Survival of the Fittest?  Not So Fast, Darwin!  

Zoologists tell us that 98-99% of life that has existed on this planet is now extinct, due to environment, nutrition, and a number of factors outside our control.  It’s called “survival of the fittest,” and thanks to a guy named Darwin and his On The Origin Of Species, we tend to take these kinds of sweeping generalizations to heart, even when it comes to the human race.

“As early as 2050, one out of two children will be considered autistic.”  

“50% of newlyweds, by 2020, will be infertile.”  

These are some very serious predictions, folks, and I do believe they beg some attention.  And yet, I’d like to propose that Darwin doesn’t have to have the last word in the matter.  

While the animal kingdom does seem to be ruled to some extent by natural selection, human beings have an innate, higher intelligence, which allows us to collect and absorb information in the form of knowledge or wisdom, and then the power to choose whether to appropriately act on that information.   This effectively takes us out of the realm of “survival of the fittest” and into “forbidden doctor” territory.  

So what about you?  Will you choose to simply stand by and allow nature to take you out of the running, or will you use the forbidden information we are providing you to the best of your ability?  

We can choose to breastfeed our babies, supplying them with all they need to seed the gut walls with healthy flora and a strong immune response.  We can choose to put real food into our mouths, nourishing our bodies with what they need to prevail against what the world throws at us.  We can choose to change our lifestyles to incorporate rest and positive movement.  And even though we can’t choose when we are babies, whether or not we will be nursed and receive that good flora and a healthy start, as adults we can choose to put the probiotics and other gut healing and sealing foods and supplements into our systems to give ourselves the best fighting chance possible.  

Hippocrates, considered the “father of western medicine” may have been right when he claimed that “All diseases begin in the gut,” but I believe we have the power, as our own “forbidden doctor” and intelligent healer to turn that around and say, “All health begins in the gut” as well.  If you believe this to be true, don’t let another day pass you by in which you simply roll over to accept these kinds of doomsday prophecies.  It’s time to change your life, and maybe even the world in the process. 

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“To vax or not to vax?”  Maybe that’s NOT the question…

The question of whether or not to vaccinate is an age-old dilemma.  There are convincing arguments on both sides, aren’t there?  Nobody wants their kids to have to get sick… and by the same token, can we ever really be 100% sure that vaccinations are not going to cause even bigger problems for our children?  As frustrating as the lack of long-term research on the subject is, the one thing we can educate ourselves around is exactly how our immune systems work and what we can do to keep them functioning at their best.  When we do this, we can be sure that whatever we decide, as pertains to vaccinations, our immune systems have their best fighting chance. 

You will hear us say again and again that approximately 85-86% of the immune system is located in the gut.  It is the beautifully orchestrated system made up of two arms of immunity: the cell-mediated response and the humeral-mediated response—and they both begin in the gut, a porous world between the inside and the outside.  T-cells, which are made in the thymus gland, end up inside the gut-associated lymphatic tissue, also known as Peyer’s patches.  These things are the police stations of the immune system and are on constant patrol, looking for things that may get through the gut wall and eventually into the bloodstream, causing an immune reaction.  

Access to the gut is through the mouth.  This is no trivial matter.  This should be a huge clue as to where our focus needs to be when we’re considering how best to heal and seal the gut, thereby strengthening the immune system.  We need to think about what we’re putting into our mouths!  The gut absorbs (or doesn’t, depending upon its health) the nutrition we take in through the mouth.  

I’m going to tell you something that you probably haven’t heard before.  And you can consider this a bit of “forbidden” information.  

Eat what you crave. 

Should I say that again, just in case it didn’t fully register?  

Eat what you crave. 

Now don’t hear what I’m not saying.  I am not saying that because you crave Doritos, your body needs Doritos.  I’m not saying cheese from a can is a good idea if that’s what you’re craving.  Unhealthful cravings need to be dealt with.  “Foods” that are barely recognizable as foods do more harm than good and are generally packed with all kinds of sugars, hydrogenated fats, and even neurotoxins like MSG or aspartame.  Stay away from that junk!  

But what I am saying is this: your forbidden doctor is inside you.  Your body possesses great wisdom.  It knows everything on this Earth.  It knows every nutrient.  It creates cravings and desires for what it needs for healing, rebuilding and restoring.  We crave fat and we crave salt and we crave protein and we crave pork and we crave red meat.  We crave all these things that the medical community claims we’re not supposed to be eating.  But you will take care of you.  As we learn about our body, as we learn that the forbidden doctor inside us, let’s move away from trying to heal from the outside in—with pharmaceuticals and surgeries—and let’s be courageous enough to start that healing process from the inside out.  

What We Talk About:

1. Why it’s always better to create your own antibodies.
2. Why vaccination is always your choice, but why it’s vital that you’re informed of both sides.
3. Mother nature’s program of going through cell-mediated immunity and why this is so important.
4. Is there really such a thing as a “safer” vaccine?
5. Are you worried that you or your family have already been hit with these tremendous forces, like mercury in your bloodstream? Well, have hope. We have some ideas.
6. Dr. Jack debates Dr. Offit...
7. Why “getting sick” could really be a healthy response.
8. We don’t actually know the effects of vaccines because there are NO long term studies.
9. How many unreported adverse reactions to vaccines are out there?
10. Polio was more than 90% eradicated by the time the polio vaccine showed up...
11. Whatever you do, don’t google “mercury and the brain.”
12. So, what if these vaccination shots don’t kill you, what is the cost?
13. We crave all these things—red meat—we’re not supposed to be eating, if we listen to the medical side.  So that’s the beauty of your forbidden doctor inside of you.  You will take care of you.

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Today we’re going to talk about “forbidden immunity.”  Why is it forbidden?  Well, there just isn’t a lot of profit in the propagation of healthy immune systems now, is there?  Just a theory.  But we’ll let you decide as we dive in a little deeper.  We have looked at the foundations of gut health in previous blog posts, and we go into much greater detail in some of our podcasts, but today let’s take it a step further as we examine the basics of immunity.

All of life is a balance, and this goes for the gut as well, which houses around 85% of the immune system, so our focus is always on bringing back that balanced state, that homeostasis—the good, the bad, flora, viruses—because our bodies are designed to survive and thrive as one with the world around us.  Prior to the 1940s, and the ushering in of the “drugs for anything, drugs for everything” era, honoring this balance and connection between the gut and immunity by healing with nutrition, herbs, and other natural modalities to, in essence, help the body help itself was standard issue medical practice.  Over the years, this vital information has become virtually unknown, so we’re here today to bring it to light.  

There are two arms to the immune system, as far as we know at this point in time: the cell-mediated response and the humeral response.  Both are regulated to a staggeringly large degree by the health of the gut.  And when they’re both doing their jobs, as nature intends, it’s truly a beautiful thing to behold.  When they’re not, or when we try to medically force one system through a series of short-cuts—as in the case of inoculation—trouble is just around the corner.  

So let’s start with the cell-mediated response.  It’s made up of a network of white blood cells—beta lymphocytes, phagocytes, macrophages.  These are the good guys who are ready and waiting to attack at the first sign of intruders, like a cold virus, chickenpox, or even Ebola.  Their job is to destroy the bad guys.  

Now here is a bit of forbidden information for you.  At this point in the immune response, people are “sick”—the sniffles, a cough, a rash, a fever.  It’s now that you will hear people say things like, “My body hates me,” “Oh, I feel awful,” or even “My immune system must not be very strong because I’m so sick.”  But here is what you need to understand.  These signs of “sickness” are really just signs that you’re healthy.  They are evidence of a strong, capable, healthy cell-mediated response.  The sickness is not evidence that you are being overtaken by the virus but rather that the virus is being overtaken by your immune system—that you are, indeed, alive and kicking!   

Once the cell-mediated response has cleared the virus from the body, it’s time for the humeral system, also known as the antibody system, to follow suit.  It takes about four to six weeks, but now the next time that virus makes an appearance, the cell-mediated system doesn’t have to do anything because the humeral response has created antibodies, which prevent you from getting sick.  This is why you don’t get chickenpox a second time if you got sick with them as a kid.  

I mentioned vaccines above.  It’s not even about the potential dangers of vaccinating though.  You may be a huge believer in vaccinating, and that is okay.  Immunity is a well-choreographed dance between gut flora, white blood cells, antibodies.  We are set to obliterate foreign invaders and rebuild the body.  We are designed to absorb the good and excrete the bad.  A healthy gut, and thereby a healthy immune system, can handle what life throws its way—colds, flu, bacteria, Ebola, toxins, and yes, even vaccines.  So that’s the information that we hope takes hold in your mind and in your heart today.  Let’s start there.  Let’s rebuild the gut, strengthening the immune system, so that we can take on… and maybe even change the world!

What We Talk About:

1. Forbidden Immunity information you won’t hear anywhere else.
2. Why the endocrine system needs to stay nice and balanced.
3. Gut flora, the good, the bad, the ugly...
4. When “fat” became villainized, and the miracle cure forgotten of 100 years ago.
5. The relationship between the health of the gut and the health of the immune system.
6. Why you need every part to your body. We continue to discover how it works.
7. Why you get “sick” when you turn your immune system back on, and why this is a good thing.
8. Inflammation is lifesaving!
9. YOU are the forbidden doctor, your body is. Start with the gut and everything else will start to work.

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We all come into this great big world as tiny little babies—helpless, really, and completely dependent on our mothers to care for us, feed us, and keep us safe.  And as babies in the womb, our guts—as well as everything else—are completely sterile.  We are blank slates.  The process of acclimating to our surroundings is so beautifully complex, so wonderfully crafted.  Let’s take a look at that today as we marvel at the immune system and where it really all begins.  

As we travel through the birth canal, we receive our first natural inoculation, collecting some of our mother’s flora—good or bad—in our eyes, ears, mouth.  That flora, which makes up about 85% of our immune system, to a large degree, determines our future health.  Those microbes and antibodies set up shop inside the walls of our gut as they pass through, and we have now begun the process of becoming one with the world, never to be completely sterile again.  

Weary from life’s first major excursion, it’s time for a drink.  Now it is important to note that Mama’s milk doesn’t start out as “milk,” per se.  Those first few days at the breast are not so much about power-packed nutrition as they are about awakening our immune systems.  That colostrum is vitally important to a strong, capable immune system, and begins to lay the foundation for a healthy life.  And as a baby essentially has no immune system of its own for the first year of life, with every nursing, we are literally injected with everything we need to fight off the bad guys and support the good.  It is training for how we will respond to the big bugs as we become independent from our mothers and eventually set off on our own two feet.  

The medical field would have us thinking that the only protection we can have from disease, viruses, and bacteria is isolation. But I think we can all agree that from the beginning of it all—our entrance into this world—we are designed to be PART of the world.  Yes, we are separate and important and creative forces IN the world, but we need to be one with it in order that we and the world can function as we are meant to.  

So perhaps you’re thinking, “Well, that’s great, but I wasn’t born vaginally,” or “My mom never nursed me.  I was bottle-fed.”  Never you fear.  The body is an incredible thing.  Haven’t we told you about your “forbidden doctor?”  The forbidden doctor is your body.  The body is set, before birth, to restore and rebuild.  That’s why we talk so much about “healing and sealing” the gut.  It can be done!  

Check out some of our other podcasts and blog posts on exactly what steps you can take toward beginning the process of restoring and rebuilding your immune system by way of developing a healthy gut.  We’ve only just begun!

What We Talk About:

Your body does the best triage there is and nobody in the world knows what’s going on in your body—not even you—but your body knows.

1. How important the nervous system is. By freeing up the brainstem through gentle (no cracking, popping, or twisting!) NUCCA chiropractic technique, you improve your overall health.
2. How the major neurotransmitter of conscious thought—serotonin in the brain—is actually manufactured in the gut.
3. It all starts as babies. The first thing a fetus develops? The nervous system.
4. You can be your own forbidden doctor, and you can do it from your own home.
5. Why nursing is so important, especially the very first three days.
6. Why babies instinctually know to put everything they encounter into their mouths and how this teaches them to relate to the world around them, to be one with the world.
7. How and why if each kidney is healthy, the whole body works healthier together.
8. Ways one can avoid destroying or protecting precious gut flora.
9. Why stress is so bad for us (duh).
10. Even if you weren’t breastfeed as a child, you can still fix this. GAPS! It has wonderful side effects like--great energy, a strong libido, weight loss--just to name a few.
11. Forbidden information you are not allowed to know that will help you ward off infections or horrible virus’.
12. 85-86% of your immune system is in the gut - start with healing and sealing the gut and everything else will take care of itself. You can start from your own kitchen.

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