Patient Workshop

Road to Recovery from Chronic Illness

Where:
Christ's Church of  

Marion County

6768 SW 80th St.
Ocala, Florida

When:
Saturday

January 24, 2015   9-4 

Suggested donation $20

Therapy Tip

Observational studies report inverse associations between 25(OH)D concentrations and many non-skeletal diseases. Intervention studies do not show a beneficial effect  

of vitamin D supplementation  

on disease occurrence.  

The discrepancy between observational and intervention studies suggests that low 25(OH)D is a marker  

of ill health.

CIR Counseling  

Program

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in the CIR counseling program, please send a request for  

an enrollment form to  

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1-888-846-2474  

(toll-free in the US and Canada).  

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telling your story.  

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with or without objective data (e.g., lab results, imaging reports) would be helpful.   

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-CIR staff 

Activation Immunotherapy

Accumulating case reports now support the observation that a number of complex, chronic conditions can be improved by restoring VDR function using Inflammation Therapy. [1-3] In the absence of evidence based on clinical trials, the determination of when to use off-label olmesartan and an antibiotics protocol should be made on the basis of the doctor's best judgment (using diagnosis, severity of symptoms, history, potential disease course, previous treatments attempted, efficacy of traditional treatments and risk versus potential benefit, etc.) plus consideration of the patient's values.

This type of treatment requires several years (to avoid intolerable JHR) and patients must be highly motivated, but dramatic improvement has been seen (e.g., reduction in inflammatory symptoms, decrease in viral and antibody titers, normalization of lab work, improvement in bone density and correction of hormonal imbalances, etc.) in a wide variety of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. [4-6] It is becoming increasingly clear that microbes slow down immune reactivity by dysregulating the VDR, ultimately to increase their chance of survival. Immune modulatory therapies that enhance VDR expression and activity should, therefore, be considered in the clinical setting. [7]

References

1. Waterhouse JC, Perez TH, Albert PJ. Reversing bacteria-induced vitamin D receptor dysfunction is key to autoimmune disease. Ann NY Acad Sci. 2009;1173:757-765.

2. Proal AD, Albert PJ, Marshall TG. The human microbiome and autoimmunity. Curr Opin Rheumatol. Mar 2013;25(2):234-40.

3. Proal AD, Albert PJ, Blaney GP, Lindseth IA, Benediktsson C, Marshall TG. Immunostimulation in the era of the metagenome. Cell Mol Immunol. May 2011(8(3)):213-25.

4. Proal AD, Albert PJ, Marshall TG, Blaney GP, Lindseth LA. Immunostimulation in the treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis. Immunol Res. Apr 2013;[published online ahead of print April 11, 2013].

5. Mangin M. Monitoring cognitively-disabled subjects in an interactive Internet-based clinical trial of a multi-factorial treatment based on a molecular model of chronic disease. Paper presented at: Days of Molecular Medicine Conference, Karolinska Institut, 2008; Stockholm, Sweden.

6. Mangin M. Monitoring recovery from autoimmune disease with an interactive, internet-based clinical trial based on a molecular model of chronic disease. Paper presented at: 6th International Congress on Autoimmunity, 2008; Porto, Portugal.

7. Kongsbak M, Levring TB, Geisler C, von Essen MR. The vitamin D receptor and T cell function. Front Immunol. Jun 2013;4:148.

Gradual reduction in symptoms during  

Inflammation Therapy

Raqib et al. found that intracellular cathelicidin expression was significantly reduced in infants whose mothers were supplemented with vitamin D3.
Prenatal vitamin D3 supplementation suppresses LL-37 peptide expression in ex vivo activated neonatal macrophages but not their killing capacity 

Cerebrovascular disease may be crossed off the list of conditions with which vitamin D levels are correlated, a new study suggested.
Cardiac and Kidney Markers for Cardiovascular Prediction in Individuals With Chronic Kidney Disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study 

Despite a few hundred systematic reviews and meta-analyses, highly convincing evidence of a clear role of vitamin D does not exist for any outcome, but associations with a selection of outcomes are probable.
Vitamin D and multiple health outcomes: umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies and randomised trials  

I am so grateful for all the help and support you have given me and I feel so much improved from when I started. ~Emmley

This summer, for the first time in ten years, I am actually able to wear short sleeved shirts and pants as I am so much less sensitive to heat and bright sunshine! I continue to protect my eyes, but my light sensitivity is normal! I also just retested for sleep apnea and was deemed "normal." I have experienced much better nasal breathing over the past decade as a result of the IT protocol. ~Grant