| New research from Dr Meirlier at Protea | | | | Gut are dairy, gluten, grain, egg and yeast type |
| Biopharma in Holland has recently revealed | | | | foods. |
| another vicious cycle of the appalling knock on | | | | A host of airborne toxins are also implicated in |
| effects that we see in Chronic Fatigue (CFS) and | | | | allergies. |
| Fibromyalgia patients. | | | | By intensive research into the Leaky Gut theory |
| These same vicious cycles result ultimately in the | | | | Dr Meirlier identified that a Leaky Gut reliably |
| baffling array of symptoms that patients present | | | | produces a by-product gas - Hydrogen Sulphide. |
| and in turn make treatment so complicated, | | | | This reaction appears consistently throughout 80 |
| difficult and frustrating for sufferers, their doctors | | | | to 90% of recognized Fibromyalgia and CFS |
| and complementary therapists. | | | | patients with digestive involvement. |
| But with every passing month we are getting | | | | This gas is harmless in small quantities but very |
| ever closer to understanding the core system | | | | toxic in large quantities as produced by CFS |
| insults and failures and with the improved | | | | sufferers. |
| knowledge comes improved treatment strategies | | | | Dr Meirlier's research revealed the following data |
| and advanced protocols based on addressing real | | | | related to excessive H2S production in CFS/ |
| organic changes in the body. | | | | Fibromyalgia sufferers: |
| This latest research is particularly welcome and | | | | � Potent neuro toxin. |
| aligns itself with the vicious cycle of Chronic | | | | � Light intolerance. |
| Fatigue and Fibromyalgia theories. | | | | � Intolerance to noise. |
| It also confirms and reinforces my own | | | | � Mitochondrial dysfunction. |
| successful CFS methods and treatment protocol. | | | | � Depression of the immune system at a |
| It also allows me to declare an additional | | | | cellular level. |
| improvement to my protocol which will yield | | | | � Neutropenia and low numbers of CD8+ |
| further improvement. | | | | lymphocytes. |
| In so many CFS and Fibromyalgia patients | | | | � Increased bacterial production the gut. |
| digestive, gut and intestinal problems are a | | | | � Increased ROS production by the liver. |
| mainstay of the symptoms presented. | | | | � Retention of heavy metals particularly |
| So many patients declare some form of | | | | mercury in the body. |
| digestive, intestinal or bowel dysfunction pre or | | | | � Mercury is neurotoxic, induces apoptosis and |
| post onset of the recognized trigger for their | | | | interferes with aerobic metabolism. |
| current condition. | | | | � In severely ill M.E *, sufferers can develop |
| In the early stages of CFS and Fibromyalgia | | | | aberrant prions which can cause havoc with |
| illnesses many patients will have attempted broad | | | | energy metabolism. |
| spectrum antibiotic regimes aimed at wholesale | | | | * CFS/ Fibromyalgia are commonly referred to as |
| elimination of dangerous or "bad" bacteria from | | | | Myalgic Encephalomyelitis in Europe (M.E). |
| the gut. | | | | H2S is excreted via the liver and kidneys to the |
| Subsequently these patients may not have | | | | urine and so has lead to the formation of Dr |
| followed up the broad spectrum antibiotic | | | | Meirliers test for H2S in first morning urine. |
| treatment with a suitable course of probiotics and | | | | The early results are very encouraging. |
| or prebiotics. | | | | Most importantly this test can give sufferers yet |
| Some CFS and Fibromyalgia patients may have | | | | another lead in tackling the multi factorial failures |
| had severe gut viruses like Epstein Barr or | | | | that all need tackling simultaneously in order to |
| Coxsackie strains. | | | | reverse what are serious organic fatigue |
| Some patients have descended into Chronic | | | | spectrum illnesses. |
| Fatigue and Fibromyalgia with the recognized | | | | The reason tackling the Leaky Gut may be so |
| trigger being an apparent episode of food | | | | important is that it could in some cases be directly |
| poisoning or ingesting some other foreign chemical | | | | at the core of a knock-on flow, a downward |
| or toxin. | | | | spiral of symptoms further down a long chain that |
| Oftentimes a long history of Irritable Bowel | | | | eventually results in mitochondrial failure. |
| Syndrome (IBS) or Crohns Disease can precede | | | | We know already that the sympathetic nervous |
| the onset of Chronic Fatigue, or the muscular and | | | | system is in disarray in fatigue patients � we |
| joint symptoms associated with a diagnosis of | | | | also know that these systems are largely situated |
| Fibromyalgia. | | | | around the gut, the intestines, digestive system |
| This digestive and intestinal symptoms often lead | | | | and bowel. |
| to the diagnosis of �Leaky Gut�. | | | | In the next part of this series i examine the |
| The theory behind Leaky Gut is that large | | | | effects of Leaky Gut and H2S on the |
| immunologically active cells can pass across the | | | | Sympathetic nervous system, the direct |
| weakened intestinal wall of the patients gut and | | | | implications for H2S on the Hypothalamic Pituitary |
| enter the bloodstream where they are identified | | | | Axis (HPA) and the associated knock on effects |
| as alien to the host and activate a powerful | | | | for the entire endocrine system and immunity. |
| immune response. | | | | Finally I discuss how to treat, prevent, and repair |
| As the immune system (which is largely based | | | | the damage caused by this downward spiral. |
| around the intestines) reacts continuously in this | | | | Read Dr Mark Shaw's Revolutionary Research into |
| way sufferers develop a variety of allergies to | | | | CFS and Fibromyalgia - |
| various foods and substances. | | | | Practical, Affordable, Effective, Daily Protocol and |
| Foods that present particular interest to a Leaky | | | | Recovery Strategy. |