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AIDS MAY BE A COMBINATION OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES
HIV Depletes Body of Selenium and Three Amino Acids

(OMNS, April 26, 2006) New clinical reports from Zambia, Uganda and
South Africa indicate that AIDS may be stopped by nutritional
supplementation. A number of members of the medical profession have
observed that high doses of the trace element selenium, and of the
amino acids cysteine, tryptophan, and glutamine can together rapidly
reverse the symptoms of AIDS, as predicted by Dr. Harold D. Foster's
nutritional hypothesis.
(1)

These nutrients are necessary for the human body to produce the enzyme
glutathione peroxidase. This enzyme is strongly antiretroviral (it is
an antagonist of reverse transcriptase) and can greatly reduce HIV
replication. Unfortunately, HIV has developed the ability to compete
with the body for these four nutrients because shortages of them allow
its more effective replication. Specifically, HIV has a gene that
allows it to produce an analogue of glutathione peroxidase.

Diets high in selenium, cysteine, tryptophan and glutamine seem to
have two major benefits for AIDS patients:

1) They replace these four nutrients in the body, correcting the
deficiencies HIV has caused. AIDS is what we call these combined
deficiency symptoms.

2) High levels of these four key nutrients push up the body's
glutathione peroxidase levels, making it much more difficult for HIV to
replicate. This enzyme also beneficially interferes with the
replication of
Hepatitis B and C. Nutritionally treated patients are still HIV-positive,
but seem to generally remain in good health unless they start to eat a
diet that once again is poor in one or more of these nutrients. If this
occurs, glutathione peroxidase levels fall, HIV begins to be replicated
and the AIDS cycle begins again.

Some countries or regions, like Senegal and Bolivia, have been very
fortunate. Their bedrock is naturally elevated in selenium and their
diets
are normally high in the three amino acids. As a result, they are
rarely infected by HIV. Others, like Finland, have wisely mandated the
addition of selenium to their fertilizers, with similar results. In
contrast, some regions like Kwazulu Natal have bedrock and soils that
contain
little selenium and diets are poor in one or more of the key nutrients.
For example, corn (maize) is low in both selenium and tryptophan. As a
result, populations eating a great deal of corn are easy to infect with
HIV and die very quickly of its associated nutritional deficiencies
(AIDS).

To halt AIDS, to stop HIV from replicating, the needed nutrient levels
are high. Selenium, for example, is taken at several times the commonly
recommended daily allowance for the first month. Dosage is considered
in more detail in "What Really Causes AIDS." (2) This book is available
for free reading and downloading at www.hdfoster.com .

What is Orthomolecular Medicine?

Linus Pauling defined orthomolecular medicine as "the treatment of
disease by the provision of the optimum molecular environment, especially
the optimum concentrations of substances normally present in the human
body." Orthomolecular medicine uses safe, effective nutritional therapy
to fight illness. For more information: http://www.orthomolecular.org

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Editorial Review Board:

Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D.
Harold D. Foster, Ph.D.
Bradford Weeks, M.D.
Carolyn Dean, M.D. N.D.
Erik Paterson, M.D.
Thomas Levy, M.D., J.D.
Steve Hickey, Ph.D.

Andrew W. Saul, Ph.D., Editor. Email: omns@...

References:

1. Foster HD. How HIV-1 causes AIDS: Implications for prevention and
treatment," Medical Hypotheses, Vol. 62(4), p 549-553, 2004.

2. Foster HD. What really causes AIDS. Victoria, BC: Trafford, 2002.
Free download at www.hdfoster.com .

For further reading:

"HIV/AIDS: a nutrient deficiency disease," Journal of Orthomolecular
Medicine, 2005, Vol. 20(2), p 67-69.
Environmental factors and the pathogenesis of selenium-CD-4 cell
tailspin in AIDS. Chinese Journal of AIDS and STD, Vol. 10(5), p
390-392,402
2004.

AIDS and the selenium-CD4T cell tailspin," World Journal of Infection,
Vol. 3(6), p 456-459, 2003.
Micronutrients in pathogenesis and treatment of AIDS," Foreign Medical
Sciences: Section of Medgeography, Vol. 24(2), p 49-53, 2003.

Why HIV-1 has diffused so much more rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa than
in North America. Medical Hypotheses, Vol. 60(4), p 611-614, 2003.

"How HIV-1 kills: Implications for the treatment and prevention of
AIDS. Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, No. 255, p 76-78, 2002.

"Aids and the 'selenium - CD4T cell tailspin': the geography of a
pandemic," Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, No. 209, p 94-99,
2000.

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< What is Orthomolecular Medicine?

Linus Pauling defined orthomolecular medicine as "the treatment of
disease by the provision of the optimum molecular environment, especially
the optimum concentrations of substances normally present in the human
body." Orthomolecular medicine uses safe, effective nutritional therapy
to fight illness.>


" To those men in every science and art who are investigating the properties of
the chemical elements,their structure
and their application for the betterment of the physical temple of man's well-being.
To know the dust of the earth in the form of vitamins,enzymes,protein,starches,fats,
prostaglandins and mineral supplements in foods is to understand the source in nature
from which health and well-being spring. "
- Bernard Jansen

Man's constitution ,the immune system in particular,
determines the pathogenicity of the microbes. His susceptibility
to microbial infection due to an impaired immune system, is
increased with a degenerated body damaged by free radicles
generated by environmental pollutants. The HIV-related Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome ( AIDS ) is an example. The negative
sero-conversion of a non-reactor after a course of vaccination
and the late sero-conversion of a so-called " chronic carrier ",
indicate a dysfunctioning immune system and indirectly record
the consequences of nutritional defects due to pollutant interference.

Quoting A. Milne [ New Zealand Medical Journal 14 Dec '88 ],
" The immunising potency of hepatitis B Vaccine is not related
directly to the quantity of antigen. It depends, instead, on the tertiary
structuring of the antigen that specified its quality. "
To this I would like to add that given the immunologically potent
antigen, optimum seroconversion also depends on an unimpaired
immune system.....

Holistic Medicine

Holistic medicine is based on the principle that
Nature created the human body in perfect balance and
that sickness is the result of interference with the
equilibrium due to inappropriate nourishment. Nature's
food supply furnishes the elements that would restore
the balanced co-ordination of the various bodily functions.
The herbs and herbal products , dynamised or as wholistics in
relation to health and treat-ment of diseases must meet the
requirements as a Resistance Builder,
Repair Agent and a Recovery Product to build sturdy minds and bodies in
esoteric Yin-Yang proportions. The essence of a plant is in its totality.
The healing harmony of the Whole is not
the same as that of the sum of its parts. An herb is a seed plant
devoid of woody tissue which dies completely after flowering or
is a plant valued for medicinal properties or for its sweet smell
or taste. Lin Yutang stated :
" What is good for the body is medicine and at the same time, food. "
I am very impressed with WHO's definition of Holistic Health
( Physical, Mental and Spiritual ).

" Health is a state of COMPLETE physical, mental and
social well-being and not merely the ABSENCE of disease or
infirmity. "

Human life and health depend on very delicately
adjusted chemical reactions both inside and outside the
billions of cells in the body. Energy is required for its
its integral organization. This is possible with the correct
chemical combination of the elements from the outer
environment through the we eat, the air we breathe
and the fluids we drink. Health is maintained by an optimum
supply of oxygen with nutrients and removal of wastes.
This is made possible by the " River of Life ", the blood
stream and tissue fluids which form Claude Bernard's
" milieu interieur ". The human body through homeostatic
mechanisms, is self-cleansing, self-protecting and self-
healing. Why then man continues to suffer with more side
effects using modern medication and amenities ? Is auto-
intoxication, a concept founded by Dr. Senator in 1888, a
self-poisoning process due to toxic build-up of metabolites
generated by gastrointestinal bacteria, the result of our
ignorance of nutritional science or due to sheer indifference
to natural elements that ensure our health and survival ?
The secret to man's health and survival is well illustrated
by Dr. Alex Carell of Rockefellow Insitute for medical
research in USA, who made medical history with his classical
experiment with embryonic chicken heart tissue which survived
for 29 years when the nutrient solution was daily changed but
died one day when it was neglected. Living cells survive
indefinitely when the supply of nutrients and the removal of
capacity of the body is due to defective osmosis at the cellular
level by waste precipitation of " cell cinders " ( German ) or
" cell carbon " ( English ) which are altered metabolic wastes
such as uric acid, carbonic acid, cholesterol, chlorine and calcium
carbonate blocking the diffusion process across the porous
membrane. This waste infusion is the outcome of abnormal
bowel activity with release of their toxic waste by putrifaction
in the gut by the mutating gut bacterial flora. Health is regaineby
detoxification, a cleansing process whereby the obstructive
matter " cell carbon " is removed, thus re-establishing osmotic
efficiency and balanced chemistry. A chemico-physiological
restoration of cellular health also requires an infinitesimal
supply of " cell-salts " which are absorbed minerals, according to
the father of cell salt therapy, Wilheim Schussler MD. These cell salts
acting synergistically with other body chemicals, activate
structures that make the person and form the personality,
are the " living forces " that repair hurts and revitalise
the body.

- An excerpt from Nutritional Science ( FHLew 1991 )

http://lewfh.tripod.com/nutritionalscience/

With regards
Lew