By Dr. Ross Anderson N.D.
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I believe, the single most undiagnosed health challenge in the history of the human
race is parasites. I realize that is a pretty brave statement, but it is based on my 20
years of experience with more than 20,000 patients.
In order to substantiate my belief, I'd like to present you with some facts. I'm sure,
that by the time you're finished reading this document, you'll be convinced of the
parasite challenge and of the need for a fail-safe natural parasitic cleansing method.
The signs of parasites in the human body
In North America today, almost everybody is ill. If you look at your family, friends,
and co-workers, and question them very carefully (because so many people deny there is
anything wrong with them), you will find that virtually everybody has a health challenge,
many of which are significant. How many of the people you know over the age 45 are on
blood pressure medication or medication of some sort, to balance their blood sugar perhaps
even on insulin? How many people do you know in their 20's and 30's who are suffering from
chronic fatigue, and many of them may not even know it because they think they are normal?
They think it's normal to have to go to bed at 8:30 p.m. every night, and it's normal to
sleep until l:00 p.m. in the afternoon on Saturday, jut to get through the weekend. How
many people do you know in their 40's and 50's that have recently died of cancer?
It's hard to imagine a situation that has reached this kind of a degraded health potential
in what we call the age of technology, a time when we are supposed to have all the tools
necessary to stay healthy. In reality, the health of the North American population is
deteriorating. We may be living longer, but we are not living healthier, and the quality
of life for the average North American over the age of 45 has decreased significantly in
the last l0 years.
So how has the situation gotten to this point? Well, there are many factors involved, but
one of the most significant is the existence of parasites in the human body. Parasites do
not only occur in Third World countries. They are in every country of the world.
The Parasite Menace
What exactly is a parasite? A parasite is an organism that lives off the host, the
host being you or me. The parasite lives a parallel life inside our bodies, feeding off
either our own energy , our own cells or the food we eat, or even feeding off the health
supplements we use.
In recent medical studies, it has been estimated that 85% of the North American adult
population has at least one form of parasite living in their bodies. Some authorities feel
this figure may be as high as 95%.
The immediate question that comes to mind when people are informed of this situation is:
How can a parasite possibly live in my body and I don't even know it is there? The answer
to this is simple. The purpose of a parasite is to not make itself known. A smart parasite
lives without being detected because if it is detected, of course, something is going to
be done to eradicate it. If you think parasites are stupid, think again. They are highly
intelligent organisms, not intelligent in the same way humans are, but they are
intelligent in their ability to survive and reproduce, which is of course, the purpose of
any organism on this planet. It sounds pretty simple, doesn't it? And in some ways it is,
but it can make life for humans very complicated.
So how can a parasite exist in the body without making its presence know? If you know how
to read the body and how to interpret its signals, then the presence of a parasite can be
determined quite easily. However, if you accept that it is normal to have low energy
levels, health challenges, skin rashes, pains, frequent colds, flu and constipation (the
list is endless for the things parasites will cause) then you may never question whether
you have parasites.
In the book, "Animals Parasitic in Man" by Geoffrey Lapage, he states:
"There is no part of the human body, nor indeed, any part of the bodies of the hosts
of parasitic animals in general, which is not visited by some kind of parasitic animal at
some time or another, during their life histories" This means parasites can occur
anywhere in your body. No organ is immune from their infestation.
Parasites Hard To Detect And Hard To Get Rid Of!
If you were tested by a doctor for parasites, chances are the results would come
back negative. Does this mean you do not have parasites? Unfortunately medical testing
procedures only catch about 20% of the actual cases of parasites. Over a l,000 species of
parasites that can live in your body, tests are available for approximately 40 to 50
types. This means doctors are only testing for about 5% of the parasites and missing 80%
of those. This brings the ability to clinically find parasites down to l %. Now, if I had
a l% chance of winning in the stock market, I don't think I would invest!
Once you've established that you do have parasites, taking drugs to get rid of them may
not always work. This is because a drug will often drive a parasite from one organ of the
body to another. It's like people moving to better climates to make their living
conditions more pleasant, or birds flying south for the winter.
The Book, "Medical Parasitology" by Markell and Voge, points out that therapy to
remove entire tapeworms from the small intestine is only successful if the whole worm is
expelled. If the head remains, the entire worm will grow back.
Parasites Eat Human Bodies!
How, then, do you determine if you have parasites? In order to understand how this is
determined, you have to understand what a parasite does. A parasite eats, lays eggs and
secretes. Sounds pretty simple, doesn't it? First let's look at the "eats" part.
Depending on the kind, parasites will eat different things. Some parasites love sugar, for
instance. If you are a person who craves sugar, you may have a sugar loving parasite. In
fact, parasites are known to be one of the causes of diabetic tendencies and blood sugar
discrepancies. These parasites live off the food that goes into your body. They exist
mainly in the digestive tract, but can be found in the liver, as well as throughout the
body.
Other parasites actually get their nutrition directly from the cells of the body. They can
literally attach themselves anywhere and suck nutrition out of the cells. These parasites
are significantly more dangerous because they can travel to places in the body where they
can do a lot more damage than a parasite living exclusively in the digestive tract.
As if it wasn't bad enough to have an uninvited guest living in your body, the parasites
eat your nutrients before you do! They get the best nutrients, we get the scraps and
leftovers. They grow healthy and fat, yet your organs and skin starve for nutrition.
What's more, parasites can remain in your body for l0, 20 or even 30 years.
To illustrate the longevity of parasites in the human body, consider this example. In
l979, a British study reported on 600 former prisoners from World War 2. These men had
been stationed in the Far East. Thirty years after the war, l5% were still infected with a
parasite called Stronglyloides that they had contracted during the war. This means you
could have eaten meat l0 years ago that was contaminated and still be hosting the
tapeworms or other types of parasites that were in that meat.
Parasites Reproduce Quickly!
Let's now look at the way parasites reproduce. First of all, we need to understand
that there are two major categories of parasites: Large parasites, which are primarily
worms and small parasites, which are mainly microscopic in size, including what are called
protozoa and amoebae. Despite their almost invisibility, small parasites can be dangerous.
Microscopic parasites can get into your joints and eat the calcium linings of your bones.
This can lead to arthritic tendencies. They can also eat the protein coating on your
nerves (the myelin sheath) and this can cause a disruption in the nerve signal from the
brain. One type of tiny parasite which infects the colon is called Entamoeba Histolytica.
This type of infection can also be found in the liver, the lungs, and the brain. The
disease is called amebiasis, and is often transmitted via contaminated food or water.
Large parasites, which are the worm type, are usually large enough to be seen by the naked
eye. Some can be up to l0, l2 or even l5 inches long and in most cases cannot travel to
other parts of the body, other than the digestive tract. Although, in tropical countries
there are cases of worms actually burrowing out of the digestive tract into blood vessels
and muscles of the body, where they can do significantly more damage. This is incredibly
rare in North America. It never ceases to amaze me, when I hear an adult passing a worm in
total amazement, that they could have had such a creature living inside of their body for
possibly years.
The smaller organisms, the protozoas and amoebas, can function almost like a bacteria by
traveling through the bloodstream to virtually any part of the body. They reproduce
without laying eggs and behave more like an infection in the body than do the larger
parasites.
The larger parasites are worms which reproduce by laying eggs. Eggs are deposited in the
intestinal tract., where they stick to the walls of the intestines. When the eggs hatch,
the young feed on the food that we eat and eventually grow into adults. The adults then
repeat the process.
The smaller parasites reproduce without the process of laying eggs. They reproduce by
duplicating themselves in a manner similar to bacteria or viral reproduction.
Parasites Secrete Toxins
The third thing that parasites do is secrete. All organisms secrete something,
whether it be lubricants, waste materials, protective liquids for warding off viruses,
bacteria and other harmful organisms, or secretions to help attract food. No matter what
the secretion is-- the secretion can be a toxin to the host organism. Simply put, the
secretions from parasites in our bodies are poisons and toxins that our bodies are forced
to deal with by increasing the process of detoxification.
Anyone who has experienced food poisoning or dysentery will tell you how debilitating
these toxins can be. Once on vacation in Mexico, I lost l2 pounds in l2 hours. I could not
walk and was totally delirious. Within two days of the parasite leaving my body, I was
back To my regular weight and feeling perfectly normal. This of course, is an extreme case
of a very high level of toxins from an acute parasitic infection.
On the other end, a chronic parasitic infection secreting low levels of toxins can create
an extremely stressed immune system which may allow varied health challenges to develop.
When the immune system is stressed over a long period of time, it of course, becomes weak.
When the immune system becomes weakened, our bodies become susceptible to infections of
other kinds. This can be an extremely dangerous situation in this day and age because we
are exposed to more viruses than ever before. Also, they are changing and adapting at a
very fast rate as are the bacteria, many of which are now resistant to antibiotics and
other artificial measures that used to combat them.
A healthy immune system is one of the primary sources of energy in the human body. People
with a weakened immune system tend to feel tired all the time. Some people refer to this a
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. If this sounds like you or someone you know, you may want to
seriously consider the possibility of a depleted immune system caused by chronic parasitic
infection.
Parasites Create Toxic Overload
If parasites secrete toxins into our bodies that our bodies have to neutralize,
and we happen to be one of those people who drinks alcohol, smokes cigarette, eats junk
food and breathes polluted air, the extra stress and strain on the body's cleansing system
can be enough to push the body in to what we call toxic overload.
Toxic overload occurs when the four cleansing systems of the body have been pushed too far
by an overload of toxins in the body. Parasite toxins in the body are one more thing a
toxic body does not need.
There are four cleansing systems of the body: the lungs, kidneys, skin and bowel. With
toxic bowel syndrome, the excess of toxins absorbed from a clogged bowel goes to the
liver. The liver is then overburdened, eventually unable to cope with toxic load and the
toxins start to spill into the bloodstream.
Once this happens, the kidneys, lungs and skin have to take over the job of cleansing and
they too become challenged in their ability to remain healthy. So you see, parasites can
be one of the most damaging health factors threatening the world today.
Many Types Of Worms: Many Types Of Damage
The following are some descriptions of just a few worms that can get into your body
and cause disease and toxicity:
"The Essentials of Medical Parasitology" by Thomas J. Brooks, says, "The
tapeworms are among the oldest parasites of the human race. Indeed, some species have
become so well adapted to live in the human intestine that the host (man) may be entirely
asymptomatic". This means you may have a tapeworm and not appear to have any
symptoms.
The fish tapeworm is the largest of the human tapeworms, reaching the length of 33 feet or
more. There can be 3,000 to 4,000 segments in one worm. It can produce more than l,000,000
eggs a day. This type of infestation can cause anemia because of interference with vitamin
Bl2, says Dr. Brooks in his book. Also, the weight challenges of some people can be
directly attributed to tapeworms. This is especially true of weight loss programs that
don't work. The person may be hosting a tapeworm which is eating all the food and making
the person constantly hungry. Tapeworms can also cause water retention.
Besides tapeworms from beef, pork and fish, there is also a type of dog tapeworm you can
get when dogs lick your face or hands.
Pinworms are very infectious and can cause a lot of itchiness in the anal area. "The
worms deposit their eggs mostly at night, contaminating pajamas and bed linen,"
writes Dr. Brook. "The eggs are readily transported through the air, and it is not
uncommon to find them in every room of the house...complications are much more common in
women than in men". Pinworms can also be found in the vulva, uterus and fallopian
tubes because the female worm loses her way while trying to return to the anus after
depositing her eggs.
Another type of roundworm that can be present in humans is whipworms. These insidious
creatures actually inject a digestive fluid which converts the colon tissue into liquid
which the worms sucks up. Dr. Norman Stoll, a former worm expert at the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research, estimated that the roundworm infects about 644 million
people in the world. This was in the l940s and there are no doubt a lot more people
infected with roundworm now! Dr. Brooks believes nutritional deficiencies are seen in
heavy roundworm infections.
Hookworms bite and suck on the intestinal wall, which can cause bleeding and necrosis
(death of the tissue). In severe infections, iron deficiency becomes a therapeutic problem
because of all the iron that is lost to the hookworm. Dr. Brooks says that,
"hemoglobin levels as low as l5% of normal have been seen in patients with severe,
long-standing hookworm disease. One species of hookworm in America is called "Necator
Americanus," which means, "American Murderer."
How Do We Get Parasites?
So how do we get parasites? Well, let's have a careful look at this. If 85% to 90% of
the adult population have parasites, and the parasites' goal in life is to live and
reproduce, then the parasites need to find a new place to live when its host perhaps isn't
going to be around anymore. As I mentioned earlier, parasites are not stupid, and their
sole goal in life is to live and reproduce at our expense.
Here is a list of ways parasites can get into your body: shaking hands, sharing someone
else's soda can, kissing (even on the cheek), intimate sexual contact and believe it on
not, you can get parasites by inhaling dust which contains the dried form of these
organisms. You can get parasites from drinking the water of any of the thousands of lakes,
rivers, streams and creeks in North America. Giardia Lambia, which causes Giardia, is very
common for example. You can get parasites from eating meat. Do you really think government
inspectors are able to inspect every animal that goes to the slaughterhouse? Another
source of parasites is salads. Dr. Brooks estimates that the overall incidence of E.
Histolytica in the United States is between 3.9% and l0%.
The distressing thing about parasites is that if you get rid of them, you can easily be
reinfected. Married couples tend to have them together, and if one person is treated for
the parasitic infection, they are often reinfected by their spouse. It is extremely
important that both be treated at the same time, and in many cases, the children should be
treated along with their parents.
A patient once said to me, "If parasites are so easy to catch, then why doesn't
everyone have them?" The funny thing is almost everybody does.
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