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Looking Back A Decade by Janet Lynas, Ph.D., N.H.D.

As 2019 comes to an end, I begin to think back not only over the last year, but the last decade.  Let’s take a look at some of the medical advances over the last ten years.

10 Medical Breakthroughs in the last decade
  1. Human Genome Discoveries – Starting in 2000 a rough draft of the human genes was released. By 2003 the final draft was published.  The hope of this project is in preventive medicine.  The information gathered from this project will help practitioners focus on preventive medicine.  As scientists understand the human genes better they will be able to predict possibilities on what direction to take to maintain health for their patients.
  2. Information Technology – Since changing patient charts over from pen and paper to computers, consistency in patient care is now available.  Each care provider is able to access all of the patient’s chart and is able to see what each health care provider has contributed to the care of that individual.  Patients have access to doctors through “telemedicine”.  Telemedicine allows patients to interact with physicians who are many miles away.  Physicians who specialize in specific areas of medicine are able to provide patient care via Skype on the computer screen.  Patients are now able to receive care with specialist that would otherwise not be available.
  3. Anti-Smoking laws and Campaigns Restrict Public Smoking – While this may seem on the surface, an invasion of individual freedoms, it however is indeed a big step forward in the protection of non-smokers.  Smokers are not the only ones who get lung cancer from smoking.  Second hand smoke causes lung cancer in non-smokes as well.  People who worked in bars and restaurants where smoking was allowed were subjected to second hand smoke.  As a result, these people had a higher incidence of lung cancer than non-smokers who were not exposed to tobacco smoke.  These laws have encouraged smokers to stop.
  4. Heart Disease Deaths Drop by 40 Percent – Advances in recognition of the symptoms of heart attack and having quick responses have made a major advancement in survival rates.  New treatments in heart disease have made a large turn around in prevention of heart disease.  Advanced surgical techniques have proved to make recovery faster and heart surgery safer.  Preventive care in heart disease has contributed to the drop in patient deaths from heart disease.
  5. Stem Cell Research: Laboratory Breakthroughs and Some Clinical Advances – Stem cell research has been used in many areas of patient care including to regrowth of heart tissue, cancer research and patient survival and in regenerative medicine.  The future in stem cell research is exciting.
  6. Targeted Therapies for Cancer Expand With New Drugs – Cancer treatment is now able to target cancer cells without affecting healthy cells.  DNA medications have helped to increase survival rates without the devastating side effects of cancer fighting drugs in past years.
  7. Combination Drug Therapy Extends HIV Survival – We don’t hear as much about HIV as we did in past years.  The combination of drugs has increased the life expectancy from 3 to 5 years after diagnosis to a patient diagnosed in their 20s living to the age of 69.
  8. Minimally Invasive and Robotic Techniques Revolutionize Surgery – The normal surgical scar was long and took weeks to heal.  Today surgical scars are just a few inches because of robotic surgery.  Recovery time is short compared to ten years ago.  With less invasive surgical techniques the patient experiences less pain and shorter recovery time.
  9. Study Finds Heart, Cancer Risk with Hormone Replacement Therapy – Forty-seven years ago, I learned in pharmacology class that a woman should never take hormone replacement therapy after the age of thirty-five.  The risk for heart attack and stroke was increased with HRT.  This fact has now been supported by research.  This information includes men taking HRT as well as women.  Studies show that the increase in cancer is higher when an individual is taking HRT.
  10. Advances in MRI Technology – New advances in MRI imagining gives health care providers a look into the working of the human brain.  Known as functional MRI or fMRI, science can now trace the changes in oxygen flow in the brain.  How does tracing the oxygen flow in the brain help scientists understand the brain better? By tracking changes in the oxygen levels and blood flow in the brain, science is able to track the neurons in the brain.  As the brain activity is being observed while the patient is answering questions, researchers are able to have an insight into the working brain.  These observations are helping scientists understand brain cancer, autism, dementia, and autoimmune diseases. 

Do You Have A Dirty Mind? by Janet Lynas, Ph.D., N.H.D.

Is your mind dirty?  Or should I say, “Is your brain dirty?”

Little is known about natural support of the brain and how to rid the brain of damaging toxins.  Unfortunately few doctors of allopathy medicine have little or no understanding on the natural approach to brain health.

Toxins That Target The Brain

Toxins in our environment are the leading cause of neurological illnesses. We do have a built in monitoring system that has the purpose of protecting our brain.  This system is designed to eliminate these toxins from our vulnerable brain.  However, the regretful reality is that we do live in a toxic environment.  Your brain has been saturated with them on a daily basis.  With this exposure over time, the effects begin to rob us of our memories and is slowly killing us.  To top it off, there is no stopping this exposure in the near future.  Evidence on the effects of toxins robbing our brains of precious health continues to stack up.

Current Alzheimer’s Research journal published a recent study on the devastating effects on the cellular level.  Research reviewed the available data connecting environmental toxins to Alzheimer’s.  The review indicated the terrifying path these toxins take.  Toxins alter the metabolic pathways associated with the development and progression of dementias.

Studies have confirmed the root cause of the frightening disease!  If this is true, why has this not gone viral throughout the news media.  Money!  Industries who are developing the toxins we are exposed to have a high stake in keeping this information out of the media.  Not only are toxins destroying the environment and our brains, but heavy metals are also contributing to these neurological diseases.

The Heavy Metal Mayhem

You’ve seen the commercials on television about mayhem (produced by an insurance company).  Imagine the mayhem caused by mercury, aluminum and copper on the brain.  The big three heavy metals lead to neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques.  Did you know that the mercury level in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients is at least three times higher than the rest of the population?

Where are we getting mercury?  Mercury is found in certain seafoods and fish, such as tuna.  These high levels of mercury are taken in when we eat seafoods and fish that are contaminated with it.  This is why pregnant women are told to avoid seafoods.

What you may not realize, is that you are being exposed to high levels of coal-burning toxins in industries burning coal.  A staggering 48 tons of mercury is pumped into our air every year.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that we ingest 7-9 mg of aluminum daily.  Aluminum is found in antiperspirants, cooking utensils, some medications and vaccines.

Now add to that the growing concern of copper.  High levels of copper destroy essential detoxifying nutrients such as vitamin C, the B vitamins and zinc.  Birth control drugs can increase the level of copper.  You might want to rethink wearing that copper bracelet or jewelry. The copper is absorbed through the skin.

You can ask your physician to test you for heavy metals with a blood test.

What Is The Key To Beating Alzheimer’s?

Did you know that your brain has a natural way of protecting itself from the onslaught of heavy metals and other toxins?  The amino acid glutathione is referred to as the master antioxidant.  Glutathione is produced and regenerated in a process called methylation.  Methylation is responsible for immune system function, brain chemical production, organ protection and detoxification.

This is what happens when the process works according to plan.  However, if the body is overloaded with toxins and heavy metals, the system fails to protect the body and brain.

The good news is that once you eliminate the toxins and heavy metals from you body, you can start to rebuild the support system your body needs.  One piece to the puzzle is a prescription for Cerefolin NAC.  This prescription only medication is pricy and insurance will not pay for it.  Your physician may not write a prescription for the drug either.

You can combine natural ingredients by adding glutathione, vitamin B vitamins, NAC, alpha lipoid acid, zinc, and selenium.  These ingredients will help to protect your brain cells and the rest of the nerve cells throughout your body.

If you are planning on doing a detoxification of any kind, remember that you may feel worse before you feel better.  As the body is releasing these toxins, you may experience what is called a “healing crisis”.  What this means is that as your body is releasing the toxins, you may feel “flu” like until the toxins are flushed out of your body.  A healing crisis response during detox is a good sign.  This will pass in a few days.

Summary

First step is to eliminate the toxins from your home as much as possible.  Read labels.  Buy products without aluminum in them.  Don’t cook with aluminum cook wear.

Second step is to eliminate foods that may have toxins such as certain seafoods and fish.  Eat organic as much as possible.

Give your body the supplements it needs for support.

We can not eliminate all the exposure from toxins, but by eliminating as much as we can, we are on the right road to health.