Sunday is Father's Day. My thoughts go to my father, Fred Harte, who was killed, a long time ago, by medical indifference and stupidity.

He was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 4o, and put on Tolbutamide. (His doctor who was also his personal friend, this medical moron, when my father was first diagnosed with diabetes, told him, "Don't worry, Fred. Diabetes is the HEALTHY MAN'S DISEASE." The next year, he had his first heart attack. 

12 years later, I was in medical school in France. Meanwhile, back in Yonkers, New York...

My father was an extreme workaholic. He hadn't stayed home, even a day, for sickness since that heart attack 12 years before. But he stayed home. He called his doctor: "Don't worry, Fred. It's just the flu." 

The next day:  "Don't worry, Fred. It's just the flu." The next day:  "Don't worry, Fred. It's just the flu." The next day:  "Don't worry, Fred. It's just the flu." The forth night, my mother called the doctor. She told him that my father's nails and lips were blue, and he felt like a steamroller was going over his chest. he didn't tell her that this was a heart attack. He didn't call an ambulance. He told my mother, who didn't even drive, to get him to the hospital. She had to just about drag him down the stairs, put him in a cab, and got him to the emergency room. (This was the hospital I was born in.)

NOTE: I have a great deal of respect for Emergency Medicine. They save a lot of lives. But in my father's obvious case of a heart attack, they just gave him a shot of Demerol, put him on a gurney, and shoved him aside, where he died a couple of hours later. He was only 53.

The SOB M.D. lied on the death certificate, claiming he was at the house the night before. When he showed up at the funeral, it took half a dozen men to hold me down.

This is the OTHER reason why I quit med school to become a chiropractor.

This is one more story, one more reason, to tell everyone you know, INCLUDING those with diabetes and those with heart disease (very often the same people), that they should get checked for interference to their heart, their pancreas, and everything else, and then adjusted! If they don't...

Next time, how They killed my father-in-law...

The Innate in me blesses the Innate in you

Dr Harte

Slayer of Subluxation

Money, Medicine and Chiropractic

My home state, New York, people speak plainer, more directly, than here in California. We have a saying, "Money talks. Nobody walks."

What does this mean? It means that money. what people pay, and are willing to pay, for things and services get to the heart of the matter. Maybe this sort of discussion is not particularly polite, but it is honest... and accurate.

The "Health Care" debate rages. Nonsense on two levels. First, Medicine is NOT health care. It deals with disease and injury, not health. (Contrary to popular belief, health is NOT merely the absence of disease. It is "A state of optimal physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity," according to Dorland's Medical Dictionary.)

Secondly, the only honest business, in my opinion, is shoulder-to-shoulder trade. Introduce a third party, like insurance companies, Medicare, Medical, etc., fees skyrocket because it's "nobody's money." Corruption abounds. Check out the image of the hospital bill, below, for just a snake bite. And the trend, now, is to consider "health care" a right, which means no one pays, which means anyone and everyone who works and pays taxes gets taxed to death. And the stinking level of "health care" gets even worse.

I stopped "taking insurance" over two decades ago. People pay me, gladly, because they know that no one will work harder for them, with more passion, with true, classioc chiropractic care, than I will. Many of my wellness practice members have been with me for 10, 20, 30 years. I tell them the truth, and I deliver the truth.

The chiropractors who are still "taking insurance?" They have such little self-esteem, such little esteem in Chiropractic, and such little understanding of what Chiropractic truly is, that they cannot conceive of someone actuslly paying them, with their own money. Almost always, this leads to scams. It always leads to low quality care.

People say "There's nothing more important than your health." OK. Do you have enough sense to ac tually believe this, and to act upon this? If so, come here. Get your nervous system liberated, so that you, too, can achieve Health, from Above-down, Inside-out.

Don Harte, D.C.
Marin Straight Chiropractor

The ChOLESTEROL MYTH...vs. Real Health Care

Yes, the whole deal with cholesterol is myth. But it is myth with a purpose. It's purpose is to sell millions of dollars of statins, the drugs that reduce cholesterol.

Statins are part of the alleged heart disease preventative regimen prescribed for just about everyone over 50 these days. The rest are drugs to reduce blood pressure (usually excessively) and, often, drugs to "thin the blood." All this to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Does it work? No. But almost everyone continues, because "The Doctor says."

THE TRUTH

Cholesterol is NOT a poison. In fact, it is made by the body, in the liver. It is integral to your hormones, to cellular metabolism, and, most importantly, to proper function of the nervous system. Side effects of statins include muscle damage, diabetes, cataracts, and serious damage (sometimes fatal) to the liver and kidneys. I believe that these statin drugs (LIPITOR, MEVACHOL, CRESTOR, ZOCOR, etc.) are part of the reason for the epidemic of Alzheimer's and other dementias.

WHAT TO DO?

Want a healthy heart and good circulation? The circulatory system does not run on its own. It is controlled and coordinated by your brain and nervous system. If there is interference to this control and coordination (VERTEBRAL SUBLUXATION COMPLEX... VSC), then your heart and the rest of the circulatory system, and the rest of your metabolism that helps it do its job, will not function properly, a state of "dis-ease." After a time, comes actual disease, sometimes serious, sometimes fatal.

So, want a healthy heart? Get checked for VSC. Get adjusted.

That means that you need to tell everyone you know who is on statins, blood pressure meds, blood thinners, etc., and especially those who have had or are threatened with heart surgery, from stents to open heart.

Dr. Don Harte

Marin Straight Chiropractor

Soda, Meds and California-Mania

The current efforts to legislate warning labels on soda by the State of California, San Francisco, and other localities are weird and wrong.

The science is correct. Yes, soda is one of the worst foods that are commonly available, and not just because of the extreme amounts of sugar. Yes, the sugar in soda can facilitate obesity, diabetes and heart disease, The phosphoric acid in soda is a danger to bone and dental health, and kidney function. OK, soda is bad. But diet soda is a far greater health hazard. Like excess sugar, diet soda consumption can lead to obesity and diabetes. It is also linked to mood disorders, increased seizure risk, hearing and visual problems, and, possibly, increased cancer risk. The governments of the state of California and the cities of San Francisco and Berkeley believe that soda poses a danger to the health of the public. No argument there. They are correct. But there are two other issues to be considered.

Government tyranny over individual choice

Does government have the right to tell people how to live, how to be healthy? I think not. Thomas Jefferson said “When the government tell people what foods to eat and what medicines to take, their bodies will in as sad a shape as the souls of those who live under tyranny.” Indeed, this action against soda manufacturers, sellers and consumers, while well-meaning and scientifically correct, is tyrannical. Speaking of tyranny and health matters, the State of California seems to have no problems creating and enforcing laws that restrict liberty in regards to health matters. The government feels its fine to attack soda, sugar, etc., but, at the same time, it forces parents to get their own children vaccinated, against their will and personal judgment. Talk about danger to health? It is indisputable fact that vaccines contain neuro- and immunotoxins, and that the very process of vaccination short-circuits normal immune processes.

Governmental overstep in vaccination mandates

Whether you can accept the link between the extreme number of forced childhood vaccinations with the epidemic (amongst children) of autism, Type I diabetes, learning disabilities, Crohn’s Disease, etc., it is nonsensical to deny and dismiss the possibility. How can anyone trust the power and the alleged scientific expertise and judgment of a government who cannot even maintain the roads? Some of the potholes are so big that auto accidents can and do occur. This is a health hazard! Your government can’t handle the simplest of their obligations properly. Yet, you think they can comprehend the complexities of health and disease, and then force you to their conclusions? This is wrong!

Dr. Harte has been serving Marin and the San Francisco Bay Area with classic Chiropractic since 1981.

Don Harte, D.C.

Liberator of Innate

Corte Madera, CA

www.chirodrharte.com

(415)460-6527

WHOM DO YOU TRUST?

The other day, I was going over the very large list of drugs that a potential (now NEW) Practice Member was taking. The last item was TUMS. I asked if she had heartburn/GERD. acid reflux. I got an astounding answer. “No,” she said. She was told to take TUMS as a calcium supplement.

Just this morning, I was talking to an older woman, who was complaining about all the bruise spots on her arms and hands. I let her know that it was the “baby aspirin” she was taking, which is a blood thinner, just like Coumadin and Plavix. I let her know that if she can see bleeding in her skin, she is certainly bleeding inside, where she can’t see. Her response was that she has to take it, because The Doctor told her, and “You have to trust someone.” Really? How about you trust someone who has not only a bunch of facts, but someone who has the wisdom to understand and appreciate the wisdom of the body, your INNATE INTELLIGENCE.

To get to the point, Medicine has no idea how the body works, nor how it thrives. Much of what you are told is downright stupid. Yes… STUPID. To cause people to take a drug that causes bleeding, with an inherent risk of sudden death? STUPID. To give someone TUMS, a DRUG, as a calcium supplement??? The now new Practice Member was shocked when I told her that TUMS is full of aluminum, which, over time, can contribute to Alzheimer’s. (Aluminum is one of the very nasty things in vaccines.) So the MD gives someone a very poor, unnatural calcium source, with a neurotoxin? STUPID.

There are good, natural, healthy calcium supplements out there. Also, what, for sure, the M.D. does not and cannot comprehend, is that you are NOT WHAT YOU EAT. You are WHAT YOUR BODY DOES WITH WHAT YOU EAT. So, if you have subluxation… bad nerve supply… poor communication… to your parathyroid glands (which are located in and around your thyroid, which control calcium metabolism), your body may not utilize properly whatever calcium you are taking. So, better get adjusted. Some weight-bearing exercise wouldn’t hurt, either.

WHO’S the expert? Not your M.D. Not me, either. Your Innate Intelligence is the expert. But I know that. They don’t.

I’d bet that just about everyone you know is on one to 20 drugs, every day. This is SICK CARE, making them sicker. Each and every one of them need to get checked for VSC (Vertebral Subluxation Complex.) How about telling them this… TODAY? (Realize that this is not just for those bent over in pain.)

Dr. Harte
Emancipator of Subluxation

Marin/Corte Madera Straight Chiropractor

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"Finish the Fight?" by Corte Madera chiropractor Dr Harte

"Finish the fight?" What am I talking about? Well, there's a current TV ad campaign for the American Cancer Society. The tag line is "Finish the fight."

What is strongly implied is that they... the Medical Establishment, as part of the PMG (Pharmaceutical-Medical-Governmental) Complex... has made amazing strides in the defeat of cancer. (Why do they always use war-like words? It's weird, huh?) The implication is that they just need a little more money, and the "war" will be won. What do they mean? Do they mean no more cancer, ever, in anyone, or do they mean a lot less, or do they mean that every cancer patient gets cured and lives forever? This is nonsense.

Realize that they, the American Cancer Society, like other disease charities, are playing upon your emotions. They are not playing to reason, and they are certainly not playing to science. Cancer is so rampant that just about everyone has a family member or a friend, if not several, who has succumbed to one cancer or another. So, you want do do something... ANYTHING. What if "anything" has little to no real value, if it will not really help anyone, other than the drug corporations, the cancer centers, etc.?

Reading the works of Dr. BJ Palmer, "Developer of Chiropractic," he wrote of various medical charities begging for money back in the 30's, the 40's, the 50's, for cancer and other maladies, always claiming that the "cure is just around the corner." Well, we haven't yet made it around the corner, and we never will. If you're going in the wrong direction, no matter how much good intention, no matter how much money or effort or time or expertise, you will not get there.

"Finish the fight?" There is no fight. Instead of fighting the body with Medicine, consider allowing the body to function at a higher level, to express more Life, with Chiropractic. What makes more sense, fighting disease, or promoting health?

Don Harte, D.C.
Marin Straight Chiropractor
Liberator of Innate

Psychotic Anti-psychotic Drugging by Corte Madera chiropractor Dr Harte

Have you been noticing more and more TV ads for "Amblify," and anti-psychotic drug?

Are they advertising to diagnosed psychotics? No, they are hawking their dangerous snake-oil to people who are depressed (or who have been convinced that they are depressed). The whole schtick is that the modern anti-depressants, the SSRI's (like Prozac, Wellbutrin, etc.), which were originally touted as "miracle drugs," really don't work so well, and when they don't, "add Amblify." These sleazy ads fail to mention that Amblify is not classified as an anti-depressant; it is an anti-psychotic, with all the attendant increased dangers.

Amongst the side effects that are mentioned quickly while there is nice music in the background and the cartoon character woman looks all smiley, include "low blood sugar that can lead to coma and death," and "thoughts of suicide." Well, thoughts of suicide can certainly lead to death. Now that's depressing!

Got psych problems? Get checked for Vertebral Subluxation. Get adjusted. Why? Your psych problems are, obviously, in your brain. The brain, the cord, the nerves... it's all one very sensitive piece. Interference at any level can and will effect brain function, including attitudes, emotions, mood, etc. (The most serious areas of interference are at the very top and the very bottom of the spine.) Correct interference, and your brain will be freer to function better.

Medicine's "biochemical imbalance theory" is based upon supposition and fake science. Chiropractic is based upon how the body (including the brain) truly works.

Don Harte, D.C.
Marin Straight Chiropractor
Liberator of Innate

Scaring Old Folks by Marin chiropractor Dr Harte

The object of abject trust by most older people is Medicine... "my doctor," "my specialist(s)," "my tests," "my condition," "my medications," "my surgeries." All of these, imbued with such a level of faith that it borders on worship. It far surpasses any reasonable degree of common sense.

The sad, and sick fact is that this trust is maintained and constantly improved, on both an individual and societal basis, by FEAR. The white coated demigod waves that finger... "If you don't follow what I say..." "If you don't increase your medications..." "If you don't have this surgery, immediately..." various terrible things will happen. There is no mention of what terrible things might happen from all this medical intervention.

Diseases are invented upon blatantly bogus research designed to sell drugs. When the side effects come around, well, there's more disease to treat! "Normals" are in a state of flux, declaring that virtually everyone is  sick. Probably the best example is the imposition of teenage blood pressure normals upon people in their 70's, 80's and beyond. Physiologically absurd! But it declares more and more to be sick, and thus in need of lifetime medication and testing.

My wife and I just visited her aunt in southern California. (This is NOT a debulitated woman.) My wife invited her to come visit us, but she was afraid. Why? Because she was afraid of "being away from her doctor." And her doctor told her that, because she had atrial fibrillation, flying was risky. Where do these clowns get this stuff? And how much is atrial fibrillation over-diagnosed? And how much real atrial fibrillation caused by medications?

In Chiropractic, we teach hope. we teach that the body, at any age, has the ability to heal itself and to maintain itself in a high state of function. We correct Vertebral Subluxation, interference to proper function, allowing the body to correct, even re-create itself. Even at 70, or 80, or 90. We see older people, who have been scared into limited lives, into living on multiple dangerous meds, into submitting to risky surgeries, begin to re-create themselves, begin to get healthy, way beyond what they thought was possible.

Do you want fear, or do you want hope? You have that choice at any age. If you prefer hope, choose Chiropractic.

Don Harte, D.C.
Corte Madera Straight Chiropractor
Liberator of Innate