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09/16/2007: "Germanium"
I am not talking about the plant I have in my front yard. This is the mineral Ge-132. It is not very well known and is not included in the minerals within our daily vitamins. However, it has a wide range of health benefits. These include helping boost the immune system, normalizing blood pressure and cholesterol, protect the cells from abuse, provide pain relief, and help ease arthritis. In addition, it is successful in combating viruses, funguses and bacteria especially yeast infections. Some scientists even believe germanium's chemical structure may help it bind or chelate (grab) toxic heavy metals and remove them.
It can be found in highest concentration naturally in plants with medicinal use such as shitake mushrooms, aloe vera, comfrey and garlic. It has actually been under research for some time yet does not seem to be in the public knowledge. Germanium was one of only six substances selected for clinical testing as potential weapon against AIDS by the International AIDS Treatment Conference held in Tokyo, Japan twenty years ago.
It ranks up there with selenium, zinc, manganese and chromium as important minerals to be supplemented in our diet. Japanese and American scientists show results that indicate germanium activates the body’s own defenses by working at a cellular level as a catalyst to raise oxygen levels in tissues and cells. As discussed, cancer and other sicknesses cannot survive in an oxygen rich environment within the body.
In 1886, German scientist Clemens Winkler, isolated this missing element and christened the substance germanium in honor of his homeland. According to Japan’s Dr. Asai, who experimented with Germanium in patients for over 30 years, "Ge-132 restores health to those afflicted with disease and sustains health in those who are healthy." The Townsend Letter For Doctors, says, "Its oxygenation phenomenon allows greater organism function with reduced oxygen intake. It creates an oxygen economy with extremely fast-acting effects.”
Since cancer patients are known to have a compromised immune system, whether because of the disease or because of treatment, germanium should be strongly considered. In a Japanese study, doctors observed that Ge- 132 normalized activity in immune cells such as T lymphocytes and NK cells and increased interferon production in seven cancer patients. Taking Ge-132 treatments, one patient’s abdomen cancer disappeared in 16 months while another’s condition was successfully controlled. So you can add this one to my growing fist full of supplements.