An article in June 27, 1978, in the Miami Herald states that a nationwide survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control in 1976 revealed that one in every six people selected at random had one or more parasites.

Louis Parrish, M.D. a New York City physician who specializes in parasites, wrote in 1991, "based upon my experience, I estimate in the New York metropolitan area that 25 % percent of the population is infected . . . . . . . . Projections for the year 2025 suggest that more than half of the 8.3 billion people on Earth will then be infected with parasitic diseases."

"We have a tremendous parasite problem right here in the United States - it’s just not being identified." - Peter Weina, Ph.D., Chief of Pathobiology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 1991.

"I strongly believe that every patient with disorders of immune function, including multiple allergies (especially food allergy), and patients with unexplained fatigue or with chronic bowel symptoms should be evaluated for the presence of intestinal parasites." - Leo Galland, M.D. Townsend Letter for Doctors, 1988.

"Make no mistake about it, worms are the most toxic agents in the human body. They are one of the primary underlying causes of disease and are the most basic cause of a compromised immune system." - Hazel Parcells, D.C., N.D., Ph.D., 1974.

• Rise in international travel.
• Contamination of municipal and rural water supplies.
• Increasing use of day-care centers.
• Influx of refugee and immigrant populations from endemic areas.
• Return of armed forces from overseas.
• Continued popularity of household pets.
• Increasing popularity of exotic regional foods.
• Use of antibiotics and immunosuppressive drugs.
• The sexual revolution.

• Via food or water which are sources of the roundworm, amoebae, giardia.
• Via a vector - the mosquito is a carrier of dog heartworm, filaria, malaria; the flea is a carrier of dog tapeworm; the common housefly transmits amebic cysts; the sand fly carries leishmaniasis.
• Via sexual contact where partners can transmit trichomonas, giardia, amoebae.
• Through the nose and skin where pinworm eggs and Toxoplasma gondii can be inhaled from contaminated dust, hookworms, schistosomes, and strongyloides can penetrate exposed skin and bare feet.

• Feel tired most of the time (Chronic Fatigue)?
• Have digestive problems? (gas, bloating, constipation or diarrhea which come and go but never really clear up)
• Have gastrointestinal symptoms and bulky stools with excess fat in feces?
• Suffer with food sensitivities and environmental intolerance?
• Developed allergic-like reactionsand can’t understand why?
• Have joint and muscle pains and inflammation often assumed to be arthritis?
• Suffer with anemia or iron deficiency (pernicious anemia)?
• Have hives, rashes, weeping eczema, cutaneous ulcers, swelling, sores, papular lesions, itchy dermatitis?
• Suffer with restlessness and anxiety?
• Experience multiple awakenings during the night?
• Grind your teeth?
• Have an excessive amount of bacterial or viral infections?
• Depressed?
• Difficulty gaining or losing weight no matter what you do?
• Did a candida program which either didn’t help at all or helped somewhat but you still can’t stay away from bread, alcohol, fruit, or fruit juices?
• Just can’t figure out why you don’t feel really great and neither can your doctor?