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 "PATIENTS ON THE SIDELINES
Patients like Jan often feel they pay a high price for the fact that so many doctors remain ignorant of the autoimmune-disease epidemic. "I saw a total of six doctors before I got the diagnosis of APS," Jan says. "And yet relatively speaking I consider myself lucky. I was diagnosed within months of becoming ill. It takes most patients with autoimmune disease years to find a doctor who has enough faith in them to really listen to what they're experiencing."- Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) |
 "The current rates of autism and the other 4-A disorders are now undeniably epidemic.
Autism has increased, according to most estimates, from approximately one in every 2,500 to 10,000 births to one in every 150-166 births, over just the past twenty years. This is a fifteen-fold to sixty-fold increase: 1,500 percent to 6,000 percent. Now at least a half-million American children have autism-spectrum disorders, and some experts believe it to be as high as 1.5 million. Better diagnosis does not account for this, because the diagnostic criteria have not changed significantly for many years."- Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "There was no epidemic. Just better diagnosis. Their essential message was: Give up. Accept it. Move on. But Lynne kept swallowing her pride and plugging away. She and Wesley spent over $100,000 on behavioral and educational therapies, which decimated their finances, and did little good. Then one day, through a network of parents who had autistic kids, Lynne heard about a dietary approach. It consisted of eliminating most grains, along with milk products. It sounded rather simplistic to Lynne. But what did she have to lose? ine ^nnaren y She tried it." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "American health authorities, still traumatized by the polio epidemic of the mid-1900s, embraced the concept of vaccination, and were willing to accept the negative aspects of thimerosal as a reasonable element of the risk/benefit ratio. However, even as further evidence of thimerosal toxicity kept accumulating, children began to be exposed to increasing amounts of it in vaccinations. For example, baby boomers who were born before 1963 received only one vaccination for polio, and one other combination vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP)." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "There is currently an unprecedented epidemic of children with symptoms associated with ADHD. • 3 percent to 10 percent of all American children have symptoms that result in a diagnosis of ADHD. • 3.5 million children are on ADHD medications. • 1.5 million adults are on ADHD medications. • Two times as many adults are on ADHD medications now than in the year 2000, and the number keeps rising, as the Ritalin Generation reaches adulthood. • $3.1 billion was spent on ADHD drugs in 2005, almost four times as much as the amount spent in 2000." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) |
| "We could have thousands of kids who are exposed to the cereal falling ill or even dying before we remotely begin to figure out that this is another autoimmune cluster epidemic in motion."
Several scientists are now working under the auspices of the World Health Organization to create an autoimmunity task force that, if given adequate dollars, would serve as a worldwide monitoring group to educate against manufacturing practices that are most likely to put populations at risk." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "One high-level researcher, who prefers to talk off the record, cautions that, without proper oversight and improved regulation, we may well see more such food- and additive-related clusters in the future, both in epidemic and sporadic form. The FDA itself has rather lax regulations for food products. And many of our food products are now imported from countries where regulations are even more lenient. This researcher plays out a frightening scenario that he hopes never to see. "Let's say a manufacturer decides to change how they manufacture a food-coloring additive in a children's cereal." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "Rather, they will be asking how a generation of scientists, researchers, patients, and concerned parents were prescient enough to come together to stop an autoimmune epidemic in its tracks. There can't be a friendlier universe—or a better legacy—to leave them than that. APPENDIX AUTOIMMUNE AND RELATED DISEASES Tor more information about the diseases on this list of more I than one hundred autoimmune and related disorders, please contact the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) at: (800) 598-4668 (586) 776-3900 fax: (586) 776-3903 aarda@aol.com www.aarda." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) |
 "However, this book is about finding morale, energy, and community—and surviving America's depression epidemic; and so the title chosen, though not the catchiest one considered, is the most honest.
Nobody could have fought harder for an author and a book than my agent Timothy Wager—a genuinely good guy. Timothy found the right editor in Jonathan Teller-Elsberg, the book's initial champion at Chelsea Green. Ultimately both Jonathan and editor-in-chief John Barstow co-edited this book, and all of their suggestions were excellent ones."- Bruce E. Levine, Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy (Get the book.) "Understanding the influence of culture and society in creating our current epidemic of depression does not mean that we are powerless to transcend cultural and social forces. Finding fault with a fundamentalist market economy, industrialism, and consumerism does not mean that I am against the production and use of all material things. Rather it means that I oppose the worship of a one-dimensional value system that does not recognize that certain realms of our humanity need to be outside of markets, industry, and consumer products." - Bruce E. Levine, Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy (Get the book.) "Franz Kafka would not be surprised by our epidemic of depression. There's a long list of artists, from Ernest Hemingway to Sylvia Plath, Charlie Parker, Janis Joplin, Phil Ochs, Kurt Cobain, and many others, who, in response to tremendous pain, either committed suicide or abused substances resulting in premature death. And there's an even longer list of people who are equally overwhelmed by their emotions, sensitivities, and intuition, but who lack the talent, support, or luck necessary to create great works." - Bruce E. Levine, Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy (Get the book.) "The more we see these people "falling off their perch"—and the epidemic of depression suggests that this is the case—the more we all should be concerned about what's destroying them. Even if you are neither depressed nor especially altruistic, it is no great stretch to recognize that what's getting to the canary will ultimately get to you. If your wounds are unhealed, then you are alienated from parts of yourself and thus lack the strength of wholeness. So even with morale and knowledge of what constitutes constructive behavior, you may feel unable to act on that knowledge." - Bruce E. Levine, Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy (Get the book.) |
 "As we have already seen, psychogenic disorders have a tendency to spread in epidemic fashion when they are in vogue.
Charcot was a brilliant teacher, and he had a profound effect on Freud's career. As a result of the few months he studied with Charcot, Freud made the fateful decision to shift his focus of study from neuropathology to psychopathology, that is, from the study of the nervous system to the study of the mind. This crucial change of direction would in time lead directly to his theories on unconscious emotional processes that are fundamental to our understanding of psychosomatosis."- John E. Sarno, M.D., The Divided Mind: The epidemic of Mindbody Disorders (Get the book.) "This is another instance in which the patterns of psychosomatic disorders depend on what is in vogue, and helps explain why disorders like "fibromyalgia" and "carpal tunnel syndrome" assumed such epidemic proportions in the short span of fifteen years at the end of the twentieth century. Walters's description of the quality of the pain his patients suffered is of great interest. While some patients used the language of metaphor or simile ("My head feels squeezed in a vice," "My knee feels as if someone is twisting it unbearably"), others used simple terms like burning, aching, or shooting." - John E. Sarno, M.D., The Divided Mind: The epidemic of Mindbody Disorders (Get the book.) "In parallel, the incidence of work-related disorders such as low back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome has risen in epidemic proportions, despite the fact that workers are subjecting themselves to less repetitive motion and strain in the workplace. This paradox is explained, in part, by understanding that the workers' compensation system itself is a psychogenic trigger for developing a pain disorder. Finally, the health care industry plays a big role in validating and perpetuating psychosomatic disorders." - John E. Sarno, M.D., The Divided Mind: The epidemic of Mindbody Disorders (Get the book.) "This is a very effective strategy, and as evidence of that fact there is an absolute epidemic of mindbody disorders in our society. Because full understanding of these points is crucial for symptom resolution, I then reiterate: TMS is a strategy of the brain to keep unpleasant thoughts and emotions from rising from the unconscious into the conscious mind. The brain, through established physiologic pathways, creates pain as a distraction. By focusing our attention on physical symptoms, we keep these painful thoughts and emotions repressed." - John E. Sarno, M.D., The Divided Mind: The epidemic of Mindbody Disorders (Get the book.) |
| "It has been observed in both epidemic and sporadic forms with acknowledged similarities to other fatigue illnesses and the post-polio syndrome (PPS). There had been over sixty-three recorded outbreaks of ME since 1934, including pre-war epidemics in Wisconsin, America, in 1936, in Switzerland in 1937 and one in a Middlesex sanatorium, England, in 1939. In the immediate post-war years there was an epidemic in a Pennsylvania hospital in 1945 and two epidemics in Iceland. In the period from 1984 until 1992 there were eight recorded epidemic incidents in North America." - Martin J. Walker, Skewed: Psychiatric Hegemony and and the Manufacture of Mental Illness in Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Gulf War Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. (Get the book.) |
 "REPPED: INTRODUCTION
Asthma has slowly but surely been increasing in its incidence over the last few decades, until it can be said without exaggeration to have reached epidemic status in many countries, with one in four children now diagnosed to have it to some degree in certain industrialised societies. Why is this quiet epidemic occurring? No one knows for sure, but it is widely believed that people in the developed world are being exposed to much higher amounts of allergens in their lives than they used to be, and this is related to the rising incidence of asthma."- Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) |
 "In the 1980s, at the height of the AIDS epidemic - a time when a diagnosis of HIV was almost certainly a death sentence - Elisabeth had chosen this specialty in San Francisco, the very epicenter of the US epidemic. At the time of Hellas phone call, the hottest topic in medical circles in California was psychoneuroimmunology. Patients had begun to crowd into special town-hall meetings given by mind—body devotees such as Louise Hay or into workshops on visualization and imagery."- Lynne Mctaggart, The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe (Get the book.) |
 "But it's hard to imagine that the incredible increase in psychiatric prescriptions for teenagers and children is due entirely to an epidemic of psychiatric disorders, that some combination of bad parenting, bad genes, and bad videos has created an entire nation of screwed-up kids. We're also in the midst of an epidemic of diagnoses, in which children who exhibit behavior that is even mildly out of the norm are labeled and treated, along with the kids who are truly mentally ill. The question is, why are we now so quick to diagnose mental illness?"- Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.) |
 "Add that to the existing pool we've been collecting, and I'm ready to tell you how to use this simple nutrient to protect yourself from one of our epidemic health problems: keeping your blood sugar levels in check. Remember, type 2 diabetes is an epidemic these days!
More and more studies document a high occurrence of low magnesium states in people with diabetes, as well as those with the syndrome called insulin resistance (IR) or Syndrome X. The good news is knowing this association gives us a new leg up for treating and preventing IR and diabetes, two very problematic endocrine problems."- Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) |
 "It may seem strange that the developing world, which is often associated with hunger and inadequate nutrition for children, is now experiencing an epidemic of Type-2 diabetes, a disease related to wealth and unhealthy lifestyle. This can be explained by the high degree of urbanization in some countries such as India that has brought adaptation to the lifestyles from industrialized countries, resulting in diseases such as diabetes related to this new lifestyle."- Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) |
 "We've already established that there's no such thing as a "genetic epidemic"—the term doesn't even make sense. Our genes simply do not change fast enough to explain these tremendous increases.
Still others argue that there have always been this many autistic kids out there; we've just gotten better at diagnosing them. Try bringing up this point with some elementary-school teachers who've been in the profession for more than twenty years. I predict the vast majority of them will tell you that every single year, they see more and more children with ASDs in their classrooms."- Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) |
 "PART II
An Integrative Approach to Prevention and Treatment
The statistics tell a very disturbing story—metabolic dysfunction in the United States is at epidemic levels, with more than half of American adults meeting the criteria for prediabetes and another 21 million living with diabetes. Clearly, the need for effective prevention and treatment programs is more urgent than ever. The following chapters explain the details of a multifaceted, comprehensive, evidence-based approach to reverse prediabetes, prevent diabetes, or optimally manage the disease."- Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "Piggybacking on the epidemic of prediabetes is a closely associated condition—metabolic syndrome. As we mentioned in chapter 1, it is possible to have prediabetes and not have metabolic syndrome, but the truth is that most people who have prediabetes or diabetes have characteristics that are consistent with metabolic syndrome as well." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "Three Components of an Optimal Prevention and Management Plan Prediabetes is at epidemic levels: according to the latest information from the NIDDK, approximately 54 million Americans have prediabetes, and the majority of these people will develop diabetes eventually unless they make lifestyle changes. We believe that there are three key components of an optimal plan to prevent and manage diabetes. These components are interrelated, and are therefore prime examples both of the complexity of diabetes and of the amazing way various body systems work together. They are: ?" - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) |
| "Dust mites and microscopic insects that lurk in bedding and furniture also contribute to the asthma epidemic in this country.
On the other hand, homes that are too clean might also put a child at risk for asthma. Remember the "dirty theory" or "hygiene hypothesis" I discussed in the previous chapter? Well, it applies to asthma, too. Lay off the heavy-duty chemical cleaners and antibacterial products. To develop properly, a child's immune system does require some exposure to bacteria." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) |
| "New York is not the only place where diabetes is epidemic. As quoted in The Daily Texan in 2005: "In President George W. Bush's home state of Texas, state health services commissioner Dr. Eduardo Sanchez said, 'Half of Texas children born after the year 2000 will develop diabetes.'"
AGE AS A FACTOR
Diabetes also increases with age. It could be considered a marker of accelerated aging.
Age (years)
Figure 10: Diabetes rates in men and women ages 0-80-plus (Source: Diabetes Care, 2004, American Diabetes Association, Inc.)
Today one in five New Yorkers 65 years and older have diabetes." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) |
 "One story from the Nexo York Times in 2005 received much attention by claiming that "cancer statistics do not indicate a cancer epidemic," and that "rates of cancer have been steadily dropping for 50 years."
If only that newspaper account had been something other than wishful thinking! Even a casual reading of data provided by the National Cancer Institute paints a wholly different picture."- Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) |
| "Overweight is being described as a new epidemic in the American pediatric population, with an overall 33 percent increase in diabetes incidence and prevalence seen in the last ten years. Type-2 diabetes has changed from a disease of our grandparents and parents to a disease of our children. In 1994 Type-2 diabetes accounted for 16 percent of new cases of pediatric diabetes, and by 1999, it accounted for 8 percent to 45 percent, from state to state.88 In Ohio and Arkansas, African American children with Type-2 diabetes represented 70-75 percent of new pediatric diabetes cases." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) |
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