Vitamin D3 keeps your immune system strong, your bones strong and reduces your risk of cancers.

According to the information  at VitaminDCouncil.org and my personal experience, taking 5,000 IUs of Vitamin D3 is better than a flu shot. D3 provides your body with the ability to produce 100′s of anti-microbial peptides- the building blocks of your body’s antibodies.

D3 is essential for the development of the brain and nervous system, especially in prenatal and infants.

Breast Milk

All mammals have vitamin D3 in the breast milk.  Tests of human mothers has shown the breast milk to be void of D3.

UNLESS the mother takes about 5,000 IUs per day. Then the breast milk has adequate vitamin D3.

Doctors at the VitaminDCouncil.org have used this fact to determine optimal levels for vitamin D3 supplementation. Sunshine is the best source for our bodies to produce D3, however most of the United States doesn’t have the sun power or the temperatures to allow us to get adequate sunshine for many months of the year.

D3 biomarkers - see this article by Dr. John Cannell.

Also work and our habits keeps us indoors during the peak sunshine times during the summer.  Supplementation is therefore a viable option.

You should have your blood tested to determine your vitamin D3. The best test measures 25(OH)D, also called 25-hydroxyvitamin D.  Studies now show optimal health at 50 to 65 ng/ml.

I take 6,000 to 7,000 IUs per day of a Mycelized liquid D3. Our family follows these recommendations. Of course infants and children take less- about 1,200 to 2500 for toddlers after nursing.  We seldom have illness.

More about D3 and cancer risk in the next post.

For Your Total Wellness,

Dr. Darrel Hestdalen

Mercury Presents Extreme Risk to Nerve Growth in the Developing Fetus.

If you have amalgam fillings you are getting mercury toxins every time you chew or drink warm liquids.

The following video shows the mercury vapors from a mercury filling. Amalgam fillings are the “silver” fillings used by most dentists in the past 50 years.
More dentists are switching to composite fillings yet many people have had amalgam fillings over the years and still have them.
The vapors shown were tested and are mercury vapors.

Mercury is a toxic heavy metal that interferes with the growth and formation of the nerve sheaths. If you want to see a  scientific video from the University of Calgary on How Mercury Cause Neuron Degeneration click here.

Reducing mercury and other heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and arsenic will reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s, heart disease, stroke, cancers and many auto-immune diseases.  Heavy metals contribute to chronic inflammatory disease that is also known as silent inflammation.

Many experts recognize the impact of inflammation as a cause of Alzheimer’s, cardiovascular disease, cancer, asthma, allergies and auto-immune diseases.

This is why I take the activated zeolite in NCD everyday. My whole family does.  Especially my family in child bearing years.  My granddaughter has taken NCD everyday of her life and is rarely ill.

Mercury and other heavy metals have their greatest impact on your nervous system, your immune system and your hormone balance.

Consider this list of health conditions that can have heavy metals as a major causative factor:

• Weak immune system, frequent illness
• Blood Sugar control and diabetes,
• Cardiovascular including stroke,
• Body odor and bad breath, 
• Bloating and gas, yeast overgrowth, 
• Overweight,
• Recurring headaches,
• Allergies, 
• Asthma,
• Digestive problems,
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,
• Skin blemishes,
• Headaches,
• Dementia and Alzheimer’s
• Depression and the list goes on…

I had a mouth full of amalgam fillings for 30 years. Mercury can contribute to auto-immune reactions.

I had an irregular heart beat called PVCs for about twenty years. PVCs can result from an auto-immune breakdown in the sheath of the purkinje fibers in the heart.

After about 18 months of taking activated zeolite I noticed an 80% improvement. The improvement has lasted for 5 years and continues.

Activated zeolite in the product NCD is a negative mineral and attracts the + charged heavy metals.  However research has shown that it does not remove good minerals or electrolytes. A more detailed explanation can be seen at NCD Support.

The most important people to take activated zeolite are women and men in child bearing years.

The developing nervous system is impaired with the presence of excess heavy metals.

Everyday you absorb more heavy metals and chemical toxins than your body can naturally remove. Over time your body accumulates these toxins and forms a significant toxic body burden.

Reducing your heavy metal levels has many benefits.  Consider this quote: “I can now very comfortably and definitively state to you,” says Dr. Buttar, “that, in my opinion, based on the evidence, every single chronic insidious disease process is related to one word: toxicity. You cannot address the issues of aging unless you address detoxification.” Dr. Buttar, board certified and a diplomat in preventive medicine and clinical metal toxicology, and Vice-Chairman of the American Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology.

I have personally discussed the topic of activated zeolite and the removal of heavy metals with doctors from coast to coast and border to border. I agree with their common statement that the activated zeolite is the most important health discovery in the past 50 years.

You can benefit from reduced disease risk and more energy.  Get started reducing your risk of diseases and increase your quality of life now. 

I welcome your questions. I will hold webinars to discuss this. Email me with your questions. darrel@wellnesscommonsense.com

Reducing you toxic body burden is one of the best health practices you can do.

For Your Total Wellness,

Dr. Darrel Hestdalen

Expectantly, responsibility, and compassionately are 3 terms from a recent sermon.

In Matthew chapter 25 Jesus tell three parables.

• The first parable is the Ten Bridesmaids and shows expectancy.
• The second parable is of the Talents. This illustrates responsibility.
• The third parable is of the Sheep and the Goats. This emphasizes compassion.

The pastor related these three qualities to how we live is relation to the second coming of Christ.

Allow me the liberty to relate how these three significant qualities  and the Great Commandment relate to your health.

The Great Commandment from Mt. 12:38 “ Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”( in Mark– and all your strength, is added) 39 . . . ” Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Let’s look at this is relation to expectancy, responsibility and compassion.

To Love the Lord completely you acknowledge that you are created in the image of God. You would expect to live up to the potential of the health God created in and for you.

As a creation of God you accept the responsibility to have a behavior with food, drink, time and activity that would support expressing your full potential offered by your heart, mind, soul and strength.

When you love your neighbor as yourself you live so as to enjoy your full health potential to serve God’s creation. You then will reduce your risk of the health problems caused by neglect and abuse of your health. The resulting debilitating diseases  would result in your neighbor having to pay more for your disease treatments. ( Higher insurance premiums or government mandates.)

Some of the diseases of aging that increase with personal health neglect are:

• arthritis,
• heart disease,
• cancer,
• Alzheimer’s,
• diabetes,
• chronic fatigue syndrome,
• stomach ache,
• heartburn,
• brain fatigue,
• toxic body burden,
• and more.

Yes, stuff happens and we should come together as a community of believers to help in times of need.

A major problem is that most health problems that threaten the financial strength of our healthcare system and our country are related to neglect and abuse of our health.

Usually we think of being self-centered as a negative behavior. In the case of your health you can consider this as a positive focus. Taking care of yourself to support your health potential and reduce your risk of disease is showing love for your neighbor.

We all can have better behavior with our food, time and activities. Many of the diseases of aging can be avoided

How many of the 7 deadly sins relate to activities that threaten your health?  (Lust, anger, pride, envy, greed, gluttony and sloth.)

As you plan changes for a new year or commit to continue with good behavior with God’s creation do this:

1. write down what you will do,
2. review it regularly,
3. and record the progress you make.

For Your Total Wellness,

Dr. Darrel Hestdalen

Why is it so important to do what is right for your health?

Why do you need to have personal responsibility and discipline in those actions that determine your health?

I believe it is commanded in  the Great Commandment in Mark 12:30-31.

30-” Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. 31- . . . Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.”  NIV

When you love the Lord  above all else you acknowledge that you are created in His image. That all that exists is from God.  You accept the responsibility of being the steward of your body.

These 4 factors are given to us through creation and the Word.

1. Eat foods that are nourishing to the body and in a manner than is supportive of proper digestion and absorption. Nearly every disease can be related to a deficiency of good nutrition not the presence of evil.
2. Exercise to maintain full power and motion as we have been given. Nothing impairs your performance like lack of proper activity.
3. Get proper rest for repair and healing.
4. Let your emotions give you the thoughts that lead to the words and actions that contribute to behavior that is a model of character of a faithful and fruitful disciple, pleasing to God. You control your mind, think good thoughts.

Romans 12:1 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God–this is your spiritual act of worship. 2. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

This may be included in the instruction by Paul  in 1 Corinthians 10:31 “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”

To love your neighbor as yourself commands us to take care of your health.

You live with best health practices so that your health will not require anyone else to pay for health problems caused by neglect or negligence of your health. This practice will honor God by taking care our our health and greatly reduce health care costs.

The principles promoted here come from over 30 years of clinical practice and personal experience. This is a system of focus on health care versus a system of disease management.

When we live in response to the Great Commandment we are motivated to live with Wellness Common Sense, to honor God and enjoy full expression of all that we can be in our heart and in our soul and in our mind and with all our strength.

For Your Total Wellness,

Darrel Hestdalen, DC, DIBAK, FASA

For most Americans the  drink of choice is soda. More soda than water for many people.

Soda can be the leading cause for bone calcium loss, higher blood pressure, increase uric acid levels, and accelerated brain cell death ( from diet soda).

Dr Mercola has a through article on the risks of soda consumption,  worse than smoking.

Check this out   http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/11/21/soda-linked-to-health-problems.aspx?e_cid=20111121_DNL_art_1

For Your Total Wellness,

Dr. Darrel Hestdalen

Heavy Metals Cloud Your Thinking

All thought is the result of nerves transmitting impulses. This requires many enzyme reactions to control the responses in the appropriate sections of the brain.

Do you have times of brain fatigue, cloudy or foggy thinking?

In the previous blog post I summarized several studies that correlated heavy metal accumulation with anti-social and criminal behavior.

When heavy metals accumulate the normal nerve transmissions will be altered. The previous article revealed that the level of accumulation of lead directly correlated with abnormal behavior.  The levels sited were below what is considered lead poisoning.

There is also the synergistic reaction where other substances and other heavy metals magnify the impact of the toxic accumulation.

This means that what is considered a safe level of one toxic metal will most likely be much lower when considered in the complexity of many heavy toxic metals and chemicals.

Common results from a toxic body burden affecting nerve function are seen in:

• brain fog,
• poor concentration,
• hyperactivity,
• brain fatigue,
• over reaction to normal stimuli and
• other abnormal or undesirable mental activity.

We live in a world that is more toxic than mankind has ever experience. Every day we are exposed to more toxins than our body can naturally remove. The resulting accumulation as we age leads to many debilitation diseases.

“Most of the disease of aging –vascular, most cancers, arthritis and others– have been shown to be associated with toxic metals …..”Dr. Robert A. Nash, Chairman of the American Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology

“I can now very comfortably and definitively state to you, that, in my opinion, based on the evidence, every single chronic insidious disease process is related to one word: toxicity. You cannot address the issues of aging unless you address detoxification.” All chronic disease is toxicity. You get rid of the toxicity and you put out the fire. You may need to rebuild afterward, but you must put the fire out.      Rashid O. Buttar, board certified and a diplomat in preventive medicine and clinical metal toxicology, and Vice-Chairman of the American Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology

It is not a matter of if we will have problems but when and how severe.

You can see why I am very concerned with reducing the toxic body burden of my family and everyone else that desires to live a quality life at all ages.

Learn more here.  Discover the only product I have found safe and effective in over 30 years of clinical practice.

It is your choice. The choices we make determine our future.

If you have questions feel free to send me an email – drdh@drhestdalen.com

I would be willing to visit with you by phone if you like. Let me know the best time and best phone number to call.

I do hold conference calls and webinars on health topics. Check the the schedule.

For Your Total Wellness,

Dr. Darrel Hestdalen

Several Studies Reveal Heavy Metal Toxin Burden Relates to Antisocial and Criminal Behavior.

The conclusion of several studies is the same- the increase accumulation of  heavy metals such as lead is directly related to higher incidence of criminal behavior.

One 25 year study of 250 inner city women  and their children showed a direct correlation with higher levels of lead and more serious and frequent criminal behavior.

We know that heavy metals interfere with neuro-transmission and neurological performance.  Reducing the body’s toxic burden would be a noble thing to do, for the children and society.

First avoiding heavy metal  and toxic chemical exposure is necessary however we can only reduce our exposure. The daily toxic chemical and heavy metal ingestion is greater than our natural detoxification processes can handle.

Therefore it is imperative that we safely and effectively reduce our accumulated levels of toxins.   I encourage you to  subscribe to http://www.ncdsupport.com/ for news and ideas on how to reduce our toxic exposures.

Reducing our toxic body burden is one of the key actions we must take to restore and preserve out health. Toxins interfere with our immune, hormone and neurological systems which greatly impairs our ability to heal.

Energy production is reduced. The most common response to taking Natural Cellular Defense or NCD is more energy.

The toxins also block many natural systems that prevent tumor growth.

Natural Cellular Defense or NCD  is what my whole family takes as the foundation of wellness.

For Your Total Wellness,

Dr. Darrel Hestdalen

Health Literacy

Centuries Of Medical Wisdom and Knowledge Have Been Pushed Aside Over The Last 100 Years, With DEVASTATING RESULTS!  These “Secrets” To Maintaining Health And Well-Being Have Been Quietly Pushed Aside By A Western Medicine Philosophy Of Treating A Diseases Symptom, NOT THE CAUSE!

 Centuries Old Wisdom Must Not Be Forgotten. There are basic facts of life that technology has shockingly pushed aside.

I am going to share with you a series of messages about many key health problems that have a common underlying cause:

• Allergies and the misery they cause
• Low back pain that limits your activities and restful sleep
• Headaches that cause a decrease your clarity of thought and enjoying those around you
• Muscle aches and joint pain that prevents you from enjoying the activities with friends and family
• Many other problems arising from abusing a system that can be damaged and cannot support the lifestyle we want

Technology WILL NOT and CANNOT give you relief nor provide the solution you truly desire.

I will reveal what you can do to make a huge difference in your active and enjoyable life. This can save thousands if not tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in your future medical expenses.

The following basics must be nurtured if you are to avoid many of the debilitating diseases of aging.

• To keep the endless supply of energy and nutrients to our cells
• To be able to enjoy eating the variety of foods that provide the nutrients
• To digest these foods in a comfortable manner without distress
• To absorb the proper nutrients and energy from these foods
• To keep the system working in a harmonious manner for a dynamic well-being

In the movie “Is Anybody There?” featuring Michael Caine, I was reminded of the possibilities of aging. Problems you may suffer can include:

• Losing your freedom
• The loss of mental and physical capacity
• Difficulty in coming to grips with the changes
• The loss of your health and vitality
• Losing your persistence to enjoy life

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 All of these CRITICAL functions and effects are mostly controlled by the “Second Brain”.

It is for your quality of life that you must avoid and limit the damage you inflict on the complex and vital nerves of your digestive tract and organs.

I’m going to reveal what I have discovered over 30 years of healthcare experience and study. The actions are easy and the results are priceless. You can do this and you must take the actions I will describe if you want to reduce your risk of the experiencing the ugly side of aging.

I recently saw this headline “If you think health care is expensive now, wait until it is free”. The problems of health care often gets worse as people have a decline in personal responsibility for your health, after all the treatment is “free”. Recovery of your normal function of organs and systems after disease is rarely, if ever complete.

There is always a price to pay in the end. This is of course is in dollars and more costly in the loss of the freedom of normal life. It is much better to avoid the disease in the first place. In taking care of the “Second Brain” you avoid the miseries that result from the insults that lead to second brain dysfunction.
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Does it feel like your energy and stamina is not what it was?

Mitochondria are structures within the cells of our bodies that produce energy. Our cells cannot survive without mitochondria.

The reports that multiple vitamin and mineral supplements increase the risk of cancer is an example of a BIG headline from research that has a small truth.

The conclusions were misleading if not dangerous.

Multiple vitamin and mineral supplements are necessary. Your physiological biochemistry is not the function of a few nutrients.  You function because of the interactions of hundreds of compounds that work synergistically together.

When you supplement a few nutrients at higher levels you can cause imbalances. This is not good.

What the study included were supplements with a few nutrients. This would technically be called a multiple vitamin and mineral supplement however it is far from a quality supplement.

The report and conclusion of the study should have stated that multiple supplements without a full spectrum of nutrients may not be helpful.

Consider this:

Even when we do eat right, we can’t be assured our body gets the nutrients we need-nutrients that become increasingly important as we age.

A study of 26,000…..Not one person received the RDA for all nutrients. Most people were short in several nutrients.    Health Awareness Foundation

You need a supplement made with whole foods so that you get a full compliment of factors that synergistically work together and provide what your diet may not provide.

One ounce of Waiora’s Essential Daily Nutrients provides vitamins and minerals and other dynamic nutrients we need for good health and to feel good. See http://www.high5info.com/ . Also go to this site to get the most nutritionally complete product ever brought to the market.

The PDR, Physicians Desk Reference ,  states that vitamin and mineral tablets are only 10 to 20 % absorbed. The liquid Essential Daily Nutrients provides 95 to 100% absorption. One ounce per day is the right thing to do. Our entire family does this, how about you?

The reduce the risk of disease as we age you need a supplement to provide what you need in a form you can absorb and use at the cellular level. Essential Daily Nutrients is what I depend on.

The question you need to answer is “am I getting the nutrients I need?”

If not, order yours today. You’ll be glad you did.

For Your Total Wellness,

Darrel Hestdalen, DC