Nutritional Protection Against Bioterrorism
By Healthy Living Volume 5, Number 12

Dr. Ohhira's OMX- Anthrax Protector?
DURING THESE TROUBLING TIMES, we have recommended that readers pay special attention to gastrointestinal tract health. A healthy GI tract is essential to immune function since so many of our antibody-forming cells are manufactured there.
Prebiotics, probiotics and homeostatic soil organisms-these are some of the types of GI-support formulations we have discussed recently or in this current issue. In the case of probiotics, be sure the formula you use has been clinically studied and that you know it works, and you are therefore receiving full consumer value. After all, your life may depend on such quality.

Dr. Ohhira's OMX has a wealth of scientific validation to show it is highly effective-certainly one of the world's premiere probiotic formulas today. While working in Malaysia, Iichiroh Ohhira, Ph.D., a renowned microbiologist from Japan's Okayama University, observed that many of the world's longest-lived persons consumed generous amounts of fermented foods. Dr. Ohhira also observed that overuse of antibiotics, both in veterinary and human medicine, had led to the creation of new strains of "super" bacteria that have become antibiotic-resistant.

Spurred on by his long-time passion for improving human health by insuring the presence of adequate colonies of good bacteria, Dr. Ohhira's research team selectively bred a special strain of beneficial lactic acid bacteria isolated from the Southeast Asian food delicacy tempeh. Known as Enterococcus faecalis TH10, preliminary studies have shown this bacterium to be highly effective against even the most deadly antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains (such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus).


Effective against Anthrax?
Dr. Ohhira's OMX may have other important uses in these times. Preliminary evidence obtained by The Doctors' Prescription for Healthy Living indicates Dr. Ohhira's OMX may well be effective against some forms of disease caused by anthrax (Bacillus anthracis). This stems from research showing its constituents are effective against the pathogen Bacillus cereus, which is classified as a member of the same genus or family as anthrax. Bacillus cereus, like its notorious relative, is a spore former whose cells appear in the shape of large rods. Both should share similar susceptibilities.

Viewing the Decimation
In these electron microscopy images, we see the devastating effect of a substance called phenyllactic acid on Bacillus cereus. In an in vitro (test-tube) experiment, Bacillus cereus was cultured for six hours and then phenyllactic acid was added at a concentration of one percent. Since B. cereus is a Gram-positive bacterial strain, normal cells are stained purple, but as the bacteria begin to die, they become stained red. In this study, the bacteria began to turn red after about a little more than three hours exposure. After nearly seven hours, the cells stained quite red and, based on electron microscopy imagery, one could see the cell walls had started to disintegrate and fall apart. But when the cells were exposed to phenyllactic acid immediately, they died off within 20 minutes. The "antibacterial activity of phenyllactic acid was admitted to have quite immediate effect," note the researchers. Certainly, with ingested anthrax, this effect is noteworthy. Additional studies show us that the immune-support activities of the GI tract, however, are systemic (i.e., occur throughout the body)-and that they may aid the body's resistance against inhalation and cutaneous anthrax.

But there's more. The message here is clear: not only is phenyllactic acid a most potent antimicrobial compound; it is secreted by the selectively bred bacterium Enterococcus faecalis TH10. Fortunately, Enterococcus faecalis TH10 is part of Dr. Ohhira's OMX. In fact, Enterococcus faecalis TH10 may be one of the keys to the formula's ability to subdue many of our most potent super strains of pathogenic bacteria and to aid in the removal of toxins produced in the colon. It may also aid in survival against some of the bacterial strains used by terrorists.

The Doctors' Prescription
Dr. Ohhira's OMX is made in Japan using a five-year method of manufacturing during which the special Enterococcus faecalis TH10 strain of bacteria, as well eleven other strains of live lactic acid bacteria, are created. The product is fermented in a natural environment, during which additional raw materials are introduced, including wild herbs and fruits collected from the cold mountainous regions of the Kibi and Hiruzen Highlands of the Chugoku district of Japan, as well as several species of seaweed harvested from the seas of Japan, and other organic vegetables. The final formula includes 92 types of natural crops, including special leaves, bark, herbs and fruits.

We have much to tell you about Dr.Ohhira's OMX since it is recognized worldwide as a leading probiotic and is now available in Singapore & the Pacific Region. As we live in an evolving world of unforseen changes, of threats from Bioterrorism, to mutating viruses & bacteria unknown to mankind, it seems our own source of survival & self-defense actually comes from our own individual immune systems. The use of Enterococcus faecolis TH10 in Dr.Ohhira's OMX is smart. It may well offer a degree of protection otherwise not available to most consumers. This wonderful life-saving product is now made available through Bio Essentials International.