Even if You Don't Drink, Alcohol Intolerance May be the Cause of Your Symptoms!

Many of your symptoms could actually be caused by alcohol intolerance, even if you don't drink! 

Everyone produces small amounts of endogenous (produced inside the body) alcohol due to gut fermentation*. Anyone with SIBO bacterial infections, such as H. Pylori essentially have a microbrewery in their gut as the bacteria produce ethanol. 

Typically, alcohol is produced and then rapidly removed from our systems through enzymatic activity via alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH) and acetaldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDH). Cytochrome P450(CYP2E1) and Catalase represent the major enzymes in the CNS that catalyze ethanol oxidation. CYP2E1 is expressed abundantly within the microsomes of certain brain cells and is localized to particular brain regions.

These enzymes are not the same as the common over-the-counter digestive enzyme supplements. ADH and ALDH be produced by the stomach lining and Cytochrome p450 in the liver.

Some individuals may have poorly functioning enzyme systems due to illness or may be genetically predisposed to the intoxicating effects of alcohol due to inadequate production of ADH or ALDH enzymes. 

For almost 25 years the Hansa Center for Optimum Health, in Wichita, Kansas has been a leader in adjunctive testing and treatment innovations for people suffering with what is supposed to be incurable and chronic illnesses. Almost all cases of chronic illness, whether just incurable headaches, pain, POTS, MS, ALS, or other serious illnesses have multiple interferences in the body's ability to produce adequate amounts of many key enzymes, whether from genetic/epigenetic mutations or chemical damage.

It is estimated that 1 billion people worldwide suffer from alcohol intolerance—an inability to safely digest and metabolize alcohol. With 7.3 billion people in the world, that means one in every seven people have this problem. I would estimate 75% of chronically ill people have this problem and almost 100% of people with chronic Lyme disease have it.

Findings published January 10, 2016 in the online edition of Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, suggest the possibility of treatment for those affected by the inactive enzyme. A new compound called Alda-1, may lead to treatments not only for alcohol intolerance but also to reduce the risk of heart disease. Unfortunately Alda-1 has only been tested on mice, and is not available yet and may not be for many years. This is why I have forged ahead to develop natural ways to do the same thing at the Hansa Center.

Alcohol intolerance, while not life threatening, can be the primary reason behind many lingering symptoms. It can manifest in people who do not drink, due to alternate sources of alcohol and acetaldehyde.  Many people with chronic illness complain of symptoms which are identical to the symptoms of a hangover or drunkenness.

Hangover symptoms are not directly due to the alcohol, but are due to acetaldehyde build up, which is the substance that alcohol breaks down into in the body. Acetaldehyde is 30 times more toxic than alcohol. A person with adequate amounts of ALDH2 enzyme can rapidly breakdown (metabolize) the acetaldehyde. 

A person who does not produce enough of this enzyme, cannot breakdown the byproduct of alcohol, acetaldehyde, and therefore suffers all the same symptoms of someone who drinks heavily. They are indeed, to a small or large degree, in a perpetual state of being hungover! And the symptoms are much worse if these people try to drink alcohol.

How many of these symptoms of alcohol intolerance do you have?

• Fatigue and weakness

• Thirst

• Headaches and muscle aches

• Nausea, vomiting or stomach pain

• Poor or decreased sleep

• Increased sensitivity to light and sound

• Dizziness or a sense of the room spinning

• Shakiness

• Decreased ability to concentrate

• Mood disturbances, such as depression, anxiety and irritability

• Rapid heartbeat

• Asthma, wheezing

• Rashes, flushing

• Heartburn

• Cognitive disturbances, brain fog


I have treated many chronically ill people who state that they cannot drink even one sip of wine or beer, without feeling like they drank a large amount. Many of these same people said they used to be able to drink alcohol with virtually no problems. This was my first indication that it might be worth my time to pursue ways to correct alcohol intolerance. If it was truly a genetic issue, then it is likely they would have never been able to consume alcohol without these problems. 

My thought was if I could repair the specific cells and tissues that produce these enzymes then the person's condition would dramatically improve. The nice thing about it, is that alcohol intolerance is like being pregnant. You either are or you are not, so there would be no argument of the results.

Often people's symptoms have been blamed on infections, when they were really due to alcohol intolerance from enzyme imbalances. Of course, the infections could have damaged the cells responsible for making these enzymes, however just killing the infections would not necessarily correct the enzyme production problems.

What I found was that when the Alcohol Dehydrogenase and Aldehyde Dehydrogenase enzyme imbalances were corrected, as well as the Heme pathway in the body, which is responsible for making Cytochrome P450, another substance involved in completely metabolizing and detoxifying alcohol, that the symptoms and inability to drink normal amounts of alcohol or the ability to use alcohol-based remedies often improved dramatically.

The sensitivity to alcohol points to the fact that the tissues that produce the two primary enzymes necessary to properly metabolize alcohol, the stomach and the liver, have been damaged, possibly by medications. These include antibiotics, which are the dominant class of drug in this patient population, or other medications, not to mention damage and irritations to these tissues by environmental and microbial toxins.

Many theories have been presented as to why women** are more sensitive to the effects of alcohol than men. The dominant theory used to be that body mass is greater in men, making them more tolerant to alcohol. Research has now shown this to be incorrect, and that the primary reason is women produce less of the enzymes Alcohol Dehydrogenase (ADH) and Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2), which can lead to 30% higher blood alcohol levels for the same amount of alcohol consumed as men.

Nutrients for improving alcohol metabolism are Lipospheric Glutathione, N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC), as well as vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, (Use a high potency B-Complex), and vitamin C, and minerals such as Molybdenum, Zinc, and Magnesium. The herb, Milk Thistle has been shown to be beneficial in liver regeneration from alcohol damage. While these nutrients can help with alcohol metabolism, almost all of the people we see with chronic illness take these nutrients and still have issues with alcohol. This is because without the actual two necessary enzymes, you will still not be able to break down the alcohol and acetaldehyde. This is not to say the above nutrients are not crucial, they definitely are very important to take.

The exciting news is that the doctors at the Hansa Center have developed innovative tests to challenge the patient's body in order to help determine if they are indeed deficient in these two vital enzymes, and then our doctors can test to determine what unique combination of nutrients, homeopathic remedies, and/or botanicals that the body needs in order to cause it to once again start producing the enzymes necessary to correctly metabolize alcohol. Unfortunately, no one has identified a "one-size fits all" solution, however once an individual solution is achieved, in combination with these nutrients, the body can once more tolerate alcohol.

Correcting these enzyme problems can possibly save your life and may be a determining factor in the mortality of people with heart attacks. Alcohol triggers production of the ALDH2 enzyme, and during heart attacks, this same enzyme can neutralize toxins and lessen possible damage to heart tissue. 

While still a recent innovation at the Hansa Center, this knowledge has led our doctors to develop new tests and natural treatments to target the body's ability to once again manufacture the enzymes. Although anecdotal, with more lab analysis needed to be performed to verify this improvement in enzyme production is occurring, the results for some of our patients seems to verify the suspicion. It is our desire to find a standardized formula or set of treatments that can be easily taught to healthcare professionals.

The following testimony is from one of our first Hansa patients to be tested and treated in this new way:

"While in college I was in a sorority, and I went out a lot and drank pretty heavily. I always seemed more affected by the alcohol than my friends. I would often get sick and the morning after partying was particularly hard with tons of hangover symptoms. After graduating from college and entering the workforce I would just drink socially, a few drinks a week, with the predictable buzz that one would expect. 

In 2009 I was diagnosed with Lyme disease and coinfections and was put on several types of antibiotics. It felt like each of these about killed me, with a cascade of horrible symptoms. I began to feel like I was hungover all of the time and even one sip of beer or wine made my arms and legs feel super heavy, my brain fog would be awful, I would get flu-like symptoms, and a terrible headache. These were symptoms that I was experiencing all the time since starting the antibiotics, but with the alcohol they were dramatically worse. 

It isn't that I wanted to drink and get drunk, but after years of suffering and being very restricted in life activities and diet, I just wanted to enjoy a drink once in awhile.

In 2010 I found the Hansa Center, after having to quit working and being essentially bedridden. Within the first two weeks of treatment I was 75% better in almost all my symptoms. I even came home and was able to start jogging again. I had lost all but 10 foods that I could eat, and after the next two trips to the Hansa Center I could eat anything I wanted. I could even eat seafood, which I was anaphylactic to since childhood! I have now eaten crab, shrimp, lobster, clams, and fish of all kinds with no problems. 

The alcohol problems remained however until Dr. Jernigan tested me and gave me remedies to help my body start producing more of the enzymes my body needed to handle it. He asked me to go home and challenge the body to produce the enzymes by drinking a beer...something I definitely wanted to do, but I must admit, I was scared to do! The logic of pushing the body to do what we were asking it to do made some sense though, so I did it. 

I went home and took a swallow of my favorite beer and waited a bit for the usual symptoms to show up. THEY DIDN'T! I drank a few more swallows and started crying...tears of relief!

I can now drink a beer and enjoy a glass of wine with no problems. Many of my "normal" symptoms, I now know were caused by problems from the alcohol my body produced from the action of yeast in my gut. 

I can't thank Dr. Jernigan, and the doctors and the staff at the Hansa Center for constantly pushing the boundaries of healing science to help get people out of the prison their life has become. I highly recommend that if you have any type of illness that your doctors cannot figure out, that you give the Hansa Center a try!"

Other potential causes of alcohol symptoms:

• Red Wine is high in Histamine, and contains up to 200% more histamine than white wine, which can increase allergy symptoms, especially in people with Histamine Intolerance. (HIT) New "Low-Histamine" red wines are recently being introduced that promise fewer headaches and symptoms.

• Preexisting nut allergies can be aggravated by nut flavored drinks, such as Amaretto which uses almonds.

• Sulfur dioxide, and sulfites in wines and microbrew beer can increase asthma symptoms and cause headaches. Consider taking Molybdenum to increase production of sulfite oxidase from the liver to help breakdown sulfites. I am excited to be one of the first to announce a new product on the market. It is called Ullo, and is a unique filter that will remove all the sulfites from even the most expensive wines, without adding anything to the wine or taking any of the flavor or aroma out of the wine! I could not believe how much chemical taste there was in wine from the sulfites until I tried a before and after test the inventor had me try.  Check it out at https://ullowine.com

• Wheat, rye, barley, and oats all contain gluten, which many people are allergic to. Often these are used in beer and malted drinks, like vodka, gin, whiskey, and bourbon.

An estimated 40 percent of people of East Asian descent, have a genetic mutation that produces an inactive form of the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2), which is responsible for breaking down the toxic alcohol, Acetaldehyde.

*Addressing yeast and mold overgrowth, if a factor, is necessary to help eliminate these sources of alcohol and acetaldehyde, not to mention the mycotoxins that damage the stomach lining and liver that produce the enzymes ADH and ALDH. 

**An additional factor for women is hormone differences from men. Research suggests that the menstrual cycle and the use of any medication that affects the liver (because of the change in hormones) may intensify a woman’s response to alcohol. Women have been shown to develop their highest blood alcohol concentrations immediately before menstruating, and their lowest on the first day of menstruation.

For over 20 years the Hansa Center for Optimum Health, in Wichita, Kansas has specialized in the restoration of health for people with previously unresponsive and chronic illnesses of virtually all types. Over 85% of people come from other states and countries. If you have done everything you and your doctor know to do and are still struggling, contact our wonderful Patient Care Coordinator, Kara, at patientcare@hansacenter.com, for information on the exciting new treatments we have developed at the Hansa Center for Optimum Health. For additional info, visit our website at www.HansaCenter.com.

This article is for educational purposes. Before implementing any supplements/remedies always consult with your healthcare professional. Due to the complexity of the human condition there remains the possibility of symptoms getting worse. Again, discuss the ideas presented here with your health care professional before beginning, and stop, or get support, if your condition worsens. This information is not intended to treat, cure, diagnose, or mitigate any disease or illness, and has not been evaluated by the FDA. The Hansa Center does not treat named diseases, but seeks to restore the body's optimum structural and functional integrity so that the body can rapidly heal itself. 

*Due to the exhaustive time spent per day with each patient, and poor repayment history of insurance companies, we unfortunately cannot accept insurance assignment. We do participate in Care Credit, and accept all major credit cards. We will gladly accept insurance when our elected officials revamp the health insurance industry to cover all results-based care. We encourage you to vote with this in mind. Please call 316-686-5900 ext. 1, for current pricing for our economically-priced, All-inclusive 2-3 weeks intensive packages of care.

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What factors prevent you from getting over illness from microbes?

We have all heard the saying, “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.”  This is so true in every aspect of healthy living.  Any area of your life which is out of health rhythm and balance becomes a weak point.  Weak links in a person’s life can be often identified by where the focus of infection is located in the body.  

For instance, viruses much prefer nerve tissue, while bacteria prefer blood and tissues with high metabolic activity.  Nerve tissues can become susceptible to viralinfection to mental, emotional, or otherwise sensory overload.  

Bacterial challenges may be the result of nutritional deficiencies, toxin overload, weather extremes that weaken tissue resistance, and physical injuries such as cuts and abrasions.  

If your body is a “happy home” environmentfor microbes, then no medication will ever truly return you to the quality of life you seek.  

Anyone who has lived in Hawaii knows that it is a happy home environment for molds.  The walls and shower stalls will rapidly turn green with mold.  You can kill it with spray chemicals but it will always come back because Hawaii is warm and humid, a perfect environment for mold.  

In the human body, all treatments and therapies should seek to change the environment inside the body back to one that is not a good environment for microbial overgrowth.

The factors that may lead to microbial illness through upsetting the body’s healthy balance are numerous.  The following list is by no means complete:

• Imbalanced body pH (Too acidic or too alkaline)
• Prolonged or acute exposure to weather extremes
• Acute and chronic low core body temperature
• Cross-wiring of the limbic system  
• Prolonged mental and emotional suppression
• Prolonged negative emotions
• Inherited predispositions and constitutional weaknesses
• Overuse of antibiotics, steroids
• Imbalances caused by prescription medicines
• Suppression of fevers
• Vaccinations/immunizations
• Prolonged Biomechanical stress
• Infection through auto-suggestion; normally fueled by the news media
• Dietary imbalances
• Tissue toxin overload
• Poor function of the organs of elimination, i.e., colon, urinary tract, lungs, skin
• Geopathic stress
• Overwork
• Under sleeping
• Excessive prolonged stress
• Spiritual distress
• Electromagnetic pollution
• Mental overexertion
• Depression/emotional imbalance
• Poor Hygiene
• Lack of creative stimulation
• Loss of connection to the world around you
• Loss of direction and purpose
• Lost love and affection
• Hate

Basically, any influence that leads to an over or under stimulation of any aspect of life can adversely alter your receptivity to infection.

     

The type of illness and the areas affected most by the infections are determined by the weaknesses in the person and the number of factors from the above list, that are involved.  Sometimes several of the above listed factors are involved in creating the illness, as well as prolonging the time it takes for the illness to resolve.  The point is that an effective treatment strategy must include therapies that will correct any and all factors leading to the receptivity to disease. 

Most people have taken antibiotics at some point in this day and age.  Once the symptoms are gone, most people, and their doctor, don’t give it another thought.  Research shows that the antibiotics don’t kill all of the bacteria, and yet you may never need to take another dose if your body and other issues are addressed as well?  

When dealing with the primary infectious disease of our day, Lyme disease, and its coinfections, you must, must, balance all aspects of your life and the many issues of the body and mind, before the symptoms will disappear. The bacteria will likely always be detectible on sensitive tests, yet the disease will never to return as long as you stay in balance.

The Hansa Center for Optimum Health is one of the largest, and most innovative natural healthcare facilities in the United States. For over 20 years the Hansa Center for Optimum Health, in Wichita, Kansas has specialized in the restoration of health for people with previously unresponsive and chronic illnesses of virtually all types. Over 85% of people come from other states and countries. If you have done everything you and your doctor know to do and are still struggling, contact our wonderful Patient Care Coordinator, Kara, at patientcare@hansacenter.com, for information on the exciting new treatments we have developed at the Hansa Center for Optimum Health. For additional info, visit our website at www.HansaCenter.com.

This article is for educational purposes. Before implementing any supplements/remedies always consult with your healthcare professional. Due to the complexity of the human condition there remains the possibility of symptoms getting worse. Again, discuss this protocol with your health care professional before beginning, and stop or get support if your condition worsens. The information in this article is not intended to treat, cure, diagnose, or mitigate any disease or illness, and has not been evaluated by the FDA.

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Moved to tears by this dramatic healing!

Seriously choking back the tears about this joyful event! We just got this testimonial today with permission to publish it. This picture was taken just today!

Even though there have been many thousands of stories of dramatic recoveries that have taken place at the Hansa Center over the last twenty years, I still get moved to tears of joy...who says big boys don't cry! 

Five months ago Tessa was in a wheelchair and not expected to live. 

I cannot tell it better than the words of her mother:

"The bitter season of my life that led me to Hansa was a living nightmare. My teenaged daughter, Tessa, was barely clinging to life, and nobody could tell us what was wrong with her. Tests showed no reason why our bright high school senior could no longer count to ten, read, write, walk, or bathe herself. No reason why her body was thrashing in seizures and throbbing with unbearable neuropathic pain.When a diagnosis of Lyme Disease and its co-infection, Ehrlichiosis, was finally made, we were so relieved because treatment was simply antibiotics. Unfortunately, they made her so much worse that the doctor who prescribed them pulled me aside and said she didn’t have much time left.

Diving into fanatical research, I came across Hansa. Patients’ testimonials gave me hope. Tessa arrived at Hansa suffering unimaginable pain, in a wheelchair, rolling an oxygen tank behind her, dark glasses protecting her sensitive eyes from light.

I arrived ragged and desperate. But once I sat down in the reception area, a calm washed over me. The staff and patients offered grounded encouragement. Dr. Streit, one of doctors at the Hansa Center in Wichita, KS, was brilliant and compassionate. For two weeks, treatments and remedies customized specifically for Tessa’s body brought brightness back to her eyes and color to her cheeks. Her sunglasses were off. She was slowly emerging. 

Honestly, I was disappointed that she wasn’t completely healed after two weeks. I was ready for a miracle. But, over the course the next five months, we returned to Hansa two more times. Each time, she got much better. At Dr. Streit’s suggestion, we added functional neurology and energy therapy to her treatment plan.

As I write this, ten months have passed since our first trip to Hansa. Tessa can now walk through the neighborhood, climb stairs, participate in her favorite hobbies of art and music, and is enrolled in college classes. Treatment at Hansa was worth every penny we had to beg and borrow for. 

Thank you, Hansa. My heart overflows with gratitude and love for you all." 

~Renée Lichtenhan

I used to have a marketing person who worked at the clinic tell me, "Dr. Jernigan, we cannot tell these amazing stories. We have to tell the lesser tale, because these are just too fantastic for anyone to believe!"

Score one more for the philosophy of treating to restore the integrity and optimum functioning of the body to eliminate serious disease.

I want to thank you Renée and your husband, for trusting us with your daughter's life! We praise God for this great outcome!





The Hansa Center for Optimum Health is one of the largest, and most innovative natural healthcare facilities in the United States. For over 20 years the Hansa Center for Optimum Health, in Wichita, Kansas has specialized in the restoration of health for people with previously unresponsive and chronic illnesses of virtually all types. Over 85% of people come from other states and countries. If you have done everything you and your doctor know to do and are still struggling, contact our wonderful Patient Care Coordinator, Kara, at patientcare@hansacenter.com, for information on the exciting new treatments we have developed at the Hansa Center for Optimum Health. For additional info, visit our website at www.HansaCenter.com.

This article is for educational purposes. Before implementing any supplements/remedies always consult with your healthcare professional. Due to the complexity of the human condition there remains the possibility of symptoms getting worse. Again, discuss this protocol with your health care professional before beginning, and stop or get support if your condition worsens. The information in this article is not intended to treat, cure, diagnose, or mitigate any disease or illness, and has not been evaluated by the FDA.

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The Wellness Physicians of the 21st Century: Why I love Chiropractic Medicine and Why Maybe You Should Too!

After practicing for twenty-five years I have a different perspective on the profession of Chiropractic Medicine. I have to laugh when thinking about my time in Pre-med, during my Bachelors in Nutrition, and later in Chiropractic college, when people would ask me what degree I was pursuing. When I would tell them that I was studying to be a Doctor of Chiropractic, they would always ask, "Why not go to be a REAL doctor?" 

Now after twenty-five years, I, more than ever, love the profession of Chiropractic Medicine! After treating around 10,000 people, virtually all of whom had exhausted mainstream, conventional medicine, for their chronic illnesses of all types, I know what I know for certain... Chiropractic Medicine is the most powerful medicine on the planet! In the immortal words of the President of my alma mater, Cleveland Chiropractic College, we truly are the "Wellness Physicians of the 21st Century!"

WHAT??? You might be saying, "Chiropractic Medicine?" Yes, Chiropractic Medicine! "Is it even legal to say, Chiropractic Medicine?" Yes. 

"But I thought the only thing a Doctor of Chiropractic does is adjust the spine." Although many Doctors of Chiropractic do specialize in adjusting the spine, the profession of Chiropractic Medicine is just about as diverse in specialties as is mainstream medicine.

Many people are unaware of the fact that Doctors of Chiropractic are trained in almost the exact same coursework as any mainstream medical doctor, and exceeds medical training in many ways. The Doctors of Chiropractic are licensed to order any blood test, MRI's, or other special tests, and can even perform gynecological and digital prostate exams.  

The overwhelming difference between Chiropractic Medicine and mainstream, conventional medicine is seen in our philosophy of how to treat the body, based upon the same labs and special tests.

The Kansas Board of Healing Arts, which regulates all of the various healthcare professions in the state, outlines in the law and statutes, exactly what "Chiropractic Medicine" entails. The following is a direct quote from the statutes.


"Persons who examine, analyze and diagnose the human living body, and its diseases by the use of any physical, thermal or manual method and use the X-ray diagnosis and analysis taught in any accredited chiropractic school or college and (b) persons who adjust any misplaced tissue of any kind or nature, manipulate or treat the human body by manual, mechanical, electrical or natural methods or by the use of physical means, physiotherapy (including light, heat, water or exercise), or by the use of foods, food concentrates, or food extract, or who apply first aid and hygiene..."

Notice it says, a Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine can analyze and diagnose the living body AND its diseases. It goes on to say we can adjust any misplaced tissue of any kind or nature, AND treat the human body by any natural means!

I want you to pay close attention to the fact that this statute spells out the primary difference in opinion between your conventional medical physician and the chiropractic physician...and that difference makes all the difference in the world! The Chiropractic Physician is trained and licensed to diagnose the illnesses and then treat to restore health to the all the tissues and issues of the human body, using any natural means. 

The Kansas Board of Healing Arts defines the definition of Medical Doctor as:

"Persons who prescribe, recommend or furnish medicine or drugs, or perform any surgical operation of whatever nature by the use of any surgical instrument, procedure, equipment or mechanical device for the diagnosis, cure or relief of any wounds, fractures, bodily injury, infirmity, disease, physical or mental illness or psychological disorder, of human beings."

The conventional medical physician is trained to treat the named disease using drugs and surgery, but largely ignores how the treatments will affect the rest of the human body. This is most manifest in medicine's division of specialties by body parts or diseases. 

No matter what treatment modality a Doctor of Chiropractic uses it is always with the view of how that treatment will affect the entire human organism.

For twenty-five years the Biologix Center for Optimum Health has specialized in restoring health to every tissue in the human body for people with "medically non-responsive illnesses" and chronic illnesses, using amazing, and innovative natural methods. 

I have treated people from almost every state and country. I have successfully treated people with serious infections and illnesses in Africa and other countries, so I know that Chiropractic Medicine is not just "feel good" medicine. It is powerful medicine that works on the world's worst conditions affecting the human body.

No, we do not treat "named diseases." That is what mainstream, conventional, drug medicine does. However, when Chiropractic Medicine treats to restore what is most optimum in the person's body, then "named diseases" often disappear. 

It all boils down to one's treatment philosophy...do drugs create health or is health achieved once the function of the human body is restored? I have chosen the latter for twenty-five years, and that has made all the difference!

Often people seem to think that they are too sick to come get this type of treatment, but I would say, if you must perpetually take a drug in order to feel good (or still feel this badly in some cases) then maybe the drugs are not really addressing what needs to be addressed...your human body! 

When doing more of the same things is not a good option, and doing nothing is an even worse option, you might consider letting us help you get your body back to optimum health.


The Biologix Center for Optimum Health is one of the largest, and most innovative healthcare facilities in the United States. For over 20 years the Biologix Center for Optimum Health, in Wichita, Kansas has specialized in the restoration of health for people with previously unresponsive and chronic illnesses of virtually all types. Over 85% of people come from other states and countries. If you have done everything you and your doctor know to do and are still struggling, contact our wonderful Patient Care Coordinators, Kara or Jacque, at patientcare@Biologixcenter.com, for information on the exciting new treatments we have developed at the Hansa Center for Optimum Health. For additional info, visit our website at www.BiologixCenter.com.

This article is for educational purposes. Before implementing any supplements/remedies always consult with your healthcare professional. Due to the complexity of the human condition there remains the possibility of symptoms getting worse. Again, discuss this protocol with your health care professional before beginning, and stop or get support if your condition worsens. The information in this article is not intended to treat, cure, diagnose, or mitigate any disease or illness, and has not been evaluated by the FDA.

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Hansa Center: One of the Most Innovative Healing Centers in the World!

History of the Hansa Center ~ 20 Years of innovations!

People who have never been to the Hansa Center for Optimum Health often have a difficult time understanding why the vast majority of people posting online about their results, are overwhelmingly positive, almost overboard, in their praise for the experience. We have even had people accuse us of somehow, scrubbing all the posts off of the internet that were negative! I don't think that is possible, but if it were then we wouldn't bother, since we are passionate about providing the best care we know how.

After 20 years and over ten thousand people treated, and hundreds of thousands of individual treatment visits, we know that we can often achieve better results than any other clinic/hospital that previously treated our patients. Why do we passionately know this to be true? Because the majority of health care delivery systems use the same basic minimalistic testing and treatment philosophy.

Of course there are those that still don't respond to our treatments. Thankfully this is a very small group, since we can help the vast majority who come. In one in-house case review of any type of "incurable" cases, 85% of the previously unresponsive symptoms improved, and 45% disappeared within the first two weeks!

It is this group of people, the ones who didn't get the healing that they and we wanted, that keep our doctors up, burning the midnight oil, studying and ultimately innovating new ways of testing and treating!

When a doctor specializes in the absolute toughest cases, it forces the doctor to learn things that the easier cases would never have stimulated. From almost day one of graduation in 1995 I had people who told me, "Doctor Jernigan, my doctors tell me I have two weeks to live. Please help me! They won't treat me anymore and told me to go home and settle my affairs."

This is pressure! When you are scrambling to do what no other doctor thought of to do, to get to the bottom line issues...IN A HURRY...you don't just put the person on some good sounding remedies and cross your fingers! You dig, and search, and innovate new ways to do things to stop the illness, and at no point do you, as the doctor, say, "This isn't in my job description!"

I have often called my patients my "Humpty Dumpty Bunch" since "All the King's horses, and all the King's men couldn't put them back together again."

Humble Beginnings:

For my first 14 years of practice I never had a sign for my clinic, since initially I couldn't afford the one I wanted since I had just graduated and was just a poor doctor, fresh out of college and unproven. Then after some amazing initial successes with some very difficult cases, I was very busy from just word-of-mouth referrals of happy patients, and that is still to this day one of our best source of new patients...happy people telling other people!

The Hansa Center started with very humble beginnings. For the first seven months of opening my practice, my family lived in a back room of the clinic and slept on a mattress on the floor. We lived and ate at the clinic with two of our children, one was 2 years old and one was just born. We all took baths in the sink! Shockingly, the banks didn't see us as anything other than a bad risk, so we opted for a better clinic, instead of a house or apartment! It was a bit difficult, as you might imagine, to represent that we were the best option for seriously ill people, as our babies were often walking around the clinic in diapers...or nothing at all!

Thankfully, we gradually kept putting our patient care first and improving our treatment and testing options to get even better results, above everything else, and we dug out of those difficult days and now we have the largest, results-based clinic, that specializes in the treatment philosophies of Biological Medicine in all of North America.

After my training in Germany and Switzerland, having seen what beautiful healing centers they have over there, I set out to set up my clinic in the same way. This was not to boost my ego, but to provide the most powerful healing environment I could for my patients. One might say that they don't need a nice building, but every aspect of human experience plays into healing, including having the best facility, best-trained staff and doctors, and best testing and treatment options.

We now have what I call my "Dream team" staff at the clinic! There are 20 support staff and therapists and five doctors who are all maximally trained in the systems I developed over these 20 years! Each and every staff person and doctor were hired because they demonstrated great knowledge and wisdom, and most importantly, they still had their heart intact! Our staff love caring for people and creating the most supportive and healing experience for every person who comes to "our house." We have created a healing environment where you feel like you are in our family, protected, nurtured, and supported. People have often said they have never seen a better run facility and a more cohesive team!

Over the twenty years of treating only the toughest cases, I realized that illness was not ever just one thing that had gone wrong in the body. Nothing happens in the body without the entire body, mind, and spirit being affected. The longer a person had been developing their ultimate illness situation, the more the entire human condition had to be individually and collectively addressed.

The doctors that people had seen previous to coming to see me were usually great at one thing. Maybe they were good at killing microbes, others would be good at dealing with the gut, still another would be good at balancing the meridians. It was what I came to call, "Pieces and Parts doctoring." It was the philosophy of, "Let's treat your thyroid or adrenals and see how you do." "Let's fix your gut and see how you do." "Let's chase this or that microbe and see how you do." The idea is not necessarily wrong, but it generally only works when the condition has not progressed that far.

I became convinced, and remain convinced, that in order for rapid healing to occur, no matter how horribly sick you are, we must start really addressing the entire human condition, NOT in a general balancing sense, but with hundreds of types of very strategic testing and treatment innovations. This is what made us masters at powerfully addressing every aspect of the body, mind, and spirit on each and every office visit! Each and every doctor at the Hansa Center has mastered all of these innovations.

You might be asking, "What innovations have you developed over the last 20 years of treating people who no one else could help?" 

First let me say that all innovation springs off the research of previous discoveries by other scientists and clinicians. I was blessed to have trained with some of the greatest minds in the healing arts and science, and was therefore able to start my practice where they left off. One of these great scientists was Dr. Delta Gier, Ph.D., actually a three time Ph.D., who was an acting chemist at the age of 14 and worked with Albert Einstein for 7 years. So I credit much of what I have been able to do to these giants. I also credit my Heavenly Father, to whom I would constantly pray what I call the "Prayer of Solomon", who asked God for greater knowledge and wisdom, above all else. So many of my innovations were simply inspired ideas that came to me as I was treating some tough case. I thank God for this!

The first thing I developed was BioResonance Scanning ™ the science of which I published in this peer-reviewed scientific article at this link. This has been the biggest discovery of my career! BioResonance Scanning (BRS) in a nutshell is a way to dynamically test and treat all in one functional system.  Like so many things, there are other technologies that are also called Bioresonance machines, devices, and such, but none come close to what I developed almost 20 years ago. Innovations and improvements on BRS have continued to this day and enabled our doctors to always know what is going on and how to facilitate the body's systems so that the body can rapidly repair itself, whether the problem is coming front the body, mind, or the spirit. BioResonance Scanning is an adjunctive system that takes a lot of the guesswork out of doctoring. It can help our doctors determine what the best remedy or treatment is, how much to use, how many times a day is the remedy needed, and even how long the remedy should be needed. It can also help the doctor determine if you are going to likely be allergic, toxic to a remedy BEFORE you have even put it in your mouth! BRS can do so much more, but that would require it's own book! :)

BioResonance Scanning enabled me to make many discoveries about various illnesses, some of which I have written about in published books and articles.  The following lists some of these firsts, publications, and innovations:

• The first doctor to write a book on the natural treatment of people diagnosed with Lyme Disease and now the author of four books on Lyme Disease, the latest edition is "Beating Lyme Disease; Living the Good Life in Spite of Lyme, 2nd edition. Changing lives, not just bodies.™
• The first to develop a botanical formula (Borrelogen) specifically frequency-matched to enable the body to effectively eliminate Lyme spirochetes.
• The first to present laboratory research verifying the effectiveness of a natural botanical formula (Borrelogen) to facilitate the body's ability to kill Lyme spirochete bacteria.
• The first ever to present laboratory research verifying the effectiveness of a natural botanical formula at the International Tick-Borne Diseases Conference in New York, NY 1999
• First to publish on the need for a more comprehensive approach, including detoxification for people with Lyme disease.
• The first to identify Hyperammonemia (ammonia) as the primary toxin byproduct of Lyme disease. (Published Townsend Newsletter for Patients and Doctors)
• The first to develop a botanical detoxification formula that can cross the blood/brain barrier and relieve the physiological effects of neurotoxins as verified by Functional Acuity Contrast Testing (FACT)
• First to develop a Lyme disease specific scoring system of Lyme neurotoxin levels using FACT testing.
• First to publish on abolishing the physicians use of a Herxhiemer Reaction as a guide to effective treatment. The sign of good treatment is that the patient feels better.
• First to identify global ammonia as the dominant toxin in Multiple Sclerosis and ALS.
• Developer of BioResonance Scanning (Adjunctive Diagnostic and treatment technique)
• Developer of NeuroPhotonic Therapy
• Developer of Multi-posture/Intraoral Cranial Fixation technique
• Developer of NeuroCardial Synchronization Technique
• Developer of BRADE (BioResonance Allergy Desensitization & Elimination Technique)
• Formulator of over 30 novel botanical and homeopathic remedies

Publications:

• Book: "Surviving Lyme Disease Using Alternative Medicine", Somerleyton Press, 1997
• Book: "Surviving Lyme Disease", 2nd edition, 1999
• "Borrelia burgdorferi antigen release stimulation by nutraceutical formula as determined by Lyme Urine Antigen Testing (LUAT)" Research poster Presentation at the International Tick-borne and Infectious Disease Conference, New York, NY 1999
• Book: "Beating Lyme Disease; Using Alternative Medicine and God-Designed Living," Somerleyton Press, 2004
• Peer-Reviewed Research Article: "Illuminated Physiology and the Medical Uses of Light," Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine Journal, 2004
• Book: "Everyday Miracles by God's Design," Zulon Press, 2005
• "Realities of Antibiotics for Lyme Disease," 2007 Townsend Newsletter for Doctors and Patients
• "Lyme Toxins the Cause of Your Symptoms," 2007, Townsend Newsletter for Doctors and Patients, Journal Article
• Book: "Beating Lyme Disease," 2nd edition, 2008
• "Hyperammoniemia in Lyme Disease, Bacterial toxins the Cause of Your Symptoms, 2008 Townsend Letter’s Examiner of Alternative Medicine Publication, Journal Article insert
• "Cancer and Low Body Temperature" 2012, Townsend Letter’s Examiner of Alternative Medicine Publication, Journal Article
• "Bacteria-Focused Treatment of Lyme Disease May be Incorrect" 2013, Townsend Letter’s Examiner of Alternative Medicine Publication
• Book: "NeuroCardial Synchronization Repertory," 2014

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Life is cumulative: Hard lessons learned!

Life is full of lessons. Learning the lessons quickly can lead to a better, more satisfying life. While there are things in life that are out of our control, there are many things in life that we definitely have control over, such as our decisions, our actions, and how we handle situations.

One of the biggest lessons I wish that someone had told me early in my life, is that everything that I do that is good or bad in life will have a cumulative effect in the long run! If I continue doing things in a less than optimum way, then the bad effects grow. If I continue doing things in an optimum way, then things will progressively get better. Maybe someone told me these lessons, but I didn't hear or listen to them, and I ended up having to learn them the hard way.  

Anyone who has diligently watched their weight can attest to the fact that eating poorly may not show up as weight gain until weeks, months, or even years later.

I would like to think I would have listened if someone had told me when I was young and skinny, and would eat a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts in one sitting, without gaining an ounce, that eventually I would fight weight issues. 

I wish I were wiser when as a young man I chose to smoke cigarettes off and on for 11 years, thinking it wasn't doing much to me. I could have saved a lot of suffering years later when I almost died twice from severe pneumonia and repeated bouts of bronchitis, even though I had not been smoking for years by the time it caught up with me. 

I wish someone had told me that the health care choices I made as a young man, surgery, pharmaceuticals, and hospitalizations, would limit my health for the rest of my life. I might have made different decisions, and left surgeries and aggressive pharmaceuticals as a last resort, since now I have health issues that not even the most creative natural medicine can undo. 

I wish I had known that every vile and hateful thing I thought and said to others would create cumulative ramifications in my relationships. 

I wish someone had told me that the more I live in high personal integrity in body, mind, and spirit, the more joy-filled, healthy, and fulfilled my life would be. 

I wish someone told me that more I loved other people, the more other people would express love to me. 

I wish that I had listened more intently when that small voice in my head told me the right thing to do, and I chose to ignore it, leading to bigger problems down the road of life. 

After suffering the consequences of my poor decisions, I have since decided to learn the lessons of life while they are still small, so they don't turn into massive and painful lessons that cost me dearly. 

I have learned that the better I do things in life, diet, health care, my walk with God, and my interactions with others, the better those things get. When we live with high personal integrity, and appreciation, loving God with all of our heart, mind, soul, and strength, and our neighbor as our self, that we can expect that everything in life will cumulatively get better. 

The point is to learn how to not get into trouble in the first place, not to do everything wrong and then pray your way out of the consequences.

Life is cumulative, whether you are consistently making poor decisions or you are making wise decisions. Choose your path wisely. As a good friend once told me, "It is never, the better it gets, the worse it gets. It is always the better it gets the better it gets!" You may not notice the difference in the short run, but in the long run your rewards will be greater. 

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