Coney Island Babe, I too am very sorry for your loss.
On the discussion of the origin of disease, below is a link to a video of Dr. Myron Wentz, Ph D, microbiologist, in which he was interviewed about ten years ago concerning his work in the field of human cell culture (meaning, the science of being able to sustain life in single human cells that have been separated from a living human body, by nourishing them in a proper nutrient bath, so that they can be used as test subjects for diagnosing viruses, etc) as it lead to his firsthand knowledge of human cells' nutritional requirements, and from that implications as to how disease, both degenerative and infectious, is developed and may be influenced, prevented, and even reversed. For me, this video was a life-changing epiphany when I first saw it years ago. Since it deals directly with the subject of this thread, I thought it would be appropriate to share it here.
Dr. Wentz, from his study of human cells at his first company, Gull Laboratories, later became the founder of Usana Health Sciences (which we represent as advertisers on TOTV) to utilize the knowledge of cellular function that he had gained at Gull Laboratories for an entirely different mission - to keep cells that are
still in people healthy - and, later, Sanoviv Health Retreat, as he discusses on the video; they are separate entities entirely, the only connection being that Dr. Wentz founded both of them. It is his discussion of the science of life, itself, that I believe pertains to this thread's discussion; and is the research for which he was awarded the Albert Einstein award for Outstanding Achievement in the Life Sciences in 2007. "Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character." Albert Einstein
Since Sanoviv Health Retreat is discussed on the video, I wanted to, as an aside and also because I think it is important for others to know about, explain a bit more about it, since Sanoviv, along with Usana, has been the last greatest hope for many people with both chronic health problems and with life-threatening illnesses*, and Sanoviv is a facility that all people should at least be aware that it exists. People from all over the world go there for treatment of advanced disease, some after already having been unsuccessfully seen at premier mainstream facilities; others go there for advanced comprehensive medical evaluations for health maintenance and
preventive care.
www.sanoviv.com]
'Invisible Miracles':
http://www.videos.com/play/M24826684...v_medical.html
*(and but for Sanoviv - which I learned about only because of learning about Usana, I feel I should add, two of my own three children would very probably not be living today - . . . my son because years ago he was suffering so intensely from unrelenting, worsening fibromyalgia-type pain, for which we had been unable despite years of our frantically searching to find a medical solution, that he was emotionally done in and talking about taking his life . . . and my daughter because, two years after that, when she needed a stem cell transplant - ideally from a sibling - in order to survive acute myeloid leukemia for which she had precious little time to find a donor, my son, who after being worked up at Sanoviv had received the knowledge - which included, in part, the correct Usana products/amounts - that he had needed in order to regain his health, was still alive and was blessedly a perfect match for our daughter - our only other child was
not a match; so if I had lost my son during that very dark part of his life, I would have very probably, later, lost my daughter, too. So I do have a lifelong exquisite debt of gratitude to Dr. Wentz, this great humanitarian, scientific genius and pioneer).