After some personal investigation (thank goodness for the internet) I determined that I had the typical symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but nothing I did with my diet eased my ongoing discomfort. Intestinal distress had become a way of life for me. After the age of 50, my chronic constipation turned to frequent uncontrollable diarrhea.

Fortunately, two years ago Dr. David was recommended to me by my daughter-in-law.

Dr. David was the first and only doctor who took the time to talk with me first and then examine me. He identified my very distressed upper and lower intestinal track among other weak areas and prescribed a vitamin and probiotic regimen that helped me begin to heal.

He also identified food allergies that contributed to my intestinal distress. Calcium was one of the many minerals/supplements that I could not absorb and was one of the many things, along with dairy products, that resulted in uncontrollable diarrhea. My inability to absorb calcium created potential bone loss issues as I continued to age.

After a few NAET treatments, I was able to overcome many of those allergies which allowed me to begin taking calcium supplements again. Fortunately, my bone scans now reveal a normal bone density for my age.

Although Dr. David’s vitamin and NAET treatments have been invaluable to my quality of life, his greatest gift to me is the time he takes to answer my questions not only when I am in his office but during his “free” call times.

I have never worked with a doctor who takes the time to answer all of my questions in a manner that is clear to me with such grace and understanding. Dr. David has dedicated his life to helping others and is a credit to the medical profession.

Linda Stainbrook

In pre-med, everyone ate in the cafeteria, and the food was similar to what is served in most University cafeterias today, mostly junk. The classes prepared me to memorize enormous amounts of scientific information in preparation for my future as a physician, but certainly not to think for myself. I suppose it was assumed that students were supposed to learn how to think in High School, before arriving at colleges’ doorstep. In retrospect, that concept is laughable.

In Chiropractic College we breezed through the physiology of digestion and utilization. Diet and intelligent nutritional practices were hardly discussed. Students and instructors ate poorly, although overweight seemed to be the domain of the professors. I obtained my Master of Science in Nutrition after attending Chiropractic College, and although we spent a lot of time discussing and studying nutrient actions and associated biochemistry, not much was made of relationship between the modern diet and the prevalence of modern diseases. Of course, the Masters program was supported by businesses like Kellogg’s and Monsanto, and you don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

Fortunately, I had an advantage. I had two mentors who guided me through the maze of mis-education. One was Doctor Nickolas Knutz, who in addition to his chiropractic practice attained the rank of General Officer in the army reserves. As a doctor he was interested in everything about a patient’s lifestyle that might contribute to a complaint, and he was an exceptional student of history, both military history and the taking of a patient history. He taught me to question everything.

My second mentor, C. H. Morgan, M.D., D.O., Ph.D., Ph.D., D.D.S., was the only man I ever knew with complete recall. He had committed to memory three successive versions of Gray’s Anatomy and taught gross anatomy at Cleveland Chiropractic College. Dr. Morgan instructed me to memorize enough pathology to get through my Boards, but learn as much physiology as possible, because that would determine my success as a physician. Disease, he would say, was nothing more than physiology gone wrong. He insisted that if a doctor could figure out the physiology behind an illness he stood a good chance to either correct or change the course of the illness. He emphasized that under most circumstances, given what it needs, the body would heal.

Both my mentors were very interested in the ‘diet/disease connection,’ and that is what has driven me in my practice these forty two years.

What amazes me is that it was evident even back in the sixties that most chronic disease was caused by changes in the general diet caused by food processing and chemical farming. Each decade there are hundreds of books and scientific publications describing the disintegration of public health due to the adulteration of the food supply. Doctors, who have studied physiology, don’t seem to have the time to do much more than treat symptoms with the standard and customary approach.

Dietitians/nutritionists don’t have sufficient physiology in their education, and are taught to ‘puppet’ the misinformation of the moment. An excellent example of that would be the disastrous but highly recommended Low Fat Diet that has been making us sicker and sicker over the last thirty five plus years.

It simply does not take a genius to understand that if we do not supply our physiology with genuine replacement parts (adequate protein and fat, and the essential vitamins and minerals) our machinery will falter. A good example of that is after the First World War, according to medical records of the time, about 3% of the population died from cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease and cancer have been around forever, but only in the last century have they become the number one and two killers. Every decade they gain in their numbers and the reason is relatively simple.

Food processing and chemical farming have removed sufficient genuine replacement parts from our foods that they no longer are able to produce health. Agribusiness is killing us!

Consider that your body replaces itself approximately every two years. Some organs like the intestines are quicker and replace themselves about every two weeks, some slower like the brain replaces itself about every two years. If genuine replacement parts are unavailable, replacement takes place anyway, with the result being something less than what was there before. Because the body has amazing organ reserve, it often takes numerous two year cycles before the results of insufficient genuine replacement parts demonstrates itself as chronic degenerative disease.

We had healthy soil before the First World War, and foods had a short shelf life, were local, fresh, and life giving. The advent of chemical fertilization and food processing changed all that, robbing us of the genuine replacement parts we need to have healthy lives.

The experts have failed us. They have ignored science and overwhelmed us with opinion over and over again. The businesses involved have become so rich and powerful that they now control the government agencies that were established to protect you and me, the public, from their dangerous stream of misinformation. They have in fact educated us through mass advertising that what is bad for us is good for us, and our poor health is the result.

A good rule of thumb might be, if you see it advertized on TV, don’t eat it.

If what we are eating is healthy, why are most of us sick? Why are most of us fat? Why are most of us on numerous medications? Let’s get back to basics. It doesn’t cost more to buy local and organic, it pays. You can use the Referral Network Section at www.askdoctordavid.com to get information on local farmers markets and organic producers.

The first rule of sensible eating: Eat foods that are indigenous to the area in which you live, in the seasons when they are available. This is how we ate for the thousands of years before big agribusiness and the food manufacturers began to make us sick.

This Christmas season the Collins family has come to realize a true “miracle” and “blessing” was given to us through God our Savior. Through his divine directing and orchestrating, the care of our Grandson Hudson, fell into the healing hands of Dr. David and his staff.

Our journey to Dr David started when Hudson became very ill with acid reflux and breathing problems which was also causing multiple developmental delays. A weekend visit from Hudson and his parents became the alarming eye opener for me and Hudson’s PaPa. Hudson was thirteen months old at the time of this particular visit. His skin tone was a grayish color; he was suffering from a horrible sticky, grainy foul smelling diarrhea. He was very lethargic and was mostly comfortable in a semi incline position. The only developmental milestone he was displaying was in a sitting position with support. If he tumbled over he couldn’t use his arms to catch himself or push himself up. His muscular and neurological systems seemed to be under distress as well.

Fear and worry replaced the “joy” we always felt in our hearts after a weekend visit with our kids and grandkids. Thankfully, the fear and worry I felt gave me many sleepless nights and the opportunity to have quiet time of prayer and searching for comfort through scriptures. One evening after I totally submitted the fear and giving this problem over to the Lord, he gave me the scripture Psalm 2:11. The fear and worry melted into Peace with the acknowledgment of knowing I had the Master Physician on my side. I immediately had an urgency to research for a Dr. in the Kansas City area who treated with Probiotics. In no time at all, I had found Dr. David’s website and began reading about all the success he and his staff have had treating conditions similar to our grandson. I was thrilled, excited and overwhelmed with joy.

The next day I talked to one of Dr. David’s staff who was so kind and understanding. She just seemed to know what this young family had been going through. She gave me the times to call and talk to Dr. David and said he would talk to us as long as we needed and this was a free service he offered. My husband and I called the next day. Dr. David listened to our story from the time Hudson’s birth with all his symptoms and developmentally delayed milestones we have observed in his short life. He encouraged us and gave us hope. Our fears and worries melted into tears of joy and hope as we finally felt we were in the right hands. Now, we knew we had to call our son, Derek and his wife. But, again the ole fears and doubts crept back. We knew we had found help for Hudson, but how would we convince our son and his wife to just make a phone call to Dr. David? Our doubts were unwarranted. You see, the PLAN was already set in motion the night my prayers were answered and the scripture given to me. We are so blessed to have Christian children who are ready and open to listen to the Holy Spirit’s guidance and direction. Derek made the phone call and an appointment. I know someday I will be sitting in the bleachers watching our healthy grandson play sports, while I praise God for his direction in leading us to Dr. David and his staff.

This portion of Hudson’s story is told by Hudson’s mother, DeDe Collins.

Our son, Hudson was 13 months old when we started seeing Dr. David and his staff. My husband and I had taken Hudson to numerous pediatricians who all had different opinions and diagnoses for what they believed to be wrong with him. Since Hudson’s birth, his breathing sounded awful – like there was fluid and or phlegm in his airway. At age 3 months, when he would try cooing, laughing or making sounds with his voice box; it would send him into choking and coughing fits. He soon stopped trying to speak at all. Nighttime was scary because he could choke and cough off/on all night long. He spent many nights sleeping in an elevated position in a bouncy chair next to our bed to keep him from choking for his first year of life.

The pediatricians told us he was too young to have allergies, and that what we were hearing in his airways was just ‘floppiness’ that many infants and babies have from birth, but will outgrow soon. Chest x-rays always came back negative for fluid even though it sounded like he had pneumonia. Several of his doctors told us he needed a nebulizer with Albuterol and prescribed steroids as well to help him when he would have episodes of croup. The steroids would help when episodes were severe, but the nebulizer breathing treatments with Albuterol never helped him at all.

Hudson had horrible acid reflux since birth and had to wear a bib 24/7 due to so much regurgitation for several hours following meals. The pediatricians put him on Ranitidine shortly after birth to help with the pain that he would experience during the reflux, but did nothing to reduce the amount or timing of the reflux. We were never able to lay Hudson on his stomach without his crying like it hurt him. All the pediatricians told me he did not hurt and was just being stubborn. Hudson is our third child and has by far been our most even tempered and pleasant natured baby. I think I can tell the difference between a hurting cry and a whining cry, but they would not listen to me.

Hudson had bowel movements 7 to 9 times a day and would sometimes appear to have tan and black sand in them that would be difficult to clean off with a wet wipe. He had an open wound on one side of his buttocks when he first came home from the hospital after birth. We tried every type of ointment and cream over-the-counter and prescription there was, but it would never clear up completely and would sometimes swell and bleed following bowel movements. The Doctors told me the 7 to 9 bowel movements per day were normal for some babies as long as not runny like diarrhea or accompanied by a fever. I quit nursing him at 2 months of age and tried every type of formula out there!! I eventually tried Soy formula and Hudson’s open wound healed up for the first time ever!

When Hudson started trying baby food, he would occasionally have bowel movements that would scald and burn his butt on contact! You could not change his diapers fast enough as he would gasp and scream, and many times his skin would bleed from them.

The constant reflux, frequent bowel movements and breathing problems were taking a toll on Hudson’s overall health and development. He was significantly behind in muscle development and neurological development. At age 13 months, he could not sit for very long without falling over and would not use his arms, legs, or hands in an attempt to catch himself or push himself up. He would not stand on his legs while holding him up like most babies do when starting to use their legs, and he could not roll front to back or vice versa. It was as if he did not have any muscles in his arms or legs. Again, the pediatricians denied the possibility that there were any underlying medical causes for these conditions and recommended we start taking him to a physical therapist!

This is when Hudson’s grandparents called us with their concerns and told us about a Dr. David they had done some research on in Kansas City area; whom they hoped could find a possible cause and cure for Hudson’s delays in development and persistent health problems.

My husband called Dr. David’s office and made an appointment for Hudson. When Dr. David first saw Hudson, he tested him for all types of allergies. Hudson tested positive to allergies to MANY things – like Eggs, chicken , calcium, cow’s milk, goat’s milk, B Complex, cane sugar, rice sugar, glucose, lactose, honey, wheat, corn, rice, barley, stomach acids, and many minerals like copper, fluoride, gold, iodine, nickel, silver, zinc and potassium. Dr. David gave my husband his diagnosis of “leaky gut syndrome” and allergic complications that can stem from such a condition.

My husband’s first impression was, “What in the heck is going on?” The first time you meet Dr David and have an evaluation done, you will think he has lost his mind. It is a very unique system that relies on resistance and energy. When my husband came home after the first appointment, he explained the types of things they did to test Hudson. I also thought it sounded nuts, but my husband believed that this is where Hudson needed to be and asked me to go along with the NAET treatment process, and to believe that this would work.

Dr David doesn’t hold anything back. He tells you how it is, how it needs to be, and explains how following this course of treatment is going to target and treat the source of the problem. My husband was very impressed with Dr David and his staff. From the time you check in with receptionist Chris to receiving a treatment from nurse Betsy or Dr. David, you will see how much they truly care about you or your child. If you are not certain about whether or not NAET could work for you, take some time to go meet them. Each one of them will tell you stories about how NAET has helped them or one of their love ones. You will be amazed at some of the stories you will hear. Bottom line is, you just have to keep with it and before you know it you will start believing because of the results.

My husband kept an open mind and made the commitment to take off work every Wednesday afternoon, so he would be able to start taking Hudson for non-needle acupuncture allergy treatments. After just 2 treatments with Dr. David, we heard Hudson breathe clearly for the first time ever!!! After 2 months of treatments, Hudson was able to lie on his stomach without pain for the first time!! Hudson is now 20 months old and progressing at a steady pace. He now rolls and scoots around the house, and is pretty fast too for not crawling yet! 2 weeks ago he began using his legs to support his body weight and has shown us that he is now able to stand for brief intervals. He has not needed a bib for about 2 months, and being on his stomach has not hurt him for a long time. He loves a variety of foods and can eat everything that the rest of the family eats at dinner time. He has started using his vocal cords again now that it no longer induces coughing and choking fits. And his favorite sound to make is “Da Da” of course.

We are so thankful to Dr. David and his staff for recognizing and being able to successfully treat the source of Hudson’s troubles, instead of treating the symptoms with more medicines like the pediatricians had been doing. We are thankful to our families for their prayers and for seeking help outside generalized medicine. And we are far most thankful to God for placing a sense of urgency in the hearts and minds of our families which in turn led us to Dr. David’s practice. There is now a light at the end of our tunnel and a healthy child holding our hand as we walk through.

The solution is prevention, and in that arena your nose mucous is your friend. Nose mucous is loaded with immune cells that protect us from inhaled pathogens, and the CDC says that 90% of all bacteria that invade the body do so through the nose. The advice here is that a runny nose is you friend. Drying up your nose mucous with spray decongestants and antihistamines makes the body much more susceptible to infection. So the latest words from authorities like the Mayo Clinic seem quite contrary to current media advertising and past medical information (misinformation?). To stay healthy, keep your nasal mucous healthy.

In recent tests, about 40% of all adults tested carried Methicillin resistant stapholococcus aureas (MRSA) in their noses. This is the “skin eating” super bug that also causes death by toxic shock and numerous non lethal but debilitating health challenges…and is antibiotic resistant. Many other antibiotic resistant bacteria are carried in the nose and sinuses, but MRSA at this time is the worst of the bunch.

This mess was created by the cavalier use of antibiotics. In a recent clinical study in Switzerland, it was shown that the same treatment we use to reestablish a healthy balanced gut flora after antibiotic use is the same treatment that helps clear these antibiotic resistant bacteria from the nose and sinuses. Probiotics, in our case that would be iFlora, work by triggering the immune cells in your gut to tell the immune cells in your nose to fight off staph, strep and other pathogens. It’s called “distant site effectiveness,” and it is a significant advance in knowledge about how our immune system works. Scientists now believe that the mucosal sites of the body are all connected, and the command center is in the mucous of your small intestine.

Taking antihistamines, decongestants, codeine, and inhaling pollutants can damage cilia, the little nose hairs that move the mucous, and stagnant mucous breeds disease.

Drinking lots of water keeps your nasal mucous fluid, which is what you want. Taking probiotics that help build a healthy gut and reduce “leaky gut syndrome” also help build a healthy nasal mucous. Rinsing your nasal passages with a saline solution by way of a Netti Pot is also very helpful in reestablishing a healthy nasal mucosa. Of course last, but not least, is the use of a superior grade probiotic like iFlora.

Anyway, I had heard about NAET treatments through a family member. I had done some research on my own and then proceeded to call Dr. David’s office. I spoke with one of the gals there who had experienced the same health issue. To make a long story short, I had a consultation with Dr. David and began seeing one of his nurses for treatments. I can now eat and drink virtually anything without having to go to the bathroom.

My system was so sensitive before the treatments that I began to hate eating since I knew within a short period of time the food would leave me via diarrhea. Now I can actually go out and eat without any worries.

I will continue to strongly recommend Dr. David and NAET treatments to everyone I know. He has an awesome staff and Dr. David’s mannerism reflects the care and knowledge he gives each of his patients.

Thank you for everything!

Kaila Miller