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The Compelling History of Jiva Supplements
Vijaya-speaking-smVijaya Nair, MD
(Singapore), FAMS, MS (Epid)
CEO Essence of Life
I was formerly a Professor in the Department
of Epidemiology at Columbia University, School of Public Health (Epidemiology
is the study of factors affecting the health and illness of populations, and is
highly regarded in evidence-based medicine for identifying risk factors for
disease and determining optimal treatment approaches to diseases such as
cancers, HIV/AIDS, etc). However, after several years of inside “the square
box” medical research and in spite of the billions of dollars invested in
conventional treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation and high tech
surgeries, there was little evidence that the incidence of cancers or the
complications and side effects of these treatments was decreasing. On the
contrary, the incidence as well as treatment complications of chronic illnesses
such as cancers, heart disease, strokes, diabetes, etc has been shown in
numerous epidemiological and research studies to be increasing at an alarming
rate, especially in western societies. On the other hand, medical treatments
based on certain traditional Chinese medicines and on established principles of
Aryuvedic medicine in India were showing greater promise in not only
alleviating many disease symptoms, but also for developing “cures” for some of
these chronic diseases. Coming from a conventional and westernized medical
training background in Singapore and with subsequent post doctoral training at
Harvard and Columbia Universities, I was at first completely baffled at reports
of chronically and terminally ill patients using complementary and alternative
medicines and experiencing a much better quality of life. Intrigued by these
reports, I began to independently work in collaboration with research
scientists and physicians in the United States, Europe and Asia who, though
western trained, were recognized experts in the eastern traditional medical
approaches. Most of these experts, like me, were associated with major
Universities and, like me, were determined to think “outside the square box.”
So much evidence based medical research related to eastern medical modalities
and treatment of especially chronic illnesses were emerging, it could no longer
be ignored.
Early on, I recall being asked to visit a
patient who had been admitted to the Emergency Room of a hospital in
Connecticut. There I met a middle aged woman who was suffering terribly from
end stage lung cancer. The disease had spread to all of her major organs. She
was hooked up to an oxygen tank and was literally gasping for breath. Her chest
X-rays revealed that both of her lungs had collapsed. She was dying and her
husband had been told that she had just a few weeks to live. Her cancer was not
responding to chemotherapy and radiation treatments. I asked her what she
wanted and she replied that she wanted to live and desired to swim with the
dolphins in San Diego and to see a Broadway Show! I recommended that she
immediately begin taking a particular herbal formulation on which I was doing
research at Columbia University. Her husband called me in a week’s time with
the news that after taking the herbal formulation I had suggested, his wife’s
condition had improved to the extent that she was breathing better and no
longer required the use of an oxygen tank, She was also asking to eat her
favorite foods! Her doctors were flabbergasted to see the improvement in her
clinical condition, in her chest x–rays and in her blood results. Within 3
months, as her cancer began to shrink, this lady was able to fulfill her dreams
to swim with the dolphins and see to the Broadway shows she desired. She lived
for another year, active and in good health, but tragically died one night in
her sleep when the last small remnant of her tumor suddenly burst and bled into
one of the bronchioles in her lungs.
Since then, I have had many, many such
experiences working with individuals who were initially diagnosed with terminal
diseases and who were not responding to conventional therapies. In case after
case, however, I have witnessed their medical conditions and quality of life
improve significantly after taking natural herbal and fermented soy based
products. My team and I have submitted many of these patient reports to the
National Cancer Center, Office of Cancer, Complimentary and Alternative
Medicine and received recognition for our work. I began to realize that, with
the help of many wonderful and world renowned research scientists and
physicians, we could actually develop a series of nutraceutical organic health
supplements that, supported by evidence based medical research, could address
complications associated with these terrible life threatening and chronic
diseases. It was then that I decided to resign from my faculty position at Columbia
University and to embark on the full-time development of the JIVA line of
products. My intention was to collaborate with renowned researchers,
physicians, nutritionists and other medical professionals and develop the JIVA
nutraceutical health supplements that could be taken by everyone to improve
their overall health and well being as well as address the nutritional
deficiencies and challenges faced by individuals who were suffering from
complications associated with chronic illnesses or as a result of undergoing
medical treatments. The ingredients used in JIVA are supported by research
evidencing no adverse interactions, contraindications or interferences with any
“conventional treatments” that our consumers were taking. Nevertheless, all our
customers are strongly advised to discuss with their doctors the nature of the
nutraceuticals they are consuming.