Re: Mycotoxicosis: A new emerging cofactor in ME/cfids??

[Guest guest]

These sentences from the paragraph below sure sounds like what may

be going on in ME (CFIDS). Thanks, Barbara, for posting that

Townsend article:

Mycotoxins accumulate to levels that can disable the liver's tri-

phasic detoxification mechanisms while suppressing the immune system

so that a simple virus can easily overpower the immune system and

create prolonged viral illnesses.

plus:

There was another noteworthy clinical finding: parasite infections,

especially of Clonorchis and Fasciola Hepatica, seemed to become

amplified by mycotoxins and increased their production of parasitic

toxins that resulted in escalated immunosuppression, allowing

runaway mycoplasma, herpetic, and viral stressors to spread

throughout the body.

full paragraph from the Townsend article:

Our preliminary observations with QMSA reflect alarming increases in

mycotoxicosis and chemical stressors as food processing and

preparation techniques are rapidly changing in the industry.

Mycotoxins accumulate to levels that can disable the liver's tri-

phasic detoxification mechanisms while suppressing the immune system

so that a simple virus can easily overpower the immune system and

create prolonged viral illnesses. This past winter's flu epidemic of

recurrent bronchial infections that responded poorly to both

pharmacological and alternative medical approaches testifies to what

may be the beginning of a serious mycotoxicosis problem in the

general population. Dozens of our patients had medically-diagnosed

bronchitis that failed to respond to any treatment. Many individuals

were sick for 4-6 weeks despite having adequate nutritional and

herbal support and being monitored by their physicians. In these

cases, QMSA testing revealed that the primary stressor was not

microbial, but an overload of mycotoxins in their liver. Once the

mycotoxins were decreased or eliminated and appropriate nutritional

measures were employed to decrease their mycotoxin loads, they were

symptom-free in just a few days.******* There was another noteworthy

clinical finding: parasite infections, especially of Clonorchis and

Fasciola Hepatica, seemed to become amplified by mycotoxins and

increased their production of parasitic toxins that resulted in

escalated immunosuppression, allowing runaway mycoplasma, herpetic,

and viral stressors to spread throughout the body************

> Mycotoxicosis: A new emerging cofactor in Alzheimer's,

environmental illness, and treatment-resistant syndromes. (Quantum

Medicine Update).

>

> Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, July, 2002, by

Yanick, Jr.

>

[Guest guest]

That's spectacular!

I noticed in 1999 that the " flu season " corresponded to times of

mycotoxin release and started telling people that it was no coincidence.

I can't wait to show them this.

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[Guest guest]

Yes, it is very interesting indeed.

Now couple that with..(goes off to find article...)

TO BE CONTINUED

Jo

> That's spectacular!

> I noticed in 1999 that the " flu season " corresponded to times of

> mycotoxin release and started telling people that it was no

coincidence.

> I can't wait to show them this.

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[Guest guest]

> Yes, it is very interesting indeed.

>

> Now couple that with..(goes off to find article...)

>

> TO BE CONTINUED

The following article from ISIS discusses agriculture...but shows

that application of pesticides (general category including

herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides) increases levels

of certain fungi in the soil.

What about all of the pesticides used in yards, gardens, on and in

houses...and other wood-preservatives, etc in building supplies?

Could this account for the increase in toxic fungii? Could the

effects of these chemicals plus the fungi upon the neuro, endocrine,

and immune systems have something to do with ME/cfids and other

illnesses?

Excerpt:

" ...The fungi that cause the disease also produce toxins that can

kill humans and animals. In a follow-up study, Fernandez measured

levels of

the blight in wheat fields. " We found higher levels of blight within

each

tillage category when glyphosate had been used in the previous

year, " says her

colleague Hanson. And his lab study showed that Fusarium

graminearum and

F.

avenaceum, the fungi that cause head blight, grow faster when

glyphosate-based

weedkillers are added to the nutrient medium. " ... "

ENTIRE ARTICLE BELOW

ISIS Press Release 30/11/03

Round-up Ready Sudden Death Syndrome

************************************

Prof. Joe Cummins finds evidence that Roundup Ready causes sudden

death and

other diseases by boosting fusarium in the soil.

Sources for this report are available in the ISIS members site

(http://www.i-sis.org.uk/full/RRSDFull.php). Full details here

(http://www.i-sis.org.uk/membership.php)

For several years, scientists have investigated the impact of

herbicides,

particularly glyphosate (Round-up) on soil microbial communities.

These

investigations revealed increased colonization of the roots of Round-

up Ready

(RR) soya

with the fungus Fusarium in midwestern fields during 1997 to 2000.

At the

same time, large scale cropping with herbicide-tolerant cultivars

was found to

increase soil-borne plant pathogens; Brazilian soils showed

increased microbial

activity for several seasons. There is clear evidence that repeated

glyphosate

applications over several seasons increases soil-borne pathogens.

During the first year of glyphosate application on RR soya, a severe

sudden

death syndrome epidemic occurred in several RR cultivars. The RR

cultivars were

susceptible to sudden death from infection by the fungus Fusarium

solani.

Sudden death syndrome of soya is a disease of economic importance in

North

America. Follow-up studies showed that different cultivars of soya

showed

different

levels of resistance to the sudden death fungus and suggest that

glyphosate

tolerant and non-tolerant cultivars responded similarly to infection

by Fusarium solani.

According to Bigwood (www.mycoherbicide.net), a scientist from

Agriculture Canada, Myriam Fernadez, had reported as yet unpublished

studies

showing

that wheat fields that had been treated with glyphosate had elevated

levels

fusarium head blight, a serious disease of wheat.

Andy Coghlan of the New Scientist further reported:

" The potential problem was spotted a few years ago by Myriam

Fernandez of the

Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre run by Agriculture and

Agri-Food Canada in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. She noticed that in

some fields

where

glyphosate had been applied the previous year, wheat appeared to be

worse

affected by fusarium head blight - a devastating fungal disease that

damages

grain and turns it pink. In Europe alone, fusarium head blight

destroys a fifth

of

wheat harvests. The fungi that cause the disease also produce toxins

that can

kill humans and animals. In a follow-up study, Fernandez measured

levels of

the blight in wheat fields. " We found higher levels of blight within

each

tillage category when glyphosate had been used in the previous

year, " says her

colleague Hanson. And his lab study showed that Fusarium

graminearum and

F.

avenaceum, the fungi that cause head blight, grow faster when

glyphosate-based

weedkillers are added to the nutrient medium. "

Unfortunately, Agriculture Canada has not fast tracked publication

of such

important results when they are advocating registration of RR wheat.

In conclusion, there seems to be a clear link between the use of

herbicide

and accumulation of pathogenic fungi in the soil. The RR soya

cultivars fared

poorly under the impact of the sudden death fungus. Wheat fields

treated with

Round-up appear to be sensitive to the head blight disease. Such

findings should

have triggered prompt and extensive reviews on the use of Roundup

and Roundup

tolerant GM crops by our North American regulators. Instead of

which, the two

governments of North America appear to be advocating registration of

RR wheat.

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[Guest guest]

Some of you may recall that three years ago I taught a doctor my

avoidance strategy. She comes from an entire family of doctors.

None of them believed her and damn near disowned her. They contacted

their doctor buddies at Stanford who told them " Mold reactivity is

impossible " . They have reached the conclusion that I mentally

manipulated her using my Svengalian powers.

Her parents house is " bad " and they simply cannot understand her

reluctance to visit. She recently attended a family function and

immediately got a bronchial infection that she's still trying to

recover from. Despite all the media stories they still blame me for

" creating " this delusion of mold reactivity. They say " You can find

anything you want on the internet- doesn't mean it's real " .

She " really " doesn't want to visit there anymore.

Years ago when I saw that mold was going to kill her and started

insisting that she really must start practicing avoidance, she could

hardly walk a quarter of a mile. After a few months of serious

avoidance we climbed Mt Whitney together. When she started seeing

signs of mold reactivity in her co-workers and started trying to warn

them, they reached the conclusion that she was insane and lost her

job. Now she knows better than to try to be a do gooder.

It's absolutely unbelievable how easy it is to demonstrate the reality

and still be contradicted on this.

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