Immune Power: A Comprehensive Healing Program for HIV [Paperback]

Jon D. Kaiser (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1995

During the past five years working in San Francisco, Dr. Jon Kaiser has been on the front lines of those treating people with AIDS. By utilizing a comprehensive clinical approach, 90 percent of Kaiser's patients have remained stable in their diagnosis or improved the strength of their immune systems. In addition, there have been only three deaths among the 134 HIV (+) patients he is presently caring for, including thirty-six who have full-blown AIDS. These results are startingly dramatic when compared to those commonly seen and reported. This Comprehensive Healing Program for HIV includes a skillful integration of three basic approaches: nutritional support, psychological support, and standard medical therapies. Not your typical book on holistic medicine, Immune Power offers a well-balanced, comprehensive plan for treatment: a foundation based in state-of-the-art medical practice and a program that has been tested in the field and shown to clearly enhance longevity and quality of life. This book contains an important and ground-breaking program of great use to HIV (+) people, their medical caregivers, and anyone interested in a successful and comprehensive approach to the treatment of HIV infection and AIDS.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press; Reprint edition (February 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312118317
• ISBN-13: 978-0312118310
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,762,700 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good at the time - now dangerously dated information, February 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Immune Power: A Comprehensive Healing Program for HIV (Paperback)

While I am sure this was an ewxcellent reference when it was written, the medical advances in HIV treatment in the last four years, render this book virtually useless. It is time for a revised edition of this well thought out book.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent program for someone who is HIV+, November 11, 1997

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[e-mail] (Lubbock, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Immune Power: A Comprehensive Healing Program for HIV (Paperback)

As a person who has been HIV+ for 15 years, I can vouch for the program Dr. Jon Kaiser recommends. It is a holistic program and so encompasses vitamins, minerals, herbs, spiritual/emotional work, exercise, supplements and nutrition as well as conventional medication. His book specifically recommends affordable, high-quality vitamins, minerals, supplements and suppliers for verifiable high-quality herbal combinations with high bio-availability. Wisely, he also encourages patients to avoid or greatly decrease the use of immune-suppressing substances such as which tobacco, alcohol, and white sugar and flour. I found his program to be reinforcing of my own experience in dealing with this disease, particularly of his emphasis on taking responsibility for one's own health, utilizing a holistic approach which uses all components of the body's immune response to combat this disease. The most remarkable part of the book is the presentation of results for patients in this program compared to patients only taking conventional medication. His program can verify, with double-blind studies, that over 90% of their patients, over a five-year period, either retain the same level of CD4 cells or increase their CD4 results with no opportunistic infections or with a healing of those infections if ongoing when entering the program. And these are results PRIOR TO the availability of Protease Inhibitors. If his program had been patentable by pharmaceutical firms, it would be advertised everywhere. A holistic approach involves more than popping pills and so requires responsibility and commitment from patients and physicians. It is a worthwhile pathway to follow, but it is not an easy one.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prescient for its day, but yes, now out of date, February 5, 2006

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Richard A. Loftus "reader, doctor, writer" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Immune Power: A Comprehensive Healing Program for HIV (Paperback)

Dr. Kaiser's perspective on micronutrients and their importance in building a solid immune foundation for people living with HIV was way ahead of its time.

And, while a reviewer complains Dr. Kaiser has a limited view as a "medical doctor," that's sort of like complaining that your apple isn't satisfying because you can't peel it like an orange. While it is true that psychology plays a role in people's well-being, so does being plagued with painful opportunistic infections and cancers due to weak immunity or a faulty hormonal balance. Jon's contribution was to make sure people had the best physical health possible, which is (most would agree) a big chunk of your overall well-being.

The proof that Jon was right has been demonstrated in the most practical way: He went on to create a multivitamin for HIV+ people called K-pax, which in a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial presented at the 2004 CROI meeting was found to increase T-cell counts 26%--in people ALREADY taking anti-HIV medicines. As an internist specializing in HIV care, I routinely recommend K-PAX to patients who can afford it. If you want more information on Dr. Kaiser's work, see his website.

Knowledge in the HIV medical field turns over about every 18 months; therefore, it is important to get the latest information possible. Non-electronic media such as books thus are usually not the best way to get information on living with HIV. Try The Body website for a good first place to start.