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"I suffered for
years with digestive complaints that were both
uncomfortable and embarrassing, going from doctor to
doctor searching for answers. After medications,
invasive tests, and every other examination you could
think of - nobody had an answer. Until I found out
that you could do a simple test privately at home
that analyses your whole digestive system and can
tell you in absolute detail what is going
wrong". Introducing...
"The Most Comprehensive Test You Will
Ever Find That Examines Every Aspect of
Your Digestive System From Top to Bottom, Giving You
the Answers to Fix
Those Embarrassing Complaints Once and For
All"
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Do you suffer from
heartburn, reflux or indigestion? Has your doctor
prescribed antacids to take away that burning
feeling? Do you avoid spicy foods because of the
reaction you get?
-
Do you have a
digestive problem that you haven't told anyone
about because it is just one of those things that
you're rather not discuss with
anyone?
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Do you take a novel
with you to the bathroom and come out an hour later
glad that the ordeal is over?
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Do you bloat
after meals, or produce so much gas that you're
always blaming the dog for the
smell?
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Would you like to
find a solution to these health issues that
respects your privacy, allows you to do a simple
test at home, and provides you with a detailed
report on the results that can put YOU in charge of
your health?
Dear Digestion
Sufferer,
I know this is not a
topic you would bring up in general conversation, but
it has to be said: the digestive system is the
cornerstone to good health, and without a fully
functioning healthy gut, nothing else in the body
works properly.
The digestive system plays an extremely important
role in our overall health, but most people would
rather put their heads in the sand when they have a
problem in that area, because it is something that
they just don't feel comfortable talking about,
even with their doctor or naturopath.
So they ignore it - they avoid certain foods, they
carry antacids in their pocket, they take laxatives
every day, loosen their belt three notches after a
meal because of the bloating, and make sure they
never run out of air freshener in the bathroom!
But Life Doesn't Have To Be
That Way!
There are
answers to all of these problems and more.
We might have a bit of a laugh about these troubles,
but they aren't a joking matter. These symptoms
can be indicators of more serious health issues, and
if they're not treated, or if they're just
covered up by band-aid type medication which
doesn't fix the problem, then down the track some
fairly critical health issues can develop. (I'll
go into some of these in a minute...)
There is a test though, that is simple, non-invasive
and affordable; one that you can do in the comfort
and privacy of your own home. A test that your doctor
is NOT even likely to know about, let alone order for
you, that can provide you with a such a comprehensive
investigation of your whole digestive tract, you will
be blown away with the amount of information that it
contains.
But Let's Back Up a Bit
First...
Who would be looking
for answers by doing this type of test?
In my busy naturopathic practice, I usually find that
there are three groups of people searching for these
type of in depth answers.
Ignorance is Bliss - Isn't
It?
The first group have
some type of digestive problem but they haven't
seen anyone about it yet. It may not be bad enough
for them to seek help, or it could be just be
something they have avoided looking into because of
the private nature of the issue - either way this is
probably the first time they have realised that there
may be an easy way to find a solution.
(Of course this test does not replace getting the
advice of a qualified medical practitioner if
necessary - but the knowledge contained in the
results of this test will be of invaluable
assistance).
Please Help Me!
The second group quite
clearly have a digestive problem that is disrupting
their life and their health, and they have already
sought medical and / or naturopathic advice.
Sometimes there has been a diagnosis of Coeliac
disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Ulcerative Colitis
or Crohn's Disease; but at other times there has
been no conclusion at all.
They may have had medical investigations such as
blood tests, stool tests, breath tests, an upper
gastrointestinal endoscopy (a thin flexible tube
fitted with a camera and passed down the throat to
examine the oesophagus, stomach and small intestine),
or a colonoscopy which examines the lining of the
large bowel.
If they have seen a naturopath, then chances are they
have done any number of herbal cleanses, taken all
sorts of supplements and remedies to heal their gut,
and loaded up on endless probiotic powders. They may
have altered their diet, gone on a fast, and some
people may have even had colonic irrigation!
But even after following ALL of the medical and
naturopathic advice to the letter, there are many
people who are still no closer to finding out what is
wrong with their digestive system, and what it will
take to get rid of the problem. Sometimes the
treatments and medications they have taken have made
them even worse, and this has left them frustrated,
angry and feeling like no-one can help.
For these people, I can assure them that there
IS another way.
I Would Never Have Even
Known...
The third group of
people don't even know that the cause of their
disease could be coming from their bowel.
Auto-immune diseases like Hashimoto's
thyroiditis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus and many
others, can have a trigger stemming from an unhealthy
bowel, as can other types of arthritis, allergies,
skin conditions like eczema and dermatitis, sinus
problems, chronic headaches, and immune dysfunction.
One very serious auto-immune disease called
Ankylosing Spondylitis has been closely linked with a
bad bacteria found in the bowel.
In any of these conditions, it is the bowel that
needs healing first, before we go in to treat the
disease.
Why Is Our Digestive
Tract
So Important, You Might Ask?
Every cell in our body is made up of the
building blocks we obtain from our food - the
proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals.
Every function in our body, every system, depends on
having sufficient quantities of these essential
factors available for the body to use. Being able to
break down our food and absorb these nutrients is
crucial to our health and well-being.
With our degraded food supply containing less vital
nutrients than it did a century ago, the eating of
processed and packaged food that is stripped of its
vitamin and mineral content, the stress we live under
and the pollution we are exposed to - means that we
have an even higher need for good nutrition than we
had in the past. To be able to absorb what we need
though, we have to have a healthy digestive
system.
How Do I Know
What Is Healthy and
Normal?
Everyone is
different but if you have had the same pattern of
bowel movements over a long period of time, then you
will call that "normal" for you. However
normal for you, does not necessarily mean
"healthy". I have heard many people
describe their bowel movements as "normal",
but with further questioning I find out that they are
anything but! Even though it is not the most pleasant
of subjects, here is a list of things that are not
normal: (If this makes you feel ill, quickly skip
this bit!)
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Infrequent
bowel movements; less frequent than once or twice a
day (like every few days or even once a week) is
not healthy!
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Bowel
movements that are difficult to
pass;
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Bowel
movements that are often loose, or alternating
between being formed one day and loose the
next;
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Chronic
diarrhoea;
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Constipation;
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Transit
times of longer than 24
hours;
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Excessive
gas and bad odour;
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Very long
thin stools;
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Sticky or
discoloured stools;
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Undigested food in the
stool;
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Bloating,
burping, gas, indigestion, heartburn, reflux,
cramps, or pain.
Digestion should
normally be a process that we hardly even notice. We
shouldn't bloat or have much gas, we should go to
the toilet quickly and easily twice daily, the stool
should be soft and well formed with very little odour
and break up easily upon flushing the toilet.
That was something you always wanted to know wasn't
it?
Grossed out yet? OK, let's move
on...
There Are Other
Symptoms...
At times there
might not be any overt digestive symptoms at all, but
we can tell there is a digestive disorder because of
some other signs that are showing up. These can
include:
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Weak,
peeling or cracked
fingernails;
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Thinning
hair;
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Nausea;
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Dry skin
and skin conditions;
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Itchy
anus;
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Weakened
immune system (lots of colds and
flu's);
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Sugar
cravings;
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Anaemia
(iron deficiency);
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Bad
breath;
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Weight
loss;
It All Starts In The
Stomach...
Well,
that's not entirely true - digestion actually
starts with the brain, when we look at food, smell
it, think about it and first taste it. That process
triggers our salivary glands to make saliva ready to
start the digestive process in the mouth. We should
chew our food well, breaking it down as much as
possible before swallowing, which moves the food down
our oesophagus to the all important stomach...
Our stomach is where a lot of the digestive processes
really get started. In a healthy stomach there should
be a pool of hydrochloric acid (HCl) and other
enzymes ready to start turning the food into a
semi-liquid state. HCl and an enzyme called pepsin
break down proteins; intrinsic factor aids the
absorption of vitamin B12, and gastric lipase helps
with the digestion of fats.
The stomach mixes the saliva, food and these gastric
juices until it is all liquefied and ready to move
into the small intestine, where further digestion and
the absorption of all the nutrients takes place.
In an ideal situation this happens naturally and
smoothly so that we are barely aware of the intricate
processes taking place. However when things
aren't working properly, we soon know about it!
And then, of course, there is...
The Stress
Factor!
Stress can
have a huge impact on the way we digest our food, and
can all but stop the supply of acid in our stomach.
Our body is very clever, but it cannot deal with
stress AND perform good digestion all at the
same time. It assumes that the stressful situation
needs all its energy and resources - so it puts the
digestive system on hold until after the stress has
passed. The only problem is that nowadays we live
with enormous stress all day every day, and our
digestive system is permanently on hold!
When do we ever stop stressing and digest our food
properly?
If we are not producing good quantities of acid in
our stomach, due to stress, dehydration, nutrient
deficiencies or even just natural aging; the food
cannot move out of the stomach and into the
intestines until it is pretty much liquid, so the
food will sit and churn in the stomach mixed with the
small amount of acid that is available, and it can
then start to ferment.
Gas is produced as a by-product of this fermentation,
and the stomach can swell and bloat leaving you
feeling very heavy and uncomfortable. You could start
burping, and notice the food "repeating" on
you. If the pressure is great, the acidic food can
push against the opening to the oesophagus and cause
the pain and burning we call indigestion or
heartburn. More often than not this is a symptom of
too low acid not too high!
Let me repeat that one for you once
again...
Low Acid Is A More Common Cause
of Heartburn Than Too
High!
I can
guarantee that your doctor didn't know about that
one, and if you have ever gone to your doctor
complaining of heartburn you probably walked out with
a prescription for antacid medication. But if low
acid is already your problem, then antacid medication
will make the condition worse, not better, in the
long run.
And there are other very serious problems with having
too low stomach acid as well.
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Poor mineral
and protein absorption. Low mineral absorption can
lead to nutrient deficiency states and can even
lead to conditions such as
oesteoporosis.
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With low
acid, undigested food can move into the intestines
where it creates a breeding ground for parasites,
bad bacteria, yeasts and fungi which can all damage
the lining of the bowel.
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Undigested
protein creates toxic by-products that have been
linked to bowel cancer.
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Damage to
the lining of the digestive tract can lead to leaky
gut, where large food particles and toxins enter
the bloodstream and can cause immune reactions,
overload the liver and cause many chronic
symptoms.
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Stomach acid
is a trigger for the pancreas to produce digestive
enzymes and for the liver to produce bile. Without
the initial trigger, the other organs of digestion
fail to produce enough of their secretions which
further compromises the digestion and absorption of
our nutrients.
All of these
problems can lead to severe health disorders and are
intensified when you are taking antacid medication.
Antacids are dangerous medications that should only
ever be used for very short term relief while the
underlying cause of the problem is corrected.
Stomach acid is one of the most important areas I
assess in the remarkable testing process I will be
telling you more about shortly.
Antibiotic Anarchy
With the prolific use of
antibiotics for various ailments, many of us have had
had several courses of antibiotics over our lifetime.
Antibiotic translates to "anti-life" and
the colonies of good bacteria living in our large
bowel are the ones that suffer when we use
antibiotics to kill other "bad" bacteria in
our body.
We have millions of good bacteria in our digestive
tract that can weigh up to a couple of kilos. They
line our large colon and are part of our immune
system, defending against pathogens (nasties for the
rest of us) from entering the blood stream. They
assist in the production of some B vitamins and
vitamin K, protect the lining of the bowel from
damage, and ferment dietary fibre to produce energy
for the cells in the bowel wall. There is one certain
type of good bacteria that we need in the bowel, and
if it is missing, we are much more susceptible to the
development of depression.
These good bacteria are very sensitive to problems in
the digestive tract and they can be affected by
imbalances in the pH level; by parasites, bad
bacterias and yeast growth such as candida; stress
can harm them; toxic waste products from undigested
food, and drugs such as antibiotics,
anti-inflammatories, pain killers and steroid
medication can also kill off a healthy colony.
It can be very beneficial to know whether you have a
healthy bacteria colony in the bowel, and if there
are any strains of bacteria that are in low levels or
completely missing. I have known patients to have
taken Acidophilus capsules for years thinking they
were doing the right thing, but when we checked their
levels of bowel bacteria, it was a different strain,
Bifidus, that was in very low numbers and needed
replacing.
Sometimes we can take high dose probiotic powders,
but because the whole ecology of the gut is wrong,
they never adhere to the lining of the bowel and pass
straight through. Just taking these probiotic
supplements does not guarantee they are doing the job
they are meant to.
Unless we do comprehensive testing, we will never
know exactly how our friendly bowel flora colonies
are going.
How Do I Know...
If I Have Any Of These
Problems?
Ok, this is where the
test that I have been talking about comes in.
One of the essential tools that I use when I am
evaluating a health problem that I know has a
digestive component, is a test called a Complete
Digestive Stool Analysis. It is the most
comprehensive analysis of the function and state of
the whole digestive tract that I am aware of, and it
gives me so much information, that I then know
exactly what to do to help restore this person's
gut back into tip top shape.
So much of what is evaluated in this wide-ranging
test, we just couldn't find out in any other
way.
Some of the areas that are covered in the test
include:
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Whether you
are breaking down fats, proteins and carbohydrates
properly
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Whether
there are food remnants and meat or vegetable
fibres not being digested
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What the pH
level of the bowel is
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Whether
there are indications of low stomach
acid
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Whether
there are toxins from undigested protein putrefying
in the bowel
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Whether
the liver and pancreas are working to the best of
their capacity
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Whether
there is enough energy in the bowel to ensure a
normal transit time
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Whether
there are markers for bowel cancer
risk
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Whether
there is any blood, pus, mucous, or inflammation in
the bowel
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Whether
there are any parasites, bad bacteria, fungi or
yeast in the bowel
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Whether the
levels of good bacteria are present and in healthy
numbers
All of that
information may not mean all that much to you - but to
a naturopath who has studied these tests in depth, and
has helped many people regain their health by
addressing the imbalances that show up - I can tell you
that every single marker gives me one more piece of the
puzzle, that once put together, can give me the total
picture of your health.
So How Do I Do This
Test?
Ok, so here is
the nitty gritty. We can't discuss digestion and
bowel health without eventually talking about your
poop. Sorry, but that's just the way it is.
I know you're probably cringing right now, so
we'll be politically correct and call it a
"stool" but in the end this test is a very
comprehensive stool test and there's no getting
around it.
I can assure you though, that it's just not that
bad. The test is very easy to do, it comes with very
clear instructions, you complete it at home and it is
all very private and discreet.
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Ok, now that
you know this type of test is available, and
we've touched on a just a small part of the
enormous amount of information it can give you about
your health, the next thing is how you go about
ordering it for yourself, so you too, can benefit
from the quality data it
provides.
Order This From Your
Doctor?
One very
important thing you need to be aware of is that
although your local doctor or naturopath can probably
order this test for you - they are not likely to be
able to interpret the results for you properly. You
may end up with a pretty coloured report in your
hand, with numbers on it that mean nothing to you,
and probably mean next to nothing to your doctor
either.
Here is an example of the Complete Digestive Stool
Analysis report you might be
getting:
It's not
enough to just have access to information -you need
to know what that information means. Without the
right analysis, your report could be a total waste of
time, effort and money.
But, There Is A Better
Way!
I have
analysed hundreds of these reports for patients
personally, and I have studied digestive health
vigorously, reading scores of books, attending
intensive seminars, and studying the relationship
between faulty digestive processes and all the
different health disorders that can come from
that.
Not only that, as a naturopath that spent years at
one of Australia's leading health retreats, I can
guide you through the many options available to you
to correct your digestive disorders
naturally.
How Do I Do
This?
I have a
special offer for readers of this site. If you have
your Complete Digestive Stool Analysis done, I will
personally interpret your results and provide you
with a comprehensive 15-20 page report explaining
your individual results, what they mean for you
personally, and suggestions about how to recover your
health through healing the bowel.
I will also suggest further testing if I feel it is
appropriate, and provide you with everything that you
need to know, to take control of your own health.
An example of the report you might be getting from
me:
You Will Simply Not Find This
Type
Of Personalised Service Anywhere
Else!
Your doctor
certainly won't put the time and energy into
educating you about your health, your naturopath
probably hasn't specialised in gut function, and
if you do find someone knowledgeable about these
tests, they are probably booked up way in advance,
cost hundreds of dollars to see, and don't have
the time to answer all your questions.
My report takes you step by step through your
results. It is laid out in an easy to understand,
straightforward way that answers your questions as we
go. It helps you to recognise why you have the
symptoms you do, and what simple steps you can take
to improve your health.
If you are finally ready to get some REAL answers,
then here is what you do. When you click on the order
button below, you will be taken to a page where you
enter your details to order your Complete
Digestive Stool Analysis Test Kit which includes
my Comprehensive Report of your results. You will
also be asked to fill in a short questionnaire which
will give me more information about your health
concerns.
I've made it easy for you, all you need to do is
make one simple payment and I will organise the rest
from there. Most of the fee goes towards the tests
themselves and we can therefore not offer any money
back guarantee. However, if you are unsatisfied with
the information you receive, and you can prove you
have done everything in your power to improve, I will
offer you a free consultation for up to 30
minutes.
The tests are run at ARL Pathology in Melbourne and
the cost of the full stool profile
alone is just $210 incl postage,
without my personalised report. Once you finish
ordering the tests online, within a couple of days
you will receive the test kit at your home address.
Full instructions on how to do the test come with the
kit, and they are very easy to understand.
Once you have completed the sample, the kit is sent
back to ARL laboratories by courier (packaging and
courier note included), and it takes about two to
three weeks for them to process your tests. Then I
receive your results and depending on the volume of
tests I have to analyse, you will receive your full
PDF report within one to two weeks after that. So the
full process is most likely to take 3-6 weeks.
It's That Easy To Get
The Most In Depth, Personalised Report On Your
Digestive System That You Have Ever
Had!
Now that you
know exactly how to obtain this essential
information, the rest is entirely up to you. You
basically have 3 choices:
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You could do
nothing right now, but at least you have the
knowledge that this type of testing is available
and if you do get sick, you can then kick yourself
for not doing something that could have prevented
your illness. Or maybe you could keep doing the
rounds of Doctors, specialists, endocrinologists
and naturopath's – spending thousands of
dollars and having test after useless test that
gets you nowhere. Or maybe...
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You can go
to your local Doctor and get them to order the
stool test kit for you and you will get a report,
but you won’t know what to do with it.
If you
choose any of those options, let’s at least
part as friends and let me give you some free health information
that will keep us in touch, and you can still
benefit from my health tips and principles. Or,
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You can
click on the order button below and do what it
takes to look after number one, and receive your
own personalised, individual report that could have
far reaching implications for your health for the
rest of you life. So now my question to you
is....
Which Is It To
Be?
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(as produced by your overseas labs) analysed by me.
Just click below to fill in the questionnaire and
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individualised report on those
results.
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