Expert: Imran R. - 10/8/2006

Question
Hello,
I have just started taking the following to help bring healing and balance to my immune system:

1.) Garden Of Life's Perfect Food (green food)

2.) Garden Of Life's COD Mega (wild fish and cod liver oil)

3.) Garden Of Life's FYI (joint and tissue food..helps with inflamation)

4.) Garden Of Life's Omega Zyme (digestive enzyme blend)

5.) Garden Of Life's Living Multi (optimal woman's formula)

6.) Garden Of Life's Primal Defense (ultimate probiotic formula)

7.) Sonne's #7 (clay-bentonite)

8.) Dr Willard's Catalyst Altered Water (clustered water)

I and my husband have been studying about preventive medicine for many years and have been applying what we have learned here and there..little by little. I trust the products that I have just begun taking and trust the integrity of the man/company (Jordan Rubin-Garden Of Life) that makes these fine products.

I am dealing with Ulcerative Colitis (or so the doctor thinks...), Hormonal Imbalance (very low progesterone), Infertility and Obesity. The Ulcerative Colitis (?) has been an issue since February/March of this year..the other issues have been ongoing throughout my life and marriage. I am 41 and am sincerely wanting change. I was told (by a former Endocrinologist) that the hormonal imbalance and the obseity was a catch-22 situation of sorts. Meaning that the low progesterone was making me overweight (keeping me heavy..making it hard to lose weigh) but that I needed to try and lose weight so that my hormonal state would change. Right!

I am a very strong Christian and totally believe that God heals...I also believe that God expects us to take proper care of our bodies so that our bodies can take good care of themselves...He's given us everything that we need to bring about physical restoration and balance.

I beleieve that the condition of a body's gut-health sets the level of health for the rest of the body...the immune system needs to be healthy. I am wanting to know what type of protocol you would recommend for someone (me) who is dealing with all of the previously mentioned physical issues.

I have been to all kinds of specialized doctors and am tired of hearing the same old, "You'll never get rid of this" or "You'll need to keep taking this medicine" or "You'll need to take another test"...doctors, as human beings, are very nice...I do not believe as they do though (pills are NOT an option as they cause more problems than they help) and I am wanting total body health..not a temporary, symptom-covering, side-effects producing life on un-natual drugs.

Please advise if you are able..and THANKS for taking the time to read this question.

Have A Wonderful Day,
JDS

Answer
Dear JDS,

Thank you for your letter. I am happy that you have taken the time and made the effort to be in charge of your health. Most are fearful of doing this, and in the end they end up worse than they are due to the iatrogenic effects of drugs.

Please continue to take the following from Garden of Life;
-Garden Of Life's COD Mega
-Garden Of Life's Primal Defence
-Garden Of Life's Omega Zyme

These 3 are the most important for you. If you can, upgrade to taking the primal defence ultra and omega zyme ultra.

I would add to this a super-food.

Websites:
www.tryfrutavida.com/main  
www.frutavidastories.com  

This product will bring about hormonal and nervous balance, will help detoxification of liver and colon.
It will also strengthen your metabolic system, thyroid, increase blood circulation and calm the inflammatory response.

One cannot lose weight if hormones are imbalanced. However it is still very difficult to lose weight when the metabolic response and thyroid are functioning at lower levels.

2 ounces of this product daily is what i recommend. 1 ounce twice per day on an empty stomach. It is an excellent product.

The next protocol involves your immune system specifically; we need to permanently reverse the auto-immune state that is at the cause of the UC.

We now use natural peptides for all immune related imbalances as nothing else will work as well as they do to restore and fortify immune functions.

We used to recommend transfer factor advanced formula for auto-immunities, however it would take well over a year, of taking high doses daily to reverse the problem. This gets very expensive.

The peptides are a new breakthrough in natural immune biotechnology; they are unlike anything we have ever used before. A very advanced product. Generally, only 7 vials (5ml each) would be enough to completely reverse the auto-immune dysfunction.

I would therefore recommend 7 vials of this product.

Currently we do not have the information on a website, and are only sending it to people individually through word document. If you would like to read up on the product, i will send you the info.

Please Email me here: second-sun@shaw.ca
Please add, "Peptides info needed" in the subject heading, so that i know your email is not SPAM. I will respond by Thursday, as i am not at my home office currently.

I do not like the idea of providing short term solutions, as we need to get the body to heal itself permanently, and not take products just to calm or control symptomatic signals. Therefore, when it comes activating self-healing faculties, the immune system is the point at which we start. It does the rest based on how it was designed by God. The body knows how to heal itself, what we do is provide the absolute best in building blocks.

God created us, and created nature. If we are sick, we must look to mother nature, not to synthetic chemical products created by "man". And this is something you already believe in.

Ultimately, God is the Healer and provider. I have always recommended daily prayer and faith together with taking natural supplements.

Dietary Recommendations:

Cut out all soy products except fermented soy. Miso, tempeh and soy sauce are healthy. [fermented]

Soy contains goitrogens, which depress thyroid functions. It also contains phytic acid, which hinders the body's ability to absorb proteins, calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc. In general, it is an enzyme inhibitor.

Make sure to avoid all artificial sweeteners:
splenda, sucralose, aspartame, nutra-sweet, equal, acesulfame potassium.

Splenda/sucralose has become very popular these days and is just as bad, if not worse than aspartame. These sweeteners are all very toxic and are found in store bought vitamins, protein powders, anything sugar-free, gum, chocolate, soda... etc.

Please read labels carefully and cut out all artificial sweeteners. This is very important.

Both soy and artificial sweeteners weaken the immune system. The immune system is one of the keys to healing illness. Therefore, the more we can support immune related health the better.

Cut out all margarine and hydrogenated fats. Cut out canola, rapeseed and soybean oils. These are very unhealthy. Replace with butter, ghee, unrefined coconut oil, sesame oil, and virgin olive oil.  

7 glasses of water per day is a good idea to help flush out toxins from the body. Warm or room temperature water, never cold. Never drink tap water. It must be filtered.

Avoid drinking distilled water. It leads to mineral depletion and hair loss.

Vaccines:

This is a subject that most do not pay enough attention to. It is a fact that not one single vaccine ever created has been safe for the human body; this has been proven time and time again by doctors of natural science, and now even by medical doctors and physicians, stating that vaccines actually do much more harm to the body than good.

It is a large subject and too much to get into through this response, but i ask that you do some research on Google: "dangers of vaccinations". You can search for vaccine information at this site also:  www.mercola.com

Medical comments on vaccines are found here:
http://www.deepdownwellness.com/althealth/vaccination.html

Best wishes,

Imran