Experts agree that
Lyme disease – an infection-based chronic degenerative disease caused by a
bacterial spirochete known as Borrelia burgdorferi -- is one of the most crippling (and
often baffling) diseases of the modern era.
It’s also one of the fastest
growing diseases in the Western world.
More than 300,000 people are diagnosed with the dread disease each year
in the U.S. and more than 65,000 cases are year are diagnosed in Europe.
According to the Daily
Mail, “Lyme disease is known to wreck lives and strike when people least expect
it. Transmitted from ticks, it can take
years to diagnose, leaving people suffering painful and debilitating symptoms
doctors are unable to explain.”
These symptoms can
range from overwhelming fatigue to crippling muscle and joint pain and
inflammation, severe muscle weakness, “brain fog” and other serious cognitive
impairments, sleep disturbances, headaches and more.
While there is said to
be no real “cure” for the disease, natural health experts agree that symptoms can
be dramatically reduced and victims of the disease can return to a relatively
normal life if they understand how the pathogen behind the disease works… which
natural, infection-fighting supplements can be used to help conquer or suppress
the pathogen…and which additional nutrients can help the body repair the damage
caused by the pathogen as it spreads.
Here’s what we know so
far…
Hi, Steve Barwick here, for The Silver Edge…
Probably the best book on the subject of colloidal silver
and Lyme disease is Dr. M. Paul Farber's book, The Micro-Silver Bullet: A Scientifically Documented Answer to the
Three Largest Epidemics in the World: Lyme Disease, Aids Virus, Yeast
Infection, and the Common Cold.
His book has probably done more to educate Lyme patients
about the use of colloidal silver for this condition, than any other.
In his book you'll see the clinical research evidence he
presents demonstrating that colloidal silver does indeed kill the pathogen that
causes Lyme disease, which is to say the bacterial spirochete known as Borrelia burgdorferi.
According to Dr. Farber:
“Two
studies have been conducted with colloidal silver and its effectiveness against
Borrelia burgdorferi. The first study
conducted at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennyslvania, showed growth
inhibition in low concentrations (2-10 ppm) and much faster action in higher
concentrations (15-75 ppm).
The
Department of Health and Human Services, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, tested
cultured spirochetes of the Borrelia burgdorferi…using 150 ppm and 15 ppm
colloidal silver…none of the treated cultures contained live spirochetes after
24 hours.”
In other words, in test tube studies concentrations of
colloidal silver as low as 15 ppm wiped out the Lyme disease pathogen.
Dr. Farber later claimed to have witnessed “a 100% killing
effect of the Lyme pathogen, Borrelia
burgdorferi, “within less than five minutes of exposure” to a colloidal
silver preparation.
He went on to say that “Studies by Margret Bayer, Ph.D., at
the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia have shown that the growth and
replication (spread) of Lyme disease bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi are measurably slowed or stopped” by a
colloidal silver preparation “when viewed in a laboratory test tube.”
Finally, he states that researchers Dr. Willy Burgdorfer,
Ph.D. (the scientist who actually discovered the Lyme disease pathogen) and Dr.
Tom Schwan, Ph.D., while working at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories of the
National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, United States Department
of Health and Human Services, found that silver was “uniformly deadly” to the
Lyme pathogen and a related fever-inducing pathogen.
See the below letter (on U.S. Department of Health &
Human Services letterhead) from Dr. Burgdorfer confirming these dramatic
results. (Click image to see a larger and more readable version of
the letter.)
Lab Studies v/s
Real-Life
It's important to note that these were laboratory test tube
studies, and that killing the Lyme pathogen in lab tests v/s killing it in the
human body are two different things.
There have, to the best of my knowledge, been no clinical studies conducted showing
colloidal silver to kill Lyme inside the human body. But plenty of people -- including Dr. Farber
himself -- have claimed to have “cured” themselves of Lyme disease using
colloidal silver along with other supplements.
The problem is that inside the human body, these pathogens
can do things they can't do in a laboratory test tube, i.e., for example, hide
in the inner sheaths of the nerve ganglion and go into a state of hibernation,
or even cover themselves with a portion of human DNA, thus fooling the immune
system into not attacking them.
This is one of the reasons Lyme patients often have to
undergo many weeks or even months of treatment with a cocktail of powerful prescription
antibiotic drugs -- it's very difficult to reach the pathogens when they go
into “hiding” (so to speak) inside the human body.
But with persistence, many Lyme disease victims have found
that regular daily usage of small amounts of colloidal silver, along with other
nutritional supplements discussed later in this article, can indeed help bring
about dramatic relief from the symptoms of Lyme disease.
Here’s a quick
excerpt from Dr. Farber’s book, The
Micro-Silver Bullet: A Scientifically Documented Answer to the Three Largest
Epidemics in the World: Lyme Disease, Aids Virus, Yeast Infection, and the
Common Cold, explaining how he “cured” his own case of Lyme disease. In his own words:
“In
July of 1992 I was bitten by the Deer Tick (Ixodes Scapularis) which according
to Dr. Thomas Craig, D.V.M. of the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and
Parasitology carries the spirochete which is the causative agent of Lyme
disease.
After
my diagnosis was confirmed a medical doctor, who is a neurologist, put me first
on Penicillin orally for two weeks, and then intravenously for four weeks. The
results to my symptomatology were minimal and I experienced many side effects
including Candida Yeast Infection because of the penicillin's destructive
effect on the friendly acidophilus bacteria in my stomach and colon.
Since
this treatment did not work, the neurologist prescribed a cephalosporin called Rocephan.
Unfortunately, this treatment accomplished no more than the penicillin, had
many unpleasant side effects, and worsened my candida yeast infection.
Not
knowing what to do, or where to go next I was led to a Dr. Joeseph Cardot from
Colorado. Dr. Cardot told me that Mild Silver Protein [i.e, an older form of
colloidal silver – ED] was helpful against spirochetes and suggested a regiment
to follow.
I
began with two tablespoons a day for the first month holding it under the
tongue sublingually for a minute, swishing it around the mouth for ten seconds,
and then gargling and swallowing. I did the same thing for the second and third
month,
but
only one tablespoon per day.
By
the end of the first two weeks my 35 different symptoms, including extreme
pain, paralysis, and numbness were about 25% relieved with no side
effects.
By
the end of the first month I was over 50% well.
By the end of the second month I was 75% well. After 3 months of
treatment I was 100% well. I have been 100% well for over 2 years.
Was
I cured from Lyme disease and candida yeast infection?
In
my opinion and the opinion of Dr. William Burgdorfer, Scientist Emeritus who
discovered the spirochete as the causative agent of Lyme disease, and Dr. John
Parks Trowbridge, M.D. an author and expert in the field of candida yeast
infection, I appeared to be CURED…
This
‘antibiotic’ is attenuated silver that has been broken down, electrically
charged and suspended in colloidal solution, having been reduced to microscopic
silver particles smaller than .001 microns in diameter (smaller than a virus or
bacteria).
I
have done considerable additional research on this potent antibiotic,
conferring freqauently with knowledgeable people in the field, including two
years of interaction with Dr. Willy Burgdorfer, the world-renowned scientist
who discovered and pinpointed the spirochete as the causative agent of Lyme
disease.”
Clearly, Dr. Farber’s personal account of his healing from
Lyme disease using colloidal silver is a dramatic one, and offers profound hope
to millions who now suffer from this dread disease.
Dr. Farber concludes, “Lyme
disease is treatable and can be conquered through the use of the natural
antibiotic that I have discovered and call the ‘micro-silver bullet’ [i.e.,
very small particle-sized colloidal silver -- ED] used in tandem with holistic
supportive methods.”
Anecdotal Accounts:
How Colloidal Silver
Is Used
According to an article in
the Townsend Letter for Doctors:
“Colloidal
silver, a product that some Lyme patients have found helpful, is a suspension
of ultra-fine, electrically-charged (ionic) silver particles in water.
This
form of silver kills bacteria and other microorganisms, apparently by
inhibiting enzymes common to microorganisms but not found in mammalian tissue
cells.
Colloidal
silver was used to treat and prevent infection before pharmaceutical
antibiotics became available.”
As one natural health site recently noted, when dealing with
Lyme disease it’s important to utilize a colloidal silver suspension consisting
of very small particles of silver when using silver as a nutritional adjunct
for treating Lyme disease. They state:
“When using colloidal silver for Lyme disease, we should keep in
mind that smaller particle sizes are typically better.
This
allows for more free silver ions to be available, and more surface area for the
silver to generate its ‘oxidative’ actions for killing the Lyme pathogen.”
In other words, the smaller the silver particles are, the
more bioavailable they are in the human body.
The body is able to absorb, utilize and afterwards excrete such small silver
particles with ease, compared to the larger silver particles found in most
conventional colloidal silver preparations.
What’s more, numerous clinical studies have found that the
smaller the silver particles are, the more effective they are against pathogens
of all sorts. While the silver particles
in most colloidal silver preparations are 200 nm in size, or larger, clinical
studies show that silver particles under 25 nm work best against pathogens.
(Editor’s note: You
can make your own high-quality micro-particle colloidal silver for just pennies
per quart using a Micro-Particle
Colloidal Silver Generator from The Silver Edge. Learn 7 reasons why you should make your own
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the profound size differences between conventional colloidal silver and
micro-particle colloidal silver, here.)
Another natural health site explains that only very small amounts of colloidal silver
are needed when using colloidal silver as a nutritional adjunct for Lyme
disease. They write:
“A
reasonable starting amount [for Lyme disease] would be 1 fluid ounce that is
taken twice a day. An ounce is equal to two U.S. tablespoons.
For
maximum effect in the bloodstream, it should be held in the mouth for a minute
before swallowing.
If
the patient gets noticeably sicker [i.e., Herxheimer’s reaction caused by the
toxins being released by dying pathogens – ED], then you need to immediately
decrease the daily amount.
Later,
you should increase the dosage, but you must not increase it too rapidly, due
to the toxic die-off reactions.
One
method of determining the ideal therapeutic amount would be to increase the
dosage every day until the patient gets slightly sicker, and then cut back to a
dosage that is slightly lower than that amount.
Then
use this ideal dosage for a couple of weeks before trying an increase again.”
Over the years of interviewing experienced colloidal silver
users, some people with Lyme disease have told me that they've
"cured" their Lyme disease completely by taking colloidal silver.
Others have told me that they've only been able to significantly
"control" their Lyme symptoms by taking colloidal silver (presumably
by keeping the activity of the pathogen suppressed).
As one Lyme patient recently stated online:
“I
have been put on doxycycline and minocycline and amoxycillin all to no avail
for my Lyme…none of them did the trick in the last 4 years…
But
now after only getting sicker and sicker for 4 years and 30 doctors later, I am
getting treatment in AZ. And they are
giving me colloidal silver every day. I had never even heard of it. What is
stranger is that it is not harmful.
It
targets the Lyme inside the cells and cuts off its oxygen supply therefore
killing it. I bought some online and it does not have any taste to it at
all.
Why
is there not more information about this great product? Is it because the
pharmaceutical companies cannot patent it and make a killing off of it? Does
greed really come before lives?
I have a friend who was on colloidal silver for his cancer treatment. The others methods did not work for him. Chemo and radiation. But he got silver and his cancer tumors shrunk and went away. He is fine now.
So
what is the deal with this colloidal silver? It has been around for 2,000 years
and seemed to have worked pretty darn well for everyone before other antibiotic
drugs were invented.”
Interestingly, an Australian gentleman named Phillip Jones
also claims to have cured his Lyme disease using colloidal silver and other
natural health products. He had
originally been reduced to a wheel chair-bound patient after a six-week stay in
a hospital for his Lyme symptoms.
"I couldn't even
pick up a cup of tea, let alone sit down or stand up... there was nothing left
of me," he later told news reporters.
While he first went through the usual gamut of antibiotic
drugs, he found that natural substances – including colloidal silver -- worked
better for him. According to a news
story about his remarkable recovery:
“Mr. Jones swears by his daily dosages of colloidal silver…four years later he's finally feeling
normal, he's surfing again, playing golf and doing yoga at least five days a
week. He now has people contacting him from Australia and the US desperate to
seek answers to the disease.”
Another Lyme disease sufferer wrote of her experiences with
colloidal silver:
“I believe that colloidal silver
has been a major component of my being healed from Lyme Disease. I contracted
it in September of 2000 from a tick bite, but wasn’t diagnosed until July of
2001 so I have been battling the chronic form ever since.
I would say my “cure” is
still ongoing, but I am symptom free (finally!) as of December 2010.
I know the Lyme CANNOT defend
itself against colloidal silver and so wherever it still lurks in my body, my
strengthened immune system plus the silver is seeking it out and destroying it
as I still take 25-30 drops 1-2X per day. My doctor started me on it (30-40
drops 3X/day) in June of 2009.”
Another gentleman from Australia claims colloidal silver is
the only substance that’s helped him with his battle against Lyme Disease. In an online news
article published by The Observer,
the newspaper states:
“After
Robert Sears was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 1993, he expected to receive a
course of treatment.
Instead,
doctors and other medical professionals turned their backs on him, some even
going as far as calling him a liar.
I've
lost 15 years of my life," he said. "I lost faith in the health
system a long time ago, none of them want to help me, they just turn their
backs on me."
Life
changed for Mr. Sears in 1992 when his body began to ache from chronic pain. "I
just started to have unbearable pain, then my body began to swell and I was
uncontrollably itchy," he said.
"My
head felt like it was about to explode. The one doctor who was willing to
confront Lyme disease left town, and then I was on my own."
Mr.
Sears has resorted to drinking colloidal silver, which he brews himself, in a
desperate attempt to relieve his pain.
After
two decades of pain, he claims it is the only medication that will take the
edge off his suffering. He takes two glasses of colloidal silver daily to
remain mobile.”
Another individual who had previously undergone a 10 month
regimen of treatment with the antibiotic drug Doxycyline for chronic Lyme
disease makes some eye-opening observations in the an online article
about his ordeal:
“I
decided to try colloidal silver. Many Lyme patients say that it helps them.
Rather than buying expensive products from the store, however, I ordered a top
grade colloidal silver generator that I could use at home to make quarts
of quality colloidal silver.
I
took a small dosage every day for the next few months, and finally felt I had
beat the Lyme. This was late 2001.
Lyme
disease however cannot be cured. It goes into remission when the bacteria (and
co-infections) are beat down in numbers to the point where one's own immune
system can deal with them. But it can and will break out again if the immune
system is weakened.
It is helpful to have something at hand to give one's body some help, and all wise Lyme patients have one or another antimicrobial ready to use at the first sign of relapse.
It is helpful to have something at hand to give one's body some help, and all wise Lyme patients have one or another antimicrobial ready to use at the first sign of relapse.
For
the next three years, I would rely on colloidal silver, using it briefly
whenever I felt Lyme symptoms such as pin prick pain or numbness. Each time,
the overt symptoms disappeared. But Lyme was affecting me in less obvious ways.
In
the spring of 2002 I developed bursitis--a painful condition in the right
shoulder (the same shoulder where I'd had the tick bite in 2000). I saw a physical
therapist, did exercises and so on, but the condition did not improve.
It
happened that I'd promised to play the guitar and accompany some musicians on a
recording, but I developed a very bad cold a few days before. I reached for
colloidal silver, which is often used to reduce the duration of a cold.
Because
I needed a strong healing boost, I drank down an entire quart on the evening
before we recorded the music. My right arm was very busy of course, strumming
the guitar (as it had been during several rehearsals.)
Perhaps
the colloidal silver and good blood circulation to the shoulder combined to
help. The
day following the recording, all the pain in my shoulder was gone--and it
hasn't returned.
I
have to suspect that what I'd thought was bursitis was actually an inflammation caused
by Lyme bacteria that had settled into that area (the closest joint
to the initial tick bite).
Now,
people with Lyme disease become expert at understanding where they are in their
healing cycles. They learn to tell the difference between normal fatigue after
a hard day of activity from debilitating fatigue due to the illness or a
healing crisis. They become expert in telling if therapy is working, by seeing
if it makes them herx. .
Online,
you can read many reports from the FDA and Quackwatch, saying that colloidal
silver is bogus. But I believe the experiences of people with Lyme disease who
report improvement using colloidal silver. They do not report complete cures,
but, like me, they experience definite benefit from its use.
Lyme
patients develop an extraordinary sense about what is happening in their body.
This, in combination with the general lack of knowledge and support from the
medical community, has led to unprecedented experimentation in healing and
detox modalities by Lyme patients--and has helped many to get well.
I
am confident that our struggles will eventually benefit the world community, as
this disease continues to spread around the globe.”
The above experiential account is pretty typical of the
portion of Lyme patients who find that antibiotic drugs have not helped them,
and who then turn to natural healing modalities such as colloidal silver and
others.
They begin experimenting with supplements such as colloidal
silver, and in many cases suddenly find dramatic relief.
The observation made by the individual in the above account
however, is extremely important: Lyme
disease often cannot be “cured.” In many
cases, the Lyme pathogen cannot be completely eradicated from the body, even
after months of treatment with powerful prescription antibiotic drugs. But the numbers of the pathogen can be
lessened to the point that the immune system steps in and keeps them
suppressed.
However, even when there are long periods of what appear to
be remissions, Lyme symptoms can flare back up after bouts with either physical
or emotional stress, trauma, or even after bouts with viruses, such as after a
nasty case of the flu.
That’s because the entrenched Lyme pathogen senses weakness
in the body, senses that the immune system is busy elsewhere, and comes out of
hiding in order to take advantage of it.
But natural health experts say the Lyme pathogen can indeed be suppressed to the point
that a normal life can once again be lived.
The key lies in understanding how the Lyme pathogen affects
the body…which natural, infection-fighting supplements can be used to help stop
the pathogen’s destructive activity in the body…and which additional nutrients can help the body repair the damage caused by
the pathogen as it initially tries to spread.
This brings us to the topic of the type of damage to the
body’s normal operating systems that can be caused by infectious pathogens such
as the Lyme pathogen…
The Most Important
Thing to Understand:
Lyme Causes Damage to
Multiple Body Systems
Lyme disease, much like CFIDS (Chronic Fatigue Immune
Deficiency Syndrome), Fibromyalgia and similar chronic degenerative diseases,
all have one thing in common. Which
is to say, they are caused, triggered or exacerbated by pathogens that wreak
havoc on multiple bodily systems,
usually the five main ones:
- the immune system
- the nervous system
- brain system function
- hormonal system function
- energy-metabolism system function
Though the pathogens behind chronic degenerative diseases
like Lyme disease, Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia are quite different, they all
work to cripple these five bodily systems in particular. They attack these five
systems so they can ultimately take over the body and spread throughout it
unhindered.
As Britain’s Daily
Mail newspaper points
out:
“Unfortunately,
some physicians still view antibiotics as the only solution to this
disease. But chronically infected
patients require multidisciplinary care…
The
disease affects so many of the body's systems, and has such a debilitating
impact on the life of the affected patient…(that patients) need help across
different specialisms to address all simultaneous complications.
So, according to health and medical experts, not only does
the pathogen either have to be eradicated or suppressed (hence the need for
antibiotic drugs, or infection-fighting supplements like colloidal silver), but
also – and this is the key -- the
damage to the multiple bodily systems has to be repaired in order for the
disease symptoms to diminish.
You'll find a LOT of information on the internet about
taking extremely high dosages of colloidal silver -- such as eight to sixteen
ounces per day -- to bring about relief from Lyme disease.
And based on these anecdotal accounts, it appears to be true. Lyme disease victims say they begin to feel much
better after taking high daily dosages of colloidal silver, and that’s largely because
the silver either outright kills the pathogen, or at least suppresses its
ongoing activity.
But in many, many cases, people notice that if they try to stop taking the large daily amounts of
colloidal silver, they gradually relapse,
often feeling worse than they did before they started taking the colloidal silver.
So they go back to taking large amounts of silver daily, and
regain relief, and then are afraid to quit taking it at those high amounts
because they don't want another relapse.
A Two-Fold Problem
From Using Too Much
Colloidal Silver
The problem with this is twofold:
One, taking such excessively large amounts of colloidal
silver on a regular daily basis is bad for the body over the long-term. As with
any natural substance, if you take overly large amounts for long periods of
time, there are going to be consequences sooner or later.
With silver, the main consequence is the fact that when the
body gets overwhelmed with more silver being ingested than it can excrete, it
begins to store the excess silver particles in the tissues, and gradually
begins to push those silver particles out to the skin, which is the body's 3rd
major organ of elimination.
At that point, the excess silver can get embedded in the
under layer of skin, and when enough sunlight hits the skin, the silver
particles begin to "tarnish," turning the skin blue/gray. This condition is commonly known as argyria,
or in layman’s terms “blue man syndrome.”
Argyria is very rare.
But it is indeed a very real potential side effect of taking too much
colloidal silver on a regular daily basis.
You can learn more about colloidal silver and argyria in four of my
previous articles:
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, using excessive daily
amounts of colloidal silver ignores the simple fact that colloidal silver can only help resolve the singular issue of
eradicating or suppressing the pathogen. It cannot
help repair the multiple bodily systems that have already been damaged by the
pathogen.
Therefore, a person might feel a lot better after taking
large daily amounts of colloidal silver, because the silver, in killing or
suppressing the activity of the pathogen, is able to halt the progression of
the infection. But it's not repairing the damage already done to
multiple bodily systems.
So there are a lot
of debilitating symptoms that can remain active and continue to drag down a
person’s health and well-being because of the damage already done by the pathogen to the immune system, the nervous
system, brain system function, hormonal system function, and the body's
energy-metabolism system.
.
This generally makes people think all they need to do is
take more colloidal silver, since the silver made them feel better in the first
place.
But what natural health experts say they REALLY need is to do
is address the damage the pathogen has done to the five bodily systems that are
almost always attacked by these pathogens.
Success With A
Multi-Pronged Approach
That's why many natural health experts recommend a more
rational, multi-pronged natural approach
to recovery from Lyme disease, very similar to that which has successfully be used
by victims of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and/or Fibromyalgia over the past few
decades.
In this approach, colloidal silver (in far smaller daily amounts than some people on the internet recommend) is used, along with a handful other important nutritional supplements known to help heal and repair specific bodily systems that are malfunctioning due to the damage caused by the pathogen.
In this approach, colloidal silver (in far smaller daily amounts than some people on the internet recommend) is used, along with a handful other important nutritional supplements known to help heal and repair specific bodily systems that are malfunctioning due to the damage caused by the pathogen.
First, of course, you have to kill or at least suppress the
activity of the pathogen, which is where small daily amounts of colloidal
silver come in.
But you also have
to begin repairing the damage the pathogen has done in its attempts to take
over the body, i.e., damage to brain function, nervous system function,
hormonal system function, immune system function, and energy metabolism.
No matter which pathogen is involved in a chronic
degenerative disease with an infectious basis -- such as Lyme disease, Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome or Fibromyalgia -- they
ALL attack these five key areas of bodily function in order to deprive the body
of being able to put up a defense against the pathogen’s life-destroying
activities.
And colloidal silver alone (or antibiotic or antiviral drugs
alone, for that matter) cannot resolve this. As long as the five crippled
bodily systems remain damaged and left untreated, the recovery will never be complete.
Natural health experts therefore agree that along with small
daily doses of colloidal silver to eradicate the pathogen or suppress its
activity in the body, a number of additional healing supplements must be used if a more complete recovery
is desired without having to ingest excessive amounts of colloidal silver for
the rest of one's life.
Many holistic practitioners recommend the following additional
natural health supplements:
- Beta-1,3/1,6-glucan to help restore proper immune system function (You can learn more about Beta-1,3/1,6-glucan and its remarkable ability to help restore flagging immunity here: The Beta-Glucan Manual.) Learn where to obtain the best brand of Beta-1,3/1,6-glucan, here.
- Methylcobalamin – this is the most active and most bioavailable form of vitamin B-12 which experts say helps restore proper nervous system function, as well as helping with brain function and energy levels. Learn where to obtain high-qaulity methylcobalamin here.
- Vinpocetine – the brain supplement dubbed “Viagra for the brain” by smart nutrients expert Dr. Ward Dean, M.D.; helps eliminate “brain fog” and restore proper brain function by increasing blood flow to the brain and triggering brain cells to release adenosine triphosphate (ATP) so the brain’s neurons can fire better, resulting in quicker, clearer thinking and reduced cognitive impairment. Learn where to obtain the highest-quality Vinpocetine, here.
- Pregnenolone to help restore proper hormonal system function; Pregnenolone has been known for decades as the “happiness hormone,” thanks to its remarkable ability to relieve depression by helping balance the body’s hormonal system. Pregnenolone is the “mother hormone” through which the body is able to produce all other hormones.
Each of these nutrients is specifically targeted to one of the
five main bodily functions that are most commonly disrupted by infectious
microorganisms that cause chronic degenerative diseases such as Lyme disease,
Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and others.
And the good news is that you don’t have to take all of them
at once. People who have used these
supplements to help repair the damage caused to the body’s main functional
systems by infectious microbes behind chronic degenerative diseases such as
Lyme, Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia and more, generally start with the
supplement associated with their most debilitating symptoms.
For example, if one’s energy and metabolism has been the most damaged by the pathogen, then experts say you might start by taking the energy-booster D-Ribose until energy levels are back on the upswing.
For example, if one’s energy and metabolism has been the most damaged by the pathogen, then experts say you might start by taking the energy-booster D-Ribose until energy levels are back on the upswing.
D-Ribose is not a
stimulant, by the way. It’s a complex
carbohydrate that all 70 trillion cells in the human body need in order to produce cellular energy (i.e., ATP).
By taking D-Ribose, the cells are able to produce their own
energy, which in turn powers every organ, muscle and tissue in your body. In other words, you’re giving your body what
it needs to produce its own endogenous energy.
But if one’s immune system has been damaged more extensively
than one’s energy metabolism system (which is almost always the case with these
pathogens, by the way) then you might start by taking the Beta-1,3/1,6-glucan,
documented by science to be the world’s most powerful natural immune system
booster.
Likewise, if one’s nervous system function has been the most
impaired by the pathogen (i.e., resulting in restless legs syndrome, nerve
pain, impaired reflexes, etc.), then taking the methylcobalamin form of vitamin
B-12 would be a great starting point to get the needed repair going.
If “brain fog” and other symptoms of cognitive impairment
are the most predominant symptoms one is experiencing, then taking the
brain-booster Vinpocetine would probably be a good “first choice.” Once brain function is back at peak levels,
the other four bodily systems can be worked on utilizing the other four
supplements.
And, of course, if hormone-related symptoms are most
predominant (i.e., depression, decreased sex drive, poor muscle strength and low
muscle mass, low self-confidence, sadness, difficulty concentrating, etc.) then
Pregnenolone, known as the “happiness hormone” for its dramatic mood-enhancing
benefits can be taken first.
In my own personal experience (I do not have Lyme disease, but I’ve battled with Chronic Fatigue Immune
Deficiency Syndrome for some 30 years and can attest to the fact that its
symptoms are very similar to those of Lyme disease) taking the D-Ribose, the Beta-1,3/1,6-glucan
and the methylcobalamin form of vitamin B-12 together several times a week gives my body a dramatic “kick start”
every time.
These three nutrients seem to be synergistic for me, i.e.,
they work together to help heal the body and do not seem to conflict with each other
at all. But
everyone’s different – i.e., biological individuality – so take things slowly
and don’t be in too big of a hurry.
Likewise, when brain and hormonal problems seem to
predominate, natural health experts say Vinpocetine and Pregnenolone can be
taken together. Both of these nutrient
supplements aid proper brain function, helping neurons fire faster and
increasing blood flow to the brain so that “brain fog” and impaired thinking is
no longer a problem.
But Pregnenolone has the added advantage of helping balance
the body’s hormonal system, bringing down levels of hormones that might be too
high, and bringing up levels of hormones that might be too low; in other words,
helping the body establish hormonal equilibrium.
Since symptoms like “brain fog,” cognitive impairment, difficulty
concentrating, sadness or depression, low sex drive and more can all be interrelated, taking Pregnenolone and
Vinpocetine together in small doses several times a week seem to have an
uplifting effect on both the brain and the hormonal system, in a synergistic
fashion. After all, the brain basically
controls the body’s hormonal system, and the body’s hormonal system helps power
the brain.
I’ve used Vinpocetine and Pregnenolone together when my symptoms
tell me that both my brain and hormonal systems are flagging, and there results
have often been wondrous. I’ve found
that I only need to do so several times a week, for a few weeks, in order to
trigger dramatic healing and experience a significant rebound in well-being.
A Typical Nutritional
Strategy
Natural health experts say that when fighting chronic
degenerative disease triggered by a pathogen, these supplements should be taken
along with a high-quality multi-vitamin/mineral complex, plus essential fatty
acids such as those found in Borage seed oil and Omega-3 fish oil which help nourish
brain cells, tame hidden inflammation, inhibit blood clotting, and even help
the cells become more fluid and pliable so they absorb other vital nutrients more
efficiently.
(Remember to always
consult your local experienced natural or holistic health care practitioner
before undertaking any nutritional supplement program. This is vital because your natural health
practitioner can monitor your progress through blood tests as well as through
observation, and suggest changes as needed that can increase your well-being at
a faster rate.)
So a typical way to deal nutritionally with Lyme disease and
other chronic degenerative diseases caused by infections is to take:
1.) Colloidal Silver. Take a small amount of colloidal silver every day, to help the body eradicate the pathogen, or at least keep its activity suppressed. For some people, that might be as little as a teaspoonful of 10 ppm colloidal silver each day, or as much as an ounce a day. See the Colloidal Silver Safe Dosage Report to learn how to determine your own daily dosage based on your body weight and the ppm (concentration) of the colloidal silver product you’re using.
1.) Colloidal Silver. Take a small amount of colloidal silver every day, to help the body eradicate the pathogen, or at least keep its activity suppressed. For some people, that might be as little as a teaspoonful of 10 ppm colloidal silver each day, or as much as an ounce a day. See the Colloidal Silver Safe Dosage Report to learn how to determine your own daily dosage based on your body weight and the ppm (concentration) of the colloidal silver product you’re using.
2.) Vitamins and Minerals. Take a good, high-quality
multi-vitamin/mineral supplement every day (not the cheap stuff from Walmart;
count on paying $30 to $60 a month for high-quality, bioavailable vitamins and
minerals, such as Ultra Protection III from Douglas Laboratories). Typically, the pathogens behind chronic
degenerative diseases such as Lyme disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,
Fibromyalgia and others work to cripple the body’s ability to absorb enough
vitamins and minerals from food. By
augmenting one’s diet with a good, high-quality, bioavailable
multi-vitamin/mineral supplement, you can give back to your body the nutrients
it’s been missing, which in turn will help stimulate healing and repair.
3.) Essential Fatty Acids. These too, need to be taken daily. Dr. Stephen Langer, M.D. points out that
victims of chronic degenerative diseases caused by infectious microbes often
don’t get enough essential fatty acids in their diets. But essential fatty acids are said to be critical for brain health and function,
blood health, hormonal health, cellular health and function, and much
more. Therefore, many natural health
experts recommend people fighting chronic degenerative diseases caused by pathogens
to take 1,000 mg. per day of Borage Seed Oil and 1,000 mg. per day of Omega-3
Fish Oil daily. These help nourish brain
cells, tame hidden inflammation, inhibit blood clotting, and even help the body’s
70 trillion cells become more fluid and pliable so they absorb nutrients more
efficiently.
4.) Supplements that Support the Body’s 5 Main Functional
Systems -- With the above as one’s foundational daily nutrient supplement program, you can then experiment with
taking D-Ribose, Beta-1,3/1,6-glucan, Methylcobalamin, Vinpocetine and Pregnenolone on a
rotational basis, determined by one’s symptoms.
Again, if exhaustion and low energy levels are a predominant
symptom, then adding a capsule of D-Ribose to one’s normal supplement regimen
three or four times a week (or more, if necessary) might be a good way to
start.
Once energy levels are back to normal, the D-Ribose can be tapered off (and used from time-to-time when energy levels might dwindle a bit), and you can work on the next most debilitating symptom by adding the corresponding nutrient to your daily supplement protocol.
Once energy levels are back to normal, the D-Ribose can be tapered off (and used from time-to-time when energy levels might dwindle a bit), and you can work on the next most debilitating symptom by adding the corresponding nutrient to your daily supplement protocol.
In this manner, one by one, each of the body’s five basic
functions (energy system, immune system, nervous system, brain function,
hormonal function) can be addressed, repaired and restored to proper function.
I must repeat that having a good holistic health doctor to guide you through this and monitor your progress is imperative. A good natural health doctor can see things you might miss, and make suggestions that will speed recovery and enhance well-being.
I must repeat that having a good holistic health doctor to guide you through this and monitor your progress is imperative. A good natural health doctor can see things you might miss, and make suggestions that will speed recovery and enhance well-being.
Learn More
To learn more about using the above natural supplements as a
nutritional adjunct to healing the body from the debilitating effects of Lyme
disease (or other chronic degenerative diseases caused by pathogens), consider
reading my previous article at this
link, which documents what I did – personally -- in order to heal my body
of Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
The article gives some suggestions regarding what others dealing
with chronic degenerative diseases caused by infectious microorganisms (like
the Lyme disease pathogen and more), can do as well.
Yes, my previous article is largely about my own personal experiences
in using natural substances to heal the crippling effects of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(caused by Epstein Barr virus and Cytomegalovirus).
But again, the underlying principle is the same as with the Lyme disease pathogen. You have
to deal with the pathogen first (colloidal silver). But you also have to deal with the damage caused
by the pathogen to the body's five main systems of function (i.e., the other
recommended supplements) which is where the supplements like D-Ribose, Beta-1,3/1,6-glucan, Methylcobalamin, Vinpocetine and Pregnenolone come in.
Please keep firmly in mind that I’m not a doctor, and I’m not “prescribing” anything, here. I’m just reporting what cutting edge natural
health experts have been saying for years, and what people (including myself) who
have conquered the symptoms of pathogen-induced chronic degenerative diseases
such as Lyme disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and others have
done.
So check out my previous
article on using the above nutritional supplementation to deal with
infection-based chronic degenerative diseases, and let me know if the ideas
spelled out in that article help you as much as they’ve helped me.
Where to Obtain High-Quality Colloidal Silver
If you’re interested in trying colloidal silver as a
nutritional adjunct for Lyme disease, or any other pathogen-induced chronic
degenerative disease, it’s important to know that it can be found in almost
every health food store in America. It's also available online at Amazon.com
or SwansonVitamins.com, or many other websites.
Some people prefer the Sovereign Silver brand, at a 10
ppm concentration. And others prefer the ASAP Colloidal Silver
brand, at 24 ppm concentration. They're both widely considered to be
excellent choices.
If
you try colloidal silver and find that it helps you overcome your Lyme disease
symptoms, you’ll then likely want to look into purchasing a home colloidal silver generator so
you can make your own colloidal silver for less than 36 cents a quart,
rather than paying $20 or $30 for a tiny four-ounce bottle at health food
stores.
After all, you can also safely use colloidal silver internally to
stop colds and flu in their tracks… alleviate intestinal infections…stop
urinary tract infections…cure upper respiratory infections…wipe out
infection-based prostate problems…and much, much more! (To learn more, see A Colloidal Silver Primer.)
Most people who try colloidal silver find that it quickly
becomes their #1 “go to” nutritional supplement for helping the body fight
active infections, nutritionally.
Get Educated
- To learn how tens of thousands of people are curing their own infections with safe, natural colloidal silver, see the real-life colloidal silver success stories at this link.
- To learn how truly simple it is to make your own high-quality colloidal silver for less than 36 cents a quart, click here.
- To learn what makes the Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator superior to conventional colloidal silver generators, click here.
- To save $100 on a new Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator, click here.
Meanwhile, I’ll be back next week with another great article on
colloidal silver….
Yours for the safe, sane and responsible
use of colloidal silver,
Steve Barwick, author
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual
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