Vitamin B12 Awareness, Prevention and Action

Sally M. Pacholok, R.N., B.S.N. and Jeffrey J. Stuart, D.O.,
authors of Could It Be B12?: An Epidemic of Misdiagnoses

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is essential for the production of red blood cells, aids in the maintenance of a healthy nervous system and is a crucial element in the construction of DNA.

Vitamin B12 deficiency can mimic dementia, multiple sclerosis, early Parkinson's disease, diabetic neuropathy or even chronic fatigue syndrome.  It can cause depression and mental illness, infertility in men and women, or developmental disabilities in children.  Other groups at risk for B12 deficiency include vegans, vegetarians, alcoholics, and people with celiac disease, Crohn's disease, gastric bypass, autoimmune diseases, and AIDS.

B12 deficiency is common and reported to affect 25% of the U.S. poplulation.  It strikes up to 15% (5.9 million) adults 64 and over.  The CDC reports that one out of every 31 Americans over the age of 50 are B12 deficient.

Vitamin B12 is found naturally in animal foods including meat, fish, shellfish, poultry, dairy products, and eggs. 

Could It Be B12?: An Epidemic of Misdiagnoses, uncovers how standard medical practice has for decades misdiagnosed vitamin B12 deficiency.  Even though it's a common disorder that can be easily diagnosed and inexpensively treated, few patients are tested for B12 deficiency.  In 1985,  Sally Pacholok diagnosed herself with vitamin B12 deficiency, after her doctors failed to identify her condition.  As a result, she is passionate about the need to educate the public about the dangerous consequences of this hidden and all-too-common disease.

Source:  B12Awareness.org

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Chicken Nuggets Are Made How?

In Jordan Rubin's latest book, Live Beyond Organic, he writes of how chicken nuggets are made on pages 35 & 36.  Live Beyond Organic is Jordan Rubin's 24th book on health, he started writing soon after recovering from his diagnosed Crohn's disease, plus he exhibited symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, diabetes, extreme anemia, heart problems, urinary tract and prostate infections, yeast (Candida) overgrowth, parasites, and multiple viral infections.

Jordan writes, "After chicken meat has been removed from the carcasses on the assembly line, there's still a little meat left on the bone, plus some tendons and tissue.  Back in the day, millions of these carcasses were buried in a landfill or burned in an incinerator, but machines were invented to mechanically separate those scraps of meat and muscle fiber."

Jordan goes on to say, "The mechanically separated poultry, or MSP, is run through a grinding machine that turns the meat remnants into a pink goop that resembles strawberry frozen yogurt being dispensed at your local mini-mall.  Nobody wants to bite into pink chicken nuggets, so food colorings and artificial flavorings are added to bring back the whitish color and deliver the taste that we've always associated with cooked chicken breast."

Jordan's biggest problem with conventional meat is that cattle, chicken, and fish are raised and fattened on feed containing hormones, nitrates, and pesticides.  On top of that, livestock and chickens are penned up on "factory farms" that confine thousands of animals in impossibly cramped conditions with zero access to sunlight, fresh air, or natural movement.

Did you know that according to the Grace Factory Farm Project, an estimated 70 percent of all antibiotics in the United States are fed to cattle, poultry, and pigs to promote growth and compensate for the unsanitary and deplorable living conditions on factory farms.

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Original Sun Ancon Chi Machine Aids Alzheimer Patient

Alzheimer's Disease is a degenerate disease of the central nervous system characterized especially by premature senile mental deterioration. It is progressive in its nature; it attacks the brain, resulting in impaired memory, decreased intellectual and emotional functioning, and ultimately complete physical breakdown. Symptoms vary; from depression, fatigue, and occasional forgetfulness to disorientation and aggressive or paranoid behavior.

Researchers have also concluded that brain loss mainly occurs because our neurons fail to get enough oxygen and blood. Our brain requires 20% of the oxygen we breathe into our lungs from the blood that is pumped through the arteries and capillaries.
Clogged arteries restrict blood flow to the brain and reduce the amount of oxygen needed for normal brain function.
Using the Original Sun Ancon Chi Machine on a daily basis can enhance circulation and oxygenation, stimulating the cognitive processes and achieve mental acuity. source

"My husband has had Alzheimer's disease for years. In the past year he has had several ministrokes. He went from having good balance and good walking ability to not walking at all. One morning he was particularly ill. His color was gray, was almost non-responsive. His caregiver and I were looking at him and she was thinking how she could raise his oxygen level. She then remembered the Chi Machine. He was sitting in a chair, we put his feet on the Chi Machine and set it for five minutes. Before our very eyes, his cheeks turned pink and the paleness left, he has been better every day. He walks fine and has had no more episodes. We keep him on the Chi Machine for 10 minutes twice a day now. He is so much happier than before, more like his old self." - Bev S., OR

Original Sun Ancon Chi Machine

The Original Sun Ancon Chi Machine offers you a full body massage, including internal organs and all body systems. A 15 minute massage is estimated to be the equivalent of walking ten thousand paces (about 90 minutes), in terms of body oxygenation. If used with proven relaxation techniques, there's no limit to the potential scope of healing and fitness enhancement for the body and mind.

The Original Sun Ancon Chi Machine will help eliminate body toxins and provide essential benefits of sporting and fitness programs without putting stress on the body such as vertebrae joints, heart and lungs and without depleting body energy levels or causing injury.

“I am a registered nurse and have used the Chi Machine and FIR dome for several years for my chronic fatigue syndrome with incredible results of increased health and energy. I have had similar results on many other women I have used it on for complaints varying from pneumonia, breast cancer and fibromyalgia to severe chronic fatigue. I use it as a pick- me-up when I just can't seem to go on any further or to get going in the morning; it is far more invigorating than any other product I have come across." – K.R., UT source