Love will lead the way.

Love will heal.

Let love guide you and you will find your way.

Always trust in love.

Love beckons.

Love remembers.

Love forgives.

Love let’s go…..but never EVER gives up.

Love is the way.

Love will wake you up.

Love will put you to sleep.

When all else fails, you can rely on love.

Love is the universal language.

Love has no boundaries.

Love feels no shame.

Love will accept you for who you are.

Love with all of your faults and shortcomings.

Love your life and your life will love you back.

Love your body and your body will love you back.

Love your virtues and your sins will not seem so bad.

Love your family – it does not matter why or how or whether or not they deserve your love.  Love them anyway.

Love your enemies and soon you will no longer have any.

Love your weaknesses as much as your strengths.

Learn to love that which you cannot.

Strive to love more and often.

Be the love that you are looking for in others.

Never be scared to show your love and love will always find you.

Love when you cannot love anymore.  Keep loving and loving…

Never grow tired of love and it will not grow tired of you.  You will always be able to rely on it – always, always, always, no matter what happens – in life or in death.

When you have learned to MASTER the art of love in all areas of your life you will be truly free.   When you have learned to MASTER love you will have repaid God with God’s biggest gift to you – the gift of life.

“Having enough to eat: that is joy. Knowing when one is full: that is widom.”

 ”If you don’t want people to rebel, then stuff their bellies full of food. If you want no wars, then make sure there is enough to eat. When a country is on the brink of ruin, it is because the leaders have taken too much in taxes, conscription, and labor.

In a simple life, people eat plain food. They have enough. No one needs to lecture them about balance: nature teaches them. They grow their own food, they eat what comes into season, and they consume in proportion to their own labor. They learn to save some, they learn to share, and they learn that for everyone to have enough creates contentment.

Eat what is proper. Eat what is right. Although there are elaborate schools of cooking, avoid excess. Although there are fanatic beliefs about diet, fasting, and ritual, avoid obsession. Eat what is natural. Eat enough, but don’t eat too much. The simple application of that dictum is difficult enough.”

 —-Deng Ming-Dao “Everyday Tao”

His website can be found at www.philmaffetone.com/newbookinterview.cfm

This is Dr. Maffetone talking in his own words:

“This has been my primary teaching point from the first day in private practice almost 35 years ago until the present, and it’s what I personally practice everyday. Essentially, it means each person being responsible for his or her health and fitness. Only by doing that can optimal wellness, graceful aging and true illness and disease prevention be achieved. In addition, it’s the ultimate answer to the nation’s, and the world’s, health-care problem. Surrendering our bodies and personal control to health insurance companies, medical providers, or the government to dictate our health needs, which is what too many people are doing now, simply does not work. The continuous and dramatic rise in health-care costs, and ongoing fall in quality of life clearly demonstrates the failure of that approach. Self-health care is about caring for one’s body first, through improved lifestyle factors such as diet, stress control and physical activity, [receiving preventative treatment such as through homeopathy, chiropractic, herbs, acupuncture, naturopathy, emotional therapies....and] then using ….. other professionals if and when the need arises.”

         This post was sent out as a newsletter,  the first to be sent out in the last 5 months.

I don’t know where the time has gone.  Plus, I broke my promise.  I had promised in the last newsletter to do a newsletter twice a month and it never happened.  There have been a lot of changes at the Triad Of Health Family Wellness Clinic.  Things look the same but they are completely different.  There is a new copy machine, some new plants, new restrooms and new roof.  We now carry an entire line of non-toxic skin care, body care, hair care, toothpaste and sunscreen.  We are constantly striving to help you, your friends, and the people of this community and surrounding communities to be healthier.  It has been difficult for me to see patients over the years who have been poisoning themselves and don’t even know it.  This is why we now have these personal care products in the office.

One of our most amazing developments is in the area of Energy Medicine.Previously, one of my mentors instructed me to study classical homeopathy and to purchase an entire pharmacy.  While I hesitated at first, I finally decided to purchase the $8,000 kit.  While it has not proved very profitable, it has helped my patients immensely.  Some people had skin conditions vanish after one treatment.  Urinary Tract Infections now would magically disappear at the end of a single treatment!  People who had suffered from poor digestion were nearly completely better after being treated only once and only sometimes a second treatment would be needed.  Several months ago I was told to get a kit that contains all of the elements known (except for those which are radioactive.)  This was also a considerable added expense.  However, now 90% of patients no longer need any homeopathy at all as this element kit addresses the underlying “causes” of the need for homeopathy. This saves every patient an average of about $40 to $50 per visit.   The element kit addresses the energetic imbalances that homeopathy treats on a vibrational level. Allow me to share with you the experience of one patient in particular.  She had not been sleeping in months.  After only one treatment using the element kit and other total kinesiology therapies, she was able to sleep soundly throughout the night.  She had been to numerous doctors who had been trying to help her with her sleep using numerous different therapies.  She had been in several different sleep studies and had had numerous laboratory analysis done.  None of those things had helped much.  Ambien had probably been the most helpful thing.  Ambien is toxic and causes damage to the brain and will often throw off a person’s balance and equilibrium and cause them to have foggy thinking – not such good side effects.

At the Triad Of Health we are always on the cutting edge.  The only really huge challenge is that there are so many health care providers out there doing so many different things that people become confused.  They don’t know where to turn.  They don’t know what to do.  I have found that more than 50% of my patients actually choose their health care provider based on whether or not they like their mannerisms and personality and not based upon their credentials, training and clinical results.  Perhaps this is why I discussed my training in the last newsletter 5 months ago.  To summarize my training let’s just put it this way: I have a lot of training – 10 years more training than the majority of Medical Doctors.  The overwhelming majority of clinical approaches do not take into account the Triad Of Health.  This is why I keep going on and on and on about the Triad Of Health and how important it is to address the underlying causes of one’s health concerns structurally, chemically and emotionally.

Let’s get back to this confusing health care situation.  Let’s take for example a male named Jim who is in his late 30s and is having trouble with his health.  Where does he go for help with his health?  What is Jim to do?  Let’s say he is suffering from chronic fatigue and he knows he is tired all the time and doesn’t really need anyone to tell him that; then what does he do?  Well, he could see a medical doctor and they would probably do blood labs first to determine what is going on and if the lab were to reveal that he was low in Thyroid Hormone or Testosterone then they would give him Thyroid Medication or Testosterone. The only challenge here is that Thyroid Hormones do not travel in the blood, they travel in the lymph system and so a blood lab may not reveal a Thyroid dysfunction – even if it is severe.  Much of the Thyroid hormone is converted from inactive Thyroid hormone (bound and inactive) to active Thyroid Hormone (free fraction physiologically active) in peripheral body tissue such as muscles and ligaments and the liver and kidneys and also the digestive tract.  So there is no way to do a biopsy of all of these tissues to determine what is happening with the Thyroid.  If such a biopsy were possible to perform it would cost in excess of $10,000.  I don’t think many people have that extra cash lying around.  So, perhaps the doctor would misdiagnose Jim because Thyroid disease is not revealed on the blood lab.  This could potentially be a HUGE mistake.  Keep in mind that the average M.D. simply does not have the training to know that a blood lab is ineffective when looking at Thyroid dysfunction.  This is NEVER the way that thyroid disease was diagnosed in the past.  Feel free to read “Hypothyroidism, the Unsuspected Illness” by Dr. Broda Barnes M.D..  In the past Thyroid disease was diagnosed when the patient was found to have imbalances in their lipid levels.  For example, there would often be an excessively high cholesterol ratio as well as commonly found high triglycerides.  Total cholesterol might also be high.  However, today they just screen for whether or not to give Thyroid Medication.  This is the main approach.  And, when they see the lipid panel with major imbalances then they say that their patient has trouble with their heart.  Where do they come up with this stuff?  All the research shows otherwise.  According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, for people who are 65 years old or older, the higher their cholesterol levels are, the LESS LIKELY they are to suffer from heart disease or any other form of sickness and the more likely they are to live longer.  If you would like to see the articles, let me know.  I have them in the office.  The public is incredibly misinformed and they don’t know where to turn.

Perhaps I am TOO WELL informed.  I don’t know where to turn sometimes either.  This is why I am turning to you in this newsletter.  We need your help.  Please, spread the word.  There is a better way.  You can actually have the causes of your symptoms diagnosed and treated and you can get better.  There is no need for stem cells, there is no need for hormone injections.  It is not common for people to need medication even though some people do for a period of time.  Soy is not a health food.  Organic Whole Wheat bread may not necessarily be quite as healthy as some people think that it is.  Nobody needs “extra” fiber so that they benefit by taking oat fiber or flax seed every day or some other fiber like buckwheat.  These things may seem smart and they may be discussed on the radio and on T.V. and on the Internet, but they are just gimmicks to sell people things.  Our ancestors did not eat flax seeds.   Nobody has an Acai juice deficiency – that is ridiculous.  These juices are loaded with sugar.  Yes, I know, they have a ton of antioxidants in them.  However, these antioxidants are not nearly as effective as the bilirubin which your body is processing constantly and putting back into bile salts.  Can you imagine taking pristine spring water that comes from the top of one of the most beautiful glaciers in the world and then putting some lead in it?  Is it just as healthy once the lead is in there?  Of course not.  Well, those antioxidants in the Acai juice become biochemically worthless when combined with all of the sugar found in the beverage.  For really toxic people they may feel better for a period of time.  However, it is mainly just their SYMPTOMS that are going away.  The CAUSE of their symptoms still remain and the symptoms themselves may or may not return with a vengeance.  1000 years ago Hypocrites would say: “The highest good is to find the cause [of the health concern].”  Treating symptoms may bring about great results.  However, the results of treating symptoms can’t be compared to the long term permanent and deep healing that comes about through structural, chemical, emotional, electromagnetic, spiritual, mental and physiological therapies that address the underlying causes of the causes of symptoms.  Diagnosis is the key.  A plummer cannot fix a leak until he/she finds out where the leak is.  Treating an infection with pain killers is idiotic.  The infection itself must be addressed or else it could spread and lead to more difficulties.  A car mechanic does not just start replacing parts on a car that is not working correctly.  First the mechanic does some diagnostic tests.  Once it is determined what is wrong through analysis and diagnosis, THEN and only then may the faulty part be replaced.  D.D. Palmer who was the founder of chiropractic once said, “Many patients imagine that they have tried everything.  True, they have used many remedies, but they have never had the cause of their infirmity adjusted.”  He has also been quoted as saying: “There is a vast difference between treating effects and adjusting the cause.”  Another quote from D.D. Palmer reads: “When educated intelligence can communicate with innate intelligence, a point at which the not too distant future may hold, then a correct diagnosis and treatment will be made and rendered.”

There is a lot of misinformation out there.  Getting the facts when it comes to our health and how to approach it is incredibly important.  Many people like to discuss the benefits of being a vegetarian.  They argue that the fruits and vegetables that they eat are loaded with nutrients.  They are correct.  Organic fruits and vegetables are loaded with nutrients IN A LAB.  In other words, if you analyze fruits and vegetables in a laboratory setting, you can find high levels of nutrients in many fruits and vegetables.  You can find huge percentages of a variety of different important vitamins, minerals, amino acids, phytochemicals, enzymes and co-enzymes.  However, when real live humans actually eat these fruits and vegetables they are only able to absorb small amounts of these nutrients.  So, they are not getting the huge amounts of the nutrients that are found in the laboratory analysis.  The charts that show levels of nutrients for different fruits and vegetables are inaccurate as they do not show how much of these nutrients are actually absorbed by real live human beings.  Nutrients are not absorbed in test tubes, they are absorbed in digestive tracts.  Certainly, fruits and vegetables are an important part of most healthy people’s diets, however, they are a bit over-rated and misunderstood when it comes to their role in human health and nutrition.

If you would like to attend the next Triad Of Health 2 Hour Introduction which will be on Saturday January 21st, 2012, then go to the  http://triadofhealth.net/events/to sign up for the event.  You will be charged $.0 1 to attend the $477 workshop.  This is a good deal.  I promise you.  Because there is limited space, there will be a $25 “no show” fee for people who don’t show up and do not cancel their reservation by the day prior to the event.  Spaces fill up fast so it may be worth it to register early.  Your health and the quality of your life are well worth it.  Huge discounts will be offered on the Triad Of Health Services.  If you are a current patient who has not been treated for 4 months or more, you may also qualify for discounts on services when you attend.

The medical industry is so lost that they actually prescribe medication for nutritional deficiencies and they are so confused that they have convinced themselves that people suffer from drug deficiencies rather than nutritional deficiencies.  Is anyone in the audience deficient of aspirin?  Is anyone here deficient in prozac?  Is anyone here deficient in Thyroid medication or Thyroid hormone?

It has gotten so bad that when people are not feeling well and go to see their medical doctor for help, the medical profession has made up names for how the person feels and they call these names diseases like Hashimotos or Diabetes or Lupus or Fibromyalgia.  Then, instead of treating the cause of the disease, they simply have spent billions of dollars on developing drugs that relieve the immediate symptoms but that allow the disease to fester.

Can you imagine?  So, a person with a thyroid problem goes to their medical doctor.  The medical doctor has absolutely no idea what is going on so they do a bunch of laboratory tests and discover that the person’s thyroid hormones are very low.  Because they do not have the skill or proper clinical training to diagnose what is the imbalance in the person that has caused these thyroid hormone levels to be low, they simply supply the person with thyroid hormones.  Now their thyroid hormones are up again, but the cause of the problem has not changed a bit.  The structural cause of the problem is still there.  The chemical cause of the problem is still there.  And the emotional cause of the problem is still there.  Don’t people make their own thyroid hormones?  If we make our own thyroid hormones then wouldn’t it make sense to diagnose why a person is not making enough thyroid hormone and then learn the skills and therapies needed to improve that person’s thyroid hormone production?  This is unheard of in western medicine.  In western medicine there are only 3 therapies: drugs, radiation and surgery.  So, if you are not interested in receiving a surgery or being given drugs or being irradiated (the same thing that caused people in World War II to die after the atomic bomb was used on civilians such as in Hiroshima), then there really is no other therapy that they have available.  Does this seem strange to you?

It has gotten so bad that they just ignore all of the nutritional deficiencies that their patients suffer from while supplying them with medications that are toxic that often create the same symptoms that the patient is wanting to rid themselves of.  For example, cancer is treated with chemotherapy.  Cancer is an immune system disease that is often caused by excess toxicity in the body.  Chemotherapeutic agents are very toxic, they weaken the immune system and cause the body to become more toxic.  Therefore, these chemotherapeutic agents actually CONTRIBUTE to the cause of cancer.  This is NOT my opinion.  This has been well researched and well documented.  Medications are made in laboratories and are synthetic and are toxic, how can they provide a person with health?

4.7 Billion dollars was spent during the last 12 months on marketing anti-depressants.  That is right – billion with a B.  I am not talking about manufacturing of the anti-depressants or research and development.  I am just talking about the marketing of these drugs – the sale of these drugs.

               Sally and Jeff are a Caucasian married couple who live in Marin County, CA.  Sally is 48 years old and her husband Jeff is 56 years old.  They have been married for 19 years and during the first 13 years of their marriage everything had gone great.  They have 2 children, Jared and Lisa, Jared is a 6 year old boy and Lisa is a 9 year old girl.  Sally is upset because the marriage has not been going as well during the last 5 or 6 years or so.  It seems that Jeff just isn’t willing to do his fair share in helping with the kids and he has even missed their daughter Lisa’s recent performance in the school play.  Both Sally and Jeff make equal amounts of money at their careers.  It is not unusual for Jeff to be found at the local bar having a drink or two after work.  On weekends, Jeff often likes to just sit and watch football on T.V. with a couple of friends and does not really want to go anywhere.  He has been irritable and depressed, discouraged and pessimistic for more than a year now.  He seems to have fewer friends.  He has gained 50 pounds of body weight in the last couple of years, was demoted at his work 2 years ago due to lack of productivity, and just doesn’t seem to care about things as much as he used to.  What is even worse is that they used to occasionally go for hikes or to the nearby gym, but Jeff doesn’t even seem to want to do any of those activities any more.  He seems tired all of the time.  When Sally discussed this with some of her girlfriends they all shared with her that their husbands are the same way and that she doesn’t have anything to worry about.  In fact, one of her friends told her that she was lucky, because her husband lost his job and was now looking for work.  What also seems odd to Sally is that Jeff doesn’t seem to think as clearly and quickly as he used to.  Jeff just seems lazy.  What else has been upsetting Sally is that Jeff has not been able to have the same kind of erections during the last 5 or 6 years and so their lovemaking has become incredibly infrequent.  In fact, they may only have sex once every couple of months and when they do have sex it is usually a big disappointment for Sally as Jeff has premature orgasms that he never had during their first 13 years of marriage.  Sally has noticed other things about Jeff that have changed as well.  To top it off, he seems to be less manly, has less body hair, seems to have thinner skin which is dry and a little bit flakey, and he doesn’t sleep very well at night.  In fact, a couple times a week Jeff might wake up 4 or more times a night to go to the bathroom to urinate and it makes it hard for Sally to sleep.

               Jeff had been seeing a nutritionist and a chiropractor a couple of times a month, but he still suffered from these same symptoms.

               As you may have already guessed, Jeff suffers from Andropause.  His symptoms are common for many men as they get older, but they are not normal.  Andropause is treatable, preventable and reversable.  I will share with you the causes and solutions to Andropause in this article.  However, Andropause can never ever have a complete resolution until the person who experiences it’s symptoms does one very important thing.  I will go over exactly what that one important thing is later in this article as well.

               Andropause takes place when a male no longer has normal levels of Androgen hormones.  The main Androgen hormones are Androstenedione, Testosterone, and Dihydrotestosterone.  These hormones are metabolized from other hormones or precursor hormones such as DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone and Cholesterol.  Both Androstenedione and Testosterone may be converted to female hormones called Estrone or Estradiol in the presence of an enzyme (protein molecule that regulates the rate of metabolism) found in fat cells called aromatase.  Even though you would think that being a bit overweight would be necessary to develop Andropause, this is not necessarily the case with everyone.  Both overweight and thin people have plenty of fat cells.  Most often, Andropause is due to many years of stress that disrupt the hormonal system of the body.  There is a very important gland in the brain called the Hypothalamus that releases a hormone called Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone to another important gland in the brain called the pituitary gland.  Next, the pituitary gland releases Follicle Stimulating Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone into the blood which then causes the testicles of the male to make sperm and testosterone.  This complex orchestration of chemical events from the brain to the male reproductive glands can easily be disrupted by such things as emotional stress (losing one’s job or divorce), chemical toxins (statin medication or pesticides and other toxins) or structural misalignments such as poor posture or bones in the head and neck that have been misaligned due to injury or the chemical and emotional causes just mentioned.  Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is a far stronger hormone than testosterone.  Testosterone is converted to DHT in the presence of another enzyme called 5-alpha-reductase.  While this may sound like a good thing; excess DHT has been associated with Prostatic Hypertrophy, male pattern baldness, impotence, and even auto-immune disease.  There can be any of a number of causes of Andropause such as poor diet, toxic personal care products such as products that make hair grow on mens’ heads or chemicals in the water or pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, mildicides, insecticides, emulsifiers and colorings and additives in foods, food stabilizers, toxic water consumption, excess radiation exposure, insufficient or wrong type of exercise, lack of proper rest, dissatisfaction with work or being in an unhappy relationship, etc.  This should help to broaden your understanding of just how broad the number of causes of Andropause really are.  But don’t worry, there is hope.

               Sally still loved Jeff immensely and longingly remembered how amazing the first 13 years of their marriage were.   They used to make love several times a day for the first 6 or 8 years of their marriage.  Sometimes they would make love before they went to work and when they got back from work as well and even again before sleep!  It was not uncommon for them to meet for lunch and connect with each other passionately and lovingly in the short amount of time that they had before they each had to return to work.  Both of their children had been raised well and Lisa had straight “A’s” in school.  Both children were well adapted.  Sally refused to buy in to what her girlfriends were telling her about their husbands being too tired to make love and chose to all but cover her ears when one of her best friends mentioned that her husband was laid off from his job after 15 years because he was told that he had become less motivated and more forgetful.  Sally was determined to find a solution to Jeff’s declining health if it was the last thing she would do.  After nearly 7 years she finally decided to start researching different types of treatments for men who had all of the symptoms that Jeff had.  When she talked to Jeff about how upset she was and that it was important to her that he get help, Jeff wouldn’t even admit that he had any noteworthy health concerns!  (Remember, being unmotivated and complacent is a symptom of Andropause.)  Finally, that was it.  Sally told Jeff plainly and clearly that if he was not willing to do something about his deteriorating health that she would file for a divorce.  This got Jeff’s attention very quickly.  However, Jeff still didn’t take any initiative to find out about a solution to his health challenges.  When he went to his family Medical Doctor, the doctor just told him that his symptoms were “perfectly normal” and that they were just a result of aging.  Jeff listened to his doctor as he always had.  However, after Sally insisted and Jeff thought about it for a couple of weeks, he realized that something was just not quite right.  He actually began to think that maybe his doctor was crazy.  Jeff was only 56 years old.  He had friends his same age who would go running for 10 miles 4 times a week and he had another friend who was 10 years older than him who had tons of energy all day long and was married to a lady who was 20 years his younger.  Jeff thought to himself, “I am only 56 years old, I should be in the prime of my life.  If my symptoms are just a natural result of aging, then why do I know of a couple of people who are my age and even 10 years older than I am who don’t have any of my symptoms and seem to be 20 years younger than I am.  If I am aging “normally” then what does that make my “healthy” friends.  Does that mean my ‘healthy’ friends are actually ‘abnormal.’”  When Jeff began to realize how preposterous his family doctor was he began to get annoyed.  Jeff was actually annoyed at himself for having listed to his family doctor and having believed in what the doctor had said without second guessing anything.

               Since Jeff didn’t seem to show any signs of taking action to resolve his health dilemmas, Sally began to actively search the Internet in the hopes of finding some type of resolution to Jeff’s health crises.  She was relieved that she had finally gotten some sense into Jeff and convinced him that something was seriously wrong with his health, in spite of what his doctor had told him.    Jeff agreed to finally do something about his health so long as Sally  would take the lead .   One day she came across a website of a doctor named Dr. Ilya Skolnikoff who was a chiropractor locally in San Rafael.  The website at www.triadofhealth.net went on and on and on about something called the Triad Of Health.  The website caught her attention for several reasons.  Nearly all of Jeff’s symptoms were discussed, but on the website they mainly seemed to be related to the female hormonal imbalances of Menopause rather than anything relating to men.  She watched a few video testimonials on the website and was very impressed not just by the video testimonials of women, but of men as well.  She called the Triad Of Health office to find out more.  Strangely enough, the Doctor who called himself “Dr. Ilya,” actually answered the phone himself.  What else was strange is that he talked to her for nearly 15 minutes about his services and how they might help address Jeff’s health concerns by discovering what the underlying causes of his symptoms were.  Dr. Ilya did not charge a fee for the 15 minute phone call.  He encouraged Sally to come with her husband Jeff to two separate events where he would be doing a lecture and also to visit his Youtube channel and watch several introductory videos.  Sally learned that one such event called the Triad Of Health 2 Hour Introduction would allow herself and Jeff to come and witness live demonstrations of the structural, chemical and emotional therapies that would later be used to help Jeff with his health.  There was no charge for the event so Sally decided to register herself and Jeff.  To make a long story short, Jeff and Sally were very impressed with what they found at the Triad Of Health Two Hour Introduction.  They met a number of Dr. Ilya’s patients at the event whom had had tremendous success with his therapies.  They were able to discover more about what was causing Jeff’s difficulties in the two hour free workshop with Dr. Ilya than they were able to from Jeff’s Medical Doctor or all of Sally’s other Internet researching.  They were convinced that Dr. Ilya would be able to help Jeff and so they set an appointment for Jeff’s initial examination, diagnosis and treatment.

              Dr. Ilya shared with Jeff and Sally the ONE THING that they would need to do in order to help Jeff to no longer suffer from Andropause.  The one thing Jeff needed was a properly trained professional to accurately and meticulously with laser-sharp focus diagnose exactly what were the structural, chemical and emotional causes of Jeff’s Andropause.  Dr. Ilya explained that what causes one person’s Andropause is completely different from what causes somewhat else’s Andropause. The Doctor elaborated for a good minute or two by explaining that he would not even be helping Jeff with his symptoms, but that he would diagnose the underlying causes of his symptoms and then treat the many causes of his symptoms with structural chemical and emotional therapies: the triad of health system. On the same note, the causes of Jeff’s Andropause were completely different than what was causing Andropause in the husbands of Sallys’ friends.  After all, Jeff was raised by different parents, lived in a different neighborhood, ate slightly different foods growing up, has slightly different ways of exercising, uses a different type of shampoo and conditioner, etc.  Additionally, to alleviate the Andropause, there would need to be a comprehensive system of treatment that would need to be tailor fit just to Jeff, and results would need to be measureable.  They discovered that Dr. Ilya was the only person in Northern California who was using just such a system with all of his patients.

The examination with Dr. Ilya took an entire hour of time.  Jeff’s blood pressure was measured on both arms in 3 different postural positions.  He had never had this done before.  Dr. Ilya asked Jeff unusual questions ranging from such things as the type of deodorant he wears, whether or not he has any tattoos, and whether or not he had had a vasectomy.  The Doctor even went so far as to ask him about the type of beer he drinks, how many silver fillings he has in his mouth and questions about his father and the family he was raised in.  Jeff didn’t understand the point in some of these questions, but went along with the doctor, wanting to prevent a divorce to the woman he had loved for so many years.

               After the initial examination, Dr. Ilya shared with Jeff that Jeff had a number of major health concerns most of which were stemming from poor digestion caused by an improperly functioning stomach.  Although Jeff did not understand all of the things which Dr. Ilya talked about, he did understand that Dr. Ilya could help him and that if he made a variety of lifestyle changes which would include changes in diet, exercise, and even personal care products, that he would feel much better in just a few visits.  After all, when Jeff and Sally were at the Triad Of Health 2 Hour Introduction they were able to meet several of Dr. Ilya’s patients whose lives had completely turned around as a result of his therapies.

               Jeff’s initial treatment with Dr. Ilya lasted nearly an hour and a half (something that would never happen at his regular family doctor in a million years).  During Jeff’s first treatment, Dr. Ilya used different types of Energy Medicine that made it almost seem like Dr. Ilya was some type of witch Doctor.  At several points in the therapy session Jeff was convinced that Dr. Ilya somehow must have gotten outside information about his family life because the Doctor knew that Jeff’s sex life was not going well and he even knew that Jeff was angry about the situation.  There were numerous other things that Dr. Ilya touched upon from Jeff’s childhood that he hadn’t thought about in many years.  The doctor used homeopathy and chiropractic adjustments and prescribed Jeff a zinc supplement that he was told to take with his meals.  The Doctor explained that the highest levels of zinc in the human male were in the prostate and that Jeff was severely deficient in zinc.  This helped Jeff to understand why he was having difficulty urinating at night and why he had to urinate so often.  He also explained that Jeff was unable to make stomach acid without zinc which explained quite a bit about why Jeff’s stomach was not working.  Jeff was told that 80% of his digestion took place in his stomach.  Jeff also learned that zinc was necessary to make melatonin in order to sleep well at night and it was also necessary to make epinephrine (adrenalin) which would give Jeff energy, and it was even necessary to convert progesterone to testosterone.   Jeff was told that he would be quite tired for several days after the treatment but that this was normal because his body was in a deep state of healing and undergoing many benficial changes.  Jeff was asked to keep a journal of the foods that he was eating, to change deodorant, and to drink a different type of beer than he had been drinking previously, and less of the beer.  He was asked to return in 3 weeks.

               When Jeff left that first treatment with Dr. Ilya he was feeling completely different.  By the time he got back home, he was exhausted and slept until nearly 12 noon the next day – fortunately, it was a Saturday and he did not have to go to work.  After about a week Jeff noticed big changes in how he felt.  He began to have a better mood and soon he was no longer depressed.  His energy was beginning to improve.  He had lost about 8 or 9 pounds even though he had not been exercising.  His digestion had improved and the flatulence he had had before was now gone.  By the time the 3 weeks had gone by, Jeff was already experiencing healthy normal erections again and he and Sally were successfully making love several times per week.  Jeff and Sally were incredibly excited about Jeff’s progress in just one visit!  They had both been under the impression that these results would take at least 4 or 5 visits.  Sally and Jeff both decided to make Dr. Ilya their primary family doctor and only go to their Medical Doctor when there were emergencies such as fractured bones, another need for surgery, or if Doctor Ilya were to refer them to their Doctor.

Love men,

Love all races,

Love all people,

Love your family,

Love your friends,

When you love your enemies you will overcome them.

Love what you hate,

Love what you envy,

Love your work,

Love your resentments,

Love your frustrations,

Love your pain,

Love your dissappointments,

Love your failures,

Love your successes,

Love what comes easy and love what comes hard.

Love what you cannot and love what you can.

Love yourself and you can love others more fully.

Never forget to love.

Heart to Heart — Soul to Soul.

Spirit to Spirit — Life to Life.

Love to Love

Learn to love and never forget.

Never forget to love……all things and all people……and never forget to appreciate and be thankful for what you have…..and you will always have love….and you will always have enough.

If Arizona Senator John McCain has his way, many of the supplements you rely on for good health will disappear. And the cost of  the few you can still get will explode in price.Earlier this month, Sen. McCain introduced a bill falsely labeled the “Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010” (S. 3002). Sounds good, right? Nothing to worry about. McCain says: “Legitimate dietary supplement companies should have nothing to fear from  this legislation. The purpose of the bill is not to create a sweeping regulatory structure, but instead a targeted structure that  provides for openness, transparency and safety.”

This bill would require every person involved with supplements – all the way down to mom-and-pop health food stores and  multi-level-marketing distributors — to register with the FDA. Next, every “dietary supplement facility” must turn over a complete list of the products and ingredients they sell or handle. It gets worse. Should this bill become law, the state will determine if an ingredient can be sold. You see, under DSHEA passed in  1994, any ingredient sold before the bill passed could be sold legally forever. Well, no more. Under this bill, the FDA will assume any ingredient “adulterated” unless “there is a history of use or other evidence of safety.” Manufacturers and distributors must provide the FDA “with information, including any citation to published articles, which is the basis on which the manufacturer or distributor has concluded that a dietary supplement containing such dietary  ingredient will reasonably be expected to be safe.” And guess who is the ultimate judge and jury? The FDA!

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Answer

The benefits of Dr. Ilya’s holistic therapies are infinite.  Please visit the testimonials page and learn about all of the different benefits that patients have received from Dr. Ilya’s therapies.

Homeopathy, herbs, nutrition, acupuncture, chiropractic, psychotherapy and other emotional therapies, ancient healing modalities, naturopathy, and color and sound therapy have been used for countless ages.  There are thousands and thousands of studies and case studies of people who have had life-changing benefits from these types of therapies.  Dr. Ilya’s favorite healers of all time are John of God, Royal Rife, and Hocksey of Texas.  These are some of the great visionaries of our modern time who PROVED that cancer should not worry people or be a concern.  They revolutionized health care and laid a foundation for future great thinkers.

Dr. Ilya’s therapies are designed to raise people’s consciousness.  As a result of these therapies, people live longer, get sick less often, have more energy, better relationships, improved energy and stamina, and better sex lives.  People who are overweight lose weight.  People who are underweight gain weight.  People’s health improves when they receive Dr. Ilya’s therapies.  People get more out of life when they are healthier, happier, and have more energy.  Dr. Ilya has often been heard to say that he helps most people with most health challenges most of the time and mostly quickly.

8. What is Applied Kinesiology (AK)?

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In its purest form, kinesiology is the study of muscles and movement.  When used in a clinical setting, it becomes an evaluation and treatment tool for restoring overall health and balance to the body.

Its beginnings originated in the 1960s as a clinical science from work performed by Dr. George Goodheart.  Over time, many branches have developed with different specialties.  To date, there are around eighty different types of kinesiology.  Many colleges offer kinesiology degrees that are more focused on sports physiology.  This is different from the clinical use of kinesiology known as Applied Kinesiology.

Applied Kinesiologists come from all different backgrounds of health care and must be licensed to diagnose diseases.  Some examples of professions that have Applied Kinesiologists are: medical doctors, chiropractors, naturopathic doctors, acupuncturists, homeopaths, physiatrists, osteopathic doctors, podiatrists, etc.  Applied Kinesiology takes from all aspects of health care and healing.  It is an open-ended area of study and a system used for diagnosing, treating and helping people to heal and reach a higher level of health and wellness.

AK is a diagnostic based value system that is currently taught all over the United States and in other industrialized nations through the International College of Applied Kinesiology.  The two main divisions of this college are the ICAK USA and the ICAK Europe.  There are numerous Applied Kinesiologists in Canada and Australia.

The International College of Applied Kinesiology-U.S.A. provides a clinical and academic arena for investigating, substantiating, and propagating AK findings and concepts pertinent to the relationships between structural, chemical, and mental factors in health and disease and the relationship between structural faults and the disruption of homeostasis exhibited in functional illness.

AK is an interdisciplinary approach to health care which draws together the core elements of the complementary therapies, creating a more unified approach to the diagnosis and treatment of functional illness.  AK uses functional assessment measures such as posture and gait analysis, manual muscle testing as functional neurologic evaluation, range of motion, static palpation, and motion analysis.  These assessments are used in conjunction with standard methods of diagnosis, such as clinical history, physical examination findings, laboratory tests, and instrumentation to develop a clinical impression of the unique physiologic condition of each patient, including an impression of the patient’s functional physiologic status.  When appropriate, this clinical impression is used as a guide to the application of conservative physiologic therapeutics.  The practice of Applied Kinesiology requires that it be used in conjunction with other standard diagnostic methods by professionals trained in clinical diagnosis.  As such, the use of Applied Kinesiology or its component assessment procedures is appropriate only to individuals licensed to perform those procedures.

The origin of contemporary Applied Kinesiology is traced to 1964 when George J.  Goodheart Jr., D.C. first observed that, in the absence of congenital or pathologic anomaly, postural distortion is often associated with muscles that fail to meet the demands of muscle tests designed to maximally isolate specific muscles.  He observed that tender nodules were frequently palpable within the origin and/or insertion of the tested muscle.  Digital manipulation of these areas of apparent muscle dysfunction improved both postural balance and the outcome of manual muscle tests.  Goodheart and others have since observed that many conservative treatment methods improve neuromuscular function as perceived by manual muscle testing.  These treatment methods have become the Applied Kinesiology approach to therapy.  Included in the AK approach are: specific joint manipulation or mobilization, various myofascial therapies, cranial techniques, meridian therapy, clinical nutrition, dietary management, and various reflex procedures.  With expanding investigation, there has been continued amplification and modification of these treatment procedures.  Although many treatment techniques incorporated into AK were pre-existing, many new methods have been developed within the discipline itself.

Often the indication of dysfunction is the failure of a muscle to perform properly during the manual muscle test.  This may be due to improper facilitation or neuromuscular inhibition.  In theory some of the proposed causes for the muscle dysfunction are as follows:

• Myofascial dysfunction (micro avulsion and proprioceptive dysfunction)
• Peripheral nerve entrapment
• Spinal segmental facilitation and deafferentation
• Neurologic disorganization
• Viscerosomatic relationships (aberrant autonomic reflexes)
• Nutritional inadequacy
• Toxic chemical influences
• Dysfunction in the production and circulation of cerebrospinal fluid
• Adverse mechanical tension in the meningeal membranes
• Meridian system imbalance
• Lymphatic and vascular impairment

9. What Holistic Therapies do you use in your clinic?

Answer

Dr. Ilya uses hundreds of holistic therapies.  Some of the most popular and well-known are:

• Homeopathy
• Herbs
• Nutrition
• Naturopathy
• Nutraceuticals
• Dietary changes
• Lifestyle changes
• Acupuncture
• Chiropractic
• Dural torque therapy
• Sacral-occipital technique
• Breathing therapies
• Cranial manipulation
• Habit control techniques (e.g.  temporal tap)
• Pituitary drive technique
• Iliolumbar ligament technique
• Holographic memory technique
• Magnetic therapy
• Sound therapy
• Light therapy
• Total body modification
• Neuro Emotional Technique (NET)
  …and more

Dr. Ilya has his patients walk, bend, chew, grind, and swallow to make sure the therapies are holding.

Dr. Ilya does refer out for therapies he doesn’t perform if patients need them such as for colonics, surgeries, psychologists, optometrists, or medical doctors with particular specializations.

It is of vital importance to properly diagnose what techniques or therapies to use for what patient at what time and in what order.  With proper diagnosis and treatment, amazing results are accomplished.  If a patient really needs homeopathy, it does no good to use herbs and vice versa.  If acupuncture is needed, chiropractic probably will not help.  If a patient responds well to emotional therapies, structural manipulations won’t produce the same results.

Imagine a computer programmer who is designing software programs that work with the computer’s hardware.  If he makes one little error in the software, it may not work at all.  In fact, a computer can shut down altogether if a serious enough error is made.  It is the same thing with the body, which is a bio-computer.  It is also a hologram.  If a slight error is made in the type of therapy used, the whole therapy may be rendered ineffective.  When therapies are done in precisely the right order and time, amazing health benefits result.

10. What is holistic therapy (alternative medicine) and how different is it from traditional Western Medicine?

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“Holistic” comes from the Latin root word, “whole.”  In this case, “whole” refers to the whole person.  Holistic therapies focus on the entire person and not the disease per se.  It is patient-centered care.  Holistic therapy doesn’t just mean “body-mind-spirit” as defined in the dictionary, but it refers to the six categories that cover all possible root causes of any and all health problems.  Those categories are: structural, chemical, emotional, toxin, electromagnetic, and infection.  A truly well-trained holistic practitioner will address all categories of health imbalances.

Within those six categories are many subcategories:

• Structural: Bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, fluids, etc.
• Chemical: herbs, homeopathy, nutrition, whole food, sugars, carbohydrates, proteins, fats, etc.
• Emotional: spiritual, mental, social, familial, financial, love, chakras, etc;
• Toxin: chemical, pathogen – parasites, fungus, bacteria, virus, etc.

The difference between Western Medicine and holistic therapies is like the difference between night and day.  As a Chiropractic Kinesiologist, I actually get my patients better by removing whatever is interfering with their body’s ability to heal.  Once this is done, the body heals itself.  BJ Palmer, the son of the founder of chiropractic, used to say: “The power that made the body can heal the body.”  He was correct.  Patients who receive therapies from me feel like they are younger than they were before receiving the therapies.  People do not usually feel like they did when they were younger after getting surgery – they may look younger after cosmetic surgery, but they do not feel younger.

In Western Medicine, there are “pain clinics” where people go to “manage” their pain.  If I had a great deal of pain, I would not want anyone to “manage” my pain for me.  I would want them to find the cause, treat the cause, and keep the pain from ever coming back!  This is what I do for my patients.  It is complete holistic control.  That is the big difference.   Western Medicine doesn’t seek to understand the mechanism that is causing the problem in the first place.  Medication and surgery are used to get rid of the symptoms rather than treating the underlying cause.

11. What kind of ailments do patients ask your help for?

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As a specialist in female hormonal imbalances and thyroid dysfunction, I am more able to help women with these issues than other types of health maladies.  However, because I am a holistic health practitioner, I am able to treat the underlying cause of a whole host of concerns.

For a patient who comes in with pain in their left foot, I may or may not treat their foot.  But I do treat them so that their foot pain goes away.  The trouble may be originating from their left knee, left hip, neck, jaw, anything.  Without diagnosing what’s causing the left foot pain, there’s no way to get rid of the pain and permanently keep it from coming back.  This is what I do.

I treat patients with ailments, chronic conditions, and diseases of all types.  This includes (but is not limited to):

• Diabetes
• Thyroid dysfunction
• Menopausal symptoms – hot flashes, night sweats
• Arthritis
• Sports injuries
• Insomnia
• Cancer
• Lupus
• Sexually transmitted disease
• Depression
• Bi-polar disorder
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• ADD
• Addictions to cigarettes, drugs
• Angina
• Headaches, migraines
• Erectile Dysfunction
• Vaginal dryness, painful vagina
• Asthma

I make the distinction that I don’t TREAT cancer, diabetes, depression, etc., but, instead, I treat the ROOT CAUSE that is generating the imbalance.  I treat the whole person structurally, chemically and emotionally.  I treat the person who has the cancer.  I treat the person who has the diabetes.  I treat the person who has the depression.   For example, for 60-70% of patients who are on thyroid medication, their thyroid gland is actually fine.  What’s causing the problem and the need for thyroid medication is that their immune system is not working properly.  Again, the ONLY way to get rid of a person’s health symptoms is to treat the cause.  I do this structurally, chemically, and emotionally.

12. What are the benefits of your holistic therapies?

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I give my patients another chance at life when previously they may have given up hope due to depression, cancer, over-reliance on drugs, poor healing from a surgery or accident.  I put people back in charge of their lives.  I give people hope. Those are pretty big benefits!

I help people put their lives back together.  I help them with their mood, energy level, sex life, love life, and financial concerns.  I help them to express themselves more fully, to communicate better, to feel more confident, and to reach a higher level of consciousness.  There is no limit to the benefits of these holistic therapies.  I help my patients on a deep level.

I help people overcome addictions. I help patients get off medications often in just a few treatments (whether they’ve been on them for two years or twenty years). I help people get rid of headaches they’ve suffered from their whole lives.  I’ve helped people with angina where they previously couldn’t even walk up and down the street. After following my treatments, these people were able to walk up and down mountains – literally!

All types of health concerns vanish when patients come to work with me.  Why?  Because I diagnose and treat the underlying root cause.  I’m not shooting in the dark.  I’m not giving them a pill to see how it works.   My approach is specific, precise, scientific, and above all powerfully effective.

13. What are your fees?

Answer

My fees are $40 for a 10 minute visit, $60 for a 15 minute visit, $120 for a 30 minute visit, $180 for a 45 minute visit and $240 for a 60 minute visit.  I charge for my time in increments of 15 minutes normally.  However, if I spend 40 minutes with someone then I will charge $160.  If I spend $45 minutes with the same person then it comes to $180.  At any rate, patients always get the benefit of the doubt.  The exam can take anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour and a half.  The average time for an initial exam is 45 minutes.  An average treatment session is 45 minutes to an hour.

14. I am a male in my early 30s. Do you treat men also?

Answer

Yes, I treat men.  Again, I treat most people for most things.  Because the therapies are so effective, I am able to help most people with most health concerns most of the time, mostly quickly and permanently.

15. What is homeopathy?

Answer

Homeopathy is the safest medicinal therapy known, with no known side effects.  It’s often known as energy medicine and has evolved over the last 100 years.

Around the turn-of-the-century (1900s) in the United States, so many sick people were getting well through homeopathy that the American Medical Association (AMA) shut down the three or four homeopathic schools in the U.S.  To this day, there are no schools of homeopathic medicine in the U.S.  The only schools are located outside of the U.S., in England, Germany, India, for example.

Homeopathy is extremely effective.  There are cases where only a single remedy administered completely relieved scoliosis or seizures due to pesticide poisoning.

Homeopathy is a method of treating disease by administering drugs in small doses that actually have symptoms of the disease.  There are different types of homeopathy, but all homeopathic remedies are made from naturally occurring plant, animal or mineral substances.  Homeopathy uses the “law of similars.”  The saying among homeopaths is that “like cures like.”  What they mean by this is that if the correct homeopathic remedy is chosen, with the correct energetic frequency and at the exact strength, then it will heal the disease.

An example of the use of “similars” is the following: Let’s say a person has hay fever.  A substance or chemical in nature is found that causes hay fever, such as a feather.  Bits and pieces of that feather are put in 5 ounces of water.  The water is shaken 100 times.  A drop is then taken from that water and put into another 5 ounces of water and is shaken 100 times.  This process is repeated a total of 100 times.  A homeopathic preparation isn’t considered high quality unless is has a 100 strength or higher.  This is usually indicated with “100c” or “100m” on a label.  Most commonly, the foundation of a preparation is sugar pellets, water, or alcohol.
Keep in mind that the diagnosis is incredibly important when it comes to using homeopathy properly and this is where Applied Kinesiology proves to be invaluable.

Different Types of Homeopathy:

Constitutional – One dose is given, usually of a high potency.  Then one waits up to six months to see if there is a shift in symptoms.  This form of treatment is advantageous for deep-seated, chronic, inherited predispositions, such as allergies, familial asthma, cancer, depression, old vaccination damage or chemical exposures.

Classical: Single remedies used – The homeopathy practitioner takes a detailed history from the patient.  From the answers to those questions, as well as through observation, the practitioner attempts to match the pattern of the patient’s symptoms to the pattern of a single remedy as outlined in one or more Materia Medicas.  This remedy can be chosen manually or by computer.  The potency is usually determined by a number of factors including severity and history of the symptoms.  This form of treatment is most similar to the one developed by Hahnemann, the German physician who created homeopathy.  It is also the most common form of practice.

Combination: Remedies contain two to four ingredients – The diagnostic approach may be the same as the classical approach.  Other diagnostic styles may include Applied Kinesiology or electrodermal biofeedback.  This style is heavily used in France, Canada and the U.S.

Complex: Remedies may contain up to 25 ingredients – The diagnostic approach may be similar to the combination approach.  Multiple ingredients are used to encourage what is known as homeopathic or lymphatic drainage.  This is best for complex, difficult cases where multiple problems occur simultaneously.  Drainage helps drain toxicity from organs or systems that are on overload due to chronic, genetic, or environmental factors.  This type of approach is used extensively in Germany with electronic diagnostic equipment.  Diagnosis may also be determined using Applied Kinesiology.

Homeopathic Medicine History

Based upon the theories of the German physician Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), the homeopathy practice spread rapidly through Europe during his lifetime, mostly due to the success of homeopathic physicians in treating cholera during the Napoleonic wars.  Constantine Herring established the first homeopathic medical college in America in 1836.  By 1900, one in five physicians in the United States was a homeopathic physician (similar in practice to the licensed naturopathic doctor today); there were twenty formal homeopathic medical colleges, and more than one hundred homeopathic hospitals.

16. What is Total Body Modification (TBM)?

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Total Body Modification (TBM) has been practiced by doctors all over the world for the last forty years.  It is currently being taught throughout the United States and Europe.

TBM is an adjunct to all existing (remembered and forgotten) chiropractic philosophies used for the restoration and maintenance of the optimum health of patients.

When chiropractic was founded, it was based on the philosophy of health care through the treatment of the energy of the spine and nerves.  Today’s insurance companies and political health organizations would rather relegate chiropractic to necks and backs and only through injury.  It is up to all of us to educate the public to the true meaning of chiropractic and to the freedom we should all have to choose the health care we want.  In the early days of chiropractic, the old-time chiropractors were not restricted or confused by scientific proof of what they were able to do.  The old masters of the chiropractic profession found a problem and corrected it, thereby building the reputation of chiropractic as a healthcare system more effective than drugs and surgery.  Their main philosophy was: “The Power That Made The Body Can Heal The Body.”

TBM has taken that original philosophy and explored the possibilities of self regeneration inherent in the human body.  Using TBM, Dr. Ilya has found that if the right thing is done to the right body at the right time in the right way and in the right order, miracles happen.  With TBM Dr. Ilya has taken the techniques of the old chiropractic masters and combined them with modern technology.  Dr. Ilya can now duplicate the corrections and the restoration to health that the old masters were able to achieve, but he can do this by intent and on a repeatable basis.

With TBM, Dr. Ilya is able to test and correct most of the known body functions.  The human body is an integrated unit, and it doesn’t always fit the logic that people have been taught in school.  Therefore, TBM, with newly founded awareness and thinking, accepts the clinical responses that patients achieve using TBM.  Interestingly, body functions which the medical profession and the rest of the world thinks of as separate activities, in actuality, interact and communicate with each other in a myriad of complex pathways.

Through the efforts and teachings of many different health innovators, and through trial and error, TBM has been able to put together repeatable technical procedures to correct imbalances of functional physiology.

A simple indicator neuromuscular reflex muscle test and test points located throughout the body are used to determine the positive or negative function of the body.  TBM teaches that the biological computer within the body controls all of the body functions.  TBM has found that by using the test points and an indicator muscle, it is possible to test the various computer programs within the system.  Then, using energetic and soft tissue corrections, the practitioner can re-align the function of specific computer programs, thereby restoring function and communication within the body.

D.D. Palmer, the founder of chiropractic said, “Too much or too little energy is pathology.”  This is also the foundation of acupuncture – understanding that the imbalance of Yin and Yang leads to all disease.  Both are correct.  If the body programs run too fast or too slowly, pathology can develop.  TBM can normalize that flow of energy by balancing the body’s computer programs.

Hard scientific data validates much of TBM.  However, double-blind studies cannot be done on living, breathing bodies.  The obvious validation of TBM is in the clinical results.  Using TBM, amazing results have been obtained by patients all over the world.

TBM is very important because we are continuously faced with ever-increasing health challenges resulting from the dangerous pollution of our environment.  If we cannot change our environment, we must learn to live within it by eliminating the detrimental effects on our health.  TBM does this.

TBM uses the neuromuscular reflex test and body access points to tap into the body’s bio-computer and read functional programs.  It is recognized that certain conditions produce predictable subluxation patterns in the spine.  Corrections are usually made by means of respiratory spinal treatment of these patterns, or by soft tissue or joint manipulation.  TBM may sometimes look like magic to the uninformed, because WHEN THE RIGHT THING IS DONE, TO THE RIGHT BODY, AT THE RIGHT TIME, MIRACLES HAPPEN!  While the results may be incredible, they are also repeatable from patient to patient to patient.  TBM can correct imbalanced physiology (the inner workings of the body) from pre-natal life to just before death.

TBM treats the cause and not the symptom.  TBM allows patients to need treatment less often and allows for treatment procedures to flow more quickly.

TBM is taught all over the world only to licensed health care providers which include chiropractors,  M.D.s, dentists, psychologists, naturopaths, nurse-practitioners, acupuncturists, veterinarians, polarity therapists and energy workers.

Total Body Modification evolved from the minds and insights of Dr. Victor Frank and the late Dr. C.  Harold Havlik.  Dr. Frank learned true chiropractic from the old masters such as:  Dr. George Metzinger, father of Diversified; Dr. Al Wernsing, a practitioner of Hole In One and founder of the National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association Philosophy; and many of the other experts and pioneers of chiropractic including Barney Miner, Lou Smithson, Dr. Roosevelt, Carl Nixon, Sr., and many others.  Dr. Havlik lived in the home of and studied with Dr. Houser, of Janse, Houser and Wells, authors of the original adjusting text used in chiropractic colleges.

Dr. Frank is a diplomate and charter of the International College of Applied Kinesiology and was one of ICAK’s original workshop leaders.  He was one of the initial 12 followers of Dr. George Goodheart.  While he was and is grateful for the efforts and advancements made in the chiropractic world by Dr. George Goodheart and all of the other diplomates in Applied Kinesiology, Dr. Frank became frustrated and impatient with the commitment needed in the everyday practice of Applied Kinesiology.

About that time Dr. Robert Riddler, a chiropractor and diplomate in both radiology and Applied Kinesiology, began to explore the body’s healing potential beyond what AK had already successfully demonstrated.  In his own research, he had found ways of accessing the healing potential of the body.  He found ways of accessing the body’s bio-computer through the use of body touch points discovered in AK, as well as in trigger point therapy and acupuncture.

Dr. Riddler simplified and expanded the concepts of AK using the above-noted points and began to share this information with colleagues.  He began teaching his work in California and Canada and inspired Dr. Frank and Dr. Havlik.

These two innovative chiropractors, Dr. Frank and Dr. Havlik, found that they truly believed that for every disease, there is a cure within nature.  They decided that they wanted to develop and perfect a method of natural care that was repeatable and teachable to everyone.  They wanted to do by intent what chiropractic had always done by accident.  They also wanted to prove that the living body functions differently than the cadaver body.  They started a new philosophy called “functional physiology.”

With all of this expertise and experience, and through the health experiences and challenges of several family members, TBM was born.  There were many students who came to visit Dr. Victor Frank and Dr. Havlik’s clinics to see what they did.  Drs.  Roger and Thora Grifka wanted Dr. Frank to teach his methods to other chiropractors.  From that day onward, since the late 1960s, TBM grew and is now a modality sought after all over the world.

Dr. Victor Frank’s son, Randall Frank, has developed another popular system of healing known as Natural Healing.

17. What is N.E.T.?

Answer

Neuro Emotional Technique (N.E.T.) was developed by Dr. Debbie and Dr. Scott Walker.  Dr. Scott Walker was one of the original 12 followers of Dr. George Goodheart, the originator of Applied Kinesiology.  Neuro Emotional Technique is based upon Total Body Modification and the original work of Dr. Victor Frank, another one of the original 12 followers of Dr. George Goodheart.

Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) is a methodology of finding and removing neurological or meridian aberrations.  We call these aberrations Neuro Emotional Complexes (NECs).  These aberrations have, as a component part, specific related emotional physiopathological patterns.  NET is ultimately a method of finding and removing these patterns by cutaneous or spinal accesses to the nervous system.

Emotions are traditionally thought of as being normal functions of human beings and normally pose no neurophysiological problem.  Occasionally, emotional trauma in the presence of a neurological or meridian deficit can cause a physiopathological-related pattern in the body – an NEC – which does not resolve itself.

NET seeks to normalize this pattern by a physiological change: a result of a physical intervention.  Any psychological aspects of this trauma should be addressed by the appropriate health-care professional, such as a psychologist or psychiatrist.  NET is not psychology or psychiatry, but can be used in tandem with these and other disciplines.  It does not involve any type of psychotherapy or “talk it out” approach to emotions.

Additionally, NET does not deal with the spiritual realm.  It does not exorcise demons or entities.  It is not performed silently or through any psychic activity and does not deal, in any way, with parapsychology.  NET does not predict the future, and it does not tell people what their plan of action may, must, or should be for the future.

NET does not make claims as to what may have happened in the past.  In NET, all memory events in an NEC are considered “emotional reality” because these events may or may not correspond with actual or historical reality.  For example, some NECs may be associated with imagined emotional events such as misconceptions or nightmares.  Essentially, NET is a system of physiological (not psychological) correction that is without extrinsic values to influence the patient’s life.  The one exception to this is that NET does incorporate a number of different homeopathic preparations which are often used to encourage specific desirable health benefits.

NET is an emerging technology based on many scientific principles and strives for ongoing scientific studies to validate the excellent clinical results observed to this point.  The value of NET is to be determined by objective science, the patient and the practitioner who is using the ideas and concepts of the NET technology.

NET utilizes the 10,000 year old science of acupuncture and the meridian system.  There are some similarities between EFT and NET.  However, NET is a far more complex and advanced system of diagnosis and treatment than EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and is only taught to licensed health care providers.  EFT can be learned by anybody.  NET is used by numerous psychologists all over the United States and is currently taught in the graduate program at the psychiatric department of Harvard Medical School.

18. How should I dress when I come to appointments with Dr. Ilya?

 Answer

So as not to interfere with the muscle testing, it is ideal to wear loose, comfortable, cotton clothing or other natural fiber clothing (e.g.  wool, linen, hemp, silk).  Avoid wearing synthetic fibers (polypropylene, polyester, lycra, spandex), skirts, dresses, and tight, binding clothing such as jeans.  Be sure to take off all jewelry, watches or other metal objects prior to the treatment session.

19. What is the purpose of herbs and how and why are they used?

Answer

Herbs have been used for over 10,000 years for their medicinal properties.  The best use of them has been throughout the Orient.  Herbs are much safer than drugs, as they come from nature.  Prescription medications are synthetic.  They are made in laboratories and often have side effects which can be more worrisome than the problem they are meant to get rid of in the first place.

There can be some toxicity to herbs, but when taken properly, they have tremendous health benefits.  Some herbs imitate hormones or actually have active bio-available hormones in them such as soy and black cohosh, wild yam root, damiana, red raspberry leaf, and dong quai.  These herbs help balance hormones.  There is a whole pharmacopeia of herbs – books that go back thousands of years that go over specific formulations, how to prescribe the herbs, etc.  There are 100 classical formulations in Traditional Chinese Medicine that have been used for thousands of years.

Herbs have been shown to get rid of cancer, diabetes type II, and balance blood sugar, decrease pain, inflammation, and swelling.  Herbs can help different glands, organs, and the immune system to work better; they can help with memory, with excessive bleeding, and the production of red blood cells.  Herbs have all types of properties that can help with just about any health concern.

Herbs are safer than drugs and should be considered as an option, especially when dealing with chronic health challenges.  Herbs actually change the electromagnetic functioning of the body.  That’s how they work.  The body is essentially a bio-computer.  Every cell in the body uses nutrients.  Those nutrients conduct electricity in certain ways.  It is the electrical gradient between the inside and the outside of the cell membrane which allows life to exist.  When a person takes certain herbs, the herbs change the electrical functioning of glands and organs.  Herbs are very powerful.  They should only be used by prescription.  It’s never a good idea to pick up an herbal remedy unless it’s been prescribed by a licensed, trained health care provider.

20. What does energy medicine mean? Who are some of the pioneers of energy medicine in the United States?

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For additional insight into energy medicine, please also refer to the information provided about NET, TBM, Homeopathy, or Applied Kinesiology.

Energy medicine has been around for many thousands of years.  All medicine is energy medicine, whether we like to think of it that way or not.  Any input into the body affects the energy of the body.  With the energy medicine that Dr. Ilya performs, no drugs, radiation or surgeries are used.

Everything is energy.  The world is composed of different energy fields.  For instance, the air that we breathe is composed of a variety of gases.  Those gases are energy, meaning atoms with electrons that spin around a nucleus and a proton with neutrons inside the atom.  Every time you breathe in and out you are breathing in and out a variety of particles and atoms.  All those particles and atoms — the seat you’re sitting on, the earth you’re walking on — are energy.

How do we affect a person’s health using energy medicine? A good energy medicine practitioner will take into account the air that we’re breathing, the light that hits our bodies or doesn’t, energy from electromagnetic radiation (such as from cell phones, electrical wires, electrical devices, land line phones, fax machines), and all the ways of healing that involve the now vast science of quantum physics.  Some of the greatest strides in energy medicine have been made by Dr. Victor Frank (TBM), Dr. George Goodheart (AK), and Scott Walker (NET).

Energy medicine involves making an influence on the body in an area you don’t touch directly.  For instance, I might improve the health of a person’s kidneys by tapping a point near their head.  If I tap it in such a way, through a scientifically based protocol, it can affect the health of the kidneys in a positive way.  Even though there is a lot of controversy around this type of unusual and progressive approach, it is also very effective and is a real, scientifically proven approach that works.  It is repeatable and has been well documented.

When speaking about energy medicine, this refers to the use of Quantum Physics and how it affects the body, much as a computer programmer would affect the hardware of a computer when he develops and runs a software program.  The human body is both like a computer and also a hologram. Advanced energy medicine takes this into account.

Energy medicine is practiced by all societies and all people and has been practiced for thousands of years.  Cutting edge modern energy medicine, however, takes into account the science and the anatomy of the body and utilizes the vast wealth of knowledge coming from Western and Eastern medicine and all other forms of healing and science.

Dr. Ilya’s energy medicine specialty is termed Total Kinesiology.  He was taught this system by one of his mentors.  Because this system is so advanced, he is able to get results that would normally take thirty visits in just one visit.  Energy medicine is incredibly powerful.

Some popular sources of information for how energy works can be seen in the movies “What the Bleep Do We Know”, “The Secret”, “Avatar”, and “The Moses Code”.

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