Thank you for everyone who came to listen on our new Youtube channel! It has been great fun getting this started. We are so excited to talk about so many things! Today, I wanted to speak about Probiotics.

Sometimes I post on this subject and I feel that it is ever so redundant. But, I cannot help myself but to post on it today. I spoke to a patient I believe I posted about last year when her annual urologist visit revealed an incredible reversal of her lack of kidney function for the first time in her adult life. This is another year later and it is continuing to improve tremendously.

This is such exciting news especially given that we are doing almost nothing. Yes, almost nothing. But, sometimes nothing is everything. She was doing too much!! We took out all of the things that were problematic medicine wise (with the help of her doctor) and over time used ONE probiotic! We did use a tiny bit of SF for a period and then stopped. So for roughly two or three years, she has been on ONE probiotic and her entire life is coming back. She no longer has painful sex and is eating more and more freely and her doctor is over the moon saying that he has never seen this happen before.

This is why we do this work.

Dr.M & B

For years people have been asking us to spread our work, do have seminars or retreats or workshops. We finally came to the conclusion that creating more information in the most expeditious way possible to educate people about what we have learned all of these years was to make videos. Videos can be played over and over, and it is something we can do without taking away from being available for our patients. We made our first one and started our channel yesterday. It is informal, intentionally. As, we are not trying to impress, but simply trying to share our knowledge and create more information and help for those who need it in their own homes. Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgkAP06tlP3luldlIUJRRQ  Dr.M & B

Vertical Translocation is the concept of the carrying mother’s internal environment affecting the fetus in it’s development until birth and the impact of that thereafter.

This is different than the genetic transference from both parents to the baby, but also has a tremendous impact on the health of that baby and how he or she continues to develop after birth. What we have noticed is that babies born to our female patients having or having had IC, may show symptoms of various kinds of chronic inflammatory issues that are reflective of the mother’s condition at the time of that pregnancy. So for example, babies will often show signs of colic, eczema, allergies, etc…Sadly some (not our patients during the time of pregnancy) develop IC early on. Our youngest patient was 4 years old!!!  

This is where we as adult women who have gone through the difficult path of IC can make a massive impact on future generations! Although a baby may be born with these kinds of tendencies, they are not so difficult to rebalance and correct. The implementation of breast milk when possible and a good formula when not, the introduction of healthy foods, and supplements where necessary can point that baby’s immune system in the direction of health as opposed to furthering his or her chronic inflammatory tendencies. This is something we have seen repeatedly and it is important to know and understand.

It came to my mind this week when discussing a case with one of our patients. Her baby has developed severe eczema after recieving his shots. We are not taking an anti-vaccine position, but rather pointing out that caution must be paid in cases such as these babies being born to these mothers as they may and likely will be much more vulnerable than other babies born to mothers with no chronic inflmmatory or other health issues. At the same time, if the mother is past treatment and balanced, it is likely the baby will be just fine, as many of our patient’s babies have been. However, we felt compelled to bring this up as, this conmdition came one day after this baby’s three month shots.

Of course conditions may occur completely unrelated to shots and may simply be due to the vertical translocation exclusively. The point is to understand, to be aware, and to be active about the internal balance of your baby to ensure he or she develops in a very healthy manner and is therefore prevented from developing chronic inflmmatory problems.

Dr. M & B

We have been flagging concerns all week on the issue of Spirulina and BMAA. We went to the source which we have trusted for some time now. We have used spirulina for many years off and on now. Spirulina  offers many tremendous health benefits in terms of being anti-carcinogenic, a great natural source of B12 and numerous other important vitamins and minerals. Veing a green, it has the unique ability to offer these nutrients, while cleaning the body, and when used carefully, will not increase inflammation like amny other supplements meant to offer these same nutrients. Here are the two email exchanges from the NOW company:

Hi Dr. Brizman,

The environmental toxin beta-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) is produced by cyanobacteria, the blue-green algae that live in soil, lakes, and oceans. This  is a possible issue in Klamath Blue Green algae due to its wild status. We do not carry this type of algae.

BMAA is not an issue for cultivated algae such as chlorella, astaxanthin, nor for spirulina which are all grown in fresh water.  However, we do test for the presence and it is absent.

Thank you,

NOW Foods Product Info

—–Original Message—–
From: workbench@nowfoods.com [mailto:workbench@nowfoods.com]
Sent: Monday, April 9, 2018 9:08 PM
To: ProductInfo <productinfo@nowfoods.com>
Subject: Form submission from: Contact Us

We obtain our spirulina from several high quality suppliers in Southern India and Northern China (Inner Mongolia). The spirulina is organically grown in  remote, arid regions, far removed from pollution, by  experienced companies using man made fresh water ponds and tested to be free of impurities, microcystins, radioactivity etc.

We test each new batch of spirulina for heavy metals (lead, cadmium, arsenic and lead), microbes, radiation and other contaminants in our USA facility:https://www.nowfoods.com/supplements/quality-safety

Thank you,

NOW Foods Product Info

We thought it might be an interesting idea to ask people to share their story about how their IC started-as in, when was the very beggining of the onset of symptoms. Of course, we have heard so many stories over the years. But, if you would like to share what happened to you. Post a story to the response here and it might make for interesting conversation.

Dr. M & B

An incredible article just came to my attention this am regarding new research.

It seems to me that this discovery is very supportive to the theory of lowgrade microbial translocation described in my dissertation published in 2007. We need to learn more about this discovery. It appears to be quite important to this work and to the world of health in general.

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/interstitium-fluid-cells-organ-found-cancer-spd/

Dr. M & B

We just posted this very cool video clip on FB ICAMA. Please catch it. I’m out of the country and challenged with posting content in the usual ways so could not post here. It’s really very interesting and something we have known and advocated, but perhaps not enough. Really love this clip! Dr.M & B

If you are not already aware of it, please check out FB ICAMA. It’s been there for a couple of years, but I am uncertain of the general awareness. I posted a pic yesterday that is quite striking. Here is the story behind it: 

The before and after picture of the dog I posted yesterday is a story that is close to my heart. This is one of my many rescue animals. He came to me completely healthy and happy as a tiny puppy. Someone could not keep him, so we took him in. We would have taken him even if he had not been healthy, but he happened to be in perfect condition. That season all of my dogs had very bad fleas. It was getting to be at a critical level of needing to be treated seriously. Without my permission, this dog was given an internal flea medication which immediately after (within a month) made him lose all of his fur and even worse, he developed open wounds in his ears and all over his ypper back and torso that would bleed profusely. He was depressed, anxious, and would hide all day to be alone. His bowel movements were constant and smelled so badly (as did he) that no one could even stand the smell. It smelled, vile, like decay. This was so serious, we had his vet begin treating him for what we thought must have been some kind of microbial infection-a bacterial infection or a fungal infection, or some kind of parasite. He took ant-everything. Although he had tiny clips of tiny improvements, they regressed quickly. His itching and crying was incessant and I would be cleaning blood off my walls daily so that my home did not look like a crime investigation scene. People would come to my home and their mouths would drop. They looked at me as if there was something wrong with me for not euthanizing him. I returned their judgemental stares with incredulous disbelief that they could not understand my compassion and love. I continued to say that I would fix him and express my gratitude for him being with me, because I think there is a very short list of people who would have acted as I did. I Westernized the thinking on this dog’s problem by using Chinese medicine in a Western paradigm unsing anti-helminthic and antibiotics, etc…. not really giving Chinese medicine it’s due. Finally after two and a half years of this nightmare, I decided to look at him as if he were one of my bladder patients. Truly, the concepts are the same. Something destroyed the lining of the GUT, the microbes began to infiltrate the lymph which sets the entire body into an inflammatory cascade. As you can see from the first picture-he had virtually no fur-none on his face or head. I took that picture when he was actually better-the sores were improved a bit from the things I was doing, but the ears were very bad on the inside. I will dig up those pictures. I did not have them readily available today. The second picture shows akll of the fur back on his face and 80% of the fur back on his body and the other 20% is growing in as well. He is HAPPY, running around and playing for the first time in almost three years. I have videos I can share at another time. He is not anxious, scratching less and less every day. This dog’s life is completely changed and my heart could not be happier. I am sharing this story because, yes, animals get IC, and I have treated several (informally for friends, as I do not have a license to practice veterinary medicine) for IC, but there is a much larger point here. The application of the principals we use under the ICAMA methodology IS a basis as a model for chronic health issues including but not exclusively IC. The model that I discussed in my doctoral thesis published in 2006 applies, in my opinion, to many chronic health issues. I used in this dog two of our formulas and three other supplements together as a recipe daily. This improvement has taken place over the last two months only. It is astounding and now everyone who walks into my home and see this dog cannot stop commenting on the night and day difference in his appearance and his demeanor. I am so incredibly grateful for this body of knowledge. As we have had so many requests over these years. Boaz and I have started a Youtube channel to discuss our work and to try and offer as much help and education that we can to the world. Please stay tuned for more information. Dr. M

Just in case anyone has questions to share this week…..

Dr.M & B

In my dissertation, I discuss the concept of lowgrade microbial translocation into the lymphatic system and then into the organs. In this study, that just came to me this morning, they discuss the migration of a particular bacteria into the liver causing an auto-immune response, specifically in Lupus patients. They further discuss a vaccine to stop this. This is an intersting article. According to my work, I feel that it is much more than one bacterium, but this work is very much what I have been saying since I published my dissertation in 2006. I thought this was a great article for everyone to read: https://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/leaky-gut-lets-bacteria-slip-away-and-stir-up-autoimmunity/81255571 

Dr.M & B

Another week past-Would love to know what’s on your mind (s)? Dr.M & Boaz

I recieved this from a patient who worked with me and is now enjoying her life with her family and continuing her journey of health. She coincidentally shared this book with me and since we were speaking about book reviews, I asked her If I could share the email removing names. I am well aware of the research she is referring to here. I have always stood by this and think it is so completely fascinating. Here it is 🙂

“Dear Dr. Matia,

Well, we had an awful lot of views and reads this past week, but, no real commentary. I would love to invite questions or thoughts should any of you have something to share. I also get many people suggesting books lately. I love this. I would really love it even more if with any suggestion, a couple paragraphs could be written to share about the book and I could post it. I read every day constantly, but, of course, its hard to keep up with every book and every video. If you have something you felt is relevant to this, please share.

Also just a reminder, the second you feel sick-stop your normal protocol. That’s the time to stop it fast. Viruses and bacteria feed off things that make you stronger-they cannot discern the difference. This includes probiotics except in very specific types of urinary and bladder infection. Even daily vitamins and simple foods like honey can strengthen an infection, so it is best to not include those when you know you are unwell. 

Starting on herbs like Ear formula, Gan Mao Ling, Goldenseal, etc…. is always a good idea once you have felt those initial feelings of being sick and you decide to stop your regular protocol. If you regular protocol includes those kinds of herbs they may be OK to continue, depending on what you are taking. In most cases, they are fine. 

It seems like every year the flu viruses are getting stronger and stronger, and definitely bacterial infections are becoming increasingly resistant due to the overuse of antibiotics. Taking herbs as a methodology to treat yourself or your family when you are sick in one thing that can be done to lessen this growing problem in today’s health issues. Further avoiding antibiotics as much as possible help protect our GUT, which can be knocked down for at least 6 months post antibiotic treatment, which, as you all know by now, is fundamentally relevant to the health of the entire body.

Dr. M & B

It’s been a great week for us, making some decisions on moving forward and upgrading info on the website. Having the time to do this is like a breath of fresh air! We are really looking forward to all of these changes and being able to help in a bigger and broader way.

Please share your thoughts for the week, let us know what is on your mind.

Dr. M & B