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"Computer viruses can spread nationally and internationally with no alteration whatsoever. But viruses do not have the ability to change people's thinking; they do not get beyond the machine. The ability of users of e-mail to forward others' messages or to provide Web links effectively permits word of mouth to spread unerringly. And new technology that makes it possible and natural to forward word-of-mouth messages from others as part of a telephone conversation or a video conference would again dramatically improve the accuracy and persistence of interpersonal communications." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"These so-called slow viruses known as prions are made of proteins rather than DNA or RNA, as are most viruses, and cause such conditions as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, kuru, scrapie, and the infamous mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy). Prions were discovered by the American scientist Stanley Prusiner in the 1980s and have been found to cause spongiform encephalopathies?brain pathology marked by small holes in brain tissue." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"Chinese herbalists recommend drinking green tea to combat viruses. Then, enlist the aid of yarrow, which is both cooling and stimulating and works well to shrink mucous membranes and ease diarrhea. It can also be prepared as a tea. • Gargle with Tea Tree Oil The oil from the Australian tea tree is believed to stimulate the immune system and fight infection. Aromatherapists, among others, believe that the scent is beneficial as a preventive measure against viruses." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"But since a bacterium—R coli, for example—collects both free DNA and DNA carried by viruses, the "breeding" population from which potentially useful code may be selected is not just other E. coli. The library of code open to perusal by an unsatisfied bacterial cell is essentially every other bacterium on the planet, as well as a fair share of its viruses. As a result, in the formulation of the great evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr, who defined species as groups that are reproductively isolated, bacteria are not species at all." - William Rosen, Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire (Get the book.)

"That's really a problem because we know antibiotics don't do anything against viruses, so every time we use an antibiotic when we don't need to, we'll pay a price in the future. People are starting to understand that, to say, 'Maybe I don't need an antibiotic this time.'" Reducing antibiotic use is one area where conventional pediatricians have come together with "green" or integrative pediatricians." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"RO units remove bacteria, viruses, nitrates, fluorides, sodium, chlorine, particulate matter, heavy metals, asbestos, organic chemicals, and dissolved minerals. They do not remove toxic gases, chloroform, phenols, THMs, some pesticides, and low-molecular-weight organic compounds. When combined with an activated carbon filtration system, however, they can remove the entire spectrum of impurities from the drinking water, including organic and inorganic chemicals. Many RO units now have pre- and post-filters to take care of any residual impurities that the RO unit does not remove." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "A first step in the degenerative process is inflammation, termed insulinitis in Type-1, either due to antibody attack on the beta cells of the pancreas from cow's milk antibodies or against certain viruses. The inflammation progresses to scarring. In Type-2 there is a progression from hyperinsulinism and its inflammation, in which the beta cells are stressed through overproduction and free radical production. The inflammation leads to a chronic scarring, which either blocks the flow of insulin from the beta cells, inactivates the beta cells, or perhaps blocks the circulation to the beta cells." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"The exact cause is unknown, although genetic factors, environmental influences, diet, and viruses are all being closely explored as contributing factors. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES Signs and symptoms can include the following: ?frequent urination ?excessive thirst ?increased fatigue ?unusual/unexplained weight loss ?irritability ?blurry vision ?frequent infections of the skin, urinary tract, or vagina ?poor wound healing ?tingling in the hands or feet Note: In some cases, people with prediabetes have some of these signs and symptoms." - 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.)

"Formaldehyde, which is also used as an embalming fluid, kills unwanted bacteria and viruses in vaccine cultures, but it is also a known human carcinogen. • Monosodium glutamate (MSG), the same additive used to flavor some Asian foods, helps "stabilize" certain vaccines against heat, light, humidity, and other forces in the environment. • Thimerosal (see page 135) metabolizes into one of the most toxic heavy metals in existence: mercury." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"The introduction of live virus vaccines, such as live MMR vaccine made from weakened forms of the live measles, mumps, and rubella viruses, has raised questions about whether live vaccine virus could be a co-factor in causing chronic diseases such as diabetes. In 1982, another vaccine was added to the childhood vaccination schedule in Finland. Children age 14 months to 6 years were given the live MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine. This was followed by the injection of 114,000 Finnish children 3 months and older with another experimental Hib vaccine." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Allergens, viruses, preexisting food allergies, and poor air quality can all trigger asthma in a susceptible child. Because their exposure to these irritants tends to be greater, low-income populations, minorities, and children living in inner cities have disproportionately high rates of asthma and disproportionately higher morbidity and mortality rates associated with asthma as well. "Different ethnic and economic groups are more affected by asthma than others," Dr. Frederica Perera told me. "In 2001, the prevalence rate of childhood asthma was around 8 percent in the country as a whole." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Similarly, you should also review those chapters for information on nutrients and herbs that are effective against bacteria, viruses, and fungi. These natural substances, when used medicinally, in relatively high dosages, can be quite effective. Dosage is a key factor, however. For example, you would be wrong to assume that you can take one capsule per day of the anti-allergy herb quercitin and get the same effect that you could with a drug like Zyrtec. You would need to take at least three per day, or maybe even six per day." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "In utero stressors, including environmental toxins, inoculations, bacteria, viruses, nutritional deficiencies, and emotional stress. 8. Thyroid disorders-most commonly low thyroid activity, resulting in impaired energy and cognitive function. A similar problem is autoimmune thyroid disorder. 9. Presence of testosterone in males, which exacerbates toxifi-cation. 10. Genetic factors that contribute to all of these various assaults upon the nervous system, immune system, and gastrointestinal system." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"The TIPS study is based on the hygiene hypothesis, which you have already learned hypothesizes that little or no exposure to bacteria and viruses during a critical period of infancy can lead to problems in the immune system and result in diseases such as asthma. TIPS hopes to determine whether stimulating the immune system with a probiotic supplement, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, for the first six months of life can prevent or delay asthma development. The three-year study will include about 280 healthy, full-term babies with an increased risk of developing asthma, i.e." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"This precaution comes in especially handy if Wyatt is starting to feel sick or if kids in his class seem to be coming down with colds or other viruses. Follow the directions on the Thieves bottle for the recommended amount to use on your child. Like most essential oils, Thieves must be diluted when used properly, as the oils can be too harsh when used in their pure form—particularly for a child's sensitive skin. I also recommend cold-diffusing (see page 187) Thieves oil in your children's rooms for ten minutes while they are away at school. Do the same in your own room, too. Dr." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Damage to intestinal cells (including those which make up the villi) by bacteria, viruses or parasites reduces the body's ability to absorb nutrients and water. The result is faulty water absorption, which causes diarrhea and dehydration. Diarrhea is responsible for several million deaths around the globe each year. It is a major world health problem. It is thought that predisposition to infections (e.g., diarrhea) is associated with immaturity and improper functioning of the intestinal barrier." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Viruses can also produce oncogenes. Since they proliferate by invading and taking over surrounding healthy cells, they are protected by a coat of protein. The science of virology substantiates that there are mechanisms in a healthy organism that can and do inhibit the invasion of viruses. Again, this depends on a healthy immune system. There are physiological mechanisms that can destroy viruses, and there are herbs, such as bloodroot, hydrastis, burdock, and dandelion, for instance, that have anticancer properties and are effective in overcoming viruses and harmful bacteria." - Michael Tierra, The Way of Herbs (Get the book.)

"There were no methods used to prevent those viruses already present in the monkey kidneys from contaminating the vaccine and no methods used to kill the viruses after contamination.47 Researchers did find some previously unknown viruses—about seventy-five of them—that naturally occur in monkey kidney tissue during the development of the polio vaccine and tried to screen the kidneys they were using with the rather crude tools then at their disposal. SV40 was not one of the viruses they could identify. Jonas Salk is phlegmatic about it. "We took all the precautions that we knew of at the time." - Stephen Harrod Buhner, The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines for Life on Earth (Get the book.)

"Bugs" means bacteria and some fungus (but not viruses). Your relationship with the bacteria in your intestines influences everything from height and weight to heart, kidney, and lung capacity. How you interact with these bacteria and what bacteria actually grow determine whether you develop inflammatory bowel disease. Healthy bacteria in the bowels are your partners—essentially, a part of you. When you develop inflammatory bowel disease, it's because your body failed to tolerate these healthy bacteria or other proteins in your intestines." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "D-cells exist in the bone marrow and lymph tissue of your spleen, tonsils, lymph nodes, lungs, and intestines, where your body often comes in contact with foreign proteins, viruses, and bacteria. D-cells can shape how your immune system responds to a given situation. What's most interesting about these cells is that they have numerous vitamin D receptors, so vitamin D controls the activity and number of D-cells that participate in the learning process." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "After you're born, vitamin D ensures that D-cells respond appropriately when they meet bacteria, fungi, viruses, and cancer cells. Your types of white blood cells are: ?M-cells that scavenge around and gather evidence from the entire body ?T-cells that judge and decide whether the evidence is friendly or dangerous ?B-cells that police your body and make antibodies ?D-cells that present evidence and decide on tolerance or attack When vitamin D suppresses D-cell maturation during immune system development, it's playing a key role in creating tolerance and friendly recognition of self." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "Vitamin D in the immune system stimulates the production of proteins that kill viruses and bacteria, and specialized cells in the intestines also can make these substances, which are probably vitamin D-regulated. If unfriendly strains of bacteria begin to grow in the intestine, they will trigger an immune response that clears them. But if you're deficient in vitamin D, this killing/clearing process is flawed, as in the case of tuberculosis. You're hit with unfriendly strains of bacteria, and your body lets them hang around to give you trouble." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"With the threat of global war and the very real chance that it will involve atomic weapons, the emergence of new disease from viruses that seem impervious to our arsenal of drugs, and the suffering brought on by drought and starvation that has already begun as the result of abrupt climate change, we simply don't have the luxury of another century to understand every iota of the universe's secrets before we act. Clearly, now is the time to apply what we do know about the way our universe works in order to address the problems that threaten our survival and our future." - Gregg Braden, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits (Get the book.)

"Other cases of CHF may result from valvular problems, viruses that have attacked the heart muscle, or generalized atherosclerosis. And, all too often, CHF and cardiomyopathy are idiopathic, meaning we really don't know what caused them. So, let's examine some of the clinical research to see the impact L-carnitine can have in CHF therapy. L-carnitine plays a role in the utilization of fatty acids and glucose in the heart. However, the relationship between carnitine availability in heart tissue, carnitine metabolism in the heart, and left ventricular function had not been fully studied." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"Although causal links between the acute illnesses earlier in life and aging have not been well established, it is clear that bacteria, viruses, parasites, and other infectious agents can impair the neurodevel-opment of children. Infections like tuberculosis, diarrhea, parasite-borne diseases like malaria, periodontal disease, and bacterial infections—all of which occur with the highest frequency in impoverished parts of the developing world—raise levels of inflammatory proteins, including C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and fibronigen protein." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"Their patterns suggest connective tissue or autoimmune disease, chronic viruses, chemical or food sensitivities, or Candida. While it is an extensive diagnostic process, it does seem to find the root cause of some very puzzling complex physical and mental problems which patients are experiencing." After making the diagnosis, Dr. Slagle focuses on removing the offending agents. These may include chemicals, yeast-inducing foods, drugs, or other substances. Then she embarks on the rebuilding process." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "To examine the etiologic link of viruses in this brain disorder, we conducted a serologic study of measles virus, mumps virus, and rubella virus. Viral antibodies were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the serum of autistic children, normal children, and siblings of autistic children. The level of measles antibody, but not mumps or rubella antibodies, was significantly higher in autistic children as compared with normal children (P = 0.003) or siblings of autistic children (P - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "All these viruses have one thing in common—they establish a lifelong latent infection in the host. In fact, by the end of adulthood most adults do demonstrate antibodies against the Epstein Barr virus, indicating a past infection. Those with the most serious symptoms generally have the highest antibody levels to Epstein Barr. This may actually indicate that the chronic fatigue syndrome is a problem of decreased immune function and not just a disorder caused by a specific virus. "Susceptibility is a very important issue because the presence of the virus is not enough to cause the syndrome." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Certain viruses seem to attack and destroy the pancreatic beta cells directly, rather than through an autoimmune reaction.66 Mumps, prior to the onset of diabetes, was found in 42.5 percent of the subjects versus 12.5 percent in the control group.67 There are elevated levels of Coxsackie virus IGM antibodies.68 Exposure to virus infections in utero or during childhood may initiate beta cell damage.69 Rubella and chickenpox didn't seem to make any significant difference." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

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