About Me & The Bean Sprout Chronicles
My name is Eddie Adelstein. I was born in Denver Colorado in 1937. That makes me 80 years old (in 2018), which is old by any standards. I am hoping to live as long as Jack LaLanne, the famous juicer, who lived to be 95. We all laughed at him.
I grew up in the inner city of St. Louis, where I ran home everyday to avoid the big kids who were fond of beating up guys like me. Eventually my father became very successful in directing a men’s clothing company, National Shirt Shops, and in my freshman year of high school we moved to Clayton, Missouri an upper middle-class settlement.
I attended the University of Missouri, in Columbia, for my undergraduate degree, and then to Veterinary school, where I graduated in 1962, at the head of my class. During the two years I spent in the Public Health Service after graduation I was encouraged to go to medical school. In 1968 I received an MD and an MS from the University of Missouri. I spent five years in a combination program in comparative pathology and completed my residency. In my early years, I practiced general pathology at the Ellis Fischel Cancer Hospital. Eventually, I became the Director of the VA hospital laboratory, a position that I hold today. At various times I have been the medical examiner for Boone and Callaway Countries, in Missouri.
My research efforts at the VA involved the study of the immune response in order to treat brain tumors. In 1992 I began isolating drugs from plants to determine if they might be effective against cancer cells.
Sadly, my research efforts ended prematurely. While acting as Chief of Staff for the VA Hospital, I reported findings that seemed to indicate one of our nurses may have been responsible for many patient deaths. This cast a bad light on the Veterans Administration and their efforts to cover up this embarrassing incident — in response to my speaking out, my laboratory was closed and I was told that I would never be funded again. Attempts were made to put me in jail. You can read more about this strange chapter here. Eventually I testified in Congress and received Whistle Blower Protection status.
I started to study substances from toxic plants in hopes of discovering new anti-cancer agents. During this period of research, I realized that most plant substances acted upon the microtubular system and that these substances might have other actions upon the health of humans.
Having spent many years in research I was hoping that the knowledge I’d accumulated might someday actually benefit the human species. I clearly was not able to cure brain cancer, but perhaps I might learn that isoflavinoids from plants, particularly from mung bean sprouts, might be beneficial. There are many articles describing the multiple benefits of isoflavinoids (a type of polyphenol) which can be derived from many natural sources.
Because the mung bean sprout is eaten alive, the microtubules are both being formed and breaking down at the same time, making the mung bean sprout a particularly good source of isoflavinoids. The brain cells of patients with Alzheimer’s Disease are overstuffed with microtubules - perhaps isoflavinoids might break them down and contribute to efforts to prevent and/or cure Alzheimer’s disease?
I have started this web site in hopes of encouraging people to take advantage of the anti-inflammatory, anti-neoplastic and clarity of mind which is attributed to the consumption of mung bean sprouts - I hope it improves your health. I also hope some young curious scientific mind find this and thinks, hey, this guy might be on to something, and takes up where I left off.
Other articles by Dr. Eddie Adelstein
"Research Sprouts Hope: Food Choice Might Be Key to Alzheimers"
An op-ed in the local paper from 2006 introducing the idea of isoflavonoids as a possible treatment for Alzheimer's disease.