Linda’s Comment: There is a real thing called Munchausen Syndrome, but it is a sad state when doctors document Munchausen Syndrome, because parents are stepping outside the box to treat their children, EXPECIALLY those of the Autism Sprectrum!! Main stream medical practitioners for the most part will not admit that autism needs to be treating the WHOLE BODY. What is really scary is if you take your child to the ER for a legitimate injury, will that ER doctor see that it is a real injury, OR will they accuse you of abusing your child. My own daughter was a star athlete and one of her sports was racing bicycles, competing nationally. Needless to say, we were in the ER frequently. When I found an ER doctor that was competent, I stuck with that ER. Only once did I have an ER doctor question her injuries. By the time I was through throwing my fit, in his face, he was just anxious to get me out of there. Unfortunately most parents are a wreck when attending their children’s injuries, and are fearful of taking charge of what the doctor is saying and doing.
What is even more SAD and IMHO criminal is we have, right here in Arizona, a mother and father on disability themselves, who are taking care of their (5) children with Autism and a host of other medical conditions. They went to Children’s Hospital with sick children with asthma and the idiot doctor said, “this looks like a case of Munchausen Syndrome”…..Child protective services (which I have little respect for here in Arizona) took all the children and put them in Foster Homes. These child are NOT getting their special diets, supplements or the care for Autism, that they had been receiving….Guess what??? They are sicker, and one was, IMHO, abused, by being put outside in this 115 degree heat, because the foster mom had a guest over!!!
I’m also quiet frankly, sick and tired of the doctors NOT putting these children first. Those with children of the spectrum, MUST step outside of the body from the AMA standard of care, if they are to reach a normal life…The parents only have until the child is 18 to prepare them for an adult with Autism. You wouldn’t believe how many doctors don’t think that diet is important!! I tell these parents to RUN FOREST RUN, as fast as they can from this doctor.
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Review Paper
Since mainstream medical practitioners, to a large degree, haven’t acknowledged the fact that autism is a whole body condition that can be treated biomedically, have you ever been concerned that by providing your child with biomedical care you would be accused of having Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy (MSBP) and that your custody of your child could be threatened? Do you shudder when you need to take your child to the emergency room for a sprained ankle, wondering what is “safe” to say or not say about your child’s health history, medical care, and providers?
In recent years, many mothers in the autism community have been accused of MSBP, in which the mother is thought to be imagining or fabricating the medical problems in her son/daughter and is often accused of subjecting the child to excessive medical care. A case is going on right now where a mom took her child to the ER for a routine injury, and now custody has been taken away on the basis of MSBP. As long as the mainstream medical community does not acknowledge that the diagnostic label of autism is underpinned by legitimate physiological dysfunctions, parents will be in danger at the hands of social service workers and judges who do not know better simply by trying to provide truly responsible and appropriate medical care for their beloved children.
Former law professor Dr. Bill Long wrote a review paper for lawyers and judges on MSBP. Dr. Long’s executive summary as well as the 41-page paper can be accessed via www.autism.com/fam_munchausendebunked.asp.
Many people in the autism community regard the late Dr. Bernard Rimland as the pioneering hero who shifted the paradigm of autism from one of destructively blaming the mothers to constructively treating the affected individual’s legitimate physiological dysfunctions. So many of Dr. Rimland’s editorials are relevant today. See legacy.autism.com/ari/editorials/rimland_editorials.htm for Dr. Rimland’s words of wisdom on such topics as the benefits of vitamin B-6, magnesium, dimethylglycine (DMG), and vitamin C; and puberty, aggression and seizures.
Nancy Cale is a mother of three children and grandmother of four, including Wynn (now a teenager), who is on the autism spectrum. In 1999, along with two other moms, she started an awareness, advocacy, and educational organization called Unlocking Autism (www.UnlockingAutism.org). Nancy was instrumental in starting their parent hotline, and when Dr. Rimland passed away in 2006, the Autism Research Institute (ARI) asked her to take the phone calls from parents that he had handled for so many years. Ever since, Nancy has been taking calls for the ARI’s Call Center (1-866-366-3361). In addition to this, she also serves as outreach coordinator for the ARI/DAN! conferences – she researches the cities and outreaches to doctors, hospital departments, pharmacies, labs, and other companies that might come in contact with children on the spectrum to give them information about the conference and ARI. And as if that’s not enough, Nancy also monitors reports of vaccine reactions for the National Vaccine Information Center (www.nvic.org). She does all of this from her home office in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. When asked about her connection to the autism community, Nancy said, “We will never give up; we will always be looking for ways to help those with autism and the parents manage the issues and struggles, and we look forward to the day that we stop the injury of our children and autism is a thing of the past.”
**********I personally take one heaping teaspoon FOUR to FIVE TIMES daily of the BioEn’r-G’y C…..This RDA Dr Gordon is speaking of is totally WRONG. My intake of this C is 4000 mg, 5 times daily. For those of us with Chronic Illness, like Lyme disease and Cancers, taking this amount is a MUST, IMHO. I can feel it when I cut down. Of course, you will need to work up to the dosing I do, so that your bowels can reach tolerance, but will notice the difference in your health and especially allergies quickly. I have Tom Levy MD’s book Curing the Incurable and it is an excellent read. It truly helps you to connect the dots that the government doesn’t want you to connect. I totally agree with Dr Gordon, we need to be ready to lobby to get equal rights with guinea pigs. Are we not already guinea pigs with the toxic drugs they force upon us??
Excerpt:
USDA finds guinea pigs are more valuable than humans so they set their RDA of Vit C at 10-25 mg per KGM so that means if humans were as valuable they would have an RDA of 820 to 2000 mg a day instead of the current 75 mg for women and 90 for men.
If we get this new health care plan let’s plan to lobby for us to get equal rights with guinea pigs.
This higher level of vitamin C going in all humans would save billions each year in needless healthcare costs. See Tom Levy MD’s book CURING THE INCURABLE; you need a copy in your office today. The 1200 references make your recommending BioEn’R-G’y C at one slightly heaping tsp no less than twice a day (providing 8 grams a day) something that there is a reference for in this useful compendium of vitamin C research papers by him.
Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, February 04, 2010
RDA for Vitamin C is 10% of USDA Standard for Guinea Pigs
Are You Healthier than a Lab Animal?
Comment by Andrew W. Saul
Editor-In-Chief, Orthomolecular Medicine News Service
(OMNS, Feb 4, 2010) The US RDA for vitamin C for humans is only 10% of the government’s vitamin C standards for Guinea pigs.
Wait a minute; that cannot possibly be true.
Can it?
The US Department of Agriculture states that “the Guinea pig’s vitamin C requirement is 10-15 mg per day under normal conditions and 15-25 mg per day if pregnant, lactating, or growing.” (1)
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Linda’s comments: I have a healthy respect for Mike Adams and this is a BIG WARNING TO ALL OF US….please take as serious….
Excerpt:
NaturalNews) Now that the U.S. government has achieved its monopoly over health care, new technologies are in the works that will allow the government to remotely monitor and track whether ordinary citizens are complying with taking medications prescribed by conventional doctors. One new technology described at the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging allows “pills to be electronically outfitted with transmitters” which would track the patient’s compliance with medications and broadcast that information back to government health care enforcers who check for “compliance and efficacy.”
“Emerging technologies allow pills to be electronically outfitted with transmitters to communicate with the user’s wristwatch that shows that the pill has been consumed,” said University of Virginia professor Robin Felder at the committee meeting. “Broadband connectivity of these devices would allow the electronic medical record to be updated with regard to medication compliance and efficacy.”
Vitamin C improves Gout! I have attended a high level conference on MYCOTOXINS in our environment and the research was very powerful. These substances like AFLOTOXINS that we all consume from our diet, including corn and wheat were shown to be a major contributor to Gout.
We all forget the high dose Vitamin C is a major detoxifier, as when it leaves the body it is always carrying toxins with it. So the more that leaves the lower the toxin load will be! Somehow when we get excited about what high dose IV Ascorbic Acid can do, we forget we all live on a toxic planet and our patients need the oral forms of Ascorbic Acid TOO on a daily basis, ideally for life, to get the full benefits Ascorbic Acid supplementation can provide.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, January 26, 2010
Vitamins and Teenagers: A Personal Statement by Stephen H. Brown, PhD
(OMNS, Jan 26, 2010) In our house, vitamin supplements sit on the counter in open bowls like nuts, dried fruits, or jelly beans.
Colds, respiratory illnesses, intestinal viruses, mono, and other infectious diseases are constantly present in American schools. In response, my teenage kids have placed four bowls on the kitchen counter – a large one in the middle full of vitamin C surrounded by three smaller bowls of niacin, vitamin D, and thiamine tablets. They help themselves to the vitamins when they feel the need, and many of their friends have adopted the idea as well. Regularly, the kids report that the vitamins actually work. The most frequent comments are, “Wow, I can breath through my nose again!”, and “I was sure I was getting sick yesterday but I feel fine today.” Continued
Full article: ttp://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/index.shtml
Excerpt:
Wait a minute; that cannot possibly be true.
Can it?
The US Department of Agriculture states that “the Guinea pig’s vitamin C requirement is 10-15 mg per day under normal conditions and 15-25 mg per day if pregnant, lactating, or growing.” (1)
Well, that sounds reasonable. But how much is that compared to humans?
An adult guinea pig weighs about one kilogram (2.2 pounds). Guinea pigs therefore need between 10 and 25 milligrams of C per kilogram.
(OMNS, December 8, 2009) Vitamin C is commonly taken in large quantities to improve health and prevent asthma, allergies, viral infection, and heart disease [1,2]. It is non-toxic and non-immunogenic, and does not irritate the stomach as drugs like aspirin can. Yet vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid) is acidic. So, a common question is, what are the effects from taking large quantities?
Ascorbic acid is a weak acid (pKa= 4.2) [3], only slightly stronger than vinegar. When dissolved in water, vitamin C is sour but less so than citric acid found in lemons and limes. Can large quantities of a weak acid such as ascorbate cause problems in the body? The answer is, sometimes, in some situations. However, with some simple precautions they can be avoided.
Acid in the Mouth
First of all, any acid can etch the surfaces of your teeth. This is the reason the dentist cleans your teeth and warns about plaque, for acid generated by bacteria in the mouth can etch your teeth to cause cavities. Cola soft drinks contain phosphoric acid, actually used by dentists to etch teeth before tooth sealants are applied. Like soft drinks, ascorbic acid will not cause etching of teeth if only briefly present. Often, vitamin C tablets are coated with a tableting ingredient such as magnesium stearate which prevents the ascorbate from dissolving immediately. Swallowing a vitamin C tablet without chewing it prevents its acid from harming tooth enamel.
By Bryan Rosner on Jan 22, 2010 in Toxins | Comments Off on Environmental Lead Exposure
Linda’s comment: Dr Gordon’s FIGHT program will deal with helping to reduce and/or removing lead from the body that will help protect the kidneys. I have personally been on the FIGHT program for 1 1/2 years and it is the best thing I have ever done….Removing heavy metals from our bodies will help us to protect our immune from disease. I have posted on Mercury and all the things that it effects….this is serious, please read that post closely.
Regards,
Linda or Angel
Many may remember the NEJM article proving that patients with early renal impairment could often avoid renal dialysis if they routinely were maintained on CALCIUM EDTA infusions. Now there is new research finding that low levels of lead from the environment are adversely affecting renal function. By now, hopefully, all of you are aware that Lead levels have been tied to all causes of morbidity and mortality. However, remember the SYNERGISTIC toxicity effects where small amounts of other toxic metals like Mercury dramatically enhance the adverse effect of Lead. Continued
We must have healthy children. Read this and know we can help with BIOE’NR-G’Y C, Beyond Chelation-Improved, Beyond Fiber and ZeoGold during the pregnancy.
And understand that BISPHENOL A is proven by Duke’s Randy Jirtle to induce epigenetic changes in methylation, which is one reason BIOE’NR-G’Y C is a Vitamin C delivery system that provides VITAL METHYLATION SUPPORT; it is not just Ascorbic Acid. So, yes, it is the most expensive Vitamin C product on the market but it also proven to be more effective than the competition.
Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute www.gordonresearch.com From: Dr. I. Sandford SchwartzContinued
Linda’s comments: I take the BioE’nR-G’y C that Dr Gordon speaks about here. I have tried over 15 VitC and none could meet the standards of BioE’nR-G’y C….I have NO stomach problems….I also take ONE teaspoon 4 to 5 times daily….there is 4000mg in one teaspoon. Of course, you have to work up to the dosing that I take. You can find this C at www.longevityplus.com….
To avoid suboptimal Vitamin C and long term adverse health outcomes, I strongly recommend that you add the use of a vitamin C stick urine test strip to your practice.Continued
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Since mainstream medical practitioners, to a large degree, haven’t acknowledged the fact that autism is a whole body condition that can be treated biomedically, have you ever been concerned that by providing your child with biomedical care you would be accused of having Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy (MSBP) and that your custody of your child could be threatened? Do you shudder when you need to take your child to the emergency room for a sprained ankle, wondering what is “safe” to say or not say about your child’s health history, medical care, and providers?
Many people in the autism community regard the late Dr. Bernard Rimland as the pioneering hero who shifted the paradigm of autism from one of destructively blaming the mothers to constructively treating the affected individual’s legitimate physiological dysfunctions. So many of Dr. Rimland’s editorials are relevant today. See legacy.autism.com/ari/editorials/rimland_editorials.htm for Dr. Rimland’s words of wisdom on such topics as the benefits of vitamin B-6, magnesium, dimethylglycine (DMG), and vitamin C; and puberty, aggression and seizures.
Nancy Cale is a mother of three children and grandmother of four, including Wynn (now a teenager), who is on the autism spectrum. In 1999, along with two other moms, she started an awareness, advocacy, and educational organization called Unlocking Autism (www.UnlockingAutism.org). Nancy was instrumental in starting their parent hotline, and when Dr. Rimland passed away in 2006, the Autism Research Institute (ARI) asked her to take the phone calls from parents that he had handled for so many years. Ever since, Nancy has been taking calls for the ARI’s Call Center (1-866-366-3361). In addition to this, she also serves as outreach coordinator for the ARI/DAN! conferences – she researches the cities and outreaches to doctors, hospital departments, pharmacies, labs, and other companies that might come in contact with children on the spectrum to give them information about the conference and ARI. And as if that’s not enough, Nancy also monitors reports of vaccine reactions for the National Vaccine Information Center (www.nvic.org). She does all of this from her home office in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. When asked about her connection to the autism community, Nancy said, “We will never give up; we will always be looking for ways to help those with autism and the parents manage the issues and struggles, and we look forward to the day that we stop the injury of our children and autism is a thing of the past.”
