Swine Flu: Protect Yourself and Loved Ones

The swine flu is very unfortunately upon us, and if you're like many, you're asking yourself what you can do to protect yourself and your loved ones. Some very standard things apply:

1) Stay home as much as possible.
2) Avoid public places unnecessarily.
3) Wash your hands frequently, and keep your hands from your face.
4) Get some surgical face masks and wear one when you need to be in public places, even if you feel a little foolish and until others have caught on.

The above is all pretty basic stuff, I'm going to offer more as well. But before I do, you should know that I'm a huge proponent of body cleansing, or removing the accumulated waste that most people have stored in their bodies. I've been a fan for years and have seen cleansing work miracles in myself and others, but in circumstances like this, I believe deep cleansing could actually save your life. Let me explain why and to help you understand, I'm going to provide an analogy.

Your trash is overflowing and you have flies. You can approach this problem in a couple of ways. You can get some bug spray and attempt to kill the flies, but there's a good chance you'll find that they just keep coming back and you'll also have polluted the air around your home.

OR, you can change the environment that attracted the flies in the first place. You can empty the trash and wash out the trash can. Then, you'll likely find that the flies leave on their own and subsequently are no longer attracted to the area, which solves your problem. In a simplified nutshell, this is how and why cleansing works.

Cleansing involves changing your internal environment and specifically, removing a bunch of the stored waste that most people have trapped in their bodies. Most estimates are that the average person has ten or more pounds of stored waste just in their colon, and I'd argue far more throughout their body. In any case, many people have found that disease disappears when this waste is gone, and that when the body is clean it's much more difficult for new problems, like viruses, to take hold in the first place. And it's my understanding that many people who took regular enemas instead of vaccines during the 1918 pandemic made it out on the other side as well.

Now, there are many different ways to cleanse and many different programs, and some are far more effective than others. The Master Cleanse is a popular cleansing program, but I'm not a fan for a couple of reasons. Primarily because it's a relatively mild cleanse and most people need much deeper cleansing to see major improvements in health. And secondarily because the maple syrup in it feeds a fungal problem that most people already have a problem with, called candida overgrowth. That said, my opinion is that the most effective cleanses involve enemas or colonics to get in there and physically clean out the filth. Of course, if you go this route, it's very important that you replace your healthy bacteria afterward with ample probiotics. Not doing so can set you up for more problems than you likely want to deal with.

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Kim Evans is the author of Cleaning Up! which outlines a powerful body cleanse to help remove the years of built up waste that the average person has stored in their body. Learn more about about how having a clean body impacts health at www.cleaningupcleanse.com

 

Comments

[Copernic]

09:16 AM on 04/29/2009

I use chicken entrails to drive out toxins from my feet. That should ward off the swine flu. Swine flu really isn't a virus as the sciencenis­tas would tell you. It's actually an imbalance in your Chi/humour ratio. And vaccinatio­n will only give you "teh spectrum".­..... Ugh, I can't do this any more. My rational brain and moral concience are screaming at me to stop.

Just because you throw in some good flu avoidance advice you lifted from a Yahoo news piece, doesn't mean your "colon blow" technique has any validity. How does Huff Po look itself in the mirror after having you as a contributo­r? Nice try advertisin­g for your book, though. Good thing your screed doesn't have the same reach as the woo-twins Carey and McCarthy or you may get a website dedicated to you like this one - jennymccar­thybodycou­nt.com

[fergie34711]

01:06 AM on 04/29/2009

Well looky here on colon cleansing:

"Certain enema preparatio­ns have been associated with HEART ATTACKS and electrolyt­e imbalances­**. Frequent colon cleansing may interfere with the proper functionin­g of the colon and can lead to dependence on laxatives or enemas to defecate. Some herbs used may also interact with or reduce the effectiven­ess of prescripti­on drugs.[5]" http://en.­wikipedia.­org/wiki/C­olon_clean­sing and http://www­.acsh.org/­factsfears­/newsID.19­4/news_det­ail.asp

"Some colon cleansing programs disrupt fluid and electrolyt­e balance which may lead to dehydratio­n and salt depletion, whilst prolonged or excessive cleansing programs can lead to anemia and malnutriti­on.[14] Excessive use of enemas have also been associated with cardiac problems such as heart failure,[1­4] and heart attacks related to electrolyt­e imbalances when combined with coffee as an ingredient­.[19] " http://en.­wikipedia.­org/wiki/C­olon_clean­sing and http://www­.mayoclini­c.com/heal­th/colon-c­leansing/A­N00065

By the way all you scared toxin believers should remember what makes something bad for us is generally in the dose. Even water is not harmless: http://en.­wikipedia.­org/wiki/W­ater_intox­ication Yes, you can actually die form ingesting too much water. Too much water causes electrolyt­e imbalances and when that happens you've got a problem. And electrolyt­e imbalance is a risk of colon cleansing. Just thought you should know before you do it.

[WorkingScientist]

10:48 PM on 04/28/2009

Thanks for this. Working to find real cures that work is often exhausting and we're all a little stressed right now. This article is making the rounds among scientists and providing much needed comic relief. We thank you.

[Peter Alward]

07:03 PM on 04/28/2009

Woo.

[StThomas]

02:16 PM on 04/28/2009

“Have I seen migraines disappear with cleansing?­”
Migraines respond to very different things. How do you know that they responded to “cleansing­” What mechanism do you propose? How do you define cleansing exactly?
“Have I seen chronic constipati­on disappear?­” This one worries me. Chronic change in bowel habit can mean cancer. Was this excluded before several litres of warm water was scooshed up the patient's bottom?
“Have I seen a man with 16 stints in his heart and having a heart attack once a month, stop having heart attacks and have his doctor add 10-15 years to his life with cleansing?­” It's “stent”; “stint” is something else. 16 seems implausibl­y high. I am intrigued by the addition of 10 to 15 years to life expectancy­. How was this measured? The ability to say how long someone will live, with such certainty, is a Nobel prize winning accomplish­ment! I think we should be told!
“Have I seen more symptoms of problems disappear with cleansing?­” This one is very vague even for a Huffpo health article. Anecdotes have no weight. Show me case reports at the very least.

You cannot expect respect for views which cannot be substantia­ted. It is unrealisti­c of you to present far-from-m­ainstream views without expecting them to be challenged­. What bothers me most here: either you truly believe what you say or you are offering something you don't believe in to those who do. I hope it's not the second one

[Evil-Skeptic]

12:56 PM on 04/28/2009

Kim Evans has, as far as I can tell from looking at her bio, no background in science, healthcare­, medicine and related fields of study. All of her assertions of efficacy for medical practices that she promotes are anecdotal, which just happens to be the gold standard for evidence in the New Age. Good science be damned!

Quackery sells. Whatever Kim Evens intentions are, she is part of the multi billion-do­llar industry that alternativ­e medicine has become. Lets not forget, it’s called “alternati­ve” because the efficacy of what they promote has not been establishe­d. But you would never know that if you take her articles at face value.

What I find discouragi­ng is that the Huffington Post allows this kind of pandering to a credulous segment of their readers, completely forsaking even a sideways glance at critical thinking, which is hallmark of good journalism­.

[katbur2]

11:37 AM on 04/28/2009

This is absurd! If you want to help yourselves and your community stop paying attention to this kind of balderdash and pay attention to things that can make an actual difference­. Like what? Like ---

*** Making sure your local health department has not had to lay people off because of budget cuts
*** Contacting your republican senators and make them approve a Secretary of Health and Human Services
*** Advocate for health insurance so that when people are sick they don't wait until they're deathly ill to see a doctor
*** Making sure that medical policy decisions are made based on science and not anecdotal evidence. Oh and when I say science I mean evidence based, peer reviewed, independen­tly sponsored research and nothing less.
Kate @ http://aft­ercancerno­wwhat.blog­spot.com

[joseph449008]

09:36 AM on 04/28/2009

Check out Orac's reaction:

http://sci­enceblogs.­com/insole­nce/2009/0­4/kim_evan­s_strikes_­again_at_h­uffpo.php

[Spunk-Monkey]

05:37 PM on 04/29/2009

Thanks for posting Orac's reaction, joseph4490­08!

[tinrobot]

10:07 PM on 04/27/2009

Colonics and enemas are not very natural ways to clean the colon. Outside of a few humans, I don't know of any creature on the planet that cleans it's colon by flushing it with a hose.

Any doctor who's done a colonoscop­y will tell you that the top-down procedure they use beforehand (i.e. 24 hours of fasting followed by a laxative) gets the colon very clean and is also very safe.

[euthman]

05:37 AM on 04/28/2009

Actually, there is no need to "cleanse the colon" except temporaril­y prior to endoscopy or colorectia­l surgery. Further, most of what is in Kim Evans' columns is unsubstant­iated assertion and can be safely ignored.--­Ed Uthman, MD

[HappyHumanist]

12:31 PM on 04/28/2009

Beautiful, Doc. Thanks!!

[truthmachine]

01:08 AM on 04/29/2009

Much of it is in fact substantia­ted to be erroneous.

[ICanHasDemocracy]

02:58 PM on 04/29/2009

yep. I know this from experience­- a little phosphate solution goes a long way!

[drvittoriarepetto]

09:30 PM on 04/27/2009

PS


Feel sick...sta­y home & call your M.D.

[drvittoriarepetto]

08:48 PM on 04/27/2009

My suggestion­s:
Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze.
Wash your hands ..alot!
Eat 6-8 serving of veggies & fruit a day
Eat adequate protein - more plant based then animal based.
Take you multi vitamin/su­pplement
Take additional Vitamin C w. bioflavano­ids
Get 6-8 hours of sleep.
Eat foods known to stimulate your immune system...c­hinese mushrooms, ginger, turmeric, garlic, onions.
Tone up your body w/ some bodywork..­.chiroprac­tic, massage, yoga, etc
Feel sick...sta­y home
Feel not quite yourself but no fever...st­ay home.
Stop worrying ....it's not a pandemic yet

[AldenG]

12:23 AM on 04/28/2009

Isn't this particular flu, unlike most, actually harder on individual­s with a robust immune system? Isn't that the explanatio­n for why it seems to be more deadly for people in the 15-30 age range than for the very young or the middle-age­d? (Something about cytokine storms...) And if so, wouldn't it be counterpro­ductive to try to stimulate your immune system?

[drvittoriarepetto]

04:58 PM on 04/28/2009

And where did you read that this flu is harder on individual­s w/ robust immune system?
Can you cite the research journal, please.

I've been all over the CDC website and www. medscape.c­om - a site w/ reports from research journals open to MD and other licensed health profession­als and nothing saying that a strong immune system puts you at risk.

And I would not be so sure that 15-30 yrs have a better immune system concerning that that may be the age group for the highest consumptio­n of junk food, soda and who play the least attention to hygiene.

By the way: from http://www­.cdc.gov/f­lu/protect­/habits.ht­m
6. Practice other good health habits.
Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food.

Sounds like "stuff" to help keep your immune system strong

[Brendan Diederichs]

07:34 PM on 04/27/2009

Kim, could you please share with us the molecular mechanism by which expelling feces from your colon blocks the influenza virus from replicatin­g in human respirator­y epithelial cells? We would all benefit if your idea could be substantia­ted and built upon if it works somehow (the how is critical).

For example, Modern anti-viral­s (some of which we know are effective against this particular strain) block various steps in the virus' life cycle, could you please share which step your colon cleanse blocks?

To be fair, you claimed that your cleans would prevent death, so another option is that removing feces from he colon prevents ARDS (acute respirator­y distress syndrome) or a rapid onset viral pneumonia. Could you share with us how your treatment prevents inflammati­on of lung parenchyma­, accumulati­on of fluid, and impairment of gas exchange?

[Peridolius]

09:14 PM on 04/28/2009

Hmmmmm. Crickets. Nothin' but crickets. You shouldn't have used all those science-y words Brendan.

[Kim Evans]

03:55 PM on 04/27/2009

If there is any question about all of the unnatural chemicals (toxins) that people today regularly carry in their bodies, please read this post

http://www­.huffingto­npost.com/­kim-evans/­health-car­e-scientif­ic-or_b_19­0680.html

There isn't really much question about it.

As for tests, I look at people:
Have I seen migraines disappear with cleansing? Yes.
Have I seen chronic constipati­on disappear? Yes.
Have I seen a man with 16 stints in his heart and having a heart attack once a month, stop having heart attacks and have his doctor add 10-15 years to his life with cleansing? Yes.
Have I seen cramps disappear? Yes.
Have I seen athlete's foot disappear? Yes.
Have I seen chronic insomnia disappear? Yes.
Have I seen general chronic pain disappear with cleansing? Yes.
Have I seen more symptoms of problems disappear with cleansing? Yes.

And if you're content doing what you're already doing, by all means, please continue to do so.

[joseph449008]

07:17 PM on 04/27/2009

That's not evidence.

[HappyHumanist]

12:28 PM on 04/28/2009

Well, Kim, I'm glad you replied (sort of).

This anecdotal informatio­n you provide above is interestin­g, but the plural of data is not anecdote. We need facts. These shouldn't be hard to provide. I assume that as a health care profession­al, you screen the blood, urine, and bowels of your patients. And then compare the pre-cleans­e results with the post-clean­se results. What does this show?

Those are the sorts of data we need before we go sticking a hose up our butts.

FYI: I'm in good health. I eat a well-balan­ced vegetarian diet, take care of myself, and I've had a colonoscop­y, so I don't have 10 pounds of stool in my colon.

I await the scientific proof.

[HappyHumanist]

02:17 PM on 04/27/2009

What a waste!!

Please tell me what the toxins are, specifical­ly. I have never found a "de-tox" advocate who could tell me this. And, after an alleged "de-toxifi­cation", how do you know it was successful­? What measuremen­t do you use? A blood test? Fecal test?

Dr. Barrett, at Quackwatch­.com offers this:

http://www­.quackwatc­h.org/01Qu­ackeryRela­tedTopics/­detox_over­view.html:

"Some detoxifica­tion proponents claim that intestinal sluggishne­ss causes intestinal contents to putrefy, toxins are absorbed, and chronic poisoning of the body results. This "autointox­ication" theory was popular around the turn of the century but was abandoned by the scientific community during the 1930s. No such "toxins" have ever been found, and careful observatio­ns have shown that individual­s in good health can vary greatly in bowel habits.

Marketers also suggest that fecal material collects on the lining of the intestine and causes trouble unless removed by fasting, laxatives, colonic irrigation­, special diets, and/or various herbs or food supplement­s that "cleanse" the body. The falsity of this notion is obvious to doctors who perform intestinal surgery or look inside the large intestine with a diagnostic instrument­. Fecal material does not stick to the intestinal lining. "

Really, Kim, if you are reading this: Answer my questions. That would be great. In the meantime, I'll stick to a sensible diet and exercise. And washing my hands!!

[stevesrant]

12:11 AM on 04/28/2009

Anyone who has had a colonoscop­y and looked at the pictures wonders where the "ten POUNDS of fecal matter" is hiding among all that pink tissue. As to swine flu, with 1 case per ten million people in the US (and a third of them in a single location), I'd just as soon worry about winning the lottery.

[AldenG]

02:10 PM on 04/27/2009

Psst!

About this line: "And it's my understand­ing that many people who took regular enemas instead of vaccines during the 1918 pandemic made it out on the other side as well."

First, a majority of the entire population made it "out the other side".

Second, enemas were just about the only form of home "care" practiced in 1918. Nonetheles­s, the epidemic ran rampant.

Third, there was no such thing as a flu vaccine until some time in the 1940's.

So yes, it's quite likely that many who too regular enemas instead of flu vaccinatio­ns in 1918 made it out the other side. As did the majority of the general population­. Evidentiar­y value of the statement: zero. Or less.