Canker Sores & Herpes in the Mouth

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Canker Sores & Herpes in the Mouth

I recently had a horrible outbreak of canker sores in my mouth.  I know they came as a direct result of internalizing stress.  Sometimes when I am stressed, even subconsciously, I will chew the insides of my mouth (gross, I know. Anyone else struggle with this?).

A good friend and mentor sent me his testimony and explanation of canker sores. I tried everything natural that I could think of for several days (baking soda and alum on the sores). Nothing was working. Until I read this and tried swishing Vivix in my mouth. In less than 24 hours the sores went away!! I am still blown away. I hope this explanation will be helpful to someone else out there who struggles with the occasional canker sores or maybe deals with this on a daily basis.

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Sores in the mouth and shingles are an expression of the same herpes virus that causes chicken pox.  Once a person has had chicken pox, that virus is usually present in the body for the rest of the person’s life.  However, during the course the chicken pox bouth, the body’s immune system learns how to make the anti-body to that herpes virus, bringing the physical manifestions (i.e. the pox) under control, and thus the body heals itself.

The person’s immune system continues to make those antibodies every day — hence, once you’ve had chicken pox, you are not likely to ever have it again.  However, the virus is still there.

When the person’s immune system becomes too weak to make adequate amounts of the necessary antibody, the virus expresses itself in the form of canker sores in the mouth or an outbreak of shingles — same virus.

Things that severely weaken or damage the immune system, setting you up for an outbreak of canker sores or shingles, are:

stress,
– taking antibiotics,
– taking other immune-system-damaging drugs,
– toxic exposure that stresses the immune system (such as household chemicals),
– toxin consumption (artificial sweeteners like NutraSweet in diet drinks, alcohol, tobacco, etc.),
– poor diet that is insufficient in those nutrients required by the immune system

So the way to prevent either canker sores or shingles is to keep the immune system strong.

To permanently get rid of canker sores or shingles once they occur, rebuild the your weakened immune system  by aggressively feeding an abundant supply of all the nutrients it needs.  I strongly suggest “The Bomb.”  If you brother will take “The Bomb” for 30-60 days (full bomb for about 2 weeks and then half a bomb — that is take the regimen 3 times a day — for the remainder of the 60 days), it will make a dramatic difference in his life.

For an IMMEDIATE attack on the canker sores, suck on or chew the Chewable Vita-C and/or swish Vivix in your mouth.  This may sting, but the tissue healing properties of Vivix and Vitamin C will help very quickly!  Just keep popping one in your mouth continuously as you go through the day.  The vitamin C right there in your mouth will kill the herpes virus out that is right there in the open canker sore lesion, bringing about quick healing and recovery. This is VERY effective.

But getting rid of the immediate outbreak by chewing the Chewable Vita-C won’t prevent the re-occurrences that are coming from deep within the body.  For this, you must do “The Bomb.”

I know by experience what I am talking about on this issue.  I had severe mouth sores all through my childhood, teenage, and young adult years — until Shaklee.  I even had an outbreak so severe — about 15-20 sores in my mouth at one time for an extended number of weeks — that my mother took me to the doctor for it once as a teenager — but it was clear that the doctor didn’t have a clue.  His answer was that I should eat more salted peanuts — which burns the sores like fire and didn’t do anything to get rid of them or prevent them.

However, I have had maybe one or two sores in the last 27 years or so — and those occurred following times of severe stress.

I hadn’t thought about this for a long time, but it was actually out of my own experience with a major outbreak of shingles that I first started developing “The Bomb.”

It was around 1992 or so.  We were living on about $8000-10,000 a year income with 3 or 4 small children (it was either right before or right after Angela was born), I had just gotten our TV station on the air, I had constant distraction and stress from allergies, we had just moved into our current house by a miracle of God, and I had just come up out of a terrible time of disabling depression a couple of years earlier.  The stress level was incredible.  It was before I had discovered the benefits of Formula I.  It was before our business exploded in growth from starting the 21 CD program.  And I developed an outbreak of shingles on my right hip that was about 8 inches long and 3 inches wide.  The skin became scaly and hard — looked like I was turning into a reptile.

It was during my period of severe depression in 1989 that the Lord gave me a revelation about drinking the protein 3-4 times a day and taking 10 Vita-Lea a day — which played an important role, along with spiritual insights, in bringing me up out of that depression.

But then during all this tremendous stress, I developed this bad case of shingles.  Knowing it was a viral infestation, I began experimenting on taking some Sustained Relief Vita-C every couple of hours and just increasing the amount.  It was when I hit 6 every two hours that something significant happened — it was like I had hit the critical mass.  And within just a day or two at that level, I saw a complete turn-around.  No more pain.  The hardness of it began to change rather quickly back to normal.  It took a week or so for the skin manifestation to heal up — which was helped by applying the Herbal Blend cream.  Today I would use the PM Repair — but that was before they developed the Enfuselle line.

This was really one of the beginning seeds of the idea of taking the 6 Vita-C every two hours.  It was a year or so later that I discovered the power of Formula I and the pieces of “The Bomb” began to come together.

My recommendation for shingles is to do the Bomb every 2 hours and apply the PM Repair topically to the bumps.  It will heal up very quickly.

Stan

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Freedom from Type 1 Diabetes

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Freedom from Type 1 Diabetes

I asked a friend of mine, Sarah Prairie, to share her story with us all because it is amazing. She is a beautiful young woman, inside and out, and I hope her story touches many!

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I hope that in sharing my testimony, I will bring some encouragement to someone, because there IS hope in whatever circumstance you are in.

My journey has not been easy, but I have learned a great deal from every experience, and I pray that I will never forget the ways that God has carried me through them.

I was 8 years old when I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. I started taking around 4 shots a day, and over the years it was up to 8 or 10 a day. I was in and out of the hospital due to complications of the disease and was put on and insulin pump at the age of 12. My dad passed away that year after a year long battle of health problems, and cancer that took his life at the age of 42. (He was also diabetic). My mom was left with 4 young children, and a life that she knew nothing of. As the oldest daughter, I suddenly became an adult caring for my family when my mom couldn’t, and doing everything I could for them. I quickly became severely depressed and was functioning off of other peoples energy, because I had none of my own. I was put on antidepressants, but only took them for a short time.

It wasn’t until about 3 years ago that I really began to suffer from other health problems. My diabetes was out of control, so much so, that my doctor told me that he was afraid I was going to have a heart attack. My liver was so swollen I could feel it through my stomach because of how high my blood sugars were. My doctor prescribed me medication for heart disease, blood pressure, another shot I had to take 3 times a day to help control my blood sugar, and medication for my thyroid. In the next 4 months or so I was diagnosed with Thyroid disease, Graves disease, and Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome.They found a lump on my Thyroid and did a biopsy on it, which was the most painful thing I’ve experienced. I felt like a 90 year old in my 22 year old body. My whole body would ache in pain, and I felt like sleeping at all times. I was irritable and lonely, because nobody knew how bad I was really feeling, and I was hating myself. I was put on antidepressants once again.
In the midst of all this, the guy that I had been in a relationship with for almost a year tells me that he is being sent to India to find a wife and marry her. There are no words to describe the amount of pain I felt at that time. I felt like I was suffocating and drowning in my sadness. I would fall asleep after crying for hours, and wake up with my eyes so swollen I couldn’t see. I had so much anger, and the depth of my pain was more than I could bare, and I wanted to be dead. I finally got enough strength to go for a walk and during the walk, I cried my heart out to God and basically told him that I was tired of being tired and sad and sick. I told Him I would rather be dead than live this way. If He could just bring me peace rather than hell, and joy rather than sadness, and if I could just rest in Him… that’s all I could ask for. I wasn’t even sure if He would rescue me, but I needed His salvation desperately.

That was almost 2 years ago, and I can’t even describe how much God has restored in my life since then. I am engaged to be married to the most wonderful man. God is so amazingly good.

I started taking Shaklee supplements earlier this year, and honestly have never felt better. (B-Complex, Vita-Lea, Herb-Lax, Vitamin E, Vitamin C and Optiflora). Since I started taking the supplements, I am no longer taking any of the medications that I was prescribed. In fact, I went to the doctor a week ago and he decreased the amount of insulin I was taking in half. (I was taking up to 80-100 units per day). My body no longer aches, and I have energy that I never had before. Sometimes you don’t even know how deficient your body is, until you give it what it needs.

God’s care for His children is so amazing. He is our rescuer, our Healer, and a refuge for us. He brings good news to our affliction, binds up the brokenhearted, and saves us when our spirit is crushed.

“I have seen his ways, and I will heal him, I will lead him and restore comfort to him and to his mourning.” Isa 57:18

– Sarah Prairie

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