Pam Bower wrote:

> >From http://www.raystrand.com
>
> PARKINSON'S DISEASE
> Specific Nutritional Supplement Recommendations
>
> I feel that it is very important for my patients with Parkinson’s disease
> to be on a high quality nutritional supplement program. Since the medical
> evidence is demonstrating that the underlying cause of Parkinson’s disease
> is oxidative stress, I want my patients on the most potent antioxidant
> supplements they can find. I also believe that the earlier a patient begins
> their supplement program after they have been diagnosed as having
> Parkinson’s disease, the better. The medical literature has demonstrated
> that the progression of their disease can be slowed down with the use of
> antioxidants. I have actually seen some of my patients with Parkinson’s
> disease show improvements in their disease when they begin taking the
> supplement program I am recommending.
>
> I recommend a very aggressive nutritional supplementation program for my
> patients that have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. In my office, I
> recommend that my patients take Usana Nutritional Supplements. I believe
> that they are the most potent antioxidant supplements on the market today.
> The main reasons that I recommend the Usana Products to my patients are:
>
> 1.They are pharmaceutical-grade nutritional supplements. In other words,
> they are manufactured in a FDA-registered facility and follow good
> manufacturing practices. In other words, Usana produces these supplements
> with same quality control as a pharmaceutical company uses to produce a
> brand named drug.
>
> 2.They are complete and balanced. They provide all of the essential
> nutrients to the cell at optimal levels, not RDA levels. This allows me not
> to worry about in what nutrients my patients may be depleted, but rather
> allows the cell to decide what it needs and does not need.
>
> 3.They are simple to take, and the compliance of my patients is greatly
> increased.
>
> 4.The antioxidants and their supporting nutrients are allowed to work in
> synergy, which makes them very potent in handling oxidative stress.
>
> 5.I believe they are the most potent antioxidant supplements in their
> ability to handle oxidative stress.
>
> In my Parkinson’s disease patients, I recommend that they take the Usana
> Essentials, Cal/Mag, Optomega, GinkoPS, E Prime and Proflavanol. I have my
> patients take their nutritional supplements three times per day with meals.
> These nutrients are better absorbed and better tolerated when taken with
> food. I usually start them on just one tablet of each nutrient with each
> meal. When I am sure they are tolerating this level of supplementation, I
> will slowly increase these nutrients until I have them at the desired level
> of supplementation. I also make sure they are tolerating all the
> nutritionals for a couple of weeks before I even have them start the
> Cal/Mag. I will then slowly introduce the Cal/Mag because it may initially
> cause some loose stools. However, if added slowly after the patient is
> tolerating all the other nutrients, this usually does not happen or will at
> least be transient.
>
> I recommend the following schedule to my patients with Parkinson’s disease:
>
> AM with Breakfast:
>
> 1 Mega Antioxidant
> 1 Chelated Mineral
> 2 Proflavanol
> 2 Cal/Mag
> 1 Ginko-Ps
> 1 E Prime
> 2 tsps Optomega
>
> Noon with Lunch
>
> 1 Mega Antioxidant
> 1 Chelated Mineral
> 2 Proflavanol
> 2 Cal/Mag
> 1 Ginko-Ps
> 1 E Prime
>
> PM with Evening Meal
>
> 1 Mega Antioxidant
> 1 Chelated Mineral
> 2 Proflavanol
> 2 Cal/Mag
> 1 Ginko-Ps
> 1 E Prime
>
> This is my goal as to the level of supplements that I would like my
> patients to be taking. When I begin a nutritional supplement program with
> my patients with Parkinson’s disease, I am actually looking for
> improvement. Proflavanol and the GinkoPS are the main optimizers for
> Parkinson’s disease. Proflavanol is 50 times more potent than vitamin E and
> it readily gets into the fluid in and around the brain. Ginko biloba has
> been combined with PS (phosphatidylserine) to form the most potent support
> for mental function presently known. Nearly 50% of the patient’s with
> Parkinson’s disease get an Alzheimer’s like dementia. Almost all of the
> studies with Parkinson’s disease have been done with very high doses of
> vitamin E. E Prime along with the natural vitamin E in the Mega Antioxidant
> provides the absolute best vitamin E mixture at optimal levels. However,
> these optimizers still need to be taken with the Usana Essentials in order
> to get the best results.
>
> I then will see the patient back in one month to see how they are doing. If
> they are having a good clinical response, I do not make any changes to
> their program. If they have not noted any significant improvement, I will
> increase the amount of Proflavanol to three tablets with each meal, which
> makes a total of nine Proflavanol each day. I will then see them back in my
> office in another month and make the same observations. If they are showing
> significant clinical improvement, I will just keep them at this level.
> However, if they are not noting much improvement I will increase to four
> Proflavanol with each meal. I continue this pattern until I get a response
> or until they reach six Proflavanol with each meal. When I get a
> significant clinical response in my patient, there is no doubt. The patient
> is able to note improvements that can only be attributed to his or her
> nutritional supplement program. They may not be clinically or physically
> where they would like to be, however, they are convinced that they are on
> the right track. If they have not responded clinically to the nutritional
> supplement program after they have built up to 18 Proflavanol per day and
> been at this level for at least a month, they most likely will not respond.
> I can usually get a significant clinical response in the first three to
> four months. Rarely do I have to increase the Proflavanol above 12 tablets
> a day.
>
> Once I have seen a good clinical response in my patients, I will leave them
> at this level of supplementation for a few months. Then I will slowly
> decrease the amount of Proflavanol they are taking down to what I call a
> maintenance level. This is the level of Proflavanol needed to maintain any
> of the improvement they have received from the supplement program. If they
> begin to get worse as I am decreasing the Proflavanol, I will simply
> increase the amount of Proflavanol again. I simply use the least amount of
> Proflavanol needed to maintain their improvement.
>
> If my patients do not see any obvious clinical improvement, I will back
> them off to just six Proflavanol each day. There is still good medical
> evidence that patients who are taking these potent, antioxidants are at
> least able to slow down the progression of their disease. This is my
> secondary goal. If I am unable to get a significant clinical improvement, I
> at least feel that we are able to slow down the progression of their disease.
>
> I find that it is best if my patients take their nutritional supplements
> with food. This allows for better absorption and tolerance of the
> supplements. Eighty percent of my patients tolerate their nutritional
> program with absolutely no problem. However, occasionally my patients will
> complain of mild to moderate body aches and maybe headaches. These
> nutrients are potent and they allow the body to finally be able to detoxify
> (clearing the toxins from the body). This is usually temporary and
> transient, and lasts only a few days to a week or two at the most. Rarely,
> it is severe and I have to advise my patients to stop their nutritionals
> for a few days. It is just too much, too fast. I then start them back on
> the products slowly, having them take one tablet from each bottle each day.
> Once this level is tolerated for a few days, I will increase to two tablets
> from each bottle. Then I will finally increase to the full dose. I have
> always been able to get all my patients on these nutrients. I find it
> interesting that the individual patients who have the most aches and pains
> always seem to have the best results.
>
> Some of my patients may experience an upset stomach after a few days. This
> is usually related to the potent vitamin C that is contained in the Mega
> Antioxidant. I have them stop the Mega Antioxidant for a few days and then
> start with just one of the Mega Antioxidants with their largest meal. After
> they are tolerating that level of Mega Antioxidant, I will add a second
> tablet with their next biggest meal and eventually add a third Mega
> Antioxidant.
>
> Some patients will start to have loose stools and even may get diarrhea.
> This is one of the ways the body detoxifies itself, so I am not real
> concerned for the most part. However, sometimes their bottom gets pretty
> sore. The most likely culprit is the Cal/Mag. Therefore, I usually like to
> have my patients tolerating all the nutritionals for several days before I
> add the Cal/Mag. Then I add it slowly until they are taking 4 to 6 Cal/Mag
> each day spread throughout the day with meals. Some of my patients actually
> tolerate the Cal/Mag better if they take them all at bedtime. Calcium
> citrate actually causes constipation, and it is the magnesium that
> increases the motility of the GI tract and leads to the loose stools. If my
> patients are usually constipated, they love the Cal/Mag. However,
> occasionally I have to add some straight calcium citrate to the Cal/Mag in
> order to control the loose stools. I strongly believe in trying to get my
> patients to take as much of the Cal/Mag as possible, since magnesium
> deficiency is related to over 300,000 cardiac deaths each year. Proflavanol
> can cause diarrhea on occasion, also. This is usually not as significant,
> and my patients can usually build up to the recommended dose in a very
> short time.
>
> I will occasionally see a dull, red rash that appears more like a sunburn
> or dry red skin. This is not evidence of an allergic reaction but rather
> another way that body detoxifies. The skin is an important way that the
> body gets rid of toxins. It will occasionally cause this mild red rash
> which is transient.
>
> Minerals can cause a natural relaxation response as they are absorbed into
> the body. This does not happen very often, but when it does my patients get
> concerned. I advise them to just take all their minerals at bedtime. They
> not only tolerate them better, but it also allows them to possibly sleep
> better at night.
>
> As I mentioned earlier, well over eighty percent of my patients tolerate
> their nutritional supplement program with no problems. All the potential
> problems that I have mentioned are temporary and transient. This is a
> dietary change for the body. You are nourishing your body like you have
> never nourished it before. You just occasionally have to give it some time
> to adjust.
>
> This is the present program that I have personally been recommending to my
> patients with Parkinson’s disease. This is not alternative medicine. The
> patient must continue to use the medications that have been prescribed to
> them by their physician. A nutritional supplement program simply improves
> the patients natural antioxidant defense system. It is never meant to
> replace a patient’s medication. I have been seeing clinical improvement
> with this level of supplementation, especially when it is started early in
> the disease. This is the main reason that I have taken the time and energy
> to share my clinical experience with you. Not everyone experiences results,
> but by following this program in my practice, I have been able to obtain
> more consistent and more long lasting clinical improvements. If you would
> personally like to start the Usana Nutritional Program that I have
> recommended on this web page, simply show these recommendations to the
> individual that directed you to this web page. If you found this web page
> through your own search, just click on this hot link with Redeeming Health
> International to get started on these amazing products.
>
> I offer personal medical consultations in my Comprehensive Wellness Clinic
> located in Rapid City, South Dakota. I also offer telephone consultations
> to patients in regards to developing their own personal supplementation
> program. The cost is $80 for the initial consult and $45 for any follow up
> consults. You may arrange either a personal visit to my office or a
> telephone consultation by calling 605-342-7785.
>
> If you have had or if you do have a significant clinical response to this
> nutritional program, I would like to hear from you. Time restrictions do
> not allow me to respond to everyone. However, this is how I have learned
> what I am sharing with you today. Please send me a very short and concise
> case history regarding your clinical response to Comprehensive Wellness
> Publishing, PO Box 9226, Rapid City, SD 57709. Please include details of
> any specific laboratory or clinical improvements that you or your physician
> has noted since starting this nutritional program.
>
> Disclaimer:
>
> The information shared on these web pages is for educational purposes only.
> Every effort has been made to make this web page as accurate as possible.
> It is the review of scientific evidence and my personal clinical experience
> in using nutritional supplements. This information is not intended for
> self-diagnosis, treatment, or the justification for accepting or declining
> any medical treatment for any health problems or diseases. Any application
> of the information presented in these web pages is at the reader's own
> discretion. Therefore, any individual who has a specific health problem
> should consult his or her health care provider licensed in his or her state
> of residence before starting any nutritional program.

BIG SNIP

> Ray Strand, M.D.
>
> 1999 Ray D. Strand M.D.
>
> All the materials published on this web site are the property of Ray D.
> Strand, M.D. Copyright 1999. All rights are reserved. The materials and
> information contained herein cannot be edited, altered, or used in any
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>
> "There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different
> from the things we do." - Author Unknown

Nice name.
the Dr. has a nice ring to it.
middle initial is different from mine--I'm not him--no relation
comes from Rapid City, SD which is way out in the Abyss

My sister is Dr. M. Strand, M.D. from Washington  state.

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