Let’s not forget one point. There is no money to be made for the sickness – disease industries by    having a population that is getting healthier.    Is it possible that the same men that control the  drug industries also have something to do with   the junk food industries? In my opinion, if one wants to know the truth about any subject, rule number one is look with great suspicion at what the ‘status quo’ believes. They are bound to be wrong! Even some very well-known ‘Holistic’ MD’s with a high profile  nationally, and many other natural   healers have bought probably the greatest hoax of this century.
The ‘villain’ meatlfatleggslcholesterol myth      with the high complex carbohydrate solution. What a mess! No wonder the North American general population gets ‘sicker and fatter’ each year and  the vegetarians ‘thinner and sicker.’ Dr. Moss   states, “From both biochemical and historical   viewpoints, the high complex carbohydrate, low-fat diet makes so much sense.” I think it makes no  sense at all and never did make any sense.

Dr. Robert Atkins cannot be ‘dismissed’ in such a cursory fashion. He has worked with many, many thousands of patients over more than a 25-year span. He has proven the validity of the limited carbohydrate approach without one shadow of doubt. It is impossible and ridiculous to state that Atkins advocates a ‘complete removal of all carbohydrates from the  diet.’ Read Dr. Atkins latest book which is Dr Atkins Diet Revelation. His 1988 book, Dr. Atkins Health Revolution is, I believe, the best all- round book ever written      for the education of people  in ‘complementary medicine’ and ‘holistic health.’ This book is particularly valuable to me as it is available in Spanish and Ichoose to live and practice in the  Republic of Mexico. I will attempt to show in this letter that far from being  the  ‘missing link’   in disease the ‘glycopathies’ are in fact the common denominator in most aspects of health and  disease.   Listen  to what Dr. Atkins says (Health Revolution. Chapter 6 – titled “Diabetes – The   Basic Epidemic.”) “It would be hard to scrutinize   the weaknesses of orthodox medicine without     using as a prime example the major disorders of blood sugar, diabetes and hypoglycemia. These two illnesses are not opposites but rather distinct  facets of a single category of illnesses which has  no special name other than blood sugar  disorders. (The term glycopathy, which applies, certainly is not in widespread use.) More than any other   category  of illness, the glycopathies are the  major illnesses of the 20th century. It is fair to say this, because there is increasing evidence that arteriosclerosis largely overlaps the blood sugar  disorders and shares many of the same metabolic  disturbances. If that’s the case,then diet  becomes, clearly and obviously, both the cause and  the cure of this century’s major cause of-death.  And none of orthodoxy’s characteristic responses,   from aloof disdain based on sheer ignorance, to vindictive persecution based on fear, will succeed  in concealing that fact forever.” Ever since Dr.Seale Harris identified hyperinsulinism as a major factor in  disease causation in 1924, various forms of low carbohydrate diets have been popularized by various Doctors. Dr.Atkins dedicates his Health Revolution book to his mentor, the late Dr.Carlton   Fredericks, PhD. I notice that in Dr.Fredericks    1980 book Eat well, get well, stay well, Chapter  11 is titled “The Low Carbohydrate Diet.”In his  1983 book What the Medical Establishment won’t tell you that could Save Your Life, Michael L. Culbert says, “In ‘How to beat the  Killer Diseases,’ Dr. Harper and Imade the case for the fact that Americans are the most overfed, yet undernourished, people on earth, even though the food situation in the United Kingdom is even  worse. Dr. Harper’s thesis, now seconded by many metabolic physicians, is that the degenerative diseases are all interlinked,  whatever names   we give them  – arthritis, arteriosclerosis,   cancer, heart disease, stroke, schizophrenia,  alcoholism, hypertension, diabetes – and that the early warning system in identifying the problem   is the body’s inability to metabolize refined  carbohydrates, primarily refined sugar. This   early-warning stage, glucose metabolism dysfunction (GMD), which is rarely diagnosed, will almost  certainly become hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, an ailment which until recently the AMA even denied existed. Hypoglycemia’s links to the  degenerative disease states in general is now relatively accepted. That a fourth to a third of  cancer patients are also diabetic is accepted, and  that both schizophrenia and alcoholism  may be  controlled by diet is ever more apparent. ” Dr. Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD is considered the   ‘father’ of Orthomolecular Psychiatry. As far as I know he is still practicing in Victoria, British   Columbia. He is recognized as the foremost  authority in the nutritional treatment of Schizophrenia. In his excellent 1978 book  Orthomolecular Nutrition – New Lifestyle for Super Good Health which he co-wrote with Dr. Morton  Walker, they state, “Excessive consumption of  unprocessed foods almost exclusively  carbohydrate  in content such as rice, wheat  and potatoes will cause obesity and cause a metabolic imbalance”..  Processed  carbohydrates present  an altogether  different situation.   These  include  all  the  food products rich in added sugar or prepared in  a  way  that   has  dissipated  a large proportion  of other  essential  nutrients.  Processed carbohydrates   consist of such foods as polished rice, white flour  and a variety  of substances   made from them. They can almost be branded  as legalized poisons. The best use white flour can be put   to  is   as   a   paste  for  hanging wallpaper.    Excessive  consumption  of refined  or  processed  carbohydrates   is the  major  cause   of a broad   group  of neuroses and a great number of’ physical illnesses. ”

Hofferl Walker  also  point  out  that “The  mass   indictment   of  refined carbohydrates  as the  cause  of many  of the ills of western   countries  today was advanced  by  Surgeon-Captain   T.L. Cleave,   MRCP   formerly  director   of medical   research  of the  Institute  of Naval Medicine, Great Britain.  In 1956, he designated   ‘the  saccharine   disease’ as  the  master   disease,   incorporating diabetes,   coronary   disease,   obesity, peptic ulcer, constipation,  hemorrhoids, varicose  veins;   Escherichia  coli infections   such   as  appendicitis,  cholecystitis,  pyelitis, and diverticulitis; renal calculus, many skin conditions and dental caries.”

Dr. Moss  says,  “Both  Wright  and Heller find it sadly ironic that  the great collection  of  brilliant   minds  that populate  the   research   community cannot bring themselves to acknowledge the  obvious.  Most likely, hyperinsulinemia  and insulin resistance are  primarily  initiated by  dietary indiscretions.”   I think  that’s  simple  to explain.  Most research people are ‘status quo’    types.    At   least    95%   of   the population,   in my opinion,  is addicted to sugar.  Just  like alcoholism,  denial  of alcohol or sugar causing a problem is one of the  major   manifestations  of these diseases.        Alcoholism and the ‘glycopathies’ are  closely related.  Back to HofferlW alker:   “Refined   sugar   is particularly  insidious  as  it  produces addiction   as   severe  as  any drug addiction.  The only difference between heroin  addiction  and sugar  addiction  is that   sugar   doesn’t   need  injection,   is readily    consumable  because  of  its availability,  and isn’t considered a social evil. However,   the  strength   of sugar addiction   is just   as  strong    as  heroin addiction. ”

There  seems  to  be   a  great misunderstanding  about  carbohydrates and  their  role in hyperinsulinemia.    An article  in the  February 5  Newsweek  of this year,  is titled  “Here’s the Beef.” It’s about  the  ‘rediscovery’  of eating  more protein   and  cutting   the  carbs.   They mention  three  new books.  Drs. Michael and  Mary  Dan  Eades’   book  called Protein Power, Dr. Richard and Rachel Heller’s  book Healthy  For Life  and The Zone by Barry  Sears. Newsweek  states,  “The  new diets  all  focus  on   the relationship  between carbohydrates  and insulin….  When   we   consume carbohydrates,   whether   as  carrots  or candy  bars,  they enter  the bloodstream as glucose. And if a meal generates  more glucose than we can use at the moment, our bodies  produce  insulin  to squirrel away the excess.  Later,  as blood sugar declines,   a  separate   hormone  called glucagon  shuttles   stored  energy  back into the blood.  Everything  hums  along nicely as long as  insulin   and  glucagon maintain a dynamic balance.   But  if we continually  consume  more carbs than  we burn,    insulin    gets   the   upper    hand, sending our weight,  blood pressure   and cholesterol    skyward.    To  the   protein enthusiasts,  cutting hack on carbs  is an ideal  way to rein in the insulin  response and  ward   off everything     that   follows from it. Yes, although  I really  question whether there  is actually  anything  ‘new’ about  these   diets.   Dr.  Atkins   for  one, talked  about these  principles  more than 20 years ago  and  Seale Harris   talked about  them   in   1924.   Also   in  their reference   to carrots   or  candy   entering the   bloodstream  as   glucose,    a  big surprise   may be  that  the  carrots   could cause  a greater  increase   in blood sugar than   the   candy   bars.   Let’s   get  clear about  one point.  I advocate as close to zero intake  of refined  carbohydrates   and high  glycemic index  foods  as  possible. Nevertheless,   as   mentioned,   the problem  seems to be a lack of knowledge about    carbohydrates.    Most   Doctors! Nutritionists    still  lump  carbohydrates into  two groups:  Simple  and  Complex. No pun  intended but  it’s just   not that simple! If we are  to  be concerned with the   pancreas   overresponding   and producing  too much insulin,   or the cells becoming   insulin-resistant,   we  know that  it’s best to eat  foods that  don’t raise the  blood  sugar   too  much.  To do this properly    we   have   to  take   into consideration   the ‘Glycemic  Index’ of foods.   A  book   containing   much interesting   information   about  this subject   is  The  Life   Extension  Weight Loss Program by Durk   Pels.” They also say  that “the slower   gut   absorption    that   will occur when  the  foods are part  of a meal will reduce the glycemic indexes  of most foods.” High fructose corn syrup is a mixture of fructose,  glucose, and small  amounts  of  other    sugars.   Depending   on  the combinations  of different  sugars,  the
glycemic index   can  vary considerably. Sucrose  has   a  glycemic   index   of  59. Fructose  20 and glucose  100. However  I think  it’s  worth  noting  what  Dr. Linus Pauling   says  in his book How to Live Longer  and  Feel Better.  “The  situation with fructose  is different  from that  with glucose. Humans  have  always  ingested some  fructose,  in the fruits and honey that  were part  of their  diet. Until about 200 years  ago the  daily  average  intake of fructose was quite small,  only about 8g.   Then,    as   ordinary   sugar (sucrose)… began   to  be  generally available,   the  daily  intake   of fructose rose tenfold,  to about  75g per  day.  The reason   for  this  great   increase    in  the intake  of fructose  is that  when  sucrose is ingested  it reacts  with  water  to form equal  amounts   of glucose  and  fructose. Each lOOg of sucrose gives 53g of glucose and  53g  of fructose;   that   is  why  it  is referred    to  as  a  disaccharide.   In  the United States we eat about  100 pounds of sugar   (sucrose) per  year.   This  is 125g  per   day,   corresponding,    when   it  is digested,  to 66g offructose  per day. With about  8g  from  fruits   and  honey,   the average daily  intake   becomes  74g per day. Our bodies  have  been  accustomed  to  metabolizing   only 8g of fructose  per day. It is accordingly  not surprising  that the   nearly    tenfold   overload   causes problems.  There  is little doubt that this great intake  offructose,  to which human beings  have been  subjected  only during the last  century,   is the cause of many of our ills.”

Statistics,   I think  show  that  the average intake  of sugar  per year is now closer to 150 lbs.  One thing  is for sure. The problem is getting  worse, not better. The  ‘hypoglycemic  epidemic’  of the  70′s and  80′s hasn’t   gone away.  It’s  actually more  prevalent   than  ever! One  more  thing  about   glycemic indexes.  Pearson   and  Shaw  state   that the glycemic  index  of a fruit could not be  estimated    on  the  basis   of a  sugar’ content    analysis.    Plums   for  instance “contain  3.49% glucose,  1.5. 3% fructose , 4.94% sucrose, and  0.15% maltose.  The glycemic indexes  of these sugars are 100, 20, 59, and  110, respectively.  They say, “On  this  basis   we  expected   plums  to have a high glycemic index, but it is only 25.” The fruits  with  the  lower  glycemic indexes are  apple,  cherries,   grapefruit, peach,  pear,  plum,      orange   and surprisingly,  grapes.  The   reason   that   I   say    that hyperinsulinemia  and insulin  resistance (or  the   glycopathies)   are   a common denominator    in   disease    and  health  , rather than   a missing   link  is because the   stabilization    of blood  sugar  seems to be the  major  common  factor  in  the methods  used  by every  doctor who has had  a high  success   rate   in  ‘curing’  all types of conditions.  All the methods and systems that   I have studied   of various doctors  have all  eliminated  at least all the  ‘refined’   carbohydrates     and   sweet fruits  from the  diets  of their  patients. Three such doctors,  all now deceased, were   Melvin   Page,  DDS  of   St. Petersburg.  Florida,  Arthur   L. Kaslow, MD of Santa   Barbara,    California, and E.E. Rogers, MD of Vancouver,   British Columbia,  Canada.   All of these  doctors treated   thousands  of patients    with   a wide variety  of conditions  with  many of the   people   coming   from    foreign countries. Firstly, Dr. Page. I am fortunate   to have  one  of Dr.  Page’s  books,  Body Chemistry   in  Health    and   Disease  , published I think,   sometime  in the 50s. He has   another   book  called  Your Body  is your best Doctor, written   with H. Leon – Abrams,   Jr.  published   in  1972. While the first book is for clinicians, the second   is more for the general public.  I also have a copy of  The Cook’s Health Guide which was Dr. Page’s recipe  book for the ‘Page Nutritional  Plan.’ In the introduction  he says,   “Sugar    is  habit-forming.    The resulting   destruction  of  the  body chemistry   is devastating.    We  are  all aware of the problems of alcoholism and drug  addiction  which  are  prevalent   in our  society;  but  most  of us  are  little aware  that  99% of the American  people have    unknowingly      become     sugar addicts.    This   is  by  far  the  greatest problem   facing   our   country    today.” Remember Dr. Page wrote this in the Rogers, MD, to me the most intriguing ’50s.  In Your Body  is Your  best Doctor, Dr. Page  says;  “In the  Page  Method  of regulating   body chemistry  the degree of efficiency of body  function  is expressed by the calcium-phosphorus  ratio and the amount   of   sugar   present  in  the circulating  blood. These deter minations are  included  in the  tests  made  on the blood  sample.   The  ideal  to which   the method  of regulation   is  directed   is to maintain   the  blood sugar   level  at  100 milligrams,  calcium 10, phosphorus 4 (or 2.5  parts  calcium  to  1  part  of phosphorus) per   hundred  cubic centimeters  of  blood.  At these levels the body  functions   most   successfully   and efficiently in all parts  and organs.” Also “In  my  research  with  thousands  of patients over  the  past   40 years,   my findings   prove  that   certain   foods  are universally   harmful  to everyone. These foods ate as follows: Sugar and all foods made with sugar  (white,  brown,  or raw sugar and   syrups),    white   bread   and refined grains,    coffee,  tea,  milk   (not including   cream  and   butter),  fruit  and vegetable juices  and hydrogenated  fats.” As well as  the  ‘Page  Super  7 diet’,  Dr. Page developed  a sophisticated   system of  anthropometric  measurements  to indicate  the   hereditary  glandular condition  with which an individual  was born.  Dr.  Page  said  that   all  patients improved  on the diet alone but  after he had   taken    the   measurements   and figured   out  the  patient’s    hereditary glandular   weakness,    “the   next procedure   was  to give the  patient   the minute   amount   of   endocrine supplements   needed   for  his   or  her individual needs.   The  results   gained from  the  basic   diet,   plus   endocrine supplements,    were  remarkable.”   They must   have   been    because  Dr.   Page certainly  had no shortage  of patients. Dr. Nancy Appleton’s excellent books are based   on  Dr.   Page’s   work.   She dedicates   her  Lick the  Sugar   Habit  to Bruce Pacetti,  DDS. Having  taken  his workshop   myself  I know  he  is  a  fine teacher  of Dr. Page’s  work.  I would be very interested  in hearing   from anyone who  knows   a  source   for  the   ‘Page endocrines.’

Dr. Arthur   L. Kaslow,  MD wrote  a book in  1979 called  You can  achieve Freedom  from  Chronic  Disease.  He too had thousands  of patients  from allover the   world.    According   to   personal communication  with one of his sons, Dr. Kaslow    ‘specialized’   in   crippling arthritis,   multiple   sclerosis,  and surprisingly,   deafness.  Apparently   he worked every day right  up to when  he  was struck  down by a virus  in 1991 at the age of78. In his very excellent book, he states:  “Since the early  1950′s  I have been  accumulating   evidence  that nutrition     in  the   central    key  in  the development  and   perpetuation   of chronic illness .. ” Further,  “Our clinical experience  has  shown  that   almost  all seriously   chronic  dysfunctions    of the body  can  be  traced   primarily     to  the activity    of  abnormal     carbohydrate metabolism   or   some   other  food rejectivity,   that   is,  the   ‘Metabolic Rejectivity   Syndrome.’    An  important test  in  the  Kaslow  program   was  the ‘fructose’ tolerance  test.  “Each  patient consumed  approximately   103 grams  of natural carbohydrate  consisting  of three oranges,  six dates and one banana.”  Dr. Kaslow said:  “We use  real  foods that contain  fructose, the natural  fruit sugar, in order to gain a more accurate  picture of the individual’s  responses  to foods as opposed to chemicals.” Another   aspect    of  the    Kaslow program  was  the  monitoring   of white blood    cell   reaction      to   foods.    He elaborates  further: “However, even more important   to our  metabolic  rejectivity hypothesis  is the patient’s  Lymphocyte-count response.”    He  monitored    the Lymphocyte  count  at regular   intervals during  the ‘fructose’ tolerance  test.  The body  in  general   has   two   regulating systems  to monitor glucose  needed  for action  energy;  the  liver  for conversion and assignment   according to need, and the   Pancreaslinsulin   response,     for metabolism  and body tissue  utilization. When both of these do not function  in a balanced   and  complementary  way,  it appears  that  the body begins to identify glucose as an unwanted   substance   and calls  in  the  immune   system,   with  its lymphocytic  scavengers,  to make a final stand.  This response  can occur with any food  that   the  body  considers,    in  its innate  wisdom, as unwanted   foods.
Dr. Kaslow put his patients  on a 48 hr.  distilled  water   fast.   Then   he  had them  eat  only one food at  a time from the   food  list   and   write   down  their reactions  to that  particular   food. In this way he isolated  food intolerances.  There is much more to his program  than  this, including     an  interesting     system   of acupuncture,   but  my point  is that  the problem with carbohydrate  metabolism is once again ‘the common denominator.’ Last but  not least,  we come to E.E. Rogers, MD, to me the most intriguing. He apparently  was   outspoken  and fought  with  the  establishment     all his life. After  numerous   court  battles   his license  was finally  pulled  when he was in  his  seventies.   His book, Biological Medicine – living as it was meant  to be, is truly  fascinating.  He wrote this  book in 1977 when he was 83.  He also treated thousands  of patients from both Canada and  the  U.S,  as well  as  many  foreign countries.   He pulled  no punches.  First two  paragraphs     of the  Preface   read: “Common  sense  tells  one that  there  is no  possibility    that   poisonous   drugs, deadly radiations,  or mutilating  surgery, whatever   apparent   beneficial  effects these modalities  may have, to those who know   no  better,   could   ever   be   the optimal  solution  in real and permanent health    achievement.    Conventional statistics,   showing a rocketing  increase in the degenerative   diseases since about

product  is  high   in  carbohydrate,      and especially   ifit  is a refined   product  such as  most  of our  breakfast    cereals,   and most   of  the   soft   drinks,     it does not matter what protein,   vitamin C, or other1900, which was about the beginning  of these   symptom-treating    technologies which   now  dominate    medicine,   give abundant      confirmation   to  common sense. “Biological medicine,   on the  other hand,  refusing  to accept the thesis  that this failure  is the best that  can be done, turns  to the  omniscience,  omnipotence, and omnipresence  ofthe primal creative mind   and   energy   (in  religious   terms God), represented   here  on earth  by the so-called Natural  Laws, in thousands  of so-called   incurable    diseases,    over   a period of more than  40 years, proved no disease  to be incurable,   only provided it was managed  properly  and in time; and proved   also   that   all  disease   is preventable,   and  that  real  and  perfect health    is   easily    achievable,     again provided  one obeys the  laws before  all has  been wasted by time, by disease, and by destructive   or useless  treatment   of the  symptoms   of disease.”  Dr. Rogers said. , “The scientific   fact  is  that   if  a supposed  health     aid  or necess~ty    it contains;   it is a disease   producer   In the  human  body.”  Also,  “I  knew   that   the digestive   apparatus     of the  human   ~as designed  to metabolize   low, hut not high percentage   carbohydrates.    Thus  grains, organic  or otherwise, though  natural.for fowls,  were  unnatural     for  us,   causing  overwork  on  the  part   of the  liver  and pancreas.    The same applies  to all high percentage        carbohydrates;           hence diabetes,   liver  and gallbladder  disease, cholesterol     problems    etc.”  Dr. Rogers used    low   carbohydrate         vegetables exclusively  for his ‘cleansing’   part  of his program,  because he said, “The human liver  and pancreas     were   designed    to handle   low  percentage    carbohydrates,    therefore   I stick  to that, and this  is one reason    why   my  method    of nutrition works.”  He  also says,  “Remember   that you have  been  conditioned    all your  life to be a glutton,   consuming   far more food than you  need;  that  you have  also been conditioned,     very   early   in life, to  be addicted   to sugar and  to starchy foods.”

And work  his program   certainly   did as Dr. Rogers had  almost unbelievable success   with all  kinds of serious   and often  terminal    conditions.   Before   1940 he had  a whole  T.B.  sanatorium    ‘clean out’  and  all  the  patients    come  to him, when   they   heard    he  had   ‘cured’   two former patients   who had been sent home to die. Cancer   and   multiple    sclerosis were   no  problem    either.    After   World War  II  he  had  some  cases  of  Amoebic dysentery       in former     prisoners       of Japanese     camps,    cases   he  says   “after more  than a year’s  treatment    at Walter Reed  Military Hospital  in Washington, were   medical    failures;     amoebas    still alive   and   flourishing.      My method  of giving  amoebas   and bacteria   of a hostile nature  nothing   to live on,  no  garbage, was successful,  and  every  patient    lost his  amoebas within   a couple  of months. Likewise   allergies,    epilepsy   and   even cystic  fibrosis.”  In  1949 Dr. Rogers  was awarded  a gold medal  “for distinguished service    to  optometry     in  the   field   of human   vision.”  Apparently    two doctors in  Boston  had   acquired     Dr.  Rogers’ earlier book The Philosophy and Science of Health.    They  told him   that    “the results  of their   experiments     with   my methods    had been   really   miraculous. Diseases  such as glaucoma  and cataract, never      curable       before,      had  been completely   cured,  in those  cases  where it was applied    in  time.   Cases   of eye infection  cleared  up in a fraction  of time as  before.”  Adult  onset   diabetes,    even with   older    people   was   ‘no  problem’. Likewise     diseases     such   as asthma, bronchitis, arthritis,   heart    disease, emphysema.       He   also   had   cases    of Leprosy     and   many    other    Tropical diseases   all  responding   equally  well.
Dr. Rogers  used  a ‘proteinoid’   urine test,  the Ellis Mycrodynameter  and the Cameron   Hearlometer    in his  diagnosis! body chemistry   analysis.   Iwould  like  to know  more   about   these   methods    and would  appreciate   hearing   from  anyone who is familiar   with  the  more  technical aspects  of Dr. Rogers’  work.   I’ll end with another  quote  from E.E. Rogers,   MD,  “Medicine  assumes, and leads    you   to  assume,     that    treating disease   or  syrnptoms    is  the best  and most  that    can be  done about   disease; also  that   by studying  disease,  we can somehow     learn    about    health.    This assumption   was   doomed     from    the beginning   to fail, because  it ignores  the laws  of  polarity,  cause and  effect,  and other  laws. One does not achieve  success by treating failure, or by lack  of vision in believing   that  success  is not  possible in    the     first      place.    So,    medical technologies,   though  they involve  much knowledge,   are not  based  upon  truth   or wisdom  in the producing of health.   They are simply  knowledge  misapplied.  The kidney    machine,     the   heart    or  other organ  transplant,  and hundreds   of other technologies, would  never  be required, if the laws of health  were applied  in any reasonable   time.  This  has  been  proven, scientifically  and conclusively,  by myself and  by  others.   It  is  obvious   why  this scientific evidence has been suppressed.”

Curt Maxwell, DC, ND, FIACA
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I have  read  and  reread   Dr. Collin’s editorial   in  the  November   issue  and each   time   it  seems   stranger.    The conclusion  that  I have  come to is that for  some  reason there  is  a  lack   of understanding  of  the  big  picture   in medicine.   Most  MD’s   who  really understand  medicine   and   its application   to  health   and   health- building  seldom ever need to prescribe pharmaceuticals   again.   Even  if they never   progress  to understanding   that there   is  only  one  solution   for  every disease,  that  is to build  health,  at least they  can  become  allopathic    ‘natural doctors’ and substitute  herbs  for drugs. This   is  what  much  of  ‘alternative medicine’    is   about   now.  Once   an individual  has  been  educated allopathic   ally  it  seems  difficult  for many  to  make  the  transition  to  a unified  understanding  of  health building.  Even the great  Dr. Gerson had this problem early in his career. He had a program  for people  to overcome TB. Obviously the  Gerson  program   is one of the  most  successful   health  building programs     ever.   The  fact  that  the immune system  could be built  up so as to naturally  take care of the  TB bacteria speaks  for itself.  Supposedly  the  story goes that  one day a woman  came to Dr, Gerson  with  terminal  cancer and wanted  to  go on his  program.  He said- his program  was for TB, not for cancer. Apparently   she persisted.   He relented and  the rest  is history  with  thousands of people   over  more  than  50  years recovering  from  a broad array  of conditions.  Because he was treating  the condition?  No, not  really. The  Gerson program  builds  health.

The fact that Dr. Collin wonders why medicine  hasn’t  developed  a  basic means  for detoxification  shows a naive understanding  of  what   modern medicine is all about. This has been said many   times,  but  here  it  is  again. Modern medicine  is largely  controlled  I and funded   by  the pharmaceutical companies.  They  are obviously only  interested in profit.  As  corporations they have no conscience. Nothing about right,  wrong,  honorable   or what’s  best for people.  Profit  is paramount.  Given the choice  between    designing    a  cure that  costs a one time let’s say  even $500 or a medication to control the symptoms that  costs   $1 a day  for the  rest of a person’s  life, business-wise, what  is the
choice?

The other  thing  to understand  is that there  is an  industry  built  around every  disease.  A self-perpetuating  and self-protecting industry  that will violently oppose  any  solution  to that disease.  Isn’t that obvious?  Medical doctors  who  practice   allopathic medicine  are merely  the pushers  for the pharmaceutical  industry.   Most have  no clue of this  and  honestly believe  they are  practicing   ‘scientific  medicine.’   Of course  I’m  not  discounting  all  of  allopathic  medicine  but their  treatment of degenerative  disease   could  be classified  as  criminally   negligent.    So why  would   any  ‘natural  doctor’   ever want   to  refer  a  patient  for  “standard medical  treatment  when  symptoms   and signs indicate  the  likelihood  of a poor
outcome”  from detoxification  or chelation.   What  does that  mean  really? Prescribe  drugs to  dim  down  a herxheimer reaction or what?   In  an emergency  anyone  would  have  to  be crazy  not  to send  someone  to the  local emergency  department  at  the  local hospital  as  soon  as  possible.    But  to direct  someone  back  into   ‘standard medicine’  without  a  life-threatening emergency.   I don’t  think   so!

Several   issues   ago  Dr. Gaby  wrote an editorial   on licensing   naturopaths.  It’s  nice that Dr.  Gaby thinks naturopathic  medicine  has  “something valuable   to offer the  American  people.” At  least  they  “learn  the  essentials  of  I history  taking  even  if they  don’t  have enough  training  in  pharmacology.”   I wonder   how  much   more   we  need   to know  than  what’s   in the’PDR  and  the Merck   manual?   The  fact  is  that naturopathic    medicine  as defined  in the state  of Arizona  can be full eclectic  21st century  medicine.  However  it’s  medical doctors  like  Drs.  Klinghardt   and Shelton  who  are  training  doctors  and pioneering   true  21st  century   medicine which obviously  must  focus  on getting to causes.   Their  classes   are  composed of doctors from all branches  of medicine, with no  hint   of  any  superiority  from anyone.  The fact  is that  there’s   a huge overlapping  in all  forms of medicine now  because  any  doctor  whether   MD, DO, ND (or NMD), OMD or DC,  must come to the obvious  conclusion  that  the common  denominators  of  all  disease conditions  are nutritional   deficiencies, jaw  problems   from  dental  materials, cavitations,  etc.,  heavy   metal   toxicity, environmental  toxins,  opportunistic infections  and  parasites.  Mental- emotional  aspects   must  be considered as well and  since  all  of us are  living  in a toxic   polluted     world   we  must  all practice   detoxification  protocols.

Let’s  all   work   together  for  the common  good  but   let’s   definitely not direct  people  back  to the  inadequacies of standard  allopathic  medicine   except for a life-threatening  emergency.

Dr. Curt Maxwell
P.O. Box 1075
Winterhaven,  California   92283  USA
phone number: 928-257-4873
email address: drcurtmaxwell@yahoo.com
TOWNSEND   LETTER  for  DOCTORS  & PATIENTS  -  JANUARY   2003

A couple of year’s ago I visited Los Angeles Chiropractic College. I sat in the auditorium with a couple of hundred students, listening to an extremely ignorant ‘professor’ tell the students ‘There’s nothing that Chiropractic can innocently explained that he had taken his wife to a Rheumatologist but the medication wasn’t helping, I almost fell off my chair. What is going on!

It seems that the new Chiropractic graduates aren’t even educated in any basic understanding of ‘only nature heals’, or the body is a self-regulating organism that always strives to maintain homeostasis etc. or even the Chiropractic philosophy of ‘Innate Intelligence’, Another fresh graduate (they ask me these questions I guess because I am also a Naturopath) asked me what I would suggest for his adult onset Diabetes. He said his Doctor hadn’t really explained much about dietary supplements. His Medical Doctor, that is. This is mind boggling!

Ironically, many of these recent grads are fanatical Gonstead practitioners. Having been to Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin and taken a class with the ‘master’ Clarence himself, I’m sure they would be amazed to know that only a small part of Dr. Gonstead’s practice was Musculoskeletal. They look at me strangely when I tell them that the referring Doctor in my home country of New Zealand, treated almost no musculoskeletal conditions. When I was about 15 years old my family ‘saw the light’ and switched from allopathic quackery to Chiropractic. My uncl was the first to go. Problem – Inner ear infections. One ‘Hole in one’ toggle and they were history. My dad went next. His problem was indigestion. Same treatment. ‘Toggle’ on a solid headpiece. No more problems. My mother had the beginnings of arthritis and was already taking cortisone. The adjustments ‘fixed’ it – no problem. All of this was done without any discussion of diet, or the addition of any supplements. They look me because I had recurring tonsillitis. I had been prescribed so many courses of antibiotics, the Doctor said they would take them out. I still have them. No more tonsillitis. Now I’m not suggesting that ‘straight’ Chiropractic has all the answers. Of course not. But Chiropractors used to be ‘family’ Doctors. I also hear that the reason Chiropractic has become ‘Musculoskeletal’ is because of insurance companies. Really? I don’t think so. I think it’s more because of individual greed and false concepts in education. I mean, didn’t you know that if you are not ‘adjusted’ on a regular basis you will get spinal degeneration?! What patent nonsense. The greatest Chiropractors ever always worked on the B.J. Palmer premise of “find it, fix it, and leave it alone” and that included Clarence Gonstead.  This multi-treatment Chiropractic based on greed is part of the downfall of the profession. I had one patient from Redwood City, California, who said, “Oh I’m so glad you’re here. I can’t be away from my Chiropractor for too long. “Why? I asked. How often do you go? “Let’s see,” she said. I’ve been going three times a week for about five years.” Quackery and greed. Nothing more and nothing less.

O.K. Here’s what amazes me the most. There’s a large segment of the stupid Chiropractic educators (Yes, I mean real stupid) who are destroying the Profession by craving recognition from mainstream allopathic medical quackery with their pseudoscience and fake double-blind studies. Yes,  you can get a pharmaceutical and prove it lowers cholesterol. That means nothing. That is, it’s quackery because it has nothing to do with the cause. It doesn’t take a particularly smart person to see that allopathic medicine is mostly all based on the treatment of symptoms and seldom ever the causes. Of course there are some very useful pharmaceuticals and sometimes crisis intervention is necessary. I’m talking about the treatment of the symptoms of degenerative disease. So here’s the ignorant ‘educators’ churning out Chiropractors who are “Back Pain Specialists.” No longer fit to be called’Primary Care Providers.’ All because they want acceptance and recognition from a flawed system. Of course it would be kind of difficult, wouldn’t it, to have ‘double-blind’ studies for example on the effects of specific Atlas adjustment on, say, the aura or the etheric  body or how about the meridian system or the chakras or the flow of chi? Of course this is  all beyond the ‘scope’ of modern scientific quackery, isn’t it? So what do the ‘brilliant’ educators do? They reduce our Profession down to the level of allopathic medicine, based on primitive diagnosis and unsophisticated science which has nothing do with natural science or natural laws. I say primitive diagnosis, because many systems  surpass  Western Medical Diagnosis. Several that come to mind are Nakatani’s Ryodoraku, Voll and Vega and yes of course, incompetent hands, applied kinesiology. How about Pulse diagnosis? How about ‘Interro’s’ and all the new sophisticated computerized systems? How about radionics or even something so simple as a pendulum? Chiropractic was founded by a ‘magnetic healer.’ D.D. Palmer knew more about ‘life’ and health than most of our modern pseudo scientists put together. Albert Abrams. MD and the great Ruth Drown,DC, knew  what  was  going on. 21st century Medicine will catch up to 19th ceritury genius sometime, maybe. Another point, is the unbelievable greed’ of the Chiropractic Colleges. I’ve been told the tuition  is  astronomical. Is greed the, reason that a young graduate has student loans of 75 to 100,000 dollars?

Meanwhile, another ‘branch’ of the healing  arts is quietly establishing itself as the new Primary Care ‘Holistic’ all-encompassing, great   results, treating the causes with great public acceptance, increasing insurance coverage etc.,   etc. They are gaining licensing in many states.  Their scope of Practice in most states includes manipulation, nutrition, physiotherapy and really  whatever else ‘natural’ that they want to use. Their system is not based on anything to do with ‘western science.’Oh no, not at all(Chiropractic never was either.) Try explaining Yin and Yang and the flow of ‘chi’ and acupuncture points and the ‘five element’ theory and ‘the seven emotions’and the ‘four essences’and ‘five flavors.’ Yes, Oriental Medicine takes over big time where Chiropractic abdicated. What a sony mess! Even though Chiropractic Colleges are churning  out manipulators (sorry I mean adjustors) by the hundreds, (I’ve been told there’s one on every  corner in California), check the number of Acupuncturists or Oriental practitioners, or in  Florida “AP’s” or Acupuncture Physicians. In some states there are now more Oriental practitioners than chiropractors. The writing is on the wall and it’s too late to save the Profession. Because of multiple visits, greed, and insurance abuses, it’s no wonder Chiropractors are losing coverage.   There’s nothing that Chiropractors are doing now that cannot be learned and practiced by Physiotherapists. Both D.D. and B.J. Palmer would  roll over .in their graves, if they could see what’s happened to their once great profession  of Chiropractic ….

Curt Maxwell, DC, ND is a 1973 Palmer College of

Chiropractic graduate. He is also a Naturopathic Physician and a Fellow of the International Academy of Clinical Acupuncture.

Curt Maxwell,  DC, ND
4019 Goldfinch  St. #226
San Diego, California  92103 USA
phone number: 928-257-4873
email address: drcurtmaxwell@yahoo.com

TOWNSEND  LETTERS   for  DOCTORS & PATIENTS  -  NOVEMBER  1996

This is  the   last   stage   of the   20th century   and   we  are   so  removed   from nature,   we have  to  have ‘scientists   and experts’  tell  us  what   is  natural.    That this  is even  questioned    tells   me we are in a whole lot more trouble   than most  of us even imagine!

Curt Maxwell, DC, ND,  FIACA Option  Health   Care
Madero SIN Entre   Guerrero   E Hidalgo
Cabo San  Lucas,  B~C.S. C.P. 23410
Mexico
Mailing Address:
9051-C Siempre  Viva  Rd., Suite  40-164
San Diego, California   92173  USA
phone number: 928-257-4873
email address: drcurtmaxwell@yahoo.com

What’s  happened?  My opinion  Is ,  that the  Austin,  Baumgartner  Dale, DeKadt’s  article   “Long  Term  Follow- up of Cancer  Patients  Using Contreras, Hoxsey,  and Gerson  Therapies”   in  the Aug/Sept 1995 issue  of the  TLfDP  is garbage.   It’s  junk. It  jumps  to false conclusions  that  are  not based  on any understanding    of logic nor science. Just because three  doctors go to Tijuana  and visit three clinics and interview  patients and then attempt to do follow-ups  and come to conclusions,  what  is scientific? How about these   points?   To  start with  there were  a  total of 108 patients from all three clinics. Of these, almost half  (52) were lost to follow-up.  Of the remaining  fifty-six, 40 had had previous medical  standard,    and  in  my opinion, immune-system damaging  quack treatment.   This leaves only 16 patients. When patients  leave  Tijuana,   and go home they  are usually given programs to  follow.’  Who   monitored  these programs  for compliance?  How in God’s name can someone compare two systems of therapy   when  over 75% of the people had already failed on one of the systems? Come on!  Why you  published  this particular  article  I can’t imagine. You, were obviously  impressed with this (my opinion)  nonsense.  You even put on the front cover “Long-term Follow-up   of Mexican Cancer  Patients.”  Look I’ll say it again.  My opinion is that this article shows  an  incredible ignorance   on the part  of the doctors that  wrote it. Also an arrogance that  is beyond  belief.  I’ll also say this again. My opinion  is that  attempting    to give the so-called Mayo clinic  Laetrile trials  any credence is an insult  not only to Dr. Krebs,  but to all other doctors  who  work  with  this substance.   It is  also  my  opinion  that the statement you printed in the  AugJ Sept. 1995 issue,  “We have  shown that both  Gerson  and  Contreras therapies, like  their   conventional   counterparts, were   unable   to cure a wide  variety   of advanced   cancers.”  Unbelievable’! This statement  is in my opinion  fallacious. The point is, whether  this  statement   is in actual  fact  true  or not, no conclusion to this, effect  can  be  drawn    from the “study.”   I  really ‘think   this  piece  has ‘done a great disservice and once again I would  like   to  take it  upon  myself  to apologize for the insult  to the  late great Dr. Gerson,  Charlotte   Gerson,  the  late Harry   Hoxey,   Mildred Nelson and  of course,  Dr. Contreras. In my opinion it  is  impossible to make a  fair    comparison   between metabolic therapy    and   “conventional treatment”  in  this    situation.  As  is obvious, over 75% have failed on one  of the    systems  to  start with.  Also Oncologists usually  get  their victims relatively  early.

As this article  clearly shows,  the majority  of people only seek “alternative  treatment” after  the conventional has  failed.  Hasn’t  a “level playing  field”  got  anything to do with science? I notice in the latest    Townsend Letter, an excellent article  by Dr. Funk, which  states  that  despite  the  fact that “Only  2 to 3% of the  nearly  one  half million  Americans  who  die  of cancer every  year  are  being  saved  by chemotherapy … over  half of  all cancer patients  routinely receive chemotherapy drugs….   All  chemotherapy    drugs   are toxic and  many are  carcinogenic.” And that  Dr. Collin, is where  ‘science’ has us today! Iwon’t  repeat  the ‘inflammatory’ statements  about  the  authors   of this article  but  I will say  again:  What  type ofN aturopathic   College would have any of them  for teachers? In your reply  to me Dr. Collin, you suggest that  my letter was, quote “filled with  self-serving  statements   which may fulfill your belief system but do not stand for Naturopathic profession as a whole.” At no time have I ever  intended to speak for the Naturopathic   Profession.  Idon’t necessarily  even   consider   myself   a Naturopathic  Physician as such. Eclectic would  be more fitting.  Being  somewhat of a student  of belief  systems myself and,   being  a former   student   of L. Ron Hubbard and   having  completed  the ‘Avatar’  program,  I feel I  am  fairly knowledgeable about  the  relevance   of belief  systems. Ibelieve  the points made in this letter  are factual and not based on my particular   belief system. I notice your  requirements  for peer review.  The  only  word  that   comes  to mind is ‘hokey.’ Finally, ifthis  particular “waste of time” false study is the result of a  peer-review   process  then  I leave  my opinion  of this  process  to your own imagination.

Curt Maxwell,  DC, ND, FIACA Option  Health  Care
Madero SIN Entre Guerrero E Hidalgo
Cabo San Lucas,  B.C.S. C.P. 23410
Mexico,
Mailing address:
9051-C Siempre  Viva Road
Suite  40-164
San Diego, California  92173 USA
phone number: 928-257-4873
email address: drcurtmaxwell@yahoo.com

Firstly, congratulations  to Dr. Alan Gaby for his ‘non back down, ‘ forthright and ‘right  on’ letter  ‘More on Multi  Level Yam Scam.’ My opinion is that  no ethical doctor   can be involved   in  any   multi- level schemes.  Although  no doubt many of them have  excellent  products,  they are  always  over-priced.   Seldom  ever  is the  incentive   to be involved   anything except    for   the    so-called     ‘financial opportunity.’   Money and greed  rears   its ugly head  again!

Next, the  article by  H.J. Roberts,  MD.  Being  certified  and recertified  by the  American Board of Internal Medicine,  is certainly not something to be proud of.  Far from it.  It’s a certification   from  a group  that  actively promotes  and  generally  knows  nothing’ except ‘quack’   medicine.   Secondly,   the
statement:  “This  preamble   is intended to indicate  that  I  have  been   around medicine  long  enough  to realize  that most purported  ‘cures’ for cancer  have been. discredited,   particularly  when suggested  by non-physicians who  lack credentials.”   Discredited   by whom? The people  who  make  millions   every  year peddling  their  own ‘quack’   non-cures. Most  of their   victims  (thousands and thousands  every year)  are buried.  Harry Hoxsey  was  not a doctor of any  kind, yet he knew  more  about  ‘curing’ cancer than all  the oncologist quacks at Sloan Kettering put together.  Dr.  Roberts further  states:   “I  felt  it   necessary    to maintain    an  open   mind   over  a  topic that  would evoke  insulting   belly laughs from most  oncologists.”  I don’t  suppose that   Dr.  Roberts  imagines  that oncologists  are  legitimate   ethical doctors? (“First  do no harm”?)   Doesn’t he want  to realize   that   they  are one of the  worst  kind  of medical  quacks  there are.   Every  year  they  are  directly responsible for killing  many  thousands of citizens.

Knowledge   has  nothing   to  do  with qualifications   or legitimate    credentials. One of the  most  prolific  contributors  to this  journal over  the  years   is  Wayne Martin.   He’s  not   a  doctor   but   he’s   a ‘walking encyclopedia’  of  knowledge. Research scientists  and medical  doctors have PhD’s  and  MD’s.   This   doesn’t automatically  mean   they  know  either what  they  are doing, or for that  matter, more   than  anyone    else.    Quite  the contrary,     oncologists  being typical examples.  It’s   amazing   to  me  that supposedly intelligent   people,  like oncologists,  don’t even realize  that  they are   part    of  the   biggest   and   most disgusting    ‘scam’   that has  ever been perpetrated  against    mankind.    Most everyone   knows  that  the  Nazis   killed about  six  million   innocent  people (mostly  Jewish)   in  WWII.  How  many millions   over  the years  have  died agonizing  deaths at  the  hands   of oncologists?  I’m  sorry,  but  the  truth   is the  truth.   Let’s  call  a spade  a spade.  I realize   that   Dr. Roberts is  probably   a well-meaning    individual, but obviously he has  rio idea  that   medicine   is merely a ‘puppet’   of the  drug  pharmaceutical conglomerates.  These  groups  don’t  care about  what’s   right   or honest  or best  for mankind.  All they  care  about  is profits and maintaining the  ‘status   quo.’  In the editorial   ‘The  FDA’s  Holy War  Against Dr. Burzynski,’   Dr. Whitaker,   obviously being a man of compassion  and concern, asks  “What has happened to  our civilization”? What’s happened to our  civilization is that  it is run and controlled  by special interest groups and big business who only  care  about  profits.   Period.  Greed, greed  and more  greed!! Bill Buchanan’s letter  to the  President,   is well meaning but totally   naive.  President Clinton  has nothing   to do with   it!  He  couldn’t   do anything   about  it even  if  he wanted to! Let’s  not forget  that  Jack  Dreyfus,   who had  direct   access  to’ presidents,    spent 60 million   dollars   of  his  own  money’ trying  to get some simple  changes  made in the PDR about the usage  of Dilantin. ‘He too  wasted   his   time   and   money.  Nothing  changed.  The  ‘Olestra  flap’  raises  some
interesting  points   for  me.  This  ‘man- made  garbage  is no different  than  many  other  concoctions   going  into  products
for human   consumption.    Calling  them food is quite  a stretch.   Junk   or  garbage  would  be  more  fitting.   NO’w, who  eats this  stuff  anyway?  Mr.   and  Mrs. Ignorant  America.  It   will be  of no concern   to  people  who  eat  a  ‘natural’ diet.  So what’s   all  the  fuss?  Now  look, America  is sort  of the  ‘land
of the  free,’ (except  of course  if  anyone   is  ruining business   fur  the  sickness  disease industries.    I  mean  didn’t yO’U know that’s   a  growth  industry    too and  they rely on more and more sick people every year.)  Peoplehavethe  basic  freedom  to eat whatever  they want.  It’s their  choice. Of course   it’s
not  an  informed   choice, but nevertheless   it’s their  right!  I think that    everyone    of  us  who   knows   the ‘truth’ has a moral  obligation  to lecture, write  and  in  every  way  try   to  educate people about what  they should be eating to maintain    health.   I also  realize   that many   people  don’t  want   to  know  the ‘ truth’ or be educated   and  that’s   their right  too.’ Stupid,  but none  the less
their right.  Is ignorance  really  bliss? As a reader   of the  Townsend Letter from “day one,” it is obvious  to me that this  journal   is being  read  by  more  and  more  uninformed    people.  That’s   good from the  point  of view  that  they  will be hopefully  educated  on at least  two basic facts.   Firstly,    to  be  healthy,   only  eat foods from  nature.   Organic  if possible. Vegetables,   fruits,   grains  and  nuts,  all unprocessed    and   unrefined     and   high quality   protein   like  eggs,  chicken,  fish and    ‘red’    meat.     (Being     a  healthy vegetarian   is OK, too, maybei’) Secondly, if at  all possible keep away from regular allopathic  doctors.  Since  they  have   no idea   of  the   causets)    of  degenerative disease,  they  therefore   cannot   treat   it, but    inst.ead     use   dangerous  drugs  attempting   to ameliorate the symptoms. That’s  science?   These   people    are dangerous    to your health.  Oh,  yes,  I know  that  antibiotics   and   other  crisis medications    are  sometimes    necessary and  if I’m  racked  up  in  an  accident   or have   a  ruptured     appendix    I  want   a capable   surgeon.   I’m  also  aware   that there   are  some  very  useful pharmaceuticals.  Lastly,   I   note    that     Townsend Hopkins,  who lists  many  degrees,  and I might point  out  that   ‘British Commonwealth’   DO’s   are   limited  to manipulation    and  are not at all like US osteopathic   physicians,  states  that  “only homeopathy,   with  diet,  is able  to effect broad  curative   changes   in  personality, degenerative    and  active   diseases    and more, all without  harm.” Look, I’m really happy  that  his  ‘system’   works   for him but there   is  no  one  way  or  one  path. There  are  many  paths   and  many  ways.  If Dr. Hopkins is a student of the genius L. Ron Hubbard   then  I can tell him that Dianetic   auditing   with  an  ‘E meter’ is not the   only  way  to  erase   ‘engrams.’  Other  ways  include  Reich and  Lowen’s ‘Bioenergetics,’  rebirthing    or conscious breathing   and  regressive   hypnosis.
One of the biggest  barriers   to learning  is the close-minded    human    condition   that   I call  ‘grO’UPdynamics.’   All  groups   tend to teach. We have  all  the  answers.   Do not  look  outside    of our  teachings.    It’s like religion.  Everyone  argues  that  their way  is  the  only  way.  Not  true.   Sorry. Since  we’ve  been  talking   about  cancer, look at some of the different  ways cance  has  been   ‘cured.’   Hoxsey   and  Caisse/Essiac (both non-physicians    who lacked credentials)       cured     thousands   and thousands    of many   types   of terminal cases     of    cancer      with     their     own independent   and different  type of herbal treatment.     Dr.  Max  Gerson,   a  highly qualified   German     physician,    likewise ‘cured’ thousands   of terminal   cases. His
system   was   very    different.      Royal Raymond Rife  ‘who had  no credentials’  also   ‘cured’    terminal     cases   with   his frequency  instrument.    Gaston N. aessens injects   714X  into   the   Lymph   system and  also  ‘cures’   many   ‘terminal’    cases. Dr.  Burzynski,    a highly   qualified   PhD and  MD uses  his ‘antineoplastons’     very successfully   on  many   ‘terminal’   cases.’ You see. There is no one way!
I might  add, that  what  Dr. Burzynski is going  through    now  in  the   state   of Texas  is no different   than  what   Harry Hoxsey went  through   in the same  state more than  40 years  ago. All of the others mentioned   above  went  through’  similar ordeals,   all  for  the   ‘crime’  of  ‘curing’ cancer.  Isn’t  it ironic  but  ‘sick’ that  the very   people  prosecuting,     represent     a group  that   has  no cure  but  because   O’f'money and  greed’   must   maintain    the
status quo. I’ll bet that  many  of these  people are ‘God fearing’  citizens  who go to church! temple/synagogue    every week.  It really  tells   us  something    about   the  ‘human condition’  doesn’t   it?

Curt Maxwell,  DC, ND, FIACA Option  Health   Care
Cabo San  Lucas,  Be, Mexico
Mailing address:
9051-C Siempre  Viva  Road,
Suite  40-164
San Diego, California   92173 USA
TOWNSEND LETTER for  DOCTORS & PATIENTS -  JUNE 1996

Also,  a couple of products with tremendous  potential are Adequan (Polysulphated Glycosanoglycan) for intramuscular administration and Synacid for intra-articular administration.  At present, these products are restricted by the FDA for use in horses. Too bad.

Curt Maxwell, DC,ND,FIACA
Option Health Care
Cabo San Lucas, BeS CP 23410 Mexico
Mailing Address:
9051-C Siempre Viva Road
Suite 40-164
San Diego, California 92173 USA
phone number: 928-257-4873
email address: drcurtmaxwell@yahoo.com

Effective Alternative Cancer Treatments Suppressed
Recently, some patients brought their son to see me for low back pain. I was concerned by his emaciated appearance and noticed on the intake form that he had…
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, Oct, 2004 by Curt Maxwell

Treatment and Cure of Fibromyalgia
Since I note your editorial about changing times and open mindedness, I am taking the time to respond to the article “Fibromyalgia: Hope for Help.” I notice that the author states “ We are searching for better …
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients,  by Curt Maxwell

Greed Medicine versus Quack Medicine
I would like to comment on certain statements in the recent (May) Townsend Letter…
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients,  by Curt Maxwell

A Really Useful Resource
Seldom does a book pass my desk that has as much worthwhile information as A Physician’s Guide To Natural Health Products That Work by James A. Howenstine, MD. Dr. Howenstine has…
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, Oct, 2005 by Curt Maxwell

Fasting Impairs Detoxification?
In the Dec. issue, Dr. Bland’s article states,”Recent research on detoxification indicates that in many cases,fasting actually impairs detoxification.” He goes on to say, “Starvation or a longer term fast …etc.,
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, by Curt Maxwell, DC,ND,FIACA Option Health Care

Greed Medicine versus Quack Medicine

I would like to comment on certain statements in the recent (May) Townsend Letter. Firstly, congratulations  to Dr. Alan Gaby for his ‘non back down, ‘ forthright and ‘right…
TOWNSEND LETTER for  DOCTORS & PATIENTS -  JUNE 1996

A Physician’s Guide to Natural Health Products That Work

by James A. Howenstine, MD

Penhurst Books, Suite SJO 2086, 1601 NW 97th Ave., Miami, Florida 33102 USA; 877-496-0416 2002, 347 pp. ISBN 0-9705684-8-7

Seldom does a book pass my desk that has as much worthwhile information as A Physician’s Guide To Natural Health Products That Work by James A. Howenstine, MD. Dr. Howenstine has written this book from 34 years of Front Line Health Experience. This book is jam packed full of valuable information for both the Clinician and lay person. Almost every poor health condition is covered in this book, as well as an explanation as to why there is so much sickness. Dr. Howenstine very clearly explains what’s wrong with our present Medical system. He covers the problems with the food we eat, as well as the hazards of ‘junk’ so-called food, additives etc. He covers vitamins and minerals one by one, quoting relative studies all through the book. The whole gamut of diseases is covered including Immune, Heart, Diabetes, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Insomnia, Overweight, Gastrointestinal, Men’s and Women’s Health issues, Skin Conditions, Emphysema etc. I cannot see anything missing. He fully covers such diverse topics as Alcoholism, HIV infection and Impotence. Most books contain little valuable information for me but this book is loaded with ideas that I can add immediately to my practice protocols. We treat rheumatoid arthritis quite successfully, using mostly the protocols from the Arthritis Trust. Dr. Howenstine suggests using Thymic extract as well as usual vitamins, minerals etc. to arrest rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosis, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, hepatitis B and C. I’ve heard of Thymic extract before but have never used it. Now I will.

Chapter 14 deals with Malignancies (Cancer, Lymphoma, Leukemia.) I believe Dr. Howenstine is exactly right when he says this; “I believe that efforts to heal the immune system will more likely eventually lead to a cure for cancer than developing new chemotherapy agents.” I maintain there already are viable cancer cures. Dr. Howenstine goes on to explore various cancer protocols and treatments including AHCC, Antineoplastins, Budwig’s treatment and other valuable information.

Chapter 25 is loaded with great information on Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine. Dr. Howenstine has obviously been a serious student all his life and it’s amazing that for less than twenty dollars one can get a book such as this. Researching all this information and knowledge would take years of study.

Appendix “A” has very pertinent information on how to prevent drug-induced nutrient deficiencies. All major classes of drugs are covered.

This book is a must have for all serious clinicians and lay people alike. It has my highest endorsement and is a book I will keep on my desk and refer to continually.

review by Curt Maxwell, MD, NMD, DC
phone number: 928-257-4873
email address: drcurtmaxwell@yahoo.com

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I would like to comment on certain statements in the recent (May) Townsend Letter.

Firstly, congratulations to Dr. Alan Gaby for his non back down, forthright and right on letter more on Multi Level Yam Scam. My opinion is that no ethical doctor can be involved in any multi-level schemes. Although no doubt many of them have excellent products, they are always over-priced. Seldom ever is the incentive to be involved anything except for the so-called financial opportunity. Money and greed rears it’s ugly head again!

Next, the article by H.J. Roberts, MD. Being certified and recertified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, is certainly not something to be proud of. Far from it. It is a certification from a group that actively promotes and generally knows nothing except quack medicine. Secondly, the statement: This preamble is intended to indicate that I have been around medicine long enough to realize that most purported cures for cancer have been discredited, particularly when suggested by non-physicians who lack credentials. Discredited by whom? The people who make millions every year peddling their own quack non-cures. Most of their victims (thousands and thousands every year) are buried. Harry Hoxsey was not a doctor of any kind, yet he knew more about curing cancer than all the oncologist quacks at Sloan Kettering put together. Dr. Roberts further states: I felt it necessary to maintain an open mind over a topic that would evoke insulting belly laughs from most oncologists. I don’t suppose that Dr. Roberts imagines that oncologists are legitimate ethical doctors? (First do no harm?) Doesn’t he want to realize that they are one of the worst kind of medical quacks there are? Every year they are directly responsible for killing many thousands of citizens.

Knowledge has nothing to do with qualifications or legitimate credentials. One of the most prolific contributors to this journal over the years is Wayne Martin. He is not a doctor but he is a walking encyclopedia of knowledge. Research scientists and medical doctors have PhDs and MDs. This doesn’t automatically mean they know either what they are doing, or for that matter, more than anyone else. Quite the contrary, oncologists being typical examples. Its amazing to me that supposedly intelligent people, like oncologists, don’t even realize that they are part of the biggest and most disgusting scam that has ever been perpetrated against mankind. Most everyone knows that the Nazis killed about six million innocent people (mostly Jewish) in W.W.II. How many millions over the years have died agonizing deaths at the hands of oncologists? I’m sorry, but the truth is the truth. Lets call a spade a spade. I realize that Dr. Roberts is probably a well-meaning individual, but obviously he has no idea that medicine is merely a puppet of the drug pharmaceutical conglomerates. These groups don’t care about what’s right or honest or best for mankind. All they care about is profits and maintaining the status quo. In the editorial The FDA’s Holy War Against Dr. Burzynski, Dr. Whitaker, obviously being a man of compassion and concern, asks What has happened to our civilization?

What’s happened to our civilization is that it is run and controlled by special interest groups and big business who only care about profits. Period. Greed, greed and more greed!! Bill Buchanan’s letter to the President, is well meaning but totally naive. President Clinton has nothing to do with it! He couldn’t do anything about it even if he wanted to! Lets not forget that Jack Dreyfus, who had direct access to presidents, spent 60 million dollars of his own money trying to get some simple changes made in the PDR about the usage of Dilantin. He too wasted his time and money. Nothing changed.

The Olestra flap raises some interesting points for me. This man-made garbage is no different than many other concoctions going into products for human consumption. Calling them food is quite a stretch. Junk or garbage would be more fitting. Now, who eats this stuff anyway? Mr. and Mrs. Ignorant America. It will be of no concern to people who eat a natural diet. So what’s all the fuss? Now look, America is sort of the land of the free,í (except of course if anyone is ruining business for the sickness disease industries. I mean didn’t you know that’s a growth industry too and they rely on more and more sick people every year.) People have the basic freedom to eat whatever they want. It’s their choice. Of course it’s not an informed choice, but nevertheless it’s their right! I think that everyone of us who knows the truth has a moral obligation to lecture, write and in every way try to educate people about what they should be eating to maintain health. I also realize that many people don’t want to know the truth or be educated and that’s their right too. Stupid, but none the less their right. Is ignorance really bliss?

As a reader of the Townsend Letter from day one, it is obvious to me that this journal is being read by more and more uninformed people. That’s good from the point of view that they will be hopefully educated on at least two basic facts. Firstly, to be healthy, only eat foods from nature. Organic if possible. Vegetables, fruits, grains and nuts, all unprocessed and unrefined and high quality protein like eggs, chicken, fish and red meat. (Being a healthy vegetarian is OK, too, maybe?) Secondly, if at all possible keep away from regular allopathic doctors. Since they have no idea of the cause(s) of degenerative disease, they therefore cannot treat it, but instead use dangerous drugs attempting to ameliorate the symptoms. That’s science? These people are dangerous to your health. Oh, yes, I know that antibiotics and other crisis medications are sometimes necessary and if I’m racked up in an accident or have a ruptured appendix I want a capable surgeon. I’m also aware that there are some very useful pharmaceuticals.

Lastly, I note that Townsend Hopkins, who lists many degrees, and I might point out that British Commonwealth DOs are limited to manipulation and are not at all like US osteopathic physicians, states that only homeopathy, with diet, is able to effect broad curative changes in personality, degenerative and active diseases and more, all without harm. Look, I’m really happy that his system works for him, but there is no one way or one path. There are many paths and many ways. If Dr. Hopkins is a student of the genius L. Ron Hubbard then I can tell him that Dianetic auditing with an E meter is not the only way to erase engrams. Other ways include Reich and Lowen’s Bioenergetics, rebirthing or conscious breathing and regressive hypnosis. One of the biggest barriers to learning is the close-minded human condition that I call group dynamics. All groups tend to teach. We have all the answers. Do not look outside of our teachings. It is like religion. Everyone argues that their way is the only way. Not true. Sorry. Since we’ve been talking about cancer, look at some of the different ways cancer has been cured. Hoxsey and Caisse/Essiac (both non-physicians who lacked credentials) cured thousands and thousands of many types of terminal cases of cancer with their own independent and different type of herbal treatment. Dr. Max Gerson, a highly qualified German physician, likewise cured thousands of terminal cases. His system was very different. Royal Raymond Rife who had no credentials also cured terminal cases with his frequency instrument. Gaston Naessens injects 714X into the Lymph system and also cures many terminal cases. Dr. Burzynski, a highly qualified Ph.D. and MD uses his antineoplastons very successfully on many terminal cases. You see. There is no one way!

I might add, that what Dr. Burzynski is going through now in the state of Texas is no different than what Harry Hoxsey went through in the same state more than 40 years ago. All of the others mentioned above went through similar ordeals, all for the crime of curing cancer. Isn’t it ironic but sick that the very people prosecuting, represent a group that has no cure but because of money and greed must maintain the status quo.

I’ll bet that many of these people are God fearing citizens who go to church/temple/synagogue every week. It really tells us something about the human condition doesn’t it?

Curt Maxwell, DC, ND, FIACA
phone number: 928-257-4873
email address: drcurtmaxwell@yahoo.com