Use whatever medication your doctor prescribes to keep asthma and infections at bay and your nasal passages clear. Obstructed airways interfere with oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide removal.

As you progress with the breathing exercises the increased oxygenation of the body will, along with the diets, raise your resistance to the point where the airways will clear naturally and the drugs can be discontinued. However, you have to get the oxygen in there first. Make sure you are on the Metabolism-Balancing Program and Formula Six supplements and if you have mucus in the nose, throat or chest, take two garlic and horseradish capsules (or tablets) with breakfast, lunch and the evening meal. These herbs are effective mucus clearers.

The best time is first thing on rising after you’ve had your three, four or five 230 mL glasses of fresh water (warm or at room temperature). Make sure you are in a well-ventilated room. If it’s not too cold open the window but close the door, this will prevent draughts.

If it’s warm, you may do the exercises outside under a tree, or by a fountain, or on the beach. If you’ve slept in, do them before lunch in the park. Don’t do them for at least three or four hours before bed. They give you energy which makes falling asleep difficult. Try and do the exercises every day but don’t get upset if you can’t. Even three or four times per week will do you good.

Poor posture will undo some of the good from your doing deep breathing exercises and will make it difficult to break the habit of shallow breathing. Slumping forward over desk and computer rounds the shoulders, which constricts the expansion of the rib cage. It also forces the lower ribs down into the abdomen cramping the action of the diaphragm. This gives rise to shallow breathing which predisposes to anxiety and panic (oxygen deficiency and carbon dioxide imbalance). Anxiety and panic gives rise to shallow, upper chest breathing.

Think back to the last time you were startled by someone or were frightened by something you saw on TV or at the movies. How did you breathe? Chances are high that you drew a sudden, upward breath in the top of the chest. I doubt very much that you drew a slow, relaxing, belly breath. It pays to keep away from anxiety-producing TV programs and life situations as much as possible while learning to breathe with the diaphragm.

Sit back after the evening meal in a relaxed posture and allow your belly to breathe unencumbered. Make use of your work chair’s backrest as much as possible.

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The facts are that stress is both good and bad for us. Many of life’s enjoyable pleasures mobilise the stress hormones and it is the adrenalin in our blood that gives us the buzz we feel while experiencing these pleasures. A passionate kiss, orgasm, the thrill of a roller coaster ride, our team winning, a promotion, the achievement of a goal or the thrill of working towards a goal are all adrenal reactions that give us that familiar lift that makes life worth living. Such short-term bursts of stress are good for us, they create energy and enthusiasm and raise our resistance to disease.

It is the prolonged stress of over-work, bad life situations, bad diet, dehydration, shallow breathing, negative attitudes and even too much of doing what we enjoy that does the damage. When going too hard at what we enjoy causes our body to become racked with pain and the symptoms of disease, we have stress with distress. At this point it’s time to back off and accept that what once may have made us feel good is now making us feel bad. The stress hormones that in the short term gave us a buzz are now breaking down too much tissue and causing metabolic imbalances. It’s now time for their levels to begin to drop. Rest and a change of attitude is now indicated.

Stress is a bit like drinking champagne. A little bit at a party makes you feel merry and light headed, too much makes you feel ill, depressed and heavy headed the next day. In this way the enjoyable things in life can distress us in the same way as the more easily recognised distresses previously mentioned.

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Many argue that alcohol is a major cause of marital breakdown. I agree with that. Alcohol is the most abused drug of all by adults and is rapidly heading towards number one status with young people as well. Just as the diet of refined, processed, convenience foods created a biological thirst for alcohol in Dr William’s rats the same diet promotes the same biological thirst in humans. Alcohol is a brain and nerve depressant. It greatly aggravates CFS and lowers our ability to cope by using up B vitamin reserves and damaging cells.

One of the great joys of my job is to watch the thirst for alcohol and the appetite for synthetic drugs reduce on the Metabolism-Balancing Program and Formula Six and to witness its complete disappearance after ninety days on the Anti-Candida/Anti-Allergy Program. I’ve witnessed the remarriage of divorced couples, the coming together of broken families and the launching of new careers when significant changes to diet were made and allergies were cured. Reformed alcoholics lose their cravings for sweets on the programs.

The whole issue of allergies and their effect on society and productivity must be brought out into the open and given serious consideration for it is a serious problem. It is hoped that you will use the information in this book to inform others who you recognise as being allergic and in need of help.

I remember one very intelligent and imaginative young woman who was the whiz kid of the company think tanks. She enjoyed a drink and by all accounts could put it away. Being young her brain cells were still vital and there were no obvious signs of insidious alcohol damage. However on a trip through Asia she caught hepatitis B from which developed eczema (not a bad case) and a tendency to catch colds easily. What really worried her was that now, although she could still come up with brilliant ideas and hold them in her head while developing them, at the meetings, when under pressure to deliver, they would simply disappear and she couldn’t recall them.

At the time of seeing me she was depressed. She was losing her pre-eminence as ‘the brains in the place’ and her self-confidence and self-esteem were suffering as well. She proved to be (among other things) allergy addicted to yeast and wheat and avoidance of all fermented foods, wheat products and alcohol and the taking of Formula Six saw her capacity to think under pressure return. Realising she was lucky to be young enough to get a second chance she resolved never to touch alcohol again for fear that she’d lose the razor edge of her thinking faculties again.

And there’s every chance she would have, for alcohol, over the longer haul, will permanently damage the brain cells in a way that only marijuana can match. Although she liked the effect alcohol had on her and the fun and camaraderie associated with it she decided she wanted the mental stimulation of being good at her job and the rewards of her achievements more. Realising she couldn’t have them both she chose what, for her, was the more desirable of the two.

Many people in her situation choose to return to alcohol when they’re well and over time regain their allergy addiction to it. Some enter the allergy addictive state without experiencing a serious illness but rather through the regular practice of a few drinks after work to relax which eventually leads to the imperative drink at the business lunch and in time to that nip of whisky in their morning coffee that no one knows about. All the time there is an inexorable decline in their productivity which they, for a while, manage to disguise by a series of easily recognised ploys—buck passing being the major one. The problem with alcohol is that in time it damages the brain cells permanently so that the good results from anti-allergy programs are harder to achieve and the incentive to stay on them is reduced.

Remember that you kill 10 000 brain cells every time you get drunk.

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Comments from the parents, educational psychologists and teachers of other children on the program are as follows:

AARON (12)

Minimal brain dysfunction—on vitamins (Formula Six) and anti-allergy treatment.

Mother’s report: ‘Gets As and Bs for effort more instead of Cs and Ds. Can feel the difference when he misses taking the vitamins (Formula Six). Grownup and out—more mature, confident, happy, relaxed and settled. Can concentrate better and keep up with dictation.’

Teacher’s report: ‘Improved approach and application to school-work. Healthier; better appetite, colour, skin, hair and energy; more relaxed before exams and better marks than when on antihistamines (prescribed by doctor).’

BEN (12)

On vitamins (Formula Six) only—no anti-allergy treatment. Comments on final Educational Report from consultant psychologist who assessed Ben via the Woodcock Johnson Mathematics Test and the Basic Number Screening Test (Form B): ‘The standardised tests indicate that Ben has made significant improvement over the past nine months. He is now functioning above his age level.’

Mother’s report: ‘Coping better all round, more enthusiastic, doesn’t have to be pushed to do homework. Doesn’t get upset at the prospect of having to do it. Doesn’t get as upset if he can’t do it. Can sit for an hour or so without whingeing. Is more motivated and wants to try learning to spell more words at a time. Absorbing his work. Remembering his times tables for longer. He’s trimmed down, lost puffiness and improved muscle tone. Maths test marks are up in sixties as opposed to forties previously. He’s keen to attempt problem solving and is getting the problems right where as before he’d be too frustrated to attempt them.’

Ben was able to overcome his allergy by raising his resistance with the vitamins.

SOPHIE (12)

On vitamins (Formula Six) only—no anti-allergy treatment yet. Mother’s report: ‘After four weeks appetite has improved and cravings for sweets has gone. Moods seem to have been improved.’

After twelve weeks: Has improved dramatically, has gone from being unconfident to someone who is really excelling. Test marks have improved significantly. Gone from middle of the pack to close to top of the class. Tried out for swimming team which is something she would never have tried before. Gone from being negative, niggly, irritable, unco-operative to a positive person.’

Sophie is still on the program and will be sent for allergy tests soon as she still has the allergic shiners around her eyes and a few symptoms of upper respiratory tract allergies. Sophie presented with a long history of ear, nose and throat infections which affected her hearing. She had her first antibiotic at age six weeks and had been off and on them ever since.

Sophie is a good example of how supplementing the program with vitamins and minerals can so raise the body’s resistance to allergies and yeast infections that they can be significantly contained. As a result Sophie will test allergic to significantly less factors than she would had she gone for the tests at the onset. This means her Anti-Allergy Program will be far less restrictive. This is good because it’ll be easier to stick to and it’ll be more nutritious, which is what she needs given that she’s entering the growth spurt.

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Where there is a definite link between glue ear, slow learning and bad behaviour (especially in kids) it’s usually not a clear cut one. Not all those who have glue ear are badly behaved or slow in learning and not all slow learners have glue ear—some are just bored witless with their studies and don’t absorb them for that reason. Bad behaviour is, of course, a grey area. What is considered bad behaviour by one person is not necessarily considered bad by another. And what is considered bad behaviour one clay is not necessarily considered bad the next, such are the vicissitudes of human perception. However there arc certain parameters by which most people would measure bad behaviour and it is in this context that bad behaviour will be described in this text. It must be remembered that tiredness due to overdoing it, dehydration, insufficient, rest and sleep can make kids so tired as to be very antisocial. Before looking for any other reasons for bad behaviour consider the possibility your child may simply be over-tired. A good way to determine this is to compare behaviour after a day at school to a day on the weekend when a drink and a rest were taken in the middle of the day.

Glue ear is becoming increasingly more common. So common that it has given rise to a slang name for novice surfers on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They are known as ‘grommets’, after the little plastic tubes so often inserted through the eardrums of sufferers to restore hearing. Dr George Shambough, Professor Emeritus of Otolaryngology at North Western University in the USA, claims the insertion of plastic ventilation tubes is the most frequent surgical procedure undertaken with anaesthesia today.

Glue ear results from a build-up of mucus and other fluid behind the eardrum. This warm, stagnant pool is a breeding ground for bugs and the ear infection otitis media often results. The effect of antibiotics on such infection is limited, with recurring infection being the big problem. As any parent knows the pain and tinnitus (constant ringing) of ear infections can contribute to irritability, headaches and fatigue from sleepless nights in both children and parents.

Whereas there’s no denying that plastic tubes ease the discomfort by balancing the air pressure on either side of the eardrum there is a better way: a change of diet. My treatment of glue ear has been overwhelmingly successful—dietary treatment addresses the cause of the problem rather than the effect.

Glue ear results from a build-up of mucus in the nose and throat clue to colds, ‘flu, allergies and Candida infections. Slowly the mucus drains from these areas clown the eustacian tube to the inside of the ear where it dams up against the eardrum, reducing the ability to hear. Most of this draining takes place during sleep where the combined effects of prolonged mouth breathing (which tends to dilate the oral opening of the eustacian tube) and the side lying position favour the drainage of mucus to the eardrum.

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Arthritis means inflammation of the joints. It can be caused by physical and/or metabolic factors. The cumulative effects of wear and tear due to over-work, over-exercise and over-weight can inflame the joints in those who are over forty. Nature does her best to protect and strengthen over-worked joints by laying down extra fibrous tissue over and around them. Unfortunately, fibrous tissue has a tendency to contract over time leaving the joints concerned stiff and sore. Even an excess of immobility can cause this fibrosis of the joints. The best treatment for this type of arthritis is light exercise, such as yoga, Tai Chi, walking or swimming, and regular visits to the osteopath or chiropractor to have the joints gently mobilised and manipulated. This treatment stretches and breaks the fibrous tissue giving relief of pain and greater mobility to the joint. Because fibrous tissue joins up again at the point of severance, regular light exercise and periodic manipulations for the rest of your life are necessary to keep the condition at bay.

Painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs are not very effective at reducing the pain and stiffness of this type of arthritis, which frequently affects housewives in the fingers, athletes in the knees and ankles, bricklayers in the lower back and sedentary people who carry a bit of weight.

Metabolic arthritis results from imbalances in the body’s metabolism caused by poor nutrition, an under-active thyroid gland, allergies, Candida albicans infections, auto-immune aberrations, serious bacterial or viral infections or a combination of two or more of the above. Most metabolic arthritis has allergy or Candida yeast infection as its principal cause.

I have found that 70 per cent of the people I treat for joint pain and stiffness and/or muscle pain have a sensitivity to the nightshade group of plants. This sensitivity can exist despite the fact that no definitive allergy to any of the nightshades shows up on the cytotoxic food test.

The only feasible explanation I can come up with is that the chemical solanine that occurs naturally in the nightshade plants irritates the tissues of the joints and muscles.

Solanine is a potent poison preservative which accounts for the long shelf life of the nightshade foods. Fungi and bacteria don’t readily decompose them. They tend to stay away as too much contact with them causes their own poisoning.

Those who have a sluggish liver find that the chemical-neutralising effect of such a liver is somewhat limited and those chemicals that should normally be broken clown by the liver have the opportunity to spill out into the general circulation and cause toxic inflammation. Solanine is one chemical that is often not neutralised when the liver is under-functioning.

The chemical-neutralising capacity of the liver is significantly reduced when there is an excess of fat and alcohol in the diet and a deficiency of vitamins, minerals and oxygen. I have found time and again that the chemical-neutralising capacity of the liver is significantly increased when the Metabolism-Balancing Program and regular exercise in the fresh air are taken up and the deep breathing exercises are practised daily.

The nightshades include: potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco (smoking must be given up), paprika, cayenne, chili, red and green peppers, eggplants and belladonna. An important part of the treatment of arthritis is the removal of this food group from the diet.

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Anne is a typical example of how the combined effect of histamine and neurokinin can cause inflammation of the skin.

Anne came to see me about an itchy eczema and red bumps that had the appearance of small pimples. She had the puffy dark rings (fluid retention) under her eyes that so many allergy sufferers have and suffered from periodic itching and stuffy nose.

Anne had a serious, somewhat intense personality. She was a worrier and tended to exaggerate and ‘awfulise’ life situations. Her skin condition was an emotional trauma and she was desperate to get rid of it. She was depressed by the fact that so far nothing had worked—she felt let down by medical science.

I gleaned all this at the first consultation and as the school formal and end of year exams were close decided to hold off starting the combined Anti-Candida/Anti-Allergy Program until the stress of these events had abated. The end of the year formal was causing significant excitement and concern which would cause Anne’s skin to flare up and down in accordance with her moods.

Within three weeks on the combined Anti-Candida/Anti-Allergy Program (she was allergic to malt, oafs, peanuts, capsicum, tomato, rye and all fermented foods) her eczema was completely gone. Only the little nerve bumps remained, giving her skin a mildly clogged appearance.

As her attitude was contributing to her problem Anne began reading the necessary books to help change her attitude and lower her stress levels. Along with the mental relaxation exercises the changes in altitude began to reduce the level of neurokinin in her skin and the acne type bumps began to reduce in size and number. So effective was this regimen that her skin remained 80 per cent clear even when she broke her program a couple of times while on school camp. Tiffs with her parents were the only thing that would now cause the skin to flare up. Anne was at that difficult stage in a young person’s life where the need for closeness and support of parents conflicts with the growing need for some independence, space and distance from them. She would complain to me about parental restrictions and it was obvious they frustrated and angered her.

At this stage breaks away from her parents would see the skin clear up 100 per cent, only to return slightly when she made contact with them again.

By working on her attitude, tiffs with her mother have become less numerous and communication with her father has improved.

Although Anne periodically experiences outbreaks of the pimply bumps she has technically overcome her allergy. The rash has cleared up. Because neurokinin is a substance that is generated by intense emotions and not by allergenic substances floating in (he blood the inflammatory reaction it produces is technically not an allergic one.

On last contact Anne was doing really well. The rash was no longer bothering her and the pimply bumps only appear when she is upset or sleeping on a mattress and pillow that does not have a dust mite cover (she’s allergic to dust mites as well).

Anne is a good example of the power of the mind over the body and how thoughts and feelings can change the chemistry and metabolism of it.

Some allergic people find that eating the things they are allergic lo while tired or under stress can cause them to react to their former allergenic foods and bring back the histamine rash. This has happened to Anne a number of times yet when having a fun lime in restaurants relaxing with her friends she can eat what she likes and not experience a break-out other skin.

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Muscle cell metabolism is fairly complex and delicate. If it is properly balanced the muscles expand and contract rhythmically and effortlessly. A deficiency in vitamin B complex, C and E, and the minerals calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium, cause metabolic imbalances that predispose us to muscle spasms, especially when demands are put on muscles. Cramping of muscles in athletes, tennis players and footballers are examples of this. Asthma sufferers have a predisposition to muscle cramping that is greatly aggravated by deficiencies in the above nutrients. I have found time and again that intractable asthma cases that are not responding fully to the combined Anti-Candida/Anti-Allergy Program, rest, warmth and protection from winds and chills, respond when sufficient of the above nutrients are taken. However, it does require patience as the minerals calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium are not easily absorbed. At best we can only absorb 10 per cent of what we eat of them and, if significantly stressed, only about 1-2 per cent.

Stress reduces the amount of hydrochloric acid secreted by the stomach and calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium can’t be absorbed unless they are mixed with hydrochloric acid. The caffeine from coffee, tea, chocolate and cola drinks prevents the coming together of these minerals and hydrochloric acid and for that reason should be consumed no earlier than three hours after a meal or one hour before. The oxalic acid from rhubarb, spinach and cocoa (chocolate and chocolate drinks) combines with these minerals to form insoluble salt that can’t be absorbed. They should never be consumed. The common practice of giving chocolate-flavoured milk to children to ensure their daily calcium and magnesium intake is an exercise in futility. Even if not allergic to milk (and many are) an asthma sufferer will be so starved of calcium and magnesium by this habit as to prevent a cure of their condition.

Raw nuts (with the exception of peanuts), sunflower and sesame seeds and fish are far better sources of calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium. Deep and cold water fish contain vitamins A and D in their oils which help normalise the metabolism of the mucous membranes, reducing the amount of mucus produced in the windpipe. Asthma sufferers should eat these foods regularly and have three fish meals per week. Make sure you don’t have a chocolate-containing dessert or coffee after the meal though.

High fat meals should be avoided as excess fat combines with these minerals in the intestine to form a rancid soap that can’t be absorbed. Moderate fat intake is fine.

I have found that asthma sufferers need to take a complete multi-vitamin formula with the six essential minerals twice per day for the first six months to build up their calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium reserves. This requires patience and acceptance as there is no other way. Dropping back to once a day after that usually holds the mineral reserves at desirable levels. Salting of one’s food with sea salt in crystal form rather than the commercial free flow packs is also important. Sea salt is the best form of natural sodium and many asthma sufferers have aggravated their condition by cutting out salt completely. Too little salt does more damage than too much. Have 25-50% teaspoon per day. Check to make sure there are no chemicals in the salt.

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Most people who are allergic to house dust are allergic to the dust mite as well. This little animal lives in the kapok or sponge rubber of the pillow and mattress and comes out at night to feed on the odd bits of skin that are flaking off the body. If you’re allergic to its bile or the mucous coating around its faeces, it can greatly aggravate any other allergy you may have and undermine the effects of any program you may be on.

If your skin itches, you produce more mucus or your asthma gets worse when in bed, you are almost certainly allergic to the dust mite (given that the bedroom window is closed and you’re not being chilled). I have found the dust mite cover to be more effective than the dust mite sprays (sealants) at preventing allergic reactions to this microscopic creature. I recommend you get the dust mite cover (from your chemist) for the mattress, pillow and doona.

Change the sheets twice per week. Spray the blankets, curtains, carpets, books, stuffed toys, teddy bears and favourite arm chair. It’s preferable that kids’ don’t sleep with stuffed toys. Spray all pets, but don’t let them into the bedroom and if possible keep them out of the house for ninety days.

It’s a waste of time having dust mile covers if eats and dogs are going to be sit ling on the bed and scratching themselves. Pets carry dust mites and the dust mile covers and sprays will obviously give no protection if the dust mites and their faeces are being dropped on top of them. Don’t lie on the carpel to read or watch TV. If doing yoga on the carpel, spread out a towel or sheet, sprayed with dust mile spray, to lie on.

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It is essential to exercise regularly to contain allergies. A strong blood flow moves the allergens through the body to the kidneys and the skin, where they are eliminated in both the urine and the sweat. A sluggish blood flow tends to hold the allergens in a fixed position so they become sedentary and begin to destroy the tissues around them. By continually moving the allergens through the blood they have far less time to inflame the tissues. Regular exercise expels allergens from the body.

Regular exercise does not mean you stress yourself by running marathons or play competition tennis or squash four to five times a week or do five aerobics classes per week. The best form of exercise to help you overcome allergies and Candida yeast infections is walking. A forty to sixty minute walk four to five times a week is excellent. Walk at a steady pace. Don’t try to up the pace too much. This will stress you.

Doing deep breathing exercises while walking (yogic walking) is an excellent way to speed the overcoming of your allergies. Make sure you’re consuming adequate fluids. Fluid is needed to dilute the allergens so that their elimination from the body doesn’t damage the liver and kidneys. Exercise causes extra fluid loss by evaporation, so make sure you up your intake before and after each walk and you should check closely the fluid intake table to make sure you’re getting enough.

Walking up stairs is the best exercise of all for toning the leg, bottom and back muscles. It improves posture and carriage. So, as a good form of regular exercise, avoid the lift—use the stairs wherever possible.

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