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For those that have been told that we will never enjoy a thick -crusted, brick oven pizza or a freshly baked slice of bread with a bowl of pasta and marinara sauce again…  life is forever changed.  This pronouncement is given to people diagnosed with gluten sensitivity or celiac disease. Many people may be gluten sensitive and not even be aware.  Symptoms such as a long-standing history of indigestion, gas, bloating, diarrhea, constipation and even systemic symptoms of fatigue, frequent headaches, or unexplained rashes should trigger a visit to your doctor to ask about the possibility of gluten sensitivity.

While a diagnosis of gluten sensitivity has been around for decades, living gluten-free has become much easier recently. this is thanks to the many tasty gluten-free options that are becoming increasingly, widely available. Even if you are not gluten sensitive, everyone can benefit from a refresher on how to live and eat gluten-free.

Be Prepared

When you find yourself at a friend’s house or work event and there aren’t any gluten-free options, don’t give in and grab a finger sandwich… instead prepare yourself! If you know you are going out to eat, check out the menu online and see if they offer a house salad and most restaurants would be happy to add grilled chicken, shrimp or salmon; just remember to hold the croutons and use olive oil and vinegar, or bring your own gluten-free dressing. When going to a friends house, offer to bring a dish; that way you know you will have something gluten-free to eat or just pack a snack.

Make Your Own

Gluten-free bread is available in the freezer section of most grocery stores. And if you have ever bought or seen this bread, you know they are extremely small loafs for a hefty cost.  Now from the comfort of your own home and for just cents a loaf, you can make gluten-free bread. Many bread-making machines offer a gluten-free setting and come with a recipe book for a variety of gluten-free breads. The frozen loaf from the grocery aisle offers convenience, but what beats the smell of a fresh, homemade gluten-free loaf of bread baking? And, you can freeze what you don’t need right away and be able to enjoy a gluten-free sandwich anytime.

It’s a Family Thing

When you have a family and are the only one who lives gluten-free, meal preparations can be challenging. While the goal is usually to spend less time cooking, you might instead find yourself preparing two versions of a meal. A few nights a week, try preparing a gluten-free meal for everyone… most people can’t even taste the difference. With all the great gluten-free products now available – even major brand names have options – gluten-free is tastier than it’s ever been.

Switch It UP

If you read the same book every day, you would get bored with it. The same goes with your diet. Don’t get stuck in a rut with eating gluten-free…remember to switch it up. there are always new gluten-free foods being introduced give them a try. Reach out to others who you know live gluten-free and swap your favorite recipes, so you have new favorites to try.

It’s Not Only What You Eat

Sure we all know gluten is found in foods … but did you know it is in many of the products you use every day? Items like moisturizer, shampoo, soaps and more can have gluten present them. If you are eating gluten-free, but then slathering on a gluten-filled moisturizer, you may be frustrated and begin to think that the gluten-free diet isn’t working. Remember, being gluten-free is not only a diet, it is a way of living. Make sure to check your personal core product labels and make sure they are gluten-free too.

Do You Have Gluten Intolerance?

If you think you might be having trouble with gluten, there is a way to find out. Many people may go years not knowing. Contact our office about how we can help you, you will be glad you did. And while you are at it ask about certified gluten-free skin care products

It’s like a Jurasic Park movie, if it’s possible it’s just a matter of time. However, biological medicine has answers to many of the existing broken medical models. This holistic and biological approach to medicine is so completely different to conventional allopathic medical thinking that it will probably never be possible to teach it at medical schools or put it into repeatable treatment protocols.  However, once we understand the fundamentals of biological/isopathic medicine, we can find answers that the allopathic community has not been taught.

Bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms, which are commonly thought to be the causes of diseases, develop within us.  These microbial forms exist within us as part of our cellular structure, normally in the form of proteins.  However, the internal milieu that we create through our choices in food, and lifestyles, causes these microorganisms to change into various diseases.  With this understanding, and the fact that our internal environment can encourage our proteins to acquire pathogenic forms like an H5N1 virus, changes the way we should be addressing these problems.

For more information download “Understanding Pleomorphism”, from “The Research” files on the right.

Pleomorphic/isopathic remedies play an important role in staying healthy. Please feel free to contact me about flu protocols with pleomorphic, immune regulating remedies.

Outbreak: Man-made super-flu formula to be published?

The H5N1 virus

A man-made virus that could wipe out half humanity has been deemed a terrorist threat. And while the scientists behind the Frankenstein-flu hoped their research would help find a cure, critics fear they have developed the ultimate bio-weapon.

When virologist Ron Fouchier and his team of scientists first “mutated the hell out of” the H5N1 bird flu virus and presented their findings this past September, fear spread like contagion across the Internet.

But it is not just panic-prone bloggers who are up in arms about the latest virus.

Microbiologist and US National Science Advisory Board (NSABB) chair Paul Keim did not mince his words when describing the potentially deadly bug.

“I can’t think of another pathogenic organism that is as scary as this one,” Keim told the Science Insider Journal. “I don’t think anthrax is scary at all compared to this.”

Despite the widespread panic, the Dutch team who engineered the deadly strain at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam still hope to publish their findings in the American Journal of Science.

However, sensing the imminent threat of making the results of their investigation public, the NSABB reviewed the paper to determine whether it should ever see the light of day.

One senior scientific advisor to the US Government also expressed his grave concerns.

“The fear is that if you create something this deadly and it goes into a global pandemic, the mortality and cost to the world could be massive. The worst-case scenario here is worse than anything you can imagine,” the Daily Mail cites.

With the US government calling on the researchers not to publish the details in scientific journals, The National Institutes of Health, which funded the research, said Tuesday that while researchers are making changes, it’s important for the overall findings to be published, the Associated Press reports.

Fouchier for his part, while admitting one could not manufacture a more lethal virus, also remains adamant that his research should be published to empower the scientific community to react appropriately.

While the H5N1 bird flu strain was so vicious it killed over half of all people infected with it, humanity’s saving grace was that it did not readily pass between people.

However, the one aspect of the disease that protected the world from an all-out pandemic went out the window when researchers altered the H5N1 bird flu strain so that it could be transmitted through the air.

­Bio-weapon blueprint

­Many critics say the decision to practically weaponize an already deadly virus borders on the criminal.

Andrew Bosworth, the author of Biotech Empire, says publication of the research would be in direct contravention of the Biological Weapons Convention of 1972.

Writing to the Chair of the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), Bosworth argued if an ordinary citizen had concocted this virus “in a garage,” he “would be subject to a 15-year prison sentence.”

He went on to say it is ludicrous to claim that publishing details of the virus would enable scientists to find a cure.

“This argument assumes that the most recent H5N1 strain is a threat to human populations, and it is not (unless we make it so). The strain in question never existed in nature; instead, it mutated across 10 generations in a laboratory setting, among a population of ferrets,” Multipolarfuture reports.

Bosworth further asserted that “publishing details of this manufactured virus would green-light the concoction of ever-more deadly pathogens for fame and profit.”

The new strain has five mutations as compared to the original, which had one.  While all five individual strains were naturally occurring, they were never found in a single microorganism.

Although pathogens naturally evolve, their evolution rarely moves along such a concertedly deadly path. The new virus is just as contagious as the flu – which kills tens of thousands of people each year – but would be vastly more deadly if released.

The man-made killer bug is currently being stored in a basement somewhere at the Rotterdam medical university, though without the benefit of armed guards.

It would now appear the heated debate over whether or not to publish the research regarding the world’s most potentially potent super-flu is a Catch-22.  By creating the virus, the only way to prevent a potential outbreak on a previously unknown scale is to increase the risk that it might occur.