Out with the pink, in with the white (5)

I am including this post as it highlights well Jillian's refusal or inability to understand what she reads. She has to jam any bit of information, no matter it's relevancy, into her hypothesis. It matters not if said information supports her so-called thesis.

 Major advances in anticancer treatment have contributed to an increased frequency of severe fungal infections in patients with neoplastic diseases [conditions that cause tumor growth],,, The increasing frequency of fungal infections is of great concern because of the difficulties in diagnosis and treatment.  The availability of the new granulocyte colony stimulating factors which can shorten the duration of neutropenia could represent a significant improvement in the management of fungal infections in cancer patients. As a preventive measure, the invasive procedures that predispose to infections should be done only when absolutely necessary and frequent handwashing by hospital personnel remains an effective prophylactic procedure.

IOWs,,, chemo, radiation, surgery, and other treatment therapies have left cancer patients open to fungal infections. In this particular abstract, from 1992, the authors are referring to surgical procedures. Fungal infections are not the cause of these tumors as Jillian implies. 

This is a major trend for Jillian. One needs to fact-check every statement she utters. Something her followers are incapable of doing or refuse to do out of want to belong.

Redundancy alert,,, look into prior plausibility (my go to article, but SBM has numerous articles dealing with the topic as well). That is the determining factor into whether Jillian's claims are unfounded.

Salt, NaCl, is not an element. It is a compound. A mistake she still makes to this day. And contrary to her belief, words, do matter in regards to science. The is no such thing as a compound element.

“We don't know, I don't believe so” 

Yes we do know and have known since the 1920s. Jillian is willing to throw away almost a century of science concerning iodine. Based on her belief.

In the U.S. in the early 20th century, goitres were especially prevalent in the region around the Great Lakes and the Pacific Northwest.[24] David Murray Cowie, a professor of paediatrics at the University of Michigan, led the U.S. to adopt the Swiss practice of adding sodium iodide or potassium iodide to table and cooking salt. On May 1, 1924, iodised salt was sold commercially in Michigan.[25] By the fall of 1924, Morton Salt Company began distributing iodised salt nationally. 

BTW, chloride and chlorine are two distinct substances. There is nothing to pick apart to determine where “they” are coming from. Science, in this case chemistry, has a distinct language. Something Jillian doesn't understand.

Chlorine is a naturally occurring element with a symbol Cl and atomic number 17. Whereas, Chloride is an ion of chlorine.

Basically, when atoms gain or lose electrons, they become ions. Chlorine atoms gain one electron to become a chloride ion (Cl−). An ion cannot remain in a free state, and has to combine with another element or elements to form a compound.

chlorine is rarely found by itself and is usually a result of direct or indirect oxidation by oxygen. it is a strong oxidizing agent as it has highest electron affinity and the third highest electronegativity of all the elements.

On garlic::

Notice Jillian slams trace minerals found in other products, galic, but not the trace minerals found in PHS. The exact trace minerals found in garlic are also present in PHS.

I include this only because it again highlights Jillian's lack of due diligence. Debunk time, less than a minute.

 

We are reasonably certain that Pauling never made such a statement for the obvious reason that it is untrue. Pauling was interested in the health effects of micronutrients, especially vitamin C, the vitamin that absorbed his interest for almost thirty years,,, If he had been particularly interested in the health benefits of minerals, he would have focused his research in this direction. There is no evidence in the published literature that he did so.

Please note, Pauling Blog is affiliated with the Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Research Cente./ Home to the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers. The Pauling Papers are described in a six-volume published catalog and are gradually being thematically digitized 

So back to the saline solution that is used for medical purposes. What is important to note in her commentary, the amounts she state – 20 cups.

She is trying to justify the large amount of juice she prescribes. As I have noted, the saline concentration of the IV is 0.9%; her slop is 2.3-2.8%. Almost 3X the amount used in a medical setting.

In the screen cap of herself,,,

 Jillian fails to note, her juice will cause explosive diarrhea resulting in loss of electrolytes and dehydration. Her juice is a purgative, a salt water laxative or flush, causing the issues she states it will combat. 

Basically Jillian “stole” the main aspect of the  Master Cleanse detox and fasting program. 

A saltwater flush involves drinking a mixture of warm water and non-iodized salt. Drinking salt and warm water has a laxative effect. It usually causes urgent bowel movements within 30 minutes to an hour, although it may take longer.

Advocates of this process believe the procedure helps remove toxins, old waste material, and parasites that may be lurking inside the colon.

No salt does not create life.  Salt facilitates the conditions that allow the naturally occurring lactobacillus to flourish. The salinity lowers the pH creating the environment that allow lactobacillus to grow.

This comment is just scary,,, {14a}

She dumps Baja Gold Sea of Cortez Salt.  

Why? Because it advertizes a lower salt concenration at 72-75% with 90+ trace minerals.

So we have lab results with no context. 

 Which tells us nothing. Three reasons:

1] This individual is not drinking the amount Jillian prescribes – three large glassws per day after meals

2] This individual ceased drinking JJ prior to blood test, skewing the results

3] This individual is not drinking JJ at all

While the reported sodium level is good, there is no Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)/ A test used to check how well the kidneys are working. Specifically, it estimates how much blood passes through the glomeruli each minute. Glomeruli are the tiny filters in the kidneys that filter waste from the blood. 

So for shit-n-giggles I googled this phrae, “Salt is an energizing force.” I am happy to report that the phrase appears to be a Jillian original.

Past that point I can not make heads nor tails of WTF she is babbling about. I'm going to guess it may have something to do with her idea that we are batteries,,, or something.

Oh,,, I get the role of salt very well in regards to your protocol. Disolved in water salt acts as a purgative. It's that simple. 

This has got to be one the most asinine statement Jillian has made thus far. Followed by a second idiotic statement. 

Unless you have a condition that affects your kidney or liver function, your body’s natural detox system is very effective at removing toxins, including extra mercury, through urine and in bile excreted to the feces. Ingesting mega-doses of salt will do nothing.

 

Without solid context, this statement(s) is difficult to evaluate. Let's see what her video provides,,,

How do we know salt is “the balancing force against heavy metals, alleged contaminants, and pollution.” Because Jillian says so!

So let me get this straight,,, because various natropathic websites suggest epsom salts etc. as a method of detox for heavy metal poisoning. Jillian has determined that electrolytes counteract heavy metals, therefore, salt is the common denominator in detoxing from heavy metals.

A bit later she states, “When you're doing a heavy metal detox with my protocol, it's going to counter-act mercury. So obviously in the environment,,,radiation too.”

And she thinks this makes sense, that she is using logic?

I should add, if this is the world's balancing force, we have a problem. 

This is what I mean about messing with the electrolyte balance of the body. It is either one extreme other the other, as Jillian demonstrates with this statements she has no concept of homeostasis.

Water, alone. is not the solution to dehydration as it contains no necessary electrolytes that were shat out. A rapid influx of water will cause the oposite of hypernatremia – hyponatremia; both are life threatening if not treated properly.

Remember the purpose of the colon is to re-absorb water before defecation. By causing or initiating what Jillian calls “waterfalls.” an individual is not allowing the body to function properly. Simply put, Jillian's notion of drinking copious amounts of water, after consuming JJ, is changing the “laws of the body” - her verbiage.

So up to this point (July 2018), Jillian has provided two papers as her substantiation. Neither paper supports her claims concerning the high consumption of salt she panders.

 

While this post is shortly before publication of her book, I thought taking a look might help us.

This is from chapter 3 of her “BONUS SECTION::The Science Behind the Protocol,” entitled Body Elements and The Role of Salt. 

 

I want you to read very carefully! Jillian's substantiation for the high salt content, “Salt and salt water are widely used around the world as an alternative energy source for mainstream power companies.” Her source, Salty Solution for Energy Generation, the sub-title says it all, “Battery draws power from salinity difference between freshwater and saltwater.”

Next we have her false usage of scientifc terminoogy.

Beyond that point is woo-garbage. Her citation while from PubMed is no longer a valid URL.

Notice the dodge,,, 

Let's blame a non-existent ailment, leaky gut, for all the ills drinking my slop causes.

So two citations,,, one from a MIT press release and one unknown. 

 

In chapter 4 of the bonus section, Jillian opens with this.

“ In the context of my protocol, with salt ranked as the ninth most needed element in the body, it stands to reason that we need a very good amount of salt to function at normal capacity.”

BUT,,, here is a perfect example of Jillian reading and placing something into the text that is not there.

1] “Salt” is not listed - sodium is as well as chlorine 

 

2[ The listing of macro and micro nutrients are based on the weight of a 70 kg average adult. So in a 70 kg individual, sodium by weight is .10 kg – ie10 grams.

3] Need - is not what the charts, she includes in chapter 2 of the bonus section, are refering to. Jillian is playing word games.

As I noted in part 3 when she posted concerning the same, the body does not need,,, it is composed of.

Almost 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Only about 0.85% is composed of another five elements: potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium. All 11 are necessary for life. The remaining elements are trace elements, of which more than a dozen are thought on the basis of good evidence to be necessary for life [1].

4] More is not better!! While the chart states our body is composed of 10 grams of sodium, it does not mean we have to ingest 10 grams per day. In the case of Jilly Juice, per gallon, an individual is ingesting ~23 grams per day.

Next, Jillian acknowledges hyponatemia and hypernatremia. Her failure,,,

As noted, water is NOT the balancing force of salt. To be recundant, water does not contain nor replace the electolytes that are shat out during waterfalls.

FYI, no citations for either statement beyond attribution for the grapic.

IMO Jillian has NOT provided any substantiation for her claims. She has taken available data and reinterpretated it to fit her narrative. That is not science. Just because you belief something is so, does not make it so. Science does not care what you believe. Science is not a belief; you either accept it or you don't.

Up next, a rash of confusing BS!!