Wednesday, December 11, 2019

WEIGHT LOSS CURE PROTOCOL

PHASE 1 PROTOCOL INSTRUCTIONS
Due to the damaging chemicals so prevalent in our food, water and environment, Phase 1 involves an intensive cleansing and nourishing of the body. This phase is designed to address the causes of obesity and prepare your body for the Phase 2 Protocol.
You must follow this phase for 30 days before moving on to Phase 2.
This Phase Should Not Be Skipped and is ESSENTIAL to the success of the protocol.
Many have reported impressive weight loss during this phase alone.
Minimum Requirements for Phase 1:
Complete the following cleanses:
  • Colon Cleanse
  • Heavy Metal Clease
Take the following supplements:
  • 3Lac
  • Whole Food Supplement
  • Digestive Enzymes
  • Probiotics
  • Vitamin E
  • Omega 3
  • Acetyl-L Carnitine
Drink the following liquids:
  • Drink 1/2 - 1 gallon pure, filtered, cool (not iced) water steeped with coral calcium daily.
  • Drink at least 1 cup each of the following teas: Wu-Long, Green, Yerba Mate & Chamomile Teas.
Lifestyle Changes:
We understand that this phase will most likely involve a complete reshaping of your lifestyle which can be very overwhelming, time consuming and expensive. Therefore, we have attempted to scale this phase down to a bare minimum. In addition to the minimum requirements we recommend you invest in the following lifestyle changes as time and budget allow:
  • Personal EMF Eliminator
  • Home EMF Eliinator
  • Cell Phone EMF Eliminator
  • Reverse Osmosis System
  • Shower Filter
  • Rebounder
  • Sauna
  • Learn & Practice the Callahan Technique
  • Learn & Practice Dr. Coldwell's Techniques
In addition you need to follow the eating and exercise guidelines, which are outlined in the free Weight Loss Cure Guides that accompany all Weight Loss Cure products.
We understand that this protocol can be overwhelming so we have compiled all of these products into convenient packages. Both cleanses and all the supplements are included in the Supplement Package. The coral calcium sachets and all the teas are included in the Weight Loss Cure Tea Package. Lasty we've compiled an affordable package of lifestyle changes, called the Quick Start Package. The remaining lifestyle changes can be purchased below as well.
For more detailed instructions on Phase 1 of the Weight Loss Cure Protocol, please reference pgs. 76-92 in The Weight Loss Cure "They" Don't Want You To Know About.
PHASE 2 PROTOCOL INSTRUCTIONS
It is during this phase that you will take an oral alternative supplement and follow the strict low-calorie diet. During this phase you will cease taking all other supplements, but will continue to drink all the products included in the Weight Loss Cure Tea Package. It is recommended that you spend 45 days in Phase 2.
Phase 2 is the CORE weight loss portion of the protocol.
If you do not reach your weight loss goal by the end of the 45 days you still MUST stop Phase 2 treatment and return to Phase 1 for SIX weeks before beginning your second 45-day Phase 2 cycle.
Minimum Requirements for Phase 2:
Continue to drink the following liquids:
  • Drink 1/2 - 1 gallon pure, filtered, cool (not iced) water steeped with coral calcium daily.
  • Drink at least 1 cup each of the following teas: Wu-Long, Green, Yerba Mate & Chamomile Teas.
Take an Oral Alternative Supplement :
The Natural Cures Store is proud to offer two alternative supplement products for use during the Phase 2 Protocol:
  • OraThin Oral Alternative - for those wanting an herbal alternative. Guaranteed to work just as well. See the testimonials.
  • Hormadral Oral Alternative Liquid - for those looking for a liquid alternative. Also guaranteed to work just as well.
  • TWO POWERFUL PRODUCTS. THE CHOICE IS PERSONAL!
In addition you need to follow the eating and exercise guidelines, which are outlined in the free Weight Loss Cure Guides that accompany all Weight Loss Cure products.
Below you will find all the products you need to complete Phase 2 of the Weight Loss Cure Protocol.
For more detailed instructions on Phase 2 of the Weight Loss Cure Protocol, please reference pgs. 92-98 in The Weight Loss Cure "They" Don't Want You To Know About.
PHASE 2 PROTOCOL INSTRUCTIONS
The purpose of Phase 3 is to reset the body weight, metabolism rate and hypothalamus.
This phase must be started IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING the completion of Phase 2 and must be followed for 21 days.

Phase 3 Protocol

Dr. A.T.W Simeons discovered this weight loss protocol over fifty years ago. Since then tens of thousands of people have used it and achieved exciting weight loss results.
Shockingly, this protocol has been mocked, discredited, and hidden by medical establishments all over the world. Now, for the first time in 50 years, Kevin Trudeau lays it out and tells all.
Minimum Requirements for Phase 3:
During this phase you will continue drinking all the products included in the Weight Loss Cure Tea Package and will resume taking all the products included in the Supplement Package.
In addition you need to follow the eating and exercise guidelines, which are outlined in the free Weight Loss Cure Guides that accompany all Weight Loss Cure products.
You may need to refill some of the teas and supplements at this point. They may be purchased individually on the Natural Supplements page.
For more detailed instructions on Phase 3 of the Weight Loss Cure Protocol, please reference pgs. 99-105 in The Weight Loss Cure "They" Don't Want You To Know About.

Phase 4 Protocol

Dr. A.T.W Simeons discovered this weight loss protocol over fifty years ago. Since then tens of thousands of people have used it and achieved exciting weight loss results.
Shockingly, this protocol has been mocked, discredited, and hidden by medical establishments all over the world. Now, for the first time in 50 years, Kevin Trudeau lays it out and tells all.
PHASE 4 PROTOCOL INSTRUCTIONS
Phase 4 starts the first day of the rest of your life.
Minimum Requirements for Phase 4:
Phase 4 begins with some deep cleansing. The full-body cleanse kit listed below include all the components necessary to cleanse your entire body. In fact, it is recommended that you do a full-body cleanse once a year.
It is also recommended that you continue taking all the products in both the Weight Loss Cure Tea Package and the Supplement Package. All these products may be purchased individually on the Natural Supplements page.
For more detailed instructions, please reference pgs. 105-114 in The Weight Loss Cure "They" Don't Want You To Know About
STUFF YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE IT WORK RIGHT:


Monday, December 2, 2019

The Weight Loss Cure by Kevin Trudeau

The Weight Loss Cure by Kevin Trudeau It’s Not Your Fault You Are Fat Here are a few dynamic paragraph’s from Kevin Trudeau’s book The Weight Loss Cure: The weight loss cure is not a diet, not an exercise program, not a psychological behavior modification program, or some other system that is supposed to help you lose weight. The weight loss cure actually addresses and corrects the physiological cause of obesity, weight gain, and inability to lose weight. The biggest challenge with all other weight loss programs however, is keeping the weight off permanently. No other weight loss system corrects and cures the basic problems overweight people deal with or the true cause of obesity. When you stop a weight loss program, statistics show that almost everyone gains the weight back very quickly. We all know that we actually gain weight back faster than we lose it! This is because no weight loss program cures and corrects the low metabolism, the intense and constant hunger, or the emotional eating and food cravings. This weight loss protocoldoes in fact cure and correct these problems. When you finish the protocol your metabolism is reset to the normal level. Your physical hunger is reset to the normal level. The emotional eating issues and food cravings are gone forever. This means when you finish this protocol you will be able to be a normal person in relation to your eating and weight . Your hunger will be completely normalized. You will be able to eat any food you want. Your body will burn the food you eat so that it does not turn to fat. Your hunger and appetite mechanisms will be regulated so you have an intense feeling of fullness with no physiological food cravings. You will have no desire to eat when you are not hungry. For some of you, this will be a new lifechanging experience. Imagine going to a buffet and eating a normal amount of food and feeling totally full and satisfied. Imagine not having to deal with willpower or deprivation... The doctor and I chatted about my medical condition and what I had hoped the treatment would achieve. A complete battery of blood tests and hormone tests were done in addition to dozens of other medical tests to assess my conditions such as heart disease, MS, arthritis, diabetes, or cancer. The doctor is very clear that he does not treat these conditions; he only administers the anti-aging and health enhancing live cell therapy, and other anti-aging treatments. These therapies promote health in the body by stimulating and revitalizing internal organs and glands. Only the body heals disease. I had no preexisting known medical condition. I simply wanted a tune up.I had no symptoms that needed to be dealt with. The doctor asked if there was anything specific that I wanted to achieve physically. I joked that I wished I could lose some weight and keep it off for ever! The doctor paused and very seriously and matter-of-factly stated that there was a cure for obesity that I could receive while at the clinic. I was about to brush him off figuring that it was just another diet and exercise program. I was, however, intrigued when he used the word cure. I asked how it worked. He went on to say that a British medical doctor, in the late 1950s, discovered that all overweight people have a low metabolism, constant and intense hunger, and massive food craving causing them to eat when they are not hungry. This M.D. also discovered that fat is stored in three areas of the body. First, structural fat around the joints and organs; second, normal fat reserves throughout the entire body; and third, secure or abnormal fat reserves, which are known as the problem areas. In women, these problem areas generally include the hips, thighs, buttocks, waist, stomach, and behind the upper arms; in men, the upper chest, back, neck, waist, and stomach. During the treatment, which last between three and six weeks, a person will lose about a pound a day. You will have no hunger and your energy levels will be high... You will have no food cravings and you will not feel deprived. You will not need willpower. Although exercise is encouraged, you do not need to exercise. Most importantly, the weight you will be losing will be almost all fat. You lose very little, if any, muscle. The fat you lose will be from the problem areas or the secure fat reserves. This means your body will be reshaped. It will look as if you had liposuction. You will not lose the structural fat that you need for good health. When you are finished with the protocol your hypothalamus gland will be reset. Your internal body weight set point will be lowered. Your metabolism will rise and be reset at a much higher level. Your physiological hunger will be reduced dramatically back to a normal level. You will no longer experience food cravings or need to eat for emotional reasons. You will be cured and will not gain the weight back. Provided by http://www.HCGProgramDirect.com The comments from the patients in these records repeatedly stated that they were not hungry at all, had tons of energy, and were overwhelmingly excited about the results. Since many of the patients come back annually to the clinic, the long-term effects were of great interest to me. These thousands of records proved that people could lose fat faster than any other know weight loss system and do so virtually effortlessly. The big question was would the fat stay off? In follow-up observations the statistics showed 85% of the patients kept the weight off (within 10%) after one, two, and five years. The most exciting statistic was no one gained all the weight back. The other important point was in the very small percentage that did gain some weight back ; the record showed that these people gained the weight over a long period of time while at the same time gorging themselves on food on a daily basis. In other words, they gained the weight back very slowly... It was actually hard for them to gain the weight back. I compared this with every other weight loss method. Remember, with other weight loss methods the weight comes off very slowly. It is hard to lose the weight. You gain the weight back quickly and easily. It is very frustrating! This protocol was exactly the opposite. You lose the weight quickly and effortlessly, and it very difficult and slow for you to gain the weight back. Remember, over 85% kept the weight off. No other weight loss method comes close with these successful results. Needless to say, I was utterly impressed. More than that I was excited and motivated to start the protocol. I felt like I had found Aladdin’s lamp and the genie was granting my weight loss miracle wish. Every year more and more people are on diets, eating diet food, choosing low calorie, low fat, low carb products, and consuming record amount of diet pills, powders, and potions. Record numbers of people are purchasing exercise equipment and working out in gyms. The diet and weight loss industry is estimated at over a $150 billion a year business. Yet, each year people are getting fatter and fatter and fatter... Nothing is working. So many questions filled my mind. If this weight loss cure, discovered and developed by a prominent British medical doctor, was so effective, why has it remained a secret for over thirty years? If there are tens of thousands of longterm success stories why doesn’t every one know about it? First it had to work for me before I investigated further and told the world about this medical weight loss miracle cure. Here are my personal results. Before I started the weight loss protocol I weighed 231 pounds, with a forty-two inch waist. Five weeks later I weighed 195 pounds, with a thirty-four inch waist. I did no exercise during the protocol. I was slightly hungry for the first two days, but then I had virtually little or no hunger at all. The two things that my friends noticed mostly were that I looked ten years younger and my skin was incredibly clear. The protocol was everything I hoped it would be no hunger, no food cravings, no grumpiness, no feeling of deprivation, no fatigue, a dramatic loss in not only weight but fat; most importantly a dramatic reshape of the body with the burning of the secure problem area fat deposits. Although this is not a diet I am happy to report that this will be the last diet you will ever need. The success rate of this protocol in keeping the weight off forever is unmatched, nothing comes close. The speed and amount of weight and fat you lose is unmatched, nothing even comes close. The ease and effortlessness in which you lose weight and keep it off is unmatched, nothing even comes close. Before you learn the exact protocol it is important to know the real untold reasons why you are fat, why you have a low metabolism, why you have intense and constant hunger, why you have uncontrollable food cravings and eat when you’re not hungry, and why it is so hard to lose weight yet so easy to gain it. It is also important that you know why this weight loss cure has been debunked, discredited, and hidden from the public for so many years. You must also know the truth about tens of thousands of people, including major celebrities, royalty and other members of the rich and famous who have secretively been treated with this protocol and the spectacular, miraculous results they have achieved. I am not a medical doctor. I am a researcher, investigator, and journalist blowing the whistle and reporting on one of the best kept secrets in the area of weight loss. The other reason fat people consume large quantities of food is they have uncontrollable intense food cravings to eat, even when they are not physically hungry. This is sometimes called emotional eating, but is actually a physical abnormal condition... Thin people do not understand just how overwhelming and uncontrollable these food cravings and urges can be. There is not a weight loss program ever developed that permanently corrects this condition. This is another reason why weight loss programs fail. If this condition remains intact, the person trying to lose weight or keep weight off is constantly struggling with these food cravings and urges; therefore living in more misery and deprivation. Thin people cannot understand that these Provided by http://www.HCGProgramDirect.com uncontrollable intense food cravings and urges are no different than a drug addict’s cravings for more drugs. The weight loss cure protocolcorrects this physical abnormality once and for all. If you’ve read my first two books, Natural Cures They Don’t Want You To Know About and More Natural Cures Revealed, you know that treating symptoms are never the answer. When a symptom is found we must ask, what is the cause of that symptom? When we find the cause or causes of a symptom we must then ask what is the cause or causes of that! We must continue finding the cause until we get to the root cause of the symptom. When we address and correct the root cause, all the symptoms vanish. The first question is what is the cause of a low metabolism? Remember, almost every fat person has a low metabolism. In order to lose weight rapidly and keep it off forever your metabolism has to be brought back to normal, or even slightly elevated. With a high metabolism you can eat any kind of food you like, in any quantity you want, and your body will burn it off and not convert to fat. This mean you never have to diet ever again, and you will never gain weight. This will be achieved when you do ‘the weight loss cure protocol.’ ... . . publicly traded food companies are producing genetically modified food using chemical poison fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, and other dangerous growing methods. This is why food is ripened with poisonous gas, injected with chemical preservatives and flavoring agents, eradiated, pasteurized, bathed in poisonous chlorine baths injected with antibiotics, growth hormones, and other deadly drugs... Food is produced in an unnatural, abnormal way. Fruits and vegetables are not grown, they are manufactured! They are made to grow abnormally fast, look the same, and last ten to twenty times longer than nature intended. Every bit of commercially produced fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy, poultry, and fish is purposely laced with thousands of manmade chemical agents, hormones, and drugs. Every commercially made grain or food product in a bag, box, jar, or can has been altered from the way nature intended. They are all, with the exception of 100% organic, loaded with some of the over 15,000 man-made chemical that the U.S. Government allows to be put in the food. Most of theses chemicals don’t even have to be listed on the labels! It may appear that there is no way out of this trap. It may seem like it is impossible to reset the hypothalamus and normalize the hunger. The good news is the weight loss cure protocolwill quickly and easily reset your hypothalamus, thus eliminating the intense and constant hunger that you have. The even better news is when you are finished with the protocol you will be able to eat any kind of food you want . You will be able to eat cheese burgers, French fries, ice cream, cookies, cakes, breads, pasta, cheese, butter, cream, steak, pizza, Mexican food, mashed potatoes and gravy, virtually any kind of food you want. Remember, when your hypothalamus is reset, your metabolism will be high and you will no longer have intense and constant hunger. You will automatically and effortlessly be eating normal quantities of food. The drug industry knows that people who are overweight, fat, and obese have more medical symptoms and buy and take more non-prescription and prescription drugs. There is a financial motivation to keep people overweight. Overweight people are sicker and better customers for the drug companies. Remember that same group of about 300 families that control the world-wide pharmaceutical industry also control most of the publicly traded food producers and manufacturers. Members of the food industry and the drug industry regularly have secret meeting to determine how they can each increase the other’s profits. In Oslo, Norway I was personally at one of these secret meetings. Remember, drug companies and food companies are publicly traded corporations whose only objective is to increase profits and shareholder value. Their only goal is to sell more of their products. Drug companies have publicly stated that they want more and more people buying and using more and more of their dugs. They do not want to prevent or cure disease. Doing so would put them out of business. Their only objective is to convince people through the use of their deceptive advertising that they need to be taking more and more drugs on a regular basis. Food companies simply want to sell more and more food. Food companies specifically make food by using genetic engineering techniques, food processing techniques, and adding chemicals into the food that create disease in the body. Just like the tobacco industry knew that tobacco could cause cancer and other diseases, yet lied about it for fifty years, so too do the current food producers and manufacturers know that their genetically modified chemically laced food products cause cancer, heart disease, arthritis, MS, lupus, depression, and a host of other illnesses. One board member from the Mayo Clinic, whose identity must be kept secret, shared with me the data showing that virtually all cancerous tumors are loaded with pesticides and herbicides used in the production of most commercial food! The food companies are making food purposefully to create new illnesses. The food companies, for example, designed and Provided by http://www.HCGProgramDirect.com engineered food that would create the epidemic of such diseases as acid reflux disease, depression, insomnia, restless leg syndrome, constipation, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. The drug companies knew this in advance. This is why when a new disease becomes common there is already a drug ready to be marketed! The food companies also are specifically putting chemicals in the food, in many cases not listing them on the label that are designed specifically to increase appetite, get you physically , chemically addicted to the food like a drug, and make you fat. This way the food companies are assured that each person will be consuming more and more food every year. This increases their profits. A sub-industry that has financial incentive to keep you fat is the diet industry... The weight loss or diet industry consists of companies that sell exercise equipment, weight loss pills, powders and potions, prepackaged food, low fat, low carb, and low calorie food, and every other weight loss treatment marketed and sold. The vast majority of the companies involved in the weight loss industry are owned directly or indirectly by the same people that own and control the food industry and drug companies. These weight loss companies have data in their internal documents showing that their products and programs do not work. The most significant secret data reveals that these companies know that the number of over weight people will continue to increases year after year, thus increasing their profits. These weight loss and diet companies are taking advantage of desperate vulnerable people who are struggling with their weight. The most amazing insider secret I want to blow the whistle on is the fact that the same unscrupulous people will sell ten different worthless diet aids over time to the same person. These marketers know that the first diet product will not work. When a customer buys the product, the companies in a month or two the person will still be fat, and therefore will be a prime customer for their next worthless diet aid. This cycle repeats its self over and over again... The products are marketed under different names and companies so that you don’t know it’s the same people selling you the various products. This is no more than a money making scam. When a new diet book comes out there is a pre-planned sophisticated comprehensive marketing program pre-established to include selling branded diet aids, prepackaged food, or other weight loss programs. I can tell you this is never designed to cure obesity. These books, diet aids, and prepackaged food products are designed only to increase profits for people selling them. In France people eat bread, cheese, butter, chocolate, and drink wine. Everyone is thin. In Italy people eat pizza, pasta, Gelato ice cream, bread, and tons of fat. Everyone is thin. In Germany people drink beer, eat cake, sausages, bread, butter, and potatoes. Everyone is thin. In Asia people eat rice, noodles, fish, and drink sake. Everyone is thin. All the diet theories are myths, lies, and deceptions... Throughout the world people eat tons of carbs, tons of fat, tons of salt, drink beer, wine, and other alcohol, eat ice cream and other deserts, have bread with real butter, yet every one remain thin. No one is drinking diet sodas. No one eats low fat food. No one uses artificial sweeteners. They eat real food real, full fat milk, cheese, and butter. They eat chicken and other poultry with the skin on! No one drinks light beer they drink full carb and full calorie beer. Why are people thin in these other countries, eating large quantities of real food on a regular basis? Simple. The food is produced differently than in America. In America, for example, the beef is injected with bovine growth hormone and loaded with antibiotics and other drugs. The beef is fed genetically modified, chemically produced grain and ground up dead animals. The beef produced in America is different from the beef produced in other countries. It’s not that beef makes you fat; it’s the chemicals and growth hormones and drugs put in the American beef that makes you fat. The bread in America is loaded with high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, sucrose, or other man-made sweeteners. The prepackaged food diets are probably the worst. They are loaded with monosodium glutamate, high fructose corn syrup, and thousands of man-made chemicals. When you go on any of these diets you may lose some weight initially, but you will not lose the secure trouble area fat deposits. You will not reshape your body. The chemicals in this food will continue to lower you metabolism and increase your hunger, which is why when people stop these programs they immediately gain all the weight back, plus more. This is why it’s so hard to lose weight. This is why losing weight takes a long time. This is also why gaining weight is so easy and takes such a short period of time. In the movie documentary Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock ate only at McDonalds for one month. He gained twenty-eight pounds in one month. He gained the weight fast and effortlessly. This is because McDonald’s food is made specifically and purposefully made to make you gain weight... McDonald’s, for example, even puts sugar on their french fries! They even publicly announced that they are now adding MORE SUGAR Provided by http://www.HCGProgramDirect.com into their buns! He also got physically, chemically addicted to the McDonald’s food. In between meals he was depressed and had overwhelming cravings for McDonald’s food. He exhibited all the common symptoms of a drug addict. When he ate his next McDonald’s meal his depression , symptoms, and cravings went away. He said he felt like a heroin addict getting a fix. McDonalds does this purposefully... It wants its customers to be physically, chemically addicted to its food just like a drug dealer wants his victims addicted to drugs. It’s the way they guarantee you’ll be coming back for more. McDonald’s even calls people who eat three or more meals a week at their restaurant s heavy users! The scariest part of the documentary was the fact that after seven months of diet and exercise Morgan still had not lost the twenty-eight pounds! This is why diets don’t work. Those who think exercise is the answer are mistaken. Exercise in any form is recommended and has benefits. Exercise will slightly raise metabolism and slightly lower hunger... Exercise will not, however, release the problem fat reserves and reshape your body. If you’ve ever gone to the gym and seen some of the aerobic instructors who exercise three to four hours a day yet still have all the problem area fat around the hips, thighs, and buttocks you know this is true. If exercise was required in order for a person to be thin, why is it that there are tens of millions of people around the world who eat everything they want , never exercise, yet remain lean and thin? Exercise is good and beneficial, but it is not the answer and will not cure the cause of obesity. Laxatives, diuretics, skipping meals, amphetamines, thyroid drugs, liquid diets, fiber drinks, human growth hormone, testosterone injections, acupuncture, laser treatments, homeopathic remedies, and weight loss teas all do not cure the underlying cause of obesity. These treatments, like all others, do not permanently correct and normalize metabolism or hunger. None of them release the problem area fat deposits... They generally make the problem worse in the long run. It is sad that overweight people are being taken advantage of all in the name of profit... Every one knows that none of these programs work. Even if a person loses some weight, the major problems and true causes of obesity are never addressed. People are miserable during the weight loss process. People are hungry and feel deprived... The problem area fat never goes away. People are tired, depressed, and grumpy. When they finish these weight loss programs they remain a slave to hunger, fatigue, portion control, counting calories, fat, or carbs, or being unable to enjoy the foods they like. The worst part of it all is almost everyone gains all the weight back and puts more weight on. The real travesty is every one of these programs actually makes the condition worse because they leave the person with a lower metabolism than before and an even higher hunger than they had at the beginning of their weight loss regime. I am revealing this weight loss cure protocol because it worked for virtually 100% of tens of thousands of patients that used it over the last thirty plus years. I am revealing this discovery because it worked for me! I believe that if you follow this protocol your weight loss issues will be cured and you can live the rest of your life as a normal, thin, happy person! In the 1950s obesity was a rare occurrence. In Europe less than a quarter of 1% of the population was considered obese; less than 3% were fat; less than 6% were considered slightly overweight. Europe had just been devastated by the Second World War. Food was scarce. People ate food that was grown and harvested, usually within a mile of where they lived. Everything was relatively fresh. Fruits, vegetables, and grains were not genetically modified. There were no artificial chemical fertilizers... Herbicides, Pesticides, and insecticides were never used. Cows roamed freely and ate grass and hay. They were not injected with growth hormone, antibiotics, or other drugs. Meat and poultry was killed and butchered in local neighborhoods and purchased fresh. Bread was made daily with flour, water, salt, and yeast. Pasteurization and irradiating of food, killing all enzymes and nutritional value, was not practiced... Microwaving food was an unheard of technology. Artificial sweeteners like saccharin, aspartame, and sucrolos were nonexistent. High fructose corn syrup, dextrose and over 15,000 chemical additives commonly used today were an unheard of concept. Monosodium glutamate and other flavor enhancing excitotoxins were not even imagined... Eating a meal in a fast food restaurant is a guaranteed way to mess up your hypothalamus and push it into a abnormal state, lowering metabolism, increasing hunger, and guaranteeing large amounts of fat will be stored in the problem areas making it virtually impossible to lose. A standard meal in a fast food restaurant consists of over 2,500 calories! Combine that with the massive amounts of man-made trans fats, high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners , MSG, etc. and you have the absolute perfect method to create an abnormally operating hypothalamus guaranteeing you’ll become obese. The fast food industry has done this purposefully... Provided by http://www.HCGProgramDirect.com This is not a conspiracy, this is pure economics. It is in the financial best interest of the fast food industry to make you fat , and get you physically, chemically addicted to the food like a drug. Fat people buy and eat more food. Simeons wondered if HCG could play a role in getting the hypothalamus out of its abnormal operating state back to normalcy, therefore normalizing metabolism, hunger, and storing of fat in the secure are fat reserves. He wondered if HCG combined with a complete protocol could release the secure fat deposits in obese patients, thus reshaping their bodies, making them slimmer and more aesthetically beautiful than they could ever imagine. He wondered if this could be a way to keep structural fat and muscle while simultaneously have the body release and burn off these abnormal grotesque bad fat deposits. Thousands of test patients and years later, Simeons had perfected his weight loss cure protocol. The results were astonishing. Almost 100% of patients were losing approximately one pound per day while on the protocol. They were not losing structural fat or muscle. They were losing the abnormal secure fat. Simeons, therefore, had a clientele that included well-to-do, high society, wealthy individuals from around the world. Although much of Simeons’s research was published in prestigious medical journals, news of his cure spread mostly by word of mouth. At this time, it was an embarrassment for most people to say they were receiving treatments for obesity. The news about his cure and spectacular results spread slowly. Not surprising to Simeons, the amount of professional jealousy within the medical community also stifled the spreading of the truth about this medical breakthrough that cured obesity. The fact is medical breakthroughs are always ridiculed and violently opposed. History proves that it takes decades before new discoveries become generally accepted in medical circles. They are always criticized, debunked, and discredited. This is made clear in the movie Sister Kenny (1946). This movie discusses the treatment of polio. At the turn of the century polio created the same fear that the word cancer does today. Since most of Simeons’s patients came from the wealthy elite from around the world , news of Simeons’s success in treating obesity reached a member of one of the leading royal families in Europe. Due to a promise of confidentiality, I will not release the name of this family. The princess of the royal household was ridiculed for her obese condition. Under the most secret circumstances, the princess was treated by Dr. Simeons using his weight loss cure protocol for a period of six weeks. The results were nothing less than miraculous... The princess lost almost sixty pounds. More importantly, the reshaping and re-sculpting of her body allowed her to for the first time to be photographed in a swimsuit. This photograph made the front page of major newspapers around the world... Speculation as to how she was transformed from an obese, grossly disfigured woman to this new sexy starlet became the talk of high society circles around the globe... Please take the time to read and study Kevin Trudeau’s book The Weight Loss Cure... You will find it valuable in your quest to lose weight and live healthy. Find it at Amazon here See Kevin Trudeau's Videos describing the HCG method for weight loss here Quotes In 1972 I was treated by a physician in New Orleans for obesity. He was a dermatologist that I had visited for an allergic reaction to a medication that I was taking. He told me about this weight loss program he ran out of his office. I was very interested... I weighed 195 lbs…. Over a period of six weeks I lost 37 lbs. I weighed in at 158 lb. after my last injection. Even at 500 calories a day, this was the easiest diet I ever followed. After the first week I even found myself offering to share my ½ cup of strawberries with my husband one night after dinner. I never felt hungry, irritable, deprived and had more energy than I’ve ever had in my life. Just thought I’d share this with you.---J.M..., Louisiana Ten years ago I was very over weight and needed to reduce. I tried four other programs before I found the HCG program. The first four helped me lose a total of eight pounds at the rate of about $100/pd. Then a friend told me about the HCG program. I started at over 200 pounds and finished at 138. I had no side effects and gained self-confidence. The program helped me to like myself and the results kept me going.--- S.L..., Ohio Provided by http://www.HCGProgramDirect.com I have said it hundreds of times to every one who is skeptical that Dr. Simeons’s method meets and exceeds the scientific method of proof… I have written you in the past about the criminal deceit of those who have prevented by slander, allowing the prescribing of the HCG material, and the correct method, ect. Which means I have been angry and outspoken about this for 35 years… What’s missing ,to me, is the ‘background’ of anyone opposing the use of HCG. As a matter of record, the medical profession as a whole has no understanding of the biochemistry, nor means to cure obesity… The ‘Fat Chance’ special missed the whole point that the HCG therapy cured obesity 40 years ago. Dr. A.T.W. Simeons of Rome found the permanent cure for obesity in the early 1960’s and the American diet industry suppressed it for 40 years. Why? The American diet industry has grown in the last 40 years from $2 billion/year to over $150 billion/year. That industry would collapse if the fact were widely known that obesity is a permanently curable symptom of hypothalamus dysfunction. What is unconscionable is the almost infinite amount of pain and distress and degradation that have been endured by almost three generations of fat Americans, let alone those fat people in the rest of the world, because of the greed of the diet industry... I have used the Simeons weight reduction program. I personally guarantee that it works.---N.S..., La Grande, Oregon All truth passes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Second it is violently opposed... Third it is accepted as self evident. ---Arthur Schopenhauer. German philosopher If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be a sorry state as are the souls who live under tyranny. ---Thomas Jefferson It’s Not Your Fault You Are Fat.

Truths and Myths About Metabolism

Truths and Myths About Metabolism

In truth, your body weight and your metabolic rate are linked, but perhaps not in the way you might think. Simply stated, the term metabolism refers to all the chemical processes that your body undergoes every day in order to keep you alive. When your body converts the calories in your food into energy, or manufactures specialized chemicals that your cells need in order to do their job, those are metabolic processes. These hundreds of processes your body performs every day make up your metabolism.
I can see how the term metabolic rate could confuse people. When you hear the word “rate,” you might think “speed” or “tempo.” So, it’s reasonable to assume that metabolic rate can only mean how fast (or slow) your body performs its work.
In reality, though, your metabolic rate—or, more accurately, your resting metabolic rate—refers to the number of calories you burn during a 24-hour period just to keep your body’s most basic processes going. These are processes like pumping blood or breathing.
Of course, this isn’t all the calories you burn in a day, but your resting metabolic rate accounts for a sizable chunk. About 75% of total calories you use up every day are used simply to keep your body ticking. Most of the remaining calories get used up during your daily activities and bouts of exercise.

What Factors Influence Metabolic Rate?

Some people’s bodies use up more calories to perform these basic metabolic processes than others. You might think they have a “fast” metabolism. And for those who seem to require very few calories, you might think their metabolism is “slow.” But now that you know that your metabolic rate isn’t really about how quickly you burn calories (it’s really the number of calories you burn each day), you can’t technically make your body burn calories any faster.
Let’s look at what affects your metabolic rate in the first place: it will give you a better sense of what you can and can’t do to change it.
Body size
Larger people have higher metabolic rates than smaller people do, and this is due largely to the simple fact that they just have more cells—each of which is doing some metabolic work. That’s one reason that men usually have higher metabolic rates then women; they tend to have bigger bodies overall.
Body composition
A very important factor in determining your metabolic rate is the amount of lean body mass you have. Imagine that your body is divided into two parts: one part is your fat, and the other part is your lean body mass. In other words, everything else that isn’t fat like bone, fluids, organs and muscles. This lean body mass determines your metabolic rate, because every pound of lean mass you have burns about 14 calories per day, or about 30 calories per kilogram. A pound of fat only uses up about two. Muscle cells have a lot more machinery that converts calories into energy than your fat cells do. So, it makes sense that as your muscle mass increases so would your metabolic rate, since, metabolically speaking, your muscle cells are very active.
Age
As you age, there is a tendency to lose some muscle mass. There are a couple of reasons this happens. For one thing, natural hormonal changes can contribute to some loss of muscle mass. And the muscle damage that results from everyday wear and tear isn’t repaired quite as quickly as you age. And that can contribute to some muscle loss, too. With fewer muscle cells overall, you can’t help but burn fewer calories over the course of the day.
Gender
Men have higher rates than women do for two simple reasons.  They tend to be larger overall, and they tend to have more muscle mass than women do.
Cutting your calorie intake too much
It’s true that when you cut your calorie intake too much your metabolic rate can take a dip. This makes sense if you think about it: your body is just trying to do the same metabolic work with fewer calories in order to keep you alive. In general, these decreases are relatively small, especially if you make modest—rather than dramatic—decreases in your calorie intake as you attempt to lose.
What can I do to boost my metabolic rate?
Now that you know what factors affect your metabolic rate, what can you do about it?

• Eat enough protein. Your body uses the protein you eat to build and repair muscle tissue. If you don’t consume enough protein in your diet, your body simply doesn’t have the raw materials it needs to manufacture and repair your muscle cells.
• Build muscle mass. This is probably one of the most important things you can do, since building muscle will increase the amount of lean body mass you have—which increases your overall resting metabolic rate. And don’t think strength training is only for the younger set. With the right diet and proper exercise, your body is capable of building muscle at any age.
• Increase your daily activity. Any activity, of course, burns calories, but that, in itself, doesn’t affect your metabolic rate. When you exercise, you are using your muscles to move your body, and that helps to preserve your lean body mass. And bumping up your activity can also help to offset any dips in your metabolic rate as a result of cutting your calorie intake.

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Computers and Your Eyes: The Negative Effects

Computers and Your Eyes: The Negative Effects What does an insurance broker, a nurse, a restaurant server, and a gas station attendant all have in common? All these professions, and more, use a computer to complete at least some of their duties. Many of us are all but glued to the computer all day long! If that’s you, you’re probably not thinking about the unhealthy link between computers and your eyes.

One of our readers, Jenny H. from Oregon, wrote us, “What ideas do you have for me – I sit behind a computer all day long!” Jenny’s question is actually one of the most common questions we get asked.

Computers and Your Eyes

Computers and Your Eyes Image
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In this post, we’re going to answer Jenny’s question and address all the other workers who face a similar plight. It’s all too common to experience eye strain and exhaustion from too much screen time and too little time in natural lighting. We’ve talked about this previously, but let’s go into more detail.
If your job is set in an office, you’ve likely experienced eye strain, headaches, and blurred vision. You may be suffering from Computer Vision Syndrome, which is a complex vision problem connected with staring at a computer for too long.
Let’s go over some of the symptoms of this emerging syndrome and what you should know about computers and your eyes.

Computer Vision Syndrome: The 14 Symptoms from the American Optometric Association

  • Fatigued eyes
  • Sensitivity to glares
  • Discomfort for contact lens wearers
  • Eyestrain
  • Occasional blurred vision when viewing objects up-close
  • Occasional blurred vision when viewing objects from afar
  • Slow reaction when changing the focus of your eye
  • Dry eyes
  • Burning sensation in eyes
  • Color perception changes
  • Headaches
  • Redness in eyes
  • Tearing excessively
  • Sore feeling eyes
One way to stop suffering from Computer Vision Syndrome would be to get up and walk away from your computer forever. Still reading? Right… it’s just not a viable option for most of us.
Let’s go over six practical tips for keeping your eyes healthy and more comfortable when they’re stuck staring at a computer all day long.

1. Embrace Ergonomics

Ergonomics is a popular buzz word that means being gentle on your body. From finding the right chair to the right keyboard, it’s about being comfortable. Make sure your workstation is set up in a way that’s kind to your body and your eyes.
Try repositioning your monitor to avoid uncomfortable eye movements. A viewing distance of 18-28 inches is recommended, with your computer screen positioned around 4-9 inches below your eyes (as though you are reading a book). You should be able to sit comfortably straight with your feet flat on the ground. Your knees should be bent at 90 degrees and your elbows resting at 90 degrees.

2. Get Rid of Glare

Glare is a common cause of eye fatigue and strain. Your office may be harming your eyes if it’s not set up to reduce the amount of glare you encounter throughout your workday.
Whether you have a large window, a mirror, or a desk light, figure out where your glare is coming from and try to fix the problem. Try adjusting your blinds, getting a curtain, or dimming the lamp to reduce the amount of glare in your workspace.
Though you don’t want to work in the dark, increasing the amount of natural light and decreasing the brightness of artificial light will leave your eyes smiling a bit more! Move your desk or even your office (if possible) to reduce the amount of glare – get creative.
You could even think about buying a glare-reducing screen for your monitor. If you choose to, be sure to buy a screen that’s been approved by the American Optometric Association.

3. Screen Your Computer Screen

Just like books are black and white, computer screens should be too. Sadly, many of us are stuck staring at various colors all day long. We can reduce the ill-effects on our eyes of color overload by adjusting the brightness/contrast controls on our computer monitors.
Use a larger text display size if that helps you to strain less and see better. A good text display size is three times larger than the smallest text size you can read.
You may even consider upgrading to a flat-panel computer monitor. They can be less of a workout for your eyes than the older CRT computer monitors that deteriorate over time.

4. Break It Up

When you’re working on a big project, time gets away from you. You may not realize that an hour or more has gone by without taking your eyes off your computer screen.
Try the 10-10-10 Rule: for every 10 minutes of work, be sure to look away from your computer screen for at least 10 seconds at something 10 feet away.
Blink often and find objects in the room to focus on. Stare out at window or go for a walk outside. Your eyes will thank you.

5. Stay Healthy

Fast food for lunch and cookies for dinner… sound familiar? Ever forget to take your contacts out? In today’s busy world, it’s easy to forget about proper ocular health and nutrition from time to time.
You may be able to prevent some eye problems by keeping a good diet and staying properly hydrated throughout the day. Eat foods that are rich in eye-important vitamin A, like carrots, and consider supplementing if your diet is lacking.
If you wear contact lenses, consider switching to glasses when you’re behind the computer to prevent contact-related dry eyes.

6. Rest Up

Do something nice for your eyes occasionally. Try placing a cold washcloth across your eyes or even one of those flax and herb soothing eye pillows. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and just unwind.
Don’t use your work breaks to catch up on emails for your weekly book club. Actually use your breaks to give yourself, and your eyes, a break.

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

NEW STUDY: FLUORIDATION LOWERS IQ OF FORMULA-FED BABIES

NEW STUDY: FLUORIDATION LOWERS IQ
OF FORMULA-FED BABIES

study published this week found a large decrease in the IQ of children who had been fed infant formula reconstituted with fluoridated tap water, compared to formula-fed children living in unfluoridated areas. The study by a research team based at York University, Toronto, followed a large cohort of Canadian mother-child pairs through age 3-4 years and found an average drop of over 4 IQ points for children in fluoridated areas, reports Fluoride Action Network (FAN).
This is the fifth recent study finding neurotoxic harm from early life exposure to fluoride, from two research groups funded with $4 million from the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
This study comes on the heels of a comprehensive review of all existing human and animal studies of fluoride neurotoxicity. The review, by the National Toxicology Program of NIEHS, identified 149 human studies and 339 animal studies, but did not include the two most recent studies from the York University group (Till 2019Riddell 2019).
Based on the large number, quality, and consistency of the studies, it concluded fluoride was a “presumed” neurotoxin.  The draft review is equivocal about effects at low exposures, but these newest high-quality mother-child studies support a conclusion that artificially fluoridated water causes substantial IQ reductions. The size of the effect has been likened to that from lead by experts in the field.
The authors of the newest paper note that fluoride’s dental benefits come almost exclusively from topical contact once teeth have erupted into the mouth.  They conclude:
“In the absence of any benefit from fluoride consumption in the first six months, it is prudent to limit fluoride exposure by using non-fluoridated water or water with lower fluoride content as a formula diluent.”
Paul Connett, PhD, FAN Director added, “Fluoride levels in mothers’ milk are very low (less than 0.01 ppm). Thus, breastfeeding protects the infant from fluoride. This study shows formula made with fluoridated water at 0.7 ppm removes that protection with harmful consequences to the infant’s developing brain. Research consistently shows that fluoride is a threat to both the fetal and infant brain. Unfortunately, low-income mothers cannot always afford non-fluoridated water. These children are also the least able to afford loss of IQ. The only practical and ethical solution is to stop adding fluoridation chemicals to drinking water.”

Friday, November 8, 2019

BHT

What Is BHT? 

BHT or butyl hydroxytoluene is a fat soluble synthetic compound which is commonly used to preserve foods and cosmetics to slow down the autoxidation rate of ingredients in a product that can cause changes in the taste or colour. As such, it is primarily used to prevent fats in foods from becoming rancid – but it is also used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, jet fuels, rubber, petroleum products, electrical transformer oil, and embalming fluid.

Sure sounds strange that  BHT is something that is found in our food, right?
BHT
BHT
It has been the subject of many studies, which have been contradictory in their findings. The result is that we are left with confusion over whether consuming and applying products containing BHT is safe. This confusion is nothing new, as we can see from the following excerpt from Business Week magazine back in 1995.
Several additives are suspected carcinogens. Take butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT). Food companies use these similar chemical substances to prevent spoilage in foods with oil or shortening and to preserve many breakfast cereals (from Total to Quaker Instant Oatmeal), enriched rice products, and dried soups. Repeated studies have shown that BHA and BHT increase the risk of cancer as well as accumulate in body tissue, cause liver enlargement, and retard the rate of DNA synthesis and thus, cell development. However, one study, released in 1994, suggests these same additives may actually retard cancer development because of their antioxidant properties.
There is actually more than one study suggesting anti-carcinogenic effects of BHT. This article aims to look at the conflicting conclusions to help individuals to make informed choices regarding purchasing these products.

Dangers of BHT

When looking at the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for BHT we found the following:
  • Do NOT let this chemical enter the environment.
  • Combustible.
  • Ingestion causes Abdominal pain. Confusion. Dizziness. Nausea. Vomiting.
  • The substance may have effects on the liver.
  • The substance is harmful to aquatic organisms.


BHT As A Cause of Cancer

There have been many studies which demonstrate that BHT accumulates over time in the body, having a toxic impact on the lungs, liver and kidneys amongst other negative effects. We will look chronologically at their findings.
study by Gann in 1984 showed that BHT was capable of promoting chemically-induced forestomach and bladder cancer in male rats.
This was followed in 1986, with a chronic study on BHT in rats by Olsen.  Dose-related increases in the numbers of hepatocellular adenomas and carcinomas were statistically significant. As with Gann’s study, the doses given to the rats were higher per pound of body weight than we would consume.
A 1988 Swedish study by Thompson looked at both BHT and BHA. They found that both were toxic and tumour promoting.  Both antioxidants were observed to be cytotoxic in a concentration-dependent manner at concentrations ranging from 100 to 750 microM. At equimolar concentrations BHT was more cytotoxic than BHA.
Safer et al conducted a further study on rats in 1999 and came up with the same results. The food additive, butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), encourages the development of tumors from previously initiated cells.
In 2001, Bauer et al found that lung tumor formation was promoted by BHT administration following an initiating agent in BALB/cByJ mice, but not in CXB4 mice. So in those mice that had a sensitivity to BHT, it caused chronic inflammation and promoted lung tumours.
A study published in 2006 in Argentina, used hamsters to prove that BHT did not prevent cancer but rather did the opposite. Results obtained showed that BHT did not decrease the chromosomal damage induced by radiation in any consistent fashion. On the contrary, in cells post-treated with 5.0 µg/ml of BHT the yield of chromosomal aberrations increased in several experimental points.
It is also pretty clear in the following excerpt from a study by the University of Hamburg that BHT is tumour promoting.
“Specific toxic effects to the lung have been observed with BHT…. BHT induces liver tumours in long-term experiments. Because there is no indication of genotoxicity of BHT, all published findings agree with the fact that BHA and BHT are tumour promoters. In contrast to BHA and BHT, vitamin E is not carcinogenic. On the other hand, all three antioxidants have also anticarcinogenic properties. The intake of the necessary high doses as for these effects are, however, contraindicated with BHA and BHT because of their carcinogenic effects.”

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Thursday, November 7, 2019

A Generation Asleep? Narcolepsy in Teens and Young Adults


A Generation Asleep? Narcolepsy in Teens and Young Adults

By the Children’s Health Defense Team

Narcolepsy, a severe sleep disorder that typically emerges in adolescence, appears to be on the rise in the U.S. A new analysis of U.S. health care claims reports prevalence roughly 50% higher (1.6 per 2,000) than the upper limit cited in most prior studies (1 per 2,000), with the highest incidence in late adolescence and the early 20s. Pharmaceutical company ads that encourage readers to wonder why they are “tired all the time” and to take a “Narcolepsy Symptom Screener” test are an indication of the growing problem—and the growing market.
An uptick in narcolepsy in young people is concerning, given the lifelong social, academic, workplace and daily life challenges that the condition’s unwelcome symptoms impose. These include excessive daytime sleepiness, abnormal rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, hallucinations and—in many narcoleptics—sudden muscle weakness or paralysis triggered by strong emotions (a state called cataplexy). In adults, those with narcolepsy are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression than individuals without the disorder.
As with many of the chronic conditions that plague today’s youth, narcolepsy researchers suspect that environmental exposures in genetically susceptible individuals are a key trigger. This perspective is compatible with recent studies proposing that narcolepsy is an autoimmune disease. Like type 1 diabetes, narcolepsy is the result of selective cell loss (beta cells in the case of diabetes and hypothalamus neurons in the case of narcolepsy)—and in both instances, autoimmune processes are key drivers of the cell loss. And among the environmental exposures capable of setting autoimmunity in motion, recent medical history provides one clearly established culprit: an H1N1 influenza vaccine widely used in Europe in 2009–2010 during the so-called swine flu “pandemic.”
In countries that experienced the spike in narcolepsy, Pandemrix coverage was widespread (roughly 60% of the population).

A surge in sleepiness

In 2010, an unusually high number of young people began presenting with narcolepsy after receiving an H1N1 influenza vaccine manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The vaccine—named Pandemrix—received fast-tracked approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) under special rules for declared pandemics but was never licensed in the United States. In countries that experienced the spike in narcolepsy, Pandemrix coverage was widespread (roughly 60% of the population).
Around 2013, researchers began publishing highly consistent studies describing elevated narcolepsy risks in Pandemrix-vaccinated youth. These studies—from EnglandFinlandFranceIrelandNorwaySweden and elsewhere—often showed as much as a 14-fold increased risk in children and adolescents as well as lesser but significant risks in adults (such as a 2- to 7-fold increased risk in Finnish adults). In all, an estimated 1300 European youth and adults developed narcolepsy as a result of Pandemrix.
In 2011, the EMA quietly recommended limiting Pandemrix use in persons under 20 years of age due to ‘very rare cases of narcolepsy in young people,’ but publicly, both GSK and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control maintained that there was ‘no clear link’ with vaccination.

Safety signal prevarication

Early on, a Swedish neurologist asserted that “The strong temporal relationship made it natural to suspect a link” between Pandemrix vaccination and narcolepsy, and many other in-the-trenches clinicians agreed. For vaccine officials and manufacturers, however, conceding the possibility of a Pandemrix safety signal did not seem to come easily. In 2011, the EMA quietly recommended limiting Pandemrix use in persons under 20 years of age due to “very rare cases of narcolepsy in young people,” but publicly, both GSK and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control maintained that there was “no clear link with vaccination.” In 2015, when Pandemrix’s marketing authorization was up for renewal, GSK let it lapse due to “lack of demand for the vaccine.”
Observing the Pandemrix fiasco, an individual submitting a letter to The BMJ commented, “If vaccine regulators were serious about safety, the entire vaccine fleet would have been grounded following the Pandemrix narcolepsy disaster, to check for the same mechanism of failure in other vaccines. But nothing of that sort happened.” Instead, as late as 2018, the prevarication continued. In July of that year, long after European countries had published their compelling research, a CDC-funded investigator told STAT News about a large study that had failed to find evidence of a vaccine-narcolepsy link. Perplexingly, the same researcher (also a consultant for GSK and other vaccine manufacturers) had just participated in a March 2018 meeting that grudgingly reached the opposite conclusion. Following the Brussels-based meeting—attended by top-tier representatives from CDC, FDA, the World Health Organization, European public health agencies, GSK and others—the group published its “consensus that an increased risk of narcolepsy was consistently observed after Pandemrix.”
In September 2018, The BMJ Associate Editor Peter Doshi wrote a scathing critique of regulatory agency and GSK behavior with regard to Pandemrix. Doshi noted that, very early on, GSK possessed evidence of “warning signs” showing “a striking difference in the number and frequency of adverse events” associated with Pandemrix in comparison with two other H1N1 vaccines manufactured by GSK. Yet, despite GSK’s assertions that it had passed along all relevant safety data to regulatory agencies, the sequestered safety signal information did not come to light for eight years—and then, only in response to concerted independent research and lawsuits.
In the United Kingdom, health providers never informed Pandemrix recipients that the not-fully-tested vaccine had been fast-tracked or that the government had given GSK indemnity from any liability.
The attorney of an Irish victim of Pandemrix-induced narcolepsy (who is suing both GSK and Ireland’s regulatory agency) has scolded GSK for keeping the important safety signal information to itself, writing in an affidavit that the disparity between Pandemrix and GSK’s two other vaccines was “of such striking difference that any person contemplating taking the Pandemrix vaccine would be likely, if in receipt of this information, not to choose to have the Pandemrix vaccination.” Likewise, an Irish member of Parliament has called out the Irish vaccine-purchasing agency for “choosing GlaxoSmithKline’s Pandemrix for its swine flu programme when it knew it had a higher risk of side effects than other vaccines.”
In the United Kingdom, health providers never informed Pandemrix recipients that the not-fully-tested vaccine had been fast-tracked or that the government had given GSK indemnity from any liability. To add insult to injury, when approximately 100 families filed compensation claims for Pandemrix-induced narcolepsy under the UK’s Vaccine Damage Payment Act, the government’s Department of Work & Pensions (DWP) strenuously disputed its obligation to pay compensation. Deploying the hair-splitting argument that it need “only recognise the impact of the disability at the precise time the claim was assessed, and not take into account any impact it would have in future,” the DWP succeeded in dragging the process out for years “with unsuccessful appeal after unsuccessful appeal.” In 2017, however, the UK Court of Appeal disagreed and paved the way for payouts to proceed, stating that the DWP must “take into account the impact that disability has on a person’s entire life.”
Reports of narcolepsy to the CDC- and FDA-maintained Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) raise a number of questions not answered by the CDC’s circumscribed study.

What about the U.S.?

Could other influenza vaccines—or vaccines against other infections—also be contributing to narcolepsy? In light of the evidence linking vaccines to other autoimmune outcomes, the question is a reasonable one. Researchers who have delved into the Pandemrix-narcolepsy association agree, noting that “Further studies on vaccinations (other than Pandemrix) and their relationship with narcolepsy will be conducive to expanding our knowledge on the crucial link between H1N1 infection or vaccination and narcolepsy.”
The CDC appeared to take a step in this direction in 2014 when it looked at the H1N1 and seasonal vaccines used in the United States in 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 and assessed narcolepsy risks for those two years. The agency concluded that the two vaccines “were not associated with an increased risk of narcolepsy.” However, the CDC does not appear to have assessed potential narcolepsy risks for any influenza vaccines since that time nor for other types of vaccines before or since. A CDC webpage on narcolepsy cites a single U.S. study—its own 2014 study—and just five European studies, even though a National Library of Medicine search using the terms “narcolepsy” and “vaccination” brings up 169 hits.
Reports of narcolepsy to the CDC- and FDA-maintained Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) raise a number of questions not answered by the CDC’s circumscribed study. Among the 84 reports—all but one from 2010 or later—it is possible to note the following:
  • Eleven reported cases of narcolepsy (13%) were from 2010 or 2011—the years in which the CDC denied any increased risk of narcolepsy.
  • The 2010 and 2011 reports were associated with both H1N1 (n=4) and seasonal influenza (n=7) vaccines.
  • In all, 47 narcolepsy reports (56%) followed vaccination with influenza vaccines that included monovalent, trivalent and quadrivalent; seasonal, H1N1 and H5N1; and influenza vaccines administered both via injection and intranasally.
  • The remaining 37 narcolepsy reports followed vaccination with 14 other types of vaccines—notably Gardasil and Gardasil 9—which is to say, a good many of the vaccines on the child, adult or military vaccine schedules. (Anthrax, DTaP, DtaP/IPV, Hepatitis B, Gardasil, Gardasil 9, other HPV, MMR [ProQuad], meningococcal, rabies, Tdap, tetanus, typhoid, and varicella [Varivax])
Over the past two decades especially, there have been thousands of reports of potential narcolepsy symptoms following vaccination with influenza and other vaccines.
If one broadens the VAERS  search to include terms such as “hypersomnia” (excessive daytime sleepiness) that describe narcolepsy symptoms more specifically, the CDC’s complacency about vaccination’s potential contribution to narcolepsy is even more surprising. Over the past two decades especially, there have been thousands of reports of potential narcolepsy symptoms following vaccination with influenza and other vaccines. Symptoms include:
  • “Sleep disorders” (3400 reports)
  • “Hypersomnia” (1807 reports)
  • “Poor quality sleep” (905 reports)
  • “Abnormal sleep-related events” (89 reports)
  • “Sudden onset of sleep” (36 reports)
  • “Sleep paralysis” (11 reports)
  • “Rapid eye movement sleep abnormal” (10 reports)

Building on the Pandemrix vaccine’s clues

In addition to the vaccine antigen—an inactivated “split influenza virus” described as “A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)v-like strain (X-179A)”—the Pandemrix vaccine contained a novel “adjuvant system” called AS03 made up of alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E), squalene and polysorbate 80 in an oil-in-water emulsion. Other Pandemrix ingredients included the mercury-based preservative thimerosal; more polysorbate 80; and octoxynol 10 (an emulsifier often used in hair dyes).
Discussing the Pandemrix experience, some researchers have pointed fingers at the vaccine’s viral antigen alone, suggesting that it could have triggered “a more exuberant inflammatory response” and “skew[ed] the immune response in such a manner that is harmful, rather than helpful.” Other researchers—who have confirmed Pandemrix’s ability to provoke autoimmune narcolepsy via molecular mimicry—suggest that the cross-reactivity seen in narcolepsy sufferers might result from a synergistic interplay between Pandemrix’s problematic viral component helped along by ingredients such as its adjuvant.
In fact, more scientists are calling attention to the need for focused research on the “immunological mechanisms of action” of vaccine adjuvants, particularly since the very function of adjuvants is to elicit an immune response that otherwise would be unlikely to occur. GSK likes to brag about AS03’s ability to kickstart a strong immune response but, as Children’s Health Defense recently noted, when a vaccine pairs a powerful adjuvant with foreign viral peptides that are similar to human peptides, a “reasonable outcome may be the development of crossreactivity and autoimmunity.” Considering all of these facts together, it seems likely that the Pandemrix-narcolepsy story is a cautionary tale with far broader relevance than has, until now, been admitted.