The Secret Power of Sugar Pills

re: The Secret Power of Sugar Pills

jsab — Fri, 11 May 2007 03:55:16 GMT

"The mind is everything. What you think you become." - Buddha

What we're learning here about the placebo effect is nothing new. People of great wisdom have been telling us this for centuries. The problem is that we're not open to these great teachings because we're too caught up in our personal opinions and in what we'd like to believe is the truth. Everybody here has seen the movie "The Secret ", right? Well, it's certainly not a secret, nor has it ever been, but our thoughts do create the world, and our bodies.

I've got a "food & health" website dedicated largely to the placebo effect, and letting go of the negatives that stand in the way of being healthy. Some people might prefer EFT, others The Healing Codes, or The Sedona Method, or HeartMath, or the 12 step programs, and other people yet might just want the plain old straight-to-the-point truth spelled out in plain simple english. And that's the intention behind my website. It doesn't dwell much on scientific "proof". Instead, it spells things out by ways of simple common sense that isn't always obvious until it's been read or heard. If you enjoy blunt truth, or if that's what you think you need, it just might be for you. :) The Truth About Food and Health

re: The Secret Power of Sugar Pills

Don Furche — Thu, 10 May 2007 23:24:53 GMT

If this is completely true, then it follows that we do not have to eat healthy foods. We can just eat whatever is out there and really believe that it's meeting all our bodies needs. And use EFT of course.

re: The Secret Power of Sugar Pills

Alaskadude — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:05:55 GMT

Fillings...Mine is scheduled to come out in Sept. I never had "seasonal allergies" until I got the stupid thing for a "borderline" cavity. I've never had another...But I was young and in the army.

It was recommended to me that my son get 8 because the x-ray showed cavities between his teeth that we couldn't see. I said "there is no way" Those baby teeth have all fallen out now and not one of them was even slightly damaged.

No more x-rays, no more dentists. What a scam.

re: The Secret Power of Sugar Pills

cowgirl7 — Thu, 10 May 2007 17:43:53 GMT

Saynotoquacks. Congratulations on getting away from all those quacks and getting on to the road to better health! It couldn't have been easy, but you have come a long way and are to be commended! I have no trust for most traditional doctors either but I have found a few good ones and many very good alternative practitioners so please don't write them all off.
I wanted to mention 2 things.
1)There is a common link which seems to be missing from your story. Candidas, which can also cause a wide variety of symptoms. It can be caused by the killing off of freindly bacteria by antibiotics, birth control pills, steroids, exposuers to mold etc. and it seems to feed on mercury and is a food for parasites. Chelating out heavy metals is more affective when also dealing with candidas and parasites.
2) A new chelator on the market called Natural Cellular Defense, seems to be great for detoxing not only heavy metals, but also chemicals and viruses. It is a liquid form of Zeolite, a volcanic mineral and because of the way it encapsulates toxins, there are no farther reactions while it is being eliminated from the body. I have heard many great things about it and just started taking them myself. If you do decide to try it, go very slow as you seem to be extremely toxic i.e. start with 1 drop per day, then 2 per day and ramp up slowly. You can't be too careful when you are that toxic. Good luck to you in the future!

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Shasha — Thu, 10 May 2007 17:40:45 GMT

Hi, I am bipolar. I take Lithium orotate. Bipolar, celiac, pyroluria, MS etc. all go together with the same genetics. I take Vit B12 (methycobalamin shots). When my thyroid medicine was lowered it made my bipolar go crazy. I take no drugs. Zn, Vit D3 and Vit A cut my depression in half. Paxil and Prozac, can lower your thryoid (has fluorine). They are for high histamine people. I am low histamine. I am high in copper. Copper destroys histamine. I overmethylate. I over produce neurotransmitters and serotonin. Same, St. John's Wort are for high histamine people also. Vit C, TM, zinc etc. can lower copper. Birth control pills raise copper in the body. Bipolar comes from the heritage (genetics) that represent low sunlight countries, like Scotland, England ,Ireland, etc.. I got my mercury fillings out. My dentist died. I think from breathing flumes that lowered his thyroid and oxygen which let cancer grow. Mercury can block chemical reactions in the body.

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jonallen — Thu, 10 May 2007 13:13:55 GMT

Saynotoquacks' story is regrettably all too common. Those who are growing up with great informational sites like Mercola.com are lucky indeed. Unfortunately, the baby boomers are all too likely to have been victimised by quacks before ever visiting Mercola.com, or other information sources that are not in the pocket of our all-powerful agri-pharm industrial complex. But this does not obliterate the presence of the honest, uncorrupted physician.
Although increasingly rare, they still can be found. My father, although a rigorously trained Navy surgeon, became a minimally invasive general practitioner. He was the only surgeon in town who would agree to treat the hill folk from the Northern Adirondacks, and it wasn't just that they couldn't afford the drugs other doctors prescribed for their conditions, it was that he understood how people used to overcome these disorders by boosting the body's own healing powers, long before modern pharmacology.
The point I'd like to make is this: That every patient who can should take the time to get contrary opinions on how to best treat thier condition, and to listen carefully to all the reasons they can pry from the physician as to why this is the best course of action.
I advise this with some knowledge in that my father was at times asked for a contrary opinion, and almost always latched on to as the saner advise, genuinely aiming for the best long term outcome for the patient.

re: More Proof That Sugar Pills Are Better Than Antidepressants

Witch Doctor — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:54:30 GMT

someone told me years ago sugar boosts serotonin. maybe sugar pill works.

re: More Proof That Sugar Pills Are Better Than Antidepressants

Bob2_203 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:06:08 GMT

The problem is, most doctors were told in medical school, “the basis of all modern medical practice can be found in Hippocrates”. So off they went, to deepest, darkest Africa, where they examined the massive droppings found in the huge wooden boxes that were used to transport the hippopotamus from one location to another. The application of this studied knowledge has produced the medical system we have today.

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Birdlady — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:15:44 GMT

I think just about everyone has been put on these drugs at some point of their lives. I was put on Prozac for a short period of time because I was anorexic. I don't even know what it did for me, but I am no longer on it. I wasn't exactly in a position to think clearly for myself, so I went on them. I was probably about 2 weeks away from death. Thankfully I did not suffer any weird side effects from it either!

Saynotoquacks I too was placed on BC pills at a very young age (16 in fact) and it really messed me up. A little over a year ago, my husband and I decided to get me off of them. Well to make a long story short, my migraines have gone away. I just feel better overall. I was also diagnosed around the same time I was on BC pills and prozac with Epstein-barr virus/Chronic Fatique syndrome. I believe to this day that whole thing was because of those pills and my large intake of diet sodas. I now have no symptoms of either!

Just take one day at a time and things will get better. It is interesting that you are prone to seizures. You should be very careful because that is usually a sign that your blood-brain barrier is weak. Anything you eat goes straight to your brain.

Do you drink diet sodas? Or consume Splenda?

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saynotoquacks — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:45:43 GMT

(cont'd) ...Thank you so very much to Dr. Mercola for saving my life! By exposing the TRUE motives of "modern medicine," PERKS and insurance money, not compassion, you have given me the confidence and knowledge to realize I'm not mentally ill, I'm a victim of poisoning! Both chemical and verbal poisoning! Dr. Mercola is a revolutionary hero in my estimate, the voice of reason in this mad world of sociopathic corporate greed that is the medical system. I doubt if I'll ever be able to get a Ph.D and become a professor of English. I don't know if I'll ever be able to think creatively again and write.

I am using meditation to try to heal my pre-frontal cortex. It got rid of the brain shivers. It really, really helps. And most importantly, I never go to doctors anymore. I'd rather die than see them. In fact, they almost caused my death many, many times. As it says in an Ayurvedic text: "Avoid fools, sinners, and people of a greedy nature."

Thank you, Dr. Mercola. You are on God's side.

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saynotoquacks — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:36:25 GMT

I am a recovering psychiatric victim. I'm a 34 year old woman. I need to share my story of how "modern medicine" QUACKS ruined my life. It all started with BIRTH CONTROL PILLS an evil family doctor prescribed me to "regulate my periods." I am an athlete, and athletes typically get irregular periods, but she needed some perks and some of my medical insurance money, so she gave me those toxins without any warnings about how they can destroy your immune system and your happiness. I developed severe PMS. Instead of telling me the truth, she GASLIGHTED me and said I had "bipolar disorder." She never asked me when my mood swings occured in relation to my periods. I also developed asthma from the b.c. pills. She told me bipolar people often get a "tickle in their throat," which was what I always complained about. I never realized I was getting asthma attacks. Finally a doctor treated me for asthma with a corticosteroid and an adrenaline inhaler, with NO WARNINGS about how corticosteroids cause mood problems. As my health deteriorated, a doctor gave me a prescription for Ativan to shut me up. When it ran out I freaked out terribly and decided I indeed was mentally ill. I went to a shrink and the rest is history: Paxil, Wellbutrin, Depakote, lithium, Zyprexa, I've been addicted to all of these and more. I was given shock treatment 11 times-this is the most shameful of all, that I went along with this. Those lying quacks had me completely convinced I was mentally ill. They brainwashed me with drugs, and psychologically.

Now, before this happened, I earned a BA in biology and an MA in English (in 1998, when I was 24). I am not stupid! In fact, I was always the class genius and had won three scholarships to the university I attended! And still I was duped! It comes down to this: I was insured. Now I'm 34. I have chronic fatigue syndrome, numbness in my hands, agoraphobia, severely low self esteem, and I've never been in love. At least I'm still alive...

re: More Proof That Sugar Pills Are Better Than Antidepressants

Josh Rubin — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:13:59 GMT

The reasons things like this happen is because depression is just not simple depression. According to Dr. Larson in Depression Free Naturally, causes of depression are:
a. NT depletion
b. EFA deficiencies in the brain
c. Vit and mineral depletion
d. Hypothyroidism
e. Hypoglycemia
f. Brain allergy reactions and food/env sensitivities
g. Systemic buildup of fungal molds in the body
h. Elevated histamine levels in the body
i. Build up of heavy metals in the brain
j. Brain damage from ETOH and drugs

So you can see, it is not so linear. So that is why drugs, among other reasons DO NOT WORK!

AS well, there is a lot research showing the manic-depressive people are highly sensitive to Actylcholine (carries messages to the brain). MD's use lithium to decrease Acetylcholine transmission, but the side affects are endless. A natural substance that does the same things besides nutrition and lifestyle principles is Taurine. As well, bipolar people have been shown to have low B12, folic acid, slow uptake of inositol, are anemic, and have been shown to have higher levels of vanadium in their blood (research shows 80% of manic-depressive's have these def).

There is research by Fisher stating that there is only a meager (and that is being generous) 25% improvement with patients that take SSRI's. As well he proved that there was a 62% show of no difference with people given drugs and placebo's.

I have found with lab testing that most can be treated for the various causes of the symptom (which depression) with AA, different oils, nutraceutical supplements, detox programs and herbs.

re: More Proof That Sugar Pills Are Better Than Antidepressants

Amanda Rose — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:29:17 GMT

Those participants on antidepressants are then sent on to other clinical trials as "treatment resistant" cases where they are given a specific food nutrient or a placebo. Believe it or not, the food nutrient group improves its mental health status.

Omega-3s and B-vitamins have a solid research basis. Several other nutrients have pretty strong evidence as well, specifically magnesium, zinc, and iron.