Do You Brush Your Teeth At Least Twice Daily? Good Health Starts In The Mouth! (so says Dr. Harold Katz!) I hope that this little story will prove beneficial to you and your health.
A young woman, Mary, was relating to me her struggle to be healthier. She has been sick regularly in recent years. Well, Mary could not fathom the reason. She did not recall this being true either as a child or a teenager, despite some allergies.
As each season passed now, she did succumb to a either a sinus infection, cold or the flu! Mary continued her prescribed medications: Allegra®, Proventil® and antibiotics. These were not enough to help her stay healthy! The antibiotics did upset her stomach. Dairy products became a forbidden food because of the antibiotics. Therefore, she went seeking alternatives.
Mary first tried Echinacea, Quercetin, and then Rutin to support her immune system. Echinacea made her sneeze and itch when she was not sick, or if she took it later than the first day she began feeling poorly. Mary could not take Echinacea on her good days. Echinacea is related to the daisy family of flowers. In addition, how could Mary assist herself once sick for 2 or more days? For quercetin or rutin to be effective, her pharmacist advised Mary that enzymes would help digest these very large compounds. These enzymes could be found in pineapple or pears. By the way, quercetin occurs naturally in apples and onions. Golden Seal seemed to reduce her sinus congestion.
Then a new inflammation doctor suggested a sinus rinse instead of antibiotics. Well, the NeilMed ® rinse cleared Mary’s sinuses very well. She had to rinse twice daily when congested and maybe once a week otherwise.
Now how was Mary to resolve her digestion problem after the antibiotics? She was missing French and Pot Cheeses. Well, she found several vitamin stores that contained acidophilus yogurt cultures in liquid form. She could take a bit of this liquid daily and eventually feel better. Mary even found Puritan’s Pride’s® strawberry-flavored, chewable acidophilus tablets. The new yogurts like Activia® did help her feel better in 14 days. The bonus was a money-back guarantee. There is an Italian probiotic that comes in tiny brown bottles. Mary felt better very quickly with it, after just one dose. The product name is Ferzym (R) from Specchiasol Group out of Italy. The website is www.clothoonline.com. One has to look for the Specchiasol Group name and click it to find Ferzym (R). It is supposedly available on Amazon.com.
Mary also related an incident which occurred at work. One day, shortly after arriving at work, she started coughing. By 10 am, she had lost her voice. Mary kept those Vitamin C Defense® cough drops in her desk and she started with those. By 11AM, her lungs were congested but she could talk again. Then Paul, her colleague, offered her a tall glass of his fresh vegetable & fruit juice. It was a dark green liquid that contained bell peppers, cucumbers, celery, broccoli rabe, apples, ginger, etc. Paul had juiced those vegetables and fruit earlier that morning…. Mary had accepted and had started drinking the strong green liquid...By 1:30pm her voice was cracking again. By 5 pm, the glass was empty and Mary was no longer sick!
Mary reminded me about the new Colgate Total® toothpaste that lets you brush twice daily. It keeps your mouth clean for 12 hours. There is a recent NIH report stating that some folks suffering from CVD had mouth bacteria problems. Another journal report stated that CVD could come from mouth bacteria found after oral surgery.
Well, now Mary has a routine when she feels a cold starting. First, the NeilMed ® sinus rinse; then a q-tip dipped in peroxide to wash out her ears. Then she uses a special Dr. Katz® (http://www.therabreath.com/) toothpaste and mouthwash. As a result, it appears that Mary is sick less often and for a shortened time. Here’s to your health!
