Envita’s Natural Issues Blog

Every so often we like to invite guest authors to contribute articles on certain topics.  We are very pleased to have Marc Weissman, D.C., as our guest author for the next few weeks.  Dr. Weissman will be writing a five-part series on the highly controversial and critically important topic of childhood vaccinations.  Dr. Weissman has been studying this issue for sometime.  He has extensively examined literature on the subject and has presented his work in an educational seminar.  Dr. Weissman was awarded the Doctor of Chiropractic degree, magna cum laude, from Life University in 1998.  He holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry from the State University of New York, College at Oneonta.  He is Board Certified to practice Chiropractic as well as physiologic therapeutics.  He is also a certified member of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association.  Dr. Weissman has attended numerous seminars in the field of chiropractic technique and annually attends post-graduate courses to stay current on the latest diagnostic and treatment procedures. Additionally, he has taught seminars to Chiropractic students preparing for the National Board. His clinical emphasis is on increasing the overall quality of life for adults as well as children through gentle chiropractic adjustments.  Dr. Weissman is the owner and president of Mercado Chiropractic in Scottsdale, Arizona.  The information contained within Dr. Weissman’s blog can be purchased from Koren Publications.  Please visit http://www.korenpublications.com/ for more information. 

At this point in my discussion on vaccines, most people start to realize that they have concerns or reservations about vaccinating their children or themselves. In this last and final section of this five part series on vaccines I would like to answer one of the most common questions that I get from parents.  Most often, parents will ask me “What can I do to make sure my child is protected, without actually vaccinating them?”. I think what people are asking is what they can do to ensure that their bodies or the bodies of their children are working optimally. When a parent asks me a question like this, I know they are now thinking clearly and are ready to hear the information I am about to present to you.

Are there benefits to acute illness?

Do childhood diseases, and acute (sudden) diseases in general, serve a purpose?  The Hygienic (Empirical or Vitalistic) school, which dates back thousands of years, has always looked upon symptoms as the body’s way of detoxifying and cleansing.

Hippocrates, known as “The father of Medicine” said “Diseases are crises of purification, of toxic elimination. Symptoms are the natural defenses of the body. We call them diseases, but in fact they are the cure of diseases.” Hippocrates held the belief that the body must be treated as a whole and not just a series of parts. He accurately described disease symptoms and was the first physician to accurately describe the symptoms of pneumonia, as well as epilepsy in children. He believed in the natural healing process of rest, a good diet, fresh air and cleanliness. He noted that there were individual differences in the severity of disease symptoms and that some individuals were better able to cope with their disease and illness than others. He was also the first physician that held the belief that thoughts ideas, and feelings come from the brain and not the heart as others of his time believed.  He founded a medical school on the island of Cos, Greece and began teaching his ideas. He soon developed an Oath of Medical Ethics for physicians to follow. This Oath is taken by physicians today as they begin their medical practice. He died in 377 BC.

“Physical, emotional and intellectual growth spurts are often observed after a child has experienced an acute infectious disease. Dr. Philip Incao expresses this very well in the following:

“One of the best ways to ensure your children’s health is to allow them to get sick. At first hearing, this concept may sound outrageous. Yet childhood illnesses, such as measles, mumps, and even whooping cough, may be of key benefit to a child’s developing immune system and it may be inadvisable to suppress these illnesses with immunizations. Evidence is also accumulating that routine childhood vaccinations may directly contribute to the emergence of chronic problems such as eczema, ear infections, asthma, and bowel inflammations.” Philip Incao, MD.

“Philip Incao, MD writes, lectures and practices anthroposophic medicine.  He is presently located in Boulder, Colorado.  When patients call him and say, “My child has a fever” he says, “wonderful.”  He tells parents to keep the child comfortable and not to give any products with sugar or dairy, and stay away from wheat.  Chiropractors would, of course, add a spinal adjustment so the child is unsubluxated and is therefore better able to fight infections and keep their body healthy.”

“Contracting and overcoming childhood diseases are part of a developmental process that actually helps develop a healthy, robust, adult immune system able to meet the challenges that inevitable encounters with viruses and bacteria will present later on.” Coulter HL. Vaccination, Social Violence and Criminality: The Medical Assault on the American Brain. Washington, DC: Center for Empirical Medicine. 1990.

The messages of these great visionaries and teachers are being revealed today in the medical research.  Did you know that if you allow your child to get sick and heal naturally you are actually lowering their risk for cancer?

“This study investigates the hypothesis that febrile infectious childhood diseases(FICDs) are associated with a lower cancer risk in adulthood…The study consistently revealed a lower cancer risk for patients with a history of FICD.” Albonico HU, Braker HU, Husler J. Febrile infectious childhood diseases in the history of cancer patients and matched controls. Medical Hypotheses. 1998;51(4):315-320.

The association between…infectious diseases and cancer risk was investigated. [Those with] carcinomas of the stomach, colon, rectum, breast, and ovary…were interviewed. A history of common colds or gastro-enteric influenza prior to the interview was found to be associated with a decreased cancer risk. Abel U, Becker N, Angerer R et al. Common infections in the history of cancer patients and controls. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 1991;117(4); 339-44. In this study, it was found that those who had colds and flu had less breast, colon, rectum, stomach and ovarian cancer.  Again, colds and the flu help the body cleanse toxins. Regarding the flu shot, world famous immunogeneticist Hugh Fudenberg, MD says that if you get five consecutive flu shots, your chance of getting Alzheimer’s Disease is ten times higher.” 

Dr. Viera Scheibner has studied over 100,000 pages of scientific papers on vaccination and has concluded that vaccinations are an assault on a child’s immature immune system and should be discontinued.  She writes:

“There is no need to protect children from contracting infectious diseases of childhood. These diseases are there to prime and mature their immune system…chronic ill-health, colds, otitis media, and upper and lower respiratory tract diseases are well-documented in vaccinated children.”

“A well-nourished child will go through rubella, whooping cough, chicken pox and the rest with flying colors.” Scheibner V. Immunization: The Medical Assault on the Immune System. Blackheath, Australia: Author, 1993; xxii.

“[Vaccination] subverts the immune response, the ability to clear that virus. The rash is the body’s eradication of the virus.  If you do not have a typical measles rash you are not invoking an adequate cellular immune response…measles [may] persist in the body…children who do not develop the rash…have an excess risk of delayed mortality.” Andrew Wakefield, MD NVIC Conference, November 7-9 2002, Arlington, VA.

Is the dramatic increase in chronic illness such as allergies, asthma, arthritis, learning disorders, dyslexia, multiple sclerosis, lupus, skin conditions, diabetes, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, autism, rheumatoid arthritis, seizure disorders, Crohn’s and cancer due to vaccination?

For hundreds of years natural healers have warned us that symptoms serves a purpose, to expel toxins, to cleanse the body, to externalize disease.  When we suppress symptoms such as fever, rash, vomiting, diarrhea, aches and pains with drugs and vaccines we are preventing the body from eliminating toxins.  The result appears to be chronic or long-standing disease which we never get rid of – we’re always sick.

Dr. J. Anthony Morris was Chief Control Officer of the FDA. He was fired the day after making this statement:

“There is a great deal of evidence to prove that immunization of children does more harm than good.”

His firing served as a warning to others working for the FDA and other government agencies: if they questioned vaccinations they could look for another job.  He fought and get his job back. He later criticized President Ford’s swine flu vaccination program, saying that there was no swine flu coming and the flu vaccine was very dangerous.  He was right on both counts, but lost his job again after saying it.

There are vaccine exemptions in every state. Unfortunately most health department officials, school officials and medical offices don’t know the law and try to intimidate or coerce parents into vaccinating their children.  They almost never discuss adverse reactions, telling the parents that the vaccines are perfectly safe or the only reaction may be a sore arm, slight fever or fussiness. That is untrue, but in their defense, have been taught that vaccines are very safe and reactions are exceeding rare. Also they are usually untrained to recognize vaccine damage and therefore are unable to report it.

The Foundation for Health Choice, www.foundationforhealthchoice.com is currently fighting for healthcare freedom to change laws to permit everyone to have the freedom to “just say no” to all drugs.

Vaccine Liberation organization: http://www.vaclib.org/pdf/exemption.htm

National Vaccine Information Center:

http://www.909shot.com/Issues/state%20exemptions.htm

Foundation For Health Choice www.foundationforhealthchoice.com

So how do we ensure that our children’s bodies are working optimally so that they can sustain an illness and get through it with flying colors?  The following list is pretty self explanatory.  I will take a few moments to explain some in greater detail.

1. Clean Fresh Water
2. Healthy Foods
3. Healthy emotions/stress management
4. Exercise
5. Weather the Storm
6. Breast Feeding
7. Strengthen Central Nervous System = Chiropractic Care

Water- one of the biggest advances in the elimination of disease is the advances in water treatment.  Clean water is vital to health.  In fact, you can trace the elimination of many diseases with the introduction of sewer systems and water treatments.

Healthy foods-  I know this sounds redundant to a lot of people, but I cannot help getting upset when I see children eating poorly.  Look…soft drinks, white sugar, white flour, cows milk and all the processed crap that goes into our kids bodies will cause many problems.  I can’t stand when I am out in public and I see parent giving their kids soft drinks and junk food.  How about and nice clean drink of water and some fresh fruit?  I’m not saying to totally deny your children, but let’s have some moderation.  Most people understand the axiom with computers, “Garbage in = Garbage out”. Lets apply this to our food!

Healthy Emotions/Stress- We know stress is not healthy.   Why not start our youth early on affirmations, positive thinking and stress management techniques. 

Exercise- don’t we as parents have the responsibility to teach our children how to care for themselves? The human body was meant to move.  If you stop using it, it stops working.  Lets set a good example and get outside with them!  Drop the remote control, drop the ps2, and pick up your hiking shoes or gym bag and get moving! 

Weather the Storm- when my children get sick with a runny nose, fever, cough or whatever they get their nervous systems checked, and get lots of rest.  It’s so easy to get a pill from the doctor. I know, as a parent, how it tears me up inside to see them with a cold and all I have to do is give them some cold remedy and their symptoms will go away.  I have to remind myself that their bodies innate intelligence has all the chemicals it needs to fight off infection without help. And I know they will be healthier as a result.

Breast Feeding- Why do we in this country try so hard to get our kids off of natures perfect nutrition?  Other parts of the world go for 2-4 years while in the U.S. if we go for 6 weeks we think we did a lot. Immunity is passed down from the mother this way. It helps to create a bond between mother and child.   Many parents go to formula because it is easier or because of marketing from formula companies. 

Nervous system- As a chiropractor I have to address this point.  Many people do not even think about how the body works. They just take it for granted.  Your brain is the “Master Control System” of the body. If you stop and think you would realize every single thing in your body is controlled and regulated by the nervous system.  If the nervous system is not functioning properly because of spinal misalignments, then the master controller cannot regulate functions effectively.  It is essential that every person be checked for spinal misalignments to ensure optimal health.

Summary:

1. There is no proof vaccinated children are healthier than non-vaccinated children.
2. There is no proof “benefits” outweigh risks.
3. There is no proof vaccinations are effective.
4. Vaccinations cause illness and disease.
5. There are no long-term safety studies.
6. Vaccines cause crib death (SIDS).
7. Deaths from the diseases were mostly gone before vaccines.
8. Vaccines contain toxins and poisons.
9. Childhood diseases strengthen and mature the immune system.
10. Vaccines are linked to cancer, encephalitis, and autism (ASD).
11. You can legally avoid vaccinations

If you have any questions, comments or have any input please feel free to visit my website at www.mercadochiropractic.com and send me an e-mail.

Marc Weissman, D.C.

Mercado Chiropractic

10135 E. Via Linda

Suite 115

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 661-7000

mercadochiro@qwest.net

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