Dietrich Klinghardt's, M.D., PhD protocol to Lyme and chronic disease is not an antibiotic treatment; rather, his protocol calls for using natural agents to control the organism. . Klinghardt reminds us that many individuals suffer from a metabolic disorder wherein chemical forms of porphyrins circulate abnormally due to insufficiency of certain nutrients. Townsend Letter, July 09. This metabolic disorder is defined as KPU (Krytopylurria) and is a part of your initial assessment at Natural Health Innovations.

Dr. Klinghardt thinks that detoxification is based on a triad of mechanisms: "The body always strives to achieve equilibrium between stored unresolved emotional issues, toxin (heavy metal) retention, and the presence of pathogenic microbes. The reverse axiom: A patient cannot be 'detoxed' beyond the degree to which emotional issues are also released."

His approach to detoxification includes the use of energetic approaches to deal with stresses the patient faces with energy dysfunction.

Natural Health Innovations uses a nutritional/natural health approach to Lyme disease symptoms and other chronic illnesses with cutting edge nutritional techniques developed by Dr. Klinghardt which incorporate the Five Levels of Healing along with KPU testing. This approach is complementary to an individual's present treatment and assists the body to promote it's own healing. We use Autonomic Response Testing to check each step in the protocol to determine those nutraceutical agents that are proper recommendations for each individual. For more information contact Julia at 713-581-8108.

Dr. Klinghardt believes that Lyme disease is grossly underdiagnosed and is a component in many chronic diseases, especially neurologic disease. At the Northwest Association of Naturopathic Physicians meeting in Seattle last May, Klinghardt lectured that Lyme disease is missed because western blot testing for Borrelia antibody is rarely part of the work-up. When physicians do consider Lyme disease, typically an ELISA antibody study is done to rule it out. Klinghardt thinks that this is a great injustice, as the ELISA study is nearly always negative and misses the presence of Borrelia. Further, he notes that coinfection with organisms such as Bartonella, Ehrlichia, and Babesia is nearly always missed due to a failure of suitable lab diagnostics. Townsend Letter, July 09

Kryptopylurria - KPU

"Kryptopylurria (KPU) is a frequent co-factor in patients with: 1) heavy metals toxicity (detox pathways are overwhelmed and ineffective, lack of glutathione); 2) Lyme disease (microbes induce KPU enzymes to deplete white cells of zinc and weaken their fighting abilities); 3) Many -if not most – neurological illnesses (common in MS, Parkinson, Depression, Autism)."

"Most of the autistic children are cases of Lyme disease contracted congenitally," said Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt of Washington.

He also stated that almost all of his Lyme patients have kryptopyrroluria (KPU). "There are 300 enzymes that are zinc dependent," Dr. Klinghardt explained. "The bugs figured out to block one of these enzymes to make you pee out your zinc and disarm your immune system. It is genius! It is one of the bugs' molecular mechanisms that has not been found yet, but we know they can do it. If you do not have zinc, the body substitutes cadmium or lead or aluminum or mercury. When the substitution is made, the person becomes highly toxic". Autistic kids have a difficult time mobilizing mercury. And according to Dr. Klinghardt this is happening in many individuals throughout the world.

About Dietrich Klinghardt, M.D. Ph.D.

Dr. Klinghardt has been the pioneer of many detoxification strategies and is considered one of the world's leading authorities in this rapidly advancing field. He was Elected Physician Of The Year 2007 by the International College of Integrative Medicine for his deep understanding of chronic disease. Dr Klinghardt has been a pioneer in helping those with toxicity for over 30 years and has devised many protocols to assist in its elimination using both natural and pharmaceutical chelation agents. Dr. Klinghardt is known for his successful treatment of Lyme disease, chronic pain, autism, and chronic illness.

Autoimmune, Chronic Fatigue, and Lyme Disease

"According to CDC statistics, reported cases of Lyme disease rose by nearly 38 percent between 2007 and 2008. Some are now questioning whether Lyme disease might in fact be a silent epidemic. Millions of people who are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, Alzheimer's, chronic fatigue syndrome and other degenerative diseases could actually have Lyme disease causing or contributing to their condition". Joseph Mercola, M.D., August, 2009.

For more information contact Julia Marino, Naturopath, DNM, LPHC at 713-581-8108

Chemical and Heavy Metal Toxicity

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