My experience
I want to share my experience and knowledge of Lutimax.
For a little more than three years Linda, my PALS took Lutimax. She was introduced to the guy who made it through a fellow PALS she met when her Neurologist introduced them. The doctor was extremely skeptical but felt compelled to share what he knew
(perhaps because she was so young {43}). The fellow PALS had been diagnosed with ALS
and had progressed to the point that his arms hung limp at his side. He was able to walk but his speech was beginning to slur. This PALS began seeing "Ralph" who gave him Lutimax and told him to limit the carbs in his diet. Ralph and the PALS met on a weekly basis and by the time my PALS was introduced to him the doctor had changed his diagnosed because he had not progressed in the disease for more than 6 months and was getting strength back in his arms. I know this sounds fishy but I met the man and saw his arms hanging at his side and then watched as he slowly got stronger and stronger and eventually was able to hang from a monkey bar by his arms.
My friend Linda began seeing Ralph and taking Lutimax and following his protocol. Ralph did not charge Linda for the Litimax or for his time in person or on the phone. I can't be sure that he did the same for the other PALS he saw but I got to know him very well and saw him almost weekly for more than two years
and I know that he did what he did to help not to make money. Every week that I took Linda to see him he would give her a new bottle of Lutimax and test her arm and hand strength . He NEVER charged her for anything. He also sold the product online and I don't remember exactly how much he charged but I think it was somewhere in the neighborhood of $30-$40 a bottle. I remember Linda trying to pay Ralph for the Lutimax many times and he always refused to take the money. After a couple of years he finally allowed her to pay him $25 for four bottles, a months supply.
Ralph never said Lutimax would heal anybody. What he did say (to the best of my memory and understanding) was that it fought off free radicals and protected from further cell death. Ralph was not just selling the stuff, he made the stuff himself and spoke at several hospitals around the world teaching about how Lutiolen could be used in modern medicine. He'd find that making a slight adjustment in the mixture of ingredents would make a difference in how the people using it felt and responded so he would throw out the old batch and redo a new one. The cost to do this was huge but from what I could tell, it never deterred him. He had/has a heart for helping people, a God given, amazing gift of intelligence and a driving desire to find a way to help people with terimal illnesses.
Linda died. The PALS her doctor introduced her to is still alive and last I heard, doing fairly well. Both followed Ralphs directions. Three other female PALS also died. I know of two other male PALS he worked with while Linda saw him who are also still living and have maintained or regained strength.
I believe the Lutimax helped Linda in a lot of ways. I think it slowed the progression of the disease and, if nothing else, gave her hope. She continued to take it up to the time she got her feeding tube six months before her death in 11/06. Ralph gave her Lutimax in powder form and we'd mix it with water and give in her tube for a while
but Linda said she didn't want to "fight" anymore and stopped taking it. She'd get depressed when she saw that it wasn't working for her as well as it was for the men
and tried very hard to be happy for them. She hated the g-tube, didn't want to use the bi-pap and decided early on against invasive respiratory help. Basically she'd decided to give up the fight and accept that she was going to die soon. She wanted to focus on "getting ready" and she felt she could not do that while she still had hope of stopping the disease. Over the next six months without Lutimax she quickly went downhill. Ralph stayed in contact and came to see her a few times before she died.
At her funeral his face showed how hard he took the defeat. I've talked to him a few times since then and I continue to be amazed at his determination to keep searching for the answer to unlock the mystery of ALS and other terminal diseases regardless of the emotional, financial and physical cost to him.
I am not endorsing any ads for the product or trying to convence anyone to try it.
I just wanted to share my experience with the people here who might be considering an alternate treatment. I'd say most are scams and others are simply unnecessary suppliments. I'll never know for sure if Lutimax helped Linda the way I think it did but I know that it did not hurt her and it was almost free.
Sorry this has gotten so long. I hope it is helpful.
Jeanne