~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Is Breathing Making You Sick? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Administrivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You're receiving this email because you've joined the Radical Health News Service or someone else has joined for you, like a well meaning friend or relative. You may have also been subscribed by a virus who has hijacked your email address and is now spamming the Internet with messages forged from you. You may leave Radical Health News Service by emailing: leave@radicalhealth.com If you're reading a forwarded copy you can join the Radical Health News Service by emailing: join@radicalhealth.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ General Site News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to the several hundred new members, since my last message. Time is past when I can send out and individual welcome message. If you require direct assistance, email is best: david@davidfavor.com or by phone: 512-280-5802 I'm backlogged six weeks on returning phone calls, so if you call know I'll eventually get back with you. Transition of domains is still in the works. This involves splitting all product sales and articles. Also, re-indexing pages with search engines. Look for completion of this project in the next few weeks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Is Breathing Making You Sick? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some of you know I've been underground for the past six weeks healing my lungs, which were seared by inhaling a combination of airborne chemicals which violently interacted with each other. I'll give you the details of this experience for two reasons. First, so you can be aware and avoid potentially similar situations. Secondly, so you'll have some clues about what to do if you inhale any strange chemical combinations. There's a third reason also. In considering some of the chronic clients I work with, it's occurred to me they may be suffering from the interaction of airborne chemicals. More about this shortly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How This All Got Started ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On May 22nd I was leaving a software client site (IBM). They'd been painting bathrooms for several days and I had succeeded in avoiding all the fumes. This day I was in a hurry and headed out quickly. I ducked into the bathroom, in case I got stuck in traffic. The fumes were awful. Last time I'll ever take this type of short cut. Upon returning home, I inspected some work a contractor was doing. This included rebuilding the cabinet floor under our kitchen sink and sealing it with epoxy. The chemicals from the paint and epoxy resins evidently began a slow burn interaction. On May 27th this interaction reached its peak. This felt like acid pouring through my lungs and throat with every breath. After I backtracked and figured out what had happened I began using a Nebulizer (sonic atomizer) with Chinese Sea Salt, Angstrom Minerals and Essential Oils. Some minor effect. No major effect. Next I did a loading dose (2 each every few hours) of Vitalize, Chem-Free and Metal-Free (chemical/metal chelators). The acid like sensation stopped within 15-20 minutes of the first dose. I figured my guess was right about the chemical interaction. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Plot Thickens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the first I've considered the role of my immune system when dealing with chemicals. The primary immune system role is purging biological agents from the body. Pathogens like mode, yeast, Candida, viruses, bacteria and parasites. There's no real provision for dealing with synthetic chemicals which have no biological signature, for lack of a better way of saying this. So I'd stopped the chemical reaction and the damage was done. I coughed continuously for the next 3-4 weeks. Even in my sleep. Definitely a consciousness altering experience. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Finally - Relief Through Dry Fasting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After trying many technologies, fasting was the only activity which seemed to accelerate my lung tissue healing. Water Fasting had some impact and Dry Fasting had a huge reduction of pain and coughing. This seemed to indicate my body was refusing to absorb and eliminate the chemicals through my elimination system, preferring to detox through mechanical elimination (coughing). More about this shortly. My weekly Fasting practice is now 24 hours Water Fasting followed by 18-24 hours Dry Fasting. My personal opinion is Fasting is best reserved for people whose bodies are very clean, as Fasting can accelerate detoxification (healing crisis) to a point where organ damage can occur. I heard an old country doctor say once, "There's a fine line between a healing crisis a and a dyin' crisis and you best avoid the latter of the two." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fasting Considerations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fasting for clean bodies is a very different process, than Fasting for detoxification. Fasting in clean bodies, tends to systematically shutdown non-essential systems quickly and progress into deep, rapid regeneration. First the digestive tract empties and suspends. As fat reserves are tapped for energy, there's no heavy detox as with people who've yet to clean their bodies. Jailing (wrapping) toxins with fat and storing the "jailed toxins" is how many toxins are dealt with toxic bodies. This is the primary difference in fat breakdown between healthy and toxic bodies. In healthy bodies break down of fat is clean, energy stays high and additional energy available from suspended digestion/elimination is put toward regeneration. In toxic bodies, this additional energy has to be put toward detox of the fat released toxins. Dry Fasting goes one step further. Water processing suspends. The primary function of the urinary tract is to balance osmotic pressure in the fluid systems - blood, lymph, synovial (liquid joint tissue). So long as fat breaking down contains no toxins and there are high mineral reserves, fasting has few symptoms other than bursts of energy and a tendency to rest for even greater acceleration of regeneration. Dry Fasting has less symptoms, as there's even less going on. Once I started Dry Fasting, my coughing ceased. Seemed like the energy recovered from suspending my urinary system allowed my body the added energy to allow for absorption and elimination of the chemicals through my elimination (digestive tract) channel. The change was very definite. I went to sleep coughing and woke up able to breath clearly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next Detox Phase ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next phase of detox lasted for several days. Huge mucus expulsions began through my sinuses. Luckily my Chiropractor taught me how to self administer NCR therapy (inflating balloons in my sinuses) for rapid mucus clearing. I also phased Honey into my diet, which I've replaced with Raw Agave Nectar, to accelerate mucus production. The Honey really did the trick of lubricating my mucus membranes to ease this process. And our Raw Honey is the best ever! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Better Today & What's Next For You ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today I'm almost back to 100% and as I said before, I'm considering clients with chronic lung and sinus problems. I wonder how much of a contributing factor airborne chemical interactions may be playing in these client's situations. Many get great results using Chem-Free and Metal-Free. Several people have had the experience of colored (metal/chemical) rings leaving their eyes within a few weeks, after trying to get this type of detox from other technologies for years. Some people seem to have to stay on Chem-Free and Metal-Free forever, mostly in large cities where pollution is intense. It may be in some cases, people are suffering from interactions between off-gassing in various environments. Off-gassing is where chemicals break down into airborne emissions. Examples include carpet, paint, car interiors, kitchen cleaning fluids and oil (petroleum) products like soft plastics (includes plastic wrap). This also includes any perfume or body products which smell. Many experts suggest cars and homes are much more toxic than air during rush hour traffic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Experiments To Try ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you have a variety of strange symptoms no one can seem to diagnose, consider chemical interactions. Clear your home of any chemicals you can smell. Put them all in the garage for a while. Open the windows to your home at least once a day. When you drive your car, start by driving with the windows down for a few minutes. Flushing car chemicals is especially important during hot summers, when the temperature soars. If the air where you're living is to toxic to leave your home windows open, take mucho vacations or at least day trips into nature during the weekends. Use your vacations/day trip time to plan your escape to a place where the air is clean, preferably salty, ocean air. Also consider going 100% or near 100% Raw Vegan. This will pave the way for you to recover quickly from strange health projects which may arise during your long life. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Wrapping Up ~~~~~~~~~~~ If you have odd symptoms and desire to try some experiments, drop me an email and we'll lay out some for you to try. Enjoy your best day ever! - David Favor