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General Topics Your Suffering Could Be Caused By The Yeast Beast Have you been suffering for years with doctors giving you one diagnosis after another without any relief? It happens all the time and you’re not alone. Literally hundreds of thousands of people are walking around suffering from the effects of what I’m calling the Yeast Beast., In fact, approximately 30% of all persons around the world above the age of twelve – mostly female – are suffering from yeast-related illnesses caused by the fungus within us known as Candida albicans. Some of the easily recognizable symptoms and signs of Candida invasion – a common intestinal yeast that has veered out of usual body balance – include vaginitis, infertility, headaches, stiff joints, arthritis, indigestion, intestinal gas, nausea, bloating, fatigue, dizziness, lethargy, among many other on a long list of symptoms. When left untreated, the yeast beast wreaks havoc throughout the human system. It so severely debilitates the body that victims could become easy prey for far more serious diseases. Candida albicans has been known to contribute to suffering from acquired immune deficiency syndrome, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, colitis, schizophrenia and other conditions, including death. The condition goes undiagnosed largely because orthodox physicians are not trained to recognize or treat Candida. Our medical establishment is more enamored with prescribing pills and performing surgeries, neither of which will make a bit of difference in the suffering of someone with Candida. Correct diagnosis is the first step in gaining control over the yeast beast. The treatment is non-surgical, safe and effective, though time-consuming. It is not going to be a “quick-fix”, however, it will remedy suffering that you may have endured for years. If you have been to a multitude of doctors and specialists without relief, give our office a call. A consultation could reveal that you too are suffering the effects of the yeast beast. Previous Next Related Articles Is Cholesterol The Culprit Or Is It The Yeast Syndrome What You Don’t Know About Reconstructive Therapy (RT) Could Keep You In Pain Many Doctors Only Find What They Look For Go Ahead And Get Vaccinated? Regardless, You Need To Commit To Getting Healthy Yeast Related Illnesses Are Causing Chronic Unwellness Around The World Your Suffering Could Be Caused By The Yeast Beast Did You Miss Out On Return To The Light – The Sunlight Your Chronic Suffering Could Be Due To Chronic Infection The Body As Brewery The Denial Of Something Doesn’t Make The Denied Thing Untrue Why Do Food Companies Use MSG? Taming Your Inner Yeast You Are Likely Suffering As A Result Of F.U.P.O. The Healing Effects Of Water The Heart is A Very Resilient Muscle Chelation Kickstarts Your Body’s Natural Healing Processes The Colon Cleanse Debate Pain Relief Special October Surprise! How To Tell If You’re Suffering From UPF Happy New Year Happy No Yeast Your Body Could Be Hosting A Yeast Feast Listen, Do You Want To Know A Secret… Another Dozen Good Habits for a Healthy Life The Medical Industry Has Turned Humans Into Yeast Factories Hours We Are Available Monday 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM Tuesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Wednesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Thursday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Friday Closed Saturday Closed Sunday Closed Office Location 9816 Memorial Blvd – Suite 205 Humble, Texas 77338 Contact Us Phone: DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN 281-540-2329 Email: info@healthCHOICESnow.com Quick Links Home About Us Treatments Testimonials Learning Center Contact Us Privacy Policy Disclaimer Terms of Use If you know the Humble area, our office is 1/2 miles south of Deerbrook Mall (FM 1960), off the west side feeder road for US 59 - turning right toward the hospital, we're the second building on your left - red brick, 2 story building. No treatment can guarantee a specific result. Patients are encouraged to request a consultation to determine what options may be appropriate for their individual needs.

General Topics Managing Cardiovascular Diseases: Ramblings of a Maniacal Frenetic: Pragmatic Reflections on Helping Patients Understand Their Illnesses and Treatments Managing Cardiovascular Diseases: Ramblings of a Maniacal Frenetic: Pragmatic Reflections on Helping Patients Understand Their Illnesses and Treatments Pump, Pipes, and Performance Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), in order to be adequately evaluated and treated, need to be classified according to the likely etiology or explanation. Simply stated, CVD are associated with the pump (the heart), the pipes (arteries of whatever size and location), and performance (impaired function despite adequate anatomy). One last classification – pediatric – will be ignored for this article, since congenital heart diseases, as genetic or developmental irregularities, have their own unique considerations. When the “pipes” involve the venous system, such as with thrombophlebitis, this is treated as a special case of inflammation. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), in order to be adequately evaluated and treated, need to be classified according to the likely etiology or explanation. Simply stated, CVD are associated with the pump (the heart), the pipes (arteries of whatever size and location), and performance (impaired function despite adequate anatomy). One last classification – pediatric – will be ignored for this article, since congenital heart diseases, as genetic or developmental irregularities, have their own unique considerations. When the “pipes” involve the venous system, such as with thrombophlebitis, this is treated as a special case of inflammation. Hey, Buddy, Can You Really Treat That? If we have incomplete or missing diagnoses, should you proceed with treatment? In fact, that complaint has been leveled at chelation therapists for years, that we fail to do “enough” diagnostic workup. If you want the details of your problem delineated down to the molecular level, go to your local university cardiologist. But if you want to feel better now and get on with your life, why not consider a treatment that works for most heart and blood vessel problems (and those of many other systems) that plague most people? Problems that don’t improve can continue to be evaluated. The only heart problems that don’t reliably show desired improvement are pediatric, because of their distorted anatomic features. The only peripheral (or central) blood vessel problems that don’t show expected improvement are ….. sorry, can’t recall any. What Do People Really Need to Know? For the most part, medical explanations use technical terms that confuse or oversimplifications that mislead. Using the framework presented here, concepts can easily be offered that lead patients into a fair understanding of the treatments proposed and what to expect. (Much of “doctoring” is teaching, which improves compliance dramatically.) When discussing “heart” disease, many practitioners fail to clarify the distinctions between problems with “pipes” and those with the “pump.” The vast majority of heart conditions treated with surgery involve the pipes, namely “blockage disease” in the coronary (heart) arteries. In discussing “vascular diseases,” other small arteries include those in “end organs” (where blood is finally delivered to the tissues, including inside the brain). Larger arteries are those coming off the heart, going “out” to the organs, up to the head, and down the arms and legs, and these are often more amenable to surgical intervention. In a distressingly large proportion of operations at any level, surgeons often imply that “your problem has been fixed; you’re as good as new,” simply because larger or medium-sized pipes have been popped open (ballooned, often with a bracing stent as well), bypassed (skipped over), or reamed out (endarterectomy) and sometimes “repaired” (patched). In actual fact, operations can be performed on just a few dozen inches of arteries but the underlying problems are widespread, affecting a distressing portion of the 60,000-plus miles of blood vessels sustaining your body organs. When patients understand the need to restore better blood flow, distinctions can be made between surgical reduction or removal of blockage compared with nonsurgical ways to improve flow. Blockage is a “plumbing” concept, easily grasped. What is harder for many patients to grasp is that better “flow” dramatically relates to incremental reduction of blockage. Increasing the central channel diameter by merely 1/6th (just 16% widening of the vessel diameter) will just about double the flow through that vessel. (This tiny difference is difficult blockage be gently removed? “Cardio” exercise sometimes helps. But what about reducing obstructions naturally … through biological changes induced by IV chelation therapy? Overly simplified, EDTA chelation appears to dissolve the “mortar” that holds together the gunk that accumulates in the pipes, interfering with flow through the arteries. As the “glue” is removed, the body can safely, easily, and naturally reduce the blockage the same way that ice melts in your water glass without shattering into pieces. In fairness, sometimes very little reduction of blockage itself occurs, but gradual improvements to the nutritional status of cells can markedly improve their function and reduce symptoms earlier attributed to blockage. When heart disease involves the “pump” portion of your heart, we’re looking at three distinct sets of pathologies. First, where blood flow has been completely interrupted to a small area of muscle, that tissue actually dies (heart attack, or “infarct”) and forms a scar. The scar, incidentally, might later stretch and thin out (ballooning out as an aneurysm), with a greater risk for chamber rupture … so surgery can be advisable. Second, the cells in an area can become “sick” from reduced blood flow (“ischemia”) or from nutritional deficiencies (magnesium, B-complex, even calcium), toxic accumulations (lead, mercury, arsenic, other toxic heavy metals), or other adverse changes (such as from organic toxins, pesticides, and so on). Affected muscle cells function less and less well, leading to alterations of normal contraction/relaxation patterns and pumping efficiency. Third, heart valve problems (especially for the aortic and mitral valves on the high- pressure left side) and enlargement of the aortic root or thoracic (chest) aorta are distinct anatomical problems often best treated by surgery. Recent advances are unbelievable, where certain heart valve operations (and even some large artery aneurysms) are being performed without “cracking the chest.” One exception is where calcification of valve leaflets might be improved by extensive IV EDTA chelation therapy, delaying the need for urgent surgical intervention … and even improving later operative survival. Finally, when heart disease affects the pumping efficiency of your heart, these are “performance” issues. While this category might “blur over” into the second pathological pattern described above, it is distinct in a number of ways. Foremost is where electrical conduction pathway “defects,” for whatever reason, can lead to rhythm disruptions (atrial fibrillation, others) where the pump muscle – although otherwise functionally capable – beats erratically or less efficiently. “Cardiomyopathies” (heart muscle impairments) can result not only from rhythm malfunctions but also from viral (even bacterial, fungal, and parasitic) infections, nutritional deficiencies, toxic heavy metals such as mercury, decreased oxygen saturations, and even hormonal imbalances (hypothyroidism, perhaps deficiencies of testosterone or progesterone or others). The Fire Within Inflammation is a chemical reaction, whether in organic or inorganic systems. What causes fire damage to the “outside” – to any structures, from cell organelles all the way up to observable tissues – also wreaks havoc at submicroscopic levels inside biological systems. At the tiniest level, we’re looking at the shifting around (actually, “stealing”) of electrons, with resulting conformational changes of the molecules. The concept is one of “free radicals,” electron-seeking molecules, first proposed by Denham Harman, MD, in 1955. Other concepts have been advanced, many of which rely upon a basic appreciation of the central role of free radicals. For example, in 1942 Johann Björksten proposed the cross- linkage theory to explain the “hardening” of tissues as we grow older or sicker (recall the stiff and brittle rubber band found at the back of your desk drawer). Again, electron changes are involved. The greatest problem with free radicals is that they damage normal molecules in an accelerating pattern, somewhat like a ping-pong ball (the “initiating” radical) being thrown into a room full of mousetraps, each “loaded” with another ping pong ball. The resulting “fire” is akin to a nuclear reaction, wherein it tends to amplify and continue until it is exhausted or quenched. In the body, “antioxidants” are essential to interrupt (“quench”) electron free radical damage, known as “oxidation” or inflammation. Virtually all degenerative diseases – including cardiovascular – are directly related to free radicals in their initiation and propagation, unrelentingly through cell injury, organ dysfunction, and finally body death. These rampant oxidative changes are the common denominator, and the damages to various intracellular organelles or metabolic pathways advance in their interruption to normal function to where they are finally identified as different disease “diagnoses.” Remember: all involve effectively the same inflammation chemistry. Since the disease promulgation process is similar in widely variant tissues, this biochemical understanding opens the door to treatment programs that can have a generalized effectiveness without being specifically targeted toward any particular diagnosis. Enter chelation therapy. Clearly chelation is a dominant answer to most cardiovascular diseases. Surgical and drug interventions might still be needed, especially for more advanced disease patterns. But chelation remains the mainstay of treatment. The Missing Cardiovascular Diagnosis Repeated (even annual for many “heart patients”) treadmill EKG testing has minimal preventive value … but pays very well. My closest contact with diagnostic limitations of a resting EKG was an older gentlemen who presented with uncharacteristic discomforts at 2 in the afternoon … a regular cardiogram was normal, but I was still suspicious. Hospitalized at my insistence to a continuously monitored bed, he suffered his heart attack at midnight. “Instant” coronary care unit response meant a dramatic reduction of otherwise likely heart muscle damage. Repeated testing of cholesterol and triglycerides has minimal preventive value … but pays very well. Evolving metabolic syndrome changes, once suspected by clinical presentation and slightly elevating fasting or random blood sugars, are best evaluated merely by clinical monitoring and only periodic testing of blood sugars with concurrent insulin levels. Genetic hyperlipidemias are more ominous and pose substantial survival risks, far more significant than the trivial implication of “your cholesterol is high at 230 and you need statins!” Even repeated coronary (heart) or aortic and peripheral (belly and legs) angiographic X-ray dye pictures (merely “maps” for surgery) in symptomatically stable patients have minimal preventive value and attendant appreciable risks. These invasive tests serve primarily a mapping function, to document progression of blockage advanced to the point where surgery is now desirable. And again, the angiograms pay well … and should be reserved for deteriorating conditions where salvage surgery is imminent. (A critical side comment on cholesterol: the “bad rap” that it has suffered over the past 65 years is simply undeserved. The normal response of your body to various situations is to raise cholesterol as a proper defense or adaptation. If you want to be sure that eating eggs and butter and meats does not increase heart disease, trust the observations of a scientist who spent 70 years of his life studying these issues: Cholesterol is Not the Culprit: A Guide to Preventing Heart Disease (2014), by Fred Kummerow, PhD – this is mandatory reading! More on cholesterol, high blood pressure, and nine other frauds in medicine: Malignant Medical Myths: Why Medical Treatment Causes 200,000 Deaths in the USA Each Year and How to Protect Yourself (2006), by chemistry professor Joel Kaufman, PhD.) Coronary calcium scans (“heart scans,” coronary artery CT calcium scoring, also called EBCT for “electron beam”) are noninvasive and useful predictive monitors for coronary events. Their value is enhanced when a sequentially rising calcium count is documented, particularly in a patient who has been asymptomatic. An exciting development is the markedly improved sensitivity of coronary MRA, magnetic resonance angiogram (imaging of heart blood vessels) without (or especially with) use of peripheral intravenous contrast. Among the most accurate “predictive” clinical tests are the carotid neck artery and abdominal aorta ultrasounds (or even CT scans), along with the noninvasive vascular lab tests for leg (peripheral) artery disease. These usually allow tracking of credible blockage and flow patterns, but they don’t reflect the entire range of pathologies hidden inside the vessel walls. The ideal predictive tests would be those that disclose unsuspected “tendencies” to develop more aggressive diseases. When a particular patient has a number of such genetic or epigenetic (variable gene expression, depending on environment and other factors) proclivities, he or she warrants more attention. Here is your “likely candidate” for more extensive and earlier blockage disease to progress. Since “pipe” problems can be imaged and measured, tests should be proposed as indicated by history, clinical exam findings, and abnormal laboratory patterns. (A simple example serves well: history of visual changes, ophthalmic exam showing blood vessel or retinal changes, with elevated blood sugars – clearly carotid artery studies are appropriate, perhaps even a brain SPECT scan, maybe others.) Unfortunately, the data are unclear regarding how best to predict the development of non-“pipe” pathologies – those of the pump or its performance. Cardiac muscle biopsy is not something to consider! One predictive parameter that is grossly underemphasized is that of oxygen saturations. Numbers of studies have shown that decreasing nocturnal saturations – which reflect lowering oxygen tension in the blood and, hence, in the tissues and especially inside the mitochondria energy factories of the cells – are directly related to impaired pump function and performance issues. The critical continuous generation of ATP to power cellular processes is absolutely dependent on sufficient oxygen to receive and remove electrons stripped during oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria. Energy production is perilously degraded when the anaerobic fermentation pathway is employed. When oxygen saturations are raised toward normal, improvements in tissue functions in all organs can be expected, including retarding of “aging” degeneration and even deferred initiation/promotion of neoplastic patterns. Otto Heinrich Warburg, MD, nominated 47 times for the Nobel prize, finally received the unshared award in physiology in 1931 for discovery of the “nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme.” Concluding that cancer (and other deterioration diseases) should be interpreted as a mitochondrial dysfunction, Warburg proclaimed that “the prime cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells by a fermentation of sugar.” As noted in Wikipedia, “When frustrated by the lack of acceptance of his ideas, Warburg was known to quote an aphorism he attributed to Max Planck: “Science progresses not because scientists change their minds, but rather because scientists attached to erroneous views die, and are replaced.” Sound familiar? Though autoimmune issues are not the main topic for this review, practitioners should remain alert to the prospect that they might be aggravating heart and blood vessel problems. The defense system, just like all others, works optimally when oxygen tensions are sufficient, nutritional status is replete, and toxic metal and chemical exposures are minimal. When conditions are not ideal, aberrated responses are more likely and any tissue can be targeted. Since endothelial blood vessel linings are present throughout the circulatory system, any immune attack on their components can alter function – and subsequent changes can be induced in end-organ tissues anywhere. Autoimmune heart problems occur classically after untreated streptococcal infections (“strep throat”), wherein any heart tissue or the surrounding sac can suffer severe damage. Recent reports have documented antiendothelial cell antibodies as associated with accelerated artery disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus (SLE), and “spondyloarthropathies” (systemic sclerosis found with inflammatory joint diseases of the vertebral column – which can include psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and so on). More autoimmune interactions will be identified in the future. Unnoticed or misdiagnosed parasitic infections might be at the root of many diseases appearing to be autoimmune. While most people think of “worms” or “flukes,” since they are most commonly diagnosed in humans, the vast majority of parasites are single-cell organisms, extremely easy to “get,” astonishingly difficult to document or diagnose, and particularly difficult to treat. And, of course, most physicians disregard or dismiss the idea that parasites contribute that much to degenerative diseases – this oversight might be fatal to thousands of patients each year. Parasitic infections are no longer classifiable as just “diseases of the third world.” “Montezuma’s Revenge,” traveler’s diarrhea sometimes acquired in Mexico, is due to a single- cell amoeba, which (like almost all tiny parasites) is readily shared through water exposure. How many other cases of diarrhea or digestive disorders are related to unsuspected organisms? Malaria is the classic case to document endothelial blood vessel damage associated with infection. Virtually all of the world’s oceans, lakes, and rivers are teeming with parasites of some sort, found mostly in the first 9 feet below the surface. Genomic testing might become the ideal way to document some of these unwelcome residents, but many of them reside deep in tissues, where they wreak havoc. Their “stealth mode” keeps them from being “seen” until damage is profound, such as abscesses in the brain and even multiple sclerosis. Recent discoveries of biofilms – aggregates of microorganisms within a secreted slime or protective matrix and present on virtually all moist surfaces “outside and inside” human beings (such as plaque on the teeth) – suggest that all infectious agents can be shielded from access to the immune system or antibiotics and thus could persist for years, repeatedly seeding infection that could provoke or amplify inflammation, degenerative diseases, and autoimmune responses. Complex infection patterns linked to biofilms could be more than a passing fancy, and might indeed hold critical clues on prevention and treatment of most cardiovascular diseases. Bacterial biofilms have been found within fatty deposits of damaged arteries. Perturbations of the gut microflora are clearly related to inflammation and dysfunction of the intestinal lining. Periodontal disease (progressive gingivitis, gum inflammation) has long been associated with heart attacks and strokes. Effective dental hygiene can reduce these risks, especially important in compromised patients such as diabetics. An excellent review of how oral disease correlates with systemic health is presented in Mouth Matters; How Your Mouth Ages Your Body and What YOU Can Do About It (2013), by Carol Vander Stoep, RDH. Keep in mind that all these departures from normal structure and function are associated with inflammation … and that this poses special challenges to maintenance of all cell activities. Incidentally, as mitochondria become “sick” – such as having their chemical pathways poisoned by toxic metals – they swell with increasing calcium concentration, disrupting their shelflike cristae fold structures, dramatically interrupting the electron transport chain. Chelation therapy has been shown to repair such injured organelles, restoring more normal energy generation. So here arises the charge that chelation can be criticized for claiming that it “fixes everythin’, jus’ like some kinda snake- oil!” But … patients claim (and dozens of studies by Edward McDonagh, DO, and Charles J Rudolph, DO, PhD, as well as others have documented) that chelation does “fix mos’ everythin’!” All toxic metals are, to some extent, accumulating in endothelial linings and throughout heart and blood vessel cells as well – mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic, and so on. Each has a separate contribution to amplify free radical production leading to functional impairment. Rodent studies suggest a marked intensification of damage when two or more heavy metals are present, even in trivial concentrations. But toxic heavy metals are not the only culprits. Iron is an essential element that can be present in excess (iron “storage” disorders, even mild polycythemia?), where it also stimulates the generation of free radicals that are especially toxic in metabolically active tissues such as liver and heart, even more so in compromised patients such as diabetics. Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s have been conclusively linked to excess iron accumulation in brain tissues. Elevated cancer rates are seen in patients with iron overload. These clinical observations confirm Warburg’s contention that mitochondrial decay, mediated through amplified free radical attacks, is the root of disparate and disastrous disease patterns that steal our comfort and, ultimately, our life. Jukka T. Salonen, MD, PhD, MPH, of Finland, reported in 1992 a prospective study of 1931 men with no symptoms of heart disease. Over the next three years from entry, the lifetime total of cigarettes smoked was determined to be the primary risk factor in those 51 patients who experienced acute myocardial infarction (heart attack). The second factor was (not cholesterol or blood sugar or blood pressure or obesity!) an elevated blood ferritin level (possibly correlated with a shift toward tissue acidosis). Beyond an accurate smoking history, this realization provides an easy laboratory test to identify those at higher risk. Ferritin levels rising ever higher above 100 ng/ml are directly associated with an alarming increasing incidence of coronary events. The iron story is, however, complicated because adequate pools of iron are essential for life. Ferritin only slowly declines after dozens of EDTA chelation treatments – correction of other metabolic perturbations is essential. Even mild iron-excess patterns might be clinically more significant than earlier appreciated. A toxic metal side issue is now coming to the forefront: the expanding use of injectable MRI diagnostic imaging contrast agents, such as gadolinium, iron (Feridex), and manganese (Teslascan). Urinary challenge tests with D-penicillamine in some patients have shown very high excretion levels of gadolinium. The clinical significance of these findings is variable, but chelation in patients who have had repeated contrast studies might prove very valuable. Gadolinium use has been linked to onset of rare but often crippling nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, especially in patients with reduced kidney function. Oversaturated with Facts? So-called sleep apnea is associated with magnified rates and more injurious cardiac events. Sadly, most physicians have only a passing exposure at best to the parameters of at-rest oxygenation. (The awake-in-the-exam-room-chair saturation level obtained in some offices is almost useless for prediction, unless the patient is in clinical distress.) “Obstructive” events are routinely blamed for desaturation events, but my experience shows that accusation is misplaced in the vast majority. Thus, patients are subjected to “scuba-torture” (CPAP pressure mask worn during the night), usually disrupting sleep patterns for many. Further, CPAP is notorious as a failing therapy within a year of two of starting, due to minimal results (of simply blowing room air) and frustrating discomfort. Pause to consider: if you use an “obstructive” treatment (CPAP) for a “central” problem (as interpreted from “low sats”), how likely is it to succeed? Obstructive sleep apnea is routinely “diagnosed” by sleep labs – but my observations and clinical results over the past 22 years clearly show that central apnea is far more common … and easily controlled by nasal cannula oxygen from a home concentrator during sleep. Medicare and insurance companies concede that saturations below 89 qualify for “lifetime” oxygen support. In sharp contrast, patients with “sats” from the mid-90s on down show improvements with virtually all heart and circulation problems, mentation, arthritis, digestive disorders, strength and vitality, and so on. Recall that robust oxygen availability is essential for mitochondria to meet the metabolic demand for ATP. My testing of nocturnal oxygen saturations over the past 22-plus years has proved that the vast majority of desaturation patterns can be related to central causes. This central “respiratory disconnect” appears associated with past head injuries of any kind and/or toxic insults (heavy metals, organic and inorganic chemicals). Presumably hypoxic/anoxic shock and severe infections (especially meningitis and encephalitis patterns) would qualify, but my experience is too limited to offer those conclusions. These desaturation issues present a glaring example of “the Missing Diagnosis.” When “modern” medicine doesn’t have (or doesn’t accept) a specific treatment program, then its regimented practitioners routinely miss the accurate diagnosis for one very simple reason … they don’t look for or don’t actually see the problem. Another worthwhile topic to explore would be EECP (enhanced external counterpulsation), compression therapy wherein air pressure cuffs squeeze on the legs during the relaxation phase of the heart beat (diastole). In a surprising number of cases, augmented boluses of recently oxygenated blood surging through the coronary arteries and vital organs appear to produce a significant improvement in underlying pathology. At present, the cost and complexity of such strategies are prohibitive for many – and, again, the added benefit of supplemental oxygen during EECP treatments is likely overlooked by conventional practitioners. ABCD… HFCS… A major change in our food processing has occurred in just the past 40-some years: the introduction of HFCS, high-fructose corn syrup, as a flavoring. Actually, more as a “sweetener.” But it’s not really “all natural,” as we think of foods (such as glucose or sucrose ). And it doesn’t taste just exactly like sugar – but it is close enough to substitute in an astonishing number of “sweet” foods and drinks … and even in ketchup, mayonnaise, hamburger and hotdog buns, and the like. The worst part is that it acts more like a drug than the historical sweeteners such as cane or beet sugar or honey, encouraging you to “seek more” of the HFCS-supplemented foods. You probably avoid such foods … certainly you would recognize the chemical name. But would you tag as the same … “corn syrup solids”? “Natural sweeteners”? “Fructose” (fruit sugar) or “fructose syrup”? “Crystalline fructose”? HFCS intake (often quickly, in soda pop, candies, cookies, “treats,” cereals and baked goods, and junk foods) spikes insulin release and triggers production of triglycerides and cholesterol, let alone aggravating or actually causing intestinal permeability syndrome (“leaky gut”). Elevated insulin levels contribute to all the pathologic damage of metabolic syndrome, the preliminary to adult-onset diabetes, now epidemic in America. Recent years have shown a 600% increase in daily consumption of HFCS, often unknowingly. Of concern are not merely obesity but also the discovery of interruption of hippocampal function (memory, orientation, even behavioral regulation) and creation of neuroinflammation. HFCS-induced inflammation has also been documented throughout sensitive endothelial tissues lining the heart and blood vessels and in joints. An association with cancer has been shown as well, supporting Warburg’s insistence on mitochondrial deterioration as a primary event. The staggering number of HFCS foods are dangerous not only because of their empty-calorie content (lots of calories, devoid of real food value) leading to nutritional deficiencies, and not only because they encourage increasing intake of sugary/starchy foods, but also because these very foods sponsor the development and worsening of tooth decay, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and the “Yeast Syndrome.” Here’s a provocative observation: HFCS foods entered the food chain in about 1971, and the first book describing the Yeast Syndrome appeared in 1978, The Missing Diagnosis, by Orion Truss, MD. “Syndrome X,” cardiometabolic (or just metabolic) syndrome, was first described in the 1987 Banning Lecture to the American Diabetes Association by Stanford endocrinology professor Gerald Reaven, MD. This clinical pattern clearly is the developmental step toward induced diabetes and preventable cardiovascular diseases. Key pathognomonic features of metabolic (or “insulin-resistance”) syndrome are the curse of our suffering survival as we age: obesity (increasing girth, elevated body mass index), higher blood pressure, elevating blood sugar (with increasing insulin production), elevating triglycerides, and decreasing HDL cholesterol. Oh – and don’t even get me started on the toxic cellular effects of “other” sweeteners such as aspartame, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, and saccharine. These were approved for limited use in foods for diabetics. Now they are widely scattered through the food chain, needlessly exposing millions to chemicals with demonstrated toxicity. (You should also be careful of Sapporo Diet Water – yes, I’ve seen it! – and Bernard Dehydrated Water … an empty tin!) Incidentally, the overwhelming percentage of corn, as used in production of HFCS, is a GMO – genetically modified for more robust growth. Some have declared these genetic manipulations by chemical giant Monsanto are the inevitable end of healthful foods. Gives you that warm, fuzzy feeling again, right? GMO crops are engineered to resist herbicides, so higher concentrations can be applied to increase the commercial yield per acre. Are you ready for more and more hidden sources of glyphosate residues (broad-spectrum weed-killer Roundup) – now the world’s largest- selling herbicide and another demon- invention from Monsanto? Glyphosate has been connected to, among a growing list of other health challenges, an increased rate of miscarriage, reduction in sex hormone production, and disruptions to endocrine system development. What about autoimmune inflammatory celiac enteropathy – classically described as “gluten intolerance”? Celiac patients experience a twofold increased risk for coronary artery disease, along with arrhythmias and heart failure. Glyphosate residues on grains might be the real culprit in the recent rise in apparent clinical patterns, since they create the setting for destructive inflammation throughout body tissues … in not just the intestinal linings but also mitochondria. Recent reports suggest that glyphosate interruption of cytochrome P450 detoxification enzymes, disruption of aromatic amino acid synthesis by the gut microbiome, and impaired sulfate metabolism could amplify inflammatory pathways, resulting in many degenerative diseases … including those of the heart and blood vessels. Oddly, glyphosate “cages” (chelates?) aluminum in the gut and enhances absorption of this toxic metal. The (controversial! and challenged) speculation of glyphosate- induction of diseases has been suggested by consulting chemist Anthony Samsel and MIT computer science senior research scientist Stephanie Seneff, PhD, as the “textbook example” of “exogenous semiotic entropy”: the disruption of homeostasis by environmental toxins.1 But you can rest assured: the Council on Science and Public Health of the American Medical Association has concluded that “it appears unlikely that HFCS contributes more to obesity or other conditions than sucrose.” Keep in mind also that the common high-fat/ high-sugar diet creates hyperinsulinemia (part of the metabolic syndrome), a key factor in promoting prostate cancer. Could enhanced inflammation (promoted by glyphosate?) along with the yeast proliferation induced by such a diet be a major feature in cancer promotion? For years, I have treated elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) patients aggressively for the Yeast Syndrome … with uniformly encouraging results. For a provocative review of the crucial interrelationship of fungus (yeast) and cancer, consider this internet video by the television host of Know The Cause and my dear friend for over 30 years, Doug Kaufmann: http://www.knowthecause . com/index.php/cancer. Getting on with the Drugs and Stuff You might think that I’m spending too much time and space discussing the “food issues” – and you’d be wrong. Master teacher of the American College of Cardiology, Demetrio Sodi-Pallares, MD, practicing clinical and electro-cardiology for 60 years with impoverished Mexican citizens, has long treated dramatic degenerative heart diseases with little more than radical changes in the diet. His “nontoxic therapy” evolved from low-sodium/high-potassium diet plus infusions of “polarizing” (GIK = glucose- insulin-potassium) solutions to later include a strong electromagnetic field of 200 gauss and even later use of beta blockers, thyroglobulin, and exercise. In case you haven’t yet grasped the significance of diet in development of disease, refer to the classical findings of Weston A. Price, DDS, research director for the American Dental Association, who documented the deleterious effects of “foods of commerce” (Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects; 1939), and those of Francis M. Pottenger Jr., MD, regarding uncooked foods (reviewed in Pottenger’s Cats: A Study in Nutrition; 1995. The Price- Pottenger Nutrition Foundation offers tremendous resources at www.ppnf.org ). As the science of nutritional biochemistry advanced during the mid-1900s, our understanding of health and disease dramatically expanded. Recall that our populations were told since the 1960s to avoid salty foods, to lower the tendency to develop high blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease. Sure, we have made serious efforts to avoid “salting at the table.” But we still eat salted peanuts, salted pretzels, salted chips, salty pickles, salty deli meats, and so on. And these salted sources don’t have added iodine. Why is this an issue? Over 100 years ago, public health authorities adopted the addition of iodine to table salt, a product that virtually everyone used, in order to reduce the incidence of thyroid disease (goiter). So now we have three generations of patients who have received a steady salt intake but minimal iodine. Bingo! Broda Barnes, MD, showed some 40 years ago that low thyroid levels (associated with low iodine intake) are directly associated with a rising risk of heart attack (Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness; 1976). Denis Wilson MD, has shown that raising thyroid hormone levels (especially free-T3) and raising basal body temperatures closer to “normal” can lower heart disease risk, and blood tests are rarely reflective of adequate support levels (Evidence-Based Approach to Restoring Thyroid Health; 2014). As you might predict (note: tongue-in- cheek!), these observations continue to be challenged by the American Thyroid Association. Magnesium holds a special place for cardiovascular diseases. Lowered intracellular levels of magnesium are difficult to detect but clearly important. When serum levels are normal, intracellular magnesium may have been scavenged to maintain that measurement. Low serum levels are, therefore, beyond critical and must be addressed, since they contribute not only to high blood pressure but also both pump (CHF, congestive heart failure) and performance (contractility and rhythm disturbances) failures, as thoroughly documented by Seelig.2 Complementing magnesium certainly are manganese, copper, and zinc – adequate levels of all are essential for the formation of SOD, superoxide dismutases, thought to be the fifth most prevalent enzyme set in the human body, since they serve critical antioxidant functions in mitochondria, intracellular cytoplasm, and in extracellular fluids. SOD enzymes outcompete the essential tissue production of superoxide, used to defend against invading bacteria, protecting body cells from internally generated oxidant injury. Back to mitochondria and that inflammation idea, right? Recently developed laboratory tests can be invaluable in helping practitioners identify patterns of nutritional deficiency that can aggravate inflammation; especially helpful are micronutrient testing to evaluate their function within leukocytes (white blood cells), urinary amino acid patterns wherein abnormalities suggest the setting for disease development or progression, and chelation challenge urinary excretion to provoke underlying essential element deficiencies, sometimes supplemented by the old standard of tissue mineral analysis by hair sampling. Another aspect of cardiovascular disease that might relate to nutritional status and the quality of food intake involves the hypercoagulability (clotting) and rheological (flow) properties of blood. People with underlying biochemical conditions – such as diabetes, alcohol abuse, tobacco use, and even hypertension, to name a few – are more at risk for triggering abnormal clot formation. Those with “vulnerable plaque” – artery blockage that is “unstable” (inflamed and irregular in composition and shape) and more likely to have pieces “break off” and slam into tinier vessels further downstream, causing sudden vascular disasters – often suffer with a dangerous accentuation of their clotting patterns. Sometimes referred to as “sticky blood,” underlying changes relate to an increased tendency to activate the clotting cascade to form a “plug” (clot or thrombus) in a blood vessel that leads to a sudden severe (even complete) interruption to flow. This ischemia pattern must be corrected as quickly as possible (infusion of a kinase “clot-buster” within 4 hours) or tissue death ensues – infarction is death of the tissue, whether heart attack, brain stroke, gangrene, retinal occlusion blindness, kidney necrosis, and so on. When a blood clot forms in deeper veins in the legs, the situation is far more ominous than painful discomfort: if dislodged, the plug can zip into the lungs, and such a pulmonary embolism can literally cause sudden death. Risks for these events are reduced by all the treatment strategies discussed along with the addition of oral “fibrinolytic” clot-buster enzymes such as nattokinase (from soy), lumbrokinase (from earthworms), or serrapeptase (from bacteria within silkworms). “Thick blood” (excessive numbers of red cells) is a different but also aggravating condition that can create similar blockage. Platelets (tiny circulating cells responsible for starting the formation of a clot) can become “irritable” when inflammatory conditions are present (including low oxygen saturations, toxic heavy metals, toxic organic chemicals, elevated blood sugars), and their undesirable activation can amplify “sticky blood” tendencies. A couple of last points on foods. Bioflavonoids (polyphenols), cell- signaling sugars, and a wide range of other goodies are essential for well- being. Colorful vegetables are the source of bioflavonoids (and other “live” factors) on the planet. These are critical in biological functions (believe it or stop reading the basic science journals!) and virtually all of them are now being also shown to have powerful antifungal (and even anticancer) activities. Other goodies include items such as intracellular glutathione (difficult to absorb unless enhanced by liposomal packaging, synthesis rate limited by scarce availability of L-cysteine, essential for antioxidant activity and detoxification), CoQ10, and (induced production of) nitric oxide. These latter two are critical for control of cardiovascular efficiency – pump and performance issues – while the last aids in dilatation (widening … or reduced constriction) of the pipes. While these and other factors are not readily “replenished” by direct supplementation, their synthesis and incorporation can be encouraged by specific nutritional support beyond merely the regular “multivitamin/-mineral formulas.” Mitochondrion Basics Likely derived from prokaryotic ancient “bacterial” invaders into eukaryotic cells, these tiny “power plants” produce the ATP-based (adenosine triphosphate) energy used by virtually every cellular process. Cell life and division – even cell death – relate to mitochondrial status. Think of a “mito” as a “Dagwood sandwich” from the comic strip Blondie, with outer bread slices encasing a pile of layers of meats and cheeses. The “bread” in this illustration serves as a limiting outer membrane, through which sugars and fats can enter and ATP compounds can exit. The layers of meats and cheeses are equivalent to “shelves” (called cristae) inside the mito, stacked one upon another and separated by an insulating matrix. Enzymes and substrates involved oxidative phosphorylation (processing of sugars through to the end products of the electron-transport system) are aligned along these shelves in specific order, much like you would search for the volume of an encyclopedia from A to Z, not randomly. When all is working well, an innocent “sugar” molecule tumbles its way along, much like a Slinky toy trips its way down stairs, going quickly from one to the next chemical reaction, in order. Lead and other toxic heavy metals (and even iron, in excess) disrupt the inner shelf arrangements (apparently by inflammatory changes) and diminish enzyme efficiencies, reducing the rate of energy production. Further, as the mito becomes sickened and less able to perform, it can accumulate calcium ions and swell, distorting the shelf arrangements even more. While specific studies have not been done, EDTA chelation therapy appears a likely prospect to reduce internalized calcium and to restore more normal mito shape and function. Whether lead and other toxic metals are actually removed from within the mito is unclear, but in vitro laboratory studies demonstrate increased energy production in heart muscle as a result of chelation. As an interesting side note, Denham Harman, PhD, MD, who proposed the free-radical theory of aging, was frustrated by observing no increase in lifespan of research animals with the addition of antioxidant supplementation. He concluded that such nutrients did not routinely make their way into the mitochondria, which are concurrently producing as well as being damaged by free radicals. He therefore proposed the mitochondrial theory of aging in 1972, where the health of these organelles is the primary determinant of maximum lifespan. Before settling into the comfort of “modern diagnostics and medications,” be sure that exposures in the patient’s setting are well understood. Especially be wary that we have less and less understanding about more and more complexities. For example, when tetraethyllead was removed from vehicle gasoline in 1976 – a good idea to reduce environmental pollution, to lower blood pressure and heart attack risk, to minimize kidney damage, to improve brain function, and so on – the replacement mineral chosen was manganese. The health hazards associated with manganese combustion products have now been debated for decades. Might we later find that our replacement is almost as challenging to human health as the original lead that aided octane performance in the gasoline? Another provocative speculation is that the modern practice of “polypharmacy,” wherein several drugs are prescribed concurrently, might induce or amplify inflammatory processes. Medications are approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration based upon limited clinical testing, where most variables are tightly controlled. The general public, though, offers nothing but variables! The dubious interactions of multiple drugs simply haven’t been studied, and their role in unwittingly aggravating disease processes – or even in inducing new ones, such as through interference with mitochondrial functions – raise disturbing questions about the bases for “modern” medical practice. Mitochondrial dysfunctions are at the root of all degenerative disease progression. Understanding that optimal cellular and tissue function requires a robust supply of ATP energy leads to the obvious realization that all body activities are impaired whenever this vital component is limited. Any reduced antioxidant capability allows for unbridled inflammatory chemistry to wantonly damage cell structures and enzymes. Impairment of energy- dependent production of immune molecules leaves an undefended body increasingly prone to opportunistic attack by uncommon organisms, including those generally considered as nonpathogenic commensals or symbiotes on body surfaces, especially in the intestinal and respiratory tracts. Reduced digestive functions lead to a plethora of chemical and biological insults to gut tissues (and, subsequently, to fragile endothelial cells lining heart and blood vessels), not to mention amplification of nutritional deficiencies. With rising challenges and diminished circulatory capacity, the physiologic strain on heart performance advances like falling dominos, inevitably resulting in degrees of kidney failure, deterioration of liver functions, accelerating diminution of gastric and pancreatic and hepatic secretions with progressive digestive impairments, peripheral circulatory embarrassment, and even organic brain syndrome. Obviously past lifestyle habits – tobacco and alcohol use, poor food choices, limited sleep, compromised stress adaptation patterns, licit and illicit drugs – create a setting (Claude Bernard’s “internal milieu”) in which all of these results from mitochondrial dysfunction can accelerate more rapidly than in others with more moderate health routines. Clearly the description offered can be observed over a matter of days or weeks in preterminal patients – or can be discerned by an astute practitioner some years (even decades) before the debilitations become obvious to others. Putting Together the Bigger Map While these ramblings might seem to have little to do with “cardiovascular diseases,” ask yourself: “Should I be treating the damage from degenerative diseases while ignoring the environmental factors that persist and aggravate the condition?” That’s rather like allowing the patient to wear the shoe causing the blister perhaps merely an hour or two a day. How foolish! Note that I do not ask whether the problem is with pipes, pump, or performance. The “diagnosis,” in a classical sense, is almost irrelevant. The key is to establish the link between the condition and associated lifestyle choices and exposures so that a more comprehensive (holistic!) approach can be used. In effect, I am proposing that virtually all treatment for cardiovascular diseases should be aimed at the “utility” level. This example highlights this point: Whoever lives in a house, it matters not … the house has the “same” utilities as found with all other houses. Whether a baker, a banker, a teacher, a postman, you depend upon electricity coming in and light and heat going out, depend upon water coming in and drainage and sewage going out, depend upon food and supplies coming in and trash going out. Even a driveway coming in and roads going out! Consider each “house” to be a single “cell” of the body. Thus, a neighborhood of similar houses would constitute an “organ” and a large cluster of assembled neighborhoods would comprise a “body.” Our current medical paradigm aims at treating problems within specific neighborhoods. I propose that most of our treatments should be aimed at houses, at the utilities provided to and functioning within the individual cells. Regardless of which utilities or cells are suffering, those are the levels at which treatments shouldbe aimed. This viewpoint encompasses a broader explanation of the symptoms and signs seen in illnesses, correlating the expression of disease in other organ systems (neighborhoods) that are likewise being affected by the impairment of their similar utilities. Changing the Slope–Oh, No! Not Calculus! As I propose this somewhat different approach to assessment and treatment, let me offer how I describe to patients our assessment and monitoring of their conditions. Our explanation induces patients to stay with treatment programs much longer than they did before. First, let me give homage to indices such as the SF-36 Health Survey. Consisting of 36 items, the SF-36 is a brief survey designed to assess functional health and well-being in a variety of age, disease, and control populations. … Each question relates to one of eight domains: physical functioning, role-physical, bodily pain, general health perceptions, vitality, social functioning, role-emotional, and mental health. Results from these subscales contribute to scores for overall physical and mental health.3 In order to better address our particular patient population, I designed a customized “symptom-rating” form of about 50 items, printed on the flip side of our office visit notes page. At every doctor-patient visit, the patient rates his discomforts (from 0 to 10) before being seen. The various “positives” serve as foci for discussion at that meeting. Further, by “flipping up” the chart pages to earlier encounters, the progress of symptom reduction can be easily seen over time, from first visit to present time. I describe to “newbie” patients that the first thing we’re trying to do is to gain some understanding of what actually is affecting them. At this point, many patients usually will interrupt to share, once again, their various diagnoses (from other physicians), to be sure that I’m not overlooking their concerns. I acknowledge their statements and say that we understand that their various disease problems, as a whole, are worsening over time. They agree. I tell them that my first job is to identify the “pinch points,” where doing something simple and deliberate will slow the rate at which they’re worsening … then level them off, so that they’re no longer worsening … then raise the slope of the curve, so that they’re steadily improving … with the ultimate goal being to return them to more robust health, often better than that they’ve experienced in recent years. This explanation encompasses a broader view of “health” more along the lines of Bircher, “a dynamic state of well-being characterized by a physical and mental potential, which satisfies the demands of life commensurate with age, culture, and personal responsibility.”4 For those who need a more visual presentation, perhaps this graph might illustrate the concepts easier, since I do draw it “out in space” for patients: During the next phase, as noted by the solid line above the “D,” you are finally able to achieve some improvements and your patient clearly feels healthier. In the final phase, the solid line above the “E,” results from your treatment patterns have become obvious and your patient is benefiting greatly. When you’re able to establish a “maintenance program,” your job is to monitor the hallmark symptoms carefully – along with relevant labs and exam findings – to “stay ahead of the curve,” keeping most symptom severity scores at 3 or often less. What about the dotted line on the graph? Some patients present to you as markedly more acute or chronically worse than anyone would like. “But doctor, I just found out about you. …” The steeper slope above the “A” shows that you have less time to evaluate and find successful treatments. Nevertheless, your job remains the same: slow the rate of worsening, find ways to hold everything “level” while you “buy time” for treatments to work (or to be identified), then work for gradual improvement and then much more aggressive changes. Patients who are not themselves integrative medicine physicians can have only a brief, disjointed, and even mythical view of the roots of their problems, the diagnostic finesse often needed, and the treatment options available. What they clearly understand (or at least hope for) is that doing specific actions could lead to particular, desired results. Their motivation to continue their treatment programs comes only from successful responses. Since a patient has completed our same “SF-36-type” questions at each office visit, he or she can readily see the “march” of lower and lower “scores” away from “10” and toward “0” over the course of several office encounters. The demonstrative graph is easy for patients to understand. Assume that the patient has symptom complaints, rated on our 0-to-10 scale as shown on the left side. These roughly correlate inversely to the feeling of health and wellbeing, as shown from 0 to 100 on the right side. The patient presents with declining health and worsening symptoms, as noted by the solid line above the “A.” During this first phase, your job is to define the underlying issues well enough to start improving the patient’s condition … which means slowing the rate of worsening, as noted by the solid line above the “B.” As you understand underlying causes better and work more with the patient, you work to hold most symptoms “level” or “unchanged,” as noted by the solid line above the “C.” This, in itself, is a major accomplishment … now you have the opportunity to make a real difference for this patient. What More is There to Learn? Absolutely everything. The practitioner has three essential tasks. First, to learn what needs to be known about diagnosing and treating the conditions he/she holds himself out to treat. Second, to establish and oversee proper treatment programs. And third, to effectively explain to the patient and family “what it is and how we’re treating it,” as often as needed. Reflecting on a lifetime career of treating “all comers,” including those with cardiovascular diseases of all kinds (including two patients who were removed from the heart transplant list, due to startling improvements), I find myself struggling to offer comments of value to other practitioners. Most everyone knows the first and second tasks quite well, at least well enough to achieve basic improvements for patients. What matters, then, might be efforts to learn just a little more about how to explain the situation to the patient and family. My methods have been successful on many levels, with patients from all backgrounds, with all conditions, and at all levels of presenting severity. As we strive to learn better to take care of our patients, let us strive also to learn better how to make what we do make sense to those whose world depends on our “doing it right.” If you doubt the relevance of these concepts I’ve presented … just try them! See whether patients are more receptive to your ideas of diagnosis and treatment. See whether they are more compliant – and whether they continue for maintenance programs moving them toward years of more robust health and longer, more rewarding, and vital independent and comfortable living. If you don’t try them in your practice but instead ignore that they have any value, may you be blessed by this wonderful quote from Founding Father Benjamin Franklin: “Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.” The Story of my Father My father told me, in early 1979, that he was going to see a doctor about doing chelation therapy. I went only slightly berserk, insisting that I would have heard about it in my training or residency if it had any value for cardiovascular diseases. He “wisely” stayed away from that charlatan. Then my mother needed drastic surgery for a bleeding ulcer in the fall of 1982. As I needed to fill my days while seeing her in San Francisco, I visited the office of Robert Haskell, MD. We discussed nutritional medicine and dietary programs … and then he asked, “Well, you do chelation therapy, of course?” I explained my reservation about doing any treatments that were exaggerated in their claims of helping … especially with a wide variety of illnesses. He said simply: “Come with me.” We climbed up one flight of stairs. “Here,” he said, “is my nurse. And my charts. And my patients. Have a good day.” And what a day it was! I could barely believe the documented results of patients who had barely been able to walk due to shortness of breath or chest pains or calf pains. And I got to hear their stunning stories, in person – and to lay my hands on their bodies. I was hooked. I spent the next five months studying everything that I could find on chelation, so that I would “ace” the written exam. At the training, I met Warren Levin, MD, of New York City, clearly the best lecturer at the meeting. I spent two glorious learning days in his office; the same for Milan Packovich, MD, of Pittsburgh; also for Charles Farr, PhD, MD, of Oklahoma City; and for another eight doctors who generously offered to share their best ideas with me, so that I could strive from the start “to be the best.” H. Ray Evers, MD, of Dothan, Alabama, graciously hosted me for three days to see the best of the past. And thus began my saga, to “learn more and do better than anyone else.” At the very least, each of my parents and I myself benefited greatly. Trowbridge’s Idiot’s Guidelines to Diagnosing Cardiovascular (and Other) Diseases The following questions are essential! Who is affected? Environmental exposures, other illnesses/ operations? What is the change (deviation) from normal structure/function? When did these changes start? When have they progressed? Where is the site … of the ill organ/s? Of the patient (home/work/ travel, present and past)? Why did the change/s occur (preceding or associated events)? How did the change/s develop and worsen? This is often the most critical question. … The principal part of everything is the beginning. By answering these basic “reporter’s questions,” a good start can be made toward diagnosis and effective early treatment. Every patient starts here, no matter how complex or easy. Following this list reduces your likelihood of skipping an important factor and heading in the wrong direction. Trowbridge’s Diagnostic Testing for Dummies: Cardiovascular Diseases The following tests can be useful: (Obviously physical exam with pulse and blood pressure and respiratory rate, CBC with differential and platelets, metabolic chemistry panel, and urinalysis, 12-lead and rhythm EKG, and CXR just to be sure that “basics” are covered) ….and Ferritin Homocysteine Fructosamine Glycohemoglobin Vitamin D3 ESR ANA (quantitative plus pattern) RA (quantitative) Fibrinogen Uric acid LDL low-density lipoprotein Lp(a) lipoprotein cholesterol Small dense LDL Remnant lipoprotein (RLP) cholesterol HDL or HDL2b cholesterol Apolipoprotein B Triglycerides. These factors look largely at genetic or epigenetic issues, to focus treatment on those factors where free radicals matter most. Anatomic function testing, as described, is directed toward specific “problem” areas. Trowbridge’s “12-Step Program” of Don’ts and Do’s DON’T Assume that the “other doctors” will appreciate your participation or any patient improvements; Assume that the condition has been correctly diagnosed or cannot be treated; Assume that the present medications are not contributing to or actually causing symptomatic complaints; Assume that a failing course is a likely outcome for this patient at this time; Assume that the treatments earlier prescribed by other doctors are correct or even required; Assume that nutritional support has little to contribute; Assume that any “diet” that has been earlier counseled is appropriate; Assume that oxygen saturation levels are sufficient, even when not grossly abnormal; Assume that an operation is the best next choice; Assume that activity level seen is the best that can be obtained; Assume that your patient understands anything at all about his/her condition, treatment, improvement, or worsening; Assume that your patient is at peace in his/ her soul. DO Expect to educate your patient about the medical and political community as well as about costs and coverages for whatever you do – in person, through books and brochures, with your staff actively supporting; Expect that effective treatment can be started, literally, immediately and then improved upon; Expect that a substantial improvement is within easy reach; Expect that the rate of worsening can be slowed then halted for many patients … and then “better” is “within reach”; Expect that your assessment will reveal alternatives that have been missed, disregarded, or ignored; Expect that proper supplements can be, in fact, life-saving; Expect that radical revision of food intake can be life-saving; Expect that supplemental oxygen can be life-saving; Expect that any patient can be better prepared to survive; any needed surgery … or to avoid it altogether; Expect that a gradual physical therapy program can be started immediately; Expect that you will need to explain the patient’s condition (pipes/pump/ performance, mito energy production, interrelated body functions, and so on) and basics of his/her treatment plans … often; Expect that crucial spiritual encounters can be lifesaving. * These steps assume that appropriate medical treatment will be pursued concurrently, including detoxification of organic toxins or toxic heavy metals as needed. Samsel A, Seneff S. Glyphosate’s suppression of cytochrome p450 enzymes and amino acid biosynthesis by the gut microbiome: pathways to modern diseases. Entropy. 2013;15(4):1416–1463. Seelig M. Magnesium Deficiency in the Pathogenesis of Disease: Early Roots of Cardiovascular, Skeletal, and Renal Abnormalities. Springer; 2012. Shahid A, Wilkinson K, Marcu S, Shapiro CM, eds. STOP, THAT and One Hundred Other Sleep Scales. New York: Springer-Verlag; 2012:317–318. Bircher J. Towards a dynamic definition of health and disease. Med Health Care Philos. 2005;8:335– 341 u Previous Next Related Articles When You Sincerely Want To Feel Better And All Else Has Failed If The Path You’re On Is Still Pain Riddled Are You Ready To Try One That’s Pain-Free? 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WE see these details in our daily lives … but our parents remain blissfully unaware of many of these incredible discoveries. Read More Dr T asks … in a Memorial Day PICKLE? You might be! May 25, 2012 The truth is that at least 40 million Americans are suffering daily with “arthritis pains.” Millions more, every day, are getting injured with sprains and strains – or worse – that will lead them down the path of painful “degenerative joint disease” as years go by. What’s worse, an estimated 10 – 30,000 Americans die each year from side-effects of the “arthritis” medications available by prescription or (increasingly) over-the-counter. Read More Are You a Lemon? May 23, 2012 This is a book about how the world of medicine was changed by a Missouri country doctor’s discoveries, colleges and osteopathic physicians using these principles of health and healing in the 21st century. Dr. Trowbridge was honored to write one of the chapters in the book, but the entire book is a great read. Read More The Hidden Cause of Feeling Awful May 11, 2012 Could you be suffering with The Yeast Syndrome and you don’t realize THAT is your problem? Remember that “Close only counts in horse-shoes and hand grenades,” so not quite getting the right treatment means that your problems linger and even worsen … and that you’ve hopped on the Medical Merry-Go-Round – seeing specialist after specialist, for months and years, as your problems worsen. Read More Too Close To Halitosis?!? May 07, 2012 Whew! – maybe you could step back a little? A little more? Try saying THAT to your boss … your spouse … your girlfriend … your daughter-in-law. There’s just lotsa people with whom we come into contact who have – bless their souls – a bit stronger “signature” in the air. We’re careful not to “pass gas” in the neighborhood … but try not talking! Or not even breathing! Our society is loaded with FAST – EASY – FREE solutions to many of life’s “troubling problems” Read More You Can’t Believe Everything You Read April 6, 2012 My mother gave me a copy of LIFE EXTENSION when it was published in 1983. She was excited to have found it … and I enjoyed reading it. She found the information very reassuring, as well she should. But I had to caution her that about two-thirds of what they published was “relevant” or “true,” while the remaining third didn’t have as much “importance” as they suggested. Read More Startling New Revelations About Obamacare … That Will Affect Your Care March 22, 2012 On this second anniversary of the passage of the health care law known affectionately as “ObamaCare,” you need to know … that some people now have read it … (remember Nancy Pelosi: “You’ve got to pass the bill to find out what’s in it”) … And what they read has disturbed many of them! Read More Going Beyond Failed Resolutions December 29, 2011 Life has a funny way of showing up while we’re busy doing other things. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that this day – today – is NOT a dress rehearsal, it’s actually the REAL thing. The holidays at the end of the year often are hectic times ….. finding gifts, wrapping them, shopping for meals, cooking them, cleaning the house for entertaining … then cleaning up after the party. And then – finally catching up on your rest! Needs PDF Speak with One of Our Treatment Counselors Learning how we can help you is easier than you think! We're delighted to answer your questions and to share our dozen of books, brochures, and slide shows, and audio/video programs so you can browse in the comfort of your home. We're ready to discuss your health concerns and goals and your next steps to take advantage of our experience helping people like you recover and enjoy a brighter future. How to arrange a consultation with Dr. Trowbridge? Just call us! How to arrange a personalized long-distance "teleconsultation" with Dr. Trowbridge? Just call us! DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN Learn More Request Consultation Hours We Are Available Monday 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM Tuesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Wednesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Thursday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Friday Closed Saturday Closed Sunday Closed Office Location 9816 Memorial Blvd – Suite 205 Humble, Texas 77338 Contact Us Phone: DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN 281-540-2329 Email: info@healthCHOICESnow.com Quick Links Home About Us Treatments Testimonials Learning Center Contact Us Privacy Policy Disclaimer Terms of Use If you know the Humble area, our office is 1/2 miles south of Deerbrook Mall (FM 1960), off the west side feeder road for US 59 - turning right toward the hospital, we're the second building on your left - red brick, 2 story building. No treatment can guarantee a specific result. Patients are encouraged to request a consultation to determine what options may be appropriate for their individual needs.

General Topics Professional Oral Health Care Helps Prevent Heart Attacks & Strokes Although there is no conclusive proof found that gum disease causes heart disease or stroke, there is good news for folks who remain loyal to the recommended annual visit to the dental hygienist. A recent study from Taiwan suggests that people who routinely get their teeth cleaned (undergo professional tooth scaling) have as much as 24 percent lower risk of heart attacks and 13 percent lower risk of stroke, than those who never actually visit the hygienist. Researchers have also concluded from a similar Swedish study that harmful oral flora is an excellent predictor of heart attack and stroke. The effects of oral health on overall healthfulness have been the subject of scientific studies for quite some time, and this new research provides added proof that patients who receive regular dental care and follow recommended oral hygiene regimens can successfully reduce their risk of both heart attack and stroke. Taiwan Study The study from Taiwan followed 100,000 participants over a 7-year period, most of whom submitted to professional teeth cleaning at least twice or more in two years; and at least once or less in two years. About half of the adults underwent full or partial tooth scaling while the other half matched with gender and health conditions from the test group but had no tooth scaling. Although researchers did not adjust for potential heart attack and stroke risk factors prior to the study none of the participants reported a history of heart attack or stroke. shutterstock_142808959Emily (Zu-Yin) Chen, M.D., cardiology fellow at the Veterans General Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan concluded from the study that protection from heart disease and stroke was more pronounced in participants who received tooth scaling at least once a year. In other words, clinical oral health care—tooth scaling—reduces bacterial growth that can lead to serious cardiovascular conditions. In a separate study coming from Sweden, researchers discovered that the value of markers for gum disease predict heart attack, congestive heart failure and stroke in different ways and in slightly different degrees. Anders Holmlund, D.D.S., Ph.D. Centre for Research and Development of the County Council of Gävleborg, Sweden, and senior consultant; Specialized Dentistry, studied 7,999 participants with periodontal disease and found people with: Fewer than 21 teeth had a 69 percent increased risk of heart attack compared to those with the most teeth. A higher number of deepened periodontal pockets (infection of the gum around the base of the tooth) had a 53 percent increased risk of heart attack compared to those with the fewest pockets. The least amount of teeth had a 2.5 increased risk of congestive heart failure compared to those with the most teeth. The highest incidence of gum bleeding had a 2.1 increased risk of stroke compared to those with the lowest incidence. These studies highlight the importance of educating patients about oral health to stress the potential impact periodontal disease can have on overall healthfulness. Unfortunately many adults develop some type of periodontal disease due to a lack of daily brushing and flossing, and all too infrequent visits to the dental hygienist. Routine teeth cleaning will help avoid periodontal disease, and ultimately can help to prevent heart attack and stokes. Previous Next Related Articles Yeast Related Illnesses Are Causing Chronic Unwellness Around The World What You Don’t Know About Reconstructive Therapy (RT) Could Keep You In Pain Immunity-Inflammation-Infection Professional Oral Health Care Helps Prevent Heart Attacks & Strokes The Best-Stressed Executive SO MANY OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE SUFFERING NEEDLESSLY – NOW YOU CAN REALLY HELP! Could “Deep Blood Fungus” Be Killing You Slowly? Go Ahead And Get Vaccinated? Regardless, You Need To Commit To Getting Healthy First Physician President Of The International Academy Of Biological Dentistry And Medicine Shares Facts About How Your Mouth Creates Degenerative Diseases That You’ll Never Hear Elsewhere The Mystery Is How Many People Are Willing To Suffer Endlessly The Healing Effects Of Water Summer Festivals, Carnivals, Cookouts And Food Comas Your Doctor Doesn’t Really Expect You To Get Well Or Better Why Your Quest For Health Has Simply Become A Quest To Feel Better Here’s The Stopping Point For Anyone Ready To Get Off The Pain Train Your Suffering Could Be Caused By The Yeast Beast Why Do Food Companies Use MSG? Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award And Best-Selling Author, Dr. John Trowbridge, Writes About The Serious Health Consequences That May Be The Result Of Overgrowth of Naturally Occurring Yeast. Dr. Trowbridge Interview with Jack Canfield The Rumble in Humble Recurring Patterns Of Health Problems Can Indicate Yeast Syndrome Feeding The Soul At The Body’s Expense What If Police Took Drunk Drivers To A Doctor Instead Of To Jail Do you have a lack of sweetness in your life? Chelation Kickstarts Your Body’s Natural Healing Processes Hours We Are Available Monday 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM Tuesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Wednesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Thursday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Friday Closed Saturday Closed Sunday Closed Office Location 9816 Memorial Blvd – Suite 205 Humble, Texas 77338 Contact Us Phone: DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN 281-540-2329 Email: info@healthCHOICESnow.com Quick Links Home About Us Treatments Testimonials Learning Center Contact Us Privacy Policy Disclaimer Terms of Use If you know the Humble area, our office is 1/2 miles south of Deerbrook Mall (FM 1960), off the west side feeder road for US 59 - turning right toward the hospital, we're the second building on your left - red brick, 2 story building. No treatment can guarantee a specific result. Patients are encouraged to request a consultation to determine what options may be appropriate for their individual needs.

Learn the story and meaning behind the Health Choices Now logo and how its design reflects the philosophy and identity of the practice. | About Our Logo Many people are curious about the space-walking astronaut inside the heart design. The answer is simple. Houston, you know, is Space City Houston, home to NASA and the Space Center Houston visitor’s center. NASA has, over the past 50+ years, specialized in taking all we know in the physical sciences and pushing the limits far beyond, designing ways for humans to survive in the hostile environment of outer space and on the planets beyond. In a similar way, we at Life Celebrating Health have made a 30+ year career specializing in taking all we know in the biological sciences and pushing the limits far beyond, designing innovative ways for humans to survive, thrive, and prosper in the “hostile environment of planet earth,” now and for many years to come. Shouldn’t your present and future wellbeing be the only goal of “Advanced and Anti-Aging/Longevity Medicine”? Isn’t that truly the meaning of “LIFE … CELEBRATING HEALTH!” And rest assured, we do this with the gentle human touch. Everyone talks about “care and caring.” We do it. We listen to you. We take the time to examine you. We discover your many wants and needs. We put forth our best professional yet personalized efforts for you to dance on earth as happily as though you were walking in space. Bookmark this page right now, so you can share with friends and return to this site easily. See e-mail options below. E-mail us for personal assistance and please include your phone number in message. Ask questions about how we might help you: info@healthCHOICESnow.com If you are already a patient and want to send a message to the staff or doctor: patient@healthCHOICESnow.com For information on our latest exciting treatment advances: news@healthCHOICESnow.com Schedule Your Personal Consultation Today! DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN Speak with One of Our Treatment Counselors Learning how we can help you is easier than you think! We're delighted to answer your questions and to share our dozen of books, brochures, and slide shows, and audio/video programs so you can browse in the comfort of your home. We're ready to discuss your health concerns and goals and your next steps to take advantage of our experience helping people like you recover and enjoy a brighter future. How to arrange a consultation with Dr. Trowbridge? Just call us! How to arrange a personalized long-distance "teleconsultation" with Dr. Trowbridge? Just call us! DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN Learn More Request Consultation Hours We Are Available Monday 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM Tuesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Wednesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Thursday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Friday Closed Saturday Closed Sunday Closed Office Location 9816 Memorial Blvd – Suite 205 Humble, Texas 77338 Contact Us Phone: DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN 281-540-2329 Email: info@healthCHOICESnow.com Quick Links Home About Us Treatments Testimonials Learning Center Contact Us Privacy Policy Disclaimer Terms of Use If you know the Humble area, our office is 1/2 miles south of Deerbrook Mall (FM 1960), off the west side feeder road for US 59 - turning right toward the hospital, we're the second building on your left - red brick, 2 story building. No treatment can guarantee a specific result. Patients are encouraged to request a consultation to determine what options may be appropriate for their individual needs.

General Topics Why Do Food Companies Use MSG? MSG is a common ingredient in many packaged foods and many food companies claim that MSG is a “flavor enhancer” or a preservative and that is necessary to keep packaged foods fresh and healthful. The truth is that MSG does not tenderize meat or preserve food. It does however trick your taste buds into thinking that MSG treated food tastes good, has healthy ingredients in it like protein, and therefore must be good for you. Food companies use MSG to disguise the “tinny” taste of canned food products and to give a fresh taste to frozen or freeze-dried foods. Food companies are able to make their ingredients go much further with the help of this flavor enhancer, thus cutting their production costs. Inferior products and higher profits prevail at the expense of consumer health. For some people though it is not a flavor enhancer, but a harmful ingredient that can cause headaches, vomiting, diarrhea and asthma attacks Why do some people experience a reaction after ingesting MSG? MSG works like a drug, altering taste buds’ sensitivity. Not everyone reacts negatively to MSG, it is estimated that about 30% has an adverse reaction. Current levels added to food are fifty times higher than amounts used forty years ago—and the amount of MSG added to our food grows each year. What kinds of reactions can MSG cause in people? Some documented reactions to ingesting MSG include: Headaches Stomach upset Nausea Vomiting Diarrhea Asthma attacks Shortness of breath Anxiety Not everyone is sensitive to mono sodium glutamate but many pediatricians recommend avoiding this ingredient in baby food or food for toddlers. In addition, some medical research has revealed glutamate connections in Alzheimer’s disease, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), diabetes, Huntington’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease. Hidden sources MSG must be included on the label; food manufacturers are aware that consumers have become familiar with mono-sodium glutamate. When added to another ingredient, as is the case with carrageenan (seaweed) the FDA does not require that MSG be included on a label. Food labels list the ingredients in descending order. The higher up on the list an ingredient – the greater the quantity there is of that ingredient. For example, a bread label might list whole-wheat flour or unbleached flour as the first ingredient because the main ingredient in bread is flour. There is some controversy about products which may contain MSG and yet do NOT list it as an ingredient. Possible Sources of MSG Textured protein Carrageenan Vegetable gum Natural flavorings Smoke flavoring Bouillon Barley malt Malt extract Malt flavoring Whey protein concentrate Soy protein concentrate Soy extract If you are concerned about artificial flavors and MSG the best way to avoid them is to use fresh food. Buying wholesome ingredients for cooking rather than pre-packaged processed foods may require more planning, but will be healthier for you and your loved ones. Previous Next Related Articles Your Mouth Might Be Trying To Tell You Something About Your Overall Health First Physician President Of The International Academy Of Biological Dentistry And Medicine Shares Facts About How Your Mouth Creates Degenerative Diseases That You’ll Never Hear Elsewhere How long will we watch our children suffer from the water crisis? Missing Information That May Play A Role In Treating And Preventing COVID-19 Is the Lead Water Crisis Impacting Your Community? Reconstructive Therapy: The Arthritis Cure Your Doctor Won’t Tell You About When You Sincerely Want To Feel Better And All Else Has Failed Lead Contamination: What You Need to Know Special October Surprise! Here’s The Stopping Point For Anyone Ready To Get Off The Pain Train Why Your Quest For Health Has Simply Become A Quest To Feel Better The Beast That Keeps You Chronically Ill Could Be Yeast You Only Get One Space Suit When You Arrive On Planet Earth You Are Likely Suffering As A Result Of F.U.P.O. SO MANY OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE SUFFERING NEEDLESSLY – NOW YOU CAN REALLY HELP! It’s Time To Feel Rejuvenated Did You Miss Out On Return To The Light – The Sunlight Taming Your Inner Yeast This Summer Is Too Hot To Handle: Be Smart, Stay Cool, Stay Hydrated A Disease With Many Masks The Pain Of Surgical Mistakes Is Worse Than The Pain You Seek To Eliminate What’s the Science Behind Regenerative Cells? Eliminate Chronic Pain That Can Lead To Compromised Immune System Look to the Youth to Look to the Future Feeding The Soul At The Body’s Expense Hours We Are Available Monday 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM Tuesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Wednesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Thursday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Friday Closed Saturday Closed Sunday Closed Office Location 9816 Memorial Blvd – Suite 205 Humble, Texas 77338 Contact Us Phone: DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN 281-540-2329 Email: info@healthCHOICESnow.com Quick Links Home About Us Treatments Testimonials Learning Center Contact Us Privacy Policy Disclaimer Terms of Use If you know the Humble area, our office is 1/2 miles south of Deerbrook Mall (FM 1960), off the west side feeder road for US 59 - turning right toward the hospital, we're the second building on your left - red brick, 2 story building. No treatment can guarantee a specific result. Patients are encouraged to request a consultation to determine what options may be appropriate for their individual needs.

Contact Health Choices Now and Dr. John Trowbridge in Humble, Texas to ask questions, request information, or schedule a consultation. | Contact Us Start Your Health Journey Today Have questions about our services or ready to take the next step toward better health? Contact Health Choices Now to learn more about our approach, available services, and appointment options. Our team is here to provide helpful information and assist you in determining the appropriate next steps for your individual needs. First name* Last name* Email Phone* Inquiry* Questions about Treatments Billing Questions Travel Arrangements Key Note Speaker Request Other Messge Submit Hours We Are Available Monday 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM Tuesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Wednesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Thursday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Friday Closed Saturday Closed Sunday Closed Office Location 9816 Memorial Blvd – Suite 205 Humble, Texas 77338 Contact Us Phone: DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN 281-540-2329 Email: info@healthCHOICESnow.com Quick Links Home About Us Treatments Testimonials Learning Center Contact Us Privacy Policy Disclaimer Terms of Use If you know the Humble area, our office is 1/2 miles south of Deerbrook Mall (FM 1960), off the west side feeder road for US 59 - turning right toward the hospital, we're the second building on your left - red brick, 2 story building. No treatment can guarantee a specific result. Patients are encouraged to request a consultation to determine what options may be appropriate for their individual needs.

General Topics First Physician President Of The International Academy Of Biological Dentistry And Medicine Shares Facts About How Your Mouth Creates Degenerative Diseases That You’ll Never Hear Elsewhere Previous Next Related Articles Most People Prefer Synthetic Hormones Over The Body’s Own Healing Mechanism Why Do Food Companies Use MSG? Your Major Defense Against Disease Is What You Feed Your Body Just Think About It Be a Hero! Save the Life of One of Your Family or Friends! It’s Time To Feel Rejuvenated Missing Information That May Play A Role In Treating And Preventing COVID-19 In a time of Mercury Exposure, Healthy Detoxification is Key The Healing Effects Of Water Go Ahead And Get Vaccinated? Regardless, You Need To Commit To Getting Healthy Hurricanes Can Make You Sick Long After They’re Gone Pain Relief Tragedy of the Flint Michigan Contamination Taming Your Inner Yeast The Colon Cleanse Debate Spring Into A Refreshing, Renewing, And Rejuvenating Approach To Your Health Care The Sickening History Of The Medical Industry Non-surgical Treatment for Arthritis Breast Cancer Prevention Conference What You Don’t Know About Reconstructive Therapy (RT) Could Keep You In Pain The Self-Healing Human Body Only Needs A Mechanic When Something Is Broken Happy New Year Happy No Yeast Your Diet Could Be Contributing To Dementia SO MANY OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE SUFFERING NEEDLESSLY – NOW YOU CAN REALLY HELP! Listen, Do You Want To Know A Secret… Hours We Are Available Monday 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM Tuesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Wednesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Thursday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Friday Closed Saturday Closed Sunday Closed Office Location 9816 Memorial Blvd – Suite 205 Humble, Texas 77338 Contact Us Phone: DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN 281-540-2329 Email: info@healthCHOICESnow.com Quick Links Home About Us Treatments Testimonials Learning Center Contact Us Privacy Policy Disclaimer Terms of Use If you know the Humble area, our office is 1/2 miles south of Deerbrook Mall (FM 1960), off the west side feeder road for US 59 - turning right toward the hospital, we're the second building on your left - red brick, 2 story building. No treatment can guarantee a specific result. Patients are encouraged to request a consultation to determine what options may be appropriate for their individual needs.

General Topics Special Bonus A special bonus for you, in appreciation for visiting our website ….. the entire text of our book – a $12 value – to help you and your friends understand recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of heart and blood vessel diseases, the major causes of death in 20th century industrialized societies. Regular medical doctors prescribe drugs and send patients to cardiology heart doctors. Cardiologists prescribe drugs and perform “angioplasty” balloon operations – and send patients to cardiovascular surgeons – who perform bypass operations. BUT WHAT ABOUT ANY NON-SURGICAL ALTERNATIVES? Drugs will always be useful to “stop bad things from happening” – but they can do little to correct or repair underlying problems. (That’s why patients are often told “you’ll need to take this for the rest of your life.”) On the other hand, nutritional supplements are the vitamins, minerals, amino acids, essential fatty acids, and other items from which your body is made. Properly prescribed, “therapeutic dosages” of nutritional supplements have been shown to be very helpful in aiding your body to correct or repair underlying problems. Operations – whether balloon “angioplasty” (done since the 1980s) or other “bypass” procedures (done since the 1960s) – can be lifesaving, when they are needed to get blood past a blockage in major blood vessels. However, surgery is restricted to a few dozen inches of larger blood vessels – and it does nothing to help correct or repair underlying problems that caused the blockage ….. and these problems are still affecting the other 60,000 MILES of blood vessels in your body. Indeed, “repeat” operations are common, because the newly opened or bypassed areas can block off again. Chelation therapy (done since the 1950s) is a prescribed medical treatment, offered only by licensed, trained physicians – just the same as operations are offered only by licensed, trained surgeons. Chelation is used to “turn on” body repair processes. This can result in better function of body cells and organs – AND improved blood flow to many areas of the body. The results can be remarkable. Are these SEPARATE and EXCLUSIVE treatments for patients suffering with heart and blood vessel diseases? Absolutely NOT! But which ones are right for YOU? These programs – drugs, nutritional supplements, operations, chelation therapy – along with proper dietary and exercise prescriptions, provide a wide range of treatment options to help each and every patient survive better. The key is understanding how to use them best. And that’s what “THE RUMBLE IN HUMBLE: HEART SURGERY AND ALL THAT JAZZ!” is all about, building bridges between different schools of thought in medical care, so that our patients WIN by getting the best possible combination of treatments that they need. The more your doctors talk with each other, the more complete can be the planning for your care. The more your doctors talk with you, the more you can become a true participant in your own care. Have you really found out all the facts that you need to know? Did your doctor explain to you all of your treatment options – or make all the choices for you? Now is the time for you to start taking a more active role in making your own choices ….. for living. Simply DOWNLOAD the full text of this book as a “Rich Text Format” file, easily readable “off-line” by Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, and many other word processors. Save the file to your DESKTOP, so you won’t lose it somewhere on your hard disk. Remember that you are free to print copies to share with family and friends but commercial use or any other distribution is expressly prohibited by the copyright owner. As a PREMIUM BONUS, you are invited to DOWNLOAD a unique SLIDE SHOW on “Chelation Therapy History” for your future reference. Send the file to your DESKTOP, so you won’t lose it somewhere on your hard disk. You will have a permanent show for friends and family – even for your doctor! – on the scientific proof of this effective, non-surgical treatment for America’s number one killer. Remember that you are free to share with family and friends but commercial use or any other distribution is expressly prohibited by the copyright owner. As ANOTHER PREMIUM BONUS, you are invited to DOWNLOAD unique LECTURE NOTES on “Chelation Therapy History” for your future reference. Save the file to your DESKTOP, so you won’t lose it somewhere on your hard disk. This lecture outline is presented as a “Rich Text Format” file, easily readable “off-line” by Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, and many other word processors. If you have a science background, you’ll definitely enjoy this detailed documentation. Otherwise, share it with your doctor – who never again will be able to say “There’s no proof that Chelation Therapy works!” Remember that you are free to print copies to share with family and friends but commercial use or any other distribution is expressly prohibited by the copyright owner. Jump to HEALTH RECOVERY section Jump to PAIN RELIEF section Jump to LIFE…LONG…HEALTH section Jump to WHY OUR APPROACHES WORK section Bookmark this page right now, so you can share with friends and return to this site easily. See e-mail options below. E-mail us for personal assistance and please include your phone number in message. Ask questions about how we might help you: info@healthCHOICESnow.com If you are already a patient and want to send a message to the staff or doctor: patient@healthCHOICESnow.com For information on our latest exciting treatment advances: news@healthCHOICESnow.com To schedule your personal consultation and start treatments ….. DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN or fax us at 1-281-540-4329 problems or questions with website: webmaster@healthCHOICESnow.com All text on this website is the property of, and Common Law Copyright is held by, LIFE CHOICES PTO, and all rights are exclusively reserved. Material is presented here by specific permission and may be further copied to share with family and friends. Any commercial reproduction or distribution is expressly prohibited. Previous Next Related Articles What If Police Took Drunk Drivers To A Doctor Instead Of To Jail Dr. Trowbridge Interview with Jack Canfield Just Think About It The Lead Epidemic First Physician President Of The International Academy Of Biological Dentistry And Medicine Shares Facts About How Your Mouth Creates Degenerative Diseases That You’ll Never Hear Elsewhere Another Dozen Good Habits for a Healthy Life If The Path You’re On Is Still Pain Riddled Are You Ready To Try One That’s Pain-Free? Most People Prefer Synthetic Hormones Over The Body’s Own Healing Mechanism Happy New Year Happy No Yeast Feeling Better Naturally What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know Can Hurt You Health Recovery A Disease With Many Masks Hurricanes Can Make You Sick Long After They’re Gone What IF a Second Opinion Could SAVE YOU From An Avoidable Operation Or Side-Effects of Drugs? Your Body Could Be Hosting A Yeast Feast Your Diet Could Be Contributing To Dementia The Pain Of Surgical Mistakes Is Worse Than The Pain You Seek To Eliminate What IF you have an INFECTION that has never been seen or suspected? Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award And Best-Selling Author, Dr. John Trowbridge, Writes About The Serious Health Consequences That May Be The Result Of Overgrowth of Naturally Occurring Yeast. The Yeast Syndrome How long will we watch our children suffer from the water crisis? “EXERCISE” that’s FUN and HEALING? The Rumble in Humble Pain Relief Hours We Are Available Monday 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM Tuesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Wednesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Thursday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Friday Closed Saturday Closed Sunday Closed Office Location 9816 Memorial Blvd – Suite 205 Humble, Texas 77338 Contact Us Phone: DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN 281-540-2329 Email: info@healthCHOICESnow.com Quick Links Home About Us Treatments Testimonials Learning Center Contact Us Privacy Policy Disclaimer Terms of Use If you know the Humble area, our office is 1/2 miles south of Deerbrook Mall (FM 1960), off the west side feeder road for US 59 - turning right toward the hospital, we're the second building on your left - red brick, 2 story building. No treatment can guarantee a specific result. Patients are encouraged to request a consultation to determine what options may be appropriate for their individual needs.

General Topics This Summer Is Too Hot To Handle: Be Smart, Stay Cool, Stay Hydrated Unprecedented heat is taking its toll throughout the entire world this summer of 2023. Across the U.S. we have, as of this writing, experienced 39 consecutive days with the heat index well over 100 degrees. Even those in tip-top shape are at risk when spending extended periods of time in this excessive heat. If you are elderly or if your health is compromised in any way you are especially vulnerable to the higher temperatures. If you’re “out” enjoying sports or “gotta-get-done” chores, heat-related issues can sneak up on you quite easily. Temperature extremes most directly affect health by compromising the body’s ability to regulate its internal temperature. Loss of internal temperature control can result in various illnesses, including heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heatstroke, and hyperthermia from extreme heat events. It’s important to stay hydrated. I mean with WATER and appropriate salt if you are sweating enough, not with sweet tea, sugary drinks, or milk shakes. Good old H2O is what the body needs to maintain temperature control. Certain health conditions are more prone to flare up in heat than others. For instance, people with arthritis often report that heat has an adverse effect on their condition (although some claim they feel better!). Also, those with autoimmune conditions, fibromyalgia, and migraines, need to be extra cautious in the heat. In addition, respiratory illnesses are also particularly vulnerable to excessive heat. This year, it’s not just the heat we are dealing with. We also have smoke in the air from Canada and California. This is one summer that is too hot to handle. And dust in the air from the Sahara. So please, stay smart. Stay hydrated. And stay inside if you can. And remember that water is your body’s best friend – and sweating increases your need for salt … yes, it’s a dance to coordinate with your doctor. If you have compromised health conditions and are ready to look for the real cause of your condition instead of taking more medications or scheduling more surgeries, give my office a call. The conditions I mentioned above may be indications that you are suffering as a result of (or perhaps worsened by) The Yeast Syndrome. I’ve been helping my patients achieve better states of health when they’ve been diagnosed by the mainstream medical industry with even more serious conditions for almost 45 years. Let’s work together to help you get through the summer and to a place where you can celebrate health … for many more delightful years to come, with your spouse, your friends, your children and grandchildren! Previous Next Related Articles Go Ahead And Get Vaccinated? Regardless, You Need To Commit To Getting Healthy Here’s The Stopping Point For Anyone Ready To Get Off The Pain Train The Body As Brewery Your Body Could Be Hosting A Yeast Feast Could “Deep Blood Fungus” Be Killing You Slowly? Health Recovery “EXERCISE” that’s FUN and HEALING? A Disease With Many Masks The Medical Industry Has Turned Humans Into Yeast Factories In a time of Mercury Exposure, Healthy Detoxification is Key What IF a Second Opinion Could SAVE YOU From An Avoidable Operation Or Side-Effects of Drugs? Is Cholesterol The Culprit Or Is It The Yeast Syndrome Hurricane Hell 2022: The Fungal Aftermath of Suffering and Deadly Diseases The A, B, C’s Of How Lifestyle And Modern Medicine Nurture And Cultivate Illness How About a Big Dose of Fluoride with Your Veggies? The Mystery Is How Many People Are Willing To Suffer Endlessly A World Of Smaller Penises, Two-headed And Lazy Sperm Metabolic Syndrome A Sermon Dedicated to Rev. Billy Graham This Summer Is Too Hot To Handle: Be Smart, Stay Cool, Stay Hydrated Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award And Best-Selling Author, Dr. John Trowbridge, Writes About The Serious Health Consequences That May Be The Result Of Overgrowth of Naturally Occurring Yeast. Nutritional Medicine Sounds Like An Oxymoron But It’s The Core Of Health Treat the Heart, Not the Symptoms Happy New Year Happy No Yeast Is the Lead Water Crisis Impacting Your Community? Hours We Are Available Monday 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM Tuesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Wednesday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Thursday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Friday Closed Saturday Closed Sunday Closed Office Location 9816 Memorial Blvd – Suite 205 Humble, Texas 77338 Contact Us Phone: DIAL 1-800-FIX-PAIN 281-540-2329 Email: info@healthCHOICESnow.com Quick Links Home About Us Treatments Testimonials Learning Center Contact Us Privacy Policy Disclaimer Terms of Use If you know the Humble area, our office is 1/2 miles south of Deerbrook Mall (FM 1960), off the west side feeder road for US 59 - turning right toward the hospital, we're the second building on your left - red brick, 2 story building. No treatment can guarantee a specific result. Patients are encouraged to request a consultation to determine what options may be appropriate for their individual needs.