Chapter 3 MMS Basic Essentials

MMS needs a food-grade acid to “activate it” and the two combined produce MMS1 (chlorine dioxide). There are several acids that can activate MMS, including the juice of a fresh lemon or lime, or vinegar. However, in this book when we refer to using an acid to activate MMS we mean using either 50% citric acid, or 4% HCl (hydrochloric acid). When using these two acids in these percentages always use 1 drop of acid to 1 drop of MMS. Both of these acids, in these percentages, are a 1-to-1 ratio with MMS. In other words, mix 1 drop of either of these acids to every 1 drop of MMS. The standard activation time for mixing these drop-for-drop doses using 50% citric acid or 4% HCl is 30 seconds. See page 32 for full instructions on how to mix a basic MMS1 dose. We prefer HCl as the activator of choice because it is the same acid that is produced naturally in your stomach. Many people consider it has a better taste and is easier on the stomach.

Both citric and hydrochloric acid are easy to use as activators for MMS; however, depending on your location and availability, or in an emergency, other activators such

as fresh lemon or lime juice, or vinegar, can be used to activate MMS but they measure differently. If using any of these acids, you will need to use 5 drops of lemon, lime or vinegar for every 1 drop of MMS, at a 1-to-5 ratio. If using these alternative acids, activation time must be three minutes, instead of 30 seconds which is the standard activation time for either 50% citric acid or 4% HCl. Notes

Various protocols are discussed in this book. These use varying numbers of drops depending on several factors. Here we will only discuss the basic concept of mixing.

Be careful: Some chlorine dioxide gas is likely to escape when MMS and activator are mixed and are not in a sealed container. It is best to avoid getting a direct whiff of it. Do not mix your dose directly under your nose or mouth. There are times when breathing in the gas in small amounts is called for and it can be very healing to the lungs and sinuses, but avoid this unless you are under a specific protocol requiring it and know what you are doing, (as it is easy to inhale too much).

When I wrote my first book, I instructed people to work up to 3 large doses of MMS1 each day. If you read my first book, or any one of a number of random web sites that have put up information from that book, and unfortunately have not updated it, then it is time to learn something new. In the beginning, when I suggested the larger dose, I always had people work up to it a little at a time. Back then the suggestion was to work up to a 15-drop dose taken 3 times a day. The drawback of the old method was that many people were having a pretty strong Herxheimer reaction. They would feel a lot worse before they got better. With time, and with more experience under my belt, I began to realize that taking smaller doses of MMS1 more often throughout the day brought better results. Perhaps the most important reason for this is because MMS1 only lasts in your system for an hour, possibly an hour and a half at most. So keeping MMS1 running through your system on an hourly basis is imperative. This way MMS1 is hitting the pathogens continuously and does not allow pathogens time to regroup and build back up. Instead, being constantly hit without a chance to regroup, they die off. This new method works and we clearly see positive results.

In 2009, I went to Malawi, a small country in southeast Africa. While there, 800 HIV/AIDS cases came to me. These people took only 3 drops of MMS1 every hour, for eight hours a day, for three weeks. Guess what? The 3-drop doses, taken eight hours a day for 21 days, were 99% effective in eradicating HIV/AIDS. There were only five failures out of the 800 cases, and of these five, instructions were not properly followed in one way or another. Since that time hundreds of thousands of people have taken 3–drop doses on an hourly basis and have recovered their health. This change to smaller hourly doses, as opposed to large doses less often, probably represents the biggest development from earlier instructions. To sum it up, after years of experience, we have come to learn that most diseases (other than malaria), are substantially more responsive to hourly doses of MMS1, spread out over an eight to ten hour period daily. This is more effective than 1, 2, or 3 large doses per day. This is true for cancer and for most diseases. People have been using hourly protocols in recent years with amazing success. There are a few other exceptions to the hourly dose rule, other than malaria, such as Protocol 6 and 6 (see page 169), and some of the Emergency Protocols (see Chapter 12). So, to reiterate: Please do not follow instructions that talk about 3 large doses of 15 drops each. (Unless it is an exception to the rule, as mentioned above.)

the morning, then a three hour break, then four more hours later in the day.

A fundamental principle of MMS is that hitting the pathogens every hour does not give pathogens time to regroup and build back up, but instead, being constantly hit without a chance to regroup, they die off.

In recent years we have taught the use of a daily dose bottle. The main inspiration for this bottle was to help facilitate people in taking their hourly dose. However, we have since concluded that maximum benefit from taking MMS1 is derived when each hourly dose is made up fresh. This phenomenon was first noticed with thousands of autistic children who used the daily dose bottle for an ample time period. Then, when the children were switched over to doses made up individually and fresh each hour, many more improvements were reported than when their doses were mixed into one bottle for the entire day. In my 20 years of working with MMS, and personally helping thousands of people, I have noticed overall greater results in health recovery when individually mixed fresh doses of MMS1 were used. In addition, our very active Health Ministers around the globe who work extensively with MMS, and with large numbers of people (by the thousands), have also reported the same results. If for various reasons there is no other choice but to make up an all-day mixture instead of mixing each dose fresh every hour, it is certainly well worth your while, and better than taking no MMS at all. But my recommendation is, if

at all possible, stick to mixing fresh hourly doses. You will have a greater chance of getting well much quicker.

Note: A daily dose bottle entails mixing up all your MMS1 doses for the day into one bottle from which you drink a certain amount each hour. For example, if you were on Protocol 1000, it calls for taking a 3-drop dose of MMS1 (3 drops is the maximum—you start with less), every hour for eight consecutive hours. If making a daily bottle you would activate 24 drops of MMS, and add the drops to a 1 liter/quart bottle of purified water. If you drink 4 ounces out of the bottle, you would have a 3-drop dose. There can be any number of reasons why making up a fresh hourly dose of MMS1 may seem challenging and not possible. Perhaps one has a job where they drive a lot. Mixing a dose while driving is not easy, nor do I recommend it. I have found, however, through receiving substantial feedback from people around the world, that where there is a will, there is a way. Consider that your health is worth the effort to find a way to mix up your hourly doses. It can be as simple as carrying your MMS and activator acid bottles around in a Ziploc bag. Tips

in a bottle, when there is no other choice. Keeping up with consecutive hourly doses is important.

When activating MMS, it is very important that the drops of MMS and activator turn amber color within the first 30 seconds. In this book when we say amber, we are referring to a brown color. This can be anywhere from light to dark brown, but not yellow. The amber color of MMS activated drops before adding water, is much like the color of a glass amber bottle (such as is used for essential oils, various medicinal potions, or for beer bottles), when held up to the light. Mix up a 3-drop dose of MMS1 to do this test, if you use less drops it will be difficult to adequately judge the color. It is best to carry out this test in a room with good lighting. When you have mixed your drops (before adding water), hold the glass up against a white or light colored background and look through the side and bottom of the glass (where your drops are) with the glass level with your eyes; at this angle you will be looking through your drop mixture. If you look down into the glass, the drops will often look lighter yellow, but if you view the drops at eye level (with good lighting) you should see a darker shade—that is, amber. Although it turns dark, it must also be transparent (see-through). The drops must appear amber in color. The amber color will fade and become light yellow in about 15 minutes. Do not let the solution sit for more than a minute before consuming it, as it will lose potency. The amber color is an important indicator that the drop mixture is correct. You are mixing two clear liquids, MMS and an activator. If the liquids are mixed according to instructions they will change color and turn to amber. This amber color indicates that you have the correct liquids

and a correct mixture. Very few two clear liquids can produce this same color. If your drops do not turn amber within the first 30 seconds of mixing, something is wrong with your MMS and/or with your acid, and this mixture may not bring the desired results. You might try mixing up a dose one more time, to be sure you did it correctly, but if you still get light yellow and not amber color, you can use those drops for the time being, while you try to get some good MMS and acid activator. But I would suggest you do not use this solution (light yellow, not amber, drops) for more than a week or so. If the solution does not at least turn yellow do not use it at all. Various factors can weigh in as to the color of the drops, such as the type of glass you are using, making sure the glass is completely dry to start, the number of drops you are mixing, the background color of the wall, the time of day and how much natural light is in the room and so on. If you are not getting the right color, and you are sure you have followed the directions correctly, try mixing up the drops a few times in different conditions. For example, use a different glass (some glass qualities distort) make sure the glass is clean enough—no dish soap deposits. Hold your drops up against a white wall, a white fridge, or a light background when testing the color. If in doubt of the color, mix up a 6-drop dose when testing. Test your drops under various conditions, before determining your drops are insufficient.

Note: If you are using an alternative acid such as lemon, lime, or vinegar at a 1-to-5 drop ratio with MMS, your drops will not turn amber in color. In this case, if you want to test that the MMS is good, mix up a 3-drop dose of MMS1 (this would be 3 drops of MMS and 15 drops of lemon, lime or vinegar) and wait three minutes. Then add

1/2 cup (4 ounces/120 ml) of water and test the ppm, which should be 25 ppm. (For testing the ppm, see page 278.)

Caution: Please remember that most places in the world use a toxic form of chlorine as a water purifier. Even worse than that, many places add extremely poisonous fluoride to the water because sadly, around 50 years ago doctors convinced the public that fluoride helps teeth. Fluoride is one of the most poisonous chemicals known to man. There is no evidence that it helps one’s teeth and there are hundreds of thousands of teenagers who have teeth with blotches as a result. Use a good quality bottled drinking water for these protocols unless you get your water from a pure water spring or well or you have a reverse osmosis water filter. Distilled water can also be used.

herb or a tea bag that possibly is laced with a contaminant of some kind. Use the test strip method described on page 278 to be sure what is compatible.

Note: Although I have personally tested these drinks with MMS many times, it has been brought to my attention that soda companies tend to adjust their formulas from time to time, and often differ from country to country. The safest way to know if your drink is compatible with MMS1, is to test the drink with a chlorine dioxide test strip. (See page 278 for more information on these test strips produced by the LaMotte Company, and how to use them to test compatibility with MMS1 and various liquids.) If test strips are not available and a person is on a protocol using a particular soft drink or bottled juice as a mixer, but not getting any results after five or six days, I strongly suggest switching to another liquid to drink your dose.

a small-mouth bottle does not allow your nose to be inside the container that is out-gassing chlorine dioxide (ClO2). Glasses and bottles come in all shapes and sizes. Be inventive! Be on the outlook—an empty juice bottle or jar from some other product might serve you well. Search out what works just right for you.

Another method of taking MMS1 drops which helps eliminate the taste is using vegetable or gel capsules.

Here I would like to address a scenario when someone feels they just can’t take one more drop of MMS. Maybe they have been on a protocol for some time and they reach a point where they are not feeling all that great (this is likely because a wave of toxins are being released in the body and causing a sick feeling). Or, maybe they were not taking any MMS1, but they fall sick for one reason or another, and feel so sick that they just don't feel like they can stomach MMS1. There is an important process at play here that I have observed over the past 20 years, and that is, that one's body can develop a revulsion to the MMS that goes far beyond bad taste. I’ve seen it time and time again. I believe that it is created by the pathogens. Think of it as a type a survival mechanism that protects the disease. When the disease senses that something the person is eating or taking might destroy it, the disease itself will put out a signal that creates a revulsion within the person to the substance that is going to affect it (in this case, MMS1). This revulsion can kick in when the person so much as even thinks about taking MMS1. When this happens, what can they do?

If you are sick in bed and feeling pretty bad, or if the situation develops while you are taking MMS1 and you reach a point where you can no longer stomach the idea of taking one more drop—the following procedure can be of help. The principle here is that you do not want to stop taking MMS1 all together. Even what seems like a very, very small amount of MMS1 taken on an hourly basis can work to help rid the body of pathogens and recover health. In order to “handle” MMS1, for a period of time, you may have to reduce your dose to less than 1 drop an hour. Some have had to reduce their intake to 1/2 drop, 1/4 drop, 1/8 drop, and in extreme cases to 1/16 drop an hour. The idea is—do not quit! Even a tiny bit of MMS on an hourly basis can help your body overcome the problem. Instructions

Note: If you have not been on a protocol and have not been taking DMSO already, but you have newly fallen sick enough to be in bed and you’re feeling pretty down, do not try to use DMSO with MMS1 at this point, unless you have already been using DMSO in a protocol you are doing. (When you are feeling so sick you don’t want to take anything, it’s best to stick to trying to take one thing at a time. DMSO added to the MMS1 you’re making an effort to take as is, might add to the difficulty. Try to build up your stamina to taking MMS1 first, before adding in DMSO.) Do not try to use DMSO when you are taking less than 1-drop doses.

The best way to store MMS (22.4% sodium chlorite in water) is in amber or green glass bottles, with a tight plastic (not metal) lid, and in a refrigerator. This is the ideal, but it isn’t always possible. If amber or green glass bottles are not available, a clear bottle will do, but try to keep it out of the light (a refrigerator is dark when closed). A cool dark place will suffice if refrigerator space is not available. If glass bottles are not available, plastic bottles with plastic lids will do, but try to find bottles with a number 1 or 2 inside of a triangle on the bottom of the bottle. This signifies a better quality plastic. (Plastic classified with #3 in the triangle is not recommended.) Use bottles with plastic lids as sodium chlorite (and chlorine dioxide as well) will eventually dissolve a metal lid.

If nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or excessive tiredness occurs while taking MMS1, (see Herxheimer reaction on page 6) immediately reduce the dose by one half but do not stop taking MMS1 unless the symptoms are too much to handle. In this case, stop altogether until the condition has cleared. Once the symptoms have cleared, then start back at one half the amount you were taking before the symptoms occurred. If you reduce the amount by one half and the above mentioned reactions continue, reduce by another half. Reduce your MMS1 intake in increments until you find the amount you can take without causing sickness from the MMS1. Even a very small amount of MMS1 on an hourly basis will help you, so the idea is to try not to quit all together if possible. When you find a comfortable amount of MMS1 that you can tolerate, stick with that for one to two days and then try to increase your intake slowly until you reach the proper amount for the protocol you are on.

Note: If using 50% citric acid and you experience ill feelings, try 4% HCl instead. Some people cannot tolerate citric acid.

Thousands of pregnant women have used MMS1 to restore their health when needed. Dosing for a pregnant woman is exactly the same as when not pregnant. Follow the protocols and determine what dosage is best for you. MMS1 when taken according to the protocols in this book does not harm the body and can therefore be considered safe for all people, including pregnant women, children, and babies. (Follow the proper dosages for children and babies as listed in this book—see Chapter 13.) Everyone is responsible for making their own health decisions. Check with an educated health professional, if desired.

MMS1 doses should not be taken at mealtimes. While on the protocols, it is best to plan your meals around your dosing. Space out the MMS1 dose and meals by 20 to 30 minutes from the time you take your dose. For example, if you take your MMS1 dose at 8:00 am, breakfast could be at 8:20-8:30 am, and your next dose at 9:00 am. Your breakfast should be relatively simple and small and take no longer than 10-15 minutes to eat. Likewise if you take an MMS1 dose at 12 noon, lunch could be at 12:30 pm and so on. During the hours you are on the protocol, it is best to try and eat smaller meals and/or snacks, as opposed to very large meals. (Don't get me wrong, you can eat while taking MMS1, just avoid the larger meals during the hours you are taking your doses.) There are a variety of ways this can be done—adjust according to your daily routine. For example, if you start your protocol fairly early in the morning, say at 8:00 am, eight hours later would be 3:00 pm, which would be the time of your last dose. If you have had smaller meals or snacks during this eight hour dosing period, and you finish your last dose at 3:00 pm, this means that by 5:00 pm or later, you could have your larger meal of the day. Some people prefer to start their dosing later in the day, so that they are free in the morning hours to drink orange juice, or their cup of coffee or tea (see page 56 for more info). If a person starts their dosing at 3:00 pm for example, their last dose would be at 10:00 pm if on the eight hour protocol. This means that before 1:00 pm they can have their coffee, tea or orange juice—things which are not compatible with MMS1 and MMS2—at least two hours before starting the protocol. The idea is to adjust your dosing to fit your needs and schedule. See what works for you.

The effectiveness of MMS can be cancelled out when mixed with certain foods which are particularly high in antioxidants. I have not had the time or the resources to do a completely thorough study of all foods on the planet to see what actually cancels out MMS. Even if I did, there are many factors that may weigh into the equation of whether a certain food is cancelling out the effectiveness of MMS. Such as if the food is GMO, what pesticides are present, what types of additives are in the food, that might have bearing, etc. If you are very sick with a life threatening disease, to be absolutely sure if something in your diet is cancelling out MMS or not, I can suggest using the test strips (see page 278) to test compatibility of MMS with everything you eat. This may or may not be feasible for you. Let me say, that just because a food is labeled as being antioxidant, it might not be particularly high in antioxidants, and thus it is not a given that it will necessarily cancel out MMS. We will continue to try and do more testing on a wide range of foods to see what is compatible with MMS and what is not. However, people have been taking MMS for 20 years and recovering their health without having so many details defined. This book gives you some guidelines on what to avoid when taking MMS. Do not take foods or supplements that are particularly high in antioxidants. Beyond that, take note of what is working or not working for you. If you don't seem to be getting results with MMS after a reasonable time on the protocol, take a serious look at your diet and see if something can be eliminated that you may suspect is conflicting with MMS. If you are accustomed to eating many items at one meal, consider going with a menu that has less ingredients. Following a mono diet (or at least a partial mono diet) during the time you are on the protocol may be a help.

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During the hours you are actually taking your MMS doses, try not to eat big “feast” types of meals, but rather eat smaller meals and/or snacks.

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If you don’t seem to be having success after a reasonable time, consider simplifying your diet. Try eliminating things that could be suspect of canceling out MMS.

There are two basic reasons for doing the HRP (Health Recovery Plan—see Chapter 5): 1. To eradicate a disease and recover your health. 2. For cleansing purposes, to detox and thus get rid of poisons in the body, which can then help clear up a number of health problems both small and large. If you have a disease of most any kind then the decision is simple. What you want to do is eliminate the disease. When someone is sick, and especially if they are seriously sick, it is a good time for the person to stop and examine various things, such as their diet and lifestyle. Eating right, exercising right, and living right all contribute to

good health. While good nutrition is important for the body to get well, when someone is on the protocols described in this book, it can actually be helpful to avoid taking nutritional supplements for a time. This is because pathogens also feed on good nutrition, so in a sense, if you are taking nutritional supplements while the pathogens are still alive, you are building up with one hand and tearing down with the other. In addition, some nutritional supplements neutralize MMS. This is especially true with cancer, and a number of major diseases—when you begin the protocols it is not the time to simultaneously be building up with an increase of extra nutritional supplements. In these cases, I would suggest that it is best to forgo taking supplements for two to three weeks, and possibly up to several weeks, depending on the situation. Because as I said, cancer cells and other pathogens can feed off good nutrition. You don’t want to do anything to encourage cancer or other diseases to live longer or multiply. The idea is to starve and kill the disease, not give it more to thrive on. If you have a major disease, as mentioned above, suspend or do not start any supplements as you begin taking MMS—try to give it time to sufficiently destroy the pathogens before adding in supplements. On the other hand, if you really feel the need for some type of supplements that you know are good, or you have already tried, you may want to add them in at some point (as suggested above, I would say not before two to three weeks for major diseases) and see how you do. It is imperative to pay close attention to how your body is reacting. If you are feeling good and doing better with the addition of a supplement(s), then continue. Do not change as long as you are improving. But if you do add supplements, (even though you take them at a different time than your MMS doses), and you are not progressing and getting well, or your healing is moving along too slowly, then it may be

best to suspend the supplements again for a period of time. If taking supplements, it is very important to space them out from the times you are taking your MMS doses by at least two hours, or even more if you can. Never take supplements at the same time you take your MMS dose. There are just about as many nutritional theories today as there are people. But our observations indicate that it is best to use MMS to kill the cancer cells and diseases while not promoting any special nutritional boosts for the body for a time. Then, once the disease is eliminated or greatly reduced, one can build up the immune system through good nutrition. It is a step-by-step process. Detox first, before introducing any new nutritional supplements and foods. If you do not have a major disease but just want to cleanse from various toxins and heavy metals, and eliminate other things such as skin problems, achy joints, various nagging irritations, and a myriad of other ailments that are not necessarily life threatening, then you may begin supplementation any time after the first week or two on the protocol if you believe that the supplements will be of benefit to you. But the same principles apply, if you don't feel you are getting sufficient benefit from your MMS protocol, try suspending the supplements for a period of time and see how you do. Anytime you are taking vitamins and supplements while dosing with MMS, always be sure to separate the times you take these from the times you take your MMS doses, by at least two hours. If possible, take your MMS doses in the first part of the day. Then when you have completed your protocol for the day, two hours after your last MMS dose, begin taking your vitamins and supplements. It

goes without saying, that if you start taking vitamins and supplements, do avoid synthetic and artificial products. It’s always best to try and eat nutritious whole foods.

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When taking MMS1 or MMS2 avoid alcohol, chocolate, coffee, decaffeinated coffee, caffeinated drinks, tea (black, green and many herbal teas) milk, coconut water, orange juice, tangerine juice or any drinks with added Vitamin C (ascorbic acid).

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Do not take foods or supplements that are particularly high in antioxidants such as moringa, as these things cancel out the effectiveness of MMS. This is not to say you cannot have any of these foods if you are taking MMS. However when on a particular protocol it is better to wait until you finish your MMS doses for the day before consuming the above items, or take them first thing in the morning, then wait two hours before starting MMS dosing. Space them out by at least two hours after your last daily dose, or two hours before starting your daily dosing.

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If you are battling with a major disease you may want to suspend supplements all together for a time, as explained in the section above on Nutritional Supplements and the HRP.

Note: While tea is on this list of “don’ts” there are some (not all) herbal teas that are compatible with MMS1. Use the test strip method described on page 278 to be sure what is and is not compatible.

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