CHAPTER 6.
TRANSPORTATION

CHAPTER 12.
CHRONIC DISEASE

CHAPTER 14.
THE ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER 15.
THE NEW HEALTH CARE

Criteria of a healthy bloodcirculation

The right protein-intake. Alkalinity of nutrition. Sufficient drinking and physical exercise. Warm hands and feet. Becoming a blood-donor.

What can go wrong

Protein-overconsumption. Impairment of capillary wall permeability. Toxic (acid) contraction or/and paralysis of the bloodvessel wall. Thickening of the blood, slowing down of circulation. Local acidosis, „risk factors" and arteriosclerosis.

A proper transportation of nutrients, from the intake until their utilization by the cell, is absolutely crucial. Major revolutionary scientific discoveries have been made recently. Once our food - with the aid of digestive enzymes from the pancreas, fat-absorbing bile from the gallbladder and the intestinal juices - has been digested and broken down into its smallest components, it is absorbed into the blood-circulation and the lymph-system. From there, the nutrients are transported to the capillaries - our smallest bloodvessels - where they pass through the pores of the capillary wall and the soft connective tissue, in order to reach the cells. Since all nutrients - glucose, amino-acids, tryglyceride, fatty acids, nucleic acids, cholesterol, potassium, calcium, oxygen to mention only a few - all have to go through this barrier, the pores of the bloodvessel wall, together with the connective tissue are of crucial importance (see fig. 9). They possess a key function, because without their permeability nothing gets through and the cells will suffer!

The following may - and often does - go wrong. Through insufficient fluid-intake, whereby the blood has „thickened", leads to a clogging in the smallest capillaries. An inactive life only adds to the problem: a slow blood and lymph-circulation, as a result of a lack of movement and physical exercise. Last but not least, overconsumption of (animal) protein, together with accumulation of acid waste products, prove to be the major cause of the thickening of the capillary wall and clogging of the connective tissue and therefore of poor passage of nutrients to the cell!

A CASE HISTORY

One of the best examples of how things may go wrong with the transportation, is the increased pressure in the eye-ball, a condition called glaucoma. The eye-ball is a secluded space with arterial inflow and venous outflow of the blood-circulation. These two are usually in balance, thus keeping the pressure of the fluid inside the eye-ball constant. When the capillaries become clogged, mostly through overconsumption of animal protein, problems first and foremost develop with the outflow. The venous pressure is, after all, much lower than that of the arterial inflow. Thus while the arterial blood is still continuously pumped in, the outflow has no power to overcome its obstructions. In a secluded system, such as that of the eye-ball this means the damming-up of the venous outflow and thus an increase in pressure. The heightened pressure forms a great threat to the functioning of the entire eye. Over the past years, I have been consulted by many people suffering from glaucoma. Except for those cases in which a focus was involved - amalgam, pulpitis, granuloma, ostitis, problems with wisdom teeth, chronic tonsillitis or sinusitis - or a serious illness, glaucoma proved to merely be an expression of a disturbed flow system. These cases were therefore not difficult to cure. The following was usually sufficient to restore balance: - although the approach varies from person to person - a change in eating-habits, like no more animal proteins, cheese, coffee and tea, nose-reflex therapy; a blood-letting, guasha - a revolutionary Chinese „jade stone scraping therapy" - cupping, a cleansing-cure and sufficient exercise.

New scientific insight thus has led to a breakthrough. Long-lasting and excessive use of animal protein, more than 60-70 grams of pure protein a day, during twenty, thirty and more years - in particular that found in meat, fish, eggs and cheese - results in accumulation of breaking down products, like collagen and muco-polysaccharides - which then are stored in the capillary wall and the connective tissue. Some people carry a surplus of five kilo’s of collagen with them! A gradual clogging of the bloodvessel-wall is the result. Which over the years, leads to a partial or severe impairment of the permeability of the nutrients on their way to the cells with as a consequence nutritional deficiencies of the cell. Proteins and their decomposition products thus form the major factors, not only in cell-function insufficiency, but also in the development of arteriosclerosis! once the collagen has thickened the capillary basic membrane. They are able to bind lots of other molecules, like albumin, amino-acids, glyco-proteins, uric acids, lipo-proteins, cholesterol, calcium-compounds and environmental toxins like heavy metals. The cholesterol is thus secondary. Because of the thickened capillary wall, cholesterol - an important nutrient! - cannot get through. If it cannot get through, it first accumulates in the blood, becoming a so-called „risk factor", with eventually sticking to the protein-sediments. The situation is this. While the concentration of nutrients in the blood goes up: e.g. hyperglycemia, hyper-albuminemia, hyper-tryglycemia and hyper-cholesteremia, the cells will increasingly suffer from deprivation and deficiency. They are then sending alarm-signals to the brain, which is responding by even more concentrating the „risk factors" and the raising of blood-pressure. A high blood-pressure is thus an adaptive mechanism to still squeeze the nutrients through the capillary wall. Being not able to get through, the cholesterol is sticking on the inside of the bloodvessel wall. The concentric layers of the cholesterol-plaques are the proof for this! In the absence of thickened capillary wall however, there is no cholesterol-problem. If the permeability is optimal and the cholesterol can easily get through, there will be no cause for the cholesterol to accumulate. Epidemiology e.g. shows, that there is a positive correlation between the dramatic increase of animal protein consumption in Europe since WWII and the incidence of heart disease, while the consumption of fat only has gone down! A correlation which thus cannot be found with regard to fat-intake. The same protein also contains acid decomposition products like uric acid, which - once again in the case of over-consumption and poor combustion - will leave behind pockets of so-called „local acidosis" in the connective tissue, as a result of which the latter gets even more clogged and obstructed. The passage of nutritive substances to the cells thus becomes even more impeded. The irony is this: through overeating of animal protein, our cells will suffer from deficiencies of nutrients, especially of vitamins, minerals, trace-elements and enzymes. Optimal transportation through the capillaries and the connective tissue therefore is one of the major links in our flow system. Earlier chapters have shown that deficiency-food and a poor digestion have preceded this, the three of them being responsible for an overall deficiency-syndrome, the third factor, that of the capillary wall being the last, but not the least. In many cases it means, that which ultimately reaches the cell is only a fraction from what it should be! Hence, for restoring optimal upkeep of the cells, it is not enough to change the diet or give supplements. Optimal nutrition, digestion and permeability of capillary wall have to go hand in hand. This is a good example of how flow system therapy works.

A CASE HISTORY

The adult diabetes is a good example of how things are turned upside down. In diabetes, the capillary wall averagely is three times thicker than normal. In regular medicine, this is therefore considered to be a „symptom" of diabetes. However, which was there first: the thickened capillary wall or the „diabetes", is the crucial question. Usually, tests are only done, after the diagnosis „diabetes" is made. What happens, if we - just as an hypothesis - change the sequence though? Let us follow Prof. Dr. L. Wendt, in assuming, that the thickened capillary wall was there before the diabetes was diagnosed. In that case, the body had a permeability problem for all kinds of nutrients in the blood, among which glucose. The consequence: a higher level of glucose in the blood - in front of the wall - called hyperglycemia, and less glucose beyond it, in the connective tissue. If glucose cannot or only partly pass the wall barrier, then the cell is receiving less glucose. However, every cell needs an optimal amount in order for its combustion processes to work properly. Muscle cells are therefore releasing a peptide hormone, which give signals to the brain, informing them about the glucose shortage. The brain centers, in their turn, send their impulses to the glucose (glycogen) storage places, which latter start releasing sugar to the blood. More sugar in the blood will intensify the pressure of diffusion, through which the glucose again permeates through the pores of the capillary wall. The cells will have their shortages compensated. This is the compensatory mechanism of the adult diabetes. It is characterised by a thickened basic membrane of the capillary wall, the cause of it all. It was there, long before the actual diabetes became manifest. Further consequences: a hyperglycemia, a high insulin production as well as serum insuline level and a satisfactory compensatory glucose input to the cell. A condition a patient may hold out for some time. Real cure though, is to break down the collagen accumulation of the capillary wall, restoring the permeability. If glucose - and all other „risk factors" - can go through again, then nothing excessive has to be compensatory balanced anymore. The original state is then restored. Hence protein-fasting to be of central importance in the treatment of adult diabetes.

Nutritive substances pass from the bowels to the capillaries via the bloodstream. In order to reach the cells, they must pass through the pores of the capillaries and subsequently the connective tissue, in order to reach the cells. If the bloodvessel walls of these capillaries are clogged up, however, by protein - collagen - sediments and there is, moreover, an accumulation of waste in the connective tissue, the transportation of nutritive substances, together with oxygen, will run into problems as they pass on to the cells. Earlier chapters already have shown deficiency-food and a poor digestion as major factors in an overall deficiency-syndrome. Now the third factor, that of the capillary wall, is added to it. It means, that in many cases, that which reaches the cell, is only a fraction from what it could have been! Therefore, while the „risk-factors" in the blood accumulate, the cells are increasingly starving! The latter send alarm-signals to the brain, which in turn causes the blood-pressure to go up. The purpose of this heightened blood-pressure is, that it helps the nutrients to pass through the increasingly clogged up capillary wall. It is therefore a useful adaptive mechanism. Nutrients once again then will be able to go through, feeding the cell. This is the compensatory mechanism of e.g. diabetes, the reason why "risk factors", hypertension, arteriosclerosis and diabetes are often found to be combined. Note: What goes for glucose and diabetes also goes for the other „risk factors" in the blood, e.g. amino-acids, cholesterol and fatty acids. They are part of one syndrome: the thickened capillary wall! What happens though, if in such a situation anti-hypertensive drugs are given? You already guess it. The compensatory diffusion-pressure, necessary for the nutrients to go through the capillary wall, will be artificially brought down, with as a result, that the former will not be able to pass the pores anymore. Hence, the cells even more suffering from deficiencies, which sooner or later will lead to their collapse. Hence, to restore optimal upkeep of the cells, it is not enough to change the diet or give supplements only. Optimal nutrition, digestion and permeability of capillary wall have to go hand in hand. The other way round, the waste products from the cell-metabolism - which are constantly eliminated from the cells - will in such a case be hindered in finding their way to the lymph- and bloodstream, so as to ultimately be eliminated via the liver and the kidneys. The result is therefore two-fold: on the one hand, the cells are receiving insufficient nutritive substances and on the other hand ultimately suffocate in their own garbage. This condition is found in almost all „civilization" related (chronic) disease, especially arteriosclerosis, claudicatio intermittens, ischemia, glaucoma, diabetes, rheumatism, angina pectoris, heart attack , stroke and many more. One (big) problem here is, that these conditions usually do not show too many worrying symptoms for a long time (dumping phase). See chapter „The flow system". Acute conditions, like the above mentioned, therefore often come completely „unexpected", as people say „I don’t understand, before I was still in a great condition and then "suddenly" I had my heart attack". However, as we know now, absence of symptoms doesn’t always mean good health.

Nothing in this respect could be more illustrative than to analyse the mechanisms, which eventually may lead to a heart attack. It is a complicated event, however, with its own - flow system - logic. First, there is a chronic condition of lack of vital substances due to deficiency, poor digestion and impairment of permeability of the capillary wall, the „triple barrier" as we now know. Together with the accumulation of acids - from the protein metabolism, the drinking of too much coffee and tea - a chronic ischemia, a reduction of blood flow is induced. Drinking too little, as most people do, leads to thickening of the blood, with increasing passage problems. A factor commonly unknown, often plays a role not to be ignored. It is chronic indigestion with fermentation of carbohydrates. This creates a condition, whereby gas is formed - gas goes up - which continuously pushes the diaphragm upwards. Which leads to a restriction in diaphragm movements. The breathing becomes shallow in such a way, that the heart, with its foundations resting on the diaphragm, won’t receive its proper inner massage, necessary for optimal heart circulation. The result is shortage of oxygen, because of limited oxygen intake via the lungs, worsening the already existing oxygen shortage due to the permeability impairment of the capillaries, causing a vicious circle of local acidosis of the heart muscle. If the cells do not receive enough oxygen, they are going to produce excess of lactic acid. The cell then suffocates in its own waste products. In the mean time, the chronic self-poisoning from the bowel with its irritating substances on the bloodvessel wall, causing constriction, may not be overlooked. Then, very often a focus plays an additional role too. These are symptomless chronic harmful influences, usually from local chronic inflammations or pockets of toxins. In this situation, chronic tonsillitis and amalgam are notorious. They lead to a chronic overstimulation of the sympaticus, the part of the autonomous nervous system, which is responsible for vaso-constriction. Add chronic stress and electro-magnetic pollution to it, the former worsening the vaso-constriction, the latter through harmful resonance with the bloodvessel wall, and the picture is complete. Any insignificant provocation like a copious dinner, drinking of too much coffee, excessive smoking, a moment of stress, fatigue or overexertion can be the trigger to obstruction of the bloodvessel, infarction of the heart muscle and the fatal attack. Against the background of all this, the advice of just taking a „low cholesterol diet", as it is usually recommended, seems to be a bad joke.

One of the positive side-effects of flow system therapy, is its de-mystifying effect. In fact, even in very common cases, one usually doesn’t know the real causes. Instead, ordinary disorders like e.g. uterine fibroids and prostate enlargements are considered to be separate conditions, each with their own separate ritual, specialist, examination, diagnostics and treatment. There isn’t any transparency with regard to origination, connectedness or other sensible explanations though. It just seems, they come straight out of the blue. Hence, people are completely powerless. It is like Russian roulette, you just have „bad luck" when you get it. On the other hand, one of the most enjoyable things of our approach is, that it gives you insight and understanding. For instance, in above mentioned cases, the explanation is both linked to the bloodcirculation, a sagged abdominal pack and protein-overnourishment. Together, they are responsible for a pressure on the lower abdominal organs, a damming up of the circulation and thus the easy dumping of excess of collagen (dumping phase) in the neighbouring, underlying! organs. Haemorrhoids may be a first sign of this condition, „later" the other two may be „added" to it. It opens the way to appropriate therapy. In the case of fibroids and prostate-enlargement an intensive (protein) fasting and bowel-cleansing cure may be recommended. If the body doesn’t receive food from outside anymore, it starts consuming its own excess. In this way I have seen many a fibroid disappearing.

A CASE HISTORY

A 62-year old male, suffering from blood circulation problems in the legs, - claudicatio intermittens - came to my practice. Typical in cases such as this, is that when walking, the patient after a certain amount of time - usually a few minutes - is always forced to stop, due to pain in the calves. In this case, the patient suffered to such an extent, that he had been scheduled for operation. Upon regulating the flow system, however, through nutritious food, the leaving out of meat, fish and eggs, the avoiding of coffee, tea, alcohol and cigarettes, combined with the treating of his indigestion, administering of warm baths, daily total body line-oil massage and gradually increasing his movements, he was able to freely move without pain after a period of four months. The operation was cancelled.

Cutting back or giving up on animal protein altogether. See Personal Health Plan and the protein-fasting according to Prof. Dr. L. Wendt earlier in this chapter. Those with asthenic constitution, gluten- or/and milk/lactose allergy, or those in recovery phases should consider to eating more animal protein, as is the case of course with undernourishment.

6.2 Sufficient fluid-intake.

This is a first requirement. For adults approximately two liters or more a day, whether thirsty or not. Thirst is not a criterion in this case. When you have been drinking too little over a longer period of time, your body resembles dried-up earth. You certainly remember pictures of earth cracks in the Sahel on TV. This earth is so dry, that once it starts raining, it proves to be incapable of absorbing the rain, in spite of the fact, that it is in dire need of it. Since your tissues are like dried out earth, you feel initial resistance to drinking. The tissues simply refuse to absorb the water. You therefore have to force yourself drinking. After a few days or week, the tissues are regaining their sponge-activity, because of which you start feeling thirsty again! Drink water, herbal teas (free of senna and frangula), fruit- and vegetable juices and other healthy drinks available. Our tap water is often a problem nowadays, since it contains nitrate, chlorine, agricultural pesticides, lead, cadmium etc. On the other hand bottled (mineral) water often contains traces of solvents as a result of cleaning containers. Hence, one has to compromise. My advice: drink both, half by half. Mineral water should be low sodium and without gas. If you can afford a reverse-osmose waterfilter, this is of course great, although it has the disadvantage of producing "waste" water. Always recycle the water for other purposes. (Poor) people who have to rely on chlorinated/fluorinated water, should do everything to improve the quality e.g. by trying to remove the chemicals through simple active carbon or clay filters. Vary the herbal teas. Make certain that they do not originate from eastern Europe, since they sometimes show Chernobyl radio-active contamination. In case of doubt, have it checked. Fruit- and vegetable juices should be carefully chewed and then swallowed, to avoid the formation of gas. Lactic-acid fermented vegetable juices should be preferred, because they ease digestion. You can do it yourself, by adding lemon juice or whey to the home-made juice.

Herbal teas de-acidify, flush through, warm the body and add vital elements. Not to be brewed too strong. In bowel cleansing cures, people very soon tend to become bored with them, hence take them only when you really want them. Varying and mixing them is therefore important. Recommended herbs are fennel, camomile, peppermint, anise and caraway, these combat gas-formation in the bowels - one teaspoon fennel-tea may do miracles in a crying baby with a bloated belly - lemon-balm (calming), nettle (purifies the blood), sage (beneficial for the mucous membranes, the throat) and rosemary (stimulating). It speaks for itself, that you may well use the above in combination with other herbs.

Coffee and ordinary tea are to be avoided, as well as soft drinks (cola) and drinks containing sugar and gas. Coffee and tea have a strong acidifying effect on the body and therefore only add to the negative effects, caused by animal proteins and sugar. Chlorogenic acid from coffee together with tannic acids from tea, which has nothing to do with caffeine, reduces cell-breathing to a mere 40%, and is therefore one of the major possible causes (if used daily) of chronic illness. A typical feature of cancer is, that the oxygen cell-breathing is so blocked, that the cell - by way of survival - switches to so-called fermentation. Note: This fermentation has nothing to do with the positive fermentation procedures of certain food (sauerkraut, Soya etc.). Furthermore gas simply promotes gas and a bloated belly. Cola drinks may promote the erosion of mercury from fillings, hence contributing to further mercury poisoning. Because mercury-poisoning is a.o. a co-factor in „essential" hypertension, we should be warned.

6.3 Giving blood.

One of the jokes in my lectures: „a blood-transfusion is more beneficial to the giver than to the recipient!" While the patient is receiving „old" blood, saturated with toxins and CO₂, the donor is experiencing a boost of blood-renewing activities by the bone-marrow, a true rejuvenation indeed. The giving of half a liter of blood every six months extracts old blood from the body and promotes the forming of new blood. Additionally, the giving of blood promotes the breaking down of sedimentary protein decomposition products - collagen and glycomucopolysaccharides - from the bloodvessel wall of the capillaries, which in turn leads to an improvement or restoring of the permeability. Nutritive components and oxygen may then reach the cells without obstruction, while waste products are more easily returned to the blood. Cell-metabolism can thus be normalised. Needless to say, that this should thus be a stimulus for becoming a regular donor. Women, with their monthly loss of blood, are at an advantage in this respect. It also explains why, besides hormonal factors, women suffer less from arteriosclerosis. In the menopause, however, they are „resembling the men" and are equally prone to all kinds of chronic disorders.

6.4 Physical exertion and exercise are crucial for promoting the blood-circulation. See the chapter on „Digestion".

6.5 Water treatments

There are many kinds, some of which are mentioned in this book, such as the combined rubbing-bath (see „Digestion") and the upflowing footbath (see chapter „Elimination" under „Menstruation"). The treatments according to L. Kuhne and S. Kneipp in particular warrant attention. Should you wish to know more about these, then please study the literature. These treatments are given in various countries over the world, such as for instance in Germany at so-called 'Kurmittel-häuser' - a kind of extensive physiotherapy center with a range of possibilities - where one may undergo all kinds of treatments, without having to actually reside at a 'Kurort'.

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