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03/16/2007: "Immune System Boosters"

Digging deeper into my reading on natural cancer treatments, I am finding recommendations to take a supplement that helps increase the number of Natural Killer cells in the body and increase the effectiveness of the overall immune system. NK cells are one of our key immune system cells that are important in killing both tumors and virally infected cells. Unlike T and B cells that get activated by the Dendritic Cells, NK cells are “natural killers.” Cancer patients almost always have a depressed number of NK cells.

So it makes sense to me that I would benefit from an increase in NK cells and a boost in my immune system in this effort to naturally kill off the cancer. A couple of different products are recommended. The two I looked at were MGN-3 which was forced off the market by the FDA a few years ago but is back on. Developed at Charles Drew University in Los Angeles, MGN-3 is made from Rice Bran, enzymatically treated with polysaccharides from Shiitake, Kawaratake, and Surehrotake mushrooms. Since it is a food supplement and there are no side effects, the creator, Lane Labs, cannot advertise it as a cure for a disease (such as cancer). So the FDA filed suit in July 2004 and a New Jersey Federal Court ordered Lane Labs to stop selling products containing MGN3. A web search turns up a couple of new sources however.

I have chosen to take a similar product called RM-10 from Garden of Life, which sells lots of different natural health products. RM-10 is a combination of 10 tonic mushrooms and the Peruvian herb Cat’s claw. The ten mushrooms include types like Reishi, Maitakei and Shiitake. According to scientific research, these mushrooms:

• May have potent anti-tumor activity and inhibit the growth of existing tumors.


• May help lower cholesterol and can prevent and treat cardiovascular disease.


• May have anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties.


• May protect against harmful effects of radiation.


• May have applications in treating viral diseases such as AIDS.


• May increase overall energy and enhance immune system function.

I have one more new supplement to share about – coming soon.

Replies: 2 Comments

on Friday, March 16th, Linda said

You know Doug - you should just tell Lisa that you do go to yoga - just not her class and maybe she will leave you alone!! I love all the research you are doing. Both of us are considering some of the things you have come up with. We are both "alternative" people and not afraid to try new things. Hi to the family!! Love, Linda

on Friday, March 16th, Lisa Grundhoffer said

Hi Doug,
Just wanted to check in to see how you are. I really like reading about all that you have learned. I might pick up some of that RM-10. It is so interesting to me how the FDA gets away with what they do. After I read both of Kevin Trudeau's books, I became convinced that the conspiracy is more real than ever. But the FDA has successfully tarnished his reputation, as many think he is a scam artist. Whether that is true or not, what he says in his books fits in with so much of what you are experiencing with brick walls put up in front of "alternative" medicine which ironically is not alternative at all. It is so sad that there are so many people out there who cannot figure out on their own what makes sense and what does not. I still know so many people in my office who do not believe in global warming!! I tell them maybe we can talk again when all of the polar bears are dead.
Anyway, thank you again for sharing your knowledge. I will not keep bugging you about Bikram Yoga, because I know you tried it. But I really hope that you keep it up. I look for you in class all of the time.
Take care, and I will always look forward to reading your site.

Lisa Grundhoffer