Dr. Alain Thibault, M.D. A Clinical Perspective

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A Clinical Perspective
by Dr. Alain Thibault, M.D.
(Oncologist and Researcher at the National Institutes of Health)
As presented marking the introduction of Beres Drops to
America, held at the Tavern on the Green in New York

Dr. Thibault, a clinician, discussed the relevance of minerals and trace elements in our daily living, particularly as they relate to HIV/AIDS and Cancer. The immune system is the body's self defense mechanism against anything not only internal enemies such as parasites, microbes, and cancer cells, but external foes as well. If you picture an umbrella that is spread out to protect the body beneath it from constant onslaught of attackers, you have a good idea, oversimplified of course, of the immune system at work.
Also, equally as important as certain organs are to immune system, so are specific types of cells and proteins. White blood cells, phagocytes and interferon are a few examples of these types of immune system workers.

What is essential here is this: the most important part of the body's immune system is at the cellular levels. Why?

Because it is from the cellular levels that all immune processes begin. It is critical therefore, that the cells responsible for immunological activity work at their fullest capabilities if we want the immune system to function properly.

And what is essential to these cells to keep them functioning? As Dr. Samid pointed out, minerals and trace elements. This is not conjecture, this is fact!

Let us focus on two extreme examples of what can happen when the immune system either can't function at all, or just is not functioning properly. AIDS and Cancer. Further, let us focus on just one mineral and how it relates to these devastating illnesses....ZINC.

Studies in the United States and Europe have demonstrated that when you measure the amount of Zinc present in HIV positive/AIDS patients, a clear pattern emerges.

The sicker the patient, the less amount of Zinc is present within the body. Now, it is not yet clear whether this lower amount of Zinc is the cause or the effect of the disease-but what we do know is this: there is direct correlation between the two.
And this same phenomenon appears in patients with cancer, as well as a host of other chronic diseases. Here also, the more afflicted the patient....the less ZINC. The pattern is clear. And it is measurable.

Overall, it is safe to say that when the immune system is down, disease goes up. And while AIDS and cancer are extreme examples, the same holds true for common maladies and ailments as well.

Take a simple cold sore. Relatively speaking, a simple cold sore puts additional stress on an already weakened immune system and the result is, often a major nightmare. Why? Because the weakened immune system permits the cold sore to run amok and become extremely painful. Or a mold that grows in the stomach or esophagus and becomes out of control and painful. Or Candida Albicans-a yeast infection that becomes extremely difficult to control.

And then there are those problems associated with parasites. One in particular are those parasites that bring on a a type of pneumonia that leads to pnenumocystis-a disease that is particularly dangerous.

And as final examples specific to a suppressed immune system, it is well documented that AIDS patients have a much higher incidence of cancer, Kaposi (cancer of the skin), and lymphoma.

So we know that a weakened immune system leads to disease...that, as Dr. Samid explained, minerals and trace elements can help an immune system remain strong (or achieve strength)...and that minerals and trace elements are best available through dietary supplementation.

The question is..... What can we actually expect from this nutrient supplementation. Well, based upon our early research, this:

Because we know that minerals and trace elements help the immune system work more efficiently and more effectively, we expect that in some cases some diseases will actually be prevented. And altough it won't prevent all, we expect that this supplmentation will then translate into illenesses of shorter duration and lesser severity.

In conclusion, it seems clear that, at least as far as the immune system is concerned, the dietary supplementation of minerals and trace elements is not only important, but essential.

OTHER RESEARCH FINDINGS

A Biochemical Perspective by Dr. Dvorit Samid, PH.D.
(Research Scientist at the National Institutes of Health)

A Overview of Beres Drops Plus by Josef Beres, Jr. PH.D.
(Scientific Director of the Beres Company)

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