A Look into Autism

Testing those present for pH and ionic metals brought some interesting results. One lady especially showed a very poor chelation ability....and her son is autistic! That is an amazing indicator! Could it be possible that she passed the poor chelation ability on to her son...and that is why the metals (and especially mercury) accumulated in his body and caused the problem???

I am exited about the implications of that observation and hope that we can follow it up. We will hold more workshops at the same location on a regular basis and will keep you informed. For this month's newsletter I had chosen to have a look at 'autism'. Please see below.

I have chosen autism for this month's newsletter since it seems to be one of these 'modern' chronic illnesses which are spreading alarmingly.

Let us see what others have to say:

It has been over 50 years since Dr. Leo Kanner, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University , wrote the first paper applying the term 'autism' to a group of children who were self-absorbed and who had severe social, communication, and behavioral problems. ..

For many years, the most cited statistic is that autism occurs in 4.5 out of 10,000 live births. This was based on large-scale surveys conducted in the United States and England . More recently, estimates on the prevalence of autism have ranged been as high as 1/4% to 1/2% of the population..

http://www.autism.org/overview.html

Many health practitioners assume that autism may be caused by vaccinations containing a mercury compound which 'stabilises' that vaccine.

Autism is a syndrome characterized by impairments in social relatedness and communication, repetitive behaviors, abnormal movements, and sensory dysfunction. Recent epidemiological studies suggest that autism may affect 1 in 150 U. S. children.

Exposure to mercury can cause immune, sensory, neurological, motor, and behavioral dysfunctions similar to traits defining or associated with autism, and the similarities extend to neuroanatomy, neurotransmitters, and biochemistry.

Thimerosal, a preservative added to many vaccines, has become a major source of mercury in children who, within their first two years, may have received a quantity of mercury that exceeds safety guidelines .

http://www.mercola.com/2000/oct/1/autism_mercury.htm

  Ok, let us look 'reasonably' at the situation. Let us assume that this is true, that mercury is the true cause of autism.

Why then is it that only some vaccinated and mercury poisoned children develop autism and others don't?

From our point of view we always assumed that the children with a weak digestive system would be more likely to develop autism when compared with children being able to digest food properly. Proper nutrition picked up properly by a properly functioning digestive system supplies the 'ingredients' necessary for the elimination of toxins, including mercury.

For example: if the child cannot digest proteins well, that child will become over acid. Over acidity is often a by product of an insufficient protein metabolism. Acid bodies don't function well..or as 'designed'. They also 'trap' metals..make them 'rust'.steal electrons from these metals and make them electrically charged. The electric charge in turn makes the metal 'stick' to the body and the body cannot get rid of that 'ionic' metal. Ionic metals also produce huge amounts of free radicals...and free radicals can cause huge damage! All that is quite well known by now.

CH77 was developed to 'grab' these ionic metals, make them electrically neutral and help the body in this way to get rid of them. Clinical trials and the IHMT or 'chelation ability test' show that CH77 is really doing that!

Now..the HOPE is that the body 'recovers' and starts healing itself. Self healing is the ONLY form of healing. It would help, of course, if we are aware of the digestive problem and try and help with that 'weakness' as well.

Here is an article which deals with that aspect.

  What Causes One Vaccinated Child To Develop Autism While Others Don't?

Of course, no one knows for sure. Genetics may play a role, as type A blood is predominating in boys with autism. Someone with type A blood may have a harder time digesting proteins, which as you will see in a few minutes, can play a significant role in some vaccinated children develop autism and others don't.

Donna Gates, on her Body Ecology Diet website, describes what sets the stage for the development of autism and its related syndromes. To summarize her thoughts:

Because cultured, fermented foods are not a part of our western diet, few mothers have a healthy predominance of beneficial vaginal bacteria needed to "inoculate" their babies at birth with these vital components of a healthy inner ecosystem. Instead, many unsuspectingly pass on pathogenic bacteria and yeast to their newborn child. This combined with a lack of colostrum when the baby is not breast-fed, weakens their ability to fight fungal and viral infections. Soy formulas and the early introduction of sugars and carbohydrates feed the yeast and viral infections. While the child may seem healthy from all outside appearances, the stage has been set for autism.

Vaccinations containing toxic mercury and aluminum add to the amounts of toxic metals already inherited from the mother and father. "The result is that the brain and nervous system stop functioning as they should. For most of the children who, at birth, are normal, bright, high functioning little beings, the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine takes them over the edge. The measles virus mutates, the body's undeveloped immune system has no resistance to this combination of three viruses, and the gut lining becomes infected, a condition that is not detected since it cannot be seen. That's why following this vaccination, some children develop a fever, act ill and begin the steady decline into autism. Sadly, all this could, and still can be, prevented."

Dr. Michael Dym supports this. "Andrew Wakefield, MD, a prominent British gastroenterologist, documented measles virus infection in the intestinal walls of nearly 100% of the autistic children he scoped and biopsied, who developed their disease within a short time after MMR vaccination. All of the normally developing children did not have any evidence of measles virus infection or histo-pathologic evidence of Crohn's or ulcerative colitis. I believe that he did actually document that the measles virus found in the intestinal walls of these autistic children who developed the disease was vaccine measles virus strain, which he showed via DNA analysis.... According to his work, Dr. Wakefield theorizes that the measles virus infection and subsequent pathology in the gut walls leads to a leaky-gut like syndrome causing absorption of encephelopathic toxins which directly affects the developing brains of susceptible children leading to autistic like symptoms."

As you will shortly read, it is more likely an initial Candida yeast infection in some children that causes the leaky gut syndrome that allows the continued flow of brain damaging toxins into the bloodstream.

This combination of yeast infections with viral infections, a whacked out immune system from vaccines, toxin and toxic heavy metal overload leads to autism. Toxins are one of the major underlying issues. For example, Mary N. Megson, M.D. writes: "Autism may be a disorder linked to the disruption of the G-alpha protein, affecting retinoid receptors in the brain. A study of sixty autistic children suggests that autism may be caused by inserting a G-alpha protein defect, the pertussis toxin found in the D.P.T. vaccine, into genetically at-risk children."

It is a specific toxin that is causing the problem in this case. Autism may develop in others because of the general overload of toxins. So why can't the child's body gradually get rid of the toxins and recover?

http://www.health-reports.com/autism.html

Although the author is coming from a different 'angle' similarities of thought can be clearly seen.

Since we believe that God is simple and that the simple things in life are often the best, our general approach to any 'disease' must be simple.

We found that alkalization, chelation (or detoxification) and supplementation with a 'divinely balanced food', such as Spirulina works very well in most cases of 'chronic diseases'.

In the case of autism (especially in cases where the saliva pH is very alkaline!) one should look at stimulating digestive juices as well.supplementing hydrochloric acid or digestive enzymes or both.

Some of you may have heard about George's capsules which we jokingly call 'the dirt'..a capsule containing 'good bacteria' in a kind of mineral soil. We found that these 'good guys' seem to work very well in cases of 'leaky gut syndrome' and other problems of the digestive tract.

Beneficial bacteria obviously also help in the fight against 'candida' or yeast and fungal over growth.

Again we can see that life, and especially a healthy life, depends on balance and harmony...even the balance between 'good' and 'bad' bacteria etc.

Since CH77 carries large amounts of oxygen it also helps to keep candida a bit under control.

Alkalization, chelation (detoxification) and good nutrition are the cornerstones and the foundation of our approach to better health. Whatever else people want to do beyond all that is up to them..but always keep in mind that God is simple...only man makes everything so very complicated.

Try the simple things first. Observe what happens. Develop patience.

I always made my patients aware that it often took them a very long time to 'get into the mess they are in'...and they must give it a little bit of time to get out of that mess again.

For parents: love and patience are some of the 'fruits of the spirit'. I have seen these two 'ingredients' perform 'miracles'.

Hope is important too.never give up hope.

  Hans

January, 15 th , 2006