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	<title>Dr. J. David Beaulieu &#187; Patients&#8217; Stories</title>
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		<title>Seasonal Relief For A School Teacher</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is suffering from spring allergies, I suddenly realized that I am NOT!! I can't thank you enough.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Dr. David,</p>
<p>I haven&#8217;t been able to continue treatments during this school year because of my work schedule this year. But as spring arrives and everyone is suffering from spring allergies, I suddenly realized that I am NOT!! I can&#8217;t thank you enough.</p>
<p>In addition, my B.M.&#8217;s have remained perfect. You are a miracle worker!!</p>
<p>Thank you so much,</p>
<p>Miki Heyne</p>
<p>(looking for relief? See <a href="http://www.askdoctordavid.com/allergy-treatment/">Allergy Treatments</a> and <a href="http://www.askdoctordavid.com/allergy-treatment/nutritional-assessment-treatment/">Nutritional Assessment &amp; Treatment</a> for more info)</p>
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		<title>A Life-long Cat Allergy Eliminated</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to tell you about an amazing and wonderful event in my life this week. Ever since I was a child I was remarkably allergic to cats. It has only gotten worse over the decades. I couldn't even go to someone's house who had a cat. Within a few minutes I would be wheezing, sneezing, itching, and dripping and have to go home.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Dr. David,</p>
<p>I wanted to tell you about an amazing and wonderful event in my life this week. Ever since I was a child I was remarkably allergic to cats. It has only gotten worse over the decades. I couldn&#8217;t even go to someone&#8217;s house who had a cat. Within a few minutes I would be wheezing, sneezing, itching, and dripping and have to go home.</p>
<p>I did several <a href="http://www.askdoctordavid.com/allergy-treatment/">NAET treatments</a> with Betsy for various aspects of cat allergies including cat hair, cat saliva, cat urine, and kitty litter.</p>
<p>I brought in samples of cat hair and saliva for all the cats I know. I have several cats, they are mostly outdoor cats since I live on a farm. I have never been able to pet my cats without having a huge allergy attack. I certainly would never consider brushing a cat.</p>
<p>Since having NAET I am now able to pet my cats, which is very enjoyable for me but I still had not gotten my courage up enough to brush a cat. The idea just seemed to be pure folly. Remember, I have had a lifetime of allergy issues with cats. Then last week I realized that my long haired cat was shedding his winter coat and had developed quite a few mats. I was unable to convince my husband that he should brush the cat to get the mats out so I bravely decided to tackle the project myself. Soon I found myself sitting in a sea of cat hair with hair swirling in the air around me and sticking to my clothes in big clumps.</p>
<p>Amazingly, this did not trigger a huge allergy attack. I am simply amazed that NAET could have worked this well, really beyond my wildest dreams. There is no amount of drugs that could have kept a major allergy attack from occurring under those circumstances.</p>
<p>Besides solving the cat allergy, I can now eat a wide variety of foods without getting a headache. I never thought that would be possible. NAET is just a wonderful, effective, painless and inexpensive treatment modality. I highly recommend it to any one with any kind of allergies. It can truly change a person&#8217;s life.</p>
<p>Sincerely,<br />Sharon Arnoldi</p>
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		<title>Allergy Related Heart Problems (Angina) and Digestive Problems In A Sixty Year Old Male</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In July, 2008, I was 59 years old and two months from my 60th birthday. I started having chest pains. I had such a bad pain one evening that my girlfriend took me to the emergency room. They kept me over-night for observation. My blood tests showed my heart enzymes were okay but I was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In July, 2008, I was 59 years old and two months from my 60th birthday. I started having chest pains. I had such a bad pain one evening that my girlfriend took me to the emergency room. They kept me over-night for observation. My blood tests showed my heart enzymes were okay but I was experiencing a rapid and irregular heart beat that would come and go. The cardiologist told me I had blocked arteries and should go through an arterial catheterization and maybe have a stent put in or bypass surgery. This determination was made without any tests or scans to validate such a diagnosis. Having read books by Dr. Sherry Rogers, I was aware of safer options available to me. I opted for Chelation therapy and told the Cardiologist, who then told me I would be dead in 30 days.</p>
<p>Since then I have had 39 chelation treatments. I also paid to have a CTA scan of my heart which revealed only one occlusion of a branch artery of the LAD. My main arteries were okay. I believe Dr. Doom at the hospital was just trying to scare me into a procedure to make him a few bucks and lessen the quality of my life, just like Dr. Sherry Rogers warned.</p>
<p>Another health concern I&#8217;ve had the last 30 plus years is chronic heartburn and acid reflux. I tried to control it with antacids of all kind: Tums, Rolaids, Alka Seltzer, baking soda. When Zantac became an over the counter drug, I was all over it. It turns out that all those antacids did for me was give me <a href="http://www.askdoctordavid.com/leaky-gut-syndrome/">leaky gut syndrome</a>. They also ruined my stomach lining. My girlfriend, Elizabeth, had been telling me all along to stop taking antacids, but I didn&#8217;t listen. I didn&#8217;t know what to do until a friend gave me a brochure about a doctor that treated people with leaky gut and allergies by using a treatment called NAET. Elizabeth and I made an appointment to see Dr. David Beaulieu. That was October, 2008.</p>
<p>At that time, I was still experiencing frequent intermittent chest pains, Angina. Dr. David performed a <a href="http://www.askdoctordavid.com/allergy-treatment/nutritional-assessment-treatment/">muscle resistance test (MRT)</a> to determine what foods, chemicals or other things I might be sensitive to. It turns out it was a lot of things. I started NAET treatments right away. After a few months of doing NAET I was still having problems with my digestion and frequent Angina. I was consistently having diarrhea soon after eating meals and Angina after exertion. Dr. David and his nurse, Betsy, were concerned that I was not responding to the NAET treatments like I should. I was given a more extensive MRT by Dr. David and it was determined that I had mercury poisoning in my heart. I needed to get my amalgam fillings removed immediately as they were interfering with my recovery.</p>
<p>I had the fillings removed by March, 2009. When I started <a href="http://www.askdoctordavid.com/allergy-treatment/">NAET treatments</a> again things started getting better. Dr. David has shown Elizabeth and me how to do MRT on ourselves. I&#8217;ve discovered that I have a lot of different allergies/sensitivities. I am sensitive to different combinations like certain carbohydrates with proteins, my laptop only when I attach headphones, and certain vitamins and supplements cause a reaction when taken together. I also had a reaction to toothpicks, and paper towels. I can eat corn chips and salsa and beer if I drink only certain types of beer.</p>
<p>My heart symptoms and digestive symptoms have improved tremendously but they still occur occasionally, associated with various allergies/sensitivities. We find the culprit, NAET fixes it, and the heart pattern is better until the next culprit shows up. As it turns out, the heart problem was mostly due to mercury toxicity and allergies. I&#8217;m certainly glad I didn&#8217;t agree to bypass surgery or any other invasive procedure. I have learned a lot about my body and health thanks to Dr. David. I am now taking the vitamins, enzymes and other supplements I need plus eating a more healthful diet.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know if I will ever fully recover from my health problems because some of the damage is probably permanent, but I know I have a much better chance doing so this way as opposed to conventional medicine. I&#8217;m doing just fine without hardware in my arteries and life threatening drugs in my system.</p>
<p>Jay Van Velzen<br />January 19, 2010</p>
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		<title>Developmental Delays and Breathing Difficulty</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>This portion of the story is told by Hudson&#8217;s Grandma, Laruetta Collins.</strong></p>
<p>This Christmas season the Collins family has come to realize a true &#8220;miracle&#8221; and &#8220;blessing&#8221; 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.</p>
<p>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&#8217;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&#8217;t use his arms to catch himself or push himself up. His muscular and neurological systems seemed to be under distress as well.</p>
<p>Fear and worry replaced the &#8220;joy&#8221; 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&#8217;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.</p>
<p>The next day I talked to one of Dr. David&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;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.</p>
<p><strong>This portion of Hudson&#8217;s story is told by Hudson&#8217;s mother, DeDe Collins.</strong></p>
<p>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&#8217;s birth, his breathing sounded awful &#8211; 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. </p>
<p>The pediatricians told us he was too young to have allergies, and that what we were hearing in his airways was just &#8216;floppiness&#8217; 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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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&#8217;s open wound healed up for the first time ever! </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>The constant reflux, frequent bowel movements and breathing problems were taking a toll on Hudson&#8217;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!</p>
<p>This is when Hudson&#8217;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&#8217;s delays in development and persistent health problems. </p>
<p>My husband called Dr. David&#8217;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 &#8211; like Eggs, chicken , calcium, cow&#8217;s milk, goat&#8217;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 &#8220;<a href="http://www.askdoctordavid.com/leaky-gut-syndrome/">leaky gut syndrome</a>&#8221; and allergic complications that can stem from such a condition. </p>
<p>My husband&#8217;s first impression was, &#8220;What in the heck is going on?&#8221; 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 <a href="http://www.askdoctordavid.com/allergy-treatment/nutritional-assessment-treatment/">resistance and energy</a>. 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 <a href="http://www.askdoctordavid.com/allergy-treatment/">NAET treatment process</a>, and to believe that this would work. </p>
<p>Dr David doesn&#8217;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. </p>
<p>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 &#8220;Da Da&#8221; of course.</p>
<p>We are so thankful to Dr. David and his staff for recognizing and being able to successfully treat the source of Hudson&#8217;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&#8217;s practice. There is now a light at the end of our tunnel and a healthy child holding our hand as we walk through.</p>
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		<title>Celiac Disease and Asthma: This patient story is by a mother whose daughter presented with a wide range of symptoms and numerous diagnoses including Celiac Disease (gluten sensitivity), Asthma, and severe energy cycle insufficiency</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If anyone has experienced the pain of their child's social rejection because of allergies affecting the brain, otherwise suspected asperger syndrome, high level autism (an actual gut issue), or experienced the lack of parenting success because of their child's altered perception (many of the same naturally occurring chemicals in the gut are mirrored/exist in the brain alike), then know there is hope.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A doctor referred us to Doctor David. I read &#8220;Say Goodbye to Illness,&#8221; by Dr. Nambudripad. I scoured the website, www.askdoctordavid.com. Then I took Jenny to this small office, whose treatment of children was better than that of Children&#8217;s Mercy.</p>
<p>During our first visit to Dr. David, three surprising things happened. First, all the complaints I communicated regarding Jenny&#8217;s health were substantiated. Secondly, I got instant results about the underlying problems causing the symptoms. Thirdly, Jenny had such severe health issues, she was not well enough to be treated that day. </p>
<p>Prior to our visit with Dr. David, lab tests diagnosed celiac syndrome, the severe problems in the Kreb Cycle, malabsorption of nutrients&#8230; we already knew about asthma. We had tried the rotation diet, the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, the Fiber Menace recommendations&#8230; Mannatech products&#8230; The latter&#8217;s products did help control the night sweats and gave relief to the asthma, however, if the product was not continued, the symptoms persisted. </p>
<p>My husband and I also knew Jenny&#8217;s future would be more test upon test, and medical interventions. The irritable bowel syndrome was not getting better but worse. Jenny had been reading since age 3 and excelled academically. However, we noticed social communication problems. She would rarely smile, and had fleeting eye contact at best. She spoke factually, almost monotone. She increasingly had trouble with attention and could not sit still for long. She offended children and adults alike by not responding to their nonverbal cues. No one noticed her stimming behavior, only that she needed to be more well behaved.</p>
<p>Jenny had joint pain, muscle aches, energy that ended suddenly (mid-activity), couldn&#8217;t get to sleep prior to midnight most of the time, ate non-food items&#8230; she was losing protein in the urine but wasn&#8217;t technically in kidney failure, only symptomatically on the verge&#8230; She had break outs on the cheeks, red flushed nose and cheeks frequently after food or chemical exposure (like walking through the grocery store cleaning aisle), and at age 6 still had nocturnal enuresis&#8230; that is, before we read the book and suspected the allergy to the chemicals in the diapers. We stopped using them and the nocturnal enuresis ended, even before treatment began.</p>
<p>On top of all this, she looked fine, normal, and healthy, even with the deep circles under her eyes. If anyone has experienced the pain of their child&#8217;s social rejection because of allergies affecting the brain, otherwise suspected asperger syndrome, high level autism (an actual gut issue), or experienced the lack of parenting success because of their child&#8217;s altered perception (many of the same naturally occurring chemicals in the gut are mirrored/exist in the brain alike), then know there is hope&#8230; not just hope of management, but hope of identifying your child&#8217;s allergies and plotting ahead with the belief that the Lord Jesus Christ will help you too, as He has us. We believed from the beginning that God would heal Jenny and we knew this was the route we were to take.</p>
<p>In sum, anyone with this level of problems, and intensity of issues, needs to get ready for the long haul. It is not an overnight fix, but there IS overnight progress. When Jenny could begin functioning &#8220;normally,&#8221; from first bowel issues, to later, nonverbal issues, we SAW the progress&#8230;. When my husband looked at me across the table and said, &#8220;Did you see that?&#8221; then I knew my presumptions were not just fanciful hope.</p>
<p>Prior: Urinary Tract Infections, Constipation, Mineral Deficiency, Gut Pain Ongoing, Heartburn, Acid Reflux, Shakiness-then turning pale, Joint Pain, Bone Pain, Teeth Pain (but no cavities), Back (Kidney) Pain, Fast Energy Depletion, Circles Under the Eyes, Swollen Lymph Nodes, Attention Difficulty, Not Reciprocating Nonverbals, Sound Sensitivity, Gall Bladder Pain, Asthma&#8230;</p>
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<th colspan="2">Month 1</th>
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<td><strong>Day</strong></td>
<td><strong>Notes</strong></td>
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<td>6</td>
<td>First Office Visit.</td>
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<td>22</td>
<td>(after calcium tx) Laughed and noticed implied verbal communication.</td>
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<td>23</td>
<td>Stomach still hurt in the morning but not as much as the past.</td>
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<td>25</td>
<td>No pain after scrambled eggs and butter.<br />Laughed after a slight exaggeration, 2x&#8217;s appropriately.</td>
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<td>26</td>
<td>Tooth pain only 1x after switched problem alleviated.</td>
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<td>30</td>
<td>Laughed after dinner &amp; energetic, not quiet &amp; miserable with pain.</td>
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<td>31</td>
<td>First complaint free day in years (sugar tx 2 days prior) though there were many more symptoms still existing.<br />Did not have to be carried home after a walk, although she was argumentative later.</td>
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<th colspan="2">Month 2</th>
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<td><strong>Day</strong></td>
<td><strong>Notes</strong></td>
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<td>1</td>
<td>Half of a BM began changing to more of a normal color.</td>
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<td>6</td>
<td>Tolerates olive oil and butter much better (after the Vit A tx).</td>
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<td>8</td>
<td>Gave a painting to an adult that hadn&#8217;t seen her for a while, smiled and conversed normally; previously only somber communication.</td>
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<td>9</td>
<td>Did fabulously on raw cashews.</td>
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<td>11</td>
<td>No pain with an organic, peeled raw apple!!<br />BM&#8217;s completely brown-green, no more tan, many floating.</td>
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<td>12</td>
<td>Laughing at verbal exchanges, previously antagonistic about.<br />Bm&#8217;s medium brown, indicating no more malabsorption of nutrients.<br />Talking about other people&#8217;s feelings/what they might like.</td>
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<td>13</td>
<td>In sleep, a long belly laugh.</td>
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<td>14</td>
<td>1/4 tablet adrenal helped evening fatigue and reduce complaining.</td>
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<td>16</td>
<td>Others noticed that she seems happier, not as somber.</td>
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<td>18</td>
<td>Behavioral regression (after stomach acid tx) then better.<br />Greeted an adult family friend with a smile and prolonged hug, to their surprise (10th month of regularly seeing the family).</td>
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<td>21</td>
<td>Difficulty getting to sleep, allergic to hormones, even Mom&#8217;s cyclical hormones-just prior to tx.</td>
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<td>22</td>
<td>First time, problem identification and offered immediate solution herself with follow through.<br />Increased flexibility instead of arguing with sister.<br />Noticing talking about voice tonage and emotion.</td>
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<td>26</td>
<td>Stain on the back of her right tooth gone. The stain on the left back still there.</td>
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<th colspan="2">Month 3</th>
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<td><strong>Day</strong></td>
<td><strong>Notes</strong></td>
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<td>2</td>
<td>Huge leaps in fine motor ability, cutting out the legs of a chicken.</td>
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<td>5</td>
<td>Seeming more emotionally expressive.</td>
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<td>6</td>
<td>While shopping, walked side by side with mom the entire time, wanting physical contact.</td>
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<td>11</td>
<td>Lots of energy, not hyper (unblocked day prior-calcium &amp; raw milk with end of basics).</td>
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<td>13</td>
<td>There is singing and playing in our house after dinner now.</td>
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<td>15</td>
<td>Super cuddly after fell down and got a scrape.</td>
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<td>16</td>
<td>Ready to go in the morning. Not sluggish.</td>
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<td>23</td>
<td>Sleeping well during mom&#8217;s hormonal cycle.<br />Temporarily anxious, caused lack of cooperation, though not for some time prior.</td>
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<td>25</td>
<td>Gone: Stimming hand to mouth, licking back of hand to eyes.</td>
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<td>26</td>
<td>Addressing sibling regarding her voice/approach toward herself.<br />We ate as a family again. No separate foods for Jenny.</td>
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<td>28</td>
<td>BM back to med brown &#8211; great.</td>
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<td>31</td>
<td>(After tx for borax/baking soda/truck/couch) Singing and laughing.<br />Saying courteous things to sibling getting in the car.<br />Urinated normally (usually exited slowly).<br />Eyes constricted with the light instead of flickering &amp; remaining dilated, as with borax sensitivity.</td>
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<th colspan="2">Month 4</th>
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<td><strong>Day</strong></td>
<td><strong>Notes</strong></td>
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<td>2</td>
<td>Expressed thanks to Dad first time upon being kissed on the cheek prior to bed.<br />No ongoing pain unless untreated allergen/weak.</td>
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<td>3</td>
<td>Walk with Dad, had to be carried back.<br />Said &#8220;Thank you,&#8221; unexpectedly to Mom and expressed gratefulness vs. only discontent.<br />A close friend commented, &#8220;Jenny seems happier.&#8221;<br />Not out of control as times before&#8230; or the time at Nebraska Furniture Mart when Jenny screamed at the bottom of the escalator (wouldn&#8217;t get on for fear)&#8230; or while on strolls outside complaining loudly about everything the entire way&#8230; very little arching back and loud fits (at what we considered trivial but her perception WAS different)&#8230; and more&#8230;</td>
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<td>11</td>
<td>More energy, yet, calm when needed to be.</td>
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<td>29</td>
<td>The &#8220;fire was out,&#8221; and &#8220;rebuilding&#8221; began. Added supplements that Mom knew would be helpful but Jenny could not previously take, as researched on the Vit K protocol, http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/VitaminK/ with Dr. David&#8217;s help.</td>
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<th colspan="2">Month 5</th>
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<td><strong>Day</strong></td>
<td><strong>Notes</strong></td>
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<td>7</td>
<td>Jenny&#8217;s regular NAET treatment.</td>
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<td>9</td>
<td>Dad prayed for God in Jesus Christ&#8217;s name, to heal an allergy that Jenny had, and she did not have the allergy any longer, from that moment on.</td>
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<td>10</td>
<td>First Day Jenny woke up with no stomach pain at all.</td>
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<td>11</td>
<td>We knew God in Jesus Christ&#8217;s name, healed Jenny completely.</td>
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<td>12</td>
<td>Had pizza at a restaurant and Jenny did fine and slept that night well even (this had never happened for us; though we did not make junk food routine at all).</td>
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<td>13</td>
<td>Jenny ran ahead of her younger sibling for the first time (for about 1/3 of a mile), and had more endurance than ever before.<br />During the family walk, picked flowers on the hill&#8230; previously there would be screaming due to the fear of heights.<br />Long time between lunch and dinner-no shakiness or fatigue.</td>
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<td>14</td>
<td>Jenny said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve got so much energy, I want to use it up!&#8221; It seemed like she did and it has continued&#8230; now through Month 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11&#8230;</td>
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<p>Yes, throughout the highlights and breakthroughs, there were several &#8220;pains&#8221; and &#8220;aches&#8221; etc., so it wasn&#8217;t all highlights. The supplements that she used to take, she does not need regularly. Dr. David taught us how to use them effectively and we occasionally use them, and with great success.</p>
<p>Jenny no longer needs to take the supplements from the VitaminK protocol, indicating that autism is no longer an issue. Furthermore, she no longer displays symptoms of autism&#8230; except when she is blocked or switched, which we can easily identify. We realize the brain takes 2 years to rebuild, whereas the small intestine only takes weeks, for example. </p>
<p>We learned the importance of fat and protein, and the danger of hidden sugar. We eat more carefully and more comfortably than ever before, because we feel better that way. The book &#8220;The Hidden Story of Cancer,&#8221; by Brian Peskin was insightful, as was the book by Jordan Rubin, &#8220;The Maker&#8217;s Diet.&#8221;</p>
<p>To the other parents who have their hearts ripped out daily because of the suffering of their child: THERE IS HOPE!</p>
<p>Elizabeth Crainshaw</p>
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		<title>Headaches and Food Allergy: A local businessman&#8217;s story of recovery from severe headaches resulting from his food allergies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had headaches at least every couple days for about the last 10 years. Ridiculous! I cannot remember when I have had more than 2 days without a headache. I know so many people in the same situation, suffering daily. The list includes my mother and sister &#8211; both are vegetarians. My mom has a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had headaches at least every couple days for about the last 10 years. Ridiculous! I cannot remember when I have had more than 2 days without a headache.</p>
<p>I know so many people in the same situation, suffering daily. The list includes my mother and sister &#8211; both are vegetarians. My mom has a headache everyday and is addicted to excedrin &#8211; a habit which gives such relief in the short term, but inflicts such cruel damage to the body and creates an addiction worse than the original problem. There are so many short term solutions to these headaches, so much so that an entire industry is built around the headache.</p>
<p>But why are these headaches occurring? That&#8217;s the important question! After searching for this illusive answer for the past 10 years, I have come to some very shocking information regarding diet, health, and my very sturdy, but yet fragile ecosystem that I inhabit.</p>
<h3>My life with food, nutrition, guilt and the reality of life&#8230;</h3>
<p>I guess the question I struggle with today is not what made a staunch vegan start to eat meat. That answer is simple &#8211; the quest to find a cure for my headaches. My question is still the same one I have had for the last 10 years. Why do I have headaches?</p>
<p>First, let me tell you a little about my life so far. For most of my life I have been almost exclusively a carnivore. Given the choice, I ate meat with no desire for any other dietary substance. I was raised in a household with a mother who loved chicken and a father who ate red meat. But strangely enough, my parents both became vegetarians when I was 14. It was an ethical decision for them. My parents were great &#8211; they let my sister and me make our own decisions about our dietary intake. So we ate meat.</p>
<p>As any troublesome teen, I rebelled and ate as much as I could get my hands on. More meat please&#8230; hold the veggies. I even worked in a BBQ restaurant; free meat all day long, everyday. I felt great. I smoked, drank, did drugs &#8211; you name it, I did it! I was young and nothing seemed like it could do any damage.</p>
<p>Then somewhere in college I found myself as a vegetarian. I was opposed to the way animals were treated and grown. It did not seem right that the animals suffered so, but I have always been on the border whether consuming flesh was right or wrong. After all, right and wrong are simply perceptions &#8211; we all have them &#8211; and they are no more than that &#8211; perceptions, and perceptions change with circumstance.</p>
<p>Because of this &#8220;perception&#8221; issue, my perceptions changed several times over the next few years. I was a vegetarian, then a carnivore, then a vegetarian, and so on&#8230; but I never really ate veggies when a carnivore or meat when a vegetarian. But what I had always been sure about was that, as a consumer, it was my responsibility to do what I felt right, and to uphold my ethical and moral beliefs with my decisions. My life was so easy then &#8211; eat meat and enjoy, no veggies required.</p>
<p>Then I met Sandi, my wife and owner of <a href="http://www.edenalley.com/" title="Eden Alley Vegetarian Cafe">Eden Alley Vegetarian Cafe</a>. She cooks so amazingly that I realized I could give up meat and not miss it. Her cooking is layers upon layers of flavors disguised as simple vegetarian food. Whole food nutrition that tasted better than anything I had ever encountered. So, I gave up meat without a doubt that I was moving in a healthier direction.</p>
<p>I stopped smoking somewhere in here too, and life was great! Running a vegetarian restaurant makes it easy to be vegetarian because there&#8217;s food I could eat everywhere around me, and great tasting food at that.</p>
<p>But I found that I missed the texture of meat &#8211; the chew. Then I discovered meat substitutes. The joy of processed foods that had a similar texture to meat. Textured vegetable protein and wheat gluten were constants in my diet. Oh the joy of the chew without the death and suffering of an animal.</p>
<p>Could life get any better? I was married to the hardest working, greatest woman I had ever met, helping to run an amazing restaurant.</p>
<p>Then the headaches started. Slowly at first, but with astounding pounding pressures that would leave me curled up on our bed wanting to die.</p>
<p>So, the search for the cure started. In my quest, with such excrutiating headaches that I wanted to crawl in a hole and die, I went to the one place that seemed they could help me &#8211; the Headache and Pain Center &#8211; it&#8217;s in the name. Well, I was told that the chances of finding the cause of my headaches was so low that I shouldn&#8217;t even bother. Their solution was to place me on antidepressants, but I wasn&#8217;t depressed. No matter, supposedly, they help headache sufferers too.</p>
<p>Even ten years ago I knew that this was the wrong approach for me. It did not answer the question as to why I had headaches. The headaches were obviously the symptom of something. What it was was the answer I was looking for &#8211; not just something to mask the pain of the message my body was sending me.</p>
<p>So, the quest continued. I started to look at everything I put into my body. What was the trigger for these awful pains that left me feeling less than the supercharged person I was without them?</p>
<p>As I was now, again, a vegetarian, helping to run a vegetarian restaurant, I was eating a typical vegetarian menu consisting of tofu, beans, rice, breads, eggs, dairy, etc. Then my doctor tells me I have high cholesterol. What, now that I am not eating meat? So, I started Lipitor to control my cholesterol. However, my headaches become more frequent. Even though my cholesterol is slightly lower, my doctor tells me my blood pressure is high. So, I am now taking a blood pressure lowering drug.</p>
<p>This was just great. I am not a big supporter of pharmacueticals and was not to happy taking these drugs&#8230; like my life depended on it! I have always believed that nature has the answer to our health, so taking prescription medication simply went against what I felt was right, but because my doctor said I really needed it, I took it. That was the start of the end of my trust for the medical community and what they perceive to be the truth of our biology.</p>
<p>I started switching doctors, looking for one that might have a clue about solutions to causes instead of masks for symptoms. I asked them all if the Lipitor could be contributing to my headaches and high blood pressure. They all said there has been nothing written about that. But I said, I have never had high blood pressure until I started on Lipitor. It did not make sense to me, and so I question authority &#8211; it&#8217;s just the nature of how I was raised, thankfully. Long story short, once I got off cholesterol lowering drugs, my blood pressure was fine and I had fewer headaches. But of course, there was no correlation!</p>
<p>So what was causing these headaches still? Soy? As a vegetarian, I was ingesting a lot of this stuff. I confirmed it time and time again in my many trials. Eating tofu made my head split open. Thus, I felt the answer to my painful life was found, but it was only the beginning.</p>
<p>Then I found Dr. David, and now, after one visit to Dr. David for NAET, no headache! No headache, what kind of magic is this?</p>
<p>Does it really matter what&#8217;s behind it if it works? To me it does. I love learning and understanding. So, I have bought all the books about this written by the founder of NAET, Dr. Devi Nambudripad and am loving the read. My first was &#8220;Say Goodbye To Headaches&#8221; of course.</p>
<p>So here is NAET in a nutshell &#8211; Greg&#8217;s nut shell of a brain.</p>
<p>My body knows what it needs, and what it doesn&#8217;t, what bothers it and what helps it. So, Dr. David just asked the right questions and used muscle checking &#8211; a method that has been used for centuries &#8211; to get the answer.</p>
<p>In my first visit, he checked for the most common 18 allergens and digestive disorders known to this system. Of these, I tested positive for 11 of them.</p>
<p>Currently, my body cannot process protein from any other source than cow. Luckily, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been eating as of the last few weeks &#8211; 100% grass fed, no grain. My body had already figured that one out &#8211; but nice to see the proof.</p>
<p>My body is unable to assimilate a whole heap load of nutrients from the foods I have been eating as a vegan. The doctor believes, and stated his proof, that a vegan diet is not sustainable for more than a few years for the majority of people. He did say a small percentage of people thrive on being vegan, but apparently not me. He used to be a vegan, coincidentally. He stated that a vegan diet is one of the best things you can do for your body. It is the greatest cleanse and does wonders, but once it is done cleansing, it can have bad effects if continued &#8211; and that is seen in my world for sure. Of course, this is his opinion based on the facts he sees &#8211; no offense meant to anyone.</p>
<p>So what exactly caused my myriad of headaches for the last 10 years, a really bad vegetarian diet? Well, an overly dominant excess of soy and gluten proteins in the form of &#8220;meat substitutes&#8221; that made up my diet for the first few years after I turned vegetarian, has given me a &#8220;<a href="http://www.askdoctordavid.com/leaky-gut-syndrome/" title="leaky gut syndrome">leaky gut</a>&#8220;. This allows proteins to escape my gut into the rest of my body. My immune system, which is in perfect shape, sees these proteins as enemies and tries to destroy them and sends the alarm message out &#8211; a headache.</p>
<p>I had been a carnivore, so in my early days as a vegetarian, I really missed the chew of meat. Fake meats were everywhere at the health food store. Soy and gluten proteins masquerading as meat solved the chew issue for me, so I ate them to excess. Couple that bad diet with cheese and dairy &#8211; a truly crappy vegetarian diet &#8211; how could I not have allergy issues? Unfortunately, at the time, I had no idea about a balanced diet in the vegetarian realm.</p>
<p>Of course, many years ago I learned the dangers of a diet completely based on &#8220;isolated&#8221; proteins, which were stripped from their natural home in the soy-bean and the wheat and grains, and have thus moved away from that predominance, but the damage had been done.</p>
<p>So what now? Currently, I stay on a limited diet consisting of 100% grass-fed cow, egg, and most vegetables and fruits. As my NAET treatments continue, I will go through some different phases, but ultimately, my body will be cured of most, if not all, of its allergies, and of course, my headaches.</p>
<p>And what will my diet consist of then? What will my body say it is supposed to be eating? Stay tuned&#8230;</p>
<p>So my beliefs of right and wrong, left and right, up and down &#8211; my unique perspective on life &#8211; have been my guiding light, my beacon in the night. These beliefs have determined my diet; a diet I have turned into a lifestyle. I mean really, what I eat has taken over what I am. Ok sure, one way we humans differentiate between animals is their diet: this one&#8217;s an herbivore, carnivore, or what&#8217;s this &#8211; an omnivore.</p>
<p>Well, that&#8217;s me now for the first time in my life &#8211; an omnivore. I&#8217;ve spent time as a carnivore, then an herbivore, guess this makes sense. Is there really nothing more to me, that is more important, in determining who and what I am than my diet? Really, I mean my diet.</p>
<p>Now, thanks to NAET, I have the entire rainbow of foods to choose from without the fear of the headache. Wow, gotta&#8217; choose wisely.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve heard the saying all our life: &#8220;you are what you eat,&#8221; but it doesn&#8217;t seem that many people really ever consider this to be true. I mean consciously we would all probably agree with this statement, but in reality very few people actually live as such. I sure found this to be true. Crap in crap out.</p>
<p>I was ruining my body. Now Dr. David and Betsy have given me the chance for a whole new life, without fear. Thank you both for giving me a second chance to understand my body&#8217;s needs, not just my philosophical desires. </p>
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		<title>Abdominal Distress: A two and a half year-old with severe abdominal distress and failure to thrive</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our then two and a half year old daughter had suffered with loose bowels and stomach cramping since infancy. She was also a much smaller child that her older sister being only 25% of average in height and weight. When she was six months old she needed an aminophylline inhaler for bronchiolitis.]]></description>
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<p>Our then two and a half year old daughter had suffered with loose bowels and stomach cramping since infancy. She was also a much smaller child that her older sister being only 25% of average in height and weight. When she was six months old she needed an aminophylline inhaler for bronchiolitis. <span id="more-42"></span>She had four ear infections before she was a year old despite being breast fed, no daycare and no smokers in the house.</p>
<p>Then after her first birthday we added dairy to her diet and she got markedly worse with mucousy stools and then even vomiting. I questioned her pediatrician about milk allergies and he said it was possible especially considering her history of ear infections! She finally improved on a strict elimination diet excluding all forms of dairy, soy and peanuts.</p>
<p>After a year of near normalcy her GL problems recurred and now she had eczema. We took her to an allergist who performed a skin-prick food allergy test with only a positive result for peanut. He then admonished us to allow Carlin to have dairy so as not to deprive her, of calcium. However, by now Carlin&#8217;s health had deteriorated to the point of waking in the night crying from gas pains and belching sulfur-smelling fumes. She was so uncomfortable she could not fall asleep unless she was upright, so we took turns sleeping in the recliner with her.</p>
<p>We were desperate, then I saw Dr. Beaulieu&#8217;s ad for NAET and elimination of childhood allergies permanently. Muscle testing and acupressure to resolve her misery seemed to good to be true, but I knew there could be no placebo effect in a toddler so we pursued treatment. The testing confirmed some things I suspected, like eggs, that conventional testing did not identify. The positive result for calcium made sense given that even her rice milk was calcium fortified.</p>
<p>She was first treated for egg mix and in 24 hours she had a completely normal BM for the first time in her life, and she slept well without any gas or pain. The next week she was treated for calcium mix and her eczema resolved! She did have a crying jag for a couple of hours after the B-vitamin treatment and a head-to-toe rash the day after the vitamin C treatment- further evidence it seemed that the treatments were working.</p>
<p>Two months after starting NAET Carlin was thrilled to be able to eat cheese and ice cream, literally jumping up and down in the kitchen saying, &#8220;I can have dairy!&#8221;</p>
<p>Perhaps most amazing was her check up that summer. Two months after starting NAET her height was in the 75th percentile and her weight was 50th. It was obvious that her little body was finally able to utilize the nutrients from her food. We are very grateful to to Dr. David, Sandy and the whole staff for their part in returning Carlin to good health, and to Dr. Devi Nambrudipad for developing NAET We don&#8217;t like to imagine what Carlin&#8217;s life would be like without it!</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p><a href="http://www.askdoctordavid.com/chappell/" title="Michelle Chappell, D.V.M.">Michelle Chappell, D.V.M.</a><br />
Michael Ferrari, Ph.D.</p>
<p class="warning">It doesn&#8217;t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart&#8217;s longing.<br />
&#8230; &#8230; &#8230; &#8230;<br />
Oriah Mountain Dreamer</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allergies affect many people's (especially children's) quality of life. For the first two years of my son Ethan's life, I prayed that the allergy medicines, lotions, steroid creams, etc. would relieve the itching and discomfort his eczema caused him.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Allergies affect many people&#8217;s (especially children&#8217;s) quality of life. For the first two years of my son Ethan&#8217;s life, I prayed that the allergy medicines, lotions, steroid creams, etc. would relieve the itching and discomfort his eczema caused him. <span id="more-41"></span>His poor skin itched so badly from his allergies that he would quietly sneak away to the corner of the room to scratch it as hard as he could. We would have to cut his fingernails every other day to keep him from hurting himself. Sometimes, even without scratching, his skin would just break open and bleed.</p>
<p>I was excited when we were able to do an allergy blood test. I was hoping to learn what the 1-2 key allergies were that were causing him so much pain and irritation. Instead, I was presented with a very long list of allergies and told that the test did not cover everything. It was impossible to keep Ethan away from everything on that list! How could we relieve his itching and help his skin and yet enable him to live a full, rich life?</p>
<p>My husband, Gus, met a lady at Manna Nutrition who&#8217;s granddaughter had had severe eczema until she went through a series of treatments called NAET (Nambudripad&#8217;s Allergy Elimination Technique). The woman explained that the treatment involved re-aligning her granddaughter&#8217;s energy fields using acupressure to eliminate (not relieve, eliminate) her allergies. Knowing this sounded too good to be true, she gave my husband Dr. David Beaulieu&#8217;s,phone number (1-800-888-4866 or 816-753-4866) and told him that Dr. David answered questions and educated people for free on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10 am to noon, CST.</p>
<p>After researching NAET through the resources listed below, Gus and I decided all we had to lose was $. Ethan&#8217;s eczema was continually getting worse and as he grew older, he became conscious of what it was. He began to know his skin looked different than other children. He also began to hate the creams as they &#8220;make Ethan dirty&#8221;. He thought they made him dirty because they were greasy to touch. He did not want to be &#8220;dirty&#8221; and would cry every time we put the cream on his skin.</p>
<p>The improvement through NAET was gradual at first. We noticed that Ethan did not sneak off into corners anymore. Then he stopped rolling up his sleeves and pants to itch. Next, he was willing to wear shorts and T-shirts and didn&#8217;t itch. Gus and I realized we had gone a month without buying Aquaphor and were only applying cream once a day (we used to use 1.5 jars of Aquaphor a week and a tube of steroid cream).</p>
<p>After treating Ethan for the basics, we had him tested and treated for substances that Dr. Nambudripad has historically found to contribute to eczema. After treating for magnesium and benzoates, Ethan&#8217;s eczema disappeared from his waist up. The eczema on his legs lightened in color and the skin became somewhat softer. After treating for food coloring, gelatin, and vegetable fat, Ethan needs cream about once a week unless he has a reaction to another substance. Ethan continues to take Singular, Zyrtec and Atarax. Until we are able to treat Ethan for mold, pollen, and peanuts, we will continue to give these to him daily.</p>
<p>If you or a child you know suffers from allergies, please investigate this treatment to learn if it can provide you and yours relief. We can&#8217;t thank our nurse, Megan Brownlee, and Dr. Nambudripad enough for the healing NAET has given Ethan.</p>
<p>The references we used to research NAET are:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.askdoctordavid.com/" title="askdoctordavid.com">www.askdoctordavid.com</a> &#8211; our doctor in KC&#8217;s website. Megan Brownlee is the nurse who does all of Ethan&#8217;s treatments. He loves her to pieces and can&#8217;t wait to go see her each week.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.naet.com" title="naet.com">www.naet.com</a> &#8211; this is Dr. Nambudripad&#8217;s official website.</li>
<li>Say Good-bye to Illness by Dr. Nambudripad is her initial and best book. Very detailed. Teaches self-testing for allergies, the meridians, etc.</li>
<li>Say Good-by to Children&#8217;s Allergies by Dr. Nambudripad is also very good.</li>
<li>Dr. Nambudripad has also written Say Good-bye to Allergy-related Autism, Say Good-bye to ADD and ADHD, The NAET Guidebook, and Living Pain Free.</li>
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<p>Mom and Dad for Ethan</p>
<p class="warning">The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.<br />
&#8230; &#8230; &#8230; &#8230;<br />
Elbert Hubbard</p>
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		<title>Asthma and Allergies: An adult with a 50 year history of asthma and allergy and resultant restricted lifestyle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had a history of asthma since I was one and a half years old. My mom and I spent many nights in the hospital as a baby due to lack of treatments at the time. As I grew older, I began taking allergy shots as an 8-12 year-old.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have had a history of asthma since I was one and a half years old. My mom and I spent many nights in the hospital as a baby due to lack of treatments at the time. As I grew older, I began taking allergy shots as an 8-12 year-old. <span id="more-40"></span>I didn&#8217;t really see any improvements from them. I continued to have severe allergic reactions to things and suffer from asthma especially at night and during pollen and ragweed season. As an adult, I learned to control my reactions by limiting my intake of certain foods and staying inside during the peak seasons. I still had many sinus infections that lasted weeks at a time and caused me to miss work.</p>
<p>As of last September when I was suffering horribly with a sinus infection, I decided to try Dr. David after hearing the success story of a co-worker. I began treatment and didn&#8217;t really notice any difference immediately. After about 4-5 treatments, I noticed my breathing was much easier. My husband commented on how much quieter I was at night. After a year of treatment I was able to open the windows without wheezing uncontrollably. I was eating things without breaking out from them. I was feeling much healthier overall. I had more energy. When I finished my treatments in the spring, I was hardly using my inhaler and rarely taking my medication for wheezing. After completion of the treatments, I had one reaction that brought me back for a treatment. I know there will be others, but I am a believer in N.A.E.T., Dr. David, and the ladies that work in the office. My only regret is that I didn&#8217;t know about the treatment 45 years ago.</p>
<p>Thanks for giving me my life back. In 50 years I&#8217;ve never felt healthier. This N.A.E.T. is quite a program. I would never believed it if I hadn&#8217;t seen it work first hand. I appreciate your dedication and belief in the alternative. It takes courage.</p>
<p>Sherri Arnhold<br />
Elementary School Teacher of 26 years</p>
<p class="warning">The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.<br />
Don&#8217;t go back to sleep.<br />
<em>&nbsp;</em><br />
You must ask for what you really want.<br />
Don&#8217;t got back to sleep.<br />
<em>&nbsp;</em><br />
People are going back and forth across the doorsill<br />
where the two worlds touch.<br />
<em>&nbsp;</em><br />
The door is round and open. Don&#8217;t go back to sleep.<br />
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Rumi</p>
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		<title>Allergies and Asthma: A young adult with multiple pre-diagnosed allergies and asthma with a history of worsening symptoms</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was 1st diagnosed with asthma &#38; allergies when I was 9 years old. I started on the regular medicines like Theophlin , Alupant , inhalers, antibiotics &#38; getting allergy shots. I remember missing weeks at a time from school &#38; not being able to go outside during recesses.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was 1st diagnosed with asthma &amp; allergies when I was 9 years old. I started on the regular medicines like Theophlin , Alupant , inhalers, antibiotics &amp; getting allergy shots. I remember missing weeks at a time from school &amp; not being able to go outside during recesses. <span id="more-39"></span>I did do a little improving during my adolescent years, but I think that was because my body was adjusting &amp; still growing. I started high school &amp; things took a turn for the worse. I developed pneumonia twice &amp; kept getting sinus infections, thus leading to going to the doctor &amp; getting more antibiotics. Little did I know what damage these were doing to my digestive tract. Growing older I would still constantly get sinus infections &amp; start to feel bad after I had eaten.</p>
<p>The past 3 years I was constantly getting worse. I was feeling tired at work &amp; not sleeping well at night. Finally I got sick &amp; tired of feeling sick &amp; tired. I decided then &amp; there I was going to find an alternative treatment. I was watching the news one day &amp; I saw a story about NAET. I did some researching &amp; found a practitioner in the Kansas City area.</p>
<p>Thank God for Dr. David, Megan, Sandy &amp; Barb! I started the NAET treatments a little over a year ago &amp; man what a turn my health took! I found out about what antibiotics did to me &amp; as well as what probiotics could do for me. I found out that most of my allergies were food related &amp; a little of the environmental factors. I started feeling the effects after my 1st treatment. I wasn&#8217;t sure of what exactly was going on in my body but I knew something was happening.</p>
<p>I completed my treatments after about a year; I still go back to get checked up &amp; to take care of some things that might pop up. I can&#8217;t begin to describe how much better I feel. I have so much more energy &amp; really focused. I sleep a lot better; I have not had anymore sinus infections &amp; hardly get sick anymore. I know that I&#8217;m really intoned with my body &amp; really trust my instincts now without question.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your dedication to this practice. And thanks for thinking &amp; acting outside the box!</p>
<p>Thomas Fernandez<br />
32 yr. Old Healthy Latin Male<br />
Phone number: 913-526-1027 (I know some people would like to talk to an actual person.)</p>
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