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The Dark Side Of The GLUTEN Connection!
By Walt "dr health" Edwards

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Gluten is a vegetable protein--most commonly known as wheat protein. Primarily found in wheat, rye, and barley. Though genetically engineering there is a higher gluten content which makes wonderful bread that is crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. But gluten has a dark side. Many people are allergic or sensitive to it.

If you are completely allergic to it, the diagnosis is usually Celiac disease. If you are sensitive to it, you will just be chronically sick and disabled. And if you are like most people, you will go through life never knowing the connection; your doctors will never discover the connection; you will endure endless, useless medical treatments; you life will be impaired in one or a myriad of ways; and no one will ever be able to cure you.

If you are so lucky to find a doctor who even tests for gluten, the test will be useless. Medical gluten tests only turn up positive after the intestinal linings have been all but destroyed. The standard medical testing for wheat allergies is also useless. The result is you will be left out in the cold, chronically ill, and having to think on your own and outside the box.

The Elimination Diet Is The Only Way To Go...

Just eliminate gluten for a month and see how you feel. Unfortunately the processed food industry has made this simple test hard. Gluten is now in almost all processed foods. So for 30 days you will have to eat real foods only, with nothing out of a package, unless it is gluten FREE. You'll actually have to eat meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds. There are gluten FREE processed foods available. For some folks it may take more than 30 days to overcome the devastating effects of gluten, by the end of this time, you will know if you are onto something.

Experts feel that the number of gluten sensitivity is approximately 1 out of 150. Why the huge number? Because gluten is used in virtually all boxed, packaged, and canned processed foods, and because we live in a processed-food nation, it is easy to see the problem.

Gluten Specifics...

Here is what gluten can cause: dermatitis (all types), lupus, psoriasis, irritable bowel and celiac disease, eczema and acne, asthma, hives, epilepsy, weight loss (or gain), anemia, headaches, autism, giardea, ulcers, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, heartburn and reflux, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia.

In children, many of the gluten-related problems are neurological. If you have kids or grand kids who can't perform or concentrate in school, test them. If your have ADD, ADHD, or even autism, test them. If you have epilepsy, seizures, tics, depression, and/or anxiety, test them. Or if they are just plain sick which anything at all, test them. The test is just to eliminate gluten for 30 days. If they show any sign of improvement, keep them off gluten for 6 to 12 months.

If you want to learn more about the problems that gluten can cause, get a copy of the book, The Gluten Connection, by Shari Lieberman. And as for grains, they are not an essential food! If nothing else make copies of this news letter and send it to as many people as possible. Gluten may be the root of many of their health problems. The Difference Between Healing and Treatment... Treatment is the application of drugs or surgery, the bringing into play of some foreign object, often alien to the body's natural ecology, to stop illness' symptoms--but from the outside. Unfortunately, NOT getting at the root of the problem. Your body, when all is said and done, is the greatest healing pharmacy. Turning on the healing powers of your own body is key to health.

Inflammation, The Heart of Many Chronic Disease States! Systemic Oral Enzymes excel at quelling inflammation. This is important because inflammation is directly related to pain conditions as well as heart disease. They have been shown to help: 1. Break down proteins in the blood that cause inflammation and remove them via the blood stream and lymphatic system. 2. Remove "fibrin," the clotting material that prolongs inflammation. 3. Clear up edema (excess water) in the areas of inflammation. 4. Counteract chronic, recurrent inflammation, a primary cause of chronic degenerative joint and other diseases.

Enzymes Accelerate Elimination of Circulation Immune Complexes, CICs... Treatment using NSAIDs reduce inflammation and pain, but do nothing to start the healing process. In this sense, systemic oral enzymes like Sedona Labs, SerraPhase may be superior. Their influence on the immune system is profound. They stimulate healthy production of messenger immune cells that quench inflammation and rev up immunity to produce a cleansing effect, helping to break up circulation immune complexes (CICs) at the center of the body's immune/inflammation firestorm. Eventually, the body's inflammation levels are reduced, enabling the pain sufferer to once again resume normal function.

Summary: 1. They degrade protein molecules which cause edema and exacerbate inflammation. 2. They increase the flexibility of red blood cells, improving their ability to pass through the arteries and inhibit the aggregation of platelets, thus helping prevent abnormal clotting. 3. They support the cleansing of tissues and promote better circulation, thus stimulating the formation of new, healthy tissue.

Serotonin and 5-HTP...Hunger and appetite are orchestrated by a host of chemical messengers. One of them is serotonin, a neurotransmitter best known for its effects on mood. Serotonin also helps regulate appetite. Serotonin deficiencies are common. A safe and easy way to boost serotonin levels is 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP). 5-HTP is the direct precursor to serotonin. It has been shown in clinical studies to elevate mood, improve sleep, and cut appetite, especially carbohydrate cravings. Depression also is reduced according to client "feed back" reports.

Toxic Metals May Be Making You Sick! We are now, more than ever before, at risk of contamination from lead, mercury, cadmium, and aluminum which is found in industrial waste, seafood, silver-colored dental filings, paint, and numerous other sources. The truth is, many of us are harboring unsafe levels of these health assassins right now without even realizing it. Perhaps you're feeling a noticeable loss of memory or mental energy... unexplained aches and pains... fatigue or just tired. If so, the culprit could be metal contamination. A hair analysis is the best way to discover contamination and available at the Health Gallery. (Cost $85)

Cinnamon Improves Glucose and Lipid Levels...The results of a recent study reports cinnamon can be beneficial in reducing the risk factors associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease by controlling elevated glucose and blood lipid concentrations.

Did You Know?

The United States now ranks 41st in the world in life expectancy, down from 11th 20 years ago! According to an article in the British Medical Journal, too many patients are being diagnosed with depression and treated with drugs when they're merely unhappy! Smoking quadruples risk of age-related macular degeneration. Walking just 30 minutes a day appears to be as protective as more intense workouts against diabetes and heart disease!

Thought For The Day... Never forget that we pay for every act and thought and feeling we commit. One statement from the Bible says it all. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. People are not punished for their deeds, but BY THEM! If only everyone believed this...the world would be a safer place to live and there would be no more wars!

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