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In April this year, the daughter of a 70 y/o man with prostate cancer emailed us. She reported her father, KG, had long-standing prostate enlargement which had been monitored closely. Then in November 2020, now a year ago, his PSA and alkaline phosphatase were markedly elevated - his PSA was 940 (over 4 is high) and his alkaline phosphatase 971(over 126 is high). This elevation in alk phos is the result of extensive bone metastases seen on his scan. KG’s only other significant medical history is a stint, placed in 2018. Starting with the stint, he is prescribed BP lowering medications, a statin and Atenolol. Lipid-bound Selenium, LbSe, was recommended in April, one dropper approximately every 12 hours. This dropper can be placed directly in the mouth, on bites of food or in the large end of a double 00 gelatin capsule. Why LbSe? A simultaneous serum and red-blood-cell potassium, 4.3 and 94 respectively, indicates he is anabolic at the cell level.  In anabolism, there is relatively more potassium inside cells compared to serum.  In other words, there is an extra- to intracellular shift in potassium. Our man’s serum potassium is below 4.5 and his red-blood-cell potassium, RBC K, is greater than 90, indications he is anabolic on the cell level.1 LbSe is catabolic on the cell level.  Further, his bone scan showed lucent bone lesions. Lucent bone is less dense bone. Lucent bone lesions are anabolic lesions. Anabolic bone lesions are osteolytic, that is, bone is dissolved. Descriptions of bone metastases on scan reports are extremely valuable and reliable. The scans of a woman with breast cancer and bone metastases this year specifically describe lytic lesions and “lytic destruction”. Although she is not able to get a RBC K, these scans are definitive for an anabolic off-balance in cells. She is responding positively to LbSe. LbSe for KG yes, starting in April, and Lipid-bound Calcium, LbCa, was added a month later. Both are catabolic at the cell level. I chose LbCa also because his serum calcium was low, at 8.6. Since approximately one third of serum calcium is bound to albumin, a low albumin will decrease serum calcium. Therefore, it is important to note his albumin was normal at that time.  Dr. Revici found that the inability of anabolic cancers to utilize calcium favors their metastases. There is much more to say about LbCa that we will cover in another podcast.  When KG began LbSe in April, his alk phos had already decreased from last November’s 971 to 670. He had received two injections at the beginning of this year that decrease testosterone by antagonizing gonadotrophin-releasing hormones LH and FSH.  Additionally, he took an androgen synthesis inhibitor daily and a monoclonal antibody used for bone metastases monthly. Actually, KG’s drop in PSA was more dramatic than that of his alk phos. His PSA of 940 a year ago dropped to 21 per a test in May.  Then, on his August 30th lab, his alk phos and PSA are both normal!! We are all surprised, especially his urologist and oncologist. A decrease was expected, yes, but slowly, not precipitously and certainly not to normal. Words of caution are warranted: we have never witnessed improvements in actual tumors from LbSe as described here for bone metastases, even when an extra- to intracellular shift of potassium has been documented. Since LbSe is used for cancers in conjunction with other therapies, improvements must be attributed to the protocol, not specifically to LbSe. Likewise, KG received medications aimed at reducing his cancer. How does LbSe work? LbSe oxidizes leukotrienes, LTRs. LTRs are metabolites of arachidonic acid, AA. Dr. Revici identified a fatty acid in the 1930’s with three parallel double bonds that causes irreversible damage. Other pro-inflammatory fatty acids do not. Appropriately, Dr. Revici called them conjugated trienic fatty acids. ..continued

This podcast will bring clarity to the interpretation of   urine pH (UpH) and to the use of lipid-bound sulfur, LbS. Dr. Revici used Flame Quell, a butanol compound, two different ways: as an acidifying agent when urine pH is alkaline and as an anti-fatty acid agent when urine pH is acid.  As acidifying agent for many symptoms, not just pain, that are dualistic. The use of Flame Quell for vertigo was written up extensively by a B. Welt in the AMA Archives of Otolaryngology, 1953. There were consistent improvements from butanol when urine is alkaline, worsening when urine is acid. Sodium thiosulfate was used as an alkalinizing agent for acid urine. As an anti-fatty acid agent when fatty acids are the cause of symptoms and disease. Examples as an anti-fatty acid agent are in our last podcast: my 40 y/o colleague relieved a severe spring allergy attack with a large dose of FQ+ that he held in his mouth; and, a 38 y/o woman’s intermittent bouts of congestion, sore throat, headache and fatigue are reliably relieved quickly with FQ+. Her UpH is always acid. In both of these cases, symptoms are caused by inflammatory fatty acids and in both cases FQ+ neutralizes them via polar bonding. A recent development for the woman with intermittent sore throats and congestion illustrates the limits of UpH. She contacted me urgently ten days ago for help with debilitating brain fog and utter exhaustion, clearly due to mold. She previously had mold exposure during the four years she lived in a WDB, a “water damaged building”, a hillside home where the stone kitchen wall was against hill soil without runoff from rain or snow. WDB is an anachronism in the world of mold illness and occurs far more frequently than recognized. Her symptoms then were not understood as a consequence of mold until she moved to a mold-free environment. Now, in another home where renovations supposedly properly and completely rendered it mold free, some mornings she is unable to even make a routine shopping list. I recommended one dropper Lipid-bound Sulfur (LbS) twice daily while continuing two droppers Flame Quell+ with the same of glycerol three times daily. She is dramatically better within a few days. Why LbS?  Her UpH is acid. Acid UpH indicates there is a catabolic or dysaerobic off-balance.  Sulfur is catabolic, dysaerobic, and so are the fatty acids which incorporate sulfur in LbS. Treat a catabolic off-balance with a catabolic element and agent? Peer-reviewed published papers during this last year suggest Singulair, a LT receptor antagonist, should be considered a treatment modality for Covid. Singulair is used to reduce exercise-induced asthma and allergic rhinitis but is not effective for acute asthma attacks (inhaled corticosteroids work); it takes up to a week before reaching its full effect; and, must be taken two hours before exercise to stop exercise induced asthma. ...

  ...It is unfortunate that rarely does one lipid, chosen for pain, apparently and surprisingly destroy tumor cells. Blood tests and urine monitoring to chose lipids and evaluate their effectiveness, and change when necessary, are advised. I am available for consultations. Please email Felista at my office, [email protected], with your questions about the use of therapeutic lipids in a particular case or cases. She will schedule a time for us to talk. I look forward to speaking with you. I wish you all the blessing of renewal this season of increasing light and warmth offers.

Most symptoms, acute or chronic, are caused by inflammation. Sneezing and congestion are signs of inflammation if you have a cold or spring allergy. Swelling, redness and heat are signs of inflammation if you stub your toe. And symptoms associated with any condition that ends in “itis” - arthritis, colitis, bursitis - are caused by inflammation.

Inflammation can be the cause of symptoms without obvious signs of inflammation and without an “itis”. Examples include tinnitus (that’s an “itUs”, ringing in the ears), vertigo (you feel like you are spinning or the world around you is spinning), PMS (premenstrual symptoms), itching, palpitations, fever, and even stress.

Two kinds of inflammatory fatty acids cause symptoms. One kind makes tissues acid while the other causes tissues to become alkaline.  The good news: the pH of your urine at the time you have symptoms is the same as the pH of the tissues where you have the symptoms. 

Flame Quell deactivates fatty acids that acidify tissues. MGS, magnesium and sulfur, deactivates fatty acids that alkalize tissues.

A 38-year-old woman is susceptible to bouts of congestion, sore throats, headaches and fatigue.  When this occurs, her urine pH is consistently acid, 6.0 or lower. She takes two droppers of Flame Quell in water when symptoms begin and every few hours thereafter until they are gone. Before she had Flame Quell she would be ill for two or three days. Now she does not feel ill as long as she takes Flame Quell. Her symptoms are gone in less than a day.

A 40-year-old farmer suffers from spondylolisthesis. With this birth defect, a lower vertebra slides forward on the one below it, pinching nerves. His urine pH is greater than 6.4 when he has pain.  Two droppers of MGS in water often relieve the pain. If there is still some pain 20-30 minutes after taking MGS, he takes two more droppers. 

Another 40-year-old man, a friend and colleague, has seasonal allergies. In June he was suddenly overcome with sneezing, nasal discharge, intense itching in his throat and ear canals, and restricted breathing. He took ½tsp. Flame Quell, holding it in his mouth before swallowing. All symptoms were gone in less than a minute.

The usual dose of Flame Quell is two droppers initially, then another two droppers in 20-30 minutes if relief is incomplete. ½tsp. is 2½ droppers. The spoon was not only the quickest way to take Flame Quell, it also allowed him to take advantage of its direct absorption through the mouth membranes. He successfully avoided the emergency room.

A 51-year-old man experiences discomfort from a tumor in his rectum. Now, more often than not, his urine is alkaline. One or two droppers of MGS invariably relieve the discomfort. Several weeks earlier, when his urine was acid, two droppers of Flame Quell provided relief.

It is important to note that treating symptoms does not treat the cause of the symptoms. Reducing inflammation does not treat the cause of inflammation. Treating symptoms does nothing to rid an allergen, align a misaligned vertebra or stop the growth of cancer. 

Flame Quell’s relief of symptoms is sometimes insufficient in severe respiratory illnesses even though the urine is acid. This is also true for a woman when her migraine pain resolves with Flame Quell but her postdrome symptoms after migraines do not, as discussed in a previous podcast. In these circumstances both acidifying and alkalizing fatty acids are at play.  A similar but different form of sulfur than the sulfur in MGS is needed in addition to Flame Quell, lipid-bound sulfur, LbS. One dropper of LbS two to three times daily, taken on bites of food or in a capsule, does the trick

A woman in her late thirties has a history of migraines. The migraines started over 17 years ago during her first pregnancy and thereafter often occurred premenstrual. She tried multiple medications over the years and although some helped somewhat they did not prevent the inevitable two-days-down.

Approximately two years ago she began using Flame Quell for her migraines. She takes two droppers in water at the first signs of a migraine. Her first signs, called the prodrome and aura before pain, include very marked visual impairment and light sensitivity.  She takes another two droppers if/when pain begins and, on occasion, two more droppers if there is still pain 15 minutes after the second dose. Flame Quell, usually two doses, has stopped all migraines. 

Two weeks ago, however, she called concerned that although she had had no pain she had symptoms after taking her Flame Quell.  Her symptoms included body aches, nausea and light and noise sensitivity. These are postdrome symptoms, symptoms that typically occur after migraine pain is gone. Fortunately, one dose of Lipid-bound Sulfur immediately stopped all of her symptoms that afternoon. All was well the rest of the day but she awoke with the same symptoms the next morning.  One more dropper of Lipid-bound Sulfur, then she was pleasantly shocked … nothing more!

You can drink baking soda in water to relieve acid indigestion. Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, is very alkaline so it neutralizes, in effect removes, stomach acid.  Similarly, Flame Quell neutralizes inflammatory fatty acids so they can no longer cause inflammation.

Acute inflammation can wreak havoc. Most of us have experienced congestion, sneezing, red watery eyes, fatigue, etc., from a cold or spring allergies. The prodrome, aura and pain of migraines is also acute inflammation. Flame Quell relieves acute inflammation. Therefore, Flame Quell eliminates or reduces symptoms of colds, allergies and migraines.

Flame Quell, however, did not stop the postdrome symptoms. Those symptoms were caused by different inflammatory fatty acids that are not neutralized by Flame Quell.  Acute inflammatory fatty acids are typically done when they are done, they leave no trace. On the other hand, inflammatory fatty acids causing the postdrome are often chronic and permanently damaging. They need to be oxidized, destroyed, not just neutralized. Sulfur or selenium bound within fatty acids of sesame oil - Lipid-bound Sulfur and Lipid-bound Selenium - destroys them.  

The inflammatory fatty acids that are damaging are called leukotrienes, “leuko-” because they are made in leukocytes or white blood cells, and “-trienes” because they have three adjacent double bonds in their carbon chain. This structure enables leukotrienes to cause irreversible damage to cells and tissues.  Leukotrienes are not only operative in all chronic diseases, they can also cause acute exacerbations of chronic disease, and they can be lethal, as in Covid. Leukotrienes are operative if there is a flare up of symptoms in an autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis; during withdrawal from smoking, alcohol or opioids; in initiating and perpetuating atherosclerosis responsible for heart attacks and strokes; in neurological diseases from Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s to Alzheimer’s; and more.

Although there are medications that oppose leukotrienes, the role of leukotrienes in chronic and life-threatening disease is yet to be fully investigated and effectively treated. 

Leukotrienes are also responsible for the severity of damage by influenza and Covid viruses. Lipid-bound Sulfur has reduced the severity of symptoms in Covid. The woman with migraines just happened to have Lipid-bound Sulfur on hand in case she or a famil

Inflammatory fatty acids are the first responders to a viral infection and they cause the first symptoms to a viral infection. Less fatty acids are less symptoms, less symptoms while your body develops immunity. Glycerol neutralizes fatty acids. It disables them, so, glycerol reduces symptoms and sometimes eliminates them too. Glycerol has three OH, Hydroxy or alcohol groups that are positively charged. These three positively charged groups attract the negative charges at the end of fatty acids. When the two bind the fatty acids are disabled. When glycerol, which has three hydroxyl groups to bind fatty acids. When it binds one it’s a monoglyceride. When it binds two it’s a diglyceride and when it binds three it’s a triglyceride. This is very natural and very physiologic. It is not a drug. 

I recommend glycerol a lot. For example in January, for my then 16 month old grandson, we gave him glycerol for a lingering cough after a cold, a URI he had the previous month. We gave him ⅛ teaspoon, three times a day. The cough subsided within twenty four hours. We continued the therapy for another four days and stopped. No symptoms since. 

I also recommend glycerol for those with cardiovascular risk or cardiovascular disease and especially those with high cholesterol. High cholesterol is an indicator that there are inflammatory fatty acids running amok. The cholesterol’s purpose is its attempt to neutralize the fatty acids. Dr. Revici found that giving glycerol actually reduced the cholesterol. But, that was awhile ago and things are much more complicated now. So, I would not recommend it as a cholesterol lowering drug but as part of a regimen. For people with cardiovascular risk or disease, I recommend ¼ teaspoon, three times a day. Glycerol is much overlooked home remedy. 

We have to address then, is it toxic? I have never seen any side affects from glycerol. But, if you look it up on the web there’s talk of headaches, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. However, I could not find how much it took to cause those side affects. Since glycerol is sometimes used for hydration or constipation, I suspect those doses are quite a bit higher than what I’m recommending here.  

I woke up this morning to a text, from a friend who has a fever of 102 and cough. So, I recommended ¼ teaspoon of glycerol four times a day, spread out over his waking hours. I also recommended ¼ teaspoon twice a day, for his wife who is totally asymptomatic and we want to stay ahead of the symptoms. Many of you hearing this probably don’t have glycerol at home and my office is closed. So unfortunately, we can’t send any to you. If possible you could get it on Amazon, look for an organic that’s ideal or look for USP Grade which means pharmaceutical grade. However, it its just glycerol and no other added ingredients, most likely, it’s safe and it’ll do the job for you. I’m wishing you all, all the best.