Posted 10/20/2011 9:31 PM (GMT 0)
this is a testimony that was sent to me about the protocol. i didn't fully trust it at the time and i know that not everyone gets the same results, but after seeing the difference in my life, i feel that this is a well written response that might be helpful to you.
Friday, July 15, 2005
Hello! My name is Ed Taje. I am 41 years old, from East Taunton, MA. I would like to share with you my personal experiences with nutraMetrix, in particular the line of Isotonix nutraceuticals.
Let's begin with my personal background. I am well-versed in health and nutrition, earning a degree in biology at the College of the Holy Cross, and spending two years post-graduate at Harvard Medical School. I performed cancer research, as well as surgical research with cardiovascular surgeons at Brigham & Women's Hospital. While there, my father suffered a major heart attack and underwent quadruple bypass surgery at Mass General. He was 43 at the time, and had suffered minor heart attacks beginning at age 38. I knew that I was predisposed to heart disease because he had lost his mother to heart disease when he was 15. I had always been active in sports, and took vitamin supplements along with a good diet in order to stay healthy.
Fast- forward to 1992. Thirteen years ago this past February, I suddenly began bleeding heavily with my bowel movements. I had been perfectly healthy to this point, but knowing this was not normal, I went to the Morton Hospital ER. I was admitted for a week, tests were run, and I was referred to a gastroenterologist. He told me that I had a disease called ulcerative colitis. The lining of my colon had lesions, from one end to the other. The cause of the disease is unknown, but thought to be viral, and it can be hereditary. There is no known cure other than removal of the colon, which is only done in extreme cases. There are a few drugs which are used to help control the inflammation. Dr. Solomon told me that the disease is not fatal, but I would be pretty miserable for the rest of my life. My diet had to drastically change. I could not eat any foods with fiber- basically, no grains, no fruits, and no vegetables, nothing with skin or seeds. These could get stuck in the lesions and rip them open, creating a worse situation. I had a dull pain in my belly, and I was told to get used to it, for pain killers thin the blood, which would create more bleeding from the lesions. I asked if there was any other "good news", and was told that the disease tends to become cancerous after 20 years, in which case the colon is removed. I was 29 when I heard this, and dreaded the thought of wearing a colostomy bag before I was 50.
Life went on, only a little differently. I became accustomed to going to the bathroom very often, with bleeding, and in some pain. My diet became pretty much meat and mashed potatoes, and I took a drug called Asacol to help control my situation. If I had a flare up, I had to double my dose from twelve per day to twenty-four. If that still didn't help, I was placed on Prednisone (a steroid) for a month at a time. If I forgot to take my pills for any length of time, such as a weekend, I would be in agony, and all I could do was double my dosage until I felt better. I would have a colonoscopy every two years, until I was ten years into the disease (3 years ago), at which time they became an annual event. The procedures always showed lesions present, and I would have as many as 70 biopsies taken during the procedure.
Things began to change for me back in January of 2002. My wife had been introduced to a product called OPC-3 by a friend to treat herniated disks in her neck. She was told that they were super antioxidants, and they were a natural anti-inflammatory. They not only helped her with the disk problem, but also helped alleviate her allergy symptoms. Within a few months of starting OPC-3, she was no longer taking Allegra and did not need her weekly allergy shots. I figured that the Isotonix supplements might help me, at the least they couldn't do any damage, so my New Year's resolution was to get healthier. I began by taking Isotonix OPC-3, Multitech multivitamins, Mineral Blast, and Ultimate Aloe. I took them daily in addition to the Asacol. After about four weeks, I noticed that I no longer felt the pain in my belly. As time went on, my symptoms disappeared one by one. The bleeding had stopped, my bowel movements became more solid and more regular, and overall I felt much healthier. By May, I felt good enough to try something- I decided to stop taking my Asacol for a few days, to se if I would flare up. I had no problems, so I went a little longer, and pretty soon, the weeks were going by. I have not taken any medication for my colitis since that day I stopped, back in May 2002. When I had my annual colonoscopy in December 2002, I had been medication-free for seven months. The doctor was very surprised to see that I had no lesions, and she did not take any biopsies. The previous December she had taken 70 biopsies, and the disease was very active. I was afraid to tell her that I had stopped taking my meds, so I didn't say anything. I just went on taking my Isotonix.
The past two years have been no different. I no longer take medications of any kind, and I have no symptoms of ulcerative colitis. I have confessed to my doctor that I don't take my pills, and she was angry at first, but after my last colonoscopy, she suggested that I keep doing what I am doing. She said that she can't say it would work this well with everyone, but it has obviously worked well for me. After my last colonoscopy, she stated that it looked like I have never had this disease. I feel like I never had it. Not only are all the pains and bleeding gone, but I am able to eat anything I want. I have fruit, vegetables, and whole grain breads every day (along with the occasional salsa & chips and buffalo wings!) . I can't say for sure that I am cured of this incurable disease. I do know that what I take are "supplements", things that my body cannot make. If you stop taking them, they clear your body's systems within 48 hours. It is possible that my symptoms could come back if I were to stop them, so I won't stop.
I believe the supplements have also helped me in another way. Remember, earlier I mentioned my dad's heart trouble? Well, he is now 62 and has had two quadruple bypass surgeries, and is still having difficulty with his heart. Also, my younger brother Chris died last July 2 at age 39 of a massive heart attack. His autopsy showed the cause of death as atherosclerosis, and there was evidence of scarring from previous heart attacks. Upon my arrival home from his funeral in Florida, I had my family doctor run every test possible on me to make sure that I was not at risk. He found my heart and arteries to be very sound, my stress test was the best he had ever seen, and my blood work and echocardiograms were perfect as well. My total cholesterol is 100. Just goes to show you, if you can get the proper nutrition in place, it can make a huge difference in your life!