Glutethione, Coronavirus, Iodine, Homeopathy/COVID-19 nosode

Much Ado About the Coronavirus

By Sue Visser www.naturefresh.co.za

Under normal circumstances (far away from high security laboratories) a coronavirus is just another strain of any other cold/flu virus because they naturally mutate all the time. Every year, when you cough or get a runny nose, you may have a number of then to contend with. They are all infectious but do not crash the stock exchange and sabotage the travel plans of thousands of people or cause a threat to major sporting events. Why all the panic?

The Wuhan Connection

Two years ago, in January 2018, in the Wuhan district – in the same area as the coronavirus upheaval, China’s first maximum level 4 security virology laboratory designed for the study of the world’s most dangerous pathogens was set up. Is it pure coincidence that Wuhan City is now the epicentre of the latest coronavirus infection? Their first case was reported on December 21, 2019. Symptoms are said to resemble viral pneumonia as the patients presented with a fever, severe, and non-productive coughs; and they had difficulty in breathing. Usually, the coronaviruses only cause sneezing, a runny nose, coughing, a sore throat, and sometimes a fever—just like the adenovirus or rhinoviruses that are associated with the common cold. They have been around for centuries. However, after the recent outbreak in Wuhan (home to the meat market and the deadly pathogens laboratory), the World Health Organization has identified the new coronavirus strain as a COVID-19 infection that can cause fatalities.

There are different levels of respiratory failure,¹ but they all cause a lack of oxygen and an excess of carbon dioxide. Respiratory viruses, such as this new virus, affect chronic asthma, bronchitis, obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or pneumonia, raising levels of carbon dioxide in the blood and causing a respiratory crisis. Symptoms include drowsiness and confusion, rapid and desperate gasping for air, irregular heart rhythms, and passing out. With a lack of oxygen, a blue tinge to a person’s fingernails, lips, or skin will be evident.

We are advised to wash our hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds; avoid touching our eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands and to avoid close contact with people who are sick. (Any sick person? Or only if you have been diagnosed with the CoVID-19 virus? We all get sick from time to time but are not carriers of the deadly virus.) People are told to stay home when they are sick and to clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces. This authoritative announcement includes no advice for boosting our natural immunity, increasing glutathione levels, using iodine and so on to ward off this and other viral infections. No vaccine is yet available.

Immunization Against the Deadly COVID-19 Infection

The problem with vaccines is that they have to keep up with viral mutations; so, the annual cold and flu jabs, as we know, have to target the current pathogen. They do not offer protection from any of the other mutations or previous bugs as opposed to immune boosting with glutathione.² Vaccines require testing prior to their release, but the time frame is limited, meaning they are not 100% safe and many people have died from this type of immunisation. According to a report from the Washington Examiner: “Sending out coronavirus vaccines won’t make sense unless the spread gets worse … The bare facts, at least as far as anyone knows them yet, are that a global rollout of a coronavirus vaccine would kill some 7,000 people or so. The trade-off in this situation is how many people we may kill by giving them the vaccine, versus how many die without it?”³

Historically speaking, plagues and pandemics have wiped out thousands of people for thousands of years. 200 years ago, Samuel Hahnemann, the father of homeopathy controlled deadly outbreaks of scarlet fever and cholera in his hometown in Germany. He saved thousands of lives using remedies based on the law of similar—treating like with like. Homeopathy has a strong following in India, Russia, Mexico and South America, particularly in Brazil and Argentina.⁴ A sample of the pathogen is prepared in a homeopathic manner (a nosode) to render it completely safe and non-toxic.⁵ According to the principle of homeoprophylaxis, like not only treats like, like also prevents like. In 1799 this method was used effectively to prevent scarlet fever. Homeopathy has been used successfully for hundreds of years in many different countries during epidemic outbreaks since then. For example, millions of people in Cuba received homeoprophylaxis against the tropical disease leptospirosis—and for meningitis in Brazil. Today it is also used to prevent malaria as an alternative to medications that are not always able to contain the spread of drug resistant malarial strains.

The Coronavirus 2019 nosode is 100% safe and non-toxic and is made according to strict pharmacopeia guidelines at a licensed USA lab. It is made from the current circulating strain that started in late 2019 (now named as COVID-19). The nosode (specific pathogen) is highly diluted and succussed (shaken up). The tiny sugar pills do not contain a single molecule of the original material. They carry the vibration, the energetic signature that is released into the bloodstream when taken up in the mouth by the buccal mucosa or blood capillaries under the tongue. This is the classic homeopathic method that is employed to increase a person’s natural immunity to a pathogen. According to Maryland Laboratories in the USA, “The homeoprophylaxis dosing method recommended and used for the Coronavirus 2019 resembles dozens of other strategies against infectious diseases in HP programs for all ages, including for infants and children, college and medical students, mission workers, business travellers and tourists.”⁶

Factors That Increase Vulnerability to Viruses

People of all ages can die from the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection, but older people are said to be more vulnerable. This is because we have been around for longer, absorbing more toxins and radiation, and have already developed a number of chronic conditions that raise our inflammatory levels. So too, the medications we take for hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, pain, inflammation, and depression can deplete our glutathione output. Tylenol, especially, will sabotage the little we have of this important endogenous guardian of our health. Being nutrient deficient and lacking a good supply of key amino acids and micronutrients will also compromise the way glutathione takes care of our T-cells and natural killer cells – regardless of having HIV/AIDS or not.

An iodine deficiency is also widespread and affects our ability at any age to naturally ward off a viral or bacterial infection. Yet, according to Dr Brownstein, “There is no bacterium, virus, parasite or fungus that is known to be resistant to iodine.”⁷ As a topical antiseptic, iodine kills off gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, mycobacteria, fungi, yeasts, viruses and protozoa within 15 to 30 seconds of contact.⁸ But these days most people are wary of taking iodine supplements or using it topically to kill viruses.

Levels of C-reactive protein indicate the total amount of tissue undergoing inflammation and can predict your risk of heart disease and strokes:40-200 mg/L indicates acute inflammation/bacterial infection. There is also a strong link between cardiac disease and raised homocysteine levels, increasing a respiratory patient’s risk of mortality from cardiovascular diseases.⁹ This is especially the case with people who lack anti-inflammatory omega 3 oils and consume too many omega 6 and saturated fats rich in pro-inflammatory arachidonic acid. The reactive surge of acute acidity and the paucity of antioxidants (glutathione, vitamin C and selenium) are also what contribute to acute respiratory failure and death. A high level of homocysteine in the blood (hyper homocysteinemia) makes a person more prone to endothelial cell injury, causing inflammation of the blood vessels. According to some doctors, “homocysteine is an independent cardiovascular disease risk factor that is modifiable by nutrition and exercise.”¹⁰

We can raise glutathione, improve our immunity, and reduce inflammation – so let us begin.

The fact is, we can fortify ourselves against all types of viruses and pathogens by supporting our immune systems and reducing inflammation. We also need to remove parasites and toxins, especially heavy metals and take appropriate supplements backed up by sound nutrition – not food that is pathogenic. (Wheat and gluten are major contributors to inflammation.) Popular supplements like omega 3 oils and curcumin, boswellia, nettle, serrapeptase, bromelain, resveratrol, and grape seed extract and alpha lipoic acid help to reduce inflammation; but we have to control our intake of pro-inflammatory fats that contain arachidonic acid and omega 6. Antioxidants are very important, and we need to appreciate the role of glutathione, the primary antioxidant that we make ourselves. Ask your doctor to check your inflammatory markers and help you create a protocol to reduce chronic inflammation, especially as a result of medications you may be taking that affect glutathione.

Glutathione is one of the body’s most important and potent antioxidants to reduce oxidative stress by combating free radicals in the body. We make it out of the amino acids glutamine, glycine and cysteine.² So if the cysteine is not being channelled into glutathione production there will be raised levels of homocysteine, the pro-inflammatory chemical instead. High homocysteine levels (above 15 μmol/L) in the blood are considered to be a primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease.⁹

Oral glutathione supplements that include the bioavailable precursors such as N-acetylcysteine can effectively increase glutathione production. For the emergency treatment of virus-infected patients, some forms can be inhaled into the lungs or used trans-dermally or intravenously, but the treatment is very costly.

• Nutrients involved in the conversion of homocysteine into glutathione include folate, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, riboflavin, and choline.

• Vitamin C plays a vital role in maintaining glutathione levels, so supplements are needed.

• Selenium is a cofactor for the production of glutathione. Fish, organ meats, and Brazil nuts are all selenium-rich foods that may help increase your levels naturally.

• Milk thistle supplements may cause an increase in glutathione levels due to silymarin.

• Take food sources or supplements of glutamine (all proteins), glycine and cysteine

• N-Acetylcysteine can effectively increase glutathione production.

• Whey protein that has not been denatured is a very good source of cysteine and is worth taking as a guarantee that you are supporting glutathione, especially as a vegetarian.

References

1. What to know about acute respiratory failure. Medical News Today. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324528

2. What glutathione is and how it affects your immune health. http://www.immunehealthscience.com/glutathione.html

3. Worstall T. Sending out coronavirus vaccines won’t make sense unless the spread gets worse. Washington Examiner. January 27, 2020.

4. McLeod S. What Is Homeopathy? August 14, 2012. https://www.littlemountainhomeopathy.com/category/homeopathy-faq

5. About Homeopathic Nosodes/Homeoprophylaxis. https://www.littlemountainhomeopathy.com/vaccine-alternatives

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7. Visser S. Are You the Victim of an Iodine Deficiency? April 30, 2013.

8. Visser S. Preventing and Treating Diseases with Iodine. February 2, 2019.

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