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Comment on Iodine by Dr Michael Serafin

Dr Michael Serafin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:07:58 +0000

Hi Sandy
Some naturopathic doctors do use Lugols as part of an anti-pathogen protocol. Weather it will be effective in all cases is another matter – but worth a try. It does not interact with most antibiotics but best check with your pharmacist if you are going to use them. The protocol is described below:

Before starting take a drop of lugols in water to test for allergies. If you have no reaction you can them proceed. With the standard program you gradually increase up to 10 drops of Lugol’s solution 3 times daily with food mixed in water. Continue for 3 weeks with the full dose, but interrupt or reduce it if you experience any reactions such as fatigue, headaches, nausea, etc. After the 3 weeks decrease the dose to 1 or 2 drops daily thereafter as a maintenance dose. When on thyroid medication, or with goitre or an overactive thyroid, it is usually beneficial to increase gradually to 1 or 2 drops daily but do not go any higher.

Comment on Iodine by Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:02:36 +0000

Hi I have heard that Lugol’s Iodine/Iodide can help with infections. I have been diagnosed with Osteomyelitis – will be going into hospital on 30th January to see what has caused this. Probably IV antiobiotics (had Osteomyelitis in 2005 caused by hospital staff aureus infection) as before.

I have hereditary Rheumatoid arthritis. Can I take Lugol’s with the antibiotics ?

Do you accept Commonwealth Bank Mastercard DEBIT card ?

Tnks

Comment on Vitamin K2 by Leanderjuel

Leanderjuel — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:51:24 +0000

Everyone needs to see and appreciate this excellent information about the mighty Vitamin K2.

For real life example, it is as a post menopausal woman who suffered from chronic [non-injury] back pain that I can attest to the fact that after using Vitamin K2 [long acting MK7 form as Menaquinone-90 mcg] for three months, I also did a related blood test to confirm there had been an increase of bone building activity…first evidenced as that pain steadily subsided…and with finite lab confirmation, I did have an above range result for Osteocalcin which is the tell-tale protein that’s produced by bone building cells. In other words, after I had already known to use the three pillars of bone support, Calcium, Mg, D3…it was only after giving my body this fourth bone support that I was able to more completely restore the bone building process to the point that by three months and ever since, I have not dealt with any back pain. Plus, my overall physical stamina and strength have greatly improved as well.

Thus, with these non-anecdotal [for me, clinical] results…and the understanding of how important Vitamin K ‘also’ is for our best heart and cardiovascular health…I find it entirely counter-intuitive that the allopath has my husband on the anti-coagulant Warfarin after he suffered a first-ever MI six months ago. As a result, he now craves milk shakes which tells me that with drug-induced deficiency of Vitamin K, his body is trying to compensate with this dairy food for more Calcium, Vitamin D. He is already on Mg and other heart related supplements [fish oil, CoQ10, C, D3] but again, I am certain Warfarin is doing him little to no good for either the short or longer term. I mean, if one has a major heart attack, why in the world would a known to be essential and organic heart support [Vit K] ever be disturbed, imbalanced or, diminished [as Warfarin does], rather than for use of blood test monitoring to increase or keep all of the heart-related nutrition [vitamins] at their healthiest and heart-restorative levels.

Thanks for cautioning about Heparin and Coumadin [warfarin] and aside from asking our US MD, what do YOU think about using 45 mcg of MK7 [K2] as minimal dose while on the daily 5-10 mg Warfarin? Needless to say, there are routine INR pricks so we’d know if this was changing the result…and after stopping the synthetic Warfarin, my husband could then use [as I do] natural assists of Nattokinase and/or Serrapeptase as both are effective anticoagulants via their own mechanisms, albeit, while far safer and with no known adverse effects.

Please trust that your time now, and possible reply later…are most appreciated.

All best wishes,

Leanderjuel

Comment on Reverse T3 Dominance by michael

michael — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:12:03 +0000

Hi Carl
The first step is to address adrenal function (which you have done) to ensure high cortisol levels are not interfering with the 5-deiodinase enzyme. Now you are right to start on slow release T3 capsules which are available through us which are made in our laboratory (see quality control page of this website). Refer to the ordering information section of this website to see how to arrange an order.

Kind Regards Michael

Comment on Reverse T3 Dominance by Carl Talbot

Carl Talbot — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:52:30 +0000

Hi. With the help from my naturopath I have recovered from adrenal fatigue over the past 12months but have low body temps and high reverse T3. I have discussed Wilsons Syndrome with my doctor and he thinks its safe for me to try slow release T3 pills but dont know where to get them from in Australia. Do you know where i can get them? Thanks

Comment on GH3 and KH3 – Youth Drug by michael

michael — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:54:43 +0000

Hi Jan
We sell a compounded version made here in Australia in our laboratory which is made according to the original KH3 formula. The only difference is we use a clear gelatin capsule as opposed to a red capsule as I prefer to avoid artificial coloring agents as many people are sensitive to these. Obviously the packaging is also different. They are exactly the same in every other respect. ie. a 50mg procaine dose stabilized with hematoporphyrin. Legally here in Australia a script is required for supply.

Comment on GH3 and KH3 – Youth Drug by Jan Winters

Jan Winters — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:34:58 +0000

Do you sell KH3 the one manufactured in Germany? I would like to buy some as soon as possible if you have it. Please let me know at your earliest convenience.
Thank you, J.Winters

Comment on Cardiovascular Disease by michael

michael — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:32:02 +0000

Esme
Not many main stream medical doctors are aware of this but 100mg of Calcium EDTA taken every two hours can help reduce the plaque. It is required to be taken so often as EDTA only has a very short half life in the body. It requires a script for supply here in Australia. Alternatively you may be able to find an alternate doctor who administers EDTA infusions. It is a lot more expensive hence why I recommend the capsules. There is a lot of debate as to which is best however there is a lot of evidence which supports the fact that the capsules are just as good as infusions.

Regards Michael

Comment on Cardiovascular Disease by Esme

Esme — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:27:02 +0000

My husband is 50 years old. He suffer from severe atherosclerotic plague. Is there any medication that can help to reduce this.

Comment on Human Growth Hormone by Dr Michael Serafin

Dr Michael Serafin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:56:35 +0000

Victoria
We do not compound HGH at this stage. We sell commercially available pharmaceutical HGH. The cost is so high because there are very few pharmaceutical biotechnology companies in the world who actually produce it. It does require recombinant DNA technology to produce HGH which is expensive within itself however I believe the lack of competition is the main reason the price is so high. We expect the price to fall over the next few years as more companies begin to produce it and supply increases. I hope this explains it for you.

Comment on Methylcobalamin (Vitamin B12) by Patricia

Patricia — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:44:26 +0000

I had a cat that had severe neuropathy. I gave it the adult dose of B12methyl -just straight down the throat with a syringe of water to follow – sub lingual is impossible with a cat. Whatever inside three months he was again walking on his toes, could jump onto lap, bed or whatever as well as run!

I used it myself when I retired from 10 years of night shift to nurse cancer ridden partner. Took me just one week to reset my circadian clock and used melatonin to get to sleep at appropriate hour for just one week also. Friends with whom I worked but would not take this path are still wanting to sleep by day and wake by night 12 years after retiring

Comment on Hormone Testing by Dr Michael Serafin

Dr Michael Serafin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:00:31 +0000

Peter
The problem with relying on serum analysis for detecting transdermal progesterone is that it is a fundamentally flawed methodology and will never be able to demonstrate suitable serum levels. The reason for this is due to the fact that when progesterone is absorbed into the blood stream from the skin it binds to red blood cell membranes in order to minimize unfavorable interactions between the fat loving progesterone molecule with the aqueous (water) serum phase (remember oil and water do not mix!). When a patient goes for a serum blood test the blood sample is centrifuged before it is analyzed to remove all red blood cells, along with any progesterone attached to them. Therefore serum analysis cannot possibly accurately measure transdermal progesterone if most of it is being thrown out before being tested for. This phenomenon is not observed to such a degree with oral progesterone due to the fact that once absorbed it initially enters the liver (the reason why it has such poor bioavailability – 10 to 15%) where it is attached to the Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG). This protein then allows progesterone to remain in serum by minimizing the unfavorable interactions mentioned above and thus will show up in serum analysis. Therefore we cannot rely on serum testing to verify the validity of transdermal progesterone. Secondly, serum analysis only detects hormone levels in serum. It does not reflect hormone levels inside the cells where they are actually active. Therefore I cannot understand why so much emphasis has been placed on serum testing to the detriment of other methods. Saliva and urine tests both show that transdermal progesterone does indeed raise progesterone levels. The level achieved obviously depends on the dose and rate of absorption. I however usually adjust the dose until I obtain a reading within an optimal target range. I feel that the validity of both these methods of analysis has been well proven and thus more accurately reflect the true level of transdermally absorbed progesterone. Finally over the last 10 years or so I have been involved with 1000′s of women using transdermal progesterone. Our saliva/urine testing almost always shows improved progesterone levels not to mention the fact there is a great improvement in the patients symptoms – which is what it is all about!

Comment on Hormone Testing by Peter Gal

Peter Gal — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:01:57 +0000

I think transdermal progesterone is left with a quandry which needs explanation to a level satisfactory to convince the research scientists – not necessarily doctors at this stage, I believe baby steps are acceptable initially:

1) The vast majority of research papers which validate the therapeutic benefits for progesterone do so by comparing the improved clinical symptoms to the serum levels of progesterone, not the saliva levels of progesterone.

2) Until transdermal progesterone raises the serum level of progesterone to the same levels as were achieved by the research scientists who validated the therapeutic benefits of progesterone, therefore transdermal progesterone cannot justifiably lay claim to achieve the same therapeutic benefits as are achieved by an increase in serum progesterone.

3) I see no possible logical basis by which the transdermal progesterone researchers can lay claim to the same therapeutic benefits as have been previously associated with increased levels of serum progesterone, until the transdermal progesterone is demonstrated to increase the serum levels of progesterone.

4) Therefore the transdermal progesterone researchers must lay claim to their own therapeutic benefits for humans (not mice, sorry) after they first demonstrate that an increase in salivary progesterone is linked to a therapeutic benefit, AND that a reduction of salivary progesterone is linked to a therapeutic decline. It is not sufficient to demonstrate only one of these relationships.

When the dosages and measurements of such studies are published in peer reviewed journals, AND repeated by at least two independent parties (all results on which we are going to base a therapy must be repeatable), then the corresponding transdermal progesterone dosages and salivary measurements as used by the researchers, are the ones we should observe.

I have not been able to find any peer-reviewed research papers which demonstrate the above.

I give you all the benefit of my doubt and I believe that you have all found the research papers which demonstrate these relationships. Well done. Perhaps one day I might find them too.

Comment on Human Growth Hormone by michael

michael — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:12:30 +0000

We sell pharmaceutical quality HGH for around $285 a month based on a typical dosing protocol of half a unit daily. Refer to the ordering information section of this website for ordering details. The major problem here in Australia is that very few doctors will actually prescribe HGH as they have little experience and knowledge with it and those that do prescribe it want to sell it themselves for highly inflated prices.

Comment on Human Growth Hormone by Jacqui

Jacqui — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:33:06 +0000

Does anyone know where I can purchase quality but inexpensive HGH. I currently purchase my supply through my Dr but it costs me approximately $800 per month.

Comment on Meditation for Health by michael

michael — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:01:38 +0000

John
Cheers! I agree with you, however just to clarify meditation is about connecting to our soul, or our innermost essence, through the breath. If done incorrectly you will continue to breathe a pranic breath and therefore increase the prana in your body. Therefore it is very important it is a gentle firey breath.
Once connected our soul can infuse our body with the firey soulful energy which will reconfigure our body energetically and help transmute the excess of prana, the energy responsible for illness and dis-ease. By doing so this will then erase all disease from our body and we will be in the firey livingness rather than the pranic existence.

Regards Michael

Comment on Meditation for Health by John

John — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:41:14 +0000

Great article!
I have always told my friends that meditation is nothing more than breathing a certain way and entering a different mood.
It is a state we enter, moving our energy around the body. We are scientifically speaking made up of atoms of energy – and thus all things are moving energy.

When we are in a state of lower health it is usually a sign of a blockage of energy and breathing in the above method will help drastically restore moving energy to system in a way to kickstart the immune system into action. Everything is interlinked – even science and spirituality.

Cheers,
John
http://www.secrets2meditation.com

Comment on Emotional healing by Michael

Michael — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:52:51 +0000

Terence
Thanks for your thoughts! In regards to the environmental factors you mentioned I believe fundamentally they too are energetically determined. By that I mean if you have a certain energetic entrapment held within your body it may physically attract certain environmental toxins towards you and make you susceptable to their negative physical effects thus creating a disease. If you do not have such a energetic entrapment then even if you were exposed to the same environmental toxin in question it would have no physical effect on your body. If you are open to the possibility of reincarnation then the whole genetics argument is also energetically determined as your soul choses its incarnation (genetics), along with your kama, in order for you to learn what ever lesson that incarnation has to offer you and in effect clear what ever energetic entrapments you carry in order for you to realise your divinity.
Einstein’s Theory has long been accepted which proves that all is energy and if this is indeed the case then all must be because of energy. Therefore all illness is because of energy. The energetic influence must come first which then causes a physical outcome.
I too do not feel that god theories need to be incompatible with the science of energy or modern day science as often argued. They must all complement each other perfectly when expressed in truth. The problem is in the past these teachings have been totally misunderstood and inaccurately taught to the masses in order to keep us from the real truth – that god exists inside everyone of us – therefore I would have to argue that we need to look within to realise this truth and not fall for the illusion that we need to seek outside of ourselves. We have been doing that for thousands of years and it has not worked at all – the proof of this is the rise in many diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, etc, etc. Our body is the marker of truth, it cannot lie. If you are not living in harmony the body will soon show you through illness and disease. Our minds on the other hand will deny, defend and bury any false way of living and so we lie to ourselves about how we truly live, or should I say exist, therefore we should not use the mind to find any answers but the feeling of the inner-heart!

Comment on Glutathione by michael

michael — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:49:52 +0000

In regards to using precursors (of any kind) it is very unpredictable as to weather or not there will be any significant conversion of it into the desired end compound. As we all vary greatly the degree of conversion of any precursor will vary greatly due to a whole variety of reasons such as presence of cofactors, protein intake, enzyme efficiency and numbers, to name but a few. The more conversion steps required to achieve the end product the more chance of failure to produce sufficient amounts of it to produce a therapeutic effect therefore making the use of precursors ineffective in many cases. In addition the more conversion steps required a far greater dose of precursor is required to produce a relatively small amount of end product as a great deal of loss will occur through side reactions, alternative reaction pathways, liver metabolism and elimination, etc, etc. With this unpredictable nature I feel it is more effective to use the compound in question so you know for a fact that you are actually getting a therapeutic dose of the desired end product rather than assuming you may be getting it through conversion of a precursor. A great error is to assume anything including that there will be significant conversion. If you can measure the end product through some form of accurate and proven testing method such as blood tests, say, then you will know for sure if the end compound in question is being formed from the precursor and if proven to be so well and good. However in this example glutathione cannot be practically measured due to its reactivity so you have no way of knowing if significant amounts of conversion is occuring to produce a therapeutic effect. Therefore the use of precursor therapy is questionable in individual cases.

In addition what is the difference in the end if you use a precursor or the compound itself? In this example assume you take N-acetylcysteine to increase glutathione and assume it actually works in this particular individual. The end result is an increase in glutathione levels. If you use glutathione itself the same end result occurs without any assumptions or guess work. As both these agents are considered safe I do not see any benefit using a precursor for a therapeutic effect. In addition if several conversion steps are required then you will need to take a far greater amount of N-acetylcysteine to produce only a small amount of glutathione as you will never get 100% conversion (or anywhere close to it) so in fact you could argue that it would be a disadvantage to use a precursor in most cases as a greater dose is required and arguably placing more pressure on your liver and system in general.

As most of the information I present is for the treatment of various disease states and as such the treatments suggested must achieve a therapeutic effect I prefer to use predictable and reliable treatments that I can confidently say will work in a majority of cases. Hence I do not generally recommend prescursors. Obviously in cases where achieving therapeutic doses is not as critical, such as supplements for well being, precursors may be used because if insufficient amounts of the end product is produced it will no have any major detrimental effects on the patient.

I hope this explains my reasons for doing so.

Comment on Glutathione by Earl Conroy DC, ND

Earl Conroy DC, ND — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:17:32 +0000

Dr Serafin:
I have just found your web site and have downloaded a number of your articles. I am always on the look for people who understand physiology/biochemistry…and are not married to the medical model.
With that said, in the article on glutathione….
You only suggest taking some form of formed glutathione.
Would it not be a better idea, cheaper, more readily available to take the pre-cursors??
With precursors the body can make what it needs as it needs it, with no hassles of breaking down.
I think that some writers have a tendency to cater to the pharmaceutical/supplement approach rather than…how can we synthesize this hormone or compound from readily available materials. yes?
With best wishes,
Earl Conroy