for those who may be interested. --- "Jonathan B. Britten" wrote: > List, > > Many members know about big Pharm fraud, but few > examples are as > compelling at the L-Tryptophan scam, which I recall > very, very well. > BROJON, although being rather uneven in my opinion, > has a great piece > which I am pasting below. > THE INSIDER'S STORY OF AN L-TRYPTOPHAN > RESEARCHER > A Response To > Reader's Requests > > I have received a number of letters to the editor > asking about which > L-tryptophan is the best and where to buy it. Many > readers want to > start using it each morning to maintain their > circadian rhythms. For > almost 20 years it has been impossible to purchase > L-tryptophan. So > where did I buy my tryptophan for my research for > the last 20 years? > > During the 1980's when I started my circadian rhythm > experiments, I > used the common L-tryptophan found in stores. I > soon found there were > two types --one with B6 and one without any B6. I > tried several brands > of each and found that the ones with B6 did not work > at all in my > experiments for shifting or controlling the > circadian rhythms. Thus > proving that B6 prevents tryptophan from getting > into the brain. Using > B6 will definitely disrupt your normal circadian > rhythms. > > I later found that almost all the L-tryptophan in > all brands was made > from the same bulk raw product from Japan. The > Showa Denko company had > developed a method of using genetically modified > bacteria to extract > copious amounts of L-tryptophan from milk. Since > the bacteria was > removed and reused, what remained was pure, cheap > L-tryptophan. It is > now the same method used for making all the other > amino acid products. > > In November 1989, the CDC made the false claim that > L-tryptophan was > causing a new disease or disorder called > Eosinophilia Myagia Syndrome > (EMS). The symptoms of EMS were exactly the same > as trichinosis. > Trichinosis is a parasite which comes from eating > improperly cooked > pork. My research found that about half of all > American's have > contracted the trichinosis parasite. But for most > people it is > sub-clinical, meaning most people don't even know > that they have > trichinosis. This sub-clinical form of the disease > is the primary > reason for most autoimmune disorders such as > fibromyagia and chronic > fatique syndrome. The body immune system attacks > itself in an attempt > to get rid of the parasite. The disease is caused > by microscopic worms > embedding by the millions into your muscles. Then > they form a tiny > impenetrable cyst which protects them from > medication and from your own > immune system. No effective medication has been > found for ridding the > body of trichinosis. > > For most people the original symptoms were a slight > fever like the flu, > and achy muscles as the trichinella enter the > muscles and become > encysted. It takes about a week and later those > early symptoms go > away and are forgotten. Those were exactly the same > symptoms which > were identified as EMS by the CDC. In the first > week after the CDC > alert for EMS, the doctors before reporting EMS > needed to perform a > trichinosis test. In the second week after the CDC > alert, the > trichinosis test requirement was strangely dropped, > so all the usual > hundreds of thousands of cases of trichinosis were > then falsely > reported to the CDC as the new tryptophan disorder, > EMS. > > The CDC also changed the reporting requirement to > include: observe the > symptoms and also, secondly interview the patient > for having previously > or still using L-tryptophan. Thus, suddenly this > became an > L-tryptophan disease. But it wasn't at all. It was > just the common > trichinosis. I was using L-tryptophan in my > research studies but I > never had any symptoms. Something was very wrong > with the CDC story > about EMS and the ban on sales of L-tryptophan. > > I suspected then that this was a fraudulent story > and I have kept in my > files, several years worth of all the CDC reports > and university > research reports into the suspected causes for EMS. > The CDC even > blamed Showa Denko for making a contaminated product > and forced them > out of business. But NO cause of EMS was ever found > and the story was > quietly dropped, but the ban for local drug stores > to sell L-tryptophan > has remained. Mysteriously and quietly the ban on > sales has been > dropped in the last year and now many small sellers > are using the > Internet to push L-tryptophan. Why? What has > suddenly changed? > > The original reason for banning the sale of > L-tryptophan is still a > mystery. I suspected the illegal ban was bought and > paid for by Eli > Lilly which made nearly a trillion dollars by > selling Prozac, which was > designed to replace L-tryptophan as a means to raise > the level of > serotonin in the brain. Of course the reason for > the "brain chemical > imbalance" or low level of serotonin in the first > place was the > over-abundance of B6 in the diet which eliminates > L-tryptophan from the > body. That strange relationship is why I have > studied and done > experiments with both L-tryptophan and B6 for the > last 20 years. > > Right after the sales ban in November 1989, I looked > for alternate > sources for L-tryptophan. I did find a source, a > company called BIOS > Biochemical, which was continuing to sell > L-tryptophan, not for people, > but to farmers who added the product to cattle feed. > Since about 10 > percent of the protein in cow's or mother's milk is > tryptophan, by > adding L-T to the dairy feed, the farmers could > increase the milk > output from their cows. Adding $5 worth of > tryptophan to the dairy > feed would increase the milk output by about $500 > over the life of the > dairy cow. Such a deal for the farmer on such a > small investment. > > The BIOS Biochemical product was also USP quality so > it was certified > for purity and content -- even though the product > was clearly marked > "For Veterinary Use Only." Just ignore that. That > was to get around > the CDC ban. L-tryptophan from cows milk or > mother's milk is exactly > the same. If the CDC wanted to completely ban > L-tryptophan they would > have needed to outlaw breast feeding. And that's > never going to > happen. Also L-tryptophan, when it was packaged > with other amino acids > and vitamins such as B6 was never banned for sale. > Is that mysterious > or what? > > At that time, BIOS was the only source I found for > tryptophan and it > was online in 1990, which was just a few years > before the Internet. In > those days, to be online meant you had an account > with Compuserve, AOL > or smaller sites such as Mindspring. AOL actually > let you create your > own homepage or webpage which since than has > grown from several > hundreds of pages to multiple billions of websites. > I have been using > BIOS Biochemicals for 16 years. For cattle feed, > the company sells > L-tryptophan in large bags or bulk containers by the > multiple pound. > They also sell the powder in 500mg capsules. I had > been using 250 to > 500mg capsules before 1989. I figured that the > cattle farmers are not > stuffing capsules in the mouths of their cattle, so > the only purpose of > the capsules must be for human use. > > Thus, BIOS must have known that their biggest L-T > market was tryptophan > for humans who did not believe the CDC's EMS hoax > story. Prior to the > CDC ban, about 30 million Americans had been using > L-tryptophan for a > variety of problems, mostly circadian rhythm > disorders. Most of these > people were later diagnosed as "brain chemical > disorder" and were put > on Eli Lilly's Prozac. Thus Lilly already had a > huge ready-made market > for their Prozac. But instead of a 20-cent > L-tryptophan capsule each > day, the people were paying $20 or more per day for > Prozac -- which > supposedly did the same thing. > > Since BIOS has also sold its L-T in large bags since > before the 1980's, > I assume that most of all the other small marketers > who now sell > L-tryptophan online are simply buying the big bulk > bags from BIOS and > then repackaging it into small capsules. Since it > costs a lot of money > to get a product USP certified, it seems only > natural that all the > smaller tryptophan companies now selling on the > Internet are getting > their USP certified product simply by buying the raw > product in bulk > from BIOS. What that means is that it doesn't > matter which brand or > source you use for USP L-tryptophan -- because they > are all the same > -- they all come in bulk from BIOS Biochemicals. > > If you search on Google for buying L-tryptophan you > will get many pages > for marketers of USP L-tryptophan. Way down on the > 4th or 5th page you > find BIOS. The reason is because BIOS doesn't need > to advertise their > product. They ARE the source, and everybody else is > selling their > product. BIOS doesn't need to compete with its own > distributers. > > Based on that information, I have been buying > directly from the source > for the last 16 years. If you find something better > let me know. I > don't work for BIOS, so I am not selling or > promoting their product. I > just use it. > > And what about the strange mystery of why it has > suddenly become so > easy to buy L-tryptophan? Maybe it is just strange > coincidence (I > don't believe in strange coincidences), but two > years ago the Eli Lilly > international drug patent ran out. Numerous other > pharmaceutical > companies are now making generic Prozac, not for $20 > per dose, but for > about a dollar a dose. So Prozac is no longer a big > profit item. The > Prozac era has come to an end. There is no longer a > need to eliminate > the competition from 50 cent L-tryptophan. Since > nobody is now pushing > for a ban on L-tryptophan to keep competitors off > the market, it has > suddenly become very easy to purchase it, but still > it is not being > stocked in stores. So buying online is still the > best bet. But that > does explain the mysterious and sudden easing of the > ban on > L-tryptophan. Could the 19-year ban on the sales of > L-tryptophan be > called a huge billion dollar Big Pharma fraud? You > betcha. And > similar such frauds are continuing today. > > But if you doctor is still suggesting you use Prozac > or Zoloft or any > of the other similar SSRI's consider this. If you > take L-tryptophan in > the morning it produces serotonin in the brain, and > raises the brain > temperature and wakes you up. If you take > L-tryptophan in the evening > it produces melatonin in the brain, which lowers the > brain temperature > and induces sleep. This operates the daily cycle of > your circadian > rhythms. > > If, instead, you take Prozac in the morning, it > raises your brain > temperature, and works something like an > anti-depressant. But if you > take Prozac with an evening meal, as prescribed by > some doctors, it > will still raise your brain temperature and keep you > awake all night > long. One of the most common reported side-effects > of Prozac or the > other SSRI's is insomnia or circadian rhythm > disorders. It only works > as an anti-depressant if you take it first thing in > the morning. But > if instead, you take L-tryptophan at any time of > day, it automatically > converts to serotonin or melatonin depending on the > time of day when > you take it. It works automatically to run your > circadian rhythms, you > can't overdose and there are no side-effects such as > insomnia. But for > Tryptophan Pumping is still works best if you take > it first thing in > the morning. That's how you get optimum and > quickest results. > > If you want to do your own circadian rhythm > experiments, go here: > BIOS Biochemicals > www.biochemicals.com > > If you find this information is valuable, post a > copy of this to the > Internet and let everyone know about it. Also tell > your friends that > they can sign up for the BroJon Digest to get the > latest research about > circadian rhythms, as it is published. Or go to the > BroJon Gazette to > read all the stories in the B6 Bomber series. > > Marshall Smith > Editor, Brother Jonathan Gazette > newsedi...@brojon.com > > Click here to find the live links to the full > stories in the Gazette - > http://www.brojon.com > > > KBB
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