THE PARASITE MENACE
A parasite is an organism that lives off the host, you or me, feeding off either our energy, our cells or the food we eat. In recent medical studies, it has been estimated that 85% of the North American adult population has at least one form of parasite living in their bodies.
How can a parasite possibly live in our bodies without us even knowing it? The purpose of a parasite is to not make itself known. If they are detected, something is going to be done to eradicate them. They are intelligent in their ability to survive and reproduce, which is the purpose of any organism on this planet. If you know how to read the body and how to interpret its signals, then the presence of a parasite can be deterrmined quite easily. However, if you accept that it is normal to have low energy levels, health challenges, skin rashes, pains, frequent colds, flu and constipation, then you may never question whether you have parasites.
If you were tested by a doctor for parasites, chances are the results would come back negative. Unfortunately, medical testing procedures only catch about 20% of the actual cases of parasites. There are over a thousand species of parasites that can live in your body. Tests are availalbe for approximately 40 to 50 types. This means doctors are only testing for about 5% of the parasites and missing 80% of those. This brings the ability to clinically find parasites down to 1%!
A parasite eats, lays eggs, and excretes. Depending on the kind, parasites will eat different things. For example, if you are a person who craves sugar, you may have a sugar-loving parasite. Other parasites actully get their nutrition directly from the cells of the body. They can literally attach themselves anywhere and suck nutrition out of the cells. These parasites are significantly more dangerous because they can travel to places in the body where they can do a lot more damage than a parasite living exclusively in the digestive tract. They grow healthy and fat getting the best nutrients, while our organs and skin starve for nutrition.
There are two major categories of parasites: small parasites, which are mainly microsopic in size, including what are called protozoa and amoebae, and large parasites, which are primarily worms.
Small parasites can be dangerous despite their almost invisibility. They can get into your joints and eat the calcium lining of your bones. This can lead to arthritic tendencies. They can also eat the protein coating on your nerves and this can cause a disruption in the nerve signal from the brain. The protozoa and amoebae can function almost like bacteria by traveling through the blood stream to virtually any part of the body. They reproduce without laying eggs and behave more like an infection in the body than do the larger parasites.
Large parasites are worms which reproduce by laying eggs in the intestinal tract, where they stick to the walls of the intestines. When the eggs hatch, the young feed on the food that we eat and eventually grow into adults where they repeat the process. There are cases of worms actually burrowing out of the digestive tract into blood vessels and muscles of the body, where they can do significantly more damage.
All organisms excrete. The excretions from parasites are toxins that our bodies are forced to deal with by increasing the process of detoxification. A chronic parasitic infection excreting low levels of toxins can create an extremely stressed immune system which may allow varied health challenges to develop. When the immune system is stressed over a long period of time, it becomes weak and our bodies become susceptible to bacterial and viral infections. Additionally, a healthy immune system protects our energy and vitality. People with a weakened immune system tend to feel tired all the time.
Parasite excretions also add extra stress and strain to the body's cleansing system which can push the body into what is called toxic overload. Toxic overload occurs when the cleansing systems of the body have beern pushed too far by an overload of toxins. There are four cleansing systems of the body: the lungs, kidneys, skin and bowel. With toxic bowel syndrome, the excess of toxins absorbed from a clogged bowel goes to the liver. The liver is then overburdened, and eventually unable to cope with the toxic load so the toxins start to spill into the bloodstream. The kidneys, lungs and skin have to take over the job of cleansing and they too become challenged in their ability to remain healthy.
There are many ways to get parasites. Shaking hands, sharing someone else's drink, kissing, intimate sexual contact, pets, digging in the soil, and walking barefoot outside. You can also get parasites from the water of lakes and rivers, from eating rare meat and even from eating salads. The distressing thing about parasites is that if you get rid of them, you can easily be reinfected. Additionally, most parasites are not noticeable to the human eye.
To overcome this major health challenge in our society today it is vital that parasites be openly discussed. Almost evryone has some form of parasite which they may not be aware of. If you want to reach the next level of vibrant health, then get rid of the parasites!
Exerpted from an article by Dr. Ross Anderson N.D.