Today is December 1st and here is late breaking news. Have your paper and pencil ready to write down important information.
Last month, I reported on a case where an HIV+ female with a viral load of 168,000 tried the home made olive leaf tea as a monotherapy for 3 and 1/2 weeks. Her nick name is Dee. Dee’s test results arrived too late to be announced on our Nov. 1st voice mail message. Dee used 1/2 cup of the olive leaf tea three times a day. She reported to Keep Hope alive that her viral load dropped to 18,000. Dee reported that a case worker for the local health department was stunned to learn of the results. She also reported that her body temperature increased 2 degrees, from 96.4 to 98.4 F. In addition, she said her swollen lymph nodes disappeared. Dee declined to let give out her phone number but did agree to give out her e-mail address. For those of you with a computer and modem, Dee can be reached at aaronm@sierra.net.
Case No 5 and 6. Ev, who is from Florida, told Keep Hope Alive that he started on the olive leaf tea early in November. He discontinued using Norvir and AZT, but continued on Invirase and 3TC. He also used the whole lemon/olive oil drink 3 or 4 times a week. He reported an immediate increase in energy and well being. While in a local doctor’s office, he seen a friend, Linda, and her husband Mike. Linda brought Mike into the doctor’s office in a wheelchair. Both Linda and Mike are HIV+. Mike has full blown AIDS and a MAC infection. He told Ev he just wanted to die and wanted someone to kill him. When Mike wasn’t in a wheelchair, he just laid in bed all day and complained to his wife that life was not worth living and he just wished he could die. Linda said to Ev: “This is what I have to put up with all day.”
Ev then told Linda how great he felt since starting on the olive leaf tea. He suggested Linda and Mike give it a try. Linda and Mike agreed to try it saying: “What have we got to lose?” Ev suggested Mike use 1/2 cup of the tea three times a day and also use the whole lemon/olive oil drink once every other day. He also suggested he stop using the Norvir and the AZT but continue on the other drugs. Around Nov. 15th, Linda started Mike on the new protocol. Three days later, she called Ev and told him her husband was feeling so improved that he got out of bed and did not need the wheelchair. Even more amazing, she reported, he went outside and is trimming trees in the backyard. A week later, Linda told Ev that Mike and her walked down to the beach to get a suntan. She asked Ev: “What is in those olive leaves? Will his sex drive come back too?” From the bed to the beach, this is, indeed, an amazing report. Ev can be reached at 954-746-9268. Last week, Jim Prentice told me he met a friend in a local restaurant whom he thought had passed away. However, his friend, David, was looking very well. In the conversation that followed, David told Jim the secret of his recovery. In August, he was in a local nursing home with Kaposi Sarcoma lesions in several areas of his body. His viral load was 970,000 and his CD4 count was 8. He had tried all the various drug cocktail combinations his doctor recommended and all they did was make him feel sick. In August a friend of his learned about the home made olive leaf tea from Keep Hope Alive’s voice mail message and he started on it immediately, using 1/2 cup 3 times a day. He continued taking Bactrim for the next two months. After 3 months, he told Jim that he gained 25 lbs. He no longer was in the nursing home. All his KS lesions were gone. His viral load had decreased to 1800 and his CD4 counts have increased to 670. Within the next few days, I expect to meet David and directly confirm these results.
Last week, I also learned that a news reporter for Inside Edition is considering doing a national televised story on the olive leaf treatment for AIDS. Inside Edition will need to interview about 12 persons who used the tea to run this story. If you are a person who is willing to go on camera and report your results on using the olive leaf tea to the nation, leave your phone number at the end of this message and I will place you in contact with the news reporter.
Ask for Test code 1060 (Lymphocyte Mitogen Stimulation Analysis- available from Specialty Labs, Santa Monica, CA). This test measures B cell function using Pokeweed for mitogen stimulation. There are different kinds of B cell function tests. This one (Code 1060) is a basic test to determine if B cells can respond to stimulation. B cells produce antibodies. CD4 function depends on functional B cells. In response to an infection, CD4 cells signal B cells (known as Plasma cells) to produce antibodies. If the B cells are infected with HHV-6A, they are unable to produce neutralizing antibodies thus rendering the CD4 cells almost useless. For this reason, some persons with high CD4 cell counts and non-functional B cells come down with opportunistic infections while others with low CD4 counts and functional B cells do not. In response to an infection, the CD4 cells signal the B cells to produce antibodies. The antibodies attach themselves to viruses and then the phagocytes can more easily see the viruses and eat them up. This basic inter-relationship between CD4 and B cells is not widely known even though it is found in most books on Immunology (i.e. How Your immune System Works, Jeff Baggish MD). Most physicians are not aware of the critical need for functional B cells for CD4 Helper cells to do their job in protecting us from infections.
Note: In 1986 when Robert Gallo discovered HHV-6A, he called it HBLV (Human B Cell Lymphotropic Virus) meaning that it has a tropism to infect and destroy B cells. Hence, to restore immune function in persons with AIDS, it is just as important to treat HHV-6A as it is to treat HIV. Now, do you understand why AIDS is a condition caused by two viruses and not just one? This is why treating HIV alone may not restore immune function in persons co-infected with HHV-6, variant A.
NK cell function test code for Specialty Labs is 5420. Your physician can order these tests by calling Specialty Labs in Santa Monica, CA at 800-421-7110.
Last of all, Keep Hope Alive has confirmed 5 cases of cancer linked to the use of protease inhibitors and nucleoside combinations. Three cases have been brain tumors, one is leukemia and one lung cancer. Two of the patients have died. In all five cases, HIV viral load was non-detectable and CD4 counts had increased by 100 or more. These so-called improvements did not prevent the lymphomas and cancer from occuring after the patients had used the protease inhibitors/AZT combinations for 3 months or longer. An increase in lymphomas and different forms of cancer is expected in persons using these drug cocktail combinations as Natural Killer cell activity is not being restored. Natural Killer cells, activated by drugs like Naltrexone, give you natural immunity against cancer as well as CMV Retinitis. The value of Naltrexone cannot be measured by looking at CD4 counts or PCR viral load, but by looking at increases in NK Cell Function. Preventing cancer, lymphoma and retinitis is certainly worth the less than $20 a month its costs for a prescription for Naltrexone. For activating NK cell function, Naltrexone is compounded in 3 mg capsules. One taken daily is all that is needed. If your short on money and need help getting a prescription for Naltrexone, I have some good news for you. Leave your phone number at the end of this message or write to us for the name of a physician who has offered to give free prescriptions for Naltrexone.
Positive Health News, Report No 13, should be in the printers by the end of December. Your prayers and financial support are needed to help us get us reach more people and to continue to publish and distribute 20,000 newsletters. Thank you and have a Merry Christmas. This message will be updated on January 1st. You may now leave a short message.
Today is November 1st. We still have 5000 copies of Positive Health News, Report No 12. Persons are encouraged to write or call us for copies for free distribution to local AIDS and CFIDS support groups, organizations and doctor’s offices. Now for updated news.
Some lab results have come in from persons doing part, but not all of the protocols recommended in Report No 12. In the first case, Beverly used 1/2 cup twice daily of the home made olive leaf tincture plus daily use of the whole lemon/olive oil drink and RyVital. In 6 weeks, her CD4 count decreased from 184 to 177, her CD8s increased from 2040 to 2564 and her first test ever for the HIV viral load was 7313.
In a second case, Wayne used the same identical protocol as Beverly for two months with the following results - CD4s increased from 620 to 843, CD8s increased from 1240 to 1320, WBC increased from 4700 to 5500 and RBC decreased from 5,100 to 4,600. The PCR viral load increased from 5000 to 10,000. Neither of the two persons mentioned used protease inhibitors or nucleosides nor did they use Naltrexone or DNCB.
In a third case, Mike Korn from New York started on the home made olive leaf tincture August 15th using 1/2 cup twice a day. He also used the whole lemon/olive oil drink 3 or 4 times a week and faithfully took 3 mg daily of Naltrexone, the drug that activates natural killer cell activity. He did not use RyVital, a source of the immune activator - Beta 1, 3 Glucan. After 6 weeks and 3 days, his results were as follows: His PCR viral load decreased from 380,000 to 129,000. His CD4s increased from 300 to 310, the CD8s increased from 1030 to 1090, WBCs increased from 3800 to 4800 and his platelet count increased from 185000 to 195000. Mike gave me permission to release his phone number which is 718-645-4920. He told me he plans to add Complete Thymic Formula and RyVital to his current protocol. None of the three cases mentioned here had Multitest CMI, B cell and NK Cell immune function tests done although they asked for them. Another person who has used 1/2 cup of the olive leaf tincture 3 times a day as a monotherapy for 3 weeks will have PCR results on Nov. 1st, too late for this month’s message.
On a new product, Complete Thymic Formula, reported in my latest newsletter, 3 persons with AIDS and one with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome have all reported a significant increase in energy and well being since starting on the formula. The dose being used is 3 capsules twice a day. Complete Thymic Formula was designed by Dr. Carson Burgstiner MD. Dr. Burgstiner states that he has cured over 100 cases of hepatitis with this formula using a double dose - 6 capsules twice a day. Complete Thymic Formula contains over 60 nutritional factors to support improved immune function. One local PWA who quit using protease inhibitors and nucleosides two months ago and has used Complete Thymic Formula for the past two months along with RyVital, DNCB topical weekly applications, DHEA and Acyclovir reports that his HIV and HHV-6 viral load remains at non-detectable levels, for which he credits the Thymic Formula. In a recent article by Dr. Burgstiner, he reports that in the first 6 weeks of using Complete Thymic Formula, liver enzymes may initially become elevated but will decrease after 6 weeks. More information on this formula can be found in my latest newsletter.
On Colostrum, several persons have expressed interest in duplicating the Herb Saunders method. Herb Saunders is a farmer from Minnesota I interviewed in my last newsletter who claims to have cured every disease he ever treated in the past 20 years, including cancer, by injecting 10 ml of the persons blood into each of the two hind teats of the cow’s udder 6 to 8 weeks before the calf in born. The cow’s immune system builds antibodies to viruses and other factors in the blood of the patient and these immune factors including transfer factor end up in the first few milkings after the calf is born. Robert Marra is looking for volunteers with AIDS or CFIDS to participate in an effort to duplicate the Saunders method of making a Colostrum with specific immune factors for persons with AIDS of CFIDS. He may be reached at 718-236-9098. One cow is expected to produce enough Colostrum and milk in the first 3 days to provide a 3 month’s supply for 6 persons.
Dr. Said Youdim MD of Los Angeles makes an injectable transfer factor from human blood donors and this is available through Dr. Youdim. Dr. Youdim can be reached at 310-859-1057. In Report No 12, I wrote about the case of Alain Giraudon of New York who restored DCH (Delayed Cutaneous Hypersensitivity) to Multitest by using Dr. Youdim’s injectable transfer factor over a period of 3 months. None of the cases reported this month have had any major opportunistic infection since starting on these protocols.
The last item for this month is a highly purified form of the herb Chaparral. According to a report which I have not independently verified, an AIDS patient with several Kaposi Sarcoma lesions took 2 capsules of this product twice a day as a monotherapy for 5 months. The caller claimed all his KS lesions disappeared and his HIV viral load dropped to non-detectable levels. More information about this product should be available from Keep Hope Alive after November 7th. Thank you for calling. This message will be updated again on Dec. 1st. You may now leave a short message.
Today is October 1st. 20,000 copies of Positive Health News, Report No 12, are off the press and are being mailed out today. Paid subscribers should receive their copy by 1st class mail by October 5th. Readers receiving free subscriptions should receive the newsletter starting on October 10th through the 20th. The 28 page newsletter went on-line today at our internet web site at www.execpc.com/~keephope/keephope.html. A half-page photo of ACT-UPS demonstration against toxic AIDS drugs at the 11th Int’l AIDS Conference is printed on the front cover of the newsletter. Also on the front cover of our latest newsletter is printed the following statement:
Keep Hope Alive withdraws its endorsement of protease inhibitors after substantial evidence, emerging from the 11th Int’l AIDS Conference and anecdotal reports, indicates that long term use of protease inhibitors, when used in combination with nucleosides, suppresses immune function increasing the likelihood for life threatening opportunistic infections.
In an interview with Jim Prentice, who attended the 11th Int’l AIDS Conference, he reported the following exchange occurred between a member of the audience and a member of the panel of the Conference leadership at a Plenary session. The Conference leadership had endorsed the combination therapy of Norvir, AZT and 3TC. When someone in the audience asked at what point after HIV viral load was at non-detectable levels and CD4 cells were increasing, could they stop the prophylasis for PCP, MAI, MAC and other opportunistic infections.
The panel member responded by saying “DON’T STOP THE PROPHYLASIS!” Martin Delaney of Project Inform made a point that even if your CD4 count is over 500 that you should not stop using prophylasis like Bactrim or Septra to prevent PCP. Delaney said one physician did this on the west coast and it was a disaster. He said: “WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO, EVERYONE WAS COMING DOWN WITH PCP.”
Prentice said he was stunned when he heard this. He said: “What are we accomplishing? If you come down with PCP with CD4 counts higher than 500, something is wrong, terribly wrong! The combination protocol is treating HIV infection, but is not treating AIDS. Unless a combination protocol restores immune function, the patient still has AIDS, even when his HIV viral load is at non-detectable levels. That can only mean that the opportunistic infections will continue and along with it the death and dying.
Last week I talked to a PWA who had been using the combination of Norvir, AZT and 3TC for 4 and 1/2 months. His HIV viral load (PCR) was non-detectable and his CD4 counts had increased about 100 points to just over 200. Then he had a skin test for immune function called “Multitest CMI” which measures how the immune system reacts to a foreign antigen. Multitest injected 7 antigens into the skin subcutaneously. He reacted to only one of these antigens with a welt of less than 2 mm in diameter. This test result shows he has anergy or no immune function. Even worse, he had a Natural Killer Cell Immune Function Test and it showed only 10% normal activity. While the numbers of CD4 counts and viral load counts looked impressive, when immune function tests results were used, they showed he had a collapse of immune function. In other words, he still has AIDS even with a HIV viral load at non-detectable levels.
An extensive article on the importance of Multitest CMI and other immune function tests appears in the latest newsletter. A lengthy article on the olive leaf tincture treatment for AIDS also includes details of test results throughout the summer in the first test case that made headlines in my last newsletter. A substantial amount of new original research is published in Report No 12. This includes articles on the immune activator, Beta 1, 3 Glucan, also Beta 4 Mannan and Arabinogalactins as well as transfer factor found in Bovine Colostrum and an article on Complete Thymic Factors. The newsletter contains expanded diagnostic markers for measuring immune function as well as expanded treatment options for restoring immune function. Persons wanting us to ship them quantities from 10 to 100 or more newsletters to give to AIDS and CFIDS support organizations should leave their phone number at the end of this message. Thank you for calling. This message will be updated again on November 1st.
Today is September 1st. Since August 1st, when I withdrew my endorsement of Eden and other over the counter olive leaf supplements like ProLive and Alive and Well, approximately 200 persons have now started on the home-made olive leaf tea. In August, only one person contacted me to share their lab results. This PWA reported that his CD4 count increased from 160 to 200 and his CD8s from 780 to 880 in 3 weeks after adding the home made olive leaf tea to his current protocol. His PCR viral load that had been at non-detectable levels, remained so. Everyone else who called me reported significant increases in energy levels and increases in body temperature up to 1 degree F which occurred within 1 hour of drinking 1/2 cup of the tea. Two persons reported that swollen lymph nodes were gone within 2 days. Another person with severe fungal infections in his mouth reported going through a 3 week healing crisis. He said the condition of his tongue was 90% improved after 3 weeks. One lady with severe vaginal herpes froze the olive leaf tea into ice cubes and applied them directly on the lesions twice a day. “Within 4 days,” she said, “the herpes was gone.” Everyone drinking the tea has told me that they “feel great” or had an “improvement” in their well being. No one has reported any adverse effects whatsoever.
With regards to the olive leaf extract capsules, all failures to reduce PCR viral load have been associated with Eden Lot No 29672 and some bottles of Pro-Live, by Allergy Research. However, seven persons using Eden Lot No 49671 all reported significant decreases in HIV viral load - up to 90% with 6 weeks of use. However, I am expecting this lot number to start failing sometime in October when lot no 49671 will be 6 months old. From testing done on two different batches of olive leaf extract, I have learned that the active ingredient in the olive leaf, oleuropein, begins to slowly break down from the date of manufacture. As an example, Dr. James Privitera, who is no longer affiliated with East Park Research, told me a batch of olive leaf powder he had manufactured in June had an oleuropein content of 5.9%. Eight weeks later, another lab test showed it dropped to 5.4%. This 10% drop in oleuropein levels occurred even before the powder was made into tablets.
Manufacturers of olive leaf extracts sold in either capsule or tablet form are dishonest if they claim an effective shelf life of 2 or 3 years in labeling on their bottles unless they can produce past lab test results showing that oleuropein levels are consistently maintained over this period of time. This they have not done. Based on 3 successive lab tests done over a 2 month period on Eden Lot No 29672 and because lab test results of Persons With Aids (PWAs) showed that this lot number failed to produce expected results when the lot was over 6 months old, I am now estimating the effective shelf life of all over the counter olive leaf products at 6 months, until the manufacturers can prove otherwise. An additional problem with the over the counter olive leaf extracts is that they may not be 100% Bio-available due to binding with sugars and proteins in the powder. Even if a lab result showed a high oleuropein content, if it is not absorbed in the gastro-intestinal tract, the capsule form would still not be effective. Several persons have also reported either an upset or irritated stomach after taking the capsule form of the olive leaf extract. So far, no one has reported any stomach problems of any kind from the home made tincture. Instructions on how to make the home made tincture will be published in Positive Health News, Report No 12, due to be published within the next two weeks.
A significant number of persons making their own olive leaf tincture are expected to have lab results in September or October and all are encouraged to contact me with those results to help us in our evaluation process.
I am looking for 6 persons with CD4 counts of 300 or higher to try the olive leaf tincture as a monotherapy for 2 months. I will provide you with the olive leaves if you provide me with your lab results. For more information, you may write to me or leave your phone number at the end of this message.
Olive leaves, hand picked in Morocco from wild olive trees (species - olea europea), are sun dried and distributed in the United States by the San Francisco Herb Co. The San Francisco Herb Co. has assured me that the leaves are not gassed or sprayed or treated in any way. The leaves cost $10 to $12 a pound which will make a month’s supply of olive leaf tincture. The tincture is made by placing 1/2 pound of olive leaves in a 5 or 6 quart crock pot and adding one gallon of distilled water. Place a cover over it and turn on low for 12 hours, after which you shut off the heat and let it stand for an additional 6 to 8 hours. Separate the liquid from the leaves and store in closed glass jars in a refrigerator until used. The standard dose is 1/2 cup twice a day. Dilute with water or Ginger Ale and add ice cubes and a slice of lemon and it will taste like real Ice Tea. Olive leaves and instructions on how to make the tea are available from DAIIR at 888-951-5433, Dr. Princetta - 404-873-6888 as well as PH Products.
In other news, Theo Schlosser, a CFIDs patient, reported lab tests that show complete inactivation of HHV-6 after using Oralmat for one month. Oralmat is now sold in the United States under the name RyVital. Both products are manufactured by Schmacher Ltd of Australia. Oralmat or RyVital is an extract made from sprouted rye and contains a powerful immune activator known as Beta 1, 3 Glucan which is also found in bakers’s yeast and brewers yeast that is not heated over 140 degrees F. Beta 1, 3 Glucan may also be present in small amounts in beer. Keep Hope Alive’s latest protocol recommendations include Naltrexone, DNCB, the whole lemon/olive oil drink, the home-made olive leaf tea and either Oralmat or RyVital. New information that long term use of Protease Inhibitors and Nucleoside combos is suppressing immune function will be published in my next newsletter.
Thank you for calling, This message will be updated again on October 1st.
Today is August 1st. Within the past week, I have withdrawn my endorsement of Eden and all other over the counter olive leaf products including “Pro-Live” and “O’Live and Well” made by Allergy Research. Earlier this year, East Park Research sold Allergy Research an olive leaf extract powder that they used to make Pro-Live and O’live and Well. However, after reviewing lab results from 15 persons using these products, I found that 11 persons with AIDS (PWAs) had increases in HIV viral load (as measured by PCR) while 4 had decreases. The 11 persons who had increases in viral load had used either Pro-Live or Eden Lot # 29672. The 4 who had decreases in viral load used Eden Lot #49671. According to Les Nachman of East Park Research, Lot #29672 had 170 mg of the active ingredient - oleuropein - per capsule from his lab’s analysis.
Shortly after my July 1st voice message update, William Frederickson, a chemist from Indiana, told me that the Eden capsules I had sent him for lab analysis early in June, from Lot #29672, had less than 25 mg of oleuropein per capsule. The lot number can be found on the bottom of the bottle. The analysis was done by a lab in Switzerland. When I contacted Les Nachman of East Park Research, he told me that he did not believe these numbers.
On July 8th, I sent a bottle of Eden to Irvine Analytical in Irvine ,CA, for our own independent analysis. Before the results came back, Dr. Privitera, who no longer is affiliated with East Park Research, faxed me a copy of Irvine Analytical’s analysis of Eden Lot #29672 which was done on June 24th. It showed that oleuropein levels had fallen further to 10.8 mg per gram or 5.4 mg per capsule.
By July 9th, I was rapidly losing faith in both the East Park and Allergy Research products. I decided to make a home made batch of olive leaf extract. I modified a recipe given to me by Chemist - William Frederickson. Frederickson found an original recipe for making an olive leaf tincture published in the “Pharmaceutical Journal” of 1854, Vol 13. The article was written by Daniel Hanbury, who tells of a discovery he made in 1843 by making an olive leaf tincture which was used successfully for the treatment of malaria and other infections. It was made by placing a handful of olive leaves in a quart of water and boiling it down to half its original size. A wineglass full was taken every 3 or 4 hours until the infection was gone.
Modifying Wm Frederickson’s recipe, which was based on the original formula, I placed 8 ounces (1/2 lb) of olive leaves in a 5 quart Crock-Pot and added one gallon of distilled water. I placed a cover over it and turned it on low for 12 hours, after which I turned off the heat and let it cool another 8 hours. Then, I used a cup to scoop out the liquid and filled two glass jars. The batch, which I immediately refrigerated, made 3 and 1/2 quarts. I immediately sent a sample to Irvine Analytical. The next day I made a second batch and let it simmer for 24 hours. I also sent the second batch to be analyzed. On July 26th, I received the results of all 3 analyses. The oleuropein in Eden Lot #29672 had fallen to less than 1 mg per capsule. The oleuropein in the 24 hr batch was 175 mg per 4 ounces (1/2 cup) and the oleuropein in the 12 hour batch was 213 mg per 1/2 cup. Clearly the 12 hour batch was a success. As I write this, 15 persons are now trying the home brewed olive leaf extract and are using 1/2 cup twice a day. Because the drink is bitter, it is diluted with either water or ginger ale. After dilution, it tastes like iced tea.
Three persons have called to report an increase in body temperature of 1/2 to 1 degree within 30 minutes of drinking the tincture and all have reported a significant increase in energy and well being. Two persons have reported an improvement in their eyesight with greater visual acuity.
In my last newsletter, Report No 11, Wm Frederickson reported on one person with AIDS (PWA) who took the olive leaf tincture for 6 months and increased her CD4 counts from 207 to 922 and two other cases where CD4 counts also increased. In all 3 cases, the tincture was used as a monotherapy. In a 4th case of a PWA I recently interviewed, he reported a doubling of his CD4 counts using the tincture for 12 weeks. Anyone wanting copies of the lab analyses and further written instructions on making the tincture can write to me for a copy. The olive leaves and instruction on making the tincture are available from Dr. Princetta and PH Products. It costs only about $10 a month to make the olive leaf tincture. Check Report No 11 for the phone numbers of these vendors.
Now, for other news. Five persons who have added Oralmat to their protocols have all reported significant increases in one or more of the following areas. These include increases in Natural Killer cells, White Blood cells, Platelets, Lymphocytes, CD8 and CD4 counts. Two persons have reported HHV-6 titers dropping to non-detectable levels. Oralmat, an extract made from sprouted rye, is looking more every day like a winner. I would certainly recommend it to anyone with AIDS, CFIDS or Gulf War Syndrome (GWS). Recently, Schumacher Ltd, of Australia has licensed Oralmat to be sold under the name RyVital. Your local health food store or health care practitioner can order it for you by calling 708-545-9095.
Persons who want to try weekly skin applications of DNCB (DiNitroChloroBenzene) to activate CD8 expansion and NK cells should call the Healing Alternatives Fdn in San Francisco at 415-626-4053. Healing Alternatives Fdn sells DNCB Starter Kits and refills. When you call, you will get to talk to a real person and not some answering machine. Persons wanting to start using DNCB should first write to me for updated instructions on how to use the product.
Last month, I encouraged everyone, regardless of what protocol they were following to get a regular skin test which measures immune function called Multi-Test. MultiTest is used to determine how a patients immune system is functioning. Blood tests for CD4 counts or PCR viral load count numbers only, not function. Ultimately, increases in CD4 counts or decreases in viral load are meaningless unless they correlate to improved immune function. As a surrogate marker, MultiTest and other immune function tests are unsurpassed as a marker to determine the efficacy of any AIDS treatment protocol. A protocol that reduces HIV viral load but does not improve immune function treats HIV infection, but does not treat AIDS. To assume that all you have to do to restore immune function is to reduce the viral load by any means is short sighted. If the particular drug (i.e. AZT?) that is used to reduce viral load also suppresses immune function, the treatment is no better than the disease. AIDS by prescription is no better than AIDS caused by a virus. MultiTest should be used with each and every change in treatment protocols. An improvement in immune function is an indication that the protocol is working.
MultiTest is a skin patch with several antigens like tetanus, candidine, diphtheria, proteus and others that prick the surface of the skin and insert a small amount of inactivated antigens. The skin patch test is read 48 to 72 hours later. If the patient was previously exposed to an antigen (i.e. tetanus) there should be a strong reaction in the form of a welt., an area that a becomes red and sometimes itchy. The size of the welt that forms determines the strength of your immune system. The size of the welt is measured in millimeters. The larger the welt, the greater is your immune response.
A guideline for interpreting Multitest reactions.
If the welt that forms is - 1. less than 2 mm in size, you have a very weak immune response (Anergy). 2. larger than 2 mm but less than 3 mm in size, positive but weak response. 3. larger than 3 mm but less than 4 mm, your immune response was fair. 4. larger than 4 mm but less than 5 mm, your immune response was good. 5. larger than 5 mm, your immune response is very good.
If you have anergy (virtually no response) to a MultiTest immune function skin test, you have AIDS, which is immune deficiency or immune dysfunction. Multitest is the polygraph test for the effectiveness of all AIDS treatment protocols whether they are drugs, protease inhibitors, nutritional, herbal or holistic. CD4 count increases and PCR viral load decreases are not alone sufficient to indicate improvements in immune function.. Improvements in “numbers” is not proof of an improvement in immune “function.” Nice looking numbers, without function, will not protect you from PCP, TB, MAI/MAC or Toxoplasmosis. Improvements in immune function, even function without nice looking numbers, will protect you from opportunistic infections.
MultiTest is inexpensive and does not generate great profits. MultiTest cannot justify drug cocktail combinations that do not restore a functional immune system. Multitest will tell you if your immune system’s white blood cells are alert and fighting marines or drunken sailors that are asleep on the job.
We should not prejudge which protocol combinations will improve immune function (reverse AIDS) by the latest media hype and advertisements. We should use MultiTest every time lab blood tests are done to determine if immune function is getting worse, staying the same or improving. MultiTest is more valuable than either PCR viral load testing or CD4 counts and will separate effective from ineffective protocols for the treatment of AIDS. If MultiTest results show that immune function is staying the same or getting worse, it is time to make changes in the protocol.
Your physician can order MultiTest skin patches for you by calling the manufacturer, Connaught Labs, at 800-822-2463 or 717-839-5467. My next newsletter is planned for early September.
For more information, write to Keep Hope Alive, PO Box 270041, West Allis, WI 53227 or send a fax to 414-679-2885
Last month, I reported on J.P., Test Case No. 1, who used a 4 part protocol since March 3rd consisting of the immune modulators - Naltrexone, DNCB, Oralmat and an extract from olive leaves called Eden. His PCR viral load has been at non-detectable levels since March 18th and 3 subsequent tests through May 13th showed that the Elisa and Western Blot tests were negative. His CD4 counts increased from 30 to 710 during this period. Early in April, biopsies of 9 lymph node sites still showed the presence of both HIV and HHV-6. Late in May, the State of Wisconsin sent J.P. notice that because of his changed HIV status, he no longer was qualified to receive monthly disability checks and that his Title 19 medical insurance was ending on June 1st. On May 31st, while still covered by Title 19, biopsies of nine lymph node sites were taken with the following results. HIV was still found to be present in the lymph nodes. However, the other AIDS virus, HHV-6, had completely disappeared from both the lymph nodes and the blood. While falling short of an AIDS cure, this is still considered to be significant progress as HHV-6 is the virus that does most of the tissue organ damage in AIDS. HIV primarily infects the CD4 helper cells. With the loss of Social Security Disability payments, J.P. is now working 3 part time jobs to support himself. Within the past week, J.P. received a grant from a local AIDS service organization for future medical diagnostic testing. More on this case will be reported in the next newsletter.
In another case report from Wisconsin, a PWA had been on 3TC monotherapy since January, 1996. By late April, his viral count, as measured by PCR, was over 1 million copies. He continued on the 3TC and took Eden, the extract from olive leaves, one capsule 3 times a day. By late June, his viral load was reduced to non-detectable levels. While 3TC or Eden used as a monotherapy could not produce these results alone, when the two were used in combination, the results are impressive. 3TC, a drug that prevents viral mutation, is also producing very impressive results when used in combination with any of the current protease inhibitors on the market. Several persons using 3TC in combination with a protease inhibitor are reporting that HIV viral loads are dropping to very low or to non-detectable levels. The addition of AZT or D4T to these protocols is reported to be adding nothing in the way of benefits and frequently has led to a loss of White and Red Blood cell counts.
In another case, a seven part protocol has reduced HIV viral load to non-detectable levels and increased CD4 counts from 140 to over 1200 over the past 6 months. This protocol consisted of Invirase, 3TC, DDI, Naltrexone, DNCB, the whole lemon/olive oil drink and Eden. In another local case, a combination of two protease inhibitors (Crixivan and Invirase) has, in 8 months, reduced HIV viral load to non-detectable levels and changed HIV antibody status from positive to negative on both the Elisa and Western Blot tests. In none of these three cases were lymph node biopsies taken to PCR for the presence of either HIV or HHV-6. Until this is done, we will not know if a particular combination protocol has brought us to an AIDS cure.
In Positive Health News, Report No 11, I recommended a minimum 4 part combination protocol consisting of Naltrexone, DNCB, the whole lemon/olive oil drink and Eden. For persons with CD4 counts below 200 I recommended adding Crixivan. Six persons have called or faxed lab results to me based on the 4 part protocol without the Crixivan. Four of the six reported increases in CD4, CD8 and absolute lymphocytes counts along with increases in HIV viral load. One person had only PCR done and also reported an increase in HIV viral load. The last person also showed an increase in HIV viral load and no change in CD4 counts. Last month I reported that J.P., the first test case using Eden, that he also had used Oralmat, the immune modulator made from wild rye. He did not tell me about his use of Oralmat until after the newsletter was printed. Since June 1st, I have recommended that everyone following the 4 part protocol also use Oralmat. The daily dose is 3 drops under the tongue, 3 times a day. I now have two cases where oralmat has reduced HHV-6 to non-detectable levels.
In another case, Oralmat was credited with restoring B cell and Natural Killer cell function where it had not previously existed. Oralmat may be the key to making J.P.’s protocol repeatable in other cases. In an attempt to duplicate the results of J.P.s protocol, several persons using the 4 part protocol have added Oralmat and test results are expected from these cases in July. Oralmat contains Beta 1,3 Glucan, an immune modulator that stimulates complement production which improves immune function against all viruses, activates macrophages and increases white blood cell production. An extensive 5 page article on Beta 1,3 Glucan with references to over 20 scientific publications is written by Donald J. Carrow MD. It is published in The Townsend Letter for Doctors For a sample copy, send $8.00 to - Townsend Letter for Doctors, 911 Tyler St, Port Townsend, WA 98368 or call 360-385-6021. Ask for the June, 1996 issue (# 155). Carrow’s article discusses the immune enhancement benefits of Beta 1, 3 Glucan extracted from the cell walls of Baker’s Yeast. Beta 1, 3 Glucan is sold in capsule form under the brand name NSC-24. Oralmat is presently being imported by Dr. Philip Princetta. (See advertisements in Report No. 11).
Keep Hope Alive’s latest protocol recommendations are: Oralmat, Naltrexone, DNCB, the whole lemon/olive oil drink and Eden. For dosage recommendations, see the last newsletter or my book. Persons with CD4 counts below 200 should consider adding one of the protease inhibitors plus 3TC to this protocol. Anyone with Kaposi’s Sarcoma should also consider adding DDI. I have received reports of DDI remitting KS lesions. Also on KS, one person credited 1300 mg of Evening Primrose Oil taken three times a day with a remission of his KS lesions. Evening Primrose oil has also been reported as being a H2 histamine blocker, reducing excess stomach acid production. Excessive levels of cortisol, tumor necrosis factor, H2 and stomach acid are widely reported in persons with KS. Evening Primrose Oil may have a role in normalizing these factors.
For persons ordering DNCB for the first time, there has been an address change. Call DNCB Treatment Group at 415-954-8896 for the address change.
On a last note, persons with a sweet tooth should be aware of articles published the Journal of Clinical Nutrition that report that ingestion of glucose (sugar) suppresses immune function by paralyzing the ability of white blood cells to engulf and destroy viruses, fungus and bacteria. These published studies have been further augmented by my own observation of persons who progress rapidly to full blown AIDS who have consumed large quantities of sugar found in coca cola and canned soda, ice cream, candy bars and sweet rolls. In 6 cases I have followed, HIV viral load rapidly increases, CD4 counts plummet and these PWAs rapidly develop a whole range of serious opportunistic infections. In one extreme case, a PWA who ate one pound of jelly beans each day along with 1/2 gallon of coke for 16 days had a serious outbreak of thrush along with a 500 point drop in his CD4 counts and an increase in his PCR HIV viral load of 63,000. Persons with a sweet tooth should substitute fruit for candy bars and increase their intake of easily digestible proteins and complex carbohydrates like squash, yams and whole grains. For persons who are serious about regaining their health, a diet plan can be found in my book on How to Reverse Immune Dysfunction. This diet plan has been tested over 7 years and proven to help restore immune function. Thank you for calling. Voice mail - 414-548-4344.
Updated news: By now, you should have received your copy of Positive Health News, Report No 11. J.P., test case no 1, using the combination protocol of the immune modulators, Naltrexone, DNCB and Eden, the extract from olive leaves, has tested at non-detectable levels for HIV by PCR four times since March 21st. Four times he has also tested negative on the Elisa and Western Blot HIV antibody test. His CD4 count has increased from 30 on March 3rd to 710 on May 13th. Within the past 24 hours, lymph nodes biopsies were taken and PCR is being done to determine if the last traces of HIV and HHV-6 are gone. Results will be announced on the July 1st message update.
Early in May, in an extended interview with J.P., I learned that he was also using an additional immune modulator during this period that he had forgot to mention earlier. It is Oralmat, an immune modulator from Australia. Unfortunately, the information arrived too late to be included in the newsletter. Within the past 30 days, two persons using Eden have reported that their viral load did not drop. Both persons have shown signs of malabosorption and are believed to not be absorbing the olive leaf extract into the blood. Anyone using Eden whose viral load does not drop should contact me for information on an alternative way of taking Eden to improve absorption.
Two persons using the protease inhibitor, Crixivan, whose viral load was nearly non-detectable, but had low CD4 counts, added Eden to their protocols. In one case CD4 counts increased from 11 to 71 in two weeks. In a second case, CD4s increased from 85 to 135 in 3 weeks. One PWA with a viral load of 650,000 started on Crixivan 4 weeks ago. Three weeks later, he wrote that his viral load dropped to 10,000.
Within the past week, I have learned that one person using Oralmat as a monotherapy resulted in HHV-6 dropping to non-detectable levels in the blood as measured by PCR. In another case, Oralmat monotherapy restored B cell and NK cell function where it had not existed previously and significantly increased CD4 and CD8 counts. If these reports hold up that Oralmat inactivates HHV-6, it will be beneficial to all persons with AIDS and CFIDS and especially for those with CMV Retinitis and KS.
In another development, Cryptosporidium diarrhea was stopped in 3 days with a new product from Jarrow Formulas called Colostrum Specific. This product contains natural antibodies to crypto. The dose was 2 capsules 4 times a day. The diarrhea stopped completely in 3 days and has remained that way since. No other drugs or medications for Cryptosporidium were used. The duration of the treatment is expected to last for 4 weeks. This message will be updated on July 1st. Thank you for calling.
Last month I reported on a local PWA who had been using Naltrexone and DNCB for the past several months. In March, he started taking a product called “Eden” an extract made from olive leaves containing natural protease inhibitors and reverse transcriptase inhibitors. In two weeks, his HIV viral load dropped to non-detectable levels and his HIV antibody status changed from positive to negative on both the Elisa and Western Blot tests. Because these results were so stunning, his physician repeated the tests in April. The results were the same: PCR HIV viral levels - nondetectable; beta 2 microglobulin levels - zero; P24 antigen levels - zero; Elisa test - non-reactive and Western Blot - zero. However, his physician also took lymph node tissue from nine locations and used PCR to look for the presence of HIV and HHV-6A. The results still showed a trace amount of HIV present. It did show a significant amount of HHV-6A replicating. PCR is planned again at the end of May to see if the treatment further reduces viral activity in the lymph nodes. In the five weeks since starting on Eden, the CD4s increased from 30 to 114.
Meanwhile, on Good Friday, I received a call from Christopher Dafoe of Cloverdale, IN, who had been tested for PCR viral loads after using Eden for two weeks. He reported his viral load dropped from 160,000 to 30,000 in two weeks. After 3 weeks, he reported it dropped to 692. Besides Eden, of which he used 4 capsules each day, he was on Naltrexone and the Whole Lemon/Olive oil drink daily. Further lab results are awaited at this time.
Finally, a new edition of Positive Health News (Report No. 11) is in the printers and will be mailed out next week. I want to thank everyone who sent in a donation. It has made possible the printing of 20,000 copies, 19000 of which will be given away free. Thank you for calling. This message will be updated again on June 1st.
Hello, Thank you for calling Keep Hope Alive. Today is April 1st and the following is a prerecorded message. I have reviewed lab results from a PWA who used the whole lemon/olive drink daily. After he switched from the Bertioli brand, sold in grocery stores, to a brand of “cold pressed” extra virgin olive oil sold in a health food store, his CD4 count increased from 10 to 30 and his CD8’s from 220 to 300. Also, I received a letter from one of our readers who said that his physician told him several of his clients, who had used the whole lemon/olive oil drink daily, were now PCR negative. Unfortunately, the letter was misplaced by a staff volunteer and he does not remember who sent it. If you should hear or read this message, please leave your phone number as I would like more information.
A local PWA used an extract made from the leaves of the olive tree from March 3rd to March 18th when he had blood drawn for lab tests. On March 21st, he was told by his physician that he was now PCR negative, P24 antigen negative and negative for the Western Blot HIV Antibody test. This PWA has been HIV+ for 8 years and has had full blown AIDS for the past two years. In addition, several times, he has also tested positive for the presence of HHV-6, variant A. In August, this PWA had a CD4 count of 17 and has had two bouts of Pneumonia since then. He has never used AZT or the more recent protease inhibitors that have been introduced. He started on DNCB topical weekly application in August and then added Naltrexone in 3 mg daily doses in October. On January 21, 1996, his CD4 count was at 30 with his CD8 count at 1380. His HIV viral load as measured by PCR was 5,800. On March 21st, his CD4 count increased to 40, CD8 to 1920. PCR viral load was not detectable and he was negative for the HIV Antibody Test. Because the results are so stunning, his physician is redoing the tests on April 18th and will also PCR the lymphoid tissue for HHV-6A and HIV.
Two persons with KS who have used this product made from olive leaves called “Eden” have reported that their KS lesions have stopped growing after just 10 days. I am looking for volunteers to try this product to see what effect it has on KS, viral load as measured by PCR as well the Elisa and Western Blot HIV Antibody tests. Publication on my next newsletter will be withheld until April 25th to learn of the latest lab results. On a last note, I will need to raise about $2000 in donations or sale of advertising to print 15,000 copies, most of which are distributed free. Thank you for calling, This message will be updated on May 1st.
Updated news. Within the past 24 hours, I received a phone call about a product applied topically on KS lesions that is reported to cause them to completely disappear in 30 days. The product is low cost and is available over-the-counter. PWAs with KS who would like to try this experimental treatment should leave their phone number or write to me for more information.
About a week ago, a PWA using the whole lemon/olive oil drink daily may have made an important discovery. He had been using a brand of Extra Virgin Olive oil he purchased at his local grocery store. He decided to try a different brand and went to a health food store and bought a brand (SAPIO) that is labeled “cold pressed.” He reasoned that if all brands of castor are not equal because some are not cold pressed that maybe the same applied to olive oil, even extra virgin. As soon as he started using the “cold pressed” olive oil, he felt a significant increase in energy and well being. He had just had his CD4 count taken on Feb 5th and it was 5. On Feb. 14th, he ordered another lab test and his doctor called him a week later and told he that the CD4 count was now 30. While this is only one case, I would like more people who are using the whole lemon/olive drink daily to switch to a brand labeled “cold pressed” extra virgin. Watch your lab results and let me know what happens.
The manufacturer of SEES-2000, the herbal product to prevent PCP, has just disclosed the herb in the formula. It is Radil Lomatium Nevadensis.
Of 15000 copies of Positive Health News, Report No 10, I have about 2000 copies left. If anyone needs free copies to distribute to a local AIDS or CFS support group or at a health clinic, let me know how many copies you need and I will send them to you while supplies last.
Last item. With 90% of our readership either receiving free subscriptions or free newsletters, I will need to raise some money to repeat this effort for the upcoming May issue of Positive Health News. For this reason, I have decided to accept advertising for the next printing. Anyone having a quality product or service that they want to bring to the attention of our 15000 readers may write to use for more information and request an AD kit. This message will be updated on April 1st. Thank you for calling. Keep Hope Alive, PO Box 270041, West Allis, WI 53227 Ph No. 414-548-4344 Fax 414-679-2885 E-mail: keephope@execpc.com
Positive Health News, Report No 10 has been mailed out to our entire readership within the past 10 days by 3rd class bulk rate. If you have not already received your copy, you should receive it within the next 5 days. Due to the importance of the new disease model and the new immune model in the current issue, I have nearly doubled the quantity printed, increasing it from 8000 to 15000 copies. There are 5000 copies available for free distribution to AIDS Service Organizations, PWA support groups and for health care practitioners. You may request anywhere from 10 to 200 copies. In a separate mailing, we are sending a copy to over 2000 infectious disease physicians throughout the United States.
In preparing the latest issue, I read over 500 abstracts published in medical journals. As a result of this research, I am now convinced that the primary cause of AIDS and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is African Swine Fever Virus with HIV remaining an important co-factor. African Swine Fever Virus has been definitely linked to AIDS and HHV-6 by 20 common factors. In a report aired by Peter Jennings of CNN on Dec. 7th, 1995, Robert Gallo stated that of the two viruses, HIV and HHV-6, HHV-6 is by far the most destructive. An 8 page article on this new disease model is in the current issue.
The new immune model is based not on increasing CD4’s, but on increasing CD8s. CD8’s are of two types, suppressor cells and Killer T cells. The Killer T cells are effective against both of the viruses that cause AIDS, HIV and HHV-6, variant A. The other immune cells effective against these two viruses are the Natural Killer cells. For this reason, Naltrexone and DNCB should be a top priority for everyone who has AIDS or CFS. Naltrexone is taken in a 3 mg dose once a day before bedtime and DNCB is applied topically once a week. This message will be updated again on March 1st. Thank you for calling. e-mail: keephope@execpc.com. Voice Mail Messages: 414-548-4344
Hello, Thank you for calling Keep Hope Alive. I want to wish each of you a happy and healthy New Year.
Now, for updated news. Several persons have reported having difficulty convincing their local physician to give them a prescription for Naltrexone. Dr. John Pittman MD, of Raleigh, NC, has agreed to provide a prescription for Naltrexone in conjunction with a telephone consultation, providing that is all that is needed. You can arrange a phone conference with Dr. Pittman by calling 800-473-9812. Prescriptions for 30, 60 or 90 capsules in 3 mg doses can be filled by contacting Bigelow Pharmacy at 212-533-2700. In a related development, the Milwaukee AIDS Project, the largest AIDS service organization in the State of Wisconsin has sent a copy of Dr. Bihari’s Press Release on Naltrexone to their 3000 clients. Milwaukee AIDS Project is one of three large national AIDS service organizations that does not receive funding from pharmaceutical companies.
Item 2. Dr. Phillip Princetta of Atlanta, GA, is following 35 clients using the herb SEES-2000 to prevent PCP. There are no reports of anyone coming down with PCP who is taking one capsule per day. However, Dr. Princetta has reported five clients developed a rash after using the product a few days. All five discontinued using the product until the rash was gone. All five have since resumed using SEES-2000 and the rash has not returned.
Item 3. Three persons using the product, Clarkia-100, have reported that, after being on the it for several weeks, a problem of constant urination. I advised them to discontinue using Clarkia-100 until the frequency of urination returned to normal. Persons having a problem with excess urination using Clarkia-100 might want to try an intermittent protocol - 4 days on and 3 days off.
Item 4. A new edition of How To Reverse Immune Dysfunction will be available by Jan 7th, a week from today. The new edition contains a very comprehensive review of the role of a second virus in AIDS and CFS - HHV-6. In a rather stunning development, I will be publishing documentation showing 20 factors HHV-6 has in common with the African Swine Fever Virus.
Item 5. Several persons are reporting a more rapid remission of symptoms with the whole lemon drink by adding one tablespoon of lecithin granules in place of the olive oil. In addition to these reports, my own research indicates that lecithin may have a more beneficial role than olive oil in the treatment of AIDS and CFS.
Last item. Because I have done more than 100 hours of research on the subject of HHV-6 in the past 4 weeks, publication of the next newsletter is not expected until around Jan 15th. Thank you for calling. This message will be updated again on Feb. 1st. e-mail: keephope@execpc.com. Voice Mail Messages: 414-548-4344