Tags: antibiotics, micro-flora, microbes
The Complex World of Microbes Posted on July 18th, 2012
Many of us in the world of complementary medicine have always known that the “gut” is the command post of the human body. Ask any practitioner and they will tell you that if you want to improve memory, if you want to improve energy and stamina, if you want to pain and inflammation to back off, or if you want to improve the respiratory system, you have to start with the gut. What you eat, how you digest it and the millions of microbes in the gut and their balance or imbalance, largely determine your over-all health. Odd that science has largely missed this obvious premise. But now, scientists are starting to study the micro-flora in the gut, and they are coming up with some surprising findings. For a hundred years, doctors have waged war on infections with antibiotics – but at what cost? Just look at TV advertizing for various preparations and OTC medications to treat toe nail fungus, vaginal yeast infections, eczema, psoriasis, dandruff, asthma and allergies, which are largely related to an imbalance of gut flora caused by the over-use of antibiotics. The wide-spread use of antibiotics has given rise to antibiotic resistant diseases such as C. difficile (Clostridium difficile) which can invade a person’s gut following a course of antibiotics. Since 2009, the number of hospitalized patients with C. dif has doubled from 139,000 to 336,000 cases. C. difficile is hard to eradicate. Finally science is discovering probiotics, acidophilus, lactobacillus biffidus something that we alternative types have known for years. Nice to see that scientists are discovering the garden of the gut. I just wonder what took them so long.
Tags: Jeff, Who Still Lives at Home
That’s the Universe! Posted on July 9th, 2012
If you have ever wondered how the universe works and you believe in “signs” the movie, Jeff, Who Still Lives at Home, will give you a clue about the inner-workings of Universal principles. I had just finished teaching a training in Medical Intuition in Upstate New York, and I was staying at the Hilton Hotel. I was awakened at six o’clock in the morning with an announcement from United Airlines that my flight had been delayed. Not wanting to give up my first class ticket, I threw on some clothes and hurried over to the Buffalo airport to secure another travel option. The agent was very helpful and soon I was on my way, first class with Delta Airlines. As I settled in to my seat and the plane took off, I perused the movie selection – nothing. A war movie, two CIA movies, one Sci-Fi movie and an odd title called Jeff, Who Still Lived at Home. I took a chance. I could have written blogs or pulled out my Kindle, but as the Universe would have it, this movie turned out to be more than just entertainment. The movie is about a misunderstood, slightly adrift young man, who follows a clue and ultimately ends up saving a man’s life. The whole story starts out with a request by Jeff’s mother played by Susan Sarandon, to go and pick up a tube of wood glue. However a series of comedic and unexpected events, leads Jeff to cross paths with his family in the strangest of locations and circumstances. If you can’t quite figure out what you are supposed to be doing, there’s a reason. If you think you are adrift and going nowhere, there is also a reason. Just like Jeff, the hand of destiny is at work if you pay attention to the signs.
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/jeff-who-lives-at-home-20120314