By Dr. Roger J. Callahan, PhD
In my study of the medical literature on HRV, I
find little or no reporting on what is a good score.
I do not know why this is the case unless it is a
result of a problem with the fact that the
profession of heart care does not know how to
dramatically improve HRV. In study after study
and research after research HRV is properly
lauded as the very best indicator of heart and also
of general health. Most professionals do not wish
to put into bold relief their glaring inability to
improve low HRV by putting such skill to the
tests. See, e.g., the HRV research on depression
and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
In the HRV text book by Marek Malik and A.John
Camm there is an illustration showing the length
of survival after a heart attack by three groups of
patients; this is from the original research by
and colleagues. It is summarized by Bosner and
Kleiger in their chapter on HEART RATE
VARIABILITY AND RISK STRATIFICATION
AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
On page 331 they state “The absence of
variability is a highly significant risk factor for
adverse outcomes following acute myocardial
interaction, including all cause mortality,
arrhythmic, and sudden death.
They separated the research subjects into three
groups – those with SDNN’s above 100, those
between 50 and 100, and those below 50. To
summarize the result, p 334,”… those with
SDNN BELOW 50 “had a mortality risk 5.3
times as high as those with SDNN above 100.”
This is a highly significant risk of death
predicted by the SDNN.
Another clear source of the relative merit of
having a high SDNN is the interesting quantitative
study by Bilchick et al, who concluded:
“… each 10ms increase in SDNN results
in a 20% decrease in the chance of death.”
Daugherty, CM and Burr, RL report in American
Journal of Cardiology (1992), 70, Aug 25, pp 441-
448, in an article titled, “A comparison of
survivors and non-survivors of sudden cardiac
arrests.”
There were 16 survivors and 5 deaths in their
group. The HRV (SDNN) score breakdowns
were as follows:
The 5 NON-SURVIVORS average score was
SDNN = 52.3
The 16 SURVIVORS average score was
SDNN = 78
It is very clear from these data that the higher
the variability the safer one is, the healthier one
is, and the farther from illness and death one is.
Experiment with HRV and toxic sweater:Joanne
and I used HRV Live for this experiment which
gives instant scores on HRV.
SDNN before sweater identified as a toxin:
SDNN=21.8 Test sweater and find it toxic.
HRV LIVE showed an immediate improvement
to SDNN 68.6. In Bilchick’s terms, the chances of
death were decreased significantly by removing
the sweater – in fact death was postponed,
according to the Bilchick research (published in
The American Journal of Cardiology) by 100%.
The difference in time between the pre and post
sweater SDNN was a matter of the few seconds it
took to remove the sweater.from the body. HRV
Live gives scores instantly rather than waiting for
five minutes. Such findings as this as well as other
TFT impacts on HRV is revolutionary in that in
no place in the HRV literature, of which I am
aware, does anything like this kind of
improvement, in speed or quantity, exist.
CLIENTS WHO DIED AND WERE BROUGHT BACK
The first client who had died and was brought
back in the hospital where he worked was a
physician. I worked with him about ten months
after his revival. His SDNN prior to TFT VT
therapy was 16. After VT therapy his SDNN
immediately increased to a very healthy 91!
The other client who came to my training a
couple of months after being revived in a fire
station near his home had an SDNN of 8. He
was severely sensitive to his HIV- AIDS
cocktail medication and using my recent
discovery of treating toxins his SDNN
immediately improved significantly and then
with further time and treatments his SDNN
score has gradually been restored to normal; i.e.,
above 100.
To illustrate the significance of this statement
consider this physician who suffered from
depression for 20 years and was not helped by the
many medications or the numerous
psychotherapies he tried. He attended one of my
training and he volunteered to have me treat his
depression with TFT. He took an HRV test before
and after treatment. His depression prior to TFT
treatment was a 10, meaning it was the worst it
could be. The treatment took a matter of minutes
and his depression completely disappeared. His
SDNN before treatment was a very low 32 ms.
Immediately after my brief treatment his SDNN
increased to 144.4ms.
Such dramatic improvements are unheard of in
the HRV literature. As noted above, such an
improvement will likely result in a profound
decrease in the chance of death. If each 10 ms
increase results in a 20% decrease in the chance
of death, as Bilchick et al state, then it may
readily be seen in the light of the of this study,
that there is a dramatic decrease in the risk of
death for this individual. How long will the
treatment last? We never know until it lasts;
however, I discovered in principle what can
undo any successful treatment and this gives
TFT a further important advantage over any
other treatment.
It should be noted that although such improve-
ments as this are commonplace with TFT, not
everyone responds in this manner. I have learned
that when SDNN does not respond immediately
after stress removal, then toxins must be
identified, treated and avoided. All cases needs
to be followed in order to ensure that the
dramatic gains hold over time. To understand
how a highly successful treatment can be undone
see Cure and Time in Stop the Nightmares of
Trauma (Callahan and Callahan). In order to
know what to do when a treatment is undone, see
my recent important package The Identification
and Treatment of Toxins.
A study carried out at a major hospital using
only my depression algorithm (number of patients
=106) found that depression was reduced from an
average 7.3 (on a 10 point scale, where 1 means
no trace of depression) to a 1.6 (Sakai, et al).
Professionals all over the world are now
eliminating the stress of such psychological
problems as trauma, anxiety, anger, and
depression with great speed and alacrity unknown
before my discovery of TFT. It seems highly
likely that the people treated successfully will, in
addition to being free of their specific problem,
be less likely to expire prematurely.
Note: There were 50 men who were put on the “Aids Cocktail” at the same time David started and David is the only survivor living today (March, 2008).
Certain ordinary foods in some people act like a
poison and can lower HRV, shorten life and cause
serious illness. Since TFT is so powerful in
eliminating stress of almost any kind, HRV
typically responds immediately to an appropriate
and correct treatment and the HRV will increase,
often dramatically and immediately. Ingested
toxins, however can take months to clear to the
point where SDNN increases dramatically. It
seems obvious that the difference in time is due
to the greater inertia of the physical toxins as
opposed to the psychological originated stress.
My Personal Standard
As I write this, I celebrated my 84 birthday. My
health is excellent. I know that if it were not for
the powerful treatments I discovered and
developed, I simply would not be here.
I have had colon cancer and a triple bypass
heart operation. Just before I made my
discoveries, I suffered from severe chronic
fatigue syndrome. I want to numerous
physicians, chiropractors, (I even traveled to
Detroit to see if Dr George Goodheart could
help, numerous acupuncturists, etc. As my
discovery of the role of toxins became
more clear. I was able to cure this myself. It was
wonderful that I could do it!!
Today, I take my HRV regularly and if it goes
below 100, I find out what is wrong by means of
my own objective self-testing procedure. My
HRV typically increases to 100 or over as I
address the problem whether it is toxic or
psychological stress. Since my body is mainly
free of toxic stress in recent years, it is possible
for my SDNN to rise immediately.
References
Bilchick KC, Fetics B, Djoukeng R, Gross-Fisher S, Fletcher RD, Singh SN, Nevo E, Berger RD. (2002) Prognostic value of heart rate variability in chronic congestive heart failure.
American Journal of Cardiology. 90(1):24-28.
Callahan, R. (2002) Objective evidence of the superiority of TFT in eliminating depression. The Thought Field.
Sakai, C., Paperny, D., Mathews, M., Tanida, G., Boyd, G., Simons, A., Yamamoto, C.,Mau, C., Nutter, L. (2001). Thought Field Therapy Clinical Applications: Utilization in an HMO in behavioral medicine and behavioral health services. Journal of Clinical Psychology, vol57,(10) pp1215-1227.
% Increase in HRV (SDNN) with Different Therapies
Time Scale: Exercise and smoking cessation are after one year. Biofeedback relaxation training is after two months. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for depression was carried out for 16 sessions. Sertraline (Zoloft) was administered for depression for 22 weeks in this study. Common side effects with Sertraline include nausea, diarrhea, tremor, insomnia, somnolence, and dry mouth. TFT for depression was done in one session within minutes (Callahan, 2002). Typically there is immediate elimination of depression and immediate increase in HRV averaging 80% in this sample. No harmful side effects with TFT.
I argue, along that HRV is an index of health -
please see my article: Stress, Health, and the
Heart: A Report on Heart Rate Variability and
Thought Field Therapy, Including a Theory of
the Meaning of HRV.
http://www.tftrx.com/download/index.php
Some Statements From the Scientific Literature on SDNN (HRV)
First, a word on the ultra-conservative manner of scientific style: It is frowned upon in science, to express enthusiasm. Here is an exaggerated example of this mode of speech; Two academic scientists are riding on a train. One scientist looks out the window and seeing a field of sheep says. “Look, the sheep have just been shorn.” The other scientist looks and replies, “They do appear to have been shorn on one side.”
When I published my trauma treatment in 1980,
the title of my article included the word
“amazing.” It was and still is amazing but I broke
tradition by using the word in the title. My work
with HRV is even still more amazing but I must
stifle my excitement which has not diminished in
my 80 plus years. To indicate my enthusiasm for
certain scientific findings, I use bold type – all
bold below is my addition.
Stress Test and HRV “Low HRV has been shown to be a powerful independent predictor of all cause mortality in the post-MI (heart attack) population, as well as in patients with a number of non-cardiac disease states. Indeed, low HRV may be a more powerful predictor than left
ventricular ejection fraction, wall motion
abnormalities, frequency and complexity of
ventricular ectopy, standard ECG and exercise
ECG indices …” p440 [in HRV text book]
“We examined the specific role of HRV in relation
to sudden death. 245 died suddenly. Those who
had an SDNN of less than 25ms had a 4.1 fold
higher risk of sudden death than patients with
higher short-term variability scores.”
“HRV (SDNN) was also associated with cardiac
death in subjects without a history of myocardial
infarction which may indicate that HRV is also
a marker for sub-clinical disease. Thus, HRV
may predict sub-clinical conditions.”
“A reduced variability is a signature for disease
and increased risk of mortality.” “HRV is a
powerful prognosticator of overall mortality.”
“The lower the HRV, the greater the
probability of a greater risk of lethal
arrhythmias.”
“In the Zutphen Study, a prospective study in
middle aged and elderly dutch men, HRV was
determined from 15 to 30 second recordings.
A strong association between low HRV and
death from call causes, including cancer,
was observed.”
“Low HRV is an indicator of poor general
health.”
“[Report] a progressive reduction of heart rate
variability with eventual sudden death in two
patients. These results suggest that sequential
measurements of HRV may be useful in
predicting sudden death”
“A Cox proportional-hazards model revealed that each increase of 10ms in SDNN conferred a 20% decrease in risk of mortality (P=.0001).” Bilchick KC, Fetics B, Djoukeng R, Gross-Fisher S, Fletcher RD, Singh SN, Nevo E, Berger RD. (2002) Prognostic value of heart rate variability in chronic congestive heart failure. American Journal of Cardiology. 90(1):24-28
In my study of the medical literature on HRV, I
find little or no reporting on what is a good score.
I do not know why this is the case unless it is a
result of a problem with the fact that the
profession of heart care does not know how to
dramatically improve HRV. In study after study
and research after research HRV is properly
lauded as the very best indicator of heart and also
of general health. Most professionals do not wish
to put into bold relief their glaring inability to
improve low HRV by putting such skill to the
tests. See, e.g., the HRV research on depression
and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
In the HRV text book by Marek Malik and A.John
Camm there is an illustration showing the length
of survival after a heart attack by three groups of
patients; this is from the original research by
and colleagues. It is summarized by Bosner and
Kleiger in their chapter on HEART RATE
VARIABILITY AND RISK STRATIFICATION
AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
On page 331 they state “The absence of
variability is a highly significant risk factor for
adverse outcomes following acute myocardial
interaction, including all cause mortality,
arrhythmic, and sudden death.
They separated the research subjects into three
groups – those with SDNN’s above 100, those
between 50 and 100, and those below 50. To
summarize the result, p 334,”… those with
SDNN BELOW 50 “had a mortality risk 5.3
times as high as those with SDNN above 100.”
This is a highly significant risk of death
predicted by the SDNN.
Another clear source of the relative merit of
having a high SDNN is the interesting quantitative
study by Bilchick et al, who concluded:
“… each 10ms increase in SDNN results
in a 20% decrease in the chance of death.”
Daugherty, CM and Burr, RL report in American
Journal of Cardiology (1992), 70, Aug 25, pp 441-
448, in an article titled, “A comparison of
survivors and non-survivors of sudden cardiac
arrests.”
There were 16 survivors and 5 deaths in their
group. The HRV (SDNN) score breakdowns
were as follows:
The 5 NON-SURVIVORS average score was
SDNN = 52.3
The 16 SURVIVORS average score was
SDNN = 78
It is very clear from these data that the higher
the variability the safer one is, the healthier one
is, and the farther from illness and death one is.
Experiment with HRV and toxic sweater:Joanne
and I used HRV Live for this experiment which
gives instant scores on HRV.
SDNN before sweater identified as a toxin:
SDNN=21.8 Test sweater and find it toxic.
HRV LIVE showed an immediate improvement
to SDNN 68.6. In Bilchick’s terms, the chances of
death were decreased significantly by removing
the sweater – in fact death was postponed,
according to the Bilchick research (published in
The American Journal of Cardiology) by 100%.
The difference in time between the pre and post
sweater SDNN was a matter of the few seconds it
took to remove the sweater.from the body. HRV
Live gives scores instantly rather than waiting for
five minutes. Such findings as this as well as other
TFT impacts on HRV is revolutionary in that in
no place in the HRV literature, of which I am
aware, does anything like this kind of
improvement, in speed or quantity, exist.
CLIENTS WHO DIED AND WERE BROUGHT BACK
The first client who had died and was brought
back in the hospital where he worked was a
physician. I worked with him about ten months
after his revival. His SDNN prior to TFT VT
therapy was 16. After VT therapy his SDNN
immediately increased to a very healthy 91!
The other client who came to my training a
couple of months after being revived in a fire
station near his home had an SDNN of 8. He
was severely sensitive to his HIV- AIDS
cocktail medication and using my recent
discovery of treating toxins his SDNN
immediately improved significantly and then
with further time and treatments his SDNN
score has gradually been restored to normal; i.e.,
above 100.
To illustrate the significance of this statement
consider this physician who suffered from
depression for 20 years and was not helped by the
many medications or the numerous
psychotherapies he tried. He attended one of my
training and he volunteered to have me treat his
depression with TFT. He took an HRV test before
and after treatment. His depression prior to TFT
treatment was a 10, meaning it was the worst it
could be. The treatment took a matter of minutes
and his depression completely disappeared. His
SDNN before treatment was a very low 32 ms.
Immediately after my brief treatment his SDNN
increased to 144.4ms.
Such dramatic improvements are unheard of in
the HRV literature. As noted above, such an
improvement will likely result in a profound
decrease in the chance of death. If each 10 ms
increase results in a 20% decrease in the chance
of death, as Bilchick et al state, then it may
readily be seen in the light of the of this study,
that there is a dramatic decrease in the risk of
death for this individual. How long will the
treatment last? We never know until it lasts;
however, I discovered in principle what can
undo any successful treatment and this gives
TFT a further important advantage over any
other treatment.
It should be noted that although such improve-
ments as this are commonplace with TFT, not
everyone responds in this manner. I have learned
that when SDNN does not respond immediately
after stress removal, then toxins must be
identified, treated and avoided. All cases needs
to be followed in order to ensure that the
dramatic gains hold over time. To understand
how a highly successful treatment can be undone
see Cure and Time in Stop the Nightmares of
Trauma (Callahan and Callahan). In order to
know what to do when a treatment is undone, see
my recent important package The Identification
and Treatment of Toxins.
A study carried out at a major hospital using
only my depression algorithm (number of patients
=106) found that depression was reduced from an
average 7.3 (on a 10 point scale, where 1 means
no trace of depression) to a 1.6 (Sakai, et al).
Professionals all over the world are now
eliminating the stress of such psychological
problems as trauma, anxiety, anger, and
depression with great speed and alacrity unknown
before my discovery of TFT. It seems highly
likely that the people treated successfully will, in
addition to being free of their specific problem,
be less likely to expire prematurely.
Note: There were 50 men who were put on the “Aids Cocktail” at the same time David started and David is the only survivor living today (March, 2008).
Certain ordinary foods in some people act like a
poison and can lower HRV, shorten life and cause
serious illness. Since TFT is so powerful in
eliminating stress of almost any kind, HRV
typically responds immediately to an appropriate
and correct treatment and the HRV will increase,
often dramatically and immediately. Ingested
toxins, however can take months to clear to the
point where SDNN increases dramatically. It
seems obvious that the difference in time is due
to the greater inertia of the physical toxins as
opposed to the psychological originated stress.
My Personal Standard
As I write this, I celebrated my 84 birthday. My
health is excellent. I know that if it were not for
the powerful treatments I discovered and
developed, I simply would not be here.
I have had colon cancer and a triple bypass
heart operation. Just before I made my
discoveries, I suffered from severe chronic
fatigue syndrome. I want to numerous
physicians, chiropractors, (I even traveled to
Detroit to see if Dr George Goodheart could
help, numerous acupuncturists, etc. As my
discovery of the role of toxins became
more clear. I was able to cure this myself. It was
wonderful that I could do it!!
Today, I take my HRV regularly and if it goes
below 100, I find out what is wrong by means of
my own objective self-testing procedure. My
HRV typically increases to 100 or over as I
address the problem whether it is toxic or
psychological stress. Since my body is mainly
free of toxic stress in recent years, it is possible
for my SDNN to rise immediately.
References
Bilchick KC, Fetics B, Djoukeng R, Gross-Fisher S, Fletcher RD, Singh SN, Nevo E, Berger RD. (2002) Prognostic value of heart rate variability in chronic congestive heart failure.
American Journal of Cardiology. 90(1):24-28.
Callahan, R. (2002) Objective evidence of the superiority of TFT in eliminating depression. The Thought Field.
Sakai, C., Paperny, D., Mathews, M., Tanida, G., Boyd, G., Simons, A., Yamamoto, C.,Mau, C., Nutter, L. (2001). Thought Field Therapy Clinical Applications: Utilization in an HMO in behavioral medicine and behavioral health services. Journal of Clinical Psychology, vol57,(10) pp1215-1227.
% Increase in HRV (SDNN) with Different Therapies
Time Scale: Exercise and smoking cessation are after one year. Biofeedback relaxation training is after two months. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for depression was carried out for 16 sessions. Sertraline (Zoloft) was administered for depression for 22 weeks in this study. Common side effects with Sertraline include nausea, diarrhea, tremor, insomnia, somnolence, and dry mouth. TFT for depression was done in one session within minutes (Callahan, 2002). Typically there is immediate elimination of depression and immediate increase in HRV averaging 80% in this sample. No harmful side effects with TFT.
I argue, along that HRV is an index of health -
please see my article: Stress, Health, and the
Heart: A Report on Heart Rate Variability and
Thought Field Therapy, Including a Theory of
the Meaning of HRV.
http://www.tftrx.com/download/index.php
Some Statements From the Scientific Literature on SDNN (HRV)
First, a word on the ultra-conservative manner of scientific style: It is frowned upon in science, to express enthusiasm. Here is an exaggerated example of this mode of speech; Two academic scientists are riding on a train. One scientist looks out the window and seeing a field of sheep says. “Look, the sheep have just been shorn.” The other scientist looks and replies, “They do appear to have been shorn on one side.”
When I published my trauma treatment in 1980,
the title of my article included the word
“amazing.” It was and still is amazing but I broke
tradition by using the word in the title. My work
with HRV is even still more amazing but I must
stifle my excitement which has not diminished in
my 80 plus years. To indicate my enthusiasm for
certain scientific findings, I use bold type – all
bold below is my addition.
Stress Test and HRV “Low HRV has been shown to be a powerful independent predictor of all cause mortality in the post-MI (heart attack) population, as well as in patients with a number of non-cardiac disease states. Indeed, low HRV may be a more powerful predictor than left
ventricular ejection fraction, wall motion
abnormalities, frequency and complexity of
ventricular ectopy, standard ECG and exercise
ECG indices …” p440 [in HRV text book]
“We examined the specific role of HRV in relation
to sudden death. 245 died suddenly. Those who
had an SDNN of less than 25ms had a 4.1 fold
higher risk of sudden death than patients with
higher short-term variability scores.”
“HRV (SDNN) was also associated with cardiac
death in subjects without a history of myocardial
infarction which may indicate that HRV is also
a marker for sub-clinical disease. Thus, HRV
may predict sub-clinical conditions.”
“A reduced variability is a signature for disease
and increased risk of mortality.” “HRV is a
powerful prognosticator of overall mortality.”
“The lower the HRV, the greater the
probability of a greater risk of lethal
arrhythmias.”
“In the Zutphen Study, a prospective study in
middle aged and elderly dutch men, HRV was
determined from 15 to 30 second recordings.
A strong association between low HRV and
death from call causes, including cancer,
was observed.”
“Low HRV is an indicator of poor general
health.”
“[Report] a progressive reduction of heart rate
variability with eventual sudden death in two
patients. These results suggest that sequential
measurements of HRV may be useful in
predicting sudden death”
“A Cox proportional-hazards model revealed that each increase of 10ms in SDNN conferred a 20% decrease in risk of mortality (P=.0001).” Bilchick KC, Fetics B, Djoukeng R, Gross-Fisher S, Fletcher RD, Singh SN, Nevo E, Berger RD. (2002) Prognostic value of heart rate variability in chronic congestive heart failure. American Journal of Cardiology. 90(1):24-28
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