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Roseburg Study
When I became aware of the important functions of hydrochloric
acid, I decided to perform a study. Based on the symptoms of low stomach acid
that I gathered from different medical articles, I created the following
questionnaire. I then printed a thousand copies and distributed them among my
students. The results were shocking! I have calculated that 98.5% of people who
answered my questionnaire had some symptoms of low stomach acidity. I invite you
to check if you might have any indications of hypochlorhydria yourself.
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF LOW STOMACH ACIDITY
Please read the question and check the appropriate box on the right:
- Do you have bloating, belching or flatulence immediately after meals?
- Do you have indigestion, diarrhea, or constipation?
- Do you feel soreness, burning, or dryness of the mouth?
- Do you have heartburn?
- Do you have multiple food allergies?
- Do you feel nauseous after taking supplements?
- Do you experience rectal itching?
- Do you have weak, peeling, and/or cracked fingernails?
- Do you have redness or dilated blood vessels in the cheeks and nose?
- Do you have adult acne?
This question is only for women:
- Do you experience hair loss?
- Do you have an iron deficiency?
- Do you have undigested food in the stools?
- Do you have chronic yeast infections?
- Do you have low tolerances for dentures?
These symptoms can be indicators of hypochlorhydria. If you have marked several
symptoms even in the "sometimes" column, you may want to check your stomach
acidity at the doctor's office.
I spoke to a medical doctor from Russia and was intrigued to discover how they
test hypochlorhydria there. They ask people to drink a quarter cup of beet juice
and watch to see if the color of their stool or urine changes even slightly to
the color of a beet. Now watch out If it changes, then yes, your stomach acid is
low. I was so amazed at this, because I believed that such a change of color is
normal for everyone, as it always was for me. However, a few months after
drinking green smoothies, my family ate a big delicious beet salad and none of
us had a change in color anymore! Since I could only attribute such a dramatic
change to drinking green smoothies, I assumed that our hydrochloric acid level
had improved. In order to obtain more solid proof of this, I began planning a
study that would show the effect of green smoothie on stomach acid. I wanted to
find several people who were diagnosed with low hydrochloric acid and would
volunteer to add green smoothies to their diets for a duration of time. After
they completed drinking smoothies for a certain amount of time, they would be
tested again.
By some magical coincidence, as I was praying to find a doctor who would be
willing to help me with such a study one sunny morning a physician named Dr.
Paul Fieber called me from Roseburg, a nearby town in Oregon. He told me that he
and his wife had recently adopted the raw food lifestyle and needed guidance. He
also shared that recently he became disturbed by the fact that a great number of
people had low stomach acid. We met the next morning to discuss our experiment
in detail. Dr. Fieber seemed very interested in participating. The following
week, Igor and I drove 120 miles to Roseburg to teach a nutrition class. After
my lecture, 27 people stepped forward and offered to volunteer to drink one
quart of freshly made green smoothies each day in addition to their regular
mainstream American diet for one month.
This project started on April 29th 2005. My whole family took turns blending
many gallons of the green drink. To increase variety, we used any fruits and
greens we could get a hold of. Igor drove the valuable load 240 miles round
trip, every other day. It was quite a commitment, not only for my family but
also for all the participating people and even their families. None of my dear
participants ever missed a day to come to the pick up site. When I thanked this
new family of mine (I call them "my in-raves") for being so dedicated and
disciplined, they replied that they all felt the urgent importance of this
experiment and were excited to help. Besides, many of them wanted to improve
their stomach condition by natural means.
The following segment describes Dr. Fieber's side of the story.
DR. PAUL'S STORY
Meeting Victoria and her family was a wonderful experience. It was amazing how
fate brought us together. My wife and I were looking for help on our path to
improve our health through raw food and Victoria needed help with her study.
There are different methods of testing H.CL, but we decided that the HCL
challenge test would work out best for us, considering our time line. The HCL
challenge test is designed to help determine the ability of the stomach to
produce adequate stomach acid. The body has evolved to release stomach acid in
response to appropriate stimuli. Thinking about food, chewing and the presence
of certain foods (healthy or not) in the stomach e.g. proteins, milk, calcium
salts, coffee ... stimulate the release of Gastrin, a hormone secreted by
Gastrin cells, or G cells, in the pyloric glands located in the antrum of the
stomach. Gastrin strongly stimulates the parietal glands to produce and secrete
acid into the stomach. Histamine is another hormone that stimulates acid
production. Its effect is potentiated by the presence of Gastrin. Many people
have a deficient acid-producing process and suffer from hypochlorhydria or in
more serious cases achlorhydria.
Many of my patients complain of gastric reflux due to "excess" stomach acid
secretion. In my experience, hyper- secretion of stomach acid is not common.
Inappropriate timing of stomach acid however is common, and can produce symptoms
in an irritated or inflamed digestive tract.
For many the reflux of stomach content into the esophagus has more to do with
inadequate secretions of stomach acid leading to the putrification of food and
the accompanying symptoms of gas, bloating, reflux, and belching. Antacid
therapy may provide temporary relief but does nothing to get to the cure.
In our study each participant was given 10 HCL capsules, which were enough to
challenge 4 meals. We asked our group to challenge meals that were high in
protein and a substantial complex meal. They started with 1 capsule with the
first meal and if they had no mild burning or irritation they were to increase
to 2 capsules with the next meal and continue until they had a reaction or
reached a total of 4 capsules with no reaction at all. Out of the 27
participants, only two people had a reaction with 1 capsule and at that time
they discontinued the study The rest of our group all had some degree of
hypochlorhydria and went on to participate in the study The ages ranged from I 7
to 80. All the participants were asked not to change any other part of their
diet.
After 30 days of drinking one quart of green smoothie each day, we then
completed another HCL challenge test to see what improvement occurred over the
month. One person dropped out in the middle of the study due to nausea. Out of
the other 24 participants we had 16 of the group who showed improvement in their
production of HCL. It was remarkable to me that 66.7% of the participants showed
such vast improvement. I did not expect to see this much progress in such a
short period of time. The fiber content and nutrient value of the green
smoothies made for an incredible success. All the participants also noted many
other improvements in their health, some of which were dramatic changes. [Please
see the testimonials at the end of this book.]
I would like to also give my own personal testimonial as my wife and I had been
drinking the green smoothies about two months before the study was conducted. My
blood pressure, pulse rate, and cholesterol readings all improved substantially
We lost all cravings for cooked food and the green smoothies were both delicious
and fulfilling. The most significant change for me concerned a small growth that
had appeared on my nose. After one month on the green smoothies, the growth fell
off and left a small hole where it once was. This proved to me the tremendous
healing properties of the green smoothie.
I would like to personally thank Victoria for providing me the opportunity to
contribute to such a remarkable study I have met very few people in my life who
have been as dedicated and have had such a passion for helping others. Thank you
Victoria, you have changed our lives forever.
As Dr. Fieber mentioned, we were expecting some positive changes, but we didn't
know they would he so significant in such a short period of time. Most
experiments such as this one are usually planned for three to six months, but
since the cost was out of our own pockets we did only what we could afford. The
Roseburg Experiment demonstrated that regular consumption of green smoothies
greatly benefits the health of people through improving the level of
hydrochloric acid. Therefore the consumers of green smoothies should expect:
- to have better absorption of valuable nutrients;
- to lessen the possibility of infection and parasites;
- to heal allergies;
- to improve overall health.
Better absorption is in itself a great advantage. For example, better absorption
of calcium may decrease the chances of osteoporosis, better absorption of iron
may help to heal anemia; better absorption of B vitamins may protect against
nerve disorders, and so on.
You may read personal testimonials of the Roseburg participants at the end of
this book. As a result of regular consumption of the green smoothies for just
one month, people named the following improvements: increase in energy,
depression lifted and all suicidal thoughts gone, less blood sugar fluctuations,
more regular bowel movements, dandruff healed, insomnia gone, asthma attacks
stopped completely none of usual "PMS" symptoms any more, fingernails became
stronger, wanted less coffee, sex life improved, skin cleared up, and many more.
It was interesting to see that most of the participants who wanted to lose
weight lost anywhere from five to ten pounds, and a couple of people who wanted
to gain weight, were able to gain one or two pounds.
The participants of the Roseburg Study were so excited about their results that
some rumors got back to me that. they were considering changing the name of
their town to Raws'burg!
The fact that all of the healing qualities of green smoothies were proven by
practical experimentation makes this simple drink truly special. Please note
that. I am not trying to sell anything. I am hoping to inspire as many people as
possible to incorporate green smoothies into their everyday lives.
From Roseburg to St. Petersburg
I am thrilled to let everyone know that a new, more detailed study similar to
the Roseburg study has begun in Russia, at The Health Nutritional Center ROSTKI
in St. Petersburg. For eight years, this center has been conducting various
studies of the implications of chlorophyll on human. health under the guidance
of medical doctors, professors and scientists. The budget was approved for
conducting a study of the effect of drinking green smoothies on the
concentration of HCL in the stomach and on vitamin B-12 level.
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Greens Make The Body More Alkaline
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