> Despite the best efforts of the fledgling > pharmaceuticals and medical 'science' in general to > belittle the problems, by the nineteen thirties it had > become obvious to most Americans that something was > seriously amiss with their soils, with their crops, > and with their rapidly deteriorating personal health. > During the 2nd Session of the 74th Congress in 1936, > the United States Senate published Document #264, > which really laid the problems facing American > nutrition on the line. Verbatim extracts from Document > 264 are provided at the bottom of this page, but for > the specific purposes of this report, here are the > three most important paragraphs. > "The alarming fact is that foods [fruits, > vegetables and grains] now being raised on millions of > acres of land that no longer contain enough of certain > minerals are starving us - no matter how much of them > we eat. No man of today can eat enough fruits and > vegetables to supply his system with the minerals he > requires for perfect health because his stomach isn't > big enough to hold them." > "The truth is that our foods vary > enormously in value, and some of them aren't worth > eating as food...Our physical well-being is more > directly dependent upon the minerals we take into our > systems than upon calories or vitamins or upon the > precise proportions of starch, protein or > carbohydrates we consume." > "It is bad news to learn from our leading > authorities that 99% of the American people are > deficient in these minerals, and that a marked > deficiency in any one of the more important minerals > actually results in disease. Any upset of the balance, > any considerable lack or one or another element, > however microscopic the body requirement may be, and > we sicken, suffer, shorten our lives." > So sixty-eight years ago, the American > Government knew full well the problems facing the > people, but the stuffed-shirt medical fraternity did > absolutely nothing to help. In fact, driven ever > onwards by the extravagant fiscal needs of > pharmaceutical shareholders, medical 'science' and its > subordinate doctors stood reality on its ear, and > proceeded to steadily undermine what little good > health the general community had left. > Learned doctors published papers on the > 'potassium-sodium balance needed by all humans', when > a quick field trip to almost any Indian Reservation > would have reversed their absurd findings in seconds. > More and more sodium found its way into every kind of > food imaginable, and blood pressures started to rise > sharply. By the nineteen-forties, relatively new > diseases such as arthritis, hypertension and angina > started to climb through the roof, to be met with a > veritable shock wave of expensive 'patent medicines' > to help with the new 'disease' problems. > A handful of alert doctors recognized the > problem for what it really was, and started giving > their patients massive doses of potassium [between > 5,000 and 20,000 milligrams per day] in order to bring > their blood pressures back down to normal, and to > relieve problems with angina and other heart > complaints. In fact these treatments were entirely > successful, but the use of a basic mineral that could > not be patented by the pharmaceutical companies was > frowned on, and medical research grants in this field > mysteriously started to dry up. By the late sixties > such research has been suppressed, as you can see from > the [limited] general references provided at the > bottom of this page. > The pharmaceutical multinationals were by > now exerting increasing pressure on the medical > fraternity, providing all kinds of 'assistance' during > their university training, with copious quantities of > fancy-sounding scholarships and research grants. Both > were vital in helping to get medical doctors to "see > things the right way", meaning of course that > profitable drugs were the answer to all ills. As more > doctors peddled more drugs to their patients, > pharmaceutical corporate profits rose sharply, > allowing perks for the doctors to be extended to > include 'training seminars' at luxury hotels and golf > complexes, along with other varied forms of discreet > bribery. > By the seventies, all meaningful > references to serious mineral deficiencies had been > removed from the curriculum, with medical students > taught that patients could obtain all the minerals > they needed from a diet rich in fruit and vegetables, > although their university tutors knew this was a > complete lie. Deficiencies manifesting as cramps, > arthritis, osteoporosis, hypertension, angina and > strokes etc, became 'diseases' that could be treated > by a truly dazzling array of brightly colored and > highly profitable pharmaceutical drugs. > It was all a terrible illusion of course, > but the show had to go on. As toxic sodium > increasingly overwhelmed healthy potassium, the > resulting potassium deficiency caused hardening of the > cardio vascular system, and 'essential hypertension' > [high blood pressure of 'unknown' origin] became the > order of the day. Incidences of angina, stroke and > heart attack increased dramatically, as did stress, > with the latter feeding on the former. Because of a > lack of space, this report will only cover the effects > of potassium deficiency on the cardio-vascular system. > Other directly related horrors such as arthritis, > osteoporosis, diabetes etc. will have to wait for > another day. > Modern medical 'science' has tried to > explain away the critical and frequently lethal human > sodium-potassium imbalance with an artfully designed > theoretical model generally referred to as the > 'Potassium Pump', in which the medical buzzword is > 'balance'. To quote one medical article, "Potassium is > pumped into the cell by active transport systems, > which concomitantly pump sodium out of the cell. The > preferential segregation of sodium and potassium > across the cell's biological membrane is important in > maintaining osmotic balance". What osmotic balance? > The Yanomami and other tribes prove that ancient man > had no need for toxic sodium, proving to all but a > certifiable cretin that the potassium pump is an > emergency one-way biochemical protective mechanism, > designed to drive toxic sodium out of the cells before > it can cause mayhem and premature death > Despite the Yanomami's overall levels of > sodium being incredibly low, researchers who examined > more than 10,000 of these cheerful people found that > there was a direct correlation between marginally > increased sodium intake and increased blood pressure. > "... a highly significant statistical relationship was > observed between sodium excretion and systolic blood > pressure for the 10,079 participants. The higher the > urinary sodium excretion [and, therefore, the sodium > intake], the higher the blood pressure." > The reader should remember that for the > Yanomami Indians, normal blood pressure averages out > at 95/60 and does not increase with age. Try comparing > this with the AMA western 'normal' blood pressure of > 120/80, which then goes up in incremental steps as you > ingest more sodium and lose more potassium while > getting older. Of course, the medical apologists will > claim this is because we are more civilized, have > evolved, and are thus 'different', but rest assured > this is pathetic rubbish. > The only significant difference between > the Yanomami and Americans or Australians, is that the > Yanomami are stuffed full of healthy potassium, while > we are stuffed full of toxic sodium. The researchers > also noted that another benefit for the Yanomami > related to their lack of obesity. "Adults of > industrialized populations have an increase in weight > with age. The Yanomami Indians did not increase their > weight with age." Short, but to the point. Somebody > remind me to add "obesity" to my shopping list of > potassium deficiency-related ailments. > Those western ladies with a slight weight > problem, should resist the temptation to pack their > bags and rush off to the headwaters of the Orinoco > River. Yanomami husbands are hot on protocol, and do > not take kindly to the lady of the house sneaking off > into the bushes for a quickie with one of the young > bucks. If caught in such a situation, the wife can > expect her husband to fire a sharp hunting arrow into > the fleshy part of her buttocks. Not enough to kill, > but certainly enough to stop her lying on her back for > several weeks thereafter. Some choose to call this > behavior "barbaric", while others suggest that it > merely reinforces strong family values. And oh, yes, > before I forget, the favorite supper dish is barbecued > frog.
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