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At Apple-A-Day Clinic we are receiving many calls from people concerned about Anthrax and other terrorist-initiated diseases. >From news, we learn that people are so frightened that they are taking antibiotics that cause dangerous side effects even though they have no known reason to do so. Antibiotics are known to weaken immune system and cause digestive problems. Taking one as a knee-jerk reaction for "prevention" could actually weaken your body¹s defenses for future.

>From this tumultuous environment comes this newsletter with desire that this information brings it¹s ounce of prevention with viable solutions and peace of mind.

Here we will share with you what we at Apple-A-Day Clinic are doing for people who want to protect themselves from susceptibility to Anthrax and other instruments of biological warfare. A simple supplement protocol can help provide an effective defense and help improve your health during this time of specific concern.

1. GARLIC

The Garlic Information Center in England has announced that deadly ANTHRAX is most susceptible to GARLIC!

Garlic is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that even blocks toxin production by disease organisms [Journal of Nutrition, 3/2001]. This is particularly important regarding ANTHRAX because it¹s metabolic toxins produced by anthrax that kills people, not anthrax bacterium itself.

In featured test-study, garlic was found to be a more potent antibiotic than many of drugs used to treat anthrax including penicillin, doxycycline, streptomycin, ampicillin, and cephalexin. Further, garlic was found to be effective against multiple strains of E. coli, Staph and other pathogenic bacteria. [Fitoterapia, Vol. 5, 1984].

Fresh cloves of garlic and garlic powder may be beneficial, but most beneficial garlic is a prepared, concentrated garlic that can deliver a high potency of it¹s antibiotic components especially highly-researched compound "allicin." [Warning: if garlic has been irradiated by commercial spice manufacturer as a food-preservation method, then it is useless in its antibiotic capacity. Do not rely on garlic powder in your spice rack.]

The antibiotic activity of one milligram of allicin, active ingredient in garlic, equals 15 units of penicillin. [Koch and Lawson, Garlic: The Science and Therapeutic Application, 2nd ed., Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 1996], and doesn¹t have side effects of destroying body¹s beneficial intestinal flora. This makes fresh garlic and its extracts and concentrates a premier antibiotic.

Garlic capsules that certify their allicin content are preferred. You can calculate milligrams to know impact of your dose -- calculate ten milligrams of allicin to be equivalent to apx. 150 units of penicillin.

The Apple-A-Day program uses a high-potency, odorless, supplement of garlic grown in high mountain valleys of California and Oregon, processed by a proprietary quick, cool dry method to preserve full range of anti-microbial properties of Allicin, Aliin, Thiolsulfanates, and Gamma and Glutamyl Cysteines as well as total sulfur compounds that also play a role in preventing and overcoming Anthrax. This garlic formula comprises one fifth of anti-anthrax protocol.

2. SULFUR-BEARING ANTIOXIDANTS

The ANTHRAX bacterium's toxicity emanates from its metabolic by-products that kills human immune system¹s macrophage cells which are vital to engulfing and eliminating bacteria. Studies have shown that SULFUR-BEARING ANTIOXIDANTS (alpha lipoic acid, N-acetyl cysteine, taurine) and VITAMIN C, which elevate levels of L-glutathione, a natural antioxidant within body, counters toxicity produced by anthrax. [Molecular Medicine, 11/94; Immunopharmacology, 1/00; Applied Environmental Microbiology, 5/79].