Making the Right Choices…your child’s life depends on it

Vaccines are an extremely sensitive topic – do we immunize our children? If so, when is the best time? Please keep in mind as you read through this article, the information expressed can be refuted and proved by both sides. The information provided is not intended to lead a parent one way or the other. The sole intent of this article is to provide you with more information so that you can investigate and gain more intelligence on whether vaccines are the right choice for you and your family. Remember, your child is yours and you alone are responsible for them not your doctors. No one but you has to live with the decisions you make for your child.

There are no long-term studies that determine the negative impacts immunizations have on the human body, such as cancers, autoimmune diseases and nervous system diseases, such as Autism? However, they most defi nitely can. be. The word “can” should be enough for parents to pause for just a second and consider the impacts of vaccinations. The best proof is to talk to a parent whose child is suffering from the effects of vaccines – their baby was normal and after their routine vaccination, the child became “different”.

The simple fact that cannot be denied is that the chemicals contained in vaccines are suspended by toxins – allergy forming and poisonous toxins that include, but are not limited to formaldehyde, mercury, aluminum, and chicken egg protein, which are extremely harmful to the human body. Amazingly enough, doctors never prescribe medication to an adult without obtaining information about the family and personal medical history family. BUT, babies are administered vaccines as soon they are born. Because of the lack of intelligence on a baby’s history, it is diffi cult to prove that a vaccine has indeed had negative impacts on a child.

To simply summarize, there are toxic substances in vaccines. So, why are some children adversely affected by vaccines and others not? Because each child is an individual – the genetics, toxic load and organ reserve of each person is different. “Toxic load” is a term that was coined in recent years to spotlight the fact that we, as humans, are under tremendous amounts of toxins in our environment – the higher the exposure, the higher the toxic load or toxicity. This is vital, because toxic load combined with organ reserve and genetics determine how much toxicity one’s body can handle. If you have ingested or absorbed more toxins than you can detoxify, you are body will be damaged and susceptible to illnesses. For example, compare a person who drinks the occasional glass of wine or beer to an alcoholic. A drink to the occasional drinker can sometimes benefi t their health, while an occasional drink to an alcoholic can cause liver cancer. The same idea can be applied to the chemicals that vaccines are suspended in – too much toxins for your child’s genetic ability to detoxify will be detrimental.

Now, organ reserve is how much an organ can store vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, etc. Remember, everyone is an individual, so every organ has a different amount and speed at which they create this reserve. Think of an organ reserve as a savings account – when in fi nancial trouble you may dip into the saving account, but if there are no funds then you may be in trouble. The same thought can be applied to your child’s organ reserve. If your child’s organ reserve is minimal, there is no safety net. Detoxifi cation is nutrient-dependent; we use vitamins, minerals and proteins. So if a child is marginally defi cient in these things coupled with a genetic predisposition of slower detoxifi cation rate, this can cause them to be poisoned and seriously damaged by the chemicals in a vaccine.

It is very important to note that Dr. Ozzie is neither for nor against vaccinations. He is a believer in researching your information before making life impacting choices. His recommendations before considering vaccinations is performing blood tests for verifying nutritional status and genetic testing to determine if there are detoxification problems.

Love in A Big Way

Childhood Obesity has become increasingly prevalent in our nation today. Dysfunction or disease, which obesity has become, starts and ends with stress. Obesity in children stems from structural and chemical stresses, but can be attributed to mental/emotional
stress as well.

Kids fall and get knocked around all the time, in fact, it’s estimated that the average child will fall close to 10,000 times before the age of six. This leads to structural stress. The brain controls the whole body and the brain stays healthy by proper sensory input – the way you move is the biggest input contributor. On average we take 6,000 steps a day, so if a muscle or a joint is off just a little bait it in can have a negative impact on your child’s brain and body. We often think that bumps and bruises have no impact on our children, but a lot of little things can add up to one big thing. Thus, it is of the utmost importance that we make sure our kids structure is balanced and aligned. The best way to do this is see a chiropractor as they are the specialists in balancing muscles and joints. Proper muscle balance increases your child’s fat burning potential.

Chemical stress is associated with poor diet. A poor diet stems from lessnutrient-dense foods caused by genetically-modifed foods containing steroids antibiotics pesticides and herbicides; high fructose corn syrup. Chemical stress is also caused by bad water; the air we breathe; and countless other things. There are a lot of chemical challenges, our children face today. We are burdened by so many toxins that we have toxic overload. And the way the body rids itself of these toxins is through the vitamins, minerals and enzymes we absorb from the foods we eat. Unfortunately, we consume so many toxins through processed foods that our bodies weren’t designed to detoxify this much causing toxicity. Sherry Rodgers M.D said it best “Never before in the history of man have we been under such tremendous toxic stress with such low nutrient dense foods in our diets”. Most noteworthy is the fact that most toxins are fat-soluble, which means we store toxins in our fat tissue. Our body’s fat capacity is infinite, which causes us to become obese.

The same receptors in your brain are also in your immune system, thus meaning that mental/emotional stress can have a huge impact on the rest of your body. Stress on kids has a negative impact on their bodies, including making them overweight. Some techniques we provide at the FM&WC to combat this negative response include acupressure while visualizing the negative situation. Acupressure has a positive impact on how the body perceives this stress. Other techniques include visualization and breathing exercises they can do at home to help decrease the negative impact.

All of these stresses have one thing in common; they set into motion a terrible cycle of adrenal stress that puts your child into a “flight or fight” mode. The adrenals have a lot of functions, but one of the important ones is to release cortisol. Cortisol helps regulate your blood sugars and it is anti-inflammatory. When cortisol is released it will increase your blood sugars and in time may lead to metabolic syndrome, the precursor to diabetes and obesity. If constant adrenaline is released from the adrenals due to stress the brain may choose to decrease regulation of the thyroid in an attempt to take pressure off your child’s heart. The thyroid is the major player in the body’s metabolism – the slower the metabolism, the less fat the body burns and the bigger it gets. Too much cortisol after a while will cause your child’s brain to miscommunicate with the body and
your child will start to self medicate with sugar, causing obesity. In addition, high adrenaline and cortisol will lead to fatigue and depression which can cause laziness in kids as well as adults.

The gold standard for functionally analyzing the adrenals is a salivatory adrenal stress test. There are a lot of techniques that can be done to remove structural, chemical and mental/emotional stress, but there is not much done about removing the damage these stresses create in the body. This is imperative to fix the problem and get back to a place of health.

At the FM&WC, we look at the individual’s diet and create a new diet specific to their genetic and family makeup. In addition, we support the body’s journey to wellness with specifically designed supplements to rebalance the body and brain coordination and repair any damage that has been caused.

To schedule an appointment at the Functional Medicine
Center, contact us at 214.395.7264

Is your child always sick?

Today, it has become “normal” that children spend most of their youth being sick with a runny nose, coughing or allergies. Parents have the mindset that it is normal for their child(ren) to be sick because they are surrounded by other children – at home, daycare, school, parks, etc. This is not true. It is not normal to be sick all the time – young or old.

Children’s illnesses range from a minor ear infection to a 24- hour virus to cancer. Any illness stems from physical, chemical and mental/emotional stress. At the FM&WC, we determine what stresses your child is experiencing through comprehensive, non-invasive testing and eliminate the stress(es). Most importantly, once stress is eliminated, we repair the damage caused by stress. A few of the common stressors in children include food allergies or food sensitivities. Food allergies may be a catalyst to decreased immune system function and lead to chronic infections. Determining food allergies/sensitivities can be done numerous ways, like acupuncture. However, the most efficient way is through saliva testing.

When you have a food sensitivity or allergy your GALT (Gut Associated Lymphatic Tissue) will be activated. If the GALT is irritated the body’s adrenal glands will produce an increased amount of cortisol. An increase in cortisol leads to gut deterioration causing the body to go into a “flight or fight” mode. The body is protecting itself from being attacked – trying to prevent the GALT from deteriorating. Increased cortisol also weakens the immune system in your child’s gut, known as “leaky gut”. Leaky gut happens when the digestive tract starts absorbing larger than normal proteins (foreigners) into the body, causing inflammation in an attempt to wall of the foreigners. Inflammation inhibits your body to go into protective mode and overreact to foreign substances. This is causes you to become mores susceptible to allergies, specifi cally airborne allergies. If your child has allergies, the first thing you should do is look at their gut.

Furthermore, a weakened immune system causes a chain reaction throughout the body causing your child to be more prone to infections. A leaky gut makes a good home for bad “bugs”. Antibiotics kill theses bad bugs, but they also kill the good bugs. Without any good bugs, your child is at risk for further imbalance in gut fl ora (good bugs) which leads to fungal and/or yeast infections. Ear, nose and throat infections are not caused by bacteria. These infections are caused by fungus. Antibiotics do not cure fungal infections, in fact, they worsen the infection. When you hear the word “itis”, as in “sinuitis” or “rhinitis” – remember inflammation.

If you have already identifi ed your child’s allergy and have had them abstain from it, remember that simply removing the allergy is half the battle. You can’t eat your way out of an illness. The road to being healthy lies in repairing the damage
that has been done. At the FM&WC, Dr. Ozzie uses specifically designed medical foods and products that can only be prescribed by a physician to repair the damage. Dr. Ozzie also looks at the structure and mental/emotional components as these may also be major catalysts to your child’s weakened.

To schedule an appointment for saliva testing,
contact us at 214.395.7264