A Cure for Celiac and Osteoporosis Dis-Ease!

"People with celiac dis-ease or acidic damage to the root system or intestinal villi of the small intestine are more susceptible to osteoporosis, the bone wasting dis-ease because calcium ions from bones are being used to maintain the iso-structure or alkaline pH of the blood at 7.365," states Dr. Robert O. Young,Director of Research at the pH Miracle Living Center in San Diego, California. Dr. Young states, "Osteoporosis is a known risk of celiac disease and has been explained by a failure to absorb calcium or vitamin D and more importantly the inability to manufacture stem cells in the crypts of the small intestine due to congestion from animal proteins and damage to the intestinal villi from dietary acids - especially from protein." A study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests celiac patients produce antibodies which attack a key protein that maintains bone health. According to Dr. Young, "these antibodies are created to buffer dietary acids, especially from animal protein to protect the alkaline design of the small intestine." Damage to the intestinal villi due to dietary acidosis explains why osteoporosis in those with the digestive disorder may not respond to calcium and vitamin D supplementation. Celiac disease is caused by a an over-acidic lifestyle and diet and from gluten, a congestive acidic protein found in wheat, barley, rye and oats which damage the small finger-like villi that line the small intestine and play a key role in the production of stem cells and red blood cells. When damaged and inflamed, the villi are unable to created needed stem cells for red blood cell production. The damage to the intestinal villi also leads to the acidic symptoms of diarrhoea iron deficiency and then malnutrition. It affects one in 100 people, and of these a significant proportion may go on to develop osteoporosis - a symptom of the bones in helping to maintain the alkaline design of the blood that leads to an increased risk of painful and disabling fractures. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh say it may be a protein called osteoprotegerin which holds the key to the link between celiac disease and osteoporosis. According to Dr. Young, "the protein osteoprotegerin is a by-product of bone degeneration and the release of calcium ions into the blood to maintains its iso-structure." Traditional understanding of its cause has left some people with the condition with little hope that their symptoms and quality of life will improve. But with Dr. Young's discovery of what causes celiac dis-ease there is finally hope. In the UK 20% of the celiac patients tested, antibodies were produced which stopped this protein - crucial for maintaining bone strength - from working effectively. Lead researcher Professor Stuart Ralston from the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, said: "This is a very exciting step forward. Not only have we discovered a new reason to explain why osteoporosis occurs in coeliac disease, but we have also found that it responds very well to drugs that prevent bone tissue removal. "Testing for these antibodies could make a real and important difference to the lives of people with coeliac disease by alerting us to the risk of osteoporosis and helping us find the correct treatment for them." Sarah Sleet, head of Coeliac UK said: "Osteoporosis is a damaging complication of coeliac disease and our traditional understanding of its cause has left some people with the condition with little hope that their symptoms and quality of life will improve. "This new breakthrough in understanding and treatment will give renewed hope to our members struggling with their condition." Dr Claire Bowring, medical policy officer with the National Osteoporosis Society said: "We already know that coeliac disease is a risk factor for osteoporosis and that early diagnosis and treatment of coeliac disease gives the best chance of improving bone density. "A better understanding of the relationship between coeliac disease and osteoporosis will enable clinicians to manage both conditions more effectively. "Although this research is at an early stage it is certainly interesting and we look forward to more extensive work to identify how prevalent this antibody is in people with coeliac disease." In conclusion Dr. Young states, "there is only one cause of celiac dis-ease and one cause of osteoporosis - can you say "ACID." The acids that cause celiac come from animal proteins, high sugar fruits, starchy carbohydrates, grains with gluten and dairy products. Eliminate these acidic foods and start an alkaline diet and not only will you begin to heal the small intestine but you will stop the degeneration of the bones."

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Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part III

Normal Human Occlusion

In 1967, a team of geneticists and anthropologists published an extensive study of a population of Brazilian hunter-gatherers called the Xavante (1). They made a large number of physical measurements, including of the skull and jaws. Of 146 Xavante examined, 95% had "ideal" occlusion, while the 5% with malocclusion had nothing more than mild crowding of the incisors (front teeth). The authors wrote:

Characteristically, the Xavante adults exhibited broad dental arches, almost perfectly aligned teeth, end-to-end bite, and extensive dental attrition [tooth wear].

In the same paper, the author presents occlusion statistics for three other cultures. According to the papers he cites, in Japan, the prevalence of malocclusion was 59%, and in the US (Utah), it was 64%. He also mentions another native group living near the Xavante, part of the Bakairi tribe, living at a government post and presumably eating processed food. The prevalence of malocclusion was 45% in this group.

In 1998, Dr. Brian Palmer (DDS) published a paper describing some of the collections of historical skulls he had examined over the years (2):

...I reviewed an additional twenty prehistoric skulls, some dated at 70,000 years old and stored in the Anthropology Department at the University of Kansas. Those skulls also exhibited positive [good] occlusions, minimal decay, broad hard palates, and "U-shaped" arches.

The final evaluations were of 370 skulls preserved at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The skulls were those of prehistoric North American plains Indians and more contemporary American skulls dating from the 1920s to 1940s. The prehistoric skulls exhibited the same features as mentioned above, whereas a significant destruction and collapse of the oral cavity were evident in the collection of the more recent skulls. Many of these more recent skulls revealed severe periodontal disease, malocclusions, missing teeth, and some dentures. This was not the case in the skulls from the prehistoric periods...

The arch is the part of the upper jaw inside the "U" formed by the teeth. Narrow dental arches are a characteristic feature of malocclusion-prone societies. The importance of arch development is something that I'll be coming back to repeatedly. Dr. Palmer's paper includes the following example of prehistoric (L) and modern (R) arches:


Dr. Palmer used an extreme example of a modern arch to illustrate his point, however, arches of this width are not uncommon today. Milder forms of this narrowing affect the majority of the population in industrial nations.

In 1962, Dr. D.H. Goose published a study of 403 British skulls from four historical periods: Romano-British, Saxon, medieval and modern (3). He found that the arches of modern skulls were less broad than at any previous time in history. This followed an earlier study showing that modern British skulls had more frequent malocclusion than historical skulls (4). Goose stated that:

Although irregularities of the teeth can occur in earlier populations, for example in the Saxon skulls studied by Smyth (1934), the narrowing of the palate seems to have occurred in too short a period to be an evolutionary change. Hooton (1946) thinks it is a speeding up of an already long standing change under conditions of city life.

Dr. Robert Corruccini published several papers documenting narrowed arches in one generation of dietary change, or in genetically similar populations living rural or urban lifestyles (reviewed in reference #5). One was a study of Caucasians in Kentucky, in which a change from a traditional subsistence diet to modern industrial food habits accompanied a marked narrowing of arches and increase in malocclusion in one generation. Another study examined older and younger generations of Pima Native Americans, which again showed a reduction in arch width in one generation. A third compared rural and urban Indians living in the vicinity of Chandigarh, showing marked differences in arch breadth and the prevalence of malocclusion between the two genetically similar populations. Corruccini states:

In Chandigarh, processed food predominates, while in the country coarse millet and locally grown vegetables are staples. Raw sugar cane is widely chewed for enjoyment rurally [interestingly, the rural group had the lowest incidence of tooth decay], and in the country dental care is lacking, being replaced by chewing on acacia boughs which clean the teeth and are considered medicinal.

Dr. Weston Price came to the same conclusion examining prehistoric skulls from South America, Australia and New Zealand, as well as their living counterparts throughout the world that had adhered to traditional cultures and foodways. From Nutrition and Physical Degeneration:

In a study of several hundred skulls taken from the burial mounds of southern Florida, the incidence of tooth decay was so low as to constitute an immunity of apparently one hundred per cent, since in several hundred skulls not a single tooth was found to have been attacked by tooth decay. Dental arch deformity and the typical change in facial form due to an inadequate nutrition were also completely absent, all dental arches having a form and interdental relationship [occlusion] such as to bring them into the classification of normal.

Price found that the modern descendants of this culture, eating processed food, suffered from malocclusion and narrow arches, while another group from the same culture living traditionally did not. Here's one of Dr. Price's images from Nutrition and Physical Degeneration (p. 212). This skull is from a prehistoric New Zealand Maori hunter-gatherer:


Note the well-formed third molars (wisdom teeth) in both of the prehistoric skulls I've posted. These people had ample room for them in their broad arches. Third molar crowding is a mild form of modern face/jaw deformity, and affects the majority of modern populations. It's the reason people have their wisdom teeth removed. Urban Nigerians in Lagos have 10 times more third molar crowding than rural Nigerians in the same state (10.7% of molars vs. 1.1%, reference #6).

Straight teeth and good occlusion are the human evolutionary norm. They're also accompanied by a wide dental arch and ample room for third molars in many traditionally-living cultures. The combination of narrow arches, malocclusion, third molar crowding, small or absent sinuses, and a characteristic underdevelopment of the middle third of the face, are part of a developmental syndrome that predominantly afflicts industrially living cultures.

(1) Am. J. Hum. Genet. 19(4):543. 1967. (free full text)
(2) J. Hum. Lact. 14(2):93. 1998
(3) Arch. Oral Biol. 7:343. 1962
(4) Brash, J.C.: The Aetiology of Irregularity and Malocclusion of the Teeth. Dental Board of the United Kingdom, London, 1929.
(5) Am J. Orthod. 86(5):419
(6) Odonto-Stomatologie Tropicale. 90:25. (free full text)

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IS THERE NATURAL TREATMENT FOR LUNG CANCER

Deguelin is a natural plant extract and is used as an insecticide in Africa and South America. In studies it seems to prevent the growth of cancerous lung cells and it does this without harming normal cells.

Deguelin has been very effective to inhibit the growth of lung cancer. It is an inhibitor of AKT or protein kinase B, and this has been recognized as a molecule that spreads over the tumor cell, Deguelin contains a none toxic effect, However, if patients overdose it may cause nerve damage, lung and heart disease, so that a reasonable dose should be taken even if it is a natural substance.

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Acidic Hormones Increases Risk of Dying from Lung Cancer

Women who take acidic hormone replacement drugs to fight the symptoms of menopause may increase their risk of dying when developing a cancerous condition of the lung, according to an eight-year study. The study of more than 16,600 postmenopausal women found that those with cancerous lungs who took acidic hormone-replacement therapy drugs that combined both estrogen and progesterone were 71 percent more likely to die than those who had taken a placebo. The study of strikes another blow against such using acidic drugs, which have developed a bad reputation during the past few years as studies linked them with an increased risk of developing breast cancer, ovarian cancer, strokes, and heart problems. According to Dr. Robert O. Young, Director of Research at the pH Miracle Living Center, "the study results make sense because estrogen, which is an acid from the activity of the reproductive glands could increase acidity to healthy tissues causing the formation of more tumors in the lungs and lessening the effectiveness of alternative or traditional cancerous prevention treatments." Among women taking the drugs, the greatest risk of dying from lung cancer was for those 60 to 79, although the risk of actually developing lung cancer wasn’t increased. “These findings should be considered before the initiation or continuation of combined hormone therapy in postmenopausal women, especially those with a high risk of lung cancer, such as current smokers or long-term past smokers,” Dr. Town Chlebowski of the UCLA Medical Center and his research colleagues wrote in “The Lancet.” “These results seriously question whether hormone-replacement therapy has any role in medicine today,” said Dr. Apar Kishor Ganti of the University of Nebraska, who wrote a commentary in “The Lancet.” “It is difficult to presume that the benefits of routine use of such therapy for menopausal symptoms outweigh the increased risks of mortality.” Dr. Young stated, "hormone replacement therapy is highly acidic and will cause many of the symptoms a woman is trying to prevent or reverse. Hormone therapy has no benefit in preventing or reversing a cancerous condition and is more likely to cause it." Cancer Fact: Lung cancer is the second-most-common cancer among in the United States, killing about 90,000 men and 70,000 women each year.

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A pH Miracle Baby

The following is an unsolicited pH Miracle testimony from a 15 month old - yes a 15 month old baby. Dear Dr. Young, My name is Celestine Franzen, I was born on 01 of July 2008 and just turned 15 months old. I live with my parents in Germany, not far away from Munich. I am a pH-miracle. My dad Peter took the microscopy course with you in 2005. My mom, who was born in Georgetown, TX, was diagnosed by her doctor back in 2006 that she would never be able to give birth to a child. So Dad went with her to have colon cleansing and they practiced your pH-miracle lifestyle and diet. Up until now I have not seen any doctor, except for the statutory tests. In the first 9 months I was breast fed and then started - slowly and gently - an alkaline diet containing avocados, softly steamed green veggies, fresh almond milk, buckwheat, quinoa, cucumbers and tomatoes. The more teeth I get the more new recipes I can eat. I enjoy this with your pHlavour and your pHour salts. Every day in the morning I receive my small pipette salt flushes and plenty of good water during the day. I am very happy and full of energy. Thank you for teaching my dad the microscopy and the pH Miracle Lifestyle and Diet. Celestine Franzen look@peter-franzen.com Winkl 8 D-83115 Neubeuern Fon: 080 35 / 963 99 22 Fax: 080 35 / 963 99 23 mobil: 01 75 / 168 15 15

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Vaccines Triple Risk For Autism

A new study has shown that giving Hepatitis B vaccine to newborn baby boys more than triples their risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder. The study’s authors used U.S. probability samples obtained from National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 1997–2002 datasets. The conclusion states that: “Findings suggest that U.S. male neonates vaccinated with hepatitis B vaccine had a 3-fold greater risk of ASD.” The authors also noted that an earlier study by them found that hepatitis B vaccination was associated with receipt of early intervention and special education services. The new study used a different database than their earlier study, and they found same results, suggesting a validation of their findings. According to Dr. Robert O. Young, Director of Research at the pH Miracle Living Center, "vaccinations contain acidic ingredients that may lead to damage to brain cells in the gut and brain cells in the cranial. This can then lead to developmental problems and mind blindness found in autistic children. Vaccines hurt more children then the help." Sources: Age of Autism September 17, 2009 Annals of Epidemiology September 2009: 19(9); 659 Sick and Tired: A Second Thought About Viruses and Vaccines and The HIV/AIDS Hypothesis, 2001

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Vaccines Triple Risk

A new study has shown that giving Hepatitis B vaccine to newborn baby boys more than triples their risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder. The study’s authors used U.S. probability samples obtained from National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 1997–2002 datasets. The conclusion states that: “Findings suggest that U.S. male neonates vaccinated with hepatitis B vaccine had a 3-fold greater risk of ASD.” The authors also noted that an earlier study by them found that hepatitis B vaccination was associated with receipt of early intervention and special education services. The new study used a different database than their earlier study, and they found same results, suggesting a validation of their findings. According to Dr. Robert O. Young, Director of Research at the pH Miracle Living Center, "vaccinations contain acidic ingredients that may lead to damage to brain cells in the gut and brain cells in the cranial. This can then lead to developmental problems and mind blindness found in autistic children. Vaccines hurt more children then the help." Sources: Age of Autism September 17, 2009 Annals of Epidemiology September 2009: 19(9); 659 Sick and Tired: A Second Thought About Viruses and Vaccines and The HIV/AIDS Hypothesis, 2001

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