Beat Fibromyalgia And Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Malignant Toxic Stress. Lymphatic and Mitochondrial Failure. Part 5

Metabolic Cardiology and Mitochondrial Recovery

How can diet and supplements help to reduce toxicity and complement the Beat Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue protocol?

I continue anlaysis of the full protocol and interventions in my second major release of Metabolic Cardiology, where I examine in greater detail the effect of diet and supplements that can be used to help the detox process and begin mitochondrial repair.

I am now of the firm belief that diet plays a hugely important role in the cycle and development of these conditions and I will outline what has lead me to this assertion.

Across the hundreds of patients that I have seen, a small proportion had similar pre illness situations that I could not explain. They did not fit into the models I was using.

While I was trying to get to the cause of their toxic stress as part of my initial investigations it would become apparent that they had no exposure to what I consider to be the normal toxins that I see on a daily basis that cause the majority of these morbid conditions.

They also reported that they could not detail a specific date or illness that they considered to be the “onset” or “trigger” infection as I like to call it.

Also and most disturbingly they did not respond beyond a certain degree to my protocol. They would reach a plateau at around 50% improvement and stay there.

However their symptoms as described by my other diagnostics were exactly those of Fibromyalgia/CFS.

I began to look deeper at all feasible etiology, and found that diet was the only common link, all these people were addicted to wheat based carbohydrates particularly gluten.

They also were extensive consumers of dairy products and/ or yeast based drinks and other products.

Looking through the literature I decided to press on and referred them for blood based intolerance tests.

The results were conclusive. All these patients had strong intolerance reactions to the products mentioned above and I decided to try them on what I describe as a “primal low glycaemic” diet.

Within 4 weeks all these patients began to show rapid improvements above the 50% marker in conjunction with the other elements of the Beat Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue protocol.

Further investigations revealed that the foods they were eating were in fact not digesting well, and were causing allergic reactions which would then producing antigenic molecules (toxic molecules) which created their own toxic stress condition.

So basically simply by eating what we consider in our basic Western diet to be healthy foods containing wheat and dairy these particular individuals were generating toxic molecules in their own blood.

I went back to the literature and it became clear that the evidence is stacking up strongly against these products which form the basis of our Western diets.

Looking around my local foodstore it became clear that almost every single product, in particular anything that cannot be described as a natural or organic food contained wheat, dairy, albumen (egg white) and yeast, the four products that generate the strongest immune reactions in human beings (as described by the largest food intolerance testing companies in the US and Europe)

This conundrum baffled me for several weeks and lead me further into the paperchase. Here are a couple of interesting examples.

• In Japan, Thailand and China 90% of the populations lack the enzyme necessary to digest dairy produce. It appears in the west we have evolved a specific enzyme in response to the amount of dairy produce we consume. Could it be that we are not meant to consume a product meant for young calves who need to grow at a colossal rate in order to avoid being eaten by prey?

• The Eskimos had absolute zero incidence of heart disease or cancer until the 1940’s they adopted western diets containing wheat and dairy.

• Almost 15% of the populations may be intolerant to a complex protein molecule which is very difficult to break down and is found in wheat and to a lesser extent in other grains.

Long term consumption of these foods appeared to be affecting the digestive system of these patients and was creating situations where there was increased permeability of the gut wall, thereby allowing partially digested food to enter the blood stream.

The dietary investigations lead me deep into the world of metabolic cardiology and the effects of mitochondrial failure.

My regime for the primal diet and mitochondrial supplements was developed alongside the lymphatic musculoskeletal work.

The benefits to the patient from combining the two protocols is that they work symbiotically to create an even deeper, more rapid healing effect with an even higher success rate.

So high that the flowchart was developed to give a diagnostic intervention-based model to the medical profession for the very first time.

The “stop smoking” manual was actually a sideline I was working on with a colleague who has a particular interest in Neuro Linguistic programming and hypnotic therapies.

Having to refuse to treat people who were clearly addicted to a social drug always left me feeling frustrated that there was nothing I can actually do if patients are unable to help themselves.

This gave me the inspiration for this particular book which comes as part of the package.

We were wondering partly if we could use these techniques simply in a readable format that was so powerful that simply by reading a book, could it possible to change the way you think about an activity as ingrained as smoking.

We were pleased with the results and I dedicate this book to my good friend and colleague Joseph Davies.

Mark J Shaw (B.A, M.Sc, PGD)

Mark is the author of a new digital book and training manual “Beat Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"

http://www.BeatFibroAndFatigue.com

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Beat Fibromyalgia And Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Malignant Toxic Stress.

Lymphatic and Mitochondrial Failure. Part 4.

Neurological Dysfunction and Intervention

So what is actually happening in the brain, in the lead up to the “trigger” infective illness.

As toxins enter or are created within the body they begin to build up in the brains blood supply system, which is extremely sensitive to toxic insult.

The first port of call is the hypothalamus. This is consistent because the hypothalamus is poorly protected by the blood brain barrier.

Why is the hypothalamus so important in Fibromyalgia/CFS?

Well the hypothalamus actually controls hormone production by continually checking blood levels of the various cocktail of hormones that are needed for different organ functions.

As it needs to monitor the blood so carefully it needs to be in very close proximity to it and this is the reason that “by design” it cannot be protected so well behind the blood brain barrier as other areas of the brain.

Once hormonal control is affected a whole range of things start to go wrong.

For example, the hypothalamus controls the pituitary gland, which in turn acts as the thermostat for the thyroid gland.

The thyroid gland basically runs the body’s metabolism.

If signals reaching the thyroid gland are incorrect then all the problems associated with incorrect thyroid function will begin to become apparent.

As the body’s metabolism fails its at this point that a Fibromyalgia/ CFS trigger infection will most likely attack. And its at this point that you identify yourself as becoming “ill”.

As stress levels increase rapidly during the initial infective illness, it can be seen that a negative feedback cycle is initiated.

This is where ideally the combined Beat Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue protocol would be initiated to break this downward cycle and limit the damage potential of your spiralling condition.

It is unfortunate that normally this does not happen.

As you will most likely already have discovered it may be several months before you have the faintest idea what has happened to you, you will have been through numerous diagnoses and doctors and will have decided that it is only by your own intervention and dedication that you can do this.

How does the Lymphatic exercise protocol help to reduce toxicity?

Manual stimulation of the Lymphatic system in the head, neck and chest cavity, specific to reducing neurotoxicity means that the first areas to benefit directly from the reduction in toxicity are the blood ventricle system around the brain.

This will seriously limit the damage potential to the brain and improve your overall long term prognosis.

Gentle mobilization and treatment of the thoracic chest cavity around T7 will create rapid detox. A period of serious adjustment will take place while this happens. The supplement and diet regimes I now use complement this process to aid the detox while it is actually happening.

A powerful cocktail of antioxidants, specific vitamins and minerals, essential enzymes, digestive support, fatty acids and other elements are used to mop up the released toxins, restore essential ingredients and reverse the downward spiral.

The full sequence of required activities, lymphatic exercises,the full supplement regime are all provided with deeper analysis, full programme pictures and diagrams in the core manual.

Mark J Shaw (B.A, M.Sc, PGD)

Mark is the author of a new digital book and training manual “Beat Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"

http://www.BeatFibroAndFatigue.com

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Beat Fibromyalgia And Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Malignant Toxic Stress. Lymphatic and Mitochondrial Failure. Part 3

Extreme Case Study: Gulf War Syndrome.

All Fibromyalgia/ CFS/ GWS patients do have one major factor in common; pre and post trigger infection they are/were also suffering from chronic toxic stress.

All humans have a different genetic make up.

Most will also have the musculoskeletal issues which prevents them from effective detox as I discuss in my book.

Basically every human being has a different level of stress/ toxic stress which they can cope with while remaining well. This is best illustrated using an extreme example.

Gulf War Syndrome (GWS)

In the first gulf war, thousands of highly trained soldiers, mostly fit young men, were all exposed to massive programmes of vaccination in advance of entering theatre.

Shortly afterwards while in the field, they were exposed to uranium tipped warheads, biological and chemical agents.

To finish them off, massive oil fields were set alight around them by the fleeing Iraqis.

It is a less documented fact that during tour of duty, soldiers ration packs contain insufficient nutrients to provide for many essential body function over an extended period. They concentrate mostly on refined simple carbohydrates with protein.

It is also the case that some of the food products delivered to the soldiers were in unsuitable packaging and stored in excessively hot conditions which may have released excessive quantities of heavy metals into their diet.

Naturally it is reasonable to assume the extraordinary levels of stress that are created in all individuals in difficult war scenarios.

A staggering 15% of these soldiers went onto develop Gulf War Syndrome which is basically a chronic version of fibromyalgia/ CFS, as measured by CDC requirements.

Most of these soldiers were fit and strong at the time, so we can see that simply their genetic ability to detoxify in one of the most severe toxic environments on earth, varies to such an extent that 1 in 8 were so susceptible that they developed these long term conditions.

This of course is an extreme example of toxic stress.

The first gulf war represented the most toxic war in history and lessons have been learned.

Factors that are particularly relevant to this example would include genetic make up, state of health and lifestyle prior to going to war, health of the immune system to withstand toxic insult.

Age is a factor, fitness and even fat content are all relevant factors, but the biggest determinant for the Gulf War victims appears to be simple genetic make up.

So what would we consider are the external lifestyle factors that could affect an individuals level of toxicity, and insult the blood brain barrier to such a degree that one could develop Fibromyalgia/CFS?

Here is my list of the main offenders that I have found over the last 5 years.

They are listed in no particular order.

1. Smoking cigarettes: 600 known toxins including Acetone, Ammonia, Arsenic, Benzene, Benzoapyrene, Butane, Cadmium, Formaldehyde, Lead, Propylene Glycol, Turpentine. Benzene is possibly the most linked toxin to cases of Fibromyalgia and CFS.
2. Excessive alcohol consumption: particularly yeast based drinks. Intolerance to the toxins produced by alcohol consumption is a recognised feature for these patients.
3. Volatile Organic Compounds: These include wood filler, car filler, but a lot of DIY products contain VOC’s. All products are required to advertise their VOC content.
4. Food additives: Cadmium. Allergies to wheat and dairy based products. Also aspartame, E951.
5. Environmental disasters: Burning of the Kuwait oil fields, uranium tipped warhead (anti tank missiles,) radiation leaks, chemical leaks from power stations etc.
6. Respiration: Glues, paints, white spirit, detergents, bleach. Anything containing benzene.
7. Heavy metal poisoning: These metals can accumulate in the blood and be stored in tissues. Worst offenders include aluminium, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, copper, copper, iron, lead, mercury , nickel. Mercury from amalgam fillings is the most cited example, but as I have discussed one should not have them removed unless a blood test shows leakage, and they should be removed very carefully under strict medical conditions. Aluminium from old pots and pans can also be a serious problem.
8. Pesticides and organophosphates: Implicated in Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and CFS / Fibromyalgia.
9. Solvents: Implicated again in MCS and CFS, and FMS.
10. Hair sprays, deodorants, spray paints: All contain chemicals whose long term inhalation has never been tested by humans and are linked to CFS/ FMS.
11. Anti baldness/ alopecia products: There has been a rise in the number of men who use products such as minoxidil/ spironalactone and the oral based finasteride a DHT inhibitor. Ketaconazole based dandruff shampoos. The long term effects of applying chemicals to the scalp has never been tested. Due to their proximity to the blood/ brain barrier, use of these products should be stopped immediately
12. By products of exhaust fumes: Particularly diesel. Just as the toxins created by burning crude oil in the gulf affected hundreds of young American soldiers, atmospheric toxins are created every morning that 190 million Americans start their cars ignition.
13. Vaccinations: Gulf war veterans having two or more vaccinations at the same time, particularly the anthrax vaccine, appear to be the ones most susceptible to go on to develop gulf war syndrome. Some vaccinations were produced with a mercury based agent included to improve delivery. This indicates that there is a connection between the level of toxic insult at a given time and the subsequent immune system dysfunction.

A feature of all the 13 toxic sources listed, is that they can cause a range of illnesses associated with various organ systems of the body, affecting and simultaneously damaging the kidneys, liver, lungs, heart, spleen etc.

Fibromyalgia/CFS Is indeed only one of the illnesses most associated with toxic exposure.

The most common effect of these toxic insults is basically subtle brain damage which leads to the fatigue spectrum illnesses and associated symptoms of cognitive impairment, autonomic nervous dysfunction, headache, exhaustion, memory loss, insomnia, and the later effects on other organ systems including muscles and eventually the deepening and damaging long term impact of total mitochondrial failure.

In the next section I examine the neurological impact of malignant toxic stress.

Mark J Shaw (B.A, M.Sc, PGD)

Mark is the author of a new digital book and training manual “Beat Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"

http://www.BeatFibroAndFatigue.com

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Beat Fibromyalgia And Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Malignant Toxic Stress. Lymphatic and Mitochondrial Failure. Part 2

A Model For Manual Intervention

What is required for recovery from Fibromyalgia/ CFS, is to elevate the body, long term, to a level that it can resume normal function. To settle the body into a state that is above the threshold that allowed the sufferer to sink into illness.

This requires a massive improvement in mitochondrial functionality whose failure is responsible for the core features of the condition. To start this process manual interventions are required to reduce toxicity and associated stress.

After 5 years of research I have found all the factors necessary to achieve this, and have achieved a best fit protocol that is achieving results across the board for genuine cases of Fibromyalgia/ CFS.

I have created a flowchart of interventions that will address all possible causes of your condition.

One of the main problems of course is patient “buy in”. How can I convince you that this is genuine and that you should commit to the protocol?

Well basically I can’t and I don’t need to!!

If you feel inspired, then you simply purchase the package online, download it, and read it.

	So what is this flowchart?
	How do we start the protocol?
	What are the interventions?

When I talk about interventions, in many respects I mean “changes”.

	Changes to your lifestyle,
	Changing the way you do,
	Changing the way you move,
	Changing what you eat.
	Changing the products that you use and consume.

In many ways these activities define us and “letting go” can even feel like changing who we are. But it is all achievable.

Answer the following three basic questions?

1. Are you willing to commit?
2. Are you able to commit?
3. Are you prepared to make these changes and sacrifices in order to start the journey back to health?

If you have genuine fibromyalgia and CFS then you will be screaming “yes, I want this” and you will commit whole heartedly to this process.

Case Study: Patient Y, 39 Year old female office worker.

I was having a conversation with a patient who claimed that she had stopped improving after 3 months of continual gains.

I asked fervently whether something had changed in her lifestyle, was she eating or drinking differently, or doing something that she didn’t do before.

She denied that anything had changed and that the protocol had simply stalled.

After treatment, I happened to glance outside the office window only to see her lighting up a cigarette on her way to the car. On her following visit I mentioned this and It turns out she had started smoking again due to marital problems.

So obviously this poor woman was under massive marital stress and in response had returned to smoking, possibly the worst combination of events that could happen in terms of allowing the protocol to function, yet she was unable to associate these external activities with the increased toxicity that had lead the protocol gains to stall and she had failed to reveal to me in my assessment.

Its interesting to note that even under these appalling circumstances the patient did not suffer full relapse to her pre protocol state.

This is the reason as I stated earlier that I will never claim 100% success. What a patient does in my absence is out of my control, as it will and always should be.

What I have been doing lately is combining all the “Beat Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” protocols together to provide rapid detoxification at the beginning of treatment.

Mark J Shaw (B.A, M.Sc, PGD)

Mark is the author of a new digital book and training manual “Beat Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"

http://www.BeatFibroAndFatigue.com

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Beat Fibromyalgia And Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Malignant Toxic Stress. Lymphatic and Mitochondrial Failure. Part 1

New Beginnings

Dear Fibro/ CFS sufferers

Science is progressing at an ever increasing pace.

Within the medical profession our understanding of, and treatment interventions for the fatigue spectrum conditions are improving on what is now, literally, a weekly basis.

In this respect, I feel it is important to update my work alongside these developments such that all my customers and readers benefit from any updates and articles and further releases of the self help eBook. “Beat Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”.

As a specialist in the field it is hugely important for me to try and remain objective and build a weight of evidence before lurching in one direction or the other and this has been my approach throughout the journey.

In order to achieve best results I have to adhere strictly to my principles that every person is an individual and every single case presents with a multitude of differing factors for consideration.

I have discussed at great length in my book that we now consider Fibromyalgia/ CFS to be so much more than simply a disease, a virus, a bacteria as such.

What it is, is a “condition” with a range of underlying causes all of which have combined to leave your body in a state of serious organic malaise.

The reason that traditional medical practices consistently fail when treating this condition is because traditional health providers are trained to look for a single cause, a single factor, a single disease process that they can diagnose, pigeon hole and treat accordingly.

Unfortunately for the tradionalists what is absolutely required in the Fibromyalgia/ CFS arena is a whole body holistic approach with all the body’s systems being tuned back to a state of health.

Everything must be addressed in a logical and orderly pattern to regain wellbeing.

Imagine the state of your car having been written off in an auto wreck. To get the car back on the road:-

• Would it be sufficient to repair and reinflate the tyres if the brakes were damaged?

• Would it be enough to reset the brakes, and repair the bodywork if the engine will not start?

The answer is obviously…of course not!!

The analogy may seem simplistic but it is in fact extremely relevant to your current situation.

Recovery from fatigue spectrum syndromes requires total “buy in” and acceptance from the sufferer at the outset of treatment.

I am going to make a statement which some may consider somewhat counterproductive.

“In my work I have never claimed 100% recovery success for all patients, and I never will.”

Anyone who makes such claims is guilty of peddling untruths and should be discarded as such.

What I do claim is that for customers who “buy in” wholeheartedly to my treatment and commit themselves to the procedures i detail, they will get between 75% and 100% success.

Those whose treatment protocol fails are those who are sceptical, are not committed to the process and do not adhere to the protocol.

If this is you, then I must advise, please do not buy into my work, stay with your current protocol and your current provider, but bear one thing in mind when making this decision.

“If you do the same things you cannot expect different results”

If you are not committed to getting better then it is likely that you are not feeling ill enough to want this enough, and you are more likely to be suffering from a depressive condition brought on by lifestyle or genetic factors, or what I would describe as natural “lifecycle” events.

Usually Fibromyalgia and CFS patients are people who previously were extremely active people who have fallen below a threshold that then becomes self perpetuating, and has lead them into their fatigue syndrome.

They are usually people who will grasp an opportunity such as I am offering with both hands.

Mark J Shaw (B.A, M.Sc, PGD)

Mark is the author of a new digital book and training manual “Beat Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"

http://www.BeatFibroAndFatigue.com

Copyright of Mark J. Shaw and Associates: 2009. This material can be copied or reproduced provided the authors profile and website link information are displayed.