<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20986566</id><updated>2011-11-15T09:57:47.024-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Natural Health, The Choice Is Yours!...</title><subtitle type='html'>This blog was created with the intention to provide information about Natural Health and Biological Medicine.
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Our unique approach to Natural Health Care blends modern and traditional treatment methods. It is based on natural, alternative methods, using modern principles of Naturopathy, Homeopathy, Homotoxicology and Traditional Chinese Medicine. We  understand and respect the Laws of Nature and all the natural healing process of the body.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Cleansing Spirit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284721735422435760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/320/webphoto%202.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20986566.post-115379653144090875</id><published>2006-07-24T19:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-25T07:02:46.683-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Link to Interview at Natradio</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#33cc00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(You can listen to this program, at the end of this notice, by clicking on the Link provided)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;Featured on Natradio ( www.natradio.com)&lt;br /&gt;Thursday July 20, 2006&lt;br /&gt;8:00-9:00 pm EST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stephen Dubrofsky, BA, MA, M.Ed.,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;host of Nat Radio’s "The Parent College" Internet Radio Show, is pleased to announce :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;Dr. Nuno Osvaldo Santos, &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ph.D.Sc., DAC, ND, CAHP.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Dr. Nuno Osvaldo Santos is the clinical director of a Natural Health Clinic and Biological Research Lab., located both in Toronto and Peterborough. He is currently practicing and teaching a variety of Complementary Alternative Medicine modalities such as Acupuncture, TCM, Naturopathy, Homeopathy, including Live Blood Analysis and Biological Terrain Testing.&lt;br /&gt;He has written several essays on Advanced Individualized and Energetic Medicine, and Traditional Chinese Medicine, focusing on Cancer, Endocrinology, Respiratory Disorders, and other serious degenerative conditions, as well as Natural approaches to common ailments. He also writes a variety of articles about general health, addressed to the general public, promoting information, knowledge and relevant discussions pertaining important health issues and public concerns.&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Nuno Santos holds Doctorates in Acupuncture and TCM, Naturopathy, Homeopathy, and a Ph.D. in Health Sciences (Thesis in Contemporary Health Problems).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;Please join us as we discuss:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The understanding of energetic and Natural Biological Medicine&lt;br /&gt;Understanding and respecting the Laws of Nature&lt;br /&gt;Maturation of our child:&lt;br /&gt;a. Glandular development of our child.&lt;br /&gt;b. Immunological development of our child.&lt;br /&gt;Psychological development of our child.&lt;br /&gt;Lifestyle and Choices that we have as Parents.&lt;br /&gt;School and Vaccinations&lt;br /&gt;Diet and consequences of poor diet:&lt;br /&gt;ADD/ADHD&lt;br /&gt;Diabetes&lt;br /&gt;Obesity&lt;br /&gt;Asperger's Syndrome&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to Tune in:&lt;br /&gt;Via web-site on your computer type in address: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.natradio.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;natradio.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Call with questions to: 416 204-9723 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E-mail with questions to: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:support@allaboutyourchildren.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;support@allaboutyourchildren.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Nat Radio sessions with Stephen Dubrofsky are held twice weekly, Thursday’s 8:00 pm – 9:30pm EST and Sunday's 7:00-8:00pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Click on The Link Below to Listen to the Program:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Please be advised that there is a 1.26 minutes of partial silence, at the begining of the show, due to a technical difficulty with a microphone, at the studio. 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You will not loose anything!...)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.filelodge.com/files/room35/974296/Parent%20College%20-2006-07j-20-%20Stephen%20Dubrofsy%20-%20Dr.%20Santos.wma"&gt;http://www.filelodge.com/files/room35/974296/Parent%20College%20-2006-07j-20-%20Stephen%20Dubrofsy%20-%20Dr.%20Santos.wma&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20986566-115379653144090875?l=cleansingspirit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/115379653144090875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20986566&amp;postID=115379653144090875' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/115379653144090875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/115379653144090875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/2006/07/link-to-interview-at-natradio.html' title='Link to Interview at Natradio'/><author><name>Cleansing Spirit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284721735422435760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/320/webphoto%202.jpg'/></author><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20986566.post-114917845464481777</id><published>2006-06-01T07:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-01T09:14:14.713-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Did you say Emergency?...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/1600/ER_Room.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/400/ER_Room.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;Have you ever seen the machine that goes, PIIING!...It happened!...I witnessed it!...Really!...&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;So,...&lt;br /&gt;A 79 year old lady fell down, on her knees, first, and hit her head. Bruised her knee, just a little, and you could see the carpet marks on the side of the head - a clear sign that she did, in fact, hit her head on the floor. The reasons of the fall were still unclear, and given the history of heart and circulatory problems, an ambulance was called. They came in, stood her up, walked her down the stairs, put her in the ambulance, and took her to the Hospital. So far, so good!...well, things get messy, now!...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;Have you ever seen 4 doctors and about 15 nurses running around, looking really busy?...Yes, that is the ER at the hospital. Looks really good and busy!...really!...The problem is, once you stand there for about 2 hours, you realize that nobody knows where anything is, or who saw who or what!...This is a very stressful environment, where new patients keep coming in, and they are served on a basis of urgency, a hierarchy of reactional behaviour. OK!...I don't want to see them fixing a broken arm while there is a man bleeding from an open wound in the head, while having convultions!...BUT I WANT THEM TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM THAT HAS PROVEN DEFFICIENT FOR THE PAST DECADE?!...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;Let's move on...4 hours have passed, now, and the old lady is still lying in a hospital bed, at the entrance of the ER, and no one has asked any questions, or said anything yet!...No one as checked her at all!!!!...Her neck is so stiff, sha can't move it. That did not happen during the fall. She has felt that way for the past five days, but only now she is complaining about it.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;What did you eat today?, I asked her. One coffee, one banana, and a mini-muffin, she said. Are you thirsty?, Yes. Does your head hurt?, No, just my neck, I can't move it.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;Got her a glass of water. It is 5 o'clock, now.  The doctor's are still running from patient to patient, sometimes every doctor sees the same patient, because they don't know who has seen whom, other times because they are doing many thing to the same patient. The nurses are also running around, but I am not quite sure why, since they are moving little things from one place to another, many times for no good aparent reason!...Reminds me of a job I had once : "Look busy!...They will not ask you to do anything!...,Another colleague had told me. It worked for 6 years, I never did a damn thing there!...&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;Because everyone was so busy, the only interactions possible were with the EMS Paramedics, also waiting for their intakes to be admitted in the ER. They also see the same as I do, and there is very little to say, except a few looks and a silent smile in understanding.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;The ER manager seems to be a lot more confused than anyone else. Shen doesn't know where the person that was lying in that bed is!...She was checked out 4 hours ago, I thought!...I was there and witnessed it!...She calls maintenance to clean the bed, and runs away. Another nurse passes by, sees the empty bed and asks, Is there anyone in this bed?...No, I say, the girl with the broken hand left with her mom about 4 hours ago. She strips the bed, covers it again with new sheets, and takes it away. Maintenance arrives, Where is the bed?, she asks the manager that returned with a green box (?)...I don't know!...She replies, and drops a paper on the floor, from a file. Nobody picks up the paper until 5 minutes later, by a Paramedic, that puts it on top of the counter. It will stay there for the rest of the day.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;It is 6 o'clock, now, and I see a friend doctor. Hey, how are you?...What are you doing here?, gave him the short story and the waiting period. Where is her file?, after a 5 minute search he returns with it. Let's do this!, he says. Checked her meds history, asks her if she remembers falling, and why (she has no clue!), checks her eyes and ears, as well as her heart. Because of her med history, and because she hit her head, he says she is entitled to a CT Scan, X-rays, and some blood work, but it is going to take a while!...OK!...someone saw her, finally, after 5 hours of waiting!!!...Another hour and they took her away to the CT Scan (I told her to smile and put her pretty dress on!...)...Gone for another two hours, and a nurse comes in, looking for us. Now, they moved her to another corridor, further into the ER, but we find the old lady very stressed!...What happened?, I asked. They left me upstairs, in an empty floor, alone, for more than an hour!...And there was no one to ask anything!...I was so scared that they had forgotten about me, all alone on that big floor, and I had no one to ask!..., she said.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;After spending the next hour or two, calming her down, another nurse comes in and takes her for the X-ray. Brings her right back, within 10 to 15 minutes, and leaves. Our old lady is really tired, but another nurse approaches and asks her, Did they do your blood work, yet?...(The right answer is No, but the old lady is confused, tired, scared, stressed, and says Yes)...Nurse goes away, and we look at each other. We have seen this, too many times today!...The nurses ask the patients what tests they have done so far!...This is the ER!!!...Patients are not very good at keeping track of what is being done to them, it was done so long ago they forgot!...Another nurse comes in, as we called her and told her the blood work had not been done. Well!...We have three nurses to do that, now!...The problem is that they try to move the old lady to a room, to do that, but as the nurse starts, another one arrives, saying that she needs that room for an ECG!...Let's move the old lady's bed, out of the room again, and try to take her blood...It took about another hour until the blood was taken and the nurse finished another report, asking the old lady all kinds of questions!...Name, DOB, address, yada, yada, yada (I thought they had all the info, already, about three times, now?!...I am confused!)...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;I ask the old lady if she is thirsty again, as I am interrupted by the nurse that says, Maybe she should not drink anything, because I don't know what other tests may still be done to her!... I smile, and went to get her a glass of water. That is all she had, other than the banana, the coffee, and the mini-muffin, at 8:00 AM, and it is 9:00 PM, now! The old lady has missed her meds, today, which is tricky because of her blood thinners and BP medication, and the fact she is 79 years old!...No one has asked her anything else, since the doctor first saw her, many hours ago...Other than the stupid question, you know!...what's your DOB, etc, etc...(It is in her hospital bracelet?!...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;The waiting game continues, and the  short, fat and annoying bulldog nurse comes in, after all this hours, and she tells everyone that we have to wait outside. I could scream at  her, but I decided to call her nasty names in my head, turn around and simply ignore the b...ch. We are all tired, but the old lady is exhausted, and now she is stressed enough that she wants to go home (I tell her that I am really enjoying the efficiency of the place, and can we stay another day?!... Plus the food is delicious, didn't you try some?...) She tells me she is going to smack me, which indicates she is lucid and feeling better.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;I go find my doctor friend, and he appears with some news: The CT Scan is fine, and the blood work is good, too!...They have no idea why she fainted. He can't find the X-rays, were they taken?...yes, ok, well, let me find them...The nurse that had them had walked the opposite way, an hour ago!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;At around 11:30 PM he shows up again, teels us that the X-rays were fine, showing degenerative arthritis, common to her condition and age, and maybe that is why her neck hurts. Because of her history, it is common procedure to keep her in for the night, but it is up to her. At this point the old lady almost jumps out of her bed, NO WAY!!!...I am going home!..., she says.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;He advised us that, if she behaves funny, or abnormal, we should bring her back. I told him she is funny, anyway!...How can we tell!...We smiled, I went for a little walk and talk with him, looking for a wheelchair, and we both came to agree that the system is really backwards and deficient.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;When we took the old lady home, we found all the windows and doors of the house closed, without air conditioner, and the house was like a dry sauna at about 43 Celsius, and very humid. Also, we found out that she has been missing her pills, and she has not been eating much. The diagnostic was simple: The stiff neck, which got much better an hour after she took her pills, is caused by a blocked artery. Once the blood thinners start working, she feels much better. With the heat, the lack of oxygen in the house, and the malnutrition, she fainted!...79 year old ladies with serious heart and circulatory conditions should be monitored all the time, especially if they can't remember anything!...Also, they should never be taken to hospitals for more than 2 hours!...Nor should we!!!...After this enlightening experience, I thought that ER's were good for broken bones, but even if I break one, I am not going there, are you kidding?...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;In good health,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;From my heart to yours,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;Sharing the truth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20986566-114917845464481777?l=cleansingspirit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/114917845464481777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20986566&amp;postID=114917845464481777' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/114917845464481777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/114917845464481777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/2006/06/did-you-say-emergency.html' title='Did you say Emergency?...'/><author><name>Cleansing Spirit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284721735422435760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/320/webphoto%202.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20986566.post-114874240503710765</id><published>2006-05-27T06:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-27T08:06:45.246-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Depression and You!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/1600/rainy%20windows.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/320/rainy%20windows.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Photo published with permission of author.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I recently had a client tell me that they couldn't continue with their therapies, (both physical and emotional) because they were just too depressed and after visiting their Doctor he had prescribed an SSRI Antidepressant to alleviate the depression.  Needless to say I felt a great deal of Compassion for that individual because as I had come to get to know her I had become more and more aware of her struggle with herself and worse the perception she had of herself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I of course wished her good luck with her journey to feel better, but still wished that I could have helped her see that "it was in her power" to alleviate her depression by Changing Her Focus in her life.  If all you look at is the negative aspects than that's all you are going to see!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After this encounter, and a few more with clients who have come to "my chair" after a bad experience with antidepressants, and I was convinced that I had to find out "WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE USING ANTIDEPRESSANTS AS A WAY TO ESCAPE WHAT THEY CALL DEPRESSION."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The internet is such a great tool for finding out things...I think of it as my own personal library.  And so it was there that I went to see what the current views were on Antidepressants.  What I found disturbed me but also confirmed to me that we are living in a society that is less interested in "good healthy practices" and more interested in "health practices for gain".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By this I mean we are not being given as the first choice, and sometimes not even as the last choice, sources of information that promote the values of a healthy individual.  That is the values of "do no harm" to yourself or to others.  Instead what I am seeing as the first message is "buy me because I will solve all your problems."  I mean just turn on the TV and spend 20 minutes watching the commercial messages and you'll see what I am talking about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But how does this relate to the SSRI Antidepressants and the fact that Depression is being reported by more and more people?  Not too long ago I was watching the TV and an ad for a drug that relieves Depression came on.  It showed the people (mostly women) in states of Happiness, getting out and being active, with big smiles on their faces.  And the message running over top of these sets of images was one of: "Buy me because I will solve all your problems!"  Of course they didn't say exactly that but the combination of the images and the sales pitch delivered that message.  Remember Visual Images are extremely powerful and if the media find ones that appeal to you as a consumer you will most likely pursue their product in hopes of relieving your problem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have seen these ads in magazines and on the internet in the ad headers and more and more I get the feeling that "either we are a nation of depressed people" or " we are being told that our everday struggles, however small or large, can be seen as symptoms of depression."  Makes me wonder if they just haven't LOWERED THE BAR on the definition of depression. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this point I would like to say that Clinical Depression is NOT what I am referring to in this blog and anyone who has a diagnosis of "clinical depression" should seek medical attention from a trusted source (ie. doctor, psychiatrist, naturopath, etc.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my search to understand what was happening in the world of antidepressants I came across an article posted on the "Canadian Women's Health Network", www.cwhn.ca, (Spring 2006 Issue).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This article was entitled: Widspread use of SSRI antidepressants drives soaring health care costs in Canada, by Diane Sabil (from Women and Health Protection).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this article I found out allot of answers to my questions about Why we are being innundated with bad messages about Depression. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To quote Ms. Sabil from the article:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"There are a number of reasons for the widespread use of SSRI antidepressants by women.  One reason is the dramatic increase in the number of women diagnosed with depression or other mood disorders.  A second, related factor is the approach to treatment for such disorders, promoted by drug companies and endorsed by many medical practitioners.  But a primary cause is related to the expanding definition of depression itself."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay so the definition has changed and that is being held up as the primary reason for more diagnosis of depression in our society. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ooops!  I fear we are again headed down a path with no clear signs to guide us!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ms. Sabil further says: " The increase in the number of women diagnosed with depression, sometimes when symptoms are minimal, has come on the heels of an approach to treatment known as "biological psychiatry".  In this approach, rather than looking for social, cultural and economic and life stage factors that might be making a woman depressed or anxious, doctors are taught, and patients have come to believe, that the cause of symptoms is biological.  This makes it seem logical that a drug is needed and appropriate."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes we are using pills to cure all our ills!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I am encouraged by this writer's article.  She goes on to inform us the reader:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"There are many known alternatives to drug therapy for mild depression and anxiety.  A regular regime of exercise can be an effective treatment.  In one three-year study, people who had been diagnosed with mild to moderate depression experienced a significant improvement after a twelve week cardiovascular exercise program.  Others have found dietary change has improved their moods as well."&lt;br /&gt;"Talk therapy (or psychotherapy) has also been found to be at least as effective, and sometimes more effective, than antidepressant drugs.  When researchers have followed patients for a year following treatment they have found that patients who have undergone psychotherapy have fewer relapses than those treated with antidepressants alone.  Other forms of counselling have also shown to be effective."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Thefull text of this article can be found at: http://www.cwhn.ca/network-reseau/8-34/8-34pg3.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the next time you are feeling a bit low about something, or overwhelmed by your life please remember that you may not be depressed, you may be just needing to find a good listener to help you work it out. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please note that you should always contact your health care provider (Naturopath, Homeopath, Doctor) to determine if your symptoms are of a physical nature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yours, In Good Health&lt;br /&gt;(Guest Blogger)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20986566-114874240503710765?l=cleansingspirit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/114874240503710765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20986566&amp;postID=114874240503710765' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/114874240503710765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/114874240503710765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/2006/05/depression-and-you.html' title='Depression and You!'/><author><name>Cleansing Spirit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284721735422435760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/320/webphoto%202.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20986566.post-114857924348298452</id><published>2006-05-25T08:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T10:50:21.783-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Speaking of Water...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/1600/DSC02955.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/400/DSC02955.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;Mankind need two basic things to survive: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Air and Water &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, everyday we read or hear stories &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;of the destruction of those two basic sources &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;essential to our very own survival! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our factories pollute the water and the air, everyday! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this point, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;I believe we have polluted both &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Air and Water &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;to alarming levels! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet, we keep fooling ourselves, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;and creating systems &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;that allow us to mask &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;the seriousness of this problem! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;When there is no more clean &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Air and Water &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;in this planet, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;we will die... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;All life will die!... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is not to be taken lightly!...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/1600/DSC02954.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/400/DSC02954.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;The population of the world is getting sicker and sicker. One in three females, and one in two males, in the world, have, or will have some form of cancer. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;If you think this data is available because the medical world is just getting better at diagnosing, I have news for you!... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;People are still dying of cancer, as they did 50 years ago!!!...The allopathic world has managed to diagnose it earlier than before, but they still don't have a clue about what to do about it!...They will use more chemotherapy and radiation, more experimental drugs, and all of those treatments will cause more harm than the cancer itself!...How many people do you really know that have died of cancer, and not of the side-effects of the treatment?... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;Fifty years ago, we were diagnosed with cancer, and had a life expectancy of 6 months to a year. Now, you have about 5 years, and still die of cancer, or of causes related to the treatments. And, most of the times, they will not tell you that, anyway! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;I have worked, recently, with some cancer patients, at a local hospital, and witnessed the amount of mistakes and poor diagnosis tools that led to the death of several patients. These deaths were avoidable!!!... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;The diagnostics are, mostly, pathetic and out-dated. And the worst part of it is that they don't want to listen!!!...Even if you have a better answer. Today, it is their way, or no way!... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;I know a patient that was dismissed by the regular doctor, because this patient's idea's did not agree with the doctor's ideas!...So, it was dismissed, with a registered letter!...After some further investigation about the issue, we came to learn that your GP can dismiss you, without any further justification, and there is not a lot you can do about it!!!...You can file a complaint, but your GP will continue to practice, or malpractice, without harm!!!...Did the Mafia take over the medical world and the integrity and responsibility of these "soldiers of health" (hum...or are they "Soldiers of Disease"?...)!... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;Let's give it some credit: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;There are some forms of cancer that can be treated, very successfully, with the conventional methods of modern allopathic medicine, and those services, in these instances, should be strongly recommended. I said a few...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" &gt;I really don't want to get to deep into this issue, as it is deviating from the original reason of this topic. Maybe another time I will discuss it again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Back to the WATER...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/1600/DSC05942.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/400/DSC05942.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;We have a very serious problem in our hands!...Our waters are polluted, and there is not a lot we can do about it!!! &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;So, I will try to address this issue, and will make a few recommendations: &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;First, be aware that tap water is not good to drink!!! Why?...Well, consider the amount of chemicals that are dissolved in it, from chlorine to fluoride, antibiotics, prescription drugs, hormones, heavy metals and all other pollutants that we don't even know about!... How does this happen?...Chlorine is believed to purify the water - it destroys your immune system. All the other chemicals are there because they leach into the system, and the filters will not take them out, completely!!! ...Tap water is ok to use for showers, but fast!...Sorry!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;Second, water filters are a business, not a reality!...They will remove the chlorine taste, and the bacteria, but will not make it any safer to drink. It removes the bad taste, not the bad stuff. Save your money there!...Enough said.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;When you hear stories about safe water, the talks always focus on bacteria, virus, fungus, yada, yada, yada!...They never talk about all the other things in the water that they can't remove!...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;Be aware of this fact, please!...At the same time, please be mindful of everything you dump in the water, at home, as it will be recycled, at some point, and it will come back to you!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;Our bodies are made of about 55% to 60%  of water. Do I need to say more?...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Reverse-Osmosis: What a disaster that is, as drinking water!!!...Why?...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Think that RO Water is dead water. Everything that gives life to water is not there. No minerals, no electrolytes, nothing!!!...RO water is good for engines, as it does not have calcium to allow deposits, and for the coffee maker - it leaves no residues, at all!...Also, it is great to use in the humidifiers!...You know what I am talking about!...All that work cleaning the calcium from it, what a nightmare!...Well, if you use RO water in it, it stays clean, forever!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;So, use RO for all those things, even for your shower, somehow, it will be safer that the tap water, but, please, DON'T DRINK IT!!!...If you do, you will need to take Colloidal Minerals for as long as you do so!...Who wan]t to drink dead water, anyway?...I use RO water to clean all my instruments and equipment, and in the humidifier, and what a blessing that was!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;So, what water can we, and should we drink?...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/1600/DSC07980.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/400/DSC07980.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Natural Spring Water - This is it. This is all you need to cook with and drink. You need to find a good source of this water. There are several companies that distribute it, and, generally, they are good about it. I use one of those companies. They deliver once a month, in big jugs, and I use a manual pump for it. I drink it, cook with it, wash my fruits and vegetables with it, and make tea. It is very easy, and inexpensive - about $7.00 for a 18.5 Litre jug!...I use about 10-12 jugs a month.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;When I go to restaurants, and I want water, I ask for bottled, natural spring water, at room temperature.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;There is no reason for us to drink bad water, really!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;But, we are still in trouble!...Why?...Well, the problem is not solved, yet. Natural Spring Water is a better choice, because it  contains colloidal minerals and electrolytes, and it has a lot less contaminants than all other sources of water, but it is still delivered in plastic jugs, which contain formaldehyde, right?...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;In Europe, Natural Spring Water is still available in glass bottles, but here, because of costs, weight, etc, we get water in plastic bottles. So, this is not perfect, and that is why we are getting sicker and sicker!...Nothing is perfect and good anymore!...We are still trying to make the best out of the little good we have left.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;How much water should we drink?...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;This is another delicate issue, and so many people have so many things to say about it. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;This is the way it works:&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Very few people drink the amount of water they should drink, and many diseases and conditions would not exist if people would drink their water. However, dehydration is a reality, and we can't seem to be able to make people understand that!...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I have cancer patients that could avoid more than half of their problems by drinking water!...And they don't do it!!!...&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;So, here is how it goes:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;If you work with Pounds:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;YOUR WEIGHT(Lbs.), divided by TWO, in OUNCES/per day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Eg: 160 Lbs:2=80 Oz./per day)&lt;br /&gt;32Oz.=1 Litre&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; If you work with Kilograms:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;YOUR WEIGHT (Kgs.) X 2.205, divided by TWO, multiply by 0.02957=Litres/day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;(Eg: 85 Kgsx2.205=187.4:2=93.7x0.02957=2.77 Litres/day)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Now, you can determine how much water you should drink, each day!...Does it sound a lot?...I know, we don't drink enough water!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep in mind the following considerations:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Herbal tea counts as water, so does natural juices, and soup.&lt;br /&gt;Coffee, alcohol, and pop, does not count!...On the contrary, these beverages dehydrate you even more!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If only I could make you understand how important drinking water is to your health...You would drink it!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Furthermore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't self-prescribe any supplements, just because you read about it, or someone else told you about its benefits!...Everyone has a particular system, and what is good for one, may not be good for another!...Always seek the advice of a qualified physician that understands energetic physiology and natural medicine, and performs basic  biological tests before he or she decides what the best supplements will be for you!...Take care of your health!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/1600/Por%20do%20sol%20em%20Ptbo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/400/Por%20do%20sol%20em%20Ptbo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Be well, and stay well, in good health,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From my heart to yours,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sharing the Truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20986566-114857924348298452?l=cleansingspirit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/114857924348298452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20986566&amp;postID=114857924348298452' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/114857924348298452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/114857924348298452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/2006/05/speaking-of-water.html' title='Speaking of Water...'/><author><name>Cleansing Spirit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284721735422435760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/320/webphoto%202.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20986566.post-114804355918291038</id><published>2006-05-19T05:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-19T06:13:31.426-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Emotional Health, The choice is yours, too!...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Wheel of Time&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/1600/sand%20mandala.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/400/sand%20mandala.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="blog-header"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;       &lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1 style="text-align: center;"&gt;                 &lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;This site is dedicated to discussing the events of our Past, our Present, and our Future, that affect us as members of Our Personal Community and ultimately as members of the Global Community. It will explore the external and internal lessons of Self that guide us on the Path to Self-Awareness, Self-Understanding and Self-Acceptance, all of which we can offer to the benefit of others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/1600/Michelle%202a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 169px; height: 226px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/400/Michelle%202a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Please do not miss the oportunity to visit this amazing site, created by Mandala, a very special Holistic Counsellor, full of questions and wisdom, ready to challenge  the essential core of our existence!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;www.the-wheel-of-time.blogspot.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20986566-114804355918291038?l=cleansingspirit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/114804355918291038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20986566&amp;postID=114804355918291038' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/114804355918291038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/114804355918291038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/2006/05/emotional-health-choice-is-yours-too.html' title='Emotional Health, The choice is yours, too!...'/><author><name>Cleansing Spirit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284721735422435760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/320/webphoto%202.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20986566.post-113933180078842466</id><published>2006-02-07T08:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-07T09:06:45.866-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Saga Continues!...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/320/webphoto%202.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Please, please click on this link, enjoy the video, and then, maybe you want to take some action!...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.themeatrix.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;www.themeatrix.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;This information goes right along with what I talk about regarding food source!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;I have also created some Links of interest, in the Side Bar, on the right side column of this blog, that directs you to the following information:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Online Medical Dictionary&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; - A very complete database with a user friendly search engine, which allows you to find out almost anything related to disease, systems, organ function, etc.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;Online Drugs Information&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - This is the most complete public access drug information I have found, ever!...MedlinePlus allows you to type the name of every medication available and prescribed in the market, both in Canada and USA, and gives you detailed information on everything you wanted, and didn't want to know about it, from general information of uses to side-effects. You can't say you didn't know what you were taking, after searching on this site!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Just type the name of the drug in the little search engine they provide, and click on Search MedlinePlus. It will take you to the drug related page where you will find an overwhelming amount of information. If you scroll down the page to the Drugs and Supplements Tab, you can then click on the relevant name of the drug you are looking for, and get all the information, including all the possible side-effects! Good hunt!...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;eHealth Forum&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; - This is a website created for people to post their health concerns and receive feedback from everyone else. Call it a desperation line!... You will be amazed with what people ask, and what other people say and respond to!...Remember when I mentioned about chickens without heads?...This is mostly people that believe in the Mainstream allopathic system. An no, you can't help them!...They will not listen...I've tried, really!...Anyway, it is really well worth visiting and think to yourself "I am glad I am not there!"...or are you?...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;The Meatrix&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - I could not resist and create a link to this site! Mostly because , under Action, it allows you to type your postal code/zip code, and tells you where you can find a good source of organic meats, so you don't have to buy it from the supermarket again!...Remember, you are what you eat, and you don't want to eat junk, right?...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Don't worry, I will keep you busy!...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;From my heart to yours,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Sharing the Truth&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20986566-113933180078842466?l=cleansingspirit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/113933180078842466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20986566&amp;postID=113933180078842466' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/113933180078842466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/113933180078842466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/2006/02/saga-continues.html' title=''/><author><name>Cleansing Spirit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284721735422435760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/320/webphoto%202.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20986566.post-113918708848817529</id><published>2006-02-05T16:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-05T16:51:28.500-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Problems with posting comments!!!...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/320/webphoto%201.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;OK, I am absolutely overwhelmed with health, disease, the medical system, the pharmaceuticals, and the fact that there are MILLIONS of people running like a chicken without the head (and I mean this!...), around the regular medical system, from hospital to hospital, doctor to doctor, pharmacy to pharmacy, health forum to health forum, and they are still not getting the answers they are asking for, or they simply get misdirected!!!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;If this sounds familiar, and you are smiling while you are reading this small statement, you may suffer from... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;...Frustration?... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;...Sense of not knowing what the hell is going on with our medical system?... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;...Maybe there is something wrong with this picture!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;If you have any doubts or are just confused with what I am talking about, then, please go to eHealth Forum, peruse at will through the thousands of posts there, and read what people are talking about, and what they are asking for !!!...Scared, now?...You should be!...I am!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;First of all, I have to say this - I would not want to be an allopathic doctor, at this point in life!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Why?...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Well, first of all they are as sick as everyone else is, which indicates that either they can't treat themselves, or they don't know how to, or they are too busy treating, or trying to, treat everyone else. Maybe they are stressed!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;They are great at pumping pills into your system, but is it because they want to, or is it the way they are being taught?...And who teaches them that way?...Who funds their curriculum?...It is starting to sound like the conspiracy theory...I know I should have not watched so many X-Files, for so long!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;So here we have, a bunch of doctors, just like everything else, represented by The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;The Good are so frustrated it is not even funny!...They face threats of loosing their licenses, because they tell the truth, and even recommend alternative, not main stream acceptable options, or because they start looking at the Other Side of the spectrum, and question the Truth!... (OK, now it sounds like the Matrix!... I always wondered where do these guys find these ideas for all the movie creations that they come up with?!...Maybe they don't sleep, and spend the night thinking all that out!...I've been blamed of that, too!...).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;They also understand the system, and really, really know how it works. They are not on a power trip, they honestly want to heal people, and when they find out that many times they can't, because of how the system works, they then face the Big Reality!!!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Who wants to go to Med School and have endless hours of Legal Subjects, Management, and even Economy???...Did we made a mistake and entered Law and Politics class???...Oops!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;Who wants to study physiology and pathology that is so outdated and pathetic it is not even real&lt;em&gt;?...(Hey, who said that?... Oh, by the way, I didn't do it at the beginning of this blog, but I will do it now, so, pretend this was done at the beginning, OK?... and PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AS THIS MAY AFFECT YOU!!! - LEGAL DISCLOSURE - &lt;strong&gt;All the comments and ideas shared on this weblog do not represent the ideas of the entities responsible for the posting and creation of this site. At the same time, all comments and post reflect only the ideas of each individual person, and should not be considered, in any way, a threat to third parties. Cleansing Spirit is a vehicle to share thoughts, ideas and perceptions, and never to be used as prejudice against other entities, directly or indirectly mentioned.)&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;OK, I think I have just did the CYOA thing, and please refrain from thinking I am a little cynical when I say this!...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Can we go back to the original line of thought, now?...So much to say, and so little time!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;So, the Good practitioners are really struggling, and I know they get their hands slapped if they start thinking in an angle, or even considering other options, or if they practice out of the norm, using alternate products!...You think Mafia and Terrorism are powerful and evil?...try Pharmaceuticals!...Really!...And if you have not seen The Constant Gardener, please go see it, please!...It looks like they got a bit closer to reality than many people wished for. Welcome to the real world!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Then you get the Bad ones, book smart, abiding all rules and regulations, no exceptions, if it is in the book, it must be right! Protocols were designed to be followed, not to be challenged, because there are other people doing that. Our job is to follow protocol, and if it changes, we will be informed. Rules are to be followed, they are the structure of our society, or Board, in this case, and we are proudly members of it, here's the diploma on the wall to prove it, and I know it all because I spent 7 years in school, memorizing all those bones, muscles, legislation, techniques, whatever, and I am going to stick to it!...Low key, I will do my job, get my house, cottage, dog, boat, car, caravan, 2.3 kids, status quo, blah, blah, blah, and I am not going to break the rules for anybody, even if it is a dying patient!...I am not responsible for their deaths, I am only here to do my job, and I will do that according to protocol and the book, and that is, to my knowledge and understanding, the best I can do, and if someone tempts my knowledge with some alternative thoughts or ideas, out of what I know, it must be coming from Mars. Got it?!...Yes, I know, Bad!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;And, of course, there is the Ugly. Take the Bad, and add the fact that he really, really knows how the system works, and he took the time to measure and read between the lines, studied the grey lines, really well, and has a huge accounting program and a money thirst beyond normal!...Each time you stamp or sign a form, prescription, paper, release form, obituary, test, yada, yada, yada, the fairy drops a coin in your pocket, plink!...That is exciting!...And really, let's face it, who can take it seriously if you have to see 45 patients a day?...Come on!...Get real, we can only do so much, and at the end, we have the mortgage of the third Yatch and the fifth mansion to pay!... And after all, didn't we spend the big bucks and the time to get all those papers on the wall?...They must mean something!...Told you it was going to be Ugly!...Told you!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Good thing there is always a Clint Eastwood to clean it up, right?...WRONG!!!...Not going to happen!...You have to do something about it!...The magic question is...HOW!???...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Good luck!...If you can come up with the answer, let me know, ok?...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;I have a friend, not in this country, I forgot his name, that asked me the other day, "How can they diagnose, or even know what is really going on with people, doing the tests the way they do it?...It is a mystery to me!", I had to agree. Most of the test are obsolete, the equipment has new fancy buttons, graphs, sounds, and so on, but it test and measures in the same way it did 75 years ago!!!...Everything else changed, we think differently, but the medical world is the exception, trust me!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;The values of cholesterol have climbed drastically. What was normal before is unrealistic today. In my little mind, it makes me think that, if everyone is well above what was considered normal, then we are doing something wrong!...They though the same and solved the problem by changing the values of what was normal, to a much higher value!...All of a sudden everyone is back to normal values, isn't medicine great?!...Then, pharmaceuticals got an idea!!!...Smart guys, those!...(presenting now, a possible, hypothetical discussion that could involve The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The Pharmaceuticals, all of them or none!...) Hey, if everyone is off the mark, then why don't we come up with a drug (I can't remember the name, now!...really!), to prevent those values to change again?...Well, but we changed the values and everyone is back to normal again!...OK, then let's create a protocol that targets everyone above a certain number, even if that value is considered normal, and we will call them 'high-risk' patients, and they will be given this new drug!...But that's almost everybody!...Great!!! We will make lots of it!...And is it safe?...Are you kidding? Everything we do is safe!...Well, maybe it will work!...Look, if it doesn't, we come up with something else for the side-effects, ok?, Don't worry, just do your job!...Hey, do we get free samples to try on people?...Sure, why not!...This is live theatre, at its best, ladies and gentlemen!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Now, I don't want anyone to think I came up with all this big plot on my own, no, no, no!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;John Smith, another friend of mine, went through the whole experience, really!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;He had some pain, that I don't remember where it was, and called his GP. It was not an emergency, they thought, so they booked the appointment for Sep 04, this was around the end of the Summer 03!...He went to the GP, and they decided to send him to a specialist, just to be cautious, and get some tests done. When they were ready, around May 05, they could not figure out why he had now green antennas growing out of the sides of his forehead so they did more tests!...38 specialists and 114 tests later, he got the results, and they were inconclusive!...How about that!...Around August 05, the wings were starting to bother him, particularly at night. The wings, the eyebrows that went down to his chin, and the blue coloration of his body were regular side-effects of the medication he was taking for the hitching in his antennas. The only good thing about the whole story, by now, was that he could fly to work and avoid all the traffic line-ups! around November 05, just before Christmas, he decided to come and see me. "When did this start?", I asked, and he told me the whole story, exactly as I am sharing it with you!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;"Can you help me?...I've tried everything, and nothing works. I am desperate now, and I don't think there is a cure for it! What can you do for me?..."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;I know, dear friends, typical!...When we have exhausted all the other possibilities, tried everything known to humans and animals, every other door shut, we try...Alternative Medicine!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;"Well", I said, after a detailed examination and a long and involved conversation with him, "I think we can try a few things, but it will take a while for your body to recover, and I still need to call your mother". During the examination, he told me that he had always had these funny green and yellow bumps on his back, but they had never bothered him!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;It turns out her mother had an affair with an Alien, five months before he was born, and when she discovered she was pregnant, and given the shorter period of incubation, she never associated the events!...Today, he sends me brain-wave messages while I am asleep, and tells me all the new things he is doing on Planet Morfotex, where he was taken to, one night, by his original father, once the metamorphosis was complete and he was now a fully matured bug!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Now, I really have to break the spell...(wasn't that the title of this blog?)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Alternative Medicine is not magic, is not Voodoo, nor it is witchcraft, or any other mambo-jambo stuff you might have heard about.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;We do not perform miracles, and we don't have all the answers. And no, it is not going to work right away, most of the times!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Since you have put up with me for this long, please allow me to tell you some really important things I would like you to consider.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;If you break a leg, go to the hospital!!!...They are really great with casts, really, otherwise...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Chinese Medicine is 11,000 years old, with all its ups and downs, ost of the documentation is, at best 3,000 years old, because it has been destroyed several times, and only the odd document or the verbal memory allowed for the reconstruction of all that knowledge, so many times forbidden, so many times destroyed and re-written again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Acupuncture points could not be part of any written treatises, books of formulas, songs and classical reference books (please allow for these terms, due to lack of better ones, such is the difference of culture and concepts) unless they had been proven effective for 2000 years!...Pretty different world, then! Knowledge was acquired over long periods of time, with frequent periods of questions and answers submitted by masters and wise practitioners. Nothing was taken for granted, and the body was seen as a world on its own, with valleys and mountains, and springs, and so on. Pretty poetic!...Also, they knew that our bodies were regulated by the same Laws of Nature as the rest of the Universe. If you really want to touch the surface and have some idea about what am I talking about, try looking at the Manual of Acupuncture, written by Peter Deadman &amp; Mazin Al-Khafaji with Kevin Baker. Not an easy one to read, if you have a chance, glance at it. It is a professional medical book, and very technical, but very enlightening. On a lighter note, I do recommend to all of those who are truly interested in the structure of Alternative Medicine, Acupuncture and Tradicional Chinese Medicine, to try to read The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine, by Huang Di Nei Jing. Really, it is a classic, and wonderful to read!... Somehow, I am trying to tell you that the foundations of Natural Medicine are not buried under a dark cloak of secrets and inaccessible information. Health should not be a secret, but, at some point, the Institution of Medicine was created, and it was determined that, by closing its access to the general public, it could be controlled by an elite, and used as a weapon. The same thing happened to religions, right?...Different subject, same story line!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;We have covered, very lightly, TCM and Acupuncture. Maybe one day I will get all this together and expand into all my babbling here, and even publish it for real!...Who knows?!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;I am not attempting to re-write the story of Alternative Medicine, I am simply trying to give everyone some tools to dig it further, and maybe understand better where this concept comes from!...Remember that what we call 'Alternative Medicine' has a lot stronger foundations, deeper routes, and a lot more knowledge than Mainstream (Allopathic) Medicine, really!...(That's it, now the Boogie Man is really going to cut my wrists and fry my brain, watch out!... From now on, I will start referring to Mainstream Allopathic Medicine as 'they', or 'them', ok?...).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Blood Analysis - Do you have any idea about what 'they' do with all the blood 'they' take from you?...Is it a quart, or more?...My theory is that there is a secret connection between 'them' and some underground vampire group, and they share the waist! (Ok, now I think I have managed to upset even more people!...It is not just going to be the Boogie Man after me, now!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;What 'they' do with so much blood is a mystery, considering they believe that blood is sterile, anyway!...So, this time, I want you to read information about Professor Dr. Gunther Enderlein.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Please be patient with me, and allow me to share some key facts that are the very foundation of mainstream Allopathic Medicine, until today!!!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;I am going to quote this information from a source that is not readily available to the general public, but I can't remember why, now!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;So, from "Blutuntersuchung Im Dunkelfeld":&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;quote, "[...] In our current medicine, three fundamental errors still hold sway. [...]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Professor Ferdinand Cohn (a botanist from Breslau), in 1870 decided to assign only a single growth and reproductive form to each microbe (monomorphism). Monomorphism is a biological impossibility. Nature never creates static unchanging life-forms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Professor William Harvey (a pathologist and physiologist in London), in 1650 designated the cell as the smallest functional biological unit. in 1931, Professor Enderlein was able to disprove this theory. The Protit, not the cell, is the smallest biological unit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Professor Louis Pasteur (chemist and biologist in Paris), in 1873 was able to make credible the idea that blood is sterile. Our blood is not sterile; it is a playground for many pathogenic and apathogenic microorganisms. It is well known that blood makes the best possible nutritive medium!! [...]", end of quote. (Ask the vampires!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Live Blood Analysis is out there!...It is really, and it exists, and it is very, very accurate! Any of you who have had the experience, can confirm the story. But, once again, proceed with caution, because, even on this side of the wall, where Alternative Medicine should live large, and the principles of respecting natural health should be standard practice, and the laws of Nature should be known by all... There is also the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!!!...YES!..., DO YOU BELIEVE?!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;So, I beg you to move with caution, and I can't say more about that because it could be considered conflict of interest, and I really don't want to go there!...(now, I am serious!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Just remember one thing, Blood Never Lies, as Ted Aloisio so gracefully explains in his book with the same name. That is, of course, if you know what you are looking at!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;I hope Ted doesn't get upset that I put his name and referred his book here! If you have a chance, read it! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;He is currently out of town and I could not speak with him, but I hope to get together with him, shortly, and discuss some ideas with him, since he has done some very interesting work, and is ahead of me in publishing his book!...He doesn't know this, yet, but I think we are going to do some interesting work together, soon!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Moving on!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Biological Terrain Testing. This is a good one!...You have to pee in the cup. That is not called BTT, it is just called Urine Analysis. 'They' take it to the lab, and "test" it, right?...I have news for you!...but if I say it here, then the Boogie Man will come with the Vampires, and the Army, too!... Maybe when you see me, I will tell you the story, ok?...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;The BTT test consists in a series of analysis done to urine and saliva (a total of 31 tests for each biological fluid) including cross-reference/examination tests that only confirm each other and also refer to live blood diagnosis. Once this test is done, you have a pretty good picture of what is going on inside your body!...Regular Urine Analysis examines 10 reference points, with no cross examination!...Oops!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Bottom line, although this is stating the obvious, if your doctor tells you there is something wrong with you, there is REALLY something wrong with you!!!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;If you are interested in reading some documents about Homeopathy, aside the All-Mighty Internet that will give you all you want, and maybe even what you didn't want, you can search for a book called Organon of the Medical Art, by Samuel Hahnemann.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;But there is so much more to say!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;I am afraid you will have to wait for the next Blog, because I really have to stop here, for now!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;I will promise to return, unless you beg me not to, and I mean, all of you!...If there is one last person in this world willing to listen, my job and mission is to share.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Next time, I will talk more about alternative methods, share some experiences, maybe respond to some comments, openly... Who knows what I may do?!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;We covered a lot more than I expected!...Wow!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Yes, I will talk about the Laws of Nature, at some point, as I will talk about how you can treat your family, at home, without junky drugs!...All in the right time. You have homework to do, a big list of names and books to search about, and lots of comments, questions and answers will come from this first post, I hope!...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;If you want to speak with me, directly, please add your email or phone to your comment. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Thank you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;In good health, from my heart to yours,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"&gt;Sharing the Truth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20986566-113890927730543709?l=cleansingspirit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/113890927730543709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20986566&amp;postID=113890927730543709' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/113890927730543709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/113890927730543709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/2006/02/breaking-spell.html' title=''/><author><name>Cleansing Spirit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284721735422435760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/320/webphoto%202.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20986566.post-113727417210358240</id><published>2006-01-14T13:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-14T13:35:19.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/1600/DSC06553.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/320/DSC06553.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;Welcome to Cleansing Spirit and Natural Health!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;We would like to welcome all our friends and supporters to visit this Blog, regularly, and check our informational updates on Natural, Holistic Health Issues.&lt;br /&gt;Some of our areas of discussion include Acupuncture, Naturopathy, Natural Homeopathy, Clinical Microscopy and Biological Medicine, Homotoxicology, Holistic Counseling and Mental Health.&lt;br /&gt;So, let's get started!...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20986566-113727417210358240?l=cleansingspirit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/113727417210358240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20986566&amp;postID=113727417210358240' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/113727417210358240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20986566/posts/default/113727417210358240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cleansingspirit.blogspot.com/2006/01/welcome-to-cleansing-spirit-and.html' title=''/><author><name>Cleansing Spirit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284721735422435760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2201/2118/320/webphoto%202.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
