CHD-FA or Fulvic Acid

[foraloysius]

Anyone familiar with this? It seems to be the latest and greatest for all kinds of health issues. Personally I am looking for it to use to steam with for my airways. I hope to find out more about this from people who are familiar with this from personal experience.

Louis

 

[qsd-dan]

I'm familiar with fulvic acid. It's a godsend for those who have thyroid issues. There are many, many other benefits of using it as well.

 

[foraloysius]

I hadn't read about it being good for people with thyroid issues. I read about positive effects on high bloodpressure and perhaps on diabetes. And perhaps too on HIV+. I found a company that sells it in a form that you can use to steam with so my airways get more clear. I hope it works. It's actually pretty expensive overhere.

 

[qsd-dan]

I read about positive effects on high bloodpressure

If a person has high blood pressure, they should be consuming at least 500mg of Serrapeptase. It's derived from silkworms and eats away at the plaque throughout the entire body and brain. It dropped my blood pressure from 135/90 to 106/62 in 4 months! And the best part, it's all natural with no side effects and is a CURE, not a band-aid like prescription drugs that are loaded with a long list of side effects including death.

 

[sudsman]

Dan , Please tell me more

My brother has MAJOR thyroid problems and the medication they give him just makes him sicker.

 

[qsd-dan]

I recommended it to a co-worker who had a large portion of her thyroid removed. She was on 2 different kinds of prescription medication and she never felt any different whether she was taking it or not. However, she felt a major difference taking Fulvic Acid. I can't remember the quantity she takes on a daily basis, but I can ask.

 

[bendix5]

Thanks QSD-Dan for letting us know about the serrapeptase. My blood pressure has been creeping up and I do not want to take another RX for anything. I already take a beta blocker since I had a quad bypass in 2000. I found some at Kings Nutrition in Reno. It is hard to locate here. I will order some in bulk on line from Source Naturals. I read that it will help with several different health concerns. I will keep everyone posted on how it goes. Dano-Bendix5

 

[qsd-dan]

Thanks QSD-Dan for letting us know about the serrapeptase.

Sure, just make sure you take it on an empty stomach and wait a while before eating. Otherwise, the body will just digest it and it'll be wasted. I take it at night right before bed with my melatonin, at least 3 hours after eating dinner, and let it do its job all night long. That's probably the most efficient way of using it. It's also a powerful anti-inflammatory, so it helps me sleep better without the aches and pains.

 

[fltcoils]

I found it's cousin in store, serrazime by NOW.

qsd dan

You and the google pgs on serrapeptase got me interested.

I found it in the local mom-pop health food place where they stock NOW brand. They had it as a fungal derived compound called "serrazime".

Just be sure to say you're looking for a enzyme, not a mineral or vitamen. That's what finally got the "oh you mean..." from the proprieter.

If it is useful for anti-inflammitory and dissolves plaque and joint scar tissue, I wonder why there are not more bonafide references to it.

 

[sudsmaster]

I'm not arguing with someone's personal experience, but I found the following on Wikipedia:

Some alternative medicine proponents claim that serratiopeptidase is beneficial for pain and inflammation[3] but there is no compelling evidence.[4] Online medical journal Bandolier (specializing in Evidence-based thinking about healthcare)[5] published an article (in about 2001) in response to a reader's enquiry about serratiopeptidase.[6] After searching PubMed and the Cochrane Library "to see if there are any randomised, controlled trials", the article stated that the "evidence on serratiopeptidase being effective for anything is not based on a firm foundation of clinical trials."[4]

The search found 34 publications in the medical databases covered, that addressed the efficacy of serratiopeptidase, of which several were found to be animal experiments, personal letters, uncontrolled trials or those with inadequate or nonexistent randomisation. The article warned against ignoring safety issues with use of biological agents.[4] No studies were found to have been conducted on the efficacy of serratiopeptidase as treatment for back pain, heart attack, stroke, or asthma. Of the 10 medical conditions with randomized-evidence studies on file in connection with serratiopeptidase, trial quality was described as "generally poor".[4][7]

#7 According to Bandolier:

"Studies were small, outcomes were poorly defined, and in some, different medical conditions were mixed. Five studies were described as double blind: one was completely uninterpretable, three methodologically weak studies were positive, and one trial of apparent high quality was negative. This latter study compared serratiopeptidase, serraprose S or placebo in the treatment of chronic respiratory disease, with about 120 patients per group, and found no significant difference between groups for any outcome."
- Bandolier, "Serratiopeptidase - Finding the Evidence"

 

[qsd-dan]

I wonder why there are not more bonafide references to it.

Oh they're there, you just gotta look for them. You sure as hell won't find testimonials from the medical industry, that's for sure!

I recommended it to a co-worker in her 60's who had pretty bad varicose veins. It cleared almost all of those up for her in a matter of a few months. The rest took a little more time, but 2 years later, they're all gone.

There was a study about it reducing the healing period of knee surgeries by 1/2. Both my mother and I shoved this stuff down my dads throat when he had full replacement knee surgery back in Nov 2008. According to the surgeon, he healed more than 3 times faster than the average patient who had this operation.

 

[lordkenmore]

I wonder why there are not more bonafide references to it.

Probably because there is little money in it. Standard medicine is entirely governed by The Almighty Dollar.

I got a real taste of the dislike conventional medicine has for anything alternative years back. At the time, I knew someone with advanced cancer, who heard of some miracle cure, and asked the oncologist in charge about this treatment. He shot the idea down. "We studied that treatment at the Mayo Clinic, and saw no value in it!" he loudly proclaimed. In fact, he apparently shot everything but his own brand of treatment down. Which, in this case, had failed--he'd given up, declaring the patient a terminal case.

Out of gory curiosity, I took a list of the drugs this doctor pushed to the library and did some research. And, while alternatives might not actually be proven to be of much value, I have to say that the drugs I researched really didn't strike me as being a whole lot better. One new, hot "miracle" drug, which he heavily pushed with the enthusiasm of the crack dealer on the corner, turned out to have absolutely horrible results. I can't remember the numbers, but the bottom line was that--at best--it prolonged the life (slightly) of a small percentage of patients. It definitely cost a fortune while it was managing to--apparently--do very little.

Note: despite my rant, I have heard of doctors who actually care about their patients, and who are open minded. Unfortunately, my limited observation has left me feeling like they are a relative rarity.

 

[foraloysius]

I got in touch with the distributor overhere in the Netherlands for Fulvic Acid. I want to use it to steam with to get my airways open. A bottle of the formula for steaming would cost me €50.- which is about $70.- I think. The bottle will last 20 days. And the advice was to use it only in combination with Eucalyptus oil. I know steaming with Eucalyptus oil only helps to a certain degree so I smell (as far that is possible LOL) a big scam. Not buying it now, I want to see more proof before spending so much money.

 

[sudsmaster]

Perhaps one should not confuse the actions of individual doctors - who can be and often are swayed by drug company sales forces - with bonafide peer-reviewed medical research. Much of that research is conducted by universities, in labs that strive to maintain objective analysis.

Here's an example of how wrong it is to condemn the medical profession because it doesn't immediately embrace an unproven alternative drug treatment: it's not about the money. Why do I say that? Well, most doctors will do all they can to get older patients in higher risk categories to take a "baby aspirin" every morning, to lessen the chance and severity of heart attacks. Is any drug company making a fortune out of the sales of 81 mg aspirin tablets? Not really. You can buy generic or house brand versions of these tabs for less than half what big companies like Bayer charge, with much the same results. The doctors don't care which version you take, either. If money were the sole motive for doctors' medical advice, they'd be pushing far more expensive, in-patent drugs instead of aspirin.

Unfortunately for things like cancer there is no "magic bullet" to cure it. Medical research is getting ever closer to unraveling the complicated genesis of cancer cells and their spread, and how to control them. The answer will likely lie with some form of genetic engineering - and taking a crude plant extract isn't going to accomplish that.

Minimizing one's exposure to carcinogens, and leading a healthy lifestyle and consuming a healthy diet, these are probably the most power anti-cancer tools we have today. Regular checkups to catch cancers as early as possible are also very important - and the recently passed health care reform bill means that in future a higher percentage of Americans will receive such preventative care. That is something we can all cheer.