The Health Plus Letter
September 22, 2009 Vol. 7, No. 20
By Larry Trivieri, Jr. – founder & publisher
Table Of Contents
Quote of the Day
Fast Fact
The H1N1 (Swine Flu) Vaccine: My View
Self-Care Tips for Preventing and Reversing Muscle Cramps
The Medical Government by Jon Rappoport
A Message From Dr. Valerie V. Hunt
Ouch! My Visit To the ER Without Health Insurance (Part 2)
Recommendations
Medical Freedom
Contact Information
New This Issue
Welcome to another issue of The Health Plus Letter. This week I’m sharing my view about the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine and why I think it should be avoided. In support of my stance, I’m also including links to various medical experts who share it.
Also in this issue, you’ll find self-care tips for preventing and reversing muscle cramps, an excellent article from investigative journalist Jon Rappoport about “The Medical Government” and what its agenda is, an important invitation from Dr. Valerie Hunt that I really hope you will take advantage of, and part 2 of my essay about landing in the ER without health insurance.
As always, if you like what you read, please feel free to share this issue with others and invite them to join you as a subscriber to the Health Plus Letter. Thanks for reading!
Quote Of The Day
“The only thing that shatters dreams is compromise.”
-- Richard Bach
Fast Fact
In the last 35 years, childhood obesity in the US has increased by 300 percent.
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The H1N1 (Swine Flu) Vaccine: My View
Earlier this week, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it had approved the new swine flu vaccine. In conjunction with the FDA’s announcement, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that the vaccine will start arriving by mid-October, at which time it should be available at 90,000 sites around the US. Based on news releases from my local county health authorities, one of the primary groups targeted to receive the vaccine will be school children, with parents in my county soon to be asked to attend so-called information sessions in which they will no doubt be assured that vaccinating their children is the right then to do and that they shouldn’t hesitate to sign the permission agreements that will authorize county health officials to begin administering the vaccine. Doubtless, similar campaigns will be initiated in counties and school districts all around the country.
As far as I’m concerned, this has the potential to be a travesty in the making. Why? Because of the fact that no long-term studies have been conducted supporting the safety of the vaccine. (Such studies can't be conducted for the simple reason that the vaccine is being rushed into production, making long-term safety studies impossible). Nor are there any studies to prove that the vaccine actually works. Parents need to be very concerned about this, especially since 50 percent of physicians in England have already emphatically stated that they would not accept the same vaccine for themselves. Moreover, Britain's National Health Service has already issued a warning to physicians there to be on the alert for an increase in neurological disorders as a result of the vaccine, including guillain-barre syndrome, which can cause paralysis and death.. The NHS attempted to do this quietly, but it was leaked to the British press. I doubt many people in this region are aware of these facts, though. Similar refusals to be vaccinated have also arisen among health care workers in Hong Kong. According to a survey conducted by the British Medical Journal, over half of all Hong Kong health workers say they will refuse the swine flu vaccine.
Initially, the Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) stated that the vaccine, in order to be effective, would need to be administered at least twice over a period of a few weeks. More recently, US health officials now say that only one dose of the vaccine will be required. I'm convinced the 'one dose may do the trick' tack now being propagandized (that's what this is - unsubstantiated claims being made through a concerted propaganda campaign via the government and certain elements of the media) came about as a direct result of the widespread concerns the public has about the potential dangerous side effects of the H1N1 vaccine. What is not being mentioned by the government or health officials in favor of swine flu vaccination is that even one dose is enough to cause dangerous side effects, and even death, if the vaccine is not safe.
And as I wrote above, there is not one iota of proof that the vaccine is safe due to how the vaccine has been rushed into production without any adequate safety studies first being conducted. Which is precisely why deaths and paralysis (from guillain-barre syndrome) and other serious side effects occurred the last time the US government came forth with a swine flu vaccine in the 1970s. As 60 Minutes reported, when the swine flu vaccine was administered then—under the direction of President Ford—the end result was that there were far more serious health problems incurred by those who received the vaccine than there were among those who did not receive the vaccine. (You can see the full 60 Minutes report by visiting http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x9mh9f.)
Health officials today are making assurances that things are different than they were in the 70s in terms of safety etc, but that isn’t true in terms of human safety studies. Once again, due to propaganda and media-driven public fears (not to mention vaccine makers' eager to make a buck!), a new vaccine is being rushed into production and those charged with protecting our health and safety are claiming it's perfectly safe when they have absolutely no way of being certain of this. Moreover, by their own admission in nearly all cases swine flu so far is very mild—milder than the regular flu, in fact. So why the need for a vaccine? And, more importantly, if the H1N1 vaccine is so safe, why has the government already indemnified itself and the vaccine makers from any and all lawsuits that otherwise could be brought about by those whose loved ones are injured or killed by such vaccines? That fact alone is enough to make me leery of any claims about vaccine safety. In my view, my local health officials and the health officials across the nation will be using children as guinea pigs, plain and simple, if they go ahead with their vaccination plans.
Why do I say this? Let’s start with the ingredients found in the H1N1 vaccine. Among other things, it contains ingredients found in spermicides, cleaners, and cosmetics along with thimerosal (mercury) and squalene (MF59). Thimerosal, of course, is at the heart of the vaccine/autism debate. Critics on both side still challenge each others' views on that matter. Given that mercury is a known, deadly toxin, my view is that it doesn't belong in anything administered to humans in the name of health. As for squalene, here's what Dr. Sharri Tenpenny, a leading vaccine expert, wrote about it:
“On first blush, squalene seems like a good choice for an adjuvant. Manufactured naturally in the liver, squalene is a precursor for cholesterol. In addition, squalene can be purchased at health food stores in its more commonly known form, 'shark liver oil.' However, ingested squalene has a completely different effect on the body than injected squalene. When molecules of squalene enter the body through an injection, even at concentrations as small as 10 to 20 parts per billion, it can lead to self-destructive immune responses, such as autoimmune arthritis and lupus.
“Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain this reaction. Metabolically, squalene stimulates an immune response excessively and nonspecifically. More than two dozen peer-reviewed scientific papers from ten different laboratories throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia have been published documenting the development of autoimmune disease in animals subjected to squalene-based adjuvants. A convincing proposal for why this occurs includes the concept of molecular mimicry in which an antibody created against the squalene in MF59 can cross react with the body’s squalene on the surface of human cells. The destruction of the body’s own squalene can lead to debilitating autoimmune and central nervous system diseases.”
All the more reason why parents should beware.
For more on this, visit the National Vaccine Information Center (www.nvic.org) along with the websites of Dr. Sharri Tenpenny (http://drtenpenny.com and http://pandemicfluonline.com).
Also see www.vactruth.com, especially the article entitled Ingredients Found In Spermicides, Cleaners, And Cosmetics Along With Thimerosal, And Squalene Present In Experimental H1N1 Vaccine and The Engineering of Pandemics.
I also recommend the website http://homefirst.com, where you’ll find a number of articles and free webinars on swine flu and vaccination.
And finally, here is an excellent look at swine flu and the swine flu vaccine by noted health expert Dr. Russell Blaylock, along with commentary by Dr. Joseph Mercola: http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/mercola2.1.1.html
I recommend that you visit all of the above websites and read the information that they contain.
Self-Care Tips for Preventing and Reversing Muscle Cramps
Muscle cramps are caused by chronic contraction or abnormal toning of the muscles, of which there are three types: skeletal, smooth, and heart. Symptoms of muscle cramps include tightness in the muscle, pain, and/or tingling and burning in the affected area.
Everyone experiences muscle cramping at some time, but those who are most prone to it tend to live a sedentary lifestyle, do not exercise regularly, lack magnesium-rich foods in their diet (especially green vegetables) and/or eat an excess of foods that reduce calcium, such as animal foods, grains, soda, caffeinated beverages, refined sugars, and processed foods high in phosphates.
What To Consider
Muscle cramps can be due to lack of exercise; low thyroid function; deficiencies in iron, magnesium, calcium, vitamin E, and/or folic acid; dietary imbalances; food allergies; excessive coffee consumption; poor posture; spinal problems; uncomfortable footwear; past injury; stress; poor circulation; heart problems; general fatigue; diabetes; and/or arthritis. If muscle cramping becomes chronic, all of these factors need to be screened for and, if present, addressed.
Note: Diuretic medications can worsen muscle cramps and spasms because of their tendency to deplete the body of essential minerals, particularly potassium, calcium, and magnesium, and may create worse muscle spasms.
Self-Care
Diet: Eat an organic, whole foods diet that is high in calcium-rich and magnesium-rich foods, such as green leafy vegetables, fruits (particularly apricots), organic yogurt, kefir, millet, raw nuts and seeds, and raw organic honey. Minimize your intake of citrus fruits, meats, and grains. Overall, you want your diet to be one that supports alkalinity and minimizes acidity, so you need to make sure each meal of the day is high in fruit or vegetable content. Also eliminate coffee and other caffeine drinks and drink plenty of pure filtered water throughout the day.
Nutritional Supplementation: The following nutrients are very helpful for relieving and preventing muscle cramps: calcium, magnesium, potassium, silica, trace minerals, a multimineral supplement, vitamin B complex, vitamin B1, vitamin B3 (niacin), folic acid, vitamin C, vitamin E, and chlorophyll.
Muscle cramps, particularly in the calf muscles, can also occur because of a lack of sodium in the body. To prevent this, take a half a teaspoon of organic sea salt or Celtic salt in a glass of water once a day.
Aromatherapy: Rosemary, lavender, marjoram, chamomile, or clary sage essential oil massaged into the affected area can provide rapid relief of most muscle cramping.
Flower Essences: Rescue Remedy Cream applied topically over the affected area can be very useful.
Herbs: As its name suggests, cramp bark tea is an excellent herbal remedy for preventing and relieving muscle cramps. A tincture of equal parts lobelia and cramp bark can also be applied topically to soothe the affected muscles.
Hydrotherapy: Hot packs, Epsom salt packs or baths, sitz baths, and/or a full, hot bath can hasten recovery from muscle cramps. For nighttime leg cramps, soak in a hot bath for 20-30 minutes before going to bed, then stretch your legs.
Juice Therapy: Carrot, beet, celery, and cucumber juice can provide your body with vital nutrients to minimize your risk of cramping.
Topical Treatment: Massage cramping muscles with a mixture of grated ginger juice and equal parts olive or sesame oil. Repeat as needed throughout the day.
(The above article is adapted from Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide, 2nd edition, edited and co-written by Larry Trivieri Jr.)
The Medical Government by Jon Rappoport
It isn’t just Obama’s health plan. It isn’t just the fear mongering around fake epidemics. The medical/pharmaceutical establishment is moving a step at a time toward making illness a badge of honor.
Children of a new generation are learning that it pays to have some disorder or another: ADHD, clinical depression, SAD, Bipolar Disorder. There are perks. The child doesn’t have to grow up with a great goal and the energy and determination to pursue it. He can become, instead, a person with an illness, and he can develop a whole language to describe it. It’s a fall-back position for him.
“If at first you don’t succeed, obtain a diagnosis from a psychiatrist.”
Of course, the medications dispensed to “treat” these “disorders” are highly toxic. They scramble, for example, neurotransmitter systems in the brain. They act like speed drugs. They repress a wide-ranging emotional life, substituting instead a dead zone.
As time passes, the medical/pharmaceutical juggernaut obtains more control over people’s lives. It presents itself as the ultimate “care giver,” with only the best interests of the patient at heart. A chemical messiah.
People want to believe in something. So they move under the medical umbrella and seek an authority to supply them with cradle to grave guidance.
This journey is marked with many signposts (disease and disorder labels) that offer excuses for failing to find a truly satisfying life.
The chief bureaucrats at The Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization are the priests of a new religion. They pretend to know the unchallengeable facts of an arcane catechism. They know how issue orders and inform the masses about new disease threats. They know how to build a whole cosmology of disaster and imbue it with the sounds of authenticity. In this, they replicate the kinds of fairy tales that lead the slaves of organized religions.
“We care, we dispense, we command, we point the way.”
The separation of church and state was wisely written into the Constitution. But this new religion works hand in glove with government. That’s the rub. Its dictums and flaws and false assumptions and compromised research and greed and hunger for control are increasingly aligned with the Nanny State itself. With extensive media cooperation, the medical religion can ignore and bury many legitimate factual criticisms of its so-called science.
The push in the direction of trying to make certain vaccines compulsory is just one instance of this overall power play.
As a working reporter for 20 years, covering many medical stories, I came to see this overarching picture. It isn’t a pretty sight, but it’s important to face up to what’s coming down the pipeline.
Unless you don’t care. Unless you’ve already ceded your future to the tranquilization of your own life-force.
Copyright © 2009 by Jon Rappoport. All rights reserved.
[Note: On September 23, from 6:30 to 7:45 Pacific time, Jon will be conducting a telephone seminar. entitled, Swine Flu And The Dangers Of Vaccines. The cost of the seminar is $15. You can sign up for it by going to http://jonrappoportstore.com/rappoport/product.php?productid=110]
A Message From Dr. Valerie V. Hunt
Long-time readers of The Health Plus Letter know that I regard Dr. Valerie Hunt as the most pioneering leader of all the healers, physicians, and researchers it has been my privilege to meet. Vibrantly healthy at the youthful age of 93, Valerie is still actively involved in bringing the fruits of her research to the world at large. As she does so, she is revolutionary our understanding of not only health, but of consciousness and our true nature as spiritual beings having human life experiences. As I can personally attest, her work is very powerful and encompassing, so I’m very thrilled to share with you the email message I received from Valerie earlier this week. Here it is:
Dear Friends and Colleagues -I am pleased to announce and invite you to visit my new web site, www.valerievhunt.com. This new site will be the gateway for me to share my thoughts and finding on a wide range of subjects. It will be the portal through which I can exchange ideas, share information, answer your questions and report my new cancer research.
It is also the home of Bio-Energy Fields Foundation and Malibu Publishing.
www.Malibupublishing.com continues to be the site to purchase my books, as well as my new CDs and DVDs.
I hope you visit my site soon.
Valerie V. Hunt
(I hope that you do too. And while you’re there, be sure to sign up for Valerie’s free newsletter. You’ll find the link for doing so on her homepage. – LT)
Ouch! My Visit To the ER Without Health Insurance (Part 2)
[Continuing a tale that began here: www.1healthyworld.com/ezine/vol7no18.cfm.]
After persuading the administrators in charge of the ER in the hospital I first admitted myself to that I was well enough to drive myself to a nearby hospital where an urologist was supposed to be waiting for me, I got in my car and drove there. By doing so, I avoided the expense of $750 that I would have incurred had I agreed to be transported there by ambulance, which is what I was first advised I had to do. (Given that the distance between hospitals is about 1.5 miles that would have worked out to $500/mile. Very nice work if you can get it.)
So it was that around 11 am, nearly 8 hours since I walked into the first ER, I walked into another one. I’d been told at the first hospital that I was expected at the second and would be shown into a waiting urologist soon after I arrived, but such was not the case. In addition, unlike the previous hospital, which was clean and bright, this one was filthy and dingy, which surprised me, given that it bills itself as the finest hospital in our area and claims to be “committed to excellence.” It took a while, but finally I was shown to a room in the ER, where I was left to wait. Fortunately, by this time my sister Cindy had tracked me down and kept me company while I waited for the urologist to show up. In the meantime, the CT scans and blood and urinalysis reports were taken from me for evaluation.
An hour passed. Then another. Finally an attendant came in to inform me that my kidney stone was 7 mm in diameter and lodged midway in my ureter (the tube that connects the kidney to the bladder). I was told the doctor would soon be in to see me, and then he departed. “Soon” wound up being a few more hours, my which time Cindy had needed to leave for work and I was now in the company of my sister Liz and her husband. Together we joked about my predicament while I remained pain free despite not having received any further pain medication.
Finally, I received a visit from the urologist. His name is Dr. Robert Fleischer and I liked him immediately. He told me he only had a few minutes, as he had to soon perform a procedure for another patient (I later learned that he’d been performing surgery surgeries one after another since 8 that morning). “You have a large stone,” he began.
”I know. It’s 7 mm and lodged in the middle of my ureter.”
“No, it isn’t. It’s still near your kidney, partially inside, but yes, it’s 7mm.” Why the two version of location? My guess, based on the fact that years earlier a radiologist at this same hospital had told my mothers’ physician that she had stage-4 liver cancer when in fact her scan showed she had gallstones, is that both Dr. Fleischer and the attendant were relying on what the radiology department had told them, and that they’d been told two different stories.
Given that I had no insurance, he told me he was going to push the stone back inside my kidney, where it would no longer cause me pain, and most likely then need to put a stent to keep the stone in place and protect my kidney for the time being. “It’s a simple procedure but I have to warn you of what could go wrong.” Nothing serious. Just damage to my kidney and/or ureter due to the procedure and/or death due to the anesthesia required to knock me out before he could begin the procedure (which would take place via my penis, up through my ureter and into my kidney). I liked his brass tacks, no-nonsense approach and signed the waiver authorizing the operation. With that, he left to tend to another waiting patient, telling me he expected to perform my operation around 5 pm and that more than likely I would be able to go home soon thereafter.
So once more I waited.
And waited.
And waited.
5 o’clock came and went, and by that time Liz and her husband had to leave me to tend to their children and I passed the time dozing off and meditating. By this time I also received an EKG to make sure that my heart was strong enough to bear the operation and anesthesia. It was the first time I’d received and EKG and it was quick and painless and all systems go.
Finally, I was wheeled (bed and all) up to the pre-op room, where I was told my operation should occur no later than 7 pm. All of the staff who tended me there were wonderful to me, all very caring and professional. I was looking forward to having my operation and going home when I received another surprise visit, this time from my friends Steve and Sue, who also volunteered to drive me home later on, since I would not be allowed to drive myself due to the anesthesia. I passed a few more hours in their company, then sent them home as it became obvious that my operation was still delayed.
As it turned out, it was after 9 pm before Dr. Fleischer was able to tend to me, due to his having tended to other patients ever since he’d first visited me in the ER. So, at last, I was wheeled into the operating room and a few minutes later the anesthesiologist told me, “We’re going to put you under now. Just go with it …”
And the next thing I knew, I was waking up to find Dr. Fleischer filling out some paperwork, then getting up to leave. “Everything went smoothly,” he told me. “I’ll have my office check in with you in a few days.” Then he left and I was wheeled into the post-op room where I was told to pee so that the staff could be assured there were no complications. As I hadn’t had any water or other liquids since 6 am that morning, I wasn’t sure I could, but sure enough, within a few minutes I did and I was pronounced fit to go home. So I got dressed and was driven home by Steve and Sue. From start to finish, I’d spent 20 hours in hospitals minus the few minutes it took me to drive from one to the other. Needless to say, I was happy to get home, and made even happier when my girlfriend Marilu arrived home after worrying about me throughout her day-long flight back home. Her hug was the best medicine for me, and I fell asleep with a very grateful smile.
The next morning, I awoke to discover what having a stent inside me meant. And within a few days my bills started to arrive. Aye caramba!
(Continued next issue.)
Recommendations
Websites and Links
http://tinyurl.com/mcb3rk- This link will take you to an excellent article by Dr. Mark Hyman that debunks the link between cholesterol and heart disease.
http://www.ultrawellness.com/blog- This is Dr. Hyman’s blog, where you will find a wealth of other excellent health articles.
http://www.ProjectGifted.com - This site is an excellent resource for parents and educators who are interested in nurturing the development and education of children. As the site makes clear, today’s standard educational approaches are woefully lacking, something I innately recognized when I was 4 years old, which is why I’m happy to say I am a nursery school dropout.
Medical Freedom
Please contact and support the following organizations dedicated to protecting our health freedoms.
Citizens for Health - http://www.citizens.org
American Association for Health Freedom – http://www.healthfreedom.net
Alliance for Natural Health – http://www.alliance-natural-health.org (The leading organization fighting to preserve health freedom in England and the EU.)
Institute for Health Freedom – http://www.ForHealthFreedom.org
International Advocates for Health Freedom (IAHF) – http://www.iahf.com
And to learn how corrupt and extensive Big Pharma’s monopoly is, visit http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/online/research/index.html the website for the Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research. In particular, read their in-depth report The Pharmaceutical Drug Racket that you will find there.
That’s all for this week.
Health and Blessings!
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
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