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Title: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on November 13, 2007, 11:44:39 am
Hello i have been Poz about 20 years and have found that by using the correct combination of natural substrates i have been able to remain med free for the last 15 months (doctor monitored).Resistance and toxicity issues are non existant, and cd4 gains and viral load suppresion are very significant and functional as compared to meds.Requires multi dosing scheduling.
Title: Re: There are natural substrates that works as well as meds
Post by: dixieman on November 13, 2007, 03:07:50 pm
What are the Natural substences? I have used every alternative treatments available... eventually they tend to not work as with meds.. I use alternative along with my meds... I kept myself alive for 5 years with herbs... and eventually the virus finds away around them... What are you using? I don't want to burst your bubble and I'm glad their working but, let everyone know what alternative methods are you using? I think everyone would like to know?
Title: Re: There are natural substrates that works as well as meds
Post by: Merlin on November 13, 2007, 09:52:46 pm
Yes, by all means, please do tell Lorenzopier. This I really gotta hear.  ;)
Title: Re: There are natural substrates that works as well as meds
Post by: Lorenzopier on November 14, 2007, 01:46:30 pm
What are the Natural substences? I have used every alternative treatments available... eventually they tend to not work as with meds.. I use alternative along with my meds... I kept myself alive for 5 years with herbs... and eventually the virus finds away around them... What are you using? I don't want to burst your bubble and I'm glad their working but, let everyone know what alternative methods are you using? I think everyone would like to know?

Presently the program is similiar in lines to k-pax,but adds the missing substrates that are required to initiate the correct cell signaling process.
Title: Re: There are natural substrates that works as well as meds
Post by: Lorenzopier on November 14, 2007, 01:52:45 pm
What are the Natural substences? I have used every alternative treatments available... eventually they tend to not work as with meds.. I use alternative along with my meds... I kept myself alive for 5 years with herbs... and eventually the virus finds away around them... What are you using? I don't want to burst your bubble and I'm glad their working but, let everyone know what alternative methods are you using? I think everyone would like to know?

Title: Re: There are natural substrates that works as well as meds
Post by: Winiroo on November 14, 2007, 01:56:43 pm
In a totally non-bitchy way I have to say...

I hate to sound rude but when I read posts like this I always get the horrible feeling someone will soon be trying to sell me Noni juice.
Title: Re: There are natural substrates that works as well as meds
Post by: allopathicholistic on November 14, 2007, 02:38:07 pm
In a totally non-bitchy way I have to say...

I hate to sound rude but when I read posts like this I always get the horrible feeling someone will soon be trying to sell me Noni juice.

ROFL, so true and perfectly understandable  ;D
Title: Re: There are natural substrates that works as well as meds
Post by: Lorenzopier on November 14, 2007, 02:42:13 pm
In a totally non-bitchy way I have to say...

I hate to sound rude but when I read posts like this I always get the horrible feeling someone will soon be trying to sell me Noni juice.

I understand your concerns hear.Because of my chronic hepatitis B i was unable to tolerate HAART.Eventhough i have a laymans background in cell science i still fell victim to all the quack products and scams at the time.I eventually was diagnosed with aids because i could not tolerate HAART.This product is a result of very exhaustive research and self testing and (make no mistake about it) is a very exhaustive program in the begging.The pill count required for me to bring my cd4s from the lower 200s into the lower 500s in under 4 months is in the range of 40-60 per day.
Title: Re: There are natural substrates that works as well as meds
Post by: Tim Horn on November 14, 2007, 03:49:31 pm
Lorenzopier:

You seem to be shooting blanks. You're quoting previous responses but not adding your own comments.

Anyway, not to cut you off at the path (okay, maybe just a little), fact of the matter is that triple-drug combination therapy is tried and true in its ability to drop HIV viral loads in the hundreds of thousands to below 50 -- I've never seen the same results, in scientific clinical trials, involving "natural substrates." While a lot of people benefit from taking "natural substrates," I just don't if one can conclude that they "work as well as meds."

Tim Horn
Title: Re: There are natural substrates that works as well as meds
Post by: Merlin on November 14, 2007, 05:17:27 pm
He actually did respond, inside his own quote box!!! Now, that's a feat. How did he do that??
Still, nothing new or what has already been discussed numerous times before on natural therapies.
Tsk tsk, bad boi Lorenzo.. ;D
Title: Re: There are natural substrates that works as well as meds
Post by: Matty the Damned on November 14, 2007, 05:21:21 pm
You gotta love a laymans background in cell science.

MtD
Title: Re: There are natural substrates that works as well as meds
Post by: Lorenzopier on November 14, 2007, 07:47:07 pm
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Title: Re: There are natural substrates that works as well as meds
Post by: Lorenzopier on November 14, 2007, 07:52:04 pm
Lorenzopier:

You seem to be shooting blanks. You're quoting previous responses but not adding your own comments.

Anyway, not to cut you off at the path (okay, maybe just a little), fact of the matter is that triple-drug combination therapy is tried and true in its ability to drop HIV viral loads in the hundreds of thousands to below 50 -- I've never seen the same results, in scientific clinical trials, involving "natural substrates." While a lot of people benefit from taking "natural substrates," I just don't if one can conclude that they "work as well as meds."

Tim Horn
[Thanks Tim for correcting me on my assumption that there are natural agents that work as well as meds but for people who cannot tolerate meds this is definitely the holy grail.Also without the clinical trials to prove it i have only my own evidence to stand on.While i have not been able to drop my viral load below 20,000 copies i have been able to bring my viral load from 200,000 copies to around 20,000 copies using a all natural program within 4 months.
]
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: jack on November 14, 2007, 08:04:45 pm
wanna buy a condo in Ft.Myers?
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: JohnOso on November 15, 2007, 03:30:09 am
I keep reading about this natural substance stuff, but I sitll haven't seen you posting any sample regimens yet.

It's starting to sound like those "See Rock City" painted on barns across the South.....it sounds like the bestest place on earth, but when you get there it's just a trashy tourist trap in Chattanooga.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: J220 on November 25, 2007, 09:02:05 pm
I keep reading about this natural substance stuff, but I sitll haven't seen you posting any sample regimens yet.

Well it won't be long before he either posts a website where they "conveniently" sell what he has been taking (which also conveniently "requires multi dosing scheduling" i.e. keep shelling out cash), or he will tell us to PM him for more information....what a freaking joke...if it walks like spam and sounds like spam...well you know the rest!
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Mike2008 on November 27, 2007, 01:54:48 pm
How much is the condo?
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Ann on November 27, 2007, 05:05:51 pm
How much is the condo?

Mike, I'll do you a special deal. How's $2.99 grab you? ;D

Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Winiroo on November 27, 2007, 05:09:26 pm
You get fries with that?
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Ann on November 27, 2007, 05:13:51 pm
You get fries with that?

Oh yeah. And a SuperSize drink!
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: jupiter on November 30, 2007, 12:23:41 am
Loren,
What are these substances that have helped you do this.
If you are gonna post something like this, please give more details as this post tell us nothing about how tyou actually did this.

Thanks Jupe
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Merlin on December 02, 2007, 01:15:13 pm
At this rate, it's probably an upsized Big Mac meal with cinnamon powder on the latte. Like I said b4, dun get your hopes up. He's probably still baiting the snake for its oil. Really bad bad boi Lorenzo...u should know better than to be a drag  ::) ;D
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on December 10, 2007, 01:14:40 pm
Hello Dixieman i too have tried using the natural substances in combination with HAART.Unfortunately this combination seems to inhibit CD4 counts, probaly because they both are competing for the same receptors .The only way the natural method can work to increase CD4 counts is by themselves only.The good news is that the natural system can work effectively in combination with HAART to counter some of the side effects of HAART.Unfortunately i cannot give the specifics of my system at this time,because once something really works the big corporations will turn it into a money  monopoly,just look at how expensive HAART is.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on December 10, 2007, 01:25:02 pm
Hello
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: leatherman on December 10, 2007, 01:46:03 pm
Unfortunately i cannot give the specifics of my system at this time,because once something really works the big corporations will turn it into a money monopoly

I have a few polite questions for you Lorenzopier:

How did your thread about "natural substances" suddenly become about your "system"? Why did you even bother to start this thread if you weren't going to speak about the specifics of your "system"?

Surely you realized that without some sort of information, data, or proof about your "system" that you would get criticized and accused of "selling snake oil". Until you have some sort of evidence to put forth, you'll continue to be questioned and even ridiculed.

Can you tell us more about your system? Something with some facts, rather than just unsubstantiated claims.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Merlin on December 10, 2007, 02:07:55 pm
Dito leatherman (well said) and 10 times that to you Lorenzopier. ;D

You started skinning the snake and now you are asking if I have had ever come across any one knowing how to do it properly and then selling the oil successfully? Duh & double duh??!! :o :o

From your wig-waggardly-wriggling manner, I honestly believe you are on a regimen of natural substance alright; ->> does CRACK qualify? ...puff, puff... ::) (man, these smokes sure are oily these days)

Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on December 11, 2007, 12:06:17 pm
Hello Leatherman.I will go further into this system,which will appear to you,at least on paper, like many of the previous systems on this site. Daily intake is 40-60 pills a day
>Entire B-complex family
>Vitamins C,D,E,K
>Beta-carotene
>alpha lopic acid
>NAC
>CO-q10
>L-glutamine
>L-taurine
>L-carnitine
>probotics
>Omega 6 essential fatty acid
>Omega 3 essential fatty acid
>conjugated linoleic acid
>minerals consisting of calcium,magnesium,phosphorus,potassium,iron,copper,zinc
>trace minerals consisting of chromium,boron,vanadyl sulfate,selenium,manganese,molybdenum
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on December 11, 2007, 01:44:33 pm
I understand the ridicule that would come with even the thought that there could be a natural way of increasing cd4 counts especially when the public has been pulled into a 20 year system that seems to convey that only a drug or combination of drugs can increase cd4 counts and supress viral loads.You have to also look at the fact that are government has spent many millions of dollars into drug research and  have made tremendous advcements in HAART,but if just 1/20 of that amount was spent to research natural substances,we would have long arrived at a natural system that could increase cd4 counts and or supress viral loads.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: knowdifferent on December 11, 2007, 02:36:34 pm
I tested poz two years ago with a viral load of 110,000, a tcell count of 249, and a syphillis count of 1:256.  I had night sweats, swollen glands and weighed 145 lbs ( I'm 5'11").  I got one shot of penicillin and that was the first and last pharmaceutical drug I received.  It has been a roller coaster ride and I've got a long way to go, but I believed and still do that I have the ability to change my life.  I have been on an extensive nutritional program and take alot of supplements every day.  My viral load is 71,000 and my tcells are 308 and my syphilis is 1:16.  I gained two inches in my waist and weigh 172 lbs.  My lymph nodes have disappeared and I sleep through the night.  I have no side effects and no fatigue. My skin looks amazing.  I look better than I have in years.  I have decided not to live for the tests.  I'm not about to ignore them, but I'm also not going to ignore my body and how I feel either.  Quality of life is just as important as any bloodwork.  Two products that are clinically proven to increase NK cells are Immpower and Ave'.  These are a couple of the very few products on the market that actually support the immune system.  Allopathic drugs suppress the immune system.  The only reason tcells go up with meds is because the viral load is suppressed.  These two natural products don't come cheap, but then neither do the meds.  To each his own, my friends.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Matty the Damned on December 11, 2007, 03:16:24 pm
Know,

How you manage your health is entirely a matter for you, but you do realise that a syphilis titre of 1/16 shows that you still have active disease, don't you? Not only that, syphilis has long dormant periods where you feel perfectly well but it comes back later on, often with devastating consequences.

Neurosyphilis is a horrific condition, my friend.

Syphilis is entirely curable and I would encourage you to complete the course of antibiotic injections. Being HIV positive is bad enough, combined with syphilis it's a real nightmare.

MtD
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: knowdifferent on December 11, 2007, 04:19:44 pm
Successful syphilis treatment = 2 titres decrease.  I go to the doctor regularly and each time the titre drops by half.  Like I said, I've still got a long way to go  ;)
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: aztecan on December 12, 2007, 09:43:21 am
After living with the HIV bug for more than 22 years, I have seen people try most everything out there to combat it. Chinese herbal medicine, holistic medicine, macrobiotics, Noni juice, having a body desanguinated, heating the blood and then replacing it, etc.

I, myself, used supplements during some of the 11 years I knew I was positive prior to the advent of the cocktails. The fact  I still breathe probably has as much to do with genetics - mine and and virus' - as it does any of the supplements I took.

The bottom line is you have as much chance of controlling HIV in the body by inhaling your grandmother's farts as you do with any combo of vitamins, supplements, etc.

I find it curious that Lorenzo has never discussed what his system is. Then again, maybe not.

As for the syphilis issue, Knowdifferent, since that particular bug goes through latency periods, I am not in the least surprised that a RPR titer can shoe signs of lessening, albeit still active, infection.

But syphilis will come back and bite you on the ass - or wherever you were infected. I have seen it and it isn't pretty. Nor is it much fun for the individual.

Each person certainly has a right to decide his/her own health care. But anyone making claims regarding the efficacy of non-traditional methods of treatment should be ready to provide clinical data supporting that claim or expect to be treated with skepticism.

HUGS,

Mark
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on December 12, 2007, 11:46:20 am
Hello Aztecan,I have to  very strongly disagree with your bottom line.Let me try to explain.The science of using vitamins,supplements or any other type of nutraceutical is just that.(A SCIENCE)Just like using HAART is based on the science that  using the CORRECT combinations of 3 drugs or more will provide enough synergy to supress viral loads to very low or undectable ranges.I applaud your 11 year effort into  trying to use vitamins and supplements as a means of controlling the virus or increasing cd4 counts but without the CORRECT knowledge of how to use the supplements in combinations and what dosages to use without actually shutting down receptors sites, a thousand years of effort could still lead to zero results.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: thunter34 on December 12, 2007, 12:27:02 pm
Hello Aztecan,I have to  very strongly disagree with your bottom line.Let me try to explain.The science of using vitamins,supplements or any other type of nutraceutical is just that.(A SCIENCE)Just like using HAART is based on the science that  using the CORRECT combinations of 3 drugs or more will provide enough synergy to supress viral loads to very low or undectable ranges.I applaud your 11 year effort into  trying to use vitamins and supplements as a means of controlling the virus or increasing cd4 counts but without the CORRECT knowledge of how to use the supplements in combinations and what dosages to use without actually shutting down receptors sites, a thousand years of effort could still lead to zero results.

Oh, get on with it already.  You've had since November 13th draw this thread toward its inevitable crackpot conclusion. 
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: thunter34 on December 12, 2007, 12:32:42 pm
I think you should all know that I, too, have come across a system that kicks HAART's ass.  Unfortunately, I can't tell you a thing about it.  Big Pharma would be all over it, don'tcha know.  But it's the shiznit.  What I can reveal is that it involves, at least in part:

>Jump down.
>Turn around.
>Pick a bale of cotton.

Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: leatherman on December 12, 2007, 12:53:19 pm

>Pick a bale of cotton.


Now, now.  :D He said it was the pills to take, not the cotton from the bottles.  ;D

Personally, that's when he lost me though.  :( I used to take 32 pills a day several years ago. I don't care how "natural" Lorenz' system is, I'll just continue swallowing the 8 a day my regimen is finally down to (especially since these 8 work  ;) ). I'm honest enough to admit I'd never adhere to a regimen of 40-60 pills day.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: thunter34 on December 12, 2007, 01:08:30 pm
Now, now.  :D He said it was the pills to take, not the cotton from the bottles.  ;D

Personally, that's when he lost me though.  :( I used to take 32 pills a day several years ago. I don't care how "natural" Lorenz' system is, I'll just continue swallowing the 8 a day my regimen is finally down to (especially since these 8 work  ;) ). I'm honest enough to admit I'd never adhere to a regimen of 40-60 pills day.

EXACTLY!  Not to mention the cost.  I'm sorry, but even in their most generic forms, 40-60 pills a day is gonna cost a chunk of change.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on December 12, 2007, 01:39:30 pm
Hello Leatherman and Thunther34 the cost for me to maintain this system is around about 100 dollars a month if i buy in bulk.The pill count situation is a burden still even to this day.But to me is a worth while trade off for the very much enhanced quality of life as compared to the HAART regimen.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: thunter34 on December 12, 2007, 05:01:31 pm
Hello Leatherman and Thunther34 the cost for me to maintain this system is around about 100 dollars a month if i buy in bulk.The pill count situation is a burden still even to this day.But to me is a worth while trade off for the very much enhanced quality of life as compared to the HAART regimen.

And yet you still won't say exactly what this miracle regimen is.  So what exactly is your point in posting all this, Lorenzo? 

"I've got this wonderful, all natural regiman that works like HAART.  But I won't tell you what it is."

That's essentially what you're giving us here, Lorenzo.

This is something you're wishing to market to us, Lorenzo, isn't that correct?  If this "system" is so terrific and your intentions entirely selfless, there shouldn't be any reason not to come forth with what it is.

You continue to go on and on about this supposed "system" of yours without a smidge of any substantial information in support of it. 

It's more than pointless to do so.  It's downright rude.

Either ante up or bugger off.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Merlin on December 13, 2007, 12:36:16 am
Know:

Keep fighting and believing. Your VDRL is down to 1:16 which still needs to go down further to 1:1. If it does not after 6 months, it's really better to be sure by taking 3 more shots of penicillin. For HIV+ individuals with syphillis, the standard 3 shots of 2.4 million units of penicillin G benzathine each time is given at weekly intervals to prevent complications for neurosyphillis. A normal HIV- person only requires one shot. Your VDRL will never be zero as it stays forever as a "tatto or scar". The lowest one should expect is 1:1 and it will be indicated as non-reactive.

Your supplement program is commendable. Aside from the AHCC, Immpower, care to share your list of supplements with us. Since we are not even getting a drop of snake oil from Lorenzopier, your experience will benefit others; at least yours have been shown to work pretty well.

Take care and good luck. ;)
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on December 13, 2007, 09:59:35 am
You guys are killing me.Once again here is the actual program.Based on my experiments this program does not seem to work well in combinatin with HAART. Daily intake is 40-60 pills a day
>Entire B-complex family
>Vitamins C,D,E,K
>Beta-carotene
>alpha lopic acid
>NAC
>CO-q10
>L-glutamine
>L-taurine
>L-carnitine
>probotics
>Omega 6 essential fatty acid
>Omega 3 essential fatty acid
>conjugated linoleic acid
>minerals consisting of calcium,magnesium,phosphorus,potassium,iron,copper,zinc
>trace minerals consisting of chromium,boron,vanadyl sulfate,selenium,manganese,molybdenum
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: knowdifferent on December 13, 2007, 12:13:50 pm
To be honest, my supplement list is not much different than Lorenzo's.  I think it's important to know which brands are the most effective and which companies actually put in the bottle what they say they're putting in there.  That is where a good nutritionist comes in.  It is my belief, however, that there are not any supplements out there to aggressively combat the virus.  My approach is two-fold.  One: attack the virus.  Two: rebuild the immune system.  I have been using ozone therapy for two years to kill the HIV and about 4 1/2 months ago added the supplement program.  My viral load decreased three-fold in three months after starting the supplements and my tcells increased by 30.  The syphilis went from 1:32 to 1:16.  The hardest part of this is sticking with it in the face of mainstream doctors because with ozone, your bloodwork will get worse before it gets better.  That's when I defer to my quality of life.  My numbers might not be great, but they're getting better.  When everyone at work comes down with the flu or a cold, I have been spared despite my compromised immuse system.  I decided to follow my instincts, but also not to turn my back on my HIV doctor.  He thinks I'm crazy and I'll admit, I am a bit touched.  It's just nice to have a reason to get up in the morning and work towards a healthy goal  :P
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Basquo on December 13, 2007, 08:42:29 pm


>Jump down.
>Turn around.
>Pick a bale of cotton.



You know I have a natural system too.  My system keeps the viral load down naturally.  Somehow my body fights off this infection on its own, so I need a volunteer to EAT ME.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on December 26, 2007, 09:14:28 pm
“AIDS is a multi-billion dollar business, but only as long as this epidemic spreads and only as long as the pharmaceutical investment business is able to protect its ‘AIDS market monopoly’ based on patented toxic AIDS drugs.

Any challenge or break of this pharmaceutical monopoly of so-called antiretrovirals, or ARVs, will inevitably lead to the collapse of this multi-billion dollar market with patented AIDS drugs. Fact is, science-based micronutrients - established many decades ago in the textbooks of biology as key biological factors for improving immune deficiencies – are the greatest threat to the survival of the AIDS drug business.

Any media reports discrediting micronutrients serve neither the scientific truth nor the patients affected by AIDS. In fact, the sole benefactors of such an irresponsible attack are the stakeholders of the pharmaceutical investment business in the AIDS epidemic. ”

Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: thunter34 on December 26, 2007, 09:32:51 pm
“AIDS is a multi-billion dollar business, but only as long as this epidemic spreads and only as long as the pharmaceutical investment business is able to protect its ‘AIDS market monopoly’ based on patented toxic AIDS drugs.

Any challenge or break of this pharmaceutical monopoly of so-called antiretrovirals, or ARVs, will inevitably lead to the collapse of this multi-billion dollar market with patented AIDS drugs. Fact is, science-based micronutrients - established many decades ago in the textbooks of biology as key biological factors for improving immune deficiencies – are the greatest threat to the survival of the AIDS drug business.

Any media reports discrediting micronutrients serve neither the scientific truth nor the patients affected by AIDS. In fact, the sole benefactors of such an irresponsible attack are the stakeholders of the pharmaceutical investment business in the AIDS epidemic. ”

Lovely quote.  Wherever did you get it? 

Look, Lorenzo:  That piddly little description you slung up above is essentially worthless.  It says absolutely NOTHING in terms of how such a "program" is actually proportioned or administered...let alone providing ANY substantial science to back it up.  I have no doubt that good nutrition can play a vital role in maintaining and promoting good health for everyone, positive and negative alike, but you're wasting everybody's time with this malarkey.  Not only is this thread all but useless in terms of providing any information of REAL benefit to anyone reading it, it's being framed in such a way that it dances on the edge of denialism with your talk about "so-called antivirals".

I've personally had quite enough.

I'm reporting this to let the mods give it a proper review.

Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on December 26, 2007, 10:36:24 pm
http://www.jonkaiser.com/docs/StudySummary.pdf
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: thunter34 on December 27, 2007, 12:21:14 am
http://www.jonkaiser.com/docs/StudySummary.pdf

OK...so?  And?  Your point is? 

I assume you placed this link as the "source" for your quote above about the "so-called antivirals" from the "pharmaceutical monopoly", however...

(1) That quote doesn't appear in the text provided when one clicks the link.

(2)  The study itself reports marginal to semi-significant results of having a spiffy diet IN CONJUNCTION WITH HAART.

Again...your point is?

I stand by my earlier report to the mods. 

/edited to change sigficiant to significant/
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: thunter34 on December 27, 2007, 12:27:59 am
So is all this just the (extremely) long way around to gabbing about K-PAX? 
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on December 27, 2007, 01:18:47 am
Take a closer look.I am using the principals based on Jon Kaiser research and providing the upgrade needed for not just marginal increased cd4 counts, but greatly enhanced cd4 production.His formula provides 33 micronutrients.The system i am using provides at least 39 micronutrients.The important point here is not neccesarily the increased amount of micronutrients being used ,but how they are being staged to reach the optimum level of effectiveness.   
http://www.jonkaiser.com/research/broadspectrum.html
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Merlin on December 27, 2007, 03:45:30 am
The study lists micronutrients already discussed by the buckets before. Really seems like old news to me. :( tell us something we all dun already know.

How about this? I currently switched from snake to emu oil with a dash of VCO added. Wanna turn into Big Bird and fly away to coconut Never Neverland.  ;D

Dun get me wrong. I'm all for supplementation but, Lorenzopier, to take this long to drag out a dead cat is really testing everyone's patience. You need to take a motivational course and improve on execution.  :P
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Dachshund on December 27, 2007, 08:45:36 am
Take a closer look.I am using the principals based on Jon Kaiser research and providing the upgrade needed for not just marginal increased cd4 counts, but greatly enhanced cd4 production.His formula provides 33 micronutrients.The system i am using provides at least 39 micronutrients.The important point here is not neccesarily the increased amount of micronutrients being used ,but how they are being staged to reach the optimum level of effectiveness.   
http://www.jonkaiser.com/research/broadspectrum.html

No, the important point is this:

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Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: knowdifferent on December 27, 2007, 11:27:53 am
One thing we can’t forget is that this is an AIDS/Meds website and forum.  It is sponsored and funded by the pharmaceutical companies’ advertisements.   The fact that there is a “Nutrition” section is ironic, since no one really believes that it is much more than a good thing to do, poz or neg.  Unfortunately, it’s always going to be all about money.  And there’s no money in nutritional supplements because they can’t be patented.  Therefore, there’s not much, if any research done on supplements.  I can totally sympathize with Lorenzo and relate to his desire to personally seek some solution and cure.  I’m not a scientist or a doctor and I can’t sit around and wait for some scientist in a laboratory somewhere to do something either.  That’s just my personality.  And that’s not to say the folks who would rather go that route are wrong.  I get such an overwhelming sadness and feeling of hopelessness from not actively doing something every day to change my life.  I can also relate to you folks who say he’s being dodgy and vague.  Fact is, even if his tcells did improve, the doctors would merely call it a fluke.  But if they really did, then of course he wants to share the news with everyone.  The proof is in the pudding, Lorenzo.  I think you truly believe in your treatment and your decision to do things differently.  I admire that, but to spread the word about a treatment that has not yet been “truly successful” is just not fair to everyone else.  Continue your hard work and it will pay off.  At that time, you can share your success.  In fact, the whole world will want to know.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: thunter34 on December 27, 2007, 11:34:45 am
Take a closer look.I am using the principals based on Jon Kaiser research and providing the upgrade needed for not just marginal increased cd4 counts, but greatly enhanced cd4 production.His formula provides 33 micronutrients.The system i am using provides at least 39 micronutrients.The important point here is not neccesarily the increased amount of micronutrients being used ,but how they are being staged to reach the optimum level of effectiveness.   
http://www.jonkaiser.com/research/broadspectrum.html

Uh huh.  Yeah.  So....

Basically what this is all pointing to is that you think you've tweaked the K-PAX deal just enough that you now can repackage it as your own deal.  And you can't (read: won't) provide more specifics "at this time" for fear of "Big Pharma" taking it and running with it in the evil pursuit of profits...because you have a mind to sell it yourself for a tidy sum.  Isn't that right, Lorenzo?

I'm still in a stew over here about this thread.  I just don't like it one bit - because, contrary to what is espoused by Kaiser and the K-PAX bunch, you've made numerous allusions in this very thread to using this "system" of yours on its own  without HAART, instead of HAART...all while admitting that you have no clinical trials to back your asssertions, just your own testimony.  In fact, it seems you are now trying to piggyback on Kaiser's research and documentation to prop up your "system" just as you've piggybacked on his formula to drum up this "system" in the first place.

Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: thunter34 on December 27, 2007, 11:59:33 am
One thing we can’t forget is that this is an AIDS/Meds website and forum.  It is sponsored and funded by the pharmaceutical companies’ advertisements.   The fact that there is a “Nutrition” section is ironic, since no one really believes that it is much more than a good thing to do, poz or neg.  Unfortunately, it’s always going to be all about money.  And there’s no money in nutritional supplements because they can’t be patented.  Therefore, there’s not much, if any research done on supplements.  I can totally sympathize with Lorenzo and relate to his desire to personally seek some solution and cure.  I’m not a scientist or a doctor and I can’t sit around and wait for some scientist in a laboratory somewhere to do something either.  That’s just my personality.  And that’s not to say the folks who would rather go that route are wrong.  I get such an overwhelming sadness and feeling of hopelessness from not actively doing something every day to change my life.  I can also relate to you folks who say he’s being dodgy and vague.  Fact is, even if his tcells did improve, the doctors would merely call it a fluke.  But if they really did, then of course he wants to share the news with everyone.  The proof is in the pudding, Lorenzo.  I think you truly believe in your treatment and your decision to do things differently.  I admire that, but to spread the word about a treatment that has not yet been “truly successful” is just not fair to everyone else.  Continue your hard work and it will pay off.  At that time, you can share your success.  In fact, the whole world will want to know.

I had it in mind to fix your little red wagon here, know...until I read that last little part.   ;)  I'm in agreement with that.  I'm not so much in agreement with the statement that "no one really believes it is much more than a good thing to do, poz or neg."  Not so for me.  Proper nutrition is absolutely vital to sustaining life and good health.  I don't shortchange it in estimation one bit.  I recognize that a salad can do beneficial things a PI can't do.  Milk does a body good and all that.  It CANNOT do one thing that drugs can do in this case - properly inhibit the replication of HIV.  At least, thus far no such success has been proven.  But that suppression of HIV is essential to survival in this case, so I'm not keen on people flagging around "alternatives" that don't have scientific support behind them.

And as for there being "no money in nutritional supplementation":  tell that to GNC.  There's a great deal of cash to be made in that arena.

Like know says, Lorenzo:  the proof is in the pudding.

Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on December 29, 2007, 03:41:46 pm
Hello Knowdiffrent,when i first started experimenting with micronutrients combined with HAART in 2001 as a way to boost cd4 or counter the side effects of HAART,each of my hiv docs since that time basically looked at me as if i was crazy and  thouroughly disgusted at me (probaly because of the large amount of micronutrients i was taking).Because of those negative expereinces with docs i have not told my current doc that i am using micronutrients during my on-going 16 month structured treatment interruption.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Dachshund on December 29, 2007, 04:11:40 pm
Hello Knowdiffrent,when i first started experimenting with micronutrients combined with HAART in 2001 as a way to boost cd4 or counter the side effects of HAART,each of my hiv docs since that time basically looked at me as if i was crazy and  thouroughly disgusted at me (probaly because of the large amount of micronutrients i was taking).Because of those negative expereinces with docs i have not told my current doc that i am using micronutrients during my on-going 16 month structured treatment interruption.

This is a bit different from what you initially posted. Where I come from we call it fibbing.

Hello i have been Poz about 20 years and have found that by using the correct combination of natural substrates i have been able to remain med free for the last 15 months (doctor monitored).
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Merlin on December 30, 2007, 05:42:56 am
Hmmm...guess we are all wrong!!!  It's not snake oil we are dealing with here. It's it's, the snake itself ! :o

The Last Snake on Earth...and it's not on meds of cos...coming to a clinic near you..lol  ;D

 
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: michael2986 on January 02, 2008, 03:29:01 pm
I have to agree with the last person.  Snake oil sums up the situation for me here!
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: northernguy on January 02, 2008, 10:44:01 pm
You know I have a natural system too.  My system keeps the viral load down naturally.  Somehow my body fights off this infection on its own, so I need a volunteer to EAT ME.

I'll volunteer :-*
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: redhotmuslbear on January 03, 2008, 11:35:15 am
Hello Knowdiffrent,when i first started experimenting with micronutrients combined with HAART in 2001 as a way to boost cd4 or counter the side effects of HAART,each of my hiv docs since that time basically looked at me as if i was crazy and  thouroughly disgusted at me (probaly because of the large amount of micronutrients i was taking).Because of those negative expereinces with docs i have not told my current doc that i am using micronutrients during my on-going 16 month structured treatment interruption.

Lorenzo,
While it seems many people are waiting anxiously for you to be exposed as some sort of heretic, I admire your tenacity, if not the use of resources.  I had similar negative experiences with HIV specialists in 2000 that led me and my then primary physician to forge a closer partnership for care that included a couple treatment interruptions over the five years that followed.  Still, I was arrogant to believe that I had stumbled onto a brew of supplements that was kicking serious HIV butt, when it turned out to be my own system through inherited genetic traits. 

Have you pursued any examination of, for instance, your Human Lymphocyte Antigen alleles to see if you have similar pre-dispositions for survival without swallowing so many checmical that you may not need?  I'm down to using a mutli-vitamin twice a day, 1500mg slow-release niacin twice daily for cholesterol improvement, and a high-potency B blend to help with healing following hand surgery.

Cheers,
David
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on January 03, 2008, 04:15:43 pm
Hello Redhotmuslbear,I notice that you have been off meds at least 116 weeks! That is truly phenomenal that you have the genetics to allow you to sustain a treatment interruption that long.Unfortunately for me i am very sure that i do not have anytype of genetic traits that would allow  me to continue my treatment interuption of 64 weeks. On experiments where i have discontinued HAART i experienced  very sudden and  drastic drops in cd4 counts and skyrocketing viral load rates.Likewise during  experiments where i discontinued the micronutrient program i experienced  very sudden and drastic drops in cd4s and skyrocketing viral loads as well.For increased healing rates i have found that zinc combined with manganese on a empty stomach to be very effective for increasing igf-1 and igf-2.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Dachshund on January 03, 2008, 05:47:14 pm
Hello Redhotmuslbear,I notice that you have been off meds at least 116 weeks!

I hope you understand that David is a long term nonprogressor and doesn't need to be on HAART. He also clearly states that this has nothing to do with supplements. It's not the phenomena that you wish to make it.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on January 03, 2008, 09:55:21 pm
Hello Dachshund, thanks for pointing out to me that David is a long term non-progresser.When David made the statement "closer partnership for care that included a couple treatment interruptions over the five years that followed". I assumed that he must have been on HAART at some point for him to have went on a couple treatment interruptions.I think he must have meant treatment interruptions of the supplement program that he was using.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: redhotmuslbear on January 04, 2008, 10:08:51 am
I assumed that he must have been on HAART at some point for him to have went on a couple treatment interruptions.I think he must have meant treatment interruptions of the supplement program that he was using.

Yes, I was on HAART from June 1998 to Sept 2005, and during that time I did a couple interruptions based on having gotten the bugs undetectable and sustaining "noirmal" CD4s before the breaks.  Sad to say, I managed to get an STD each time that caused my numbers to crash, and I restarted HAART out of fear, rather than seeing what my body could do when the STD was beaten back. 

Indeed, I am an "outlier," but my concern is that any changes you attribute to supplements may, in fact, have resulted from your own biology at work.  Experiements with a sample size of one rarely offer valid conclusions.

Cheers,
David
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on January 09, 2008, 12:25:58 pm
Randomised trial of effects of vitamin supplements on pregnancy outcomes and T cell counts in HIV-1-infected women in Tanzania.
Fawzi WW, Msamanga GI, Spiegelman D, Urassa EJ, McGrath N, Mwakagile D, Antelman G, Mbise R, Herrera G, Kapiga S, Willett W, Hunter DJ.

Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

BACKGROUND: In HIV-1-infected women, poor micronutrient status has been associated with faster progression of HIV-1 disease and adverse birth outcomes. We assessed the effects of vitamin A and multivitamins on birth outcomes in such women. METHODS: In Tanzania, 1075 HIV-1-infected pregnant women at between 12 and 27 weeks' gestation received placebo (n=267), vitamin A (n=269), multivitamins excluding vitamin A (n=269), or multivitamins including vitamin A (n=270) in a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with a 2x2 factorial design. We measured the effects of multivitamins and vitamin A on birth outcomes and counts of T lymphocyte subsets. We did analyses by intention to treat. RESULTS: 30 fetal deaths occurred among women assigned multivitamins compared with 49 among those not on multivitamins (relative risk 0.61 [95% CI 0.39-0.94] p=0.02). Multivitamin supplementation decreased the risk of low birthweight (<2500 g) by 44% (0.56 [0.38-0.82] p=0.003), severe preterm birth (<34 weeks of gestation) by 39% (0.61 [0.38-0.96] p=0.03), and small size for gestational age at birth by 43% (0.57 [0.39-0.82] p=0.002). Vitamin A supplementation had no significant effect on these variables. Multivitamins, but not vitamin A, resulted in a significant increase in CD4, CD8, and CD3 counts. INTERPRETATION: Multivitamin supplementation is a low-cost way of substantially decreasing adverse pregnancy outcomes and increasing T-cell counts in HIV-1-infected women. The clinical relevance of our findings for vertical transmission and clinical progression of HIV-1 disease is yet to be ascertained.

PIP: Poor micronutrient status has been associated, in HIV-positive women, with faster progression of HIV disease and adverse birth outcomes. This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study assessed the effects of vitamin A and multivitamins on birth outcomes in 1075 HIV-positive pregnant women at 12-27 weeks' gestation from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. There were no differences in baseline plasma vitamin concentrations between groups. 267 women received a placebo, 269 were given vitamin A, 269 were administered a multivitamin excluding vitamin A, and 270 received a multivitamin including vitamin A. There were 30 fetal deaths in the group of women who received multivitamins (with and without vitamin A) compared with 49 among those not given multivitamins (relative risk (RR), 0.61; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.39-0.94). Multivitamin supplementation decreased the risk of low birth weight (2500 g) by 44% (RR, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.38-0.82), of preterm birth (prior to 34 weeks gestation) by 39% (RR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.38-0.96), and of small size for gestational age at birth by 43% (RR, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.39-0.82). Vitamin A had no significant effect on these variables. Multivitamins, but not vitamin A, were associated with significant increases in CD4, CD8, and CD3 counts. The clinical relevance of multivitamin supplementation for vertical transmission of HIV and the progression of disease remain unknown. However, these results indicate such supplementation is a low-cost means of substantially decreasing adverse pregnancy outcomes and increasing T cell counts in HIV-infected women. The observed beneficial effects of multivitamins on birth outcomes may have been mediated through improved maternal immune status.

Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: hartiepie on January 09, 2008, 01:45:56 pm
>>>Randomised trial of effects of vitamin supplements on pregnancy outcomes and T cell counts in HIV-1-infected women in Tanzania.
Fawzi WW, Msamanga GI, Spiegelman D, Urassa EJ, McGrath N, Mwakagile D, Antelman G, Mbise R, Herrera G, Kapiga S, Willett W, Hunter DJ.

Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.<<< etc

Lorenzopier: I hope you are not submitting this as any kind of proof of your initial statements because presumably you are not
1. a woman
2. A Tanzanian
3. pregnant
4. taking only a multi-vitamin as described in this summary

Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Lorenzopier on January 09, 2008, 02:46:41 pm
Hello Hartiepie,
I am in fact using a very advanced version of a multivitamin which contains at least 39 micronutrients.I am not using these micronutrients in combination with HAART.I am in fact submitting the Tanzania trial and the trial by Jon Kaiser to further reinforce my own results with micronutrients.I would also like to state that just because many of the board members and guests of this forum have not been able to obtain favorable cd4 gains by using micronutrients or herbs
it would be very discnering to draw a conclusion that micronutrients or herbs can not be effective in increasing cd4 counts.I will admit that it is  discerning on my part to have posted on this board,without having more critical evidence and facts to back up my statements.
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Merlin on January 09, 2008, 03:02:39 pm
"I am in fact using a very advanced version of a multivitamin which contains at least 39 micronutrients.."

I see it coming...I really do....hiss.

The study was done more than a decade ago (1993), reported in 1998 and is mostly common public knowledge, that a multivit is indeed very helpful to PLWHA. No one here disputes that...duh? Point is, what's the real point of this thread if nothing NEW, EXCITING, REVOLUTIONARY, PIONEERING...etc is being introduced and shared. ::)

I seriously rather drink snake soup...at least I can make a nice snake leather wallet afterwards. :o ;D ;)
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: hartiepie on January 09, 2008, 03:25:05 pm
Lorenzopier, I do think you are hopeless on this issue. As several people have pointed out, you are talking in circles.

Speaking as a PhD who is involved in all kinds of research issues, I want to be clear on several things I see you writing here:

1. You are doing "self experiments" --- I haven't a clue what this means as it is a contradiction in terms as you describe them.

2. What you quote are scientific studies, but what say you are doing ain't science. It just isn't. Plenty of people previously have written what constitutes scientific method so I'll save us both some time by not doing again.

No further comments from me............
Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Merlin on January 09, 2008, 06:00:46 pm
Seriously, Lorenzopier, u give all snakeoil salesman a really bad name....hiss >:(

             
   
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Title: Re: There are natural substances that effectively increase cd4s
Post by: Tim Horn on January 10, 2008, 07:06:54 am
Lorenzopier has requested that this thread be deleted. We seldom, if ever, do this when threads have grown to this length. I'm locking it instead.

Tim Horn