Dear Duncan,
You said: <<Did the cystic fibrosis treatement program address the control of oxidative stress? I ask because there are hundreds of articles pointing out the culprit in lung disorders as being chronic oxidative stress (lipid peroxidation). This can be stopped cold with cold-processed whey and selenium, and an antioxidant program. http://members.shaw.ca/duncancrow/medline_links.html Here's just one study chosen at random so you'll see what I mean. The mucus and inflammation and most of the scar tissue is produced by irritation from whatever sourse and propagated by free radical damage. Glutathione increase (requires selenium) stops all that and also reduces the Th2 inflammatory cell count on favour of non-inflammatory, reduced damage, Th1. But since all the antioxidants work together I recommend a program of them to my clients. __________________________ Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 2002 Jun-Aug;57(3-4):173-6 Related Articles, Links Role of oxidative stress in pulmonary fibrosis.>> Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease caused by mutations in the CFTR gene. It that causes the body to produce an abnormally thick, sticky mucus, due to the faulty transport of sodium and chloride within cells lining organs such as the lungs and pancreas, to their outer surfaces. The thick CF mucus also obstructs the pancreas, preventing enzymes from reaching the intestines to help break down and digest food. This is different from pulmonary fibrosis. Certainly, your recommendation of better nutrition and a good antioxidant from program would help in reducing the infections two which people are prone when they have CF. It's a great suggestion. But all the Immunocal and antioxidants in the world will not change the genetic mutation that causes CF. Regards, Catherine -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
