Figure 3.1: Similarity of the ChemicalChlorophyll: The Miracle Botanical Supplement (MBS) - Good Read by ldsfireguy ..... Miracle Mineral Solution MMS Forum
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That is a very interesting thought, but I do not think so. I am pretty sure that the 'C' component of chlorophyll is Carbon. Here is the chemical composition of chlorophyll. However, I think that chlorophyll is VERY important in the quest for health, probably the one of the single most important factors, along with pure air and pure water.
Getting a surplus of chlorophyll is vital I think ... that is why I use grass/veggie powder in all my water all day long, and drink veggie smoothies. chlorophyll is a super blood booster, just like MMS, but for they both improve the condition of blood for two different reasons: the MMS kills/cleanses pathogens from the blood, while chlorophyll actually helps build blood cells.
The main difference between a molecule of Chlorophyll (which is the "blood" of plants), and our blood is that the central mineral in Chlorophyll is Mg while in our blood it is Fe. There is good evidence that Chlorophyll can be used to build blood, and possibly even to replenish blood directly.
I do not believe that there are ANY circumstances under which you could get too much chlorophyll ... that's one reason why I keep suggesting to everyone that they consider adding grass/veggie powders to their water, and experiment with veggie smoothies.
CHLOROPHYLL
From Wicki:
"Chlorophyll is a green pigment found in most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. Its name is derived from Greek: chloros = green and phyllon = leaf."
C55H70O6N4Mg
(As you can see from the molecular structure, the "chloro" in chlorophyll does not mean that it contains the element chlorine. The chloro portion of the word is from the Greek chloros, which means yellowish green. The name of the element chlorine comes from the same source. Chlorine is a yellowish green gas.)"
From www.wheatgrass.com :
Chlorophyll is the substance which makes green plants green. The chlorophyll molecule has the unique capacity to convert the energy of the sun into chemical energy (through photosynthesis), which the plant uses to make carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water. Ultimately, all living things—plant and animal—derive their energy, and therefore their life, from solar energy through photosynthesis.
Yet, chlorophyll is not so unique in its chemical make-up. It is built around a structure known as a porphyrin ring, which occurs in a variety of natural organic molecules. The most interesting group of molecules which contain porphyrin rings are those involved in cellular respiration, or the transportation and consumption of oxygen. These include hemoglobin, myoglobin, and the cytochromes. Hemoglobin is, of course, the substance in human blood which carries oxygen from the lungs to the other tissues and cells of the body. The structures of chlorophyll and heme are shown on the next page.
Figure 3.1: Similarity of the Chemical
Obviously, the two structures are very similar. The most apparent difference between them is that the porphyrin ring of hemoglobin is built around iron (Fe), while the porphyrin ring of chlorophyll is built around magnesium (Mg). The chemical similarity between hemoglobin and chlorophyll was first suggested by Verdel in 1855,19 and specifically demonstrated in the early 1920s. In the twenty years that followed, a considerable amount of research was done to see if the two substances were interconvertible in the body. We discuss this research in the following section. We would first like to point out, however, that the claim that chlorophyll and hemoglobin are directly interchangeable is oversimplifying the relationship between these two complex molecules.
Can chlorophyll, so abundant in the world around us, supply the body with hemoglobin, a vital blood component? It's an attractive idea. Certainly, there is anecdotal and research evidence that chlorophyll-rich foods such as wheat grass help in some way to "build" the blood. After an exhaustive review of the scientific research relating chlorophyll to blood, we have concluded that the relationship between the two is much more complex, and indeed more beautiful, than the simple idea of the body's substituting an iron molecule for a magnesium molecule to make hemoglobin from chlorophyll.
The exchange of oxygen for carbon dioxide in the body takes place in the circulating red blood cells. These contain the red pigment heme, bound to a protein, globin, to make hemoglobin. The physiological processes involved in the synthesis, degradation and exchange of elements in red blood cells are complex, and actually not completely understood. But some parts of the process which relate to nutrition have been clearly delineated. Nutrients essential to the maintenance of healthy blood include iron, copper, calcium, and vitamins C, B-12, K, A, folic acid, and pyridoxine, among others.
Many of the components which build and sustain the essential elements in blood are also found in foods that are high in chlorophyll. A remarkable relationship exists between the complex process of respiration in animals and the equally complex but very different process of photosynthesis in plants. In ecological terms, we know that the two processes are interdependent and are essential to the sustenance of all life on Earth. The inhalation of oxygen/expiration of carbon dioxide by animals complements the "inhalation" of carbon dioxide/expiration of oxygen by plants. The revelation that many of the elements of plant "blood" resemble and are in some cases identical to those of animal blood is not surprising in this context.
The young cereal plant, dependent on its own rich supply of chlorophyll for the work of growth and development, absorbs and synthesizes the nutrients it requires—vitamin K, vitamin C, folic acid, pyridoxine, iron, calcium and protein. These nutrients are also vital to the generation and utilization of hemoglobin, the energy courier of animal blood. The similarities between chlorophyll and heme are not limited to appearance and function. Chemists89 report that the synthesis of heme by animals can occur in much the same way as the synthesis of chlorophyll in plants.5
For many years the general public and some health practitioners have considered green vegetables to have value as "blood builders". This opinion was reinforced by the observation that animals which ate only leafy green plants had ample amounts of hemoglobin in their red blood cells.105 As described in Chapter 2, the similarity between hemoglobin and chlorophyll was the impetus for Charles Schnabel's groundbreaking research on the cereal grasses. As early as 1926, research suggested a possible relationship between the chlorophyll component pheophytin and hemoglobin generation.121 Other studies indicated that feeding chlorophyll-rich foods to rats stimulated the regeneration of red blood cells.125 Researchers were able to demonstrate that this effect was not due to the iron or copper in the green foods.
Early work done in several laboratories suggested that the relationship between hemoglobin and chlorophyll was not only chemical, but biological as well. In 1934, Dr. Rothemund and his colleagues reported that the porphyrins from chlorophyll could stimulate the synthesis of red blood cells in a variety of animals, but only when fed in small doses.119 Drs. Hughes and Latner fed several doses and forms of chlorophyll to anemic rabbits in 1936. Extremely small doses of purified chlorophyll or large doses of "a crude chlorophyll extract" produced "a very favorable effect on hemoglobin regeneration". They suggested that "the chlorophyll is acting as a physiological stimulant of the bone marrow and is not really concerned with the actual chemistry of regeneration of the porphyrin".58 This means that components of chlorophyll found in foods or when fed in very small purified amounts may stimulate the synthesis of red blood cells in the bone marrow.
In 1936, Dr. Arthur Patek reported the results of an interesting study. Fifteen patients with iron-deficiency anemia were fed different amounts of chlorophyll along with iron. It was already known that iron alone cures this condition, but Patek found that when chlorophyll and iron were given together, the number of red blood cells and the level of blood hemoglobin increased faster than with iron alone. No such results for this type of anemia were obtained with chlorophyll alone. As stated by Dr. Patek:
"This study may serve to encourage the use of a diet ample in greenstuffs and protein foods, for it must be that over a long space of time favorably nutritious elements are absorbed which aid the blood reserve and which furnish building stones for the heme pigments necessary to the formation of hemoglobin."105
Intact chlorophyll molecules are not well absorbed directly into the blood stream of most animals.6,66 So the extremely small amounts of chlorophyll shown to stimulate hemoglobin generation are probably all that can be absorbed from green plants.
More recent research54 indicates that some porphyrins (ringed structures in heme and chlorophyll) stimulate the synthesis of the protein portion of the hemoglobin molecule. Thus, portions of the chlorophyll molecule may enhance the body's production of globin. This may provide a partial explanation of the effect of chlorophyll on hemoglobin synthesis.
Chlorophyll and Blood Regeneration: A Summary
There are many reasons why cereal grass and other dark green plants can be considered "blood-building" foods. The vitamins and minerals in cereal grass are essential to the synthesis and function of the components of healthy blood. But perhaps the most interesting connection between green foods and blood is the similarity in the structures of the two colored pigments, heme and chlorophyll. The biological relationship between these two molecules, though studied for over 60 years, is still not completely clear. It does appear, however, that small amounts of the digestive products of chlorophyll may stimulate the synthesis of either heme or globin or both in animals and humans.
by Ingri Cassel
It could be said that the secret of all life on earth depends on a special process that only the green plants possess. This process is called photosynthesis. All green plants absorb energy from the sun, take water and minerals through their roots and air through through leaves en route to maturity. Using the energy from the sun, plants utilize water, minerals and carbon dioxide to make starches, fats, proteins, vitamins and everything they require to grow.
It was little more than a century ago that chemists isolated a green pigment from the green leaves of plants that they called chlorophyll. It wasn't until 1913 that a German chemist, Dr. Richard Willstatter, correctly identified the true function of chlorophyll. Dr. Willstatter pointed out that all energy comes from the sun and that green plants alone possess the secret of how to capture this solar energy. Out of this process stems much of what we know as life and growth. Man and animals consume this energy from plants as food. Dr. Willstatter's discoveries revolutionized the scientific world's understanding of the relationship between the sun and life on earth, but something even more amazing has since been discovered:
The chlorophyll molecule bears a striking resemblance to hemoglobin, the red pigment in human blood. The red blood pigment is a web of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen atoms grouped around a single atom of iron. Nature's green pigment is a similar web of the same atoms, except that its centerpiece is a single atom of magnesium.
This discovery was a challenge for scientists to find out if chlorophyll, so closely related to our human blood, had any possible medical uses.
Emile Burgi, a research scientist from Switzerland, experimented with the application of chlorophyll medicinally and found that it was helpful in improving various anemic conditions, improving the action of the heart, reducing abnormally high blood pressure and improving one's overall health.
Since the discovery of chlorophyll's healing properties, many other therapeutic applications of this green substance have been tried successfully. My experiences with the chlorophyll derived from young alfalfa plants is with Bernard Jensen's products, sold in health food stores in pint glass jars. I have used it primarily for supplementation while pregnant and nursing.
I had also heard that liquid chlorophyll, taken orally, can be used as an alternative to blood transfusions. When I was living in Washington state, a friend referred a family to me that was in a panic over their son being scheduled for a blood transfusion the following day. The boy had been in the hospital with leukemia and had already undergone chemotherapy and radiation treatments. I told them to purchase a pint of chlorophyll from the health food store and have him drink the entire bottle before he fell asleep that night.
In the morning, when the nurses checked his blood, they were amazed that his blood count and platelet levels were normal.
The following year I received another call from a friend who was in the hospital. The health professionals at the hospital had told her that she would need a blood transfusion the following day. She did not want a blood transfusion and was willing to do anything to avoid one. I told her the same thing - drink a full pint of chlorophyll before retiring and she would not need one.
Again, the nurses were amazed that her blood was normal in the morning and had to cancel the blood transfusion.
Although I have heard of direct blood transfusions using chlorophyll, I have no personal experience or documentation of this being done. In Bernard Jensen's book, The Healing Power of Chlorophyll, he claims there have been numerous experiments with chlorophyll on rats. In one such experiment, the blood was extracted from a rat and replaced with liquid chlorophyll. The rat went right on living.
Following is a list of disease conditions that have either improved or cleared up entirely by using liquid chlorophyll in conjunction with a living foods diet:
Hepatitis and other liver diseases
All forms of anemia
Asthma and hayfever
Pyorrhea
Varicose veins
Hemorrhoids
Ulcers - internal and external
High and Low blood sugar
Offensive body odors
Sore throat
Actually chlorophyll will assist in correcting any imbalance in the body due in part to its high bio-available iron content. This allows the body to utilize more oxygen, aiding in the removal of accumulated toxins. We also know that the internal use of chlorophyll strengthens the cells and inhibits bacterial growth.
In Dr. Theodore M. Rudolph's book, Chlorophyll: Nature's Green Magic, step by step instructions are given on how to use chlorophyll in various situations.
For diseases of the throat like tonsillitis and laryngitis, he suggests gargling with a solution of one part chlorophyll to nine parts warm water every two to three hours. He recommends that one NOT swallow this solution due to the germs and bacteria it may contain.
In cases of gastric or peptic ulcers, and other cases of gastritis, the use of chlorophyll can provide fairly immediate relief. The suggested dosage is one tablespoon of chlorophyll in a half glass of water taken every two hours.
Liquid chlorophyll is also appropriate for diseases of the female organs. A solution of one part chlorophyll to nine parts water is very soothing applied as a douche.
And from Bernard Jensen's book, The Healing Power of Chlorophyll, we are told that chlorophyll and green vegetables control the calcium levels in our body. He suggests that women replenish their calcium by consuming more green vegetables and supplementing with chlorophyll since menstrual blood contains up to 40 times more calcium than our normal blood. He also noted that vitamin K was originally discovered in alfalfa juice and that chlorophyll is one of the richest known sources of this vitamin. [For more info. on vitamin K and the harm from synthetic vitamin K injections, see the July, 1999 edition of The Idaho Observer at: www.proliberty.com/observer.]
As you can see, liquid chlorophyll is an essential item to have in your home medicine cabinet. The importance of keeping our bloodstream clean and blood count high is absolutely vital. Tim O'Shea, D.C. states this point well in his book, The Sanctity of Human Blood: Vaccination is Not Immunization:
“The condition of a child's blood determines the quality of an immune system that has to last a lifetime. The blood is the medium in which all the cells of the body are bathed, from birth till death. The amounts of oxygen and nutrients in the blood promote life, determine longevity. Anything foreign -- chemicals, bad bacteria and viruses, toxic foods, unproven injectables -- promotes death. It's that simple.”
And also from this same book: “By allowing the implantation of an attenuated virus or bacteria into the body, we have done something nature would never permit. We have violated the sanctity of the bloodstream.”
As we are being bombarded with the threat of bioterrorism, the stockpiling of smallpox vaccine and the creation of an AIDS vaccine, we are also being told how important it is to give the gift of life, BLOOD. Is it possible to actually get healthier after receiving a blood transfusion? Below are just a few of the most obvious physical reasons why I avoid giving or receiving blood or blood products:
1. Most people have had multiple vaccines and a diet consisting of processed, devitalized foods. This contributes to toxicity in the bloodstream and is passed from person to person through human blood products.
2. There are many pathogens that are blood-borne.
3. Our blood is a unique genetic marker just like our fingerprints and the irises of our eyes. Many naturopathic physicians who use a diagnostic tool called live blood cell analysis, have proven the uniqueness and individuality of our blood.
Though much more difficult to quantify, the spiritual repercussions of our bodies being forced to accept another person's blood, particularly when God has provided us with a natural alternative to blood transfusions. A few ministers have even suggested that receiving injections of another's blood is a form of cannibalism.
Over the last two and a half years we have explored how common ailments and chronic diseases can be remedied through the lifestyle changes and the application of certain principles that naturally follow a wholistic understanding of how the body really works. Only in a crisis or trauma situation would the issue of a blood transfusion arise, the principles of wholistic healing still apply.
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