New Perspectives on HIV and AIDS
Non-Toxic Resolution Through Differential
Diagnosis
This study employs an effective, non-toxic approach to resolving
AIDS which has been used with success on a small group of
immune-compromised, HIV positive diagnosed patients under the care
of Drs. Flores and Hosbein. At the basis of this approach is a
process designed by Dr.
Al-Bayati known as differential diagnosis. Differential
diagnosis involves a detailed evaluation of all the medical
evidence and medical records concerning each patient. Using this
process, the specific and unique cause(s) of immune depression and
other illness are identified in each patient allowing each patient
to receive individualized care based on scientific protocols that
focus on reversing their particular illnesses
Modulation of Cellular Glutathione by Immunocal
A Milk Serum Protein Isolate: Application in viral Infections
by Gustavo Bounous, MD
Immunocal (Milk Serum
Protein Isolate)
Increases lymphocyte glutathione and body
weight in children with AIDS.
Immunocal was administered over a six month period to 10 children with AIDS and
wasting syndrome ranging in age from 8 months to 15 years. At the
end of the study all patients experienced a weight gain ranging
from 5.2% to 22% over their pretreatment weight. No correlation was
found between the weight gain and any significant increase in the
nutrient intake (expressed as the mean % of requirement) suggesting
reduced catabolism rather than an anabolic effect of Immunocal?.
Patients who started with low glutathione in the lymphocytes,
exhibited a significant increase to but not above normal values,
ranging from 7% to 305%. A positive correlation was found between
an increase in weight and an increase in glutathione.
Baruchel S., Viau G., Olivier R., Bounous G., Wainberg M.A.
“Nutriceutical modulation of glutathione with a humanized native
milk serum protein isolate, Immunocal?: application in AIDS and
cancer” in Oxidative Stress in Cancer, AIDS and Neurodegenerative
Diseases. Ed. Montagnier L., Olivier R., Pasquier C. Publ. Dekker
M. Inc., New York pp. 447-461, 1998.
Clinically, there is direct evidence that HIV infection is
associated ,with a GSH deficiency in the peripheral blood
mononuclear cells (PBMC) (18). The depletion of intracellular GSH
suggests an association between oxidative stress and HIV infection.
Oxidative stress may be one of the mechanisms that contribute to
disease progression and the wasting syndrome through mediators of
inflammation such as TNF-. and IL-6. During this period of
progression, glutathione is consumed owing to an increase in
oxidative stress.
GSH depletion, a consequence of chronic oxidative stress, is part
of the spectrum of HIV infection. GSH has, in addition, a crucial
role in lymphocyte function and cell survival.
IMMUNOCAL functioning as
a cysteine delivery system can enhance GSH synthesis in vitro (Figure 1) and
inhibits HIV replication on a cord mononuclear cell system infected
by HTL V-IIIB (Figure 3). IMMUNOCAL also inhibits the formation of
syncitium between infected and noninfected cells. The inhibition of
syncitium formation occurred at the same concentration as
inhibition of HIV replication. This viral inhibition was not
associated with any cytotoxicity. IMMUNOCA, via its GSH-promoting
activity, educes apoptosis in HIV-infected cells. Apoptosis was
evaluated by flow cytometry on PBMC from HIV-infected individuals
(Dr. R. Olivier, AIDS and Retrovirus., Department, Pasteur
Institute). HIV-infected PBMC cultured at concentrations of
IMMUNOCAL' of I 00 ug/ml or higher were less prone to die of
apoptosis than untreated cells: 15% ± 2.6% vs. 37% ± 2.4,
p<0.001 (Figure 4).
Whey
Proteins As A Food Supplement In HIV-Seropositive
Individuals
G. Bounous, S. Baruchel, J. Falutz, P. Gold, Departments of Surgery
and Medicine, The Montreal General Hospital and McGill University,
Montreal
ABSTRACT – On the basis of numerous animal experiments, a pilot
study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of undenatured,
biologically active, dietary whey protein in 3 HIV-seropositive
individuals over a period of 3 months. Whey protein concentrate was
prepared so that the most thermosensitive proteins, such as serum
albumin which contains 6 glutamylcysteine groups, would be in
undenatured form. Whey protein powder dissolved in a drink of the
patient’s choice was drunk cold in quantities that were increased
progressively from 8.4 to 39.2 g per day. Patients took whey
proteins without adverse side effects. In the 3 patients whose body
weight had been stable in the preceding 2 months, weight gain
increased progressively between 2 and 7 kg, with 2 of the patients
reaching ideal body weight. Serum proteins, including albumin,
remained unchanged and within normal range, indicating that protein
replenishment per se was not likely the cause of increased body
weight. The glutathione content of the blood mononuclear cells was, as expected, below normal values
in all patients at the beginning of the study. Over the 3-month
period, glutathione GSH levels
increased and in one case rose by 70% to reach normal value. The
increase in body weight observed in these patients did not
correlate with increase in energy or protein intake.
"Low glutathione
levels correspond to poor survival in AIDS patients. Much
documentation demonstrates the role of enhanced glutathione levels
in AIDS." Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA
94: 1967-72, 1997
Dr. Jimmy Gutman, MD; - "Clinical evidence links low
glutathione levels to the most common illnesses of our time as well
as newly emerging diseases. Glutathione levels diminish as we age and
many diseases normally associated with aging have been linked to
glutathione deficiency."
Glutathione is a master antioxidant, an important line of
defense against diseases, toxins, viruses, pollutants, radiation
and oxidative stress. Low glutathione levels are linked to diseases
such as Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, AIDS, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s,
Atherosclerosis, pregnancy complications, male infertility and
Cataracts. A Glutathione deficiency can cause a lack of
coordination, mental disorders, tremors, and difficulty maintaining
balance. Glutathione is continuously defending our body against
attacks from disease, toxins, poisons, viruses, pollutants,
radiation and oxidative stress. Without Glutathione our liver would
soon become overwhelmed with the accumulation of toxins, resulting
in organ failure and death.
Robert O. Young D.Sc., Ph.D - "In the last ten years,
over 25,000 medical articles about this substance have been
published, and the scientific understanding of glutathione is
gradually becoming common knowledge. Each and every cell in the
body is responsible for its own supply of glutathione and must have the necessary raw
materals in order to produce it. Glutathione is always in great
demand and is rapidly consumed when we experience any sort of
emotional or physical stress, fatigue and even moderate exercise."
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Boosting the Immune System with Transfer Factors
In 1949, Dr. H. Sherwood Lawrence made a revolutionary
discovery while studying tuberculosis. He determined that an immune
response could be transferred from a donor to a recipient by
injecting an extract of white blood cells (leukocytes) from a
previously infected, now healthy, subject into a newly infected
patient. He found that this extract contained a factor capable of
transferring immunity. He named the substance "transfer factor."
Dr. Lawrence's discovery came in the midst of the discovery and use
of antibiotics. Transfer factors have been used throughout the
antibiotic age in different regions of the world such as China,
Poland, Italy and others, but never have been available
commercially due to the lack of technology.
An early success with Immune Boosting naturally in a young man with HIV.
KG is a 20 year old with Hemophilia who contracted HIV many
years ago from "dirty" clotting factors used to treat his
Hemophilia. KG has been on many regimens for his HIV, including
most recently (within the past year), an experimental regimen with
no positive response. If anything, he suffered from many of the
side effects of retro-viral therapy. Five months ago, KG started a
high dose regimen of transfer factors (3 caps 3 times daily) and
enhanced transfer factors (2 caps 3 times daily), concurrent with
his experimental therapy. He has remained infectious disease free
throughout his transfer factors boosting. He also came to us with
very exciting news in 9/99: he has a ZERO viral count and an
increasing, now close to normal CD4 count of 475!!! Is Kenny out of
the woods completely? No, but he is now well on his way to possibly
being disease free. Kenny is a peer counselor and educator for
HIV/AIDS and he is now spreading the word about transfer factors to
members of the AIDS community. He is also a 4LR distributor and
hopes to build a huge sales organization of persons challenged with
HIV and Hepatitis C. As such, he said that he would not have to
deal with the prejudices against those infected with HIV: seems
that 4LR may just give Kenny a NEW LIFE, on many different levels.
Update (Winter 2000):
As many of you will remember, we introduced
Kenny, a hemophiliac young man who was diagnosed as HIV positive
ten years ago. After many years of experimental meds, Kenny started
taking transfer factors and enhanced transfer factors in high doses
some 9 months ago. We announced his first ZERO viral count and
almost normalized CD4 (white blood count) in our last QV
newsletter. Now three months later, he has had repeated counts of
ZERO HIV viral counts and a normal CD4 count. And continues to be
infection-free! You may have seen Kenny's story in the November
issue of Teen People Magazine. Now Kenny is sharing his
extraordinary experience with others who suffer with HIV disease.
Amazing what the immune-boosting power of transfer factors and
enhanced transfer factors can do!
As for Kim, our father our 37-year-old, father of four with Hepatitis C, he continues to very
well, feeling stronger every day with virtually no GI problems
whatsoever. We await his last set of liver function tests. ID, our
11-year-old with leukemia, continues in full remission, taking
transfer factors and enhanced transfer factors daily, and again,
with no infectious insults along the way. He attends school daily
and lives the life of a normal, healthy school-aged child.
Richard Bennett, PhD - "The immunity provided by transfer
factors is long lived and can help all ages who are suffering from
a variety of ailments or those who want to stay well " Dr. Bennett
is an Infectious Disease Microbiologist and Immunologist, who is
enjoying retirement from a 21-year career with the University of
California where he specialized in food and water quality and
safety. He received his Doctorate in Comparative Pathology from the
University of California, Davis. He has an extensive background in
milk quality and disease control, water resource policy, food
safety, public policy of natural resources, etc. He has also served
as an advisor for the FDA and USDA.
Rob Robertson, MD; - "There is no other product in a
nutritional substance, nor a drug, that has this kind of power and
ability to affect our immune system. With the increase of killer
viruses, mutated germs, super-resistant germs, and food
contaminations, our only hope and defense,
must lie within our own immune system."
Mangesium Deficiency and HIV
Several clinical studies suggest that between 30 - 65%
of people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have low levels
of magnesium. Those with low levels may be more likely to complain
of fatigue (excessive tiredness), diminished energy, and confusion.
Whether magnesium supplements would improve these symptoms in
people with HIV, however, has not been evaluated. Intravenous
magnesium is sometimes used by doctors to lower high blood pressure
in a hypertensive crisis. Using magnesium supplements (even oral
ones) for high blood pressure should only be done under the
supervision of a competent health care provider.
Magnesium is nothing short of a miracle mineral in its healing
effect on a wide range of diseases as well as in its ability to
rejuvenate the aging body. Symptoms of magnesium deficiency may
include agitation and anxiety, restless leg syndrome (RLS), sleep
disorders, irritability, nausea and vomiting, abnormal heart
rhythms, low blood pressure, confusion, muscle spasm and weakness,
hyperventilation, insomnia, and even seizures. Approximately nine
out of ten people will show dramatic improvements in the state of
their health when they replete their magnesium levels and the very
best way to do that is with ancient
minerals magnesium drawn from an ancient inactive seabed 2
miles beneath the earth in Europe. With such “brine solutions” one
can simply apply the concentrate to the skin or pour it into ones
bath water and one will have a medical treatment of primordial
priority. Nothing short of a miracle is to be expected in ones
health status if one is ill when one increases the cellular levels
of magnesium.
HIV Positive Journey into Healing
- Man Recovered his Health and his Life After He Stopped Taking the Meds
"I was found to be positive in 2002. I have always been a healthy
person and very intuitive about my health. In the couple of years
before the positive diagnosis I had been not only neglecting my
health (living an unhealthy lifestyle drinking, eating poorly, occasionally using
recreational drugs, etc), but I had come under an enormous amount
of financial and emotional stress.
Suddenly I was also given one of the most devastating diagnosis; HIV positive. It was only then that I
began to get sick. At initial diagnosis I was told, that judging from my "numbers" I'd
probably been infected for many years (though as recently as 4 years
before I'd tested negative and my girlfriend of 6 years at that
time was negative despite the fact that up to my diagnosis we had
been having unprotected sex and (often unprotected anal sex).
Within 6 months my numbers worsened. The stress was brutal. The
doctors were now practically insisting I begin medication. I had begun to
clean-up my lifestyle, but I acquiesced to the meds. Then I REALLY
began to get sick. I got so weak and sick I could not even get up
to answer the telephone, no less work. 3 months later, at my
insistence, my meds were changed. Another combination of drugs
(still including AZT in some form). This was no help. I continued
to be so sick that I could not function in any sort of daily life.
At this point, after having always lived a life that I loved, I
began to pray for death. I was so sick that this for me was not
life any more. I decided I had to do something myself or die, as
conventional medicine was failing me. I took the time to to take a
"vision quest" out in the wilderness and, as my head became
clearer, there was a clear message that the medical community was
wrong about this and I should stop the meds and seek alternate therapies.
To make a much longer story shorter; I followed my heart and
instincts, stopped the meds and began to heal, get stronger and
live again. At the same time some wonderful material found it's
way into my hands (Gary Null,
Christine Maggiore, Kary
Mullis just to name a few). I was blown away when I read some of
this stuff! I realized that so much of what we're being "fed" is unfounded CRAP.
This led me even more energetically on my search for some truth and
to continue doing the best I could to care for myself and to seek
out and try any alternatives that might help. But I truly felt like
a pioneer as the only available information out there was limited,
spotty and often outdated. I began to build my own protocol; testing my own theories
and those of the so-called "dissidents", and consequently, in the last 2
years, though my so-called numbers have fluctuated somewhat, I
remain healthy, vibrant and symptom free. I have re-claimed my life.
My beautiful woman is still by my side and continues to test HIV
negative (though still, we never have unprotected sex any more). I
have compiled a list of alternative therapies, herbs, foods, and
spiritual practices that I believe is has had a major affect in my
good health. I still have a difficult time dealing with the shame
and loneliness that accompanies this "label". All the
misinformation in the name of making money has caused so much fear
that it is still very difficult to find many people that can
discuss this unbiasedly.
To find your website is a great gift. I
want to thank you so much for your work. You are the ones who are
really attempting to save lives and speak the truth, as opposed to
being some entity that is only really interested in having a
$40,000-$50,000 a year pharmaceutical client.
I so support your work. I don't know if there is anything I can do
to help you (and consequently to help others like me who, like me,
feel lost, alone and scared shitless and feel they are all out
there on their own if they don't buy-into conventional thinking on
this topic), but I would welcome any opportunity to help.
Please feel free to contact me, use me as a reference, ask me to help, ask me to work and/or show me what I can do to help my
brothers and sisters in this so they are not lead down the path of sickness, despair, isolation and hopelessness. I believe with all my heart
there are other answers to this. I am (so far) living proof. Tell me: what can I do
to help dismantle this awful machine that's been put in place in the name
of money and politics; this machine that's actually killing people?
And what can I do to help forge a new, better, healing path for those who so need it?
Low Cholesterol and HIV/AIDS
Young, unmarried men with a previous sexually transmitted disease
or liver disease run a much greater risk of becoming infected with
HIV virus than other people. The Minnesota researchers, now led by
Dr. Ami Claxton, followed such individuals for 7-8 years. After
having excluded those who became HIV-positive during the first four
years, they ended up with a group of 2446 men. At the end of the
study, 140 of these people tested positive for HIV; those who had
low cholesterol at the beginning of the study were twice as likely
to test postitive for HIV compared with those with the highest
cholesterol. Similar results come from a study of the MRFIT
screenees, including more than 300,000 young and middle-aged men,
which found that 16 years after the first cholesterol analysis the
number of men whose cholesterol was lower than 160 and who had died
from AIDS was four times higher than the number of men who had died
from AIDS with a cholesterol above 240.
The idea that too much animal fat and a high cholesterol is
dangerous to your heart and vessels is nothing but a myth.
Cholesterol is not a deadly poison, but a substance vital to the
cells of all mammals. Researchers at the University San Diego
School of Medicine UCSD point out that high cholesterol in those
over 75 years of age is protective, rather than harmful and that
low cholesterol is a risk factor for heart arrhythmias (leading
cause of death if heart attack occurs). Researchers from the
University of Denmark report that about 15% of cholesterol lowering
drug users over the age of 50 will suffer from nerve damage as
direct result of using statin drugs. USA Today reported that
Statins have killed and injured more people than the government has acknowledged.
AIDS: A Second Opinion
argues that the AIDS drama has exposed
problematic issues having to do with the functioning of U.S.
medical institutions. Null explores a new type of health care,
grounded in patients' own choices and dispositions, that poses a
challenge to the top-down, expert-controlled medical systems
favored by the establishment.
Drawing from Dr. Null's many years of study of alternative,
traditional, and orthodox medicine as well as from interviews with
many long-term survivors, the book dissects the claims of the AZT
and drug-cocktail approach to treating AIDS and offers a trilogy of
treatment strategies based on wide views of how to enhance the
immune system and improve overall functioning.
Dr. Douglas Willen - "I first heard of this new field of
science and nutrition in February or March of 2003. As open minded
as I like to think I am, I was not very open to the information at
the time. I thought I had the field of nutrition and
supplementation down. Afterall, I used hundreds of products in my
office and was getting great results with most of my cases. How
could there be something out there I'd never heard of?"
I began doing the research and the reading on this subject and was
incredibly impressed with the science backing these products. Four
out of the last eight Nobel Prize winners won their prizes because
of their research in this area called glycobiology, and thousands
of new research papers are published each year in the field.
Needless to say, I have continued to use this type of nutrition in
my practice since."
"The reason I am telling you this is because many
healthcare practioners, conventional allopathic doctors as well as
alternative ones, can become stagnant in their practices, convinced
that they know all there is to know. Sometimes it's not ignorance
we deal with when it comes to our practitioners, but an "assumption
of knowledge"...king of like, "the world is flat and everyone knows
that..." mentality. This kind of pride-full arrogance can be
annoying in a healthcare professional, but more importantly, it can
be tragic. Knowing what I know now about this incredible
nutritional technology, my only regret is that I didn't open my
mind to them 9 months sooner. You see, during that time three of my
patients passed away, from complications surrounding HIV, Hepatitis
C and cancer, that I believe could have been helped with the super
immune building properties of these nutrients."
HIV+ Long Time Survivors: Drug free approach
Edward Sherbey's personal experience of being diagnosed as HIV+ and
being a long-time survivor -- by not taking any of the anti-virus
drugs. Ed is sharing his amazing success story because he want
people to stop taking drugs TO SAVE THEIR LIVES! He firmly
believes the drugs are killing them. He says that there is not one
shred of evidence that supports that the drugs are doing anything
other than killing people. People must learn for themselves how to
take responsibility for their own lives.
"...As I write this it has been eleven years since I first got
tested....I take no medications, no medical treatments, no vitamins
or herbal supplements, just good food and ten minutes a day of the
exercise for the immune system. Had I listened to the doctors in
1988 I wouldn’t be here today. Now in my mid-fifties I have a
better body than I've ever had in my life. I thank God that I was
smart enough to "just say no" to the doctors, so
it didn’t cost me my health. If anything, as a result of what I
learned, I’m healthier today than I’ve ever been.
Larry J. Boyd"The medical evidence presented in Dr. Al-Bayati's Book
"Get
All The Facts: HIV does not Cause AIDS" definitely shows beyond
a shadow of doubt that drugs and starvation causes AIDS,
additionally, his findings and evaluations of corticosteroids treatment by medical
professionals are impressive. I whole heartily agree with Dr. Al-Bayati's findings based on my
own experience.
Toxicologist saves patients life
From Larry J. Boyd
On a personal level, I developed medication induced AIDS
from being treated with "Prednisone" at 60 mg per day for two
Months, additionally, and at the same time "Azathioprine" was being
administered at 50-150 mg per day for two weeks. Being treated with
these medications for a chronic lung fibrosis, mysteriously my CD4
T cells count reached 255/ul of blood and CD4/CD8 ratio of 0.6.
These are the hallmarks for AIDS. I was tested for the HIV three
times and the results were always the same, "negative" I also
developed fungal infections and pneumonia, additionally; these are
also hallmarks of Big "Aids."
My immune system returned to normal following four weeks
prednisone cessation. Additionally, The CD4 T cell count reached
657 per ul. I was cured from pneumonia and fungal infection
following treatment with a short Course of antibiotic and
antifungal cream. In late Dec 1997, I was given only a Few months
to live. Taking daily doses of "Alpha Lipoic Acid" over-all my
general health condition has improved. Furthermore, I can honestly
state that Dr. Al-Bayati's intervention and recommendations saved my life.
This wonderful book is for all peoples to read. Especially
individuals with AIDS, or are HIV positive, as well as persons who
are suffering from chronic illnesses and are being treated with
Immunosuppressive medications. The information presented can save
your life, furthermore, your vital resources. This book absolutely
contains the most valuable information ever written." Larry J. Boyd
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Resolution of Aids in HIV Positive Patients
Mohammed A. Al-Bayati, PhD, DABT
Juan Jose Flores, MD, PhD
Lisa M. Hosbein, MD, FACOG
Christine Maggiore, American Foundation for AIDS Alternatives
The objectives of this study are to resolve AIDS-defining
illnesses, and to return to optimal health, the HIV
positive-diagnosed patients involved in the study by providing
objective, individualized diagnosis and supportive medical care
based on sound scientific facts rather than on hypothesis and
assumption. As the medical evidence presented below and in the
published literature demonstrates, treatment protocols based on the
HIV hypothesis fail to successfully resolve AIDS illnesses or to
restore normal immune function. Moreover, this collection of data
shows that the antiviral drugs and corticosteroids currently used
in the treatment of HIV positive and AIDS diagnosed patients may
compromise immunity; exacerbate or provoke AIDS-defining illness;
inflict serious, irreparable harm; and even cause death.
A Homeopathic Perspective on AIDS
Dana Ullman, M.P.H.;
As horrific as the AIDS epidemic is, it has had one silver
lining: it has implanted into the awareness of the medical
community and the general public the importance of the body's
immune system. Prior to the emergence of AIDS, few people were
familiar with or cared about the immune system.;
Now more than ever, the general public is interested in
exploring ways to bolster immune response to prevent the
progression of AIDS, as well as to reduce the number and intensity
of opportunistic infections and to improve the overall state of
their health. The medical community, however, has focused its AIDS
resources on creating antiviral medications, which despite great
hope and expectation have not achieved the results anticipated. In
fact, the leading AIDS drug, AZT, has been found to prolong the
lives of people with AIDS by only seven or eight months,1 but due
to its side effects, the quality of life during this time is not high.
What is yet to be understood by the medical community is that
they need to direct more attention and research to ways to augment
immune response, rather than ways to inhibit viral replication. By
strengthening a person's own defenses, the body is best enabled to defend itself.
Homeopathy is one way
to do this. Although no therapy can or will help every HIV+ person
or everyone with AIDS, homeopathy is beginning to develop a
reputation for helping people at varying stages of this disease. To
understand what homeopathy has to offer, it is necessary to learn
something about a different approach to infectious disease than
simply attacking a pathogen.
Vitamin A reduced HIV transmission to offspring
(excerpt from Positive Health News)
Vitamin A: In a study in Africa (Lancet, June 25, 1994, page
1593), pregnant women with the highest serum levels of Vitamin A
reduced HIV transmission to their offspring to 7% compared to those
with the lowest blood levels of Vitamin A who had a HIV
transmission rate of 32% to their offspring.
The authors of the article, Semba, Miotti, Saah at al, wrote: The underlying
biological mechanisms concerning vitamin A in mother-to-child
transmission may include the essential role vitamin A plays in
immunity and maintenance of mucosal surfaces...Lack of vitamin A is
associated with compromised T-cell and B-cell function which may
contribute to higher viral loads...In contrast, a study with
AZT(Zidovudine), in HIV+ pregnant women showed that the group
receiving the AZT reduced the rate of HIV transmission to 8.3%
compared to 25.5% in the control; group. Vitamin A certainly
was as effective as AZT in reducing the rate of HIV transmission.
The unasked question is whether vitamin A reduced the rate of HIV
transmission because it activated the immune system to produce more
white blood cells which in; turn produced antibodies to
inactivate the HIV virus. On a side note, one person I spoke with
recently told me that several years ago, when he had low white
blood cells, his physician prescribed vitamin A supplementation to
build up the white blood cells. He told me his white blood cells
returned to normal values. Increasing white blood cell counts
through vitamin A supplementation, suntanning or through the use of
the drug, Neupogen, available from your Physician, increases White
Blood Cells, the foundation of most immune system cells. Shark
Liver Oil increases the production of gamma interferon, which
increases CD4 counts.
Dr. Richard Schulze - "To cure AIDS, its a total life style change --- not a drug or a
pill. Natural healing can cure AIDS. But if you are looking for one
special anti-viral herb to solve this disease, you’re as nuts as
the doctors. How stupid can these experts be (and the patients,
too), to believe that a single drug, a chemical on its lonesome,
can cure a total body breakdown? We don't need any more research
money to cure AIDS. In case you are groggy or dense and didn't get
my point, I will repeat it: AIDS can be cured. Right now. Forget
the DNA research. Forget the emotional fund-raisers. They're not
necessary. It can also save those who are skin and bone and sores
and diarrhea. If you follow all this information, you can end up
cured and HIV-negative. Sympathy and understanding cannot cure
AIDS. This information will cure --- but only if you use it with
all your heart and soul. If people would live right, eat right,
think right, use natural healing, and stop taking all drugs, the
AIDS epidemic would end."
Healing AIDS by Strengthening the Immune System
Dana Ullman, M.P.H.;
"Now more than ever, the general public is interested in
exploring ways to bolster immune response to prevent the
progression of AIDS, as well as to reduce the number and intensity
of opportunistic infections and to improve the overall state of
their health. The medical community, however, has focused its AIDS
resources on creating antiviral medications, which despite great
hope and expectation have not achieved the results anticipated. In
fact, the leading AIDS drug AZT, astonishing facts has been found
to prolong the lives of people with AIDS by only seven or eight
months, but due to its side effects, the quality of life during
this time is not high.
What is yet to be understood by the medical community is that they need to direct more
attention and research to ways to augment immune response, rather
than ways to inhibit viral replication. By strengthening a person's
own defenses, the body is best enabled to defend itself.
Bitter Melon useful for Treating HIV Infection and Tumors
Common names and their associated cultures are:
- Bitter melon: Oriental immigrants to the US
- Bitterweed: Southeastern US
- Cajun "traeteur" of Louisiana, USA
- Serasee: Carribean islands
- Carillon: Latin America
- Kukakaya: India
- Ampalayo -- Phillipines
- Kho Qua: Vietnam
- Also: BalsamPear, Boston Apple, Bitter Gourd, Bitter Cucumber, Concombre Amer
The bitter melon plant has been used in China as a treatment for
diabetes, tumors, and immune disorders. In Asia and in the U.S.,
there has been community interest in the use of the plant as an
alternative therapy for AIDS. The Bitter Melon Therapy Group, based
in Los Angeles, has been organizing tests on AIDS patients and
recently claimed encouraging results.;
In 1990, a research team led by Sylvia Le-Huang of New York
University School of Medicine, Hao-Chia Chen at the National
Institutes of Health, and Hsiang-Fu Kung at National Cancer
Institute isolated a protein, MAP 30, from bitter melon and found
it has multiple functions that are responsible for its anti-HIV
activity. Last year, they reported the finding that the MAP protein
is able to inhibit HIV-1 integrase, an enzyme essential for gene
expression of the virus.
Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia) is a plant/fruit that
belongings to the family cucurbitacea. Chinese cucumber, the
plant/fruit from which compound Q (a.k.a. GLQ 223 and tricosanthin)
is extracted, also belongs to this family. Bitter melon, also known
as bitter gourd, bitter pear melon, karela, ampalaya, balsam pear,
bitter apple, wild cucumber, cindeamor, carilla plant, African
cucumber, margose, concombre African, and the herbs Kuguazi (China)
and Karela (Pakistan), is common in Asia as well as in Southern
California and southern Florida. This leafy plant bears fruit which
looks like a bumpy cucumber. The fruit, seed,leaves, flowers, stems, and roots of
this plant have been used in Chinese medicine for treating
gastrointestinal infections, as an appetite stimulant, to decrease
blood sugar in diabetics, and to induce abortion in mid-term
pregnancy. More recently, research has shown that bitter melon may
be useful as treatment against cancer and HIV/AIDS.
MECHANISM OF ACTION
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong discovered alpha- and
beta-momarchorin, two proteins that inhibit HIV. A researcher at
the University of New York discovered another HIV-inhibitory
protein, MAP 30, which has been shown to inhibit reverse
transcriptase and p24 expression, with very little effect on
uninfected cells. A recent report on MAP 30 has shown that it may
also inhibit HIV through destroying viral DNA. All three of these
proteins have been extracted from the seeds of the fruit. These and
other proteins that have been extracted have been categorized as
Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins (RIPs). (Ribosomes are proteins
necessary for the replication of viruses.) Ribosome-Inactivating
Proteins, which are also present in Compound Q (GLQ 223), have been
shown to inhibit the replication of herpes simplex virus (HSV-l)
and poliovirus. Therefore, bitter melon may have similar
HIV-inhibitory properties to GLQ 223 but with much less toxicity.
The abortion-inducing properties of bitter melon and GLQ 223
work by preventing the interaction of syncytial cells in the
placenta This same mechanism may prevent cell-to-cell infection,
known as the syncytium formation.
Extracts from the whole fruit have been shown to have
anti-cancer properties in mice. The authors of this study suggest
that the anti-cancer properties may be due in part to an
enhancement of immune function induced by the bitter melon. Another
study has shown that bitter melon extracts suppressed lymphocyte
proliferation and macrophage and lymphocyte activity in mice.
Caution: A pregnant woman should not use momordica, as it
has been used as an ingredient in some abortifacent mixtures. Be
careful in a case of active diabetes, as serasee (bitter melon)
masks the sugar output in the urine.; Watch the diabetic's
condition some other way. Serasee is believed to work in a holistic
manner.; It is believed to work best if your food and water
are clean and natural, and your heart and mind are pure.; If
you eat foods with a lot of chemicals it won't work so well.;
If you are full of toxins, use sparingly at first, as purification
reactions may be strong. Mormodica works from the subtlest levels
to adjust you toward health, and works best with your total
cooperation in the way of diet, attitude, etc.; This is why no
chemical extracts or synthetics should be made from momordica.
The Emergence of Bitter Melon in the Western World
Being Alive Newsletter, Being Alive/Los Angeles - June 1992;
Lori Levine First introduced to the HIV community by Stanley
Rebultan at a Town Hall Meeting in West Hollywood in the spring of
1991, bitter melon's reputation and usage in Los Angeles has grown
considerably. Since then, many HIV+ individuals have reported
success with their lab tests and heightened general well being as a
result of using this alternative home remedy.
Related: Therapeutic
actions of bitter melon
"What is AIDS"
by Martin Lara
"Many scientist explained that HIV is not a virus, on the
contrary HIV a harmless piece of dead matter known as a retrovirus
that cannot reproduce itself or cause any damage to the cells in
becomes part of. HIV does not have DNA, it is a piece of RNA and
these particles are all over the universe. No one knows what being
HIV+ means, specially after the HIV test was declared invalid in
June of 1993, therefore no one knows for sure what is the
relationship between HIV and AIDS. This information was front page
news in THE SUNDAY TIMES of London, however it was not newsworthy
in the United States."
"... Another blow to this absurd hypothesis is the appearance of
individuals who have AIDS-related opportunistic infections, but
don't have the HIV virus or the HIV antibodies. Back in 1994, there
were 6,000 documented cases in the United States of individuals who
were sick or had been sick with AIDS-related opportunistic
infections, but they were HIV negative. Initially, doctors had no
explanation for them, but during the Amsterdam Worldwide AIDS
Conference they created a whole new hypothesis claiming that the
virus had mutated and detecting it was even more difficult. " I
hope you will take the time to read the rest of this
incredibly revealing article
Cocktail Hangover
by Frank Green
Many grass-roots groups, many of which are led by healthy
HIV-positive people, emphasize three things: They point out that
HIV tests are non-specific and can cross-react with other viruses
and physical conditions, including pregnancy, so a positive test
result doesn’t necessarily mean that a person harbors HIV. They
endorse the notion that HIV has not been proven to cause AIDS. And
they question the wisdom of taking AZT, protease inhibitors and
other AIDS drugs, insisting that they’re not only unnecessary, but
dangerous.
A growing number of scientists world-wide have publicly
denounced the total failure of the HIV/AIDS hypothesis, questioned
the meaning of the "AIDS test", and criticized the use of AZT which
has been proven to be a toxic poison that makes the patient sicker
and is actually the cause of AIDS deaths. The group includes
scientists such as Kary Mullis, who won the Nobel Prize for
chemistry in 1993 for inventing the polymerase chain reaction used
to test for HIV.
A theory has been floating around for several years that AIDS
and other diseases were created and spread by scientists, and some
versions even suggest that this was done intentionally to eradicate
certain segments of the population. A recent study published in the
prestigious medical journal Lancet provides some evidence to
support at least part of that theory.
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After ten months on AZT, I was sick all the time
"I was required by law to take an HIV test in June 1995. The test
is mandatory in Colorado for pregnant women, and I was expecting my
second child. I was shocked when the result came back positive,
because I’d been married and monogamous for nine years. I
started taking AZT in my fifth month. After ten months on AZT, I
was sick all the time. I had constant diarrhoea, nausea, fever,
night sweats and was totally exhausted. I was crawling to the
bathroom and vomiting for hours. My doctor told me the HIV was
making me ill, and that the virus had mutated into a form that was
resistant to AZT. Further drugs turned my skin yellow with
jaundice. Since it was clear that the drugs weren’t keeping me from
getting AIDS and were actually destroying my liver, I let my
prescription run out. I figured I’d rather die from AIDS than liver failure.
Almost immediately after I stopped taking my medicines, within a
matter of days I started to feel much better….
My daughter is considered a success by medical standards because
she tests negative, but I don’t care about HIV anymore. I am
concerned about the effects of the AZT she was poisoned with while
I was pregnant. Rachel has an enlarged cranium, seizures and a
strange deformity near the base of her spine. At age three she
still does not speak. I went to this conference on HIV and
pregnancy at The Children’s Hospital here in Denver. A lot of
mothers there had taken AZT during pregnancy and had their kids
with them. Every single one of those kids had enlarged craniums.
Their heads looked exactly like Rachel’s. They’re all AZT babies.
I’m working now to repeal Colorado’s mandatory [HIV] testing law."
Shirley - Often, when there are controversial subjects, wherein so called
experts disagree, I will give information about and links to
opposing points of view. In this way I feel that you can then make
your own decision and choices. A problem with corporate
controlled mainstream media is that stifle information;; they
present one point of view which becomes propaganda. They seem to be
afraid of allowing the public equal access to other points of view.
I have no fear of this because I believe that the truth will win out.
NEWBORNS AND AIDS:
To Test, Or Not to Test
By Jamie Talan - Newsday 20 Jan. 2000
Doctors say quick screening now used is too often wrong, may do
more harm than good
"...health professionals have found is that the rapid HIV test,
which provides results within 30 minutes -- the only quick HIV
screening assay approved by the Food and Drug Administration -- is
often wrong.
Based on the sometimes false-positive results of this test,
women are requested to begin taking infusions of AIDS medicines to
prevent the transmission of the virus to their unborn child, and
the antiretroviral AZT will also be administered to the baby once
it's born. It can take up to 48 hours for results from further
blood tests that are required to confirm the diagnosis in the
mother. Given the unreliability of the rapid screening test, health
professionals are questioning the mandated procedure, occurring at
the highly emotional time of labor and delivery. They are also
concerned about exposing healthy infants unnecessarily to the
powerful drug AZT, whose possible longterm effects remain unknown.
Mothers Opposing Mandatory Medicine
MOMM provides crucial data and peer support to expectant and
current mothers faced with suggested or required HIV testing or
pharmaceutical AIDS treatments, and offers information on options
for healthy childbirth, infant feeding, and family health.
As HIV tests have become a routine part of prenatal diagnostics
and are even mandatory in some states, social service and public
health agencies are testing the concept of mandatory medication for
mothers and children. Parents faced with critical decisions can
turn to MOMM for access to vital facts that enable them to make
informed choices about HIV, AIDS and health. MOMM also provides
referrals to doctors and birth clinics that will respect parents'
medical rights and decisions.
Additionally, MOMM offers a national peer support network of
healthy HIV positive mothers and families, and acts as an
information resource for doctors, midwives, women's health
advocates, and women's and children's health organizations
throughout the country.
AFAA/Alive and Well is currently seeking funds to create a MOMM
web site, to fund an on-going study of HIV positive mothers who
choose to breastfeed, to produce educational materials that address
the specific needs and concerns of HIV positive diagnosed women,
and to expand our national network of obstetricians, pediatricians,
midwives and birth clinics that honor parents' informed decisions
about their own and their families lives and health.
"Take the Pills, or We'll Take Your Kids!"
by David Crowe
Jane Doe in Montreal refuses to give toxic, lifelong medication
to her two healthy sons, and loses custody of them. Another woman
in Montreal hears this and decides to have an abortion. A woman in
Maine has a daughter die on this medication, and finds that the
debilitating symptoms she and her son were also experiencing
rapidly disappear after stopping. The State takes her to court, but
she wins her case. A couple in Oregon are less fortunate. They are
"legally" forced to medicate their infant and the mother forbidden
to nurse him! A woman in British Columbia is harassed by social
workers who threaten to force her to medicate her two children, and
then hastily leaves the province. A couple in London refuse to test
their baby and flee from England after losing their case, fearing
that forced medication will follow forced testing.
All these people have one thing in common--both they and their
children are HIV-positive. They all reject the need for medication
for their condition, and for their HIV-positive children. In fact,
they question whether the HIV test indicates an illness at all.
Can you help us help the latest
victim in the war on AIDS? Caught in the cross-fire of AIDS
hysteria is an 18 month-old boy believed to have tested HIV
positive in mandatory newborn screening in NY. Although the boy's
medical records do not show the results of this screening test, and
his most recent HIV test is Indeterminate, he was taken from his
home by seven police officers after his mother sought a second
opinion on AIDS drug treatments that were making her child ill. The
boy's older sister was also taken in the "AIDS raid" but was later
returned to her family when authorities noted her negative HIV
status. learn more about this sad
and terrrifying story
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