Dear Colleagues:
I hope you are all doing well. Dr Jay Wilson and I are planning for our spring 2003 seminar. Nothing is set in stone yet but it looks like it will be February or March in either Tucson or Phoenix. If you have a preference please let us know.
The following small article appeared in a recent USA Today.
Y2K concoction turned man blue Montana's Libertarian candidate for Senate has been tinted blue from drinking a silver solution that he believed would protect him from disease. Stan Jones, 63, a business consultant and part-time college instructor said he started taking colloidal silver in 1999 for fear that Y2K disruptions might lead to a shortage of antibiotics. He made his own concoction by electrically charging a couple of silver wires in a glass of water. The color is permanent.
We have never been a proponent of colloidal silver or any of those colloidal mineral mixes that so many people take. Silver as well as many metals in the colloidal mixes (lead, tungsten, mercury, etc.) are established neurotoxins and build up in your body. Many of these products are multi-level marketed and the salespeople are misinformed that in the colloidal form these minerals are 'healthful'. They don't realize that these are neurotoxic in any form. Colloidal silver has antimicrobial properties as does mercury for that matter. They linger in the body and can cause symptoms years after ingestion. It is much better to use products like undecylenic acid, berberine, grapefruit seed extract, artemesia annua and other herbals that work even better and are not neurotoxic. In my opinion, if you are going to take colloidal silver you might as well take a prescription antibiotic. But remember, there is a better way.
Just because something is "natural" and not prescription doesn't mean it is always healthful. DHEA and Melatonin have there place as supplements - but they still are hormones and can possibly cause suppression of their respective glands. There are times they should be prescribed but many "natural docs" over- prescribe them instead of looking for causes. I will give Melatonin temporarily for panic attacks, bad insomnia, etc. (depending on AK findings of course) but I need to dig deeper. Is the patient really deficient in co-factors
5HTP, P-5-P, etc? Do they wear sunglasses too much, go to bed too late, sleep near high EMFs? These issues are more primary and will bring longer-term relief without making the person dependent on taking the hormone long term.
CASE HISTORY
1.The following email is from Barbra Gibbons, DC who I have known since I began teaching in the late 1980's.
...I had been thinking about how incredible these techniques are even after 15 years when 2 weeks ago I saw a one year old who had become sensitive to the chemicals in his grandmother's home. She looked after him quite often and he was beginning to get seizures. It began to increase markedly. The mother took him to the pediatrician and then the neurologist who did an EEG and found nothing.
Several months prior he began to test positive to a vaccine nosode (after a HIB vaccine), but there were no seizures until the grandfather started "messing" with the insulation in the basement. Finally, the mother brought in air samples from the grandmother's house. They all tested positive to it- child, mother and grandmother and were all desensitized. The child was put on captomer 1/2 cap for 2 weeks and Super epa 1 a day. He has NOT had a seizure since that day. Please note that I viewed a video tape of the boy from that morning and the day prior in which the seizures were non stop. Still no seizures, actually it is 3 weeks later. I desensitized him to the air and the vaccine nosode.
After all these years I am so amazed.!
Barbra Gibbons
2.Peter is a 50-year-old man who had been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis 5 years previously and was presently taking Methorexate and Plaquinal. He grew up in a high industrial area and also was a heavy equipment operator for 20 years. Other auto-immune diseases of various types ran through his family. He was having side effects from the Methotrexate and would get arthritic flare-ups when he eliminated it.
Our initial exam suggested fungus and bacterial involvement, sensitivities to Beef, Dairy, Peanut, Cashew, Sesame, Barium and Nickel. We desensitized Peter and had him eliminate the positive foods as well as all sweetening and fermented foods for 21 days. We supplemented with SF722, Berbercap, B Complex#6, Thiocid, Cal-Mag Citramate (all Thorne Research 1 800-228-1966).
Peter returned in 21 days commenting on how good he was feeling. His joints were no longer "seizing up" and the "cannonball feeling" in his gut had lessened. Under supervision he was able to eliminate Methotrexate without symptom flare up. We kept him off dairy and on B Complex #6, Cal-Mag Citramate, and added Super EPA. We will continue to monitor Peter.
3. The Stanleys come in about twice yearly for general checkups and to get their supplementation modified as needed. About 6 months ago the mother and 3 children all showed positive indications for lead and had been having various maladies - especially brain fog and mood changes. The husband is a plumber and suspected the solder on some of the older pipes. They all needed Reduced Glutathione (Thorne), which they stayed on for 6 months. On re-examination all were negative for lead and they were amazed at how clear headed and even tempered they had become. In cases for lead Captomer, Thiocid, Ascorbic Acid, Glutathione, etc. are all possible supplements and that again is the beauty of muscle testing - that it allows us to zero in and be specific for a given patient.
MATERIAL AVAILABLE FROM DR. MICHAEL LEBOWITZ
1. VIDEO: Correcting Chronic Health Problems 2002:This video seminar approximately 6 hours long will teach the physician a simple to apply, effective protocol to treat patients with chronic fatigue, allergies, chemical sensitivities, intestinal dysbiosis, (fungal, bacterial, parasitic, and viral infections), food sensitivities, altered intestinal permeability, toxic metal problems, endocrine dysfunction, nutritional imbalances, chronic pain and subluxation. Knowledge of basic muscle testing is helpful. A complete protocol is taught that you can start using immediately to treat even the most chronic patients. The video is suited for both the novice and the advanced practitioners in our work. A complete set of advanced notes accompanies the video. This video supercedes our previous ones and was taped at our 5/5/02 Denver, Colorado seminar. Video cost $225 ppd. DVD cost: $250
2. Clinical Indications of Thorne Research Products: This handout, over 20 pages long, has both academic and clinical observations on well over 100 products I use in my office. Approximately 90% of the products I use are by Thorne Research. Reasons are given. This handout is free. Also see it on our website www.michaellebowitzdc.com
3. Personal Seminars with Dr. Lebowitz: Dr. Lebowitz teaches seminars to one or two doctors at a time in his home/office in Grand Junction, CO. It is approximately 4 miles from the airport serviced by United, Delta and Continental Airlines. Seminars run from 9:00-4:00. These classes are tailored to meet your individual needs and can be as basic or advanced as you would like. Treatment for you and/or your family can be included in the teaching. Lunch is provided and this is a great place to vacation all times of the year with nearby attractions in both Colorado and Utah. Colorado continuing education hours can be provided. Best days are Sundays, Mondays or Wednesdays. Call to schedule exact dates. Cost is $300
Please send a check with your order (or pay by paypal to my email address) to:
Dr. Michael Lebowitz 2550 I Rd.
Grand Junction, CO 81505 For the handout either write or call: 970 - 257-0311