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The Eyes Have It
By Alan Graham
with Alfred Lehmberg
AlienView.net
5-30-6

At about the age of 40 I had to get my first pair of bifocals (only the tiny bottom piece provided a minimally required correction).  This was a new development after having better than 20/20 vision most of my career as a prototypical, if self-styled, "Steely-eyed," Night-Vision enhanced, Combat-tested Army Helicopter Pilot.  
 
A couple of years later I had to get a little stronger correction in the bottom plus a slight correction in the top.  Also, about that time, I came down with an especially virulent case of Crohn's disease and willingly... thankfully... gratefully...  ...turned myself over to the medical community ...as we know it. 
 
...Thus begins the plummet of an express elevator to hell.  I embarked on an 8 year slide into abject misery.  Sincerely, I have a keen understanding why most Crohn's & Colitis sufferers are on antidepressants... ...and why many of these "check out of the net" after a time... military parlance for suicide...
 
Indeed reader... the concept flittered at the peripheries of solutions that could justifiably jump into ones head ... even though I never really considered it, myself ...I certainly understood the sentiment.  Major Gut-removal surgery was suggested next in their medical back-stepping bag of cash-cow squeezing tricks! 
 
To have even thought of self-euthanization and provoked by the burgeoning potentiality of same?  I *stooped*, even as a hard-eyed rationalist, to embrace the *woo-woo* of the *New-Age* supplementation and health-food crowd...  
 
You see, one day I walked into a health food store.  The rest, as they say, is history. 
 
...And reader, I'd stumbled into where the science actually was!  We're talking healthful serendipity, here, that is palpable, folks!
 
Why, just the other day, in conversation with my best friend & co-writer, Alfred Lehmberg, I had to remark that my gut works better, now, than it ever did in the 20 years before I came down with the "incurable" disease called Crohn's.  How is this possible?
 
My unabashed report to you, Sir and Madam, is that I self-corrected this Auto-immune Disease by doing the exact opposite of what the *conventional* medical doctrine pompously indicates!  That's right!  Very nearly the polar opposite! 
 
"Doctors" use scarily dangerous pharmaceuticals suppressing an immune system to momentarily relieve, at best, only symptoms.  This practice leaves you wide open for any killer microbe that happens by!  Plus, suppressing the immune system reeks inordinate havoc with the immune system. 
 
I refrained from these pharmaceuticals.
 
Additionally, these "Doctors" *warn* the sufferer that antioxidants & immune enhancing supplements will likely cause an immune system flare-up!  "After all Mr. Graham," the medicos ponderously intone, "...this IS an Auto-immune Disease...(...you unwashed dummy!)... So pumping-up your immune system with supplements can make the disease worse in the long run..."
 
I took the antioxidants & immune enhancing supplements, regardless.
 
It seems a massive edifice of mainstream medical institutionalism expects us to buy a massive load of thoroughly conflicted and undocumented CRAP, good reader!  Yes, to the most absolute and direct contrary of medical conventionality, the way to ameliorate just about ANY bowel disease, for the vast, VAST majority of sufferers I discovered... is to do the following: 
 
(a) Load up on a broad spectrum of antioxidants (to counter Free-radicals & their damage), 
 
(b) Take immune enhancing foods & supps. ( this will fight the disease, not exacerbate it)
 
(c) Take a quality form (the difference is as sunlight unto moonlight) of all the Vitamins/Minerals & Trace Minerals (to provide the repair material) and the EFAs (essential fatty acids) from Flaxseed & Fish Oil (...to relieve Inflammation & so MUCH more!).
 
(d) Take digestive enzymes & probiotics ( good gut bacteria)
 
This is science, remember!  I'll debate... Anyone!  ...Unlike toxic pharmaceuticals that have horrible side-effects...the "side-effects" of the preceding 4 items can protect you from virtually EVERY disease. Oh yeah... and stay away from almost every food these good doctors recommend vis a vis their new *improved* official food pyramid ... like margarine,  poly food oils (corn, soy, etc.) and grains ( except soaked or sprouted ), ...while actually consuming those things *doctors* tell you to avoid -- like butter, coconut oil & eggs!
 
This is science remember, not money-motivated lies.  Dr. Gott, a celebrity archetype of medical disingenuousness, hides under his desk. I know because I've written him many times...
 
Here's a Quick Crohn's Tip from the Leaf Lady --  Eat Okra for its mucus calming benefits. Eat sticky stuff to relieve sticky stuff...Yes, the sticky okra causes the protein digestive enzyme, pepsin, to stick to the gut wall and digest the mucus.   I cannot confirm or refute this claim because when I look at Okra I have the same reaction as Prymaat Conehead when she looks at a big purple "Eggplant" ...AAArrrgaa !!!
 
OK, I'll get to the point...
 
...Every 12 to 18 months after coming down with Crohn's I would need a little stronger correction in my glasses prescription.  My vision, apparently, was disintegrating along with the rest of my physicality...
 
Don't get me wrong, my eye doctor said this was a normal rate of degeneration even for someone without Crohn's. So, in the next 8 or 10 years I had 4 or 5 slight magnification upgrades.
 
Snap back to present times...
 
A few weeks ago I was listening to our local talk radio where one day a week a local Eye Doctor answers calls & explains eye problems.  On this particular day he went from the front of the eye to the rear of same, explaining how UV light can cause or exacerbate virtually every eye disease... ...due to free-radical damage & the associated inflammation.
 
Whoa, fellow warriors ... combating inflammation & free-radical damage is what I'm all about, vis a vis my battle with Crohn's... and that's when it dawned on me! 
 
I had been wearing the same glasses prescription since starting all those "useless" supplements, about 8 years now!  
 
Not only were the antioxidants helping me hold on to what I had but they were actually improving my eye sight while protecting me from things like cataracts (all my family members for at least 2 generations have had cataracts).  The reader discovers on a review of the body of work I've produced over the years that here was still more confirmation for the assertions I had been making IN that body of work!
 
Of course the Radio eye *doctor's* answer for EVERYTHING (...and thanks for being so bleeding helpful *doc*...) was:
 
1). Surgery - 
 
2). Toxic Pharmaceuticals -
 
3). Stay out of the sun & wear sunglasses. 
 
That was predictable. Eh?
 
...So, just like virtually every other branch of medicine, it seems, at the core of their corporately hijacked *discipline* is a big fat LIE that props up everything else!  If you'll see my paper "Mo' Money" at  http://www.alienview.net/ALLT1.html#Momoney ...  I explode several of these core medical lies.
 
Yes! Lies!  Screw any time wasting metaphors or polite euphemisms, reader, given the word suicide had popped, unwanted, into my head.  The gloves are decidedly off!
 
One of the disciplines I mention in "Mo' Money" is virtually identical to the eye-antioxidant-EFA-Uv light-"connection" ...and that is the garden-variety Dermatologist's bogus mantra concerning the sun as a "cause" for skin cancer.  Even an arguably smart guy like Bill O'Reilly fell for the ponderously fallacial argument that if 'A' is followed by 'B'... ...then 'A' must be the "cause" of 'B'... O'Reilly does such when he assumes that his fair complexioned Irish relatives, the ones most often out in the sun... ...subsequently got skin cancer... so the sun "CAUSED" the skin cancer.  Get it?
 
At the risk of sounding a little like Bill Clinton when he dithered over the definition of the word "is"... ...it depends on your definition of the word "causes"... see?  I prefer the word "Triggers"... Sun "triggers the cancer, perhaps... ...but it does not CAUSE the cancer.
 
"TRIGGERS," ... "CAUSES"!?!  "So What"?  "...C'mon Uncle Al, you're pole vaulting over tic-droppings! It's the same thing, ain't it, Smart Guy"? 
 
Well actually...no, it's not the same... not remotely the same.  Here's my logic for why the sun does not *cause* skin cancer... actually, YOU cause skin cancer!
 
If an innocent person, driving fairly slow, runs head-on into a car that pulled right in front of her and subsequently dies (in what should have been a survivable crash) as a result of her head going through the windshield... ? ...was the crash, the cause of her death?  NO...the crash only triggered her death.  The CAUSE of her death was not wearing her seat belt...because the girl sitting next to her with her belt on?  She didn't get a scratch!
 
So, with this in mind, let's visualize 3 genetically identical triplet brothers. To make the proceeding argument work the only leap of faith that is required is the belief that antioxidants can destroy free-radicals. This shouldn't be too difficult, considering it's pretty much simple, even "pure vanilla" Science.  That is to say, no leap at all.  
 
Brother #1 - never gets in the sun, does not supplement, eats free-radical causing foods (recommended by New Official Food Pyramid) like poly-food oil & margarine... Brother #1 DOES NOT get skin cancer.
 
Brother #2 - is out in the sun many hours a day (but never burns), does not supplement, and, like Bro.#1, eats free-radical causing foods like Cheezy Poofs and Snacky Cakes... Brother #2 DOES get skin cancer.
 
SO...the answer is obvious?  The sun CAUSED the cancer, if the only difference between two identical brothers is that the one out in the sun got the skin cancer.
 
NOT SO FAST,  Boobala !  The conclusion you'd jump to is set to turn under your foot...
 
See, Brother #3 (Remember him?) - works side by side in the sun with brother #2 ...  but Brother #3  takes numerous antioxidants & Fish Oil, etc, eats a high antioxidant/low free-radical diet alluded to earlier... [cue startled music]...and he DOES NOT get skin cancer!
 
OK...SO, now the answer IS obvious.  The sun TRIGGERED the cancer in Brother#2... ...but it did not "cause" the cancer because it could not trigger the cancer in Brother #3!  #3 supplemented!  Just like the car crash did not kill the unharmed passenger, because she "supplemented" with a seat belt, #3's "seat belt" was the supplements he was taking.  Follow? 
 
...No, Folks... the sun was the "trigger" (the car crash)...the "cause" (no seatbelt) was an Omega 3/antioxidant dietary deficiency.  So, the skin cancer is your fault... NOT the sun's fault ... just like the girl dying in the crash was her fault... not the guy that pulled in front of her.  If you put on your seatbelt & take antioxidants...you DON'T die or otherwise set yourself up for your own Darwin Award.
 
Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Awards to understand why you never want a Darwin Award...
 
  
 
Now let me raise the hair on the back of your neck a little... Why does the top one percent of IQs & the highest paid people on the planet CONTINUALLY (and unflinchingly!) get it so horribly wrong?  
 
Of course, you already know the answer...  ...Could it be that it is in their financial interest to continue to get it wrong?  I fear we can only answer in the affirmative.  Nothing else makes sense.  These people are not stupid... they know!  Even if they push it away from themselves with cognitive dissonances, rationalizations, or a bad application (that is to say conveniently self-serving) of science.  They know!
 
If EYE "doctors" told people: Stop wearing sunglasses (except in extreme conditions) & toxic sunscreen lotions (some sun-blocks are safer) ... Get at least 15 minutes of sun daily around high noon ... Take a broad spectrum of antioxidants, EFAs, Vitamins & minerals... Why, within a year or two we could solve the big controversy surrounding the illegal Mexican workers... ...we'd let all the *out of work* "doctors" pick the lettuce and strawberries!
 
   
 
How did we evolve ?
 
Homo Erectus did not wear sunglasses, use toxic sunscreens, or likely suffer from seasonal depression... he felt energetic & lighthearted (considering the dangers & uncertainties of the Serengeti).  His situational thinking & reaction time were likely more finely tuned than our finest homo Sapien Sapien athlete of today!  
 
Even though the fresh & salt water creatures he consumed where NOT real high in Vitamins A , D & the EFA, Omega 3 (these protect the eyes & skin) because the waters along the equator were warm  (unlike the higher Vitamin A , D & Omega 3 in cold water fish, as you move further North...). Consider, homo Erectus, after a million or so years of evolution under the blazing, equatorial sun, did not have eye disease & skin cancer!
 
What key factor caused these incongruities in homo Erectus?  The answer, is because his skin & eyes, over a period of millions of years, were bathed in bright sunlight all day long. 
 
The preceding does many good things: The sunlight is converted to large amounts of Vitamin D-3 which helps protect the skin & eyes.  The Vitamin D-3 stimulates the production of natural "feel-good" drugs, serotonin & dopamine... ...and the light entering the eyes has even a more immediate effect on mood ... you feel good, you're alert, you're not as hungry & you grave carbohydrates less. 
 
Also, the day-long bright sunlight (When dusk comes at the equator it's bright one minute and fully dark the next) keeps the sleep neurohormone Melatonin very, very suppressed. When darkness falls the "pent-up" Melatonin comes out swinging & kicks your grateful butt deeply into a really good Theta wave sleep! 
 
As early humans moved further North & could no longer count on the sun to make the Vitamin D & elevate their mood...God or Mother Nature very fortuitously increases the Vit. A & D, plus the powerful EFAs, Omega 3s in the cold-water fish & animals, taking up the required dietary slack! 
 
Of course, the obvious problem is that now these self-same fair-skinned *Scandinavians* have moved back South to live here in sunny LA (Lower Alabama)... Boy...those trouble-making Scandinavians, eh? 
 
This is what I think they (you) should do in my humble opinion (this applies to everyone: but especially "extra-white folks" like Bill O'Reilly): 
 
1)..Get several short sun exposures during the day but NEVER burn. 
 
2)..Cover yourself to avoid burning, but don't avoid the sun. 
 
3)..Use one of several less-toxic "Sun-Blocks" on problem areas like your nose...these contain Titanium Dioxide & PABA esters.  Make sure any of these "safe" sun-blocks do not contain Flouride.  NEVER EVER use Octyl methoxycinnamate (OMC), which is present in 90 percent of sunscreen brands... ...a vetted Norwegian study found that it would kill mouse cells even at low doses!!!  There's your Cancer Precursor, I suspect!  Alanis Morrisette could add a verse to her Irony Song!  Humm, I digress.
 
4).. Here's another Leaf Lady Tip : Use a spray of Vit. B-1 & Vit. C as a non-toxic sunscreen.
 
5)..Take a quality Multi Vitamin/Mineral. to include all 70 plus Trace Minerals.  Real (as opposed to 'pure white', processed) Sun-dried Sea Salt is a good source of all 70 or 80 trace minerals...it must be pink, grey or off-white - NEVER pure white.
 
6)..Take EFA Omega 3s & 6, in Flax, Black Currant & Fish Oils.  Take Cod Liver oil in the winter but include the Vit. A & D into your totals.
 
7).. Take as many of the following antioxidants as you can afford: (the first 5 below are already in your MultiVit/Min, but you really need more than is found in the average Multi - but if you can't afford the extra, then at least go with the amount found in the Multi) 
 
(a) -- Vit. A , take a total of about 20,000iu daily (your Multi will have part or all of the 20 thou.). 
 
(b) -- Vit. D-3 , take a total of about 1000iu to 1200iu (never exceed 2000iu) - if you get lots of sun from 10 to 2 several days a week in the the summer, then you could get by with the 400iu in your Multi, but in the winter or if you're too far north OR if you're black, then take the 1000iu D-3 supplementally. 
 
(c) -- Vit. E , take 400iu of "Mixed" Tocopherol or a second choice of "d Alpha Tocopherol". Some Multi's will have the whole 400iu ...but not many. 
 
(d) -- Zinc & copper, (ALWAYS take at about a 10to1 ratio but NEVER take over 100mg Zinc daily), including your Multi, take about 60mg to 75mg Zinc & 6 or 8mg Copper.   
 
(e) -- Selenium , (the King of antioxidants), including your Multi, take about 400mcg daily. This is also likely the most powerful Cancer fighter there is.
 
(f) -- NAC , (precursor to the more expensive, Glutathione, which is the other King of antioxidants) take 500 mg of NAC with 1000mg Vit. C. (the Vit. C is important) 
 
(g) -- Lutein & Bilberry , (they very often come together) take about twice as much as directed on label.  This might be the most potent "one, two" punch in the eye...especially considering it's cheap !
 
(h) -- Grapeseed Extract , take as directed.
 
(i) -- Alpha Lipoic Acid, take as directed. ALA is unique in that it is BOTH fat & water soluble.
 
If you suffer from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) : Do some research and find a good UV light box to sit or read in front of.  Wake up to really bright lights.  Also, mimic just how we evolved, where the equatorial transition from bright light to pitch black is very rapid...so do the same in your life with lights.  Just before bed take 3mg of Melatonin...melatonin is also a powerful antioxidant with unique properties unlike any other antioxidant. 
 
"WARNING"  NEVER  take melatonin during the day - only at night, just before bed.  If you take it at the start of the day it will not only screw-up your circadian cycle but it will actually become an anti-antioxidant.
 
Last, but certainly not least, stay away from free-radical causing crap like:  Poly-food oil (corn, soy, etc.) ... pHVO (partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil) like margarine ... HCA free-radicals (FRs) from burnt animal fat ... Acrylamide (FRs) from super-heated carbs, like French Fries & Wheaties ... ALL deep-fried fast food ... Any highly processed meats ... Tap water ... and about a million other toxins in your environment, etc, etc... many avoidable using good sense.
 
Well that's about it...except for this solemn warning  -- I know this is "wrong", but if I see you slathering toxic OMC sunscreen on your defenseless little baby, I WILL say something to you ...Just ask anyone who knows me.  Hell, I'm of a mind that you are prosecuting a subtle kind of child abuse.  I'm sure it's unwitting, of course,...  still, just take the criticism if it happens, reader.
 
Oh yeah... have a nice day... and well BE.
 
Alan D. Graham
alan068@centurytel.net

 

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