Study shows effectiveness of researcher Martin Pall’s approach to Multiple Chemi

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Study shows effectiveness of researcher Martin Pall’s approach to Multiple

Chemical Sensitivity

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A new pilot study from The Institute for Functional Medicine Clinic in

Falun, Sweden, demonstrates the effectiveness of Martin Pall’s approach to

explaining the causes of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.

 

 

The Allergy Research Group reports new research supports Martin Pall’s

hypothesis about the cause of MCS.

_http://www.allergyresearchgroup.com/pdfletters/ARGFocus_200910_Probiotics.pdf_

(http://www.allergyresearchgroup.com/pdfletters/ARGFocus_200910_Probiotics.pdf)

 

 

The group’s newsletter dedicates three articles to the discussion:

 

-- “New Research Confirms Martin Pall Hypothesis: Pilot Study With

Free-Radical Reducing Supplements Improves Treatment-Resistant CFS,†an

interview

with Ingrid Franzon, N.M. M.S.c.

 

-- “Evaluation of Quality of Life in Persons with Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Before and After Administration of Food

Supplements Designed to Reduce Free Radical Activity,†by Ingrid Franzon,

MSc, Bo

Jonsson M.D., Ph.D., and Peter Wilhelmsson, N.D.

 

--- “NO/ONOO: A Brief Summary of the Work of Martin Pall, Ph.D.â€

 

Pall has assembled an impressive body of data to demonstrate that elevated

levels of nitric oxide (NO) and its highly damaging metabolite,

peroxynitrite (ONOO-), are at the crux of a runaway cycle of free-radical

damage in

which inflammatory molecules are chronically elevated, damaging the immune

and nervous systems. Peroxynitrite initiates a complex biochemical vicious

cycle, known as the NO/ONOO- cycle, which is responsible for multiple

chemical sensitivity, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, Gulf War syndrome

and post-traumatic stress disorder. The basic concept here is actually quite

simple. Stressors act mainly through peroxynitrite-derived free radicals

to initiate the cycle and once the cycle is initiated it is the cause of

continuing illness.

 

 

By correcting the high levels of NO and ONOO- with a range of natural

antioxidants, a puzzling array of symptoms can be ameliorated and sometimes the

illness itself can be completely reversed. (See Allergy Research Group®

Newsletter Focus, July 2007.)

 

 

Pall suffered from severe chronic fatigue syndrom (CFS) and multiple

chemical sensitivy (MCS) for 18 months, and cured himself, then set about

dedicating his career to investigating the cause of these disabling conditions.

Now his approach has started to garner widespread attention, with

publication of an entire chapter by Pall in the upcoming General and Applied

Toxicology, 3rd edition by (editors TK), published by John Wiley, Inc. In

addition,

a new pilot study from The Institute for Functional Medicine Clinic in

Falun, Sweden demonstrates the effectiveness of this approach. Pall also has a

forthcoming article on CFS in Current Opinion in Psychiatry.

 

 

As Pall points out, the acute stressor(s) that lead to CFS and MCS and the

other mystery illnesses range from infections to toxic exposures to

physical or mental trauma. But no matter what the initiating cause, the

downstream effect is free radical damage mediated by raised levels of NO and

ONOO-.

 

 

I believe Martin Pall is at the leading edge of MCS research, and I

encourage you to explore his hypothesis as well as his supplement protocol. I

think we will start to see more and more research supporting his approach.

 

 

As with all approaches to MCS, what applies to one person with MCS may not

apply to another. Always approach MCS therapies and protocols keeping this

in mind: MCS symptoms and remedies differ from patient to patient because

the tissues impacted differ from one patient to another. Proceed with

caution, preferably under an environmental physician’s care and guidance.

 

You can learn more about Pall’s research and protocol on his website The

Tenth Paradigm. _http://thetenthparadigm.org/index.html_

(http://thetenthparadigm.org/index.html)