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There is no OZ When it Comes to Your Health [revisited]


“…GMOs, Monsanto… Oh my!

“With growing concern over the use of pesticides, low nutritional value of hydroponic or commercially grown produce and the Frankenstein abomination known as genetically modified organisms (GMO) being the scariest thing to come out of food science laboratories since high-fructose corn syrup, the health food and supplement industry is now a $20-billion dollars a year business.”                                                                                         ~Laurianne Macdonald 2013

Yes, I wrote it… but it is no longer true.

The global dietary supplements market in 2024 was valued at approximately 481 billion, with a projected reach of 816 billion by 2033. The US raked in 78 billion of the 2025 fallen leaf pile, but more than 1/3 of the global gratis goes to Asian markets [1]. It does not matter that in one decade our supplementation and health food industry surpassed many other nation’s entire GDP, the balance in power over this market has big-pharma, Bill Gates, and a considerable amount of AG lobbyists chomping at the bit.

At the same time… healthcare costs in the US skyrocketed, prescription drug expenditures are now 200x what they were in 2010, and Americans are more unhealthy than every other population in the world. Sadly, the FDA has recently allowed the introduction of lab-grown, biologically engineered, and an array of untested, unethical, and unnatural incantations into an already corrupt and suspect food supply.

The lack of organic and slow-grown nutritionally optimized produce is the main culprit of why even those seeking healthy lifestyles, eating right, and living a balanced life are still struggling. It’s kind of like the difference between fishing and catching.

Fast and high yield is every farmer’s wet dream. Even for our favorite ethical and organic growers. Unfortunately, quick to market is truly not that far from fast-food when it comes to nutrition. So as I said in 2013, Supplementing your diet is a must. “They” know that. Supplementing with high quality vitamins and essential nutrients is big-pharma’s latest golden idol.

In my 2013 blog, I wrote “… not everyone has your health and wellbeing in mind when they offer advice, that latest cure-all elixir, or that next best supplement.” That is still true. No scientific computation, statistical synthesizing, or ‘political gerrymandering’ can change that mean, mode, or commutative fact. And we all now know the WHO’s condescending injunction to “follow the science” as the harbinger of truth is about as trustworthy as Biden’s autopen.

My point being, as it was in 2013 with my very first blog, be an active participant and advocate in the search for healing and health. Do your research, and become an educated consumer.

Another excerpt from the past that still holds water: “The last time I went to Whole Foods I brought a handful of questions about the herbal tincture everybody was talking about at the time. I walked out more confused and with a bag full of product I paid way too much for. After taking my son to the local GNC with hopes to learn which protein supplement is best for an athlete of his age and activity, I realized I knew more about the products on the shelf than the store manager.  I find the same to be the case at most health food suppliers and vitamin shops.“

That may have seemed an unfair statement back in 2013, but only because at that time, just starting towards my degree in alternative medicine, there was a health food store and vitamin shop on every street corner. That is no longer the case. We’ve witnessed the coming and going of the best, replaced by commercialized and corporate branding boobytraps. You know, that stuff we’ve been conditioned to trust because they have street cred. Yup, they call you friend but sell you the fentanyl laced weed to make sure you come back for more.

Before Covid-19, nature based treatment options and holistic or alternative remedies were being resurrected, rising once again from ashes, much like the magical and mystical phoenix. Why? Because the failures of allopathic medicine and the western healthcare system had grown like branches off Pinocchio’s nose. The collective consciousness was awake and aware and adept enough to question authority.

After Covid-19, regurgitations of fear mongering and MK-Ultra like conditioning coming from the bowels of the AMA: A hydra-monster who resurfaces now again to devour whatever life saving and peace loving paradigm not pasteurized and incubated by big-pharma, political greed, or institutionalized government and healthcare systems, spewed its vomitus until another dystopic lens spawned a whole new breed of allopathic followers.

Much like the crowds screaming from the pews at the Salem witch trials.

Ironically, it is the atheist’s and Satanists clinging to the spar this time. Those myopic cyclopsisms stomp and push others out of their way while trying to find their way out of this century’s carnival house of mirrors. You can pick them out of the crowd now. They are the ones still wearing masks with their one eye parenthesized by blinders and blue fringe.

I mean hell and witches… what but a curse of ignorance and blind bliss could convince an entire world population to mask up and inject God-knows-what into their veins only because the failing, greedy, soulless powers that be where afraid of losing their seat at the altar. Yes, it is clear to me this is spiritual warfare, the likes we’ve not seen in 2000 years.

But take heart. Look at those pandemic power mongers and the devout disciples now.

God warned, in Deuteronomy 28, He will strike people with “madness and blindness and confusion of heart,” resulting in them “groping at noonday, as a blind men gropes in darkness” and being unable to prosper in their ways. Spank me and call me Sally, if that doesn’t sound like the crazy-eyed democratic and liberal party participants that now span the globe. There are whole news programs, TikTok, and YouTube videos capturing their special kind of crazy in cameos and CCTV.

Lately, the Looney-Tunes (Yes, I split the dif on the Mandela affect for literary effect) have also inspired an “If they can do it so can I” tact for the snake oil sellers and side-winding spellers. Just about anybody with white teeth and a Facebook, YouTube, X or TikTok account has self-published and is producing podcasts that tells you how to heal yourself.

And you believe them.

Why?

Because since before you were born you have been conditioned to believe anyone with money or on television is an authority.

Oz, O’Neill, Robbins, and so many more. Every day there is another. One more symptom to worry about. Another psychological illness to label and medicate. Something else that is wrong with us and needs fixing…. because they say so. Have you bothered to look into the references links, read for yourself the so-called scientific data? No worries. You are not alone. Most wont. They will take what they are told at face value because it came prepackaged in blue-light and micro-managed time limits that matched your viewing algorithms.

Your physician, pharmacists, or even your liberal favorite politician will not save you. And not to go all zealots on you, but Mathew 15 offers the words of Jesus, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots”.

So beware. Be aware. “You need a degree to wade through the plethora of propaganda and marketing mumbo-jumbo, if only to avoid worrying that something you’re taking may have contraindications, be toxic if used incorrectly, or counteract the effects of medications you are already taking.” [Excerpt 2013] Though originally written with more than a tone of sarcasm, the sentiment is cornerstone to my devotion to the services I offer. That is why I did get a degree in the alternative medicine and a master’s in public health with concentration in integrative medicine… not just a TikTok or YouTube account.

That is why an Rx Audit is one of my favorite services. There are over 44,000 deaths and more than 250,000 hospitalizations because of Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) every year. Most of those caused by drug interactions. Covid-19 vaccines and everyday foods like grapefruit, coffee, and chocolate may affect the OTC and pharmaceuticals you take every day. Several drugs deplete your essential supply of minerals and vitamins, which need to be replaced on a daily basis.

With an audit, you can eliminate dangerous drug interactions and optimize your health potential. It is the first step in seeking and optimizing your health potential.

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Now that my personal plug be over, I will finish with a prayer.

Please Lord, my redeemer and salvation, I ask that in all your mercy and grace you free the people of all nations who have been fenced in, oppressed, and led to slaughter by the principalities, powers, and rulers of the darkness of this world. Let us all come together to pray for everyone put at mortal risk because of spiritual wickedness in high places.

Help the dark ones shed scales from their eyes; that they might, like when they were children, once again see plainly all that is good and right and aligned with you, oh Lord.

Pluck the stick that blinds our judges and cut off the right hand of the politicians, phoresies, and lawmakers that offend. Fill them with the Holy Spirit, causing such an ache their hearts are softened and their grip on greedy desires for continued power, riches, and all that is false and ugly be released. Let the scales in their eyes fall away that the next time they look in the mirror they recognize their eternal soul begging to be remembered. Let these sorrows ache in their stony hearts until they are softened and speak with remorse and move on actions of repentance for their constituents, their charges, and the oppressed in their care.

Help them to have the courage to lead with divine insight and compassion, oh Lord, just as you with your mercy, grace, and goodness. Guide them in becoming testimony in transformation, redemption, and the power of your great and wonderful kingdom of eternal glory.

For you are the only true King. The power and glory is yours forever. Amen.

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The Truth About Allopathy: Unveiling the Medical Myth


June 13, 2025 by Laurianne Macdonald, B.Sc., MPH, CHt, and Licensed RTT Practitioner

“Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.”  ~ Jesus

Deprogramming a devout allopath is like wrestling a greased pig, such as is their ungainly girth, feral viscosity, and rapacious claim upon putrid wallows. The most profound challenge being the anointing of academia seeping into the convert’s vision blinding them to divine proclamation and the fact that they worship an already riddled and rusting idol. Less literarily, modern medicine and its applied sciences is and has never been gilded or golden, regardless, if not even proven by Good Housekeeping’s (GH) history of campaigning for brand name products with prize winning PR and a shiny little seal.

Never forget that since 1909 GH approval has promoted and propagated a plethora of poisonous and cancer causing products. Such includes cleaners, cosmetics, and cigarettes… detergents, plastics, sundries of every kind, baby talc powder, and even Teflon. Their so called experts have been gelded, refuted, and included in class action law suits countless times. Yet, “Miracle of the modern age” is still their mesmerizing mantra. “Rigorous testing by experts” continues to corrupt the fields of scientific method. Customer complacency, brand bias, cherry picked statistics, and colorful advertisements transmute “Doctor recommended” into dogma.

GH held the lion’s share of consumer trust by the time the Pure Food and Drug Act sank its teeth into protective regulations with the formation of the FDA in 1938. Good Housekeeping’s Golden Seal of Approval and FDA Approved coalesced to become one side of the two sided blade the American Medical Association (AMA) still wields with lethal precision. Big-pharma forged the other.

The AMA’s grip on the hilt of said sword remains firm and safe behind the ornate glimmering guard of nearly two centuries of political posturing and healthcare reform. Most recently, Obama care. The 2000 pages of incongruous and disingenuous greed sired legalese disguises unconstitutionality verging on crimes against humanity – and should never have made it past the senate.

Never mind SCOTUS. Oh… SCOTUS: The once revered defender of We The People. I cannot help but wonder why, in 2012, the feckless benchwarmers upheld PPACA’s decimation of the constitution and our inalienable rights. The ruling created a preponderance of precedents for an authoritarian takeover of our healthcare and public health systems, paving the way for the manmade pandemic that killed millions. Even more are now suffering untold side effects, disabilities, infertility, and early death because of their cure. They knew what they were doing… or they didn’t.

Yes, we the people have been flayed without recourse or remorse, as apparently, absolution is absolute for what is whet against political profiteering masquerading as the allopathic cannon. To paraphrase my favorite healer and activist, “Truly, Truly, I say to you… I speak the truth but you will not believe me!” You are, indeed, conditioned, fattened up, and led to slaughter so the butchers can cash in before God reclaims your portion.

Many of my clients ask what allopathic means, as I use the term frequently in my ministering, and, as you can imagine, less than shiny or appreciative favor. So I should begin with the original locution: allopathisch introduced by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann in 1813. I can guarantee every holistic practitioner will know who I am talking about. His essay on the difference between the modern medical paradigm and real healing underpins his purport to the Greek term allotrios: Belonging to another, foreign, or strange.

Though kinder in idiom than I imply, the sentiment applies whenever I reference western medicine, pharmacology, and biological systems theory. More to the point, allopathic medicine is to health and healing as oil is to water, a pig to purity, or hell from heaven. The two most blasphemous allopathic paradigms being the belief that one-size-fits-all and a willful but complete ignorance of the mind, body, spirit connection.

I cannot decide which ranks worse.

In my experience, both personal and professional, medical doctors move further away from being oath-bound healers the harder they cling to the angsty adolescent agita of allopathy. Which, by the way, ironically professes God is dead while foundations in alchemy make them believe they are gods.

Our now toxic environments, food supply, and chronically ill bodies prove the profound and life giving synergy between God, human beings, and nature. The connection cannot be recreated or improved upon by chemical intervention. Even though every modern medical doctor sorely asserts such is so with every script. They have not yet realized that when ethereal energies are disconnected, all hell breaks loose.

A little something healers since the beginning of time have taught, including the greatest of all healers, Jesus.

Believe it or not, we mere mortals survived, thrived, and healed ourselves using innate wisdom, the divine machinations within our own body, and the bounty of nature. We have administered medicine made from God’s greatest green gift for tens of thousands of years, if not more. We knew it was our responsibility to accommodate our needs and minister to those in need.

Then, a couple hundred years ago a pubescent humanity, with its collective conscience of narcissistic nonage, demanded to be heard. And like any good and knowing parent, God gave it the room. After all, adolescence gives way to growth and renewal, no matter how bitter the winter or deep the snow.

But like all winey pimple-faced stripling, we pound hot air filled chests while pointing out myopic facts believing ourselves smarter, stronger, and self-actualizing: Incapable of giving dad due credit, mom commendation, or the past any credence. We have pasteurized personage, distilled our spirit, and killed the father in the name of science and technology. The Olivet Discourse warns as clearly as every dad’s booming voice the day he finally has enough of the callow fester.

Still, men will be boys. Such as Biden, Fauci, Hillary, Gates, Graham, Cheney, Musk, Obama, Soros, Warren, and Zuckerberg… just to name a few. The list is extensive, but you know the type. Those, who in the face of cataclysmic errantries and apocalyptic conclusions continue to incite and spur unconditional accord and accommodation to their delusions of grandeur, Professor X Personality Disorder (PXPD) have undoubtedly infected the swamp known as DC.

It is also prominent throughout the medical and healthcare industry: from teacher to resident. There are peer reviewed studies to prove the preponderance of hubris tainting the allopathic autocracy. YouTube tutorials teach us how to deal with the abundance of arrogance and authoritarianism we endure at each doctor visit. And now most major hospitals must provide a customer complaint hotline.

The fact is, patient practitioners, compassionate caregivers, and able attentive attendings are a rarity.

Case in point, I was tortured this spring by a young trauma unit resident who possessed neither surgical skill nor cognizance of his ineptitude, even as I, quite loudly, pleaded for him to stop. “There must be a better way,” I cried. “Did you use any anesthetic?” Please take into consideration, pathos is lost in this telling and the measure of my pain tolerance is unknowable or expressible given the mode of accession. Just trust that I am not being overly dramatic.

So certain was this surgical sprat of his ability to push a tube between two very broken ribs and into my lung, he cut, bullied, and tried to pry me open for nearly a half hour. The attending allowed the torture to persist; my agony reduced to an equally unsuccessful teaching moment. The procedure was an utter failure. The hemothorax (collapsed lung filling with blood) was not relieved and I was now at risk for infection and other complications related to such an unnecessary and unpleasant breach.

Had I not panicked at the idea of a blood filled lung and remembered my long standing faith in Jehovah Rapha, I would have elicited my patient’s right to deny treatment. Especially when the GP explained that the crisis may resolve on its own given time and rest. But even this Integrative Holistic Health Specialist admits, conditioned is as conditioned does.

Fear has a way of making us forget even the most fervent deprogramming. And they know that.

I’d started out faithful enough: My survival was a miracle. And God finishes the good works He starts. When I woke with the Grizzly ATV still crushing me into the rough and rocky trail, I knew I was broken. I’d been broken many times. The pain was familiar. But I was able to stand and walk. With the help of my family, I dealt with my injuries for three days before breathing went from excruciating to exigent. That is when I, quite unceremoniously, requested to be taken to the hospital.

None of us could have imagined just how broken I was.

Diagnostics showed I had six broken ribs, two severely munched and detached. The same two the clumsy surgical student attacked without constraint. The soft tissue damage to my entire right side was extensive. My c-spine was a swollen mess. The inflammation so congested imaging the tech could not determine why I was unable to turn my head. My crushed leg and arm were grotesquely bruised. The size of the lump on my head explained why I’d lost consciousness. But unbelievably, other than my lung, there was no internal bleeding.

Again, I remain convinced God saved me.

While removing some small stones embedded in abrasions on my wrist a most wonderful nurse named Gloria, confessed what I already knew to be true regarding the wretched chest-tube catastrophe. “It was the worst she’d ever seen,” the attending had told her. “All the staff are talking,” Gloria went on. “You’ve become something of a celebrity with the way you handled it.”

That explained why the exceedingly tall surgical lead visited earlier that day, his conscripted, including my abuser, shuffling contritely behind him. The surgeon in his green pajamas and a spotless lab coat, obviously donned only on special occasions like quelling potential lawsuits, appeared in all his superiority to be assuring and confident, “Though this morning’s images show your chest-tube missed its mark, I’ve decided to leave it in for now. Hopefully the situation will resolve on its own, but if things worsen, there is a chance I can use the same incision to reposition the tube.”

The surgeon gave the young evildoer a look similar to my father’s way of signaling the all-clear: A nod from scorn filled eyes sent him to my bedside. Again, I was pummeled by “I apologize for the pain I caused.” And again, I was struck by how that word, apologize, always seems to clear the room of authenticity and sentiment. The rehearsed confrontation left any real regret and remorse lying like dead soldiers beside the blood splatter on the floor.

I tell you these things because my conviction and passion for true healing, using nature based medicine, faith, and the mind-body-spirit connection is ablaze like never before. The burn familiar was real, and deeply personal. One I must, in all godly consciousness continue to share, to warn the masses: those innocent souls who trust the white coats and collars unconditionally.

Truly, truly, I tell you, the allopathic method, western medicine is a deceit. A doctor’s skill may prevent death to your body after being devastated by chronic dis-ease, severe trauma or infection. Pharmaceuticals may kill what might kill you or lessen your pain and suffering for a time. In the end they will poison you, kill healthy cells, or cause irreversible damage to one or more of the very ‘systems’ the prescribing doctor is sworn to protect. Diagnostic technologies usually confirm what you already innately know: I am broken… I am sick… I am dying.

But do not be fooled. None of these things have anything to do with true health and healing.

That is why the U.S., with a healthcare system costing up to three times more than any other industrialized high-income country, ranks dead last in health outcomes. (https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2024/sep/mirror-mirror-2024)

The allopathic systems-theory is faulty and incomplete. It is missing the essential ingredients that promote longevity like faith, self-respect, and responsibility. For too long they have been conditioning us to believe only the credentialed and diploma bearing are allowed credit and authority over our health, healing, living, and dying.

That is the lie slithering off the enemies split tongue. So, please, I beg you to retake responsibility for your own health and healing.

As a GEHA (Guardian Ecclesiastical Holistic Association) certified practitioner, I teach how all health is related to balancing the mind, body, and spirit connection. I offer faith and nature based treatment plans that inspire a real understanding of healing and healthy living. My goal is to deprogram the allopathic conditioning that keeps you from believing in the miracle that is you.

That said, the ER is exactly where you need to go when you think you are having a stroke, heart attack, or have been broken in a traumatic accident. Seeking proper diagnostics and labs to know what ails you, where and how your body is malfunctioning, is smart… the responsible thing to do. Knowledge is power.

I am saying that what you do with that knowledge will determine your health outcome.

When you are ready for real, sustainable, transformative healing, lasting health, and the profound peace that comes only with faith, you can find me at https://www.lauriannemacdonald.com.

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“Please, sir, I want some more.”


January 22, 2025 by Laurianne Macdonald, B.Sc., MPH, CHt, and Licensed RTT Practitioner

Oliver’s desperate plea as his tiny skeletal hands presented an empty bowl came to mind as I read the headline regarding red dye No. 3 (erythrosine). The bloviators at CNN and other legacy media touted, boasted, and babbled on and on about the pittance of protection the FDA finally tossed the chronically ill U.S. consumer as if it were a gift of frankincense and myrrh.

Perhaps there was hope of masking the stink of being just another flimflam floating in the swamp of alphabet agencies meant to protect us but that does just the opposite. Maybe they think throwing us a bone will keep us believing in their protective prowess. Just in case there’s another pandemic. Might it be the Biden administration being as spiteful and inept as usual: Wanting to claim cleaning up the food supply as a democratic win.

Whatever the reason, I want more.

First, I want to know why it took more than thirty years from the time it was banned in cosmetics to admit it should not be eaten? The dangerous chemical has been banned from food production in Europe and many other countries for at least as long. Seems our supposed consumer protection agency lost the horse, set the cart aflame, and dropped the ball on that account.

Creepy images of feeble crooked men and high browed witches with walkers offering poisoned candies and treats to my grandchildren keep filling my head. The Biden administration’s agreement allows the carcinogenic red dye to continue to be used in edible preparations for two more years, and four more years in pharmaceuticals. That leaves red dye #40, banned in the EU and other countries since 2001, to continue its dirty work in the U.S.. A 2019 review of red dye #40 reported conclusive evidence that consumption of the synthetic causes hyperactivity, irritability, and increases symptoms of ADHD.

Titanium dioxide is a chemical colorant that makes things beautifully white. But it is not as pure as the driven snow. Found in an array of popular yummies including all kinds of candy, chewing gum, pastry creams, cookies, coffee creamers, cheese, as well as soy, oat, and nut milks, makes this poison positively perverse. This class of carcinogen cannot be ruled out as a mutagenic agent able to damage DNA when ingested, and all types of exposure is potentially causing symptoms of chronic inflammation which leads to the leading cause of death; cardiovascular disease.

So, though my main concern, as always, is to help my readers in taking responsibility for their own health, it is difficult not to get into the red, white, and blue of this issue.

That said, in September of 2003 a Public Health Advisory was issued on FD&C Blue No.1 because of clinical reports of injury upon ingestion. Then ​a 2013 study published by The Journal of General Physiology indicated that Brilliant Blue (FD&C Blue No. 1) could harm the gastrointestinal system and inhibit cell respiration, potentially leading to conditions like ADHD, hyperactivity, allergies, asthma, and acute Crohn’s. Yet the United States still allows Blue No. 1 to be used in many foods, beverages, and pharmaceuticals today.

So, Red #3 is just a drop in a bucket full of stagnant slime. The FDA is still using reports and studies more than thirty years old to base Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) recommendations. The list of toxic and disease causing food additives, preservatives, and flavor enhancers is scary long. Chemical Cuisine FAQ (link below) offers a database that may help you learn what to look for if not avoid the monsters hiding in our food supply. Beware… their recommendations are more like a game of ‘where is the ball’ with the FDA as the carnie. Do your own research to learn more. The EWG and YUCA have apps for your phone that make it easy while you shop.

Someone once told me when something seems suspect, follow the money. Following the money once again leads us to the pharmaceutical and chemical industries that not only control our food, water, and healthcare industries, they clearly have the majority of legislative souls in our federal governance on the take, afraid of blackmail, or dependent upon evil-doer funds to plug into the power source.

I want more. I want better. I want to see all the dangerous toxic chemicals, even if they are just suspected of being harmful, be removed from the food supply TODAY! Why wait? I want my children and grandchildren to be eating safe and nutritious food right now. I want to believe again, that our leaders and lawmakers want to protect everyone, all of us from harm. Because all lives matter.

Why are our leaders allowing the chemical and pharmaceutical companies to continue to use Americans as Guinea pigs: Big-pharma and the chemical corporations are making trillions of dollars of profit every year because of their partnership with the FDA. The FDA is an agency that stopped doing their job back when the AMA, with the help of Good Housekeeping, propagandized and conditioned our parents into believing doctors and scientists were gods, their word gospel, and a pill could cure anything.

Inevitably, and possibly quite blindly, we gave them the power to make us sick and keep us sick. We believed they could heal, not realizing their cures contain the same dangerous chemicals cited above… and more. So much more.

It is time we all made it clear to our senators and congress​ that we expect more. We expect better from them. Please, share this message with them. At the very least, take the time to do your own research to learn more about how toxic the American food supply actually is. You just might be able to save your children’s and grandchildren’s lives, if not your own.

Resources

https://www.cspinet.org/page/chemical-cuisine-food-additive-safety-ratings

https://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/why-are-some-food-additives-that-are-banned-in-europe-still-used-in-the-us/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8634323/

https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/chem_profiles/titanium_dioxide.html

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“Happy Thanksgiving…. BURP!”


November 29, 2024 by Laurianne Macdonald, B.Sc., MPH, and CHt, Licensed RTT Practitioner

ACID REFLUX, also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), is when the stomach produces excess hydrochloric acid and then existing inflammation and poor digestion forces such up the esophagus. The result is intense burning, pain, and in severe instances, vomiting. Frequent occurrences can lead to tissue damage and cancer of the esophageal lining. Nearly fifty percent of Americans suffer episodes of acid reflux, once a month or more. That stat goes way up during the holidays, and never more than on Thanksgiving.

Allopathic medicine treats acid reflux with repositioning, antacids, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), and culprit food avoidance [⁷⁵]. Hospitals prescribe acid-reducing medication and PPIs to sixty-eight percent of their patients, regardless of clinical need [⁷⁶]. PPIs cause cancer [⁸⁴]. Never mind the fact that research has confirmed the suppression of healthy stomach acids disrupt intestinal flora increasing the risk of dangerous bacterial infections [⁷⁷]. 

While antacids temporarily relieve gastric distress, the body’s efforts to restore homeostasis and optimum digestion will inevitably result in hyperactive acid production. And so, the disease making cycle begins.

Eighty percent of your immune system belongs to the stomach lining and the miles of large and small intestine microvilli in-between your pie-hole and that other hole at the end. Some prescribed medications may cause stomach upset. And we all know overindulging like we tend to do on Thanksgiving, is another major culprit.

As it says on the label, I recommend using natural remedies to ease symptoms, rather than add another prescription or commercial OTC to your daily chemical intake. 

Nature first, right.

Repositioning is important. Did you know that sleeping on your left side can prevent acid reflux by aiding in continued digestion and the emptying of the stomach while reducing pressure on your heart and pulmonary systems during sleep.

Considered a Pitta-to-Kapha disparity, Ayurvedic treatment of acid reflux focuses on rebalancing the disturbed dosha through nutrition, herbs, and bodyworks. A fifteen-minute walk in the morning and after dinner can do wonders by increasing blood flow that stimulates digestion and relieves stress. The extra exercise will also support your amazing immune system while helping to keep you svelte and sinewy.

While we are talking some simple exercise, Ardha Matsyendra Sana (Half Lord of the Fishes pose) massages and squeezes toxins from your liver, spleen, and stomach. It strengthens lower back muscles and increases blood flow to the intestinal tract. Hold for three-five minutes, breathing in through the nose and expelling through the mouth. Complete the round by alternating legs and twist in the opposite direction. 

Many reflux sufferers unintentionally malign their partners with their reflux induced sleeping disorders and apnea. The following deep breathing exercise done just before bed can dispel much of the underlying digestive congestion and improve everyone’s quality of sleep.

Deep Breathing thirty minutes to an hour before bed relieves physical tension and releases neurotransmitters that help you relax. Being thrown from a sound sleep as hydrochloric acid burns its way up your throat, mouth, and nasal passages, is as horrifying and painful as it sounds. The goal is not going there.

But even after the horror of an acid reflux event (ARE) , do this practiced breathing technique with your sleeping partner to calm the body and realign the mind with restorative healing sleep. Believe me, it will do wonders for your loved one to know you care.

4-7-8

1. Begin by exhaling completely… all the way now. When it feels like there is nothing left in your lungs, try coughing out the last bit of air trapped low and deep inside.

2. Inhale through your nose for 4 seconds.

3. Hold the breath for 7 seconds.

4. Exhale for 8 seconds.

5. Repeat steps 2 – 5 four to eight times.  

Fennel Seed (Ferula ass-foetida) is a soothing digestive with expectorant properties, prized by ancient healers for its effectiveness. Fennel seeds come from a plant called Devils’ Dung (Asafoetida). For centuries, sap resin from the roots of this plant was used to treat dyspepsia, colic, cough, bronchitis, and nervous disorders. Because of the foul smell of Devil’s Dung, the seeds became more popular. In clinical studies, fennel seed, lemon balm, and German chamomile tea concoctions have shown colic and acid reflux relieving activity. Fennel seeds, when chewed or steeped, soothe stomach upset.

Massage

Mix 1-2 drops of lavender essential oil with a carrier castor seed oil and massage the stomach in gentle counter-clockwise circles. Do not press or knead the flesh of the abdomen. You don’t want to force that acid into the esophagus. The relaxing aroma combined with a gentle healing touch has shown to relieve stomach upset in people of all ages, including infants two weeks and older.

If you want to know more about natural cures for acid reflux and other digestive disorders please book a free consultation at https://www.lauriannemacdonald.com or sign up to receive my healthy living advice via email on by WordPress Blog site.

References

The above is taken from my current writings: Heal the Whole You, A Holistic Prospective with the following research references in context.

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76.          https://www.healthline.com/health/gerd/facts-statistics           https://www.todayshospitalist.com/ppis-in-the-hospital-too-much-of-a-good-thing/

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Salt: Protecting you from evil in more ways than one.11/08/2024 by Laurianne Macdonald, B.Sc., MPH, CHt, and Licensed RTT PractitionerSalt: Protecting you from evil in more ways than one.


November 8, 2024 by Laurianne Macdonald, B.Sc., MPH, CHt, and Licensed RTT Practitioner

The primary function of your tonsils is to stop bacteria and viruses at the front gates… something like a detention center, not allowing foreigners in-country until their purpose and benevolence validated. Adenoids, like tonsils, are also on the frontline defending your body with every breath you take.

Both organs contain very special protein producing cells vital to your immune system. These proteins, also known as antibodies, kill malevolent invaders before they can enter the body. Directly connected to the lymphatic system, the adenoids and tonsils also ensure the safe removal of unsavory characters from your body before they do any harm.

The problem is, stress, nutrient deficient diets, toxin overload, preexisting conditions, and even sedentary lifestyles weaken the ranks, deplete the armory, and clog the immunity pipeline.

As we come into the cold and flu season, and watch COVID-19 numbers spike, it is paramount to support and bolster your immune systems in every way possible. I will not waste your time going over all the precautions you’ve all become accustom to over the past ten months, but visit an old and trusted piece of advice that needs your reconsideration.

First… it has been around for centuries because it works. And yes, technically they call such recipes and remedies folky or an old wife’s tale. However, nothing makes the old wife’s tale status unless it works. Besides, waiting around for science to prove something they will disprove three months down the road is, well, not exactly proving yourself the critical thinker you think you are.

Second… it is easy. Just keep a small container or pinch bowl of salt by your sink. Every time you return from an outing in public, or at least three times a day when at first feeling ill, dissolve a pinch or two of salt in water and gargle. I recommend and use organic Himalayan salt crystals, but table salt will do. Just remember to spit, not swallow.

Yup. That is it.

Your tonsils and adenoids will appreciate the assist.

If you are interested in nature-based, holistic, or integrative healing please schedule a consultation at http://www.lauriannemacdonald.com. Your health is yours to keep.

For more on the benefits of salt gargle https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/news-events/news-2020/salt-water-solution-could-treat-covid-19-symptoms