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Dr Phil Bate
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Arthritis and Gout

One of my heros, Dr Marshall Mandell, wrote a book describing arthritis as an allergic reaction in many, if not most, or even all cases.  It's "Dr Mandell's Lifetime Relief System from Arthritis". It's a very interesting book and since Dr Mandell was one of the foremost allergists I knew, I read his book and became a believer.

Of course, there are several types of arthritis.  One of the worst types is rheumatoid arthritis which can be crippling indeed.  I know, as I got it when Sunny and I were sailing around the Caribbean some years ago.  It was so bad that I couldn't haul sails up and down very well.  It manifested initially as a large growing cyst on the index finger first joint. and growing pain as it grew.

I had read that rheumatoid arthritis was caused in many cases by wheat and I knew that I had a wheat problem with weight.  I abstained from wheat for a month or so.  I lost some weight, but the arthritis seemed to get worse.

Then, I remembered that I had tested positive on EPT (End-Point-Titration testing) for peanuts, but had not found any symptoms at that time.  I'd been eating a lot of peanut butter and raisin sandwiches (a favorite) for some time.  It's simple to fix on board.

Also in checking, I found that the potato chips I was eating were fried in peanut oil! I quit all forms of peanuts (reading labels carefully).  Within a few weeks, the pain in my hands eased up and in six months, I was free of this crippler.  Since it's a "sensitivity" and not a direct allergy, I can even eat a peanut butter sandwich as long as it's not more than once a week or so. 

My case illustrates once again the fact that there are no "rules" to allergies or sensitivities.  Indeed, "Anything Can Cause Anything" is virtually the only "rule".

In 2004, I invented Neuroliminal Training. This is an alternate to EEG Biofeedback or Neurofeedback that is only a fraction of that cost.  I had been using it for a few years, when I inadvertently ate peanuts two days in a row! Surprise, no rheumatoid arthritis.  Of course, there had been none for those few years because I had avoided anything with peanuts more than once a week or less.  During that time, if I did stray from this avoidance course, I would feel at least some pain in the hands.  I can find no other explanation than that my theory of "raising the SMR brain wave, SOMEHOW changes the brain affect from allergens.  Testing for other known allergies, I found that my soy allergy, and my lifelong allergy to ragweed were both gone.

I do not know how long it might take you to solve your different allergies using NT.  Each individual is different, and the unconscious mind which controls all this has diferent priorities than our conscious minds. However, it's simple to try and at the cost of NT, and the satisfaction guarantee, what's to lose? I do know that the longer you use the NT therapy, the less you will be bothered by allergies.

I would also recommend trying the Caveman Diet and Pulse Test for finding allergens for anyone.  It's free and can be found at Allergy Test

Gout & Uric Acid

Next, let's talk about gout.  Many MD's call it "gouty arthritis" and relate it to arthritis.  Indeed, it also may be an undiagnosed allergy symptom, but I doubt this, since my gout is still present if I eat foods high in uric acid.

Again, I have a first person story to tell.  I was diagnosed with high uric acid and gout in my early 40's (over 40 years ago).  I was put on medication and told that it would be for a lifetime.

Being an egotist, I was determined that I wouldn't be on medication for a lifetime if I could possibly help it.  So, I did a lot of reading on gout and gouty arthritis.  Somewhere (lost in the mists of time and memory), I found an "old wives tale" about eating cherries for preventing gouty attacks.

Sounded pretty far out, but I like cherries, so I started to eat a few daily.  A sandwich I like, but don't often get, is a combination of very sharp cheddar cheese and cherry jam, so I started to eat those more often and I started to use cherry jam instead of other flavors. Cherry pie became my favorite pie as well.

It's funny, but when you don't have something wrong, you don't notice the loss as much as if you have it.  This is often the case when people start taking the vitamin/mineral recommendations given elsewhere on this website.  Then, after a few weeks, they often begin to notice small things like acne clearing up, hair and fingernails growing better, etc. Since the gout attacks came and went, I didn't notice the loss of gout for some months, but then I realized that it hadn't come for some time.  The old-wives remedy had worked!  It can still come back if I don't eat cherries for a time, and my left big toe starts to hurt, but when it does, a piece of pie or a sandwich solves the problem. 

We tend to forget that fortunes have been made in the drug industry by following up on some of these old-wife remedies and isolating the ingredient that makes the drug effective.  What it is in cherries, I don't know, but I do know that I have never had an attack of gout again and when I have recommended it to others both in practice and friendship, it has worked for them as well.  When my uric acid was tested recently, it was actually lower than average!

Uric acid comes from several sources, particularly undercooked meat, (beef, lamb and pork) as well as organ meats such as brains or sweetbreads, etc.  I now include "ground" meats that usually contain organs such as sausage, ground beef, and ground turkey, and sausage.

I eat all of the red meats now (not the organ meats as much) with no restriction.  It's been associated with "high" living and rich foods by many.  Of course, rich people can afford more expensive meats, etc, so this correlation may be well founded.

I hope that this page helps you in your search for health.  Good luck.

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