Reversing Gangrene Naturally: How Much Is Your Foot Worth?
Since 1958, in the United States the incidence of adult onset diabetes has increased 600 percent. Over 40 percent of the U.S. population over 20 has Type 2 diabetes or a pre-diabetic condition. The Centers for Disease Control has termed the change an epidemic. |
Just how serious has the diabetes threat become over the last decade? There are now approximately 23.6 million diabetics in the U.S. alone, including 23.1 percent of Americans age 60 and older, according to the American Diabetes Association; that is about 11 million American diabetic men and over 12 million American diabetic women, and over a third do not even know it which is unfortunate since screenings are easy to perform.
And there is no end in sight to this rapid and uncontrollable outbreak of disease. With 1.6 million new cases diagnosed each year in the Americans age 20 and older it is not surprising that diabetes ranks high among the list of conditions expected to accelerate. While not simply as a result of diabetes, 31 percent of all U.S. households are watching their sugar intake (Natural Marketing Institute, 2001).
Almost 160 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes. And it is estimated that by the year 2025 this number will double.
The onset of diabetes is insidious and often before birth. The mother who gains excessive weight and delivers the large for dates infant is doubling the child's risk for diabetes within his/ her lifetime.
The 'junk' diets high on processed carbohydrates and sweeteners result in fat, out-of-shape and inactive children.
This is fertile ground for the rapid and increasing growth of our population of adult onset diabetic teenagers and adults.
For the adult onset diabetes, the pathophysiology is based on producing much more insulin than normal - but not enough to keep the blood sugar under control.
The result is: high blood sugars. And this high sugar is able to scar and destroy the blood vessels and the organs throughout the body.
The medical therapy is erroneously only concerned with the blood sugar. That is why most doctors prescribe Glynase(R), Micronase(R), Glucophage(R) and rarely Rezulin(R)/ Avandia(R) or Actos(R).
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By the time the individual develops foot ulcers, his or her dire calls for medical help may be too late.
Ulcers develop when there is insufficient circulation. About 80 percent of foot ulcers occur on the bottom of insensate feet, or feet without feeling. They appear as shallow holes or craters which can vary in color, size and depth; they don't heal and may be extremely painful and in some cases give off an unpleasant smell. The medical term is gangrene.
Expensive and time-consuming debridements, medications, antibiotics, therapy and skin grafts cannot correct the underlying process.
Here’s a typical situation:
An individual has been diabetic for 30 years. He is on 40 units of insulin daily and has already had amputation of toes on his foot. As his diabetic disease is well advanced, the ulcer on the bottom of his foot does not heal. His toes are affected with wet gangrene. But because his diabetes is so advanced, he will undergo further amputation.
Bad Leg: A Common Problem in Diabetes
So many people have NO idea how diabetes can effect every aspect of their life! |
This degenerative disease can damage many of the body systems leading to such serious medical complications as
- heart disease (heart attack, stroke)
- blindness (due to retinopathy)
- kidney damage
- impotence in men
- amputations from gangrene and/or from damage to nerves (neuropathy).
Complications of diabetes - the third leading cause of death in the United States - are associated with one-third of the heart attacks and two-thirds of the strokes.
Diabetics more often have cataracts, or clouding of the lens of the eye. In addition, they may develop glaucoma, or an increased pressure within the eye. Finally, if the blood supply to the nerve layer of the eye (retina) is affected, the abnormal blood vessels on the surface of the retina may leak causing bleeding in the eye leading to blindness.
Nowadays, the main goal for diabetics is to avoid or minimize chronic diabetic complications, usually of toes and feet. In fact, severe damage to the feet is one of the greatest threats posed by diabetes.
As many as 50 percent of people with diabetes have a narrowing of the arteries supplying blood to the legs - a condition called peripheral vascular disease (PVD), a gradual buildup of fatty deposits on the walls of the circulatory system.
As deposits, called atherosclerotic plaque, begin to clog the small vessels near the periphery of the system, tissues in the legs and feet can become starved for blood.
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If the blood vessels to a portion of the legs or, more commonly, part of the feet become totally blocked, then the part of the body supplied by those blood vessels dies and gangrene occurs.
In the United States, approximately 25 percent of people with diabetes - about five million - will develop foot problems and 6 to 10 percent - 300.000 - 500.000 - will undergo a foot or leg amputation. A lot of people with diabetes who need amputations are smokers.
A "bad leg" is a common, if not the most common, cause of hospital admissions for diabetic patients over age 40. Diabetics spend more time in the hospital for foot complications than for all other aspects of their disease combined.
Ignored Foot Problem: Doug’s Story
Doug was typical of a diabetic who paid the price for ignoring a foot problem.
When he was first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, he thought, "Oh, I feel fine, there's nothing the matter with me."
In late August [2005], he noticed a small "bruise" on his left foot but didn't think much of it. When the "bruise" began to spread, he soaked his foot in hot water, but didn't notice that he had scalded his foot badly, making matters worse.
Gangrene set in and he lost a couple of toes. Despite his best efforts, the problem only grew. Doctors said the only treatment was an amputation.
He was scared. He certainly didn’t look forward to losing part of his leg.
Unfortunately, while the surgery went well, another complication of diabetes hit Doug. He suffered a fatal heart attack days after the operation.
Remember, you're not invincible. Foot ulcer followed by amputation can get you. It can get anybody who has diabetes.
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Source: Amputation Rates For Diabetics Unacceptably High. CTV.ca News Staff, Mon. Nov. 28 2005
Diabetic Foot In Long-Standing Diabetes
So called diabetic foot is one specific example of gangrene that can be seen in long-standing complicated diabetes.
Common in diabetics foot gangrene is typically caused by a combination of
- limb ischemia as the result of arterial occlusive disease, most commonly atherosclerosis
- injury and
- poor healing, usually combined with a superimposed infection.
Currently, the best of all possible standard medical diabetic foot treatments is revascularization (restoration) of the affected organ, which can reverse some of the effects of necrosis (tissue loss) and allow healing of the tissues.
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- allowing digits - toes or fingers - to auto-amputate (fall off)
- debridement (the surgical removal of necrotic, devitalized tissues)
- local care, usually with topical antibiotics, to
- amputation of foot or leg, depending on someone’s condition.
The picture here is of a diabetic foot with a recent amputation of a great toe and yet increasing loss of circulation (the bluish area) with subsequent progression of gangrene and tissue loss to come.
An increasing loss of circulation, called ischemia, is due to an inadequate flow or lack of blood flow to the tissues and is commonly caused by constriction or blockage of the blood vessels in the extremities.
COMMENT: As you can see, amputation of the big toe did little to restore circulation in the foot, hence the progression of gangrene due to an inadequate blood flow - ischemia still present after surgery.
If necrosis keeps spreading, leading to serious complications, including sepsis (blood poisoning), the entire foot, or even leg - below or above the knee - would need to be amputated.
Disturbingly, research shows that diabetics who have had one lower limb amputated have a 50 percent mortality rate in the five years following the amputation.
As well, they have 50 percent risk of developing a serious lesion in the second limb within two years, often leaving them immobile and putting them at risk of further complications from their diabetes.
A Tragic Story of a Diabetic Elderly Woman
Here's an illustrated timeline compiled by a devasted son telling the tragic story of the last days of his diabetic elderly mother. You come to your own conclusion.
July 28th, she left hospital to enter a nursing home.
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October 5th, she was admitted by the alternative doctor to another hospital.
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October 20th, she passed away.
COMMENT: After viewing these and other pictures, you probably keep asking yourself: “How can anyone let their bodies get to that point? How was it possible? It doesn't make any sense at all. Things like that should be prevented from happening! Unfortunately, it may be just an example of what is happening right now to someone you know or hold dear...
Gangrene Clear-G Formula: The Door to Alternatives
When gangrene develops dire calls for medical help often are too late as standard interventions are only temporarily and - most of the time - minimally effective. |
There is a common perception that gangrene represents an unstoppable and irreversible process -- a foot severely starved of blood cannot survive -- the only "solution" to which is to amputate an affected limb in order to preserve your life.
Although this fatalistic perception often is not true, left untreated, gangrene - depending on the severity of someone's condition - can be fatal.
Therefore, after leaving the doctor's office typical treatment for diabetic foot gangrene inevitably means amputation. Nary a word on natural alternatives that can be of great help.
Therefore, it is better to do your homework now than to get stuck with debilitating amputation and other gangrene-related complications later.
Amputation can be a wise decision in case of gangrene -- even life saving at times -- only if not be chosen in ignorance of its other options.
It is our hope that by sharing information about diabetic foot gangrene it will help you make up your mind without being dominated by conventional doctors' assumption of authority.
It is also our hope that after reading this information, everyone with a relative or friend with diabetic foot gangrene will at least open the door to them to natural alternatives.
It is our experience that diabetic foot gangrene can be controlled. Depending on the severity of someone's condition, it takes 1-2 months to stop the progression of dry gangrene without the need for foot or leg amputation, thus avoiding much physical debilitation, emotional suffering, and operative and after-care expenses.
At Full of Health, we are confident you will find the information on foot gangrene and support you need to help yourself, or someone you know or hold dear, stop the progression of dry gangrene and avoid a foot or even leg amputation - naturally.
Clear-G Formula: Advanced Blood Circulation Support
Any wound requires more blood than normal in order to heal. If that extra blood is not forthcoming the wound never heals and in fact dies back. |
One of the natural, non-amputation methods to effectively treat dry foot gangrene is the nutritional revasculatization.
Its first and foremost goal is to improve and - over a period of time - restore the impaired circulation in the areas wounded by vascular ischemia (decreased blood flow) - the most common cause of foot ulcers and/or gangrene.
The process of natural revascularization can be triggered with an application of nutritional - natural and essential - factors that - when presented in specific ratios and amounts - are able to correct longer standing deficiencies and imbalances which are known to contribute to the circulatory problems.
As opposed to standard medical methods of treating vascular ischemia, it helps to reduce the impact of factors that created the buildup of atherosclerotic plaque in the arteries.
The nutritional revascularization - the natural restoration of blood flow to the arteries - can be done with the help of the Gangrene Clear-G Formula - a targeted, orthomolecular formulation providing a comprehensive support for the entire circulatory system.
Simply put, our Gangrene Clear-G Formula works to improve circulation. And improved circulation allows the body to "heal itself."
What could be better than a natural way of fixing the diseased circulatory system in the body?
In many individuals, Gangrene Clear-G Formula has also been able to:
- reduce and stabilize the blood sugars and
- lower insulin requirements better than most prescription drugs.
In our clinical experience, Gangrene Clear-G Formula does help to stop and - over a period of time - reverse the progression of gangrene in a way of
Without improving the flow of blood to the affected limbs - amputation is a futile exercise, although it can be life saving at times. |
- reducing the dysfunction of endothelium - the innermost arterial lining by stimulating the body’s natural built-in, internal free-radical scavenging system
- overcoming peripheral vascular ischemia by improving and/or restoring circulation - blood flow to the wounded areas
- encouraging vasodilatation - widening (dilation) of the lumen of blood vessels
- promoting the body's ability to develop collaterals - new, small blood vessels in the problem areas
- delivering more vital, oxygen-rich and nutrient-dense blood to the affected areas
- producing the growth factors - the necessary for healing substances released by the body into bloodstream and stimulating the growth of tissue and skin
- preventing infection of the gangrenous tissues.
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This all-natural combination of 105 nutrients and phytonutrients (plant nutrients) not only keeps your blood flow to the affected limbs in check (as drugs do), but actually helps your body rebuild the organs and systems that control blood circulation - without side effects.
No wonder, our proprietary Gangrene Clear-G Formula can produce results that doctors have rarely seen before, even with hard-core prescription drugs. And, unlike pharmaceutical drugs, it is very body-friendly.
Clear-G Formula 
Advanced Blood Circulation Support Powdered Dietary Supplement 0.99 Lb / 452 Grams 105 Phytonutrients and Nutrients SUPPLEMENT FACTS: Amount Per Serving (1 Scoop) |
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| 1. Vitamin A (as Vitamin Palmitate [3,500 IU] and Natural Beta-Carotene [1,000 IU]) | 4,500 IU |
| 2. Vitamin C (as Ascorbic Acid and Calcium Ascorbate) | 1,000 mg |
| 3. Vitamin D-3 (Cholecalciferol) | 800 IU |
| 4. Vitamin E (as D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate and Mixed Tocopherols) | 145 IU |
| 5. Vitamin B1 (Thiamine Hydrochloride) | 35 mg |
| 6. Vitamin B2 (as Riboflavin and Ribloflavin-5-Phosphate) | 15 mg |
| 7. Niacin (as Niacin, Niacinamide and Inositol Hexaniacinate) | 125 mg |
| 8. Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxin HCl and Pyridoxal-5-Phosphate) | 100 mg |
| 9. Folic Acid | 1,000 mcg |
| 10. Vitamin B12 (as Methylcobalamin) | 200 mcg |
| 11. Biotin | 4,500 mcg |
| 12. Vitamin B-5 (Pantothenic Acid as D-Calcium Pantothenate) | 200 mg |
| 13. Calcium (as Calcium Ascorbate, Calcium Citrate-Malate, D-Calcium Pantothenate) | 140 mg |
| 14. Iodine (Kelp) | 130 mcg |
| 15. Magnesium (as Magnesium Citrate, Magnesium Taurinate, and Magnesium Diglycinate Chelate) | 175 mg |
| 16. Zinc (as Zinc Monomethionine) | 37.5 mg |
| 17. Selenium (as Selenomethionine) | 20 mcg |
| 18. Manganese (as Manganese Citrate) | 3.5 mg |
| 19. Chromium (as Chromium Polynicotinate) | 375 mcg |
| 20. Potassium (Potassium Bicarbonate) | 25 mg |
| 21. Choline (as Choline Bitartrate) | 80 mg |
| 22. IP6 (Inositol Hexaphosphate) | 65 mg |
| 23. MSM (Methylsulphonylmethane) | 50 mg |
| 24. Chondroitin Sulfate (as CS-A/CS-C from bovine gelatin) | 75 mg |
| 25. Inositol | 35 mg |
| 26. Betaine (Trimethylglycine) | 17 mg |
| 27. Silica (as Silicon Dioxide) | 12.5 mg |
| 28. Vanadium (as Vanadyl Sulfate) | 2.5 mg |
| 29. Boron (Citrate) | 250 mcg |
| 30-89. PROPRIETARY BLEND : | 1,992.5 mg |
| Amino Acids (L-Cysteine HCl, Arginine HCl, L-Lysine, DL-Methionine, L-Carnosine, L-Glycine, L-Taurine, N-Acetyl Cysteine, L-Citrulline, L-Histidine, L-Ornithine), Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica) (whole leaf), Biofavonoids (Citrus, Quercetin, Rutin), Pectic Substances (Apple, Grapefruit), Glandular Substances (Adrenal, Spleen, Thymus, Hypothalamus, Pituitary/Anterior), Turmeric Extract (Curcuma longa) (root), Hops Extract (Humulus Lupulus) (std. to 0.35% Flavonoids as Rutosides), Serrazimes® (from Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus melleus), Bacopa Extract (Bacopa monnieri) (std. to 20-38% Total Bacosides), Cinnamon Extract (Cortex cinnamoni) (bark), Bitter Melon Leaf Extract (Momordica charantia) (std. to 2.5% Bitter Principles), Green Tea Leaf Extract (Camellia sinensis) (Decaffeinated, std. to 90% Tea Polyphenols), Hyaluronic Acid, Astragalus Root 0.3% Extract (Astragalus membranaceus), Horse Chestnut Seed Extract (Aesculus hippocastanum) (std. to 18-22% Escin), Beta-Sitosterol, Black Currant (Ribes nigrum) (fruit), Bromelain, Burdock Root (Arctium lappa), Chlorophyll (as Sodium Chlorophyllin), Cleavers (Galium aparine), Eleutherococcus senticosus Extract (std. to 0.8% Eleutherosides) (root), Lactoferrin, Olive Leaf Extract (Olea eropaea), Papain, Pomegranate Extract (std. to 40% min. Ellagic Acid) (whole fruit), Stone Root (Collinsonia Canadensis), Pancreatin 8X, Barberry Root Extract 4:1 (Berberis aristata), Cranberry Powder (Vaccinum macrocarpon) (90% Cranberry Solids), Echinacea Extract STD (Echinacea angustifolia, Echinacea purpurea), Grape Seed Extract (Vitis vinifera) (std. to 92% Oligometric Proanthocyanidins), Grapefruit Seed Extract, Guava (Psidium guajara) (fruit), Marigold Extract Standardized (Calendula officinalis) (flower), Policosanol, Silymarin Extract STD (from Milk Thistle seeds), Swedish Bilberry Extract (Vaccinum myrtillus) (std. to 25% Anthocyanosides) (fruit), Witch Hazel Leaf (Hamamelis virginiana), Yarrow Flower Powder (Achillea millefolium), Vinpocetine (from Vinca major seeds), Trans-Resveratrol (from Grape Vine Shoot Extract), BioPerine® Black Pepper Extract (fruit). | |
| 90-105. PROPRIETARY BASE : | 2,860 mg |
| Xylitol Crystals (Natural Source), Beet Root Powder (Beta vulgaris rubra), Citric Acid, Carrot Root Powder (Daucus sativus), Larch Arabinogalactan (Larix occidentalis), Inulin (from Jerusalem Artichoke Root), Peppermint Powder (Mentha piperita) (leaf), Stevia Pure Powder (Stevia rebaudiana) (std. to 90% Steviosides), Spirulina, Probiotic Yeast (Saccharomyces boulardii), Guar Gum Powder, Aloe Vera Powdered Extract (200:1 Concentrate), Alginic Acid (from Algae), Triphala Extract (Terminalia belerica, Terminalia chebula, Emblica offinalis) (fruit), Gentian Powder (Gentiana luea) (root), Lo Han Extract (Momordica grosvenori) (fruit) and Natural Lemon-Lime Flavoring. | |
| Our Mission: To Contribute to the Optimal Health of Others™ | One of the best dietary supplements in the world™ |
| This product is manufactured in a NSF GMP registered facility in accordance with cGMPs for Nutritional Supplements in accordance with USP 31. The laboratories are ISO 9001:1994 certified and ISO 17025:2005 accredited. Raw materials used in the manufacturing of this product are in full compliance with the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002. Raw material safety and quality is ensured by the manufacturer's Supplier Qualification Program. |
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| Mix well 1 scoop in 4 ounces (˝ cup) purified lukewarm water. Leave it for a few minutes, stir thoroughly and consume. Then pour in the same cup another 4 ounces of water, stir again and drink. For general circulatory health, have 1 scoop 2 times daily. This dose (1 scoop) may be taken three to five times per day (beginning after breakfast), or as recommended by a qualified healthcare professional.
Refrigerate the jar after opening. |
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| If you are under a physician’s care or taking medication, or if you are pregnant or nursing, consult your healthcare practitioner before using this product. | CAUTION |
| Quality and purity guaranteed. This product does not contain MSG, wheat, gluten, soy protein, fish, shellfish, milk/dairy, corn, egg, nuts, sugar, salt, starch, artificial coloring, preservatives, or flavoring. | PREMIUM PURITY |
| FULL OF HEALTH, INC. Since 1996 Clear-G Formula® : Advanced Blood Circulation Support (Rev-F) * * This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. |
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Testimonial: "My Father Was Getting Ready to Die"
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Dear Andrew:
I contacted you last year in early December about my father's condition.
He had undergone 2 different surgeries on his right foot: one to remove the 2 outside toes, and then a year later the 3 middle toes. At that time, they also did a bypass and thought my father would be OK.
He had tried IV chelation a few years ago, and I think that helped him some. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to continue the treatments.
Early December, when gangrene in his right foot set in, my father was getting ready to die. The only option he was given by the doctors was below the knee amputation without any guarantee of success. He turned that down. The surgeon had also told my father that basically all his arteries below his knee were “just hanging there like strings.”
I had read enough even then to know that without treating the underlying problem, at best everything being done was no more than putting a band-aid on a huge problem.
Fortunately, as I was looking for information on managing the pain for gangrene, I ran across your website.
Today, he is still walking OK and there is no smell (only 2 months after the gangrene began to set in). He is relatively pain free and hopeful that he has some time left (he says he is too ornery to die).
When I first spoke with you, you said there was perhaps a 50/50 chance that your Formula would help my father, so he agreed to try it.
As far as I am concerned, if not for your product, he may not have made his 80th birthday earlier this month, or if he had, I don’t think he would have been as relatively pain free and in a good condition as he was.
When I ask him, he comments that he is sleeping well at night, without foot pain waking him up. I know when his toes were gangrenous and pain at night was a big problem for him.
My sister, who does not see him as frequently as I do, also commented that his color was looking better than it has in a long time.
Thank you for your product. I believe that it is responsible for giving my father some additional time with good quality.
I have attached a picture of his foot from the bottom. While I am certainly no expert, it seems to me that the foot is healing. I was even able to remove a large section of dead skin off of the top of the foot this morning and underneath the skin seemed pink and healthy.
I am so thankful for this Formula and plan to share the results my father has had with the podiatrist he had been working with. He works with many diabetic patients and is open to alternative therapies. He might find this interesting.
Thank you again. I'll let you know how things go in the upcoming months.
Karen Gibson
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Dear Andrew:
I just wanted to let you know that my dad's foot now appears to be TOTALLY healed.
The 'scab' came off about a week or so ago and the tissue is healthier than it has looked in years.
Here are the pictures of his foot as it is now.
I took my father to see his podiatrist last week and he was very happy to see the condition of my father's foot. I brought him an empty jar of your Formula.
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Thank you again for the work you have done to create this product!
Karen
P.S. Finding your formula was a specific answer to a specific prayer...
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* The testimonial above is a true, documented story. It has been reviewed, however, it is the sole opinion of the listed individual.
COMMENT: Clear-G Formula is particularly useful for chronic, non-healing wounds that result from diabetes (type 2 diabetes often leaves patients with foot ulcers and other wounds on limbs with poor circulation).
With Clear-G Formula diabetic wounds can be actually healed, rather than just offering palliative care. It means fewer amputations often performed when these wounds do not heal.
Non-healing wounds are also an expensive burden in the health system (in 2007 medical expenditures in the United Stated totaled $58 billion for chronic diabetes-related complications). Besides saving diabetic limbs, Clear-G Formula could help reduce the overall cost of diabetic foot care.
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