January 14, 2021 general

Many topics were covered when Bill Sardi was my guest on January 9 and so I offered to blog some notes from that interview. These are more or less in the order they came up in the show:

Osteoporosis / Calcium. Sardi says calcium supplements are rarely necessary because most of us get enough of the mineral from our diet. Age-related loss of estrogen is the culprit. Calcium is present, but instead of going into the bone, it stays in the arteries where it causes hardening of the arteries (heart disease). Bio-identical hormone replacement is available by prescription. The natural substance, Resveratrol, acts like estrogen in a good way (e.g. signaling calcium to stay in bone) but it doesn’t cause cancer or other unwanted side effects of estrogen. Magnesium, zinc, vitamin D, vitamin K₂ and weight bearing exercise are also important for bone health.

Vitamin B₁. Common behaviors such as drinking coffee, tea and alcohol, consuming sugary foods and heartburn drugs all deplete this nutrient and cause a myriad of symptoms. Some of those (like loss of taste and smell) seem just like ones associated with the coronavirus. Both issues may exist because the virus caused lockdowns which move people toward sugar and drinking which deplete the vitamin. This topic was covered in depth in the December 10^th blog. Sardi contends that many nervous system disorders would be improved by upping vitamin B₁. There was a follow up question on when to add more B₁ than is the Molecular Multi. If you drink a lot of alcohol or have a nervous system disorder, extra B₁ would be good and best in the fat-soluble form, benfotiamine. The common benfotiamine supplements provide a higher dose than can be absorbed and are expensive. That is why Bill Sardi formulated, Nerve Guardian. It is a great way to replenish your B’s and at the low cost of $3.12 per month. (To get full benefit, allow 2 hours between taking it and consuming those vitamin blockers noted above.)

Zinc dose for Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Mr. Sardi said the adult dose for zinc is 30 mg. a day. (At 45 mg you may have to balance with copper.) Zinc is hard to absorb and so, even if the diet provides 10 mg, we likely only absorb 1 mg. Zinc is crucial for the immune system, e.g. keeping the thymus gland at full size and healthy so it can produce immune memory T-cells—they provide long lasting immunity. (Antibodies are shorter lived.) Here is an article about zinc in the Library. Oysters are a good dietary source of zinc. I get mine from Molecular Multi which contains 30 mg. in a good form along with other critical nutrients that we might be missing. Avoid zinc oxide which is hard to absorb. A MW note on Hashimoto’s: as with other autoimmune diseases pay attention to the gut bacteria (think Dr. Ohhira’s and remember that Jeff Bowles told us about successes using very high dose vitamin D for autoimmune conditions.

Magnesium. Like the oxide form of zinc, magnesium oxide is not very useful. He mentioned one that is especially good for the brain because it can cross the blood/brain barrier. That is magnesium threonate—the branded ingredient is “Magtein”. Many companies (e.g. Now and Doctor’s Best, but not Sardi companies) sell that. Less costly but also less effective for the brain is magnesium citrate.

Tingling in hands and feet. Because this is a nerve issue, we are back to B₁ (see above). Likewise, trouble catching your breath…breathing is a function of our autonomic nervous system which is controlled by vitamin B₁.

“Opathies”. These are conditions which are often complications of diabetes, e.g. neuropathy (nerves), cardiomyopathy (heart), Nephropathy (kidney), and retinopathy (eye, retina). B₁ protects against them and should be taken by all diabetics.

Kidney disease. Mr. Sardi said that over time, the kidneys collect too much calcium and so cannot filter effectively. For that he recommended IP6 (it is from rice bran). Take 1500 mg a day for a month or two to clear out the sludge. He also would add the supplements NAC and resveratrol but do not take them at the same time of day. I also recommend investigating stem cell therapy to regenerate kidneys.

Pink eye. This linked article says it is most often caused by a virus and the site offers many natural remedies including colloidal silver. (Martie has seen liquid colostrum work.) Bill Sardi said to restore the proper composition of tears, take an omega 6 oil such as borage oil, evening primrose oil, or black current orally. This will also help “dry eyes”. (He noted that if the oil layer of tears is inadequate, the eyes may pump watery tears out trying to compensate – so, ironically, dry eye can be wet.) These issue often happen to people with dry skin and brittle nails. There might also be a deficiency of vitamin A.

Question about Longevinex Advantage. Compared to the original Longevinex product featuring mainly resveratrol, IP6 and synergistic ingredients to help healthy aging, the Advantage version has extra ingredients like hyaluronic acid to help with eyes and to promote younger looking skin and hair. I reminded people that buying direct from the manufacturer on higher quality products like this saves a lot of money because you don’t have to pay the distributor and store markups which would more than double the price.

Passing the covid-17 test. This may be required to go to work. Taking resveratrol, garlic and zinc regularly disrupts the polymerase enzyme used in the test but that enzyme is also involved in replication of the virus. So, this program is also helping you stay healthy.. Selenium will keep a virus from mutating.

Pandemic. As noted above, Bill Sardi has stirred up interest in beriberi (a disease caused by deficiency of vitamin B₁) which has slew of symptoms, including many that mimic those attributed to covid-19. However, Mr. Sardi has also consistently taught us how to fight the coronavirus naturally. This Jan 5., 2021 medical journal article is powerful reinforcement for what he (and Jeff Bowles) have told us about the importance of vitamin D: Don’t Let COVID-19 Patients Die With Vitamin D Deficiency – We can’t wait for perfect evidence. Also, read this linked Library article for a summary of HBN’s covid-19 advice.