The most commonly used test to evaluate prostate health is the PSA, or Prostate Specific Antigen test. An antigen is the target which antibodies go after and attack. The presence of antigen doesn’t necessarily mean there are antibodies on the prowl. I’m searching for a lab which can evaluate prostate antibodies. If there are antibodies present, the use of oral antigens (protomorphogens), to take the heat off the prostate long enough to heal, is critical for restoring health.

The health of prostate tissue is dependent on several elements. First, the prostate is supposed to have the highest concentration of zinc of any other area of the body. It’s literally a zinc magnet. A deficiency of this mineral alters the DNA response in prostatic cells.

Zinc is markedly decreased wherever there is cancer development. Zinc maintains the DNA integrity of the prostate gland. If the integrity of the prostate is maintained, it won’t leak nuclear material into the blood stream. The dumping of antigenic material into the general circulation initiates antibody production.

Prostate enlargement is NOT a normal process of growing old. The statement that “if a man lives long enough, he will have prostate issues” is a fallacy and only shows up if the organ is not properly nourished.

The “Harvard Men’s Health Watch” March 2006 has this article: Zinc and the Prostate

“Zinc is present in all the body’s organs and fluids, but the prostate has a higher concentration than any other tissue except bone. Scientists don’t know why it has so much zinc. Among other functions, though, the metal has a role in regulating the balance between testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, the two male hormones that stimulate the growth of prostate cells, both benign and malignant, although, normal prostate tissue has lots, cancerous tissue has much less.” Sounds like higher zinc levels is a recipe for avoiding cancer.

To amplify the importance of zinc for transmission of genetic determinants, here’s a clip from “The Physiology of Heredity” Dr Royal Lee 1959 In his book “From Soil To Supplement”;  Example of deficiency

“It seems unquestionable that these reactions are due to simple lack of essential, structural components. Zinc for instance is necessary to plant growth, although in infinitesimally small amounts. Zinc deficiency in plants is evidenced by deformed leaf shapes, showing the probability that it is instrumental in the transmission of genetic determinants. A ten thousandth of a milligram is enough to prevent tomato plants from showing deficiency signs. Driving a zinc coated iron nail into an orange tree has cured zinc deficiency reactions. There is the true story of the discouraged orange grower in Florida, who, in depression days, nailed a “For Sale” sign on every fifth tree along the highway, trying to sell his orange grove that had become a failure by reason of worn out soil. The next season every tree that had had the “For Sale” sign had good fruit on it, while the others were still barren.”

The use of Vitamin F in the treatment of prostatic hypertrophy, as studied by the Journal of Urology 2006, yielded some excellent results. Better than any pharmaceutical drug you can buy.

RESULTS

• All cases showed a diminution of residual urine; in 12 of the 19 cases there was no residual urine at the end of the treatment.

• Nocturia (nightly urination) was eliminated in 13 of the 19 cases showing this symptom.

• A decrease of fatigue and leg pains and an increase in sexual libido was noted in all patients.

• Cystitis cleared up in relation to the decrease in residual urine.

• Dribbling was eliminated in 18 of the 19 cases.

• Force of stream was increased.

• In all cases the size of the prostate was rapidly reduced. Confirmation was by palpation.

“The action of vitamin F administrations decreased blood calcium, raised blood phosphorus, and markedly raised blood iodine in all cases.” This is a must in prostate maintenance and cure.

Continuing with the topic of autoimmune disease and the many associated tissues and manifestations, I could write for weeks and weeks. This week I want to look at auto-immunity and how the thyroid and diseases in this organ can precipitate problems in other organs, especially in relation to breast cancer.

The article “Autoantibodies as predictors of disease” In “The Lancet” 2004 rapid review, The content of the article goes as follows: Many human diseases are the result of autoimmune attack, presumably related to a loss of tolerance to self...The pathogenesis of autoimmune damage also segregates auto-immune disease in that some diseases are mainly mediated by autoimmune T lymphocytes....Virtually all autoimmune  diseases are associated with circulating autoantibodies which bind self-protein. Furthermore, for many diseases these autoantibodies are found in serum samples many years before disease onset. 

Conclusion: The data indicates that autoimmune disease is preceded by a long preclinical phase in which individuals can be identified by the presence of autoantibodies! This is where preventative medicine has the opportunity to help you avoid serious diseases.

For the most part, disease doesn’t just show up. There’s an incubation period in which we see what could be explained as a grace period where we’re given time to get our act together. In most cases, people aren’t willing to change a lifestyle until they’re experiencing some kind of threatening symptoms. This is sad, but true. Most changes in lifestyle aren’t embraced by desire for better health, but out of fear of disaster. Makes me think of smokers who can’t quit until cancer.

Breast cancer gets a tremendous amount of press concerning finding a cure. Tons of money are wasted on useless research. Unfortunately we see where much of this research is driven by money, and a primary focus of ‘what kind of drug can be patented’.  If we were to just look at the evidence provided by the world around us, the answer becomes quite clear. 

Japanese women (eating their native diet) rarely get breast cancer. The Japanese diet, rich in seaweed, contains high levels of protein bound iodine. It’s estimated the average Japanese woman consumes 53 milligrams of iodine a day. The RDA is in micrograms: Less than a gram.

In Breast Cancer Research 2003, Here’s what the article says: “Experimental findings showing the ability of iodine or iodine-rich seaweed to inhibit breast tumor development is supported by the relatively low rate of breast cancer in Japanese women who consume a diet containing iodine-rich seaweed.” Conclusion: In this paper, we have studied thyroid autoantibody levels and thyroid function tests in breast cancer patients and controls. Abnormal thyroid gland characteristics were revealed in the breast cancer patients compared with the control group. The incidence of nodular goitre was significantly higher in the patients with breast cancer. Regarding functional thyroid disorders, nontoxic goitre was significantly associated with breast carcinoma. There was a significant difference between the groups in terms of TPO Ab levels [thyroid peroxidase enzyme – hormone making enzyme – Ab = antibody].

These results indicate a significant association between breast cancer and thyroid disorders....The increased frequency of thyroid autoantibodies, TPO antibodies and thyroglobulin antibodies described by Turken and coworkers [1] in breast cancer patients as compared with control individuals supports earlier findings [8-11].

Women suffer far higher incidence of thyroid problems than men. It’s not hard to deduce that iodine requirements are greater for women due to the dependance of mammary tissue on healthy thyroid function and iodine availability. 

Breast lumps suggest lymphatic obstruction. With this comes nucleic material (cell DNA) being leaked into the circulatory system instead of being disposed through the lymphatic system. This sets the stage for eventual breast antibody production. One chief offender, which can initiate breast lumps is poor estrogen clearance through the liver. This pathway can be compromised by methylxanthines in the diet, competing for clearance. This includes coffee and chocolate.

When autoantibodies are identified, using oral antigens of breast and thyroid, to tie up the antibodies, while restoring these tissues with proper iodine and healthy fatty acids, can do much to avoid getting breast cancer in the first place. If this is you, you need to get in and be treated.

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What do arthritis, breast cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and heart disease have in common? They all manifest auto-immune activity in the body. When cell death occurs (which is a daily occurrence with the healthy turn over of cellular structure), the contents of the damaged and worn out cells are released (hopefully) into the lymphatic system where the reticulo-endothelial system acts to phagocytize (break down and digest) the cellular debris. 

Most people wrongly believe that our blood carries away cellular debris, the only toxin blood is designed to carry is carbon dioxide. If the DNA from damaged or dying cells enters the blood stream, that DNA, which is a blueprint of the dying cell, has the potential of setting up house-keeping in other cells, influencing the creation of new cells in that tissue or organ. This could mean making liver cells in your spleen or bone cells in your heart. This is totally unacceptable to normal organ function.

Your blood stream was never designed to be the sewage system of your body. If the lymphatic system can’t receive or carry away cellular debris, it gets dumped into the blood stream, your body will do whatever it has to, to protect itself in this case. It makes antibodies against that DNA.

Imagine if the military had some rogue forces that were attacking their own troops, the smart thing to do would be to destroy them first. If we can’t figure out how to do that, we use what conventional medicine does. We eliminate the entire military. That’s what immunosuppressant drugs do. They shut down the immune system in it’s efforts to protect the entire system.

The better way to address this involves directing the rogue forces to attack a decoy while strengthening the ailing troops. This is the wisdom of Dr Lee. He found that tissue extracts which he calls protomorphogens, when taken orally would act as decoys to tie up the auto-antibodies long enough to nourish and heal the damaged tissue.

Autoantibody activity can occur in any tissue of the body, and if addressed correctly, restoration of tissues can occur. This can be applied to the eyes, brain, bone, skin, liver, lung, heart, etc. The use of these protomorphogens alone would suggest the need to use them for the rest of your life if proper nutrition to heal the tissues is not used concurrently. 

It’s been found that auto-antibodies are present in Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s, ADD, ADHD, and other forms of dementia. The use of brain protomorphogens in conjunction with the essential fatty acids DHA and EPA, along with proper mineralization and elimination of potentially toxic elements such as hydrogenated fats, can significantly impact the progression of these conditions.

With anti bone antibodies, just trying to rebuild these bones with things like calcium and chondroitin sulfate can be a waste of time and money. Using drugs that stop the resorption of dead bone tissue isn’t the answer either. This is where use of a bone protomorphogen along with nutrition, capable of maintaining proper calcium, phosphorous, protein, and magnesium in these tissues is critical. In the mix here is the importance of proper fatty acids which play a major part in calcium absorption and calcium distribution. 

Bone is made up of one third mineral, one third protein, and one third fluid. To leave out any of these in the attempt to restore and rebuild the skeleton would be like trying to build a house without using any nails. Bone turnover is completely done every seven years. With the appropriate treatment you get a new skeleton every seven years. With this in mind, what kind of building materials are you using. In rebuilding the skeleton, you must remove any attack from within that could be thwarting your efforts to restructure your home.

Since none of this is as simple as taking one drug to deal with a multitude of issues, it takes someone skilled in knowing how to direct the healing process of your system. Your entire body is integrated to function as a whole. A specialist that deals only with the endocrine system may not be focused on what’s happening in the lymphatic system, circulatory system, and digestion. The list goes on and on. When you’re a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. This is why I never stop studying the biochemistry and physiology of our bodies. The intricate connections between our entire system can’t be ignored. It’s imperative your health care provider be aware of the challenges you’re subject to daily. If I thought my days in school were over upon graduation, I was seriously mistaken. I gladly accept patients from all over the nation. Call me!

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In my most recent articles I’ve been focusing on what’s required to maintain a healthy and strong cardiovascular system. What’s needed rests primarily on sound nutrition, which empowers your entire system in the processes of repair and maintenance. Unfortunately what American society considers sound nutrition has many holes in it. 

Upon choosing supplementation, low dose, high potency is preferred to those high dose low potency treatments which are common in the conventional world. 

Catalyn, the first multivitamin ever produced, was released by Dr Royal Lee in 1929 after eleven years of research. This was partly due to his own mother’s health. After several doctors gave her a grave, negative report, she lived on for several years after starting this revolutionary nutritional support.

Catalyn is made up of over a dozen whole foods. These are mostly organic vegetables and clean animal tissue. Together they provide thousands of nutrients in their natural form. These are low doses of dense nutrients from a food concentrate. 

The reductionist or pharmaceutical approach, uses high doses of synthetic isolated chemicals to force unnatural, drug-like changes to happen to your body. With this in mind, you can’t compare milligrams of vitamins found in Catalyn and that found in a synthetic, low dose, high potency supplemental vitamin. 

Foods are the only source of nutrition for the human body. If it’s not a food, it’s a drug! This includes so many supplements from the pharmacy, Costco, and even the health food store! Check the label. Foods or high milligrams of chemicals? I’m sure you will read about multiple claims for your high powered mega-whatever, with added CoQ10, high levels of B vitamins, and anything else that has become the latest craze, but, if it’s not food based it’s a drug.

Organic vegetables and organ meats are the two most nutrient dense types of food in the world for the feeding and repair of the human body. Among the contents of Catalyn are: wheat germ, carrot, liver, calcium lactate from sugar beets, spleen, nutritional yeast, adrenal, pea vine juice, alfalfa, mushroom, and rice bran. The balance and complexity of these foods complement each other and provide a foundation for healthy cellular function. Thousands of nutrients!

This product should be at least a foundational maintenance and wellness supplement or as a general support for the whole body under a more targeted protocol for more specific concerns or goals. Along with Catalyn, the use of Trace minerals, Tuna Omega Oil, and calcium lactate constitute a thorough rebuilding and nutritional support protocol.

In future articles revealing the foundation of autoimmune disease, I’ll discuss the use of these powerful supports in restoring tissue health while shutting down the attack on the body. This is contrary to what mainstream medicine does, as their approach is shutting down the entire immune process, leaving you vulnerable to increasing systemic immune failure.

Since we have been looking at cardiovascular health in particular, taking the burden off of a damaged heart with the appropriate protomorphogen support, (as I will speak on later), will be a primary goal before we can do the rebuilding process. If there has been damage to the organ and DNA has leaked into the blood stream, your system will actually begin to create a defense against your hearts DNA which interferes with your body’s ability to make repairs. 

I know it sounds absurd that your body would attack itself on one hand and try to repair it on the other, but that’s what happens when DNA is released into the blood stream. This is a foundation of many chronic diseases. (More on that later).

With this kind of information and the tools available to correct the problem, it boggles my mind that my office isn’t packed with patients crying out for help when the mainstream approach is to baby-sit and cover up disease instead of eradicating it. This is really the definition of a cold war.

If you or a loved one is suffering this kind of cellular damage, you owe it to yourself and your loved ones to pursue an approach that can remove the cause of disease, while addressing your body’s deepest needs to initiate repair. Your body knows how to repair itself, but you need the materials and cellular information to get the job done.

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Preceding this letter was a photograph of a vitamin B bottle that makes the claim, “Complete Vitamin B”.

This kind of label is extremely common in the world of vitamin supplements. Just how complete is complete when it comes to what can be created and put in a pill? Confusion results, with the consumer purchasing worthless pills, trying to be responsible in caring for their personal health.

When looking at B vitamins we see listed vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6.....  Notice anything missing here? 

The Polish biochemist Casimir Funk, was the individual initially responsible for identifying and naming many vitamins. He identified Thiamin and labeled it the anti-beriberi vitamin. Later, as seen in “The Vitamines” 1922 edition, He shows a link between this and what very few understand to be vitamin B4. This isn’t a term accepted by the government. This is the frequently missing nutrient responsible for the heart’s ability to generate it’s electrical energy.

In his studies, vitamin B1 was initially designated simply as vitamin B. Vitamins A, and C were identified, so when he saw there was a vitamin that accompanied vitamin B (B1), he labeled it vitamin D. Obviously, that’s the letter that follows C. He noted another vitamin associated with cod liver oil, which ended up being what we know today as vitamin D proving the initial labeling of vitamin D was another substance altogether. This substance is what made B1 functional in reversing and preventing beriberi. This (unknown) vitamin accompanies B1 in nature, but is destroyed easily through procedures common to today’s food manufacturing and processing. 

Vitamin D was first discovered in 1925, yet we see in the archives of “Time” 1924 that Dr Walter Eddy isolated a crystalline vitamin D substance he called Bios which could be divided into Bios 1 and Bios 2. This is consistent with the vitamins B1 and B4 identified by Funk.

When the combination of B1 and 4 are present, the strength, tone, and function of the heart are in perfect balance. When missing, the heart becomes flabby and enlarges. Since the valves are made of cartilage, they don’t enlarge with the heart, creating leakage. The use of vitamin B4 restores tone to the heart muscle and results in renewed function, stopping the leakage. 

Treatments to deal with enlarged hearts have been barbaric to say the least. One treatment involves cutting away a portion of the heart muscle over the left ventricle to make it smaller. The treatment is called ventricular remodeling. Dr Batista of Brazil began these surgeries and 40% of his patients have died from the procedure. Amazingly American surgeons traveled to Brazil to learn the procedure and began using it here in America.

Another failed treatment is the Paracor Heartnet. This involves an elastic mesh netting fitted around the heart to prevent it from enlarging. After six months of testing, they ended the trial as it had no effect on some functional end points. Putting the heart in a sling? Get real!

All these treatments, including the use of artificial valves and pig valves to treat what’s in reality, a nutritional deficiency, is a waste of time, money, and human lives. When we have available nutrition which can quickly and efficiently restore heart tissue to normal, why would anyone consent to having part of their heart carved out? Why, because no one educated them about the healthy alternative. Which is more lucrative? Heart surgery or a healthy food?

Beriberi literally means, “I can’t, I can’t” which reflects the crippling affects it has on it’s victims. There are two types of beriberi. There’s wet beriberi which affects the cardiovascular system and dry beriberi which affects the nervous system. Vitamins B1 and B4 address both.

In the forward of the American edition of Rebuilding Health, 1961 is a quote from Dr Royal Lee in which he states, “An interesting phenomenon of present-day civilization is the general ignorance of the first principles of nutrition; people do not seem to be aware that the body depends for it’s health upon the integrity of the food supply. It is taken for granted that the body, in some miraculous way, can transmute demineralized, devitaminized foods into healthy tissue. We have 750,000 deaths per year from cardiovascular disease, which is 98% preventable and which may be descried as the American beriberi, because so much of it is unquestionably due to the use of white, bleached flour and refined sugar.”

Thankfully, Dr Lee’s formulations have been preserved and continue to be available. If you’re interested, we have them here in our office.