| "Anybody who tells you that disease has only | | | | whole body is vital.Secondary Processes:11) |
| one cause, and that drugs and surgery are the | | | | Endocrine DysregulationThe endocrine (or |
| solution, is DEAD WRONG." Dr. Ward Coleman, | | | | hormonal) system is one of the master systems |
| N.D.Unhealthy aging and diseases of the body | | | | of the body, controlling all basic metabolic |
| systems (such as cancer, heart disease, | | | | processes. As the roots of disease take hold |
| diabetes, immune dysfunction, etc.) are | | | | in the body the hypothalamus, pituitary and |
| MULTI-CAUSAL.Extensive clinical analysis by | | | | adrenal (HPA Axis) becomes imbalanced and the |
| Four Mountains, Inc. has revealed the | | | | body begins to lose the capacity for |
| following TOP TEN "ROOTS OF DISEASE" (and | | | | self-defense and self-repair. Thyroid, |
| their solutions).Note that these TOP TEN | | | | pineal, pancreas, ovarian and testicular |
| causes of disease are INTERCONNECTED and | | | | problems will develop manifesting excessive |
| manifest SIMULTANEOUSLY in varying degrees | | | | and deficient cycling of hormones. The |
| underneath ALL disease of ANY sort.PROBLEM: | | | | spectrum of symptoms that result from |
| THE ROOT CAUSES OF DISEASE: THE TOP | | | | endocrine dysregulation is vast.In general, |
| TENChronic psychological and emotional | | | | if you have hormonal problems, it is a |
| suffering, pain and stress.ToxemiaAutonomic | | | | mistake to assume that the primary problem is |
| DysrhythmiaOxidative StressKiller FoodChronic | | | | with the gland itself. For example, thyroid |
| DehydrationTouch DeprivationTissue Oxygen | | | | problems are common, but it is wrong to |
| StarvationChronic Inflammation, Lesions and | | | | assume that it is a primary thyroid disease, |
| RestrictionsStructural SubluxationsSecondary | | | | as this is rarely the case. When the deeper |
| Processes:Primary, upstream causes have a | | | | (upstream) imbalances have been corrected, |
| global effect on the body/mind which then | | | | our hormonal system can return to balance. |
| leads to many secondary, downstream | | | | Ignoring the roots of disease and taking |
| processes. Ignored and uncorrected the roots | | | | hormones is the wrong approach. Balancing |
| of disease grow in a progressive, snowballing | | | | endocrine dysregulation by pulling the deeper |
| fashion. Like falling dominos, countless | | | | roots of disease, is the correct approach.12) |
| symptoms manifest throughout the entire body. | | | | Immune DysfunctionThe body does not 'have' an |
| Treating the multitude of superficial | | | | immune system as much as it 'is' an immune |
| symptoms, and ignoring the deeper (upstream) | | | | system. When ALL our body's systems are |
| roots of imbalance is a misdirected, costly | | | | functioning properly we are immune to |
| and ultimately futile endeavor.Endocrine | | | | infection, illness and disease. And when our |
| DysregulationImmune DysfunctionInherent | | | | body systems are deeply imbalanced we are |
| WeaknessesCOMMENTARY: THE ROOTS OF DISEASE1) | | | | unable to effectively resist infection, |
| Chronic psychological and emotional | | | | illness and disease. Building a powerful |
| suffering, pain and stress.At times, everyone | | | | immune system therefore suggests that we need |
| experiences mental and emotional turmoil. For | | | | to pull all the roots of disease and take |
| many it's a way of life. Chronic worry, | | | | care of the WHOLE person.13) Inherent |
| heartache, loss, frustration and pain take a | | | | WeaknessesThis is where our genetic |
| toll on the nerves and deplete vital force, | | | | constitution enters the picture. If our |
| depress immunity, disrupt hormones and | | | | family tree suggests a history of weak lungs, |
| biorhythms. Childhood stress, relationship | | | | livers, kidneys, the chances are we have |
| stress, job stress... it all adds up and can | | | | inherited these same weaknesses, whatever |
| take a whopping toll on your health. It's a | | | | they are. In other words, you don't just have |
| fact, stress kills.2) ToxemiaIngested toxins, | | | | your daddy's eyes and your mommy's chin, you |
| environmental toxins, metabolic toxins... by | | | | have their liver and spleen too! It is said |
| the millions. From the dry cleaners and lawn | | | | that 'we die from our inherent weaknesses'. |
| chemicals to the food industry and 'sick | | | | This means that as the imbalances in our |
| building syndrome', we're all exposed to more | | | | body's persist, the wear and tear on our |
| toxins than we can shake a stick at. This is | | | | organs and systems is not equal throughout. |
| in addition to the toxins our bodies create | | | | Eventually, it will be our weakest link that |
| as a by-product of work, exercise and STRESS. | | | | finally snaps. Even if our heart had another |
| Over the years the body's elimination of | | | | twenty years of function left in it, when our |
| toxins may be insufficient to deal with the | | | | weakest link finally breaks, it brings the |
| load. Disease can result when excessive | | | | rest of the body down with it. It helps to |
| poisons accumulate in our cells and block | | | | know your inherent weaknesses so you can be |
| normal function. Most notably, we find that | | | | mindful and adjust your self-care routine |
| people suffer with toxic blood, lymph, | | | | accordingly.SOLUTION: PULLING THE ROOTS OF |
| intestines, liver, kidneys/bladder, lungs and | | | | DISEASEJUMPSTART: 3 POINT PLAN1) Take Your |
| sinuses.3) Autonomic DysrhythmiaModern | | | | SupplementsFour Mountains has meticulously |
| culture is 'sympathetic dominant'. This is a | | | | examined and tested more than one thousand |
| serious dysfunction that is practically | | | | nutritional supplement brands for quality and |
| ubiquitous, affecting even our household | | | | above all, clinical effectiveness. As it |
| pets. No joke. Sympathetic dominance is | | | | stands, one company, Standard Process Labs, |
| present when the nervous system is dominated | | | | is hands down, the industry leader. Since |
| by stress and the classic fight/flight | | | | 1929 Standard Process has been manufacturing |
| physiology. Volumes of Nobel Prize research | | | | an extensive line of whole food concentrates, |
| stand as testament to the fact that an | | | | including protomorphogen and cytosol extract |
| overactive sympathetic nervous system leads | | | | technology. If you need to nutritionally |
| to accelerated aging and disease.4) Oxidative | | | | support, detoxify, fortify, relax or mobilize |
| StressA rusty nail, a browning apple, age | | | | any organ, system or tissue type - Standard |
| spots on the hands... it's all the same. Free | | | | Process has a product that will safely do the |
| radicals have been the subject of extensive | | | | job, and do it well.Most nutritional |
| research and the evidence is clear that | | | | supplement companies use synthetic raw |
| oxidative stress won't just rust your pipes, | | | | materials and only fragments of incomplete |
| or spoil your food, free radicals do the same | | | | nutrient complexes. Supplying the body |
| thing inside our bodies, essentially rusting | | | | fragments of inert nutrients is a poor |
| our organs from the inside out. Laboratory | | | | substitute for nutrient complexes as found in |
| testing on hundreds of thousands of | | | | nature. We urge people to stop ingesting |
| individuals has demonstrated that oxidative | | | | synthetic nutrients and consume only the most |
| stress is a very widespread and creates an | | | | pure and natural form of food concentrates.At |
| internal environment favorable toward | | | | Four Mountains, we are of the opinion the |
| illness, disease and many of the outward | | | | optimal health is only possible by taking |
| signs of unhealthy aging.Primary sources of | | | | advantage of these unique nutritional |
| free radicals: hyper or non-specific | | | | formulas. Hard as it may be for the skeptic |
| stimulation of the immune system results in | | | | in you to believe, there is only one |
| excess concentrations of hypochlorite | | | | nutritional supplement company in the world |
| production, exposure to toxins (xenobiotics) | | | | that can be trusted. Of the thousands of |
| which cause the liver and the adrenal cortex, | | | | products we have tested, only Standard |
| reactions that involve the cytochrome P450 | | | | Process delivers the goods. Visit for |
| enzyme reaction system, exposure to radiation | | | | detailed information, or call Four Mountains |
| either electromagnetic or through ionizing, | | | | at 1-800-736-0904 to request our FREE |
| excessive stress which through | | | | SUPPLEMENT GUIDE and for help with ordering. |
| neuro-transmitters and modulators force both | | | | You need this!2) Low Stress DietRead hundreds |
| the immune and endocrine systems to produce | | | | of diet books and sort it all out for |
| destructive radicals.5) Killer FoodHow can a | | | | yourself, or call Four Mountains and we'll |
| nation notorious for overeating protein, | | | | send you a FREE COPY of THE LOW STRESS DIET - |
| carbohydrate and fat have so many people | | | | a summary of everything you'll ever need to |
| deficient in vital nutrients? The answer is | | | | know about a healthy diet.3) YogaDon't |
| that we are eating too many 'empty calories' | | | | mistake Yoga for a trend or fad, as it's |
| from foods grown in depleted top soil, | | | | older than the hills and has proven itself |
| coupled with excessive processing and | | | | the world over as the most awesome of healing |
| refining.Americans, young and old, suffer | | | | traditions. Heal every system, organ, nerve, |
| from multiple trace mineral, macro mineral | | | | gland, muscle and bone in your body. That's |
| and vitamin deficiencies. Most common | | | | the power of yoga.Get rid of a lot of tension |
| deficiencies include magnesium, zinc, iron, | | | | and you'll be like a new person after only |
| selenium, B complex, vitamin C, vitamin E, | | | | one week. Of course that's the quick fix. Do |
| essential fatty acids and various amino | | | | it for ninety days and you'll cure most |
| acids.Additionally, the Standard American | | | | diseases. Do it for two years and you'll turn |
| Diet causes blood sugar dysregulation, | | | | into the person you always hoped you might |
| hormonal disorders, acidosis, and digestive | | | | become but didn't know how to get there.Give |
| system overload and weakness. The bottom line | | | | it a whirl. We enthusiastically recommend you |
| is that the average person's diet is killing | | | | study several yoga systems to derive maximum |
| them in more ways than one. Despite loads of | | | | benefit and find your personal best routine. |
| media attention and books from our nation's | | | | Start with Ashtanga, Bikram, Kundalini and |
| top nutritional gurus, the majority of people | | | | Somatic Yoga. If you explore just those four |
| in this country are still digging their | | | | styles, you'll be very well taken care of, |
| graves with their teeth.6) Chronic | | | | and you'll never have to look any |
| DehydrationWhen we don't drink enough healthy | | | | further.LIFELONG HEALTH MANAGEMENT: YOUR |
| fluids we become dehydrated. The problem is | | | | WELLNESS LIFESTYLE1) Self-Awareness & |
| that it's possible to be dehydrated more or | | | | Self-Regulation (SA/SR)Face it. Your body is |
| less continuously for many years and not even | | | | a lifelong responsibility. Therefore, if you |
| know it. This in turn creates chronic and | | | | intend to take care of it the way you should, |
| severe hormonal stress that leads directly to | | | | a little knowledge is indispensable.Your body |
| pain and disease. Research indicates that a | | | | is very much like a GARDEN. Neglect it and |
| simple water deficiency afflicts many | | | | the roots of disease will take over and |
| millions of Americans.7) Touch | | | | destroy it's inherent design, health and |
| DeprivationDetachment style parenting, body | | | | beauty. However, tend it with the appropriate |
| issues, and neglect of the body promotes a | | | | Wellness Tools and enjoy the health, beauty |
| condition known as 'touch deprivation'. For | | | | and vitality that is yours to enjoy.For your |
| millions of people this is a condition to | | | | Wellness Lifestyle to be effective, it will |
| simply accept. However, the stress and pain | | | | necessarily have to include some |
| that results is more than many people can | | | | self-awareness and self-regulation in the |
| bare and drives them to extreme and desperate | | | | following areas. This just means that you |
| behavior in an unconscious effort to remedy a | | | | need to think about these four areas every so |
| touch deficiency. However, there is no | | | | often and make sure that your doing a pretty |
| substitute for touch. Without enough skin to | | | | good job keeping each area balanced. |
| skin contact human beings become extremely | | | | Imbalances in one or all of these four areas |
| imbalanced, and mentally and physically | | | | will have you running to a doctor, so the |
| diseased.8) Tissue Oxygen StarvationNinety | | | | more you keep an eye on it yourself, the more |
| percent of Americans are oxygen starved and | | | | self-reliant and healthier your GARDEN will |
| eighty percent of these don't even realize | | | | become.Think of your body and your health as |
| it. The cause for this widespread problem is | | | | involving four key areas. These are the four |
| twofold. First, few if any of us are actually | | | | areas for which you are already responsible, |
| taught healthy breathing habits, we simply | | | | whether you want to be or not. Sounds harsh, |
| ignore it all together. The second reason is | | | | but there's nothing any of us can do about |
| due to a predominantly indoor (and sedentary) | | | | it.a) Metabolic Self-Managementb) Nutritional |
| lifestyle. Living inside schools, offices, | | | | Self-Managementc) Mental/Emotional |
| homes, cars, and shopping malls combined with | | | | Self-Managementd) Structural |
| unconscious shallow breathing creates | | | | Self-Management2) Turning the Wheel of |
| hypoxia, and hypoxia is an anaerobic | | | | HealingThe Wheel of Healing is the principle |
| condition that breeds infection, cancer, | | | | model for effective natural health care and |
| heart disease, inflammation/pain and chronic | | | | healthy aging.a) DetoxificationReduce the |
| fatigue.9) Chronic Inflammation, Lesions and | | | | body's toxic load with wholistic |
| RestrictionsMost, if not all, people suffer | | | | interventions that support all the channels |
| with multiple inflammations, lesions and | | | | of elimination and safely remove accumulated |
| restrictions in their various membranes, | | | | debris from your systemb) |
| connective tissues, muscles, ligaments, | | | | FortificationAchieve nutritional competence |
| tendons and organs. Not only do these | | | | by furnishing the body with the essential raw |
| inflammations and lesions limit mobility and | | | | materials needed for normal function.c) |
| motility, they also add substantially to the | | | | RelaxationDispel biological distress with |
| body's total stress load, and frequently | | | | proven techniques and tools that remove |
| become the site for accumulated toxins and | | | | layers of tension from the mind and body.d) |
| future cancers. Preventing disease and | | | | MobilizationCultivate vigorous circulation, |
| creating optimal health necessitates that we | | | | powerful nerve force, balanced |
| locate and eliminate these physical | | | | musculoskeletal strength, and visceral health |
| problems.10) Structural SubluxationsGravity, | | | | with daily therapeutic movement and |
| injuries, sitting in chairs, bad shoes, and | | | | low-stress body alignment exercises.3) |
| poor posture can all cause spinal and joint | | | | Wellness ToolsAs there are many and diverse |
| mis-alignment, which in turn leads to | | | | ways to turn the Wheel of Healing, Four |
| neuro-muscular, multiple organ and system | | | | Mountains has cataloged and innovated |
| dysfunction. Autopsy research indicates that | | | | approximately eighty Wellness Tools |
| in most cases, diseased organs are directly | | | | specifically to facilitate these four vital |
| linked to subluxated vertebra. Subluxations | | | | processes. Our Wellness Tools are the bricks |
| of the cranial joints (sutures) have also | | | | and mortar of our Wellness Programs, designed |
| been shown to cause serious dysfunction in | | | | to provide maximum care for your body's |
| body, mind and behavior. For optimal health | | | | twelve systems. |
| and disease prevention, alignment of the | | | | |