By: Glenna Byers

Glenna Byers — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:23:37 +0000

Thanks for answers on Deflect. That helped me understand better. Sounds
like a good thing for me to be on - generally and also since Kathy’s message
mentioned the fibromyalgia & thyroid type problems. While neither of those
have been positively diagnosed yet, those are the things the doctor keeps
mentioning. My last thyroid test squeaked me in at the very bottom of the
normal range but my ND isn’t opposed to trying meds for that because he said
most people feel better with it in the higher range. Sarah, yes, my
allergies are calming down - thank goodness! Now if I can just get better
about the wheat!
Claudia
Type O in NW Oklahoma

By: Esmeralda Christal

Esmeralda Christal — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 04:25:37 +0000

DEFLECT is a natural product composed of blocking sugars designed to interfere
with the
adherence of troublesome dietary lectins. Since many
lectins are ABO blood type specific, there are 4 different DEFLECT formulas: one
for each blood
type. The blocking sugars in DEFLECT can be
considered sacrifical molecules that attach to carbohydrate receptors on the
lectins,
rendering them unable to bind to the cells of the body.
The DEFLECT formulas provide a source of free blocking amino sugars (blue) which
bind and block
lectins before they can attach to the cells.
Since each blood type is succeptible to lectins with different carbohydrate
specificities, Dr.
DAdamo designed formulas to block lectins by

using mono and poly saccharides specific for each blood type. Situations where
DEFLECT
products may be indicated include:
Carbohydrate intolerant individuals who typically gain weight on high
carbohydrate diets.
Leaky Gut and intestinal dysbiosis.
* Food sensitivies.
Individuals with a low inflammatory threshold.
These ABO specific formulas block the effects of dietary lectins before
they cause
damage, by providing a source of free blocking
carbohydrate. Since each blood type is susceptible to lectins with different
carbohydrate
specificities, weve designed formulas which block
lectins by using mono and polysaccharides specific for each blood type. DEFLECT
products are
also an excellent source of soluble and insoluble
fiber for that particular blood type.
1. Deflect isn’t going to allow you to regularly consume avoids any more
than a
bullet-proof vest can’t protect your head, arms or
legs. It may have some value as a ‘morning-after’ pill, but beyond that I would
not posit…
2. It is used to primarily repair lectin damage, typically by lowering
the activity of
lectins in the gut and blood. Some lectins are
are not food derived (such as bacteria, Candida, pollen, or even our own immune
systems) and
dietary avoidance will not inhibit them.
3. One way this repair mechanism works is by ‘prying off’ lectins which
have already
adhered to cellular receptors, such as insulin.
Since insulin blockage by dietary lectins has been linked to both insulin
resistance and
obesity, using DEFLECT can help accelerate weight
reduction in diet-compliant individuals by speeding up the time it takes for the
regeneration
of new insulin receptors or the ‘cleansing’ of
the old ones. This can take upwards of one year in some individuals who just
follow the diet,
and explains why some dieters do not see weight
loss in the early stages of the program. It is because of
this ‘lectin-locking’ function that many other diets (which do have accelerated
weight loss in
their early stages) cause their followers to
lose muscle mass and fat -when what we want is to lose only the fat. If the
weight loss in
ER4YT is occasionally slow, at least it is healthy:
Losing only body fat means that that a person’s weight loss can sometimes be
only 50% as rapid
as other programs which are destroying muscle
and fat. The problem is that muscle is hard to get back, and any drop in muscle
mass results
in a lower metabolic rate, leaving the dieter
more likely to gain back the weight, but this time only in body fat.
4. Many lectins can amplify the effects of auto-immune disease, such as
thyroiditis,
rheumatoid arthritis, schleroderma, fibromylagia
and pemphigus. Research shows that some of the lectins which can cause this may
actually be
manufactured by the body itself (serum lectins). By
acting as sacrificial molecules, Deflect can block this action.
5. Many people with ‘food sensitivities’ or ‘leaky gut’ have a phenomena
called ‘active
endocytosis’ where prior lectin damage results
in an intestinal absorption surface that actively scoops up macromolecules.
Because these
larger molecules are very antigenic, then tend to
increase local inflammation and thus increase the leaky gut. Again, by acting
like ’sacrifical
molecules’ Deflect can block this, while also
inhibiting bacterial adhesion to the gut as well (bacteria use their own lectins
to attach to
the intestines) a secondary cause of leaky gut.
The amino sugars in DEFLECT can also help prevent re-infection by H. pylorri and
many
gram-negative bacteria which cause bladder infections, by
flooding their own lectin receptors, thereby
preventing adhesion, the first step needed for infection.
6. The amino sugars in Deflect encourage healthy bowel flora, although
they don not
provide a source of flora themselves. These same
amino sugars are healthy enhancers of joint gliding surface and synovia as well.
blessings,
kathy s
**want Dr D’s (NAP) products? Send message to kksmith@…

By: Rigoberto Kati

Rigoberto Kati — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 20:14:12 +0000

I only take it when I need it and just one cap will do for me. Used to take it
every day at the beginning of the diet, and then just one a day. It sure helps
when you eat avoids, which I try NOT to do too often. LOL
Emmi
PS. if I remember right Dr. D said (somewhere way back when), the full dose is
only for the first while on the diet, it also helps with weight loss. Someone
please correct me, if I remember wrong.

By: jacobs100

jacobs100 — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:18:19 +0000

In a message dated 8/3/2002 8:46:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, remclm@…
writes:
<< Someone please explain to me about the Deflect. If I
can just take it when needed, do you just take them the one time or several
times that day?
For me, I only use it when I’ve eaten avoids. I tended to get constipated
when I used it for each meal.
Max

Comments on: Deflect Question

By: Glenna Byers

By: Esmeralda Christal

By: Rigoberto Kati

By: jacobs100