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	<title>Comments on: Duke University researchers connect vitamin D with brain lesions</title>
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		<title>By: Amy Proal</title>
		<link>http://bacteriality.com/2007/10/24/brain_lesions/#comment-8204</link>
		<dc:creator>Amy Proal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Zawy,

Wait, are you seriously telling me that people with increased brain lesions, the presence of which lead to numerous devastating conditions including death itself are going to be live healthier lives than those people not supplementing with vitamin D?  

It's clear you have not even looked at Marshall's groundbreaking model of vitamin D metabolism despite the fact that it is discussed in great deal on this site.  I suggest actually reading the articles and papers that describe how the different forms of vitamin D actually affect the innate immune response before jumping to conclusions.  Your comment simply does not make sense in the context of what is now understood about vitamin D's actions.

Take a look at Dr. Marshall's recent paper published in BioEssays in order to better understand how vitamin D supplementation negatively affects the population at whole and particularly people with chronic disease.

http://TrevorMarshall.com/BioEssays-Feb08-Marshall-Preprint.pdf 

Furthermore, Marshall's many papers, the plethora of data derived from our phase II trial, and the number of prestigious conferences at which Marshall is presenting his model of vitamin D metabolism make it abundantly clear that what he is putting forth is not a "speculative theory."  It is based on decades of molecular modeling research that you, clearly, have failed to follow.

Best,

Amy</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Zawy,</p>
<p>Wait, are you seriously telling me that people with increased brain lesions, the presence of which lead to numerous devastating conditions including death itself are going to be live healthier lives than those people not supplementing with vitamin D?  </p>
<p>It&#8217;s clear you have not even looked at Marshall&#8217;s groundbreaking model of vitamin D metabolism despite the fact that it is discussed in great deal on this site.  I suggest actually reading the articles and papers that describe how the different forms of vitamin D actually affect the innate immune response before jumping to conclusions.  Your comment simply does not make sense in the context of what is now understood about vitamin D&#8217;s actions.</p>
<p>Take a look at Dr. Marshall&#8217;s recent paper published in BioEssays in order to better understand how vitamin D supplementation negatively affects the population at whole and particularly people with chronic disease.</p>
<p><a href="http://TrevorMarshall.com/BioEssays-Feb08-Marshall-Preprint.pdf"  rel="nofollow">http://TrevorMarshall.com/BioEssays-Feb08-Marshall-Preprint.pdf</a> </p>
<p>Furthermore, Marshall&#8217;s many papers, the plethora of data derived from our phase II trial, and the number of prestigious conferences at which Marshall is presenting his model of vitamin D metabolism make it abundantly clear that what he is putting forth is not a &#8220;speculative theory.&#8221;  It is based on decades of molecular modeling research that you, clearly, have failed to follow.</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>Amy</p>
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		<title>By: zawy</title>
		<link>http://bacteriality.com/2007/10/24/brain_lesions/#comment-8137</link>
		<dc:creator>zawy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The only problem is that people are much more likely to get sick and die if they get less sunlight or ingest vitamin D.  speculative theory is great, but in medicine even more than in science, observation in a population of the end result overrides exciting theories.   If they follow these 232 people, they'll see the high vitamin D people were much more likely to live healthier and longer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The only problem is that people are much more likely to get sick and die if they get less sunlight or ingest vitamin D.  speculative theory is great, but in medicine even more than in science, observation in a population of the end result overrides exciting theories.   If they follow these 232 people, they&#8217;ll see the high vitamin D people were much more likely to live healthier and longer.</p>
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		<title>By: Amy Proal</title>
		<link>http://bacteriality.com/2007/10/24/brain_lesions/#comment-2933</link>
		<dc:creator>Amy Proal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Jim,

You can definitely fight and then recover from MS thanks to the treatment described on this website.  It's called the Marshall Protocol, and is part of phase II trials monitored by the FDA.  Patients on the treatment use pulsed, low-dose antibiotics and a medication that activates the immune system to gradually wear away at the bacteria we now understand causes MS and other inflammatory diseases.  

The Marshall Protocol is being used by doctors around the world and over 200 medical professionals are members of the study site.  Patients who start the treatment receive guidance, free of charge, from nurse moderators in exchange for reporting symptoms in a weekly progress report.  The treatment is run by the non-profit organization Autoimmunity Research Foundation.  Here is their website:

http://autoimmunityresearch.org/

The following two articles describe the Marshall Protocol in greater detail:

"About the Marshall Protocol"

http://bacteriality.com/about-the-mp/

"Getting it right, how to correctly target L-form and biofilm bacteria"

http://bacteriality.com/2007/10/11/antibiotics/

The bacteria implicated in MS are both biofilm bacteria and also L-form bacteria - bacteria that have mutated from their classical form and lost their cell walls.  They are able to live inside the cells of the immune system where they cannot be killed by standard antibiotic therapy.  These bacteria have been studied for over a century but have been largely ignored because they don't grow under normal laboratory conditions.  Read more about them here:

"Understanding L-form bacteria"

http://bacteriality.com/2007/08/15/l-forms/

Here is an interview with an MP doctor that I highly recommend you read:

"Interview with Dr. Greg Blaney"

http://bacteriality.com/2007/10/31/blaney/

There are many people on the MP with MS, all of whom are responding to the treatment.  More information about the treatment can also be found on the study site itself.  A good place to start reading is at the following forum:

"Essential information about the MP"

http://www.marshallprotocol.com/forum2/  

I'm sure you have more questions about the Marshall Protocol.  The best place to ask them is at the following website:

www.curemyth1.org (Th1 refers to diseases caused by L-form bacteria, hence the name Cure My Th1).  You questions will be answered free of charge by patient advocates.

This is a curative treatment that offers serious hope for people with MS.  Kill the bacteria at the heart of your disease and you can become healthy once again.

Good luck!

Amy</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim,</p>
<p>You can definitely fight and then recover from MS thanks to the treatment described on this website.  It&#8217;s called the Marshall Protocol, and is part of phase II trials monitored by the FDA.  Patients on the treatment use pulsed, low-dose antibiotics and a medication that activates the immune system to gradually wear away at the bacteria we now understand causes MS and other inflammatory diseases.  </p>
<p>The Marshall Protocol is being used by doctors around the world and over 200 medical professionals are members of the study site.  Patients who start the treatment receive guidance, free of charge, from nurse moderators in exchange for reporting symptoms in a weekly progress report.  The treatment is run by the non-profit organization Autoimmunity Research Foundation.  Here is their website:</p>
<p><a href="http://autoimmunityresearch.org/"  rel="nofollow">http://autoimmunityresearch.org/</a></p>
<p>The following two articles describe the Marshall Protocol in greater detail:</p>
<p>&#8220;About the Marshall Protocol&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://bacteriality.com/about-the-mp/"  rel="nofollow">http://bacteriality.com/about-the-mp/</a></p>
<p>&#8220;Getting it right, how to correctly target L-form and biofilm bacteria&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://bacteriality.com/2007/10/11/antibiotics/"  rel="nofollow">http://bacteriality.com/2007/10/11/antibiotics/</a></p>
<p>The bacteria implicated in MS are both biofilm bacteria and also L-form bacteria - bacteria that have mutated from their classical form and lost their cell walls.  They are able to live inside the cells of the immune system where they cannot be killed by standard antibiotic therapy.  These bacteria have been studied for over a century but have been largely ignored because they don&#8217;t grow under normal laboratory conditions.  Read more about them here:</p>
<p>&#8220;Understanding L-form bacteria&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://bacteriality.com/2007/08/15/l-forms/"  rel="nofollow">http://bacteriality.com/2007/08/15/l-forms/</a></p>
<p>Here is an interview with an MP doctor that I highly recommend you read:</p>
<p>&#8220;Interview with Dr. Greg Blaney&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://bacteriality.com/2007/10/31/blaney/"  rel="nofollow">http://bacteriality.com/2007/10/31/blaney/</a></p>
<p>There are many people on the MP with MS, all of whom are responding to the treatment.  More information about the treatment can also be found on the study site itself.  A good place to start reading is at the following forum:</p>
<p>&#8220;Essential information about the MP&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.marshallprotocol.com/forum2/"  rel="nofollow">http://www.marshallprotocol.com/forum2/</a>  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure you have more questions about the Marshall Protocol.  The best place to ask them is at the following website:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.curemyth1.org"  rel="nofollow">http://www.curemyth1.org</a> (Th1 refers to diseases caused by L-form bacteria, hence the name Cure My Th1).  You questions will be answered free of charge by patient advocates.</p>
<p>This is a curative treatment that offers serious hope for people with MS.  Kill the bacteria at the heart of your disease and you can become healthy once again.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Amy</p>
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		<title>By: James M.  Trammell</title>
		<link>http://bacteriality.com/2007/10/24/brain_lesions/#comment-2913</link>
		<dc:creator>James M.  Trammell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I'm learning.  I have MS.  Point me at any information that will help me fight this crippler.

Jim</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m learning.  I have MS.  Point me at any information that will help me fight this crippler.</p>
<p>Jim</p>
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		<title>By: amyproal</title>
		<link>http://bacteriality.com/2007/10/24/brain_lesions/#comment-227</link>
		<dc:creator>amyproal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Rhonda,

I don't think that fibromyalgia is technically called an autoimmune disease, but to those familiar with the Marshall Protocol, and the new understanding that L-form bacteria are responsible for "diseases of unknown cause" that doesn't matter.

Fibromyalgia is a Th1 inflammatory disease caused by L-form bacteria, just like the other "autoimmne" diseases.  This means that patients with fibromyalgia can be treated effectively using the Marshall Protocol.

In essence, the term "autoimmune" will become a thing of the past.  There diseases are not caused by the immune system attacking it's own cells, but instead by persistent bacteria inside the macrophages and biofilms.

Best,

Amy
Best,

Amy</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Rhonda,</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think that fibromyalgia is technically called an autoimmune disease, but to those familiar with the Marshall Protocol, and the new understanding that L-form bacteria are responsible for &#8220;diseases of unknown cause&#8221; that doesn&#8217;t matter.</p>
<p>Fibromyalgia is a Th1 inflammatory disease caused by L-form bacteria, just like the other &#8220;autoimmne&#8221; diseases.  This means that patients with fibromyalgia can be treated effectively using the Marshall Protocol.</p>
<p>In essence, the term &#8220;autoimmune&#8221; will become a thing of the past.  There diseases are not caused by the immune system attacking it&#8217;s own cells, but instead by persistent bacteria inside the macrophages and biofilms.</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>Amy<br />
Best,</p>
<p>Amy</p>
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		<title>By: Rhonda J. Jensen</title>
		<link>http://bacteriality.com/2007/10/24/brain_lesions/#comment-218</link>
		<dc:creator>Rhonda J. Jensen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is Fibromyalgia considered an autoimmune disease?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is Fibromyalgia considered an autoimmune disease?</p>
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		<title>By: Petr Dymacek</title>
		<link>http://bacteriality.com/2007/10/24/brain_lesions/#comment-116</link>
		<dc:creator>Petr Dymacek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thaks a lot Amy, 
your web site is great!!! And your explanations sound logically and understandably to all public (even many in outside USA).

I would wish that our physicians (and all the specialists dealing with ifectology in the hospitals) in my country - the Czech Republic and all over the world could read english as do I, and apply the latest research of in autoimmune and infectious disseases done by Prof. Trevor Marshall, Ph.D. and others much much faster to everyday use. You are definitelly helping that a lot!
All the best to you!
Best Regards,

Petr Dymacek, Ph.D.
Brno, Czech Republic</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thaks a lot Amy,<br />
your web site is great!!! And your explanations sound logically and understandably to all public (even many in outside USA).</p>
<p>I would wish that our physicians (and all the specialists dealing with ifectology in the hospitals) in my country - the Czech Republic and all over the world could read english as do I, and apply the latest research of in autoimmune and infectious disseases done by Prof. Trevor Marshall, Ph.D. and others much much faster to everyday use. You are definitelly helping that a lot!<br />
All the best to you!<br />
Best Regards,</p>
<p>Petr Dymacek, Ph.D.<br />
Brno, Czech Republic</p>
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		<title>By: Sharon Hamel</title>
		<link>http://bacteriality.com/2007/10/24/brain_lesions/#comment-112</link>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Hamel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for your work, Amy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for your work, Amy.</p>
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