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Grant & Lactoferrin

Continuing my multi-part response series to Grant Genereux’s recent blogpost, we return again to his email inbox:

I’ve had several reports of people suffering severe setbacks in their health almost immediately after taking lactoferrin. One person reported that it had setback his progress by two years.

First, any food or supplement can cause a negative reaction in any particular person. Anyone who has worked in health has noted that the spectrum of reactions that different people can have to different treatments, supplements, or medications can be wildly different, even diametrically opposite. Some people go in the gym and build themselves up, some people go in the gym and break themselves down. As the saying goes, “A poor workman blames his tools.”

Opposing Leadership Approaches

My people know that I personally experiment with & use—often with high-dosing—every single supplement I’ve produced before I bring it to the public. What does Grant do instead?

“As such, I have always been waiting for other people to test things out and report their results. I’ve been hoping that if this project can get enough traction eventually someone will discover something truly effective to help streamline and accelerate the recovery process.“

What I do is called leading from the front. What Grant is doing is called hiding behind the troops. I have taken on the role of The Man in the Arena in the low vA community. People know this and appreciate me for it.

Strong Medicines = Strong Effects

I have always known that lactoferrin is a very potent supplement and thus have advised people to start very slowly. I wrote very detailed instructions on how to start/increase/stop/decrease lactoferrin—linked on the product page and printed on the label itself—about how to introduce it slowly and what to watch for, so negative detox-dumping symptoms of this powerful “miracle molecule” supplement are minimized and/or avoided.

To use another saying, “Strong medicine must be taken with great care.”

It is possible, even likely, that these folks who had issues with lactoferrin—instead of reading the instructions and opening the capsule and taking a smaller dose to begin with as I advise (as in 1/64 tsp aka a “drop”, and I make fractional teaspoons available to people so they can do these small doses)—chose to take a whole capsule instead? I’ve seen this many times before, it’s not a new & unique “user error” at all. I have a saying for the fallout from doing things like this: “If you’re gonna be dumb, you better be tough!”

It is possible, even likely, that these folks who had issues with lactoferrin—instead of noticing a negative response and reducing their dose or taking a break like I specifically describe in my instructions—ignored or discounted their reactions, or purposely decided to keep taking it in an effort to “push through” (which I always advise against)? I’ve also seen this mistake multiple times before. Again, “If you’re gonna be dumb, you better be tough!” applies here as well.

In fact, let’s recall Grant saying about his lutein & zeaxanthin supplement fiasco, that “it wasn’t until after six weeks into that supplementation I had realized my mistake.“ In Grant’s case, he took responsibility for his own poor decisions. In these other people’s cases, Grant absolves them of any responsibility whatsoever.

Do I believe that these folks who had issues with lactoferrin took 1/64 tsp of lactoferrin 1 time and that single tiny exposure caused them any long-term issues or “setback [their] progress by two years”? No, I don’t, and it would be ludicrous for anyone to suggest that. That would be how my lactoferrin instructions suggest starting though!

Let’s Talk About (Toxic) Bile

I can’t help but wonder how many of the people who have had their progress stall have also been taking lactoferrin? Lactoferrin promotes rapid bile dumping and that’s pretty much the last thing we want to do when we are sick.

Who was it that brought the entire concept of “bile dumping” as a source of symptomology to the health world? Oh right! That was me, introducing a whole new health paradigm based on “vitamin” A toxicity and Anthony Mawson’s work, which I called Toxic Bile Theory, now called Toxic Bile Paradigm. It is obvious here that Grant doesn’t understand the basic concepts of bile and detox processes. He would know a lot more had he ever watched my livestreams and/or utilized the free membership I gifted him to my Love Your Liver program.

He works so diligently to never actually say my name. He is not the only person in the health space doing this.

The basics of Toxic Bile Theory/Paradigm are laid out in the video below:

And not knowing who has compromised or partially occluded bile ducts there’s no way of knowing who’s going to have a bad response. So, in my opinion taking lactoferrin and such is all risk with very little upside. Clearly, in some cases supplements are indeed ruining the low vA diet.

I think that by not taking lactoferrin and going slow and steady is far safer and probably going to be more successful in the long run.

As we learned in Part 1, clearly, in some cases, the “prison diet and such” is indeed ruining the low vA diet.

As we learned in Part 2, clearly, in Grant’s case, supplements—zinc and activated charcoal—may have indeed been saving his low vA diet!

Some other common, everyday things that cause “bile dumping”:

• Eating food

• Eating fat

• Eating fiber

• Exercise

• Stress

• Heat, sunlight, sweating

Will Grant be suggesting that people avoid all of these things forever because their “compromised or partially occluded bile ducts” status is unknown? This would be ludicrous to suggest.

Would Grant advise that if a child hurts themselves on the playground, that the offending piece of playground equipment be removed and banned from all playgrounds forever?

Would Grant advise that if a person goes into a weight room and injures themselves doing an exercise, that we should ban weight training?

If a very toxic person with fibromyalgia goes and does too much exercise and is physically “wrecked” for two weeks, should everyone stop exercising?

Lactoferrin’s Real-World, Amazing Results

Grant states that his opinion of lactoferrin—without ever having taken it himself (he lets other people do that for him, remember?)—is “all risk with very little upside“.

No upside, huh? How does real-world feedback stand up to his assessment? Let’s learn more on this matter (the following public reviews can be found here):

The people have spoken.

Lactoferrin is our second-best selling supplement, only behind our amazing magnesium lotion. It seems that people really like it! Lactoferrin of this quality is not cheap, so people continuing to buy it must mean it works. On that note, if someone was not noticing benefits from lactoferrin, my people know that I would tell them they don’t need to take it.

Based on the combination of customer feedback, research evidence (my lactoferrin livestream below presents a ton of it), and people speaking with their wallets, it seems that there is way more upside than risk, actually. Like any “strong medicine”, it should be approached with respect and used properly (which may mean some people don’t use it at all).

In Summary

What have we learned today about lactoferrin?

• People love it (testimonials)

• Scientists love it (international conferences & research)

• Anyone can have a negative reaction to anything, especially if overdone (aka dose-dependent reactions)

• There are definite ways to minimize and/or avoid negative reactions to just about anything

• Never ignore the possibility of user error as a cause of a person’s problems

• People shouldn’t give advice on things they’ve 1) never tried themselves and 2) never researched in detail

In order to help my people out there get the most out of this “miracle molecule” known as lactoferrin, I researched it, tested it myself, made the highest-quality and cleanest supplement of it available, spread the good word about it (research & testimonials), cautioned people to respect its potency, and created detailed instructions about how to incorporate it so there is the least possibility of overdoing it.

These the the things I do on a regular basis.

To Be Continued in Part 4 on Calcium, Food Fortification, and Tap Water…

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