I'm no doctor, but intuitively I tend to go along with a lot of the philosophy of naturopathic doctors. Such as, if the body is toxic, it becomes diseased and it cannot heal itself properly as long as it is toxic. Your immune disorder might be caused by something much more difficult to solve, like mutated DNA for instance. However, if what is going on in your body is due to a disruption of proper metabolism because of the build up of toxicity, it would behove you to look into how to detoxify your body properly. I've been trying to find out how to do this for years. Contrary to the belief of some, including a doctor I've seen, new cell growth in the body with the dying off of old cells does not result in the body ceasing to be toxic, if it was to begin with. Read this copied from here (
http://woodmed.com/Phos%20Choline.htm ):
"Detoxification
The health of the membrane is synonymous with the health of the entire organism. Toxins have an affinity for fatty acids; they literally take up residence in the lipid environment and in so doing, weaken and disrupt. The probable result is early apoptosis, premature death of the cell. Generally, normal mitosis provides for new cellular growth to maintain the health of the body, i.e. the previous discussion on photo receptors. However, toxicity's affinity for lipids can easily redistribute toxins and diseased toxic lipids into the new growth. In a healthy state with adequate glutathione and ascorbate to bind the toxins before they take up new residence, the body can keep the bad guys under control. However, if defenses are weak, toxins can continually be redistributed and eventually hide in the CNS and bone where the regeneration process is at a slower pace. The goal of detoxification is to 1) encourage regrowth with a renewed effort at the correct balancing of the essential nutrients, with the exchange of high energy lipids (PUFA and HUFA) to fuel regeneration and the eventual detoxification process; and 2) at the correct time, the inclusion of the toxin removal specialists, ascorbate, chlorella, and if possible IV glutathione.
Detoxification of neurotoxins requires that the cell membrane is nourished with balanced essential fatty acids (4:1, plus HUFAs) and supportive phospholipids. Phosphatidylcholine (PC) is the most abundant phospholipid of the cell membrane and protects the liver, with its 33,000 square meters of membrane, against toxicity and infection. The liver plays a pivotal role in detoxification but due to its fatty acid content and the lipid soluble characteristics of neurotoxins, lipid based interventions are required to impact toxic burdens. Once the liver has been damaged it can no longer metabolize fats normally. Pools of lipids are then deposited within hepatocytes throughout the liver. Beta oxidation of fatty acids is suppressed impairing detoxification and prostaglandin production. Extensive research with PC has revealed that it protects the liver against damage from alcohol, pharmaceuticals, environmental pollutants, xenobiotics and infection due to viral, bacterial and fungal manifestations (Lieber 1994a, 1994b, 1995, 2001a, 2001b)."
For vitamin C, I think it would be best to use powdered ascorbic acid rather than a mineral ascorbate, if your GI tract can handle it that is. Use as much as you can for each dose and use it often throughout the day. Here's a link to tell you why ascorbic acid is superior to the mineral ascorbates:
http://www.vitamincf...rg/powder.shtml. There is only one way to get your glutathione levels to an optimal level, and that is either undenatured whey, raw eggs, or raw meat. I shouldn't need to tell of the danger in raw eggs or meat. The problem with whey protein is that manufacturer's can falsely claim that their product is undenatured as long as they did not apply heat during their manufacturing process. However, the milk that they bought could still could have been pasteurized. The only way it would be undenatured is if they seperated the whey right after the cows where milked and then put it through the cold process way of deriving powdered whey protein. The Cysteine needed for our bodies to make glutathione must be in the form of bonded Cysteine which is known as L-Cystine (slight difference in spelling).
In addition to that the supplement "glucuronolactone" will help detox your body also because half of it will be converted into glucuonic acid by your body, and glucuronic acid is a scavenger of garbage substances in your body. Another thing which will help is Fulvic Acid. See here:
http://www.vitaleart...AcidReport.html. You get the full potential of it's cleansing abiility if you use it while fasting.
I hope this helps!
Edited by moodyblue, 20 December 2009 - 01:22 AM.
