Issue 183 Jan
2007
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Dear
Colleagues:
I hope
you are all well. There is an interesting article in the January 2007 Consumer
Reports magazine entitled DIRTY BIRDS. It tells about a report they just did and
found that approximately 83% of store bought chickens harbored campylobacter or
salmonella (back in 2003 it was 49%). In terms of camplyobacter it ranged from
a high of 89% contamination in Tyson brand to a low of 74% in Perdue. Organic
chickens faired no better ranging from 74% to 86%. Further, many of these
bacteria proved resistant to at least one standard antibiotic. Salmonella
contamination varied from 3% to 17%. For the past number of years I always have
had patients that test positive on our helicobacter vial (AK Test Kits
1-888-323-0625, this vial is similar enough to campylobacter that it appears
they most often overlap in testing) avoid poultry during treatment and be very
careful after treatment to prevent recidivism (often the vial will only test
positive over the area of the gastrointestinal tract that is infected). There
are some helpful hints that can decrease your chance of infection. They
include: 1) make sure the chicken is cooked to at least 165 degrees, 2) don’t
let raw chicken touch other foods, 3) thaw frozen chicken in the refrigerator,
4) immediately after preparing it, wash your hands and clean anything or
surface you or the raw chicken touched, 5) it is my opinion that kosher chicken,
due to the salting process, has a much less degree of contamination. For
treatment we have had good success with either Morinda Supreme (Mid American
Marketing 1-800-922-1744) or SF734 (Thorne Research 1-800-228-1966).
New Product
BodyGuard
Supreme (Mid American Marketing 1-800-922-1744) Each capsule of BodyGuard
contains 500mg of pure Phyllanthus fraternus with no added fillers, binders,
excipients, etc. There are well over 50 published studies on the therapeutic
effects of this herb. Before getting into the scientific and historical
research I would like to share why I feel it is such an important product.
Clinical
trials with applied kinesiology suggest that Phyllanthus fraternus in some way
has a positive effect in possibly preventing damage to the body due to
excessive electro-magnetic field exposure. Recently, you do not hear nearly as
much negative press about EMF’s as we used to. In my practice I have found that
EMF’s are increasingly problematic. As they become more prevalent in our lives
with cell phones, wireless connections, microwaves, computers, etc.; they have
potential to produce more harm to our bodies (nervous system, endocrine system,
neurotransmitters, melatonin production, etc.). When big business is involved
in producing products emitting strong EMF’s, it can become harder to get objective
information into the mainstream media. Just google EMF’s and there are
literally hundreds of articles on their deleterious effects.
I have
investigated hundreds of nutritional products to find one that routinely blocks
the negative effects of EMF’s on manual muscle testing and after much research
(about 2 years) was happily surprised to see that they were routinely blocked
by one source of phyllanthus fraternus. We were only able to find a few
suppliers and only the product from one of the importers had this effect (hard
to know if it is quality control, soil or climatic conditions or why). When
testing to see if EMF’s affect your patient, just have them call someone on
their cell phone and hold the phone up to their ear at the beginning of the
call (once the other person picks up) and see if it weakens a strong indicator
muscle. You will see that it will in over half of the people tested if your
patient population is like mine (if you are urban I wouldn’t be surprised if
the percentage is much higher). In nearly all these cases if the patient is
exposed to BodyGuard Supreme during the call it will block the weakening
effect.
In
December 2006 I conducted a study on 40 consecutive patients. I had them put a
cell phone up to their ear and make a call. Once the call was connected we
tested a previously determined strong indicator muscle to see if it weakened.
If it did weaken we checked to see if the weakening was blocked by phyllanthus
fraternus. Whether the cell phone weakened or not, we also checked to see if
phyllantus strengthened a previously determined weak muscle. Results are as
follows:
What I
found fascinating is that in 72.2% of patients who didn’t weaken on cell phone
exposure still strengthened on phyllanthus fraternus (86.4% of those that
weakened on the cell strengthened on phyllanthus in the clear). This indicated
to me the wide useage of the product even above and beyond EMF issues. It is
one of my favorite supplements for people who weaken on environmental chemicals
and some toxic metals.
One
potential usage I hadn’t anticipated is that clinically it appears to help
people tolerate EFA’s who seem to have low tolerance for taking EFA’s due to
sluggish or congested livers. If EFA’s do not strengthen on muscle testing, the
right ones often do in combination with phyllanthus.
Over the
years I have seen many “gadgets” sold to block EMF’s by “changing their patterns
into less harmful ones etc”. These can include plug in items for a room or
something you wear around your neck. Some of these will temporarily have
positive muscle testing effects but I have found that after a week or two the
patient just gets sensitive to “the new changed field” and on blinded applied
kinesiology studies, they no longer work. With BodyGuard Supreme- it is an
ingested herb that appears to strengthen the body to make it more resistant to
the effects of EMF’s. At this point in time we do not know the mechanism but
the applied kinesiology results are very impressive.
Traditionally
in the tropics, phyllanthus fraternus has been used in treatment of gall and
kidney stones, malaria, diabetes, acute and chronic pain, infections, cystitis,
prostatitis, tumors, and the list goes on and on.
In
research over the years it has shown to be liver protective against different
environmental chemicals, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, antilithic, lowers blood
pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
Studies
at a medical school in
Studies
on animals in
It also
has diuretic properties and studies in
Mice
studies showed it can help reduce damage during chemotherapy and radiation and
it increased the life span of mice with liver cancer by 65%.
Some
studies suggest it is very useful as an anti-viral especially against hepatitis
B (possibly A and C) and HIV.
Dosage: For my patients I have recommended
one cap 3x/day if they weaken on EMF’s, and one cap 1-2x/day once they stop
weakening as a possible preventative. Traditional pharmacies in South America
recommend as high as 4-6 caps twice daily when treating kidney stones (I have
never done this and it shouldn’t be done in lieu of other treatment). If it
blocks chemicals or metals (it does this quite often) on AK testing or just
strengthens “in the clear”, I tend to prescribe 1 cap 2-3x/day.
As with
any herb I would recheck the need for it on the patient every few weeks and
have them report any side effects (I couldn’t find any in the literature) ASAP
and stop taking it if side effects occur- until you can re-evaluate them.
Contra-indications: To be safe I would not prescribe it during pregnancy as
with most other herbs. Because it can lower blood pressure and blood sugar:
patients on anti-hypertensive drugs (also beta-blockers and other heart
medications) or blood sugar lowering drugs may need careful monitoring or
adjusting of the doses of their medications or you may not want to prescribe BodyGuard in these patients. It may be
contra-indicated in severely hypo-glycemic patients also.
For a
much more detailed summary of the effects of this wonderful herb you can buy The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs by
Leslie Taylor available at amazon.com or through your local bookstore (it
is also known as Phyllanthus niruri in the book and some published literature).
None of
these statements have been FDA evaluated and none of the information here-in
should be used to diagnose, prescribe or replace traditional medical care.
2005 DVD purchasers
For those
of you that purchased the 2005 seminar
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updated notes (updated Dec 2006). These are only for people that attended our
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