Positive Health News, Report No 19

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Report No 19 Fall Issue (1999)

Natural Remedies that work for "Gut issues

(no appetite, poor digestion and a toxic colon?) by Mark Konlee

Turn-on your appetite with cayenne and other natural stimulants

Diet - the critical importance of fiber and pectin.

What to eat and how to eat

Natural aids to digestion

A diagnostic test for leaky gut syndrome

Seven way to rebuild the mucus membranes

Characteristics of healthy byproducts of digestion

Seven ways to restore normal body temperature

Seven ways to obtain a good nights sleep

Cayenne inhibits IL-6, TNF and improves cell-mediated immunity

Fiber and friendly f lora for acidity in the colon vs HIV - the pH factor

Sterols found in whole grains are immune modulators

DMG increases immune function 300%

Venus fly-trap extract enhances macrophage function

Vinegar and garlic reduce HIV viral loads - increase T cell counts

Naltrexone prevents Lipodystrophy, by Bernard Bihari MD.

Low dose Interluken 2 enhances immune function

Mark Konlee (Nov., 1999)

The focus of this latest issue is on rebuilding health, a positive direction that enables the informed person totake personal responsibility for dietary and life style choices that will have a beneficial impact on their wellbeing. While my enthusiasm for the ideas advanced herein, some old and some new, may seem a bitexcessive, I have stopped short of calling this issue of Positive Health Newsthe cure for all diseaseseven

as I am convinced that restoring intestinal health will one day be part of a treatment program that is worthy of


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e ng ca e t e cure or a seases.

The need for sound information on restoring intestinal health is relevant as there exists today no magic pill(s)

that can heal all chronic conditions. Irrespective of what dis ease affects us, certain factors like poorappetite, impaired digestion and a toxic colon are common threads that links all chronic illnesses.

Restoring intestinal health is one of the most neglected areas of modern medicine. Toxemia, the result of

improperly digested foods and bad microbes in the large intestines is a major contributing factor in all chronicdisease. Toxins produced by unfriendly flora (hyphaeated candida albicans, e-coli, gram negative bacteria,

parasites and others) in the colon are absorbed into the blood and the liver is given the task of breaking thesepoisons down into metabolites that are removed from the body through the bile, lymph system, kidneys andskin. Toxins in the large intestines contribute to liver toxicity, chronic fatigue, free radicals, poor bloodcirculation, blood cell stickiness, poor capillary circulation and an impaired immune response to viruses,

fungus, microplasmas, bacteria and cancer.

One of the most consistent observations I have made over the years is that I have never found a person with agood appetite (a strong sensation of hunger), normal stools (large diameter and floaters), normal yellow clear

urine, normal body temperature (98.6F) and who can get a good nights sleep who was chronically ill fromany disease.

The 5 Key Indicators of problem areas

1. Lack of Good Appetite

2. Lack of Good Digestion

3. Toxic colon - unhealthy stools and urine

4. Low body temperature (below 98.6 F)

5. Lack of deep restful sleep

When people are frustrated that their health is not improving, the 5 key indicators, a (neglected) list ofproblems are the ones that needs to be addressed. Why are these areas neglected if they are so important?

Answer: 1. Most health care practitioners lack education and training in how to address these health issuesand 2. There is no financial incentive to address these basic health problems. Most of the solutions arelow-cost or require personal commitment. Solutions can be as simple as colon cleansing, eating wholesome

foods, exercising daily to the point of sweating and drinking plenty to good clean water to flush out toxins andwaste matter from your body.

GUIDE TO A SELF- PROFILE

Good appetite, digestion and elimination and a healthy colon are synonymous with feeling normal and evenfeeling great. Every person with a chronic condition needs an evaluation to pinpoint these neglected areas ofhealth that need not only to be brought to the attention of their health care practitioner but, more importantly,to their own personal attention so they can take corrective action.

The answer to many of these basic intestinal problems will most likely not be found in yet another weeklyvisit to the doctors office or in any one pill from any source. The person who will not take responsibility fortheir own health will often become a chronic complainer. The answer to these basic health problems can befound when people are willing to educate themselves and make dietary and life style choices that arebeneficial and not destructive to their well being.

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Box 27041, West Allis, WI 53227 414-548-4344 Progressive Health News is a monthly update of newdevelopments and medical research for the immune-compromised. Both Positive Health News and

Progressive Health News are newsletters that supplement the book "How To Reverse ImmuneDysfunction."Profits from the sale of the book are used exclusively to support the non-profit activities

of Keep Hope Alive. Ther internet website www.keephope.net now contains over 500 pages ofinformation on nutritional and immune-based therapies.

For a personal profile, underline the part of the following that best describes you or use a magic marker.

Appetite - Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor. Do you eat because you feel hungry or because it is time to eat? Doyou eat for pleasure when you are not hungry?

Diet - What do you eat? Wholesome grains, vegetables and fruits, cultured foods, easily digestible proteins,

freshly prepared vegetable or fruit juices or fast foods, pizza, white flour bread or pasta, white rice, frenchfries, high temperature fried or baked foods or a mixture of all the above? Do you have strong cravings forsweets? Yes, No. Are these cravings controllable? Yes, No.

How Do You eat - Slowly and mix saliva with each mouthful or are you a fast eater and gulp your food down.

Digestion - How do you digest your food? No problem, good, fair, poor or I eat a meal and it just sits there in

my stomach.

Output - Quality of Stools. Healthy - large diameter and floaters or unhealthy - sinkers and small diameterstools.

Urine - Color - a healthy light yellow (sign of normal B vitamin presence) or just clear - the color of water. Is

the urine cloudy?

Body Temperature - a normal 98.6F or less. How much lower? 97? 96?

Sleep - Great, good, fair, poor, wake up frequently (cant get back to sleep). Wake up feeling rested or tired.

The Foundation - Restoring Appetite

Why this starting point? Because whether you have HIV, Chronic fatigue, Lyme, Hepatitis, heart disease,

cancer or any other chronic health condition, you cannot rebuild your health with a functional immunesystem, bring balance and normalcy to your body on a foundation that is crumbling. The foundation beginswith appetite, then food choices, then how you eat and what food combinations are mixed, how you digestthe food you eat and finally the quality of the stools - the byproducts of digestion. A house of health must bebuilt on a foundation and the foundation must have footings. The first footing for the foundation of health ishunger, when the mind signals the stomach it needs food. Most persons with chronic conditions have either a

poor appetite or none at all. Frequently, these people do not eat because they are hungry but for pleasure or

because it is time to eat. Often people with chronic conditions tell me that food just sits in their stomach anddoes nothing or it ferments and produces gas.

Toxic Overload - a primary cause of appetite loss

When the liver and kidneys are over burdened with toxins that are either ingested or are the byproducts offermentation in the large intestines from unfriendly flora, there will be a loss of appetite. Cigarette smokingsuppresses appetite because of all the ingested chemicals (toxins). Smoking increases free radicals andultimately damages all major body organs from the liver to the kidneys to the heart to your eyesight andweakens your immune system. An addiction to nicotine is just as difficult to break as an addition to cocaine.Prescriptions drugs are available today to help you break either addition (Zyban for tobacco cravings). If you


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,marijuana is not addictive. Like ingested poisons that can suppress the appetite, a colon that produces toxinsfrom unfriendly flora will also reduce a persons appetite.

Note: If a person has a good appetite but also has infections in either the small or large intestines that preventabsorption of nutrients or has chronic diarrhea, then these problems need to be addressed along with therestoration of appetite.

Colonics for a Toxic Colon

A single colonic, professionally done, is the equivalent of about 25 enemas as nearly 5 gallons of water aremoved deep into and out of the colon. Adding one cup of apple cider vinegar to the 5 gallon water tank willgreatly enhance its therapeutic value as the acetic acid in the vinegar will inactivate HIV and most otherpathogens in the large intestines. (Check your phone directory under Colonic Irrigation for a colon therapistnear you).

Seven ways to increase appetite

1. CAYENNE

2. APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

3. BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES

4. HORSERADISH

5. FASTING - drink purified water and do not eat until you feel real hunger pangs in your stomach.

6. EXERCISE

7. Herbs: Gentian root (Herbal Bitters), Ginger root ( for digestion of meats and to stop gas), Alfalfa tablets,

Oregon Grape root,

TURN ON YOUR APPETITE and DIGESTION with CAYENNE & APPLE CIDER

VINEGAR

Powerful stuff! Cayenne (Red Pepper) is one of the most underrated spices in the plant kingdom. Cayenne isa very powerful appetite stimulant. Cayenne combined with a little apple cider vinegar will put a growl inyour stomach. To turn on the hunger response, try taking one cayenne capsule with 1 teaspoon of apple cider

vinegar in a glass of water before meals, then gradually increase the dose in a few days to 3 cayenne capsulesand 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in about 4 to 6 ounces of water and take this about 1/2 hour beforemeals 2 or 3 times daily. Do this each time before you eat and soon you will find strong hunger sensationsreturning. If you need to do more to get your appetite back, add 1 tablespoon of blackstrap molasses twicedaily and ginger root or horseradish if necessary - add horseradish to coleslaw or top it on boiled cabbage andcarrots.

Cayenne also stimulates kidney function, increases urination and will even heal an ulcer. It stimulates allmajor organs in the body and increases metabolism at the level of the individual cell. It improves circulationthroughout the body and increases body temperature. Cayenne can even stop a heart attack in progress by

mixing a teaspoon of it with a glass of water and swallowing it or by taking 3 cayenne capsules. Cayenne canalso stop internal bleeding by taking it internally in the same dose. Cayenne can dissolve fresh blood clots andreverse the effects of a stroke in just a few hours but you will lose some of these benefits the longer you wait.

African Bird pepper has even more heat units than cayenne. If you are wasting, cayenne can help you gain


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absorption of nutrients. If you are overweight, it can help you lose unwanted pounds by increasing

metabolism and the production of energy in the cells. Cayenne increases oxygenation of the blood almostinstantly and relieves chest pains caused by poor circulation, just like nitroglycerin does. Just as importantly,the increased oxygenation of the blood and cells and the increased production of energy (ATP) in the cells isa prerequisite to promoting antigen presentation in the cells, a critical pathway in restoring cell mediatedimmunity.

Both cayenne and horseradish stimulate digestion, metabolism and circulation throughout the body. Both helpfight water retention and tumors. Cayenne will help lower high blood pressure and increase it in persons who

have low blood pressure. Cayenne helps heal ulcers by stimulating the growth of new mucus membranes.

pass the Tabasco sauce, please

Tabasco and other hot red-pepper sauces are made from cayenne aged in vinegar. Try 1/2 teaspoon ofTabasco sauce in 4 to 6 ounces of tomato or vegetable juice before meals. Cayenne capsules are also aconvenient and low-cost way to use red pepper. A cayenne capsule taken with a glass of water will cause awarm sensation in the stomach. No need to fear if you have ulcers as cayenne will help heal an ulcer.

Tabasco sauce can also be sprinkled on poached eggs or over cooked vegetables. It is best to use a lowsodium vegetable juice as salt is usually added to these cayenne sauces.

Blackstrap molasses is another aid to digestion as it contains betaine hydrochloride. This helps digest proteins.It is a concentrated source of trace minerals that supports enzyme function and metabolism throughout thebody.

Horseradish: For beginners, go easy especially if you have a sensitive stomach. Horseradish can be mixed

with coleslaw dressing or used on corn beef or beef brisket and added to cooked cabbage, brussels sprouts,cooked carrots and rutabagas. Horseradish can be placed on crackers topped with cheese or sliced rawvegetables. Horseradish is great for lung and sinus infections.

Fasting and Exercise: Many of us have the bad habit of eating because it is time to eat whether we are hungry

or not. Being hungry for a even a few hours speeds the detoxification and healing of the human body. If ourmind thinks that at the slightest twinge of hunger we should eat or the slightest pain, we should take painkillers, we are setting ourselves up for a lifetime of chronic illness and chemical or junk food dependency.Sedentary jobs like sitting behind a desk or computer all day long are not healthy careers. Blessed is theperson who can make a living exercising his body more than his mind every day. Exercise plus waterdetoxifies the body and will help restore a natural sensation of hunger.

Work up an appetite by taking a long walk before you eat if you have a sedentary job or if you are ondisability or are retired. Two basic points to remember: If you are just slightly hungry, delay eating until youfeel real hungry. Take a walk or other aerobic type exercise or sports activity and drink chlorine and fluoridefree water until you feel a real strong hunger. If you are too weak to exercise, then use cayenne, vinegar and

blackstrap molasses until a strong appetite returns and remove toxins from the large intestines with a colonic.

Herbs: Ginger root contains protein digestive enzymes and helps stop fermentation in the stomach.. Gentianroot is used in Bitters sold in liquor stores and can be mixed with vegetable juice. Health food stores also

sell herbal bitters. Alfalfa tablets are cheap and inexpensive - take 6 tablets twice daily. Oregon grape root -20 drops twice daily.

Breakfast or Dinner cocktail - to 6 ounces of low sodium tomato or vegetable (V8) juice) add 1/2 tsp of

Tabasco sauce and/or 1/4 teaspoon of herbal Bitters with Gentian. Squeeze some lemon juice into this andbravo, do you have real zesty cocktail that will increase your metabolism and immune function. DIET - VeryGood Choices

When ou are hun r a cooked whole rain hi h fiber breakfast like oat bran cereal r e cereal rits made


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from whole corn or oatmeal. Avoid cold cereals sold in stores, even health food stores. They are usuallyprocessed at temperatures of over 400 degrees F, a temperature that causes them to produce toxic proteinbyproducts some of which may be carcinogenic. Trust only what you prepare yourself. Avoid all packaged orfrozen precooked foods as the manufacturers do not tell the buyers what temperature they use in producingthese goods. As a general rule, avoid foods cooked at temperatures of over 300 degrees F.

A Super Healthy Breakfast Hot High-Fiber Breakfast Cereal - Oat Bran, applesauce

and bananas - 15 grams fiber

For breakfast - a hot whole grain breakfast cereal made with 1/3 cup of oat bran which contains about 6grams of fiber per 1/4 cup dry weight. Serve with apple sauce, sliced bananas and use coconut milk or lactosereduced milk, milk or soymilk like Edensoy, Vitasoy or Nutrisoy brands.

I consider a breakfast meal that is very high in fiber and pectin to be critically important for restoring ahealthy colon. If you use 1/3 cup of oat bran per 1 cup water plus 1 cup applesauce plus one banana, you willhave about 14 grams of fiber, about 1/2 the recommended adult dose.

Consumer Warning - the food additive carrageenan suppresses macrophage function

Several published scientific articles report that carrageenan suppresses macrophage function. Bothmacrophage and neutrophil function is needed by persons with candidiasis to prevent yeast infections. Avoidmilks with carageenan added as carageenan will suppress macrophage function. This advice goes for preparedice cream and gravies as well. Read labels carefully. For ice cream, a good choice is Haagen Dazs, madewithout thickeners like carageenan. Many brands of soy milk contain carrageenan as does rice milk. Twobrands that do not are Edensoy and Vitasoy.

Main meals: raw - endive, parsley, beet greens, romaine lettuce, sliced onions, garlic, carrots, artichokes,avocado, tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, ripe red or yellow peppers and most any other vegetable. You canalso add ripe olives, hot peppers and low sodium feta cheese, cottage cheese or plain yogurt. (Soak the feta

cheese in a dish of water for one hour. This removes most of the sodium from the cheese). Top with flavored

vinegar like Balsamic vinegar and a good quality Extra Virgin Olive oil plus a little oregano. Use Sea Salt ifyou need more flavor. Note: Fresh refrigerated flax oil 1 or 2 teaspoons may be mixed with the yogurt orcottage cheese. (Avoid Flax oil if you have a tendency to bleed as flax oil thins the blood). Substitutecold-pressed olive oil or unrefined sesame seed oil. Serve this salad with a whole grain bread that is high infiber. Go to your health food store and find a bread that has 4 grams of fiber per slice. Eat 2 slices with this

meal. This will add 12 to 14 grams of fiber to your daily diet. Now you have reached the daily recommendeddose of 27 to 29 grams of fiber. Congratulations! You are on our way to a new healthier body.

Proteins sources: 1. Cooked brown and wild rice flavored by adding the seaweed Kombu and a little red

pepper and curry powder while cooking it. 2. Canned salmon or sardines, especially spiced sardines. 3.Sunflower seeds partly sprouted or soaked in water for 6 to 8 hours. 4. Chicken or turkey cooked in a Crock

Pot for 6 to 8 hours at 175 degrees F. After cooking in a Crock Pot, chicken or turkey can be stored inrefrigerator and sliced over a salad. It is very important to avoid any foods cooked at a temperature of over300 degrees F.

Main Meals: cooked. Boiled, simmered or cooked in a Crock Pot only for several hours at about 175 degreesF. You can mix chicken or turkey with several vegetables like celery, carrots onions, potatoes, brown andwild rice etc. and cook them all together. Avoid pork, ham, sausage or smoked foods. Except for green beans,avoid canned or baked beans (bean soup) if you are immune compromised as beans are more difficult to

digest. Once a week try a beef pot roast or brisket. Serve with horseradish. Good choices (think orange):cooked squash, sweet potatoes, yams, carrots and pumpkin.

Homemade vegetable soups with chicken, turkey and beef added are good choices.


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AVOID EATING SWEET FRUITS WITH VEGETABLES AS THIS CAN CAUSE DIGESTIVE PROBLEMSAND GAS. THE EXCEPTION IS LEMONS, LIMES, GRAPEFRUIT AND RAW PINEAPPLE. RAWPINEAPPLE IS A GOOD CHOICE TO USE WITH COTTAGE CHEESE OR MEATS AS IT CONTAINSBROMELAIN, A PROTEIN DIGESTIVE ENZYME. EXCEPT FOR PINEAPPLE, EAT SWEET FRUITSBY THEMSELVES BETWEEN MEALS OR BEFORE MAIN COURSE MEALS. Regarding pea soup, peasand chick peas, test these out and see how your stomach can handle them before making them a daily course.

Except for cottage cheese, cheese made from rice or soy is easier to digest than cheese made from cowsmilk.

How you eat can help you in your fight against HIV, allergies and even cancer.

Are you Serious?

I know how to eat. Do you? The most common mistake is that people eat too fast increasing stress on both

the digestive process and the immune system. Yes, the immune system. Remember the scientific research thatfound that 40 to 60% of the immune cells in your body are in the digestive tract. The immune cells are notjust sitting along your digestive tract taking a snooze or playing ping pong. The immune cells (White Bloodcells, CD4s etc.) are there to survey the byproducts of digestion. If there are some partly or undigestedparticles that try to pass through the mucus membranes into the blood, the immune cells are there to stop

them. Your cells cannot use undigested food particles and your T cells are there to keep the blood from beingpolluted with garbage. The problem is made worse when the mucus membranes are damaged (leaky gutsyndrome) or too thin to properly filter out unwanted particles.

For persons HIV+, you can help lower your viral load by eating more slowly and mixing lots of saliva witheach mouthful. Digestion starts in the mouth. Enzymes in saliva break down carbohydrates and mastication of

food assists the digestion process in the stomach and small intestines. Your saliva also contains an enzymecalled lysozyme that researchers found will inactivate the HIV virus. The more saliva you mix with your foodthe more HIV you will inactivate as it passes through the digestive tract. When your food is properlymasticated (chewed very finely), you will have less unwanted byproducts of digestion and therefore lessactivated CD4 helper cells in the intestines. Remember, it is the activated CD4s that HIV infects. Better

digestion reduces the number of CD4 cells that are destroyed daily by HIV and will reduce the number ofnewly formed cell-free viruses that enter your blood thus reducing your viral load.

This is why HIV+ persons who take digestive enzymes with meals often have declines in viral load andstabilized CD4 counts. The immune response of persons with cancer, CFIDS and other chronic conditions

benefits from better digestion. When your immune system is needed to fight whatever is bugging youelsewhere in your body, it will have more time and troops to do the job if it is not overburdened with blockingthe unwanted byproducts of faulty digestion.

Five important rules for proper digestion are:

1. Eat only when you are hungry

2. Eat wholesome foods (Remember - junk in, junk out).

3. Eat slowly and mix a lot of saliva with eat mouthful.

4. Add spices and foods that help the digestive process - cayenne, sour pickles or vinegar, horseradish,gentian, ginger root and raw pineapple.

5. Stop eating before you stuff yourself.

The Colon and the critical pH factor. Why an acidic colon is of immeasurable value to


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persons immune compromised

The pH Factor: pH represents the hydrogen potential absorbing capacity of a substance. A pH of 0means a substance is as acidic (i.e. sulfuric acid) as it can get and will absorb no more hydrogen atoms. At apH of 13, a substance can absorb lots of hydrogen ions (i.e. ammonia is alkaline). The digestive processrequires hydrochloric acid in the stomach but needs an alkaline environment in the small intestines (around7.0). When the food reaches the large intestines, the pH drops to around 6 and increases slightly to 6.5 inhealthy individuals. (1)

Friendly acid producing bacteria help to move pH down in a slightly acidic direction. When the pH of thecolon is alkaline (above 7.0), all kinds of unwanted pathogens from viruses to fungus to bacteria set uphousekeeping and can cause havoc with your immune system by producing toxins and harmful chemicals that

further burdens your immune cells. Not only that, these unwanted pathogens will produce more chemicals tokeep a pH environment favorable to their survival. While the pH of the colon in normal healthy individuals isestimated to be around 6.8, in persons with HIV, CFIDS, MCS, candidiasis and hepatitis, the ideal pH tolower viral and fungal proliferation in the colon is below 6.0. The healing pH range is between 5.5 and 6.0. Ifit gets too acidic (below 4) or too alkaline, above 7.5, it can damage the colonic mucosa.

In Crohns disease, Colitis and some forms of colon cancer, the pH of the colon is too acidic and has beenmeasured as low as 2.5. One researcher found that secondary bile contributed to this condition (not friendly

flora). Bile production is increased when fat consumption is high. For persons with Crohns, Colitis or coloncancer, a fat free fat diet is immediately recommended until the pH of the feces is 5.5 or slightly higher, then,

this should be followed with a low fat diet.

HIGH COLON pH (alkaline) LINKED TO HIV REPLICATION AND CANCER

Research published in the journal of AIDS, PNAS and Natures Medicine (3) have found that up to 86% of allHIV virus in your body is in the intestines. The large intestines is a critical area. If the pH of the colon is

higher than 6.0, HIV can still infect new CD4 cells and continue replicating, but when the pH is less than 6.0,cell-free HIV permanently loses its ability to infect new cells (4) The chance of viral resistance developing toan acidic colon is next to nil as the acids attack the viral membrane, not an area where viral mutations

frequently occur. This leads to a new strategy to control HIV infection indefinitely - to lower the pH of thecolon by natural means to a pH of 6.0 or less and stop HIV replication in an area where the highestconcentrations have been found - the intestines. The implications of pH modification of the colon are

profound - HIV viral load should drop dramatically and CD4s increase steadily.

Besides daily enemas where you add garlic and vinegar to the water, the pH of the colon can be lowered by adiet high in fiber and eating certain foods like raw garlic, cabbage and artichokes that support the growth of

friendly flora. Friendly intestinal flora produce lactic acid and one strain B. Longum has been found toproduce acetic acid, the same kind of acid found in vinegar. Researchers have found that vinegar, like rawgarlic, stops HIV replication. How you ever seen a bottle of vinegar spoil? Why, because no virus, fungus orbacteria can survive in it.

Bech K et al (2) found that in measuring the pH of the feces that Significantly higher pH values ..... werefound in patients with cancer than in normal individuals. He wrote These results support performance ofintervention trials with lowering the pH of the colon with the object of cancer prophylaxis....

1. Fallingborg J et al; J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1990 Aug;11(2):211-4

2. Bech K et al; The pH and acidity of feces in colorectal neoplasms, Ugeskr Laeger 1990 Jan15;152(3):161-2

3. Konlee M; Progressive Health News, 1999 (Oct 1st) Vol 2, No 10.


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Healthy Stools:

Size - large diameter 1 to 1.5 inches

Color: medium brown

Buoyancy - floats in toilet bowl.

Form: soft, formed round but firm

Unhealthy Stools:

Size: Narrow - 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide (indicates colon inflammation - the more narrow, the more severe theinflammation)

Color: dark brown or black (indicates too much bile - diet is too high in fat). Stools yellow in color or pale can

indicate liver problems.

Buoyancy: sinkers - will not float in water.

Form: mud like texture, very hard chunks or mushy or chronic diarrhea.

Floating stools linked to rising CD4 counts in persons with HIV/AIDS

A chapter in my book How To Reverse Immune Dysfunction cites 15 factors that indicate a strong immune

system and 15 negative ones that indicate internal toxicity and imbalance and a weakening immune system.This set of factors was written about 8 years ago after an survey of our readers that were HIV+ to determinewhat factors might be linked to the rise or fall of the CD4 cells.

At that time I had no idea why the buoyancy of the stools was linked to the fate of the CD4s. Now as thisdecade and century comes to a close, we finally understand the connection between colonic pH, CD4s andthe viral load. It is directly linked to the presence or absence of acid producing friendly intestinal flora in thecolon. When the stools sink the CD4s fall and when they float, the CD4s rise. The reason the stools floatwhen lactic acid producing bacteria are in the colon is that the friendly flora produce short chain fatty acids

that make the stool lighter than water.

I published new discoveries on how pH affects HIV in the October, 1999, issue of Progressive Health News.Here is an excerpt.

The pH Factor - Acidity Vs HIV

A published scientific abstract from a foreign medical journal written by Pisai Egyetem et al (1) titledDifferent sensitivity to acid reaction of the AIDS virus and virus-producing cells has some importantobservations that can be related to enemas that are acidic (either with vinegar added or coffee) and to the pH

of the colon. What the researchers found is that cell free (HIV) virus gradually loses its infectivity in an acidicmedium and loses it permanently when the pH is below 6.0. The more acid the colon, the more damage isdone to the membranes of the virus and infectivity is lost and is not regained even when the pH is increased to

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The researchers state thatHIV loses infectivity in the acidic vagina or ... on the skin, but infectivity ispreserved in the blood, semen, rectum and breast milk being neutral or slightly alkaline.

What is significant is that when just 2 tablespoons of vinegar are added to 1 and 1/2 quarts of water, the pHdrops to 3.5, enough to irreparably damage the membranes of cell-free HIV so as to completely lose theirinfectivity and just possibly low enough to damage some HIV inside the cells. This adds justification to havinga colon with active lactic acid producing bacteria that will create a more hostile acidic environment tosuppress HIV replication along with other pathogenic microbes. When the pH of the colon is above 6.0 or

higher (alkaline) is when HIV replicates and the CD4 counts decline. The stools formed in an alkalineenvironment in the colon will usually sink and are often small in diameter. Sometimes, the odor of ammonia isalso apparent. While all strains of lactobacillus will produce lactic acid, one strain, B. Longum, actuallyproduces acetic acid, the same acid found in vinegar, making it an even more effective antimicrobialprobiotic.

An alkaline colon favors HIV replication and CD4 destruction. Alkalinity in the colon is

also found in persons with CFIDS and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

It has taken 15 years to find out where most of the HIV is located in the body (1,2,3,4) and where most of theCD4s are destroyed and all the scientific evidence points to the intestines. Scientific research has also found

that 40 to 60% of all the immune cells in your body are in the gut. Why are they there? To survey thebyproducts of digestion and prevent undigested and unusable proteins and other byproducts of digestion fromentering the blood.

Why does HIV infects most of the CD4s in the intestines? Answer: Because they are activated as they signalother immune cells to prevent unwanted byproducts of digestion from entering the blood. Activated CD4 cellshave receptors called the CD4 receptor that HIV uses to gain entry into the cell. Once inside the CD4 cells,they replicate by the millions and then cell-free viruses directly enter the blood. This causes the blood plasmaviral loads to rise. At the same time the infected CD4 cells are destroyed. As a result, the body draws downCD4 cells circulating in the blood and send them to the intestines. This causes the CD4 counts in the blood to

drop. Researchers have found that in monkeys infected with SIV that the first place CD4 are depleted is in the

mucosal membranes of the intestines and this happens within the first two weeks after initial infectionregardless of where the infection occurred. SIV is to monkeys what HIV is to humans.

Research done in Ghana by Naaeder SB et al and published in the West Afr. J Med (1) report on a study todetermine the effect of a high fiber diet on colonic and fecal pH. In a group of 5 English volunteers who atean average of 17. 5 grams of fiber per day and then doubled it to 34.4 grams per day, the researchers foundthat The pH in all parts of the colon decreased progressively during the period of study, being lowest at theend of two weeks of fiber supplementation. The researchers found that when fiber supplementation wasstopped, the pH of the colon returned to presupplementation levels within two weeks. They concluded that

the use of dietary fiber for intervention in large bowel diseases should be indefinite.

1. Naaeder SB et al, West Afr J Med 1998 Jul-Sep;17(3):165-7

A new strategy to treat HIV/AIDS - decrease the pH of the Colon.

This leads to a new strategy to controlling and reversing HIV/AIDS: Lower the pH of the colon to 6.0 or lessand stop HIV replication in the area where it is most concentrated. What should happen? HIV viral loadsshould drop and CD4 counts rise. In fact, in every single case I have followed when stools have returned tonormal and consistently floated, the CD4s have stopped falling and started rising. In 1996, Dr David Hobrought us the Kitchen Sink Theory of CD4 depletion - that HIV is destroying the CD4 cells faster than the

body can replace them. What he did not tell us was where the kitchen sink was located. Now, we know whereit is and we think we know how to shut off the drain on the CD4s. The answer is to lower the pH of the colon


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How to lower the pH of the colon

1. Directly by daily enemas with a little vinegar added (about 1 tablespoon per pint or quart of water).

2. A diet high in fiber/pectin and foods like cabbage, artichokes and raw garlic that support the growth offriendly intestinal flora.

3. Taking probiotics that produce lactic acid (Vital Biotics) and acetic acid (Bifa-15) in the large intestines.More on how to do this elsewhere in this newsletter.

Note: Several persons with HIV who report that about half the time their stools float and the other half they

sink notice little or no changes in their CD4 counts. This is about what I would expect. In persons on drugcocktails who have an undetectable viral load and low CD4 counts, one possible cause of low CD4 counts isthat the drugs that are designed to enter the blood are not getting into the mucus membranes of the intestines.Thus, the one large remaining reservoir of HIV infection continues to kill off CD4 cells in the lamina propriaof the intestines even though the drugs circulate at sufficient levels in the blood to keep the plasma viral loadat non-detectable levels. IL-2 alone has not successfully flushed out the last remaining reservoir of HIV

infection - the intestines. Lowering the pH of the colon could be the final piece of the puzzle in the search foran AIDS cure or lifetime control.

References:

1. Dianzani F et al. Nature Medicine (1996) 2:832

2. Fackler O.T. et al. AIDS (1998) 12:139-146

3. Pantaleo G. et al. Nature (1993) 362:355-358

4. Wong J.K. et al. Proc. Natl. Acad Sci USA (1997) 94:12574-12579.

Healthy urine - yellow and clear

If you think you have healthy stools and good intestinal flora, try this test. Stop taking all supplements withany B vitamins in them for 24 hours and check the color of your urine. If you have healthy intestinal floraproducing B vitamins, the color of your urine should be light yellow. When you take B vitamin supplements it

will turn your urine yellow. If you stop taking B vitamins for 24 hours and the color of your urine is clear, itmeans your large intestines does not have sufficient friendly bacteria to produce the B vitamins you need. Asa result, your urine will be clear and not yellow.

Sometimes when you have stools that float in water it could be caused by a diet too high in fat. The high fat

content of the stools may cause the stools to float giving you a false reading on the health of your colon. Try a

lot fat diet; if your stools sink, it will confirm what I am saying. When stools float in persons on a high fiber,low fat diet, it usually means that good intestinal flora are producing short chain fatty acids that cause them tofloat in water. This is what you want - stools that float, are soft yet firm, have a large diameter and normalmedium brown color plus urine that is not cloudy, but is clear and light yellow. Note: Urine that is dark yellow

means you are not drinking enough water.

Dr. James Balch MD on Fiber

Dr. Balch in his book Prescription for Natural Healing describes seven kinds of fiber that exist in foods.They are bran, pectin, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignan, gums and mucilages. Bran found in the outer portion of

whole grains has been found to lower cholesterol, prevent colon cancer, obesity, hemorrhoids, reduce high

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lowers the pH of the colon and promotes the rapid growth of good intestinal flora. The implications for

persons with HIV/AIDS and other chronic conditons are profound.

Published research in three peer reviewed medical journals has found that up to 86% of the total quantity ofHIV in the body is located in the intestines. Now with the large intestines (colon) containing the highest

concentration of HIV found in the body, imagine what inactivating although those billions of viruses everyday will do to your blood plasma viral loads. The only logical conclusion is the viral loads should drop like alead balloon and with this the CD4 cells should steadily climb. What about the hepatitis viruses, CMV, EBV,herpes and candida albicans? Levels of these and other pathogens should plunge as well. Oat bran is one of

your highest concentrations of fiber. Oat bran also contains gums and mucilages. Rice bran is also very high infiber and contains sterols that reduce IL-6. Rice bran also contains 74 antioxidants and sterols, fats that

reduce IL-6.

Question: If I follow your suggestions and I get healthy large diameter floating stools,

will this means the pH of my colon is below 6.0?

Answer: At the present time, we are lacking data to confirm that. You still must actually measure the pH ofthe stools to find out exactly what it is. This is a test that your physician can order for you. In HIV/AIDS wewant to get the pH of the colon just below 6.0 to completely inactivate all the billions of cell-free HIV in the

colon. I am hoping that a high fiber/high pectin diet combined with probiotic supplements like Bifa 15 andVital Biotics will accomplish this without the need for the daily enemas with garlic and vinegar added. Theenemas can always be a fallback treatment if the supplements fail to lower the pH to 6.0 or less.

My observations in talking to people with conditions ranging from AIDS to cancer is that when the illness is

progressing, the stools always sink and/or are small in diameter. Unhealthy stools have always tested alkalinewhen persons report the pH value to me (always over 7.0). One example was a lady with CFIDS and severemultiple chemical sensitivity plus severe sensitivity to electromagnetic fields.

She reported her stools were the size of a pencil and always sank. Her physician found the pH of a stoolsample was 7.5, very high. I advised her to start on the high fiber/pectin breakfast. To heal the gut and for its

anti-inflammatory properties to drink 1 cup of aloe vera juice 3 times a day for 5 days (about 1 gallon). Alsoto eat 1 cup of raw cabbage or sauerkraut daily plus 3 cloves of sliced garlic on a whole grain cracker (i.e. ryecrisp). She did this and reported the size of her stools began to increase significantly in just 3 days. When youapply the right solution you can obtain fast results.

Note: She also reported that a liquid ionic trace mineral product (Dead Sea minerals) from SGS Research wasthe only product that got rid of her sensitivity to electromagnetic fields. The lady also reports she has bloodstickiness and has also tested for high levels of heavy metals (mercury and lead). She will need a lot of pectin(5 to 10 grams daily) or about 3 cups of applesauce or 6 apples daily to effectively remove the heavy metals.Both citrus and apple pectin in powder form are sold in health food stores and in some grocery stores.

PECTIN - THE FIBER THAT REMOVES HEAVY METALS AND TOXINS.

Dr. Balch reports that pectin is good for diabetics, removes toxins and heavy metals, lowers cholesterol andreduces the risk of gallstones. Dr. Balch reports that pectin is found in apples, bananas, the rinds of citrusfruits (lemons, oranges and grapefruit), carrots, beets, cabbage and okra.

About one year ago, I talked to a former drug addict who told me he could remove all the street drugs heingested by drinking a package of liquid pectin he would buy at the local grocery store. He would mix it withwater and drink the whole thing at once. He said thatin about 2 hours, all the drugs in his blood were

gone.He told me this included everything from marijuana to heroin to cocaine.

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with fewer capsules. Having tried both brands for an extended period of time, I am convinced that the VitalBiotics formula is the best over-the-counter (OTC) brand currently available. However, it is missing one strainthat is critical to producing acetic acid, the acid found in apple cider vinegar that is reported to kill gramnegative bacteria. Gram negative bacteria that produce toxins are the type that like to inhabit a colon that hasa higher pH in an alkaline direction. The strain that produces both acetic acid and lactic acid isBifidobacterium Longum (B. Longum).

B Longum also promotes IgA, an immunoglobulin that supports mucosal immunity. The best combination is touse both Vital Biotics along with product called Bifa-15 or the new upcoming Th1 Probiotics from Jarrow

Formulas that will also contain B Longum.

Bifa-15 and Th1 Probiotics

Within the past few months, Eden Foods has introduced to health food stores a new probiotic called Bifa 15that contains microencapsulated B. Longum designed to get past the stomach acids and reach the colon. Thisproduct deserves special watching as acetic acid will produce a very hostile environment to HIV, Candida and

most other infections of the large intestines.

On 9/30/99 I spoke with Pamela D who told me of her personal experience using Bifa-15. She had sufferedbadly from candida albicans, was intolerant to wheat (gluten intolerance) and had multiple chemical

sensitivity (MCS) and numerous allergies. After using one packet of the formulation daily for 6 weeks, shereported normal stools, more energy, better sleep and that most of her symptoms had gone away. She said she

no longer is sensitive to perfumes. Bifa-15 is expected to be very helpful for persons immune-compromisedwhose colon pH is too alkaline.

TH1 Probiotics - now under development by Jarrow Formulas will contain one billion B longum per servingalong with 1/2 billion S. Boulardi and high concentrations of L Casei and L Plantarum - both heat treated so

as to be safe to use in persons with leaky gut who are severely immune compromised.

1. Pisai Egyetem et al; Orv Hetil, 1990 Sep 9;131(36):1959-64.

Where to Start? Seven Ways to Heal the Gut and rebuild the mucus membranes

1. Diet high in fiber, pectin and sterols - Fermentation of the fiber in the large intestines by friendly floraproduces butyric acid that helps to heal the mucus membranes. For adults, 25 to 30 grams of fiber consumeddaily should be your goal. Pectin, a soluble form of fiber, removes toxins in the intestines that damages themembranes. Sterols reduce cortisol levels that weaken the intracellular cement that holds the mucus

membranes together. Sterols are found in the bran portion of whole grains but especially rice bran and sesameseeds.

2. Aloe Vera Flush. Buy one gallon of a good quality aloe vera juice, no cheap stuff that is watered down.

This will cost between $15 to $20 a gallon. Drink between meals 8 ounces (1 cup) 3 times a day until the

gallon is gone - in 4 or 5 days. This flush can be repeated once a month if need be.

3. Raw cabbage, coleslaw, cultured cabbage juice, sauerkraut, sauerkraut - 1 or 2 cups daily may be taken

with meals.

4. L-Glutamine - 10 grams of powder twice daily.

5. Vitamin A - best choice is plain (not emulsified) Cod Liver oil - one tablespoon twice daily. goes good withwhole orange juice.

6. Herbs: Ojibwa Tea and/or Horsetail - 2 capsules twice daily. Also promotes healthy skin, hair and nails -builds immunity to candidiasis. Ojibwa tea helps rebuild the mucus membranes and removes toxins from the

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7. Buttermilk - drink one cup twice daily. (contains butyric acid). Butyric acid is also found in butter andcream. There is none in margarine. If you can tolerate cow or goats milk, drink 4 or more glasses daily with a

tsp of yogurt mixed in. Coconut milk is also very therapeutic to the gastrointestinal tract; it kills H Pylori, abacteria that can cause stomach ulcers.

Colonics/enemas - have them done weekly by a professional.

Ask the Colon therapist to add one pint of vinegar (apple cider or distilled) to the 5 gallon tank for a moreeffective treatment. The acetic acid in the vinegar will kill pathogenic gram negative bacteria in the colon andspeed your recovery. The alternative to colonics that are expensive is to do daily enemas with vinegar added -about 1 tbsp per pint of water.

Other herbal teas; Witch hazel or Marshmallow root tea.

Note: Steroids like prednisone and cortisone will damage the mucus membranes. Their use should be oflimited duration.

Diagnostic Tests for Leaky Gut

This test is important as it measures the progress you are making on your diet and protocol to restore normalmucosal integrity and normal absorption of nutrients. To measure progress, you always need two tests, thefirst is baseline to find out where your starting profile is while the second one measures your progress inhealing the gut. More information on this test and how to prepare for it is available from Great Smoky

Diagnostics Lab at 800-522-4762 or write to Great Smoky Diagnostics, 63 Aillicoa St, Asheville, NC 28801.(Cost is $86 per test).

Diet and Supplements to promote healthy stools and colon

A diet high in fiber and pectin. raw garlic, cabbage, artichokes, orange colored vegetables (squash, pumpkin,

carrots - raw or cooked), elderberry extract. Try slicing a clove of raw garlic and place it on rye crisp or otherwhole grain crackers and top with marinated artichokes. Raw garlic contains unidentified strains of lactic acidforming bacteria and artichokes contain FOS, a type of carbohydrate that promotes the growth of friendlyflora. Eat 3 cloves of raw garlic daily. Best supplements, in our opinion, are Vital Biotics (Voyager Group) 2capsules once or twice daily plus Bifa-15 that contains B Longum (Eden Foods) - one packet daily.

Low Body Temperature (LBT)

LBT is so common that it affects tens of millions of people and everyone who is chronically ill whose immunesystem is not longer actively fighting infections. With LBT comes anergy and a loss of Delayed TypeHypersensitivity (DTH). With low body temperature comes a loss of antigen presentation in cells that are

chronically infected with some pathogen (virus, mycoplasma, spirochete, fungus or bacteria). Anergy and aloss of DTH means the cell-mediated arm of the immune system is no longer either seeing or responding to aninfection or cancer.

LBT, Immunity and Colostrum

Some people have had LBT all their life. One cause of life long chronic immune dysfunction starts with achilds birth and whether or not they are breast fed by their mother. Mothers who do not breast feed theirnew born child for at least the first month are starting their child on a life long journey of possible chronicimmune related problems from colds to allergies to other (you name it) chronic infections. The first milk for

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Veterinarians know that cats not breast fed are chronically ill and do not live long. While other species mayfare better than cats, there is an important lesson to be learned here - dont mess with mother nature (Godsplan) to transfer immunity from the mother to her offspring.

Suggestion: If you cannot breast feed your child because you have a communicable disease like HIV and youcannot find a source of certified raw milk, then add 2 teaspoons of a liquid or powdered colostrum (1000 mg)each day to pasteurized cow, goat or soy milk formula. Be sure to cool the milk so it is not over 100F so asto not damage the immunoglobulins in the colostrum. Fortunately, colostrum processed at low temperatures is

available in health food stores.

Nearly all chronic conditions from AIDS to CFIDS to Candidiasis to MCS to Lyme to cancer involve LBT.Frequently, chronic infections disappear when body temperature returns to normal.

How To Restore Normal Body Temperature

Detoxify!You need to follow in a progressive manner (step by step) this article from the beginning. Thebuilding of health is like walking up a ladder. You have to start with the first step, then the second and so on.There is no easy formula to jump from the first rung of the ladder up the top. If there was I would tell you.

Everything I have discussed so far from appetite to diet to how you eat to how you digest your food to thequality of your stools and urine all lead you in the direction of normal body temperature and balance(homeostasis). The more fiber and pectin you consume daily the more normal will be your body temperature.For you doubting Thomass, take your temperature on the first day you start a high fiber diet and check it just5 days later at the same time of the day and you will see how you are warming up. Seeing and experiencing

the results will make you a believer- just like the Thomas the Apostle who believed when he seen and talkedto the risen Christ. Do not short change yourself by taking a few fiber tablets daily while continuing to eatjunk food. This wont work. Remember this: junk in - junk out. You are what you eat (as well as what youthink). Like the food you eat, your thoughts and self-image control the daily choices you make - choices thatmake you sick or well.

How to normalize temperature: First, have your physician check the thyroid function. Do not assume thatbecause your body temperature is below normal that it is your thyroid. I have talked to dozens of people whohave LBT and the lab tests show normal thyroid function and thyroxin levels. The primary cause of LBT iscolon toxicity that contributes to liver toxicity and lymph congestion. The following will help increase and

normalize body temperature.

Seven Ways to Increase Body Temperature

1. Diet high in fiber and pectin

2. The Whole lemon/olive oil drink

3. Cayenne, other hot peppers & seaweed

4. Extract of the Venus Fly-Trap (VFT) plant

5. Sun tanning (very, very important)

6. Exercise daily to the point of sweating.

7. Drink 8 to 12 glasses of clean filtered water daily. (Essential to flush toxins from the body)

The whole lemon/olive oil drink has consistently helped people with almost any chronic condition. The olive

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metals from the gut and blood.

The two botanicals (Venus fly-trap and cayenne) have been the most effective of all supplements found todate to increase and help normalize body temperature. Both VFT extract and cayenne improve antigenpresentation and DTH responses to the skin sensitizer - DNCB.

Cayenne capsules - start with 1 capsule with each meal and gradually increase to 3 per meal. Another choiceis cayenne sauce (Tabasco sauce) - 1/2 tsp in tomato juice 3 times daily before meals. Note: ResearchersReilly DM and Green MR in the UK (1) found that capsaicin (from cayenne) increases Interluken 1

production. IL-1 is the cytokine that turns on the fever response. IL-1 could be why cayenne increases bodytemperature.

1. Reilly DM et al. Acta Derm Venereol 1999 May;79(3):187-90

Venus Fly-Trap extract - start off with 5 drops sublingually 3 to 5 times daily and gradually increase up to 1/2teaspoon 3 to 5 times daily. Adjust the dose until body temperature returns to a normal 98.6 degrees F.

Other spices and supplements: ginger root, turmeric, Miso soup made with Wakame seaweed, chili, africanbird pepper, thiamin, riboflavin, L-thyrosine (500 mg daily) and manganese (3 to 5 mg daily), L- carnitine(500 mg twice daily) and cold processed whey proteins (Optimune, Designer Protein etc.).

Note: Manganese is also very important as it promotes the production of Super Oxide Dismutase (SOD), oneof the most powerful free radical scavengers found. Manganese is found in pineapple, chestnuts, hazelnuts,sunflower seeds, blackberries, raspberries, concord grapes and dark green vegetables.

Sun tanning -naturally or indoors in a salon (20 minutes twice weekly. Use UVA beds). Avoid UVB that isused for psoriasis as it is immune suppressive and may cause skin cancer.

INSOMNIA doubles IL-6 levels

Sterols and Cayenne normalize IL-6 levels

This brings us to the last of the basic items I am covering in this article for rebuilding your health. Researchers

have found that if you do not get a good nights sleep, your Interluken 6 levels will be double the next day.Too much IL-6 has been linked to AIDS progression, CFIDS, Cancer, MCS and chronic candidiasis. Toomuch IL-6 is one of the most troublesome of the TH2 cytokines.

Scientific researchers have found that sterols (from rice bran, sesame seeds and other sources) and cayenne(1) keep IL-6 levels normal. Cayenne also reduces TNF - tumor necrosis factor (1), a cytokine that has beenlinked in several studies to wasting syndrome in persons with AIDS and cancer. In animal experiments,capsaicin (from cayenne) prevented increased IL-6 levels induced by stress by blocking substance P bindingto macrophages.

1. Chancellor-Freeland C et al; Ann N Y Acad Sci 1995 Dec 29;771:472-84

Essential Treatments for Insomnia

1. Sun tanning (very important) - naturally outdoors or in a sun tanning salon (UVA). If indoor sun tanning isused, try to obtain 20 minutes twice a week. Sun tanning improves the utilization of calcium and vitamin D,improves metabolism, antigen presentation (immune function), calms the nerves and helps normalize bodytemperature. Experience has shown that taking vitamin D in pill form does not give the same benefits as doessun tanning.

2. Exercise (aerobic) - talk a long walk or bicycle ride for about 20 to 30 minutes before retiring to bed. Note:


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we g t t ng won t wor an w temporar y ncrease cort sone eve s.

3. Calcium Lactate - Other forms of calcium (carbonate, citrate etc.) will not work! Cottage cheese is a goodsource of natural calcium lactate (1/2 cup as a late evening snack - serve with raw pineapple) or take one

teaspoon of calcium lactate powder in water or 5 calcium lactate capsules before bedtime.

4. Whole Lemon/Olive Oil drink. Updated instructions. Several persons have reported that the daily use of thedrink helps them sleep like a baby. The drink is made by taking the juice of one whole lemon and place it in a

blender. Add cut up pieces of half a lemon rind with the seeds removed. Add a small piece of fresh ginger

root and a glass of water or fruit juice (i.e. red grape is a good choice). Add 1 tablespoon of cold pressedExtra Virgin Olive Oil and blend for 2 minutes. Drink the whole thing, pulp and all the liquid. Once a day issuggested; or less often if you if desired. The pulp has fiber and pectin so it is beneficial to consume it all.Take a few cayenne capsules with the drink for an even more powerful effect. Best time to do the drink is inthe morning.

Note: The use of foods containing sterols and cayenne, while not tested as a treatment for insomnia, willreduce IL-6 and TNF levels to normal levels in persons with AIDS, CFIDS, MCS, Lyme disease and cancer orother conditions of stress. Reducing IL-6 and TNF to normal levels are expected either to stop or help reverse

disease progression in all these conditions.

Other very helpful treatments for Insomnia

1. Naltrexone - 3 mg before bedtime - requires a prescription. See my book on How To Reverse ImmuneDysfunction for more information.

2. Elderberry extract - 2 or 3 tablespoons in the evening. See recipe in Positive Health News, No 17, on howto make your own.

3. Magnetic pads - Place pad on back or stomach area for about one hour in the evening with the north pole(negative) energy facing the body. Do not sleep on pad or on magnets. Do not use the south pole of a magnetor magnetic pads that have both N and S pole polarities facing the body. They wont work. Magnetic padsdesigned with north pole only orientation toward the body are designed by Dr Wm Philpott MD and available

from Envirotech - 405-390-3499.

4. Melatonin - 1 to 3 mg before bedtime. Start with the lowest dose and work up.

5. Herbal teas: one teaspoon of scullcap OR hops in hot water. Steep for 10 minutes. Strain and drink. Whenall else fails, use 1/2 teaspoon of lobelia in hot water. Sip a little at a time. Lobelia is very powerful sedative.Be careful not to overdose on it.

NOTE: DO NOT MIX SEDATIVE TEAS (SCULLCAP, HOPS. LOBELIA, LEMON BALM) TOGETHER.USE ONLY ONE AT A TIME. Scullcap would be my first choice. Psychiatrists often recommend chamomiletea to their patients who want a natural sedative to relax the nerves and help them sleep. Do not use sedative

herbs with coffee, tea, any product containing caffeine, ma huang, gotu kola or other herbal stimulants or dietpills (to lose weight).

Remember that the first 4 choices (sun tanning, exercise, whle lemon drink and calcium lactate) are the onesyou should try first. Most prescription drugs for insomnia work well but may have side effects. See yourphysician. For information on side effects, see the Physicians Desk Reference at your local library. Mostphysicians do not have photographic memories and are sometimes too busy to look up a drugs side effects andinform you about them. Some drug stores offer information on side effects while others do not. A trip to the

library is well worth your time. The listing of a side effect does not mean you will experience it but it ispossible.

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From appetite to how you eat to what you eat to how you digest your food to the byproducts of digestion, thequality of the stools and color of the urine to restoring normal body temperature to drinking plenty of good

clean water to remove toxins from your body to adequate exercise to restoring normal body temperature toobtaining a good nights sleep are all basic fundamental areas of health commonly neglected in treating chronicconditions from AIDS to cancer. Addressing these fundamental areas of health restores normal metabolism,digestion, energy and well being and will speed you on your way to a better and healthier tomorrow.

We all yearn for the easy solution - the single magic pill. The closest thing to a magic formula for restoringnormal stools is Vital Biotics from Voyager Group. However, unless you increase your intake of fiber,pectin and raw vegetables, you may not totally restore normal healthy stools and those of you who work hardto improve your diet may not need to use Vital Biotics at all or you may need to use it only occasionally

Low cost solutions for chronic conditions are not given the attention they deserve as too many writers in thearena of health do not understand these basic fundamentals of human health. Promotion of no cost or lowcost solutions is not profitable. Once you have the foundation to your health in place and you are no longertoxic and have a functional immune system, you will find that you will need fewer dietary supplements and

prescription drugs and in some cases none at all. You are now empowered with some very important andbasic information on rebuilding your health. The next step is yours - implementation.

Colon Cleansing Supplements

For Starters - the first month - use some product that is effective against parasites: Colon Green Powder

(Futurebiotics). I mentioned this product about a year ago after one of our readers who had constantly sinkingstools told me that this was the only colon cleansing supplement he had found that restored normal floatingstools. This formula contains psyllium and is high in chlorophyll from alfalfa, parsley and chlorella.Chlorophyll will kill a wide range of bacteria and other pathogens in the lower large intestines. It also containsblack walnut extract to kill parasites and has FOS from artichokes and 50 mg of cayenne per serving plusginger root, beet crystals, 5 additional herbs and vegetarian enzymes. One tablespoon twice daily with water

taken on an empty stomach is what I suggest for the first month. This product would be a good choice to use

for a month and then switch to another formula like Perfect Plus. Colon Green Powder costs about $16 amonth. Other products like "Clear," Black walnut capsules, castor oil capsules and Clarkia 100 also workagainst parasites.

Perfect Plus (Soluble Rice Bran) by SGS Research (Irvine, CA) is a colon cleansing formula that containssoluble rice bran as its principle ingredient with no added herbs. It primary benefit is that it reduces some TH2cytokines and improves cell mediated immunity and normalize blood sugar levels. Soluble rice bran contains74 antioxidants plus trace minerals and immune modulators called sterols. Sterols reduce IL-6 levels thatare a major problem in persons immune-compromised from any cause. Sterols also increase IL-2 and gamma-

interferon, increase DHEA levels and lower cortisol levels. A daily serving of 3 level tablespoons containsabout 120 mg of sterols. Sterols are also found in raw sesame seeds and a candy called Halvah that is madefrom crushed raw sesame seeds and honey.

Perfect Plus also has 133 mg of MethylSulfonylMethane (MSM) a biological form of sulfur plus 1000 mg ofTriMethylGlycine (TMG) from beets plus 1000 mg of FOS (from artichokes) that promotes the growth offriendly flora. Both MSM and TMG help in detoxification of the cells and support the process of methylation.Diabetics who use Perfect Plus usually need to reduce their insulin use as blood sugar levels fall. One person Iknow discontinued using insulin after starting on Perfect Plus as their blood sugar levels returned to normal.Diabetics need to take it in 3 doses - 1 tablespoon each about 8 hours apart and monitor their blood sugar

levels daily and on the first day before taking their next insulin dose. One person with diabetes for 20 yearshad to discontinue insulin the very first day they started on Perfect Plus as the insulin caused the blood sugarlevels to go low - the opposite of diabetes. Perfect Plus tastes pleasant and costs about $30 a month.


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soluble in water. Store it in a freezer to keep it fresh and take 3 tablespoons daily in water, juice or mixed withapple sauce. (Note: You wont get the added benefits of the MSM, FOS and TMG in the Perfect Plus but youwill get all the benefits of the sterols in the rice bran).

Blood stickiness (causes chronic muscle pain and fatigue) allows for cell to cell spread of

infections like HIV, HHV-6, CMV, EBV and other intracellular infections and

contributes to cardiovascular disease and brain fog

Blood stickiness is common condition of the blood that affects persons with AIDS, CFIDS, MCS, Lymedisease, heart disease and cancer and may be implicated in fibromylagia and other conditions of chronicmuscle pain. This condition is caused when blood cells stick together in group preventing them fromfunctioning normally as individual cells would. Blood stickiness causes fatigue, muscle pain as it prevents theblood from circulating and carrying oxygen in the capillaries to the cells and it contributes to the cell to cell

spread of viral infections. It is also my theory (not proven) that blood stickiness contributes to brain fog inpersons with CFIDS, although other causes are a toxic colon and actual infections (usually fungal in nature)near the brain - a scary thought.

A diagnostic test for blood cell stickiness or clumping is called Dark Field Microscopy. In this test, availablefrom health care practitioners, you can both see and photograph the condition of blood cell clumping. Usually

high levels of free radical activity accompany blood stickiness.

Treatments for Blood cell stickiness

1. Thymate - a complex multiglandular vitamin mineral and herbal formula has stopped blood stickiness indark field microscopy tests.

2. Ionic Trace Minerals from the Dead sea (SGS Research) or Great Salt Lake (Marine Minerals) has stopped

blood stickiness in dark field microscopy tests. Note: Colloidal minerals dissolved with acids from ancientplant rock beds have not been demonstrated to have an effect on blood stickiness.

3. Citrus pectin has demonstrated under dark field microscopy to stop blood stickiness. Note: Apple pectinshould work as well although I am not aware of actual tests that have been done to demonstrate this.

4. Other Products that, in my opinion, will reverse blood stickiness are cayenne and flaxseed oil. Note onflaxseed: it should not be used by persons with thin blood or a tendency to bleed. Persons with a tendencytoward blood clotting or strokes should use both cold pressed flax seed oil and cayenne. Dr. Budwig hasfound that flaxseed oil mixed with cottage cheese actually changes the color of the hemoglobin fromgreenish-yellow to bright red in a few hours after it is consumed indicating increased oxygen transport.

Note: The freshest flax seed comes from whole flax seed ground daily (in a coffee grinder) and mixed withbreakfast cereal, cottage cheese or apple sauce. Cold pressed flax seed oil must be kept under constantrefrigeration and never used for cooking or used past the expiration date.

In persons with HIV/AIDS, the secret to returning CD4 counts back to normal is to stop HIV replication in theintestines. The primary reason why CD4 cells decline in persons HIV+ is because of HIV infection in the

mucus membranes of the gut and the ongoing destruction of CD4 cells in the adjoining lamina propria of theintestines.

Researchers have found that 86% of all HIV replication in the body occurs in the gut. This is where Dr. David

Hos kitchen sink is located (the large intestines, also called the colon). The solution is to find a way to stop

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Lands who wrote that more research was needed to treat HIV infection in the gut. Recently, Anthony Faucitalked about the gut being a reservoir of HIV infection. The gut issue of HIV infection is now beginning todraw the attention of the NIH and AIDS researchers.

One of the main purposes of this issue of PHN is to suggest new innovative treatments including dietmodification (high in fiber and pectin) and implanting probiotics that produce both acetic acid and lactic acidto lower the pH of the colon for the purpose of stopping the replication of HIV and other pH sensitivepathogens. One treatment that looks very promising is daily enemas with vinegar added. Three persons have

now reduced HIV viral load since starting the daily enemas. This is significant since all three persons were not

using prescriptions drugs to treat HIV.

When the stools are a large diameter and float and the color of the urine is yellow (without taking B vitamins)

this indicates good intestinal flora implantation and a more acidic colon. The more acidic the colon , the morelikely viruses like HIV, hepatitis, CMV, EBV and candida albicans will be inhibited. For several years I haveobserved that smaller diameter stools that sink in the toilet have been directly linked to declining CD4 countswhile consistently large diameter floaters have been linked to rising CD4 counts in persons with HIV. At thetime I made this observation several years ago, I did not understand why this was happening. Now I do. Whenthe pH of the colon was more alkaline, the stools sank and HIV was more actively destroying CD4 cells.

When the pH of the colon was more acidic, the stools floated and HIV destruction of CD4s was inhibited andthe CD4 counts increased.

Besides the pH of the colon, other factors influence CD4 counts including IgA, an immunoglobulin that

promotes mucosal immunity, IL-1 and IL-2. When both of these cytokines are deficient, CD4 and CD8proliferation will be inhibited. A partial reason is that the immune response against HIV in the intestines is noteffective when the person is deficient in IL-1 and IL-2. While the NIH and most of the media have focusedattention on IL-2, virtually no attention has been paid to IL-1, the cytokine that increases body temperatureand promotes antigen presentation (AP). AP is the first critical response that must occur before the immunesystem will mount a cell mediated response against intracellular infections through the CD8 cytotoxic

lymphocytes.

LOW DOSE INTERLUKIN 2

AIDS Treatment News, by John James, Issue No 329, Oct 15, 1999, contains an interview with Kendall SmithMD on IL-2 Low Dose treatment in persons HIV+. Der. Kendall used a much lower dose that studies beingdone at the NIH with IL-2 made by Chiron Corp. The dose Dr. Smith used was equivalent to 2,000,000 unitsper day of Chiron IL-2 preparation. The low dose IL-2 was injected daily subcutaneously. This low doseproduced no systemic side effects like the higher NIH doses do that used 15,000,000 units per day - about 7.5

times larger. If side effects were noticed, the dose was reduced until there were none. Low doses of IL-2 alsoprevents the problem of TNF production caused by the high doses of IL-2 according to Dr. Smith.

Dr. Smith reported that the use of IL-2 in low doses with HAART (drug cocktails) got CD4 counts back into

the normal range within 1 to 2 years if they started with a baseline of CD4 cells in the 200 or more range.Especially significant in the study was that the CD8 cells stayed up. Activated CD8 cytotoxic lymphocytes(CTLs) and (not the suppressor type CD8s) can control HIV infection and other viral infections naturally.Nine individuals using IL-2 therapy and on HAART and with non-detectable viral stopped the HAART andcontinued with the IL-2. Within a few weeks, the viral load increased to a mean average of 350,000 and thena few weeks later dropped to an average of 26,000. This was due to an activated CD8 cytotoxic lymphocyte

response to the HIV.

For a copy of the complete article, contact AIDS Treatment New at 415-255-0588 for the cost of purchasingthis issue or you can search for the article by Smith in PNAC(1).

1. Jacobson, Smith et al, Daily low doses (IL-2) enhance immune function without toxicity. Proceedings ofthe National Academy of Sciences (USA) 1996; Vol 93, Pages 10405-10410


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Venus Fly-Trap Extract and the CD4s (more benefits are expected when used with

cayenne)

The two most effective over-the-counter products we have found to increase antigen presentation arecayenne and the Venus Fly-Trap extract. Cayenne blocks a peptide called substance P from binding to

macrophages. Substance P stimulates macrophages to produce IL-6 and TNF, neither of which we want.Since VFT extract is a powerful inducer of macrophage activity, the use of cayenne with VFT extract issynergistic as by blocking the TH2 cytokines, TNF and IL-6, the macrophages will most likely produce more

of the TH1 cytokines. For the same reason, cayenne should be used along with Beta Glucan and Maitakeextract as both of these products also simulate macrophage activity.

The most consistent result we have found with the VFT extract is that it increases and normalizes bodytemperature in about 90% of the people who take it.. In this respect it has something in common with cayennethat researchers have found increases IL-1 levels and also increases body temperature.

In May, 1999, Vital Health Products (West Allis, WI) donated about $1000 worth of VFT extract to KeepHope Alive for testing. Our research results answered some questions but left others unanswered. We foundthat VFT extract increases CD4 counts in persons HIV+ who have low or non-detectable viral loads for HIV.VFT extract has been used by persons on drug cocktails including protease inhibitors without any

complications.

To avoid herbal/drug interactions, I suggested using the VFT extract 1 hour before or after taking the drugs.Gene M who was using a 4 part drug cocktail and had stabilized CD4 counts in the low 600 range for the past

6 months increased them from 613 to 714 in just 7 days after adding VFT extract. Others had less dramaticresults and one person on 6 drugs for HIV reported a drop the viral load which he attributes to the VFTextract. The dose used was 1/2 teaspoon 3 times daily.

In persons with CD4 counts of less than 200 and with viral loads over 100,000, a small increase in CD4counts occurred in 50% of the cases and no increases occurred in the other cases. More on VFT extract laterin this newsletter. Note: The discovery that cayenne blocks substance P binding to macrophages (inhibitingIL-6 and TNF) occurred within the past week and no has yet tried the combination of the these two products.

This discovery about cayenne has profound implications for all persons immune compromised from anycause.

VFT extract - a high dose pulsed protocol might be a more effective of using it

Richard M who was on a drug cocktail added VFT extract and took a high dose - 1 teaspoon 3 times a day.Late I August, 1999, he finished a 4 oz bottle in 8 days and being out of product and funds stopped using it.He noticed that when he added the VFT extract his appetite returned and in the following 3 weeks he gained

14 lbs even though he had stopped using the extract. Published research indicates that plumbagins, the activeingredient in VFT extract will stop stimulating an immune response in about 6 weeks when used at high doses

and at lower does will continue to stimulate macrophage function indefinitely.

However, Richard Ms results suggest that a pulsed protocol might be a more effective way of using thisproduct. Suggestion: Try 1 tsp 3 times a day for 8 days and then stop using it for 1 to 3 weeks and then repeatthe cycle. His viral load dropped from 7300 to 4300 and his CD4s increased from 275 to 335. He attributeshis results mainly to the VFT extract. I dont know, except that when he was on the 3 part drug cocktail hehad a poor appetite that returned after he added VFT extract. Certainly the drugs had something to do withthe viral load drop and the CD4 increase. Based on the few cases reporting results, it appears that VFT extract

is helpful in increasing CD4 counts, appetite and normalizing body temperature in persons who also use theprescription drugs for HIV.

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.and VFT extract would more effectively promote cell-mediated immunity. Even if you pulse the use of VFTextract, I see no need to pulse the use of cayenne.

FDA approved drugs for HIV

Norvir is most effective in increasing CD4s

Of all the FDA approved drugs to treat HIV, the most effective one to drive antigen presentation is Norvir and

bigger increases in CD4 counts have been reported to me from persons using Norvir than any of the otherprotease inhibitors. Viracept seems to be second in effectiveness and Crixivan is third. The best toleratednon-protease inhibitors are D4T, 3TC, Viramune and Sustiva. Norvir, D4T and 3TC have been an especiallyeffective combination to increase CD4s and rebuild the immune system with no or minimal side effects. AZTand DDI are too toxic to the mitochondria to use and are causing serious adverse effects. AZT, DDI and

Combivir (AZT and 3TC) are the three that I would avoid because of the toxicity. Note: 3TC is the good partof Combivir, but that does not undo the bad effects of the AZT.

For the Norvir, D4T and 3TC combo, a phased-in protocol to eliminate or minimize side effects is suggested:Start on D4T the first week. The second week add 3TC and the third week add Norvir starting with 1 capsuletwice daily and increasing to 4 to 6 twice daily over a period of 7 to 10 days. My suggestion for Norvir is to

use 1 capsule per 20 lbs of body weight (slightly less than Abbots recommendations). Readers tell me thatmost doctors are refusing to prescribe Norvir as they think it is patient unfriendly.

The problem is that doctors are telling their patients to use all three drugs at maximum dose the very first daythey start on the drugs and what happens is that the detoxifying effects are so powerful and uncomfortable

that it drives many of the patients off the drugs. The problem is not with Norvir but with the advice they aregiving their patients on how to use it. The doctors then give their patients less effective drugs like Crixivanand Combivir.

Several readers who have been prescribed either AZT or DDI along with protease inhibitors often tell me thatthey get good lab results but feel like cow manure. They tell me they dont feel normal. Some even have

told me they feel like they are being poisoned. Get off the AZT and DDI and get on a good combinationand you can have both good lab results and still feel normal. Recently, a number of physicians have startedusing half doses of Norvir with half doses of Crixivan.

Of the 15 or so FDA approved drugs for treating HIV, the two most toxic ones are DDI and AZT. However, Iam getting some negative reports recently on side effects from Abacavir. The ones with the least side effectsare D4T, 3TC, Viramune and Sustiva along with Norvir and Viracept.

Physicians need to do more than look at the lab results and ask their patients how they feel on thecombinations they are on. Thousands of PWAs are needlessly suffering from the side effects of bad drugcombinations. There are drug combinations that PWAs can feel good on as well as have nice lab results.Abbot laboratories recommendation that everyone should take 6 capsules of Norvir twice a day whether they

weight 140 lbs or 240 lbs does not make sense when you consider the differences in body weight.

Regarding the lipodystropy problem associated with all protease inhibitors, it can be prevented withNaltrexone. See the article elsewhere in this newsletter Naltrexone Prevents Lipodystrophy by Bernard

Bihari MD. It is time for physicians (and AIDS Service organizations) to stop being robots for pharmaceuticalsalesmen and think of their patients or clients best interests. BETA, GMHC and Project Inform need tointerview Dr Bihari and get the Naltrexone story out; or they can continue to watch their friends die of AIDSrelated cancers and heart attacks.

Thymic Factors - enhances CD8 CTL activity against HIV.


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ncreases n coun s usua y o ow an ac va on o cy o ox c ymp ocy e ac v y aga ns . nHamburg, Germany, 1999, researchers have found that thymic peptides activate CD8 cells to have strongantiviral activity against HIV. Muller H et al wrote: HIV-1 can be neutralized by soluble factors producedand secreted by activated CD8+ T cells....Using HIV-1 isolates...we detected significantly higher levels ofHIV-1 neutralizing activity in CD8+ T cell culture supernatants which had been co-activated with thymicpeptides. (1) The researchers also found that IL-2 and PHA (phytohaemagglutinin) also activated CD8 cells

to neutralize HIV and the anti-HIV effect was stronger when either PHA or IL-2 was used with the thymicpeptides.

Treatments that enhance antigen presentation

For some time I have reported that thymic factors enhanced antigen presentation and DTH responses to

topical applications of the skin sensitizer DNCB. To this list can now be added cayenne and venus fly-trapextract. Other treatments that enhance antigen presentation include sun tanning, transfer factor, Naltrexone,NK911, MGN3, maitake extract, soil-based organisms, beta glucan and Norvir. Thymic factors can be foundin Bio Pro Thymic Protein A and Thymate - a multiglandular and vitamin/mineral formula. Note: The aminoacid L-arginine enhances growth of the thymus gland. Also supportive is zinc (especially zinc sulfate).L-arginine has been avoided by persons with herpes as it activates the herpes virus. However, if the herpes

virus can be controlled by other means, then 500 mg daily of L-arginine could be very beneficial in immunereconstitution. Chocolate is a source of free-form L-arginine. Note: taking more than 500 mg daily of L-lysine

is not advised long term due to its antagonist role with L-arginine.

1. Enhancing of anti-viral activity against HIV-1 by stimulation of CD8+ T cells with thymic peptides; byMuller H et al. Clin Exp Immunol 1999 Jul; 117(1):76-83.

Scientists find that Dimethylglycine increases immune function 300%

Anecdotal reports of CD4 increases. In 1992, a reader called to report that he and 4 of his friends on AZT

monotherapy had doubled their CD4 counts in 8 weeks taking 800 mg daily of DMG sublingually for twomonths. I was never able to independently confirm this claim and two persons in Milwaukee who took DMGfor 2 months took a lower dose of 200 mg daily. One had an increase in the CD4s and the other did not. The

subject got lost in the cascade of new treatments for HIV that came down the pike weekly. DMG caught myinterest again this summer when I learned that methylation inhibits HIV activity inside the cells. DMG, likeTMG (from red beets) and folic acid are methyl donors and support the methylation process. I searched the

medical literature and made a surprising discovery - DMG profoundly enhances immune function.

In 1981, when AIDS was first called GRID (Gay Related Immune Disorder), and the HIV virus had not yetbeen discovered, important research on the immune modulating effects of dimethylglycine was published in

the Journal of Infectious Diseases (1).

Graber CD et al state that dimethylglycine presumablyenhances oxygen utilization by tissue and complexesfree radicals.In a double-blind study on 20 humans, they found a fourfold increase in antibody response to

vaccines as compared to controls. In studying cell-mediated immune responses to phytohemagglutinin,convanavalin A and pokeweed mitogen, they found an almost threefold increase in responses. Theyconcluded that DMG enhanced both arms of the immune system.

Five readers are now trying the Food Science brand of DMG using 750 mg daily sublingually. (2 tablets 3times daily are dissolved under the tongue). Results on increasing CD4 counts and its effects on viral loadshould be known in a few months.

Sublingual DMG is probably a more effective methyl donor that oral TMG or oral DMG. Increased oxygenutilization inside the cells can inactivate intracellular viruses, fungus and bacteria. Folic acid supports an

enzyme that breaks down DMG and the breakdown products are likely where the benefits reside. Liquid B12

and Folic acid by Bricker Labs also taken under the tongue would be a good choice to use along with DMG.


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Folic acid supports the methylation process.

Note: The first test result of using DMG came in late in October. Susan A (VA) reported a CD4 increase from

360 to 412 after using DMG for 2 weeks. For the past few years, her CD4 counts have been in the low 200range even though her viral load has been non detectable for 3 years. Her CD4s remained stubbornly low ina period of three years she was on drug cocktails and she told me her stools always sank. Her CD4s began toincrease after she started taking digestive enzymes with each meal. She alternated between Essential Enzymes(Source Naturals) and Lysozyme Plus. About one week before she started on the DMG I suggested she starteating a cup of raw cabbage daily to see if that would get her stools floating. It worked and she had floating

stools by the time she started on the DMG a week later. There are reasons to believe that the cabbage mayhave had as much of an effect in increasing her CD4 counts as the DMG. The amount of DMG Susan usedwas 250 mg sublingually 3 times a day (Food Science brand). The total amount of DMG used daily was 750mg.

Raw cabbage is a source of L Salivarius, a probiotic that produce lactic acid. Although less effective thanacetic acid, lactic acid also inhibits HIV replication and would have reduced HIV destruction of CD4 cells inthe intestines.

1. Immunomodulating properties of dimethylglycine in humans, Graber CD et al; J. Infect Dis 1981Jan;143(1):101-5.

Maitake Extract (D fraction)

Recently, I spoke to a person from England who is HIV+ who is not using prescribed antivirals for HIV. Hetold me he felt 300% better when he started taking a Maitake extract called Maitake D-Fraction. He used 20drops 3 times daily sublingually. Liquid maitake extract (Maitake D fraction) is made by Maitake Productsand Natures Answer makes a maitake extract ca

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