I don’t have a spectacularly interesting story to tell you. Rather, I think my story is one of prevention. I first heard you [Dr. David Beaulieu] on the radio at least twenty years ago, it was when you were first starting Preventics. I had a three year old and a new baby at the time and had taken up running to lose my baby weight. I realized that I was asking a lot of my body and thought your supplement program sounded like a good idea. I started out just taking the GlycoMin, C-1000 and Bone 350 products. I have nothing terribly spectacular to report, except that I was healthy.
A few years later, I went through a stage that I quit taking the supplements, who knows what I was thinking, but it didn’t work out well for me at all. I was running a lot of marathons and caught a nasty virus after one marathon. To make a long story short, I ended up in the hospital with bacterial pneumonia and my asthma hopelessly out of control. Needless to say, I started taking the supplements from Preventics again. That was about 15 years ago and I haven’t even had a cold since, much less a serious illness.
My asthma is pretty much ok as long as I don’t pet cats or go in moldy basements. From a strict scientific standpoint, it is difficult to prove that my supplementation program is what keeps me healthy. However, I am surrounded by people who are sick on a regular basis and have all sorts of other chronic and acute health issues. I have only my allergies to deal with.
Coincidentally, I run a molecular infectious disease laboratory here in Kansas City. One of the tests we perform is an assay called ImmuKnow, that measures the functionality of a person’s cell mediated immunity. The assay accomplishes this by measuring the ability of the patient’s CD4 cells to respond to a stimulant. We run this assay for transplant patients to assist their physician in establishing correct dosages of their immunosuppressive drugs that keep them from rejecting their new organ. When a person has too much of these drugs their immune system is over-depressed and they are needlessly susceptible to infections. Each time we run the assay we must have a “normal control” to make sure the assay is functioning properly. All of the employees here take turns donating their blood to be the assay control. Each time I am the control for the assay, my values are off the chart, way higher than anyone else’s.
I get teased a lot, but a lot of my co-workers have quietly started asking me what I do to make my immune system be so supercharged. Several have even had me bring in the Preventics catalog and they have started ordering supplements, too.
Each one of them has told me that their regular physician tells them that supplementation is not necessary and they can meet all their nutritional needs from their food. I am amazed that people believe that considering how processed and poisoned our food sources are now.
Another issue, is trying to get people to understand that all nutritional supplements are not created equal. The products one can purchase at Sam’s Club are simply not worth a penny and folks might as well not bother at all. I am amazed how people will pinch pennies on their health, but spend ridiculous amounts of money on their vehicles and entertainment.
Over the years, I have added more products in to round out my supplementation program as I age (I just turned 50) and as more becomes known about the optimal levels of certain nutrients. A couple of years ago I added CoEnzyme Q10. I have noticed a boost in my energy level from that. A few months ago, I ran out and kept forgetting to order more CoEnzyme Q10. I noticed my energy level go down, and then rebound when I finally remembered to order. I was not aware that was one of the benefits and was not taking it for that reason, but it sure seems to be the case for me. As for my allergies, I am looking forward to starting NAET treatments this spring and saying good-bye to a lifetime of aggravation from allergies.
Thanks very much for providing quality products at a fair price.
Sharon Arnoldi
