- Transfer Factor? was Re: gut flora

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Hmm. Very sorry that TF won't work. I have to avoid mold as much as

possible too and feel much better and detox way better in Las Vegas

despite the auto exhaust, etc than I do in the Bay Area. The first

time I went there I felt better as soon as I got off the plane. I

really don't know what that means, exactly, except that I should live

in the desert. I did have a really bad mold exposure a few months

prior to crashing with CFIDS, (very leaky apartment, mushrooms growing

in the carpet, etc) although I was skidding downhill for years prior.

Choly totally flattens me. Even 1/16 of a teaspoon - no kidding!

Michele

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> After reading (really skimming) " Mold Warriors " I was thinking that

> maybe transfer factor can " retrain " the immune sustem to break down

> mold. My understanding is that it is a glitch in the immune system,

> right?

> > Michele

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> I asked Chip Dopson, formulator of TF for Chisolm Biological

> laboratory that very question five years ago.

> The problem seems to be that toxin responses are " upstream " of

> antibody programming. T2 toxins " derail " the ability to attach a

> signal molecule to antigens. TF might generate an additional

> response, but the immune system might still be unable to use that

> enhanced immune activity to target the toxin. All you might be

> getting is more inflammation but no reduction in toxins.

> " Allergies " are downstream of antibody programming.

> " innate immune activation complement factors " affect immune function

> in a more fundamental way.

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> Protein synthesis inhibitors of Satratoxin, are not only known to

> alter gut flora for days after exposure, but also to interfere with

> macrophage " burst " function.

> The effect you see in mycotoxin exposure is not exactly " what

> happens " as it is " What doesn't " , such as proper immune function.

> People show up with all kinds of different problems, depending on

> their own pathogens, genetics, and a myriad of other variables.

> As Dr Shoemaker says, the true marker for a sick building are sick

> people.

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