In Nutricology’s latest In Focus newsletter, two doctors report on using lumbrokinase to help break up the biofilms in Lyme patients who don’t seem to improve on antibiotics or herbal antimicrobials alone. Lumbrokinase is a group of six, novel proteolytic enzymes derived from the earthworm Lumbricus rubellas. Researchers are saying it has the power to dissolve clots and protect against ischemic heart disease and stroke, lower fibrinogen levels in cancer patients, dissolve bacterial biofilms present in chronic infections in conditions like autism and Lyme disease, and regulate hypercoagulation.
Marty Ross, M.D. of Kent, Washington says he uses it on his toughest patients; those that do not improve while on antibiotics. He says these patients usually herx when they add in the lumbrokinase. Gary Sconyers, N.D. is a naturopath in Texas who uses lumbrokinase on all his lyme patients. He also uses nattokinase with some patients, but finds the lumbrokinase most effective with his difficult lyme cases…read the full article
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Earthwalker is the username that PT founder Julie Genser created for her online interactions so many years ago when first creating Planet Thrive.
Julie's (Earthwalker's) life was derailed over twenty years ago when she had a very large organic mercury exposure after she naively used a mouth thermometer to measure the temperature of just-boiled milk while making her very first pizza at home. The mercury instantly expanded into a gas form and exploded out the back of the thermometer right into her face. Unaware that mercury was the third most neurotoxic element on Earth, Julie had no idea she had just received a very high dose of a poisonous substance.
A series of subsequent toxic exposures over the next few years -- to smoke from two fires (including 9/11), toxic mold, lyme disease, and chemical injuries -- caused catastrophic damage to her health. While figuring out how to survive day-to-day, and often minute-to-minute, she created Planet Thrive to help others avoid some of the misdiagnoses and struggles she had experienced.
She has clawed her way over many health mountains to get to where she is today. She is excited to bring the latest iteration of Planet Thrive to the chronic illness community.
In 2019, Julie published her very first cookbook e-book called Low Lectin Lunches (+ Dinners, Too!) after discovering how a low lectin, gluten free diet was helping manage her chronic fascia/muscle pain.
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The link to view the entire article is not working…..
Thank you for letting me know. They must’ve changed the links on their website. I have updated it with the PDF for the full newsletter – you’ll have to scroll through it to find the article. Thanks again, Julie