~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Are Excipients In Your Health Supplements Destroying Your Immune System ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recently I went to our local upscale health food store looking for a bottle of Niacin and Copper without excipients. There was none. In fact, out of hundreds of bottles I checked only two were excipient free on the label. Even these are questionable as there are no label requirements to list excipients. Then I noticed an MSM product purchased from a supposedly upscale alternative health Web site used excipients, even though there were no excipients listed on the label. Excipients are substances which make putting product in capsules easier... And they destroy T-Cells and immune function If you ever eat encapsulized (pill) products from anyone except Radical Health or Premier Research Labs, this article may serve you... Especially if you're trying to kick some chronic dis-ease. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Administrivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Articles : join@RadicalHealth.com Austin Events: austin@RadicalHealth.com Unsubscribe : leave@RadicalHealth.com Super Foods : http://RadicalHealth.com/order/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excipient Background ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Several months ago we took on a few products from the company Premier Research Labs. One of the primary services they provide is manufacture of excipient free products. All Radical Health products are excipient free and I'd never researched this topic as eating additives has always seemed odd to me. In my book, there is never any good reason to put a synthetic chemical agent into my body. Radical Health began importing and manufacturing products so Yemiah and I had access to upscale products for our own personal use. In many cases, this required us to import and manufacture products ourselves as the only other options were unacceptable. Since Bob Marshall (at Premier) speaks so much about excipients I started researching the topic. I imagined I'd only invest a little time because my eating style is excipient free anyway. This small project turned into a month of deep digging. I've come to believe many of the health clients I see experience chronic, stubbornly entrenched dis-ease... Because they're eating health supplements full of excipients which are destroying their immune system function and blocking their nutrient uptake. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why Excipient Free Products Many Times Test Positive ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Worse, I began testing products which contain excipients and many of them test positive using numerous testing methods. My story about this is some of the primary products the excipients are packaged with mask excipients during testing. This is especially true about high potency herbs like Camu, Olive Leaf and Schizandra. These herbs are so powerful, they seem to mask excipient signatures during testing. And to me, there's still no reason I'd ever put an excipient in my body. Period. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excipients, The New Health Plague ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I could talk for hours about the evils of excipients and I can sum this up into two broad statements. 1) Excipients destroy immunity by bursting T-Cells. 2) Excipients block nutrient uptake. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excipients and Immune System Destruction ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Think about this. Viral intelligence is expanding exponentially. Viruses cross-pollinate or share information as they jump hosts, especially when they jump cross species. Our more recent example is Bird Flu when it jumped from birds to humans. With each jump and cross-pollination, viruses increase their intelligence about how to survive better and how to compromise their hosts better. If there ever was a time we're served to have our immune function and strength at peak, today is the day. As Victoras Kulvinskas recently told me, "We use to do alternative health to feel great. Now we do it to stay alive." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excipients and Blocked Nutrient Uptake ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excipients further weaken systems by blocking, or better said, interfering with nutrient uptake. Here's how it works. We're fluidic beings. We live or die by fluid interchange. Nutrients are always in motion, always in solution circulating around our bodies. Imagine someone standing next to you and handing you a book. No imagine receiving the same book, from the same person, in a car going 80. Chances are you'll miss the hand-off. Actually, if you're lucky you'll miss the hand-off. Our bodies are similar. There are entire chemical sequences identifying nutrient uptake sites, then adjusting speed and molecular structure to match the uptake sites, then bringing nutrients in contact with these sites. Excipients skew the hand-off signals, so nutrients always miss their targets. In simple terms, they target past sites so nutrients always come in contact with sites farther down stream. As excipient load increases, malnourishment increases even when a person is eating upscale Super Foods and using upscale enzymes and probiotics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Living Well With Excipients ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What's your best course of action in our excipient rich world? Here are my rules of thumb: 1) Throw out any bottled supplement which contain words like steric, stearate, ster-anything. 2) Throw out any other bottle from the same company, because if they're willing to use excipients they're suspect for other infractions. 3) There are no excipient labeling requirements, so you just have to know you sources. Chances are if they fail to speak clearly about having excipient free products, they're using excipients. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excipient Clean Up Action Plan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you've had any type of chronic dis-ease, look first to the so called health supplements you're using. They may contain disclosed or hidden excipients which are contributing to your lingering situation. The good news is once excipients are removed from one's eating style our bodies can recover quickly, especially eating nutrient rich, Raw Super Foods. As an experiment I'd try a week living on Coco Chai and during that week throw out any products which list excipients. Next I'd throw out any caplets (pressed supplements) as there is currently no technology to make excipient free caplets. Then if I had any bottles left, I'd call the manufacturer and say: "Hello, I'm allergic to excipients (which is true if you're allergic to painful, premature death) and desire to know what excipients you use in your products." Then give them a list of products. If you say this, they'll most likely tell you on the spot as people dying from allergic reactions is very bad for business. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wrapping Up For Now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you've yet to experience cold processed Guarana or Tomato Powder you can pick them up here: http://RadicalHealth.com/order/ Enjoy your best day ever! - David -- Can you feel like $1,000,000 all day, every day? Yes you can! Your simple secrets are here - http://RadicalHealth.com/peak/ This article is for entertainment purposes only. No medical advice is intended or implied. Consult your health practitioner before changing your health practices. Copyright (c) 2006 by David Favor You may reprint all or part of this content so long as credit is given the author(s).