Germanium Antioxidant Reviewed

Supplement Overview: Have you ever heard of germanium? It has been reported that germanium is one substance which may help as a nutritional anti-cancer supplement. So if you have cancer or know someone who has it, this substance may be what is needed to combat the dreaded Big C.



Germanium comes in both an inorganic form and an organic form. The inorganic form of germanium cannot be consumed by people and has zero nutritional value. It is used as an effective semiconductor (which is a material that can transport electrons well) which is why inorganic germanium is employed like its cousin silicon for the manufacture of computer chips in the field of electronics.

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The organic type of germanium is what is used for to treat people who have cancers or tumors already. This nutrient may be better known as Ge-Oxy 132 (or Germanium-132) and works by bolstering the human immune system so that cancerous cells and tumors do not grow any more or do not develop in the first place. This is why organic germanium is being considered to treat cancer and other forms of degenerative diseases that come with aging or are caused by free radical damage.



If you are familiar with healing plants like certain medicinal plants or herbs, you may find that germanium is a vital component in many of them. Some of these healing plants are aloe vera, comfrey, garlic and ginseng. It is believed these plants are healing or therapeutic plants because they contain quite a lot of germanium.



Dr. Kazuhiko Asai is considered the first person to successfully synthesize organic germanium the right way. Dr. Asai who hails from Tokyo , Japan , discovered the process by which organic germanium can protect the body against cancer. Organic germanium triggers heightened production of the substance interferon which in turn causes natural killer (or NK) cells to be produced as well. It is the NK cells that fight against cancer cells. Dr. Asai is credited with being able to create organic germanium in a form whose chemical structure is just like that of organic germanium sourced from plants, but which is less expensive (and thus more affordable for the general public to purchase.) Dr. Asai's version of organic germanium has the chemical name of bis-carboxyethyl germanium sesquioxide. Other Japanese companies have followed suit by producing other patented processes for organic germanium production.



Another way organic germanium can reduce or eliminate cancer cells in the body is by creating oxygen-rich conditions by raising the level of oxygen at the cellular level. According to Dr. Otto Warburg, cancer cells find an oxygen-rich living environment to be lethal to them. Organic germanium basically can supply oxygen into the cell by being transported across the cellular membranes. In turn, the cell can use this additional oxygen to combat deficiencies in cellular oxygenation that result in illnesses. (Another term for deficient cellular oxygenation is oxidative free-radical damage.) Dr. Warburg eventually garnered a Nobel Prize for his research into anti-cancer substances.



The Journal of Interferon Research ran an article that showed that organic germanium can bring back the normal function of the T-cells, the B-lymphocytes, and the natural killer cells while simultaneously boosting the population of cells responsible for creating antibodies. This process is reputed not to produce side effects in the affected individual. People who consume organic germanium may benefit from research implying that germanium is useful for cancers of the breast, larynx, bladder, and the lungs. There is also proof that cirrhosis, leukemia, neuralgia, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, sinus infection, heavy metal poisoning, arthritis, asthma, and depression too.



However, there are known side effects with use of organic germanium, such as diarrhea and skin rashes. This is why you should only consume appropriate amounts of organic germanium under the guidance of an accredited doctor who will also check on your kidney function while you are under treatment. It has also been shown by majority of research that germanium can work best when you take it along with traditional cancer therapy, or alternative anti-cancer treatments.



You can get germanium as either capsule or as tablets to supplement your diet. If you buy the powdered germanium, you need to mix it with water then keep the solution in the refrigerator to keep it stable. There are also multivitamin-mineral supplements which contain germanium too. Lastly, you might need to use the inhaled type of liquid organic germanium but you require a nebulizer for that. This last form of treatment is employed for lung oxygenation of asthma, emphysema, and lung cancer patients.