We conducted a clinical pilot study in HIV-positive patients with advanced
AIDS. The goal of the study was to show that vitamins and other micronutrients
alone reverse the course of AIDS, even in its advanced stage. Thus, it
was essential that none of the patients had received any ARV drugs before or
during this nutritional programme.
The nutrient programme consisted of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and
certain other essential nutrients. Blood tests and clinical evaluations were performed
at the start and after 4 weeks on the nutrient programme. The results
of this pilot study were so profound after only one month that we decided to
publish the data of the first 15 patients without delay. After the completion of
the study a comprehensive report will follow.
Increase of Immune Function Markers (n=15, 4 wks)
White blood cells + 10 % p = 0.04
Lymphocytes + 38 p = 0.005
Monocytes + 38 p = 0.01
Total T-cells + 16 p = 0.007
CD4 counts + 14 p = 0.05
The more severe the AIDS condition was at the start of the study,
the more the immune function markers had increased after 4 weeks.
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Last year, when Zola**(20) experienced symptoms of weight loss,
sweating at night and coughing she consulted her local clinic and was
diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) and also tested HIV positive.
She was advised that after finishing her TB treatment, she should start
taking antiretroviral (ARV) treatment but she objected because of the
side-effects of ARV treatment. By that time she had developed symptoms
of full-blown AIDS, including a deep wound under her left ear. This wound would not heal and eventually a severe infection developed
(see picture A below). The patient also had pain in her legs and
other parts of her body.
Soon after she started the nutrient programme, the pains in her body
stopped and she gained weight. The infected wound began to heal and
after one month had almost completely disappeared (see picture B
below). "I hated being around people, but now I have a positive outlook
towards life," says Zola.
Marieta (29) was beginning to show symptoms of full-blown AIDS
with severe tumor-like swelling of the lymph nodes underneath her
armpits, weight loss and hair falling off. She had been unable to
work. Her CD4 count last December was 365. But she was not yet
ready to take ARV drugs.
"After a week of using the nutrient programme, I regained my
strength and went back to work. The tumors began to heal.”
In early April she had another blood test taken. Her CD4 count had
risen to 899, an increase of almost 150% in only 3 months!
"There is an alternative to ARV drugs and its working, I am the living
proof that nutrients work," concludes Marieta. |
