Proposed, Experimental and Theoretical,
Non-Invasive
Do-It-Yourself Methods For Parasite, Fungal,
Viral, Pathogen and Chemical Neutralization In
LEAKY
GUT SYNDROME & RELATED CONDITIONS
by
William G. Drew,
Ph.D.
By training I am a Neuropsychopharmacologist. People with
my training typically teach medical students and doctors while
they are in allopathic medical schools or while they are going
through their internships or residency. I was no different
in this background.
The teaching of numerous courses in pharmacology, neuropharmacology
and neuropsychology to hundreds of medical students and dozens
of graduate students over nearly a fifteen year period was not
without consequences. My research work resulted in approximately
50 published studies in well respected, peer-reviewed medical
journals and was meritoriously suffient to win $4.6 million
in federal research grants.
However, growing dissatisfaction with the allopathic practice
of medicine and the negative influence their philosophy and
affiliations exert on basic medical research prompted an early
retirement. Then began years of intensive self-reflection and
work to de-bias my scientific and medical underpinnings. Concurrently,
I was suffering from coronary artery disease and lived through
3 heart attacks, six angioplasties and a triple bypass operation.
Ten months later the bypass shunts had closed and I nearly lost
my life, when, in the first week of May 1995, my heart stopped
5 times. I realized that to continue to rely on conventional
medicine would have worrisome consequences. Desperately I looked
for alternatives just to stay alive. I found them and got much
more than I ever believed possible.
Thankfully, to look at me now you would never know just how
sick I had been. Without some reference point, one fails to
appreciate change. Accordingly, it is hard to see just how
fatally flawed allopathic medicine really is. Tragically, these
analogies reveal the true extent of our health ignorance, a
blindness that has not only been extended, but exploited fully
by a drug industry that should be held accountable for the lethal
consequences of their acts.
Pharmaceutical misrepresentations have done great harm in terms
of human consequences. Together with the strategic alliances
these corporate powerhouses have forged with the cereal industry,
the dead food industry, the chemical lobbies, and the on-going
complicity of the medical profession, the public is in grave
danger of a total health collapse. Not only is allopathic medicine
fatally flawed, support industries operate with hidden agendas
and now control medical and nutritional advertising, promotions,
research grants, and regulatory agencies. There can be no restoration
of health, promotion of basic research or effective alleviation
of diseases when the parties involved have vested interests
in maintaining sub-optimal public health and "captured"
control of regulatory agencies.
Along with thousands of other health professionals I now feel
that many aspects of the practice of medicine are immoral, unethical,
impractical, financially devastating and must be stopped. The
immorality comes from the inescapable fact that the medical
establishment not only holds sick people hostage but makes a
business, even a monopoly out of illness and suffering. This
is immoral. I would not necessarily hold this view had I not
been witness to repeated medical establishment cover ups and
deliberate attempts to discredit revolutionary findings and
cures that would end human suffering on a massive scale. These
were acts done by those with vested interests in keeping people
sick. It is immoral to deprive people of access to information,
new or old, that can cure diseases, remove the underlying causes
of sickness or that can restore health.
It is imperative that all people take back the power to restore
their own physical and financial health. As Dr. Clark has stated,
"The human species can no longer afford to make a business
out of illness...The concept of health as a narrow professional
concern is obsolete." So it is with this understanding
and from this background that Health Restoration Consultants
came into being. By "Empowering Through Knowledge"
we now have new ways of looking at and ridding ourselves of
leaky gut syndrome and related rheumatoid disorders.
NOTICE
TO THE READER
The opinions expressed in this informational
brochure are based on my scientific research and the published
scientific and clinical research of others, notably Hulda Clark,
Ph.D., N.D.
Be advised that the information
contained in this brochure is for educational purposes only.
No prescriptive advice is being offered. The treatments outlined
herein are not intended to be a replacement or a substitute
for other forms of medical treatment, conventional or otherwise.
ALWAYS CONSULT WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN OR OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
WHEN ILL.
Be advised also that everyone is
unique, in different states of health, different in age, sex
and environmental background and may respond differently to
any conventional medical treatment or other forms of treatment.
Any new treatment carries with it the added need to be cautious
and apply common sense.
DISCLAIMER TO THE READER
Any use of this information carries with it the expressed and implied
understanding that we cannot be responsible for any adverse
effects believed due to its use. This is an informational
brochure only. The author has provided safe dosage information
on the herbs and nutritional supplements wherever appropriate.
Again, remember that everyone is different and the need for
using common sense cannot be overestimated.
Readers are strongly advised to
acquire and read The Cure for All Cancers by Hulda
R. Clark, Ph.D. N.D., as well as The Cure for HIV and
AIDS and The Cure for All Diseases by
the same author.
Parasite Eradication Program
(To be done in conjunction with the Herbal Home
Colonic Program)
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Black
Walnut Tincture
2hrs before or after supper
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Wormwood
Capsules
2 hrs before or after
supper
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Clove
Capsules |
L-Ornithine
Capsules |
Para-Min
(With Meals)
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Colloidial
4xSilver
1 dp full in 8oz water
once in AM
once in PM
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Shigella
&Salmonella
homeopathic
1dp full at
B L S
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Echinacea
Capsules |
Zap
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| Program
key |
Attention-Once
the 30 day program is complete, you will need to do
a weekly maintenance to keep parasite colonies in
check.
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| B
L S= Breakfast, Lunch, Supper |
| dp=
Dropperful |
Once
a week you should take the following: 2 tsp. Black Walnut
Hull Tincture |
| tsp=
Teaspoon |
2
dp Colloidal Silver AM/PM |
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3
Clove Capsules at B L S |
| Note:
8oz. of water can be substituted with juice |
2
Para-Min at B L S |
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3
Wormwood Combinations 2 hours before supper |
· Wormwood: The numbers of capsules shown above should be
taken before or after supper with water.
· B L S refers to Breakfast, Lunch and Supper. · ZAP with
Beck unit. Days 1 - 21 ZAP 60 min. minimum; preferrably 2 hours.
· Acidophilus (Jarro-Dophilus and Enterogenic Complex) should
also be used in this program. Take as directed.
· Bowel cleansing is critically important. Do 2-week Vega-Lax
and Miracle 7 Cleanse. Do liver cleanse as instructed.
· Take 30 mg CoQ-10 each meal. Take 1000 mg organic flax
seed oil and 1500 mg evening primrose oil daily.
· Take 1 tbs granulated lecithin 3 times daily for first 60
days, twice daily thereafter for 6 months.
· Take 1 Multi B-Complex capsule twice daily. Take 5,000
- 10,000 mg Vitamin C daily. Take 800 I.U. Vitamin E daily.
· Take 1 tbs bee pollen 3 times daily. Take 200 mcg selenium
daily. Take 1 Similase cap each meal.
· Take 50 mg grapeseed extract -pycnogenol mixture (A·D·DCalm)
8 times daily first 14 days; 6 times daily next 30 days; 3
times daily thereafter. Take Infla-Zyme Forte 6 times daily
(with, between meals and at bedtime).
· Take 1000 mg magnesium and 1,500 mg calcium daily. Take
50 mg dimethylglycine 3 times daily.
· Avoid all contact, consumption and vapors from chlorine
(in drinking water; Chlorox, swimming pools, bleached clothes).
All
drinking water must be passed
through pure carbon filter system. Don't shower in chlorinated
water. Use carbon filtered water to bath. Avoid
bromide-containing medications and bromide-bleached flour.
No FLUORIDES!!!
· Fennel capsules (1 each meal) and Tumeric capsules (2 each
meal). Take 5-10 drops dioxychlor in water 2 times daily.
· If you have mercury toxcity (from dental amalgams) or from
environmental ingestion, go on Mercury Detoxification Program
immediately. Get i.v. chelation treatment plus
Oral Chelation + 4 tablets thioctic acid daily for 14 days,
2 tabs later. Take a minimum of 1000 mg daily of N-acetyl-L-cysteine
+ Special Cilantro Formula (Cilantro, sea salt and olive oil).
· Drink 2 oz Salute Herbal Aloe Vera Juice twice daily. Take
2 Immuno600 capsules twice daily. Drink kombucha tea daily.
LEAKY
GUT SYNDROME
The origins of many chronic health problems can be found in
disturbed or compromised digestive function. Toxins, altered
permeability and parasites are generally to blame for virtually
all gastrointestinal dysfunction. But the problem doesn't simply
remain a gastrointestinal problem. The consequences of toxins,
intestinal permeability defects and parasites can lead to profound
health consequences. These conditions may occur singly (i.e.
independently) or in clusters (i.e. groups of conditions) producing
cumulative damage which leads to a cascade of chronic illness.
Toxicity due to foreign chemicals (i.e. xenobiotics) can produce
damage affecting virtually all organs and systems in the body.
Common signs and symptoms of xenobiotic toxicity include weakness,
headache, neurologic disturbances, multiple chemical sensitivities,
immune dysfunction and liver disorders. The gastrointestinal
tract is the most common route of exposure to these toxins and,
as a result, the integrity of the mucosal barrier is a key factor
in limiting absorption.
Increased intestinal permeability or leaky gut syndrome, results
not only in increased absorption of xenobiotics, but also in
the increased absorption of endogenously produced toxins (endotoxins),
antigens, immune complexes and intact microorganisms normally
confined to the intestinal lumen. It is by this mechanism that
chronic permeability defects have been shown to contribute to
the development of certain autoimmune diseases, liver dysfunction,
septicemia and other systemic disorders.
Parasitic infections, yeast infections (candidiasis) and other
imbalances in intestinal microflora (dysbiosis) can give rise
to similar local and systemic problems. Chronic insults to
the gut wall produce abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, and
can lead to the development of malabsorption, inflammatory bowel
disorders and ultimately to leaky gut syndrome. Endotoxins
and antigens produced by intestinal pathogens are then absorbed
systemically producing allergic responses, autoimmune illness,
liver damage and other toxic reactions.
Under normal conditions, intestinal endotoxins and xenobiotics
absorbed from the gut are principally detoxified by the liver.
Liver detoxification pathways transform toxic molecules into
less toxic metabolites which can then be excreted. The liver's
capacity to handle detox functions can be impaired due to excessive
exposure to toxins as well as deficiencies in key nutrients.
Signs and symptoms of toxicity often occur as a result of compromised
liver function.
Gut-associated chronic illness requires several approaches.
Three broad objectives include reducing exposure to xenobiotics,
normalizing gastrointestinal function, and supporting liver
detoxification. Reducing the exposure to xenobiotics decreases
the body's burden of toxins. Normalizing gastrointestinal function
helps improve digestion, reduce intestinal endotoxins, eliminate
parasites and maintain gut wall integrity. Supporting liver
detoxification assists the body in transforming and eliminating
xenobiotics and endotoxins.
The pathological increase in permeability of the intestinal
mucosa has been referred to as leaky gut syndrome. An understanding
of the causes (etiology) of leaky gut syndrome may help you
understand the probable mechanisms involved in a wide range
of systemic disorders.
Leaky gut syndrome (LGS) is the problem in inflammatory
bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease,
irritable bowel syndrome. LGS is involved in virtually
all food allergies and certain auto-immune diseases
such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, lupus
erythematosus and atopic and eczematous dermatitis, vasculitis,
intestinal toxemia (endotoxemia) microbial translocation, dysbiosis,
joint pain and inflammation, fatigue, malabsorption
and other diseases including chronic fatigue, multiple sclerosis,
Guillain-Barre syndrome, herpes and others. Obviously,
correcting LGS dysfunctions is critical to the success of any
program designed to conquer chronic fatigue, arthritis, HIV,
lupus or any of the LGS disorders.
Chronic fatigue is a syndrome that nicely illustrates
the fact that simply killing the virus (Epstein-Barr) does not
correct the problem. The virus can be killed with
colloidal silver among other treatments. But unless the
underlying problem is corrected, the chronic fatigue sufferer
will re-contract the disease almost immediately. What are
these other connections? Will they help us understand what
is causing the problem?
Chronic fatigue is one of the environmental diseases that is
related to chronic parasite infestations, bacterial imbalances
in the gut, poor metabolism (related to poor absorption of nutrients)
lower atmospheric oxygen levels, solvent and especially benzene
pollution (i.e., xenobiotics), among other things.
Benzene pollution occurs in the air we breath, in certain food
stuffs we eat and in the many personal, cosmetic and health
care products we rub on our bodies. Mother Nature equipped
our bodies with the metabolic machinery to detoxify small amounts
of benzene and benzol compounds but the problem comes from excessive
benzene burdens resulting from prolonged and frequently repeated
exposure to these organic chemicals.
We live in an age where there is a great deal of concern over
our environment. The EPA has established strict environmental
pollution standards and the government has passed some of the
most comprehensive laws imaginable. Even with the Clean Air
Act and the recent amendments to this act, we are still being
poisoned by air pollution. Most of the pollution comes from
benzene and benzol compounds in the air, the exhaust of gasoline
engines. Benzene is routinely added to gasoline (1-2%) as an
anti-knock additive not just here in the United States, but
all around the world. Indeed, the air above each major city
in the world has now become a cloud of benzene.
Adding to the problem are many benzene polluted products which
we consume in staggering quantities daily. Flavored foods such
as yogurt, Jello, candies, throat lozenges, store-bought cookies
and cakes are all contaminated. It is not that benzene is added
deliberately. It is simply not removed from the chemicals that
go into making up these products. It is present in very small,
often trace quantities. Nevertheless, it can be easily detected
in hand creams, skin creams, toothpastes (including the health
brands), tea tree oil products (Melaluca), beverages including
sparkling water, bottled water, and store-bought fruit juices.
Literally all of them are contaminated. Personal lubricants,
Vaseline products (Noxzema, Vick's Lip Therapy, Chapstick) and
virtually all personal products are contaminated with benzene.
Cold cereals, cooking oils and shortenings as well as ice cream
and frozen yogurts are also contaminated. Chewing gum, marihuana,
flavored pet foods and compression-molded bird foods along with
cattle and poultry feed blends contain benzene contamination.
It is imperative that you throw all of these type products out!
Do not leave them in the house where their use comprises a convenience.
Throw them out and let the garbage man haul them away.
Also stop eating foods that contain benzopyrenes. Benzopyrenes
are chemicals that are produced when certain foods are grilled,
toasted or cooked over open flames. Toast and weiners contain
benzopyrenes. Benzopyrenes are capable of completely utilizing
the liver's benzene detoxifying capacity. In this event, the
body's benzene burden becomes greater as benzene accumulates.
The association of elevated body benzene levels with HIV disease,
AIDS and Epstein-Barr suggests that benzene may be the solvent
that enables certain flukes and roundworms to use certain body
organs as the secondary host to complete their life cycle.
Therefore deparasitizing the body is essential to overcome
these disease states but this can only be effective if accomplished
at the same time we rid our bodies of benzene and other xenobiotics.
Benzene detoxification can be accomplished by biochemical means
or by a photobiochemical process using UV light. If they are
used together the result is a faster recovery and a faster return
to health.
Biological
Treatment Procedures For
Arthritis
And Other Leaky Gut Conditions
As early as 1968 a naturopathic physician named Paavo O. Airola,
reported on the results of some highly successful biological
treatment procedures for curing arthritis in European clinics.
One of the most prominent treatment centers using this powerful
and highly successful method of treatment is the Brandals Health
Clinic located in Sodertalje near Stockholm, Sweden.
The Miracles at Brandal
Dr. Airola provides narrative accounts of many of the thousands
of patients cured of arthritis at Brandal. Virtually all patients
admitted for treatment at Brandal are remarkable in that all
suffer from severe pain, mild to profound deformity and many
are so crippled and debilitated that they arrive in wheelchairs
or on stretchers.
The cures were based on the work, research and self experimentation
of a courageous and very determined lady, Alma Nissen, who 25
years earlier had desperately sought relief from her own severe
and debilitating arthritis. Ms. Nissen relates:
"Twenty five years ago I was so incapacitated by arthritis
that I was practically bedridden. After trying all the available
medical treatments, consulting dozens of doctors, and several
fruitless stays in hospitals I was becoming progressively worse.
My hands and fingers were stiff and in constant pain. I could
not bend myself, walk, or even turn myself in bed. In addition,
I had a chronic ovary inflammation and constant migraine. I
was suffering from a bad case of insomnia with resulting nervous
exhaustion. I also was chronically constipated. . .
I felt hopeless. Nobody could help me. I could not see my
way out of the indescribable suffering I had to endure. But
my spirit was strong and wouldn't give up. I was not willing
to accept my lot as a bedridden invalid for the rest of my life.
With the typical Scandanavian sisu and perseverance I
rebelled against my fate. I wanted to live, become healthy
again. . .
A book by a British physician, Sir Robert McCarrison, gave
me new hope and became the turning point in my life. It opened
my eyes to the relation between nutrition and health. I started
to experiment with myself. I changed my diet. I fasted. I
drank fresh vegetable juices and broths made with cooked vegetables.
I drank herb teas. I took enemas and utilized colonic irrigation
to cleanse my intestines of accumulated toxins and wastes.
I read all I could on the nature-cure methods and picked up
ideas here and there. I met the famous Danish raw-diet pioneer
Dr. Kristine Nolfi, M.D., and read and studied her book The
Living Foods. I also took heat treatments and hydrobaths.
I must admit, I didn't have much faith in much of what I did,
but desperate as I was, I was willing to try anything.
Imagine my surprise when I started to feel better and better!
The stiffness in my joints started to disappear. I slept better;
pain gave way, and after just a few months I was, to my and
everybody's amazement, completely cured!
This was 25 years ago and I never had a sick day since. No
traces of arthritis...Would you like to see how flexible and
elastic my body is?"...
Now when I cured myself I was so overjoyed with the discoveries
I made that I wanted to share them with others and help as many
as I could. I visited Dr. McCarrison and he advised me to open
a clinic and help other arthritics regain their health.
Encouraged by the enthusiastic endorsement of this great scientist,
I transformed my seven-room apartment in Copenhagen to an arthritis
clinic. Patients came from everywhere. They were brought in
on stretchers; they came supported on crutches; they came in
wheelchairs. And after four to eight weeks on my simple regime
they left the clinic on their own feet, without wheelchairs
and crutches. The grateful patients spread the news of their
cures and a long line of patients were waiting to come in under
my care.
My arthritis therapies and extraordinary results became widely
publicized in the press. The Norwegian Medical Association
invited me to present a lecture on my therapies before the leading
medical authorities of the country....
My fame spread to Sweden and a wealthy benefactor offered
the Brandal, a beautiful estate with a large villa, for my disposition,
to be used as a rheumatic clinic. I accepted gratefully. That
was 13 years ago. During these years we have helped thousands
of arthritis sufferers. . ." (Paavo O. Airola, There
Is A Cure For Arthritis, 1968, Parker Publishing Co.
New York).
Dr. Airola goes on to say
"I also met a 43-year-old woman from Stockholm. She
had been ill with arthritis for 14 years. For 14 long years
she visited hospital after hospital, took drug after drug.
You name it -- she'd had it: gold injection, cortisone, Imagon,
Butazolidin, etc. The best arthritis specialists in the contry
from Sodersjukhuset and the famous Karolinska Institute in Stockholm
treated her until finally they all gave up, admitting that they
could do nothing more. She had come to the clinic just five
days before and started fasting immediately.
"I am so happy. It is unbeliveable!" she said to
me with enthusiasm. "In just four days all pain is gone.
I could not straighten this leg before --look at it now! It
is completely straight. After 14 years of pain and suffering--it
is just unbelievable! It's a miracle!" (Paavo O. Airola,
There Is A Cure For Arthritis, 1968, Parker Publishing
Co. New York).
Many cases are described in Dr. Airola's book. With the high
success rate seen at Brandal and many other European clinics
treating arthritis, the question arises as to why this approach
to treatment has been absent in the U.S. for all these years?
Insufficient time? Not hardly. Recall that his book was written
in 1968 and was based on extensive clinical findings including
double-blind, controlled studies published in peer reviewed
journals. Some of the findings actually extend back as far
as 25 years and most of the cases discussed in the book utilized
procedures that had been in use since 1957 or 1958 - or at least
10 years. Yet, even as of November, 1996, some 38 years later,
neither the Arthritis Foundation, the American Medical Association
nor the average American allopathic physician, were acting as
if they had heard of or believed in this highly successful treatment
approach.
Offering a reason why the arthritic
public is still in the dark, Dr. Airola relates:
"The reason why you do not hear about this from your
television screen is because there is no money in selling knowledge,
truth, education. You cannot pack knowledge in a bright labeled
bottle, as pill manufacturers do, and make a million dollar
business out of it.
When your doctor tells you that there is no cure for arthritis
he means that there is no cure for arthritis with a drug or
a knife -- because the pharmacological and surgical treatments
are virtually the only curative methods accepted and employed
by the average orthodox, allopathic medical doctor. And they
are 100 percent correct: There is no cure for arthritis
with drug or knife.
But there definitely is a cure for arthritis with biological
therapeutic methods. Thousands of arthritis sufferers throughout
the world have obtained complete freedom from pain, recession
of swollen joints, and disappearance of every trace of this
crippling and agonizing disease. There are dozens of clinics
and spas in Europe where arthritis is cured today, along with
most of the other common ailments and chronic diseases.
The biological methods employed by these clinics are: dietetic
restrictions, fasting, herbal treatments, juice therapies, biological
medicines, heat treatments, massage, manipulations, hydro-therapies,
and a number of other drugless treatments."[emphasis added]
The patients discharged from Brandal or any of the dozens of
other clinics have learned to follow the routines they learned
there and when put into practice at home these patients continue
to be disease free. These routines include hot and cold showers,
dry brush massages, exercises and a healthful diet.
Biological Treatments that Cure Arthritis and Related
Disorders
Biological therapies are aimed at
(1) correcting the abnormal and health-destroying
conditions which cause arthritis, and,
(2) assisting the body heal itself.
This latter step is accomplished by
normalizing all the metabolic processes, cleansing the body
of the accumulated toxins and wastes, strengthening the functions
of all vital organs, revitalizing glandular activity, establishing
chemical balance and in sum, simply rebuilding the health of
the patient.
Drug Withdrawal
Conventional arthritic drugs are used only to mask and suppress
the symptoms. These forms of treatments (i.e. drugs) have
absolutely no place in biological treatment programs.
It is important to understand that virtually all arthritic
drugs are aimed at pain elimination. To suppress pain without
attempting to eliminate the original cause is contrary to the
philosophy of biological medicine.
Rule # 1 becomes:
Complete withdrawal of all drugs.
It has already been amply demonstrated that to obtain lasting
results, the withdrawal of all drugs is imperative.
Diet
This is the dominant form of treatment. Many observations
show that the diets of most (probably all) arthritics is deficient
in vital nutrients for prolonged periods and is usually loaded
with overcooked, canned, frozen, devitalized and over-refined
foods. Usually great amounts of empty calories are consumed
from white sugar and white flour. Add to this the problem of
overeating, alcohol, smoking, coffee, failure to exercise and
this results in a general breakdown of health.
The diet during the first two to four weeks consists primarily
of raw, uncooked fruits and vegetables with some cooked foods.
Most of the procedures use boiled potatoes and vegetable soups
in addition to the raw foods. All the clinics use raw milk
in the form of homemade soured milk.
Some of the clinics exclude all cooked foods during the first
phase of treatment as well as all foods of animal origin including
meats, fish, eggs, milk, butter and cheeze. Breads and cooked
cereals are also eliminated as well during the first two to
four weeks. Raw nuts, seeds and sprouted grains are included
in the raw food.
Therapeutic Fasting
The quintessential biological treatment modality employed in
all the biological clinics treating arthritis is fasting. Fasting
is something that most allopathic physicians do not understand
nor are they ever taught.
Therapeutic fasting is the total abstinence from food. This
is done to promote healing and for the restoration of health.
Large numbers of studies all confirm the therapeutic value of
fasting. All doctors who employ fasting testify that fasting
indeed works. In fact, fasting is perhaps the most efficient
way known to correct virtually any disease.
Dr. Airola says
"The
therapeutic value of fasting is based on the following physiological
facts:
1. Autolysis is a known metabolic phenomenon of self-digestion
or disintegration of the body's own tissues.
2. Therapeutic fasting induces the development of autolysis
and directs its physiological effect for constructive healing
purposes.
To clarify:
when disease takes hold of the body it is usually because of
the weakened defensive mechanism and impaired normal functions
of the vital organs. Due to continuous neglect in feeding the
body properly and failure to observe the other rules of health,
the glandular activity and metabolic rate slows down and the
eliminative organs lose their efficiency. Many of the toxins
and metabolic wastes remain in the body and are deposited in
the tissues, causing autointoxication. In rheumatic diseases
these wastes, such as uric acid crystals and mineral compounds
including heavy metal toxins and other un-natural chemicals
(i.e. xenobiotics), are deposited in the joints and soft tissues.
Now, we must recognize the fact that the body's own healing
powers are constantly trying to correct any and all defects,
disturbances and damages if given the slightest chance. Such
a chance and opportunity for self-regeneration and healing is
made possible during the fast.
First, during
prolonged fast (after the first three days) the body will burn
and digest its own tissues by the process of autolysis, or self-digestion.
In its wisdom -- and here lies the secret of the extraordinary
effectiveness of fasting as curative therapy! -- the body will
only decompose and burn those substances and tissues which are
diseased, damaged, or of lesser importance to the body economy,
such as all morbid accumulations, tumors, abscesses, damaged
tissues, fat deposits, etc. These are consumed and utilized
first. The essential tissues of vital organs are spared.
Second, the
eliminating and cleansing capacity of the eliminative organs
-- lungs, liver, kidneys, and skin -- is increased during fasting,
and masses of accumulated metabolic wastes and toxins are quickly
expelled. This is evident in the following typical symptoms
of fasting: offensive breath, dark urine (concentration of
toxins in urine ten times higher than normal --" ... "continuous
and generous discharge of feces, skin eruptions, perspiration,
catarrhal elimination, etc.
Third, a fast
affords a physiological rest to the digestive and protective
organs of the body. After fasting, the digestion and utilization
of food is greatly improved, which makes the assimilation of
all the important nutrients more effective.
Fourth, a
fast exerts a normalizing and stabilizing effect on all the
physiological, nervous, and mental functions. The nervous system
is regenerated; mental powers improved; glandular chemistry
and secretions are normalized.
It
is easy to see, then, why fasting is such an effective therapeutic
measure in treatment of a great variety of diseases, including
arthritis.
Fresh Juices
Although
the classic form of fasting is the so-called pure water fast
(abstinence from all foods and drinks with the exception of
pure water), all the practitioners I interviewed in European
clinics, including the champion of therapeutic fasting in modern
times, Dr. Otto Buchinger, Jr., use fresh juices, vegetable
broths, and herb teas during fasting.
Biologically oriented doctors feel that freshly pressed vegetable
and fruit juices, given to the patient during the fast, will
speed his recovery. This is attributed to the fact that raw
vegetables and fruit juices, as well as freshly made vegetable
broth, are rich in vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and trace elements,
which help to normalize the bodily processes and speed up recovery.
At the same time, they are very easily assimilated directly
into the bloodstream without putting a strain on the digestive
organs.
Juices
most frequently used in Sweden are: carrot juice, apple juice,
black currant juice, and tomato juice.
Vegetable Broth
Vegetable broth is made by boiling all kinds of available
vegetables, but predominantly potatoes, carrots, and celery,
chopped to about half-inch pieces, for 30 minutes in a pot of
water ... Then it is strained and the vegetables are thrown
away. The remaining liquid is a highly alkaline, mineral-packed
broth, which is considered to be of extraordinary importance
in biological arthritis therapy. It combats acidosis or a tendency
toward a high acidity in the bloodstream and tissues. It helps
to normalize the mineral balance in the tissues, which, according
to Dr. Lars-Erik Essen, is of utmost importance for the effectiveness
of the fast.
Both vegetable broth and fresh vegetables and fruit juices
are concentrated nutrition. Perhaps, it would be more appropriate
to call such therapy a liquid diet, rather than a fast.
Herb Teas
All
biological clinics use various herb teas, both during fasting
and while on a diet.
The medicinal value of herbs is well known. Herb medicines
are the oldest remedy known to man.
The
herb teas used in Swedish clinics are usually made from native
herbs: rose hips (very rich in vitamin C), peppermint, milfoil,
etc...
Enema
Fasting is always accompanied by enemas, or colonic baths,
taken two or three times a day. Most clinics administer an
enema twice a day; some, like Kjorkagarden and Vita Nova, three
times a day, two or three small enemas as a time. An enema
is generally considered to be an extremely important measure
for keeping the large intestine clean from wastes and speeding
evacuation of toxic matter from the system through the bowels.
Intermediate Diet
After the fast is broken, the patient is put on a special
diet. This consists of an abundance of raw vegetables and fruits,
vegetable and fruit juices, some cooked dishes, such as boiled
potatoes, vegetable soups, beans, homemade soured milk (from
raw unpasturized milk), whey cheeze, and salt-free cottage cheese.
Colonic Irrigation
In addition to an enema the patients who have a record of
chronic constipation prior to coming to the clinic (a common
affliction of many arthritics) are given a colonic irrigation
once or twice during the first week. This is a treatment which
employs a specially constructed appliance to thoroughly wash
the large intestine and colonic tract.
Hot and Cold Shower
One of the treatments which many practitioners, particularly
at the Brandals Clinic, attach a great importance to, is an
alternating hot and cold shower. It is administered in the
morning.
The procedure is as follows: First, a warm shower for about
ten to 15 minutes to get the body really warmed up. This is
followed by a cold shower for approximately one to three minutes.
Water should be as cold as the patient can stand. After that
the patient receives a vigorous dry brushing with a stiff brush
and is rubbed with a coarse towel until he is completely warmed
up.
The importance of the alternating hot and cold shower lies
in the fact that it stimulates the adrenal and other endocrine
glands and reactivates their functions. Alma Nissen calls such
a shower "a cortisone injection -- but without cortisone's
undesirable side effects!"
Sufficient Rest
All biological clinics stress the importance of sufficient
rest for patients with arthritis. After lunch, 1:00 P.M. to
3:00 P.M., there is an obligatory quiet hour, when all patients
take a long afternoon nap.
Exercise
Various therapeutic exercises are a standard routine in the
biological clinic. Exercises are adapted to the condition of
the patient. Walks in the woods are encouraged -- all the Swedish
clinics which I visited are surrounded by beautiful woods that
afford invigorating walks in the fresh air. In addition, special
relaxation gymnastics are given in some clinics.
Baths
Therapeutic baths are an important part of the biological
program. In addition to alternating hot and cold showers, mentioned
before, the following baths are employed: whirlpool massage,
sitz bath, Kuhne-bath, steam bath, sauna, Gusse-shower, warm
sand bath (Bircher-Benner), etc.
Massage
Dry brush massage is an important therapeutic measure. It
stimulates the circulation; brings the blood to the skin; keeps
skin clean from dead cells and impurities; and opens pores.
The skin is your biggest eliminative organ and it is of vital
importance that it functions as such efficiently.
In
addition, conventional massage -- so-called Swedish massage
-- is frequently used to help the affected joints to regain
their lost elasticity and movements.
Many Other Forms
Many other forms of biological treatments are used in addition
to the "standards" outlined above. Every clinic has
its own specialities. Bjorkagarden stresses vacuum massage
and modern cupping as being of extraordinary importance. Vita
Nova uses nontoxic biological medicines in the form of subcutaneous
injections. Various forms of heat treatments are used in almost
all clinics: high-frequency, pulsed, short-wave therapy; infrared
heat lamps; cold and hot packs; mud packs (Heilerde); etc.
Positive Attitude
The importance of positive attitude on the part of patients
is emphasized in all clinics. After years of pain and suffering,
persons afflicted with arthritis are often irritable, tense,
bitter, and resentful. These negative emotions can do much
to make efforts to regain health difficult, even impossible.
Therefore, fostering a positive, trustful attitude in the
patient and insuring his thorough understanding of the various
biological treatments and expected reactions is a very important
part of the total program in every biological clinic. Several
evenings every week special lectures are presented to acquaint
new patients with the intricate metabolic processes of the body
and the functions of various organs. The causative factors
leading to the development of the disease are explained. The
mechanics and effects of biological treatments, as well as the
whole philosophy of biological medicine, is made clear and comprehensive.
The fact that there are no shortcuts to the cure of arthritis
is emphasized. A biological program of treatments is not easy.
There are no specific miracle treatments, no specific diets
which can cure arthritis. Arthritis can be cured only by the
efforts of the body's own healing powers. With the assistance
of the wide arsenal of biological treatments and with the full
and cheerful cooperation of the patient it can be done. It
is done every day. But in order to achieve lasting and effective
results, full co-operation and a positive effort on the part
of the patient is imperative.
The patient must understand that the cure is possible only
if he is willing to discard completely his former mode of living
and accept a new way of life. He must have the willingness
and determination to follow the new biological programs and
have a trustful and cooperative attitude. The negative attitude
will lock up the healing forces of the body, whereas a positive
attitude will unlock them and spur them into full action.
It requires a certain amount of intelligence, understanding,
and patience, in addition to a sense of determination and self-discipline,
to undertake a biological program of treatments and not give
up before noticeable results are observed. It often takes time
to induce a betterment. . ."
Biological Methods Scientifically
Proven
By now it must be evident to the average reader that the biological
approach to arthritis is quite different from conventional practices.
As with every new concept and new approach, it takes an unprejudiced
and objective attitude on the part of practitioners to be able
to grasp and accept the new discoveries. It is natural to be
doubtful and even skeptical of something which is contrary to
common practice and the accepted line of thought. Moreover,
the new biological approach seems to be so down-to-earth simple
that for a technologically minded and pseudoscientifically trained,
twentieth century space-oriented man it may seem too simple
to be true. However, hundreds of medical doctors in Europe
have given this down-to-earth, commonsense, nature-cure approach
a fair trial. They were soon convinced of its extraordinary
merits. Its effectiveness is proven by actual result-producing
application on thousands upon thousands of successfully treated
patients...
It is unfortunate, indeed, that it takes such a long time
before new discoveries and original ideas become universally
accepted and officially endorsed. Millions of sick people suffer
because of unwillingness on the part of conservative practitioners
to accept and use new, unconventional methods of treatment.
. ." (Paavo O. Airola, There Is A Cure For Arthritis,
1968, Parker Publishing Co. New York).
NUTRITION:
A VITAL ROLE IN CURING ARTHRITIS
Problems steming from faulty nutrition
is perhaps the most important causative factor in the etiology
(causative history) of arthritis. Not only must digestion be
improved, the foods that are being digested must be correct,
whole and organic. The digestive wastes must be eliminated
quickly and efficiently as well.
A problem that always arises is
the average American's conception of what he eats. He often
believes that he is eating properly. For example, he
might say to you that he has always tried to eat healthy foods.
He may say that he eats plenty of meat and eggs, and drinks
lots of milk. He may also say that he eats cereal for breakfast,
and one or two vegetables with his meat each day. He will often
tell you that he eats his "One-A-Day" vitamin each
day, faithfully. He believes that this is a health diet.
But in actuality he is eating lots
of polluted animal protein; devitalized, foodless cereals; canned
vegetables and instant mashed potatoes; white bread; sugared
desserts where even ordinary sugar is missing, having been replaced
by corn syrup and where hydrogenated vegetable oils and tons
of preservatives are used to prevent the junk from going stale.
Imagine having to eat stale junk food. After all, fresh junk
food is bad enough.
There are essentially seven rules
that must be followed regarding foods.
1. Natural Foods
The first rule of optimum nutrition
is that you must eat natural foods. This is because
the condition of your health is in direct relation to the naturalness
of the foods you eat.
Here in the United States we have
almost lost our ability to tell what is natural and what is
not. For example, we think that eggs are eggs and that any
egg therefore is natural. Wrong. "Eggs laid by hens which
have access to the outdoors, green grass, seeds, insects, and
worms are natural, fertile eggs full of nutritive value. But
eggs produced in an egg factory, by hens who never see a rooster,
nor sunlight, and eat only synthetic laying mash, are not natural.
Not only is the chemical composition of such an egg altered
and unbalanced, but also its nutritional value is far below
that of a natural egg."
The fruits and vegetables that you
eat should also grow in healthy, fertile soils, without chemical
fertilizers or sprays. The importance of eating organic foods
cannot be over stated. Even the milk we drink must be organic.
Cheese, meats, and other products derived from animals must
be organic as well. This means that they must come from healthy
animals fed organically grown fodder and not artificially raised
with the help of hormones, antibiotics, fat promoters, milk-fat
enhancers, etc.
2. Whole Foods
The second rule of vital nutrition
is that your foods must be whole, complete, unrefined and
unadulterated. Examples of whole foods include: whole wheat,
brown rice, oranges, sugar cane (not corn syrup) and potatoes
are all whole foods.
Whole foods are simply foods which
still contain all the nutrients which nature intended us to
eat. They have all the vitamins (with certain exceptions),
minerals (with certain exceptions), proteins, carbohydrates
and a natural compliment of enzymes which are essential to good
health. Whole foods are unrefined. Whole foods are not concentrates,
nor parts of whole foods.
It is hard to believe that upwards
of 95 percent of the foods consumed by the average American
today has been tampered with in some manner, adulterated in
some manner, overcooked, and processed in such a manner that
it is virtually devitalized of all nutritional value. White
bread, white sugar, breakfast cereals are examples of devitalized,
nutritionless foods. And our children only know Honey-Nut Cheerios.
Remember, only whole
foods can supply optimum nutrition for optimum health.
3. Living Foods
The third rule of
vital nutrition is that every food you eat should be eaten as
fresh as possible. They should be eaten raw in the case of
fruits and vegetables. They should not be cooked, canned or
frozen. If cooking is necessary, they should be cooked as little
as possible, preferably steamed or cooked with little or no
water. All of the broths that result from cooking should be
consumed as well.
Raw foods are necessary for proper
nutrition because of the enzymes they contain. Cooking always
destroys the enzymes in food. Completely destroyed. The heat
of cooking also damages some of the vitamins, particularly vitamins
B and C.
Even freezing destroys the nutritive
value of foods. Canning, drying (dehydrating), preserving and
keeping such foods stored for long periods of time also destroy
the nutritive value of foods.
Raw foods act as intestinal cleansers.
They are the best preventive measure against constipation.
Cooked food is dead food. Only
living foods can build and/or restore health.
4. Poison-Free Foods
The next rule is simply
that your food must be poison free. If you can't get foods
that are organic and free of colorants, waxes, etc, at least
wash them thoroughly before preparing them. Special peroxide-containing
products are especially useful in de-contaminating all foods.
Remember, there are more than 3,500 different chemicals used
in the processing of foods. Our deteriorating health rests
squarely on the shoulders of the chemical industry's powerful
lobby!
5. Balanced Diet
You can forget that stupid little
pyramid that is supposed to represent the latest Washington-based
thinking on what we should eat. All you need to know is that
the optimum diet for optimum health and vitality is a diet low
in animal protein and rich in natural carbohydrates and protein
foods from vegetable sources. Such a diet would include raw
fruits and vegetables.
6. Undereating
It is a fact that undereating leads
to longevity. Foods eaten in excess of your bodily needs act
as poisons, interfering with digestion, causing internal sluggishness,
gas and incomplete assimilation. Excess foods are the greatest
causes of fermentation and putrefaction.
7. Correct Eating Habits
It is not only what you eat but
how you eat that is important. We are not what we eat, but
rather what we assimilate.
Many of us gulp our food, without
chewing it properly. Many of us eat out of habit, eating when
we are not hungry. All foods must be properly chewed and chewed
thoroughly. Never eat in a hurry. It is also necessary to
eat in a relaxed atmosphere.
Eating should be a pleasure. But
eat to live, don't live to eat.
A sample menu is presented in the
Appendix along with recipes that are followed at our Vida Linda
Clinic.
Benzene Detoxification Procedure:
1. Biochemical detoxification begins with eating fresh, whole
lemons peeled but with the inner white of the peel intact.
The enzymes in the lemon's cytochrome system (oxidative system)
are powerful in detoxifying benzene. The lemon also contains
citric acid (a powerful chelating agent) niacin, vitamin C (another
powerful chelator and antioxidant), bioflavinoids and phospates.
After you get used to the sour taste it will be easier to eat
a minimum of 10 (preferably more) lemons per day.
For less severe cases the Hot Lemon-Water
Flush drink early in the morning can substitute for this
step. (See Cleansing and Hydrating Drinks)
Take 1Bronson Bioflavonoid tablet daily.
2. Benzene detoxification requires high levels of niacin (vitamin
B-3). But start out slowly because niacin causes flushing or
reddening of the skin as the capillaries in your skin dilate.
This can be accompanied by histamine release leading to severe
itching. This hives like state sometimes leaves you temporarily
spotted looking but is not permanent. The palms of your hands
can drive you crazy itching in the worse cases. Many people
suffer headaches with niacin.
For these reasons it is wise to start out at a 50 mg dose
two to three times per day and determine how severely you
are going to react. Increase niacin tablets until you are
taking 500-800 mg three to four times daily.
It is necessary to gradually increase your dose level to the
maximum you can tolerate. The greater your benzene burden,
the more intense these side effects will be. But as your
body eliminates benzene the niacin will no longer cause the
flushing, itching or headaches.
Niacin is necessary in large doses to detoxify the body of
benzene. Some people suffering from HIV disease have worked
themselves up to doses as large as 1000 mg every two hours or
approximately 10 to 12 grams of niacin per day for up to three
months. If you can work your way up to a dose level of 600
- 800 mg every two to four hours you will be doing remarkably
well. Keep at it for as long as you can. Expect to follow
this procedure for at least 3 months but more reasonably, expect
to be on niacin for six to eight months.
Without niacin benzene detoxification results in Nylon 6 polymer
scars. Nylon 6 polymer scars are wart-like scars that will
disappear with UV light therapy.
3. Benzene detox also requires high levels of other B vitamins.
Benzene actually "polymerizes" the intestional wall
resulting in diminished absorption of food stuffs and sometimes
enhanced absorption of viruses, bacteria and toxins. High levels
of liquid B vitamins are necessary to absorb enough to maintain
the detox process. In addition to niacin (B-3) both B-6 and
B-12 play major roles.
Take 3 Super B tablets daily (Bronson
Pharmaceuticals). Super B from Bronson is pure, contains no
solvents or heavy metal contaminants. These tablets supply
substantial dose levels of the following B-vitamins: Thiamin
(50mg); Riboflavin (50mg); Niacin (300mg); Vitamin B-6 (50mg);
Folate (400mcg); Vitamin B-12 (100mcg); Biotin (400mcg); Pantothentic
Acid (100mg). All of these B-vitamins are necessary and recommended.
Because oral B-12 is poorly absorbed in LGS, it is necessary
to use nasal B-12 products like "Ener-B" or sublingual
forms of B-12. Research shows several hundred fold increases
in circulating levels of B-12 result from nasal gel or sublingual
administration of this vitamin. Oral forms are not absorbed
properly because of the "clogged" or "polymerized"
gut wall.
If you decide to use nasal B-12
Use one "Ener-B" squeezable ampule (in the nostril)
daily for the first week. Thereafter use one
"Ener-B" squeezable ampule three times weekly.
If you prefer sublingual B-12,
Take one sublingual B-12 (Bronson) tablet 3 times
daily for the first week.
Thereafter, take two sublingual B-12 tablets daily.
As the levels of B-complex rise, there should be changes in
the color of the urine. If your urine remains clear, your body
is utilizing all the B vitamins and you need to take more.
Take B-complex at dosage levels sufficient to maintain a straw
color to the urine. Note: If your urine is brown colored with
an odor, you may be excreting nitrobenzene as well as phenolic
and benzyl compounds.
4. Vitamin C is required for benzene detoxification. Vitamin
C may not be tolerated very well by patients with Leaky Gut
Syndrome. But it is not the patient that can't tolerate the
Vitamin C, it is the benzene in the patient that causes the
problem.
As benzene is detoxified in this program there is the possibility
that the skin may develop eruptions of a silvery white powder.
This is a beneficial effect of the detox procedure. There may
also be headaches.
During the first and second weeks start your Vitamin C program
slowly.
Take 1/8 teaspoon twice daily during week 1. During week
two increase to 1/4 teaspoon twice daily.
In week three increase to 1/2 teaspoon twice daily.
Thereafter take 3 grams (3,000mg) to 10 grams (10,000
mg) of vitamin C powder daily.
One gram of Vitamin C powder is equal to 1/4 teaspoon. Accordingly,
3 grams = 3/4 teaspoon and 10 grams = 2-1/2 tsp. Divide these
dosages into three or four equal portions and take throughout
the day.
5. Take a complete amino acid supplement (See Honeybee Pollen
below).
Take 1 tablespoon High Desert Honey Bee Pollen after breakfast,
and 1 tsp before lunch and 1 tsp before supper. This may
be dissolved in water or sprinkled on various foods. It may
also be eaten straight.
Also eat a high cholesterol diet and take sulfur containing
amino acids like cystein.
6. Glutathione is helpful but poor absorption (from LGS) limits
the bioavailability. N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine (NAC) stimulates intracellular
glutathione production while preventing oxidative tissue damage.
Take 1-2 capsules Oxyperm® with meals 3 times daily.
Oxyperm is a targeted antioxidant that supports the intestinal
mucosa supplying Quercetin, Ginko Flavone Glycosides, N-Acetyl-L-Cystein,
Beta Carotene, Selenium and Vitamins C, E and Zinc.
7. Reduced L-Glutathione capsules help detoxify the body.
A better way to maximize the detoxifying actions of reduced
L-glutathione is to use it in a manner that bypasses the gut.
Open the capsules and pour the powder under the tongue. It
will absorb completely. It is not the most pleasant tasting
product in the world, but the end results are definitely worth
the salty-sulfur and smokey taste. The powder is usually dissolved
and absorbed in 7 to 8 minutes. It travels directly to the
liver this way and its potency is not lost in attempting to
traverse a polymerized gut wall. Dissolve 1 capsule Recancostat®
under the tongue daily.
The faulty digestion in LGS diseases (including chronic fatigue)
leads to the production of toxic by-products such as indole,
phenol, skatol, methane, putrescine, cadaverine and hydrogen
gas. The chemical structure of phenol is very similar to benzene.
It is imperative to eliminate these toxic byproducts from the
body and to stop their formation. These toxins directly attack
the mucosal epithelial cells and negatively impact the normal
barrier functions of the gut wall.
Equally as important, intestinal endotoxins like phenol damage
beneficial bacteria in the gut leading to a chronic imbalance
in the intestinal flora. This imbalance is called dysbiosis.
When pathogenic bacteria become predominant the results are
intestinal infections, inflammation of the mucosa and dramatically
increased permeability.
8. Ginko Biloba contains compounds known to scavenge free
radicals which provents tissue oxidative damage. Quercetin
(from Saphora Japonica) exhibits stabilizing effects on intestinal
mast cells, inhibits histamine release and decreases the production
of free radicals. Other bioflavinoids (e.g. rutin) may have
similar effects.
If you are following these instructions you are already taking
enough Ginko Biloba. This is being supplied in the 1-2 capsules
Oxyperm you are already taking with meals 3 times daily. Oxyperm
is a targeted antioxidant that supports the intestinal mucosa
supplying Quercetin, Ginko Flavone Glycosides, N-Acetyl-L-Cystein,
Beta Carotene, Selenium and Vitamins C, E and Zinc.
9. Goldenseal is one of the most widely used herbs. Roots
of goldenseal exhibit antimicrobial, astringent and energy stimulating
actions. Goldenseal is especially useful in the treatment of
mucous membrane infections. The root is useful in the treatment
of dyspepsia and gastritis. The alkaloids in the root also
have an antispasmodic action, stimulate bile secretion and are
strongly bacteriocidal.
Take 10 - 20 drops of Golden Seal Tincture (Good Herbs)
in 4 oz. pure water 3 times daily 10 - 30 minutes before meals.
Use for 7 days, stop. Do not use for next 7 days. Repeat start
and stop procedure. Goldenseal should not be used continuously.
It damages good bacteria populations.
10. Oligosaccharides such as fructooligosaccharides or "FOS"
for short are short-chain polysaccharides which are not digested
by human digestive juices but which are preferentially consumed
by beneficial intestinal bacteria in the colon. Increased populations
of beneficial bacteria suppress the activity of putrefactive
bacteria in the gut, thereby reducing the formation of toxic
fermentation products. FOS is actually superior to fiber but
when used together, the results can be exciting.
The Jarro-Dophilus brand of Acidophilus contains the FOS (NutraFlora)
in each capsule. This minimizes dysbiosis.
Take 2 Jarro-Dophilus capsules twice daily.
Preferable times should be before breakfast and several
hours after supper.
Take 4 Enterogenic capsules twice daily between
meals.
11. Regular use of Cat's Claw (Uncaria tomentosa) will assist
in healing the intestinal lining. Research on more than 150
patients over a four year period shows this herb to be of great
value in Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, diverticulitis,
recurring ulcers, and parasitic infections. Because of this,
it is also of value in all LGS diseases. Cat's claw seems to
"break through severe intestinal derangements that no other
available product can touch..." Cat's claw can clear up
long-term parasitic infections involving Blastocystis hominis,
entamoebas, and giardia, as it it were breaking up a long standing
log jam in intestinal metabolism. This then enables other therapies
to work. Cat's claw is also reported to have potent antioxidant
properties as well.
Take 30 drops of Cat's Claw Extract (Good Herbs) 5 times
daily. Take 30 minutes before each meal. Mix in 4 - 6 oz of
pure drinking water.
12. Honey-Bee Pollen is a phenomenal product containing all
of the essential nutrients now known to us. It brings the body
chemistry into balance, helps digestion, relieves stress, is
phenomenally successful with allergies, is loaded with enzymes,
is high in B-12 and Vitamin E. Good pollen has been shown to
be of immense value in multiple sclerosis. It builds strength
in tired bodies, acts as a tonic and in most cases can improve
and restore the zest for living along with a healthy appetite
and mood.
Honey-Bee Pollen can either cause weight gain or weight loss
depending on whether it is taken before or after meals.
Take 1 tablespoon after breakfast (to gain wt) and take
1 teaspoon before lunch and 1 teaspoon before supper.
Honey Bee Pollen acts as a psycho-motor stimulant without the
depressive after effects.
13. Lecithin (good news for MS sufferers) provides power and
vigor to a damaged nervous system and helps heal nervous tissue.
Acting together with Bee Pollen, the results can be remarkable.
Take 2 tablespoons daily (mixed with juice, soups, dressings
or sprinkled on foods).
NUTRITIONAL
SUPPORT FOR G.I. AND LIVER FUNCTION IN
LEAKY
GUT SYNDROME
Because Leaky Gut Syndrome is the basis of most disturbed gut
and G.I. functions, it is desirable to correct even the slightest
disturbances in function in all the organs involved. Beginning
with the stomach it is best to assist the digestive process
with dietary enzymes.
1. Take 1-3 Similase® capsules 3 times daily at the beginning
of meals. CAUTION: If you are suffering from or have
been diagnosed as having gastritis, gastric or duodenal ulcers
do not use Similase®.
Similase® is a highly concentrated plant enzyme digestive formula
designed for persons on an average mixed diet containing carbohydrates,
protein, fat, fiber and dairy products.
2. It is impossible to overstate the necessity of reestablishing
normal beneficial bacteria populations in the intestines. The
best policy is to provide diverse forms of beneficial bacteria
in the nutritional support program. Accordingly, in addition
to the Enterogenic® capsules you are already taking with meals,
Take 4 Enterogenic® capsules twice daily between
meals with at least 8 oz of pure drinking water.
This will supply your system with 2,400 mg of fructooligosaccharides
(FOS), a food stuff you don't absorb but which enables beneficial
bacteria to fluorish. These capsules will also provide you
with more than 6 billion viable organisms including Lactobacillus
acidophilus, Bifodobacterium bifidum, B. infantis, and Streptococcus
faecium.
3. The intestines retain vast amounts of toxins when normal
functions are disturbed. These toxins must be removed if there
is to be any hope of recovering from the diverse ravages of
LGS. This process is best begun through products that absorb
intestinal toxins.
Take 6 Fiber Formula® capsules on an empty stomach with
a large glass of water. Repeat twice daily. This
will provide psyllium hull powder, oat bran, bentonite powder,
bromelain (a digestive aid), papain, guar gum, marshmallow root,
prune powder, vitamin C, Echinacea, Goldenseal, Cranesbill and
Ginger root.
4. It is probable that in most cases of Leaky Gut Syndrome
heavy metal poisoning is involved. Heavy metals create massive
amounts of tissue damage through their ability to generate free
radicals. Free radicals are easily as damaging as radiation,
if not more so. It becomes necessary to reduce oxidative damage.
Oxyperm®, is a targeted antioxidant support for the gastrointestinal
mucosa. This product supplies quercetin, ginko flavone glycosides,
N-Acetyl-L-Cystein, beta carotene, selenium and vitamins C,
E and zinc.
Take 1 to 2 Oxyperm® capsules with meals three times daily.
5. The intestinal mucosa needs to be nourished if one is ever
to overcome the ravages of LGS. Permeability Factors® is a
product designed to supply nutritional support to the mucosa.
This product supplies L-Glutamine, N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine, Gamma
Linolenic Acid, Gamma Oryzanol, Vitamin E and Phosphatidyl Choline
in a base of Safflower oil.
L-Glutamine provides energy to small intestinal mucosa, supports
secretory IgA production (an immune factor), and promotes mucosal
integrity. N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine (NAG) supplies naturally-occurring
glycoconjugate precursor for production of protective intestinal
mucin. Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA) is a polyunsaturated fatty
acid precursor for prostaglandin E1 synthesis. Gamma
Oryzanol is a natural component of rice oil studied for its
effects on gastrointestinal mucosa.
Phosphatidyl Choline has been shown to protect and restore
the gastrointestinal mucosa from chemical irritation by strengthening
the mucous-phospholipid layer. Lecithin, an important dietary
source of Phosphatidyl Choline, has been shown to prevent disruption
of the mucosal barrier due to bile salt injury.
Take 2 Permeability Factors® softgel capsules 3
times daily between meals.
6. The liver is overworked in all diseases caused by LGS.
Accordingly, the liver must be supplied with nutrients essential
to phase I and II liver detoxication. These nutrients include
antioxidants, conjugating agents, glutathione precursors, sulfhydryl
and methyl donors, vitamin and mineral cofactors.
Take 2 Detoxication Factors® capsules 3 times daily between
meals.
Herbal
Home Colonic Program
Digestive system and colon health have reached an all time
low in the United States. Diseases of the digestive tract are
on the rise.
In 1994 the #1 cancer among men and women was rectalcolon.
Modern lifestyle has taken its toll on our digestive system.
Refined, processed, low fiber foods, animal fats, environmental
chemicals, lack of exercise and an ever increasing level of
stress all contribute to our current gastrointestinal health
crisis.
The frequency at which a normal, healthy person should move
their bowels has been a great misconception among the public
and most medical professionals. For years doctors have thought
that anywhere between 1 bowel movement a day and 1 a week was
normal. In the examination of more primitive peoples we find
that their bowels move much more frequently, 2 to 3 times daily
on the average. This is because these people eat better, get
more exercise and have much less stress. What we have learned
is that it is normal to have 1 bowel movement a day for each
meal you eat (if you eat 3 meals you should have 3 bowel
movements).
The Merck Manual, the medical industry's standard
text for the diagnosis and treatment of disease tells us that
colon degeneration is on the rise. The incidence of diverticulosis
has increased dramatically over the last 40 years. It states
that in 1950 only 10 percent of adults over the age of 45 had
this disease. In 1955 diverticulosis had increased to 15 percent.
By 1972 just over 30 percent of the population suffered from
this disorder and by 1987 it had increased to near 50 percent.
The latest edition states that the incidence increases rapidly
over age 40 and that "every person will have many"
[diverticula] if they live long enough. Every American adult
will have herniation of the large intestine.
Diverticula are saccular herniations that protrude through
the wall of the colon. These "bowel pockets" are
like "bubbles" on the sides of innertubes that have
been over inflated. Diverticula are almost always asymptomatic
(you can't feel them). They are caused by a sluggish, constipated
bowel. These pockets fill with old fecal material full of putrefaction
and toxins. These toxic materials can be re absorbed back into
the bloodstream. This can infect the entire body causing all
types of toxic reactions.
A sluggish bowel can retain many pounds of old, toxic and poisonous
fecal matter. Studies have shown that some people may retain
40 or more pounds of this material in their large intestine.
Many times the real cause behind sickness and disease is retention
and re absorption of this toxic waste.
The first step in everyone's health
program should be stimulating, cleaning and toning all the elimination
organs and systems, and the bowel is one of the best places
to begin.
2 Week Herbal Home Colonic
Program
Day #1. Start with two
capsules of Vega-Lax intestinal corrective formula during or
just after your evening meal. This formula works best when
mixed with food. Drink at least 8 oz of pure drinking water
after the meal.
Day #2. This morning (by
noon) you should notice an increase in your bowel action and
in the amount of fecal matter that you eliminate. The consistency
should also be softer. If you do not notice any difference
in your bowel behavior today or if the difference was not dramatic
don't worry. Take two capsules of Vega-Lax with lunch (with
8 oz water). Then tonight take two more Vega-Lax capsules (again
with 8 oz water). That's 4 capsules total for the day.
Days #3-7. Continue taking
2 Vega-Lax capsules with lunch (with 8 oz water) and two Vega-Lax
capsules with supper (with 8 oz water). If your bowels are
moving satisfactorily (i.e. noticeable improvement) stay at
this dosage of 2 capsules with lunch and 2 capsules with supper
for the rest of the week. If you are not moving satisfactorily,
you will need to continue to increase your dosage every evening
by one Vega-Lax capsule until you notice a dramatic difference
in the way your bowel works. It has taken most of us years
to create a sluggish bowel so lets be patient for a few days
and increase by one capsule each day.
By the end of the first week you should know what your dosage
is. This is your "established dose." If
not then remain on this formula alone for an additional week
to get regulated before you go on to the next step.
Week #2. At the beginning
of week two is when you start the Miracle 7 Colon Cleanser.
We will take this formula 2 times each day beginning in the
morning after breakfast.
On arising (before breakfast) drink 8 ounce Hot Lemon-Water
Flush1. After breakfast and dinner take the Miracle
7 Colon Cleanser capsules according to the following weight
schedule:
Adults: Under 100 lbs.:
4 capsules a.m. and 4 capsules p.m.
101 - 175 lbs.: 5 capsules a.m.
and 5 capsules p.m.
Over 175 lbs.: 6 capsules a.m.
and 6 capsules p.m.
with 8 ounces of diluted, organic juice (fruit or vegetable)
or Hydrating Drink2.
Within an hour after taking the Miracle 7 Colon Cleanser, drink
an additional 8 ounces of pure drinking water, Hydrating Drink,
or herbal tea. Try to consume between 80 and 128 ounces of
liquid each day. This makes the Colonic Program much more effective.
During week #2 you will continue to take your "established
dose" of Vega-Lax as usual but increase the dosage you
discovered the first week by one additional capsule at supper
(i.e. your "established dose" plus 1).
Vega-Lax Intestinal Corrective
Formula
Ingredients: Each capsule
contains 194 mg Senna leaves and pods (Cassia marilandica),
194 mg Cascara Sagrada aged bark (Rhamnus purshiana),
as well as 35 mg of a dehydrated aloe vera gel referred to as
Glucomannon. This dose of Glucomannon powder is equivalent
of 700 mg Aloe Vera liquid gel.
Therapeutic action: This
stimulating formula is cleansing, healing and strengthening
to the entire gastrointestinal system. It stimulates your peristaltic
action (the muscular movement of the intestines) and over time
strengthens the muscles of the large intestine, halts putrefaction
and disinfects, soothes and heals the mucous membrane lining
of the entire digestive tract. This herbal formula also improves
digestion, relieves gas and cramps, increases the flow of bile
which in turn cleans the gall bladder, bile ducts and liver.
It also helps to destroy Candida albicans overgrowth
and promotes a healthy intestinal flora. In combination with
the Miracle 7 Colon Cleanser it helps destroy and expel intestinal
parasites, increases gastrointestinal circulation and is anti-bacterial,
anti-viral and anti-fungal.
Contraindications: Do
not use during pregnancy without the guidance of a competent
health care professional.
Miracle
7 Colon Cleanser
Ingredients: Each capsule
contains a skillfully blended mixture of natural and organic
ingredients consisting of Psyllium Seed Hull Powder, Pharmaceutical
Grade Bentonite Clay, Citrus Pectin, Lactobacillus Acidophilus,
Wheat Grass Powder, Apple Fiber, Golden Seal Root, Gentian,
Buckthorn, Rhubarb Root, Cascara Sagrada, whole leaf Aloe Vera
and spices.
Therapeutic action: This
cleansing and soothing formula is to be used during week two
with the Vega-Lax intestinal corrective formula. In combination
with the Vega-Lax, this formula becomes a highly powerful purifier
and intestinal vacuum. This formula will draw old fecal matter
off the walls of your colon and out of any bowel pockets. It
will also draw out poisons, toxins, heavy metals such as mercury
and lead and even remove radioactive material such as strontium
90. This formula will also remove over 3,000 known drug residues.
Its natural mucilaginous properties will soften old, hardened
fecal matter for easy removal and also make it an excellent
remedy for any inflammation in the stomach and intestines.
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Footnotes: 1) Hot Lemon-Water Flush and 2) Hydrating Drink
are prepared according to directions included on separate sheets.
Diseases
Caused by Mercury
Amalgam
Fillings
Mercury is one of the most toxic elements on earth. It is
linked to many of the most degenerative and horrible diseases
known to man. It is unfortunate that these diseases are virtually
all iatrogenic - diseases caused by inappropriate medical /
dental treatment.
Mercury is one of the deadliest toxins known to man. Its toxicity
may well prove to be the most invasive and widespread disease
in the history of mankind. Mercury poisoning causes many common
medical and mental problems including but definitely not limited
to:
· generalized morning stiffness
· joint pain
· rheumatoid arthritis
· mixed connective tissue disease
· skin rashes
· subcutaneous nodules (skin bumps)
· multiple sclerosis
· amyotropic lateral sclerosis
· neurological symptoms
· ringing in the ears
· burning and numbness sensations
· dry eyes and mouth
· immune dysfunction
· axillary lymph node swelling
· digestive disorders
· malnutrition
· leaky gut syndrome
· dysbiosis
· yeast and pathogenic bacteria infections
· chronic fatigue
· depression
· circulatory diseases
· atherosclerosis
and the list goes on and on.
Most of the mercury in our bodies comes from the amalgams used
to fill teeth. Though called silver fillings because of their
silver appearance, these fillings contain 50 percent or more
mercury along with other dangerous and toxic metals including
copper, nickel, and tin.
Mercury can cause serious dementia, depression
and short-term memory loss as well as all of the above listed
symptoms and diseases. The American Dental Association (ADA)
has known about the extreme toxicity of mercury for many years,
yet they continue to deny that mercury in amalgams is toxic
and they are adamant in denying that mercury leaches out of
the filling. For many years now the ADA has been extremely
active in keeping dental patients from learning that dentists
have poisoned more than 85 percent of our population!
The ADA continues to fight a rear-guard battle to cover up
their culpability in much the same way that tobacco and the
cigarette industry have covered up and/or suppressed information
suggesting that their products were connected with any disease
entity. This is the same type of criminal negligence that surrounded
the use of silicone breast implants, asbestos, intrauterine
contraceptive devices (IUDs), and pickup truck gas tanks. It's
all about greed and stupidity, egos and reputations and from
one perspective represents the most reprehensible form of unethical
and immoral behavior imaginable.
Dentists have known about the deadly consequences of mercury
for many years. Mercury amalgams were introduced into the United
States in 1833, more than 160 years ago and were denounced at
that time by large numbers of American dentists. The opposition
was so strong that the American Society of Dental Surgeons,
formed in 1840, required its members to sign pledges promising
not to use amalgams. And in 1848 they actually found 11 members
of the society guilty of malpractice for using amalgams. All
were suspended resulting in such an uproar that the Society
had no choice but to disband in 1856. Its successor was the
American Dental Association. Dental amalgams were not in good
repute until after 1895 at which time it is believed that the
ADA supported their use.
Prior to World War II a German chemist named Dr. Alfred Stock
published many articles on the dangers of mercury fillings.
A colorado dentist, Hal Huggins has spoken out against amalgams
for more than 20 years now. His book "It's All In
Your Head" will teach you everything the ADA is
trying to cover up. Read it and you will then know more about
mercury toxicity than 99 percent of all American dentists.
Your dentist may attempt to refute the bad information on mercury
amalgams because he is under pressure from the ADA to deny that
this mercury leaches out. He also is probably unaware that
a bacteria in your mouth -- Streptococcus mutans -- can
transform mercury into methyl mercury which is 100 times more
toxic than metallic mercury. Don't listen to or believe what
he says (that mercury is safe) because he is parroting back
ADA propaganda. The ADA has published and distributed guidelines
for all dentists to use when answering questions regarding amalgams.
Your dentist lives under the very real threat of having his
license revoked for speaking negatively about amalgams. Thus
it is necessary that you read this book and discover for yourself
the incredible potential that amalgam has for destruction.
What is Mercury Toxicity?
Dr. Huggins poses some questions that
you might ask:
"Am I mercury toxic? Can you test my mercury levels?
Just what is mercury toxicity anyway? These are common and
confusing questions. Mercury attacks many systems in the body.
If is attacked just one, like the polio virus or measles virus
do, it would be quite easy to identify. The diagnosis of mercury
toxicity is based on both the number of changes and the degree
of these changes. White blood cells usually increase as a response
to the introduction of amalgam. If these cells go up from 5000
count to 7000 count, this is not especially noteable. If the
count goes from 5000 to 50,000, then we are talking about leukemia.
This is quite noteable. The white cell count bears much more
weight in diagnosis at 50,000 than 7,000. Many measurable areas
can be affected by mercury. Excerpting from our 1989 edition
of the Applications Textbook, here are some of the mental gymnastics
involved in generating a diagnosis:
Consider:
White cells above 7500 or below 4500
Hematocrit above 50% or below 40%
Lymphocytes above 2800 or below 1800
Serum total protein above 7.5 g% or below
6.4 g%
Serum triglycerides above 150 mg%
BUN above 18 or below 12 mg%
Hair Nickel above 1.5 ppm
Hair Mercury above 1.5 ppm or below 0.4
ppm
Hair Aluminum above 15 ppm
Hair Manganese below 0.3 ppm
Immune reactions to Aluminum, Nickel,
Mercury, Copper, and Gold
Oxyhemoglobin below 55% saturation
Presence of root canal treated teeth
Grouping of symptoms
Presence of both amalgam and gold
Magnitude and polarity of electrical
current
T-subset and DNA analysis.
This is just a partial list of potentially affected areas.
Add to this, the intensity and direction of each reaction and
it is obvious that diagnosis of mercury toxicity becomes a professional
judgement call. Since each of these reactions potentially affects
several others, it becomes increasingly more important to rely
upon professional judgement than a single test result."
(Huggins, It's All in Your Head, Life Sciences
Press, 1989).
Make no mistake about it, hundreds of thousands of Americans
show such changes in blood chemistry, mineral analysis and body
function. If you have amalgam fillings, you, too, are very
likely to exhibit such changes. No one is immune.
The nation is in the midst of a grave health crisis. It is
a pandemic of environmental diseases in which mercury is intimately
involved. Regardless of what the dental and medical authorities
claim, mercury has been clearly linked, either directly or indirectly
with a great many of these diseases.
Volumes of material have been written on the cytotoxic effects
of mercury. Many studies have been conducted on the detremental
effects of mercury on human subjects. Literally thousands of
anecdotal reports have been reported on the horrible consequences
of mercury toxicity in people. It is incomprehensible that
organized medicine and dentisry still refuse to acknowledge
the voluminous research findings that clearly implicate this
toxic heavy metal in the etiology of most of our diseases.
Take the time now to complete the attached questionnaire.
It will reveal the true extent of mercury's potential for destruction.
This is important because mercury may have given you heart problems
in the form of heart attacks, chest pain, tachycardia, murmurs,
heart blockages, or other problems. Mercury could very well
be the reason you suffer from high or low blood pressure. It
is very likely that mercury is the cause of unexplained skin
rashes, excessive itching, red flushes, rough skin and acne.
Mercury is the culprit responsible for the horrible functional
degeneration seen in multiple sclerosis, and its spinal form
-- amyotropic lateral sclerosis or ALS). It is also involved
in shingles, numbness in any body part, epilepsy or convulsions,
twitching, and knee or leg jerks especially at night. But mercury
also attacks the digestive system causing diverticulitis, ulcers,
Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disorder, indigestion from
most all causes, bloating, poor appetite, diarrhea and constipation.
It is involved in Graves disease, and other endocrine diseases
including hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and pancreatic dysfunction
including diabetes. Mercury is involved in problems of the
ovaries, testes, painful menstruation, irregular menstruation,
premature menopause, and tipped uterus. It is a likely culprit
in cervical erosion and PMS. Mercury is also involved in almost
all problems pertaining to the prostate gland in men. It's
involvement in grey penis and lack of sensitivity in that organ
is legendary. In fact, mercury may be the leading cause of
impotence in men.
Mercury toxicity may underlie the phenomenal weight problems
Americans have. It may be responsible for being underweight
and/or being overweight. It is invariably found in cases of
chronically low or subnormal temperature (hypothyroidism).
But mercury also causes emotional problems often leading to
the loss of friends and relatives (i.e. divorces). For example,
mercury can bring about sudden bursts of anger, massive depression,
death wish mentation, suicide, extreme irritability, and divorces.
It and aluminum are invariably involved in Alzheimers disease.
It is involved in rheumatoid and osteoid arthritis, bursitis,
tennis elbow, painful joints, Friedreich's ataxia, asthma, osteomyelitis,
psoriasis, sickle cell anemia, chronic anemia, kidney stones,
and virtually all allergies.
Are you ever bothered by metallic tastes in your mouth, frequency
headaches, noises in your ears, ringing in your ears, chronic
eye inflammations, chronic fatigue? Are you quick to tire?
Do you have swollen lymph nodes, hearing loss, excessive sweating,
cold hands and feet, motion sickness, slow healing, skin fungus
infections, Candida infections, leg cramps, or dizziness?
Do you have to get up at night to urinate, or experience frequent
urinations during the day? Do you suffer from insomnia? Are
you tired on waking up, have trouble making decisions (i.e.
indecision constipation)? Are you guilty of perpetual procrastination?
Do you seem to have more than your fair share of sore throats?
Have you had mono? Mercury probably is responsible for mononucleosis
and for false positives in venereal disease tests. It is always
involved in leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and many other grave
disorders.
Now are you ready to believe that mercury may have affected
your life? Hopefully, the above and the questionnaire below
will awaken you as to the danger you face and the danger that
everyone in your family faces.
Exactly What Does Mercury From Amalgams Do ?
Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, speaking on
the amalgam controversy states:
"From a scientific point of view there is no more "controversy"
about the ill health effects of the metals contained in and
released by the typical dental amalgam fillings. The sheep
and monkey studies conducted at the University of Calgary, Canada
-- under the guidance of Dr. Murray Vimy DDS -- showed that
radioactively labeled mercury released from freshly and correctly
placed amalgam fillings (in a monkey study) appeared quickly
in the kidneys, brain and wall of the intestines. Through its
affinity for sulfhydryl-groups mercury bonds very firmly to
structures in the nervous system. Other studies showed that
mercury is taken up in the periphery by all nerve endings (i.e.
the hypoglossal nerve of the tongue, the autonomic nerves of
the lungs or intestinal wall and connective tissue) and rapidly
transported inside the axon of the nerves (axonal transport)
to the spinal cord and brainstem. On its way from the periphery
to the brain, mercury immobilizes the enzyme that is essential
for "making" tubulin. Tubulin forms tubular structures
within each nerve, along which the nerve cell transports metabolic
waste from the nerve cell into the periphery and along which
the nutrients required by the nerve cell are transported from
the periphery to the cell. Once mercury has traveled up the
axon, the nerve cell is impaired in its ability to detoxify
itself and in its ability to nurture itself. The cell becomes
toxic and dies -- or lives in a state of chronic malnutrition.
The mercury that has entered the nerve cell can no longer be
excreted in the normal axonal transport routes (some can exit
the Ca++ and Na+ channels) and begins to exert its more well-known
ill-effects on the mitochondria, nucleus and other organelles
of the cell. A multitude of illnesses, usually associated with
neurological symptoms, result." (Dietrich Klinghardt, Amalgam/Mercury
Detox as a Treatment for Chronic Viral, Bacterial, and Fungal
Illnesses, Paper presented at the Sept. 1996 Annual
Meeting of the International and American Academy of Clinical
Nutrition, San Diego, CA).
Besides being in considerable trouble, what does all of this
information mean?
It means you now have an explanation for chronic illnesses
of all sorts. In some patients this explains chronic viral
illnesses. Some suffer from Epstein-Barr Virus infections (chronic
fatigue syndromes) for example. Others now know why they have
suffered for years from herpes, shingles, mouth ulcers, fungal
illnesses, chronic sinusitis, tonsillitis, bronchitis, bladder
infections, prostate infections, or HIV-related infections.
The good news is that most such patients experience dramatic
recoveries following an aggressive mercury / amalgam detoxification
program.
Mercury and Nervous System Poisoning
Very quickly after entering the body, mercury becomes tightly
bound in the nervous system. Mercury can be found in the brain,
spinal cord, ganglia, autonomic ganglia, and peripheral motor
neurons (running to muscles). Because it is so quickly absorbed
by the nervous system very little is left to be absorbed by
other tissues including the connective tissues. Thus, mercury
appears to have a high affinity for nervous tissue and as a
result it usually does not appear in the blood, hair, urine,
feces or waste waters (e.g. sweat). For this reason trace mineral
analysis of hair or blood may not show any mercury levels and
an erroneous conclusion that "the patient does not appear
to have mercury toxicity" results. Simply stated: Mercury
does not appear to enter certain "compartments."
Mercury in the nervous system results in diverse phychological
and neurological problems. All of these symptoms are discussed
in a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publication
entitled: The Toxicological Profile of Mercury.
Mercury and Immune System Repression
It has been known for many years that mercury impairs the immune
system. With impairment comes a chronically susceptible to
infections, if not chronic sickness. Mercury detoxification
programs almost invariably lead to immune system enhancement.
Amalgam fillings typically convey immunity to antibiotics.
This means that antibiotics may no longer be able to kill or
control certain bacteria when mercury is present. This coupled
with mercury-induced immune system impairment can often lead
to grave consequences when serious pathogenic infections strike.
It is possible that mercury is the only known substance with
the ability to induce resistance to antibiotics. In the regard
it is well known that gum diseases which are resistant to antibiotics
quickly reverse once the amalgams are removed.
Fungal infections are also promoted by mercury poisoning and
chronic mercury toxicity. Thus, it appears that susceptibility
to bacterial and fungal diseases are directly related to the
degree of mercury toxicity. This raises an interesting hypothesis
regarding just exactly why these diseases appear to be chronically
tolerated.
Klinghardt's Axiom
Dr. Klinghardt's axiom says:
"Most -- if not all -- chronic infectious diseases are
not caused by a failure of the immune system, but are a conscious
adaptation of the immune system to an otherwise lethal heavy
metal environment."
That does this mean? It means essentially that because mercury
"suffocates the the intracellular respiratory mechanism
and can cause cell death [that] the immune system makes a deal;
it cultivates fungi and bacteria that can bind large amounts
of toxic metals. The gain: the cells can breath. The cost:
the system has to provide nutrition for the microorganisms and
has to deal with their metabolic products ("toxins").
That does not imply that the tolerated guest cannot grow out
of control, as it sometimes clearly does. Therefore, there
is still a limited place for antifungal / antibacterial treatment
-- but only for the acute phase of the disease. A so-called
"die-off effect" (the sometimes severe crisis or even
lethan reaction a patient can have in the initial stages of
aggressive pharmaceutical antifungal or antibacterial treatment)
is often nothing else but acute heavy metal toxicity -- metals
released from the cell walls of dying microorganisms as suggested
by my own correlation of clinical syndromes and urinalysis for
metals." (Dietrich
Klinghardt, Amalgam/Mercury Detox as a Treatment for Chronic
Viral, Bacterial, and Fungal Illnesses, Paper presented
at the Sept. 1996 Annual Meeting of the International and American
Academy of Clinical Nutrition, San Diego, CA).
Is this axiom correct? Dr. Klinghardt's results as well as
my own results suggest that this is correct because when patients
are put through a thorough mercury detox program, there is always
a dramatic improvement in the clinical picture for chronic Candida
infections.
Health Restoration Consultants uses a mercury detox program
described below. One of the primary ingredients in this detox
program is chlorella. Chlorella has powerful mercury chelating
actions which are thought to be due to its cell wall. Something
in the protein coat of the cracked cell wall binds the mercury.
Pretreatment with chlorella before challenge with DMSA or DMPS
(specific mercury chelators) will increase the urinary excretion
of mercury anywhere from 300 to 1800 percent. Many mercury
detox patients report improvements in chronic viral illnesses
such as Epstein-Barr, and herpes. Japanese researchers have
found that Minamata disease (a mercury disease caused by eating
mercury contaminated fish) was far more severe when the patient
also had a chronic viral disease. In fact, the prognosis for
patients suffering simultaneous Minamata disease and chronic
viral disease is poor.
Mercury Detoxification Program
All of the physiological and neurological disorders associated
with mercury toxicity should be treated as if mercury poisoning
and long-term mercury toxicity had been confirmed. To remove
mercury not related to dental amalgams, the program below can
be started at any time.
In the case of dental amalgam removal, detoxification should
begin at least two weeks before dental amalgam removal and continue
for at least 3 months after the last amalgam is removed. Usual
length of time to eliminate mercury is 3 to 6 months.
The following treatment regimen is an excellent method of reducing
mercury toxicity by eliminating mercury from the body. The
predominant process is that of chelation -- the process whereby
chelating substances (i.e. those that can form "claw-like"
bonding with heavy metals) are taken orally and the chelated
metals are then eliminated through the kidneys.
Because this represents an oral chelation
program, it is important to understand that 3 to 6 months will
be required to remove the mercury and that the cost is considerably
less than going through a standard i.v. chelation therapy program.
A Higher Standard in Oral Chelation Therapy
Chelation is a natural chemical process that goes on in your
body all the time. Virtually all key metabolic functions are
dependent on chelation. For example, iron in our diet is chelated
to form hemoglobin, the oxygen carrying molecules. Cobalt is
chelated to form cyanocobalamin or vitamin B-12. Chelation
is a process that goes on in plants also. Magnesium is chelated
to form chlorophyll in plants. In fact, without chelation there
would be no life.
Chelation is a chemical reaction usually involving the bonding
of an organic, ring compound with dissolved metals in your body.
Organic ring compounds include many organic acids like citric
acid (from citrus fruits), lactic acid (the sore muscle culprit),
acetic acid (plentiful in vinegar), and ascorbic acid (vitamin
C) among others. All of these natural acids (classified as
weak acids) have the ability to seize and/or "sequester"
metal atoms such as calcium, lead, iron and zinc. Seizing or
sequestering is easy to visualize once you understand that "chelation"
is derived from the Greek root word "chele" which
means "claw." Chelation is a "claw-like"
bonding between an organic ring compound and a metal not unlike
the way a lobster claw might clamp down on some object. This
bonding is relatively strong and often permanent. Once chelated,
toxic metals can now be safely eliminated from the body, usually
in the urine.
Certain foods are natural chelators. In fact, foods provide
the foundation for a profound and powerful approach to restoring
and enhancing health. Many orthomolecular nutritionists and
conscientious health care practitioners believe that the natural
chelators found in certain foods and supplements are the key
to a healthy life.
The effectiveness of foods and nutrients as chelators can be
dramatically enhanced by combining them in specific formulations.
Certain combinations of food chelators taken regularly are more
than capable of reversing atherosclerosis (hardening of the
arteries) and rejuvenating the cardiovascular system through
their natural ability to remove toxic heavy metals from arteries,
cells and organs. This is not theoretical hype. Many medical
research studies report a complete clearing of coronary arteries
and other arteries throughout the body. In fact, the results
have been so impressive that some countries now routinely recommend
such food programs for preventing heart disease (e.g. National
Health Board of Holland).
The oral chelation program developed by Health Restoration
Consultants is based upon a more powerful and more effective
formulation designed to be maximally effective in removing toxic
metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury, strontium, thallium,
and other dangerous heavy metals commonly found in tissues.
Removal is necessary to prevent the catastrophic free radical
damage these toxic metals cause. You might say that Health
Restoration Consultants has created a higher standard for oral
chelation.
Though slower than intravenous EDTA chelation therapy (which
must be performed by a chelation doctor), natural chelation
(with food substances and supplements) can be performed by you
at home or at work. When used regularly and in accordance with
directions, you will ultimately realize the same benefits that
hundreds of thousands of patients have realized from iv EDTA
chelation therapy.
While EDTA chelation therapy will only remove one of the three
forms of mercury, it will remove most of the other toxic metals.
But EDTA will not cross the blood brain barrier. DMPS will
not cross the blood brain barrier either. DMSA, another chelator
with a specific affinity for mercury shows only limited ability
to cross the blood brain barrier.
Foods that exhibit specific abilities to chelate mercury are
capable of crossing the blood brain barrier and thereby remove
mercury from neurons. Chlorella pyreneidosa,
an algae, has been shown to be capable of mobilizing mercury
bound up in nervous tissue. However, the predominant ability
of Chlorella to bind (chelate) mercury is exerted on non-neurologic
structures and compartments such as muscles, ligaments, skin,
connective tissue and in the bones.
Cilantro, or Chinese parsley, can mobilize
mercury and other toxic metals very quickly in nervous tissue.
If the correct amounts of cilantro are given, the mercury contained
in the nervous tissue is removed and can be measured in the
urine, stools, or can be re-distributed to other tissues (e.g.
connective tissues) for later removal.
Mercury that enters the body's mobile pool can be reabsorbed
from the bowel contents in the small intestine and colon. Therefore
to prevent this from happening, cilantro must be used in excess
on the days that DMPS or DMSA is given. Bowel transit times
must also be decreased to move the feces out of the body as
quickly as possible. This can be accomplished by using large
doses of Vitamin C, magnesium and fiber laxatives.
Benefits of Chelation
Chelation, whether from natural foods or synthetic amino acid
chelators (i.e. EDTA), can prevent coronary artery disease,
strokes, protect against heart attacks and restore impaired
circulation. But that's not all that chelation does. Chelation
reverses senility and Alzheimer's disease thereby improving
memory. Chelation reverses diabetic gangrene, and restores
impaired vision. Chelation prevents the deposition of cholesterol
in the liver, reduces blood cholesterol, decreases high blood
pressure, will correct about half of all cardiac rhythm disorders
(arrhythmias), reduces heart irritability, removes calcium from
arterial plaques, helps dissolve kidney stones, reduces serum
iron, protects against iron overdosing and poisoning, and improves
heart function.
Chelation can heal necrotic ulcers of the skin and improve
vision in diabetics (diabetic retinopathy). It decreases macular
degeneration and dissolves cataracts. It corrects impotence
through the restoration of normal blood flow to the penis and
through its ability to chelate nickel, a toxic metal that often
accumulates there. It unplugs carotid artery plaque build up
and can also unplug renal arteries thereby reducing blood pressure.
But perhaps the most meaningful way to think about all the benefits
that chelation provides is to simply understand that chelation
therapy actually reverse the aging process.
Chelation therapy prevents osteoarthritis, causes rheumatoid
arthritis symptoms to disappear, smooths skin wrinkles, cleans
out metabolic wastes from the mitochondria (energy factories)
in all cells and thereby returns cells to an earlier (i.e. younger)
level of metabolic efficiency. The feelings of wellness and
euphoria that result are profound. In fact, most people report
feeling better than they have ever felt in their lives.
It's not uncommon to feel better after beginning an exercise
program or while losing weight. And indeed, compared to the
way you felt before you started exercising or losing weight,
you do feel like a "10" on the "1-10" scale.
But there are differing degrees of wellness. What most believe
was a "10" after a successful diet, turns out to be
only a "1" on the "feel good" scale once
they experience the benefits of chelation. In fact, people
who have been chelated report that their motivation changes,
even including changes in their system of values. They typically
feel so good that they become health conscious for the first
time in their lives.
Becoming health conscious is particularly notable for smokers.
For smokers the results can be profound. Now instead of smoking
to feel better, they realize that smoking provides the exact
opposite. The desire to stay off of cigarettes becomes exceedingly
strong. It is too bad that the medical establishment by and
large refuses to accept chelation therapy. This is tragic since
chelation therapy provides a proven, speedy reversal of the
health consequences of a 10, 20, or 30-year cigarette habit.
Individual Herbal Products
The following describes certain herbal products that may be
used in any mercury detoxification program depending on the
severity of the mercury toxicity. Information is provided on
dose levels and frequency of usage. Best results can be obtained
by using the Oral Chelation Formulas and supplementing with
individual herbal products.
Chlorella -- green micro algae with open
(cracked) cell walls. The cracking is usually accomplished
in the freeze drying of these algae and helps you digest this
product.
Chlorella is beneficial in the removal of mercury because of
its ability to move mercury out of connective tissue so that
all chelating agents including DMSA (by prescription only),
ginko biloba or garlic for example can remove it from the body.
To supplement the Chlorella present in the Oral Chelation Formula
I and II, take 1 200 mg Chlorella tablet daily for the first
2 weeks after amalgam removal. Then increase to 3 200 mg tablets
daily (i.e. 1 at each meal) and finally increase to 3 200 mg
tablets taken 3 times daily (i.e. 3 at each meal). Maintain
that dose level for at least 45 days.
Studies have shown that preparing a subject
with Chlorella before EDTA chelation therapy will increase the
amount of mercury removed by EDTA by a minimum of 300 percent!
Chlorella may cause diarrhea as the dose level is increased.
This will usually disappear as your body becomes used to this
supplement.
Reduced L-Glutathione --
Recent research indicates that reduced L-Glutathione is an exceptionally
powerful detoxifying substance that is critically important
in liver detoxification reactions.
Reduced glutathione is vital to a broad range of cellular functions
including antioxidation, detoxication, and the maintenance of
the reduced biochemical state found in healthy cells. It also
plays an essential role in protein structure formation, DNA
synthesis and repair, immune function, and the regulation of
cellular proliferation.
Glutathione exists in both a reduced and oxidized state, but
it is the reduced state in which all of the vital biological
functions of glutathione are carried out. In normal, healthy
cells, oxidized glutathione is quickly recycled back to the
reduced state. The optimal ratio of intracellular glutathione
ranges from 100:1 to 400:1 in favor of the reduced state.
Research has shown that oxidative stress, exposure to toxins
and toxic heavy metals such as mercury can result in the inability
to recycle enough reduced glutathione to meet basic cellular
needs. Decreased intracellular levels of reduced glutathione
are associated with a number of chronic degenerative diseases.
Recancostat® contains reduced glutathione
in combination with anthocyans. Anthocyans are members of the
bioflavonoid family and possess significant antioxidant characteristics.
Studies have shown that specific anthocyans possess a unique
ability to regenerate reduced glutathione from oxidized glutathione
even in the presence of oxidizing agents (e.g. mercury), free
radicals (created by free radical generators like mercury) and
toxic compounds.
In cases of severe mercury toxicity take 2 Recancostat®
capsules between meals 3 times daily. Before bed open one Recancostat
capsule and dissolve contents under the tongue.
In less severe mercury toxicity cases take 1 Recancostat®
capsule between meals 3 times daily dissolving the contents
of the last one under the tongue.
Mercury toxicity requires other agents besides reduced glutathione.
N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine, Vitamin E and Selenium are also necessary
to protect the body from the oxidative damages of mercury and
to safely remove the mercury from the body. For severe mercury
toxicity
Take 2 capsules of IGA+ 2 times daily.
Silymarin -- milk thistle seed has profound activity
in the liver and can speed up liver detoxification reactions
while actually promoting increased levels of biochemicals needed
in the detox reactions.
If digestive problems are believed to accompany the mercury
toxicity, take 2 to 4 Hepatic Complex C42 capsules between meals
3 times daily.
Otherwise, take 1 to 2 Lipotropic Complex capsules 2 to
3 times daily with meals or as directed.
DHEA -- dihydroepiandosterone -- an adrenal
hormone precursor that helps improve stressed adrenal function.
Take 1 25-mg capsules DHEA daily.
Selenium -- a powerful anti-oxidant with
the ability to assist in chelation. Selenium is often thought
of as a specific antidote to mercury.
Take 50 mcg 3 times daily between meals. Selenium is present
in above products.
Acidophilus -- it is necessary to restore
the microflora in the intestines because mercury adversely affects
their levels and profiles.
Take 4-6 Enterogenic Capsules twice daily with a large glass
of water.
DMSA -- (2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid)
-- an effective prescription agent for binding heavy metals.
Can cross the blood-brain barrier and help remove heavy metals
from neuronal and glial tisues.
On the day of amalgam removal, take 3 100 mg capsules both
in the morning prior to removal and on the day after removal.
Take 30 minutes before or after eating.
Once the amalgams have been removed and after you have been
on this supplement program for 3 months, on one occassion
only, take 2 capsules (100 mg each) 3 times daily for
3 days. (Source: Daniel Royal, Health Hazard in Your Teeth
- Alternative Medicine Digest: Issue 13, 1996,
pp 42-43)
Cilantro Buy
fresh organic cilantro. Wash and put approximately 1 cup in
blender with small amount of water. Add 1/4 cup of sea salt
and 2 tbs of cold pressed olive oil. Blend until creamy.
Take 1 tablespoon 3 times daily with meals. May by used as
a salad dressing. Use more if mercury toxicity is profound
enough to cause depression, Alzheimers or brain fog.
Thioctic Acid Thioctic Acid
of Lipoic Acid has been shown to be a powerful toxic metal chelator
with the ability to bind mercury, lead and other hazardous metals
such as beryllium, thallium and thulium (a common contaminant
in all Ester C preparations.)
A
Note on Hookworms
There are at least four species of hookworms that infect man.
These include: (1) Necator americanus, (2) Ancylostoma
duodenale, and, rarely, (3) A. braziliense, (4) A.
caninum, and (5) A. ceylanicum.
Adult hookworms are small, cylindrical, fusiform, grayish white
nematodes with females measuring 9 to 13 mm in length and 0.35
to 0.6 mm in diameter. These worms have a relatively thick
cuticle. The various species may be differentiated by the number
of teeth in their mouths. A. duodenale has two ventral
pairs of teeth while A. caninum has three ventral pairs.
The life cycles of all species are similar (and similar to
Strongyloides). Eggs, passed in the feces mature in the soil
and produce larvae (rhabditiform larvae) which feed actively
upon bacteria and organic debris, molt for a second time to
become slender, nonfeeding, infective filariform larvae.
Filariform larvae gain access to humans through hair follicles,
pores, and even through unbroken skin. Damp clinging soil facilitates
infection. Access usually occurs through the skin on the foot
and between the toes. The larvae enter the lymphatic system
or venules and are carried in the blood or lymph through the
heart to the lungs, where because of their size, they are unable
to pass the capillary barrier and therefore break out of the
capillaries into the alveoli. They ascend the bronchi and trachea
and are finally swallowed where they pass into the gastrointestinal
tract to lodge in the intestines. This larval blood and pulmonary
migration takes about 1 week. During this week the larvae undergo
a third molt and acquire a temporary mouth capsule, which enables
the adolescent worm to feed. After a fourth molt at about the
13th day, they acquire adult characteristics, and mature egg-laying
females are produced in 5 to 6 weeks.
The hookworms attach to the mucosa of the small intestines
by their buccal capsules. The favorite spot is the upper small
intestine, but in heavy infections the worms may be present
as far as the ileum. They suck the host's blood and mucosal
substances by the tracile pull of the contracting esophagus.
They also secrete an anticoagulant to keep the blood flowing
into their mouths. Since the blood passes rapidly through the
hookworm, it is possible that simple diffusible substances are
consumed. As much as 0.03 ml of blood may be sucked out of
you every 24 hours by N. americanus, while A. duodenale
can suck out anywhere from 0.15 to 0.26 ml of blood in 24 hours.
Approximately 50 percent of the red blood cells are hemolyzed
during passage through the worms intestine. A. duodenale infections
can persist for 6 to 8 years and longer. They lay 20,00 eggs
daily.
The consequences of having only a few worms in your intestines
is insignificant. The problem is there may be thousands of
these worms present. It has been estimated that throughout
the world, the hookworms harbored by only 500 million people,
cause a daily blood loss of more than 1 million liters of blood.
That represents a total blood volume equivalent to that found
in a city the size of Erie, PA or Austin, TX.
Notes on Strongyloides
Strongyloides stercoralis is the causative
agent in many disorders including manic depression, and migraine
headaches. People are the principal hosts for this parasite
but dogs and monkeys have a similar parasite. In the adult
form it is probable that only females exist since no male forms
have been reliably identified.
The parasitic female is small, measuring 2.2 mm in length by
0.04 mm in diameter. These are very small parasites about the
size of the standard hyphen ( - ). These worms are colorless,
semitransparent filariform nematodes with a finely striated
cuticle.
These nematodes penetrate the mucosa of the intestinal villi
where they burrow in serpentine channels in the mucosa, depositing
thin-shelled, transparent eggs and securing nourishment. The
worms are most frequent in the duodenum and upper jejunum, but
in heavy infections, the pylorus, both the small and large intestines
and the proximal bile duct and pancreatic duct may be involved.
As deposited in the intestinal mucosa, the eggs measure only
54 x 32 µ (i.e. microns). They hatch into larvae (rhabditiform
larvae) that pass into the lumen of the intestine and out in
the bowel movements. Eggs are rarely found in the stool.
After 2 to 3 days in the soil, the larva molts into a long,
slender, nonfeeding, infective filariform larva about 700µ in
length. The infective filariform larvae penetrate the human
skin, enter the venous circulation, and pass through the right
heart into the lungs, where they penetrate into the alveoli.
From the lungs the adolescent parasites ascend to the glottis,
are swallowed, and reach the upper part of the small intestine
where they develop into full grown adults.
Some larvae pass through the pulmonary barrier into the arterial
circulation and are distributed to all the organs and tissues
of the body. Some penetrate the brain. Some penetrate the
spinal cord. Others penetrate the glands. In short, these
highly dangerous nematodes can gain access into any organ in
our bodies. They can cross the placenta and enter a growing
fetus with ease. No wonder so many disorders which might be
the result of Strongyloides are currently considered "genetic."
These worms usually cause no significant symptoms when they
are present in the intestines. Moderate infections may cause
burning or dull to sharp pains in the midepigastric area. Pressure
may elicit pain and tenderness. Nausea and vomiting may be
present, diarrhea and constipation alternate. Long standing
gut infections result in fatty stools and weight loss. Heavy
infections result in pulmonary symptoms with asthmatic-type
wheezing and cough. Heavy infections can cause death.
Some patients on autopsy show lung hemorrhaging characteristic
of pneumonia. Many Hodgkin's lymphoma patients shows disseminated
strongyloidiasis. The use of corticosteroids appears to make
the worms spread (disseminate). Therefore, the use of steroids
of any kind should be avoided until after a thorough parasite
cleansing including zapping.
Diagnosis of strongyloidiasis is difficult because there are
no distinctive clinical signs that are strictly unique to this
parasite. Most patients present with symptoms of atypical bronchitis
or pneumonitis followed in a few weeks by a mucous or watery
diarrhea, epigastric pain and moderate eosinophilia (ranging
from 10 to 20 percent).
A history of migraine headaches can be indicative of brain
involvement by this parasite. Similarly, migraines associated
with monthly menstrual cycles and PMS also suggest Strongyloides
involvement.
The figure below illustrates the various stages of this parasite.
A Note on Trichinella Spiralis
Trichinosis (or trichiniasis, trichinelliasis) is caused by
a small worm measuring from 1.5 mm to 3.5 mm in length and 0.04
mm to 0.06 mm in diameter. The larva has a spear-like burrowing
tip.
The same animal acts as the final and intermediate host, harboring
the adult parasite temporarily and the larva for a longer period.
In order for the parasite to complete its life cycle, flesh
containing the encysted larvae must be ingested by another host.
The larval parasite is found chiefly in humans, hogs, rats,
bears, foxes, walruses, dogs, and cats, but any carnivorous
or omnivorous animal may be infected. Pork usually is the culprit.
When infective larvae are ingested by humans (from pork), they
pass to the upper small intestine, where the capsules are digested
and the larvae released in a few hours. The liberated larvae
immediately invade the intestinal mucosa. Some larvae become
males; some become females. After fertilization the males are
dislodged from the mucosa and carried out in the bowel movements.
The female increases in size and in about 48 hours, burrows
deeply into the mucosa of the intestinal villi, from the duodenum
to the cecum and even into the large intestines in heavy infections.
By the 5th day the viviparous female worm begins to deposit
larvae into the mucosa and sometimes directly into the lymphatic
vessels including the mesenteric lymph nodes from which they
reach the thoracic duct and enter the blood stream. After passing
through the liver and lung (filters) the larvae are carried
to all parts of the body.
The larvae burrow into muscle fibers with their spear-like
tip. They are capable of encysting and developing only in striated
muscle. In other tissues they disintegrate, cause inflamation
and are absorbed. Among the muscles most heavily parasitized
are the diaphragm, tongue, various mouth and jaw muscles, extraocular,
nuchal, pectoral, intercostals, deltoid, gluteus, bicepts, gluteus
and calf muscles.
The encapsulation process is dependent on muscle tissue. These
larvae cause the degeneration of muscle fibers plus epithelioid
cells and fibroblasts as well as other tissues. The permanent
capsule is completed in about 3 months.
Calcification begins as early as 6 months to 2 years. This
process is usually completed within 18 months. The newly formed
cysts are invisible to the naked eye, but when calcified the
appear as fine opaque granules. They usually do not appear
on X-rays.
The full spectrum of signs and symptoms caused by Trichinosis
infections is shown in the table on the following page. As
you can easily see, there are many signs and symptoms.
The predominating symptoms depend upon the organs affected.
In typical cases the findings are eosinophilia, edema (around
the eyes) muscular pain and tenderness, headache, fever, shallow
and painful breating, and general weakness. Regarding fever,
Trichinosis is one of the few helminthic infections that often
run a consistent fever during its course that may persist for
several weeks.
The disease can cause death. However, if the patient survives
the acute illness, he or she will recover slowly and show no
residual ill effects, although pain may persist for months.
In overwhelming infections death may occur in 2 to 3 weeks but
more often in 4 to 8 weeks from exhaustion, pneumonia, pulmonary
embolism, cerebral involvement or cardiac failure. Weakness,
stiffness, rheumatic pain and loss of dexterity can persist
for up to a year or more after an acute attack. (from Basic
Clinical Parasitology, H.W. Brown, F.A. Neva, Appleton-Century-Crofts,
Norwalk, CT 1983).
Iron
Overload or Hemochromatosis
Hemochromatosis is a "forgotten disease." It lurks
inside many of us and usually remains hidden from ourselves
and from many of our doctors.
Iron overload is an enigmatic disease. It presents its signs
and symptoms in many different combinations of more common diseases
such as diabetes, liver disease, heart disease, arthritis, impotence,
chronic fatigue, amenorrhea (i.e. excruciatingly painful menstrual
periods), shortness of breath, emphysema, cataracts, depression,
hearing loss, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, strokes,
inflamatory bowel disease and other respiratory diseases.
How many of us suffer from this disorder? The most recent
study suggests a ratio of 1 in 100. Chelation therapy is of
value in removing excess iron. Other than through chelation
mechanisms, there is no other natural way of getting rid of
the excess iron that the body accumulates. A good treatment
exists for hemochromatosis: regular withdrawal of the high-iron
blood. This draws the toxic metal out of the tissues and prevents
further damage.
Chelation Therapy
Chelation therapy is a safe, effective and relatively inexpensive
treatment that restores blood flow in patients suffering from
atherosclerosis. Chelation therapy is used to reverse the
symptoms of hardening of the arteries, also known as atherosclerosis
or arteriosclerosis. Atherosclerotic plaque formation is caused
by multiple complex factors with the end result being plaque
formation which blocks the flow of blood. Plaques are composed
of fibrous tissue, oxidized cholesterol (primarily oxidized
LDL-cholesterol) and calcium with iron and heavy metal involvement.
Plaques lead to heart attacks, strokes, senility and peripheral
vascular diseases that often result in amputations of the extremities.
Cardiovascular Disease is Big Business
Plaques in arteries are big business for organized medicine.
In 1994 there were 373,000 open heart procedures in the U.S.
and 748,000 worldwide. But bypass surgery is exceptionally
dangerous with upwards of 10% of patients dying as a result
of the surgery. But the problem doesn't stop there. Bypass
surgery represents the mechanical repair of only a small portion
of the arterial tree and to make matters worse, it uses diseased
"pipe" to make this repair. Total costs average about
$45,000 and can be as high as $60,000 or even more.
Balloon surgery, or angioplasty, is far more popular and is
practiced by greater numbers of physicians. In fact, the competition
for patients between hospitals and cardiologists has never been
more intense or aggressive. At the present time there are in
excess of 1,800 independent and hospital-based cardiac catheterization
centers in the U.S. The costs associated with cardiac catheterization
when performed by cardiologists is in excess of $4,000. The
cost of angioplasty now averages close to $6,000 exclusive of
the $4,500 average hospital costs involved.
How Chelation Therapy Works
Chelation therapy is a non-surgical therapy that utilizes a
synthetic amino acid called ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid
(EDTA) to bind and remove undesirable substances from the body
including heavy metals, iron, copper, zinc and calcium, most
of which are known components of arterial plaques. In more
than 1000 studies performed to date, and with more than 4 million
chelation treatments having been performed, chelation therapy
has been proven repeatedly to improve blood flow throughout
the entire vascular system.
Chelation therapy dramatically improves health by correcting
the major underlying cause of arterial blockage. Damaging oxygen
free radicals are increased by the presence of metallic elements
including iron. These metals act as chronic irritants to blood
vessel walls and cell membranes. EDTA removes these metallic
irritants, allowing leaky and damaged cell walls to heal.
Plaques smooth over and shrink, allowing more blood to pass.
Arterial walls become softer and more pliable, allowing easier
expansion. Hundreds of studies now show that EDTA chelation
therapy leads to blood flow increases in more than 85 percent
of all patients. And if this weren't miracle enough, the cost
for chelation therapy is only a fraction of the cost of bypass
surgery. For example, if 20 to 40 four-hour chelation treatments
in a physicians officer were required for a given patient, the
total cost would run somewhere between $2,000 and $4,000!
So What's The Problem?
Here's the problem. EDTA no longer enjoys patent protection.
EDTA is classified as an orphan drug. In fact the original
pharmacological developers of EDTA (Abbot) believed the compound
to be without significant value and opted to let the patent
expire. This means that EDTA can now be manufactured by any
company free of royalty because it is now considered in the
public domain. It costs upwards of $300 million and decades
of study to receive FDA approval of pharmaceuticals today.
Accordingly, pharmaceutical companies will not undertake such
expenditures of time and financial resources to get FDA approval
for drugs unless there is a strong probability that they will
realize a profitable return on their investment. With drugs
that enjoy the profits that patent protection affords, paybacks
are assured. But with drug products that are already in the
public domain such paybacks are not possible and therefore are
viewed as "useless" therapies by the FDA, the AMA
and all of the major pharmaceutical manufacturers.
EDTA is not patentable. Because of this, the FDA is behaving
as if EDTA chelation therapy is useless because it hasn't been
validated by double-blind clinical trials. Yet, in reviewing
more than 1000 published articles on EDTA chelation therapy,
the FDA admits that no untoward or toxic effects have been reported
when the drug is administered according to accepted, safe protocol.
The current health care delivery system effectively excludes
the development and utilization of alternative medical treatments
even if such treatments may help patients and have been proven
to be safe. The antiquated and highly touted FDA approval process
not only discourages innovation, but discourages all but the
largest pharmaceutical companies from seeking FDA approval for
a treatment. This approach, currently under attack, works to
exclude the contributions of innovative practitioners, scientists
and smaller pharmaceutical companies that do not have the financial
resources to complete the costly FDA approval process. This
atrocious approval process is highly effective in preventing
low-cost treatments (e.g. EDTA, Vitamin E, Vitamin C) from
gaining access to the markets.
Insurance Company Reluctance to Pay
The FDA does not regulate the practice of medicine but limits
the marketing and advertising claims for drugs. The FDA has
approved marketing claims for the use of EDTA to treat lead
poisoning and several other conditions. Treatment of atherosclerosis
is not yet an allowable claim for inclusion in the marketing
literature of EDTA. Because of this, insurance companies have
refused to pay for EDTA chelation therapy. The question this
automatically raises is "Why?"
Most medical insurance companies, including Medicare, have
been financially depleted by paying for so many expensive surgeries.
Segments of the health care industry which profit greatly from
surgical procedures are politically powerful. Physicians who
review claims for medical insurance companies often favor the
extremely expensive and risky procedures, such as bypass surgery,
while refusing to pay for equally beneficial or more beneficial
and far less expensive and immeasurably safer chelation therapy.
While insurance policies do not specifically exclude chelation
therapy in their policies, patients have often had to resort
to the courts in order to collect their insurance benefits.
If the fear of censure could be removed along with the fear
of FDA raids, many health insurance companies would reimburse
patients for less-expensive approaches to health care including
chelation therapy.
The Underlying Threat
Here is the real kicker. If you could eliminate cardiovascular
diseases, you would effectively eliminate virtually 85 percent
of all diseases suffered by mankind. EDTA has the potential
to restore the cardiovascular system to near perfect health.
This by inference then means that EDTA has the potential to
eliminate most all of the diseases suffered by man worldwide.
If a therapy this effective were granted full approval by the
FDA, the result would be massive wholesale improvement in the
health of millions of Americans. The number of patients needing
to be hospitalized would dramatically decrease. Insurance premiums
would plunge precipitously and health care costs would return
to manageable levels. But the medical establishment is not
about to let this happen.
The medical industry is currently in excess of a $1 trillion
industry, up from $900 billion in 1993. Any treatment that
would eliminate cardiovascular and circulatory diseases would
significantly impact the medical profession. If EDTA chelation
therapy effectively eliminated all cardiovascular and circulatory
diseases, this form of therapy would potentially impact the
industry to the tune of about $4 billion per day! If EDTA therapy
proved to eliminate only one-half of the cardiovascular and
circulatory problem, the impact would still be gargantuan
at about $2 billion per day!
