APPENDIX C:
TREATMENT REPERTOIRE

In this appendix, I have picked several health conditions that respond well to the EcoTox program to give an example of how it might be necessary to adopt an individualized approach to your specific health care concern. For all the health conditions outlined here, use the EcoTox program in combination with the following additions. These recommendations should be used along with the recommendations and supervision of a qualified, licensed health professional and are not meant to suggest that these treatment strategies, as a self-care program, are a replacement for good medical care. Call Dr. Bennett’s clinic (250-544-4331) if you have any questions.

Crohn’s Disease

Acute cases:

• Rice protein and clear vegetable broth only until bleeding and pain stops
• Herbal demulcents (Robert’s Formula 2 caps three times per day)
• Glutamine: 500 mg three times per day
• Pancreatin: one tab with meals

Chronic cases:

• Eliminate food allergies (wheat, dairy, eggs, corn, yeast, brassica vegetables) and candida
• Pancreatin: one tab with meals
• Essential fatty acids (fish oil): 1 g three times per day
• Vitamin E: 800 IU per day
• Glutamine: 500 mg three times per day
• Vitamin B₁₂: 1,000 mg per day
• Vitamin A: 30,000 IU per day
• Folic acid: 2 to 20 mg per day
• Zinc picolinate: 30 mg twice per day
• Copper: 2 to 4 mg per day
• Lactobacillus acidophilus/Saccharomyces boulardii: one dose twice a day
• Multiple vitamin/mineral: once per day
• Curcumin (inhibits lipid peroxidation and increases hepatic glutathione concentrations): 400 mg three times per day
• Green barley powder: 1 teaspoon three times per day in fresh juice

Colitis

Acute cases:

• Rice protein and clear vegetable broth only until bleeding and pain stops
• Herbal demulcents (Robert’s Formula: 2 caps three times per day)
• Glutamine: 500 mg three times per day
• Vitamin A: 100,000 IU per day for 3 weeks and then taper down to 30,000 IU per day
• Aloe juice: drink three times per day
• Pancreatin: one tab with meals

Chronic cases:

• Eliminate food allergies (wheat, dairy, eggs, corn, yeast, brassica vegetables) and candida
• Pancreatin: one tab with meals
• Essential fatty acids (fish oil): 1 g three times per day
• Vitamin E: 800 IU per day
• Glutamine: 500 mg three times per day
• Vitamin B₁₂: 1,000 mg per day
• Vitamin A: 30,000 IU per day
• Folic acid: 2 to 20 mg per day
• Zinc picolinate: 30 mg twice per day
• Copper: 2 to 4 mg per day
• Lactobacillus acidophilus/Saccharomyces boulardii
• Multiple vitamin/mineral
• Curcumin (inhibits lipid peroxidation and increases hepatic glutathione concentrations): 400 mg three times per day
• Green barley powder: 1 teaspoon three times per day in fresh juice

Fatigue

Get a good diagnosis. The following are the main causes of fatigue seen in my clinic:

• Epstein-Barr virus
• CMV (cytomegalovirus)
• Candida
• Chronic disease
• Depression
• High or low blood sugar or high insulin
• Vitamin and mineral deficiency
• Food allergies
• Adrenal and DHEA insufficiencies
• Dysbiosis
• Hypothyroidism
• Protein deficiency
• Anemia

If all these are ruled out, use the seven-day detoxification program, making sure to use adequate rice protein shakes during the seven days. Add the following:

• Vitamin B₁₂ injections three times per week for one month
• Strict avoidance of sugar, caffeine, alcohol, and refined foods (white flour) for three months
• DHEA if levels are low
• Potassium and magnesium aspartate: 100 mg each twice per day

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia simply means that your muscles hurt for some unknown reason. It is defined as nonarticular rheumatism characterized by widespread musculoskeletal aching and stiffness as well as tenderness on pressure at tender points. Fibromyalgia is usually diagnosed when the pains are of greater than three months’ duration, usually accompanied by fatigue and anxiety or depression. There are an estimated three to six million people afflicted with this disorder, the majority of whom are women between 25 and 45 years of age, with females outnumbering males by six to one. These patients tend to present themselves to their physicians as stressed, tense, depressed, and anxious. It may be induced or intensified by physical or mental stress, chronic overwork, poor sleep or sleep disorders, physical or emotional trauma, depression, exposure to dampness or cold, and occasionally by a systemic, usually rheumatic, disorder.

Fibromyalgia is a complex syndrome with no known cause or cure and should probably be called “muscular rheumatism.” Any fibromuscular tissues may be involved, but those of the neck, lower back (lumbago), shoulders, thorax (chest pain), and thighs (aches and spasms) are especially affected.

In addition to generalized pain, there is ususally also stiffness, fatigue, poor sleep, and a sensation of swelling and tingling. Biochemical mechanisms are theorized to be due to increased substance P, decreased serotonin, decreased GABA, decreased norepinephrine, and decreased enkephalins. Some research now indicates that fibromyalgia patients may be deficient in certain nutrients required for the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in the mitochondria. ATP synthesis requires the presence of magnesium, coenzyme Q₁₀, glutathione, and other antioxidants.

Aluminum toxicity may also play a role in symptoms experienced by a magnesium-deficient fibromyalgia patient because magnesium is needed to help the body block the toxic effects of aluminum. Aluminum inhibits glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation, resulting in decreased intramitochondrial ATP production. Additionally, because of its high affinity for phosphate groups, aluminum blocks the absorption and utilization of phosphates vital to the synthesis of ATP. This further contributes to the problem of intramitochondrial phosphate deficiency.

After completing the detoxification program, you can begin to rule out one or more causes of fibromyalgia:

• Food allergies (wheat, dairy, eggs, corn, yeast)
• Candida
• Toxic metals: mercury is the most common offender in our patients
• Adrenal deficiency leading to severe muscle pain, especially in posttraumatic stress disorder
• Loss of sleep
• Depression
• Vitamin and mineral deficiency
• DHEA insufficiency
• Intestinal microflora imbalance
• Protein deficiency
• Emotional trauma

People suffering from fibromyalgia may find the following supplements helpful:

• Begin a course of magnesium therapy. We have found amazing results from using intravenous magnesium therapy. If possible, have a lab measure magnesium levels using a whole blood elemental analysis.
• Magnesium malate (malic acid is part of the TCA cycle that is needed to increase ATP) with potassium/magnesium aspartate to get rid of lactic acid: 300 mg twice per day.
• Epsom salt baths.
• Selenium: 100 to 250 μ/day with vitamin E.
• Pantothenic acid: 500 mg twice per day.
• Licorice root: ¼ teaspoon per day of solid extract (watch for increased blood pressure).

Chronic and Migraine Headaches

Chronic headaches have several key causes:

1. Musculoskeletal spasm in the neck: Classically starts at the back of the neck and radiates forward with potential secondary vascular spasm.
2. Vascular: Vasoconstriction is commonly caused by coffee, alcohol, chocolate, wine, and beer.
3. Hormonal: Headaches are cyclic, usually before the menstrual period. This can also be caused by anemia and low iron stores. High estrogen and low progesterone around day 18 lead to headaches and could require the addition of supplemental progesterones.
4. Hypertensive: Found to be related to high blood pressure.
5. Food allergy: Wheat is the most common food to cause headaches followed by dairy and corn.
6. Constipation: The blood becomes toxic because of absorbed toxins from fecal waste sitting too long in the body.
7. Dehydration: Low water intake combined with too much coffee (a natural diuretic) makes the blood too concentrated.
8. Excess sleep: Too much rest and sleeping outside the normal body rhythms can cause headaches.
9. Low blood sugar: Eating refined carbohydrates spikes insulin, causing a drop in blood sugar several hours later. One of the symptoms of low blood sugar is headaches.
10. Dental disorders: Dental mercury, chronic root canal inflammation, and poor jaw alignment can cause headaches.

After completing the seven-day detoxification program, use the following strategies to combat headaches:

• Adequate water: 3 quarts per day
• Massage to relax the muscles of the neck
• Elimination of coffee, caffeine, sugar, and alcohol
• Magnesium: 300 mg twice per day

Migraine headaches are thought to be caused by serotonin release from blood platelets. This causes a constriction in blood vessels followed by rebound vasodilation due to platelet aggregation. Food allergies, hormones, and intestinal toxicity are the most common causes of the platelets that create migraine headaches.

After completing the seven-day detoxification program, use the following strategies to combat migraines:

• Adequate water: 3 quarts per day
• Elimination of coffee, caffeine, sugar, and alcohol
• Magnesium: 300 mg twice per day
• Feverfew: 50 to 82 mg per day; takes 4 to 6 weeks to work. For acute attacks, 1,000 to 2,000 mg. Feverfew prevents degranulation of platelets and thus decreases serotonin release. If feverfew isn’t working, follow up with ginkgo, which inhibits platelet aggregation factor.
• Vitamin B₂: 400 mg per day with breakfast

For acute migraines, try the following:

• Meyer’s intravenous magnesium injection.

For weight loss, try the following:

• Avoid food allergies.
• Make sure there is no “occult” hypothyroidism.
• Take no carbohydrates at your evening meal.
• Avoid all snacks, and eat only three meals per day.
• Shoot for losing 1 pound per week after doing the seven-day EcoTox program. Remember, for every 1 pound lost, this is equivalent to 3,500 calories.
• Aerobic exercise for 15 minutes three to four times a day. Maximum heart rate level is 220 minus age. Ideally, you want to achieve 60 to 85 percent of maximum rate (usually 120 to 160).
• Do not go on a diet providing fewer than 1,500 calories per day.
• Take 300 mg of Guggulipid three times per day.