IV Infusion Therapy is fantastic way to get antioxidants and vitamins that
your body is lacking. Most vitamin supplements cannot be taken orally in
higher quantities that are actually required without being metabolized by the
liver and removed from the body before it gets to the cells that need them.
For example, doses of vitamin C greater than 2 grams can cause diarrhea, while
there is no reaction in IV doses of more than 25 grams. IV infusions allow
greater tissue saturation and allows the body to tolerate high doses required
for immune system functionality and detoxification of the cells. As one of
our treatments, we use different mixtures to provide immune system support,
detoxification, skin rejuvenation, improved circulation, heavy metal removal,
elevate energy levels and overall better health as a preventative means of
disease prevention.
Can't tolerate antibiotics? Intravenous vitamin C is an immune system
booster with anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-histamine properties.
Receiving a vitamin C infusion instead of antibiotics for common problems such
as a urinary tract infection is a healthier option when antibiotics are of
concern. People who suffer reoccurring viral infections such as warts or
herpes find long term relief without the need for medication. It also
offers protection from common ailments such as cold and flu viruses. Last
winter our clinic was filled with people getting vitamin C infusions when flu
vaccines were unavailable. None of our vitamin C recipients suffered from
the flu or other common virual infections.
Case Study: A patient of ours had been receiving regular vitamin
C infusions. Both her and her husband came down with a very serious
bacterial infection form of pneumonia. While she was over it in three
days, her husband ended up in the hospital in serious condition for two weeks.
A healthy immune system can provide that added protection for serious
infections.
Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) is a water- and fat-soluble antioxidant. ALA is
found in mitochondria and plays a role in energy production. It increases
the antioxidant effects of vitamins C and E, and of glutathione (peptide
containing amino acids, functioning as a coenzyme in oxidation-reduction
reactions) and supports the detoxifying abilities of the liver.
Glutathione, a major cellular antioxidant, can be regenerated by alpha lipoic
acid in concert with other antioxidants. Glutathione, a major cellular
antioxidant, can be regenerated by alpha lipoic acid in concert with other
antioxidants.
As a chelator, ALA can trap metals in the blood circulation, thus preventing
cellular damage. Alpha lipoic acid may enter nerve tissue and prevent
glucose-related oxidative damage. A number of epidemiological studies have
found a link between antioxidant intake and a reduced incidence of dementia, AD
and cognitive decline in elderly populations.
ALA increases glucose uptake through recruitment of the glucose transporter-4
to plasma membranes, a mechanism that is shared with insulin-stimulated glucose
uptake. It has been demonstrated that ALA improves glucose disposal in patients
with type 2 diabetes.
Glutathione is the antioxidant that is
prevalent in every cell in the human body. Glutathione is primarily synthesized
in the liver where it is abundantly present.
80-90% of the blood that leaves the stomach and
intestines passes through the liver. The blood carries important nutrients to
the liver where they are metabolized into substances vital to life. In the same
way, exogenous toxic substances reach the liver where they are either activated
or transformed into less toxic derivatives. Glutathione plays a crucial
role in the liver’s biotransformation system.
Free radicals and oxyradicals play an important
role in the development and progression of many brain disorders such as brain
injury, neurodegenerative disease, schizophrenia and Down syndrome.
Glutathione is the brain's master antioxidant and plays an important protective
role in the brain. Free radicals and oxidative damage in neurons is known
to be a primary cause of degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease.
Amyloid plaques encroaching on the brain
increase the production of free radicals, or oxidative stress.
Antioxidants, such as vitamin C and E remove the damaging free radicals.
Glutathione can prevent the death of brain cells induced by amyloid plaques in
Alzheimer's disease.
Taking glutathione itself as a supplement does
not boost cellular glutathione levels, since it breaks down in the digestive
tract before it reaches the cells. However, intravenous glutathione
therapy along with dietary supplements are effective in boosting intracellular
levels of glutathione.
When we were born, 80% of our cell membranes
were comprised of essential fatty acids which made the cells flexible and
healthy. As we age cholesterol replaces these essential fatty acids making
the membranes hard, thick and impermeable to nutrients. When the
cholesterol is removed with Phospholipid Exchange IV treatments, then
glutathione is introduced immediately after to replace the cholesterol that was
removed with fatty acids. This brings back the health of our cells, lowers
the body's cholesterol and makes the cells more receptive to nutrients.
Oxidative stress and free radical formation can cause birth defects, abortion
and miscarriages in pregnancy. There is overwhelming evidence to show that
supplementation with glutathione and antioxidants protects the fetus and mother
from the harmful effects of oxidative stress in unexplained miscarriages, fertility, pregnancy, preeclampsia, diabetic pregnancy, pregnancy complications and preterm labor.
A large number of pollutions and toxin compounds exert their damaging effects
through the production of free radicals that lower glutathione levels.
Glutathione, as the master-antioxidant, plays an important protective role in
detoxifying these chemicals and reducing their damaging effects on the body and
a growing fetus. Antioxidant treatments help prepare the body for a
healthy pregnancy and continue to support pregnancy by protecting the developing
fetus.
Prior to planning a pregnancy women should treat themselves for
candida, detoxify their bodies and
supplement with antioxidants in preparation for pregnancy.
Case Study: A patient had a bed-ridden first pregnancy with
chronic hypertension at 13 weeks and ended in pre-eclampsia at 36 weeks.
She later had two unexplained miscarriages at eight weeks. She went
through a detoxification regimen, dietary changes with nutrient supplementation.
After detoxification she noticed that her menstruation cycle had changed back to
28 days and was not as heavy or painful anymore. Her next pregnancy did
not miscarry at 8 weeks and was supported with high grade supplements,
antioxidants, fatty acids and vitamin C infusions. She had no
complications with her pregnancy, her blood pressure stayed well in the normal
range and she was able to work until the day she delivered without much of the
aches and pains she experienced in her first pregnancy. The end result was
a successful pregnancy and a healthy baby that is always ahead of her milestone
schedule. Her pediatrician refers to her as her "super baby".
Phosphatidylcholine is found in
soy lecithin. It can be taken as dietary lecithin or as a supplement for high
cholesterol, atherosclerosis (fat deposits on arteries), high blood pressure,
liver problems, bipolar depression, dementia, dyskinesias (difficulty making
movements), gallbladder disease, headache, and multiple sclerosis. It is used
for the skin in treating acne, rosacea and psoriasis.
One of the most challenging difficulties we face
is that of detoxification of neurotoxins from infection, chemicals and heavy
metals that often reside deep in fatty tissue and organs. Our approach to
detoxification is from a cell membrane perspective with respect to essential
fatty acid metabolism establishing phospholipid stability.
Neurotoxins are minute compounds. As such, once it enters the body, it tends to bind to structures
that are rich in fat such as most of our cells, especially the liver, kidney,
and brain. Neurotoxins are capable of dissolving in fatty tissue and moving
through it, crossing cell membranes (transporting against a gradient,
particularly with potassium) and disrupting the electrical balance of the cell
itself.
Unhealthy bacteria have been known to colonize the liver and
its biliary system. These bacteria as well as viruses, spirochetes,
dinoflagellates, and the like can synthesize very long chain saturated or
renegade fats (Harrington et al 1968, Carballerira et al 1998) that lead to
liver toxicity, biliary congestion, impairment of prostaglandin synthesis and
the release of glutathione (Ballatori et al 1990). Lipids vibrate in the cell at
millions of times/second. The double bonds of the omega 6 and omega 3 lipids are
the singing backbone of life expressed through their high energy level.
These bonds are their vibratory song, and they absolutely
carry a tune befitting every act and function in the exercise of life, providing
all 70 trillion of our cells their flexible nature. When renegade fats are over
represented in the cell membrane they result in off key expression, and if
strong enough, may spell cellular death and apoptosis. Healing the outer leaflet
of the membrane (Schachter et al 1983), comprised primarily of
phosphatidylcholine, with phospholipid therapy, is our highest priority in
addressing chronic illness and hypercoagulation.
By stabilizing lipid status with intravenous Phospholipid
exchange and EFA supplementation we have remarkable tools to unload the body
burden of neurotoxins (Jenkins et al 1982, Cariso et al 1983, Jaeschke et al
1987, Kolde et al 1992) in both pediatric and adult populations, without side
effects. The use of phospholipids in a Liver Flush is also an effective
intervention in addressing neurotoxic syndromes and lowering cholesterol.
Through isolating individual fatty acids in red cells we can
now examine the cellular integrity/structure, fluidity, the formation of
renegade fats that impair membrane function, and the intricate circuitry of the
prostaglandins. The systemic health of the individual patient may be reached and
targeted nourishment utilized through evidence based intervention which may
yield positive patient outcomes. Healing the membrane is virtually.…..healing
the brain.
Phosphatidylcholine levels in brain
cell membranes decline with age, perhaps contributing to
memory loss. Several studies using healthy volunteers
have shown an improvement in memory and cognitive function after using
phosphatidylcholine to increase acetylcholine levels. This supplement seems to
work best when it's used on a preventive basis, or when the memory disorder is
relatively mild.
Phosphatidylcholine has even been evaluated in Parkinson’s disease
(Tweedy 1982). Phosphatidylcholine increases
brain function and slows the progression of Parkinson's disease.
Chelation
therapy is a recognized treatment for heavy metal (such as lead) poisoning. EDTA,
injected into the blood, will bind the metals and allow them to be removed from
the body in the urine.
EDTA infusion, which has the ability to remove
metal ions, stops or slows metals which are significant causes of free radical
production. In removing metals, local toxicity is reduced and enzyme production
and function improves. We should not underestimate the role of toxic metal ions
in the body, whether these are of lead, mercury, cadmium, copper, iron or
aluminum. Once these have been chelated by EDTA and removed from their
deposition sites, free radical activity and consequent disruption of metabolic
function is largely prevented. Once this has happened normal enzyme function
resumes.
A further wellestablished effect of EDTA
infusion involves the improvement of cell membrane integrity and consequent
protection of mitochondria activity. If this is happening in the heart muscle
itself, such improvement in cell function (enhanced energy production via
enhanced mitochondria activity) often allows a strong chance of salvaging and
regenerating previously damaged muscle function, with benefits to the heart and
therefore the body as a whole.
Normalizing abnormal cholesterol
and high
density lipoprotein (HDL) levels
As we age there is an increasing tendency for
our bloodcholesterol levels to rise. High blood cholesterol was for many years
used alone as a marker of increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The fashion
for blaming all cholesterol has only partly been reduced in the public mind
through education, but medical practitioners now know that it is only some forms
of cholesterol which pose a real threat the low density forms (LDL). Indeed
the ratio between total cholesterol and HDL (high density lipoprotein beneficial
form) is now used as a clear indication of relative safety or danger, in terms
of being a predictor of cardiovascular disease.
In a series of simple but effective
experiments, McDonagh, Rudolph, and Cheraskin (1982b) have shown that EDTA
infusion has a markedly beneficial effect on this potentially serious problem.
The effects on over 200 patients with varying
levels of HDL cholesterol measurements were quite dramatic. Those who initially
showed low levels of HDL rose to normal levels, those with normal levels
remained unaltered, and those with high levels of LDL (dangerous) dropped
to normal ranges after EDTAchelation therapy (supported with vitamin and
mineral supplementation).
Once a localized area of plaque has accumulated
in an artery, following some degree of local irritation and subsequent repair
(which the plaque represents to a large extent), there exists a strong case for
trying to remove any calcium in the plaque in order to prevent its inevitable
build up towards this becoming a complete obstruction. It is the loosely bound
calcium in the plaque, held by an electrostatic charge, which prevents the body
from dissolving it. When EDTA is infused it mops up the ionic (free) calcium in
the blood serum, triggering release of parathormone. This produces a demand for
calcium in the blood and this is first mobilized from the calcium deposited in
metastatic sites (plaque, soft tissue deposits, etc.), thus allowing the process
of resorption of the plaque material and restoration of normal arterial status.
However, this does not happen quickly. It is
only by repetitive, very slow infusions of EDTA that the process takes place
safely.
Does this not damage bone and tooth
structure?
On the contrary, the status of bone is enhanced
after a series of EDTA chelation infusions. This is directly related to the
influence of parathyroid hormone. After EDTA infusion there is a rapid removal
of ionic calcium from the bloodstream (the EDTA/calcium complex is excreted via
the kidneys). The resulting drop in circulating calcium stimulates parathyroid
hormone production which results in the removal of ionic calcium from metastatic
deposits (such as occur in plaque). At the same time a phenomenon occurs in
response to parathormone, described by Doctors Rasmussen and Bordier (1974), in
which preosteoblasts are converted into osteoblasts.
Since osteoblasts are the cells which form
bone, building the osseous matrix of the skeleton, new bone formation is thus
encouraged. This is often confirmed by Xray examination of bone before and
after a series of chelation infusions.
