Avoid squeezing spots and blackheads, unless you apply Molkosan to disinfect them right away. Otherwise you will only spread the bacteria, which usually settle in the inflamed skin pores. In other words, if you want to prevent the condition from getting worse you have to be very careful. Also, do not handle or work with turpentine, floor wax, paints and modern detergents; if you have to use them, make sure to wear rubber gloves for protection. Symphosan helps to improve and regenerate skin that has large pores and looks withered. Its content of plant mucilage is responsible for this action. And another thing, it is not always advisable to wash with soap. Cleansing the skin with oil and then wiping it with alcohol is often more beneficial for impure skin. Finally, I cannot emphasise strongly enough how important it is to improve your general health by adopting a natural way of life. Your skin will then derive great benefits too.
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The importance to our health of having good teeth is still not sufficiently appreciated. It is the same with health in general. We begin to value it only when we have lost it and are sick. Many people think it is enough to know that there are doctors available if they need them, and they do not worry any further. They similarly rely on the dentist if something goes wrong with their teeth, and for this reason they do not give any thought to the importance of keeping their teeth healthy. In a figurative sense, we could call the teeth the front line defences of our body.
Healthy Teeth and their Defence Action
Metaphorical speech being the oldest and most effective way of explaining something, I would like to compare the teeth to armour-plated turrets. The hard outer tooth enamel could be called the armour-plating because the enamel is the toughest tissue of the body, built up of very hard calcium fluoride. The enamel possesses a thick enough layer of calcium fluoride – in our illustration a strong armour-plating – to be able to do justice to all the demands made on it for the usual 60—80 or even more years of our life, provided we have inherited the proper basis for this from our parents, especially if our mother’s mineral metabolism was efficient and her body had all the necessary minerals when she was carrying us.
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The conscientious doctor is sometimes baffled because a seemingly serious case takes an unexpected turn for the better. On the other hand, the opposite can also happen: the patient seems to be making fine progress but suddenly the picture changes and the illness takes such a rapid turn for the worse that no skill, no effort, is able to arrest it. Even the best surgeon, highly skilled in his profession, may suffer the tragedy inflicted by the merciless Angel of Death in that his best friend, sister, mother or even his own wife passes away prematurely. Or the scourge of cancer may take hold of the doctor himself and all the efforts of his colleagues, using the most up-to-date therapies, prove to be in vain.
All this is very sad and we are filled with sorrow. For how can one help the patient to escape such an end? It would be a great relief for all of us, would it not, if there were some natural remedy that could cure the disease. Sadly, though, even the most experienced specialist knows of no such remedy. True, there are some good medicines that may have brought relief for some patients, but unfortunately there is no specific remedy for cancer, one that cures it without fail. What is more, it seems that we will never find one. This, too, is a tragic prospect. Once again, patients, nurses, pharmacologists, as well as doctors, are confronted by a puzzle. Is it not true that conscientious efforts are being made to find a cure, and endless hours and huge sums of money are being spent on research? Should it all be to no avail? Is it not true that those who seek will also find?
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No, you can’t. Vitamins and minerals are not foreign chemicals that disrupt the body’s metabolism and create addictions. They are nutrients that the body needs and wants. They have a rightful place in the body’s metabolism and fulfil an important role there.
Some people assume they have developed an addiction to their multi-vitamin, mineral formula because they feel so much better while taking it and tired, run down, cranky and irritable when they are not. Feeling this way when stopping your supplements is not a symptom of withdrawal, it is a symptom of insufficient nutrients reaching your cells. The feeling of well-being experienced while on supplements is proof positive of how deficient in nutrients our modern day foods are. A vitamin and mineral supplement is simply a concentrated food and for the body to react positively to it indicates that the body needs that quantity of vitamins and minerals to function optimally. To deprive it of that food will see it fall back to its former level of function.
Taking vitamin and mineral supplements does not create dependency the way taking drugs, cigarettes, stimulants and alcohol does. In the case of vitamins/minerals/food the dependency, or need for x amount, has existed since birth and feeling better with supplements indicates that the need is finally being met. There is no comparison between the innate biological need for vitamins and minerals and the artificially contrived need for drugs, cigarettes, alcohol and chemical stimulants.
The confusion arises from the fact that some people arc so used to functioning below par, they think it’s normal—that the average, healthy person should and does feel that way. They misinterpret the vitality-enhancing effect of vitamin and mineral supplements as being an artificial stimulatory effect that is not normal. This belief is confirmed when they go off the supplement and slip back to feeling how they did before. As a result they struggle through the rest of their lives never knowing what good health is.
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Hypoglycaemia means that the levels of glucose in the blood have dropped so low that cells of the body and brain are being starved of this vital energy-producing food. Tiredness, depression, mood swings, confusion, poor concentration, low frustration tolerance, temper tantrums, the shakes, poor memory, disorganisation are also caused by hypoglycaemia.
Hypoglycaemia is not, as many think, a disease in itself. It is a ‘symptom’ of many different disease conditions. For instance, hypoglycaemia can be caused by:
• stress;
• too much white flour and sugar in the diet;
• skipping meals;
• allergies;
• a malfunctioning liver;
• vitamin and mineral deficiency;
• an under-active thyroid.
Just as allergies can cause the blood glucose levels to drop, a drop in blood glucose levels caused by other factors can trigger allergies. Low-grade, non-symptom-producing allergies can be exacerbated into full-blown, symptom-producing allergies when hypoglycaemia is caused by any of the above factors.
By providing three balanced meals a day and supplementary vitamins and minerals, the Metabolism-Balancing Program removes all the other causes of hypoglycaemia. Chromium helps insulin to get the glucose into the cells. Vitamins B3, B1, B6, B12 and C help the thyroid hormone speed up its conversion to energy.
Mineral iodine, vitamins B12, folic acid, B6, B5, E, A and B1 help the thyroid gland to make thyroid hormone and iron facilitates the carriage of oxygen that makes all the other processes possible. This balanced inflow of glucose into the cells, and its subsequent conversion to energy keeps all the cells (especially the white blood cells), tissues and organs of the body functioning in a balanced way.
The brain manifests this state of balance by remaining calm, yet mentally alive and on the ball. The white blood cells manifest it by not over-reacting and causing allergic reactions when non-life-threatening substances, such as dust, pollen, grasses, moulds or foods enter the body. The liver manifests it by not allowing too much glucose to be released into the blood during times of stress and the pancreas manifests it by not over-reacting to glucose’s presence in the blood. (It’s the secretion of insulin by the pancreas that causes the blood glucose levels to drop precipitously.)
In this way the Metabolism-Balancing Program removes the causes of functional hypoglycaemia and in so doing removes one of the major triggers of allergic reactions.
This leaves allergy as the only other cause of hypoglycaemia and glucose imbalance. An allergic reaction can take place in any tissue or organ of the body. If allergies inflame the thyroid gland they can disrupt glucose metabolism by making the gland over- or under-function—the latter causing hypoglycaemia and over-weight. If allergies attack the liver, pancreas or adrenal glands their metabolisms can become so distorted that hypoglycaemia develops immediately. Allergic hypoglycaemia is a whacky, unpredictable thing that can be here today and gone tomorrow, whether treated by drug medication or not. This is because allergies are migratory by nature and can move randomly from one tissue to another.
For this reason many people erroneously believe that they’ve ‘outgrown’ their allergies, not realising that the new set of seemingly unrelated symptoms that have sprung up elsewhere in their body is caused by the same allergy.
The random, unpredictable nature of allergies means that ‘allergic hypoglycaemia’ can be turned on and off to no set pattern, leaving the sufferer as confused as the physician. This is particularly so if the thyroid gland is the target organ, as the drugs taken for the affected thyroid can cause adverse reactions when the gland suddenly rights itself.
It is only with sound nutrition, sensible eating habits, appropriate exercise, adequate oxygen, water and rest, and by containing allergies, yeast, bacterial and viral infections, that the metabolism can ever be fully balanced.
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Q. Why take Formula Six before a meal?
A. So they make contact with the digestive juices that are waiting in the stomach for the food to arrive. This ensures maximum absorption of the vitamins and minerals in Formula Six. Have them just before your first mouthful of food.
Q. I don’t like taking tablets—why can’t I spread them out through the day?
A. For vitamins and minerals to work optimally they must be taken all together, at the same time, with food. You will not get the potentially good results from the programs if you space the tablets over the day. Try and get them down with half a glass of water or juice using the other half to get the oil capsules down after the meal.
Q. Is Formula Six free from sugar, yeast, amines, salicylates, andartificial colourings?
A. Yes. The yellow color of the urine is the natural residue of vitamin B1. It’s normal for your urine to turn yellow at this time. There’s no need to go off the tablets because this happens.
Q. Don’t we excrete most of the vitamin/mineral supplements in our urine?
Q. Why is Formula Six divided into three tablets?
A. To put the quantity of vitamins and minerals in Formula Six into one tablet would make it too big to swallow.
Q. The kids won’t swallow tablets.
A. Pulverise the tablets by dropping them into a blender with the blades going. When reduced to a line powder, stop the blades and pour in a warm drink of 50 per cent home-made juice and 50 per cent hot water with 1/2-1 teaspoon of honey or glucose powder. Blend drink and powder together for twenty seconds. Keep stirring it between sips to keep the heavy minerals from settling to the bottom of the glass. Orange and lemon juices are best for disguising the taste of the vitamins.
This is no problem for those on the Metabolism-Balancing Program. If they still won’t take tablets by the time they start the Anti-Candida Program, the vitamins will have to be continued in the drink with honey or glucose powder. However, they will have to remain on the Anti-Candida Program for four months instead of the usual three as the juice and honey/glucose will slow down the rate at which the Candida yeast can be contained.
Q. Is it safe to take Formula Six while pregnant?
A. Most certainly. In fact, it’s advantageous. A recent report from one of the American universities stated that taking vitamin/ mineral supplements during pregnancy significantly reduced the chance of physical and mental birth defects in babies and improved the baby’s IQ. Facial shape abnormalities are common in babies born to vitamin/mineral deficient mothers.
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Same as morning tea. A 230 mL (8 oz) glass or cup of fluid (water, vegetable juice, black coffee or black tea) is compulsory at mid-afternoon. Drink one or two more between now and dinner. If you are going to night school, have something before you go, either the evening meal early or a snack and then the evening meal later. But don’t have a big meal just before going to bed.
Start the meal by sipping on a 230 mL (8 oz) glass of freshly juiced vegetable juice (from the low and negligible amine and salicylate lists for first four weeks), or mineral, spring or filtered tap water with 1 teaspoon of vitamin C powder (calcium or sodium ascorbate—any brand) in it and, twice a week, 1 drop only of Lugol’s iodine solution (from the chemist); use an eyedropper for accuracy. Use as little as possible of the fluid to get the before and after meal supplements down. Finish the remainder off later in the evening.
Just before eating, swallow 3 x Formula Six multi-vitamin and mineral tablets, that is, 1 tablet from each jar. Because hydrochloric acid is needed to facilitate absorption of minerals, Formula Six must be taken when there is maximum hydrochloric acid in the stomach, that is, just before a meal. Keep high and moderate amine and salicylate foods out for the first four weeks.
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In the short term fluid tablets (diuretics, water pills) remove excess fluid from the body. In the long term they cause fluid retention, the very thing they are supposed to treat.
Fluid tablets are often prescribed to sufferers of allergies, Candida yeast infections and malnutrition to remove the puffiness from their fingers, ankles, eyes, face, legs and wrists or counteract the general weight gain that often accompanies these conditions.
Fluid tablets work by interfering with normal kidney function. They create metabolic imbalances in the tubule cells of the kidney. This inhibits the tubule cells’ capacity to absorb water and nutrients as they pass through the tubules en route to the collecting ducts. As a result, water plus vitamins and minerals pass out of the body en masse, giving rise to insidious malnutrition.
After a while on fluid tablets, vitamin and mineral deficiencies begin to manifest as metabolic imbalances elsewhere in the body. Symptoms of these metabolic imbalances are many and varied. They can include: weakness, fatigue, light-headedness, dizziness, muscle cramps, thirst, flushing, prickly tingling of the skin (paraesthesia), blurred vision, rashes, low blood pressure on standing (postural hypotension), hypoglycaemia, aggravation of existing diabetes, increased blood uric acid levels, anaphylactic shock (usually in the severely malnourished), peripheral circulatory failure (especially in the elderly), thrombocytopenia (low levels of blood platelets) and leucopenia (low levels of white blood cells).
Vitamin and mineral deficiencies are a significant stress to the body. When the body is under stress the adrenal glands work overtime and more adrenal hormones than normal are produced. Aldosterone is one such hormone. Its job is to regulate the body’s fluid levels by stimulating the kidneys to retain sodium and water when the levels of these two are getting low. An excess of aldosterone means greater than normal quantities of sodium and water are retained. This is why people under stress have trouble losing weight while on a weightloss diet or put on weight without any change in their diet or eating habits.
Fluid tablets create a vicious cycle. By causing vitamin and mineral deficiencies they raise the body’s stress and aldosterone levels which causes greater fluid retention and the need for more fluid tablets. The metabolic imbalances that this cycle of ever-increasing stress and quantity of fluid tablets cause are such that in time you become hooked on fluid tablets.
If you reach the stage of fluid tablet dependency you’ll experience a significant weight gain the moment you stop taking them. Because it takes the aldosterone levels about fourteen to twenty-one clays to come down the weight could last for that long. The Metabolism-Balancing Program plus the supplementary vitamins and minerals and rest reduce the stress and aldosterone levels within a week. Be patient, the weight will come down as the metabolism balances. Don’t freak out and go back on the fluid tablets if your weight shoots up. Just wait it out and everything will be OK.
If you are already on fluid tablets for heart, lung or blood pressure problems, consult your doctor before doing anything. If you are not on fluid tablets and your doctor wants to treat your allergy, Candida, malnutrition or stress-based fluid retention problem with fluid tablets, refuse his or her offer and follow the treatment program outlined in this book with his or her supervision. Herbal, so called natural, diuretics create the same metabolic imbalances as the drug-based ones. Don’t use them as they too treat only the symptoms of fluid retention and not the cause.
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You may associate the concept of relaxation with classes full of women in leotards. This does not have to be the case! You will almost certainly undergo stresses which affect both your mind and body, and learning some basic relaxation techniques can help. This does not mean that you have to sit cross-legged on the floor chanting ‘Om’ – although if this suits you, then fine.
Simple breathing exercises in which you learn to breathe deeply and at a controlled rate can help to slow down your mind when your thoughts are racing. You can also incorporate simple physical exercises which help to relax your muscles, especially those in the neck and shoulders where many people carry much of their tension. You can ask your GP or at your hospital for help in learning these techniques. Some hospitals run classes and workshops, for exactly this purpose.
Using essential oils (aromatherapy) can have a pleasurable and calming effect. Oils can be used in the bath or diluted in a ‘carrier’ oil to use in massage (or simply rubbing into your hands or feet, for example) or to burn in an oil burner. Different oils have different properties and can help to promote relaxation – or simply be pleasant to use. Again, some of the nurses on your ward may have had training in the use of essential oils, or be able to recommend sources of information.
Some people use ‘visualization techniques’ – images of quiet or happy places, for example – to help them relax. Shutting your eyes and visualizing yourself in a favourite tranquil spot, imagining how you feel when you are there and allowing the image to take over your thoughts, if only for a minute or two, can have a calming effect.
If you want to practise relaxation techniques, you need to ensure you are in a quiet room without interruptions or excessive background noise. If you feel a little foolish at first, practise when you are alone. Remember that loved ones will be experiencing their own stresses too, and might like to share in practising your relaxation techniques.
For some people, relaxing may have a different meaning, such as the opportunity to watch a favourite TV programme or to listen to music undisturbed. What you do is less important than being aware of what makes you feel more relaxed and perhaps more refreshed afterwards. Achieving a more relaxed state may not directly affect your cancer treatment, but if it helps you to cope better in a calmer frame of mind, if only for a limited time, then it is surely worthwhile.
I had always been pretty sceptical about what I regarded as ‘hippy stuff, although Helen swore by the physical and mental benefits of her yoga classes and the occasional massage. On the whole, I preferred to relax by listening to music, preferably very loudly and often joining in the lyrics myself, to the occasional alarm of our neighbours. I suffered some nerve damage in my hands and feet as a result of my chemotherapy, and Helen persuaded me that massaging them with essential oils might help to release some tension – and that I might just enjoy the sense of being pampered! This became a regular fixture – if my feet or hands were sore (or even if they weren’t), she would rub them as gently or vigorously as felt comfortable while we were watching TV or chatting.
Although it could not directly help the nerve damage, it did help me to relax and she was right about the pampering!
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You may spend days when you feel completely powerless to do anything – the loss of control over what is happening to your body can make you feel that the same has happened to the rest of your life. Most of us are not doctors, let alone cancer specialists, so our ignorance about the disease and its treatment contributes to our sense of helplessness. We can learn a certain amount from books and leaflets, but we still remain in the dark in terms of understanding exactly what is happening and why.
If you are also feeling physically low, this can make you feel even more helpless. If you have previously worked but are now too ill to do so, or you led an active life with regular commitments which you can no longer fulfil, the sense that your life is out of your control can be cruelly emphasized. It may be that you need help with personal tasks you could manage perfectly easily before, and you fear becoming increasingly dependent on your family or nursing staff for basic necessities. Living with cancer can take considerable adjustment.
How can you maintain some control over your life when you feel that events and other people are taking over? It is hard to accept that you need more help and support than before, especially if you are usually very independent. You can start by trying to become well-informed about your treatment and progress, and you can still take decisions for yourself. Let your family and friends know that your cancer does not mean that you can no longer think for yourself, even if sometimes you can’t muster the enthusiasm even to decide between chips or mashed potatoes! Although there may be times when you feel too ill to be interested in what is happening around you, it is important for you to feel that you are still treated as an individual, and not just a cancer patient.
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