Race Baiting in the Controversy of the MMR Vaccine and the CDC

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Mark Pegram

There has recently been news related to the admittance by the CDC of omitting data about the MMR vaccine and the African-American population. It seems that there is data from as early as 2001 that the MMR vaccine is responsible for a 240% increase in autism in that population. Words such as “murder” and “black babies condemned to medical violence” have been used. I do not think that this is appropriate language. The greater question is why does dark skin cause a higher incidence of autism? Is there a key factor that allows a higher incidence of autism with the MMR vaccine? Here is Mike Adams article on the media cover up and his explanation. Mike is great in finding out the facts. Also, here is a fifteen minute You Tube video of an interview about how the information came to light from independent journalist Gary Franchi. Also, Dr. David Brownstein’s comments.

I believe there are two primary factors associated with the higher increase in autism in the dark skin population. First, I believe it is directly related to the well-established fact that people with darker skin have lower levels of vitamin D. The greater question should then be does lower vitamin D levels in children lead to a higher incidence of autism? Second, I do believe there are nutritional issues where children do not get enough sulfur proteins and vegetables and not enough folates, a B vitamin, (please note, not folic acid another health issue) to allow the body’s natural elimination process for toxins to occur.

Until scientist start using proper statistical methods to allow for a better understanding of multivariate causes, we will continue to have issues with clearly understanding the data. All studies should use nutritional testing in addition to testing for specific effects. There are methods that have been used in manufacturing that could readily be adapted to medical studies that have been in place since the 1970’s. These graphical methods not only allows the novice to see the effects, it also allows the reviewer to see which variant caused the effect and clearly shows interactions. Dr. John Cannell, Vitamin D Council, has stated in the past that all of our medical studies may be invalid because of not testing nutritional factors specifically vitamin D.

To protect your child against the toxicity of the MMR vaccine, there should first be assurance that the child is getting enough sunshine for exposure to UVB or supplementation of vitamin D. Also the child should be getting enough of the sulfur proteins and vegetables to allow the natural detox functions. A colorful array of fruits and vegetables should also allow for enough B vitamins and minerals to allow the function of the protein sulfur processes to generate glutathione, a natural waste remover in the body. Here is a list of high sulfur foods from Livestrong.com.

It is not just the dark skin population that we should have concern, but all of the population. Political dalliances along with the understanding by our government that the economic strength of the nation through our health sector is more important than the health of the individual; we have created a very unhealthy population. Our children’s life expectancy is now less than their parents. With the election of a person with dark skin to President, we have caused more racial unrest through his actions. Race baiting in not the proper approach. God loves all his children – seek first love, joy, and peace. – Pandemic Survivor

Vitamin D3 Deficiency Causes Autism

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Mark Pegram

This is very exciting news! Mechanisms have been discovered that shows how vitamin D deficiency causes Autism. The authors’ state at the end of the abstract – Supplementation with vitamin D and tryptophan is a practical and affordable solution to help prevent autism and possibly ameliorate some symptoms of the disorder.

What happens next will be very interesting. A government health department that was concerned for its citizenry would make a national response. A special would be presented by the Surgeon General or/and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. They would go on all the Sunday morning talk shows with this valuable information. News organizations would pick this up to alert all expectant mothers of this new information. Families that are now suffering the trauma of an Autistic child would have significant hope. There would then be a follow up on Sixty Minutes.

Here is a digestible version of the news at Science Daily – Science Daily – Ames’ Study: Vitamin D causal link Autism

Yet, what we have are a few organizations striving to help people understand our connection to the sun and the value of vitamin D3. Autism is just one of the many diseases that may be moderated by vitamin D3. I am sure that the Vitamin D Council, Grass Roots Health, VitaminDWiki, and others will publicize this great information to the best of their ability. But where is our government on this? We will just have to wait and see. In the meantime, you are on your own in figuring out how to supplement. All of the above mentioned organizations have information on how to do it. If you have an Autistic child, you may want to contact Dr. John Cannell, Vitamin D Council, on how to proceed with treatment. Here is an interesting comment by one board certified pediatrician that wrote to him. – Pandemic Survivor

Assault on the Nervous Systems by Anti-Cognitive Chemicals

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Mark Pegram

What do chloramines, fluoridation, lead corrosion, vitamin D deficiency, bromine, mineral sulfate removal, and iodine deficiency have in common? They should all be classified as anti-cognitive biological chemical processes. We can be our own worst enemy. We have been highly successful in our use of chemicals for technological advancement. We try to protect ourselves from toxic substances and pathogens, while creating health problems through unintended consequences. This has been the case for increases in Alzheimer’s, ADD, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and other general cognitive impairment. Halogen (iodine, bromine, fluorine, etc.) physiology along with mineral deficiencies needs to be significantly reviewed in the US and the use of halogens in our food supplies and water sources need to be adjusted accordingly.

Consider in the late 1990’s that the EPA decided it would be a really great thing to reduce the amount of chloromethane created from the chlorination of water. They did this by forcing the use of ammonia added to water at the treatment plants creating chemicals in the water called chloramines. Chloramines formed in water are so toxic that fish cannot live in it. However, it is a longer lasting water disinfectant and it does not seem to generate as much chloromethane, a carcinogen. However, the other toxic disinfectant byproducts (DBP’s) that are created and unregulated are of concern. One of these may be halogen acetic acids. HAA’s have a stated standard with standards for chloro-acetic acid and iodo-acetic acid, but no standard for fluoro-acetic acid.

Chloraminated water is much more corrosive, most likely from the created HAA’s. This causes the leaching of lead from water pipes in supply and distribution systems (my city has thousands of miles of iron pipe held together at the joints with lead like must municipalities) and home potable water systems that are joined with solder lead joints. There have been several studies showing an increase in lead content in water after the start of chloramination or the use of chloramines.

Fluoride has been shown to aid the build-up of the concentration of lead in the human body. So by fluoridation of water to supposedly improve our dental health along with the use of chloramines, we have inadvertently created higher amounts of lead. This is of major concern for the developing brains of our children and the aging brains of elderly.

The US is the only country in the world that allows the use of bromine in baking and in cloudy citrus drinks. This iodine mimic causes significantly physiological malfunction in the thyroid as well as other functional biological iodine processes. Consider that children have a ten to fifteen times higher uptake of iodine versus adults and consider the damage. Bromine is not used in other countries because it is a carcinogen.

Add to this vitamin and mineral deficiency. Vitamin D is responsible for mineral balance in the body, in particular the sodium-sulfate co-transporter. Adequate sulfate is necessary for the formation of cerebroside sulfate that is necessary for proper neuron development. Also consider that iodine deficiency is considered by the World Health Organization as the number one cause of mental illness in the world. Sulfate also is the body’s best defense against toxins as it removes them through water soluble sulfate esters. Cities remove the sulfate minerals from the water because it is stinky and plugs the pipes. Iodine, D3, and sulfate deficiencies combine as a disaster for mental function.

Take away iodine, vitamin D3, sulfate and add neuro-toxins and iodine mimics and you have the perfect conditions necessary for cognitive impairment. Well the cause is idiopathic the experts claim. Is Dr. M. Scott Peck accurate in his description of group evil through specialization? One thing is certain, idiots and unintended consequences always seem to find each other. In the case of water disinfection and vitamin and mineral deficiencies, you might say that this meeting of idiots and unintended consequences has created epicentric waves of causation for cognitive impairment. For now, your cognizant commenter – Pandemic Survivor

Folic Acid – the Horror Story

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Mark Pegram

We as the population of the world have suffered through many chronic diseases. We are no different than people, especially people that claimed to be medical professionals, from two centuries ago. Medicine is still practiced as an art with some science thrown in end to give credibility to our claims. Now has the medical industrial complex once again deceived us with the introduction of folic acid to make up for our L-methyl folate deficiency? A qualified answer to this question is yes.

Folic acid is not a naturally occurring molecule. It was first processed in the 1940’s in a laboratory. In 1998, folic acid was added to ‘fortify’ foods, especially grains. The reasoning was that the population and especially pregnant mothers were deficient. This was causing neural tubes defects. It is true that neural tube defects have been reduced and this is a good thing.

Now researchers are saying that folic acid that remains in the blood stream is causing an increased incidence in several cancers including breast, colon, and prostate cancer. It seems that at least ten percent of the population has the MTHFR polymorphism and keeps folic acid from quickly being converted to methyl folate, the natural occurring substance in foods that our body uses. Others have said that at least seventy percent of the population has some form of polymorphism that slows the process. The excess folic acid circulating in the blood causes a reduction in the action of our natural killer cells. This is believed to be the issue of increased cancer rates.

Also, the methyl folate is the primary contributing nutrient to the genetic switching that occurs from the methyl cycle. How the methyl cycle is controlled in the body by methyl folate is extremely important and second only to the action of vitamin D. Genetic switching is what keeps you healthy. Whether the gene is properly turned on or off is critical to your health. Dr. Randy Jirtle in his work at Duke University has shown this to be the case with his study on mice and methyl donors. There is a host of chronic disease that you may review at the MTHFR.net website.

If you consider that fortification begin in 1998, I believe this is about the same time the incidence of autism significantly increased. The importance of folate to the neural system is that it acts directly in the mitochondrial body in the sulfur cycle. Here the various sulfate molecules that the body needs are created. The ones related to the neural system is the molecule that is created for the myelin sheath that covers the nerve pathways. Without the integrity of this sheath, the neurons cannot appropriately fire because the sodium, potassium, and magnesium are not held closely to the neurons.

Also a study in Italy that was designed to show the effect of folate on heart disease, it was found that there was thickening of the cartilage in patients with higher amounts of folate. I am sure this effect is caused by genetic switching with cofactors like B6, B12, and vitamin D.

I have not been able to find a vitamin B complex supplement that has methyl folate and not folic acid. In the practice of medicine, folic acid and folate are considered to be the same compound. Folic acid is the oxidized form of L-methyl folate NOT A NATURALLY OCCURING COMPOUND. This is the same error that was made with vitamin D when vitamin D2 was said to be equal to vitamin D3. In the 1930’s when the substitution was made to vitamin D2 is when the cases of vitamin D toxicity started to occur in the medical literature.

What can you do? Stop supplementing with all forms of folic acid. Be careful in how much food you consume that has been fortified with folic acid. Maybe this is one of the primary issues with wheat. Dr. William Davis in his book, “Wheat Belly” says there are many issues with wheat. Fortification of our cereal with folic acid may have exacerbated the situation and is causing more chronic disease. Methyl folate is available in many foods, especially dark leafy greens like spinach. A boiled half cup of spinach has about 134 micrograms of folate. In the consumption of beans, black-eyed peas are the highest at 105 mcg per one half cup. Liver has the highest amount in the meats at 215 mcg in one half cup.

There many brands of methyl folate supplements on the market. Try to get at least 400 mcg per day from your foods, if not supplement. As I was writing this my wife called to see what I wanted for dinner. I suggested boiled spinach, black-eyed peas, and liver cook with onions (for the sulfate). She hung up the phone. I did actually get turnip greens, black-eyed peas, and steak. Not the best but close. Maybe the popular attitude of the 50’s and 60’s was correct. “I’m strong to the finish ‘cause I eats me spinach, I’m Popeye the sailor man!” Sing along! What a medical professional – Popeye! – Pandemic Survivor

ADD, ADHD, Autism, and Cretinism – Deficiency Diseases

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Mark Pegram

Bad parenting, video games, television, poor schools, and on and on have all been blamed for disorders in children. Add to that the claims of environment toxins from mercury in vaccines to additives in plastics leaves us grasping at straws as families deal with the ever growing issues. However, I believe the real bad actors in all the array of mental and physical malfunction is primarily caused by deficiencies of critical nutrients. The primary players in brain function and physical formation are iodine, vitamin D, and vitamin A. Depending on the level of deficiency of nutrients will give a varying degree of malfunction. Not only are the deficiencies important, it is also during the period of development of the child that the deficiency occurs that is critical.

A minor deficiency in iodine and vitamin D during the year of three to six or older may lead to ADD or ADHD. A severe deficiency of iodine during pregnancy will lead to Cretinism or severe mental and physical malformation. A deficiency of iodine during the first two years of life will lead to 10 to 15 points loss of IQ. The array and severity of various diseases are endless. It all depends on the nutrition of the person involved.

The solution for parents to relieve the worry of rearing children is relative simple. Be sure that the mother during pregnancy and the child during developmental years get enough of the required nutrients. You cannot sit back and expect government and your doctors to be all protective. Their goals are not necessarily a healthy developing child which conflicts severely with the goals of the parents.

The question then becomes how much of what nutrient do I need to be sure my children are healthy. Here is where the real conflict comes into play. The science is not limited in providing the correct understanding of what is needed. However, the needs of the child come in direct conflict with the needs of the institution’s economic health. I recently heard a doctor on Fox News describe the supplementation with vitamins and minerals as not necessary. Of course this would be true if you lived in the Garden of Eden. With today’s food processing removing nutrients and destroying the integrity of organic molecules, the need of supplementation is every present.

To keep it simple, I would suggest that you get the following amounts from all sources:

Vitamin D3 approximately 40 IU per pound of body weight per day
Vitamin A the same as D3
Iodine approximately 1 milligram for every fifty pounds of body weight should be adequate.

Otherwise, try to maintain a healthy diet by eating a wide variety of foods. Keep the amount of dense carbohydrates to a minimum. Avoid wheat and corn if possible and especially if it is GMO. Keep sugar to a minimum.

With that being said, I will leave you with two thoughts: “Food is Medicine.” – Randy Jirtle and don’t give up freedom for security. – Pandemic Survivor

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