Peanut Allergies and Vaccines

I could not have imagined that there would ever be a time when a child could not bring a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to school for lunch. Eating peanut butter as a child is a rite of passage. But the world we live in today has done such an extensive job in violating Natural Law that we now have generations of children whose once perfect bodies are now scarred in the wake of medical dogma and bad science. Nut free zones are now acceptable and mainstream.  

 

Before we point the finger at vaccines as a cause of peanut allergies, we first need to understand some digestive physiology. When we eat protein, it is broken down into its constituent amino acids. Amino acids are allowed to pass through the intestinal wall and enter our blood stream. These amino acids are transported all over the body and dropped off where ever they are needed. It is at this cellular level, outside the blood stream, where the amino acids are reconstituted into whole proteins once again. Whole proteins are not supposed to be in the blood. If they are detected there, they are recognized as a foreign invader and the body calls on the immune system to create antibodies. Foreign protein in the blood creates a sensitivity and future exposure is a confirmed prompt for an allergic reaction.

Now let’s see if there is a means by which there would ever be an opportunity for undigested peanuts to be detected in the blood stream. Part of the recipe for a vaccine includes excipients. An excipient is an added substance mostly used as a preservative but can also have a role as a buffer, solvent, emulsifier, or stabilizer. In the mid-1960s, peanut oils were introduced as vaccine excipients. The oil was thought to act as a time release capsule and presumptively enhance the vaccine’s life span through its pilgrimage into the depths of our anatomy. By 1980 peanut oil had become the preferred excipient in vaccines. 

We all know that vaccines are not administered intravenously. However, vaccine injections are delivered intramuscularly where this concoction of bad science and physiological ignorance floods capillary beds and extracellular space. It is here, at the sight of injection, where intact whole proteins from the peanut oil can infiltrate our blood stream and create a systemic immune response. 

In the early-mid 1970s, after research began showing the dangers of peanut oil excipients, vaccine manufacturers were allowed to hide ingredients from the public. This was deemed proprietary information. 

In 1980 the mandated childhood vaccine schedule had 20 vaccines. There are now 68 and counting. And the peanut allergy epidemic continues to grow right along with it. Manufacturers will claim that the peanut oil is “scrubbed” clean, disinfected, sterilized, and proteins are all removed. Of course they would. But the FDA disagrees:

www.fda.gov/downloads/food/labelingnutrition/foodallergenslabeling/guidancecomplianceregulatoryinformation/ucm192048.pdf

As science searches for answers to the rise in peanut allergies, they forget the 800 pound gorilla sitting in the corner. This is just one more reason why vaccines, propagated through the stranglehold of dogma, are a bad idea.  

Natural Remedy for an Ear Infection

Otitis media (ear infection) is the most common illness affecting young children and infants and it has become the number one reason for pediatric office visits. Chronic ear infections are the second most common reason for surgery in children under two years of age (behind circumcision). 

The typical treatment is a round of antibiotics even though tests are rarely, if ever, done to determine whether the infection is viral or bacterial as antibiotics do not kill viruses. If that does not remedy the infection, another round of antibiotics is given and another and another.  Finally, there is the recommendation for surgery (tubes in the ears). Surgery requires general anesthesia which is never a minor issue when a small child is involved. 

The antibiotic therapy comes with its own trail of destruction. It destroys the good bacteria needed in the gut to create a strong immune system, properly digest food, and synthesize nutrients. Antibiotics also facilitate the genesis of drug-resistant super bugs. 

There are two questions inherent in this prologue.

1. How can we prevent ear infections in our children in the first place?

2. How can we remedy ear infections without using speculative and precarious drugs and surgery?

Fortunately, one answer will apply to both situations.

We must understand that bacteria are living organisms and as such can only live in an environment that supports their existence. That is to say, conditions must be just right for their growth. This is true for all living organisms and is why polar bears live in Alaska but not in Florida, rattle snakes live in Texas but not in Greenland, and palm trees grow in Arizona but not in Canada. Life grows only in conditions that support it.

Dehydration, acidic pH (caused by eating too much pasteurized dairy, sugar, processed carbs, and  industrial red meat), poor nerve stimulation, decreased blood flow, and nutritional deficiencies are the culprits responsible for creating a hospitable environment for bacterial infections (infections of any kind for that matter.) I have also never seen a breast fed baby with an ear infection. All of the cases I have worked on have had an element of baby formula associated with them.

For our tissues to support good bacteria and health they need to be hydrated, alkaline (except for the skin and stomach), and have proper blood flow to remove toxins, deliver oxygen, vitamins, minerals, and nutrients. That’s not to say breast fed babies are immune from other factors that can cause ear infections. It is but one piece of the puzzle.

Perhaps the most misunderstood element to curing ear infections (and I believe the most important) comes from the chiropractic adjustment. Misaligned bones in the upper cervical spine can pull on connective tissue and cause the Eustachian tube to become stretched, stressed, and/or pinched off thereby obstructing proper drainage. There can also be nerve stress which will inhibit normal physiology. Without nerve supply, we have paralysis. With stressed nerves, we have what I call “half-paralysis” or dysfunction. Body parts cannot work properly and be healthy if there is nerve stress involved. And know this; the birth process is more than enough trauma for a child’s delicate cervical spine to become misaligned.

Chiropractic adjustments for infants are far removed from the traditional adult adjustment. They are more akin to pressure than the twisting popping associated with an osseous adjustment. They are very safe indeed. Find a chiropractor with experience in adjusting infants and children. You can do this with a simple phone interview to the doctor’s office or you can go to www.icpa4kids.org and locate a pediatric specialist in your area.

For further investigation on the relationship between chiropractic adjustments and ear infections, I will refer you to www.chiro.org/research/ABSTRACTS/Otitis_Media.shtml where you will find links to a dozen research articles justifying this therapy.

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