Prof. Dr. med. Günter Sprotte leitet seit vielen Jahren das Schmerzzentrum der Universitätsklinik Würzburg. Er ist ein Querdenker, ein Mediziner, der sich von der konventionellen Diagnostik und Schmerztherapie schon vor langer Zeit verabschiedet hat. Schon früh erkannte er den Zusammenhang zwischen chronischen Schmerzen und dem Immunsystem. Lange jedoch blieben seine Forschungsarbeiten und seine Erfolge bei Patienten ungehört. Jetzt endlich wird seine Arbeit mit dem Deutschen Schmerzpreis anerkannt.
Günter Sprotte behandelt Patienten mit chronischem Schmerz-Syndromen mit oralen Immunglobulinen, d.h. mit bovinem Colostrum bzw. Biestmilch. Er gibt der Biestmilch mit seinen Forschungsarbeiten eine stabile naturwissenschaftliche Basis. Uns freut das umso mehr, als dass Biestmilch immer wieder ins Kreuzfeuer der Debatten gerät, vielleicht doch nur Placebo zu sein oder gar der Esoterik zugeschrieben zu werden. Er ist uns seit vielen Jahren freundschaftlich verbunden. Immer wieder hat er mich dazu motiviert, die Arbeit mit Biestmilch fortzusetzen und den steinigen Weg bis zu Anerkennung weiterzugehen.
Archive for June, 2009
Günter Sprotte erhält Deutschen Schmerzpreis 2009
Preparations for Ironman European Championship in high gear
The design of the poster for announcing our autograph session is finished. Now we hope that the print-outs will be ready in time. And then of course, we do hope that a lot of people we come and meet us there.
Meike Krebs, Frank Vytrisal, Chris McCormack, Yvonne van Vlerken, Nicole Leder
Individualizing medicine
If you are working with a natural substance like biestmilch you are used to deal with the patient as an individual and not as a part of a statistical collective. Naturopathy usually tailors therapeutic regimen to the body, not so does medicine, neither therapy nor diagnostics. In medicine we turn into statistical probabilities in that moment we enter a clinic and get in touch with a physician. Of course, their are a lot of individualizing efforts in medical practices. But mostly they remain in the realm of talking and lack a frame of reference. They either cling to statistics still or drift to esotericism.
The video underneath is only the beginning of trying to bring more individuality into medicine. Whether it is a suitable model, only future can prove. It seems that this concept of individuality tries to ease the tension between the body as a statistical significant database and the deviant behavior of an individual.
It is the dream of the creators of this model that doctors could soon be testing medications or surgery on your virtual twin before you get to undergo the real treatment.
Source: the New Scientist
Perspectives on Time – past, present and future are the scaffolding for our perception of time
Currently the whole biestmilch crew is preparing for Ironman European Championship 2009 in Frankfurt, the ones training in high gear for the race, the others facilitating an optimal platform for biestmilch and its athletes. Conclusion: time is of incredible value now, and every one of us tries not to waste it. Therefore I think this presentation of Philip Zimbardo is of great interest especially for those who struggle with time, with its velocity, with the fact of loosing control over time. Perhaps, it may be helpful to find out how past, present and future intertwine in you, how your perspective on time emerges and determines your being in the world and your feeling for the world. Your perspective on time is to great parts deciding about your health condition.
Philip Zimbardo was the leader of the notorious 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment and an expert witness at Abu Ghraib. His book The Lucifer Effect explores the nature of evil, and now, in his new work, he studies the nature of heroism.
The tweeting blackbird eases my mind
And again I am working on a revision of our biestmilch.com site, and again it is all about getting it clearer, simpler and faster, about slagging it. This is one of the reasons why my blogging has become sparse. It looks like we will be online within the next 4 days max. And then … 
most likely nothing is going to change.
But before that I have this slight hope for that a big burden will be off my shoulders. Until to the point when the user comes into the picture again and tells me otherwise. And this happens as sure as eggs is eggs. Nevertheless I actually believe that we reach our goal asymptotically, which in other words means “never” … have a wonderful Sunday.
Blackbird on the antenna of the neighbor house
I continue working and listen to my beloved blackbird …
Vitamin C and E under scrutiny – antioxidants can harm health
Since decades the hymn on the healthiness of vitamins remained unquestioned. Recently a study was published in the highly acknowledged American journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)” that tells us another story. Vitamin C and E are well known antioxidants, which means scavengers of oxygen free radicals (ROS). All cells produce these molecules, and they produce more of this kind in case of stress. ROS are known for harming cells or even kill them. Over the years they developed into the culprit of every other disease. But this is only one side of the coin. “The other is that these molecules have got very positive properties,” so Prof. Dr. Michael Ristow from the Jena Institute of nutrition states. “Antioxidants can even harm health and undermine the positive effects of physical exercise on immunity.”, he says and the study confirms his proposition.
Endurance sport induces the production of ROS by increasing the activity of mitochondria. ROS activate the immune system, and support immune functions. This is one of the reasons why endurance sport is good for your health. Athletes love to take this vitamins to buffer these reactive oxygen species. They think that they can avoid cell destruction and speed up recovery. This view seems to be misleading. ROS are essential players within the body. Taking vitamins may counteract the bactericidal and immune stimulating effects of the ROS.
The study that was performed in 39 adult men proposes that Vitamin E and C may even harm well-being by inducing Diabetes Type-2. It seems that ROS counterbalance the insulin resistance that is observed during strenuous exercise in endurance athletes. ROS activate genes that balance insulin sensitivity in cells. Antioxidants suppress this gene activation.
The study underscores once and again that there is always more than one side to the coin, especially in biology. The body is a complex thing that escapes simple linearity. This study proves this again and thus, adds a serious aspect that deserves consideration. Noncritical intake of food supplements should be questioned.
Ristow M, Zarese K, Oberbach A, et al.: Antioxidants prevent health-promoting effects of physical exercise in humans. PNAS, March, 2009
TGIF, have a nice weekend !
I shall spent part of the weekend at the Challenge race in Kraichgau. I keep you posted.
Thank God It's Friday
