Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Note: forwarded message attached. HSI e-Alert - Gut Reaction Health Sciences Institute e-Alert **************************************************** September 20, 2005 Why am I getting this? **************************************************** BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR NEXT BATHROOM BREAK... This amazing new 4-Phyto alternative could be the answer to prostate health FAST FOREVER... Succeed with an all-natural solution Strengthen your sex glands instead of sabotaging your manhood Promote healthy urinary flow Armor your prostate Keep reading: http://www1.youreletters.com/t/174785/2577399/666353/0/ **************************************************** Dear Reader, Are you in the market for a reliable way to help prevent catching a cold? If you answered, "Sign me up!" I would first suggest you take a look at the e-Alert "Gesundheit" (9/13/05), in which that old standby cold-fighter vitamin C was shown (once again) to be effective in reducing the frequency of the common cold. (Also be SURE to read "...and another thing" in today's e-Alert.) But first we'll look at another preventive against respiratory tract infections. It's a little off the beaten track compared to vitamin C, but it works hand-in-hand with C supplements. ----------- Your own personal ecosystem ----------- In previous e-Alerts I've told you about the importance of probiotic organisms. In a healthy individual, these beneficial bacteria inhabit the digestive tract in massive numbers, crowding out harmful bacteria, aiding digestion, and supporting immune function. This healthy "gut flora" produces valuable nutrients (including certain B vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids), digestive enzymes like lactase, and immune chemicals that fight harmful bacteria and even cancer cells. But this critical ecosystem is fragile and easily disturbed. For instance, some types of antibiotics can completely kill off the beneficial bacteria in the gut. Steroid drugs like cortisone and prednisone, as well as birth control pills and chemotherapy can also upset your gut flora. In addition, poor nutrition or digestion can impair the efficiency of intestinal bacteria, as can stress, trauma, surgery, or parasitic infestation. When the number or activity level of your good bacteria drops too low, it opens the door for harmful bacteria to proliferate, allowing the opportunity for diseases to develop. ----------- One, two, three punch ----------- So - could a probiotic supplement help prevent the common cold? Researchers at the Institute for Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition (IPBN) in Kiel, Germany, designed a trial to test the cold-fighting effectiveness of a probiotic bacteria supplement, combined with supplements of vitamins and minerals in doses similar to those found in typical multivitamins. More than 475 healthy men and women who had not received flu vaccines were randomly assigned to receive a placebo or the probiotic and vitamin/mineral combo (to keep things simple, we'll call it PVM). Subjects received their doses every day for five and a half months during the winter and spring, and each subject reported any symptoms of respiratory infection. Researchers also monitored cellular immune response in 60 subjects from each group before and after the intervention period. The IPBN team published the results in the July 2005 issue of the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. They found that respiratory tract infections were reduced by more than 13 percent in the PVM group compared to placebo. Among those who developed respiratory infections: Symptoms were generally reduced by 19 percent in the PVM group compared to placebo Influenza symptoms were reduced by 25 percent Number of days with a fever was reduced by more than 50 percent Immune response tests showed a "significantly higher" response in the PVM group, especially during the first 14 days of supplementation. ----------- - Tending the gut flora "garden" ----------- Sufficient amounts of intestinal flora can be maintained through dietary sources such as cultured products (like yogurt and kefir), and lignans (like flaxseed, carrots, spinach, cauliflower, broccoli, millet and buckwheat). But while the digestive tract can be "re-colonized" by introducing enough good bacteria to overpower the bad bacteria, dietary sources alone can't provide organisms in the vast numbers required to correct an imbalance. For this, a high-potency probiotic nutritional supplement is necessary. Unfortunately, most probiotic supplements are ineffective. In one trial, researchers sampled three-dozen probiotic products bought at random from health-food-stores. Fewer than one in five of the products sampled delivered the number of viable organisms guaranteed on the labels, and several brands fell short by 90 percent or more. One brand even contained harmful bacteria. In an HSI Members Alert we sent you in September 1998, we told you about a supplement manufacturer (Vitamin Research Products) that had just developed an air- and moisture-proof manufacturing technology that allowed them to produce a potent new strain of good bacteria without compromising its viability or potency. The strain is called Lactobacillus G.G., and the supplement that contains it is Culturelle. When refrigerated, Culturelle is guaranteed to provide an astonishing 30 billion live microorganisms per capsule, even after six months of storage. It has also been shown to be completely free of competing strains or harmful contamination. You can find more information about Culturelle at the Vitamin Research Products web site (vrp.com). **************************************************** Cut your risk of heart attack by more than 50%? Drink beer...eat meat...throw out those low-fat cookies... and still cut your risk of heart attack by 50%? Discover the doctor's proven ways to: Eat more fat, and exercise less, and get a healthier heart by the day Get your blood pressure to 120/80 naturally...without drugs Supercharge your heart in just 6 minutes a day Burn 9 times more fat than marathon runners ....and do it all in less than 60 days http://www1.youreletters.com/t/174785/2577399/776853/0/ **************************************************** To start receiving your own copy of the HSI e-Alert, visit: http://www.hsiealert.com/freecopy.html Or forward this e-mail to a friend so they can sign-up to receive their own copy of the HSI e-Alert. **************************************************** ....and another thing "Dr. Pauling would've laughed out loud at either dose!" That was the response from HSI Panelist Allan Spreen, M.D., to the study I told you about in the e-Alert "Gesundheit" (9/13/05). Researchers tested 50 mg and 500 mg of C daily on more than 240 subjects for five years. The results: Vitamin C (at the 500 mg level) significantly reduced the frequency of common colds, but had no effect on the duration or severity of colds. Dr. Spreen's point: It's all about the dosage. When I asked him to elaborate, he wrote: "I'm actually impressed that such statistically significant results were obtained with a dose as low as 500 milligrams. With high enough doses you can slam a cold (or most any other viral or bacterial attack) dead in its tracks. "That said, the issue becomes just what constitutes a 'high enough' dose. When the body is stressed by such illnesses the need for ascorbate doesn't go up...it goes way, WAY, WA-A-A-A-Y up. This has been shown time and again by Pauling, Cameron, Szent-Gyorgyi, Cathcart, Klenner, Riordan, Wright, and others, enough times that it's rather suspicious that conventional medical researchers seem to miss the real action so completely. Animals our size that synthesize their own vitamin C (we don't - we're genetic mutants), produce dozens of grams (we're talking tens of thousands of milligrams...a bit more aggressive than a mere 500!) when stressed by viral or bacterial challenge. "The response of the body to vitamin C, once an illness has taken hold, is called a 'threshold' response, meaning very little happens until a high enough dose is reached...then everything happens - the fever subsides, the organisms are killed, and the patient feels better. That dose can be 100,000 milligrams or more for serious challenges, and sometimes even needs to be given intravenously. "However, the oral route is more interesting. Too much vitamin C by mouth in a healthy (ie, 'non-sick') person causes gas and then loose stools, proceeding to overt diarrhea. This can happen with as little as 5,000-8,000 milligrams. However, a serious cold or flu IN THE SAME PERSON can then permit the victim to ingest 20,000 mg, 40,000 mg, or even more with no stool loosening, meaning they have not yet reached the bowel limit for that illness. It's actually a way to evaluate (in my opinion) just how bad the acute stress of the current illness is. "Yes, you can shorten the length and severity of a cold AFTER you get one, but you have to take enough vitamin C to do the job. This can be up to several grams (1,000-4,000 milligrams) per HOUR. "Dr. Pauling took 17,000 milligrams of vitamin C daily, when he was NOT sick (though he didn't discover the idea until his later years). I guess it finally killed him...at 93." To Your Good Health, Jenny Thompson **************************************************** WHO NEEDS GLASSES? In as little as eight weeks you could be reading without your glasses or contact lenses...and without surgery or strenuous eye exercises. Now, thanks to an exciting program developed at the internationally acclaimed Cambridge Institute for Better Vision, you may be able to discard your glasses - for life! http://www1.youreletters.com/t/174785/2577399/504/0/ **************************************************** To start receiving your own copy of the HSI e-Alert, visit: http://www.hsiealert.com/freecopy.html Or forward this e-mail to a friend so they can sign-up to receive their own copy of the HSI e-Alert. **************************************************** Tap into the minds of other health-conscious readers like yourself at the new HSI health forum: http://www.healthiertalk.com Sources: "Effect of a Dietary Supplement Containing Probiotic Bacteria Plus vitamins and Minerals on Common Cold Infections and Cellular Immune Parameters" International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Vol. 43, No. 7, July 2005, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov **************************************************** Copyright ©1997-2005 by www.hsibaltimore.com, L.L.C. 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