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Orthomolecular Medicine News Service

AIDS MAY BE A COMBINATION OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES
HIV Depletes Body of Selenium and Three Amino Acids

(OMNS, April 26, 2006) New clinical reports from Zambia, Uganda and
South Africa indicate that AIDS may be stopped by nutritional
supplementation. A number of members of the medical profession have
observed that high doses of the trace element selenium, and of the
amino acids cysteine, tryptophan, and glutamine can together rapidly
reverse the symptoms of AIDS, as predicted by Dr. Harold D. Foster's
nutritional hypothesis.
(1)

These nutrients are necessary for the human body to produce the enzyme
glutathione peroxidase. This enzyme is strongly antiretroviral (it is
an antagonist of reverse transcriptase) and can greatly reduce HIV
replication. Unfortunately, HIV has developed the ability to compete
with the body for these four nutrients because shortages of them allow
its more effective replication. Specifically, HIV has a gene that
allows it to produce an analogue of glutathione peroxidase.

Diets high in selenium, cysteine, tryptophan and glutamine seem to
have two major benefits for AIDS patients:

1) They replace these four nutrients in the body, correcting the
deficiencies HIV has caused. AIDS is what we call these combined
deficiency symptoms.

2) High levels of these four key nutrients push up the body's
glutathione peroxidase levels, making it much more difficult for HIV to
replicate. This enzyme also beneficially interferes with the
replication of
Hepatitis B and C. Nutritionally treated patients are still HIV-positive,
but seem to generally remain in good health unless they start to eat a
diet that once again is poor in one or more of these nutrients. If this
occurs, glutathione peroxidase levels fall, HIV begins to be replicated
and the AIDS cycle begins again.

Some countries or regions, like Senegal and Bolivia, have been very
fortunate. Their bedrock is naturally elevated in selenium and their
diets
are normally high in the three amino acids. As a result, they are
rarely infected by HIV. Others, like Finland, have wisely mandated the
addition of selenium to their fertilizers, with similar results. In
contrast, some regions like Kwazulu Natal have bedrock and soils that
contain
little selenium and diets are poor in one or more of the key nutrients.
For example, corn (maize) is low in both selenium and tryptophan. As a
result, populations eating a great deal of corn are easy to infect with
HIV and die very quickly of its associated nutritional deficiencies
(AIDS).

To halt AIDS, to stop HIV from replicating, the needed nutrient levels
are high. Selenium, for example, is taken at several times the commonly
recommended daily allowance for the first month. Dosage is considered
in more detail in 'What Really Causes AIDS.' (2) This book is available
for free reading and downloading at www.hdfoster.com .

What is Orthomolecular Medicine?

Linus Pauling defined orthomolecular medicine as 'the treatment of
disease by the provision of the optimum molecular environment, especially
the optimum concentrations of substances normally present in the human
body.' Orthomolecular medicine uses safe, effective nutritional therapy
to fight illness. For more information: http://www.orthomolecular.org

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Editorial Review Board:

Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D.
Harold D. Foster, Ph.D.
Bradford Weeks, M.D.
Carolyn Dean, M.D. N.D.
Erik Paterson, M.D.
Thomas Levy, M.D., J.D.
Steve Hickey, Ph.D.

Andrew W. Saul, Ph.D., Editor.

References:

1. Foster HD. How HIV-1 causes AIDS: Implications for prevention and
treatment,' Medical Hypotheses, Vol. 62(4), p 549-553, 2004.

2. Foster HD. What really causes AIDS. Victoria, BC: Trafford, 2002.
Free download at www.hdfoster.com .

For further reading:

'HIV/AIDS: a nutrient deficiency disease,' Journal of Orthomolecular
Medicine, 2005, Vol. 20(2), p 67-69.
Environmental factors and the pathogenesis of selenium-CD-4 cell
tailspin in AIDS. Chinese Journal of AIDS and STD, Vol. 10(5), p
390-392,402
2004.

AIDS and the selenium-CD4T cell tailspin,' World Journal of Infection,
Vol. 3(6), p 456-459, 2003.
Micronutrients in pathogenesis and treatment of AIDS,' Foreign Medical
Sciences: Section of Medgeography, Vol. 24(2), p 49-53, 2003.

Why HIV-1 has diffused so much more rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa than
in North America. Medical Hypotheses, Vol. 60(4), p 611-614, 2003.

'How HIV-1 kills: Implications for the treatment and prevention of
AIDS. Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, No. 255, p 76-78, 2002.

'Aids and the 'selenium - CD4T cell tailspin': the geography of a
pandemic,' Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, No. 209, p 94-99,
2000.

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