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There is a     tibiotics are prescribed again, causing further  perfume, domestic cleaning chemicals, chlori-

             theory that      damage to the gut flora and the immune system.  nated swimming pools, processed foods with
                              Antibiotics are a double whammy for the immune  hundreds of chemicals—they will all go into the
           vaccinations       system.                                    baby, so our babies are already born with a toxic
          are the cause           Vaccinations join the bandwagon. There is a  load. If the child is less toxic the child will be
              of autism,      theory that vaccinations are the cause of autism,  far more robust and have a better constitution; if
                              but they do not cause any of these disorders.  the child is more toxic then the child will be far
            but they do       However, vaccinations have been designed for  more vulnerable. And depending on the genetic
               not cause      children with healthy immune systems. We have  makeup and many other environmental factors,
           any of these       a growing population of children who do not  different children will manifest a different set of
                              possess healthy immune systems. They are not fit  symptoms: some will be diagnosed with autism,
               disorders.     to be vaccinated. In a child with a compromised  others with ADD, others with terrible mood

               However,       immune system, vaccinations cause damage to  swings, or obsessions, or depression, etc.
           vaccinations       that immune system, putting the child closer
                              to disaster. In some children they provide the  HOPE
              have been       last straw that breaks the camel’s back. In my     Autism is a serious disorder, yet it is perfectly
           designed for       clinic, about 15 percent of the children started  curable. The younger the child when treatment

          children with       their autistic symptoms after MMR vaccinations  begins, the better results I see. If you catch the
                              and about the same number started after DPT  autistic child under the age of three, there is about
                  healthy     vaccinations. But the majority of parents see no  a 60-70 percent chance of full recovery. My own
                immune        connection.                                son was autistic but was treated early. He is 15
                                  On account of the controversy surrounding  years old now and is a normal teenager, for which
                 systems.       vaccinations, I see many autistic children who  I am very grateful.
                              have not been vaccinated at all because their par-     So what do we do? First and foremost, treat
                              ents were aware of the harm. But despite having  the digestive disorder. Every so-called psycho-
                              no vaccinations, they are autistic. So vaccinations  logical and mental disorder is a digestive disorder
                              are not the cause of autism. They just bring the  at its core—whether it is schizophrenia, bipolar,
                              child closer to the problem.               obsessive-compulsive behavior, substance abuse,
                                  Next comes the weaning diet based on wheat  depression or just a cranky teenager—look first
                              and pasteurized dairy products, processed dairy  at their digestive system. The healthy teenager is
                              and dry powders. These all feed abnormal flora in  sweet and nice and respectful unless some serious
                              the gut. So the child ends up with a gut dysbiosis  mistakes have been made in the upbringing of the
                              or abnormal gut flora. The gut becomes a major  child.
                              source of toxicity. The toxins start flowing into     The digestive system is a long tube, and
                              the blood stream and get distributed around the  what you fill that tube with has a direct effect on
                              body. They get into the brain and cause brain  its well-being. That is why ninety percent of the
                              dysfunctions. That is how learning disabilities  treatment is diet! An effective probiotic is abso-
                              develop.                                   lutely paramount because we have to introduce
                                  And there are other factors: what toxic load  beneficial bacteria into the digestive systems of
                              was the child born with? We used to think that  these children. Nutritional deficiencies have to
                              the placenta protected the baby but now we  be addressed and detoxification is an important
                              know better. For example, we know that mercury  part of the treatment.
                              actually targets the fetus and the gut lining. In     Fermented foods are an excellent source of
                              one interesting study, researchers gave mercury  probiotic bacteria. We used to consume trillions
                              to pregnant ewes. They found that the largest  of good bacteria on a daily basis when we fer-
                              accumulation of mercury was in their gut lining  mented our foods and these beneficial organisms
                              and in their fetuses.                      got built into our physiology. We need them, we
                                  And mercury is just one of the toxins preg-  cannot live without them. Since we invented re-
                              nant women are exposed to. Every personal care  frigeration we stopped eating fermented foods so
                              product the mother exposes herself to, makeup,  we stopped providing our bodies with something

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