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>How Some Forms of Chronic Illness

>Trigger Allergy Formation

>And Vice Versa

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>It is my understanding that some people are being given cyclosporine and

>other strong immunosuppresive treatments to reduce allergies. There are

>some problems with this kind of treatment, including:

>

> a.. Long term kidney damage

> b.. Infections gained while immuno-suppressed

> c.. Flare up of long term infections -- particularly those responsible

>for the immune disorder!

> d.. Ignoring the underlying problem

>Many forms of immune disease originate from a long term low level infection

>of _any_ sort, including bacteria, yeast, viruses, or parasites, or other

>persistent factors that the body has not been able to completely eliminate.

>With the immune system on alert and without rapid success, the natural

>mutation processes of the immune system begin to generate a broader set of

>antibodies. This is a strategy which will likely find another chink in the

>offending organism's armor; but may also hit upon a chink in the body's own

>armor, _possibly_ resulting in auto-immune disease if a prolonged battle

>ensues.

>

>Immune System as Scavenger

>At this point, we should note one of the less appreciated functions of the

>immune system. When you are injured, some cells die, others begin to

>malfunction. Those cells which are damaged, express so called " heat shock

>proteins " on their cell wall membranes. (The cause is not only heat, as

>originaly thought, but is now understood to include many other forms of

>stress and damage.) To clean up the site of the injury, these damaged cells

>must be attacked and destroyed by the immune system, and the debris flushed

>into the circulatory system, or as in the case of a sunburn or blister,

>allowed to fall off. To do this, the immune system has to be able to form

>antibodies against the normal cells of the body. That is to say, a healthy

>immune system, like a good police force, HAS to have the ABILITY to kill

>you, to do its every day work.

>

>Take the example of a viral cold. During the initial period, the virus

>takes over cells and turns them into factories manufacturing more viruses.

>In response, the immune system sets out a two pronged attack, one aimed at

>destroying viruses outside of cells, and another aimed at identifying those

>cells acting as viral factories, and killing them before they disgorge

>thousands of new viruses, dying in the process. If your body could not kill

>your own cells, the virus would eventually take over. Together, they damage

>your body to the point where you will feel terrible for a week or two, as

>your body replaces the cells that it and/or the virus killed.

>

>In some cases, those antibodies generated against your own cells, may

>persist for a long time, and the generation of replacement antibodies may

>continue. In most cases, however, the disulfide bonds within the

>antibodies, hold them in " closed " or inactive position until they are

>needed. But more on that later.

>

>A Few Well Known Allergy Diseases...

>A number of well known diseases have been found to be based upon this kind

>of persistent antibody action.

>

>Late onset diabetes, we now believe, occurs when antibodies are formed

>which end up slowly destroying insulin generating cells in the pancreas.

>Milk consumption has been statistically related to this; but the major

>cause is speculated to be viral.

>

>Rheumatic heart disease is another antibody related disease. It is

>triggered when a form of streptococcus infects the throat. In the course of

>fighting this off, the body makes antibodies which will also attack a

>protein in the heart valves. If treated quickly, the body does not continue

>generating these antibodies. If not treated, the cross reactions of these

>antibodies with heart valve tissue eventually convinces the immune system

>that there is a continued threat. As damage accumulates, the valves become

>leaky and must be replaced to avoid lethargy and death.

>

>Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy, is another auto-immune disease. It

>is triggered by a fungus which begins growing on the skin. In short term

>exposures, not much happens. The second phase involves some scarring of the

>skin. As the immune system becomes seriously involved in the third phase,

>it begins generating antibodies which target other proteins. In those with

>a genetic predisposition, some of those proteins targeted, are those used

>in the nerve sheaths of a class of pain nerves, leading to a comfortable

>lack of pain. The horrors of this disease are not due to the disease

>itself; but rather, the lack of pain to discourage self damaging actions.

>People with leprosy are no longer aware they are harming themselves when

>they pick up hot objects, drink overly hot liquids, walk with sand or

>pebbles in their shoes, and the many, many little things we don't do

>because we find them uncomfortable or painful! With open wounds, chronic

>infections set in; these are often not treated adequately because they are

>just not painful. Like a rented car, without the warning pains of

>ownership, the mind is no longer prompted toward caution in the minutea of

>the body's use. Soon, the body shows the signs of abuse; burns, repetetive

>wear, infections, all lead to missing digits, even limbs, and death. All

>due to the missing " inconvenience " of pain.

>

>In a manner analogous to the disabling of the nervous system by Leprosy,

>cyclosporins disable another vital but occasionally irritating system of

>the body -- the immune system. Suppressing it is like getting a mild case

>of AIDS. The initial infections or other problems are not dealt with, and

>may continue to cause more and more damage to the body, while other low

>grade problems begin to occur. In addition, it is my understanding that

>there is often kidney damage which often leads to dialysis after a number

>of years, and the incidence of cancer rises as the body fails to suppress

>malfunctioning cells at a stage where this is easily done.

>

>Antibody Function

>Now a quick jump back to the antibody story. It has been proposed that

>antibodies are normally inactive in a healthy individual. It has been said

>that 60% or more of the action of a healthy immune system is to deal with

>the leakage of larger food molecules from the gut. There is, after all, a

>high degree of similarity between various mammalian animal proteins in our

>diet and those found in our bodies, even without considering the cases of

>cannibalism formerly found in various primitive societies, or occasionally

>encountered in conditions of extreme deprivation. If our immune system were

>to attack all instances of these proteins, we would all have arthritis,

>lupus, and many other auto immune diseases. Yet, in some people this type

>of antibody based damage does occur.

>

>A typical antibody consists of two light polypeptide chains and two heavy

>polypeptide chains held together by disulfide bonds. When most of these

>bonds are reduced, the antibody is " closed " and unlikely to attack

>anything. It is believed by Dr. Cathcart and others, that in the normal

>state, these key bonds are closed, and the antibody circulates relatively

>inertly in the blood. (A link to his articles is at the end of this

>article.)

>

>When the antibody encounters an area of free radical activity, such as an

>area where phagocytes are attacking other cells or invaders, the free

>radicals oxidize some of these bonds, causing the antibody to open,

>becomming primed. Any loosely matching item the antibody then encounters,

>is attacked by the antibody. This provides a highly localized method of

>dealing with invading organisms. Since there are times when the body must

>destroy its own cells, and phagocytes do use free radicals as an attack

>method, this scheme of activating antibodies would seem a relatively safe

>design for Nature to employ. In addition, the presence of adequate free

>radical scavengers will reduce the mean free path of the free radicals

>generated by the phagocytes, sparing nearby tissue from damage by

> " ricochet " free radicals during battle.

>

>The natural fresh food diet of our distant tree dwelling ancestors use to

>contain large quantities of ascorbate laden fruits and vegetables, insuring

>a good reductive blood ph. Most foods would be in season for but a few

>weeks, providing a natural rotation of perhaps two thousand different

>foods. And our elevated status kept us away from dead things and

> " droppings " , somewhat reducing our exposure to pathogens and parasites.

>Meat was relatively rare. Thus, Dr. Stone and others suggest, we had

>considerably more antioxidants in our blood, and permitted Mother Nature to

>propagate a genetic " defect " that turned off our primate ancestor's ability

>to turn glucose into vitamin C. Later on, when some primates transitioned

>from the high garden to the grasslands of the savanna, periodic famines may

>have killed off those who converted glucose to vitamin C too freely in

>times of nutritional stress.

>

>Along with the benefits of modern civilization, our diet changed to include

>far more " dead " foods, such as meat and vegetables which have been picked

>weeks, even months before consumption. Some studies in the sixties have

>shown that the ascorbate content of these vegetables drops dramatically

>after picking; and when it reaches near zero, the foods begin to rot. Thus,

>our diet no longer has the grams of ascorbates and other anti- oxidants our

>bodies evolved to use. Nor the seasonal nutritional stress and famines

>which helped kill so many.

>

>As a side note, if we were to feed our modern processed food diet to a

>monkey, the SPCA would likely charge us with maltreatment of the animal as

>we would not be providing it with adequate ascorbates and other nutrients.

>The FDA's RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) of most nutrients is based not

>on biological need, which we are not very certain of; but upon the FDA's

>compilation of the so called " average " diet. There have been some strong

>discussions between the National Academy of Sciences and the FDA regarding

>these recommendations, resulting in the reluctant increase in some of the

>values. (Not to mention the open recommendation of " eat more vegetables " ,

>take vitamin C to avoid colds, and now, rumors that vitamin E combats heart

>disease. )

>

>Back in our blood, the lower levels of antioxidants result in a higher

>average free radical concentration. With any disease processes or other

>perturbations, this can reach the levels at which statistically more and

>more of the antibodies become open and " armed " , ready to strike anything

>similar to their intended targets.

>

>A quick note on how chemistry works at this point. Atoms and molecules

>react only when they bump into each other hard enough. No collision, no

>reaction. Thus if the free radical concentration is low enough, few

>antibodies will become primed by collision with free radicals, and those so

>primed, are more likely to become un-primed by collision with free radical

>scavengers before they encounter their would-be targets. Also, whether an

>antibody latches on to a target depends not just upon fit, but also upon

>how hard the collision. A hard enough collision can jam an antibody onto a

>much poorer fitting target. There is a considerable spread of velocities in

>any solution, the curve tapers to an extreme range, enough to destroy the

>molecules involved in somewhat more rare occasions. These higher speed

>collisions give rise to a half-life phenomenon for antibodies and other

>bodily chemicals. (Rest assured, this molecular velocity has nothing to do

>with how quickly blood travels; it is orders of magnitude greater! Any

>observed relation between exercise and allergies is caused by Very

>Different means.)

>

>So we see that as the free radical levels in the blood rise and/or

>antioxidant levels fall, more and more antibodies may become active,

>hammering away at anything resembling the targets they were designed to

>attack. Eventually, the sheer numbers of mistakes build up to the point

>where the accidental damage these antibodies cause, becomes noticeable as

> " allergies " . As the quantity exceeds the body's ability to repair the

>damage, it becomes a form of degenerative disease.

>

>What kind of damage is noticed first, would depend upon your immune history

>-- which antibodies your body has produced more of. During such attack's,

>some notice a strange phenomenon -- an injury at one site on the body,

>prompts faint symptoms at other similar sites on the body. Say you catch

>one finger in a door, or are bitten by a bee on one knuckle; in a day or

>two, the other finger may also begin to twinge. Antibodies created to mop

>up a specific class of damaged cells in one area, may be cross reacting

>with similar cells at another area because your general free radical

>scavenger status is too low. The sites of old injuries may also begin to

>hurt for similar reasons. Old mariner's tales of scurvey from the days

>before the British use of Lime to prevent scurvey, (hence the slang term

>Limy for a British sailor,) talk about old wounds spontaneously opening.

>Some of this is mentioned in Pearson and Shaw's books " Life Extension " , and

> " Life Extension Companion " , along with experiments on wound healing

>strength vs ascorbate dosage in guinnie pigs, another animal which does not

>make its own ascorbates.

>

>Dietary Triggers and Avoidance

>Here is where the rotating diet means of treating some allergies comes in.

>The constant collisions do take their toll on antibodies, with some kinds

>of antibodies lasting only days before neeting to be replaced by new ones.

>Rotating the diet provides lulls, suggesting to the immune system that

>additional production of replacement antibodies is not required. Days

>later, when levels are low enough, eating that particular food will not

>cause as many matches, and so will not stir up the rest of the immune

>mechanisms. In the the six to eight hours it takes to ramp up antibody

>production against those food macro-molecules, most of that food will have

>been used up by the body, keeping the immune system from becoming stirred

>up.

>

>Sometimes, with some of these foods, one may note faint traces of the food

>odors released a day of so later as the antibodies break down and release

>the molecules. Other foods with molecules that better fit these antibodies

>may even " flush " such odors on to the breath. This is not to imply that

>this is the only cause of delayed food odors, but a phenomenon which has

>been noticed by some patients with food and other allergic materials. At

>times, massive doses of vitamin C have been noticed to produce similar

>releases of food, allergen, even pesticide odors on the breath.

>

>This mechanism can also explain the occasional faint releases of potential

>allergen odors a day or so after exposure. This has been taken by some

>patients as an indicator that they are developing an allergic sensitivity

>to those allergens. The implication is that the body has learned to

>generate antibodies to that chemical, and may do so in larger quantities

>next time. Perhaps.

>

>Then there is the strange matter of addictive food disorders. If free

>radical levels are high enough, large numbers of these antibodies become

>active. If there is enough of the allergen present in the blood, all the

>antibodies may be used up by the allergen, preventing cross reactions and

>hence allergy symptoms. As long as supply outstrips the immune systems

>ability to produce antibodies, symptoms subside. The combination of faint

>odors and accompanying aches soon teaches the victim to crave these foods

>or allergens to avoid the pain of allergy. The problem is that the body

>will divert other resources to the production of more and more of these

>antibodies, neglecting the production of more important antibodies, and

>potentially opening the door to infective disease and cancer. Also the

>individual may at some time end up in a situation where he or she can no

>longer get enough of that particular food, triggering massive allergy

>symptoms.

>

>(Some have speculated that a component of " home sickness " for one's prior

>abode and diet, etc. may be related to a weak version of this phenomenon.

>Perhaps.)

>

>Cures, " Cures " , and You

>Statistically, a " cure " rate, is measured by the percentage in whom

>treatment controls symptoms till some specific date, or till the patient is

>removed from the study group by unrelated causes, like death from cancer,

>or at times, bancrupcy, loss of insurance, and other things that prevent

>paid contact with the medical practitioner.

>

>Do you consider this acceptable to YOU?

>

>Some medical researchers, looking beyond the immediate, are just now

>beginning to sound the alarm that there is a statistical rise in cancer

>from antihistamines and many related drugs. (Science News, circa 1994.)

>There may, however, be other pathways that these drugs use which could also

>explain the increase in cancer rates. One suspected pathway is interfering

>with pancreatic function.

>

>Other medications, as we have heard, lead to problems with bone damage.

>Even the matter of just taking enough pain killers to remove the pain so

>one can go on, encourages the patient to ignore the primary problem, and

>just go on with life as best as he or she can till something else breaks

>down.

>

>Is this method of just treating symptoms acceptable to YOU? This is your

>body. Your life as you know it will end when your body breaks down and

>stops. We do not know what will happen after that. If you work at it, you

>may be able to delay that event.

>

>(If you are interested in what may lay beyond, I would reccomend the rather

>curious book, " Children Who Remember Previous Lives " , written by a medical

>doctor who became curious on the subject, and dedicated much of his life to

>researching actual cases. It's food for thought; and perhaps, hope.)

>

>Find the Cause

>I deal with complex computer systems, often those which have gone wrong.

>Quite often, the cause is a flaw in the design of the system, which NO ONE

>went back to fix. Everyone just kept adding more and more instructions

>(which we call code,) and fixes to the system. No one took the time to LOOK

>at WHY there was a problem. Finally, either that problem manifested itself

>in a way that could not be readily fixed, or the weight of additional

>problems which the additional code introduced, rendered the program no

>longer suitable.

>

>Correcting the initial design flaw was often considered too time consuming

>or too expensive. By the time I am called in, we often find that MANY times

>that amount has been spent in " unrelated " costs and schedule slippages in

>other areas of the company. It is not that uncommon to find those costs

>exceed several million dollars.

>

>How does that old saying go? For want of a nail, the horseshoe was lost.

>For want of a horseshoe, the rider was lost, for want the rider, the battle

>was lost, for want of the battle, the kingdom was lost.... Not in all

>cases, to be sure; but the cumulative weight of problems " dealt with " one

>at a time, usualy exceeds the cost needed to resolve the fundamental

>causes.

>

>If you LOOK for the REAL problem, for the MECHANISMS behind the symptoms,

>and deal with those, either fixing the PROBLEM or arranging this so that it

>is not aggravated; then all the side effects Go Away! This usually involves

>taking a Different Approach; one that deals with fundamental mechanisms,

>not statistics.

>

>It is NOT just taking more things like vitamin C. Vitamin C is a stop-gap

>measure, a way of helping the body. But you do need to get yourself to a

>point where you have the luxury of saying NO to risky, short term oriented

>treatments. Vitamin C can, at times help people gain some of that slack,

>and help the body heal. But if you don't clear whatever caused your

>problems in the first place, this becomes a never-ending race between

>damage and healing. Cure the Cause! (See Dr. Cathcart's articles for more

>information. Jump button repeated at end.)

>

>Some doctors actually prescribe a long term round of antibiotics as a start

>of treatment. There are SERIOUS problems with this approach as well, but

>sometimes, it DOES work at killing the microbes which caused the original

>problem. Those such as myself, who have or have had candida albecans may

>recoil in horror. Perhaps rightly so -- FOR THEM! But the right kinds of

>antibiotics with the right kinds of antifungals and intestinal cultures,

>and the right foods, CAN help SOME people get rid of the root cause of

>their problems. Not all, not without problems. It's a trade off.

>

>(If you have gut ecology problems, be particularly carful of Tetracycline

>and tetracycline derivatives. They are known to promote candida and other

>yeasts and fungi. Ask about alternatives. Check them out in the PDR -

>Physician's Desk Reference, and/or NDR - Nurses Drug Reference. Both are

>available in most libraries or can be bought (or borowsed,) in most larger

>bookstores. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH, don't simply let your physician read to

>you what HE thinks you should know, as he is too prone to leave out

>anything he thinks might fuel your imagination or lead to that catch-all,

> " Hypochondriasis " .)

>

>A friend of mine started having strange allergies and heart palpitations.

>It was only AFTER the slow failures in attempting to treat him with

>medications and the installation of a heart pacemaker, that anyone thought

>of testing him for Lyme disease! Once that was rectified, many of his

>problems went away. Unfortunately, his heart remains damaged, and with the

>pacemaker, the FAA (Federal Aviation Agency) will no longer permit him his

>life long joy of piloting an airplane. (Not to mention the sharp reduction

>in estimated life span this all has caused!)

>

>This is not to say that Lyme disease is the only possible, or even probable

>cause. Neither is the Candida Albecans, which Very Often preys upon those

>with misbehaving immune systems. But they are things to look in to, and Doc

>finds that the general anti-candid a protocol helps most patients, as it

>relieves the immune system and strengthens its ability to select and deal

>with Specific problems.

>

>How Long Do YOU Want to Live?

>How long do you want to live? A hundred and thirty is about the upper limit

>given the way healthy bodies seem to age. Can you attain that if you say

>that you will accept an improvement now, in exchange for kidney failure,

>cancer, or other terminal problems five to twenty years from now?

>

>Take your life in YOUR OWN HANDS! Keep LOOKING for the ROOT causes of your

>problems!

>

>Who is most strongly motivated to keep you alive for more than ten to

>twenty years?

>

>Is your doctor?

>

>Or is he more concerned at getting in and you out quickly, perhaps with

>fewer symptoms, so he can see other patients? What is more important to

>him, you, or his schedule? He DOES have to live, so he does have watch that

>clock. So whom does that leave? YOU!

>

>There ARE good doctors who go beyond this near term point of view. They may

>be harder to find; but they ARE out there!

>

>Quiet, Don't Suppress

>Find out WHAT is the root cause; what initial incident, infection, chronic

>or otherwise, CAUSED this immunological alert status. Deal with it!

>

>DO whatever is necessary to QUIET, not suppress, your immune system.

>Vitamin C can only be PART of the solution. (Link to C articles at end.) DO

>rotate your diet. DO try to avoid many of the immune stressors in your

>environment. KEEP a diary so you can LEARN what those stressor are! Start

>comparing them, you may find common ingredients which are the Real cause.

>This too, gives you more slack, as you can then use things without those

>ingredients.

>

>Note that some allergies are cyclical -- if you avoid that food long

>enough, then you may be able to have it again once every X days without

>symptoms. (X is usually 4, 7, or sometimes, over 20. Part of that depends

>on your elimination rate, and other things. Here too, C can help. Ref.

> " Brain Allergies " , by Dr. Pangborn and " The Yeast Syndrome " by Trowbridge

>and .)

>

>Who Knows More?

>Who knows best what is around you? Does you doctor, or you? Most, NOT ALL,

>of the doctors, when they see a patient with a list, WILL NOT LISTEN, they

>think " Hypochondria! " Good immune specialists DO want you to keep that

>diary, to make an ORGANIZED list, and try to identify what triggers or

>worstens your attacks. If your doctor is not interested in your keeping

>that kind of diary, GET ANOTHER DOCTOR! (Or if he talks more about what you

>were thinking, more about what your psychological state was at those times,

>than how your body reacted, same thing. Not to say that psychology is not a

>component; but a computer with low voltage will NOT get the right answers

>no matter WHAT the program does! During a reaction, you very likely have

>the brain equivalent of " low voltage " -- blood with low oxygen, low

>glucose, the wrong ph balance, etc. for at least part of the brain you use.

>This manifests itself as serious muscle spasms and/or confusion. If you

>don't plug the computer in first, there is NO Point in trying to program

>it!)

>

>It's Up To YOU!

>YOU have to TAKE CHARGE of your own condition. That does NOT mean energy

>zapping arguments. It simply means asking polite questions till you

>understand WHY things happen, or till you see that the person you are

>talking to does not know. It means SELECTING what you will do, and whom you

>will see. It means LOOKING BEYOND tomorrow, looking TEN to THIRTY years

>into the future!

>

>What should you do if your doctor says " Look, let's just deal with today? "

>Is that going to get you where you want to be ten to thirty years from now?

>I started looking for another doctor each time that happened.

>

>As the months go by, the prepared mind -- YOUR mind, will begin to see

>patterns in all that information you are accumulating. You will not always

>be right. You must proof your ideas against reality. But if you watch how

>you react, and always seek to find out the specific causes of your

>problems, YOU will become the expert on your own body and your own illness.

>That's how it should be. YOU are the one with the greatest motivation to

>spend the time researching and experimenting with your disease. Your body

>is the only body you are likely to have in this life time. Your doctor, on

>the other hand, will see many. Each of you has a different focus, different

>information to share.

>

>If your doctor disagrees with you, politely ask him to educate you as to

>MECHANISMS, not statistics. What if he refuses? Can you walk out? Can you

>look for another doctor? I did.

>

>Ask yourself if you can trust this man to keep you alive thirty years. Is

>this man on an ego trip? Does he care for anything besides getting you in

>and out quickly so he can get on to the next patient? Does he want to be

>thought of as The Expert, any you as The Ignorant Patient? Would you put up

>with this kind of behavior if this were a garage or a used car lot? Just as

>there are many mechanics and salesmen, there are many doctors. Whom you

>consult, is up to you. It's your life this mechanic is tinkering with. Can

>you trust him to take your best interests to heart? If not, just walk out

>and keep looking.

>

>YOU have to take YOUR LIFE into YOUR OWN HANDS! And do it in an

>intelligent, informed manner! It is up to YOU to hire good competent,

>trustworthy _Consultants_ to help you when you need advice or help, or just

>to get that other point of view. Working as partners, you and your doctor

>can improve your life. But just like auto mechanics, doctors do come in all

>kinds.

>

>Gaining Slack

>In the course of this, you need to find some keeping point, some coping

>point that will give you enough slack that you CAN say NO without too much

>pain. For me that was extreme vitamin C and a gas mask. (excuse me,

>OSHA./NIH approved industrial respirator.) Now, it is just vitamins, mostly

>C, and diet. I am still looking, still trying various things. I have lasted

>ten years this way, and may well last another ten to thirty years. I have

>become accustomed to it. Life IS good; so I have to keep reminding myself

>to keep looking. But if I don't understand the theory behind something, I

>refuse to try it till it is explained well enough so I can understand and

>believe. I look at most " cures " with suspicion, because they are NOT cures,

>just palliative measures to reduce or eliminate symptoms on a short term

>basis without regard to other long term consequences.

>

>Not dying in thirty years, is NOT simply not dying each day. It is thinking

>and planning about how to avoid dying in the future from what you might do

>today, even if, at times, what you reject happens to be the best advice

>available today; sometimes, tempting advice which may make you more

>comfortable in the short run.

>

>Three Steps

>It is up to YOU. You have to want to live those ten to thirty or more

>years. No one can want for you as much as you. No one can do what you can

>do, for you. First comes Desire; a calm, deep rooted desire that will

>motivate your actions.

>

>Read, ask questions, learn what you can. But remember, knowledge is

>secondary. That's right, secondary. If there is no desire, all the

>knowledge in the world is useless.

>

>Then do something. Take the initiative. Make it a habit. If you can only

>crawl one inch forward, do it. If the consequences of failure are minor,

>try it. Get in the habit of trying. Action is the third step. It's your

>initiative, take it before someone else steals it; when people see you are

>trying, they will be more willing to help. Action inspires action. And

>empathy.

>

>Disclaimers:

>I am no doctor. This is not medical advice. I am not responsible for your

>health or faith. Do not blindly accept what other people tell you. Think

>before you act. If you follow what I have suggested, you will be taking

>your life into your own hands.

>

>REFERENCES

>

> Dr. Cathcart's articles on:

> a.. Vitamin C

> b.. Chronic Fatigue

> c.. Low Body Temperature

> d.. Could You have Candida? A computer graded quiz.

> e.. Immune med. org.

>

> Why your doctor won't talk to you.

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