Researchers on the Marshall Protocol believe that bacteria invade the nuclei of many of the body’s cells over time, causing inflammation and chronic disease. They also release substances that stop the VDR from working correctly, so DNA repair is damaged, there is no regulation of 1,25-D (the active form of vitamin D), and it is unable to produce pathogen-fighting cells such as phagocytes.
The cure therefore involves both an absolute blocking of vitamin D intake, and long-term, pulsing, low-level doses of antibiotics.
The Marshall Protocol Cure
People following the protocol take an ARB (angiotensin II receptor blocker) medication known as Benicar™ while avoiding all forms of Vitamin D or its precursors: sunlight, bright lights, and foods and supplements with vitamin D. This enables the body’s immune system to be reactivated.
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The Protocol then uses small, pulsed doses of certain antibiotics to destroy the intracellular bacteria. The low doses are used to proportionally control the rate of bacterial death – if this occurs too fast, it is dangerously overwhelming for the patient’s system. The loss of white and red cells and the cytokine storm that accompanies that has to be controlled so it does not become life-threatening.
The antibiotics used are those known as “protein synthesis inhibitors” (PSI) which are effective against "cell wall-deficient" forms of the original parent bacteria. These antibiotics differ from the commonly used beta-lactam antibiotics, such as penicillins, cephalosporins and related compounds which work by inhibiting the cell wall of bacteria. They are not effective against the Cell Wall Deficient (CWD) bacteria that cause Th1 inflammation.
How Can The Marshall Protocol Kill Bacteria It Hasn’t Identified?
Researchers on the Protocol are working to establish exactly which chronic pathogens cause inflammatory disease, the substances created by these pathogens that may lead to receptor blockage, and exactly which bacteria are killed by different antibiotic combinations. But instead of examining the genome of an individual bacterial strain that has been grown in a laboratory, the Marshall Protocol researchers follow a metagenomic approach – one that allows analysis of genetic material derived from complete microbial communities harvested from natural environments – such as a human body.
The potential problem lies in how to kill the microbiome before the bacteria that comprise it have even been fully sequenced. But in fact all bacteria possess certain characteristics: every bacterial species has a 70S ribosome – a protein region that must be functioning if the pathogen is to survive. Whatever the type of bacteria, if its 70S ribosome is blocked (for instance by certain pulsed, low-dose antibiotics), it will be weakened so greatly that it cannot survive in the presence of an newly reactivated immune system.
How Long Does the Cure Take?
It can take approximately 1–3 years to destroy all the bacteria.
Will the Marshall Protocol Work for my Disease?
A D-Metabolites blood test plus clinical assessments by a physician can determine whether you can be successfully treated with the Marshall Protocol. It is only suitable for people exhibiting a TH-1 form of immune response.
How Successful is this Treatment?
Physicians have reported successfully treating their patients using the Marshall Protocol where other treatments have failed. There have been no formal clinical trials for this new treatment as yet, but there is an increasing amount of evidence supporting the bacterial cause for diseases having a TH1 type immune response.
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