Issue 259
Aug
2013
Michael Lebowitz DC
970-623-9565
E-mail NOACH2343@aol.com http://www.michaellebowitzdc.com
Dear Colleagues;
I hope you all are well. We’ve been in AZ for about 1 week and
plan to stay till about August 11th. I never realized how much being
near a major airport would increase the amount of physicians coming for one on
one classes as we have had seven docs come in this week or so.
The new protocol that I taught in LA (hopefully available soon
through, www.icakusa.com and will be
announced when it is) has allowed us to tackle some very difficult stealth
infection cases as well as find many more microbes, metals, etc. in our patient
assessment. I will be teaching it in Honolulu Aug 22nd at the ICAK
Australia conference in a full day class. You can register at http://www.etouches.com/ehome/index.php?eventid=61984&.
While in Arizona we had the privilege of spending some time with
Dr. Stephen Fry who has a very advanced lab and specializes in biofilms and
stealth infections. This newsletter will mainly be clinical tidbits that I have
put together recently from my experiences:
1) Biofilms, BFB’s and protomyxzoa- We
have been using BFB 1 and 2 (Supreme Nutrition 1-800-922-1744) for a while to
break down biofilms. Even though we only use small doses topically, some docs
say that a % of their patients start herxing (having
major die off symptoms) while some patients do not feel anything. We feel that
it is possible that the ones that herx severely may
suffer from Protomyxzoa rheumatic which can have
severe die off symptoms, or one of the other heavily biofilm producing
organisms like Borrelia. Protomyxzoa
can cause extreme fatigue during the die off which is one of the complaints.
There is no test vial for protomyxzoa (Supreme sells
a biofilm test vial but no one has a protomyxzoa
vial). Some physicians have been using Golden Thread Supreme and sometimes
adding other antimicrobials, with good results.
In my opinion, biofilms should be treated with essential oils blends like BFB1
and BFB2. If you liken biofilms to jail cells- taking proteolytics
or EDTA to degrade them is like opening up the cells and letting all the
prisoners out. If you add an antimicrobial, it is like positioning guards with
guns at various places to kill the freed prisoners- but the prisoners still can
wreak havoc for a while. BFB 1 and 2 are antimicrobial and biofilm degraders so it is like having a guard with a gun in
front of each cell and shooting the prisoner once the cell is opened. Just to
make sure though, we add whatever antimicrobials test (Morinda,
Melia, Golden Thread, Schisandra,
Illicium, Vital Guard, etc. – all Supreme Nutrition)
as people almost always have other microbes that need treatment simultaneously.
It is best to test the biofilm vial after testing the microbial composites as the order seems to lessen
false negatives.
Dr
Fry found that you can basically starve biofilms by going on a low fat diet. I
know this goes against a lot of what we believe is a healthy diet but he has
seen biofilm colonies decrease dramatically on an Ornish
or McDougall style diet (approximately 95% reduction of biofilm colonies after
a few months). If you get a distance on the biofilm vial (using our distance
test) and add a food oil or fat (even a healthy fat like olive, coconut,
butter, etc.) you will find the distance that the biofilm vial weakens from
increases, which suggests Dr Fry is correct here
(though his pre and post lab tests are probably better confirmation). I find on
biofilm patients, that isolated vegetable oils and animal fats often weaken the
patient when placed over the liver also. On these patients you may want to
consider trying a low fat diet temporarily to decrease the biofilm population
along with the BFB’s.
Also, because biofilms can house toxic metals you may find
patients who are degrading biofilms releasing toxic metals (I released quite a
bit of mercury doing this). Biofilms contain a significant amount of magnesium
according to researchers. I have found that when degrading biofilms, patients
who were on magnesium supplements often do not need them. And since the
biofilms were “stealing” the bodies magnesium, once the biofilms are degraded
they will continue to need less magnesium than before (I have seen that a
number of times). Dr Fry says you should not take
magnesium while degrading biofilms as it will “feed” the biofilm. So far I have
not been able to form an opinion on that aspect of the research.
2) Hypercoagulation- We have
talked extensively about hypercoagulation and
infections. We also mentioned that in many patients if you do a distance test
with an antimicrobial it is often greatly increased when adding Hemoguard Supreme to the test (even when Hemoguard does not strengthen in the clear and the
coagulation vials do not test positive)- which to me suggest a subclinical hypercoagulation problem. Adding Hemoguard
Supreme to the patient’s regimen in these cases (if they are not on any blood
thinners) can add to the effectiveness of the anti-microbials.
3) On a forum someone asked why we just can’t screen a patient with
antimicrobials in the clear and why we need to use microbe vials. The following
are my findings and I think they are very important: VERY OFTEN the antimicrobials do not test in the clear UNTIL you
expose the patient to the microbe vial. Same with metal chelators,
etc. (For example, if takesumi tests negative in the
clear, then test
the patient on mercury and if the mercury is positive, then quite often the Takesumi vial will afterwards test in the clear. In a
second example, the patient doesn’t strengthen on Melia
but then expose them to a microbe composite vial that they test positive to and
retest the Melia or whatever the appropriate
antimicrobial is and it will now strengthen in the clear) I think that exposing
the patient to the right vial primes the body or increases its awareness and
then the remedy shows. So just screening remedies without exposing the patient
to the vials first yields a high % of false negatives.
4) It is great how broad spectrum herbs can be. I have been
reading a lot about babesiosis and have found journal
articles and anecdotal reports about how the herb in Bodyguard Supreme has been
used successfully to treat it. I haven’t tested it yet but am anxious to.
5) I think I mentioned how if you massage a person’s belly fat
deeply for 10-15 seconds before testing for chemicals, metals, and mycotoxins it will increase your findings substantially. Since doing that, I have been finding beryllium on about half my
patients and a lot more lead, aluminum etc. Humming and doing math will
also increase findings in some patients (you have a lot of deposition of these xenobiotics in fat and neural tissue so these techniques
help mobilize and stress those areas and make the muscle test more accurate).
Typically Takesumi, Camu
and Schisandra Supreme are the most common
supplements to remedy these. I have been wondering where all the beryllium is
coming from. It is found as a byproduct of coal and fuel combustion as well as
used in the manufacture of cell phones. I rarely found it before doing this
technique and as I said above, it is now a common finding.
All supplements in this newsletter are available through Supreme
Nutrition 1-800-922-1722 where I am involved in quality control and product
development.
PRACTICE
FOR SALE
My friend Dr Luke Pietratone
is selling his practice. Luke is a fellow AK board member that I work closely
with, a great guy with high integrity
Here is the ad:
Practice for sale in Northern Virginia 30 miles west of Washington
DC. This is a 10 year practice that practice treats mainly orthopedics and
sports injuries using solid AK, nutrition and rehab. One day a week of
nutrition using Lebowitz protocols and standard AK nutrition. Great patient base with strong economy surrounding. Doctor moving to be near family. See Sam Reader for more
info and practice stats http://www.samreader.com/virginia.html
under the ad with the title "Northern (Loudoun CO) VA Practice for
Sale" or contact Luke Pietrantone at drlpietrantone@aol.com
MATERIALS
AVAILABLE FROM DR. MICHAEL LEBOWITZ
1. DVD:
Treating the Complex Patient 2012:This DVD
seminar, approximately 4 1/2 hours long will teach the physician a simple to
apply, effective protocol to treat patients with chronic fatigue, allergies,
chemical sensitivities, intestinal dysbiosis, (fungal, bacterial, parasitic,
spirochete, and viral infections), food sensitivities, food toxin intolerance, hypercoagulation problems, toxic metal issues, endocrine
dysfunction, nutritional imbalances, chronic pain and subluxations,
fibromyalgia, etc. Knowledge of basic muscle testing is helpful. The DVD set is
suited for both the novice and the advanced practitioners in our work and is much updated from our last one. A complete set of advanced notes accompanies the DVD.
Price is $160ppd. You can send a check or go to our website
(www.michaellebowitzdc.com) if you wish to use a credit card. Dr. Lebowitz is
available to answer questions about the procedures after you watch the seminar,
or to consult with on difficult patients.
2. Clinical Indications of Supreme Nutrition Products can also be downloaded from our website or obtained by calling Mid American Marketing 1-800-922-1744.
3. Personal Seminars with Dr. Lebowitz: Dr. Lebowitz teaches seminars to one or
two doctors at a time his office in Scottdale and at
his winter residence in Honolulu. This is probably the best way to learn our
protocols with a personalized hands on experience. Usually $300. For more info go to http://michaellebowitzdc.com/html/personal.html or call us at 808 888-5854
4. Test
Kits for Dr. Lebowitz
protocol. Call AK Test Kits at 1-888-323-0625 or see our website http://www.michaellebowitzdc.com for more details. Info is also
available on CD-Rom. These kits will greatly simplify
and speed up your testing making you more efficient and accurate in patient
assessment. These are “diagnostic kits”. Supplement kits are ordered directly
from Supreme Nutrition.
5. Body Restoration An Owners Manual An updated and expanded version of my first book Body Mechanics published almost 30 years ago. Part 1 has a chapter on each organ/gland. Each chapter teaches basic anatomy and physiology, causes and symptoms of dysfunction, as well as simple treatments your patient can do at home to complement your treatment. Part 2 explains the role of dysbiosis, food intolerances, toxic metals, nutritional deficiencies and neurotransmitter imbalances in health.
The book is a
great review for the doctor, but better yet it is a great tool to recommend to
your patient. It will give them a better understanding of how their body works
and the causes of health and disease, as well as the rationale of why you treat
the way you do. It is very pro chiropractic. It is available on kindle at http://www.amazon.com/Body-Restoration-Owners-Manual-ebook/dp/B0050653C4/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1353354004&sr=1-1 Or if you don’t
have a kindle http://bodyrestorationanownersmanual.com/html/Order.html and we will send you a PDF of it
6. Body Restoration Cookbook- This companion volume to the above book was written by Cynthia Lebowitz and is in disk form. A wonderful tool for your patients as it contains almost 100 recipes- most without gluten, dairy, nightshades, etc. One copy is $12ppd, 10 for $60ppd. OUT OF STOCK http://www.bodyrestorationanownersmanual.com/html/Cookbook.html