SAVE THE BABIES

BY TRIANGLE HEALTH NEWS SERVICE, October 17, 2005

Babies are gems of life that sparkle for their parents and everyone who sees them.

And yet, our environment has become so polluted that these precious living gems are often born already damaged by debris from industrial society- soiled in their mother’s womb by a chemical assault on adults, the unborn and infants that is unprecendented and under-reported.

In a report titled “Body Burden- The Pollution in Newborns,” just released by the Washington-based Environmental Working Group (EWG), researchers say that 287 chemicals were found in the umbilical cord blood of randomly selected newborns tested by the American National Red Cross.

Of those 287 chemicals, 76 cause cancer in humans or animals, 94 are toxic to the brain and nervous system and 79 cause birth defects or abnormal development.

"What's most startling is that we have such a wide range of compounds in us the moment we are born," said Tim Kropp, senior toxicologist for EWG. "Babies don't use any consumer products, they don't work in a factory- and yet they're starting life with a load of these chemicals inside them."

Among the most pervasive pesticides found in the EWG study were 4,4'-DDE, a contaminant and byproduct of DDT, banned in the US in 1972 but still used in other countries to control mosquitoes; hexachlorobenzene, a fungicide widely used on wheat until 1965, when manufacturers Bayer and Dow voluntarily discontinued production of the probable carcinogen; and dieldrin, routinely used on corn and cotton until it was banned in 1974. Dieldrin is still in use, as a poison for killing termites.

Besides these chemicals, researchers found that chemicals from two widely used household products- Teflon and Scotchgard- were in EVERY baby tested.

The detected amounts of some chemicals found in the babies’ blood were extremely small, but scientists note that toxic pollution during fetal growth and early infancy can be particularly damaging because the toxins are built into core structures.

The results of this study back up other evidence showing that common household products, garden products, agricultural industry products, and internal combustion engines are a toxic soup that permeates all levels of human society and the environment.

We’re all swimming in an ocean of man-made contanimants never before seen in earth’s history. Human physiology did not evolve in this toxic soup; it is only since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution 200 years ago that most of these toxins entered the environment in the types and quantities that they are today. And because our species did not live with those chemicals for the thousands of years that our species existed before the era of chemicals and petroleum, our immune systems and life support systems are ill-equipped to process and eliminate such pollutants, many of which are responsible for chronic, severe health problems that plague billions of people.

Children and parents are being affected by toxins in the air, water, and in their homes and other buildings. These come via emissions from petroleum-based products, including carpeting, wallpaper, paint, varnish, insulation, drywall, and plywood. Many household sprays, powders and other formulations are rife with chemicals that offload themselves into family members.

Pregnant women and moms who live in densely populated urban areas or other areas where air and water pollution can occur, or who have a low-quality diet and/or a high-stress lifestyle, are likely to pass on toxins and/or stress hormones to their unborn children through umbilical blood or to their newborns via breast milk. Fetuses and newborns can also intake these problematic substances from their immediate environment.

In some cases, the prevalence of pollutants in the immediate and general environment is due to economic factors. Children from low income homes are often exposed to substandard housing that has asbestos, defective lead pipes, or other negative features that create a toxic environment. Low income communities are often victimized because government and industry tend to locate polluting industrial facilities and dump sites disproportionately in poor communities. Such was the case in New Orleans, Lousiana, where the oil, gas, chemical, transportation and manufacturing industries had already turned the city and surrounding region into a massive toxic dump that became a toxic soup when the city flooded, carrying industrial chemicals into the city’s flood waters when Hurricane Katrina hit.

Even in more affluent communities, pollution from urban and suburban infrastructure, toxic home syndrome, and contanimated air and water have serious health effects for families and others.

Do you think that government agencies like the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are working hard to protect us from toxic pollutants?

Think again. Earlier this year, we were shocked to learn that the EPA had allowed corporations cooperating with EPA to test pesticides and other toxins on unsuspecting women and children.

The EPA quickly wrote new testing protocols after environmentalists, scientists and members of Congress harshly criticized the agency for testing harmful substances on people without notifying them.

One EPA study would have used $2 million from the chemical industry to measure the pesticide consumption of infants in low-income Florida households.

When the EPA unveiled its new rules in early September, it said the revised rules offered “full protection” against “unethical testing.”

But the 30 pages of new rules contain explicit exceptions that permit testing of "abused or neglected" children without permission from parents or guardians, “ethically deficient” human research if such research is considered “crucial to protect public health,” and “more than minimal health risk if there is a direct benefit to the child being tested, and if parents or guardians agree to the testing.”

The EPA is also still accepting reports generated by overseas companies that have minimal or no ethical standards for testing.

Given the level of toxins being dumped on people without their consent, it’s troubling that some women voluntarily use alcohol, tobacco, prescription and non-prescription drugs, and illicit drugs during pregnancy. Some pregnant women are subject to second hand tobacco smoke. All of this contributes to fetal pollution and can also affect newborns who intake toxic substances.

The effects of toxins on fetuses and newborns is staggering and long-lived. Many children are born drug addicted, mutated by alcohol and other chemicals, or otherwise condemned to a lifetime of ill health, low performance and deterioration because of pollution that enters them from the moment of conception onwards.

It is indeed ironic and troubling to note that while people villify and sometimes even assault a child molestor who tries to abuse children, these same people might be subjecting children to long-term chemical abuse via lifestyle choices, living conditions, and other discretionary factors.

If people truly love their children and themselves, they will not just be diligent in protecting children against sexual predators. They will also protect children against corporate predators who purvey harmful substances that create toxic environments, food, air, water, and other pervasive pollutants that damage health.

Further, child welfare advocates believe it is a moral imperative that a women planning to have a baby, already pregnant, or raising a baby should ensure that their body and environment are as free of pollutants as possible. They ask, is it fair to an unborn human to be placed in an unhealthy environment from conception onwards, especially when simple steps to cleanse the environment can be taken.

Just ensuring physiological and environmental cleanliness is only the first step in being an ethical mom, child health experts say. The second step is to ensure that the woman’s body is at maximal health before, during and after pregnancy.

This means more than just avoiding pollutants, eating healthy food, drinking pure distilled water, and refraining from consumption of legal and illegal drugs such as cigarettes, marijuana, caffeine, prescription narcotics, and alcohol. It is wonderful to detoxify the body and refrain from bad habits, but another key choice (one which many women leave out) is to replenish and revitalize the body before and during pregnancy so that the baby is formed in the most healthy womb possible.

The reality is that the raw materials that create the fetus and the growing child throughout pregnancy are ALL provided by the mother, filtered through her body systems, and influenced by the mother’s physical, emotional and psychological health.

Babies born to depressed moms may be depressed. Babies born to drug-addicted moms can be drug addicted themselves. The mother’s health is a master controller that universally affects the baby’s health and development.

Envision the baby as a living being being created inside the womb by materials and processes controlled entirely by the mother’s total body systems. In this reality, it is easy to see that if the mother has low levels of the mood-enhancing brain neurotransmitter serotonin, for example, that the baby’s brain development and serotonin levels can be affected. If the mother has chronic health deficits or acute diseases, if her key internal organs have impaired functioning, if her digestive system is unable to effectively assimilate nutrients, if she has chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes, diseases like herpes or HIV, high amounts of stress hormones in her blood, or other health disorders, all of these problems can be passed on to the forming baby, with a variety of possible negative effects on the fetus’s development and health.

The baby’s core structures- its brain, skeleton, organs, skin- all are formed from the mother’s blood and the miracle process of the womb. Just as it would be if someone was to pour adulterants into paint being used by an artist and therefore destroy the integrity of the paint and cause it to perform poorly, thus ruining the integrity of the painting, so is it that an unhealthy or toxified pregnant woman’s womb can pass on a problematic health profile to her forming child.

This reality partially explains the increasing number of children born unhealthy, who are harmed by a lifetime of ill health, lack of vitality, stunted growth, and delayed development.

And if the mother continues to be unhealthy during the time she breast feeds the baby, the baby will again and again ingest the mother’s ill health.

Some women might defensively reject the reality of how a baby is affected by its mother’s health, feeling that it places too much responsibility on them. You will even meet women who defiantly say, “I smoked cigarettes during my pregnancy and my baby is fine, so there,” or “I didn’t take any vitamins or supplements during my pregancy and it didn’t matter.”

And yet, deep down, an ethical, informed woman who is honest with herself will accept that the greatest service she can do her baby is to be as physiologically pure, energized and vital as possible before, during and after pregnancy. This is the moral and ethical challenge: to love one’s child enough to be 100% healthy, strong, detoxified, replenished, and revitalized- before, during and after pregnancy.

Proper pre-natal and post-natal health care is essential for healthy moms, children and families, and can be attained by following the Triangle Healing three-part paradigm. Triangle’s program is based on the proven concept that people need to cleanse themselves thoroughly inside and out as a first step in embarking on the path to better health. After cleansing, they need to replenish and revitalize their bodies at the cellular level.

Women who are Triangle customers want to have a cleansed, revitalized, replenished and strong body before they undertake the momentous work of making a baby. Before a woman becomes pregnant, the savvy Triangle customer prepares herself for the pregnancy by undergoing a thorough health regimen that cleanses, replenishes, and revitalizes her body so that she can provide a fertile and health womb for the baby to grow in. This cleansing program would ideally ideally begin a year before the pregnancy, although it can be beneficial at any time before conception.

After conception, only a few parts of the cleansing program can be implemented, but others are incompatible with pregnancy and will have to be delayed until a few months after the child is born. All interventions should take place in colloboration with a woman’s physicans and other attending medical specialists, such as midwives. It is important to closely consult with physicians, midwives and other care providers to ensure that use of healing products and processes is totally appropriate for a woman during pregnancy.

The environment where the pregnancy will take place should also be cleansed, replenished and revitalized before pregnancy occurs. This process is multi-faceted and involves taking a thorough inventory of household and community toxicity, and then doing remediation wherever pollutants are found.

Parents and prospective patents should measure interior household offgassing, analyze air quality in the pregnancy zone and install air purification equipment, get a water distiller (distillation is the only way to actually ensure totally clean water), find a source of organic fruits and vegetables, drink only freshly-made juices and pure, distilled water, and otherwise create an Edenic setting for the baby to be formed in. Triangle has the best air purifiers, juicers, and educational materials so families can detoxify their environment and what they put into their bodies.

Some potential parents and established families prepare for pregnancy and child-rearing by building “green homes” that feature all-natural materials such as hemp-straw bales, untreated wood, emission-free paints and varnishes, natural fibre carpets and upholstery, energy efficiency, and ample sunlight access. They seek to locate their homes in rural areas where pollution is absent, where activities such as mining and logging are also absent, and where organic food, clean water, and peace and quiet are present. They seek places where they have a strong support network of peers who’ve formed a true community that used to characterize many small towns and villages.

Long before pregnancy takes place, would-be mothers should go though a total colon cleanse, paracide program, digestive restoration, and nutritional revamp. Many female Triangle customers use Dr. Natura or Isagenix digestive management systems to improve digestion and kill harmful parasites and pathogens that plague most people internally. At the same time, they do Green Star Juicer juice fasts, supplementation, probiotic therapy, Sunlight Far Infrared saunas, Platinum Energy foot detox baths, and Chi Machine sessions to remove all toxins, restore healthy internal organs, and prepare their body for pregnancy.

Along with these techniques, they work to decrease any chronic health problems that haunt them. They exercise, seek counseling to resolve any lingering emotional or psychological issues, and take vitamins and supplements so they become strong, energetic, and free of all health disorders.

If they are overweight, they take supplements and programmed herbal formulas that make weight loss easier when combined with proper diet and exercise. Losing fat means losing toxins, which store in fat. If they have issues with stress, insomnia, diabetes, chronic pain, infertility, addictions, depression or other mood disorders, or other problems, they can utilize Triangle products that offer safe, effective intervention for many customers.

We also see customers who use green foods, probiotics, supplemental human growth hormone precursors and secretagogues, and reproductive hormone precursor-secretagogue products before pregnancy to create a fertile, clean, youthful inner environment well suited to the rigors of pregancy and child-rearing. This is especially important in our modern era, when women delay child-bearing until they are nearing the end of their body’s ability to become pregnant and form healthy children.

We want potential moms to be in the best shape possible before they get pregnant so they bring strength, stamina, and holistic inner cleanliness to the awesome responsibilty of creating a baby inside their body.

During pregnancy, women experience a variety of pregnancy-related health issues that are often associated with hormonal changes and other physiological changes. It is important to be very careful about any health products that are used during pregnancy. Triangle Healing Products urges all moms to work with their physicians, midwives, naturopaths, herbologists, and other specialists to craft an effective pre-natal health plan that works for them. There are many products that are not recommended during pregnancy, and there are others that vastly improve pregnancy for the woman and her unborn child.

Many of our pregnant customers have benefited pre-pregnancy from the cleansing process previously outlined, followed by a during-pregnancy package that includes supplements like Rhodiola, an anti-stress herbal adaptogen that lifts mood and modulates physiologic stress reactions, sharpens memory and cognitive performance, and helps the body’s immune system, stamina, and energy balance.

Pregnant women can benefit from balanced multi-vitamins like Perfect Prenatal, made by New Chapter. This product has been endorsed by midwives; it contains 23 different easily digested, energizing and protective probiotic vitamins and minerals as well as 13 stress-balancing and free-radical scavenging herbs cultured for maximum effectiveness. It is designed to be gentle enough for sensitive stomachs.

For females who experience morning sickness and other nausea (a common problem during pregnancy), Triangle recommends products like Ginger Honey Tonic, which is based on an age-old remedy that takes advantage of the amazingly powerful ginger plant.

Ginger offers numerous health benefits that have been demonstrated both historically and scientifically. Because ginger contains 180 times the protein digesting power of papaya, and stimulates fat digesting bile as well as the growth of healthy intestinal flora, ginger restores balance and potentiates proper digestive function. Ginger helps pregnant moms have a calm stomach while better assimilating nutrients, and contains at least 12 antioxidant compounds. Ginger Honey Tonic is made with a complete extract of organic Costa Rican farmed ginger, combined with high quality organic honey, which is in itself a potent nutrient and immune system booster.

Pregnant women undergo inherent stress due to the creation of a new human inside them, so many pregnant customers value stress-busters like the mushroom Cordyceps, which is available as a “MycoMedicinal” from one of our trusted suppliers.

Many centuries ago, Tibetan herders observed that yaks who ate Cordyceps would then frolic with increased energy and strength. This inspired the herders themselves to ingest Cordyceps; today, Cordyceps is an acknowledged healing substance. The 1993Chinese National Track and Field Team said that use of Cordyceps significantly contributed to their breaking three world records.

Cordyceps has been clinically shown to increase immune system function and the ability to resist disease and stress. MycoMedicinals are a proprietary blend of mushrooms that preserve their protective and healing properties so that potency of Glycoproteins, Arabinoxylanes, Ergosterols, and Broad Spectrum 1,3 & 1,6 B-Glucans is assured.

Uninterrupted restful sleep is very important for pregnant women and moms, but sleep is often disturbed by pregnancy and early child-rearing. Triangle offers a variety of non-drug sleep aids that gently and safely provide restful sleep and daytime calm.

These products often include synergistic blends of naturally soothing herbs and plants like hops, valerian, peppermint, ginger, lavender, passionflower, and chamomile. Valerian has been known for at least 2,000 years as a relaxant, and is included in official European and Asian pharmacopoeias as an herb that promotes deep sleep without side effects or hangover. Peppermint is a digestive aid that also promotes ease of falling asleep and staying asleep. Ginger aids digestion and increases the absorption of efficacy of other herbs. It includes at least 17 calming compounds, including one of nature's richest known sources of melatonin, which is a potent anti-aging calmative.

Women with children and pregnant women can also benefit from taking 5-HTP, which is a precursor to the feel-good neurotransmitter serotonin, which is the main brain chemical responsible for upbeat mood.

Triangle has a variety of products that can provide restorative relief of some of the discomforts of pregnancy. We also feature products that can help restore strength and cellular rejuvenation after the baby is born. Check with us about products that can help before, during and after pregnancy, and then ask your physician, midwife or other caregiver about the appropriateness of these products for your situation.

The world can be a harsh, polluted environment for moms, babies and families, as well as the rest of us, and we need to work diligently to ensure a safe, positive milieu in which we live. Scientists studying the effect of toxins on children note that that many of the toxic compounds found in babies during the umbilical cord studies and other studies take decades to break down. Worse yet, some of these poisons that were banned in the US decades ago are still used in countries that export fruits and vegeatbles to the US.

Perhaps the greatest responsibility humans can bear is to do their best for their children. Yet, today’s world is full of people who make choices that compromise children’s health. Women who chose to smoke cigarettes or use illegal drugs during pregnancy, or who refuse to get themselves in the best physical condition possible before and during pregnancy, are making a choice about the quality of their child’s womb development and future life. But there are others who make choices for our children…

Just recently, the majority Republicans in the United States Senate sided with industry groups that favored lax standards for power plant mercury emissions. These emissions create a toxic hazard for millions of people, and have led to warnings about consumption of fish and other seafood. Studies show that ever-increasing levels of mercury pose imminent danger to small children and unborn fetuses, and that mercury is a dangerous neurotoxin that negatively impacts neurological development of children who are exposed to mercury in the womb.

The message here is not just that parents and other members of the community must become politically aware and active to defeat government attempts to collude with polluting industries. That’s an admirable course of action.

But even more important is for parents and those planning families to follow the cleansing, replenishing and revitalizing program outlined for pregnant women and mothers herein, for the health of adults and the health of children.

Triangle Healing Products reveres the job of motherhood and the blessing of children. Contact us if you want the best products for pregnancy, children, and families.

Our goal is perfect health for you and for all God’s children. If a person follows the Triangle Healing three-part program, it will benefit children and help them to have a more vibrant, happy life.