Practical Nutrition+ Vol 01 No 08
Practical Nutrition+ (tm)
Vol 1, No. 8
October, 1995
Copyright 1995 by Dennis Denlinger
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
"Practical Nutrition+" is a monthly electronic newsletter about care of the human body. Over the past 20 years the Editor, Dennis Denlinger, has been researching how to care for his own body with much success. During this time many theories and methods have been investigated and tried. Some have worked and some haven't. Some which have worked have been replaced with others which have worked better. Even more subjects have been researched than have been tried.
Suggestions, gripes, questions and other feedback, addressed to Editor, "Practical Nutrition+" at denlingr@ix.netcom.com are welcome. Also, experts and people with practical experience with various areas of health are welcome to contribute guest articles. Contributors will be acknowledged by listing their Name, Firm Name, Street Address, Phone Number and E-mail address.
The content of "Practical Nutrition+" is determined by the Editor, with due weight being given to your input. It will include from time to time articles by Dennis Denlinger or other lay persons who have had practical experience in day-to-day nutrition, articles by health care professionals, book reviews, answers to your questions and perhaps some surprises.
>>>"Practical Nutrition+" does NOT give advice, but is only intended to inform, to entertain and to be a place where ideas regarding health can be exchanged. If you have a specific health problem, consult an appropriate licensed health care practitioner.<<<
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The Body as High Tech Machinery
Modern cars have built-in diagnostic computer connections. The mechanic plugs the ailing car into his workbench computer and the computer tells him what is wrong.
Would you believe that there are similar systems in the human body? One is the skin. No kidding. Another is the pulse. There may be others.
Pulse testing has been around for 3,000 years. According to Dr. John Lubecki, D.C. in "Now You Can Be Your Own Best Doctor" the Chinese were the developers of this technology. Pulse testing has not caught on in the Western World. It is complex and difficult to master. However, there is a great advantage to this technology in that a practitioner can detect and correct problems long before symptoms appear, thus preventing illness before it starts.
In the Chinese medical system the doctor gets paid as long as the patient remains healthy. Once the patient becomes ill, the doctor's pay stops. The doctor is then required to treat the patient at no cost until the patient is once again well. This puts the incentive on wellness, not on illness. The Chinese practioner uses nutrition, life style, acupuncture and herbs to correct the problems discovered by pulse testing.
Muscle testing is a more recent development. According to Lubecki it was originally discovered by doctors working with accident victims. After the healing process was complete, the patient's muscles were tested side to side for equal strength. An imbalance was interpreted as a sign that something was wrong. Therapeutic steps were then taken to correct the imbalance.
Eventually the small group of doctors and physical therapists using this technique started noticing that muscle weakness is not caused solely by injuries or poor physical condition such as comes from a broken arm being immobilized in a cast for six weeks. According to Lubecki they discovered that there are literally dozens of reasons why muscles may be weak.
As more study of things which affect muscle strength was done, many similarities between it and the Chinese pulse testing were discovered. The field of study was given the name of Kinesiology.
Many people such as Dr. John Thie, D.C. in Pasadena, Dr. Lubecki in Sacramento, Dr. John Diamond, M.D. in New York, and Dr. D. A. Versendahl in Holland, MI have studied and written about Kinesiology, or muscle testing as it is more popularly called. Dr. Versendahl is working with a team of health practitioners consisting of a dentist, an M.D., a hematologist and a nutritionist. He has mapped a number of touch points, called reflex areas, on the skin which represent organs, glands and bone structures. His technology is called Contact Reflex Analysis. Versendahl has also developed corrective measures for each of the body problems which can show up by applying muscle testing to the various touch points. He has published a series of books and videos to teach the health practitioner how to use his techniques.
Just as with pulse testing, kinesiology shows up weakness and trouble spots in the body long before symptoms develop. It is so simple to do, that Dr. Lubecki has even written a book which describes how you can use it on yourself. However, it is not so rich in the touch points as Versendahl's techniques are. To find a Versendahl practioner near you, call his office at 616/392- 4941.
The human body can be compared to a well designed piece of high tech machinery and just like high tech machinery it has built in, simple, easy to use systems for the diagnosis of problems.
As a personal experience with the Versendahl technique, a couple weeks ago flu symptoms came on very strong and very fast one afternoon. Within a couple hours I was so sick that I was unable to drive safely. I was expecting to be down for at least several days, maybe a week. After getting home I called my local Versendahl practitioner, a chiropractor, who came to my home and did some muscle testing. When he knocked at the door I was so weak that I could hardly get up. After doing the testing and picking the supplements and herbs which I needed, as I was holding them next to my stomach I started feeling better. I started taking the recommended items immediately. By early the next afternoon I was functioning and out the door again. In comparison, some people in the family where I picked up the bug had suffered from it for several days. This is just one example of the way the Versendahl techniques have helped me and my family.
One thing which happens with this technology, just as with chiropractic: improvements can be preceded by upset. For instance, illness symptoms can be caused by the body throwing off toxins. The indicated handling which shows up with muscle testing and the Versendahl techniques may cause the toxins to be eliminated more quickly, making the symptoms temporarily worse. It is necessary to go through this difficult cleansing period to come out better at the other end. One way to make it more tolerable is to reduce the amount of the agent which is causing the cleanse until the symptoms become less, and then increasing the amount again in smaller steps which are more tolerable.
By Dennis Denlinger
Deterioration of the Human Body Stock
"So what! It won't affect me." Well, how about your children, or their children? How would you feel if human life disappeared from planet Earth? Could you be comfortable if you knew that 100 years from now there would be no human life on earth? With that viewpoint, let's take a look at what is happening.
When we talk of body stock, one might think of breeding animals. That is a farmer's job and humans are not farmed! Well, an activity of humans which takes much time, attention and effort is the conception and rearing of new human children. If we do not start out with high quality bodies, we cannot hope to give our children the best start in life. Thus, the importance of our body stock, which includes thine body and mine.
So what if our body stock IS declining? It means that our race is becoming less capable of surviving. For instance, healthy babies are produced by healthy parents. The teachers of the Bradley Method of child birth classes stress the importance of health of both parents prior to conception, as well as does Dr. Price in "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration." Price shows the link between health at birth and health in later life. If each successive generation is less healthy, it produces less healthy offspring, who in turn produce even less healthy offspring. Thus we get degenerating body stock and eventual death of the human race.
One of the mid-wives who assisted with the birth of my son 6 years ago told of having grown up in a small backwater Irish town. The normal birth weight was 10 to 12 pounds. Whereas, these days in the USA a 7 pound new-born is considered normal and a 12 pounder is abnormal. Does it seem to you that a bigger new-born would have a better chance of surviving than a smaller? Is the fact that birth weights are decreasing an indicator that our body stock is declining?
In "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" Dr. Weston Price, DDS, shows many photos which demonstrate how skeletal structure in modern man has deteriorated. For instance, the width of the nostrils can decrease, reducing the flow of air to the lungs. Many other changes have occurred in many individuals, one of which is the size of jaws making for crowded and misplaced teeth, as evidenced by the numbers of individuals I see who wear, or who should wear, braces on their teeth. Would a decreased flow of air to the lungs reduce the chance of survival? Does it seem that more people having braces would be an indicator of a declining body stock?
The incidence of cancer is increasing. Even our federal government says that an improved diet would do much to decrease someone's chances of getting cancer. Dr. Price, among others, characterizes cancer as a degenerative disease. Would an increase in the incidence of cancer point out that our body stock is declining?
What brought about the decline? Some causes are reduced nutrition in the foods we eat such as sugar, canned food, fast food, chemical preservatives, soils depleted of minerals, hormones and other artificial techniques of speeded up growth of plants and food animals as well as toxins such as many modern medical and street drugs, chemical pesticides, smog and industrial waste put into our atmosphere and water supply. There is much more, but this will make a good start.
There IS hope. The body stock CAN be rejuvenated! It can't be done in one generation. It will take all of us improving our life styles for generation after generation. It will take getting many people to decide to contribute in rehabilitating the human race. A big job? You bet it is. Just try getting someone to do one thing, such as giving up sugar. But it can be done. Look at the increasing interest in nutrition, exercise and good health in general over the past 4 decades. If we continue this trend, it can be done and the body stock of the human race will resurge.
by Dennis Denlinger
New System to "Practical Nutrition+"
Some of you may have noticed that last month there was no issue of "Practical Nutrition+" and that this month it is later than usual. This is due to the necessity that I do things which bring in money to feed, clothe and house my family, which does not leave time to write. Also, the cost of maintaining a presence on the net is threatened by reduced income.
Therefore, I am becoming somewhat mercenary and asking for financial support for this endeavor, as well as letting you know of other things which I can offer which I can offer. I am using the principle followed by computer shareware programmers: if you use it and like it, you pay for it. This will be totally on your own ethics and integrity. I am considering making other hard copy offerings for those who pay, and then asking for more to cover the cost of mailing, but have as yet not developed anything workable. Let me know if you have any suggestions.
As of now, I am asking for $10.00 per year from those who get something from "Practical Nutrition+". If you think it is worth less or more, pay what you think it is worth to you. If you absolutely cannot pay, do something else such as promoting it to others.
New Offering
How the Foot Arch Works
A condensed free report about "How the Foot Arch Works" by Dennis Denlinger is now available on the Internet. Anyone who is on their feet a lot, or who does much walking or running, needs the information in this report. It describes a new concept about operation of the foot arch which anyone can apply to his/her own body. The report is text only, so some of the clarity of the illustrations in the book from which it was taken has been lost. You can get your copy via FTP at etext.archive.umich.edu in the /pub/Zines/PracticalNutrition/ directory; it is the >footpst1.txt< file. If you have difficulty getting it there, send me e-mail and I'll get it to you.
Book Recommendation
This month's book is "How the Foot Arch Works" by Dennis Denlinger. The following is the Foreword, written by Dr. Gerald Henson, D.C.
"Mr. Denlinger has developed a new theory which chiropractors and lay persons should view as basic to maintaining a harmonious body. As our profession has long known, when bones are misaligned there will be disharmony in the body. After a chiropractic adjustment aligns the bones the improvement in harmony in the body improves the overall health and well-being of the patient.
"Many practitioners have had the frustrating experience of adjusting a bone just to have it go out of place shortly after the patient has left the office. This has long been a mystery. Mr. Denlinger's theories open the way to a possible handling of this problem.
"The discovery that there are certain muscles which, for instance, create the foot arch and that these muscles are voluntary and therefore trainable appears to be very simple. Why didn't someone discover and write of this before? Perhaps we will never know. In any case, it has now been discovered and written about. We can now use the data to help our patients.
"To make Mr. Denlinger's theories work we must make the patient a partner in our practice of helping the patient. No longer can the patient rely upon the chiropractor to do it all fro him. We have long preached good nutrition and exercise. Now the patient must also be trained in the specific operation of certain muscles to permanently relieve many problems.
"This book about the foot arch is only the first of a series of future books to use to teach the patient how to operate his own body to relieve various aches and pains and improve his/her general well-being. It is well written and easy to understand. It can be used in classes given right in the chiropractor's office, which can greatly relieve the doctor's one-on-one time with the patient thus making it possible to help more people.
"Many other fields can make use of Mr. Denlinger's information as well. Athletes, dancers, musicians, ditch diggers, housewives and golfers, among others will greatly benefit from reading and using what he has to say. I heartily recommend it to one and all."
For more information, get the free report described above.
by Dennis Denlinger
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"Practical Nutrition+" is produced and edited by Dennis Denlinger. From time to time I have data on my favorite subjects, publications (I operate a publishing house) or products which I can send you. Some goes best by e-mail and some goes best by snail mail. I will have a summary of my current "nutrition hat," covering basic concepts and how I am presently applying them, available soon via e-mail. Eventually it all will appear in "Practical Nutrition+." For specific requests or potluck, send your e-mail and snail mail addresses to denlingr@ix.netcom.com. or snail mail to Dennis Denlinger, P.O. Box 60431, Sacramento, CA 95860-0431, USA, or telephone (916) 485-5119. I may ask for postage on some snail mail requests.
