| Estimates report there are at this time 45 million | | | | oil). Many venders recycle oil several times to save |
| Americans suffering from painful or crippling arthritis. | | | | money. |
| Many others are suffering from arthritis type | | | | 5. Inadequate Assimilation |
| symptoms, bursitis, fibromyalgia and gout. | | | | Studies demonstrate how poor diet, long gaps |
| Currently, the general perception from both the | | | | between meals and frequent stress leads to changes |
| medical establishment and the public is that arthritis is | | | | in the pH of the digestive tract that depletes |
| a stress disease treated with anti-inflammatories and | | | | pantothenic acid, HCL and enzymes essential to |
| cortisone. The disease is regarded as progressive and | | | | achieve efficient digestion of protein and assimilation |
| has no known cure. Is that really the case? | | | | of nutrition needed to meet the demands of stress. |
| A serious problem with this perception is the absence | | | | 6. Chemical Poisoning |
| of information explaining the origin of stress and as a | | | | Chemicals absorbed from body contact such as |
| result the potential opportunity to work to correct | | | | cosmetics, nail varnish and antiperspirants. Add to this |
| the source of the disease. Dr. Swilling who is the | | | | household cleaners, soaps and so on. |
| consultant to this project has spent 25 years in | | | | 7. Environmental Pollution |
| research to reveal the origin of illness and disease | | | | Many arthritics have traced their condition to pollution |
| origin of illness and disease, presents breakthrough | | | | such as chemical exposure from occupation: |
| research explaining the origin of arthritis and describes | | | | examples include insecticide spraying, painters, |
| how this has led many to experience effective | | | | printers, and those working in factories using |
| healing, reversal of symptoms and return to good | | | | chemicals. Farmers using chemical fertilizers and |
| health. | | | | gardeners using chemical sprays are also susceptible. |
| The scientific literature offers a number of factors | | | | 8. Parasites, Bacteria, Fungus and Viruses |
| known to contribute to the stress including the | | | | Parasites, bacteria and viruses penetrate damaged |
| following: | | | | cells due to catabolic and acid waste damage. This is |
| 1. Poor Nutrition and Diet | | | | particularly so for viruses that are harmless when |
| 2. Inadequate Digestion | | | | outside the cell. When these invaders penetrate cells |
| 3. Emotional, Relationships, Occupational | | | | they multiply thereby further increasing acid and |
| 4. Environmental Pollution | | | | inflammation. |
| 5. Infection | | | | 9. Mental and Emotional Stress |
| 6. Parasites | | | | In another category, studies revealed that those |
| 7. Poor Posture | | | | who worsened even when they adhered to a good |
| 8. Past Surgeries or Injuries | | | | diet, stress could be traced to frustration resulting |
| Dr. Swilling goes beyond the obvious to explain the | | | | from work and personal relationships. Patients trained |
| impact of the above factors in the development of | | | | to become aware of this kind of stress and guided |
| stress. He demonstrates examples of four important | | | | as to the action necessary to remedy this, healed |
| factors in the development of the disease. | | | | dramatically. |
| 1. That stress is a breakdown of a biochemical | | | | Arthritis can develop early in childhood as in Stills |
| balance leading to a switch from an anabolic to a | | | | Disease or over decades depending on the source of |
| catabolic state. That this catabolic state creates | | | | stress. The evidence is that many arthritics are |
| inflammation that initiates the arthritis. A continuing | | | | unable to release the emotional stress associated |
| imbalance perpetuates the catabolic damage that is | | | | with suppressed desires, the strict disciplines imposed |
| the progressive degeneration of the disease. When | | | | by a strict parent, the loss of a loved one, the |
| this process is understood by the arthritic patient | | | | pent-up frustration of an unhappy relationship or the |
| who is guided into a TCH Arthritis Support Program | | | | loneliness of a solitary life cycle. In all of these the |
| focused on restoring the biochemical balance, the | | | | individual perpetuates the stress as though the |
| catabolic process is reversed to initiate reduction of | | | | circumstances cannot be altered. When this fact is |
| inflammation, healing and return to good health. | | | | recognized, or brought to the individual's attention |
| 2. His breakthrough research reveals that the | | | | leading to a conscious effort to confront the source, |
| breakdown of electrolyte balance leads to an altered | | | | a seemingly miraculous cure is a recorded experience |
| pH increasing acid levels further accelerating | | | | with many involved. Others will consult a counselor |
| inflammation and damage. | | | | and have a similar experience. |
| 3. Unnatural fast food, alcohol, sugar based food, | | | | Successful healing has also been achieved when |
| coffee and soda drinks that become acid waste. | | | | sufferers have commenced a new hobby or interest |
| 4. The accelerated damage resulting from free radical | | | | such as learning a new musical instrument, painting, |
| damage due to inadequate oxygen, water and the | | | | indoor gardening or service to the church. When |
| unnatural free radical activity generated by food | | | | stress relates to an unhappy or frustrating work |
| cooked in microwave and deep-fried. | | | | situation, a new training certification conducted after |
| Other factors known to accelerate the damage | | | | hours has led to a better position or a change in |
| caused by any of the four examples above are | | | | occupation. |
| described as follows: | | | | 10. Medication and Drugs |
| Nutrition and Diet | | | | Cortisone |
| Our creator intended we be supplied all the essential | | | | The hormonal connection to the disease Arthritis |
| nutrients from plants grown in rich nutrient topsoil, | | | | remained a mystery until it was shown that |
| unpolluted water and oxygen from clean air. These | | | | remarkable results were obtained when cortisone |
| nutrients are used by the body to produce energy | | | | was given. However, the side effects are more |
| and functions responsible for good health into | | | | often worse that the disease. Such results indicated |
| youthful aging to ages 129-135. However, due to | | | | that persons with arthritis were in the exhaustion |
| unnatural farming practice, plants are grown in | | | | stage of the stress reaction and that their pituitary |
| depleted soil. Chemical fertilizers and herbicides are | | | | and/or adrenal glands could no longer function |
| absorbed into the plants and thereafter into the food | | | | normally. |
| chain. | | | | Since this knowledge became available, arthritic |
| To add insult to injury, our staple foods are refined | | | | individuals have often improved remarkably after |
| and processed, further depleting the essential health | | | | following a diet designed to restore exhausted glands |
| giving nutrients, polluted with chemical additives to | | | | to stimulate natural cortisone production and to meet |
| extend shelf life, imitate natural taste and so on. | | | | the increased nutritional needs of stress. |
| Our water and air is polluted. When nutrients are no | | | | Minimizing Side Effects of Cortisone |
| longer sufficient to meet the required levels, | | | | The Aside effects@ of cortisone therapy such as |
| deficiencies and imbalance lead to symptoms, illness | | | | ulcers, pancreatitis, de-mineralized bones, and |
| and disease. | | | | diabetic-like symptoms are far less severe when |
| Dr. Swilling has revealed breakthrough research in the | | | | pantothenic acid is generously supplied; if ACTH is |
| subject of Nutritional deficiencies particularly in regard | | | | given without simultaneously increasing pantothenic |
| to a mineral deficiency leading to depleted electrolyte | | | | acid, the adrenal glands can be severely damaged. |
| chemistry and a corresponding shift in the critical pH | | | | Since 10,000 milligrams (10 grams) of pantothenic acid |
| balance responsible for the development of the | | | | have been given daily with only good results, there |
| disease (This subject is explained in a book by Dr. | | | | need be no fear of taking too much. After an |
| Swilling - Minerals Key to Vibrant Health and Life | | | | adequate diet has stimulated the natural hormone |
| Force). | | | | production, medication is rarely needed. |
| Medical opinion is that Arthritis has no connection with | | | | A diet low in salt and unusually high in protein |
| nutrition and diet. They do not have the training or | | | | together with all the B vitamins greatly decreases the |
| the comprehension of biochemistry and that arthritis | | | | toxic effects of cortisone. |
| is in fact a manifestation of a serious depletion of | | | | A side effect of Cortisone is increased sodium |
| resources unable to meet the demands of stress. An | | | | causing water retention and a potassium deficiency. |
| extensive number of studies have measured the | | | | Adrenal Stress and Sodium |
| severe demand on resources during stress especially | | | | When investigation clearly indicates adrenal |
| related to protein, minerals, vitamins, enzymes and all | | | | exhaustion, salt (sodium) which is lost from the body |
| other nutrients. | | | | when the adrenals are exhausted, salty food or |
| These studies explain how stress in all of its many | | | | salted nuts may be recommended for the recovery |
| forms trigger a biological and biochemical response to | | | | period. |
| convert storage sites to make available resources | | | | The Impact when Medication is Given |
| necessary to meet the demands of stress. This | | | | No nutrient interferes in any way with cortisone, |
| response is familiar to all when a stress situation | | | | ACTH, or aspirin therapy. However each of these |
| causes the heart to pump vigorously, pulse to | | | | medications increases the need for vitamin C, |
| accelerate and blood pressure to rise. | | | | especially aspirin which destroys huge quantities of |
| When these storage sites become depleted (such as | | | | this vitamin. |
| glycogen in the liver) then hormones (such as | | | | 11. Infection and Antibiotics |
| pituitary, adrenal, thyroid) are released to become | | | | Infection such as staphylococcus is a major challenge |
| active in what is described as a catabolic chemistry | | | | to the immune system and a severe stress to the |
| (opposite to anabolic). Catabolic chemistry attacks | | | | support systems. Staphylococcus is known to enter |
| cellular tissue to release resources not available from | | | | bone leading to inflammation and destruction. |
| storage sites. | | | | 12. Posture |
| The more serious, prolonged or frequent this | | | | Chiropractic adjustment better described as postural |
| shortfall, the more damage. The other interesting | | | | integration is essential to ensure that postural stress |
| evidence is that this catabolic chemistry targets | | | | is removed to allow for maximum healing. Very often |
| weak sites. It is this target site that becomes the | | | | incorrect posture leads to stress sites that become |
| inflammatory site that develops into the arthritis. | | | | inflamed. When posture is corrected at the same |
| Depending on the site, the extent of the damage | | | | time as lifestyle and nutrition, dramatic results can be |
| and collateral chemistry, so is the type of arthritis | | | | seen within a few weeks. |
| determined. In a systemic arthritis, the synovial fluid | | | | Altered pH acid and alkaline balance |
| has become acid due to waste and chemicals. | | | | Dr. Swilling uses the above examples to demonstrate |
| In other studies, nutritional deficiencies and imbalances | | | | that whereas health functions in an alkaline |
| lead to altered states of cellular, neurological and | | | | environment, an acid environment manifests illness |
| bone structure, manifested as different forms of the | | | | and disease. |
| disease. | | | | He maintains that the unnatural factors described |
| Studies have revealed that most persons with | | | | above, alters the alkaline synovial fluid which acts as |
| arthritis have been under severe stress before the | | | | lubrication for more than 68 joints from alkaline to |
| onset of the illness; that their diets are appallingly | | | | acid. It is this acid fluid that is the cause of |
| deficient in many respects; and that the level of | | | | inflammation, pain and damage of the synovial |
| vitamins in their blood, particularly vitamin C and | | | | membrane, as well as the cartilage protecting the |
| pantothenic acid, is extremely low. | | | | head of the long bones. Poor nutrition, particularly a |
| 2. Poor Nutrition and Diet | | | | deficiency of protein (amino acids) and calcium |
| Poor diet and nutrition means the following:a. | | | | weaken the cartilage to become more vulnerable to |
| Processed food such as white rice noodles, especially | | | | the acid damage. |
| when combined with sugar based food, spicy and | | | | Debris from catabolic and free radical damage, acid |
| salty food.b. Too much carbohydrate and sugar | | | | waste from unnatural food, side effects of |
| changes the pH of the digestion, depletes | | | | medication, chemicals, toxic waste from parasites, |
| pantothenic acid and essential digestive enzymes. | | | | fungus, bacteria and viruses results in a cumulative |
| 3. Inadequate Food | | | | toxic acid load. He explains, that factors such as |
| Does not meet the nutritional needs of daily | | | | electrolytes, oxygen, water, and nutrients are the |
| requirements. | | | | balancing forces used to prevent build-up of acid |
| In particular, long gaps between meals. Those who | | | | wastes. However these balancing forces have |
| skip breakfast or who have a skimpy breakfast of | | | | become depleted due to unnatural lifestyle, depleted |
| coffee or tea and toast for breakfast, a sandwich | | | | nutrient farm produce, processed food, polluted |
| for lunch and a long gap before dinner. | | | | environment, inadequate water and the stress of |
| There are thousands of studies reporting the severe | | | | mental and emotional life experience. |
| distress following processed food intakes and how | | | | In his book Minerals Key To Vibrant Health and Life |
| they cause the blood sugar to peak followed by a | | | | Force, he explains how the initial shift to acid is due |
| severe dive. These severe swings between peaks | | | | to depleted minerals. When organic minerals are well |
| and dives use energy from storage sites leading to | | | | supplied, the electro-charged anions are effective in |
| hormonal responses and increased risk of catabolic | | | | maintaining an alkaline pH. He uses a special brand of |
| damage. | | | | electrolytes, detoxification, organic food, methods of |
| 4. Inadequate Nutrition | | | | food preparation and other therapies to reverse the |
| Satisfying the demands of stress is the most | | | | acid pH. |
| challenging objective for an arthritis patient. | | | | Avoid Delay |
| Thousands of arthritics have been shocked to learn | | | | Chronic aches and pain, particularly in the joints should |
| that their skimpy breakfast and main meal at the end | | | | be evaluated without delay, not as a medical |
| of the day was so inadequate as to be the cause of | | | | condition requiring a painkiller, but as a stress induced |
| their disease. The degree of inadequateness can be | | | | biochemical imbalance. |
| explained as follows:a. The skimpy breakfast may be | | | | Emphasis should be directed to an investigation to |
| adequate for a person who does not have the | | | | determine the source of the stress and the |
| frustrations of work, the discipline and demands on | | | | implementation of a program of lifestyle change, |
| conduct and performance, stressful relationships and | | | | detoxification and a good well balanced nutrition to |
| so on. | | | | restore healing, restore the balance leading to |
| The fact is the skimpy breakfast and average dinner | | | | restoration of the anti-stress chemistry, the immune |
| does not meet the stress demand of a modern | | | | system and a smart approach designed to confront |
| lifestyle. When the day begins with a good breakfast, | | | | sources of tension, mental and emotional stress. |
| follows with a nutritious lunch and dinner, the odds | | | | TCH Self-Help Arthritis Support Program |
| improve substantially. Arthritics improve more | | | | Supervised by Dr. Swilling, TCH offers a support |
| dramatically when they can manage 6 nutritious food | | | | program initiated with a BioMedical Health and |
| and snack intakes daily.b. Research reveals a meal | | | | Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire conducted on-line. |
| cooked in a microwave oven has had most of its | | | | See |
| food value destroyed. In addition many other side | | | | A response report to completed questionnaire |
| effects that accelerate free radical activity and | | | | includes a recommended individualized program |
| catabolic damage.c. A meal fried in deep oil as is | | | | including daily protocol for nutrition, diet and |
| provided by well-known chicken fryers accelerate | | | | supplements as well as detoxification. |
| catabolic damage (due to free radicals from heated | | | | |