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was told she would never recover from Lyme and chronic fatigue – as there was “no treatment”!
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medicine had to offer – ie nothing – who knows what state she would be in?
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CAM STUDENT editor: JUSTIN LUSTY nobody wants the job; they simply don’t have the tools to deal with complex, chronic conditions.
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confounders, and variables representing use of particular medications need to be evaluated statistically
for their impact Stunning admission on how medical research is routinely skewed, from the intriguing paper “Close
Relationships, Inflammation, and Health” (Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 2010 Sep; 35(1): 33–38.)
• Thanks to Niki Gratrix for highlighting the paper: read Niki’s latest update on ACEs (Adverse Childhood Events) at www.nikigratrix.com/
silent-aces-epidemic-attachment-developmental-trauma.
IHCAN’s contributors Our thanks this month to:
• Emily Blake, BA (Hons), MA, DipCNM, mBANT CNHC reg, Clinical Sophia Health Institute, developer of Autonomic Response
Nutrition Advisor at BioCare: www.biocare.co.uk. Testing, and an expert on Lyme disease and chronic illness:
• Contributing editor, naturopath Ben Brown, ND, author The www.klinghardtacademy.com.
Digestive Health Solution: www.timeforwellness.com. • Naturopathic physician Dr Ben Lynch, ND, our go-to authority on
• In Practice featured practitioner Rebecca Cotterall, DipCNM (Nutr MTHFR and methylation defects. President and CEO of Seeking
Ther): www.hellohealing.co.uk. Health Educational Institute (www.seekinghealth.org), www.mthfr.
• BANT’s supervision manager, Helen Monk, DipION, BSc (Hons): net and Strategene.
https://fullylivingme.com. • In Practice section editor Rebecca Smith, ASK, CMH, CHyp, PNLP,
• Dr Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD, lead clinician at the SQHP: www.newportcomplementaryhealthclinic.co.uk.

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in this issue
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Features
44 “You’ll never recover…”
Lyme disease and chronic fatigue for
13 years put REBECCA COTTERALL
in a wheelchair, but now she IS
recovered and helping others to
do the same, as a CNM-trained NT.

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Read her inspiring In Practice story
Intolerance, MTHFR
and methylation: Regulars
dealing with histamine
Conference favourite, naturopathic physician
5 News
•B  vitamin supplements reduce
Dr BEN LYNCH, ND, intolerant to histamine epigenetic effects of air pollution
himself, explains the genetic links to a common • Naturopaths push Integrative
problem – and what to do about it Oncology
• Scottish hospitals spending just
94p per patient meal

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New releases
Psoriasis: cracking •S  wiss phytotherapy brand
Dr.Dünner launching in UK
autoinflammation
• Prebiotic properties of
and autoimmunity mushroom nutrition
Drawing on the most up to date published • NattoPharma chief launches
research, naturopath BEN BROWN, an IHCAN new K2
contributing editor, explains the auto-immune and
autoinflammatory components of psoriasis, its links
with insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, heart
12 Your CPD dates

disease and a host of co-morbidities, and explores

the potential of individualised nutritional treatment 18 “Living legend” confirmed
for April conference
Prof Stig Bengmark, MD, PhD, leads
on chronic illness, and is joined by

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Dr Thomas Levy, MD, JD
Chronic illness:
a structured
approach 36 Listings

A tide of chronic illness is not being stemmed by

orthodox medicine, and patients are increasingly
turning to integrative practitioners as a last resort.
Dr DIETRICH KLINGHARDT, MD, PhD, has developed
an insightful approach to the challenge of unravelling
complex ill-health conditions over the course of his
42 years in medical practice
40 Research
•A  mazon hunter-farmers have
healthiest arteries ever seen
• Pauling vindicated: vitamin C ten
times more effective than drugs at
targeting cancer stem cells
• Is dysbiosis healthy? Yes – if you’re
on a high-fat diet

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B vitamin supplements reduce
epigenetic effects of air pollution
Researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman
School of Public Health have shown that B
vitamins may play a critical role in reducing
the impact of air pollution on health.
Billed as the first study to investigate an
intervention to prevent or minimise the
adverse effects of air pollution, the study
tested a supplement containing 2.5mg of folic
acid, 50mg of vitamin B6 and 1mg of vitamin
B12). The results are published online in the
journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences).
The study, conducted with Harvard’s T.
H. Chan School of Public Health, in Sweden,
China, Singapore, Mexico and Canada, reveals
how individual-level prevention may be used
to control the potential pathways underlying
adverse effects of the airborne particles PM2.5
– particles with an aerodynamic diameter of
<2.5μm.
“The molecular foundations of air pollution’s
health effects are not fully understood, and the
lack of individual-level preventative options
represented a critical knowledge gap”, said
Prof Andrea Baccarelli, MD, PhD, chair of
Environmental Health Sciences at Mailman.
“Our study launches a line of research for
developing preventive interventions to
minimise the adverse effects of air pollution
on potential mechanistic markers. Because of
the central role of epigenetic modifications in
mediating environmental effects, our findings
could very possibly be extended to other
toxicants and environmental diseases.”
Systemic inflammation
The WHO estimates that 92% of the world’s
population currently lives in places where air
quality levels exceed the WHO limits of 10μg/
m3. PM2.5 is one of the most prominent air
pollutants because the particles deposit in the
respiratory tract, resulting in both lung and
systemic inflammation and stress.
“The health effects of air pollution and
how it plays a role in one’s health raise many
Catch Ben’s new podcast
Contributing editor Ben Brown, ND, has a new podcast on the go.
Go to http://www.timeforwellness.org/podcast to find links to his
broadcasts on SoundCloud, iTunes and Stitcher.
Ben has already interviewed Deanna Minich on Phytonutrients, Personalised Nutrition and
Mind-Body Vitality; Karen Ward on Inflammatory Bowel Disease, SIBO and nutritional therapy;
and Robyn Puglia on Autoimmunity, Viral Infection and Functional Medicine.
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complex issues,” said Jia Zhong, principal
investigator. “Until we can attack the problem
on an individual level we are a long way from
fully tackling its challenges for the public’s
health.”
The researchers administered one placebo
or B-vitamin supplement (2.5 mg of folic acid,
50 mg of vitamin B6, and 1 mg of vitamin B12)
daily to each adult recruited for the trial. To
take part in the intervention, volunteers were
required to be healthy non-smokers, 18 to 60
years old, who were not taking any medicines
or vitamin supplements.
Plasma B vitamin measurements taken
before and after placebo and supplementation
showed that B-vitamin supplements
significantly increased the median plasma
concentrations of folic acid, vitamin B6 and
vitamin B12.
Ambient particles were drawn from an
inlet next to a heavily trafficked street in
downtown Toronto, with more than 1,000
vehicles passing through each hour. Particles
were delivered via an “oxygen type” facemask.
Blood samples were collected and measured
using the Infinium Human Methylation 450K
BeadChip.
“While emission control and regulation is
the backbone of prevention, high exposures
are, unfortunately, the rule still in many
megacities throughout the world. As
individuals, we have limited options to protect
ourselves against air pollution. Future studies,
especially in heavily polluted areas, are
urgently needed to validate our findings and
ultimately develop preventive interventions
using B vitamins to contain the health effects
of air pollution”, said Baccarelli.
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“Integrative Oncology…is
not alternative medicine”
The Seattle unit makes that clear in a headline
on its website, and explains:
“Rather, integrative oncology combines
both time-tested and scientifically based
complementary medicine therapies with
conventional, or standard cancer treatment
methods, including surgery, radiation,
chemotherapy, hormonal and biological
therapies. At Seattle Integrative Oncology,
we not only bring you expert naturopathic
cancer care, but we also strive to provide a
comprehensive and holistic approach that is
seamlessly integrated with every aspect of your
health care.
“Depending on each patient’s individual
needs and desires, our approach combines the
W
hile UK practitioners who
are not medically-qualified
have to tread carefully
around anything to do with
cancer, naturopaths in the
US seem to be winning the battle to be formally
recognised for their potential contribution to
cancer treatment.
At stake is not only freedom to practise for
the naturopathic physician profession, but also
access to government funding for residency
positions in conventional hospitals. JOHN
WEEKS, of The Integrator Blog News and
Reports explains (http://theintegratorblog.
com).
Most people are not aware of how
significantly Medicare subsidises residencies
for medical doctors. An estimate in 2013
put the total at $10.1 billion annually. This
is an average of $112,642 per resident.
Naturopathic physicians are among those who
would like to see this federal pie expanded or
shared with other professions.
The naturopathic profession hasn’t been
sitting on their hands. It has slowly built
a network of 56 residencies, through the
colleges, and from the ground up through
multiple strategies. The anatomy of one
successful bootstrapped residency programme
at Seattle Integrative Oncology (SIO) was
recently unveiled at the annual meeting of the
American College of Naturopathic Oncology.
The Seattle Integrative Oncology
programme rests on an evolving infrastructure
inside the naturopathic profession and
naturopathic medical education. The first step
was the formation of the Oncology Association
of Naturopathic Physicians (OncANP). In
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following goals:
• Improve general health and optimize
wellness.
• Strengthen and support the various organ
systems, including the immune system, during
and after conventional oncology treatment.
• Prevent and manage adverse effects or
symptoms experienced during treatment.
• Incorporate a targeted nutritional and
supplement plan based on demonstrated
anticancer effects.
• Address those factors that may contribute to
tumor cell development and activity; such as
inflammation, oxidative stress, poor glucose/
insulin control and immune dysfunction.
• When possible, provide strategies that may
Chad Aschtgen Erica Joseph
2006, the American Board of Naturopathic
Oncology was created as the standards and
credentialling programme through which
a licensed naturopathic physician (ND) can
become a Fellow (FABNO). Chad Aschtgen, ND,
FABNO, SIO’s founder (pictured), is among the
roughly 100 naturopathic physicians who have
achieved Fellow status.
Meanwhile, on the educational side, the
Council on Naturopathic Medical Education,
a federally-recognised accrediting body used
by the eight North American colleges, created
a programme for accrediting residencies as
well as a Universal Naturopathic Residency
application. The leaders of the Association
of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges
(AANMC) established a process through
which residency applicants apply via the
“Naturopathic Postgraduate Association
Matching Program”. The SIO programme is
accredited through an affiliation with Bastyr
University.
In February 2017, Aschtgen and former
SIO resident Erica Joseph, ND, LAc, (pictured)
presented a poster of remarkable financial
transparency on the SIO residency at the 6th
aid in delivery and efficacy of conventional
treatments, including radiation and
chemotherapy.
“Although many oncologists may not
discuss integrative care with their patients,
the majority of Americans with cancer are
using some form or another of what might be
considered ‘complementary and alternative
medicine’. There are thousands of ‘natural’
products recommended as ‘good for cancer’,
however they are of varying degrees of purity
and potency. It is therefore critical that you use
the guidance of a well-trained and experienced
natural medicine expert to ensure your safety
and maximize the efficacy of your treatment.”
• http://seattlend.com.
annual conference of OncANP. The roughly
$45,000 (35,000 GBP) costs of a resident for
the year fall into five buckets: salary and taxes
($41,047), administrative costs ($1,482),
malpractice insurance ($682), continuing
education for the resident ($1478), and
professional memberships (included in the
$310). The average salary for an MD resident
in Seattle in $61,000 (around 49,000 GBP).
The Aschtgen-Joseph team noted that
the salary of a Medical Assistant is $38,539
(around 31,000 GBP). The suggestion was
that it might be better to spend a few more
thousand to fund a naturopathic resident.
The more intriguing data are in the
breakdown of how many additional patient
visits per week, via the resident, are needed
to make the programme cost out, and SIO’s
actual experience. SIO’s average revenue per
visit is $156.26 (125 GBP). Notably, this does
not include natural pharmacy. Product sales
are not part of the SIO business model. If the
resident works 46 weeks of the year, to return
the $45,000, the team estimates that break-
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week. The actual experience was
that in the first year of Joseph’s
two-year residency, SIO’s patient
visits increased by 35.6% the
first year and a whopping 90%
the second year, significantly
passing the break-even point.
Cancer core curriculum
While working out the
residency’s mechanics, Aschtgen
has also partnered with one of
naturopathic medicine’s most
influential leaders over the last
30 years, Michael Traub, ND,
DHANP, FABNO, to create an
American Board of Naturopathic
Oncology Core Curriculum.
Elements include skills
working in multidisciplinary
environments and “coordinating
care with medical, radiation,
and surgical oncology, as well
as palliative care and other
integrative disciplines, such
as acupuncture, massage, and
mind-body therapies”. Skill
building in both evaluating and
conducting research is also
prioritised.
This Core Curriculum includes
19 separate elements, from
complications to communication
and oncology emergencies to
survivorship. The curriculum
is being piloted through
naturopathic oncology resident
directors. Initial conceptual
work has commenced on a more
thorough residency manual.
Joseph and Aschtgen
presented a second poster
on “Management of Hot
Flashes in Oncology Patients”.
SIO is involved in multiple
discussions with Seattle-area
medical delivery organisations
that are aimed at creating
more access to integrative
naturopathic oncology services.
Five naturopathic oncology
residencies exist in the United
States. SIO offers the only
naturopathic oncology in
Seattle, and currently has a new
oncology resident in the clinic,
Jenna Bailey, ND.
• John Weeks is Publisher/Editor of
The Integrator Blog News and Reports
(http://theintegratorblog.com).
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{ camchat
Emily Blake, BA (Hons), MA,
DipCNM, is a Clinical Nutrition
Advisor at BioCare: www.
biocare.co.uk.
I am struck daily by the number of people affected by
traumatic experiences such as bereavement or physical abuse.
Many people have never received any form of therapy and are
living each day with a cloud of unresolved emotion hanging
over them and a catalogue of health complaints, including
depression, anxiety and gastrointestinal issues, which stem
from their traumatic experience.
When a client confides in us that they experienced a trauma,
how many of us feel prepared to initiate that vital conversation
with them about their experience?
When did it happen? Did they receive any therapy?
How are they feeling about it now? It is one of the hardest
conversations which we will have in practice, and we may feel
nervous about how clients will react to gentle questioning
about their trauma. But, with the ever-growing body of
research demonstrating the detrimental impact of stressful
experiences on our health, especially when they occur during
childhood – termed Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs),
I feel that it is our responsibility to tactfully initiate that
conversation.
Encouraging a client to talk about their trauma, to the
degree which they feel comfortable with, can set them on
the path towards deep healing. It can provide us with a far
deeper understanding of the emotional health of our clients
and the timeline of events which led to their current clinical
presentation, which enhances our ability to help them. And the
sheer process of a client opening up about their experience,
especially if they have suppressed their emotion for years,
can be profoundly therapeutic in itself. Indeed, “opening the
floodgates” can be the most important step on a trauma
client’s journey to recovery.
• Romens SE et al. Associations between early life stress and gene methylation
in children. Child Dev 2015, 86(1):303-309.
Scottish hospitals spending
just 94p per patient meal
A BBC Scotland investigation has found that Borders
hospitals spent £3.18 per day per patient on meals and
snacks.
Other health boards such as NHS Ayrshire and Arran and
Dumfries and Galloway spent a similar amount.
“NHS Grampian spent £3.50 per day, which it said broke
down as 94p for each of the two main meals and £1.62 for
snacks and drinks”, said the BBC.
Nutritional expert Prof Mike Lean said: “There must be
a lower limit below which quality will be sacrificed in a
variety of ways.
The BBC quoted Prof Mike Lean, chair Prof Mike Lean,
Chair of Human Nutrition (Medicine) at the University of
Glasgow, saying, “Meal quality has a number of elements: it
has to look good, taste good, texture must be good and it has
a biological importance – so it must be nutritionally good.”
Conservative MSP Brian Whittle, who has been asking
questions in parliament about where patients’ food comes
from, said: “Eating healthy, high-quality meals when you’re
in hospital can make a big difference to your recovery. If
patients aren’t eating well, they can’t get well.”
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GP workloads at Need support? Join a
‘critical point’, supervision scheme
new report warns HELEN MONK, Supervision Manager for BANT
Unmanageable workloads are not only impacting quality of (the British Association for Nutritional Therapy
care, but are probably going to prevent the NHS from recruiting and Applied Nutrition) explains the innovative
its target of 5,000 new GPs. supervision scheme put in place by the professional
Feedback from doctors in a survey published by Red Whale,
one of the leading providers of primary care medical education
body for Registered Nutritional Therapists.
in the UK, shows a profession reeling from pressure of work. BANT introduced its supervision
scheme in 2014, and it has since grown
“My job makes me feel utterly, totally stressed, steadily in numbers and maturity: the
depressed and suicidal. I realise I have to change objective is to provide every BANT
something soon to save my sanity.” member with access to the supervision
scheme by the end of this year.
“Not being able to deliver safe or quality care is both In creating the scheme, BANT’s
goals are to help practitioners to feel
demotivating and frightening – how long before I
supported and valued, and to ensure
make a major mistake, because I am just too drained
that best practice and achievements
and shattered to pick up on an important cue?” are implemented and recognised.
As a result the scheme applies both
“I am shocked to see how many GPs in early or to newly-qualified and experienced
mid-career are solving this problem on an individual practitioners.
basis by cutting down their sessions or moving out of To achieve these goals, BANT’s team
general practice altogether.” identified he following aims:
• To seek to continually improve
standards of practice and patient care
These are just some of the quotes from over 1000 GPs from
across the profession, and to meet
across the UK who have been surveyed for the new report,
standards of best practice that exist
“Diagnosing the GP crisis: voices from the front line of primary in other healthcare professions with
care”, released last month. differing regulatory bodies.
The report reveals the unprecedented effect of • To provide support from more
unmanageable workloads on GPs – on their own well-being, experienced members of the
on their ability to perform their duties safely, and on the future profession.
retention and recruitment of doctors into general practice. • To create an additional career path as
Key findings include: a BANT Supervisor for BANT members
with the appropriate experience.
• Unmanageable workloads are compromising the quality and
• To demonstrate high standards of
consistency of the care that GPs are able to provide: 85% say
professional practice, client safety
that the volume of their workload prevents them from doing and member supervision to other
their job well. healthcare sector professionals and to
• Unmanageable workloads are forcing GPs out of the the public.
profession and contributing to a recruitment crisis: more than • To support more BANT members in
90% have either left or considered leaving due to increasing having thriving, successful practices
workloads, or have reduced their hours in order to cope. and increasing the number of client
• Less than a third (30%) would choose to train as a GP if they consultations conducted by members
overall.
were given the option now.
The findings suggest that the workloads may prevent the
What is supervision?
NHS from meeting its target to recruit and train 5,000 new Supervision is a structured process of
doctors into general practice over the next five years. regular professional support that aims
“We know that GPs want to provide high-quality, consistent to support a practitioner’s personal
care to their patients, but in many cases the vast and and professional development,
unmanageable workloads that they face prevent them from through discussion and reflection.(1)
being able to do so,” says Caroline Greene, GP and Business Supervision can take place one to one,
Development Director at Red Whale. or in groups.
Clinical supervision is often
“This report shows that the impact of those workloads has
confused with the kind of management
reached a critical point, leaving many GPs feeling unable to
supervision found in the workplace.
safely and effectively do their jobs, and forcing others out of However, it is very different – in clinical
general practice altogether.”
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supervision, the individual’s skills
are not assessed, their practice is not
supervised and they are not observed
in clinic. Additionally, the supervision
sessions are completely confidential,
so there is no reporting to anyone
externally.
How BANT supervision
works
The BANT Supervision Scheme is
group-based. Trained, accredited
supervisors facilitate groups of up to
eight Registered Nutritional Therapists
(RNTs) during two-hour sessions
spaced throughout the year. BANT’s
goal is for active RNTs to engage in
between 12 and 18 hours of supervision
per year.
The BANT Supervision Scheme is
based on “classic” supervision as used
in counselling and psychotherapy.
There is a substantial body of literature
to back up supervision’s usefulness
to practitioners in the helping
professions.(2)
During the sessions, the supervisor
doesn’t tell participants what to
do, nor judge their performance in
any way. Rather, they will facilitate
participants to reflect deeply on their
work, through a process of discussion
using an open questions model.
Bench-marking Best
Practice
Supervision in various forms is a
routine part of working life in many
other healthcare professions, such
as social care, midwifery, dietetics,
psychology, psychotherapy and
homeopathy, to name just a few.
However, this process varies greatly
from profession to profession.
During the development stage
of the BANT Supervision Scheme,
BANT benchmarked supervision-
like approaches in place in other
healthcare professions, particularly
in relation to those that have similar
objectives to BANT.
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This enabled BANT to design a supervision
scheme for members that met best practice
across the health and caring professions, while
tailoring it to meet BANT’s members’ specific
requirements. For example, as BANT members
tend to be self-employed, supervision provides
the opportunity to review and learn from other
practitioner cases; this is something which
many employees in an NHS clinical setting have
integrated into their work structure. Supervision
also provides peer support, which helps reduce
potential isolation, in absence of workplace
teams.
Benefits of supervision
Membership of the supervision groups has
been stable, demonstrating that members find
these groups useful and enjoyable. As well as
contributing to BANT’s aim to raise standards
in nutritional therapy, supervision has many
benefits for the practitioner. It helps with:
• Resolving dilemmas that arise in day to day
work.
• Optimising skills for running a profitable and
efficient practice.
• Maintaining high standards, in line with
policies such as the BANT Professional Practice
handbook.
• Facilitating successful relationships with clients
and others in the wider professional community.
• Growing relationships with peers.
• Fully realising the individual’s potential.
• Setting career goals.
Exciting future
2017 sees the start of BANT’s next strategic
five-year plan. Front and centre of the plan
is helping members increase the number of
consultations they deliver and improving the
professional standing and standards of BANT
Members. Supervision is at the heart of these two
ambitions.
BANT plans to create opportunities for many
more members to engage with supervision.
Firstly, we’re extending the new student
workshop programme. This programme has
been successfully piloting supervision taster
workshops to final-year nutritional therapy
students, and allows them to experience the
support that supervision will give them when
setting up their new businesses upon graduation.
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BANT supervision groups meet
regularly to support BANT
members with their professional
development, resolving client and
practice dilemmas, and growing
thriving, successful businesses.
{
“I just wanted to say thank you
for another great year of BANT
supervision. I’m really grateful for
the kind and caring support you give.
Starting out as an NT has huge
challenges, and it has helped me
enormously to develop my business
and know that I am doing it right.
I would feel very isolated without
it. Both the commercial and the
technical help has been invaluable.”
– Sally W, Registered Nutritional Therapist.
Secondly, BANT will be rolling out online
supervision groups to more members, following
the popular pilot which started in November
2016. These enable members, who are not
able to travel to an in-person group, to access
supervision and still benefit from the group
experience.
Thirdly, new modes of supervision will be
piloted, to give members the flexibility to
choose supervision that works best for them.
Approaches that are being considered for future
development include one-to-one supervision,
among other formats.
This is an exciting time for BANT and the
many projects and activities that are in progress
to support members and promote nutritional
therapy, including supervision.
• If you are a nutritional therapist and interested in
finding out more about opportunities to join BANT
supervision, email Helen Monk, BANT Supervision
Manager at supervision@bant.org.uk.
BANT’s supervision manager,
Helen Monk, Dip ION, BSc
(Hons) Complementary Therapies
– Nutritional Health (University
of Greenwich), is a registered
nutritional therapist who runs
Fully Living Me, a Hertfordshire-
based nutrition and lifestyle
consultancy. She focuses on child
health, including concerns such
as eczema, ADHD and food intolerances, fussy eating and
issues with weaning; supporting women who want to get
pregnant; and support for men and women dealing with
health issues such as migraine, PMS, IBS, psoriasis and
fatigue. She holds clinics in Hitchin, Watford and London’s
Victoria Dock.
• https://fullylivingme.com.
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 IHCAN new releases
Swiss phytotherapy brand Dr. Dünner
launching in UK
Dr.Dünner, the family-run Swiss herbal health
brand founded in 1948 by Dr Helene Dünner,
will be bringing its products to the UK next
month.
Currently trading in 20 countries, with
subsidiaries in China, Netherlands and
Germany, the company will be introducing
a selection of its products under a new sub-
brand PhytoVitality, which has been developed
for the UK market.
Dr.Dünner has a long history of developing
health products using herbal ingredients
sourced from its locality in the alpine
Entlebuch, and grown organically, as well as
across the world.
“The PhytoVitality brand balances the
scientific and natural elements of the
Dr.Dünner approach, rooted in the evidence-
based scientific principles of phytotherapy
to use plant based ingredients to maintain
health”, they tell us. “The PhytoVitality
products comprise unique blends for
immunity; digestive, liver and nerve functions;
stress and anxiety; energy; muscles and joints.
The UK launch will commence with
wholesale listings and a UK specific website
Portuguese universities investigate the prebiotic
properties of mushroom nutrition
A group of Portuguese
universities
has shown how
mushroom nutrition
can have a beneficial
prebiotic effect on
some gut bacteria
and may be able to
indirectly reduce the
ability of pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella to
adhere to the wall of the gastrointestinal tract.
Prof Tito Fernandes and Prof Manuela Pintado
studied Coriolus versicolor supplied by Mycology
Research Laboratories (MRL) and reported results
in ”Bioactive Properties of Mushroom Coriolus
versicolor” in the Clinical Journal of Mycology (5, Jan
2017).
In this in vitro study, the scientists from the
Catholic Portuguese University in Oporto and the
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Lisbon compared
the prebiotic effect of Coriolus versicolor on four
probiotic strains: (Lactobacillus acidophilus L10,
Lactobacillus casei L26, Bifidobacterium longum BG
and Bifidobacterium animalis B80).
The researchers found a potential strain-
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– www.drdunner.co.uk –
before a consumer
launch from June.
Dr.Dünner will be exhibiting
at Natural and Organic Products
Europe on stand C72 on April 2-3
in the Excel Centre, London.
Robert Bastong, managing director,
Dr.Dünner, commented: “Natural health is
exploding in the UK and across the world,
making it the perfect time for our brand –
which was founded in principles of a natural
approach to health over 60 years ago – to grow.
“Dr.Dünner’s Swiss heritage is also crucial • Liquid Yellow Gentian, Melissa and Mint with
to its unique positioning. PhytoVitality is an Calcium.
expression of Switerland’s long history of • Liquid Dandelion, Edelweiss and Centaury
balancing nature and science to benefit health, with Choline.
as well as the healthy Swiss lifestyle – it’s no • Biosphere Entlebuch Sheep‘s Butter, Juniper
coincidence that Switzerland has the longest oil, Pine Needle oil massage cream.
average life expectancy in Europe.” • Devils Claw, Checkerberry and Rosemary gel.
The PhytoVitality products launching in the • Ashwagandha, Basil and Biotin capsules.
UK include: • Rhodiola, Passion flower, Copper and Vitamin
• Nasturtium, Rosehip and Elderflower B capsules with Zinc.
capsules with Vitamin C. • Turmeric, Pepper and Green Tea Capsules
• Liquid Linden Blossom, Elderflower and with Vitamin C.
Thyme with Vitamin C. • www.drdunner.co.uk
NattoPharma
chief
launches
new K2
dependent
prebiotic effect
with higher activity Wiley‘s Finest is launching a
on B. animalis new vitamin K2 product at
when compared Natural and Organic Products
to L. casei and B. Europe (April 2-3, Excel
longum. There was Centre) and have wheeled out
no impact on the a big gun to help them.
acidophilus strain. Vitamin K2 is the most
Prebiotic agents can have an indirect recently discovered common
inhibitory effect on pathogenic bacteria through nutrient deficiency that, when
its selective fermentation by the probiotic bacteria corrected, has been clinically
in the colon. In addition, prebiotics may inhibit the proven to have potentially
adhesive capacity of pathogenic bacteria. Following- dramatic health benefits – on
up on that hypothesis, the researchers tested the the circulatory system in
impact of Coriolus biomass upon Salmonella particular.
enterica, Staphylococus aureus and Escherichia At the stand to explain will
coli adhesion to mucin using mucin (Type II be Dr Hogne Vik, MD, PhD,
Sigma-Aldrich) as a model of the intestinal Chief Medical Officer with
mucus. NattoPharma ASA. A physician
The results showed a potential inhibitory effect by education, Dr Vik was the
of the Coriolus substrate, especially in the case of driving force behind Superba
Salmonella enterica. Krill Oil and was involved
• Research article is here: http://www.mycologyresearch.com/ with Tonalin (CLA) and other
articles/view/107. successful supplements.
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 IHCAN dates
Biological Core Protocols for Chronic
Illness: Klinghardt in London
Klinghardt Education, the new organisation running seminars for Dr Dietrich
Klinghardt, MD, PhD, is bringing him to London this month to present his
“biological master protocols” for chronic illness.
Dr Klinghardt’s major feature in this month’s issue (page 30) begins to
explore some of the ideas and suggestions for treatment that will be covered in
detail on the day.
• Sunday April 9, Holiday Inn Bloomsbury. Details: http://klinghardtinstitute.com/product/biological-
master-protocols.
Become a certified Medical NLP
Health Practitioner in seven days
The Acumedic Foundation and the
Society of Medical NLP have come
together to present in London in
April a seven-day training specifically
tailored for CAM practitioners.
This is an opportunity to train
directly with Garner Thomson, NLP
Master Trainer, and Dr Khalid Khan,
a primary care physician, GP trainer,
and undergraduate tutor for King‘s
College London School of Medicine.
They are the creators of Medical NLP
and authors of the best-selling Magic
in Practice: Introducing Medical NLP…
The Art and Science of Language in
Healing and Health.
They will teach how to:
• acquire explicit new techniques to
approach a wide range of complex,
chronic conditions.
Nutri stage new IFM event
Nutri Advanced are presenting a day
of case-based training and patient-
centred functional medicine as
presented by the UK IFM Certified
Practitioners Group.
This exclusive group of 13 UK-
based practitioners spans different
disciplines, meaning that they
are viewing functional medicine
from many different angles giving
attendees different experiences and
understanding of how the functional
medicine model fits into clinical
practice.
The event is the first independent
training day in the UK to be
recognised as an Institute for
Functional Medicine educational
event, say Nutri.
“Through the process of case-
based learning, those attending this
day-long event will advance their
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• improve clinical outcomes in your
own field.
• enhance existing skills and integrate
them seamlessly with all specialties.
• reduce and resolve stress (both
patient and practitioner).
• master the language of hypnosis and
indirect influence.
• orientate patents towards healing
and health.
• create your own, unique techniques
for lasting change.
• optimise time you spend with
clients.
• reduce risk and increase patient
satisfaction.
• Booking and further information:
Phone +447973892877, email garner@
garnerthomson.co.uk, and see https://
pagelead.leadpages.co/mnlp-health-
practitioner-2017.
Presenting case histories: Pete Williams,
M.Med.Sci, CSCS, IFMCP.
understanding of the foundational
tools and resources used by seasoned
IFM Certified Practitioners (IFMCP).
This clinical and teaching team
comprises of Pete Williams, Jo
Gamble, and Robyn Puglia, who will
share their decades of knowledge and
experience as they model strategies
of clinical implementation using the
Functional Medicine approach.”
• May 13, London. £149: www.nutriadvanced.
co.uk/events.
NEWS EXTRA
Medicinal mushroom
trials: Hifas da Terra find
oncology collaboration
Hifas da Terra, the medicinal mushroom company, has
announced a breakthrough in its ongoing efforts to
collaborate with oncologists and scientific researchers.
Together with 14 different hospitals in Spain and Italy,
their research team is running clinical trials of an
integrative approach to several types of cancer including
colorectal, breast, neurodegenerative and lung.
Mushrooms for cancer: HdT scientists show oncologists the raw materials for
high-concentration extracts. Left to right: Dr Arturo Rodríguez Blanco, PhD and
Head of R&D for HdT; Dr Pere Gascon, Director of the Molecular Oncology Labs
for CELLEX; Dr Manuel Constenla-Figueiras, Chief of Medical Oncology Service,
at the University Teaching Hospital of Montecelo; Dr Iván Simón Gómez,
Micosalud brand HdT; at the Hifas da Terra Laboratories in Galicia, Spain.
Researchers will test high-concentration mushroom
extracts as adjuvant cancer therapy. Hifas da Terra
created the Mico-Onco Care line specifically for those
needing secondary support from cancer treatment –
with aims including to reduce secondary effects of cancer
therapies and consequently improve quality of life.
Hifas da Terra is also currently collaborating with
Apices, a CRO carrying out clinical research services, on
a randomised double-blind clinical trial of combination
therapy with chemotherapy and the nutraceutical “Mico-
Digest” (containing Ganoderma lucidum, Agaricus blazei,
Grifola frondosa, Hericium erinaceus, Pleurotus eryngii,
Pleurotus ostreatus and Myrciaria dubia) to evaluate
the possible improvement in the quality of life of 169
patients with aggressive metastasising colorectal cancer.
The company is also in the process of starting two
other clinical trials, which are EC-funded.
Can vitamin D supplements
in pregnancy prevent autism?
Giving vitamin D supplements to mice during pregnancy
prevents autism traits in their offspring, University of
Queensland researchers have discovered.
“Our study used the most widely accepted developmental
model of autism in which affected mice behave abnormally
and show deficits in social interaction, basic learning and
stereotyped behaviours”, said lead researcher Prof Darryl Eyles,
from UQ‘s Queensland Brain Institute.
“We found that pregnant females treated with active
vitamin D in the equivalent of the first trimester of pregnancy
produced offspring that did not develop these deficits”.
In human studies, QBI researchers recently found a link
between pregnant women with low vitamin D levels and the
increased likelihood of having a child with autistic traits.
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Psoriasis: cracking auto-

inflammation and autoimmunity
Think psoriasis is just a skin disease? Think again! Drawing on the most up to date published research,
naturopath BEN BROWN, an IHCAN contributing editor, explains the auto-immune and auto-
inflammatory components of psoriasis, its links with insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, heart
disease and a host of co-morbidities, and explores the potential of individualised nutritional treatment.

P
soriasis, a chronic inflammatory
multi-organ disorder with clinical
manifestation in the skin and
often the joints, is very common,
with an estimated prevalence
of approximately 2%–5% of the
population.(1) It is typically characterised by
raised, well-demarcated, erythematous oval
plaques with adherent silvery scales, and is
associated with significant comorbidity –
including depressive illness, cardiovascular
disease, psoriatic arthritis, and decreased
quality of life.(2)
In contrast to autoimmunity,
autoinflammation is characterised by systemic
inflammation in the absence of high-titer
autoantibodies or autoreactive T lymphocytes
(3). This spectrum may help explain the
progression of psoriasis from an IL-1–TNF-
mediated, neutrophil-dominated inflammation
(innate auto-inflammatory response) that
initiates a Th17/Th22-dominated early T-cell
infiltrate, to a Th1-dominated psoriasis plaque
(adaptive autoimmune response).(4)
Comorbid illnesses are an important
consideration in psoriasis; it is associated
with several systemic disorders, including
Crohn’s disease, type-2 diabetes mellitus,
cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome,
depression and cancers, particularly lymphoma
and skin cancer.(5) Notably, 6-42% of patients
with psoriasis have psoriatic arthritis.(6)
These associations suggest that psoriasis may
be the cutaneous manifestation of a systemic
inflammatory state.(7)
Standard drug, topical and phototherapy
treatments for psoriasis frequently have
adverse side-effects and are often ineffective;
safer and more effective management options
are needed.(8) An improved clinical approach
to the management of psoriasis could include
individualised, patient-centred care (9), in
addition to addressing modifiable environmental
and nutritional factors, as these play an
important role in the both the development and
perpetuation of the disease.(10)
Dysbiosis
Research suggests that dysbiosis of gut bacteria
plays a primary role in the development and
perpetuation of autoimmune diseases, and it
is well established that the gut microbiota can
influence the expression of specific lymphocyte
subsets involved in autoimmunity. See the
Imperial College paper from 2015 for more on
this.(11) Psoriasis shares genetic and clinical
relationships with Cohn’s disease, which is
linked to gastrointestinal dysbiosis and loss
of tolerance to intestinal microbes, and it
has been proposed that psoriasis is linked to

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 dermal dysbiosis and loss of tolerance to skin
microbes (11, 12).
Although intestinal dysbiosis has not been
well studied in psoriasis, an experimental
study from Ireland – “Bifidobacterium
infantis 35624 modulates host inflammatory
processes beyond the gut” – has suggested
it could be an initiating factor in systemic
Th17 activation and psoriasis-like skin
inflammation.(13) Intriguingly, giving
probiotics to people with acne has been shown
to reduce systemic inflammation.(15) And
a case study of an adult man with treatment
refractory psoriasis reported dramatic
normalisation of his psoriasis when, as a
treatment for his gastroduodenitis, doctors
eradicated H. pylori eradication; and that
was despite no previous clinical symptoms
indicating gastrointestinal involvement.(14)
Intestinal permeability and
endotoxaemia
Increased translocation of gut-derived
endotoxin into the peripheral circulation
has been suggested to play a role in the
development of dermatological disorders.
(15) Indeed, metabolic endotoxaemia
associated with intestinal permeability is a
well-established source of chronic low-grade
inflammation. (See the 2014 review (16)
“Gut microbiota and metabolic syndrome”
by University of Bologna authors, which is
free online.) A small study found evidence of
increased intestinal permeability in patients
with psoriasis when compared to healthy
controls (17). An intestinal permeability-
targeted nutritional intervention involving
dietary changes (high fresh fruits and
vegetables, low protein from fish and fowl,
fiber supplements, olive oil, and avoidance
of red meat, processed foods, and refined
carbohydrates) and herbal teas (saffron
tea and slippery elm bark) was found to
improve psoriasis symptom scores and reduce
intestinal permeability (18).
Shared inflammatory pathways
Chronic inflammation can contribute to
the development of psoriasis as well as
comorbidities and metabolic disease risk, and
so is something that is important to consider
in treatment. Psoriasis shares immunological
pathways with other chronic inflammatory
diseases, including arthritis, obesity and
other autoimmune diseases (19, 20).
However, there are also distinct differences
in the immunopathology, suggesting
unique management strategies are needed.
Dysregulation of both innate and adaptive
immune systems are involved in psoriasis,
and is uncertain if psoriasis is primarily an
autoimmune disease or an inflammatory
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The different that personalised diet and
supplementation can make: pictures from the
case study published by orthomolecular physician
Dr Matthias Rath and colleagues: http://www4.
dr-rath-foundation.org/research_news/articles/
issue-46-health-information-benefits-of-
micronutrients-in-skin-disease-psoriasis.html.
disorder that evolves into an autoimmune
disease (21).
Polarisation of Th1 and low Th2 cells has
long been thought to be central to psoriasis,
however it appears both Th1 and Th2 are
involved in psoriasis pathogenesis (22, 23).
Other important mediators of inflammation
in psoriasis are IL-23, IL-17 and adipokines
including adiponectin.(24, 25) Inflammatory
pathways are important targets for nutritional
interventions, which may have dual benefit of
addressing inflammatory comorbidities and
reducing metabolic disease risk.(26, 27) As an
adjuvant therapy, dermatology specialists at
the University of Florence have shown that a
lecithin-based delivery form of curcumin can
reduce inflammation and improve treatment
outcome.(28) C-reactive protein (CRP)
correlates with disease severity and may be
useful for monitoring nutritional intervention
response.(29)
Oxidative stress
Systemic oxidative stress is a consistent
feature of psoriasis and may contribute to
disease development, associated increase
in cardiovascular risk, and be an important
target for patient management.(30) Oxidative
stress could contribute to the development of
psoriasis through a number of mechanisms,
including DNA modification, lipid
peroxidation, and production of inflammatory
cytokines.(31) Overproduction and/or
inadequate removal of reactive oxygen species
could result in oxidative stress in psoriasis,
and could be due to factors such as exposure
to external pro-oxidant stimuli or impaired
endogenous antioxidant defenses.(32)
Therapeutic interventions that target
oxidative stress, such as antioxidants,
may be useful according to a 2016 review
published in Free Radical Research.(33) A
clinical study using coenzyme Q10 (50mg
daily), vitamin E (natural alpha-tocopherol,
50mg), and selenium (aspartate salt,
48mcg) resulted in improvements in several
parameters related to oxidative stress,
included superoxide production, copper/zinc-
superoxide dismutase, and catalase, as well
as a significant reduction in disease severity,
coinciding with normalisation of oxidative
stress markers.(34) Selenium with or without
vitamin E has however failed to reduce clinical
symptoms, despite some improvement in
metabolic markers.(35-37)
Insulin resistance
Psoriasis has been associated with a higher
prevalence of insulin resistance, type 2
diabetes risk and metabolic syndrome
(38-40). Although insulin resistance is often
considered a co-morbidity, evidence suggests
that poor insulin metabolism could adversely
affect skin physiology by contributing to
the pro-inflammatory state in psoriasis.
(41) Some evidence supports the idea that
insulin resistance causes psoriasis, including
correlations between insulin resistance
and disease severity (42), and exacerbation
of psoriasis with insulin therapy but risk-
reduction with oral hypo-glycaemic agents.
(43, 44) Supplementation with the insulin-
sensitising mineral chromium at a dose of
600mcg daily for six weeks improved both
insulin resistance and psoriasis severity,
but only in patients with established insulin
resistance.(45)
Nutritional and lifestyle-based management
of insulin-resistance is an important
consideration.
“Psychodermatology”: the
brain-skin axis
Psychological stress and alterations in
sympathetic adrenal medullary axis and
hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis
function share a bi-directional relationship
with psoriasis, the so-called brain-skin axis
– or “psychodermatology”, as researchers at
London’s Royal Free have described it.(46)
On one hand psoriasis itself is a cause of
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significant psychological stress, while on the
other psychological stress could contribute to
the development and exacerbation of psoriasis
though neurogenic inflammation, including
interactions with leucocytes and mast cells.(47)
Stressful life events have been linked to
subsequent psoriasis exacerbations (48), and
there is a clinically significant prevalence of
depression, anxiety and perceived stress.(49)
Features of HPA axis dysfunction in psoriasis
include significantly higher reactivity to acute
stress (50), low cortisol (51), and evening
elevations in cortisol (52). Cortisol expression
and HPA axis dysfunction have been shown
to correlate with psoriasis severity.(53, 54)
There is some evidence that mind-body
interventions, especially cognitive behavioral
therapy, can improve quality of life and reduce
feelings of stress as well as disease severity in
people with psoriasis.(55)
The power of a health-promoting
diet
Several factors associated with unhealthy
diets have been found to be common in people
suffering from psoriasis, including a higher
consumption of simple carbohydrates and fat,
and lower intake of complex carbohydrates,
omega-3 PUFAs and fibre, some of which
have been correlated with disease severity.
(56) In an observational study of 62 patients
with mild-severe psoriasis, researchers at the
University Medical School of Naples found
that those who most consistently stuck to a
traditional Mediterranean-style diet reported
less severe symptoms – and less inflammation,
as assessed by CRP levels.(57 – 2015 Journal
of Translational Medicine paper free online.)
In an intervention study from Brazil – “Pilot
study on which foods should be avoided by
patients with psoriasis”, most patients with
psoriasis (88.37%) reported reduced scaling
and erythema, milder outbreaks during the
year, and improved quality of life when they
cut down on foods such as black coffee, black
tea, chocolate, pepper, smoked foods, beef,
monosodium glutamate, and alcoholic drinks,
and increased consumption of beta-carotene
containing foods, fruit, white meat and whole
grains.(58)
Well-known physician researcher Dr
Matthias Rath and colleagues (www4.dr-
rath-foundation.org) have published a 2015
nutritional therapy case report (free online) in
Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. Here,
a woman with severe, treatment-resistant
psoriasis encouraged to increase vegetable
intake, lower consumption of meat, avoid junk
food and sugar, and was put on a personalised
nutritional supplement regime, particularly
high in various forms of vitamin C. She
experienced complete resolution of symptoms
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Summary of dietary considerations
Intervention Discussion
Health-promoting diet Unhealthful dietary practices appear
to be more frequent in patients with
psoriasis, and could increase disease
risk and severity.
Weight-loss diet Overweight and obesity can
contribute to disease severity
though increased low-grade
inflammation and diet-induced
weight loss results in clinical
improvement.
Gluten-free diet There is a higher frequency of
coeliac disease and gluten sensitivity
in psoriasis, and gluten-free diets are
effective.
within six months.(59) The “before” and
“after” pictures tell the story (see page 16).
Weight loss diet
Overweight and obesity, especially central
obesity, may contribute to the development
and exacerbation of psoriasis.(60) Several
clinical studies have found that dietary and
lifestyle weight loss interventions reduce the
severity of psoriasis in overweight or obese
people.(61)
A low-energy diet providing 800-1000 kcal
per for eight weeks to induce weight loss,
followed by eight weeks of reintroduction
of normal food intake – reaching 1200 kcal
per day – resulted in clinically important
improvements in symptom and quality of
life in overweight patients with psoriasis,
according to a study published in JAMA
Dermatology.(62) Another investigation found
that a low-energy diet, providing 855 kcal per
day and mostly comprised of fresh and cooked
vegetables, resulted in a significant reduction
in serum lipids and clinical symptoms of
psoriasis after four weeks (63). In another
study, published in Clinical Nutrition, a
low-energy diet that was also designed to
increase omega-3 (average 2.6 grams per day)
and reduce omega-6 fatty acids improved
metabolic profiles in 44 obese patients,
improved responses to immuno-modulating
therapy, and resulted in a significant clinical
improvement over six months.(64)
Gluten-free diet
Both coeliac disease and non-coeliac gluten
sensitivity (NCGS) have been associated with
psoriasis, and a gluten-free diet has been
shown to reduce symptom severity in some
cases.(65) Some researchers estimate that
Guidance
Increasing vegetable intake, low
consumption of meat, avoidance of junk
food and sugar, and specific foods, such as
black coffee, black tea, chocolate, pepper,
smoked foods, monosodium glutamate, and
alcoholic drinks may be useful. Consider
dietary supplements to optimise nutritional
intake and skin health.
Dietary and lifestyle-based weight loss
regimes, including low-energy diets, can be
considered as a component of nutritional
management.
Confirmed coeliac disease must be
managed with a strict gluten-free diet,
however a gluten-free diet should be
considered even in the absence of
histologically confirmed coeliac disease or
positive antibodies.
people with psoriasis have an approximately
three-fold increased risk of coeliac disease.
(66) Although most investigations have
implemented gluten-free diets in antibody-
positive psoriasis patients, antibodies to
gliadin may be elevated in the absence of
biopsy-confirmed coeliac disease (67), and
improvements in skin manifestations similar
to psoriasis have been observed in people
with NCGS after a gluten-free diet.(68) These
observations suggest that the possibility of
gluten sensitivity should be considered even
in the absence of histologically confirmed
coeliac disease or positive antibodies.
Clinical studies and case reports have
demonstrated important benefits of gluten-
free diets in psoriasis patients with gluten
sensitivity.(69-71) In one such study, coeliac
screening in people with psoriasis revealed a
high prevalence (4.1%) compared to controls,
as assessed with anti-tissue transglutaminase
antibodies and subsequently confirmed
histologically. After a six-month gluten-free
diet there was a marked improvement of
skin lesions in seven out of eight people.(72)
Another report comparing the effects of a
gluten-free diet in psoriasis patients with and
without positive antibodies found that there
was a highly significant decrease in psoriasis
symptoms scores, but only in those with
positive antibodies.(73) ihcan
About the author
Ben Brown, ND, is a
naturopath, nutritionist,
speaker, and science writer.
He is a contributing editor of
Integrative Healthcare and Applied Nutrition,
board member and lecturer at BCNH College
of Nutrition and Health, Technical Director
at Viridian Nutrition and author of The
Digestive Health Solution. Visit www.timeforwellness.org.
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 IHCANallergy and intolerance
Intolerance, MTHFR and
methylation: dealing
with histamine
Conference favourite, naturopathic physician Dr Ben Lynch, ND, intolerant to
histamine himself, explains the genetic links to a common problem – and what to do about it.
H
istamine intolerance is becoming
more and more prevalent.
I have it.
I also have MTHFR and am
susceptible to methylation
deficiency. Given the prevalence of the MTHFR
polymorphism, it only makes sense that the
general population is also very susceptible to
histamine intolerance.
I wish I’d known I had histamine
intolerance 30 years ago. Now that I’ve
addressed it, so many of my symptoms are
gone – or are manageable.
The issue is that histamine intolerance can
rear its ugly head anytime, anywhere. You
have to be ready for it and know how to deal
with it.
Identifying whether you have histamine
intolerance is not easy – and it is COMMONLY
missed.
The only true way to know if you have
histamine intolerance or not is to go on a
low histamine diet for a period of time. Feel
better? You are then histamine intolerant.
Congratulations! You’ve joined the elite club
of folks who actually understand what is ailing
them.
Now – my job is to help you beat it.
Before we do that, let’s get into what
histamine intolerance actually is. Imagine a
five- gallon bucket. You have a lot of things
to put in there: soap, toys, screwdriver,
watermelon, your favorite cat who doesn’t sit
still, a pound of sand and two gallons of water.
Obviously, you’re going to have issues. You
need to make some decisions. What stays?
What goes? The cat must stay. You’d
love the water to stay, but your
favorite cat told you otherwise. Sand
is chosen, as is the soap, because you
know your favorite cat is going to do
something to the sand.
The rest stays behind and off you
go with your cat, sand and soap.
This is the same thing as histamine http://seekinghealth.org/product/methylation-and-clinical-nutrigenomics-part-i-video-course. intolerance”, by Laura Maintz and
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intolerance. You have a bucket of histamine
and your body requires histamine in order to
function.
You need it
You need histamine to do a variety of things –
such as:
• get blood, ie nutrients and oxygen, delivered
to various areas
• pay attention
• digest your food
• move your bowels
• enhance exercise
The ideal amount of histamine allows these
things to occur – and occur perfectly.
As histamine levels increase, your tolerance
for it goes down. You start to get too much
blood flow, have too much attention, move
your bowels too often and your exercise is
now affected negatively.
This translates into histamine INtolerance.
Your histamine bucket is overflowing.
You need to get rid of some of it. Not easy,
as there are many factors which increase
histamine – and they should all be addressed.
The causative factors for histamine
intolerance are many:
• Genetic susceptibility (MTHFR, DAO, MAO,
HNMT, PEMT…)
• Pathogens (a number of which produce
histamine or block methylation)
• Nutrient deficiencies (B12, folate, B6, B2, B1,
Zn, Cu, C, methionine)
• Nutrient excesses (histidine, protein excess
in general)
• Medications (antibiotics, antacids and even
antihistamines (long-term))
• Nutrient demands (stress, anxiety, lack of
sleep)
• Hormonal insufficiency (adrenal fatigue)
• Hormonal excess (oestrogen)
• Lifestyle (excessive exercise, alcohol)
• Diet (fermented foods, high protein intake,
aged foods, leftovers, citrus, fish)
• Environment (high pollen counts, dust
mites)
• Associated conditions (leaky gut, IBD, IBS)
There are four main genes which are central
to processing histamine:
• HNMT – which requires SAMe as a cofactor
(and this requires an effective MTHFR
enzyme to help produce SAMe)
• DAO – which requires vitamin B6 and copper
• MAO – which requires vitamin B2 and iron
• NAT2 – which requires CoA (which stems
from vitamin B5)
If any one of these genes are slowed or
burdened, then the removal of histamine
is slowed – and symptoms of histamine
intolerance occur.
How can you see if these histamine-related
genes are slowed down due to genetic
polymorphisms?
Order a 23andMe genetic test and then run
your raw data through StrateGene (https://
seekinghealth.org/product/strategene).
I developed StrateGene with a team of
researchers. We have one section of the
report specifically dedicated to histamine
metabolism. Here we show the genes
associated with histamine breakdown along
with the epigenetic controls and cofactors.
Very cool seeing it graphically.
What are symptoms of
histamine intolerance?
I want to share with you one of
my favorite research papers of
all time – as it is so beautifully
done: “Histamine and histamine
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 Natalija Novak, was published in the American • and others which I am forgetting This way, we can see all of them and see if
Journal of Clinical Nutrition in This is a slurry of symptoms and issues, they are correlated.
2007. But that paper – while great – is not isn’t it? If a patient walked into my clinic with all of
nearly as comprehensive as mine – especially This goes to show that it is best to think these symptoms, I’d be evaluating:
in terms of how to deal with histamine WHY, HOW and MECHANISM of various • lifestyle (sleep, hobbies, work, family,
intolerance. conditions rather than focusing on the friends, enemies)
Signs and symptoms of histamine “condition” itself. • environment (zipcode, farming community,
intolerance are difficult to identify because Can you imagine a patient walking in with urban, location to wires, cell towers)
many have delayed reactions – we’re talking a the list above? They do. Every day. • mindset (optimist vs pessimist, “not my
few hours after eating, possibly. In the orthodox medical field they would fault” vs “all my fault”, talker vs listener, how
Common signs and symptoms of histamine have to go to a variety of different doctors: vs what, etc)
intolerance: • dermatologist • diet (usual foods – unedited – a journal is
• flushing • pulmonologist key here – including fluids)
• rapid heart beat • psychiatrist • supplements
• profuse sweating • gastroenterologist • meds (inc OTC)
• headache • gynecologist • calendar of events (in utero to current – use
• migraine • endocrinologist a timeline of main issues in life – sickness,
• food allergies • cardiologist stressors, exposures, surgeries)
• seasonal allergies • general practitioner In terms of labs, I’d be evaluating (if a first
• urticaria Then, each doctor is going to prescribe office call and patient could afford them –
• prickly heat a variety of medications: otherwise would skip labs and wait to do it
• large swollen mosquito bites • cortisone until I was stuck and patient not improving):
• runny nose • antihistamines • CDSA (comprehensive digestive and stool
• bloody nose • SSRI analysis with O&P x 3)
• car sick • calcium-channel blockers • RBC fatty acids
• seasickness • hormones • Urinary organic acids
• motion sickness in general • fiber • Plasma amino acids
• itchy All of the above medications are • Serum ferritin
• irritable palliative only. • Thyroid panel (free T3, free T4, TSH, rT3,
• nausea anti-TPO, anti-TG)
• vomiting Masking • Homocysteine
• higher sex drive (not really a problem They simply mask the symptoms and not one • Methylation profile (SAM:SAH ratio)
typically, but good to know) of them addresses the underlying cause. • Lipid peroxides
• asthma In fact, some of them exacerbate the actual • Vitamin D
• exercise-induced asthma main complaints! This happens to thousands • Histamine (but not very good marker –
• stomach ache of patients – daily. varies a LOT – need to evaluate history)
• menstrual cramps Let’s look at it from the way practitioners • Total IgE, IgG, IgM, IgA
• chest tightness should be looking at this. Instead of asking, • CBC with chem panel
• loose stools “What is your chief complaint?”, it should be: • Genetic testing
• skin issues (eczema, psoriasis) “Please list ALL of your symptoms from most • and some others if needed
• insomnia aggravating to least aggravating.” From Michael McEvoy via my Facebook

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 IHCANallergy and intolerance
page – I thought this to be an interesting
comment and worthy of sharing here:
“Consistently I’ve observed a basophil % of
1 or greater to correspond approximately to
a whole blood histamine of 60 or greater. A %
basophils of 2 typically features a whole blood
histamine greater than 150.”
It needs to be clear – CRYSTAL – that
histamine intolerance is COMMON.
Now let me be clear on another point.
Histamine intolerance is ONE issue out of
potentially many that are going on. This is why
I outlined all the causative factors above. I am
NOT saying that all you have to do is address
histamine intolerance and that laundry list of
symptoms will go away.
What I AM saying is that histamine
intolerance is a major contributor to a laundry
list of symptoms and must be evaluated – in
addition to other things.
Run the trial
A simple trial of what I am going to
recommend is highly recommended for those
suffering from a chronic long-term variety of
ailments which may come and go or just stay
or get worse.
In order to reduce histamine loads, I
typically recommend these things right out of
the gate:
n Diet: no fermented foods, no leftovers, no
citrus, only FRESH fish or no fish, no alcohol,
no aged foods. This includes cheeses, wines
and processed meats. Limit protein intake
to about 0.8 grams protein/2.2lb of body
weight, as protein provides histidine. Histidine
transforms to histamine. Eat more fatty foods
(healthy – like ghee) and whole grains (quinoa,
wild rice). A more ketogenic diet would be
great – but some cannot tolerate this (due to
adrenal fatigue and electrolyte imbalance).
n Lifestyle: sleep, reduce stress (huge),
breathe (seriously), optimise exercise – don’t
overdo it, laugh!, do things you love – don’t
wait anymore.
n Environment: new pillow, dust mite
covers, clean the house, clean ducts, air
purifiers, no air fresheners (dang things
SUCK and are very nasty and contribute to
histamine intolerance due to aldehydes), rip
out carpet, install hardwood or tile, fresh
air, drive with air recycle on whilst in traffic
otherwise fresh air.
n Mindset: positive, get it done attitude,
empower, remove the “fix me” mentality as
it is the patient who must fix themselves and
seek the right healthcare (which is NOT easy
to do).
n Learn: give them reading material. Like Keto
Clarity, The Metabolic Makeover, Think BIG,
Aspire, I Can Do Anything If I Only Knew What
It Was, … Never stop learning.
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n Resources: The Low Histamine Chef
(http://thelowhistaminechef.com)– fantastic
resource. I cannot vouch for all content
though. Some is great and some is likely not.
Kinda like here at MTHFR.Net – some of my
articles are great – and others – “eh”.
Genetics which predispose to
histamine intolerance
n MAO: a gene which requires B2 as cofactor,
is polymorphic, slower in men and reduces
tyramines, histamine and catecholamines
(stress neurotransmitters). Hm. Riboflavin is
great for migraine sufferers…
n DAO: a gene which requires B6 and copper
as cofactors, is polymorphic a LOT and reduces
extracellular histamine (bacteria and food).
n HNMT: a gene which requires SAMe as
a cofactor, is polymorphic and reduces
intracellular histamine.
n MTHFR: helps regulate methylation which is
needed to reduce intracellular histamine. Uses
B2 as cofactor.
n PEMT: produces phosphatidylcholine, which
is needed to for cell membranes –keeps them
stable and healthy.
There are common supplement
recommendations which I use if the dietary,
lifestyle and environmental changes are
implemented.
It is NO use for a client to take
supplementation if they are going to just
keep on living a life which is not conducive to
health. A supplement is designed to ENHANCE
– not to REPLACE basic lifestyle, dietary and
environmental choices.
As one transforms their lifestyle, diet and
environment – and mindset – many things
resolve on their own – however, not always of
course.
Supplementation requires all systems to be
supported. If any one system is unsupported,
then symptoms of histamine intolerance may
not resolve.
For example, a friend of mine has had
allergies for longer than I’ve known him –
which is more than 20 years. His allergies
were improving significantly but the missing
piece? Supporting his adrenals. After adding
this in, despite a high pollen count, allergies
were gone.
The more one adjusts and cleans up their
diet, lifestyle, environment and mindset,
the less supplementation is needed. Also, at
first, more supplementation may be needed
to restore missing nutrients, eliminate
pathogens, restore beneficial bacteria,
stabilise cell membranes, restore gut health
and adapt to stress.
Phew – that was me some time ago – and it
also may be you. I still suffer from histamine
intolerance – and always will – but with my
changes all around, I have improved SO much.
My genetics predispose me to histamine
intolerance – big time.
• MTHFR compound heterozygous (1298 x
677) – check
• MAO – slowed and male – check and check
• DAO – multiple homozygous polymorphisms
– check, check, check
• HNMT – don’t know status but my MTHFR is
messing with my methylation by itself – so
already setting up my HNMT to struggle.
To give you an idea of my histamine
intolerance situation:
• Life-long – but had no idea until about a year
ago
• Total IgE: elevated
• CDSA: normal
• CBC with chem panel: normal
• Food allergy panel: high histamine foods
came back high – lime, avocado
• Consume histamine-containing foods:
reaction – irritable, sweaty, insomnia,
eczema, sweaty feet, rapid heart rate, nose
bleeds (since I was a kid), tight chest.
• Intolerant to alcohol – especially red wine
• Serious dust mite intolerance
• Huge mosquito bite welts
• Tingling skin
• Intolerant to heat
Having since cleaned up my lifestyle,
diet, environment, gut, mindset and added
supplementation, my histamine intolerance
is now significantly improved. It comes back
fast, however. On a flight to London, I wanted
to sleep, so I decided to drink some red wine.
Within ten minutes, I had a nose bleed, faster
heart rate and sweating.
I wanted to hit myself – but I already looked
like someone hit me in the face so I didn’t
make it any worse. That goes to show you
how fast it can come back – especially with
slowed histamine-metabolising genes. I was
also under stress – flying, work stuff and tired.
I didn’t take my adrenal support….
Supplements which support methylation,
MTHFR, histamine metabolism and histamine
regulation [Ben names US brands – but you
can find UK equivalents]:
• Histamine Block: useful to take before
eating foods/drinks with histamine. I should
have taken this before the red wine – but it
was buried in my bag located in the overhead
compartment. This supplement contains the
natural DAO enzyme which breaks down food-
derived histamine. This may also be taken
if your digestive system is full of histamine-
producing bacteria. Get tested with the CDSA.
Interesting fact: pigs don’t get seasick as they
have a TON of DAO enzyme and metabolise
histamine very well. Hm – they can eat a ton of
rotten food/leftovers and are fine with it…
n HistaminX: useful to help reduce seasonal
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 IHCANallergy and intolerance
allergies or blunt histamine symptoms.
Best to take in AM, afternoon and evening
or as directed– during times of histamine
intolerance. When not having symptoms,
then only taking once a day or not at all is
recommended. If I have a runny nose from
dust mite allergies, I take one of these. It stops.
It’s a new product so I’m still experimenting
with ideal dosing and recommendations.
n ProBiota Bifido: a probiotic which supports
a healthy flora but without increasing
histamine-producing bacteria. Best to take
after dinner and away from anti-microbials.
n Optimal Liposomal B12 with
L-5-MTHF: a higher dose of methylcobalamin
and a little methylfolate to help support the
methylation cycle. Great to give to kids or
sensitive people and graduate the dose –
drop by drop if needed or full dropperful or
as directed by your healthcare professional.
This is what I give to my son with histamine
intolerance. He, like me, is compound
heterozygous MTHFR, DAO snps and slow
MAO. He doesn’t do well with that much
methylfolate but he needs some – and this is
what I turn to.
n Optimal Liposomal Vitamin C: vitamin C
is known to help stabilise mast cells and thus
reduce histamine intolerance. The added
phosphatidylcholine is supportive as well
to cell membranes. Take anytime during the
day with or without food. Some need food to
Support
for stress
As mentioned previously, stress increases the
demand of the MTHFR and MAO enzymes –
and also methylation in general.
If you stress your methylation, you are on
the road to histamine intolerance. The bucket
of histamine may overfill as your body has to
deal with other things. Thus, reducing and
balancing stress is an incredibly important
thing to do. Get stress out of your bucket.
The way to balance stress is multifactoral
– as most anything.
n Breathing: are you breathing properly?
Seriously. Not a stupid question. Belly
breathe, find good books and teachers – yoga
is great to teach how to breathe. Are you
holding your breath at times? Tune in to that.
I found that I hold my breath sometimes
when I am reading or writing….and I read
and write a lot. I’m fixing this issue and
trying to find out why I do it. Note – I think
it comes down to histamine, as when I
take a HistaminX I seem to belly breathe
more effectively – not as constricted. Still
evaluating.
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reduce the acidity of the vitamin C.
n Optimal PC (softgel or liquid): if
methylation is hindered, then so is cell
membrane formation. Did you know that
70% of your methylation is dedicated to
making cell membranes?! If cell membranes
are not made from the appropriate material –
phosphatidylcholine – then inflammation and
cell damage will occur. This leads to histamine
release. Support cell membrane integrity by
providing phosphatidylcholine. Also, eating
eggs is a great way to get choline.
n Optimal Creatine: if methylation is
hindered, and it typically is in those with
histamine intolerance, then creatine formation
is likely hindered as well. Given that most of
your methylation is used up to produce both
phosphatidylcholine and creatine, wouldn’t it
make sense to supplement with both of these
in order to conserve methylation so it can then
focus on reducing histamine?! Yes! It works!
Using creatine that is bound to magnesium is
way more effective than other creatines, which
may contribute to gas and bloating.
n Optimal Fish Oil: useful to stabilise cell
membranes which are inflamed and leaking
histamine from mast cells.
n L-Glutamine Powder or Optimal
GI Powder: healing the intestines is key, as
the DAO enzyme lives in the intestinal wall. If
one has leaky gut or GI inflammation, the DAO
enzyme is not going to be present in nearly
n Oxygenation: Work, be outside and sleep
with your window open at least a crack.
Get rid of the stale air and bring in fresh
oxygen into your area and being. Increasing
oxygenation reduces anxiety and stress.
n Sleeping: are you sleeping well? Able to
go to bed consistently, fall asleep, stay asleep
and wake rested? If not, this is going to add
to your stress – physical and emotional.
n Eating: eat a balanced whole foods diet
as much as possible. Limit large breaks
between meals or at least eat when you feel
hungry – don’t hold out. If hungry, eat. If
not hungry, well then maybe you don’t have
to, but if your stress increases, go get some
protein, healthy fats and quality whole grain
carbs like quinoa or wild rice or veggies.
Limit sugar, as this will just cause a long term
issue and spike stress. Also don’t eat loads
of protein, as this just provides the building
block to histamine – via the amino acid found
in protein – histidine.
n Adrenals: if the adrenals are burned out,
so are you. Restore adrenals with the above
recommendations. Supporting with nutrition
and herbal interventions are also helpful for
some. If you find you jump or are intolerant
to stress, ie. yelling too much, quick to
anger, scare easily, then you could use some
enough amounts. Healing the gut brings
back the DAO enzyme – if it is not messed
up like mine due to a genetic polymorphism.
Regardless of a DAO polymorphism, one
still needs to heal the gut. If your gut is
healthy, then you can skip this step. If you get
irritable from taking L-glutamine, back off
the amount you are taking and support with
magnesium and B6. You likely have higher
levels of glutamate and are not getting it
out fast enough Magnesium is useful to help
metabolise glutamate.
n Multivitamin which works for
you: having comprehensive support –
minerals, vitamins and others – is needed
to optimise all pathways of histamine
metabolism.
Can you cure histamine intolerance?
No.
Can you maintain and support the body’s
ability to balance histamine levels?
Absolutely.
If there are two things to try in order to
reduce histamine intolerance:
1. Creatine and phosphatidylcholine.
2. Reducing stress (sleep, mindset,
meditation, exercise, hobbies, adaptogens).
OK – that’s technically three, but those
are the three big ones.
Try some of these lifestyle, dietary
and environmental tricks. You’ll be
surprised! ihcan
adaptogens. If tired upon waking and hard
to get out of bed in the morning – and a
night owl – then you may need something
like Adrenal Cortex to really nourish your
adrenals. Only take Adrenal Cortex in the
morning with breakfast or as directed You’ll
find you need these nutrients some days
and other days not. I only take them both
periodically.
n Exercise: if you have the energy, get out
and burn some of it off by doing what you
love. Sports, walking with a friend – and
it can be a four-legged friend (there are
some three-legged ones out there and
it is awesome to see them doing well; I
actually was studying to become an equine
veterinarian: I changed course, obviously). If
you exercise, don’t push yourself past what
you are comfortable in doing. If you do, you
are going to stress your body, deplete your
methylation and increase your histamine
levels. Exercise-induced asthma? Yes – you
wore out your methylation and now your
histamine levels built up and now you
cannot run anymore. A key to supporting
yourself during exercise is nourishing your
electrolytes and mitochondria. If you do
this, you can exercise more productively and
optimally.
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 IHCANclinical practice

Chronic illness: a
structured approach
A tide of chronic illness is not being stemmed by orthodox medicine, and patients are
increasingly turning to integrative practitioners as a last resort. Dr DIETRICH KLINGHARDT,
MD, PhD, has developed an insightful approach to the challenge of unravelling complex
ill-health conditions over the course of his 42 years in medical practice.

I
n acute illness, patients come to the
clinic because they have one significant
symptom. In chronic illness, patients
present with a long list of symptoms: some
of them may be life-threatening, some
appear insignificant (but to the client they
are not). Most medical diagnoses are based
on using Latin words to describe the outward
appearance of a symptom (ie arthritis =
inflammation of the joint), but fail to address
the underlying cause. Conventional medicine
has largely avoided dealing with the growing
evidence that chronic illness is affecting ever
larger subsections of our population. Doctors
learn little in medical school to prepare them
for this unfolding worldwide crisis.
Since the mid-‘90s, awareness has
increasingly grown of the presence of
Lyme spirochetes underlying many chronic
conditions. Treatment options with long-
term antibiotics emerged. The published
results hint at a success rate of 33% and a
failure rate of 66%. Meanwhile the numbers
of those suffering from severe neurological
illnesses are increasing by the day. Over the
last 20 years the number of women dying
from neurological illness in the US (80% from
Alzheimer’s disease) has increased by 663%.
Most other neurological illnesses are also
increasing dramatically – autism, Parkinson’s,
MS, ALS and others. Among serious scientists
there is a consensus that most illnesses of
the brain and nervous system are caused by
inflammation either due to toxicity (including
fine particle pollution) or secondary to
bacterial infections/viruses.
Every therapeutic approach should be
preceded by a clear diagnostic workup and a
treatment plan based on the diagnostic results.
But there is a major problem: every week an
estimated 15,000 new chemicals are released
into the environment worldwide. Our body
burden is ever-increasing. Current estimates
suggest that every one of us has upwards of
20,000 different toxic chemicals in our body,
mostly stored in the matrix of the connective
tissue, where our intelligent system carefully
attempts to separate these molecules so that
they cannot synergistically interact with each
other. The tests available to practitioners to
identify these pollutants in our organisms are
woefully inadequate. It is a losing battle. What
do we do? If (mostly) undetectable chemicals
are closely interlinked with chronic illness, as is
so clear from the current literature, what chance
do we have of making a causal diagnosis?
Many practical solutions have appeared in
the pre-CAM environment in the 1950s,
‘60s and ‘70s: EAV (Electroacupuncture
according to Voll), Applied Kinesiology, VAS
(vascular autonomic reflex), the Bi-digital
O-Ring Test, and Autonomic Response Testing
(ART).

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 The 4 Steps – biological treatment
of chronic illness
The following is the approach pioneered at the
Sophia Heath Institute in Seattle, Washington.
The approach has four components that
should be followed sequentially – sometimes
the steps can overlap.
Step 1: Balance the client’s general
physiology
This requires lab work that needs careful
interpretation. First the electrolytes and the
pH of urine and saliva should be balanced.
Dr Emanuel Revici (http://drrevici.com)
evaluated the pH of 50,000 healthy people in
the late 1940s and established the following
numbers as ideal normals: saliva 6.7, urine
6.2. These numbers differ greatly from
recent publications that have been based on
assumptions, not real research.
Balancing the hormones based on the
results of 24-hour urine, saliva and blood
samples is also important.
Looking at antioxidant reserves is helpful,
but basing treatment on this alone can be a
dangerous mistake: our system uses oxidative
mechanisms to fight microbes. The same
microbes can use antioxidants (Co-Q10, R-lipoic
acid, glutathione etc.) to protect and shelter
themselves. Oral supplements first nurture
the microbiome in the gut and we only get the
leftovers, or worse, the metabolic products
created (which can currently only be suspected
based on an organic acids urine test).
Chronically ill clients have desynchronised
brain waves, expressed as insomnia,
depression, mental decline and emotional
instability. Acupuncture, neural therapy
and osteopathy are often helpful, as well as
brainwave biofeedback.
Step 2: Establish a valid detoxification
protocol
Current estimates are that we have roughly
65,000 metabolic enzymes, including cell
wall channels (such as insulin receptors
and calcium channels), neuropeptide- and
hormone-producing enzymes. According to
Prof Boyd Haley, the world’s most renowned
mercury scientist, all of these enzymes are
compromised by mercury. The large group of
metallo-enzymes is especially vulnerable: if
sufficient zinc is not available, the enzymes
substitute lead or cadmium instead. It has
long been known that mercury facilitates the
growth of Candida and the related secretion
of numerous toxins. Aluminium creates a
favourable environment for the growth and
virulence of Lyme spirochetes. Glyphosate
greatly disrupts the microbiome in our
gut, which is a hugely important part of
our immune system. Liberating our tissues
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Getting information: Autonomic
Response Testing
ART uses changes in various stress indicators
such as arterial blood flow in the hand and
muscle tone as information. These changes are
interpreted and can suggest or even predict
whether a planned intervention or medication
will have a positive or negative effect.
At my Sophia Health clinic, every patient
(during every visit) is examined with
conventional medical, orthopaedic and
neurological tests, but in addition also with
ART.
ART represents an evolution and an
expansion of the technique that was originally
proposed by Omura in 1985 (https://www.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6124084), and
was subsequently validated in a number of
studies including two randomised, blinded
clinical trials (J Manipulative Physiol Ther
1984, 7(2):99-104; BMC Complement Altern
Med 2016, 16(1):492). In a paper published
in 2016, ART developed at the Sophia Health
Institute was used by independent researchers
in the diagnosis and treatment of painful
scars. In this study, the authors state that “In
our experience, ART produces useful and
consistent information most of the time” (Med
from toxins is a vital part of treating chronic
illness and should be considered early in the
treatment. It will facilitate all the downstream
steps.
Step 3: Immune modulation
As far back as the early 1900s, published
medical literature held that most symptoms
of chronic illness are caused by the client’s
immune reactions to microbes, microbial
metabolic products and toxins, and by
immune reactions to man-made toxins.
This reaction is amplified by the client’s
psychological state.
The microbes themselves will do their
“We can therefore
conclude that Borrelia and
the typical co-infections
are involved in many or
most chronic conditions.
Including the treatment
of these infections in the
management of chronic
illness has become a
secret to success.”
Acupunct 2016, 28(3):162-167). The validity
of ART was further confirmed in another
independent investigation focused on breast
cancer (Holist Nurs Pract 2017, 31(1):21-29).
Results based on medical tools like hair
analysis for toxic metals and urine challenge
tests with chelating and complexing agents
are still disputed, doubted and often refuted
in conventional circles and in the courtrooms.
With EAV and ART it is possible to scan the
body of a client in minutes for thousands of
chemicals and metals. ART is being taught in
the UK in regular courses, and our protocols
will be presented in detail on April 9, 2017, in
London (www.klinghardtInstitute.com).
utmost to survive in a hostile host, and it is
this drive that forces them to take over some
of the controls in the immune system of the
host.
A good example is Lyme: spirochetes invade
the very cells of the immune system that are
supposed to kill them (CD 57). There, they
can live undetected for decades. But the host
pays a price: the immune system ends up not
only blinded towards the spirochetes, but also
to a host of other infectious agents: viruses,
parasites, toxins, etc.
Multiple indicators of immune system
status are available today (Ig G/M/A/E
subclasses, interferons, cytokines etc.), but
where treatment is concerned, the medical
community has given us very few practical
answers: antibiotics, steroids, interferon,
ibuprofen etc.
For us this is the domain of homeopathy. We
use ultra-fine dilutions of the offending agents
(Borrelia, EBV, aluminium, glyphosate and so
on). We can down-regulate overactive immune
responses and up-regulate functions that are
impaired. Many of the most brilliant solutions
have their origin in the UK, but the researchers
and teachers are not honoured for their work
as they should be. Traditional homeopathy,
osteopathy, acupuncture, chiropractic, the
wise use of herbal adaptogens, all have their
legitimate place.
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Step 4: Reduction of the pathogen
burden
Many questionable directions have emerged
in the CAM field; one of these current is the
concept that persistent pathogens live either
intracellularly or hidden in “biofilm”.
What is the problem with cracking biofilms
with enzymes and going after the bugs with
antibiotics? The problem is that our own
symbiotic microbes also live in biofilm,
carefully organised along the gut membrane,
but also along our fascia, in the liver and even
in the brain (alpha proteobacteria). You can
imagine what happens if biofilm and antibiotic
strategies are used like machine guns to
destroy all biofilm.
In contrast, we have found that there are
selected herbal and detox strategies that
preferentially soften and invade only biofilms
occupied by pathogens. In the pathogen-
hosting biofilm the mucopolysaccarides are
strung together using toxic metals, while in
healthy biofilm they are strung together with
calcium and magnesium. It makes sense to
have the patient on a metal detoxification
protocol before engaging in wild killing sprees.
The protocol to decrease the microbial
burden should start with correct diagnosis.
There is much confusion in the field: for
commercial reasons the use of the microscope
has largely been abandoned. A culture for
Lyme spirochetes may take three months
–the patient may not be alive by the time the
diagnosis is made! Most newer tests are based
on the reactions of a competent immune
system (Western Blot, etc.), which most of
my patients no longer have. Only a limited
number of tests can truly show the presence
of a pathogen:
1. Using EliSpot (enzyme-linked
immunosorbent spot) technology to show
a cellular response of the innate immune
system’s T-cells against antigens
2. PCR testing to look for DNA sections of
the particular microbe
2. Culture-based tests (as popularised by Dr
Joseph Burrascano, MD)
The exciting news from the
Klinghardt Academy last
month was the publication of
a groundbreaking new paper
by Dr Klinghardt and Dr Marco
Ruggiero, MD, PhD, in the peer-
reviewed American Journal of
Immunology.
In it they describe an original procedure
known as the “Ruggiero-Klinghardt Protocol”
(RK Protocol) that merges Autonomic Response
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“Out of the first provoked 150 PCR tests performed on
patients diagnosed with chronic intractable complex
illness, many of whom were negative for pathogens in all
the commercially available tests, 148 came back positive
with an average of three pathogens found from the
Lyme co-infection group.”
3. A tissue biopsy with targeted staining of
the suspected pathogen.
The traditional serum or urine PCR test has
been shown to have extremely low sensitivity,
but the highest specificity of all
the tests. We have developed a new
approach to increase the sensitivity of any
microbiological test currently available:
we use ultrasound to drive microbes out of
their sanctuaries where they persist into the
bloodstream, then collect the client’s urine
and perform a PCR test. This test method is
referred to as the RK Protocol (Ruggiero/
Klinghardt). Currently we are testing for
Borrelia, Bartonella, Babesia, Ehlichia, heavy
metals and glyphosate.
Here’s a number that even shocked us: out
of the first provoked 150 PCR tests performed
on patients diagnosed with chronic intractable
complex illness, many of whom were negative
for pathogens in all the commercially available
tests, 148 came back positive with an average
of three pathogens found from the Lyme co-
infection group.
We can therefore conclude that Borrelia
and the typical co-infections are involved in
many or most chronic conditions. Including
the treatment of these infections in the
management of chronic illness has become a
secret to success.
With the RK protocol/test done before and
after successful treatment we learned that
antibiotics have failed to clear the system of
Lyme and co-infections in a large percentage
of clients. However, a targeted liposomal
herbal protocol (www.KiScience.com)
has helped many of our clients to become
Testing with ultrasonographic techniques invented
and developed by Dr Ruggiero, validated by DNA
testing. “This represents a paradigm change with
profound implications for diagnosis and treatment
of chronic conditions ranging from silent infections
to neurodegenerative diseases, autism and
cancer”, says the Academy.
The RK Protocol is based on two phenomena
of resonance: the resonance between identical
substances, and the resonance between
ultrasounds and cellular and molecular structures
significantly healthier, often resulting in a
negative PCR test (RK protocol) done nine-12
months after establishing a four-step protocol
using only biological agents and methods.
At the Sophia Health Institute, we also use
mental field therapy (a new and effective
form of PTSD treatment also used for the
management of unresolved conflicts), targeted
ozone injections (especially if joints are
affected), pulsed magnetic fields, intravenous
laser therapy and many acupuncture-related
techniques to increase drug uptake and
resynchronize the brain.
In conclusion
We live in a different world now: toxins,
electrosmog, polluted air and polluted food
sources – they have not been part of human
development for millions of years. The
combined influence has created a perfect
storm that interferes with every aspect of our
genome, proteome and metabolism, and has
changed the medical environment drastically
and fundamentally.
Chronic illness is the predictable outcome,
and we need rational, inexpensive and
effective tools for diagnosis and therapy.
Love and compassion for the client and a
supportive environment is a must during
this process: this cannot be offered by the
healthcare practitioner – it has to come from
the client’s community or family.
• Protocol workshop in London April 9, 2017: Holiday Inn
Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1HT. Dr Klinghardt will address
these issues in detail and will present simple effective
protocols based on the insights presented in this paper:
http://klinghardtinstitute.com/product/biological-master-
protocols/
of the human body.
The goal of the RK Protocol is to identify and
fight hidden pathogens, toxins and aberrant cells;
it aims at achieving accurate and early diagnosis,
at indicating the most appropriate therapeutic
intervention and at maximizing the efficacy of
specific therapeutic interventions.
The paper describing in full detail the RK
Protocol is an open-access publication, available
free online at http://thescipub.com/PDF/
ofsp.11074.pdf.
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 IHCAN clinical practice
Dr Klinghardt’s Lyme Protocol
IHCAN is privileged to bring
you the latest version of the
successful protocol continually
updated by Dr Klinghardt.
Step 1: the foundation
Cistus tea (prevention of tick bites, biofilm-
dissolving, borreliocidal) – start with two cups
per day, slowly increase to eight cups per day.
As soon as any improvement is noticed, stay
with that dose without further increase. If a
die-off effect or worsening occurs, go back to
the last tolerated dose.
Binders – two options:
a. Lava Vitae (special zeolite – has scooper
inside): two scoops 2-3 times daily between
meals and/or at bedtime.
b. Chlorella: 8-16 tablets (250 mg each) 3
times per day, 30 minutes before meals or at
bedtime (binders are to capture mobilised
biotoxins in the intestinal tract to prevent their
re-absorption).
n Hyaluronic Acid Liquid: Teases microbes
out of protected hiding places; nutrient for
joints and connective tissue. The Ki-Science
product has the exact Dalton molecular size
for complete sublingual uptake. Take 3-4
dropperfuls twice daily. If joint pain is the main
presenting issue, consider a third dose.
n Cistus Incanus tincture: 15 drops twice a
day.
Step 2: The liposomal antimicrobial
cocktail: KiVita
To increase the depth of penetration of the
mix, an ultrasound jewellery cleaning device
can be used (costs less than £30). Put water
in the chamber, place the closed jar with
the mixed herbal tinctures into it – after the
shaking – and vibrate for 12 minutes.
Slowly titrate doses to tolerance. Start with
ART-tested dose, increase by two drops once/
week for each dose. If worsening: go back to
last tolerated dose, wait, and start to increase
again. Full dose: one pipette four times/day
and weekend dose of 1-2tbsp twice daily.
If patient still tests for one of the co-
infections, single test these items to add to the
daily doses:
n Sweet Annie plus Sweet Stevie (known
effects of Sweet Annie: anti-protozoal, anti-
viral, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory. Stevia:
anti-Lyme, penetrates pathogenic biofilms):
one drop twice daily each, double every three
days until improvement of any symptom is
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noticed. If a dose of two pipettes twice daily is
reached and has to be increased, start a third
dose in the middle of the day. If a die-off effect
or worsening is noticed, go back to the last
tolerated dose and stay there for at least ten
days before attempting to increase the dose
again. Do not exceed two full pipettes three
times per day. Stay on that dose if no further
change is noticed and add the next item.
n Astra Smile (known effects of the
ingredients: anti-bacterial, anti-viral, neuro-
protective and neuro-regenerative, anti-
ageing): start with one drop twice daily, titrate
to tolerated and effective dose.
n Coriandolo Plus (known effects: removal
of toxic metals, normalizes serum lipids,
increases bile flow): start with one drop twice
daily, increase to full dose of two dropperfuls
three times per day as tolerated. This item
can also be used separately from the cocktail
in a cup of water. Best if combined with ionic
footbath for 20 – 30 mins twice weekly.
n Propolis Plus (known effects: anti-viral,
radioprotective, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal.
In our experience: powerful anti-Bartonella
effects): titrate carefully to tolerated dosage.
Some patients may be allergic to propolis,
which should be picked up early during initial
titration). Full dose: two dropperfuls three
times a day.
n Ag23: low-potency homeopathic
preparation of nanonised silver with a
multitude of documented broad-spectrum
anti-microbial properties. It does not
cause silver storage problems (such as
skin discoloration) as many colloidal silver
products would do if taken for long periods
of time. Silver has been shown to work on
its own, but it also potentizes the effect of
other anti-microbials (Science Translational
Medicine 19 June 2013: 5(190); 190ra81;
Scientific American June 20, 2013). Like
other homeopathics, Ag23 is taken straight
and undiluted away from all other items,
including food, water or other drinks. Dosage:
2 tablespoons 2-3 times per day.
Most patients benefit from decreasing
the aluminium burden of lungs and brain.
Aluminium has been shown to enhance the
destructiveness of Lyme. Add Polmolo to the
mix and titrate the optimal dose in the same
manner. This can be done independent of the
presence of Lyme or other related infections.
Many Lyme patients have undiagnosed
kidney problems since the inner lining of
the kidney, ureter, bladder, and urethra are
favourite hiding and feasting places of Lyme
and Co. Renolo: take separately from the
cocktail in a glass of water and titrate to the
effective dose. Full dose: three dropperfuls
three times a day in a full glass of clean water.
Can also be squirted on food (salad dressing,
cooked veggies etc).
• Dosages recommended are for a 70kg person.
• More information and scientific references: see the
Powerpoint presentation “Lyme Solutions” from the
workshop in London, February 2016, available at www.
KlinghardtInstitute.com.
• Most items used in this protocol can be sourced from www.
KiScience.com. The individual ingredients of the herbs can
be viewed in an attachment of the same presentation. Dr
Klinghardt says that other suppliers can be used, as long as
the products are sourced carefully and meet the sensitive
exclusion criteria. Herbs may have the same name but may
not have the same amount of biological activity.
During the initial active treatment phase, antioxidant
vitamins have been shown to be an obstacle rather than
helpful.
Most chronic Lyme patients start feeling better after
three-four months on this protocol and reach a profound
level of recovery after 18 months.
“Some patients who were severely ill for many years and
have taken antibiotics for more than three months may need
a safe, simple, inexpensive and well-tolerated maintenance
dose of some of these liposomal herbs for the rest of their
lives”, says Dr K.
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PRODUCTS
A-Z NUTRITIONAL HEALTH
SOLUTIONS
THE REALLY HEALTHY COMPANY
LTD
The Really Healthy Company
1 Larch Court
Royal Oak Yard
Bermondsey Street
London SE1 3GB
Tel: 020 8480 1000
www.healthy.co.uk
The Really Healthy Company
supplies a specialist natural range
of therapeutic food supplements
for helping your clients reach
optimum health, including
immunomodulators, liquid
probiotics, potent detoxifiers,
antioxidant complexes, anti-
inflammatories, enzymes, fermented
nutrients and organic algae.
Products include: Biobran, ultimate
immune support and part of Dr
Pfeiferís breast/prostate protocols;
ProstaSol, Imupros and other
Medpro products; and the Premier
Research Labs’ professional range.
Also MicroMax-80, for probiotic gut
support; our Alpha range, containing
some of the best value high-quality
antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
complexes; Flowease, flower pollen
extract; and our organic Klamath
Algae which provides powerful
wholefood phytonutrients.
HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES
HELIOS HOMEOPATHY LTD
97 Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells,
Kent TN1 2QR
Tel: 01892 537254
8 New Row, Covent Garden
London WC2N 4LJ
Tel 0207 379 7434
www.helios.co.uk
Celebrating nearly 30 years as one
of the UK’s leading homeopathic
pharmacies, Helios remedies are
prepared by hand to traditional
methods. We employ qualified
homeopaths throughout, providing
a unique working environment with
a high level of expertise both for
remedy preparation and customer
advice. In addition, we manufacture
a range of remedies, kits and creams
available at trade prices for re-sale
through clinics, pharmacies and
health stores.
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NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
HEALTHAID LTD
HealthAid House, Marlborough Hill,
Harrow Middlesex HA1 1UD
Tel: 0208 4263400
Fax: 0208 4263450
Email: sales@healthaid.co.uk
www.HealthAid.co.uk
HealthAid is one of UK’s premier
manufacturers of nutritionally balanced
supplements. The range comprises
of Vitamin, Mineral, Herbs, Essential
aromatherapy oils and natural Bodycare
products. Established over 30 years
ago, with an extensive product portfolio
of 500 products. Providing nutritional
health solutions to meet the demands
of a modern lifestyle. HealthAid is
dedicated to supplying products
of the finest quality that have been
comprehensively researched, using
unique and innovative formulations,
which contains high grade quality
ingredients, produced to GMP
standards, supported by across-the-
board distribution network, with
experienced sales, marketing and
technical expertise. Call 0208 4263400
for an information pack
NUTRI ADVANCED LTD
Meridian House, Botany Business
Park, Macclesfield Road, Whaley
Bridge, High Peak SK23 7DQ
Tel: 0800 212 742
Fax: 0800 371 731
Email: info@nutri.co.uk
www.nutri.co.uk
Nutri Advanced has been providing effective
nutritional supplements and exceptional
support to healthcare professionals for over
30 years. We supply over 130 specialist
products to thousands of practitioners and
their patients. Our most notable products
include Eskimo®-3, our incredibly pure and
stable omega-3 fish oil from sustainable
sources, and our MegaMag® range, high
strength magnesium formulas. We also
work closely with Metagenics, the world’s
largest manufacturer of practitioner
supplements. Nutri are industry leaders in
education and provide a comprehensive
educational programme each year, including
live seminars with some of the leading
names in functional medicine, webinars and
interactive training. Our team of qualified
Nutritionists who form our technical
helpline, unbeatable customer service and
quality assured products all set Nutri aside
from competitors. Call us to receive your free
practitioner introductory pack.
NUTRIVITAL®
Petersfield
Hampshire GU31 4JD
Tel: 01730 233414
enquiries@nutrivital.co.uk
www.nutrivital.co.uk
The NutriVital range consists of
around 90 products to neatly span the
needs of your practice, and includes
excipient-free capsules, liquid herbals
and homeopathic complexes. Our
formulations emphasise the best
nutrient-forms and use no animal
products.
We offer you the highest standards
of service, with same-day dispatch for
web and phone orders placed before
3pm.
Among our best-loved products
are the Paragon cleansing formula
and our highly-regarded B-complex.
More than just a product supplier,
NutriVital is also a thriving clinical
practice and provides support and
training to help you bring together
the benefits of nutrition and energy
medicine.
Please call for samples or a
practitioner pack.
RENEW LIFE UK
Unit 3, Manor Commercial Centre
12 Commercial Road, Reading,
Berkshire RG2 0QJ
Tel: 0800 707 6671
Fax: 0800 756 6671
E-mail: info@renewlife.co.uK
www.renewlife.co.uk
At Renew Life, we believe a healthy
gut is the foundation for a healthy
body. For nearly two decades, Renew
Life has pioneered superior-quality
digestive wellness supplements to help
people achieve optimal health from
the inside out. We produce safe, clean,
effective, high potency formulas that
work, and quality you can trust. Our
product line includes high potency,
multi strain probiotics, fibre formulas,
digestive aids, enzymes and internal
cleanses. By focusing on innovation
and proven science to create powerful
and effective formulas, Renew Life has
become a leader in digestive wellness.
As well as outstanding customer
service, we provide practitioners with
in-depth product training folders,
condition based protocols and
excellent nutritionist technical support.
Call us on 0800 707 6671 to set up a
practitioner account and receive your
free information pack.
VITABIOTICS LTD
1 Apsley Way, London, NW2 7HF
Tel: 020 8955 2600
Fax: 020 8955 2602
Email: customerservices@vitabiotics.com
www.vitabiotics.com
Vitabiotics is the UK’s fastest growing major
vitamin supplement manufacturer, as well as
being the overall number 1 VMS Company
by value sales in the UK. Vitabiotics also
exports to over 100 countries worldwide
and are regularly used and recommended
by health practitioners. Vitabiotics has been
manufacturing leading consumer healthcare
products for over 40 years and have created
a unique portfolio of products at the forefront
of scientific developments in key sectors,
including life stage nutrition and women’s
health. Vitabiotics has been recognised for its
pioneering work by becoming the first and
only vitamin business to receive a coveted
Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation.
All products are designed to provide
maximum efficacy by supporting the human
body in its own natural processes. The
Vitabiotics range includes market leading
brands – including Perfectil, Osteocare,
Menopace and Pregnacare. The formulations
are based on solid scientific research, proven
in clinical trials conducted in the UK and
are manufactured under pharmaceutical
quality control. In addition Vitabiotics works
closely with some of the UK’s best known
and most trusted healthcare organisations
and charities including the Royal College of
Midwives, National Osteoporosis Society and
the National Childbirth Trust (NCT).
PRACTITIONER SUPPLIES
BIOCARE®
Lakeside, 180 Lifford Lane, Kings Norton,
Birmingham, West Midlands B30 3NU
Tel: 0121 433 3727
Fax: 0121 433 8705
Email: customerservice@biocare.co.uk
www.biocare.co.uk
BioCare® - the leading producer of
innovative and high quality nutritional
supplements in the UK. The BioCare®
range offers over 220 products formulated
using unique manufacturing processes
such as emulsification, micellisation,
microencapsulation and freeze-drying to
maximise nutrient integrity, absorption
and bio-availability. BioCare® supplements
are the preferred choice of nutrition
practitioners, health professionals and
retailers with a professional interest in
nutrition. Formulations are based on current
medical, scientific and nutritional research
backed up by many years experience in
naturopathic and nutritional practice.
BioCare® has an ongoing commitment to
education and holds regular practitioner
seminars around the UK and in the Republic
of Ireland.
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BIO-PATHICA LTD
PO Box 217, Ashford, Kent TN23 6ZU
Telephone: 01233 636678
Email: products@biopathica.co.uk
www.biopathica.com
Formed in 1996, Bio Pathica Ltd
are Sole Distributors and Importers
for The Anti Homotoxic Remedies
manufactured by HEEL GmbH in Baden
Baden Germany. They also import and
solely distribute synergistic products
such as Probiotics from WASA Medicals
in Sweden - Spirulina, Chlorella and a
range of Natural Skincare Products from
Sanatur in Germany. In addition they
use a manufacturing pharmacy to have
homoeopathic products manufactured
on an individual basis. All of these
products can be effectively used by
professionals in all fields of Medicine,
Veterinary and Dental Practice. The
business is run with Customer Service
and Satisfaction as its main objective.
Supplies are generally despatched within
24hrs of receiving an order. The supply
of products is limited to Practitioners
and Professionals only. In association
with Bio Pathica - The International
Academy for Homotoxicology offer
a free online Introductory Course in
Homotoxicology. For more course details
visit www.iah-online.com
CYTOPLAN LIMITED
Unit 8 Hanley Workshops,
Hanley Road, Hanley Swan,
Worcestershire WR8 0DX
Tel: 01684 310099
Fax: 01684 312000
www.cytoplan.co.uk
Cytoplan – An exclusive practitioner-
dedicated company specialising in a
unique range of food-based products
which are exceptionally bio-effective. The
founding principle of Cytoplan is to base
product development on the increasing
awareness through science that “nature
know best”. This means we seek to create
natural products that optimise support
for the many body systems, as we believe
completely in the body’s wonderful self
healing ability when properly supported.
We are currently working with scientists
and Doctors in the development of
wholefood, phytonutrient and detox
formulae at the cutting edge of the most
recent scientific research. Cytoplan
products are conceived by common
sense, grounded in science and proven
with results. Our products are for those
who are serious about health, trust that
nature holds the key to real health and
want a company they can believe in.
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HADLEY WOOD HEALTHCARE LTD
28 Crescent West
Hadley Wood
Barnet
Herts. EN4 0EJ
Tel: 0208 449 1113
Fax: 0208 449 2113
Email: info@hhcproducts.co.uk
www.hhcproducts.co.uk
Supplying practitioners with
specialist products has been our
mission for over 20 years. During this
time we have introduced high quality
product ranges from well known
brands such as Acidophilus Pearls,
Enzymatic Therapy, Natures Way, ITI,
Natural Factors as well as specialist
products like Dr Shamsuddin’s IP6
with Inositol formula, Phytogen,
ST-Repair and Organic Red Yeast.
We actively support the individual
practitioner and small independent
business through our no minimum
order policy and friendly one to
one telephone support and product
advice service where needed. If you
are looking for a fresh range for clinic
or business let’s chat. Please call and
talk to one of our practitioner and
trade account team today!
HEALTH INTERLINK
Interlink House, 22 Digby Drive,
Leicester Road Industrial Estate,
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
LE13 0RQ
Tel: 01664 562454
Fax: 01664 563561
Email: info@health-interlink.com
www.health-interlink.com
Importers and distributors of
the highest quality nutritional
formulations since 1994. Our aim has
always been to provide our clients
with the purest most innovative and
bio-available products available.
We are the official UK distributor
for Thorne Research Inc. the most
respected manufacturer of truly
pure nutritional formulations in
the world. Jarrow Formulas who
have developed an exceptional
variety of economically priced
quality products. Garden of Life,
specialising in complete whole
food nutrition. Our pricing policy,
discount structure, practitioner
preference and loyalty schemes and
patient direct prescription service
are second to none. Our bespoke test
kit service for Applied Kinesiologists
is extremely popular and continues
to expand daily.
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HIGHER NATURE
Burwash Common
East Sussex TN19 7LX
Orders: Freephone 0808 178 8614
Email: trade@highernature.com
Fax: 0870 066 4010
Nutrition advice email: nutrition@
highernature.com
www.highernature.com/practitioner
Higher Nature is an innovative,
independently owned UK company with a
long, outstanding reputation as pioneers
in nutrition. With an extensive range
of supplements, beauty products and
health foods, all developed for optimum
health, we are renowned for quality,
integrity, expert advice and excellent
service. All of our products are developed
and formulated by an experienced team
of nutrition specialists and the Higher
Nature Kids, Young Adults, Mind Matters,
True Food, Pets, Aeterna Gold and Omega
Excellence ranges are some of the most
advanced available. As well as offering
practitioner and student support,
our online education academy, www.
highernatureacademy.com , offers free
CPD accredited nutrition information to
suit all levels .
LAMBERTS HEALTHCARE LTD
1 Lamberts Road, Tunbridge Wells,
Kent TN2 3EH
Tel: 01892 554313
Fax: 01892 515863
Email: ordering@lambertshealthcare.
co.uk
www.lambertshealthcare.co.uk
Lamberts® has been supplying nutritional
and herbal supplements for over 25 years.
We are the leading experts in nutrition,
producing the highest quality products in
some of the most modern and technically
advanced factories in Europe. These operate
to stringent pharmaceutical standards of
Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and
are approved by the UK Department of
Health, Medicines and Healthcare Products
Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Lamberts®
philosophy of healthcare is all about ‘sound’
science – we only develop products that are
at the relevant potency, based on an in-depth
understanding of the latest nutritional
research. And we have a range of over 150
products including vitamins, minerals, amino
acids, digestive aids, essential fatty acids
and herbs, as well as specialist formulas. We
also provide training and support to many
practitioners, including one-to-one training
and seminars which are recognised for CPD
hours by the British Association for Applied
Nutrition & Nutritional Therapy (BANT)
and the Naturopathic Nutrition Association
(NNA). For further information or to receive
a practitioner pack, please call us on 01892
554313.
PHARMA NORD (UK) LTD
Telford Court,
Morpeth, NE61 2DB
Tel: 01670 534900
Fax: 01670 534903
Email: uksales@pharmanord.co.uk
www.pharmanord.co.uk
Pharma Nord is one of Europe’s largest
manufacturers of preventative nutrition
and dietary supplements. The company
develops, manufactures and markets
scientifically well founded dietary
supplements based on optimal bio-
availability, safety and documentation.
Pharma Nord’s research database
contains more than 8,000 scientific
studies - including a large number of
studies conducted with Pharma Nord’s
own preparations. The database is the
cornerstone of product development
and the entire product range without
exception are manufactured in
accordance with the current GMP (Good
Manufacturing Practice) guidelines. All
Pharma Nord products are blister packed
to ensure the active ingredients are not
exposed to the atmosphere and maintain
100% of their efficacy over time. Technical
support and training is available via a team
of experts which includes BANT accredited
nutritionists. Pharma Nord’s customer
service team is available to answer your
calls and queries, Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm and
if you order before 2pm Pharma Nord
guarantees shipment that same day.
RIO TRADING COMPANY LTD
Unit 2, Centenary Estate, Hughes
Road, Brighton. BN2 4AW
Tel: 01273 570987
Fax: 01273 691226
Email: info@riohealth.co.uk
www.riohealth.co.uk
Rio Trading is a supplier and
distributor of natural products from
around the world, specialising in
a wide range of whole plant South
American botanicals, including Pau
d’Arco (Lapacho), Suma (Pfaffia) and
Rosa Mosqueta (Rosehip seed oil).
The Rio Amazon collection consists
of botanical extracts and superfoods
including Maca, Graviola (soursop),
Quebra Pedra and the award-
winning organic skincare range Rio
Rosa Mosqueta. Rio Trading is the UK
distributor for Silidyn, Green Magma,
Epigenar and Nutramedix.
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SOLGAR UK
Aldbury, Tring, Hertfordshire HP23
5PT
Tel: 01442 890355
Fax: 01442 890366
marketinguk@solgar.com
www.solgar.co.uk
Since 1947 Solgar has been Solgar
has been unwavering in its efforts to
develop innovative products backed
by rigorous scientific evidence and
a purity and potency guarantee.
We’re proud to deliver gold standard
products people know and trust for
quality and integrity.
Our award winning innovation
was most recently recognized in
Solgar Full Spectrum Curcumin
185x which was awarded Best VMS
in the 2015 CAM Awards and Best
New Product at the 2015 Natural
Pharmacy Business Product Awards.
Solgar are also committed to
choice, offering a broad ranges of
supplements, to give consumers
choice to pick the right product for
them no matter what their need.
Most Solgar products are gluten-free,
many are free of wheat and dairy,
and are suitable for vegetarians.
Much of our range is also Kosher and
Halal certified.
THE NATURAL DISPENSARY LTD
26 Church Street, Stroud,
Gloucestershire GL5 1JL
Tel : 01453 757792
Fax : 01453 751402
Contact: Michael Hill
Email: enquiries@naturaldispensary.
co.uk
www.naturaldispensary.co.uk
The Natural Dispensary is a
Nutritional Supplement Mail Order
Company, dedicated to Practitioners
and their Clients. With over 10,000
Practitioner prescribed products
under one roof, our aim is to provide
an efficient One Stop Service. As
a registered Practitioner, you can
benefit from favourable Practitioner
prices and only one account to
manage. Both you and your Clients
can save time and effort, as well as
postage and packaging, by buying
different brands of supplements from
only one distributor. Registration and
ordering are available via website,
telephone, fax or email and delivery is
direct to your clinic or Clients. Please
get in touch, we are here to help.
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SPECIALIST TRAINING
THE CHRYSALIS EFFECT
- M.E, CFS AND FIBROMYALGIA
RECOVERY PROGRAMME AND
SPECIALIST TRAINING
Tel: 01883 712555
E: info@thechrysaliseffect.com
www.thechrysaliseffect.com
The Chrysalis Effect provides
accredited training in M.E, CFS
and Fibromyalgia Recovery that
practitioners integrate with their
own therapy. More than just an
award winning training provider,
the Chrysalis Effect’s thriving
cross-referral community works to
integrate proven prevention and
recovery protocols within the health
service, via the NHS Innovation
Accelerator Pathway. The established
online recovery programme supports
clients struggling with fatigue related
conditions step by step through all 6
phases of recovery, while the training
enables you, as a practitioner to
build your referrals at foundation or
specialist level. Please contact us for
free e-book or training overview.
PROBIOTICS
BIO-KULT PROBIOTICS
(PROTEXIN)
Lopen Head, Somerset, TA13 5JH
Tel: 01460 243230
Fax:01460 249543
Email: info@bio-kult.com
www.bio-kult.com
Bio-Kult and Bio-Kult Candéa
are manufactured by probiotic
specialists Protexin. Bio-Kult is a
unique, multi-strain probiotic with
14 strains of beneficial bacteria,
expertly formulated to help maintain
healthy digestive and immune
systems.
Bio-Kult Candéa is a probiotic
supplement with grapefruit seed
extract and garlic - taken daily it can
help strengthen the body’s natural
defenses against Candida. Protexin is
dedicated to ongoing research
and development and has 20 years
experience of manufacturing a broad
range of probiotic supplements.
Bio-Kult is available to the public
through health food stores; health
practitioners can contact Protexin
directly.
SERVICES
ASSOCIATIONS
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR
APPLIED NUTRITION AND
NUTRITIONAL THERAPY (BANT)
27 Old Gloucester Street, London
WC1N 3XX
Tel: 0870 606 1284
www.bant.org.uk
BANT is the largest non-profit body
representing Nutritional Therapy (NT).
This highly regarded professional body
welcomes members who seek to provide
the highest level of practice. Membership
benefits: •Competitive BANT insurance
scheme • Free Online access to the
Comprehensive Database and the Natural
Standard Database •Code of Ethics and
Practice •CNHC aligned •Free listing in
the easy access online directory •Free
webinars for CPD •Mandatory CPD for
members in a bid to improve standards
and credibility of the profession •Access
to PR, Marketing and Business Toolkits
•Discounted CAM conferences•BANT
recognised CPD events, jobs and classifieds
•Regular emails on key professional
information •Consumer focused graphics,
posters and leaflets • Monthly online
magazine. •Access to contacts for your
local and regional media •Regional support
groups •Clinical Supervision Programme
• Opportunities to contribute to shaping
the future of the industry •BANT Council
working closely with official regulatory
bodies. If you are serious about nutritional
therapy join us today.
CThA - COMPLEMENTARY
THERAPISTS ASSOCIATION
598-608 Chiswick High Road, 2nd
Floor Chiswick Gate, London, W4 5RT
Tel: 0845 202 2941
Fax: 0844 779 8898
Email: info@ctha.com
www.ctha.com
The Complementary Therapists
Association (CThA) is the leading
organisation representing
Complementary Therapists in UK and
Ireland. As CThA members Therapists
receive a quarterly Magazine, with
the latest information on Exhibitions
and Seminars. Free membership of
the UK’s largest online directory of
Complementary and Beauty Therapists,
www.embodyforyou.com
Members have access to Local Groups &
Forums giving then the opportunity to
meet with like minded Professionals.
Access to Discounted Rates on Insurance.
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY
EDUCATIONAL TRUST
78 York Street, London W1H 1DP
Tel/fax: 07000 785778
Email: info@cranio.co.uk
www.cranio.co.uk
Course Director: Michael Kern D.O.,
R.C.S.T., N.D. author of ‘Wisdom In The
Body – The Craniosacral Approach To
Essential Health’.
The Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust
has been providing practitioner trainings
in Craniosacral Therapy since 1989 and
is established as a school of excellence
offering in-depth courses in a clear and
accessible way. This two-year part time
training is presented by a team of highly
experienced teachers in a supportive and
creative environment. An emphasis is placed
on developing practical skills that work
with the essential factors that govern our
health, and supporting our innate capacity
for health. Courses start each Autumn and
are fully accredited by the Craniosacral
Therapy Association and the International
Affiliation of Biodynamic Trainings. Also,
regular introductory weekends. Plus
‘Living Anatomy’ - an experiential eight-
weekend foundation course in Anatomy and
Physiology starting each January.
THE BELMONT HYPNOTHERAPY
CENTRE
Belmont Centre, 46 Belmont Road,
Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 7QG
Tel: 01843 587929
Email: belmontcentre@btconnect.com
www.belmont-centre.co.uk
There are many misconceptions about
hypnosis, however, there is nothing magical
or mystical about the practice of hypnosis.
Hypnosis is a natural state, achieved in
deep levels of relaxation, during which it is
possible to communicate directly with the
subconscious mind. When people are in this
hypnotic state, it is possible to instruct the
subconscious to bring about the behavioral
changes needed, whether it is to quit smoking
or to source why you are feeling the way
you are. All who train with Jean Murton and
her students learn to deal with their own
problems as well as gaining the skill and
confidence to help others to over come any
psychosomatic issue that have reduced or
even destroyed the quality of their lives. For
more information call 01843 587929 or visit
www.belmont-centre.co.uk or email
Belmontcentre@btconnect.com
Condensed courses designed to offer
professional qualifications; schedule sessions
which are arranged to accommodate your
existing commitments.
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INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL
THERAPISTS INTERNATIONAL
PO Box 106, Retford DN22 1WN
Tel: 01777 700383/703177
Fax: 01777 869429
Email: mail@iptiuk.com
www.iptiuk.com
IPTI is an association that has
been providing insurance cover for
therapists since 1982. Membership
and insurance is available for
practitioners of Alternative/
Complementary Therapies, Beauty
Therapists, Hairdressers and
Fitness Professionals. The IPTI
policy includes Malpractice &
Professional Liability, Public Liability
and Products Liability all in one
package, at a very competitive price.
The policy can offer cover up to £5
million indemnity and can also cover
for working abroad. The teaching
of workshops and practitioner level
courses is also covered under the
policy. Students may also join IPTI
and all members receive copies
of our chatty and informative
newsletter.
DISTRIBUTOR
KINETIC NATURAL PRODUCTS
DISTRIBUTOR
1 Central Park, Central Way, London
NW10 7FY
Contact: Alexander Barani
Tel: +44 (0)845 072 5825
Fax: +44 (0)845 072 5826
Email: sales@kinetic4health.co.uk
www.kinetic4health.co.uk
Kinetic supplies ethical and
specialised herbal and dietary
supplement brands to the natural
products industry. Leading dietary
supplements and herbal brands
include; Natures Answer, pioneers in
standardised and non-standardised
alcohol-free and low-alcohol liquid
herbal extracts, liquid nutritional
supplements, and superfoods and
oral care products; Renew life,
specialist products for digestive
care and detoxification; Emergen-C
from Alcer No1 selling effervescent
vitamin C supplement, Terra Nova,
holistic yet scientifically based
enhanced nutritional supplements;
Nutiva the No 1 leading organic &
coconut food brand and Organic
Food Bar “probably the best raw bar
on the market”.
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RIGHT4EU
14 North Parade, Penzance,
Cornwall TR18 4SL
Tel: 01259 743 255
Fax: 01259 743 002
info@right4eu.com
www.right4eu.com
NAP4EU Limited is the EU
distributor of products manufactured
in the USA by North American
Pharmacal Inc. These products are
created by Dr. Peter D’Adamo N.D.
who is the author of ‘The Blood Type
Diet’, ‘The Genotype Diet’ and other
publications on Nutrigenomics.
NAP4EU sells diagnostic test kits, a
variety of educational materials and
the worlds first truly individualised
food supplements and cosmetics.
We are all unique biochemical
individuals and we need to profile
our nutrition accordingly in order
to optimise the health potential
inherent in our genetic makeup.
Blood type is a valuable genetic
marker, and functions as the gateway
to our immune system and metabolic
needs. Nutrition is the ultimate
epigenetic tool with which we can
influence which genes we choose
to turn on, and which we choose to
turn off.
www.Sowhatami.co.uk
HOMEOPATHY
NEW VISTAS HEALTHCARE LTD
Plassey Park, Limerick, Ireland
UK Phone: 01244-560345
IRE Phone: 00353-61-334455
Email: kathryn@
newvistashealthcare.com
www.newvistashealthcare.co.uk
New Vistas Healthcare is Ireland’s
leading homoeopathic provider. Our
preventative philosophy looks at
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EVOMED
Amazon hunter-farmers have healthiest arteries ever seen
The Tsimane people – a forager-farmer-
hunter population of the Bolivian Amazon
– have the lowest reported levels of vascular
ageing for any population, with coronary
atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries)
being five times less common than in the US,
according to a study published in The Lancet
and being presented at the American College
of Cardiology conference.
“Our study shows that the Tsimane
indigenous South Americans have the lowest
prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis of
any population yet studied”, said senior
anthropology author, Prof Hillard Kaplan,
“This is an excellent
study with unique
findings. The Tsimane
University of New Mexico. “Their lifestyle
suggests that a diet low in saturated fats
and high in non-processed fibre-rich
carbohydrates, along with wild game and
fish, not smoking and being active throughout
the day could help prevent hardening in
the arteries of the heart. The loss of
subsistence diets and lifestyles could be
classed as a new risk factor for vascular
ageing, and we believe that components of
this way of life could benefit contemporary
sedentary populations.”
Although the Tsimane lifestyle is very
different from that of contemporary society,
certain elements of it are transferable and
could help to reduce risk of heart disease.
While industrial populations are sedentary
for more than half of their waking hours
(54%), the Tsimane spend only 10% of their

get 72% of their energy daytime being inactive. They live a subsistence
lifestyle that involves hunting, gathering,
from carbohydrates. fishing and farming, where men spend an

The fact that they have average of 6-7 hours of their day being
physically active and women spend
the best indicators of 4-6 hours.

cardiovascular health “The Tsimane also exercise – a lot”,

commented Peter Whoriskey in his
ever reported is the Washington Post report titled “These people
exact opposite to many eat monkeys and piranhas. They also have the
lowest rates of heart disease ever measured”!
recent suggestions He says: “They use both shotguns and bows
that carbohydrates are and arrows, and their average hunt lasts more
than eight hours, covering more than ten miles
unhealthy.” – Dr Gavin of tracking. To cut a farm plot out of the jungle,
Sandercock, reader in clinical they generally use metal axes and scythes – not
Tsimane hunter-gatherers: some of the healthiest people
alive – despite a high incidence of parasite infection.
chain saws. And, because of the thinness of the
physiology (cardiology) at the soil, they have to carve out a new plot every
(Pictures: University of New Mexico, M. Gurven and E.
Schniter.)

University of Essex growing season.” weight, age, heart rate, blood pressure,
Their diet is largely carbohydrate- cholesterol, blood glucose and inflammation.

Diet and exercise

• 1 7% of their diet is game including wild
pig, tapir and capybara (the world’s largest
rodent).
• 7% freshwater fish including piranha and
catfish.
• Family farms grow rice, maize, manioc root
(like sweet potato) and plantains (similar
to banana).
• Fruit and nuts from foraging.
• 72% of calories from carbohydrates.
• 14% from fat compared and less saturated
fat than typical Western diets.
• 14% of calories from protein, mostly lean
meat and fish.
• Men average 17,000 steps a day, women
16,000.
• Over-60s have a step count over 15,000.
based (72%) and includes non-processed
carbohydrates which are high in fibre such as
rice, plantain, manioc, corn, nuts and fruits.
Protein constitutes 14% of their diet and
comes from animal meat. The diet is very low
in fat, compromising only 14% of the diet –
equivalent to an estimated 38 grams of fat
each day, including 11g saturated fat and no
trans fats. In addition, smoking was rare in the
population.
Scans
In the observational study, the researchers
visited 85 Tsimane villages between 2014
and 2015. They measured the participants’
risk of heart disease by taking CT scans of
the hearts of 705 adults (aged 40-94 years old)
to measure the extent of hardening
of the coronary arteries, as well as measuring
Based on their CT scan, almost nine in ten of
the Tsimane people (596 of 705 people, 85%)
had no risk of heart disease, 89 (13%) had low
risk and only 20 people (3%) had moderate
or high risk. These findings also continued
into old age, where almost two-thirds of those
aged over 75 years old had almost no risk
and 8% (4 of 48) had moderate or high risk.
These results are the lowest reported levels
of vascular ageing of any population recorded
to date.
By comparison, a US study of 6814 people
(aged 45 to 84) found that only 14% of
Americans had a CT scan that suggested no
risk of heart disease and half (50%) had a
moderate or high risk – a five-fold higher
prevalence than in the Tsimane population.
Most common age of death among the
Tsimane is 70. “People often think that life in

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these places nasty, brutish and short, but that
just isn’t the case”, said project anthropologist
Benjamin Trumble.
Inflammation not a factor
In the Tsimanes, heart rate, blood pressure,
cholesterol, and blood glucose were also low,
potentially as a result of their lifestyle. The
researchers also note that the low risk of coronary
atherosclerosis was identified despite there being
elevated levels of inflammation in half of the Tsimane
population (51%, 360 of 705 people).
“Conventional thinking is that inflammation
increases the risk of heart disease”, said Prof Randall
Thompson, cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America
Heart Institute. “However, the inflammation common
to the Tsimane was not associated with increased
risk of heart disease, and may instead be the result of
high rates of infections.”
Because the study is observational it cannot
confirm how the Tsimane population is protected
from vascular ageing, nor which part of their lifestyle
(diet, physical activity or not smoking) is most
protective. The researchers suggest it is more likely
“Based on their CT scan,
almost nine in ten of the
Tsimane people had no risk
of heart disease.”
to be a result of their lifestyle than genetics, because
of a gradual increase in cholesterol levels coinciding
with a rapidly changing lifestyle.
“Over the last five years, new roads and the
introduction of motorised canoes have dramatically
increased access to the nearby market town to buy
sugar and cooking oil”, said Dr Ben Trumble, Arizona
State University. “This is ushering in major economic
and nutritional changes for the Tsimane people.”
The researchers did not study whether coronary
artery hardening in the Tsimane population
impacted on their health, but note that deaths from
heart attacks are very uncommon in the population
so it is likely that their low levels of atherosclerosis
and heart disease are associated. The researchers
are investigating this in further research.
“This study suggests that coronary atherosclerosis
could be avoided if people adopted some elements
of the Tsimane lifestyle, such as keeping their LDL
cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar very low,
not smoking and being physically active”, said senior
cardiology author Dr Gregory Thomas, Long Beach
Memorial Medical Centre. “Most of the Tsimane are
able to live their entire life without developing any
coronary atherosclerosis. This has never been seen
in any prior research. While difficult to achieve in the
industrialised world, we can adopt some aspects of
their lifestyle to potentially forestall a condition we
thought would eventually effect almost all of us.”
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NUTRIENTS
Pauling vindicated: vitamin C ten
times more effective than drugs at
targeting cancer stem cells
Vitamin C is up to ten times more
effective at stopping cancer cell growth
than pharmaceuticals such as 2-DG,
according to scientists at the University
of Salford.
The research, published in
Oncotarget, is the first evidence that
vitamin C (ascorbic acid) can be used to
target and kill cancer stem cells (CSCs),
the cells responsible for fuelling fatal
tumours.
Dr Michael Lisanti, Professor of
Translational Medicine, said: “We
have been looking at how to target
cancer stem cells with a range of
natural substances including silibinin
(milk thistle) and CAPE, a honey-bee
derivative, but by far the most exciting
are the results with vitamin C.
“Vitamin C is cheap, natural,
non-toxic and readily available, so to
have it as a potential weapon in the fight
against cancer would be a significant
step.”
Cancer stem-like cells are thought
to be the root cause of chemotherapy
resistance, leading to treatment failure
in patients with advanced disease and
the triggers of tumour recurrence and
metastasis (regrowth).
The Salford team set out to assess the
bioenergetics of cancer stem cells with
a view to disrupting their metabolism.
Focusing on energy-transfer, they
measured the impact on cell lines in
a laboratory of seven substances, the
clinically-approved drug stiripentol,
three natural products – caffeic acid
phenyl ester (CAPE), silibinin and
ascorbic acid – and experimental
pharmaceuticals, such as actinonin,
FK866 and 2-DG.
While they found that natural
antibiotic actinonin and the compound
FK866 were the most potent, the
natural products also inhibited
CSC formation, with Vitamin C,
outperforming 2-DG by tenfold in terms
of potency.
Following Pauling’s lead
Vitamin C has previously been shown to
be effective as a non-toxic anti-cancer
agent in studies by Nobel Prize winner
Linus Pauling, and was recently shown
to reduce mortality by 25% on breast
cancer patients in Japan. However, its
effects on CSC activity have not been
previously evaluated and in this context,
it behaves as an inhibitor of glycolysis,
which fuels energy production in
mitochondria.
Lead author Dr Gloria Bonuccelli
added: “This is further evidence
that vitamin C and other non-toxic
compounds may have a role to play in
the fight against cancer.
“Our results indicate it is a promising
agent for clinical trials, and as an add-
on to more conventional therapies, to
prevent tumour recurrence, further
disease progression and metastasis.”
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FOOD
What NOT to eat: strawberries, spinach top EWG’s
2017 Dirty Dozen
Strawberries remain at the top of
the Dirty Dozen™ list of the EWG
Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in
Produce™, with spinach jumping
to second place in the annual
ranking of conventionally grown
produce with the most pesticide
residues.
The Environmental Working
Group’s analysis of tests by the US
Department of Agriculture found
that nearly 70% of samples of 48
types of conventional produce
were contaminated with residues
of one or more pesticides. USDA
researchers found a total of 178
different pesticides and pesticide
breakdown products on the
thousands of produce samples they
analysed. The pesticide residues
remained on fruits and vegetables
even after they were washed and,
in some cases, peeled.
“If you don’t want to feed your
family food contaminated with
pesticides, the EWG Shopper’s
Guide helps you make smart
A&P
Surprising new role for lungs:
making blood
Using video microscopy in the
living mouse lung, University
of California San Francisco
scientists have revealed that
the lungs play a previously
unrecognised role in blood
production.
Reporting online in Nature,
the researchers say that the
lungs produced more than
half of the platelets – blood
components required for the
clotting that stanches bleeding
– in the mouse circulation.
In another surprise finding,
they identified a previously
unknown pool of blood stem
cells capable of restoring
blood production when the
stem cells of the bone marrow,
previously thought to be
the principal site of blood
production, are depleted.
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choices, whether you’re buying
conventional or organic produce”,
said Sonya Lunder, an EWG senior
analyst. “If you can’t buy organic,
the Shopper’s Guide will steer you
to conventionally grown produce
that is the lowest in pesticides”.
Lunder said it’s particularly
important to reduce young
children’s exposures to pesticides.
“Even low levels of pesticide
exposure can be harmful to
infants, babies and young
children, so when possible,
parents and caregivers should
take steps to lower children’s
exposures to pesticides while still
feeding them diets rich in healthy
fruits and vegetables”, said Dr
Philip Landrigan of the Mt. Sinai
School of Medicine.
For the Dirty Dozen list,
EWG singled out produce with
the highest loads of pesticide
residues. The list includes:
• strawberries
• spinach
Release of platelets in the lung
vasculature. (Picture: University of
California – San Francisco.)
“This finding definitely
suggests a more sophisticated
view of the lungs – that
they’re not just for respiration
but also a key partner in
formation of crucial aspects of
the blood”, said pulmonologist
Mark Looney, MD, a professor
of medicine and of laboratory
medicine. “What we’ve
observed here in mice strongly
suggests the lung may play a
key role in blood formation in
humans as well.”
• nectarines
• apples
• peaches
• celery
• grapes
• pears
• cherries
• tomatoes
• sweet bell peppers
• potatoes
Each of these foods tested
positive for a number of different
pesticide residues and contained
higher concentrations of
pesticides than other produce.
Pears and potatoes were new
additions to the Dirty Dozen,
displacing cherry tomatoes and
cucumbers from last year’s list.
Key findings:
• Nearly all samples of
strawberries, spinach, peaches,
nectarines, cherries and apples
tested positive for residue of at
least one pesticide.
• The most contaminated sample
of strawberries had 20 different
BRAIN HEALTH
Alzheimer’s disease linked to the
metabolism of omega 3 and 6
A new study published in PLOS
Medicine’s special issue on dementia
reports that the metabolism of
omega-3 and omega-6 unsaturated
fatty acids in the brain are associated
with the progression of Alzheimer’s
disease.
Most AZ research has focused on
tau and amyloid proteins. They start
accumulating in the brain up to 20
years before onset of the disease.
Yet despite research millions spent
investigating them, they have not
been solidly proved to be causative.
Researchers from King’s College
London and the National Institute on
Aging in the United States looked at
brain tissue samples from 43 people
ranging in age from 57 to 95 years
old. They compared the differences in
hundreds of small molecules in three
groups: 14 people with healthy brains,
15 that had high levels of tau and
amyloid but did NOT show memory
pesticides.
• Spinach samples had an average
of twice as much pesticide
residue by weight than any
other crop. Three-quarters of
spinach samples had residues of
a neurotoxic pesticide banned in
Europe for use on food crops – it’s
part of a class of pesticides that
recent studies link to behavioural
disorders in young children.
By contrast, EWG’s Clean
Fifteen™ list of produce least
likely to contain pesticide
residues includes sweet corn,
avocados, pineapples, cabbage,
onions, frozen sweet peas,
papayas, asparagus, mangoes,
eggplant, honeydew melon,
kiwis, cantaloupe, cauliflower
and grapefruit. Relatively few
pesticides were detected on
these foods, and tests found low
total concentrations of pesticide
residues.
• https://www.ewg.org.
problems and 14 clinically diagnosed
Alzheimer’s patients.
They also looked at three different
areas in the brain, one that usually
shows little tau and amyloid, one
that shows more tau and another
that shows more amyloid. The main
molecules that were different were six
small fats, including omegas, which
changed in abundance in different
regions of the brain.
They found that unsaturated fatty
acids were significantly decreased in
Alzheimer’s brains when compared to
brains from healthy patients.
Co-lead author of the study, Dr
Cristina Legido Quigley from King’s
said: “While this was a small study, our
results show a potentially crucial and
unexpected role for fats in the onset of
dementia. Most surprisingly we found
that a supposedly beneficial omega-3,
DHA, actually increased with the
progression of the disease.”
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Older women taking high-
dose statins have 50%
increased risk of diabetes
Older women taking cholesterol-lowering statins face
a significantly increased risk of developing diabetes,
according to a University of Queensland study
published in Drugs and Ageing.
UQ’s Dr Mark Jones said women over 75 faced a
33% higher chance of developing diabetes if they were
taking statins; this increased to more than 50% for
women taking higher doses of statins.
“We found that almost 50% of women in their late
70s and 80s in the study took statins, and 5% were
diagnosed with new-onset diabetes”, Dr Jones said.
“Statins are highly prescribed in this age group but
there are very few clinical trials looking at their effects
on older women. The vast majority of research is on
40- to 70-year-old men”.
STEM CELLS
Electroacupuncture
mobilises repair, pain-
relieving stem cells
within two hours
A study led by Indiana University School of
Medicine researchers has demonstrated that
electroacupuncture triggers a neurological
mechanism that can help promote tissue repair and
relieve injury-induced pain.
Four senior authors led a team of more than 40
scientists at institutions in the United States and
South Korea. They performed a series of lab tests
involving humans, horses and rodents that followed
the effects of electroacupuncture from the stimulus
of the needle all the way to the brain. Depending
on the species, electroacupuncture led to activation
of the hypothalamus within nine to 22 minutes.
Reparative mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were
released into the bloodstream within two hours.
Electroacupuncture treatments resulted in
higher thresholds for injury-induced pain, as well
as considerable increases in the presence of a type
of collagen that promotes tendon repair, and anti-
inflammatory cells known to be predictors of faster
healing.
The horses used in the study had been injured
during training for international dressage
competitions, and the six people who took part were
healthy volunteers, who still showed activation of
their hypothalamus through brain imaging.
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MICROBIOME
n Got carbs?
Researchers find
new way gut
bacteria deal with
sugars
Scientists have found that single
microorganisms in the human gut have
the ability to disassemble the most
complex of carbohydrates in our diet.
It is the first time such a discovery has
been made and it is hoped that this may
be used to one day identify new pre- and
pro-biotic products to help digestion.
Led by Prof Harry Gilbert, from
the Institute for Cell and Molecular
Biosciences at Newcastle University, the
study is published in Nature.
Bacteria in the large bowel have a
major impact on health and physiology
as they help to disintegrate substances
in food that we cannot digest, such as
starches and fibre. The main source of
nutrients available to the gut bacteria
are carbohydrates from the human diet,
which the body is unable to metabolise.
The most complex of these
carbohydrates is the plant
polysaccharide, rhamnogalacturonan
II (RG-II), which can also be found at
elevated levels in red wine.
Previously it was thought that only
groups of bacteria would be able
to metabolise and breakdown RG-
II, reflecting its complex structure.
However, this research shows that single
organisms present in the gut can also
cope with it.
The team of international scientists
found that RG-II is metabolised through
the action of a type of bacterial enzyme,
known as glycoside hydrolases, which
target the complex carbohydrate sugars
in the large bowel.
n Is dysbiosis
healthy? Yes –
if you’re on a
high-fat diet
An unhealthy diet changes the
composition of the gut flora and
it is generally assumed that this
maladaptation called “dysbiosis” triggers
disease. A study published in Molecular
Systems Biology by Matteo Serino and
his colleagues at the Université Paul
Sabatier in Toulouse now challenges this
view. Using mice as a model organism,
the researchers show that dysbiosis
may have beneficial effects on liver
metabolism and may protect against
metabolic disease.
Many studies have shown that
dysbiotic bacteria can cause disease.
However, these studies generally follow
a similar protocol that may impact on
the outcome: they transfer dysbiotic
bacteria to axenic mice that do not have
any microbiota. For example, axenic mice
that receive microbiota from the gut of
obese mice would increase their total
body fat, indicating that microbiota play
a causative role in the development of
obesity.
Serino and his colleagues reasoned
that axenic mice are ill-equipped to
deal with dysbiotic microbiota. Their
gut barrier is impaired, favoring
an uncontrolled spread of bacteria
throughout the body. In addition, their
immune system is not well developed.
So instead of using axenic mice, the team
used normal, healthy mice, which have
not been treated with antibiotics before.
Protection against metabolic
disease
A high-fat diet increases the production
of glucose by the liver and can eventually
lead to metabolic disease. However, when
Serino and his colleagues transplanted
dysbiotic microbiota from mice on
high-fat diet to healthy mice, they found
that the production of glucose in the
liver was reduced, rather than increased.
Therefore, dysbiotic microbiota counter
the metabolic effect of high-fat diet
and may thus protect the host from its
consequences. Similar effects were also
observed when the researchers used
microbiota from genetically obese mice.
In another set of experiments, the
researchers transplanted dysbiotic
microbiota from obese mice to healthy
mice and then put these mice on a high-
fat diet. Normally, a high-fat diet would
lead to weight gain. However, the body
mass of mice that had received dysbiotic
microbiota did not change, and their
adipose tissue showed smaller fat cells,
consistent with increased plasma free-
fatty acids.
In conclusion, dysbiosis after high-fat
diet may not all be detrimental. As long as
the gut barrier is intact and the immune
system is functional, dysbiosis may even
protect the body from metabolic effects
of unhealthy diets. “Our observation may
encourage a new debate on the role of
gut microbiota dysbiosis in the induction
of metabolic diseases”, said Serino.
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 inpractice

“You’ll never recover –

there is no treatment”
Name: Rebecca Cotterall.
Website: www.hellohealing.
co.uk.
Qualifications: Dip. Nutritional
Therapy from College of
Naturopathic Medicine (CNM).

How long did it take for you to

qualify?
Five years, after several periods
of serious illness alongside
studying

Where do you practise?

At my clinic in Chorley,
Lancashire, but I also see clients
all over the UK via Skype

What’s your main therapy/

modality and why?
Nutritional therapy. I see
recovery as a triangle: the mind,
the physical body, and nutrition.
I think you can do a lot of work
on the mind or on the body with
exercise, but without nutrition
you may not fully recover; from
my own personal experience,
I think nutrition is the most
powerful tool in the box.

Why did you decide to

become a practitioner?
I have had Lyme disease and
chronic fatigue for 13 years –
since I was 13 years old. I had
little schooling and I was in a
wheelchair for many years. At
times my mum would have to
bathe me and take me to the
toilet. I was very weak and
couldn’t walk – or even talk.
Standard Western medicine
offered nothing at all. I was told I was about finding the root cause How long have you been in Dr Sarah Myhill. She was the first
may never recover, and there was of our problems. I went onto practice? person I came into contact with
no treatment. study at CNM, thoroughly enjoyed 18 months now, and it has who was helping people in this
I started working with Dr it, and even healed myself while flown by. area, and she gave me so much
Sarah Myhill when I was 18, and studying. I am now about 80-90% help and drive to overcome this.
started to see drastic changes. I normal and run my own business Who or what has been the But day to day it is the strong,
realised how nutrition can be so and live a very busy lifestyle. So main influence/inspiration on determined young people I work
healing to the body and how it now I shout it from the rooftops! your practice? with every day, when I get the

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 emails, texts, phone calls that
they are making progress when
they never ever thought it would
be possible. They make such huge
changes and have a great attitude.
We can focus on the negativity
and the failings in our country in
the healthcare system, or we can
focus our energies on those who
want the help now.

What conditions or types of

client do you see most of?
My main client base is those who
suffer with chronic fatigue and/
or Lyme disease. Most seem to
be women in their 20s and 30s. I
seem to attract a certain type of
person, which I think can be true
for many practitioners. We all
have a different vibe.

What do you find the easiest

to work with?
I wouldn’t say anything is easy to
do; my passion is Lyme disease,
so I can deal with that the most
efficiently, but it is never an easy
task. I follow a certain regime
with clients, but every single
Lyme/CFS client is so different.
I love it because they make
progress, sometimes for the first
time in their lives, and that’s
amazing.
What is your favourite type of
client?
One who believes they can get
better and will make every effort
to make it happen.
What is the most challenging
type of symptoms/illness/
problem that you get
presented with?
I find very poorly clients who
don’t listen to their bodies very
frustrating; people who are trying
to go back to work when they
are struggling to shower and
dress themselves. I find denial a
tricky one to deal with, and when
people bury their heads in the
sand, because from having this
illness, I know first-hand how
destructive that can be.
What one thing is absolutely
essential to you in your
practice?
Trust. If a client doesn’t trust
me and my recommendations,
then I will suggest we don’t work
together. I explain to all new
clients that it is a partnership, so
if it becomes evident they don’t
trust what I’m saying, I can’t
see the partnership working. I
really believe that clients have
to find the right practitioner for
themselves. Everyone is different.
I think a lot of the time I go above
and beyond what is expected
from an NT, so I expect a high
level of commitment and honesty.
Do you enhance your business
with any projects outside of
your clinic?
I do regular writing, blogging,
I also run successful 21-day
detox programmes, day retreats
focusing on the body and
the mind, and I enjoy giving
motivational talks in schools
with my story. I also work for
CNM as their Course Consultant
in Manchester and as a clinic
supervisor.
Which CAM book has helped
or inspired you most, so far in
your career?
Dr Richard Horowitz’s Why Can’t
I Get Better? Solving the Mystery
of Lyme and Chronic Disease is
a wonderful book about all the
different techniques when it
comes to recovery from Lyme
Disease, detox, metals, gut etc.
It is a regular go-to for me in my
office.
Why do you do what you do?
I fiercely believe people can
recover. Whether it is IBS,
migraines or a hugely complex
illness like chronic fatigue
or Lyme disease. Nutrition is
powerful and the body can
heal, IF it is given the right

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interventions and the right
environment. I am the walking
evidence that people can
recover with hard work and
determination.
If money, time and effort
were no object, what one
thing would you change
about your practice or
integrative medicine and
nutritional therapy in
general?
I would love to have a huge house
in the country where people can
come and be cared for full time
Case study Chronic fatigue syndrome in a 19-year-old
A 19-year-old woman came to see
me with chronic fatigue syndrome.
She was making no progress, she
was coeliac and was struggling with
university. She relied on her parents
to cook, drive and support her, and
she rarely left the house. She had
also not had a period in 12 months.
Assessment
In 2015 she had been diagnosed
with glandular fever, coeliac and
PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome),
but she pushed through and ended
up coming to be because it was all
getting worse. She also had mould
in the room where she studied. She
had not been breast fed. I thought
that her whole body was struggling
under the weight of everything, her
immune system was poor and her
digestion was struggling, as well
as hormonal balance and nervous
system.
We did a CDSA (comprehensive
digestive stool analysis) and an
adrenal profile. She had many
parasites, a huge amount of
dysbiosis, and an infection with high
cortisol.
Intervention
She loved “health foods”, a lot of
which were processed, so I switched
her to a wholefood diet, fat,
veggies, fish and plenty of filtered
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for 3-6 months and have CAM
practitioners to look after them
along with chefs, house cleaners,
therapists, yoga teachers –
everything people need to
recover from chronic illness.
What piece of advice would
you give to newly-qualified
practitioners who are just
setting up a business?
Networking. Join a networking
group you enjoy and make
friends, not necessarily in the
same field, but contacts are great.
Think outside the box of just 1-1
water.
5 R protocol (Remove, Replace,
Reinoculate, Repair, Rebalance) and
oregano to kill off her parasites.
We supported her adrenals with
meditation and mindfulness, and
regular protein.
She also saw a naturopath, so
regular probiotic and oregano
enemas were helping with her
parasites.
Probiotics and broths to support
her digestion and immune system
as well as monitoring her vitamin
D levels.
I encouraged her to switch her
wifi off at night to give her body a
break, and also asked her to look
into her skincare and start using
more natural products.
She decided to draw up her own
meal plans to stay on track.
Outcome
After a few months, she went on
holiday with her friends! I was
as overjoyed, as was she. She is
managing university so much better,
cooking and looking after herself.
She also started her period again,
which for both of us was such a
measurable goal that showed her
new lifestyle is working.
She is thrilled, and is now
researching a career in nutrition as
she is so encouraged by the results.
consultations. Say yes to every
opportunity.
What is the biggest challenge
you face as a practitioner?
The thing I struggle the most
with is loneliness. I used to work
in retail, so it was all hustle and
bustle and office banter. I also
struggle with not having the
team I want/need to implement
all my wild ideas! I would love
to implement on a bigger scale
to reach more people and show
people how powerful nutrition is.
One day, maybe, and until then I
I have been working with her
for six months. We started to see
results in about three months, but
this is a long-term case to get her
back to full health.
Progress
She is an ongoing client and I want
to work on other areas with her in
the future. I am keen to look into
detox with her.
With a CFS/Lyme client I explain
that this is now their new lifestyle
– the eating habits, sleep, exercise,
stress management. If they go
back to a typical Western lifestyle,
symptoms can creep back in. I think
it is all about educating them on
their symptoms and their bodies
and making it realistic for them
to continue. I promote the 80/20
idea: if they are good 80% of the
time, they can have that treat. In my
experience when you ask someone
to be 100% angelic, they tend to fall
off the wagon and experience a lot
of guilt.
Conclusions
After slowly rebuilding her immune
and digestive system, other aspects
– such as hormonal health and
nervous system – fell into place. I
think education was a big part for
her; she wanted to know why we
did everything, and was like a little
have Fudge my cockapoo as my
fellow employee in the office.
What would you like to see
covered in IHCAN that we’re
not getting to?
I would love to see more help for
practitioners to keep them in tip-
top shape – maybe a yoga pose to
try, or walking the dog more as a
tip or a reminder to make sure we
stay sane, because it is tricky this
balancing act to make sure we
are as well as possible so we can
be the example and help all our
lovely clients with their health.
nutrition student, so now she knows
why she should do some things
and avoid others, therefore she is
more motivated to make changes
because she knows why. I think is
it true of many clients; in order for
them to succeed, they want to listen
and learn.
What did you learn?
Sometimes the simple interventions
make the biggest changes. I didn’t
go strong on supplements with this
client, and I wanted to work with her
with mainly food. It was powerful.
Would you do anything
different?
I would possibly go in with an EBV
test if I started with her again, it is
something I want her test her on.
Resources
My experience in my clinic quite
often comes from my 13 years with
this condition, I follow Dr Myhill’s
research and Dr Dietrich Klinghardt
very closely, and attend a lot of CPD
events of his. As you can expect,
my struggle and recovery from
CFS/Lyme disease brings such an
understanding of my clients and an
empathy. My training at CNM was
also so helpful, and I still use many
of the original ideas which I learnt
there.
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