Alternative medicine

 

First of all, let me apologize for not blogging in awhile. I have been feeling so good lately, words that almost never come out of the mouth of somebody who has Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, that I have been playing hours of pickleball, racquetball, and walking on the beach. Plus, I take care of several houses, am a landlord, do all the shopping/errands along with writing, meal planning, and taking care of my 84 year-old mother. Life has been busy and good.

One day while standing by a racquetball court talking to a fellow player, he told me about a health test he had recently done at a nearby health food store that happens to be located near my home. He said that a person comes around every 3 months, or so, and has the equipment to analyze how healthy (or sick) you are from a drop of your own blood. What???? Could this be possible?  My interest was peaked, and right after racquetball I visited the health store and registered for the next blood test clinic, a few weeks away.

Here is a picture of the flyer that was advertising the event.

It reads: In just 20 minutes with a virtually painless live cell analysis you can:

• Learn how to improve your digestion and energy level
• Learn Key Supplements to Boost Your Immunity
• See if you have free radical damaged red blood cells
• Learn how to protect yourself from oxidative stress
• Learn the key supplements that you need most

 

LIVE CELL ANALYSIS

Live Cell Analysis opens a fascinating window into your inner health. See the inner environment of your body LIVE and the activity of your blood cells in living action! Includes an On-The-Spot-Full Color Copy of Your Instant Results.

The night before my scheduled test, Robert S. Aronson, who would be preforming the Live Cell Analysis, called me to remind me that the cost was $35.00 (inexpensive, I thought), and to come a little early so he could spend more time with me. I thought that was very considerate. I  arrived 30 minutes early and met Bob as he was hurriedly setting up his table, handouts, and computer screen. We sat down and Bob started rapidly explaining how he was going to receive a blood sample from me (by pricking my finger) and what he would be looking for. I began to interrupt his talk (yeah, I’m like that) by asking questions and he stopped me by saying, “You can ask me questions later.” I told him I needed to take notes because I was going to blog about this experience, but he didn’t think that was necessary (that may slow the process down), so we agreed that I could record the session with my phone. Phew! No way could I remember all the information he was giving to me without someway of recording it.

(From Wikipedia) Live blood analysis

I was intrigued by Bob but how did he get into this business? I annoyingly persisted with my questions and he finally relented and told me his story.

Bob’s Story…

I was working in Port Charlotte where I owned a fan shop (fan shops are popular in Florida), and i wasn’t feeling well and went to the doctor and he shockingly diagnosed me with Stage 4 Colon Cancer. My doctor told me I was to be scheduled for surgery the following week, then there would be months of chemotherapy and radiation. I went home, got on my computer and researched natural or homeopathic cures. My doctor was not happy when I called him a few days later to cancel my surgery and tell him I was going to try a macrobiotic diet to cure my cancer. He thought I was crazy, and he was so angry with me that he told me I would be dead in several months if I did not go through the surgery, and he was cutting me off from my prescription of pain killers. Then he fired me as a patient.

After 14 Months of being on the macrobiotic diet, I went back to conventional medicine for a CAT scan and amazingly all traces of the cancer was gone. It was then that I decided to devote myself to helping people get well holistically.

Wow! What a story!

Bob starts out with a disclaimer as in he has no financial relationship with the health store that he is in and gets no monies for any of the supplements he will recommend once he examines your blood sample.

Then he shows you a picture of what your blood should look like: healthy, round red blood cells. He stated that very few people will have a blood sample as healthy looking as the one that he shows me that is now displayed on the screen. I’m starting to feel nervous about what he will find when he looks at my blood, like a palm reader about to read your future. Yikes!

He shows me colored pictures of  possible things he may find such as:

• Chylous: Fats
• Spicules: Fibers that form in response from liver stress.
• Fungal Forms: Fungal growth
• Bacteria Rod Forms: Bacilli and cocci that produce toxic by-products
• Crystals: Tiny crystalline particles in the plasma. CAUSE: Inability to utilize sugars, poor assimalation of carbohydrates/sugars.
• Uric Acid Crystals: Green or yellowish cast to crystalline forms. CAUSE: High levels of monosodium urate from undigested proteins.
• Plaque: Fat and platelet aggregation which has broken off the artery wall.
• Stomatocytes: RBCs with oval or rectangular center pallor. CAUSE: Liver disease
• Anisocytosis: Small and large immature RBCs. CAUSE: Lack of B12/Folic acid/Iron
• Poikilocytosis: Free radical damage. Irregular shaped RBC. CAUSE: Ingestion or inhalation of toxins such as fumes, tobacco, smog, pesticides, preservatives.

I asked Bob why didn’t my own doctor offer to perform the blood analysis, and Bob said it was controversial and he wasn’t going to get into the politics of modern day medicine.

Then it was time to do the test. Bob pricked my finger (painless) and placed a couple of drops on a slide. He slid the slide under his microscope and it immediately displayed my blood cells in front of us on a 32″ screen. There it was! Hmmm, it didn’t look bad. I saw nice round and plump red blood cells, the right number of white blood cells and not much clumping. I’m alive!

Bob agree with my quick, mental self-diagnose that my sample looked pretty good but, what is that? He pointed out some rod-looking shapes. Only a couple, but that was an indication of leaky gut. He also noticed liver inflammation and asked me if I was taking a lot of ibuprofen. Yes I had, because after racquetball my knees were aching. He told me to STOP taking ibuprofen, and in a flash he was out of his seat and down the aisle and back with a bottle of Turmeric. “Take this instead,” he said. Then he noticed some small RBCs (red blood cells) and told me I was low on iron. Previously, I had been tested for iron by my endocrinologist and the result was that I was extremely low and told to take iron supplements. I did buy a couple of different kinds of iron pills but was lax on taking them.

My test also showed that I had a few irregular shaped RBCs from free-radical damage. He asked me if I use air fresheners. I don’t but I said to him, “Who doesn’t have free-radical damage today with all the pesticides and chemicals we are all bombarded with everyday?”

By this time, the next appointments were lining up so our session was coming to an end.

Bob gave me list of supplements to take and to come back in 3 months for another test.

Probiotics 1 3X per day

D3 5000 IUs 2xs per day

Iron Flonadix Liquid

CO-Q 10 100-200 mg per day

Methl B12 500 MCG along with B-Complex

Turmeric with Milk Thisile 2xs per day

He also hands out a lot of literature for you to review. Here are Robert Aronson’s TOP 8 SUPPLEMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS:

1.Probiotics (1st Thing before breakfast)

• Enchanced immune system response
• Reduces negative effects of taking many types of anibiotics
• Increase ability to digest food
• Reduces incidence of yeast infection, vaginitis and candidasis
• Increases ability to assimilate the nutrients from food
• Alleviates many common digestive disorders such as constipation, diarrhea and IBS
• Acts as a rememdy for bad breath
• Increases ability to absorb calcium
• Increases ability to synthesize vitamin B12
• Promotes anti-tumor and anti-cancer activity in the body

2. B12 & Folic Acid

• Has been shown to be helpful for patients with depression
• Reduces cognitive decline-Protects against Alzheimer’s
• New studies indicate that those suffering from schizophrenia can be benefited with B12 & folic acid
• It is needed to convert carbohydrates into glucose in the body, thus leading to energy production and a decrease in fatigue and lethargy in the body.
• It helps in healthy regulation of the nervous system. Vitamin B12 also protects against heart disease by curbing and improving unhealthy cholesterol levels, protecting against stroke, and high blood pressure.
• It is essential for healthy skin, hair, and nails. It helps in cell reproduction and constant renewal of the skin.
• Vitamin B12 helps protect against cancers including breast, colon, lung, and prostate cancer.
• B12 and folate should be taken together for best results as they work as a “nutrient team.”

3. Vitamin D3 – Vitamin D Council recommends 5000IU’s 1-2x per day

• Helps the intestines absorb nutrients, including calcium and phosphorus. This ensures strong bones and a strong immune system.
• Vitamin D prevents osteomalacia which causes weakness of the muscular system and brittle bones. Vitamin D provides calcium balance in the body that prevents osteoporosis or arthritis.
• Vitamin D regulates blood pressure. reduces stress and tension, relieves body aches and pains by reducing muscle spasms; reduces respiratory infections, helps differentiation of the cells, aids in insulin secretion, helps fight off depression; improves skin texture; improves cardiovascular strength by providing a protective lining for the blood vessels.

 

4. Vitamin C – Recommends mg 1-3x per day.

Vitamin C is a well-known component of your immune system and necessary for collagen, the main structure protein found in connective tissue. A healthy dose of vitamin C will protect your body from infection and maintain healthy bones and teeth, as well as quicken the body’s ability to repair wounds.

5, CO Q 10 – Recommend  mg day UBIQUINOL is the superior formulation

Dr. Mercola states that CO Q 10 is the single most crucial nutrient to energize every cell in your body.

• May protect or retard the development of fatty liver related to obesity.
• Can help protect your body from free radical damage. Free radicals are oxygen atoms deficient in electrons that become highly reactive. This in turn causes potential damage to your tissues and DNA.
• Helps froduce more energy for your cells
• Boosts heart health
• Acts as an antioxidant to protect you from free radicals
• Reduces signs of normal aging
• Helps maintain blood pressure
• Supports your nervous system
• CoQ10 is essential if you take stating drugs.

6. Food Bases Multivitamin (Garden of Life, Mega Food, Country Life) <You can click on the names to bring you right to the products.

Remember your alphabet, vitamins A,B,C,D, and E. A good food based multivitamin will give you a complete spectrum of vitamins, along with essential minerals. Traditionally, eating fresh grains, fruits and minerals. Aggressive modern farming techniques have brought many of the earth’s minerals to the surface where they have been washed away and synthesized fertilizers are routinely applied to farms and fields which also deplete nutrients from our modern day foods. That is why taking vitamins is important.

This is the Multivitamin that I take  (when I remember) CLICK HERE

7. Omega 3 Fish Oil: Look for EPA > 600 mg and DHA > 400 mg per dose.

• Decrease pain and inflammation
• Improves cadiovascular health
• Reduces heart attack and strokes
• Builds better brain functioning
• Reduces depression and psychosis
• Increases both male and female fertility
• Improves pregnancy health
• Lowers incidence of childhood disorders
• Decreases chances of osteoporosis
• Reduces breast, colon and prostate cancer

8. Turmeric – Curcumin – Recommend 600 mg per day

The health benefits of turmeric are primarily due to its powerful anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. Studies have been conducted on the turmeric and cancer connection. Turmeric hampers the growth of cancerous cells. Studies reveal that turmeric can induce a process that triggers the self-destruction of cancerous and damaged body cells. Turmeric is also effective in treatment cancer since it increases liver function. The liver helps to eliminate toxic substances from your body. Turmeric is reported to be beneficial in treating many types of cancer, most noticeably: breast, colon, lung cancer and leukemia.

Turmeric protects the liver and increases liver function by detoxicating your blood through the production of essential enzymes

Turmeric helps reduce pain and inflammation which helps with arthritis and inflammatory pains including headaches, muscle pains and sprains.

 

As an anti-bacterial and turmeric works to heal wounds, cuts and other skin injuries.

Studies with turmeric have shown that it helps prevent Alzheimer;s disease. It is believed that turmeric blocks the production of IL-2 protein, which is known to destroy the protective sheath found around nerves and also helps protect brain swelling which is also thought to be linked with Alzheimer’s disease.

Turmeric contains vitamin B6, which regulates homocysteine levels.

Through interaction with the liver, turmeric lowers cholesterol levels in the body

Turmeric helps moderate your insulin levels.

TOP 8 THINGS TO AVOID FOR OPTIMUM HEALTH by Robert S. Aronson

1. Refined sugar is possibly one of the biggest killers on the planet. It is heavily promoted and legal. Pathogens, parasites, candida and even cancer feed off refined sugar. It is deadly product linked directly to Type II diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and a gamut of autoimmune disease from rheumatoid arthritis to Crohn’s disease and fibromyalgia.
2. Artificial sweeteners like Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal, Splenda). Aspartame has been linked with depression, weight gain, blood cancers, brain damage, and immune disorders.
3. Pork: According to Dr. Jeff McCombs, author of Lifeforce found that eliminating pork cause dramatic increases in energy level, immunity, overall health and feelings of well-being. Pork contains trichinosis worms, tapeworms, as wall as a retrovirus named porcine endogenous. Pork is hard to digest and putrefies in the gut according to Michio Kushi of the Kushi Institute. More information about pork…Click Her
4. Aluminum & Teflon: For decades aluminum has been linked with Alzheimer’s and cognitive decline. It accumulates in the kidneys, brain, lungs, liver, and thyroid. Avoid antiperspirants, aluminum cookware, antacids, and use only aluminum-free baking powder. It is also found in pancake mixes and donuts. Chemicals found in Teflon are known carcinogens and there is a $5 billion class action lawsuit against DuPont the maker of Teflon. For more information click here.
5. Antibiotics: Over 90% of the prescriptions for antibiotics will do nothing as antibiotics only kill bacterial, not viruses. Colds and flu are viruses. Antibiotics kill your “probiotics” the beneficial intestinal flora that aids in digestion, regularity and over 80% of of our immunity. Antibiotics cause chronic joint pain, hearing loss, vision disturbances, and neurological problems. They can cause skin rashes, liver failure, and have been known to cause heart attacks, strokes and clotting.  Recommend taking instead SCF Immune support formula by Buried Treasures.
6. Processed and GMO Foods. Replaced with organic produce, wild caught fish . Cage free organic poultry and grass fed beef.
7. Vegetable, Trans-Fat and Hydrogenated Oils:  These oils raise LDL (Bad Cholesterol) and lower HDL (good cholesterol) levels. They contribute to cardiovascular disease, inhibit brain function and increase insulin resistance contributing to obesity and diabetes.
8. Microwave Ovens: Microwaves produce electromagnetic waves at 2.45 Giga Hertz. A Hertz is a measure of a sine wavelength. Microwave radiation cycles over 40 million times faster than your stove and standing 1 foot away from a running microwave can expose you to over 400 milliGauss of microwave radiation. Exposure to only 4 milliGauss has been linked to leukemia. Do not use a microwave oven.

I found the entire test and Bob very interesting. I did Google Live Cell Analysis and there are websites and blogs PRO and CON.  As is always the case with alternative medicine vs. conventional medicine. I may have another test done in  a year just for research.

If you want to find out more information about Live Cell Analysis and live in the state of Florida. you can call Robert Aronson 727-645-1850 and ask him when he will be visiting a health food store near you. or you can email him at Rsaltra22@gmail.com.

 

Thank you for reading,
Terry Ryan

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