These three related postings affect our survival on this planet. They were all written during the election period:
- 2011-04-23 ONE disease, different manifestations. Proposal: “Disease” organizations form a coalition against poisons.
- 2011-04-23 Science and logic. Depression is DETERMINANT of heart disease?… Depression and heart disease are both SYMPTOMS of poisoning. You have one, you may have the other.
- 2011-04-20 MS, Parkinson’s, Autism, Fibromyalgia, Cancers, Mental unhealth = one disease?
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Hello Dawn,
You raise an issue that is near and dear to my heart. The question of mind-body-spirit health is a complex issue that is intertwined with our understanding of human behavior, our economic models, values, educational systems, etc.
I have had the luxery of being able to run an activist email network, full-time, on a volunteer basis for 11 years now. We learn more when we share information, more than we could ever learn on our own.
Recent work is about the degree to which many of our ailments are really ONE disease, manifested in different ways.
Some people are uncomfortable with jumping around in a discussion about Multiple sclerosis that also addresses depression, alzheimers, and dementia. And mercury poisoning at the same time as poisoning from chemicals. But neuro toxins produce different outcomes in different people. Poisons do not poison one select part of your body. They disperse and deposit in different places. The symptoms of the poisons manifest in different ways, in one body, at different times over the life-cycle. And they manifest differently in different people, of course. There is a common cause of MANY diseases, even psychological ones: poisons.
Excerpts from:
“We have come to a better understanding of how our immune systems work. Is there a direct causal relationship between a poison and developmental problems or a particular disease? … No, the same poisons in various combinations with other poisons (stresses on the immune system) will have different health outcomes for different people.
Immune systems
- have different strengths and weaknesses
- in different people,
- affected by their life experience and
- affected by the DNA that gets passed down from generation-to-generation. At least some of the time, DNA that has been damaged by poisons is passed down, in its damaged form.
Scientists most often research DIRECT causal relationships between poisons and a particular disease. They draw the wrong conclusions because they do not take into account the nature of our immune systems.
Here’s the problem if we accept the usual cause-and-effect direct relationship worldview:
- I say: poison X contributed to my likely symptoms of MS
- Someone else (Peggy) says: the likely cause of my MS was poison Y that was sprayed on corn which we frolicking young people snitched out of a market garden at midnight for a corn roast.
- The scientist says: there is no causal relationship between X and MS. Nor is there a causal relationship between Y and MS.
- Someone else says: the same poison X is the likely cause of my fibromyalgia
- And someone else says: it was poison Y that caused my cancer.
- The scientists says: there is no causal relationship between X and fibromyalgia; nor between Y and cancer.
The statements regarding poisons X, Y and Z and a causal relationship with diseases A, B and C are not contradictory, but science treats them as though they ARE contradictory. In their mind the hypothesis about cause-and-effect fails.
The chemical Y freshly-sprayed on the cornfield probably played a causal role in Peggy’s MS. AND the very slow, almost continuous, release of small amounts of mercury (X) that I kept swallowing because it was in my saliva from my dental amalgams probably played a causal role in the onset of MS symptoms for me. I had a series of health problems, the mercury poisoning caused different symptoms at different times. I battled to address a symptom, in time a different symptom would present itself. It is not an easy, single expression of the poisoning. And in many cases the immune system can keep the poisonous effects under control for a long time. It can take 10 to 15 years before some cancers reach a stage where they are identified. They are slow-acting, but nonetheless lethal. Dementia and alzheimers do not develop over-night.
Let me relate some of the information on my blog, www.sandrafinley.ca to your comments.
(1) Psychological factors are determinants of disease (e.g. recent links between depression and heart disease)
Yes, there is a link between depression and heart disease. It is not necessarily a causal one. Both are symptoms of poisoning by heavy metals and/or chemicals. You have one, you may well have the other. I refer you to the information at Heavy metals in vaccinations, Mercury in dental amalgams.
(2) Influence the course and management of illness once it exists (e.g. the role of depression and lifestyle in coping with conditions like obesity and diabetes) and can become episodic or chronic conditions themselves (e.g. mood and anxiety disorders)
Heavy metals like mercury off-gased from dental amalgams are swallowed with saliva. They play havoc in the gastro-intestinal tract, interfering with the body’s ability to properly metabolize food. Diabetes is linked to poisons ingested. Conditions become episodic, yes. Get a shot that contains a heavy metal; a few days later you will have a disease “episode”. Condidtions become chronic. Yes, in the case of mercury from dental amalgams the off-gasing never stops. Mood and anxiety disorders – definitely. We are dealing with neuro toxins.
(3) Psychological factors and interventions are as critical to assessing the cognitive capacity of a senior ….
Alzheimers and dementia affect the cognitive capacity of seniors.
I include “mental unhealth” in “one disease”. The literature and the experience of people who suffer from mercury poisoning establishes a clear link with brain functioning, including states-of-mind. Refer to Heavy metals in vaccinations, Mercury in dental amalgams.
If you read through the science at the link, you will find a number of references: depression is also an effect of poisoning by heavy metals. Many seniors have had “silver” fillings (dental amalgams, 50% mercury) in their mouths for decades. The situation is exacerbated when they are given flu shots. The literature is again very clear: the pharmaceutical companies use heavy metals like mercury and aluminum as preservatives in vaccines. The research shows that seniors who have received flu shots for more than 10 years have an increased risk of alzheimers. What would one expect from direct injections of a poison as powerful as mercury?
(4) Research shows that 50% of adult mental health problems and disorders start in childhood and 70% before the age of 24.
I am not saying that ALL mental health problems are the result of poisoning. HOWEVER, I would agree entirely with your statement based just on what I know about poisoning by heavy metals and other ingredients through vaccinations and mercury in the Mother’s amalgams which crosses the placental barrier; that same mercury deposits in the fatty tissue, in particular (but in other places as well). The nursing infant receives another hit of mercury. Then start the vaccinations. Most no longer contain thimerasol. But they contain aluminum, another heavy metal. Yes, of course, mental health problems and disorders start in childhood. They are far worse today because infants and young adults receive far more vaccinations than ever before. The numbers are in the material at Heavy metals in vaccinations, Mercury in dental amalgams.
(5) the World Health Organization predicts that depression will be the second leading cause of disability adjusted life years for all ages and both sexes by 2020,
Yes: the poisons we have been putting into the environment and into our bodies began a dramatic rise after world war two with chemicals. The chemical companies have promoted and propagandized more and more uses and need for chemicals. Not only is there a “body burden” for individuals, there is a body burden for the Earth. We cannot escape from it. To the poisoning by chemicals, add the poisoning from heavy metals through vaccinations. Both the chemicals and the heavy metals are neuro toxins. Both cause depression, but not solely depression.
(6) YES: according to the Public Health Agency of Canada 1 in 5 Canadians will face a psychological disorder in a given year. There isn’t one sole explanation, but again, poisons make a substantial contribution.
(7) I can accept: the Mood Disorders Society of Canada reports that mental disorders account for more of the global burden of disease than all cancers combined. There isn’t one sole explanation, but again, poisons contribute.
(8) up to 40% of disability claims made to large employers are for mental conditions. Removing poisons would save a lot of money.
(9) according to the Centre of Addiction and Mental Health, mental disorders cost the Canadian economy tens of billions of dollars annually. Removing poisons would save a lot of money
(10) it is the minority of persons with mental disorders who will receive treatment.
I have received a slew of emails. Families and people who suffer from MS feel as you do. So do families and people who suffer from dementia. Families and people who suffer from various forms of disabilities (developmental problems) also cry for help. Disabilities are often the consequence of invisible, odourless poisons. It seems to me that the most effective strategy is for people from all these areas to get together and force an end to the poisons. No one should be injected with vaccines that carry heavy metals. It is insane to put mercury into our mouths; Canada has recently been working on a law to prohibit the importation of products that contain mercury – – except for dental amalgams. It’s not permissible anywhere, except in our mouth and if injected straight into our bodies. Some European countries have banned dental amalgams. We need to do the same. Right now.
People are needed to help people who suffer greatly from the poisons we are putting into the environment.
From my point-of-view, I do not support simply allowing the status quo to continue. It is not acceptable that we normalize disease and do nothing more than ensure a continuing supply of patients for the medi-care system. We will break the bank. We are poisoning every other form of life on the Planet, in addition to ourselves.
The good thing is that people are waking up.
I invite you to share this information with your colleagues. Thank-you for writing. It gives me the opportunity to put information into the right hands. (At various times in the past I have sent information such as Heavy metals in vaccinations, Mercury in dental amalgams. to William Albritton, Dean of Medicine and to Maura Davies, CEO of the Health District. Various other health people have also been in receipt.
Invest in prevention? You bet! And there is so much that can be done IMMEDIATELY! Different groups and many people are working on this.
Please call if you have questions or if I can be of further assistance.
Best wishes,
Sandra Finley
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Date: Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 2:10 PM
Subject: Health Services in Canada
Ms. Sandra Finley
Green Party
Saskatchewan
Canada’s success and effectiveness depends in no small measure on the health of its citizenry. An important, but all too often neglected, aspect of health is psychological health. Psychological factors are determinants of disease (e.g. recent links between depression and heart disease), influence the course and management of illness once it exists (e.g. the role of depression and lifestyle in coping with conditions like obesity and diabetes) and can become episodic or chronic conditions themselves (e.g. mood and anxiety disorders). Research shows that 50% of adult mental health problems and disorders start in childhood and 70% before the age of 24. Canada’s population is aging and facing a number of chronic lifestyle-related conditions. Psychological factors and interventions are as critical to assessing the cognitive capacity of a senior as they are to helping individuals make the behavioural changes necessary to successfully managing their health.
As concerns psychological disorders specifically, we know that
– the World Health Organization predicts that depression will be the second leading cause of disability adjusted life years for all ages and both sexes by 2020,
-according to the Public Health Agency of Canada 1 in 5 Canadians will face a psychological disorder in a given year,
– the Mood Disorders Society of Canada reports that mental disorders account for more of the global burden of disease than all cancers combined
– up to 40% of disability claims made to large employers are for mental conditions
– according to the Centre of Addiction and Mental Health, mental disorders cost the Canadian economy tens of billions of dollars annually and
-it is the minority of persons with mental disorders who will receive treatment
It is not a question of whether Canada has significant and unmet needs when it comes to its psychological health. Further, it is no longer a question of can we afford to better meet the mental health needs of Canadians but how can we afford not to do so.
As the country’s largest group of regulated and specialized mental health care providers, psychologists play an important role in Canada’s mental health. However, as publicly funded institutions such as hospitals, schools and correctional facilities face funding pressures that impact their salaried professional resource, psychologists increasingly work in private practice – where they often have long wait lists for service despite the fact that their services are not accessible to Canadians with low income or no extended health insurance through employment. The governments of Canada need to do a better job at providing access to needed psychological service for Canadians. Further, the significant and unmet service needs when it comes to mental health must be targeted when the 2004 Accord on health and social transfers is considered for renewal in 2014.
Access to mental health services and supports is related to need of Canadians but also to the supply of providers. Canada’s mental health human resources cannot meet the demand let alone the need. There are not enough providers and there are not enough supports for family and peer care givers. We must invest in graduate training of psychologists and other mental health workers. This will reduce the strain on primary care as well as give Canadians better access to the care they need. We need to invest in mental health human resources so that, as the 2004 Accord points out, the right person gets the right service, at the right time, in the right place and from the right providers.
Finally, we would like to underscore the importance of the Accord’s continued attention to investing in research when it comes to Canada’s mental health. Psychology is a science-based profession and its attention to evidence-base care is a hallmark of practice. It is critical that we support the full range of biopsychosocial inquiry into mental health issues and interventions upon which people’s health and wellness depends.
We urge you, a member or aspiring member of our national leadership to affirm your commitment to Canada’s health and specifically to fund the research, health human resource and services upon which Canada’s health depends. We further ask that you address the very significant and short shrifted needs when it comes to Canada’s psychological health and wellbeing. Invest in the psychological prevention, promotion and treatments critical to Canada’s health.
Sincerely,
Dr Dawn Phillips