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The body's gastro-intestinal tract is a key to optimum health. If your gastrointestinal tract isn't at optimal health, your health is compromised. This is true for everyone. It is called the law of the gut. Good health requires taking care of your gastrointestinal tract. In Jordan Rubin's case, his diarrhea and abdominal cramping were secondary to extreme intestinal dysbiosis-a condition that occurs when the population of organisms residing within the gastrointestinal tract becomes unbalanced.
Normally, populations of disease causing bacterial flora are kept in check by competition from good bacteria and because of symbiosis, which is the mutually interdependent relationship among the hundreds of intestinal microbial species residing within the body's gastrointestinal tract. There are many causes of dysbiosis. One of the biggest culprits is overuse of antibiotics. In Jordan's case, although doctors were not sure of what was causing his extreme illness, they kept prescribing antibiotics.
No doubt, antibiotics are miracle drugs, but, in this instance, they wiped out both the good and bad bacteria populating Jordan's gastrointestinal landscape. The growth of yeast, fungi and disease-causing bacteria within his gastrointestinal tract damaged his gut lining, promoted absorption of internally produced toxins, and impaired absorption of nutrients. With dysbiosis also came the breakdown of his body's immune barrier; the gastrointestinal tract is critical to the body's immune function, since, with normal health, this is where most of the body's antibody producing cells are produced. Jordan's dysbiosis led to a host of debilitating illnesses:
Another key to his health breakdown might have been stress related to a heavy schedule at FSU, coupled with his deteriorating dietary habits. Jordan was on academic and athletic scholarships, participating in a traveling singing group, and belonged to a fraternity. He was pushing his body to the limit.
During the summer of his nineteenth year he started to experience serious digestive disorders, including massive diarrhea. Jordan tells what happened, "When I went to summer camp where I was a counselor, I lost 20 pounds and had the worst case of thrush you had ever seen. I went to a family practitioner who tested me for viruses and AIDS, gave me an antibiotic and told me to go back to school."
He returned to FSU and continued eating highly processed foods including refined carbohydrates and sugar - the very kind of food that promotes the growth of disease causing bacteria. For a youth who had been brought up on organic food and grains, it was a major culture shock to his gastrointestinal tract. At one point, he suffered high fever and was so anemic he had to fly home in an emergency situation where he was hospitalized for the first time in his life.
Jordan was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, a condition primarily involving the small bowel and proximal colon that causes the intestinal wall to thicken and narrowing of the bowel channel, possibly blocking the intestinal tract. The result is abnormal membrane function, including nutrient malabsorption. About 90 percent of patients with Crohn's Disease experience frequent and progressive symptoms of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and weight loss. This can lead to extreme weight loss seen in other wasting conditions such as cancer and AIDS. He was given corticosteroids, sulfa drugs, antiparasitic medication, metronidazole (Flagyl), and just in case his gut wasn't in bad enough shape already-even more antibiotics.
This time, it was Flagyl that may have done him in. Flagyl "is known by doctors and pharmacists alike as the ultimate 'bowel sweeper, taking everything-including friendly bacteria-with it," notes author Michael Loes, M.D., M.D.(H.). Jordan remained hospitalized for two weeks. "I still thought I would be able to go back to school," he recalls. "I remember switching from IV to oral steroids. I had hallucinations. I was disoriented. At this point, my digestive problems continued.
Everyday I had between 12 and 30 bowel movements, mostly bloody, also abdominal pain." No one knew how to help Jordan. Doctors thought they did. But they did not. The road to his pending demise was littered with the good intentions of doctors and health professionals. He was in a no man's land without help and going down quick.
Jordan finally decided to embark upon his own healing quest. "When I got out of the hospital I began a search around the world that took me to 70 health practitioners in seven different countries, including physicians, chiropractors, immunologists, acupuncturists, homeopaths, herbalists, nutritionists, and dieticians. I tried every diet. I consulted with some of the foremost practitioners throughout the world, including Dr. Robert Atkins and Barry Sears, Ph.D., author of The Zone. I tried between 300 and 500 nutritional supplements. I took over 20 probiotic and enzyme preparations, fibers and anti-parasitic formulas. I took upwards of three bottles a day of probiotics. I tried liver detoxification.
I did cell therapy with injectable sheep cells. I used carnivora (venus fly trap extract). I used massive doses of L-glutamine. I used the Ultraclear detoxification program on three separate occasions. I tried glandulars. I used injectable vitamins and minerals. I used injectable thymus gland extract. I consumed wheat grass juice. I tried colonies. I tried Chinese herbs, Peruvian herbs, olive leaf extract, and shark cartilage. I tried macrobiotics. I used nitrogenated soy. I went to alternative cancer clinics in Mexico and Germany. Often, I returned worse than when I began." His weight went down to 104 pounds.
He was sick for another year. He was now wheelchair bound. He did not socialize with friends. He lived in a cloud of depression. He dropped out of college for medical reasons. He never left home. He read - about 350 health books. He was not suicidal but didn't care whether he lived or died. He reasoned that, with dying, at least he could join God. If a jet on which he flew during his travels had crashed, he would have called such a tragedy an escape. Doctors finally told him the only hope he had was to go to Cedars-Sinai where surgeons would remove his large intestine and connect the small intestine to his rectum. He read the doctor's transcripts of his medical records. His physician called his condition the worst case of Crohn's disease ever seen and expressed doubt Jordan would live to return home from the hospital. His blood had virtually zero iron and, still, he should've been dead.
"Scientists and Doctors today are mystified by the proliferation of new viruses-not only the deadly AIDS virus but the whole gamut of human viruses that seem to be associated with everything from chronic fatigue to cancer and arthritis," note Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig, Ph.D., in the 1999 book, Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats. "They are equally mystified by recent increases in the incidence of intestinal parasites and pathogenic yeasts, even among those whose sanitary practices are faultless. Could it be that... in our insistence on a diet in which everything has been pasteurized, we have compromised the health of our intestinal flora and made ourselves vulnerable to legions of pathogenic microorganisms?"
If so, say these authors, the cure for these diseases will be found not in vaccinations, drugs or antibiotics but in a restored partnership with the many varieties of beneficial organisms found in the microscopic world. Jordan discovered the miracle of homeostatic soil organisms (HSO's) from the seventy-first person he met in his quest to find a cure for his deadly downward spiral.
This mysterious man sent Jordan a little bag of black powder. Jordan was skeptical, but the note with the package said inside were the nutrients missing from today's pesticide-sterilized, barren soils. Not only trace minerals but organisms. Living organisms that had been wiped out by the wholesale pesticide treatment of America's farm lands, pasteurization of foods, and modern man's disdain for all microorganisms-even those life-supportive microorganisms our bodies need for great health. Jordan tried the powder. He felt like he was eating dirt. But, one month later he noticed in his excreta "black tar like stuff." Thirty days later, he had newfound energy. This wasn't dirt. This was a miracle.
There are few areas of the world today whose natural ecology has been untainted by modern man. But the discoverer of HSO's specialized in bacterial research and had been exploring certain regions of the world for their soil organism content when he discovered a pristine rainforest teeming with soil microorganisms. He brought soil samples to his laboratory and found a colony of rare organisms of beneficial origin, once in our foods, especially primitive fermented foods, but now having virtually disappeared from our modern lives.
As medical journalist Dr. Morton Walker, reports, "These homeostatic soil organisms appear to be as old as the Earth."
In nature, HSO's get to digest inorganic substances, protect root systems from parasites, yeast, and fungi and provide growth factors and different hormones. As William C. Bryce, M.D., Ph.D., notes, "Just as HSO's destroy molds, yeasts, fungi, and viruses in the soil of the organic garden, they perform the same function with pathological organisms present in the gut, which greatly enhances the body's immune system." With these organisms, Jordan was able to enhance his body's healing response. His immune function improved, since HSO's, we now know, stimulate the body's production of lactoferrin, interferon, and non-specific antibodies.
Upon ingesting them, the homeostatic soil organisms helped to maintain a healthy balance of intestinal flora by producing organic compounds such as lactic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and acetic acid, which increased the acidity of his intestine and inhibited the reproduction of massive amounts of harmful microorganisms. The HSO's also produced substances called bacteriocins, which acted as natural antibiotics to kill almost any kind of pathological bacteria.
Jordan supplemented his HSOs with whole foods such as kefir, real sourdough bread, beef, chicken, fish, fruits, vegetables, raw sauerkraut, and carrot juice-fermented foods alive with microorganisms. The HSO's themselves were taking care of his underlying condition. In three months, he gained 70 pounds.
"My goal after getting well was to create a vehicle whereby I could reach people who were- suffering from gastrointestinal and immune system disorders," Jordan says. He began to design products based on the theory of anthropological nutrition. "We need to put our ancient foods back in our modern diet," he says-and that includes HSO's. That led to Primal Defense with HSO's, the same HSO's, in fact, that healed Jordan. Do not confuse HSO's with typical probiotic formulas. Probiotic formulas are great, but HSO's add to our diet the many beneficial microorganisms modern agricultural and food processing methods have denied our bodies. HSO's contain 14 non-dairy probiotic strains provided intact in the fermented substrate in which they were grown.
The substrate is important. Unlike conventional probiotic formulas that deliver bacteria separated from their substrate, Primal Defense's HSO's are not spun in a centrifuge and taken away from their environment; instead, the HSO capsule contains a culture of specifically selected microorganisms incorporated into a growth medium that is transformed by the HSO's. "When in contact with aqueous solutions of any type (including body fluids), the HSO's begin reproducing and ingesting the host substrate medium," says Dr. Walker. "They form a protein biomass for the organisms' proper functions. By use of an unpatented but secret process, the HSO's are kept in a dormant state within powder until they become activated by their introduction into aqueous solutions such as water or juice."
Some experts say that ingesting HSO's is like eating a plant grown in pristine soil thousands of years ago. Says Dr. Walker, "The homeostatic soil organisms act as neutralizers of the poisons that ordinarily float in our food supply." Who should use HSO's? People with low energy levels, chronic fatigue, rheumatoid arthritis, and other autoimmune disorders (which often result from infection by mycoplasma or microorganisms) will benefit from Primal Defense. HSO's are particularly beneficial for elimination of parasites, protozoa, and mycoplasma infections.
People seeking a higher level of health will benefit from HSO's. Regular ingestion of HSO's tends to eliminate the yeast syndrome (candidiasis) from the entire body, and its invariably present vaginal yeast infection. People with digestive disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), are likely candidates for HSO's. Some 17.5 percent of people suffer symptoms of IBS, including bloating, abdominal discomfort, gas, and alternating diarrhea and constipation. Beneficial bacteria of the HSO type promote healthy digestion. Enzymes secreted by them aid in the metabolism of food. They produce digestive enzymes such as protease, amylase, lipase, cellulase, and lactase, the enzyme required to digest milk.
One fan of HSO's is board-certified gastroenterologist Joseph Brasco, M.D., of the Optimal Wellness Center, Schaumburg, Illinois. Keep in mind the following quote is not simply from a medical doctor but a board-certified gastroenterologist. "I believe that Primal Defense is applicable as a food supplement for everyone, whether a person is sick or not," says Dr. Brasco. "The probiotic microorganisms found in this formula are proven to be helpful for the enhancement of health and prolongation of life. Such proof has been shown ever since mankind inhabited the earth. Primitive man absorbed the product's soil-based organisms from the environment in different ways; for instance, he buried meat and other food in the ground as a form of preservation. Such meat would combine with soil-based bacteria and be eaten to become a part of the human physiology, thus changing into what science now identifies as body-based organisms. Such friendly microorganisms, having established themselves in the human gut, create an environment for optimizing human nutrition."
"Eating vegetables directly out of the soil as part of food was good for primitive man. The organisms living in that soil caused primal man to thrive. But today it's different! Given the paranoia that modern men and women in western society feel against ingesting soil of any kind, these ancient soil-based organisms no longer are part of our food supply," continues Dr. Brasco. "Yes, times do change! It used to be that a pioneering farmer working his fields, the so-called 'sod-buster,' who became hungry simply dug into the ground, pulled up some carrots, brushed off the dirt, and chomped away on vegetables containing the residual dirt and all. The farmer kept his gastrointestinal tract functioning well by ingesting these extracurricular homeostatic soil organisms."
"But that's not the way it is anymore. So fastidious are residents of Western industrialized nations that too much cleanliness has become somewhat detrimental to one's gastrointestinal tract. We have to eat dirt once in a while."
"Where Primal Defense kicks in is that its microorganisms are unlike other probiotics or beneficial gut bacteria. Rather, they are quite unique. The homeostatic soil organisms maintain intrepid health for modern men and women the way primitive man experienced it. Where people specifically find advantage in using Primal Defense is in situations involving chronic disease of gut origin." "Since my expertise lies in the area of gastrointestinal disorders, this product is a primary therapy that I utilize on a routine basis. Certainly with my seeing patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease, it is one of the main tools I employ for treatment. I use this probiotic, which combines plant sterols and sterolins plus cereal grass juice in a formulation that is ever being improved, exactly as the manufacturer dictates. I give everyone a trial on Primal Defense. My standard procedure is to work up a patient to his or her optimal dosage and then maintain that dose as long as it's effective. So, I use it both preventively and therapeutically because the product's homeostatic soil organisms [HSO"] have definitely been part of the human diet for many thousands of years."
"Only, the HSO's have been lost as a result of our modern food processing methods. People with arthritis, chronic constipation, Crohn's disease, colitis, and other gut linked systemic conditions improve by supplementing with the Primal Defense whole food ingredients."
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Photograph 1. Shown is Jordan Rubin before he was introduced to homeostatic soil organisms. Here Jordan is 19 years old (about to turn 20) when he stood six-foot, one-inch tall at a weight that had fallen to 104 pounds. Having been at death's door and just released from the hospital, here he remains exceedingly ill with Crohn's disease. |
Photograph 2. Here you see Jordan Rubin who is now 25 years old after thriving for five years on HSOs in the new food supplement that he formulates and distributes as Primal Defense. This Primal Defense formulation is the well-researched and ever-evolving product that saved Jordan's life, restored his health, and now helps to reestablish the health of thousands just as he had been. |
