The Lowdown on Parasites

I am coming to the end of day six of The Multi-vitamin Challenge as I write this blog entry. My cold is beginning to go away, but that usually happens at the end of a two week period period of being sick with or without vitamins. If the trend continues, I’ll feel okay for a week or two, sometimes even three, and then I’ll come down with something else. Only time will tell if these vitamins are actually working. But there’s still one thing these vitamins can’t help me with. The danger of ingesting a parasite. Yes, one of the many things we have to watch out for in Egypt are parasites. Parasites are most commonly contained in water and certain forms of vegetables. Lettuce is the most notorious vegetable for housing parasites. Whenever we go to restaurants here, we only eat the lettuce if it is a respectable restaurant where we’ve heard good reports about the lettuce. Even then, some people simply refuse to eat the lettuce here. I think the most common parasite around Cairo is the amoeba. When someone houses an amoeba in their body they will exhibit flulike symptoms, but rather than having the symptoms disappear after a day or two, they will continue until treatment is sought out. Ideally parasites are expelled from one’s body within the span of a month, but there are exceptions to this rule. Let’s have a look at my friend, Cam Stutters, for example.

You may recall him as the one who challenged me to start taking multi-vitamins. I accepted his advice, not only because he was willing to pay up if they didn’t work, but also because he has done extensive research of food, nutrition, and health over the past year. Why has he done all of this research? Because Cam has a parasite. Cam has had this parasite for well over a year now and has undergone numerous treatments in an attempt to rid his body of his parasite(s). After a year of being on a special ‘rice-only’ diet and visiting specialist after specialist regarding his health, Cam grew weary of unhelpful doctors and began researching things for himself. He has now turned to the world of alternative medicine to seek out a solution to his problem. Cam now has a naturopathic doctor who advises him as to whether or not is plan of action is satisfactory. Earlier this week I interviewed Cam about a few of his alternative medicine treatments and I must say that I have some very interesting things to pass on to you (yes, I even have a few pictures for you as well).

The first treatment I am going to describe to you is called Aqua Chi. Aqua Chi is a process by which you immerse your bare feet in a tub of water which gets ionized by an external machine. This procedure stimulates the elimination channels of the body at a very accelerated rate (by giving the water a negative electron charge which attracts the toxins in your body and pulls them into your feet). Once the toxins are in your feet, they come OUT of your feet and go into the water. A typical Aqua Chi procedure lasts for about thirty-five minutes. Below are pictures of Cam’s feet at different intervals throughout the procedure.

After 5 Minutes

After 35 Minutes

I asked Cam if he felt anything during the procedure. He said that all he felt was a light tingling sensation.

Another interesting procedure that Cam has gone through is called Biofeedback Therapy. This is a rather intense sounding procedure. In Biofeedback Therapy, the patient is hooked up to a computer and is treated ENTIRELY by the computer!! Using the theories of quantum mechanics, the computer stimulates treatments and sends electrons into your body which kill parasites. I know this is a fairly vague description, but I think the workings of this treatment system are a little over our heads anyways. A typical treatment of Biofeedback Therapy takes three hours and costs about $100 an hour. These treatments are very intensive and can only be done once every three weeks. The machine kills the parasites in your body and then your body excretes them naturally. Cam told me that after the treatments you feel very tired and sleep for a long time. After Cam’s first two treatments they estimated that around TWENTY parasites had been eradicated from his body. Cam described himself as being “a parasite zoo” as he is still not free from parasites. A number of months ago Cam decided to name his parasite(s) since they had been with him for so long. Roy is the name that he gave them. Roy’s one year birthday was sometime in January, if I’m not mistaken. And still, Roy endures. I have not heard the results of this week’s Biofeedback Therapy that Cam went through, but we’re all hoping that Roy has finally been put to rest.