MSM: An Essential Dietary Sulphur!

Robert Herschler, working for Crown Zellerbach in Portland, Oregon first isolated MSM. Both he and Dr. Stanley Jacob of the University of Oregon Medical School have done extensive research and testing on this exciting substance.

MSM, or methylsulfonylmethane, is a natural, organic sulphur compound, found in all living things. This form of organic sulphur is the forth most prevalent mineral in the human body. In his research, Dr. Jacob determined that the sulphur in MSM, called sulfonyl, is as safe and as important as vitamin C in our diet, unlike the bad sulphurs: sulfa, sulfate, sulfite and sulfide.

Sulphur a Major Key To Health:

MSM comes from the ocean and is a prime source of bio-available sulphur, which is lost from our food because of storage, processing, drying, cooking and preserving. MSM is an important food (not a drug or medicine) and plays many roles in the body, including the stimulation of the growth of healthy skin, hair and nails. It is needed by the body for healthy connective tissues and joint function, proper enzyme activity and hormone balance, along with the proper function of the immune system.
Because bio-nutritional sulphur plays such a major role in these healthy body functions and others, Doctors Herschler and Jacob found that supplementation with MSM can improve many conditions such as: allergies, asthma, emphysema, lung dysfunction, arthritis, head aches, skin problems, stomach problems, digestive tract problems, circulation, cell osmosis and absorption.

What MSM Does:

The following material is based on the lectures by Bill Rich, whose product, Rich's MSM, is the brand we provide. MSM makes cell walls permeable, allowing water and nutrients to freely flow into cells and allowing wastes and toxins to properly flow out. The building blocks of the body, amino acids, are all sulphur binders and play a major role in the production of hormones and enzymes that regulate the body's activities.
The body uses MSM and vitamin C together to build healthy new cells. MSM provides the flexible bond between the cells. Without MSM, the new cell is not permeable, and osmosis is hampered. These cells lose their flexibility, like scar tissue, wrinkles, vericose veins, hardened arteries or the damaged lung tissues of a person with emphysema.

Conditions that may be helped by supplementation of or be made worse by Deficiency of MSM:

1. Allergies - Dust Mites
2. Arthritis
3. Chronic Fatigue
4. Elevated Cholesterol
5. Candida 'Yeast' Infections
6. Soft & Chipping Nails, Hair Loss
7. Wrinkles
8. Scar Tissue
9. Lung Dysfunction
10. Diabetes
11. Ulcers
12. Migraine Headaches
13. Alzheimer’s
14. Diverticulosis

Skin Care

i) Scar Tissue:

Burn victim, Bill Rich, discovered MSM for himself when a veterinarian friend had him try MSM. Bill's explains that his skin was flat, purple and leathery, up and down a majority of the right side of his body. After only a few days of taking MSM, Bill noticed an increase of stamina and energy, and over time an astonishing effect on his scarred skin as it started to turn pink and fill in. Now Bill has little more than a small section of skin that is still barely detectable after having more than 60 feet of skin graft scars. After years of using MSM and helping others, Bill Rich lectures in the benefits of MSM.

ii) Wrinkles:

When the body replaces old skin cells, if there is a deficiency of sulphur, the new cells can be stiff and contribute to wrinkling. MSM supplementation can help the body replace bad cells with good, healthy, elastic cells. Over time, wrinkles can go away, and brown and black spots and skin tumors can flow away as new cells replace the bad.

iii) Damaged Skin:

It is the MSM in Aloe Vera leaves that sooths and repairs skin that has been cut, scraped, burned or damaged. The body then is able to repair the skin with the proper raw materials.

iv) MSM lotion

This will also help with all the above problems (scar tissue, wrinkles and damaged skin) and most other skin problems e.eg. eczema, psoriasis etc though as we beleive health should be sought from the inside out, we reccomend using the tablets and the lotion).

Lung Dysfunction:

Bill Rich claimes that smoking does not cause emphysema. Horses and dogs get emphysema, and they don't smoke! It is a deficiency of sulphur that causes this condition, and supplementation of MSM can reverse it. Whilst we think this is probably an exaggeration,, we do find MSM to be helpful for respiratory problems.

Diabetes:

According to Bill Rich, diabetics that have been 'on the needle' for years can benefit from MSM supplementation and he cites several examples of his friends whom he alledges are now self-regulating since they have discovered MSM.

Sore Joints and Muscles:

Testimonials of many athletes attest to the ability of MSM to increase athletic stamina and eliminate sore muscles! MSM increases the ability of the body to eliminate wastes and toxins from the cells.

Massaging MSM lotion directly onto sore joints and muscles can also be very helpful.

Ulcers:

Bill Rich claims that ulcers, caused by too much stomach acids can be reversed by MSM supplementation. Tagament covers up the symptoms, doing nothing to relieve the problem. MSM corrects the problem.

Period problems

Bill Rich claims that women don't have the headaches, hot flashes, cramps and nausea associated with the monthly cycle when they use MSM. Even migraine headaches can melt away.

Alzheimer’s:

Bill Rich theorizes that aluminum and lithium salts that are trapped in the brain causing the electrical impulses to be ‘shorted’ out, so they aren’t going on the right path cause Alzheimer’s. Without proper circulation and the detoxification of MSM, this condition robs millions of their golden years. MSM facilitates the body's ability to clean out these toxins.

Allergic Reactions:

MSM is an Anti-Venom that can quickly bind up foreign proteins such as snakebites, flea bites, black widow bites, bee stings and mosquito bites. MSM is also an anti-oxidant that detoxifies the body.

Candida Infections, Chronic Fatigue:

Bill Rich states that candida is yeast that normally lives in the colon. If body pH gets out of whack, candida can spread to other areas in the body. If the body pH is right, candida cannot live outside the colon. Women sometimes get candida yeast infections. When the doctor prescribes an antibiotic, that can send the body pH further off kilter and the candida can spread. The white coating on the tongue is candida. It can even get into the brain. We think this is one of the causes of epilepsy. In the blood, candida will rob the nutrition and energy away from the body, amd is one of the causes of the 'incurable' disease called Chronic Fatigue. When the body burns energy it produces toxins, if toxins aren't properly removed, this is the result. MSM often helps tremendously with chronic fatigue and candida sufferers but being both anti candidal and a potent de-toxifier.

Cholesterol:

Bill Rich claims that if your body is functioning like it should, cholesterol will not be a problem. Your body will regulate it naturally. By taking MSM as a supplement, Bill can eat what he pleases and his cholesterol count is always normal.

Diverticulosis & Constipation

Diverticulosis is where the large intestine gets sluggish, clogged, and quits pulsing properly. The faeces stop moving properly, and nutrition is not passed through the intestine walls. MSM smoothes the coating of the intestine with a Teflon like coating, and the faeces start moving properly. Bill Rich claims that diverticulosis is an MSM and Vitamin C deficiency. Whilst we think this is an exaggeration, we have had a number of customers report that MSM help them with diverticulossis and constipation

Hair and Nails

Bill Rich claims that MSM will cause your nails to grow twice as fast, and you will find that your hair will be thicker and healthier. Fingernails have more sulphur in them than any other part of the body!

Additional Benefits of MSM:

According to Bill Rich, MSM has been found to improve athletic performance and is a tremendous energy booster.