Vol 44 # 2 June 2012 - Kma.org.kw

June 2012
KUWAIT MEDICAL JOURNAL 90
Editorial
Can Science Teach a Thing or Two to Nature?
Belle M Hegde
The Journal of the Science of Healing Outcomes, State College, Pennsylvania, USA and Mangalore, India*
Manipal University, Manipal India**
The Middlesex Medical School, University of London, UK#
Northern Colorado University, USA##
Kuwait Medical Journal 2012; 44 (2): 90 - 91
“A great man is always willing to be little”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Science is a method only and its job is to try and
understand nature. With the advent of paper money,
human greed, which follows money like a shadow,
became more important in science than all the other
principles governing scientific research. It was
shocking to read the following study in a leading
American Journal some time ago. The inference of the
study makes a mockery of nature’s best kept secret -
mother’s milk is the best tonic for the immune system
of the new born; the longer one can take mother’s milk
the healthier that person will live. Once we stop taking
mother’s milk, we lose our enzymes to digest any milk
for the rest of our lives! Mother’s milk contains the best
fatty acid for the development and good health of the
immune system - sodium mono-laureate. Along with
mother’s milk, the child is also hard wired to pick up
dirt from room floorings while crawling to stimulate
its immune system to develop antibodies against most
germs - nature’s method of vaccination.
Now comes this study from the CDC, a
conventionally authentic organization, looking after
the health of the public! The fault is not with science
but with the man behind the science. Even in the past
there have been instances of those writing papers from
such organizations being hired by vested interests!
This is nothing new and I am sure it is another one
of those attempts by such elements in the lucrative
vaccine industry. Let us see the inference of the study.
“The lower immunogenicity and efficacy of
rotavirus vaccines in poor developing countries
could be explained, in part, by higher titers of IgA
and neutralizing activity in breast milk consumed by
their infants at the time of immunization that could
effectively reduce the potency of the vaccine. Strategies
to overcome this negative effect, such as delaying
breast-feeding at the time of immunization, should be
evaluated” [1] .
Ethen Huff, a staff reporter of Natural News writes:
“The CDC researchers began their investigation
by searching for answers as to why children from
underdeveloped countries typically do not respond
as well to the live oral rotavirus vaccine as children
in developed countries typically do. They came to
the conclusion that breast milk, which is packed
with immune-building immunoglobulin A (IgA),
lactoferrin, lysozyme, and various other important
immune factors, inhibits the vaccine from working.
Breast milk, of course, is a young child’s lifeline.
It naturally builds immunity during childhood
development, and provides perfect and balanced
nutrition necessary for human growth. Withholding
breast milk in order to accommodate the rotavirus
vaccine, as the CDC researchers suggest, is an
absolutely insane notion that will deprive children of
vital nutrition and proper immune development.
But it is ludicrous that notions like these are birthed
from philosophies that view drugs and vaccines as
being equal, or even superior, to natural food. Oral
rotavirus vaccines contain live viruses, they have
questionable efficacy to begin with, and they are even
known to cause rotavirus infections. They are also
linked to causing a variety of negative side effects,
including diarrhea, which is a condition the vaccine is
supposed to prevent!” [2] .
There is so much controversy in the whole science
of vaccination. It will not be a good idea to promote
the idea of asking mothers not to breast feed their
babies around vaccinations of which today there are
26 in all in the USA. In essence, if the mother is breast
feeding for only a few months this policy will deny
the child the best elixir nature intended to keep the
child’s immune system going all its life. I have been
very strongly feeling that the essential need for science
Address correspondence to:
Prof. B. M. Hegde, MD, FRCP, FRCPE, FRCPG, FRCPI, FACC, FAMS, “Manjunath”, Pais Hills, Bejai, Mangalore-575004, India.
Tel: +91 824 245 0450; E-mail: hegdebm@gmail.com; web site: www.bmhegde.com
*Editor in Chief, **Vice Chancellor (Retd), #Former Visiting Professor of Cardiology, ##Affiliate Professor of Human Health.
E-mail: hegdebm@gmail.com