Article Summary:
Reversing AIDS, The Seleno-Enzyme Solution

"Death from AIDS is a consequence
of four nutritional deficiencies."

Eating foods grown in selenium-deficient soils, or having a prior infection by a selenium-encoding pathogen are factors which promote susceptibility to HIV infection and ultimately AIDS.

It is ironic, but not really surprising, that our continuous destruction of the global ecosystem is promoting the spread of viral infections (and various chronic degenerative diseases), that threaten humanity's domination of the planet.

Fortunately, HIV infection does not need to be a death sentence because such deficiencies are cheap and easy to reverse. And while the four nutrients won't eradicate HIV, they activate the virus's own "warning system", preventing its replication.

To be replicated, HIV must compete with its host for glutathione peroxidase and its four constituent nutrients: selenium, cysteine, glutamine and tryptophan. As a consequence, replication of the virus gradually depletes people of these substances. AIDS is the end product of these nutritional declines, and most of its symptoms are caused by them. As a consequence, it is likely that AIDS can be easily reversed by correcting such deficiencies.

The genetic code of HIV includes a viral requirement for selenium, therefore HIV generally appears to restrict infection to individuals who are deficient in this trace element. This is either because of a diet deficient in selenium, or prior infection by other selenium-encoding pathogens.

To illustrate, glutathione peroxidase is one of the body's most significant antioxidants. A lack it therefore accelerates free radical damage and oxidative stress. Beyond this, having inadequate selenium and cysteine undermines the immune system in a process that is accelerated by other infectious pathogens. A deficiency of glutamine encourages muscle wasting and digestive malfunction, while a lack of tryptophan and the compounds it biosynthesises (such as niacin and serotonin) results in dermatitis, diarrhea and various neurologic and psychiatric symptoms including dementia. Supplementation with the appropriate nutrients naturally reverses these symptoms.

Author's Postscript - January 2004

Since I submitted this article for publication, I have learned of a small AIDS trial that is taking place in Botswana.97 The trial is funded by a Canadian vitamin company and is using the nutrient regimen suggested in my book. Here is a quotation from the initial email report that I received in late September:

"I picked two candidates personally who have fully blown AIDS with relevant symptoms like diarrhea, skin rash, loss of weight and a lack of appetite. One of these candidates has a severe complication of syphilis which has slowed his recovery somewhat, but still, within two weeks of trials, his skin rash, diarrhea and fatigue have all but disappeared. The lady candidate gained 3 kg in two weeks and now eats 'like a horse'. She resumed work last Tuesday after several weeks of absence. I am gaining confidence in this treatment by the day and I hope the same would apply to the remainder of the trial candidates?

"A lady who started the regimen three weeks back has just tested negative for HIV, and her CD4 count has shot up from 500 to 700!" (It's unknown if this is the same lady who ate "like a horse"!)

In the meantime, I have set up a small company, HD Foster Research Inc., which is having the nutrients made up into a product called HELP. We are giving this away to doctors who treat AIDS patients. The first taker is a physician in South Africa, and I have mailed him enough treatment for 10 patients. The idea is to find medical supporters who can vouch that the treatment works. Beyond this, the small Canadian company that is using my treatment in Botswana (anecdotal evidence suggests a 99% success rate in reversing AIDS) has spread its activities into Zambia.

We have decided to produce a video in which I describe my theory of HIV/AIDS, and which also shows patients recovering. We are looking for financial and other assistance to do this. The idea is to give this away to TV stations in Africa and elsewhere.

Recently I checked the progress of the two Victoria, BC, patients mentioned in my book, who were dying of AIDS in 2001. They are now both in good health and are back at work.

I have also had two more HIV/AIDS papers published in Chinese in the proceedings of two different medical conferences held in Shanghai in November 2003. Two additional papers have been accepted for publication in Chinese medical journals. On 17 March I am scheduled to give a lecture on AIDS at the Centennial AGM of the Association of American Geographers in Philadelphia.

Things are moving along. Hopefully, the world will soon know that the treatment does indeed work.