Naturopathic, alternative medicine and chiropractic health care
How many drugs – approved by our government – have been recalled? How many have later been shown to cause cancer or increase the risk of dementia or any host of illnesses? Did we not ask enough intelligent questions maybe…when these drugs were approved?
Question: Do vaccines cause cancer? The CDC says it just maybe so …
But after over 50 years they state more studies are needed (REALLY?). Inject first and determine safety…when???
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had posted on its own website the concern that as many as 30 million Americans could be at risk for cancer after receiving a Polio vaccination during the 1955 – 1963 time frame. This possibility exists because the vaccine in question was found to be contaminated with the SV40 virus. Most Americans received multiple doses of this vaccine that was administered to almost 100 million people.
SV40 has been found in the tumors of children and grandchildren from around the world of the 100 million who received tainted Salk and Sabin Polio vaccines.
What are the consequences going to be for my grandchildren? Vaccines are not tested for mutagenesis or carcinogenic potential. Not to mention DNA insertion.
Vaccination is still a budding science and we are barely catching a glimpse of the consequences from vaccines administered 100 years ago.
Science demands caution.
http://vaccinetruth.org/sv40.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10472327
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC452549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15202523
TAKE ACTION! The fate of a large number of natural medicines is under review by the FDA. COMMENT TODAY TO PROTECT YOUR ACCESS TO NATURAL SUBSTANCES used for 100’s if not 1000’s of years. Comment Period Closes December 4.
This upcoming decision to be made by the FDA this January could take away public access to natural substances that have been providing healing to a significant number of people, specifically those dealing with cancer and other chronic illnesses.
UPDATED WITH VIDEO FROM DR. KARLFELDT & Miste Karlfeldt, Executive Director of HFI
Dr. Michael Karlfeldt and Dr. Paul Anderson discuss what we can do to protect our access to things that are saving people’s lives. Dr. Anderson has been testifying and attending hearings at the FDA, where the fate of a large number of natural medicines have been under review for several years. December 4 is the last opportunity for public comment.
“In reality, what it comes down to is everything will automatically be illegal to compound, except whatever tiny fraction of substances of the already small group deemed worthy by the FDA.”
TAKE ACTION! The fate of a large number of natural medicines is under review by the FDA. COMMENT TODAY TO PROTECT YOUR ACCESS TO NATURAL SUBSTANCES that have been used for 100’s if not 1000’s of years. Comment Period Closes December 4th.
Dr. Karlfeldt: Medically, there are a minimal amount of options for those with Cancer. If the medical community had solved Cancer it wouldn’t be any need for any other therapy. But currently, Cancer is one of the leading causes of death. One of the four people is going to die from Cancer.
One natural substance that has been used effectively against cancer when all other treatment has failed is curcumin. It’s one of 240 substances on the list to become prohibited to use by compounding pharmacies.
Dr. Anderson: The process started the FDA asked for the natural health community that uses these things and the pharmacies that make them nominate substances. This is because the FDA didn’t know what was being made. It seemed pretty innocuous back then.
So the community nominated about 300 substances, many of them natural substances or compounds that are either nutrients or herbs or parts of herbs or even mineral and vitamins, amino acids that are in our body already.
Of the 300 the FDA looked at them and basically chose 80 of the 300 to have hearing on to determine their scientific validity. The FDA then determined that everything else, about 240 substances, had no merit. They did not have a scientific review hearing.
These substances included things such as Alfalfa, Aloe, Ginkgo, Green Tea, Nettle leaf and 235 other natural substances that will not get a review hearing. The regulatory agency refuses to hear about the benefits of these natural substances. The FDA says they should be illegal to the compound.
The Fate of Curcumin (and the other 240 natural substances)If the FDA process is enacted as a federal rule, these substances will automatically become illegal to compound, without even having had a hearing. Comments close on December 4.
Take a moment to comment.
Dr. Karlfeldt: A natural substance like curcumin is giving an option for people over other therapies that have failed and now FDA is wanting to take that substance away from public access.
Dr. Anderson: Curcumin. I think it’s a good example because almost everybody’s heard of curcumin at this point.
Used widely worldwide, there is something like 50,000 scientific papers about curcumin as medicine and many of them address cancer or inflammatory diseases etc. The FDA is posed to remove public access to the natural substance.
This is abbreviated list comes from the interview with Dr. Anderson with Journal of Restorative Medicine
Lactobacillus acidophilus, alfalfa, anise seed, certain types of copper, certain types of magnesium, a lot of minerals, a number of herbal substances that might be used in a compounded sense, and a whole host of things nominated by pharmacists that aren’t used as medicine but are used as binders or excipients (such as powdered milk) and would become illegal according to this list for a pharmacy to use.
This action by the FDA would not affect your supplements supplier where you buy an oral pill. It would affect every other form that could be made by a legal pharmacy.
Dr. Anderson: So the process is really in my mind very unfair, and I’ve been a part of the process since the beginning. So that people know I’m speaking from primary experience. I helped write some of the testimony initially for all these substances. And then I’ve gone back to testify to the FDA over the last four years.
So it’s really frustrating. As a clinician, it doesn’t make logical sense that pharmacy licensed by the state board of pharmacy and regulated through FDA rules and USP rules would seem to be the safest place to get something made it, so I needed something specific.
And what date they would not be able to have it will be illegal for that pharmacy to help you. You would think that if you had really good science and you had an excellent argument, you could prevail and win. But that is not the case.
I’ve been at the hearing, and what happens it’s basically if the FDA does not want to a substance ( regardless of the science) to be available for compounding, then it won’t pass the hearing.
The FDA board has its mind made up prior to the hearings and do not change regardless of what science and evidence are presented.
The FDA can (and does) refuse to acknowledge the evidence and ignore the published science in order to stick with their decision to deny the use of a natural substance.
Dr. Anderson: It is surprising and less you’re in the business of looking up research about nutrients and herbs and how much resources and references are available in any other natural things like licorice extract it’s been around forever with studies from all over the world.
However, the way the FDA hearings are set up, if these substances do not have some very clear medical indication for which they are the only treatments, the FDA essentially tells the committee that they should not approve it.
The end goal is regulating the use of natural substances out of existence.
Dr. Anderson: The FDA tribunal said at the hearings, numerous times that they trusted the pharmaceutical companies more than they trusted the natural health community. A pharmaceutical company can’t make money on any natural substance.
Let’s talk again about curcumin. It is a natural substance the pharmaceutical industry can’t patent. So it has to be altered into a chemical – then it becomes more dangerous, more regulated but more profitable.
Dr. Anderson: There is a perfect example LIPOCURC. At the same time, we were working with the NHS integrative cancer research, a pharmaceutical company was running trials on an altered form of curcumin. We were using intervenous curcumin with an FDA registered pharmacy infusing it, without changing the molecule. A pharmaceutical company changed the curcumin molecularly so they could patent it. When we received a safety paper from their trials, we saw that they had issues at high doses. With the natural substances, we used the pathologist remarked that the blood looked better after the IV. The pharmaceutical version caused damage to the blood.
No pharmaceutical company is going to make or sell a natural substance because it can’t be patented and profited from, even if it benefits the patients.
Comment immediately
Your comments may not slow down the process initially, but will give the lawyers ammunition as they appeal the FDA decision.
If you are a practitioner. Comment.
If you are a patient using one of the 300 substances. Comment.
Even if you don’t use a listed product now – Comment.
Read Hearing Comments from the FDA site:
https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/pharmacy-compounding-human-drug-products-under-section-503a-federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act
Several partial quotes came from the excerpt of an interview with Paul Anderson, ND on the FDA’s recent stance on compounded medicine as published in the Journal of Restorative Medicine, Volume 8, Number 1, 4 January 2019, pp. 1-5(5).
https://todayspractitioner.com/aarm/exclusive-interview-with-dr-paul-anderson-the-fda-and-the-fate-of-compounded-medicines/#.Xdr_NehKiUk
Dr. Paul Anderson, N.M.D., is a naturopathic medical doctor and Medical Director and Founder of the Anderson Medical Group. His facility Advanced Medical Therapies is the first of its kind in the U.S., offering therapies in multiple modalities based on his over two decades of research and patient care.
Dr. Michael Karlfeldt, ND, Ph.D, is a Board Certified Naturopath (CTN® ) with expertise in IV Therapy, Applied Psycho Neurobiology, Oxidative Medicine, Naturopathic Oncology, Neural Therapy, Sports Performance, Energy Medicine, Natural Medicine, Nutritional Therapies, Aromatherapy, Auriculotherapy, Reflexology, Autonomic Response Testing (ART) and Anti-Aging Medicine.
The Karlfeldt Center is a comprehensive health treatment center that provides proven natural healthcare solutions for all ages and conditions.
Religious exemptions for vaccines. A topic that has been hotly debated. Should a parent with a firmly held moral objection to abortion-tainted vaccines have the right to deny vaccinations for their child in a country that values freedom of religion? Should the church support these families? Can an individual be considered PRO-LIFE and PRO VACCINE? This event was hosted by Dr. Rosie Main and Health Freedom Idaho to share the importance of preserving religious freedom from vaccine mandates.
As Christians, we were told in the scripture more than 100 times to FEAR NOT. Fear is a powerful force. We need to heed the warning.
Fear can make you do things you wouldn’t normally do – and silence you when you should be speaking.
I am guilty of staying silent – but I no longer can.
As a pro-life Christian, I believe that human beings are created by God in His image. Therefore every person, from conception to natural death, possesses inherent dignity and immeasurable worth – including preborn children. As a Christian, then, I am called to defend, protect, and value all human life.
In the area of vaccines, some Christians and ministries have unknowingly taken positions in contradiction to their own core value of the sanctity of human life, and have based those positions on intentionally deceptive and incorrect information promoted by the industry itself.
Pro-life Pastors and Christians have told me, they don’t want to hear about abortion-tainted vaccines. Their excuses are:
We have been utterly DECEIVED by these lies.
For years I assumed that vaccines were a “dead virus” in a sterile saline solution. Is that what YOU believed? I had no reason to believe otherwise.
I didn’t have time to think about it much when my children were young. I was a busy mother of 4 sweet girls under the age of 7. I carved out time to research their strollers, cribs, cart seats, and our laundry detergent.
I wanted to protect them. So, I dutifully took my children to get their shots. I was just doing what I was told like all other parents. Listen to the doctor, who have years of training and knows better than their mother.
It wasn’t until the birth of my youngest that I found out the truth that was never disclosed by the doctor or church leader.
14 years of prayer and longing, God blessed me with my son. My Samuel was born at home, without medical intervention and almost without the midwife.
Coincidentally he was born during the epidemic outbreak of H1N1. You might remember it although it’s hard to keep up with the CDC fear-mongering epidemics.
I shared my concerns with my midwife. While I wanted to bring my son into the pediatrician to get his shots and protect him from these “preventable diseases” the flu shot was not recommended for newborns.
How could I protect him from this deadly flu epidemic?
After all, He might be exposed to it at the doctor’s office.
Her response – startled me.
She had just gotten over H1N1 flu virus which she treated it with goldenseal and other herbs. My mouth must have been hanging open. I was shocked. I thought (based on the media coverage) that she should be dead if she got the FLU.
The suggestion that changed the course of my life – research the vaccines.
She knew I intended to cocoon my newborn – to remain at home for the first 6 weeks and bond with son and his siblings.
I had time, she said, to research. There was no hurry to inject his healthy body. And so. I did.
Although she left me a book and a DVD – it was what I found on the internet that made me realize I was remiss in protecting my children.
My first discovery was an article, posted in a scientific journal, that detailed out the fact that aborted human beings were used in the manufacture of the vaccines. The article was written by the scientist in a tone of pride and arrogance.
It described in gruesome detail the acquisition of WI-38- was the label given to the 3 ½-month-old female- who was aborted and whose DNA made it into the final product of the MMR.
Her parents were interviewed to determine if their aborted child would be a good fit for medical research.
Dr. Stanley Plotkin who developed the Rubella vaccine by using the cells of this aborted baby girl testified recently in court:
“This fetus was chosen by Dr. Sven Gard, specifically for this purpose. The abortion was done because they felt they had too many children.”
These vaccine developers didn’t just passively sort through discarded baby parts. They were actively involved in aborting the babies in such a way as to maximize access to “fresh” tissue in order to develop their products.
An aborted baby boy was also used as spare parts in the production of vaccines. His designation is MRC-5 – let’s call him Michael. Michael’s 27- year old mother as ‘given an abortion’ for psychological reasons…
Did that mother suffering from mental health issues have a choice? Certainly – The babies didn’t.
Their bodies sacrificed at the altar of science and justified by our CHURCHES and Christian Organizations under the guise of the ”good for mankind.”
My Pastor said, “yes, but it was just those two abortions…”
As if the murder of just two is a lessor evil in the sight of a righteous God?
What lies!
The biotechnology industry – developing our vaccines didn’t use just two babies who “would have been aborted anyway” years ago. Quite the contrary. Hundreds of babies were aborted in the quest to develop human fetal cell lines for the purpose of producing live virus vaccines.
During the rubella outbreak in Philadelphia in 1964 doctors convinced pregnant women that they had been exposed to rubella – the 3-day measles and that their baby would be born horribly deformed if they continued with their pregnancy.
Mothers were exploited and manipulated by FEAR, and they allowed the murder of their child.
NOT 2 NOR 5, NOT 10 or 20 but 26 mothers aborted their babies at the direction of their doctors.
Their aborted babies’ bodies were immediately sent to the science labs of Dr. Stanley Plotkin.
When researchers dissected the aborted fetuses it was then determined that these precious human beings were HEALTHY -uninfected..sacrificed in vain…Unusable for their medical research and product development.
The 27th baby was infected. RA273. Rubella-abortus-27th – 3rd tissue sample that contained the live rubella virus.
And although he had successfully isolated the virus that would eventually be used in the rubella vaccine on the market today, it didn’t stop there. In subsequent research papers, Dr. Plotkin noted another 40 aborted babies were dissected to obtain further virus samples. 2
The bodies of 32 ‘elective abortions’ produced the final WI-38 cell line.
**As a mother – the lives of the innocent “two” were enough to stop vaccinating. Pastor, I ask you do the 99 sacrificial lives give you pause?
update: It’s been disclosed that more than 181 aborted baby bodies were used in the research and development of vaccines. https://hfi.designbyparrish.com/181-aborted-babies/
Pro-life Christians still attempt to JUSTIFY VACCINES…with the excuse “It was a long time ago…”
Time. We are finite beings created by a timeless God.
Time? How can we justify the evil of child sacrifice that we have built our vaccines upon using the excuse of time?
Evil doesn’t lessen because our human memories of it do.
These atrocious acts of taking the life of the unborn for vaccines
– This was NOT just an act “back then”.
They are continuing to abort human babies… – they have spent years perfecting their procedures -so that the baby is still alive when they harvest organs for medical research.
I discovered all these facts – and was left with a horrible dilemma…Just weeks old, I knew I could not inject my son with the abortion-tainted vaccines. Almost instantly after realizing I would not vaccinate my son- I was overwhelmed with dread and FEAR.
Fear – my son – who I had longed for – 14 years – would die of a vaccine-preventable disease. I was terrified I would cause the death of my son. I spent hours..begging God to protect my son.
It was during those six weeks of sheltering my newborn from the world – I began to reason…
To think that a product – created by humans would outmatch the knowledge and power of the Almighty God…the Creator of the universe.
Thoughts stirred-You either “trust in the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind,” or you don’t.
DO I truly believe that HE IS Omniscience – all-knowing?
DO I truly believe that HE is all-powerful?
If I believe that GOD IS ALL KNOWING. Then He knew that diseases – infections would arise that is why he incorporated an immune system into our fearfully and wonderfully made bodies.
GOD IS ALL-POWERFUL. He can protect my son, all my children, from the infection without the intervention of tainted vaccines.
We continue to buy into their lies. Millions of lives have not been saved by vaccines. *Vaccines reduced the week-long acute illnesses but NOT the mortality rate.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/209448
Looking at mortality records, there is something that is never mentioned. The death rate for all infectious diseases had plummeted before the introduction of vaccines for all those diseases.
In the United States, the mortality rate for measles decreased by more than 98% before the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963.
In 1962, there were millions of cases of measles – a week-long infection with a fever and a rash- but the odds of dying from the infection were less than the odds of dying from drowning in a bathtub or; drowning in a swimming pool; less than slipping, tripping, or stumbling; or accidental suffocation in bed.
While the cases of measles had remained fairly steady over time, the mortality rate had already plummeted well prior to the introduction of the vaccine. That doesn’t mean there weren’t deaths because of measles in 1962. There were, but they were very rare.
They have skewed the figures intentionally FRIGHTEN parents into using their products.
This grip of FEAR so entangled my heart and mind.., and then one day I simply REPENTED. I had put my trust in the religion of SCIENCE. I had misplaced my faith.
The deception by the industry has Christians placing their FAITH VACCINES as the Savior OF MANKIND.
As a Christian, a believer in God – a JUST and RIGHTEOUS GOD How can we expect He would honor our injection of a product – developed on the bodies of murdered children – to ‘protect us from infection?
It’s contrary to his nature – He can’t – He doesn’t.
Our children’s vaccines, the Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Chicken Pox are developed on aborted human beings and contain the DNA of those babies.
More than 4.5 Billion people have been injected the world wide the past 50 years with vaccines tainted with fetal DNA and Studies are just now showing that fragmented DNA that exists in the vaccines* from those aborted babies is being inserted into the nucleus of the cell of the vaccine recipient. (*source SoundChoice.org)
Humanity’s attempt to outsmart our Creator to ‘boost our immunity to disease’ is creating bodies that are weakened by mutagenesis. Damaging our very DNA.
Vaccines may have reduced the number of cases of week-long illness. The fever, rash, and swollen lymph nodes. The evidence is clear – CHRONIC life-altering diseases are on the rise.** Since the advent of vaccines -that chronic childhood diseases have increased exponentially.
When I was a child – chronic diseases affected about 12% of children. Today, chronic diseases – long term – life-shortening diseases – impact 54% of our children. (source)
I no longer fear disease-illness- by PUTTING MY TRUST IN GOD as my savior and protector. And NOT a human-made vaccine.
Yet for a long time, I still dealt with fear.
Fear of being labeled, rejected for my rejection of vaccines.
For a while remaining silent was easy.
Why should anyone need to know why I no longer vaccinate?
I didn’t need to discuss it -…until VACCINE MANDATES.
I don’t vaccinate because of my firmly held moral objection to abortion tainted vaccines. Because of my religious beliefs.
They took away my children’s right to attend school – even a private Christian school. (SB277)
Vaccine mandates took away my livelihood – private, in-home – Christian family daycare. Their vaccine mandate requires the injection of tainted vaccines for all my children, the children in my care and for myself.
(SB 792)
Vaccine Mandates affected the churches. It took away my child’s opportunity to attend the church preschool program. I spoke with the leaders about my concerns. Yet, the Church remained silent. They then forced vaccines on all participants of their program including the adults.
No. This wasn’t Idaho.
This was California… However, it is not going to stop in California
States across America have begun to remove religious exemptions to vaccinations. Mississippi, New York, West Virginia, and Maine have successfully removed religious exemptions.
I know the Truth.
Along with this knowledge comes the responsibility to act.
For it has been said many times before, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men and women do nothing.”
To accept and use vaccines built upon the flesh of innocent humans is not an inert act, but rather one of support. 4
It’s time for pro-life Christians to take a stand. How do we stand? How do we break the stronghold they built with FEAR?
We start by speaking the truth.
VACCINES ARE ABORTION TAINTED.
YOU CAN NOT BE PRO-LIFE AND PRO-VACCINE.
Consistent with the stand so many Christians have taken to defend the sanctity of life, we should also stand for these children who have no voice. Christians and Christian ministries should lead by example, particularly because of the strong positions we already take regarding the sanctity every of human life. The world is looking for integrity.
Unbelievers and believers alike rely on our commitment to the Lord, truth, and reliable content to help them make life-impacting decisions on behalf of their families.
Will taking a stand be hard?
YES.
Christians weren’t promised an easy life.
If the Almighty God is for us, who can be against us?
Let’s Pray.
All Mighty God, you created us – formed us in your image. You placed us in THIS TIME. Help us to do your will that you might be glorified in our words and deed. We humbly come to you seeking wisdom – in the decisions we must make regarding the topic of abortion tainted vaccines and the action we must take. We ask for protection against the ‘evil one’ the liar! We know that Fear is a Liar. Fear doesn’t come from you Lord. When we are afraid – to speak up, afraid of disease and illness, afraid of the reaction of peers and family.. Help us to put our trust in you, Lord. You reminded us in John who we are – and the source of our strength.
You are from God, little children, and have overcome him BECAUSE Greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world. I John 4:4
AMEN.
FAQ: How come WI38 is ‘only’ 32 abortions? In six of the abortions, multiple organs were dissected and numbered, hence the difference between the number of abortions (32) and the WI-38 designation.
1https://newcitytimes.com/news/story/vaccines-aborted-babies-should-christians-be-concerned
2 https://cogforlife.org/wp-content/uploads/AbortedFetalCellLines.pdf
3 https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2015/07/31/measles-the-new-red-scare/
4 http://nodeception.org/incompletely-pro-life/
5 Rubella Outbreak and abortions related. https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/rubella
Learn More About the Corruption of the Biomedical Industry with this eBook from Jeremy Hammond. https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/fda/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oIveQSTqRV4&feature=youtu.be
STATS ON CHRONIC DISEASE
** Chronic Disease includes obesity (which has tripled and causes other health conditions).
Food Allergies (including those life-threatening) have tripled. https://www.foodallergy.org/life-with-food-allergies/food-allergy-101/facts-and-statistics
Seizure Disorders all-time high according to the CDC https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0810-epilepsy-prevalence.html
Asthma increases In the decade from 2001 to 2011, asthma rates rose by as much as 28 percent, according to the CDC.
Coral, a Certified Holistic Nutritionist from Reimagine Healing shared briefly last week about her family’s journey through the pediatric cancer diagnosis of her young son and the steps she took to support her son’s healing. Today she challenges us with numbers pertaining to pediatric cancer and practical ways to support the families.
Said another way, 60% of pediatric cancer survivors will suffer late effects of treatment. You see, the treatment for cancer can be considered more brutal than cancer itself. After all, the standard of care is to treat cancer with known carcinogenic (cancer-causing) agents. No, I don’t see the logic in that either.
However, when we parents are faced with losing our child, us mama and papa bears will do everything we can to save our child!
In case you don’t quite know what is meant by late effects, allow me to share a shortlist with you.
Imagine a group of ten children with cancer. Now, take eight of them and tell them “You are not only going to face cancer but you are also going to have to fight for your life against another illness… and we don’t know which illness it will be.”
That reality is what parents of cancer kids fight against. We struggle to find peace amid a bunch of “new normals” only to be hit with the possibility of our child being one of the eight. It is hard to heal from PTSD (present traumatic stress disorder) with odds like this hanging over our heads.
I cannot even begin to comprehend this statistic. Out of those ten children we imagined above, all of them will face a serious chronic illness. (9.5 people is rounded up to 10 people)
Each drug used in cancer treatment comes with its own list of negative impacts on the body. Some will negatively impact the heart while others will weaken the respiratory system. My son was given ten different chemotherapy drugs, so just imagine how many of his organs and body systems were negatively impacted!
It was exhausting to research the ways I could prime and protect his little four-and-a-half-year-old body during treatment and beyond.
Please tell me another area of life where a 700% higher risk of anything is acceptable or embraced. I haven’t been able to find one.
This statistic is similar to the 80% stat above. Again, we get to tell our cancer kid they are likely going to face another fight for their life, all while their sibling doesn’t have to.
The list of not fair just keeps growing.
It is also extremely difficult for non-cancer siblings to witness and experience the journey of cancer! Don’t forget the siblings!!
A fellow cancer mama broke this down to an even more dismal number… let me see if I can do her work justice.
Get ready for an equation.
$5 Billion (annual cancer research funding from grants and government)
4% of $5 Billion = $200 Million
162 types of childhood cancer (roughly)
$200 Million ÷ 162 = $1.2 Million
(this is not divided equally as some subsets receive a much larger percentage)
These numbers show you that $4.8 Billion is given to adult cancer research!
Tell me, is this fair?!
Despite these statistics being publicly accessible, most pediatric cancer patients are given NO SUPPORT for their bodies and lives to decrease these numbers. That fact is unacceptable!
Let me put something into perspective for you. At our first hospital, my son had nine (9) oncologists on his team. Nine cancer doctors and zero other specialists, despite the fact that these drugs are known to impact the endocrine system, nervous system, respiratory system, cardiovascular system, musculoskeletal system, urinary system, digestive system, immune system… EVERY. SINGLE. SYSTEM. Our second hospital had one oncologist (who would reach out to two others if necessary) and still zero other specialists.
I mean, most hospitals have these specialists (nutritionists, endocrinologists, neurologists, etc) on staff. So, why are our children not worthy of them on their team? Do you know how you get these specialists on your team? Something has to go wrong OR you have to pay for them privately. Basically, your child has to have a complication requiring a specialist or you have to work overtime to build a team for your child. As if loving them, caring for them, fighting for them medically, trying to work so you can maintain medical benefits, juggling schedules and care for your other children, trying to make sure your house is stocked with food, driving your cancer kid (CK) to and from doctors appointments, and so much more isn’t enough of a burden for parents to carry.
Parents are the ones who read studies until they go blind. Parents are the ones caring for these precious warriors no matter what ups and downs come throughout treatment. Parents are the ones who suffer a loss when treatment fails miserably and their child is healed in heaven. Parents are the ones bearing the financial burden, some even lose jobs. Parents are the ones who feel the impact of this journey so acutely that they are often transformed into loud-mouth activists because they know how grueling this journey is, how their child gets shafted, how their insurance is a joke because it only covers a fraction of what is needed. Parents are the ones to stay up with their child at night. Parents are the ones who post incessantly about childhood cancer and the need for change. Parents are the ones that show up for the next wave of childhood cancer parents and tell them things like
“I know there’s no normal to go back to, but I’m here to help you build a new one. (And I’ll bring snacks.)”
That sentiment was taken from a greeting card by @emilymcdowell_.
You are the ones that can lock arms with these warrior parents of small and mighty heroes. You are the ones that can help stock refrigerators and pantries. You are the ones that can provide care and support for the siblings so they don’t get lost in the shuffle. You are the ones that can offer some of your time to help fold laundry or mow the lawn (or offer to pay for a week of lawn care).
You are the ones that can keep the ripple of awareness moving forward by sharing what parents share, sharing what you’re watching families go through, and more. You are the ones who can open your wallets and give to these cancer-fighting families or to the organizations the families suggest. *Not all cancer organizations are worthy, sadly.* You are the ones that can initiate a phone call or send a card (flowers are iffy as they can bring airborne contaminants into a home that needs to be close to sterile). You are the ones that can be the shoulders to cry on or the support when we cannot stand. You are the ones who can help our message get out and be heard by more ears in more cities across the globe.
The family that MLP continues to cultivate is full of love, compassion, care, grace, encouragement, light, and positivity. Through MLP I have been blessed to help handfuls of women work to navigate the cancer journey and practice self-care because let’s face it, being a full-time caregiver is taxing on the body like no other job. Through my business at Reimagine Healing, I get to incorporate those same principles (education, encouragement, and empowerment) and more to help not only the mommas care for themselves but for the patients to have a more thorough support structure. One goal is to make sure every childhood cancer warrior has the tools to THRIVE through treatment and beat all the odds that are currently stacked against them. Another goal is to ensure that these families have a solid community to lean into when they have questions, need to vent, or just need to feel known by others who get the childhood cancer journey.
*Images sourced from MaxLove Project.
Statins. Another drug disaster. A new study finds the chemical war against cholesterol using statin drugs was justified through statistical deception and the cover-up of over 300 adverse health effects documented in the biomedical literature.
The cholesterol-lowering drugs have been found to be worthless, or worse when it comes to heart health.
There are at least 300 adverse health effects evident in the published literature so far, with at least 28 distinct modes of toxicity, including:
If you look at absolute risk, statin drugs benefit just 1 percent of the population. This means that out of 100 people treated with the drugs, one person will have one less heart attack. This doesn’t sound so impressive, so statin supporters use a different statistic called relative risk. Just by making this statistical sleight of hand, statins suddenly become beneficial for 30-50 percent of the population.
As STATS at George Mason University explained, “An important feature of relative risk is that it tells you nothing about the actual risk.”12
Beyond the known fact that statin drugs deplete the body of two essential nutrients: coenzyme Q10 and selenium, they are also highly myotoxic and neurotoxic. Because the heart is one of the most nerve-saturated muscles in the human body, these two modes of toxicity combined represent a ‘perfect storm’ of cardiotoxicity – a highly ironic fact considering statin drugs are promoted as having ‘life-saving’ cardioprotective properties.
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Having high cholesterol may be a worry that you don’t need to have. Instead of potentially risking your health by taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, you can maintain your cholesterol levels by simply following these eight steps recommended by Dr. Mercola:
FURTHER READING:
Cholesterol Myths by Dr. Mercola
Dr. Jack Wolfson is a board-certified cardiologist and author of the Amazon best-selling book, The Paleo Cardiologist: The Natural Way to Heart Health.
Study Links Statins to 300+ Adverse Health Effects By Kelly Brogan, MD
April 3rd, 2016, our world was turned upside down with the word –
CANCER. Our precious 4 1/2 yr old had entered the fight of his life.
Coral, a Certified Holistic Nutritionist from Reimagine Healing shares briefly about her family’s journey through the pediatric cancer diagnosis of her young son and the steps she took to support her son’s healing.
You have just had the rug yanked out from beneath your feet. What you thought you knew has been thrown into a pile out behind the barn of your mind as the manure one chucks from a barn floor. The hopes and dreams you had for your precious child become expectation fodder as you grasp for your next breath.
Your child has just been diagnosed with cancer. Now what?
Very quickly your world fills up with “white coats”, as I call them. Roadmaps of treatment are thrust at your chest like arrows, piercing your heart and shaking you to the core. There is much mentioned about what has to be done… what is going to happen… and for most of it, you have little to no input. Those white coats visit you frequently yet you constantly feel like you have no new information.
When you finally catch your breath, regain strength in your knees, and have the first clear thought… you start to ask yourself
“Is this how I want to treat my child?”
This is a dangerous question. Why?
That was my experience.
I quickly realized how ill-equipped the medical system is for actually healing human bodies.
As a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, I was shocked when the white coats, right out of the gate, told me “Let him eat whatever he wants.” Say what?! That is never good advice for anyone… ever, let alone a small child who has entered the fight of his life. Having this huge chasm between them and myself led me to remain cautious throughout the journey.
The standard of care made NO SENSE to me. Why are they treating cancer with known carcinogens (cancer-causing agents)? Why are they using steroids if I can’t get the same answer from three different MDs? Why would my son endure an extra year of treatment compared to his female counterparts when the study that decision was based on hasn’t been challenged in over 40 years?
(*Since my son started treatment the COG – Children’s Oncology Group – has since looked into and decided to change this protocol.)
I would ask a ton of questions. Most of the answers were never sufficient for me. Mainly because I didn’t think this was the best way to treat my son. I mean, let’s be real, he didn’t have a chemotherapy deficiency (he was given 10 different chemotherapy drugs). Nor a steroid deficiency. He was never constipated yet they gave him Miralax and Senna daily (until I woke up!). Miralax is not intended for use in children and is not intended for extended use but they would give it to my son DAILY as a prophylactic – a just-in-case medication. Once I realized certain things were not required, I had them change the instructions for all of those items to “as needed” because I got tired of refusing them.
Then came The Talk… you’ve heard about it, but until you have been in the room having it you just don’t get it. It’s the conversation where they gently threaten you with CPS should you decide to not comply with the required treatment. People still think this doesn’t happen. I’m telling you IT DOES. When you are new to the ways of the medical system it is scary, overwhelming, and you feel your power lessen.
My husband and I certainly didn’t have the finances to lawyer up and fight and there are no organizations providing pro bono lawyers either – at least not in our area. So, I bolstered what courage I could, wrapped it in anger, hit my knees in prayer, and suited up to fight for my son the best I could. Since I couldn’t protect him from the drugs themselves I opted to prime and protect his body from the side effects.
With each new phase of treatment, we were given cheat sheets about the drugs that would be included in that phase. I’m sure you’ve received a cheat sheet before. It’s the single 8.5×11 sheet of paper with the drug name, its intended use, and a few side effects listed to help you feel informed. What a load of crap. When you hop on your computer, open your search engine of choice, and type in the name of the drug on the page, you quickly realize the side effects are a mile long and some of the intended uses would simply blow your mind. Yet, I found each of these cheat sheets to be a road map to hope and empowerment.
I took those sheets, inputted the information in a search engine, and when that mile-long list of side effects was spit out I categorized them according to the body system. Once categorized I would open my holistic bag of tricks and find what was necessary to both prime and protect my son’s organs and systems.
Remember, their nutritional advice was “let him eat whatever he wants” and that was followed up shortly with “no supplementation” along with the fact that “we don’t believe essential oils work”. So, you could see what I was up against. *insert eye roll here* Knowing their stance on supplements, and this not being my first rodeo, I asked this question: What are his whole food restrictions? I was told not to supplement him so I figured there would be some restrictions when it came to whole food. Nope. Not a single restriction regarding whole food. Not one? Not one. He could eat as much fish as he wanted. He could eat as many grapefruits as he wanted. He could eat as much spinach, chard, kale, lettuce, butter, chicken, eggs, milk, etc as he wanted.
Sweet! That means he can have the supplements we use since they are whole foods from the human food chain that have been juice extracted and dehydrated with no fillers and tested for over 200 toxins to an acceptable limit of zero.
I had already made up my mind that they could not control what I fed my son and that meant I would supplement him. Why? Because there is no way his little body could physically consume, process, and absorb all the nutrients he would need to kick cancer’s butt. He would HAVE to have supplemental concentrates to help his body fight and win against leukemia. So, that is what we did. I made a supplemental regimen for him and he soared through treatment. No negative side effects to the myriad drugs he was given – each with their mile-long side effect list. Yes, he lost his hair, but I don’t count that as a negative since it grew back as quickly as it left.
With that fact in the books, NO DOCTOR ASKED WHAT WE WERE DOING. The closest we got to doctor’s inquiring was when an incredible palliative care oncologist looked at my son’s numbers, pointed to his liver enzymes, and remarked, “Whatever you’re doing, keep doing it.” That was all the validation I needed to keep doing what we were doing.
Then came the use of essential oils. Once again it was me versus them. I know essential oils work – my whole family has benefitted from them for years. So, while we were in-patient, I brought a diffuser to the hospital room. I also had roller bottles of specific oils to apply topically. We used oils that would support his body as it made new marrow, encouraged apoptosis of sick cells, worked to keep any digestive issues at bay, helped him manage his emotions, and much more. We would even detox bathe him while being infused (Epsom salt, baking soda, issue-specific oils). I began to notice that nurses lingered in our room. The CNAs would comment on how wonderful the room smelled. More employees seemed surprised at how joyful my family was despite living on the oncology floor for a month.
It wasn’t just the oils and whole foods. Our faith played a huge role in our journey. I believed in my heart that the Lord is good. I know in my head that he never changes his character. I had to reconcile the fact that my son’s cancer was part of a perfect plan. A perfect plan, yes, but not perfect by my standards. When the shock wore off (it took a few weeks) I was able to switch from the question of “Why my son?” to one of “Why not my son?” Why not my family to shed light on the goodness of God and the benefits of holistic modalities? That children’s hospital quickly became a mission field and we planted not only seeds of spiritual value but also of health, wellness, alternative thinking, and hope.
My family was so different than the majority of patient families that we made nurses cry. We weren’t mean, let me explain. When we were being discharged at the end of Induction we were told that we would be back at the hospital for a whole host of issues – flu, fever, nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, neuropathy, fatigue, mucositis, and more. These, of course, are all normal and to be expected on a cancer journey. When the nurse finished listing what was expected and telling us we would be back… I thought to myself, “The hell we will!” I meant it.
I wasn’t about to come back to this place that had flipped my world upside down, threatened me with CPS, and completely ignored thousands of years of wisdom for healing the body. I was gonna show them! And I did. It was six months before my son was required to go back to the hospital for Interim Maintenance (four 4-day stays with ten days in between each stay). When we were finally back at the hospital several nurses saw him and cried happy tears.
Why is this such a big deal? Well, you see, they hadn’t seen hide nor hair of him in MONTHS. They assumed the worst had happened. They were elated that he was alive, happy, “healthy”, and full of energy. It was the first chance we’d had to water the seeds we planted months prior.
By this point, we opted to move our family on faith, without jobs lined up, out of one state and into Idaho. We found a wonderful oncologist at St. Luke’s! From the moment we met him I was talking about ending my son’s treatment early. My husband wasn’t 100% ready to commit to that when we moved but a mere five months later he was and we ended our son’s treatment 1,026 days after it began. That was still 193 days ahead of schedule according to the “plan”. HALLELUJAH!!
Do we have any regrets? Absolutely not! Do we have any fear? A little. Cancer brings so many emotions to the forefront. Remember, everything we knew, or thought we knew, had been yanked from beneath us. That messes with you, to say the least.
People think that just because our son’s treatment is finished that our lives magically return to the normal we knew prior to diagnosis. IT DOESN’T WORK THAT WAY. We are forever changed. We are now in our third “new normal”, at least. Every little ache, every little mysterious symptom sends us hurtling back to that night in the ER when our lives took a dark turn. The PTSD is real and sadly it seeps into almost every day.
Triggers need to be addressed, avoided, and dealt with regularly. We can no longer carefreely enjoy birthday parties or restaurants as we have to remain diligent with our food quality. Our bank account is still being squeezed because of the whole food supplementation we provide our son because we are still in another year of firsts post-treatment. We plan to give his body the best possible chance at healing, detoxing, and repairing whatever cancer or treatment did to it. Suffice it to say we now live in a state of “new”.
Your Guide through the Cancer Journey.
My goal through my business (which came out of the journey with my son) is to bridge the gap between what white coats tell you and what your intuition tells you. As a Momma Mentor with an incredible non-profit, I seek to encourage moms (dad’s too) who are on this journey and wish to incorporate more holistic/ natural elements into their child’s treatment.
I am now in the business of showing people how to do just that – a sort of one-stop-shop or cancer tour guide walking alongside you as YOU craft your own healing journey by discovering a broader view of healing and the myriad of options available to you.
Coral Kenagy, CEO of ReimagineHealing
I utilize the non-profit’s 7-point action plan that focuses on food, exercise, rest, community, meditation, positive thoughts, and lessening toxin exposure. In short, I have become the guide that I needed when my son started his cancer journey. Why? Because there is a need and I plan to fill it in order to give these families THE BEST chance for healing, hope, and THRIVERSHIP. Through education, encouragement, and empowerment I know that the stigma and hopelessness surrounding cancer can change.
Sleep is more than a luxury. It’s a pillar of your health that’s just as valuable as diet and exercise. Your body needs it for daily maintenance, hormone balance, and to fight off infection. Yet many people get far less than the seven to nine daily hours needed. Your body isn’t shutting down when you sleep. It’s shifting into a different mode. One that you need to stay mentally and physically sharp.
In a typical night, your body goes through four to six 60 to 90-minute sleep cycles. Within each of these cycles, you pass through five sleep stages. You move through stages I through IV while also spending time in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep where active dreaming takes place.
However, your sleep isn’t linear. Within each cycle, you bounce back and forth between light and deep stages. Your body needs to spend time in each of the sleep stages to fully recover from a day’s worth of work.
The glymphatic system, the brain’s cleaning system, boosts its activity by 90 percent when you’re asleep. This system flushes spinal fluid through the tiny spaces in the brain to cleanse them of leftover waste. Without it, communication within the brain slows because toxins clog your communication pathways.
When you enter stage III sleep, the first of the deep sleep stages, your body releases human growth hormone. This hormone floods muscle tissue and stimulates healing and rebuilding. Whether you’re a bodybuilder or not, your body needs to repair itself from damage and injury on a daily basis.
Sleep gives your immune system time to recharge and strengthen itself. T-cell levels drop when you sleep and redistribute themselves in the lymph nodes. At night, your risk of infection is relatively low, so it’s the perfect time for the immune system to pump up its defenses. Once all your defenses are in place, they’re ready and waiting for deployment once you’re up and moving.
All of these vital functions get disrupted if you don’t get enough sleep. Consequently, your health suffers. The length and quality of your sleep cycle, in part, depends on your habits and behaviors. The right ones will help you sleep soundly while others can leave you tossing and turning.
Adequate sleep gives you energy, keeps you well, and lets your mind stay clear and sharp. Make the change to better sleep and your body will thank you.
Stacey L. Nash is a Seattle area writer for Tuck.com whose insomnia led her to research all aspects of sleep. With a degree in communications from the University of Puget Sound, she helps put sleep into the forefront of the health and wellness conversation. When not researching and writing about sleep, she spends time with her husband and four children on their heavily-wooded, twelve-acre piece of heaven.
Everyone experiences stress in their daily lives. It’s part of what makes you alive. And while your body’s response to stressors can help you in times of danger, it can also quickly snowball out of control.
When faced with a stressful situation, the body releases chemicals and hormones like cortisol to stimulate action. You may experience a rapid heart rate, labored breathing, elevated blood pressure, and tense muscles. This is useful in situations where you may be in immediate danger or you have to act fast.
Many people are saddled with chronic stress in their lives. Unfortunately, your body is simply not designed to withstand the symptoms of stress over the long term. Elevated cortisol levels from stress can wreak havoc on your health, contributing to diabetes, high blood pressure, and a number of other chronic conditions.
Stress can also cause tension headaches. These can keep you from spending quality time with your family and participating in activities you enjoy. That can lead to increased stress, which will compound the problem.
Some things that seem stressful to you may not cause your best friend to think twice. Identify the situations, people, or times that cause you to feel most stressed. Once you know what these triggers are, work to avoid them when possible.
Of course, you can’t always avoid stress. Luckily, stress doesn’t have to define you or your mood. Be prepared the next time it comes knocking on your door with one of these seven natural ways to relieve stress.
Caffeine raises cortisol levels and acts as a stimulant on the body. This can easily exacerbate the symptoms of stress like elevated blood pressure and heart rate. High levels of caffeine can lead to chronically elevated cortisol levels.
Regular exercise is one surefire way to help moderate moods and combat the effects of stress. You don’t have to go all out, either. Simply taking a walk can help regulate your body and return stress levels to normal.
Aim to get around 30 minutes of moderate exercise most days. Don’t beat your self up if you skip a day or two, just work to get back on track.
A side bonus of exercise is that it can help relieve symptoms of some health conditions, like high blood pressure and uncontrolled blood sugar, that are brought on by chronic stress.
Don’t just say thank you, but really learn to appreciate the world around you. Take time to recognize the beauty of nature, appreciate the friends and family you have, and acknowledge the many things you have worked hard to earn.
The simple act of turning your attention to the amazing bounty you are surrounded with every day can help take the edge off when things don’t go quite the way you had hoped. Try making a simple gratitude jar that you can fill throughout the week. Each time you pass it, add a small stone or marble to the jar and say or think of something you are grateful for. As your jar fills up you will have a chance to actually see how much you have to be grateful for.
Certain smells can make you feel happy, sad, energized, or relaxed. Aromatherapists have known these secrets for many years, but more people are finding the benefits of adding specific scents to their environment.
Soothing lavender or lemon balm are excellent choices to help combat stress. Some people find the uplifting scents of lemon, Bergamot, and other citruses to be helpful as well. If you are unsure about what scent to try, consider using a pre-blended formula. Some companies offer blends designed to soothe, relax, or uplift, and you are sure to find one that works for you.
Meditation and focused breathing have been shown to reduce stress and lower cortisol levels naturally. Consider learning a basic meditation technique to help regulate your response to stress. If you’re not quite ready to try meditation, deep breathing can also be effective.
There is evidence that chewing gum can lower cortisol levels, particularly during stressful situations. Since cortisol is responsible for the body’s physical reaction to stress, chewing gum may help return your body to a calmer, more relaxed state. So, the next time you are experiencing a stressful situation, reach for a piece of gum to chew your way to a better mood.
Social interaction is a fun and easy way to combat anxiety and depression that can result from feeling stressed. Call a few friends and make plans to get together. And who knows? You may realize things aren’t so bad as you talk them through and lean on your friends for support.
A little stress can be good. Chronic stress, however, can lead to a host of health and other problems. Find your balance by using one of these seven natural ways to relieve stress in your life.
Article Contributed by Dr. Dee a chiropractor at Healing Hands Chiropractic. With more than 10 years of professional practice experience, Dr. Dee knows how to treat pediatrics, pregnancy, sports injuries, back pain, neck pain, and everything in between.
If you have never used CBD oil, then you may have heard about it through a friend or the media. CBD oil is usually made by extracting CBD from the cannabis plant and then diluting it with oil like coconut or hemp seed oil. Click here to find more information about it. CBD oil is a product that is making milestones in the health sector. It is because it has numerous advantages and healing abilities. Before we embark on those benefits, let us first discuss CBD.
CBD (cannabidiol) is a derivative of the marijuana plant. The two most common strains of the cannabis plant are Indica and Sativa. The indica strain has higher CBD counts. While it is a component of marijuana, CBD does get you high. The ingredient responsible for psychoactive effects is THC. (Tetrahydrocannabinol). The main difference between these two components is the differences in the way they interact with the cannabinoid receptors as one gives you that high feeling while the other does not. According to the world health organization, CBD does not exhibit dependence related complications.
When people talk about CBD oil, one of the benefits sure to come up is the pain-relieving property of CBD Oil. The human body has a specialized system known as the endocannabinoid system. This system is responsible for regulating various functions such as appetite, sleep, immune system response and pain. The endocannabinoids produced in the body act as transmitters and bind to the receptors in your nervous system. It causes an anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effect, thus pain management. Studies have shown that CBD oil may minimize inflammation, pain, and overall discomfort caused by various health complications. Recent studies show CBD oil offers hope for relief from arthritis pain.
It is quite early to point out CBD as an option to treat cancer. However, reviews prove that the use of CBD may be useful in managing symptoms occurring due to cancer or its treatment. Some studies on mice have shown a reduction in cancerous tumours upon the introduction of CBD oil. Most studies carried on humans involve the role CBD oil plays in reducing pain brought by cancer and cancer treatment. According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), CBD oil may be a possible option for alleviating symptoms related to chemotherapy.
What perfect way would you seek to end that irritating acne than ordering your CBD oil product from online Dispensary Canada?
Recent research indicates that CBD may be one of the newest anti-inflammatory drugs with promising potential in the market. CBD oil is known to alter the production of oil within the skin by interfering with the functioning of the sebocytes, the cells that produce sebum. Among the indicators of acne are dryness and roughness. The overproduction of oil in the skin stimulates acne. Thus, CBD is a great way to fight acne.
CBD oil serves to protect the nerve cells against degeneration, damage or function impairment. This is due to its combination of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. CBD can influence the working of the endocannabinoid system and other systems coordinating the functioning of the brain. These benefits are essential for those suffering from neurological disorders. Most of the studies are focusing on treating complex motor disorders such as multiple sclerosis and epilepsy.
A study on 214 people with severe epilepsy showed that with the introduction of CBD oil, the seizures reduced significantly at a median of 36.5%. Also, the use of CBD reduces seizures in children with Dravet Syndrome. Furthermore, CBD oil leads to improvement of sleep quality for those with Parkinson’s disease. CBD also hinders the progression of Alzheimer’s disease on animal and test-tube studies.
According to the World Health Organization, depression is the leading cause of disability in the world. Anxiety disorder, on the other hand, is the sixth leading cause of disability. Don’t we all hate those moments of uncertainty and undecidedness? Well, CBD does reduce anxiety and depression. This is because of its ability to act upon the brain’s receptors for serotonin, which is a neurotransmitter that regulates social behavior and mood. A study in 2010 found that CBD could reduce symptoms in people with a social anxiety disorder. According to research published in 2014, CBD has anti-anxiety and antidepressant effects.
Keeping our cardiovascular health and smooth running is essential as it plays some vital roles. Among these roles include the transportation of oxygen, hormones and nutrients throughout the body. Also, it helps to regulate our body temperature. The white blood cells and antibodies which are found in the cardiovascular system protects our body from infections. According to the Centers for disease control and prevention, about one in every three US adults has hypertension.
High blood pressure increases the risk of succumbing to a heart attack and stroke. According to a study, CBD lowers high blood pressure. Also, CBD is useful in treating stress-related cardiovascular disorders. Additionally, several animal examinations show that CBD may minimize the cell death and inflammation associated with heart diseases. This is due to its powerful antioxidant and stress-reduction properties.
Other than the health benefits above, CBD oil plays a role in treating some health issues. These health issues include:
Anti-tumour effects- a 2016 research indicated that the use of CBD curtails the growth of tumour cells in both animal models and test tubes
Antipsychotic effects- studies suggest that CBD may be useful to people with schizophrenia and other mental disorders to reduce psychotic symptoms. It is according to a survey carried out on animal models and in healthy volunteers.
Substance abuse-treatment- recent studies indicate that CBD may be useful in treating drug addiction. It reduces heroine-seeking behaviour and morphine dependence.
Above are just some of the numerous benefits of CBD oil. A word of caution would be to do an intensive research on CBD oil before embarking on the journey to use them. Be keen to go through the side effects and also consult your doctor where you need clarification, especially if you are under medication.
Learn More about the science of CBD:
The health benefits of Cannabis, CBD and Hemp with Dr. Judy Mikovits
Using CBD to repair Neuro inflammation and Immune Dysregulation
This article was contributed by Tammy with