The Six Subclinical Defects (Signs of Disease)
'Your Prescription for Health' is a health model-based system for addressing the disease-causing effects and sources of environmental and biochemical toxins. It is the logical approach to solving degenerative diseases and bringing a halt to repeat infection and biochemical imbalances of which gum disease, dental decay, TMJ dysfunction and mercury toxicity are a part. Rather than treating symptoms, this method deals with the causes of the problem. It recognizes the existence of six fundamental defects that are common to every degenerative disease.
The six, which must be addressed in the order provided (for reasons to be explained later) include:
- pH imbalance-primarily Acidemia
- Anaerobic Tendency
- Free Calcium Excess
- Chronic Inflammation
- Connective Tissue Breakdown
- Oxidative Stress
The relationship of these six denominators of health and disease is visually depicted in the following illustration:
'Toxins' can be normal metabolic waste products produced by the body and the body possesses a whole enzymatic machinery to eliminate them. Problems related to toxins occur only when the body produces too many of them, or when the body loses its ability to eliminate them, or when we get too many of them from our food or the external world, such as mercury released from dental amalgams. Once free radicals accumulate in the body, this can give rise to a host of degenerative diseases.
Using the 'Prescription for Health' analysis we can determine the presence and extent of the subclinical indicators of biochemical imbalance. We discover them by careful physical examination, and blood, urine and other tests. We also take a careful history which covers past medical and dental problems, your diet and environmental exposure to toxic chemicals.
Using this information, we prepare a 120 page report which summarizes how your body chemistry is out of balance. The report shows which of the subclinical indicators is out of balance and to what extent. From your history we determine which of the dietary and life-style choices may have contributed to each imbalance.
Finally we make recommendations as to what you can do to change your body chemistry. These changes might include protecting yourself from environmental toxins. They might include dietary changes. They might include supplementatlon of vitamins, minerals and other substances, Some of the recommendations might be for a few weeks and some might be for a lifetime.
Over a period of time you will learn what you can do to balance your body chemistry. By simple tests you can run at home you will learn how to keep it in balance. By testing you can learn how to cooperate with your body's unique chemical pattern and thereby avoid much disease.
Six sub clinical defects that are common to every chronic disease condition; chronic infection and chronic toxicities have been identified.
For someone to get completely well from disease, these six must first be identified and then addressed in a particular order. We recognize that each person is biologically unique, and slight alterations in treatment approach must be made for each individual. This is why a one-size-fits-all approach to wellness doesn’t work for many people. By addressing and treating these defects, the doctor and patient are able to get at the cause of disease rather than simply treating symptoms for a lifetime.
SIX SUBCLINICAL DEFECTS
1. pH(Acid/Base)Imbalance-Acid or Alkaline Imbalance
This is a condition in which the pH of body fluids are abnormally out of balance, leaning generally to the acidic side. In health, the body makes every effort to remain alkaline, but this is made difficult by the volume of acid produced by normal metabolism. Rarely does the body experience “alkaline stress”. Acid stress occurs far more often..…when alkalinity is lost due to the challenge. Acid stress sets the stage for infection and underlies 80% of all diseases.
2. Anaerobic Metabolism
In health, the body derives energy from a mix of aerobic and anaerobic metabolism, but favors high-energy aerobic metabolism over low energy anaerobic metabolism. As the energy pendulum swings towards the anaerobic state (which generally coincides with acidity), fatigue, disease and infection begins to set in. A near total switch to anaerobic metabolism accompanied by severe acid stress results in cell death and disease. This is typical of heart attack and stoke.
3. Free Calcium Excess
In health, 55% of serum calcium is bound to protein or alkaline buffers, while 45% is left unbound in the “free” state. As the ratio narrows, resulting in an excess of free calcium, the body experiences calcification, bone resorption and alterations in cell signaling resulting in a wide range of diseases. The list especially includes heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis and cancer.
4. Chronic Inflammation
Inflammation when acute is a healthy event: helping the body to repair itself, fight infections, deal with cancer and handle toxic exposures. Chronic or prolonged inflammation begins to fail its intended purposes, thereby raising the risk of infection, toxicity and all disease conditions, especially heart disease, arthritis and cancer.
5. Connective Tissue Breakdown
Connective tissue makes up the body’s superstructure and “guy-wires” that literally hold the body together. Enzymes produced by chronic inflammation, combined with damaging free radicals and alterations in the other sub clinical markers assessed, cause a breakdown in connective tissues. Failure to use proteins or a deficiency of proteins is often fundamental to this problem, which is characteristic of aging and all other chronic diseases.
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Oxidative Stress
Oxidative stress occurs when protective antioxidant status falls short of what’s needed to handle the output of damaging free radicals. Free radicals are extremely reactive chemical entities that arise normally from metabolism, and also from toxic exposure. An excess amount of free radicals relative to antioxidant capacity leads to uncontrolled oxidation that destroys cell components and destabilizes healthy cell function, laying the groundwork for disease, infection and disability from aging and toxicity.
The human body was designed to anticipate and successfully cope with the most toxic exposures, including mercury. However, illness develops from toxic exposure for a variety of reasons. Repeated exposures that overwhelm the body’s ability to respond impede exit capabilities. Altered genetics and alterations in the quantity and quality of the binding proteins are the most common. When one of a combination of these roadblocks is active, the six sub clinical defects seen in all diseases and toxicities lead to compromised health.
Finding ways to support the body’s intended design, for detoxification does lead to improved health. Even when genetics are involved, a harmful gene still needs permission to express itself.
USING THE HEALTH MODEL AS THE STARTING POINT, AND THEN LOOKING FOR THOSE THINGS WHICH VIOLATE THE MODEL, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE SIX FUNDAMENTAL DEFECTS TO CHRONIC DISEASE, CHRONIC TOXICITIES AND INFECTIONS BECOMES APPARENT.
Using the health model-based approach, we’ve seen some remarkable results. People with chronic fatigue, sleep disorders, memory difficulties, numerous aches and pains, digestive disorders, chronic depression, systemic impairments, coronary diseases, cancer, autoimmune dysfunction and a host of other maladies have made profound improvements.
The Health Model is our frame of reference for both understanding and attaining the highest level of health. Through this approach we’ve gained the insight that directs us to those steps necessary to not only prevent disease, but also to overcome it. We encourage you to work closely with your health care provider and take responsibility for your own journey.
Recovery is possible and expected, but turning the situation around will require your discipline, patience, a determined will, and total commitment. Medicine is what a Dr does for you. Health is what you do for yourself. So if you were ever going to get truly well, when would be the best time to start?
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