{"id":3779,"date":"2010-08-03T06:14:31","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T04:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2015-12-07T11:53:18","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T16:53:18","slug":"chlorine-dioxide-supplement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/chlorine-dioxide-supplement\/","title":{"rendered":"Chlorine Dioxide is NOT a Supplement!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In surfing through the news this morning, I came across the following news item<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Food and Drug Adminstration <\/a>is warning\u00a0people not\u00a0to use\u00a0a supplement <\/a>that claims to treat diseases ranging from HIV to acne,\u00a0after receiving reports it is making consumers sick.\u00a0\u00a0When used as directed,\u00a0 the FDA says Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS) produces\u00a0chlorine dioxide, a potent bleach\u00a0often used\u00a0in\u00a0industrial water treatment and stripping textiles.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The FDA has received numerous reports of serious side effects including nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and\u00a0life threatening low-blood pressure from dehydration.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the FDA<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The product instructs consumers to mix the 28 percent sodium chlorite solution with an acid such as citrus juice. This mixture produces chlorine dioxide, a potent bleach used for stripping textiles and industrial water treatment. High oral doses of this bleach, such as those recommended in the labeling, can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and symptoms of severe dehydration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MMS claims to treat multiple unrelated diseases, including HIV, hepatitis, the H1N1 flu virus, common colds, acne, cancer, and other conditions. The FDA is not aware of any research that MMS is effective in treating any of these conditions. MMS also poses a significant health risk to consumers who may choose to use this product for self-treatment instead of seeking FDA-approved treatments for these conditions.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Twenty-eight percent? This is hardly dilute… by contrast, vinegar contains 4% – 8% acetic acid.<\/p>\n

I had to see this stuff to believe it… and now that I’ve seen it, I’m amazed the FDA is even allowing these jokers to stay in business! The write up is outrageous<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The answer to AIDS, hepatitis A,B and C, malaria, herpes, TB, most cancer and many more of mankind’s worse diseases has been found. Many diseases are now easily controlled. More that 75,000 disease victims have been included in the field tests in Africa. Scientific clinical trials have been conducted in a prison in the country of Malawi, East Africa.<\/p>\n

Separate tests conducted by the Malawi government produced identical 99% cure results. Over 60% of the AIDS victims that were treated in Uganda were well in 3 days, with 98% well within one month. More than 90% of the malaria victims were well in 4 to 8 hours. Dozens of other diseases were successfully treated and can be controlled with this new mineral supplement. It also works with colds, flu, pneumonia, sore throats, warts, mouth sores, and even abscessed teeth (it’s the only thing that controls and cures abscessed teeth).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So where are these “tests?”\u00a0\u00a0Suffice\u00a0it to\u00a0say that these claims are supported by exactly ZERO credible evidence. If the government of Malawi performed tests that produced such miraculous results, you’d think this would be\u00a0news worth reporting by the Ministry of Health or the National AIDS Commission. There’s nada, insofar as I can tell.<\/p>\n

Are the people behind this crap simply evil or insane? “Obscene” is the word used by one pharmacologist<\/a>, and I think it’s a good one.\u00a0 Sure, very<\/span> dilute amounts are likely to be harmless, but as my husband, a Senior Environmental Scientist with CH2M-HILL pointed out:<\/p>\n

How toxic is chlorine dioxide? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has studied the health risks fairly extensively<\/a>, since chlorine dioxide is used in some areas for disinfecting drinking water. Short-term ingestion of water containing up to 24 parts per million (that 0.0024 percent in water) did not result in adverse health effects, in some studies. Laboratory studies have been reviewed by the EPA to determine how well people tolerate very low levels of chlorine dioxide residues that might remain in drinking water after disinfection.<\/p>\n

The National Library of Medicine’s Hazardous Substances Data Bank\u00a0(HDSB) provides a case report of a couple of adults each ingesting 250 milliliters (a pint) of water with 40 ppm chlorine dioxide<\/a>, or ingestion of around 10 milligrams. They reportedly experienced sudden headaches, nausea, abdominal discomfort and light-headedness, which disappeared within minutes.<\/p>\n

There are other indications that long-term exposure may pose some risks to developing fetuses and to individuals with blood cell disorders. EPA’s recommended level for protection of human health of 2 mg\/day, over a lifetime, is based on prevention of these more sensitive effects.<\/p>\n

So, there isn’t any real surprise that drinking a 28% solution of<\/del> chlorine dioxide, even heavily diluted, would produce symptoms of gastrointestinal distress.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words, the EPA considers\u00a0chlorine dioxide\u00a0to be a human health hazard. And it’s nothing short of criminal to promise miracle cures to people suffering from serious diseases. Hopefully, if the FDA doesn’t act more decisively, the FTC will.<\/p>\n

Update: This is seriously off-the-deep-end stuff<\/a> from the “inventor” of MMS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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