It is a painstaking and necessary process to go through all these supplements one by one, in or- der to determine which ones are actually necessary and useful for the patient. An allergic or highly sensitive patient may actually get sensitized to a supplement that they need, if they are taking too much, too often. Dosage is very important. In some cases, an in- dividual will be consuming liter- ally hundreds of capsules a day, desperately trying to get well and feel better.
It would be nice if my patients — and in fact, all of us — could get the nutrition we need from food alone. And yet we know that most of us who live in modern society burn up a lot of micronu- trients in the course of our daily lives and are dependent on good supplement program and pro- tocol. We rely on the companies we trust to provide those supple- ments in a safe and effective way, and I’m very happy to say that the company I have worked lon- gest with since I came to Amer- ica in 1982 is Allergy Research Group. They work hard to try to ensure their supplements are not allergenic. When I was practicing in Germany and supplements
first became available over the counter, there was not good qual- ity control. There might be very little of an active ingredient, and too much filler. I have always felt that Allergy Research Group was careful about their inactive ingre- dients, using as little as neces- sary to assure quality control and even dose.
At the time that Dr. Joseph Mer- cola interviewed me, I had seen a study showing that in mice, stearic acid could build up and harm T-cell function. This was an interesting study, but it was in vitro, and with mice. In hind- sight I gave too much credence to it. It turns out that in mice T cells, stearic acid, when ap- plied directly to the cells may be harmful, but human cells have an enzyme, delta d-saturase, that converts stearic acid to oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat that is well tolerated and of value to health. I am not a biochemist or immunologist so did not under- stand or have the knowledge several years ago that humans could safely and effectively con- vert stearic acid. Now that I have reviewed the scientific literature more deeply, I no longer have concerns about stearic acid and
Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt MD, PhD, is Founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy, Medical Director of the Institute of Neurobiology, and lead clinician at the Sophia Health Institute, all located in Bellevue, Washington. He is also Founder and Chairman of Klinghardt Academy, Institute
T-cell function in humans.
In addition, my review of nu- trition data shows that stearic acid is abundant in many of the healthy foods we eat. The back- drop of stearic acid in our diet is actually far larger than that we would ingest in our supple- ments daily. It really is negli- gible compared to the amount we naturally consume, and so magnesium stearate as a supple- ment lubricant and binder real- ly is not a relevant concern for me anymore. Since stearic acid and magnesium are both part of our natural food chain, anybody sensitive to magnesium stearate will also be sensitive to the foods with these molecules.
As a physician taking care of such sensitive people I have al- ways wanted to err on the side of caution. And frankly, when I have really looked at the stearate content of supplements avail- able, I feel very confident that the amount utilized in Allergy Research products is reasonable. Digging deeper into the litera- ture on stearic acid has put any concerns I raised some years ago completely to rest.
for Neurobiology INK (Germany) and CINAK (Switzerland). Internationally known for his successful treatment of chronic pain and illness, Dr. Klinghardt combines non-surgical orthopedic medicine with immunology, endocrinology, toxicology, neural therapy, hypnotherapy and energy psychology.
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