The "Chiropractic" Story of Masha and Dasha

This amazing "accident of nature" has revealed a truth about health and disease and the importance of the nervous system. It also helps answer the question: "Do germs really cause disease or do they first need a fertile soil to grow in?"

Our story begins on January 13, 1950 in the former Soviet Union. The young mother enters the hospital to deliver twins but when she awakens from anaesthesia she is told that her baby girls died at birth. They lied. At that moment the girls were being spirited away to an institute near Moscow to be studied.

This was the fate of "Masha" & "Dasha," one of the most unusual sets of conjoined twins ever born.

Because their circulatory systems were interconnected, they shared blood; germs in one twin's blood would soon be seen in the blood of her sister. Yet surprisingly, illness affected them differently. One would have measles, for example, while the other would not. The measles "bug" was in both of their bodies, in their collective bloodstream; so why didn't both get measles at the same time? This phenomenon was seen over & over again with the girls as flu, colds and other childhood diseases were all experienced separately. Evidently, there is more to getting an infection than having the bug. If germs alone had the power to cause infectious diseases, why would one be disease-free while the other was ill?

What was it in their makeup that differentiated them?
Although Masha & Dasha had common circulatory, digestive, excretory, lymphatic, hormonal & lymphatic systems (they were joined at the hips), they had separate spinal columns & spinal cords: this was the only significant anatomical difference between Masha and Dasha. It leads one to conclude that the nervous system is of major importance in resistance to disease.

For over a century chiropractors have observed that the health of your nervous system can determine whether you have high or low resistance to disease and, if you are suffering from disease, the health of your nervous system will play a decisive role in whether or not (& how rapidly) you will recover. By keeping your spinal column & nervous system free from subluxation stress, chiropractors keep you in a higher state of health, resistance to disease and permit your mind/body energies to flow without interference.

Did You Know...?

Fluoride causes cavities
Cavities in children in Kentucky increased after a fluoride law was passed in 1977 according to the July/August 2003 issue of Pediatric Dentistry. The goal was to reduce tooth decay by 60% but instead 57% of Kentucky 3rd through 6th graders developed tooth decay. A 2001 survey showed that the number of Kentucky preschoolers developing cavities increased 47% over 1987. For over half a century the government has been telling the public that fluoride is safe and beneficial and that it reduces cavities; manufacturers add it to toothpaste and municipalities to their water supplies. In fact, tooth decay is caused by poor dental hygiene and high consumption of refined sugar products. Fluoride has a rather pernicious effect; it increases lead in the blood and high blood-lead levels are linked to higher rates of tooth decay. High levels of lead have also been linked to neurological and brain damage. It's best to avoid fluoridate toothpaste and install fluoride removing filters in your home. For more info go to Fluoride Action Network http://www.fluoridealert.org.

Coronary Bypass Operation - Think Twice
(While You Can Still Think)

About 800,000 people each year line up (or rather lie down) for this dangerous, useless and often needless procedure.

They probably don't know that the original statistics showing this surgery was "safe" were wrong. MDs thought that 1% to 5% of patients who had this surgery had neurological complications (like stroke). But many more patients would complain of not being emotionally/intellectually as healthy, with memory loss and other signs of brain dysfunction. Their doctors pooh-poohed it.

Finally some bright guys, using pre-operative and post-operative neuropsychological testing, have "convincingly demonstrated" that measurable cognitive dysfunction is very common with an incidence of up to 80%-90% at hospital discharge. (A suspected cause might be the heart-lung machine they are hooked on to during the surgery.) Isn't it interesting that they found this out only after the operation has been in vogue for 35 years???

Sixty Kids Vaccinated Against the Flu Die of the Flu

In the January 10, 2004 NY Times, medical writer Lawrence Altman reported that of the 93 children who died from the flu this season in the US, 60 had received the flu shot. As writer Jon Rappaport comments, "the whole vaccine campaign is called into doubt."

Research reveals that after a person is vaccinated there is a "negative phase" where their immune system is weakened and they are more vulnerable to infectious disease. This is one of the reasons why so many people report coming down with the flu (or other illnesses) after receiving the flu shots. How many of the 33 children who died of the flu (and who did not have the flu shot) had lowered resistance because they had received childhood vaccinations or were on antibiotics, steroids or other immunosuppressive medications? That information is not reported. See more at www.nomorefakenews.com.

Chiropractic and Spinal Research

Remember, all people can benefit from chiropractic care. Feel free to forward these studies to others.
Asthma, ear infections and antibiotic use. In a survey of 100 chiropractors' families and 100 pediatricians' families, it was revealed that the children of chiropractors had a lesser incidence of asthma, ear infections and less antibiotic use than the "medical" children.
Panic attacks. A 52-year-old female diagnosed with long-standing panic attacks had used prescribed antidepressants and tranquilizers, underwent counseling and relaxation training - all to no benefit. Chiropractic examination revealed areas of upper and mid cervical, upper and mid thoracic and right sacroiliac subluxations. The patient's blood pressure was 182/102, pulse rate 120 beats/minute during an attack, however her BP would drop to 140/80 and her pulse to 76 beats/minute four minutes after an adjustment. After beginning chiropractic care she had been free of panic attacks for more than two months which is the best she had been in years.
Failure to thrive. "The child should be examined for vertebral subluxation as a source of physiological dysfunctioning."
Low back pain and urinary incontinence. In a medical orthopedic practice 16 patients with low back pain had urinary incontinence. Chiropractors would suggest spinal adjustments however the medical approach in this case was surgery which reduced low back pain in 11 of 12 patients. The MDs noticed that the patients' urgency incontinence was cured or improved. (Note: Most low back pain surgery fails and within a year or two the patient has their pain back and may be told they need a second (or third) surgery. Too bad they didn't first refer their patients to a chiropractor.

Sunlight may prevent cancer

For those of us who stay indoors this time of the year, it's a fitting reminder that some of the most important things for our health are obvious: water, fresh air, exercise, good food and sunlight. Too much sun burning has been linked to skin cancer, but proper sunlight - especially ultraviolet light - can prevent cancer. Researchers examined cancer mortality in the United States. Deaths from a range of cancers of the reproductive and digestive systems were approximately twice as high in New England as in the southwest, despite a diet that varies little between regions. An examination of 506 regions found a close inverse correlation between cancer mortality and levels of ultraviolet B light. The likeliest mechanism for a protective effect of sunlight is vitamin D, which is synthesized by the body in the presence of ultraviolet B.

Dr. William Grant says northern parts of the United States may be dark enough in winter that vitamin D synthesis shuts down completely. While the study focused on white Americans, the same geographical trend affects black Americans, whose overall cancer rates are significantly higher. Darker skinned people require more sunlight to synthesize vitamin D.

"There are 13 malignancies that show this inverse correlation, mostly reproductive and digestive cancers," said Dr. Grant. "The strongest inverse correlation is with breast, colon, and ovarian cancer." Other cancers apparently affected by sunlight include tumors of the bladder, uterus, esophagus, rectum and stomach.

What to do? Take walks in the sun, don't wear glasses that filter out UV (there are plastic glasses that permit UV rays to pass), use full-spectrum lighting in your home and office and make sure your diet has plenty of vitamin D.