Moducare

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Hi Connie,

I know this was addressed to , but I had to tell you about several emails

we've received from the autoimmune group concerning this product.

Just wanted to tell you that there is a person in the autoimmune group that was

using the Moducare and is having terrible problems now.

I don't know anything about this product and don't claim too, but she is in dire

straits from using this and asking for advice.

I'll see if I can find her letter and post it.

I repeat, I don't know anything about this product, but she wanted to get the

word out about it, so I thought it was only fitting to pass this on before

anyone tried it.

W

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In addition, there's been a fair amount of discussion on the

rheumatic group concerning a product called Moducare. It too can be

accessed on the Natural Pharmacist site. It looks pretty interesting

and I wonder if you've heard of it?

[Guest guest]

Connie,

Here is one of the posts I was referring to about Moducare. Like I

said, I don't know anything about this product, but thought it was

important that you read this.

W

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> Hi Marie! I went to the website and read their info and then did a

little research of my own. Sterols (which is the " Plant fats " that

are in moducare) are essential components of all sell membranes--both

plant and animal. The ones they use in this moducare are from

plants.

The research they show on the website has all been summarized, so

that part is difficult to evaluate without going to each study

individually. I went to some articles in the British Medical Journal

and wasn't able to find anything about sterols and modulation of the

immune system.

> Sterols are the active ingredient in the cholesterol lowering

margarines (i.e. benacol). They work by reducing the amount of

cholesterol absorbed by the body because they take up the space the

cholesterol would occupy. (over-simplification, but that is basically

what they do) They also interfere with the absorbtion of some of the

fat solubles vitamins (most notably Beta carotene, alpha-carotene and

Vit E) but according to the studies I read, not to any significant

degree (when adjustments were made for the requirement changes).

> I don't see any reason off the top of my head why these sterols

would modulate the immune system, but I can't rule it out. The thing

that concerns me is the extent of the health claims they make for the

stuff. " If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. "

> Also some of the claims when read carefully aren't all that

impressive. For example, for HIV the article indicated that the

Tcell

counts remained stable over five years. This isn't unusual, even

without treatment. What you want to see is an improvement. And

traditional, western medicine has reached the point where HIV is

considered a chronic illness rather than an immediate death sentence.

I have two friends who are now showing none of the virus in their

blood, and are currently very healthy. One has now been virus-free

for over three years. They do remain on maintenance medications, but

they feel great.

> Anyway, my conclusion is it probably wouldn't hurt anything (unless

you are allergic to the plants they derived the sterols from) but I

wouldn't count on too much.

> Kathy

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> > From: aaa.woodwork@q...

> > Date: 2001/05/29 Tue PM 10:06:09 EDT

> > To: autoimmune@y...

> > Subject: [autoimmune] Moducare

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[Guest guest]

Hi :-)

Thanks for finding the info.....I'll ask at the rheumatic group to

see if anyone has noticed any problems. Then, I'll let you know...

Hope you aren't working too hard, take care, OK?

Connie

> Connie,

> Here is one of the posts I was referring to about Moducare. Like I

> said, I don't know anything about this product, but thought it was

> important that you read this.

> W

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