Germanium Sesquioxide Safe To Use: Designed NutritionalProducts

Germanium Sesquioxide Safe To Use: Designed NutritionalProducts

OREM, Utah--Designed Nutritional Products issued astatement challenging assertions made by the National Nutritional FoodsAssociation (NNFA) about the safety of Germanium sesquioxide. Twostatements in NNFA Today discuss concerns about Germanium sesquioxide (Ge-132)relating to the possibility of contamination with toxins or the toxic form ofgermanium dioxide.

According to David Parish, president of Designed NutritionalProducts, "NNFA's logic is flawed and based on inaccurate research."He noted there has been confusion in studies over the source of germanium,calling inorganic Germanium-lactate-citrate an organic compound. "The truevillain is not Germanium sesquioxide at all," he said. "The enemy isgross ignorance, sloppy science, over-generalizations and conclusions based onthem. Fortunately, this enemy is more of an annoyance than a threat. As truescience continues to substantiate its safety and efficacy, the market forGermanium sesquioxide remains strong and its future has never lookedbrighter."

Bonnie J. Kaplan, Ph.D., from the University of Calgary, furtherdiscussed the weaknesses in the scientific literature. According to Kaplan, a1987 article reported that two people taking a germanium-based elixir died ofkidney failure; researchers published biopsy results in 1988 demonstrating thatthe germanium was contaminated. "The erroneous conclusions have beenrepeated often, almost taking on a life of their own," she said. "Thefact is that there has never been a case of human or lab animal toxicity frompure Germanium sesquioxide."

Designed Nutritional Products is presenting a VendorWorkspresentation about Ge-132 at SupplySide West on Friday, Dec. 6, from 9 to 9:50a.m. For additional information, visit www.designednutritional.comor Booth #1613.