Hi Catherine; Antioxidants can't change the progress of a genetic anomaly, true, but they can sure change anything to do with oxidative stress that is increased due to that anomaly. The oxidative stress forms a large component of the progress and permanent damage of most lung disorders including this one.
Did you take the time to peruse some of the Medline data along those lines? Here's an excerpt from another one... ""Evidence is accumulating that secondary genetic factors separate from the CFTR locus significantly influence the severity of CF lung disease. The general classes of these potential modifier genes include inflammatory and antiinflammatory mediators, antioxidants, mediators of airway reactivity, molecules involved in CFTR trafficking, and alternative ion channels. The best-studied CF candidate modifiers include mannose-binding lectin, glutathione-S-transferase, transforming growth factor-beta1, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, beta2-adrenegic receptor, and HLA class II antigens. "" I think that without overlooking the other factors listed, it would be wise to at least apply the antioxidant program for the oxidative stress alone, although suppressing infection with antioxidants is also of great benefit. Duncan > 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>
