Toxemia

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In a message dated 3/11/2000 3:32:39 AM Central Standard Time, kny@...

writes:

<< hen I joined this list, I expected to meet people who were inherently

against just going along with whatever the general medical establishment

said was right and true. >>

Thanks, Kandy. I believe I did say this, basically, in my post. Quite

frankly, I'd like the string to end. And that was my other point.

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There are two ways to end this string:

1--stop making irrelevant responses.

or

2--explain how increasing the level of toxic protein acids from

undigested cooked meat is a remedy for toxemia!

---Bulldog

On Sat, 11 Mar 2000 10:54:12 EST cpeter8743@... writes:

>From: cpeter8743@...

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>In a message dated 3/11/2000 3:32:39 AM Central Standard Time,

>kny@...

>writes:

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><< hen I joined this list, I expected to meet people who were

>inherently

> against just going along with whatever the general medical

>establishment

> said was right and true. >>

>

>Thanks, Kandy. I believe I did say this, basically, in my post.

>Quite

>frankly, I'd like the string to end. And that was my other point.

>

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Toxemia is a polluted condition of the body's interior, due

to impurities in the bloodstream derived from improperly produced

food and to a lesser extent from other sources.

The diseases of civilization in some cases commence before birth

due to malnutrition and toxemia of the mother in pregnancy. From birth

onwards they appear in a fairly predictable sequence in the average

person and are so common they are generally assumed to be a more or

less normal part of human existence. The sequence starts with various

minor respiratory infections, proceeding to tooth decay, occasional

flu, acne, dandruff, constipation and so on, all considered quite to

be expected. As people grow older the more troublesome problems

appear, such as premenstrual tension and headaches in women, slowly

increasing blood pressure, the need for reading glasses, back problems

and so forth. From this stage it is only a short step to arthritis,

diabetes, circulatory and digestive problems, ulcers, gallstones,

kidney stones, bowel problems, glaucoma, and finally cataracts,

prostate disorders, osteoporosis, senility, Alzheimer's disease--if

heart attack, stroke or cancer have not already broken the sequence.

These are only the common ones, but common or uncommon THEY ARE ALL

CAUSED BY TOXEMIA; THEY ARE ALL SYMPTOMS OF TOXEMIA. TOXEMIA IS

THE REAL DISEASE.

The different manifestations of disease, BEING OF MAINLY DIETARY

ORIGIN, vary according to the nature of the dietary faults

responsible, and thus different countries and communities display

varying disease patterns which differ according to the traditional

diets and other living habits which are followed.

In brief:

Toxemia = impurities and deficiencies of the blood

Disease = dysfunction of normal body processes.

Why humans get sick and wild animals do not formula: The art of

cooking + the science of chemistry and medicine = toxemia and the

diseases of civilization.

Improperly produced food--although life sustaining, is at the

same time health destroying because it does not furnish the

life-sustaining components in the proper form or quantity, and in addition

introduces, directly or indirectly, toxic substances into the bloodstream.

Thus the digestive system is constantly overworked and the body's interior

is constantly in a state of toxemia, the degree of which is dependent on

the vitality of the eliminatory organs.

Because there are countless variations in the nature and degree of

toxemia, there are countless variations in symptoms, which accounts

for why there are so many diseases doctors must try to remember the

names of in their mistaken belief that each symptom represents a

different disease.

All races of people are sickness prone, some to a greater or lesser

extent than others, for THE SIMPLE REASON THAT HUMANS EVERYWHERE

TAMPER ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WITH NATURAL FOOD--MOSTLY BY COOKING--AND

OFTEN CONSUME FOOD NOT REALLY SUITED TO THEIR SYSTEMS AT ALL, in

addition to which they practise other harmful habits.

The traditional Western diet--that is, one high in fat, protein,

cholesterol, salt, sugar, condiments and so on--contains plenty of

nutrients, but in the wrong proportions, too much of it cooked, and

too much of it altogether. That the Western diet can sustain health is

a fact, but it does so only if the digestive system can perform the

difficult task of breaking it down and assimilating it while at the

same time effectively disposing of the toxic by-products produced.

Thus no matter what the diet, the duration of healthy years and the

ultimate duration of life depends on how long the integrity of the

body's vital organs can be maintained under whatever strain they may

be forced to endure. All forms of animal life respond to unnatural

food in the same way. Horses fed on oats and chaff will maintain

reasonable health and live for twenty-five years, but on good natural

pastures will maintain better health and live for fifty years.

Similarly, dogs and cats fed only on canned and packaged foods never

display best condition nor live as long as those fed exclusively on

raw meat.*

Toxins are produced in the body from the best of diets as natural

by-products of normal metabolism and are eliminated effortlessly by

the organs of elimination without the slightest wear and tear. The

toxins that do all the harm leading to premature degeneration and

disease are the toxins resultant from eating the wrong food.

The toxins which are products of normal metabolism arise from two

sources:

1. The unwanted by-products of digestive functions which from

natural food are of low potency and easily expelled via the kidneys

and urine.

2. The waste products of the body's cells which are carried away in

the lymph fluid and bloodstream to be expelled via the kidneys

(urine), the lungs (carbon dioxide) and the skin (sweat).

The abnormal toxins which cause disease when they overload the

liver and kidneys, pollute the blood and body's interior are:

1. The unwanted by-products of digestive functions,

except in greater quantity and higher potency due to the more

complicated molecular structure of COOKED FOOD, EXCESS PROTEIN, etc.

2. Incompletely digested substances entering the bloodstream direct

from the digestive tract such as fat particles, cholesterol, protein

molecules, salt, condiments, etc, which not only cause toxemia but, by

making the blood sticky, impede its circulation.

3. Toxins from infected teeth; MERCURY from AMALGAM FILLINGS.

4. Chemicals contained in food, liquor, smoke and water (FLORIDE

and CHLORINE at the levels commonly used in public water supplies are

toxic and immuno-supressive, as are minerals such as COPPER and LEAD

from pipes.

5. Medicine and drugs of any kind.

6. Stress-induced hormonal chemicals.

7. Last , and probably the most harmful--various acids and toxins

produced in the colon by bacterial putrification of improperly

digested remnants of COOKED, HIGH-FAT, HIGH-PROTEIN FOOD which enter

the bloodstream in the water reabsorbed from the colon back into the

circulation.

It can be seen then, that depending mainly on the sort of food

eaten from day to day, toxemia within the body can vary over short

periods of time from normal safe levels to levels high enough to

disrupt bodily functions in many different ways, wearing out its

organs and eventually causing death by functional breakdown of the

body's life processes. Thus the quality of life and length of its

duration may range from zero to perhaps 120 years according to the

degree to which toxemia is allowed to exist in the body.

The healthiest and longest-lived people in the world are accepted

generally to be the Hunzas of northern Pakistan and the people in the

Caucasus of Russia, whereas the shortest-lived are the Eskimos and

Lapplanders of the Arctic. Sir McCarrison, Major General,

Indian Medical Service, described the Hunzas thus:

They eat less meat, mainly goats, their consumption of milk and

milk products is low. But they are great FRUIT-EATERS, especially of

apricots and mulberries, which they use in both the raw and sun-dried state.

The power of endurance of these people is extraordinary. These people are

long-lived and vigorous in old age. Among them, the ailments so common

in our own people--such as gastro-intestinal disorders, colitis, gastro and

duodenal ulcer and cancer--are extraordinarily uncommon, and I have no doubt

whatever in my own mind that their freedom from these scourges of modern

civilization is due to three things::

1. Their use of simple, natural foodstuffs of the right kind;

2. Their vigorous outdoor life; and

3. Their bracing climate.

With the Hunzas resistance to infection is remarkable . . .

gastro-intestinal complaints, dyspepsia, ulcers, colitis, and

appendicitis are at least as uncommon as they are common elsewhere.

Cancer is so rare that in nine years' practice I never came across a

single case of it.

The Eskimos* by comparison rated this description by Dr

Hutton, who observed them over the period 1902 to 1913, from his book

Health Conditions and Disease Incidence Among the Eskimos of Labrador:

Old age sets in at fifty and its signs are strongly marked at

sixty. In the years beyond sixty the Eskimo is aged and feeble.

Comparatively few live beyond sixty and only a very few reach seventy.

Those who live to such an age have spent a life of great activity,

feeding on Eskimo foods and engaging in characteristically Eskimo

pursuits . . . Careful records have been left by the missionaries for

more than a hundred years.

*The word Eskimo is derived from the language of the Cree

Indians and means " eater of raw meat " . It should be noted that the

descriptions given of both the Hunzas and the Eskimos are those made

early in the 20th Century before they began to discard their

traditional and more primitive way of life.

It was also noted that the Eskimos had very low resistance to

infectious diseases and suffered severe osteoporosis as they got

older. A later study of a small population (about 1000) on the east

coast of Greenland by Hoygaard and Pedersen, Copenhagen 1941, showed

an average lifespan of only twenty-seven and a half years mainly due

to premature degeneration of adults. Their diet was ninety-five per

cent flesh food but it was not stated whether the Eskimos had adopted

the white man's practice of cooking their food.

There is the comparison. Dr McCarrison attributed the excellence of

the Hunzas to their diet, outdoor activity and bracing climate, so in

view of the fact the Eskimos also indulged in much outdoor activity in

a bracing climate, the distinction in their health status compared to

the Hunzas is clearly due to dietary differences.

Now the dubious health standards of all " developed " countries are

pretty similar to each other and the diseases of civilization occur

among them in roughly the same proportions regardless of climate, and

only a little influenced by occupation. Clearly diet is the problem,

so let us look at a comparison of the typical American diet with that

of the Hunzas.

On average, Americans consume over four times the amount of fat

and twice the amount of protein than that consumed by a Hunza man

while at the same time less carbohydrate, most of which is sugar

or otherwise refined and fiberless.

PROTEIN AND FAT ARE THE CAUSE OF TOXEMIA

The main sources of protein and fat in the Western diet are of

animal origin and thus contain cholesterol in quantities harmful to

the human body. However, many pure vegetarians also suffer toxemia to

a dangerous extent because their diet is based heavily on grain

products and lentils, which are very high in vegetable protein, and in

many cases include liberal quantities of concentrated vegetable oils.

The by-products of the metabolism of fat and protein which are

potentially harmful are chemicals called KETONES from fat, and URIC

ACID and AMMONIA from protein. It is mainly these substances in

excessive amounts which overtax the kidneys, sometimes to the extent

of destroying them. For this reason it is wise for people on the

traditional Western diet to drink copious quantities of water to flush

out the kidneys. Not only do heavy protein-eaters need to urinate

often, their urine is dark in color and odorous.

Apart from the toxins so produced, the condition of the bloodstream

can be seriously degraded by particles of fat and cholesterol entering

the bloodstream directly from the intestine via the lymph circulation,

so much so at times that the blood appears milky red instead of

crimson. In this situation the blood's red cells stick together in

bunches called rouleaux, which block the fine capillary vessels and

deprive the tissues of circulation, causing the tingling sensation of

" pins and needles " . At the same time the blood platelets also adhere

to each other and the blood plasma itself becomes sticky, so up goes

the blood pressure as the heart works harder. The white cells of the

immune system become inhibited in function as well, and the entire

scene becomes a set-up for disaster, disaster meaning every disease in

the book. No wonder people lack vitality, need a lot of sleep, catch

colds and get headaches, but these are only minor signs of the

troubles that lie ahead if the toxemia is allowed to persist.

The most poisonous form of toxemia, however, originates in the

colon (large bowel) because of constipation, which on the Western diet

is unavoidable due to a lack of dietary fiber. It must be understood

that a person can be " as regular as clockwork " and still be

constipated. On a NATURAL DIET of MAINLY FRUITS and RAW VEGETABLES,

low in protein and fat, the indigestible cellulose remnants are

quickly processed for elimination on reaching the colon by the normal

aerobic bacteria there and are then readily defecated, having made the

entire transit of the digestive tract in about twenty-four hours.

However, when the undigested remnants of a high-fat, high-protein diet

arrive in the colon they are difficult to break down further, and the

normal aerobic bacteria must change in form to an anaerobic form which

putrefies the remnants and produces different acids and toxic

chemicals. Because meat, chicken, fish, dairy products and refined

carbohydrates are completely lacking in fiber, the process is slow

moving. Thus the " transit time " of the Western diet is about

seventy-two hours instead of twenty-four, giving the potent toxins

ample time to be absorbed into the body by way of the bile circulation

and to set up the irritation which leads to appendicitis and bowel cancer.

A graphic illustration of how auto-intoxication from the colon

causes all manner of disease is the experience of Sir

Arbuthnot Lane,* the famous English physician and surgeon. Sir

first realized that the bowel was the source of many health problems

when, after surgically removing diseased bowels, he noted that his

patients' health rapidly improved and various diseases such as

arthritis, gall bladder " involvements " , thyroid " difficulties " , etc

disappeared in a few days. At first his surgical training influenced

him to specialize in removing peoples' colons, until it occurred to

him from the biologist, Sir Arthur 's, studies of wild apes that

the entire problem could be eliminated simply by dietary means.

*The Prevention of The Diseases Peculiar to Civilization by Sir

Arbuthnot Lane (1929).

That the problem of chemicals such as preservatives, coloring

agents, etc: in food is one of relatively minor importance compared to

body-produced toxemia is illustrated in some interesting comparisons

of disease incidence in different countries. Denmark has very strict

prohibition against most food additives, while Norway and Sweden do

not. Despite this, Denmark has a cancer incidence twenty per cent

higher than Norway and Sweden,* which is explainable by the fact that

Denmark per capita consumes 20% MORE FAT in the diet. But

another comparison, this time between Denmark and Finland, showed that

in relation to colon cancer, MEAT WAS THE GREATER DANGER than fat,

because the Finns consumed even more fat than the Danes but had only a

quarter as much colon cancer. That Denmark suffers four times the

bowel cancer rate of Finland is explainable only by the Danes' much

heavier meat consumption (from the International Agency for Research

on Cancer 1977).

*Cancer Research, Vol. 35, p. 3379, K. Carroll.

When people speak of " cleansing diets " , they mean diets which do

not cause toxemia. Internal cleansing is performed by the

body itself, which of course it is trying to do all the time but can

only accomplish properly when freed of constant overloads. The

quickest way to achieve inner cleanliness is by not eating anything at

all, ie fasting, and consuming water only for an indefinite period,

but this requires tuition and supervision and will be discussed later.

The role of GARLIC and other herbs in improving health when used

therapeutically seems to be in emulsifying fat in the blood and

lowering blood viscosity, but of course THE REAL ANSWER IS NOT TO PUT

THE FAT IN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Most of the medicine prescribed by doctors they have little

knowledge about other than the sales pitch given them by the

pharmaceutical representatives (have you ever perused a medical

journal?), but it is a pretty safe bet that if doctors ever studied

the fine print in the drug manuals on the side effects of these drugs

they would think twice before taking any themselves. It is also a

pretty safe bet that if the patients ever got to read the fine print,

they would quickly find the strength to run away.

H. Tilden, MD, said it all back in 1926. Summing up in his

book " Toxemia Explained " --

" In chronic disease, the treatment, first, last and all the

time, must be with a view of getting rid of the toxemia. This consists

of correcting whatever habits of life are producing enervation, and

then gradually building up a normal digestion, assimilation and

elimination.

It took a long time to evolve out of the one conventional idea

of many diseases into the truth that there is but ONE disease, and

that the four hundred catalogued so-called diseases are but different

manifestations of Toxemia--blood and tissue uncleanliness. "

[Guest guest]

The information given was pretty much on target and perhaps an extra bit of

information is timely.

Toxemia is also the result of the normal death of cells throughout the body

which amount to multiple millions every minute. Normally we eliminate these

routinely or, perhaps it is better to say, it should be routine.

Enervation, the improper use of nerve energy can cause the 'routine'

elimination to not function as well. It has been said that one second's

worth of a human's toxic cell death, injected in a horse, would kill it

immediately. When we have 'enervation' there is decreased elimination and

when the toxins build up in the blood stream............we get sick. Sick

is the body's attempt at staying alive. Think about diarrhea which is the

body's heroic attempt at ridding itself of unwanted toxins, whether in the

form of putrid food or the wonderful mineral Magnesium......or maybe Vitamin

C. Sometimes the body develops boils and yes, tumors. Toxemia is the

primary cause of illness with germs and the such secondary. Germs and

viruses are omnipresent, always around, but until they can 'take hold', they

are absolutely harmless. If something cannot cause illness all the time,

it is possibly at best a 'secondary' cause.

Think of the mechanism started when you get a splinter? The ideal is to

yank it out................however, in a reasonably healthy body that would

happen without your intervention. Of course the saving effort will cause

discomfort what with irritation, infection etc and guess what? All of that

necessary to say alive.

Boils, cysts etc..................all heroic attempts at saving itself!

You could pump all of the Citrate of Magnesium into a corpse and guess what?

No movement! Drink a bottle of it and stay close to the toilet no? YES!

Even food cannot always be considered the primary cause for people live well

into their 90s and could be said to have done everything

wrong............like my father-in-law. A painter by trade, working with

leaded paints, solvents, smoking cigars until 80, and drinking until 93, all

while eating everything and anything...............................and lived

until 94! Surely the exception but then all of the bad things he did

could not cause his death until 94!

Is wrong eating to blame for illness. Heck yes! If we are producing

millions of toxic cells through the normal process and insulting the body's

elimination process adding to 'enervation' by pumping foods that do not

nourish but rather create even more toxins..........................watch

out because sickness is knocking at the door!

One could have the toxemia from the excesses of poor diet and drink and

compound that problem with a terrible mental attitude or perhaps exposure to

additional toxins via pesticides or routinely used chemicals.

This piece is a lot more wordy than the list needs, however, whenever the

'simplistic' approach to illness is brought out, like that of Toxemia, we

need to take a hard look at how Toxemia comes into play.

The answer is still to provide the best food (as natural as can be), still

get our proper rest, still drink water that is clean, not overtax our

nervous system with hatred and animosity and finally, hope that it all

works but at least you have a better chance. There are some well-known

alternative physicians that attest to vegetarians being less healthy than

meat eaters?????????? I certainly do not know this to be fact, however

these people still claim that. I do, however, think that there are too

many vegetarians that do not get enough of what they need not because of

being vegetarians but because they practice it poorly.

So, the thrust of this was simply to share with you that there is more to

life and death than simply eating. This complex problem requires

complex thinking and analysis all the time. Wooden stakes kill Vampires

and Beef stakes may kill us too but be careful of 'magic bullet'

cures.......................they might do nothing or worse, even harm us.

Joe C.

[Guest guest]

There goes Larry again...............always with a thoughtful comment.

Yes, the bulb does light up when we read something that awakens what we have

buried in the deep recess of our gray matter. This site gives us the

platform to speak our mind and either be corrected when wrong or encouraged

.......or more importantly taught something.

Keep it coming folks and we all learn.

Joe C.