The Childhood Epidemics Continued...

I want to post another excerpt from the book I have been writing about in my last two posts. Just in the last week, I had a close teacher friend of mine email me asking me for help/advice for a mother of one of her kindergarten students who is autistic and has gotten worse. This mother is desperate for answers and for help. This is a growing problem, yet not one without hope. Dr. Bock's book is very encouraging and provides hope for all those who are struggling with these very real issues. He writes:

These four disorders-the 4-A disorders-are the new childhood epidemics. All four can destroy children's lives. Just when modern medicine had almost eradicated the traditional childhood epidemics of measles, mumps, rubella, diptheria, polio, and tetanus, these even more insidious new disorders began to haunt our children with unprecedented occurence.

The end of one set of epidemics and the beginning of the other was not a coincidence. The medical technology that defeated the old epidemics was created by America's burgeoning industrialism, and this industrialism also created the ubiquitously toxic environment that has indirectly triggered new epidemics.

Furthermore, the immunizations that were directly responsible for ending the old epidemics were also directly responsible for helping to create the new ones. The newspaper reports and parent's accusations that you may have heard are true: Vaccinations, administered with toxic levels of mercury in them, helped cause an epidemic of autism. They also contributed to the new epidemics of ADHD, asthma, and allergies.

The tragic irony of this would be overwhelming, except for a single, salient fact: The new epidemics can be defeated. They are epidemics of metabolic dysfunction and toxicity, and they can be overcome by rebalancing the metabolism, and reversing that toxicity.

Although Dr. Bock believes vaccinations have contributed to this epidemic, he is not against all immunizations. He advocates following safety guidelines when choosing to vaccinate your children. For example, he says to administer vaccinations only to abundantly healthy children. "Postpone the vaccinations if your child is ill, has a fever, was ill within the past week or two, or appears to possibly be coming down with an illness. Any condition the compromises immunity can lead to adverse reactions."

I will post other safety guidelines later...