Health Care for the 21st Century
By Eugene Fox

What you are about to read has the potential of profoundly impacting every person you know. It involves the exciting new science of nutraceuticals - functional foods that weren’t even known prior to 1990. "Nutraceutical" itself is a new word.

This has captured the attention of major governments. In 1994 the United States Congress unanimously passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) in order to improve the health of the American people and lower health care costs. This comes from the preamble to that law: "The importance of nutrition and the benefits of dietary supplements to health promotion and disease prevention have been documented increasingly in scientific studies; there is a link between the ingestion of certain nutrients or dietary supplements and the prevention of chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis..."1

The Canadian Government is about to enact similar legislation. It provides this excellent definition of the term nutraceutical: "A product isolated or purified from foods and generally sold in medicinal forms not usually associated with food, and demonstrated to have a physiological benefit, or provide protection against chronic disease."2

What these two governments have provided is very helpful. They are talking about foods that are non-toxic and safe, separating nutraceuticals from all pharmaceutical drugs which are toxic and have harmful side effects. All drugs are invasive, confrontational and foreign to the body, forcing it to make specific changes. By contrast, nutraceuticals are gentle foods that are friendly to the body, facilitating it to take whatever actions it knows to be beneficial for itself. The contrast is quite stark.

Still, nutraceuticals and drugs have one thing in common: proven effectiveness. As the American government points out, nutraceuticals have been "documented increasingly in scientific studies" to be effective in "health promotion and disease prevention," and they even go on to name specific chronic diseases "such as cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis." The Canadian government reinforces this by saying that nutraceuticals have been "demonstrated to have a physiological benefit, or provide protection against chronic disease." This is highly profound - even revolutionary. We have major governments acknowledging and endorsing a revolutionary major change in health care. This has the potential of profoundly impacting everyone in a very positive way.

Notice that nutraceuticals do not merely claim effectiveness - they demonstrate it scientifically, showing how they significantly benefit the body by contributing to optimal health and dealing effectively with chronic diseases. This separates these highly specialized substances from ordinary supplements, vitamins, minerals, and herbs which have little or no science.

So far, however, it is not easy for many people to comprehend this. That’s because it’s so new. What follows is offered to help you work through this for yourself, particularly with regard to one particular nutraceutical which towers far above them all.

HOW NECESSARY?

The Canadian Government definition really helps. It points out that nutraceuticals are highly specialized foods, even though they are not in a form usually thought of as food - capsules, caplets or powders ("medicinal forms"). But they are still true foods (nutrients). On the other hand, they are ‘more than foods,’ because of their proven benefits, going far beyond ordinary nutrients.

It is very important to note that the Canadian Government definition acknowledges that these functional foods "provide protection against chronic disease." That’s a huge statement. Turning to the American scene, no less an eminent authority than Dr. Darryl See3 states that 120 million Americans have chronic diseases (like arthritis, asthma, colitis, cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia), and everyone else can expect to develop them in the next few years. He points out that we have to go back to the Bubonic plague of the 1300s to find a health crisis that approaches the magnitude of what we are presently experiencing. That really puts this into perspective and demands our full attention.

These products are very necessary.

DRUGS AREN’T ENOUGH

Health care is an enormous industry - the largest industry in the United States, involving 750,000 physicians and 5200 hospitals. It requires an annual expenditure of $1.5 trillion, or 17% of national income. Additionally, Americans consume $90 billion worth of medications and medical supplies per year. Similar figures come from Canada and other developed nations. With all this expenditure it would be reasonable to expect wonderful health, but the opposite is true. Our health status is deteriorating rapidly and drastically. For instance, 25 years ago, cancer was the Number Eight killer in the United States. Now, after the expenditure of many billions of dollars on the "war on cancer," it is the Number Two killer! Something is terribly wrong.

THE ILLUSION OF HEALTH

All of us, governments and people alike, are being forced to think differently about health care. Strangely, wellness can no longer be defined as feeling and appearing well. Appearances are proving to be deceiving, with the deception frequently being deadly. For instance, a growing number of ‘healthy’ young men now drop dead from heart attacks with no previous sign of heart disease. Women who feel just fine are diagnosed with breast cancer with no prior warning. Someone has correctly called this "the illusion of health".

Twelve-year-old William (not his real name) seemed to be in great health, but suddenly he was diagnosed with a large malignant brain tumor. Thirteen hours of surgery were required to remove as much of it as possible. It turned out that his entire brain, brain stem and much of his spine were affected by the malignancy, yet a month earlier his doctor would have pronounced him completely healthy. This is becoming all too common. Something is terribly wrong. We need to do more to care for our health. Someone has said, "If we continue to do what we’re doing, we’ll continue to get what we’ve got."

THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IS KEY

What’s wrong? What’s causing all this? It all comes down to the immune system, the body’s defender - and the immune system’s first line of defense, Natural Killer Cells (NK). These cells protect us from invasions of bacteria and viruses. The level of NKs is measured and reported as Litic Units (LU). Compared with North American levels in 1981, in 1997 NK function was down 29% (108 LU compared with 152 LU), probably due to the effect of environmental toxins. Toxins continue to increase, and the decline of the immune system goes on. During recent years the drop has been 3% per year, and it’s accelerating, leaving us critically vulnerable to disease. Now we understand the current health crisis. Suppressed immune systems and poor health go hand in hand. This is an inescapable fact.

Who then is healthy? Can anyone with a suppressed immune system be considered healthy? No, there is no such thing as a healthy person with a weakened immune system, no matter how well that person appears to be. Anyone with a weakened immune system is a walking time bomb. They can be in great shape, feel well, have high energy - and all the while be quietly ‘unraveling’ internally. Eventually ‘the straw that breaks the camel’s back,’ suddenly tips the scales, putting that person over the edge into sickness, chronic illness - or even death. They have exhausted their resources. It happens all the time.

Currently, 95% of Americans will die like this:

This is not a healthy population. And please note, we are only talking about deaths here. In addition there are many kinds of ‘living death’ - chronic diseases like arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, Crohn’s disease, colitis, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis and Hepatitis C.

COVERT BEGINNINGS

Admittedly, it is very difficult to grasp the silent beginnings of these problems. Consider heart disease. It has been shown that people begin developing it in childhood, but it doesn’t become evident for as much as 40 more years. Autopsies on American soldiers who died in the Viet Nam war revealed that 100% had advanced heart disease, even though all were outwardly fit and apparently healthy. We cannot trust appearances anymore - not even when medical examinations declare us healthy. This is not easily grasped - but grasp it we must. Our lives depend on it.

Medical experts say everyone develops cancer cells every day. Everyone. But that’s not a problem as long as the immune system is strong. But what happens when it becomes weak? Cancer - or any number of other diseases - can take over. A strong immune system is the only defense against full-blown disease. There is no substitute - none whatsoever. And we have already seen that our immune systems are being devastated.

NOT A PRETTY PICTURE

This is not a pretty picture. With our immune systems so weakened is it any surprise that at least a third of us are expected to die from cancer? It only stands to reason - and you may be one of them, even though you’re feeling fine now. Cancers take from 5-30 years to become detectable. ‘Feeling fine’ isn’t good enough. It’s what’s going on inside that tells the real story.

Actually, it’s worse. Conditions like heart disease, cancer, diabetes and arthritis are manifesting themselves much earlier - even in children. Not long ago a 15-year-old basketball player in Everett Washington suddenly died during a game. His heart stopped for no apparent reason. CPR was done until the medics arrived. They worked on him for 30 minutes, but to no avail. An autopsy failed to reveal the cause of death. This young athlete had all the signs of being healthy, but obviously was not.

Where does this leave us? We simply must stop relying on how we look and feel, not even trusting a ‘clean bill of health’ from a doctor. This calls for a radical change of thinking. Reality forces us to admit that we are in very serious trouble.

IS THERE HOPE?

Enough of the gloomy picture. Is there anything we can do? Yes! Everyone can adopt a proactive plan of optimal health and protection against disease. Many thousands have done it. They are dealing with the hidden problems before they get a chance to surface. They are building vibrant health and enjoying wonderfully enhanced longevity. You can, too.

The process begins by making basic lifestyle and dietary changes. Beyond that, it requires taking a highly specialized nutraceutical supplement to restore the immune system, and then adding complementary essentials to give what we need. Obviously the supplement that builds the immune system stands above them all.

This key supplement is a complex of saccharides called glyconutrients. Its effectiveness amazes the scientific community. Of all the 200 sugars found in nature, Harper’s Biochemistry4 identified eight which enable the body to achieve full cell-to-cell communication. The glyconutrient supplement is made up of all eight.5

This is vitally important because everything in the body happens at the cellular level. When there is complete communication among the cells, amazing things can happen. The body is enabled to cleanse itself of toxins and defend itself against bacteria and viruses. If disease conditions have already set in, glyconutrients can help the body to heal itself. The body can do these things, once it has been given the necessary tools. The glyconutrient complex is the most necessary of all.

HOW DO THEY WORK?

How can a simple supplement make all this possible? We need to go back to the immune system. We saw that our immune systems have been weakened some 30% - and are declining rapidly. But with the addition of glyconutrients the immune system of a well person can increase by as much as 50%, and sick people enjoy an increase of as much as 400%! In the opinion of Dr. Darryl See, this is one of the greatest discoveries of all time, ranking with penicillin, vaccines and insulin. He states, "There is no other natural supplement, vitamin, mineral or drug that even comes close to accomplishing (what glyconutrients do)."

Other key nutrients work synergistically with glyconutrients to deliver optimal health and maximum protection. This is the best health care news the world has had in a very long time.

WHERE’S THE SCIENCE?

But talk is cheap. Anyone offering nutritional supplements needs to be challenged: "Where’s the science?" If there is not good, solid science, no matter how convincing everything else may be, what is being presented is just like all the rest - not really trustworthy. They no doubt are good, but we are dealing with vital issues, and we need solid science, not just claims. Fortunately, glyconutrients have an abundance of trustworthy science. Ask the person who gave you this, and they will be glad to share it with you.

PASS IT ON

You now have in your hands advanced knowledge that can impact the lives of everyone you know. Make good use of it for yourself, but don’t keep it quiet. As you have seen, our society is crashing into a health care iceberg. You are responsible for what you know. Pass it on. Everyone around you deserves to have this information. What they do with it is up to them. Hundreds of thousands are having their health transformed. Don’t keep this from your friends. The person who gave this to you will show you how to share it. You just may be starting on the greatest adventure of your life! What could be better? Start sharing it today. Many people are ready and waiting.

If you feel you cannot answer their questions, please refer them to someone else or to me:

Eugene Fox
P.O. Box 1022
Forest, ON
Canada N0N 1J0
Tel (519) 786-4215
Fax (519) 786-6844
E-Mail: euglofox@xcelco.on.ca

NOTES:

  1. Quoted in the Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association, Supplement No. 1, August 1997, page 4.
  2. NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS: A New Vision - Report of the Standing Committee on Health, page 9.
  3. Dr. Darryl See is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine currently taking a hiatus to write, educate and publish the results of his research. With a background in the immune system and in the study of viruses, his accomplishments include the discovery of a virus which may cause Amylotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), known in the United States as Lou Gehrig’s disease; and demonstrating that viruses are associated with such diseases as diabetes, certain forms of heart disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, and post-polio syndrome (PPS). He was a member of the team that developed a computer artificial intelligence system for the management of AIDS. He has also worked extensively in the area of vaccine development. His current efforts are focused on the use of established scientific methods to test the purity, toxicity, and benefits of natural products; and the use of natural products to slow or reverse the aging process, protect the health of persons without chronic diseases, and assist in the management of patients with chronic diseases.
  4. Harper’s Biochemistry, 24th edition (Murray et al).
  5. They are glucose, galactose, mannose, fucose, xylose, n-acetylglucosomine, n-acetylgalactosamine and n-acetylneuraminic acid (Harper’s Biochemistry, 24th edition).
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