Natural Healing and Back Pain Relief — Natural Healing Information, Techniques for Self Healing and Back Care

FDA Looking at Food Dyes Causing Children’s Hyperactivity

by Kalidasa on March 30, 2011

Girl Eating Food Dyed Icecream

The FDA is looking at food dyes to see if there is a connection to hyperactivity in children.

What a joke! The dyes may or may not cause problems themselves, but there is a reason for deeper concern.

What food dyes really do is make junk food more appealing to children. Childhood obesity is the real concern since many food dies have already been shown to be safe.

Of course, the science behind any study like that should be suspect. It is really easy to dupe the public with poor science, poor reporting, or spinning the facts to look better than they are.

What junk food does to the system is the subject of an article I am working on. Sorry, I’ve been a little busy lately and haven’t finished it yet. I’ll let subscribers know when it is ready.

{ 0 comments }

Radiation Exposure: Minimize the Risk

by Kalidasa on March 22, 2011

Nuclear Reactor Tower

The issue of radiation could be a real concern if the reactors in Japan continue to have problems. Currently it looks like they might get things under control, but that’s not something that can be depended on. It would really help if they gave full information about what is happening. Really, there needs to be international observers to give more confidence to people in Japan as well as the entire northern hemisphere.

There are plenty things that can be done to protect against radiation poisoning even if you are exposed. Let’s look at some of those.

The Immune System
The immune system can deal with a lot, but it needs to be strengthened. Vitamin D is one of the most important supplements you could take to help. At this time of year it is impossible for anyone above 30 degrees longitude to get enough from exposure to the sun. That is just about everyone in the US. If you are below 30 degrees you need at least 40 percent of your skin exposed long enough to turn pink three or four times a week.

Antioxidants
Antioxidants are also important. Vitamin C and E are important antioxidants that have been shown to help with radiation exposure. Selenium is a very important mineral used to make the master antioxidant glutathione.

The best bet would be a good multi mineral as other minerals are also important. I like fulvic acid, a naturally occurring mineral found in the soil. It is a constituent of humic acid which works well with it. Fulvic acid has the unique ability to remove toxic minerals from the cells themselves. This would effectively remove any radioactive isotopes from the body.

A lot of people are getting iodine supplements to counter the possibility of thyroid cancer from radioactive iodine. It works because the thyroid won’t absorb the radioactive iodine if it doesn’t need iodine. Fulvic acid has some, but it isn’t a bad idea to get more. A better solution is to eat sea vegetables like seaweed.

Absorb and Eliminate Radiation
Modifilan is a concentrated form of brown seaweed that has the added benefit of absorbing toxins from the digestive system and other tissue. They claim that it offers systemic detoxification, but I think it is more of a direct absorbant that works primarily in the digestive tract. This is great though as some of the worst radiation exposure can come from contaminated food and water, one of the biggest concerns in Japan today.

A generally good diet that greatly limits processed foods is really important too. They weaken the entire body making it susceptible to all major illnesses as well as any new exposure such as radiation. Eliminating all ground up grains, my way of saying processed foods since people think whole wheat bread and noodles are “whole,” and all sugars is ideal. Sugar includes honey, maple syrup and most other “healthy” sugars, the notable exception being stevia.

Rain Helps
The current rain on the west cost is a great protector for the country, but that won’t last. Let’s hope the crisis in Japan doesn’t last either. Our thoughts are with the people of Japan as they struggle to dig out of the catastrophe they are dealing with.

{ 0 comments }

Neck Pain and C5

by Kalidasa on March 18, 2011

Neck Pain at C5

Recently a woman asked about a pain in the neck, shoulder and radiating down the arm. I referred her to a neck pain article I wrote a couple of years ago. She took the advice to heart, stopped eating sugar and a few weeks later she was mostly fine. Still a little twinge from time to time, but a lot better.

In the video on C5 neck pain I talk about Vagus nerve that runs from the back of the brain along side the spine to the fifth cervical. At that point it branches out with nerves that reach into a lot of different systems throughout the body. Many of them carry information about sugar and how to deal with it.

Evolution
Dealing with sugar is difficult for the body because it evolved for millions of years without it — ground up grains count as sugar in this case as they break down into sugar very quickly. It has only been a few thousand years that we have had access to processed foods out of millions of years of evolution.

Side Bar:
Did you know that when an archaeologist finds the remains of an ancient human that they can determine if they were hunter gathers or farmers just by looking at the holes in their teeth? The hunters had great teeth while the grain eaters had cavities. They tended to osteoporosis as well.

Our bodies evolved eating mostly meat. This has been proven. About 90 percent in fact.

Look in your local supper market. 80 to 90 percent of what you see is processed foods. This is how we eat today.

Is it any wonder that diseases that were rare in history are major epidemics today?

Back to the Neck Pain
So, all this weird information is coming into the brain through Vagus nerve. Thousands of nerves into one big one. Just like a freeway during rush hour, a jam up occurs. This causes a tension in the local muscles (actually, a little more goes on, just trying to keep it simple) which pulls C5 out of alignment.

Just a Little Sugar?
My new friend recently had a “couple bites of ice cream.” The next day her neck and shoulder pain was back like before. She wondered if it could be psychological. Sorry, I’ve seen it too many times, experienced it too.

Biochemistry Tells All
As I’ve said before, the biochemistry of most major illnesses can be traced right back to adrenal fatigue. Stress is the real culprit, but sugar stress is a really big one that we can eliminate. C5 neck pain can become major too, a very common area for spinal fusion surgery.

{ 0 comments }

50,000 Years Ago…

by Kalidasa on March 14, 2011

Imagine if you would, that you’re walking the earth 50,000 years ago. A wild animal jumps out and starts chasing you. You run for your life with supper human speed because your body has dumped power chemicals into your blood stream to give you a life saving supper boost.

Eating sugar and processed foods does the same thing.

Except you don’t get to run it off. Those life saving supper chemicals are there with nowhere to go. Unfortunately, they find things to do. Like suppress your immune system, halt cellular repair, stop digestion, decrease fertility and more.

It’s not just sugar and ground up grains (processed foods) either, other stress factors cause the same issue. A near fender bender for instance, or being brow beaten by a boss or coworker. All stress causes a release of the same chemicals we evolved needing to save our lives.

Even though our life isn’t threatened so much anymore our bodies still responds to any stress factor as if death is immanent. This is how we are designed, evolution hasn’t caught up with our mere five thousand years of eating grains yet.

There are plenty of other stress factors too. Lots of hidden ones. Toxicity, loud noise, over exercising, excess light, dehydration, most low fat diets, injury, too much sex, and just about any other extreme you can think of.

Fortunately, the human body is designed to deal with stress. It’s amazing how long the body can keep going in the face of ongoing stress. Of course, that’s with a lot of drugs and often a very limited life style.

The thing we all need to do is to reduce stress in all areas of life. Living more simply is the key. Fewer packaged foods, less driving, clean air and water, more sleep and harmony in the family will go a long way towards a long and healthy life.

{ 12 comments }

Back Pain Prevention

by Kalidasa on March 5, 2011

A young friend of mine helped me make this video on back pain prevention. Fortunately, his youth made it possible for him to show us the wrong way to do things.

When I was young I used to be able to lift amazing amounts. I took pride in the fact that I could lift the wrong way and not have any problems whyat so ever. Turns out I was wrong.

Lifting the wrong way can cause instant pain — something just gives out. But, that’s not all, the damage can be cumulative.

So, take care of your back. Do the right things to prevent back pain, whatever condition it is currently in…it could change very quickly.

{ 0 comments }

Lower Back Pain And The Adrenal Glands

by Kalidasa on March 3, 2011

Sacroiliac joint between
sacrum (1) and iliac spine (2)

Today a friend of mine called because she was having lower back pain. Of course, it was the usual culprit — stress.

What happens is that stress causes a strain on the adrenal glands. The stress can be from diet, emotions, physical over-exertion, chemicals and more.

The adrenal glands handle stress
The adrenal glands are natures answer to stress, and they do a good job at it for how we evolved. Unfortunately, the stress that ancient people faced was about a thousand times less than what we experience in modern life. Oh, the wild animal is more likely to kill, but your body’s reaction is the same as when you have a near miss on the freeway, or from eating a piece of cake. That spinning class isn’t natural either, more like being chased by wild animals than exercise.

Adrenal glands get preferential treatment
The point is that the adrenals take a hard hit and grow weak. Thing is, the same nutrients the adrenals need are also needed by your ligaments and tendons to keep them strong. The adrenals are much more important, so the body diverts the nutrients to them to keep you running.

The lower back supports the entire body
The sacroiliac joint is what supports the weight of the entire upper body. Those ligaments tend to be the first to go since they bear the most weight.

Addiction
My friend had been on a crazy tour, traveling, eating what was available, and having her sugar addiction come back with a vengeance. Don’t worry, we all have that very same addiction. Most addiction is sugar addiction.

Unfortunately, there’s not much that can be done for lower back pain until the adrenal glands are taken care of. It can be quick too.

Herbs for the adrenal glands
Fortunately, she has access to inexpensive acupuncture. Plus a good Chinese Herb shop near by.

Herbs are the best for quick lower back pain relief. The adrenal fatigue herbs listed are the ones that are the fastest working I’ve ever seen or experienced. There are two of them, licorice and Siberian Ginseng. They work great together, though sometimes the Ginseng can be too much for women, like with my friend. Astragalus is a good substitution, but it might not work as fast.

You just have to say “NO”
I told my friend that if people knew as deeply how bad sugar is for them, if they knew the physiology of what happens, that they wouldn’t eat it. It’s become a bit of a slogan, but sugar really is white death, it’s just slow so you don’t notice so much.

Health starts with adrenal health
Most major illnesses start from adrenal fatigue. Well, it goes deeper than that, but brain chemistry and behaviour is a subject I haven’t gotten into yet. But, things like heart disease, cancer, depression, gastrointestinal issues, diabetes and more can be traced biochemically traced back to the adrenal glands. Even lower back pain.

{ 8 comments }

Unsolicited Testimonial: Rib Pain Relief

by Kalidasa on February 9, 2011

Playstation 3

A truely unsolicited testimonial is one where permission to publish it is included in a testimonial that was not asked for. Today I got my first!

Oh, there have been many people writing to thank me for the relief they found, but I have always had to ask permission to use it.

Another surprise for this one is that the problem he has is in the ribs. Plus, his wife was able to figure a lot out by watching the rib adjusting video I have on youtube! I tried to make that so people would have a hard time figuring it out.

To be honest, the ribs can be difficult to adjust. They were able to use the assisted method that I have on video. Works really well if there aren’t complicating factors like a trigger point.

I’m glad they did though, my main goal is to try to help people out.

Anyway, here’s the email I just got. Very nice story about his experiences with ribs pain.

Hi Kalidasa,

First of all, I would like to thank your wonderful book, “Self-Adjusting Technique” and the accompanying videos. Let me tell you first my story:

I’ll be 40 yrs old this year, married with a child. Late last year we decided to buy a Playstation 3 for my kid so that he would be able to experience it like other kids. Playstation 3 has a virtual game simulator called PS3 Move where you play some games like table tennis, volleyball, etc., as if they were real. There is a PS3 move controller you use to do this and of course the games that you run in the console.

In short, I got hooked up to some of these games for a while, and one night while I was trying to hard to throw a simulated round disc, the following day I found myself unable to get up the bed because of the terrible pain on my right chest. I found it really hard to take a deep breath and when I sneeze, or cough, “My goodness!” it felt like my chest was gonna get ripped or explode.

I went to the doctor after a few days when it persisted and at first, the doctor said it was only some kind of a “chill” or cold air got inside my chest muscles. I was told it was gonna be gone after a while. But two weeks everyday it felt the same or maybe worse. I tried taking pain killers over the counter, wrapped it with an ace bandage, and put some lotion for pain. Nothing was working.

So went to my family doctor and had me done an X-Ray and some blood test. It came out still ok. But I returned again and complained the same thing. She made me do some arm movements and made me identify which area hurt. I told specifically where it hurt on my right chest. She diagnosed me then having a misaligned rib and that I needed to go to a chiropractor or physiologist. However I don’t have medical insurance and our government health insurance doesn’t cover this. I have to pay like $90 and up per visit to these health professionals.

So what did I do? I tried to look up the internet to learn more about what my problem. I stumble onto your website. I also found you on youtube and your sample video on how to realign the ribs. That was very important. I asked my wife to watch it with me and I had her tried it on me. Of course it wasn’t perfect but the day that followed I already felt a change in the pain. We tried it again, and then rest of a day, tried it again, and I was starting to feel good. But I was really curious how you do it yourself, so then I decided to purchase your book. It’s all worth it than if I pay a visit to a chiro which I could not really afford.

I followed specifically the chapter on the rib alignment because that’s my problem. Tried to get used to the bending routine and applying pressure where it hurts and what direction the pressure should be. It worked like a miracle! Now I sneeze, and cough once in a while (not a smoker, but the weather) and I felt almost nothing, very minimal. I will still continue to do it coz I do it without much force and hopefully it will just be like a bad dream that’ll be gone totally when I wake up. I thank you for the videos to included in the package.

If I had not found your website, maybe I would still be feeling the pain right now. Thanks alot and hope to learn the other stuffs in this book too. It’s a goldmine. More power and God bless!

Regards,

P.S. You can use my testimony in addition to what you already have. Just keep my name as it is, for privacy reasons. Thanks.

Don

(Toronto, Canada)

{ 0 comments }

Junk Food Almost Killed Me

by Kalidasa on February 7, 2011

Cup Cake

Another email came in today from someone happy to find information about adrenal fatigue. She was looking for something for her husband because he was having so many problems — 35 of the 50 symptoms of adrenal fatigue.

The doctors found that he was really low in testosterone, so they boosted it to the levels of a teenage boy. Still no energy in this guy at all. Argh! I could go on for hours about the dumb things they teach at med school!

She was happy to find something that might help him out. She’s thinking Adkins diet modified with fruit that he likes. Fruit because he won’t eat vegetables. He does eat a lot of junk food especially those packaged cupcake things, McDonald’s and sodas.

My response was that diet is everything when healing. Her husband could not expect to get better unless he stopped eating junk.

There’s really no other way.

And, I’m afraid that is likely to include the fruits he likes, like bananas, red apples, grapes, oranges and other sweet fruit — it’s all sugar.

A friend of mine was trying to get his mother to see me. She kept putting it off and making excuses. Finally he asked her what was up. She said that she was afraid I’d tell her to stop eating ice cream. He asked her, “Mom, would you rather feel good or eat ice cream?”

She didn’t even have to think about it, said she’d rather eat ice cream.

It’s just like that for some people. They have a choice, and should be allowed to make it — what else could you possibly do?

I understand, I really do. I used to be terrible. I was lucky I guess, I almost died when I was young enough to fully recover. All do to junk.

When I was about seven I started telling everyone I was going to live to be 100. A long and healthy life is still important to me. Much more important than my taste buds. So I found a healer who taught me how to achieve that childhood goal.

Now you have an idea why I am so into natural health. My views are pretty different from the main stream, but they are what brought me and hundreds of others back to full health, so I present on this site.

I can’t believe that I used to think I was doing fine with the amount of processed foods I was eating. Worst, it wasn’t obvious at all until serious symptoms showed up.

The fact is, humans simply did not evolve to eat junk! And, it’s impossible to go from being ill to health while eating it.

On the other hand, what is life without a little enjoyment? Having a little treat from time to time is fine for those who are healthy. But, for those on the mend, it is really important to get your priorities straight.

If you do indulge, use moderation and eat a generally well balanced diet with plenty of fresh vegetables. Add in some regular exercise, and you’ll be practically impervious to the occasional treat.

Of course, it’s your choice.

{ 2 comments }

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →