.

Now they have revised those figures to 50mg/kg/day, or about 17 colas a day in an adult,without any new evidence to support this change insafety policy.

Because of their smaller body weight, childrencan reach this level drinking only two to three colasper day. So many foods, medicines and drinks arenow sweetened with aspartame that it is notuncommon for individuals to consume 50mg/kg/day or higher, especially during hot summer days.

This fact has been confirmed by studies of peo-ple’s drinking habits.

Aspartame will be a frequent topic of editorial con-cern for the Blaylock Wellness Report, and I willaddress the multitude of health risks in future editions.

Another Reason for Fat KidsChildhood obesity has been declared a national

epidemic in America and increasingly in England.Health experts, as usual, are looking in the wrongplaces for an answer. Cited by these experts arereductions in physical playtime and an excessiveintake of sugars. These are only part of the cause.

There is substantial evidence that a more omi-nous component than carbohydrates and fats maybe lurking in the foods our children eat.

In 1969, Dr. John Olney, a neuroscientist workingat Washington University School of Medicine in St.Louis, conducted a research project on the ability ofmonosodium glutamate (MSG), the taste-enhancingfood additive, to destroy certain parts of the brain.He named this ability excitotoxicity, since the braincells are excited to death.

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During his research he realized that all of the testanimals were becoming grossly obese. Since this earlyobservation, numerous studies using a wide variety oftest animals have confirmed his findings, and it is nowaccepted in the world of neuroscience that exposingnewborns to MSG results in gross obesity.

The obesity is greatest when the animals areexposed to MSG either while inside their mothers orsoon after birth.

Mothers consuming foods containing MSG maybe priming their children for gross obesity, diabetesand abnormalities in blood fats. It is known that theplacenta concentrates MSG, so that the amountreaching the baby may be significantly higher thanthe mother’s dose.

At these levels, MSG can alter the development ofthe child’s brain, leading to anything from mild tosevere brain malfunctioning. No one warns mothersto avoid this dangerous food additive.

Unfortunately, most of the MSG consumed in thiscountry is done so unwittingly.

This is because food processors have learned tohide the ingredient to prevent criticism from thosewho recognize MSG as harmful. Federal law allowsfood processors to use any name for MSG as long asthe amount is less than 99 percent pure MSG. Infact, in one special case they are allowed to use 100percent pure MSG in a product without informingthe consumer.

Food processors were challenged by Dr. Olneywith this information during a congressional hear-ing on food safety in the early 1970s. Knowingthey had no scientific defense, the food-manufac-turing executives quickly agreed to remove MSGfrom baby foods. Unfortunately, they continued toadd MSG in its many disguised forms and do so tothis day.

Is there a direct connection between childhoodobesity and MSG consumption? The answer is thatthere likely is. In any event, mothers must be care-ful to avoid all MSG products while carrying a child.Check the food labels on food.

There are many commonly disguised namesfor MSG. Here are some additives that alwayscontain MSG:

Hydrolyzed vegetable proteinHydrolyzed proteinHydrolyzed soy proteinSoy protein concentrateSoy protein isolateSoy sauceTextured proteinWhey protein concentratePlant protein extractHydrolyzed oat flourSodium caseinateCalcium caseinateYeast extractAutolyzed yeast

Additionally, here are more additives thatfrequently contain MSG:

Malt extractBouillonBrothStockNatural flavoringSeasoningSpicesCarrageenanEnzymes

Note: Several meat products, including wholechicken, turkey and several beef products, aresoaked, painted or injected with MSG-containingproducts. In addition, you should be aware that por-tobello mushrooms are high in glutamic acid - theharmful component of MSG.

Discover Your Inflammation LevelWith C-Reactive Protein Test

This test, which measures the presence of inflam-mation in the body, is essential to life, and that isnot an overstatement.

Chronic inflammation has been associated withnumerous diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease,Parkinson’s disease, arteriosclerosis, heart attacksand strokes.

In fact, an elevated C-reactive protein level is agreater cardiac risk than a very high cholesterollevel. Even patients with low cholesterol levels whoalso have increased C-reactive proteins are at atremendous risk of having a stroke or heart attack.

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Recent studies have shown that Alzheimer’s

dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases are

associated with chronic inflammation and that most

people with these diseases have elevated C-reactive

protein levels.

Drugs and nutrients that reduce inflammation

have been shown to lower the risk of getting

Alzheimer’s disease six to twelve times.

The good news is that there is an excellent way to

lower C-reactive protein levels and eliminate chron-

ic inflammation.

Aged garlic extract taken twice a day lowers not

only C-reactive proteins but also cholesterol. In

addition, quercetin, curcumin, gamma-tocopherol (a

form of vitamin E), magnesium and vitamin D can

all lower C-reactive proteins.

Most can be purchased without a prescription.

Most impressive is the extract called curcumin,

extracted from the spice turmeric. Curcumin not

only lowers C-reactive proteins, it also inhibits can-

cer development and spread, protects the brain and

is a very power antioxidant. The dose is 250 mil-

ligrams three times a day with meals.

The C-reactive protein test can be done by most

hospitals and freestanding laboratories and is not

that expensive.

About Dr. Blaylock Dr. Russell Blaylock edits

NewsMax.com’s The Blaylock WellnessReport. He is a nationally recognizedboard certified neurosurgeon, health practi-tioner, author and lecturer.

He attended the Louisiana StateUniversity School of Medicine in New

Orleans and completed his internship and neurosurgical res-idency at the Medical University of South Carolina inCharleston, South Carolina.

For the past 26 years he has practiced neurosurgery inaddition to having a nutritional practice.

He recently retired from his neurosurgical practice todevote full time to nutritional studies and research.Dr.Blaylock has authored three books on nutrition and wellness,including Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, Health andNutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life, and his mostrecent work, Natural Strategies for The Cancer Patient.An indemand guest for radio and television programs, he lectureswidely to both lay and professional medical audiences on avariety of nutritional subjects.

Dr. Blaylock serves on the editorial staff of the Journal ofthe American Nutraceutical Association and is the associateeditor of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons,official journal of the Association of American Physiciansand Surgeons.

He recently retired as a Clinical Assistant Professor ofNeurosurgery at the Medical University of Mississippi andnow serves as a Visiting Professor in the Department ofBiology Belhaven College.

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