Wash Away All Your Health

Wash Away All Your Health
(excrepts from Dr. Flanagan's Health Secrets newletter date July 2005)
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I suppose you can say that water is my, well, thing. As an advocate for the nutritional benefits of water, as well as the health implications associated from there-lack-of, I feel obligated to highlight the darker side of the substance that is needed as much as the air that we breathe. This saddens me greatly, although I suppose I should just be resigned to the fact by now, but I still fail to fully understand how people continue to pollute, corrupt, and destroy something that is so vital to all of our lives. Still less plausible even, is the knowledge that people still drink this water, then wonder how and why their health has decreased immeasurably and almost unexplainably.
The water that you drink, bathe in, shower in, do laundry in, and otherwise completely function in, has a dark enemy within it that craves a healthy body, such as yours, to corrupt and nestle inside. It may sound dramatic, but if people truly knew what was in their water, they would feel more violated than if they were robbed and then later sued by the assailant after he/she fell and broke their leg. The chemicals in tap water have been a growing concern for many years, and although there are groups and organizations that make it their work and passion to inform the public, their voices seem to fall on naïve and unassuming ears.


Water Way

70-80% of the human body is composed of water. It is the ultimate solvent and mixes with almost everything biological or chemical. Our bodies are mostly water and, like you, I'm careful about what I drink. Yet today there are over 2,100 known toxins that cause cancer in U.S. drinking water. I used to think, "Come on! If harmful chemicals were really in drinking water, the city or state would do something." But then one day I simply bought a home water testing kit and sampled some of my tap water. I was shocked and appalled at what I found. Just type "home water testing kit" into your favorite search engine for your own kit.
In the U.S. alone, there are over 100,000 toxins present within the environment. In U.S. drinking water, there are over 2100 toxic chemicals that are known to cause cancer. Women have a one in three chance of contracting some form or cancer, while men have a one in two chance. Currently, there are 19 major U.S. cities, including San Francisco, San Diego, New Orleans, Atlanta, Detroit, Denver, Phoenix, and others, that have highly polluted drinking water that is not fit for human consumption.
This is a warning you are used to hearing when you travel within exotic locations, but now the threat has made its way into your home. According to the Washington, D.C. based Environmental Working Group (EWG), manufacturers dumped more than one billion pounds of toxic chemicals into rivers, lakes and other bodies of water between 1990 and 1994. EWG also estimates that manufacturers contributed about 450 million additional pounds via sewage. (1)
1000 contaminants are added every year and only 100 are addressed. 1/10 of 1 year's amount of toxins is not sufficient. Just one example is the fish in the UK now reportedly contaminated by Prozac due to so many prescriptions while the sewer systems have no way of breaking down this non-organic chemical. That's just one example.
Pesticides are an entirely other problem. Two billion pounds of pesticides are used every single year. That's eight pounds for every American. These pesticides enter water systems via disposal sites, animal waste, runoff, sewage, etc. After reviewing published (but not publicized) State data and conducting its own tests, EWG found that a single glass of Midwestern tap water has three or more pesticides in it at any given time.

Comments: (Shelton H.)

Water utilities are only required to test for 86 chemicals in which the EPA has set standards for maximum contaminants levels(MCLs). Nobody knows for sure how many toxic chemicals are in drinking water. According to the Ralph Nader Research Group, after reviewing thousands of pages of EPA documents acquired through the Freedom on Information Act, more than 2100 toxic chemicals have alrready been detected in U.S. water supplies. In a recent report from the National Cancer Institute to the Surgeon General it was stated that "No level of exposure to a chemical carcinogen should be considered toxicologically insignificant to humans"; this statement represent a hard truth!

Research Unveils a Potent Natural Cancer Fighter

Jerry L. McLaughlin, Ph.D., an Emeritus Professor of Pharmacognosy from Perdue University, has extensively studied cancer and related treatments. For 20 years he obtained and screened more than 3,500 species of plants during a study supported by the National Cancer Institute. During this time he came across the North American paw paw tree and began to focus his research on the unique qualities of this plant and the effect it has in stopping the progression of cancer.

Dr. McLaughlin discovered that paw paw contains a group of plant chemicals called annonaceous acetogenins. There are over 50 of these long chain fatty acids in paw paw. Research has established that these acetogenins:

• Slow and stop the production of cell energy in cells by blocking the production of ATP.
• Prevent the growth of new blood vessels in or near tumors.
• Deplete DNA and RNA building blocks needed for abnormal cell division.
• Kill even those cells that are resistant to chemotherapy drugs.
• Prevent cells from activating ATP-fueled metabolic pumps that may reject chemotherapy drugs.(Allows chemotherapy to work better)
• Is up to 300 times more potent than Taxol, without inducing weight loss.

Note: The acetogenins which are found in the paw paw tree can vary from plant to plant and month to month by a factor of 1000. So, the only way to guarantee that you’re getting an adequate amount is to use the standardized extract, available only through Nature’s Sunshine.

Some of the most encouraging paw paw results are coming from doctors who suggest that patients add paw paw to their current health regimens. One of these doctors is Dr. James Forsythe, an oncologist who practices in Nevada. He is seeing improvements in stage four patients:

“One participant named Anna has stage four breast cancer. Within just six weeks of taking the paw paw she saw a 50 percent reduction in tumor markers as measured by blood tests. Also the size of the tumor was reduced significantly. Since she did not change any other treatment protocol, I was convinced that the paw paw was instrumental in improving the condition of her cancer.”

Please remember to discuss any changes to your cancer program with your physician. While we have seen incredible results in pets and in humans and the research is very impressive, it is very important to work closely with your health care provider in such an extreme situation.

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