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Healthy Living, Vol.5 No.9
Return to Primitive Health
Healthy Living, Vol.5 No.9
Return to Primitive Health:
The Power of Homeostatic Soil Organisms
Healthy Living, Vol.5 No.9
THE BODY'S GASTROINTESTINAL tract is a key to optimum health. If your gastrointestinal tract isn't at optimal health, your health is compro-mised. This is true for everyone. It is called the law of the gut. Good health requires taking care of your gastroin-testinal tract. In Jordan's case, his diarrhea and abdominal cramping were secondary to extreme intestinal dysbiosis-.-a condition that occurs when the population of organisms residing within the gastrointestinal tract becomes unbalanced.
Normally, populations of disease-causing bacterial flora are kept in check by competition from good bacte-ria and because of symbiosis, which is the mutually interdependent relation-ship among the hundreds of intestinal microbial species residing within the body's gastrointestinal tract.
There are many causes of dysbio-sis. One of the biggest culprits is overuse of antibiotics. In Jordan's case, although doctors were not sure of what was causing his extreme ill-ness, they kept prescribing antibiotics.
No doubt, antibiotics are miracle drugs, but, in this instance, they wiped out both the good and bad bacteria popu-lating Jordan's gastrointestinal landscape.
The growth of yeast, fungi and dis-ease-causing bacteria within his gas-trointestinal tract damaged his gut lining, promoted absorption of inter-nally produced toxins, and impaired absorption of nutrients. With dysbiosis also came the breakdown of his body's immune barrier; the gastrointestinal tract is critical to the body's immune function, since, with normal health, this is where most of the body's anti-body producing cells are produced. Jordan's dysbiosis led to a host of debilitating illnesses:
- Chronic, four-plus candidiasis (the absolute worst rating given for can-dida from the prestigious Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory which tests for such conditions) with elevated blood antigens for the candida pathogen.
- Infestation by parasites including Entamocba histolytics (amoebic dysentery), cryptosporidium, Giardia lamblia and roundworms.
- Incipient diabetes with extremely poor circulation (his whole lower leg was purple due to lack of circulation).
- Jaundice, besides other liver and gallbladder problems.
- Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and arthritis.
- Insomnia. "The most I ever slept was an hour and fifteen minutes."
- Hair loss.
- Endocarditis (heart infection). His pulse rate was 110 resting due to adrenal insufficiency, and his heart rate was as high as 220.
- Stomach ulcers, prostate and bladder infections.
- Infection with H.pylori and clostridium.
Jordan was as good as dead.
ANOTHER KEY TO HIS health break-down might have been stress related to a heavy schedule at FSU, coupled with his deteriorating dietary habits. Jordan was on academic and athletic scholar-ships, participating in a traveling singing group, and belonged to a fraternity. He was pushing his body to the limit.
During the summer of his nine-teenth year he started to experience serious digestive disorders, including massive diarrhea. "When I went to summer camp where I was a coun-selor, I lost 20 pounds and had the worst case of thrush you had ever seen. I went to a family practitioner who tested me for viruses and AIDS, gave me an antibiotic and told me to go back to school."
He returned to FSU and continued eating highly processed foods includ-ing refined carbohydrates and sugar- the very kind of food that promotes the growth of disease-causing bacteria. For a youth who had been brought up on organic foods and whole grains, it was major culture shock to his gastrointestinal tract.
At one point, he suffered high fever and was so anemic, he had to fly home in an emergency situation where he was hospitalized for the first time in his life.
Comes the Diagnosis
Jordan was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, a condition primarily involving the small bowel and proximal colon that causes the intestinal wall to thicken and narrowing of the bowel channel, possibly blocking the intestinal tract. The result is abnormal membrane function, including nutrient malabsorption.
About 90 percent of patients with Crohn's disease experience frequent and progressive symptoms of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and weight loss. This can lead to extreme weight loss seen in other wasting conditions such as cancer and AIDS.
He was given corticosteroids, sulfa drugs, antiparasitic medication, metron-idazole (Flagyl), and-just in case his gut wasn't in bad enough shape already-even more antibiotics.
This time, it was Flagyl that may have done him in. Flagyl "is known by doctors and pharmacists alike as the ultimate 'bowel sweeper; taking everything-including friendly bacteria-with it," notes author Michael Loes, M.D., M.D.(H.).
Jordan remained hospitalized for two weeks. "I still thought I would be able to go back to school," he recalls. "I remember switching from IV to oral steroids. I had hallucinations. I was disoriented, At this point, my digestive problems continued. Everyday I had between 12 and 30 bowel movements, mostly bloody, also abdominal pain."
No one knew how to help Jordan. Doctors thought they did. But they did not. The road to his pending demise was littered with the good intentions of doctors and health professionals. He was in a no man's land without help and going down quick.
The Journey Begins
Jordan finally decided to embark upon his own healing quest. "When I got out of the hospital I began a search around the world that took me to 70 health practitioners in seven different countries, including physicians, chiropractors immunologists, acupuncturists, homeopaths, herbalists, nutritionists, and dieticians. I tried every diet. I consulted with some of the foremost practitioners throughout the world, including Dr. Robert Atkins and Barry Sears, Ph.D., author of The Zone. I tried between 300 and 500 nutritional supplements. I took over 20 probiotic and enzyme preparations, fibers and anti-parasitic formulas. I took upwards of three bottles a day of probiotics. I tried liver detoxification. I did cell therapy with injectable sheep cells; used carnivora (venus fly trap extract). I used massive doses of L-glutamine. I used the Ultraclear detoxification program on three separate occasions. I tried glandulars. I used ifljectable vitamins and minerals. I used injectable thymus gland extract. I consumed wheat grass juice. I tried colonics. I tried Chinese herbs, Peruvian herbs, olive leaf extract, and shark cartilage. I tried macrobiotics. I used nitrogenated soy. I went to alternative cancer clinics in Mexico and Germany. Often, I returned worse than when I began." His weight went down to 104 pounds.
He was sick for another year He was now wheelchair bound. He did not socialize with friends. He lived in a cloud of depression. He dropped out of college for medical reasons. He never left home. He read-about 350 health books.
He was not suicidal but didn't care whether he lived or died. He reasoned that, with dying, at least he could join God. If a jet on which he flew during his travels had crashed, he would have called such a tragedy an escape.
Doctors finally told him the only hope he had was to go to Cedars-Sinai where surgeons would remove his large intestine and connect the small intes-tine to his rectum.
He read the doctor's transcripts of his medical records. His physician called his condition the worst case of Crohn's disease ever seen and expressed doubt Jordan would live to return home from the hospital.
His blood had virtually zero iron and, still, he should've been dead.
"SCIENTISTS AND DOCTORS TODAY are mystified by the proliferation of new viruses-not only the deadly AIDS virus but the whole gamut of human viruses that seem to be associ-ated with everything from chronic fatigue to cancer and arthritis," note Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig, Ph.D., in the 1999 book, Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats. "They are equally mystified by recent increases in the incidence of intestinal parasites and pathogenic yeasts, even among those whose sanitary practices are faultless. Could it be that... in our insistence on a diet in which every-thing has been pasteurized, we have compromised the health of our intestinal flora and made ourselves vulnera-ble to legions of pathogenic microorganisms?"
If so, say these authors, the cure for these diseases will be found not in vac-cinations, drugs or antibiotics but in a restored partnership with the many varieties of beneficial organisms found in the microscopic world.
Jordan discovered the miracle of homeostatic soil organisms (HSOs) from the seventy-first person he met in his quest to find a cure for his deadly downward spiral.
This mysterious man sent Jordan a little bag of black powder. Jordan was skeptical, but the note with the pack-age said inside were the nutrients missing from today's pesticide-steril-ized, barren soils. Not only trace min-erals but organisms. Living organisms that had been wiped out by the whole-sale pesticide treatment of America's farm lands, pasteurization of foods, and modern man's disdain for all microorganisms - even those life-sup-portive microorganisms our bodies need for great health.
Jordan tried the powder. He felt like he was eating dirt.
But, one month later he noticed in his excreta "black tar like stuff" Thirty days later; he had newfound energy. This wasn't dirt. This was a miracle.
THERE ARE RELATIVELY FEW areas of the world today whose natural ecology has been untainted by modern man. But the discoverer of HSOsTM spe-cialized in bacterial research and had been exploring certain regions of the world for their soil organism content when he discovered a pristine rainfor-est teeming with soil microorganisms. He brought soil samples to his labora-tory and found a colony of rare organ-isms of beneficial origin, once in our foods, especially primitive fermented foods, but now having virtually disap-peared from our modern lives.
As medical journalist Dr Morton Walker, reports, "These homeostatic soil organisms appear to be as old as the Earth."
IN NATURE, HSOsTM HELP PLANTS to digest inorganic substances, protect root systems from parasites, yeast, and fungi and provide growth factors and different hormones, As William C. Bryce, M.D., Ph.D., notes, "Just as HSOsTM destroy molds, yeasts, fungi, and viruses in the soil of the organic garden, they perform the same function with pathological organisms pre-sent in the gut, which greatly enhances the body's immune system."
With these organisms, Jordan was able to enhance his body's healing response. His immune function improved, since HSOsTM, we now know, stimulate the body's production of lactoferrin, interferon, and non-spe-cific antibodies.
Upon ingesting them, the homeosta-tic soil organisms helped to maintain a healthy balance of intestinal flora by producing organic compounds such as lactic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and acetic acid, which increased the acidity of his intestine and inhibited the repro-duction of massive amounts of harmful microorganisms. The HSOs also pro-duced substances called bacteriocins, which acted as natural antibiotics to kill almost any kind of pathological bacteria.
Jordan supplemented his HSOsTM with whole foods such as kefIr; real sourdough bread, beef, chicken, fish, fruits, vegetables, raw sauerkraut, and carrot juice-fermented foods alive with microorganisms. The HSOsTM themselves were taking care of his underlying condition. In three months, he gained 70 pounds.
"MY GOAL AFTER GETTING WELL was to create a vehicle whereby I could reach people who were suffering from gastrointestinal and immune system disorders," Jordan says. He began to design products based on the theory of anthropological nutrition. "We need to put our ancient foods back in our modern diet," he says and that includes HSOsTM. That led to Primal DefenseTM with HSOsTM, the same HSOsTM, in fact, that healed Jordan.
Do not confuse HSOsTM with typical probiotic formulas. Probiotic formulas are great, but HSOsTM add to our diet the many beneficial microorganisms modern agricultural and food processing methods have denied our bodies. HSOsTM contain 14 non-dairy probiotic strains provided intact in the fermented sub-strate in which they were grown.
The substrate is important. Unlike conventional probiotic formulas that deliver bacteria separated from their substrate, Primal DefenseTM's HSOsTM are not spun in a centrifuge and taken away from their environment; instead, the HSOTM capsule contains a culture of specifically selected microorganisms incorporated into a growth medium that is transformed by the 1-ISOs. "When in contact with aqueous solutions of any type (including body flu-ids), the HSOsTM begin reproducing and ingesting the host substrate medium," says Dr. Walker. "They form a protein biomass for the organisms' proper functions. By use of an unpatented but secret process, the HSOsTM are kept in a dormant state within powder until they become activated by their intro-duction into aqueous solutions such as water or juice."
Some experts say that ingesting HSOsTM is like eating a plant grown in pristine soil thousands of years ago. Says Dr. Walker, "The homeostatic soil organisms act as neutralizers of the poisons that ordinarily float in our food supply."
Who Should Use HSOsTM
Persons with low energy levels, chronic fatigue, rheumatoid arthritis, and other autoimmune disorders (which often result from infection by mycoplasma or microorganisms) will benefit from Primal DefenseTM. HSOsTM are particularly beneficial for elimination of parasites, protozoa, and mycoplasma infections.
Persons seeking a higher level of health will benefit from HSOsTM.
Regular ingestion of HSOsTM tends to eliminate the yeast syndrome (candidia-sis) from the entire body, and its invariably present vaginal yeast infection.
Persons with digestive disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), are likely candidates for HSOsTM. Some 17.5 percent of people suffer symptoms of IBS, including bloating, abdominal discomfort, gas, and alternating diarrhea and constipation.
Beneficial bacteria of the HSOTM type promote healthy digestion. Enzymes secreted by them aid in the metabolism of food. They produce digestive enzymes such as protease, amylase, lipase, cellulase, and lactase, the enzyme required to digest milk.
One fan of HSOsTM is board-certified gastroenterologist Joseph Brasco, M.D., of the Optimal Weliness Center, Schaumburg, Illinois. Keep in mind the following quote is not simply from a medical doctor but a board-certified gastroenterologist.
"I believe that Primal DefenseTM is applicable as a food supplement for everyone, whether a person is sick or not," says Dr. Brasco. "The probiotic microorganisms found in this formula are proven to be helpful for the enhancement of health and prolongation of life. Such proof has been shown ever since mankind inhabited the earth. Primitive man absorbed the product's soil-based organisms from the environment in different ways; for instance, he buried meat and other food in the ground as a form of preservation. Such meat would combine with soil-based bacteria and be eaten to become a part of the human physiol-ogy, thus changing into what science now identifies as body-based organisms. Such friendly microorganisms, having established themselves in the human gut, create an environment for optimizing human nutrition."
"Eating vegetables directly out of the soil as part of food was good for primitive man. The organisms living in that soil caused primal man to thrive. But today it's different! Given the paranoia that modern men and women in western society feel against ingesting soil of any kind, these ancient soil-based organisms no longer are part of our food supply," continues Dr. Brasco. "Yes, times do change! It used to be that a pioneering farmer working his fields, the so-called 'sod-buster,' who became hungry simply dug into the ground, pulled up some carrots, brushed off the dirt, and chomped away on vegetables containing the residual dirt and all. The farmer kept his gastroin-testinal tract functioning well by ingesting these extracurricular homeostatic soil organisms."
"But that's not the way it is anymore. So fastidious are residents of Western industrialized nations that too much cleanliness has become somewhat detrimental to one's gastrointestinal tract. We have to eat dirt once in a while."
"Where Primal DefenseTM kicks in is that its microorganisms are unlike other probiotics or beneficial gut bacteria. Rather; they are quite unique. The homeostatic soil organisms maintain intrepid health for modern men and women the way primitive man experi-enced it. Where people specifically find advantage in using Primal DefenseTM is in situations involving chronic disease of gut origin. Since my expertise lies in the area of gastrointestinal disorders, this product is a primary therapy that I utilize on a routine basis. Certainly with my seeing patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease, it is one of the main tools I employ for treatment, I use this probiotic, which combines plant sterols and sterolins plus cereal grass juice in a formulation that is ever being improved, exactly as the manu-facturer dictates. I give everyone a trial on Primal Defense. My standard procedure is to work up a patient to his or her optimal dosage and then maintain that dose as long as it's effective. So, I use it both preventively and therapeu-tically because the product's homeostatic soil organisms -SOTM] have definitely been part of the human diet for many thousands of years. Only, the HSOsTM have been lost as a result of our modern food processing methods. People with arthritis, chronic constipation, Crohn's disease, colitis, and other gut-linked systemic conditions improve by supplementing with the Primal DefenseTM whole food ingredients."
True-life HSOTM Healing Story Anthony Coiro was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis.
Here is his HSOTM-healing story in his own words.
Dear Doctors' Prescription for Healthy Living,
I would sincerely like to take this opportunity and time to convey my personal experience with the usage of the product Primal DefenseTM HSOsTM Immune Formula. To this date, words alone cannot express enough how immensely pleased and satisfied I am with achieving some positive benefits and significant improvements in my health.
In December of 1996, after complaints of finding traces of blood in my formed stools, I was diagnosed with proctitis, an inflammatory bowel disease primarily confined to the sigmoid of the lower rectum. Subsequently, as the year and months pro-gressed my symptoms grew worse - left side bloating and pain of the left side, inflammation, rectal bleeding, blood mucus, uncontrollable bowel movements, up to five to seven times per day and weight loss. Obviously the condition had been deterio-rating over time and the last colonoscopy had revealed that there was inflammation, sores, and ulceration now along the entire descending colon along the left side of the large intes-tine. The doctor's prognosis was ulcerative colitis.
In the course of the last four years I have seen no fewer than four gastroenterologist specialists and consulted with numerous alternative health care providers ranging from holistic doctors, Traditional Chinese doctors, homeopathic doctors, certified herbalists, naturopaths, Tibetan doctors and so forth. I had been prescribed and experimented with all known traditional herbs, supplements, and endless remedies documented to aid and/or alleviate and treat bowel diseases, but to no avail.
Then in late April of 2000 with hope dwindling, I came across one empathetic individual by the name of Jerry Zeifman. He encouraged me to try the Primal DefenseTM HSOTM Immune Formula. I was reluctant at first, but after reading some literature and one specific booklet called Beyond Probiotics, I resigned myself to giving it a go. I followed the protocol outlined in the booklet and after several weeks I started to notice some positive benefits in my condition. Going forward, the improvement gradually continued to a point where today I can report that I have no pain or discomfort on the left side, no bloating, no visible sign of blood or mucus from the rectum or in the stools, one to two formed bowel movements a day, and my weight has increased by seventeen pounds.
I have to thank the Lord God Jesus for that encounter with Jerry who introduced me to the Primal Defense product, for it was truly a blessing that has had a profound impact not only on my health but also on my life.
Yours truly,
Anthony Coiro,
Toronto, Canada
Health Professional Reports Treatment Successes
MAXINE MURRAY, N.D., C.N.H.P., M.A., treated a patient (Maria Strang) infected with Lyme disease with soil organ-isms. After ten days of taking 10 capsules of Primal DefenseTM, she had her strength and vitality completely restored.
Murray also treated Manfred Rechsheim, a twenty-eight-year-old construction worker. He suffered from red hot, open, bleeding sores all over his body and on his face. He felt emo-tionally depressed, had been fired from his job for absences caused by the skin lesions, and offered a long history of taking therapies. Operating on the theory that the skin is a reflection of the state of health of the gastrointestinal tract, she gave him Primal DefenseTM. "He took twenty capsules a day for six weeks until the skin lesions were entirely gone," says Dr. Murray. "They just disappeared. Frankly, I was amazed at the result. Today he takes five a day as a preventive measure, with his skin remaining smooth, clear, and flawless."
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