I've been reading a lot about GcMAF recently and very intrigued by the GcMAF yoghurt version being developed by Prof Ruggiero, which is not available yet. Whilst I was reading about this I came across an article that looked at research into yogurt's immune enhancing properties.
They found that particular probiotics strains added to yogurt can modulate the immune system and raise CD4 subsets in HIV/AIDS patients ,over and above the effect produced by ARVs. The strains they supplemented to the yogurts were Bifidobacterium bifidum with Streptococcus thermophilus (250 billion?) in one study and Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and L. reuteri RC-14 in another.
As CD4 are also low in CFS, I wondered whether this a viable way to get some of the benefits of GcMAF? I guess trying won't cause any harm.
But a more general question is what alternatives/substitutes to GcMAF are out there for anybody who doesn't have access to it?
http://www.marcoruggiero.org/pdf/Irvine et al..pdf
They found that particular probiotics strains added to yogurt can modulate the immune system and raise CD4 subsets in HIV/AIDS patients ,over and above the effect produced by ARVs. The strains they supplemented to the yogurts were Bifidobacterium bifidum with Streptococcus thermophilus (250 billion?) in one study and Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and L. reuteri RC-14 in another.
As CD4 are also low in CFS, I wondered whether this a viable way to get some of the benefits of GcMAF? I guess trying won't cause any harm.
But a more general question is what alternatives/substitutes to GcMAF are out there for anybody who doesn't have access to it?
http://www.marcoruggiero.org/pdf/Irvine et al..pdf