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So I wanted to give you an alternative protocol for steroids, especially prednisone,

cortisone, anything related to the synthetic version of cortisone, like prednisone,

steroids, anti-inflammatories, simply because the side effects from this are huge.

And a lot of people have inflammatory conditions or they might have poison ivy.

And what happens is, as soon as they start taking this, let's say, for example,

they get poison ivy every year or whatever.

And now, over time, it works less and less, less to the point where it doesn't work anymore.

And so now they're in between a rock and a hard place.

So I want to give you a natural prednisone alternative.

So this protocol would be to some severe inflammatory reaction,

whether it's rheumatoid arthritis, poison ivy, or whatever.

What you have to know is that cortisol is made by your adrenal cortex outside of the adrenals.

You have two adrenals on top of the kidney.

Cortisol is the natural anti-inflammatory in the body.

It suppresses the immune system.

And this is why when someone is injected with a steroid, they feel less pain and less inflammation.

But it comes with a big package, a lot of destruction to that area of the body.

So, for example, if you had arthritis in the joint and you got injected over and over and over

with steroid, eventually you are going to destroy the joint because of the side effects

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