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Remember, I use Almond milk and Stevia for taste, thereby avoiding all the undesirable health problems that may otherwise creep in.

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Was The Man Behind Orthodox Medicine Louis Pasteur Wrong in his monomorphic germ theory? What are the implications for finding a cure for cancer if he was in fact wrong? Are we ignoring pioneering research done by so many who already put forth convincingly comprehensive cancer theories which have been set aside by orthodox thinking?

As per Louis Pasteur’s monomorphic germ theory of 1862,

• Germs, or microbes, cause disease
• Germs invade the body from the outside
• Human blood is sterile and can only be infected by outside microbes
• Germs are monomorphic, in other words, they have only one form and can be identified by species
• The shapes and colours of microorganisms are constant
• Every disease is associated with a partciular microorganism
• Germs should be killed by drugs

In contrast, there was another French microbiologist Antoine Bechamp, who proposed a theory known as pleomorphism as per which microorganisms can go through different stages of development and they can evolve into various growth forms within their life cycle. As per Bechamp, disease comes from inside the body when microbe like particles in the blood which he called microzymas, which change as individuals became diseased. So, these changes in these microbes are a result of changes in the environment of the host. These ever present microbes become harmful to the host only when the health of the host gets deteriorated. So, it is the deterioration of health or healthy environment of the body i.e. the host that makes these microbes turn against the host which are otherwise living in harmony with each other.

One of the major terrain factors that can go wrong for the body is acidic environment in which these microbes change into harmful ones and can thrive working against the host. This is the basis for pH theory of disease including cancer where we know that cancer is a disease of the acidic environment and cannot survive in an alkaline environment.

Towards the end of his life, Pasteur seemed to have acknowledged that his germ theory was in fact not right and is believed to have quoted Claude Bernard by saying: “The microbe is nothing. The terrain is everything.”. But, orthodox medicine already got entrenched in Pasteur’s germ theory to back away from it.

There is one major problem with Pasteur’s theory that cannot explain why some people or animals infected with the same germs don’t develop the disease. This can be explained by the integrity of the terrain of the host. The factors such as good pH balance, solid nutritional status, proper immune functioning etc. can explain why these can resist the infection where as others succumb to it who might have compromised health status.

Major implications for this reexamination of the fundamental issues of the causative factors of disease are how we approach addressing the health problems of the humanity. Focusing on killing the germs can save lives who have compromised their health status and are made vulnerable for diseases. But as we are finding out germs are smarter survivors and they quickly develop resistance to this kind of approach. Instead, if we can get the status of body health i.e. host environment a rock solid one, germs probably cannot gain much of an upper hand. When the body’s health environment is ideal, germs probably don’t have much of a chance but to either live in harmony, die or leave for an environment that is ideal for themselves.

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What Is Atherosclerosis?

Atherosclerosis (ath-er-o-skler-O-sis) is a disease in which plaque (plak) builds up on the insides of your arteries. Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to your heart and other parts of your body.

Plaque is made up of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other substances found in the blood. Over time, plaque hardens and narrows your arteries. The flow of oxygen-rich blood to your organs and other parts of your body is reduced. This can lead to serious problems, including heart attack, stroke, or even death.

Atherosclerosis

Figure A shows a normal artery with normal blood flow. Figure B shows an artery with plaque buildup.

Overview

Atherosclerosis can affect any artery in the body, including arteries in the heart, brain, arms, legs, and pelvis. As a result, different diseases may develop based on which arteries are affected.

• Coronary artery disease (CAD). This is when plaque builds up in the coronary arteries. These arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to your heart. When blood flow to your heart is reduced or blocked, it can lead to chest pain and heart attack. CAD also is called heart disease, and it’s the leading cause of death in the United States.
• Carotid (ka-ROT-id) artery disease. This happens when plaque builds up in the carotid arteries. These arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to your brain. When blood flow to your brain is reduced or blocked, it can lead to stroke.
• Peripheral arterial disease (PAD). This occurs when plaque builds up in the major arteries that supply oxygen-rich blood to the legs, arms, and pelvis. When blood flow to these parts of your body is reduced or blocked, it can lead to numbness, pain, and sometimes dangerous infections.

Some people with atherosclerosis have no signs or symptoms. They may not be diagnosed until after a heart attack or stroke.

The main treatment for atherosclerosis is lifestyle changes. You also may need medicines and medical procedures. These, along with ongoing medical care, can help you live a healthier life.

What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Atherosclerosis?

Atherosclerosis usually doesn’t cause signs and symptoms until it severely narrows or totally blocks an artery. Many people don’t know they have the disease until they have a medical emergency, such as a heart attack or stroke.

Some people may have other signs and symptoms of the disease. These depend on which arteries are severely narrowed or blocked.

The coronary arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to your heart. When plaque narrows or blocks these arteries (a condition called coronary artery disease, or CAD), a common symptom is angina (AN-ji-na or an-JI-na).

Angina is chest pain or discomfort that occurs when your heart muscle doesn’t get enough oxygen-rich blood. Angina may feel like pressure or a squeezing pain in your chest. You also may feel it in your shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back.

This pain tends to get worse with activity and go away when you rest. Emotional stress also can trigger the pain.

Other symptoms of CAD are shortness of breath and arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats).

The carotid arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to your brain. When plaque narrows or blocks these arteries (a condition called carotid artery disease), you may have symptoms of a stroke. These symptoms include sudden numbness, weakness, and dizziness.

Plaque also can build up in the major arteries that supply oxygen-rich blood to the legs, arms, and pelvis (a condition called peripheral arterial disease). When these arteries are narrowed or blocked, it can lead to numbness, pain, and sometimes dangerous infections.

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Comparing the roles of food and medicine in achieving and maintaining health is easy. Food provides nutrients that help maintain health and prevent disease. In contrast, medicine acts to relieve the symptoms of illness and to help sick people regain health.

Thus, food provides nutrients that are the building blocks for health and medicine as a repair that helps to overcome the cause of the illness.

Eating a meal causes the release of many hormones, such as insulin, and other chemicals that influence how cells communicate to produce proteins that impact energy storage and use.

Understanding the complex pathways associated with hormones is a multibillion dollar effort by drug companies. Emerging evidence, however, shows that some of these pathways - particularly those involved in regulating insulin levels after eating - normally are regulated by certain foods, namely carbohydrates.

Insulin regulates the uptake, storage and use of many nutrients, including sugar or glucose and fat after a meal. The composition of a meal, particularly the type of carbohydrate, affects glucose levels in the blood, which influences insulin concentration.

Complex carbohydrates, such as whole grains, delay the increase in blood sugar, but simple carbohydrates, such as table sugar or soda, causes a rapid spike in blood glucose.

Diets may be classified based on their effects on insulin response after eating a meal. High-insulin-response diets elevate insulin levels for prolonged periods of time (four to six hours) after eating. In contrast, low-insulin response meals yield a much lower insulin level that is maintained for long periods of time. High insulin levels are thought to promote obesity by increasing fat storage and decreasing fat use to meet energy needs.

Perhaps not surprisingly, fat tissue below the skin in the abdomen produces unique chemical signals that decrease the effectiveness of insulin in regulating sugar and fat use. Thus, fat or adipose tissue is a target to evaluate the effects of diet on development of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

A recent study provides valuable insight as to how fat cells respond to these types of diets. Overweight and obese women and men with various clinical signs characteristic of pre-diabetes (elevated fasting insulin levels, increased waist circumferences, high blood pressure and increases in certain types of lipids in the blood) consumed diets with either a high- or low-insulin response for three months. Low-insulin response would be from eating bread and pasta made from unprocessed cereal, grains and pasta, and high-insulin response would be from eating bread made from processed oat-wheat-potato flour, bread and potatoes.

The diets had the same amounts of fiber, fat, carbohydrate and protein. As expected, consumption of the low- compared with the high-insulin response diet resulted in important reductions in fasting insulin and glucose after a standardized, high-glucose test meal. This effect, however, occurred without a decrease in body weight, which is the expected change associated with decreases in blood insulin and glucose.

Analysis of small pieces of fat obtained from under the skin at the front of the abdomen revealed some very important changes within these cells. The size of the fat cells decreased with the low- but not the high-insulin response diet. In the fat cells, certain genes that manage the production of proteins that control specific functions were impacted. The low-insulin response diet turned off many genes, specifically those that regulate how insulin affects carbohydrate and fat storage, and regular replacement of cells.

Two other findings are critical. The low-insulin response diet decreased the activity of an enzyme, hormone-sensitive lipase, which controls release of fats stored in fat cells. People with reduced activity of this enzyme have lower levels of glucose, insulin and fats in the blood. Thus, it is thought that the decreased activity of this enzyme probably accounts for some of the benefits of diets designed to lower insulin secretion.

The low-insulin response diet also reduced the presence of another gene, one which is known to be a strong predictor of development of type 2 diabetes. In contrast, the high-insulin response diet increased the activity of other genes related to stress and inflammation - processes related to adverse effects of obesity, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

The general application of these findings for each of us is simple. We should eat more fruits, vegetables and legumes (dry peas, beans and peanuts), choose whole-grains or products that are minimally processed, such as pasta and old-fashioned oatmeal and cereals, and limit intake of products high in concentrated sugar. These recommendations have the benefit of replacing high calories with high nutrient (vitamin, mineral and fiber) content foods.

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