Our body’s normal response to a threatening stimulus is inflammation.

Unchecked inflammation can lead to suffering and dis-ease.

Dr. Peter Libby, chief of cardiovascular medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston states, “We evolved as a species because of our ability to fight off microbial invaders.”

Our body responds with inflammation when it comes in contact with a virus, bacteria, fungus, mold, parasite, physical/emotional stress, chemical toxins and even dietary indescressions, (ie. sugar/protein overload, not enough vegetables).

If our nervous and hormonal systems are constantly being triggered by various and multiple stressors that initiate the inflammatory immune body response over and over, chronic inflammatory reactions are inevitable. Multiple diseases can be traced to the body’s chronic (lasting more than a year) inflammation response.

*Heart attacks *cancer *Alzheimer’s *Type II diabetes *Obesity *Autoimmune diseases: multiple sclerosis, lupus, fibromyalgia *Sjogrens *High blood pressure

Any symptom with “itis” after it: colitis, nephritis, tonsillitis, sinusitis, gastritis, pancreatitis, arthritis, tendonitis, bursitis, bronchitis, otitis…

There are currently over 60 disease processes involving chronic inflammation.

What can be done?

Lifestyle modifications can be made to minimize chronic inflammatory syndrome.

· Reduce sugar and all refined hydrogenated food products (junk foods in general including drinks derived from sugar (high fructose corn syrup and maltodextrin are also refined sugar products)

· Filtering water

· Organic meats/dairy

· Organic vegetables/fruits (the greener the better!)

· Regular exercise

· Breathing exercises

· Catching oneself in the act of regurgitating the “old story” and letting go of that mindset (or set mind!)

· Relaxing daily: prayer/meditation

Health authorities agree if we can reduce the cause of inflammation and interrupt the inflammatory process our body will heal itself as it was designed to do.

Two very powerful anti-inflammatory agents are chlorophyll and chlorophylin. Chlorophylin is a semi-synthetic, water-soluble mixture of sodium and copper salts derived from chlorophyll.

Here is a short list of benefits from chlorophyll and chlorophylin .

· Tissue growth & repair

· Internal deodorant

· Topically for slow healing wounds

· Calcium assimilation (stabilizes cell membrane)

· Forms molecular complexes with chemicals known or suspected to cause cancer, therefore may block carcinogenic effects

· Delivers magnesium and helps blood carry oxygen

· Neutralizes several oxidants (free radicals) – Inflammation is produced from free radical damage

· Limited data from animal studies indicate that chlorophylin may increase enzymes responsible for detoxifying chemical carcinogens.

· Prevention of liver cancer

· Prevention of colon cancer

· Powerful antioxidant- neutralizing free radicals within the body that cause disease and membrane damage

· Protection against DNA mutation

· Promise as a chemo protective agent

· Useful in treating calcium oxalate stones (kidney/gallbladder)

Mother Nature has provided many other powerful anti-inflammatory agents in the form of Fulvic Minerals. Fulvic means created by the microbial activity of plants. Benefits include:

· Transport valuable anti-inflammatory nutrients into the cell (increases absorption (permeability) and bio-availability)

· Increases oxygen while decreasing acidity

· Improves enzyme development

· Powerful free radical scavenger and anti-oxidant

· Powerful detoxifier

· Anti-biotic

· Anti-viral

· Biphasic electrolyte: can accept or donate electrons depending upon need

· Weight loss

In Health & Service,

Dr. Roland Phillips