These Substances may Alleviate Legionnaire’s Disease
Minerals
Silver may be useful for the treatment of legionnaire’s disease.
Pharmaceutical Drugs
Erythromycin is the usual treatment for legionnaire’s disease.
Treating most legionnaire’s disease patients with erythromycin usually involves 1,000 mg
intravenously every six hours.
Less severely ill legionnaire’s disease patients may be treated with 500 mg erythromycin
orally four times per day (= 2,000 mg per day).
Vitamins
Vitamin C has been reported anecdotally to prevent death in legionnaire’s disease patients
and to accelerate recovery from legionnaire’s disease.
These Foods may Alleviate Legionnaire’s Disease
Vegetables
Garlic may help to destroy the detrimental bacteria that cause legionnaire’s disease.
These Substances may Prevent/Treat Bacterial & Viral Diseases
Amino Acid
Arginine may help to prevent bacterial & viral diseases in persons with suppressed immune
systems.
Glutamine may help to prevent bacterial & viral diseases in people who undertake
endurance exercise (endurance athletes have an increased rate of infections partly as a
result of depletion of plasma glutamine that occurs during endurance exercise).
Carbohydrates
Beta 1,3 Glucan may help to prevent many types of bacterial & viral diseases (by enhancing
the function of the immune system).
Hormones
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) may protect against many bacterial & viral diseases.
Immune System Chemicals
IgA is a major line of defence against local bacterial & viral diseases in the respiratory tract
and the gastrointestinal tract, IgA is a type of antibody
Note: These substances can facilitate the optimal amounts of IgA.
Selenium
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA)
Microorganisms
These friendly beneficial bacteria of probiotic strains can increase both the
stimulation and production of IgA.
Bifidobacteria longum
Lactobacillus casei
Lactobacillus rhamnosus
Lipids
Alkylglycerols are associated with beneficial fatty acids that can help to prevent bacterial &
viral diseases (due to the stimulatory effects of alkylglycerols on the immune system).
Linoleic acid deficiency may increase the body’s susceptibility to bacterial & viral diseases.
Minerals
Increased susceptibility to bacterial & viral diseases may occur as a result of copper
deficiency.
Selenium may help to prevent bacterial & viral diseases.
Silver (consumed orally) may help to prevent and treat many bacterial & viral diseases (by
suppressing or killing many of the detrimental microorganisms that cause bacterial & viral
diseases).
Zinc may help to prevent bacterial & viral diseases.
Vitamins
Vitamin A may help to prevent many bacterial & viral diseases (via numerous mechanisms
that involve the immune system).
Vitamin B5 may help to prevent bacterial & viral diseases (by stimulating the production of
antibodies).
Vitamin B12 may accelerate the recovery from many types of bacterial & viral diseases.
Vitamin C can help to prevent and treat many types of bacterial & viral diseases.
Vitamin D may help to prevent or treat bacterial & viral diseases.
Supplemental vitamin e may help to prevent many types of bacterial & viral diseases.
These Foods/Herbs may Prevent or Treat Bacterial & Viral Diseases
Herbs
Echinacea may accelerate the recovery from many types of bacterial & viral diseases and
may help to prevent many types of bacterial & viral diseases.
Siberian ginseng may reduce the risk of bacterial & viral diseases during periods of stress.
Mushrooms
Maitake mushrooms may help to prevent many types of bacterial & viral diseases.
Oils
Oregano Oil may alleviate many types of bacterial & viral diseases (due to its ability to
inhibit/kill a wide range of detrimental bacteria and viruses).
A suggested supplement program for Legionnaire’s disease would include the
following:
Vitamins:
A multivitamin and mineral complex
An Antioxidant with Q10
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin B5
Minerals:
Selenium
Zinc and Copper
Sliver Food State yeast supplement can be made
Herbs:
Echinacea
Siberian ginseng
Foods:
Maitake mushrooms
Oils:
Essential Fatty Acids complex
Oregano Oil