November 26, 2001
AsthmaGREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS from Arnold's Way!
From the humblest beginning
To the disdain of all eternity
A cough lingers. A breath cherished
The stench of air quenches the thirst
A boy smiles. A babies cries for help
Counting to three should be as easy
As learning to breathe without any help
So begins this week's newsletter on asthma, one of those medical diseases that
is almost being labeled as an epidemic. It is the disease of 27 million
sufferers. That statistic was the burning light that led me to this week's
topic. I became both exhilarated and despaired, furious and deliriously
happy just given an opportunity to write this. T.C. Fry stated in Health
Reporter Volume 1 Report 18, "Asthma is one of the easiest afflictions to
overcome. Your body eliminates its extraordinary toxins through the
bronchioles. When you reduce the levels of toxicosis to levels the body
can excrete normally through lungs, kidneys, bowels, and skin, you will no
longer experience asthma."
Can it be that simple? It's almost like a sin to add any more words
because the answers strike truth within our very souls. I think of Matt
Goodman who is not a writer, not a speaker. He is a nobody in the world of
the renown. Yet his impacts, his words, his being strikes the very heart of the
standard medical procedure. Being affected by MS for 8 years he states,
"This is the best thing that ever happened to me." What does
that mean, and how is it connected to asthma? How is it connected to T.C.
Fry's statement about asthma, and how is it connected to my delirious happiness
in discovering my secrets of asthma. They are all seriously
connected. They are all of the same language. They are all written by the
same thoughts, the same philosophy.
"And you shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free"
(Chapter 8 verse 32, Book of John)
When we as individuals, when we as a group, when we as a collective
consciousness start refraining from eating those foods that are either killed,
cooked, processed, or pasteurized and replace them with pure water, air, and
food of our "biological adaptation," our body will begin the healing
process since it won't have worry about the overload of toxins.
As our body becomes free so does the stagnant energy, and it begins its
transformation. So we hear the words of T.C. Fry and repeat the words of
Matt Goodman. We begin to have an inkling of what joyous deliciousness is
about.
On this note we begin our serious quest for facts, for research, for real life
heroes who made the giant leap to purity of food. We look for answers
regarding the causes of asthma, the treatment, and the healing possibilities.
So we begin by opening the pages of Alternative Medicine. It describes
asthma as, "The leading cause of disease and disability in children and
teens two to 17." It is a disease that strikes all ages, all colors,
and all religions; there are no favorites. But as bad as this sounds, we
have to remember the other side that represents total health. The body's
infinite defense force is strong enough to repel any allergic environmental
agents bent on destruction providing the proper conditions for health are given.
So as laymen who understand that raw food healing connection, we set that wisdom
aside and begin our research into the "medical" causes of
asthma. As defined by Alternative Medicine, "An asthma attack is
characterized by a narrowing of the bronchial passages along with an excessive
excretion of mucus resulting in impaired breathing with the severity of symptoms
often accelerating rapidly."
So we hold that statement in suspended limbo. The asthma definition haunts
my very truth. It pushed my start button to break away from accepting the
words of acquiesces. It's time to delve into what causes the narrowing of
the bronchial passage. It's 11:30pm. I want to continue, and I want
to stop. I scan the many books, the many possibilities of treating
asthma. We quickly forget the truth of our body's intelligence as the only
way possible for healing. However, at this point I realize I can't
possibly continue with my head nodding. I must stop and go to bed and save
for another day the explaining of the why's of asthma.
And the night passes into day and the day passes into the next evening. My
total energy is dedicated to finding not just the truth about asthma and its
causes but also to spreading the words regarding what it takes to become symptom
free.
So we take the definition. I remember the excessive mucus and the
narrowing of the bronchial passage. We, thinking of the 27 million people
who are suffering, have to be diligent researchers. We have no choice but
to continue our quest for the cure. In the Sunfood Diet by David Wolfe he
states, "The mucus lining becomes irritated on a diet of cooked
foods." That is a possible reason for the asthmatic cough. If that
logic stands as a truth, then it would stand to reason that by removing the
cooked foods the cough would go away. There are heroes who did just
that. Lisa Kanney who wrote, "How I overcame Asthma," noted her
secret as fasting. Her words become her actions. Lisa was receiving
allergy shots for 10 years. Thinking she was doing the right thing she then
developed asthma. At first the asthma began occasionally until it worsen
caused by other aspects of her lifestyle including an intense job. Lisa
did not get as much rest as she needed, which lead to insufficient sleep.
These factors lead to her having a major flare-up. It included the
coughing, the wheezing, and the difficulty in breathing. The same
situation that affects 27 million Americans, mucoid plaque, is the major factor
in the cause of asthma. The body, according to David Wolfe, "is
always trying to diffuse impacted mucus. To achieve excellent health, mucoid
plaque has to be flushed out of the colon through raw food, colonics, and
fasting."
So Lisa Kanney heard these words, and listened to her choices. She could
have gone medically as per Clinical Evidence June 2001 issue, which is the
"up to date compendium of the best available evidence on the effects of
common clinical interventions." It states that for those people with
chronic asthma, it was found that "regular use of short acting inhaled
agonists provides no additional clinical benefit and may worsen asthma control
in people with mild intermittent asthma." This is not really a good
answer for someone who has asthma and is researching for something that will
work.
I then search in the Merck Manual 17th edition, which is supposedly the most
widely used book by the medical industry. Their years of research in
medicine, clinical studies, and experience should have been able come close to
being able to handle this asthma epidemic, which T.C. Fry described 10 years ago
as "one of the easiest afflictions to overcome."
There are almost 10 pages of print, including a very lucid explanation of the
definition of asthma. "Asthma is a pulmonary disease characterized by
reversible airway obstruction, airway inflammation, and increased airway
responsiveness to a variety of stimuli." I presume that means people
have a hard time breathing. So I begin reading the words. There are
nice long ones and big ugly ones. They are all the key medications with
key stages on how to use them with key differentiations of stages in
asthma. I read the statistics. I read about the increase of
approximately 25% within 10 years. I read about the death rate increase of
40%. I read that asthma is the leading cause of hospitalization.
Everything so neatly calculated, so neatly charted. There was no mention
of mucus lining. There was no mention of cooked food. There was no
mention of fasting.
These were the options that Lisa had to choose from. These were the
options that she as the lucky one could ignore, for Lisa did her homework, asked
questions, asked about results, and chose the "cure" that she thought
would work best for her.
She began her hygienic fast and in 2 days found relief. What was her
treatment? "No food, no medication, only distilled water."
So we sit, we wonder, and we study the words of Dr. Robert Gross in Hay Fever
and Asthma. "When we live incorrectly by indulging in wrong food habits,
wrong thinking, and getting insufficient sleep, fresh air, and exercise, our
bodies become depleted of nerve energy." If your body becomes
depleted of this nerve energy, it will lower its resistance, and its ability to
eliminate the toxic materials that are built up during a normal day of wear and
tear. It is in this state that the body becomes hypersensitive and to all
the triggering elements mentioned. Hay fever and asthma will be
manifested."
"These words become the words of glory and pride," stated Irene Lewis,
who I know personally for she too was afflicted with asthma. At first,
asthma was her hand around her throat, a diabolical dungeon, which was
destroying her young existence. She was a young woman who began her
symptoms at age 28 and who at the time was on the path, and is still on the
path, to doing the right thing. She was on a path to higher
consciousness. She took her steps wisely for she thought she knew.
Initially her treatment was under doctor's care, year after year of doctor's
care. Not once during her treatment did anyone ever mention diet.
If you would read the latest medical journal diet is not noted as a factor.
Mucus is there for a reason other than the cooked food we put in our bodies.
However, there 27 million people that are suffering, which according to my
statistical information, is twice as many people than have suffered from it in
the past 10 years. But the medical establishment has their own research on
why and what to do. Irene Lewis one day stopped, for she is on a journey
every day to a higher consciousness. She switched from drugs to
herbs. It' s a journey of Irene Lewis, myself, you, the world. We
are all of the same journey. The day came when Irene could not walk up
steps. She could not be without her inhaler. She had 2 children, one
business, and her husband dependant on her. The only thing she wanted was
to breathe free. Not for a day but for an hour. She wanted to be
able to run free without being out of breath. It was on such a day she
advanced to a much higher consciousness to a more intense journey. Irene
decided to go all raw so her system would start to clean itself out. Three
weeks was all it took, as stated by Anna Inez who runs a health and education
center in upstate PA. Irene listened, for she had no choice. She had
tried everything else and nothing worked. For 3 weeks she only ate raw
food. Plenty of fruit, plenty of vegetables, nuts, seeds, and distilled
water. What happened can only be called a miracle for herself, for the
other 27 million Americans who still have it and have not heard of any other
options. Irene's body began cleaning itself out. It was cleaning the
colon, the intestines, and the stomach. A toxic body, which when given the
conditions for health will begin its own self-repair.
I remember Irene talking at our store around 5 months ago. It was amazing
to listen to the passion, the quest, and the journey for "higher
consciousness." She followed the path. She chose a raw food
lifestyle, and within 3 weeks Irene was no longer bothered by asthma to the
extent she once was.
Irene, Lisa, and now Rachel, who wrote an article, "From Total Allergy to
Health," are all saying the same thing. There are no magic pills to
be taken. There are no magic words to be spoken. It's as Irene put
it, "a journey to a higher consciousness." What we put in our
bodies determines to a large degree how we feel. Each of the ladies did
their due diligence that led them to a well thought out well-documented
option. They researched possibilities to not only change their diet but to
rid their bodies of their daily toxic choices.
So time is approaching midnight. I'm in my seventh day of research, of
finding out the causes of asthma. I have to finish because next week's
topic awaits me, and my eyes once again demand sleep.
So I end as I begin with anger, for those who suffer need not. To those
who changed their ways and shared their healing, thanks for your story. It
has to be told. For those who read this from start to finish,
congratulations. Please share this with a friend for your friend becomes my
friend. Their hope becomes our hope. The message needs to be shared.
Thank you for your time.
Arnold
References
Sunfood Diet Success System by David Wolfe
Clinical Evidence by The United Health Foundation
Merck Manual 17th Edition
Alternative Medicine by Burton Goldberg
"Lower Respiratory Tract Infections" in Advance for Nurse
Practitioners
God's Way to Ultimate Health by Dr. George Malkamus
"From Total Allergy to Health" by Rachel Hancel
"Hay Fever and Asthma" by Dr. Robert R. Gross
Reporter Advisor by T.C. Fry
"How I Overcame Asthma" by Lisa Kanney
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