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epidemics  have mushroomed         environment  and  so on.  These    ister drugs made by others
          along with the childhood vaccine   two opposing views were held by    and they administer them the
          schedule.                          Louis Pasteur (remember him?)      way they are told to do, with
          •  Vaccination is voluntary in Ja-  a proponent of germ theory and    very little  understanding  of
          pan and they not only have the     Antoine Béchamp – a proponent      what it is, except what they
          healthiest children, they also     of terrain theory. Pasteur’s work   are told. With us, we prospect
          have the highest “healthy life ex-  was largely  publicized  and he   for the therapeutic material,
          pectancy” among all age groups     and his proponents and gained      whatever they are, wherever
          and the lowest vaccination rate    widespread  acceptance. Bé-        they are available and we pro-
          in the entire world?               champ’s work was not, though       cure the material.”
                                             it was supported by the likes of   Concerning  vaccinations,  he
          How  did  vaccination  be-         Florence Nightingale. Western      had this to say, “The other
          come the  dominant  ap-            medicine was founded on Pas-       concern I have is too  many
                                             teur’s work and vaccination is     vaccinations.  Vaccines are
          proach?
                                             based on germ theory. The rest     attenuated germs made weak-
                                             is history. Western medicine still   er. If a child can get five, six,
          It  would be important to  know
                                             fiercely  protects  the  germ  the-  seven vaccinations  within  a
          why, in a diverse world such as    ory of disease  and is the most    given  time,  it  will  not  work.
          this, the majority of countries    fiercely  embraced  approach  to   There will be conflict. And is it
          have so eagerly and even reli-
                                             disease  management  world-        necessary? If we have acade-
          giously embraced this one solu-
                                             wide.                              micians who are passionate
          tion, as opposed to considering
                                                                                about  researching  and  com-
          other options. Are we saying that   Asian and  Afrikan indigenous     ing out with new innovations,
          there are no  other options for    medicine  look at sickness from    the first innovation should be
          health  and disease  protection
                                             a different perspective though.    why  elephants  in  Mt.  Kenya
          other than breaching the human
                                             For today’s purposes  we will      don't get the diseases our cat-
          body’s  natural defense system
                                             look at our own approaches. Af-    tle have. They don't  die out.
          and compromising it with drugs     rikan indigenous medicine looks    The zebras which are like our
          that do not even last beyond 5     at sickness from a holistic per-   donkeys are healthier than
          to 10 years but actually cause
                                             spective.  Dr. Jack Githae, who    our donkeys.  The way to pre-
          long term immunity issues as a
                                             we recently interviewed,  had      vent diseases in our children
          result?
                                             this to say about  treating  sick-  is dietary and lifestyle. Not
                                             ness,  “…sickness is  an  indi-    vaccination.”
          Let’s take a few steps back in     cation of sluggish  immunity,
          time, a few hundred years.
                                             because our body is made           How God designed us
                                             to  cope with  whatever chal-      In the book “Vaccines: Preven-
          There are two theories that ex-
                                             lenges are in the ecosystem,       tative Medicine or Sacred Dog-
          ist on causes of diseases, germ    wherever we live. It  is when
          theory and terrain theory. Germ    we are weak because we don't       ma?”  authored  by The Truth
          theory  (simply put) says that                                        About Vaccines, some powerful
                                             eat well, because emotionally      points are made:
          diseases are caused by infec-
                                             we are not stable, that it gives
          tious agents or germs, where-
                                             in to infection. So we use that
          as terrain theory says that the    holistic approach.”  He also
          quality of  our  internal environ-  added that,  “We remove  the      PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE
          ment and the elements it faces                                        www.msingiafrikamagazine.com
                                             germs, correct the nutritional     TO  CONTINUE THIS
          are what make us susceptible
                                             deficiency, stimulate the body     ARTICLE.
          to  diseases.  A  healthy terrain
                                             and  enhance the immunity
          can  put  to  flight  foreign  patho-  so that once you recover you
          genic microorganisms whereas       don't  get the same or other
          a weak one is more vulnerable.
                                             diseases because the defense
          Healthy terrain is maintained by
                                             system  has been enhanced.
          nutrition, mindset, detoxification,
                                             Conventional  clinicians don't
          proper pH, ventilation, hygiene,
                                             make any drugs, they admin-
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