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This morning I stumbled across a blog post by a Mom named Carrissa who is having the same inner battle on vaccinations as I have been having with my brain. Where on the one hand I see clearly just how important they have been in ending fatal childhood epidemics. While on the other hand I realize now with the huge advances in technology and medicine those same childhood epidemics are no longer ones which are considered fatal disease. Plus, there are new epidemics coming out of the woodwork which seems to be very much linked to the vaccines we are giving our children.

You can read Carrissa's post on vaccines, here.

Also this morning I came across an article written by Dr. Lawrence B. Palevsky, MD, FAAP. The article is currently published on the National Vaccine Information Center website.

The title of this article is "Aluminum and Vaccine Ingredients: What Do We Know? What Don't We Know?" It's a well written and insightful article which discusses why mercury (Thimerosal) was pulled or supposed to be pulled from vaccines back in 1999.

Now the discussion has been in regards to the aluminum found in the following childhood vaccines - DTaP, Pediarix (DTaP-Hepatitis B-Polio combination), Pentacel (DTaP-HIB-Polio combination), Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae B (HIB), Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), and Pneumococcal vaccines. Aluminum is a heavy metal with known neurotoxic effects on human and animal nervous systems.

The article also states, "In 1996, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a position paper on Aluminum Toxicity in Infants and Children which stated in the first paragraph, "Aluminum is now being implicated as interfering with a variety of cellular and metabolic processes in the nervous system and in other tissues."

You would think after 14 years of knowing this they would be pulling aluminum out of vaccines, too. But instead of doing that they have created more vaccines and put the schedule in which children receive them into overdrive.

The remainder of Dr. Palevsky's article discusses our cellular mediated immune system (TH1 cells - T-helper 1), a humoral immune system (TH2 cells - T-helper 2), and a regulator immune system (TH3 cells - T-helper 3) as major pieces of their overall immune systems. He gets into great detail about how these pieces must work together in a balanced environment. Vaccinations increase TH2, upset the balance, and in some kids can cause very dangerous effects to their entire immune system and eventually, due to inflammation, to their brain.

Now, it's not my job to tell anyone what to do in terms of their own children. But as a parent it is my job to be as educated as possible in terms of what goes into my children. Having a son with a sensitive immune system has opened my eyes to a lot. I thrive on knowledge and will continue to educate myself. I believe vaccines can be made safer and I believe they should be spread out over longer periods of time AND only given when the child is healthy (ie. no fever, no sniffles).

Labels: aluminum, Immune System, toxicity, vaccines

Aluminum can inhibit the body's ability to digest and make use of calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus and fluoride. This can cause anemia, prevent bone growth, and reduce bone density. Aluminum can also cause conditions which actually force calcium out of the bones. Either of these situations can bring on weakness and deformation in the bone structure with crippling effects.

Toxicity can also result in aching muscles, speech problems, digestive problems, lowered liver function, colic, and impaired kidney function.

Aluminum binds up phosphorus in your intestines. And because phosphorus is an essential component of bone crystals, too much aluminum can weaken your bones. The aluminum concentration found in sodas in cans was 6 times higher than that of the same drinks in bottles. A good thing to do is buy soda in glass or plastic bottles instead of cans. The best thing to do is give up soda completely because the sugar is a serious bone robber. Artificial sweeteners aren't much better so it's best to get yourself into the habit of drinking water.

More suggestions of ways to eliminate aluminum: get rid of any aluminum pots and pans, stop using antiperspirant deodorants with aluminum, and use baking soda/baking powder that says it is aluminum free. Say goodbye to American cheese because it can have about 50mg aluminum per slice.

Deodorant's chemicals are very easily to absorb into the lymphatic passages and to your body's systems. Aluminum can get into the brain since it can pass the blood brain barrier.

Other sources of aluminum are:

Food additives: sodium aluminum phosphates (baking powder) and anti-caking agents. They are added to cake mixes, frozen dough, pancake mixes, self-rising flours, processed cheese and cheese foods. Also alum, a form of aluminum sulfate, is used to pickles cucumbers. Some food colors are made with aluminum.

Soy-based infant formula may contain higher levels of aluminum as compared to milk-based infant formulas and breast milk.

Most water utilities use aluminum sulphate to clarify drinking water.

There is aluminum hydroxide in childhood vaccines. Since children are vaccinated poor frequently now and in an accelerated schedule this could cause problems for your child if he or she has an immune system which is particularly sensitive. Of course pediatricians who have wanted this studied have been turned down by agencies who could provide grants and funding for the research. I don't know why this is the case, you would think more knowledge and further study would be a good thing.

How do you remove aluminum from your body?

When you ingest aluminum in your food and liquids, very little goes from your stomach into your bloodstream (note that gastro-intestinal absorption is facilitated by lactate, citrate, and ascorbate). Most aluminum leaves your body quickly in the feces. The small amount of aluminum that does enter the bloodstream leaves in the urine.

Toxic effects are dependent upon the amount of metal ingested, entry rate, tissue distribution, concentration achieved, and excretion rate. When the amount of aluminum ingested exceeds the body's excretory capacity, the excess is deposited in various tissues, including nerve tissues, brain, bone, liver, heart, spleen, and muscle.

Researchers have suggested that aluminum may be more likely to accumulate in the brains of persons whose diets are deficient in magnesium.

Aluminum causes an oxidative stress within brain tissue. Since the elimination half life of aluminum from the human brain is seven years, this can result in cumulative damage.

Aluminum can get into the brain at any age. Because aluminum can cross the placenta, aluminum toxicity can begin in the fetus.

Take supplements of magnesium and malic acid. Adequate amounts of magnesium can help block the toxic effects of aluminum. Malic acid binds with aluminum so that it can be flushed from the body avoiding aluminum build-up, and is especially effective at decreasing aluminum toxicity in the brain. Magnesium malate provides both magnesium and malic acid. One recommendation: take 200 to 2400 mg. of malic acid combined with 300 to 600 grams of magnesium for a period of four to eight weeks.

For a full toxicological profile of aluminum check out resources at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

The New England Journal of Medicine also has an interesting abstract about The dialysis encephalopathy syndrome and it being due to a possible aluminum intoxication.

Please note that I understand aluminum might not build up in some people at all and alone it might not cause much of a problem. But if your body is already functioning poorly due to other deficiencies or due to a body predisposed with a dysfunctional detoxification system, aluminum toxicity could end up becoming a huge sore for your immune system.

Labels: aluminum, toxicity, vaccines