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INTERVIEW WITH DR. MAMDOOH GHONEUM
DEPARTMENT OF IMMUNOLOGY
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science Los Angeles. CA.
Q. Dr. Ghoneum, how long have you been researching MGN-3?
A. I have been studding MGN-3 almost seven years now
Q. And tell me a little about your background.
A. I am an immunologist and have been working in the field of immunology since I started my Masters Degree in 1973.
Q. What exactly is MGN-3?
A. MGN-3 is a natural product isolated from rice bran. This rice bran has been shown to be very effective and to have chemical effects that promote well-being. We have known about it for 20 years. What is important here is that we have slightly modified the rice bran base and the resulting effects of this product are extremely high.
Q. What its effect on the body
A. This product causes overall stimulation of the immune system, like T-cell function, B-cell function and -n particular, the area in which most of my research in the last ten years has concentrated-the production of natural killer activity. NK cells constitute about 15% of your white blood cells, and they have been defined as the first line of defense against abnormal cells. These N K cells were discovered at least 50 years ago and attracted the interest of many scientists all over the world. Last year alone, over 2,000 doctors were published worldwide in this regard.
Q. In your opinion is there anything available on the market today, whether by prescription or over-the-counter, that is in any way comparable to MGN-3?
A. Well, I think the problem with most of the products on the market in general is that they have not been examined scientifically in a laboratory. They have great publicity and marketing people behind them and are heavily advertised by the media, so the pubic believes they are effective. In actuality, most of these products are not the subjects of peer-reviewed articles or presentations of any kind. And if there have been some studies, they have been in vitro studies or animal studies, which do not prove, necessarily, an applicability to humans.
Q. What are the major advantages of using MGN-3?
A. The advantages to MGN-3 are many. One is that it is a natural product, as I mentioned earlier. It has no immutable side effects. Liver and kidney function are examined and blood tests are done prior to the patients taking the product and then several months after beginning treatment, and there have been no changes in the blood enzyme levels. So we know this is a very safe product. This cannot be said about most medications designed to boost the immune system. Interferon or interleukin 2, for example, have severe side effects ranging from nausea and vomiting to kidney failure. There have been many patients who have died as a result of these side effects. So you can see that the side effects. So you can see that the side effects of Cytokines like these are enormous, and these are the ones which have been designed to boost the immune system. MGN-3 is biological response modifier, or BRM, which is the definition that we use to define any material entering your body that boosts the immune system, does not cause any toxic side effects and is completely safe. This is a real breakthrough in the area of immunology.
Q. How do you recommend MGN-3 to be administered and in what form?
A. MGN-3 comes in 250-mg. Capsules. Four capsules are equal to 1 gram and the initial daily booster dosage is 3 grams or 4 capsules three times a day, for 2 weeks. Then 1 gram or 2 capsules twice a day thereafter on maintenance program.
Q. What about vitamin supplementation in addition to the MGN-3?
A. I don't think there is a clear study connecting the use of vitamins in the treatment of abnormal cell activity. There have been hundreds of articles written specifically about vitamin C and there is a lot of controversy about this vitamin and its effect on the immune system. In fact, we have found that 60% of patients taking vitamin C may have some benefit from taking it. Where as 40% show no effect on their immune system and, in some cases, even lowered immune functions.
Q. What effect can MGN-3 have on patients who have been exposed to adjuvant therapies?
A. For those who have had surgery and then been exposed for only a short time to adjuvant therapies, the MGN-3 will boost the natural killer cell activity so that the small amount of cells that escaped the surgeon of these treatments can be destroyed.
Q. What about a patient who comes to you after surgery, who has no other treatment?
A. As I mentioned, MGN-3 will boost natural killer cell activity to destroy any remaining abnormal cells after surgery or adjuvant treatments. Patients should give their natural immune systems a chance to accomplish that with the MGN-3.
Q. Have you done research with MGN-3 on patients with a variety of abnormal cells?
A. In vitro studies have shown beautiful results with MGN-3 and its effect on different types of abnormalities, because it boost the T-cell and B-cell function, as well as the Natural Killer cell activity.
Q. Is your product available worldwide to the general public? A. It has been available for the past 7 years in Japan, where it is manufactured, and some other eastern countries like Korea. Now it has been introduced to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippine, several European countries and in Venezuela as well as in the U S of course.
Q. I understand that you are considered a "hero" in Japan.
A. Yes, I have published 10 books about MGN-3 in Japanese and they know this product very well there. There are several thousand patients taking this treatment in Japan.
Q. Have you found the effects of stress to play an important part in achieving and maintaining good health?
A. We examined the effects of stress using the brain as a model and we were able to make a very interesting observation. During a stressful condition, natural killer cells migrate back to their original site, which is bone marrow. Of course, that lowers the immune function. The problem here is very individual; what is stressful for one may not be stressful to another. Stress, whether is be work-related, family-related or due to financial problems of loss of a love one, always suppresses immune function. Stress can therefore be a major cause in the deterioration of good health.
Q. What has your success rate been with the many patients that have been in your research program over the last seven years?
A. Our success rate with MGN-3 has been excellent. With the exception of very terminal cases, all of the other patient have shown dramatic results.
Q. What benefit, if any, was MGN-3 able to provide for these very terminal cases?
A. It seemed to extend their lives beyond their doctors expectations. Where their doctors sentenced them to one or two months, we were about to give them a year or a year and a half.
Q. How important do you think diet, exercise and lifestyle are to the success of your program with MGN-3?
A. The first thing an immune-suppressed patient must realize is that, no matter how gifted the health practitioner, no matter how effective the treatment, nothing and no one can eliminate serious health problems 100% unless the patient is willing to make the necessary changes in their life to correct the underlying problem. Be it their stress level, their diet, or general lifestyle, they need to remember that it took more than 15 or 20 years for the abnormally to develop in the body and it will require a great effort to eliminate it. The patient has to take more than a little responsibility in the healing process. They must have a healthy diet that included at least 5 servings of different fresh vegetables and fruits every day. They need to work on stress management and reduction using yoga, meditation mind-body connection therapy, etc. If your job is extremely stressful, maybe you should have to change it. If patient continue to be very stressed, their immune system cannot be boosted and no amount of any product or treatment is going to help them. The need for regular, moderate exercise is also very important. Your doctor cannot be with you 24 hours a day to monitor your lifestyle you have to do it for yourself.
