The Alternative Health Improvement Center Free Introductory Workshop

Click Here for the next Workshop and driving directions If you have:				The Endocrine (Hormone) System
Stubborn Weight / Fat Lack of Energy Poor Sleep Digestive Problems Pain & Inflammation Anxiety, Depression Severe PMS Menopause Symptoms Irritable When Hungry Leaky Bladder Low Sex Drive	Constipation Hair Loss Poor Concentration Joint Pain Headaches Memory Problems Cold Hands and Feet Fluid Retention Irregular Cycle Irritable, Moody Fibromyalgia Pain	Back Pain Lethargic Hot Flashes, Night Sweats Blood Pressure Sugar, Carb Cravings Infertility Frequent Urination Slow Healing Swollen Ankles Constant Thirst Dry Skin ...And Many More
Come to the INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP and learn about the HORMONE CONNECTION that is a common denominator to all these health conditions.
Click Here for Online Seat Reservations FIND OUT WHY YOU HAVE THESE PROBLEMS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO RECOVER Find out the limitations of medical treatment for diagnosing and treating hormone problems (find out why your doctor may tell you “nothing is wrong” despite your severe symptoms). Find out about environmental chemicals that can disable your hormone system and what you can do about this (Read Chemicals and Health). Get educated about how your hormone system works and how it can malfunction so you can make better decisions about your own health care. Learn how BODY SHAPE is related to HORMONES Click on any body shape for more information:       Who is the Speaker? Mr. Norman Lowrey has been the Executive Director of Alternative Health Improvement Center for more than 10 years. During this time, he has served as Dr. Billiot’s main research associate in creating the treatment programs used at the clinic. He has worked with over 4,500 chronically ill patients (with every imaginable health problem), as well as recovered from a severe health crisis of his own by doing a program at the Center. Mr. Lowrey has given hundreds of talks on many different health topics, and truly has the ability to make highly technical subjects easily understood. He has been lecturing and consulting on a large variety of subjects for over 20 years. "People understand new subjects by comparing them to what they already know. I just help them to make that connection." Mr. Lowrey has been involved in cutting-edge research in the area of hormone restoration since 2001 and has consulted doctors from all over the country regarding new techniques to help the body with hormones. What You’ll Learn at the Workshop Find out what hormones are, how they work, what they control in your body and what happens when they go wrong--in simple, easy to understand terms. If you have a stubborn weight or body shape problem, learn why understanding hormones is very likely the ONLY way you will ever solve your problem. Learn how weight loss from calories, diet and exercise can be innefective because of hormone problems, and what to do about this. Learn the connections between many, many chronic health symptoms and hormone imbalances and how this can be corrected. Learn about the most unpublicized yet most common cause of hormone problems and how to avoid making this worse. Understand why you can have many hormone symptoms but normal hormone levels on a blood test. Learn about the single most important (and ignored) element in recovering your health, without which it is impossible to have real stability of health. Learn what common drugs and other substances can disrupt your hormone system. Live demonstration of advanced evaluation and testing techniques that can dramatically improve the chances of recovery from complex health problems. Some Comments from Attendees: “I received more information about the thyroid function and my problems from this workshop than in two years of doctor visits.” “There IS help!” “I learned how the whole endocrine system works!” “This was so informative, I have hope for the first time in a long time.” “Well-organized, clear, concise. Answered everyone’s questions.” Workshop Location, Dates and Times Workshop Location: Alternative Health Improvement Center offices at: 1640 Powers Ferry Road Building 30 Marietta, Georgia 30067 CALL (770) 612-1100 For more information on location with a map and driving directions, click here. Date/Time: Workshops are held at least once each week. Call for the next date and time, or click here for date, time and reservation information. RESERVE YOUR SEATS NOW! Workshops run about 60 - 75 minutes with time for questions. There is no charge to attend, however we request that you reserve seats by phone or online. Call (770) 612-1100 or click here for online seat reservations.  Space is limited. There will be time after the workshop for questions or to discuss your personal concerns. We welcome your friends or family members. Please call us if you wish to bring someone else so we can reserve a seat.   Chemicals and Health The fewer foreign and toxic chemicals you put into your body the better it will work. There is an entire subject of Toxicology (study of poisons) that shows many illnesses come from chemicals. One category of toxins is drugs. Drugs may be necessary or unnecessary for your health, but they are all toxins (pharmacology is a branch of toxicology). Toxins in your body have created many of the problems you are experiencing. They do this by altering or blocking communication and coordination systems in the body (nervous and hormone systems). A person’s body is normally an interconnected and coordinated system, but under the influence of toxins and chemicals can become a collection of organs, glands and systems that are working independently from each other and are no longer supporting each other. In some cases, the immune system can be unable to know what it’s fighting and start destroying the body itself. If the blocks to communication within the body can be identified and eliminated, communication between organs and systems can be restored and the body will regain its ability to heal itself. You have over 600 different hormones that control nearly every function of your body. Since hormones are the ONLY system your body has of controlling the functions of cells, if your hormones become ineffective, resistive or stubborn, the possible resulting health problems are almost unlimited. Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Because the hormone system is a chemical system (hormones are special chemicals manufactured by the body), it is susceptible to Synthetic Estradiol Molecule Found in birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy. Many major side-effects including ovarian cancer. contamination and disruption by toxic chemicals from the environment. Some environmental toxins are called “Endocrine Disrupting Chemical" or EDCs. An Endocrine Disruptor is any chemical that acts like estrogen in your body. Estrogen is a hormone that causes cellular growth and promotes rapid cell division. An estrogen imbalance can cause problems like cysts, tumors, fibroids, enlargements and cancer. However, the communication blocks in your body resulting from these chemicals can reach much further. The types of environmental substances that can be Endocrine Disruptors are: Insecticides Pesticides Fertilizers Fungicides Herbicides Chemical pollution Dioxins (certain plastics compounds) Animal growth hormones (added to feed, implanted or injected into food animals) Estradiol - a synthetic hormone in birth control pills and Hormone Replacement Therapy, which has major side-effects including ovarian cancer. DES (Diethylstilbesterol) - a banned estrogen used in animal feeds from 1938-1979 and given to pregnant women during 1938-1970 to prevent miscarriages. It was later found to cause reproductive abnormalities in the male and female offspring of women who took it. DDT (pesticide banned in the US but not other countries) Choradane (also a banned pesticide that has created damage to endocrine glands) Chemical compounds containing certain heavy metals like cadmium and arsenic as well as other metals. Endocrine Disruptors alter hormonal function by: Mimicking hormones Blocking or damaging receptor sites (receptor sites are those parts of a cell or gland which receive the hormone communication). Blocking the signals from glands that produce hormones. EDs may block receptors that activate genes. Altering or increasing hormone levels. Modifying the hormone function. Increasing the size of the gland (hypertrophy). Creating cysts on the gland. (Cysts are an increase in cell division). Creating tumors on or in the gland. (Tumors are enlarged growths on organs and in glands or organs, such as fibroids). Decreasing the number or availability of receptor sites and hormones. Causing cancer. Synthetic estrogen has a side effect of ovarian, vaginal, liver and breast cancer. How much of the Endocrine Disruptor is required to cause damage? The amount of an ED needed to cause endocrine disruption is far below that needed to cause toxicity in the cell. For example, arsenic has been shown to inhibit the ability of hormones to turn on genes in cells at a level of 10 parts per billion (about an ounce of water in 8 railroad tank cars of water). In some cases, EDs can disrupt hormones in concentrations of parts per trillion (one part per trillion is a DROP of water in 63 railroad tank cars of water). What do Endocrine Disruptors do to hormone glands? When the body is exposed to EDs that mimic hormones, as a defense the body may shut down hormone production or stop creating as many receptor sites for the hormones to connect to. This can make the functions these hormones are responsible for be resistive and stubborn. This explains why a person can have normal blood levels of a hormone but symptoms of a hormone deficiency. There are not enough active receptor sites for the hormones to communicate to. This also explains why, as a person ages, hormone function becomes less and less. Links to Endocrine Disruptor web sites: WWF Endocrine Disruptor Information Our Stolen Future EPA: Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program  NRDC World Health Organization global assessment of Endocrine Disruptors join our free email newsletter Email:
More information on body shapes caused by hormone imbalances:   Thyroid A sluggish thyroid will cause a type of fat called glucopolysaccaride, which is a waste product of a slow metabolism. It is a spongy material that holds water and won't release it. It can also be puffy and hard. Find out why a person with a sluggish thyroid can have steady weight gain that exercise and diet will not help. Find out why existing medical treatments for a sluggish thyroid are only partially effective and in many cases don't help at all. Find out why a person can still have thyroid problems even with normal blood levels of thyroid hormones. Find out the connection between a sluggish thyroid and mental fog, poor concentration and a lack of interest in life. Find out what you could do to help heal your thyroid problem.       Adrenals The adrenal glands help your body handle stress (both physical and mental). The adrenals control salts and minerals inside and outside the cells. If the adrenals are burned out, water will accumulate outside the cells, but the cells themselves will dehydrate. The person will often be thirsty all the time, but drinking water only stresses the kidneys and causes fluid retention. The water just collects until the person looks like the picture. Find out the relationship between salt and sugar cravings and adrenal problems. Find out how adrenals are connected to swollen ankles. Find out why most doctors fail to diagnose adrenal problems and why this is one of the most overlooked health problems today. Find out how the adrenals are connected to low energy, blood sugar problems, difficulty getting out of bed, need for caffeine, hot flashes, out of breath when climbing stairs, arthritis, blood pressure problems, allergies and difficulty handling stress. Find out what you could do to help heal your adrenal problem.       Ovaries Often the body will accumulate fat as protection around an injured organ or gland. If you look at the picture, you can see the "pear-shape" evidence of this. The ovaries produce the hormone estrogen, and in some cases this interferes with the thyroid hormones to create the appearance of sluggish thyroid problems even though the thyroid is perfectly healthy. Find out the relationship between ovary problems and low back pain, hot flashes, hip pain and weight gain. Find out what you could do to help heal your female hormone issues and get rid of PMS, cramping, hot flashes and many other problems. Find out why you are shaped this way despite exercise and diet.       Liver This is usually not typical fat, but water accumulation inside the belly area. The liver is sweating fluids into the abdominal cavity which is called "ascites" which means "water swelling." No amount of exercise will help because the problem isn't fat, but a damaged liver. Find out what foods create problems for the liver and which foods will help. Find out what clogs up the liver and how to get this "cleaned out." Find out the crucial role the liver plays in digestion and how certain environmental toxins can cause severe digestive problems. Find out the relationship between liver issues and headaches. Find out what you could do to help heal your liver problems.