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Chiropractor Carbondale on Pharmacogenetics

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An article in Science News Daily (April 11, 2011, “Pharmacogenetics Testing Offers Way to Reduce Deaths from Drug Toxicity”) discusses the field of pharmacogenetics (also called pharmacogenomics,) the study of an individual’s variation in DNA sequence related to drug response.

Putting a foreign substance such as a psychotropic drug into the body disrupts the body’s normal biochemistry, and can be considered as the introduction of an unnatural and toxic substance into the body. These drugs “work” by changing the normal functions of the body: they speed them up, slow them down, dam them up or overwhelm them. This is why there are side effects with psychiatric drugs.

Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Yolande Lucire (in her paper “Psychotropic Medication and Cytochromes”) makes these statements:

“Since 1994, a substantial number of papers have been published in major refereed medical journals on Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs). The ballpark estimate is that each year 2.2 million Americans are hospitalised for ADRs and over 100,000 die from them. These are simply adverse reactions to drugs, which are often but not always, unpredictable, and appear only in the fine print of prescribing information.

“Psychiatric drugs have hardly rated a mention, as psychiatric side effects in psychiatric patients have been routinely missed or dismissed by the pharmaceutical companies with ‘It’s the disease, not the drug, doctor.’

“With the drugs used in psychiatry, (and this is very general,) many are metabolised in the liver by an enzyme system called cytochrome P450 (and other cytochrome systems). There are genetic, biological differences between individuals, some of whom do not produce certain cytochromes at all. In practice this means that somewhere between 12 and 20% of Caucasians cannot metabolise certain drugs, for example, SSRIs, at all or they do it slowly. [Cytochrome means "cellular pigment" and is a protein found in blood cells.]

“The following drugs are only a few of the scores that use the cytochrome P450 system for their metabolism: alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, amphetamines, Amitriptyline, Celebrex, Cipramil, Lexapro, Codeine, Valium, Warfarin, Dilantin, Efexor, Feldene, Brufen, grapefruit, Luvox, Aropax, Prednisone, Prozac, Serzone, Risperdal, Tegretol, Voltaren, Zoloft and Zyprexa.”

One of the possible conclusions to be drawn from this emerging area of research is that the toxic effects (side effects) of psychiatric drugs in the body can be significantly multiplied in a large proportion of individuals who lack this ability to effectively metabolize and deal with these toxins.

Dr. Lucire’s research points to the result that persons with abnormal P450 metabolism who are given psychiatric drugs may reach a level of toxicity within hours or days which correlates with the onset of intense and harmful side effects.

The psychopharmaceutical industry has expanded its influence far beyond its ability to be effective, if indeed it ever was. One must also always keep in mind that while these drugs have been repeatedly shown to be not only ineffective but also harmful, the real underlying problem is that psychiatrists fraudulently diagnose life’s problems as an “illness”, and stigmatize unwanted behavior or study problems as “diseases,” combined with the profit-motives of pharmaceutical companies vying for a piece of the resultant psychiatric “treatment.” Psychiatry’s stigmatizing labels, programs and treatments are harmful junk science; their diagnoses of “mental disorders” are a hoax – unscientific, fraudulent and harmful.

MSG Obesity and Autism

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MSG LINKED TO OBESITY, AUTISM AND ADD/ADHD

Vol. 8 Issue 97

Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) has been linked to causing obesity and according to a recent report it could contribute to the onset of Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children.

MSG, a “flavor enhancing” food additive, is found in an increasing number of processed and fast foods. MSG, also listed on food labels as Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein and Autolyzed Yeast Extract, has no nutritional value and the FDA has no limits on how much MSG can be added to foods — even though as little as two tablespoons has been shown to cause epileptic seizures in dogs.

Scientific studies have shown that MSG causes people to eat larger quantities of food and faster. It also affects the body so that people feel hungry more frequently.

MSG causes the pancreas to triple the amount of insulin produced. The excess insulin is converted to fat. Within a few hours it causes the blood sugar level to drop so the body feels tired and hungry again — causing people to eat more and contributing to obesity in America.

Scientists use rats to determine how MSG affects the body. Besides destroying a rat’s natural control mechanism against overeating, it causes the pancreas to produces so much insulin that the body starts producing killer T cells in order to shut it down. Destruction of the pancreas then leads to diabetes and other health problems.

Scientists also use the additive to purposely cause death to certain areas of the brain. It is a highly reactive amino acid. When too much of it is introduced to the brain, it can cause rapid cell death. According to John Erb, a developmental disorder researcher, too much glutamate overexcites the neurons in the brain until they die.

Other researchers agree. Dr. Russell L. Blaylock has linked MSG to causing or worsening the symptoms of ADHD and other neurological disorders, leading to the false labeling and drugging of children.

In Erb’s book, “The Slow Poisoning of America,”he explains how MSG contributes to the onset of autism and ADHD: “When a woman becomes pregnant, the placental barrier is not fully formed in the first month of fetal development, The chemicals the mother eats can go directly to the developing child. The glutamate stimulates rapid growth in the brain, creating ADHDsymptoms,” said Erb. “Too much glutamate over-stimulates areas of the brain, resulting in neuronal cell death. This destruction to the neurons results in the symptoms characterized as Autism.”

Erb presented his discovery to Dr. Susan Bryson, head of the Autism Research Center in Halifax, a leading autism scientist in Canada.

Bryson confirmed that current studies being conducted by the NIH show the cause of autism has been linked to a toxin invading the embryo’s brain stem at as early as 20 days after conception. The NIH is now directing their research toward MSG.

“These diseases appear to be caused by MSG,” said Erb. “MSG is added to food because of its addictive qualities; it is nicotine for food and is highly reactive in the human brain and other organs.”

SOURCE: Evan’s Garden News, Issue 44; www.evansgarden.com; “The Slow Poisoning of America,” John and Michelle Erb, www.spofamerica.com.